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PipHelix posted:While I'm here, I've been talking with people about how little this pandemic resembles any cinematic Pandemic. Newspaper literally published a 'Five comforting soup recipes to help you get over the quarantine blues" article, like. I dunno. If you had a character in Contagion or Outbreak or like, Dawn of the Dead ratatatting in their reporter's bullpen 'Five fun crafts projects to take your mind off Captain Tripps', anyone reading the script would be like, we get it man, consumerism/capitalism is soulless and lame, maybe don't beat the audience over the goddamn head with it, Jesus, they aren't idiots or children.
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So, New Zealand (where Alien: Covenant was filmed ) is currently in lockdown due to Covid-19. During the lockdown, people can nevertheless do a bit of exercise, so families often walk together. A popular initiative has been to put teddy bears and such where the little kids can see them as a fun activity during these stressful times, and quite a few people are taking part. Unfortunately, I don't have any teddy bears, or similar. I have these though:
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# ? Apr 5, 2020 08:06 |
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Wild T posted:Why do you guys get crazy epic battle dreams, and mine are always "you're at work and the paperwork is hosed up, the boss is really mad." Smoke a lot of weed and then stop, you'll dream the wildest poo poo.
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# ? Apr 5, 2020 10:49 |
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slow_twitch posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ypDsQjZhn0 I can see it being more atmospheric while playing. When there isn't a meme lord shouting every 3 seconds over it.
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# ? Apr 5, 2020 13:20 |
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Vagabundo posted:So, New Zealand (where Alien: Covenant was filmed ) is currently in lockdown due to Covid-19. That's awesome.
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Vagabundo posted:So, New Zealand (where Alien: Covenant was filmed ) is currently in lockdown due to Covid-19. Oh hey I have those plushies (and the baby Queen Alien).
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# ? Apr 6, 2020 02:06 |
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Pennywise the Frown posted:Stay safe!
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# ? Apr 7, 2020 01:30 |
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Wild T posted:Why do you guys get crazy epic battle dreams, and mine are always "you're at work and the paperwork is hosed up, the boss is really mad." Y'all need ta empty 'em dreamcaychers. Y'all definitely seen that movie whats called Predator too many times. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK6ADTwnQxg Splicer posted:I think about this post at least once a day. I want to watch this film or tv series or play this game pr read this book a lot. "I'm from New Jersey I don't expect too much If the world ended today I would adjust" I suppose you're lucky enough to not have been declared 'essential' and read about a new case at a new building in your complex, that they definitely disinfected thoroughly and quarantined everyone the sick person could recall having talked to in the last 2 weeks, every 2 days or so. My company's generous offer is to allow workers, including those forced home in the sweeps, to accrue negative balances (recently upped to 10 full days off) of PTO, to be paid off at the usual rate when you resume working - so basically anyone who stays home to protect thenselves/family, the company is basically docking you next year's worth of vacation (and sick days! It's the same pool of time at my company). And honestly, that's so much better than what some people are getting that I expect a "must be nice, fauntleroy!" or two. But yea, staring at the one other person in my empty traincar in the morning and then the wall in my mostly empty office for 5 of my 8 working hours because 3 hours of work is about all my boss can come up with for us since his boss lost his fight with HIS boss and we all got ordered back to work as we were literally mothballing the facility three weeks ago... I suppose you come up with some interesting premises. Also thanks a lot? Liked the posts of yours I've read as I read through this thread. I'm new-ish to the site but have been familiar with the forums' reputation since the thousands (plus as I read through this thread and others, every page has someone who's been permabanned) and between that post, and this other heat of the moment teardown I pulled in another thread on some smug STEMLord making GBS threads on teachers during this shutdown, both times I figured "welp, that's it, newbie. Way to just go off on one and post a full page wall of text as your, like, 11th post. So much for that tenner." People (one person) seemed to like that other post as well, so at least I'm not a complete waste. PipHelix fucked around with this message at 03:31 on Apr 7, 2020 |
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...Welcome to the somethingawful forums, friend.
