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I'd recommend watching episodes of the original Transformers cartoon like B.O.T., The Girl Who Loved Powerglide and Webworld (in which Galvatron goes to Therapist Planet) before pontificating on the deeper meanings of the Transformers films. Really puts things into perspective.
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Jan 28, 2017 03:38
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Inspector Gesicht posted:John Hurt has passed away. Who greenlighted this poo poo. 
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Jan 28, 2017 03:40
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At first I thought he was gonna fellate him.
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Jan 28, 2017 03:52
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kiimo posted:At first I thought he was gonna fellate him. Lincoln could use it
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Jan 28, 2017 03:53
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The Ejaculation Proclamation
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Jan 28, 2017 03:56
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Loppin' on the Lincoln log
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Jan 28, 2017 04:12
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Inspector Gesicht posted:John Hurt has passed away. I don't know who greenlit Elephant Man but thank god they did https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn7bEVnFlds
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Jan 28, 2017 04:14
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Inspector Gesicht posted:John Hurt has passed away.  https://youtu.be/5whe9XtdQgw
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Jan 28, 2017 04:27
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Prokhor Zakharov posted:I don't know who greenlit Elephant Man but thank god they did Apparently, Mel Brooks. I remember reading that Brooks wanted Lynch to make a film about Hitler and his inner circle, because he felt that only he could portray the banal horror and madness surrounding the Nazi regime.
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Jan 28, 2017 04:36
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Young Freud posted:Apparently, Mel Brooks. Along with The Fly and Frances.
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Jan 28, 2017 05:32
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Femur posted:was kinda thinking of my favorite Bay movie, is the Rock a conservative movie? It's the best Metal Gear Solid movie.
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Jan 28, 2017 07:16
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Inspector Gesicht posted:John Hurt has passed away. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMvGUCTpCIY
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Jan 28, 2017 08:30
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUVsDy0sc3k
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Jan 28, 2017 08:42
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One more reason to watch the adaptation of Orwell's 1984 I guess...
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Jan 28, 2017 09:40
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Mierenneuker posted:One more reason to watch the adaptation of Orwell's 1984 I guess... the acting is fantastic, the direction is "old" as in there arent so many fast cuts as we are used to now
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Jan 28, 2017 10:45
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Inspector Gesicht posted:John Hurt has passed away. Oh no, not again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrxlbLVcpqI
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Jan 28, 2017 11:03
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Femur posted:was kinda thinking of my favorite Bay movie, is the Rock a conservative movie? The villains are veterans pushed to an extreme by a lovely system and left mentally broken by war. The US government has been illegally detaining and abusing an allies agent for decades because he uncovered state secrets about a presidential assassination and the main weapon of the terrorist is a horrific nerve gas the US Army has been gleefully manufacturing and got stolen. It's not exactly pro-government.
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Jan 28, 2017 14:54
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One of my favorite parts of The Rock is that, in the middle of a straightforward action movie, it casually gets mentioned that aliens are real and no one is actually shocked or responds but just keeps focusing on the problem of the rogue Marines.
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Jan 28, 2017 14:59
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The soundtrack is so good, an early Hans Zimmer masterpiece. This closing song is a favorite of mine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nzB0PqYw1s Josh Lyman fucked around with this message at 15:07 on Jan 28, 2017 |
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Jan 28, 2017 15:02
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Chairman Capone posted:One of my favorite parts of The Rock is that, in the middle of a straightforward action movie, it casually gets mentioned that aliens are real and no one is actually shocked or responds but just keeps focusing on the problem of the rogue Marines. Wait, what?
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Jan 28, 2017 17:03
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The Rock strikes me as a movie that's pro-soldier but anti-military. I feel like it's the equivalent of a "Support our troops, not our war" bumper sticker from the mid-2000s.
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Jan 28, 2017 17:06
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It also has the marines turn out to be greedy for their million dollar payday. It's a complex movie. Also that seam engine scene rules.
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Jan 28, 2017 17:09
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Sean Connery's character got ahold of some info revealing the truth about a bunch of conspiracy stuff, like the JFK assassination and Roswell. He managed to hide the data in the form of microfilm, but was imprisoned for like 30 years secretly by the US government. At the end of the movie Cage retrieves the info.
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Jan 28, 2017 17:16
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i wouldn't mind subscribing to a bunch of streaming services if american internet was at the speed and price it should be.
