ferris209

I just think the stuff from the 50's was the most original, the most inspiring, and took the most real talent to make. Seriously, how could any of the these modern tweens and twenty somethings who look far better than they sing compare to the brilliance of Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Hank Williams Sr., George Jones, Elvis, etc. etc. etc.

Those guys hammered day in and day out honing their craft and achieved stardom when their music reached the masses and fans demanded them. Unlike today where someone who is merely mediocre musically, but a perfect specimen of what society deems to be sexy and attractive, is molded into a star by relentless advertising and the music industry telling the music consumers "hey, this person is cool, buy their stuff!"

I just don't see anybody in modern music achieving the legendary status, even so far back as the 80's. Probably the closest for me would be Alan Jackson.

I'm back down to just Jedi Temple34 ignoring me! :)

Ziggy Stardust said:

doubleKO said:

 

I wanna goooooooooooo!

I do to! Dang it! Why don't these great things come to Texas!

Ziggy Stardust said:

So I know a girl at my school who says that all music from before 1998 is "gay". I replied, saying "well, that's a very broad generalization". She didn't care. Even worse, she only likes pop and rap. I asked her what's so good about this era, and she said that it was because they were young, they sang about things and stuff that you don't have to think too much about, and that, the autotune that puts them on key is great because "now they all sound the same". And she likes it that way.

She also said that old music sucks because "people's voices were too different and they were ugly".

Her favorite song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UePtoxDhJSw&ob=av3e

 

A song she hates only because she finds them unattractive:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g69labQKuuU&feature=related

 

Did you punch her? You need to.

My opinion is that the best era of music (1950's) allowed for diversity and individualism than any other era since. That's what made it interesting. Chuck Berry was the best and Fats Domino ruled! They relied on real talent and knowledge rather than just pretty looks and a synthesizer. It's a shame that real talent is now frowned upon. Makes you wonder how many modern Chuck Berry's and Jerry Lee's we're missing out on because they aren't "the in thing".

FanFiltration said:

Another villain I love to hate is Tuco from "The Good the Bad and the Ugly"

That reminds me of another villain to hate.... El Indio from For a Few Dollars More. No love here at all, this guy was just sinister.

FanFiltration said:

Good one!

Forgot about how sinister he was.

xhonzi said:

The wife and I watched Unstoppable a few days ago. 

2 things:

1. It made me think of the previous discussions at to whether "knowing the end or knowing who lives/who dies" is enough to wreck the drama of a story/film.

This movie is basically completely understood from the poster.  There's a runaway train.  It's Unstoppable.  Kirk and John Creasy are going to stop it, because they ARE EVEN MORE UNSTOBBABLE!  (X-TREME!!!!)  Tony Scott, however, is able to bring plenty of tension to the action regardless of there never being any doubt in the audience's mind how it's going to end.

2. As I have mentioned before, I have a "motion simulator" chair that moves with some of the movies out there.  Unstoppable supported this feature and frankly I'm not sure I would have bothered with this movie except that I heard it was awesome "in the chair".

And it was.

Just watched this tonight with the wife as well.

I agree with everything you said.

Except for the chair, I have no fancy motion chair. *tear*

Best villain to love: Michael Corleone

Best villain to hate: Patrick Bateman

Best villain to love to hate: Heath Ledger's Joker

Other (mine is coolest): Darth Vader; before the prequals...of course.

TheBoost said:

I have no problem USING the term, but I've always had a problem understanding "African American."

In general, I know it refers to a American cultural/racial group descended from West African slaves.

I remember times Pres Obama had to do little linguistic hurdles to avoid to strongly identifying as a member of that group, since his own (black) history is actually from Africa, not a member of the group commonly called African Americans.

That group also does not include the millions from the African continent of the "Arab" ethnic group, nor white people descended from colonists, who come to America.

I tend to use the term 'black,' and no one black has ever told me they prefer otherwise.

Oddly, when I use "African American" I've been corrected several times, including, "No, I'm Aboriginal" "No I'm Haitian" and "I'm Canadian."

Not an ideal term, but whatcha gonna do?

I agree. I hate the term "African-American" unless the person actually is "African-American", meaning a person who was born in Africa (regardless of color), immigrated to the United States, and achieved citizenship.

I also prefer black, black American is the most proper to me.

As a matter of fact, I'm sick of the whole hyphenated crap.

Asian-American

African-American

Hispanic-American

etc. etc.

