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Also no one is talking about the times he laughs at what Watson is saying. No polite chuckles he gut laughs at one point.John Greg wrote:
Presumptions and self-confirmation bias built up with creative description and some form of semi-magical thinking, with a smidge of possible truth.
Making such judgement calls on a video is, except under exceptionally clear and obvious instances, ludicrous. Far too many circumstantial unknowns and interpretative variables.
It pleases me to no end on those rare occasions when money and power can't strongarm the truth.Cnutella wrote:I like how Zoe fails to mention that she had a legal team from WilmerHale in her corner ($750 per hour), whereas EronG had lawyers working pro-bono (albeit with some funding from KiA).
I rewatched Prometheus a couple of nights ago. Once again, I enjoyed the music, the visuals, the design. And once again, I was yelling at the screen about the sheer stupidity of the characters. At every turn, they make the worst possible decisions.Shatterface wrote:Why draw attention to her excessive powers if they aren't going to be addressed? Why raise the question of what happened to her parents if that isn't significant?
And no, Empire didn't have a standalone story. It ends with a cliffhanger concerning Han's fate, questions about whether Vader is really Luke's father and who the 'other' is that Yoda refers to.
The problem with Prometheus isn't that it leaves questions unanswered, it's that it answers the mysteries of Alien in a massively disappointing way.
That might just be because it could be dangerous.Matt Cavanaugh wrote:Major disappointment.Shatterface wrote: The problem with Prometheus isn't that it leaves questions unanswered, it's that it answers the mysteries of Alien in a massively disappointing way.
But the one question I left with was -- You have this spaceship that you can fly wherever you like, all the way to some alien planet, so how come you park half a mile away from the giant alien structure you want to explore, then ride dune buggies to it?
FATALITYThe Yeti wrote:Greta Christina shows that she is truly one of the intellectual giants of atheism:
http://i.imgur.com/7gq1mxG.jpg
http://archive.is/eQAqw
Fassbender was terrific. There's some wonderful details but the overall story makes no sense.dogen wrote:I rewatched Prometheus a couple of nights ago. Once again, I enjoyed the music, the visuals, the design. And once again, I was yelling at the screen about the sheer stupidity of the characters. At every turn, they make the worst possible decisions.Shatterface wrote:Why draw attention to her excessive powers if they aren't going to be addressed? Why raise the question of what happened to her parents if that isn't significant?
And no, Empire didn't have a standalone story. It ends with a cliffhanger concerning Han's fate, questions about whether Vader is really Luke's father and who the 'other' is that Yoda refers to.
The problem with Prometheus isn't that it leaves questions unanswered, it's that it answers the mysteries of Alien in a massively disappointing way.
That's the real issue with Prometheus, above and beyond the plot holes.
I prefer to leave Australian summers for European winters. Less crowds, better weather.[/quote]Keating wrote:Summer. Europe. Winter in Austalia. Prime time for a 'European vacation'
Those injuries might make him tougher in the sequels. Vader and Luke were more powerful post-cybernetics.comhcinc wrote:They are setting up a sequel. In fact they are setting up two sequel and about 7 spin off movies. TFA has a normal 3 part beat but it is also more concerned with being beat one of the larger story. These movies were guaranteed from the start. They were never not going to get made.
I am not going to talk of your characterization of Rey because outside of the writer stating it, whether she is a Mary Sue is just an opinion and valid as any think else. It's the Kylo Ren part where you are really really off.
First off Kylo Ren is not a trained Sith Lord. A Sith Lord is not just a Jedi that becomes evil. Secondly Kylo Ren was not even a Jedi. He came under the influence of Snoke while training. He is has an awesome amount of force control but it's mostly raw talent. He is an immature child. The movie goes out of it's way to show you that. He has a position of power despite this and that is made clear how upsetting that is to the people around him.
As for the final battle. Kylo Ren was shot by Chewy. The movie made a point to let us know how powerful that stupid laser crossbow is of his and Ren gets a solid hit right in his side. There would be loss of blood plus I am sure at least his kidney is fucked. His core muscles are going to be fucked too. So even if he had great fighting skills, and the movie never said he did, he is a supreme disadvantage by the time he meets Rey in battle.
I can relate to that.Shatterface wrote:
Those injuries might make him tougher in the sequels. Vader and Luke were more powerful post-cybernetics.
