Damn, I must be jaded as hell.
The first thing I thought upon looking at this was "Hobbits in NO way EVER have six pack abs". Does the creator even KNOW what a hobbit is? :P
Thirded (and then some)
The more Lucas speaks, the more stupid the entire thing gets... *cries*
The more Lucas speaks, the more stupid the entire thing gets... *cries*
Agreed 100%. I'll pretty much watch any movie with her killing things, no matter how hysterically nonsensical (see: Ultraviolet) :D
We should be so fortunate... :/
Saw Ms. Peters in Follies a couple of weeks ago... I KNOW that old biddy had a painting hidden somewhere!!!
Um... did we see the same movies?
Okay do we really need to go through this? *sigh* I guess so.
*cracks knuckles* Okay here we go -
The movies (I have only seen the first two, and have no desire to see #3 since everyone I know has pretty much said it's the second movie almost note for note...again.) toss an endless parade of characters with no discernible reason to exist at the viewers, in hope you'll attach some semblance of interest in ANY of them. Sam's character ties with Anakin Skywalker for being the whiniest 'reluctant hero' in recent cinema history. We won't even mention the 'here one second, gone the next' military men, the conveniently disappearing/reappearing hacker (and the entire dropped plot lines they flung at the audience there), the parents who only exist when we need to make the audience cringe at how 'un-hip' they are. The 'supermodel car mechanic' who's about as useful and deep as your garden variety dishrag.
Okay do we really need to go through this? *sigh* I guess so.
*cracks knuckles* Okay here we go -
The movies (I have only seen the first two, and have no desire to see #3 since everyone I know has pretty much said it's the second movie almost note for note...again.) toss an endless parade of characters with no discernible reason to exist at the viewers, in hope you'll attach some semblance of interest in ANY of them. Sam's character ties with Anakin Skywalker for being the whiniest 'reluctant hero' in recent cinema history. We won't even mention the 'here one second, gone the next' military men, the conveniently disappearing/reappearing hacker (and the entire dropped plot lines they flung at the audience there), the parents who only exist when we need to make the audience cringe at how 'un-hip' they are. The 'supermodel car mechanic' who's about as useful and deep as your garden variety dishrag.
And that's just for starers -
While the original Transformers story isn't terribly deep, they did manage to make an animated feature film out of it that had 100 times more plot and 10,000 times more reason to exist than the Bay films. The animated movie also managed to have more actual characters in it with *gasp* unique names and personalities, where you could actually invest a bit of emotion in them if one should happen to die. Bay gives you a handful of barely-named characters with mercurial attitudes (one who can't even speak properly), a couple of racist bots, robots that urinate on humans, robots with testicles, robots that hump legs and enjoy S&M... Now tell me, did ANY of that improve the base story? (even the pale imitation of a story the Bayformers play out like a third grade school play)
Add to that Bay's inability to show you action without zooming the camera around like a frog on methamphetamines, his inability to give you a reason to believe Sam and whatever the hell her name was actually HAD a relationship (my friend notes there was more chemistry between her and WHEELIE than there was with her and Sam), and the pot brownies? Really? And then there's the rampant theft of the TX from Terminator 3...
Really? They were good movies HOW again?
ETA: Jon Turturro was treated better (and had a better character) in "Nutcracker in 3D" than he was in the entire Bayformer series. :P
Meh, I chalk it up to the 'hotdog theory'. People like hot dogs, they certainly enjoy them (and there's nothing wrong with that), but it's hard to argue their actual *value* as foodstuffs.
Went to see it in the theaters, didn't have any 'fun' you speak of, nearly walked out a couple of times, and to this day it causes several of my friends to break out in rants if you bring it up. Only scene I remember being even remotely amusing was the scene with the beef and his parents where they think he's masturbating in his room. Everything else was just a huge pile of 'meh'.
When the characters who are the title of the film are barely guest stars in their own film, have zero character development, and basically are window dressing for Bay's incessant military masturbatory fantasy, there's not much 'fun' to be had. :P
When the characters who are the title of the film are barely guest stars in their own film, have zero character development, and basically are window dressing for Bay's incessant military masturbatory fantasy, there's not much 'fun' to be had. :P
I'm probably the only person who thought the bats were cute when they were popping out of the alligator skulls, aren't I?
I'm not entirely saying I was all that thrilled with late Tennant either. The Doctor has always had his share of 'omg are you kidding me' silliness... but now it's gotten to the point where the Doctor is a buffoon who seems to be bumbling through his incarnation, and if I may be so bold as to point this out, the last Doctor who pulled that routine? (that would be McCoy) killed the franchise until RTD managed to revive it.
