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my favorite donkey on hell's kitchen last night - wheezy Jun 2, 13:45
Volkswagen camper van marks 60 years of production -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Jun 2, 13:41
I *should* know the answer to this after sitting through all 27 hrs of LOTR, but - the ring - "One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, - kelly Jun 2, 13:38 30
- well, I did lose my girlfriend shortly after getting the ring, but basically no major problems. -- nm - Sheldon Jun 2, 13:48
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- Well, aside from invisibility. -- nm - Ender Jun 2, 13:42 3
  - Oh, and extended life. -- nm - Roger More Jun 2, 13:43 2
    - And the scouring of your hometown. Oh, wait... -- nm - Ender Jun 2, 13:49
    - if you can call it "life" -- nm - Beryllium Jun 2, 13:44
- Well, not everyone... - nubby Jun 2, 13:41 15
  - Here's why I'm asking. -- (link) - kelly Jun 2, 13:46 9
    - It's a fascinating weird mix of taking the movie way too seriously and still not getting the point of it. (nm) - musubi Jun 2, 13:50
    - marriage is kind of like selling your eternal soul to Sauron -- nm - wheezy Jun 2, 13:48
    - Binds the woman to you. Guys'll love it. -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Jun 2, 13:48
    - you're not wrong, but some people are nuts. -- nm - TFox Jun 2, 13:47
    - You're correct. But dorks are dorks. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 2, 13:47 4
      - Yeah, the ring being the reason the story even exists, they don't necessariliy see it as a bad thing -- nm - Guigue Jun 2, 13:49
      - And for a different kind of dork, they have palladium rings, which can presumably be used in a rudimentary ARK reactor -- nm - Roger More Jun 2, 13:48 1
        
        Mine is a tungsten-carbide ring with a blue carbon fiber inlay. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 2, 13:49
      - (A more weddingy inscription would be "There And Back Again") -- nm - Beryllium Jun 2, 13:47
  - well, Sauron did get his fingers chopped off while he was wearing it. That wasn't good - Roger More Jun 2, 13:42 3
    - but Bilbo lived a hellaciously long time, Frodo got to see the world which he wouldn't have otherwise... -- nm - crash davis Jun 2, 13:43 2
      - This is true, people often don't promote the travel benefits associated with soul corruption. (nm) - musubi Jun 2, 13:48
      - Yeah, he got to see a lot of swamps, lava pits and gravelly mountains -- nm - Roger More Jun 2, 13:44
  - exactly. - Beryllium Jun 2, 13:42
- that is a glass half empty way of looking at it -- nm - crash davis Jun 2, 13:41
- 27 hours? wtf? -- nm - MDH Jun 2, 13:40 5
  - She only watched the third one. -- nm - David Jun 2, 13:47
  - well, it felt like 27 hrs. -- nm - kelly Jun 2, 13:42 2
    - Well, each of the three films has a 9-hour extended version, right? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 2, 13:46 1
      - No! Jerks. -- nm - Shaun Jun 2, 13:47
  - Seriously. It was like 54. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 2, 13:41
- yes. -- nm - Roger More Jun 2, 13:40
Disney plans on making 4 Toy Story short films a year (for tv) to keep the brand alive... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 2, 13:38 1
- Didn't I JUST mention I was concerned about a Toy Story 3. -- nm - Qale Jun 2, 13:42
i think of cult classics as movies that have an aftermarket following - zdroid Jun 2, 13:35 3
- I think they have to be a fair amount offbeat as well, i.e. A Christmas Story did better aftermarket, but it shouldn't be called a cult classic -- nm - crash davis Jun 2, 13:39
- I would think the aftermarket following should far outperform the initial box office, in my definition. - Dr.Vermin Jun 2, 13:37
- This is one way to think of it, definitely. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 2, 13:37
"TonyClement_MP In answer to some queries we chose EA Games for CR venue because it employs 700 Cdns, not because James + I are good at Madden." - Name Withheld By Request Jun 2, 13:24 3
- Link to story on new legislation. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Jun 2, 13:41
- I wonder which poor staffer had to type that tweet -- nm - Roger More Jun 2, 13:32 1
  - No, I can promise with 100% certainty that Clement and Moore both handle their own Twitter accounts. That was his joke. - Name Withheld By Request Jun 2, 13:39
I wonder if the guy trying get Justin Bieber erased is German. -- nm - David Jun 2, 13:22 3
- "Now we've got a bunch of angry Germans, nothing good ever comes of that." (nm) - musubi Jun 2, 13:29
- in cult classics we know that an eraser IS german speaking -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 2, 13:29
- Trying to erase who? -- nm - Guigue Jun 2, 13:24
From Today....this is the scandal that is happening at work today that is all over the news.....(link) - Walt_Disney Jun 2, 13:16 18
- And no one was fired or suspended? - Stephen Jun 2, 13:35 2
  - it's pretty shocking. -- nm - Andie Jun 2, 13:40
  - Agreed. That does seem very slap-on-the-wrist-ish. (nm) - musubi Jun 2, 13:39
- "it is all �appreciated, good natured and voluntary.�" - David Jun 2, 13:25 1
  - It's a difficult thing for most people to truly appreciate, too. Kudos to them. -- nm - mara Jun 2, 13:26
- i sort of don't know what to say about that. it's just so.... immature. -- nm - Andie Jun 2, 13:25 2
  - My first thought was that these must be guys who didn't make it into the fraternity. - Dr.Vermin Jun 2, 13:41 1
    - yes, we have fraternities in Canada. -- nm - Andie Jun 2, 13:51
- call action suit? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 2, 13:23 1
  - Action Suit! 555-ACTION! If you've been wronged, and no one else can help ... Call ACTION SUIT! -- nm - Beryllium Jun 2, 13:37
- WTF?!? wow. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 2, 13:22
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  - The Abu Ghraib prison guards had to get jobs somewhere. -- nm - pmb Jun 2, 13:23
  - have you ever asked a client about why they did something incredibly dumb like that? and have you gotten an answer? -- nm - crash davis Jun 2, 13:22 3
    - "Everrybody else was doing it." "I was afraid not to take part." -- nm - mara Jun 2, 13:23 2
      - true, but I more meant creating incriminating evidence like that -- nm - crash davis Jun 2, 13:25 1
        
