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More accurately, Liz was a fan who, in essence, "stalked" Macho and NOT a rat in the traditional sense. The story that Meltz told when she died was that she was a fan, found out what kind of girl and look that Macho liked, then pushed herself hard to get into the kind of shape he was looking for. This is slightly different from the kind of rats that guys like The Dudleyz and Public Enemy would fuck in ECW.

The development costs on these games is so abysmally low that the name-power of the movies involved pay off the license after a very few of the copies have sold. This is especially true if something uses a recycled engine from another game, such as the South Park game using the Ack!Lame Turok engine.

There have been only isolated periods of time in which a game has legitimately cost $70+... In the 16-bit days, most of the first-party RPGs like the Phantasy Star series and Sword Of Vermillion cost $70 each because they were the largest cartridges, memory-wise, at that time and had battery backup. These prices gradually went down over time, with some exceptions like Final Fantasy 3 and Super Mario RPG for the SNES. In the 32-bit market, only the N64 games cost this much and those were typically only the first titles released for the system. This, IMHO, helped cripple the N64 from the start because only about 1 in 4 of the early games for the system were even worth playing and probably only 1 in 12 could probably considered worth the cost. (Goldeneye is considered the only true classic out of the N64 launch titles) If they do this on the 64-bit platforms, they'll better strictly limit it to the really high-end games like the Final Fantasy, Grand Theft Auto, and Metal Gear Solid series. Anything else will have a tremendous handicap at that price because it won't have the name-power or the track-record of excellence.

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Holy plot-hole batman! All the electronics are fried yet they still have some emergency lighting and the flashlights.

I'm hoping one of these defense fucks has a pacemaker that gets fried by the EMP...

So why pick Matt Damon then? Two words: Jason Bourne. He was able to pull off that role fairly well, unlike his buddy Affleck who failed miserably in every similar situation.

Comedian- I could see this being a Gene Hackman, Christopher Walken, or Clint Eastwood role. Silk Spectre 2- I'd probably go with Jessica Alba or Sarah Michelle Gellar instead because they have the acrobatic background required by their work on Dark Angel and Buffy. Rorschach- Edward Norton is a good choice. I could also see other noted psycho actors like James Woods, Kevin Spacey, Steve Buscemi, Walken, etc. However, this is one part that should legitimately consider a no-name actor taking the part because the audience should wonder what the deal is with the Sandwich Board Guy until he's unmasked as Rorschach. Nite Owl 2- The best fit I can think of offhand is probably Nick Nolte, because Nite Owl is supposed to be an out-of-shape guy who used to be a real ass-kicker. I could also see Kiefer Sutherland in this part if he makes himself look really washed up, like he's done for portions of 24. Ozymandias- Matt Damon perhaps... It needs to be someone who isn't too old, is really athletic, and at least comes off as being somewhat smart. Damon was my first pick because he has the same general look as Ozy in the comic. Dr. Manhattan- Doc will probably be a digital creation, like The Hulk in the recent movie, especially because of the special effects involved. Moloch- Leonard Nimoy Nite Owl 1- Adam West. No question about it.

Note to self- Hook my DVD burner to my Cox Digital Cable cablebox...

Saints- Tom Benson is a penny-pinching asshole who expects the state to foot all the bills for his team while he gets all of the profits. Hornets- George Shinn's only rep is for conning the city of New Orleans into taking his team out of Charlotte. He hasn't really been around here long enough to get a reputation for free-agent spending or draft stupidity. I'm sure his name is mud in Charlotte about now, though.

Drug *use* can be declared a victimless crime in a sense, as marijuana in particular doesn't make people more violent or cause the problems that heroin, meth, or coke do. However, drug *dealing*is NOT a victimless crime because violence goes hand in hand with it, as dealers kill each other to ensure their spot in the market. If you wanted a better case for Canadian laws that need to be overturned, try excessive taxes on cigarettes. Bootleggers make a shitload of money running untaxed cigarettes in Canada and aren't above giving people Excedrine Headache .45 calibre if they screw around with their money, like Dino Bravo did.

