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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:It's nothing clever, it's just plain fact. It's not a Christmas movie
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Tomarse posted:I did 6 hours in mine today Swap the drivers and passengers seat. Like most cars I assume yours has seen little arse time and it'll feel brand new.
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# ? Dec 23, 2016 10:36 |
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fridge corn posted:It's not a Christmas movie Alright please tell us the formal definition of a "christmas movie" that goes beyond "takes place at christmas" that Die Hard fails to meet please give citations in apa format
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# ? Dec 23, 2016 10:36 |
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Enourmo posted:Alright please tell us the formal definition of a "christmas movie" that goes beyond "takes place at christmas" that Die Hard fails to meet Would you/could you watch the film Die Hard (1988) at any point of the year other than Christmas? If the answer is yes, then it is not a christmas movie Also the original theatrical release of Die Hard (1988) was in July, so it was never intended to be a christmas movie anyway
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fridge corn posted:It's not a Christmas movie You have a seriosuly bad opinion on this one.
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fridge corn posted:If the answer is yes, then it is not a christmas movie There has literally never been a Christmas movie ever made by that metric.
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I'm officially an old gently caress. I keep waking up in the middle of the night with my hips and knees hurting like a motherfucker. Ephphatha posted:Glad I live in a pretty rural town, my commute is 20/25 minutes by bicycle or 15 (each way) by motorbike and the only reason it takes that long is because I live on the opposite side of town to where I work. The car only gets used when I need to carry something too large to strap to the bike. So, probably <15 minutes in the car, <2 hours on the motorbike, >4 hours on the bicycle (when I haven't injured myself) per week. When I hear "across town", I think "a few counties away". DFW is just stupid big. I can, and have, had multiple jobs at the same time spanning different cities, counties, and area codes. At one point I lived in downtown Denton (Denton County), had one job in Plano (which is mostly inside of Collin County), another job in Carrollton (half of Carrollton is in Denton Co, the other half in Dallas, I think a tiny sliver might be in Collin - that employer was in Dallas Co tho), and yet another in Addison (Dallas Co). The commute along between home and all 3 jobs was around 100 miles, one way, I think. Maybe a little more. Back in the days of land lines, Denton was a long distance call from all of those cities. Now the DFW metro statistical area extends all the way up to the Oklahoma state line, and includes part of one county in OK. But Denton, along with Denison/Sherman, are still a long distance call if you actually have a copper land line. I would be loving thrilled just to find a decent paying job in the city I live in, or one of the cities that borders it near me (so cities east and south since I'm at the far SE corner). randomidiot fucked around with this message at 11:26 on Dec 23, 2016 |
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fridge corn posted:Would you/could you watch the film Die Hard (1988) at any point of the year other than Christmas? I never watch Die Hard at any other time than Christmas Checkmate.
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# ? Dec 23, 2016 11:32 |
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:I never watch Die Hard at any other time than Christmas Yeah but there's no reason why you wouldnt. Theres nothing christmas about it. What if you wanted to have a die hard marathon, would you have to wait until christmas to start it? None of the other films have anything to do with christmas either. watching it as part of your personal christmas traditions is fine but it's not a christmas movie. It came out in july.
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# ? Dec 23, 2016 11:40 |
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Die Hard is the best Christmas movie My Christmas movie routine always starts with the first of the three Die Hard movies, followed by the other two, and then followed by the four Lethal Weapons.
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# ? Dec 23, 2016 11:46 |
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ITS THE MOST SEMANTICAL TIIIIME OF THE YEEEEEAAAAAR
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# ? Dec 23, 2016 11:50 |
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We shouldn't even be talking about Christmas today. Happy Festivus everyone
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fridge corn posted:Yeah but there's no reason why you wouldnt. Theres nothing christmas about it. What if you wanted to have a die hard marathon, would you have to wait until christmas to start it? None of the other films have anything to do with christmas either. It's a Christmas movie - it's set at Christmas, it has Christmas music, it's also a godawful load fuckign better that whatever poo poo is uusally played this time of year. Tough poo poo if you dont like it.
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# ? Dec 23, 2016 11:59 |
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Why was it released in July if it was a christmas movie? It's such a stretch to call it a christmas movie I don't know why people get so upset about it
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fridge corn posted:Why was it released in July if it was a christmas movie? Why does it matter to you so much? For some of us, it is the most sacred of all christmas movies, for others it is not. That's life.
