New Guillermo Del Toro Movie Features Godzilla Analogue, Giant Mecha Fighting Machines, GLaDOS
I mention GLaDOS, the hilarious voice of the Portal series, because I love her so. She's so funny I didn't even play the games -- I just watched YouTube clips of her wisecracks. It is in fact the Voice of GLaDOS, same actress, same musical/mechanical effect added to her voice.
Well, there’s a reason many people were getting a GLaDOS/Portal vibe from the clip. That’s because it actually IS GLaDOS. The voiceover work is done by GLaDOS’s Ellen McLain. It’s not just her however, she’s had her voice run through nearly the exact same alteration process as in Portal, which is why the two sound identical. This isn’t breaking news, as Guillermo Del Toro announced Mclain would be an AI back in October, though I don’t think anyone anticipated the voice would be exactly the same. Many were confused after seeing the trailer and might not know that it literally is GLaDOS’s voice rather than just a copycat interpretation.My new General Rule is that All Movies Suck -- it's just a question of degree, really --- but how bad could this one be? Here's GLaDOS signing at the end credits of Portal, explaining that she has to murder people in "science experiments" (which really are simply techy sadism) "For Science!" and "for the benefit of the people who are Still Alive." On the downside -- there was a time, long ago, when Japan ripped us off. Neat: The most recognizable actor in this movie is a Video Game Character. And not like a Video Game Character appearing in a movie about that video game franchise. Of course Nathan Drake would appear in a Nathan Drake movie. But instead a Video Game Character leaving her own fictive universe to star in some other movie. Just cast because they wanted "a GLaDOS type," so they just hired GLaDOS. Has that happened before? It happens in, like, William Gibson books, where some fictive entity becomes a celebrity, but has it happened in the real world?
Comments
Posted by: grease monkey at December 13, 2012 02:25 PM (VSWPU)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 13, 2012 02:25 PM (evdj2)
Then shut up until you have, heretic. I'll even gift the fucking thing to you on Steam if you wish.
Posted by: MadisonConservative at December 13, 2012 02:25 PM (Y/HG5)
Posted by: grease monkey at December 13, 2012 02:25 PM (VSWPU)
Giant robots fighting monsters - Evangelion.
UN fighting aliens coming through a portal - Super Sylph Yukikaze.
So I will pass.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 13, 2012 02:26 PM (4+0nx)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 13, 2012 02:28 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 13, 2012 02:29 PM (JACEX)
So I will pass.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 13, 2012 02:26 PM (4+0nx)
I'll just go six times for you then.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Tick tock tick tock. at December 13, 2012 02:30 PM (VtjlW)
Posted by: EC at December 13, 2012 02:31 PM (GQ8sn)
Have they done anything original in the last 20 years?
Posted by: Vic at December 13, 2012 02:31 PM (YdQQY)
There's a great tower defense game called Defense Grid. They did an add on that had GLaDOS in it running you through rigorous "tests".
So much fun.
Posted by: Heralder at December 13, 2012 02:32 PM (+xmn4)
and it's not a del toro film without ron perlman.
Posted by: hack at December 13, 2012 02:32 PM (3UuUG)
Of course there is always GUNHED
http://youtu.be/cumAfzuUKbc
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 13, 2012 02:33 PM (4+0nx)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 13, 2012 02:26 PM (4+0nx)
after getting denied The Hobbit, At The Mountains of Madness and Hellboy III, he's doing a mashup of all the things he likes.
I'm a big fan of his movies personally and this looks like a lot of fun as the Hellboy movies were
Posted by: The Dude at December 13, 2012 02:33 PM (tw6Ar)
And I've gone platinum on both Demon's Souls and Dark Souls
She was a lot funnier in the first one, I thought. Too much reliance on forced fat jokes in Portal 2.
Posted by: VJay at December 13, 2012 02:33 PM (q5NFp)
I refuse to pay the satellite people $6 to watch a damn movie.
Posted by: Vic at December 13, 2012 02:33 PM (YdQQY)
The trailer even has the robot doing the 'fist into palm' thing just like in Robot Jox.
The way the pilots fit into their 'suits' reminds me of how humans were used as 'pilots' in the Shadow vessels from Babylon 5.
Posted by: EC at December 13, 2012 02:35 PM (GQ8sn)
NetFlix by mail.
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 13, 2012 02:35 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: namaste, beach at December 13, 2012 02:35 PM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: Ricardo Montalban at December 13, 2012 02:35 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Prometheus Avalon at December 13, 2012 02:35 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 13, 2012 02:36 PM (m/eXi)
Posted by: hack at December 13, 2012 02:32 PM (3UuUG)
Yup. Which is why he's in it.
I still think there's a zombie on your lawn is the best end game song.
http://youtu.be/Yy86WS7pzoM
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Tick tock tick tock. at December 13, 2012 02:36 PM (VtjlW)
"So Hollywood is ripping off Japan and the old Godzilla movies now"
To be fair, Godzilla was a ripoff of earlier American flicks. Even so, they had to add in Steve Martin* to make a version for US theaters...
*Character name, of course. Everyone knows it was played by Perry Mason...
Posted by: Jess1 at December 13, 2012 02:36 PM (LwGY+)
I liked the fat jokes, especially because the Player Character is not fat (when you see her in a mirror).
So it's just her being a complete twat.
I think they had to do the fat jokes because they retired a lot of jokes from the first one, like the Cake jokes.
Posted by: ace at December 13, 2012 02:36 PM (LCRYB)
I refuse to pay the satellite people $6 to watch a damn movie.
Posted by: Vic at December 13, 2012 02:33 PM (YdQQY)
No Redbox?
Posted by: RWC at December 13, 2012 02:37 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Brian Dennehy at December 13, 2012 02:37 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 13, 2012 02:37 PM (4+0nx)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Tick tock tick tock. at December 13, 2012 02:30 PM (VtjlW)
Well sure, you'll need to study the specifications for use in Alextopia
Posted by: chemjeff at December 13, 2012 02:37 PM (m/eXi)
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 13, 2012 02:37 PM (tkoGU)
Posted by: doug at December 13, 2012 02:38 PM (jCwj+)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at December 13, 2012 02:38 PM (/kI1Q)
Fuckin' units, how do they work?
Posted by: NASA Engineers at December 13, 2012 02:38 PM (m/eXi)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Tick tock tick tock. at December 13, 2012 02:30 PM (VtjlW)
hehe, same
Posted by: namaste, beach at December 13, 2012 02:38 PM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: Jones in CO at December 13, 2012 02:38 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at December 13, 2012 02:38 PM (+lsX1)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at December 13, 2012 02:39 PM (IH2b5)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 13, 2012 02:37 PM (m/eXi)
No need, the specs are up at the Pan Pacific Defense Corps site.
Hey, you want to know how you can tell this isn't an Emmerich film? San Fran is getting leveled, not LA and NYC.
All I need is this lamp. This lamp and this Jaeger. . . .
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Tick tock tick tock. at December 13, 2012 02:39 PM (VtjlW)
Posted by: brak at December 13, 2012 02:40 PM (M2qTM)
Posted by: uterus cannon at December 13, 2012 02:41 PM (3ZtZW)
Hollywood, you want a horror flick, just take David Parker Ray's true story and make it into a movie. Talk about a sick F'er.
