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Irony: The guy injured last week while protesting any change in the current health care system is soliciting donations to cover his medical bills - TWuG Aug 10, 12:49 6
- He's calling on the community to support him? that sounds an awful lot like COMMUNISM!!! -- nm - Guy Aug 10, 12:51 4
  - For it to be communism, that support would have to be funnelled through some centralized source, wouldn't it? -- nm - Danoslam Aug 10, 12:53 2
    - not as marx envisioned it. -- nm - mafic Aug 10, 12:54
    - And it would have to be mandatory. -- nm - Danoslam Aug 10, 12:53
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- Hilarious. -- nm - Subversive Aug 10, 12:50
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- In Russia oven, frozen tv dinner cooks you! -- nm - Max Aug 10, 12:51 1
  - L3! -- nm - lileve Aug 10, 12:52
halo is essentially starship troopers (the book), and starship troopers done right would be awesome. - mafic Aug 10, 12:48 14
- honestly, i think if they merged the games and the info from the official books, they would have a - tRuMaN Aug 10, 12:52 1
  - Absolutely agreed. My one sole complaint with the Halo games .... - Beryllium Aug 10, 12:54
- but really, how many movies can there be about seven foot tall armor-plated exoskeleton-enhanced super soldiers with onboard AI? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 12:49 7
  - What do they enhance? nm - Dignan Aug 10, 12:53 1
    - *You*. - Beryllium Aug 10, 12:55
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  - with or without Sigourney Weaver? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 10, 12:51
  - seven? -- nm - mafic Aug 10, 12:50 2
    - The Magnificent Seven! one-foot-tall supersoldiers are still supersoldiers. Just ask Yoda. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 12:55
    - they need the enhancement because they're only a foot tall. -- nm - Max Aug 10, 12:54
- testify. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 10, 12:49
- Co-ed showers is an idea whose time has come. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 12:48 2
  - how do you do a movie about Starship Troopers and not show... - Mel Profit Aug 10, 12:54
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Go to OUTPOST.COM then click the link that's supposed to send you to FRYS.COM. What happens? -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Aug 10, 12:45 2
- It's eating the hard drive. - Spawn Aug 10, 12:46 1
  - So it's not just me, then? -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Aug 10, 12:50
The one thing that scares me about Del Toro directing the Hobbit ... - Beryllium Aug 10, 12:39 10
- the fact that it's not PJ scares me. - Mel Profit Aug 10, 12:40 5
  - agreed -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 12:42
  - Blind Freddie would know to drop Tom Bombadil -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 12:41 1
    - or have an awesome scene wherein Beorn goes to town and Bombadil is his dinner. - Beryllium Aug 10, 12:42
  - afaik, he and fran walsh are still involved in the script, as well as him producing. -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 12:41
  - This is true, most directors lack that skill ... -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 12:41
- somebody's hands are gonna have eyes in them? -- nm - Diva Aug 10, 12:39 2
  - I wonder if he ever thinks about branching out to like, feet with ears on them. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 12:47
  - well duh. Doesn't everyone have eyes in their hands? :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 12:40
- heh. maybe. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 10, 12:39
Spawn - didnt you want to play backgammon? -- nm - Guy Aug 10, 12:37 4
- I think so. -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 12:41 3
  - sign up and let me know what your username is... ill send you an invite -- (link) - Guy Aug 10, 12:42 2
    - I am - Spawn Aug 10, 12:44 1
      - invitation sent -- nm - Guy Aug 10, 12:53
Baby in Paraguay declared dead, found breathing during wake....(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney Aug 10, 12:30 8
- It's a zombie! -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 12:52
- It begins. nm - Dignan Aug 10, 12:52
- When Obama's death panel asks how I want to die, I'll tell them I want to be put in a magical Paraguayan box. -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Aug 10, 12:51
- I hope they got a discount on the delivery services. - Beryllium Aug 10, 12:40 1
  - And a refund on their wake. - Spawn Aug 10, 12:45
- "server hangup" -- nm - lileve Aug 10, 12:38 2
  - works now -- nm - lileve Aug 10, 12:38 1
