Cantu trade? Howry signing?
by Grant on Dec 3, 2008 3:28 PM PST
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Event Horizon comes to mind, but I'll stick with I, Robot.
75 trombones in the big parade is a reference to the musical, "The Music Man", even though the actual number of trombones is 76. You would think that the cut off point for "big" parades would be lower than 76, so I think 75 would be fine. And in fact, that isn't an arbitrary total for a cut off point; rather they were just saying that that particular parade had 76 trombones.
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see how long this lasts
mine was less than 5 minutes
Giants: World Series Champions...in 2011.
by Giants_Junkie on Dec 3, 2008 1:41 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Damn the Grant-Censoring Man!
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Dec 3, 2008 1:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah! This Grant guy should pipe down already.
/deer head
Bay City Ball
by xanthan on Dec 3, 2008 1:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Look out
jcb is on a rampage!!!
Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Dec 3, 2008 1:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
JUST QUIT YELLING JCB.
/deer head
Bay City Ball
by xanthan on Dec 3, 2008 1:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Jcb9= the Milton Bradley of McCovey Chronicles.
by rotorueter on Dec 3, 2008 1:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
At first I thought you were talking about the board game company and I was really confused.
/throws beer bottle at rotorueter
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by jcb9 on Dec 3, 2008 1:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
::texts a picture of a gun to jcb9::
YOU DEAD DAWG
by rotorueter on Dec 3, 2008 1:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
For god’s sake keep the Gatorade away from jcb. He has a kid on the way!
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 3, 2008 2:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
texts a picture of a gun to jcb9
Here, use mine.
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
by bgunn on Dec 3, 2008 4:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So, all that’s left is for Goofus to wrestle him to ground, and in the process, blowing out his knee?
/deer head
Bay City Ball
by xanthan on Dec 3, 2008 1:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
In before Goofus makes a joke about the word “blowing.”
by Grant on Dec 3, 2008 1:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
In before WalrusMan makes a joke degrading Goofus’s joke.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
by WalrusMan on Dec 3, 2008 8:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
does that mean he is the mercurial jcb?
The bases were drunk, and I painted the black with my best yakker. But blue squeezed me, and I went full. I came back with my heater, but the stick flares one the other way and the chalk flies for two bases. Three earnies! Next thing I know, skipper hooks me and I'm sipping suds with the clubby.
by Mike Hawk on Dec 3, 2008 1:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Gross.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Dec 3, 2008 3:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
HAHAHAHA. I just laughed like a psycho at work, thanks!
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
Neglectful father of David Quinowski
by marcello on Dec 3, 2008 3:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, that was a bad first post wasn't it...?
sh!t I was just trying to get something posted before grant killed yet another howry and/or cantu post, and it came out all wrong…whoops, I did it again. okay, I’ll stop now.
seriously, how did I not get more grief for that?
Giants: World Series Champions...in 2011.
by Giants_Junkie on Dec 3, 2008 3:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
mine was less than 5 minutes
I just figured you were rosterbating.
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
by bgunn on Dec 3, 2008 4:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The Ring 2 was horrible. It wasn’t even that good of a concept, but just a bad movie.
What are we talking about again?
/deer head
Bay City Ball
by xanthan on Dec 3, 2008 1:42 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Be Kind Rewind, though I enjoyed this film more than average person seemed to. Decent movie, but a mind-numbingly good idea.
by rotorueter on Dec 3, 2008 1:44 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I was entertained but the movie had so much potential that I was disappointed. Perfect example of great concept, poor execution though.
Sweded movies = genius.
by VizquelQuest on Dec 3, 2008 3:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
V for Vendetta? Soon to be followed by Watchmen?
by Evan on Dec 3, 2008 1:44 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I have hopes for Watchmen. Hopes, dammit.
/deer head
Bay City Ball
by xanthan on Dec 3, 2008 1:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
There’s no way they’ll be able to successfully condense Watchmen into a 2-3 hour movie. I’m looking forward to it though.
by Natto on Dec 3, 2008 2:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
hopes where made to be crushed by poor direction, worse editing and wooden acting.
Castillo got the DFA. Guestimate for Castillo DFA to come before the 2009 season = 2.
by kennv on Dec 3, 2008 8:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
BUT JEFFREY DEAN MORGAN!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Dec 3, 2008 8:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I liked V for Vendetta
Giants: World Series Champions...in 2011.
by Giants_Junkie on Dec 3, 2008 1:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
me too
"ever so cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"
by The Gene Hackman on Dec 3, 2008 2:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t like that the last monologue in V for Vendetta renders the rest of the movie completely useless.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Dec 3, 2008 3:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
All I remember is that Natalie Portman is hot.
Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Dec 3, 2008 3:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
Loved (more like adored and wanted to cuddle with) her in Garden State, which has an epic soundtrack, btw.
Giants: World Series Champions...in 2011.
by Giants_Junkie on Dec 3, 2008 3:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Really, I keet thinking that her character was a 15 year old in that movie. I didn’t think that when I saw it first, and I liked it enough at the time that I bought it, but since then it’s just gotten a little creepy to me.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Dec 3, 2008 11:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Idiocracy
I really, really wanted to like it. The concept is great satire: a couple of people in suspended animation who wake up in the year 2505 or whatever and everything in America is crass, commercialized and heavyset. And it was directed by Mike Judge, who directed the god-like Office Space. And it has Maya Rudolph, who was one of my favorite SNL cast members ever. But aside from a few bits and pieces, I just didn’t find it very funny.
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
by Kitspool on Dec 3, 2008 1:45 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I loved Idiocracy. Like a bunch.
/deer head
Bay City Ball
by xanthan on Dec 3, 2008 1:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
this x 100000
Ow My Balls was only part of the awesomeness.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 3, 2008 2:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Go away I'm 'bating
loved this movie
Saving countless runs with my Brian Horwitz
by lyricalkiller on Dec 3, 2008 3:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I was with you. Then I found myself laughing at quotes when I’d read them, so I went back and watched the movie again. Great script, meh directing, but a totally quotable movie.
Welcome to Carl’s Jr. Would you like to try our EXTRA BIG ASS TACO? Now with more MOLECULES!
by Grant on Dec 3, 2008 1:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I admit to lol’ing when they showed the cover of the US News & World Report/Playboy hybrid magazine with the headline “Shit’s fucked up!”
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
by Kitspool on Dec 3, 2008 1:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The House of Representin’ gets me every time.
/deer head
Bay City Ball
by xanthan on Dec 3, 2008 1:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Electrolytes! It’s the shit plants need!
GROUGTHINK ALERT
by groug on Dec 3, 2008 2:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The U.N. un-nazied the world… forever.
Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Dec 3, 2008 2:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Rehabilitiation never fails to crack me up.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 3, 2008 2:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Welcome to Costco. I love you.
Speed, defense... and an almost fanatical devotion to getting picked off.
by SF Pete on Dec 3, 2008 3:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
“The concept is great satire: a couple of people in suspended animation who wake up in the year 2505 or whatever and everything in America is crass, commercialized and heavyset.”
Wow, that concept, at least on the surface, sounds very similar to an old science fiction story called “Little Black Bag” by C.M. Kornbluth. I wonder if that was intentional.
Of course, that story also had a nasty dose of classism to it: society got so stupid because poor people had too many children.
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by jcb9 on Dec 3, 2008 1:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My favorite part of Event Horizon...
was the part where he was holding his eyeballs in his hands and talking about a universe of ultimate evil.
I actually like that movie in a sort of “OMG this is so horrible that I love it” way
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
by shikantaza on Dec 3, 2008 1:45 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
OPEN THE DOOR MAMA BEAR!
The bases were drunk, and I painted the black with my best yakker. But blue squeezed me, and I went full. I came back with my heater, but the stick flares one the other way and the chalk flies for two bases. Three earnies! Next thing I know, skipper hooks me and I'm sipping suds with the clubby.
by Mike Hawk on Dec 3, 2008 1:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
LOLOLOLOL
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
by shikantaza on Dec 3, 2008 1:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You think you can just fuck around with the laws of physics and get away with it!!!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Dec 3, 2008 3:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Fred Claus
Cute little concept, groin-grabbingly unfunny movie.
I once punched a hole in a light fixture in celebration of a J.T. Snow home run. That is all.
by oneflapdown on Dec 3, 2008 1:48 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Isn’t that the deal with all Vince Vaughn movies?
Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Dec 3, 2008 1:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Nice point.
That’s actually the deal with Vince Vaughn himself, I think.
I once punched a hole in a light fixture in celebration of a J.T. Snow home run. That is all.
by oneflapdown on Dec 3, 2008 1:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Isn’t that so with Owen Wilson too? With the exception of The Life Aquatic, where he actually does a credible job at acting.
it's always noonan somewhere
by sectionop92 on Dec 3, 2008 9:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
See Bottle Rocket...
