El Floppo
Footballguy
Does filling a cup count? I've been going gang-busters, if so.
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GM's thread about nothing (13 Viewers)
- Thread starter General Malaise
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Notorious T.R.E.
Showdown!™ Administrator
Yeah. Sux.
Chi-Mo
Footballguy
Just recently, or always?I liked the movie a lot when it came out, dunno how it holds up.
JZilla
Footballguy
Really a lot of the crap we grew up with blows. Gen X needs to get a grip, it's not cool to like stuff that sucks.
General Malaise
Footballguy
That thread bums me out.
SofaKings
Footballguy
Indeed. My opinion of icon has changed as well unfortunately.That thread bums me out.
St. Louis Bob
Footballguy
I slept under the bed.Head tilted at an awkward angle with your paw over your eyes? Or on top of my t-shirts on the shelf in my armoire?Slept like a cat last night.RudiStein said:The only time I've taken it was right before my vasectomy. It made me a little tired.St. Louis Bob said:RudiStein said:What can I expect here?
St. Louis Bob
Footballguy
Been there, not even close.FTR it was once on Friday night and I had to get her pretty lubed up on wine for that. But if you go back farther, it has been about 3 weeks or so. I'm not a heartless ******* much but I can only drink so much to relieve the tension.
General Malaise
Footballguy
I dunno...I watched it with my sons a couple months ago and we enjoyed it. It was kind of cool seeing some Oregon landmarks in there, which I never noticed before on account of not giving a rat's rear-end about Oregon when I was a kid.Up next on the Malaise family movie night...."Black Stallion".
Also, "Miracle on Ice" on tap.
urbanhack
Fight The Power!
just curiousI'm not, but it looks like we have some common friends. Why?urbanhack said:anyone here friends with him on Facebook?
General Malaise
Footballguy
As compared to what? Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel? I'll take Ghostbusters, India Jones, Star Wars (the original 3), Goonies and Back to the Future over just about anything being spit out today by Hollywood. Maybe that makes me a crusty old fart who refuses to let go, but some of the kids' movies out today suck out loud. I defy you to try and make it through Space Chimps.
Disco Stu
Confirmed FBGal
Yeah, some of those older movies hold up well. My son really enjoyed watching Ghostbusters, The Karate Kid, Raiders of the Lost Ark, A Christmas Story, Willy Wonka, and of course the original Star Wars trilogy.We haven't gotten to Goonies or Back to the Future yet.
JaxBill
Footballguy
We've gone more into getting my kids (boys 11 & 14) older TV series on DVD. Happy Days, Get Smart, Gilligan's Island, etc.
Chi-Mo
Footballguy
Have you shown them Better off Dead yet? That movie killed me when I was a kid.
mr. furley
Footballguy
tack Lost Boys on to this and i'll make it a facebook group for you
EasyMorningRebel
Footballguy
Kiefer Sutherland playing someone who is invincible? Yeah, that'll never happen again.
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
Indy.1. At home.2. I'll take more Wayne, more Garcon, and having Anthony Gonzalez back over Kitna. 3. Against that run defense sans DeMeco Ryans, Corey Hart could replace Addai. Mike will do just fine. Teh pale Manning comes to revenge for them.
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
Oh, seriously?
General Malaise
Footballguy
The original Star Wars trilogy is far and away better than the crap they made a few years ago. With far less technical innovations, they were able to create a masterpiece. 30 years later, with far more technological advancement, they made a pile of poop. Why? Nobody bothered to write a story that was compelling. It was lazy film making, relying upon special effects to wow the masses. In much the same way, I feel like today's movies bank upon the fact that 3-D and special effects will overshadow the need to invent a fresh and original story. I didn't see "Avatar", (nor do I plan on it) but wasn't it just the story of "Pocahontas" only set in blue? Course I'm sure some old guy was saying the same thing in the early 80's that I'm saying now. But I'll take 'A Christmas Story' over any 'holiday' that's come out in the last 10 years. Nostalgia be damned...it's just better.
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?It's over.
Tomorrow evening, I get to spend 3 1/2 hours in a car with my parents and my fiancee. We're spending the weekend at my future in-laws' house (who are really cool, for the record). We have food tasting, engagement pictures, meeting with the priest, rehearsal dinner tours and various other crap necessary wedding stuff planned.