Why can't we all just simply be Americans without the categorizing and pigeon holing of our heritage?

I, myself, look and sound as white as the whitest dude in Texas. However, my surname is Mexican, my heritage runs 300 years deep in Texas, and as recently as my Grandmother, my whole family spoke Spanish and was Catholic. Should any of this really matter in my present self identity? Yes and no. While it matters to me personally, it shouldn't matter one iota in society. I don't deserve nothing more or nothing less because of my heritage.

Goodfellas - 10 F*cks out of 10.

DAYV's caps and a trademark Warbler *sigh* within 2 posts.....this is a OT.com moment in history folks. Enjoy it.

sean wookie said:

TV's Frink said:

http://gawker.com/5831724/the-worst-50-states-in-america

Gawker is a shitty site, but I'm happy there is a list Michigan isn't the worst in. After all it is probably one of the most beautiful states.

All of Gawker media is shitty propaganda, it is a farce that portrays itself to be some sort of "pop culture" blogging outlet. I hate them all with their unabashed biased "reporting", while at the same time trying to proclaim themselves out to be "media" who deserves the same recognition.

"Captain's Log, Star Date 9529.1 This is the final cruise of the Starship Enterprise under my command. This ship, and her history, will shortly become the care of another crew. To them, and their posterity will we commit our future. They will continue the voyages we have begun, and journey to all the undiscovered countries, boldly going where no man....where no one has gone before."

RedFive said:

Google Music is pretty amazing.  20,000 song limit with no space specifications.  Uploading 16,667 songs from my library... May take a while, but totally worth it (and totally free to boot!).

Glad you said something. I was approved for Google Music Beta a month or so back, I forgot about it until you said something. All of my music (18,000+ songs) is on my home office computer, which is a desktop I rarely ever turn on. Since I always use my laptop in the comfort of my couch in the living room, my old self-built desktop from 2004 just gathers dust...and stores music. Anyhow, when you posted it reminded me I had to go through the rigmarole of firing up my desktop, updating Firefox and everything else, downloaded the Google Music program, and starting it to uploading my collection (which does include Johnny Cash singing in German and Conway Twitty singing in Russian, why yes, I am an avid vintage country music collector). I also have very rare Johnny Cash singing "Folsom Prison Blues" in high tenor, it sucks, but it's fascinating to hear a true musical genius experimenting with his voice. I also have Gene Autry singing "smut songs", very intriguing and neat to listen to if you have any childhood involving Gene Autry.

Ripplin said:

Never heard of it.

Now I have: "We're sorry. Music Beta is currently only available in the United States"

Kind of the next big thing in music, I perceive. I have about 80GB of music and a 32GB iPhone, making my iPhone useless for transporting my entire collection. Once Google Music (cloud music storage) takes off, it'll be tons easy to always have access to my extensive collection, of which I'm very proud of, as you may probably can tell.

doubleKO said:

ferris209 said:

For me not to kill an animal that is dangerous or a nuisance to me, it must serve a purpose which I benefit from.

Fixed?

I don't much like the normally sarcastic, and usually intentional offensive, "fixed" replies, but in this case it's very accurate and applicable. Thanks!

You are right and correct, in every aspect, in how you have interpreted my personal opinion.

edit: to further signal to you that you pinpointed how I feel, doubleKO, I've edited my original post to reflect your correction.

doubleKO said:

ferris209 said:

For me not to kill an animal, it must serve a purpose which I benefit from.

I really hope this was just worded poorly, because if that is literally what you meant I think it is a horrible attitude. And I do not really even have a strong "critter empathy".

I don't have much of a problem with killing animals or bugs that are dangerous or even a major nuisance, but to only NOT kill it if it benefits you? I suppose dodos were pretty useless...

Sorry, but that's just the way I feel. Rest assured though, I don't run around trying to kill anything, just if something gets in house or interferes with some aspect of my life, I'll kill it if I deem it a nuisance. The only way that I would not kill something I feel is a nuisance is if it is benefiting me directly in some way. Such as spiders outside the house, snakes that aren't poisonous and also not in my house, etc. etc.

Myself, I only recognize cats and dogs as legitimate "pets", others are just critters to me that essentially I just simply do not care about. So killing them for me is no big deal whatsoever, keep in mind I'm not a hunter, just not sympathetic to any animals, or bugs, cause. For me not to kill an animal that is dangerous or a nuisance to me, it must serve a purpose which I benefit from.

