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2,000 | Well Steam OS is based on Debian, so if they have removed significant parts of it, you should still be able to install them. | Of course, but the point is that you don't *need* the full desktop operating system for PC gaming. |
2,001 | Didn't realize the extent of it until I saw this - | Wow. That was absolutely fascinating, I've never seen that before. Thank you! |
2,002 | I'm going to go with A Clockwork Orange, but what I'm really interested in is home many of those movies have been remade. I saw Arthur, so that's one... edit: six so far | There's The Karate Kid, The Pink Panther got rebooted, Wall Street got a recent sequel but I'm not sure if that counts, Hair has been produced again recently, and those are the only ones that I recognize. |
2,003 | -"Head Over Heels" by Tears for Fears; Donnie Darko. -"Ordinary World" by Duran Duran; Layer Cake. -"Layla" by Derek & The Dominoes; Goodfellas. All of the songs on it; The Sandlot. And my personal favorite, "Sister Christian" by Night Ranger; Boogie Nights | I'm with you on Sister Christian. I can't hear that without thinking of a coked-up Alfred Molina in a Speedo and a robe. |
2,004 | I completed it. I figured out the question Captain is discussing below: you rearrange the answers in order from 1 to 3. When you click on a phrase you can drag it up or down to get the order you want. Not very user friendly, but it isn't OPs fault. | Yeah group member designed it i just had to get it out there. Thanks for doing it/input though! |
2,005 | If you are wearing fullsize, over-ear headphones in public you are probably more concerned with your music than making a fashion statement. | Except for Beats by Dre, and Skull Candy... I wear full headphones because my coworkers are chatty as hell and ear buds hurt my ears after an 8 hour day. |
2,006 | Now tell me why this (pick one): * ...is only applicable in certain cases. * ...will never reach market. * ...is completely overblown and/or false. | I've had my teeth remineralize, without using electric currents. I have no reason to doubt the research. But yeah, it will probably be a long time before it reaches markets because it disrupts a huge chunk of the current economic system. |
2,007 | This is when the village needs to correct this behavior. | I was on my way up there to stand in front of her when somone yelled "down in front." |
2,008 | Sicko. Not a huge fan of his but the stuff he shows ( if even 1/2 is true ) is just sad . The American health system really needs a do over . | Going off of your "if even 1/2 is true" comment, I feel like Moore embellishes things more than any other doc director. He always has to be right, and he shows you the "facts" that prove it. Like in Bowling for Columbine he mentions how everyone in Canada leaves their doors unlocked because it's safe there. He then opens three doors or so, he never mentions how many he even tried to open. Just straight up three open doors. |
2,009 | I hardly think Scarlett is a terrible person. I quite like her, in the book and the movie. | Really? I live for this book, but I feel she is terrible. That being said, I understand and sympathize with her a lot. |
2,010 | Here's a crazy idea- what if Dopinder the taxi driver was the villain? I mean Deadpool basically ruined his life at the end of the first movie. Maybe not the main villain but a secondary villain. | Either that, or as someone up top said, the opening scene is Deadpool breaking Dopinder out of prison. |
2,011 | My only previous SK experience is the Dark Tower series. By the time I realized it was referencing so many of his other characters, I was in far to deep to stop. I remember some rambles in that story so I suppose I ought to have been expecting this. I also LOL'd at King justifying writing pulp horror through Will Denbrough's success. Does he include personal things in all his stories? | A ton of King's characters are basically self-inserts, but the Bill Denbrough stuff is the most excessive I can think of (well except for in the Dark Tower series where he is a literal self-insert). |
2,012 | Joke 1: Mcarthy eating a twinkie while being told about the twinkie... | I felt the same way you probably feel about Mcarthy until I watched Spy. I thought she was only really a slapstick comedian or did fat jokes, but she can actually be really funny when given good writing. |
2,013 | It's weirdly one of the best moments yet it kind of ruined Star Wars. After that anybody could be related to anybody. Now it's at the point where if Rey isn't a blood relative to Kylo Ren I'll be shocked. | It is true the scene itself worked very well. I disliked even more that Leia was Luke's sister. |
2,014 | This is a difficult question to answer;its more based on personal opinion. I used to read the books first but got tired of the bad movie portrayal. Now I usually watch the movie first, makes the book seem even better. | I've started doing the same thing after I read Mystic River and was then disappointed by the movie. Same thing with Gone, Baby, Gone. I know these movies were both critically acclaimed which makes it feel weird to find them disappointing. I vastly prefer watching the movie first and then reading the book. |
2,015 | Wow that's an interesting viewpoint. Would you mind going in to more detail? Which character, and what behavior? thanks. | who cares about the book.. I want to hear about the cult |
