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Beverly Hills Cop 2, Lethal Weapon 2, Under Siege 2, Rambo II, Rocky II, Die Hard 2 -- nm - budice Apr 27, 11:11 1
- two of those are monumentally crazy. -- nm - Reagen Apr 27, 11:13
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- I liked the Onion article about this kind of stuff where the law required mothers to paint a nursery. -- nm - Reagen Apr 27, 11:11
Brawl errupts in Ukraine Parliament. -- (link) - Mop (221 lbs) Apr 27, 11:09 1
- third brawl there today! - zork Apr 27, 11:13
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I'm going to include Shrek 2 as well, but 3 was awful. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 27, 11:09 3
- There were three Shrek films, I missed the last one I guess. - Krusty Apr 27, 11:12
- I' -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Apr 27, 11:10 1
  - ll agree. -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Apr 27, 11:10
Corn dog maker? You people are funny and evil. -- nm - ty97 Apr 27, 11:09 3
- *takes a bow* -- nm - Diva Apr 27, 11:11 1
  - *seethes* -- nm - Jasmine Guy Apr 27, 11:11
- you just stick it in, and BAM! - Beryllium Apr 27, 11:09
Marie Antoinette is the most appealing Kristen Dunst movie I've seen yet. -- nm - Hotkiss Apr 27, 11:07 1
- I loved the film, she's meh. -- nm - lileve Apr 27, 11:08
Canadian PSA: There's a slim chance (5%-10%) that the Speaker's ruling in a couple of hours could trigger a federal election. - Name Withheld By Request Apr 27, 11:04 16
- I've always been a bit confused about Candian elections... - Krusty Apr 27, 11:07 15
  - no. a new election has to be called within 5 years (or did they make the change to 4?) and takes place within so many days of the calling date which - zork Apr 27, 11:10 1
    - It's now four federally because of fixed election date laws. If the gov't falls early, the clock simply resets to four years. - Name Withheld By Request Apr 27, 11:12
  - no. there are events that can trigger elections at any point. depending on the breakdown - Andie Apr 27, 11:10
  - this is correct, it floats. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 11:08 11
    - (If the conservatives ever get "full power", they'll likely make more of an effort to go to a fixed election date ...) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 11:08 10
      - Thanks and I find that rather odd. -- nm - Krusty Apr 27, 11:10 5
        
        we find yours kind of odd. :) I don't see how anything ever gets done. -- nm - Reagen Apr 27, 11:15 1
        
        Without writing a long message... - Krusty Apr 27, 11:18
        
        the bonus is we aren't stuck with anyone for a full term if they mess up. -- nm - Andie Apr 27, 11:12 2
        
        What's a full term, four years? - Krusty Apr 27, 11:15
        
        Exactly. If we deadlock, things can be done to break it. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 11:13
      - fixed election dates already passed, except that parliamentary systems can always get called early. -- nm - Reagen Apr 27, 11:10 3
        
        it's not one fixed day in the year though, correct? -- nm - zork Apr 27, 11:12 2
        
        it's 4 years from the date of the last one. -- nm - Reagen Apr 27, 11:12 1
        
        Not quite. That's only if it falls on the "preset" date. Otherwise, there's wiggle room. I believe it's the Tues post-Thanksgiving as the default. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 27, 11:14
Academically speaking, is it a given that all humans are meant to be in romantic relationships, or is it possible some humans are designed to be alone -- nm - ty97 Apr 27, 11:03 30
- Yes. They are the psychopaths and sociopaths in society. -- nm - sycor Apr 27, 11:13
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  - And your definition of "designed". -- nm - Ender Apr 27, 11:12
- the notion of romantic relationships themselves are a purely societal construct - mr. irrelevant Apr 27, 11:04 22
  - disagree. otherwise, why is sensuality and intimacy valued by so many then? -- nm - Hotkiss Apr 27, 11:05 10
    - Arguably, because those things encourage people to try procreating more often -- nm - Roger More Apr 27, 11:14
    - Because we are raised in a society in which we are indoctrinated with those values throughout our lives. - Fuzzy Apr 27, 11:09 6
      - I don't feel it's an indoctrination at all. If it was, there would be no such thing as loneliness -- nm - Hotkiss Apr 27, 11:11 1
        
