Your Bests of 2011

Edcrab

Rolo wrote:

rolo

's best friend

crwth

ChicoBlue

The Take Me To Your Dealer poster where the alien is smoking a joint.

Trivia: This poster has won every year for 10 years.

fightinfilipino

hmm, 2011.

i had no summer at all, all of it was spent studying.

...but that led to me being sworn in as a lawyer. and i managed to land a decent job after two months of virtual unemployment.

so, yeah, 2011's turned out alright. (except for you guys, cause now there's more lawyers in the world, muahahahahaha!)

Calamity Jane

wow, damn there's not much room for competition there

TheStig

new forums for worst new forums of 2011

Jasconius

TheStig wrote:

new forums for worst new forums of 2011

Munkus Beaver

fightinfilipino wrote:

hmm, 2011.

i had no summer at all, all of it was spent studying.

...but that led to me being sworn in as a lawyer. and i managed to land a decent job after two months of virtual unemployment.

so, yeah, 2011's turned out alright. (except for you guys, cause now there's more lawyers in the world, muahahahahaha!)

You are inverse me!

Fishman

WATCH THIS FILM

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

I don't care if you 'don't like racing'. This isn't about that. The racetrack might be where the story happens, but this is a film about a man - a real man, with weaknesses and failings and tragedy and triumph and everything that is the human condition. Drive was fantastic. But this - this was sublime.

TheStig

I don't care about men.

fightinfilipino

Munkus Beaver wrote:

fightinfilipino wrote:

hmm, 2011.

i had no summer at all, all of it was spent studying.

...but that led to me being sworn in as a lawyer. and i managed to land a decent job after two months of virtual unemployment.

so, yeah, 2011's turned out alright. (except for you guys, cause now there's more lawyers in the world, muahahahahaha!)

You are inverse me!

brofist.

(have you found any new opportunities? what kind of law do you have experience in?)

Beasteh

adventure time for best new anything 2011

Garlic Bread

Fishman wrote:

WATCH THIS FILM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PlrxUzKYoI

I don't care if you 'don't like racing'. This isn't about that. The racetrack might be where the story happens, but this is a film about a man - a real man, with weaknesses and failings and tragedy and triumph and everything that is the human condition. Drive was fantastic. But this - this was sublime.

Buttlord

Keith wrote:

my favorite two albums this year are Britney Spears - Femme Fatale and Blink-182 - Neighborhoods

Is Neighborhoods really good? I've been meaning to listen to it but I was afraid it'd be terrible

Iron Weasel

My wife and I bought our first home this year.

Now we'll never again have to worry about having any annoying money lying around.

I didn't watch enough movies/TV or play enough games to decide what was best in those categories, but 2011 was a pretty good year for me to be alive in.

Garlic Bread

Buttlord wrote:

Keith wrote:

my favorite two albums this year are Britney Spears - Femme Fatale and Blink-182 - Neighborhoods

Is Neighborhoods really good? I've been meaning to listen to it but I was afraid it'd be terrible

I like it a lot

I think I like their self titled album more but probably because I've listened to it so many times. But Neighborhoods is technically better

fightinfilipino

@Munkus Beaver i think this firm has some oppurrtunaties.

Arang

hot rod really was a good movie

and not just because it fuelled my continuing preoccupation with isla fisher

best movie of 2011 was uhhh drive? probably? or black swan if that came out this year

Antimatter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdnYzIxQUWE
Hot Sauce Committee Part II for best album of 2011

Dichotomy

I think I made some pretty good posts this year

Brolo

Dichotomy wrote:

I think I made some pretty good posts this year

what was your best post this year

Arang

this is my favorite

Dichotomy wrote:

hrm

Dichotomy

I'm fond of my various "no"s

that's my favorite part of the switch to vanilla

no more three-character minimum

TheStig

those are good. I'm also a fan of the newly possible "yo"

Iron Weasel

Dichotomy wrote:

I think I made some pretty good posts this year

You recent work in the Skyrim thread has been inspirational.

Dichotomy

the perfect post is not when there is nothing more to add, but nothing more to take away

UnbrokenEva

Staleghoti wrote:

I also learned about the Rural Alberta Advantage and Dan Mangan this year

two great Canadian indie folk rock bands

I got to see both of them live in a small church (with fantastic acoustics) 2 days apart this year.

Also Fucked Up but that wasn't in a church.

Halifax Pop Explosion for best concert festival 2011.

Buttlord

Fearghaill wrote:

Staleghoti wrote:

I also learned about the Rural Alberta Advantage and Dan Mangan this year

two great Canadian indie folk rock bands

I got to see both of them live in a small church (with fantastic acoustics) 2 days apart this year.

Also Fucked Up but that wasn't in a church.

Halifax Pop Explosion for best concert festival 2011.