2,016 | Well I guess anybody who's played a 12-bar blues owes money to some impoverished black man in mississippi. | But if he gets all those royalties, then he won't be impoverished anymore, and can't make authentic blues. So really we're doing him a solid. |
2,017 | * Tool - Lateralus. * Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtot. * The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. * Mastodon - Crack the Skye. * Bon Iver - Bon Iver. | At first I wanted to downvote you because I think Tool is one of the worst and most overrated bands ever. But I had to upvote you because I think Bon Iver's self titled is 50x better than For Emma and will ultimately be a classic. |
2,018 | Explains a lot. I've never seen a DVD where they did that, and live they obviously don't. Also, to the guy above you: >a teenage girl lip-syncing the words incorrectly. I hate it when I forget the lyrics to the guitar solo | Reminds me of Say It Aint So in the first Rock Band. If you play well enough the audience sings along, and when the solo comes up they start going "Dee do doot doo" and fade out. It's a nice touch |
2,019 | His blog is interested, but damn he needs weed. You want to know what really sucks? Charles Stross will tell you what really sucks! Then he will spend his nights alone with his cat. | Hehe, That's why I'm happy that I have a dog, at least you know that they love you ;) |
2,020 | Hinder has a new singer. I shouldn't know this, but for some reason I do. eh | That's a bummer, the old one was pretty good. I saw them in concert and he seemed cool. Edit: Oh God it's the old lead singer of Saving Abel. They played right before Hinder at the same concert and I didn't care for them, now they basically ARE Hinder!!! If 15 year old me were dead, he'd be rolling in his grave. Edit 2: Nevermind, that was just a single tour it looks like, it's some other guy now. |
2,021 | Eh, I think Soundgarden was probably the most innovative grunge band. AiC had a lot of atmosphere to their music and that was largely a result of the vocal harmonies. That being said, Soungarden was doing all sorts of crazy shit with their tunings, time signatures, and structure of their songs. | Yeah, I love all the grunge bands, but Kim Thayil's tuning and eastern-mysticism infused riffs were my go-to |
2,022 | Bane sounds like a wizened, old man. I love it. | I have ridiculously high hopes for Bane. I don't know why people have been talking shit about what little they have seen of his portrayal. It looks to me like the only possible follow-up to The Joker to me, so far. |
2,023 | They were all excellent, to be sure, but I think he means they aren't pushing into any new territory. I think that's an unfairly high bar, especially if you're going to eliminate a huge chunk of the man's vast catalog of films. Many of Spielberg's earlier and middle films were revolutionary, or at least significantly evolutionary, in the history of film. I would also dispute that a director needs to "push boundaries" and "give us something new" in order to be high-ranking. | This is true. Sometimes I feel, however, people hold it against Spielberg if one of his films ISN'T revolutionary. Not all of them can be and I admire the man's filmography. But you're definitely right in stating that those three films didn't push into any new territory as Excelsior had originally pointed out. Good discussion nonetheless and Spielberg along with Kubrick and Scorsese are legends. |
2,024 | I fully agree. The parts where it sounded like a riot was going to boil over really tripped me up | It was the laughing during brain damage for me. soooooo goood |
2,025 | This is actually a pretty good film. One scene especially, which doesn't exist in the newer film, is the terrifying scene when Sophie and the BFG see one of the Giants eat a child. Even the opening is scary, with that creepy racing music, warping vortex, and howling noises. But then to balance out the scary, you have an entire song devoted to flying when you fart. | Roald Dahl said he was charmed by this movie as much as anyone, which is very high praise from someone who heavily criticised most adaptations of his work. Why do I get the feeling he is rolling in his grave with the new film? |
2,026 | Sorry man, you can't upgrade a simple laptop. the only things that you can improve are the ram and the hard drive, so you will either have to build a pc or buy a laptop built for gaming. here are some subs that can help. /r/buildapc. /r/buildapcforme. /r/suggestalaptop | Thanks. I had a feeling theres not much I can do for this thing here. |
2,027 | The Prestige twist. The Christian Bale half of the twist specifically. | I felt like I was the only one on /r/movies that noticed Bale also played his assistant. |
2,028 | ...Why in the ever-loving *fuck* do we need fridges and lamps that can access the internet? TVs, Blu-ray players, and the like I can understand... but why a fucking fridge or a lamp!? | I was about to purchase some GE Link for my front door lights so I can have it automatically turn on at dusk and turn off at midnight. House doesnt have neutral wire so I can't install any automatic timer light switch. So yes, lamps (bulbs) that I can control using IFTTT is useful for my situation. It's not about being lazy, it's about options. |