I find it LOL funny…the Wilson brothers’ debut, used to be hard to find but easily available now. If you haven’t seen it, I’m betting you enjoy (other than perhaps the unnecessarily protracted “love story” involving Luke & the maid…that was overdone).
Giants: World Series Champions...in 2011.
by Giants_Junkie on Dec 4, 2008 8:21 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Criterion Collection just re-released Bottle Rocket on DVD
"ever so cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"
by The Gene Hackman on Dec 4, 2008 1:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I would suggest any of these movies:
Glory
Man on Fire
American Gangster
John Q
The Great Debaters
Deja Vu
Inside Man
The Manchurian Candidate
Antwone Fisher raining Day
Remember the Titans
The Hurricane
The Siege
Courage Under Fire
Crimson Tide
The Pelican Brief
Malcolm X
Hasheem "The Dream" Thabeet or Brandon Jennings. A Warrior in 09.
With the 6th Pick in the 2009 MLB Draft, the SF Giants pick Donovan Tate.
Andre Smith in Silver & Black in 2009.
by ejdacanay on Dec 3, 2008 1:53 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
These are random movies btw, nothing in common
Hasheem "The Dream" Thabeet or Brandon Jennings. A Warrior in 09.
With the 6th Pick in the 2009 MLB Draft, the SF Giants pick Donovan Tate.
Andre Smith in Silver & Black in 2009.
by ejdacanay on Dec 3, 2008 1:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I like Glory and Malcolm X, and I love the non-Tarantino parts of Crimson Tide.
Also, you’re a total rascist.
by Grant on Dec 3, 2008 1:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Why racist?
Hasheem "The Dream" Thabeet or Brandon Jennings. A Warrior in 09.
With the 6th Pick in the 2009 MLB Draft, the SF Giants pick Donovan Tate.
Andre Smith in Silver & Black in 2009.
by ejdacanay on Dec 3, 2008 1:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
haha
Denzel ftmfw.
Will Smith trails behind barely in my list of favorite actors.
Hasheem "The Dream" Thabeet or Brandon Jennings. A Warrior in 09.
With the 6th Pick in the 2009 MLB Draft, the SF Giants pick Donovan Tate.
Andre Smith in Silver & Black in 2009.
by ejdacanay on Dec 3, 2008 1:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Six Degrees of Separation (Will Smith) was a very good movie.
Giants: World Series Champions...in 2011.
by Giants_Junkie on Dec 3, 2008 2:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Boner jam tape to Denzel
Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Dec 3, 2008 1:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Racist.
Does anyone know how to get spellcheck for Opera? I’m so used to it on Mozilla that I can’t type without it.
by Grant on Dec 3, 2008 1:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I swear to god I read this as “spellcheck for Oprah” and the racist comment just went in a new direction.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 3, 2008 2:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I see something in common. Denzel!!
Adopted son of in limbo Brad Hennessey. Beloved for a stolen base much like Dave Roberts
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Dec 3, 2008 1:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Only the best actor in the whole world.
Hasheem "The Dream" Thabeet or Brandon Jennings. A Warrior in 09.
With the 6th Pick in the 2009 MLB Draft, the SF Giants pick Donovan Tate.
Andre Smith in Silver & Black in 2009.
by ejdacanay on Dec 3, 2008 1:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
those could all be made into porn's easily
Glory Hole
Semen on Fire
American Gangbang
Johnson Q
The Great Masterbaters (disgusts me, too easy)
Deja Vu
Inside Man
Training Gay
The Harry Cane
The Siege
Courage Under Three Guys
The Bulging Briefs
Malcom XXX
by NeifiChicken on Dec 3, 2008 2:00 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
edit
change Inside Man to “Inside Men”
by NeifiChicken on Dec 3, 2008 2:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
Excellent
Giants: World Series Champions...in 2011.
by Giants_Junkie on Dec 3, 2008 2:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
ftw
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 3, 2008 2:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Deja Vugina
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Dec 4, 2008 4:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
hahahaha
Semen on fire! The possibilities are endless!
by lincypoo i wuv u on Dec 4, 2008 5:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Malcolm X was good.
Also, my wife met Rubin Carter once. Apparently he was kind of a jerk.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Dec 3, 2008 2:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
True.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Dec 3, 2008 2:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I see the pattern
King Kong ain’t got &%$# on any of these films.
by biff pocoroba on Dec 4, 2008 8:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
QUICK: change the FanPost title to "OT: Movies we Love"
Or Grant is going to kill it… ;)
Giants: World Series Champions...in 2011.
by Giants_Junkie on Dec 3, 2008 1:55 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
A few favorites...
You’ll notice quite a range here…something for everyone:
Memento (awesome)
Big Lebowski
Bottle Rocket (seriously, check it out)
Harold & Maude
Hair
Deer Hunter
Kill Bill Vol 1 & II
Pulp Fiction
Big Fish
Giants: World Series Champions...in 2011.
by Giants_Junkie on Dec 3, 2008 1:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
A few more...
Soylent Green (before there was WALL-E, there was Soylent Green)
Royal Tennenbaums
North by Northwest
Wedding Crashers
40-Yr Old Virgin
Superbad
Old School
Something About Mary
Office Space….oh my…
Giants: World Series Champions...in 2011.
by Giants_Junkie on Dec 3, 2008 2:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Rhetorical question
What is it about Charlton Heston running around cities in the 1970’s like a madman totting guns that would be so appropriate later on in his life?
it's always noonan somewhere
by sectionop92 on Dec 3, 2008 9:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Memento is the coolest movie ever made
And Christopher Nolan has the Midas touch as far as I’m concerned- “Memento,” “Following” (the b/w 70-minute film he shot before doing Memento), “Insomnia,” “The Prestige,” and both of his Batman films are all among my all-time favorites.
I once punched a hole in a light fixture in celebration of a J.T. Snow home run. That is all.
by oneflapdown on Dec 3, 2008 2:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Look for the Easter egg in the DVD to play the movie in the correct order
Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Dec 3, 2008 2:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
it’s way less cool of a movie when it’s in the right order.
I am now friends with butthol on Facebook. My life is complete.
It's spelled "M-A-R-C-H-I-N-G-B-A-N-D."
I support The VD Special in his support of me supporting Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
by Takimoto on Dec 3, 2008 7:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Following was awesome.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 3, 2008 8:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Memento is great. Very cool. But after I bought it, I found it had about zero rewatch value.
Castillo got the DFA. Guestimate for Castillo DFA to come before the 2009 season = 2.
by kennv on Dec 3, 2008 8:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
See also: "The Sixth Sense."
I once punched a hole in a light fixture in celebration of a J.T. Snow home run. That is all.
by oneflapdown on Dec 4, 2008 4:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I really didn’t like the ending to The Prestige. Kind of felt like it was cut out of a soap opera.
it's always noonan somewhere
by sectionop92 on Dec 3, 2008 9:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The secret name for The Prestige is “Plot Holes.”
The other secret name for it is “Scarlett Johanssen Being More Boring Than She Was in Her Last Movie!”
It’s a pretty enjoyable movie, though.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Dec 3, 2008 9:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Other than Big Fish, this is a totally different list
Movies everybody in the world likes except Giants_Junkie. Nothing wrong with having a list like that, but it’s not really the same thing.
Saving countless runs with my Brian Horwitz
by lyricalkiller on Dec 3, 2008 3:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
AND it looks like I missed the point.
Nevermind.
Saving countless runs with my Brian Horwitz
by lyricalkiller on Dec 3, 2008 3:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
GRANT SMASH!!!
The bases were drunk, and I painted the black with my best yakker. But blue squeezed me, and I went full. I came back with my heater, but the stick flares one the other way and the chalk flies for two bases. Three earnies! Next thing I know, skipper hooks me and I'm sipping suds with the clubby.
by Mike Hawk on Dec 3, 2008 1:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Pulp Fiction
Fight Club
Superbad
Role Models (see it)
Office Space
I see the future, and it is Pablo
by CB30 on Dec 3, 2008 2:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Did you even look at who wrote this?
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
by WalrusMan on Dec 3, 2008 8:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, Grant didn't start this one.
Can’t even remember who did anymore… Grant (AKA “Big Brother”????) changed the intro once it gained momentum.
Giants: World Series Champions...in 2011.
by Giants_Junkie on Dec 4, 2008 8:26 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Wanted…by far
The bases were drunk, and I painted the black with my best yakker. But blue squeezed me, and I went full. I came back with my heater, but the stick flares one the other way and the chalk flies for two bases. Three earnies! Next thing I know, skipper hooks me and I'm sipping suds with the clubby.
by Mike Hawk on Dec 3, 2008 1:56 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Valkyrie will probably be the next big promising film concept gone horribly wrong.
Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Dec 3, 2008 2:00 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
This thread went really quickly from great concept/lousy execution to Yay Good Movies!
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Dec 3, 2008 2:02 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I thought “I am Legend” could have been way better
I see the future, and it is Pablo
by CB30 on Dec 3, 2008 2:02 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
True. Pretty much any adaptation of classic science fiction qualifies.
by Evan on Dec 3, 2008 2:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
For a great idea turned into a great movie: The Matrix
Best idea for a movie ever
I see the future, and it is Pablo
by CB30 on Dec 3, 2008 2:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I thought the first Matrix film was okay but overrated, the second one was a steaming pile, and I refused to see the third.
Heterodoxy FTW!
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Dec 3, 2008 2:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
the 3rd....
u saved yourself a great deal of agony. THe third was so bad, I no longer like the first movie
by NeifiChicken on Dec 3, 2008 2:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
totally.
Castillo got the DFA. Guestimate for Castillo DFA to come before the 2009 season = 2.
by kennv on Dec 3, 2008 8:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
They should have stopped at One
I see the future, and it is Pablo
by CB30 on Dec 4, 2008 8:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My heterodoxy being that I didn’t think the first one was that good, mind you. I know a lot of people didn’t like the second one and especially the third.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Dec 3, 2008 2:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The first one was really good IMO at the time.
Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Dec 3, 2008 2:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Two things about the Matrix:
First, it think that Philip K. Dick dealt with similar subject material (Gnosticism and discovering and breaking out from imprisonment in a constructed reality) in more interesting ways decades before. Second, I tend to be bored by action-oriented movies, so I was inclined against it from the start.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Dec 3, 2008 2:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
Philip K Dick. Love his stuff. Outside of Blade Runner though I am not sure I can think of a single film based on his stories that didn’t turn out badly. Of coarse some of his concepts were hard to make functional for an entire short story so not sure why it would be easier to make into a film.
Ivan Ochoa - Heir to the legacy of Rob Andrews & Rikkert Faneyte!
Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!
by daveinexile on Dec 3, 2008 2:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
There was a movie version of A Scanner Darkly that came out a few years back, and it was pretty good.
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by jcb9 on Dec 3, 2008 3:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Fabulous use of posterization
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by SoFa King Mike on Dec 3, 2008 3:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve seen ASD about three times since I saw it in the theatre, and it gets better every time. It’s just really well done. The crawl in the closing credits of all the friends and loved ones of Dick who suffered from drug abuse is heartbreaking.
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Thank You (all) for the tip.
Ivan Ochoa - Heir to the legacy of Rob Andrews & Rikkert Faneyte!
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by daveinexile on Dec 3, 2008 3:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I saw this in England, with a lady in the corner signing all the dialogue. It made it even crazier. I think Dick would have approved.
Castillo got the DFA. Guestimate for Castillo DFA to come before the 2009 season = 2.
by kennv on Dec 3, 2008 8:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I liked
minority report and total recall, although not on par with BR. Heck, even paycheck wasn’t that bad.
Screamers was pretty bad, and there are a couple more obscure (direct to video?) ones as well.
You cannot compare them to the lit , though.
Funny that I’ve never seen ASD, even though it’s probably my favorite PKD story.
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by zenbitz on Dec 3, 2008 4:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ll endorse the ASD endorsements above. It’s great.
And I kind of enjoyed Paycheck too.
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The only thing with Phillip K Dick is
the titles of his stories aren’t very good. I mean “We’ll Remember for you, Wholesale!”?
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by thehavenot on Dec 3, 2008 7:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Eh, I love his crazy, long titles. Like The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch or Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said.
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by jcb9 on Dec 3, 2008 7:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I like the titles better than the books, usually.
by Evan on Dec 3, 2008 7:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ll take Famous Titties for $400
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by SoFa King Mike on Dec 3, 2008 7:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
To each his or her own, I say
You say “potato,” I say “whatever.”
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by thehavenot on Dec 3, 2008 7:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
what's funny
is that when he was writing for pulps, they would sometimes GIVE him the title and make him write something… that gave us “The Zap Gun”
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by zenbitz on Dec 4, 2008 11:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Best Movie that could have been a Philip K. Dick story:
The Truman Show. Aside from not actually having been written by Dick, it was totally his.
Scott McClain: Great story, no place on the 2009 Giants.
by EliminateMe on Dec 4, 2008 3:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
and then they made BOLT
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by zenbitz on Dec 4, 2008 3:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This is exactly how I treated the Matrix trilogy, as well.
by rotorueter on Dec 3, 2008 2:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Do the Matrix movies have any competition in the category of Biggest Quality Gap Between a Film and Its Sequel(s)?
by Evan on Dec 3, 2008 2:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
air bud?
Mischievously implosive purple pitching staff.
by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Dec 3, 2008 3:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think to qualify it was supposed to have been a good concept/idea before they made it into a stinkpot of a film.
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by Giants_Junkie on Dec 3, 2008 3:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Dog playing basketball > Dog playing football or hockey or soccer or equestrian or whatever the hell else he played.
Scratch that all the sequel concepts sound totally cooler, it must’ve just been poor execution
by lincypoo i wuv u on Dec 4, 2008 5:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
A dog playing polo would be pretty cool though.
Think about it: A dog on a horse, wearing a hat! What’s not to love about that idea?
GET ON IT, HOLLYWOOD
GROUGTHINK ALERT
by groug on Dec 4, 2008 6:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
A dog playing polo would be pretty cool though.
Think about it: A dog on a horse, wearing a hat! What’s not to love about that idea?
GET ON IT, HOLLYWOOD
GROUGTHINK ALERT
by groug on Dec 4, 2008 6:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, how about this:
A dog playing polo would be pretty cool though.
Think about it: A dog on a horse, wearing a hat! What’s not to love about that idea?
GET ON IT, HOLLYWOOD
by Natto on Dec 4, 2008 6:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I really liked it the first two times, but now I think the idea is losing its novelty.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 4, 2008 6:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
ayyyyyyyyy, how about this:
A dog playing polo would be pretty cool though.
Think about it: A dog on a horse, wearing a hat! What’s not to love about that idea?
GET ON IT, HOLLYWOOD
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by jponry on Dec 4, 2008 7:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
A dog playing polo would be pretty cool though.
Think about it: A dog on a horse, wearing a hat! What’s not to love about that idea?
GET ON IT, HOLLYWOOD
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by WalrusMan on Dec 4, 2008 9:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's ok man.
I pretty much just have that one schtick. Taking something that has been repeated and repeating it again. I assume you people do think it’s funny, right?
Right?
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by WalrusMan on Dec 4, 2008 10:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You should write for SNL
Check out The Examined Life. Or don't. Whatever.
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by Josh from Hollywood on Dec 5, 2008 11:40 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Spoiling the heterodoxy bit
but I feel the same way.
by oldjacket on Dec 3, 2008 2:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, the first was pretty much just a good movie with cool effects. Not a great movie. Not a very good movie. A regular good movie. And then it went insane.
I stopped caring altogether when I realized that Smokey the Jackass Yelling Man from Berkeley got a cameo as a truck driver in one of them.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Dec 3, 2008 3:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Whoops. Meant Stoney the Jackass Yelling Man.
My bad.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Dec 3, 2008 3:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I liked Event Horizon. But I think I was really drunk.
by oldjacket on Dec 3, 2008 2:02 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
So..
oldjacket, you’re a member of the “I Don’t Trust My Water Club” too?
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There’s some controversy, but I believe I’m the founding member.
by oldjacket on Dec 3, 2008 9:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
But..
Higher up!
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by WalrusMan on Dec 3, 2008 9:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for arguing for me.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
by groug on Dec 3, 2008 9:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ralph Bakshi’s Lord of the Rings
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by jcb9 on Dec 3, 2008 2:05 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Holiday movies?
- Christmas Story
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas (original, obviously)
- Peanuts Christmas special
Molina's gonna test his arm...
by Victorious Secret on Dec 3, 2008 2:06 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
bad santa
scroooged
"ever so cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"
by The Gene Hackman on Dec 3, 2008 2:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
*favorites
Molina's gonna test his arm...
by Victorious Secret on Dec 3, 2008 2:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Christmas Story is a great one...classic LOL moments.
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by Giants_Junkie on Dec 3, 2008 2:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And they are selling the leg lamp at rite aid now….sweeeeeeet
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by Mike Hawk on Dec 3, 2008 2:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Tokyo Godfathers.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 3, 2008 2:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Is amazing.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Dec 3, 2008 3:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I saw it last year and deemed it an instant classic.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 3, 2008 5:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
the animated movie?