Future FIL, Old-Man Bronkowitz and myself will definitely be spending a lot of time at a bar, so I have that going for me. But I already want to punch myself repeatedly in the groin rather than do this.
Really, though, this is the difficult part of the whole wedding/marriage thing. It only gets better from here. Congratulations you poor, something, something.
General Malaise
Footballguy
Not yet, but I will when they are a little older. I don't think my boys are old enough to find the humor in all of it. My oldest might...but my youngest wouldn't.I remember seeing the "Sure Thing" when I was in 3rd or 4th grade and loving it. Pretty underrated movie, IMO.
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
Speaking of pale and revenge for him, I'm with this guy.
RudiStein
*Not really a bail bondsman
Always. You have to remember that I was a little older than the target audience when this thing came out. It was a 'kids' movie to me. When I finally got around to seeing this on VHS or HBO or whatever I thought it was stupid. And obviously it holds no nostalgic value for me.
How so? Link to a particular post?
Tom Cullen
Footballguy
PLEASEI love me some star wars but I am SICK TO DEATH of the pedestal the original trilogy is held to, Jedi in particular. Jedi was great for one reason, it was Star Wars. The entire movie is filled with ridiculous story elements that make the later movies look like masterpieces.
Jedi was crap, utter and complete crap, but we loved it because it was Star Wars.
Disco Stu
Confirmed FBGal
We have watched the first couple episodes of The A-Team after having a great time at the recent movie version. That movie relied on special effects, but in an over-the-top fun way. It was pretty awesome.The GI Joe movie on the other hand was horrible. Sienna Miller was really hot though.
Chi-Mo
Footballguy
The whole Clint McCance thread/debacle.
Disco Stu
Confirmed FBGal
:(Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?It's over.
Tomorrow evening, I get to spend 3 1/2 hours in a car with my parents and my fiancee. We're spending the weekend at my future in-laws' house (who are really cool, for the record). We have food tasting, engagement pictures, meeting with the priest, rehearsal dinner tours and various other crap necessary wedding stuff planned.
Future FIL, Old-Man Bronkowitz and myself will definitely be spending a lot of time at a bar, so I have that going for me. But I already want to punch myself repeatedly in the groin rather than do this.
Really, though, this is the difficult part of the whole wedding/marriage thing. It only gets better from here. Congratulations you poor, something, something.
Tom Cullen
Footballguy
Everything about that thread and the BF follow up sucks
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Insoxicated
:( it happens. Sorry to let any ipeeps down.Indeed. My opinion of icon has changed as well unfortunately.That thread bums me out.
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the rover
Footballguy
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Insoxicated
Samuel L Bronkowitz
Footballguy
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?It's over.
Tomorrow evening, I get to spend 3 1/2 hours in a car with my parents and my fiancee. We're spending the weekend at my future in-laws' house (who are really cool, for the record). We have food tasting, engagement pictures, meeting with the priest, rehearsal dinner tours and various other crap necessary wedding stuff planned.
Future FIL, Old-Man Bronkowitz and myself will definitely be spending a lot of time at a bar, so I have that going for me. But I already want to punch myself repeatedly in the groin rather than do this.
Really, though, this is the difficult part of the whole wedding/marriage thing. It only gets better from here. Congratulations you poor, something, something.
Thanks for the confidence boost 
jplvr
Footballguy
Crimmus Story and Crimmus Vacation are staples for me during the holidays.
I don't see how someone could not like Goonies.
General Malaise
Footballguy
It was my least favorite of the original three, but you are stoned on crank and drunk on malt liquor if you think Jedi was worse than any of the three turds Lucas spit on us this decade. Jedi gave us Ewoks, Leia in a bikini, more Lando, a sinister Emperor, Darth Vader redemption and one of the greatest internet memes of all time.What did the three piles of puke Lucas released post 2000 yield us? Jar Jar Binks, a wussified Samuel L. Jackson, a bore-me-to-tears Obi Wan and a mother forking ANTI SMOKING MESSAGE. Remember that? Remember the ridiculous scene where Ewan McGregor used the Jedi Mind Trick to convince some muppet that he didn't want to puff on a 'death stick'? ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME???? You're going to put that up against Jedi? A public service announcement. In Star Wars. Really?
