> -- "I'm no actor, but I'm crass enough to scam my way into a movie every now and then." - Henry Rollins
Your sig gives me a great idea! Why not take the article's suggestion of dropping Hayden Christiansen and replacing him... with Henry Rollins! Wouldn't that be awesome?! Lava-surfing saber battles? Hell no! Serious man-on-man pummeling! A pre-armor Vader the size of a Volkswagen stomping around in gym shorts like some heavily-tattooed punk-rock Hulk would absolutely beat the living *crap* out of what we had before! And the first time someone calls him "Annie" he could just head-butt them and start screaming into... erm... some sort of space microphone or something.
Already covered in the article. In fact, the article's suggestion was "rip off MORE Kurosawa" since that's what made the earlier movies so great. It's a shame he didn't do it for the last two movies.
Just imagine...
Toshiro Mifune: "Kore wa nan desu-ka?Midichlorians? BAKA DESU!"
And at some point during that battle, there *will* be a "clever" visual gag that makes the lava-surfing look like real surfing, and at that point a major character will say "whoah!" like unto the manner of Keanu Reeves. Ad at that point, I will fling poo at the screen.
...its five year mission, to style and profile, to seek out new sources of bitches and money, to boldly go where no pimp has gone before./cue visual FX of "The Star Ship Enterprizzle," newly pimped out by West Coast Customs (drop down LCD screen!), as it slowly cruises past a planet. Snoop blasts from the racks of interstellar subs mounted on the rear decks, and the neon mounted on the underside of the ship casts a funky purple glow across the planet's surface.
...the ship's comm officer will now be played by Mo'Nique, who will bring her distinctive brand of head-swiveling, big booty jokes, and "You go girl!" onboard to make the Enterprise the funkiest space trip ever! Also joining the cast will be Erik-Michael Estrada of the smash pop group O-Town. The jokes will be 'out of this world' as Erik-Michael asks the captain if they can put hydraulics on the ship or at least get a "La Raza" license plate frame. The new captain of the ship will be played by the whitest man alive - Al Gore. He can't dance and his slang is busted, but he can get them through all the interstellar police stops!
You nailed it on that one. My most favorite Thief moment (hell, probably my favorite *game* moment ever was sitting in the shadows at a dead end with a guard walking *straight towards me* and whistling. I was trying to win the level without killing anyone, so shooting him was out. I waited and waited and *waited* (long hallway, y'know) for him to see me, but he stopped *two feet away* and then turned to walk off. I was going to run after him and blackjack him when I realised that I was on tile and that he'd nail me instantly. There was carpet ahead that he was walking on, but he was almost to the very end! I had to stand, jump to the beginning of the carpet without moving on the tile, sprint to the end of the carpet, and blackjack him. Right as I connected with his head, my foot hit tile. He went "What?" and went down at the same time. It may not sound that exciting in print, but imagine going through all that process in the space of about three seconds.
*That's* what makes the slow stretches exciting. My heart was about to *explode* when I hit him.
I think it's 99% due to the personalities *behind* the movies. Have you ever watched the behind-the-scenes stuff on Pixar dvd's or listened to the commentary? Pixar's core is John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, and a couple of other guys, and they've been the driving force behind each and every Pixar movie. It's not like 20th Century Fox where they'll put out 50 movies a year and each one is directed by someone different. Pixar's library is entirely representative of a tiny handful of personalities, and there's not an ironic, detached, black-clad cyberpunk fan among them. I agree with you that it would be *awesome* to see an adult-oriented CG film with Pixar's skills behind it, but that would be like asking George Romero to direct the sequel to "You Got Served." Plain and simple, they just don't roll like that.
Could be. Wardrobe on a film set is a *very* flexible thing, especially on a sci-fi shoot with very few "natural" environments. There are also many instances of actors only getting half-dressed for days where they're only going to be shooting closeups. No point in spending two hours getting sewn into a costume that isn't going to be seen.
(And on the flip side, Marlon Brando refused to wear pants for many days while shooting "The Score" because he didn't want them to shoot him in long shots.)
> One bad sign, this is the design for Marvin. Ick.
No, no, NOOOOOO!! They got it all *wrong*! Marvin's tall, dammit! I've been listening to the album-length BBC production of Hitch-Hiker's for over *twenty* years now, I *know* what Marvin sounds like, and *HE SOUNDS TALL!*
Oh man, this is just going to mess with my head...
That's Mos Def dressed all in blue, and I imagine the folks next to him are cast as well. Since this is a workday picture and it was taken after 9am, they're almost certainly in costume. The blue slippers are either costume, coverings for their costume footwear when outside, or (most likely) they're coverings to keep their shoes from picking up contaminants that might get on or scratch the set floor. Pretty common when working on a set that has a highly polished surface - say, the interior of a gold space ship?
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> Henry Rollins couldn't act his way out of a wet paper sack with a utility knife.
And he's quick to admit it. Did you even read the sig I quoted? Hate him all you want, he's not trying to pretend to be anything he's not.
Me? I think he's hysterical.
> -- "I'm no actor, but I'm crass enough to scam my way into a movie every now and then." - Henry Rollins
Your sig gives me a great idea! Why not take the article's suggestion of dropping Hayden Christiansen and replacing him... with Henry Rollins! Wouldn't that be awesome?! Lava-surfing saber battles? Hell no! Serious man-on-man pummeling! A pre-armor Vader the size of a Volkswagen stomping around in gym shorts like some heavily-tattooed punk-rock Hulk would absolutely beat the living *crap* out of what we had before! And the first time someone calls him "Annie" he could just head-butt them and start screaming into... erm... some sort of space microphone or something.
That would rule.
