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Having just started Season 3 of BSG (I know, I'm behind the times), I'd submit the

Spoiler for Hiden:

death of the Pegasus

Spoiler for Hiden:

Ellen Tigh's death

in the same episode was pretty emotional as well.

She doesn't need to be naked or airbrushed to be hot.

My first thought on seeing this?  "Walk like an Egyptian, walk like an Egyptian..."

Gilley in "King of New York" - can't find it online, my google-fu must be weak...

I would throw the Ford Focus in there as well.  Quality on a par with Honda and the SYNC gizmo for tunes and what not.  Of course, I'm partial to the Mazda 3, especially in Mazdaspeed guise.  You might also consider a Mazda5 if you need some utility with your commute - 3 rows of seats and a dual sliding doors.

Dude, it's Johnny Storm - why didn't he just "flame on" and light ol' Sol's pilot again?  Duh...

* SzechuanLlama snuggles his laptop, extra battery, and Sprint Mobile card

The action sequences were fun, but everything else was unwatchable. 

Unwatchable?  I beg to differ - I could watch this all day long....

I took the kids down into the basement.  The storm in Macomb county rolled right over us.

If/when I sell my truck, I'm seriously tempted by one of these...



In "arrest-me red", of course.

I like GT, but OO sneaked under the Websense radar.  There is much to be said for that...

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!

Still to pumped up and excited.  Great game.  Nerve racking finish.  That hooking call would have been weak in the first period of the regular season but that late in the Finals?!  Arrggh.  Still, good teams take advantage and the Pens did which made the whole thing that much more tense and exciting.

+1000000000000

Why is it that the two sports with consistently horrendous officiating are NHL hockey, especially playoffs(!) and Big 10 football?  And NBC does indeed suck - they should have hired the Hockey Night in Canada crew and let them have at it - Don Cherry in HD, baby!

Blah blah blah...

I really am a lucky man.  And not because I've dodged a bullet, but because I've married a woman as wonderful and understanding as my wife.  She really is one of a kind.   

All I got out of that is that the famous Mrs. Rock must have discovered the GT forums

The true battle begins...

Every one of the trailers I've seen has screamed "suck" to me.  Possibly a rental down the line....

*edit fo' grammar

Saw it last night, loved it!  Seriously rocked, and I can't wait for the inevitable sequels.  And though it has been noted before, STAY UNTIL THE CREDITS ARE OVER!!

I damn near had a fanboy seizure on that one - *** ********!?!?!!?!!!!!!?!!?  Are you kidding me?!?!?!!?!?!?!  WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can. Not. Wait.

We used to get it professionally done, but at $300 or so a crack, it ain't happening this year.  I did rent a cleaner/vacuum sucker deal at Home Depot for $30 and it did a pretty good job.  Enough to put off the big bill for a while, and I can do that almost 10 times for the price of a professional.  With two kids, I'll fork over for "pretty good" as it's not going to last long anyway!

It has a great cast (William Hurt as a bad guy is always good) and mediocre FX didn't really hurt Spidey 1 too much.

I might actually go to the theater and see this one.

Of course, I liked both Fantastic Four movies, so my taste in movies might not be the best. 

I liked both FF movies as well.  I think what most folks miss about the FF is that they have always been a bit more "cartoony" than X-Men, for instance, and this was especially true in the early years.  I'm not in love with what they did with Doom, who IMHO is one of the greatest villians in the Marvel rogue's gallery, but it's not a deal breaker.  And the Johnny Storm / Thing interplay is spot-freakin-on...

AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have to wait until next. fucking. week. to see this!  Life hates me.

Well.  No hulk poodle, so how good can it be?

Rented it, watched about 45 minutes, was bored to tears, eject and return.

"Let them wait."

Rip, you're OK.  Thanks for the update and good luck with the recovery.  Been there, done that, and have the scars.

Free Tibet!

Or at least Tibet at a heavy discount!

I tend to not like most "crotch rockets" - no GSXR for me, thanks - but the Duc is thoroughbred Italian redhead on two wheels.  Only 80 hp, so it's no rocket, but it makes wonderful sounds and is, IMHO, stunning to look at.

I am seriously tempted....

I want a Harley.  Or possibly a Buell.  Or maybe an old Triumph Spitfire.  Of course, the wife made the "no bike" rule abundantly clear prior to marriage, so I'm hoping this urge will pass.

So who's the bad guy?  Arsenal?  War Machine (I hope not, since that would break from the comic)?

Iron Monger, I believe.  And it looks like Tony Stark, if not Iron Man, has a cameo in the upcoming Hulk flick. 

I'm not a huge Tom Long fan generally (I find most movie critics a bit too "film" for this poor redneck boy) but I have very high hopes for this movie, so I'm inclined to think Mr. Long is right on the money.

From the Detroit News movie critic, Tom Long: 

"Iron Man" is going to be gigantic.

Yes, I've seen it; no this is not a review. Just a statement of fact.

Can.  Not.  Wait.

by the HD DVD add on player instead 

I imagine the price would be a bit lower these days!

...so our trusty $48 combo DVD/VHS has finally bit the dust, freeing the way for us to buy a new one.  Since we've got a 42 in plasma HD TV in the living room, it's time to get serious on the feed to it.  As I know *zilch* about this stuff, I'm asking for input from the hive mind.

Muchos gracias!

To quote the old song..."Something is better than nothing."

MOO3 puts the lie to that statement.

Stop yer grinnin' and drop yer linen - I got'em.

Down in Cincinnati (sp?) on a business trip and swung by the local Target - scored Warhammer 40K DoW Platinum (DoW + Winter Assault + Dark Crusade) for $21.  Not bad...

I thought it was good - never saw the "original" though.

Did you know that there are places where you can actually rent purses?  The really high end stuff like Fendi and... I don't know, whatever is high end.  On the one hand, that seems like a sign of the apocolypse, but OTOH, I guess in the long run renting a purse instead of buying a new one for every outfit could save money.

Ya know, if you replace "purse" with "wife" in the above statement, it still sort of works.  Of course, you can't be governor of New York and still be a renter.  

I'm just sayin'

I should read through this whole thread. I'm a huge Dark Tower fan and finished the books a few months back.

I was disappointed by the last book, not because of the "Groundhog Day" ending - which I actually find ironic and fitting with Roland's character - but because of the weak final conflict with the Crimson King. The CK is supposed to be one of King's greatest villains, but the battle between him and Roland just wasn't as epic as I would have liked. That's what I found underwhealming.


So funny that this thread popped up again though, seeing as how I just ordered King's re-edit of the first book.

+1 on the CK "battle" - it has been a while since I finished the series (re-read from The Gunslinger on...) and I too found that disappointing, especially after all the buildup in this series and other works (Insomnia, Black House, etc) about what a Class A badass reality-destroyer the Crimson King was supposed to be.

I found the ending disappointing, but fitting.  How else could it end?  It's ka.

[but inspired by 21st Century storytelling.]

"Merlin" is an exciting, hour-long fantasy series set in the mythic city of Camelot -- but inspired by 21st Century storytelling.

That statement just screams of "suck."

Glad I found this thread - I was having bad flashbacks of the GG debacle!