Hey, has anyone ever claimed some of the high-risk areas in EvE and made a protection racket? Give us X percent of whatever you mine and you're safe, don't and you get your ass fried?
Only everybody.
I was going to say, isn't this the basic principle of EVE economics?
there's a shit-ton of shows that didn't make the list that have great arguments for them, which points to my larger idea that the 2000's is by far the best decade for Television ever. We got an embarrassment of riches these past 10 years.
It has been an amazing decaFUTURAMA! You should've had Futurama!
Leaving Futurama off made me a little nervous, and yet very few people are hitting me up like "WHAT ARE YOU DOING LEAVING FUTURAMA OFF"
I'm wondering if the DVD movies did some damage there so far as reputation goes.
Probably.
Also, that first bit of your article should be explored more by gentlemen of much time to waste, like moi. The opposing evolutionary paths of film & television are somewhat puzzling.
Fatboy, I would be interested in your take on Rescue Me.
Also, I really need to fucking watch The Wire.
Yunno, I actually like Rescue Me quite a bit. It's got a ramshackle charm to it that's pretty undeniable. Unfortunately, it's also sorta hit-miss-hit-hit-MISS-Fuck whatwasthat-hit sorta vibe to it.
Elki: Keep in mind, that opening paragraph was boiled down oversimplistically. But I do think there's an element of truth to it. It IS a better bet to rent a season of a recommended TV show at this point, than it is to spend 20 bucks going to the theater. That risk is more often rewarded than it isn't. And it is worth investigating.
I've certainly been to the cinema less in the last couple of years than in the years previous to that. That could be me being lazier, though. But yeah, the cream of TV over the last decade has been ridiculously good. But the worst has probably been the worst its ever been as well, and I think the worst level of TV has broadened out somewhat to fill up more airtime.
"Whoremonger!" he yelled at FitzUrse, who must have suddenly felt rediculous clanking around in all that armour. What do you do when you can't stand feeling rediculous any longer? Woosh goes the adrenaline, bang goes the gun - or in this case the sword - down through Becket's Attendant's arm and slicing through the top of the Archbishop's head, his crown hanging on by a thread of flesh as he knelt to the floor whispering, according to his chroniclers, "For the name of Jesus, and the protection of the Church, I am ready to embrace death."
Then, thank God, came the coup de grace. Another mailed arm, another downward slash to the head, so hard that the blade broke in two on the floor stone.
To finish the job, a third warrior stood on the Archbishop's neck, stuck his sword into the open cavity of the skull, scooped out the brains and spread them over the floor.
"Let's be off," he said ", this fellow won't be getting up again."
My opinion of TV's bounty of riches is probably skewed by the fact that outside of Real World/Road Rules challenges, and the stray episode of Hell's Kitchen, I almost never watch reality programming.
My opinion of TV's bounty of riches is probably skewed by the fact that outside of Real World/Road Rules challenges, and the stray episode of Hell's Kitchen, I almost never watch reality programming.
So You Think You Can Dance is pretty good too.
I should pick up Hell's Kitchen, actually. I'm a big fan of Gordon Ramsay.
one of my biggest dilemmas in writing was whether to stick Season 2 on there over Season 1. In the end, I think expanding BSG's seasons to 22 episodes ultimately diluted it's impact. Season 2 is a great example of that. I mean, the Pegasus/Resurrection Ship arc was fucking phenomenal, and the year in Baltar's hair transition was an honest-to-jebus mindfuck, but it was also the season where Black Market happened. Had there only been 13 episodes, I doubt Black Market is even really pitched, much less produced.
I've spent much of labor day weekend watching Gordon Ramsay's "The F Word" and I wish it was the show that made him famous in America. I really like it.
Elki: Keep in mind, that opening paragraph was boiled down oversimplistically. But I do think there's an element of truth to it. It IS a better bet to rent a season of a recommended TV show at this point, than it is to spend 20 bucks going to the theater. That risk is more often rewarded than it isn't. And it is worth investigating.
Declining film quality is somewhat easy to overlook, because if we assume it's been happening over the last decade+, then it's during the same time as the DVD age, where you could easily find any sort of movie you want with the click of a button. And forget that Transformers is the biggest movie of the year.
The 2000's highest grossing films list is pretty embarrassing.
