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Gravity, in 3D...which I would say is pretty much THE way you need to see this movie. 8/10 for the movie, 10/10 for the movie experience. Go see it in 3D, ASAP.
I feel like it is similar to Avatar in that the movie experience itself, when seen in a quality theater with 3D and a solid sound system, is genuinely improved by having done so. That is, the 3D isn't just another gimmick...it actually contributes heavily to the film. The thing is, this blew Avatar out of the water, even in terms of special effects. I've always been a sucker for anything space-related, but my jaw literally dropped in some scenes. It was that good.
All of that jibbajabba aside, this was a genuinely good film aside from the visual spectacle. It had a rare performance by Sandra Bullock that didn't make me grit my teeth at her every line, and George Clooney is his usual hyperconfident self, but together they worked really well and I genuinely grew attached to and pulled for the characters in this - which is much more than most movies seem to achieve. The movie is taut, without any unnecessary fluff, and I really didn't see too many scientific gaffes that would make the ubernerds scoff...pretty impressive for some serious sci-fi.
I feel like it is similar to Avatar in that the movie experience itself, when seen in a quality theater with 3D and a solid sound system, is genuinely improved by having done so. That is, the 3D isn't just another gimmick...it actually contributes heavily to the film. The thing is, this blew Avatar out of the water, even in terms of special effects. I've always been a sucker for anything space-related, but my jaw literally dropped in some scenes. It was that good.
All of that jibbajabba aside, this was a genuinely good film aside from the visual spectacle. It had a rare performance by Sandra Bullock that didn't make me grit my teeth at her every line, and George Clooney is his usual hyperconfident self, but together they worked really well and I genuinely grew attached to and pulled for the characters in this - which is much more than most movies seem to achieve. The movie is taut, without any unnecessary fluff, and I really didn't see too many scientific gaffes that would make the ubernerds scoff...pretty impressive for some serious sci-fi.
Some of the shit you hear at a large show in Missouri would make your stomach turn. You would have to sit through a Sunday morning sermon to hear more BS in a few hours. I have a very love/hate relationship with this state and its populace.Jay wrote:
The gun control people spurred him to buy his mini arsenal. Funny how that works.Mutantbear wrote:
a gun fanatic in CT what a surpriseJay wrote:
I stayed at my cousins house in CT last weekend and he used that time to whip out his gun collection. First thing I did was clear every weapon he set down in front of me
Just got the M&P for $410(+ tax...), new, at a relatively large gun show here in KC. It seemed like a decent price for not having to deal with having it shipped to me. I guess you gotta start somewhere. Now on to getting a CCW...
Africa is in dire need of individuals willing to lend a helping hand. It is also in dire need of progressing past religious fanaticism. I sort of have to agree with everything Ze Russkie said, especially the fact that it's nice to see someone doing good for the underprivileged, regardless of their reasons...Shahter wrote:
big difference. they are empowering churches when they could be empowering schools. they are helping those people from stone age to dark ages when they could be working on uplifting them into 21st century. they are doing this in the name of the fucking jesus with his burning bush and a talking snake, when they could be doing it simply because it's a good thing to do. think about it for a second - what exactly does the god-schtick add to this anyway? remove it and nothing is lost, even gained in some respects. personally, i'm definitely put off by the religious side of this.unnamednewbie13 wrote:
What difference does it really make?
p.s. that said, atg, you are doing a good thing, regardless of your reasons. you have my respect, man.
This guyAdams_BJ wrote:
Who karma'd me about the video
I go from: basic cable and not having any DVR, coupled with 15mbps cable, for about $80 a month total...unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Holy shit, another $50/mo just for TV? I'd rather watch hulu.
...to having full HD cable with two TV boxes, a dedicated 2 TB drive to store up to 500hrs of HD (with the option to record up to 8 simultaneous shows, or some other ridiculous #), and the newest Nexus tablet to do with as I please. And gigabit internet. For $40 more than I currently pay. IMO, it doesn't seem like such a bad deal in that context.