        Loneliness could easily be the symptom when you lack what society as deemed vital (ie companionship) -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 27, 11:12
      - you're saying there is no innate need for emotional and physical intimacy? I couldnot disagree more. -- nm - loosilu Apr 27, 11:11 3
        
        it's the fallacy of thinking that these impulses are anything but the result of evolutionary pressures - mr. irrelevant Apr 27, 11:15 2
        
        I completely agree with that. -- nm - loosilu Apr 27, 11:17 1
        
        ...and it means that it is not at all a societal construct. -- nm - loosilu Apr 27, 11:18
    - because we've been socially conditioned to believe that it will make us happy to be in "love" -- nm - mr. irrelevant Apr 27, 11:08
    - rainbows have twisted our minds -- nm - oblique Apr 27, 11:06 1
  - *speechless* -- nm - znufrii Apr 27, 11:05 3
    - I actually disagree in part. it is a social construct, but we are also hardwired to be social creatures. -- nm - znufrii Apr 27, 11:07 2
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        I'm not sure what you're getting at here. - znufrii Apr 27, 11:10
  - and of course - marcel Apr 27, 11:05
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  - this, I disagree with completely. -- nm - loosilu Apr 27, 11:05 4
    - people can feel attracted to each other, as we have evolved to do in order to perpetuate the species - mr. irrelevant Apr 27, 11:07 3
      - except, "love" (not just attraction) can be measured biochemically. -- nm - loosilu Apr 27, 11:10 2
        
        again, evolution at work to keep us procreating -- nm - mr. irrelevant Apr 27, 11:11 1
        
