Weekend Discussion: Stay Puft

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  Sunshine is up there. : Rigg5
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    I didn't much like Sunshine. : Cihte
    • There's something about it I can't quite articulate that I don't like, but still believe it's awesome. : Rigg5
    • I was ambiguous about it. It wasn't a bad sci-fi movie, but it wasn't OMGFANTASTIC like it's made out to ... : ColoradoCNC
  • It was good but didnt have as good an ending. : bolneze
  • Sunshine was promising until it got all lol out of nowhere : ninjase
• oops. screwed up spoiler tag. Even though it's not really a spoiler. But still... : Cihte
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  I was so close to picking up Gattacca on Bluray yesterday, instead I ended up watching a Bluray that had : jbury
  • typing FAIL, should have read "had no english language on it or subtitles" : jbury
• I AM SOPHIA : skinlab133
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  I thought it was terrible. There weren't any "rules" so the big reveal at the end felt contrived and arbi... : underground banana plantation
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    you think you're better than me : Cihte
    • You have an inferiority complex. : systatic
  • Your mom feels contrived and arbitrary >:( : bipolar
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    What I hated was how they didn't trust the viewer to figure anything out on their own, so they basically... : systatic
    • It was kind of contrived. If they added some of the flashbacks in the elevator as actual scenes during th... : SnakeIRye
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  Moon : Sailor of Fortune
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    haven't seen this yet. Or District 9. :\ : Cihte
    • Both good : bolneze
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      xsoulbrothax summed it up perfectly. It's an action movie with a lot of "oh shit that just happened!" ... : Sailor of Fortune
      • regarding District 9 that is. Moon is just plain awesome. Outstanding OST too. : Sailor of Fortune
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    What's the word on a Moon Blu Ray release? I'd buy that. : OwenButler
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      January 12th and I already got it preordered. It was slated for this month previously. : Sailor of Fortune
      • grrrrr : opengl128
  • ^Best Actor oscar if there's any justice : brewsterdog
• I loved it too. it also has a great soundtrack! : JohnnyDanger
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  Now watch the original : Maarten Goldstein
  • Hah, I had no idea it was a remake : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Your_Eyes_%28film%29 That's pre... : jingletard
  • This times ten! The original is a fantastic movie. : eugthinks
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  now please watch the original film that Vanilla Sky is based upon- abre los ojos - http://www.imdb.com/ti... : PlanetPerfecto
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    I still laugh that she played the same role : Mondo
    • yeah imho, sometimes penelopoop cruz can be a wee bit of a hack. i dont find her interesting in the sligh... : PlanetPerfecto
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  Fight Club turned lame? ....OH NO YOU DI'EN! : nudel
  • seriously wtf : mindshot
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    worst movie ever : R@zzle
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      you take that back!!! : jcrockerman
      • or what? you'll hit me in the ear? : skryte
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      maybe not ever, but ugh the hype lasted 10 years too long : hankyJR
      • Get the hell out of my galaxy! : nudel
  • Tech Support!!!! : klearlyunseen
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  It's a great movie. : notd665
  • I did a report for Philosophy class on solipsism and referenced this movie. : notd665
• Fantastic movie. One of my favorites. : MagicWishMonkey
• I was with you right up till you said Fight Club was lame... Fight Club is a fucking masterpiece. : Ormsbee
• It's been a long time since I've seen this, so much of the detail about the movie escapes me, but I remem... : DoNotResuscitate
• I loved it too but Fight Club was still better :D : sanchez
• aesthetic facial prosthetic : cerealSAM2

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• haha. those cards are awesome. : Mmmmmoo
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  wow i wonder if their character design is now influenced by merchandising potential : spiderfill
  • whaddaya mean, 'now' ? : master_disaster_17
  • /buys companion cube plush and headcrab hat : mrblarg
