RRRR: Oscars, wild.
by Uribe Down on Feb 6, 2012 2:14 AM CST
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PrintI'm a movie guy. If my living room will be glowing blue, I'd much rather see a feature-length than a TV show or video game. I don't get out to the cinema as often as I wish, but I try to at least stay on top of good recent movies. That being said, yes, it's not new, but I just watched In the Loop, a hilarious mostly-British satire about the decision to go to war. It involves individual characters woven together but competing for separate outcomes. It features witty, scathing, fast-paced dialogue. Power dynamics are frequently cast askew and re-thought. The characters, though seen at a glace, are exciting and eccentric, despite their unavoidable wretchedness. It's both poignant and ridiculous. Anyway, I found myself laughing out loud, literally, on many separate occasions while watching In the Loop. It's streaming on Netflix, so take a gander, eh?
So I guess the theme of this RRRR, to remove ourselves from the lard of the old, is movies. Specifically, if you could make everyone here at SSS sit down and watch a movie of your choosing, for whatever misunderstood reason, what would it be? A few of you know that I would automatically shout "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford!" Because that, too, is a good goddamned movie. Rounding it out to five, including the previous two mentioned, it would also include The Thin Red Line, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, and Deep Water. These isn't a best movie list, just movies that I absolutely love that I don't think too many people have seen. Or maybe I just find them outstanding and wish others appreciated them to the same degree. But, of course, when you over-hype something it gets brushed aside because, face it, people want to discover media items for themselves. Whatever that means.
So, share your hidden classics away. And, sure, include music and TV and the like.
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I have a long list of films I need to see, but as a physics student, no time
We play on the "bad" side of town, we were supposedly cursed, and we wear black. Let's play.
I don't watch movies very often but while Hud slumbered on Saturday afternoon
I watched Hot Tub Time Machine, yes, I know it isn’t exactly a cultural high-watermark but I enjoyed it just fine. The mindblowing fact that Cusak was enabled to visit the very decade that defined him was highly amusing. My favorite movies are A Waking Life, There Will be Blood, Pump Up the Volume, Hud, Whoops Apocalypse and a movie called Pin…yes, Pin…my dorm roommate rented it, he wqas notorious for renting shitty films no one had ever heard of…it is …insane
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
classic overstuffed college response
but Kubrick is just nuts. i got to see all of his good ones (except i skipped out on FMJ for whatever reason) in a theater thanks to a class i took in school having a deal with one of the local a2 theaters to show them. screw Lolita and Paths of Glory though.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
Barry Lyndon is my fav Kubrick film
by hoodlight on Feb 6, 2012 4:49 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
You are not full of shit
I thought I was going to hate it, but it’s absolutely wonderful. Has to be the most underrated Kubrick. I’d still take DS, TS and 2001 over it, but it’s absolute quality.
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by colintj on Feb 6, 2012 8:25 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
the writer of in the loop, armando iannucci,
also produced and did some writing for stewart lee’s stand-up show.
the whole film is also a spin-off of ‘the thick of it’, which is a bbc political satire sitcom with a few of the same characters.
A-HA!
of course he was also involved in “knowing me, knowing you” and “i’m alan partiride” both of which i greatly enjoyed and recommend to others.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
that was an oversight,
not recommending those two in my list of british sitcoms in the other thread. those are excellent, i’m alan partridge in particular, is a classic.
as is ‘the trip’, another steve coogan show.
if i was in a really bad mood
i would make everyone watch “bonfire of the vanities” because it is the worst movie ever made and i would want people to be as angry as i was after watching it.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
"The Godfather". Great business education.
And for those who have too much hope, either “No Country For Old Men” or “In The Valley of Elah”. Just to have people get used to being in the wilderness, alone with your failed hope.
We're all here because we're not all there.
I love that the poster for "No Country for Old Men" even warns you about the ending.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
You're nothing but.
But it’s cool, you’re only human.
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by colintj on Feb 6, 2012 8:50 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
For those of you
who think murdering people just isn’t good business, I heartily recommend Glen Garry Glen Ross
fcdisbad.blogspot.com
they rely on family too much for my taste in business
my families chock full of fredos
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
My list:
Star Trek II – I could do my own commentary.
Dr. Strangelove (a movie that gets funnier each time. I always notice something new).
Anchorman
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (the scene where the air traffic controllers track the UFO still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up).
Talk Radio
Frost/Nixon
The original “Taking of Pelham One Two Three.”
I’m sure I’ve left some out.
What?! I ain't no Professor Pickles!
re: Star Trek II-
You could do your own commentary, but I would still recommend this-
http://www.rifftrax.com/iriffs/star-trek-ii-wrath-khan
by South Side Expat on Feb 6, 2012 10:40 AM CST up reply actions
I loves me some rifftrax
But – it sounds strange without the original MST guys.
What?! I ain't no Professor Pickles!
Strangelove is the best satire of all time
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by colintj on Feb 6, 2012 11:16 AM CST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
Just awesome.
"I wouldn’t say I’m hitting five days a week…some weeks we won’t go at all." – Adam Dunn on his preparation routine for the 2012 season (1/24/12)
One of my favorites
Colonel “Bat” Guano: Okay. I’m gonna get your money for ya. But if you don’t get the President of the United States on that phone, you know what’s gonna happen to you?
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: What?
Colonel “Bat” Guano: You’re gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company.
We play on the "bad" side of town, we were supposedly cursed, and we wear black. Let's play.
by ChiSoxRox on Feb 6, 2012 6:25 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I also enjoyed his speech stylings in "Deliverance".
We're all here because we're not all there.
by winningugly on Feb 6, 2012 12:54 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I really enjoyed
when he “squealed like a pig” in Deliverance.
"I wouldn’t say I’m hitting five days a week…some weeks we won’t go at all." – Adam Dunn on his preparation routine for the 2012 season (1/24/12)
by tailgater on Feb 6, 2012 12:55 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Network was a huge letdown for me
after you guys all rec’d the hell out of it
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
Its probably because you have seen movies that ripped off of it prior to seeing it
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
Because you were told to turn off your TV.
Impossible for you, ain’t it.
We're all here because we're not all there.
the message seemed quaint, yes
DFW told me to turn the TV off and I still like him though. I would say it’s more the fact that the movie doesn’t hang together. It’s so close, but it really doesn’t in the end. There are some genius bits though, I’ll grant.
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by colintj on Feb 6, 2012 8:27 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Frost/Nixon is great.
I’m a sucker for some Sam Rockwell.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
confessions of a dangerous mind.
enjoyed that movie immensely.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
probably the most underrated US actor.
no matter what i’m doing, i’ll watch Box of Moonlight whenever it’s on, which is never.
DUNK HIS ASS
by obnoxious american on Feb 7, 2012 10:20 AM CST up reply actions
Have you seen Moon? One of my favorite films of the past few years.
by Ozzie Montana on Feb 7, 2012 1:58 PM CST up reply actions
very enjoyable. i love it when a movie makes you feel a bit weird when it's over.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
I accidentally watched the whole thing
the opening credits caught my eye flipping channels, and I was waiting to see if it was worth recording for later.
yes.
very good, made me uncomfortable, like mm said below.
DUNK HIS ASS
by obnoxious american on Feb 7, 2012 2:48 PM CST up reply actions
eh, above. direction fail
DUNK HIS ASS
by obnoxious american on Feb 7, 2012 3:08 PM CST up reply actions
i was kinda disappointed in it.
it was good, but not as good as the hype made it out to be.
way to disappoint me, zowie bowie.
lot of talk of it being a return to the 'hard sci-fi' of the 70's.
which it was, but it wasn’t on a par with alien or silent running.
and movies, for that matter.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
baraka
just picked up the blu-ray the other week, marking the third format i’ve owned the movie in.
I love seasons too. That's why I live in a place that skips the shitty ones.
heh. nah, it's a ridiculously awesomely shot unnarrated doc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO1nSVy8q8I
a medicate-and-marinate kind of flick. very ‘one with the human condition’-y.
I love seasons too. That's why I live in a place that skips the shitty ones.
Meet-up 2012: Saturday May 26th vs Cleveland
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 6, 2012 11:43 AM CST reply actions 6 recs
No worries.
Ever see how the Chicago P.D. handled the ’68 Democratic convention? They opened up a can of whoop-ass on those dirty hippies.
The “Occupy”-types won’t be a problem.
"I wouldn’t say I’m hitting five days a week…some weeks we won’t go at all." – Adam Dunn on his preparation routine for the 2012 season (1/24/12)
The police are there to preserve disorder, after all
We play on the "bad" side of town, we were supposedly cursed, and we wear black. Let's play.
by ChiSoxRox on Feb 6, 2012 6:26 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
One of my favorite CPD T-shirts was from '96. It said -
“We kicked your old man’s ass back in ’68… Wait ’till you see what we do to you!”
by South Side Expat on Feb 6, 2012 6:40 PM CST up reply actions
Oh, good. A day game.
I was worried I would remember this meet-up.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
by Uribe Down on Feb 6, 2012 12:05 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
time to get in midseason form
I love seasons too. That's why I live in a place that skips the shitty ones.
by thatshortkid on Feb 6, 2012 1:13 PM CST up reply actions 7 recs
Priceless.
Was good seeing you the other night! Glad we could take in a big Clips loss. Wish it could’ve been at the hands of the Bulls, of course.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 6, 2012 1:56 PM CST up reply actions
likewise, it was fun to rub elbows with your celebrity friends.
ever make it down to HB?
I love seasons too. That's why I live in a place that skips the shitty ones.
gah. No I did not, very sadly. I'm going to blame my friend's newborn for that.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 7, 2012 1:41 AM CST up reply actions
mental note: do not trade away giveaway for beer. again.
I love seasons too. That's why I live in a place that skips the shitty ones.
by thatshortkid on Feb 6, 2012 2:58 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Even if you have to end up hating Robin it can serve as a voodoo doll
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
Heck, I might be able to make that
We play on the "bad" side of town, we were supposedly cursed, and we wear black. Let's play.
Sorry I've been unable to post sooner. Thanks, TP.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
I'll go with...
1. Super Troopers (2001) – stupid and hilarious cop shinanigans, that actually has a decent plot.
2. Slapshot (1977) – I’m not even a hockey fan, but I could watch the Hanson Brothers all day long; my favorite sports movie, with The Longest Yard (1974) a close second.
3. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) – Loved it as a kid and love it again as a parent, as Gene Wilder does a fantastic job messing with the minds of insufferable brats and lousy parents. Fun to watch with your children and the “boat ride freak out” scene is a must-see. Snozzberries for everyone!
4. Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986) – Loves me a good scary sci-fi adventure, especially ones with critters that have acid for blood and multiple sets of teeth. Sigourney Weaver in her undies also a bonus.
5. Fail Safe (1964) – Oops! Looks like we’ve accidentally sent bombers to Moscow to drop some nukes and we can’t call them back! Henry Fonda as the president and a young Larry Hagman as a Russian interpreter are phenomenal in this thriller.
"I wouldn’t say I’m hitting five days a week…some weeks we won’t go at all." – Adam Dunn on his preparation routine for the 2012 season (1/24/12)
The original Willy Wonka was great,
the remade version with Johnny Depp is garbage though. Way too weird.
by ceverettsdinosaurs on Feb 6, 2012 12:34 PM CST up reply actions
Agreed. I couldn't get through it.
Gene Wilder was weird, but smart-ass, eccentric weird.
Johnny Depp was creepy weird and really shouldn’t be near children.
"I wouldn’t say I’m hitting five days a week…some weeks we won’t go at all." – Adam Dunn on his preparation routine for the 2012 season (1/24/12)
They need to ad a van down by the chocolate river
Although the environment might reduce the attraction of offering candy from the van
by ceverettsdinosaurs on Feb 6, 2012 1:02 PM CST up reply actions
Here it is.
"I wouldn’t say I’m hitting five days a week…some weeks we won’t go at all." – Adam Dunn on his preparation routine for the 2012 season (1/24/12)
I hated the boat ride freak out scene.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Feb 6, 2012 1:15 PM CST up reply actions
Drop acid next time. You'll love it.
"I wouldn’t say I’m hitting five days a week…some weeks we won’t go at all." – Adam Dunn on his preparation routine for the 2012 season (1/24/12)
Re: #4
Ridley Scott is finally doing another sci-fi movie to be released this summer (Prometheus) and starring Michael Fassbender and Noomi Rapace. That almost has to be good.
by Yinka Double Dare on Feb 6, 2012 4:44 PM CST up reply actions
Fonda is awesome in Once Upon a time in the West
by hoodlight on Feb 6, 2012 5:07 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Damn straight.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
I would recommend "The Escapist".