2,029 | Hugo is perfect for showing the "magic" and wonder of cinema. It's a very accessible film as well. | Hugo is the perfect film to show the magic of motion pictures. Nothing is more magical than A Trip to the Moon! |
2,030 | Check out Ryan Gosling's directorial debut Lost River (2014). You can definitely tell the Refn influences. If a coherent story isn't a requirement, this is definitely a visually nice piece and the atmosphere (derelicht Detroit) and "world" are very immersive | ohhhh shittttt, how did I forget to watch this, I was super excited about its release and then it got lost in the shuffle. |
2,031 | I think this is a pretty fair price scheme. A reasonably priced digital album and a pimped out deluxe edition for those who want it | I don't know, 11€ for the .wav version is pretty pricey. Then again, it's Radiohead, so probably more than worth it. |
2,032 | Youtube views are weird. It will usually say 302 views if a video gets a ton of views really fast. if you subscribe to any of the bigger youtubers and water their videos you'll see that if you go to it right when its uploaded or within a few hours it will be about 300 views but have a ton of likes or dislikes. Wait a day and it will be normal. I don't know exactly why. I don't know why more people don't know this or realize it. | I's guess that different servers handle different video traffic. As in, one server for views, another for likes, etc. |
2,033 | They're not quoting the sampling frequency so I can't compare that part, but it has a much lower screen resolution, half the battery, worse graphics card and costs double the price of the iPad Pro. All of these are very relevant for graphics artists (and nobody else needs pen input anyways). I've looked into the Cintiq series a lot, but Wacom just isn't anywhere near the benefit/cost ratio you want there. | you're kidding me? the screen is especially made for Pro Artists! It's their main target group. check out some tests. |
2,034 | > Plenty of readers have preconceived notions about what science fiction is like, and to break those conceptions down, we may need to sneak some vegetables into the mashed potatoes. Well there is also the issue that some readers (and I'm including myself) may not enjoy some of the epic sort of self-indulgent fantasy that can be found in the genre, so, recommending something with quality that translates across genre may be good. I think the inclusion of, for example. *Never Let Me Go*, was a good idea. | People forget that Mark Twain wrote fantasy (A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court), as did H.G. Wells and Jules Verne. Science fiction and fantasy is much more a part of the canon. Consider Gulliver's Travels! |
2,035 | This is a non-issue. It's a 5-year-old operating system, the last major update (SP1) was years ago, and its mainstream support from Microsoft ended on January 15th already. To give you a baseline, the OS X equivalent of Windows 7 is OS X 10.6 - Snow Leopard. You can't expect continued support of older operating systems in perpetuity, especially seeing as how Windows driver support for Apple's non-peripheral hardware is not something they're "required" to provide. They want people using OS X so that they're tied into the ecosystem and services (eg. iCloud Keychain, Handoff, etc.), so supporting every-Windows-version-ever is counterproductive. | Mainstream Support ending, only means it won't get anymore facelifts. Security side it will be supported until 2020. |
2,036 | This is turning into another South Park/Mohammed thing, isn't it? | Its turning into an episode of South Park more than anything |
2,037 | To be fair, this vulture reporter was tweeting people during the school attack asking for interviews. She is a shitty person, just not quite as shitty as the screenshots suggest. | Getting accurate information from eyewitnesses is valuable in a crisis, especially for anguished parents, and can even counter the spread of vicious online rumors. You interview the people on the scene to find out what's happening. If people don't want to talk, they just say no when asked. Collecting and publishing first-hand information about a news event is a worthwhile service. |
2,038 | #FUCK THEIR SHITTY MOBILE SITE. Can't read the fucking article because I'm always the "lucky winner" of a $1000 gift card from Amazon, Apple, or Best Buy, and the shitty add covers the article with **NO WAY TO DISMISS IT**. Reported. | /r/pihole. Won't solve the problem of these website owners being scum but it allows you to fight back a little. |
2,039 | Sapphire is brittle. It may be scratch proof basically but u would see lots of iphones smashed. More in fact I believe | > but u would see lots of iphones smashed. I would say close to 90% of people's iPhones are smashed when I see them. |
2,040 | This is a troll account (possibly russian) trying to muddy the waters. I checked out _Wyvern's profile ... have a look at the crap this bot has posted. | Hi this is seriously not a troll Russian account. I’m English and have been on reddit for 3 years. |
2,041 | Although 7 Samurai was the first movie to highlight that cliche, that cliche has been around for Japan for a long time. It started with a children's story called "Momotaro" where a child who was born from a peach (ya I know, we're a weird culture) grows up and feels the need to conquer the evil *O-ni* king and befriends a monkey, a dog, and a pheasant to do so. | Yes I know but this post was to name a movie that popularized a cliche. If you back even further, Journey to the West probably started it all. |
