RITA'S XXXVII: Habits Old and New

[Ronald Bryan]

I had blinds. I guess if I were more considerate, I would have lowered them once in a while.

My poor neighbours
They also invented shades and window curtains. Or you can just walk around naked all day.

[Athena Bast]

They also invented shades and window curtains. Or you can just walk around naked all day.

I remember curtains... we have bamboo mats and a blue fuzzy blanket covering our windows.

[Ronald Bryan]

I remember curtains... we have bamboo mats and a blue fuzzy blanket covering our windows.
Oh, Bamboo mats! Now that's a window covering.

[Athena Bast]

Hmmm... Stephen Colbert interviews Richard Branson on August 22. And apparently it's a doosie of an interview.

[Athena Bast]

Oh, Bamboo mats! Now that's a window covering.

I forgot the hand towel stapled to the window in the balcony door.

[Athena Bast]

lol...

Stephen Colbert just interviewed some guy who wrote the book "Cult of the Amateur" about the internet and bloggers and stuff.

The guy seemed a little "what you talkin bout Willis?" with Stephen's behaviour.

[kmeyers]

somebody would hate my outside shower

You mean rain?

[Ronald Bryan]

Pocket Pool for the PSP?

[Athena Bast]

I'm looking through the SOuth Beach Diet books... and the phase one stuff sounds better than the phase 2 stuff. I'll look at the phase 3 stuff tomorrow.

The desserts look interesting as well.

[Chris Nowlin]

I've related this story, but my roommate filled in for the first three days of my class while I was in Canada. And he just pretended to be me. When I came back, I tried to just start teaching as though I'd been there all along. Led to some confusion. I was quickly accepted as their teacher. My roommate had failed to convince them he was a teacher, but he did convince them his name was Chris Nowlin and now they don't know who I am.

Also, he went to class drinking a Pepsi and telling them how good Pepsi was.

And, well... I related in another thread what happened to the Coke pyramid in my office.

So, my last question on tomorrow's midterm will involve 2 pictures. One of him in front of the Pepsi pyramid. One of me in a Coke shirt with a can of Coke.

The question will be: Which is your teacher? What is his name?

[Pól Rua]

"Owa tana siam."
"Faster."
"Owatanasiam."
"Faster!"
"Oh what an ass I am."
If it was good news, you'd know about it already.

"Whale Oil Beef Hooked"

[kmeyers]

I've related this story, but my roommate filled in for the first three days of my class while I was in Canada. And he just pretended to be me. When I came back, I tried to just start teaching as though I'd been there all along. Led to some confusion. I was quickly accepted as their teacher. My roommate had failed to convince them he was a teacher, but he did convince them his name was Chris Nowlin and now they don't know who I am.

Also, he went to class drinking a Pepsi and telling them how good Pepsi was.

And, well... I related in another thread what happened to the Coke pyramid in my office.

So, my last question on tomorrow's midterm will involve 2 pictures. One of him in front of the Pepsi pyramid. One of me in a Coke shirt with a can of Coke.

The question will be: Which is your teacher? What is his name?
These are things that only life can teach you. Unless you know a good psychic.

[Jeff Brady]

"Whale Oil Beef Hooked"

Well, I'll be fucked if I can figure that out.

[Jack Zodiac]

I'm looking through the SOuth Beach Diet books... and the phase one stuff sounds better than the phase 2 stuff. I'll look at the phase 3 stuff tomorrow.

The desserts look interesting as well.

It's a trap!

Er, a scam, at least.

Er... not worth the time, rather.

Unless you plan on exercising, too. Dieting without exercise is just deprevation.

[Jack Zodiac]

I've related this story, but my roommate filled in for the first three days of my class while I was in Canada. And he just pretended to be me. When I came back, I tried to just start teaching as though I'd been there all along. Led to some confusion. I was quickly accepted as their teacher. My roommate had failed to convince them he was a teacher, but he did convince them his name was Chris Nowlin and now they don't know who I am.

Also, he went to class drinking a Pepsi and telling them how good Pepsi was.

And, well... I related in another thread what happened to the Coke pyramid in my office.

So, my last question on tomorrow's midterm will involve 2 pictures. One of him in front of the Pepsi pyramid. One of me in a Coke shirt with a can of Coke.

The question will be: Which is your teacher? What is his name?

Fuck, I wish I had a friend who could go to work and pretend to be me.

You should make the last question a, b, or c, with c being Mike sitting in front of an RC pyramid.

[Brian Cronin]

Oh hey, Tages, you mentioned not getting warned or anything like that, so I can now officially say that you are now, in fact, warned.

Don't do that again.

-Brian

[Pól Rua]

It's a trap!

You're thinking of the Mon Calamari Diet.
All-plankton, all the time.

[Brian Cronin]

New Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed! (http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/08/16/comic-book-urban-legends-revealed-116/)

-Brian

[Puma]

I am awake way too early.

But I am able to watch a Scottish League match.

[Pól Rua]

I am awake way too early.

But I am able to watch a Scottish League match.

I was wondering what all the insomniacs were doing here.

[Pól Rua]

And with that, I split... before I have to pay for cabfare.
Also New Girl Genius! Weeee!

[Dreadstar]

And with that, I split... before I have to pay for cabfare.
Also New Girl Genius! Weeee!

Careful of the binding. Mine is starting to separate already.

But the goodness inside. Oh, yes.

[Lone Ranger]

Good morning people of the world

[jessecuster3]

Ahh Thank freaking god its Friday.


How is everyone, whats going on this weekend?

[Puma]

Ahh Thank freaking god its Friday.


How is everyone, whats going on this weekend?

Good morning.

as to this weekend, going to hang the new driveway gate tomorrow, watch a lot of soccer, work out, and go see "The Tempest" on Sunday.

How about you?

[jessecuster3]

Good morning.

as to this weekend, going to hang the new driveway gate tomorrow, watch a lot of soccer, work out, and go see "The Tempest" on Sunday.

How about you?

Sounds fun. The Air and Water show is this weekend, I am trying to get on some friend's boat, but they might not be interested, in which case it will be a shopping/look for Transformers day. I have my Fantasy Football draft Sunday afternoon and its in a Aurora which is like an hour away, so that will be almost the whole day.

[Ed Cunard]

Ahh Thank freaking god its Friday.


How is everyone, whats going on this weekend?

A professor of mine is coming to visit Sunday, so I'm spending tonight and tomorrow cleaning house.

[Gingold]

Ahh Thank freaking god its Friday.


How is everyone, whats going on this weekend?

Hey, Jesse.

No big weekend plans other than a birthday dinner for my brother-in-law on Sunday. Right now, I'm just waiting for a plumber to call me back.

[Puma]

A professor of mine is coming to visit Sunday, so I'm spending tonight and tomorrow cleaning house.

you need 36 hours to clean house?

[Ed Cunard]

you need 36 hours to clean house?

Sadly, yeah. I've been neglecting even the basic stuff for a lot of reasons lately. I mean, it won't be the whole 36 hours cleaning--there's also grocery shopping, getting a haircut, and watching DOCTOR WHO in there.

[jessecuster3]

A professor of mine is coming to visit Sunday, so I'm spending tonight and tomorrow cleaning house.

What kind of professor?

[Puma]

Sadly, yeah. I've been neglecting even the basic stuff for a lot of reasons lately. I mean, it won't be the whole 36 hours cleaning--there's also grocery shopping, getting a haircut, and watching DOCTOR WHO in there.

as long as you remember to do the important stuff

[Ed Cunard]

What kind of professor?

My advisor from my undergraduate years. We're still close friends.

[Tadhg]

I slept for 12 hours. I don't think I've slept that long continuously ever.

[jessecuster3]

My advisor from my undergraduate years. We're still close friends.

In other words, he put out?


Seriously, that's cool, you really would stay in school for the rest of your life if you could, wouldn't you?

[Ed Cunard]

In other words, he put out?


Seriously, that's cool, you really would stay in school for the rest of your life if you could, wouldn't you?

That's essentially the goal, only to have me standing at the other side of the podium.