Not necessarily on my list, but just watched it recently (available streaming on Netflix) and it surprised me with how well made it was.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
this
I can’t begin to say how great I think this movie is. I’ll admit that it’s impossible for me to be objective about it. I was on a Chicago Public League basketball team in the 80’s, playing in many of the gyms shown in the film…but for me it’s so much more than nostalgia. it’s about love and hope and dreams and if you haven’t seen it, please see it, I dare you not to be moved by it.
by gar ridge pride on Feb 7, 2012 11:03 PM CST up reply actions
one of my all-time faves too.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
its not just you
for me it’s so much more than nostalgia. it’s about love and hope and dreams
Hoops Dreams falls under the category of Not Optional
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Feb 8, 2012 10:30 PM CST up reply actions
Nothing's made me feel older this year than seeing the name
William Gates Jr in high school basketball writeups.
Sticking solely to 2011 releases... Drive
One of the best films of the year (next to The Descendants, in my opinion).
Drive is damn near perfect. And completely misrepresented in advertisements.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
I just got it on Netflix and am excited to check it out
I regret not seeing it in theaters
by ceverettsdinosaurs on Feb 6, 2012 1:03 PM CST up reply actions
The tone is gloriously maintained throughout the whole film. Let me know what you think.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 6, 2012 1:18 PM CST up reply actions
Agreed that it was misrepresented
THe ads make you think it is a fast and/or furious car chase movie. It is much more bleak and suspenseful. The best description I heard was it’s what would happen if Tarintino made silent movies.
Exactly. Not to take away from what Tarantino does because he's deliberately out there and I love his films too.
But this was so calculatingly lacking in dialogue, in lieu of setting up a certain suspense and realness in the situation. That tone permeates the whole film so eloquently.
And the soundtrack kicks major ass.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 6, 2012 2:01 PM CST up reply actions
I was thinking ultra violence, suspense, and good soundtrack (though not classic rock/R&B)
It is very tonally different that QT’s work
Also dialogue is a pretty huge part of Tarantino's work.
Gosling said maybe 100 words during Drive.
by Ozzie Montana on Feb 6, 2012 2:46 PM CST up reply actions
Thus the "if Tarantino made silent movies" line
I understand it’s not a perfect comparison, but if you’re trying to communicate a quick summary, I think it gets the job done
Damn near perfect except for the 45 minutes or so of Ryan Gosling staring.
Albert Brooks was fucking robbed of an Oscar nomination.
by Ozzie Montana on Feb 6, 2012 2:29 PM CST up reply actions
I love Albert Brooks; and he was fantastic in this movie.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
Drive
was my favorite movie i saw this year.
The Descendents on the other hand…
Alex Payne is one of my top three favorite directors working (with the Coens and Spike Jonze) but I was massively disappointed by that movie. Sideways, About Schmidt, Election, and Citizen Ruth run laps around Descendents. seroiusly, I love the guys work, but how is your biggest commercial AND critical success (sideways) not followed up for 7 fucking years? and i’ve been waiting all this time for this? It’s not even funny!
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Feb 8, 2012 10:37 PM CST up reply actions
I thoroughly recommend 'True Grit',
The old one with John Wayne. Or any Wayne movie. If you like westerns at all.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Feb 6, 2012 1:16 PM CST reply actions
Speaking of westerns, 'The Three Amigos',
Might be one of the greatest, deepest, most heart-wrenchingest movies I’ve ever seen.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Feb 6, 2012 1:17 PM CST up reply actions
For some reason, those were my go to movies for coming down from
coke benders way back in the day. Also- Thirteen Days.
by South Side Expat on Feb 6, 2012 3:27 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah! I love Thirteen Days.
It’s not a great movie by any stretch, but for some reason it’s very enjoyable. I’ve probably seen it four or five times.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
I rock so hard
after hitting submit I was all: ‘wait, bruce willis was in two “13 ____” movies?’
doh. 0 outa 2 ain’t bad.
Having only ever seen the box art
it makes me sad that wasn’t a softcore porno.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
by colintj on Feb 6, 2012 8:55 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
i like the one where he stoically minds the local baggage claim, protecting it from rustlers
I love seasons too. That's why I live in a place that skips the shitty ones.
Blazing Saddles is top 5 all time
No better straight up comedy.
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by colintj on Feb 6, 2012 8:30 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
That's a pure falsehood.
You’re now John Oliver in Community.
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by colintj on Feb 6, 2012 8:52 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
i can live with that.
i am right though. comedy is better when it has a point.
blazing saddles, whilst undeniably fucking awesome, doesn’t have a point.
What?!
You could only say that as a not American. Or something. The hero is a black sheriff in a Western parody.
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by colintj on Feb 6, 2012 8:58 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
hmm. i suppose seeing it out of the context of the 70's does make a difference. i'll grant you that.
your facts, craig.
they need checked.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
i am happy to concede oversight on that point,
but life of brian is better, and the ending is superior.
I can perhaps give you the ending
but it’s just not better on balance.
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by colintj on Feb 6, 2012 9:50 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Gene Wilder
Awesome in a small part in Bonnie and Clyde.
Still holds up as one of the best movies ever mad.
it was mentioned earlier,
but i love him in willy wonka. he was good in everything you always wanted to know about sex (but were afraid to ask).
You are a "homer".
Mel Brooks’ comedy in context is greater than Monte Python’s in context. “Young Frankenstein” is better than “Meaning of Life”, too.
And we won our independence. So there. Across the Pond is all the same to me.
We're all here because we're not all there.
It's absolutely insane that a movie like that
came out in 1974. Beats out LoB by 5 years. It took Eddie Murphy and 15 years to make the whole “black person can be the lead of a movie” thing actually stick.
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by colintj on Feb 6, 2012 9:49 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
it's also absolutely insane that a movie like life of brian
could come out. period.
i don’t think which one came first really matters one way or the other. though i’m curious why you brought up that it beats out life of brian by 5 years.
I think there's at least some Mel Brooks in
the MP troupe, for one. For two, like I said I see BS as superior (far, even). But I still like LoB. That BS preceded it by 5 years makes it all the more remarkable. More than anything, comedy gets dated faaaaast. BS has remarkable staying power.
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by colintj on Feb 6, 2012 10:10 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
i dunno how much influence he had on them. i'd be interested in seeing if any of them
spoke about cross-pollination.
however, holy grail came out the same time as blazing saddles and the sort of comedy monty python did in that wasn’t too far from life of brian.
I wouldn't argue that there's a ton of influence
but Brooks had been big for a decade and a half by 1974 fwiw.
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by colintj on Feb 6, 2012 11:51 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
The awesome thing about Blazing Saddles
Is that it can’t be made again. The language is so offensive that nobody can touch it, even though it works in favor of the theme of the film.
I could see Life of Brian and especially Holy Grail being remade. Remade terribly, but they could still do it.
by Jim Margalus on Feb 7, 2012 8:53 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Same thing with All in the Family.
No way that gets on the air. Which is really sad. Some of the best social commentary ever.
by South Side Expat on Feb 7, 2012 9:03 AM CST up reply actions
enjoy Rob schneider and racist stereotypes in rob!
on cbs!
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Feb 8, 2012 10:45 PM CST up reply actions
I hate that CBS succeeds.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
How do people find their comedies funny?
I sit in stunned amazement that my parents enjoy “Two and a Half Men” or that so many people my age find “The Big Bang Theory” or “How I Met Your Mother” funny.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
of tv airing right now
i only watch nbc thursdays, downton abbey, and justified.
the rest is sports.
the only shows of cbs’s i’ve seen are big bang theory and two and a half men (just god awful) and how i met your mother (fine, but literally dozens of sitcoms ahead of it). the mike and mollys and two broke girls aren’t in reruns yet, so i haven’t seen them. Cbs gets me for nfl and NCAA basketball and that is it.
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Feb 9, 2012 12:01 AM CST up reply actions
I don't know about people your age
but those are enjoyable shows. your point probably still stands since those may be the only shows I’ve ever watched on cbs.
*was
a few seasons ago.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
nah, it is still good.
the strength of the music they use alone keeps it above water. pavement, big star, george harrison, vampire weekend.
it touches me in all the right places.
Ted is a worse human being than Tony Soprano or Walter White.
by Ozzie Montana on Feb 9, 2012 4:17 PM CST up reply actions
they are in for a rude awakening in 5 years
when the bulk of their 18-49 demographic turns out to be 45 years old on average.
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Feb 8, 2012 11:55 PM CST up reply actions
Poitier in drama.
Pryor in comedy.
They both, at least, disagree with you.
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Feb 8, 2012 10:44 PM CST up reply actions
I think Life of Brian is better, too.
But what exactly was the point?
by Shoeless In SC on Feb 6, 2012 11:31 PM CST up reply actions
to demonstrate how ridiculous religious organisations/some of the people who claim to be religious are
when contrasted against the message itself.
also: to make fun of latin – ‘biggvs dickvs’.
they originally intended to make a movie called
‘Jesus Christ: Lust for Glory’,
but after reading the bible they realised there wasn’t much comedic mileage in what jesus says in there, so they realised what they were pissed off at was the people and organisations that fuck with the message and argue the semantics to make themselves feel better. see the sermon on the mount scene in the movie.
I do recall that scene.
The biggus dickus scenes are probably the funniest scenes in cinema I’ve ever seen.
by Shoeless In SC on Feb 6, 2012 11:49 PM CST up reply actions
and fwiw...
I think space balls, while not quite as original, is funnier than blazing saddles.
by Shoeless In SC on Feb 6, 2012 11:52 PM CST up reply actions
yeah, he really undermined me
given he was the only other one to voice the life of brian > blazing saddles opinion.
it's not looking good for you craig
might be time to check more than just your facts.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
lest he wreck himself.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
by MarketMaker on Feb 7, 2012 4:35 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
You need to examine your life
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by colintj on Feb 7, 2012 9:38 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Such a complex theme and the cinematography is great.
I really like how it totally shoots down the whole “Noble defeated ex-confederate” mythos that seems to permeate so many westerns (or mid-westerns as we learned yesterday) Wayne is a deeply flawed, dangerous man in it.
I can’t decide if I like the Searchers or the Cowboys more, my 2 most favorite Wayne western movies. (Crap, I forgot about True Grit, the Shootist, She wore a Yellow Ribbon, Stagecoach) What about Wayne’s military movies? I love the Sands of Iwo Jima
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. ~Joe Schultz, 1969
For John Wayne flicks, its the Undefeated first, then maybe Tie a yellow ribbon
His Rooster Cogburn is pretty good, too, but I dont think his campy western stuff can touch the spaghetti westerns.
Magnificent 7 #1 ?
"People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage."
John Kenneth Galbraith
by Chiburb on Feb 6, 2012 5:55 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
No love for "Shane"?
Check out Alan Ladd and young Jack Palance (Puh-lantz or Pal-ence?) Awesome dialog, excellent scenery and score. My favorite Western by far.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE3mHhpGV2A&feature=related
Then you don't own The Searchers, I guess
Or Stagecoach for that matter. I see the searchers has been mentioned, and yes, wayne was in like 40,000 shitty westerns, but he struck gold on like 5 of them. I’d throw in Rio Bravo as well, even if it has dean martin and teeny whats his face in it.
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Feb 8, 2012 10:40 PM CST up reply actions
agreed on 3:10 to Yuma
Elmore Leonard wrote some bad -assed westerns back in the day. Hombre was another…
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. ~Joe Schultz, 1969
by zevsenesca on Feb 6, 2012 8:28 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
I liked Open Range
and The Proposition. Obviously the True Grit remake is more than worthwhile. anyone seen meek’s cutoff and appaloosa? been interested in those, but haven’t quite pulled the trigger.
for reference, my favorite westerns are the man with no name trilogy, then High plains drifter, outlaw josey wales, and unforgiven. I like that eastwood guy a lot.
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Feb 8, 2012 10:49 PM CST up reply actions
Winchester '73 makes my top 5 somewhere.
Western noir? Don’t mind if I do.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
Speaking of John Wayne....
You should check out “Branigan.” It was one of the Duke’s final movies. He plays a Chicago cop who follows a jewel theif to London.
It was also notable for being one of the few movies filmed in Chicago during the tenure of the first Mayor Daley.
Another really obscure movie that shows off 1970’s Chicago is a blaxsploitation film called Monkey Hustle. It stars Yaphet Kotto as a con artist who teaches kids the art of the “flim flam scoot n’ scam.”. If you take the Rock Island downtown…there are a number of scenes in the old LaSalle Street Station.
