http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SBzRmWeC6Ds#!\

Star Wars, as read by an all star voice over cast.

Maybe i should have stuck this link here, it seems to fit the thread.

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/193520/Wargaming_kicks_paytowin_monetization_to_the_curb.php

Wishful thinking there Ceekay.......?????

You think he's CK's type?

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/193520/Wargaming_kicks_paytowin_monetization_to_the_curb.php

Interesting apporach to the Pay-to-win mmo approach.

One more trailer out today.  Looks like alot of action packed into a reboot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgsgkrTdNJU

Saw it over the weekend, and loved it.  I was much happier coming out of the theater than I was for IM3.

That is everything I wanted it to be.  I think Tobias would make any gif better.

Tobias Funke has a website to promote his acting...

http://insertmeanywhere.biz

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Of course, to all those people waiting in line, you walked past them to D-Bag seating.

You mean all those people who could have also bought their tickets online if it means that much to them? I fail to see the problem...

The problem is that the theater named the seating something that is easy to turn into D-Bag.

I kinda am a D-bag tho.

I have a favorite comeback for when people call me a douche.  Not targeted in any way at anyone here, just wanted to share it.
spoiler for nsfw/rude comment.

Spoiler for Hiden:

You just think I'm a douche because when I'm done banging your wife/mother/whoever they smell better....

I actually love the reserved seating at my local theater.  They offer motion seats called D-Box seating and they are reserved only. Nothing quite as satisfying as ordering tickets a couple days in advance, walking into a packed theater 5min before previews start, and sitting in the exact seat you want.

It's an interesting convergence that tickets to plays are sold in the same manner. Do you pay a "convenience charge" when you buy movie tix online?

Yes, they do charge extra for online ticket purchases, but I have been buying my movie tickets online for quite a while now and paying extra isn't really a problem.  I remember having 6 tickets to The Phantom Menace without ever leaving home, while people waited in line for days and never got a ticket.... If only I could go back in time and warn myself to temper my expectations....

I really wish I didn't have a pharmacogenomics cumulative final exam tomorrow, although as I only need to score a 67% to keep my current grade

Nothing like floating thru grad school with a 67% average... I assume that's what you meant. 

I actually love the reserved seating at my local theater.  They offer motion seats called D-Box seating and they are reserved only. Nothing quite as satisfying as ordering tickets a couple days in advance, walking into a packed theater 5min before previews start, and sitting in the exact seat you want.

So, I kept watching Venture Bros in the hopes that it would click, and it finally did around episode 5 (the Bowie references totally won me over ).  Will finish up Season 1, and am seriously considering dropping the $$ for Season 2 on iTunes. 

Seasons 3 and 4 are crazy expensive though...$30 and $37, respectively.  Not sure I'm up for that.

I'm glad you stuck with it.  This show just got better every season for me, and after watching all 4 seasons, I find that they are just as funny or better the 2nd time around.  If I am flipping channels and see them on, I always end up watching.  Season 5 premeirs on Cartoon Network on June 2nd I think.  Now I just need seasons 2-4 to appear on Netflix....

We had an Australian over for dinner and I asked her what they thought of New Zealanders. She asked me, "well, what do you think of Canadians?" She seemed quite surprised to hear that Americans don't hate Canadians

Who could hate Canadians, eh?

I like my bed made.  Rephrase... I need my bed made.  I am lucky that my gf is super tidy and always makes the bed when she gets up in the morning (I leave before her), but just to be sure I do remake most of the bed around her as she sleeps...

I started focusing on my health a little more at the beginning of this year.  It has always been my experience that building muscle mass before focusing on actual weight loss always got better results for me.  After 4 months of fairly regular gym time I have lost Zero lbs, but my waist size has gone down 3-4 inches.  In another month I will start regulating my diet a little bit and doing some cardio in my workouts, and i expect a 15-20lb weight loss should be relatively easy.

Just saw the newest trailer for H3 attached to Oblivion.  It looks alot funnier than the first trailer. I have some hope that it may be good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8pnsreFryg

I saw this on a normal screen with D-Box seating.  The moving seats made it more fun for me, but the gf wasn't impressed; tho I do think my kids would love them.  The movie was pretty good.

RDJ was originally signed to a 5 picture deal?  That would make this the end of HIS phase 1 at least.

Are you including RDJ's cameo at the end of HULK?

Iron man 1,2,&3 with Avengers and I was just assuming that he was locked into Avenger 2.  Thus he would finish his 5 pictures without returning to the Iron Man franchise.

RDJ was originally signed to a 5 picture deal?  That would make this the end of HIS phase 1 at least.

I'm still plugging away.  I take occasional breaks when other new games come out, but I always seem to return to WoT.  I like the quick battles and the strategy involved in the higher tiered battles.  That and I have started playing in some Clan Wars.

RDJ talks about retiring from Iron Man again, especially after his injury during production:

"It got me thinking about how big the message from your cosmic sponsor needs to be before you pick it up," he says. "How many genre movies can I do? How many follow-ups to a successful follow-up are actually fun? Because, as quiet as it's kept, I come from a family of very innovative writers and directors and actors and artists... So there's this kind of legacy of souls from what I consider to be a very particular time in entertainment, and I'm sensing a return to that -- it's what me and the missus are doing next. It's not unlike: I heard Brady signed on for three more years with New England, and then he's done being a QB, because he'll be 40. I'm 47, and I'll be 50."

Iron Man 3 is the last film he's under contract to do.  I imagine they will be able to tempt him back with big bags of money though.

