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Russians are awesome. Pen problems in space? Use a pencil. Oil slick in the gulf? Nuke it -- (link) - oblique May 11, 11:01
Max Sub Poll/Thought: I think the most wasted action-y novel series adapted for the screen has been the Dirk Pitt/Clive Cussler series. - MDH May 11, 10:52 26
- Cussler would get old after 2 movies when the same plot happens the 2nd time - Will Hunting May 11, 11:00 2
  - *Thinks about Angels and Demons/DaVinci/Lost Symbol, National Treasure, etc* -- nm - MDH May 11, 11:01 1
    - Which both got old. -- nm - Will Hunting May 11, 11:02
- Wasted in what way? - Stephen May 11, 10:56 9
  - They horrible miscast half of Sahara and the lawsuit pretty much guaranteed no more movies - MDH May 11, 11:00 8
    - Cussler is a diva and would have sued no matter how the movie turned out (and I thought it turned out pretty well, considering the source material) -- nm - Roger More May 11, 11:02 1
      - I enjoyed Sahara. Steve Zahn can save almost any iffy movie he gets cast in. -- nm - TFox May 11, 11:02
    - I dunno which half you mean; pretty much everyone worked for me. -- nm - Will Hunting May 11, 11:00 5
      - Steve Zahn = Worst choice ever. - MDH May 11, 11:02 4
        
        I've never read the books, but I greatly enjoyed the movie Sahara. -- nm - Beryllium May 11, 11:04
        
        Oh, Zahn was awesome as Giorgino. - Will Hunting May 11, 11:03 1
        
        And I've read them all and he worked for me....not sure who'd you cast otherwise. -- nm - Will Hunting May 11, 11:04
        
        heh. (i never read it.) -- nm - TFox May 11, 11:03
- Word on the IM. -- nm - TFox May 11, 10:53 12
  - This will be the feature that has my dreamteam of Bay and Bruckheimer. - MDH May 11, 10:53 5
    - Big, loud, with little actual exposition and character devlopment. ;) -- nm - the liioulu without earbuds May 11, 10:57 4
      - Exactly. If you haven't read Reilly he takes it to a whole new level. -- nm - MDH May 11, 11:00 3
        
        I got his books for free and overpaid. -- nm - Will Hunting May 11, 11:01 2
        
        Fun hater. -- nm - TFox May 11, 11:01 1
        
        It was just so far past ludicrous and the actual writing didn't intrigue me. - Will Hunting May 11, 11:04
  - (Area 7 would be a million times easier to film, but the premise is so *ludicrous*...) -- nm - TFox May 11, 10:53 5
    - More ludicrous then the premise for Contest? - Stephen May 11, 10:59 2
      - kind of. i mean, as soon as you involve aliens, you're in a different realm of storytelling. - TFox May 11, 11:00 1
        