Unreal. Jedi is far and away better than the steaming piles of horse manure Lucas and Co. shoveled on us.
Tom Cullen
Footballguy
AH YES
Ewoks
those magical creatures who showed us that the elaborate storm trooper armor, which we already know does no good against blasters or light sabers, also cannot withstand a small rock or a pointy stick.
and what a great plan that whole endor thing was, lets sneak down to a forest moon with a bunch of people in camouflage and SHINY GOLD ####### ROBOT along with a robot on wheels, which should do well at navigating a forest floor.
Of course that plan looks like the strategy of the millennium compared to the farcical attempts to rescue Han from Jaba.
Disco Stu
Confirmed FBGal
Not unless you're preparing for an Arkansas School Board Members fantasy draft. Even then, he's a late round flier at best.
The_Man
Footballguy
"Elf" has earned classic Christmas movie status. And the "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" episode of MST3K has become an annual tradition with my kids.Crimmus Story and Crimmus Vacation are staples for me during the holidays.
My take on the icon/BF/shiny thing:
I think that although it was never mentioned how shiny passed, quite a few of us assumed it was suicide. We have to realize that many people have different views on suicide. As a guy who's had a family member do it, I myself have had a ton of different feelings at different times on the subject. I agree that it is a little tacky for icon to have shiny's teletubbie in his avatar being that icon feels the way he does about suicide. That being said, I believe him when he says he didn't know how shiny passed. Give him the benefit of the doubt and move on. Don't hold a grudge against him.
I think that although it was never mentioned how shiny passed, quite a few of us assumed it was suicide. We have to realize that many people have different views on suicide. As a guy who's had a family member do it, I myself have had a ton of different feelings at different times on the subject. I agree that it is a little tacky for icon to have shiny's teletubbie in his avatar being that icon feels the way he does about suicide. That being said, I believe him when he says he didn't know how shiny passed. Give him the benefit of the doubt and move on. Don't hold a grudge against him.
jplvr
Footballguy
Chi-Mo
Footballguy
He's got a point. I can barely remember anything from the latter three Star Wars, all of which I've seen once.The Ewoks were pretty lame, but the three-way space/Endor/Luke v. Emperor v. Darth Vader fight? That (bad word) was mind-blowing if you were a kid.
jplvr
Footballguy
I have a stepsister who loves Elf. I kind of like it, but I think mainly because of Zooey Deschanel. It's no where near a classic.I have no idea what you're talking about in the second sentence. edit: ah Mystery Science Theater. That always goes :woosh:"Elf" has earned classic Christmas movie status. And the "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" episode of MST3K has become an annual tradition with my kids.Crimmus Story and Crimmus Vacation are staples for me during the holidays.
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Tom Cullen
Footballguy
I love star wars, but when you think about Jedi it is ridiculousWhat was the plan for Han?As near as I can figure the plan was - send in the people least likely to succeed first, once they have all gotten captured have luke come in and kick everyone's ###. Of course, don't just kick their butt's and leave, the better idea is to fall into a rancor den(couldn't he have jedi jumped out?), defeat the rancor, let Jaba drive you to the sarlac pit where R2 strolls to the top deck and you signal him, as if this was the plan all along, then depend on blind han to stumble in to Bobba Fett int he lamest death scene ever, and hope chained up leah can dispatch jaba while luke runs through cronies with his saber.WTF, who made this plan, a mentally challenged ewok?How about you keep everyone out of harm's way, send luke in and start kicking ### up front.the entire first 1/3rd of the movie was nothing more then a weak story line pasted on a space version of the muppet show.If it was not for Admiral Ackbar Jedi would be devoid of value.but, i still freaking love it because it is star wars.I like Star Wars and agree with GM, but good lord.
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Disco Stu
Confirmed FBGal
And those speeder bike things flying through the forest was some amazing/thrilling special effects at the time. Plus you see Luke do some serious Jedi-#### (for the first time) during the Han escape.Similar threads
