Thank you dagobert!
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>> ^MayaBaba:

Oh! And by the way it was Lee Harvey Oswald, on his own, from the Texas School Book Depository.
Forget conspiracies. Life is much simpler than some folk would like to believe.


"I.C. The committee believes, on the basis of the evidence available to it, that President John F. Kennedy was probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy. The committee was unable to identify the other gunmen or the extent of the conspiracy". Report of the Select Committee on Assassinations of the U.S. House of Representatives. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. 1979."

So you disagree with the house select committee on Assassinations of the U.S. House of Representatives?


Thats exactly what I mean. Think! think for yourself.

>> ^MayaBaba:

Oh! And by the way it was Lee Harvey Oswald, on his own, from the Texas School Book Depository.
Forget conspiracies. Life is much simpler than some folk would like to believe.


"I.C. The committee believes, on the basis of the evidence available to it, that President John F. Kennedy was probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy. The committee was unable to identify the other gunmen or the extent of the conspiracy". Report of the Select Committee on Assassinations of the U.S. House of Representatives. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. 1979."

So you disagree with the house select committee on Assassinations of the U.S. House of Representatives?

According to http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079946/ it also features David Hasselhof.
>> ^Deano:

I just realised the thumb is that of Caroline Munro who was in The Spy Who Loved Me among others.

>> ^Ryjkyj:

On the "Alien" release in 1979:
"Critical reaction to the film was initially mixed. Some critics who were not usually favorable towards science fiction, such as Barry Norman of the BBC's Film series, were positive about the film's merits. Others, however, were not: Reviews by Variety, Sight and Sound, Vincent Canby and Leonard Maltin were mixed or negative. A review by Time Out said the film was an "empty bag of tricks whose production values and expensive trickery cannot disguise imaginative poverty"."
-Wikipedia


Well they were wrong. Though I don't see why those criticisms should not be directed at this effort. Having just seen it I'm disappointed that my low expectations were met.

For a guy who claims to base his films in logic, Scott has a lot of illogical things going on. No tension, poor characters, dodgy dialogue at times and an overall plot that simply explains a few things in the lead up to the first film.

Also for a two hour film it's paced very quickly and for the first time in my life I am tempted to conclude this is purposely geared to the attention span of the Facebook generation.

On the "Alien" release in 1979:

"Critical reaction to the film was initially mixed. Some critics who were not usually favorable towards science fiction, such as Barry Norman of the BBC's Film series, were positive about the film's merits. Others, however, were not: Reviews by Variety, Sight and Sound, Vincent Canby and Leonard Maltin were mixed or negative. A review by Time Out said the film was an "empty bag of tricks whose production values and expensive trickery cannot disguise imaginative poverty"."

-Wikipedia

"don't let those tree hugging hippies tell you we've reached peak oil... so in 1979 a BP study found that we reached peak oil."

I remember this in middle school as being a catalyst for one of my first experiences with LSD25-saw it in the 7th grade, tripped in the eighth-Believe it or not, in Dallas Texas 1979, our science teacher conducted a discussion on the film after as she did each time she presented one. I was one of the kids that raised their hands affirmative if they had either known anyone, or had themselves had any experience with hallucinogens.(That, for all you here who think Texas is full of back-woods hicks bereft of any ideas of, or use for, critical thought).

>> ^MilkmanDan:

If somebody double-parks you in like that, I think it is basically reasonable to give them a "nudge" if it will buy you enough room to get out. But as mentioned by @Payback, it looked like there was likely enough room to squeak through at the correct angle either without hitting either car, or certainly after a light push or two of the offending car.
Being pissed off makes us take things further than necessary, but I'd still say that is not much of an excuse for when he tried to do a sustained push and the rear end slid around into the innocent bystander car to the right.
I kinda miss the good old days, when cars had bigass bumpers and weren't afraid to use 'em. My first car was a 1979 Lincoln Continental. That thing had a huge bumper with thick rubber pads at the contact points, not to mention what seemed like a 20' long hood (that was 60% empty, not like modern cars where the machinery fills the entire hood). In that car, high mass + thick bumper = anything blocking your path wouldn't stay there for long.


Yeah, also meant that in a crash you died.

Seriously, crash in a new car compared to an old car and you are umpteen times more likely to walk away from the accident. I think more easily dinted bumpers is a small price to pay for being alive.

If somebody double-parks you in like that, I think it is basically reasonable to give them a "nudge" if it will buy you enough room to get out. But as mentioned by @Payback, it looked like there was likely enough room to squeak through at the correct angle either without hitting either car, or certainly after a light push or two of the offending car.

Being pissed off makes us take things further than necessary, but I'd still say that is not much of an excuse for when he tried to do a sustained push and the rear end slid around into the innocent bystander car to the right.

I kinda miss the good old days, when cars had bigass bumpers and weren't afraid to use 'em. My first car was a 1979 Lincoln Continental. That thing had a huge bumper with thick rubber pads at the contact points, not to mention what seemed like a 20' long hood (that was 60% empty, not like modern cars where the machinery fills the entire hood). In that car, high mass + thick bumper = anything blocking your path wouldn't stay there for long.

The jazz channel is quite inclusive... it used to be jazz and blues, but even now that blues has another channel jazz still includes funk.

The tags themselves don't call it jazz.
>> ^mizume:

What about a funk song with heavy disco vibe gives this a jazz tag? C'mon now. A trio of trumpets doesn't turn any song into jazz. To be fair, at least you guys didn't tag it with dubstep.

>> ^ctrlaltbleach:

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Fixed and thanks.

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hey thanks fellow van halen fan =)

>> ^rychan:

Oof, Matt Damon is a tough act to follow.


True, but if there's one guy who has proven he can play edgy characters, it's Jeremy Renner. In fact, considering the lazy "by the way we also have a Bourne Jr guy" intro (yes it's consistent with the Bourniverse, but it's still a lazy intro) and cliché lines, he's the only thing that got me interested here. That and the possibility to have Paul-GreenSHAKESHAKESHAKESHAKEgrass-less Bourne movie.

Re: Pounding Bwaaah Sound In Trailer. You say Inception, I raise you an Alien (1979).