• hehe like the chocolate helicopter : proclone1
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  clothes that advertise video games could be so much god damn cooler if they didn't print the title of the... : peat
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    I might actually wear some of those shirts if they didn't have the game name/logo on it. : SockMonkeh
    • same : gnomish
    • I wear them but then again I'm a fat dork with no regard for my style or attractiveness. : vile
    • Same. : iamgoat
    • Lots of people ask me about the HL2DM shirt or compliment it. Kind of weird. : Sapiens
    • Logo is fine, i don't like when it has the name of stuff. Like my Dark Side of the Moon shirt. I wish it ... : Dschinghis Khan
    • Yeah, I think the health pack hoodie would have looked just fine without the stuff on the front. : Ride-My-Rocket
    • God damnit I thought it didn't have the stuff on the front and then I saw this post and then I looked at ... : MercFox1
    • Same issue here. Especially the heath pack sweatshirt. : virus
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      i'd get the grey hoodie in a heartbeat if it didnt have it : fletch_
      • yeah the zombie skull almost had me but that loud logo just ruins it : cap n KRUNCH
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      QuakeCon shirts are the worst. You see them and think "oh, cool, QuakeCon shirt" and then the person wea... : omnova
      • Wearing a Quakecon 2000 shirt right now --> : socksta
      • That's why the Brink shirts this year were awesome. Nice looking logo on the front, no crap on the back : ColoradoCNC
      • I love my Qcon 2005 shirt. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • I wish the logos were on the back instead of the images : Amnesty_intl2
    • Same, the designs on these clothes are often really cool but ruined by having the game name/logo. : peanut-
    • Yup, logo on the back == no buy : kill9
    • Hey shack, we're ditching the logo. Cheers. : andre GiANT
  • yeah i agree. hate being a walking advertisement. : arcane_
  • Signed. Some of these look cool, but they NEED to ditch the game logo. : lplasmatron
• SHILL : Chandler55
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  nice. Just ordered a white hoodie health pack : pancake humper
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    i really like the black one! : pointyelbows
    • I was about to order it :X : Rigg5
• no Jimmy Gibbs Jr.? : davislovestacobell
• WTF, shirts just LIKE these came out just one year ago! : dmason
• i like the stache wacker, but i like the tank one because it's in cranberry red :) : arcane_
• Why oh why oh why do they have to have the name of the game on it? I'll never wear a shirt with a video g... : NastyJack
• Wow, I want the healthpack hoodie more than anything :( : re-verse
• I think I just woke my neighbors :( : dognose
• OOh gawd I need the tow truck hat. : Lightzout
• I'd pick the Midnight Riders t-shirt myself. : capt tripps
• You guys need a plush jockey hat : Robotic Puppy Eater
• Okay, you guys really need to have your merch people figure out wtf they're doing. http://store.valves... : Robotic Puppy Eater
• I really like the Spitter and CEDA shirts, these are the first Valve shirts I'd actually describe as wort... : Amnesty_intl2
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  I really like the hoodies but damn, $39? That seems a bit pricey : ( : hax3d
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    the worst part is that they had these hoodies finished when l4d2 was released but they decided to make th... : GloriousCow
    • hahaha nice : MercFox1
• I'm so fucking ordering a CEDA shirt right now. As long as there's nothing on the back, that is. : ArcKnight
• Goddamn those L4D2 holiday cards are so cute, omg :( The Charger Snow Angel one....ooommmmgggg : MercFox1
• I am so tempted to buy the melee weapons hoodie! God I hate being poor, stupid having to buy christmas pr... : mysled
• Is the Heavey litho new? http://store.valvesoftware.com/tf2/tf2-lithograph.heavy.html I should have gott... : mrblarg
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  I just got the spitter hoodie, healthpack hoodie, and 2 spitter tshirts (one for me and one for a friend)... : jbury
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    Two weeks. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • Ah thats not too bad, I didn't realise they shipped out of the US or I would have ordered some stuff soon... : jbury
  • sechs : MoreVespeneGas
• pretty uninspired stuff =( : MoreVespeneGas
• Those TF2 cards are fantastic. I love the baby Pyro. : peanut-
• I will buy all the white ones because they are awesome. Except the bullshifters. Its tacky and ellis isnt... : R4di4ti0n.

