Evening Reading

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  24AWG is a bit bigger and better quality and probably a good choice if you move your stuff around a lot. ... : razlebol
  • About 40 ohms per 1000 ft. : Dusty_Slim
• I had to "upgrade" from 28AWG to 24AWG due to the image occasionally dropping out with the 28AWG cables. ... : Frank_Mackey
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  whats the difference between HDMI and HDMI 1.3? : conandan
  • Expanded color gamut support + maximum bandwidth for future HD improvements. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... : mn3m0n1c
• Seeing as how you're only going 6 feet, not enought to make a difference. Buy the cheap ones. : chadg033
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  TRUE STORY: When I first hooked up my PS3, I bought a cheapo HDMI cable from monoprice and something just... : pgharavi
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    lol You bought a 700 dollar cable? ;'D : DM7
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      Who wouldn't, for 2080p? : SiW.
      • It's 2160p. Get it right. The next-gen starts when you buy Monster. : pgharavi
  • goddamn, twice the P? Sign me up! : cerealSAM2
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    Don't forget your Monster cleaning solution http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langi... : razlebol
    • They threw that in for free when I bought my tv. : Ellissd
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      That's probably the only thing Monster that's worth buying. : TrptJim
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        Really? I sure don't need 35$ water and cloth to clean my TV. : razlebol
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          You can buy it for like $12 elsewhere. : TrptJim
          • Ya, the iKlear (or whatever) stuff does work better than water and a regular towel on my TV and laptop. : pgharavi
  • What the fuck is this? : Warlock
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    This post is hilarious but I can't figure out if it's sarcasm or reality. Now it's just getting awkward l... : cdbeckman
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      It's a repost of some Newegg comments that were made on some crazy HDMI cable. : pancake humper
      • def not. I just made them up myself right now. : pgharavi
    • dude i had this happen to me last semester. i was in the nursing and science building studying and this e... : packav
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    a 32'' at 1080P lolz : shirif
    • N/m, it seems such specs were made. http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=... : shirif
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      It does exist. We're close partners with a largish VTC vendor that just released a 1080p 30fps Codec. T... : spazzium
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        what? my parents have a dell 17inch laptop thats 1920x1200 , it can do 1080p but its a knock down from na... : CoRDS
        • Well since the hardware is for a demo, and the equipment they buy would likely not be hooked to a tiny li... : spazzium
  • You went full retard....everyone knows you never go full retard. : ju$tmon3y
  • ahahhahhaaahhahashsaha]hsshahhAhahahahHAahahAhahhAhahahaahahahAHhaa sorry, I couldn't keep it in. Well d... : thief
  • You guys should see the PSOne remake of Final Fantasy V. Because of the upscaling and the extra P I'm ge... : pgharavi
  • Guys! It's on special offer, down to only $579.95. If you don't snap this up right now you're tossing $12... : A Sponge
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    How long have you worked for Monster? Is it a cool job? : empathe
    • I got the job at Monster after posting a resume on Monster.com : pgharavi
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    lol at any one taking this seriously : gmd
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      It's like you, pgharavi, and I are the only one's here with a brain. : virus
      • Definitely not. : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • nice apostrophe : rock elf
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        mmmmm. brain's. : Amadan
        • lol! : chuck577
    • i lol'd and then lol'd the replies : filthysock
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    hahaha, such an awesome post : MikkleThePickle
    • It's insane. I wonder, truly, if anyone has bought a $700 monster cable. There has to be someone, right? ... : pgharavi
  • hahahaha monster is fucking awesome. : warpdude
  • you had me until you mentioned Home : Daggoth

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  i was always partial to 'what kind of sick bitch takes the ice cube trays out of the freezer' from that m... : FrayLo
  • oh, hell yes. that's the funniest tom arnold has ever been, and casting him was genius. : elwood00
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  "Some mutherfucka's are always trying to ice skate uphill" - Blade : hoopfam4
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    dumbest with a capital "duh" : cerealSAM2
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      It was the 1st thing that popped into my head... but I see from your contribution to this thread... oh wa... : hoopfam4
      • Yup, I'm a poopyhead. Everyone else got the good ones. :( Perhaps I should have mentioned the etern... : cerealSAM2
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  Pretty much every one of those from Commando is my favorite ever. : Vincent Grayson
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    Matrix: Remember, Sully, when I promised to kill you last? Sully: That's right, Matrix! You did! Matr... : chadg033
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      My favourite quote from Commando comes right at the very end. Old army bloke: Leave anything for us? ... : ShekkyBoy
      • Needs more "let off some steam" : riptyde
    • I love that part. :) : delataur
    • "Please don't disturb my friend, he's dead tired." "We'll take Cook's car, he won't be needing it." ... : h o s t i l e
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  "If I had a dick, this is when I would tell you to suck it" - Betty White in Lake Placid : hoopfam4
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    I don't remember her in Lake Placid, that's the movie with the Ginat Croc, right? hrm :( : DM7
    • Yea... she's the old lady that lived on the lake. : hoopfam4
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  "It's hot as hell in here!" "Yeah, man, but it's a dry heat!" : chadg033
  • Knock it off, Hudson. : das_runt
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    "Hey Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man?" "No, have you?" : Arcanum
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      "fuck you man" "any time, any where" : flagg209
      • "Get away from her you BITCH" : vorm
  • Eat this! : kallanta
  • That's it man, game over man, game over! : Ariakus
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  The random guy yelling "YEAH!" at the end of Little Miss Sunshine. : skankcore
  • oh man that was loltastic : Megara9
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  True Lies is one of the best action movies. Dognose better recognize. : jamesray
  • It's got a great action sequence at the end. I of course prefer Commando! : dognose
  • its one of my desert island movies, i could watch it over and over and never get tired of it : alphablu
• Punisher War Zone: "Blood in the urine is a sign of kidney failure!" :\ : dantastic
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  True Story: I designed the nose art stencils used for the Harriers in True Lies. I was in VMA-223 when Ha... : Slowtreme
  • What was the last? : kallanta
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    whatcha get to do when Arnie came around? : Postal
    • it was just a dog and pony show, he walked around the squadron hangers with his handlers. We all stood ar... : Slowtreme
• "You know what I would do... I tell you... two chicks at the same time!" : dumbacid
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  The most recent one? The Joker: "Ta daaah!" : pigvomit
  • I loved when, after the random detective answers his question about how many friends of his he's killed, : royalally
  • haha, yea, that was a HUGE lol moment for me. : hoopfam4
  • His awkward "Hiiii." when meeting Dent in the hospital cracks me up every time. : sgtsanity
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  see you at the party richter! : mXENO
  • "Still bulging, I see. What have you been feeding this thing?" "Blondes." : ShoCon
• "Thirty seven?!" and "Hot naked big-titted women don't just fall out of the sky, you know!" : Zero|DPX
• "Here's a picture of my sister. If you let us go you can have her. I hear she's quite good" : zipper76
• Pretty much the whole of Aliens. : chazums
• "I killed your cat you druggy bitch." and then the scene that follows : Drakoniac
• You just got served : wetard
• The Sandlot is ripe with them... "Your killing me smalls." "FOREVERRRR" : stonedonkey
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  "Am I a nigger? Are we in Inglewood? No... You're in my home. White people who know the difference betwee... : Godhatesfatpeople
  • That's a /boold/ statement. : etherealrhythm
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  V: Listen to me, Evey. This may be the most important moment of your life. Commit to it. [Evey continue... : kallanta
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    Bleh, that's not a punchline at all.... : kallanta
    • Neither is mine. : Godhatesfatpeople
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      are you coming tonight? : Juno
      • Sadly no. I need to make up some time at work. I'll call someone when I get out--if shit's still going ... : kallanta
• Humans are such easy prey : lolbotomy
• See you at the party, Richter! : Dechter
• "that's too bad, I really wanted his beans" : Megara9
• I'm right behind you, Stillwell! : oldRivers
• Two Weeks. : sanchez
• SPOILERS : dael
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  Hi-jack: Is Jamie Lee Curtis a man? I'm feeling conflicted right now. : Bamtan
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    Word is she was born with both sets, but the choice was made early for her to be a woman. : kallanta
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      haha isn't that an urban legend? : Godhatesfatpeople
      • Honestly I'm not sure. Never really tried to research it. : kallanta
      • Status: Undetermined : pigvomit
    • http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/jamie.asp : the moon and antarctica
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    Why would you even say that? She was hot in True Lies. : sanchez
    • Yes, yes she was. : DM7
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      Her hotness has nothing to do with the core issue here. : pigvomit
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        Well now I read the snopes article, I'd still hit it even if it's true! : sanchez
        • Well, I wouldn't go that far. I'd hit 80's/90's Jamie Lee, not current Jamie Lee. Now she looks like An... : pigvomit
    • Little boys in Thailand agree with you : Megara9
    • her boobs looked pretty nice in trading places : baconisgod
    • sure was, friend. the strip scene ushered my adolescent self into a new era of masturbation. : vile
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      Are you serious???? : arizona bay
      • Yes. I don't see how anyone who would not find that strip scene hot. : sanchez
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  "Yes, it's true. This man has no dick." : RevRaven
  • Well that's what I heard! : skankcore
  • That is a ghost busters classic : ju$tmon3y
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  DANA, JUMP DOWN. I used to say this to our PR manager (who was named Dana). He doesn't like my much... : Sgt_Boomstick
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    what movie is this from? I want to annoy a girl at work with this name : itsjames
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      ...True Lies. I can quote the entire thing. : TheMonkeyWench
      • It's true. Also: best quality ever in a person. : Halen
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  I like "Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker!" and "Ten years, man! Ten years!" : nevicata
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    Grosse Point Blank? I love the writing and acting in that movie. : Reavers!
    • Yeah, it's great. :) : nevicata
• "Couldn't it have been ONE guy, with SIX guns?" "While Greeley's out getting coffee...." : AxeMan808
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  Hudson Hawk: After Bruce Willis pins the butler guy to the wall with his blades and slams the door choppi... : uncle slappy
  • I love that movie : hamachi
• I know what this is -- this is an espresso machine. No, no wait. It's a snow cone maker. Is it a ... : LilCrypto
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  In The Big Lebowski, when the muscle shows up and is shoving Lebowski's head in a toilet. "It's down the : Freon
  • "You're obviously not a golfer" : Sacred Sperm
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  This is the best: Bad Guy: "I come is peaceeeee!!!", Good guy: "And you go in pieces." (Dolph Lungdren, n... : themaestro2657
  • Dark Angel! :D : SilverSnake
• "Not right now you don't." You all know the movie. : ejectorpod
• YOU COLD BLOODED BASTARD I TELL YOU WHAT I THINK OF IT I LIVE TO SEE YOU EAT THAT CONTRACT BUT I HOPE YOU... : aeg1x
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  Hey Malkovich! Think fast! : Dave-A
  • THIS. So random and perfect. : heartsauce
• "black attack" : Luminair
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  Wally: Doctor, why do those types [motions with hands] Wally: keep thinking that I'm one of them? Psyc... : wtf242
  • Dave Foley needed to be in that movie more. : heartsauce
  • The drug, it's made from monkey cum. : Deathlove
• It's not a tumor. : jimmy_legs
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  "Hey.. I'm starting to like this guy! ... oh but we're still gonna have to kill'em!" : Demius
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    bill and ted's bogus journey? : ejectorpod
    • True Lies again : ShoCon
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  I DRINK YOUR..... MILKSHAKE! I DRINK IT UP! : airmaus
  • EOT : Mr.Finkster
• This is my BOOMSTICK! : js123js

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  Brazil. : dognose
  • OMG I ended your thread :( : dognose
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    I wouldn't call that unrelentingly bleak, it's a black comedy. : Lone Swordsman
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      Wait, what? Did you watch all the way to the end man? : AgentPothead
      • I said unrelenting! : Lone Swordsman
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      OK then Old Yeller; Paper Moon : dognose
      • Electra Glide In blue : dognose
    • as in a comedy with black people or a really dark and disturbing comedy? : zerog83
    • i disagree, it's funny *because* it's unrelentingly bleak. : wetard
  • I love Brazil. Terrific movie. : ThomW
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  Dancer in the Dark. : Deathlove
  • ^^^ This. Plus "Happiness", "Breaking The Waves", and "Grave of the Fireflies" : ChibiJosh
  • Holy fuck yes. This movie is amazing, and amazingly depressing. : Ormsbee
• Grave of the Fireflies. : RomSteady
• upcoming The Road : redfive
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  Se7en, Children of Men, There Will Be Blood. : sgtsanity
  • children of men definitely, I felt depressed for a week after watching it...and I still want to watch it ... : esecasco
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    i vote for the first and last, not Children of Men though. i found it really uplifting. : biskits
    • I think it depends on how you interpret the end. Some people feel it lacks closure. (I found it uplifting... : Arctic Fox
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  Requiem for a Dream. : future_perfect
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    Harry and Marion's scenes at the beginning of the film are some of the happiest out there. Granted, they' : sgtsanity
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      I feel like true bleakness needs the hint of happiness to get the full impact of complete soul-crush. : future_perfect
      • definitely. if you just saw the last thirty minutes or so on their own the impact wouldn't be nearly as d... : AbortedFetusChristi
  • for the win here : timaste
  • this or se7en is the absolute winner. i'd go wtih this, since being bleak is its entire point while se7e... : biskits
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  Train Spotting. Full Metal Jacket. : future_perfect
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    What? Those aren't bleak! : soggybagel
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      Are you sure? I remember them being funny, sure, but also fucked up and depressing. Fucked up and depress... : future_perfect
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        Both definitely have time-outs for comedy. : Lone Swordsman
        • The comedy only accentuates the horror in those movies. : future_perfect
      • they're awesome movies but they've been too often misinterpreted as glamorizing war and heroin addiction ... : DeBurgo
    • I've seen both, I'd agree. : Lone Swordsman
• The Machinist, The Pianist : Mael'Koth
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  Dogville : xxx2xxx
  • Manderlay is worse : KxRook
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  Night and Fog : mechanicalgrape
  • Atonement : mechanicalgrape
• Mystic River, Chinatown, Raging Bull : soggybagel
• Children of Men : kallanta
• I can't believe No Country For Old Men isn't on here yet? : AxeMan808
• Leaving Las Vegas : das_runt
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  Spider-Man 3 : Godhatesfatpeople
  • lolada : doomed
• Flashdance : yosemiteclimber
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  City of Lost children : Boxelder
  • What? Delicatessen is waaay more bleak that CoLC. And both are pretty funny and touching with reasonably ... : ChibiJosh
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  Memento, Reservoir Dogs, Bad Lieutenant, City Of Industry, Clockers, maybe Copland. : AxeMan808
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    Memento and Reservoir Dogs have humour in them, haven't seen the rest. : Lone Swordsman
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      I dunno. I wouldn't say the humor removes them from "bleak". Maybe not unrelentingly. I mean, none of the... : AxeMan808
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        Reservoir Dogs falls into the HAHA category. Just offhand, there's the Madonna conversation and Steve Bu... : Lone Swordsman
        • Yeah, yeah...I suppose...That would also slide Fargo and Falling Down out of the running. Maybe One False... : AxeMan808
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  Pan's Labyrinth : Godhatesfatpeople
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    I think you have an unusual definition of unrelentingly bleak. : Lone Swordsman
    • I don't know man. The StayPuft Marshmallow Man in Ghostbusters had me going there for a while. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • Still true, though... : Wisp!
    • Err... with that sort of ending and you don't call it bleak? Ok I'm mean there's definitely some question... : locater16
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  Creep, A Scanner Darkly, Dead Man's Shoes, Requiem for a Dream. : Mr.Finkster
  • Seconding Dead Mans Shoes. Just watched it yesterday and it certainly ticks the boxes. : gingerninja
• Till the Devil Knows You're Dead, Chinatown. : TShandy
• Insomnia, 1 Hour Photo. : AxeMan808
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  Magnolia : spiderfill
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    I find this movie more cathartic and redemptive than unrelentingly bleak. : heartsauce
    • same here, my favorite movie ever : arizona bay
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  AI : beastrabban
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    ^^^ this : Serpico74
    • he asked for GOOD movies... : pullmyfinger
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  High School Musical 3 : SiW.
  • ahh ha : Mondo
• Dawn of the Dead : ShoCon
• hotel rwanda : feek
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  Unforgiven, No Country For Old Men : Serpico74
  • another vote for No Country : biskits
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  Anything by Lars Von Trier - Dancer in The Dark, Breaking The Waves, Dogville, Manderlay, etc. : heartsauce
  • breaking the waves is amazingly crushing. it is what i always go to in these threads. : stgulik
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  Traffic : happynoodle
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    oooh good one. this movie kind of fucked me up. im pretty sure it had a lot to do with why i decided not ... : feek
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      I just got done watching a documentary about a heroin addict, the guy basically filmed his life for 2 yea... : Mr.Finkster
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        Black Tar Heroin was also brutal. Followed a group of kids for a number of years. : Ellissd
        • Sorry, forgot to mention the name of the doc, was called Ben: Diary of a Heroin Addict. The last scene wa... : Mr.Finkster
  • ^^^ this one! : shackwack
• Gigli : DrWaffles
• Time Bandits : Dusty_Slim
• Sin City : Ellissd
• K.I.D.S., Requiem for a Dream : c0bra
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  KIDS, Gummo : skankcore
  • AIDS AIDS AIDS Everyone has AIDS : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • ooh i was just going to say kids. damn that movie is fucked : feek
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  Oldboy. and A Clockwork Orange, which is still even more fucked up than Oldboy if that's possible : locater16
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    knowing the book ending of a Clockwork Orange makes it considerably less bleak. I concur that Oldboy is o... : Supine
    • I actually like the cut ending better. Sometimes an author needs to be forced by a good editor to make a ... : locater16
    • Can't wait to watch Will Smith and Spielberg fuck it up :( : Mr.Finkster
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    Last 15-20 minutes of Old Boy are one of the most memorable moments of my film watching life. And some of... : nakor_
    • were you giving someone a blowjob while watching? : skizl
• Vanilla Sky, The Pianist : Delaric
• Schindler's List : EvilDolemite
• The first half of A Boy And His Dog is pretty bleak. Then it just gets strange. : contentious roy
• Donnie Darko maybe? : deject
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  The Mist : adsriordan
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    that movie pissed me the fuck off I couldn't believe they had that last scene, when in fact it wasn't : esecasco
    • that movie pissed me off because is was so fucking horrible. : swoopx
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  When the last sword is drawn. It made me, a 6'8" ex-marine tear up. : karlk79
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    Your height and prior work experience would have led me to believe that your tear ducts are inoperative. : ArB
    • hahahaha. : thecray
• I am Legend (playing right this second on HBO HD) : Dimmona
• Salo... End of discussion : yesjfif
• Before The Devil Knows You're Dead : Frank_Mackey
• Before The Devil Knows You're Dead. : FlamingGimp
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  The Dark Backward This movie does not click for a lot of people, but I thought it was good. : yourGarbageMan
  • it's a shame, it's such a great concept for a plot.. it doesn't give the viewer a whole lot of reprieve t... : wetard
• I haven't seen it in ages, so it may not be as bleak as I remember, but Taps. : Halen
• Dark City : Mr.Finkster
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  Anything by Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem, The Fountain) Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Fo... : Flint Ironstag
  • Oh man, that film creates the most incredible sense of dread. That and the crushing inevitability of what... : Mr.Finkster
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  Jacob's Ladder : Mondo
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    Oh fuck yeah so many awesome movies in this thread but I think this is the one that did a real number on ... : Mr.Finkster
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      I get a bad feeling just thinking about it : Mondo
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        Mother of god the hospital scene blew my mind. It goes from complete banal normality to utterly catastrop... : Mr.Finkster
        • the party is even better this scene of jealousy turns into tentacle rape : randomposter
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  don't e a menace to south central while drinking your juice in the hood : pointyelbows
  • erp ... *be : pointyelbows
  • THE MAN will get you : Mondo
• A Simple Plan, 12 Monkeys. : owtwerd
• Acid House. That shit is just plain fucked up from start to finish. : thecray
• Although it's somewhat of a chick flick, Somewhere In Time is one of the most depressing films I've seen. : owtwerd
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  The Plague Dogs : ctlaltl33t
  • totally. : sleepytea
• American Beauty : TabsAZ
• Grave of the firefly : mindmann
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  City of God, although like most of these it's not unrelentingly bleak. : Nixx2004
  • Just unrelentingly excellent. : node
• Lilya 4-ever, The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael, Irreversible. : woddemandred
• Shrek : themaestro2657
• Requiem for a dream, syriana. : ysbreker
• High Plains Drifter : drucifer
• The Killing Fields, What's eating Gilbert Grape : DingoStoleMyBaby
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  1984 : Dr Van Nostrand
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    ^^^ Yes! Why has no one posted this before? It seriously has zero happy/light moments in the entire movie... : DingoStoleMyBaby
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      For such an excellent adaptation, it's not very well-known, mostly due to a total lack of any official di... : eldersveld
      • Must just be out of print in America. I got it for £7 from Fopp a while back.. An excellent adaptatio... : theghostofsmdever
    • Wasn't there a part where the main guy meets a chick in the woods and sexes her up? Or was that a dream?... : pukerat
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  Babel. : Chepito.
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    cheptiooooo i scanned this entire thread to see if babel was there and here it is right at the end sugges... : aeg1x
    • we know what's up. : Chepito.
  • Schindlers List : bling1bling
• Ran. game/set/match : Foxhawk
• Into the Wild : fishbone
• The Thin Red Line, The New World, 21 Grams : tomservo
• Apocalypse Now : LemonJoose
• Nights of Cabiria : LemonJoose
• In Bruges was quite bleak : marmite
• Midnight Express : LemonJoose
• Lord of the Flies : LemonJoose
• A Simple Plan. : oldRivers
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  Way of the Gun. : oldRivers
  • That's not bleak at all. : ieGod
  • love this movie. : r3ckless
• Bully : LemonJoose
• A.I., Das Boot, The Mist : Fyunch Click
• Requiem for a dream. The only upside to this movie is at least one person gets out of hell, by dying. : Slowtreme
• Shindlers List : bling1bling
• Not a movie, but the entire Six Feet Under series. : freakynipples69
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  the mist is the winner here : deadfish
  • I missed that : drucifer
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    I watched the first fifteen minutes. Then I watched it at x10. Then the rest of the movie in two minutes.... : heuristic
    • You fail. : lplasmatron
    • Fail. : lodit
    • i was really disappointed by the monsters.. pretty lame/copout.. all the grocery store scenes were kinda ... : wetard
    • Yep. Really shitty overall. : ieGod
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  12 Monkeys : ThomW
  • this movie made me gay for Brad Pitt. I loved his role. : Slowtreme
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  Wall-E : yellowtexan
  • Did you miss the happy ending? : future_perfect
• In the Company of Men, Grave of the Fireflies : kenmis
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  The Pallbearer : Ziz
  • well it's not good. but it's bleak. : Ziz
• Million Dollar Baby. Midnight Cowboy. : swoopx
• Million Dollar Baby : Bamtan
• House of Sand and Fog. : pgharavi
• the visitor was pretty depressing : packav
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  brazil, the dark backward, and to a degree "he was a quiet man" but it's sorta the opposite side of the s... : wetard
  • i'll go ahead and add welcome to the dollhouse and the chumscrubber to my list : wetard
• The orphanage http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0464141/ : skitzo
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  in the bedroom, george washington, undertow : jujubees
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    the strangers. though good is a stretch unless you only watch the first 20 minutes or so. : jujubees
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      oh god yes, bad movie. the writing on the windows, they doing that just happening to know they'd be kind : Ziz
      • But it's a true story. It really happened. : Haku-Jin
• Exotica, anything by Atom Egoyan really : graincloud
• Times and Winds, Lilja 4-ever : My Documents
• Four Feathers I didn't like it though : I7 SilverFox
• atonement : connor
• Spider Requiem for a Dream Pi Crash Babel The Machinist : Grumbeld
• Sid and Nancy, Casualty of War, and War of the Roses were the three most depressing movies I have ever se... : Thresher
• Mystic River, The Departed, Gone Baby Gone. Seems my town is a great setting for bleak movies. : LemonJoose
• And if you want more of a horror take on bleak, try The Hills Have Eyes. I seriously felt like I needed ... : LemonJoose
• Philadelphia! : SAS_Ale

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  holy crap cakes. Those fund drives were to pay 300k plus salaries? Good to know. : deathofrats
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    Compared to other media, they are paid pretty poorly. No stock options or any other traditional private ... : jasonepowell
    • ^^^^ this. No bonuses either. : halophoenix
• Huh? CEO making under 500k? That ain't shit. : soggybagel
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  Perhaps NPR should take some notes from Ben and Jerry's. In fact, I think the CEOs of all US-based aut... : LilCrypto
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    B&J sold out to Unilever. So yes, they have in fact taken notes from Ben and Jerry's. : MisterClaw
    • The car makers at the very least. Businesses aren't charities. (sorry, I wasn't referring to NPR) : MisterClaw
    • *cries* : LilCrypto
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  I don't mind their wages, honestly, but could somsone do me a favor and see if they list the salary for t... : thief
  • ah, nm. : thief
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  man that must be weird for whoever it is that cohosts all things considered (whoever it is, it's a woman)... : feek
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    but really i dont think these salaries are that crazy compared to most news networks? : feek
    • Those salaries are jack shit compared to most people who host nationally broadcast news shows. : riptyde
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  this really isn't that much money : dirge23
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    Seriously it's not that much : soggybagel
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      This is just how jaded folks are. For typical corporate positions I would agree that this isn't that hig... : LilCrypto
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        that's an idealistic and bullshit mindset. because you work for public radio you should be poor? thes... : dahanese
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          Explain how $500,000 a year makes you poor? Or how $200,000 a year makes you poor? Sorry, I think y... : LilCrypto
          • you aren't poor at $500k or $200k. but running an entire organization and getting paid $500k for it is no... : dahanese
      • they probably are. they could probably land much higher-paying jobs if they went elsewhere. : dirge23
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        hahahaha, RIGHT. How will they attract and retain top talent when they can make 5x, 10x as much elsewhere... : MikkleThePickle
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          Because "top talent" often isn't? : LilCrypto
          • when you show me salaries for other notable public talents on air that are below these salaries, i'll bel... : dahanese
          • come on dude, Rush Limbaugh signed a $400 million contract. Hannity just signed a $100 million one. That'... : MikkleThePickle
      • Wow. Having people run a radio network out of the goodness of their hearts is a good way to bankrupt it. ... : woddemandred
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      i agree, it's definitely not insane. i'm guessing because it's public radio those personalities are suppo... : dahanese
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        Publicly funded should mean you don't make $700k a year. : Lunatic Angelic
        • where is that written? : dirge23
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          that's a ridiculous thing to say, in my opinion. not everyone is being paid that much. those that are are... : dahanese
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            Then they can choose to run their operation themselves and fund themselves to hire such talent, not take : Lunatic Angelic
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              taxpayers? what do taxpayers have anything to do with their funding? NPR is not a government-run orga : dahanese
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                I guess the endowments and grants they receive just materialize in the federal coffers then. : Lunatic Angelic
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                  They have their own lobbyists for fuck's sake... why the fuck do you need lobbyists if you're not solici : Lunatic Angelic
                  • everything in the goddamned country has a lobbyist. what's your point? a lobbyist isn't an evil thing. : dahanese
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                    lol, so maybe you want to talk to the gun industry, the tobacco industry, the alcohol industry, the oil i... : mikecyb
                    • also do you even know what a lobbyist is? they don't always solicit for government funding, a lot of tim... : mikecyb
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                      I'm sorry, I wasn't aware they were petitioning the feds / state governments for their own salaries to pu : Lunatic Angelic
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                        of course, how silly of me. in your world, every company or industry who solicits the government for any ... : dahanese
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                          The NRA and AARP aren't soliciting the government for cash to pay their own employees with. You're pro : Lunatic Angelic
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                            i'm not projecting anything, actually. and you are leapfrogging in this thread with my ideas. and if you ... : dahanese
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                              You are projecting. You're telling me how things are in my world and then running with preposterous noti : Lunatic Angelic
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                                i'll repeat something i said already in this thread, because i'm sick of retyping this shit: 1. people... : dahanese
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                                  Both of those points are null, read my post below. : Lunatic Angelic
                                  • Could you point to the specific post where you supposedly nullify those points, because I can't quite fin... : woddemandred
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                                Wher did you get that "don't pay for their own buildings" from? My local affiliate would be happy to tell : mn3m0n1c
                                • They just got a brand new building in D.C. tax free for 20 years and their CT offices were also pork proj : Lunatic Angelic
                              • also i want to laugh about what you were saying about the postmaster general. i went and looked into him ... : dahanese
                              • "It doesn't fucking matter what a private sector equivalent would pay" But it does. This is why Canada... : ieGod
                          • you sound like you are just fundamentally against the CPB then. NPR gets tax money because it was more o... : mikecyb
                • endowments and grants and made for specific purposes. they aren't pulled willy-nilly from taxpayers. you ... : dahanese
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                  Yes, all "1 to 2%" of NPR's operating budget. http://www.npr.org/about/privatesupport.html , third paragr... : mn3m0n1c
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                    you beat me to the link. thanks dude. : dahanese
                    • No problem - I'm a huge NPR fan. :) : mn3m0n1c
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                    So they won't mind losing it then and if you continued reading you would see 13% comes from non-competiti : Lunatic Angelic
                    • so what's your big issue with this? they have lobbyists, so they are raping tax payers? they get grants, ... : dahanese
                    • Well the taxpayers just shelled out billions in bailouts for mismanaged financial institutions and are ab... : yosemiteclimber
                    • No, I read it, but you specifically mentioned "endowments and grants." The school funding by the way is i : mn3m0n1c
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                    That's deceptive if you aren't a careful reader. NPR gets fees and dues from "independent" public ra... : trove
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                      if you read the whole thing, you'll see it's less than 1/3 of all their funding, period. and decreasing ... : dahanese
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                        Well then let's let the other non-profits and tax free operations start taking their federal dollars and : Lunatic Angelic
                        • NPR was created by the government though : mikecyb
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                          how in hell is that exorbitant? please explain to me how $350,000 for an on-air personality is exorbitant... : dahanese
                          • A lot of these people live in Washington D.C. or New York. These are not cheap areas to live in. : deject
                        • So the free market is not allowed to operate anywhere where you don't like its effects? OK then. : mn3m0n1c
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                        Ok, then let's zero out funding for the CPB and let's see what happens. Maybe the states can take up the... : trove
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                          all right, you go do that and have fun. this has nothing to do with salaries, which, by the way, are ... : dahanese
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                            It has nothing, zero to do with relative private sector salaries, so stop bringing anything relative to t : Lunatic Angelic
                            • Now you're not even making sense - are the hosts of NPR shows not allowed to compete for a higher wage si... : mn3m0n1c
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                              i'll compare it to non-profits, which is what it is. for example: CEO of the NRA, a non-profit, made o : dahanese
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                                and how much federal money for operations does the NRA receive? : Lunatic Angelic
                                • did i ever say they received money? i brought them in as they were referenced about concerning lobbyists,... : dahanese
                            • what the? : feek
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                          I agree that non-profits should be able to use current market rates to pay their people. That just makes... : trove
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                            it's a non-profit, dude. why does it have to turn a profit for it to be justified to pay it's CEO what he... : dahanese
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                              It doesn't have to turn a profit, it simply needs to fund itself without public funding. Since I admit ... : trove
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                                no, it doesn't at all. what's your point there? there are hundreds of organizations that receive gove... : dahanese
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                                  Trove's a libertarian iirc, which would explain his position on government funded... well, anything. : mn3m0n1c
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                                    i don't mind what race, religion, or political standing you are as long as you talk common sense and actu... : dahanese
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                                      1) Those non-profits you're referencing aren't getting 1/3 of their money from government. 2) It doesn : Lunatic Angelic
                                      • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18697447#itemanchor_18697447 just stop. i want to go play left 4 d... : dahanese
                                      • also: the government effing created NPR. get your facts straight. they didn't create themselves and start... : dahanese
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                                      I've explained that I don't have a problem with NPR or it's member stations paying prevailing wages for t... : trove
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                                        what are you talking about? how often do you listen to NPR to come to these conclusions? NPR stations a... : mikecyb
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                                          I listen to NPR stations nearly daily I guess. The viewpoint isn't really broad, it's just so New York, ... : trove
                                          • People you can't understand, don't make it very far in the radio business, no matter where they grew up. : DarkWolf5
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                                  I'm not upset about any of this. I'm think the wages these guys are paid are fine. I just think that we... : trove
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                                    NPR was created by the government. they are breaking away from government funding. you have it backwards.... : dahanese
                                    • I'm not sure we are communicating very well here. NPR was created by the government a long time ago. I'... : trove
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                                As far as I understand it, the whole concept of non-profit, is that a non-profit, presents some sort of b... : trove
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                                  But there is! The Federal government mandates that NPR have a government-appointed Ombudsman to represent... : mn3m0n1c
                                  • Who ombuds the ombudsman? =P : Lunatic Angelic
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                                    You misunderstand what I said, and I apologize, it's probably my in artful phrasing. I talk though a pro... : trove
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                                      conceal how its funded?1 You have not listened during donations week. FFS I can practically say their spe... : DarkWolf5
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                                        Of course I don't listen during donations' week. Who would? Don't you think that they play with your... : trove
                                        • They would shut down, just like a station in a city north of me did. : DarkWolf5
                                        • I'd rather listen to a PBS sales pitch than O'Douchebag & friends or Olberdouche and company, tbh. Or And... : mn3m0n1c
                                        • you are holding it against them both that they take government money, AND that they ask for donations? ... : dahanese
                                    • I guess I don't really see the obfuscation (I do like that word though) that you're referring to - the Fe : mn3m0n1c
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                            moreover: because you don't like the tone of the voices on NPR, you can stand against them? i don't li... : dahanese
                            • The NRA is a private organization. Not sure what your point is. : trove
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                            I'm a very olde man by internet standards (I watched Walter Cronkite when he was still doing the 6pm CBS : mn3m0n1c
                            • yeah I'm not a massive fan of the government paying for extravagant crap but I honestly have no issue at ... : mikecyb
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                              Oh I agree completely with what you said about current news, "absolute cesspool of advertainment, sensati... : trove
                              • If you believe that, there's not much hope for you. I'm not even kidding about this - ask any media histo : mn3m0n1c
            • LIBRUL MEDIA : feek
            • Dude, your second paragraph pretty much invalidated your entire opinion on the matter. : ColoradoCNC
        • It's not like the people pay for it with a tax, so why is it a big deal? : xxx2xxx
        • he runs all of fucking NPR though. that's a huge fucking organization. what is he supposed to make? th... : mikecyb
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          then the public can stop funding them if they're unhappy. maybe they dont want retards running the sho... : Theos
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            i want to know how many people in this thread who are bitching about the pay grades have ever actually do... : dahanese
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              I do wish that after I donated, they would switch my feed back to normal programming or something. I HATE... : DarkWolf5
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                i have seen the fund drives end early twice. it was awesome. but sadly, people just don't donate a lot. ... : dahanese
                • Our local PBS affiliate ( http://www.wskg.com ) is awesome this way. We almost always finish the fund dri... : mn3m0n1c
              • I hate fundraising week too, but I donate every year to at least one of my local stations. That's one thi... : ColoradoCNC
          • right... if you want quality public television you can't do it without decent people running the thing. T... : aeg1x
        • One: NPR is primarily funded by private contributions - the gov't got out of most funding years and years : mn3m0n1c
        • Then be prepared for The Amateur Hour with your host Nobody Q. Lameface : spiderfill
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  those salaries look reasonable to me. btw, i listen to npr almost every day. : pullmyfinger
  • They make more than me, therefore their salaries are undeserved. : snuff
• Compared to what an anchor at CNN/Fox/MSNBC/BBC/etc. is getting paid, those figures really aren't that sh... : ColoradoCNC
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  yeah, my parents stopped donating to npr (mpr for us) solely because of their huge paychecks for executiv... : zebrigazi
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    the executives at the local station? or these for the headquarters? because like has been discussed, thes... : feek
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      they are pretty big to be requesting gifts. : zebrigazi
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        they don't request gifts. the station requests donations. and also, employees are paid wages in accordanc... : dahanese
        • i don't know how you define a "gift" and a "donation" differently, but dictionary.net (the first google h : zebrigazi
• Publically funded or not, non-profit or not, a religious organization or not, they've still got to offer ... : d fluke

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• god those shows need to die : shavenewok
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  :( this is a song that needs genuine emotion rather than vocal talent : pyros
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    Interesting fact I remember: Someone mailed Cohen asking for the lyrics to this song and got a fax with F... : pyros
    • Yeah, there's a whole bunch of different versions of the song floating around out there. All with various... : Drewus
• Ironic lyric: "But you don't really care for music, do ya" : Bamtan
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  Buckley's cover sucks. He should have read this first: http://acephalous.typepad.com/acephalous/leonard-... : willy359
  • you take that back :( it's better than Cohen's own version! : Postal
  • I'm pretty sure the only bad thing Jeff Buckley did is die so young. : renegade732
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    I'm going to say it.... Cohen's version is total arse compared to Buckley's version. Wainwrights ve... : Drewus
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      Yeah despite being beautifully written, I think Cohen's version isn't really a great recording. However, ... : Chris Remo
      • I prefer John Cale's cover from Fragments of a Rainy Season. : abunch
      • The sound Buckley was able to get out of his guitar in his version to me really makes his great. : jimmy_legs
      • No. : Sexpansion Pack
  • Uhh, no no no no no no no. Buckley wins, sorry, you silly willy! : thief
  • your post sucks! Get off my internets! : Megara9
  • Worst post of the day. : pgharavi
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    Okay, I just listened to Buckley's cover again. I was right. It sucks. Gasp a little more, proto-emo bo... : willy359
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      HOW DARE YOU SING WITH EMOTION AAAAAAAAGHARGRARGHAGHHHHHHHHHH : lakren
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        Take the word butterfly. To use this word it is not necessary to make the voice weigh less than an ounce ... : willy359
        • Cohen's version sucks dick compared to Buckleys. - B. Bamtan : Bamtan
        • I don't get the point of you posting this. : ejectorpod
        • Okay, now put it into your own words, please. This is a conversation I will stay up all night for, truly... : thief
        • I always wondered what the anti-hero of an inspirational speech would resemble. : Zolneirz
        • Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals ... except the wea... : lakren
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          willy, quit forcing a dry entry. : ayesel
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            Buckley is the one forcing a dry entry. That is my point. When the words are good and true, you can't add... : willy359
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              Cohen had no problem forcing emotion down your throat with his vocals: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=... : pyros
              • Cohen is not a great singer by any means, but he knows that. I found this several orders of magnitude les... : willy359
            • LOL. thief please. : ejectorpod
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              It's a preposterous statement to me to suggest that the voice shouldn't be manipulated in the way you wou... : Chris Remo
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                I think we personally have had this conversation before, but to me it is like playing the national anthem... : pyros
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                  It's fine to dislike Buckley's treatment of it, but I think the larger point that's being made is ridicul... : Chris Remo
                  • No arguement from me there. : pyros
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                The voice is an instument, of course. But any instrument can be abused. I stand by my opinion that Buckle... : willy359
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                  How about instead of deflecting, you simply point out some basic element of the black humor? : Chris Remo
                  • - The Music Crept By Us - I would like to remind the management that the drinks are watered and the... : willy359
                  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iels3GLw-zs : willy359
                  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYJf4J7VBaY : willy359
                  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFBKV0zVXSE : willy359
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                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx11oNHPDrA (Yes, in hindsight, I should have put all these in one post, ... : willy359
                    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18697401#itemanchor_18697401 : Mr.Finkster
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                      He was specifically asking about Hallelujah you multi-posting nutcase. Explain the black humor in that so... : ayesel
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                        - Black Humour in Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen - Humour lies in the surprising juxtaposition of two ima... : willy359
                        • You didn't really write all of that did you? Because holy fucking shit you really need to get over you... : Drewus
                        • It's not, too bad you ruined it for yourself. : Chris Remo
                        • Oh, bump so I remember to read it later! : thief
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              I really thought you were just kidding at first...lol : Godhatesfatpeople
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                Hell, I wasn't intending to get into it this much, but it the entire Shack seems to want to argue with me... : willy359
                • BRING IT ONNNN BITCHESSS!!!!! UH UHHH!!!! *head wobble* : Drewus
                • Oh its already been broughten *clicks fingers, head wobble* : Mr.Finkster
            • I literally deleted several paragraphs on where I think your error is, I mean, beyond the obvious conclus : thief
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          This is the biggest pile of self masturbatory crap I have ever read. I feel ike L. Cohen just shot his lo... : Mr.Finkster
          • Yeah I agree. If anyone needs to get over themselves, it's Leonard Cohen. He could write songs, but he... : Drewus
        • wtf is this bullshit? : Megara9
    • Actually you're wrong; it doesn't suck. Because this is the internet, my opinion cancels yours out and m... : jasonepowell
    • No. : Sexpansion Pack
  • I also disagree. : ejectorpod
  • yeah, this post is wrong. sorry. : indosauros
  • No. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • I don't really like Cohen's version, but I find Buckley's so dumbly melodramatic that I can't stand it (l... : Sacred Sperm
  • I'd pay good money for a Tom Waits cover. : c0bra
  • WHY DO YOU HATE HUMAN EMOTION?!!!!!!!11 : pointyelbows
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  Myles Kennedy from Alter Bridge does a great cover of the song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgTBDRC... : boomdeath
  • This one wins from the covers I've heard, by far. Not a fan of Buckleys. I like Leonard's vocals but hate... : pyros
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  There's also the version Buckley played live in Chicago: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic6IXavMWto : Drewus
  • Jeff Buckley live is awesome beyond words. I have a playlist of nothing but Eternal Life. Live at Sin-E, ... : renegade732
• How they'll Jew ya, how they'll Jew ya... : Lone Swordsman
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  you are all wrong. Allison Crowe belts that shit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIMOdVXAPJ0 : sKetchflow
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    I also agree with willy359 on the not a big fan of Jeff Buckley version : sKetchflow
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      But do you agree for the same reasons as him? I love Jeff Buckley, as well as Cohen, and am now helpless... : thief
      • I didn't really read enough into his argument. My main one is I for whatever reason just do not enjoy th... : sKetchflow
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    Her voice is not bad but about a million other annoying female vocalists sound identical to her. : ayesel
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      I respectfully disagree. : sKetchflow
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        For a female take, KD Lang's rendition is both much much better, and more unique: http://au.youtube.co... : pyros
        • It's good but once again I disagree. : sKetchflow
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        I disrespectfully accept your disagreement. : ayesel
        • penis. : sKetchflow
• Christ, I had no idea it had gotten this bad. Do remember reading though that basically Simon Cowell's a ... : Mr.Finkster
• it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah ... ??? wtf : pointyelbows

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  Company of heroes in full glory : razlebol
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    and TF2, COD4, L4D : razlebol
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      Thanks, almost forgot CoD4. This will be the 2nd game (right after Ep2). : matthaeus
      • portal should be #2 on that list, followed by bioshock if you havent played it. you can cross off farcry ... : brainchild420
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  Wheres Fallout 3 : Horn
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    It's there right below Far Cry 2. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • where's far cry 2?!? : dirge23
    • I read the list twice and I still missed it :( : Horn
• Haven't played Crysis yet? Whoah... amazing cybertimes ahead of you. : SlamDunk
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  Nice to see Blood Money on that list. I should go replay that. Love that game. : dirge23
  • me 2, its one game i really wish i hadn't sold with my old computer. =( : RetroRedEyeJr
  • i think i beat that game like 6-8 times, if you add up how many times i completed each level trying to ge... : qwpeoriu
• Nifty. I just assembled a similar system and I transferred my savegame for Painkiller:BooH to pick that ... : Johnny Law
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  S.T.A.L.K.E.R. : deject
  • sucks : .ka`boom.zZz.
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  Didn't they say i7 wasnt that much better than 775 for gaming? Seems way too expensive to me... : FPSDavid
  • he wants that extra 2% to hit AWESOME speed : reverend~heresy
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    It's the new socket architecture for Intel. If you're building a new system you need to think about if y : Johnny Law
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      i thought that the current i7 socket was for servers only, and the desktop one would be different? : retarded talking dinosaur
      • This is sort of true; though the current 'Bloomfield' i7s are considered desktop CPUs according to Intel,... : mn3m0n1c
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    if you're upgrading from a non-775 system it still makes sense : dirge23
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      I've been investigating upgrading, and for $750 you can get an E8400, GTX 260 reloaded, 4gb, etc etc ever... : ]pm[chem
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        Yeah, but the logic is in 3 years he'll be able to just pop another CPU in there while you have to rebuy ... : FiReaNG3L
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          I used to believe in that argument, but it just never works out. I've only upgraded a CPU once. Pentium... : ]pm[chem
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            According to the timeline of Core2Duo on wikipedia, if you bought one at the very first chip they release... : FiReaNG3L
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              agreed, i went from one of the first e6600 to an e8500. At another point i also upgraded from 2GB DDR800 ... : Arsenal
              • Any reason for the mobo upgrade? : FiReaNG3L
              • this is exactly my point: he replaced not only the CPU, but the RAM, the mobo and the video card. Even t... : ]pm[chem
  • Newer games will take advantage. It's worth upgrading. : freakynipples69
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  Prey was really a fun experience. Short, but very fun. : randomreduction
  • man, still haven't beat this game. everytime i'm over halfway through (atleast i feel it was), i'd have t... : reverend~heresy
• replaying in full glory is so much fun. enjoy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : Downforce
• Left 4 Dead, multiplayer vs mode is superbadass. : lolbotomy
• Ep2 is a brilliant gaming experience : filthysock
• You should play Fear again, with options turned up. It's really a HUGE difference. : AxeMan808
• Fallout 3 "1920x1200 full glory" :) : Killrig
• System Shock 2. Yeah, I know it's old, but come on! Or, shit, Privateer! : future_perfect

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  fuck that. you know what would be 500000000000000000000x better? xwing vs tie fighter on XBL arcade... : -=kodiak=-
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    You know what would be 99999999999999999999999999x better than THAT? A TIE-Fighter sequel!!!! : thetangent
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      would never happen. We all know that. well, same with my suggestion. But still. Would be better than ... : -=kodiak=-
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        I'm still holding out hope for a sequel some day. I realize it's a pretty low chance of it happening, but... : thetangent
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          2 words: force unleashed : -=kodiak=-
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            What has that got to do with it? They can still redeem themselves. : humbleone
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              it means they know that a shitty formulaic action game would sell compared to a space sim combat game in ... : -=kodiak=-
              • Yep ok - sadly good point. But I still think that LucasArts could get themselves back on the map - as far... : humbleone
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        Why wouldn't a sequel potentially happen? (I don't know the history of the game) : Scoots06
        • because of lucas arts not doing shit all anymore : -=kodiak=-
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    Why is my memory of XvTie so negative? I have forgotten. It was no Tie Fighter + expansion, but I was s : Lunatic Angelic
    • you basically hit all the main points. I remember only being able to play it on LAN cuz the lag sucked so... : deadfish
  • I prefered the Jedi Knight serie to the Xwing vs Tie-Fighter personally. : razlebol
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  I want KOTOR 3. :( : thetangent
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    God damn right. : K1Bond007
    • I just had breakfast with a friend who has worked extensively on KOTOR 1&2 and I was prying a bit about t... : Lightzout
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  Jedi Knight IV: Kyle Katarn Kicks Some More Ass. : the_burd
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    i laughed . . . : jedi_27
    • You're not supposed to show emotion. : Snuffles-
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  You really want LucasArts to handle that? You know they'd just fuck it up. Look at the Force Unleashed. S... : K1Bond007
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    They didn't fuck up Dark Forces or the first Jedi Knight : Mrc32
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      That was back when LucasArts wasn't pure shit. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        when exactly did this happen? was it when Phantom Menace came out and everything Lucas turned to shit? : dirge23
        • 1998 after Grim Fandango was released, or Mercenaries 1 in 2005 but LucasArts only published that. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Force Unleashed was still pretty cool considering : spiderfill
  • I wouldn't mind Raven to handle it like the last 2. All I want it for is for multiplayer. Arena and CTF w... : razlebol
  • No, obviously I want Raven to handle it. They did a good job with JO and JA : retarded talking dinosaur
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  Jedi knight starring duke nukem please. : extrahappyturtle
  • i jizzed my pants : r3dn3ck
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  I had so much fun playing JK2 and JK3: Jedi Academy. The multiplayer were some of the best I've ever play... : darkT
  • Jedi Academy got some much play in college. Even the mutliplayer over the lan was a blast. At one point... : grabbie
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  Also, a Republic Commando sequel. : mechanicalgrape
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    yea what the fuck we need to go get our dude back : deadfish
    • ^^^^IAMWTP : melt_core
  • ^^^^ This : Cheeziologist
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    was this game good? : cdbeckman
    • Yes, yes it was. They really nailed the squad based aspect of it. : mechanicalgrape
  • yessss such a great game. Too short tho. Add in some L4D style co-op and I'm sold : grabbie
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  let me correct that. I could go for a new GOOD Jedi Knight game. A shitty Force Unleashed style one would... : cdbeckman
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    Hmmm, according to wikipedia Activism is raping them in public. Licensed games :( Marvel: Ultimate Al... : cdbeckman
    • Raven deserves better : retarded talking dinosaur
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    FU is not a JK game. : shirif
    • yup, I know. I don't want a JK game with the gameplay of FU. : cdbeckman
• I'd like one that looks like the Clone Wars series. : PoopStewart
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  KOTOR 3 will be amazing. if kotor 2 wasn't so damn rushed out and had so much cool shit cut out, it woul... : Downforce
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    yeah i would like to play some kotor3 i love owning masses of people with force lightning : papaskot
    • also, did anyone really play a blaster based dood? i mean how could you not just max out saber skills? : papaskot
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    I want an actual KOTOR3, and not this cartoony WoW-clone TOR shit :( : DOOManiac
    • whats that you are talking about? : papaskot

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• I fucking hate rebates. "Here, have an interest free loan!" >:( : nyranger66
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  I have the entry level 550 and love it, my in laws got the 880 and I still prefer my 550. Point being... : Grandmoff
  • ^^ either go with the ONE or get a 5XX series : randomnull
  • But why do you prefer it? I have a friend that needs a new remote and the only frame of reference I have... : Awun
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  I would opt for the ONE. It fixed the charging problems the 880's had. : ant_hillbilly
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    What was the charging problem? I've had the 880 for about a year now, and there's nothing wrong with it c... : nyranger66
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      The problem was that it keeps getting harder over time for charging contacts on the base to connect with ... : jbt11
      • I have always had this problem with mine, but I only charge it about once every two weeks, and it just ta... : jimmy-buffett
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    the only problem I've had with my 880 so far is the left/right buttons just under the screen - they seen ... : losimagic
    • Yep, same here, especially the <-- button to go left. As I said in my other post in this subthread, the 8... : Bold
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    The 880's new base station also fixes the charging problem in the initial units. I just bought the 880... : Bold
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      Iv'e had my harmony 880 for about 2 years and it's in the same condition as the day I got it. It's perfe... : FormerHPB
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        my roommates have had thiers for 2 years, and its been dropped and thrown around, and is all scratched up... : papaskot
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          My 880 and my inlaws' 880 has been abused to hell and back and still good. : rosewood
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            ^^ point being here ppl, it may feel cheapy, but hold up great. : papaskot
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              What about this? http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18698964#itemanchor_18698964 : Bold
              • What about the one person on the Shack who feels that way? heh. : sharkII
        • My 880 and my inlaws' 880 has been abused to hell and back and still good. : rosewood
    • I'll buy it off of you for $80 if you don't like it : rosewood
  • Yea, I had to RMA my first 880 : rosewood
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  I think I'm getting a mid-range 7.1 Onkyo receiver for Christmas and I'm trying to decide which Harmony r... : mwasher
  • Get a 550 http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Harmony-550-Universal-Remote/dp/B000EUGX70/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UT... : randomnull
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    I got this one: http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Harmony-Xbox-360-Remote/dp/B000CCXCYC/ref=pd_sxp_grid_i_1_... : EvilDolemite
    • Yeah that's what I have, the 550 is the same just sans the 360 buttons and white : randomnull
    • I have this xbox version also. It is great : historyinthemaking
• i have a 785 and the fake metal buttons are very now, im tempted to get the ONE ive seen it from $198- $5... : CoRDS
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  I believe the 880 can often be found significantly cheaper than the prices above. Of course timing is ev... : LilCrypto
  • Oh, I am looking for cheaper, slickdeals didn't really show me any last night though :/ : sharkII
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  Do you need it right the hell now? The 880 can frequently be found for $90-$100 AR if you are patient. Co... : Arctic Fox
  • I was going to get it as a Christmas gifts... : sharkII
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  Canuckians 550 still for $60 http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?Edp... : IcomeINpeace
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    Holy shit - what's wrong that they're selling it that cheap? : dumb.
    • it is old and out of date : Luminair
• I don't have any experience with the 880, but I have the ONE, and can honestly say I'll never need anothe... : phobium
• I've got a 550, I love other than the kinda crappy location of the A/B buttons : Clay
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  I have an 880, anyone want to buy mine? I never use it... and the way you guys carry on about it on here,... : slip42o
  • how much? my current 880 has a few buttons that are intermittent :( : FrayLo

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• I'll try it out. : Wisp!
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  Seems to be the IE browser control, won't let me login :( : Dave-A
  • Bah. I guess this answers my question below. Suck. Sony used Firefox for the browser in EQ2. More... : IndigoAK
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  Is it based on Firefox? : IndigoAK
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    IE, but they're talking about changing down the road to probably WebKit or maybe Gecko. They have their r... : K1Bond007
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      Well Valve was started by ex-microsoft guys, not surprising they started with IE : deject
      • or they went with the biggest market share first? You go for the bigger group first and then go down the ... : Godhatesfatpeople
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        No, it's just that it's ridiculously easy to shell an IE instance within your own application. : DOOManiac
        • That too. : Godhatesfatpeople
        • This pretty much I think. : enyakk
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      How do you know this? : Wisp!
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        How did you not? : CoRDS
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          Because I don't use IE so I recognize any similarities and I don't see any statement from any Valve emplo... : Wisp!
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            no one uses IE only idiots (read 60-70% of people) : CoRDS
            • Not idiots, people who are just ill-informed or can't be bothered to download another borwser. The idiots... : Wisp!
