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Post by TBird41 on Jul 20, 2010 15:26:15 GMT -5
Saw the Song of Ice and Fire teaser on HBO the other night. Looks like they're doing it right. The big question will be (assuming HBO doesn't kill it after two seasons like Rome) if Martin can get his act together and write the next books before the series catches up. Loved the books, but some of the more intense scenes could be tough to watch. There needs to be a Good Omens film. All the really good stuff for Good Omens comes from what's written, not the action. It might be good, but not great. Agreed. It has the same problem as Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It'd be really hard to translate to film. |
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Post by Boz on Aug 6, 2010 14:10:06 GMT -5
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Post by Bando on Aug 16, 2010 12:05:55 GMT -5
If you haven't seen Scott Pilgrim vs. the World yet, you need to go see it right now. It's absolutely incredible.
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Post by kchoya on Aug 16, 2010 13:10:25 GMT -5
All the really good stuff for Good Omens comes from what's written, not the action. It might be good, but not great. Agreed. It has the same problem as Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It'd be really hard to translate to film. Speaking of being hard to translate to film, they're making a movie based on the game Battleship? Really? |
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Post by theexorcist on Aug 16, 2010 13:48:36 GMT -5
Agreed. It has the same problem as Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It'd be really hard to translate to film. Speaking of being hard to translate to film, they're making a movie based on the game Battleship? Really? This to me sounds like thinking that an Ender's Game license won't pull in as many people. EDIT - oh, and Clue actually was an enjoyable movie. |
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Post by Boz on Aug 20, 2010 8:54:29 GMT -5
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Another major, major setback for geeks everywhere.
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Post by hoyatables on Aug 20, 2010 10:42:18 GMT -5
That ws a setback, but it led me to these two rather clever parodies: and TV openings just aren't as good as they used to be. They really all need to include out of context shots of the main characters and other clips - not silly clever scenes of a man falling from a building that is supposed to be some metatextual narrative of the point of the show  . |
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Post by Boz on Aug 20, 2010 12:13:49 GMT -5
Don't get me started on Mad Men.
Or , as I like to call it, "Sex and The City for Dudes."
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Post by TC on Aug 20, 2010 13:15:35 GMT -5
Or , as I like to call it, "Sex and The City for Dudes." You're confusing Mad Men with Entourage. |
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Post by kchoya on Aug 21, 2010 11:51:27 GMT -5
Don't get me started on Mad Men. Or , as I like to call it, "Sex and The City for Dudes." Damn, I just got the first 3 seasons on DVD. |
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Post by Boz on Aug 21, 2010 12:04:18 GMT -5
I only rag on Mad Men because of how obsessed people -- especially guys -- get with it.
It's a pretty good show. Pretty good. You'll enjoy the DVDs.
But it's nowhere near as good as people say it is. Not even close.
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Post by SFHoya99 on Aug 24, 2010 17:12:22 GMT -5
If you haven't seen Scott Pilgrim vs. the World yet, you need to go see it right now. It's absolutely incredible. Echo this. Just fantastic -- and don't read up on it at all. Makes it all the better. Also, Clue is still freaking funny, and a lot of comedies don't age well. Battleship sounds like a disaster, even though they are taking as many liberties as clue did. But Clue didn't have aliens as the killer. |
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Post by hoyatables on Aug 24, 2010 21:02:45 GMT -5
I only rag on Mad Men because of how obsessed people -- especially guys -- get with it. It's a pretty good show. Pretty good. You'll enjoy the DVDs. But it's nowhere near as good as people say it is. Not even close. I think it is very similar to the Sopranos - some episodes are pretty powerful and/or introspective and/or brilliant, while most are just entertaining. It's well written, and uses great imagery at times, but sometimes it does feel like it is trying a little too hard. Overall, definitely an enjoyable show - KC I think you'll like it. I don't quite understand the "Sex and the City for Men" comparison, though? Really, though, all you need are the scenes with Joan. |
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Post by Boz on Sept 27, 2010 8:21:30 GMT -5
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Post by theexorcist on Sept 27, 2010 8:31:47 GMT -5
Wouldn't it be better to list Earth's POC as Chuck Norris, to remind aliens that threats bring pain? |
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Post by Bando on Sept 27, 2010 17:55:15 GMT -5
I dunno. I think having a go-to guy for this event, no matter how unlikely, is probably a good thing. Picking someone who understands math is also a great idea, at least according to these rules. |
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Post by Boz on Dec 10, 2010 14:31:03 GMT -5
Are there any iPhone users here who have any of the augmented reality apps?
I don't have any yet, but they look pretty damn cool. I was just curious, since they're generally larger and more expensive than your standard apps, whether they really work as well as they seem to in the YouTube videos I've seen.
And since this is the Geek Thread, I should point out that there is a new Millenium Falcon augmented reality app that I'm pretty sure I'm not going to be able to resist for very much longer.
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Post by Boz on Dec 11, 2010 19:39:38 GMT -5
And since this is the Geek Thread, I should point out that there is a new Millenium Falcon augmented reality app that I'm pretty sure I'm not going to be able to resist for very much longer. Oh my God, this is so much fun it should be illegal!! Agghhh!!! There are TIE fighters all over my living room!!!!!! |
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Post by rosslynhoya on Jan 7, 2011 13:51:53 GMT -5
www.wired.com/underwire/2011/01/sexy-geeks-2010I will say that I'm annoyed by the commenters who nominated actresses that play geeks on TV or the big screen as if they were geeks themselves. Megan Fox, a geek? Charlize Theron? Some people just don't get it. The rest ... are some names that it's good to add to the mental rolodex in case you run into one at GameStop.
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Post by Boz on Jan 7, 2011 14:31:59 GMT -5
Megan Fox and Charlize Theron don't even play geeks in the movies.
They play hot women in movies that geeks like.
(or do not like, in the case of Transformers).
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