RedFive said:
What the hell kind of birds do you Brits have over there :p
This kind.
Also, bump.
imperialscum said:
I tolerate this thread, for now.
*hugs*
That's the spirit old chum!
There's an awful lot of hate and anger going on in this here Off-Topic forum thingy. So here you can post stuff that you really like, love or tolerate so we can have a little collection of nice, happy things.
Have a nice day!
TV's Frink said:
What the hell did Canada do to you? Other than give you The Kids In The Hall, which is awesome.
They were probably donked in the head by Jacques and Francois
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ITLXo19248g#t=21
By Feminazis I assume you mean female nazis, which would sort of go under Nazis.
But, Tattoos!? What on earth's wrong with having tattoos?
DuracellEnergizer said:
Davnes007 said:
I don't like threads like this.
Double standards(?)
Hey!Hey!hey!
Davnes007 said:
Well, then he should really like your posts.
:P
Oooh, Zing!!
ray_afraid said:
xhonzi said:
This sucks... no one made a thread about stuff I hate. I hate that!
Does imperialscum hate that I hate that?
(and right on, regarding the onions, mate!)
greenpenguino said:
Hey, where's my "greenie doesn't like stuff" thread too!? I don't like sand! Everybody knows that! It's coarse and rough and it gets EVERYWHERE!
DOUBLE STANDARDS!
Until you change your usernames to something as gross as ImperialsCum, no threads for you!
But I DON'T LIKE SAND!!
Hey, where's my "greenie doesn't like stuff" thread too!? I don't like sand! Everybody knows that! It's coarse and rough and it gets EVERYWHERE!
DOUBLE STANDARDS!
imperialscum said:
doubleofive said:
I'm sorry to hear that. There are some misses in the 700+ hours, but it's far from soulless.imperialscum said:
I don't enjoy Star Trek. It is a soulless science-fiction.
Well I gave it a try at least 2 times by now. It just isn't Star Wars (which is broad and deep and very human at the same time).
Oh, come on! I love Star Wars a huge amount but "broad" and "deep" it is not. It's very simple storytelling done in a very effective way. Star Trek is a little more complicated with it's characters and plots and so on, but both are just as great
Bingowings said:
What don't you get about 2001?
It's a pretty basic story which I understood perfectly well when I was 11 or 12yrs old (I might have seen it before then but I can't remember).
My mum says she doesn't get 2001 either. Some people just don't get it I guess. Me and my youngest sister had to explain it to her and she finally understood it. My other family members didn't actually care.
The Notebook
Four out of Five Balls (Am I the only one still using the balls system??)
I actually really liked this film, having never seen it before. A lot of it is a little ham-fisted and corny, but it did make me cry.
A lot.
Like, uncontrollable hour and a half long crying.
Then I watched 'Up' again.
Cried a lot there too.
I was saying Boo-urns.
UGH. Now Miley Cyrus is stealing my catchphrase.
Hmm... Seems that Frink has made a new arch-enemy, guess it's time for me to fill the Han Solo role.
*Ahem*
"Hokey Puns and Random Gif sets are no match for a good text post at your side."
Yeah, maybe not...
They may not be Bi-Curious, but they sure are Bi-Furious!
I've now decided that I'm not going to smoke anything, or drink anything alcoholic anymore. From now on I don't want any of that stuff anymore.
I really need to take care of body better. From now on I'm not going to smoke anymore and I'm going teetotal. I'm also going to try to keep fit more too.
Also, double post...
Iron man who knew too much ado about nothing sacred ground -hog day the earth stood still life of brian 's song of the south -land tales from the darkside blues brothers keeper of the flame of barbary coast of skeletons in the closet land before time after time machine gun preacher 's kid-s are all right stuff
Meh. I give up.
TV's Frink said:
I WANT FIREFLY 2!
:-(
Meh. I've been to the parallel universe, it's not as good as the first film. Plus it had that annoying son of Wash and Zoe in it, he was pretty much Wesley Crusher and Jake Lloyd's Anakin mixed together and turned up to eleven. Really brought the film down considerably, Joss Whedon really dropped the ball writing that character in. Then again, he was directing the Wonder Woman movie at the time so maybe the addition of the kid was actually director Brett Ratner's idea.
Soundtrack was good though, especially that musical number dream sequence.
Tobar said:
greenpenguino said:
I might be alone in this, but I want to play a game that takes place in the GTA universe but is from the point of view of the police. Sort of like a Serpico type thing where the system starts out corrupt and gradually is sorted out by the end of the game.
Have you ever played LA Noire?
xhonzi said:
greenpenguino said:
I might be alone in this, but I want to play a game that takes place in the GTA universe but is from the point of view of the police. Sort of like a Serpico type thing where the system starts out corrupt and gradually is sorted out by the end of the game. Also would be cool to play as a female police officer (who isn't objectified and sexualised to the nth degree) to try and balance things in contrast to the male dominated criminal GTA games. There could of course be things the officer could do in their off time, like visit bars and stuff. As well as acting as a negotiator in hostage situations or talking with suicidal people.
