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OTFPOTD: Review Wednesday

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It's Review Wednesday on the internet, meaning there's a new Nostalgia Critic and a new Zero Punctuation.

This week Yahtzee reviews Spiderman: Web of Shadows

The Nostalgia Critic reviews Twister.

Speaking of Twister, the 90s brought on a slate of disaster films to theaters. Many of these films tended to be terribly written action fests that critics panned but made bank in the box office. That brings us to this question:

Do you have a favorite 90's disaster film?

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My favorite 90's disaster film is in fact Twister

because it’s so horrifically stupid and bad on so many levels it almost defies belief.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Mar 4, 2009 10:55 AM PST reply actions  

I watch it all the time

It may be shitty, but damn if it didn’t make me want to be a storm chaser. That movie is largely responsible for my love of all things meteorological

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by tootthekazoo on Mar 4, 2009 11:46 AM PST up reply actions  

I love that movie.

If I could kiss Bill Paxton, I would. He’s been in many movies (and shows) that I’ve liked.

“You secure that shit, Hudson!”

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Mar 4, 2009 10:56 AM PST up reply actions  

Cow...

Another cow…

No, I think that’s the same one

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by tootthekazoo on Mar 4, 2009 11:45 AM PST up reply actions  

Dante's Peak is waaaaay worse...

One of the lessons in my wife’s geology class in college was to watch scenes from that flick and mock incessantly.

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by PositivePaul on Mar 4, 2009 11:52 AM PST up reply actions  

We actually just had to watch that for one of my geography classes

and then look at the real parts vs the fake parts and had a meteorologist come in to talk about it, and it’s actually more realistic then you might think.

Of course nobody drives into the middle of a tornado to lay down a measurement device or ties themselves to a pole to bear out a tornado, but the underlying meteorology is largely accurate

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by Corco on Mar 4, 2009 6:51 PM PST up reply actions  

Favorite disaster film

It’s hard not to go with the cheese of Armageddon. I don’t care what he’s in, Bruce Willis is the man.

I also remember there were like three movies about asteroids that all came out in the same six-month span. That was fun.

by Teej on Mar 4, 2009 10:56 AM PST reply actions  

I guess it wasn't the same year,

but Asteroid. (Good name)

It wasn’t as talked-about as the other two, but I worked in a video store so they all started to meld in my mind.

by Teej on Mar 4, 2009 11:04 AM PST up reply actions  

How can you not vote for Armageddon?

That was one of the best movies ever, spawned a ridiculously cheesy hit single (Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing), and was made back when Liv Tyler was actually kind of hot and Ben Affleck was actually kind of cool. What’s not to like?

by seattlebruin on Mar 4, 2009 11:03 AM PST up reply actions  

I still haven't seen it.

Possibly because it has Liv Tyler and Ben Affleck.

by msb on Mar 4, 2009 11:21 AM PST up reply actions  

But Steve Buscemi.

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by Faux on Mar 4, 2009 11:25 AM PST up reply actions  

I suppose.

I mean, I watch that stupid Go Phone gingerbread house ad everytime it airs ….

by msb on Mar 4, 2009 11:27 AM PST up reply actions  

You can just skip the parts without him in it.

The plot’s thin enough you can do without the rest of it and still be entertained.

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by Faux on Mar 4, 2009 11:29 AM PST up reply actions  

Uwe Boll.

But I digress.

The most underrated filmmaker (that’s script and directing) is definitely Darren Arononfsky. He hasn’t put out a stinker yet, and his movies just get better as he gets more experience.

Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, The Wrestler – watch them all.

by cwel87 on Mar 4, 2009 12:08 PM PST up reply actions  

I don't know, I beg to differ

I saw Slumdog, The Reader, Doubt, Torino, The Wrestler, TDK, Milk, F/N, Benjamin Button – the only movie close to The Wrestler out of that lot was Torino.

Granted, I know the Oscars count for shit, but it’s mainstream media – that’s why undervalues Aronofsky’s contributions.

by cwel87 on Mar 4, 2009 12:14 PM PST up reply actions  

If you're using "undervalued by mainstream media" as your criteria, I disagree even more vehemently.

