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  You must have missed all the posts in every other Dark Knight thread with people gladly pointing out flaw... : mittense
  • Anyway: The ending monologue and I think Dent's storyline was taken a bit too far. : mittense
• Agreed on point 2. Disagree on point 1. : re-verse
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  On your point 1: The same actor does not have to play the Joker, there are even comic arcs in Miller's li : mancide
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    I certainly wouldn't want to take on that job. : Chod
    • http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper803/stills/2ap240vv.jpg Riddler aside...I still think he ... : dedgecko
  • possibly, but that would completely suck. I wasn't on the Ledger hype train initially, but he really was ... : skinlab133
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    i cant imagine them recasting the joker after the performance ledger gave. it was so perfect, i dont thin : maulla
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      I'm not sure that needed to be spoiler tagged. : mittense
      • Better too many than not enough : OverloadUT
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      We only won't see him because of stuff like that. Yes, he did a good job, but other actors can play the ... : thief
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        So youre saying his entire performance is only being hyped because he died? What if he was still aliv... : maulla
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          It is being hyped because he died. The entire movie is. That's not a bad thing. I never once used th... : thief
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            I hate recasts entirely. I'd rather have kept Katie Holmes as Rachel for this movie (I mean, x_x anyway).... : mittense
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              I think you can put up with a few minute lapse, then. : thief
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                . : mittense
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                  The example of Rachel is more of a minor one. I think recasting the Joker would be a disastrous event for... : mittense
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                    What's wrong with the movie having a different tone? : thief
                    • Because I don't want to watch a trilogy of movies by the same director with, largely, the same cast and s... : mittense
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      He was good, but people are making it out to be some sort of better performance because he died. He did a... : mancide
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        So you're saying that people that have no real emotional attachment to Heath Ledger put his performance o... : mittense
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          Do you honestly think the public at large is not all but deifying him because of his death? I could link... : thief
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            Alright, link me 'several' posts that say in no uncertain terms that he 'died to perfect his role' or tha... : lightly inclined
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              http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17476185#itemanchor_17476185 this is the type of rhetoric and though... : thief
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                Someone left the theater excited. OH MY GOD CALL THE INTERNET POLICE. : mittense
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                  You're allowed to be excited but I disagree with such hyperbolic thought. : thief
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                    Please tell me you aren't being serious. :( : mittense
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                      I am. I think people sincerely believe he should win the oscar simple because he died. : thief
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                        I don't think he'd win an Oscar because he died. Even if he is the one that should, hands down win, when ... : mittense
                        • God dammit why have I not removed my comma key. : mittense
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                          Moreso, up until the Dark Knight release, all that was talked about was Nicholson's Joker, and how awesom... : Shivawn
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                            Yes, and Nicholson's I warned him doesn't help. : thief
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                              Don't get me wrong, there are some things in that movie that are extremely memoriable, however. The movie... : Shivawn
                              • Prince did the entire soundtrack! : mancide
                        • Nor do I, though he definitely deserves a nomination -- I've not seen every movie out this year, though -... : thief
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                          I bet he will, given that the Oscars are voted on by a group of his peers in the movie industry who may a... : d_pap
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                            which is just as wrong :\ but either way it's inevitable and cannot be helped, so my argument or prob... : thief
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                              i agree it is wrong, which sucks for me cuz i enjoy the Oscars but can't help but think how poorly some o... : d_pap
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                                that's life though. the Oscars are biased and not at all neutral. they pretty much always have been : mikecyb
                                • Exactly, the Oscars are politically biased anyway. Just depends on what "trend" the industry is currently... : Alco23
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                I ask you to link me several links after you claim you can, and you link me a rosewood one (it's fuckin' ... : lightly inclined
                • I really think there are several posts out there I could fine which, admittedly I was being too specific ... : thief
              • His acting was a vigorous fucking. His death is the cum shot. But stop fucking telling me how I based m... : rosewood
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            Or, like I'm sure others do, I separate an actor's personal life from the roles they play and can think o... : mittense
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              He's pulling an invalid logical progression to strengthen his case. His entire argument is... there e... : walker270
              • No no no no. You're putting words into my worth. I think the public at large is deifying his death ... : thief
            • It does suck. : thief
      • Well think about it this way. Say Ledger was still alive and then in a year you start hearing about Batm... : mikecyb
  • Recast the joker? That's crazy talk. It shouldn't be done. : ieGod
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    I don't think it was entirely ledger that made the joker such a great villain (it was really good, don't ... : Fish_Bulb
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      That's what I noticed. Unlike Jack Nickolson's Joker, this one was just extremely well written. : walker270
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        Exactly. Ledger did a good job, but he didn't do a job that another actor couldn't have done. I would eve... : mancide
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          I disagree. There are probably other actors that could've done a good job with the part, maybe even as g... : Arcanum
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            Again, the point that was made, how much of that was Ledger "winging" it and how much of it is how this J... : mancide
            • Wait, what? So because the character was created before Ledger was cast, that removes his influence on m... : Arcanum
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  Why can't they bring joker back for a sequel. Sure ledger WAS joker in the movie, but not like someone e : mattfl
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    No. Your thought is wrong and you should stop that right now. : mittense
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      Ledger was really fucking good as the Joker, but the nice thing about comic book characters is that they'... : Finestaut
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        I'd be all for a recast but, preferably, not in Nolan's Batman movies (if he does a third one, which I ho... : mittense
        • Wouldn't you trust Nolan of all people to pick a good actor to play the role? : thief
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          You saw the money they made right? I think the third one is pretty much a guarantee now. : mancide
          • Batman 3 in T-Minus 8 years and counting... I can't wait :( : Demius
• One thing i hated that was a director's choice is the rotating camera that does a 360 around characters ... : grabbie
• I am sorry but the film was flawless victory. : socksta
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  1: there isnt much you can do with the end for joker. batman wont kill him, so that would leave the cops : maulla
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    In the graphic novels that Miller wrote, though the Joker knew that and killed himself by breaking his ow... : deathofrats
    • Yeah, honestly, if the Joker had killed himself at the end so everyone would blame it on Batman, it would... : SockMonkeh
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  1. Batman has to save the Joker. That's the whole point of the movie. That he's not willing to cross t : hawkeye
  • Yeah I agree on 1, like I said I KNOW why it happened that way, but I think what I'm looking for was more : skinlab133
• I'd say its main flaw is that it hasn't been released yet :( : rock elf
• I was very glad that they killed Rachael. I didn't like her in either movie. It was also very cool of A : jlavrenz
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  You know I didn't mind that Batman used the magic sonar panel to spy on everyone. I mean, didn't he start : DM7
  • In the comics, Batman built the Brother Eye, spy satellite to watch the other superheroes which of course... : grabbie
