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/sings the Hill Street Blues theme song for the rest of the day -- nm - I am Vermin's Earworm Jan 13, 10:50 4
- Did you make up lyrics for it? -- nm - Dano Jan 13, 10:51 1
  - ~ hill street blues. hill street blues. these guys are the cops called hill street blues ~ -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 13, 10:54
- Heh...the A-team and MacGyver and Hardcastle & McCormick theme just played on my Ipod. -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 10:51 1
  - /contemplates switching to 'MacGruber!' -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 13, 10:53
ok, I really want one of these, but I bet they are expensive (non electric humidifier) -- (link) - tRuMaN Jan 13, 10:49
Now I want to make a 70 minute YouTube review that reviews a 70 minute YouTube review. - Dano Jan 13, 10:42 7
- We've spent more than that discussing this thing. -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Jan 13, 10:43
- I think it would work better as a chat/panel in Las Vegas, with a bunch of STers there, discussing stuff for 70 minutes -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:43 4
  - only 70? -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 10:43 3
    - well, unless we get Cameron, Spielberg, or Lucas to edit it. Then we're fucked. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:44 2
      - "Hey! Beaker shot first!" -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 13, 10:45 1
        
        That's what she said - Beaker Jan 13, 10:45
- Loser. - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 13, 10:42
"There is no health insurance plan, government funded or otherwise, that will help us if we don't address other more pressing issues first. The most - Loyola Jan 13, 10:41 4
- I don't see the two as that directly related. - Dr.Vermin Jan 13, 10:52
- yes. - Pippy Bells Jan 13, 10:48
- Actually, running out of oil would mean people would HAVE to walk everywhere, so they'd be healthier thus needing less insurance. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 13, 10:43 1
  - the price of food would skyrocket about 10x what it is now and that would cure overeating -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 13, 10:52
Hey Tru any reason those games are getting bumped? -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 10:39 6
- well, there is a bit of a financial problem with its developer, and then there are rumors that the game still isnt complete. - tRuMaN Jan 13, 10:41 5
  - crap. I'm a big Splinter Cell fan so I was looking forward to it. Hope they get it straightened out. -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 10:42 4
    - here is a bit of info on red dead redemption. -- (link) - tRuMaN Jan 13, 10:44 1
      - and the joystiq story on splinter cell -- (link) - tRuMaN Jan 13, 10:45
    - incidentally I was reading Marcinko's wiki page last night and it mentions a Rogue Warrior game was due out Nov 2009. -- nm - Max Jan 13, 10:43 1
      - it did come it, it got horrible reviews. the graphics look 5 yrs old, the gameplay is crazy stupid - tRuMaN Jan 13, 10:44
LYC: Another bar just started open bar tonight from 9pm-12am for $10, I now drink at open bars Tu (Free), W (10), F (6), and Sat (Free). Amazing. -- nm - MDH Jan 13, 10:37 13
- Nice. -- nm - Loyola Jan 13, 10:47
- JackDawson is already on the "banned" list, I assume? -- nm - znufrii Jan 13, 10:44 1
  - I want one of *everything*. - JD Jan 13, 10:46
- What a concept. They are limited to well drinks, I suppose? - con_carne Jan 13, 10:43 2
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  - Well drinks, and the Wednesday night place domestic drafts -- nm - MDH Jan 13, 10:45
- It seems like this would be a good way for a bar to go out of business. - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 13, 10:39 6
  - They make a killing after open bar ends cause everyone is drunk. A college bar had $.50 rails, still going strong -- nm - MDH Jan 13, 10:46 1
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  - a little trick I learned is that anytime a bar starts doing Nickel Beer night they are on the way out of business. -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 10:42 2
    - We had them in college. - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 13, 10:43 1
      - well college town is a little different. I asked Outback Matt about that and that's what he told me... - Remlik Jan 13, 10:50
  - word -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 10:40
Dan, one thing about UCLA... - David Jan 13, 10:36 1
- .............and he's a douchebag. Forgot that part on the end. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 13, 10:39
And seriously WTF was with the voice? - musubi Jan 13, 10:28 64
- No. As I said last night, that is the voice of an older Butthead from Beavis & Butthead. Maybe this is a Mike Judge production. I think the voice is - HdnAgnda Jan 13, 10:31 11
  - Yeah, I thought Jame Gumb pretty much right away. -- nm - Dano Jan 13, 10:33 8
    - "Detective Monk, cases usually proceed with a villain, a crime, an investigation, an arrest, and then a trial." -- nm - Max Jan 13, 10:38
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      - Which then made the basement at least make some sense in context. -- nm - Dano Jan 13, 10:38 5
        
