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  Wow you thought the prestige was better as a movie? The Exorcist would be my pick. : MoreVespeneGas
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    I'd agree that The Prestige was a better movie than book, but they were so different it is almost pointle... : DasCracky
    • I was thinking this about Total Recall. It's so dissimilar from the short story that it's not a fair comp... : dirge23
    • I agree : MoreVespeneGas
    • I really don't think they were that different. Except for the lame 'present day' bookends of the novel an... : mechanicalgrape
  • The Exorcist was a fantastic book. You can go to hell! : treefingers1
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  Lord of the Rings, in some ways Fight Club (ending) The Mist (ending) : dirge23
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    2001: A Space Odyssey : dirge23
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      2001 was not based on a novel, the novel was a novelization of the screenplay which was an original work ... : rgoer
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        True it wasn't based on the novel. I was under the impression that the screenplay and the novel were writ... : dirge23
        • ^^correct answer. : YamatoTwinkie
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        2010 the movie rules. : cerealSAM2
        • SUCKS! 2001 book and movie were equal, with advantage too the movie. The 2010 movie sucked arse, hard. : locater16
• LOTR : SockMonkeh
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  Fight Club and High Fidelity : Prozium
  • high fidelity for sure. : ass-street
  • I agree with both of these. : Rauol Duke
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  Lord of the RIngs. The Godfather Trilogy. : jasonepowell
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    i've never read the godfather books but it seems like the movies must be better : dirge23
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      The Godfather movie is near perfect great, but the book is better I think. : MoreVespeneGas
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        I've only read the original one, but it is a good book... better than the film. : nevicata
        • Thats all there is really. The second movie was made in collaboration with Puzo before they published a b... : MoreVespeneGas
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        Wow. I pretty much hated the book for being angsty 70s pap. : cerealSAM2
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          I have no idea what you said, but I'm sure it's gibberish. : MoreVespeneGas
          • Heh. He took people and situations from the 40s and 50s and gave them typical 70s behaviors... When plac... : cerealSAM2
• Movies where it's a tossup between book and movie: Shawshank Redemption No Country For Old Men : dirge23
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  I'll probably get flak for this but, The Hunt for Red October. I can't imagine the characters of the boo... : pigvomit
  • consider yourself flakked. : cerealSAM2
  • HFRO is one of my all time favorite movies, but I still like the book better. : riptyde
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  Forrest Gump. : Super Sparker
  • This one. Book was shit. : Zhaneel
• None. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  The Shining : TShandy
  • ^ absolutely. I couldn't even finish the book, nowhere near the perfection of The Stand : chiisu81
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  I am legend : oldschoolbob-o
  • ooops i read that backwards, never mind me : oldschoolbob-o
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  The Princess Bride. : RomSteady
  • good one : sexydingo
• Hopscotch : balaams_ass
• Shawshank Redemption : carnivore
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  Fight Club : mwasher
  • Agreed : smegmar
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  Last of the Mohicans. Book was booooooooooooring : icon_of_syn
  • James Fenimore Cooper was a long-winded jerk. : c0bra
  • True dat. : TShandy
  • It's the only book my Dad ever read... : tomservo
• every movie because they have moving pictures (I am serious I don't read books) : gmd
• Wizard of Oz : ihya
• Godfather. Jaws. John Carpenter's The Thing. The 13th Warrior. : cerealSAM2
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  L.A. Confidential : The Southern Dandy
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    im reading the Black Dahlia now, I figured i'd skip LA Confidential just because I know how it all goes d... : cygnus
    • Movie is verrry different than the book. I actually liked the book better. : TShandy
    • I still read the book after watching the movie. If you enjoyed the movie you will no doubt like the book... : dkrulz
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  Everything by Stephen King :). and The Passion Of The Christ : pieman
  • There are tons of Stephen King books that are better than the movies. An offhand example would be Apt Pup... : dirge23
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  Blade Runner : -efx-
  • ooo i don't know about this. : ass-street
  • Oh yes. I never was a big fan of the book, and I think the movie explores humanity much better. : aaarrrgh
  • While I agree, the book was great for a long plane ride. : chungathebunga
• Fight Club, The Shining. Dr. Strangelove, 2001. : Lone Swordsman
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  I thought 300 was better than the source material. : Vantage
  • The actual battle, the original movie, or the graphic novel based on the movie? : OverloadUT
• fear and loathing in las vegas. Book is good, but the movie nails it perfectly i think : GloriousCow
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  it's a comic, but V for Vendetta : kenmis
  • I agree, and I also think SIn City was better on the big screen too. : five_percent
  • I LOVED the film, never read the comic though. In my world, Hugo Weaving is one of the few people who can... : aaarrrgh
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  Misery, The Mist : dognose
  • I'm with you on Misery. Stopped reading King after that. Both good movies though. : TheArtMan
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  Timeline and Jurassic Park 2. : exigence7
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    Oh wait...I got that reversed. : exigence7
    • 2 kraP cissaruJ dna enilemiT? : jaga
• Umm hasn't happened for me. Most the times you get more info out of the books. Like The Godfather, there ... : Ziz
• Ghost in the Shell : yAak
• Godfather. : ejectorpod
• I'd say Contact was at least equally good to the book. They go off on different paths, and the movie is m... : BlackCat9
• American Psycho! : choppp
• Needful Things : Frank_Mackey
• Hunt for red october : rosewood
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  The Shawshank Redemption (though it was based on a short story). : DrWaffles
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    I guess you could say Memento as well, then. : BlackCat9
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      Did anyone ever get to read the short story though??? : thewriter
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        Raises Hand. I read Different Seasons before I saw any of the movies form it. (Shawshank, Stand By me fro... : Solstice
        • I'm talking about memento. : thewriter
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        It was on the DVD. I read through all of it. : BlackCat9
        • I need to get that. : thewriter
• the princess bride : prancing_jackanapes
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  another Fight Club vote -- Palahniuk actually said it did the story more justice than he did in his book : Postal
  • well, ed norton and brad pitt were both ridiculously fucking ON FIRE for that movie, so... : proclone1
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  Jurassic Park x1000 Crichton is a paranoid idiot, his book was all: SCIENCE WILL KILL US ALL BLEARG! W... : locater16
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    crichton wrote the screenplay for jurassic park. anyway science will kill us all is like his thing. don... : mikecyb
    • That and a bazillion dollars. : mafu5150
  • dude, the book had people fighting dinosaurs with rocket launchers. rocket launchers! I was so mad when... : riptyde
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  The Bourne trilogy (the books are incredibly overrated) Die Hard Band of Brothers (if that counts - I'm... : K1Bond007
  • I really liked the Die Hard book. It's dark :( : dognose
• The Devil Wears Prada : dodob
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  Most King Adaptations are generally "better" than the books/stories themselves, though it's because they ... : thewriter
  • Oh yeah, Godfather movie is way better than the book. I'd like to read the Rambo, Die Hard and Fight Club... : thewriter
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    Movies that disagree with you (re King) Shitty Movies: Sleepwalkers, Dreamcatcher, Night Flyer, Pet S... : Solstice
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      I was basing it on the stories/books I had read/attempted to read and the adaptations thereof. Apt Pup... : thewriter
      • Well I thought the story for Apt pupil documented huis decent into madness (much like the Long Walk) much... : Solstice
    • The mist was not shitty, its one of the best king adaptions ever. : klearlyunseen
• Clockwork Orange the last chapter in the book totally changes the message : alnya
• all of them because the only books I read are technical books... : .frame
• Bladerunner. At the end of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" instead of the speech from Hauer about m : Dynotaku
• shawshank redemption, by far. : klearlyunseen
• Definitely Fight Club. : sandcrab

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  Nah, just keep moving ahead and you'll break the spawn. CoD4 has some Stupid Game Tricks, I don't know wh... : geedeck
  • Yeah, at some parts it is just retarded. At one point I saw some spawn and then disappear when I moved f... : gmd
• I agree the initial feelings of tension you gt in the single player are cool. Then the "Oh look! 25 more ... : Fyunch Click
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  you are being a pussy defending the war pig, even on the harder difficulties, is one of the 'easier' p... : -=kodiak=-
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    Yea, War Pig wasn't something I got hung up on during Veteran. The TV room yes, the Ferris Wheel yes, and... : mancide
    • Same places I got hung up, same difficulty. : AhmNee
• I have to turn mine in as well. I'm at the a boss fight in God of War and it kicked my ass so bad it rec... : changejar419
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  Let's see if I can do this without spoilers. The moment in that map which made me turn the thing off for ... : Hatchetforce
  • I'm not big on playing the single player campaign in COD4 either. But I did enjoy it a lot. But the mul... : FormerHPB
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    That's not surprising, given that your objective was to defend the tank, if you're talking about the same : mn3m0n1c
    • Anyone that has ever been in the military or knows even a little about military tactics is aware that the... : Hatchetforce
  • I got to a point where I had struggle up a hill to shoot some guy in the head in a barn and then work my ... : Fredrik S
• Yes, you are a pussy. : [7]kami
• Yeah, COD4 is retarded like that. Just move up to where the game wants you to ASAP, otherwise you'll be s... : d fluke
• I'm almost jealous you can get THAT crazily into a game. : DinK
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  i still feel like this when I play half-life. It's like I'm never going to be comfortable with this game... : PapaBoo
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    With Half-Life, once you've killed everything in your vicinity, you're free to roam around the level and ... : mn3m0n1c
    • not in Ravenholm... fuck there was one part that stumped me, I used all my ammo of all my weapons befor... : BigT
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    you should give COD4 a try. i foresee a brain aneurysm. : mwasher
    • i played it, I didn't get out of the training room : PapaBoo
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  wait till the level by the ferris wheel. that is the definition of pain. i had to play it like 30 times... : vassili_zaitsev
  • Agreed completely: I must have played it through about 30 times before I realized that I should just hide... : dumb.
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  The TV studio was fuck cool but total nails. Still have to finish that. Any shackers do MP on PC? I dont ... : node
  • there's a few of us, but we aren't very organized. : dedgecko
• if you never move forward enough you could seriously stay in the same battle for the rest of your life. : Omning
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  TV Studio on the hardest difficulty gave me PTSD. : pigvomit
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    fuck on medium it was really hard. : Jayx77
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      Then i watched my buddy who doesn't play games get to that point. I was in heaven waiting for him to be ... : kingdepork
      • lol! : FormerHPB
      • Meesa no stayings here! Times to go Ani! : SinistarX
      • that's how i had to beat this part on veteran. no shots fired, just run along the walls to different hid... : mwasher
      • He was the main character. : pigvomit
      • hahaha if I knew then, I probably would have done the same : Jayx77
      • hahahaha game scripts : tomservo
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        This is my big problem with CoD4 (and CoD in general): it rewards the poor tactic of charging into gunfir... : dirge23
        • I do that all the time when playing multiplayer and it doesnt work out so well =P : Jayx77
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        Is your buddy's name Ronald Speirs? : mechanicalgrape
        • Swooooon : tomservo
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        I did the "down the hill to the extraction point" part the same way. Just called in air support, and ran ... : AlvinKlein
        • Same thing I did. At this point in the game, I assumed that's what was expected. : Entity
      • Yeah there are certain points in the single player game which are confusing like this. Your objective is ... : Entity
• You're not a pussy, that game is just really poorly designed in certain places. : Sexpansion Pack
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  CoD4 would have been so good without unlimited enemies. : windowpane
  • I think the unlimited enemys is part of what makes it great. You're a single squad essentially against an... : AhmNee
  • ^ exactly, unlimited spawn is fuckin retarded : chiisu81
• If you were playing it with a mouse, you wouldn't be sweating each ham fisted aiming encounter quite so m... : Dynotaku
• that was one of the worst PITA parts of the game on veteran. : metalremains
• I read on game developer magazine that because of some risks they took with the production, it left Infin... : drbriefs

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• lol, that's great : AMikaboshi
• The EVE curve should probably be a little steeper. : Horn
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  that's funny but the axis labels make it mean exactly the opposite of what it's going for : Goncyn
  • Yeah, that's kinda funny by itself. : DinK
• nice :-) I used this joke before; it's not so much a learning curve as it is an undefined slope : zerog83
• hahaha awesome and true : [7]kami
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  potbs? : maulla
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    Pirates of the Burning Sea. New Yarr pirates MMORPG in beta. : BingusLargus
    • no longer in beta : zerog83
  • I assume Pirates of the Black Sea. : tested2
  • prostate online, the burning syndrome. : xxiv
  • Penis or the Butt Spike? : Wolfanoz
  • puke on that bitches sheets. : voodooraze
• The bulldozer is hilarious, and then I glanced at the crucifixions ... aaaaaahahahaha : tomservo
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  it's really not all that complicated. : lakren
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    It really is. I love it but the trading, combat nuances, all the ship types, alliances, economy... holy f... : node
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      I disagree. I've had people play for the first time and be up, ready, and end-game pvp combat ready in a ... : lakren
      • Depends on what you want to do, really. Learning PvP in Eve can be tough, but there are a lot of other th... : zerog83
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        You have to have a lot of help and direction to get going that fast. Without aid, you install the thing ... : nurglich
        • ^^^I had little to no help and was getting PWND. I had no idea what I should be building or researching t... : byorn
        • True. With guidance, EVE can seem pretty intuitive. Without it, it's almost impossible. : Rotten Deadite
        • Exactly. I got a long way alone then with an empire corp, but 0.0. still intimidates the fuck out of me, ... : node
        • Yeah, I recall when Shackers started ranting about the game, I grabbed a trial of it and played for maybe... : Vincent Grayson
      • I agree. It only seems like a lot of information because the game doesnt lead you through it. There seems... : Tommy Toolbag
      • Recruiting newbs for tackling != learning the game. It's learning a mundane task as a corporate slave (lo... : disposition
    • According to the graph, the learning cure is steep, but once you get to the top, it never requires more s... : Slowtreme
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  I just started playing a week ago and it hasn't been too bad... The tutorial was ok but I am not much fur... : semaphore
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    you want to put HBLs on your Maller. Make sure you have at least one EANM and an MAR. Don't forget a DC a... : zerog83
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      lol, I played Eve for like 3 months, and I have no idea what this post means. : aethyr
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        Heavy Beam Lasers, Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane, Damage Control, Heat Sink, Afterburner, Capacitor Co... : Goncyn
        • A shipping box to send unused free copies of ETQW :D : zerog83
• lollers. Very true. : Fredrik S
• hahaha : Jiven
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  That is exactly WHY I love Eve : spiderfill
  • Yeah, I would think if you're going to sink hundreds of hours into an MMO, why not choose one that has th... : DinK
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  There's like 50 main options, and 70 different sub options to each main option to be a space miner. : skitzo
  • uhh.. really there's like 2 or 3 routes, and serious miners do them all.. the options are just how you ge... : jaga
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  playing EVE will get you to go back in time ? nice curve. : barichnikov
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    wow. you poor, literalistic sap. : biskits
    • i appreciate the comic and i find it lol, i just had to say it :D : barichnikov
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    bending spacetime is probably easier than finishing EVE : dael
    • No such thing. At least you can pwn illidan then ignore the next expansion in wow. :) : node
• Not far from reality. If you're new to the game come by the shacknews channel in game. There are usually ... : heatmizer
• I was confused, joined goonfleet, lost everything to podjump to scary 0.0 space. They gave me tons of sh... : kingdepork
• Haha so true. I'm the guy at the bottom of the cliff who tripped and fell on the spike walking up the fi... : pigvomit
• wait so time goes backwards as learn more and more??!? awesome : ballystix

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• that was really cool. I agree with many of his thoughts about globalization, and optimism as a personal p... : hirez
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  I'm glad he was optimistic. Probably nothing worse than dying a pessimist. : pigvomit
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    Man, fuck optimism. : TShandy
    • Optimism doesn't cry when it's fucked, though. : RomSteady
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  Amazing. His books are immortal, at least, I hope they stay that way. : Wolfanoz
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    I heard that Michael Bay signed a deal to remake 2001: A Space Odyssey today. : pigvomit
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      link to this news? : hobosapien
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        and that would be sad, honestly. michael bay? ugh. hes a good director, but not for a movie like 2001. : hobosapien
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          michael bay is a good director!? : ass-street
          • He makes a good popcorn action movie. : Entity
      • lol it's gotta be a joke : feek
    • AWESOME! : Fyunch Click
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      I hope he finds away to make everything explode in space. : pancake humper
      • Audible explosions in space :(. : DrWaffles
    • fucking shoot me now : anhero
    • I really hope this is a joke : JohnnyDanger
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      This better be a rumor. : Wolfanoz
      • *smacks forehead* : pigvomit
    • Today better be April 1st. :| : DarkWolf5
    • haha I don't believe that for a second. : NastyJack
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      Since a remake is inevitable, who WOULD you have direct, if it was up to you? : das_runt
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        McG. : pigvomit
        • Beethoven would be replaced by The Black Eyed Peas. : RomSteady
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        TIm Burton : pimpium
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          Beethoven would be replaced by Danny Elfman. Dave would be played by Johnny Depp. HAL-9000 would be pla... : RomSteady
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            HAL-9000 would be played by whoever his wife is at the time. : NastyJack
            • Nah, they did their vanity project together already. Both of them were competent actors in "Sweeney To... : RomSteady
          • The soundtrack is central to that movie in so many ways, that nothing else would be able to replace it. ... : aaarrrgh
          • Wynona Rider would play HAL : jane911
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        Luc Besson : Stoned Gargoyle
        • Beethoven would be enhanced with a hip-hop beat. Dave would be played by Jean Reno. HAL-9000 would be p... : RomSteady
        • With Chris Tucker as Doctor Victor Kaminsky. : pigvomit
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        Tarsem Singh. It might as well look pretty. : mechanicalgrape
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          Beethoven would be replaced with R.E.M. Dave would be played by Michael Stipe. HAL-9000 would be played... : RomSteady
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            i don't remember any beethoven in 2001. : pyide
            • that's because there isn't any. he used plenty of strauss though. : aaarrrgh
          • You keep saying this Beethoven thing. It's been a while, but I'm pretty sure the music in 2001 is Straus... : action wombmate
      • Darren Aronofsky : c0bra
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        Paul Thomas Anderson : cornchak
        • this answer best answer : rgoer
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        M. Night Shymaawelmlamlaene. In the end, it turns out the space ship is actually a huge dildo. : aaarrrgh
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          Inside of M. Night Shamalyamnyan's ass. : pigvomit
          • Yes, that's the space station. : aaarrrgh
        • What a twist! : acheron
      • Ridley Scott : tbreffni
      • Stanley Kubrick. RIP =[ : yAak
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        George Lucas, just to really twist the knife in nerds everywhere >:) : acheron
        • With a CG talking monolith. : Q-ball
      • 2001: A Space Odyssey: A Spike Lee Joint : coldfusioncs
      • sam rami : CoRDS
    • somebody shooz michael bay please : blindi0815
    • It needed more explosions anyway. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      You all laugh, but there was talk of him producing a remake of Hitchcock's The Birds :( (April 2005) h... : rock elf
      • Now this is something only John Woo should be allowed to remake. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      Looks like you heard wrong: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/1648462/ He signed a deal to direct ... : DrWaffles
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        woah.... it was a joke, but, wow. : pigvomit
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          This was all off the top of my head. What a omniscience that this happened today, it was michael bay, an... : pigvomit
          • omniscience coincidence. : pigvomit
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            You mean coincidence. : lechuck59
            • Told you so. : lechuck59
    • Jesus fuck kill me now.......... Kubricks version was perfected the first time around, why does it nee... : Drewus
    • SPINNING IN HIS GRAVE : duncandun
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    Rendezvous With Rama + David Fincher + Morgan Freeman = Potential Awesomeness http://www.imdb.com/titl... : trevis
    • I've been hoping for years this comes to fruition. I think it has a better chance with his passing. : Wolfanoz
    • CAN'T BE DONE they will never do the second or third book justice. Impossible via film format, must be... : duncandun
• The Guardian has their obituary up, with a footnote that it was updated in 1998. I wonder how long they'v... : rock elf
• yeah watched this on youtube earlier today, favorite'd within 30sec of watching : dael
• Ahh I heard this on NPR yesterday. : Slowtreme
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  Were those rumours that he was a gigantic Kiddie fiddler ever substantiated? : theghostofsmdever
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    Wow...just read this, had no idea. http://www.useless-knowledge.com/1234/feb/article248.html : Wolfanoz
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      Man Sri Lanka is fucked up. And good riddance to Sir Arthur, there's a special place in hell for all ped... : romulan
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        As far as I've heard there was no substance to those charges whatsoever. : TShandy
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          Denied by Sri Lankan officials whom apparently condone that lifestyle, if the link Wolfanoz posted is to ... : romulan
          • The link Wolfanoz posted should not be trusted. It's not a reputable news site (in fact it's not a news : TShandy
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    I think it was mentioned the other day that nothing ever came of it, and that it was original published i... : Vincent Grayson
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      But it they did stop giving him Knight hood status in england because of it..so there probably was some s... : deathofrats
      • The award of a knighthood had been announced in the 1998 New Year Honours,[20] but investiture of the awa... : lakren
• Wow, what an absolute champion. We'll miss you dude :( : Drewus
• That was beautiful. : amrbean
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  Oh fuck, Arthur C. Clarke died!? WTF, NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! You will live on through your books Sir Clarke.... : thetangent
  • Wow - just watched the video - I think he really will get his third wish. His book's are fantastic, some ... : thetangent
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  Wait...20th century was the most 'barbaric'? : deathofrats
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    *knock* *knock* Clarke: Who is it? Satan: It's me, Satan. I've brought Genghis Khan with me. He wan... : RomSteady
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      ... and 5 seconds later Clarke schools Khan's ass with a basic knowledge of 20th century military history... : eskimo spy
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        That's efficient, not barbaric. Barbaric is slaughtering 60,000,000 people in an effort to expand your... : RomSteady
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          Yeah but it took them 70 years. ww2 was 4 years. : riptyde
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            Again, we're talking efficiency vs. barbaric. Which is more barbaric, shooting someone or disembowelin... : RomSteady
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              Uh, the holocaust was pretty barbaric. : TShandy
              • The important part was that it was hygienic. racially : woddemandred
  • I dunno, probably most people killed + most wars fought in a single century? : Vincent Grayson
  • I think he means in terms of total deaths. There was a retarded amount of killing done in the 20th centur... : thetangent
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    Yes. The most barbaric in recent memory. : pigvomit
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      whose memory? There's barely any WWII vets left, let alone anyone who saw much of the 19th Century and re... : Wiimope
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        That was part of my joke. >:( : pigvomit
        • ahhh, well, hands up, I couldn't tell if it was sarcasm or not. : Wiimope
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    Most deaths, yep. : FushigiDenki
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      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_toll Looks like it's the highest for non-combatant deaths, but not ... : RomSteady
      • that seems pretty barbaric to me! lets kill the people that arent fighting! : hirez
      • chinese sure die a lot : GloriousCow
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      Not proportionally to population though. http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/163 We're more pe... : navelskrutt
      • Steven Pinker rules : FushigiDenki
    • tons of death at long range, in previous centuries you had to be next to your victim, more barbaric to me... : Enigme
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  I almost cried in class as I learned this last night. I've been reading his books since I was 14 and he'... : Odoyle
  • aw, that's gotta be hard. be thankful he left so much to remember him with! : Postal
  • you cried for a pedophile? O_o : MoreVespeneGas
• Watching this reminded me how cool he was. The world is a lesser place without him. : smegmar

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  Old people should go there and try it with pictures from their youth to see how the result matches their ... : PHeeNIxx
  • or use it to rejuvernate their current picture, you can babify yourself, child, teenage, afro, east and w... : barichnikov
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  that site doesn't work for me :( but according to the ontario science centre, in 50 years i will be a ... : jenisthebest
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    It's the hero of Kvatch! : avatar_58
    • HAHAHA : jenisthebest
    • LOL! : razorblade79
    • POST OF THE DAY. omfg life imitates art. : Wolfanoz
    • HAHAHA : DinK
    • lawz : -=kodiak=-
    • haha so true! : hardfl1p
    • omg ahahahahah : moe6
    • excellent! : zerog83
    • wow...this is awesome : agentlead
    • oh shit, hahaha : Noobler
    • A++ : eeeealmo
    • hahahahahahaha : tomservo
    • HAHAHA : industro
    • YES : silent prophet
    • oh holy shit, lol : delataur
    • Somebody probably worked really hard on that distractingly awkward face system! ;-( : FlatlineDixay
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      okay, i missed this joke at some point in the internet. who the hell is the hero of kvatch? : biskits
      • it's from oblivion : jenisthebest
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        http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=oblivion+faces&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2 : tomservo
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          Someone should recreate jenisthebest's image in Oblivion for maximum lols. :D : avatar_58
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            omg please someone do this : jenisthebest
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              Well, I am at home and kinda bored. I suck at these things though, but I'll give it a shot. :D : SilverSnake
              • I can't get it to resemble the picture at all. I'm terrible at this. :( : SilverSnake
        • The images don't quite do the faces justice, they just look so much more bizarre in motion. : FlatlineDixay
      • How could you NOT know the fighter's guild is recruiting? They have the best marketing team EVAR. : kenmis
      • Tis a character from oblivion I think. : thief
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        To be fair, I've played about 20 hours of Oblivion and still haven't saved Kvatch. : rock elf
        • I'm through talkin to you.... : avatar_58
    • Haha, needs less bloom in the picture. : CrustaR
    • A+++++ : Daggoth
    • hahhaha : grabbie
    • ROFL!!! : Totenjaeger
    • Gwahaha! That's great. : ChibiJosh
    • Knocked it out of the park on the first pitch of the game. : pigvomit
    • LOLZ. Nicely Done. : Sebastian-TEC
    • HOly fucking lozlz : TastyWheat
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    Could someone mirror this on Shackpics for those of us who have Flickr blocked at work? : Schnapple
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      http://shackpics.com/files/Hero_of_Kvatch_d0hfydd0l7o8qine9me1.jpg There ya go mate. : Arctic Fox
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        every time i look at that i cringe if i actually look like that in 50 years i will probably just give ... : jenisthebest
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          I'm sure everyone is wondering this... what do you look like right now ? : sikander
          • http://media.teamxbox.com/games/ss/177/image5110.jpg : SockMonkeh
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            like this! http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16515584#itemanchor_16515584 : jenisthebest
            • hot : sikander
        • it is like a hussar painting but more scary because it's not even trying, lol : pointyelbows
• This reminds me of when I used that site to see what celebrities I most looked like. I got all women... : Evil Benius
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  So you'll become Harry Shearer, basically? http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0790434/mediaindex : mn3m0n1c
  • i dont know, my brother just made me notice, i am exactly like an uncle of mine on that. its borderline f... : barichnikov
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  The modigliani transforms are neat. : thief
  • I agree, the results on that morph are cool. : Rotten Deadite
• you have cheek whiskers : anhero
• fun times. need better resolution pix, yay phone cam http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j299/adls329/frie... : pointyelbows
• Before: http://www.easyscreens.info/?v=3112 After a few more good weekends: http://www.easyscreens.info/... : Rauol Duke
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  I did this a long time ago and the old me looks so ridiculous but I am afraid to go to my flickr account ... : SockMonkeh
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    Nevermind, I found the old post I made. http://farm1.static.flickr.com/189/441104313_7dd006074c_o.jpg : SockMonkeh
    • And here's the original photo: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/197/441102540_b39a4c1b16.jpg : SockMonkeh
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  Me. http://img120.imageshack.us/my.php?image=beforeandafterhv8.jpg Yes, I've resigned myself to the f... : magistersmax
  • holy shit : SockMonkeh
  • You look like his younger clone. : FushigiDenki
  • Sup McLovin? : Rauol Duke
• That domain's not coming up for me. : c0bra
• Their asian filter is especially accurate... wow: http://www.originalsyn.net/azn.jpg : mystifier

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  Hookers, blow, booze, video poker, and blackjack. : ejectorpod
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    Why would you play VIDEO poker in Vegas when you can play with real people? I've never played video po... : AltZero
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      I advocate it because I've seen my friends win so much damn money at video poker. It's like they're alwa... : ejectorpod
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        i assure you that, statistical aberrations aside, video poker is seldom a winner's game. perfect play ca... : skryte
        • Oh yeah, I realize, but damn if my friends aren't always winning I think it has to be me sometimes! : ejectorpod
  • In that order? : TheArtMan
• Aim for the head : d fluke
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  fuck a hooker. : Fyunch Click
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    but don't screw her near any sharp objects, like towel holder stubs. : shyguy74
    • Very Bad Things is mandatory viewing for anyone having a bachelor party in Vegas. : pigvomit
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  what i'd do: roulette, get wasted, roulette, more wasted, roulette, floor : reverend~heresy
  • Talking about Russian roulette, of course. Hence the prompt end. : BoKnows
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  always double down : grabbie
  • on 11! : cjcharv
• have fun? : greh kleh
• If you have an sense of humor about you what-so-ever, you've GOT to see Spamalot at the Wynn! : warcrow
• Avoid the terrorists. (horrible R6:V reference.) Avoid the strip clubs. They're lame as fuck. Unless... : SkeezPimp
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  always bet on black. : hirez
  • Always bet on red >:( : Xhost
• Always bet on black. : Xhost
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  2 chicks at 1 time : phate81
  • How about 1 chick at 2 times? MIND = BLOWN : Utopia
• Fight Dobermanns. : Lunatic Angelic
• hookers, craps, booze, blackjack, booze, hookers, booze and some Poker to end things right. : fleabug
• don't blow all your cash in the first hour : sm00v3d
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  budget. : mwasher
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    unless, of course, you have large moneyhats. : mwasher
    • I most definitely do not. : treefingers1
• Rides on mezzanine at the Luxor : dognose
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  if you go to a strip club, go in the middle of the fucking afternoon! i did this a few weeks ago and the ... : zebrigazi
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    I do not like going when it is almost empty. Unless you are throwing money around, the chicks are not try... : Githyanki
    • i've found the opposite, that they'll bend over backwards for you because you are the only customers. : zebrigazi
• Get a Warp Core Breach at the Star Trek experience place! : ejectorpod
• Run your tree fingers up into some chick : Melll
• Take me! : Koral06
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  My brother's girlfriend is 20. Is she going to have a hard time at the clubs/casinos/bars/brothels? I'v... : treefingers1
  • Yeah I went there before under 21 there's nothing to do. : Koral06
  • I got kicked out of casino's every time I won. They left me alone when I was loosing :( : Githyanki
• Vegas is boring... gambling is the suck. :P : rasputinreborn

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• NO IN IS ON : duncandun
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  This should be good. I wonder if I remember how to play. : Tincan
  • Aim for butt. Press button. : d fluke
• IGGY THE PIGGY : d fluke
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  I'm going in... : Rasnowl
  • I give up, don't know the password : Rasnowl
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  PASSWORD IS NOT IN NORMAL PLACES:( : duncandun
  • blargh im dead : duncandun
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  where do i find the password? : Flynn
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    it is a mystery : duncandun
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      i messaged you guys : nadasurf2
      • message me, plz For some reason, the password changed. :( : Maddog_Delphi97
      • me three please : whippy
• Jesus H. It's something about male genitalia and visages. : d fluke
• hang on : Maddog_Delphi97
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  Server's not working for me. : Nick Breckon
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    type in the console: connect 68.142.120.178:27016 : Maddog_Delphi97
    • Oh. Nadasurf has the port as 27015. : Nick Breckon
• igigigigiggigigiig : eeeealmo
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  can you send me the password? thanks! : arizona bay
  • Yeah I need it too. : Nick Breckon
• GO GO GO : Maddog_Delphi97
• NO NO NO : thief
• damn, people still play this? I moved on to other games a loooong time ago cuz of all the hackers, but I ... : prime8
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  ABOUT THE PASSWORD It's in intothefray's profile, but the password used is from TF2 : Maddog_Delphi97
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    seriously. WTF. : Maddog_Delphi97
    • no gay schtuff now. : Maddog_Delphi97
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  im writing a paper right now but if you dirty faggots are still playing an hour from now im going to wrec... : arizona bay
  • I can guarantee we'll be playing an hour from now. /me flashbangs you : Maddog_Delphi97
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  13 shackers now!! :D : Maddog_Delphi97
  • Let's get it on!! : Maddog_Delphi97
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  Great, I have to get steam again, and then re-install now. God I hope tonight's games come off okay so I... : pres589
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    GO GO GO!! : Maddog_Delphi97
    • I'm downloading the game, I found my old crap mic, hoping my better USB mic works with Steam this time, o... : pres589
• i'll play.. but i forgot how to aim. : Mmmmmoo
• Changing to the next map... aztec? : Maddog_Delphi97
• Let's make it FOURTEEN SHACKERS : Maddog_Delphi97
• PROJECT: IGIGIGIGIGIG : arizona bay
• OF COURSE, AS I'M DOWNLOADING : ejectorpod
• you guys better still be playing once this shit finishes downloading : kill9
• GG's, but I have to whore the high-ROF shit to even hit anything with my ping. You US guys suck, kthxggby... : d fluke
• good game guys, my old ass can only handle CS like 40 min at a time before i get tired : arizona bay
• man that was SUPER fun : eeeealmo

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• Iron Flintstag : dirge23
• Garbage Tax Ops : kingdepork
• Fridge Largemeat : algernoN8
• Buff Brickrip : NastyJack
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  Brick Shithouse : capt tripps
  • It's a relatively well known phrase, but I still laughed :) : mafu5150
• Ironstag Flint : K1Bond007
• Blast Hardcheese : tomservo
• Punt Speedchunk : pyide
• Slappitybucket : Dave-A
• Bob Johnson. : A Sponge
• Cumguzzler86 : arizona bay
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  Coming Recession : ErneX
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    Cumming Recession? : Arcanum
    • cumming must be in the blocked words list :( : ErneX
• Flank Hardgroin : NastyJack
• Ilint Fronstag : stump
• Gern Blanston. : Thresher
• FL1|\/7 1R0|\/574G : busdriver3030
• Skunkmaster Supreme : MagicWishMonkey
• Jeeve Stibson : Dave-A
• Roger "Race" Bannon : mafu5150
• Flint gatsnorI : thejm4n
• Fint Joto : Melll
• UGonGitRaped : Mmmmmoo
• Dickfor Genius : dedgecko
• Frankie Coffeecake Flint : humbleone
• flint mcbeef : oHnOES
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  Flint IIronstag : Sylvanus
  • Go from there - basically use 2 of the same letter somewhere in your Gamertag. : Sylvanus
• peters4life : -=kodiak=-
• Metal Moosenuts : lowpoly
• Just use anagrams , they are so fun - Flatiron Sting Farting Tonsil Roasting Flint Orating Flints ... : PlanetPerfecto
• Bildo Gaggins : g.lee
• Peter54Life : ChibiJosh
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  This reminds me of that MST2K movie set in the future and the futuristic golf cart chase scene : Nighteyes
  • I think that's the point http://mst3krollfizzlebeef.ytmnd.com/ : skinlab133
• Shugashack : Vegtro

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• dammit I was gonna make a gay cave exploration joke way to ruin my fun : RikiTiki2
• Me! : Koral06
• watch out for stalactites : GloriousCow
• We embark on our journey to the earths core tomorrow morning @11am. : whistletits
• i can't believe you called me and asked me to go explore a cave with you. this will be awesome. : wtf242
• You're both going to die. : d fluke
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  We used to go explore the city sewers and storm drains. We called that 'spelunking'. : losder5000
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    I remember that some of my buds in high school were into that. from what they've told me, they stopped af... : RikiTiki2
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      *shudder* : zakazi
      • If that's story is true I'm gonna shit my pants : Utopia
    • just close ur mouth and you'll be fine. : whistletits
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      Raid imminent : duncandun
      • no one got this? or was it just not funny:( : duncandun
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      Huh. The worst thing we discovered were two homeless people fucking on a dirty, wet mattress in the midd... : losder5000
      • Haha, awesome : megarust32
      • Ah, the gloriousness of exploration! : d fluke
      • Nobody asked if the hobos fucking on the mattress were hot, yet? Shame on you, Shack. : PlanetPerfecto
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      Pretty much. Here in Dallas, we would explore the suburban drainage pipes and sewer lines for hours. ... : fleabug
      • We used to have to jump about 3 feet to a ladder that led 15 feet up to a manhole. Below the ladder was... : losder5000
    • sound like we stepping on fortune cookie! : skryte
  • okay mr teenage mutant ninja turtle haha : TwiLyght
  • Yay urban spelunking. We did that around college. : Zero|DPX
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  sphincter spelunkers : gmd
  • You're capable of much better. : pancake humper
• I heard there are spiders in caves that crave the flesh of man penis. : snuff
• watch out for creatures/humans that evolved in the dark to live without vision and eat peoplez : sticman77
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  Read this first. http://www.freewebs.com/huclan/caver/ : ejectorpod
  • lol. Beat me to it. : davantalus
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    OK, what's the deal with this thing? I've never seen it before, but now I'm intrigued. : the moon and antarctica
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      It's a terrifying story about a man who disappeared after exploring a mysterious cave. : ejectorpod
      • Interesting read! : the city
• It has been about a decade, but I used to be a pretty avid caver. I miss it, I just don't fit in the same... : Stoned Gargoyle
• n00bs. : CrustaR
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  there is no page 11 : c0bra
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    DAmn you to hell you damned snake : Utopia
    • Oh yeah, hehe, dammit I screwed that up too don't stress. : ejectorpod
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      you didn't even do it right : c0bra
      • Sorry I'm French! : Utopia
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  THERE'S NO PAGE 6 : Utopia
  • Hahaha glad someone else brought that up! : ejectorpod
• Went in high school. One room in the cave was full of clay penii left by previous 'explorers'. : drodver
• I don't think Inner Space Cavern counts. I'm gonna stop there one day. : stgulik
• this can only end badly. : hirez
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  It's not Airman's, is it? : slax0r
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    hah after googling, it probably is. I have no idea wtf : wtf242
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      Airman's is rough. It's 8 hours from start to finish, and another 8 to get back out again. Average ceil... : slax0r
      • Sa-crew that. : Audhuml4
      • Just looking at that makes me bug out : filtersweep
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        will we need flashlights? because we don't have any : wtf242
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          well it was nice knowing you : mikecyb
          • lol : ThomW
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          Make sure to leave your will on the kitchen counter before you head out : action roommate
          • remember, your HDTV goes to MagicWishMonkey : MagicWishMonkey
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          Holy shit, YES. Food and water, and clothes that you will never want to wear again. And someone that ... : slax0r
          • i am glad you read this thread! : wtf242
        • lol, you're going to die : derelict515
        • Hahahahaha....don't die. : soggybagel
        • you're going to like, take a 3 day break from the shack, just to watch us squirm : das_runt
        • It depends. Can you see in complete darkness? : c0bra
        • Yep, definitely going to die. : d fluke
        • lol do you fail at everything you try? : jaga
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          No, there is obviously lots of natural light available in that cavern with the 6" wide entrance : stump
          • yeah i bet it's like a goddamn sunroom in there. : warpdude
        • ^^^^why do you people fall for his posts? : deathofrats
        • LOL, I will have a fleshlight : whistletits
        • wtf242 RIP 3/20/08 never forget : sexninja!!!!
        • just pretend like you're playing doom 3 : sexninja!!!!
        • Awesome. Have fun! : Yanks
      • LOLOLOLOL : MisterPhoton
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        Omg that looks awful. Why people would voluntary do this is beyond me ! : nukewinter
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          Some beautiful rock formations few will ever see. : node
          • There's a crystal cavern at the end of this cave. Last time I went I snuck a peak, but didn't go all the... : slax0r
          • That's why some mofo needs to drag a camera in there. : NastyJack
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        Jesus Christ that is my worst fear right there. : gmd
        • Yep, mine too. : Blucklesworth
        • i started shaking when i saw the picture, fuck that : skizl
      • And that would be the end of my adventure right there. : stump
      • That is like wiggling into God's asshole. : losder5000
      • No. : das_runt
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        dude fuck that. i wouldnt brave that even if i was dig dug : kainen1
        • I would get stuck and die, worst death ever. : gmd
        • lol : arizona bay
        • I am loving you so hard for the Dig Dug reference. : tomservo
      • oh shit shit shit shit shit shit SHIT, that is WAY TOO SMALL A GAP!!! : PlanetPerfecto
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        Ohshi... Reminds me of The Descent. Not the greatest flick but watching those chicks wriggle through the... : paroxym
        • Yeah, I got claustrophobic just from looking at that picture. and I never pictured myself as claustrophob... : aaarrrgh
        • yeah, great movie. Tons of suspense just from the claustrophobia : derelict515
      • I'm going too roll up into a ball and freak out now. : locater16
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        I went through a cave like that. The area like that is called the Birth Canal. I don't think I have the s... : afrochops
        • Yeah, that's the birth canal. I don't really either. I'm not going back to airman's, that's for sure. : slax0r
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        lol: http://www.betterthanyourboyfriend.com/exploring-airmans-cave.htm : sexninja!!!!
        • That's my friend's website. He documented quite a few of our adventures there. : slax0r
        • I just read this via google, why do people do this. : gmd
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          He gets all the way to the end and doesn't take a picture? What a dickshit. : snuff
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            None of us even wanted to move at that point. And we had to go back. Yeah, it sucks when I look back on... : slax0r
            • go back and get pics + divx you bastard : gmd
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              where you one of the people on this trip? : sexninja!!!!
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                Yes. That picture I posted was from our initial trip which only lasted an hour or so. Then we went back... : slax0r
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                  which one were you? : sexninja!!!!
                  • Terry. I'm in the background of the first picture in the article. : slax0r
        • During the last hour I made a point to evaluate the situation in my head. Would I do this again for $10,0 : sexninja!!!!
        • what a douche...all that way and he couldn't be arsed to take a picture? : deathofrats
      • NO no no no NO no No NO no no no no no. : thief
      • We enountered bats, corpses, and bones. It was awesome the key word is corpses : MagicWishMonkey
• Claustrophobia!!! : Albemuth
• /me fires up "Down in a hole" (Alice in Chains) for ya : festivalman
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  • heh, been a while since i last read that comic. thx for reminding me, i now know what must be done. : humbleone
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  Watch the Decent before you go. : capt tripps
  • The Descent that is. : capt tripps
  • I will never go in a cave again after seeing that movie. Shit, I may even stay out of dark rooms just to... : riptyde
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  You guys need to either go with someone who is experienced, or better yet hire a guide who can outfit you... : yosemiteclimber
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    I would drag a rucksack full of satellite phones and spare batteries inside 5 layers of ziploc bagging an... : PlanetPerfecto
    • nm, satellite phones wont work underground will they :(((( : PlanetPerfecto
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  spiders. MOTHERFUCKING SATAN SPAWN SPIDERS : CoRDS
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    There isn't a lot of life in Airman's cave. There are a few bats off to the side near the entrance, but ... : slax0r
    • and spiders. zerg swarms of satan spawn evil incarnate spiders. : CoRDS
    • And a few elites guarding the front. : Nighteyes
• Cool, spelunking is something I'm thinking about getting into. : lplasmatron
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  It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue. : dirge23
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    You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike. : Arcanum
    • xyzzy !!!! : Dave-A

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  I'm still not sure what to think of No Country for Old Men. : Thisispol
  • I'm not sure what to think of you. : CrustaR
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  he wasn't the main character : pyide
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    Are you saying he didn't have the most screen time or that the entire story didn't develop through him? : handofthrawn
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      He said "he wasn't the main character" : bRAINsick
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        excuse me, "central figure", and you get my point so it doesn't matter : handofthrawn
        • do you feel cheated out of your happy ending? : dirge23
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          But he's not who the movie is about. His actions merely serve the story of the person the movie is really... : NastyJack
          • Dude, that's deep. I'm glad they threw out everything that makes movies good and emotional to achieve tha... : cdbeckman
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      I think it would be fair to say that the story is told from multiple viewpoints, chiggur, moss, ed tom be : PlanetPerfecto
      • must have there will be blood on blu-ray. NOW : pyide
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        the movie is about ed tom bell. it's told from multiple viewpoints but he's the main character. the ent... : mikecyb
        • I don't quite see it the same way, although there's nothing particularly wrong with what you just said. I... : PlanetPerfecto
  • ^^ it's not moss's story. it's the story of how stories like moss's take their toll on bell. moss's abrup : dirge23
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  You apparently failed to make some obvious inferences. I've only seen it once, and it took at a week o... : dedgecko
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    Think? You have to think!? : Haku-Jin
    • I know, who sits around and THINKS about movies? For a week?! GET A LIFE : dodob
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    I said I appreciated the quality of the film. My beef was with the entertainment value. And if you need... : handofthrawn
    • I loved the ending. It brought everything together very nicely but I didn't instantly understand that the... : NastyJack
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      It only sucks if you look at it through the lens of Moss being the main character. Once you understand th... : AroundTheFur1380
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        Explain this to me. Why can they spend 20min showing a fight scene between two characters then later on ... : handofthrawn
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          The reason they don't show Moss's death is to put you in Bell's shoes. He's been trying to save Moss's li : dirge23
          • I hate to say it but the Departed handled this much better... BOOM headshot : Mondo
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            Maybe I'm getting this wrong since this was on a web page I just found: "Often the main character is the... : handofthrawn
            • I can say this with absolute certainty: you missed the point of the movie. I don't mean to sound rude or : NastyJack
          • Exactly. It's totally out of his control which of course relates to the title of the movie and also the g... : NastyJack
      • I understood that perfectly, I still wanted to see. : Mondo
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      I think you were expecting an action blockbuster smash and got something less hollow than that. : phobium
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        The first 4/5ths of the movie was filled with guns, death, and violence only for it to end with a 5min sc : handofthrawn
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          But if you actually took the time to think about what the words of his dream meant what do you come up wi... : NastyJack
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            Not many other movies with shotgun silencers and a mass murderer killing dozens of people like hes the de... : handofthrawn
            • Once again that's the point. The sheriff realizes over the course of the movie that he is dealing with pe : NastyJack
        • lol sounds like you need to take a high school English course for the plot analysis again. : disposition
    • I loved every minute of it. Especially the ending. : Haku-Jin
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      Well and that's the unfortunate thing for anyone that never read the book and didn't pay attention to the... : dedgecko
      • note, that i never read the book and don't plan on it as it's a pretty good reflection of crime/drugs. : dedgecko
      • Everyone here says I hated the film but I said I appreciated the film since it was so well done. I just ... : handofthrawn
• If this is how you feel, you missed the point of the movie completely. It does suck that you have to thin : AroundTheFur1380
• Bummer. : tomservo
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  never argue with coen brothers fans. : draconic
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    apparently they have some fan base here that i ran into :/ : handofthrawn
    • Why wouldn't they? They make amazing movies and this is one more under their belt. : NastyJack
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      We're not a fan base. We just know what the movie is trying to convey. Go watch Rambo 4 a few more times. : disposition
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        I love the "go watch rambo" comments like everyone here is some artistic movie goer. I've helped make sh... : handofthrawn
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          Yeah, kneejerk reactions are the shack's speciality. I can understand what you're saying though, and m... : thewriter
          • I agree. And to reiterate from my original post: "As a movie person I appreciate the quality of the ... : handofthrawn
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        Heh, I don't think that's really a fair assessment of handofthrawn after reading his elaborations on the ... : PlanetPerfecto
        • I think a lot of shackers are like me where we can watch a rambo or transformers and then go watch seven ... : handofthrawn
  • O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU IS BETTER THAN HOMER'S OWN ODYSSEY : Postal
• oh dear oh dear oh dear! : thief
• I knew you wouldn't like the movie. I pre-visioned it! : Postal
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  clearly not a movie for you. You seem to want 2 hours of entertainment that you can easily digest and not... : Fredrik S
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    The Big Lewbowski was easily digestable... : PenicillinX57
    • I drink white russians specifically because of that. The dude made it manly. And its got to be one of t... : handofthrawn
• go watch rambo... : fotografico
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  Agreed. There are people in hollywood that if you give people a movie that makes sense with a proper endi... : themaestro2657
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    And there are those audience members and viewers who seem to think that it's necessary for a good movie! : thief
    • (and note, there's entertaining over here, satisfying over, and a combination of the two in the good movi... : thief
    • *satisfying over there : thief
    • Oh the movie was 90% entertaining. I said the movie was between a 7 to an 8.5 for most of the movie. It... : handofthrawn