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I'm with your first comment jen, he has the voice down pat. As for this comment, it's anemic. Extreme drive by, later lizards - time to go walk the lab along the American.
Every black comedian out there who is good with voices has got to be grateful for President Obama.
I'm hoping that over time he sounds more and more like Kirk. He already kind of reminds me when I hear him speak; he's got that 'stumbling down a hill' cadence going.
This actor does have the cadence, the hand gestures, nods, all of the obamaisms "down pat" as you stated.
Not quoting the video, but making a point:
Obama: I would like to STATE, that my views are CRITICAL of the security of this NATION. You can see my REFLECTION in the bills before the House and Senate.
I'm with your first comment jen, he has the voice down pat. As for this comment, it's anemic. Extreme drive by, later lizards - time to go walk the lab along the American.
I had a buddy that never missed that show, me, never watched it.
I watched that show after school every day for its entire run, even before Barnabas showed up. It was creepy enough even without him; The Munsters or The Addams Family without the laughs.
Lieutenant Steven Hauk: I understand you're pretty funny as a dee-jay and, well, comedy is kind of a hobby of mine. Well, actually, it's a little more than just a hobby, Reader's Digest is considering publishing two of my jokes.
-Good Morning Vietnam
Since we now know that he is a cyborg, my concern shifts to who built him and what is their motive? I sure hope they are friendly, but I have my suspicions.
The videos look legit to me but I've only started following this story 5 minutes ago so my opinion is hardly informed.
I couldn't put my home computer on all weekend, so I'm way, way behind on all the stories. I heard the clip, that's all; I was under the impression that the whole 40 seconds are uncut?
I only saw a one-paragraph summary, and I'm not sure where.
Here's the original clip that has been floating around...
SHOCK UNCOVERED: Obama IN HIS OWN WORDS saying His Health Care Plan will ELIMINATE private insurance
Haven't posted recently. If keithgabryelski is still on - is this what you were thinking of? [Link: rightwingnuthouse.com...] It was posted this morning (that's when I read it) and found it interesting also. Also, has this been discussed? [Link: republicans.oversight.house.gov...]
I am not sure what year that show 1st aired, late 60's or early 70's?
First aired; 22 June 1966
Last; 2 April 1971
Barnabas showed up about three months in. The ratings were so low that ABC told Dan Curtis (the producer) that if they didn't pick up in the next six weeks, it was cancellation time. Curtis, a serious supernatural horror buff, decided "what have we got to lose?" and added Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins, a full-on classic Vampyr. The gimmick being that, as in the best vampire fiction, Barnabas was careful not to let anyone figure out that he was a vampire until he was sure he had them under control. Gradually his "backstory" was revealed, i.e., how he became a vampire, his real connection to the Collins family (founding member, basically), and why he came back- to have it out once and for all with the entity who had condemned him to unlife, one Angelique, a full-on witch of the Morgan le Fey School of Etiquette and Revenge.
The Barnabas/ Angelique war, with all of its sideblast (werewolves, time travel, you name it) made Dark Shadows one of the highest-rated "daytime dramas" in TV history.
Other (later) soaps tried to do similar things (Days of Our Lives and General Hospital, to name only two), but without Dark Shadows' ambiance of the supernatural plus general weirdness, it just didn't work. Like the original Star Trek, Dark Shadows was a one-in-a-million shot that worked.
Right here, but jobs are not expected to recover until the 4th quarter at best. The only good news about job losses, is that the numbers is going down every month, but jobs trail a recovery by six months.
Yes he does. His speech patterns are so clear-cut and distinctive that they're fairly easy to imitate. I've about got it down myself, though I'd have to take up smoking in order to get my voice deep enough.
My daughter was born the day before the Oklahoma City bombings. The day of, I obviously wasn't watching TV, and couldn't figure out why the staff seemed so preoccupied.
My daughter was born the day before the Oklahoma City bombings. The day of, I obviously wasn't watching TV, and couldn't figure out why the staff seemed so preoccupied.
My birthday is the same day my home state was admitted to the union.
Fortunately not the same year. ;)
Guy Ritchie's plan to put a gay spin on the relationship of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in his new movie about the detective and his sidekick could backfire.
Robert Downey Jr., who plays Holmes, has revealed the crimebuster will sleep with and have sweaty grappling scenes with Watson, played by Jude Law, in "Sherlock Holmes," due out Christmas Day.
"We're two men who happen to be roommates, wrestle a lot and share a bed. It's bad-ass," Downey told Britain's News of the World. Added much-in-the-news Law: "Guy wanted to make this about the relationship between Watson and Holmes. They're both mean and complicated."
However, I can also see why people would react very, very negatively to what they're seeing in that.
It's another example of how opinions that are just considered, well, sensible and mainstream in "progressive" circles don't look the same to anyone outside of same. The progressive world of academia, government, MSM newsrooms, and cocktail parties is one of the most perfectly hermetically-sealed echo chambers since the Vatican under Leo X (aka Giovanni de'Medici), who reacted rather badly to a debate on indulgences at Wittenburg announced by a list of 95 questions tacked to the university's bulletin board in 1509 by a monk named Martin Luther.
Obama, or anyone else of similarly liberal bent, can say things like that (appears to be) in their normal environment, and get nods, murmurs of agreement, and the odd "that's tellin' it, mannn!" from their audience. But when somebody from, say, the Junior Chamber of Commerce in Kansas City, Mo. hears it, they tend to react a bit differently, because they can see (a) what it would cost financially, (b) what it would cost in terms of their rights as a citizen, and (c) that based on previous attempts, it probably wouldn't actually work.
At which point, said individual says, "Hey, wait a minute".
To which the standard progressive response is "You're a stupid, reactionary (insert favorite epithet here)."
The One's response to this is entirely predictable. He dislikes having to explain himself to people who do not think as he does. This forces him to do so.
No wonder he now has his "associates" looking for ways to administer some "career counseling" to Drudge.
How could anyone question it's legitimacy?...it kind of is what it is.
I saw the vid early this morning...I accept the fact that politicians lie and/or tell you two different things at two different times...BO is a liar...ho hum
The power was off when I woke up this morning, so I was an hour late for work.
We had 6 inches of rain in just a few hours, and I had a flat tire when I got off work.
I am doing great...
How you doing Shug?
OK photo shoppers!
Here's a fun assignment..
Obama,Clinton, Emanuel,Rangel the whole damn crew of them
as Huns...armor,weapons , sweat the whole shibang!
The "Pillage People" Sacking one nation at a time!!
Oh, please. Watson was married twice (widowed once) and Holmes obviously was going steady with Mrs. Hudson, who while a widow was a young widow, who lost her husband in Afghanistan about the same time Watson took a Jezail musket ball in the collarbone there.
Ref- Sherlock Holmes' War of the Worlds by Manly Wade Wellman and Wade Wellman, based on notes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself and authorized by the Conan Doyle estate, specifically Sir Arthur's son, Adrian.
Try again, Ritchie. On second thought, go back to making out with Madonna.
I saw the vid early this morning...I accept the fact that politicians lie and/or tell you two different things at two different times...BO is a liar...ho hum
He sat in a pew for twenty years while the Reverend went into racist, anti-semitic & anti Amreican rants & never heard a thing.
As appaling as it was that he tried to sell that story it was even worse
that adults bought it.
Aug. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Four of the top five models sold so far under the U.S. “cash for clunkers” program, aimed at boosting the auto industry, are made by foreign automakers, according to Transportation Department data.
Ford Motor Co.’s Focus was the top seller, followed by Toyota Motor Corp.’s Corolla, Honda Motor Co.’s Civic and Toyota’s Prius and Camry, data from the department showed today.
Initial clunkers legislation sponsored by Representative Betty Sutton, an Ohio Democrat, would have barred discounts for new vehicles manufactured overseas and offered higher payments for cars and trucks produced in the U.S. than for those made in Canada and Mexico. The “Buy American” provision was dropped from the final legislation because of opposition from foreign automakers and free-trade advocates who said it would conflict with U.S. obligations to the World Trade Organization.
Nice to know that the WTO id dictating policy like that.
Haven't posted recently. If keithgabryelski is still on - is this what you were thinking of? [Link: rightwingnuthouse.com...] It was posted this morning (that's when I read it) and found it interesting also. Also, has this been discussed? [Link: republicans.oversight.house.gov...]
nope. that is indeed interesting, but not what i was thinking of.
I've combed through haakondahl's posts with no avail.
There seem to be a lot of people "favoriting" the specific post I am talking about.
Haven't posted recently. If keithgabryelski is still on - is this what you were thinking of? [Link: rightwingnuthouse.com...] It was posted this morning (that's when I read it) and found it interesting also. Also, has this been discussed? [Link: republicans.oversight.house.gov...]
So they were romantically inclined, is what they're claiming?
Well you know what they say,
There's no face like holmes
I think they're exaggerating. RDJ is known for saying outrageous things. This Sherlock Holmes is supposed to be more action oriented, judging from the trailers, but I am pretty sure he is not gay for Watson.
He sat in a pew for twenty years while the Reverend went into racist, anti-semitic & anti Amreican rants & never heard a thing.
As appaling as it was that he tried to sell that story it was even worse
that adults bought it.
the voters don't want the burden of being on the wrong side of BO and his agenda...alot of lying going around this admin and his bots
At least the F&^*ing UAW is paying attention!
My Nissan Titan was built here!
Would I have preffered a major American Truck?
Yup! They couldn't beat the deal!
U.S. stocks rose for a fourth day after pending sales of existing homes increased more than forecast in June. Treasuries fell, while the dollar traded near the weakest level against the euro this year.
Ten-year Treasury notes fell as the pending home sales report added to signs that the U.S. recession is easing. The yield on the benchmark 10-year note increased 0.05 percentage point to 3.69 percent at 4:50 p.m. New York time.
Nice to know that the WTO id dictating policy like that.
Interesting, too, that the top seller is made by the only American car company to turn down government aid, making fulfillment of the goal of boosting troubled domestic auto makers that much weaker.
But to be fair, it isn't the WTO dictating policy; it's Congress and previous Administrations. The US is bound by several ratified treaties in these matters; violating them would open a huge worm can for international relations.
the voters don't want the burden of being on the wrong side of BO and his agenda...alot of lying going around this admin and his bots
There is a lot of paranoia going around, whether justified or not.
More than a few people I know ,who are not given to extremes think that BHO will have the next election rigged & that there is a coming crackdown on some civil liberties.
I don't mind looking at either man, stripped to the waist. But...do I have to think about Holmes and Watson having sex?
I really, really don't want to. For one thing, I'm pretty sure Holmes was pretty much a-sexual.
Apparently Holmes is more, um, active in this version. There's one moment in the trailer where he appears nekkid but for a strategically placed pillow, handcuffed to the bed. Watson is no where in sight. I will be seeing this opening day (Christmas). so I'll report back about just how homoerotic it really is.