Aronofsky is definitely underrated, but he’s probably more underrated by movie geeks than the public at large.

by Aaron Campeau on Mar 4, 2009 12:18 PM PST up reply actions  

Didn't care for Pi at all

but I like all his other stuff.

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by pdb on Mar 4, 2009 12:14 PM PST up reply actions  

Ahem

Has been awesome in some awful, awful movies.

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by Faux on Mar 4, 2009 12:17 PM PST up reply actions  

It definitely wasn't one of the best movies ever

Summer blockbusters, maybe. In the top 10.

Personally, I’d vote for The Day After Tomorrow, because it was hilarious almost seeing Jake Gyllenhaal drown.

by cwel87 on Mar 4, 2009 12:06 PM PST up reply actions  

Donnie Darko wasn't bad

In a sick, twisted, cult-ish sort of way.

by cwel87 on Mar 4, 2009 12:10 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm actually going to watch it again.

I’m a lot more film literate now than I was the first time I saw it.

by Aaron Campeau on Mar 4, 2009 1:38 PM PST up reply actions  

Did anybody else think the director's cut was less effective?

If memory serves, they swapped the songs from the scene where he’s riding his bike down the mountain, and the long steady cam shot in the school. Perhaps because I’d enjoyed the film in it’s original form so much, but I really didn’t like that steady cam shot without the Tears for Fears.

by Kermit. on Mar 4, 2009 1:49 PM PST up reply actions  

The director's cut ruined the film, honestly.

watch the “standard” version, ac.

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by pdb on Mar 4, 2009 1:49 PM PST up reply actions  

Right, and all the gratuitious CG.

Maybe a scene moved from it’s original timeline as well, I can’t remember now. I’d have to agree the original is much better.

Also my favorite cameo (Patrick Swayze) of any film. That I can think of at the moment.

by Kermit. on Mar 4, 2009 1:53 PM PST up reply actions  

Never saw it.

They took ‘Head Over Heels’ out of the steady cam shot? WTF? Is it silent?
Oh, I see, you mean they played ‘Killing Moon’ for the steady cam shot…

If so, then I’m with you. ‘Killing Moon’ at the start of the movie was great.

by marc w on Mar 4, 2009 1:50 PM PST up reply actions  

Ahhh yes. . . roughnecks in space.

That film gets so many things wrong with the oil industry. My father and I watched it together in the theatre and I have to say that bit in the beginning where he is teeing off against the Greenpeace boat made my father laugh harder than I have ever seen him laugh. Good memory of a Father / Son bonding moment.

Made up for that time he took me to see Platoon when I was 6.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Mar 4, 2009 11:24 AM PST up reply actions  

Hmm.

Anaconda/Lake Placid?
Outbreak/Virus?

by msb on Mar 4, 2009 11:25 AM PST up reply actions  

I’m fine with any movie involving horribly CGIed giant snakes and ice cubes.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Mar 4, 2009 11:28 AM PST up reply actions  

Do I smell the next Pixar film?

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Mar 4, 2009 11:29 AM PST up reply actions  

Snakes On The Rocks!

I’m tired of these motherfucking snakes in my motherfucking drink!

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by pdb on Mar 4, 2009 11:30 AM PST up reply actions   2 recs

Samuel Jackson is has charisma for days, but as much as Pulp Fiction helped his career, it's hurt it just as much.

“I’m a mushroom cloud layin’ motherfucka, motherfucka! Superfly TNT! I’M THE GUNS OF THE NAVARONE!” All the great lines of dialogue he had, that’s the one that keeps trying to stereotype him, and it was a fantastic line. I hear him saying guns of the Navarone when I daydream about how awesome Morrow/Felix/Bedard could be this year.

by Kermit. on Mar 4, 2009 1:11 PM PST up reply actions  

I really enjoyed Deep Blue Sea.

I could not stop laughing when when Samuel L Jackson delivered a heartfelt speech only to have a huge shark jump out of the water, grab him, and swim over to a second shark so they can each grab an end of him and tear him in half.

