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Funny pictures contest

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Navy Rules for Gun fighting:

1. Go to Sea

2. Send the Marines

3. Drink Coffee

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Step 4: Press red button.

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24. Do not attend a gunfight with a handgun, the caliber of which does not start with a "4."

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This is the most important rule of all.

Semper Fi again.....

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Maradon! had this to say about John Romero:
why would they youtube homestar when you could... you know... go to their website and see it

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everything gets put on youtube

everything

I bet thousands of gigs of porn gets uploaded daily to youtube, but it all gets deleted in seconds after upload.

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Willias probably says this to all the girls:
everything gets put on youtube

everything

I bet thousands of gigs of porn gets uploaded daily to youtube, but it all gets deleted in seconds after upload.

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everything

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Greenlit had this to say about the Spice Girls:
everything

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That movie will be shitty for the same reason X-Men 3 was shitty. Raimi is trying to cram too much into too little time, since this is his last movie.

But it will still rock.

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Greenlit enlisted the help of an infinite number of monkeys to write:
Raimi did not want to have Venom or the Symbiote in a Spider-Man movie at all, it's entirely Avi Arad mandate driving this one.

But it will still rock.

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Yeah, yeah...

Studios can't help but screw with what they have going. Raimi's got two excellent Spidey movies under his belt? Well...yes...but let's push the Venom thing...we know Raimi isn't at all interested in bringing that up, but we have these numbers see, and the numbers say the viewing public wouldn't be uninterested in the Venom story...And if Raimi isn't really on board, we can always decide to, you know, not re-up his contract.

Meanwhile Raimi, like most directors, is feeling the heat of the studio breathing down his neck to make the series everything for everyone, which isn't what directors are all about. Directors are about creating their vision of things, meeting and (hopefully) exceeding audience expectations on their terms. They don't want studio tampering.

So each of the dance partners is looking to find out just how much currency they have with one another. Ultimately, power lies with the studio...but the studio can't pick just anyone to run a series. The audience DOES have expectations, especially with a long-running series where the expectations get higher. So they ideally want the director to stay...and if the fourth movie stinks they can oust the director, claim a new direction, and attempt to salvage the franchise. But it's dependent on how pliable the director is going to be. The director, on the other hand, knows the studio would likely prefer to keep him around. Usually the director is looking for a nice fat payoff with a contractual limit on how much the studio is going to screw with him. Occasionally they're looking for less of an up-front payoff and more of a long-term arrangement, which is what Raimi is supposedly looking for.

Raimi and his partner in crime Bruce Campbell are shopping around ideas for a couple of movies they want to do (not the least of which being an ultimate remake of Evil Dead mixing the intended horror of Evil Dead 1 with the black comedy elements of Evil Dead 2 which was itself in a lot of ways a remake of Evil Dead 1; more on this later). Problem is Raimi's been locked down doing the Spider-Man movies, which has made him fantastically wealthy but left him contractually obligated not to make oodles of films for other companies. And up to now, he hasn't been able to shop the flicks he and Campbell want to do to the studio execs over the Spidey movies.

So...Raimi is in a tough spot. The studio is pushing things on him (Venom/Symbiote) that he isn't comfortable with, but has to make work because he's banking on the third movie being a big enough hit that they'd be willing to re-up his contract with some clause or stipulation that the studio either lets him make the OTHER flicks he wants to make with another company, or the studio will agree to make his flicks itself.

On top of THAT, Spidey is right now the only thing that could put a dent in the box office takings of the other huge series "wrapping up" (that series being Pirates of the Caribbean). No one is expecting Spider-Man to top Pirates, but they can dream, and in the very least can expect a fairly good showing.

Next summer is going to be hell on the little guy. Pirates 3 comes out, Shrek 3 comes out (and is looking rather loverly), Spidey 3 comes out. Then you have a flock of smaller films buzzing around nibbling on the sweet meats left over. You have your TMNT movie, your Farenheit 451, the movie adaptation of 300, Ghost Rider, Ocean's Thirteen, Transformers, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Simpsons movie, and THAT'S not even considering rumored movies (like Postal, National Treasure 2, Sin City 2 etc)

2008 is shaping up to be vicious too: Iron Man, Incredible Hulk, The Dark Knight, Kung Fu Panda, Hellboy 2, Halo, Power of the Dark Crystal (sequel to the original Dark Crystal), possible Sin City 3, etc, and that's not even including the stuff they may announce next year. No new Superman movies, though, so that's...good...I guess. Wolverine might get his own flick.

The Halo movie is already seeing issues, and could end up canned.

Skaw fucked around with this message on 11-17-2006 at 03:23 AM.

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Skaw enlisted the help of an infinite number of monkeys to write:
Why would anyone want to see a movie incarnation of Postal, Uwe Boll aside? The games were fucking awful. I guess as far as Boll's movies go, Postal could potentially wind up decent, considering the source material is such garbage to begin with, the odds of it being worse as a movie are virtually zero.

The Halo movie is already seeing issues, and could end up canned.

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Postal will apparently have a cameo by Gary Coleman, for what it's worth.