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by Giants_Junkie on Dec 8, 2008 2:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yessir.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Dec 8, 2008 2:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
thanks. see my latest entry here. appreciate the hot tips.
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by Giants_Junkie on Dec 8, 2008 2:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
PEANUTS?
BANNED
GREATEST CARTOON/MOVIE THINGY EVER
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by WalrusMan on Dec 3, 2008 8:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think he was going for Favorite Holiday Movies.
by Natto on Dec 3, 2008 8:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
five movies you may or may not have seen that i recommend
ronin ( i hate deniro, but love him in this)
irreversible (if you havent seen this movie, it will blow your mind…not for kids)
solaris (remake…the music makes a huge difference)
road to perdition (again, the music is awesome)
ninja scroll (the only anime ive ever enjoyed, and i enjoyed it tons)
im adopting "insert 37th pick's name here"
by Headhunter Rollins on Dec 3, 2008 2:07 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I love Irreversible, but I always feel too squeamish to actually recommend it to people.
by rotorueter on Dec 3, 2008 2:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Midnight in the Garden of Good And Evil.
Not sure if this meets all criteria for our revised approach here within this fanpost (good concept, bad movie…), but that was a very, very good book that was turned into a terrible, awful movie starring otherwise capable talent (K Spacey).
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by Giants_Junkie on Dec 3, 2008 2:07 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Hancock
It wasn’t terrible but it could have been much better.
by Natto on Dec 3, 2008 2:13 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Oh yeah, that one really pissed me off. You could tell the filmmakers had such contempt for the whole idea of making a superhero movie.
by Evan on Dec 3, 2008 2:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
seconded
Ivan Ochoa - Heir to the legacy of Rob Andrews & Rikkert Faneyte!
Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!
by daveinexile on Dec 3, 2008 2:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I would have felt cheated had I paid to see it. On second thought, I feel cheated anyway.
Still in despair.
BRING BACK MARMOL!
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by Zetsuboushita on Dec 3, 2008 2:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Had tons of potential, like they didn’t want to follow through with the jaded hero bit because it would be too obvious.
Don't think, it could only hurt the ballclub.
by ResDog on Dec 3, 2008 5:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hancock gets a bad rap. It’s a fun movie. I mean, what did everybody expect?
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by howtheyscored on Dec 3, 2008 5:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I enjoyed the movie. I just expected… more.
by Natto on Dec 3, 2008 7:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ooooo look. It’s Will Smith. He’s acting baaaad.
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by WalrusMan on Dec 3, 2008 8:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If Will Smith dumped his wife for the latest hottie, he’d start getting in Brad Pitt territory.
Then again, he’d have to leach onto George Clooney for a few films. Then again, Ocean’s 14-17 should have an opening!
it's always noonan somewhere
by sectionop92 on Dec 4, 2008 12:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
too soon!
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by theghostofjasonellison on Dec 6, 2008 1:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
BEST NEWS EVER
The bases were drunk, and I painted the black with my best yakker. But blue squeezed me, and I went full. I came back with my heater, but the stick flares one the other way and the chalk flies for two bases. Three earnies! Next thing I know, skipper hooks me and I'm sipping suds with the clubby.
by Mike Hawk on Dec 3, 2008 2:17 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
oops…how bout NOW
The bases were drunk, and I painted the black with my best yakker. But blue squeezed me, and I went full. I came back with my heater, but the stick flares one the other way and the chalk flies for two bases. Three earnies! Next thing I know, skipper hooks me and I'm sipping suds with the clubby.
by Mike Hawk on Dec 3, 2008 2:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
HAZZUH!
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by SoFa King Mike on Dec 3, 2008 2:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
STEVE HOLT!!
The bases were drunk, and I painted the black with my best yakker. But blue squeezed me, and I went full. I came back with my heater, but the stick flares one the other way and the chalk flies for two bases. Three earnies! Next thing I know, skipper hooks me and I'm sipping suds with the clubby.
by Mike Hawk on Dec 3, 2008 2:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yay!
Still in despair.
BRING BACK MARMOL!
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by Zetsuboushita on Dec 3, 2008 2:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I was reading last night that Annie Hall was originally going to be a murder mystery. It was all shot like that and everything. it was only changed to the movie it is today in editing. Woody kinda dodged a bullet there.
by satyricrash on Dec 3, 2008 2:32 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Annie Who?
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STAR WARS EPISODES I - III
Still defending Rich Aurilia, and the Niners' classic unis
by wjackalope on Dec 3, 2008 2:33 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
winner
everyone else can stop. seriously.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Dec 3, 2008 2:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Thank you
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Dec 3, 2008 2:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The Clone Wars
The idea of movies about the Clone Wars and origin story for Anakin could have been incredible (though still fatally flawed because it’s hard to root for the inevitable Vader).
However, Lucas wanted to make movies for his kids instead of a bigass space battle movie, so we got boned.
by dprodigy19 on Dec 3, 2008 4:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I never cared much about the Star Wars universe/history/etc. — in fact, I rather liked how slapdash and generic (or archetypal, if you prefer) the galactic milieu was in the first couple of movies. So I didn’t really care to have the backstory filled in.
But no one could have expected just how awful the prequels would be. They’re the Barry Zito contract of cinema.
by Evan on Dec 3, 2008 7:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Episodes I and III were really bad. II was so incredibly awful that my head hurt for days after seeing it.
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
by Kitspool on Dec 3, 2008 3:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The last 30 minutes or so of III is good, to me. Even if the flying lava battle looks dumb.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 3, 2008 3:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I was never a huge Star Wars fan (I was more of a Star Trek nerd), but I went to see The Phantom Menace anyway. Midway through the movie, when they’re in the Senate, the soundtrack suddenly cut out in the movie theater, replaced by CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES COME ON!
I never got around to seeing the other two new ones.
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by jcb9 on Dec 3, 2008 3:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The soundtrack kicked back in after a minute or two, by the way. Was still amusing, though.
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by jcb9 on Dec 3, 2008 3:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to … celebration.
by non sequitur on Dec 3, 2008 3:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
other than Empire
the original triology isn’t that much better. All of us that hate I-III love IV, and even VI because of the nostalgia.
I thought the point of II was to be so unbearable, it made the viewer feel if they were a lovesick teenager.
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by zenbitz on Dec 3, 2008 4:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The real tragedy of Episodes 1-3
Was that there were really good stories to be told. Unfortunately, none of them really were. Instead we got very shallow and/or confusing shadows of those stories.
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by thehavenot on Dec 3, 2008 7:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
this
One of my favorite stories of all time is the large, sweeping, familial saga. How a good person goes bad. Everyone dies in the end. The first three movies should have been amazing based on this criteria. Instead the films sucked unforgivably.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 3, 2008 7:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
A Testament to how good they could have been
is the final duel between Anakin and Obi-Wan. Even with all of the stupidity and painful moments leading up to it, the end (until Darth Vader saying “Padme. Blah blah blah. Noooooooooooo!”) was still awesome and epic.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
by thehavenot on Dec 3, 2008 7:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That's all Ewan
He was so ridiculously great to make Lucas’ lines even sound decent.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
by groug on Dec 3, 2008 7:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I really felt sad when he had to chop Anakin up at the end. I really believed Obi Wan was in deep emotional pain confronting his dear friend and student and then having to dispatch him.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 3, 2008 8:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ewan McGregor kills me in that movie!
“You were the chosen one! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them! That you would bring balance to the force, not leave it in shambles!… I loved you, Anikin! You were my brother!”
(or something like that, I’m not googling it)
And then Padme lost the will to live even though she had baby twins to live for, which almost killed the whole thing for me. And the robot doctors didn’t know what the fuck life support was. “Let’s all just give up, that’s cool!” That’s my least favorite thing in all of the movies combined.
And the Vader “Nooooooo” wasn’t that bad. It was staged pretty well, had some really cool Frankenstein’s monster stuff going on, and then cheesed upunbearably for, like, 3 seconds.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 3, 2008 8:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
0:36 in
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLEz7rHywoI
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by SoFa King Mike on Dec 3, 2008 8:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And then Padme lost the will to live even though she had baby twins to live for, which almost killed the whole thing for me.
Oh goodness me, this is true.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
by thehavenot on Dec 3, 2008 8:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah that was unbearably stupid
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by jponry on Dec 3, 2008 8:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I really enjoyed watching Obi-Wan and Yoda almost beat Vader and the Emperor. In fact the two evil guys just get away. and then the Jedi decide. Well thats that, let’s pack it in for 20 years while the twins grow up.