• your #2 is also the only thing i didnt like. : eeeealmo
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  2 is also necessary to Lucius' storyline : Foxhawk
  • Lucius is a fine character, but he doesn't need his own storyline. The bit was cheese and it should have... : lechuck59
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  I don't understand why everyone assumes that Two Face is dead. He fell a couple stories and so did Batman : cookblaze
  • I kind of agree with you, but also remember batman was wearing a nice ass suit that protects him. : hirosushima
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    It's clearly set up so it looks like Harvey/Two Face is dead, both to the audience and the people of Goth : Arcanum
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      I think it's only clear that Harvey Dent is dead. Two Face, on the other hand.... : deathofrats
      • That's all fine and good as a metaphysical distinction, but they're the same physical person. Given that : Arcanum
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        exactly. Also the fact that they decided to actively cover up Two-Face's actions, lends credence to the n : DapperDan
        • And Two Face is in Arkham : rosewood
  • If he isn't dead, he would've been seriously injured, and neither of them tried to get him medical attent : Sacred Sperm
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  only part that I did not like was when: The joker crashed Dent's fund raising party. Batman jumps out of : hirosushima
  • Good point, that didn't occur to me during the movie, but it was strange. : jlavrenz
  • That's interesting. I didn't even really think about that. WTF did happen? : hawkeye
  • I'm guessing the joker just got in the elevator and left : aeg1x
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    I think maybe the Joker thought that Dent was Batman at that point, so it would make sense that he left a : dirge23
    • hmm yeah, that could be it. : re4ctor
    • But what about Batman? he still knows that joker is at the top of the building with a crowd of people. Di : hirosushima
    • This is indeed what the Joker thought; according to the novel. : ArtilleryMarker
  • that bothered me as well : DapperDan
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    I thought it was implied that the Joker threw her out the window because he knew Batman would go after he : SockMonkeh
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      That's kind of how I understood it as well, though it definitely could have been depicted a little better... : Begawkiness
      • Instead of cutting to some idiot drinking a latte, that was a horrible cut, they should have could have c : rosewood
  • Personally I thought it was kind of stupid that Batman jumped out the penthouse window and landed on a ca... : Ellissd
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  the stupid way batman talks. It made me cringe : bagelcc
  • ^^^^^^ : mwasher
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    Yeah that was kinda bad. I still liked the movie though. : CapnChaos
    • It wasn't bad if he kept it to one sentence. But any more than that I was just thinking, oh god, stop doi : CapnChaos
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    ^^^ this. Also, the expository scene about the shooting claw things that could have killed Bruce in an in : stuka
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      They didn't kill the joker, why would it have killed bruce : rosewood
      • Oh ok it just would have ripped his nose off or at least left him blind and disfigured. No biggie. : stuka
    • This just felt like a ripoff of a Q moment from James Bond. : dirge23
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  I've got a few: (and keep in mind I did love the movie) 1. I thought it was about 30-45 minutes too lo : TabsAZ
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    2. He has lots of henchmen, and he's a liar. : dirge23
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      Well if that's true then the role has no character at all if you can't believe anything at all that he sa... : TabsAZ
      • ...what? : dirge23
      • I thought that was pretty much the Joker's deal in the comics. He's just a flat out psychopath. : mancide
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        ...yeah, he's the joker...he's a pathological liar... : hawkeye
        • I wouldn't say he's a pathological liar in that he's compelled to lie. I don't think he ever lies just f... : Arcanum
      • A psychotic with a penchant for blacker-than-coal humor and a willingness to lie about anything for his o... : Arcanum
  • Dent starts going downhill pretty early on in the movie. The burns and Joker's little chat are what push : hawkeye
  • #3 is your most accurate point. : mittense
  • i was assuming that after the whole meeting with the underworld figures they were helping him with his pl : GloriousCow
  • #1 I somewhat agree with (him switching his morality so quickly) but I basically write it off as a part o... : Fayk
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  Dent's death was perfect and symbolic! He fell from grace from good to evil and his death was a fall : EvilDolemite
  • haha ok I didn't think of it like that. : skinlab133
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  Something that disappointed me a bit after Batman Begins was the look of Gotham City. In Begins it had a... : Dingbat
  • *Chicago. : mittense
  • Batman begins if you watched carefully, you could see some chicago in it. In Dark Knight, they didn't hid... : re-verse
  • Two reasons, one they didn't show the upper parts of Chicago so they didn't need much CGI, but the other ... : Chod
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    What city was it in reality btw? I thought they did a very good job of not making it obviously any speci... : hawkeye
    • As mentioned above it is Chicago. For example Wayne Tower is the Board of Trade building, and the street ... : Chod
  • I thought it was an improvement. The first city looked too cgi for my tastes. : DapperDan
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  The mayor wore thick eyeliner. : pigvomit
  • AND WAS FROM LOST. : mittense
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    The mayor was Batmanuel. :( : Super Sparker
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      there's no frowny face for that. he is a legend. : Deathlove
      • But it made me laugh during his scenes. :(((( : Super Sparker
    • Truly brilliant casting. Although I had a hard time taking him serious. : DapperDan
  • Haha I noticed that as well and thought wtf : vov1n
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  I don't have many complaints, but if I scrounge 'em up they'd be: A bit too long. Yeah, I didn't mind : EvilDolemite
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    I didn't mind the length but I did mind that they took Two-Face's storyline so far. I was expecting the a : mittense
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      Harvey Dent's storyline is what made the movie, though. : walker270
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        Harvey Dent's is, yes, but I wish the Two-Face portions were trimmed a bit. : mittense
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          What could they trim? All he had was the encounter with Joker, killing cop #1, crashing the mob boss' ca : walker270
          • Oh man that scene where he shot the driver and crashed the car was so fucking intense and unexpected. : EvilDolemite
• For anyone with complaints on the movie length or/and the Harvey Dent arc, here's an interesting line fro : das_runt
• I'd have to be nitpicking to find problems with it... there isn't really much to complain about. It's... : re4ctor
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  I absolutely loved it, but there are definitely issues you can nitpick. Small things like how did the : Begawkiness
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    You should really stop watching movies if you have a problem with #1. : walker270
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      Let's see....I said I absolutely loved the movie, these are nitpicking for the sake of nitpicking (especi... : Begawkiness
      • Hence why I included the word "if." : walker270
  • I'd just chalk #1 up to something like, The joker just got some of his wackos (who escaped from Arkham As : pigvomit
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    Oh yeah, I remember the other one we discussed now: Two Face's suit. Where did he get a suit that was : Begawkiness
    • If Harvey doesn't want to look like a villain, then maybe he should buy cheap suits from China. Seriousl : pigvomit
    • His whole side burned, but the suit protected the brunt of his body from damage. His face was unprotecte... : EvilDolemite
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    2. They had already developed much of Batman's character in the first movie. This one was just about his : re4ctor
    • Yeah, I understand their reasoning for doing this, and Dent was definitely the focus. I just wish that t : Begawkiness
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  Oh, Harvey Dent's salon hait with highlights did bother me. Makes him look like the actor he is. That act... : stuka
  • hait hair : stuka
  • Harvey dent has hair? SPOILER TAG THAT SHIT, YOU FUCKING RUINED IT FOR ME. : jingletard
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  1. Some of the dialogue didn't really match the tone of the film, especially in the beginning. Mostly dia : Sacred Sperm
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    Also: 6. The Joker's plan was ridiculously complicated, relying on him knowing exactly how everyone wa : Sacred Sperm
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      How so? His plan didn't require him to predict everyone's movements or choices -- it merely planned fo : walker270
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        Well, Batman did choose to save Rachel instead of Dent. : mittense
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          But he didn't : EvilDolemite
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            Well, yeah, obviously. But he chose to save Rachel. : mittense
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              No but he didn't choose that - he clearly went for the other option : EvilDolemite