Posted by: RWC at December 13, 2012 02:41 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: © Sponge at December 13, 2012 02:42 PM (UK9cE)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 13, 2012 02:43 PM (4+0nx)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 13, 2012 02:43 PM (evdj2)
A bit O/T:
Anyone, here, play Dishonored on the PC versus XBox or PS3? I here conflicting reviews on this. Some say, great on PC, others, not a good port to PC.
Posted by: namaste, beach at December 13, 2012 02:43 PM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: Eaton Cox at December 13, 2012 02:43 PM (q177U)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 13, 2012 02:43 PM (m/eXi)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 13, 2012 02:35 PM (evdj2)
Monthly charge whether you get one or not.
Posted by: Vic at December 13, 2012 02:43 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Eaton Cox at December 13, 2012 02:44 PM (q177U)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose is Shrugging at December 13, 2012 02:44 PM (0q2P7)
games are on my short list once they get down to rock bottom pricing on
Steam. Heard nothing but great things.
Posted by: brak at December 13, 2012 02:40 PM (M2qTM)
first one is down to $5 constantly (they even gave it away for free) and the second game has also been down to $5 a few times. Won't go any lower than that. Christmas Steam sale starts on Monday
Posted by: The Dude at December 13, 2012 02:44 PM (tw6Ar)
Wrong. We own the giant monster genre as well.
King Kong - 1933
The Beast from 20,000 fathoms - 1953
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms was the first live-action film to feature a giant monster awakened or brought about by an atomic bomb detonation to attack a major city.
Gojira - 1954
Them! - 1954
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 13, 2012 02:44 PM (TtXjG)
Posted by: Vic at December 13, 2012 02:44 PM (YdQQY)
Barry Soetero?
Posted by: uterus cannon at December 13, 2012 02:44 PM (3ZtZW)
Sherlock Holmes. IIRC, Sherlock is the most portrayed character in literature, film and tv.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Tick tock tick tock. at December 13, 2012 02:45 PM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 13, 2012 02:45 PM (4+0nx)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 13, 2012 02:45 PM (TtXjG)
Convenient, but it gets in the way of the whole "meetup" part of the moron meetup
Posted by: uterus cannon at December 13, 2012 02:46 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: tsrblke (work) at December 13, 2012 02:46 PM (xjVxe)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 13, 2012 02:47 PM (79ueO)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose is Shrugging at December 13, 2012 02:44 PM (0q2P7)
http://tinyurl.com/adf6t8c
Posted by: RWC at December 13, 2012 02:47 PM (fWAjv)
and this is how we spend our time between OuTrAgEs
that civil war between us and the unions we were talking about a little while ago? yeah, maybe some other time
Posted by: soothsayer at December 13, 2012 02:47 PM (jUytm)
Posted by: uterus cannon at December 13, 2012 02:47 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: grease monkey at December 13, 2012 02:48 PM (VSWPU)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 13, 2012 02:48 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: soothsayer at December 13, 2012 02:48 PM (jUytm)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 13, 2012 02:48 PM (evdj2)
This actually looks pretty good.
I liked the Hellboy movies.
But then, I tend to like the sci-fi action movies.
Posted by: wheatie at December 13, 2012 02:48 PM (K4wCe)
Shows how long it's been since I've checked. Thanks for the heads-up.
Posted by: brak at December 13, 2012 02:49 PM (M2qTM)
Posted by: Vic at December 13, 2012 02:49 PM (YdQQY)
To
be fair, Godzilla was a ripoff of earlier American flicks. Even so,
they had to add in Steve Martin* to make a version for US theaters...
*Character name, of course. Everyone knows it was played by Perry Mason...
In the original 1954 movie, Godzilla was played by Brian Dennehy.
Posted by: Armando at December 13, 2012 02:49 PM (5iuEW)
Posted by: ZombieWFB at December 13, 2012 02:50 PM (XqeyF)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 13, 2012 02:47 PM (79ueO)
Heh. Move a recovering, yet floundering addict to Los Angeles and give him a huge sum of money. THAT'LL work.
Posted by: © Sponge at December 13, 2012 02:50 PM (UK9cE)
Yup. We get distracted by stupid shit from Hollywood, the same industry that tells the world we hate everyone.
Posted by: EC at December 13, 2012 02:50 PM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: DanInMN at December 13, 2012 02:50 PM (XqeyF)
Yeah life in the US truly sux now. Hollywood sux, all the Washington
Politicians sux, the State politicians sux, inflation is rampant, and
half of the time even the weather sux.
Posted by: Vic at December 13, 2012 02:49 PM (YdQQY)
_______________
Huh? Things are awesome. I get free birth control pills.
Posted by: Sandra F. at December 13, 2012 02:50 PM (HDgX3)
As I have no idea what this post is about, I am turning in my Junior Intellectual card.
I'll apply again next year.
Posted by: jwest at December 13, 2012 02:50 PM (ZDsRL)
Gee Josh Hamilton to the Angels. They are spending money like it's going out of style
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 13, 2012 02:47 PM (79ueO)
Oh god! My team is spending like there's not a depression going on in California, dear god, my season tickets are going to skyrocket aren't they.
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at December 13, 2012 02:50 PM (NzBQO)
Posted by: Armando at December 13, 2012 02:50 PM (5iuEW)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 13, 2012 02:51 PM (evdj2)
all the Washington Politicians sux, the State politicians sux, inflation
is rampant, and half of the time even the weather sux.
Posted by: Vic at December 13, 2012 02:49 PM (YdQQY)
Things that are still awesome: pie.
Posted by: Jones in CO at December 13, 2012 02:51 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: taylork at December 13, 2012 02:51 PM (ppNDn)
Posted by: Vic at December 13, 2012 02:51 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: logprof, culturally clueless at December 13, 2012 02:51 PM (gBuIk)
Should have use Voltron to do all the fighting.
That would have been a least two buckets of popcorn and a liter of Mountain Dew.
Posted by: Nerd In The Basement at December 13, 2012 02:51 PM (mETGQ)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 13, 2012 02:48 PM (HDgX3)
I actually quite like The Strain books and part of me even believes that he had active input in writing them.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Tick tock tick tock. at December 13, 2012 02:52 PM (VtjlW)
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Let me repeat, it's Giant Alien Monsters fighting Giant Robots directed
by del Toro. There is no possible way I won't love this to bits.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Tick tock tick tock. at December 13, 2012 02:30 PM (VtjlW)
I'm wondering how many of my buddies are closet nerds and how many of them are gonna come with me when I go see this on opening night. Which just happens to be 2 days before my birthday.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 13, 2012 02:52 PM (da5Wo)
No, but I stopped being suckered by H'wood a long time ago. Nothing is worth paying good money to sit in a theater full of annoying children and adults talking back to the screen and throwing shit. I'll wait for the torrent.
Posted by: EC at December 13, 2012 02:52 PM (GQ8sn)
my point is that our rage is just spent energy
we ought to be keeping level heads and channeling our energy into something useful
Posted by: soothsayer at December 13, 2012 02:53 PM (jUytm)
Posted by: EC at December 13, 2012 02:50 PM (GQ8sn)
I think they spend more time telling everyone we suck and how evil we are, but I get your point.
