The Metal Maniac

I like how he kinda glosses over the fact that one of the main villians is Sauruman THE WHITE.

I enjoyed the show muchly when I could see it on TV, but since I no longer can, I don't often watch it. If I can though, I still do, and it's still funny. I think my favorite moment is in the one where Beavis gets a nosebleed; after trying a number of different things, it shows Butthead standing next to an open door. Attached to the knob is a string, which leads off-camera. Butthead slams the door, and you hear Beavis scream as blood goes everywhere. Excellent stuff.

I'd like to point out that Deranged Hermit's Pot and Kettle post was the single best post I've ever seen on this board. A commendable job indeed. My hat is off to you. Well, I don't wear a hat, but the intent is there, dammit!

Lots, BUT... People will (and right now, ARE) talk(ing) about a Garfield movie. We wouldn't even be having this discussion if the movie was about someome else, which I think kinda proves my point, in and of itself. And yeah, you could retort by saying that much of what's being done is complain about the movie, but 1. We're not the target audience and 2. All publicity is good publicity, as some say. I think Garfield actually looks like one would expect - he's a fat orange cat. Not much else to it, really. Question though: as big of a whore as Davis is (don't even kid yourself on this one - Garfield advertises EVERYTHING), do you really think they could've gotten away with making a movie about a fat orange cat who eats a lot without Davis' lawyers having something to say about it? Yeah, they could have made an original movie and bought him off - but as long as they're paying him money, might as well make it be for something; Would you pay money to Tolkien's estate to make a movie called "Lord of the Finger Jewellery"? Thank God for Bill Waterson; he's often said that he'll never sell out Calvin and Hobbes, and I thank him for being one of the few with integrity.

I only saw the first one, but MAAAAAAN...I've never left a theater with so much rage in me before. I went home and wrote a rambling, 3-page manifesto on how terrible that movie was. Man oh man, did I ever fucking hate it. I'd also like to point out that a distinction should be drawn between sequels. I mean, Spider-Man 2 isn't in the same vein as Dumb and Dumberer; Spider-Man has LOTS of different plots and villians - there's just so much stuff that you can tell about Spider-Man that making more then one movie is just good logic. I mean, the movie made a shitload of money, so obviously there's some sort of demand for it - so why not pull another Spider-Man movie out? His story isn't finished, so you may as well keep going. I think the same applies to the X-Men movies and to a lesser extent (because they were made as one movie, really) the Lord of the Rings movies. I think that's just smart strategy; get a character who can PLAUSIBLY continue to have zany adventures and keep going until people tire of it. That's a fair bit different from the lazy-ass, slapped together sequels that could have been about a million different characters, but are instead about characters we've already seen, just so they can cash in on previous popularity. Like, I can see a valid reason for Making Spider-Man 2, or X-Men 3; but why Dumb and Dumberer? I mean, how many adventures can a pair of fucking morons have? I think that's a bit of a difference; some movies come pre-made with logical sequels (assuming the first goes well). Some movies are made, then 4 years later, someone says "Hey, let's make it again, only this time, WORSE!" That bugs the shit outta me.

Good call. I swear to Christ, every strip now is Garfield standing on some flat line (Is it a table? The floor? The counter? We may never know) doing nothing, then John/the mouse/a spider walks up to him, they made some quip that's never funny, and Garfield responds in kind. IT NEVER CHANGES!!! I too, think it's silly that they used a real dog and a CGI cat like that. It just doesn't look right to have the two of them different like that. Lemme ask you a question - Of the following, which would generate a larger response: 1. Garfield the Movie 2. Fat Orange Cat, the Movie The mere fact that it's a movie about Garfield (even if one that's substantially different from the comic strip which, to be fair, you can't really say it is, character-wise, from just that preview) will get people talking about it, because people know who Garfield is. Yeah, they COULD have come up with an all-new character no one has EVER heard of, but no one will talk about that. This thread ALONE is proof that this being Garfield will make people talk about this movie.

I never really had trouble with the Axem Rangers (or Smithy, for that matter) because the first thing I noticed was "This one has healing magic. YOU MUST DIE." I think if you didn't bump Pink off right away, that'd extend the battle by quite a bit. I did it in 20 minutes. At least, I think it was that...whatever the time limit on the fight is if you don't have the right materia, that's how long it took, almost to the second. Granted, I was being REALLY CHEAP and used KotR linked to both HP & MP restorers, then mimed it over and over, but really, I think the fact I was able to use KotR enough to kill the fucking thing within twenty minutes is a feat in and of itself, so nyeah. I don't honestly know what the longest boss battle I've ever been faced with is...it may have been those fucking two Shredders at the end of TMNT II (I fucking shit a brick when I saw I had to fight two of the goddamned bastards) or it may have been Liquid Snake in MGS - if you wanna count losing, then re-trying fairly constantly over like, a 2-week period. Outside of that, I don't really know.

So...the person would travel back in time...but be completely intangible and mute? What would even be the point, then? And if you were completely intangible, wouldn't you fall to the center of the earth? I generally don't buy time travel, on the simple basis that time is a conception of man; It's only measurable by things we made up, like hours and minutes. I don't think it's something you can interact with - I mean, space is just a lot of nothing, but it's still something you can interact with. You can look up into the sky and see it. If you had enough cash, you could fly into it. Time is nothing. It's just something we dreamed up to explain why right now isn't right then, methinks.

I once said something to my cousin that made him laugh so hard he shot toothpaste out of his nose. He said it was painful as all hell. I just laughed.