[Matt Algren]

Hmmm... Stephen Colbert interviews Richard Branson on August 22. And apparently it's a doosie of an interview.

I read about it the other day. See here. (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=475222&in_page_id=1773)

Virgin tycoon Sir Richard Branson hurled a glass of water of a TV presenter after he was banned from talking about his new airline, according to reports.

The multi-millionaire, 57, was being interviewed by US political comic Stephen Colbert in front of a live studio audience in New York when he lost his cool.

But despite being drenched, the host, who Branson had named a plane after, refused to be phased. He demanded a bottle of water from aides and then retaliated by flinging it that over his multi-millionaire guest.

An unnamed member of the studio audience told New York's media website FishbowlNY: "Branson was apparently upset that he wasn't able to give a direct plug to the new Virgin service and doused Colbert with his guest mug of water.

"Stephen was drenched. He took a beat, then signalled for his own ammunition for about twenty seconds until Alison (Silverman) ran and gave him her bottle of water, and Stephen retaliated. The two of them sat for a very uncomfortable second looking like two wet cats.

"Then Stephen thanked him for coming. I really don't think it was planned, since Stephen had another bit to introduce and a full interview left to do.

[Matt Algren]

That's essentially the goal, only to have me standing at the other side of the podium.
It's far too early for Police Academy jokes.

[Matt Algren]

If I had $100,000 lying around, this is what I would spend it on.

Tellurium J. Kepler Limited

A revolutionary timepiece that rotates the Earth in its true geographical shape seen from above the North Pole.

A flexible spring bends from the Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of Capricorn to reveal the part of the Earth lit by the Sun and to indicate the time and place of sunrise and sunset. The moon rotates around the Earth.
The dragon hand indicates the eclipses of the sun and the moon. The perpetual calendar completes one turn each year.

http://www.ulysse-nardin.com/ulysse-nardin-webseite/uploadfiles/100075.jpg

[i_mmmchocolate]

How is everyone, whats going on this weekend?
I'm staying home the entire weekend to relax and bum around.

[Jared_Humpherys]

Ahh Thank freaking god its Friday.


How is everyone, whats going on this weekend?

Preach it, brutha.


Sarah and I are seeing "Superbad" tonight. Tomorrow, her mother is getting re-married, so we'll be at that. Sunday, we may play some D&D with friends. Somewhere in all that, I hope to get some video game time in.

[jessecuster3]

Preach it, brutha.


Sarah and I are seeing "Superbad" tonight. Tomorrow, her mother is getting re-married, so we'll be at that. Sunday, we may play some D&D with friends. Somewhere in all that, I hope to get some video game time in.

I just read a fantastic review of it, I cannot wait.


Also I need to add this song from a cd I just got last night:

J - Lives are like retractable pencils
B - If you push 'em too far, they're gonna break.
J - And people are like paper dolls, mmmhmm yeah
B - Paper dolls and people, they're the very same shape

Both - Love is like a roll of cellotape
Real good for making two things one
J - But just like that roll of cellotape
Love sometimes breaks off before you're done

B - Another way that love is similar to Cellotape, that I've noticed
Is sometimes it's hard to see the end

J - Ain't that the truth, my friend
B - You search on the roll (search on the roll)
Search on the roll (search on the roll)
Search on the roll with your fingernail
Again and again and again and again...
And again...

Both - Brown paper, white paper,
Stick it together with cellotape, uh huh.
Ooooh yeah
Brown paper white paper,
Stick it together with cellotape, .
J - Oooo, that sticky stuff

*Mucho funky guitar strumming and humming goes on here....*

J - People people paper paper paper paper people people
people people pencil pencil pencil pencil paper paper
Put the pencil to the paper give the paper to the people
Let the people read about the cellotape, oh baby

*loud and screaching*
Come on! Come on, baby,

B - *Spoken* You know Jemaine, recently I've, um, I've been I've been thinking about love, about mutual love, that sort of love where two, you know two people, they love each other equally, like the love you have with, you know, with a loved one. And it's an equal love, and you give love equally, and it's, it's a feeling that's uh, it's amazing, it's this sort of, it's probably that, you know, it's a wonderful thing. It's love at its best, it's love, you know, it's, uh, it's, you know, it's probably the strongest adhesive available.

J - Looooong pause and deep breath *Spoken* "Full on"

Both - Ooooooh, yeah, ooooooooh yeah,
What a feeling, O, can you feel it
Stick it together, oh, stick it together
Stick it together, yeah, stick, stick it together
Oh, yeah.

[Matt Algren]

What, are people working or something?

Talk, damn you! Talk!

[Puma]

What, are people working or something?

Talk, damn you! Talk!
not a work yet but not really awake...got up at 4am for some unknown reason and couldn't sleep. Just trying to get motivated to go get an x ray.

[Merey]

Hmmm... Stephen Colbert interviews Richard Branson on August 22. And apparently it's a doosie of an interview.

I was in the studio audience for The Daily Show a few years back and Branson was the guest. It went very awkwardly after Branson, during a telling of some personal story, referred to a woman as a dirty negro, or something to that effect - I'll have to ask my friends if they remember. The audience kind of gasped and Stewart reacted to it. But instead of letting it go, Branson admonished us (the audience and Americans in general) for being overly PC. Stewart was kind of stunned and the interview fell apart. Watching the televised interview was amusing because the editing was pretty rough.

[Jeff Brady]

My advisor from my undergraduate years. We're still close friends.

Bow chicka bow bow.

I've gotta run to the post office to pick up a very, very late birthday gift for a friend. It's been on back order for four months.

[Jared_Humpherys]

I just read a fantastic review of it, I cannot wait.



We're gonna try and see it right after work. I'm pumped.

[Jared_Humpherys]

What, are people working or something?

Talk, damn you! Talk!

Yeah, I'm working, alas.

[Matt Algren]

I was in the studio audience for The Daily Show a few years back and Branson was the guest. It went very awkwardly after Branson, during a telling of some personal story, referred to a woman as a dirty negro, or something to that effect - I'll have to ask my friends if they remember. The audience kind of gasped and Stewart reacted to it. But instead of letting it go, Branson admonished us (the audience and America in general) for being overly PC. Stewart was kind of stunned and the interview fell apart. Watching the televised interview was amusing because the editing was pretty rough.
Yeah, those dirty negros are way too touchy about it. The wops too.

[Gladiaria_Alata]

Stupid hoover....

Anyway. How is everybody today?

[Jared_Humpherys]

Stupid hoover....

Anyway. How is everybody today?

Better than I've been over the last week. Had some surprising and welcome financial news this morning.

Howzabout you?

[Gladiaria_Alata]

Better than I've been over the last week. Had some surprising and welcome financial news this morning.

Howzabout you?

That's good.

Same as I usually am, that is, generally content with (most) things.

[Gingold]

Had some surprising and welcome financial news this morning.



Drinks are on Jared!

[Ed Cunard]

Drinks are on Jared!

Yay! Body shots!

...

[Slam_Bradley]

Seriously, that's cool, you really would stay in school for the rest of your life if you could, wouldn't you?


I don't know about Ed, but I sure as hell would.

[Guapo Méndez]

This is what next week looks like:


http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b197/guapo_mendez/hurricanedean.gif

The red square is where I live, BTW.

[Dreadstar]

Poor Cozumel. Fucked again.

[HomerJay]

The red square is where I live, BTW.
I just had an image of Lex Luthor thrusting a pointer on that spot, cracking the map.

[jessecuster3]

Yikes Guapo, I hope you and your family stay safe.

[Guapo Méndez]

Even if Dean misses us, it'll certainly hit Cozumel and CanCun. My sister-in-law moved there one year ago.

This weekend we're going to pack-up the beach house and I'm going to dismantle the kids' games in our yard.

The kicker is that monday we are set to start classes.

[Matt Algren]

Yikes Guapo, I hope you and your family stay safe.
.Seconded.

[Gladiaria_Alata]

This is what next week looks like:


-snip-

The red square is where I live, BTW.