2,042 | Yeah it really is cyclical. It was the USA from 2001 to 2006 and then the British with some overlap in there. The last three years has been Australia, amazingly | Really eh? Which Aussie bands? I love The Jezabels but they came out in 2011 I think so it's been a while and the other Aussie ones I know are all from the last decade as well. |
2,043 | How did that lawsuit work out that the Tolkien estate brought against Warner Bros for the Hobbit slot machines? I kind of feel like that may have set a precedent. | There is no escape on this site is there lol |
2,044 | I have a deadbolt that we often forget to lock at night, having something that could remind us or remotely check would be a nice convenience. | I'd rather have one that just automatically locks at 10pm. I have a Homeseer system that can do this but I haven't been able to figure out how to pair my lock with it. I should probably do that. |
2,045 | The reason why he burned 127 copies of the book, is because he received 127 emails asking about the whereabout of books ordered 2 years ago. He said he would burn a book each time he received an email asking about it. | I don't remember reading that specifically, though it makes sense. I did see where he said he'd burn more books each time he gets more emails. But yeah, burning someone that's already paid for because the buyer wonders where it is isn't exactly good business or decent behavior. Especially when he did a Kickstarter asking people to buy his book. |
2,046 | I'm surprised seats don't have a tether to draw the helmet into the headrest during firing. There's a precedent for such things: automobile seatbelt pre-tensioners yank you into the correct position before deploying the airbag at you. It all happens before you finish blinking. | >I'm surprised seats don't have a tether to draw the helmet into the headrest during firing. ACES seats actually do have restraint systems that pull the pilot's head, shoulders, arms, and/or legs into position to prevent injury on ejection. The specifics are different across different aircraft. |
2,047 | It's a fluff piece some intern banged out in an hour after reading a press release banged out by an intern in fifteen minutes. It's not exactly a sisyphean task. | Perhaps you are correct, and it certainly makes sense. However, even if that were the situation, it would detract from the pandering nature to "feminists" of this article, at all, IMO. |
2,048 | Just a warning of sorts - The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic introduce Discworld, they are great, but they are vastly different from the rest of the series. Sir Terry really found his writing style after the first couple. | Is it so different that I might not like the others even if I enjoyed the first? |
2,049 | I can officially say that this song is even better after two Old Fashioneds and one Paris Manhattan. | That is now at the top of my to-do list. |
2,050 | Yeah, that's the first thing I noticed when I read the post. I thought it was quite clever, especially with the first book on the list, and then came down to the comments to see everyone was flipping out. | It's not a joke if that's what you're inferring lol |
2,051 | Physical copies all the way. When we sell a CD on itunes for $9.99 we get $6.37 because of the fee that itunes (27%) and CDBaby (9%) take. When we sell a CD directly to someone for $10 we keep $9. Jewel Cases and CD's are much cheaper than digital distribution. We're a small band and used resources at our University to make the CD's. It's a significantly cheaper route than going online to do it. I like discussing this topic so feel free to ask any other questions. | Awesome thanks especially for the exact amounts, that'll really help. Do you think that physical music is being overtaken by digital music? |
2,052 | Not to presume, but you do realise that 48fps video is not "amazing new technology", right? It's rarely used in big-screen film, the reason being that it is in fact ubiquitous in home video cameras. It will grow in popularity. And, for what it's worth (not much of course, but nevertheless) I saw it this evening, and although I absolutely can pick out several flaws, I will appreciate it for what it is: superb cinema. | I knew going in the history of the different formats (I was a projectionist for a while). I'm glad you enjoyed it. I could find little to love, however, and hardly rank it as adequate cinema. Metacritic is divided on the topic: the critics' score is 58/100, meaning if this were graded, it would flunk. The user scores are much higher, at an 83. I've been fascinated with the divide the movie has created. I've made a number of posts regarding my opinion of the film, half of which are downvoted into oblivion and the other half thrive. |
2,053 | Some of the stuff this film got hilariously wrong: * William Wallace being a common farmer, when in reality he was landed gentry. * Vague, Americanised idea of "freedom" and nationalism in a period when those weren't really things. * Woad face paint a thousand years too late and kilts a few hundred years too early. * Isabella of France was an infant at the time of the Battle of Falkirk when she started her affair with Wallace in the film. * Robert the Bruce was a cool guy. We put his face on our money. * The name "Braveheart" didn't even refer to William Wallace. And, my personal favourite: * The Battle of Stirling Bridge, without a bridge. | Hey, your comment caught my eye. I was wondering what the name "Braveheart" actually referred to? |