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        I don't disagree. I agree with Dignancumber's B+ grade for the review. -- nm - Dano Jan 13, 10:43 1
        
        I would give it an A- ... I found some of the asides to be amusing, and I didn't mind the voice; altogether, it was an informative and unusual experie -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:46
        
        oh, dang. Buffalo Bill ... I get it now. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:40 1
        
        (I mean, I don't know if that's what *he* was going for, but I get the reference now) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:41
  - Like I said before, I really, really doubt it's Ted Levine. -- nm - Inigo Jan 13, 10:33 1
    - I don't think anyone thinks it's actually him. - Reagen Jan 13, 10:43
- Sounded like a Kevin from The Office imitation. -- nm - Inigo Jan 13, 10:30
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  - Honestly, I'll grant TFox this, I truly and honestly disliked the reviewers schtick. - musubi Jan 13, 10:30 24
    - And I guess the reason I didn't care was, he was making solid points that don't matter to me, because I really enjoy the movie. - TFox Jan 13, 10:33 3
      - "they can't"? No. Lucas *didn't*. That was the point. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:35
      - Then, can you do what he asked his pals to do re: QuiGon? - Will Hunting Jan 13, 10:34 1
        
        Max did it yesterday. - musubi Jan 13, 10:46
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      - I think it's fair, in a review that's scathing about editing and narrative choices, that it's totally valid to question the review based on his own - musubi Jan 13, 10:36 3
        
        unless you're using it as an example of irony. - Reagen Jan 13, 10:38 1
        
        Yeah, that's why I added that bit below. (nm) - musubi Jan 13, 10:50
        
        *nodding* -- nm - TFox Jan 13, 10:37
      - the basement thing fails because it (ironically) pulls us out of the story. If he'd stuck to random asides it would have been better. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 10:35 13
        
        Absolutely, and I don't think the irony of him railing Lucas for his narrative coherence was intentional. (nm) - musubi Jan 13, 10:38 12
        
        he was having fun making a Youtube video and got carried away with how precious he found himself. - TFox Jan 13, 10:38 11
        
        but doesn't invalidate his points. "hypocrite" is not a synonym for "wrong". -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 10:42 10
        
        Also, agreeing with a lot of the points of the review does not mean you have to now dislike TPM. -- nm - Inigo Jan 13, 10:44 8
        
        Though it's quite a headscratcher why anyone wouldn't already dislike it. -- nm - David Jan 13, 10:55
        
        Yup. I still enjoyed it. Pointing out plot holes doesn't change that. - musubi Jan 13, 10:52 2
        
        Honestly, I didn't hate it as much as I pretend to. But I did kind of feel like watching it was a waste of time. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:54 1
        
        (Do I mean the movie or the review? I mean the movie. Not that the review isn't technically also a waste of time. :) ) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:55
        
        which is why i don't get the "killshot" comments. there is no such thing. -- nm - TFox Jan 13, 10:46 2
        
        the whole seventy minutes boils down to "the story is aimless; the special effects are soulless; the characters are gormless; the music is alright" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:48
        
        "killshot" on a plot point, or on Lucas' admission that TPM isn't good doesn't mean that person can't still like TPM. -- nm - Inigo Jan 13, 10:48
        