Even if Dean misses us, it'll certainly hit Cozumel and CanCun. My sister-in-law moved there one year ago.

This weekend we're going to pack-up the beach house and I'm going to dismantle the kids' games in our yard.

The kicker is that monday we are set to start classes.

Ouch. Suck's for both of you. Hope it isn't too bad.

[Gingold]

.Seconded.

Thirdeded.

[Jared_Humpherys]

Yikes Guapo, I hope you and your family stay safe.

Fourthed.

______________

[Guapo Méndez]

I just had an image of Lex Luthor thrusting a pointer on that spot, cracking the map.

Ah, good ol' Lex.
But no, he likes California. He's not changing the names of Costa Del Lex. Luthorville. Marina del Lex, Tessmacher's Towers and the like (well, he's not too fond of Ottisburg).

[Guapo Méndez]

Thanks, guys. I'll keep you posted.

It could go either way. Last three hurricane warnings, two went elsewhere and we had amazingly sunny days. Third one kicked our asses, but still...

[Lone Ranger]

Fingers are crossed Guapo - hopefully the storm loses some steam in the coming days.

My wife and I honeymooned in Belize in Sept, 2001 - about a week after we left the small resort where we stayed was completely flattened (people were fine).

Hurricanes are freakin' jerks.

[Michael P]

Better than I've been over the last week. Had some surprising and welcome financial news this morning.

I could use me some-a that.

[HomerJay]

Ah, good ol' Lex.
But no, he likes California. He's not changing the names of Costa Del Lex. Luthorville. Marina del Lex, Tessmacher's Towers and the like (well, he's not too fond of Ottisburg).
Hmmm, I don't know. I think he'd be insanely jealous of your spectacular head of hair.

Anyway, here's me sending good mojo you and your family's way.

[Lone Ranger]

Better than I've been over the last week. Had some surprising and welcome financial news this morning.

Howzabout you?

Are all those people 'Ready to Lend You Money' too?

Note to Yahoo spam filter: Stop sucking!

[Gladiaria_Alata]

Thanks, guys. I'll keep you posted.

It could go either way. Last three hurricane warnings, two went elsewhere and we had amazingly sunny days. Third one kicked our asses, but still...

Talk about 'third times a charm'.....

[Michael P]

Oh, by the way, I'm officially dull. I dreamed about playing a free demo of World of Warcraft last night.

[Lone Ranger]

Oh, by the way, I'm officially dull. I dreamed about playing a free demo of World of Warcraft last night.

That story would be a lot better if you ended with "while a naked Scarlett Johansson fed me grapes".

[Gladiaria_Alata]

Oh, by the way, I'm officially dull. I dreamed about playing a free demo of World of Warcraft last night.

Doesn't sound as bad as repeatedly dreaming about CBR. :rolleyes:

[Ray R.]

Guapo. Hope you and the family don't suffer any damage: structural, physical or psychological.

Hurricanes do suck.

[Dreadstar]

Oh, by the way, I'm officially dull. I dreamed about playing a free demo of World of Warcraft last night.

I'll take dull.


It beats waking up screaming at your subconscious "LEAVE ME ALONE AND STOP TORTURING ME!" frightening the neighbors and causing the dogs to howl.

[Gladiaria_Alata]

I'll take dull.


It beats waking up screaming at your subconscious "LEAVE ME ALONE AND STOP TORTURING ME!" frightening the neighbors and causing the dogs to howl.

True.

Are your dreams really like that?

If that isn't to nosy of me.

[Dreadstar]

True.

Are your dreams really like that?

If that isn't to nosy of me.

About once or twice a week, yes.

Most of the other times, I mercifully forget what I was dreaming.

We're not talking horrible nightmares here. We're talking excellent dreams, concerning love, romance, sex. It's the waking up and realizing the loss engendered that leaves me screaming.

[Gladiaria_Alata]

About once or twice a week, yes.

Most of the other times, I mercifully forget what I was dreaming.

We're not talking horrible nightmares here. We're talking excellent dreams, concerning love, romance, sex. It's the waking up and realizing the loss engendered that leaves me screaming.

Ouch.

Most of mine are to WTF-inducing to get that reaction. Not that it hasn't happen.

And it's especially annoying when you wake up just as the dream is getting good isn't it?

[Jared_Humpherys]

Are all those people 'Ready to Lend You Money' too?

Note to Yahoo spam filter: Stop sucking!

Nah. Debt of mine got paid off a month earlier and a hundred and twenty bucks less than I thought it'd be.

[Gladiaria_Alata]

Nah. Debt of mine got paid off a month earlier and a hundred and twenty bucks less than I thought it'd be.

Lucky lucky.

[Ronald Bryan]

Hmm, can I skip being boss for a day and call in?

[Gladiaria_Alata]

Hmm, can I skip being boss for a day and call in?

Huh? ........

[Ray R.]

Mini-Movie Reviews: AFI Edition

Network: I hadn't seen this in many a moon, so it was interesting to revisit this formerly controversial flick about a newscaster who has a mental breakdown and since it starts kicking the ratings up when he melts down on the set, the network makes him the foundation of its programming. It was directed by Sidney Lumet, and stars William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Robert Duvall and Peter Finch. Paddy Chayefsky wrote the screenplay. It was an interesting viewing looking at in hindsight in 2007 versus 1975, because while it was prescient then, particularly in regard to corporate control of networks and their news divisions, Chayefsky actually undershot the target in terms of the packaging and marketing of news and the "edginess" of programming. The funniest moment might have been the meeting between Maoist revolutionary guerrillas and network officials on the programming costs and subsidiary rights to their weekly terrorist show. Ned Beatty also played the most interesting character I've ever seen him play. A far, far cry from Otto. Weaknesses include primarily the Holden/Dunaway romance subplot. Holden is referred to as middle-aged, but looks at least forty years older than Dunaway and their relationship is incredibly stilted, devoid of passion and generally unbelievable. Chayefsky also writes his screenplay like a stage play, and the soliloquies and eternal truths spouted by characters at random moments don't hold up as well on celluloid as they would spoken on stage.

Double Indemnity -- written by Raymond Chandler and Billy Wilder and directed by Wilder, this classic film noir stars Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson. The underlying premise is one of insurance fraud, double cross, and double, double cross as the walls start to close in around the murder plotters. I think Edward G. Robinson steals the picture, because his claims investigator Keys has so much screen presence and his line-reading is so effective that he blows MacMurray off the screen. The mystery is by now almost tame compared to today's standards, the romance is implied not shown, and the resolution rather predictable. But it's refreshing and interesting to see a film where there's not lines and lines of exposition explaining why one character does this, and what are the backstories and motives of every single character. It's a tight narrative and there's an internal tension in place almost from the first frame.

The Third Man -- Carol Reed's Vienna mystery starring Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles, from a screenplay by Graham Greene, this picture is almost a quantum leap from Double Indemnity in terms of complex layering of characters, motives, and secrets. The viewer is sat basically in the role of the Holly Martins character and forced to try to figure out the mystery while still trying to get the bearings of being in a foreign country with the varied Allied Powers of the U.S., England, France and the Soviet Union still running it like a jigsaw puzzle that barely fits together. Cotten plays it mostly straight, and keeps asking obvious questions that noone wants to answer. The ending is surprisingly downbeat and sober. Vienna is as much a character in this movie as any other, and the grand set pieces of marbled halls, high ceilings, and numerous works of art scattered throughout give it an old European royalty feel right off the bat. The soundtrack is done by a zither, and gives a unique, otherworldly feel to the proceedings.

[Ray R.]

I'll take dull.


It beats waking up screaming at your subconscious "LEAVE ME ALONE AND STOP TORTURING ME!" frightening the neighbors and causing the dogs to howl.

I'm not quite at that stage, but I'm close. My dreams usually involve me rushing from one place to the other, with occasional sexual interludes thrown in, but I'm always on the run. And there's never any resolution or finality, quest, sexual or otherwise.....my subconscious is always unfulfilled.

Hardly takes Joseph Campbell or Sigmund Freud to figure that stuff out....