I really want to see Fucked Up, I hate you right now

Sweeney Tom

ALRIGHT I'VE WANTED THIS THREAD FOR A WHILE

Kk here we go

Sweeney Tom's Best ofs (note: I am consistently nice and sweet, so there will be few if any categories where I only give an award to one person/thing)

New Artist: Tyler the Creator (kickass new album, plus guest appearance on Regular Show AND consistently one of the best people to follow on the Twitter)

Album: Adele - 21
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Jay-Z & Kanye - Watch the Throne
Florence + the Machine - Ceremonials
Mastodon - The Hunter
Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver

Movie: I have so many of these, so I'll make subcategories

Action Movies: Drive Angry 3D
Hobo with a Shotgun
Thor
Killer Elite
(note: I haven't seen Sherlock Holmes 2 yet)

Horror Movies: Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Final Destination 5 (shut up, the bridge scene is one of the best opening scenes to a horror movie or any movie I've ever seen)
Fright Night

Animated Movies: Rango
Rio
Winnie the Pooh
Hugo
The Lion King 3D
(note: I haven't seen Tintin yet, or Batman Year One, hence why they aren't here)

Thriller Movies: Contagion
Drive
Hanna
Unknown
Source Code
(note: I haven't seen The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo yet)

Drama Movies: Melancholia
The Lincoln Lawyer

Scifi Movies: The Adjustment Bureau
Super 8
Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Comedy Movies: The Muppets

Games: Saint's Row 3
Batman Arkham City
(note: don't have Skyrim yet)

Best TV to Watch in 2011: Boardwalk Empire
True Blood
The Walking Dead

That's everything I can think of right now

Buttlord

Why do people keep saying The Walking Dead is good

It's really not

It had a good pilot but it went to shit like a week later

TheStig

yeah I don't get it.

some guy had it on his list on fresh air and I didn't believe it

Buttlord

When you put The Walking Dead on your best list, my first thought is "wow that dude has never watched a good show ever"

Or "read a good comic" depending on what you're saying it's the best of

Seriously the comic is horrendous and the show isn't much better

CorporateLogo

But The Geebs That is a Pony loves all things Kirkman and I will trust his opinion on matters

Butters

If all you want is to watch zombies get killed than it's everything you need.

Sweeney Tom

Buttlord wrote:

Why do people keep saying The Walking Dead is good

It's really not

It had a good pilot but it went to shit like a week later

My opinion on The Walking Dead

both comic and show

half of the stuff is terrible

but then there's half of the stuff, spread out, that's surprisingly good

And sometimes, just sometimes, some of it is great

Like the midseason finale this season. Best episode of the season so far. The first episode of the season was great too. Worth slogging through the rest of the bad stuff? Probably not. But still. Compared to watching stuff like 30 Rock or Two and a Half Men, yeah, sorry guys, I'll take The Walking Dead. Every day of the week.

CorporateLogo

Has 30 Rock really fallen so far that it is now next to Two and a Half Men at the bottom of the barrel

Brolo

All I know is that there's a dude that works in my office who is super excited about seeing a brutal rape scene from the comics re-enacted on TV.

Please stop telling me about it, dude.

Buttlord

Robert Kirkman writes the worst dialog

Like let's ignore the horrible, never ending cycle of Walking Dead stories caused by his refusal to ever explain what happened (which is fine but you should come up with some kind of running plot Jesus)

Everyone sounds the same

Rick sounds like Carl sound's like...Rick's wife whose name I forget sounds like Shane sounds like Mark from Invincible sounds like Atom Eve sounds like etc

The man can't write dialog to save his life, it's all horribly stilted and exactly the same no matter who's talking

People make fun of Willingham and COCKSMANSHIP or whatever but this is way worse

Sweeney Tom

Buttlord wrote:

Robert Kirkman writes the worst dialog

Like let's ignore the horrible, never ending cycle of Walking Dead stories caused by his refusal to ever explain what happened (which is fine but you should come up with some kind of running plot Jesus)

Everyone sounds the same

Rick sounds like Carl sound's like...Rick's wife whose name I forget sounds like Shane sounds like Mark from Invincible sounds like Atom Eve sounds like etc

The man can't write dialog to save his life, it's all horribly stilted and exactly the same no matter who's talking

People make fun of Willingham and COCKSMANSHIP or whatever but this is way worse

Oh you're talking about dialogue

I thought you were talking about the action and drama

Yeah, I'm not even gonna try and defend the dialogue, shit makes my head hurt

CorporateLogo wrote:

Has 30 Rock really fallen so far that it is now next to Two and a Half Men at the bottom of the barrel

30 Rock is one of those shows

Where if it had only lasted 2 or 3 seasons, it would have been perfect.

Buttlord

Sweeney Tom wrote:

Buttlord wrote:

Why do people keep saying The Walking Dead is good

It's really not

It had a good pilot but it went to shit like a week later

My opinion on The Walking Dead

both comic and show

half of the stuff is terrible

but then there's half of the stuff, spread out, that's surprisingly good

And sometimes, just sometimes, some of it is great

Like the midseason finale this season. Best episode of the season so far. The first episode of the season was great too. Worth slogging through the rest of the bad stuff? Probably not. But still. Compared to watching stuff like 30 Rock or Two and a Half Men, yeah, sorry guys, I'll take The Walking Dead. Every day of the week.

This would describe how i feel about Kirkman in general if I thought his rare flashes of brilliance weren't complete accidents, or if they occurred more often than on the fifth Friday in a year that's a prime number

CorporateLogo

Still not seeing how 30 Rock is as wretched as Two and a Half Men