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Continuing Star Wars Day on ST -- (link) - oblique Jan 12, 12:57 [youtube]
The guy who did TPM reviews has also done a bunch of Star Trek movie reviews too. -- nm - Beaker Jan 12, 12:55 2
- I started in on his review of First Contact. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 12, 12:57
- This guy is fast becoming an honorary STer - con_carne Jan 12, 12:56
ahh, dontcha love new Alliance members asking for donations 2 minutes after being introduced.... -- nm - Beaker Jan 12, 12:54 4
- word -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 12:56
- Boot them!!!! -- nm - Redmond on a phone Jan 12, 12:55
- I sort of sent him a message on that. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 12, 12:55 1
  - Good. -- nm - TWuG Jan 12, 12:57
I've only watch Part 1 of the Phantom Menace review, but I would totally recommend it for anyone considering writing a screenplay. -- nm - Dano Jan 12, 12:53 8
- This is like some elaborate prank this board is doing to make me watch a Star Wars discussion. It's not going to work. -- nm - David Jan 12, 12:54 7
  - I *LIKE* Star Wars and they're not gonna get me to watch it either. -- nm - Jim Jan 12, 12:58
  - It is so far really as good a dissection of screenplay structure as I've ever read or seen. -- nm - Dano Jan 12, 12:58
  - It's really about constructing an elaborate argument. 6 paragraph David should listen to him out of respect. -- nm - Inigo Jan 12, 12:57
  - So am I understanding this correctly? That the reviewer was involved in the making of the movie? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 12, 12:56
  - Mop *really* wants you to watch it. He was upset. -- nm - TFox Jan 12, 12:55 2
    - It sounds like Pixie is the only one who really needs to watch it. -- nm - David Jan 12, 12:56 1
      - It argues quite well the beauty of the original trilogy while eviscerating the ham-handedness of the prequel trilogy. -- nm - Dano Jan 12, 12:57
Time to make some chili. I've noticed that I have to let it simmer for about 3 hours before it's perfection. -- nm - CQ Jan 12, 12:49 9
- I started making mine in the slow cooker. Turn it on when I leave in the morning and 8hrs later it's chili perfection -- nm - decline Jan 12, 12:50 1
  - then I have to smell chili stuff in the morning. bah -- nm - CQ Jan 12, 12:52
- I put mine in the crock pot for 24 hours. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 12, 12:50 6
  - There's a good groiny's penis joke there somewhere -- nm - oblique Jan 12, 12:50 4
    - check your ass. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 12, 12:52 3
      - He still isn't [bleeping] right from that. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 12:53
      - You don't want to have anything to do with that part of me currently - oblique Jan 12, 12:52 1
        
        so I read. - groiny Jan 12, 12:53
  - Yeah, even I know that 3 hours is nothing. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 12:50
My post on b2 wasn't HK specific, it was to con_carne's statement that being single or not will be (should be) a factor when you travel. - Stephen Jan 12, 12:45 22
- I can last two months on the road without banging random dudes. are you saying I'm not the norm? -- nm - amanda Jan 12, 12:52 3
  - No, i'd like to think that you would be. -- nm - Stephen Jan 12, 12:59
  - I'm not random. -- nm - Dano Jan 12, 12:53 1
    - Nor a dude - oblique Jan 12, 12:53
- PMB's response to you on B2 summed it up better than I could -- nm - con_carne Jan 12, 12:51
- Sometimes selfish is all you want for yourself. -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 12, 12:51
- i don't think you can say 'no' outright in every case. different people want different things. - Andie Jan 12, 12:48 11
  - let's just call it what it is, there is no legit reason to break up with someone to go on a trip - groiny Jan 12, 12:51 2
    - Sure there is. A long trip mean emails, calling, maintaining the emotional side of youre relationship. If you don't want to do that, break it off -- nm - Roger More Jan 12, 12:55 1
      - bah, I do not buy it. - groiny Jan 12, 12:57
  - But if there's no good reason to be with them the (a) trip shouldn't be the impetus to end the relationship. -- nm - Stephen Jan 12, 12:51 7
    - Sometimes people need a crossroads to decide what they really want. - pmb Jan 12, 12:54
    - It needs *an* impetus. Otherwise, coasting along for fun seems fine. It's not turned sour, it's just not sweet enough to wait for. -- nm - TFox Jan 12, 12:52 5
      - right. sure, we can all say 'you should just break up with X", but you need a reason. both for yourself and for them. - Andie Jan 12, 12:54 4
        
        so we're saying that hk lacks the maturity to see that the relationship was no good without the threat - amanda Jan 12, 12:56 3
        