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# ? Dec 23, 2016 12:23 |
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Scrouged is a really good Christmas film
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# ? Dec 23, 2016 12:44 |
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Die Hard is a great film set at Christmas time which is fun to watch at Christmas time instead of the usual twee bollocks that's on tv. Welcome to the party, pal
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fridge corn posted:Why was it released in July if it was a christmas movie? On the first day of Festivus a troll did post to theeeeeeee Its a Christmas movie. People watch it on Christmas, and consider it one. Et ergo, as language evolves, so do traditions. So given that a significant amount of people view it as a Christmas movie, and it has indeed become synonymous with it, one can posit that it has indeed become a Christmas movie. Checkmate you fuckwit. Go be a grinch somewhere else, I've got some redecorating to do in the Nakatomi plaza!
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Siochain posted:On the first day of Festivus a troll did post to theeeeeeee Of all people I thought you would agree with me considering I'm going against the popular opinion of the masses in an attempt to make myself seem more clever then i really am
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Let me have the definitive statement -- Die Hard is a Christmas movie. May we all move on now?
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fridge corn posted:Of all people I thought you would agree with me considering I'm going against the popular opinion of the masses in an attempt to make myself seem more clever then i really am Lol. Anyways, to the rest of you - have a bitchin christmas, and I hope your last week-and-change of the year are awesome. Lets hope 2017 improves a little bit - at least - on 2016.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Why the gently caress would you want to be on Tumblr??? Too much stupid there Someone hasn't read the nearly 800-post-long tribute to automotive bullshit that I have hewn for myself from the bones, hair and blood of my foes. quote:I wish I could track down the first guy who thought it would be a good idea to “humanize” the automated-safety provisions in our cars. Sure, the time before when the car would just slam on the brakes or pull the wheel out of your hands with no explanation was frustrating, but it was nothing compared to the unbroken chain of teary apologies that my Accent would burp out every time it made me take my eyes off my smartphone and spill my half-caf venti latte all over my tactical yoga pants.
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fridge corn posted:Everybody thinks they're really clever when they say this Die Hard, Scrooged, and Muppets Christmas Carol are my standards for "good Christmas movie"
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InitialDave posted:But I am really clever. Add the 1964 Claymation Rudolph and we're homies: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058536/
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# ? Dec 23, 2016 15:46 |
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I like the George C. Scott edition of A Christmas Carol.
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Die Hard is a Christmas movie because without the holiday, none of the events of the movie could take place. Change the time of year and none of the characters would be at Nakatomi Plaza at all, except the people who actually work there. It's even explicitly about "traditional family values", with a guy following his wife across the country to try and save their crumbling marriage after years of putting his job before his wife and children. Another great Christmas movie to shake up the usual rotation is Gremlins And for the record, that "month it was released" argument is really quite baseless. Even family movies that no one would argue about like Christmas Story, It's a Wonderful Life, Elf, Home Alone, Miracle on 34th St, and most of the Christmas Carol films weren't released in December because it's been historically harder to turn a large enough profit. Instead, winter has been the dumping ground for bad movies, and most anything that studios aren't confident in gets released in December, January, and February. At least up until the release of Titanic in the late 90's, but that's something else entirely E: in the immortal words of Mike and Jay from RLM, "gently caress you, it's January" The Door Frame fucked around with this message at 16:39 on Dec 23, 2016 |
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InitialDave posted:Die Hard, Scrooged, and Muppets Christmas Carol are my standards for "good Christmas movie" You are not incorrect. If I didn't have to work through the night to meet a deadline (because I slept all day...) I would go marathon all 3 of those right now.