At least the F&^*ing UAW is paying attention!
My Nissan Titan was built here!
Would I have preffered a major American Truck?
Yup! They couldn't beat the deal!
I just find it interesting that we are taking on long term debt to "stimulate" mainly foreign auto makers. I guess there's something wrong with me, but I find that not very productive.
I find nothing about the cash for clunkers productive !
Perfectly good vehicle being destroyed/rendered undrivable
I agree with you, but my distane for unions runs deep!
There is a lot of paranoia going around, whether justified or not.
More than a few people I know ,who are not given to extremes think that BHO will have the next election rigged & that there is a coming crackdown on some civil liberties.
I think ACORN is in BOs pocket...they are primed to be a game changer of some sort...rigged can mean various things I guess, but as a resource they are huge...who knows
Playing up the homoerotic undercurrents in 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' worked rather well.
If anything the homosexual content in the movie was downplayed from the novel on that one, where there is no ambiguity between Ripley wanting to be with a man and wanting to be that man. That line is the entire theme of the movie, by contrast. I don't think the guy being quoted even read the book.
As for the Holmes adaptation, Guy Ritchie is already really hit or miss and I don't expect a lot from it regardless of graphic cinematic manlove being present or not. It will not be a faithful adaptation either way.
BY DAMIAN PALETTA AND DEBORAH SOLOMON
WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner blasted top U.S. financial regulators in an expletive-laced critique last Friday as frustration grows over the Obama administration's faltering plan to overhaul U.S. financial regulation, according to people familiar with the meeting.
...
Joking aside, the retro-sexualizing of classic characters to conform to modern-day obsessions is pretty damned distasteful.
It's pretty sad that so many allegedly creative types today cannot look beyond their divining rods--and must grave-rob because they have nothing to talk about beyond their own sexual fixations.
Aug. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve plans to strengthen its examinations of banks’ lending practices and financial health with new teams composed of experts in everything from law to economics and markets.
Ok, here goes.
DEZ is an abbreviation for a month in the German language'
Pipers were piping.
And HoosierHoops is a neighbor.
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The year, I will keep that to myself. ;)
If anything the homosexual content in the movie was downplayed from the novel on that one, where there is no ambiguity between Ripley wanting to be with a man and wanting to be that man. That line is the entire theme of the movie, by contrast. I don't think the guy being quoted even read the book.
As for the Holmes adaptation, Guy Ritchie is already really hit or miss and I don't expect a lot from it regardless of graphic cinematic manlove being present or not. It will not be a faithful adaptation either way.
who could possibly give a shit...the whole concept is voyeuristic and creepy
Well, we sure wouldn't want to upset our international neighbors, now would we?
It's more than simply a matter of upsetting them. Breaking treaties is illegal at several different levels, from domestic to international. It's not something to take lightly.
I'm no fan of CFC, but I don't see any practical way to have implemented it without running into exactly the result that has been produced. In my opinion, we would have been better off if it hadn't been implemented at all.
The US market share is normally 45 %, so 47 % US brands is not bad especially considering the imports dominate the small car market and the US industry was weak. Many of the foreign brands have more American content then some of the domestics.
I was surprised to see how many SUV's were dumped for small cars though.
I think ACORN is in BOs pocket...they are primed to be a game changer of some sort...rigged can mean various things I guess, but as a resource they are huge...who knows
That ACORN is still getting Federal money with all that is known about them, can't be good.
Obama comes out of Cook County politics where they do not like to take chances on elections.
In natrional elections it was customary under the original Mayor Daley to hold back voting totals until downstste came in. That way they would know how many votes the needed.
Is this the Cylon of the Lambs? ... or on the lam?
Is he running on all Cylonders?
Is he Cylon the ship of state into a whirlpool of CharredBodies?
Personally, I betcha he went to school in Cylon instead of Indonesia.
WASHINGTON. D.C. – Following reports that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has been orchestrating an effort to intimidate members of Congress and Governors who raise legitimate concerns regarding the effectiveness of the stimulus, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent a letter to Emanuel saying “While this type of scare tactic may work In Chicago, it will not work to intimidate me or other Members of the United States Congress.”
“I and others have dared to bring these facts to the attention of President Obama, the Congress and the American people,” Issa wrote. “You’ve unfortunately reacted by once again resorting to the playbook of the Chicago political machine.”
The US market share is normally 45 %, so 47 % US brands is not bad especially considering the imports dominate the small car market and the US industry was weak. Many of the foreign brands have more American content then some of the domestics.
I was surprised to see how many SUV's were dumped for small cars though.
the whole thing is wrong...it's theft and pandering...no surprise you vigorously endorse such a thing
So, is Clinton getting the two women freed his greatest foreign policy success ever? He sure didn't do a good job protecting us from our current enemies back then.
Here in Utah they call them Mormon School Buses...
Well if they find some more money I can finally get rid
of that damn all original 1969 Hemi Super Bee in my garage!!
Sucks fuel so bad...it only has 21,000 miles on It!!!
///
I'd guess there will be more of this kind of pushback in the weeks to come. The Administration's Invincibility Armor was badly dented by Democratic infighting over Cap and Trade and the health care bill, together with their slow progress. Coupled with 0's falling approval rating, look for a bolder opposition.
So, is Clinton getting the two women freed his greatest foreign policy success ever? He sure didn't do a good job protecting us from our current enemies back then.
Didn't he just take a flight over and pick up the ladies? Did he have anything to do with getting them freed?
So, is Clinton getting the two women freed his greatest foreign policy success ever? He sure didn't do a good job protecting us from our current enemies back then.
Clinton wouldn't take advantage of their gratitude & hit on them, would he? Naaah
Here in Utah they call them Mormon School Buses...
Well if they find some more money I can finally get rid
of that damn all original 1969 Hemi Super Bee in my garage!!
Sucks fuel so bad...it only has 21,000 miles on It!!!
///
I'd almost be tempted to say better late than never, but the latter seems to be the operative vein until attention gets focused on the cluelessness of those in charge.
I'd guess there will be more of this kind of pushback in the weeks to come. The Administration's Invincibility Armor was badly dented by Democratic infighting over Cap and Trade and the health care bill, together with their slow progress. Coupled with 0's falling approval rating, look for a bolder opposition.
And I think that Joker poster is just the warning shot across the bow that Obama is no longer immune to spoofing and fun-making. Is that ever making liberal heads explode.
I've gotten to the point where I can barely stand to watch current movies, unless there's a reasonable chance there are no special effects. If half the loving detail lavished on slo-mo explosions were expended on decent dialogue, you could actually see something interesting without having to give up 3 hours of your life and walking out half-deafened.
Just saw Harry Potter, "The Half Blood Prince." Really well done, but pretty dark.
That ACORN is still getting Federal money with all that is known about them, can't be good.
Obama comes out of Cook County politics where they do not like to take chances on elections.
In natrional elections it was customary under the original Mayor Daley to hold back voting totals until downstste came in. That way they would know how many votes the needed.
2000...deja vu all over again?...hahaha!...would serve us right
So, is Clinton getting the two women freed his greatest foreign policy success ever? He sure didn't do a good job protecting us from our current enemies back then.
Sure was a domestic success for the Dear Leader having a former President come crawling. Next stop Iran to release the idiots that hiked into Ahmadinejad's backyard.
Please tell me this isn't going to be Sean Connery's Final Film. It would be a horrid way to end his career.
Just as with Peter Sellers' real last film being a suckorama (Being There was 2nd), I prefer to ignore such trash and consider the last good film to be good actors' legacy.
And I think that Joker poster is just the warning shot across the bow that Obama is no longer immune to spoofing and fun-making. Is that ever making liberal heads explode.
It is remarkably callous and extraordinarily out-of-touch for the White House and the Democrats to call the genuine concern over President Obama's government-run health care plan "manufactured." American families, small business owners, doctors, veterans, and seniors have real and serious concerns over the president's risky and costly government-run health care experiment. And they should — taxpayers will pay for this costly health care experiment because it will raise taxes without decreasing costs, increase the deficit and lead to less choice and lower-quality health coverage
Apparently opposition to any of 0bama's policies is 'manufactured' these days...
So, is Clinton getting the two women freed his greatest foreign policy success ever? He sure didn't do a good job protecting us from our current enemies back then.
My guess is he could have picked up a couple a women in the US. He didn't have to go to North Korea to do it.
Jeffery Deaver put together a couple of short story books...
Twisted
and
More Twisted.
I really enjoyed it. There's a "Holmes" story. It's pretty good.
Thanks, I'll check them out.
Holmes stories ("pastiches") can be either very good or very bad. One of the best collections of same was edited by Adrian Conan Doyle, who selected ones he was pretty sure his father would have liked.
The movie A Study In Terror (1965) was based on one of the best examples, a novel written by "Ellery Queen" (Frederick Dannay and Manfred B. Lee). The "conceit" was that EQ (not a bad 'tec himself- see The French Powder Mystery, which deserves to be a movie) was given Watson's notes on Holmes' involvement in the Whitechapel Serial Killer Case of 1888- better known (inaccurately) as "Jack the Ripper". The result was one of the better variations of the story that became the "accepted" explanation for the murders until the 1990s, when further research determined that no, no one connected to the Royals was involved in any way. Murder by Decree (1979) was another variant of the same theory, starring Christopher Plummer as Holmes and James Mason as Watson, and actually based on The Ripper File, a two-hour "docudrama" episode of the British police TV show, Barlow at Large, from 1973. From Hell (2001) with Johnny Depp as Inspector Frederick Abberline, and based on Alan (Watchmen) Moore's graphic novel, was another variant of the same story.
The same story was being played out on NPR today; the DNC obviously sent this talking point out to the rank and file. Keep an eye on it, and watch this story grow over the next couple of days. Then remember eight years of Republican speakers shouted off stages and physically assaulted, in many cases, all without comment by the media. Oh, and can we talk about pieing, while we're at it? A practice that was practically mainstream when there were Republicans at the podium
The same story was being played out on NPR today; the DNC obviously sent this talking point out to the rank and file. Keep an eye on it, and watch this story grow over the next couple of days. Then remember eight years of Republican speakers shouted off stages and physically assaulted, in many cases, all without comment by the media. Oh, and can we talk about pieing, while we're at it? A practice that was practically mainstream when there were Republicans at the podium
I find the poster to be juvenile, but the outrage about it is just so hypocritical considering Bush was "parodied" in the same fashion a year ago, and the media thought it was high art.
Some of that may be due to children growing up and parents no longer needing a large vehicle. Jess Speculatin'
You might be right, for me it was the 12-15 MPG in my pickup that made me dump it. Funny thing, two days after it was put down, I could have used a pickup for the first time in months, my friends borrowed it more than I used it though.