              • I believe you have misinterpreted. Since I can't remember spoiler tags in shacktags, just imagine, since ... : Fayk
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            Maybe someone could tell me what the fuck happened here. Gordon asks him "Which one are you going to" : Finestaut
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              The Joker lied. I am surprised by how many people do not get this. : Evil Benius
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                There was no reaction by anyone in the movie to clue this. Wayne didn't mention it, Gordon didn't mentio : walker270
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                  Batman has an utter look of shock when he finds ou that he's saving Dent and not Rachel. : mittense
                  • I didn't see that. May have been one of the times the guy behind me was getting his throat sucked, or a ... : walker270
              • It's so obvious, and yet it took me almost a week to realize it. heh : Gnowknayme
              • Agreed. I thought it was the perfect 'fuck you' from that character. : Fayk
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              This has come up a couple of times, and I think I just realized what happened... Since they both went for : Gnowknayme
              • That's what I thought. : dmason
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              People comlpain about them spelling out the plot parts throughout the movie and at the end, but then look... : dilutedq
              • People are also complaining that we didn't explicitly see the Joker fleeing the fund-raiser. You just can... : SockMonkeh
            • How do people not understand this? The Joker gave Batman the opposite addresses on purpose. : SockMonkeh
          • Did Gordon ask "Who are you going after?" or "Who are we going after?" : walker270
          • This is why Hollywood dumbs down movies. :[ : TreMetal
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          That's actually the part I'm not too sure about. Did Joker tell them the setup backwards, or did Batma : walker270
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            Why is this so hard to understand? Even if the Joker didn't know that Batman had a thing for Rachel (w : mittense
            • That's the better explanation. : walker270
            • Ohhhhhh : Finestaut
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              Also, Killing Rachel was how Joker got Dent to turn. So he switches the addresses knowing damn well Batma : skinlab133
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                Yeah, well, obviously Dent had the possibility of going over the edge, but had something in him keep hims : pigvomit
                • oops cross out one of those concern for the longterm comments. : pigvomit
            • I think a lot of people, myself included, didn't catch this because Even though the joker is a liar, tha : Finestaut
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            No, he didn't call an audible. He said Dent was at 250 something street, and later you can hear Gordon m : pigvomit
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              Ah so Joker gave him the opposite addresses : EvilDolemite
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                correct : DJediX
                • Well shit, that makes a lot of sense. Don't know why I didn't get that earlier. : EvilDolemite
              • I was thrown off by the complete lack of reaction from anyone. The fact that Joker switched the people d : walker270
              • Yes, The Joker told Batman that she was at Avenue ____ and Dent was at 250 something street. Gordon disp : pigvomit
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        Your last point is one of the things I had in mind. He gets Gordon to take the cuffs off, gets left with : Sacred Sperm
        • If there was a third movie about the joker on trial, it would have been cool to show how the town was ful : pigvomit
        • The scene at the funeral was irrelevant to the plot. Batman is supposed to be a great detective, so Joke : walker270
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          He assumed he'd get his phone call. It didn't happen exactly the way he planned but he came up with somet : Super Sparker
          • Yeah, and the fact that he didn't get his phone call and they show you how he can deal with that kind of ... : SockMonkeh
• the movie ended when the joker got away in the squad car. but then it kept going : Luminair
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  I could have done without the scarecrow scene and maybe even the batman-a-likes to cut down on the length... : railchu
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    The Batman-a-likes were relevant for showing how Batman is inspiring people, but not in the way the he'd : Arcanum
    • I know why they were there, I just could have done without them and related scenes to save on some time ... : railchu
    • The Batman followers are important, remember the part where the guy says something along the lines of "wh... : aggro crag
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    I thought Batman saying "You're wearing hockey pads" was great : grabbie
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      I though the said "hockey pants" first time I heard it. Damn voice lol. : pigvomit
      • there were a few parts in the flick where some of the lines were drowned out... yay subtitles! : dedgecko
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    How'd the scarecrow escape though? And why would he be 'helping' batman? : deathofrats
    • He escaped at the end of Begins in the mass carnage. He wasn't helping Batman; he was just selling his d : EvilDolemite
    • Scarecrow was never captured at the end of Begins -- he was just mindfucked by Batman. : walker270
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  I am upset that in the direction they are taking it is impossible to introduce a character such as clayfa... : shortbuscaptain
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    the first clayface was like a Hollywood special effects artist who like robbed banks and used clay to hid... : grabbie
    • I would be totally cool with another 'cerebral' villain who is a master of disguise and such. I'm fin... : Fayk
  • That's part of what makes this rendition of Batman good. : Arcanum
  • Clayface can be a guy that has a skin condition and can make really cool shadow puppets. : pigvomit
• i don't like the bit about how i haven't seen it yet :( soon, my precious.. : delataur
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  Wait. Re #1 for you. You are pissed joker didn't fall to his death and pissed Two Face did? : rosewood
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    haha no, I'm "pissed" the fight wasn't more epic is really what I was trying to say. : skinlab133
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      But The Joker isn't really a fighter. He's a schemer and a manipulator. Nowhere in the entire movie doe : Arcanum
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        He does kill multiple people throughout the movie though; shoves a pencil in persons eye, stabs another, : skinlab133
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          that pencil trick was awesome. TAA DAA. : re-verse
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            when i saw it, people spontaneously clapped when that happened : dirge23
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              Hehe. In my theater there was a mixture of clapping and "awughhhh!" reactions. It was awesome. : Arcanum
              • everyone in my theatre was mostly quiet, except for a group of guys who were sitting next to me, obviousl... : jenisthebest
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              I laughed pretty hard at the trick :/ : vov1n
              • Yeah, so did we all in our theater. It was awesome. : Deathlove
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          Oh sure, he kills a bunch of people. But not once does he actually have a proper fight. Given that, it : Arcanum
          • ^^^^ this is the correct answer - the joker never brawls once, his strength is the ability to manipulate : dedgecko
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            Well he did subdue the cop with that piece of mirror when he "wanted his phone call". : DM7
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              He's pretty good with knives and he's quick but he's just not going to stand up to Batman who has tons of... : SockMonkeh
              • batman's A GODDAMN NINJA. : reverend~heresy
      • You can really see this in the party fight, when batman shows up he is literally hiding behind his thugs : snowwolf
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      the joker actually has a line at the end saying like you actually expected me to have a one-one fight wit : grabbie
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        The confrontation still could have been more riveting. Throw some more thugs at him or something, not onc : skinlab133
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          I think that's part of the theme. Remember from the first movie, the idea of Batman as a symbol. Bruce W : Finestaut
          • And in that sense, the Joker won. He didn't corrupt the person, but in the end he managed to tarnish the : Arcanum
          • ^^^gets it : brewsterdog
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  Finally seeing it tonight. Reserved tickets for the DLP showing, it's not IMAX, but it should be better ... : ant_hillbilly
  • DLP is the way to go : DJediX
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  This is really nitpicky, but why did Maggie Gyllenhall insist that Wayne's apartment was the only place i... : owtwerd
  • shit, probably should have used spoiler tags. : owtwerd
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    Different place i think : megarust32
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      I think it was the same place. Remember he had a secret passage he used to get his batsuit... : FormerHPB
      • If I were batman, I'd build secret passages in all over the place. Including places I did not own outrig : walker270
  • Because Batman lives there. : SockMonkeh
  • Because The Joker broke in to get Harvey Dent, not Bruce Wayne. He wasn't after Bruce. : jenisthebest