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cursedshitbox posted:http://youtube.com/channel/UChWv6Pn_zP0rI6lgGt3MyfA Thanks. Didn't catch how the forum modified the URL. Fermented Tinal posted:Maybe, it still hurts. That hurts way more than it should. I know I feel like such a pussy when I stub a toe and feel like I'm dying. The Door Frame posted:Which one? The pee hider was pretty funny and I loved the dog that almost gave me stitches, but this dog that will eat everything is... tiresome. I want to love her, but it's hard to enjoy an animal so dumb, and so persistent, that it forced its cage open in the night to eat a box of poisonous raisins and subsequently projectile-launch diarrhea across the house There is such a thing as "too stupid to live." Mind you, we've done this to them ourselves by overbreeding them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCv10_WvGxo ilkhan posted:Our last big dog was a Rhodesian Ridgeback. Well known for being bred to hunt lions, for having a ridge of backwards growing hair along their spine, and for being notorious counter surfers. Literally any people food within reach would be gobbled up immediately. Anything on a chair, anything on a table, anything shoved to the back of the range to cool (meatloafs, casseroles, etc). Childproof locks on the cabinets and the only safe spot we found was on top of the fridge. Good dog, but he ate more meatloafs than we did during the dozen years we had him. I'm continually amazed at how well-mannered our Spaniel mix is. He has never tried to eat anything that was on a table or counter. Part of is that he's too short, but even when it's within reach on a table beside a chair, TV tray, etc., he leaves it alone. HE *might* snag food left on a chair, but only after you've abandoned it for a while. I think he figured out that we'll feed him and just trusts us to do that. We even leave the bag of dog food right next to his bowl, unsecured. He's a great dog. cakesmith handyman posted:Swap the drivers and passengers seat. Like most cars I assume yours has seen little arse time and it'll feel brand new. What car does this actually work on? Any knobs or levers are going to be on the wrong side, and that's assuming that the floor mounts are the same left-right (rare, nowadays) or that you can swap the sliders (sometimes). You *may* be able to swap the seat base foam, but I've seen even that be unique side to side due to other features. I imagine the more basic (or old) the car is, the more likely this would be feasible. Time in car chat: I have a 12-mile commute that fortunately does not involve Dallas itself, or anywhere north of Dallas, so it normally takes 20 minutes, 30 on a bad day. I do sometimes have to go to the downtown Dallas facility, but I usually do that during the day when traffic isn't as bad (but still sucks), rather than at rush hour(s). Lately, Waze has been helpful for routing around the usual trouble spots when they occur. Christmas movies: I'm a traditionalist. We watch "White Christmas" with Bing Crosby almost every year, along with most of the Rankin-Bass animated specials (I have a DVD set.) But Die Hard is a good Christmas movie, too. I plan to actually see A Muppet Christmas Carol and A Christmas Story this year (though probably actually after Christmas.) I haven't seen either yet, somehow. Siochain posted:Add the 1964 Claymation Rudolph and we're homies: It's gotta be the original version, with the misogynist dialog. Also, is it just me, or is Santa really a dick in this? I mean, seriously, shaming the kid for a birth defect? Santa?!
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Idk I've never actually seen die hard anyway
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Steam store appears to be down. Was going to check a few prices.
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fridge corn posted:Idk I've never actually seen die hard anyway That's OK, I've never seen A Christmas Story. Die Hard's fun if you like Action movies with a side of (grim) humor. And Bruce Willis.
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fridge corn posted:Idk I've never actually seen die hard anyway I hate being the guy who tells people they should see a movie, because then they don't see the movie because they resent being told what to do. It's a good movie though, and it's held up surprisingly well over the years.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Why the gently caress would you want to be on Tumblr??? Too much stupid there The greatest day was when IS at work blocked all images from Tumblr because of the porn.
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Die Hard is one of the few joys I get out of this time of year. Its a loving great film and a gently caress you to the idea that everything has to revolve around christmas.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Someone hasn't read the nearly 800-post-long tribute to automotive bullshit that I have hewn for myself from the bones, hair and blood of my foes. Man, these are beautiful. I love the image in my head of a Hyundai screaming Russian curses as it rolls along.
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Merry Christmas automotive insanity
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slidebite posted:Can't help you much with the personal social issues with porsch ownership, but I can certainly give some advice on prospective 996 ownership in general. There is at least a couple of us in the Porsche thread. Seat Safety Switch posted:I'd stab someone in the eye with a corkscrew right now to have a sorted 996 to bop around in. NitroSpazzz posted:As a huge BMW fan who's driven both on track and the street I'd be lying if I said anything other than get the 996. The E90/92 is a great car and that engine is but the 996 is just a complete package of A few people who have been comparing the two have usually come down to the E90 if they need space otherwise they get the 996. If I wasn't such a cheap bastard I'd probably be daily driving a 996 or similar.
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counterpoint: 996 headlights
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Somewhat Heroic posted:My wife is telling me to let go of the idea of a Porsche and that I could get one later when it makes more sense. I have two kids now, a third on the way so having four doors to get kids in and out of (along with the odd adult passengers) the E90 makes more sense. Right now, you can fit the whole family in the sports car that you really want. It can be a daily with limited constraints to familial passenger going-abouts. In a few years, they won't fit in the back seat and it becomes a special trip vehicle that is harder to use regularly.
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fridge corn posted:Idk I've never actually seen die hard anyway
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