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Heh, I had an idea what this headline meant, but it sure grabbed my attention for the moment... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Jan 13, 10:20
stiwap.splinter cell conviction has been bumped back to april (from feb) - tRuMaN Jan 13, 10:18
uh oh. the wedding drama is beginning. - kare Jan 13, 10:16 7
- here comes karezilla -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 13, 10:22
- "bach out with your rock out" ... I guess that would be more of an engagement party, though. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:20 2
  - but where would they find a harpsichord? -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 10:21 1
    - My last party bombed. They were more Palestrina people. -- nm - con_carne Jan 13, 10:22
- some people just want the excuse to party. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 10:20
- rut roh - you can put your foot down - they have to do what you say - Pippy Bells Jan 13, 10:20 1
  - the bridesmaid is already feeling guilty for venting to me ("sorry, but you're the person i vent to!") - kare Jan 13, 10:23
Goongas. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:13
Go Coco!!! -- nm - Krusty Jan 13, 10:09
LAist blog takes a contrary view on the Lane Kiffin hire -- (link) - fatsquatch Jan 13, 09:52 12
- Most of the national media comments thus far are highly negative about the hire. - David Jan 13, 09:59 9
  - I totally agree with you on most of that stuff. With Xs and Ox guys like Chow and Monte coording that stuff, the program could really be special. - musubi Jan 13, 10:04 3
    - The student reaction is perfectly understandable in this regard... - David Jan 13, 10:10 2
      - I've read that story but it makes some assumptions. (1) we don't know that Kiffin actually had knowledge about the call. - musubi Jan 13, 10:16 1
        
        No assumptions made in what I just posted to you. - David Jan 13, 10:25
  - I'm serious. How can you tell he's a good coach? (Recruiting I can see how you could judge him already.) I don't know his history. -- nm - Dano Jan 13, 10:02 4
    - From Dan Williams, Montario Hardesty and Jonathan Crompton. - David Jan 13, 10:05
    - Did Tennessee win a game where they were outmatched talentwise this year? Did they lose any games where they were more talented? -- nm - Dano Jan 13, 10:04 2
      - If UT has a healthy kicker, they prevent Alabama from winning a national championship. - David Jan 13, 10:12 1
        
        Yeah. I did know that they played Florida and Alabama close, but then I thought there was a bad loss (UCLA). - Dano Jan 13, 10:17
- His reasoning is specious at best. Though I'll be glad if he's right about Mike Garrett losing power/heading out the door. (nm) - musubi Jan 13, 09:56 1
  - at least he'll have extra incentive to beat UCLA this year -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 13, 10:02
Ok, so that TPM review/analysis *was* scathingly accurate. I could have done without the "comedy" bits interspersed, which were distracting - musubi Jan 13, 09:52 34
- "How did he know what kind of gas it was?" "Wait 4 or 5 hours!" -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 13, 10:07 1
  - "Maybe poison them, *then* blow up the ship." -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 10:12
- If I can muster the strength to watch the behind the scenes on the TPM DVD again, I think there's another screening of TPM that's better received. -- nm - Inigo Jan 13, 09:54 3
  - I own the DVD and I don't think I ever watched that footage before. I'm pretty sure I have to now. - musubi Jan 13, 09:58 1
    - IIRC, there are couple "making of" dcoumentaries on the DVD. - Inigo Jan 13, 10:02
  - "Special Features: TPM's producers yell at George Lucas for 20 minutes" -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 09:57
- It 100% lost me with the chick chained in the basement for "humor". - TFox Jan 13, 09:53 27
  - I choose to ignore those bits. Just like I ignore most of TPM to enjoy it. - musubi Jan 13, 09:57 26
    - Can you spoil me on my favorite glaring plot hole if thet guy mentions it? - Will Hunting Jan 13, 10:09 3
      - he doesn't mention it. On a scale of things to mention, that's so minor ... :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:10 2
        
        Yeah, he doesn't really address questionable physics...except one that I didn't notice till it was mentioned last night. (spoils) - musubi Jan 13, 10:20 1
        
        Yeah, that was a weird one -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:21
    - Also: To be fair, probably 90% of movies couldn't stand up to the level of scrutiny that's invested into picking apart TPM. - musubi Jan 13, 10:00 20
      - I agree with that. I just realized I was about to become a guy who spent over an hour watching a Youtube video by a guy I actually wanted to hit. - TFox Jan 13, 10:06
      - Part 1 defines the basic problems with it, and they are major. The rest does involve a lot of nit-picking. -- nm - Dano Jan 13, 10:05
      - I disagree with that 90% number. All the guy did was MST3000 the plot, characters and dialogue. - Inigo Jan 13, 10:05 11
        
        See my reply to Bery. (nm) - musubi Jan 13, 10:10 8
        
        Could you nitpick 90% of movies to a much lesser degree? Sure. Could you completely tear apart 90% of movies the same way? No. -- nm - Inigo Jan 13, 10:13 7
        
