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Loyola, I hear you, bro. Meals have been extremely meager for some time now (accompanied by the sound of the phone ringing) - zork Sep 24, 13:43 1
- :) Sorry to hear that, but hey, the world turns overnight and everyday we get to walk around in starlight. - Loyola Sep 24, 13:47
ST Poll: Is there a movie that we all universally hate? Gigli? -- nm - oblique Sep 24, 13:38 14
- Transformers 2? Phantom Menace? Catwoman? -- nm - ceregon Sep 24, 13:53
- Freddy vs. Jason? -- nm - MDH Sep 24, 13:46 1
  - Crazy talk. -- nm - Spawn Sep 24, 13:46
- Surely we can all agree on Blues Brothers 2000. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 24, 13:45 2
  - Nah, the kid was cool. -- nm - Spawn Sep 24, 13:46 1
    - and Joe Morton is always good. he's like Lance Henriksen, it could be the biggest steaming pile of a movie and he's good in it. -- nm - Remlik Sep 24, 13:49
- I *really* believed X3 was it. (nm) - musubi Sep 24, 13:44 2
  - Yeah - it had the combo of "really bad" + "most people here saw it" -- nm - Roger More Sep 24, 13:47
  - I missed the earlier poll, I thought it was terrible -- nm - MDH Sep 24, 13:44
- Soul Plane? -- nm - Hotkiss Sep 24, 13:41
- Van Helsing is pretty hated - Redmond on a phone Sep 24, 13:40
- It was okay. -- nm - Spawn Sep 24, 13:40
- Happily I've never seen it. Thank you TT/ST! -- nm - Loyola Sep 24, 13:39 1
  - Gigli is bad, but not even in my Top 10 worst -- nm - MDH Sep 24, 13:43
I gotta say, I don't really like the new wall system in ikariam - Guigue Sep 24, 13:35 15
- It seems like they went too far to try and increase defenses. - Krusty Sep 24, 13:40 4
  - I'm starting to lose money on my pillage runs on the new server -- nm - Guigue Sep 24, 13:41 3
    - Yup, it takes so long and costs so much because of it that you're better off just sitting home farming. - Krusty Sep 24, 13:44
    - I just lost about 20 units and found no goods in the town... - Guigue Sep 24, 13:44 1
      - Nope, makes no sense. The cost to rebuild the troops is going to add up after a while. - Krusty Sep 24, 13:49
- I am rather worried, myself. I may end up being a merchant instead of a general. -- nm - Spawn Sep 24, 13:37 7
  - I worry that a lot of people are going to become farmers and traders, realize it's a boring way of playing to them and then wind up quitting. -- nm - Krusty Sep 24, 13:42 2
    - I will hold on and wait/hope they fix it. - Spawn Sep 24, 13:44 1
      - Not quite orange yet but they're getting there. -- nm - Krusty Sep 24, 13:50
  - I would be fine with it if walls had to be bought like units - Guigue Sep 24, 13:40 3
    - I am not playing the test. Is there any reason you can't just send a crapload against it? -- nm - Spawn Sep 24, 13:40 2
      - I don't really know yet, it's a brand new server. However, it seems walls a pretty strong, and no more than 100-300 units can attack it at once. So it - Guigue Sep 24, 13:43
      - You can. It's costly, though. -- nm - Reagen Sep 24, 13:42
- is that on the test or is it live now? -- nm - Redmond on a phone Sep 24, 13:36 1
  - Speed server -- nm - Guigue Sep 24, 13:37
If Miami beats Virginia Tech on Saturday, I'll buy everyone on ST a pony -- nm - prayformojo, xynastic Sep 24, 13:32 2
- Can I exchange said pony for it's cash value? (nm) - musubi Sep 24, 13:36 1
  - You can exchange it for a pony's weight in potatoes. -- nm - Danonormal Activity Sep 24, 13:38
Wow. I thought X3 was the *one* movie that TT has a 100% consensus on. Congrats to con_carne on his contrarian streak. (nm) - musubi Sep 24, 13:26 17
- Aside from Marsden, that movie is pure joy from start to finish (spoils) - con_carne Sep 24, 13:47
- That movie was vomit pie and Transformers 2 was turd pie and Spiderman 3 was urine pie -- nm - Redmond on a phone Sep 24, 13:39
- I thought it was weaker than the first 2 but I didn't hate it. -- nm - Diva Sep 24, 13:36 1
  - These are my thoughts also -- nm - oblique Sep 24, 13:38
- X3 was the only one I liked, I just don't get the Xmen appeal at all - ceregon Sep 24, 13:31 3
  - Deep Blue Sea is awesome -- nm - Jovian Sep 24, 13:36 2
    - hmmmm Thomas Jane hmmmmm -- nm - Epiphany Sep 24, 13:45
    - Duh. -- nm - Shaun Sep 24, 13:36
- *fumes* -- nm - znu Sep 24, 13:30 1
  - hmmm? -- nm - znufrii Sep 24, 13:30
- liking it is one thing. I have a place in my heart for cheesy bad movies. Thinking they're better than #1 or #2? - Reagen Sep 24, 13:28 6
  - i just want all superhero movies to go away forever -- nm - shamu Sep 24, 13:30 5
    - well then lets have no more cop films or spy films to. -- nm - Remlik Sep 24, 13:45 2
      - And war. Can't have that. -- nm - Spawn Sep 24, 13:45 1
        