Posted by: © Sponge at December 13, 2012 02:53 PM (UK9cE)
Posted by: EC at December 13, 2012 02:53 PM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 13, 2012 02:53 PM (JACEX)
I once knew a guy named Dolpho Caine. It would have made a great TV detective name.
Stacy Keach is Dolpho Caine.
Coming this Fall.
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 13, 2012 02:54 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at December 13, 2012 02:54 PM (NzBQO)
I'll wait for the torrent.
Posted by: EC at December 13, 2012 02:52 PM (GQ8sn)
which is like, the next day, nowadays
Posted by: namaste, beach at December 13, 2012 02:54 PM (LpQbZ)
I liked the fat jokes too. That she kept using them was a joke in itself.
With Portal 2 we also got the awesome Stephen Merchant robot in addition to GLaDOS. Awesome game, if a bit short.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at December 13, 2012 02:54 PM (SY2Kh)
Thanks. I don't voluntarily hand over my money to H'wood anymore.
Posted by: EC at December 13, 2012 02:54 PM (GQ8sn)
@57 - My memories for Five Star Stories are hazy.
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The FSS mecha all used two crew members - the headliner pilot, and the biological construct co-pilot.
Posted by: junior at December 13, 2012 02:54 PM (UWFpX)
Posted by: EC at December 13, 2012 02:55 PM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: GlaDOS at December 13, 2012 02:55 PM (e0xKF)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at December 13, 2012 02:55 PM (SY2Kh)
I feel like LINUS.
Isn't there anyone out there who
Posted by: soothsayer at December 13, 2012 02:55 PM (jUytm)
Posted by: Soona at December 13, 2012 02:56 PM (OqZHj)
Things that are still awesome: pie.
Posted by: Jones in CO at December 13, 2012 02:51 PM (8sCoq)
Things that are still awesome: chocolate
Posted by: namaste, beach at December 13, 2012 02:56 PM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: soothsayer at December 13, 2012 02:53 PM (jUytm)
If that's your concern, why the hell would you be HERE?!?
Posted by: © Sponge at December 13, 2012 02:56 PM (UK9cE)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at December 13, 2012 02:54 PM (NzBQO)
Cameron and Cruise still want to do it and del Toro still wants to do it. I mentioned before that I think Universal is waiting to see how Pacific Rim and Oblivion do before putting up $200-250 million for an R rated sci fi movie.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Tick tock tick tock. at December 13, 2012 02:56 PM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 13, 2012 02:56 PM (4+0nx)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 13, 2012 02:56 PM (9EduW)
Posted by: cranky-d at December 13, 2012 02:56 PM (/JZIr)
Try to find the clips of Portal 2 (if you haven't seen any of them yet), it is a HUNDRED times funnier than the first; especially the CEO of Aperture (played by J.K. Simmons), and the companion pod played by a dead ringer for Ricky Gervais...and, of course Glados...
Her best line: "OK, we've both said things you're going to regret..."
Posted by: Sgt. York at December 13, 2012 02:56 PM (WHcjL)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 13, 2012 02:57 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: elevenwing plover at December 13, 2012 02:57 PM (KXm42)
Posted by: namaste, beach at December 13, 2012 02:56 PM (LpQbZ)
Things that are doubly awesome: chocolate pie.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Tick tock tick tock. at December 13, 2012 02:57 PM (VtjlW)
I think Idris Elba is a good casting choice as well.
Posted by: Paper at December 13, 2012 02:57 PM (8Zptr)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 13, 2012 02:57 PM (4+0nx)
Things that are still awesome: chocolate
Posted by: namaste, beach at December 13, 2012 02:56 PM (LpQbZ)
Things that are doubly awesome: chocolate pie.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Tick tock tick tock. at December 13, 2012 02:57 PM (VtjlW)
Things that are even more DOUBLY awesome: boobehs.
Posted by: EC at December 13, 2012 02:58 PM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Tick tock tick tock. at December 13, 2012 02:57 PM (VtjlW)
That wasn't a double entendre....was it?
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 13, 2012 02:58 PM (sbV1u)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Tick tock tick tock. at December 13, 2012 02:57 PM (VtjlW)
That wasn't a double entendre....was it?
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Did someone say "chocolate pie"?
Posted by: Howard Cosell at December 13, 2012 02:58 PM (e0xKF)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 13, 2012 02:59 PM (4+0nx)
Posted by: Sgt. York at December 13, 2012 02:56 PM (WHcjL)
No, play the Co-Op.Her lines get funnier."There was once a team as good as you. One was an evil murder. The other was me." (Quote is not 100% accurate.)But Yeah, J.K Simmons boss is awesome."What do you do when life gives you lemons? You make exploding lemons!"
Posted by: tsrblke (work) at December 13, 2012 02:59 PM (xjVxe)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 13, 2012 02:59 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: trainer @ work at December 13, 2012 02:59 PM (QbdUW)
If this was the tonight show with Johnny Carson it would be.
Posted by: eleven at December 13, 2012 03:00 PM (KXm42)
Does anyone know the voice actor who speaks the random numbers/code for the Scarecrow's hideout in Batman: Arkham City?
Posted by: Serious Cat at December 13, 2012 03:00 PM (UypUQ)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 13, 2012 03:00 PM (m4Ar0)
Posted by: Trippy at December 13, 2012 03:01 PM (hafwJ)
where some fictive entity becomes a celebrity, but has it happened in the real world
you could argue that some of the SNL characters or old comedians who were never allowed to leave their character, or just never went out of character
Martin Short comes to mind
Andy Kaufman, is another
Posted by: namaste, beach at December 13, 2012 03:01 PM (LpQbZ)
Not quite like a fictional character, but there’s an amusing anecdote on the Cabaret DVD about Michael York reading the actors wanted section of some acting magazine and seeing that the producers of Cabaret wanted a “Michael York type”. He immediately called his agent and asked why the hell haven’t I heard about this?
(Possibly because, by “Michael York type” they meant gay and his agent didn’t want him typecast that way, but if so that is not on the DVD.)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 13, 2012 03:01 PM (QF8uk)
Alexthechick, you have my chocolate pie. Chocolate makes me sick.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 13, 2012 02:59 PM (4+0nx)
:-(
Posted by: namaste, beach at December 13, 2012 03:03 PM (LpQbZ)
Weasel Zippers
Thanka you my liberal jewish relatives and freinds
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 13, 2012 03:03 PM (79ueO)
108Junior I thought so. The Fatimas are supposed to have limiters but they partner with a human.
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The best Fatimas do. The lower quality ones that we never see might not do that because they're lower quality and probably more or less interchangeable. iirc, eventually things shift within the Five Stars so that non-human Fatimas that never leave their mechaare used instead.
Nagano's commentary on what happens in societies in which you pair a hot-looking bio-construct that's basically considered to be property with a pilot that's in a monogamous marriage is interesting.
