Author Topic: Good Morning, 2010! The Princess' Diary Intarwebs Edition (Read 116421 times)

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #825 on:** May 01, 2010, 01:58:22 AM »

Quote from: Grefter on May 01, 2010, 12:17:37 AM

What the fuck? Go get that movie. Go get the sequel. Those are two movies that anyone with any vague liking of cinema should watch.

I don't like cinema that much.

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #826 on:** May 01, 2010, 02:04:42 AM »

FACT: Anyone who hasn't seen the first two Terminator movies is legally retarded.

Taishyr · « **Reply #827 on:** May 01, 2010, 02:21:37 AM »

Then I'm glad to say that legally retarded people seem to be more intelligent than you.

Cotigo · « **Reply #828 on:** May 01, 2010, 02:47:17 AM »

Quote from: AndrewRogue on April 30, 2010, 07:16:47 AM

And thus Andrew begins his first shift of night audit. Will he stay awake? Only time will tell.

Night audit's a lot of fun, more than the regular shifts anyway. You get to deal with all the crazies!

DjinnAndTonic · « **Reply #829 on:** May 01, 2010, 03:06:29 AM »

Sadly, Yoshi, Summer Glau is -not- in any of the Terminator movies. She is only in the TV series. So, no Firefly hype for the Arnold movies.

Yoshiken · « **Reply #830 on:** May 01, 2010, 03:10:44 AM »

Man. Now I have no reason to want to watch them again.

AAA · « **Reply #831 on:** May 01, 2010, 03:15:48 AM »

Stop talking to those who haven't seen the first two Terminator films, Rob. It makes them think they're actual people.

Grefter · « **Reply #832 on:** May 01, 2010, 04:41:59 AM »

Quote from: Jo'ou Ranbu on May 01, 2010, 01:58:22 AM

Quote from: Grefter on May 01, 2010, 12:17:37 AM
What the fuck? Go get that movie. Go get the sequel. Those are two movies that anyone with any vague liking of cinema should watch.

I don't like cinema that much.

What the fuck is wrong with you?

Edit - And goddamn people, Terminator and Terminator 2 aren't just any action movie or Arnold movie, they are James Cameron movies. The guy makes a movie like on an average once every four years? He is almost as amazing as Scorsese is and far more accessible at the same time. His movies are often prototypical Hollywood blockbusters, but that is misleading. They aren't JUST prototypical blockbusters. They are THE blockbusters, they are the things that everything else is trying to be when they do that shit. Sometimes it isn't just about a huge budget to make a huge profit, they are huge budgets to make fucking amazing movies of a scope that just plain can't be done on a small budget. He doesn't piss away the money on cheap gimmicks, what he does he does for a reason, even Avatar which I have no inclination to see (because the gimmick is one that makes me physically illEdit 2 - To clarify I mean this as like actually makes me fell like throwing up, not hyperbole of it being bad) is something that is worthy of respect and is far from just money down the drain.

Watch this shit and remember that it is the benchmark that everything like it is measured against.

SageAcrin · « **Reply #833 on:** May 01, 2010, 05:26:43 AM »

Also they're both genuinely good movies. Well, T2 is. Terminator 1 is so-so.

For me to say this about action movies means you should watch them. I don't say that about action movies. I'm not sure Die Hard's a genuinely good movie, separated from it's camp value(which is impossible to do). Never mind that both Terminators do the camp value execution well.

Grefter · « **Reply #834 on:** May 01, 2010, 05:28:21 AM »

Die Hard is in fact a good movie without the camp value.

Shale · « **Reply #835 on:** May 01, 2010, 05:33:17 AM »

Quote from: Grefter on May 01, 2010, 04:41:59 AM

Edit - And goddamn people, Terminator and Terminator 2 aren't just any action movie or Arnold movie, they are James Cameron movies. The guy makes a movie like on an average once every four years?
...
His movies are often prototypical Hollywood blockbusters, but that is misleading. They aren't JUST prototypical blockbusters. They are THE blockbusters, they are the things that everything else is trying to be when they do that shit. Sometimes it isn't just about a huge budget to make a huge profit, they are huge budgets to make fucking amazing movies of a scope that just plain can't be done on a small budget. He doesn't piss away the money on cheap gimmicks, what he does he does for a reason, even Avatar which I have no inclination to see (because the gimmick is one that makes me physically ill) is something that is worthy of respect and is far from just money down the drain.

Watch this shit and remember that it is the benchmark that everything like it is measured against.

