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  • BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    The Sweeney is ok but man Minder and The Professionals are absolutely diabolical. They have aged like, well, a whole lot of other stuff from seventies TV.

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  • DasUberEdwardDasUberEdward Registered User regular
    it don't mean butt if it ain't got that jut

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  • KageraKagera Imitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered User regular
    Kana wrote: »
    Winky wrote: »
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZstUJQ2QLg

    DBZ Abridged is so great.

    It's like if DBZ was written by the Venture Bros guys.

    damnit now I'm watching it again

    Same.

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  • ChuChu poops peesRegistered User regular
    is there a good website for 'if you like this book you might like that' or 'give me a description of what you want and i'll tell you what you should read'

  • KageraKagera Imitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered User regular
    Organichu wrote: »
    is there a good website for 'if you like this book you might like that' or 'give me a description of what you want and i'll tell you what you should read'

    Um.

    Amazon?

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  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo We are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourse Registered User regular
    Organichu wrote: »
    is there a good website for 'if you like this book you might like that' or 'give me a description of what you want and i'll tell you what you should read'
    Goodreads tries to do this. It doesn't work especially well.

    The book thread here is slightly better than it.

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  • AntinumericAntinumeric Registered User regular
    Organichu wrote: »
    is there a good website for 'if you like this book you might like that' or 'give me a description of what you want and i'll tell you what you should read'
    Just read terry pratchett?

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  • ChuChu poops peesRegistered User regular
    i'm trying to find stuff like bourne identity, good fight scenes, nothing insane like underwater lairs or whatever. cold war or newer spy fiction or soldier fiction with good fights.

  • CasualCasual Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Flap Flap Flap Registered User regular
    Ugh! People are making me do work this morning.

  • AntinumericAntinumeric Registered User regular
    Organichu wrote: »
    i'm trying to find stuff like bourne identity, good fight scenes, nothing insane like underwater lairs or whatever. cold war or newer spy fiction or soldier fiction with good fights.
    Night Watch by Terry Pratchett :p

    In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of any phony god’s blessing. But because, I am enlightened by my intelligence.
  • ChuChu poops peesRegistered User regular
    isn't terry pratchett tongue in cheek comedy?

  • Loren MichaelLoren Michael Registered User regular
    Re-watching Avatar: The Last Airbender again.

    It's pretty goddamn good!

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  • STATE OF THE ART ROBOTSTATE OF THE ART ROBOT Registered User regular
    Casual wrote: »
    Ugh! People are making me do work this morning.

    Put them in the Scorpion Deathlock!

  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo We are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourse Registered User regular
    Organichu wrote: »
    i'm trying to find stuff like bourne identity, good fight scenes, nothing insane like underwater lairs or whatever. cold war or newer spy fiction or soldier fiction with good fights.
    The Bourne Identity has a little section set just where I used to live in France.

    I don't remember much else from that book.

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  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo We are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourse Registered User regular
    Organichu wrote: »
    isn't terry pratchett tongue in cheek comedy?

    More or less.

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  • Loren MichaelLoren Michael Registered User regular
    Organichu wrote: »
    i'm trying to find stuff like bourne identity, good fight scenes, nothing insane like underwater lairs or whatever. cold war or newer spy fiction or soldier fiction with good fights.

    The Tom Clancy shit that focused on John Kelly/John Clark?

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  • ChuChu poops peesRegistered User regular
    i am definitely not looking for comedy or wit or whatever

  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo We are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourse Registered User regular
    John Le Carré is good spy stuff. It might be a bit dry for you though.

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  • Loren MichaelLoren Michael Registered User regular
    edited May 2013
    Vertical Run is basically Die Hard but way more shit happens.

    EDIT: And it's not a Tom Clancy book.

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  • CasualCasual Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Flap Flap Flap Registered User regular
    STATE OF THE ART ROBOT wrote: »
    Casual wrote: »
    Ugh! People are making me do work this morning.

    Put them in the Scorpion Deathlock!

    Is turning half of [chat] into 90's wrastlers everything you dreamed it would be SOTAR?

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  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo We are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourse Registered User regular
    electricitylikesme wrote: »
    After about a week in Europe, I find myself rapidly getting bored with travel.