Just saw a quote from him today where he admitted that his back end deal from The Avengers paid him north of $50million.  I am not sure that money will be the motivator he needs to return to Iron Man, and I would bet that Disney/Marvel won't be giving out too many more of those contracts.

I work for Ping Golf in the R&D department.

Have I ever mentioned that I always liked you?

You play golf?

Poorly.

hey, me too!

(can I get a discount? )

forget the discount, I need access to top secret future club that hits guided golf balls...

And I am a CNC Machinist for 3M Abrasive division. Working entirely with super-abrasives.

The latest strip was numbered 882.

Also, I have to second Venture Bros. as one of the best things Cartoon Network has ever put on.  And that it stands in the pantheon of comedy without even mentioning the animation side of it.  But maybe we built it up too much?

It may be that I'm not remembering it as a slow build.  One of the best thing about it are the recurring characters that you know well enough to enjoy when they react to a given situation just as you'd expect, but the show is well written enough that they often surprise you.

Also it helps if you've seen Johnny Quest (also not available).

That may be part of the problem.  I vaguely remember Johnny Quest, but was never really a fan.  Hence, some of the humor may be lost on me.

It's odd though, as I can totally see the setup for funny stuff in there, it just doesn't really seem to deliver.  I'll give it another couple episodes before writing it off...maybe I was just in a bad mood last night.

The Venture Bros seems, to me, to be along the same vein as Seinfeld.  It's only truely funny once you understand all the characters.  I wasn't exposed to them until the 2nd season was out  on DVD and I watched the first two seasons in one weekend.  Now that the next season (5 I believe) is due to start soon, it is a good time to do some catching up.

Knowing Johnny Quest might help a little, but once they are rolling they play to a wider audience.

YouTube: It's time to pick a winner.

Pretty Funny. Love when someone takes the time to go the extra mile.

The Venture Brothers: Season 1, just added to Netflix this week.    One of my favorites.

You should play WoT. I like it.

Just watched the 17 min "trailer" and I am totally in. I liked the playstyle of the BF games alot.

That looks like a pretty fun event.

I agree, the trailer makes me feel better about this movie than I before.

I bought a Samsung a few years ago now. French door with freezer on the bottom style. I opted not to get to in door ice/water dispenser as I tend to have a ton of things in the doors of my fridge and I hated to lose half that space.  The ice maker in the freezer works very well and I would recommend the Samsung based on my experience.  I agree with the "buy as large as you can fit" method. You can never have too much fridge space when you have kids.

Didn't see the kickstarter in time to back it, but I will definitely be looking for it on release day.

[Spoiler]

Almost through the entire season of House of Cards and I've decided I don't like it- with two eps left.

Spacey is his typical great self (but there's just too much of him).

All of the characters are grade A scumbags and I pretty much don't like any of them. Thus there's no one to root for and I wish the whole lot of them ill- so it's an accurate portrayal of the Hill I'd say.

That said, I could get through that, but I just finished episode 11 and it has totally stretched the bounds of plausibility.

Major Spoiler late season spoiler

Spoiler for Hiden:

The fact that he murdered Pete Russo is just poor writing and I don't buy that Underwood would go that far.  Also, it was totally unnecessary. The show is fun when Frank is responding to situations outside of his control and spin doctoring his way back through the minefields.  Committing murder is just sloppy sloppy and knocks the whole season down quite a few pegs.

Overall, I'm giving it 3 stars.  That's in the I'll give season two a try, but probably won't make it the whole way category.

I felt the same way about Sopranos. All thugs, and the world would be better off without them if the vacuum was filled.

About that spoiler:

Spoiler for Hiden:

seems to me that was right in line with the very first scene commenting on the two types of pain and what happened to the dog.

Yeah, that makes sense,

Spoiler for Hiden:

but Peter didn't need to be put out of his misery. He'd fallen off the wagon, had his kids to live for and his girlfriend.  Straight up murder seems beneath underwood even if all his work was at stake. Again, seems like the show would have him use his bargaining and scheming skills rather than just kill the guy.

I literally have no interest in finishing the season at this time. I got 90 seconds into the next ep and was like, I don't even want to watch this anymore.

Just watched the 12th episode and I'm still liking it.  Give it another try.

I just saw the latest full trailer, and I'm getting excited to see the movie again.  Seems like this one will have a little more action and a little more conflict with the villain than the 2nd one.

I have had a chance to play recently and I noticed the caliber of player seemed to have declined greatly.  I spent 3 hours as a top 3 player in a TDM room and that never happens.  Took me a while to figure it out, but apparently since I didn't get the new map pack I am only sharing a playlist with other casual/lazy/cheap players. While I'm not putting up Hark numbers i have manged to get 30+ kills in a match a couple times and some decent killstreaks. 

I won my first Xbox 360 from a Mountain Dew promotion. (winner every 10 minutes).  It came with a box full of T-shirts, hats, and swag.  Unfortunately getting my 360 a month before they were officially released somehow managed to screw up my xbox live membership (started active account before they HAD to be tied to a @Live ID) and after my initial year was up I had to completely restart over with a new Xbox live ID...  but it was a very cool prize.

I was always a big fan of the White Wolf style of werewolf.  Two legs for me please.

I thought he was alright in the film,his come on/tease towards Bond was a bit unexpected,but its not like we have had that many bad guys actually interested in Bond that way....if he was actually interested in him that way

I had the feeling that he was doing that to Bond to try and put him off his game.  As a field agent he has been trained to resist interrogation/torture, and we saw in Casino Royale that he wont give in for mere pain.

Decided to go back to give Diablo another go round, and finally got my hardcore toon up to lvl 60.  Game has a slightly different edge playing HC for me.