  • I doubt the Joker would know to look there. Plus.. Alfred would kick his ass. :D : K1Bond007
  • I was under the impression that the Fund Raiser was being held at the offices of Wayne Enterprises, but t... : amrbean
  • Bruce Wayne is Batman : renegade732
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  I'm a little disappointed that The Scarecrow was even more of a throw-away character in this movie than i : BlackCat9
  • People are crazy because of the Arkam Asylum jailbreak in the last movie. : Finestaut
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  Can't wait to see this movie so I don't have to see spoilers cause of you monkeys who can't use tags prop... : jingletard
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    Bruce Wayne is wealthy The Joker kills comedically Two-Face is very angry : EvilDolemite
    • If you had a pussy I'd bang you. : jingletard
  • hay you guys remember the part in star wars where luke finds out that darth vader is his dad and then cut : jingletard
  • The Dark Knight is a batman movie. : walker270
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  those are your weak points? how about the fact that they have police dogs and bomb squads check out every : fletch_
  • They were probably wasting all their resources on the bridge and tunnel because of Joker's comment. : SockMonkeh
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  I liked the sonar thing because he is batman, and bats use echo location. It can get pretty gay with batc : haiku
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    I loved the line when he was talking to Lucius about the Sonar and he said "just like a..." and Lucius cu : SockMonkeh
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      that's funny I thought that line was stupid (i think you're stupid) : haiku
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        just kidding I actually missed that line when did he say that? was that when he showed him the system and : haiku
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          I think it's in Hong Kong : dirge23
          • Yeah, it's right after Lucius meets with the criminal banker guy in Hong Kong. : Arcanum
        • No, I think it was outside the building, the first time you see it. : BingusLargus
    • Yeah I didn't get the innuendo of this til after the movie, but in retrospect it's an awesome line. : dirge23
    • yeah, that was brilliant. : MikkleThePickle
• Batman voice...worst, ever. : Saman
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  I didn't like (same as with Batman Begins) that Scarecrow was a little punk. He could have been a respec : brewsterdog
  • He could easily return as a more menacing opponent in a sequel, although the movies do clearly seem to re : dirge23
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  Your #1 point is really, really weak. They should have changed the way the Joker's story resolved becaus : action wombmate
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    The thing is I didn't feel there was any real closure with the Joker. He gets arrested...wow. He got arre : skinlab133
    • The Joker's arrest by no means "finishes" him. He wins the major conflict of the movie by virtue of bein : action wombmate
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  christian bales just-smoked-100-cigarettes voice : mr.sleepy
  • only thing I didn't like ONLY : Mondo
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    Gentlemen? : deathofrats
    • 100, not over 9000. : Phil
  • SLEEEEEPYYYY!!!! : Wolfanoz
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  yea the sonar thing was gay also, batman's "batman voice" seemed really ...i dunno...forced? it just c... : ninjase
  • i think the batman voice was supposed to come off as forced and strange. should have been louder though. : cpt_gloval
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  Why does Heath dying mean the Joker can't come back? Michael Keaton was a great Batman. He was recast... : critch
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    i figure they could get johnny depp to do a great joker if need be : Antilles_Prime
    • oh sweet jesus no : cpt_gloval
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      Maybe. I'm not sure if Depp is the right kind of dark, or if he can make that kind of psychosis work. ... : Arcanum
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        that's silly though, doesn't anyone remember how skeptical people were about Ledger? you can't judge it ... : mikecyb
        • I don't see why it's any sillier than any other speculation. I'm not saying he'd necessarily be bad, jus... : Arcanum
    • Fuck no. : sgtsanity
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    Also, as amazing as Ledger was in the part, we can't forget to credit the writers with giving him somethi... : action wombmate
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      i would put Ledger's performance up there in quality with Nicholson's. : cpt_gloval
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        Way better I think. In retrospect Nicholson was really hammy, not scary at all, and kind of old, bloated... : EvilDolemite
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          they are entirely different Jokers though. Burton's version was more of a crime boss gangster who had so... : mikecyb
          • I was pleasantly surprised when the Joker revealed he Doesn't want to kill Batman. That's part of the Jo : Finestaut
    • The writing is definitely excellent. : Arcanum
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    Michael Keaton and Eric Bana were both recast in series restarts, not in straight sequels. Katie Holmes.... : riptyde
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      Yeah, I see Schumacher's Batman's as being in an entirely different universe except for poor Alfred. : pigvomit
      • And Gordon! =( : invisible_kid
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    yeah I think people are being a bit crazy. I said above that I'd be disappointed that he'd be recast reg : mikecyb
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      I'd rather have them recast the part to finish the storyline setup by Nolan than to have it move in a com : walker270
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        What's the third movie that TDK was so "obviously setting up"? I didn't see it. : sgtsanity
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          They could do Batman on the run from the cops, fighting to redeem himself in the eyes of the public by ta : Finestaut
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            Batman doesn't need to redeem himself. He took on the sins of Two Face because he knew the city could no : walker270
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              The film is so fucking brilliant that it hurts, and I can't understand why everyone thinks that the third : sgtsanity
              • I completely agree. This happens with any good movie or book though; tons of people miss the point of the... : OverloadUT
              • Nolan has turned Batman into the polar opposite of a tragic hero, but I can't help but think their fates : walker270
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              This is a much better idea than my quick little analysis. : Finestaut
              • I mean to say, this movie would be good. Mine would not. : Finestaut
        • then you fell asleep during the ending : graceofdragons
        • Gotham's redemption. By not killing the Joker, it seemed to heavily imply he was going to play a major r : walker270
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          i want to know where people get the idea that the third movie would be about the trial of the joker. D... : grabbie
          • Goyer's original proposal for sequels was that the second movie would be the Joker and the third movie wo : sgtsanity
          • http://www.slashfilm.com/article.php/20060721001534202 : walker270
        • I don't see anything setup either. The end of the film suggests The Joker and Batman will fight until one : Magus
  • 1) This is THE Joker to me now. Anything else would just seem bad to me. 1) I do not want to see another... : Evil Benius
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  I don't mind the Sonar thing. If you're able to create and fight in an armored bat suit, modify an al : Mmmmmoo
  • I don't mind the sonar thing much either. As tech it played way better than the microwave generator in t : Tincan

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• Thank you for performing CPR on that thread so that more may appreciate it. : SockMonkeh
• holy christ lol : disposition
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  aahahahahhahahahahah thread of the year : JINKY
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    how can he bitch about azns when he looks asian? also who let that kid into high school : JINKY
    • bro dont insult asians like that : arizona bay
    • Wait, what? How does he look Asian? : darkT
• lol. I just looked it up too. : chungathebunga
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  Only a couple more comments after that one. Too funny. : PoopStewart
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    Actually, both those were made before the picture was posted. He hasn't posted since the pic showed up. : SockMonkeh
    • haha, so crushed. i like FPSDavid, but this coupled with his attitude towards female pictures... just ... : mwasher
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  It's like staring into the face of God. It causes so much pain, and I can't look awaaaaaaaay : genjuro
  • Whats up with his forehead? It looks like someone attacked him with a stapler : jbury
• I missed that other post but man that is pretty awesome. : Chod
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  I wish there was a way to marry a thread because I'm in love with that one. <3 Bold for calling him ou... : Horn
  • I could never have dreamed of such a perfect payoff--I figured he'd either ignore it (which I suppose he : Bold
• So awesome. : stump
• Hahaha, thank you, I missed this the first time around. : Head Rush
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  if you want to know why he stopped posting on stoofoo http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17387699 : Hoax
  • ouch! lol. : mwasher
  • Oh god, he's never coming back is he? :) : jbury
  • hahahaha oh my god ... the puzzle pieces fit together so perfectly! : virus
  • Christ, he should of learned his lesson and stopped stirring the pot then. The internet is scary. : Lionhart32935
  • ROFL do you know him in real-life? : disposition
• that is some dope burn : boring gegtik
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  As the O.D. (Original Dave) here at Shacknews I'd like to say that FPSDavid's opinions are in no way asso... : Dave-A
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    I'm sorry, "Dave," but I beat you here by about six years. Although you have me by about nine on the p... : Omaha
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      How about a duel to settle this? CS:S, dust2. First man to 20 wins. Or maybe you want something more... : CrustaR
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        *pounding fists on table* fight fight fight fight! : PoopStewart
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          THUN-DER-DOME! THUN-DER-DOME! : Ride-My-Rocket
          • Stolen from who knows where... "handbags at ten paces" : dafugg
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      naw i used to suffer from stupid user name disorder http://www.shacknews.com/profile/thaperfectdrug i ... : Dave-A
      • we have lots of those already and then there are those who change their name for even worse! : Iwannaacura
• hahahaha oh man is that funny. : voodooraze
• Would not hit. : ArB
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  that makes me strangely happy : jenisthebest
  • yea especially considering what a fucking dick he is lol : eeeealmo
  • yah i was dying when i first saw that picture. : italiano3d
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  Oh man, Babality : Snuffles-
  • hahaha nice : arizona bay
  • ^^^^^^ this post needs more love : darkT
• hahahahahahah : FrayLo
• i love the shack:) absolute comedy gold : .frame
• lol, you guys :) : bombay
• would not hit : virus
• lol, jesus. This is an abortion. : Danny5225
• ruthlessly hilarious : delataur
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  I liked FPSDavid he was my favorite shacker. : gmd
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    I bet you liked him in your butt. : deject
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      what what : gmd
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        HE SAID HE BET YOU LIKED HIM IN YOUR BUTT. : Ride-My-Rocket
        • and gmd said okay. try to keep up. : biskits
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  I wonder if he's still going to QuakeCon? http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17477107 : PapaBoo
  • He'll fit right in. : omnova
  • my resolve to make it up there for a day or two has doubled just so that I may meet him. : mwasher
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    He's probably going to go all American Psycho on you guys. : Chod
    • haha massive shack murder spree happens. news at 11 : italiano3d
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  just pondering: how do we know that's him? reality is so bitter, and sweet, with mysterious and disconce... : pointyelbows
  • if you look at the link above from Hoax you can see in the screenshot of the CS spray other pics of the g... : kgargonmagrix79
• hahahha, that is funny as hell. : grabbie
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  so what? you don't have to be a model to find girls unattractive. : lakren
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    okay, lakren, what kind of girls do you attractive? : SockMonkeh
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      attractive : dirge23
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        no that's not how you fix it, you had to add a find : SockMonkeh
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          i'm more interested in the ive version. would be interesting to know. : mwasher
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            that's what i was getting at, although in a more obscene way : dirge23
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              alot, surprisingly! i'll be the first to admit i'm not that attractive but i do not have any problems. : lakren
              • hey bro don't be so hard on yourself. I'm sure you're beautiful on the inside. : datoo
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      his gf is nicer than all of our gf : Utopia
      • every one : lakren
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        except not : virus
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          yours especially, virus. ESPECIALLY. : lakren
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            nope. lets play games later. : virus
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              i am going to practice with my band in an hour and then i'll probably sit around and play cs:s all night : lakren
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                What kind of band, and do you have links to said bands music? : hirosushima
                • also, CS sounds good. : virus
                • lakren is in a band called Bootload of Boogie: http://www.myspace.com/bootload They mostly sing a... : tomservo
      • pics/divx or we reach singularity. : italiano3d
    • Men. : Ride-My-Rocket
• looooooollllllllll : orgcaptainnemo
• Looks like I stopped shacking about two hours early last night. lol : pyrogen
• haah, I was going to link that today too. : edgewise
• ololololol : pyros
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  The kid is probably on suicide watch after that. Ahaha. : Ellissd
  • I'd be surprised if he wasn't already : Head Rush
• holy shit epic haha : mikecyb
• Hahaha so awesome. : freshyk
• LOL I feel a little sorry for FPSDAVID now LOL OK MAYBE NOT LOL : Melll
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  Yeah that was such a solid smackdown. Poor fps, nothing like a douche of Reality to take the internet-Eg... : Solstice
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    lol @ "douche of reality" : mwasher
    • a reality enema, really : Merconium
• You guys are fucking mean SOBs. ahahahahaha....hahahahahahaha. Sorry Dave, but cmon. : avatar_58
• Burn notice accepted. Termination concluded. : ant_hillbilly
• Wow, how did I miss that. : breadsticks
• Thanks for reposting, I missed that epicness. Jesus christ so much brutality and yet it's funny. : Lionhart32935
• I'm eagerly awaiting the Thanks.txt : kyllum
• uh has that kid even hit puberty yet? maybe he's just not into girls : brewsterdog
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  Wow, props to Helter Skelter for digging up a picture from me in 7th grade. Go you! : FPSDavid
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    yes he lives! : EvilDolemite
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      What, you think I'm gonna disappear over a picture of me from 6 or so years ago? LOL! : FPSDavid
      • we were hoping : electroly
      • We're going to gang rape you and steal your lunch money at QuakeCon. I'll let genjuro handle the first p... : omnova
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        but explain us the reasoning behind not finding that awesome chick hot, doable? unless your gay that is : ErneX
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          OK, will do. 1) Her face is shaped like a BOX. 2) She has the chin of a man. 3) I do not find asians a... : FPSDavid
          • oh dear, this will settle the firestorm for sure :( : Dave-A
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            Racist. : Shivawn
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              So you're telling me you find every single race attractive? STFU. : FPSDavid
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                I think there are examples of every race that are attractive, yes. : EvilDolemite
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                  Well, this is not one of them. : FPSDavid
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                    http://i37.tinypic.com/20avtib.jpg : Salad Sammich
                    • Well uhm, Japan was an ally of Nazi Germany. : zehh
                    • Damn, just look at those rings! : FPSDavid
              • oh hell yes. : Dave-A
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                I've seen gorgeous women of all races. Are you going to post a recent picture or what? : ieGod
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                  When the time comes. : FPSDavid
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                    manboobs still growing? : italiano3d
                    • Absolutely. : FPSDavid
              • Uh yes, there is attractiveness in every race. : OverloadUT
          • racist : askedrelic
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            Had you stated that initially I doubt people would have jumped on your shit. That being said I don't thin... : Pettytheft
            • It takes too much effort. : FPSDavid
          • fwiw i don't find very many asians attractive. or indian girls. : FrayLo
          • racist : ateam311
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            i just don't buy that if that chick (for some reason) was into you, that you'd say "eww.. no sorry, you'r... : das_runt
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              I wouldn't say that, but I'd turn her down. : FPSDavid
              • you keep doing that : ErneX
              • hahaha oh god the fuck you would : the city
            • You don't have to fuck everything that walks dude, it's ok to say no even to free pussy sometimes. Why wo... : L0opet
          • FUCKING ASIANS!@ : Rice-Rocketeer
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          probably because his sack hasn't dropped yet? : mikecyb
          • irony lol : askedrelic
      • You are the champion my friend : boring gegtik
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        lol I'm sure you haven't aged a day. : disposition
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          Right, because I take steroids that keep me oh so young. : FPSDavid
          • LOLLL I take the steroids that keep me oh so young. : disposition
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        time to link to your facebook picture? : Hoax
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          Go for it, I may even provide the big one if I feel like it later on. : FPSDavid
          • do it. i'm too lazy. : Hoax
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          I can do better: http://threadless.com/profile/262241/FPSDavid/photos : omnova