And yeah Halo has run into budget issues.

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Check out the big brain on Ja'Deth Issar Ka'bael!
Ech...don't get me started on Spirits Within. It was a decent popcorn flick, as good as most of the cheapo movies you see on SciFi and might have on while gaming during a lazy Saturday afternoon. But for what was spent making it...

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The majority of the budget was for creating the whole studio and technology that used to produce the film. Then they had to go and get lazy on the script and make a movie titled Final Fantasy that has nothing what so ever to do with any of the games or even the general theme of the series.

Hell, in terms of full-length anime, Spirits Within is right up there. It's not Spirited Away or Ghost in the Shell, but at least it's not Titan AE.

I liked Titan AE!

I, for example, murder hobos for fun. As for movies, I like Clueless.

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When the babel fish was in place, it was apparent Ja'Deth Issar Ka'bael said:
Power of the Dark Crystal (sequel to the original Dark Crystal

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Holy shit, what?

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Maradon! spewed forth this undeniable truth:
hey HEY

I liked Titan AE!

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Bloodsage stopped staring at Deedlit long enough to write:
Titan AE was okay, but I'm not a big fan of Ralph Bakshi-esque '70s animation styles. Yes, I know it was Don Bluth, but still. . . .

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I am.

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Bloodsage said this about your mom:
Titan AE was okay, but I'm not a big fan of Ralph Bakshi-esque '70s animation styles. Yes, I know it was Don Bluth, but still. . . .

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Just curious, but just what exactly would you say was Bakshi-esque about it? They weren't even remotely similar, stylewise, in my opinion. Unless you mean the cell-over work. Which was actually far superior, while also being sparce.

For the record, I agree with you though... Bakshi is complete shit and always was. He gets more credit for being a pervert rather than actually being talented. Although I did like "Fire and Ice" it was mostly decent. Most people he "stole" or borrowed his material from absolutely despise what he ended up doing with it.

And yeah I liked Titan AE too.

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Bent over the coffee table, Faelynn LeAndris squealed:
Just curious, but just what exactly would you say was Bakshi-esque about it? They weren't even remotely similar, stylewise, in my opinion. Unless you mean the cell-over work. Which was actually far superior, while also being sparce.

For the record, I agree with you though... Bakshi is complete shit and always was. He gets more credit for being a pervert rather than actually being talented. Although I did like "Fire and Ice" it was mostly decent. Most people he "stole" or borrowed his material from absolutely despise what he ended up doing with it.

And yeah I liked Titan AE too.

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Well, it was mostly the psychadelic spaceship-flying scene that makes me think strongly of Bakshi. The rest of it is just meh. Neither the animation nor the story does much for me.

I will say that Titan AE's not as bad in the animation department as Appleseed, though. I hated the way they mixed techniques on that one. But at least the plot was okay.

And i love Ghost rider's story, but i cannot stand Nicholas Cage.

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Bloodsage wrote, obviously thinking too hard:
Well, it was mostly the psychadelic spaceship-flying scene that makes me think strongly of Bakshi. The rest of it is just meh. Neither the animation nor the story does much for me.

I will say that Titan AE's not as bad in the animation department as Appleseed, though. I hated the way they mixed techniques on that one. But at least the plot was okay.

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Ahh, the ship and ice scenes?

The story is at best mediocre I agree, but still enjoyable. At least Bluth unlike Disney until recently, has made attempts to put a more grown up emphasis on his material.

There is always the "Secret of Nimh" as long as you avoid the utter shit that was the sequel.

I want Disney quality animation, with a more mature variety of material. They can still make the kid stuff, just give me some grown up stuff once in a while. Altlantis was a step ahead (But then reverted almost imediately back) but it was a very subpar experience.

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Verily, The Berserker doth proclaim:
Do we really need another Ocean's movie after the last one tanked?

And i love Ghost rider's story, but i cannot stand Nicholas Cage.

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couldn't have tanked that bad if they all signed on for a 3rd

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Faelynn LeAndris's unholy Backstreet Boys obsession manifested in:
Ah......
I want Disney quality animation, with a more mature variety of material. They can still make the kid stuff, just give me some grown up stuff once in a while. Altlantis was a step ahead (But then reverted almost imediately back) but it was a very subpar experience.

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A lot of that was from who was running the joint, but since they threw Eisner out on his ass, they might be able to comeback. They did have the perfect setup when they got Miramax, but that got all messed up. From what I last read, when Pixar merged up with Disney, the head of Pixar was made head of all animation now, he seems to favor more adult oriented films to.

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When the babel fish was in place, it was apparent Faelynn LeAndris said:
Holy shit, what?

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Yeah, they are making a sequel of the Dark Crystal. The two gelflings are now benevolent rulers of the land. A mysterious stranger comes to them looking for help. This person is from a race that lives near the core of the world and they need a shard of the Crystal as a power source before their civilization dies out. Gelflings are like "We're sorry, but hell no!" so the stranger breaks the crystal and steals a shard thus splitting up the Crystal beings into Mystics and Skekses again. The gelflings go after the stranger and the shard with the Skekses and their crab minions hot on their trail.