    The impetus to always be doing something is just tiring, and on some level "looking at stuff" tends to become a wholly unsatisfying experience.

    Are you in London / The UK at any point?

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  • Loren MichaelLoren Michael Registered User regular
    My parents' old bookstore had a bunch of Eric van Lustbader books in the early 90s. I never cracked them, but they were like, in the Bourne Identity section and I remember them having that kind of flavor, having read all the back covers and inside flaps of every book they ever had.

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  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo We are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourse Registered User regular
    @Kalkino what adventures are afoot in London this weekend? We fancy popping down to the big smoke. Ideally we'd go to see the David Bowie exhibition at the V&A, but it's sold out into the distant future.

    You're a local, sell me your city.

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  • ChuChu poops peesRegistered User regular
    Loren Michael wrote: »
    Organichu wrote: »
    i'm trying to find stuff like bourne identity, good fight scenes, nothing insane like underwater lairs or whatever. cold war or newer spy fiction or soldier fiction with good fights.

    The Tom Clancy shit that focused on John Kelly/John Clark?

    that's a p good example, though i've already read it. hopefully stuff that veers less towards like, WOOOO AMERICA FUCK THE BROWNS, 20 PAGE LECTURES ON CAPITALISM

    but that's the general idea yes, fights and spies and soldiers and so on without crazy corporations and cabals and mad scientists like the cussler stuff

  • ChuChu poops peesRegistered User regular
    Loren Michael wrote: »
    My parents' old bookstore had a bunch of Eric van Lustbader books in the early 90s. I never cracked them, but they were like, in the Bourne Identity section and I remember them having that kind of flavor, having read all the back covers and inside flaps of every book they ever had.

    i believe that's the guy who continued the bourne series after the author died

    they got fucking insane from what i remember, after identity

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  • Dunadan019Dunadan019 Registered User regular
    I usually don't wish people ill if I can help it.

    but right now I wish my downstairs neighbor would just die already and leave me the fuck alone.

  • STATE OF THE ART ROBOTSTATE OF THE ART ROBOT Registered User regular
    Casual wrote: »
    STATE OF THE ART ROBOT wrote: »
    Casual wrote: »
    Ugh! People are making me do work this morning.

    Put them in the Scorpion Deathlock!

    Is turning half of [chat] into 90's wrastlers everything you dreamed it would be SOTAR?

    Yes. It is wonderful.

  • HappylilElfHappylilElf Registered User regular
    Kalkino wrote: »
    I want a voice analysis program that determines when I want it to read out random excerpts of war diaries in a sexy Greek accent

    Nope.

    That is not A Thing.

    Mr. Misleading "delusional person" McLiarson.

  • KageraKagera Imitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered User regular
    Organichu wrote: »
    Loren Michael wrote: »
    Organichu wrote: »
    i'm trying to find stuff like bourne identity, good fight scenes, nothing insane like underwater lairs or whatever. cold war or newer spy fiction or soldier fiction with good fights.

    The Tom Clancy shit that focused on John Kelly/John Clark?

    that's a p good example, though i've already read it. hopefully stuff that veers less towards like, WOOOO AMERICA FUCK THE BROWNS, 20 PAGE LECTURES ON CAPITALISM

    but that's the general idea yes, fights and spies and soldiers and so on without crazy corporations and cabals and mad scientists like the cussler stuff

    Man I know Tom Clancy does this too but Dan brown does something similar as well where it's all like 'omg you guys the priory of sion is totes real people are Sooo dumb for not realizing this!'

    It's like is there a lot of authors who do this bullshit, preach at the reader about a set of ideals and beliefs through the protagonists? Can I get a list so I can avoid these people?

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  • Loren MichaelLoren Michael Registered User regular
    Organichu wrote: »
    Loren Michael wrote: »
    My parents' old bookstore had a bunch of Eric van Lustbader books in the early 90s. I never cracked them, but they were like, in the Bourne Identity section and I remember them having that kind of flavor, having read all the back covers and inside flaps of every book they ever had.

    i believe that's the guy who continued the bourne series after the author died

    they got fucking insane from what i remember, after identity

    Ooh, sorry, I had no idea.

    Check out that Vertical Run book maybe. I loved it more than any of the John Clark stuff, and I read it at about the same time (10-14 years old). It's basically all action.