The Force works in mysterious ways. :Djet_lagg wrote:I'm not buying it. It's the same reasoning that was rolled out for Prometheus when everyone complained it made no sense. "They're setting up the sequel." I say that's shit, and that it's not only possible but necessary for a good film to be self-contained while establishing itself in a larger story. Empire had clear arcs and a standalone story. You can watch that movie not knowing there were any other Star Wars films and it would still be fantastic. But setting aside that line of thought, I'd still think Rey being a complete Mary Sue was bad even if they had clearly explained why she was so powerful, simply because characters without any serious obstacle to overcome aren't very interesting.Shatterface wrote:Rey's powers are set up as a mystery, they're not just thrown in because Abrams has forgotten she's not been trained yet. That's why the film directly refers to her skills being well beyond what we'd expect.
There's a mystery about her parents that has also been set up. Maybe she's Luke's daughter: that would make her a third generation Jedi.
This is the first in a projected series. It's not Star Wars where everything is answered, it's Empire where it's seeding mysteries to be answered in future movies.
What's that saying about repeating an action hoping for a different result? :Ddogen wrote:I rewatched Prometheus a couple of nights ago. [snip]
The Yeti wrote:Greta Christina shows that she is truly one of the intellectual giants of atheism:
http://i.imgur.com/7gq1mxG.jpg
http://archive.is/eQAqw
You don't like Memento?!?Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:I've never seen Prometheus.
But now you tell me Guy Pierce was in it? I can't stand the fucker! He looks like a failed porn actor. The only movie where I found him fitting was The King's Speech, because he played whinny, nazi-loving David (Edward VIII), which suits him well.
I'm not even going to give this movie a chance.
Her blog must be really quiet. Two days later and no one has told her she's been trolled. Congrats to the shitlord who did it.The Yeti wrote:Greta Christina shows that she is truly one of the intellectual giants of atheism:
http://i.imgur.com/7gq1mxG.jpg
http://archive.is/eQAqw
What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:I can relate to that.Shatterface wrote:
Those injuries might make him tougher in the sequels. Vader and Luke were more powerful post-cybernetics.
:bjarte:
Prometheus was a massive disappointment. Just a giant, big nothing. But at least it gave us a great running gag.Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:I've never seen Prometheus.
But now you tell me Guy Pierce was in it? I can't stand the fucker! He looks like a failed porn actor. The only movie where I found him fitting was The King's Speech, because he played whinny, nazi-loving David (Edward VIII), which suits him well.
I'm not even going to give this movie a chance.
I like the movie, but somehow I hate the actor. It's just one of those things.Shatterface wrote:You don't like Memento?!?Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:I've never seen Prometheus.
But now you tell me Guy Pierce was in it? I can't stand the fucker! He looks like a failed porn actor. The only movie where I found him fitting was The King's Speech, because he played whinny, nazi-loving David (Edward VIII), which suits him well.
I'm not even going to give this movie a chance.
I thought that was pretty obvious from the start. Now, if she's Luke's daughter, who's the mommy?Shatterface wrote:I don't want to completely nerd up the forum but my reasoning about Rey being a Skywalker is that the whole saga has been about one family: Annakin, Padme, Luke, Leia, Han (by marriage) and Ren.
It would be odd if Rey is from an entirely seperate line.
They tend to fall back on libertarian arguments that only state censorship is real censorship.Kirbmarc wrote:I'm getting really sick of people who argue that "no platforming" is "criticism" and it isn't censorship, or blackballing, because "you have other avenues to talk".
I guess that the Hollywood blacklist wasn't that bad, either, because the "Communist sympathizers" could always work in jobs which weren't related to the movie industry. Or work and don't get any credit for it. Why were they complaining about it again, were they so thin-skinned?
Ah, free work! Just my area of expertise.Guest_43bec682 wrote:Hi All,
With Lsuoma's permission, I'm posting this anonymously. I was wondering if you could help?
I've written a track called "Social Justice Warriors" which is in the vein of those 1980stoy advertscartoons (most notably 'Defenders of the Earth'). I was wondering if anyone felt like contributing some lyrics to the verses? I was hoping the verses could reference some notable SJW people/stereotypes/behaviours - anything really, as long as it ties in to the main theme of the song, along the lines of the chorus:
Social Justice Warriors
Fighting hard for the things that should worry us
Social Justice Warriors
Fighting crimes they've invented in their minds
If you could suggest some words for the other parts of the song that'd be great. If I do decide to use your lyrics you will be welcome to a co-credit on the song, or you can remain anonymous if you prefer - I'll PM you further down the line if needs be.
