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B unless no one else is around to help

I used to think like you, TC, until my preconceptions were shattered when I found out a friend was just named Frank. No Franklin. Just Frank.

Dash_Harber posted...

None. They are predominately pushed by self-important people who want to feel smart and powerful but have no motivation to actually work towards things like university degrees or political positions. They lack any evidence and require you to make huge leaps and assumptions to make them work. They rely on the idea that large networks of people can work seamlessly, with zero dissents or conflict for large periods of times (a feat that even the most harmonious governments on earth can't accomplish). In order to even exist as a conspiracy, it's required they have zero tangible evidence, since the minute there is evidence, it's not longer a conspiracy. They are absolute garbage that lazy people push on Youtube to idiots who want to feel special by able to lord their 'knowledge' and 'insight' over their friends who actually worked towards something in their lives.

They make me so angry, honestly, because they distract from serious problems in the world. Corruption in government and economics is not run by some secret cabal. There are real bad men in positions of power in the WhiteHouse and on Wall Street, and they operate in broad daylight, relying on idiots who are so distracted by the latest Rothschild scheme that they just let them continue to exploit and abuse people across the globe. It's self-righteous garbage.

This, but I was just going to lazily post none.

Booster Gold
Aquaman

UnholyMudcrab posted...

I invite anyone who takes stock in the surrender monkey stereotypes to play a game or two of EU4. The big blue blob will beat the ignorance right out of you.

This is what I came to say. Here's a post I once saw in a Paradox facebook group that I found so relatable I saved it:
"Ah, EU4. After more than 2000 hours you can be sure that there is one thing this game has given you. It is not about the history and geography of the world. It is not about how technology and culture evolved and moved through the centuries. And it is not the ability to differenciate Austria and Australia.

What EU4 alone has given me is an unending hatred towards the French."

They are the big blue elephant in the room, forever and always.

Genderless, sexless blob.

Two Face
Ra's al Ghul

Voting over?

Just in case:
1995 (Toy Story, Casino, Ghost in the Shell; voting against Hannah and Her Sisters pains me, though)

1987 (The Princess Bride, Full Metal Jacket, Raising Arizona; though voting against Ran is REALLY painful, since it's better than any of those head to head)

I'm embarrassed to admit that not only do I not finish the majority of the games I start, but this includes several games that I actually consider favorites. Age of Mythology is in my top 5, maybe even top 2 games of all time, and I have never beaten the campaign (and I'm primarily an sp person in rts'). I've probably started it a dozen times, but have never gotten beyond about the 2/3 mark, mostly due to difficulty. On the PS2, I love and have never beaten Destroy All Humans!, Mercenaries, and Dark Cloud 1, despite having started them all several times. I've also never beaten Spider-Man 2 on Gamecube despite several play-throughs (though I've gotten to the final boss), and on the DS have never finished HeartGold despite having played it twice (once stopping shortly after the halfway point with the Elite Four, and once after getting 12 or 13 badges (though the latter save still exists and could theoretically be continued).

Both Katamari Damacy and Battlefront 1

Is it reasonable to assume that all of the winners are already on the leaderboard?

I didn't, but Bubble-Bobble is a legitimately amazing game.

Anakin Skywalker Syndrome

Pocket-watches are the only real way to go, obviously.

Exactly. I couldn't fault the filmmaking. It was objectively well done. But Llewyn just made me so uncomfortable and made it hard to enjoy.

Paratroopa1 posted...

Star Wars fan from a very bright future but the time machine scrambled their brains a little

What about Rogue One?

.madadude posted...

And also my Coen Brothers ranking:

1. Fargo
2. Inside Llewyn Davis
3. No Country for Old Men
4. Blood Simple
5. The Man Who Wasn't There
6. Raising Arizona
7. Miller's Crossing
8. True Grit
9. A Serious Man
10. The Big Lebowski
11. Hail, Caesar!
12. Barton Fink
13. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
14. Burn After Reading
15. Intolerable Cruelty

Haven't seen Ladykillers or Hudsucker

Really 5-9 can be arranged in any order though and it would be basically the same, all I'd put on basically the same level. The top 4 are definitely the top 4 for me though and even though O Brother and Burn After Reading are near the bottom both are still really good.

You've got Fargo too high and Barton Fink waaaay too low IMO, but taste is taste.

I've seen relatively few of their films, but I'd have it:
1. No Country for Old Men
2. Barton Fink
3, Raising Arizona
4. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
5. True Grit
6, Fargo
7. Inside Llewyn Davis

Not a fan of either of the bottom two, though my problems with ILD are more personal than "this is a bad movie". Fargo just didn't speak to me, though I recognized McDormand's talent. The top 3 are all in my top 50.

Here're a bunch of other Coen Brothers movies for the list:

No Country for Old Men
Barton Fink
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Blood Simple
Raising Arizona
True Grit (might as well do the original as well)

Shouldn't GOAT by definition be limited to a single film (unless it's a literal tie, I suppose)?

madadude posted...

I want to live in New York so much largely due to all the director retrospectives, screenings of new restorations of classic films, and just general screenings of old films (often on actual 35mm no less)

Ugh if only. I saw Hou Hsiao-hsien's Three Times on a 35mm print at the Lincoln Center last time I was in New York and it was beautiful. Scratches were present but the color and depth of the image was amazing, and it is FAR FAR FAR FAR better than the best version of it on home media/on the internet

Come to L.A. We have it just as good. Going to see Lawrence of Arabia in 70mm later this month, and possibly a Pee-wee's Big Adventure/Ed Wood double feature. If I could afford it there are a half dozen other screenings I would try to make just this month.

Yes, please.

TES_Nut posted...

When you know nothing about the civil war you think it's about slavery.
When you know a little bit about the civil war you think it's about states rights.
When you know a lot about the civil war you realize it was about states rights to own slaves.

Seriously, y'all need Shelby Foote.

This guy gets it.

RedPixel posted...

Chill out, man. This is what happens when people spend too much time in front of a screen.

Oh, you mean like the guy in the big white house that can't be bothered to pay too much attention to briefings because he's watching Fox News and CNN.

I agree. It was annoying having to wait several seconds to view the rotating list, especially since I had to focus on four different pictures at once.

Amadeus
Fargo
Ran
American Hustle
Batman 1989
A Fish Called Wanda

iiicon posted...

I'll give you $35 and a baby

I mean, kids are expensive. Isn't that like an approximately $230,000 net loss (not counting college)?

How much loyalty do you think most people will have to individual systems, though, at least in relation to their release dates? Especially since most classic titles don't come out around launch.

Altimadark posted...

Do we age normally, or are we locked into whatever age/age range we pick?

This is key.

As it is I voted for mid-late 20s... which is where I actually am. I wouldn't mind being in my early 20s if it meant I could reset some things, though. In terms of aging mid-late 20s is really ideal because you've fully matured but entropy hasn't really started messing with you yet.

I don't understand the wannabe seniors. Why would anyone want an aged, possibly decrepit body if they could choose not to? All that does is make things harder.