        Agreed. -- nm - Remlik Sep 24, 13:48
    - At least Superman, anyway. -- nm - Reagen Sep 24, 13:33 1
      - *finget to nose* -- nm - Spawn Sep 24, 13:33
Hmm. Distinct lack of kids movies in my Netflix queue. Suggestions? -- nm - oblique Sep 24, 13:24 8
- Zuma. Some great animal photography - prayformojo, xynastic Sep 24, 13:32 1
  - You mean Duma? Yeah, great movie -- nm - oblique Sep 24, 13:34
- His Girl Friday. ....Damn, have one on the tip of my brain I can't remember. -- nm - the liioulu with less Sep 24, 13:31 1
  - he said "kids" -- nm - shamu Sep 24, 13:32
- Amazing Grace & Chuck - shamu Sep 24, 13:28
- Donald in Mathmagic Land! -- nm - TFox Sep 24, 13:25 2
  - Word. - znufrii Sep 24, 13:25 1
    - This was the #1 reason I joined the Disney Movie Club: to get this on DVD months before it came out in retail. - TFox Sep 24, 13:26
If Gretzky owns the team, why is he paying himself $8 million a year? It seems circuitous, almost tax fraud-ish. -- nm - David Sep 24, 13:21 7
- he sure won't make anything from the Coyotes by taking a cut of the profits! -- nm - zork Sep 24, 13:41
- I would pay me. -- nm - Diva Sep 24, 13:38
- tangentially, I believe his ownership percentage is rather small, in the area of 5% or so. -- nm - Reagen Sep 24, 13:27
- I own my company. I get a paycheck. -- nm - Spawn Sep 24, 13:26
- Nearly every sports team does it. Tribune co pays huge money to lease Wrigley field, despite owning Wrigley field. - musubi Sep 24, 13:23
- owners of business entities pay themselves salaries all the time. probably for tax purposes, i imagine -- nm - shamu Sep 24, 13:22
- Wouldn't it be tax fraud-ish if he didn't? -- nm - nubby Sep 24, 13:22
So, of course, this means that they DID screw up the flower order. Fuck. And they have the balls to tell us that they won't give us a discount. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 24, 13:20 5
- what? for real? that's unacceptable. Tell them when the wedding is over you'll be talking to the owner, and if it's the owner you spoke to today - Andie Sep 24, 13:39 1
  - I think Andie needs to make this call for you Bery as official Wedding Fixer Person. -- nm - Remlik Sep 24, 13:46
- They're already paid for? - the liioulu with less Sep 24, 13:26 1
  - And sic you're most irritating relative on them. -- nm - the liioulu with less Sep 24, 13:30
- Why get upset and ruin your special day? -- nm - Florist Sep 24, 13:22
Eric Idle responds to YouTube comments -- (link) - Reagen Sep 24, 13:14 [youtube] 1
- Eric Idle is old. -- nm - nubby Sep 24, 13:20
"If the G20 fails to deliver (meaningful change/reform of the global financial system) is it really possible that we are doomed to repeat the same - Loyola Sep 24, 13:12 16
- even *IF* the G20 delivers similar mistakes will happen - Danedukenuuk Sep 24, 13:37 2
  - also, economies are inherently cyclical. -- nm - znufrii Sep 24, 13:38 1
    - not marxist economies - Danedukenuuk Sep 24, 13:43
- Well, I see the first problem already... - znufrii Sep 24, 13:25 3
  - The private sector has even more smarter people, and more money to hire even smarter people -- nm - Roger More Sep 24, 13:27 2
    - The smart people that should be in government, are also smart enough to *not* be in government. -- nm - znufrii Sep 24, 13:28 1
      - I dunno. I know a lot of smart people in government. The problem lies more in how policy is made, more than the number of smart people. -- nm - Roger More Sep 24, 13:29
- There's always going to be risk inherent in the system. - Dr.Vermin, oversimplifying Sep 24, 13:23 8
  - it just shouldn't be allowed to put the entire system in danger of collapse... -- nm - znufrii Sep 24, 13:41 3
    - I doubt that's the case now. -- nm - Dr.Vermin, oversimplifying Sep 24, 13:43 2
      - correct. - znufrii Sep 24, 13:44 1
        
