Today the mailman should be delivering an original pressing of Oingo Boingo’s 2nd album Nothing to Fear with the original mix of the song Private Life (all other copies feature the Single Mix). This will complete my Onigo Boingo discography. There will be celebration.
I approve of anything related to Danny Elfman.
http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Last-Movie-Not-Seen/id/56824 (your link is broken)
But yeah that’s actually a good idea.
yeah, re-purposing that thread is fine by me.
JEDIT: but _ender would have to be on board so that he can update the OP
I’m darth_ender, and I’m endorsing the repurposing of the thread in question. I will fight for your rights to review movies you’ve never actually seen. Unlike the Washington elite, I understand what it’s like to want to expand the use of pre-existing discussions in the Off Topic section of a Star Wars forum. I am on your side. I’m darth_ender and I approve of this message.
During the shootout immediately after reaching Leia from her cell in the Death Star, after Leia said, “When you came in here, didn’t you have a plan for getting out?” I thought Han followed with, “Need some brains, sweetheart.” Shortly after, I thought Leia said, “Somebody needs to save us kids.”
When I was really young, like 4-5, I was too afraid of ROTJ to even watch more than a few minutes at a time. As a result, I know I had a number of misconceptions. One was that I conflated Jabba with the rancor. I remember thinking when Jabba reached into the bowl to eat the frog, he was reaching for Oola to eat her!
I used to think the stormtroopers conversing after Ben shuts down the tractor beam said, “Do you know what’s going on?” “Maybe it’s another girl.” It was like Leia had already been a thorn in everyone’s side, now they thought some other female was also giving the male-dominated Death Star trouble.
Well said, ender.
Particularly how certain views take on a popularity that shuts out dissent.
As for ignoring important issues, this caught my eye.
If the Republicans want me to judge them fairly, they need to stop supporting Trump.
ender’s point that I agree with goes far beyond treating Republicans fairly. It’s about debating global warming, net neutrality, religious practices, abortion, feminism, etc. I care about that more than a hang up with a particular politician.
America elected Trump. I have problems with him as you all seem to. But the idea that fairness is dead unless we eject the president from office is absurd.
Sorry but it is the way I feel. I can be fair and debate with you and Ender. But I refuse to be fair and refuse to debate with those that still support Trump. This has nothing to do with whether or not Trump has small hands, whether or not he and his wife share a room, whether or not his Vice President calls his wife “mother”, wears cheap deodorant, or picks his nose. This has to do with Trump being a complete and total disgrace to this nation and its history. Everyone that supports him and everyone that voted for him should be ashamed of themselves. You want to support conservative viewpoints? Fine. You want to support Trump, not fine.
My last post on the matter: Hate Trump! That’s fine! I don’t like him either! But hate him because he’s a disgrace, not because he picks his nose. Hate him because of his misogyny, not because he only brushes his teeth once a day. Hate him for his policies, not his quirks. Hate him because of his decisions, not his unique preferences. Hate him for his words, not his idiosyncrasies. That is my point!
Faye’s palm.
Well said, ender.
Particularly how certain views take on a popularity that shuts out dissent.
As for ignoring important issues, this caught my eye.
If the Republicans want me to judge them fairly, they need to stop supporting Trump.
It’s not about fair judgment; it’s about not lowering the intelligence of the actual arguments.
Ex:
Trump is racist. His efforts to build a wall along the Mexican-American border indicate so. His striking down DACA indicates so. His term for countries like Haiti indicate so. His refusal to deflect support from white supremacy groups indicates so. Plus his hair is goofy. His voice is annoying. He and his wife are fighting and don’t even share a room. His VP calls his wife “Mother”. Trump has small hands. Here’s a funny video making fun of him.
Let me point out that there are some valid arguments in there. Then there are some stupid arguments in there. Now don’t get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoy a good spoof on Trump (love the “Once in a Lifetime” video!), but I cannot stand when an argument becomes an echo chamber where everyone has to fall in line and make fun of everything about the president and there no longer is any substance to any disagreement. I am glad to see mrebo arguing in favor of Trump in spite of my tremendous hatred for the man, simply because I don’t like how this thread has gotten so one-sided. If no one challenges your views, you tend to find yourself more ignorant on a topic at the end of the day. If you rely on stupid daily confirmations that Trump is an idiot because he wears cheap deodorant or picks his nose, then you are actually weakening your own stance and revealing more inherent bias rather than drawing legitimate conclusions based on careful thinking.
That line really does work well! Where did you find it? I don’t recognize it from anywhere.
I know Harrison Ford wanted Han to buy the moisture farm at the time, but when was George even ever toying with the idea?
George never did, but Gary Kurtz favored it (until he fell out of favor, of course).
https://news.avclub.com/gary-kurtz-outlines-original-darker-ewok-less-ending-1798221255
What a coincidence, I also grabbed a Criterion Blu-ray yesterday.