Perhaps not exactly what you're asking for- but have you played Crakdown 1 or 2 and/or LA Noire?
Yeah I have played LA Noire and I really liked it. Though I'd like it to have a game in a similar vein but less noir-y and more "buddy cop show-y" and set in a more modern setting. They could utilise the same character switching thing that GTA 5 has, but for each of the buddy cops. That kind of switching system would be prefect for a buddy cop game. Maybe one is a female by the book, extremely efficient officer that recently shipped in, the other is a older jaded male officer that is one of the only good cops left.
Haven't played either Crackdown games, they don't really seem like my kind of thing.
doubleofive said:
GTA 5 is incredible. It fixes every problem I've had with the series.
Loading Times: Except for when you switch characters, gone.
World Unlock: Drive anywhere, right from the beginning.
Side Quests: Optional. You want to hang out with another character, YOU call THEM! They've also integrated the RDR-type random missions, where you can stop a purse snatcher or so on.
Getting Lost: No longer a problem. Drive as far as you want, then switch characters, the one you got lost will find his way back. Really keeps the game moving.
Car Damage: It's really really hard to damage your car as to be undrivable. Vehicles are far less likely to explode. Also, each character has a vehicle or set of vehicles that is owned by them, so when you switch characters or finish a mission, most of the time one of your cars will be waiting there, saving some time as usually you'd have to stand in the middle of the road and threaten someone to get out of their car.
Cops: There are fewer cops on the street for you to accidentally tap and start some kind of shootout on accident. They're still pains when you do instigate them, but they have view things on the radar so where you can see where they're looking for you, which gives car chases an almost Assassin's Creed feel. Sometimes I find myself looking for hay bales.
Story: Rockstar has learned from RDR and realized that we do actually care about the story. I don't see this getting as emotional as RDR did, but I do care about what happens to the characters. I honestly don't remember what Nico's deal was.
I might be alone in this, but I want to play a game that takes place in the GTA universe but is from the point of view of the police. Sort of like a Serpico type thing where the system starts out corrupt and gradually is sorted out by the end of the game. Also would be cool to play as a female police officer (who isn't objectified and sexualised to the nth degree) to try and balance things in contrast to the male dominated criminal GTA games. There could of course be things the officer could do in their off time, like visit bars and stuff. As well as acting as a negotiator in hostage situations or talking with suicidal people.
I really, really want to get GTA 5.
xhonzi said:
I watched Star Trek 2009 about a month ago. Part to see it again before STID and part to see if my negative memories of it had been trumped up by time (the memory cheats).
I still really disliked it. My misgivings are on file here somewhere.
Because I'm a "responsible adult" these days, the wife and I usually end up watching movies in 2 (or heaven forbid 3) sittings, which I'd prefer not... but it would mean watching one non-kiddie movie a month or so, which I can't say sounds any better.
That being said, night one of ST2009 ended with Scotty's Super Fun Water Slide after conveniently being teleported into the coolant tank. This of course, right on the heels of the Old Spock scenes, which are some of the most illogical (see what I did there?) scenes in a very illogical movie.
The upshot of watching movies in different sittings (not one that outweighs the down, but it's what I've got) is that it's easier to evaluate one part separately from another. If a movie has a stronger front end or back, it's harder to realize that when you watch them "all mashed up together" like that. :)
So the scene that directly follows the Scotty Slide is probably the one I would say is the best in the film- when Kirk has to compromise Spock's emotions. So much better than the "your mom goes to college is a human" bit with young Spock at the begining.
And then the ridiculous ending starts. Well, it was 7 minutes that I really found myself enjoying the picture.
So... last night we checked out Star Trek Into Darkness. I was prepared to hate it, given my reaction to 2009's outing, and I'm generally unimpressed with Kurtzman and Orci across the board. I spoiled everything in the movie back when it had its Australian release several weeks ahead of the domestic one. I believed the "callbacks to the good movies" were going to be lazy and stupid... and I thought the marketing/PR moves with the "is Cumberbatch Kahn? mystery to be really stupid. (Of course he is!) Bringing Kahn back for the 2nd movie seemed to be really uninspired.
All of that to say that I fully expected to hate STID. I would like to say that I give all movies a chance, even if I have certain expectations (likely untrue)... and I'd like to use STID as an example of that.
I quite enjoyed it! Sure, there were nits ripe for the picking... but somehow this movie won me over and engendered enough goodwill in me that those issues did not get in the way of my enjoyment.
There's not a lot more to say about it than that. I've heard a lot of 'love 2009, really liked STID" and a lot of "hate both of them" "they're the 2 best 'Trek movies ever" kind of commentary... but I haven't heard/seen my response- detest 2009, quite enjoyed STID.
4/5 proton coffins
Hmmm... I'm in the "fairly enjoyed '09 (even with all the stupid stuff in it) and utterly loathe Into Darkness camp"... so... 
Umm... Jes??
