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Oh wow, what a stinging retort from Game there. A real man would respond to a dis by walking onstage during one of his nemesis's performance and knock him the fuck out. (Has that ever really happened? And I'm not talking about shooting defenseless musicians onstage, I mean just walking up and punching 'em.)

I fucking love that movie. In terms of action, it's the best thing John Woo's ever done. Spirited Away: 5/10 Well... there's just not much to talk about with this movie. It's beautifully drawn, sure. A lot of imagination and work obviously went into it. But... uh... what's it about? A lack of real villains hurt it in my opinion; everyone who seems dark turns out to have a heart of gold, and even the "evil witch" is more haughty than wicked. This one didn't feel nearly as satisfying as Princess Mononoke. Project A: 7/10 Jackie Chan directs/performs some of the best fight scenes and stunts in the world. That being said, a lot of people tend to overlook the GODAWFUL acting and dialgoue in the rest of the movie, even by kung-fu standards. Thankfully, this one mostly avoids those pitfalls by keeping the action going at a blistering pace and has some genuinely funny one-liners. (One question: why are the plots of Asian action movies always so damn complicated? I can explain to most people who did what to who and why in Mission Impossible, but I'm STILL trying to figure out what the hell was going on in parts of this movie.) Memento: 9/10 This movie fucking rules. Guy Pearce is the most underrated actor working today, Carrie Anne Moss is just fine whenever she's not in sci-fi crap, and Joe Pantoliano almost made fucking Ready to Rumble watchable at times, so it's no surprise that the three of them turned loose in a great movie like this produces some kickass results. The plot does have a few massive holes in it that become obvious once you've seen it enough times, but still, this is the best movie about "amnesia" that I've ever seen. Lost Highway: 10/10 I'm not sure how to express my feelings about this movie. Lemme say that if you liked Mulholland Drive, Wild at Heart, or Twin Peaks, you'll probably enjoy this too, as it's definitely a card-carrying member of David Lynch's Weird Movies. But some parts of it hit me SO hard in ways that are very personal to my own life experiences, so I doubt my ability to write a fair and objective review. Let's just say I strongly recommend it... and please don't even try to figure out what the hell is going on. I've been trying for years, and no theory ever works.

Humans can't destroy the environment. Seriously. Short of worldwide nuclear armageddon, there's nothing that humanity can physically do that has a permanent effect on the worldwide ecosystem. A bunch of factories can fuck up the air quality of a geographical region for a few years, sure. Slash-n-burn clearcutting of the rain forest makes an infintesimal difference in the ratios of 02/CO2 in our atmosphere. But the cold truth is that a single major volcanic eruption releases more air pollution than all the pollutants mankind has manufactured combined. For a great destruction of the Global Warming theory, read Michael Crichton's new book State of Fear, in which he slowly & painstakingly refutes all the "evidence" for environmental disasters one by one.

Further proving that Saddam was a fucking idiot when it came to dealing with other countries, or really anyone who had the power to disagree with him. A dictator falsely implying that he has WMDs is a lot like a guy who's been pulled over for speeding suddenly lunging for the glovebox. You're a goddamn moron if you're surprised that you got shot in either situation.

I got a perfect score on my SAT Verbal, but you guys are just making my head hurt reading this thread. Ow.

Don't forget merchandising. All those Hulkamania t-shirts, bandanas, and action figures were a fucking gold mine for Bollea. Plus he was one of the few guys to whom Vince actually paid home video sales royalties.

I think the definition of a great rivalry is that is inspires both guys to put on matches that are much better than either one's usual work. With that in mind, I've got two modern ones I wanna mention: Rikishi vs. Val Venis. Holy shit, but these two just beat the fuck out of each other for like two months straight, doing spots & taking bumps that I didn't know was possible for them, while providing a feeling of real hate that is so necessary for a great feud. Plus, I doubt anyone will beat Rikishi's record for Most Weight On A Cage Dive. Kane vs. Albert. No, I'm serious, did you see their matches together? These two hosses put on some of the best big-man matches since Vader's heyday, absolutely murdering their giant bodies in bouts that were better than they had any right to be.

The first Nitro. Liger/Pillman, Luger appearing a mere two weeks after he'd been on WWF tv, Mongo... well, two out of three ain't bad.

I wouldn't mind watching this, sounds interesting, but I seriously doubt it can do anything but bomb financially.

Eh, I don't know how I feel about this one. On one hand, it's always bad for any business when a married employee is having an "office affair", plus cheating is just a vile thing to do in general; on the other, I don't know that it was Ace's place to interfere in the matter.

I have digital cable & On Demand down here in GA, but no sign of WWE 24/7 anytime soon. Same situation in TN.

Holy shit, that read like a neat card. Why have I never heard of this fed before? Where's their website?

Really? Hmm. I always thought she seemed like she had a smidgen of artistic talent in there somewhere, but it usually got lost in her songs' stupid messages of "I'm so hot" or "grrrl power!".

The only good reason I've heard for refusing to give autographs (unless you've got carpal tunnel syndrome, or are asked for one while you're eating dinner with your family/on the toilet/whatever) is a story Roger Ebert told about Alan Alda. When approached for by fans autographs, apparently Alan would explain to them that he didn't believe in giving them because he thought they set up an artificial barrier between the actors and the audience, as if the stars were "better" than "ordinary people". That sounded pretty cool. But just running away from fans or cussing them out is stupid.

If she can put out more stuff like "Every Time" I wouldn't call to ban her from ever singing again. I was surprised that a pop diva like her would make a song/video that dark & depressing (and not just whiny and oh-poor-me like "Lucky").

I'm not sure if I would've driven across town to the Asylum to see this card for free. There are only two matches that look any good: Styles/Daniels (which I've seen a hundred times already) and Hardy/Abyss (which I can close my eyes right now and pretty much predict how it will go). And Nash/Jarrett is a main event that I would've changed the channel away from if it had come on Thunder.

If Sigourney Weaver had the Sigourney Weaver look from any of her movies ever, I'd load the torpedoes into the tube & fire away. (Yes, even Alien 3.)

Dammit Placebo, I was gonna say that.

You can be "legally" blind without being actually blind. Legally blind basically means you've just got really bad vision.

If the intelligence agencies knew, then why would they allow their own headquarters (Pentagon) be attacked, not to mention the thousands of lives and billions of dollars lost when the WTC went down? Nobody in the US goverment intentionally let this happen. It was just a massive series of fuckups on everyone's part.

Do you think Saddam Hussein was a good man and a kind leader? Would you rather he was still dictator-for-life of his country?

It's more than she made when she worked in public schools, even well-funded ones in wealthy counties.

So the black guy calling himself Lil Flip is about the same as if I became a rapper and dubbed myself Lil Wetback?

That crappy shark in Jaws: The Revenge sure as hell did. Nope, cuz if Johnny had that super laser from the first movie he'd turn Robocop into a pair of blackened feet above which is nothing but a mushroom cloud.