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Jan 28, 2017 17:46
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Groovelord Neato posted:i wouldn't mind subscribing to a bunch of streaming services if american internet was at the speed and price it should be. Do you live in the boonies? I can't argue about the prices being hosed but the speed is fine for streaming video if you live in a city.
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Jan 28, 2017 18:27
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Groovelord Neato posted:i wouldn't mind subscribing to a bunch of streaming services if american internet was at the speed and price it should be. Franchise agreements are among the worst concepts ever imposed on consumers.
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Jan 28, 2017 19:40
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Leavemywife posted:Wait, what? Yeah what?
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Skwirl posted:Do you live in the boonies? I can't argue about the prices being hosed but the speed is fine for streaming video if you live in a city. you know gigabit should be the norm right. and at like half the price people pay for say 70 down. google fiber should literally be the baseline in this country. Groovelord Neato fucked around with this message at 20:36 on Jan 28, 2017 |
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Jan 28, 2017 20:33
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I only have 15 Mbit, and that already costs over $40 a month, I've actually had to cut service from time to time.
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Jan 28, 2017 20:49
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I pay $80 a month for 150 megs from Cox. On a good night, it gets up to 185. It's fairly rad. They keep trying to get me to upgrade to 1 Gig service, but I think that's overkill.
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Jan 28, 2017 20:52
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Groovelord Neato posted:you know gigabit should be the norm right. and at like half the price people pay for say 70 down. I can stream 1080p, obviously it could and should be faster (especially because the prices are hosed) but if all you're doing is watching a video most infrastructures can support you doing that.
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Jan 28, 2017 20:53
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PriorMarcus posted:The villains are veterans pushed to an extreme by a lovely system and left mentally broken by war. The US government has been illegally detaining and abusing an allies agent for decades because he uncovered state secrets about a presidential assassination and the main weapon of the terrorist is a horrific nerve gas the US Army has been gleefully manufacturing and got stolen. I love how the villain talks about honor and poo poo while he and his men are responsible for atrocities across the world. American black ops aren't exactly honorable.
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Jan 28, 2017 20:53
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Groovelord Neato posted:you know gigabit should be the norm right. and at like half the price people pay for say 70 down. Google is no longer rolling out fiber in new cities. Guess they either got bored of it or decided they had gotten enough goodwill out of it.
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Jan 28, 2017 20:53
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Well Manicured Man posted:The Rock strikes me as a movie that's pro-soldier but anti-military. Yeah, there's a pretty important theme to the movie, I think, that the extended exposure to war and fighting compromised the bad guys ability to distinguish between right and wrong. The movie as a whole constantly puts the characters in these situations where the moral position is really unclear. But then you really have to question whether a big-budget summer action movie is an effective vehicle to get the point across, because almost all of the message is lost in the excitement of the explosions.
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Len posted:Yeah what? The fbi director mentions that he knows all the biggest secrets including the alien landing at roswell
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Jan 28, 2017 21:02
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Improbable Lobster posted:Google is no longer rolling out fiber in new cities. Guess they either got bored of it or decided they had gotten enough goodwill out of it. It became prohibitively expensive. Telecom operators were doing everything in their power to block Google's ability to access utility poles, and states have been steadily blocking municipalities' ability to have their own broadband apparatus -- and franchise agreements have made it difficult for Google to get approval to lay fiber. Widespread gigabit fiber won't happen in our lifetime. Running all new wiring to every house, in every neighborhood, in every city, just doesn't make sense. We've already wired the entire country twice (phone and cable), and it's time we make use of it: Un-bundle the local loop. Speed will go up, prices will go down and nonsense like data caps will disappear overnight. Of course, that's likely to happen right around the time that a complete print of London After Midnight is found.
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Simplex posted:But then you really have to question whether a big-budget summer action movie is an effective vehicle to get the point across, because almost all of the message is lost in the excitement of the explosions. Making political subject matter aesthetically compelling and cinematic is the most appropriate thing. You got a handle on the film's satire just fine, all that's left to do is speak truthfully and accurately about it.
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Jan 28, 2017 21:08
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Timby posted:It became prohibitively expensive. Telecom operators were doing everything in their power to block Google's ability to access utility poles, and states have been steadily blocking municipalities' ability to have their own broadband apparatus -- and franchise agreements have made it difficult for Google to get approval to lay fiber.
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Americans whining about telecom costs should have a look at the prices in Canada Improbable Lobster fucked around with this message at 23:15 on Jan 28, 2017 |
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