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Randal posted:I skipped over Tommyknockers bc every Stephen King fan said it was terrible but nowadays I think pretty much all fans are dumb as poo poo so I should probably give it a chance do you also think stephen king himself is dumb as poo poo because he also thinks its a terrible book
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Alaois posted:do you also think stephen king himself is dumb as poo poo because he also thinks its a terrible book Yes and I'm not going to let the author tell me what to think of his work. That would be silly. It probably isn't a good book but I'll have my own reasons for determining that
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I couldn't get through Tommyknockers but there is some interesting stuff in there. It's worth a try.
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I have little to no respect for my free time so there's nothing to lose here
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Arivia posted:That is the most boring explanation possible, aka pretty much what I’d expect from the Big Bang Theory. More specifically, he tried to make a scaled-down version of a bomb until Sheldon pointed out a critical error in his calculations. Leonard started complaining about Sheldon not knowing anything about "real" science and then he realized Sheldon was right. Leonard was going to take the bomb out of the building via the elevator and Sheldon pulled him out and left the bomb. It went off seconds after the doors closed.
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BrainDance posted:So I guess I'll ask here because maybe it's related, though Eye of the Tiger is a banger that has aged incredibly well. Lolita was a regularly used tag for a while in sex shops and red light districts. It kind of got swapped out for the slightly better sounding Barely Legal when all that stuff started transitioning to home focus.
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Mister Kingdom posted:More specifically, he tried to make a scaled-down version of a bomb until Sheldon pointed out a critical error in his calculations. Leonard started complaining about Sheldon not knowing anything about "real" science and then he realized Sheldon was right. Wait so leonard is some white guy domestic terrorist? Was he going to blow someone up?
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He was mixing up a scaled back formula of rocket fuel for Howard's scale rocket, it began to sputter and smoke and that's when Sheldon rescued him by leaving the container in the elevator
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Wasn't there something about his girlfriend at the time being a secret North Korean spy or whatever?
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BrainDance posted:But the music video, they're walking around a very adult area of, I think, San Francisco, looking super serious. A bunch of signs like "live nudes!" and stuff throughout the music video. Two minutes and thirty seconds into the music video a white sign behind them says "Lolita" and "topless"
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https://1900hotdog.com/2021/12/learning-day-the-avengers-kill-santa/ Killing Santa is fine, the weird sexual harassment definitely doesn’t age well.
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Calaveron posted:He was mixing up a scaled back formula of rocket fuel for Howard's scale rocket, it began to sputter and smoke and that's when Sheldon rescued him by leaving the container in the elevator The terrorist thing made the show more interesting imo
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sephiRoth IRA posted:The terrorist thing made the show more interesting imo Just had an idea for a sitcom. You take a modern-day unibomber. Real Ted Kaczynski. But he's like, real bad at it. Bombs never go off, plan always goes wrong etc. Anyway yada yada, he ends up being roommates with a TikTok influencer.
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christmas boots posted:Just had an idea for a sitcom. You take a modern-day unibomber. Real Ted Kaczynski. But he's like, real bad at it. Bombs never go off, plan always goes wrong etc. Anyway yada yada, he ends up being roommates with a TikTok influencer. Isn't that just TheDonald.win?
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christmas boots posted:Just had an idea for a sitcom. You take a modern-day unibomber. Real Ted Kaczynski. But he's like, real bad at it. Bombs never go off, plan always goes wrong etc. Anyway yada yada, he ends up being roommates with a TikTok influencer. Wasn't there already a pilot for a sitcom where the group was Al-Qaeda sleeper cell that was activated but really didn't want to do stuff because they liked living in the Western world, or a I thinking some MAD-TV skit?
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Der Kyhe posted:Wasn't there already a pilot for a sitcom where the group was Al-Qaeda sleeper cell that was activated but really didn't want to do stuff because they liked living in the Western world, or a I thinking some MAD-TV skit? the closest thing I can think of is American Dreamz, a movie where an aspiring terrorist is instructed to bomb a broadcast of an American Idol-esque show he ends up not going through with it because he prefers living in the West and gets to the finals of said show
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Der Kyhe posted:Wasn't there already a pilot for a sitcom where the group was Al-Qaeda sleeper cell that was activated but really didn't want to do stuff because they liked living in the Western world, or a I thinking some MAD-TV skit? Well, there is Four Lions. And its fantastic, but it aint a sitcom. And its not that they dont want to do it as such.
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Barry Bluejeans posted:the closest thing I can think of is American Dreamz, a movie where an aspiring terrorist is instructed to bomb a broadcast of an American Idol-esque show How do so many movies just...exist?
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Der Kyhe posted:Wasn't there already a pilot for a sitcom where the group was Al-Qaeda sleeper cell that was activated but really didn't want to do stuff because they liked living in the Western world, or a I thinking some MAD-TV skit? there were the inept suicide bombers on Monkey Dust https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6_aM2-x5Z0 and yeah Four Lions is incredible https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew-SrlQ9tlI Mr. Fall Down Terror has a new favorite as of 21:20 on Dec 13, 2021 |
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E: beaten within an inch of my life You might be thinking of the film Four Lions which is about some severely incompetent terrorists planning their big attack.
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DACK FAYDEN posted:this sounded fake so I had to wikipedia it A lot during the early 2000’s. I saw too many of them when I was a young teen. You ever seen one missed call? I did. I don’t remember anything about it lmao
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DACK FAYDEN posted:this sounded fake so I had to wikipedia it I went see it in theaters, there was a three month span where I was living out of a hotel for work and has a 5 hour span between check out and start of my shift every Monday, it wasn't bad? One of those really dark satires that end with the complete commercialization of the suicide explosion at the end and corruption of the protagonist. feels like there were enough movies in the late 90s early 00s that ended that way to warrant their own genre.