LAHORE: Last week’s attacks on the Christian community in Gojra were not a spontaneous reaction to allegations of blasphemy but planned in advance, a fact-finding mission of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said on Tuesday.
The mission’s report said announcements made from mosques in Gojra on July 31 urged Muslims to gather and “make mincemeat of the Christians” over allegation of desecration of the Holy Quran a week earlier. Witnesses told HRCP that when they informed the police about the announcements, the police officials also confirmed hearing the announcements.
On August 1, around 1,000 people gathered in the area and marched towards Christian Colony the HRCP said, adding that a police contingent present in the neighbourhood did not try to stop the mob, which included a number of masked men.
Witnesses said the attackers appeared trained for rioting and arson, the commission reported.
I read the book; I've given up seeing the films. Again, too much time lavished on the effects. The books are overlong and clunky, the films, in my opinion, also.
I take a look at films done 40, 50, 60 years ago and marvel at how a few well-crafted lines of dialog and some intelligent cutting takes care of exposition that in a film made today takes twenty or thirty minutes of turgid grinding, long meaningful looks, and muttered monosyllables.
It was the rare feature film that went over an hour and a half back in the day; it is the rare feature film which runs under 2 hours now, and many run much longer. But that length shows no growth in scene framing, film cutting, or, as I have said, dialog--and I find the idea of paying $10 plus to sit in a shoebox and watch these things grind relentlessly on to be torture.
I thought that JK Rowling was better in the early Potter books, the ones that I read to my daughter.
She has gotten a little too dark.
I find the poster to be juvenile, but the outrage about it is just so hypocritical considering Bush was "parodied" in the same fashion a year ago, and the media thought it was high art.
Both "works of art" are just so unimaginative.
unimaginative?...well rest assure someone is working up something even for you
Apparently opposition to any of 0bama's policies is 'manufactured' these days...
IMHO, cap-L (far left) Liberals in general are so accustomed to dealing in various formulations of victimology, it's become a knee-jerk which some of them can't do without. Habit forming.
Whoah... the Joker poster has branched out...
I especially like the one of the ' prompter.
[Link: www.moonbattery.com...]
(Disclaimer in case the site stinks: I followed the link to it on The Hill. )
Whoah... the Joker poster has branched out...
I especially like the one of the ' prompter.
[Link: www.moonbattery.com...]
(Disclaimer in case the site stinks: I followed the link to it on The Hill. )
oh man...somebody's gonna have a stroke...I love it
I thought that JK Rowling was better in the early Potter books, the ones that I read to my daughter.
She has gotten a little too dark.
I know nothing about Potter stories or books, but, I know a young Potter fanatic, and I'm told that Rowling planned the books to be read as a person grew up (and so does Potter), so, it was her plan to make the books more dark as the reader matured.
Just saying, it seems to be the way she planned it, both as a literary device and a marketing device.
You might be right, for me it was the 12-15 MPG in my pickup that made me dump it. Funny thing, two days after it was put down, I could have used a pickup for the first time in months, my friends borrowed it more than I used it though.
I still have an '85 F-150 I bought in '87. I rarely use it, think I should sell it, but know the minute I do I'll need it.
I just have to ask, what the fuck is it with the fascination with his school transcripts ? Do you think Harvard faked his graduation with honors or what ? You are a conservative, where in the constitution does it mention school grades required to be POTUS.
I thought the "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" sahucked!
Hate to tell you this, but I liked it. Much, much better than I liked the original GN.
I still haven't quite forgiven Alan Moore for what he did to Alan Quatermain in the GN. Connery's version was much more to my liking. And Peta Wilson was perfect as Mina.
I did like the GN version of Nemo a bit more than the movie's, but that's a minor quibble. Putting Tom Sawyer in as a U.S. Secret Service agent ala' Jim West was unexpected, but not bad.
/What can I say? I have weird tastes in entertainment.
Just as with Peter Sellers' real last film being a suckorama (Being There was 2nd), I prefer to ignore such trash and consider the last good film to be good actors' legacy.
Apparently, Connery turned down the role of Saruman in The Lord of the Rings series, saying that he read the books and couldn't understand them. Pity, although it was awfully nice to see Christopher Lee back in action. And then there was the controversy over Lee being entirely cut from the third film, leaving a gaping plot hole in his place.
And you're correct, of course. Connery has a huge repertoire of outstanding performances to be proud of.
I know nothing about Potter stories or books, but, I know a young Potter fanatic, and I'm told that Rowling planned the books to be read as a person grew up (and so does Potter), so, it was her plan to make the books more dark as the reader matured.
Just saying, it seems to be the way she planned it, both as a literary device and a marketing device.
It's interesting to me that the only picture of that Joker poster is the same location, except the photoshopped Chicken restaurant.
I would have expected them to be all over the place.
The Daryl Gates ( LAPD chief) ones were everywhere!
Perhaps they are trying to get the base ruffled up over how awful people are treating the One.
In this case it back-fired. That is one ingenious poster. It is going viral.
'Why so socialist?'
I thought that JK Rowling was better in the early Potter books, the ones that I read to my daughter.
She has gotten a little too dark.
I think the books are brilliant. Of course they've gotten darker- it's good vs. evil. But they're a brilliant parable to tribalism, and I can't recommend them enough. The films are not as good as the books, but then- what films are?
I've gotten to the point where I can barely stand to watch current movies, unless there's a reasonable chance there are no special effects. If half the loving detail lavished on slo-mo explosions were expended on decent dialogue, you could actually see something interesting without having to give up 3 hours of your life and walking out half-deafened.
Whatever happened to telling a good story?
"Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine."
the MSM is helping to draw these people into the mainstream...same as they did with the BDS maniacs...same reason to, to help write the political language...I hate the MSM with a passion
I still have an '85 F-150 I bought in '87. I rarely use it, think I should sell it, but know the minute I do I'll need it.
Or the guy down the street will. Mine was a 91 F-150, but it was pretty beat up, and not worth $4500. I almost was going to go for a 10K base model, but ended spending more. A friend did buy a cheapir, and paid the 6K difference at 0% for 36 months.
Apparently, Connery turned down the role of Saruman in The Lord of the Rings series, saying that he read the books and couldn't understand them. Pity, although it was awfully nice to see Christopher Lee back in action. And then there was the controversy over Lee being entirely cut from the third film, leaving a gaping plot hole in his place.
And you're correct, of course. Connery has a huge repertoire of outstanding performances to be proud of.
Lee was much better than Connery would have been in the role, and being distantly related to Tolkien didn't hurt either.
You need to see the extended versions if you haven't already to better appreciate the movies. Christopher Lee does have a greatly expanded role in them, including a very good death scene.
I know nothing about Potter stories or books, but, I know a young Potter fanatic, and I'm told that Rowling planned the books to be read as a person grew up (and so does Potter), so, it was her plan to make the books more dark as the reader matured.
Just saying, it seems to be the way she planned it, both as a literary device and a marketing device.
I like the fact the books get more complex as you progress in the series. Rowling is a great writer, and I come to appreciate the books more as I re-read them. She's done a great service getting kids into reading.
I read the book; I've given up seeing the films. Again, too much time lavished on the effects. The books are overlong and clunky, the films, in my opinion, also.
I take a look at films done 40, 50, 60 years ago and marvel at how a few well-crafted lines of dialog and some intelligent cutting takes care of exposition that in a film made today takes twenty or thirty minutes of turgid grinding, long meaningful looks, and muttered monosyllables.
It was the rare feature film that went over an hour and a half back in the day; it is the rare feature film which runs under 2 hours now, and many run much longer. But that length shows no growth in scene framing, film cutting, or, as I have said, dialog--and I find the idea of paying $10 plus to sit in a shoebox and watch these things grind relentlessly on to be torture.
Mostly agree, but keep in mind that the films we still watch from a half-century ago are still around because those are the cream of the crop. The studios pumped out vast amounts of dreck during all periods; most of it is thankfully forgotten. But a relative handful are so good that they stick around, enthralling audiences generation after generation.
I find the poster to be juvenile, but the outrage about it is just so hypocritical considering Bush was "parodied" in the same fashion a year ago, and the media thought it was high art.
I love Red Dwarf, but I wasn't really considering comedy when I thought of the list. Farscape though should definitely be on the list as well as Lost though. For that matter, I should prolly add Space Above and Beyond.
By the way, I am curious and wish to make a quick informal poll...
Best TV Sci Fi
A) Battlestar Galactica (modern version)
B) Babylon 5
C) Firefly
D) Star Trek original series
E) Star Trek Next Gen and derivatives
F) Doctor Who (pick your favorite doctor)
G) Twilight Zone (when doing SF)
H) The Star Wars Christmas Special and the Ewok series.
[ed. note] if you answer H, you are a nerd god.
I'll go with Walter here, for me it is Lost and then E)
I just have to ask, what the fuck is it with the fascination with his school transcripts ? Do you think Harvard faked his graduation with honors or what ? You are a conservative, where in the constitution does it mention school grades required to be POTUS.
No need for profanity.
It would be interesting to see what he did in school. What classes did he take? What thesis did he write? These are basic things available on just about anybody else. You can go to the school library and find my thesis. You can find people who remember me, hung out with me, were in the same clubs as me. For some reason, nobody knows any of this about Obama. It has nothing to do with faked anything. We really don't know much about this man, that's all.
I love Red Dwarf, but I wasn't really considering comedy when I thought of the list. Farscape though should definitely be on the list as well as Lost though. For that matter, I should prolly add Space Above and Beyond.
Add Crusade (B5 spinoff) and Sliders (first 3 seasons) if your adding.
Ummm, which TZ versions? Either the original or that option needs to be dropped from the list.
I meant the original, but several of the second incarnation of TZ had Harlan Ellison writing them. They were quite good. I have heard that there was a briefly lived third incarnation, but I never saw it.
I just have to ask, what the fuck is it with the fascination with his school transcripts ? Do you think Harvard faked his graduation with honors or what ? You are a conservative, where in the constitution does it mention school grades required to be POTUS.
the question was raised in the link Sarmuta posted...what is your fascination with the CfC rip off?...where in the Constitution does it give the feds the right to help sell cars?...why do you never address the underlying socialist premise to this ridiculous scam?...you are part of the problem, not the solution...you have zero moral ground in terms of citizens wanting to see BOs records...make me laugh again
I like the fact the books get more complex as you progress in the series. Rowling is a great writer, and I come to appreciate the books more as I re-read them. She's done a great service getting kids into reading.
Well, like I say, I don't know, never rad one, and only saw the "Prisoner" movie once, at home, and was drunk, so I don't remember much. I don't like fantasy at all.
But, I have a young person who is my go to on anything fantasy, such as LOTR and Potter. This person knows things about the books that the authors didn't even know.
I love Red Dwarf, but I wasn't really considering comedy when I thought of the list. Farscape though should definitely be on the list as well as Lost though. For that matter, I should prolly add Space Above and Beyond.
