The Refuge of the Toads

#3541

Oh, this can't end well...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movi ... /80227500/#

It's bad enough white people appropriate black culture, now they are trying to appropriate their fucking continent!

#3542

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.

Also no one is talking about the times he laughs at what Watson is saying. No polite chuckles he gut laughs at one point.

I am not saying that is proof of anything but if you are going to analysis his behavior you have to take those laughs into account too. To do otherwise is just data mining.

#3543

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).

It pleases me to no end on those rare occasions when money and power can't strongarm the truth.

#3544

Greta Christina shows that she is truly one of the intellectual giants of atheism:

http://i.imgur.com/7gq1mxG.jpg

http://archive.is/eQAqw

#3545

[youtube]tNk8c-nWM5Y[/youtube]

Som SugarTits for ya.

#3546

The Force Unleashed had a somewhat better, more interesting plot and characters than The Force Awakens. Shame it was made into a video game instead of a movie.

#3547

I just realized that if I block everyone on here I can basically turn this into my own virtual miniblog. Let's do this!

#3548

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.

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.

That's the real issue with Prometheus, above and beyond the plot holes.

#3549

Matt Cavanaugh wrote:
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.
Major disappointment.

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?

That might just be because it could be dangerous.

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.

#3550

FASCIST TITS!

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#3551

:cdc:

#3552

GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK!

#3553

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

FATALITY

#3554

dogen wrote:
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.
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.

That's the real issue with Prometheus, above and beyond the plot holes.

Fassbender was terrific. There's some wonderful details but the overall story makes no sense.

And while I like the score much of it is repeated. If you ever listen to Jerry Gildsmith's complete score for Alien you'll realise how much of that Scott fucked up in the re-editing.

#3555

Keating wrote:Summer. Europe. Winter in Austalia. Prime time for a 'European vacation'

I prefer to leave Australian summers for European winters. Less crowds, better weather.[/quote]

You're weird.

Greetings,
Denmark's Winter

#3556

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.

#3557

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.

Those injuries might make him tougher in the sequels. Vader and Luke were more powerful post-cybernetics.

#3558

Shatterface wrote:
Those injuries might make him tougher in the sequels. Vader and Luke were more powerful post-cybernetics.

I can relate to that.

:bjarte:

#3559

jet_lagg wrote:
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.
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.

The Force works in mysterious ways. :D

Besides, you don't know anything about Reys' history and she was certainly slamming the Falcon off the ground a few times while she was figuring out the controls. And, on top of that, judging from the dialogue she had with Solo about some previous owner screwing up the hyperdrive, it seems she has at least some previous knowledge of ships, and maybe of the Falcon herself.

Meh.....details, details. It is still a fun movie.

#3560

dogen wrote:I rewatched Prometheus a couple of nights ago. [snip]

What's that saying about repeating an action hoping for a different result? :D

#3561

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

I had to read that twice before I twigged. Nice trolling by whoever that was.

#3562

Paglia is voting Bernie... haha

http://www.salon.com/2016/02/11/sexism_ ... e_sanders/

#3563

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.

You don't like Memento?!?

#3564

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

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.

#3565

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.

#3566

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
Shatterface wrote:
Those injuries might make him tougher in the sequels. Vader and Luke were more powerful post-cybernetics.
I can relate to that.

:bjarte:

What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

#3567

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.

Prometheus was a massive disappointment. Just a giant, big nothing. But at least it gave us a great running gag.

http://cdn.meme.am/instances/62100875.jpg

#3568

Shatterface wrote:
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.
You don't like Memento?!?

I like the movie, but somehow I hate the actor. It's just one of those things.

#3569

I saw an episode of Girls where the guy who plays Ren came out with the line 'I'm going to cum on your dress and send you home to your parents like a dirty little girl'.

I really wish they'd let him use that line again in his light sabre duel with Rey.

#3570

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 thought that was pretty obvious from the start. Now, if she's Luke's daughter, who's the mommy?

Guest_43bec682 · #3571

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 1980s ~~toy adverts~~ cartoons (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!

#3572

I first saw the guy who plays Ren in Ex Machina. He wasn't as ugly or annoying in this movie as he was in TFA. Really, they went for the full blown Marylin Manson look there.

#3573

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?

They tend to fall back on libertarian arguments that only state censorship is real censorship.

#3574

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 1980s ~~toy adverts~~ cartoons (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!

Ah, free work! Just my area of expertise.

#3575

Ok, it wasn't Ren in Ex Machina. Whatever.

#3576

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.

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.

Besides, Rey was terribly written in Force Awakens. Terribly. So much so that I actually agreed with Max fucking Landis about her characterisation - a man who shaves only part of his head and has the voice of a dying chihuahua. If it turns out she's helming the entire trilogy (keeping on with her "I don't need no man" schtick), I am done.

#3577

Phil said:

I like the movie, but somehow I hate the actor. It's just one of those things.

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.

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.

#3578

Ho fuck, the pit talking about Star Wars, please ffblogs, SJW or feminists do something retarded please.

#3579

Shatterface wrote:
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?
They tend to fall back on libertarian arguments that only state censorship is real censorship.

Exactly, and I've said as much before.

The problem is you're not dealing with deep thinkers. The fact that many of them loathe libertarians almost instinctively yet use their arguments unknowingly attests to the fact that they've never given any serious thought to where their arguments come from. They'll often even recycle arguments from Christian conservatives who jointly claim that a secular nation with a majority Christian population is a "Christian" nation and that a despotic regime like Stalin's was "atheistic."