        Is this the one where (spoils) - Will Hunting May 11, 11:02
    - Read the "interview" at the end of "Five Greatest Warriors" - MDH May 11, 10:55 1
      - order is almost totally irrelevant. I was just looking at Scarecrow on the shelf, realizing I remember almost none of it. -- nm - TFox May 11, 10:56
nude/skin-colored hospital gowns may help docs detect symptoms. nm but: -- (link) - b. May 11, 10:48 2
- "The color-matched tabs and gowns would also benefit many hospital departments, as well as international hospitals, which lack equipment to measure - dogbert May 11, 10:55 1
  - we've ordered ones for you that have Gray's anatomy pages printed on them - zork May 11, 11:01
Other stars who look good without makeup (but are not on the list): AJOLI, Cindy Crawford, KWINS, Lynda Carter (she looks amazing), and JLo. -- nm - loosilu May 11, 10:47 2
- (Jolie is on the list) -- nm - David May 11, 10:49 1
  - ah, didn't see her. -- nm - loosilu May 11, 10:50
st poll # aww: favorite love songs? - b. May 11, 10:42 15
- DMB's "Crush" -- nm - nubby May 11, 11:01
- Nine Inch Nails - Closer. -- nm - JaxSean May 11, 10:56
- "My Adorable Beast" by Bobby Bare Jr, "Really In Love" by Andrew WK, and "When I'm 64" by the Beatles -- nm - TFox May 11, 10:56 1
  - oh, and "You Can Close Your Eyes" by James Taylor -- nm - TFox May 11, 10:58
- My Best Friend (Queen), Heaven (Bryan Adams), Something (Beatles), You're Still The One (Shania) -- nm - zork May 11, 10:55
- I've Got You Under My Skin -- nm - mara May 11, 10:53
- several EBTG - sherlock homie May 11, 10:49
- ~you're the only one that makes me smile~ - znufrii May 11, 10:45
- King of Yesterday -- nm - David May 11, 10:45
- In Your Eyes. Better Be Home Soon. -- nm - the liioulu without earbuds May 11, 10:45
- ~you can tell everybody ... that this is your song~ -- nm - Dano May 11, 10:44 1
  - .. sung to me by ewan macgregor, please and thank you. -- nm - b. May 11, 10:46
- Ben Folds - The Luckiest, Beatles - Her Majesty -- nm - Harmonious Vermin May 11, 10:44 2
  - Something by The Beatles (George Harrison really) -- nm - Remlik May 11, 10:51
  - that second one is about the Queen. -- nm - loosilu May 11, 10:48
Last Friday, I tried to put in the Iron Man Blu Ray. The PS3 wouldn't display. - David May 11, 10:41 11
- wow. -- nm - Remlik May 11, 10:46 3
  - also remind me never to play golf with you. -- nm - Remlik May 11, 10:52 2
    - "Remlik was taken out by a lightning strike - but don't worry, the Tivo collective is safe and sound!" -- nm - Beryllium May 11, 10:53 1
      - I see no downside to that status update. -- nm - David May 11, 10:59
- That's why I keep my big ticket electronics on battery back-up. The surge can't physicaly get past the battery and it also conditions the power. -- nm - scorpion May 11, 10:45 5
  - you probably know this already ... but don't do this with printers. At least laser printers. Veddy bad. -- nm - Beryllium May 11, 10:47 4
    - Only use the serge ports for printers, never battery. - scorpion May 11, 10:51
    - *scratches head* huh? -- nm - zork May 11, 10:50 2
      - They have high current draw durring printing, especialy laser as it uses a heater to melt the "ink" -- nm - scorpion May 11, 10:52
      - Every UPS i've ever worked with has warned against plugging a laser printer into it. -- nm - Beryllium May 11, 10:51
- wow -- nm - Beryllium May 11, 10:45
Poll: Considering that dramas lose a lot of internal material when put on screen, what's the best action-y novel ever closely adapted to screen? - Max May 11, 10:41 23
- I haven't read the book(s) it was based on, but what about Master and Commander? -- nm - Beryllium May 11, 10:53 1
  - no - it just couldn't come close to those books - you my friend would love those books -- nm - Epiphany May 11, 11:00
- James Bond films maybe? -- nm - MDH May 11, 10:53 4
  - It's been a while but I remember them as decent beach reads but not great writing. Spy Who Loved Me is so completely different it can't count. -- nm - Max May 11, 10:57 3
    - Fleming optioned the movie rights to TSWLM on condition that they didn't use anything but the name -- nm - Roger More May 11, 11:03
    - you read JB in the OBX? -- nm - sherlock homie May 11, 10:58 1
      - I read all of the Bonds in high school. I read Elizabethan history when I'm near Manteo! -- nm - Max May 11, 11:01
- Roderick Thorp, "Nothing Lasts Forever" -- nm - sherlock homie May 11, 10:47
- Alistair MacLean novels - Guns of Navarone, Ice Station Zebra, Where Eagles Dare, -- nm - crash davis May 11, 10:47 6
  - not best novels as in best written, but best as in most faithful adaptation -- nm - crash davis May 11, 10:52 5
    - Where Eagles Dare is *ridiculous* - sherlock homie May 11, 10:54 4
      - That is explained. They're speaking German but they use the convention of English so you can understand. However, - crash davis May 11, 11:00
      - (but I love Navarone and haven't seen Zebra in years) -- nm - sherlock homie May 11, 10:55 2
        