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            http://media.threadless.com/teeriffic/34844.jpg HAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY : disposition
            • HELLO LADIES! : ErneX
          • hahahahah, oh shit dude, you're... : orgcaptainnemo
          • lol jesus christ : eeeealmo
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            oh god someone has to photoshop that top pic in the yellow shirt. : mindfk
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              DO NOT APPROVE http://media.threadless.com/teeriffic/34846.jpg : boring gegtik
              • god that picture kills me lolololol : eeeealmo
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              fuckit i'll do it myself. : mindfk
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                dammit no shackpics? halp! : mindfk
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                  i guess this will have to work: http://www.picamatic.com/view/662685_fpsdavidugh/ : mindfk
                  • Hahahahah this is perfect : OverloadUT
                  • I stand with my word. : FPSDavid
                  • hahahahaha oh fucking tiny jesus : the city
                  • HAHAHA : yAak
          • rofl nice.... : DonarUDL
          • oh jesus christ. hahaha : mwasher
          • This day just keeps getting better. : stump
          • are sea horses attractive? : ErneX
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            fuck this gets better and better. The most enjoyable part of this is how your always shooting down absolu... : italiano3d
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              No comment. : FPSDavid
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                So... Don't... Comment? : mittense
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                  Oh, I commented for a reason. : FPSDavid
                  • You're commenting in this thread way too much. : mittense
              • i knwo shack and normal don't tend to go hand in hand. : italiano3d
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                You just need to put on a few dozen pounds and get some clothes that fit. : omnova
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                  My clothes do fit. Those threadless pictures are also old. : FPSDavid
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                    http://bighugelabs.com/photos/d7ca010128740d63c726a3f34fb595db/motivator4550318 : boring gegtik
                    • Yeah. : FPSDavid
                    • Ugh, would not hit. : tomservo
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                      i like how the acne is easier to see when it's blown up : eeeealmo
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                        that's just plain mean :( : pancake humper
                        • id feel bad if he wasnt such a dick. but he is. : eeeealmo
                    • hahaha all u gotta do is photoshop a monocle in there : arizona bay
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            my god FPSDavid, you're 12. maybe 13, but probably 12. Damn. : virus
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              Oh snap, you caught me! : FPSDavid
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                I knew it!!! Sorry for killing you in CS:S the other day :( : virus
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                  Eh, I probably killed you more. : FPSDavid
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                    I don't think that happened. So when does school start again? : virus
                    • I start college this fall. : FPSDavid
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            that is some seriously ugly wallpaper in that room : GloriousCow
            • Hahaha I was going to mention the same thing : OverloadUT
            • I painted my room a while back. : FPSDavid
          • Hahaha oh Jesus it continues. : rossimo
          • so so supple : tomservo
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            Holy shit hahahaha. This is the guy that told me my 4th degree blackbelt of a girlfriend wasn't hot becau... : ateam311
            • Did you not see his picture? He gets ladies left and right, he can afford to be picky :) : darkT
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              i don't think we can truly appreciate this without, well, pix. : Dave-A
              • http://lh5.ggpht.com/ateam311/R83v2zy0O5I/AAAAAAAAALY/3uiXnyXqWqg/CIMG2400.JPG?imgmax=576 : ateam311
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              It wasn't because she was black, it was because I don't find certain traits that happen to be common in a... : FPSDavid
              • breasts? ass? lips? not your right hand? : sesmaster
          • what the fuck?! he LOOKS like a chubby chaser! : Magus
          • jesus fucking christ that 'ugly' asian roommate chick you were bashing probably wouldn't even give your a... : arizona bay
          • This whole thread is the best thing the shack has done in quite some time. : ColoradoCNC
      • think hoping ummm hoping hoping : virus
  • That's right FPSDavid. Don't take no shit from nobody. : skinlab133
  • SHIT JUST GOT REAL! : darkT
  • Your high school starts at 7th grade? : mittense
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    HIGH SCHOOL ID : mwasher
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      also, glad you could join us : mwasher
      • Werd, I'm glad to be here :) : FPSDavid
    • LOL^2 : disposition
    • yeah wtf is he trying to do here? that picture is probably 3 months old : SockMonkeh
  • C.K. McClatchy High offers 7th grade curriculum? : skankcore
  • you're david? Oh god.. lol overdose : itsjames
  • More like FPSGayvid, amirite? : Fred Garvin
  • Where do you live that 7th grade is high school? (says high school on the I.D.) : nakedsavage
• bahahahh I missed that thread, omg well deserved : ErneX
• lol yeah : two50six
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  Holy shit! Is this FPSDavid? I think it is! http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/750539/ : podman405
  • Oh. I didn't see that the picture of him was old. The two do bear a striking resemblance though. : podman405
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    People such idiots with the comments, seriously? "He wont get laid ever" Yeah pal cause that is what is a... : L0opet
    • hi L0opet : ErneX
    • and yeah he's just a kid, all those fags commenting there did their part too when they were kids, silly p... : ErneX
    • Although this will probably be lost because of the ER.... I wish my parents had raised me to be a getting... : podman405
• This is my new CS:S spray! : yosemiteclimber
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  To be fair I do not find that girl in the OP of that thread all that attractive either. : Evil Benius
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    I think the whole thing stems more off of how FPSDavid finds very few of the girls posted attractive, not... : mwasher
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      What, I'm not allowed to find people unattractive? : FPSDavid
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        not if you hope to procreate, you aren't : jaga
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          Uh. I can find other people attractive. : FPSDavid
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            the other shoe will drop.. : jaga
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              is that other shoe full of men? : sesmaster
              • ouch hahaha : jbury
    • Fair enough. : Evil Benius
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    me neither but it's still funny that 1990 era mcauley culkin posts here : [fry]
    • Oh my lawd : Danny5225
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    I agree. I don't find her attractive at all either. I don't understand why everyone on the Shack gets a... : mourningstar
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      *glares eagerly at mourningstar's opinion while opening and closing a butterfly knife menacingly* : .sticks.
      • DON'T CUT ME : mourningstar
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      http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17479996#itemanchor_17479996 : FrayLo
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        Yeah, I see that. It's obviously his gimmick. I just don't get why everyone gets all upset. It's kind ... : mourningstar
        • nobody is getting upset, i think you are misunderstanding. we are all laughing at his expense. : arizona bay
      • To be fair, I've also said that some chicks posted on the Shack are hot. I'm not all negative! : FPSDavid
    • Herd mentality. : 5150Joker
  • I'm not a fan of asians (at all) but it's hard to deny when a chick is obviously hot. Now attracted to...... : Magus
• You guys are dicks. :-| : DrWaffles
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  Yes pretty brutal. Does he really need to look like Christian Bale to be able to pick who's hot and who'... : 5150Joker
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    i dont think it has anything to do with how attractive he is. it is his demeanor and over-all asshole le... : eeeealmo
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      Get over being AWPed countless times, eeeealmo. It's just a game! : FPSDavid
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        Gauging from those pictures on threadless, I don't think you could even lift an awp in the real world. : ryuuseki
        • OK...? : FPSDavid
        • Dude. : whistler
        • hahahaha : tomservo
        • HEY, at least he has thick skin and is a good sport about it. Cool on him man. seriously. : virus
        • hahaha : Magus
        • thats some ice burn =X : the city
      • dude you said a girl was fat when you could see her ribcage. you have the most warped sense of hotness I... : deject
    • Probably has to do with his age. Oh well I don't know him so I don't really care all that much ;) : 5150Joker
  • Yeah, seriously. Who are shackers to be calling me ugly? : FPSDavid
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    im beautiful esp. my eyes : boring gegtik
    • it's like looking into a puppy's eyes that are made of love. a puppy that shits kittens and farts unicorn... : tashtego