2,054 | How were you able to get past Wizard & Glass? | It is easy to get past Stephen King's best book. |
2,055 | I was actually criticizing people who believe in that trope, not the trope itself. I mean yeah some women use it, just like some men just talk about "my girlfriend says nothing is wrong but actually that is the opposite of the true state of affairs women lol" or other shit. But it's not like we go around saying men only do jokes about the incomprehensibility of women, and beer. When men do it we just call the shitty comedians. When women do it, some people call them "typical women comedians". | >When men do it we just call the shitty comedians. When women do it, some people call them "typical women comedians". The thing is, this is something I've never heard before. As in, people really believing *that's* the case. |
2,056 | I highly recommend the book. Years after reading it myself, I listened to the audiobook, and it was astonishing. | The book was great, and while not giving away any spoilers it was definitely darker then the movie. |
2,057 | You play guitar, go get the tabs for rammstein, you can jsut glance once over almost 100 of the songs and instantly start it na dplay along. The wonders of 'Neue Deutsche Härte' (The 'real' genre Rammstein originated from, made popular by the german band Oomph! somewhat 20 years ago) many songs there are just Drop tuning, Barre chords | I'd never heard of Oomph! before, but after watching [this] video all I can think of is how I tried to dress up as The Crow on Halloween when I was like 16 but wound up looking more like this guy than Brandon Lee. I had actually just broken up with this girl who was crazy into Rammstein at the time, and we wound up hooking up again that night. Fun times. Anyway, do you have any more examples of music in that style, preferably something instrumental? I've been experimenting with playing metal on the piano, and I'd love to find a good piece to cover. |
2,058 | Let's just please pray the trailer is the first part ( approx 30 minutes) of the movie, we don't need a 1h45 film on a few survivors in a bunker. We want them outside facing the apocalypse. | It depends. We've had a lot of apocalypse movies and if the characters work, I'll gladly spend 90 minutes in a bunker. |
2,059 | Nazareth - love hurts. would link YouTube but am in China without vpn atm. | Nice. I lived there for 12 years. Moved back to Canada 2014. |
2,060 | I wish that for just one time. You could stand inside my shoes. And just for that one moment. I could be you. Yes, I wish that for just one time. You could stand inside my shoes. You’d know what a drag it is. To see you. Greatest put down ever. From Positively 4th Street. | I love that if you pissed him off, he'd write a famous song tearing you to shreds for decades to come. Leopard Skin Pill Box Hat, Idiot Wind, etc. |
2,061 | If the cover is shiny, use nose oil. That is, rub your finger on your nose, then rub it on the bits of adhesive. Rub it in gently for a bit, then start rubbing a little harder as it loosens. Not usable on an industrial scale, for sure, but when you only have one label griefing you and you're on the bus, it's perfect. Unless that cute girl is watching. Then just make a show of reading intently while making critical faces. | Are you certain this technique cannot be scaled up for industrial use? When I was a teenager, I could easily have supplied a small factory with facial oils. |
2,062 | The difference is that Star Wars actually has a good well built story. While Avatar is no where close. | I think *both* movies have a pretty average story that is *well told* |
2,063 | The armor in Starship Troopers is described as making you look like 'a hydrocephalic gorilla', so I'd say it was bulky but just never depicted. | Thanks, I never actually read the novel, just saw the so-bad-its-good movie. |
2,064 | The girl they cast as Ginny didn't do them any favors, either. | She had the look but yea, when you cast all your characters at the age of 7 you can't really know who's going to turn out to be a good actor or not. With Bonnie Wright it just wasn't there. I'm not so certain she's a bad actress (she has like 4 things coming this year according to IMDB) or that in later movies she just phoned it in. Didn't help that her chemistry with Radcliffe (who I think is a very good actor otherwise) was about as sharp as a brick. |
2,065 | I always want to read in bed but fall asleep after 2 pages and wake up by the book that falls on me as I fall asleep. This continues until I fall asleep every two words and then I give up. (Most of the times this happens before page 4) | I wish I could do the same! I find quite hard to get asleep and, usually, reading only wakes me up even more. |
2,066 | You can apparently get my drivers license. Then sent me a nice letter the other day. Had no fn clue who they were, but if I gave them some money, then... I don't know what would happen? Why am I paying them money for them losing my SSN, driver's license, etc? wtf... | [Be sure to visit Panera Bread afterwards for comfort food!] >!The "security" guy at Panera that let information leak without remedy worked at Equifax as well.!< |