Posted by: junior at December 13, 2012 03:04 PM (UWFpX)
Posted by: SpongeBob Saget at December 13, 2012 03:04 PM (97nMP)
Posted by: eleven at December 13, 2012 03:04 PM (KXm42)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 13, 2012 02:59 PM (4+0nx)
Awww thanks! nomnomnom
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Tick tock tick tock. at December 13, 2012 03:04 PM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at December 13, 2012 03:04 PM (SY2Kh)
Attention is now turning to 46-year old Jonathan Jackson, the third-born child of the famous Civil Rights leader. The New York Daily News first speculated last September that Jonathan might seek his brother’s 2nd District seat. Sources tell Fox 32 News that Jonathan has discussed a possible campaign with local ministers and community leaders.
Why not?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 13, 2012 03:05 PM (79ueO)
Posted by: eleven at December 13, 2012 03:05 PM (KXm42)
just a reminder: Hagel, of Nebraska, endorsed Bob Kerrey (D) for Senate in 2012 instead of the Republican
Posted by: soothsayer at December 13, 2012 03:05 PM (jUytm)
Fox is saying Susan Rice for NSA... because it does not take Senate confirmation.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 13, 2012 03:06 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at December 13, 2012 03:06 PM (SY2Kh)
GLaDOS is the enemy in Portal. She's an AI that controls the "tests" she puts you through. Her voice sounds sweet but her attitude is sarcastic and insulting. She defends every sadistic test she compels you to perform as being "For Science," and ergo beyond question. Although she claims she's "testing" you it becomes apparent quickly that she is only trying to murder you.
She is also extremely self-justifying -- for example, she scolds you for doing damage to the lab even though you only caused damage to keep her from murdering you. But she insists that you are in the wrong. It's For Science.
She's funny. Her jokes and delivery actually stand on their own outside game play.
Posted by: ace at December 13, 2012 03:06 PM (LCRYB)
Why do I have this mental image of you with a chocolate clown mouth clad only in stompy boots right now?
Must. Not. Give. In.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 13, 2012 03:06 PM (sbV1u)
And I find myself strangely not caring one bit.
Posted by: © Sponge at December 13, 2012 03:07 PM (UK9cE)
Posted by: grease monkey at December 13, 2012 03:07 PM (VSWPU)
I can recognize the words as English words, but they are arranged in unfamiliar patterns.
Posted by: rickl at December 13, 2012 03:07 PM (zoehZ)
Did you just compare me to a clown? Think very very carefully. Is that a life choice you would like to make?
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Tick tock tick tock. at December 13, 2012 03:07 PM (VtjlW)
herself confirmed on Tuesday that she will not run to replace him.
How many skeletons must her closet have for her not to run?
Posted by: Hollowpoint at December 13, 2012 03:08 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Long Duck Dong at December 13, 2012 03:08 PM (NIZHJ)
What is this shocking term? Midget.
The Georgia Democrat used the word — offensive to some, who prefer the term “little people” to describe those who suffer from dwarfism, he noted today — in a metaphor about the Michigan labor situation in which he made a point about an unfair matchup. “What happens when you put a giant with a midget in a cage fight?” he asked rhetorically.
But I guess he figured since midgets are closer to the ground, they are less likely to turn over when something capsizes?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 13, 2012 03:08 PM (79ueO)
it's about a funny voice in a child's video game, Ace explains
Posted by: soothsayer at December 13, 2012 03:08 PM (jUytm)
Compare YOU to a clown? LMFAO.
Uh, no.
However, the smear of chocolate across the entire face oral region was the mental image. Perhaps there is a better term.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 13, 2012 03:09 PM (sbV1u)
where some fictive entity becomes a celebrity, but has it happened in
the real world?"
How about the fictional entity of "Barack the Messiah"?
Posted by: Norcross at December 13, 2012 03:09 PM (MbUq6)
Posted by: namaste, beach at December 13, 2012 03:01 PM (LpQbZ)
The most worthless fuck to ever draw a paycheck for being famous.
Posted by: © Sponge at December 13, 2012 03:11 PM (UK9cE)
Posted by: doug at December 13, 2012 03:11 PM (+C5m6)
As I said, the game has a genuine level of wit to it.
Well, I didn't play the game. I just listened to her insults. But the gameplay looks good too.
Posted by: ace at December 13, 2012 03:11 PM (LCRYB)
it's about a funny voice in a child's video game, Ace explains
Aww... did someone accidentally wear mismatching polyester socks with their sandals on the way to the bingo parlor today?
Posted by: Hollowpoint at December 13, 2012 03:12 PM (SY2Kh)
Assume the party position.
Posted by: EC at December 13, 2012 03:12 PM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: true conservatives at December 13, 2012 03:13 PM (m7OKn)
where some fictive entity becomes a celebrity, but has it happened in
the real world?
I saw Oscar the Grouch on Martha Stewart's show (post prison) once, although we can argue about whether or not she bakes cookies in the real world. He was helping her make some decoration with flower pots.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at December 13, 2012 03:14 PM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: Butters at December 13, 2012 03:14 PM (NIZHJ)
Posted by: © Sponge at December 13, 2012 03:15 PM (UK9cE)
Any truth then that Brian Dennehy as Tokyo was played by Steve Martin in a Perry Mason mask?
Would make a great flick, though.
Posted by: Jess1 at December 13, 2012 03:16 PM (LwGY+)
Posted by: tsrblke (work) at December 13, 2012 02:59 PM (xjVxe)
Burn life's house down! With the lemons!
Posted by: Insomniac at December 13, 2012 03:17 PM (v+QvA)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at December 13, 2012 03:17 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: UDM usually lurking at December 13, 2012 03:17 PM (4goTw)
How the fuck does the original director fuck up the sequel/prequel to his own movie?!?! Don't tell me the corporate suits were involved because he was given complete control over creative content.
I look back at flops like Starship Troopers and get sad because there's a shit ton of great scifi books out there with incredible stories but H'wood just can't do them justice.
Posted by: EC at December 13, 2012 03:17 PM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 13, 2012 03:09 PM (sbV1u)
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How about, chocolate encrusted whimsy-face?
Posted by: Soona at December 13, 2012 03:18 PM (OqZHj)
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Bitch took my jerb!
Posted by: Hayden Christensen at December 13, 2012 03:18 PM (e0xKF)
behavior. She famously believes that the primary motivator of human
behavior is the promise of Cake
That actually seems pretty astute.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at December 13, 2012 03:18 PM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: ace at December 13, 2012 03:19 PM (LCRYB)
Apparently you are unfamiliar with an obscure director named George Lucas.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Tick tock tick tock. at December 13, 2012 03:19 PM (VtjlW)
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No one serves as the creative filter to tell them their ideas are crap.
Just look at my prequels.
Posted by: George Lucas at December 13, 2012 03:19 PM (e0xKF)
BULLSHIT.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 13, 2012 03:19 PM (da5Wo)
No ice cream?
Posted by: uterus cannon at December 13, 2012 03:20 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Soona at December 13, 2012 03:18 PM (OqZHj)
Works for me. You''ll have to check with the boss.
I'm making her tea right now.
Posted by: Sean Bannion, Chief of the Logistics Directorate, Benevolent Despotism of Alextopia at December 13, 2012 03:20 PM (sbV1u)
behavior. She famously believes that the primary motivator of human
behavior is the promise of Cake
That actually seems pretty astute.
