xhonzi

Which I'd rather sit down and watch:

TPM (I guess...)  Or TRM if I can choose a not-yet-existant fan edit.

Which is least damaging to the Star Wars brand:

Holiday Special

xhonzi said:

FALLOUT 3 UPDATE: (spoilers herein)

I was able to play for several hours this weekend, and here is my report.

So... I blew it.  It looks like I missed my chance to go back to Vault 101.  And, more importantly, get the achievement for doing so.  And even more important- get the bobblehead and therefore the achievement for that.

Since I know you're all on pins and needles... I was able to get into Vault 101 after returning from The Pitt.

*whew*

I enjoyed the ending of the Pitt.  I sided with the Slaves... though it was quite a grey decision.  I think the 'cruelty to slaves' trumped everything else for me.  But I was unhappy with some of the repercussions of my decisions.  Now to go find some teddy bears.

And, finally, I have this on my Amazon wish list for whenever I get around to playing New Vegas:

http://www.amazon.com/Music-Inspired-Fallout-New-Vegas/dp/B004IAX6MC/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I23QDKNTKRGQYR&colid=331BUTX54JY8Z

Looks like some fun Vegas themed music to add to the mix.

TV's Frink said:

Master, what is a "fanboi?"

 I think it's french.  "fanbwah".

TV's Frink said:

Did he forget that movies are often cut down to (just barely) PG-13 to make more money?

I don't think so.  He blames the PG-13 nature of the movie for depriving him of the boobs.  I think he literally thinks: "Damn!  This movie would have the boobs in it if it weren't PG-13!  Damn you PG-13!"

He can also find plenty of boobs on the internet.  Hell, he can probably find pictures where he has boobs on the internet.

Hence why I said famous boobs in the OP.

Which also leads me to this thought, which might be better suited for another thread (on another site, but I digress)... but does nudity/seeing a sex scene somehow make the relationship deeper or more intimate?  (In a movie.  I, of course, acknowledge the need for nudity in real relationships. :) )  I've always been perfectly satisfied with a little saxophone music telling me all I need to know.  It tells me what's happened to the characters individually and what's changed in their relationship.  I don't need to see any more than that.  Just like I don't need to see these people on the crapper.

Watchmen, I'm looking at you.  (for the explicit sex scenes, not the crapper scenes)

TV's Frink said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkU8WMoB75U

 Hey, sucka!  Panaka want to know why you send Panaka to the Phantom Zone?  At least Panaka has plenty of delicious PanakacakesTM to keep him well fed.

MMmmmm... delicious PanakacakeTM available at your local grocer, fool!

After it went so well the last time... is this just so you can shut me down on your turf again?

TV's Frink said:

Luke confronted Vader and lost a hand.  Han was frozen in a block of something or other.  C3PO was strapped to a walking carpet.  Boba Fett was cool.  Lando betrayed everyone but it's better than it sounds.  Leia found true love with someone other than her brother.

Confused?  You won't be, after this episode of...

AS THE DEATH STAR TURNS

*applaud*

Maybe you can use something like that to introduce Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clowns:  A Frink FanEdit.

twooffour said:

 

<snip>

You realize that those kind of comments were in 100% of his reviews I read?  It's not like one little sardonic comment and I'm flying off the handle.  It was in 5 of the 5 reviews that I read.

I don't recall him being so fixated back when I used to read him more regularly.  It was something new- I found it odd.  I thought some people here might appreciate the oddity.

Many apologies if I've somehow touched a nerve here.

twooffour said:

Xhonzi,
If you wanna read crazy perverted sex fantasies into a few sardonic remarks about a topic made fun of all the g** d*** time, please continue to do so. Whatever floats your boat.

 Ebert said:

The aliens here have chest cavities that open to extrude three-fingered hands, slimy with mucus. One shudders to envision the use of these limbs during sex.

You're right, twooffour.  I'm totally reading too much into this.  I don't know how I leapt to the conclusion that this guy has creepy sex on his mind no matter what the subject matter.

It's all how you read it, I guess.

*eye roll*

TheBoost said:

xhonzi said:

 

Here are some snippets (all PG-13 movies):

Green Lantern:

We demand one chaste kiss between hero and heroine, but no funny stuff.

 

Captain America:

Young Steve's Army confidante both before and after his transformation is the sultry Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell), whose full red lips make her resemble a classic military pin-up of the period. ... they grow close, but only PG-13 close, because Marvel has apparently determined that fanboys find sex to be icky.

 

Rise of the Apes:

Whether she becomes Will's surrogate wife is an excellent question; the movie displays the usual PG-13 shyness about intimate details;

 

And a bit of a stretch: X-Men: First Class

At least all the X-Men are old enough to see an R-rated movie without adult supervision. Not that "X-Men" is R-rated; god forbid that a comic-book movie should turn away a single eager ticket-buyer.

Winner winner, chicken dinner.

And those are all of the reviews I read today.  I stopped reading Ebert years ago, but what's happened to the man?  He seems to be very upset that PG-13 ratings are standing between him and seeing famous boobs.

I think it's partly the annoyance of the obligatory chaste romance in these films, not that the romance itself is chaste.