2000 - Mission: Impossible II
2001 - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2002 - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004 - Shrek 2
2005 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2006 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2007 - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2008 - The Dark Knight
2009 - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
At least it doesn't have Ghost and the Phantom Menace.
The 2000's highest grossing films list is pretty embarrassing.
2000 - Mission: Impossible II
2001 - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2002 - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004 - Shrek 2
2005 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2006 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2007 - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2008 - The Dark Knight
2009 - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
At least it doesn't have Ghost and the Phantom Menace.
I know what you mean, but the trouble is, even though you can go back to the 60s and get a list that sounds awesome (Butch & Sundance! The Graduate!), that's partly because those films influenced our ideas of 'good' so much.
Yes, the dog thread starts badly and then goes downhill from there.
I'm about to back away from it. I grew up with at least two dogs in our house all the time, and I'm honestly surprised at how hard of a time people have at understanding dogs as property that can do damage to other people.
I'm honestly too upset to keep going in there. Which is bad because I was trying to settle down for sleep. God these forums aren't a good idea at night.
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I was going to say, isn't this the basic principle of EVE economics?
Probably.
Also, that first bit of your article should be explored more by gentlemen of much time to waste, like moi. The opposing evolutionary paths of film & television are somewhat puzzling.
I should always buy the hard-core meds.
Fuck my liver.
Also, I really need to fucking watch The Wire.
Should probably get everything ready for this paper tomorrow.
I would suck a million dicks if netflix put it on instant watch.
Yunno, I actually like Rescue Me quite a bit. It's got a ramshackle charm to it that's pretty undeniable. Unfortunately, it's also sorta hit-miss-hit-hit-MISS-Fuck whatwasthat-hit sorta vibe to it.
Elki: Keep in mind, that opening paragraph was boiled down oversimplistically. But I do think there's an element of truth to it. It IS a better bet to rent a season of a recommended TV show at this point, than it is to spend 20 bucks going to the theater. That risk is more often rewarded than it isn't. And it is worth investigating.
Geek: Remixed - A Decade's worth of ruined pop culture memories
Xbox Live - Fatboy PDX
Choose Your Own Chat 1 Choose Your Own Chat 2 Choose Your Own Chat 3
Then, thank God, came the coup de grace. Another mailed arm, another downward slash to the head, so hard that the blade broke in two on the floor stone.
To finish the job, a third warrior stood on the Archbishop's neck, stuck his sword into the open cavity of the skull, scooped out the brains and spread them over the floor.
"Let's be off," he said ", this fellow won't be getting up again."
Geek: Remixed - A Decade's worth of ruined pop culture memories
Xbox Live - Fatboy PDX
I should pick up Hell's Kitchen, actually. I'm a big fan of Gordon Ramsay.
I've spent much of labor day weekend watching Gordon Ramsay's "The F Word" and I wish it was the show that made him famous in America. I really like it.
Geek: Remixed - A Decade's worth of ruined pop culture memories
Xbox Live - Fatboy PDX
Geek: Remixed - A Decade's worth of ruined pop culture memories
Xbox Live - Fatboy PDX
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Yeah, I don't know why I read the whole thing cus I saw how batshit it was from page 1.
Declining film quality is somewhat easy to overlook, because if we assume it's been happening over the last decade+, then it's during the same time as the DVD age, where you could easily find any sort of movie you want with the click of a button. And forget that Transformers is the biggest movie of the year.
Choose Your Own Chat 1 Choose Your Own Chat 2 Choose Your Own Chat 3
2001 - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2002 - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004 - Shrek 2
2005 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2006 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2007 - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2008 - The Dark Knight
2009 - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
This is not good.
Five, seven, then five again.
That is a haiku.
I know what you mean, but the trouble is, even though you can go back to the 60s and get a list that sounds awesome (Butch & Sundance! The Graduate!), that's partly because those films influenced our ideas of 'good' so much.
This is my penis
There are many more like it
But this one is mine.
That's a haiku.
Someone should put it down.
It is on now, bitch!
Don't cross me, lest you feel pain.
This is where we head.
I'm about to back away from it. I grew up with at least two dogs in our house all the time, and I'm honestly surprised at how hard of a time people have at understanding dogs as property that can do damage to other people.
Self-referential
Inter-textuality
Bores me terribly
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