        Navarone - Peck, Niven, Quinn - good stuff -- nm - crash davis May 11, 11:01 1
        
        well you're in it now, UP TO YOUR NECK! -- nm - sherlock homie May 11, 11:03
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- anything by tom clancy? -- nm - Beryllium May 11, 10:42 6
  - Red October, yes, Patriot Games, possibly, Clear And Present Danger - no -- nm - crash davis May 11, 10:45 5
    - Sum of All Fears! - Harmonious Vermin May 11, 10:46 2
      - I agree on the Clark point. :) -- nm - Beryllium May 11, 10:47
      - I agree with the harmonious one here -- nm - crash davis May 11, 10:47
    - sum of all fears doesn't even make your list? -- nm - Beryllium May 11, 10:46 1
      - I liked Sum quite a bit. -- nm - Remlik May 11, 10:47
and another thing, her brother-in-law is a much better QB than her husband! - crash davis May 11, 10:40 5
- That's kind of like saying that Mark McGwire was a better baseball player than Dan McGwire was a football player. -- nm - David May 11, 10:42 1
  - and I'm perfectly willing to say that -- nm - crash davis May 11, 10:43
- Whose isn't? -- nm - nubby May 11, 10:40 2
  - JaMarcus Russell -- nm - Dano May 11, 10:42
  - Trish -- nm - crash davis May 11, 10:41
ST Poll: On average, which do you feel makes a better movie -- original script or adapted from a book? -- nm - Fuzzy (193 lbs) May 11, 10:33 14
- In theory, the adapted has the advantage of being based on (probably) already-successful/popular/quality material. - Harmonious Vermin May 11, 10:43
- Original. -- nm - nubby May 11, 10:40
- a great writer. without that, both choices are moot -- nm - peglegpete May 11, 10:36
- a well-written script - sherlock homie May 11, 10:36
- I dunno, what's the better film - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, or Formula 51? -- nm - Beryllium May 11, 10:35 7
  - Formula 51, and I'm not even joking. - MDH May 11, 10:39 6
    - but you read the books first, before watching the hitchhiker movie, right? -- nm - Beryllium May 11, 10:40 5
      - Nope. And I have zero interest after how bad the movie was. -- nm - MDH May 11, 10:42 4
        
        huh. weird. I quite enjoyed the movie, and I hadn't read the books. I read them after, and they were slightly different from the movie. - Beryllium May 11, 10:43 3
        
        You should see the TV show or listen to the radio show. - the liioulu without earbuds May 11, 10:48 2
        
        I hope they make a Dirk Gently movie at some point. -- nm - Beryllium May 11, 10:49 1
        
        That would be good. - the liioulu without earbuds May 11, 10:52
- Original. I usually have too many preconcieved ideas in my head if I've read the book. - JaxSean May 11, 10:35
- It depends on the writer. Trainspotting was one of the best adaptations ever. Most people who saw it never read the book. - the liioulu without earbuds May 11, 10:34
~i love leaves in the wind, pictures of my friends, birds of the world. and squirrels!~ -- nm - kare May 11, 10:32 8
- and for the recessional.... "Miracles", by ICP. -- nm - TFox May 11, 10:34 5
  - i will listen to that, but for that we actually picked our song - kare May 11, 10:35 4
    - listen to it, but not for that. i was kidding. it's a really really funny song/video though. -- nm - TFox May 11, 10:36 3
      - "What's a CLOCK?!" -- nm - Beryllium May 11, 10:37
      - laughing. okay. - kare May 11, 10:37 1
        