2,067 | Here's a more likely scenario (that is scary in its own right): You have a private conversation with your wife about the washing machine. Your wife Google's it and ends up on a page with the Facebook tracking pixel. Google knows your wife and you know each other, knows you and your wife were in the same place and knows you googled something not long after or while both of you were in the same place. Facebook doesn't know you two talked about it but it can make a guess. Worst case is they show you an ad without much context like dozens of other ads you ignore every single day. | Why's that more likely? It's most likely that *some* app (maybe FB, maybe something else) listens in on you, generates an advertising profile and sells that shit to thousands of networks, one of which is Facebook. edit: like here. |
2,068 | it's still something like 80 to 1000 times the price of nuclear, depending on if you consider the environmental impact and land usage per terawatt hour. both of them are shat on by hydro tho. nukes and hydro aren't "New Electricity" tho, at least not according to solar industry sales reps. isn't it funny how those molten-salt solar farms use the technology that was developed for thorium-based nuclear power? half of their research was done for them by the technology that they claim is ultimate evil | Take a look at the wikipedia page on [LCOE] (levelised cost of electricity) for comparison by country.It gives very useful breakdowns of costs by source even though some of the data is couple years behind. By 2020 the [EIA] predicts the price of newly installed capacity will be: Coal: $95.1/MWh. Gas: $58.1/MWh. Nuclear: $102.8/MWh. Wind: $64.5/MWh. Offshore Wind: $158.1/MWh. Solar panels: $84.7/MWh. Concentrated Solar (not panels, the things in deserts that heat water with mirrors: $235.9/MWh. Solar is still more expensive than Nuclear today but based on this source if you have to add new capacity in 2022 it will be cheaper to add that capacity as solar panels than it would be to build additional nuclear power capacity. |
2,069 | So like books about hubris would be a plot point? Or time travel? | Well someone on Goodreads made a list dealing with "hubris". And I've seen dozens of lists on the internet regarding time travel. You may have to refine the details of words you use in a search but you'd be surprised all the kinds of lists people have posted on book blogs and Goodreads and so on... |
2,070 | Imagine your password 'beepboop-gmail' is compromised one day. How hard will it be for me to guess all your other passwords? | True, but this isn't done by people, it's read by computers. Someone breaks into your netflix account for example and gets the password nfp4sw0rd or something less readable, and they just use that. You don't use the whole word, just append a few letters. |
2,071 | Weed is a movie enhancer. I hadn't cried whilst watching any movie until I saw the last 30 minutes of that horrid pixar movie Bolt. Wasted my movie crying virginity on Bolt. Kiilllllll.....Meeeeee...... | Bolt was not a Pixar movie. I don't know if that will make you feel any better, though. |
2,072 | I actually find Wiig more intolerable. Ghostbusters had some real wit in it, and I feel like those two would just be there for stupid gags and immature humor. | She seems more natural to me than McCarthy. Her dialog is just too over the top. |
2,073 | Sorry, no way in hell GCJr can skunk Derek Trucks. | You weren't there. Derek was wailin the high notes GCjr was guttin it out. He won..... |
2,074 | Cause they're both weird apparently. They are opposites tho. I'm not getting similar vibes from the 2 albums just because both artists changed trajectory. That's the only similarity as far as I'm concerned. | Neither albums are weird. People just haven't heard enough music. All the hip hop heads hating on this album (and I say that as one) just don't listen to enough music outside of hip hop. And again, I say that as someone who grew up on hip hop and once knew nothing but it. |
2,075 | I knew someone would write *metal.* And I knew people would chime in with "you should listen to this then...." I am a rabid metalhead. And there are metal subgenres/bands I don't care for. There are specific music genres I absolutely loathe. I can't fault anyone who has different tastes. To each their own. And I'm not going to waste anyone's time with suggestions. | Well when most people state that they hate "screamo" or "metal" they tend to have a rudimentary understanding of the concept. Sure, I don't expect most people to like whatever is linked but do hope they understand the appeal and that it isn't present for edginess and nor is it merely noise. Apart from which this is a discussion thread and thus implies discussion. If no-one replied with counterpoints and only agreement it'd be pretty boring. |
2,076 | The ships hung in the air much the same way that bricks don't. - Douglas Adams HHGTTG. | “For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.” |
2,077 | The world we live in, where simply allegations alone ruins lives | Yes that does happen, but his ex-gfs story is pretty convincing, Twiggy and that whole band were insane and wreckless back in the 1990s. I wouldnt put this past him. |
