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I feel so very stupid. Point stands though. Plus I'll take 'Stealing people's Mail" over any 'funny' song Green Day's ever done. I still like Green Day's early stuff OK. It was pretty fun and catchy. If their sullen political screeds had a bit of pep, I maybe would still like them, but they're sodden plods with ridiculous lyrics. Back on topic: I think Sleater-Kinney is one of the best current punk bands going. They're branching out, though. In a very good way.

He's just the craziest, most kamikaze MMA fighter I've ever seen. I saw Silva destroy him (Guy's a fucking monster) are there any particular matches I should see to see Sakuraba's craziness in action?

Fugazi's the shit, but they hardly qualify as 'pop' in my mind. Pick up 13 songs, or better yet, go to their website and order a couple live shows. They're cheap as hell, and it's good listening. The Clash is good shit, but like Fugazi, I consider them a straight punk band, that broadened its horizons, instead of pop/punk, though they were certainly popular. London Calling still kills. Dead Kennedys Kick fucking ass, but I don't think there's much pop to them. Except for 'pull my strings' which is hilarious, and probably my second favorite track of theirs. PLayed once, live. I like MXPX, they're straight pop/punk. I may be prejudiced, though. They're local and play a really fun live show. Doesn't mean I'd buy their albums. I'd reccomend the Cramps. Good sleazy mixture of rockabilly/punk. EDIT: And I did enjoy Green Day's stuff for a while. Taking themselves too seriously was the end of that band for me, though it was hailed as the second coming. Jello Biafra Billy Joel is not. Haven't listened to a lick of Husker du. Always thought they were a hair metal band from their name, must check it out. EDIT X 2: I'd consider 50 foot wave sort of a pop/punk band. They're newer (born from the awesome band Throwing Muses) Golden Ocean is an incredible album.

You know, I ragged on UTSU (and he has the worst board name ever), and he directed the most pathetic insult to me in the Lance Armstrong thread, (I DO think we need a link to that, that thread was the SHIT) but he was fine, by and large. He did nothing banworthy. He was a bit of a prick, but he usually contributed to threads. And he had a penchant for painfully bad insults. Free-Formed Man Servant. Hehe.

Those are natural light flourescents, not LEDs. They're much better than traditional lightbulbs as well. (cool, energy efficient, more natural light) as opposed to balast-lit flourescents which fucking suck.

I believe he was originally known as Captain Marvel, and was pretty much a direct ripoff of "Shazam" Captain Marvel, or perhaps vice-versa. the "Shazam" people sued and won, and he changed his name to Marvelman. Then when Alan Moore revived the character (after a LONG absence) Marvel sued, even though the character predated Marvel comics. They won, and it had to be changed to Miracleman when it was issued in America. As a result, Moore has never worked on Marvel Comics since then (or ever, IIRC) Yeah, I bet THAT was fucking worth it, huh, Marvel?

Should be, 'specially with an intro like that. I've never seen such a pathtic cowboy. Bullets 'round your ankles. Dom't shoot the piano player!

Well, I WAS going to re-up it, but yousendit is being a bitch, it's changed. Any kind soul want to PM this guy some of that sweet MM action? If not, get on some message service, PM me, and I'll make it happen. Eventually. While you're twisting in the wind, read that X-Statix comic book I just put up. X-Force/X-Statix was so incredibly good.

I have successfullt emulated FFVI at work. GIVE ME YOUR TAX DOLLARS. Omph Choph Scromph.

Xttp://download.yousendit.com/C68E746278718683 Just kills. Every time.

Ok, now I HAVE to upload it. Kills me every time.

FYI, this series still kicks your ass. And I'm not just saying that because Mr. Sensitive is the best Marvel hero ever. Ok, I am. And EEEE! It's funny, Mike Allred kicks ass, read it. Mr Sensitive! EEEE! Disclaimer: I have a giant boner for the X-statix, and it's maybe my favorite run of continuity comics, maybe second to Giffen's league. Fucking killing Ted Kord. Assholes. Edit: If you want to know why I mark out so hard for the X-statix, read, buy, steal, or dl #24. Funniest comic book ever. Mr. Sensitive is such a pimp.

Ha ha! Bodily fluids! It;s pretty funny. Best part is when everyone is drinking dog semen(roofle), you hear this small, effeminate voice in the background: "I think I've had this before!"

Hey, the Laz finally delivers on his brokeback thread, and it's with a good review! I'm probably still going to see it. I think we can put Napolean Dynamite to rest, it's obviously a dividing film, I think it's funny, but it's so obviously 50/50. I saw Capote, good flick. But, though I love PSH, Joaquin Phoenix should have killed him in the best actor category. He certainly killed Jaimie Foxx. Emulating Johnny Cash is a lot harder than emulating an intense, fey journalist who falls into alcoholism. It was a great performance no doubt, and he looks like Capote, but Phoenix would've had it in a walk If it hadn't been for: "Well, we already gave it to a great emulation of a beloved songster who recently died, and we're certainly not going to gice it to Straithern"-itis. Ok, I like my horror movies: Don't like Bad Taste. It's incredibly stupid and spastic, before Peter Jackson learned to tone it down just a LITTLE. The last half is basically a lame Miama Vice shoot-out. Meet the Feebles and Braindead have SO much more humor. On that subject, Evil Dead ain't all that. It;s an incredible acheivment to low-budget filmmaking. It's a good horror movie. But Evil Dead II and Army of Darkness are what made it special.