    - "ST, we crash sites." -- nm - lileve Aug 10, 12:38
LYC: My basement got flooded last night :( - Walt_Disney Aug 10, 12:28 10
- Crazy kids. - Spawn Aug 10, 12:29 2
  - I am assuming there was but the previous owners might have covered it up...there is a small one in the laundry room on the opposite side of the.. - Walt_Disney Aug 10, 12:32 1
    - People do this when they sell, unfortunately. Prime living space vs basement that gets water. Sorry. -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 12:53
- Ouch. Make sure they help you get that dried out. Last thing either of you need is a mold problem. -- nm - TWuG Aug 10, 12:29 6
  - Buying a fan on my way home tonight....one of my co-workers is a property manager and told me the same thing. -- nm - Walt_Disney Aug 10, 12:33 5
    - Get a dehumidifier. A fan won't be enough. -- nm - TWuG Aug 10, 12:33 4
      - testify. -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 12:50
      - yep. -- nm - decline Aug 10, 12:40
      - agreed -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 12:35
      - Word. -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 12:34
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for some reason, while perusing youtube at lunch, I watched this. -- (link) - tRuMaN Aug 10, 12:25 [youtube] 3
- Really, was "Another Stakeout" any better a title than "Stakeout 2"? -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Aug 10, 12:27 2
  - All that matters is that I got laid watching it. -- nm - David Aug 10, 12:49 1
    - Clearly thanks solely to the moustache. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 12:51
If I started over, what would I study as? Adventure Tourism operator assistant, specializing in sailing or float plane tours. -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 12:25 2
- I shall take this as a compliment in my choice of fall-back careers. :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 12:27 1
  - While you were flying people around, I would be there thinking of things we could do to enhance the experience. - Spawn Aug 10, 12:29
If I started over, what would I study as? Adventure Tourism operator, specializing in sailing or float plane tours. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 12:24 4
- I'd study to be "The Most Interesting Man in the World" -- (link) - TWuG Aug 10, 12:26 2
  - That comic is perfect, nes pas? :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 12:27 1
    - Si, Senor. -- nm - TWuG Aug 10, 12:28
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Check out Cali Lewis dropping in on the open house at the new Cowboys Stadium. That screen is. GIANT. They're playing Madden on it. -- (link) - Mop (236 lbs) Aug 10, 12:22 1
- that's gotta be the Barco LED wall.. looks just like their casing... - colinski Aug 10, 12:26
I think there is a decent chance District 9 does well enough to get Halo greenlighted, which I wouldn't have thought a month ago. -- nm - David Aug 10, 12:21 55
- Please, can anyone summarize what the ads for this movie are supposed to be selling? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 10, 12:27 11
  - It's looking like an alien "Spartacus" -- nm - con_carne Aug 10, 12:30
  - It's racism... but against, aliens, see? By looking at them, we're really looking at ourselves! It's deep. Plus... explosions. -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Aug 10, 12:30 2
    - given that the director is south african, it seems a safe bet that it's all about apartheid. -- nm - mafic Aug 10, 12:39 1
      - pretty much -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 12:43
  - I think the basic idea is that the aliens... (guessing inside) - Danoslam Aug 10, 12:30 1
    - SPOILS!!! -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 12:30
  - alien rebellion. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 12:28
  - Alien Nation 2, as far as I can tell. -- nm - David Aug 10, 12:28 1
    - Pretty much. -- nm - TWuG Aug 10, 12:31
  - Alien Nation. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 12:28 1
    - except alien nation was assimilation, this appears to be segregation. -- nm - mafic Aug 10, 12:37
- Beyonce's song is kind of catchy, but I don't think they could make an entire movie out of it. -- nm - Danoslam Aug 10, 12:25
- I thought Halo would be big enough to get greened on it's own... - Mel Profit Aug 10, 12:24 23
  - What's the most successful video game adaptation to date? Tomb Raider, I think? -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 12:27 17
    - If done right, Halo would open to $100 million. -- nm - David Aug 10, 12:31 2
      - I'd go see HALO and have never played the game. -- nm - TWuG Aug 10, 12:32 1
        