There's something so... amusing about GoT premiering on April 1st :D
And to be honest I'm kinda done with Doctor Who speculation. I think this last season basically beat the enjoyment for the series out of me. :(
Give it time... soon you will join the Herd.
(one of us... one of ussssss...)
(one of us... one of ussssss...)
Ahem... NOTHING justifies the mistreatment of someone who expresses their sexuality differently (within reason of course, there are some people that DO go out of their way to pick fights and then claim everyone's bashing them - personally witnessed it time and time again).
I mean it's not like I don't MERRILY enjoy reporting people for using homophobic slurs in wow... It's become a sorta minigame for me when I'm waiting for queues. Some of my long-time guild buddies do as well (to us it's like a game of verbal whack-a-mole).
But honestly, we always talk about 'not feeding trolls' but when someone goes out of their way to point out something nobody asked in the first place, isn't there just a BIT of trolling involved? I don't point out my sexual preference to people immediately because, frankly, it's not really their damn business and it's on THEM if they assume anything about me. As soon as they voice that assumption I am quick (and polite) to correct them. The vast majority of the time they simply accept it and move on, and they get over it. On the rare occasion when someone reacts badly, the OTHER straight people in my guild (for example) will usually jump in and put the kibosh on it MUCH faster than I would, we look out for our own in general (I should note I'm not the only gay member of our guild, I'm just the only gay officer).
I always find the need to be 'visible' online somewhat baffling, because one of the joys of the net itself is the 'you can be anyone' aspect. It's a viable opportunity for people to know you for what YOU present, so therefore by putting up a big label on yourself for starters, you actually HELP people pre-judge you. It's not fair, or right, but without changing human nature itself it's almost unavoidable is all I'm saying. I still rise to defend people who do so (again - nobody deserves mistreatment for being themselves *unless that self is an asshole*) but there's a fair amount of eye-rolling that accompanies it because 99% of the time it's someone who's shouting what a special snowflake they are and it's like a dinner bell to trolls.
Again, YMMV, but sheesh :P
The problem is, labeling yourself is ALWAYS a double-edged sword. It's not always the most productive way to approach a situation by throwing down a gauntlet and saying "I'm gay I DEMAND YOU ACCEPT ME!!!!" because by doing that you're FORCING people to judge you based on their own presumptions, and judging THEM if their presumptions don't match your demands.
CONVERSELY, I at NO point 'hide' my preference. I talk about my partner all the time in guild chat, me and some of the other guys kid around all the time about how their wives won't let them come visit without an escort (they're KIDDING), and stuff like that. And if anyone is confused by it it's explained to them and I've ACTUALLY had people tell me I've changed perceptions about how gay people are and that they immediately apologize if they'd said anything offensive (9 times out of 10 they haven't really).
I'm also not going to say this is the ONLY way to deal with it, but I can say it's had a pretty damn good track record, and the friends I've made in various games is proof positive that it can be a productive way to make people challenge their OWN assumptions about how they deal with folks (of any race/orientation/gender/etc)
Bleh, while we're on the subject of not using certain words, can we PLEASE retire "Gaymer" (and Gamer too if possible)? The label is ridiculous and confrontational for no apparently good reason. I'm someone who plays games, but that is NOT my identity; any more than being GAY is my identity. It's a facet of who I am and defining myself by it cheapens me as a whole.
I have found FAR more acceptance in the games I've played (and I played Tribes 2, AND survived the den of evil known as Tribalwar.com) by having people know me as a PERSON first and THEN let them know that I'm gay. And not in a timid "oh please don't hate me" way, I am matter of fact about it. It helps a GREAT deal if you are already okay with it in your head, you can't convince anyone if you don't believe it yourself first and foremost. And the people who can't accept it? Well by that point I've already made friends who support me, and they back me up. :)
I have found FAR more acceptance in the games I've played (and I played Tribes 2, AND survived the den of evil known as Tribalwar.com) by having people know me as a PERSON first and THEN let them know that I'm gay. And not in a timid "oh please don't hate me" way, I am matter of fact about it. It helps a GREAT deal if you are already okay with it in your head, you can't convince anyone if you don't believe it yourself first and foremost. And the people who can't accept it? Well by that point I've already made friends who support me, and they back me up. :)
Chorizo adds extra flavor! :D
^^I'm glad I'm not the first one to think this ^^
Honestly? I'm saddened at how... lackluster the anime fighting looks. The Blade movies were some of the best examples of live-action anime-style combat to date, and the clip above is just... well... bland. :(
Bah, modern bidets (especially the Japanese ones) have a blow-dryer function to dry your person-bits after the pressure-wash. I've never TRIED such things, but it's certainly tempting (as experiences go)
Psst... it's because Lucas needs to continue to milk the dried-up teats of his franchise until the very last molecules of cash can be extracted.