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I'd say that "pie" probably motivates around 45% or so of the population. Possibly more depending on whose Kinsey-like studies you believe.
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 13, 2012 03:20 PM (e0xKF)
gov overreach Your permanent records@hot air
weren't crazy about the patrito act?
well..
The agency has new authority to keep data about innocent
U.S. citizens for up to five years, and to analyze it for suspicious
patterns of behavior. Previously, both were prohibited. Data about
Americans “reasonably believed to constitute terrorism information” may
be permanently retained.--------------------
Well, hey, we can trust the American government to handle this
properly, soberly, and with caution, right? At least the data will stay
with accountable US officials. Whew. That’s a load off of my mind — er, what’s that? Um …
-------------------------The changes also allow databases of U.S. civilian
information to be given to foreign governments for analysis of their
own. In effect, U.S. and foreign governments would be using the
information to look for clues that people might commit future crimes.
Posted by: ette at December 13, 2012 03:20 PM (nqBYe)
As I said, the game has a genuine level of wit to it.
They carry the joke all the way to the closing credits cutscene. Playing the game you assume that the promise of cake is a lie, only to find that there really was cake waiting at the end.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at December 13, 2012 03:20 PM (SY2Kh)
Admit it. You're titillated.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 13, 2012 03:21 PM (sbV1u)
Posted by: ette at December 13, 2012 03:21 PM (nqBYe)
The only words in it that really make sense to me are "William Gibson." He was famous when I was a kid. And back when the internet was primarily a repository of media "philosophy" by nerdy burnouts, his name was on it a lot. Him and Bill Hicks. Dark days! Dark and smelly.
...
When did IMDB get so fucked up you can't find anybody's credits on it? Jesus.
So, Guillermo Del Toro made Cronos. That's a good movie. Then he went to Hollywood and made garbage.
Anyway, yes, fictive entities become celebrities in the real world. Gibson's idea was borrowed from real life. In Japan (a.k.a. The Future) there's a minor tradition of character-who-isn't-a-person celebrity, mostly in music. For some reason, white people think that's amazing. But we have fictional celebrities, too. Cartoon characters.
Posted by: oblig. at December 13, 2012 03:21 PM (cePv8)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 13, 2012 03:21 PM (sbV1u)
That is the second greatest word in the English language.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 13, 2012 03:22 PM (da5Wo)
Posted by: eleven at December 13, 2012 03:22 PM (KXm42)
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We've been creating fictional celebrities for around 100+ years. Some of them just catch on better than others.
Two words for you - "Kevin Federline".
Posted by: Hollywood Hype Machine at December 13, 2012 03:23 PM (e0xKF)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Tick tock tick tock. at December 13, 2012 03:19 PM (VtjlW)
I marvel at the retard strength fanoi-ism from Lucas fans. It stopped being fun a long time ago, almost right after he started changing shit in his movies and told everyone to fuck off and accept them.
Posted by: EC at December 13, 2012 03:24 PM (GQ8sn)
Americans “reasonably believed to constitute terrorism information” may
be permanently retained.
The US govt collected dietary data on OBL prior to the assault. Therefore, food purchases rightly constitute a component of terrorism information.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 13, 2012 03:25 PM (gyVJ0)
Yeah, the supporting cast was absolutely fantastic. "Cave Johnson" had me cracking up the entire time I was climbing out of his complex.
Kind of a saner, less racist Chris Matthews, what with all the hard-ass bravado.
Posted by: VJay at December 13, 2012 03:26 PM (q5NFp)
Seems he had a slightly different version of the part where the hobo vampire goes to see a peep show and is killed by Blade. The suits didn't like it one bit and made him change it. So GdT got his revenge by putting the director's cut version of that scene back in on the DVD.
Posted by: EC at December 13, 2012 03:27 PM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Sean Bannion, Chief of the Logistics Directorate, Benevolent Despotism of Alextopia at December 13, 2012 03:20 PM (sbV1u)
Thank you. *sips demurely*
Wait a damn minute. Bannion calls AtC a nude chocolate faced clown and gets a warning?????
BULLSHIT.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 13, 2012 03:19 PM (da5Wo)
Sucks to be you!
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Tick tock tick tock. at December 13, 2012 03:27 PM (VtjlW)
All they had to do was offer me 5 cents off on a gallon of gas and I use the grocery tracking card. It's insidious but effective.
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 13, 2012 03:27 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at December 13, 2012 03:27 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Butters at December 13, 2012 03:29 PM (NIZHJ)
Posted by: eleven at December 13, 2012 03:22 PM (KXm42)
Best... fucking... villains... ever...
An efficient, ruthless, collective that was able to effectively launch turds at humanity across galaxies.
Posted by: cajun carrot at December 13, 2012 03:29 PM (UZQM8)
should i make a tin foil hat or start wearing one as a fashion accessory?
Posted by: ette at December 13, 2012 03:30 PM (nqBYe)
wait, so once again we hear about "evidence of Noah's Ark found"
and yet no one can find Osama bin Laden's body?
Posted by: soothsayer at December 13, 2012 03:30 PM (jUytm)
Posted by: Butters at December 13, 2012 03:30 PM (NIZHJ)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Tick tock tick tock. at December 13, 2012 03:27 PM (VtjlW)
*grumble grumble grumble*
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 13, 2012 03:30 PM (da5Wo)
Bidding against each other, or the consortium of Christie, O'Donnell and Moore?
Posted by: Hollowpoint at December 13, 2012 03:31 PM (SY2Kh)
It's Steven Merchant, who is Ricky Gervais' writing/producing/everything partner. (Well everything in their comedy partnership, it's not a gay partnership.)
He appears briefly in The Office as the "gog eyed freak" from the warehouse. He's the british guy in Hall Pass.
Posted by: ace at December 13, 2012 03:31 PM (LCRYB)
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Shell has a similar deal around here, but no Kroeger for 100 miles.
Unions killed them around here back in the 80s. Then did the same thing to National / Superfresh in the late 90s.
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 13, 2012 03:31 PM (e0xKF)
http://youtu.be/QtfN8fmg1Xo
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 13, 2012 03:31 PM (4+0nx)
slaps that nasty un spiked tea away from alex's lips.
hands her the Real thing.
glares at Bcochran
Posted by: ette at December 13, 2012 03:32 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 13, 2012 03:30 PM (da5Wo)
Here. Have some brownie.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Tick tock tick tock. at December 13, 2012 03:32 PM (VtjlW)
Posted by: The Chap with the App at December 13, 2012 03:33 PM (fscec)
Posted by: Butters at December 13, 2012 03:33 PM (NIZHJ)
Posted by: ette at December 13, 2012 03:33 PM (nqBYe)
Well there is the 6 episode OVA Starship Troopers anime from Bandai.
Good luck finding it, its from 1988. On the plus side it actually had
the suits.
http://youtu.be/QtfN8fmg1Xo
Hey Anna, did you ever watch the re-made live-action Battleship Yamato? Any good? I remember the cartoon as a kid.
Posted by: EC at December 13, 2012 03:33 PM (GQ8sn)
But, one thing: GLaDOS is in this movie but is not playing GLaDOS per se. She's not really appearing "as herself," but as the film's unnamed AI system.
