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[Anubis]

Yeah, I may still go see it. Maybe a matinee, a few weeks from now. Or if the Bootleg man is at the shop with a good copy I might grab it. But I'm not gonna go see a s**ty movie in hopes that they'll make more. It sucks but, eh, that's their problem not mine.

[TheCorpulent1]

I'll Netflix it if anything. I'm not especially interested in seeing it at all because 1) Hal, and 2) now I know for a fact that it sucks, since the reviews are all but unanimous about that.

[Hush]

If your a fan of Green Lantern I would say see it on the big screen because there really are some spectacular visuals. Just don't expect Iron Man, Thor or TDK quality.

[Anubis]

Well, to tell you the truth, I'm not a fan of Green Lantern. Not since Rebirth. And even before that, ehhhhh.

[Hound55]

What? I missed a discussion about The Question?!?

F***!

*Kicks chair and sulks*

[Assassin]

i'll go as far to say that i liked it better than Thor because i know the material. it was off the ****ing chain. the after credits scene was fap worthy.

[The Morningstar]

Apparently the after credits scene makes zero sense to the story though. It's just fan service and sequel set up at it's very worst.

[Anubis]

i'll go as far to say that i liked it better than Thor because i know the material. it was off the ****ing chain. the after credits scene was fap worthy.

Well, that confirms it. It officially sucks. :o

[Assassin]

Apparently the after credits scene makes zero sense to the story though. It's just fan service and sequel set up at it's very worst.

:huh:

did you see the movie or read the hype review?

[fifthfiend]

More and more all I read is ****ing Manga.

God.

[fifthfiend]

Like however ****ty Bleach gets - and Bleach gets well ****ty - at least I'm reasonably sure I'm not gonna go to read an issue and completely random parts of the last 500 comics aren't gonna have not happened, all of a sudden.

[Drz]

:huh:

did you see the movie or read the hype review?

I've read some reviews, but hopefully you can answer:
I mean the scenes Sinestro has is pretty much him giving speeches and whatnot, so isn't the end credit scenes him taking the yellow lantern ring? Why does he do that? Why would he need to do that at all? Yeah i've read Geoff Johns run, but for the sake of the movie why would he do that? It just seems the general audience would feel this is a drastic twist for the sake of it.

Also does Hal Jordan actually defeat Parallax all by himself?!

[The Morningstar]

:huh:

did you see the movie or read the hype review?

I've read all the reviews. They say

Sinestro being revealed at the end makes absolutely no sense with what happened in the movie.

If that is true, it's just fan service and a tasteless set up for a sequel.

[Assassin]

I've read all the reviews. They say

Sinestro being revealed at the end makes absolutely no sense with what happened in the movie.

If that is true, it's just fan service and a tasteless set up for a sequel.

Um, nooo there is a reason why he has the ring. it's part of the plot. him putting it on isn't explained but he has the ring because the guardians gave it to him. any regular movie goer will say he was curious. comic people will know better though.

[Hound55]

OK, I haven't seen it yet. But that sounds stupid.

[Assassin]

I've read some reviews, but hopefully you can answer:
I mean the scenes Sinestro has is pretty much him giving speeches and whatnot, so isn't the end credit scenes him taking the yellow lantern ring? Why does he do that? Why would he need to do that at all? Yeah i've read Geoff Johns run, but for the sake of the movie why would he do that? It just seems the general audience would feel this is a drastic twist for the sake of it.

Also does Hal Jordan actually defeat Parallax all by himself?!

his plan to defeat parallex is to fight fear with fear so the guardians forge a yellow ring and give it to him. just as he's about to put it on, Hal steps in and tells them what it's capable of and convinces them that Will is stronger than fear. Also, it's pretty clear that what they're calling Parallex is just parallex in Krona's body.

[Assassin]

OK, I haven't seen it yet. But that sounds stupid.

well obviously they'll explain it in the sequel

[Hound55]

It shouldn't need explaining, a film should be able to stand alone on it's merit.

[Drz]

Regarding the post credit scene:
Yeah isn't that just silly? Sinestro doesn't go Yellow Lantern until after he's all busted about being a tyrant himself and when he can only rely on himself, if the movie shows him as a a great speech maker and a genuily good guy instead of a tyrant, then does the general audience really need to wait for the sequel to find out what a control freak he actually is?

[chamber-music]

To continue from the previous thread chat -

I can understand how people found Constantine entertaining its an ok movie. I have read almost every Hellblazer comic though and its really not a good adaptation at all really.

As Mysti said Constantine is like Spike from Buffy. His a heavy drinking, smoking Con-Man, who will lie, cheat and use his friends and people he knows like human sheilds. He will flip the bird at the Devil, pee on the first vampire and take a poop in the garden of eden just for the fun of it.

He manipulates people like the Doctor from Doctor. Keanu is about as far from the character as you can cast, they took the dangerous habits storyline and ditched everything that really made it intresting and if they were going to set the movie in the U.S New York would of been a better option.

[Assassin]

Regarding the post credit scene:
Yeah isn't that just silly? Sinestro doesn't go Yellow Lantern until after he's all busted about being a tyrant himself and when he can only rely on himself, if the movie shows him as a a great speech maker and a genuily good guy instead of a tyrant, then does the general audience really need to wait for the sequel to find out what a control freak he actually is?

it's not silly at all..he could be just trying it on and stay a green lantern, pull it out when he needs to half way through the next movie. why is that hard to understand?

[chamber-music]

I also like Punisher 89 and War Zone better than 04 Punisher. Punisher torturing people with ice poles, having slapstick fights with wrestlers and living in an apartment with misfits like a bad 90s sitcom in Florida ain't my thing.

Punisher 89 was cheesey badly acted action b-movie yet I still found it entertaining. Too be honest besides the whole not have the skull on his t-shirt and living in a dirty sewer naked like a nudist Teenage mutant Ninja Turtle it wasn't all that different from how the Punisher was in the comics in the 80s.

The scene at the end in which Doloph Lundgren kills the mob boss in front of his kid and the kid points puts the gun at franks head with frank saying do it is still pretty awesome. The line where he says "your a good kid tommy, grow up to be a good man... because if you don't" is still the most badass thing a Punisher has said in any of the three movies.

Punisher War Zone took elements of Garth Ennis Punisher run and merged them together into a generic action b-movie which is why it failed. It left out the characters background and stories. If they just picked one storyline of Ennis Punishers and adapted that it might of worked.

They left out Franks catholic background (Catholic guilt/ need to punish ect), growing up in a mob run neighbourhood (seeing injustice around him), his experince of war and post traumatic stress disorder. His Rorschach like absolutism morally uncompromising viewpoint which alienates him from the rest of society and having seen the worst depths of humanity in criminals.

All the thinks beyond the surface stuff that make Frank Castle intresting are ignored in the three movies. Much like Bruce Wayne isn't only Batman because his parents died Frank Castle isn't simply the Punisher because his family were killed.

[SuperFerret]

I still think that the 04 Punisher was the only time the character was worth anything, and as a plus, he wasn't a complete lunatic.

[The Morningstar]

Franks better as a nutcase rather than a walking, talking hollywood cliche imo.

[Mystirious]

Yeah, I may still go see it. Maybe a matinee, a few weeks from now. Or if the Bootleg man is at the shop with a good copy I might grab it. But I'm not gonna go see a s**ty movie in hopes that they'll make more. It sucks but, eh, that's their problem not mine.

I will probably still see it today just in case it does not suck as much as the reviews say it does

But it probably will :csad:


More and more all I read is ****ing Manga.

God.

Read some Excel Saga fifth :up:

You will like it I am sure of it

[Mystirious]

To continue from the previous thread chat -

I can understand how people found Constantine entertaining its an ok movie. I have read almost every Hellblazer comic though and its really not a good adaptation at all really.

As Mysti said Constantine is like Spike from Buffy. His a heavy drinking, smoking Con-Man, who will lie, cheat and use his friends and people he knows like human sheilds. He will flip the bird at the Devil, pee on the first vampire and take a poop in the garden of eden just for the fun of it.

He manipulates people like the Doctor from Doctor. Keanu is about as far from the character as you can cast, they took the dangerous habits storyline and ditched everything that really made it intresting and if they were going to set the movie in the U.S New York would of been a better option.

Agreed

It was not an awful movie but it was not really about Constantine

[Charlie Boy]

I still think that the 04 Punisher was the only time the character was worth anything, and as a plus, he wasn't a complete lunatic.

