O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) - 8/10
Really enjoyed it. Had fun characters and a great soundtrack.
One of, if not the, best movie of George Clooney’s career. Plus, it had real music.
Toy Story 2 is better than a “kids film.”
Even further, Toy Story 3 is a damned emotional raping.
Birdman 9/10
Interesting but weird, all of the performances were spectacular and Inarritu/Lubezki’s cinematography was amazing. Check it out!
One of those movies I just couldn’t get into and couldn’t like. It had that whole “hey look, we’re being existential!” air to it that kind of turns me off. I loved the idea of Keaton playing a form of himself, but the execution was lame to me.
here’s my system
if it was made in the last ten years, it probably sucks.
if it’s getting rave reviews and I’m seeing posters at walmart, it probably sucks.
if it was directed by jj abrams, I KNOW IT SUCKS.
if its a remake of something good, see number 3.
I thought that JJ Abrams did a pretty good job with TFA and the first Star Trek.
Johnny Cash - Wreck of the Old '97.
Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers - Rare Bird Alert (specifically King Tut)
Well I would argue that CD Jewel cases are the best cases. They’re really slim and short so you can fit a ton more in whatever space you have, plus they’re more rigid and just look and feel nicer. For a while I even debated swapping all of my movies into jewel cases.
I’ve long complained that CD jewel cases are what DVD’s, and now Blu-Rays, should have been in. They even make jewel cases that are half the size of standard cd jewel cases so you can fit two cd/DVD/BR’s in the space of one normal cd jewel cases.
Hi ferris! You’ve been gone since before I started posting here, so you don’t know me, so it’s nice to meet you!
Howdy!
Thanks Frink, no welcomes are necessary, but thanks again.
Thanks Frink and Durcell!
The appeal of Call of Duty to begin with was that it was a war shooter, not a flying space robot game. I’m not angry at them; I just have no desire to play it anymore.
My sentiments exactly.
Found a neat review of the BF1 trailer by WWI experts. It surprisingly or unsurprisingly gets a thumbs up for pretty good accuracy so far, with reasonable concessions made for game play or simply theatrics.
http://www.engadget.com/2016/05/14/battlefield-1-historical-breakdown/
Yeah, how dare they make a Sci-Fi space action title. There’s no way the people around here would ever be into something like that!
I don’t care that they make it, they can make whatever they want, it’s just not something I’m into with my gaming preferences. I’ve always really loved their foundation, which was historical warfare in the FPS.
BO II was actually half cold war half future
Yeah, but if I recall correctly they weren’t fighting in space, shooting lasers, jumping 200 yards across a map, and deploying enemy seeking robots. I could be wrong on that, but if it had all that it was minimal.
My Dad and I watched what I thought was a fun and entertaining flick in the mid to late 90’s on a cable movie channel.
It was an action packed b-movie which had a couple of Japanese assassins chasing some white dude. But it had comical scenes in it and quirky ideas. Like I distinctly recall one of the Japanese assassins was an Elvis impersonator and he acted like The King but just as you would imagine a Japanese impersonator, who lacks a firm grasp on any other American institution, would act. It appeared to be an American production.
I cannot find this movie anywhere and I hope that if I ever do, it is just as fun to watch now as it was then. I hate those movies you loved back when but turn out to be mediocre now for some reason.
I too like Legend of Zelda 😄
I’ve only played the original Legend of Zelda and Windwaker. I didn’t get to experience it immediately when it came out, since it was in my infancy, but the original Zelda was just such an incredible game. It was kind of the blueprint for open-world free roaming games.
Me too, being a child of the 80’s, I spent a many many hour playing that game and occasionally blowing into the end of the gold cartridge. I’d kill to have the original LOZ ported to my PS4.
It’s kind of sad, but they deserve it. I really enjoyed COD back in the MW and WAW days. After that it was OK but once they did this futuristic Titanfall stuff it just fell apart. They’re remastering COD4 but I see no reason to buy it for $80, especially since it only has half of the maps.
They lost me at Ghosts. I enjoyed MW and Black Ops II, but I longed for the WAW and the WWII games. I think it was BOII that ventured into 60’s Cuba, which was fun and awesome to me. I prefer the historical real world stuff to all that zonky space warfare crap. Always wished they’d go back and completely overhaul the old Call of Duty games for a re-release. I could NEVER get into anything close to science fiction in the way of video games, except Star Wars. I loved the WWII era stuff, after all it was COD foundation. In recent years, I got addicted to BF4 in lieu of COD. I especially loved the teamwork, huge maps, ever changing battlefield, and game mechanics. But they too kind of lost me at BF: Hardline. Not only the lack of any real developments, but the weird political propaganda in the story line and the what I felt were inferior maps and modes in the online compared to BF4 turned me off. I’ll probably go in on the BF1, but I had never thought about a WWI games so it may be interesting.