Honestly, their "free" internet - 5mbit guaranteed free from monthly charges for 7 years if you simply pay the one-time install fee of $300, which comes out to about $3.60/month - was a tempting deal...
...but sometimes you just gotta
Google Fiber + full (HD) cable package, for $120/month + free install, officially confirmed.
Suck it, Time Warner.
Suck it, Time Warner.
You can also do that with Rainbow flipflops, which are quite nice. They fit my feet better than any other I've ever worn, and the leather has maintained that fit for years.Jay wrote:
Buy them once and you can trade them in every year for a brand new replacement
It takes about 3 years before you need to even consider replacing them, from my experience. If you lived someplace like SoCal and wore them constantly you might be looking at yearly replacement, I suppose.
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I basically want DayZ without the zeds. Somewhere between The Road and Mad Max, just bandits/survivors with a very similar loot system to what DayZ has (or at least that mods of DayZ have). Modded DayZ servers pull this off infinitely better than ARMA's Wasteland mod manages, but there are still undead to deal with. Once you've played the game it just becomes second nature to avoid/deal with them, so they become more a part of the scenery and serve little more purpose than to clue you in on player movements in your vicinity...which is obviously far from ideal in a "zombie horror survival" game.
I'm not sure if there are really as many things wrong with this post as I perceive, or if I'm being very easily manipulated...Spearhead wrote:
You can tell just by watching it that they stuffed a 600 page novel into a 2-3 hour movie. It'd be like making Harry Potter 1-7 into a single movie. Information overload... incoherent plot... and what the fuck was that thing in the top hat. Seriously. People who say they like this movie must be emotionally manipulated very easily...Kimmmmmmmmmmmm wrote:
yeah, it's all about the weave here once the stories settle in.. halle barry, ' i catch ya'
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everyone connected, sacrifice non stop fight believe ..wholesome./
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I liked this movie. It wasn't great, but it was long and kept my full attention for the entirety, which is saying something I suppose.
It gave me the impression that the source novel might be worth reading.
Say the above quote to your parents. They could probably use a good laugh.Macbeth wrote:
I resent children for the burden they place on me.
The kids' parents are who you should focus your resentment on. There are definitely bad seeds out there, but the majority of misbehavior stems from parents who fail to lay down solid boundaries and discipline their children properly.
Strap 'em in jai alai helmets.Jay wrote:
Someone really needs to design a helmet for the pitchers. People keep getting hurt badly
It will be a terribly hard sell at first, but will probably eventually happen in some form or another. And it will probably grandfather in like helmets in hockey...
I sadly have to agree.Uzique The Lesser wrote:
...hitting nail squarely on head ....
I still play DayZ because the PvP can be good fun with a group of friends, but the "survival" aspect of the game long ago lost any charm that it may have had at the start. The zombies are just godawful and it features one of the more obtuse inventory systems ever devised, as well as countless bugs that I have since adapted to but which were maddening as a new player. I will probably play ARMA 3 and skip DayZ, unless something drastic happens between now and launch.
Yet.Uzique The Lesser wrote:
it's probably the fact corporations don't have the power to come and arrest you in the middle of the night.Macbeth wrote:
I think it is strange that people are angry at the government for having all of this info but don't mind a corporation having it. People need to think about that.
lesser of two evils.
Her?Jay wrote:
2 episodes into AD and it's crap. Wifey loves it though
I can understand when I read headlines calling it "funny but flawed", or the like, but crap is kind of a stretch. Didn't care for the 'original' series at all?
I would have to say as even a devoted fan that it took several episodes before the 4th season started to improve, but I'm over halfway through and have been pretty pleased so far. It's a show that rewards watching multiple episodes (and multiple viewings per, at that).
I can't name m(any?) current comedies that are better.
