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The Gingerdead Man? Gary Busey as a killer Gingerbread Man.

Worse is when it's the only video on Youtube of the thing being recorded. After seeing enough of those, I never made a gaming vid without either FRAPS for PC or a capture card for consoles.

Evolution is reincarnation now? I can get behind that... I think what she meant was that evolution means that we each actually went through our evolutionary stages in our own lifetimes. Like, a gorilla was born, and over millions of years, that gorilla became a person. Though honestly, I'm not totally sure how she thinks it works, since later that day we saw a snake on TV and she remarked "Hey look Chris, it's that snake that used to be a chicken." People like this are near the top of my list of people who annoy me.

People that argue against evolution but clearly have no idea how it works. My cousin today in an argument: "Right, so I'm supposed to believe that I was a gorilla millions of years ago and forgot."

Silence of the Lambs Amazing movie. Good plot, but I mainly liked it for the cast. Jodie Foster is awesome, but of course it's Anthony Hopkins that steals the show. You know he's a good actor when he takes a Complete Monster and does it so well that you don't want him to fail.

It's not even THAT bad, just generic.

Not stupid, hilarious. Annoying when it's a melee from right next to you, but worth if for the lucky shots from across the map. Although I think the names need to be reversed, showstopper doing it to teamate, yoink for saving your own guy.

Thanks for the advice. You're probably right, there must be some way to make it look like it just happened.

From the list of Unusual Deaths on Wikipedia: "2011: Acton Beale, 20, died after falling from a balcony in Brisbane, Australia, the only person known to have died while participating in a fad known as 'planking'" ...so it begins.

Pretty accurate representation of the thread.

All them goddamn trees givin' us oxygen and whatnot. Trees falling down on your car is annoying. I would think a car falling on my tree would be worse. I would think a fall carring on my tree would be worse.

Thread, I come once again to take a drink from your pool of infinite wisdom. I have a "friend" who, while not a bad person, I just plain don't want to hang out with anymore (and really, I never did). We have NOTHING in common, and his sense of humor annoys me, but he still wants to do stuff all the time. As I have said before, I have never felt a need for or actively looked for friends, and most of them came about just as a result of the fact that they know I exist and that I wasn't mean to them. The guy I'm talking about is basically this incarnate. What do I say to him to shake him off? We've known each other for nearly 5 years now, and it's my fault for letting it go for this long, but I can't take it anymore. In his mind, we're best friends, and all of my recent attempts to tell him have just been handwaved. M: I don't want to hang out anymore, it just doesn't really feel like we have a reason to do anything and we don't have much in common. H: Alright, we'll hang out a little later then. He WILL NOT accept it. In his mind, we're best friends. And knowing him, if it does sink in, he may or may not try to get back at me somehow. In other words:

I [bleep]ing hate you.

The combat was better, as well as the hacking. Otherwise, the story wasn't as good, but it still wasn't bad.