[Matt Algren]

I'm not quite at that stage, but I'm close. My dreams usually involve me rushing from one place to the other, with occasional sexual interludes thrown in, but I'm always on the run. And there's never any resolution or finality, quest, sexual or otherwise.....my subconscious is always unfulfilled.

Hardly takes Joseph Campbell or Sigmund Freud to figure that stuff out....
I was a member of the Huxtable family last night.

[Ray R.]

I was a member of the Huxtable family last night.

Now that's just weird. Seek professional help. ;)

[tricksterpup]

This fall, McKidd will star in Journeyman, which tells the story of a San Francisco journalist who finds himself unstuck in time, traveling back and forth across the decades to right wrongs. (NBC is owned by NBC Universal, which also owns SCIFI.COM.)

Gosh, when did they decide to bring back Quantum Leap??

[tricksterpup]

Now that's just weird. Seek professional help. ;)

Is that your professional Opinion??

[thespianphryne]

Gosh, when did they decide to bring back Quantum Leap??

Probably about November 2006.


-Das

[tricksterpup]

Probably about November 2006.


-Das

I hope Sam goes back in time and right this wrong.

[Ray R.]

Is that your professional Opinion??

No. Otherwise, I'd have to charge.

[Matt Algren]

Is that your professional Opinion??
Yeah, I'd like to see your CV, please.

[jessecuster3]

No. Otherwise, I'd have to charge.

What about for your milkshake?

[Dreadstar]

I hope Sam goes back in time and right this wrong.

Mark my words, by the third season, this guy will accidentally bump into a fellow "Journeyman" who's actually out to evilly screw things up.

[tricksterpup]

Yeah, I'd like to see your CV, please.

Sorry I ate my Sheep skin, along with the sheep.

[jessecuster3]

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb281/beat_rush/optimustransformsmegatronsm.gif

[tricksterpup]

Mark my words, by the third season, this guy will accidentally bump into a fellow "Journeyman" who's actually out to evilly screw things up.

I really liked the Quantum Leap. I just shake my head over this, can they not do an original SCI Show any more??
Heck we got the return of the Bionic woman as well. NBC is so lost for ideas this year.

[tricksterpup]

Heck even still to this day I get weepy Eyed when I hear the song Georgia by Ray Charles because of Quantum Leap.

[Dreadstar]

Well, remember, Quantum Leap wasn't the first to use the idea, either.

[thespianphryne]

I really liked the Quantum Leap. I just shake my head over this, can they not do an original SCI Show any more??
Heck we got the return of the Bionic woman as well. NBC is so lost for ideas this year.

Not only that, the previews of the Bionic Woman pilot got such a bad response they had to go back and tweak it. Of course, from what I've heard, they've managed to tweak out some of the stuff that actually made it even partially interesting.



-Das

[Guapo Méndez]

Yeah.
Remember Voyagers.

[tricksterpup]

Well, remember, Quantum Leap wasn't the first to use the idea, either.

I know there was the Time tunnel or how about Voyagers with the late Jon-Erik Hexum.

[tricksterpup]

Not only that, the previews of the Bionic Woman pilot got such a bad response they had to go back and tweak it. Of course, from what I've heard, they've managed to tweak out some of the stuff that actually made it even partially interesting.



-Das

So they got rid of the Bionic Dog??

[Ed Cunard]

Well, remember, Quantum Leap wasn't the first to use the idea, either.

Yes they were. Little known fact: the people who did "use it first?" They time-travelled back in time to use the idea after seeing it on Quantum Leap.

[tricksterpup]

Yes they were. Little known fact: the people who did "use it first?" They time-travelled back in time to use the idea after seeing it on Quantum Leap.

That makes logical sense.

[Ray R.]

Yes they were. Little known fact: the people who did "use it first?" They time-travelled back in time to use the idea after seeing it on Quantum Leap.

Yeah, but did they date-rape Marty McFly's mom?

[Dreadstar]

Yes they were. Little known fact: the people who did "use it first?" They time-travelled back in time to use the idea after seeing it on Quantum Leap.

Irwin Allen is like Kang, man.

[Guapo Méndez]

So they got rid of the Bionic Dog??

Noooo!
Don't get rid of Max!

(actually, I'd like to see a bionic cat in this series).

[i_mmmchocolate]

The good news is that my BF's family is safe- an earthquake hit Peru, death toll is around 520 so far.

[tricksterpup]

Noooo!
Don't get rid of Max!

(actually, I'd like to see a bionic cat in this series).

Or how about the Bionic Gerbil???

[Matt Algren]

Yes they were. Little known fact: the people who did "use it first?" They time-travelled back in time to use the idea after seeing it on Quantum Leap.
Sam?





.

[tricksterpup]

Irwin Allen is like Kang, man.

That is an interesting theory.

[Dreadstar]

Or how about the Bionic Gerbil???

Only if we can get Richard Gere in the "Oscar" role.

[Guapo Méndez]

The good news is that my BF's family is safe- an earthquake hit Peru, death toll is around 520 so far.

I saw it on the news.

Tragic. Hell, 200 people were in a church when it collapsed.

[Gingold]

The good news is that my BF's family is safe- an earthquake hit Peru, death toll is around 520 so far.

I'm glad to hear they're okay. Just thinking about earthquakes scares the shit out of me.

[tricksterpup]

Sam?





.

I am thinking it was Sam's Evil counter part..

[tricksterpup]

The good news is that my BF's family is safe- an earthquake hit Peru, death toll is around 520 so far.

Dang, I am glad they are ok..

Wow.. a BF!! I have been so outta the loop here. congratulations.

[tricksterpup]

Only if we can get Richard Gere in the "Oscar" role.
Oh.. now this would make the series.


But there is no Oscar role in the movie.. all new characters.
Mark Sheppard ... Anthony Anthros (14 episodes, 2007)
Lucy Hale ... Becca Sommers (14 episodes, 2007)
Michelle Ryan ... Jamie Sommers (14 episodes, 2007)
Will Yun Lee (1 episode, 2007)

[i_mmmchocolate]

It practically wiped out an entire porty city, like 75% is destroyed! Frightening stuff. Luckily his family lives in Lima, which didn't go through the worst.

[Ray R.]

The good news is that my BF's family is safe- an earthquake hit Peru, death toll is around 520 so far.

I read about that in the paper this morning. Glad to hear they're okay. Glad to hear you have a BF too. Tell him he better be nice to you, or your Internet goon squad will rough him up. We protect our own.

[tricksterpup]

I read about that in the paper this morning. Glad to hear they're okay. Glad to hear you have a BF too. Tell him he better be nice to you, or your Internet goon squad will rough him up. We protect our own.

Plus we have enough lawyers here to keep us outta Jail.

[Ray R.]

Only if we can get Richard Gere in the "Oscar" role.

I'd watch that.

[Ray R.]

Plus we have enough lawyers here to keep us outta Jail.

Don't confuse them with "good" lawyers.

[tricksterpup]

Don't confuse them with "good" lawyers.

True.. Doc did move to a state where they will give anyone a plastic surgeon license to.

[i_mmmchocolate]

Crap, my Internet crashed.

congratulations.
Congratulations?! We're not getting married or anything.

[Michael P]

Crap, my Internet crashed.


Congratulations?! We're not getting married or anything.

Lena, in this topsy-turvy workaday world, just finding someone is worthy of congratulations.

Just don't tell Joe and Alex he's a filthy foreigner.

[thespianphryne]

So they got rid of the Bionic Dog??
Yep.

The bad news about this series is that the pilot writer and EP is the same woman who was the pilot writer and EP for Birds of Prey. Same woman who wrote Pathfinder. Her writing and production decisions suck. She's also listed as one of the writers for Battle Angel. So that's even more bad news for Battle Angel Alita fans

The good news is that my BF's family is safe- an earthquake hit Peru, death toll is around 520 so far.

Good to know. I still haven't received word from one of my classmates from acting school. But she's in Lima where I know things haven't been that bad, but still...