Castillo got the DFA. Guestimate for Castillo DFA to come before the 2009 season = 2.
by kennv on Dec 3, 2008 8:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I was really bothered by Yoda’s “I failed… now I’ll go into hiding,” even though he wasn’t even hurt, regular soldiers can’t touch him, and he was still in fighting distance of Palpatine. It was another moment where you could see Lucas going “Shit… I have to get him to degobah, don’t I? Ok, well I can knock that out with one line of bad exposition.”
There are many of those lines. It would be fun to collect them. Off the top of my head is that one, the one about Padme dying, and then this one:
“Wipe the translator droid’s memory.”
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by howtheyscored on Dec 3, 2008 9:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I was really bothered by Yoda’s "I failed… now I’ll go into hiding," even though he wasn’t even hurt, regular soldiers can’t touch him, and he was still in fighting distance of Palpatine.
Oh goodness me, this is true too.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
by thehavenot on Dec 3, 2008 9:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Episodes 1-3 are really about...
Palpatine’s rise and his cunning manipulation of all sides rather than the whiny brat Anakin. He just proves to be a tool to an end to the eventual Emperor.
Really, if one can sort the love-struck ramblings out of the way, there is a good vein of duplicity and dark intrigue that should have been tapped into a lot further. It further proves why the Star Wars franchise is much better in the hands of the authors of the novels and comic books.
it's always noonan somewhere
by sectionop92 on Dec 3, 2008 9:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My favorite thing about the entire series is that Vader really isn’t a badass at all. In fact, he’s pretty much a complete failure on all fronts. He achieves almost no mastery of the force. He exhibits none of the classic dark side powers. His fighting skills at his peak are on equal ground with an old Obi Wan. The only reason anybody in the universe thinks he’s strong is because he’s one of 5 people in the universe who can even use the force, and one of only 2 who anybody knows about.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Dec 3, 2008 9:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
To be fair, he was more machine than man.
by rotorueter on Dec 3, 2008 9:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
\o?
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by jponry on Dec 3, 2008 9:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes?
jponry?
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by WalrusMan on Dec 3, 2008 9:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Dec 3, 2008 9:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I guess midichlorines aren’t really in tune with mechanical parts.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 3, 2008 9:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Vader is powerful, but he’s the exact example of a person who has unlimited/untapped potential, but only draws on so much of it because there is always something to take his focus away from it.
There has always been the rumor that there is more to Vader’s story between Episodes 3 and 4…so maybe that will be fleshed out now that there’s little else in that time frame that can be explored.
it's always noonan somewhere
by sectionop92 on Dec 3, 2008 9:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The video game “Force Unleashed” explores some of that story between episodes 3 and 4. Poorly, I might add.
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by thehavenot on Dec 3, 2008 9:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Darth Vader = Jerome Williams?
Scott McClain: Great story, no place on the 2009 Giants.
by EliminateMe on Dec 4, 2008 3:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Darth Vader signed with the A’s?
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Dec 4, 2008 3:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Twisted and evil
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Dec 4, 2008 4:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
i find your lack of faith disturbing
"ever so cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"
by The Gene Hackman on Dec 4, 2008 1:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My main problem with the whole rise of Palpatine story
is that it requires the Jedi (and others, but mostly the Jedi) to be really stupid. Even if you buy that the emperor is so powerful that he can cloud the vision of every single Jedi despite being in extremely close proximity to them, the story still requires the Jedi to be stupid.
And I hate stories where one side succeeds because the other is stupid. Regardless of whether it’s the good guys or the bad guys.
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by thehavenot on Dec 3, 2008 9:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The Giants won many games this season that way though.
by Natto on Dec 3, 2008 9:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Many games?
won? The Giants?
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by thehavenot on Dec 3, 2008 10:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That was a narrative balance, since the Jedi couldn’t be made to be omnipotent and know everything that is going on at every moment around them (since that seemed to be more inline with the abilities that Palpatine had). I thought the films did a manageable job of depicting that the Jedi couldn’t sense the Sith straight up, sense that could ultimately lead a Jedi down the path to darkness. Granted that approach makes the viewer take a mental leap to get to that, but it is there.
I think the story with the Jedi is just a foolhardy trust in their beliefs that they could withstand whatever was brought upon them. Then their ultimate downfall would be a scheming, manipulative politician who uses their own thoughts and teachings to turn one pupil against them at a key moment.
it's always noonan somewhere
by sectionop92 on Dec 4, 2008 12:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
"Grant"-ed...he's everywhere!!!
Giants: World Series Champions...in 2011.
by Giants_Junkie on Dec 4, 2008 8:34 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Some of those things I agree with, some I don't
But even regardless of that, the template for the clones (discovered by a Jedi) was seen by Jedi consorting with the leaders of the seperatists. It doesn’t take a genius to put 2 and 2 together and realize that somebody is engineering the Clone Wars. Does it really take that much more reasoning to figure out who is gaining the most from the Clone Wars?
And to top it all off, Count Dooku told Obi Wan who Darth Sidious was. I can buy them being skeptical. But if you put that together with everything else, they should have been very suspicious of Palpatine.
All of the suspicion they were starting to show in Episode III should have come much sooner.
And, then there’s the dumb decision to use Anakin as the spy on Palpatine. They knew he was friends with Palpatine. They knew he was immature. They knew (or at least, they should have known) that Palpatine was adept at manipulation.
You notice none of that requires them to sense the dark side in Palpatine (which Jedi can do but it is possible to accept that Palpatine was too powerful).
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
by thehavenot on Dec 4, 2008 12:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
III
is probably still better than VI, despite all the continuity chicanery.
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by zenbitz on Dec 4, 2008 11:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
ah
I see we have an Ewok sympathizer in our midst.
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by zenbitz on Dec 4, 2008 1:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The Ewoks do not ruin the entire movie.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
by groug on Dec 4, 2008 1:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm with groug.
Ewoks are stupid but it’s still a great movie.
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by WalrusMan on Dec 4, 2008 9:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
there is no way a y-wing shoots down two TIE interceptors.
It's spelled "M-A-R-C-H-I-N-G-B-A-N-D."
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by Takimoto on Dec 5, 2008 11:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm just curious
Is this a serious post? Because if it is, then, wow, I thought I was a dork.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
by thehavenot on Dec 10, 2008 5:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
VI is a good movie with flaws. III makes me want to die. It’s a subtle difference.
by rotorueter on Dec 4, 2008 2:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Recently I’ve found it amusing that a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away… they had intergalactic space travel, but not flash drives.
by Merope on Dec 4, 2008 5:47 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Happily N’Ever After was really awful. Disappointingly awful. The concept was awesome: fairy tales that go bad. The prince fails to get the girl. All that. The plot followed a whiny twat who wanted the prince, who was an egotistical buffoon, and failed to see she had a really good guy at her side all along. The entire movie was just that. It was boring and the animation wasn’t even that good.
Although Sigourney Weaver voicing the evil stepmother was fun.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 3, 2008 2:41 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
W
this movie could have been way more truthful and harsh than it was
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by The Gene Hackman on Dec 3, 2008 2:44 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
on CB30's point
I thought "I am Legend" could have been way better
It could have been GREAT. one of the most influential sci-fi writers of all time, who took the myth of vampires and explained them with science, then took the “last man on earth” concept and hit at the emotions of it. in the book robert nevin wasn’t a scientist who held the secret to the cure; he was a common guy who was in over his head just trying to survive each day. and the urges and pain he went through made the reader think about how each of them would handle the situation knowing it was just chance that he survived.
i am legend the book is a wonderful example of science fiction.
i am legend the movie was garbage.
they took an amazing premise and kept NOTHING BUT THE NAME OF THE GUY; they changed location, cause, relationships, development, the end and the whole goddamn point of the title. if they simply called it “New and Busted” and had will smith do his thing i would have shrugged leaving the theater and thought it was ok; by drawing any comparisons to the book it upset me a bit too much.
now that i’ve said that i too am happy with the renteria rumors.
Dodgers fans eat their young.
by redhornet78 on Dec 3, 2008 2:56 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
if they simply called it "New and Busted" and had will smith do his thing i would have shrugged leaving the theater and thought it was ok; by drawing any comparisons to the book it upset me a bit too much.
I really liked the movie, and I never understood the animosity toward it. Now I do.
by Grant on Dec 3, 2008 3:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah
without giving anything away they ruined one of the best twist-endings i’ve ever read. if anyone’s really interested in the spoilers, i’m sure wikipedia has a nice rundown for you.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Dec 3, 2008 5:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I actually don’t quite mind that the ending was changed. I don’t think that ending works for a modern work the same way that it works in the context of the original story. And I don’t mean that in a “society is so different!” sort of way. I mean it in a “it’s been copied A LOT and people are used to it now” sort of way. I think there are better disconnects between the original story and the new movie to make a big deal over.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Dec 3, 2008 6:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Rumor Has It...