Agreed, it was the only time I could stand The Punisher.

[Assassin]

after credits scene is on youtube. don't spoil it if you don't already know. i wont post it here because that will get me banned

[WompuM]

Well, I just ordered the Save-The-Dates we'll be sending out next week. She didn't let me do Star Wars but we found a compromise.

http://i.imgur.com/Ir2TX.png

EDIT: I censored out the bits that would allow you people to find the ceremony. I'm sorry Hush. She won't let me invite internet friends.

[Mystirious]

Going to see the film today so i be avoiding spoilers :up:

Agreed, it was the only time I could stand The Punisher.

Yep I dug that movie i thought it was a pretty good adaptation of the comics :)

[sandwraith]

Well, I just ordered the Save-The-Dates we'll be sending out next week. She didn't let me do Star Wars but we found a compromise.

http://i.imgur.com/Ir2TX.png

EDIT: I censored out the bits that would allow you people to find the ceremony. I'm sorry Hush. She won't let me invite internet friends.


Internet friendship is always a touchy subject. It's like adoption or something.

[Charlie Boy]

Well, I just ordered the Save-The-Dates we'll be sending out next week. She didn't let me do Star Wars but we found a compromise.

http://i.imgur.com/Ir2TX.png

EDIT: I censored out the bits that would allow you people to find the ceremony. I'm sorry Hush. She won't let me invite internet friends.

That's a pretty awesome compromise right there. Nice stuff!

[Mystirious]

Well, I just ordered the Save-The-Dates we'll be sending out next week. She didn't let me do Star Wars but we found a compromise.

http://i.imgur.com/Ir2TX.png

EDIT: I censored out the bits that would allow you people to find the ceremony. I'm sorry Hush. She won't let me invite internet friends.

D'awwwww those are really nice Womp :up: I really hope your wedding is a fabulous day for you and Mrs Womp

And its probably a good idea to keep me far away from the bridesmaids so i am not offended that you have not invited me Uncle Womp

[Drz]

it's not silly at all..he could be just trying it on and stay a green lantern, pull it out when he needs to half way through the next movie. why is that hard to understand?
but shouldn't it be considered silly due to:

1) The movie does not show Sinestro having issues with the Guardians
2) They create the Yellow ring to fight fire with fire, btu Hal Jordan proves alone that humans can outsmart Abin Sur and Sinestro by doing the simplest thing ever: Punching the villain to the sun, only humans can think of this!

So he knows Will power over won Krona more or less, so why does he feel the need to have the fear ring? Hal owned the essence of fear with willpower, doesn't that mean anything to him? It just seems they did it for the sake of pleasing the comic fans, but not caring about the plot.

Anyhow my favourite reviewer liked Ryan Reynolds and Mark Strong's performances but felt the movie had potential but it just failed with it's pacing and whatnot, he doesn't read comics and he felt abit loss here and there, oh and i didn't know Clancy Brown was voicing Parallex?! :wow::wow:

Well, I just ordered the Save-The-Dates we'll be sending out next week. She didn't let me do Star Wars but we found a compromise.

http://i.imgur.com/Ir2TX.png

EDIT: I censored out the bits that would allow you people to find the ceremony. I'm sorry Hush. She won't let me invite internet friends.

Thats awesome! =)

[Mystirious]

Clancy Brown voicing Parallax sounds pretty darn good to me. And yep i am sure Ryan Reynolds is going to give one great performance in the film

[BlackLantern]

booo...I normally don't agree with RottenTomatoes but its rocking a 21 percent on there right now...I expect that to dip below 20 before the weekend is over

don't disappoint me peoples

[Mystirious]

booo...I normally don't agree with RottenTomatoes but its rocking a 21 percent on there right now...I expect that to dip below 20 before the weekend is over

don't disappoint me peoples

You and your hatred Black'oLantern :funny:

[The Morningstar]

Wait... Hal defeats Parralax by

Using the patented Hal Jordan big fist construct and punching him into the Sun?

:dry:

[Mystirious]

Wuh :wow:

[Franklin Richards]

booo...I normally don't agree with RottenTomatoes but ...

And that's when his credibility went to ****.


:hal: :hal: :hal:

[Drz]

I guess WB is saved even if they won't get a GL franchise coming:
http://www.pottermore.com/

http://www.youtube.com/JKRowlingAnnounces

$$$$$$$$$

[Mystirious]

I thought the seventh book was the last one she was going to write

[BlackLantern]

the last Harry Potter book...or is it?

dun dun duuuun

[Franklin Richards]

It's prolly a MMO.


:doom: :doom: :doom:

[Darthphere]

I love how Assassin is going to defend GL tooth and nail. Even though everytime he tries to defend it, it sounds dumber and dumber.

[Mystirious]

the last Harry Potter book...or is it?

dun dun duuuun

I hope future books will be about Harry using his fame to secure a wizard movie deal having affairs with groupies in witches hats and getting arrested for driving drunk on his broom before going into a drunken racist rant about how House Elves caused all the worlds wars :dry:

[Darthphere]

Well, I just ordered the Save-The-Dates we'll be sending out next week. She didn't let me do Star Wars but we found a compromise.

http://i.imgur.com/Ir2TX.png

EDIT: I censored out the bits that would allow you people to find the ceremony. I'm sorry Hush. She won't let me invite internet friends.

Shouldn't be that hard, how man weddings in Missouri could be going on that day. Also, you're bound to have a wedding announcement in the paper. We will find you.:dry:

[BlackLantern]

anyone know a quick home method to clean a laptop screen?

[Darthphere]

Moist paper towel, followed by a dry paper towel.

[BlackLantern]

won't a paper towel scratch up the screen?

[Darthphere]

It's paper...

[BlackLantern]

and in random thoughts....I still love that Sun Drop soda commercial simply because that girl doesn't give a ****....she has a headband and is dropping it like its hot

[Mystirious]

Shouldn't be that hard, how man weddings in Missouri could be going on that day. Also, you're bound to have a wedding announcement in the paper. We will find you.:dry:

Now all i can picture is Darth hiding in the wedding cake

[Darthphere]

Don't give me any ideas.

[Thebumwhowalks]

I hope future books will be about Harry using his fame to secure a wizard movie deal having affairs with groupies in witches hats and getting arrested for driving drunk on his broom before going into a drunken racist rant about how House Elves caused all the worlds wars :dry:

Nah, how about a bunch of evil witches and warlocks hatch a plan to accuse Harry of racism, when they know damn well he isn't, in order to defame his character, and in doing so spit in the faces of all the honorable witches and wizards who have fought against racism and have fought for equal rights?
In a way , those evil warlocks and witches are just as bad as real racists.

[Hound55]

Oh for f***s sake...

[Darthphere]

So are there any women out there who aren't damaged in some way? It seems every girl I meet has some sob story about their past from the abusive ex-boyfriend, to almost getting raped, to being molested, numerous daddy issues etc. I mean, at this point I'm starting to think these *****es are making this **** up however terrible that might sound. Seriously, in the last 2 weeks, every girl I've met or talked to. It's ridiculous.

[Colossal Spoons]

I guess WB is saved even if they won't get a GL franchise coming:
http://www.pottermore.com/

http://www.youtube.com/JKRowlingAnnounces

$$$$$$$$$

Oh Em Gee

[Thebumwhowalks]

Oh for f***s sake...

Hey, if someone else can post up their notion of a HP story along those lines, I don't see I can't post one right back.

I see the evil warlocks and witches in today's stories are changing tack and focus now, as they are exposed now and know damn well what I am saying is true, ie they now have no honour or credibility.

edit: all that high and mighty holier than thou posturing sounds so hollow now, anyway, I won't go on about it, I'm not here to fight, but I'm not here to be silent either.

[BlackLantern]

So are there any women out there who aren't damaged in some way? It seems every girl I meet has some sob story about their past from the abusive ex-boyfriend, to almost getting raped, to being molested, numerous daddy issues etc. I mean, at this point I'm starting to think these *****es are making this **** up however terrible that might sound. Seriously, in the last 2 weeks, every girl I've met or talked to. It's ridiculous.

society is ****ed up....the issue is you have so many guys out there from broken homes, they haven't learned how to act right and think treating women like **** is just something you do

that's a big chunk o the problem

[BlackLantern]

Hey, if someone else can post up their notion of a HP story along those lines, I don't see I can't post one right back.