        Yeah. Pretty much. I didn't say 90% were as bad, just that 90% can't stand that level of scrutiny. (nm) - musubi Jan 13, 10:22 1
        
        Ahhh. We agree. -- nm - Inigo Jan 13, 10:23
        
        He didn't completely tear it apart. If you took that to be an unbiased and evenhanded dismantling, I don't know what to tell you. -- nm - TFox Jan 13, 10:15 4
        
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        except if did it unfairly, people would be pointing at the things he's taking apart and saying "Wait, he did that because..." - Reagen Jan 13, 10:23
        
        You're right - in reality, he looked at it the wrong way, and *it fucking fell apart on its own* ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:21
        
        He did thrash it, but I never said it was unbiased or even handed. He clearly thought the movie sucked. -- nm - Inigo Jan 13, 10:18
        
        well towards the end he does get into stuff Lucas put in that shows he doesn't understand why Star Wars became popular. - Reagen Jan 13, 10:07 1
        
        The one that cuts deepest imo was when he showed (spoils) - musubi Jan 13, 10:24
      - I think you're wrong, since at least 60% of movies have simple stories with a clear protagonist and arc. ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:00 4
        
        I'm not saying TPM is better than 90%, mind you, just that 90% of movies can't stand the kind of scrutiny that TPM is held to. (nm) - musubi Jan 13, 10:06 1
        
        ah, I see. Yeah, I can agree with that. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:07
        
        (I'm not sure if I can include porn in that stat. Who is the protagonist in a porno?) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:01 1
        
        depends on who's watching it. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 10:04
      - this was my take on it too -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 13, 10:00
    - A Humvee driving through the middle of a shot in TPM would be a smaller plot hole than some of the existing ones. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 09:59
hey ml, re that book on b2, - tRuMaN Jan 13, 09:49 1
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re: dog/earthquake vid on B2. In the second angle you can see the window already shaking at the time he got up in the the first angle -- nm - zork Jan 13, 09:47
Leverage info, not really a spoiler - peglegpete Jan 13, 09:45
In case the NYT was still "speculation" this morning, Netflix makes it official. Coming to the Wii -- (link) - oblique Jan 13, 09:44
spawn/ml news network: Colts and Vikes have the most to prove in this weekend's playoffs -- (link) - fatsquatch Jan 13, 09:44 18
- I hope they both lose. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 13, 09:44 17
  - I'm too busy concentrating on making the Vikings lose to care about anyone else at this point. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 13, 09:52 7
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      - Exaclky. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 13, 10:01
      - Only if they're playing the Taliban quarterbacked by Hitler. -- nm - Dano Jan 13, 10:00 1
        
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      - I've never liked the Vikings (stems from a gradschool incident), my Favre dislike just added to it. - Cuzzin Todd Jan 13, 09:58 1
        
        GRADESCHOOL, not gradschool. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 13, 09:58
      - the insufferability index of a Jets-Cowboys Superbowl would be off the charts -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 13, 09:54
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    - Anything but Baltimore vs the NFC in the Super Bowl will suck so bad, I can't stand it. -- nm - TFox Jan 13, 09:47 5
      - heh -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 13, 09:58 2
        
        see, even you're thinking "well, there's always next year" a lil bit too -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 13, 10:01 1
        
        Huh? - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 13, 10:02
      - stop it, you're gonna make will root for baltimore and jinx them -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 13, 09:49 1
        
        like he might accidentally root for the Colts or the Poo-Poo Diaper Babies? -- nm - TFox Jan 13, 09:50
    - word -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 13, 09:47
  - I hope your fingers fall off. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 13, 09:45
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- When on hard, I leave my pinky on the orange key and let my index finger be the one that stretches -- nm - con_carne Jan 13, 09:59
- I just stretch my pinky over, I leave my fingers on the first four buttons. You need to learn to strum up and down to hit all the notes. - Krusty Jan 13, 09:56 1
  - it is possible to play with only three fingers, though it takes some getting used to. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 10:00
- You don't. - Stephen Jan 13, 09:54
- You just started playing and you're on hard already? - pmb Jan 13, 09:53 3
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  - Medium is so very easy, I'm surprised anyone has any difficulty until hard. -- nm - Krusty Jan 13, 09:59
  - *snicker* Jack gets hard quick -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 13, 09:55
- until you build up your pinky muscles, there's no getting around having to move your hand to play orange. - Reagen Jan 13, 09:48
- Two things: you need to get used to having your pinky on the orange key, and learn to strum up and down. - JaxSean Jan 13, 09:46 11
  - I still only strum down, except when I absolutely have to. - Reagen Jan 13, 09:51 5
    - I find it's crucial on Expert. There always seems to be some part that I need to do that. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 13, 09:55 4
      - I tend to detest the songs where that's neccesary. :) -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 09:56 3
        
        I love Papa Roach's "Lifeline" and Breaking Benjamin's "I Will Not Bow" because of the big runs, since they don't miss beats. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 13, 09:58 2
        
        see, there's two songs I'd never play. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 09:58 1
        