This. Seriously. Terminator is a classic. T2 is basically the genesis of the summer blockbuster as we know it today, and it got that way for a reason. They are damned good.

SageAcrin · « **Reply #836 on:** May 01, 2010, 06:37:51 AM »

Quote from: Grefter on May 01, 2010, 05:28:21 AM

Die Hard is in fact a good movie without the camp value.

Yeah, but how can you tell?

NotMiki · « **Reply #837 on:** May 01, 2010, 06:38:53 AM »

Because of the scene with the duct tape.

Grefter · « **Reply #838 on:** May 01, 2010, 06:43:33 AM »

And the lengths they went to for that famous shot of Gruber being dropped. And the fact that the entire movie is so tense (The claustrophobia that they help generate by making him get around in vents!). The attention to detail taken with regards to him losing his shoes. The misdirection with them shutting down the power to get access to the vault and the way it is presented to the audience as a grand reveal and actually manages to make you give a shit. The fact that the movie works fantastically if you ignore the plot regarding John McClane and his wife.

Just so much good in that movie.

SageAcrin · « **Reply #839 on:** May 01, 2010, 09:41:29 AM »

Stop making me regret not having seen Die Hard in long enough to forget the details about it.

(Terminator mom watched so many times that I cannot forget it, and I actively like T2 myself so I can't forget that either.)

OblivionKnight · « **Reply #840 on:** May 01, 2010, 04:10:49 PM »

...god, hilarious. I think this comic about sums up the past two days:

http://xkcd.com/714/

In other news, presentation today, then I actually get to relax a bit. Yay.

Scar · « **Reply #841 on:** May 01, 2010, 06:05:48 PM »

In Die Hard's defense, the damn movie did have Carl fucking Winslow in it!

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #842 on:** May 01, 2010, 06:41:44 PM »

Terminator 2 has Big Mike.

superaielman · « **Reply #843 on:** May 01, 2010, 07:32:09 PM »

Got to tour the Jefferson Labs today. The good: Hanging out with Pyro the night before, borrowing a Wii, getting to see inside of the accelerator.

The bad: The place was really crowded; I was surprised by the volume of people. The heat didn't help matters either. Falling asleep at 11pm was kind of lame too. The really bad: Tunnel traffic on the way back. Ajlksdfsljdksdjfsd to that.

Hunter Sopko · « **Reply #844 on:** May 01, 2010, 07:41:00 PM »

Quote from: Scar on May 01, 2010, 06:05:48 PM

In Die Hard's defense, the damn movie did have Carl fucking Winslow in it!

Yeah. Die Hard is a kickass prequel to Family Matters. The timeline of Carl's life goes like this.

Chuck Christmas Episode -> Die Hard -> Family Matters

Grefter · « **Reply #845 on:** May 02, 2010, 01:28:34 AM »

Computer is still broken, but I am making pancakes and I am listening to Angus and Julia Stone on my decent stereo equipment, so I guess everything is alright still. Just took a couple of days of bitterness and cynicism to pull myself up out of the funk and go back to just loving the music.

Which reminds me I totally need to dig out one of my Parliment albums to listen to on the sound system.

DjinnAndTonic · « **Reply #846 on:** May 03, 2010, 03:19:19 AM »

Oh oh oh new phrase for going down on a girl: "Kissing the uncanny valley"

Ultradude · « **Reply #847 on:** May 03, 2010, 06:02:09 AM »

Oh hey, talking about movies...

All I can really add is to throw in another 'fuck yeah T2' really.

In other news, classes are almost over for Spring and now I need to find a summer job and a mode of transportation, and get things squared away for classes next Fall at a reasonable time for once. Fun fun fun.

Cotigo · « **Reply #848 on:** May 03, 2010, 06:08:13 AM »

Only works if the girl is a robot. You are in Japan though so I guess it's a safe bet.

OblivionKnight · « **Reply #849 on:** May 04, 2010, 08:40:02 PM »

God...today was awesome on rounds. I love the Nephrology service.

Attending: "So, we dialyzed her, she looks good otherwise. How long do we need to treat the steno for?"
Me: "10 more days - send her on Bactrim DS at home, she'll be good"
Attending: "Fabulous. All her other labs look good?"
Intern: "BNP came back a bit off"
Attending: "That's it? What was it?"
Intern: "It's OVER 9000!"
Attending: "What?! 9000?!"

...awesome >_>

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Author Topic: Good Morning, 2010! The Princess' Diary Intarwebs Edition (Read 116421 times)

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