I see the evil warlocks and witches in today's stories are changing tack and focus now, as they are exposed now and know damn well what I am saying is true, ie they now have no honour or credibility.

if they are evil...they have no notions of honor or credibility anyway....much like PR firms or lawyers

[Darthphere]

society is ****ed up....the issue is you have so many guys out there from broken homes, they haven't learned how to act right and think treating women like **** is just something you do

that's a big chunk o the problem

Maybe, but honestly I have talked to about 20-25 girls over the last month and they all have some story. I mean, what are the odds?

[BlackLantern]

you do live in an area where there are a lot of a-holes

[Darthphere]

That is true as well.

[Thebumwhowalks]

if they are evil...they have no notions of honor or credibility anyway....much like PR firms or lawyers

Well, there are all different kinds of evil ways, some try to cover up their deeds, and when they are exposed they are revealed to be huge hypocrites, in ways that I scarely could have imagined, considering how high and mighty and holier than thou they act. But, then after the fact of exposure, everything they say now carries an air of coming from a tainted prejudicied place.

In other words, you can't believe that they even believe what they are saying.

[Mystirious]

Don't give me any ideas.

Your actually considering it aren't you :ninja:

society is ****ed up....the issue is you have so many guys out there from broken homes, they haven't learned how to act right and think treating women like **** is just something you do

There are a lot of sexist and misogynistic dbags in the world sadly

So are there any women out there who aren't damaged in some way? It seems every girl I meet has some sob story about their past from the abusive ex-boyfriend, to almost getting raped, to being molested, numerous daddy issues etc. I mean, at this point I'm starting to think these *****es are making this **** up however terrible that might sound. Seriously, in the last 2 weeks, every girl I've met or talked to. It's ridiculous.

They are not damaged Darth they have just had a really awful life :csad:

[BlackLantern]

eh....Bill Clinton got caught out for being an adulterer and is easily this countrys most popular President in the past 30 or 40 years

here's the jist....if people like you, they will overlook all your garbage qualities....if they don't you're ****ed

Clinton could kill a hooker today, run for President in November and still win

[Darthphere]

eh....Bill Clinton got caught out for being an adulterer and is easily this countrys most popular President in the past 30 or 40 years

here's the jist....if people like you, they will overlook all your garbage qualities....if they don't you're ****ed

Clinton could kill a hooker today, run for President in November and still win

He'd take a **** on term limits too apparently.

[BlackLantern]

He'd take a **** on term limits too apparently.

and no one would care....better example...Valdimir Putin

[Thebumwhowalks]

There are a lot of sexist and misogynistic dbags in the world sadly



So now the focus in the lounge is not racism, but trying to drum up some kind of sexist agenda? I wonder why.

I grew up in a place with a lot of a-holes, but I never felt like one of them in that regard.
They would all use racist terms and talk about the local shopkeepers in racist terms and it would always distrub me and disgust me.
I think I had good attitudes drummed into me because I came from a good family, it's not where you're from, it's where you're at.

[BlackLantern]

well Darth was talking about his wimmen issues....which is a valid point

I have a female friend who had a really ****** and abusive childhood....and she is still very cautious about who she lets into her life

[Thebumwhowalks]

eh....Bill Clinton got caught out for being an adulterer and is easily this countrys most popular President in the past 30 or 40 years

here's the jist....if people like you, they will overlook all your garbage qualities....if they don't you're ****ed

Clinton could kill a hooker today, run for President in November and still win

You always talk in extremes I've noticed, in ways that really don't reflect reality.

[Hush]

Well, I just ordered the Save-The-Dates we'll be sending out next week. She didn't let me do Star Wars but we found a compromise.

http://i.imgur.com/Ir2TX.png

EDIT: I censored out the bits that would allow you people to find the ceremony. I'm sorry Hush. She won't let me invite internet friends.

But we have actually hung out in real life! Like twice! You sound whipped my friend. W- Hipped!

[Franklin Richards]

Maybe, but honestly I have talked to about 20-25 girls over the last month and they all have some story. I mean, what are the odds?

Maybe if you hung out somewhere other than titty bars. Try a Whole Foods or a Bass Pro Shop.


:cap: :cap: :cap:

[BlackLantern]

Bass Pro Shop? novel....I commend Bass Pro Shop, they have been pushing this whole "get outdoors and talk to people" campaign...they even did a thing last summer where if you traded in a video game, you get a piece of camping equipment free or at a discount....sleeping bag, jacket, whatever

[chamber-music]

So are there any women out there who aren't damaged in some way? It seems every girl I meet has some sob story about their past from the abusive ex-boyfriend, to almost getting raped, to being molested, numerous daddy issues etc. I mean, at this point I'm starting to think these *****es are making this **** up however terrible that might sound. Seriously, in the last 2 weeks, every girl I've met or talked to. It's ridiculous.
You might just live in an area with alot of douchebag type guys
eh....Bill Clinton got caught out for being an adulterer and is easily this countrys most popular President in the past 30 or 40 years

here's the jist....if people like you, they will overlook all your garbage qualities....if they don't you're ****ed

Clinton could kill a hooker today, run for President in November and still win
For real reminds me of the whole corruption at FIFA and Strauss-Kahn Rape thing.

In France the press will straight up ignore adultry and sexault assualt stories involving politicians. They "have a boys will boys mentality".

As for Soccer corruption when British media complained they were corrupt one of the Fifa vice presidents said yes but only British and Americans complain about that stuff corruption is seen as a normal way of life in Africa, South America, The Middle East, parts of Europe ect

People are willing to settle and accept all kinds of bad things

[Franklin Richards]

Bass Pro Shop? novel....I commend Bass Pro Shop, they have been pushing this whole "get outdoors and talk to people" campaign...they even did a thing last summer where if you traded in a video game, you get a piece of camping equipment free or at a discount....sleeping bag, jacket, whatever

Nice. I've actually been wanting an oil lantern.


:alan: :alan: :alan:

[Mystirious]

well Darth was talking about his wimmen issues....which is a valid point

I have a female friend who had a really ****** and abusive childhood....and she is still very cautious about who she lets into her life

That's just awful :csad:

[Thebumwhowalks]

One last point on the whole, 'If someone is liked, they can get away with murder' talk..

Anyone who commits viscous crimes and thinks it won't matter at all to the people around them , are insulting the integrity and intelligence of these very people.

[Darthphere]

I follow Coming to America when it comes to meeting woman. The library, church etc.

[chamber-music]

People still go to Libaries?

[Franklin Richards]

University. Not public.


:cap: :cap: :cap:

[Mystirious]

In France the press will straight up ignore adultry and sexault assualt stories involving politicians. They "have a boys will boys mentality

What the what

That's just such a stupid policy. If that is true that is utterly ridiculous :facepalm:

[Franklin Richards]

Adultery is not a crime.


:cap: :cap: :cap:

[chamber-music]

The 'Seduction' Myth: What the French Still Don't Get About Sex

Dominique Strauss-Kahn has not been convicted of any crime. Neither would it be appropriate to indict French society — the pervasive sexism parading as a celebration of "difference," the self-indulgence of the "caviar left," of which he is a prime exemplar — for his (alleged) behavior. To do so, after all, would be to fall into the same facile trap as the various French commentators who, in the days since the International Monetary Fund chief's arrest in New York City for sexual assault and attempted rape, have fallen all over the case as an example of American sensationalism and, of course, classic "Puritanism."
But still.

The arrest of the "great seducer," as Strauss-Kahn is commonly known in France — on shocking charges of notably unseductive behavior toward an immigrant single mother working as a hotel housekeeper — didn't come entirely out of the blue for those who have closely observed his behavior toward women over the years. And that behavior has occurred in, and perhaps been encouraged by, a culture that takes a complacent, even complicit attitude toward inappropriate, sometimes predatory sexual action on the part of powerful men, normalizing it, even occasionally romanticizing it, under the catchall cliché of Gallic seduction.

In their 2006 book Sexus Politicus, authors Christophe Deloire and Christophe Dubois dedicate a whole chapter to Strauss-Kahn, in which they delicately relate the story of a young journalist who claimed that "DSK" had, in a private interview, shown himself to be "very enterprising, even unseemly, to the point where she thought of bringing charges." In 2007, when Strauss-Kahn's candidacy to be the managing director of the IMF was announced, the website Rue89 spoke of his "too pronounced" taste for women. Jean Quatremer, a reporter for the left-wing daily Libération, wrote in his blog at the time that Strauss-Kahn's "relationships to women" were a "real problem." "Too insistent ... his actions often border on harassment," Quatremer wrote. "A failing that everyone in the media knows about, but which no one talks about. (We are, after all, in France.)"