I have a bottle of Dr. Vortex's magic mind medicine. It's swirly and pretty and shit. Also a SNES emulator.

Sorry, Pacino. I'm retarded.

Am I the only person who doesn't want to make fast, bosom buddies on the internet through this board?

It's about a polygamous family. It has a fucking killer cast. Bill Pxcton, Chloe "blow" Sevigny, Jeanne Tripplehorne, Amanda Seyfreid. It's a kickass show. I think it's one of HBO's better offerings, recently. PLus it has Tina Marjarino. Who is establishing herself as consistently awesome.

Agreed, and EVERYONE was a religious fanatic back then. Including this in this list is just trying to stir some shit, though, since I'm the only person I know who's seen the movie, thought it was only OK, and it was a huge flop. And I really didn't like Boondock Saints. I found it incredibly pretentious and morally repulsive. "Arrr! Alcohol is good, but pornographers should die! Arrr!" It did have a lot of style, Willem Defoe with some great lines, and a couple OK action scenes. I have a friend who calls this his favorite movie ever, though, that blows my mind. Of course everything here is opinion. That goes without saying. I don't think Scarface is a BAD movie at all, the chainsaw scene is fucking crazy, and DeNiro and Razor are great in it, I just didn't think it compared to most of the great gangster movies. The only well-loved movie I would call bad (since humour is SO subjective) is Equilibrium. I really love Christian Bale, but anyone who read Brave New World, or has half a brain, knows exactly where this movie is going, from the opening two scenes. And you WAIT and WAIT and WAIT, and Christian Bale's jaw twitches, and then you're treated to some really terrible fight scenes. Superb. The closing scene where he swings his arms wildly while dispatching monitots is fucking hilarious. OOOH So STYLISH! U RAPPING COOL!

No, you can get it and just not get that much enjoyment out of watching Christian Bale clench his jaw (indicating INTENSE emotions striving to BREAK FREE!), then a bunch of incredibly cheesy fight scenes. Neither the plot of the Matrix or Equilibrium is especially impressive or new to anyone who's read more than 2 sci-fi books, not that I'm saying that's a particularly awful thing. And anyone who's used Prozac will tell you it doesn't eliminate emotion. That's retarded. It corrects a chemical imbalance in your brain, and helps restore you to how you used to be.

This is true. Tomato is too strong, and kills the clam's flavor. If it counts, I may have to put gumbo up there with clam chowder. Has to be made with okra, though. Fuck that roux shit.

Bwah!

No, it's really not.

Zombie 2 has the single most outsanding "Run bitch, run!" scene in it. This old, decrepit zombie crawls slowly out of the ground, and she just screams, and screams, and screams for like literally HALF A MINUTE. I mean, run, crawl do something! She just sits there until it s-l-o-w-l-y crawls up to her and squishes her head. Zombie 2 does have ZOMBIE VS. SHARK, but it's really pretty terrible. Gates of hell is so much better, and way gorier to boot. The Crow, i just LURVED when it first came out, I think I was about 15. It had a great soundtrack, and he was badass looking, and it's so tragic and creepy and ironic that Brandon Lee died while making it. I saw it again when I was maybe 20, and just had to laugh at myself. It's really a pretty corny, cheesy movie. Brandon Lee did well, but scenes like him playing his guitar on the top of the building in the middle of the night? Just too 'Ann Rice' and teenage angst to not be unintentional comedy. EDIT: I LOVED the 40-yo virgin. I think it's the funniest movie I've seen in ages. I may have already been biased, since Catherine Keener is my favorite actress, and I think Steve Carrell, and the guy from Freaks & Geeks are very funny. One thing, though. Don't watch the unrated version. It's just a bunch of scenes that they decided wisely to cut. I don't think they added anything at all to an already somewhat overlong movie. I think last year was a generally shitty year for movies, though. I wasn't impressed by many of the critically hailed movies, though I'm watching GN&GL tonight, and I haven't seen Brokeback yet. (everyone I know who's seen it has liked it, though. One friend said it was the most visually beautiful movie he'd ever seen, though he had to look away during the pup tent scene, heh.)

Equilibrium was fucking terrible, and I like Bale. Scarface is a good one. I can't see any reason why this is more than a passable gangster movie. Caddyshack. I love Bill Murray, but why this is seen as some sort of high point of 80's sex comedies? Didn't make me laugh once. Ringu: One incredible scene. OK, it was done MUCH better than the American remake, but ONE incredible scene does not a movie make.