Tesla are building "supercharge" stations that take about an hour to do a full charge (I think the way they are advertising is 30min for a half-charge).DrunkFace wrote:
Not to mention 'fast' charge is very misleading, it still takes a few hours. Not at all comparable to the 2-3mins to fill your tank with petrol.
Right now I think they have 20-30 of them on the East Coast, but plan to expand nationwide...something along those lines. They seem to be moving rapidly in the right direction.
I watched it last weekend on a whim, without knowing a thing about it...Kimmmmmmmmmmmm wrote:
lol Iron Manc - I'd rather see that than Iron man...
anyone watch the Place beyond the pines? ill just drop into the netflix anyway.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhb2F5df4Vg
I don't even know what I would rank it on a 10 scale, but I will say that it is a good film, just not one you will want to watch many times over, nor one you really want to recommend to people without some disclaimers.
It's somewhere between Gone Baby Gone and Schindler's List on the depressing scale, and it takes its sweet time progressing the plot. That said, there are some solid acting performances in it, and Bradley Cooper was actually a lot better than I expected.
Netflix was the wise choice, is the point I'm getting at.
Without sound it was hard to tell if the dumbasses or the idiots won that one.
Put it in a closed plastic bag. The ethylene gas it's slowly giving off will be trapped and help ripen it faster.Winston_Churchill wrote:
i wish there was a way to make fruit ripen in a minute. this mango on my desk is taunting me
Doesn't work for every fruit, but I'd bet it works on mangoes.
So basically, they should remake BF2 with all the modern bells and whistles and decent netcode, sans the blinding, over-done lens flare...
I'd buy that before buying whatever BF4 is going to be.
I'd buy that before buying whatever BF4 is going to be.
That is beyond fucked up.
Berezovsky dead of, wait for it, "apparent suicide". Shocking.
BF2 was a game you could easily sink a few hours into. BF3 can be fun, but the longest I can play it is about 2-3 rounds, even if I'm doing well. It just has too many literal, glaring flaws, primarily that combat feels sketchy as fuck due to the terrible netcode. It's not a good sign if you pretty much have to be intoxicated to enjoy a particular game.
@Spear, my problem is with "Premium exclusivities":
Getting content early is one thing - buying Premium was essentially a bulk pre-order, and getting stuff early for pre-ordering isn't bad in my book. It's more the Premium-only server option that was introduced, that irks me. Why servers actually choose to enable it is beyond me, but it's bullshit for me to load up Battlelog - having paid $80 for the game (a Limited Edition pre-order) + DLC content I own - and to essentially be unable to play because there are no populated, non-Premium-only servers for me to join. I guess you could pass the blame to the server operators for choosing to enable that optional feature, but I cannot think of why the option even exists other than to shoehorn more stubborn/discerning consumers like myself into buying Premium. That bothers me. It sounds like a small thing, but when it keeps you from even being able to attempt to play the game/content you've purchased, it becomes a pretty big issue.
@Spear, my problem is with "Premium exclusivities":
Getting content early is one thing - buying Premium was essentially a bulk pre-order, and getting stuff early for pre-ordering isn't bad in my book. It's more the Premium-only server option that was introduced, that irks me. Why servers actually choose to enable it is beyond me, but it's bullshit for me to load up Battlelog - having paid $80 for the game (a Limited Edition pre-order) + DLC content I own - and to essentially be unable to play because there are no populated, non-Premium-only servers for me to join. I guess you could pass the blame to the server operators for choosing to enable that optional feature, but I cannot think of why the option even exists other than to shoehorn more stubborn/discerning consumers like myself into buying Premium. That bothers me. It sounds like a small thing, but when it keeps you from even being able to attempt to play the game/content you've purchased, it becomes a pretty big issue.
BF3+expansions were an extended beta that many were so kind to pay for at each step of the way. It provided a flagship title to launch Origin with, to work out some of the kinks from Battlelog, and let them "perfect" the PC-console bastardization of the series.