  • I actually only made fun of the awful wallpaper and the fact that he said all Asians are unattractive. : OverloadUT
• still lol. : felicia
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  Man you guys are harsh. Yea he was being kinda pretentious but I don't think he deserves the ass pounding... : phate81
  • Also, I've seen some pictures of you other Shackers and I don't think many of you have any room to talk. : phate81
  • haha it's more than a little hypocritical, yeah : aeg1x
  • man are you serious? I got reamed for my GT, so much so that it is now bannable to post it. Not to mentio... : sesmaster
• I guess beggars CAN be choosers. : windowpane
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  from what little I've gathered, this kid suffers from "plays too much CS and doesn't get enough love from... : brewsterdog
  • looking*... : brewsterdog

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  I'm glad I don't understand that shit : deject
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    Instead you know a bunch of memes you picked up from shacking. : Modulus
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      Yes. Yes I do. But I don't have to play $15 a month to learn them. : deject
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        I hope Phil doesn't see this. You're going to make him cry : Modulus
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          ...so you're saying we've been charging Phil $15 a month to Shack? : kallanta
          • er... oh right. : kallanta
      • that lightning bolt next to your name indicates otherwise : electroly
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        Just the lightning bolt cost? : famine101
        • That's membership to FileShack : EvilDolemite
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          not $15 a month. I only paid $30 for my first year, but even at $50 that a hell of a lot less than $15/m... : deject
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            besides, I get the SUPAR FAST DOWNLOADZ. And no ads. And Steve & Maarten run a great site so I don't mi... : deject
            • ^^^^^^^^^^^ : virus
            • such a shill : steve_o
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              they're not going to make you a mod : zerog83
              • thank god for that : deject
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        The $460 I spent playing WoW (game + expansion + 18 months subscription) likely saved me another $540-134... : walker270
        • This is why PC games are dying. It's all your fault! : Modulus
        • sure it did... *strokes his pet hamster* suuure it did : MagicWishMonkey
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        The monetary cost of MMOs is not why they are expensive. : Evil Benius
        • Please, good Sir, bestow upon us the arcana withinist thou cranium so we mightst suffer no more! : Charmplus
• Clean since Feb 2007. And yea... I really, REALLY wish I could knife into my brain and scrape those bits... : kallanta
• I've played since it came out. :O Although I'm the best customer Blizzard has ever had, a casual playe... : DM7
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  Now, MMO's for me are in the category of having a couple beers here and there throughout the week. I've... : pigvomit
  • i don't know if there's anything wrong with that : cpt_gloval
  • me too except instead of 5-6 hours it's 50-60 hours : electroly
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  LOL, I played for maybe 7-8 months and have been clean for a few years. Sadly I know what all those thing... : baronzemo78
  • I've only played a little WoW, but lots of other MMO's, and I understood most of that. I think all of ... : Finestaut
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    Some idiot paly bop'd the mt holding aggro on vr right after a kick, which caused him to switched to a lo... : walker270
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      lol yes i know exactly what that means... you're a T5 noob : [7]kami
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        naa -- that was just the most acronym-filled thing I could think of. : walker270
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          good because the top 3-4 in aggro for that fight should not contain a lock =) : Turd Ferguson
          • Depends on player skill, raid loadout, and inattentiveness of a lock. With three tanks and a lock who di... : walker270
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  • i'll see you in wrath of the emerald dream : JINKY
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  I never got into WoW really. I think I've subscribed about 3 times and played a total of 20 hours. Howeve : Jonathan
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    WTF how do you sub 3 times and only play 20 hours? : Iwannaacura
    • Well it was about 2 hours, 2 hours and 16 hours... playing with friends will do that. : Jonathan
  • I felt that way about EVE subscribed twice, probably played 10 hours, and got too frustrated to continue ... : pigvomit
• ugh started playing in the open Beta, bought it on release day, played just about every day until January... : pukerat
• /golfclap : Ajax
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  that shit made me lol Good thing they didn't make one with terms like ToV, VP and DKP. I'd go into EQ s... : mesabo
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    SIGH EQ :( The best game ever made. : darkT
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      UO. : mindfk
      • ^^^ Knows the time of day : graceofdragons
      • I kinda liked The Realm, although it was more graphical chat room than game. : Altanar
    • Kunark represent. : Gonzo
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  He'll be back. You will all be back. : [7]kami
  • i'm not gonna crack. : skryte
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  I understood it too :( : AMikaboshi
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    Help me first Arthas in the 2nd xpack! :D : DM7
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      first = fight I still cannot type. :( : DM7
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        if I come back I still plan to ninja Frostmourne. : AMikaboshi
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          You better not since it's going to corrupt youuuuuuu! O_O : DM7
          • what's the worst that could happen? :D : AMikaboshi
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    bring back lyoko! : .sticks.
    • I'd either play a warrior or a rogue. rogues are the funnest to lvl. sneak sneak sneak STAB : AMikaboshi
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      also: stop temping me! i'm trying to remain crack free. That game is terrible for me :( : AMikaboshi
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        I didn't ask you to speak, BRING BACK LYOKOROGUEWARRIOR! : .sticks.
        • I'm sure I eventually will. Crack is a hell of a drug :< also gangle sucks! : AMikaboshi
• Same here. : jimmy_legs
• That game makes me wish I was a horrible looking 15 year old who didn't have to ever go outside for thing... : bozer
• Clean since longer than that and I still remember oh god i still remember : Deathlove
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  wtf is up with "nub" it's NOOB, goddamn lazy typists... : dedgecko
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    it's evolution baby : Mondo
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      \m/ Pearl Jam song +1000 points! : DM7
      • points subject to terms and conditions. subject must be horde and must swear to kill alliance. may only b : AMikaboshi
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    Wait, I thought it was newbie. Do people not use newbie anymore?! :'( : Danny5225
    • lol noob : [7]kami

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  I can't find any local bookstore with Watchmen available. :( I am sad panda. : trOmblyj
  • I was lucky it was at the first place I checked. : OverloadUT
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    Just order it from Amazon, I'm going to once I decide what else I want. : Goncyn
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      1-3 week wait :P : Kaerof
      • I must have ordered it before the big rush. : bunkminster
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  if you are looking for other great graphic novels try ex machina or fables. : dahanese
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    do you know if The Losers is any good? : grabbie
    • hm, i haven't heard of that. is it old? i know some older series, but for recent stuff, well my ahead-of-... : dahanese
  • Yay! Fables is amazingly wonderful. : hawkeye
  • I agree with both of these choices! Also if you want a couple of older graphic novels/series that a... : gendail
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  Haha Ranma? Were you into sex changes at the time? : pigvomit
  • Hey, if you turned into a buxom teenage girl every time you got splashed with cold water, I'm pretty cert... : RomSteady
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    Yes and I picked up The Watchmen because I am in to walking around at night wearing costumes : OverloadUT
    • You're not helping your case. ;) : pigvomit
  • hahahahaha : tomservo
• Odd, I had a similar urge to go out and open a CHASE account. : sr71photo
• same...got mine on half.com : d_pap
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  Dear Shacknews, My boyfriend refuses to read Watchmen. Is our relationship doomed? Sincerely, W... : jenisthebest
  • tell dantastic he's a fag : electroly
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    Does he read comics already? If he does, then your boyfriend's an idiot for not reading The Watchmen. I... : MurrayTheSkull
    • That whole "deconstruction of comics as a medium" crap is beside the point. If you've never read a comic... : hawkeye
  • Dear Jenis, Your boyfriend is using you as a front. He really loves the cock. Signed, walker270 : walker270
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    holy shit what is wrong with that guy, he hates everything that is awesome : mikecyb
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      except me : jenisthebest
      • yes he hates you and you're rubbish : rock elf
      • does he, jen? does he?! : mikecyb
      • No, you're not an exception. There are only two possible explanations left, and you can decide which to ... : walker270