Transformers 3 - Was awesome. I was in Montauk for a few days and had plenty of time to watch movies, but the best by far was Dead End. This IMDB review says everything I wanted to say. [spoiler=Wall of Text]Further proof that Hollywood just doesn't get it right anymore. When it comes to the horror genre, simplicity is beyond best. It's the one genre where frequently the more feeble the material, the better it can be. Dead End is an avatar of this principle. The plot is essentially just a concept film; family driving in a car, lost on a road that seems to not end, encountering things beyond explanation along the way. There isn't anything complicated about that and there shouldn't be anything complicated about that. It's a script that builds in on itself, instead of expanding outwards into new territory - yah, I said territory. It doesn't continue to introduce new elements to the fold, in the first 7 minutes it throws it's hands up and says, "this is what you're gonna get, so take it." And I applaud the filmmakers for this. It's something seldom done in the genre these days. All too often do horror scripts follow a formulaic plot that spirals outwards instead of simply just constructing a boxed in realm of the film's reality and then letting the character's react realistically within it. Dare I say it is actually rather Shakespearean in this way? Oh, I dare. Shakespeare was known for creating a story, believable characters and then letting the play unfold as if the characters were realistically responding to the world created around them. This is exactly the scenario with Dead End. It avoids the most common pitfall of the genre; characters that act without logic, without interest and without motivation. It's something scriptwriters should pay considerably more attention to. Characters like these possess some kind of magical power that gives a +20 to any cinematic enjoyment. I cast magic characters! And speaking of those characters, their actions may be realistically responsive, but if it weren't for the remarkably energetic performances of all the cast then all would be for naught. Ray Wise is the man in this movie. He is just badass without being over the top. He has created out of the father a man who is just trapped in an obviously humdrum life and transformed him into someone you just can't help but smile at every time he curses at his family. He is just great. Great, great, great. If I had to recommend the movie for any one single reason, it would be to just enjoy Ray Wise. The rest of the cast is fantastic as well, Wise doesn't eclipse the few other actors there are, but they all compliment each other like they really were a family. It is the definition of on screen chemistry. Now, the question you're asking, is it scary? Yes and No. No, it isn't balls-to-the-wall horror. It does fall prey to the optimism of the genre, but it's excusable and I'll get to that in a minute. The script is kinetic, always driving ahead and only pausing as long as necessary to make a point or get in a scare. It's because of this that the film will never scare the **** out of you, but when it wants to it'll keep your heart rate elevated to the point that you're aware of it enough to say to yourself, "hey, this movie is kinda freaking me out." I respect that. It knows it isn't hardcore, so it does exactly what it should and keeps your blood pumping a little faster than normal throughout. I love that feeling. But I also have a wild imagination and so was consistently prepped for an entry into the negative space of the car windows or emerging ever so slightly from the edge of the woods. And that'll freak my junk out more effectively than what you do see. As for the film falling victim to the optimism of the genre. This is true, but it is appropriately so. It doesn't establish throughout the rest of the movie that it should be taken as the hardest of horror, so no pretending means no disappointment in the end. Oh, and worth an important note for most viewers, there isn't a whole lot of gore, it really does leave a lot up to the imagination (as it should), but what blood there is isn't over the top and there are no CGI scares. Take that for what it's worth, but it's worth a lot to me. That said, I would have preferred a different ending. Not solely because I would have preferred a darker ending, but simply because the ending has an air of unreliability to it. It attempts to mollify the question that the movie never asks, but obviously the viewer will ("what exactly is happening here?") and I felt that wasn't really necessary. I liked that the movie wasn't raising question after question. I liked that it turned its back to the whole issue, so when the events of the last two or three minutes of the film hit the viewer, or me at least, they feel out of place. All in all, this is movie that strips away the gloss and glamour prevalent to the genre as of late, establishes the concept and then happily throws what it's got left at the wall. Yes, it doesn't all stick, but the little things that don't are more than shadowed by the much larger portions that do. Dead End is worth your time and money. Rent it and watch it by yourself or with a date, but not in a group. A group would kill the pleasant intimacy that makes the film work beyond its bounds. I'm hesitant to say instant classic, because obviously it won't be universally so, but it deserves that accolade in my book. Check it out.

I wouldn't mind RWJ so much if was just bad, but he's a textbook douchebag on top of it.

Been playing a lot of GTA IV recently. I never realized just how MASSIVE this game really is. Rockstar created a living, breathing world. I honestly wouldn't mind if the next GTA game were set in this same map, only adding some areas, and also adding more secrets that can't be proven or disproved by digging through code. Ratman may or may not be real for example, and whether he is or not, the idea that he might be and looking for him is fun. So to recap, besides the obvious new missions, SOME new areas, maybe improving the overall "realism" of the world somewhat, and lots more secrets that are hard to confirm or disprove.

Not long, just remember to plant as much as you can once you harvest more so you'll always have a ready supply.

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THIS. That's because you DO need to floss. Your gums bleed when they're scraped because they're weak. Flossing strengthens them. Except that I DO floss. Well. Doesn't help that my dentist practically uses the thing like a pickaxe and the only time it doesn't bleed is when the other guy does it.

THIS.

You see? Sometimes thread derailments can be a good thing.

Well there was this one time... Do tell.

Depends on the container. Restaurants love giving me a mouth full of Sprite.