        the Avetts are one of the main reasons i'm so excited to go to Newport Folk Fest this summer, actually. - TFox May 11, 10:39
- Tom T. Hall? -- nm - Fuzzy (193 lbs) May 11, 10:33
- is this to be sung in a Louis Armstrong voice? -- nm - Beryllium May 11, 10:33
LIR: I want a top 100 hotties list of these women without any makeup or anything - oblique May 11, 10:31 29
- Keira -- (link) - Harmonious Vermin May 11, 10:35
- Carmen Elektra. -- nm - Nightcrawler May 11, 10:34 3
  - her and Kari Wuher. -- nm - Remlik May 11, 10:36
  - yes please -- nm - Jovian May 11, 10:34
  - yes, and Heidi Klum. -- nm - loosilu May 11, 10:34
- Also LIR - a few of them have been in People without make-up - the liioulu without earbuds May 11, 10:33
- NPORT -- nm - Harmonious Vermin May 11, 10:33 9
  - In fact, hotter without. -- (link) - Harmonious Vermin May 11, 10:33 8
    - Halle Berry needs a bump. -- nm - Mel Profit May 11, 10:38
    - It's not a very good made-up pic. though she always looks good when she looks most natural. -- nm - the liioulu without earbuds May 11, 10:37
    - That list sucks. I think GPALT and Eva Longoria look like crap without makeup. -- nm - loosilu May 11, 10:37 4
      - Agreed. Except for the links I posted, the whole list seemed to be evidence to the contrary of its title. -- nm - Harmonious Vermin May 11, 10:39 3
        
        Kim Cattrall looks like shit. Denise Richards, however, is ridiculously pretty with no makeup. -- nm - loosilu May 11, 10:40
        
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        Sharon Stone at least looks friendlier. Rhianna looks like she hates the world always. -- nm - Max May 11, 10:51
    - I agree on NPORT. Also Halle Berry. -- nm - loosilu May 11, 10:34
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- there goes Britney. -- nm - loosilu May 11, 10:31 11
  - ohh, you mean #54?? - Jovian May 11, 10:34
  - yet, surprisingly, here comes jessica simpson ... -- nm - Beryllium May 11, 10:32 8
    - If you are going by that magazine cover that said she had no make-up on, you ar DQed. -- nm - Nightcrawler May 11, 10:34 2
      - I'm going by candid paparazzi shots on the street -- nm - zork May 11, 10:35 1
        
        Ah. As I have never seen a pic of her where I thought she was very attractive, I will have to say no. -- nm - Nightcrawler May 11, 10:38
    - Jessica looks fantastic without makeup. she really doesn't need it. -- nm - loosilu May 11, 10:33 2
      - did you see my last post on B2? -- nm - zork May 11, 10:34 1
        
        it was the best post on the bosrd. :) -- nm - loosilu May 11, 10:37
    - with or without she's very pretty IMO -- nm - zork May 11, 10:33 1
      - mostly without, which was my point. :) -- nm - Beryllium May 11, 10:34
  - exactly -- nm - oblique May 11, 10:32
"History Will Be Made" NHL ad featuring Lapierre's goal from last night. -- (link) - Mop (221 lbs) May 11, 10:30 4
- They're milking this fucker dry and it wasn't all that full to begin with. -- nm - Reagen May 11, 10:37 1
  - Well, we either get 36 more hours of this, or a whole lot more... -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) May 11, 10:39
- what if roy played like a rookie? - dogbert May 11, 10:34 1
  - "what if sami salo wanted to have kids?" -- nm - Beryllium May 11, 10:40
WaPo: Current state of US Postal Service -- (link) - budice May 11, 10:30 1
- Everything's fine. Nothing to see here. -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) May 11, 10:32
/shakes fist in the air/ SANDIEGOOOOOOOOOOO! -- nm - Harmonious Vermin May 11, 10:30 2
- carmen? -- nm - Beryllium May 11, 10:30 1
  - Yes. (see Mop's videogame villain list on B2) -- nm - Harmonious Vermin May 11, 10:31
So we have seen 4 of the doppelgangers, (HIMYM spoilers) - amoxy May 11, 10:29

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