What?! I ain't no Professor Pickles!
by 67WMAQ on Feb 6, 2012 6:45 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
http://chicagoscreenshots.com/tagged/The%20Monkey%20Hustle
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
very cool. so few high rises and skyscrapers.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
Mike Bilandic was quite austere. No money to build. Lots of snow.
The ’70’s were tough, man.
We're all here because we're not all there.
I'll go with Resident Evil
Before Resident Evil 5,4,3 and 2 there was Resident Evil. Starring a young Milla Jovovich, this movie showed what living in an underground biosphere was like before the Umbrella Corporation unleashed the T-virus onto the unwitting populace. Sure life hasn’t quite been the same since then but we can still reminisce about the good ol’ days when soldiers were getting sliced into cubes by lasers and Alice was fleeing from mutated zombies on a high speed train.
Just imagine the utopia we all could be living in if only the Umbrella Corporation had directed its technology towards benevolence rather than avarice and world domination. Instead of peaceful communes, the Earth is now littered with zombies and muted animals. Thanks a lot Umbrella.
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I'm working from a Starbucks in LA today and Jason Priestley is up in here. Never realized how short he is. I bet that happens a lot with actors.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
Tom Cruise is almost a midget.
"I wouldn’t say I’m hitting five days a week…some weeks we won’t go at all." – Adam Dunn on his preparation routine for the 2012 season (1/24/12)
So he's too short to be a midget?
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
Should be out this year.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1462900/
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 7, 2012 1:46 AM CST up reply actions
And so said those linked articles about it premiering at Cannes 2010.
It’s like waiting for Dunn to stop sucking.
what are his sideburns like these days?
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actually, don't tell me. i don't want to tarnish his image in my mind.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
Comedic genius.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InF17l92Fbc
Apologies to tailgater.
We're all here because we're not all there.
i miss phil hartman.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
Pee Wee's Big Adventure is severely underrated
and bears the comic fingerprints of Mr. Hartman
White Sox 2012: Helplessly rebuilding?
OH MAN! Brandon Walsh!
He’s kind of a fool. Had the opportunity to bang tiffani thiessen and passed. idiot.
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
i wish Let's Bowl was still on.
now that was some television.
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by obnoxious american on Feb 6, 2012 2:05 PM CST reply actions
Holy Shit
someone else remembers lets bowl. and LIKES it no less? My buddy hasn’t paid his $70 fantasy football entry STILL and I want to bowl him for the grand prize of a 1974 Buick Skylark.
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Feb 8, 2012 10:53 PM CST up reply actions
my favorite television show of all time.
i really believe that wally is not a character.
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by obnoxious american on Feb 9, 2012 6:28 PM CST up reply actions
[bowler leaves 5 pins standing all over the board]
Wally: and he has the dreaded exploding birdbath split.
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Feb 10, 2012 12:20 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
My favorite movies are everyones' favorite movies so I'll just talk about the one film that I'm giddy about
Ridley Scott’s Prometheus, which is of an Alien prequel except not really.
Ah, didn't scroll down this far
I don’t even watch that much sci-fi and I know I’ll see that one. Of course, my wife watching a ton of it would mean I’d probably be seeing it even if I didn’t, but seriously, Ridley finally doing another sci-fi film, starring Fassbender and Noomi Rapace. Definitely seeing it.
by Yinka Double Dare on Feb 6, 2012 4:46 PM CST up reply actions
I can't believe no one has mentioned Human Centipede.
What is this world coming to?
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I assume everyone here has watched the Big Lebowski
But it’s only my second favorite Coen Brothers movie. Miller’s Crossing is my absolute favorite and more people should watch it.
3 others that need to be seen more by people: Weird Al’s UHF is hysterical. Chow Yun Fat is the man in Hard Boiled, and Tampopo, which is a Japanese Samurai spoof of a Spaghetti Western of a Samurai movie. If you love food you will find it to be brilliantly funny.
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. ~Joe Schultz, 1969
It kills me that Miller's Crossing isn't streaming.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
I don't know U-God
do you always know why you stream things?
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Feb 8, 2012 10:55 PM CST up reply actions
tampopo is great, though incredibly strange.
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by obnoxious american on Feb 6, 2012 3:42 PM CST up reply actions
Strange yes, in the sense
That it was totally made for Japan without any global considerations. It’s also where I learned that Ramen means noodle in Japanese, so daing Ramen Noodles is redundant. After seeing this, I fully understood how “Iron Chef” was made with a straight face over there.
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. ~Joe Schultz, 1969
i've wondered about that, as i've been a card carrying weeaboo for years.
could be wrong, but i’ve always suspected it was strange even for them.
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by obnoxious american on Feb 7, 2012 2:51 PM CST up reply actions
Miller's Crossing is the shit
Blood Simple is another Coen flick that doesn’t get rec’d enough imo.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
i never hear anyone mention The Man Who Wasn't There much either.
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by obnoxious american on Feb 6, 2012 4:05 PM CST up reply actions
My dad watched the second half with me without having seen the first half.
I enjoyed his puzzlement as much as the movie.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
ha, it's obtuse enough even seeing the whole thing.
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by obnoxious american on Feb 6, 2012 4:10 PM CST up reply actions
reminds me of the Man Who Knew Too Little
used to get high, suspend disbelief and watch it like Bill Murray knew what he was doing the whole time, like acting like an ignorant jagoff was his spy style.
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
That's the conceit of Archer and it's amazing
so I can see the appeal
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by colintj on Feb 6, 2012 8:32 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
that show is on fire.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
Last week's episode was brilliant. I hope the ocelot becomes a recurring character.
by Ozzie Montana on Feb 7, 2012 2:03 PM CST up reply actions
His little spots!!!
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 7, 2012 2:05 PM CST up reply actions
Having seen S1 in full a handful of times now and then S2 a couple less than that... and knowing where S3 has gone already...
What a beautiful evolution of that show. It’s downright hilarity through and through and just getting better.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 7, 2012 2:04 PM CST up reply actions
I guess I have to give Archer another shot then
I really wanted to like it, and for some reason it just wasn’t clicking for me, even with the great H. Jon Benjamin…who is forever Coach McGuirk to me. “Home Movies” was a great tv show.
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. ~Joe Schultz, 1969
The first few episodes may not grab you as much, but the writers really hone the eccentricity of the characters over the episodes. I promise you'll be on the floor laughing before season 2 is over, wishing the episodes were longer than 22 minutes.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 7, 2012 2:14 PM CST up reply actions
I don't understand this.
But I guess my avatar suggests my insta-love of all things Adam Reed.
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by colintj on Feb 7, 2012 9:35 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
And that's the thing...
I was certain I would love it based on my love of Sealab 2021. It’s still recording on my DVR so I’ll check it out again.
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. ~Joe Schultz, 1969
if you liked frisky dingo
the transition is easier, i think.
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by obnoxious american on Feb 8, 2012 8:43 AM CST up reply actions
OA is right
Frisky Dingo is a lot closer to Archer than S2021. FD might still be Reed’s crowning achievement.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
Barton Fink is my favorite Coen Bros.
though (almost) all of their films are golden.
boxcars boxcars boxcars
by soxshenanigans on Feb 6, 2012 6:37 PM CST up reply actions
mine as well.
gloriously confusing.
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by obnoxious american on Feb 7, 2012 9:30 AM CST up reply actions
I love the Hudsucker Proxy too
That is some snappy dialogue!
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. ~Joe Schultz, 1969
you know
for kids
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Feb 8, 2012 10:57 PM CST up reply actions
Jesus, Tommy
Where the white women at?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGQ-ISsDm8M
by parkernutws05 on Feb 7, 2012 11:02 AM CST up reply actions
Eh lets see here
Top 5 varies but some of my favorites are: Unforgiven, Seven Samurai (Original cut), City of God, Josey Wales, Taxi Driver, and pretty much anything by Sergio Leone or Christopher Nolan. 80s/early 90s Arnold movies never get old either.
fcdisbad.blogspot.com
I enjoy every second. It's so good looking that I don't mind at all that it's a little drawn out.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
Reply FIAL
Have you seen this TP?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6w0r-ScEG4
I don’t know how they got the cgi to do this…
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. ~Joe Schultz, 1969
Haha, yeah.
Seen it before, but had forgotten about it. Thanks.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
The Mattei Affair
in my view best film ever made
by hoodlight on Feb 6, 2012 4:54 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Shane - my fav Western, love that film
that scene at the end where Shane knocks out the father and gets his buckskins on to finally go take care of business – so powerful. An awesome film.
by hoodlight on Feb 6, 2012 5:16 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Shockingly, I haven't seen it yet.
although there are times where I walk to the end of my street and with tears in my eyes scream “Shhhhhhhaaaaaannnneeee!”
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. ~Joe Schultz, 1969
by zevsenesca on Feb 6, 2012 8:35 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Shane is the best.
Scroll up to my earlier comment and click the link. When Wilson (Palance) asks “What have you heard Shane?” Shane replies “I heard you were a lowdown Yankee Liar” there is a few seconds of silence that seems an eternity.
I liked Shane’s comment in that scene: “You lived to long.Your kinda days are over”. Great scene. Great movie.
Just a cursory glance through my own collection-
Spy Game
The Princess Bride
Real Genius
Clue
Kicking and Screaming (This title, not the stupid Will Ferell soccer one.) <—- probably my favorite “coming of age” movie, and probably relevant to a lot of folks here, as the subject is post college graduation.
For that matter, any movie with Eric Stoltz.
Better Off Dead
Airplane
Backdraft <- So much Chicago machismo cheese.
Good Morning Vietnam
All the Kevin Smith flicks
A Christmas Story (and just as good, the little known sequel Ollie Hopnoodle’s Haven of Bliss) <— Very relevant to White Sox fans
The Blues Brothers
Who framed Roger Rabbit
None of these are exactly high art. I dig on the high art stuff, but these movies are just straight fun, and this thread needed some of that.
by South Side Expat on Feb 6, 2012 7:55 PM CST reply actions
you still on the kevin smith train?
i jumped that one after jay and silent bob strike back. clerks 2 wasn’t awful, i guess.
the clerks cartoon was good too.
He hasn't done anything that wasn't uneven
but I still like Clerks, Mallrats and Dogma.
I don’t get why people hate on Dogma.
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by colintj on Feb 6, 2012 8:34 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
i'd put chasing amy in there.
jason lee was excellent.
by craigws on Feb 6, 2012 8:40 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Somehow I haven't seen it
Feels kinda pointless now. I feel like I’m finally outside the target audience.
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by colintj on Feb 6, 2012 8:51 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
affleck has been good in five movies. chasing amy is one of them. the other four:
dazed and confused
the town
shakespeare in love
hollywoodland
is that reason enough to see it?
also I saw all of the first five min of The Town before turning it off. Something about it just irked me.
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by colintj on Feb 6, 2012 9:52 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
if you have an opportunity to see it, then it is worth sitting down to watch.
no need to really search it out.
it's constantly on hbo and i recommend you do see it.
just very solid.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
I liked The Town.
Still think it’s basically Good Will Hunting with guns, though.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
Finish The Town.
And see Chasing Amy. It’s Smith’s best, imo.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
Oh hell yes. Affleck was absolutely perfect and hilarious in that role.
I love that movie despite my general dislike of Giovanni Ribisi.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
he really is unlikeable.
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by obnoxious american on Feb 9, 2012 6:30 PM CST up reply actions
I'm no Affleck fan, but him arriving to the door at the end of that film is one of the best moments.
I still dig that movie long time.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 7, 2012 2:16 PM CST up reply actions
How are you outside the target audience of Chasing Amy exactly?
by Shoeless In SC on Feb 6, 2012 11:35 PM CST up reply actions
I'm afraid I'm going to have ginger kids
My mom and her brother are gingers.
Fiancee’s mom is ginger. Her nephew is ginger.
That’s a lot of gingers in our immediate family. I think it’s inevitable.
by Shoeless In SC on Feb 6, 2012 11:46 PM CST up reply actions
It's not a recessive gene either
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by colintj on Feb 6, 2012 11:53 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Assuming we both carry the trait ours kids will have a 1/4 chance, right?
Looks like we’d better stop at a couple kids else we’ll be pushing our luck of having a ginger baby.
Otoh, if our first kid is a ginger then I’ll be poking holes in every condom from then on.
by Shoeless In SC on Feb 6, 2012 11:59 PM CST up reply actions
in every condom? you're going to be married, man.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
what is this condom thing you speak of?