Posted by: ace at December 13, 2012 03:34 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: ette at December 13, 2012 03:33 PM (nqBYe)
Aww, it's okay. I'll let you borrow the good crop to smack the others away.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Tick tock tick tock. at December 13, 2012 03:34 PM (VtjlW)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at December 13, 2012 03:34 PM (dnBK6)
What does that mean? That it's the same voice actor? Or the same style? Or both?
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 13, 2012 03:35 PM (QupBk)
Back to the pit with you.
Oh, and when you come up back for your daily flogging, bring some clotted cream from the pantry.
I would like to surprise our Dear Leader with scones at breakfast tomorrow.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 13, 2012 03:35 PM (sbV1u)
Posted by: ace at December 13, 2012 03:35 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 13, 2012 03:36 PM (4+0nx)
Posted by: Butters at December 13, 2012 03:36 PM (NIZHJ)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Tick tock tick tock. at December 13, 2012 03:34 PM (VtjlW)
eyes flamethrower.
Posted by: ette at December 13, 2012 03:36 PM (nqBYe)
Ah, so both.
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 13, 2012 03:36 PM (QupBk)
Same voice actor, same style voice appearing in the video game and in this movie, but not the same character. The voice alteration software the film crew used was the same one the video game maker did. Not sure if they did that on purpose or not. Probably did, knowing how that would go over with the geek crowd.
Posted by: EC at December 13, 2012 03:36 PM (GQ8sn)
In fact, now that pot is legal, everything will be awesome there, including funemployment, higher taxes, and more more more more more gobmint boorockrasee.
WE FUCKIN LOVE OBAMA!
LET THE MOTHER FUCKER BURN!!!!
after a good fire, i always get the munchees...
Posted by: jeremiah God Damn Barack Obama the Mother Fucking SCoaMF wright at December 13, 2012 03:37 PM (ovpNn)
In other news: Life's a bitch and attractiveness matters. But that;s as true for women as for men, as I'm sure a lot of fugly morons can attest. But as I've held for a long time, in the long run close personal acquaintance and true depth of personality make up for a LOT. The catch is, you have to first have that depth (not easy when you're young), then find someone who wants that depth (again, not easy ever), and then be around them long and close enough for them to be impressed by your depth (not easy in our highly mobile culture). so yeah...
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at December 13, 2012 03:37 PM (50ouk)
Oh, almost forgot to mention....
Don't eat any brownies today. The commissary ran out of Valrhona and they substituted chocolate Ex-Lax.
It's been very slippery in the palace halls all day.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 13, 2012 03:37 PM (sbV1u)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 13, 2012 03:37 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 13, 2012 03:38 PM (4+0nx)
Posted by: ette at December 13, 2012 03:38 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: gigg423 at December 13, 2012 03:39 PM (41VCE)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at December 13, 2012 03:34 PM (dnBK6)
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No, no. Cake girl is real and alive. I've seen her. She has nice cupcakes. She smells like chocolate and strawberries.
Posted by: Soona at December 13, 2012 03:39 PM (OqZHj)
Ahh yes. A
I honestly think he has masturbated to her before.
Posted by: EC at December 13, 2012 03:40 PM (GQ8sn)
speaking of voices...
Challenge of the Super Friends (banded together from remote galaxies...) DVD comes with a commentary track with a couple of DC Comics guys.
Remember Black Manta's voice, he sounded like he was talking underwater? It was kept a secret of how they did that and they never told anyone.
yeah, interesting, I know
Posted by: soothsayer at December 13, 2012 03:41 PM (jUytm)
Posted by: ette at December 13, 2012 03:41 PM (nqBYe)
The original Half-Life is wonderful, as is the original Far Cry. I highly recommend you tracking them down and experiencing them.
Posted by: The Mega Independent at December 13, 2012 03:41 PM (dnBK6)
Ba-ZING!
You know, I wouldn't mind her mind-numbing lack of range if she was actually hot. But she's not. She's not hot at all. There are at least 20 chicks at the local mall right now that wouldn't even let her in their mean girl clique because she would drag their hot quotient down.
Hollywood really is a lottery for the mediocre.
Posted by: VJay at December 13, 2012 03:42 PM (q5NFp)
As I said, the game has a genuine level of wit to it.
Well, I didn't play the game. I just listened to her insults. But the gameplay looks good too.
Posted by: ace at December 13, 2012 03:11 PM (LCRYB
____________
So---she's been programmed by an evil Eddie Izzard.
Posted by: tasker at December 13, 2012 03:42 PM (r2PLg)
You amuse me. You seem to think your anger is a real thing, with real impact on the world.
Trust me, it's not.
I've done everything personally I can plausibly do, including long harrangues against various reporters on twitter (the only way I can contact them).
So, as far as I'm concerned, I've done my part.
Now if you, Soothsayer, have some things YOU Can do, besides simply insisting that we must be Angrier, then please do them.
I think you feel a sense of impotence because you're not actually doing anything to effect the world. So your manner of affecting the world is to yell at anyone nearby you to be "angrier."
I'm sick of it. I'm sick of your impotence turning into rage against me and others here.
Once again, if you feel the need to do something, THEN DO FUCKING SOMETHING.
All you fucking do is bitch and whine here. And we're sick of it.
Do something, or shut The FUCK up.
Lead by example, and not by whining.
Posted by: ace at December 13, 2012 03:42 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 13, 2012 03:42 PM (4+0nx)
Posted by: ette at December 13, 2012 03:32 PM (nqBYe)
What are you glaring at me for? I provide tequila, not tea.
204
*grumble grumble grumble*
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 13, 2012 03:30 PM (da5Wo)
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Here. Have some brownie.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Tick tock tick tock. at December 13, 2012 03:32 PM (VtjlW)
Well that's awfully racist of you. But I like beautiful women of all shapes, sizes and colors. So thanks!
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 13, 2012 03:43 PM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 13, 2012 03:43 PM (n/ubI)
nood post about something else
Posted by: soothsayer at December 13, 2012 03:43 PM (jUytm)
And then keep them chained up in the basement so they don't ever strike up a conversation with a pretty girl who doesn't even know her car HAS oil, much less that she can change it herself, because when that happens it's all over.
Hrm, gotta write that down for my niece.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at December 13, 2012 03:43 PM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: ette at December 13, 2012 03:43 PM (nqBYe)
Does anyone know the voice actor who speaks the random numbers/code for the Scarecrow's hideout in Batman: Arkham City?
Posted by: Serious Cat at December 13, 2012 03:00 PM (UypUQ)
Don't know. But damn, Mark Hammil is the Joker? Never saw that coming.
Posted by: RWC at December 13, 2012 03:44 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 13, 2012 03:44 PM (da5Wo)
This is an encouraging, though very predictable development.
Once "graphic novels" merged with computer games the younger creative crowd was sucked in like a bad crack habit.
And since they're the only reliable ticket consumers the traditional audience fare has been marginalized for several years now.
Posted by: ontherocks at December 13, 2012 03:45 PM (aZ6ew)
Posted by: soothsayer at December 13, 2012 03:45 PM (jUytm)
Posted by: ette at December 13, 2012 03:45 PM (nqBYe)
Hehe...what do you think all that hentai anime is for? Tentacle rape? School girls' lady parts being sexually abused? Yeah, it's for guys like him.