        It has? What changed? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 24, 13:46
  - Except the only thing that has been propelled forward and upward after this catastrophe is public debt that'll ultimately result in higher taxes. -- nm - Loyola Sep 24, 13:32 2
    - that, and keeping things from getting exponentially worse in the near term by allowing to entire world economy to collapse. -- nm - znufrii Sep 24, 13:36
    - Right. That's the government fix. -- nm - Dr.Vermin, oversimplifying Sep 24, 13:34
  - "Come and see the violence inherent in the system! Help! Help! I'm being repressed!" -- nm - znufrii Sep 24, 13:27
*buys a ticket to Australia* -- (link) - znufrii Sep 24, 13:12
Grover Cleveland Alexander? -- nm - Krusty Sep 24, 13:04 7
- A is for Alex, The great Alexander; - Brian Sep 24, 13:06
- Yeah.... - Will Hunting Sep 24, 13:05 5
  - Cy did rack up some *ridiculous* IP numbers, but the league ERA when he played were so low that it was tough to get a *big* ERA+. (nm) - musubi Sep 24, 13:08 1
    - I think I missed this whole thread, ignore me -- nm - CQ Sep 24, 13:08
  - Walter Johnson, best EVER -- nm - CQ Sep 24, 13:07 1
    - *ahem* (nm) - Pedro Martinez Sep 24, 13:08
  - Once I saw that Johnson and Mathewson weren't right, I figured it had to be Alexander. - Krusty Sep 24, 13:07
*sees tru's firefight k/d ratio and says 'Holy Sh!#!'* -- nm - crash davis Sep 24, 13:04 3
- heh. I think I was betrayed more then I was killed - tRuMaN Sep 24, 13:05 2
  - also, we have 1500+ medals between the 4 of us. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 24, 13:06 1
    - it looks like easy is the way to go for medals :) -- nm - crash davis Sep 24, 13:08
X-Men is a B. X2 is an A-, X3 and Wolverine are about even at Ds. -- nm - Reagen Sep 24, 13:03 58
- not as good as Spiderman, not as good as Spiderman 2, amazingly not as good as Spiderman 3. -- nm - Stacy Sep 24, 13:17 1
  - Uh, all four of them? -- nm - Spawn Sep 24, 13:23
- The fact that X3 is getting consistently rated worse than Wolverine is so telling about X3. - TFox Sep 24, 13:16
- The badd rule. B+, A, D, D- -- nm - Spawn Sep 24, 13:16
- B+, A, F, C -- nm - Guigue Sep 24, 13:12
- subpoll: Whats worse? Fantastic Four 2 or Xmen 3? -- nm - Jovian Sep 24, 13:10 18
  - Dude. *I* have never seen FF2. - Spawn Sep 24, 13:24
  - I give this thread one big "Bah!" - con_carne Sep 24, 13:21 9
    - Even Bery is in shock at these grades. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 24, 13:29
    - I can actually hear the pieces clicking together in there... -- nm - TFox Sep 24, 13:23
    - You loved Spider-Man 3? You loved X3? Do you remember anything before the labotomy? -- nm - David Sep 24, 13:22 6
      - Yup, yup, n/a :) -- nm - con_carne Sep 24, 13:25 5
        
        In fairness, SheFox is like this. She somehow has the ability to not judge things for their faults and just enjoy what she enjoys. - TFox Sep 24, 13:28 4
        
        /me refrains from a "Of course. She married you." joke -- nm - Spawn Sep 24, 13:29 3
        
        There is probably more truth to this than I am comfortable admitting. :) -- nm - TFox Sep 24, 13:29 2
        