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
Didnt you just finish stats?
It doesn’t work like that.
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by colintj on Feb 7, 2012 9:30 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I figured he was just essing with us.
Hopefully.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
Not sure what you mean.
Although re-reading my statements, I didn’t make very clear what I was joking about. It was 1am
by Shoeless In SC on Feb 7, 2012 10:18 PM CST up reply actions
Just to clarify: if I flip a coin and it lands heads
what is the chance it lands heads the second time I flip?
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by colintj on Feb 7, 2012 10:58 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Also no, if it's not recessive that's not how it works
but I did just read that human phenotype expression for a given gene is remarkably complex. Relative to dogs, anyway.
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by colintj on Feb 7, 2012 9:32 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
i consider dogma his second best movie.
it’s too bad the extended jason lee monologue was cut. matt damon was simply awesome.
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by obnoxious american on Feb 7, 2012 9:32 AM CST up reply actions
Straight fun movies?
Definitely Blues Brothers. I love me some Deep Blue Sea. Independence Day. Jurassic Park. Scream. I’ll second Super Troopers, Anchorman and Old School. And I’m sure it’s just me, but in honor of that camptastic halftime show: Mamma Mia.
…not exactly a definitive list.
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by colintj on Feb 6, 2012 8:37 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
what in the holy hell??
A Christmas Story (and just as good, the little known sequel Ollie Hopnoodle’s Haven of Bliss)
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by obnoxious american on Feb 7, 2012 9:34 AM CST up reply actions
there's a goddamn sequel? holy crap.
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by obnoxious american on Feb 7, 2012 11:03 AM CST up reply actions
I like it tons of movies
my ‘I think these are really good but never hear mentioned’ category I have at least The Conversation and Equilibrium.
i'm generally not a big movie guy (don't remember the last time i was in a theater to see a "regular" movie)
i often like documentaries though. recently the art in champaign had a little documentary film festival. page one, el bulli, and tabloid were all very good. everyday sunshine, about the band “fishbone”, i really, really liked. (it may be difficult to find at the moment though. it’s pretty new. i think it may have played on some pbs stations recently.)
two all time favorites are brother’s keeper and man on wire.
all time favorite comes with a warning: if the sound of an entire movie that consists of nothing but a very flamboyant gay man sitting in the back of a ‘57 sedan de ville (he calls it a “pussy wagon”) telling outrageous stories doesn’t sound good to you, you probably won’t like it.
(also, it may be very hard to find. i used to rent it (VHS!!) from that’s rentertainment it finally came out on dvd not long ago and i think you can buy it from the link i am going to provide, but first, a couple snippets of reviews.
a tour of a wild, low-life gay existence
cross hank williams sr. with jack kerouac and truman capote
like a flamboyantly gay spalding gray
it is called… american fabulous
has anyone seen this? if you do, let me know.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
If one of your favorites is Man on Wire, you'll likely dig Deep Water.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
i saw it.
and dug it.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
I like my beer cold,
my TV loud, and my homosexuals fa-laaaaming.
- Homer Simpson
"I wouldn’t say I’m hitting five days a week…some weeks we won’t go at all." – Adam Dunn on his preparation routine for the 2012 season (1/24/12)
sounds pretty good actually.
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by obnoxious american on Feb 7, 2012 9:36 AM CST up reply actions
i just caught that fishbone doc the other day on PBS, it was good.
PBS has had some really good documentaries recently.
I really enjoyed Black in Latin America: Cuba with Dr. Henry Luis Gates. I think it was the first in the series with Brazil next presumably for Black History month.
I didnt like the PJ20 one on Pearl Jam though, way too self indulgent on the part of the film maker.
Fishbone is criminally underrated
They are so good. I was certain they were going to be huge, like the Red Hot Chili Peppers. But alas, it wasn’t to be….
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. ~Joe Schultz, 1969
they cover that pretty well in the doc
with the red hot chili peppers saying the same thing you just did.
Now I really have to see this.
Sounds so good.
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. ~Joe Schultz, 1969
Fishbone is supposedly what was really playing on the boombox held by John Cusak in Say Anything
This used to be my playground
I can defend this
- Say Anything stands the test of time… Kickboxing is the sport of the future, after all. — Also I was just tossing out some trivia, not putting it on my must see list.
- The Voice was me making fun of those who actually stuck around to watch it after the SB. Haven’t seen a second of the show outside of commercials.
- Pinterest — yes, I signed up to show my GF how to use it… Only pinned a nice (female) set of abs
- SYTTD — gets me out of having to take somebody anywhere on a Friday night. I get to drink heavily, browse twitter and find/make fun of those who freak out over the show. Last friday while browsing various twitter profile I found one nude pic, a treasure trove of desperate for attention 16-30 year olds, but my favorite was a girl whose tweets over the course of the previous 6 hours indicated a breakup, a swearing off of all men, a new romance that fizzled before it actually got started, and dreams of her future wedding dress. I don’t even think WU could have made that transition as fast.
- I feel like I should add that I supplement all of this, including the SYTTD viewing while sitting next to the GF, with heavy doses of r/gonewild.
This used to be my playground
by The Cheat on Feb 7, 2012 3:28 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
this is borderline...
..but i’ll allow it.
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by obnoxious american on Feb 7, 2012 3:31 PM CST up reply actions
As someone who has his fair share of trips down the wedding aisle
and would have first hand knowledge about resiliency, do you have any kind words of advice for those of us who are about to foolhardily venture into this holiest of institutions?
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Put her first.
And think of this word – “stewardship”. If you love her, man up and be the steward of your family.
We're all here because we're not all there.
Ignore WU's reply. You need only remember 1 rule:
It’s cheaper to rent.
"People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage."
John Kenneth Galbraith
by Chiburb on Feb 7, 2012 5:24 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
and here i thought you were enjoying the recipes i was pinning. i don't know what to believe any more.
those are nice abs, though.
I love seasons too. That's why I live in a place that skips the shitty ones.
She only had one hand on the remote?
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by colintj on Feb 7, 2012 9:29 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
~
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
by U-God on Feb 7, 2012 11:39 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
I did not know what Pinterest was until I felt compelled to research it after seeing this photo
AND OH MY GOD AM I ADDICTED! What really happened was I found out my wife has been using Pinterest for a while now.
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
Dug "Say Anything" a lot in the day.
Love John Cusak, though he plays himself a lot. Not wild about Joan. Too screechy.
We're all here because we're not all there.
Best Movies
Bell Book and Candle
One from the Heart
Ground Hog Day
Defending your Life
Romeo and Juliet 1968
The Wild Bunch
The Producers
Defending Your Life
Just about anything with Albert Brooks is golden.
“Real Life” (1979) was a real visionary movie. Little did they know how prominent (and common) reality TV would become.
"I wouldn’t say I’m hitting five days a week…some weeks we won’t go at all." – Adam Dunn on his preparation routine for the 2012 season (1/24/12)
oh yeah, another.
the 7 up series. groundbreaking and fascinating.
56 up should be coming out in about three months.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
Am I just totally biased
or does the West Coast lack for music taste?
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by colintj on Feb 6, 2012 10:12 PM CST via mobile reply actions
I guess it depends on what you're into. Here's a short list:
The Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, The Surfaris, Dick Dale, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Country Joe and the Fish, Santana, The Charlatans, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Grateful Dead, Moby Grape, The Flaming’ Groovies, The Byrds,
The Doors, Love, Buffalo Springfield, The Seeds, Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, Iron Butterfly, Country Joe and the Fish, Blue Cheer, The Eagles, Poco, Joni Mitchell, Jackson Brown, War, Santana, Sly & The Family Stone, Tower of Power, Sparks, The Runaways, The Tubes, Journey, Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Quiet Riot, Mötley Crüe, Poison, Black Flag, The Circle Jerks, Bad Religion, The Offspring, Suicidal Tendencies, The Dickies, Dead Kennedys, The Bangles, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane’s Addiction, Camper Van Beethoven, Stone Temple Pilots, 30 Seconds to Mars, Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Exodus, Tupac Shakur, Snoop Doggy Dogg and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
"I wouldn’t say I’m hitting five days a week…some weeks we won’t go at all." – Adam Dunn on his preparation routine for the 2012 season (1/24/12)
He is probably beefing with the chillwave shit and the awful So-cal pop-punk
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
Yeah it's not a historical problem
more like a recent one.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
by colintj on Feb 7, 2012 11:18 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
though actually I don't care for a lot of that
list either
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by colintj on Feb 7, 2012 11:20 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Joni Mitchell?!? Or did you mean the West Coast of Canada?
Saskatchewan as I recall.
"People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage."
John Kenneth Galbraith
by Chiburb on Feb 7, 2012 12:51 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Yes, she was a Toronto busker
but didn’t get famous until 1968 when she moved to southern CA.
"I wouldn’t say I’m hitting five days a week…some weeks we won’t go at all." – Adam Dunn on his preparation routine for the 2012 season (1/24/12)
Bangles forever!
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Feb 8, 2012 11:16 PM CST up reply actions
their best song wasn't even written by them.
only came about because of prince’s pure-hearted desire to get into the lead singer’s pants.
Prince didn't write eternal flame.
he didn’t even write walk like an egyptian. In what universe do you live in where manic monday is their best song?
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Feb 9, 2012 12:26 AM CST up reply actions
Manic Monday sucks.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
your face lacks for music taste.
I love seasons too. That's why I live in a place that skips the shitty ones.
holy shit.
The west coast has the best rappers (Dre, Cube, Eazy E, Snoop) and motley crue. I just saw them in Vegas. They put on the best show out there. All other rock bands look lame in comparison. I’ve seen aerosmith, van halen, metallica, poison, motley kills them all. and its not close.
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
i'm a pretty big crue fan, maybe not so much after dr feelgood.
saw them at the world (tweeter, whatever the hell it’s called now) with ozzy, and they were really disappointing.
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by obnoxious american on Feb 9, 2012 6:33 PM CST up reply actions
i dunno man... i've seen them the last 3 years and each time was awesome.
Cruefest 2 was great. they played the entire dr. feelgood album plus other hits. This vegas residency is fucking incredible. its like motley meets cirque. fireworks, trapeze artists, stilt walkers… amazing stuff.
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
i don't know if it was their acoustics or what.
halford was great, lamb of god and ozzy all sounded good. their sound was just off or something.
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by obnoxious american on Feb 9, 2012 6:57 PM CST up reply actions
Classic films question.
What’re your top 3 Hitchcock films?
I’ve only seen 6, but I’ve not seen a bad one yet. I’d go with Psycho, Rear Window, and North by North West.
Jesus, Vertigo was horrible. Horrible and ponderous.
And I love Hitchcock. NNW was the best, To Catch a Thief, and Psycho.
We're all here because we're not all there.
I just watched Vertigo last night (my 6th Hitchcock film)
and I thought it was a bit overrated as far as Hitchcock movies go. Shot well, especially the kissing scene in front of the water, but it was my second least favorite of all his movies, after The Man Who Knew Too Much, which I thought while good, wasn’t at the same level as Psycho, NNW, To Catch a Thief, and Rear Window.
by Shoeless In SC on Feb 7, 2012 1:05 PM CST up reply actions
love me some vertigo.
rope, the 39 steps and rebecca are all very good.
and the birds is spielberg before spielberg.
Never really liked Jimmy Stewart in Hitchcock.
Cary Grant – now he fit the bill. Always liked his smart-assed comments.
We're all here because we're not all there.
Love Jimmy, sure.
“Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” and “It’s a Wonderful Life” are top 20 faves. Also dug “Anatomy of a Murder”. But not in Hitchcock, for some reason.
We're all here because we're not all there.
maybe cuz he's a little too hammy?
i don’t agree, but i could see it.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
WU with his moons, colin with his hammy's
Looks like its Denny’s tonight
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
Mrs. Driveway
its going to snow tonight right?
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
I think it's because I liked Cary Grant more
and wanted to see him in more of Hitch’s movies.
We're all here because we're not all there.
CG is better regardless of director, imo.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
I'll cede the point if you will
…maybe
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by colintj on Feb 7, 2012 9:28 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Philadelphia Story
Macally Conner,Newspaper Reporter who gets the girl.
Strangers on a Train, The Man Who Knew Too Much and Dial M
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
Cool, never saw Strangers or Dial M.
Will put those on my queue next
by Shoeless In SC on Feb 7, 2012 1:05 PM CST up reply actions
Stranger on a Train
is my favorite by Hitchcock. I grew up on Hitchcock. twss
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
Vertigo was Hitchcock's love letter to Grace Kelly
He conceived it for her and it would have easily been his greatest if she didn’t stay in Europe after meeting and marrying the prince.
