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Overanalyzing 80s pop music
by gnome » Wed Sep 14, 2016 5:49 pm
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Felt like rambling about one of my favorite songs, Desert Moon by Dennis Deyoung. Not because it's necessarily a musical masterpiece but it has a lot...
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Ok so today I'm obsessing over the lyrics of The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia , it having come up in a spirited game of Rock Band 3.
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The Official Spoilerific "Rise of Skywalker" Thread
by gnome » Fri Dec 27, 2019 4:29 am
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Just saw it yesterday. What do people think? I'm still forming my opinion. My initial impression is that I enjoyed it. I have questions, however....
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The Still Alive Fuckers! Tatsuya Nakadai jokes that since it is one long take with a burning building, if he tripped with the sword dragging behind...
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Breaking Bad (No Spoilers)
by Cool Hand » Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:52 am
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To anyone following the show, if you haven't seen the latest episode from Sunday, September 15, 2013, go watch it.
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But seriously, Better Call Saul is like watching Breaking Bad at this point. Maybe better.
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Last post by robinson Tue May 05, 2020 11:41 am
Art for the people
by Pyrrho » Sun May 03, 2020 2:19 pm
Whatever floats yer boat.
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Two of my favorite short stories
by ed » Sun Apr 19, 2020 5:17 pm
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The Open Window
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My sister was staying here, at the rectory, you know, some four years ago, and she gave me letters of introduction to some of the people here....
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Bob Dylan
by gnome » Wed Apr 01, 2020 4:46 pm
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I usually dislike Bob Dylan's voice, but concede the songwriting skills.
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Sharif?
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Spinoza funnies
by ed » Sat Mar 28, 2020 4:21 pm
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In the world on unfunny comics this particular one is up there, near the top.
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I found Spinoza a dreary read and didn't pursue. (And gOD is still unnecessarily lurking from the corners.)
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OK then, Was Hitler really a socialist or what?
by Anaxagoras » Thu Feb 20, 2020 1:36 am
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Can't watch right now, but I think you have to ignore names as completely irrelevant. I.e., the fact that socialism was literally in the name of the...
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C'mon folks.
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Last post by Nyarlathotep Sat Feb 22, 2020 5:51 am
Doctor Who is Still Awful
by Anaxagoras » Sun Feb 02, 2020 1:09 pm
BAME ?
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Lincoln Rhyme
by Nyarlathotep » Sat Apr 27, 2019 9:49 pm
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The Lincoln Rhyme novels are among my favorites. They are about a quadriplegic forensic detective named Lincoln Rhyme and the books usually have him...
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The show finally came out.
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Last post by Witness Sat Jan 11, 2020 2:40 pm
The new Disney Star Wars doesn't suck ... THE FANS SUCK!!!!1!!!
by Grammatron » Tue Jun 12, 2018 11:13 pm
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The first part of 3 is correct.
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Saw the Uber-broey-neckbeard take on The Witcher. It's not actually a review of the show since he spent the whole video bitching about the media...
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Last post by Nyarlathotep Tue Jan 07, 2020 3:18 pm
Placeholder: movies/tv shows that will never be
by gnome » Wed May 08, 2013 4:38 pm
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Post your favorite scifi/fantasy/adventure/action/suspsense/whatever story franchise that should be a movie, but probably never will. (As from a...
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You know, if they just chose oregano instead, we could have been saved a bunch of turgid doorstops.
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Last post by Nyarlathotep Sat Jan 04, 2020 8:24 pm
Interesting Scorsese interview in the NYT
by ed » Fri Jan 03, 2020 1:05 pm
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I am in the midst of the Irishman and am sorta enjoying it, it has a sameness, which is not bad given the dreck out there.
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No, not really GF2 finished off Puzos book.
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife
by Bruce » Tue Dec 10, 2019 2:50 am
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Just watched the official trailer.
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Say what you will about Ghostbusters II or even the recent failed reboot, they at least TRIED to be funny.
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Last post by Nyarlathotep Tue Dec 10, 2019 6:58 pm
HH Munroe (Saki)
by ed » Thu Dec 05, 2019 11:58 am
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Some of the most memorable short stories that I have read are by him. He died, as did so many Brits of that time, in a crappy field in France. He...
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While I do consider you (lower case ed) to be rather awesome and heavily armed it was the story. And a goddam fucking his life was ended like that....
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Last post by Fid Sat Dec 07, 2019 11:08 pm
Armenian genocide - 30 years
by Giz » Thu Dec 05, 2019 12:27 am
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I knew of the World War One era genocide, but I didn’t know it was such a long lasting program, or that Atatürk was involved:
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A quick search for reviews showed only positive ones.
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Last post by Witness Thu Dec 05, 2019 11:51 pm
Berlin Wall
by Witness » Tue Nov 12, 2019 12:27 am
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Construction:
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Policing the Berlin Wall: the ghostly photos taken by the Stasi’s hidden cameras
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Last post by Witness Mon Nov 25, 2019 3:09 am
Peaky Blinders
by Anaxagoras » Thu Feb 01, 2018 4:05 pm
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Anyone else watching this?
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Season 5 is a bit weird.
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Last post by ed Sat Nov 23, 2019 2:21 am
Mood music
by Grammatron » Sat Jan 05, 2019 7:11 am
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Tchaikovsky
by shemp » Tue Nov 12, 2019 3:49 am
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Was he the tortured soul who poured out his immortal longings into dignified passages of stately music, or was he just an old poof who wrote tunes?
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The only type of canon interesting me:
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Stolen by Commie scum Pete Seeger
by ed » Mon May 13, 2019 2:07 pm
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He didn't check his royalty statements .