The best BF4 CAN be is a "best of both worlds", which is essentially a guarantee of failure to meet expectations from the PC crowd. How many promises for BF3 were met upon release? That game was/is a botched mess to this day, and it was (supposedly) in development for longer than BF4 has been. I have extreme doubts about BF4 presenting anything further than what BF3 already has, which is to say...mediocrity.
And the parties responsible for envisioning Premium exclusivities should have their genitals slathered in honey and dipped in a hill of fire ants. Unfortunately, I'm sure that gem of a marketing plan was the first thing on the list of bullshit ideas to carry-over...
The best BF4 CAN be is a "best of both worlds", which is essentially a guarantee of failure to meet expectations from the PC crowd. How many promises for BF3 were met upon release? That game was/is a botched mess to this day, and it was (supposedly) in development for longer than BF4 has been. I have extreme doubts about BF4 presenting anything further than what BF3 already has, which is to say...mediocrity.
And the parties responsible for envisioning Premium exclusivities should have their genitals slathered in honey and dipped in a hill of fire ants. Unfortunately, I'm sure that gem of a marketing plan was the first thing on the list of bullshit ideas to carry-over...
If it has the same netcode as BF3, it's a no-go.
That's a whole lotta science to drop all at one time.
I'm not sure what Premium sells for now, but I would've offered the advice of just buying the last 2 DLCs if that would have been cheaper.Spearhead wrote:
Close Quarters -- horrible.Macbeth wrote:
Hour and 20 minutes later and the download is at 53%. I have 3 more DLCs to download after this. Never buying anything from the PSN ever again.
Armored Kill -- too big for consoles
Aftermath -- good
End game -- good
The only thing that seemed worth getting in CQ were weapons, and Armored Kill was just fail on a grand scale.
First snow day in what feels like a decade, pre-emptively announced for tomorrow. And it gets me out of a practical examination as well.
Beer + hockey in my near future.
Beer + hockey in my near future.
BBQ sauce was invented for this reason.Adams_BJ wrote:
ribs are pretty good, but they need a good marinade/sauce. Not that amazing plain.
AIDS is 'cured' by keeping HIV from progressing to AIDS...the AIDS never happens, but the person will still have some degree of HIV infection.
Which is somewhat different than being able to cure someone with AIDS already.
You're not wrong, I just sort of viewed it from a different standpoint.
Which is somewhat different than being able to cure someone with AIDS already.
You're not wrong, I just sort of viewed it from a different standpoint.
I believe so. You develop HIV, it progresses, once your CD4 count is low enough you have full-blown AIDS.jord wrote:
Wouldn't it be the other way around?Jaekus wrote:
AIDS has recently said to be curable, or close to being curable. HIV is still not, but it is no longer the death sentence it once was and with proper treatment people can now live normal, healthy lives.
I have a feeling both cancers(or the vast majority of them) and AIDS will effectively be "cured" in our lifetimes, in that if they are caught early enough they will be completely curable, but once they progress past a certain point of no return there is still nothing for modern medicine to do. As of right now, we are getting to that point with some types of cancer, and HIV/AIDS treatments are lightyears beyond what they were 10+ years ago.
Someone with such a condition may not appear to be the "best choice" for an immigration slot, but if they are in fact a potentially successful professional, why would we deny them? They may well be able to afford the necessary treatments once they immigrate and land a better paying job than they had back home.
I can understand not wanting to "waste" slots on deathly ill applicants who simply may want better medical care to see them through to the end (essentially seeking hospice in a better environment), but I see no reason why HIV/AIDS would be an automatic rejection. That said, two applicants being equal in all other ways, I would take the one without the life-threatening condition.
Orders the same thing, often, from Subway? Quite the gourmand?Winston_Churchill wrote:
all the guys who work late night subway by my house know my roommate's name and his order off by heart
Galaxy S3 was/is my first Android phone, and it is so, so much better than using an iPhone IMO.Canin wrote:
What do you use to transfer music and photos to and from on an Android phone? I am used to using Zune for my current phone, which would be one reason to stay with a Windows phone.