        I'm actually sort of agreeing with you. Evolution encourages attachment, not just attraction. -- nm - loosilu Apr 27, 11:13
- I have a hard time saying "all" to anything.... therefore, I'd go with your 2nd theory -- nm - Strongbad Apr 27, 11:04
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- academically, no one is designed for anything. ;P -- nm - loosilu Apr 27, 11:03
- I'm designed to be a lone. I'm a loner, dottie. a rebel. -- nm - workmanda Apr 27, 11:03
I am alive. I will always be alive! It's Marritza who's dead! Marritza, who was good for nothing but cowering under his bunk and weeping like a woman" -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 27, 11:02
"I want the chair I was sitting in when I watched Neil Armstrong take his first step on the Moon. And when the US hockey team beat the Russians ... - zork Apr 27, 11:01
I've always felt like the second film is the weakest ... especially with die hard and bourne and the matrix. - Beryllium Apr 27, 11:00 14
- most people hate indiana jones 2. I love it. -- nm - workmanda Apr 27, 11:04 1
  - no time for love, dr jones -- nm - mr. irrelevant Apr 27, 11:05
- umm, die hard 3 was weaker than 2 -- nm - zork Apr 27, 11:02 5
  - I need to buy this trilogy -- nm - ty97 Apr 27, 11:05 2
    - maybe the ads wil make me buy it -- (link) - ty97 Apr 27, 11:07 1
      - if you can do without the new one (4), I just saw 1,2,3 boxed at Wal-mart for $12.something -- nm - zork Apr 27, 11:08
  - I highly disliked Die Hard 2, and I very much enjoyed Die Hard 3 and Die Hard 4. - Beryllium Apr 27, 11:04
  - Nah. Much better. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 27, 11:04
- Matrix 2 may not have the plot, but damn if that isn't an amazing action movie -- nm - MDH Apr 27, 11:02
- Bourne 2 was awesome. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 27, 11:01 4
  - Then why did I hate it so much? - Beryllium Apr 27, 11:04 3
    - Canadian -- nm - oblique Apr 27, 11:04
    - I thought Bourne 2 was the best hands down. Action/ car chase was nuts. -- nm - MDH Apr 27, 11:04
    - Becuase you're strange. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 27, 11:04
Anyone else got a series where #1 -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 27, 10:59 14
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    - #2 is the definite weak link there imo. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 27, 11:09 1
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- That's odd...Bery, you're scripts don't work. Series where 1 is less than 2 less than 3....ala Bourne? - Will Hunting Apr 27, 11:01 8
  - I don't agree with that description of Bourne, but some might argue The first three Redbank movies were that: - musubi Apr 27, 11:02
  - isn't that because that's an html tag? not broken script? -- nm - workmanda Apr 27, 11:02 1
    - yes, the strip_tags function sees it as HTML and strips it, to prevent attacks on the site -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 11:05
  - the less-than sign is an HTML character. It would have been stripped. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 11:02
  - I would say the new trilogy got better with every movie...(not that that says anything) -- nm - Beaker Apr 27, 11:02 3
    - the new trilogy of what? Star Wars? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 11:07
    - This is probably your best example right here, isn't it? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 27, 11:06 1
      - Sadly yeah; and I didn't qualify that the starting point ahd to be decent; so abysmal to mediocre to passable works. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 27, 11:07
- Who does #1 work for! -- nm - oblique Apr 27, 10:59
I give you the ultimate in sequels being better than the original: ST! -- nm - oblique Apr 27, 10:58 2
- Hear, hear. (More of a reboot than a sequel?) -- nm - mara Apr 27, 11:02
- The cast of characters aren't as funny. And TFox is like our Scrappy-Doo. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 27, 11:02
"They're dead. You're dead. Cardassia is dead. Your people were doomed the moment they attacked us." -- nm - Beaker Apr 27, 10:58 4
- "Our gods are dead. Ancient Klingon warriors slew them a millenium ago." -- nm - Strongbad Apr 27, 11:00 3
  - *waits patiently for Amazon to reasonably price the complete DS9 series* -- nm - Beaker Apr 27, 11:00 2
    - talk is that they are converting the DS9 stuff into 1080p where they can.... - Remlik Apr 27, 11:04
    - Interested? - Strongbad Apr 27, 11:01
ty... - Andie Apr 27, 10:57 2
- I know you're right. - ty97 Apr 27, 11:00 1
  - easier said than done, always. -- nm - Andie Apr 27, 11:03
"or even good at all" -- nm - Reagen Apr 27, 10:56
*looks to the left* Yum, Swiss Cake Rolls! -- nm - Strongbad Apr 27, 10:55 1
- I have Funny Bones. -- nm - loosilu Apr 27, 10:56
Empire, T2, Toy Story 2...it's been a whole, but I could argue Godfather 2. - Jim Apr 27, 10:55 13
- Toy Story 2? Sorry, you're wrong. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 27, 10:56 12
  - Are you saying it's not good, or just not better than Toy Story? The latter is arguable, the former is *nuts*. (nm) - musubi Apr 27, 10:57 11
    - I respect TOYS2 for what it is, but I found it way too dark and depressing for an animated film. -- nm - ty97 Apr 27, 10:59 5
      - er, wait. Animation can't be used for dramatic purposes? -- nm - JD Apr 27, 11:07 4
        
        The medium be used however the creator pleases. - ty97 Apr 27, 11:11
        
        the purpose of animated films is to cram as many pop culture reference and animal fart jokes into 85 minutes as possible -- nm - DreamWorks Animation Apr 27, 11:09 2
        
        Don't forget animals talking in funny voices! (nm) - Marketing wonk Apr 27, 11:11 1
        