Really?  I don't see that at all.  Perhaps in the case of Green Lantern, but not the others.  He seems to be upset that these films don't have sex scenes.  Enough to keep calling it out in his reviews.

He blames Marvel in the case of Cap.  Then he blames PG-13 in the case of Apes.  I know what I was expecting when I went to go see Rise of the Apes: Full frontal nudity.  And more "intimate details" between the  scientist who accidentally created an untelligent breed of ape and his wife.  And maybe some apes.  You know... rising.  If there's time left after all of the "intimate details" are laid out.  *wink wink*

greenpenguino said:

xhonzi said:

No.  Either you're with me or against me.

Only a prequelite deals in absolutes...

BLaraRGEARAHHGHHH!  I HATE YOU!

Bingowings said:

When 900 years old you reach, get as much, you will not.

 It's not the years, sweetheart... It's the chinnage.

RedFive said:

NERD RAGE!!!!!!!

No.  Either you're with me or against me.

captainsolo said:

TPM is okay. AOTC is less okay. I hate ROTS. None are bad, all are the biggest pile of mediocre ever devised.

 

 I disagree.  I think all three merit the "bad" label.  But that's my opinion and I will allow you to keep your own.

As a trilogy, do I count you down as a "mostly don't care/they're sort of good"?

In every single review?

skyjedi2005 said:

Without the Spirit or the Shadow, Batman the comic probably would not exist, and Bob Kane gets all the credit for it when he was not the only creative hand in it.

Its like Stan Lee taking all the credit for Marvel, and Jack Kirby is forgotten.

 

Xhonzi i think the public opinion on comics goes back to the creation of the comics code and the censoreship which shut down EC comics because they would not do censored books.

Also they claimed the comics had a bad influence on children and it was Communists influencing kids, commie propaganda.

 

Politicians especially the Religious right violated the sovereign rights of Americans freedom of speech, with this censorship its just like pre code Hollywood before they came in and cleaned up all the sex and nudity to appease hard right Christians.

Too bad in time even liberals got in on censorship like AL Gore's Ex wife.

There is some truth in what you say.

Though I don't think we called them "Hard Right Christians" back in the day.  They were just Christians and they were most of us back then.

And there's hardly any censorship.  Have you turned on your TV recently?  Or wandered into the wrong end of the bookstore?  Or been on "the internet."

ray_afraid said:

[indecision]

So I dunno where that puts me. I hated 'em and I'm sad at the missed opportunity, but *lowers sunglasses* I deal with it.

 I flipped a coin for you (http://www.random.org/coins/?num=1&cur=60-usd.0100c-adams) and it came up heads.  So I put you down as a h8r.

Bingowings said:

It's a good read (she has an friendly writing style and she is well travelled so lots of fun stories in there).

The recipes are really good too and can be adapted to include animal parts if that's your thing.

 Mmm..... Animal Parts....

I had to go look up Ebert's review of Phantom Menace since it came up in another thread.  While I was there, I decided to read some of his comments on some other recent movies.

Here are some snippets (all PG-13 movies):

It starts basic enough:

 

Green Lantern:

We demand one chaste kiss between hero and heroine, but no funny stuff.

 

Captain America:

Young Steve's Army confidante both before and after his transformation is the sultry Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell), whose full red lips make her resemble a classic military pin-up of the period. ... they grow close, but only PG-13 close, because Marvel has apparently determined that fanboys find sex to be icky.

 

Rise of the Apes:

Whether she becomes Will's surrogate wife is an excellent question; the movie displays the usual PG-13 shyness about intimate details;

 

And a bit of a stretch: X-Men: First Class

At least all the X-Men are old enough to see an R-rated movie without adult supervision. Not that "X-Men" is R-rated; god forbid that a comic-book movie should turn away a single eager ticket-buyer.

 

And The Finale: Cowboys and Aliens:

One alien element has become almost traditional. Ever since "Alien," we've had the phenomenon of aliens who unfold to reveal wicked inner parts. The aliens here have chest cavities that open to extrude three-fingered hands, slimy with mucus. One shudders to envision the use of these limbs during sex. On their home world, there must be fortunes to be made in opening manicure shops.

Winner winner, chicken dinner.

And those are all of the reviews I read today.  I stopped reading Ebert years ago, but what's happened to the man?  He seems to be very upset that PG-13 ratings are standing between him and seeing famous boobs.

*phew*

TV's Frink said:

We were all younger and stupider back then ;-)

Most of us were.  But you were still old, even then.  And then there's Benjamin Button...

Gaffer Tape said:

Well, in that case, glad I'm not a guy.  Apparently girls get to have more fun... at least with terrible musical numbers.  Tee hee!

 Now get back to Random Thoughts in Off Topic and tell us about your affair.

Bingowings said:

I find it impossible to hate them for what they are (almost comically muddled and mediocre toy adverts).

I do loathe the missed opportunity they represent (the chance to revisit the Star Wars universe in a cinematic context).

As the official episodes 1 to 3 they were a long hungry wait for an unappetising and expensive meal, the service was lousy too.

I only watch the footage now to see what other chefs and cooks can rustle up with some of the same ingredients. 

Um... I'll put you down as 'meh'?