I meant the original, but several of the second incarnation of TZ had Harlan Ellison writing them. They were quite good. I have heard that there was a briefly lived third incarnation, but I never saw it.
Oh, The Prisoner! We can't forget THAT cult favorite! ;)
Well, Casablanca was a happy accident--a perfect-storm convergence of the studio system, the communist Popular Front, US patriotism, and a little bit of Talmud.
The fascination with his school transcripts is that they represent the only (allegedly) solid achievement in his life, except for being elected to office.
Aren't you even a mite curious as to how the mind of the man running the country was formed--other than his managing to sit in a racist church for 20 years?
Curious perhaps, but none of my business, he graduated with honors, I'll settle for that. If you want to see how he formed his liberalism, just read his books. I don't even care about what he was thinking 25-30 years ago, the time to watch him is the next 4-8 years and stop dwelling on the past.
the question was raised in the link Sarmuta posted...what is your fascination with the CfC rip off?...where in the Constitution does it give the feds the right to help sell cars?...why do you never address the underlying socialist premise to this ridiculous scam?...you are part of the problem, not the solution...you have zero moral ground in terms of citizens wanting to see BOs records...make me laugh again
He wants to tell us what is acceptable yet again. We keep taking him off his daily talking points memo and that drives him bonkers since he has no ready answer except to curse.
Curious perhaps, but none of my business, he graduated with honors, I'll settle for that. If you want to see how he formed his liberalism, just read his books. I don't even care about what he was thinking 25-30 years ago, the time to watch him is the next 4-8 years and stop dwelling on the past.
And you didn't care about Bushes service record? You could honestly say the same thing about Bush as you say above about Obama?
Well, like I say, I don't know, never rad one, and only saw the "Prisoner" movie once, at home, and was drunk, so I don't remember much. I don't like fantasy at all.
But, I have a young person who is my go to on anything fantasy, such as LOTR and Potter. This person knows things about the books that the authors didn't even know.
I started reading the Potter books because I was at a girlfriends one Thanksgiving. The next morning, I was the first one up, so I grabbed her daughter's first Potter book to pass some time. Thought I'd see what the kids were into, you know? I really enjoyed it, so I kept reading. As I did so, I became fond of Rowling's ability to enrich and complicate her tale. They're well done books and I believe they'll stand the test of time.
Curious perhaps, but none of my business, he graduated with honors, I'll settle for that. If you want to see how he formed his liberalism, just read his books. I don't even care about what he was thinking 25-30 years ago, the time to watch him is the next 4-8 years and stop dwelling on the past.
What he learned 25-30 years ago is what dictates what he does in the next 4-8 years. What's so fucking hard to understand about that?
What he learned 25-30 years ago is what dictates what he does in the next 4-8 years. What's so fucking hard to understand about that?
Oh come on. The progressives were never worried about Bushes military service record, or how well he ran a baseball team he owned, or his association with Skull and Bones, or his "C" average in college or his...
Curious perhaps, but none of my business, he graduated with honors, I'll settle for that. If you want to see how he formed his liberalism, just read his books. I don't even care about what he was thinking 25-30 years ago, the time to watch him is the next 4-8 years and stop dwelling on the past.
what do you care about avanti?...would you agree with your liberal allies here that we are racist because of our curiosity?...I don't need to read his books because you are a perfect reflection of BOs socialistic/Marxist ideology...it's odd to me what you consider "your business"
The piece from your link that I particularly liked:
Today, conservatives and liberals can vacation together or join dating services to court only the like minded. At night, one side watches only MSNBC and the other side only Fox News. And when people are around likeminded individuals, one study found, their viewpoints only become that much more extreme.
The fact that conservatives and liberals and those in between somewhere can blog here with a certain degree of give-and-take helps overcome the extremism referred to above. I also believe we can do more in the way of listening to each other before flying off the handle and filling the comment box with expletives.
You swallow the most egregious crap the administration flunkies spew without even batting an eyelid, yet constantly whine and complain when some people complain about the stench.
The fact that conservatives and liberals and those in between somewhere can blog here with a certain degree of give-and-take helps overcome the extremism referred to above. I also believe we can do more in the way of listening to each other before flying off the handle and filling the comment box with expletives.
No need for profanity.
It would be interesting to see what he did in school. What classes did he take? What thesis did he write? These are basic things available on just about anybody else. You can go to the school library and find my thesis. You can find people who remember me, hung out with me, were in the same clubs as me. For some reason, nobody knows any of this about Obama. It has nothing to do with faked anything. We really don't know much about this man, that's all.
Sorry about the F word, I though that was SOP on LGF, but I'll stop. There are plenty of folks that talked about Obama in college, and some of the personal stuff he shared in his books was very unusual for a potential politician. i.e. his drug use, some radical associations and the rest. My main point is, like the nirther issue, why dwell on it, nothing you will learn will change the fact that he was elected POTUS and now, there are bigger fish to fry.
He wants to tell us what is acceptable yet again. We keep taking him off his daily talking points memo and that drives him bonkers since he has no ready answer except to curse.
setting the rules of the dialog...like some others here...they feed off each other...when pressed they ignore the question and go hug each other...spit
Mostly agree, but keep in mind that the films we still watch from a half-century ago are still around because those are the cream of the crop. The studios pumped out vast amounts of dreck during all periods; most of it is thankfully forgotten. But a relative handful are so good that they stick around, enthralling audiences generation after generation.
That is so true.
I figure that a good year for movies has two to three really good ones and maybe another two or three just good ones, as opposed to dozens of pieces of crap. A bad year for movies has one or two that weren't completely stupid and dozens of pieces of crap. Great use of the word dreck BTW.
In case any non Yiddish using lizards didn't know, dreck means shit.
I will put this as politely as I can: shut the hell up about "graduated with honors," already. Those of us who went to universities of the caliber that Obama attended know what a hollow fraud those "honors" can be. Your constant genuflection to that empty phrase is touching, but suggests that you have absolutely no basis for assessing its worth.
I don't know what "forming his liberalism" means; I would like to know what he studied, and with whom, because that means a lot more than the fact that he got "honors"--more, it actually allows one to assess whether those "honors" have any genuine substance or not. Which is, I suspect, precisely why you and others of your political stripe are so vehemently opposed to the material being made public.
His books are self-promoting puff pieces; I want to see what is behind them. And I want to find out about his past because the past is prologue, and I want to be able to gauge, from his past, precisely how badly he's going to stick us in the present and future.
Sorry about the F word, I though that was SOP on LGF, but I'll stop. There are plenty of folks that talked about Obama in college, and some of the personal stuff he shared in his books was very unusual for a potential politician. i.e. his drug use, some radical associations and the rest. My main point is, like the nirther issue, why dwell on it, nothing you will learn will change the fact that he was elected POTUS and now, there are bigger fish to fry.
like what?...maintaining this mysterious messiah personna is no small thing
Curious perhaps, but none of my business, he graduated with honors, I'll settle for that. If you want to see how he formed his liberalism, just read his books. I don't even care about what he was thinking 25-30 years ago, the time to watch him is the next 4-8 years and stop dwelling on the past.
I wonder if you would apply this same "logic" to the person marrying your daughter?
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By the way, I am curious and wish to make a quick informal poll...
Best TV Sci Fi
A) Battlestar Galactica (modern version)
B) Babylon 5
C) Firefly
D) Star Trek original series
E) Star Trek Next Gen and derivatives
F) Doctor Who (pick your favorite doctor)
G) Twilight Zone (when doing SF)
H) The Star Wars Christmas Special and the Ewok series.
[ed. note] if you answer H, you are a nerd god.
I've never seen the new BG, as I hated the original. Now that it's out on DVD, I might just sit through it.
B5 was excellent throughout; possibly the best "Hard SF" TV series to date.
Firefly was OK- but I really couldn't get into it. If it had gotten a second season, it might have actually found its voice, as they say. (Serenity, the movie, showed what might have been.)
Star Trek- TOS? I love it, in spite of its faults. (As a longtime Trekkie, going back to the original airing of "Where No Man Has Gone Before" on 22 Sept 1966, I can criticize with a clear conscience.)
Star Trek; The Next Generation was, IMHO, much less interesting than Enterprise, and far less interesting than Deep Space Nine. As for Voyager, I gave up on it early on; only Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) convinced me to watch any of the later episodes.
Doctor Who- Favorite Doctor(s); John Pertwee, Sylvester McCoy, and Tom Baker. Least favorite; Colin Baker and the new guy. Overall, I liked the show "way back when"- shoehorning it into one-hour (actually 43-minute) slots is killing it. Oh, PS- favorite Companions; Leela, Martha, Ace, and K-9.
Twilight Zone did some of the best SF ever put on TV, with episodes like "Third From the Sun", "The Rip Van Winkle Caper", "Number 12 Looks Just Like You", and "The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street". Serling bridged the "gap" between horror and SF very effectively. ("Number 12", based on a Charles Beaumont story, "The Beautiful People", would have scared the hell out of Aldous Huxley and George Orwell both.)
I saw the Star Wars Christmas Special, and studiously avoided the Ewok show. What I mainly learned from the special is that, while she's quite beautiful, Carrie Fisher did not inherit any appreciable amount of her mother's singing talent; good, but not great like Debbie.
I figure that a good year for movies has two to three really good ones and maybe another two or three just good ones, as opposed to dozens of pieces of crap. A bad year for movies has one or two that weren't completely stupid and dozens of pieces of crap. Great use of the word dreck BTW.
In case any non Yiddish using lizards didn't know, dreck means shit.
1939 was an exceptional year that many a good film is still largely unknown, like Ninotchka.
And you didn't care about Bushes service record? You could honestly say the same thing about Bush as you say above about Obama?
Walter, some of those issues raised during a election campaign make a lot of sense. Once the voters have made up their minds, it's simply a waste of time, Bush or Obama unless you suspect a impeachable offense.
No, I did not care about Bush's service record after he was elected.
Sorry about the F word, I though that was SOP on LGF
That is not "standard" here. My unscientific best guesstimate would be that less than ten percent, and probably many fewer, of posters here drop the F bomb.
Not f*cking fair of you.
Walter, some of those issues raised during a election campaign make a lot of sense. Once the voters have made up their minds, it's simply a waste of time, Bush or Obama unless you suspect a impeachable offense.
No, I did not care about Bush's service record after he was elected.
Jane Seymour? I didn't know Henry VIII allowed his wife to act.
Seriously, though--no.
("With her head .. tucked .. underneath her arm ... ")
This one's tone is far different from that of the 30's classic. It's well worth a look-see. Fine acting. A bit of a melodramatic swashbuckler, but melodrama done deliberately (and well done) for effect. Ian McKellan creates a wonderful villain.
Actually Avanti, yourself and others like twisting this argument.