In France this week, the cataclysm of Strauss-Kahn's arrest brought the start of a much needed conversation about the virtue of maintaining this long-cherished code of silence. Tristane Banon, the aforementioned young female journalist, came forward to say that she was going to formally lodge a complaint against Strauss-Kahn. Her mother, Anne Mansouret, a Socialist regional counselor and friend of Strauss-Kahn's family, came forward to express her "regret" that she'd dissuaded her daughter from taking action in the past, for fear of breaking her family's important political and personal ties to the influential politician. Another female journalist spoke of the callousness of colleagues who routinely dismissed allegations by women about the predatory behavior of powerful men with talk of "She asked for it." She wrote, "The understanding is that the rapist isn't guilty but almost the victim of the woman who's a tease."

This message was drowned out by the much louder chorus of voices rising to declare Strauss-Kahn a victim. The corps of French journalists who have enjoyed the delicious privilege of keeping DSK's — and other politicians' — sexual peccadilloes to themselves appeared horrified by the fact that, in America, his accuser's name and face were kept hidden from public view while he himself was humiliatingly photographed in handcuffs and subjected to "pitiless media pressure," as Le Nouvel Observateur put it. "What do we know about the chambermaid?" read a suspicious headline in the respected daily Le Monde

As Strauss-Kahn's case moves forward in New York, the particular form of French "exceptionalism" that holds that men will be men and women will be women and no amount of political correctness can — or should — temper their natural desires will be on trial too. Like it or not, Strauss-Kahn and his supporters now have to play by our rules. These don't stem from prudishness or Puritanism. They're based on respect, on updated understandings of male-female power relations and on a desire to change the nasty little systems of complicity that have long kept them flowing in one direction.

Rather crazy stuff. Anyway I'm just waiting for Germany to invade Greece :awesome:

[Mystirious]

Adultery is not a crime.


:cap: :cap: :cap:

Of course not but sexual assault certainly is

[Darthphere]

Only if you get caught.

[TheCorpulent1]

Being a dick should be a crime. People are too obnoxious these days.

[Franklin Richards]

I may be showing my age, but in my day we handled ***** in house. No need to call the Law Dogs.


:thing: :thing: :thing:

[Mystirious]

Only if you get caught.

:dry:

Being a dick should be a crime. People are too obnoxious these days.

Their not just letting themselves down their also letting Mr T down

And that really is terrible :down

[Anubis]

Well, I just ordered the Save-The-Dates we'll be sending out next week. She didn't let me do Star Wars but we found a compromise.

http://i.imgur.com/Ir2TX.png

EDIT: I censored out the bits that would allow you people to find the ceremony. I'm sorry Hush. She won't let me invite internet friends.


Haha, Nice. :up:

[Mystirious]

It certainly is :up:

I hope Womp has a really fab wedding

[Darthphere]

Yeah, I'll be sure to take pictures of the ceremony and after party.

[Mystirious]

Yeah, I'll be sure to take pictures of the ceremony and after party.

:hehe:

[Drz]

http://teamcoco.com/video/spider-man-musical-childish

This musical keeps getting better and better.

[BlackLantern]

One last point on the whole, 'If someone is liked, they can get away with murder' talk..

Anyone who commits viscous crimes and thinks it won't matter at all to the people around them , are insulting the integrity and intelligence of these very people.

maybe on an individual level, yes I agree...but as a group it really doesn't matter...again President Clinton got caught ON NATIONAL TV, lying about having an affair and is still the most popular and well liked political figure in America

What the what

That's just such a stupid policy. If that is true that is utterly ridiculous :facepalm:

read this post here

I may be showing my age, but in my day we handled ***** in house. No need to call the Law Dogs.


:thing: :thing: :thing:

seriously...back in the day, Khan would have made a phone call....the French government would call our state department, we send someone over to clean up the scene, pay some hotel staff off, and no one would be the wiser

[Darthphere]

maybe on an individual level, yes I agree...but as a group it really doesn't matter...again President Clinton got caught ON NATIONAL TV, lying about having an affair and is still the most popular and well liked political figure in America

Crazy what being good at your job does for people's opinions.

[Anubis]

maybe on an individual level, yes I agree...but as a group it really doesn't matter...again President Clinton got caught ON NATIONAL TV, lying about having an affair and is still the most popular and well liked political figure in America



read this post here



seriously...back in the day, Khan would have made a phone call....the French government would call our state department, we send someone over to clean up the scene, pay some hotel staff off, and no one would be the wiser


Screw that, Pepe needs to go to pound-me-in-the-ass prison. Learn some manners at the hands of a rough trick named Bubba. :o

[Manic]

I remember how disappointed I was in Bill Clinton when I found out about his affair with Monica. I mean, JFK had Marilyn Munroe. The president needs to have standards for his affairs.

[BlackLantern]

Crazy what being good at your job does for people's opinions.

indeed

[Darthphere]

I love how people and by people I mean Republicans try to talk **** about Clinton. Fool left office with a surplus, now we're in a deficit so huge we're gonna have to start making up names for numbers soon. People also want to pile Obama in on that when he inherited the deficit, only one man created it.

[Darthphere]

So $3.4 million for midnight showings of GL, on par with XFC and Thor. Though there are many reports of half empty (or half full) movie theaters.

[BlackLantern]

any mass walkouts?

[Anubis]

I remember how disappointed I was in Bill Clinton when I found out about his affair with Monica. I mean, JFK had Marilyn Munroe. The president needs to have standards for his affairs.

I prefer to think that it shows how busy he was. Clearly he just stuck his head out the door and grabbed the first piece of ass he could find. The man was running the free world! He's got no time to go seducing Hollywood starlets! :o

[BlackLantern]

I prefer to think that it shows how busy he was. Clearly he just stuck his head out the door and grabbed the first piece of ass he could find. The man was running the free world! He's got no time to go seducing Hollywood starlets! :o

about how I saw it

[Anubis]

Besides, Monica ain't ugly, and really, all he could see was the top of her head anyway. :o

[Kitsune]

I love how people and by people I mean Republicans try to talk **** about Clinton. Fool left office with a surplus, now we're in a deficit so huge we're gonna have to start making up names for numbers soon. People also want to pile Obama in on that when he inherited the deficit, only one man created it.

On the other hand W isn't responsible for for my heath insurance nearly doubling in prices, and Clinton took credit for an economic recovery that actually started under Bush the Elder. My point being that Democrats talk **** just as much as anyone else. As I believe Mark Twain once said "Politics is the most perfectly named word in the English language, it comes from the Greek 'poli" meaning 'many,' and ticks meaning 'blood sucking insects'"

[Anubis]

Yeah, all politicians are c**ts. Some more so than others........Mostly Republicans

[BlackLantern]

Besides, Monica ain't ugly, and really, all he could see was the top of her head anyway. :o

true...but on the other end of that.....Elizabeth Kucinich, wife of Congressman Dennis Kucinich

just google her name

[Anubis]

Yeah I know. He's banging a 9 and he's a 2 on a good day.

Gotta respect the little fella for pulling that off.

[BlackLantern]

Yeah I know. He's banging a 9 and he's 2 on a good day.

Gotta respect the little fella for pulling that off.

seriously....homeboy looks like a retarded Hobbit...mad respect for that

[Darthphere]

On the other hand W isn't responsible for for my heath insurance nearly doubling in prices, and Clinton took credit for an economic recovery that actually started under Bush the Elder. My point being that Democrats talk **** just as much as anyone else. As I believe Mark Twain once said "Politics is the most perfectly named word in the English language, it comes from the Greek 'poli" meaning 'many,' and ticks meaning 'blood sucking insects'"

I don't care if he Bush the Grey started it, Clinton did something unprecedented by taking it and running with it, unlike W who took a **** on everything Clinton and pops did.

[Darthphere]

So moving away from the politics, the new trailer for Rise of the Planet of the Apes is pretty damn good. Still couldn't pay me to watch it though.

[Anubis]

I don't know, looks like it might be pretty good.

[Drz]

So moving away from the politics, the new trailer for Rise of the Planet of the Apes is pretty damn good. Still couldn't pay me to watch it though.

