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Now I know who to blame for ruining my poll. Anyways, Clapton tries to sound too much like reggae in his version, GNR tries to make it too "rock", with Axl's trademarked "I'm going to sing this once high-pitched, then sing it once really deep, then layer the two tracks together" shtick abused to death, Avril is fucking Avril, and, like it has been said, U2 shouldn't be allowed to do covers. Ever.

Good enough for you now, CWM?

....mark Youth N Asia down for "other"....

If Banky can be banned for being a troll, whey can't Zsasz be banned for being a troll? At least Banky's entertaining, I'm yet to see a redeeming quality from Zsasz.

For Quintuplets to work, we'd have to pretend that Andy Richter has sex. Method and Red should be fucking outstanding, though, the two have this natural comedic talent that I can't put my finger on.

There's the aforementioned "Axl outburst". I think it's quite clear that he had no idea what the hell he was talking about.

Flyboy, did you pick Avril?

Don't pick Avril. Personally, I like the Dylan version (off of his Unplugged CD) the best, as the Clapton version seems too upbeat. I also enjoy how Dylan managed to make the song much longer by adding the usual Dylan element: the harmonica solo. He also adds a verse to it, making the song much different than Clapton's version and he has a sense of urgency in his voice throughout the entire song, as opposed to Clapton, who, as usual, sounds like he's just phoning it in. I hate the Guns N Roses version, as Axl's "Knock knock knocking on heaven's dough-a-oh hey hey hey hey yeah!" just gets on my nerves after awhile, Avril should never have attempted to sing this song, and U2 is U2. In the Unplugged version, he changes the second verse to "Wipe this blood off my face/Just can't see through it anymore", for those that are curious. Also, Axl's outburst at the conclusion of the GNR version just ruins the whole song for me.

Ruben had that "big teddy bear" kinda thing going for him, but Fantasia just looks....strange.

Popick "nonsense", when done correctly, is quite entertaining. The Popick Dancing Hitler, however, is not. My point? Threads like this, when done correctly, are quite entertaining. This thread, however, is not. So why does SP choose to make a joke about the Popick "nonsense" when he's got a whole damn thread full of nonsense to choose from?

Spiderpoet makes a rare appearance and manages to make me hate him in one post.

It's a shame that Fantasia won't win. There's nothing marketable about her...she's too ugly.

No idea?

I suppose all the advances in modern medicine should be ignored because he was Hitler, right?

Seconded.

Well, most people don't exactly get all of the references that Vol. 2 contains, and they came in expecting more of the first movie. I read the script beforehand, so I knew to expect a typical Tarantino movie ("Tarantino's in love with his dialogue" goes the quote) But, again, opinions differ. Everyone I knew wanted to see Vol. 2 be a sequel to Vol. 1, when it was really the other half of Vol. 1...which is kind of why I was disappointed on the visual aspect of the second half.

Are you honestly comparing a Tarantino film to Godzilla 2000? Do you expect me to take you seriously here? Tell me what scenes popped out at you then in this movie. If the visuals didn't disappear entirely, then fucking tell me what you saw that was on par with the imagery of the first. Oh, he used an after-effect to make it wide-screen to full-ratio? That's not a fucking image. The plot we agree on. The plot was outstanding, Uma Thurman should win an oscar for her performance. But plot does not make a movie, unfortunately. Punch Drunk Love had an excellent plot, but was there anyone out there talking about how fantastic it was? Every single person that I've talked to that has seen Kill Bill, Vol. 1 thought it was outstanding. Everyone that I've talked to about Kill Bill, Vol. 2 thought that it was rubbish. I'm still troubled by your Godzilla 2000 reference. Ok...for the last time...I said that they need to mix equally to make a great film. This film was incredibly heavy on dialogue, and incredibly lax when it came to visuals. In my eyes, it was an outstanding movie that could have been improved greatly.

I'd also consider going with "Asleep" by The Smiths.

Nice of you to gloss over the part where I said "YOU NEED THE TWO ELEMENTS TO MIX TOGETHER." The first film was heavy on visuals, light on plot, this film was light on visuals, heavy on plot. And as far as the "plot only matters in a book"...there's no visuals in a book. Mental imagery is all that you get there. As a book, Kill Bill Vol. 2 would be a best seller, however, as a film, the images don't translate to the screen very well. The film has it's flaws, it doesn't make you a lesser person to say it. The images were dull. Drab. Not interesting. "Oooh, a desert. Look at all the dirt. Ooh, Bill's house. Look at all the....stuff." There wasn't anything in this one that jumped out and grabbed your attention, you were meant to focus entirely on the plot. I suppose if you want to pretend that I'm not saying the plot was excellent, that's your perogative.

That was a nice edit there, Trivia. Way to make it look like you weren't trying to discredit him.

Did he do the Axl Rose "Knock knock knockin on heaven's doowhoawah/Hey hey hey hey yeah" version of the song? Nope, he did the original...maybe it was just the way that he sang it, but mixed with the acoustic, it was great. Another guy that was there (you know the guy who gets drunk and acts like an ass all night) started trying to freestyle over the top and everyone else just started bitching him out. One of my all-time favorite songs.

Well, considering the amount that he was bandaged and the fact that you could see the stitches, plus the fact that he kept selling pain with every step that he took, I'm pretty sure he wasn't acting like a hardass. All he said was that he took it all and came out on top. It's not like he said, "Fuck you, Foley, you ain't shit, and none of the bumps I took hurt." He was selling the injuries...what the fuck do you want him to do? Take a couple weeks off and come back when he's healed? That makes him seem weaker in comparison. The fact that he lived through what Foley could dish out and then came back the next night, visibly in pain, is clearly an attempt to put him over as a legit threat.

I'd pay to see Trivia take some of those bumps.

Damn...that shit gave me goosebumps. It was a nice bump, and those of you that still want to say that Orton isn't over, you clearly didn't watch Raw and see his reaction. There was actually a "Randy" chant going at one point. Orton is quickly becoming one of my favorite characters on Raw every week.

I was taught by George Lucas. Look, when you watch the trailer for a movie, do you say, "Holy fuck, that plot looks like it'll be incredibly deep and thought-provoking!", or do you say, "That looked fucking badass?"