Moving music/pictures/whatever to it is as easy as plugging it into your PC and dragging the files over into the proper folder (it can be accessed simply like any removable drive, and there are folders named in straightforward fashion... "Music", "Photos", etc.). It will simply sync for a minute, and then you are good to go - pull up the music player or photo viewer, and everything you added will now be visible.
I shouldn't assume that other Android phones operate in the same fashion, but my guess is they are pretty comparable.
While the novel may be "children's fantasy", I think Mr. Jackson took that too much to heart and intentionally dumbed-down aspects that didn't need it - which felt very reminiscent of Jar-Jar Binks feeling so awkwardly forced and out of place in Episode I. Kids would have still loved the movie if it had kept the slightly darker edge/feel that LotR had...I saw all of those movies in theatres, and there were no shortages of obnoxious children in attendance.PrivateVendetta wrote:
As it's been said before, you are aware it was a children's book, right?DrunkFace wrote:
The Hobbit - 6/10
And that's probably being generous. It honestly felt like Jackson was just riding the lotr success and phoning this movie (trilogy) in. The story/script felt very disjointed and hastily put together with little concern for pacing. The visuals looked worse then lotr which is now a decade old. The constant reliance on circumstantial luck rather then skill, guile or inventiveness of the protagonists to escape or overcome obstacles became tiresome. The childish humour felt out of place and some senses (eg. the rock giants) added nothing to the movie and made no sense to be there.
For me, it felt like Jackson has lost the passion and precision to detail he had with lotr and close enough was good enough this time around and it really does show.
Saying that, the Goblin PG violence was the let down for me.
If you are going to take a standard-sized childrens fantasy novel, several hundred pages in length, and turn it into a trilogy of 3 hour CGI-fests...well, I'm not sure how movies like that could NOT have issues with pacing and lots of useless filler and contrived plot elements tossed in for little added effect.
also,
7 Psychopaths: 7/10
Ultraviolence and black humor. It started dragging for a bit at around 3/4 of the way through the film, but overall it was enjoyable. Walken stole the show for the most part (which I expected), Sam Rockwell was good as usual, and Colin Farrell was actually better than usual.
A dvd screener? The main negative in terms of quality were the tiny blurred out watermarks.
The movie itself was simply nowhere near the quality of any LotR film, but it was far from terrible...it just left me feeling indifferent, hence the 6(ish) out of 10. The goblins were terribly underwhelming, and that whole part of the movie (which is a significant portion) could have been done in much more menacing fashion. JMO.
@newbie, since when can you not criticize something that was free?
The movie itself was simply nowhere near the quality of any LotR film, but it was far from terrible...it just left me feeling indifferent, hence the 6(ish) out of 10. The goblins were terribly underwhelming, and that whole part of the movie (which is a significant portion) could have been done in much more menacing fashion. JMO.
@newbie, since when can you not criticize something that was free?
Argo: 8/10.
Well-paced and well-directed. Ben Affleck's acting in Argo was far from amazing compared to a lot of the other cast members, and given the fact that he is in the lead role I would have to say it was the weakest aspect of the film. Ironically, it may still have been his best effort as starring role, so I guess he pulled it off even if it was done in unexceptional fashion.
I don't know if it deserves the high acclaim it has received (the "USA, rah rah rah!" effect?), but it's still a good watch.
The Hobbit: 6-ish/10
A somewhat enjoyable spectacle, but it was long-winded and overly drawn out, simply for the sake of being...long-winded and drawn out. Glad I didn't pay to see it in a theatre.
Killing Them Softly: 7/10
This was similar to Argo in that the lead (Brad Pitt) may have very well been the weakest link in the film - he was really good in some of the scenes, but definitely phoned it in for others. The pacing was also a bit up and down, with superfluous scenes making it drag in a couple of parts, but it was a decent crime drama on the whole.