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  Pan's Labrynth : Cihte
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    Seconded. : Arceihn
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      I hated the happy ending thing they did. I wish they had just left it as her dying and no happy after bul : MrBig0
      • I liked the ending. I think it further emphasized the theme of the entire movie what's real, dude?! : Cihte
      • I think it's supposed to be fairly ambiguous, it's either all in her head or real, you decide! : mechanicalgrape
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        Well, as far as I'm concerned the ending is perfect. It maintains the ambiguity of the fantasy elements w... : Arceihn
        • Argh - forgot to tag spoilers! : Arceihn
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        Saw it at the cinema, loved it, don't recall any happy ending. Did they tack something on for other marke... : =]Milo[=
        • I think it showsem down in the crazy place all reunited or something. Its been awhile... : technotica
      • there was a happy ending? : mindshot
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        I didn't think the ending was happy at all... it's been a few years since I've seen it, but it just seeme : CyCo_PL
        • That was how I interpreted it as well. : Tissen
      • its like k-pax. Is it real? : Klebold
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        Yeah I hated the scene where she dodges the bullet and kicks him in the balls, causing him to fall down t... : deathofrats
        • Lol this would be hilarious. Perhaps I just need to re-watch it and I'll like the ending. : MrBig0
  • Superb film. : noxiousgg
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  lost in translation : EvilDolemite
  • Seconding this : giant boy detective
  • haha fuck you : haiku
  • EvilD, fishing for lols are we?!? : CrustaR
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    Fuck everything Sofia Coppola has ever done. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • Lost in Translation is one of my least favorite movies of all time. : CrustaR
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  I dunno, City of God? Maybe There Will be Blood? : mechanicalgrape
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    Oooh, favorite might be The Proposition though. : mechanicalgrape
    • The Proposition is the best movie of the 2000's. : buttermilksloth
    • I just watched that on netflix instant watch the other day! It was outstanding. I loved the tension and s... : Goncyn
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    There Will Definitely Be Blood is the full title. : c0bra
    • ^^lol, this needs more love. : Wikus Van De Merwe
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    City of God is one of the most entertaining soul-crushing films ever. : ColoradoCNC
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      Is this really the consensus? I thought it was a good flick, and entertaining and whatnot, but I wasn't r... : WaterSign
      • Not sure if this is the issue, but I'm Brazilian and nothing pictured there is far-fetched even in the sl : zehh
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        Are you aware that the movie is a true story? : Modica Sol Solis
        • This man is correct. : unjustend
      • It's close enough to actual Brazilian street crime. And it's also a true story, even though dramatized in... : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Eternal Sunshine really was a fantastic movie. : Ellissd
• I agree. Either that or City of God for me. : owly
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  Zoolander. : Whistler77
  • fuckin classic : Darthbrooks
  • Finally a movie in this thread that I can agree with : rosewood
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  Taken. It really captures how Americans are wholesome and true, and foreigners are evil perverted kid... : Dave-A
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    Seriously, there have been a few I can't choose between. There Will Be Blood really resonated with me. ... : Dave-A
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      I've seen very few of those, or even in these lists. 2000s were a very busy time for us, not much for mov... : bombay
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        They have those old-timey "video stores" over there where you can rent dvds :) : Dave-A
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          Yes, Cyber-world. It looks like a video store from the 70's. It is awesome. The cyber part consists o... : bombay
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            No Video-Ezy? Where are you, exactly? : Dave-A
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              Port Douglas, there's another store in town, I haven't checked it out. It is a wendy's (not like in NA) i... : bombay
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                Ah, you're all the way the hell up there. Beautiful spot! Stopped there on my way to the Daintree when I ... : Dave-A
                • The daintree is awesome. Yeah, we are where the rain forest meets the reef, hehe. : bombay
    • some great choices there. ditto re: twbb. : PlanetPerfecto
  • ahah, Mogadishu with baguettes. They'd kill for baguettes. : d fluke
  • I love the fact that it was made by French people. Friggin Luc Besson and co, cracks me up : Serpico74
• I agree completely. Definitely one of the best. : majestik
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  The original script for Eternal Sunshine has an incredible (very different) ending - very powerful, if yo... : Borzoi
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    Spoilers just in case: # SPOILER: The original script featured a cut beginning and ending sequence tha : Rigg5
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      The original ending was just as good as spoiler #1, in my opinion. I didn't really expect them to have a : StolenNosferatu
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        you have to read the original draft to see why it was so good - just a flat description doesn't really co... : Borzoi
        • hm. i'll go check it out if i can find it. : StolenNosferatu
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  JessicaSlumberParty.avi : DrWaffles
  • no... do not : technotica
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  None of the LotR trilogy was a contender for that honor, but the trilogy as a whole definitely deserves a... : Psigun
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    I think the Trilogy deserves a special mention for sure but even together I don't think it takes best of ... : SolrFlare
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      Yeah, definitely not the best even as a whole- just too different from any individual movie. Probably my ... : Psigun
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        I think honestly it was simply the first "trilogy" since Star Wars to capture the mass appeal and event ... : SolrFlare
        • Having a foundation of the most popular literary fiction of the last century definitely didn't hurt. :) : Psigun
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  RottenTomatoes says : Man on Wire http://www.rottentomatoes.com/top/bestofrt_year.php : lpearl
  • It was pretty cool but not the best. Odd. : Rigg5
  • That movie made something amazing completely boring : bozer
  • It is a nice movie but nowhere near a top 20 even. : stuka
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  There Will Be Blood by a mile, nothing in the 2000s has even come close for me. : Gore87
  • I... drink... your... milkshake! I drink it up! : inf3d3l
  • another vote for there will be blood : peat
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    This movie gets my vote. The eerie, suspenseful, soundtrack is entrapping. : Rigg5
    • Soundtrack sounds like John Cage having a seizure. good though : c0bra
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      You mean the bees buzzing? The word you are looking for is annoying, not eerie. : asylumn
      • Might not like the Shining soundtrack then... : Lone Swordsman
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    Yea nothing in the 2000's comes close to putting me to sleep faster. : eonix
    • I have to agree... : CrabsJarrard
    • I agree : zombie man
    • I thought it was going to be a movie I'd really like, but instead.. yeah, I thought it was boring. : K1Bond007
  • Certainly in my top 10. I drink. Your. Milkshake. : WaterSign
  • I drink. Your. Vodka/tonic! : CrustaR
  • Yes, dude falling down that well at the beginning was awesome. I lold more than i probably should have. : technotica
• daywatch : silversurfer
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  I'm throwing Borat into the pot. And Dark Knight, but it's too recent. : lpearl
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    Borat? are you fucking kidding me? : Toraz Chryx
    • Nope, it threw the comedy genre back on its ear and was an amazing satire. It got an academy nomination f... : lpearl
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  children of men : peat
  • Not my top pick, but definitely close. I love this movie soo much. : Ormsbee
  • Yea that movie really stirred some emotion in me. I didn't think I had any left :( : erebus
  • yeah it's right up there. : marmite
  • I saw this movie right after losing two close family members. That scene where Clive Owen breaks down f... : Topsiderover
  • I'm mixed on this one. The film school type give it hell, but I'm amazed by how often the movie uses spec... : steauengeglase
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  Delicatessen. : kramweil
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    A movie that came out in '91 is the best movie of the 2000s? Surely things haven't been that bad in the l... : Dave-A
    • Well, we'll see if his new movie Micmacs à tire-larigot is any good. ;-) : kramweil
  • I really didn't like this movie. : Ormsbee
• City of God by far. : Edges
• are you about to break up with your girl? when i saw that movie i was in the theatre with a girl who i'd : ass-street
• Terminator : SockMonkeh
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  The Incredibles. : edgewise
  • I was gonna say the Iron Giant but that came out in 99 apparently, but I'd put this way up there. I don'... : jasonepowell
  • You just said it cause it was on tv tonight. But it is a great movie. : lpearl
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  No Country For Old Men? : c0bra
  • seconded : mXENO
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    I don't get the love people have for this movie. I love the Cohen's flicks but this one was really sub-p... : gokwyjibo
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      The tension is just stretched to the limit here. Sequences that are interesting and engaging fucking sing : Super Sparker
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        It definitely had some interesting moments, great characters and good acting but I can't put my finger on... : gokwyjibo
        • Probably because it had huge lengths of boring parts. : hussdelrio
  • Another vote for this one. Loved the tension and how there's hardly any score. : CrabsJarrard
  • I heard it now comes with a pot of black coffee to allow you to stay awake the whole film! : Jimbo Ro
  • few films other than this one, and perhaps There Will Be Blood can hold my attention and have me absolute... : PlanetPerfecto
• I haven't seen it yet but it's automatically ninja assassin : Downforce
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  Memento : smax
  • Signed, I love this movie : tunis5000
• Also adding District 9 to the discussion. : lpearl
• no : ]pm[chem
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  Punisher: War Zone. You've never seen so many faces exploded by shotguns before this film. : Dschinghis Khan
  • oh man, when that dude did the flip off the roof, just to be hit by the rpg, i nearly spat my own intest... : MrBig0
• i guess i should see this movie then? : MrBig0
• Probably Pan's Labyrinth. : jet-poop
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  The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. : Ormsbee
  • How did I forget this one? : CrabsJarrard
• It was Zatoichi (2003). I will also accept No Country For Old Men, Sin City, and City Of God. Oh, and Cit... : AxeMan808
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  Requiem for a Dream (2000), Black Hawk Down (2001), Solaris (2002), Hero (2002) , Gladiator (2000). An... : d fluke
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    These wouldn't even make my top 30 of 2000!!! : soggybagel
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      You, sir, are a horrible person and most likely of questionable maternal descent. Good day. : d fluke
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        I don't see how you can say Gladiator or Black Hawk Down or any of those for that matter are the best mov... : soggybagel
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          Before Gladiator, historical movies were shit. : Flynn
          • I will disagree with you on that one. : soggybagel
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            Before Mel Gibson historical movies were shit. : Cihte
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              Before Mad Max Mel Gibson was shit. : technotica
              • before Mel Gibson Danny Glover was shit : PlanetPerfecto
          • Ben Hur. : uncleanmonkey
          • Spartacus : uncleanmonkey
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          Dude, other people listed NCFOM (not quite), Zaitoichi (wtf!?), Daywatch (kill yourself), the Incredibles... : d fluke
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            I agree that some of those are questionable. : soggybagel
            • Well it appears that wff242's post is a big vague. He start it out by declaring his best movie the decade : Prozium
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            Zatoichi was AWESOME. : AxeMan808
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              Yeah, but it was *air guitar* JAWESOME, not best of the decade is what I'm sayin' : d fluke
              • It definitely deserves some love. : steauengeglase
    • Black hawk down is the best modern day war movie ever made. Not the best movie of the decade, but very ve... : chrisschutz
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    holy wow, I though Solaris was a bit older than that : Veegeezee
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      Well, I assume he's talking about the remake. : Arceihn
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        the one with Clooney and what's-her-face, yeah, not the Tarkovsky version : Veegeezee
        • Natascha McElhone is a goddess. : PlanetPerfecto
    • I actually figured both RfaD and GLADIATOR!!! were 98-99, but yeah. Personal context and all that : d fluke
  • gladiator sucks. : ass-street
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    Gladiator was horrible : Cihte
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      Please explain. : photonzach
      • Because it was really made in 1995; they only changed the name from Braveheart. : steauengeglase
  • Hero is an incredible movie. : slickdoody
  • congratulations, you have an even shittier taste in movies than cords. : Hoax
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  Sunshine for movie that could have been the best BUT WASNT. Still really good though. : Psigun
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    Moon has replaced it and I say the best Sci-Fi movie for this decade. District 9 is a close second but... : Sailor of Fortune
    • I'd also put Idiocracy, Primer, and The Prestige (end of prestige spoiler) yes, I consider it sci-fi beca : Prozium
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      I think Children of Men was the best Sci/Fi I saw. I also wished Sunshine was a little bit better, but I ... : CrabsJarrard
      • If sunshine didn't go so overboard with mr crispy it would have had a fantastic ending. Throughout the mo : Prozium
      • CoM was great too. It's got a lot of elements to it which it can fall under. Action, disaster, sci-fi, et... : Sailor of Fortune
  • Sunshine is definitely my top 5 of the decade. Amazing movie. Love love love Danny Boyle : Navy Spitfire
• Primer : locater16
• Favorite? Probably Primer. If I picked more than one, I'd include Moon, City of God and the Fountain. : Vincent Grayson
• Inglorious Basterds is probably my favorite. Runners-up: Million Dollar Baby, The Incredibles, 300, Gr... : Magus