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  • KageraKagera Imitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered User regular
    Ted dibiase and hulk hogan are 80s wrestlers you silly. Jeez

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  • CasualCasual Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Flap Flap Flap Registered User regular
    STATE OF THE ART ROBOT wrote: »
    Casual wrote: »
    STATE OF THE ART ROBOT wrote: »
    Casual wrote: »
    Ugh! People are making me do work this morning.

    Put them in the Scorpion Deathlock!

    Is turning half of [chat] into 90's wrastlers everything you dreamed it would be SOTAR?

    Yes. It is wonderful.

    awwwwwwww




    *chairshots SOTAR*

  • AntinumericAntinumeric Registered User regular
    Kagera wrote: »
    Organichu wrote: »
    Loren Michael wrote: »
    Organichu wrote: »
    i'm trying to find stuff like bourne identity, good fight scenes, nothing insane like underwater lairs or whatever. cold war or newer spy fiction or soldier fiction with good fights.

    The Tom Clancy shit that focused on John Kelly/John Clark?

    that's a p good example, though i've already read it. hopefully stuff that veers less towards like, WOOOO AMERICA FUCK THE BROWNS, 20 PAGE LECTURES ON CAPITALISM

    but that's the general idea yes, fights and spies and soldiers and so on without crazy corporations and cabals and mad scientists like the cussler stuff

    Man I know Tom Clancy does this too but Dan brown does something similar as well where it's all like 'omg you guys the priory of sion is totes real people are Sooo dumb for not realizing this!'

    It's like is there a lot of authors who do this bullshit, preach at the reader about a set of ideals and beliefs through the protagonists? Can I get a list so I can avoid these people?
    But the Sword of Truth series is hilarious tho.

    In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of any phony god’s blessing. But because, I am enlightened by my intelligence.
  • Loren MichaelLoren Michael Registered User regular
    edited May 2013
    There's also... shit what was it called... there was an 80s/early 90s series that was essentially the conceit of RED. Old superspies killing everyone ever.

    Had names like ______ Ultimatum, ______ Gambit, and somesuch.

    EDIT: But not Bourne. Something else. I'm like 95% positive it's a different series.

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  • Dunadan019Dunadan019 Registered User regular
    Loren Michael wrote: »
    Organichu wrote: »
    Loren Michael wrote: »
    My parents' old bookstore had a bunch of Eric van Lustbader books in the early 90s. I never cracked them, but they were like, in the Bourne Identity section and I remember them having that kind of flavor, having read all the back covers and inside flaps of every book they ever had.

    i believe that's the guy who continued the bourne series after the author died

    they got fucking insane from what i remember, after identity

    Ooh, sorry, I had no idea.

    Check out that Vertical Run book maybe. I loved it more than any of the John Clark stuff, and I read it at about the same time (10-14 years old). It's basically all action.

    I read that.

  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo We are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourse Registered User regular
    electricitylikesme wrote: »
    Mojo_Jojo wrote: »
    electricitylikesme wrote: »
    After about a week in Europe, I find myself rapidly getting bored with travel.

    The impetus to always be doing something is just tiring, and on some level "looking at stuff" tends to become a wholly unsatisfying experience.

    Are you in London / The UK at any point?

    Sadly no otherwise I'd come and and spend all my money buying whatever whiskey you recommended.

    Copenhagen at the moment, then Geneva, Marseille and then Amsterdam - which I've been through the airport of at least twice now, and discovered their wifi explicitely blocks email.

    It might also be that Bulgaria spoiled me a bit - Silistra is a pretty nice city, and everything is incredibly cheap due to the exchange rate whereas Denmark feels expensive by comparison even though the kroner is denominated in comically huge values.

    Marseille is nice in that strangely dirty yet pretty way. Although they are up for European City of Culture so the old port was a massive construction site when I was there. They might have finished that by now.

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  • STATE OF THE ART ROBOTSTATE OF THE ART ROBOT Registered User regular
    Kagera wrote: »
    Ted dibiase and hulk hogan are 80s wrestlers you silly. Jeez

    *Puts Kagera in the Million Dollar Dream, stuffs a $100 bill into his mouth when he passed out*

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