Can’t believe no one’s mentioned ‘Notorious’. just about perfect – Bergman and Grant.
my others are Strangers, NNW and Dial M (which was filmed in 3D and shown as such at the Dearborn Theater in the 80’s.)
by gar ridge pride on Feb 7, 2012 10:46 PM CST up reply actions
is it me, or does it seem like there's more absolute horseshit in the theaters than ever before in the last 7 years or so.
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by obnoxious american on Feb 7, 2012 9:38 AM CST reply actions
The theaters are always full of crap. You just don't remember the crap when you look back
No reason to waste memory on the Along Came Polly’s and Starsky & Hutch’s of years gone by.
i'd rather see either of those than the shit that's been peddled lately.
though that ain’t sayin much either.
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by obnoxious american on Feb 7, 2012 9:50 AM CST up reply actions
You think this shit is bad
Wait until the sequel “This Shit 2”
no, you guys are all right, it just seems like it's more prevalent, maybe it's how they're marketed now.
it just seems like the chance of me seeing a trailer and not immediately dismissing it is far less likely than usual.
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by obnoxious american on Feb 7, 2012 10:18 AM CST up reply actions
Really hatin on Ben Stiller there, pal!
“There’s Something About Mary” excuses the rest of his career.
Also, though Along Came Polly was certainly bad, Phillip Seymour Hoffman was fucking hilarious in it.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
permanent midnight.
stiller’s had some other good stuff, none of which i can remember right now.
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by obnoxious american on Feb 9, 2012 6:34 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, he was actually really good in that.
Plus- Maria Bello’s tits.
by South Side Expat on Feb 9, 2012 7:20 PM CST up reply actions
See, I don't know if he was really all that good in that.
Didn’t seem like that role would take much.
by South Side Expat on Feb 9, 2012 8:00 PM CST up reply actions
greenberg
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Feb 10, 2012 12:22 AM CST up reply actions
i don't think I agree with that
sure there will always be “absolute horseshit” (they’re really making a ghost rider 2 with nicolas cage), but there have been some quality films in the recent past:
Inception, Black Swan, King’s Speech, Midnight in Paris just to name a few
Easy chief
We’re a community - Tdogg
Nicolas Cage is just... even if it's a good movie, I can't help but laugh at him.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
Nic is one of the worst actors ever.
And I loved “Moonstruck” and “Raising Arizona”. But he is God-awful.
We're all here because we're not all there.
I loved Adaptation.
I like to think Cage is like Donald Kaufman in real life.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
I am not a big fan of Cage although Leaving Las Vegas is a good one
I am ashamed to admit I love the National treasure movies. I know they are bad and I think it is the utter absurdity that draws to the movies. I can’t wait for another installment.
Where the white women at?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGQ-ISsDm8M
by parkernutws05 on Feb 7, 2012 2:20 PM CST up reply actions
i love national treasure. also liked gone in 60 seconds, the rock, windtalkers.
He’s in a lot of good movies.
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
Agreed.
Like Ray Liotta and Bill Paxton, I enjoy their movies, but they play the same guy (badly) every time.
"I wouldn’t say I’m hitting five days a week…some weeks we won’t go at all." – Adam Dunn on his preparation routine for the 2012 season (1/24/12)
a ray liotta movie can be great. it just means its true rating was 'really great' and my hate for him knocked it down a peg.
field of dreams didn’t have enough of him to matter, but man, I do not see how he was cast there.
Forgot about that one.
Could be his best
Where the white women at?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGQ-ISsDm8M
by parkernutws05 on Feb 7, 2012 3:18 PM CST up reply actions
Copland was a piece of shit.
I was extremely disappointed in that role – huge build-up, very deflating.
We're all here because we're not all there.
Something Wild
Crazy good movie and he is great in it.First time I ever saw him.
When he is good he is very,very good
But when he is bad,he is awful.
His "accent" I guess you would call it in Con Air was priceless
I watch that movie just so I can hear it.
Where the white women at?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGQ-ISsDm8M
by parkernutws05 on Feb 7, 2012 2:58 PM CST up reply actions
damn I couldn't even make the first AW reference
of this thread? My assmar. Sucks to it.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
by colintj on Feb 7, 2012 9:27 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call: New Orleans
Werner Herzog film. And its incredibly awesome with cages performance a big part of that.
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Feb 8, 2012 11:21 PM CST up reply actions
Few and far between.
That was an okay movie. So was The Weatherman. But Cage deserves the bees.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
The archery range scenes in The Weatherman were filmed by my house.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
i really gotta see the wicker man.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
Original=terrifying.
Remake=terrifying for different reasons.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
yeah, i'm talking about the remake.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
The Room was thoroughly entertaining in its badness.
The Wicker Man seems like a chore.
by Ozzie Montana on Feb 9, 2012 4:17 PM CST up reply actions
Wild at Heart was probably his comedic masterpiece
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
i'm a david lynch fan, yet i've never seen it.
moar backlog
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by obnoxious american on Feb 7, 2012 3:42 PM CST up reply actions
"Blue Velvet"
is one of the weirdest and satisfying movies ever. if you are on meth.
We're all here because we're not all there.
Inland Empire
holy christ was that just about the grimiest piece of polished, million dollar, antique roadshow heirloom there ever was
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
this almost sounds like a compliment.
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by obnoxious american on Feb 7, 2012 4:07 PM CST up reply actions
Fuck that shit!
PBR!
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. ~Joe Schultz, 1969
by zevsenesca on Feb 8, 2012 7:41 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
F that sh**!
Pabst Blue Ribbon?
Wanna go for a ride, neighbor?
"I wouldn’t say I’m hitting five days a week…some weeks we won’t go at all." – Adam Dunn on his preparation routine for the 2012 season (1/24/12)
* Pabst Blue Ribbon! (it's a statement, not a question)
"I wouldn’t say I’m hitting five days a week…some weeks we won’t go at all." – Adam Dunn on his preparation routine for the 2012 season (1/24/12)
It is creepy yet hilarious
one of my favorite movie scenes is when he says “Uh Oh” on the stairs.
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
Its february
the movies are always shit every year for forever at this time.
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Feb 8, 2012 11:18 PM CST up reply actions
I do enjoy
Glengarry Glen Ross, Giant, Patton, the usual suspects,Schindler’s list, Matrix, and I have an unhealthy man crushes on Harrison Ford and Matt Damon movies (my wife worries).
Where the white women at?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGQ-ISsDm8M
GGR is fantastic. i've told a lot of people to see that.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
i didn't think there was anyone who hasn't seen it.
i mean, it’s required.
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by obnoxious american on Feb 7, 2012 2:54 PM CST up reply actions
I told someone in my office just last week, that coffee was for closers
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
Always be closing!
"I wouldn’t say I’m hitting five days a week…some weeks we won’t go at all." – Adam Dunn on his preparation routine for the 2012 season (1/24/12)
3rd prize
You’re fired!
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. ~Joe Schultz, 1969
well, get on your horses, gentlemen.
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by obnoxious american on Feb 9, 2012 6:39 PM CST up reply actions
Haven't read the whole thing....
I have a stupid question: what is RRRR?
I am not too much a TV/movie guy. I rather listen/play music than watch TV, but my favorite movie of all times could be: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring (A Korean movie). I have a weird taste in movies. I generally dislike the typical hero movie that bullets never reach, that always win, that is always good looking, the girl of the movie…and the predictable end…pfffft so boring. Example: Avatar: I almost felt asleep in that crappy movie. I prefer more movies with real human content. I recently watched this Australian movie “The Square”…pretty good. “The Italian”, another good movie (Russian), “Strawberry and Chocolate” (Spanish, from Cuba) is another of my favorite movies of all time.
I also like animes a lot….so “Spirited Away” is a must have. Outstanding all the movies from Hayao Miyasaki.
For 2012 season: ALEX RIOS is my new TONY PENA.
it means Right Rail Rumpus Room
it is for off topic shit
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
howl's moving castle is one of the greatest things ever.
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by obnoxious american on Feb 7, 2012 11:28 AM CST up reply actions
Outstanding movie as well!!!
Princess Mononoke and Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind are also solid.
For 2012 season: ALEX RIOS is my new TONY PENA.
by JofpGallagher on Feb 7, 2012 1:04 PM CST up reply actions
I saw Princess Mononoke on the plane and I must say that actress was hot.
This space is available.
My bad I thought you said Princess Toyotomi.
This space is available.
Spirited Away is fantastic.
Howl’s Moving Castle is good as well. I didn’t understand Akira.
by Shoeless In SC on Feb 7, 2012 1:08 PM CST up reply actions
akira was katsuhiro otomo.
i don’t think akira had a real “meaning” except the futuristic decay thing. i think they just wanted to make something completely different, and technically unbelievable for the time. it still doesn’t look that dated to me.
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by obnoxious american on Feb 7, 2012 1:20 PM CST up reply actions
Read Akira instead.
They had to cut a lot of things out for the anime. Tons of plot is missing.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
ah yeah, forgot about that.
ha, one more for the massive backlog.
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by obnoxious american on Feb 7, 2012 1:49 PM CST up reply actions
6 parts, each the size of a phonebook.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
I thought we were just talking about japanese animes that made it big over here
by Shoeless In SC on Feb 7, 2012 3:06 PM CST up reply actions
Are you a little big to be reading comic books?
This space is available.
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring (A Korean movie)
I’ve only seen the first part where he tortures animals and is chastised for it.
I adored it.
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Feb 8, 2012 11:23 PM CST up reply actions
Stalker - now that's a proper film
by hoodlight on Feb 7, 2012 11:31 AM CST via mobile reply actions
You seen Funny Games?
Seems right up your alley.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
I'm a pretty open-minded guy,
but I had to turn that film off. Jesus. Some art should not be made.
We're all here because we're not all there.
never seen it - looked it up though
seems a mile away from the abstraction of Stalker. All Tarkovsky work is worth watching
It is miles away. I vaguely remember you stating in the past being into some, for lack of a better term, weirder films
Trying to get handle on what types of weird
@gpierce112
Are you talking about the Todd Solondz movie?
That is a good one and Welcome to the Dollhouse is a great movie also
Where the white women at?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGQ-ISsDm8M
by parkernutws05 on Feb 7, 2012 3:08 PM CST up reply actions
That is the same one
He made Welcome to the Dollhouse. Check that one out. Way lighter in subject matter.
Where the white women at?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGQ-ISsDm8M
by parkernutws05 on Feb 7, 2012 3:12 PM CST up reply actions
Ah yes, practically a romp! Exhibit A: an excerpt from the 'rape scene', "Brandon, I don't mean to be a cunt."
hehe. I love that film.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 7, 2012 3:14 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Welcome to the dollhouse
was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay harder for me to watch than happiness.
Like, so much more hard to sit through. made precious look like, well, happiness.
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Feb 8, 2012 11:25 PM CST up reply actions
just thought of The Minus Man.
and speaking of owen wilson, any wes anderson film. life aquatic especially. somewhat of a weak ending though.
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by obnoxious american on Feb 7, 2012 12:08 PM CST reply actions
I love Wes Anderson films
The Royal Tennebaums is my favorite. Even though I cry every. single. time. I actually cry a lot at movies. I’m secure like that.
List of movies that made me cry
1. Glory
2. Saving Private Ryan
3. The Outsiders
4. E.T. (I was 4 and scared to death)
Ok, there are more, I just am blanking. I’ll be back to continue…
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. ~Joe Schultz, 1969
Some more for the list
5. Brian’s Song (DUH, how could I forget that!)
6. My Girl
I didn’t see Marley and Me, but I cried reading the book.
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. ~Joe Schultz, 1969
i was a little choked up with marley and me, but i occasionally get a little sentimental.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
But then you strangle a hooker to shake the feeling.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 7, 2012 2:48 PM CST up reply actions
MM is Wolcott from Deadwood!
It all makes sense now!
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by colintj on Feb 7, 2012 2:54 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
When they are dead
they’re just hookers.
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Feb 8, 2012 11:26 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
tell me you didn't know they were gonna off that dog from the start.
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by obnoxious american on Feb 7, 2012 2:56 PM CST up reply actions
Of course I knew where the book was going
and I knew it was a cheap sentimental ploy. And I still fell for it. Big Time.
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. ~Joe Schultz, 1969
i saw it on a plane
and had no idea it was coming. hit me like a ton of bricks!
