ThunderPeel2001

It's a live kitten in the box.

Wow, that's pretty cool stuff. There were some weird parties being created at that time, like the "Know Nothing" party (who, according to Shittypedia) were terrified of Catholics. Sounds like a very interesting book.

That was hilarious. Can't believe you managed to heli-jack me a second time.

I will be getting to de choppar!!! (I'll be there! )

Interesting stuff. What have you learned so far?

Interesting! So is it visible on the new remastered DVD (the widescreen one)?

Ah yes! I just watched the Dr Horrible DVD. The musical commentary is as equally as good as the main feature. Definitely worth picking up, and the ending isn't as depressing as I'd remembered, either. You will not school me in BTTF lore! Although, you just have. Didn't the rules change in the sequels? I seem to remember Jennifer remembering the 'You're Fired' bit. It's actually kind of sad that only Marty can remember what happened. His entire life erased except for him. They should have made the second movie a depressing tale of him coming to terms with it.

I think that's a bit pessimistic, I think he loved that show so much that he would have worked incredibly hard to make it work. The story in Serenity was supposed to be unveiled over Season 2 of the show, and it was a damn fine story. Also, some of the best episodes were written by other writers. *sigh* In another universe, things all worked out. Since then, I'm not sure what he's done. Serenity rocked. He wrote Astonishing X-Men, which I haven't read but is supposed to be excellent. He's done Buffy Season 8, which I'm enjoying immensely. He also did Dollhouse, which I've yet to see, but which was fucked around with by Fox (the original pilot was very, very different, apparently). Is there really a reason for people to lose faith? I don't know, but I wish he had another hit movie/TV show.

Lol. This should be in the "No life" thread.

It's the thought that counts! Happy B'Day Hermie!

The Firefly test

I have a friend who worked on it, and all the stories of "it was SO much fun" are absolutely 100% true. Everyone was truly gutted when the show was cancelled, even the crew. Thank god we got the movie... Dan, my ex and I fell in love with it the first time around at the same time. Not sure if you've had previous experiences, but Firefly is definitely a show that she can love, too. (Heck, even my ex's parents loved the show -- and her Dad hated any American TV show as a rule.) mKYFNsnO-tc

FIREFLY IS FUCKING AWESOME. Sorry, just had to say that. I just re-watched the whole series, then the movie, and fell in love all over again. Man, I want to spend more time in that world. When are BioWare going to buy the license and make it happen, already? Time to buy this.

Well then... Let's hug it out, you big lug.

Ah, I think they just edited it for the video -- they cut two lines: Elaine: You do turn up in the strangest places. Guybrush: Er, hi Elaine. Do you think you could help me out?

They weren't hoping that he'd impregnate her... because he already had. John Connor did exist in the future and his father was Reese. They didn't "plan" it, it wasn't a conscious thing, it was fated. I.e. Everything had already happened. Yes, the above is a paradox, but I'm not sure it's possible to have any time travel stories that don't feature paradoxes, but at least the Terminator's is a subtle one: A time travelling man, has sex with a woman and impregnates her. Is such a thing possible? Well, no, not really; the future the time-travelling man came from isn't the same future he leaves behind: There's an extra person in it. But if you can accept that the above could be possible, then I guess the Terminator is ok when it comes to paradoxes (provided you ignore the idea that it may have been John Connor's idea to send him back -- that opens a bigger can of worms). (Actually, I suppose if you view time as a bunch of events that are always happening, and we're just experiencing them linearly, then it isn't a paradox -- is that right?) Back to the Future, for example, has much more problems, because he went back in time and changed history -- and then jumped forward again: If he went back in time and changed history, then he wouldn't have any memory of the old history and quite possibly therefore wouldn't have gone back in time... which meant he wouldn't have gone back in time, and so therefore didn't change history (etc.). In BTTF they skate past this problem with a wink and a nudge: Marty and Doc can remember the "old" past, but they never answer if they can remember the "new" past. Terminator 2 has similar problems. The best you can do with a time travel story is to say that the "altered" version of events is what always had happened. The Terminator does try to do this.

Someone on Mojo made the observation that his "zombie-fied" look makes you imagine a harsher/scratchier sounding voice, than the a smooth, booming one, but I do love Boen's voice.

Jeez, you know it's sad. Why must you get so emotional about this particular title? Why do you care if I say, "LucasArts is heaping pile of dung, and their remakes aren't good enough for me to vomit on?". I don't actually believe those things, but why would you take it personally if I did? We used to get on fine, and I respect you a great deal, but now there's this new this subtext to your messages, and it just, well, makes me sad. The fact that you know precisely what I'm referring to here (you posted a message about it on Mojo an hour before you posted this message), but instead try and draw it out on here...? Why? In an attempt to turn it into an argument? What happened, Kroms? Where's the love gone? Can't we just agree to disagree?

Gotta say I'm pretty excited... I wish they'd hurry and give us a release date!

Haha! That cracked me up... It's probably very true. Lazy bastards Well, I saw that as happening months later, but I know what you mean. I would argue that it doesn't presume realism any more than certain episodes of South Park do, though. Yes, I'd say that the world of Kick Ass is THAT out there.

This is actually a cause for some contention, for some odd reason, but the fact of the matter is that The Shining was shot for widescreen, with an eye on the open matte for TV showings. Some people have bizarrely argued that The Shining (and most of Kubrick's films) were composed for 4:3, but it all stems from a misunderstanding: For home viewing, Kubrick hated black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. That was all, but he said it at a time when everyone had 4:3 TVs. The DPs he worked with composed their films for theatrical (e.g widescreen) viewings and tried to make sure that shadows and dolly tracks weren't in the open matte frame. And for anyone who cares to argue (and many people continue to do so), here's Kubrick's own notes to his cinematographer on The Shining. To quote: "The frame is exactly 1.85:1 (widescreen) -- Obviously you compose for that"

Well, I've said it before and I'll say it again: Kick Ass was just an episode of South Park. Would you complain about "kicking the baby" in South Park? Would you care that (almost) every episode has a joke about a child being horribly mutilated and killed (Kenny)? Nope. It's a silly, OTT cartoon. Kick Ass is the same. Which isn't to say that some of your points weren't valid, Rodi -- but they messed the film up by trying to get "Big Daddy" to justify his actions. That was horribly wrong, if you ask me. The world of Kick Ass is stupid, retarded and utterly fictional. Trying to make it "realistic" defeats the purpose, and also mocks the reality of violence (and other twisted things that happen in the film). Interestingly, in the original comic Millar is a pretty goddamned awful writer, in my books, but his world at least keeps moving forward at a decent pace, deliberately having fun with the OTT violence, and without patronizing the audience with "this is bad" messages. The film managed to do the same, I think.

Absolutely. It's interesting that they changed the script, too. Xb1kh3eOnzk

The one I linked to on the last page? It's very good, isn't it? (Although Page 1 is the best to start, I think.) Just depends on what it was shot on (ie. Super 35). Just because you can "see more" doesn't mean it looks better, obviously. How an image is cropped is a large part of its aesthetic. (Which is why anyone who complained about BioShock's widescreen was an uninformed so-and-so, *sigh*, I digress.)

Reality wins.