Your response has nothing to do with the justification Buzz just gave you as it relates to this particular matter.
It a tap dance that you, and some others do on here while never really answering what people opine on.
I can only speak for myself, but wanting to see his credentials (college transcripts) has nothing to do with using them to oust him from office. He was elected, that is that.
As well, implying such a thing is nothing more than an attempt to tarnish anyone who will actually give enough of their own time to assess what is in front of them, other than just being fed the hope & change regurgitation like a baby bird.
I wasn't quizing with a right or wrong, but, you have proven that you can hang with us sci fi folks with great prowess. Is you nic a Greg Bear ref?
If you liked B5, and I LOVE it, then you will truly love the new BSG for it's hard sci fi aspects. Also the new BSG is the only science fiction that I have seen where the space military looks, acts and reacts like a real military. BSG is dark, gritty and all to real about the human condition. It also maintains consistent rules for it's physics, and because of that, it has tactics to explore and the ability to show a really great commander coming up with a really great plan - and conversely, bad commanders screwing up and getting people killed.
I wonder if you would apply this same "logic" to the person marrying your daughter?
Absolutely, I'd would not judge a 48 year old suitor for his youthful behavior, nor demand his college transcripts. My son is 28 years old, and a totally different man then he was even 10 years ago.
"I kissed the Polish lancer too."
I love that line, in its context.
I finally saw the movie a couple of weeks ago and now semi-regret having not seen it sooner. The original tagline says all one needs to know about the movie:
Vice President Biden cited more positive economic data on Tuesday, using it to buttress the Obama administration's argument that its $787 billion stimulus program is doing its job and revving up the economy.
"I can tell you today, without reservation, the Recovery Act is working," Biden told reporters after a White House meeting about the stimulus program with members of the administration's economic team. President Obama was not present.
Nearly six months after Obama signed the stimulus program into law, the administration is trying to counter criticism, as well as perceptions, that the program has failed to create thousands of promised jobs.
Nationwide unemployment has risen every month since the stimulus took effect in February, climbing in June to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent. The July rate, which the government will announce Friday, was expected to be even higher.
I predict another attack by the MSM on Palin to counter.
That is not "standard" here. My unscientific best guesstimate would be that less than ten percent, and probably many fewer, of posters here drop the F bomb.
Not f*cking fair of you.
To be honest, that's a bit unfair, one or two posters use it daily without a word of protest, but I will agree to stop and hope that others will to.
Absolutely, I'd would not judge a 48 year old suitor for his youthful behavior, nor demand his college transcripts. My son is 28 years old, and a totally different man then he was even 10 years ago.
Except Barack Obama is proven to be exactly the same as what he was and what he was influenced by so long ago.
I finally saw the movie a couple of weeks ago and now semi-regret having not seen it sooner. The original tagline says all one needs to know about the movie:
Garbo Laughs
Have you seen Scarlet Earrings, with Dietrich and Ray Milland?
/and if you ask who I mean by "Dietrich", I'm gonna ... !
Is it just me, or is there more than the usual amount of mudslinging on the blog tonight?
It's LGF movie night. Some of us want the classics, a couple want action/adventure, one or two want romance, and someone wants The Life and Times Of Barak Obama
You land Bogart and Bacall for your movie, you're almost
gar-an-damn-teed at least one Oscar.
The Big Sleep, along with The Maltese Falcon probably the best film noir' of them all.
I was watching the DVD release of Clint Eastwood's "Dirty Harry" movie Sudden Impact (1983) the other day (having just bought it), and it hit me that unlike the other "DH" films, which are police actioners, SI is in fact a classic film noir', being essentially a revenge melodrama with Harry in the role' of the detective who, in trying to run down a murderer, uncovers some secrets the locals would prefer stay hidden. And in the end, he sides with the killer, on the grounds that she was just getting "rough justice", that being the only kind available. Add in the California locations, and it's practically a Bogart movie.
Sudden Impact could be considered one of the earliest examples of what is now called "neo noir'", that is a film noir' set in the modern world as opposed to the 1930s-50s, and in color instead of black and white.
YOU think it's a waste of time, which shows how much crap you are willing to swallow.
And that's all I say on this.
That's why Obama won't release all of the stuff the right asks for, he likes you to spent time with your eye off the ball IMHO. He can only hope that Hannity does the Ayers/Wright manta in 2012 too.
I checked the stats for my website (not the Vicious Babushka blog, but my other website which hosts the Zionist Mall and history site) and I am getting about 30-40 hits a day from some porn site, probably hotlinking a graphic on my server. (No I do not have any porn on my server)
Is there any way I can find out from my stats which graphic they are hotlinking, without actually going to that link? Or is there some brave Lizard who will volunteer to investigate?
I don't remember where I read it, but apparently PKD ranted and raved about all the crazy changes that Scott was doing to his story and how it would be nothing like what he had imagined. Upon seeing the workprint of the film, he was extremely pleased, saying that it was just like what he had imagined when writing it.
I feel bad for the kids down the street. Terrible, mean and dysfunctional family. They never laugh when they're out playing, just screaming and crying.
I hope you are referring to Marlene. She was good in Judgment at Nuremberg
OF COURSE I MEAN MARL*whacks self*
Sorry, yes, I do mean the world's sexiest grandmother.
Yes, she made a good "daughter of the military" in that movie. I do an unmanly swoon when she does a double-take at Tracy, then gently asks if he'd like more coffee.
I feel bad for the kids down the street. Terrible, mean and dysfunctional family. They never laugh when they're out playing, just screaming and crying.
I feel bad for the kids down the street. Terrible, mean and dysfunctional family. They never laugh when they're out playing, just screaming and crying.
OF COURSE I MEAN MARL*whacks self*
Sorry, yes, I do mean the world's sexiest grandmother.
Yes, she made a good "daughter of the military" in that movie. I do an unmanly swoon when she does a double-take at Tracy, then gently asks if he'd like more coffee.
Ku-el! Both Blonde Venus and Golden Earrings are at the local library, in a 2 disc collection of a couple of other Deitrich films. Queued!
I just got one of those "Johns Hopkins Cancer Updates" in my email inbox. It has become such an urban myth that Johns Hopkins has devoted an webpage to it.
Ah, very good movies, I was thinking close encounters.
Your picks are more worthy.
Both Alien and Blade Runner set new standards for designs and optics. Alien was very strong in the suspense department and Blade Runner described pretty good a future society with a new twist on the 'I Robot' plot of Asimov. Though the idea is typical Philip K. Dick.
OK WORST sci fi movies you ever had the misfortune of seeing...
For me it was Mission to Mars which was touted as being advised by NASA and presented itself as something that would be hard sf. It delivered gravity defying m&m DNA strands that the characters identified as human, by eye, and with less than 50 base pairs to look at. It delivered momentum NOT being conserved. It delivered incorrect orbital mechanics. It delivered a truly mind numbingly bad script and mind numbingly bad acting - and it wrapped up with a dopey New Agey Hollywood ending. When I saw it in the theatre, people claped at one of the tear jerk moments when one of the astronauts died. Ironically, he could have been saved if only momentum were conserved in space...
My second on the list is The Core. It is equally mind numbingly stupid, however, there is a certain goofiness to it that allows me to laugh at it more than hate it.
My third most hated Sci Fi is Starship Troopers for taking one of the best sci fi books ever written and turing it into a farce with a message completely antithetical to the original story. The book was one of the best discussions of the philosophy and need for a military I have ever seen. Of course Verhoven hates all things military and had to make a sort of Eurotrash left wing take on it - in addition to completely taking away from the more interesting sci fi aspects of the novel by making the military stupid and under equipped.
I wasn't quizing with a right or wrong, but, you have proven that you can hang with us sci fi folks with great prowess. Is you nic a Greg Bear ref?
If you liked B5, and I LOVE it, then you will truly love the new BSG for it's hard sci fi aspects. Also the new BSG is the only science fiction that I have seen where the space military looks, acts and reacts like a real military. BSG is dark, gritty and all to real about the human condition. It also maintains consistent rules for it's physics, and because of that, it has tactics to explore and the ability to show a really great commander coming up with a really great plan - and conversely, bad commanders screwing up and getting people killed.
Vanity prods me to say "yes"on my nic (being a Bear fan, notably Strength of Stones and, yes, Eon), but honesty compels me to say "no"; in fact, it's an accident. Early in my online 'life', while signing up at the old Strategypage.com, I was signing in and mistakenly thought I was choosing a password as per the SOP at ATT/Yahoo. Having just read a book on the history of the James Bond films, made by Eon Productions, I thought "eonprod" would make an easy-to-remember password. I typed in "e-o-n"- and then accidentally hit the ENTER key with my right pinkie. "eon" was born, and I've used it ever since. (I don't believe in messing with fate.)
Just your description of the new BG is getting my interest up. My favorite modern SF writers are David Weber, Steve White, Eric Flint, and John Ringo. Weber's Honorverse and White's Starfire series are almost textbooks on how to realistically fight space battles. Weber & Ringo's Empire of Man aka Prince Roger series is another good example.
/for the record, the Royal Manticoran Navy (Weber) would eat most TV and movie "Star Fleets" for lunch.
Both Alien and Blade Runner set new standards for designs and optics. Alien was very strong in the suspense department and Blade Runner described pretty good a future society with a new twist on the 'I Robot' plot of Asimov. Though the idea is typical Philip K. Dick.
I have Blade Runner in my collection as well as all the alien movies.
Aliens (AKA alien 2) was one of the best fun movies of all time.
Yes I am twisted. ;)
I checked the stats for my website (not the Vicious Babushka blog, but my other website which hosts the Zionist Mall and history site) and I am getting about 30-40 hits a day from some porn site, probably hotlinking a graphic on my server. (No I do not have any porn on my server)
Is there any way I can find out from my stats which graphic they are hotlinking, without actually going to that link? Or is there some brave Lizard who will volunteer to investigate?
That's probably referrer spam (the stupidest form of spam), not a hotlink. Not much you can do about it...
OK WORST sci fi movies you ever had the misfortune of seeing...
For me it was Mission to Mars which was touted as being advised by NASA and presented itself as something that would be hard sf. It delivered gravity defying m&m DNA strands that the characters identified as human, by eye, and with less than 50 base pairs to look at. It delivered momentum NOT being conserved. It delivered incorrect orbital mechanics. It delivered a truly mind numbingly bad script and mind numbingly bad acting - and it wrapped up with a dopey New Agey Hollywood ending. When I saw it in the theatre, people claped at one of the tear jerk moments when one of the astronauts died. Ironically, he could have been saved if only momentum were conserved in space...
My second on the list is The Core. It is equally mind numbingly stupid, however, there is a certain goofiness to it that allows me to laugh at it more than hate it.