Someone finds that her family was the real-life inspiration for The Graduate. I should say that I haven’t actually seen it, but there were enough sensible bad reviews that it looks like it was a disappointment.
by non sequitur on Dec 3, 2008 3:01 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I watched it on an airplane. Thumbs down.
Speed, defense... and an almost fanatical devotion to getting picked off.
by SF Pete on Dec 3, 2008 4:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
also,
Bend It Like Beckham. Neither the Girl Power nor the Modern Daughter of a Traditional Asian Family premises was particularly novel, but this still could have made for an entertaining film. But huge chunks of it had the feel of a second-rate afterschool TV production.
by non sequitur on Dec 3, 2008 3:10 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
LIES
THAT MOVIE IS AWESOME
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Dec 3, 2008 3:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, believe me, I wanted to like it a lot more than I did. Whale Rider, which came out the same year I think, had a similar general theme but was a lot better (in my opinion).
by non sequitur on Dec 3, 2008 3:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think Bend it like Beckham is older than that
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Dec 3, 2008 3:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
We can only dream that every second-rate afterschool TV production starred Keira Knightley and Parminder Nagra.
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
by Kitspool on Dec 3, 2008 3:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Also I hate the Music Man. Hate hate hate. The bassoon part is boring and lame and anyone with musical talent would do better to throw the score at the director and storm out. HATE.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 3, 2008 3:13 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Another category is movies that have seemingly terrible concepts but actually come out pretty well. Dancer in the Dark fits this for me. Let’s see – a morbidly depressing musical with shaky, unfocused cameras that turns into an angry condemnation of the death penalty – uh….okay. I enjoyed the movie, though.
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by jcb9 on Dec 3, 2008 3:22 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
That movie has the most intense scene that I have ever seen in a movie. I don’t want to spoil anything but for about 2 minutes my jaw was on the floor.
by VizquelQuest on Dec 3, 2008 3:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Synecdoche, New York
Anyone seen this movie with Phillip Seymour Hoffman yet?? Wondering if it’s any good but haven’t heard much of anything yet.
Written and directed by Charlie Kaufman as well.
by VizquelQuest on Dec 3, 2008 3:23 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Josh from Hollywood loved it, so I’ve stayed away.
by Grant on Dec 3, 2008 3:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Jesus, 140 posts in how many minutes? 3?
by FairweatherFan on Dec 3, 2008 3:28 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Grant really touched a nerve!
No, actually, this was posted hours ago and then for some reason he re-posted it just now.
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
by Kitspool on Dec 3, 2008 3:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
...re-posted because there was yet another "hey we signed Howry" fanpost...
Giants: World Series Champions...in 2011.
by Giants_Junkie on Dec 3, 2008 3:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
lol attention whoring grant
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Dec 3, 2008 3:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This would be a great concept for a movie:
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by jcb9 on Dec 3, 2008 3:45 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I wonder if he screamed "Oh, Jesus Chr!st..." as he came to terms with what he was "in for..."
Giants: World Series Champions...in 2011.
by Giants_Junkie on Dec 3, 2008 3:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Now that’s what I call a hot potato!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Dec 3, 2008 4:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Million to one shot, Doc. Million to one.
by satyricrash on Dec 3, 2008 5:05 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
+1
exactly what i was thinking
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Dec 3, 2008 5:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
at least..
It wasn’t fusilli.
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by WalrusMan on Dec 3, 2008 8:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Be Kind Rewind
Good Premise….Awful Movie
Playoffs!!??
by PAWarrior on Dec 3, 2008 4:00 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I wish you had, too.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Dec 3, 2008 4:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I like to
measure movies by their anticipation to execution ratio. Worst movie (for me) by this criteria had to be “Sum of All Fears”.
How can you include the nuclear destruction of Baltimore in a movie, and HAVE IT BE SO BAD?
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by zenbitz on Dec 3, 2008 4:17 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
low enjoyment to potential ratios
Blood Diamond
Gone Baby Gone
Serenity
and the King and Reigning Champion
Syriana
by oldjacket on Dec 3, 2008 6:19 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
For some reason, your mention of Blood Diamond reminded me of another Good Premise, Bad Movie movie: Blow.
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by jcb9 on Dec 3, 2008 6:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Blow must have been boring. I know I’ve seen it, but don’t remember any of it.
by oldjacket on Dec 3, 2008 7:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I liked Gone Baby Gone a lot more than I expected to, though the last half-hour was pretty torturous.
by Evan on Dec 3, 2008 6:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t remember why I had high expectations, but the plot twists in that movie were just dumb.
by oldjacket on Dec 3, 2008 7:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed, but they really nailed that low-rent Boston milieu. Casey Affleck was great.
by Evan on Dec 3, 2008 7:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Serenity
Hey, that’s a Serenity reference, isn’t it?
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
by thehavenot on Dec 3, 2008 7:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, it’s a Firefly reference.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Dec 3, 2008 9:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh crap it all!
I totally crapped that joke up. Crap.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
by thehavenot on Dec 3, 2008 9:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You have to be careful not to give Syriana to a rightwing loon. They think that movie is pure fiction…like evolution.
it's always noonan somewhere
by sectionop92 on Dec 3, 2008 9:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
the book, Yes Man
is tremendous, and i’d recommend it to anyone.
the film, however, i’m not so hopefully for. jim carrey makes me want to poke out my eyes and try to convince myself i’d never be able to see.
zooey beschamel is in it, though, so i’ll probably go see it and cry
BB should send scouts to watch cricket players.
by alea iacta est on Dec 3, 2008 7:20 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Please, it’s spelled Béchamel. She is tasty, though.
by Evan on Dec 3, 2008 7:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well played, sir!
Sergio Romo: striking out professional hitters since 2005.
by Lyle on Dec 4, 2008 8:03 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
theres a book?
I thought it was just the same guys behind liar liar.
“Hey remember 10 years ago when we could put Jim Carrey in roles where he had to say shit reduntantly, ensuing in awkwardness and hilarity? Let’s do that again!”
I used to love Jim Carrey in the Ace Venturas, geez what happened to that guy.
by lincypoo i wuv u on Dec 4, 2008 10:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I personally think that a movie based on the SFGiants today blog would be awesome
Hollywood would probably mess it up, though.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
by thehavenot on Dec 3, 2008 7:48 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
sig
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Dec 3, 2008 8:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Okay people: casting
Who would play you in the MCC movie?
The role of Baron Von Current Events goes to Rachael Leigh Cook.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 3, 2008 8:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't keep up with the fads now adays.
So I’m going to say that guy that all the girls think is really sexy. That’s Sean Connery right?
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by WalrusMan on Dec 3, 2008 8:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Jeff Goldblum, I guess
but hopefully he tries to tone down his dumbness/creepiness.
Norm MacDonald and I share a certain manner of speaking.
by oldjacket on Dec 3, 2008 9:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m an Asian guy in his 20s so I guess for Hollywood this would mean I get played by this guy:
Adopted son of in limbo Brad Hennessey. Beloved for a stolen base much like Dave Roberts
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Dec 3, 2008 11:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
DAMNIT FAIL!!
Adopted son of in limbo Brad Hennessey. Beloved for a stolen base much like Dave Roberts
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Dec 3, 2008 11:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow I suck. Basically, a really really white guy.
Adopted son of in limbo Brad Hennessey. Beloved for a stolen base much like Dave Roberts
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Dec 3, 2008 11:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
sucktastic
Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Dec 3, 2008 11:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That was pretty much exactly what I was going to link.
Adopted son of in limbo Brad Hennessey. Beloved for a stolen base much like Dave Roberts
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Dec 4, 2008 4:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I hate this person more than any person I do not personally know. Across the Universe and 21 are just too much to handle.
Adopted son of in limbo Brad Hennessey. Beloved for a stolen base much like Dave Roberts
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Dec 4, 2008 4:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE WAS SO BAD
actually, there’s a movie for this fanpost.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Dec 4, 2008 4:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I liked it :-/
Speed, defense... and an almost fanatical devotion to getting picked off.
by SF Pete on Dec 4, 2008 4:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I refuse to watch it. I’m still going to judge it though.
Adopted son of in limbo Brad Hennessey. Beloved for a stolen base much like Dave Roberts
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Dec 4, 2008 5:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I just don’t see the point of making a movie that is based on a ton of Beatles songs if you’re just doing it to make us listen to shitty covers.
I mean, at least, the music could have been worthwhile.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Dec 4, 2008 6:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yea.
At least do the songs in a good way, don’t screw with them. Only two songs I liked from the movie, Come Together and Because.