        One of the reasons I like you. -- nm - Spawn Sep 24, 13:30 1
        
        awww... *hugs it out* -- nm - TFox Sep 24, 13:32
  - Never saw FF2, but on the surface FF2 *looked* worse. X3's expectation (based on X2) makes it infinitely more disappointing. (nm) - musubi Sep 24, 13:12 2
    - I agree with that. (And nothing throws under Ghost Rider.) -- nm - TFox Sep 24, 13:20
    - When I heard it was Brett Ratner it lowered my expectations significantly - Guigue Sep 24, 13:14
  - Shoot the hostage. -- nm - David Sep 24, 13:11
  - *shoots the hostage* -- nm - Reagen Sep 24, 13:11 1
    - Heh. -- nm - David Sep 24, 13:12
  - X-Men 3 -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 24, 13:11
- B-, A, F, C+ -- nm - Jovian Sep 24, 13:09
- C. A+. F. D-. -- nm - David Sep 24, 13:09 1
  - The only thing that keeps X3 from F-territory for me is there was just enough decent Juggernaut / Wolverine story. - Will Hunting Sep 24, 13:10
- C+ Didn't watch the rest. -- nm - Loyola Sep 24, 13:07
- A-, A, D-, no data yet -- nm - crash davis Sep 24, 13:06
- I don't get the Wolvie hatey, it wasn't bad. A thought it was a "B". - musubi Sep 24, 13:06 12
  - The CGI and FX were so horrible even Jackman couldn't save the film. -- nm - Shaun Sep 24, 13:09 10
    - I had no problem with the CGI. It wasn't great, but it was better than X1. (nm) - musubi Sep 24, 13:13 7
      - You so crazy. -- nm - Spawn Sep 24, 13:15 6
        
        Deadpool vs Toad, Storm vs Wolvies hottie gf, Sabertooth vs Sabertooth, Statue of Liberty vs Nuclear reactor. - musubi Sep 24, 13:20 5
        
        "Deadpool" Thanks for starting your arguement with an EPIC FAIL. -- nm - Spawn Sep 24, 13:35 2
        
        You think he was worse than *Toad*? - musubi Sep 24, 13:38 1
        
        Wade Wilson was awesome. Deadpool was a travesty. A sham. A mockery. - Spawn Sep 24, 13:42
        
        But there was nothing that annoyed me in X1. There just wasn't as much FX, but what they did they did good -- nm - Guigue Sep 24, 13:22 1
        
        I *hated* the fight on the Statue of Liberty in X1. - musubi Sep 24, 13:24
    - The dead chick moves! -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 24, 13:10 1
      - I will assume this is true since I will not watch it again to verify. You know it's bad when I though GIJOE was infinitely more entertaining. -- nm - Shaun Sep 24, 13:12
  - I enjoyed it, I'd give in a B-. -- nm - Krusty Sep 24, 13:09
- #1 - BB-minus....#2 - solid A.....#3 - D-minus....Wolverine - D. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 24, 13:04 14
  - spoil me on 2. I've only seen these movies once. -- nm - CQ Sep 24, 13:05 13
    - Fantastic opening scene with Nightcrawler in the Oval Office.... spoils within - Will Hunting Sep 24, 13:08 12
      - the ending tease had me *SO* excited for X3. The actuall X3 was a *brutal* disappointment. (nm) - musubi Sep 24, 13:10 9
        
        Yep. If only Matthew Vaughn had liked Vancouver -- nm - Roger More Sep 24, 13:13
        
        I haven't ever walked out of a theatre that happy...ever. - Will Hunting Sep 24, 13:12 7
        
        For me it was a movie I can not even remember. - Spawn Sep 24, 13:36
        
        So true about Cyclops (spoilers) - Guigue Sep 24, 13:26 1
        
        He's the Ralph Bellamy of the X-Men movies. -- nm - Reagen Sep 24, 13:30
        
        Ah, Waking Life. -- nm - David Sep 24, 13:13 3
        
        ? -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 24, 13:14 1
        
        The happiest I ever walked out of a theater. -- nm - David Sep 24, 13:16
        
        heh. -- nm - Reagen Sep 24, 13:14
      - *bampf* -- nm - znufrii Sep 24, 13:10
      - yeah, I'm still not rememberig it, heh -- nm - CQ Sep 24, 13:09
- yeah, see, I'm not the person to go to for judging these movies. All I know is 3 sucked ass -- nm - CQ Sep 24, 13:04
MVP is up in the fantasy hockey draft -- nm - Stacy Sep 24, 13:02 1
- I pick...me. -- nm - Alex the Great Sep 24, 13:02
Speaking of the Natinals, they go for loss #100 tonight. - David Sep 24, 13:02 1
- Oh well. (nm) - Bryce Harper Sep 24, 13:16

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