I've certainly killed my share of mice for coming into my house, I do not care if they knew what they were doing was wrong or not, but they serve no purpose to me except to be pests, spread disease, and attract snakes.

I've also killed some barn-swallows who made a nest over my porch, didn't really want to since they are great mosquito killers, but their crap was ruining my porch and their incessant chirping was infuriating.

I will kill a snake, but I try not to as they do keep the mice at bay. I pretty much let all non-poisonous snakes be, I just wrangle them a chunk them over my back fence, which butts up to some farm land. I will certainly take out a poisonous snake though. With my young'un running around, I just cannot risk a second encounter with any Copperheads or Rattlers.

I've also taken out my share of possums, armadillos, coyotes, etc. etc. Now, I don't mind these animals as they do have a very important purpose in our local food chain, but when they start coming close to houses and civilization there is something definitely wrong. The possums and armadillos usually keep at bay, so if they start coming around either they're looking for easy food or rabid. So, if you don't have any easily accessible food outside, like cat or dog food, then there's a good chance they're rabid. Coyotes don't hardly ever come around at all, so if one starts it's just best to take them out or they'll take out your pets first. They love feasting on small dogs and cats. If you can shoot a couple a year, that keeps the rest of the packs away.

Most spiders can escape my wrath if they are outside, they work on my side by keeping other bugs in control. Once they come inside, they're more than likely a  goner if I get my boot moving quick enough. I already have plenty outside, don't see the need to try to pick it up and put it outside.

Sluggo said:

Go rent a cat for a while.

+1 on the cat. Being a cat lover, I cannot say enough how great they are.

Around here in Texas, snakes and field mice run rampant. The snakes do an okay job, so it is always best to have an outdoor cat who can keep all those critters away. Something about a cat living on your property which makes it HIGHLY unattractive to snakes, possums, skunks, etc.

Indoors, a good mouser cat is invaluable.

50's is the best.

CP3S said:

She looks okay enough in the picture Bingo posted, but she looks pretty awful throughout the entire movie of TDK. I seem to recall when the movie first came out many other members expressed similar feelings regarding her looks.

She'd be pain enough, if it weren't for the very protrusive cheek bones and the droopy eyes thing she has going on.

She is the type of actress who I can only assume gave absolutely fantastic head on the casting couch.

Agreed. She was ugly to me during the entire movie. Katie Holmes was 10x better than whatever that thing was they picked to replace her.

I told my wife that and she said "She isn't that unattractive."

I told her that was evidence that I was going to be the one who would get the select that third lady if she ever allowed me to.

TV's Frink said:

You know how Bale could have improved his performance?  Batman has to be a little crazy, right?  If Bale had played him as Patrick Bateman I think I would have enjoyed it more.

Your wish is granted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHX61Cs_k-M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA_238N4YXE

I'm just not attracted to these muscular women. It's kinda gross actually.

I'm ferris209 everywhere!

Ferris, for the first city I worked for, and "209" for my first badge number. Since 2000.

I like it, it rings, and it has stuck.

doubleKO said:

The other... there are three of them! Maybe this should be a category in the OT.com awards. "Best 'Which Batman film is your favorite?' thread".

It's the other one!!!

I know this, if playing a Cop as a character....

You can wreak all kinds of havoc on society and be regarded as a good cop.

You can shoot any car at the gas tank and blow it up, immensely, with a big explosion.

You only have to answer to one supervisor, usually a Captain, but never anyone else....like a Chief or the City Council.

You can actually "Commandeer" vehicles.

Any of the many laws you violated to make one bust will be gratefully ignored in the end, regardless of just how guilty you are. (i.e. The Negotiator)

Your vest, or badge, will save you every time you're fired upon.

The legal system works extremely fast.

Everything can be fixed with a suspension.

There is no such thing as the ACLU.

You're always in the very best physical shape to the point that you can run 3 miles and still fight a bad guy for 20 minutes straight, no matter how much you drink, or how badly you eat. (usually shown eating a hot dog on the street, drinking nothing but whiskey when getting home, and still overcoming that bad guy who worked out everyday of his 20 year sentence)

You ALWAYS have a screwed up personal life. (divorced, alcoholic, estranged kids, etc.)

You're badge can get you in ANYWHERE.

Your gun has a unlimited amount of bullets.

No matter where you work, you're the only non-corrupt cop.

You can beat criminals in a fully video-taped interrogation room and it's no big deal.

Every-time you arrest someone, you read them their Miranda Rights.