My third most hated Sci Fi is Starship Troopers for taking one of the best sci fi books ever written and turing it into a farce with a message completely antithetical to the original story. The book was one of the best discussions of the philosophy and need for a military I have ever seen. Of course Verhoven hates all things military and had to make a sort of Eurotrash left wing take on it - in addition to completely taking away from the more interesting sci fi aspects of the novel by making the military stupid and under equipped.
She seem to be doing much better. There was a flurry of activity of there fro a while with workmen fix up her house( I assume to accommodate her size), they added a handrail and wheelchair ramp to her front steps. People stop by every once in a while to check on her. They sometimes leave balloons on her door. The put a toy monkey hanging from her little tree in the front yard. They're doing a really nice job.
Vanity prods me to say "yes"on my nic (being a Bear fan, notably Strength of Stones and, yes, Eon), but honesty compels me to say "no"; in fact, it's an accident. Early in my online 'life', while signing up at the old Strategypage.com, I was signing in and mistakenly thought I was choosing a password as per the SOP at ATT/Yahoo. Having just read a book on the history of the James Bond films, made by Eon Productions, I thought "eonprod" would make an easy-to-remember password. I typed in "e-o-n"- and then accidentally hit the ENTER key with my right pinkie. "eon" was born, and I've used it ever since. (I don't believe in messing with fate.)
Just your description of the new BG is getting my interest up. My favorite modern SF writers are David Weber, Steve White, Eric Flint, and John Ringo. Weber's Honorverse and White's Starfire series are almost textbooks on how to realistically fight space battles. Weber & Ringo's Empire of Man aka Prince Roger series is another good example.
/for the record, the Royal Manticoran Navy (Weber) would eat most TV and movie "Star Fleets" for lunch.
cheers
eon
OK, if you like Weber and White and David Drake et al... you will absofuckinglutely love the new BSG.
I checked the stats for my website (not the Vicious Babushka blog, but my other website which hosts the Zionist Mall and history site) and I am getting about 30-40 hits a day from some porn site, probably hotlinking a graphic on my server. (No I do not have any porn on my server)
Is there any way I can find out from my stats which graphic they are hotlinking, without actually going to that link? Or is there some brave Lizard who will volunteer to investigate?
Sorry to hear that.
Is it foreign porn or porn in the USA?
In the movie version of Logans Run, all the people are forced to evacuate their city of Crystal Spires And Togas, when the Evil AI that ran it is defeated. Despite the evil, it was a beautiful and decadent Utopia where no one had wants or needed to know a valuable skill or trade. The downside was it killed them at 30. To put it plainly, these humans are entirely dependent on machines to provide and don't even know what the Sun is. The Sun! Saying 90% of the thousands of refugees died in the winter would be optimistic, as they knew nothing about wilderness survival and had only one senile elder human to teach them how to survive.
I thought their rebuttal was good. Anyone who is really considering the whacko approach will at least be referred to sources for good information.
Being a vegetarian and having practiced yoga for over a decade, I get exposed to a lot of this type of info and people. What suprises me is the people that send me email sometimes. They aren't vegan/yoga types.
Who's ready to laugh?
I posted this one morning a week or two ago, but I don't thank more than one or two people saw it. This in my opinion is one of the funniest things I've ever seen, although I will admit I was ashamed of myself for laughing so hard.
Cajun OnStar call - the OnStar guy deserves an award of some sort for staying as calm and professional as he did through this:
She seem to be doing much better. There was a flurry of activity of there fro a while with workmen fix up her house( I assume to accommodate her size), they added a handrail and wheelchair ramp to her front steps. People stop by every once in a while to check on her. They sometimes leave balloons on her door. The put a toy monkey hanging from her little tree in the front yard. They're doing a really nice job.
GREAT!
So she is finally networked in with people who'll look after her?!
*grin*
I am a devout fuckist...but I refrain from using the fuck word because I need to work on my intellectual image...I don't want to sound like a no kooth fucking idiot
She seem to be doing much better. There was a flurry of activity of there fro a while with workmen fix up her house( I assume to accommodate her size), they added a handrail and wheelchair ramp to her front steps. People stop by every once in a while to check on her. They sometimes leave balloons on her door. The put a toy monkey hanging from her little tree in the front yard. They're doing a really nice job.
and these are the people you contacted on her behalf?
Let me say that again for those who are still upset at the terminology you used in the very first post I recall about your neighbor . . .
These people helping her are the folks YOU contacted on behalf your neighbor?
That's probably referrer spam (the stupidest form of spam), not a hotlink. Not much you can do about it...
I get referrer spam, but this particular link seems to be hotlinking a graphic.
I checked my image server requests and compared the graphic files requested, and found some old Photoshop spoofs I made years ago (and posted on Photoshop blogs like Fark) are being requested. I couldn't tell exactly which files, but by process of elimination identified the most likely culprits, and removed them from my server.
That may not stop the hotlinking, especially if it's on some blog, but at least they will get a red "x" not a file that is hosted on my server.
A while ago, I found out that some asshole on Stormfront was hotlinking one of my graphics for an avatar, and I pwn3d him with this swap.
I love older movies that actually have plots and acting in them. Action films, especially with CGI up the wazoo, bore me to tears.
I was forced to sit thru Watchmen with my kid on IMAX. Is it just me or are more and more movies using what I call the "video game technique". Shifting from scene-to-scene without and apparent connection between them?
The viewer is left to figure out why and how the characters went from one location to another half-way across the globe and acquired thousands of dollars worth of equipment and cool new clothes?
It reminds me of the one episode of Power Rangers I watched while babysitting a neighbor kid years ago.
I thought their rebuttal was good. Anyone who is really considering the whacko approach will at least be referred to sources for good information.
Being a vegetarian and having practiced yoga for over a decade, I get exposed to a lot of this type of info and people. What suprises me is the people that send me email sometimes. They aren't vegan/yoga types.
I don't know what happened there. My apologizes to the Lizard to whom I was trying to reply. I think I'll only make it worse if I try to fix it.
I am semi-surprised no one has mentioned Metropolis.
Same here. Not to mention Things to Come, Destination Moon, the Quatermass films, and the lesser-known but great Kronos and The Monolith Monsters.
All of the picks I've seen were good, if not great. (I must admit being disappointed by both the movie and TV versions of Logan's Run, being a fan of the original novel and its sequels.) My vote for one of the more recent genuinely great, and occasionally downright intentionally hilarious, science fantasy films is Luc Besson's The Fifth Element; I admit you really have to be a Metal Hurlant/ Heavy Metal (magazine, not music) fan to appreciate it.
Yup, It took a few calls. Most charities I contacted wanted me to persuade her to contact them. I finally found someone who was willing to contact her with getting me involved. They got to work really quick too. Workmen started showing up about 2-3 week later.
I was forced to sit thru Watchmen with my kid on IMAX. Is it just me or are more and more movies using what I call the "video game technique". Shifting from scene-to-scene without and apparent connection between them?
The viewer is left to figure out why and how the characters went from one location to another half-way across the globe and acquired thousands of dollars worth of equipment and cool new clothes?
It reminds me of the one episode of Power Rangers I watched while babysitting a neighbor kid years ago.
One thing I've noticed (Transformers is a good example) is that the special effects are speeded up. I have a hard time distinguishing one CG thing from another when it's that fast. The kids with all their video game experience - not so much.
Yup, It took a few calls. Most charities I contacted wanted me to persuade her to contact them. I finally found someone who was willing to contact her with getting me involved. They got to work really quick too. Workmen started showing up about 2-3 week later.
Same here. Not to mention Things to Come, Destination Moon, the Quatermass films, and the lesser-known but great Kronos and The Monolith Monsters.
All of the picks I've seen were good, if not great. (I must admit being disappointed by both the movie and TV versions of Logan's Run, being a fan of the original novel and its sequels.) My vote for one of the more recent genuinely great, and occasionally downright intentionally hilarious, science fantasy films is Luc Besson's The Fifth Element; I admit you really have to be a Metal Hurlant/ Heavy Metal (magazine, not music) fan to appreciate it.
cheers
eon
I lived 5th element and I learned to draw as a boy from Heavy Metal magazine...
Yup, It took a few calls. Most charities I contacted wanted me to persuade her to contact them. I finally found someone who was willing to contact her with getting me involved. They got to work really quick too. Workmen started showing up about 2-3 week later.
I know you took a lot of shit because you didn't want to get involved, but you actually did get involved by finding a program to help her. That's more than a lot of people do for their neighbors. Bless you, Hon.
Yup, It took a few calls. Most charities I contacted wanted me to persuade her to contact them. I finally found someone who was willing to contact her with getting me involved. They got to work really quick too. Workmen started showing up about 2-3 week later.
Same here. Not to mention Things to Come, Destination Moon, the Quatermass films, and the lesser-known but great Kronos and The Monolith Monsters.
All of the picks I've seen were good, if not great. (I must admit being disappointed by both the movie and TV versions of Logan's Run, being a fan of the original novel and its sequels.) My vote for one of the more recent genuinely great, and occasionally downright intentionally hilarious, science fantasy films is Luc Besson's The Fifth Element; I admit you really have to be a Metal Hurlant/ Heavy Metal (magazine, not music) fan to appreciate it.
cheers
eon
Maybe it was the print they had for the DVD I have, but Things to Come was bad, bad, bad, bad, B. A. D. As in HORRIBLE.
I was forced to sit thru Watchmen with my kid on IMAX. Is it just me or are more and more movies using what I call the "video game technique". Shifting from scene-to-scene without and apparent connection between them?
The viewer is left to figure out why and how the characters went from one location to another half-way across the globe and acquired thousands of dollars worth of equipment and cool new clothes?
It reminds me of the one episode of Power Rangers I watched while babysitting a neighbor kid years ago.
Watchman is a very special case. I think that if you loved the comic, you will love the movie, and if you hadn't read the comic, the movie would not make as much sense. The scenes in it actually follow frames from the comic very closely in many places.
There were of course changes from the graphic novel, however, the people who made the movie set out to make the graphic novel into a movie and stay loyal to it.
oh great. Now the pressures on me to "have a good night". What if i'm not up to having a good night, or i was planning on having a shitty one? What then? Do I dissapoint FORMER? Do I stay true to myself?
Camera angles actually suffered terribly when sound came in. The camera unfettered by primitive sound technology could go anywhere, and did--the camerawork in a film like Sunrise is amazing.
Sound ended up creating extremely stagebound films. One of the first sound films to break that mold was Rouben Mamoulian's Applause, which made a lot of use of montage--and Helen Morgan is excellent in it too.
It just took a few decades for the technology to improve enough to allow the camera work good cinematographers employ.
Did you catch the premier of that miniseries ' Defying Gravity '?
No Ididn't. I haven't had much cahnce to watch TV lately. I spend all of my time either in the lab, with my lizard queen or writing papers, or writing here.