I think the movie should be a comedy, i still can't get over the idea of apes winning humans with nuclear weaponry. :p Oh and i lolled at this: "I hereby declare Green Lantern the worst superhero movie ever made. And yes I count The Phantom and The Shadow as superhero movies. Green Lantern was the cheapest-looking 300 million dollar movie I've ever seen. Why didn't they give that money Africa? It had a couple of good moments, all coming from Mark Strong. But oh man." - Mark Millar.

[Kitsune]

I don't care if he Bush the Grey started it, Clinton did something unprecedented by taking it and running with it, unlike W who took a **** on everything Clinton and pops did.

Best thing Clinton did, was a Republican thing, welfare reform. The problem with both sides right now is that they are to worried about 2012 to do anything meaningful. They are afraid to compromise because if they do and it works, the other side would take credit. Neither party is actually better than the other. Democrats have an easier time of it, because their philosophy allows them to spend other people's money to buy votes.

[SuperFerret]

That's the problem with politics (aside from everything else). People see it as a black and white sort of thing. It's either this or it's that. It's conservative or liberal, Republican or Democrat, us or them, good or evil, etc. or add some other stuff.

Nothing is black and white. There are asians and hispanics too.

[Colossal Spoons]

So moving away from the politics, the new trailer for Rise of the Planet of the Apes is pretty damn good. Still couldn't pay me to watch it though.

The gorillas would make me s**t my pants.

[The Morningstar]

I think the movie should be a comedy, i still can't get over the idea of apes winning humans with nuclear weaponry. :p Oh and i lolled at this: "I hereby declare Green Lantern the worst superhero movie ever made. And yes I count The Phantom and The Shadow as superhero movies. Green Lantern was the cheapest-looking 300 million dollar movie I've ever seen. Why didn't they give that money Africa? It had a couple of good moments, all coming from Mark Strong. But oh man." - Mark Millar.

Oh man, if Mark Millar thinks it's bad... it must delve into new levels of bad... ness.

Where is that quote from anyway?

[Anubis]

I think the movie should be a comedy, i still can't get over the idea of apes winning humans with nuclear weaponry. :p Oh and i lolled at this: "I hereby declare Green Lantern the worst superhero movie ever made. And yes I count The Phantom and The Shadow as superhero movies. Green Lantern was the cheapest-looking 300 million dollar movie I've ever seen. Why didn't they give that money Africa? It had a couple of good moments, all coming from Mark Strong. But oh man." - Mark Millar.

What? You expect people to just nuke a city cuz they're overrun by talking apes?

[Manic]

So moving away from the politics, the new trailer for Rise of the Planet of the Apes is pretty damn good. Still couldn't pay me to watch it though.

I find it a little hard to care when I've already got a pretty good idea of how it'll end: The ape win, and they blew it up (damn you to hell!)

I think the movie should be a comedy, i still can't get over the idea of apes winning humans with nuclear weaponry. :p Oh and i lolled at this: "I hereby declare Green Lantern the worst superhero movie ever made. And yes I count The Phantom and The Shadow as superhero movies. Green Lantern was the cheapest-looking 300 million dollar movie I've ever seen. Why didn't they give that money Africa? It had a couple of good moments, all coming from Mark Strong. But oh man." - Mark Millar.

Whoa, whoa, whoa! I loved The Shadow! :cmad:

[Darthphere]

I'm confused, if Millar thinks it's bad, doesn't that make it good? My whole perception of logic is out the window.

[Assassin]

So $3.4 million for midnight showings of GL, on par with XFC and Thor. Though there are many reports of half empty (or half full) movie theaters.

no, you read that on my FB page, which btw i was wrong because i posted that an hour before a it started and had no idea 4 other rooms were sold out.

[Darthphere]

no, you read that on my FB page, which btw i was wrong because i posted that an hour before a it started and had no idea 4 other rooms were sold out.

Yes, because I get all my news from your FB. Almost every site I've gone to has people talking about how empty the their theaters were. They might be talking **** but honestly I don't doubt it.

Especially when you factor in the cost of a 3-D ticket against a 2-D ticket for X-Men: First Class. Not a good sign for GL.

[Mystirious]

I don't know, looks like it might be pretty good.

Yep i think I might check that movie out. i liked the first two Apes movies :up:

So moving away from the politics, the new trailer for Rise of the Planet of the Apes is pretty damn good. Still couldn't pay me to watch it though.

Why not Darth

Are you an ape-ist :wow:

[Mystirious]

The gorillas would make me s**t my pants.

Gorilla's are terrifying

They want to eat us all with their combat spoons :dry:

[SuperFerret]

Gorillas are the only non-human primate I'd trust being around. They're docile herbivores. It's the chimps and the orangutans you've gotta worry about.

[Darthphere]

Yep i think I might check that movie out. i liked the first two Apes movies :up:



Why not Darth

Are you an ape-ist :wow:

It just looks dumb to me. Like at the end of the day it might be a well made movie but it just seems unnecessary and again dumb. :huh:

[SuperFerret]

No more dumb than a zombie movie.

[Mystirious]

Gorillas are the only non-human primate I'd trust being around. They're docile herbivores. It's the chimps and the orangutans you've gotta worry about.

What about Grodd. He eats people and taffy's their minds

[Darthphere]

No more dumb than a zombie movie.

I never saw a zombie at the zoo.

[SuperFerret]

What about Grodd. He eats people and taffy's their minds

Grodd's evil.

And he's smart enough to supplement his diet with vegetation. People are a sometimes food.

I never saw a zombie at the zoo.

:huh:

So real creatures with actual intelligent tool use and social organization that's just amplified to exaggeration for a movie is dumb compared to the walking dead?

[Mystirious]

It just looks dumb to me. Like at the end of the day it might be a well made movie but it just seems unnecessary and again dumb. :huh:

So are you not a fan of the Planet of the Apes movies Darth

[Darthphere]

See, you guys think I'm saying the apes are what make the movie dumb. No, I'm talking about the humans not seeing this coming. All these super smart people getting ambushed by super intelligent apes. I mean, at the end of the day, sure they're super smart apes and have physical abilities but we have guns and ****. Ridiculous.

And I love the original Planet of the Apes. I don't need to know why they ended up that way.

[SuperFerret]

What the trailers need to explain better is that it's the panic that leads to the apes being able to take over. Guns and **** are one thing, but once all those diseases that we test on laboratory apes get out and panicked evacuations start spreading them further, it starts to make a lot more sense.

Also, I find it very believable that no matter how super smart someone is, most people tend to underestimate other animals to the point that they'd never see it coming until it's too late. Science doesn't even officially admit that other animals could possibly have emotions. Arrogance and panic are what will likely lead to our downfall in that movie.

But hey, if you think it's dumb, that's fine. Nobody's making you see it. I'm going to be there though.

[Darthphere]

What the trailers need to explain better is that it's the panic that leads to the apes being able to take over. Guns and **** are one thing, but once all those diseases that we test on laboratory apes get out and panicked evacuations start spreading them further, it starts to make a lot more sense.

Also, I find it very believable that no matter how super smart someone is, most people tend to underestimate other animals to the point that they'd never see it coming until it's too late. Science doesn't even officially admit that other animals could possibly have emotions. Arrogance and panic are what will likely lead to our downfall in that movie.

But hey, if you think it's dumb, that's fine. Nobody's making you see it. I'm going to be there though.

Like I said, it could very easily be a very good movie but the trailers are doing nothing for me. The last trailer was a lot better because it focused more on the apes. I'm not saying the premise isn't believable but I think you underestimate humanity's position on animals. At the end of the day humans fear animals, hence why our gut reaction is to shoot it.

[Mystirious]

Grodd's evil.

And he's smart enough to supplement his diet with vegetation. People are a sometimes food.

So that's how he stays in such good shape :up:

Other people eating gorillas should follow the Grodd diet

[Darthphere]

Ugh, why am I here on a Friday night? Where are my e-bros?

[TheCorpulent1]

Took a f***ing hour and a half to get my pizza tonight. It takes less than an hour and a half to drive all the way from one side of Gainesville to the other and back, for Christ's sake. I miss the days of "30 minutes or less." When did that go away? :csad:

[Manic]

I got tired of waiting over an hour for my pizzas, so I just started picking them up.

[Darthphere]

When 30 minutes or less became unrealistic by the dumb people they hire.

[Darthphere]

I got tired of waiting over an hour for my pizzas, so I just started picking them up.

And there are usually better deals for carry-out. :up:

[TheCorpulent1]

The whole point of ordering pizza for me is that I don't have to leave my house. Delivery from other places costs too much. :o

[Darthphere]

Where did you order from?