Trivia about that guy I know: he only plays female characters in video games and DD. Never figured that one out, but he's never created a male character for DD gaming or touched the warrior or wizard players in Diablo.
Posted by: EC at December 13, 2012 03:45 PM (GQ8sn)
I'm am glad to see the use of the conditional term "attempt."
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 13, 2012 03:45 PM (sbV1u)
Frankly, I choose option three: neither lead nor whine.
Now bring on the frivolity!
Posted by: tsrblke (work) at December 13, 2012 03:46 PM (xjVxe)
Posted by: uterus cannon at December 13, 2012 03:46 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: tasker at December 13, 2012 03:42 PM (r2PLg)
I thought you said evil lizzard...
Obamadon gracilis
cold blooded
fangs
no emotion
Posted by: namaste, beach! at December 13, 2012 03:46 PM (LpQbZ)
Brian Dennehy began life as a character on the Atari, and then entered the real world, mastered time travel, and began inserting himself in classic films, like Mortal Combat II.
Posted by: Wooga at December 13, 2012 03:46 PM (snwlH)
The thing clocks in around 2 hours. The hobos will be fine for a few hours while you play Portal.
Posted by: Hal at December 13, 2012 03:46 PM (MftY/)
It is shared by others. Is that enough? Or do you need more?
Do you want your own thread? I'll give you your own thread. Do you have anything to do with it, though? Do you have anything to actually say, or to suggest, as a genuine, real action?
Or do you just want to spazz out?
Posted by: ace at December 13, 2012 03:46 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 13, 2012 03:46 PM (TtXjG)
_______________________
There is an ex-blogger that trolls here as a character based on this exact premise.
Posted by: tasker at December 13, 2012 03:47 PM (r2PLg)
er ...gazes into my navel, shares lint.
Posted by: ette at December 13, 2012 03:48 PM (nqBYe)
Early shooters like Doom could get away with being just a shooter because the first person shooter was still relatively new.
Turns out that there's only so much variation you can do with regards to different weapons, maps and enemies to keep it interesting though. For modern games the story aspect is a crucial aspect.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at December 13, 2012 03:48 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 13, 2012 03:45 PM (sbV1u)
Well, this is the internet. For all I know you're a 6'3" 250lb 20th degree black belt in Fuckyouup-su.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 13, 2012 03:48 PM (da5Wo)
Posted by: tasker at December 13, 2012 03:42 PM (r2PLg)
I thought you said evil lizzard...
Obamadon gracilis
cold blooded
fangs
no emotion
Posted by: namaste, beach! at December 13, 2012 03:46 PM (LpQbZ)
____________________
No Eddie Izzard he has this whole Cake or Death routine based on The Church of England.
Posted by: tasker at December 13, 2012 03:49 PM (r2PLg)
As for computer games like Guild Wars, and Guild Wars 2, the female characters are far more appealing to the eye. Female Elementalists, think Go-go dancer in attire and they dance that way.
Your friend might find it more of a challenge to RP female on top of other characteristics. Female elven ranger-cleric.
Or has serious issues.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 13, 2012 03:49 PM (4+0nx)
The spazzing is in your imagination. There is no anger, nor any whining on my part.
I'm simply wondering if there is anything else we can do. We seem to be in a rut, if you haven't noticed.
A thread might be nice.
How about a thread to generate ideas?
Posted by: soothsayer at December 13, 2012 03:49 PM (jUytm)
different weapons, maps and enemies to keep it interesting though. For
modern games the story aspect is a crucial aspect.
HAHAHAH!!!! WHATEVER YOU SAY!!!!
Posted by: Activision, makers of Call of Duty at December 13, 2012 03:49 PM (GQ8sn)
Couple inches off.
But, I haven't used the combatives class since Ranger school and I was hoping for an opportunity to brush up on the topic.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 13, 2012 03:50 PM (sbV1u)
Posted by: Butters at December 13, 2012 03:50 PM (NIZHJ)
Hah, I study a philosophy sub-field, navel gazing is my day job. I need a distraction from that.
For frivolity I love me some games and movie discussion though. (That wasn't a joke, I seriously would prefer option 3. I can just skip both the leading and whining and enjoy the fun here.)
Posted by: tsrblke (work) at December 13, 2012 03:50 PM (xjVxe)
What's going to be different the tenth time?
I'm tired of being badgered by your need for constant emotional reinforcement.
Posted by: ace at December 13, 2012 03:51 PM (LCRYB)
Or has serious issues.
No, I think he has had issues for a long time, they just seem to manifest in RPG games. He's perfectly harmless though.
Posted by: EC at December 13, 2012 03:51 PM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 13, 2012 03:50 PM (sbV1u)
Oh.
Joy.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 13, 2012 03:51 PM (da5Wo)
Did I also mention I look like George Clooney and that Kate Upton is my wife?
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 13, 2012 03:51 PM (sbV1u)
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 13, 2012 03:52 PM (gyVJ0)
Posted by: Butters at December 13, 2012 03:52 PM (NIZHJ)
Meh.
I'd rather get drunk with you.
C'mere ya big lug.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 13, 2012 03:52 PM (sbV1u)
I looked up your Facebook and saw you looked more like Jimmy Savile!
*runs*
Posted by: EC at December 13, 2012 03:52 PM (GQ8sn)
Again, the point was to point out of the pointlessness of the brief outrage about the union violence.
You keep insisting that I'm angry and I'm yelling. Quite the opposite; I'm trying to suggest we take a different course.
Posted by: soothsayer at December 13, 2012 03:53 PM (jUytm)
I don't think you have a very broad range of interests. Do us both a favor and find someplace that promises you to be nothing but the same partisan pot-stirring with literally every post. And there are blogs like that.
This isn't one of them. Go find one of the many, many blogs like that instead of demanding that I suit you.
Posted by: ace at December 13, 2012 03:53 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 13, 2012 03:53 PM (4+0nx)
I'd rather get drunk with you.
C'mere ya big lug.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 13, 2012 03:52 PM (sbV1u)
Ha! Drunk it is!
I'm apparently a very, very friendly and happy drunk.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 13, 2012 03:53 PM (da5Wo)
Posted by: soothsayer at December 13, 2012 03:49 PM (jUytm)
He's been doing just that of late.Note a couple of links in RCP recently.
Actually I think things have been picking up here......cept for Cochran and his near constant towel snapping.
Posted by: ontherocks at December 13, 2012 03:53 PM (aZ6ew)
I think it has the opposite effect for some people.
There were commenters saying that it was so depressing they needed to get away from it.
It's also possible that we depressed our own turn out by saying how bad it was.
There could be a weird dynamic to it.
Posted by: tasker at December 13, 2012 03:54 PM (r2PLg)
On the internet, everyone is Jimmy Savile!!
Until proven otherwise in a court of law....
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 13, 2012 03:54 PM (sbV1u)
Posted by: EC at December 13, 2012 03:55 PM (GQ8sn)
I did mention this before, but I've often wondered ace if the failure of your idea that conservative blogs should write about other things (i.e. movies) fails to gain traction because conservatives (who aren't as bubble-ish as the MFM suggests) are often other places engaging in those discussions.