2,078 | Same here. Personally after this album I couldn't push past that this will ALWAYS be their greatest. Flea being on bass and those drums! I just noticed pitchfork gave the album a 4.9/10, wow | I'm pretty sure its Jon Theodore on drums for the entirety of De-Loused in the Comatorium. I don't think Flea played drums on it at all. |
2,079 | Does anyone know the back story of how C3PO now has a red arm? I need to re-watch Return of The Jedi, although I can't stand him as an Ewok god. "Princesses." | It's no doubt sitting next to Captain Plasma in the folder marked "stuff that'll build hype lol" |
2,080 | Vonnegut again? Its only been 6 minutes since the last time we went nuts over. Him. | He's a popular author, a lot of people enjoy his work and a lot of people want to discuss it. If you don't then "from Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle" might have given you a clue that you wouldn't enjoy this thread. |
2,081 | Is it really underclassing him to be compared with the potential strongest being in the Marvel universe? | Stephen Strange is reality warping, and could theoretically think the Hulk out of existence, he just doesn't do it because it's morally wrong. |
2,082 | I don’t think you can put a label on DGD. What they do is too unique. But it feels wrong to just call them post hardcore. | Eh, I don’t know if that’s really true. The reason labels exist is to be able to categorize them. I think they’re just a lot of stuff. They’re not just every day post hard core. Not every day math rock. They blend it. |
2,083 | I think you're right about the article, but I'm really not a fan of this type of art. It just never seems genuine to me, like the artist is playing a character instead of being a professional. I'm an artist, studied a lot of artists, met a lot of artists. These performance pieces and absurd stuff is pretty interesting, which I suppose is the measure of a successful piece of art, but it just creates this pretentious culture in the art scene that allows any hack with an idea try at art without taking the time to actually learn the craft and discipline. | But isn't that a form of meta commentary as well? Just look at exit through the gift shop for the perfect example of the art for the modern hype beast! |
2,084 | It's from *An Idiot Abroad 2: The Bucket List*. You just missed the original run in the U.S. on Science Channel, but they may still air reruns for a while. Absolutely brilliant series. | Amazing. I loved the first season (series?) but I didn't know there was a second one. Off I go to get it! Thanks! |
2,085 | I wish it would show whether your price includes baggage and what the fees would be. That would be very helpful, but so far I really like Google Flights so not complaining. | It does list estimated bag fees once you've selected a flight but before you go to buy it |
2,086 | But the headphone jack isn't limited liked A/V is. Heck apart from cables it's better than Bluetooth and will still be for quite some time. | You're correct (even though Bluetooth technology *is* just as good as headphone jacks)but to companies like Apple its limiting for when they want to make thinner products. Not saying it's therefore justified, but I am just saying that's probably why they're doing it. And because the usual Apple notion of less inputs is better. Removing the headphone jack would probably also mean making the EarPods you get with your iPhones wireless as well. Since the EarPods are the headphones most iPhone users use, it won't bother most of them. |
2,087 | *Emma* by Jane Austen, *Great Expectations* by Charles Dickens, *The Hobbit* by JRR Tolkien, *North and South* by Elizabeth Gaskell. Edit: I think the common theme in these books is that the protagonist starts out being sure of themselves, deals with a lot of shit that makes them question who they are and what their purpose is, and then assimilates that doubt into a more complex character at the end. Also, happy endings. | Pride and Prejudice is another one of my go to books. I love Jane Austen. |
2,088 | Pavement is one of, if not, the best alternative band of the 90s. | I absolutely agree. In my opinion they have a perfect discography, they might have a miss of a song every once in a while. However, they don't have a single bad album. |
2,089 | Library books with dog-eared pages make me mad at humanity. As opposed to accidental smudges or small stains, they're purposely damaging a book that doesn't belong to them! | Except dogearing shouldn't effect your reading experience, whereas writing in the margins, snapping the binding, or spills can |
2,090 | "My dear boy, have you ever tried acting?" (Laurence Olivier reportedly said this to Dustin Hoffman on 'Marathon Man.') | He also perfectly summed up actors when Hoffman asked why they do what they do:"Look at me look at me look at me look at me look at me..." |
2,091 | As a person actually from Ireland I thought it was awful. The best thing about Boondock Saints is the documentary Overnight which follows the director Troy Duffy trying to get the movie made. It's actually really interesting and funny. Mostly because Duffy is an egotistical moron who couldn't direct his way out of a paper bag. | Have you ever tried directing a paper bag? They don't listen; it's like those assholes have no ears. |