(commence Chappelle’s Show jokes)

by Teej on Mar 4, 2009 11:41 AM PST up reply actions  

Renny Harlin and killer sharks

A match made in heaven. I love me Renny Harlin. Finland’s greatest export EVER

"I call the big one Bitey."-Homer J. Simpson

by Willie Mays Haze on Mar 4, 2009 6:54 PM PST up reply actions  

The other one isn't really an OT

It’s trying to organize an LL event.

by BrianL on Mar 4, 2009 10:57 AM PST up reply actions  

T'was OT Lite

Why would I watch Transformers when I can play with them at my house?

by .Taylor on Mar 4, 2009 11:00 AM PST up reply actions  

Aha! Quite right.

(I’d love to answer the question, but somehow I never saw Twister, Deep Impact, Dante’s Peak, Armageddon, Volcano or Asteroid)

by marc w on Mar 4, 2009 11:15 AM PST up reply actions  

I've recently rediscovered Rainbow Six Vegas 2.

I didn’t play it for about 6 months, but have been playing it a TON lately, and am enjoying it more than ever. The game is an amazing tactical shooter, and is just so much goddamn fun.

What games can you think of that you’ve rediscovered at a later date and enjoyed more than when you first got it?

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Mar 4, 2009 11:04 AM PST reply actions  

I still have daydreams about this game.

Hands down, beyond any shadow of a doubt the best video game ever made.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Mar 4, 2009 11:27 AM PST up reply actions  

The Longest Journey

First time I picked it up I hated it because it was so damn surreal. About two years later I tried it again and absolutely loved it.

by BrianL on Mar 4, 2009 11:05 AM PST up reply actions  

Love this game.

Everybody do the monkey!!!!!

by Limerickx on Mar 4, 2009 11:37 AM PST up reply actions  

Outstanding choice

Takes a while to get into it, but damn. It’s still the cornerstone of the adventure genre, 10 years later.

by cwel87 on Mar 4, 2009 12:23 PM PST up reply actions  

Harvest Moon 64

ADOM. Good god I play a lot of ADOM

by Graham MacAree on Mar 4, 2009 11:05 AM PST up reply actions  

Active Directory Object Model

I’ve been known to play around a lot with mine lately, with the Exchange install I’m doing.

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by Faux on Mar 4, 2009 11:24 AM PST up reply actions  

X-Com

UFO Defense! Go play now!

by Limerickx on Mar 4, 2009 11:37 AM PST up reply actions  

Well deserved though

That game is bodacious. I’ve played it through a few times now and will continue to do so. Excellent job for a remake

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by tootthekazoo on Mar 4, 2009 12:24 PM PST up reply actions  

These games would be better if the Dynasty mode was more realistic

I want to be able to get recruiting violations, make decisions about whether or not to have the tutor write a paper for the star WR, lose scholarships, and sign a huge extension only to leave a year or two later to go back to my alma mater. If I could do those things that game would be the best game ever.

"I call the big one Bitey."-Homer J. Simpson

by Willie Mays Haze on Mar 4, 2009 6:58 PM PST up reply actions  

Although this doesn't quite count since I really enjoyed it at first

But I did this with The Secret of Monkey Island. I have a much greater appreciation of the game while playing it as an adult. It’s an absolute masterpiece, and I still go back and play it through to completion a few times a year

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by tootthekazoo on Mar 4, 2009 12:20 PM PST up reply actions  

Yes

Silva: You pitch like a dairy farmer!
Washburn: How appropriate, you pitch like a cow!

by Limerickx on Mar 4, 2009 3:17 PM PST up reply actions  

There are so, so many

Suikoden series, Metal Gear series, CoD4, Assassin’s Creed. I like games after trying them when I first buy ’em and letting the initial reaction stew until I have an immense desire to pick up said game again.

The king of those, though, definitely was MVP 05. I played it at first and enjoyed it, but after three years of playing the same damn baseball game, I started to realize it was about 4 years ahead of its time.

by cwel87 on Mar 4, 2009 12:22 PM PST up reply actions  

So Empire Total War.

I had it in my hands today but thought I could get it elsewhere for cheaper. Alas they were out of stock. Does anyone here have the game and if so what’s your thoughts?

I personally long to stretch the British Empire from the Urals to the Pugent Sound – as it should have been if it wasn’t for those fucking bandwagon Bostonians.

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by EnglishMariner on Mar 4, 2009 11:07 AM PST reply actions  

Pugent Sound?

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Mar 4, 2009 11:10 AM PST up reply actions  

He meant Pungent Sound

fish is a powerful odor.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Mar 4, 2009 11:13 AM PST up reply actions  

I doubt many of you are Twitterers

but here’s a link to the LL page: http://twitter.com/LookoutLanding

Why would I watch Transformers when I can play with them at my house?

by .Taylor on Mar 4, 2009 11:14 AM PST reply actions  

That's actually what I wanted to make it into

This whole ‘keep up with my daily life and stalk me uncontrollably!’ online fad we have growing is nothing short of surreal. And it’s starting to get a little too scary-real.

by cwel87 on Mar 4, 2009 12:26 PM PST up reply actions  

Sorry about the rest of your day...

Magic Pen

61/755: KGJ's homer totals, or Rosie O'Donnell's age/weight in 2019?

by kevin_ess on Mar 4, 2009 11:30 AM PST reply actions  

Man it has been a shitty week so far. No OFFTOPS has been forcing me to actually think about my problems.

I have been using this to get through my days so far. Y’all should check it out. It is a list of the 99 things you have to see on the internets. Some I had not seen before.

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by thewyrm on Mar 4, 2009 11:31 AM PST reply actions  

It definately has. I've taken three finals and, no joke, failed two of them.

Why would I watch Transformers when I can play with them at my house?

by .Taylor on Mar 4, 2009 11:34 AM PST up reply actions  

PS: I hope no one can hear the soft pitter-patter of my tears against the keyboard

Why would I watch Transformers when I can play with them at my house?

by .Taylor on Mar 4, 2009 11:35 AM PST up reply actions  

My friends and I used to give everything the Juggernaught bitch treatment when we were kids.

We would all literally watch movies with the sound off and we would each choose a character to be the voice for. We would then make up entire stories. That was always a lot of fun.

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by thewyrm on Mar 4, 2009 12:05 PM PST up reply actions  

Powerthirst!

Both of the Powerthirst ‘commercials’ are staples in my ‘High Comedy’ bookmark folder.

by cwel87 on Mar 4, 2009 12:27 PM PST up reply actions  

YES YES YES

Evolution of Dance & Human Beatbox FTW!!!

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by PositivePaul on Mar 4, 2009 12:06 PM PST up reply actions  

No--

The 99 people who are worth millions of theoretical internet dollars win at the internet. You’re just a spectator to their glory.

Free Stephen "Awesome" Strasburg!

by seattlecougar on Mar 4, 2009 12:27 PM PST up reply actions  

Yes and yes.

Hilarity. Nothing but hilarity.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Mar 4, 2009 12:16 PM PST up reply actions  

I meant for you

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by pdb on Mar 4, 2009 12:18 PM PST up reply actions  

This is a problem, yes

the bathtub is one of the few places that my cat doesn’t use me as a launching pad from.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Mar 4, 2009 3:41 PM PST up reply actions  

So we go one day without an OTFPOTD and all of a sudden today's OTFPOTD is alive during lunchtime?

We must be really committed to LL…

Then of course, we’ve raised $250 for J/M/G in about ten hours so…

by seattlebruin on Mar 4, 2009 12:20 PM PST reply actions  

That brings up a good point

The donations you see on the Pledgie page are less the Paypal transaction fee. I’ll be grossing up people’s contributions so they end up being what you actually contributed when they get sent modward.

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by pdb on Mar 4, 2009 12:22 PM PST up reply actions  

It sucks that you have to actually log into paypal to use pledgie. Sadly that is not an option for me.

Long story, but it involves me owing them 5 dollars that they sent me to a collections agency over. That agency has made it impossible for me to settle the debt.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Mar 4, 2009 12:24 PM PST up reply actions  

that does suck.

but like I said, if you want to donate email me and I’ll get you my address so you can mail me a check. Or if you know of another electronic means let me know of that as well.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Mar 4, 2009 12:26 PM PST up reply actions  

I should say

I can see them on Paypal but not on Pledgie.

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by pdb on Mar 4, 2009 1:10 PM PST up reply actions  

Thankfully no

but I put a pretty decent sized donation in the first time, and x < one stick of gum the second time

by seattlebruin on Mar 4, 2009 1:10 PM PST up reply actions  

Well this explains a lot about this site...

(Saw it on Digg this morning and it doesn’t look like anyone else has posted it here yet – sorry if I missed it)
Why Men Should Rethink Drinking Beer

Free Stephen "Awesome" Strasburg!

by seattlecougar on Mar 4, 2009 12:24 PM PST reply actions  

Happiness is coming back to my desk after a long lunch and having zero e-mails or phone calls to answer

happiness is not what my friend two cubes over has, which is receiving a total of nine phone calls since she started in September, including two wrong numbers, two calls from my cell to tell her to tell my boss I wasn’t coming in and a call from her cell to test her ringtone. I’d be bored senseless like that

by seattlebruin on Mar 4, 2009 12:29 PM PST reply actions  

After careful consideration I've come to the conclusion

that Sierra Nevada Torpedo has the highest delicious : price ratio in the market. $6.99 for a six pack and it’s easily as good as most of the craft Imperial IPAs out there. It’s way better than Stone IPA too.

by Aaron Campeau on Mar 4, 2009 12:33 PM PST reply actions  

Did it seven times.

Now you’re beginning to realize why he’s absolutely the best talent this year.

We haaaaaad to sweep the A’s.

by cwel87 on Mar 4, 2009 12:50 PM PST up reply actions  

Well actually we didn't have to, per se

it’s a little known fact that MLB isn’t scripted like professional wrestling

by seattlebruin on Mar 4, 2009 1:02 PM PST up reply actions  

We've got that Brewers connection now... holy crap. This might work.

Either that or kidnap and torture him. I’d do it just for kicks, but if the payoff is Strasburg at least I’ll have an excuse.

by Kermit. on Mar 4, 2009 1:26 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm more interested in the implications of making Ichiro play a heel

and having Griffey clock him in the head with a chair for outfield supremacy bragging rights.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Mar 4, 2009 1:27 PM PST up reply actions  

Warm up game or something?

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Mar 4, 2009 1:28 PM PST up reply actions  

Not South Africa's baseball team.

Fuentes got his ass handed to him by the country of South Africa. He left it there on accident during his vacation this winter.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Mar 4, 2009 1:35 PM PST up reply actions  

Seems bigger than it used to be.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Mar 4, 2009 1:39 PM PST up reply actions  

AND MANCHESTER ONCE AGAIN MAKES BIRMINGHAM ITS BITCH.

Second City my arse.

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Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on Mar 4, 2009 1:36 PM PST reply actions  

Morrissey wouldn't stand a chance

he’d just sit in the corner and cry into his courage journal.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Mar 4, 2009 1:46 PM PST up reply actions  

yeah, but there's five of them

so that means at least one slap would land.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Mar 4, 2009 1:48 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm not sure this would work.

Like Paul says, you’ve got Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and Black Sabbath versus Oasis (too busy beating up each other), the Stones (man down! man down!), Joy Division (killing themselves), and the Happy fucking Mondays (in a fight? really?). Oh, and Morrissey. Hmm.

If you really want to even it up, I think you could point out that with this much 80s/Birmingham around, the IRA would be sure to bomb them.

by marc w on Mar 4, 2009 1:53 PM PST up reply actions  

HELLS YEAH WE'RE COMING FOR YOU VILLA

i know, a desperate race for fourth place isn’t exactly inspirational-shout material, but it’s all I got.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Mar 4, 2009 1:46 PM PST up reply actions  

City are a beast at home.

Our huge pitch allows us to terrorise teams with our pace and technical skills. We’re screwed when we go to small grounds and physical teams e.g. Fratton Park, Reebok etc.

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on Mar 4, 2009 1:50 PM PST up reply actions  

I really miss Highbury for this exact reason

that small pitch messed with pretty much everyone.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Mar 4, 2009 1:52 PM PST up reply actions  

They did indeed

but the defense-minded era of Graham and Rioch is what I was after more than anything else – Arsenal under Wenger at Highbury relied mostly on outscoring everybody, and didn’t focus on defending so much, where under Graham and Rioch they just clamped down on teams that tried to run against them.

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by pdb on Mar 4, 2009 2:00 PM PST up reply actions  

I'd rather be on the business end of a spinning piledriver than be in Birmingham

and I say that as someone who has spent ridiculous amounts of time in Birmingham.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Mar 4, 2009 1:54 PM PST up reply actions  

Birmingham is a disgusting place.

I remember wasting an afternoon visiting the University there. What a fucking dump. And the less said about the M6/M42 the better.

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Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on Mar 4, 2009 1:55 PM PST up reply actions  

My girlfriend went to what was then Birmingham Poly

the campus was a nightmare, the surrounding area was a disaster, and where she lived (coincidentally, two streets over from Villa Park) was a Young Ones-esque neighborhood of stoodent housing. Not good.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Mar 4, 2009 1:57 PM PST up reply actions  

Aston Uni?

And you are always courting disaster as an outsider going to these city Universities. I always feel sorry for these people from other countries that come to Manchester and end up living in Moss Side…

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on Mar 4, 2009 1:59 PM PST up reply actions  

That's the one.

Aston is a rather dodgy neighborhood, at least it was in the early 90’s.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Mar 4, 2009 2:02 PM PST up reply actions  

Gotta watch out for those stoodents.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Mar 4, 2009 1:59 PM PST up reply actions  

If Newcastle United go down I will do a little sex wee.

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on Mar 4, 2009 2:02 PM PST up reply actions   2 recs

I hope to god they crash out of the Champions League

because honestly that’s the only one I can see them losing and I really don’t want to hear the word “quintuple” thrown around by every announcer in every United game ever from next season onwards.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Mar 4, 2009 2:08 PM PST up reply actions  

Anyone read this article about the latest knuckleballing Niekro?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/sports/baseball/22niekro.html?_r=2

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Mar 4, 2009 2:18 PM PST reply actions  

Beer fight!

Who will win?

My money’s on Bud Light Lime.

by Teej on Mar 4, 2009 2:22 PM PST reply actions  

Not particularly, no

I don’t despise them, but they certainly wouldn’t be my first or second choice.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Mar 4, 2009 2:35 PM PST up reply actions  

Oh, god, don't get me started on McMenamins Ruby.

That stuff is NASTY.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Mar 4, 2009 2:48 PM PST up reply actions  

That's because it's a McMenamins beer as much as because it's got grapefruit in though

I’m really not a fan of McMenamins beer – it’s average at best, and why anyone would choose to go to McM’s in a town like this which is full of stupendous brewpubs is beyond me. Especially now that everywhere’s smoke-free – McM’s used to be the only ones that were but now that’s not a differentiator.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Mar 4, 2009 2:51 PM PST up reply actions  

I think it's that their food is so reasonably priced.

However, if you’re only going for the actual beer you’re spot on.

61/755: KGJ's homer totals, or Rosie O'Donnell's age/weight in 2019?

by kevin_ess on Mar 4, 2009 2:52 PM PST up reply actions  

I do this too.

And they do make good pizza, at least at the Kennedy School, so there’s that.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Mar 4, 2009 2:57 PM PST up reply actions  

We should do this on LL using Matthe and Jeff approved beers

make it a requirement to have to taste both first and then vote, 32 beers, bracket style.

Then we can bet on the outcomes, too!

by seattlebruin on Mar 4, 2009 2:36 PM PST up reply actions  

This requires a lot of beer drinking.

I approve of this if I can obtain all said beers.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Mar 4, 2009 2:37 PM PST up reply actions  

As do I.

God it’s nice to be drinking beer again.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Mar 4, 2009 2:44 PM PST up reply actions  

That's right! Your self-imposed detox is over.

How did the find the experience, now that it’s over?

by abender20 on Mar 4, 2009 2:45 PM PST up reply actions  

Much easier than I had anticipated, actually

I even managed to go to a few brewpubs I’d never been to before and not drink, which didn’t suck as bad as I expected. It’s actually quite easy to not drink – the only annoying thing was having to explain what I was doing to all my friends the first time any of them saw me at a bar without beer.

Between that and the new diet regime I’ve lost 12 lb since Feb 1.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Mar 4, 2009 2:48 PM PST up reply actions  

Clearly, my preference is darker beer

And yours is lighter. That, or you just have much more of an affinity for both ends of the spectrum.

I’m not knocking it, but I can say with absolute certainty that nothing is more refreshing (to me) then a Blacksmith.

by cwel87 on Mar 5, 2009 12:45 PM PST up reply actions  

The Seattle media seem to give a lot of respect to bloggers.

I’ve never seen or heard a sports blogger mentioned over here, but then again Seattle does have a disproportionally amount of awesome bloggers I guess.

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on Mar 4, 2009 2:33 PM PST up reply actions  

Ok then brainiacs, who is the steroid user in this article?

Stone says he has an idea but understandably isn’t letting on. The hints I guess will be enough for at least a short list.

Philadelphia Daily News.

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on Mar 4, 2009 2:37 PM PST reply actions  

With all due respect, can we not?

Wild steroid speculation just doesn’t really lead anywhere interesting. I heard seattlebruin was on steroids, though, so there’s that.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Mar 4, 2009 2:42 PM PST up reply actions  

I took steroids for my debilitating asthma as a child.

I got to fly down to Seattle and live in an oxygen tent for a week when I was 5. That sucked.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Mar 4, 2009 2:48 PM PST up reply actions  

If it's going to upset people then fair enough.

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on Mar 4, 2009 2:50 PM PST up reply actions  

I don't think it's going to upset anybody really

it just seems like a pointless exercise, but I freely admit I could be in the minority in that opinion.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Mar 4, 2009 2:52 PM PST up reply actions  

COD question:

How exactly do parties work? It seems like you have to “leave” and come back in quite a bit in order to keep a party together or add players…

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Mar 4, 2009 2:38 PM PST reply actions  

A party is just a group of people on XBL (not necessarily one specific ga,e) who are together and can communicate.

Typically we have Scruffy in our party even when he’s playing 2K9, Halo, etc, so we can still hear him. For our purposes in CoD, we need to be in the same game, but not necessarily in the same party. We always just join the same party for the sake of being able to communicate.

I know that occasionally XBL or your ISP won’t let you join certain games due to firewalls, etc. even when you can join a party. I suspect that’s what happened last night and why you could join the party easily, but not get into our game.

In order to be on the same team in CoD, you have to be invited to both the game and the party, not just one or the other. Unfortunately, you have to back out of a game in order to add a new player to the game and make sure they’re on the same team as you. If you’re in a party with people but not the same game, you can still be assigned to different teams, which is what I think happened last night.

by seattlebruin on Mar 4, 2009 3:10 PM PST up reply actions  

That would explain how I ended up sniping you last night then.

I wasn’t making the distinction between “party” and “game”. I get it now. Thank you!

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Mar 4, 2009 3:43 PM PST up reply actions  

I was trying to hit you.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Mar 4, 2009 3:59 PM PST up reply actions  

I should rephrase that:

“I was trying to snipe you as well”.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Mar 4, 2009 3:59 PM PST up reply actions  

A man has to have his goals.

You were right about the Ariska (did I spell that correctly?), it’s a better sniper than the american rifle, but it does seem to pack a bigger kick making it harder to take a quick second shot.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Mar 4, 2009 4:26 PM PST up reply actions  

I totally let him do it

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Mar 4, 2009 11:11 PM PST up reply actions  

Thanks for the mercy kill.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Mar 5, 2009 2:18 PM PST up reply actions  

Anyone see Late Night with Jimmy Fallon?

Is it any good?

61/755: KGJ's homer totals, or Rosie O'Donnell's age/weight in 2019?

by kevin_ess on Mar 4, 2009 3:43 PM PST reply actions  

Why in God's name would I watch anything with Jimmy Fallon?

If I wanted to see a dork sit in a chair and giggle I’d go see my little brother and all of his stoner friends.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Mar 4, 2009 3:45 PM PST up reply actions   1 recs

I heard it was bad, but I haven't seen it.

I’ll fire up the DVR tonight. I actually think Fallon has the potential to be a good late-night TV show host. I’m going to give him some time. Shows like this always take some time to find their style anyway.

by Teej on Mar 4, 2009 3:46 PM PST up reply actions  

From the reviews I've read he wasn't bad

it actually sounded like he’s starting the same way Conan did – very nervous, unsure of his footing, and not quite believing what was going on. Conan turned out OK, so I’d guess in a month Fallon will be a lot better. Still not that interested in watching him though.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Mar 4, 2009 3:48 PM PST up reply actions  

I don't watch any of the late night shows,

so I guess it doesn’t really matter to me. I just don’t think Fallon is funny or capable of acting like anything other than a stoned dork.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Mar 4, 2009 3:58 PM PST up reply actions  

Yeah, I'm with you

but it’ll be interesting to see if that stoned dork persona can be used to his advantage on a talk show because it failed miserably almost everywhere else.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Mar 4, 2009 3:59 PM PST up reply actions  

Now I want to watch out of morbid curiosity.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Mar 4, 2009 4:01 PM PST up reply actions  

"Questions? Questions? Questions over here?!? No? Yes!! Yes! No?!? What?"

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Mar 4, 2009 4:05 PM PST up reply actions  

it's no Mellotron

but it’s still pretty cool.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Mar 4, 2009 3:53 PM PST reply actions  

I need to find that old site I used to mess around on...

…but there was this one thing I used to jam on that was pretty cool.

It’s not this, though, that’s damned close to your mellotron…

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Mar 4, 2009 4:41 PM PST up reply actions  

Jeff and/or Teej

if you’re looking for Dogfish Head 90 Minute, the BevMo in Escondido had a ton.

You know, if you’re up in North County and all =/

by seattlebruin on Mar 4, 2009 5:47 PM PST reply actions  

They have it at BevMo in Mission Valley, too.

In fact, I have one in my fridge right now. I should do something about that.

by Teej on Mar 4, 2009 5:49 PM PST up reply actions  

I am saving it for a tailgate this weekend

I don’t know if all four bottles will make it to LA

by seattlebruin on Mar 4, 2009 8:02 PM PST up reply actions  

This poll seems rather one-sided

http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2008/6/4/545482/i-got-xbox-live

Why would I watch Transformers when I can play with them at my house?

by .Taylor on Mar 4, 2009 6:16 PM PST reply actions  

I love Angell. Thanks for this.

61/755: KGJ's homer totals, or Rosie O'Donnell's age/weight in 2019?

by kevin_ess on Mar 4, 2009 11:24 PM PST up reply actions  

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!

Terrell Owens CUT from the Cowboys. That’s right, not traded – CUT. HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BWWWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Fuck you you dick.

Of course this means he’ll either go to the shit: Raiders, 49ers, Lions, or the one team that scares the shit out of me next season, the Ravens.

But right now? Fuck you, Terrell!!!! AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! You big superstar!

61/755: KGJ's homer totals, or Rosie O'Donnell's age/weight in 2019?

by kevin_ess on Mar 4, 2009 11:23 PM PST reply actions  

The Ravens - Bart Scott aren't really too frightening

Ed Reed is supernatually overrated. Troy Polamalu >>>>>>>> Ed Reed / a healthy Bob Sanders.

That’s not to say he’s anything but the second-best safety in football, but….he’s definitely not the best.

by cwel87 on Mar 5, 2009 12:41 PM PST up reply actions  

Moss + TO?

NO way the Pats do that.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Mar 5, 2009 2:19 PM PST up reply actions  

Funny article:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/thelife/news/story?id=3925493

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Mar 5, 2009 2:20 PM PST reply actions  

They just interviewd Manny Ramirez on FSN Prime Ticket

Asked about his contract negotiations, he said “This is like a game of chess – you have to save the best piece for last”

by seattlebruin on Mar 5, 2009 8:32 PM PST reply actions  

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