Thanks in advance!
Well, there you have it. Ren. Ren is the Skywalker link. If Abrams were not clearly chugging the feminist kool-aid, in the sequel he would put more attention on Ren. Rey should just be a red herring.Shatterface wrote:I don't want to completely nerd up the forum but my reasoning about Rey being a Skywalker is that the whole saga has been about one family: Annakin, Padme, Luke, Leia, Han (by marriage) and Ren.
It would be odd if Rey is from an entirely seperate line.
I can relate to that, though not with Guy Pierce. I like him, though I also think your description of him as a failed porn actor is great.I like the movie, but somehow I hate the actor. It's just one of those things.
Exactly, and I've said as much before.Shatterface wrote:They tend to fall back on libertarian arguments that only state censorship is real censorship.Kirbmarc wrote:I'm getting really sick of people who argue that "no platforming" is "criticism" and it isn't censorship, or blackballing, because "you have other avenues to talk".
I guess that the Hollywood blacklist wasn't that bad, either, because the "Communist sympathizers" could always work in jobs which weren't related to the movie industry. Or work and don't get any credit for it. Why were they complaining about it again, were they so thin-skinned?
Leia. She was the only woman in the Star Wars universe of child-baring age.Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:I thought that was pretty obvious from the start. Now, if she's Luke's daughter, who's the mommy?Shatterface wrote:I don't want to completely nerd up the forum but my reasoning about Rey being a Skywalker is that the whole saga has been about one family: Annakin, Padme, Luke, Leia, Han (by marriage) and Ren.
It would be odd if Rey is from an entirely seperate line.
I failed to find samples of the commercials, but are they anything like the 80s cartoon intro? I think I could come up with a verse or two.Guest_43bec682 wrote:...
I've written a track called "Social Justice Warriors" which is in the vein of those 1980stoy advertscartoons (most notably 'Defenders of the Earth'). I was wondering if anyone felt like contributing some lyrics to the verses? I was hoping the verses could reference some notable SJW people/stereotypes/behaviours - anything really, as long as it ties in to the main theme of the song, along the lines of the chorus:
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I thought Pierce was great in Jack Irish. I don't know why that series isn't better known.John Greg wrote:Phil said:
I can relate to that, though not with Guy Pierce. I like him, though I also think your description of him as a failed porn actor is great.I like the movie, but somehow I hate the actor. It's just one of those things.
One of the actors I just cannot stomach, and there is no rational reason for that, is Audrey Tautou. There is a male one too, though at the moment I can't remember who it is.
Sorry, but no Trans or LGBQWERTY ones come to mind.
My current understanding is there were two cases, one about a restraining order she got against gjoni that kept him from speaking about her and another was a criminal case she had persuaded a DA to make about criminal harassment.deLurch wrote:I thought that she had withdrawn her court case in regards to the restraining order a long time ago. However Enron & his lawyers were opting to proceed forward in an effort to set a precedent for the future.rayshul wrote:I don't know if anyone else follows #gamergate, but #gamergate's RW has just withdrawn her court case.
In other words, she tried to walk away from the court fight she started, but Enron isn't going to let her get away with it.
Is it because his face moves like it's controlled via pulleys and nylon cables from across the room?Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:I like the movie, but somehow I hate the actor. It's just one of those things.Shatterface wrote:You don't like Memento?!?Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:I've never seen Prometheus.
But now you tell me Guy Pierce was in it? I can't stand the fucker! He looks like a failed porn actor. The only movie where I found him fitting was The King's Speech, because he played whinny, nazi-loving David (Edward VIII), which suits him well.
I'm not even going to give this movie a chance.
Well, there you have it. Ren. Ren is the Skywalker link. If Abrams were not clearly chugging the feminist kool-aid, in the sequel he would put more attention on Ren. Rey should just be a red herring.Pitchguest wrote:It would be odd if Rey is from an entirely seperate line.
You don't deserve that "best post evah". You disgust me.Shatterface wrote:Quote fail.
There wouldn't be enough fainting couches in the world to accomodate it.Suet Cardigan wrote: A part of me really wishes that Richard Dawkins would tweet something like this.