-Das

[Slam_Bradley]

Mini-Movie Reviews: AFI Edition



I'm not a big fan of Network. It seems very grounded in the 70s. And Peter Finch is far to over the top. The whole movie seems stagey.

It's been eons since I've seen Double Indemnity. I need to remedy that.

The Third Man is an amazing film. I agree wtih you when you liken Vienna to a character. But to me the most integral part of the film is the soundtrack. I don't think I've ever seen another film in which the music is such an enormous part of the whole structure of the movie. Cotton was a terribly underrated and underutilized actor. He's wonderful as the lead. And it's hard to believe Welles has as little screen time as he does, since his presence dominates the film.

Definitely one of my favorite films.

[tricksterpup]

Crap, my Internet crashed.


Congratulations?! We're not getting married or anything.

Well he isn't a psycho right? So congratulations on finding someone who isn't.

[Chris Nowlin]

Congratulations?! We're not getting married or anything.

If I get a girlfriend, I expect congratulations

[tricksterpup]

Yep.

The bad news about this series is that the pilot writer and EP is the same woman who was the pilot writer and EP for Birds of Prey. Same woman who wrote Pathfinder. Her writing and production decisions suck. She's also listed as one of the writers for Battle Angel. So that's even more bad news for Battle Angel Alita fans
-Das

Not good but it does have David Eick writing one episode.

[jessecuster3]

If I get a girlfriend, I expect congratulations

Congratulations? Armageddon! is more like it.

[tricksterpup]

If I get a girlfriend, I expect congratulations

Sure but with you we expect to see photographic proof.

[Paul McEnery]

Yep.

The bad news about this series is that the pilot writer and EP is the same woman who was the pilot writer and EP for Birds of Prey. Same woman who wrote Pathfinder. Her writing and production decisions suck. She's also listed as one of the writers for Battle Angel. So that's even more bad news for Battle Angel Alita fans



Don't you just love corporate aesthetics?

And people poo-poo me when I say political economics dominate culture.

[Paul McEnery]

I'm not a big fan of Network. It seems very grounded in the 70s. And Peter Finch is far to over the top. The whole movie seems stagey.

It's been eons since I've seen Double Indemnity. I need to remedy that.

The Third Man is an amazing film. I agree wtih you when you liken Vienna to a character. But to me the most integral part of the film is the soundtrack. I don't think I've ever seen another film in which the music is such an enormous part of the whole structure of the movie. Cotton was a terribly underrated and underutilized actor. He's wonderful as the lead. And it's hard to believe Welles has as little screen time as he does, since his presence dominates the film.

Definitely one of my favorite films.

That's correct. A top ten film if ever there was.

And of course Welles dominates the film. His presence is there in every choice Carol Reed made.

[Chris Nowlin]

Sure but with you we expect to see photographic proof.

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o1/CocaC0la99/graceandmecopy-2.jpg

[thespianphryne]

Don't you just love corporate aesthetics?

[....]
I love it so much it makes me want to vomit.

-Das

[tricksterpup]

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o1/CocaC0la99/graceandmecopy-2.jpg

And then you woke up.. ;)

[Paul McEnery]

If I get a girlfriend, I expect congratulations

From whom?

We'll all drop dead of shock.



















That you've made the effort to get one.

[Ray R.]

I'm not a big fan of Network. It seems very grounded in the 70s. And Peter Finch is far to over the top. The whole movie seems stagey.

I'm glad someone is reading my mini-reviews, particularly because I respect you so much as a cineophile.

I was disappointed in Network. It's rolled out as a dark, cynical, twisted look at corporatism, but it IS very over the top across the board (Faye Dunaway chews scenery and so does Duvall, let alone Finch), about its "message" and so obscures what is a somewhat mediocre premise. And as I said, it's a play dressed up in ill-fitting movie clothes, with the Holden/Dunaway relationship laughable from the start. Too bad.

It's been eons since I've seen Double Indemnity. I need to remedy that.

I saw them in the order I listed them, and Double Indemnity almost flew by compared to the others, because it's a tight, packed narrative. And it does present a pretty firm gold standard for the genre that you can see has been imitated ad nauseum. And again, I like Edward G. Robinson, but he's absolutely excellent in this role.

The Third Man is an amazing film. I agree wtih you when you liken Vienna to a character. But to me the most integral part of the film is the soundtrack. I don't think I've ever seen another film in which the music is such an enormous part of the whole structure of the movie. Cotton was a terribly underrated and underutilized actor. He's wonderful as the lead. And it's hard to believe Welles has as little screen time as he does, since his presence dominates the film.

I can't believe I had never seen this before. I know Selznick is attached to this and it's on the AFI list, but it does not feel like an American film, at all. I agree, Cotton is underrated. Clive Owen or Daniel Craig seem like modern-day equivalents, if there can be any. Slow, smoldering presence; a quiet understatedness that doesn't overwhelm the film. And I was glad to see they didn't go for the cheap happy ending. Like the rest of the film, it's wrapped in enigma and ambiguity. A great film experience.

[Paul McEnery]

I love it so much it makes me want to vomit.

-Das

The simplest answer is just to ignore it, except for when it affords the opportunity to get a rise out of Jesse.

[tricksterpup]

I love it so much it makes me want to vomit.

-Das

It gives me a head ache...

Gosh from the new show line up they all look like crap except Reaper, I and I am hot holding my breath.

[Ed Cunard]

The thing I like most about Network is that when people ask me what I do for a living, I can say that I'm like Faye Dunaway in that movie, and then I don't have to explain everything.

[Paul McEnery]

The thing I like most about Network is that when people ask me what I do for a living, I can say that I'm like Faye Dunaway in that movie, and then I don't have to explain everything.

And I'm like William Holden at the end of it.

We're through, Cunard!

[Ray R.]

The thing I like most about Network is that when people ask me what I do for a living, I can say that I'm like Faye Dunaway in that movie, and then I don't have to explain everything.

You're an unrepentent, lowest-common-denominator dick incapable of love, and screwing a grandmother to boot?

Bravo.

[Athena Bast]

It's a trap!

Er, a scam, at least.

Er... not worth the time, rather.

Unless you plan on exercising, too. Dieting without exercise is just deprevation.

Yeah.. I plan to do some exercising as well.

It will be a couple weeks yet before we start just to say a fond farewell to the stuff currently in our cupboards and fridge.

I'm thinking of getting the P90X DVDs because I really don't like the idea of gym.

[Ray R.]

And I'm like William Holden at the end of it.

We're through, Cunard!

I'd rather be William Holden in Network, than William Holden in Sunset Boulevard, all things considered.

[thespianphryne]

Network: or "Gee, I wonder where Mika Brzezinski got the idea to lose her shit on TV?"

When Brzezinski started burning her news script on air, I got this very weird sense of deja vu.

-Das

[Slam_Bradley]

I'm glad someone is reading my mini-reviews, particularly because I respect you so much as a cineophile.

I was disappointed in Network. It's rolled out as a dark, cynical, twisted look at corporatism, but it IS very over the top across the board (Faye Dunaway chews scenery and so does Duvall, let alone Finch), about its "message" and so obscures what is a somewhat mediocre premise. And as I said, it's a play dressed up in ill-fitting movie clothes, with the Holden/Dunaway relationship laughable from the start. Too bad.




I think you're giving me WAY to much credit for my cinema knowledge, but thanks.

I'm not a fan of Dunaway. Her typical mode of acting appears to be to over-act at all possible times. I'm trying to think of a single role where she's given an understated performance and I'm failing. Duvall, is (and was) a fine actor, so I wonder how much of the blame should fall on Sidney Lumet. He made Network right after Serpico and Dog Day Afternoon, and heaven knows Pacino can chew the scenery.

[Slam_Bradley]

I'd rather be William Holden in Network, than William Holden in Sunset Boulevard, all things considered.

Or William Holden in The Wild Bunch. Or William Holden in Stalag 17. Or William Holden in Bridge Over the River Kwai.


Guy had a tough film life.