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by WalrusMan on Dec 4, 2008 9:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Some I thought were decent
Happiness is Warm Gun had 5 Selma Hayeks singing back up
Speed, defense... and an almost fanatical devotion to getting picked off.
by SF Pete on Dec 4, 2008 10:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Happiness is a Warm Gun: annoys me with how it’s sung. That’s about all the description I can give, but it annoys me.
I’ve Just Seen a Face: let’s just go with annoys me again.
Yea, a bunch of it annoyed me.
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by WalrusMan on Dec 4, 2008 10:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The trailer for that movie spoke to me. It said, “oldjacket, here is a movie which it is virtually certain that you will dislike.” Thank you, trailer.
by oldjacket on Dec 4, 2008 9:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I had pretty low expectations going in and I ended up enjoying it. It’s basically good looking people singing Beatles covers with a bunch of 60’s cliches mixed in.
Speed, defense... and an almost fanatical devotion to getting picked off.
by SF Pete on Dec 4, 2008 10:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I hated how cliched the story line was. What’s the point? I’ve seen that storyline done a million times.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Dec 5, 2008 9:15 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
tbh, I think Jim Sturgess is kind of unattractive
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Dec 5, 2008 11:54 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Burt Reynolds.
/deer head
Bay City Ball
by xanthan on Dec 4, 2008 5:28 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Burt Reynolds, Played by Norm MacDonald?
Castillo got the DFA. Guestimate for Castillo DFA to come before the 2009 season = 2.
by kennv on Dec 4, 2008 5:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Wearing a gigantic cowboy hat
Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Dec 4, 2008 10:48 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Turd Ferguson.
/gum chew gum chew
Yeah. Turd Ferguson. It’s a funny name.
by rotorueter on Dec 4, 2008 2:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
it’s funny…larger than a normal hat…funny…
It's spelled "M-A-R-C-H-I-N-G-B-A-N-D."
I support inroywetrust in his support of The VD Special in his support of me supporting Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
by Takimoto on Dec 5, 2008 11:40 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’d be played by Jared from the Subway ads, or from the guy who played Michael Bolton in Office Space. The truth hurts.
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
by Kitspool on Dec 4, 2008 2:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Why don’t you just go by ‘Mike’?
Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Dec 4, 2008 3:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Why should I change? He’s the one who sucks.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 4, 2008 3:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
“I celebrate the man’s entire catalog.”
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
by Kitspool on Dec 4, 2008 4:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not proud of it...
…but the part of EliminateMe would probably go to Dan Aykroyd.
Scott McClain: Great story, no place on the 2009 Giants.
by EliminateMe on Dec 4, 2008 3:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I know there are issues with ethnicity
But for some reason I see Wayne Brady playing Natto…
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
by thehavenot on Dec 4, 2008 12:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I see Natto as more of a Greg Brady.
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 4, 2008 12:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Greg Papa
::ducks::
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Dec 4, 2008 9:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
For some reason
I see Paul Rudd doing Natto (hehe). I think it’s because this reminds me of this.
..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
by Cookyman on Dec 4, 2008 12:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Be Kind Rewind.
Horrible movie. OK idea.
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by WalrusMan on Dec 3, 2008 8:54 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I wish rotoreuter had thought of that.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Dec 3, 2008 8:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Teeth.
Decent idea. Shitty, sexist, stupid, badly written, poorly acted, ignorant piece of crap.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Dec 3, 2008 8:58 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Really? I had high hopes for it. I haven’t yet seen it and now I’m hesitant to.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 3, 2008 8:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I had really high hopes for it, and then I HATED it. Passionately. I even LJ’d about it I hated it so much. I know a lot of people who really loved it, but if you ask me, it gets pretty much everything ass backward. Sexual politics = ass backward. Religious commentary = ass backward. Understanding of how trauma works = ass backward. And so on.
It was like they started to make a good movie, and then couldn’t stop thinking “lols theirs toothsies in teh pink thing!” and it all just fell apart.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 3, 2008 9:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oooo, Dead Alive.
Man what a waste of everybody’s time. The last 15 minutes were pretty cool, though.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 3, 2008 8:58 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
The Orphanage! God, that movie makes me so mad. It could have been AWESOME!
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by howtheyscored on Dec 3, 2008 8:59 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I'm a fan of Geoffrey Rush
And I can never find many people who have seen Quills and The Tailor of Panama. Rush running wild as the Marquis de Sade and corrupting the supple and impressionable character played by Kate Winslet is as good as it gets.
it's always noonan somewhere
by sectionop92 on Dec 3, 2008 9:09 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I was going to watch Quills, but then I found out about the poop and kind of lost my interest (that’s Quills, right?)
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by howtheyscored on Dec 3, 2008 9:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Quills is so goddamn good.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 3, 2008 9:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The part where the asylum has its play and Michael Caine’s warden is humiliated is pure gold.
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by sectionop92 on Dec 3, 2008 9:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I love anything about the Marquis de Sade anyway, so this movie was like OMGYAY to me.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 3, 2008 9:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah…anyone who can make Napoleon sweat with sexual musings is a complete historical badass, even with a word in their honor!
it's always noonan somewhere
by sectionop92 on Dec 3, 2008 9:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Geoffrey Rush
I avoided Quills, for the above-mentioned reason, but really enjoyed The Tailor of Panama. I hadn’t read the book, and felt bad for seeing the movie without having done so – but the film was very nicely done. I went in expecting a SPY MOVIE and got so much less….and so much more.
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by Lyle on Dec 4, 2008 8:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Cars. Easily my least favorite of the Pixar movies. I’d almost say Finding Nemo, also, but that movie was pretty much everything it needed to be. And Dory is pretty great.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 3, 2008 9:13 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I still haven’t seen Cars.
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by jponry on Dec 3, 2008 9:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
Definitely the weakest Pixar showing. My son loves it, though.
Still, there are plenty redeeming features. And I don’t run from the room when the family watches it. So it’s definitely not bad.
I don’t understand why they are making a Cars 2, though…
As for Finding Nemo, I love that movie. Of course, it might just be the father/son aspect of the story speaking to this very sentimental father…
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by thehavenot on Dec 3, 2008 9:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I also love Finding Nemo. I can’t really have a favorite Pixar movie, but before Ratatouille came out, FN was close.
by Natto on Dec 3, 2008 9:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Toy Story?
..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
by Cookyman on Dec 4, 2008 8:24 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Pixar Full-Length Movies, Ranked...One Man's Opinion:
I have two sons, 4 & 7, so I have seen them all, multiple times…
1) Monsters, Inc. (genius)
2) Toy Story I (can you believe that was 1995!?)
3) A Bug’s Live
4) Ratatouille
5) Wall*E
6) The Incredibles
7) Toy Story 2
8) Nemo
9) Cars
That was tougher than I thought it would be. #2-#6 are almost interchangable, depending on the day. #7 disappointed, but I will still watch it. #8 – take it or leave it but do relate to the father-son deal and love Dory. #9 – own it, but head to the garage (or to the McCovey Chronicles!) when it’s on.
Is Bolt Pixar? I haven’t seen it yet, so can’t comment or rank.
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by Giants_Junkie on Dec 4, 2008 8:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Toy Story
Nemo
Ratatouille
Monsters, Inc.
The Incredibles
A Bug’s Live
Cars
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by Cookyman on Dec 4, 2008 8:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The Incredibles is FAR too low on both of your lists.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 4, 2008 9:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Whom would you bump? Ratatouille and Toy Story are masterpieces, and Nemo is too much fun. Monsters, Inc. was just a really cool idea.
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by Cookyman on Dec 4, 2008 10:24 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The Incredibles is my favorite Pixar movie, closely followed by Monster’s Inc. and Wall-E. I love Ratatouille the movie, but there are some things about it that bug me (for instance, I don’t really like Remy all that much… and he’s the main character, so…). Toy Story is tough because it’s been so damn long since I saw it, and I think I have to see it again before I can grade it fairly.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 4, 2008 11:05 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, this is why I added the note...
…that my #2-#6 are almost interchangable (sp?). I do love The Incredibles. If it’s been a while since you say Toy Story, see it again soon. It is awesome.
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by Giants_Junkie on Dec 4, 2008 12:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Something that bugged me in Ratatouille
Everyone spoke with a French accent, except for the two main characters. It’s an American film, so obviously it’s not gonna be in French, but if you’re gonna have some of the characters speak with an accent, have all of them do. It’s like they thought the audience wouldn’t be able to relate to a main character with an accent.
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by Cookyman on Dec 4, 2008 12:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I liked Ratatouille the best.
But, I’m fond of both rats (the pet variety) and food.
by oldjacket on Dec 4, 2008 12:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
rats the food variety?