Well-paced and well-directed. Ben Affleck's acting in Argo was far from amazing compared to a lot of the other cast members, and given the fact that he is in the lead role I would have to say it was the weakest aspect of the film. Ironically, it may still have been his best effort as starring role, so I guess he pulled it off even if it was done in unexceptional fashion.
I don't know if it deserves the high acclaim it has received (the "USA, rah rah rah!" effect?), but it's still a good watch.
The Hobbit: 6-ish/10
A somewhat enjoyable spectacle, but it was long-winded and overly drawn out, simply for the sake of being...long-winded and drawn out. Glad I didn't pay to see it in a theatre.
Killing Them Softly: 7/10
This was similar to Argo in that the lead (Brad Pitt) may have very well been the weakest link in the film - he was really good in some of the scenes, but definitely phoned it in for others. The pacing was also a bit up and down, with superfluous scenes making it drag in a couple of parts, but it was a decent crime drama on the whole.
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Professional school debt is a very first-world problem, no?Macbeth wrote:
Don't complain about your debt. The free market set it. Who are you to question the fresh market?
Cheap, not free.
Dental school in Kansas City.
The education fees alone are close to $120k, and each semester is 22-24 credit hours so literally no one works outside of perhaps a few hours a week as a lab TA or maybe at the desk in the library.
So factor in close to $20k a year for subsistence and that's at least $200,000.
And I have 2 bachelor's degrees from before dental school.
So long as I graduate and find employment paying it off is not really that big of a deal, and dentists have a very low unemployment rate. The immensity of the amount is just finally sinking in, though...
(not to mention the costs associated with opening and/or operating a practice. I can see why some people just join the military....)
The education fees alone are close to $120k, and each semester is 22-24 credit hours so literally no one works outside of perhaps a few hours a week as a lab TA or maybe at the desk in the library.
So factor in close to $20k a year for subsistence and that's at least $200,000.
And I have 2 bachelor's degrees from before dental school.
So long as I graduate and find employment paying it off is not really that big of a deal, and dentists have a very low unemployment rate. The immensity of the amount is just finally sinking in, though...
(not to mention the costs associated with opening and/or operating a practice. I can see why some people just join the military....)
On track to have over a quarter of a million dollars in accumulated student loan debt. And it FEELS GREAT
And I'm pretty sure I heard some heavily accented "World Star Hiphop" shoutouts at the end...AussieReaper wrote:
If you skip to 36 seconds in, the assassin explains why he attempted the murder.
Spoiler (highlight to read):
YOLO!
What goes on the front of an Amero?
He cleans up well though...El Beardo wrote:
There are a lot of job opportunities @Walmart that don't involve greeting people at doorways or stocking shelves at night...
Management or people working in the control areas of distribution centers are going to be making ~$40k+ with acceptable benefits, and from the people I know who work in such capacities, they are relatively cake jobs. For someone starting out, and especially in regions where Walmart is particularly concentrated, it's not such a bad route to take if you can stomach working for Walmart. That seems to be the biggest hangup - the stigma of the name....
Management or people working in the control areas of distribution centers are going to be making ~$40k+ with acceptable benefits, and from the people I know who work in such capacities, they are relatively cake jobs. For someone starting out, and especially in regions where Walmart is particularly concentrated, it's not such a bad route to take if you can stomach working for Walmart. That seems to be the biggest hangup - the stigma of the name....
Elizardbeth, "Liz"
I can relate to getting a pet you absolutely don't want. It's about the worst gift you can possibly give someone. (Here's unwanted responsibility! Enjoy!)
My parents gave me a pygmy hedgehog when I was like 11, and I already had a dog and a cat...so I received something you basically can't pet, or really hold without it poking you and making you itch like crazy, and instead have to learn to "enjoy" just looking at and cleaning up after it...
My parents gave me a pygmy hedgehog when I was like 11, and I already had a dog and a cat...so I received something you basically can't pet, or really hold without it poking you and making you itch like crazy, and instead have to learn to "enjoy" just looking at and cleaning up after it...