[tricksterpup]

Or William Holden in The Wild Bunch. Or William Holden in Stalag 17. Or William Holden in Bridge Over the River Kwai.


Guy had a tough film life.

I always saw you as the Robert Redford from Eagle Eyes. Or was that Ray?

[Athena Bast]

I was in the studio audience for The Daily Show a few years back and Branson was the guest. It went very awkwardly after Branson, during a telling of some personal story, referred to a woman as a dirty negro, or something to that effect - I'll have to ask my friends if they remember. The audience kind of gasped and Stewart reacted to it. But instead of letting it go, Branson admonished us (the audience and Americans in general) for being overly PC. Stewart was kind of stunned and the interview fell apart. Watching the televised interview was amusing because the editing was pretty rough.

Stewart's interview with that guy who wrote the Cheney book from last night... holy crap.

[Slam_Bradley]

I always saw you as the Robert Redford from Eagle Eyes. Or was that Ray?


Most people relate me to Jack Elam.

[Ray R.]

I think you're giving me WAY to much credit for my cinema knowledge, but thanks.

I don't think so. You're as knowledgeable as I am, and I love film more than any other medium aside from novels and short stories.

I'm not a fan of Dunaway. Her typical mode of acting appears to be to over-act at all possible times. I'm trying to think of a single role where she's given an understated performance and I'm failing.

Two words: "Mommy Dearest".

[Paul McEnery]

I'd rather be William Holden in Network, than William Holden in Sunset Boulevard, all things considered.

Believe me, I've identified with that guy, too.

I hate that rotten William Holden. He is a bad, bad man.

[Paul McEnery]

Stewart's interview with that guy who wrote the Cheney book from last night... holy crap.

Some of us do not own a TV.

Tell.

[Athena Bast]

Gosh, when did they decide to bring back Quantum Leap??

They're also bringing back "Angel" and "Forever Knight" too.

[Paul McEnery]

I don't think so. You're as knowledgeable as I am, and I love film more than any other medium aside from novels and short stories.



Two words: "Mommy Dearest".

One word.

Barfly.











Which I always pronounce as an adjective.

[Ray R.]

Most people relate me to Jack Elam.

I've been told, I give out a Michael Douglas vibe myself. Take that as good or bad as you will.

[HomerJay]

My sister claims that I'm exactly like Joaquin Phoenix's character in SIGNS.

[Athena Bast]

Mark my words, by the third season, this guy will accidentally bump into a fellow "Journeyman" who's actually out to evilly screw things up.

Third season? dude.. I give them till sweeps if they last that long and the whole series will be him trying to catch that other "Journeyman" only to discover its like his long lost sister or something.

[Ray R.]

One word.

Barfly.











Which I always pronounce as an adjective.

I'm glad Charles Bukowski didn't write my life. I'd be dead by now.

[tricksterpup]

Most people relate me to Jack Elam.

Yeah, I can see that.
http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2003/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/22/obit.elam.ap/story.elam.ap.jpg

[Guapo Méndez]

My sister claims that I'm exactly like Joaquin Phoenix's character in SIGNS.

Most prone to hit alien invaders with a bat?

[tricksterpup]

My sister claims that I'm exactly like Joaquin Phoenix's character in SIGNS.

You wear Tin Foil on your head?

[Athena Bast]

Yep.

The bad news about this series is that the pilot writer and EP is the same woman who was the pilot writer and EP for Birds of Prey. Same woman who wrote Pathfinder. Her writing and production decisions suck. She's also listed as one of the writers for Battle Angel. So that's even more bad news for Battle Angel Alita fans

-Das

One of the producers is also part of the team that does Battlestar Galactica revamp. So it's like... 50/50.

[tricksterpup]

I'm glad Charles Bukowski didn't write my life. I'd be dead by now.

It could've have been stranger, your life written by Phillip K. Dick or how about William S. Burrows?

[Stellar]

I have a question about Comicraft. Seems there are tons of independent comics out there and someone linked me to a page where the Comicraft fonts are up for free download. I'm curious and want to dl them, but I'm not sure if it's illegal.

[tricksterpup]

Third season? dude.. I give them till sweeps if they last that long and the whole series will be him trying to catch that other "Journeyman" only to discover its like his long lost sister or something.

All this time travel talk is making me want to watch a Marathon of Quantum Leap.

[Guapo Méndez]

Dig the new avatar.

A good friend of mine cobbled it together.

[Ray R.]

It could've have been stranger, your life written by Phillip K. Dick or how about William S. Burrows?

All things considered, I'll go with Dick over Burroughs.

Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop injecting insecticide.

[tricksterpup]

I have a question about Comicraft. Seems there are tons of independent comics out there and someone linked me to a page where the Comicraft fonts are up for free download. I'm curious and want to dl them, but I'm not sure if it's illegal.

This is off today's line up of topics on Rita's. Its either of the following. Choose your topic wisely
Slam looking like Jack Elam
How terrible will the Bionic Woman or Journeyman will be. And why is Journeyman just like Quantum Leap?
And talk about Lena and her BF.

[Ray R.]

I have a question about Comicraft. Seems there are tons of independent comics out there and someone linked me to a page where the Comicraft fonts are up for free download. I'm curious and want to dl them, but I'm not sure if it's illegal.

Proprietary fonts? I'm sure it's illegal, but the odds of them chasing you down to Suriname are slim and none.

[Stellar]

Dig the new avatar.

A good friend of mine cobbled it together.

Looks almost authentic, though the face is a bit more blurred than the hands. Still pretty good.

[Ray R.]

Dig the new avatar.

A good friend of mine cobbled it together.

Muy macho, amigo.

[Lone Ranger]

And again, I like Edward G. Robinson, but he's absolutely excellent in this role.


I'll watch any movie if it's got Edward G. Robinson or Peter Lorre in it. They make anything worthwhile.

Ray - have you seen The Stranger with Robinson and Orson Welles? I don't know why it doesn't get more ink whenever the Welles legacy is discussed. It's a nice little gem in my books.

[Ray R.]

Yeah, I can see that.
http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2003/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/22/obit.elam.ap/story.elam.ap.jpg

Slam looks grumpier.

[Guapo Méndez]

Looks almost authentic, though the face is a bit more blurred than the hands. Still pretty good.

Pierce's skin is very rugged on that picture. The head angle is *just* a bit to the side, but otherwise it's a good job.

[Stellar]

This is off today's line up of topics on Rita's. Its either of the following. Choose your topic wisely
Slam looking like Jack Elam
How terrible will the Bionic Woman or Journeyman will be. And why is Journeyman just like Quantum Leap?
And talk about Lena and her BF.

I can't join in on any of those subjects since I don't know jack about either of them.

I might dl the fonts to get a peak at what they've got goin' on.

[Lone Ranger]

Don't confuse them with "good" lawyers.

Seriously.

You want to launch a mutual fund in Canada, I'm your man.

Your in jail? I'm handing you the Yellow Pages.

[Jeff Brady]

I might dl the fonts to get a peak at what they've got goin' on.

If you're not downloading them from Comicrafts' website, then they are illegal.

[tricksterpup]

All things considered, I'll go with Dick over Burroughs.

Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop injecting insecticide.

LOL yeah but Dick had his own weird addictions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick

On February 20, 1974, Dick was recovering from the effects of sodium pentothal administered for the extraction of an impacted wisdom tooth. Answering the door to receive delivery of extra analgesic, he noticed that the delivery woman was wearing a pendant with a symbol that he called the "vesicle pisces". This name seems to have been based on his confusion of two related symbols, the ichthys (two intersecting arcs delineating a fish in profile) that early Christians used as a secret symbol, and the vesica piscis.