        Oh, I assumed the recording was made by somebody who wanted to try to stop it. -- nm - mara Jun 2, 13:26
- Um, wow. -- nm - mara Jun 2, 13:20
From Yesterday: Spatulas and Flippers are very different things. Wikipedia is wrong for the people I know. -- nm - Walt_Disney Jun 2, 13:13 11
- You can make Wikipedia "right". -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Jun 2, 13:16
- No, wiki got it right. -- nm - Nightcrawler Jun 2, 13:16
- Thank god somebody brought this up again! -- nm - prayformojo Jun 2, 13:16 3
  - This was an important issue to me and I was not able to read about it until today :) -- nm - Walt_Disney Jun 2, 13:21
  - My spatula is a viking at flipping stuff. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 2, 13:18
  - it needed to be evenly done on both sides. -- nm - Reagen Jun 2, 13:17
- Venn diagram! -- nm - Reagen Jun 2, 13:13 4
  - That's very interzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz (nm) - crash davis si Jun 2, 13:35 1
    - good man -- nm - crash davis Jun 2, 13:37
  - well, this is an early version -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 2, 13:17
  - (Spatula ((Flipper)(Turner))((Frosting Blade)(FrostingKnife))) -- nm - Roger More Jun 2, 13:16
The paychecks did come today which is a good thing, because I was threatening to accidently mix up the freezer and dry goods when I put truck away. -- nm - Qale Jun 2, 13:11 1
- Nice! Spend away! -- nm - Krusty Jun 2, 13:38
My favorite movie theater is running $2 "cult classics" on Fri/Sats this summer. Its a weird list. -- (link) - TFox Jun 2, 13:05 58
- those are just old movies. no big lewbowski casablanca thinman early james bond -- nm - zdroid Jun 2, 13:22 5
  - Casablanca is one of the most respected movies of all time. When it's taught in film classes, it's not a cult classic. -- nm - mara Jun 2, 13:24 4
    - But generally movies that make hundreds of millions of dollars aren't "cult" classics either. They're just popular movies. - pmb Jun 2, 13:27 3
      - I think The Matrix would also be an example. Jurassic Park certainly isn;t. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 2, 13:28 2
        
        Instead of showing The Matrix, the cult classic would be Hackers. -- nm - Qale Jun 2, 13:32 1
        
        agreed. -- nm - Remlik Jun 2, 13:35
- help me convince Diva to go see Human Centipede at midnight at Coolidge Corner. - Mel Profit Jun 2, 13:20 17
  - No, I cannot in good conscience do that to Diva. - Stephen Jun 2, 13:39 1
    - I have to go see dippy teenagers pretend to be ancient vampires...its more than a fair trade. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 2, 13:40
  - she totally owes you. it's not like you've never bitten the bullet on a movie before. -- nm - TFox Jun 2, 13:24 10
    - I might have go see another one of those Teen vampire movies though... -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 2, 13:27 8
      - fuck that. compromise and see Splice. -- nm - TFox Jun 2, 13:27 7
        
        I kinda gotta go see HC. - Mel Profit Jun 2, 13:30 6
        
        But... that was off screen. -- nm - Qale Jun 2, 13:34 1
        
        this is my point. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 2, 13:43
        
        I don't even think I want to see HC, and I tend to like that kind of stuff. -- nm - TFox Jun 2, 13:31 3
        
        I hate the whole torture porn sub-genre, and admittedly this sounds like it might be it, but I sort of just gotta see this. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 2, 13:41 2
        
