JonCole Posted August 6, 2014 So, Jeff Goldblum attended a friend of his fiancee's wedding and helped them take this photo: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted August 6, 2014 Shazam, motherfucker! Wow, that... is one of the stupidest things I've ever seen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Merus Posted August 6, 2014 Assumptions are dangerous, but I think what Merus might be saying is that the police where ever he is located do not generally publicly endorse politicians? Correct; no-one publicly endorses politicians, and the creeping influence of third-party ads is seen as a major threat to democracy here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tegan Posted August 6, 2014 Wow, that... is one of the stupidest things I've ever seen. I love that fight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted August 6, 2014 I'm sorry. ):I mean the fight's okay, but the reason it exists is stupid, and then of course there's the usual "let's just ignore the fact that we're killing hundreds of people", etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tegan Posted August 6, 2014 The neighbourhood is a planned community built by Lex Luthor that Superman was attending the opening ceremony for, and Lex was specifically counting on Superman to flip out and smash everything to create a PR nightmare. It's the only fight in the series with such extensive property damage, and they came up with the perfect reasoning behind it. Superman's whole deal in the DCAU is pretty much that he doesn't want any Man of Steel style fights, as exemplified by his speech to Darkseid in the Justice League Unlimited finale: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted August 6, 2014 Fair enough on that front. Doesn't make it any less stupid! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brannigan Posted August 6, 2014 Shazam, motherfucker! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SecretAsianMan Posted August 6, 2014 That fight is amusing to me because Luthor's plan depends entirely on Superman being a dick which he is more than willing to oblige. Also magic underground lightning. I think a much dumber version of that fight exists in the movie Superman/Batman: Public Enemies. Marvel says to Superman "You've never been very good against magic. And magic is what I'm all about" and then they punch each other for a few minutes until Superman switches places with Batman who was fighting Hawkman. Batman then shoots down Marvel with a glove mounted rocket. And that's not even the dumbest part. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted August 6, 2014 Whenever the internet fails to deliver a thing that I know for a fact people besides me want, I become irrationally angry. Right now I want the world to burn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brannigan Posted August 6, 2014 Terminator Genisys. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Professor Video Games Posted August 6, 2014 Tirmynator Genisys Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blambo Posted August 10, 2014 Watching this rendition of Rigoletto, it's interesting to see the work treated as musical performance over theatrical performance, with minimal set and costume design, where everything is sort of abstracted to "white suited guys are main characters, Rigoletto is in black with weird joker makeup". I've not seen many operas at all so I don't know if this is a common thing (or even a noteworthy one). It kind of reminded me of that discussion in thumbs about how pro quake III players made all player models just the untextured red or blue figures so you can focus on the dynamics of the actors in the scene. I wonder if this is a thing anywhere else in some other analogous form. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dibs Posted August 11, 2014 Our programming intern failed his maths module in college. While telling us what topics the course covered, we discovered he doesn't know the word arithmetic. We are still unsure why he took a maths elective. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eot Posted August 11, 2014 Our programming intern failed his maths module in college. While telling us what topics the course covered, we discovered he doesn't know the word arithmetic. We are still unsure why he took a maths elective. If he can get a programming job then there's hope for all of us. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmuerte Posted August 11, 2014 Programming is not difficult developing software is. Just like writing text is easy compared to writing a novel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ucantalas Posted August 12, 2014 I just checked the mail and saw I had a catalogue from Ikea. I got excited about it. I feel old. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apelsin Posted August 12, 2014 One of us! One of us! One of us! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JonCole Posted August 12, 2014 I've been horribly annoyed lately with the use of the word "selfie" in place of portrait. I don't see it all the time, but I have seen it crop up more and more. I'll see an artist I enjoy post something on Tumblr of them "drawing a selfie of [character]" and it's just a portrait, no implication that the image was "captured" by the "subject". Or I'll often see on Instagram people showing off a "selfie" that was clearly taken either by someone else or by the phone mounted on a Gorillapod or something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SecretAsianMan Posted August 12, 2014 I suppose a mounted camera could be used to take a selfie, but it would seem to violate the spirit of it as a casual or spur of the moment thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeusthecat Posted August 12, 2014 I've been horribly annoyed lately with the use of the word "selfie" in place of portrait. I don't see it all the time, but I have seen it crop up more and more. I'll see an artist I enjoy post something on Tumblr of them "drawing a selfie of [character]" and it's just a portrait, no implication that the image was "captured" by the "subject". Or I'll often see on Instagram people showing off a "selfie" that was clearly taken either by someone else or by the phone mounted on a Gorillapod or something. Do what I did. Convince yourself that "selfie" is just a new euphemism for poop. In other news, Kim Kardashian is going to publish a book of her selfies. I guess Kanye West was so impressed by the quality of her selfies that she now wants to share them with the rest of the world. I'll stop now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dibs Posted August 12, 2014 Zeus spent his first month on this forum talking about his selfies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brannigan Posted August 12, 2014 Zeus spent his first month on this forum talking about his selfies. He stopped? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites