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Someday I will replace the rickety laptop that is my home link to the outside world -- perhaps even have access to that WiFi thing of which I have heard, thus freeing myself from the tyranny of puny bandwidth -- but until that day?

New OT.

Perhaps odd after a weekend with 80-degree days, but ... Fall comfort foods?

How many Vampire-themed books, films and television programs will it take to kill the genre for another couple of decades? And why can't they agree on a single mythos/canon?

Just how many "American" characters will be played by Aussies, Kiwis & Brits THIS season, and who surprised you the first time you heard them use their natural accent?

How horrifying is it that Giambi is still wearing the Golden thong ... and still sharing it?

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

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Ooooh, fall comfort foods.

Grilled cheese & creamy tomato soup, chili, homemade baguettes, roast chicken, mashed potatoes, turkey pot pie, that wonderfully classic turkey/mashed potato/cranberry/gravy/stuffing sandwich.

Was there anything in between Buffy/Angel and Twilight? I can’t remember. But boy am I getting over it. That being said, I heard True Blood was pretty good and am willing to give it a watch.

Which segues right into…. accents! If I hadn’t known of Hugh Laurie before, I’d have been astonished that he wasn’t American. Goes both ways, too. James Marsters and Alexis Denisof from Buffy/Angel both had pretty damn fantastic English accents. I cannot bear to hear their natural voices.

by royalcurve on Sep 13, 2009 11:12 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

"Was there anything in between Buffy/Angel and Twilight?"

TV stuff? I just looked it up— Moonlight, Forever Knight, Blood Ties, Blade, Kindred

by msb on Sep 13, 2009 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I only remember Blade

and even that only by reputation; I never actually saw it.

Batted .393/.614/.464 for 2009 Diablos, #5 in OBP for PSSBL Rocky Division.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Sep 13, 2009 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Squash is the best answer

Acorn squash cut in half and roasted with a lake of butter and brown sugar in the middle. Butternut squash is great, too.

Roast chicken is great, too, especially if you turn the leftovers into a hot chicken sandwich. Or if you roast it with potatoes, sweet potatoes, parsnips, onion, etc.

by abelard on Sep 13, 2009 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Football!

What an awesome weekend, haven’t been to such an exciting and controversial match in a long time. Forgetting Adebayor raking RVP face, I am interested to hear an American perspective on him goading the Arsenal fans after his goal. Did you find it amusing [like I obviously did] or disgraceful as 90% of the country seems to feel? It was obviously a silly thing for him to do, but if I was in his shoes, I’d like to think I’d do the same thing…

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

by EnglishMariner on Sep 13, 2009 11:20 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I can't forget Adebayor raking RVP's face

I don’t care about him winding up the fans – doesn’t matter in the slightest, and I would say that even if it weren’t Arsenal involved in the thing. I care that he intentionally stepped on another player’s face. He needs to be banned for a while – intent to injure is a serious thing, and a few centimeters another direction would have taken out RVP’s eyeball.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Sep 14, 2009 6:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I find it amusing mostly because

people think footballers (and athletes in general) are the dumb ones – but Adebayor knew exactly what to do to wind up the crowd, and knew that if he did the outrage would be loud and predictable. I’m much more upset with the attempted stamp on Fabregas, the stamp on Van Persie, and the (alleged) slap of Song. Classless.

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by pdb on Sep 14, 2009 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Football supporters are annoyingly predictable.

In a way it’s quaint – it’s like most of the harder-core supporters haven’t realized that players have more of a loyalty to a paycheck than to a club and think the Adebayors of the world are the exception – but it also leads to stupidity like that. A steward got knocked unconscious by something thrown from the crowd during that whole thing, and it’s ridiculous.

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by pdb on Sep 14, 2009 9:16 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

I really don't care about the fan taunting--thought that was amusing.

But from what I saw it sure looked like the face kick was intentional.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 14, 2009 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

As far as goal celebrations go it didn't even rate

It was nowhere near one of my favorite ones: Robbie Fowler, you magnificent cokeheaded bastard you.

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by pdb on Sep 14, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Regarding accents,

pretty much the whole cast of The Wire.

by DCMariner on Sep 13, 2009 12:41 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Hearing Idris Elba speak with his natural accent was crazy.

Yet another reason I so love the Stringer Bell character.

by Teej on Sep 14, 2009 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bwhahaha!

All the evil geniuses are British. Stringer Bell is the black Grand Moff Tarkin.

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

by EnglishMariner on Sep 14, 2009 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Accents.

Yvonne Strahovski who plays Sarah Walker in Chuck, is an Aussie. She has a great American accent, I would never have known she was Australian. She’s also gorgeous, so that works too. Too bad Chuck doesn’t start up again till next year…

"I feel like we are sending Danny Haren for Mulder all over again." - Cardinal fan on the Matt Holliday trade

"But at this time of year, two plus two doesn't always add up to eight. Sometimes, it equals four." - Geoff Baker, Mariners beat writer.

by Orodawg on Sep 13, 2009 1:30 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Another "Aussie?!?" is Anthony LaPaglia

that missing persons show of his also has Marianne Jean-Baptiste, who is British …

by msb on Sep 14, 2009 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The best cartoon on television right now is "Phineas and Ferb" on the Disney Channel.

I was watching it the other day and they broke out into a Bollywood-style dance number about how the Indian character felt familial pressure to get A-plus-pluses.

Batted .393/.614/.464 for 2009 Diablos, #5 in OBP for PSSBL Rocky Division.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Sep 13, 2009 4:27 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Vampire TV will reign

as long as women find “bad boys” fascinating.

It also helps that they look like Tom Cruise and kiss/bite the gals on the neck in a sensuous embrace.

by Sam Regens on Sep 13, 2009 6:32 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

This is exactly why

I prefer things like 30 Days of Night, where there is no sex – they’re just monsters, and you’re fucked if you go outside.

"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz

by section331 on Sep 13, 2009 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I liked that movie until the end.

Worst. Ending. Ever.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Sep 14, 2009 8:15 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed.

But I’ll take a crap ending for the rest of it, which I thoroughly enjoyed.

"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz

by section331 on Sep 14, 2009 8:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

About Aussies and accents, I like Nicole Kidman's cultured (nonAussie, nonCockney) delivery.

I thought she was awesome in the Golden Compass. Too bad that critics etc. seemed to be pre-inclined to not to like this movie.
I had no expectations (also have not read the book) and saw it in a hotel where it was showing for free every 3 hours or something, and thought it was pretty good. “Saw” it four times while doing some work on the computer.
I thought it was on the same level as the Harrie Potter stuff.

by Sam Regens on Sep 13, 2009 7:19 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I never watched that film

because it’s Northern Lights, dammit!

Fuck Anaheim.

by Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth on Sep 14, 2009 6:34 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Followed by...

putting said hand under metal pail, weighted down by A Farewell to Arms.

Splatstick.

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by JY on Sep 14, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm trying to come up with something not from the Evil Dead series.

I keep going back to “Shut up, Linda!”, the laughing room, “well, aren’t you mister fancypants?”, “you’re goody little two shoes!”, and “klaatu barada… necktie”

Bubba Ho-Tep, I enjoyed, but can’t remember much of. Roles too brief in Congo and Fargo and all the Spider Man movies, I remember him being some badass lady’s man in McHale’s Navy but that’s the only thing I remember about that movie and I doubt I’m missing much.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Sep 14, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

'Gimme some sugar' does leap so quickly to mind ...

Briscoe County has some fine moments, as do his various episodes of Xena/Herc as Autolycus, the King of Thieves ..“I’m not just leering at scantily clad women, you know— I’m working.”

by msb on Sep 14, 2009 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's my problem.

I’m entirely unfamiliar with his TV work.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Sep 14, 2009 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I really need to make more Indian food this winter

Though with school, not sure if there will be a lot of time for that…

"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz

by section331 on Sep 13, 2009 11:19 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Hello!

Great questions…

1: I look forward to lentil soup, to squash soup (both of which are nice with lots of curry powder), roast dinners. Also football, and anything that goes with football. Mostly beer… oktoberfests, winter ales, etc.

2: 12. I’m sort of agnostic on vampires; I think there are decent vampire series/movies/whatever and lots of shitty ones – same as anything else. Personally though, I love the fact that vampire stuff comes back every 10-20 years without sticking to a single mythos/canon. I find it odd that people would insist on dogma in what are, at heart, monster stories. Take bits and pieces of the backstory, mix ’em around and see if you can tell a good story.

3: Huh. Ryan Kwanten, who plays a Louisiana guy in True Blood, and also played a marine or army officer in some Law and Order episode. I knew him from those two things, and I watched some behind the scenes deal of True Blood and it turns out he’s australian. And the guy who plays Bill is English. Weird. I knew Hugh Laurie’s real accent well before House came out, and so House still sounds to me like an English person overdoing an American accent.

4: Very.

5: 1578 board feet.

by marc w on Sep 14, 2009 1:35 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Born in Canada, but lived as a Kiwi.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Sep 14, 2009 8:16 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Canada : US :: New Zealand : Australia?

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Sep 14, 2009 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No

There’s a pretty fierce rivalry over, well, everything between the two countries that doesn’t exist in Canada v US.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Sep 14, 2009 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Okies

I am fairly competent around the kitchen, but the only thing I feel like I make better than most others is chili. Chili is no galantine of turkey, but know what you do and do it well is what I say.

As far as I am concerned, Let The Right One In killed vampire movies by virtue of its brilliance. No one ever needs to make another vampire movie and it is going to go down in history as one of the finest horror movies ever made. Perhaps one of the most underrated movies of the decade.

Don’t watch much TV. Not really in the spirit of the question, but it took me three years to realize that Hugh Laurie was that Hugh Laurie, and I still feel dumb because of that.

These are the things about sports that I try to ignore because it makes me realize what giant douchenozzles my heroes are.

by acblue on Sep 14, 2009 2:09 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

.

Agreed on Let the Right One In, and possibly challenge you to chili cookoff….though salsa is where I truly excel. Also, guacamole.

"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz

by section331 on Sep 14, 2009 8:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It is!

I would eat it all the time, if avocados weren’t normally so pricey, and it didn’t rather interfere with my love of Thai, Vietnamese, and Korean food….

"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz

by section331 on Sep 14, 2009 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

"Let The Right One In killed vampire movies by virtue of its brilliance"

Yes, goddamnit, yes.

I mean, I’ll still entertain the genre now and then, just to see what new and interesting ways they’ve opted to screw things up, but that movie was particularly special in terms of its atmosphere. I wish there was an available DVD that didn’t have horrible subtitling.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Sep 14, 2009 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There is!

Due to the uproar, all publisher started releasing all new DVDs with the theatrical subtitles included.

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by Eyebrows on Sep 14, 2009 9:57 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

Wow, when did this happen?

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Sep 14, 2009 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pretty quickly after the complaints started rolling in

the disc now offers Swedish or dubbed English soundtracks, with optional English (dvd), English (theatrical) or Spanish subtitles, plus closed-captioning. Supposedly they have “English narrative subtitles” (ie English SDH subtitles) as well, but they don’t really …

by msb on Sep 14, 2009 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I watched mine on Netflix via X Box Live

It had subtitles that were fine.

"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz

by section331 on Sep 14, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

As did I.

But I don’t have an X box and would prefer to own the movie rather than rent it because it is awesome.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Sep 14, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, I see!

"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz

by section331 on Sep 14, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That sounds...gross.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Sep 14, 2009 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Only if they're "rad chilies"

Thanks, Achewood

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Sep 14, 2009 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

COOK-OFF!

"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz

by section331 on Sep 14, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

*eyeroll

It was pretty good. I can honestly say that I had a lot more fun gawking at the ridiculousness of the teenagers in Twilight than I did looking at the purty Scandinavian landscapes and admiring the weird little children in Let The Right One In. I’m also sheepishly looking forward to Daybreakers.

by sammy on Sep 16, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think we've had this conversation.

It’s pretty and well made, but it’s not Bergman or anything (which is more or less what it aspires to be). And in terms of “good” vampire movies, Near Dark blows Let the Right One In out of the water.

by sammy on Sep 16, 2009 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think it's a better movie than a lot of Bergman's catalog.

I love Bergman and all, but he is overrated. He’s like the Swedish Altman.

by acblue on Sep 16, 2009 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was thinking of Hour of the Wolf, in particular.

I just find it odd that a lot of people (not just you) seem to want to induct Let the Right One In immediately into the canon. I don’t see it, and I don’t think the film is going to age particularly well either.

by sammy on Sep 16, 2009 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And re: Altman.

I used to think the same thing (that he’s way overrated), but I think I’m starting to come around. Forget everything he did post 1980. McCabe and Mrs. Miller, 3 Women, California Split, The Long Goodbye, Thieves Like Us, Nashville… These are really really good movies.

by sammy on Sep 16, 2009 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Aside from McCabe and Mrs. Miller, I just have never seen the greatness.

Altman made a whole bunch of really good movies, but he’s treated as some sort of God and I think that’s really weird.

by acblue on Sep 16, 2009 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think he's treated that way mostly by actors,

because as an actor’s director, his style is an incredibly attractive mode of working. You don’t think Nashville’s a great movie?

by sammy on Sep 16, 2009 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And re: Altman as actor's director;

I think that’s a big part of why I don’t especially care for his style. Everything is so methodical and so polished and it often just bores me to death. I prefer the Herzog method of going after the cast with knives and starving them to death, frankly.

by acblue on Sep 16, 2009 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't see Altman as polished at all.

Methodical in how he goes about getting his results, yes, but the movies are often chaotic, jumbled and messy, which is a large part of his appeal (and of some people’s distaste for him).

by sammy on Sep 16, 2009 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Saying you prefer the Herzog 'method' to the Altman 'method'

is really neither here nor there. Both methods are unique to their directors. No one makes movies like those two do.

by sammy on Sep 16, 2009 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Better movies made in 2008:

The Hurt Locker
Revanche
Aruitemo, Aruitemo
Sugar
Wall*E
Entre les Murs
Frost/Nixon
Gomorrah

Granted, none of these are horror, but thinking of all the horror movies I liked better than Let the Right One In would take me more time than I care to spend.

by sammy on Sep 16, 2009 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Answers!

1. Pumpkin based treats. I love pumpkin things so very much.

2. No idea, but it feels like we’re getting to the saturation point.

3. Mentioned by others but good god Hugh Laurie is good. I stumbled onto House before I found A Bit of Frye and Laurie. I didn’t realize he was British until he hosted an episode of SNL.

4. Really? He’s still wearing it?

5. Twelve 2×4s.

by BrianL on Sep 14, 2009 7:31 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I have a hard time taking Laurie seriously as House because of the Stuart Little movies.

I know it makes no sense, but I can’t make it through an episode of House without thinking of him talking to a Michael J Fox voiced mouse.

by Jed MC on Sep 14, 2009 8:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Go find A Bit Of Fry And Laurie

either on YouTube or on DVD. It will erase that Stuart Little association right quick.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Sep 14, 2009 8:49 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

A few musical Hugh moments

Fry & Laurie’s Piano Class , Jeeves & Wooster’s Minnie the Moocher, and the best thing about Peter’s friends, The way you look tonight

by msb on Sep 14, 2009 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Re: pumpkin spice donuts

I believe that Top Pot has one, and it’s amazing, if I am remembering correctly. At least that’s a little closer to you.

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by Eyebrows on Sep 14, 2009 10:00 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

The only place I can get Top Pot in PDX is at Starbucks

and as of this morning they didn’t have the pumpkin spice one, but I’m holding out hope.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Sep 14, 2009 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can't get into House...

The cool thing is if I ever do decide to watch an episode I know it will promise to be the most shocking, amazing, limit pushing episode ever!

Wherever I go, that's where I am.

by noontide on Sep 14, 2009 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You have questions, I have answers

1. Agreed with most re: pumpkin based treats. I wish I lived where there were Dunkin Donuts, because their Pumpkin Spice donuts are AMAZING.

2. As much as I love True Blood, I’m really kinda getting sick of the vampire thing. I can only hope that the zombie genre stays at its current level and that zombies don’t become the new vampires.

3. I think it’s plateauing. My current favorite is Yvonne Strahovski from Chuck, an Aussie.

4. Baseball players in a masculine culture should be applauded for being pro-gay.

5. One sheet of plywood and then it’s off to the woodchuck bar.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Sep 14, 2009 7:52 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

The Japanese will develop synthetic brains that allow zombies to integrate into society.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Sep 14, 2009 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I know the rule here is no politics

but this is SHOCKING. I now have to reevaluate my heroes.

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by pdb on Sep 14, 2009 8:33 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

There are still VMA's?

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by pdb on Sep 14, 2009 9:08 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

KANYE!

NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!

by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 14, 2009 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Isn't she, like, 12?

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Sep 14, 2009 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't think so ...

because my eldest nephew has declared their engagement.

oh, and also the dickiness of Kanye.

by msb on Sep 14, 2009 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

But....

but Kanye is the genius of a generation?

and he is not a gay fish!

Wherever I go, that's where I am.

by noontide on Sep 14, 2009 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

But he does like fishsticks!

In his mouth!

"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz

by section331 on Sep 14, 2009 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah

but he is not a gay fish.

Wherever I go, that's where I am.

by noontide on Sep 14, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

But he likes fishsticks...

"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz

by section331 on Sep 14, 2009 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'll get it

I just need to break it down.

Wherever I go, that's where I am.

by noontide on Sep 14, 2009 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's because you're an aquatic genius!

Or something about fashion.

"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz

by section331 on Sep 14, 2009 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I would struggle to find one artist in the whole show that I cared about.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Sep 14, 2009 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

FOX is bringing the western/sci-fi genre to their network

brought to you by the producers of Chuck.

I could have sworn this network had a western/sci-fi themed show in the past…

by BrianL on Sep 14, 2009 10:19 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I bought said western/sci-fi on DVD the other day

I’m only halfway through but I’m baffled as to why FOX canceled it, it’s fucking great.

Fuck Anaheim.

by Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth on Sep 14, 2009 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Because it's FOX?

The same station that canceled Family Guy and Futurama, which both later revived (yay to the latter, meh to the former).

They aired episodes out of order, airing the pilot last, inexplicably, skipped three episodes entirely, and preempted episodes for sports. What? It couldn’t find an audience? What do you mean? (presses the red button)

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Sep 14, 2009 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

HOMEBOYS IN OUTER SPACE!

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by Eyebrows on Sep 14, 2009 11:45 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

Not Shanaynay?

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♥

by royalcurve on Sep 14, 2009 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Opening credits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9CzPH17ySA

[Open this in a new tab on your own, mobile LL doesn’t have the handy link button]

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by Eyebrows on Sep 14, 2009 3:13 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

Little known fact -

If you just put a hyperlink in w/o using the button, it target=_blanks it for you.

Doesn’t work if you are looking to embed, but just copy and paste it works wonders.

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

by Faux on Sep 14, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate myself for having put off watching it for so long.

Although I am somewhat proud of myself for having my first ever “I love you and hate you all at the same time, Joss Whedon” moments while watching Serenity.

by BrianL on Sep 14, 2009 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He's good for that.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Sep 14, 2009 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Welcome to Dollhouse.

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by pdb on Sep 14, 2009 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've seen most of that.

There were some episodes my friend insisted on skipping. The unaired pilot was better, the special finale probably should have been aired. It has some things going for it, but it doesn’t grab me, and it may be difficult given its self-imposed limitations at the moment. It seems too easy to get mired in one-offs and I respect that he doesn’t intend to, but I feel like something more should be there that isn’t.

Wow, ramble.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Sep 14, 2009 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It has all the Whedon with none of the humor

That’s what’s not there for me. Even at its tensest, Buffy always had an undercurrent of humor, and so did Firefly – just little throw-away one liners or whatever, that were tangential to the plot but really smart and funny. Firefly seems to be taking itself waaaaaaaaay too seriously, and that’s to the show’s detriment.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Sep 14, 2009 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I got stuck Whedon out the mix-up in shows there.

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

by Faux on Sep 14, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions   2 recs

I'm going to look like more of a horse's ass when it turns out not to be pronounced that way.

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

by Faux on Sep 14, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nah, you're golden.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Sep 14, 2009 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm hoping that as the show becomes more settled and established on the network

the humor will make an appearance. I just worry that FOX is meddling too much with the structure of the show based on past “failures”.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Sep 14, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I liked Dollhouse. But compare Angel and Buffy season one vs Angel season 4 and Buffy season 5.

Honestly, Dollhouse season 1 was better than the Angel/Buffy season 1’s. If Dollhouse can have a 5 year run, I bet season 4, and 5 will kick so much ass suicidal teens will be qouting Dollhouse in their high school journals.

I have seen season 5 of Buffy at least 30 times. I believe in Joss Whedon to make Dollhouse as cool as that.

by mark sobba on Sep 14, 2009 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You are making me sad :(

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Sep 14, 2009 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And it was fucking awesome.

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

by James F'n X on Sep 14, 2009 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate FOX so much.

Firefly is hard to watch because there is just so much promise in it. I can’t even image were the show would have been after a 5 year run.

by mark sobba on Sep 14, 2009 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

On zombie movies

I found American Zombie to be a very different take on the genre. The first few minutes of it sucked me in, because the zombies aren’t like standard zombies, but that’s kind of what makes it good. It’s done documentary-style. I recommend it, if you’re looking for something different.

"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz

by section331 on Sep 14, 2009 11:35 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Ooo!

Also, Subject 2 is a fabulous movie, along the same lines as Reanimator, but without all the cheesy dialogue and shocker special effects. And the cast is like…..4 people? Think the atmosphere of The Shining with a plotline vaguely resembling Reanimator. VERY highly recommended, and found by complete accident.

"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz

by section331 on Sep 14, 2009 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Neither of these have Wikipedia pages.

I have forgotten how to look up information any other way.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Sep 14, 2009 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Imdb.org

You got slurved!

by Slurvey on Sep 14, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I know that >:(

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Sep 14, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So many questions- so little answers

favorite fall comfort food: Wild Turkey and I’m not talking about the bird.

Ausie actor: Eric Bana- I watched Chopper and thought god damn Hulk does a great Ausie accent. Then I saw funny people and thought, shit he does an Ausie accent so well people are just going to start making him do all his movies that way. Now I realized nooooo. He does a great American accent.

I wish someone would drive a wooden stake through the Twilight series.

Wherever I go, that's where I am.

by noontide on Sep 14, 2009 11:55 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Why the hell am I watching Cribs?

"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz

by section331 on Sep 14, 2009 12:06 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Additionally

Who the fuck are these people, and why do they own more real estate than I do?! They’ve shown two segments now, and I have no clue who these people are, or why they’re famous enough to have some camera crew going through their closets. Granted, I’m not a beacon of current pop culture, but I can at least recognize some people, and I got nothin’.

I should probably stop watching UPN. Yuck.

"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz

by section331 on Sep 14, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I know

All rental crap. If I had that much money, I’d get a decent 3-BR somewhere, pay it off, and save the rest of it. Why rent? Dumb. I know a lot of people travel, and that is fine, but why rent something THAT SIZE? You’re just throwing away money at that point. Then again, we’re talking about people who hang up both jeans and bras in their closets, so I’m thinking maybe not the brightest bulbs in the socket. Ugh. Stupid usage of excessive wealth just gives me the hives.

"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz

by section331 on Sep 14, 2009 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate when people think this way.

I think when people have money they can spend it in whatever way they want just as long as they know it may run up someday.

That’s just my opinion though.

by Kirkharbaugh on Sep 14, 2009 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

They're going to have to pay it back at some point.

When you’re making good money like some top athletes (or musicians or whatever) do, you can probably afford to buy a mansion for a million or two. But throw in all the cars and jets that you’re making payments on, and you’re going to get burned when your income dries up. Particularly if you’re in an industry (NFL, music) where the money isn’t guaranteed to keep flowing in.

I usually defend athletes in situations like this. No one who’s surrounded by other millionaires is going to be as frugal with his money as I am. It’s a different world. But at the same time, a lot of these guys need some advice when it comes to investing and projection. Stop listening to your friends, and stop pretending that you’re going to be a Pro Bowler for the next 10 years. It’s sad.

by Teej on Sep 14, 2009 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Actually

That was pretty much what I was trying to say.
But whatever. You took it how you took it, no harm no foul.

"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz

by section331 on Sep 15, 2009 8:18 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mondays don't mean much to someone who is unemployed.

"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz

by section331 on Sep 14, 2009 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

???

Although I can’t say much, I got to double the size of my cube, and I’m surrounded by tack board.

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

by Faux on Sep 14, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can't believe I just spent $65 on crappy bleacher seats for the game on Sunday.

I’ve avoided the Yankees games this year on purpose, but this one I am obligated to go to. BLARG

♥

by royalcurve on Sep 14, 2009 12:37 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I have an idea for a vampire movie.

Two vampires go to the drive-in and watch a good movie.

by Teej on Sep 14, 2009 2:22 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

I have an idea for a vampire movie.

A vampire realizes that he has no money, and also that all his faux-Gothic accoutrements and dozens of candles in every room cost a lot of money; he then has to take a night shift job at Jack In The Box. With hilarious consequences.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Sep 14, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

If I killed people at random and drank their blood, you'd then have any money they had on them.

Of course, nowadays that wouldn’t be much with the rise of credit cards.

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

by Faux on Sep 14, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That could be the premise!

After his 45th victim in a row that didn’t carry cash, only cards, a vampire realizes that he has no money etc.

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by pdb on Sep 14, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That sounds like From Dusk Til Dawn 2.

No wait, better.

Robert Patrick asking the question on all of our minds, “why are vampires robbing a bank anyway?”

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by JY on Sep 14, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have an idea for a vampire movie

so this hundred year old vampire who has trouble with girls tries to blend in with humans, and meets a nice, average, human girl and falls in love.

Then they date, but it’s terrifyingly dangerous for her to be exposed to the vampire world, so he marries her, knocks her up, and then turns her into a vampire after she gives birth to his half-human, half-vampire spawn in a bloody mess in his three million dollar house.

Also, werewolves are there somewhere.

by seattlebruin on Sep 14, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That sounds like the gayest, most fabulous vampire story ever

can I get a piece of the merchandising of this inevitable blockbuster?

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Sep 14, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh jesus, Vampires! The Musical!

Why has no one ever thought of this, someone alert sb.

by Kermit. on Sep 14, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There were showtunes? I missed that part, my bad.

Vampires and show tunes just seem destined for each other.

by Kermit. on Sep 14, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Carol Channing!

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by pdb on Sep 14, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can't stand her after all those "Scary Movie" movies.

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

by Faux on Sep 14, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Caroline Wozniacki!

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

by Faux on Sep 14, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Also make him have NO weakness.

Also take out all of the metaphors a vampire actually has.

by mark sobba on Sep 14, 2009 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

answers

Hot Chocolate

Someone pay me to make one and I’ll end it.

Christian Bale actually

Sexy?

At least 3.50

NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!

by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 14, 2009 2:31 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Don't tell Scruffy

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

by Faux on Sep 14, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Uh, oh.

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

by Faux on Sep 14, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Jamie Bamber from the new Galactica series, and Damian Lewis from HBO Band of Brothers mini-series.

First time I heard either in an interview it blew my mind. Creates a bit of a disconnect, like knowing someone for years and they suddenly ask you to call them by a different name.

by Kermit. on Sep 14, 2009 2:42 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Fall foods

Pumpkin anything, chai latte, mulled cider, butternut squash soup, slow roasted meats.

I got nothing else…

by NOLAmarinergirl on Sep 14, 2009 3:19 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Nobody ever remembers Ringo.

Or that other one.

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

by Faux on Sep 14, 2009 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I only namechecked Lennon/McCartney because they wrote the song

I think the other one’s name was Harrison Ford or Boy George or some such – who can keep all these skiffle groups straight?

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Sep 14, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

A few names that came to mind in Accent Wars

Linus Roache, Anna Friel, Simon Baker, Jonny Lee Miller, Natascha McElhone,
Rufus Sewell, Jason O’Mara, Poppy Montgomery, Jamie Bamber, Matthew Rhys, Kevin McKidd, Ian McShane, Michelle Ryan, Alex O’Laughlin, Sophia Myles, Lena Headley, Dominic Purcell, Louise Lombard, Mark Addy, Rachel Griffiths, Charlie Hunnam…

oh, and for pure schizophrenia? John Barrowman, who speaks with an American accent in real life, unless he is talking with his parents and he reverts to his childhood Scots. Damned weird.

by msb on Sep 14, 2009 3:22 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I have a friend who does this too.

But he is Korean and speaks with an English with and American accent to everyone but his parents. He then switches to half English with a Korean accent and half straight Korean. Its bizarre.

Also, his parents speak English without any noticeable Korean accent too.

by Kirkharbaugh on Sep 14, 2009 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The parents speaking English without any Korean accent is the crazy part of this story.

I’ve never met a Korean-American 50+ with no noticeable accent.

by sammy on Sep 16, 2009 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Its the weirdest thing I have ever encountered.

Well not the weirdest but it is pretty weird.

by Kirkharbaugh on Sep 17, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Facebook Ads

My status on Friday was related to my trip to the barbers for my awesome traditional shave, but ever since I have had loads of adverts relating to hair removal, with some really, truly horrendous images.

So, if my status is something like “HOT NAKED EBONY 21 YEAR OLD CUM SLUTS” in the next few days, you know why.

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

by EnglishMariner on Sep 14, 2009 3:26 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

Hey, how cool was it to see Pedro get the results he did last night?

I have a soft spot for Pedro, I remember him being awesome when I first started watching baseball seriously in 2003, and that wasn’t even his peak. I thought we had lost him for good, but I hope now that he can stick around for a few more years and maybe put together some nice seasons, maybe in the NL Central or something like that beating up on the Reds and Pirates.

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

by EnglishMariner on Sep 14, 2009 3:33 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Why is TMZ on television?!

"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz

by section331 on Sep 14, 2009 4:01 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Some of us just don't have any other channels.

sigh

"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz

by section331 on Sep 14, 2009 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There are books. And magazines.

No need to rot your brain with that crap. TV’s have off switches.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Sep 14, 2009 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That is true

But we usually have it on for background noise while working online. I don’t always pay attention to it, and oftentimes we switch to the news; but today was not like other days, and now I know I’m not missing anything.

"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz

by section331 on Sep 14, 2009 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Things not to say during a conference keynote

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Edition

[Kotick] described tailoring developer bonuses to “really [reward] profit and nothing else” and how an air of “skepticism, pessimism, and fear” is promoted within the company with the goal of “keeping people focused on the deep depression.” You know, so they focus on profit and nothing else. It’s all to plan, though, seeing as Kotick confided that, “The goal that I had in bringing a lot of the packaged goods folks into Activision about 10 years ago was to take all the fun out of making video games.”

by BrianL on Sep 15, 2009 9:39 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Wow.

Heaven forbid people that make games have fun doing so.

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by pdb on Sep 15, 2009 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I thought initially that he was joking

but according to Kotaku and Joystiq, Kotick was completely straight-faced while saying all this.

by BrianL on Sep 15, 2009 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I know it's being totally overshadowed by that band from Liverpool

but is anybody else as excited about the Big Star reissues/box set as I am? I’ve been listening to “Back Of A Car” pretty much non-stop for the last 20 minutes. If you like pop music and don’t own #1 Record or Radio City or Third/Sister Lovers, there’s something missing from your collection.

  1. Record is probably my favorite power pop record of all time – even if you’ve never heard Big Star, you’ll know In The Street as the covered-by-Cheap-Trick theme from “That 70’s Show”, but it also contains the absolutely brilliant Thirteen, When My Baby’s Beside Me, Way Out West, and the aforementioned Back Of A Car. And if that weren’t enough, it inspired Paul Westerberg to write this song. This video of which gets bonus points for being from a show I was at.

So yeah, go get yourself some Big Star.

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by pdb on Sep 15, 2009 10:01 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Wow that was gimped up formatting

That second paragraph should read “Number One Record is probably my favorite….” etc. Thanks SBN.

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by pdb on Sep 15, 2009 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like one item lists.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Sep 15, 2009 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Has anyone picked up Scribblenauts yet?

It actually has me excited to play my DS for the first time in a while.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Sep 15, 2009 11:30 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Been playing it on-and-off since Saturday.

Not something that keeps you gripped for hours, but it’s fun and easy to play in short stints.

If you’ve seen the videos, you know exactly what it’s about and what to expect.
What you can’t tell from the video immediately:
-The level design is good.
-The control scheme (everything but the camera is controlled with the stylus) is awful and can make the longer levels frustrating because you kill yourself on accident.

by lailaihei on Sep 15, 2009 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I've heard bad things about the control scheme.

It has me a little wary of actually buying the game. I’ll probably just rent it instead.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Sep 15, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Always use wings.

The jet pack sucks.

by w00tah on Sep 15, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm partial to the flying carpet when I need to go a short distance.

Also the usefulness of ramps and girders cannot be overstated. And Kraken.

by lailaihei on Sep 15, 2009 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Has anybody used the Keyboard Cat yet?

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Sep 15, 2009 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cards, Cubs, Brewers, and Reds.

But no Pirates!? I’m disappointed because…
1. Easy wins (but then again, our “natural rival” is the Padres which is already a gift, every year).
2. Don’t get to see McCutchen in person. If the Pirates came to Seattle I would buy a Pirates cap just to get it signed by him.

by lailaihei on Sep 15, 2009 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey get get the Reds. Om a weekend. Again.

Junior plays his old team! Ratings Bonanza!

by Poochie on Sep 15, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Let me fix this for you

Junior plays watches his old teams play! Ratings Bonanza!

by d0nkey on Sep 15, 2009 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This year the prize for winning a LLemmie - your choice of being modded for a day* or cockpunching Robert!

*terms and conditions apply, main screenname not guaranteed to be modded, alternate may be password-bombed by regular moderators

by seattlebruin on Sep 15, 2009 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

AV Club Taste Test:

KFC Double Down.

My favorite line:

Like grief, the Double Down is experienced in stages.

by acblue on Sep 15, 2009 1:21 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

My two favorite things about this monstrosity:

The somewhat ominous name, Double Down. Lets you know that this is not for casual eaters. Also, that it comes with fries.

by waldo rojas on Sep 15, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have a friend that just made tortellini but forgot to wash out the bowl after he soaped it up

Is he at any immediate health risk if he ate the tortellini that look oh so delicious?

by Robert on Sep 15, 2009 3:46 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Nah

You got slurved!

by Slurvey on Sep 15, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So the FJM crew is back guest-editing Deadspin today.

And here’s my dilemma. FJM started (or at least widely popularized) the whole “let’s respond snarkily to bad sportswriting” genre, and since FJM has gone off the air, so to speak, so many other people do it that I read the first few FJM posts this morning and went…..eh. It all has a sort of perfunctory feel to it. Is it just me? Are they still funny and is it me who’s been jaded?

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Sep 16, 2009 8:36 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

And the funny thing is that I never read KSK

It just seems like the FJM style has been co-opted by pretty much anyone with an internet connection so while I know FJM were the biggest/best at it, I read it now and think “really? still doing that, eh? Well, OK”.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Sep 16, 2009 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think it's because thye're attacking Jeter and Ecksten

just like with Mariner fans and Willie Bloomquist, they need new targets to keep it fresh.

by Poochie on Sep 16, 2009 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm all about frequent repeated attacks on Derek Jeter, don't get me wrong

but yeah, the whole thing smacks of “hey look what we used to do!”

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Sep 16, 2009 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think they're hilarious.

But that’s because I think they’re great humor writers. The topic matter is repetitive — and the impostors aren’t really up to snuff — but there was always something about FJM that kept me coming back. And it was the writing.

I’m not shedding tears over FJM’s demise, but I’m enjoying today’s reunion. Particularly the one with MLB’s reactions to the deaths of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett. They’re definitely better when they find material outside the JoeChat/Jeter/Eckstein realm.

by Teej on Sep 16, 2009 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

What films are you ashamed of enjoying? For me:

Freddie Got Fingered
Rambo (the newer one)
Blair Witch Project
Hot Rod

by waldo rojas on Sep 16, 2009 11:04 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

"ashamed" implies that I seek validation in or approval from others when I watch a movie, which is not true.

If you don’t like what I watch, that’s not my problem, it’s yours. That said, I catch a lot of crap for liking all three of the Ocean’s movies.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Sep 16, 2009 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like them because they're breezy throwaways

there’s nothing even remotely plausible about any one of them, there’s a lot that’s ridiculous, but damned if it isn’t fun watching George Clooney and Brad Pitt shoot the shit for 90 minutes. They’re basically cartoons, but they’re entertaining cartoons.

Plus, Casey Affleck is awesome in all of them.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Sep 16, 2009 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There's no one standard for good or bad though

if you enjoy it, why does it matter if it’s “art” or not?

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Sep 16, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There is a standard for good and bad, though.

I can enjoy something that I know is artistically bad, but when I do I feel somewhat embarrassed.

by acblue on Sep 16, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

But that standard is defined by you and is entirely subjective

I’m not trying to pick a fight, just saying that the binary choice of “good” v “bad” is very tough to apply to any artistic endeavor. Answering the whole “what is art” question is a fool’s errand – who’s to say that the director of Dude, Where’s My Car didn’t pour as much passion and feeling into his work as Herzog did when he made Fitzcarraldo? – and it really shuts off enjoyment of a lot of things for a lot of people.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Sep 16, 2009 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't find it especially difficult to apply those terms to an artistic endeavor.

It’s clearly subjective, but I’m still coming to a conclusion based on my own criteria. And I’m not talking about fluff films; I love PCU, which is total and utter garbage, and I am in no way ashamed or embarrassed by this fact.

I’m talking more about movies that are clearly intended to be artistic and by dong so open themselves up to more critical examination. It doesn’t happen often, but occasionally I will know that a film is sub-par on an analytical level and still find myself entertained by it. It bugs me because generally I won’t have any proper defense for the film on technical or artistic grounds.

by acblue on Sep 16, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Can you blow me where the Pampers is?

That movie was awesome!

"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz

by section331 on Sep 16, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hot Rod is awesome.

Freddie Got Fingered is actually on my list as well.

I like a lot of Adam Sandler and Adam Sandler-related movies. I just watched Grandma’s Boy for the fourth or fifth time.

by Teej on Sep 16, 2009 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can't stand Adam Sandler flicks

and I mostly feel the same way about Will Ferrell, but “Stranger than Fiction” was Ferrell’s redeeming film.

Was “50 first dates” good enough to redeem Sandler?

Batted .393/.614/.464 for 2009 Diablos, #5 in OBP for PSSBL Rocky Division.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Sep 16, 2009 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I couldn't get past how annoying Drew Barrymore is in that movie

but Funny People does a great job with Sandler.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Sep 16, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I liked Funny People for the first hour and a half or so, and Sandler was great for that.

But the last hour just dragged for me and the payoff was okay but it wasn’t good enough.

Batted .393/.614/.464 for 2009 Diablos, #5 in OBP for PSSBL Rocky Division.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Sep 16, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I liked the soundtrack to 50 First Dates

And Sean Astin was hilarious.

"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz

by section331 on Sep 16, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm not ashamed for enjoying Hot Rod.

Hot Rod is the greatest comedy the last 10 years.

NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!

by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 17, 2009 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He's a genius compared with his commenters. Jesus.
Mauer doesn’t count.Injured, missed too many games, non-playoff team!
i agree mauer doesn’t deserve it but jeter doesnt either tex deserves where is he on this list?
I take nothing away from Joe Mauer, he is a great talent. However, he does not bring the intensity and will to win every day that these guys do.
If they can lose with [Mauer], they can lose without him.
first of all, MVP doesn’t mean who has the best hitting average…..Mauer…does have that….MVP should help the TEAM in many categories, not just 1 like Mauer

OK, my brain hurts. Why do I do this?

by Teej on Sep 16, 2009 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So Muse's new album....

I wouldn’t call it terrible but it’s definitely strange and not as good as any of their past offerings.

by Mariner John on Sep 16, 2009 1:02 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I enjoy it in an odd way

I get the feeling it’ll grow on me too

by Graham on Sep 16, 2009 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It bored me

Which is something Muse have never done before.

Exogenesis really redeemed the album for me. Like Graham said, I’m sure it’ll grow on me but they’ve gone the way I hoped they wouldn’t after Black Holes.

Fuck Anaheim.

by Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth on Sep 16, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

For Wenger, opportunity does not equal likelihood

as much as I love Wenger and what he’s done at Arsenal and for football in England, his complete and utter refusal to even consider buying more than one player a year is really getting tedious. I don’t want him to go the Man City route and just buy buy buy, but the fact that he doesn’t even consider spending even a little bit is frustrating.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Sep 16, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Huh.

Everything’s fine for me.

Fuck Anaheim.

by Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth on Sep 16, 2009 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's very strange.

Are you using the latest Firefox/Adblock/Flashblock? I have no problem with ads at all with those three things…

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Sep 16, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Less intrusive than some of the other stuff, but still annoying, this is what the nav bar up top looks like at the moment:

Everything is updated and I’m fairly certain it’s not a virus or the like because LL is the only site where things like this happen and my AVG scans are clean.

by acblue on Sep 16, 2009 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Right-click on the F one at the top left and say "allow Flash from this site", F5, and see what happens

(if that doesn’t clear it up you can go into Flashblock and re-add LL to the flash blocklist).

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Sep 16, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

PayPal question

if I remember correctly, you can cancel a payment through PayPal if it’s done through a credit card in a certain amount of time. Is this still true? I’m trying to sell a laptop via craigslist and trying to avoid being scammed (ugh).

by seattlebruin on Sep 16, 2009 2:23 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Craigslist = CASH ONLY

CASH ONLY CASH ONLY. You know this.

angels fan in seattle

by Eyebrows on Sep 16, 2009 4:28 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

Why would you be using Paypal?

Sounds like you’re falling for the most basic CL scam out there. Never ship anything, always meet in person and get CASH.

Boo, SB. I expected better from you.

angels fan in seattle

by Eyebrows on Sep 16, 2009 4:29 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

To echo Eyebrows

if you’re using Craigslist, you need to make exchanges in person and for cash.

by BrianL on Sep 16, 2009 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Last year, after becoming the first person ever to strike out 200 times in a season(and finishing with 205),

Mark Reynolds has became the 2nd first ever to strike out 200 times in a season.

Awesome.

FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS!

by Goose on Sep 16, 2009 5:25 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

For the Pearl jam fans out there

The new record shipped today and it is pretty darned good

by Poochie on Sep 16, 2009 7:51 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

They were giving away vinyl copies via Twitter, but you had to be in the store

Apparently there were only about 20 stores involved. I didn’t get all the details of how it worked or if they’ll do something like this again.

by Kermit. on Sep 16, 2009 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm only about 2.5 songs in.

But quite excited based on the reviews I’ve seen.

by Teej on Sep 17, 2009 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't actually like Raekwon that much

but will probably get the album for the production and general Wu camraderie.

by waldo rojas on Sep 17, 2009 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I consider him to be about average on the Wu Spectrum.

Ghostface is on nearly half the tracks (as with the first Cuban Linx album*), and Method Man and Inspectah Deck are on a few, too. The production list looks good, too.

*Jesus, it’s been 14 years.

by Teej on Sep 17, 2009 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

SOCCER GIF

angels fan in seattle

by Eyebrows on Sep 17, 2009 9:45 AM PDT via mobile reply actions   4 recs

Not quite as important as the one Anelka missed

Besides, I don’t capitalise Offensive Holding, now do I?

by Graham on Sep 17, 2009 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Is that guy wearing only his underwear on stage?

By the way, I see your Sweaty Nipples, and raise you Fudge Tunnel.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Sep 18, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I see your Fudge Tunnel

And raise you Anal Solvent.

"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz

by section331 on Sep 18, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Heh.

Ahem…

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Sep 18, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Haha!

And also this.

Bless the mid-90s Portland art rock scene.

"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz

by section331 on Sep 18, 2009 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I remember that, that was awesome

and the fact that it was Steven Gerrard he did it to was even better.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Sep 17, 2009 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Turns out not every Philly sports fan is a douche

Be honest. You expected this guy to throw his daughter after the ball or feed her to the Phanatic one piece at a time or something, because you’ve heard all about how obnoxious Philadelphia sports fans can be, didn’t you?

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Sep 17, 2009 10:03 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

But yes, I did expect something dickish.

Good on him. The story’s better than any baseball. It’s better than telling your grandkids you once caught a foul ball off the bat of a pretty good player who most people didn’t really know much about but Fangraphs liked him.

by Teej on Sep 17, 2009 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't get why

Why is it so great(?) that this little girl threw a ball off the third deck upon receiving it?

by Graham on Sep 17, 2009 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think the point is that it is nice to see he didn't freak out on his kid.

Sort of the whole you should never reprimand someone for doing something that they did not know was wrong. Or am I missing it?

by Sec 108 on Sep 17, 2009 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's what I took from it, yeah.

Especially considering the guy’s been going to games since he was three and has never caught a foul ball before, it would not have been at all surprising – although it would have been pretty messed up – if he wigged out on his kid. For a (presumably) hardcore sports fan he displayed a pretty good dose of “I’m normal” right there and that’s kind of refreshing.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Sep 17, 2009 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Don't you use such moments as an opportunity to teach though rather

than jumping straight to discipline? If you yell at a child for doing something and they did not know it was incorrect behavior you will create fear which will lead to an unwillingness to do new things. Such inactivity leads to becoming just another part of the masses that never think for themselves because they hate being told they are wrong.

by Sec 108 on Sep 17, 2009 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I guess reprimand is too strong a word.

But a lot of the time it’s a “Oh you didn’t know, sweetie, it’s okay” without any sort of teaching taking place.

by acblue on Sep 17, 2009 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well then I totally agree.

Failing to teach when the opportunity is there is the biggest mistake most parents make.

by Sec 108 on Sep 17, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That said, I was pretty amazed when I saw a local TV station give the story more than 2 minutes.

That’s a lot of time. It would be a harmless little bright at the end of a newscast, but they treated it like breaking news, and it cracked me up. It’s Philadelphia! Isn’t there some news?

by Teej on Sep 17, 2009 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There's only so many crack house busts the local news can cover.

In a somewhat-media-related tangent, at the gym yesterday one of the TV’s over the treadmills was showing ESPN, so I was kinda half-watching and half-running-and-sweating. This big “BREAKING NEWS” bumper showed up on the screen, followed by nearly two minutes’ coverage of…the fact that Donovan McNabb was at practice, watching. Not participating, just STANDING THERE WATCHING.

Analysis of what that meant followed. And then more semi-breathless coverage of him doing the sporting equivalent of standing at the office water cooler shooting the shit with his coworkers. WHY BOTHER? He was at practice. Big damn deal. Did he knife someone? Did he show up drunk and puke all over his coach? Did he boldly predict that the Eagles would win the Super Bowl? Nope, he just stood there and watched people run drills. Apparently this is BREAKING NEWS.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Sep 17, 2009 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't even think twice when I see it anymore.

And during big events like 9/11 or Katrina, they just leave it on the screen for a week. It becomes ingrained in the viewer’s eye.

by Teej on Sep 17, 2009 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

BREAKING NEWS - BRETT FAVRE GOES TO THE BATHROOM

Sources state it was a dark #1, fueling speculation that he is dehydrated.

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

by Faux on Sep 17, 2009 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well,

he was going to go to the bathroom. Then he decided not to. Then, a while later, he thought he should again. And then he realized he didn’t want to. After that he got the urge again, so that’s why he did what he did when he did.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Sep 17, 2009 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Turns out PT Barnum was right.

There’s a sucker born every minute. Just ask the Geek Squad.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Sep 17, 2009 12:31 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

In my youth (not so long ago, I guess)

I would turn people’s tapes into CDs for 2$ each. It made me some good money for not that much work while I was doing something else.

Why Best Buy would be getting into something like it is beyond me, though. Can’t kids have any summer jobs anymore?

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

by Faux on Sep 17, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

But the motivation is similar.

I paid a kid in my complex to go through my boxes of books in my garage and sort and label them.
The fact that it was possible for him to do something that would give him some extra spending cash was something that he hadn’t really thought about doing before. This has to be a new thing, right?

When I was a kid (jesus now I know I’m getting old when I use that phrase), there was another couple of kids down the street that would weed yards or mow lawns in competition with me over summers. Now, you can’t even find one to shovel out your car when you don’t feel like doing it yourself.

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

by Faux on Sep 17, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My knees agree with me, at least.

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

by Faux on Sep 17, 2009 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Working on Geek Squad would depress me too much

since I would know how much Best Buy is getting paid for doing completely menial tasks

by seattlebruin on Sep 17, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I remember going over to my father in laws house and he asked me to look at his tv.

I went behind and saw everything just completely wrong. And asked him who did hooked it up. His answer….

Geek Squad.

NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!

by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 17, 2009 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have a "Geek Squad optimized" laptop that cost $50 extra than the regular model.

I only bought it because it was a doorbuster sale and the laptop was already $100+ off and they didn’t have the non-Geek Squad models left.

They did some stuff to it that I wouldn’t have been able to do myself (registry tweaks and the like) but mainly they just uninstalled the bloatware, which saved me an hour or two. I can’t imagine how boring that job would be.

by acblue on Sep 17, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

If I've learned anything from TV*

it’s that the reason that Geek Squad people are so bad at Geek Squadding is because they’re all secretly government agents, which is anything but boring I would think.

*it could be argued that I have not learned anything from TV

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Sep 17, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I am sure the rest of you must be as alarmed as I am....

Erik Bedard, in a shot of the dugout the other day, appears to have…. gulp… shaved his head. Now, I know the man was balding, but this is unacceptable.

♥

by royalcurve on Sep 17, 2009 2:32 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Hey! I'm right here, hello I can read these comments.

Maybe you can interrupt your non-stop Bedard lust and think about other peoples self esteem for just a teensy weensy second.

by Kermit. on Sep 17, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

As in razor tight, not clipper? That's always awkward

He had enough hair left he’s probably sporting the white scalp look then? He had plenty of hair left, baseball players and the head shaving deal is strange.

by Kermit. on Sep 17, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Speaking of shaved heads

Batista has left the Krusty the Clown look behind…

"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz

by section331 on Sep 17, 2009 10:23 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Best thing KJR does every year -- their charity fundraiser auction.

this year it supports the Central Area Youth Association, NW Literacy Foundation & Food Lifeline, and has some swell Mariner-related items, including :

SPEND AN EVENING TALKING BASEBALL WITH M’S GM JACK ZDURIENCIK

SPEND THE DAY FISHING AND TALKING BASEBALL WITH M’S MANAGER DON WAKAMATSU

WATCH a game (for 4) in the Owners Suite with Howard Lincoln

and a bunch of autographed stuff

by msb on Sep 18, 2009 7:50 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

If only I weren't poor

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Sep 18, 2009 8:00 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I know.

I bet if I went fishing with Don he wouldn’t make me clean all the fish and carry the poles & tackle, the way my brother did.

by msb on Sep 18, 2009 8:01 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There's some pretty cool stuff up for auction

Is it bad that I don’t know who Tracy Taylor is?

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Sep 18, 2009 8:04 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nah-- perky morning traffic gal

I gather there will be more “little stuff” up for silent auction when they set up shop at Anthony’s mid-day …

by msb on Sep 18, 2009 8:16 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs