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• Post + Username. Seriously tho.. I remember when the first Daikatana preview / test or whatever was re... : cause&effect
• It wasn't good when times were good. : Pneum0
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  I have the full game, can I just install and patch to 1.2 to play? : Fred Garvin
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    no idea. why not just download the 115 mb instead and be done with it? : Hoax
    • I guess because I am a masochist and actually want to finish the SP game some day. : Fred Garvin
• Wow... yeah. Daikatana multiplayer is awesome. : systatic
• SHHH dont make romero feel good! we dont need any more daikatanas being baked around here : atreus
• We needs us a shackbattle. : -efx-
• couldn't get it to download. :( : Fish_Bulb
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  For whatever it's worth : Note that this is legal only if you already own Daikatana (post+username lol!).... : Johnny Law
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    They go on about how Romero has okayed it, so I figured it was fine. If not, then it's nuking time. :\ : geedeck
    • In a sick sort of way, I kinda hope that Romero isn't the actual IP owner anymore, and when they get wind : Bean
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      I don't think Romero owns the IP. Wouldn't Eidos own that? Unless of course they don't care anymore, w... : jason bergman
      • Depends on the publishing deal he got I guess. : Fred Garvin
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        Usually the publisher owns a revertible right in the specific instance of the IP. I could get into it mor : Bean
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          LOL, lawyer speak. : sigpro
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            I can't explain it simply, or else it would ruin the mystique and cut my hourly by 75%!!! : Bean
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              Ohh I know. Filtersweep finally got his beer too so hopefully he liked it. : sigpro
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                about god damn time! I sent that shit over a month ago! : Bean
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                  He's lazy, and wouldn't come get it,what can I say. For me to goto his house I have to go down a fucking : sigpro
                  • I just hope it's still good. I could have walked it there from Houston in less time. : Bean
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        Given that Eidos owned ION Storm it wouldn't surprise me at all. : node
        • Yeah, I'm not familiar with that particular corporate structure, so I can't say what's most likely to be ... : Bean
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    from what i know romero not only gave out the promised source files for the quake mp maps but also releas... : Hoax
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      not to mention that romero himself is hosting the files and that the community that made its is: http://... : Hoax
      • Sounds good to me! At least from a moral perspective :) ... I don't know what the legal issues are in th... : Johnny Law
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  Gives a 404, but I'm SO down to play. I wish this had happened years ago. : snagger
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    http://www.daikatananews.net/downloads/DaikatanaDM_v1.2.1.exe works fine for me. : Hoax
    • it wasn't working for me earlier, but it does now. : Fish_Bulb
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  Didn't Daikatana MP suck though? As in, get the super weapon = win. That's how I remember it anyway. I gu... : node
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    No way. The MPlayer demo, as a purely deathmatch game, was one of the best ever designed. Maps had kill... : snagger
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      No idea if this is a joke or not. I have never experienced this game! : Patch-e
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        It did get some good buzz from the "hardcore" at the time. I don't remember a lot about it myself. I th... : Johnny Law
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          I played in the mplayer tourney, and got shipped out to ion to fight in the finals :P But yes, the mpl... : Gauss
          • Diakatana MP rocked. No kidding. : capt tripps
      • No joke. It was great, very Quakeworld. : Serpico74
• The one bright shining aspect of Daikatana was the MP. : Wolfanoz
• This is the most horribly awesome multiplayer game I have ever had the chance to play. It's like a hilari... : aaarrrgh
• Does it work? I couldn't get past the first level in single player due to game crashes back when it came ... : chunkenmaster
• God damn I HAVE the fucking full game : xphil
• cant seem to find a server with players on it :( : holycow
• WHat the shit!!! You mean no more frogs to shoot at??? No way in hell Im playing this : godm0de
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  three of us are on playing this silliness if anyone wants to join : Gauss
  • IP? : insta
• For what it's worth, the near future maps with the twin rocket launcher and 5 barreled shotgun was actual... : Dynotaku
• i was into the scene when the demo came out, and i learn the first time thanks :( : gokart.
• Awesome. I was looking for my CD to reinstall a few days ago and can't find it anywhere : Sludgehead
• sweet i always loved that shit : nandu666
• Those weapons are pretty sweet. :) : wild falcon
• Anyone playing? I'm in the lowest ping server for me, come join. : Wheatloaf
• Oh, God. I played Daikatana at a LAN once with a couple other friends who wanted to see what a train wrec... : BlackCat9
• I couldn't figure out how to get a server working. I followed the annoying steps to get a dedicated serve... : Gauss
• Daikatana multiplayer was the shit. Say what you will about the single player but the themed deathmatchin... : cell9song
• I can't download the MP only file. anyone have a torrent? : cell9song
• OK, Found the MP-only download that works: http://www.daikatananews.net/downloads/DaikatanaDM_v1.2.1.e : cell9song
• !!! Somoene make a video showing off some MP action! : g000n
• Don't do it !! John Romero will make you his bitch, as you suck it down !! : AroundTheFur1380

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• If you have an Xbox, play Black. : Don Vito Corleone
• stalker? : wetard
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  If his rig can handle Stalker, get him that. Also, I'm freakin' loving Riddick - Escape from Buther Bay. : carrioN luggagE
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    these are great suggestions.. i'm google'ing them now. He was very testy on the phone "son, i'm getting r... : heff
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      Tell him to get BONESTORM or go to hell : drbriefs
      • Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge! It's what all the kids his age want. : AxeMan808
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    Riddick is a great suggestion. He's played some Hitman, so I'm sure he's fine with the stealth bits. : nurikabe
    • Bits? That's most of the game. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• has he played all 4 hitman games? : SockMonkeh
• max payne? : strider_
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  Riddick : oatmela
  • great suggestion. Thats a mix out of all 3 of those. : Neech
• FEAR has great combat. : SpaecKow
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  FEAR or STALKER : NFXFSX
  • Yeah all the good games have allcaps names. : SpaecKow
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  Sin Ep is $9 and Q4 is $20; both kick ass : dognose
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    Once I'm done with Anachronox, I'm picking up Quake 4. The demo pretty much won me over. : Orange Pylon
    • Please let me know what you think of it : dognose
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  SiN Episode 1 for $3.90.....3 HOURS LEFT! http://www.gogamer.com/SiN-Episode-1--Emergence-Front-Page_stcV... : drbriefs
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    If they don't sell out, the terrorists have won. : dognose
    • My sockets are open : drbriefs
• has he played Episode 1? It's like $10 on steam. : aeg1x
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  Sin Ep. 1: $3.90 for 4 more hours. http://www.gogamer.com/SiN-Episode-1--Emergence-Front-Page_stcVVpro... : wild falcon
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    Max Payne 2 is incredibly fun too. : wild falcon
    • ^^^ : flox
• No One Lives Forever 2, Tron 2.0, F.E.A.R., etc. Monolith makes great fps games : melkore
• ohh fakk2 .. i loved that game : strider_
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  mothafuckin S.T.A.L.K.E.R. in the hizzouse : proclone1
  • fizzzzzzzzuuuck yeaaaaaaa muffuckas WERD : downrightevil
• fear, stalker, quake4? : xxiv
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  Painkiller! I forgot about it, but awesome shooter all the way. : oatmela
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    Yeah I gotta 2nd this. Total Overdose is underrated too, though prolly not as much as Painkiller : dognose
    • I saw Total Overdose for $3 at a CompUSA that was shutting down in Houston. Its worth more than that. :( : freshyk
• Prey maybe? : gyrfalcon
• He will love Return to Castle Wolfenstein single player : jigstah
• The older cats love the F.E.A.R., Max Payne 1 & 2, Medal Of Honor series, and surprisingly, Doom 3...(I'm... : AxeMan808
• last suggestion: serious sam : strider_
• Riddick, Thief: Deadly Shadows, FEAR : EvilDolemite
• Quake 4 : skinlab133
• My dad loved Freedom Fighters : Drewus
• I'd say Quake 4. I've still gotta get Far Cry. : Pneum0

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• i gotta be honest...that did absolutely nothing for me. :( looked exactly like halo 2 : burning eye
• levels still feel very very bland : mankeroo
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  so the same old shit from Halo. Yay. : oatmela
  • That's good news. : paravis
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  never played halo, but that video convinces me that all those anti-mouse arguments are still wrong : jaga
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    are there really anti-mouse arguments? : Mansmells
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      Not by any sane person. (I guess there are anti-keyboard pro-analog-stick arguments for movement contr... : Johnny Law
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        I've never heard any anti-mouse arguments. : paravis
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          Waddya talking about? Theres plenty of asshats on this site alone that claim that mouse + kb doesn't feel... : Sgt_Boomstick
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            Come on, no one ever says that. The only argument for gamepads is when it's the only option, which mak... : EvilDolemite
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              Seriously. I like the Halo series. I think the thumbsticks work admirably, even. But I'd never suggest... : MaJeStu
              • indeed they do, they work well. Better then mouse + keyboard? Not even close, but they are good enough. ... : paravis
• Gameplay-wise that honestly looked basically exactly like Halo 2 to me, which never really gripped me at ... : Begawkiness
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  i really wish it had the ambient effects like Call of Duty 4. The dust, light rays, smoke etc. : historyinthemaking
  • I'm sure there are dust effects and other stuff but hopefully they're keeping that restrained for MP. I : Johnny Law
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  Why do people put their retardo music over these videos? : red2lucas
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    Yes that movie made me want to punch something. : Begawkiness
    • movie music : Begawkiness
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    That's the song the one eyed chick whistles in Kill Bill, and yeah it got real annoying in that video. : voodooraze
    • Yeah I know the song, I've got a Kill Bill case for pete's sake : red2lucas
    • And why the Techno remix, for God's sake!? I'd much rather have sound F/X and NO music. Hell, in this ca... : AxeMan808
  • I imagine it was probably to make sure that people couldn't identify the leak from voice chats? : Rice-Rocketeer
• yeah, there is a high res version of this floating around too : Mansmells
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  Wow, color me really unimpressed. Definitely won't be buying this... : boarder2
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    Correct, you definitely won't be buying a beta which is not for sell. : vigilante
    • homonyms are gay. : vigilante
  • you do know that this is low quality leaked footage of an unfinished game right? : Mansmells
  • i'll color you pink cuz ur gay. : cam3lt0sis
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  when the hell was this leaked... : GloriousCow
  • its a week or two old i think : Smellsy
• I played two hours of Halo 2 online today. Couldn't put it down. If Halo 3 does nothing but a decent SP... : EvilDolemite
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  yeah that looks like crap : virus
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    lol The anti Halo buzz! Still too early to tell for sure. Hopefully SP will be Epic. : Cygnus X-1
    • It'll definitely be Legendary. : EvilDolemite
    • thats what im saying. i think the guys at bungie know they need to make up for halo2 because everytime i : smacknca
    • only way they'd get me to play it is online coop. lol @ split-screen : pyide
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  welp, guess they decided to keep with the horse in blinders FOV - doesn't particularly surprise me but i : gokart.
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    Dude, you wear a helmet. : EvilDolemite
    • haha : cam3lt0sis
• they have crates! phew! : jcupitt
• Looks fun. Looks like Halo, but I don't think that's bad - its still the most fun deathmatch-style game o... : peanut-
• if not for already knowing, i would think that was Halo1 due to the low res of the video : yedrin

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  That's a really good sign though. : FushigiDenki
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    It's not a sign of anything. You don't know the limit that the servers can handle, or when a queue is nee... : sharpie
    • It can definitely handle a huge load. Breetown and The Forsaken Inn were SWAMPED tonight : Bantis
• mother fucker >:( /goes to get another beer : Degenerate
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  mal'ganis part 2? : xxiv
  • :( On the one hand, it's pretty sweet that it's getting popular. : Rice-Rocketeer
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  What kind of class do you play to endure that horrible combat system ? : imperator
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    I'm a Lore-Master. I like the combat system. Not as fun as DDOs, but still pretty good. : Rice-Rocketeer
    • Actually after trying all the classes and ending up at loremaster it was the only class that i found even... : imperator
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    Out of curiosity, what do you find horrible? Seems to definitely have its roots in DAoC/WoW style abiliti... : Fayk
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      I don't particularly like the combat. It feels very...disconnected to me. It doesn't have that kinetic, r... : skinlab133
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        I agree completely. Those wait times seem pretty strange too. Sometimes I'll line up one ability just a... : Rotten Deadite
        • MAYBE ITS YOU : Degenerate
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  How many servers are there and what is their load? : pigvomit
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    I think there are...11 servers. Not sure what the load is, though. Each day I see more servers getting... : Rice-Rocketeer
    • Good sign then. I'm sure they will open more. They probably didn't anticipate the load knowing that the... : pigvomit
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  Is there a free trial for this? : AndyGoin
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    You could ask around on the Shack for their 10-day free trial key thing that comes with the CE (not sure ... : Rice-Rocketeer
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      yes, it comes with the non-collectors as well : Fayk
      • What about PC Gamer, do they have a trial too? I played in beta, but not for a while. I'd like to see h... : pigvomit
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    I'll give you my 10 day pass if you can come up with the installer. : Degenerate
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      Ok I can find it I am sure. I think I have it on my HD somehow. Pm whatever I need to me plz :D Love y... : AndyGoin
      • sent : Degenerate
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      haha, you play this? youre a hobbit arent you? : maulla
      • hahaha hell no. I wont take unrequired quests from Hobbits either : Degenerate
• The water is nice and clear on Vilya :) : byorn
• I installed it and played for about an hour. I don't even know if the open beta is over. It just didn't g... : Fred Garvin
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  Can you play as an orc or an evil fucker in general? If not, what's the point. : DrZettl
  • You can in Monster Play, the pvp mode. There aren't enough lvl 50 players to murder atm, though. (If y... : Balboa
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  Damn I was just about to install it too. : Edges
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    my wait in the queue was roughly two minutes : Degenerate
    • lol i've never seen a queue longer than like 3 minutes : Clay
  • My wait in the queue was approximately 36 seconds. : Rice-Rocketeer
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  I'm loving this game so much. They've put a lot of details in the game and I'm still uncovering them. Yes... : Simulacrum
  • This game is awesome. I'm instantly hooked. The quests/story is by far the best feature in this game...... : Edges
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    I couldn't agree more. Running all the way to Rivendell today was amazing; and actually getting there was... : Bantis
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      I met a walking tree today. I was just runnin' by, and THEN HE FUCKIN' STARTED MOVING. And I was li... : Rice-Rocketeer
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        So what your saying is.. LOTRO > Evil Dead? : cause&effect
        • Depends on how bad you like your tree rape. : Rice-Rocketeer
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      how does that work with the number of players? are there multiple "story" NPCs walking around so everyone... : yedrin
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        its a technique they call "layered instancing": We're using instancing in two basic ways in the game. As : Bantis
        • It's kind of like Guild Wars but with persistence. It's kind of like how Guild Wars 2 is gonna be I th... : Rice-Rocketeer
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  Any trials available? I'd like to try it out now that it's live.. : Visceral Monkey
  • i've got a 10 day buddy key big sexy :P : Bantis
• I'll gladly take up a 10-day trial if anyone has one. I really want to get a first-hand feel for the game... : wild falcon
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  get over it, drama queen. the wait has never been more than like two minutes. : cpt. ken
  • Are you still playing, faggot? I can play tomorrow. : Rice-Rocketeer
• Anyone have a trial key I could use? I had no interest in this until I saw that insane lute video (seriou... : Gauss

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  in terms of pure fun I'd have to say Max Payne 2 in terms of graphics and production level, Quake 4 ... : cap n KRUNCH
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    Well, max payne 2 isn't an FPS but it sure is fun : megarust32
    • damn youre right; then I'd have to say Far Cry : cap n KRUNCH
  • I am interested in your ideas and would like to subscribe to your newsletter. : Johnny Law
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    I still think HL2 looked tons better than Q4. Art direction and good textures go a long, long way. : DonkeyPopsicle
    • HL2 had superb art direction yeah. I don't know that that's what cap'n meant though. : Johnny Law
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    Nothing particularly special about Quake 4's art. : SpaecKow
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      UH : dognose
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        Get out of my face with that yang yang! : SpaecKow
        • Keep posts like that in Australia please >:( : dognose
• i pretty much agree. i liked ut2004 a lot though and am eagerly awaiting utIII but its more a multiplaye... : .ka`boom.zZz.
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  SoF2 and BF2 : Tommy Toolbag
  • And Tribes. All 3 for MP FPS gaming, that is. : Tommy Toolbag
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  Far Cry was more fun than HL2. : Arcanum
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    I concur. HL2 was a more solid presentation but Far Cry was just damn fun. : Turd Ferguson
    • I concur with your concursion. As much as I love HL2 I think the open environment in Far Cry was awesome... : devi| dog
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    I respectfully disagree. I found very little fun in FarCry, getting shot by people you can't see in the b... : Yanks
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      lol the story in that game was soooo terrible : wetard
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        Fuckass of a story, and a pretty sizable list of gameplay design choices concerning combat (variety mainl... : SpaecKow
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          yeah it'd be cool to see them do it "right" but i dunno if i trust them, it certainly looks pretty though... : wetard
          • I'm expecting something like Independence Day in terms of story, if they get that right, I will love them... : SpaecKow
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          Uh, what? I found Far Cry's combat to be vastly better than Half-Life 2's in almost every way. The enem... : Arcanum
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            Mate that AI wasn't exactly amazing - you could sneak and shit, sure, but you could also run around with ... : SpaecKow
            • yeah the trigens were annoying as fuck (20 ft away? np), i think i stopped playing around when the rocket... : wetard
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              What difficulty were you playing on? My experience was sprinting in with an assault rifle tended to get ... : Arcanum
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                Yeah its normal. : SpaecKow
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                  (the AG36 is as effective as the Jackhammer). : SpaecKow
                  • If you're referring to fighting the Trigens, the P-90 clone is the best. It's really easy to put most of... : Arcanum
  • I agree. I loved them both, but I got more replay value out of Far Cry. I just liked the combat better,... : Don Vito Corleone
  • yup, started a new game of Far Cry on a higher difficulty the same night I finished it my replay of HL... : skruff
  • I dunno. I liked both of them equal amounts, for different reason. If the two somehow combined it'd be in... : oatmela
  • hahaha... no : Subarushian
• HL2's the slickest shooter so far. Most accessible but also with new stuff, top class presentation, narra... : SpaecKow
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  deus ex is still the best, also, hl1 was a better game than hl2 : filthysock
  • Deus Ex doesn't get to be called an FPS, we don't allow that. : SpaecKow
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  Riddick was better than HL2... I wouldn't put HL2 in my top 10 : zagzig32
  • agreed, half life 2 is like halo2, over hyped : X-GOUKI
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  HL2 had better presentation than most shooters, but it was so very dull and lacked any depth or style, in... : Modica Sol Solis
  • oh yeah, I forgot about Bioshock. For some reason it's hard for me to think of that game as being "a shoo... : oatmela
• I think valve are pretty far ahead of the pack in the awesome singleplayer FPS category. Everything else ... : aeg1x
• just replayed through HL2 for first time since it first came out...still holds up way better than anythin... : brewsterdog
• Stalker is my favorite FPS since Duke :( Also I enjoyed FEAR alot more than HL2. : daedraug
• Riddick or STALKER, imo. HL2 was actually a let down. Decent presentation on a very average game. It... : timmie
• I thought a Bar Setter was the breed of degenerate's dog :( : drucifer
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  HL2 is the bar-setter for all games, never mind just FPS games. Even if you didn't really enjoy it, just ... : peanut-
  • I agree with this. I think Episode 1, amazingly, improved on everything as well. So many different areas ... : marmite
  • this pretty much sums up my feelings as well : MikkleThePickle
  • Yup, the keyword is "variety". Even episode 1 succeeded in that department. Most FPS I get bored of some ... : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • ugh you fucker... now I feel like replaying it for the fifth time. : aeg1x

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• I was thinking bannanaphone or maybe RoffleCopter? : med1c
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  Use a cat macro image. : freshyk
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    Is this the Kitty with the Lime Helmet? : med1c
    • That's just one of many! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolcat : freshyk
• Its Peanut butter jelly time! : theamazingrand0
• Photoshop yourself receiving a diploma with a screen in the background ad infinitum : SwiftyPants
• Shame you can't put up a Cockboat. That would rock. Maybe one of the kitty photos? : Thresher
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPH-GPXOOs0 : Prozium
• The eye of Sauron with hands to the sides opening it..... : drbriefs
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  Goatse with a hand coming out of the opening holding a diploma. : mechanicalgrape
  • This should, nay MUST, be created. : Thresher
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  it must be this: http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/3316/2lt3ls8yz3.jpg : Mr.Fusion
  • lol nice : med1c
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    oh god no matter how many times i see that picture or just happy cat in general, i cannot withhold the la... : khaosman
    • same here im lol'ing : aurealis
  • OMG I've never seen that before I'm dying over here LOL : tunis5000
  • SECONDED IT MUST BE HAPPYCAT, USE THIS IMAGE: http://misc.woggle.org/Happycatohgod.jpg : bradsh
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  something involving this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw0j6TsQ-Dk : Theos
  • shit. i lose. : Theos
• for the horde? : great-white
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  http://rayd8.org/mythbusters.jpg : TastyWheat
  • this gets my vote : strider_
• http://www.fukung.net/v/2479/i-are-dunecat.jpg ftw : GrimmyD
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  http://ihasabucket.com/ : coldfusioncs
  • This picture kills me every time. : Priest77
• it needs to be the pic of Communist Maarten. the one with the long body shot (side on) and the flag. : kbnerd
• Picture of you boning the rector/rector's wife while having a huge grin and giving a thumbs-up to the cam... : woddemandred
• get mr. carrot's face on it. you'll creep everyone out and no one will like you. : ibrokn

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  Titanic - Need i say more? : donlo
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    Titanic, while immensely popular, was neither classic nor timeless : Clay
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      I've seen only the tail end of it - I tuned in just in time to see that guy bounce off the railing and sp : eldersveld
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        i cracked up at that in the theater : Clay
        • Haha, same here and my gf smacked me for it. Stupid ho. : mindfuck
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  Citizen Kane. Completely FUCKING overrated. : jessipoo
  • agreed. I can't stand that movie. : empathe
  • It is now, but back in the 30's, that shit was watershed : geedeck
  • Sure it might be boring today but that film broke into new ground in almost every scene. We take for gran... : graincloud
  • It created a lot of conventions that we still use in films to this day, but the movie itself is just medi... : Orange Pylon
  • I'm guessing you haven't seen a lot of other movies from 1941. : rudds
  • I love this movie :( : Chris Remo
  • ur fucken ded. : pyide
  • Yes and no. It's been mimicked so often that it's lost it's value. Taken in context it's an amazing adn g... : Fred Garvin
  • Tom Hanks also hates Citizen Kane. More than you do. : Serpico74
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    It's such an excellent film by any standard. Orson Welles is phenomenal in every respect in that film. : aethyr
    • Seriously, I watch lots of older films that some people would consider lame or boring or whatever (I pers... : aethyr
• The date part of Taxi Driver is so fucking awesome. : zakk
• I agree about TD. I didn't think it was that great. : thejm4n
• Agree 100% about the Graduate. Just did not grok for me as a movie. : Zhaneel
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  I found Barry Lyndon and Cool Hand Luke to be exceptionally cinematic works that really didn't entertain ... : Clay
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    Cool Hand Luke You hurt me sir. =[ I love this movie. : mindfuck
    • Ya seriously, wtf. : action wombmate
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      oh it's a great movie, don't get me wrong : Clay
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        I don't know how you can watch the scene where he plays the banjo and cries about his mother's death and : mindfuck
        • Maybe "not entertained" was the wrong term - it just left me very mellancholy :( : Clay
    • What we've got here is... failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach. : Fred Garvin
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  Ferris Bueller's Day Off...I just didn't find it funny, but it might have been mildly amusing had it not ... : lord_omega
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    you sir are dead inside : Clay
    • seriously. wow : feek
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  2001 : arizona bay
  • Yup, same here. I admire the technical achievement but good god it is one of the most boring movies I hav... : freshyk
  • ditto, great visually but just flat out fucking boring : shavenewok
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    Oh yeah, that's another. How boring can a movie be. : thewriter
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      it takes like 3 viewings of it before you can really grasp how amazing and deep it is : Clay
      • It's usually takes me about 3 viewings to realise how fucking stoned i am and i've sat through 2001 three... : shavenewok
  • ur fucken dead. : pyide
  • Hell yeah, I remember watching that movie and wondering why people liked it. Not one enjoyable moment. : Pettytheft
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  Raging Bull. : podman405
  • Agreed--boring. : thief
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  Forest Gump : wtf242
  • ^^^^ I love you Jennae! : Ojalo1982
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    That shit is just "timeless" to the Boomers. Played right to that demographic. : mindfuck
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      i like it and im 24 : papaskot
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        I like the movie because it's entertaining. It's just not "timeless" or "classic". : mindfuck
        • gotcha ' : papaskot
  • Sweet baby fucking Jesus yes. : Rauol Duke
• I agree with both of your choices 100% : randomnull
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  The Graduate.. i think you had to see it at the time it was made to appreciate it. : romulan
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    It's a period piece, although that wasn't the intent. The whole situation was a result of the taboos of... : Thresher
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      What are you kidding me? I can't believe this thread. I'm going to stop reading it now. It's just... : jason bergman
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        Are you saying that The Graduate can be fully understood with today's perspective? I just don't think so... : Thresher
        • I think it can. I only watched it for the first time a couple of years ago, and it resonated perfectly. ... : undead radio
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  Yeah, I'm not so sure that the world "timeless" applies to all of these movies being listed. Some of the... : action wombmate
  • When movies are still ranking pretty high in those sort of AFI top 100 film lists they tend to be conside... : thewriter
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    Okay, now I'm stepping in. I know I promised not to, but good god, I can't take it any more. DATED? ... : jason bergman
    • Directionless? That's appropriate. : thewriter
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  I have a hard time watching movies without redeeming characters. Taxi Driver is one of those movies wher... : Thresher
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    travis bickle did in fact have redeeming qualities. : Clay
    • I guess in that he tried to "save" Jodie Foster's character, but it's really hard to root for the guy. : Thresher
• Every time I try to watch Citizen Kane, I fall asleep. : afty
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  Casablanca. It was way too short, making the characterization have little impact. : DonkeyPopsicle
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    Noway man. Totally one of the best screenplays ever written. : mindfuck
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      I just thought the characterization was really rushed. It's hard for me to care about a character an hou... : DonkeyPopsicle
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        Ah. I got really sucked in to the allegory pretty quickly and thought it was awesome and well-done. Al... : mindfuck
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          allegory? : DonkeyPopsicle
          • This says it better than I could: http://www.sparknotes.com/film/casablanca/section4.rhtml : mindfuck
• Casablanca : Tommy Toolbag
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  Dr. Strangelove : buzzbat
  • WTF : scottythejock
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  Aliens is ruined by two things. Bill and Paxton. I cant stand it. : Rauol Duke
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    YOU GET OFF MY INTERNET RIGHT NOW MISTER : Clay
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      Seriously, there is no one else on this planet who could have delivered "GAME OVER MAN, GAME OVER" with t... : Clay
      • I thought the marines ruined that movie with too much LOL80'S (is there anything more 80's action movie t... : Rauol Duke
    • That post... it hurt me too :( : dognose
  • That's it, you are officially dead to me now : TroughLollie
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    Nuke him from orbit, it's the only way to make sure. : HiSpeedChase
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      Are you you or are you your husband? : dognose
      • it's me this time :-* : HiSpeedChase
  • i like bill paxton a lot but i'm not big on action movies.. so i still sorta agree with you. : wetard
  • Wow. Just wow. : MaJeStu
  • just when i didn't think it was possible to love you any more! : jessipoo
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  Breakfast at Tiffany's God that movie just pisses me off. Fucking Holly Golightly is a god damn cunt ... : kikilupo
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    Hahah. I don't remember why I thought I should watch this movie, but I rented it and hated it as well. ... : mindfuck
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      Yes, she was. The movie was very good, but god damn I hate her character. : kikilupo
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        It's funny how many american women idolize that character. : trove
        • I wonder how many of those college chicks with the poster up in their dorm rooms have even seen the movie... : mindfuck
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    Mickey Rooney as an Asian????? : dognose
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      Yes. As my Asian friend says, "Fuck that god damn racist piece of shit movie." : kikilupo
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        I don't think I could watch this movie. : dognose
        • Jesus Christ Pee-Wee Herman is more Asian than Mickey Rooney. : dognose
  • me too. absolutely hated it. : edgewise
• I was expecting taxi driver to be all sorts of awesome but it was just boring. :( but then that's seeing ... : thebigbeefsandwich
• anything John Woo for me also, I don't think i have enough room on my dead-to-me list for so many people... : stgulik
• You didn't like Taxi Driver? Are you serious? : Sexpansion Pack
• this thread is bumming me out :( : cygnus
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  Goodfellas I can't stand it. : mrfunky3000
  • woah what : thewriter
  • oh and Gone With the Wind. terrible : mrfunky3000
• It's a Wonderful Life.... I love Jimmy Stewart but I loathe this movie : HiSpeedChase
• citizen kanezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz : barichnikov
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  Blade Runner, I could barely make it through it. : HiSpeedChase
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    i have never made it through that without falling asleep .. i think i'm up to my 3rd or 4th attempt at th... : strider_
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      I fell asleep my first 2 tries; 3rd time was worth it though : dognose
      • i know, i feel bad :( i *know* its a good movie and i think it is really gorgeous visually. I also love h... : strider_
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  Any gangster movie. Goodfellas, Godfather, etc. Any B&W film bugs me too. I've grown up in color, I just... : pauk111
  • Please exclude Psycho and Night of the Living Dead please. : dognose
• citizen kane was beyond awful. : Zero|DPX
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  Meet Joe Black The Shack strung me up over this one http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13650528 : Schnapple
  • i thought it was *ok* but its *really* fucking slow. : wetard
  • Meet Joe Black isn't considered timeless or a classic. : edgewise
  • I loved that movie. : thief
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  I agree with your assesment of the graduate. I never liked it, never thought it was funny and couldn't id : edgewise
  • Oh shit, Taxi Driver was well directed and well acted. I just couldn't get into it. Too negative, too bla... : thewriter
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  Lord of the rings trilogy. : -efx-
  • ^^signed. They murdered tolkien : nrgXs
  • ^^^^ zzzzzzz : unlurker
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    needs more tom bombadil, less treebeard : strider_
    • what's with this bombadil guy.. didn't they just hang out and smoke weed and sing hobbit songs for 3 week... : das_runt
  • So fucking true. I still haven't watched past the first one... : Super Sparker
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    Subthread hijack survey Those of you who dislike the LOTR movies: Is it because you liked the books... : DOOManiac
    • I tried reading through the books five times and I loved The Hobbit...I just couldn't get into LOTR. : Super Sparker
    • I thought the books and the movies were terribly boring. Tolkien was a great writer, but he was an awful,... : Modica Sol Solis
    • Didn't read the books. I realized the one I saw was masterful in every technical way, it just bored the ... : dognose