[Kane52630]

I usually use the "buy one get one free" online coupon for my pizzas.

[TheCorpulent1]

Where did you order from?
Pizza Hut. I needs my stuffed crust.

[Darthphere]

Pizza Hut. I needs my stuffed crust.

Pizza Hut is ****ing delicious. Nobody else in my house likes it. Pisses me the **** off.

I remember being in Nicaragua and they had the stuffed crust with actual toppings like pepperoni in the crust, amazing. Then they brought it over here and all was good in the world.

[TheCorpulent1]

I actually didn't like the stuffed crust with pepperoni and stuff in it. I like pure, undiluted cheesy goodness in my crusts.

[Darthphere]

I actually didn't like the stuffed crust with pepperoni and stuff in it. I like pure, undiluted cheesy goodness in my crusts.

Pizza Hut gets a bad rap. And I refuse to pay $13 for Papa Johns. I like Domino's too, especially with that new crust.

[Anubis]

I like the local pizza joints. The best pizza I ever had was this place called Arnie's. Arnie was this mini local mogul who had an awesome pizza joint, right next to a strip club and a car wash. you could get a couple of slices, get your ride washed, and haggle the price for an HJ in the champagne room without having to walk more than 50ft.

[TheCorpulent1]

Well, not all of us live in Chicago. Chains are like a thousand times better than any of my local places, except maybe Satchels, but they're even more expensive than the chains.

[Darthphere]

I love Sir Pizza. I don't know if that's a nationwide chain or anything, there's like 3 or 4 in Miami. Delicious.

[Anubis]

Yeah, we got a lot. Beggars and Waldo Cooneys are the two I frequent the most. And those are s**ty in comparison to the big Pizza joints like Uno, and Gino's.

One thing we got is good pizza......and good Italian Beef.

[sandwraith]

If there's one thing I want to try, its Deep Dish. It seems that version of Pizza is never exported outside American shores.

[Anubis]

We got good Chicken too, (But I don't like Chicken. I know! black guy don't like chicken?!? :o ) Harold's Chicken Shack is supposed to be good. I hear it's mostly for the mild sauce though.

[TheCorpulent1]

What's Italian about the beef? :huh:

[Anubis]

I don't know why they call it Italian Beef. All I know is that It's beef, on a sandwich roll, cut up fine, dipped into an Au Jus sauce, and usually smothered in Hot or Sweet peppers. Effin delicious.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v485/AnubisGOD/italian_beef.jpg

[WompuM]

You guys, I'm just gonna say it. I love Lil' Ceasers $5 Hot 'n' Ready.

[Darthphere]

You guys, I'm just gonna say it. I love Lil' Ceasers $5 Hot 'n' Ready.

I do too, especially the $5 part. It's adequate pizza, it tastes pretty good. What's not to like?

[Anubis]

You guys, I'm just gonna say it. I love Lil' Ceasers $5 Hot 'n' Ready.


Do you enjoy chewing cardboard as well? :hehe:

[sandwraith]

I don't know why they call it Italian Beef. All I know is that It's beef, on a sandwich roll, cut up fine, dipped into an Au Jus sauce, and usually smothered in Hot or Sweet peppers. Effin delicious.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v485/AnubisGOD/italian_beef.jpg

Kosher/Halal?

[Anubis]

Depends on where you get it.

[Darthphere]

Someone was talking about GL and they said it would have been better if they used Kyle. Like that would have made a difference.

[Anubis]

That's what I was saying. Didn't matter who it was, if the script sucks, it doesn't matter which character they used.

[Darthphere]

I gotta be honest, it's weird because I got on Hush about it last night but I feel guilty. Like I should hand in my geek card for not watching GL. There's a certain sense of obligation to watch a comic book related movie, especially a character like GL. Even if I don't like Hal. Whatever, I'll go grab a drink and forget all about Green Lantern.

[Anubis]

I wish I knew where I could find some Absinthe.

[TheCorpulent1]

I'm actually glad they didn't use Kyle now, given how bad I'm hearing the movie is.

[Darthphere]

I wish I knew where I could find some Absinthe.

They sell that **** online. I remember AOTS doing a segment about it a while back.

[Darthphere]

I'm actually glad they didn't use Kyle now, given how bad I'm hearing the movie is.

You know, they should have used John Stewart. The GA all think Green Lantern is black anyway.

[Anubis]

Yeah, I did a search as soon as I finished typing that. 60 bucks a bottle. But that's actually a pretty good price cuz it will likey take you a few years to finish it. One shot will f**k you up for a month.

[Anubis]

PzfClg_e2VU

[Charlie Boy]

Hey Nubsy, is there a difference between a Lady boy and a tranny?

[Anubis]

No.

Though Ladyboys or "Khatoey" Tend to be Asian. But for the most part, it's a blanket term.

[Assassin]

i'm laughing at you Absinthe noobs right now. They sell that **** all over Michigan, the good stuff too. before it was legal in the US we used to go to Canada and drink it. ****ing awesome.

[Assassin]

Yes, because I get all my news from your FB. Almost every site I've gone to has people talking about how empty the their theaters were. They might be talking **** but honestly I don't doubt it.

Especially when you factor in the cost of a 3-D ticket against a 2-D ticket for X-Men: First Class. Not a good sign for GL.

well, all of my theaters were showing both. Also Thor was in 3d as well.

[Drz]

I'm actually glad they didn't use Kyle now, given how bad I'm hearing the movie is.

You haven't seen it?

[chamber-music]

I think the movie should be a comedy, i still can't get over the idea of apes winning humans with nuclear weaponry. :p Oh and i lolled at this: "I hereby declare Green Lantern the worst superhero movie ever made. And yes I count The Phantom and The Shadow as superhero movies. Green Lantern was the cheapest-looking 300 million dollar movie I've ever seen. Why didn't they give that money Africa? It had a couple of good moments, all coming from Mark Strong. But oh man." - Mark Millar.
The best put down I have heard from a film critic in he last 24 hours is "the director doesn't direct the movie he just points the camera and hopes actors get in the way" :funny:

Whoa, whoa, whoa! I loved The Shadow! :cmad:
The Shadow was great don't understand why it gets so much hate. Its better than Batman Forever IMO
Pizza Hut gets a bad rap. And I refuse to pay $13 for Papa Johns. I like Domino's too, especially with that new crust.
Pizza Hut is way more expensive than Papa Johns in the UK. Domino's is cheapest but its nasty. I wouldn't give a Domino's Pizza to my worst enemy.
I wish I knew where I could find some Absinthe.
Absinthe has never been banned in Britain so you can find it anywhere its not expensive either. I remember me and my friends getting wasted on it at my friends 19th birthday house party :woot:

[Mystirious]

I like the local pizza joints. The best pizza I ever had was this place called Arnie's. Arnie was this mini local mogul who had an awesome pizza joint, right next to a strip club and a car wash. you could get a couple of slices, get your ride washed, and haggle the price for an HJ in the champagne room without having to walk more than 50ft.

Convenient! :awesome:

Pizza Hut gets a bad rap. And I refuse to pay $13 for Papa Johns. I like Domino's too, especially with that new crust.

Domino's is yummyriffic :atp:

Pizza Hut. I needs my stuffed crust.

Yep stuffed crust is more addictive than crack :up: I love it

[chamber-music]

The only good talking ape movie was Congo and that was because it had Tim Curry, Bruce Campbell and Winston from the Ghostbusters.

Gorilla Grodd is a joke

[Mystirious]

The only good talking ape movie was Congo and that was because it had Tim Curry, Bruce Campbell and Winston from the Ghostbusters.

Gorilla Grodd is a joke

:wow:

Why would you say that. How can you hate him chamber music :csad:

[The Morningstar]

Gorilla Grodd is awesome. So is Detective Chimp, believe that.

You know what isn't awesome? Green Lantern. It really is as bad as everyone is saying. None of the characters are well developed. Hal Jordan has one training session, where he gets his ass kicked and runs off home sulking. Then after a pep talk from Carol, he somehow becomes this amazing Green Lantern who can defeat Parralax, the being that destroys civilisations and kills Abin Sur, who is supposed to be the greatest GL ever apparently.

Seriously, it's terrible. The only good parts were on Oa... which we've all already seen in the trailers. Literally 90% of the movie is set on Earth.

[Drz]

Does anyone remember the name of the comic book that was a superhero parody made in 70s or early 80s that Grant Morrison clains Alan Moore literally ripped off to make Watchmen?

[Mystirious]

Does anyone remember the name of the comic book that was a superhero parody made in 70s or early 80s that Grant Morrison clains Alan Moore literally ripped off to make Watchmen?

What was it about Drz can you remember anything about the plot

[BlackLantern]

The Shadow awesome, The Phantom awesome

anyone hating on either movie is an a-hole

[chamber-music]

I dislike monkey superhero/villains. Can't explain why it doesn't really make sense.

For some reason I can accept a guy who turns into a angry giant green monster or a billionaire who dresses up like a bat and other comic book type stuff but then I see a talking gorilla who wants to take over the word and think that BS is just lame.

It shouldn't be anymore ridiculous than the other stuff but it just is to me. My Nerdity only goes so far.

[chamber-music]

I liked The Rocketeer as well. Pulp Superheroes are great.

[The Morningstar]

I get ya. But seriously, Detective Chimp is awesome. He's like a pissed up, sarcastic Sherlock Holmes, in Chimp form.

[Mystirious]

I dislike monkey superhero/villains. Can't explain why it doesn't really make sense.

For some reason I can accept a guy who turns into a angry giant green monster or a billionaire who dresses up like a bat and other comic book type stuff but then I see a talking gorilla who wants to take over the word and think that BS is just lame.

It shouldn't be anymore ridiculous than the other stuff but it just is to me. My Nerdity only goes so far.

Okay i guess that is fair enough

But one day you will kneel before Grodd!

:oldrazz:

[Charlie Boy]

No.

Though Ladyboys or "Khatoey" Tend to be Asian. But for the most part, it's a blanket term.

Cool.

[BlackLantern]

http://jalopnik.com/5812687/gordon-murrays-f1+style-hydrogen+powered-batmobile

F-1 inspired Batmobile

[Mystirious]

Fabulous :atp:

The Shadow awesome, The Phantom awesome

anyone hating on either movie is an a-hole

Oh my gosh I adored The Shadow. It was an exciting fun love letter to pulp superheroes. It was funny and dramatic and I loved it

I had a huge crush on the Shadow. That laugh did things to me :O

[Darthphere]

well, all of my theaters were showing both. Also Thor was in 3d as well.

Yeah but Thor was good so the word of mouth helped it.

[Mystirious]

I really hope we get a Thor sequel one day. I want to see a live action Enchantress :atp:

I would also love a live action version of Thor's battle with the Dark Gods to save Asgard. That was one of the first Thor stories I read and I loved it :hrt:

[The Morningstar]

I want to see Odin vs Thanos. Like from Blood and Thunder.

[Mystirious]

I want to see Odin vs Thanos. Like from Blood and Thunder.

Thanos vs Odin would be so cool :up: if they do ever have a live action Thanos I want Michael Ironside to do the voice

The Infinity Gauntlet is in Avengers so maybe we will see a live action Thanos in the movies

[chamber-music]

http://jalopnik.com/5812687/gordon-murrays-f1+style-hydrogen+powered-batmobile

F-1 inspired Batmobile
Speaking of Formula 1 have you seen the Senna Movie Trailer?

http://youtu.be/JOzq927y15o

[The Morningstar]

Thanos vs Odin would be so cool :up: if they do ever have a live action Thanos I want Michael Ironside to do the voice

The Infinity Gauntlet is in Avengers so maybe we will see a live action Thanos in the movies

Well it's kinda already been confirmed Thanos is in Avengers. But I don't think he'll be a main villain. Probably just set up at the end for sequels.

[Mystirious]

That's pretty neat glad that Thanos is going to be getting some love in the Avengers films :up: hope we get some Thanos in the Avengers cartoon too

[Kitsune]

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The Shadow was great don't understand why it gets so much hate. Its better than Batman Forever IMO

Way to set the bar really high. :D

[Mystirious]

Way to set the bar really high. :D

Batman Forever

The film where Bruce Wayne 'adopts' a twenty year old man so he can dress him up in skintight rubber :ninja:

[Darthphere]

I hated how in Batman and Robin they continued this whole Robin is a hothead and reckless. Didn't we get that over with in Forever? Also, the movie was **** so that didn't help.

[The Morningstar]

I thought Batman Forever was pretty good, in certain parts. Some of the character moments were great.

But then i had a photosensitive seizure from all the neon lights...

[Kane52630]

Out of the 7 Batman movies, Batman Forever is my least favorite. It didn't know what it was trying to be, at times it was either serious or campy.

[chamber-music]

Way to set the bar really high. :D
Surprisingly Batman Forever is held rather high regard than some folks on these boards.
Batman Forever
Well Batman Forever is held some high regard by some people on Hype but yeah I know whst you mean :cwink:
The film where Bruce Wayne 'adopts' a twenty year old man so he can dress him up in skintight rubber :ninja:
I found Chunks adoption of Sloth in the Goonies more convincing.

The fact Chris O'Donnell got the role because the producers asked a bunch of 11 year olds who would win in fight between Chris and Leonardo DiCaprio and the kids said O'Donnell makes me laugh.

[Drz]

Out of the 7 Batman movies, Batman Forever is my least favorite. It didn't know what it was trying to be, at times it was either serious or campy.

Exactly, the serious start makes it all the more disappointing. I enjoy Batman and Robin more because it's downright stupid from the start.

[The Caped Knight]

I saw GL and I gotta say I expected better from Martin Campbell. I'm very disappointed with the end result IMO both Thor and First Class was so much better than this film .
So much wasted potential and The CGI looked very animated at times, The villain was an absolute joke, Carol was miscasted , Ryan overall just wasn't Hal Jordon from the comics . If a sequel is made their needs to be some serious improvements done for this franchise .

Looking forward to Transformers : DOTM and Captain America

[Kitsune]

Exactly, the serious start makes it all the more disappointing. I enjoy Batman and Robin more because it's downright stupid from the start.

My problem with it was it was a Jim Carrey movie. Don't get me wrong, I loved Jim Carrey as the mask, he's a great actor, but when he's cast as a well know character it often turns into "Jim Carrey as (X)" where it's more Jim Carrey than (X).

[Anubis]

i'm laughing at you Absinthe noobs right now. They sell that **** all over Michigan, the good stuff too. before it was legal in the US we used to go to Canada and drink it. ****ing awesome.


Yeah, too bad you live in Michigan though. :o :p

[Anubis]

Does anyone remember the name of the comic book that was a superhero parody made in 70s or early 80s that Grant Morrison clains Alan Moore literally ripped off to make Watchmen?

Squadron Supreme?

[Drz]

Nah it's not Squadron Supreme, it's suppose to be purely a parody book, i think it had the name "Super" in it, but gosh i can't just find it. Morrison just accused Moore in a "Invisibles" column page that i saw once in a long long time. :(

[Mystirious]

Surprisingly Batman Forever is held rather high regard than some folks on these boards.

I found Chunks adoption of Sloth in the Goonies more convincing.

The fact Chris O'Donnell got the role because the producers asked a bunch of 11 year olds who would win in fight between Chris and Leonardo DiCaprio and the kids said O'Donnell makes me laugh.

Hahaha what the what

Is that really how O'Donnell got the part

[Mystirious]

I hated how in Batman and Robin they continued this whole Robin is a hothead and reckless. Didn't we get that over with in Forever? Also, the movie was **** so that didn't help.

A bat credit card!?!?!?

Also Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy just upsets me :csad: :down

Out of the 7 Batman movies, Batman Forever is my least favorite. It didn't know what it was trying to be, at times it was either serious or campy.

Which one was your favourite Kane

[Kane52630]

Which one was your favourite Kane

As of now it's:

1) The Dark Knight
2) Batman Begins
3) Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
4) Batman Returns
5) Batman 1989
6) Batman & Robin
7) Batman 1966
8) Batman Forever




also TDK and BB are basically a tie for me.

[chamber-music]

Wow there is a third Harold and Kumar movie coming out this year I just noticed :huh:

They are like the modern Cheech and Chong except better because they have Neil Patrick Harris
Hahaha what the what

Is that really how O'Donnell got the part
I would love to say I'm joking but thats actually how he got to play Robin
:dry:

With such genius decision making its not too suprising Batman and Robin would turn out to be such poop a few years later.