No Ididn't. I haven't had much cahnce to watch TV lately. I spend all of my time either in the lab, with my lizard queen or writing papers, or writing here.
I once wrote a paper
It never wrote back
Scarred me deeply!
No Ididn't. I haven't had much cahnce to watch TV lately. I spend all of my time either in the lab, with my lizard queen or writing papers, or writing here.
Busy guy. Don't worry about your typing. Might cut into your posting time. Seriously. Sounds like you have well-ordered priorities.
///he is a good person, even when we disagree. Which is a lot. ;)
:D ... not sucking up ... he got a wee bit frosted way back then ... maybe I'm just giving him a friendly (and, in this thread's context) an admiring tweak.
I was forced to sit thru Watchmen with my kid on IMAX. Is it just me or are more and more movies using what I call the "video game technique". Shifting from scene-to-scene without and apparent connection between them?
Yes.
I call it "attention deficit cinema".
For extra credit, hold the scenes just a little too briefly to let the viewer focus on, or even locate, the main character.
There might be something more sinister at work here, both specifically in the release of the spurious Kenya birth certificate and generally in the persistence of this issue. Perhaps all the documentation on Obama's birth certificate and citizenship is in order.
...
In what could be considered a psyop on the American people, the birth certificate issue is being used to smear the Republicans in general as "birthers," conspiracy nuts who have given themselves over to right-wing nuttery. Any mention of this issue inspires in many the same revulsion as being diagnosed with the clap did in the '50s. And the arrogance and fear on the right of being tainted by this issue has created such dissension and infighting that we're eating our young and the left is positively giddy.
We, the American people, are not the enemy here, we are not the guilty party. The media should stop blaming the victim. Remember: conservatives are not responsible for the birth certificate issue at all.
I believe "Watchmen" laid the groundwork--unwittingly--for the Troofer movement. Note that there is an intentional disaster in the movie that kills millions in New York for the purpose of "bringing the society together"; it would not surprise me if the young geeks who spawned Trooferism were familiar with the comic, and were all too ready to believe that life had mirrored art.
I think that's unfair...
1) People were going on about all manner of conspiracies like that since long before Watchman. How many Lusitania "troofers" were there for instance.
2) Troofers came out before the movie did. The sort of person who read Watchmen back in the late eighties was the sort of person to be hip to alternative comics, well educated and frankly not the sort to become a troofer.
We, the American people, are not the enemy here, we are not the guilty party. The media should stop blaming the victim. Remember: conservatives are not responsible for the birth certificate issue at all.
It's BRILLIANT. It there a little link you click on at the end of the bold part for ominous music?
Seriously, what have I done wrong that she gets writing gigs and TV gigs? Wait, I think I recall waaayyy back putting my finger on it, having it confirmed and then needing brain bleach.
She fails to mention her theories that Obama's father was really Malcolm X. She was spearheading the Nirth Cert thing and now she's blaming the left for it. I wonder if she's still selling those Nirth Certifikit t-shirts.
That may be true in that scenario, but I'm sure Moore got the basic idea for his story from the Reichstag Fire, which is still pretty well known 'false flag' operation even among the pop culture saturated youth.
Also, in the graphic novel, Ozymandias genetically engineers a Lovecraftian tentacled monster. The world powers believe it is an alien and unite against the new threat. There is no bomb.
She fails to mention her theories that Obama's father was really Malcolm X. She was spearheading the Nirth Cert thing and now she's blaming the left for it. I wonder if she's still selling those Nirth Certifikit t-shirts.
She fails to mention her theories that Obama's father was really Malcolm X. She was spearheading the Nirth Cert thing and now she's blaming the left for it. I wonder if she's still selling those Nirth Certifikit t-shirts.
She's spread the nonsense that the birth announcements were planted by the CIA! And now she's pinning this on the msm. Shameless!
The great blue state of Illinois is doing its part to reflate the housing bubble:
The HOME START Tax Credit Advance Loan helps first time homebuyers take advantage of the $8,000 federal tax credit refund in advance to use as a down payment on their first home. However, the maximum loan amount under the HOME START Tax Credit Advance Loan program is 3.5 percent of the purchase price up to a maximum of $6,000.
Within the initial period, the homebuyer will file their tax return requesting the federal tax credit. This tax credit can be used to repay the tax advance loan. If the loan is not repaid by June 30, 2010, then the remaining loan amount becomes a ten year amortizing loan at 0.5% above the rate on the Home Start 30 Year Fixed Rate Loan.
In other words, the buyer can blow the six grand instead of using it to pay back his "assistance" loan -- and, of course, be further in debt.
I have no idea what "troof" theories might have attended the sinking of the Lusitania.
That the Lusitania was sunk by the Allies in order to ramp up hatred of the Germans in the USA. Likewise, FDR knew about Pearl Harbor ahead of time and did nothing about it.
Both very old 'false flag' conspiracy theories that follow the mold of the 9/11 Truth movement.
All those you listed are on my Genuinely Sucks list. Which also includes;
Quintet (1974) (Paul Newman; if you haven't seen it, consider yourself lucky)
12 to the Moon (1959) (doesn't just violate the laws of physics, but ignores them completely; ditto for the laws of coherent storytelling)
A.I; Artificial Intelligence (2002) (Brain Aldiss should have smacked Spielberg for that one)
Minority Report (2003) (PKD should haunt Tom Cruise forever)
The Matrix and both of its sequels (2001-2005) (the Wachowski brothers need to study a few books on writing, and especially L. Sprague deCamp's Science Fiction Handbook)
And of course the "remake" of the Day The Earth Stood Still ( A bad three-way cross between The Man Who Fell to Earth, Independence Day, and The Matrix- is there any way to get Keanu Reeves out of the acting business?)
I know Sturgeon's Law states that 98% of everything is crap, but some of it is unnecessarily pungent.
They'll have trailers. SOSUS will pick them up in the GIUK gap, and they'll pick up a friend to keep an eye on 'em, same old game. They never were in our league.
I disagree. Yes, there have always been conspiracy theories, and there always will be--though I have no idea what "troof" theories might have attended the sinking of the Lusitania.
However, the film is not the issue. The comic book has been around for quite some time. You have a far higher estimate of the intelligence of comics devotees than I do, and I think it is a leap to assume that education is a bulwark against conspiracy theorizing.
1. False flag conspiracies have been with us for some time. There were plenty of pro-German Lusitania troofers back in 1917. There were isolationist U.S.S. Maine troofers a generation before. The fact is that whenever a national tragedy - that leads to conflict arises, you will always have some fringe element who assumes it was a set up.
2. As to comics people, it is not that I have faith in comics people, but rather, an understanding of the sorts of people who would have been drawn to something like Watchmen back in the day. And that really is the point, until the movie came out, Watchmen was one of those things for "people in the know." It is not at all your standard Spiderman kind of stuff. It came along with things like Dark Knight Returns and V for Vendetta, and it appealed to the sorts of angry, intelligent adolescents and college kids who liked gritty social commentary and adult themes (adult themes meaning ideas for adults, as opposed to sexual themes, though those were certainly there too). Straight up, this was something for a certain set of angry nerds (like I was). I am saying that the crowd who would be into that is very unlikely to become a troofer. If you find someone from that crowd who did, it is the exception and not the rule.
All those you listed are on my Genuinely Sucks list. Which also includes;
Quintet (1974) (Paul Newman; if you haven't seen it, consider yourself lucky)
12 to the Moon (1959) (doesn't just violate the laws of physics, but ignores them completely; ditto for the laws of coherent storytelling)
A.I; Artificial Intelligence (2002) (Brain Aldiss should have smacked Spielberg for that one)
Minority Report (2003) (PKD should haunt Tom Cruise forever)
The Matrix and both of its sequels (2001-2005) (the Wachowski brothers need to study a few books on writing, and especially L. Sprague deCamp's Science Fiction Handbook)
And of course the "remake" of the Day The Earth Stood Still ( A bad three-way cross between The Man Who Fell to Earth, Independence Day, and The Matrix- is there any way to get Keanu Reeves out of the acting business?)
I know Sturgeon's Law states that 98% of everything is crap, but some of it is unnecessarily pungent.
cheers
eon
There was absolutely no reason to create, edit, produce and market A.I.
OK WORST sci fi movies you ever had the misfortune of seeing...
For me it was Mission to Mars which was touted as being advised by NASA and presented itself as something that would be hard sf. It delivered gravity defying m&m DNA strands that the characters identified as human, by eye, and with less than 50 base pairs to look at. It delivered momentum NOT being conserved. It delivered incorrect orbital mechanics. It delivered a truly mind numbingly bad script and mind numbingly bad acting - and it wrapped up with a dopey New Agey Hollywood ending. When I saw it in the theatre, people claped at one of the tear jerk moments when one of the astronauts died. Ironically, he could have been saved if only momentum were conserved in space...
My second on the list is The Core. It is equally mind numbingly stupid, however, there is a certain goofiness to it that allows me to laugh at it more than hate it.
My third most hated Sci Fi is Starship Troopers for taking one of the best sci fi books ever written and turing it into a farce with a message completely antithetical to the original story. The book was one of the best discussions of the philosophy and need for a military I have ever seen. Of course Verhoven hates all things military and had to make a sort of Eurotrash left wing take on it - in addition to completely taking away from the more interesting sci fi aspects of the novel by making the military stupid and under equipped.
Robot holocaust.
So far as ST goes:
1. Clancy Brown
2. Dina Meyer
3. The 'shower scene'
made up for quite a bit of the stinkiness of ST for me.
Yeah. I understand what you are saying, and The Watchmen is probably the most read work in its format/genre ever so it's a plausible inspiration. I'm just saying that the 9/11 Truth movement isn't exactly new or unique. We have a whole subculture in the US that has a hard-on for conspiracy theory and revisionist history.
re: #582 DEZes
Always watch The Matrix when it is on TV. Have seen it about 10 times. Same with Hunt forRe d October. lol Both don't get old. Go figure.
They'll have trailers. SOSUS will pick them up in the GIUK gap, and they'll pick up a friend to keep an eye on 'em, same old game. They never were in our league.
That's not what scares me. Their Oscar-class SSGN carries quite a lot of of firepower, and the fact that Putin is waving that firepower in our face is unsettling.
It was a hoax perpetrated by a Czarist official hoping to curry favor with Czar Alexander III of Russia, by "proving" that a vast conspiracy was behind the assassination of his father, Alexander II, in 1881. Not an "opinion"- historical fact.
Just like the fact that it has been used since then as the "justification" for everything from the Holocaust to Iran's nuclear ambitions. It's the political equivalent of the "alien abduction" theory; an excuse for people to blame their own shortcomings on outside forces. Which probably explains its continued popularity in circles full of people with many self-inflicted problems who are engaged in a lifelong search for scapegoats.