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FreudianSlippers posted:E: beaten within an inch of my life Four Lions might be one of the best black comedies ever made.
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Der Kyhe posted:Wasn't there already a pilot for a sitcom where the group was Al-Qaeda sleeper cell that was activated but really didn't want to do stuff because they liked living in the Western world, or a I thinking some MAD-TV skit? In addition to everything above, it actually was a MadTV skit, too.
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Randal posted:I skipped over Tommyknockers bc every Stephen King fan said it was terrible but nowadays I think pretty much all fans are dumb as poo poo so I should probably give it a chance It probably one of my favorite books, purely for how funny it is I believe the humor may be unintentional
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Tommyknockers is kinda longwinded but it's otherwise really good, imho. One of the only books I've ever read that's made me feel queasy, and it scans super well if you've ever lost any relatives to Qanon stuff or Trumpism in general. I've seen people knock the bit with the Coca-Cola machine, but using a corporate brand to gruesomely murder an intruder is extremely on the nose.
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Barry Bluejeans posted:the closest thing I can think of is American Dreamz, a movie where an aspiring terrorist is instructed to bomb a broadcast of an American Idol-esque show In college I went and saw it in the theater with a girl who was really into American Idol. She somehow thought going into it that it was a rom-com or something. She was…not pleased with the result.
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Tommyknockers is kinda longwinded but it's otherwise really good, imho. One of the only books I've ever read that's made me feel queasy, and it scans super well if you've ever lost any relatives to Qanon stuff or Trumpism in general. I've seen people knock the bit with the Coca-Cola machine, but using a corporate brand to gruesomely murder an intruder is extremely on the nose. Needful Things comes to mind as one's that's way too bloated but I still liked parts of it. Usually if I don't like a book I'll give up on it pretty early, and mostly it's more for the writing style being unappealing than anything else. I've gotta think about things constantly or I get nutty and books are good for that even if they're not good
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Under the Dome, aside from being remarkably similar to Tommyknockers in premise, is definitely the most bloated King book imo like, we loving get it, humans are the real monsters and man is a wolf to other men, you made the point like six times already can you just loving EXPLAIN THE DOME ALREADY PLEASE
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Randal posted:Needful Things comes to mind as one's that's way too bloated but I still liked parts of it. Usually if I don't like a book I'll give up on it pretty early, and mostly it's more for the writing style being unappealing than anything else. I've gotta think about things constantly or I get nutty and books are good for that even if they're not good Tommyknockers, Needful Things, and Christine are the three of his that I've read where it really feels like he just sent his first draft straight to the publishers and they said "yep!"
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Der Kyhe posted:Wasn't there already a pilot for a sitcom where the group was Al-Qaeda sleeper cell that was activated but really didn't want to do stuff because they liked living in the Western world, or a I thinking some MAD-TV skit? The Americans sequel, set way back in the early 2000s.
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sassassin posted:The Americans sequel, set way back in the early 2000s. What was this called? I loved the original.
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Chloe Jessica posted:Under the Dome, aside from being remarkably similar to Tommyknockers in premise, is definitely the most bloated King book imo Almost forgot about that one. Couldn't get through the opening with all those two page chapters. But I thought the next one, 11/22/63, was pretty great so I suppose they're all worth a shot
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Asterite34 posted:Wasn't there something about his girlfriend at the time being a secret North Korean spy or whatever? Yes, but Sheldon ran her off before Leonard could tell her anything.
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Tommyknockers could lose some chapters to be sure, but it is a great book still. I still don't understand why we needed The Kid at all in King's expanded The Stand. He did nothing of value at all other than some shock gore.
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Cowslips Warren posted:Tommyknockers could lose some chapters to be sure, but it is a great book still. He had a positive attitude
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Tommyknockers, Needful Things, and Christine are the three of his that I've read where it really feels like he just sent his first draft straight to the publishers and they said "yep!" Although I agree ‘Christine’ is overlong, its length feels like the result of a more relaxed storytelling style to me. The others certainly feel like they were chemically assisted, for better or worse.
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Mighta come up before, but this Simpsons clip is a fun one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=virpe1dpc6g Homer is flat out giving solid advice here. And says a lot about how messed up gender politics was and often still is for girls dealing with advances of boys who won't take no for an answer, not even getting into the issues of a kid with a nonspecific mental disability... or whose father is a cop. Moaning Lisa early on also makes a big point about Marge realising how sexism and internalised misogyny has impacted her life and happiness when she sees the same things happening to Lisa when she's unable to deal with her unhappiness at genuine mistreatment.
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bobjr posted:https://1900hotdog.com/2021/12/learning-day-the-avengers-kill-santa/ If you are into comics crossovers with santa with weird sexual harassment stuff, (and who isn't?) Theres one where the Ultimate Warrior rapes Santa, steals his suit,  then chains him up  before taking over the mantle and (I think) delivering toys to all the little warriors in the world. Edit: For those talking about the sitcom about terrorists that end up liking living the Western lifestyle. There was an ongoing skit on the cartoon "The Mr Hell Show", where some hardcore islamist was trying to plan some bombing or other, and would get into the stereotypical "death to the imperialist pigdogs" etc. rhetoric but his co-conspirators were just a couple of asian lads from Birmingham with thick Brummie accents, and their plots were often interrupted by the boys mum bringing in some tea for her sons and their friend. Very much in the 4 lions mould, BrigadierSensible has a new favorite as of 09:34 on Dec 27, 2021 |
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