        Yes, just like agreeing with people's salient points about how TPM doesn't suck, doesn't necessarily mean I'll suddenly like it -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:45
        
        that's fine. he can be right about many of his points. -- nm - TFox Jan 13, 10:44
    - yeah, some of it was a bit unnerving. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:31
- The voice is the main reason I stopped watching after Segment 1. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 13, 10:28 24
  - The voice is what got me wanting to. The "isn't torturing and murdering chicks funny?" angle locked it down. -- nm - TFox Jan 13, 10:29 22
    - Yeah, didn't like that at all. -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Jan 13, 10:36
    - so you never watch anything that disturbing or uses dark humour? -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 10:33 20
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        (I made that comment a day too early. I should have saved it for this thing.) - TFox Jan 13, 10:36 15
        
        Good thing I don't have issues with torture porn. (I do have issues with bad movies though so I don't like Hostel.) -- nm - Dano Jan 13, 10:41 1
        
        I don't either. I actually found the usage here more unsettling than in something like Hostel. -- nm - TFox Jan 13, 10:43
        
        it's closer but still different. in the review it's playing as comedy (and chaucun a son gout on that). In something like Saw or Hostel, it's not. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 10:40 9
        
        I don't know "chaucun a son gout", but why is playing it as comedy somehow better? I think it's worse, but YMMV. -- nm - TFox Jan 13, 10:42 8
        
        "to each his own taste" as to whether they find that kind of thing funny. - Reagen Jan 13, 10:46 6
        
        And what I like about Hostel/Saw/Devil's Rejects/etc. is not that you root for the killers over the victims, because you don't. - TFox Jan 13, 10:50 5
        
        Oh, this applies fairly equally to a lot of the 80s horror as well. It's not really a new phenomenon, just now ramped up to 11. - Reagen Jan 13, 10:55
        
        I haven't seen any of those films, because I hate that genre. And the basement seen in the review was unsettling, I agree. - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:52 3
        
        I will admit that the District 9 comparison was... lacking. - TFox Jan 13, 10:54 1
        
        Yes, and it was supposed to be. I mean, on one level, the whole film is a pretty clear allegory to apartheid ... some heinous stuff was done under it -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:56
        
        scene. SCENE, dammit! -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:52
        
        ChAcun :) - Guigue Jan 13, 10:45
        
        So ... one minute of footage containing an unexplained joke bit is enough to sour the whole thing? That's as dumb as my "one line to critique the - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:39 2
        
        No, I hated his voice, fundamentally disagreed with his premise, and then thought he went about it in obnoxious fashion. - TFox Jan 13, 10:40 1
        
        And I hated TPM partially because of Jar-Jar's voice. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:41
      - Of course I have, and I like a lot of it. I just didn't care for its usage as throwaway jokes in an unrelated movie analysis. -- nm - TFox Jan 13, 10:34 2
        
        I thought he was going off the old idea of "only a serial killer or a guy living in his Mom's basement would have the time to..." -- nm - Inigo Jan 13, 10:35 1
        
        me too -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 10:49
  - The voice was the reason I kept watching, and watched the First Contact and Insurection teardowns. Hilarious :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:29
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- you can also text a donation via the RedCross...here's info.... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 13, 10:37
- Options are also already all over Twitter and Facebook. (not completely evil) -- nm - Dano Jan 13, 10:34 1
  - That is where his church got the idea! -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 13, 10:38
- I really liked seeing the Big Picture pics of the different teams from around the world preparing to leave for Haiti. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 13, 10:30
- nice. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:29
"until you build up your pinky muscles, there's no getting around having to move your hand to play orange." - prayformojo Jan 13, 10:26 1
- I wondered who be the first to take that dirty. - Reagen Jan 13, 10:28
i am *so* not a karezilla! - kare Jan 13, 10:25 41
- You should get married in your own backyard under that 'wedding arch' you guys built, then when all this fancy stuff gets pushed on you... - zeitgeist Jan 13, 10:50 1
  - it's not a wedding arch! - kare Jan 13, 10:58
- Forgive me if I'm wrong or if this is an out of line question...this isn't your first marraige is it? -- nm - Jim Jan 13, 10:38 6
  - nope. why? -- nm - kare Jan 13, 10:40 5
    - Well, first time around...everyone always pushes the fancy, expensive stuff. I'm thinking since this isn't your first... - Jim Jan 13, 10:41 4
      - right?!! - kare Jan 13, 10:43 3
        