I prefer the muff, it's tight enough for me and plenty fun to play with. Y'all can have the poop chute.
SilverWook said:
That so many internet forum smart asses were predicting this was too out there, and too obscure to succeed, makes it a sweet victory.
I'm beginning to think Marvel could even pull off a faithful Howard The Duck movie now.
Yeah, my faith in Marvel has increased a great deal with The Avengers and now GotG. I loved Iron Man 1, 2 was good, 3 was good too. They've come a long way from the days of Daredevil, Electra, and Hulk. I did enjoy the first Punisher though.
SilverWook said:
Back at number one again, (when was the last time that happened?) and now Starlord of the summer! ;)
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2014&wknd=34&p=.htm
Wow! That's pretty wild. I think it shows what audiences want, hopefully Hollywood listens.
The wife and I had a date night a couple of weeks back and I thoroughly enjoyed this flick. Hope it gets some just as good sequels.
I wouldn't mind seeing the effort, at least if they do it right and don't try to fill it full of special effects, stupid stuff (nuked refrigerator), and ignorant plots (it's the aliens!). A return to old school live action and a good plot would be the absolute cornerstone of getting a new Indy who has a future.
I think Chris Pratt would do the role justice, having seen his work in GotG, I was highly impressed with his work. The part where he was dismayed at the guys not knowing who Star-Lord was, he seemed to have perfect timing and attitude as you'd see in any Indiana Jones flick. I could easily see him "Indiana Jones, guys! Legendary Professor and archeologist? Forget it!"
I think he'd easily fit into the role of Indy as we remember the great adventurer, again though, it all depends on the material and the implementation.
Although you're pretty mad at me right now, and may have right to be, I'd never block you.
Warbler said:
Well it is Memorial Day again. I just got done watching the National Memorial Day Concert. I highly recommend it. It is a very powerful reminder of what this day is about: the brave solders who didn't make it back. I always shed a very tears during the concert, especially when the actors relate stories of soldiers that served and their famies. It is always powerful and emotional. I always think of years past when the great Charles Durning was speaker. He was not only a great actor but a WWII veteran. He was on the beaches on D-Day. His speeches were always so powerful and moving. Here is a clip from on of his last appearances at the concert where he decribes his experences on D-Day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0GVUXh4tQQ
Whatever you are going to do on Memorial Day, please take a few moments and remember what this day is about.
May God Bless America.
May God Bless America, indeed.
I offer up the words of one of our greatest Presidents, and Commanders-in-Chief, of modern times as I am in no way eloquent enough to say what my heart feels, but this man always could. I can't help but cry, and I always do at the very, very end.
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I am sleeping and going into work tonight. Another night of breaking up fights, arresting abusive husbands/wives, getting DWI's off the streets. No enjoyment for me, but what sacrifice I make on this, or any other day, is very little when compared to the sacrifice that those brave men and women make who are in the military or were in the military.
If those men can storm up a beach riddled in a hail of bullets and explosions, if they can walk through a jungle knowing their next step may be their last, if they can load into a helicopter and fly into enemy territory where capture and torture is likely if they fail to complete their mission, I can go spend a few hours cleaning up societies messes and come home.
God Bless Our Soldiers, God Bless Our Veterans, and God Bless America.
DuracellEnergizer said:
Bingowings said:
I like wasps and they only sting if they are provoked or if it's the autumn and they are bored and about to die.
Maybe they'd be tolerable if there were less of them, but they're everywhere. There isn't a place around the house, around the garage, or in various little spaces scattered across the property where one of their nests can't be found.
This shit works!
I find it enjoyable using it actually.
Bingowings said:
The insects that scares me most are horseflies anything with that many legs and a saddle must give one pause for thought.
Eh, they don't have a stinger or mandibles. Screw'em.
Said:
by guy who's been neck deep in horseflies half his life.
TV's Frink said:
DuracellEnergizer said:
I've noticed that some of the more rapid Protestants like to label anything that isn't Protestantism -- be it non-Protestant Christianity or even seperate religions -- as a cult.
Lol at "rapid Protestants."
LOL! They're speedy.
DuracellEnergizer said:
TV's Frink said:
DuracellEnergizer said:
I've noticed that some of the more rapid Protestants like to label anything that isn't Protestantism -- be it non-Protestant Christianity or even seperate religions -- as a cult.
Lol at "rapid Protestants."
Gotdang typos!
Loved that show, wished that hadn't cancelled it. As an original Texan, I can attest that it was pretty spot on about our quirks.