After the deliverywoman's departure, Dick began experiencing strange visions. Although they may have been initially attributable to the medication, after weeks of visions he considered this explanation implausible. "I experienced an invasion of my mind by a transcendentally rational mind, as if I had been insane all my life and suddenly I had become sane," Dick told Charles Platt.[5]

Throughout February and March of 1974, he received a series of visions, which he referred to as "two-three-seventy-four" (2-3-74), shorthand for February-March 1974. He described the initial visions as laser beams and geometric patterns, and, occasionally, brief pictures of Jesus and of ancient Rome. As the visions increased in length and frequency, Dick claimed he began to live a double life, one as himself, "Philip K. Dick", and one as "Thomas", a Christian persecuted by Romans in the 1st century A.D. Despite his history of drug use and elevated stroke risk, Dick began seeking other rationalist and religious explanations for these experiences. He referred to the "transcendentally rational mind" as "Zebra", "God" and, most often, "VALIS". Dick wrote about the experiences in the semi-autobiographical novels Valis and Radio Free Albemuth.

In time, Dick became paranoid, imagining plots against him by the KGB and FBI. At one point, he alleged they were responsible for a burglary of his house, from which documents were stolen. He later came to suspect that he might have committed the burglary against himself, and then forgotten he had done so. This experience is mirrored in the Bob Arctor-Agent Fred character in A Scanner Darkly.

Dick himself speculated as to whether he may have suffered from schizophrenia. Mental illness was a constant interest of Dick's, and themes of mental illness permeate his work. The character Jack Bohlen in the 1964 novel Martian Time-Slip is an "ex-schizophrenic". The novel Clans of the Alphane Moon centers on an entire society made up of descendants of lunatic asylum inmates. In 1965 he wrote the essay titled Schizophrenia and the Book of Changes.[9]

Drug use was also a theme in many of Dick’s works, such as A Scanner Darkly and The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. Dick was a drug user for much of his life. According to a 1975 interview in Rolling Stone [1], Dick wrote all of his books published before 1970 high on amphetamines. "A Scanner Darkly [published in 1977] was the first complete novel I had written without speed," said Dick in the interview. He also experimented briefly with psychedelics, but wrote The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, which Rolling Stone dubs “the classic LSD novel of all time,” before he had ever tried them.

[Slam_Bradley]

Slam looks grumpier.

True. And I'm clearly the bearded more grizzled Elam.

[Ray R.]

I'll watch any movie if it's got Edward G. Robinson or Peter Lorre in it. They make anything worthwhile.

Ray - have you seen The Stranger with Robinson and Orson Welles? I don't know why it doesn't get more ink whenever the Welles legacy is discussed. It's a nice little gem in my books.

It's on my queue. I haven't seen it yet. May have to move it up since you mentioned it.

My next four movies to watch are:

Wild Bunch
Ride the Wild Country
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 version)
Touch of Evil

Mini-reviews to follow.

[Athena Bast]

Some of us do not own a TV.

Tell.

Ahhh the glory that is Youtube Daily Show August 16/07 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqsdVQ0t1AY)

[Stellar]

Well Suriname has pretty smooth (read: almost non-existent) copyright laws. Besides, I'm not going to use them for commercial purposes.

[Athena Bast]

I have a question about Comicraft. Seems there are tons of independent comics out there and someone linked me to a page where the Comicraft fonts are up for free download. I'm curious and want to dl them, but I'm not sure if it's illegal.

STELLAR!!!

[Athena Bast]

Dig the new avatar.

A good friend of mine cobbled it together.

lol.. I was like woahwaitaminute

[Slam_Bradley]

It's on my queue. I haven't seen it yet. May have to move it up since you mentioned it.

My next four movies to watch are:

Wild Bunch
Ride the Wild Country
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 version)
Touch of Evil

Mini-reviews to follow.


Definitely looking forward to your thoughts on all of these. I've seen the first two within the last month. I have Invasion of the Body Snatcher (56) on video...I'll have to pull it out of the cupboard and watch it again (I'm a big Don Siegel fan). Maybe I'll track down a copy of Touch of evil as well...been a couple of years since I've watched it.

[tricksterpup]

True. And I'm clearly the bearded more grizzled Elam.
http://www.jwayne.com/news/archives/capt.ny11310220408.obit_elam_ny113.jpg

[Slam_Bradley]

http://www.jwayne.com/news/archives/capt.ny11310220408.obit_elam_ny113.jpg

Exactly. Just not as grey.

[Stellar]

STELLAR!!!

'thena dahling! Kiss kiss. How goes, supah bad ass mommah?

[HomerJay]

Most prone to hit alien invaders with a bat?
I do keep a machete in my closet for home defense.
Really.
You wear Tin Foil on your head?
I think it's whole "horny geek with a heart of gold" thing.

[i_mmmchocolate]

http://www.jwayne.com/news/archives/capt.ny11310220408.obit_elam_ny113.jpg
He looks like a discrete mathematics professor I had as an undergraduate.

[tricksterpup]

I do keep a machete in my closet for home defense.
Really.
I keep a Burmese Python. (that is a 6 foot dinner table)
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j82/iguanajim/annie.jpg

I think it's whole "horny geek with a heart of gold" thing.
That describes most of us here.

[Athena Bast]

'thena dahling! Kiss kiss. How goes, supah bad ass mommah?

*pounce huggles* Where have you been sweetie? I was just thinking about you the other day wondering where you were.

[Ray R.]

I keep a Burmese Python. (that is a 6 foot dinner table)
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j82/iguanajim/annie.jpg

That's awesome. I just took my kids to the National Zoo last weekend, and we spent the most time in the Reptile House checking out the snakes, turtles and lizards.

[quote]That describes most of us here.

At least the horny geek part.

[tricksterpup]

[QUOTE=tricksterpup;5322422]I keep a Burmese Python. (that is a 6 foot dinner table)
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j82/iguanajim/annie.jpg

That's awesome. I just took my kids to the National Zoo last weekend, and we spent the most time in the Reptile House checking out the snakes, turtles and lizards.
Thanks Ray, this girl is over 15 feet long and weighs over 100 pounds. The local Zoo over here has an Anaconda on display this girl dwarfs her by 5 feet. My girl Annie is a big snake. But since I no longer collect comics, my money has gone into my reptiles. Its frightening to say that my collection is better than most zoos.

[Stellar]

*pounce huggles* Where have you been sweetie? I was just thinking about you the other day wondering where you were.

I've been studying like a mofo, hon, final exams are on the 28th. I'm taking a break right now and enjoying Nextwave much more than I thought I would.

[i_mmmchocolate]

When my parents used to take me to the Bronx Zoo as a kid, I was all about the penguins.

[Forefinger]

I just bought and read the first 3 issues of World War Hulk. I wasn't dissapointed. They were awesome. I flipped through the first issue after being told it was great by people here, and I thought it was so awesome that I couldn't wait on the TPB.

[HomerJay]

This is for Ray, Dread and Ed:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v655/HomerJay64/821e0fc9.jpg

[i_mmmchocolate]

Do you have to keep them separately, pup, or can they mingle with each other?

[Merey]

I hope Sam goes back in time and right this wrong.

I hope they reunite him with his wife again. Poor Sam.

It practically wiped out an entire porty city, like 75% is destroyed! Frightening stuff. Luckily his family lives in Lima, which didn't go through the worst.

My good friend and her family lives in Lima. She reported in to say that she, her family and friends are okay.

[Ray R.]

[QUOTE=Ray R.;5322440]
Thanks Ray, this girl is over 15 feet long and weighs over 100 pounds. The local Zoo over here has an Anaconda on display this girl dwarfs her by 5 feet. My girl Annie is a big snake. But since I no longer collect comics, my money has gone into my reptiles. Its frightening to say that my collection is better than most zoos.

Color me impressed. You must go through mice and crickets at an alarming rate. When I get up to the Twin Cities one of these days I'd be absolutely psyched to actually see them.

[Forefinger]

No more collecting comics?!?!? Who would ever think of such a thing?

[Stellar]

DAMN, Homer.

[tricksterpup]

When my parents used to take me to the Bronx Zoo as a kid, I was all about the penguins.

Oh you need one of these. My female bearded dragon laid eggs at the end of May and they finally hatched this week. We have babies. Only 3 have died so far. Problem with reptiles, lay many eggs, 26 not all hatch, only 23 hatched and few survive. So far I have 20.

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j82/iguanajim/babies.jpg

[Ray R.]