2,092 | I watched it recently as well, knowing next to nothing about it, and I really enjoyed it. Great action sequences, some nice tense moments, and the soundtrack was a fun 80s throwback that didn't get cheesy. All around entertaining. The only thing that put me off a wee bit was how the Driver so quickly developed into this badass, one-man wrecking crew once shit hit the fan. I suppose as a stunt driver his reflexes must be top notch, but the progression seemed a tad rushed and unrealistic for his character, although I may have missed something. Other than that minor nit-picky aspect, I was thoroughly entertained. | I assumed he had some history with violence and that type of thing, he was an experienced wheelman so it seemed like he was always a badass, he just only brought it out when needed. At least that is how I rationalized it. |
2,093 | I do wonder at what point there will be civil unrest. The only people that benefit from these changes are the wealthiest, as the only real motivator for these changes is to generate more profit for corporations, and give more money to shareholders. What will be the point when large swathes of the population have no jobs and therefore no money to buy the products that the robots are producing? | Probably not at 6% in 2021 but there could be a tipping point if it hits like a quarter of jobs in a specific field, there might be considerable civil outrage. |
2,094 | You mean 5vel Goes West: His 5nal Destination? Yes, it was all right; loads better than that piece of crap precursor film: Feivel Goes West: 4lmost There | I was actually a fan of the third one, 'Fiv3l' |
2,095 | That is a problem with the ancient Nielsen rating method, not Aereo's business model. Hell I would think Aereo would be able to track ratings a whole hell of a lot better than the old way. | Nielsen has its own Which is why they could have worked with Nielsen fairly well/easily. They chose not to. Nielsen has a shit method, but they are very open to sourcing reliable data from elsewhere and providing compensation to the source. Their main online audience measurement product, OCR, relies 100% on Facebook user data. Nielsen actually pays Facebook handsomely for this data. The fact that Nielsen is shit still doesn't give Aereo the right to take content for free from broadcasters without trying to offer any means of them getting compensated. When your entire business model relies on getting your core product for free from someone else, you have no one to blame but yourself when it's taken away from you. |
2,096 | I saw Interstellar in 70mm IMAX and while the picture was incredible (in scenes shot in 70mm) the sound was boomy and generally sub-par. Many others report the same. | >I saw Interstellar in 70mm IMAX and while the picture was incredible (in scenes shot in 70mm) the sound was boomy and generally sub-par. Many others report the same. Not to mention film artifacts like scratches and little bits of debris. I saw it in 70mm film in Irvine and maybe it was the projector maybe it was the film itself but there was definitely some odd artifacts and visible defects. Otherwise it was badass although a bit boomy. But I'll take that, along with the seating configurations any day of the week. |
2,097 | If they actually worked, wouldn't it just melt the snow as it first falls, thus nothing ever sticks and starts to build into real snowfall, preventing this issue in the first place? | Wait so then you get to drive on wet glass? What a fantastic idea. |
2,098 | The Indian film industry might be to blame for your plight. It is so well established that Hollywood dare not even contend to win over the Indian population. Also, white-washing is still an obvious issue within Hollywood films; Often you will find that the source material clearly depicts someone who is not Caucasian, but is ultimately white-washed in the Hollywood interpretation. If I recall correctly Katniss from [*the Hunger Games*] (and indeed many other characters) were likened to Native American. So what does Hollywood do? Cast a blue eyed, blonde haired actress and give her a wig. [*The Last Airbender*] too copped a heap of criticism for it's casting choices. The problem extends well beyond Post-Apocalyptic films. | Your two examples are spot on. Katniss is supposed to have dark features like a native American, and you would think M. Night would know better than to "white wash" but that was an epic fail. Great points. Up vote. |
2,099 | How are inches easier to visualise than cm? imo cm/m are much easier because the conversion is simple (it's easier to visualise something 10/100 times larger rather than say 36 times larger). I guess at the end of the day it just depends what you're used to, if someone asked me how large a yard is I wouldn't have a clue really (before I just googled it rofl). | I'm not talking about conversions at all. I absolutely agree that cm make more sense in the grand scheme of things. All I'm saying is, if something is an inch long, it makes more sense to me to say "That's 1 inch." rather than "That's 2.5 cm." But that might just be the way I visualise things. When I have to visualise something, I have to imagine 1, then mentally times that image by however many of the unit there are. Which means that the less units I can describe something with, the easier. Which is why I use metres instead of feet for everything except height. |
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