        *shudder* - mr. irrelevant Apr 27, 11:16
    - Toy Story is solid and was groubndbreaking: Toy Story 2 is poetry. -- nm - Reagen Apr 27, 10:59
    - Alien/(s) & the Godfathers are in this category where the sequel may or may not be better, but you really can't argue both are superb. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 27, 10:58 1
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    - If I ranked it with the rest of the Pixar movies, it would be below average - Strongbad Apr 27, 10:57
    - But we both know it was better than Toy Story. :) -- nm - Jim Apr 27, 10:57
Note: Will Hunting and Jim are also off their meds -- nm - oblique Apr 27, 10:55 5
- where are all these extra meds going? -- nm - loosilu Apr 27, 10:55 4
  - I wish some were coming my way. -- nm - zork Apr 27, 10:57 1
    - Me too. -- nm - lileve Apr 27, 10:58
  - *furtively tries to hide something under his coat* -- nm - znufrii Apr 27, 10:56
  - *glares at znufrii* -- nm - oblique Apr 27, 10:55
I just realized I've never seen an episode of Cheers or the Simpsons, and the only comic I've read more than a handful of time is the Archie series - MDH Apr 27, 10:55 3
- was it cold in the cave? -- nm - Reagen Apr 27, 10:56 2
  - I rarely watched Networks as a kid, the first shows I remember tuning in for are Survivor/CSI -- nm - MDH Apr 27, 10:57
  - he's a little young for Cheers. -- nm - loosilu Apr 27, 10:56
XMen 2, Empire Strikes Back, Spidey2, The Two Towers. - musubi Apr 27, 10:55 28
- KHAAAAN! -- nm - Beaker Apr 27, 11:00 1
  - indeed -- nm - oblique Apr 27, 11:01
- TTT isn't a sequel. - znufrii Apr 27, 10:58 12
  - Distinction without a difference. (nm) - musubi Apr 27, 10:59 3
    - *Ding* -- nm - MDH Apr 27, 11:02
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      - it's not about the source material, it's about the overall structure. -- nm - znufrii Apr 27, 11:02
  - Told over 37 hours. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 27, 10:59 6
    - I wanted to leave so bad after ROTK when they had 39 endings -- nm - MDH Apr 27, 11:01 5
      - Then he did it again in King Kong; they oughta retroactively take his editing Oscar. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 27, 11:02 4
        
        It's a shame that he didnt edit out 30-40 minutes of King Kong. I think it would have been considered an all-time classic if it was edited properly nm - Jovian Apr 27, 11:04 3
        
        I was so bored in it. My parents loved it, b/c they watched an hour a night. - MDH Apr 27, 11:06
        
        we showed up 30 minutes late and didn't feel that it made a difference -- nm - zork Apr 27, 11:05
        
        there were worse things in that movie that the length. -- nm - znufrii Apr 27, 11:05
  - Yes! Yes! This is true -- nm - Wachowski Brothers Apr 27, 10:59
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- Well, 3 out of 4 ain't bad. TTT is 6 more hours of suck. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 27, 10:57 2
  - How can you go from being 100% awesomely correct (Matrix: Reloaded) to being 100% epically wrong? -- nm - Shaun Apr 27, 11:06 1
    - I have a 3 hour rule in movies. If it's over 3 hours long; and you waste time; your movie gets downgraded heavily. - Will Hunting Apr 27, 11:09
- Rush Hour 2. - MDH Apr 27, 10:56
- X2...yep...forgot that one. Spidey, not so much. -- nm - Jim Apr 27, 10:55 3
  - I'm not a nutter like Will or David who thinks Spidey2 was shakespearean, but it was good. (nm) - musubi Apr 27, 10:58 2
    - Everything that #1 did well, #2 did better; including the big "New York tough" scene. - Will Hunting Apr 27, 11:00
    - Did everyone die in the end? -- nm - oblique Apr 27, 11:00
- Legally Blonde 2 - ty97 Apr 27, 10:55 3
  - Miss Congeniality 2. nm - Jim Apr 27, 10:56 2
    - Blair Witch 2 -- nm - oblique Apr 27, 10:57 1
      - Best. Sequel. Ever. -- nm - Jim Apr 27, 10:58
TOGA! -- nm - lileve Apr 27, 10:54
/me picks a peck of pickled peppers -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 10:53
"Hassan Chop!" -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 27, 10:53

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