Easy chief
We’re a community - Tdogg
I am not rational
when it comes to animals. No matter what, I get weepy.
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. ~Joe Schultz, 1969
i'm with ya.
i’ve made myself familiar with the most horrifying acts in existence, but when it comes to animal stuff, i can’t deal.
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by obnoxious american on Feb 7, 2012 3:35 PM CST up reply actions
We're in the same boat.
I hardly flinch at human violence (at least movie violence) but if you shoot the dog in the movie. I will cry, then I will get murderously angry with the character.
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. ~Joe Schultz, 1969
oh man, finding neverland hit me with surprise plane tears.
guy in headphones uncontrollably sobbing had to be awkward.
I do not envy you people and your ability to feel.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
by U-God on Feb 7, 2012 4:16 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
ah yes, the UG philosophy:
kill em all, let nothing sort em out.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
Let the guys at the crematorium sort em out.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
like the end of the Adam West Batman movie!
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by colintj on Feb 7, 2012 9:24 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
This is why
You will make an awesome vet. Sometimes, animals gotta be put down. No matter how cute, cuddyly, or beloved.
My wife was pre-vet at UIUC and they make you euthanize your own pig for discetion. That’s not an accident. They gotta weed out the “I just Loooove animals and would never hurt one ever!” kids.
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. ~Joe Schultz, 1969
The movie about the parrot?
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
I do. It kills me too, Troop!
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 7, 2012 3:12 PM CST up reply actions
You are a woman. Acceptable behavior.
But Trooper? Jesus H. A parrot movie???
We're all here because we're not all there.
I cried while viewing Dunston Checks In
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
They usually go through the soft tissue first
Like eyes, ears and mouth, then onto the belly.
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. ~Joe Schultz, 1969
by zevsenesca on Feb 7, 2012 3:23 PM CST up reply actions 8 recs
We've gotten more than a few parrots at the shelter when the owner dies.
Those fucking things live forever.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
I saw that in theaters when it came out.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
I was 10.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
by U-God on Feb 7, 2012 4:57 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I cannot for the life of me believe
this is not green. Troop, the Universe is a cold place. No one cares.
We're all here because we're not all there.
That Earth After People "documentary" I saw said that parrots would continue talking like humans for years.
That would be incredibly creepy, if one were to be the only person left alive.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
Parrots will talk like people for generations after we're gone (as long as we don't kill them all off first)
Parrots “teach” their young specific calls mostly to identify their clan or family network. And mimics of human sounds are part of it. How creepy will it be to hear a car alarm in the post-apocalypse jungle, nowhere near a city. Oh wait, not creepy, we’ll all be dead!
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. ~Joe Schultz, 1969
Dude… anything that involves a sad animal or a beloved dying animal
is unwatchable. I can totally handle people dying in movies, but take out the family dog and I’m a puddle (not poodle).
I suck.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
Have you seen the new Wes Anderson film trailer?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N8wkVA4_8s
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 7, 2012 2:47 PM CST up reply actions
Yes!
It looks to be the most “Wes Anderson-y” of them all! And I will probbably cry over a wistful scene of unrequited love set to a obscure Danish pop song played on an old Califone record player while being lovingly shot in 35mm with a sepia filter…. I looooove Wes Anderson. (Said in my best Hawk Harrelson)
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. ~Joe Schultz, 1969
Oh yes indeedy.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 7, 2012 2:59 PM CST up reply actions
he don't use sepia filters
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Feb 8, 2012 11:28 PM CST up reply actions
have you chosen this night to down a pbr
for every time alex rios threw to the wrong base last season?
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
by BuehrleMan on Feb 8, 2012 11:30 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I have chosen to down a stroh's
every time my last stroh’s was empty
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Feb 8, 2012 11:31 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
dear god
edward norton and bruce willis in a wes anderson movie. not sure what to do now.
DUNK HIS ASS
by obnoxious american on Feb 7, 2012 2:59 PM CST up reply actions
You know you cried at the end of Armageddon
Where the white women at?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGQ-ISsDm8M
by parkernutws05 on Feb 7, 2012 3:00 PM CST up reply actions
With Honors when I was younger.
I just can’t stomach the thought of Joe Pesci dying.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
nice
Where the white women at?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGQ-ISsDm8M
by parkernutws05 on Feb 7, 2012 3:04 PM CST up reply actions
ooh, how did i forget 'old boy'?
i mean, ffs, this scene.
I love seasons too. That's why I live in a place that skips the shitty ones.
by thatshortkid on Feb 7, 2012 12:41 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
Wow.
That was fantastic. The music was a great complement.
We're all here because we're not all there.
Hell yeah.
And even though I know the ending, it’s still has high re-watch value.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
Is it wrong for me to like Girl Generation?
This space is available.
asian girls make bad stuff better.
DUNK HIS ASS
by obnoxious american on Feb 7, 2012 1:07 PM CST up reply actions
Ya they made Letterman watchable.
This space is available.
Does that movie have a happy ending?
"I wouldn’t say I’m hitting five days a week…some weeks we won’t go at all." – Adam Dunn on his preparation routine for the 2012 season (1/24/12)
Paul Thomas Anderson's 'The Master' is being released this year I think
That will be the next movie I see in theaters. He had a lot of trouble getting that made. I also read an early screenplay of it a few years back that was embedded somewhere in mediafire and it was exxxxcellent. Should be interesting to see what he had to change in order to get it made. For Pynchon fans, there are rumors of PT Anderson directing ‘Inherent Vice’ with Robert Downey Jr. playing Doc Sportello.
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
I can confirm these PT rumors, yes yes.
The Master should be epic. I have a great t-shirt from one of the post-production parties for that film and I hesitate to wear it because I don’t want anyone to think I’m a Scientologist (the symbols are similar).
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 7, 2012 2:00 PM CST up reply actions
You were at the post-production party!?!
As someone who isn’t all that keen on movies, I really really dig PT Anderson. That must have been a fucking bad ass party.
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
Joaquin Phoenix, Phillip Seymour Hoffman (presumably as "L. Ron") and Laura Dern? ooohhhhhhh yeah
and that isn’t even mentioning the moving art of PT…sheesh. Love Laura Dern, her character is fuggin creepy.
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
No, I was not. My friend attended and gave it to me.
PT Anderson is one of my favorite directors too. When I found out he was working with this production company for which my friends are the ‘creative department’, I pooped my pants with delight.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 7, 2012 2:52 PM CST up reply actions
Magnolia
My fav from Anderson.Seen it three times.
Three times isn't typically that much for seeing a film. But seeing Magnolia three times is a different level of commitment.
The hours I spent analyzing that film after leaving the theater on January 23, 2000… mercy.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 7, 2012 2:12 PM CST up reply actions
And you didn't even have to write a paper about it
Dude did you know that the frogs represent a point of deconstruction that dissolve the network of signifiers theretofore established as meaning-providers for the film? I bet you didn’t.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
by colintj on Feb 7, 2012 9:23 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
8:2, man. 8:2.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 8, 2012 11:06 AM CST up reply actions
3 times is about as many as are humanly
possible. Great flick though. Unless you’re
TP, in which case it’s interminable.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
by colintj on Feb 7, 2012 9:18 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, I've seen it probably three times as well. I love it, but I may never see it again.
It’s a bit of a chore.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
For those in need of something new, I suggest checking out the films of Rian Johnson.
Brick and Brothers Bloom were both very entertaining. Also has a film called Looper coming out this year that’s about time-traveling hitmen.
2nd Brick
Very rewatchable too
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
by colintj on Feb 7, 2012 2:56 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Tis fantastic.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
Brick is spectacular
I want to take Gordon Levitt behind the middle school and get him pregnant
@gpierce112
by joewho112 on Feb 7, 2012 3:06 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Ooh! Nearly forgot that's in my mailbox right now!
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 7, 2012 3:10 PM CST up reply actions
Watched. It won't make you cry that much. I merely teared. I mean, it's not like a parrot gets cancer or anything.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 9, 2012 4:11 PM CST up reply actions
Is it butt cancer?
If so, I’m a fucking geyser.
We're all here because we're not all there.
by winningugly on Feb 9, 2012 4:39 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Thanks for the visual.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 9, 2012 5:09 PM CST up reply actions
After what we all went through with Cheat, I know cancer of the butt hits hard for a lot of us.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 9, 2012 5:32 PM CST up reply actions
Santorum 2012.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
by Uribe Down on Feb 9, 2012 5:42 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
i don't think anyone needed to think of this.
DUNK HIS ASS
by obnoxious american on Feb 9, 2012 6:41 PM CST up reply actions
oh man.
if what you say happens..
oh man.
DUNK HIS ASS
by obnoxious american on Feb 9, 2012 6:58 PM CST up reply actions
Lord Almighty,
that is HOT.
We're all here because we're not all there.
by winningugly on Feb 10, 2012 6:40 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs
I always figured you'd be the guy in goatse (and already are one of the guys in lemonparty)
but nobody says geysering butt cancer like tubgirl.
Fell asleep in the first 10 minutes of Brick a few weeks ago
’ll have to give it another shot
This used to be my playground
I for one have never been happier that you were purged
JK LOL
I fell asleep about 20 minutes into Insomnia.
@gpierce112
i think informant is criminally underrated.
i’ve seen it 5+ times and i laugh at new stuff every viewing. damon is just gold and the writing is amazing. when people tell me they didn’t get it or it didn’t do anything for them i feel like they must not have been paying attention.
all things jason statham are great, too. i make it a point to see anything he makes, and he never turns anything down apparently, so it keeps me busy. crank was excellent, but it would be foolish to pick a favorite.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
I love the Informant!
That’s my hometown, good ol’ Decatur. It was surreal to see it on the big screen. The thrift shop where my parents volunteer in their retirement got all of the furniture from the movie as a donation. They still sold the stuff at regular price, because “It was ugly 80’s stuff” per my mom. I told them they could have raked in the cash on Ebay telling everyone Matt Damon’s butt was on that sofa. These non-profits have no vision, I tell ya.
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. ~Joe Schultz, 1969
sometimes i can smell decatur from my house
depending on the wind direction.
the smell of money.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
Agreed
It’s an acquired scent to be sure….
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. ~Joe Schultz, 1969
surprising how?
because of all the shitty matt damon movies? or all the shitty soderberg movies?
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Feb 8, 2012 11:32 PM CST up reply actions
Whoa whoa whoa.
Are you really defending Cage but picking on Damon? How is that possible? Stroh’s?
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
it was sarcasm damon has good taste in projects.
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Feb 8, 2012 11:53 PM CST up reply actions
well i don't care what anyone says.
informant literally stunk.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
that's another thing.
i used to be a big soderbergh fan. contagion was the last straw.
DUNK HIS ASS
by obnoxious american on Feb 9, 2012 6:44 PM CST up reply actions
oh it did something for me... it enraged me. i despised that movie. not sure if i even made it past halfway.
i read the book and thought it was incredibly fantastic. i pretty much knew i wouldn’t like the movie because that’s the way i am.
you know the book the movie is based on is non-fiction, right? something about the way books are (often) turned into movies is irritating to me. (especially when taking something non-fiction and then adding some fiction to it.)
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
i'm aware of it's origin. have been meaning to read the book since i saw the movie.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
the book's good. i wonder if you read it if it would affect your perception of the movie. maybe not.
anyway, i didn’t mean to so aggressively poop on a movie you liked. i just get a little carried away sometimes.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
oh, no worries. my feelings about the informant won't be swayed.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
I didn't read the book
I lived it. The Lysine scandal was pretty much everyday news down there for like 4 years. I thougth it was a fascinating way to get some really dry stuff into the movies…. I mean, they can’t all be “The Insider”
I agree, that it can be irritating to see embelishments. Very few movies turn out as good or better than the book. That’s a fact.
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. ~Joe Schultz, 1969
yeah, i understand. i'm just a crank.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
Can't speak for the book, but the movie is a decent compliment to the This American Life episode
But if you’re lazy and only want the story once, go with the TAL version.
This used to be my playground
The TAL didn't seem as zany as the movie looks
Was the movie less zany than the previews?
@gpierce112
the book wasn't zany either.
sure, the story in the book is insane and absurd but also real. i had trouble with the zany-ness of the movie.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
it's the yakety sax, no? it makes it feel more zany.
but i loved the pathological liar who could never shut up. just think it’s a great concept.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
TAL was more of a character study, who the F is this guy?
The movie makes him out to be wacky more than just out-of-his mind, in-over-his-head in a combination of lies and hubris.
This used to be my playground
Damn, The Informant was enjoyable.