While that wouldn't surprise me, I would like to point out that recently, Bruce pretty much said "Metallica can TRY to follow an Iron Maiden show, if they like" or something to that extent. He's also verbally ripped them up on stage for their stance on Napster. So it wouldn't surprise me if something like that did happen; doesn't seem like they're fond of each other.

Anything is better then that fucking movie. I could throw my camera out a window and get a better movie then that.

Well, when your competition is Linkin Park, it ain't that hard of a thing to do...

I'm surprised that no one caught on to this... This makes NO SENSE. At all. None. Let's look at this, kayfabe-wise: 1. It's a cross-brand match. Nowhere does it say that the winner will switch brands. So, if, say, Benoit wins the RAW title, does he go back to SD with it? 2. Why would either GM want to allow the winner of the RR to fight the OTHER brands champion? Considering that they're in competition with each other, why would either GM, when someone from their side wins, forfeit having a SD or RAW-only main event match on WM 20? Dammit, there were other things that bugged me about it, but I forgot them. I still think this is a flat-out silly idea.

I can't say that I've ever been bothered by a tailgater. I don't generally care about what's behind me, so long as I ain't getting rear-ended. They wanna sit right behind me? Go right the fuck ahead, it's not like I need to be in that space. I have, however, had people flip me off and curse at me for tailgating them; but I say, if you're driving 60 in an 80 zone, you fucking NEED to speed up, or get off the fucking road. Assholes.

Man, if not for his size, I'd SWEAR that was Yokozuna. Looks a LOT like him, but I doubt Yoko was ever that small. I dunno, man. *Concludes worthless post*

I don't understand why the dogs are being killed. Doesn't conventional logic say that if you're trying to discover whether or not a new medical treatment works, it's probably in your best interest to NOT kill your test subject so you can see how it affects him? Like, why can't they just set the dog's legs and let them heal, so that way they can not only see how fast they heal, but whether or not it would cause any long-term complications? I really don't understand the death part.

About coughing...I've heard that when you cough, it helps open up some airways or something, so that you can breath in better, or something. I dunno exactly what the reasoning was, but I guess there may be something to it...

Ok then...then let's just say that since I came up with that idea in about 2 and a half seconds, the suggested lengths of time could be extended or shortened in order to better fit, but I still think the basic premise is good.

Three minutes isn't that much on PPV. Granted, it's a whole TV match, but on PPV, it ain't much, methinks. And just because the fans don't seem to care is no reason to not try and make them care, you know.

I too, must ask why Steven Hawking is associated with this. I'm against abortions myself, but I mean...what does any of that have to do with Hawking? Is he fiercely anti-abortion or something?

Dames, what do you mean, the other way around? Take in a breath of air, then hit? I dunno man...all this "how-to-smoke" stuff is too complicated for me. I put the joint in in my mouth and breath in. Done and done. Now, if I'm thinking of the same thing, gravity bongs are quite fun. See, what I *think* you people would call a gravity bong, I call a lung. The top half of a pop bottle with a plastic bag attached to it, correct? Yeah...they're fun, if HARSH AS SHIT and thus, not good for just anytime, I think. The only bong I've ever smoked that required someone else to light it was made of...fuck, I don't know what it was. We found like, a 4-foot plastic tube with a base and a cap (and numbers written on the side, like for measuring) in Value Village or something, so we made a bong out of it. The size of it just required that someone else light it - it was too awkward for the smoker themself to do. It was quite the bong. In fact, the night we got that was the first night I got weed-sick. Coincidence? I think not...

I didn't say "dominated". What I said was Holly hits him in the head with many different weapons. I think there's a bit of a difference between hitting someone in the head with a chair to get the advantage and dominating someone, but OK. Also, I figure that going back-and-forth for a bit would make more sense after a weapons beatdown then Brock just no-selling it and dominating. Basically, Holly blows his load on the weapons, and when they're removed from the equation (Brock could either kick them out of the ring where possible, or they could be easily breakable ones) Brock, still groggy, is able to eventually regain the upper hand. Once he has that, of course, he nails a few power moves, and it's no longer the upper hand - it's the clear advantage. From there he squashes. I dunno - I think that Holly coming in with a fast and furious offensive flurry is the best way to get the fans into the match, and from there, the rest writes itself.

All this match needs to be is about 10 minutes long. Make it a Hardcore match, Holly comes running in with all sorts of weapons, hits Brock in the head with them for 3 minutes, back-and-forth stiffness for another few minutes, then Brock takes over and the last few minutes is him murdering Holly dead. Bam. Brock is more over as a killing machine, Holly is nowhere near the main event. Everybody happy? No? Of course not, you're all fucking smarks. Cynical bastards. *Is a cynical bastard*

I honestly can't imagine people blowing smoke in my face for two hours without knowing. You'd think you'd notice that soon enough. Also, to those mentioning the gas mask...I know what I'm doing, dammit. Oh, and THC doesn't NEED to be heated in order to be active. Just because it doesn't work for you, Mole, doesn't mean it don't work, period. And Dama...being high is just like being sober...except that everything's more fun.

I'll take "comments I saw coming from 2 miles away" for a thousand, Alex. Besides, I don't think that really fits here - Iced Earth obviously have strong Maiden influences, and that's not only known of the band, but expected. If you want to hear Iced Earth, then in a way, you want to hear those Maiden influences (Because it's hard to heat them otherwise). Else, I would assume you wouldn't listen to the band. Again though, it's really a matter of preference. I happen to think the guy's an excellent singer. Some, obviously, don't. And I don't really think that CAN be argued any further. Cést la vie.