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Star Trek Vs. Star Wars, A Video Comparison
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NerD: Blattella
05/14/09

In reply to Star Trek Vs. Star Wars, A Video Comparison
I think the only winner in this article is the cat.
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tetracycloide
05/14/09

In reply to Star Trek Vs. Star Wars, A Video Comparison
i belive the more apt comparison would be a few clips from star wars played along side a montage of lense flares from star trek. if no one has spliced together every lense flare sequence from star trek yet someone really should. there's a need there that the internet must fill.
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Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
05/14/09

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Well to be fair, Pike didn't know Kirk's father. And it was Spock who destroyed the ship. And he was raised by his mother and step father. And he actively didn't dream about outer space, he wanted to stay out of the federation. But other than that yeah I guess it's exactly the same.
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geesejuggler
05/14/09

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I heckle all during Star Trek, whispering to my sister: "He stole that from Whedon. He stole that from Star Wars-He stole that from Terminator!" So this is a funny video to me.

Also, I didn't try not to laugh at the cat. It was frickin' funny!
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Paul_Is_Drunk
05/14/09

@geesejuggler: You must be a very fun person to go spend $10 to see a movie with.
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geesejuggler
05/14/09

@Paul_Is_Drunk: I'd like to think so, lol. I didn't really want to see it so I heckled to increase my enjoyment; I also counted light flares! (225, give or take 40)
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Wenchette
05/14/09

@geesejuggler: Huh. My seven year old managed to keep quiet during the whole movie. Perhaps you need a mommy to keep you in line.
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geesejuggler
05/14/09

@Wandering Wench: No, my mom wouldn't have stopped me, she's awesome like that.:)
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OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
05/14/09

@geesejuggler: Im with you. Whats the point of seeing a movie if I cant make snide remarks.

And your lens flare count puts the kibosh on my lens flare drinking game--or it makes it awesome.
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Dr Emilio Lizardo
05/14/09

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What's. With. The. Tags? Is. It. A. Shatner. Homage?

Or do you say Homaage?
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Meredith Woerner
05/14/09

@Dr Emilio Lizardo: ah ha ha oops.
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Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
05/14/09

In reply to Star Trek Vs. Star Wars, A Video Comparison
Ah, keyboard cat. I love those.
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Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
05/14/09

@Belabras:

possibly the best one:

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PacoHertez
05/14/09

@Belabras:

Sir, THIS is the best one.

+ Watch video

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d_r_e
05/14/09

@PacoHertez:

Yeah, that one is fucking hilarious!
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92BuickLeSabre
05/14/09

Wow. That's tough. The underlying video in Belabras's entry actually laugh, while the underlying video in PacoHertez's entry did not.

However, the actual use of the keyboard cat (may he R.I.P.), was much, much better in Paco Hertez's entry and made me laugh even harder than the Belabras' underlying video did.

So...the quite solid video with essentially superfluous use of keyboard cat loses to lesser video with brilliantly timed introduction of keyboard cat.

Round One: Paco Hertez
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
05/14/09

@Belabras: I was totally cheering kitty on in that one.

(as, I am sure, was Keyboard Cat)
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bluehinter
04/14/09

In reply to Red Dwarf Smegs Up Its Comeback
I just sat down and forced myself to rewatch seasons 7 & 8 in preparation for this special, so in that light, this was nowhere near as bad as it could have been.

I do agree that it's not Red Dwarf without a live laugh-track (even though season 7 was filmed on a closed set, they still showed it to an audience prior to transmission and got their laugh-track from that) and the weird Blade Runner shit needed to go, or at the very least, have a more logical explanation.

Also, the happiness squid ending makes no sense if you think about it.

One, nothing could grow that huge or survive 9 years without eating something. And two, none of them were actually happy during the hallucination, with the possible exception of Lister at the very end when he realized he could see Kochanski again.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
04/14/09

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*twitch* I IS CONFLICTED! Well, I'm gonna watch it anyway.
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Dustin Luck
02/17/09

In reply to Cancer Sniffing Cat Saves Man's Life
Everyone knows that a cat scan is useful for detecting medical problems.
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prettycool
02/17/09

In reply to Cancer Sniffing Cat Saves Man's Life
you...you got a little shmutz on your leg there.

you see it?.. it's righ.....OH MY GOD IT'S A TUMOR!
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Mount_Prion
02/17/09

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As much as I am a crazy old cat lady, these rats are by far cooler.

[www.herorat.org]

They not only smell TB, but they can find fucking landmines. And they're HUGE and awesome! Adopt one, people! You get pictures, and they're way cuter than starving African kids.
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pkittie
02/17/09

In reply to Cancer Sniffing Cat Saves Man's Life
I met a woman who claimed that her cat saved her life...apparently this cat had never bitten anyone and had started biting her boob. She was actually considering getting rid of the cat (because of the incessant boob biting) when she thought that maybe she should get a mammogram. Turned out that she had cancer, right in the spot that the cat was biting in. After she was treated, the cat never bit her boob again.

I looked at her like she was a goggled eyed freak, but she was perfectly sincere in her story.
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Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
02/17/09

@pkittie: Maybe the cat gave her cancer by biting her boob. Did she ever think of that. They're vicious mysterious creatures that can't be trusted.
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OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
02/17/09

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I saw a story a while ago about dogs doing the same thing.

I know, I know. First rule of the internet; link or it doesn't exist.

Well, Im lazy.
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
02/17/09

@OW-Holmes: I saw that article on TV. They had a special including dogs who can sense seizures in their owners before they happen in addition to dogs who sniffed out cancer. I believe the seizure dogs. The cancer dogs not so much, b/c I believe it's like "psychics". You forget all the times they rubbed somewhere else(misses), but remember the "hits". I wonder how many times the dog stuck his nose in someones crotch, as they are want to do, and those people DIDN't have crotch cancer.
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AngryEddy
02/17/09

@DTV-Compliant_GitEmSteveDave: I was doing a Paramedic clinic at a local hospital about a year ago and a patient came in with this German Shepard (Yes, the dog was brought with him into the ER, and it was scaring the hell out of one of the medics). It was trained to alert him and others when he was about to have a seizure. Sure enough, while I was talking to him and getting his info, the dog barked. The guy said "I've got about 30 seconds" - and, almost like clockwork, he goes into another seizure!

It wasn't cool for the guy, but I had never heard of seizure dogs before, and seeing it do it's thing in action was amazing.
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
02/17/09

@AngryEddy: The Ex rasies Seeing Eye puppies. Her first was a German Shepard, and it always made me laugh when she would tell stories of the dog sitting under a table, and after 30 minutes, someone would notice him and start freaking out.
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BullfightsOnAcid
02/17/09

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The skillz of House, I haz them.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
02/17/09

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I honestly think that the cat was rubbing it to make it grow bigger and faster. I love cats.
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