Hot diggety! Thank you! :dance: :banana-dreads: :flags-canada: Ever onward and upward! :-)Scented Nectar wrote:Yep. :)Steersman wrote:<snip>AndrewV69 wrote:@Steers,
Dunno how true this is but the Daily Caller reports Refugees Go Clubbing In Russia, Harass Girls, Wake Up In Hospital The Next Morning ....
Veddy interesteenk. By the look of it, couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch of fellows. Though I don't really like to see that type of thing as it reminds me of reading of the pitched street battles between the Communists and the Brownshirts in pre-war Germany. But if our glorious leaders insist on imposing policies that create more problems than they solve then we and they shouldn't be surprised if those who are pushed to the wall wind up going to Plan B. Which reminds me of a YouTube video - one of many - of some Britain First protesters in conflict with some Muslims:
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Kind of uncomfortable to see the Christian symbols front and center as many of them are, arguably, as bad as many Muslims, but it's also hard not to see them as the point the spear, the thin edge of the wedge opening the door to some necessary conversations - so to speak. Happened to be searching for stuff here the other night and saw a conversation or two between you, Kirbmarc, and Korban, probably just after the Paris attacks. And you had said something to the effect that it was likely to get much worse before it gets better which certainly seems a plausible argument - at least unless more Muslims repudiate Islam, or we read the Riot Act to them, or we ban the religion and their further immigration. As I think the chances of the first are somewheres between slim and none - as suggested by this Facebook page of an American Muslim woman - the latter two seem the best bets; seems like Angola has the right idea there:
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Maybe I'll run on that idea in the next election - I should have at least one vote from Scented Nectar. ;-)
Indeed. Some here, particularly those who make questionable claims to being skeptics, might want to take a close look at one of Nugent's fairly recent posts: Is Islam a religion of peace? It is an integrated religious, political and judicial ideology of social governance imposed by force. Interestingly, there seems to be some further debate on the question over there, maybe even in their Parliament - at least according to this tweet from Ashling O'Brien. I suggested the "Angolan" solution to her but it apparently hasn't found much favour (yet):Scented Nectar wrote:Islam is a hate group. They promote actual violence, actual misogyny, and religious bigotry. There are very good grounds for banning it. Angola has sort of the right idea, although for the wrong reasons. They are a theocracy too, just a milder christian one instead of an islamic one.
:-) Definitely, particularly as I'm more of less of the same view. While I think there are some "problematic" aspects to its legalization, seems the cure is worse than the disease - like with alcohol which can ruin lives and which contributes to the mayhem on our highways but, maybe arguably, Prohibition was worse. But I'm seriously concerned about that boy (always talking, never listening) - think someone needs to get his attention, maybe with a 2x4 up alongside his ears - figuratively speaking of course, and show him the error of his ways. Or the Liberals are going to be wandering in the wilderness for the next 40 years after his time in office. Case in point being his views on ISIS:Scented Nectar wrote:But before I vote for you, and since our Mr Trudeau Jr has chickened out of legalizing pot with a mysterious "they won't let me" (some treaty from the 70s or something), I need to ask. Will you legalize it when you're PM?*
* Not that I smoke the stuff myself, of course. I'm not going to try it until it's legal. :shifty:
That's funny. I heard they shot a guy last week. Apparently one dead isn't a high enough bodycount.Content Note: White supremacy] Cliven Bundy is under arrest and the "remaining occupiers of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge were expected to surrender Thursday morning on the 41st day of the standoff." Insert all the contempt on the planet here for the evident racist double-standard that affords white seditionists a peaceful surrender. Fuck.
Add in that the engineer put DNA which then evolved over millions of years into a shape that was (virtually?) the same or similar to the original DNA. Completely shits on evolution and makes no sense at all. The DNA of this species becomes bacterial cells, then on through the ages until it finally comes full circle (or close to it, I've tried to forget that movie, so I may be wrong on this).Shatterface wrote:That might just be because it could be dangerous.Matt Cavanaugh wrote:Major disappointment.Shatterface wrote: The problem with Prometheus isn't that it leaves questions unanswered, it's that it answers the mysteries of Alien in a massively disappointing way.
But the one question I left with was -- You have this spaceship that you can fly wherever you like, all the way to some alien planet, so how come you park half a mile away from the giant alien structure you want to explore, then ride dune buggies to it?