  • I read the Watchmen and I am in Canada. If you want, I can be your new boyfriend. : mnok
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    hey jen i read it : AlexXdude
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      oh yeah well I carry a copy on my person AT ALL TIMES. HI JEN!! : mikecyb
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        I TATTOOED MY ENTIRE BODY WITH IT LIKE IT LIKE THE MOTHERFUCKING ILLUSTRATED MAN PICK ME PICK ME. : coldfusioncs
        • Added bonus: There's a certain panel of the comic that, if you rub, enlarges to show detail. : coldfusioncs
        • I changed my name to Doctor Manhattan and I'm a real doctor who lives in Manhattan : tomservo
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      buzz off guy, I was there first : mnok
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        i'm not your guy, buddy. : AlexXdude
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          I was busy reading Watchmen while you guys were still living in your mothers basement playing lego : mnok
          • man these are megablocks. I wish I could afford lego! : mikecyb
          • Knowing AlexXdude, he was probably combing his barbies. : Utopia
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    Hi, I'm Alan Moore. You want to grab some coffee or anything? : spiderfill
    • FUCK : mikecyb
    • ^^^ knows the score : Dave-A
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      ^ didn't complain about hollywood, unconvincing! : Fayk
      • You mean "didn't rant for half an hour straight and end with complaining that birds had started nesting i... : woddemandred
  • hey, it's okay, you're not the same person. just enjoy that faint tingle of superiority and leave it at t... : Dave-A
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  How long would it take to read the whole thing? I've never read a graphic novel before, but a typical 25... : treefingers1
  • I read the whole thing yesterday over the course of a few hours I think. I didn't time it, but it shouldn... : Vincent Grayson
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    I've been reading it on-and-off all day and I'm one third through it. I'm a very slow reader though and I... : OverloadUT
    • Also it's pretty damn awesome so far and that comes from someone who's never read comic books that I can ... : OverloadUT
• sammyl let me borrow his copy, i'm almost done and enjoying the hell out of it. : mankeroo
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  I want to read it, but am concerned that it'll make the movie suck. : Magus
  • I've watched the trailer like 10 times and it is completely awesome seeing scenes from the trailer unfold... : OverloadUT

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  p.s.s. i'm going to attempt to set up a live webcam so you guys can check out the awesome time we're hav... : Korban
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    You need a 7 second delay, last thing I need is to be watching a shackmeet and then next minute you're na... : Phreakin
    • omg so funny : flagg209
  • That would be awesome! : cjcharv
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  Hahaha Fosters oh god! : Evil Benius
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    Also I am totally getting drunk and hitting on you all night. : Evil Benius
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      please dont hit on yourself. It's kind of creepy. : Degenerate
      • It is the only way I get any action :( : Evil Benius
    • why oh why couldn't I have moved to Pennsylvania. :( : mwasher
    • how would this differ from any other night? : Korban
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    don't worry, I'll bring some actual beer with me : zerog83
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      I have no problem getting something better. But it's an Australian beer a not entirely bad : Korban
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        I think you should get something decent in the keg and let me pick up a case of oil cans. Foster's isn't... : ThomW
        • I fully endorse this product or service. I'll throw down some dolla dolla bills ya'll if you get somethin... : zerog83
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          ok, i can do that. do you guys dig Yeungling? : Korban
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            Dude get whatever is cheap... after the third freaking beer it all tastes the same. If they want expens... : erebus
            • yeah, i guess i'll settle for Yeungling. : Korban
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        All Australian beer was bad from what I found. : Evil Benius
        • I have found Sheaf stout to be drinkable. : jimmy_legs
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  What time is this shindig starting? I'll try to stick w/ the Australian theme anyway. I'm wearing my ... : zerog83
  • Looks like 2pm! : Evil Benius
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    starting at 2pm : PapaBoo
    • -10 reading comprehension :( : zerog83
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  Can I go, Korban? : CrustaR
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    of course! i'm expecting you there the night before for a "pre-game" : Korban
    • :O : CrustaR
• Sorry, I'll have to miss it, but I'll see you homos in October. : PapaBoo
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  Bumpity bump : ThomW
  • bump bump : PapaBoo
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  FINAL THOUGHTS: if anyone wants to bring their 360 to hook up to a 2nd monitor, that'd rock. also, an... : Korban
  • I would totally bring my 360 if it wasn't a piece of shit. on second thought, I'll bring it so I can s : zerog83
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    I'll bring my 360 along. I bought the Who Rock Band stuff. : ThomW
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      awesome! much appreciated. : Korban
      • You brought yours to mine -- it's only fair. ;) : ThomW
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  i would drive from ma for a pa shackmeet because i just quit and no longer have obligations, but that wee... : papaskot
  • you can party with them any time you want! : zerog83
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    October is our annual trip to Hersheypark, and I'm thinking about making it a two day thing where we spen... : ThomW
    • Not a bad idea. : lplasmatron
• :/ Busy that day unfortunately, otherwise I'd totally go. : lplasmatron
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  Bella, Tiglet and I will try to stop by for a bit. We will have our niece and nephew overnight on Friday,... : El Tigre
  • ps. mega lolz if Tiglet attends a shackmeet before flagg209! : El Tigre

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  Doesn't seem to be handling traffic well at all right now. Very unresponsive. : Lionhart32935
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    Looks like giantbomb.com, :) is a giant bomb.... 8) : DM7
    • YEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! : zerog83
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      nice emotes. : edgewise
      • Shit, they work really well! : Rice-Rocketeer
      • it's a new twist on an old favorite. : Deathlove
    • haha - well done! : dedgecko
    • you win @ the internet : darkT
  • Looks like they brought the Gamespot network admin with them too : pancake humper
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  name+website? I'm betting this won't take off very well. : mwasher
  • I'm guessing it will be fine. Gerstmann himself is a pretty big draw and they also have the original foun... : mechanicalgrape
• Great podcast. Site sucks right now. : geneshifter
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  Kind of a poor choice of name. It reminds me of Crispy Gamer. Another site I don't visit. : Fred Garvin
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    Strangely though, one of my old favorites (like 12 years ago) was Happypuppy.com. : pigvomit
    • I went to that one all the time, too. Then it was VoodooExtreme when Billy was still around : theamazingrand0
    • whoa! I remember them... : deathofrats
    • hahaha I remember that! : Blucklesworth
  • Meh, if popular opinion says its a good gaming news website, then the name won't matter: the site will ma... : Charmplus
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  I've been enjoying their podcasts (and blog) for a while, glad to see they finally got the site live. Con... : Dave-A
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    Yeah, I like their podcasts : OmegaRed59
    • ditto : FushigiDenki
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  The site is basically a gigantic wiki for games. Go check out some pages, make an account, and add info. ... : rudds
  • yeah like you'd know! : Dave-A
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    That's you on the right of the 4-man team, correct? You guys going to pick up Tim? : ChibiJosh
    • Also, your video player is throwing sandbox violation exceptions. : ChibiJosh
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  They did a great job. Love the podcast, love the way the site is going. They just need to do more revi... : jason bergman
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    Charlie got to you, didn't he? : rudds
    • No, I got to charlie. Now tell Davis to get off his ass and review CivRev! : jason bergman
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    They need to find some way to lure Rich Gallup back from the east coast. rudds, you better get on that. : mechanicalgrape
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      He moved out there because his fiancee is going to law school there, so not anytime soon. :\ : rudds
      • Dammit, his fiance can go to law school anywhere. : mechanicalgrape
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  they should have named it exgamespot.com. The domain is available :) : baconisgod
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    EXGAMESPOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : orgcaptainnemo
    • oh God, LOL! : Super Sparker
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    the money to fend off the inevitable copyright/libel suit isn't! : Postal
    • the ex-game pots try to keep a lid on lawsuits : Dave-A
• oh thank god, another video game website : AllYourBase
• Not sure why but I really don't like that website design. : Magus