You mean Rambo?Surgo wrote:Yeah. Besides, a movie where you're silent almost all the time doesn't require much in the way of acting so it's no big deal.Parthenon wrote:I can't remember that as well as Ong Bak- was that before or after someone threw an elephant through a window?
But yeah, almost all the fights in Ong Bak and a lot of The Protector/Warrior King/Tom Yun Goong were fucking awesome. Tony Jaa is brilliant, even if he can't act for shit and is completely fucking insane. He's got the old school willingness to set himself on fire in order to make it a cooler fight.
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Ancient History wrote:We were working on Street Magic, and Frank asked me if a houngan had run over my dog.
Ok, I figured it was some ignorance of history on my part.FrankTrollman wrote:-Username17
The expansion of trade from Hong Kong to the mainland is a historical event. Alice gets on a boat to go do that, which is the opening of a period of history called "The Opium Wars." Specifically, she is apparently setting sail in 1856 at the start of the Second Opium War, since her forces already have a foothold in Hong Kong and she is going to expand mercantilism into the mainland at the head of a warship. Specifically, she is about to sail up the Pearl River and attack Guangzhou.
In order to force the Qing dynasty to allow her to sell Opium from her operations in Bengal to get silver to use to purchase silk and tea. to sell back in England for a profit.
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Is it wrong of me to want to see a sequel where the Second Opium War is played reasonably straight, and the British and French forces are portrayed in a sympathetic light? Shy away from nothing. Show the main characters selling drugs, show the British and Qing imperial atrocities as totally dispassionately as you can. The moral of he story is that racism and xenophobia are bad, so you have Alice be accepting and inclusive of the Scots, Bengali, Cantonese, and Punjab forces under her, and have her French heart-throb love interest be all accepting and inclusive of the Black African troops under him. You have a bad British officer who demands to do things "his way" and ultimately he ends up captured and tortured in the Summer Palace, and Alice's forces end up rescuing him and the other hostages and burning the summer palace to the ground.
And through the whole thing, Alice is getting advised by Cheshire Cat, that no one else can see, so it's unclear whether she's brilliant and magic or just driven and insane the whole time.
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And through the whole thing, Alice is getting advised by Cheshire Cat, that no one else can see, so it's unclear whether she's brilliant and magic or just driven and insane the whole time.
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The Cheshire Cat was by far the best part of the movie. When he started rolling around, my wife and I laughed until there were tears in our eyes. I would totally watch that.
The law in its majestic equality forbids the rich as well as the poor from stealing bread, begging and sleeping under bridges.
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Mount Flamethrower on rear
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Mount Flamethrower on rear
Drive in reverse
Win Game.
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W obviously would not shoot in Mainland China. We'd shoot in Vietnam. We'd tell them "We're going to make a major Hollywood movie in which the bad guys are the Empire of China and the Taiping Rebellion." and they would be all over that shit.Crissa wrote:Yeah, but what bone do we throw to the Chinese government so we can shoot in mainland China?
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He jumps like a damned dragoon, and charges into battle fighting rather insane monsters with little more than his bare hands and rather nasty spell effects conjured up solely through knowledge and the local plantlife. He unerringly knows where his goal lies, he breathes underwater and is untroubled by space travel, seems to have no limits to his actual endurance and favors killing his enemies by driving both boots square into their skull. His agility is unmatched, and his strength legendary, able to fling about a turtle shell big enough to contain a man with enough force to barrel down a near endless path of unfortunates.
--The horror of Mario
Zak S, Zak Smith, Dndwithpornstars, Zak Sabbath. He is a terrible person and a hack at writing and art. His cultural contributions are less than Justin Bieber's, and he's a shitmuffin. Go go gadget Googlebomb!
--The horror of Mario
Zak S, Zak Smith, Dndwithpornstars, Zak Sabbath. He is a terrible person and a hack at writing and art. His cultural contributions are less than Justin Bieber's, and he's a shitmuffin. Go go gadget Googlebomb!
I thank you for bringing the light of this video into my life. I can believe in "win" again.
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Stormare makes a kickass satan.Prak_Anima wrote:even as bad as the actual movie is, I like Constantine, but the scene with Lucifer is just fucking awesome.
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Yes, yes, he does.
Another movie along the same lines that's basically ass but has some redeeming cool factor: The Prophecy. Why? 'Cause you can't go wrong with Christopher Walken. You certainly can't go wrong with Christopher Walken as a psychopathic archangel. Also, the scenes with Viggo Mortensen as Lucifer are coooool.
Another movie along the same lines that's basically ass but has some redeeming cool factor: The Prophecy. Why? 'Cause you can't go wrong with Christopher Walken. You certainly can't go wrong with Christopher Walken as a psychopathic archangel. Also, the scenes with Viggo Mortensen as Lucifer are coooool.
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Misuse of "per se". It means "[in] itself", not "precisely". Learn English.
Malformed singular possessives. It's almost always supposed to be 's.
Misuse of "per se". It means "[in] itself", not "precisely". Learn English.
Malformed singular possessives. It's almost always supposed to be 's.