        well we are who you vent to - Pippy Bells Jan 13, 10:49 1
        
        lol. -- nm - kare Jan 13, 10:50
        
        Ah...so even that approach isn't working. That blows. -- nm - Jim Jan 13, 10:45
- *KARE SMASH UGLY PEACH DRESS* stick to your guns, but be polite (you always I'm sure). -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 10:38
- This week on Castle a bridesmaid got murdered. Just sayin. -- nm - Max Jan 13, 10:36
- oh honey this is just the START. People are going to be pushy, you will have to be firm, they may get upset - but I promise, I promise they will get - Epiphany Jan 13, 10:31 8
  - hey! i can be a bitch!! i'm not always a people pleaser! a co-worker told me yesterday that i was mean! - kare Jan 13, 10:40 3
    - you are mean - fatsquatch Jan 13, 10:44 2
      - do you *want* me to be mean? because i can be mean. -- nm - kare Jan 13, 10:45 1
        
        don't hit me no more, lady! -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 13, 10:47
  - Word. - znufrii Jan 13, 10:34
  - hire pippy to be your wedding bitch -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 13, 10:33 2
    - My answer to everything is " No, but here is a shot of Spider Tequila". -- nm - Epiphany Jan 13, 10:38 1
      - hee! love it -- nm - kare Jan 13, 10:40
- Not being funny here, but what *do* you want? I would advise to focus on that. -- nm - con_carne Jan 13, 10:29 5
  - oh, i am. and what jeff wants. which is really not much. - kare Jan 13, 10:31 4
    - perfect. -- nm - znufrii Jan 13, 10:35
    - How far ahead did you announce? -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 13, 10:35 1
      - we're getting married in june and have already pretty much let everyone know -- nm - kare Jan 13, 10:45
    - LOL to the IM - indeed. -- nm - Pippy Bells Jan 13, 10:32
- Don't get her angry! -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 13, 10:27 3
  - sayonara space needle -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 13, 10:28 2
    - The Savage She-Kare! -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 10:41
    - *furiously pedals down the street, hopping over cars as the Space Needle topples down onto me* - bike messenger Jan 13, 10:33
- elope! -- nm - znufrii Jan 13, 10:26 10
  - we are going to a resort in AZ in 3 weeks. they have a chapel there, i just found out. - kare Jan 13, 10:27 9
    - a friend's younger brother ended up eloping after invites had been sent, etc etc. - Andie Jan 13, 10:45 5
      - wtf is up with weddings? is it just because it's our one last excuse to have an elaborate party? - kare Jan 13, 10:49 4
        
        that, and so many people have their own interests wrapped up in the idea of getting married and what it means to them - znufrii Jan 13, 10:53
        
        I never did link you to my photos ... in fact, I don't know if very many STers saw any of the photos at all ... hmm. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:50 2
        
        well, you know the only thing to do now. - kare Jan 13, 10:53 1
        
        I'll have to email it, I think. Email the ST address (or my gmail, if you have it) and I can send you the infos - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:53
    - you could go ahead and get it done in AZ, and then do it again later, but just for show... -- nm - znufrii Jan 13, 10:28 2
      - *once* is bad enough! ;) - kare Jan 13, 10:30 1
        
        heh. I hear you. -- nm - znufrii Jan 13, 10:33
Haydn hoedown! -- nm - con_carne Jan 13, 10:24
here come the toestepper - fatsquatch Jan 13, 10:23

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