I just bought and read the first 3 issues of World War Hulk. I wasn't dissapointed. They were awesome. I flipped through the first issue after being told it was great by people here, and I thought it was so awesome that I couldn't wait on the TPB.

I will definitely pick up the TPB due to the buzz here on CBR. Sounds like it's an event book done right.

[i_mmmchocolate]

Where the hell do you find the space for them?!

[tricksterpup]

[QUOTE=tricksterpup;5322455]

Color me impressed. You must go through mice and crickets at an alarming rate. When I get up to the Twin Cities one of these days I'd be absolutely psyched to actually see them.

Ray I have atleast
55 snakes
50 lizards (counting the babies)
3 turtles
4 toads
1 frog

I actually do reptile shows for free for the boy and cub scouts.

[Ray R.]

Where the hell do you find the space for them?!

I'd imagine it's more like where do they find the space for t-pup.

[tricksterpup]

Where the hell do you find the space for them?!

Actually they take up less room than my comic collection used to. I keep 90% of my snakes and lizards in 10x13 room.

[tricksterpup]

I'd imagine it's more like where do they find the space for t-pup.

I do have my own room, share it with my girl but we do have a snake and a bearded dragon in the room with us as well.
This is ishi, he shares our room.
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j82/iguanajim/ishi3.jpg

[Michael P]

They're also bringing back "Angel" and "Forever Knight" too.

And in the same show!

[Ray R.]

Ray I have atleast
55 snakes
50 lizards (counting the babies)
3 turtles
4 toads
1 frog

I actually do reptile shows for free for the boy and cub scouts.

Wow. That is fucking too cool. My kids, particularly my daughter, would be beside themselves to see that.

[Michael P]

I'd imagine it's more like where do they find the space for t-pup.

What, are you kidding? He's emergency rations.

[Stellar]

How many times you been bitten, T-pup?

[Jared_Humpherys]

What, are you kidding? He's emergency rations.

That's cold-blooded, dude.

[jessecuster3]

The simplest answer is just to ignore it, except for when it affords the opportunity to get a rise out of Jesse.

Ummm, ok!


It's on my queue. I haven't seen it yet. May have to move it up since you mentioned it.

My next four movies to watch are:

Wild Bunch
Ride the Wild Country
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 version)
Touch of Evil

Mini-reviews to follow.


In my SciFi film class we spent most of the year on the '50's stuff, I really loved how political they got in genre films back then. Invasion is great for not only the Commie nightmare, but the Mccarthyism is really fantastic, as well.

[tricksterpup]

How many times you been bitten, T-pup?

Once
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j82/iguanajim/firstbite.jpg

And by this guy.
A rosy Boa. Native to South West US.

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j82/iguanajim/hetmetmaleoutside.jpg

[Athena Bast]

In my SciFi film class we spent most of the year on the '50's stuff, I really loved how political they got in genre films back then. Invasion is great for not only the Commie nightmare, but the Mccarthyism is really fantastic, as well.

I love "The Day The Earth Stood Still"

[Jared_Humpherys]

I just had a lunch consisting of Pepto Bismol and Powerade.

Lousy intestinal problems...

[Slam_Bradley]

It looks like I'm going to be challenging the constitutionality of Idaho's "Intimidating a Witness" statute.

[jessecuster3]

I love "The Day The Earth Stood Still"

Soooo great!

[Athena Bast]

It looks like I'm going to be challenging the constitutionality of Idaho's "Intimidating a Witness" statute. Slam's getting all lawyery on us.

[Stellar]

Once
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j82/iguanajim/firstbite.jpg

And by this guy.
A rosy Boa. Native to South West US.

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j82/iguanajim/hetmetmaleoutside.jpg

Mothaf... Well it's pretty amazing you own 55 snakes and only been bitten once.

[Athena Bast]

Soooo great!

Klaatu Verata Ni...*mpshrm* ;)

[Thorlief]

I'm getting tired of people dissing worldwide recognized masterpieces behind the excuse of "Well, it's my opinion, you can't do nothing against it"

irritating, to say the very least

[Slam_Bradley]

I'm getting tired of people dissing worldwide recognized masterpieces behind the excuse of "Well, it's my opinion, you can't do nothing against it"

irritating, to say the very least


It's my opinion that it isn't irritating.

[Ray R.]

It looks like I'm going to be challenging the constitutionality of Idaho's "Intimidating a Witness" statute.

Explain. Through practice or briefing? I'm assuming by practice.

[Forefinger]

I will definitely pick up the TPB due to the buzz here on CBR. Sounds like it's an event book done right.

I'm not collecting any books that it's crossed over with, so I just picked up the main one. It's great. Big suprizes all over the place.

[Thorlief]

It's my opinion that it isn't irritating.

arrrrrrrarrrr

but at least you're not dissing Kubrick;)

[Forefinger]

It's my opinion that it isn't irritating.

My opinion is the one that's right.

[Paul McEnery]

Ummm, ok!
.

You can't seriously think any of us have bothered to form critical opinions of Transformers or Oasis.

We just pretend.

Then we have a clambake and laugh at you behind your back.

HA HA!

Yes.

[Athena Bast]

arrrrrrrarrrr

but at least you're not dissing Kubrick;)

I've had other women get irate with me because I don't find Brad Pitt attractive.

[Ray R.]

I'm getting tired of people dissing worldwide recognized masterpieces behind the excuse of "Well, it's my opinion, you can't do nothing against it"

irritating, to say the very least

Well, the grammar is irritating, at the very least.

And the term "world-wide recognized masterpiece" is relative. It doesn't make the underlying art immune or impervious to criticism, particularly informed, comparative and reasoned criticism. Saying "Because I said so" is not a valid form of critique. It usually doesn't fly here on the Comm board (or the Classics board and other boards for that matter).

[Paul McEnery]

My opinion is the one that's right.

I think we can safely say this is not a matter of opinion.

[Ray R.]

arrrrrrrarrrr

but at least you're not dissing Kubrick;)

Should we discuss "Eyes Wide Shut?" You won't be happy.

[Paul McEnery]

I've had other women get irate with me because I don't find Brad Pitt attractive.

Why?

That's one less woman in the way.

[Forefinger]

"If you don't like what I like, you are a big poo poo head."

[Ray R.]

"If you don't like what I like, you are a big poo poo head."

My three-year old son uses that with devastating effect. I usually concede the argument and fetch juice.

[Thorlief]

I've had other women get irate with me because I don't find Brad Pitt attractive.

there's a difference. While you don't find him attractive you wouldnt certainly say he's ugly.

or would you?

and how's my grammar irritating? In my opinion it's not

[Paul McEnery]

Should we discuss "Eyes Wide Shut?" You won't be happy.

Nicole Kidman is pretty.

I like her nipples.

[Paul McEnery]

there's a difference. While you don't find him attractive you wouldnt certainly say he's ugly.

or would you?

and how's my grammar irritating? In my opinion it's not

In my opinion, it's not.

[Forefinger]

My three-year old son uses that with devastating effect. I usually concede the argument and fetch juice.

What good would it be to try using logic on a three-year old. It's the same thing I go through with the inmates that I work with. I usually solve the problem by taking their juice away from them though, or making sure they dont' get it in the first place. I'm sure they think I'm a big poo poo head, though none have called me that yet.


It's also refreshing to see that your 3 year-old son has already grasped the concepts that many CBR posters live by.

[Ray R.]

and how's my grammar irritating? In my opinion it's not

"Well, it's my opinion, you can't do nothing against it"

[Athena Bast]

Why?

That's one less woman in the way.

I've come to somewhat of a conclusion that the validity of opinions increases with the number of people who share in that. The less women who believe he's attractive he turns into not being attractive and those who believe he is throw hissy fits because daddy or mommy told them they are always right.

[Stellar]

I've had other women get irate with me because I don't find Brad Pitt attractive.

Ah yes, the infamous 'thena trait.

Should we discuss "Eyes Wide Shut?" You won't be happy.

Well he didn't have that big a hand in the final result.