Castillo got the DFA. Guestimate for Castillo DFA to come before the 2009 season = 2.
by kennv on Dec 4, 2008 4:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
well, there’s rats the swarm you when surprise them near a dumpster variety, of which I am not so fond.
by oldjacket on Dec 4, 2008 9:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, Remy speaks in rat, so you could argue that what we hear is just an interpretation of that. No accent needed. I think Linguini is Italian.
by Natto on Dec 4, 2008 12:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
His name is
But I don’t think he had an Italian accent, did he?
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by Cookyman on Dec 4, 2008 1:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That would have been badass if everybody actually spoke French. Then we could have had AWESOME AMERICAN DUBS!
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by howtheyscored on Dec 4, 2008 1:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The Incredibles
Toy Story and Toy Story 2(tie)
Finding Nemo
Ratatouille
Monsters Inc.
A Bug’s Life
Wall-E
(haven’t seen Cars)
I was REALLY disappointed in Wall-E. The first half-hour was good, the rest just sucked. But I guess we did a Wall-E thread a few months ago.
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by Kitspool on Dec 4, 2008 2:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
>:(
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by jponry on Dec 4, 2008 3:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The last part of the movie also annoyed me. I felt like the “awakening” and call to action stuff was sort of shoehorned in. The stuff with Wall-E, EVE, and the other robots was so cute and sweet. Whenever Wall-E did the Hello Dolly stuff with the trashcan lid, I died. SO CUTE
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 4, 2008 3:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Wall-E..
It was a good movie when I saw it but it’s not going to be a good subject for me for a while so it’s dropped on my list for now.
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by WalrusMan on Dec 4, 2008 9:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I tried to figure out what you meant by that for a while, and then I got it. Weird, I had a similarish experience with Monsters Inc. way back when that came out.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 4, 2008 9:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Nah.
You probably don’t.
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by WalrusMan on Dec 4, 2008 10:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe not.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 4, 2008 10:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Bolt is not Pixar. It’s Disney Animation Studios.
by Natto on Dec 4, 2008 10:19 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Isn’t it the same?
::ducks::
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by WalrusMan on Dec 4, 2008 9:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
::misses ducks, tries to shoot dog::
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by howtheyscored on Dec 4, 2008 9:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
tee hee
I get your reference. I feel strangely proud of myself.
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by thehavenot on Dec 10, 2008 5:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ratatouille
The Incredibles
WALL-E
Cars
Toy Story
Monsters Inc.
Haven’t seen Toy Story 2, Bug’s Life, or Nemo.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 4, 2008 3:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Toy Story 2 is just as good as the first one. I’m not a big fan of A Bug’s Life for some reason. although it is a quality movie. I already touched upon Nemo.
by Natto on Dec 4, 2008 4:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Would also be fun to rank the Pixar shorts but I am not sure I'd remember all of them.
Anyone?
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by Giants_Junkie on Dec 4, 2008 8:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
There are way too many for me to rank them, but I like One Man Band and Luxo Jr the best.
by Natto on Dec 4, 2008 10:26 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That also fights for my top Pixar movie spot, depending on my mood.
by Natto on Dec 4, 2008 10:19 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Cars is okay...
…but it’s like crack for four year old boys as far as I can tell. Both of my sons as well as my nephews went through serious addiction phases.
Scott McClain: Great story, no place on the 2009 Giants.
by EliminateMe on Dec 4, 2008 3:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I HATE fanshots. Completely retarded to have a separate section for links, and worse to try to force people to use them when they obviously don’t want to.
Boo.
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by Gaahl on Dec 4, 2008 7:48 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I love fanshots. I am thrilled every time I get to use one.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
by groug on Dec 4, 2008 1:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Best book, worst movie
For me, it was The Postman. Yes, I know – everybody likes to dump on Kevin Costner and his Postman/Waterworld debacles. But I actually read The Postman years before the movie came out, and I really thought it was excellent. But only the general premise of the book remained in the movie. All the great observations about human character, dignity, perseverance, the importance of lines of communication – none of that found its way into the movie script. That was the most disappointed I’ve ever felt leaving a movie theater.
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by Lyle on Dec 4, 2008 8:09 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I liked the book too
I actually even liked Waterworld the movie a bit. I never saw PM the movie… I think everyone I knew that saw it told me it was horrible.
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by zenbitz on Dec 4, 2008 11:11 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
They were right
Don’t even waste your time renting it. Just remember the book.
Oh, what ‘s with this wishy-washy Sabean near-acceptance? We’ve got to stay strong and united until Brian gets fired!
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by Lyle on Dec 5, 2008 7:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I never saw The Postman, but I enjoyed how, at the time, all the movie critics referred to it as “Dirtworld.”
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by Kitspool on Dec 4, 2008 2:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Dont know if this has been said
But The second and thrid Pirates of the Caribbean movies were awful, I was expecting mediocre . I liked the first a lot though.
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by CB30 on Dec 4, 2008 8:10 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
The Messenger
How do you mess up Joan of Arc?
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
by thehavenot on Dec 4, 2008 12:04 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
With fire.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 4, 2008 12:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
ding ding ding
We have a winner. No other entries, please.
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by Lyle on Dec 4, 2008 4:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm just curious, Lyle
Are you referring to The Messenger or are you referring to howie’s joke?
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Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
by thehavenot on Dec 10, 2008 5:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Couple More:
They Live – I love JC but this concept (alien’s using some kind of TV signal to keep us from seeing that the aliens are among us) was poorly executed. Screams remake. Yet somebody remade the Fog instead. Hollywood is s t u p i d.
Videodrome – great concept (multi-media reorganizing our DNA), but the movie seems to dwell too much on TnA.
Long Live the New Flesh!
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by The Gene Hackman on Dec 4, 2008 1:55 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
They Live is only good for the epic fight between Rowdy Roddy Piper and Keith David.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 4, 2008 3:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
the scuttlebutt
that I heard was that RRP refused to do the movie without a big fight scene in it.
I thought this movie was high comedy. “THIS IS YOUR GOD” on the money…
But I liked Videodrome too.
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by zenbitz on Dec 4, 2008 3:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
the scene when, um, RRP puts on the magic-raybans for the first time is one of my favorite scenes from any movie.
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by The Gene Hackman on Dec 4, 2008 4:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
One movie I was looking forward to seeing for a long time was Das Experiment, which was infuriatingly disappointing and infuriating.
Its supposed to be based on the stanford prison experiments which are oh so juicy interesting http://www.prisonexp.org/ but the last 2/3 of the movie just spirals into random violence.
No other movie angers me more for several reasons,
1. theres this love interest subplot that has absolutely no relevance to the movie at all, unless sex scenes and hippy cinematography is a necessity.
2. characters are unbelievable/unrealistic and stupid. the experimenter’s like o oops, guess i dont need to watch over a situation that has ppl beating each other. that all but 1 of the guards are 1dimensional ‘haha being evil is fun. there are no consequences to being sadistic!’
3. noone else seems to agree with me!
lowest enjoyment/potential ratio ever! its negative. ok rant over.
by lincypoo i wuv u on Dec 4, 2008 10:31 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I saw Re-Animator for the first time today. It was about 55 minutes of a really good movie followed by 30 or so minutes to bullshit. I’ve never seen a movie go from intensely involving to tits and gore in such a short amount of time.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 7, 2008 6:38 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
T&G had always meant tongue & groove to me, until now.
…actually, tongue & groove had never sounded dirty to me, until now. interesting.
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by Giants_Junkie on Dec 8, 2008 2:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
SO...I just sifted through the 400+ comments here and
…updated my online queue, adding the following:
Idiocracy (2006)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Following (1998)
The Prestige (2006)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Batman Begins (2005)
Insomnia (2002)
Wanted (2008)
A Scanner Darkly (2006)
Event Horizon (1997)
Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
Ronin (1998)
Irreversible (2002)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Straw Dogs (1971)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Don’t Look Now (1973)
Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
The Tailor of Panama (2001)
Quills (2000)
I’m expecting to love/hate some of these, and your descriptions of others just piqued my interest. (Also I realize not all of these came up while discussing the merits of the Howry signing and the Cantu trade, but some of the “linked recommendations” were to compelling to not add…)
What else should go on the queue? Did I (or we) overlook any no-brainers?
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by Giants_Junkie on Dec 8, 2008 2:57 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Shaun of the Dead is awesome. If you like that, check out Hot Fuzz, which is from the same creators.
by Natto on Dec 8, 2008 3:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
For the record
This was a serious recommendation.
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 8, 2008 7:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Stealing Harvard (2002)
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by WalrusMan on Dec 8, 2008 4:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Across the Universe (2007)
Speed, defense... and an almost fanatical devotion to getting picked off.
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