It’s one of the rare movies I liked a lot when seeing and then like even more upon reflection. Usually when I see something I like in the theaters, I’ll tear it down over the next couple days. I need to watch The Informant again, though.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
thank you.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
I'm coming to town around May 18th and staying through the meth-up the following weekend.
My trip dates were dictated (albeit quite conveniently for when I’d normally be visiting home) by the bachelorette weekend for my best friend since I was 9.
Her sister sent out some ideas of what to do and suggested going to Wrigley for the Cubs/Sox game on the 19th. She warned it would be about $80-100 per ticket.
I wrote her back saying I’d prefer not to do that and I chose something else she suggested doing involving a brewery and pizza and karaoke and stuff.
I sure hope she goes with the other thing because I don’t think I could actually pay that kind of money to go to fuggin’ Wrigley for a crosstown game.
I just…man… no longer need that kind of atmosphere in my life. I’m all down for drunken debauchery at times (see: May 26th, 2012). But with a bunch of fucktards at Wrigley?
Come on!
I’d rather chew on glass.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
yyyyyyeea....no, thanks.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 7, 2012 2:53 PM CST up reply actions
I would enjoy that.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 7, 2012 3:09 PM CST up reply actions
That where you are doing it?
Good place, I went to a wedding there a few years ago. And I love their little 9 hole course. Sucks that you have to use CPD approved vendors though. That was the biggest reason we stopped looking at park district venues early on in our planning.
by South Side Expat on Feb 8, 2012 8:57 AM CST up reply actions
maybe like a lingerie pillow fight or something.
just spitballing ideas over here.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
by MarketMaker on Feb 7, 2012 2:35 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
Those aren't spitballs.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
by RWShow on Feb 8, 2012 12:37 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
Brewery, pizza and karaoke = Piece in Wicker Park?
Saturday night there is live band karaoke, which is pretty fun if you enjoy doing karaoke. Also, the brewery makes good beer, which is nice. The place is co-owned by Cheap Trick’s lead guitarist.
by Yinka Double Dare on Feb 7, 2012 3:45 PM CST up reply actions
I believe that's the one!
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 7, 2012 3:53 PM CST up reply actions
Whaddabout the glock I carry standard?
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 7, 2012 4:04 PM CST up reply actions
You can't carry concealed weapons in Chicago!
Now that every creep who lurks SSS (AND the regulars!) knows where you are going to be that night, you might want to do the Wrigley thing
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
It was merely my preferred of the suggestions from sister of the bride. I don't know where we'll wind up that night.
But I will be carrying.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 7, 2012 4:11 PM CST up reply actions
Underrated sports movies
I really enjoyed “Any Given Sunday” and the Nick Nolte/Shaq “Blue Chips” regardless of how preposterous it was in regards to recruiting…
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. ~Joe Schultz, 1969
craig grebek said "hoop dreams".
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
also "slapshot" and "longest yard" have been mentioned.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
I can't think of a single baseball movie that I would consider "under-rated"
Well, Ok “Mr. Baseball” is pretty funny. But it turns the stomach to see Big Frank Thomas in a Yankees uni…
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. ~Joe Schultz, 1969
jesus christ, that happened??
DUNK HIS ASS
by obnoxious american on Feb 7, 2012 3:08 PM CST up reply actions
Yes
He’s the rookie who beats out Tom Selleck for the 1b job thus sending Selleck to Japan…
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. ~Joe Schultz, 1969
C'mon man...Bad News Bears!
"I wouldn’t say I’m hitting five days a week…some weeks we won’t go at all." – Adam Dunn on his preparation routine for the 2012 season (1/24/12)
I liked Mr. Destiny
But not really a good movie.
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Field of Dreams
Don’t Look Back
Bad News Bears
Major League
The Natural
The Fan
Fear Strikes Out
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
Sigh. Bang The Drum Slowly.
"People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage."
John Kenneth Galbraith
I haven't seen it, I will look into it thank you
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
Yes, watch it along with
Pride of the Yankees, Brian’s Song and Old Yeller.
Good times.
"I wouldn’t say I’m hitting five days a week…some weeks we won’t go at all." – Adam Dunn on his preparation routine for the 2012 season (1/24/12)
I've seen the other ones
I don’t watch many movies any more so i am not going to spend the little time that I do watch movies, watching something that will make me feel like shit; so maybe I won’t watch it.
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
BTDS made DeNiro a star. Reason enough.
"People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage."
John Kenneth Galbraith
I'll have to see it
right after I rent “Paulie”.
I assume it’s about Konerko, right Trooper? You puss.
We're all here because we're not all there.
I am cracking up now.
Picturing you with a Miller Lite (or 6) in your belly, arm around your baby, tears rolling down your cheeks as a fucking talking parrot flits about the screen.
We're all here because we're not all there.
by winningugly on Feb 7, 2012 3:20 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
and whatever happened to vincent gallo?
buffalo 66 to me is an all-timer.
DUNK HIS ASS
by obnoxious american on Feb 7, 2012 3:15 PM CST reply actions
for some reason this reminded me of Kalifornia, that was a good flick
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
that's weird, cause
i used to sort of confuse kalifornia with truth or consequences NM, which gallo is in.
DUNK HIS ASS
by obnoxious american on Feb 7, 2012 3:20 PM CST up reply actions
that's what ends a career nowadays?
disappointing.
DUNK HIS ASS
by obnoxious american on Feb 7, 2012 3:46 PM CST up reply actions
One of the best recent performances in a supporting role I have seen is
Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Charlie Wilson’s War”. Gust Avrakotos character is funny and acerbic as hell. Wonderful rapport with Hanks.
We're all here because we're not all there.
Best Hoffman movie (not really) was the gas huffing one
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
he's proto ron swanson
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Feb 8, 2012 11:37 PM CST up reply actions
Another good one- In the Company of Men.
by South Side Expat on Feb 7, 2012 3:21 PM CST reply actions
This.
Devastatingly cruel. Man, I have never felt the hate in a theater more than when I walked out after that movie. Women were PISSED, man.
We're all here because we're not all there.
I have found Alex Rios' at bat intro music for next year
by Yinka Double Dare on Feb 7, 2012 3:46 PM CST reply actions 7 recs
Get your story straight, buddy.
Just how many moons were there!
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 7, 2012 3:59 PM CST up reply actions
Hey! Cloaking is not a tool for covering your reply fials, wu!
Now my comment makes a no sense.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 7, 2012 4:05 PM CST up reply actions
Didn't cloak -
comment was posted twice (same with one above) – so I deleted one and it killed ’em both.
Screwy Internets.
We're all here because we're not all there.
Get your story straight, buddy.
Just how many comments were there!
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 7, 2012 4:12 PM CST up reply actions
Oh the grandeur!
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 7, 2012 3:58 PM CST up reply actions
So maybe this should be Dunn's. To wake his ass up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A43JOxLa5MM&feature=related
We're all here because we're not all there.
by winningugly on Feb 7, 2012 4:36 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
hell yeah
never saw that one before.
DUNK HIS ASS
by obnoxious american on Feb 7, 2012 4:39 PM CST up reply actions
Good God!!!!.....
For 2012 season: ALEX RIOS is my new TONY PENA.
by JofpGallagher on Feb 7, 2012 8:33 PM CST up reply actions
at least the timpani player is holding it down
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Feb 8, 2012 11:39 PM CST up reply actions
holy hell. this thread is busy. out of the frying pan and into the fryer for the rookies.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
I think it's mostly the regs commenting.
This space is available.
The lack of an edit button on here is driving me nuts
So I don’t know if I’ll stick around here. Nice meeting you all and Go Sox!
We play on the "bad" side of town, we were supposedly cursed, and we wear black. Let's play.
by ChiSoxRox on Feb 7, 2012 5:18 PM CST via mobile reply actions
You sit yer ass down!
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 7, 2012 5:28 PM CST up reply actions
why would you need an edit button?
I love seasons too. That's why I live in a place that skips the shitty ones.
yeah, i've heard this before and didn't understand it then either.
the preview button works perfectly well. or just be like WU and randomly hit keys then just post it.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
The installation of an edit button would result in mass chaos.
People would change previous opinions all the time. Hard drives would be overloaded with necessary screen shots. SBN servers would crash and overheat, causing fires as thousands of people sign up to say “I WUZ RIGHT ABOUT ADUMB DONE, SEEEEE?!” Our concept of linear time would dissolve as “future commenting” becomes prevalent. That movie that was just recommended to you by craig? You already saw it and recommended it to craig ten days before it was released and six years before you joined SSS.
I’ve been a Sox fan since 1917 (yeah, call me a bandwagon fan), I’ve liked soccer since it was called head-ball in the Yucatan, and we never actually landed on the moon. Congratulations on your idea, CSR. You ruined the world.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
by Uribe Down on Feb 7, 2012 7:10 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
In terms of entertainment value that'd be worth it
but CSR should just stop posting whilst drunk. Or come to terms with it.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
by colintj on Feb 7, 2012 9:20 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
edit buttons are great
you can start a poll with the question ’ Who likes ?’ – then wait a few hours for all the responses and edit the question to ‘Who likes wearing women’s underwear?’.
hey, the other day i saw a car that had a license plate holder that said "get a haircut".
i thought to myself “how do they know i need a haircut?”
anyway, that got me to thinking. i’ve been to ireland many times but never to england. i don’t recall seeing many bumper stickers on cars in ireland although i may just not remember. are bumper stickers common over there? and do you call them bumper stickers? and also, what do you call license plates?
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
registration numbers
and it’s illegal to interfere with them in any way. And no one really bothers with crap in the back of the cars – you get the odd football colours but that’’s about it
thanks.
yeah, you can’t mess with license plates but some people get a metal frame for the plate that has room at the edge where they have clever sayings like “vulcan on board” or “time for a moustache moment” or “we’re spending our kids’ inheritance” or “if you’re going to ride my ass at least pull my hair.”
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
and then there's the one moroots has
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
by BuehrleMan on Feb 7, 2012 7:37 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
deep mob rec
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
by colintj on Feb 7, 2012 9:13 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I keed you not, mang. A couple weeks ago I was behind a Beamer (because he cut me off) with a license plate frame that read,
“Straight Edge Means I’m Better Than You”
’the fuck is wrong with people?
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 8, 2012 11:15 AM CST up reply actions
maybe you can find one that reads
“straight razor means i’m going to cut you”.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
they're the worst.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
by MarketMaker on Feb 8, 2012 11:44 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
A straight edge person driving a beamer.
That’s just super.
by South Side Expat on Feb 8, 2012 11:46 AM CST up reply actions
The difference between a cactus and a BMW?
On a cactus the pricks are on the outside.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
we recently overtook somebody with the license plate 'JESUS',
my wife was hoping they would subsequently crash into us just so she could say she was rear-ended by jesus.
i hope for his sake it has to do with the wrestler CM punk and his angle.
but chances are there is no hope for mankind.
DUNK HIS ASS
by obnoxious american on Feb 9, 2012 6:47 PM CST up reply actions
3600+ comments and NOW you get the lardy part? On the RRRR?
Iowa, indeed. ;)
We're all here because we're not all there.
I wouldn't worry about an edit button.
Everyone here lives in their parents’ basement. Except for me of course, I live in the room above my parents’ garage.
This space is available.
pffft.....
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
I love seasons too. That's why I live in a place that skips the shitty ones.
I've seriously never wanked at work
And I think you are insane, I think most were just trying to be polite.
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
How hard is it to just wait til one is home?
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
And green!
"People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage."
John Kenneth Galbraith
I was the only lifeguard at a small pool
i beat off in a bathroom on rainy day once when no one was there. does that count?
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Feb 8, 2012 11:47 PM CST up reply actions
repeat: may 26th.
in case you thought he said june 2nd.
by Trooper on Feb 8, 2012 11:54 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Just to break it up
Keith Bogans, who recently signed with the Nets, wasn’t pleased about the way the Bulls released him this preseason, as K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune writes. “I put everything on the line each night,” said Bogans. “I played with a hurt knee 82 games. I took a pill 82 games to get that (release) in return. Every time I play them for the rest of my career, it will give me something added.”
"Rooting for the Twins is just a roundabout way of rooting for a first-round playoff bye for the Yankees." by big_fun
yeah I'll be terrified
Bulls vs. Nets, the revenge of Kieth Bogans. Rose might as well as not play and hide for his own safety.
NAOPOS
Ha! He showed us.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
<>
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
by Uribe Down on Feb 7, 2012 7:23 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
Just made an Ennio Morricone station on Spotify.