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      i'm pretty ambivalent about the books, i think i read the hobbit and fellowship and couldn't get passed t... : wetard
      • also a friend of mine who is a completely tolkein nut never stopped bitching about weird little plot intr... : wetard
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      I think the books are *good* and I've read them several times, but I don't think they are part of the p... : -efx-
      • I forgot to add, I fucking love The Hobbit. In it he does everythign right that he did not as well in LoT... : -efx-
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      imo the books told a great story with a horrible execution. Tolkien reads like a fucking chemistry textbo... : Megara9
      • That's pretty much how I feel about them. The books are extremely dry and long-winded and boring, but th... : undead radio
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  Romero's zombie flick--thought it sucked. I'll stick with 28 days later ;) : thief
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    Which one? Or all of them? : DOOManiac
    • Night of the Dead -- wasn't amused at all by its low budget wonder -- and Land of the Dead was just stupi... : thief
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  The French Connection, although that may have been because I placed too much of an expectation into its m... : sgtsanity
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    I was kind of disappointed with it too but I guess back then it was really great. But I enjoyed the rest ... : freshyk
    • Oops, it = car chase. : freshyk
  • This is another case where it's more about movie history. Sure, the car chase has been done dozens of tim... : action wombmate
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  Five Easy Pieces. Whiny, emo 70's bullshit. : cerealSAM2
  • Friday's actually refrences that piece of shit in their training material. : MaJeStu
• A Christmas Story. Hate that fudging movie. : DOOManiac
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  Apocolypse Now, 2001/2010 etc... : sharkII
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    Oh god yes, Apocalypse Now. Fucking TERRIBLE. : thewriter
    • You mean FUCKING GREAT. WTF. : Serpico74
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  The Princess Bride : Super Sparker
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    YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO ME!!! : voodooraze
    • Nope, Wedding Crashers wasn't over-rated. The Princess Bride was boring as shit but, I didn't see it unt... : Super Sparker
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  Ultraviolet : sexninja!!!!
  • yeah that was a classic : brewsterdog
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  all James Bond movies. Talk about crap. I see the movies as a comedy that takes itself seriously to the p... : mista mista
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    Goldfinger and Casino Royale are the only ones I've liked. Otherwise I 1000% agree. They are shit. : Serpico74
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      You didn't like Goldeneye?! :( : Super Sparker
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        You didn't like The Princess Bride? : Serpico74
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          I saw it at 19, I was told old, dammit! TOOOOO OOOOLLLDDDD!!! HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO MEEEEEEEEE? : Super Sparker
          • I won't be too old for Stardust \m/ Gaiman etc : thief
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            Too old for Princess Bride? Man, keep digging that hole. : Serpico74
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              Too straight for Princess Bride? : Super Sparker
              • Off of the internet, now :( : dopeman
• This isn't really classic or timeless but people rave about Mulholland drive and I think its in the top 5... : nukewinter
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  No idea, but I'll tell you films that are considered classic that I was very impressed by: The General... : aethyr
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    Funny, as Rear Window was always a weak link in the chain when compared to the Jimmy Stewart / Hitchcock ... : thewriter
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      Jimmy Stewart wasn't in The Birds, and hardly did anything in Rope. My favorite Hitchcock film may be ... : aethyr
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        Uh, my bad on The Birds. Don't know what I was thinking there... I think he played a brilliant part in Ro... : thewriter
        • He was very good in Rope, but I certainly wouldn't consider it a Jimmy Stewart film, per se. I think Rea... : aethyr
    • You are quite insane, sir! Rear Window is easily my favorite Hitchcock film, closely followed by Vertigo... : undead radio
  • Also, Vivre sa vie by Godard made me watch every New Wave film I could get my hands on (moreso than Breat... : aethyr
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  Not classics but the Star Wars Prequels. :( : voodooraze
  • those are labeled classic and timeless? : FrayLo
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  Strange Brew and Spaceballs - not really funny. : EvilDolemite
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    How can you not find Spaceballs funny? Srsly. : timmie
    • It's funny, but I think it's overrated a little. : nyranger66
  • I watched spaceballs again recently, and when I think about it -it was pretty amazing for it's time. Of ... : dopeman
• ITT your favorite movie is shit. : algernoN8
• A Christmas Carol. Brazil. Most John Wayne movies (some of them must be considered "classics") : Sludgehead
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  Shawshank Redemption lol i kid : yedrin
  • I posted my reply before I read yours... : marmite
• While I liked The Shawshank Redemption, I found it fairly slow and very predictable. Amazing acting and d... : marmite