        I can't blame you. (spoils) - TFox Jun 2, 13:43 1
        
        that's exactly what I'm thinking... - Mel Profit Jun 2, 13:44
    - plus, 4 stars in the Village Voice! -- nm - TFox Jun 2, 13:26
  - GO, Diva, GO! I will be so jealous! -- nm - Dano Jun 2, 13:23 2
    - didn't you see it?? -- nm - Diva Jun 2, 13:23 1
      - I haven't yet. Though I want to. -- nm - Dano Jun 2, 13:30
  - what movie did you first pop your barf-cherry at? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 2, 13:22
- It's missing Rock and Roll High School. - pmb Jun 2, 13:15
- Shouldn't a movie be at least a year old to be a cult classic? -- nm - Dano Jun 2, 13:15 4
  - Scott Pilgram vs The Universe isn't even out and it's already a cult classic. -- nm - Qale Jun 2, 13:16 3
    - Scott Pilgram vs The Universe isn't even out and it looks like the worst movie ever made - MDH Jun 2, 13:31 2
      - Is there a wrongness contest going on? (nm) - musubi Jun 2, 13:34 1
        
        his mind is still reeling from Gyllenhaal's shirtlessness. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 2, 13:42
- I miss Cinemaworld. -- nm - kelly Jun 2, 13:14
- 4 of those aren't cult classics. -- nm - Qale Jun 2, 13:12
- good list. thank god no Rocky horror. that movie sucks. and has always sucked. -- nm - Remlik Jun 2, 13:10 19
  - fail - Danedukenuuk Jun 2, 13:13 5
    - huh. - Remlik Jun 2, 13:16 4
      - Rocky horror. that movie sucks. and has always sucked. - Danedukenuuk Jun 2, 13:20 3
        
        if you have a great crowd it can be fun, but I've been to it with less than good crowds. -- nm - Remlik Jun 2, 13:29
        
        Wrong. The best thing about Rocky Horror is the devoted live cast. -- nm - Qale Jun 2, 13:23 1
        
        the few times it was showed here was a thrill at saturday midnight -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 2, 13:26
  - but really - Ghostbusters? Jurassic Park? The Matrix? - Reagen Jun 2, 13:12 7
    - look how long ago those came out and the college kids now going to 'cult' movie night. -- nm - Remlik Jun 2, 13:15 5
      - age has nothing to do with it. You might as well call Casablanca a cult film. -- nm - Reagen Jun 2, 13:17 4
        
        we should create a new category for them. "popcult". :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 2, 13:18 1
        
        or "incredibly fucking popular movies" -- nm - Reagen Jun 2, 13:23
        
        not as much as you might call it "classic" -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 2, 13:18
        
        It's a very large cult. -- nm - pmb Jun 2, 13:18
    - Avatar! -- nm - prayformojo Jun 2, 13:13
  - After seeing it around 60 times, something bizzare happens. You start to like it. -- nm - Qale Jun 2, 13:12 4
    - *ding* - Nightcrawler Jun 2, 13:15
    - that's called Stockholm Syndrome. -- nm - Reagen Jun 2, 13:13 1
      - I haven't been in a few months, but it was heartening to see it was still vibrant with a new class of young outcasts. -- nm - Qale Jun 2, 13:14
    - I call this "post-cult". It's kind of sad, really. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 2, 13:12
- no Rocky Horror and no Kill Bill = Epic fail list -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 2, 13:07 5
  - You know, not every failure is epic. -- nm - mara Jun 2, 13:09 4
    - Some are cult failures. -- nm - Fuzzy Jun 2, 13:13
    - i do - Danedukenuuk Jun 2, 13:12
    - epic point, mara. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 2, 13:10 1
      - heh -- nm - TFox Jun 2, 13:10
Thanks for the Braves/Phils spoiler tags. I'm waiting until the replay tonight. -- nm - nubby Jun 2, 13:05
Remlik, Spawn, I watched America's Got Talent last night for you two.. here is the part worth watching -- (link) - crash davis Jun 2, 13:05 7
- Winner. -- nm - Nightcrawler Jun 2, 13:14
- saw that at the gym and thought of you. -- nm - Remlik Jun 2, 13:08 5
  - You did it while you were *destroying* the stair master? - Nightcrawler Jun 2, 13:17 1
    - well I destroyed the bike last night. -- nm - Remlik Jun 2, 13:35
  - *enrolls at Remlik's gym* -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Jun 2, 13:16
  - MEOW - the best part was the banter before that isn't on that clip...did you see that? - crash davis Jun 2, 13:11 1
    - couldn't hear that. -- nm - Remlik Jun 2, 13:16
I started iTunes three hours ago, but forgot to hit play. There was a web comic about this, wasn't there? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 2, 13:04 3
- ah, here it is -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 2, 13:11
- Kid, your *face* is a web comic. -- nm - nubby Jun 2, 13:05 1
  - "Even for the internet, it's pretty shocking." -- nm - TFox Jun 2, 13:06

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