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I don't know who will get this, but you all should
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Last post by Rob Lister Mon Nov 11, 2019 10:33 pm
The new Addams Family movie is now playing in theaters, and so ...
by Nyarlathotep » Sat Nov 02, 2019 6:42 am
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I just got out of it. I enjoyed the hell out of it. My only complaint is that they made Gomez kind of a schmuck and I always got the impression that...
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Dunno--in our beloved Raul Julia versions, he is kind of a space case. TALENTED, but not anyone's brainiac.
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Last post by gnome Sat Nov 09, 2019 3:05 pm
Deadpool
by Rob Lister » Wed Aug 05, 2015 10:29 am
Newest trend in superheros: vulgar and obscene. IOW, it's alright to say fuck .
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Last post by Pyrrho Fri Nov 01, 2019 12:36 am
Netflix tests speed feature, draws Hollywood outrage
by Rob Lister » Tue Oct 29, 2019 12:08 pm
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Talk about fucking drama queens.
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If anything they want to increase the time that their inventory accounts for, not diminish it.
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Last post by ed Wed Oct 30, 2019 4:03 pm
It's finally actually starting (Dark Tower film)
by gnome » Sat Apr 16, 2016 4:03 pm
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They have actually started shooting. I wasn't sure it was going to get this far.
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If they remain slavishly devoted to the book, yes.
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Last post by gnome Mon Oct 28, 2019 3:28 am
Midway
by ed » Sun Oct 27, 2019 11:27 am
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Placeholder for either Kudos or a ritual disembowelment of the upcoming film
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Get your filthy paws of my movie you damned dirty ape!
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Last post by Doctor X Sun Oct 27, 2019 6:04 pm
Forty-seven rōnin
by shemp » Sat Feb 09, 2019 10:22 pm
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No, not the shitty 2013 movie, the legend.
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Supernova in the East part 3 finally dropped:
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Dark Crimes and false ratings
by Rob Lister » Fri Oct 18, 2019 4:45 pm
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Dark Crimes (2016) is a Jim Carrey movie on Netflix.
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In all other age categories, males outnumber females, except for under 18.
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Last post by Anaxagoras Mon Oct 21, 2019 1:37 am
Dolly
by Anaxagoras » Fri Oct 18, 2019 11:40 am
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A real American national treasure.
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Indeed.
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Last post by Anaxagoras Fri Oct 18, 2019 1:43 pm
Parasite
by Rob Lister » Fri Oct 11, 2019 11:43 am
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This is a movie from Good Korea. I don't care much for foreign language flicks, mostly because I generally never watch a movie so much as listen to...
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Are you serious? Are you trolling me again,
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Last post by ed Fri Oct 11, 2019 11:50 am
Upcoming Movies
by ed » Sat Oct 05, 2019 11:22 am
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Not for reviews though a curt sucks would be ok. I am just trying to get a list of what is coming since the first screening can lead the release by a...
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Rambo last blood ... out now... WTF, why not?
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Last post by Anaxagoras Thu Oct 03, 2019 7:56 am
HULU, Firesticks and other things
by ed » Sun Sep 29, 2019 11:13 am
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I've been using cable and a pc. Cable for TV, the PC to access Amazon and netflix and downloaded movies.
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A good tool for browsing for what you might want to see across several platforms: justwatch.com (even better on mobile!)
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Netflix Co-Founder’s Crazy Plan: Pay $10 a Month, Go to the Movies All You Want
by Rob Lister » Tue Aug 15, 2017 6:53 pm
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Netflix Co-Founder’s Crazy Plan: Pay $10 a Month, Go to the Movies All You Want
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And ... there're done.
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Last post by gnome Sun Sep 15, 2019 6:40 pm
Berlin Station
by ed » Wed Sep 11, 2019 11:33 am
In it's third season now.
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Last post by ed Wed Sep 11, 2019 11:33 am
Godzill-meh
by Nyarlathotep » Sun Jun 02, 2019 5:14 pm
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The new one sucked. This is sad because I LOVE me some Kaiju and hate to see a bad one
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Yeah. I seem to recall reading somewhere that every movie now makes a profit with theaters, DVD, cable distribution etc etc.
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Last post by ed Tue Sep 03, 2019 11:22 am
Motion Smoothing
by Rob Lister » Wed Dec 05, 2018 12:15 pm
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Tom Cruise stars in impassioned PSA against motion smoothing
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So, let's slap a fix on the unworthy fix.
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Last post by Rob Lister Thu Aug 29, 2019 11:33 am
Why Did They Do Such Good Work?
by Bananas?-Yes » Tue Aug 27, 2019 10:46 pm
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What causes a production where each of the actors in another separate production tried really hard but didn't do quite the proper job, but in this...
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Yes, but a tad background. I go for these when it seems time for the end of a recovery mode from a medical situation I sometimes have and that part...
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Last post by Bananas?-Yes Tue Aug 27, 2019 11:34 pm
Tyrant
by ed » Wed Aug 21, 2019 2:02 am
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Story is the guy's dad is a mid-eastern despot. Guy ran off at 16, became a DR, settled in Cali.
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So IMDB is more homo than Wiki. Got it.
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Winter is coming
by Anaxagoras » Sun Jun 25, 2017 7:17 am
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in your mouth
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Night King waling about on his lonesome raising the occasional dead peasant.
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Last post by gnome Tue Aug 20, 2019 10:12 pm
Rewatching
by ed » Sat Aug 17, 2019 11:30 am
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Seems like all the new stuff is a thin rehash of the old stuff. We started re-watching.
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Makes no nevermind
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