My problems were:
What the fuck did the prologue mean? It looked like the Engineer was introducing his DNA to a lifeless planet which I presumed was Earth. But that would have been billions of years ago while the derelict seems to be a few thousand years old.
That Eric Von Danikem shit with the cave paintings. From that they determined the location of this Engineer outpost? Why would they tell primative humans they had a base there? (The proto-Indo-European stuff made little sense either but at least they addressed the language issue)
Then there was the massive disappointment that the space jockeys were humanoid.
I hated tose retards who managed to get themselves lost and contaminated by alien tech.
The heroine having an alien abortion, stapling herself back together and still managing to carry out action scenes Jet Li might have struggled with.
The idiocy of rnning from a rolling spaceship instead of stepping to one side.
The pointless casting of a young actor as an old man.*
All this was more damaging than any unanswered questions about the origin of Engineers.
*I did think Guy Pierce might be rejuvenated which might have made the casting sensible; if he returns in the sequel as a younger clone that would make the casting make sense too.
DaveDodo007 wrote:Ho fuck, the pit talking about Star Wars, please ffblogs, SJW or feminists do something retarded please.
His specialty seems to be characters that are keeping it together on the surface, but are actually wound way too tight. So the pulleys and cables effect kind of works. I'm probably biased towards him because he's been in two of my favorite Memento and LA Confidential. He was also pretty good in HBO's adaptation of Mildred Pierce.dinkum wrote:Is it because his face moves like it's controlled via pulleys and nylon cables from across the room?Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:I like the movie, but somehow I hate the actor. It's just one of those things.Shatterface wrote: You don't like Memento?!?
Yes, but are gravity waves actually useful for anything? Can they operate machinery? Are they nice to look at? You know, if I was running the universe, I wouldn't bother with gwavity waves - no, eewww. It's would have been tits, day one!Shatterface wrote:Ok, but we are still talking Star Wars/Prometheus trivia on the day it was announced WE OBSERVED GRAVITY WAVES FROM COLLIDING BLACK HOLES!!!
For the record, my mind is completely and ongoingly blown by the announcement. I feel as though I'm living in a different world. (I think having just watched Interstellar is contributing to this).Shatterface wrote:Ok, but we are still talking Star Wars/Prometheus trivia on the day it was announced WE OBSERVED GRAVITY WAVES FROM COLLIDING BLACK HOLES!!!
What am I missing on this story? Didn't we already think there must be some kind of gravity-wavy-thingy?dogen wrote:For the record, my mind is completely and ongoingly blown by the announcement. I feel as though I'm living in a different world. (I think having just watched Interstellar is contributing to this).Shatterface wrote:Ok, but we are still talking Star Wars/Prometheus trivia on the day it was announced WE OBSERVED GRAVITY WAVES FROM COLLIDING BLACK HOLES!!!
Some of the politicians DO behave as though they've been bought off or are being extorted. I almost hope so, since that would at least mean they aren't simply so stupid that they can't see the dangers of islam. It's good you mentioned "figuratively speaking" above, since they probably wouldn't let you read the Pit in jail! :?Steersman wrote::-) Definitely, particularly as I'm more of less of the same view. While I think there are some "problematic" aspects to its legalization, seems the cure is worse than the disease - like with alcohol which can ruin lives and which contributes to the mayhem on our highways but, maybe arguably, Prohibition was worse. But I'm seriously concerned about that boy (always talking, never listening) - think someone needs to get his attention, maybe with a 2x4 up alongside his ears - figuratively speaking of course, and show him the error of his ways. Or the Liberals are going to be wandering in the wilderness for the next 40 years after his time in office. Case in point being his views on ISIS: [.tweet][/tweet]Scented Nectar wrote:But before I vote for you, and since our Mr Trudeau Jr has chickened out of legalizing pot with a mysterious "they won't let me" (some treaty from the 70s or something), I need to ask. Will you legalize it when you're PM?*
* Not that I smoke the stuff myself, of course. I'm not going to try it until it's legal. :shifty:
It's good you called them on their emotional fallacy type wording, but I'm surprised they let your comment stay.In any case, and to round out my election platform, in case Trudeau waffles and repudiates further, I would also repeal the current anti-prostitution law - really a rather barbarous perspective which is, where the rubber meets the road or in principle at least, not much different from ISIS throwing gays off roof tops. For a point of reference, some here might be interested in my comment on The Seattle Times post on sex-trafficking. :-)