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# ? Apr 7, 2020 03:32 |
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Are you a crazy person? Like, I'm assuming you're not in a hospital, but maybe you aren't taking medication or haven't thought about seeing a doctor. Maybe you should.
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Pennywise the Frown posted:Are you a crazy person? Like, I'm assuming you're not in a hospital, but maybe you aren't taking medication or haven't thought about seeing a doctor. Maybe you should. Possibly? If splicer was being sarcastic my bad for not picking up on it. e: also lol that a hospital would have room for someone who posted too long/off topic right now. PipHelix fucked around with this message at 04:49 on Apr 7, 2020 |
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PipHelix posted:Possibly? If splicer was being sarcastic my bad for not picking up on it. I think it has more to do with your random thought process and jumping from thought to thought within a single sentence. It's not coherent and is really hard to understand wtf you're trying to say.
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# ? Apr 7, 2020 05:05 |
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PipHelix, as a former STEMlord, I enjoyed your teardown because I was on my way to being that guy before I learned to stop taking myself so seriously. I have a good reading voice and I've wanted to record it for posterity. When I have a moment, I'll drop it onto Soundcloud for your enjoyment. It's too bad all the pubs are closed, because it sounds like you could use a pint or two. Take care. "I like to keep this for close encounters" Done: https://soundcloud.com/user-710437758/mike-drop tango alpha delta fucked around with this message at 07:03 on Apr 7, 2020 |
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PipHelix posted:Possibly? If splicer was being sarcastic my bad for not picking up on it.
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# ? Apr 7, 2020 09:40 |
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Splicer posted:I was being completely sincere. Also I think everyone is a little crazy right now. Plot twist: I don’t exist, and never did.
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# ? Apr 7, 2020 10:28 |
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Splicer posted:I was being completely sincere. Also I think everyone is a little crazy right now. You are suffering from a schizoid embellism which has you trapped in implanted memories. A paranoid episode triggered by acute neuro-chemical trauma.
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# ? Apr 7, 2020 18:15 |
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Lifted from the coronavirus thread: https://twitter.com/AaronCouch/status/1246500698788786176 I wonder if he's got one done as Hicks.. 'watch out for the virus.. stay home.. stay frosty'
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# ? Apr 7, 2020 18:18 |
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https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2020/0406/1128861-aliens-actor-jay-benedict-has-died-of-coronavirus/ Newt's Dad.
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happyhippy posted:https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2020/0406/1128861-aliens-actor-jay-benedict-has-died-of-coronavirus/ Dang he was killed from the inside by a hostile organism on film and IRL.
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Binary Badger posted:Lifted from the coronavirus thread: Son of a bitch I was just about to post that. happyhippy posted:https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2020/0406/1128861-aliens-actor-jay-benedict-has-died-of-coronavirus/
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If we're including Total Recall in this thread, The Ringer's Rewatchables podcast just did that glorious movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_dL-SLQf14
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# ? Apr 8, 2020 01:49 |
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Owlbear Camus posted:I meant the margin was over the predator and both avps. That whole plot point for The Predator was lifted from Predators. It was changed a little somewere in the re-writes but the original intention is that the three black super predators were bringing various species from around the galaxy to their hunting planet and taking the DNA of the most successful ones to make themselves the most powerful hunters of all. quote:Noland : Anyway, there's two different types of them out there. Hmm? Now, they're similar, but they're different. It's kind of like the difference between dogs and wolves. The one's that are running things up there, the larger ones, hunt the smaller ones. It's some kind of blood feud, I guess. Been going on for a long time. From the IMDB trivia section quote:Unlike other Predators, who hunt for honor and for trophies, in the script the Super Predators hunt for DNA to become more powerful hunters. This was later dropped from the film, where the Super Predators still hunt to improve themselves, but also for sport. The theme of Predators looking for the best DNA to modify themselves with would finally feature in the sequel The Predator (2018).