        I'd pay to see Halo played on the big screen at my local theater. -- nm - Max Aug 10, 12:52
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      - I meant, purely in $. Here's the BOM list -- (link) - Roger More Aug 10, 12:32 12
        
        Master Chief might be the most popular character in North America for males aged 18-49. - David Aug 10, 12:34 11
        
        Mmm... it certainly isn't an ST-only thing, but I think it's an ST-enhanced thing. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 12:47 2
        
        (Well, depending upon what you mean by the word "character".) - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 12:48 1
        
        In general. Halo 3 sales topped $300 million in the first week. - David Aug 10, 12:51
        
        For all the Halo-related postings ever on ST, and there are always a lot, I have zero idea who Master Chief is -- nm - con_carne Aug 10, 12:42 2
        
        Imagine Alvin York in futuristic, nearly impregnable armor fighting off an alien invasion. - David Aug 10, 12:48
        
        think ... John McClane crossed with Shane crossed with The Man With No Name crossed with John "Hannibal" Smith. - Beryllium Aug 10, 12:47
        
        DAMN WOMAN! I just gave you sweet loving five minutes ago. Are you trying to kill me? -- nm - Master Chef Aug 10, 12:40
        
        yeah - I'm pretty detached from the whole Halo phenomenon, and it would take a lot for me to over come my "video games make crappy movies" prejudice - Roger More Aug 10, 12:40 3
        
        Watch ML's link below. I'd be curious to hear your thoughts. -- nm - David Aug 10, 12:46 1
        
        No youtube at work - it will have to wait until tonight -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 12:49
        
        I sat through some channel's half hour special on Halo, and that was pretty cool. -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 12:42
  - Very early on, it looked like Peter Jackson might direct. Now he's going to be the producer, and the District 9 director was his pick to direct. - Beryllium Aug 10, 12:26 1
    - Ah...that's right. I did actually read the EW article. Interesting. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 10, 12:27
  - The Doom scenario is what frightens the studio, when they're looking at a possible 200M budget. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 12:25 1
    - (with Microsoft wanting a massive cut) -- nm - David Aug 10, 12:36
  - its sorta like lord of the rings in that regard. - tRuMaN Aug 10, 12:25
- The ads have been great. What I know of the story makes me happy. Between it and Moon, maybe hard SF will rebound - TWuG Aug 10, 12:24 4
  - Speaking of which, Kim is watching Star Wars tonight. -- nm - David Aug 10, 12:29 3
    - Which cut? The original, non effed with version or the "I wasn't finished, I swear!" "Han is a pussy" version? -- nm - TWuG Aug 10, 12:33 2
      - Who am I, pixie? How the fuck would I know? That is like asking me to identify the various contents of my garbage. -- nm - David Aug 10, 12:35 1
        
        If the Death Star (spoils) - TWuG Aug 10, 12:39
- I'm really interested in District 9. I refused to read the EW adver...errr...article about it because I didn't want spoilage of any sort -- nm - ty97 Aug 10, 12:22 1
  - Agreed. Even the cover spoiled a little for me. -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 12:23
- pleaes connect the dots from District 9 to Halo, please. - colinski Aug 10, 12:22 10
  - the director of District 9 spent six months doing the planning for the Halo treatment, only to get shitcanned and have all the work thrown away -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 12:23 9
    - yup, basically got a vote of no confidence from the studios based on his inexperience. -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 12:25 4
      - for something as widely followed as Halo, I can see that... - colinski Aug 10, 12:28 3
        
        I'd be surprised if he did after getting thrown under the bus like that. - znufrii Aug 10, 12:31
        
        Peter Jackson would have been heavily involved. That was the key. -- nm - David Aug 10, 12:29 1
        
        ah. unpopular man, sometimes. - colinski Aug 10, 12:30
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      - (And it's really, really hot.) -- nm - David Aug 10, 12:28
      - A weekend is not six months, though. -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 12:26
    - and he's clearly used some of that work in this. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 12:24
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- I don't love it, but it's good enough to listen to more than once - Reagen Aug 10, 12:23 1
  - *finger to nose* -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 10, 12:28
- I agree with people who are disagreeing with Mel. I agree with people who are agreeing with Meh. {nm} - Banzai! Aug 10, 12:20
- Gave it roughly 30 seconds then ended the experience. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 10, 12:19 1
  - ditto -- nm - Guy Aug 10, 12:36
- that song is meh. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 10, 12:19
She will give you every penny's worth, but it will cost you a dollar first. -- nm - David Aug 10, 12:16 5
- *wonders what Fee Waybill is up to these days* -- nm - Jim Aug 10, 12:18 2
  - While driving to work this morninning, I wondered this exact thought. - Spawn Aug 10, 12:21
  - Running Bill and Ted's futureverse. -- nm - David Aug 10, 12:20
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  - one in a million -- nm - CQ Aug 10, 12:21
I know it was a joke people...I know. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 10, 12:15 3
- Sadly, radio is a dying industry. Remlik and my wife can probably expound for days on what's wrong with it and why it's dying. - TWuG Aug 10, 12:18 2
  - I've been thinking about the round less traveled since Saturday. - Mel Profit Aug 10, 12:21 1
    - round = road - Mel Profit Aug 10, 12:21
JOKE!!! -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 12:13 7
- You might recall that John Hinckley was a seriously deranged young man who shot President Reagan in the early 1980's. - Spawn Aug 10, 12:18 1
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- your face? -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 12:17
- Perv -- nm - lileve Aug 10, 12:17
- not funny -- nm - Jim Aug 10, 12:14
- "What do you call a fish that's missing an eye?" - Max Aug 10, 12:14
- *crickets* -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 10, 12:14

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