This is what happens when you construct your arguments ass-backward and aren't all that bright to begin with.

Mikey made a point in his video that while it seems ironic, the co-opting of skepticism by non-skeptics was not happenstance. It's always been populated with shallow thinkers who just want the skeptic cred without ever adopting the skeptic toolbox.

#3580

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
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 thought that was pretty obvious from the start. Now, if she's Luke's daughter, who's the mommy?

Leia. She was the only woman in the Star Wars universe of child-baring age.

Don't underestimate the Dark Side of the Force.

#3581

Star Wars really has to up the incest if they want to compete with Game of Thrones.

#3582

Guest_43bec682 wrote:...

I've written a track called "Social Justice Warriors" which is in the vein of those 1980s ~~toy adverts~~ cartoons (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:
...

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.

#3583

John Greg wrote:Phil said:

I like the movie, but somehow I hate the actor. It's just one of those things.
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.

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.

I thought Pierce was great in Jack Irish. I don't know why that series isn't better known.

Guest_0048cc29 · #3584

deLurch wrote:
rayshul wrote:I don't know if anyone else follows #gamergate, but #gamergate's RW has just withdrawn her court case.
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.

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.

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.

The court case is about the restraining order. She has already dropped the restraining order which would ordinarily moot the case but the appeals court was petitioned to keep it going forward because it was so important to free speech to hear it out.

(at some point she tried to reestablish the restraining order in a different state but that was denied)

I believe what was most recently dropped was the criminal harassment charges.

But I am no lawyer, so take that with all the salt Quinn provided in her statement.

#3585

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
Shatterface wrote:
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.
You don't like Memento?!?
I like the movie, but somehow I hate the actor. It's just one of those things.

Is it because his face moves like it's controlled via pulleys and nylon cables from across the room?

#3586

Pitchguest wrote:It would be odd if Rey is from an entirely seperate line.

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.

Besides, Rey was terribly written in Force Awakens. Terribly. So much so that I actually agreed with Max fucking Landis about her characterisation - a man who shaves only part of his head and has the voice of a dying chihuahua. If it turns out she's helming the entire trilogy (keeping on with her "I don't need no man" schtick), I am done.[/quote]

I really don't get this 'feminist kool-aid' shit.

The film has a strong female lead: that's it. That's all.

There's none of the 'patriarchy/rape culture/gender is a social construct' shit that characterises SJW feminism.

Rey's hardly the first female lead in a SF franchise.

#3587

Quote fail.

#3588

Shatterface wrote:Quote fail.

You don't deserve that "best post evah". You disgust me.

#3589

A part of me really wishes that Richard Dawkins would tweet something like this.

#3590

Suet Cardigan wrote:
A part of me really wishes that Richard Dawkins would tweet something like this.

There wouldn't be enough fainting couches in the world to accomodate it.

#3591

Scented Nectar wrote:
Steersman wrote:
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 ....
<snip>
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:

[.youtube]fA6XcyXsxXU[/youtube]

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:

[.youtube]wO9m6OstwNo[/youtube]

Maybe I'll run on that idea in the next election - I should have at least one vote from Scented Nectar. ;-)
Yep. :)

Hot diggety! Thank you! :dance: :banana-dreads: :flags-canada: Ever onward and upward! :-)

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.

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):

But hadn't realized that about Angola, although maybe a case of the less bad being the enemy of the more bad - so to speak.

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:

:-) 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:

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. :-)

#3592

Melissa McEwan is raging on Shakesville about the peaceful-ish end to the Malheur standoff:

[

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.

That's funny. I heard they shot a guy last week. Apparently one dead isn't a high enough bodycount.

#3593

Shatterface wrote:
Matt Cavanaugh wrote:
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.
Major disappointment.

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?
That might just be because it could be dangerous.

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.

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).

Plus, none of the characters were likable in any way. I was hoping the idiots would get killed in horribly painful ways - if we had to suffer through the movie, the least they could do is suffer in it.

#3594

Ok, but we are still talking Star Wars/Prometheus trivia on the day it was announced WE OBSERVED GRAVITY WAVES FROM COLLIDING BLACK HOLES!!!

#3595

DaveDodo007 wrote:Ho fuck, the pit talking about Star Wars, please ffblogs, SJW or feminists do something retarded please.

Couldn't agree more. Also Elevatorgate, really? Fucking, fuck, fuck.

Must be SJW silly season.

At this rate I am going to have to stop lurking and actually contribute something.

Oh here, look: a sceptical look at gardening. More interesting than than crappy films or ancient SJW history.

#3596

dinkum wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
Shatterface wrote: You don't like Memento?!?
I like the movie, but somehow I hate the actor. It's just one of those things.
Is it because his face moves like it's controlled via pulleys and nylon cables from across the room?

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.

#3597

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!!!

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!

#3598

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).

#3599

dogen wrote:
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).

What am I missing on this story? Didn't we already think there must be some kind of gravity-wavy-thingy?

Wake me up when they finally announce the unified theory.... otherwise all this stuff is just proving what Einstein said 100 years ago.

#3600

Steersman wrote:
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:
:-) 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:
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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! :?

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. :-)

It's good you called them on their emotional fallacy type wording, but I'm surprised they let your comment stay.