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Dodoman
Feb 26, 2009



A moment of laxity
A lifetime of regret
Lipstick Apathy
the first half of the book is incredibly, incredibly dull.

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Moist von Lipwig
Oct 28, 2006

by FactsAreUseless
Tortured By Flan

Tanith posted:

gently caress YOU CYBERDAD

good god mods namechange please

Eugene V. Dubstep
Oct 4, 2013
Probation
Can't post for 8 years!

Sham bam bamina! posted:

oh of course vonnegut's better but he's not the one that gets ten-page derails creaming over him every other week

he gets them maybe once a month

Somehow Vonnegut doesn't actually come up that often, which is odd because even the novelist he invented (Kilgore Trout) is a better writer than most of the authors that are mentioned, and his real-life counterpart Theodore Sturgeon produced some awesome stuff:

Segmentation Fault
Jun 7, 2012

life imitates art

Farmer Crack-Ass
Jan 2, 2001

this is me posting irl
still want to see DEATH BED: THE BED THAT EATS PEOPLE


oh wait no that was the real one, the fake one was rape stove

H.P. Hovercraft
Jan 12, 2004

one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse
Slippery Tilde

Farmer Crack-rear end posted:

still want to see DEATH BED: THE BED THAT EATS PEOPLE


oh wait no that was the real one, the fake one was rape stove

My rear end Is Haunted is also a real piece of cinema

Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

My rear end Is Haunted is also a real piece of cinema

Tanith
Jul 17, 2005


Alpha, Beta, Gamma cores
Use them, lose them, salvage more
Kick off the next AI war
In the Persean Sector

he'd still bone it though

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮
I just finished look to windward :staredog:

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe

Silver Alicorn posted:

I just finished look to windward :staredog:

edust assassin lol

Glorgnole
Oct 23, 2012

Silver Alicorn posted:

I just finished look to windward :staredog:

i like look to windward because it goes for a lot of pages before it really describes what the different characters actually look like.

haveblue
Aug 15, 2005



Toilet Rascal
seveneveneveneves status: reached part 2. lol at dr. teil negrasse dyson

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮

Glorgnole posted:

i like look to windward because it goes for a lot of pages before it really describes what the different characters actually look like.

I still have a really hard time imagining what a homomdan looks like

but I also liked how the climax of the story was the symphony rather than Quilan's plot actually doing anything

pseudorandom name
May 6, 2007

Silver Alicorn posted:

I still have a really hard time imagining what a homomdan looks like

they look like a tripod master

Trig Discipline
Jun 3, 2008

Please leave the room if you think this might offend you.
Grimey Drawer

pseudorandom name posted:

they look like a tripod master

golden-i?

Dodoman
Feb 26, 2009



A moment of laxity
A lifetime of regret
Lipstick Apathy
is there any info on the ferris well convention from redemption ark? the cops are really hosed up

the conjoiners are on a different level of hosed up, they might as well be the borg with a conscience

Dodoman fucked around with this message at 16:40 on Dec 11, 2015

Cocoa Crispies
Jul 20, 2001

Vehicular Manslaughter!

Pillbug

angry_keebler posted:

i did not like revelation space

oh, here's this machine and it's got a computer in it that can do anything because whatever it's the future technology is just magic who cares

space isn't even a revelation, it's like, everywhere, man

Dodoman
Feb 26, 2009



A moment of laxity
A lifetime of regret
Lipstick Apathy
new x-men movie looking good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COvnHv42T-A

in before "lol comics lol comic movies lol if you lol" etc. etc. etc.

Trig Discipline
Jun 3, 2008

Please leave the room if you think this might offend you.
Grimey Drawer
caught up on fargo


fuuuuuuuuck what an amazing season of tv

Eugene V. Dubstep
Oct 4, 2013
Probation
Can't post for 8 years!

Dodoman posted:

lol comics lol comic movies

also the special effects in that trailer looked like crap

Al!
Apr 2, 2010

:coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot:

at the date posted:

also the special effects in that trailer looked like crap

it looks like an xbone game

Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat

Dodoman posted:

new x-men movie looking good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COvnHv42T-A

in before "lol comics lol comic movies lol if you lol" etc. etc. etc.


:rock:

Trig Discipline
Jun 3, 2008

Please leave the room if you think this might offend you.
Grimey Drawer
oh look it's sansabelt stark

Shaggar
Apr 26, 2006

Dodoman posted:

new x-men movie looking good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COvnHv42T-A

in before "lol comics lol comic movies lol if you lol" etc. etc. etc.

lol that looks terrible

Shaggar
Apr 26, 2006
also ra was a goa'uld not a mutant

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe
darkman fuckin owns

why don't bad guy mooks carry nunchucks anymore

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮
kinda weird going from culture novels to house of Suns

it's on the same grand scale but the particulars are different. feels a bit more like dune

Eugene V. Dubstep
Oct 4, 2013
Probation
Can't post for 8 years!
:smug: You mean like the Four Horseman? He got that from the Bible.

:byodame: No, the Bible got it from him.

:vince:

holy poo poo the writing has gone downhill since DoFP

haveblue
Aug 15, 2005



Toilet Rascal

evan peters is amazing on this year's american horror story

he's playing a roaring 20s millionaire industrialist serial killer with clothes and accent to match

pseudorandom name
May 6, 2007

SmokaDustbowl posted:

darkman fuckin owns

why don't bad guy mooks carry nunchucks anymore

we stopped feeling threatened by japan

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe

pseudorandom name posted:

we stopped feeling threatened by japan

people should feel threatened by nunchucks

Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat

at the date posted:

:smug: You mean like the Four Horseman? He got that from the Bible.

:byodame: No, the Bible got it from him.

:vince:
oh that part was funny as hgell and i would have quoted it if not sidetracked by the rush shirt

i really want this movie's whole backstory to be the da vinci code + ancient aliens :munch:

Sham bam bamina! fucked around with this message at 21:56 on Dec 11, 2015

Trast
Oct 20, 2010

Three games, thousands of playthroughs. 90% of the players don't know I exist. Still a redhead saving the galaxy with a [Right Hook].

:edi:

Dodoman posted:

new x-men movie looking good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COvnHv42T-A

in before "lol comics lol comic movies lol if you lol" etc. etc. etc.

Apoc not being a giant bright purple monster man with cables coming out of everywhere just ruins it for me.

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe
I'm wtaching this really good documentary, you should all check it out. It's called Escape from L.A.

NoneMoreNegative
Jul 20, 2000
GOTH FASCISTIC
PAIN
MASTER




shit wizard dad

Silver Alicorn posted:

I still have a really hard time imagining what a homoman looks like


/holds up mirror for u

Locker Room Zubaz
Aug 8, 2006

:horse:
~*~THE SECRET OF THE MAGICAL CRYSTALS IS THAT I'M FUCKING TERRIBLE~*~

:horse:

Dodoman posted:

new x-men movie looking good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COvnHv42T-A

in before "lol comics lol comic movies lol if you lol" etc. etc. etc.

I like the aesthetic it is fully accepting of the ridiculousness of comic book characters

Cocoa Crispies
Jul 20, 2001

Vehicular Manslaughter!

Pillbug
just started s3 of person of interest today

pretty okay

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe
I told my mom to watch the knick was that a good idea

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe
she liked season 1 of fargo and true detective, and she was watching that midwives show

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Dodoman
Feb 26, 2009



A moment of laxity
A lifetime of regret
Lipstick Apathy
yeah the knick is a good show

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