[Mystirious]

As of now it's:

1) The Dark Knight
2) Batman Begins
3) Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
4) Batman Returns
5) Batman 1989
6) Batman & Robin
7) Batman 1966
8) Batman Forever




also TDK and BB are basically a tie for me.

I would agree with most of your choices there but I think I like Mask of the Phantasm a bit more than the Nolan films

[fifthfiend]

Wow there is a third Harold and Kumar movie coming out thins year I just noticed :huh:

They are like the modern Cheech and Chong except better because they havew Neil Patrick Harris

Also: gainful employment

[fifthfiend]

One of them anyway

[fifthfiend]

As of now it's:

1) The Dark Knight
2) Batman Begins
3) Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
4) Batman Returns
5) Batman 1989
6) Batman & Robin
7) Batman 1966
8) Batman Forever

also TDK and BB are basically a tie for me.

Adam West just shed a single tear and he doesn't even know why.

Actually he totally does, BECAUSE HE IS THE BATMAN, he just knows that sort of thing.

EDIT: In sincerity the only thing I'd really question there is how does Batman and Robin edge out both 66 and Forever, I mean, I liked Ahnuld too and all, but dang.

[Mystirious]

Wow there is a third Harold and Kumar movie coming out thins year I just noticed :huh:

They are like the modern Cheech and Chong except better because they havew Neil Patrick Harris


Everything is better with Neil Patrick Harris. That is a fact of science :atp:

He is the reason I'm watching How I Met your Mother


I would love to say I'm joking but thats actually how he got to play Robin
:dry:

With such genius decision making its not too suprising Batman and Robin would turn out to be such poop a few years later.

The same genius that made Batgirl an annoying and pointless character and made Bane a dumb thug

Though at least the film was funny

[Mystirious]

Adam West just shed a single tear and he doesn't even know why.

Actually he totally does, BECAUSE HE IS THE BATMAN, he just knows that sort of thing.

He can fight off sharks with just a can of bat spray

Until i see any other Batman do that I will always think of the Adam West as the most bad ass Batman ever :up:

[fifthfiend]

The fact Chris O'Donnell got the role because the producers asked a bunch of 11 year olds who would win in fight between Chris and Leonardo DiCaprio and the kids said O'Donnell makes me laugh.

Wow, I'm not even going to glance over the edge of that abyss.

[Mystirious]

Wow, I'm not even going to glance over the edge of that abyss.

It's better not to think about what the writers of Batman Forever and Batman & Robin were thinking :dry:

[The Morningstar]

They were clearly all on acid at the time. Hence the neon lights all over the place.

[Oberon sexton]

Batman Begins
Dark Knight
Batman returns
Batman
Batman Forever(Two-face joker hybrid wtf)
Batman and Robin
not counting animation, tho if I did I'd rate under the red hood atleast the same level as Phantasm. dont you dare tell me that the ending with Young Jason wasnt even a little sad.

[Mystirious]

Under The Red Hood was pretty good I thought. It was pretty well written and Black Mask got some really good lines

And yeah some of the Jason scenes made me cry :csad:

They were clearly all on acid at the time. Hence the neon lights all over the place.

All that neon is there to try and distract you from Tommy Lee Jones awful acting with shiny things

[Oberon sexton]

Its the only superhero animated movie thats made me cry. Jason's tragedy was heartbreaking and I wish he and Bruce got more interaction in the comics. the whole father/son dynamic between the two is gold. also phantasm was just brillent as DCU batmans year one tho.

[Mystirious]

Mask of the Phantasm was a fab Batman story :up:

I thought it was a shame they never brought Andrea back in the cartoon

[sandwraith]

Mask of the Phantasm was a fab Batman story :up:

I thought it was a shame they never brought Andrea back in the cartoon


They did. Much much much later. In Epilogue in JLU. It was a cameo but for the older viewers or more familiar fans, you'd recognize Andrea's Phantasm outfit.

[Oberon sexton]

Edit: Beat me too it :yay:

[Tron Bonne]

Does anyone remember the name of the comic book that was a superhero parody made in 70s or early 80s that Grant Morrison clains Alan Moore literally ripped off to make Watchmen?

Are you talking about Superfolks? Yeah, apparently Morrison made that claim, but Moore acknowledged influence of that book

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfolks


Grant Morrison (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Morrison) wrote an article in Speakeasy #111 and "n the span of a few paragraphs, Morrison implies that Alan Moore stole the plots for 'Marvelman,' 'Watchmen,' and 'Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?' from Robert Mayer's relatively obscure novel."[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfolks#cite_note-1) When asked about the influence of Superfolks, Moore said that he had read it at some point before writing [I]Marvelman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvelman) but that "it was by no means the only influence, or even a major influence upon my output. I’d still say that Harvey Kurtzman’s Superduperman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superduperman) probably had the preliminary influence, but I do remember Superfolks and finding some bits of it in that same sort of vein."[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfolks#cite_note-2)

[Tron Bonne]

I just read over that article, too, pretty interesting. He kind of rips Morrison a new one really.

[Oberon sexton]

Oh Alan, never change you adorably crazy bugger :hrt:

[Franklin Richards]

I thought he ripped off that episode of Outer Limits. What was it? Hmmmm. Had Robert Culp in it...

Can't member.


:ff: :ff: :ff:

[Mystirious]

You have to love Alan Moore :awesome:

They did. Much much much later. In Epilogue in JLU. It was a cameo but for the older viewers or more familiar fans, you'd recognize Andrea's Phantasm outfit.

Fun on a bun :up:

[Thebumwhowalks]

He didn't sound crazy in that interview, he was just defending himself matter of factly from an attack on his rep. He even said that Grant Morrison admitted later on that he was just trying to make a name for himself doing that, attacking a more famous writer.

and as for the talk of what the writers of BF were thinking...that was actually the first BM movie that had direct influence from the modern comic books, the first two Burtons never felt like they had much of a comic book influence in them at all, bar the basics. That's what I liked about it, it actually felt a bit more like the Batman from the books, of course, it was still nowhere as good as a Batman should have been, but we had to wait a while for those films.

[Thebumwhowalks]

You have to love Alan Moore :awesome:

No you don't, I have read a thread on a comics board with many folk attacking the guy. But, whatever you may think of him and his opinions, it's nice to have someone like him around who will speak matter of factly, speak their mind, so of course, some people like him for that, as it can be quite a rare quality in people.

[Drz]

Are you talking about Superfolks? Yeah, apparently Morrison made that claim, but Moore acknowledged influence of that book

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfolks

Thank you Tronny Bunny. <3

[Franklin Richards]

Architechts of Fear


:up:


A4XbwWAXimI


:doom: :doom: :doom:

[Tron Bonne]

Is that the one where the stage the UFO attacking the White house in an effort to get Russia and America to put off the Cold War? Yeah, I remember reading about that, Moore said someone (Gibbons, maybe?) mentioned it to him and apparently there is some type of homage to it that he wrote in the later issues of Watchmen. I forget exactly what it was and where, though.

[Franklin Richards]

Yeah. That's the one. It mostly revolves around Robert Culp's transformation into a "Thetan". I've had it playing in the background since I posted it.

Great show and series. God, I love old sci-fi and horror.


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[Drz]

Is that the one where the stage the UFO attacking the White house in an effort to get Russia and America to put off the Cold War? Yeah, I remember reading about that, Moore said someone (Gibbons, maybe?) mentioned it to him and apparently there is some type of homage to it that he wrote in the later issues of Watchmen. I forget exactly what it was and where, though.

It's at the end of the novel when Nite Owl and Silk Spectre visit her mother, it's on television. :p

[Thebumwhowalks]

Aye, in the comic you just see a wee speech bubble coming out of the tv in the background announcing it iirc, in the movie you see the episode starting up on the tv screen.

I've always wanted to see that episode, glad you posted it up, thanks, I'll watch it later on.

[Mystirious]

Architechts of Fear


:up:


A4XbwWAXimI


:doom: :doom: :doom:

Thanks for posting that Franklin :)

[Assassin]

Wow there is a third Harold and Kumar movie coming out this year I just noticed :huh:

They are like the modern Cheech and Chong except better because they have Neil Patrick Harris

yea last summer they were filming outside of my store in Detroit. it was so weird having Christmas stuff everywhere in the summer time lol.

[Assassin]

Mysti did you end up seeing Green Lantern?

[Assassin]

What happened to Mr Earle? :(

[Mystirious]

Mysti did you end up seeing Green Lantern?

Yep i went to see it with my girlfriend yesterday :) :up:

[Assassin]

did you like it at all?