        *i'm* not saying that. i'm saying if she doesn't want to wait two months, then it's not a relationship worth waiting for. - Andie Jan 12, 12:57 1
        
        yeah, pretty much every person I dated prior to being 30. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 12, 12:58
        
        i would say, conversely, that she's gained the skill, knowledge and/or confidence to be able to pull the trigger on ending something... - TFox Jan 12, 12:57
- All this HK talk makes me think she might be hot. -- nm - Loyola Jan 12, 12:47
- Not all relationships are created equal. Some are worth waiting a few months for. Some aren't. - TFox Jan 12, 12:47 2
  - Agreed. -- nm - pmb Jan 12, 12:49
  - I...agree with TFox... -- nm - znufrii Jan 12, 12:48
Where's Hunting? Has he been around today? -- nm - Jim Jan 12, 12:41 8
- I was around....back now, what's up? -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 12, 12:51
- *checks clock* He's probably eating about now -- nm - oblique Jan 12, 12:42 6
  - rhetorical clock check? -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 12:43
  - Like you had to check a clock. Liar. ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 12, 12:42
  - Did you really have to check the clock to come to that conclusion? -- nm - Jim Jan 12, 12:42
  - did you really need to check the clock? nm -- nm - groiny Jan 12, 12:42 2
    - bastard -- nm - Jim Jan 12, 12:42 1
      - U R Slow - groiny Jan 12, 12:43
Conan O'Brien's statement - pmb Jan 12, 12:39 30
- Folks, this is how you do PR. It's honest, it's straightforward, it's funny and it's piercing. -- nm - David Jan 12, 12:54
- Never been a real Conan watcher, but I'll give him class points for that statemtent. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 12, 12:52
- so wait. is NBC buying conan out? is that what we assume? -- nm - amanda Jan 12, 12:52 2
  - When ho starts at Fox, that will negate it. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 12:52 1
    - from what I read IF he goes to Fox, NBC would still ahve to pay him half of what they are supposed to. -- nm - Remlik Jan 12, 12:56
- You can just tell he's a smart and decent man. Too bad his generation of fans are leaving traditional television. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 12, 12:47 1
  - I barely watch tv anymore except for sports and on Christmas. -- nm - Loyola Jan 12, 12:52
- god I love conan. this is so classily awesome. I love - amanda Jan 12, 12:43 8
  - I think he's a very talented writer and I think his sketches and taped bits are great. I find his mannerisms unbelievably annoying. - pmb Jan 12, 12:48 7
    - so we assume leno 11:30 - 12:30 and then fallon? -- nm - amanda Jan 12, 12:50 6
      - I don't think we can assume anything yet. Conan didn't quit, he issued an ultimatum. -- nm - Ender Jan 12, 12:53
      - I guess. Of course the real winner here is Carson Daley. - pmb Jan 12, 12:51
      - so, is 11:30 still The Tonight Show? or is that just ... gone? -- nm - Andie Jan 12, 12:51 1
        
        If that were the case then NBC would owe Conan a penalty. -- nm - Max Jan 12, 12:52
      - Yeah, that the play if you add "Conan = $$$) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 12, 12:51
      - That's what it would seem like to me. -- nm - TFox Jan 12, 12:50
- i love him. -- nm - Andie Jan 12, 12:42 13
  - we're so funny with our exact same taste in dudes. we must never meet each other's boyfriends, ever. -- nm - amanda Jan 12, 12:45 12
    - *crosses amanda off my wedding guest list* - Andie Jan 12, 12:45 11
      - yeah?? my bridal party is wearing tshirts with pictures of you with red lines through them. -- nm - amanda Jan 12, 12:47 8
        
        Is that why you sent that to me? -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 12:48
        
        *laughing* this is good stuff -- nm - CQ Jan 12, 12:48 1
        
        Oh, wait until they actually fight. - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 12:49
        
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        hey! -- nm - Andie Jan 12, 12:48 3
        
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        he was drunk when I convinced him to wear the shirt. he's drunk again now. -- nm - amanda Jan 12, 12:51 1
        
        *begins printing Team Amanda shirts @ Cafepress* -- nm - oblique Jan 12, 12:52
      - omg, you're pregnant?! -- nm - Beryllium Jan 12, 12:47 1
        