By complaining about a highly-regarded film that most people would have no objection to, they're bringing attention to the new FCC indecency rules that were put in place post-nipplegate. Many people within the industry seem to feel the new indecency rules are too broad and open the stations up to potential damages for situations outside of their control. Think Howard Stern et all, who are fleeing to Satellite Radio now because they don't want to deal with the FCC. It's strikingly similar to a strategy used at my office to overturn rules we feel are stupid... if someone makes a stupid rule, you follow the new rule to the letter and make sure to beat the rule-maker into submission with it. Example- My old boss instituted some changes in the process used to fix errors in our computer system that required that he be personally involved on all decisions involving X type of error. Since each error in the system holds up production for the entire unit and the personal involvement of my boss added nothing to the solution that we couldn't do ourselves, we started conspicuously bringing things to him and implying that it would only have taken us 30 seconds to fix on our own but, since we have to track him down and get his approval each time it happens, it now takes us 30 minutes to do a fix and holds up production for that amount of time. That rule typically lasts a week or so, at which point he gets sick of the hassle the new rule causes and goes back to the old way of doing things.

The reason all of this came up is that the managers of some TV stations were trying to piss off the FCC and overturn the "nipplegate" increases in FCC fines. Ryan had been shown uncut on TV several years ago, despite having almost NC-17 levels of violence, because of how important many people felt the film was. The same thing happened with Schindler's List, although Schindler's faux pas would be the nudity of some concentration camp internees. The FCC wasn't going to suddenly start assessing fines on this film even if it got complaints, but some people felt they needed to make a statement by refusing to show it.

Given the progression over the past few years, they'll probably try to stretch it into 6 hours this year, especially since they have so many new silicone titties to show off thanks to the Diva Search competitions. I'm still thinking they'll force the Cruisers to fit 10 mini-matches into 15 minutes again, despite the fact they'll waste 30 minutes with King drooling over Stacy's lingere.

The only way that Clarett should make an NFL roster is if he's an undrafted free agent who gets a "what the fuck, we can always cut him later" contract after the draft. This kid has serious attitude problems and isn't blowing anyone away, so there's a good chance he'll fall off the boards completely, thus allowing someone to pick him up after the draft with little risk, as he'd only cost a roster space during training camp and not a draft pick.

Look for the section of Cornette's shoot where he talks about training Kane and Rick Bogner to be the fake Diesel and fake Razor Ramon. "Well, Glenn, it looks like you only have to know 5 moves. 6 if you count playing with your hair." - Cornette on how Glenn Jacobs (Kane) could play Diesel

Yet none of them compare to Harry Potter, right? I miss the days in which the Best Picture category was a complete toss-up, so I kind of like this year's Oscars for that reason. Every year since Titanic won, with the exception of American Beauty in 1999 (which I marked out for like a bitch since that's probably my favorite movie out of all of them), has been all too predictable. 1976 would have probably been the last large-scale competitive Best Picture race, with nominations for Taxi Driver, Network, All The President's Men, and Rocky (the winner) all having legitimate shots at the Oscar. Bound For Glory, a biopic of Woody Gunthrie, was the other nominee and did not age nearly as well as the rest of the films. I do agree with you, though, that 1994 was the last recent large-scale Best Picture race, as every year since has either been a one-movie race or a two-movie race. 1995- Braveheart (winner), Apollo 13, Babe, Il Postino, Sense And Sensibility 1996- English Patient (winner), Fargo, Jerry Maguire, Shine, Secrets And Lies 1997- Titanic (winner), LA Confidential, Good Will Hunting, The Full Monty, As Good As It Gets 1998- Shakespeare In Love (winner), Saving Private Ryan, The Thin Red Line, Elizabeth, Life Is Beautiful 1999- American Beauty (winner), Cider House Rules, Green Mile, The Insider, The Sixth Sense 2000- Gladiator (winner), Traffic, Erin Brokovich, Chocolat, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 2001- A Beautiful Mind (winner), Fellowship Of The Ring, Gosford Park, In The Bedroom, Moulin Rouge 2002- Chicago (winner), Two Towers, Gangs Of New York, The Hours, The Pianist 2003- Return Of The King (winner), Seabiscuit, Lost In Translation, Master And Commander: Far Side Of The World, Mystic River 1996 set the big trend in Hollywood in which there would be one or two real contenders each year and a shitload of nominations for whatever crap Miramax was pushing that year. Fargo was a deserving nominee and English Patient, despite my contempt for it, was highly regarded enough to deserve the nomination. However, Jerry Maguire, Shine, and Secrets And Lies have not exactly stood the test of time, which really makes one wonder why they were nominated to begin with. (Yes, I know that Jerry Maguire and Shine had big performances by Cuba Gooding Jr. and Geoffrey Rush, but a performance doesn't necessarily make the picture. Jack Lemmon won a Best Actor oscar in 1973 for Save The Tiger, a film that only received two acting nominations and a Best Original Screenplay nomination) 1997 was a good crop of movies but the most deserving of them, LA Confidential, lost out to the overhyped piece of crap Titanic. I'd say that LA Confidential will have a bigger spot in history, if only because it had heavily decorated actors Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, and James Cromwell as the principal cast. (Kim Basinger's Best Supporting Actress win was a stretch though, as I'd have gone with Julianne Moore in Boogie Nights instead.) 1998 was the year that Saving Private Ryan came in as the 800-pound gorilla and it appears that enough people wanted an underdog to win that they chose Shakespeare instead. Hell, I was anti-Ryan at the time because of the hype it had but Ryan was a FAR better film than Shakespeare. The other nominees were outclassed, as Elizabeth and Thin Red Line were heavily overshadowed by Ryan and Shakespeare and Life Is Beautiful only got nominated because its star, Roberto Begnini, was a publicity whore. 1999 looked to be a possible repeat of 1998, with 800-pound gorilla American Beauty losing to the inferior Cider House Rules. However, Beauty still came away with the Best Picture and nearly followed One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and Silence Of The Lambs by winning for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, and Best Actress. (Annette Benning lost out on Best Actress to Hilary Swank's performance in Boys Don't Cry.) The other three nominees, The Insider, Green Mile, and Sixth Sense, were all good but didn't really stand a chance. 2000 was one of the few times in Oscar history that a very popular summer film actually came away with the big prize. I personally would have gone with Traffic over Gladiator, but Gladiator was certainly much better than Erin Brockovich and Chocolat. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon was an excellent film but didn't seem capable of overcoming the prejudice against being a subtitled foreign film. 2001 was another lowlight IMHO, as Fellowship Of The Ring was robbed in favor of A Beautiful Mind. 2002 was about as bad, as Chicago robbed Two Towers. 2004 got it right, with the excellent Return Of The King winning the prize. If Return hadn't won, I would have been happy with Seabiscuit winning. However, I don't feel that Lost In Translation deserved to have any nominations besides the Best Actor nod for Bill Murray.