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            If you notice, the Steam client uses the IE engine as well. If you pay attention to all the UI elements ... : deject
            • Or just right click when browsing the store and you get the IE menu. :) : SilverSnake
            • also, it says "Internet Explorer cannot find the site you specified" when you accidentally try to go to h... : Agrona
          • They've confirmed its IE several times. : K1Bond007
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  wouldn't need this feature if you could alt-tab out of a source game : gibbo
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    L4D is actually pretty painless to alt-tab out of : manero
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      So why are all the other Source games semi-broken in that respect? Or were they all fixed when L4D came ... : Arcanum
      • I've never really had an issue alt-tabbing in any of them. : Helter Skelter
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        L4D supports full-screen windowed, makes it really easy : jonas54
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          yeah, but i need to copy command lines to do it and run in my windows resolution. : gibbo
          • No...it's an option in the menu. That's for TF2. : Wisp!
          • Run in Windows resolution, yes. Use command lines, no. : SilverSnake
          • i dont understand, you can paste stuff in the console by right clicking... : brainchild420
    • Dual core and more than two gigs of ram make it fairly painless. Its still a delay though. : YerMothah
    • When I'm not actually playing on a server it's really quick, but if I do it while on a server it takes ab... : deject
  • Yeah, but now you can have this feature in every game, not just ones developed by Valve. : DrWaffles
  • You can do it easily if you run it in windowed-fullscreen mode, L4D and TF2 both support this. : OmegaRed59
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  For seamless alt-tabbing in steam games which support it (like tf2 and l4d) play in windowed mode with no : moneyshot
  • Nice! : iambinksy
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    This works for WoW as well! No longer will i lock my laptop up when alt-tabbing :D : jbury
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      Did they ever fix the thing with music volume going to full when alt-tabbing back in? : dooberzoo
      • I think so... a long time ago. It stopped doing that to me, at least. : dpgagnon
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    Keep in mind though that a lot of GPUs switch to slower clock speeds when they detect a 3D application is... : enyakk
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      You can manually adjust that though : Djsoulshot
      • wait, so that theres no performance hit? : giantshift
    • as long as the framerate is decent it doesn't matter : dael
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    you don't even need to do this for L4D : manero
    • edit: l4d -> any source games. : brainchild420
  • this post is the moneyshot : Luminair
  • this is what i do and all those fags were like WHOAH YOU CANT PLAY IN WINDOWED : lakren
• I can see this being useful. Does it have full language support? Like, as compared to EVE's in-game brows... : comiekazie
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  question, does it work with source games only? or all non-steam games you add? : X-GOUKI
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    Works with anything. : TomEdwards
    • I can just hear the WoW addicts screaming for joy! Easier access to thotbott.com : freakynipples69
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  Hasnt that been there for awhile? : rosewood
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    Actually, they got rid of it. I guess it's coming back. : ElArabDeMagnifico
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      I thought you could do this for awhile (after they added steam friends and that shit) : rosewood
      • i agree, you could always view steam profiles with it... like... forever. : brainchild420
    • I thought you could do this for awhile (after they added steam friends and that shit) : rosewood
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  Dual Monitors ;) but this is nice since not all games play nicely in windowed mode or with alt-tab. : kodt
  • if you click outside of a source game with dual monitors, it minimizes the game... = alt-tab... no? : brainchild420

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• It really was. I love you. Let's never speak of this again : dognose
• I went in watching it knowing not to take it seriously, I liked it. : dasampla
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  This is a bad movie that a lot of people here stupidly love. : soggybagel
  • We love it BECAUSE it's stupid. Jesus, you think the director and writers thought it was a serious art pi... : node
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  It was better than Wanted, at least. : deathofrats
  • Oh bite a fart pink boy. : dognose
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    Why do people rip on wanted, sure it could have had better plot but you can never beat the scene where M : esecasco
    • A few seconds of awesome doesn't redeem what a fucking abortion the rest of that movie was. : Serpico74
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      Every single last one of Shootem Em Up's fights was better than that scene. EVERY LAST ONE : locater16
      • never saw shoot em up. I really wanted to see it, but was broke as hell when it came out. : esecasco
      • That's impossible because Shoot Em Up was shit in every conceivable way. : deject
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      I don't find Morgan Freeman cursing interesting or amusing and it certainly didn't help a mediocre movie.... : LilCrypto
      • for a forgettable movie, you certainly remembered to point out a lot more details than I did. : esecasco
  • I've yet to see it. I think I'm going to love it though. : SiW.
  • This is the opposite of the truth. Shoot Em Up was a horrible horrible movie and totally missed what it ... : Vantage
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    I just got done watching wanted 10 minutes ago. Shoot em up was worse by far. : skunk_ape
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      Angelina jolie's ass is one of many reasons why its better. : skunk_ape
      • Monica Bellucci tits > jolies ass : CoRDS
  • ^^^^^^^ THIS : CoRDS
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    Wanted was entertaining as long as you didn't go in expecting every movie to completely obey the laws of ... : ColoradoCNC
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      also if you don't expect likable characters and a somewhat feasible plot and more than half-assed attempt... : mikecyb
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        or good action scenes : Serpico74
        • also if you don't go in expecting less than 50% of the film to be shot in slow mo you'll love it! : mikecyb
• What was bad about it? Say it to my face! : spiderfill
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  Turned it off halfway through and watched Smokin' Aces instead which was much better : indosauros
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    Smokin' Aces was awesome for everything that involved the Tremors and the lesbians, and outside of that w... : Deathlove
    • Smokin' Aces seemed to suggest that there was going to be this colossal True Romance-style gun battle at ... : LilCrypto
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  Yeah, I knew going it was going to be a cheesy movie, but I had expected a good tongue in cheek, cheesy m... : Arken.ca
  • Oh, it makes perfect sense. I enjoy all sorts of terrible movies that have redeeming qualities. This ju... : SiW.
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  I keep telling people, Shoot Em Up is the 200 version of Last Action Hero or Hudson Hawk. All three are f... : AxeMan808
  • 2000s version : AxeMan808
  • Finally someone gets it. : node
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  OPINIONS. : brickmatt
  • You probably just like the movie and don't want donose to hate j00 >:( : nyranger66
  • Except Mine is Always Right. : soggybagel
  • I bleach my opinions. : rosewood
• Shoot Em Up only works on people who actually realize that the action movie genre is ridiculous. : enyakk
• yeah it was one of the worst movies ive seen in recent memory. hilariously bad. monica belluci was re... : arizona bay
• Speaking of shitty actions movies, I admired the quick death Max Payne went through. : Godhatesfatpeople
• i loved that movie. i've watched it at least 5-6 times. so awesome. so ridiculous : mindmann
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  no kidding :l I spent way too much time bored. : Megara9
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    =( : mindmann
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      I don't understand it, mindmann.. I LOVE cheesey-ass action movies. Just throw in some explosions and stu... : Megara9
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        i love it. i thin it's because i expected a comedy going into it. it was exactly what i was looking for. ... : mindmann
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          I haven't seen Crank so I have no frame of reference for what you're comparing it to, but I think it's pr... : Megara9
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            orf coure it was bad. it was supposed to be. i would argue my point more effectively, but the vodka tonic... : mindmann
            • please forgive me. : mindmann
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  What about CRANK? I watched some of this POS the other night. If you like this movie, you do not have goo... : Cygnus X-1
  • You're going to hate Crank 2 then. : lightsam
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    Both Shoot 'Em Up and Crank are like Commando. Fucking absurd, great one liners. Take them seriously and ... : node
    • I agree, I loved both these films : jbury
    • ^^^ this! : MatzL.E.
  • I was at the same time annoyed and pleasantly surprised by how over the top the movie was. It's kinda the... : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Crank was fucking awesome : randomnull
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    If you don't like these movies, you're dead inside and probably hide in the cellar for laughing. : MatzL.E.
    • That German saying doesn't translate well into English at all. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• You have no soul and hate freedom and kill babies and rape children and drown puppies. : Thisispol
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  everyone who hates Shoot Em Up either fails to get movies in general or is a sourpuss who should stay hom... : randomposter
  • On the contrary, Shoot Em Up is for people who fail to get action movies. You can do parody two ways. ... : SiW.
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  Another of these threads? Ugh. I enjoyed it. You people are no fun. : NFXFSX
  • i really wanted to enjoy it, especially after the opening. : filthysock