        We play the Breaking Benjamin songs a lot. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 13, 10:03
  - "pinky on the orange key" = move all of your fingers up one key. - JaxSean Jan 13, 09:48
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    - Yes. When I see a green note coming, I shift my hand down to Green/Red/Yellow/Blue, then move up to RYBO when I see an orange coming. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 13, 09:50 2
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        I don't pay attention to color, as much as position. (Well, Green and Orange I pay attention to, I guess.) I focus on the position more. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 13, 09:59
- You move your hand up/down the neck to hit the 5th button. What do you mean by "half-beat" notes? - oblique Jan 13, 09:45 6
  - oh, the hammer-ons/pull-offs. Yeah, what he said. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 09:49
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    - learning about hammer notes is something that is not readily obvious when you pick up and play. -- nm - TFox Jan 13, 09:49 3
      - I still play/strum more than half of the hammer notes. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 13, 09:51 2
        
        I think it's easier to strum whatever you can get to than it is to tell all the different dots apart. - TFox Jan 13, 09:52 1
        
        Yeah, I usually miss notes coming out of hammer-on-sets. Guitar Hero: Van Halen has *tons* of hammer-on trails. - JaxSean Jan 13, 09:56
So a Spiderman reboot instead of Spidey 4. You know what? Not really interested. Come back in a few years, maybe. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 13, 09:43
The Guardian's 50 Best TV Dramas of all time - Reagen Jan 13, 09:42 17
- No Rome? -- nm - znufrii Jan 13, 10:03 2
  - I think for a long while now I will quibble with any list that does not include Freaks and Geeks. God, I loved that. -- nm - con_carne Jan 13, 10:04 1
    - they'd probably throw that into comedy. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 10:05
- no Life on Mars means this list is wrong. -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 09:59
- hard to quibble, other than maybe the overall rankings -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 13, 09:50 4
  - Me too, especially since I don't recognize two thirds of these -- nm - con_carne Jan 13, 09:51 3
    - Drop off the soaps and you've got a pretty good list to watch. They did miss Deadwood though. -- nm - LMS Jan 13, 09:53 2
      - I'd be tempted to recategorise All In The Family to qualify for the list -- nm - zork Jan 13, 09:54 1
        
        Why? It's a great sitcom. -- nm - con_carne Jan 13, 10:14
- I recently watched all of The Sopranos, though I can't say why I found it compelling. Most of its stories are pointless. - con_carne Jan 13, 09:48
- #16 is much more of a comedy than a drama, nice to see it so high on the list though. -- nm - LMS Jan 13, 09:47
- 24 should get an award for longest running series that thrives off the reputation of two good seasons - though that sounds a bit cumbersome -- nm - crash davis Jan 13, 09:45 1
  - right. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 13, 09:46
- Wow, #13 surprised me, yet is deserving. 24 being on the list and no CSI: = FAIL -- nm - MDH Jan 13, 09:45
- #14?? Listfail. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 13, 09:43 2
  - Every other tv article in The Guardian is about how great the show is so I think they're downplaying their obsession with the show. -- nm - LMS Jan 13, 09:49
  - You misspelled #25. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 13, 09:44
you deserve a break today so get up and get away - lone canadian leafs fan Jan 13, 09:41
There unfortunately is no "Head in the Sand Clock". -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 09:40 3
- I would also hope that my posts on ST show that I'm well-informed about the world, and have anything but my head in the sand. - con_carne Jan 13, 10:03
- It should be an hourglass -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 13, 09:43
- Bah. :) -- nm - con_carne Jan 13, 09:41
B2 is leaving NBC -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 13, 09:40 1
- ::goes to Mexico:: -- nm - B2 Jan 13, 09:41
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- "No reason to get excited", the thief, he kindly spoke. -- nm - TFox Jan 13, 09:43
So do we know why they aired a first season fringe episode this season? - GWAA Jan 13, 09:40 9
- Well, considering it was a bonus (did not take the place of another), I would think if either it was the former. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 13, 09:41 8
  - True, but it just doesn't make sense! spoil - GWAA Jan 13, 09:42 7
    - rumor: That episode took place in the Alternate Universe. -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 09:59 2
      - See my IMs. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 13, 10:03
      - Not possible. (Spoils) - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:02
    - I have not watched, but wasn't it set (spoil) - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 13, 09:43 3
      - spoil - GWAA Jan 13, 09:45 2
        
        Ah. Don;t know, then. Will let you know my thoughts after I watch it. Watched Castle last night but will probably watch it tonight. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 13, 09:46 1
        
        I think it was just an unaired episode they were burning off ... -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 09:53
Was Ellen on AI last night? How did she do if so? -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 09:40 5
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- no, Victoria Beckham was subbing for her. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 13, 09:41 1
  - not really since Ellen hadn't been announced at that point IIRC -- nm - zork Jan 13, 09:46
- I don't think she'll be there until Hollywood Week. -- nm - Diva Jan 13, 09:40 1
  - this is what I"ve read. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 13, 09:41

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