The problem is that they ran out of original ideas 6 years ago, so now all they can do is make episodes about issues they want to advocate. It wasn't that bad about 10 years ago when they made an episode to take on Proposition 187 (Much Apu About Nothing), but now they seem to be making a LOT of episodes just to spout their own world-view instead of being funny. South Park does the same thing when it comes to story ideas, but at least they're FUNNY when they do it, not heavy-handed and transparent.

The last "great" episode is probably Joy Of Sect, where the entire town joins the Movementarian cult. Nothing after that really stands out in a good way. "Na na na na na na na na, na na na na na na, Leader!"

There's a transcript of that one somewhere, as I found it online in the past few years. He basically says that Hall is worthless except when he's facing Shawn Michaels, Syxx was so worthless that he was the only person actually released from a valid contract so he could jump to WCW, and that Nash was the worst champion of the modern era.

He did at least two or three of them... One was the response to the Piper-Hogan "Age In The Cage" match. One of them was his response to the nWo parody of Arn Anderson's retirement speech. (The "liver spot" skit.) The only one that I think is available on video is the "Age In The Cage" one on the Monday Night Wars DVD, which you already have. I think you'll have to trade with someone to get any other ones.

I have the NES Emulator and they did the Japan version in English for it. Actually, it may be the prototype I was talking about... The one that went on eBay got ROM-scanned and uploaded it to the Net. It's playable, although at some point within the game there is a booby-trap that would permanently disable the cartridge if it was tripped. This was Nintendo's way of handling leaks if they ever occurred. Apparently, they found a way around it and finished all the changes they had to make, then made it available for downloads. http://starmen.net/articles/qt/775.php

The original Earthbound for the Famicon was partially converted to the NES but never got past the prototype phase. (A prototype went on eBay some time back) Prototypes of Return Of The Jedi- Ewok Adventure and Lord Of The Rings: Journey To Rivendell for the Atari 2600 have also shown up in prototype form recently.

Still, many Director's Cuts have problems for various reasons. One particular example that sticks out to me is Escape From New York: Director's Cut, as the one added sequence, in which Plisken and his partner rob the Federal Treasury, did not age well and seems more impressive when referred to in passing in the theatrical cut. Director John Carpenter said as much on the DVD, which is part of why it was cut from the Theatrical Cut to begin with.

This is exactly the same way I feel about Clerks, so I'm going to go ahead and take your advice in this instance. That's the same for most movies... Just about the only movies that are most watchable in the Director's Cut format rather than the theatrical cut are Once Upon A Time In America and Brazil, both of which had their stories destroyed in the studio-mandated cuts but actually make sense in the Director's Cut versions.