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Well, Kisame's not really dead, Orochimaru/Kabuto is back after god knows how long and Sasuke isn't even trying to be sympathetic.
People keep complaining about Naruto but I'm feeling really pumped. This looks like it's gonna be awesome.
People keep complaining about Naruto but I'm feeling really pumped. This looks like it's gonna be awesome.
Frank on the Fighter (Abridged)
FrankTrollman wrote:...God_of_Awesome wrote: Could I inquire on the motive behind the design decisions on the Fighter class?
The Fighter is intended to be, like the Wizard, a character who can and does adapt their tactics to the opposition and draws upon player experience to deliver tactical victories. And to do it without "feeling" like it was using Magic.
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So honestly, when someone tells me "I know the game backwards and forwards, and when I pull out all the stops with the Fighter I totally win!" And my response is "OK, good." Because that's exactly what people report with the Wizard too.
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Kisame = Doesn't matter because he hasn't/doesn't DO anything.
Orochimaru/Kabuto = doesn't matter because Orochimaru died/disappeared for little reason beyond that a little boy was simply better than him for unexplained and very unclear reasons
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Sasuke = matters only because he and his pathetic, poorly supported/detailed story is being shoved down people's throats. And his uncanny ability to be better than everybody just because. Coupled with no real explanations as to how his powers even fucking work so that any time someone could REASONABLY finish him off he can get to live longer.
Honestly I'd be more interested in an reading about rather Rock Lee learns actual ninjistsu rather than have to spend another chapter watching Sasuke be incredibly, stupid evil for unsatisfying reasons.
Orochimaru/Kabuto = doesn't matter because Orochimaru died/disappeared for little reason beyond that a little boy was simply better than him for unexplained and very unclear reasons
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Sasuke = matters only because he and his pathetic, poorly supported/detailed story is being shoved down people's throats. And his uncanny ability to be better than everybody just because. Coupled with no real explanations as to how his powers even fucking work so that any time someone could REASONABLY finish him off he can get to live longer.
Honestly I'd be more interested in an reading about rather Rock Lee learns actual ninjistsu rather than have to spend another chapter watching Sasuke be incredibly, stupid evil for unsatisfying reasons.
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That talking bit between Sasuke and Naruto has convinced me beyond all doubt, that secretly they're butt brothers.
There ain't no rest for the wicked.
befriend (v.): to use mecha-class beam weaponry to inflict grievous bodily harm on a target in the process of proving the validity of your belief system.
befriend (v.): to use mecha-class beam weaponry to inflict grievous bodily harm on a target in the process of proving the validity of your belief system.
Yeah...
On the other hand, that chapter was a lot better than the recent run of them.
Taken by itself, it was fun to read and got me wanting more.
Problem is, it's been preceded by bad chapters ever since...oh...Sasuke and Itachi had it out.
On the other hand, that chapter was a lot better than the recent run of them.
Taken by itself, it was fun to read and got me wanting more.
Problem is, it's been preceded by bad chapters ever since...oh...Sasuke and Itachi had it out.
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He jumps like a damned dragoon, and charges into battle fighting rather insane monsters with little more than his bare hands and rather nasty spell effects conjured up solely through knowledge and the local plantlife. He unerringly knows where his goal lies, he breathes underwater and is untroubled by space travel, seems to have no limits to his actual endurance and favors killing his enemies by driving both boots square into their skull. His agility is unmatched, and his strength legendary, able to fling about a turtle shell big enough to contain a man with enough force to barrel down a near endless path of unfortunates.
--The horror of Mario
Zak S, Zak Smith, Dndwithpornstars, Zak Sabbath. He is a terrible person and a hack at writing and art. His cultural contributions are less than Justin Bieber's, and he's a shitmuffin. Go go gadget Googlebomb!
--The horror of Mario
Zak S, Zak Smith, Dndwithpornstars, Zak Sabbath. He is a terrible person and a hack at writing and art. His cultural contributions are less than Justin Bieber's, and he's a shitmuffin. Go go gadget Googlebomb!
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I noticed a connection between two D&D-themed SA articles. I find this very amusing, and am in fact somewhat surprised at the degree to which I was entertained by it.
http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/pr ... racist.php
http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeon ... hp?page=10
(last line of the linked page)
EDIT:
and I just ran into a blog entry I found quite interesting as well
http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=7556
http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/pr ... racist.php
http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeon ... hp?page=10
(last line of the linked page)
EDIT:
and I just ran into a blog entry I found quite interesting as well
http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=7556
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I think I want to dick-punch this guy. Yet another director trying to blame the writers.
Writers get zero credit when a show is successful, and yet they are the first to get the blame when something is unsuccessful.
And its not like they can't send scripts back if they don't like them. Or they don't get the ability to rewrite things as they shoot. Or the producers and network don't get to add "notes" whenever they want.
Sigh. I think Hollywood in general would be better if directors weren't allowed to work unless they were shooting their own scripts. Then they might be less douchy about about casting blame.
At the end of the day, scriptwriting is a art and directing is a skill. It's like having a housepainter try to tell Michelangelo about what he should paint.
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