Also got the soundtrack to Amadeus, and Blu-rays of All About Eve, Christine, and Malcolm X. All bought on gift card money accumulated over the past two years.
This is the only Criterion BD I own, actually. I love this movie, and figured I needed to upgrade from my highly edited, no special features DVD to as extended a version as possible!
In fact, I found this little treasure underneath a big dubbleyah!
It wasn’t “I exclusively called him a weirdo,” it was meant to be more like “Jeez guys, you’re making too much of this; I only called him a weirdo.” It might have worked in spoken conversation but it can be misunderstood in writing. Like I said, inartful drafting.
I didn’t really intend to upset you so much. I just want to be clear, I feel that it is so easy to criticize a politician that is commonly disliked in that particular crowd that people get away with stupid ad hominem attacks far more. Sure, most here don’t like Mike Pence. I obviously agree with him on more than most of you, but he is still far too extreme and rigid in his views for my tastes, and I don’t care much for him either. Okay, so we’ve established that he’s unpopular, now we can criticize his ever stupid action!
I remember at the trough of W. Bush’s popularity, it seemed the media would latch onto everything he did as stupid or uncultured. Often, it was a misportrayal of actual events, or maybe it was just making a big issue out of little things. Nevertheless, I was amazed at how people would lambast him in every medium at every opportunity for every needless thing.
Even Donald Trump, whom I dislike at least as much as the liberals on this forum, is not imperfect at literally everything. I mean, he’s approaching that point, but there really comes a point where it is nothing more than just looking for more opportunities to dislike him in a room full of people who already don’t. It confuses real issues with childish fault-finding and makes everyone who jumps on board look like they are bandwagoning. Stick to the real issues, is all I’m saying.
You were being sarcastic about the splitting, obviously taking a jab at me with that comment.
I was being sarcastic but not necessarily jabbing at you so much as jabbing at myself. I don’t doubt that I have some kind of mental problem and I like to make fun of myself.
I see. Then I truly apologize.
I don’t get so many people’s obsession with public figures’ infidelity.
I don’t really care as long as it’s consensual.
Of course when Republicans drape themselves in faux-religion and then do it, it makes them massive hypocrites on that front.
Faux-religion aside, if they’re willing to stab their lifepartner in the back for the cheap thrills of infidelity then I don’t trust them woth little old me’s best interests either.
I agree.
I’m pretty sure that was a post in support of chyron rather than a shot at him.
This.
I don’t get so many people’s obsession with public figures’ infidelity.
I don’t get why anyone would even care what a public figure calls his/her spouse.
Even if you discount all the stuff about abortion, Mike Pence is a massive dick. And a weirdo. For God’s sake, he calls his wife “Mother.”
Heaven forbid! Probably watches MLP too!
Not saying he’s a stellar individual, but come on!
Someone should make a movie about Oscar Pistorius.
Thank you for de-Blade-Runnering this thread.
Hypocrite!
Someone should make a movie about Oscar Pistorius.
You were being sarcastic about the splitting, obviously taking a jab at me with that comment.
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^This a good point, you should really consider it.
Why’d you alter your post? There was nothing wrong with it.
There are authoritarians on both sides.
My real point, however, is that I am very pro-life, and I don’t much care for the oversimplified mischaracterizations I’m reading thus far.
I’ve never said anything about your morality.
Nor did I say you were splitting here.
‘From New York to Seattle, check out these aerial views of the Women’s March across the country’
article - http://cnn.it/2DuCjg4’
Aerial views - https://twitter.com/CNN/status/954900635316576256
Good to see that the right is finally supporting universal healthcare an ending the wars! Oh…
Yeah, those darn Republicans! How dare they value different things from Democrats!
Universal healthcare and ending the wars are things that they should value and if they don’t then I question their character. I must just be splitting.
I don’t disagree, actually.
Not bad, coming from an amoral religious adherent, eh?
‘From New York to Seattle, check out these aerial views of the Women’s March across the country’
article - http://cnn.it/2DuCjg4’
Aerial views - https://twitter.com/CNN/status/954900635316576256
Good to see that the right is finally supporting universal healthcare an ending the wars! Oh…
Yeah, those darn Republicans! How dare they value different things from Democrats!
That’s not what I’m saying. What I’m saying is that “pro-life” is a clever misnomer.
I suppose “pro-choice” would be equally clever, given the Left’s tendency infringe on individual rights.
‘From New York to Seattle, check out these aerial views of the Women’s March across the country’
article - http://cnn.it/2DuCjg4’
Aerial views - https://twitter.com/CNN/status/954900635316576256
Good to see that the right is finally supporting universal healthcare an ending the wars! Oh…
Yeah, those darn Republicans! How dare they value different things from Democrats!