But still, don't change a think, the Horde is awesome and I want to argue movies, football (cheerleaders) and games with them.
Posted by: tsrblke (work) at December 13, 2012 03:55 PM (xjVxe)
Posted by: Activision, makers of Call of Duty at December 13, 2012 03:49 PM (GQ8sn)
I choked I was laughing so hard.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Tick tock tick tock. at December 13, 2012 03:55 PM (VtjlW)
Posted by: EC at December 13, 2012 03:56 PM (GQ8sn)
Maybe you've noticed that every time we get agitated we go right to "11" and the gun talk starts, and the civil war talk starts, or let's start our own network, or let it all burn, etc.
Maybe there's "5" or a "6" setting we can go to and use these opportunities to nudge back using our free resources online. That's all I'm saying.
Posted by: soothsayer at December 13, 2012 03:57 PM (jUytm)
The noob tube was not one of Activision's finest moments.
Nor was the complete inability to anticipate JTAG hacks.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 13, 2012 03:58 PM (sbV1u)
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 13, 2012 03:58 PM (gyVJ0)
FedEx just sent me an email telling me they left 1000 rounds of 55gr FMJ 5.56mm rifle ammo sitting on my doorstep. Better get it inside the house before the school kids find it and steal it.
Posted by: EC at December 13, 2012 03:58 PM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: ette at December 13, 2012 03:59 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 13, 2012 03:59 PM (4+0nx)
Posted by: Butters at December 13, 2012 04:00 PM (NIZHJ)
UPS just sent me a notice that I have a 1.7lb package on my doorstep that I have no idea what it is. (The notice says amazon shipped it, but I haven't ordered anything from amazon. Nor has the wife.)
(And no, it's not spam/fishing. I signed up for UPS mychoice a while back and get alerted to any package with my address regardless of if I initiated the order. All the spam blocking checks out and entering the tracking number into UPS's website directly returns 1 package delivered today.)
Posted by: tsrblke (work) at December 13, 2012 04:01 PM (xjVxe)
Posted by: Activision, makers of Call of Duty at December 13, 2012 03:49 PM (GQ8sn)
Heh.Except, games like CoD which are mostly bought for multiplayer anyways also demonstrate the point.
Even there, the (short) single player campaign revolves around a plot. I doubt they'd sell a bazillion copies every new release for $60 a pop if the only difference between sequels was a couple new guns and maps.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at December 13, 2012 04:02 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: namaste, beach! at December 13, 2012 04:02 PM (LpQbZ)
package on my doorstep that I have no idea what it is. (The notice says
amazon shipped it, but I haven't ordered anything from amazon. Nor has
the wife.)
Posted by: tsrblke (work) at December 13, 2012 04:01 PM (xjVxe)
I bought a few things, i'm sorry i forgot to let you know.(ps I also used your credit card , Thanx!)
Posted by: ette at December 13, 2012 04:03 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 13, 2012 04:03 PM (4+0nx)
Hey if you shipped them to me, no harm no foul
.Posted by: tsrblke (work) at December 13, 2012 04:04 PM (xjVxe)
Posted by: ette at December 13, 2012 04:05 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Soona at December 13, 2012 04:06 PM (OqZHj)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 13, 2012 04:07 PM (4+0nx)
Posted by: Butters at December 13, 2012 04:08 PM (NIZHJ)
UPS just sent me a notice that I have a 1.7lb package
Ummm....it's lighter than that. I weighed it. With my vagina.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at December 13, 2012 04:09 PM (bbTyq)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at December 13, 2012 03:04 PM (SY2Kh)
YES. Handsome Jack is amazing.
"Ol' balloon tits is still holdin' a grudge against me, huh? I mean, don't get me wrong, I get it - once you've eaten prime rib for free, it's hard to go back to suckin' down hamburgers for cash. If you know what I'm talking about. Do you know what I'm talking about? (pause) Dicks. I'm talkin' about dicks."
Posted by: Heralder at December 13, 2012 04:10 PM (+xmn4)
Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2012 04:14 PM (jm/9g)
>>Posted by: Soona at December 13, 2012 04:06 PM (OqZHj)
Know just what you mean.
Sports media is way past the saturation point.I just record a game now and blow through it on the dvr.
Posted by: ontherocks at December 13, 2012 04:15 PM (aZ6ew)
Posted by: Shin Hayata at December 13, 2012 04:16 PM (O80gU)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at December 13, 2012 04:31 PM (KAWvv)
lemonade - make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your
damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's
manager. Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson
lemons. Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house
down! With the lemons. I'm going to to get my engineers to invent a
combustible lemon that burns your house down!
Posted by: Cave Johnson at December 13, 2012 04:33 PM (VPMjy)
As someone whose last PC gaming experience was in the days of Starcraft, can somebody explain to me 1.) What "Steam" is; 2.) whether this "Portal" game is available outside of it? Can I go to a big-box retailer and purchase it right now? Because it sounds incredible from the stuff I just found on YouTube. And I want it. And its sequel.
Posted by: Jeff B. at December 13, 2012 04:50 PM (TuW+p)
Steam is simply a client you run to access your Steam bought games. It is also a DRM service, social media, and now a real world money market for in game items. Since Portal is a Valve game (makers of Steam), you must buy it from either inside Steam or one of the retail stores. You must have Steam to play it, but it loads automatically when you launch Portal.
Posted by: EC at December 13, 2012 05:09 PM (doBIb)
Steam is a digital distribution service. So, if I wanted to say, buy Portal, I would go to Steam and type it in the search bar. It'd come up for sale and I could purchase it right there and it'd be downloaded on to my computer (with a decent connection and game sizeit'd take anywhere from5 minutes to an hour). After that, you install and play. The game is yours, you just don't have a box and disc for it. It remains in your Steam library and you can uninstall and install it at will. I find it very convenient.
You need to download the client which runs in the background and create a login. Some pros are that they have some really incredible sales and sell some old games that might be harder to find at retailers and games auto patch and update. Personally, I've only purchased 1 actual box game in the past 5 or 6 years. Everything else is on my steam library.
Right now there is a portal bundle on Steam that is both Portal 1 and Portal 2 for $24.98.
Posted by: Heralder at December 13, 2012 05:09 PM (+xmn4)
Posted by: Heralder at December 13, 2012 05:10 PM (+xmn4)
Posted by: Jethro Tull at December 13, 2012 05:11 PM (A3EAh)
Posted by: Ccooper at December 13, 2012 05:12 PM (oq45n)
Posted by: EC at December 13, 2012 05:13 PM (doBIb)
A lot of new games require you to have Steam even if you purchased a physical copy. Owning the disc merely means that you don't need to download the game if you want to install it (which can save you some time). If you're at all interested in current PC games, it's definitely a good idea to get Steam.
There are a couple of competing services out there (EA runs Origin - not to be confused with Lord British's old company - and Stardock created Impulse, which iirc was acquired by whoever it is that owns Electronic Boutique these days). But Steam has close to total market dominance in this area.
Posted by: junior at December 13, 2012 05:15 PM (UWFpX)
Posted by: Chris W. at December 13, 2012 09:57 PM (trMJs)
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