BafflingBeerMan

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  1. I'd watch it.

    Don't know if I wouldn't complain about it afterwards, but I'd still go see it.
  2. Remember, everyone associated with Glee Club is a loser in their own way. Santana, or anyone in that group, being excited for Breadsticks seems like typical M.O. for the show to illustrate that point.
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Shatterghost View Post
    Also if I'm right, wouldn't this be the most mainstream pop culture exposure of the movie since it first came out?
    The Drew Carey Show had a musical episode that pitted Rocky Horror vs. Priscilla: Queen of the Desert.

    Though it the Rocky Horror bit was shorter, it lives on in syndication.
  4. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Cowman View Post
    They also poo their pants.

    Wait, so does that mean I'm "naturally inclined" to pooing my pants?


    Ha HA! Loophole!! Suck it Mr. Toilet!
    Pants are a fascist oppressor! Down with pants!

    In all serious, well as much as one can be serious with poop, pooping one's pants is not natural, because wearing pants is not natural. Clothing is a construct made first for the protection they give us and now for the societal implications of nudity. One can hardly say whether or not pooping pants is something humans would naturally do, because, well pants wearing to begin with isn't natural (past the point where it would provide some environmental defense)!

    Once again...POOP!
  5. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    Yes, lots of times - they're still just little and learning.
    But if being nice is the default setting for humans, why would toddlers have to learn that?

    You'd think that a toddler's mind, unencumbered with societal guidelines would act "naturally," which would be whatever default setting we start at.
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    Yes there is - the default setting for humans is to be nice to each other.
    I don't think the default setting is to be nice as much as it is to withstand/tolerate/group together.

    Can that include being nice? Sure. But I don't think early nomadic man was particular nice to rival groups, nor even that kind within their own group (I don't really see nomadic man, for example, giving large portions of their food supply to the weak or the infirmed. Some, sure, but not most).

    Now, you can say, with civilization came the more "innate" niceness. But then again, then it would be something programmed into us by society, not purely our nature, and something that could be programmed out, after a thousand or so years of various Beast Wars and Battle Bots.
  7. I liked it, but I felt a lot of the growth/epiphanies were unearned in the longview:

    Rachel suddenly realizing she is a bad person and throwing the competition.
    Artie losing his virginity and then immediately regretting it.

    Then again, Mike Chang not only had a lot of great lines, but he also sung!
  8. Even the Romans were entertained by the stupidity of animals attacking other people.
  9. A quick look at his Wiki page, he was mainly a foil for Green Arrow.
  10. Quote:
    Originally Posted by SethChupra View Post
    How can you even call that a reunion?
    With out Lloyd and Tom Wilson, it's not a reunion, And Shue wasn't even in the first one.
    I haven't yet read the article, but there is also a MJF and Lea reunion in EW this week. It is a big Reunion Special, with reunions for LotR, Alias, BttF, and others.
  11. But isn't Clock King in someone else's Rogue Gallery and was only a Batman foe in TAS?
  12. By Your Bootstraps does sound like it may be it, and I did read a lot of Heinlein growing up, but "Diktor" doesn't sound as menacing as I thought the despot was and I thought there were more odd (and subtle) warnings than "Joe."

    I also thought the main character had no idea what time travel was until some ways into the story.
  13. I want to see the Jackass movie, but on cable, where all the real naughty bits will be edited out.

    The first two Jackass movies are great to watch on TV late at night for some cheap laughs before bed.
  14. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay View Post
    Showtunes are America's past time.
    So that's why it takes twenty minutes to sing the National Anthem before those games!
  15. Okay, this story I read growing up has recently been rattling around in my brain. I remember being impressed with its use of time travel...

    Basically, it is centered on this one guy, a normal guy, who is going through his normal day. Except, he wakes up to a strange phone call from someone trying to warn him. Then, crossing the street, he nearly gets run over. Some other weird things happen around him, and eventually, he is able to time travel. He goes into the future where a despotic ruler with a beard has this future nation under his iron grip. The leader mocks and degrades the guy. Soon after, the guy travels back in time in this land and tries to warn the people about this leader who will rise up. While waiting for the leader, the guy becomes more and more crazed and grows a beard to show the people who they have to look out for. Of course, he really is the original leader and he has gone crazy. Also, we learn throughout the story that the earlier near-misses are his future selves trying to prevent the guy from traveling through time.

    So, any ideas?
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Nericus View Post
    That was a nice Back to the Future recreation, but it sure looks like in Michael J Fox's closeup that he was really fighting to keep still from his Parkinson's despite his medication.

    The reunion should be fun to watch though as I thought he and Christopher Lloyd were one of those rare teams that occur in movies that just work well together. Like Mel and Danny for the Lethal Weapons and Ford and Connery for the third Indy Jones.
    Unfortunately, I think you are right about MJF and fighting tremors in the promo. It is so sad that he has Parkinson's. He still looks good though. I have heard he is in much better condition now then he was a few years ago. Highly recommend his autobiography "Lucky Man."

    And, unfortunately, I don't think Lloyd will be at the reunion. Last I heard, it will only be Fox, Lea Thompson and Elizabeth Shue.
  17. Maybe Ishould retype out (and save) my idea on how to incorporate The Riddler into Nolan's Universe without him seeming to be a Joker Clone.

    A one sentence summary: make him test Bat's mental/detective ability while trying to suss out his real identity.
  18. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay View Post
    Funny story: While I was in the shower this morning, I was thinking about this conversation and this exact point hit me.

    Not my best point.
    On a funny related note, I have Team America's song parody of Rent stuck in my head.
  19. BafflingBeerMan

    South Park 10/13

    Gotta love Sheila's nom de guerre/plume!
  20. After pain, we teach it love, and then it explodes.

    So, we have a backup plan if it goes wrong.
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Wayfarer View Post
    I have absolutely no interest in Jackass 3D while I might make a rare trip to the theater to see Red. I think Red looks like a fun movie and I'm hoping it will have more box office appeal than a movie about a bunch of idiots doing idiotic things. And I'm hoping the public has a much higher opinion of Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, and Helen Mirren than they do of Michael Cera.
    Exactly.

    Much more star power behind Red than Scott Pilgrim.