        with hermaphroditic twins! Please pay attention! -- nm - David Jan 12, 12:57
Fedup protests his lack of feelings more than Loosi. Fedup has a crush on HK -- nm - Redmond on a phone Jan 12, 12:39 5
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  - I'm really bored. Slowest month for me at work. Nobody needs toilet paper in January? A bunch of constipated cheap skates the all of you! -- nm - Redmond on a phone Jan 12, 12:44 3
    - being frugal I've learned to carefully fold the TP instead mashing up a big ball -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 12, 12:47 2
      - Where is loosi? -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 12:51
      - People like you keep me poor -- nm - Redmond on a phone Jan 12, 12:49
"Conan O�Brien Says He Won�t Host �Tonight Show� Following Leno" - Ender Jan 12, 12:38 19
- Attaboy Conan. That's drawing a line in the sand. (nm) - musubi Jan 12, 12:44 3
  - That'll move the chains. -- nm - Max Jan 12, 12:45 2
    - Nothing but the bottom of the net! (nm) - musubi Jan 12, 12:46 1
      - It puts the lotion in the basket! -- nm - Reagen Jan 12, 12:47
- He stole my inauguration speech. -- nm - Max Jan 12, 12:43
- Good for him. nm - Dignan Jan 12, 12:42
- so, ST poll: If Conan calls it quits, does he go back to write for the Simpsons? :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 12, 12:42 2
  - no *way* he calls it quits. although I don't know if he'll go to fox. -- nm - amanda Jan 12, 12:46 1
    - maybe he'll be all, "screw you, NBC. I'm starting my own network. On youtube." -- nm - Beryllium Jan 12, 12:48
- that sounds unusually honest for a celebrity. -- nm - loosilu Jan 12, 12:41 4
  - late night host seems to be the one position in entertainment that lets you bite the hand that feeds you. -- nm - Reagen Jan 12, 12:50
  - He openly mocked the NBC decision in his last monologue -- nm - con_carne Jan 12, 12:49 2
    - link? -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 12:50 1
      - No, but paraphrase inside - con_carne Jan 12, 12:54
- To Crush jay leno, have him driven before me, and her the lamination of his women -Conan -- nm - Redmond on a phone Jan 12, 12:40
- That's an excellent statement. -- nm - TFox Jan 12, 12:40
- He and Dave should have a beer together. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 12:40
- I guess he didn't read the blog post about how he could tactically destroy Letterman ... -- nm - Beryllium Jan 12, 12:40 1
  - That matter sless than zero. Being moved back behind Leno? Not for any amount of money. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 12:40
In happier news, my UPS just delivered my new backpack for the trip, woo! 1 more week to go -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 12, 12:37 3
- Did you tip him? -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 12:44 2
  - he left almost before I could even say thank you -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 12, 12:47
  - She dumped him for Mexican Express -- nm - Redmond on a phone Jan 12, 12:46
Thanks for the Groundhog Day earworm you fucks!!! - Redmond on a phone Jan 12, 12:36 2
- It's available for instant streaming from Netflix - oblique Jan 12, 12:38 1
  - my wife hates hates hates that movie. I love it. It's one of the many things we can disagree on -- nm - CQ Jan 12, 12:39
I second a vacation for tru. -- nm - loosilu Jan 12, 12:36
Alex Gibbs: Titan of Slacker Talk subjects. -- nm - David Jan 12, 12:36
Phantom Menace Review: (B+) nm - Dignan Jan 12, 12:35 25
- Alright, a friend of mine forwarded that to me weeks ago. I refused to spend 60+ minutes watching it all. Can I get a recap? -- nm - oblique Jan 12, 12:39 5
  - I didn't think I would either, but you get going and you don't want to stop. - Reagen Jan 12, 12:41 3
    - And it's really quite a good primer (ha!) about screenplay story structure. -- nm - Dano Jan 12, 12:51 1
      - yup. Dude knows his stuff. -- nm - Reagen Jan 12, 12:52
    - That's what she said. -- nm - loosilu Jan 12, 12:43
  - it is funny. -- nm - Beaker Jan 12, 12:40
- I'd say A. Who did the voice over? Regardless, some of the plotholes he pointed out were even worse than I remembered. -- nm - Inigo Jan 12, 12:39 5
  - It reminded me of Vern in tone. - Dignan Jan 12, 12:49
  - I believe he is suppossed to be Buffalo Bill from Silence of The Lambs. -- nm - Beaker Jan 12, 12:40 3
    - Doesn't sound like Ted Levine to me. More like Kevin from The Office, but I know it's not him. -- nm - Inigo Jan 12, 12:45 2
      - it's not him, but he's trying to imitate him. -- nm - Reagen Jan 12, 12:49 1
        
        right -- nm - Beaker Jan 12, 12:50
- What exactly is this that everyone seems to be talking about since yesterday? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 12, 12:39 1
  - Here - Dignan Jan 12, 12:47 [youtube] 1
- (and the behind the scenes stuff at the end is *damning*) -- nm - Reagen Jan 12, 12:37 9
  - Is Anakin caught injecting midichlorians? -- nm - Max Jan 12, 12:39 1
    - it's almost the equivalent. -- nm - Reagen Jan 12, 12:40
  - I was honestly a bit relieved to know that *they* knew it sucked. nm - Dignan Jan 12, 12:38 6
    - I think it was more that they were scared to say anything against George's ideas. - Inigo Jan 12, 12:43 5
      - Sure, but Lucas himself knew he blew it. He looked *devastated* after that screening. nm - Dignan Jan 12, 12:46 3
        
        If he knew he blew it, why did he keep control for the sequels? -- nm - Roger More Jan 12, 12:49 2
        
        Cameron-sized ego, without the payoff and talent. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 12, 12:50
        
        "I know what I did wrong -- I can fix it." nm - Dignan Jan 12, 12:50
      - no one wants to risk getting booted from the first Star Wars prequel. -- nm - loosilu Jan 12, 12:44
- it's rather cathartic. -- nm - Reagen Jan 12, 12:36
Word. -- nm - Jim Jan 12, 12:34 2
- "Contrition" (nm) - musubi Jan 12, 12:34
- Old. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 12, 12:34

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