Already covered in the article. In fact, the article's suggestion was "rip off MORE Kurosawa" since that's what made the earlier movies so great. It's a shame he didn't do it for the last two movies.
Just imagine...
Toshiro Mifune: "Kore wa nan desu-ka?Midichlorians? BAKA DESU!"
And at some point during that battle, there *will* be a "clever" visual gag that makes the lava-surfing look like real surfing, and at that point a major character will say "whoah!" like unto the manner of Keanu Reeves. Ad at that point, I will fling poo at the screen.
Mark my words, George Lucas! Poo!
> The lives of black people were obviously not worth as much as white people's lives.
Okay, so let's take this to the logical head.
Your baby and a rat both wander into the path of a speeding truck. Which one do you save? Think quickly.
Tick tock, hero. Tick tock...
And how long 'til we hear "Hey! Whose rat is this?"
"MINE!"
Come join the cerebral fun on UPN!
> Now, if someone could make a distribute app that accepts some kind of template (go to this url,
www.astrobastards.net/uc
I know I'm late on this one, but here are a few nifty tools.
www.FriedSpam.net
www.astrobastards.net/uc
ja
A skilled user with a lot of bandwidth can do some *serious* damage with Jackpot. See...
http://forum.spamcop.net/forums/index.php?showt
(why yes, I *am* too stupid to get html to work here.)
You nailed it on that one. My most favorite Thief moment (hell, probably my favorite *game* moment ever was sitting in the shadows at a dead end with a guard walking *straight towards me* and whistling. I was trying to win the level without killing anyone, so shooting him was out. I waited and waited and *waited* (long hallway, y'know) for him to see me, but he stopped *two feet away* and then turned to walk off. I was going to run after him and blackjack him when I realised that I was on tile and that he'd nail me instantly. There was carpet ahead that he was walking on, but he was almost to the very end! I had to stand, jump to the beginning of the carpet without moving on the tile, sprint to the end of the carpet, and blackjack him. Right as I connected with his head, my foot hit tile. He went "What?" and went down at the same time. It may not sound that exciting in print, but imagine going through all that process in the space of about three seconds.
*That's* what makes the slow stretches exciting. My heart was about to *explode* when I hit him.
If by "compromised" you mean "broken the hell into and sacked like they were Vikings," then yes.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/05/03/225
The jargon of *who*, exactly? Leatherboys?
> Samuel L. Jackon screaming "WHERE is my SUPER-SUIT, woman?!?"
I hate to recycle this joke again, but...
Pixar trailer downloaded from web = $0
FOSS audio editor from SourceForge = $0
Alone at home on a Friday night = $0
Bringing the web to a crawl with your "WHERE
is my SUPER-SUIT, BITCH?" video being sent
to every workplace mailbox in existance: Priceless.
> But even so, why no adult content?
I think it's 99% due to the personalities *behind* the movies. Have you ever watched the behind-the-scenes stuff on Pixar dvd's or listened to the commentary? Pixar's core is John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, and a couple of other guys, and they've been the driving force behind each and every Pixar movie. It's not like 20th Century Fox where they'll put out 50 movies a year and each one is directed by someone different. Pixar's library is entirely representative of a tiny handful of personalities, and there's not an ironic, detached, black-clad cyberpunk fan among them. I agree with you that it would be *awesome* to see an adult-oriented CG film with Pixar's skills behind it, but that would be like asking George Romero to direct the sequel to "You Got Served." Plain and simple, they just don't roll like that.
> the obligatory street chickens
That is *so* the name of my new punk band.
Could be. Wardrobe on a film set is a *very* flexible thing, especially on a sci-fi shoot with very few "natural" environments. There are also many instances of actors only getting half-dressed for days where they're only going to be shooting closeups. No point in spending two hours getting sewn into a costume that isn't going to be seen.
(And on the flip side, Marlon Brando refused to wear pants for many days while shooting "The Score" because he didn't want them to shoot him in long shots.)
And here I thought I was being *too* obvious...
It's a "Chasing Amy" quote.
http://members.theglobe.com/carrieu2/nubian.wav
> A large portion of the Egyptian population are actually Nubian
"What's a Nubian?"
> Hey, I'm English, and I'm offended that you left my country out!
Is your computer boiled, or is it just covered in a pudding made of of blood and entrails?
> One bad sign, this is the design for Marvin. Ick.
No, no, NOOOOOO!! They got it all *wrong*! Marvin's tall, dammit! I've been listening to the album-length BBC production of Hitch-Hiker's for over *twenty* years now, I *know* what Marvin sounds like, and *HE SOUNDS TALL!*
Oh man, this is just going to mess with my head...
That's Mos Def dressed all in blue, and I imagine the folks next to him are cast as well. Since this is a workday picture and it was taken after 9am, they're almost certainly in costume. The blue slippers are either costume, coverings for their costume footwear when outside, or (most likely) they're coverings to keep their shoes from picking up contaminants that might get on or scratch the set floor. Pretty common when working on a set that has a highly polished surface - say, the interior of a gold space ship?
From the class-action thread at SpamCop:
You can always check the headers for the following IP's
69.6.0.0/18
69.6.64.0/20
69.15.83.16/28
206.
66.179.100.178/32
66.179.100.128/
66.179.17.160/27
66.45.41.136/29
66.45.41.19
66.45.80.80/29
206.161.120.64/26
66.129.88
66.129.88.100/30
65.168.54.0/23
80.77.3
65.60.16.10/32
69.6.21.0/24
Entire thread (and some good reading) at...
http://forum.spamcop.net/forums/index.php?showt
Damn. And that article was looking pretty robust up until then...
That's probably better answered by the FTC, but until you're explicitly told that you're disqualified I'd say jump on the bandwagon.