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# ? Apr 8, 2020 02:20 |
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Oh yeah dropping that was the right call. It has the air of the "better make sure someone close to the audience is threatened so they care" shortcuts that a good script doesn't need to rely on. Star Trek: Beyond is my go-to for this. It's not the best movie, but it establishes the concept of Yorktown and why the heroes would fight for it very early on so when it's threatened the audience is generally in support of it. There was no need to put Kirk's girlfriend on it or make it Earth.
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# ? Apr 8, 2020 02:33 |
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https://twitter.com/Chanta_in_inari/status/1247806823412842498 These super species dna story lines are dumb and over done. Its like none of writers ever learned that organisms optimize and lose/gain phenotypes based on environment. You can't have a perfect X in every situation creature. Its so dumb. Its like ridley scott thinking the xenomorphs work well as a bioweapon. lol.
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# ? Apr 8, 2020 13:54 |
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Hillary 2020 posted:the three black super predators Settle down Hillary, drat
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# ? Apr 8, 2020 13:59 |
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Since we are all stuck at home have something to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE0Ax6YwWiw
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purple death ray posted:Settle down Hillary, drat
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# ? Apr 8, 2020 22:13 |
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I almost never read through entire threads that have run over a hundred pages by the time I start at this point in My Posting Career on SA, so this one is a rare one in more than one respect. Thanks to this thread my wife and I rewatched Aliens, Predator, and we'll probably rewatch the first Alien this weekend as well. I also reinstalled Alien:Isolation because I don't think I ever got past more than the six or eighth hour of playing it at any point and it really deserves to be finished. Replayed all of AvP 2010 as well (much shorter and easier to take breaks with, especially during work hours). Anyway, all that said, put me down for the AvP multiplayer squad. I joined that discord posted a while back as well. Aside from Bill Paxton (naturally), Michael Biehn also owns extremely hard and those little video clips of him in today's times make me think he'd be Really Cool Dad who's also kind of a secret badass under the rapidly aging dadbod.
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# ? Apr 10, 2020 12:57 |
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If you're a fan of The Ringer's The Big Picture podcast, in hosts Sean Fennessey & Amanda Dobbins did an episode where they movie swapped films the other hasn't seen. Sean got Four Weddings & a Funeral while Amanda got Aliens.
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# ? Apr 10, 2020 13:48 |
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My friend is studying game art design (in a reputable way, she's already got a portfolio and industry connections, not some Devry "tighten up the graphics on level 3" mill degree) and I showed her the Super Bunnyhop episode on Aliens' influence on video games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYtQmayyDLA I was streaming the Resident Evil 2 remake for her the other night because the environments/assets in that game are loving ace, and we were having a good laugh at Claire carrying Sherry in a Newt/Ripley mode, complete with entering an Umbrella facility that looks 100% ripped from Aliens. It's amazing how influential that movie was on game design.
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HiroProtagonist posted:I almost never read through entire threads that have run over a hundred pages by the time I start at this point in My Posting Career on SA, so this one is a rare one in more than one respect. We still haven't done a game yet but I'll put you in the list for when we finally do it. And we will! I still have my list. It is: Pennywise Splicer Beet Wagon Xenomrph Jay_Zombie HiroProtagonist
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Pennywise the Frown posted:
pls add me
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# ? Apr 10, 2020 19:25 |
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Pennywise the Frown posted:
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# ? Apr 10, 2020 20:02 |
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Splicer posted:Might be worth sticking timezones beside them Not a bad idea. Pennywise - CDT Splicerb - GMT Beet Wagon Xenomrph Jay_Zombie HiroProtagonist Owlbear Camus
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# ? Apr 10, 2020 20:11 |
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Pennywise the Frown posted:Not a bad idea. Pennywise - CDT Splicerb - GMT Beet Wagon Xenomrph Jay_Zombie HiroProtagonist - EDT Owlbear Camus
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# ? Apr 10, 2020 20:21 |
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HiroProtagonist posted:Pennywise - CDT central standard
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# ? Apr 10, 2020 22:00 |
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mllaneza - PST
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# ? Apr 10, 2020 22:12 |
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Which game? I would play an animal crossing Aliens mod.
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Who the gently caress is Splicerb he sounds cool
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