Sooooo good.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
Netflix instant stream suggestions, imma gonna watch me a movie
Go
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
brass eye was the funniest fucking tv I have ever seen
morris is a one off, anyone get on youtube and look at some clips it’s so funny. The way he gets uk slebs to say the most ridiculous things just so they can join some cheesy moral campaign is wonderful. Lookout for Cake – it’s a made up drug, funniest thing ever.
by hoodlight on Feb 9, 2012 5:08 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
my favourite was bernard manning:
‘If someone offers you cake, shove it back in their face and tell them to fuck off!’
they aren't as good as the Wings
is their major problem
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
by colintj on Feb 7, 2012 9:13 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
If it weren't for moving to the burbs when
I was 6, I wouldn’t be a Sox fan. I’m not a huge NHL fan though, so I’m a Hawks sympathizer. And I know how heinous that concept is, but you guys are much nicer to be around when they win.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
by colintj on Feb 8, 2012 3:02 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
anyone ever see the spongebob episode "hall monitor"?
where spongebob and patrick are trying to catch the open-window maniac (though neither of them know it is actually spongebob) and patrick sees spongebob and mistakes him for the maniac (which he actually is) and tells spongebob on the walkie-talkie to look out and spongebob starts running all around to try to escape but patrick keeps telling him where the maniac is and where he is going, which of course is exactly where spongebob is and where he is going?
well apparently that scenario has essentially just played itself out in real life. (only not with spongebob and patrick but with a police officer and a cctv operator)
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
I read this yesterday, and while I didn't think of Spongebob, I certainly chuckled.
by South Side Expat on Feb 8, 2012 8:58 AM CST up reply actions
i pretty much always think of spongebob.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
Love Spongebob
One of my favorites is when he’s dropping (censored) f-bombs, believing that such words are “sentence enhancers.”
Never quite understood how Bikini Bottom actually has beaches and oceans…under the ocean.
"I wouldn’t say I’m hitting five days a week…some weeks we won’t go at all." – Adam Dunn on his preparation routine for the 2012 season (1/24/12)
yes. "sailor mouth".
in my top five episodes for sure.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
a classic.
“how about ripple? no thanks, already got one!”
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
believing that such words are "sentence enhancers."
belief is not a fucking fact.
DUNK HIS ASS
by obnoxious american on Feb 9, 2012 6:50 PM CST up reply actions
Someone please explain why I'd wake up this morning and have "Electric Avenue" in my head.
First words out of my mouth while still laying in bed, “We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue…”
And how.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
Thank you for putting that in my head.
"I wouldn’t say I’m hitting five days a week…some weeks we won’t go at all." – Adam Dunn on his preparation routine for the 2012 season (1/24/12)
same
said precher with a shovel was not a troy mcclure film. it apparently is.
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Feb 9, 2012 12:02 AM CST up reply actions
me too!
I just picked the ones I recognized as Troy McClure ones. Must have forgotten about that one.
NAOPOS
i worded it badly
i figured if they are all terrible movie titles, given my extensive Simpsons viewing, if I felt like I heard it before, I just assumed it was from Troy McClure because I really don’t know any terrible movie titles from real life.
NAOPOS
for some reason I am not allowed to reply to anything
Muhmuhmuhmuhmuhmuhmuhmuh MY SHARONA!
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
i seriously was going to type "my sharona" a while ago in response to hsa as that is my go to song to stick in people's heads.
as far as not being able to reply to anything, well, you may just want to consider what you have done to bring that upon yourself.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
Yeah. You better be thinking long and hard about this, Rhubie.
How could you.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Feb 8, 2012 3:17 PM CST up reply actions
Its not like I typed out the Justin Timberlake-like McDonalds theme song from yesteryear
bahdda-bah-bahhh-bahhhhhh, I’m loving it.
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
yeah, but the mcd's jingle doesn't have the replay value of '1-877-Kars-4-Kids'
I love seasons too. That's why I live in a place that skips the shitty ones.
I think the kids would rather break me off a piece of that kit kat bar
Then get kars
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
no but it looks like he's speaking to an audience in someone's attic
White Sox 2012: Helplessly rebuilding?
He's on "Evening at the Improv"
“I have a lot of crazy ideas. Like…what if Yackov Smirnoff was on the Starship Enterprise. I think it would go something like this….”
What?! I ain't no Professor Pickles!
by 67WMAQ on Feb 8, 2012 7:47 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Robin "Dice" Ventura
“Little Boy Blue…he needed the money!”
“Woah!”
"I wouldn’t say I’m hitting five days a week…some weeks we won’t go at all." – Adam Dunn on his preparation routine for the 2012 season (1/24/12)
capello quits as england manager:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16941457
apparently he’s a racist prick too.
while i know a quantifiable buttload about soccer now
i am still lacking in historical knowledge. for example, i know little of capello’s reputation and managerial record. with that said, my perception of him as england manager is that he has bordered on incompetent. his communication skills (with players and the media) has seemed awful.
the FA shouldn’t have let terry still be on the team if they think he’s not qualified to be captain. and between the FA waiting so long to do anything and the fact that the courts keeping on delaying things the whole thing is stupid.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
capello has an excellent reputation as a club manager.
i think he may have been the last guy to win the league with real madrid. but they got rid of him because the team was too boring to watch. which is probably fair. very italian in his tactics. i think that was his second time at madrid, actually. might have won the league with them in the 90’s too.
he’s best remembered for being in charge of the early 90’s milan team though. van basten, gullit, baresi, maldini, costacurta. it was some team. that midfield was sweet as could be: albertini, donadoni, boban, desailly. baggio and george weah were there later too. speaking of weah, this goal has always stuck in my head: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt49QZwpru4
he was in charge at juventus when they were winning too, about 6 years ago, but those titles were stripped because they were a bunch of cheating cunts.
BM, did you happen to be at the Brass Rail when someone fell out ot if today?
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
is sam's cafe still down the street?
by onlysoxfaninboston on Feb 8, 2012 4:30 PM CST up reply actions
yep.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
no. what happened?
i think my friend usually bartends there wednesdays 11-6. i would text him but i don’t have a phone.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
Just something I heard from an old friend.
Said he literally saw someone fall out of the bar today.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
probably someone i know
or at least know of. i’ll find out.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
he wasn't working there today.
if anything unusual happened i’ll probably find out this weekend.
(but somebody falling out of the rail is not necessarily unusual, though i would say it usually occurs at night as opposed to during the day.)
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
I hate these new servers.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
I hate these new servers.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
by U-God on Feb 8, 2012 4:45 PM CST reply actions 9 recs
Fantastic.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
Back from a long weekend in South Florida.
Observations:
1 – Drivers are even worse now than the last time I was there.
2 – The sun was out for four minutes and I got sunburned. :::ginger’d:::
3 – The gf admitted to checking out the asses of some female models we encountered while walking down Collins on South Beach. I appreciated that.
4 – Jerry Owens.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
i do my observations of florida from long range.
florida is a godforsaken hellhole.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
from a dew point standing or some other metric?
I love seasons too. That's why I live in a place that skips the shitty ones.
the buehrleman godforsaken scale™
is all encompassing.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
Has anyone read this Coover novel? Its basically about BMO or fantasy baseball
The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop.
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
no, not me.
but i read “fantasyland” by sam walker. that was non fiction. pretty entertaining.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
For those too lazy to look up the summary
A guy develops a dice based baseball league in his basement and it consumes all his time, in the 56th season an 18 year old rookie phenom, the son of one of his favorite players from past season, tosses a perfect game, an improbable event. The guy races through all the games to get to the kids next start and in that start a more improbable event happens, one in a million. The kid is killed by a line drive. This event affects the man’s real life horribly as his life spirals out of control. Sounds cool
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
ok, this has something to do with soccer but it isn't necessarily about the game of soccer so maybe someone will consider it interesting and/or amazing.
chelsea FC let their manager and his staff go after the end of the last season. the cost of them doing that, plus the cost of hiring the new mnager, was £28,000,000 (that’s about $44,000,000).
over the last four years the amount of money paid by chelsea related to the hiring and firing of managers is approximately $101,000,000.
that doesn’t seem like such a great business model.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
russians be crazy.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
In crazy, Russians be you
This used to be my playground
by The Cheat on Feb 9, 2012 12:02 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
In you be crazy Russians.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
I just saw a movie called "Tortilla Heaven"
A guy sees the face of Jesus burned into a flour tortilla and things get crazy. Not exactly “Citizen Kane” but pretty darn funny.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBxGF2g3r2M Check it out on The Movie Channel this month.
Late once again...
I’ve been out with work garnering all my time, so I’ll apologize of I’m repeating what’s been said above—-I don’t have time to read all of the comments. Some good stuff up there & sorry I missed.
Anyway some of my favorites: to preface, I love comedy 1st of all. I really love to laugh but I also like to have my thoughts provoked &/or twisted by movies. I’ll classify by stating these are movies I’ll typically watch when they come on the tube.
Blues Brothers
Shawshank Redemption
Blazing Saddles
The History of the World (part 1 I think)
Tombstone
The Life of Brian
Forest Gump
Silverado
The Bourne Trilogy
Field of Dreams
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Saving Private Ryan
Star Wars-the original 3. Although I liked The Revenge of the Sith.
8 Men Out
A few movies that surprised me:
Pulp Fiction-NOT a Tarantino fan, but I love the Samuel Jackson diner scene.
Away We Go-one of those, "eh OK I’ll watch" that I really liked.
I just watched Sin City & the move was OK. The special effects were pretty cool.
The Boondock Saints—Dafoe’s character was a bit weird but this was way better than I thought it would be.
American History X—Very polarizing movie.
Life is Beautiful.
The Kings Speech-Geoffrey Rush is awesome.
Too many to list. My wife was on a Foreign Films kick for the last couple of years & we watched some very good movies. Y Tu Mama Tambien is great to get the old heart revved up.
It's 106 miles to Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, 1/2 pack of cigarettes...it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.
lots of 'connection reset' errors, no non-rec'd FPs even though my settings say 10
am i the only one seeing all this banjaxing or should a bug report be filed?
I love seasons too. That's why I live in a place that skips the shitty ones.
hell yeah, deng on the all star team.
DUNK HIS ASS
by obnoxious american on Feb 9, 2012 7:00 PM CST reply actions
So I'm two weeks ahead of schedule in shoulder recovery.
Which I find pretty neat.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
the nightmare is over
new hard drive is installed and working properly.
despite having 850 gigabytes free on the terabyte hard drive the cpu was running like a dial up dinosaur.
Q! bless western digital and their 5 year warranty
haha who is sside gus?
i think that was the handle i switched to when the sight first switched to sbn then lost the password for. who new it was tied into my main email address.
brb
I had to get a new hard drive over winter break
the only thing I forgot was the tabs. I really needed those. Also I saved about 300 by getting all my software free online the second time around so that was nice.
NAOPOS
you paid for software?
that’s adorable.
by e-gus on Feb 10, 2012 11:58 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
you know, this sside gus character is probably why I could never
get my original comments under ‘gus’ to sync up with my sbn account.
ooof. yeah. good thing for your warranty.
Hard drive prices are still insane cause of the flood. Thankfully I laid in a stock of a few 2 gig drives for builds right before it happened. Got ’em for like $55/each at the time. Just used the last one. Now I gotta pray nothing happens to one of my own for at least another 8 months to a year. Lesson learned kids- foreign manufacturing can have its downfalls.
by South Side Expat on Feb 9, 2012 11:20 PM CST up reply actions
tell me about it
i paid $80 for the terabyte a year and a half ago.
the exact same caviar black is $145 now. wtf?
I wanted to upgrade to 2 TB but screw that, I’ll take the freebie.
Carl Everett doesn't believe in Terabytes
"I wouldn’t say I’m hitting five days a week…some weeks we won’t go at all." – Adam Dunn on his preparation routine for the 2012 season (1/24/12)
so I'm coming down with something that is making me sneeze
for the life of me I can’t stop holding them in. I got part of one out, but it felt like something clamped shut in the back of my throat (and it did not feel nice).
I'm afraid I'll have to put you down.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
by U-God on Feb 10, 2012 8:07 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
i watched it for 20 minutes thinking 'i dont remember any of this from romancing the stone'
and i’m pretty sure every time I see romancing the stone I think it is one of the indiana joneseses
i always confuse romancing the stone and war of the roses, which is probably absurd but i've never seen either.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
Kathleen Turner and her nostrils were great in Californication
But it reminded me too much of V.I. Warshowski
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
My buddy and I were just talking about her this AM.
Yeesh, she went downhill fast.
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