Of course, no one is going around talking about nuking little grey guys or "driving them into the sea", either. That treatment is earmarked for real people, who actually exist, whose existence offends other people who apparently have a serious problem with taking responsibility for their own situations.
/IOW, the "believers" in the "Protocols" need to grow up
That's not what scares me. Their Oscar-class SSGN carries quite a lot of of firepower, and the fact that Putin is waving that firepower in our face is unsettling.
SSGN in close, yep, even boomers, with depressed trajectories. That's why they're using SSNs to trail down the coast, not rattle us too hard.
Bombers are probing again, now the sub games, the bad old days seem to be coming back.
It was a hoax perpetrated by a Czarist official hoping to curry favor with Czar Alexander III of Russia, by "proving" that a vast conspiracy was behind the assassination of his father, Alexander II, in 1881. Not an "opinion"- historical fact.
Just like the fact that it has been used since then as the "justification" for everything from the Holocaust to Iran's nuclear ambitions. It's the political equivalent of the "alien abduction" theory; an excuse for people to blame their own shortcomings on outside forces. Which probably explains its continued popularity in circles full of people with many self-inflicted problems who are engaged in a lifelong search for scapegoats.
Of course, no one is going around talking about nuking little grey guys or "driving them into the sea", either. That treatment is earmarked for real people, who actually exist, whose existence offends other people who apparently have a serious problem with taking responsibility for their own situations.
/IOW, the "believers" in the "Protocols" need to grow up
cheers
eon
*sigh*
Move Protocols from the non-fiction shelf to the fiction shelf...
the fact that leftard causes have been orchestrated by people who are not grasss roots and crowds populated by people who dont work or hold jobs unless you count professionally protesting, has remained a "secret" in the media, and as far as I know has never been reported by the msm is infuriating.
double that anger now that the first time this is reported it is against truelly normal and average working americans who are waking up to the alarming "change" about to rip down our country and showing up to demand answers from the "ruling class at townhall meetings
a screen shot of msnbc shows a disturbing bias showing just how low they have sunk, and what whores they have become
The Russians play their games. We play ours (or so we hope). But this time, the Russians are doing missile drills while listening to the sound of our rock n' roll.
Then again, not only do we have the 688i's running in the Russian baffles, we've got a couple of Virginia class ships out there too.
And keep in mind that our forces have plenty of experience firing our weapons systems in real combat situations - whether it was the first Desert Storm or in support of Iraqi Freedom and thereafter. Nothing quite serves to drill technique as combat.
His link is to a documentary about the rise of antisemitism in the US after 9/11, and how it is tied to Trooferism. I haven't seen it, but will check it out when I get the chance.
SSGN in close, yep, even boomers, with depressed trajectories. That's why they're using SSNs to trail down the coast, not rattle us too hard.
Bombers are probing again, now the sub games, the bad old days seem to be coming back.
Yep, Putin sees the posturing as a way to rebuild Russia. The only good news is however f'd up the situation is, we have the best navy in the world bar none.
I'd take a Virginia or a Seawolf up against one of their bad boys, any day.
It was a hoax perpetrated by a Czarist official hoping to curry favor with Czar Alexander III of Russia, by "proving" that a vast conspiracy was behind the assassination of his father, Alexander II, in 1881. Not an "opinion"- historical fact.
Just like the fact that it has been used since then as the "justification" for everything from the Holocaust to Iran's nuclear ambitions. It's the political equivalent of the "alien abduction" theory; an excuse for people to blame their own shortcomings on outside forces. Which probably explains its continued popularity in circles full of people with many self-inflicted problems who are engaged in a lifelong search for scapegoats.
Of course, no one is going around talking about nuking little grey guys or "driving them into the sea", either. That treatment is earmarked for real people, who actually exist, whose existence offends other people who apparently have a serious problem with taking responsibility for their own situations.
/IOW, the "believers" in the "Protocols" need to grow up
The original source has been identified as an 1864 book by Maurice Joly entitled 'The Dialogue in Hell Between Machiavelli and Montesquieu', which was written as a satirical attack against the ambitions and methods of French Emperor Napoleon III.
The Russians play their games. We play ours (or so we hope). But this time, the Russians are doing missile drills while listening to the sound of our rock n' roll.
Then again, not only do we have the 688i's running in the Russian baffles, we've got a couple of Virginia class ships out there too.
And keep in mind that our forces have plenty of experience firing our weapons systems in real combat situations - whether it was the first Desert Storm or in support of Iraqi Freedom and thereafter. Nothing quite serves to drill technique as combat.
the Russians are fucked bigtime if they want to play underwater...debris
I believe "Watchmen" laid the groundwork--unwittingly--for the Troofer movement. Note that there is an intentional disaster in the movie that kills millions in New York for the purpose of "bringing the society together"; it would not surprise me if the young geeks who spawned Trooferism were familiar with the comic, and were all too ready to believe that life had mirrored art.
I think that we've had this discussion before, Buzz. I'm of the opinion that the media pump that primed the popular acceptance of Trooferism was the television work of Chris Carter, particularly the series The X Files and Millennium. Any and all evil that occurred in them was unerringly portrayed as a result of shadowy and malevolent government conspiracies.
It long predates the Watchmen movie. And the Watchmen graphic novel only influenced the comic geeks who read it. Most likely including Chris Carter.
That the Lusitania was sunk by the Allies in order to ramp up hatred of the Germans in the USA. Likewise, FDR knew about Pearl Harbor ahead of time and did nothing about it.
Both very old 'false flag' conspiracy theories that follow the mold of the 9/11 Truth movement.
Oh, and if we thought that Hizbullah had given up the ghost of jihad against Israel, you'd be wrong.
The current stability in the North is "in danger," Deputy Northern Command chief Brig.-Gen. Alon Friedman was quoted by the Times as saying Tuesday, adding that the peace could "explode at any minute."
Meanwhile, surveillance footage obtained by the British newspaper shows Hizbullah fighters trying to salvage rockets and other munitions from the suspected arms cache that exploded last month in southern Lebanon.
The video shows rockets and other munitions being retrieved from the bombed site, and a truck moving rockets from the apparent weapons depot. It then shows Hizbullah operatives emerging from an underground bunker.
Israel's ambassador to the UN, Gabriela Shalev, told the Security Council last week that the July 14 explosions that exposed the apparent Hizbullah arms cache demonstrated a "volatile reality" and reflected the threat posed by Iran throughout the Middle East.
Hizbullah is believed to have stockpiled up to 40,000 rockets, and Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon told the Times that "Hizbullah has not only replaced the munitions but upgraded their missiles. They are bragging now that they can hit Tel Aviv."
Yep, Putin sees the posturing as a way to rebuild Russia. The only good news is however f'd up the situation is, we have the best navy in the world bar none.
I'd take a Virginia or a Seawolf up against one of their bad boys, any day.
They still can't play with the Los Angeles, up against those it's not even close.
bbiab --maybe Charles will have opened the bunker by then.
I hope I remember the passcode, Is it still Robert Heinlein's birthday?
My home town is where Heinlein was born. Went by a sign pointing towards his birthplace my whole life. Boring town. Apparently he needed something to do.
I apologize for back tracking to bad sci - fi, but, I must now list the so bad it's good variety... The movies that work well if you are at home with a bunch of buddies and mildly buzzed - and you make fun of them... All of these movies are chosen for a certain brain melt factor that causes you to feel both punchy and a little mentally violated.
Le bad cinema...
1. Battlefield Earth... John Travolta is a really, really mean alien super capitalist. $cientology galore!
2. Manos the Hands of Fate... yes MST3K did it up well, but, do you have the courage to see the original in all of it's glory?
3. The Forbidden Zone... this ground breaking movie introduced the "butt-f@ck cage of doom" - no, it's actually in the movie and it is actually called that. As a bonus, it has Herve Velasquez, the midget from Fantasy Island.
The Russians play their games. We play ours (or so we hope). But this time, the Russians are doing missile drills while listening to the sound of our rock n' roll.
Then again, not only do we have the 688i's running in the Russian baffles, we've got a couple of Virginia class ships out there too.
And keep in mind that our forces have plenty of experience firing our weapons systems in real combat situations - whether it was the first Desert Storm or in support of Iraqi Freedom and thereafter. Nothing quite serves to drill technique as combat.
Agreed. That said, I do worry that the next thing we'll see near our shores would be the Severodvinsk, first of the Yasen class. The scary thing about that one is that it could hammer us conventionally from a stand-off distance. That would give Putin some very useful leverage in a crisis in Georgia or Ukraine.
One of the more recent, and scientifically more plausible, theories about the Bunker A16 explosion is that a short circuit in the electric light system inside the bunker (a problem that was common in warships of that day) may have triggered a dust explosion- a phenomenon that was not recognized at the time, and remained poorly understood until relatively recently (when such explosions destroyed several commercial grain silos in the U.S. in the 1970s and early 1980s, with considerable loss of life).
A dust explosion could easily have detonated the main magazines, as due to a fundamental design flaw, the for'ard coal bunkers shared bulkheads with those magazines. (The concept of "isolation" to avoid such chain-reaction explosions was still twenty years in the future, after the Royal Navy's loss of three battlecruisers at Jutland in 1916.) To be fair, one can hardly fault BuShips for not designing in protection against a possible problem which, at the time, no one knew existed.
You do make good points (much as it pains me to concede it), and I agree that there are certainly other potential bases for the Troofer movement, not least the rich vein of nuttiness that has always run through the culture.
I do, however, wish it were possible to take a Troofer core sample and find out if there is any detectable Watchmen influence on them.
That would be interesting. I would predict that most Watchman fans are in somewhat technical positions these days - either that or they are the total under-achiever types.
There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag-AT-whitehouse.gov.
I thought i would send them something i found that was fishy, so I sent them a PDF copy of the health care monstrosity.
ARE you kidding me. Charles please this is SO old. I don't care and to still beat this dead horse? If Obama had cared to show any of his records, which he seems NOT to!
Like say his education grades. None of this would matter.
'Nirthers are a Waste of Time and Effort. The President's MOM was a Native Born US Citizen - Case Closed. I oppose Pres. Obama about 80 or more % of the time. In the 2008 Election, my vote was really FOR Sarah Palin more than anything else. Would SHE were the President, rather than Pres. Obama.
That said, GET OVER IT - Barrack H. Obama IS Our President.
Work for "Conservative" Congressional Candidates in 2010, work for an electable candidate in 2012 to defeat him at that time. So long as Our Democracy - (small "D") - is in effect in 2010 and 2012 - I for One believe that our "Mistake" of 2008 will be corrected as were our similar "Mistakes" of 1976 and 1992. I worked for the 1976 "Mistake" - being young and STUPID at the time. By 1992, I knew better. That is all.
I write the music I like. If other people like it, fine, they can go buy the albums. And if they don't like it, there's always Michael Jackson for them to listen to. -- Frank was talking about his music from the Yellow Shark.
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