• Children of Men, City of God, District 9, Star Trek, Pixar - The Incredibles, Up, etc., Pans Labrynth, In... : manlyman
• In the Mood for Love : My Documents
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  I'm really surprised no one has mentioned Garden State yet : Magus
  • LOL because we're not talking about "movies with Zach Braff in them" : chrisschutz
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  Not sure what movie I'd really pick, but I'm surprised to see the lack of Slumdog Millionaire... Anyone? : ImageOmega
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    That's because it was last year's Crash. : underground banana plantation
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      No Crash actually sucked. Slumdog Millionaire was very good, however it got hyped so much that its not co... : millakazuya
      • While better than Crash I still thought it wasn't nearly as good as everyone else thought. : -efx-
    • F- on the comparison. : pgharavi
  • Shit. Just posted that. : Navy Spitfire
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  i just watched The Pianist, was pretty fucking amazing (2002) : cygnus
  • that was a good movie : technotica
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  Lack of Spirited Away in this thread. The Lives of Others was also incredible. As far as 'best of the ... : peanut-
  • this is a really great list. some of the top 30 that i really liked: mulholland drive, amelie, the new w... : mXENO
  • Great list! Surprised to see Yi Yi (And One and A Two) up there. I had forgotten this was the one movie t... : dodob
  • While I don't agree w/ the inclusion of some (eg. Lost in Translation) and the ranking of others, this li... : My Documents
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    The Lives of Others was easily one of the best movies I've seen in years. Thanks for this link, I haven't... : tomservo
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      Check out the Haneke films on the list - particularly Hidden. He doesn't seem to get much traction on ... : peanut-
      • I will definitely. I'm currently clearing space from my Netflix queue and just adding everything I haven'... : tomservo
  • Thanks for this list, it's fantastic. I'm surprised they did not include "Traffic." : digweed014
  • Oh geez, how could I forget Casino Royale : Magus
  • Spirited Away? Why? I always lump that movie together with Wizard of Oz, Cabin Boy and Mystery Men in m... : MamiyaOtaru
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  Tossup between Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain and The Pianist.. it really hasn't been that much o... : bamb
  • in the trainspotting/fight club kind of vein, what about city of god? it was just as visceral, stylish, a... : mXENO
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  Favorite is probably American Psycho. : -efx-
  • First serious reply that I can get behind. : rosewood
• paul blart mall cop M I RITE LOL ITS SOOOO FUNNY LOL! Snow Dogs is a close second. : Jimbo Ro
• best theater experience: Jackass and Jackass 2. i haven't laughed that hard in the theater ever : dignan
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  The Onion agrees with you: http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-best-films-of-the-00s,35931/4/ : tashtego
  • This list just reinforces how awesome Christopher Nolan is. : BoKnows
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    from that list: A History Of Violence The Prestige American Psycho The Incredibles Mulholland Dr.... : tunis5000
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      false. Mulholland Dr. is a pile of shit and I will never relent on this issue. It is a huge, steaming shi... : retarded talking dinosaur
      • I've got your back, man. I totally agree. David Lynch movies fucking suck so much. : MrBig0
• This was a very good movie, one of the few movies that I've watched more than once. : Milleh
• There Will Be Blood, No Country For Old Men, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, ... : tcxsnoop
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  Not seen it - until I do I will go with The Science of Sleep : hmesser
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    and The Mist. I know its not high art or anything but I just fucking loved every second of it : hmesser
    • Definitely an underrated film. It got a bad rep from religious reviewers and never rebounded from the dam... : SnakeIRye
  • If you enjoyed Science of Sleep you have to see eternal sunshine. Ton of Gondryisms in both (huge hands a... : zakazi
• couldn't watch that drivel and left after about the first 20 minutes so. Dunno what my favorite would be... : retardhumper
• the av club agrees with you if i could connect to the av club from this godforsaken wifi I would link ... : Deathlove
• Rambo 4 : gmd
• Hotel Rwanda : tfsbrian
• I'm going to go with you on that. Either Spotless Mind or Royal Tennenbaums. Spotless mind was the on... : zakazi
• i agree. : arizona bay
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  Children of Men, or City of God. : tomservo
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    Let's not forget City of Men and Children of God. : WaterSign
    • City of Men was the gayest movie ever : tomservo
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    Children of Men seemed really shallow to me. I didn't enjoy it at all. : slickdoody
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      I liked it a lot primarily because the directing and cinematography were incredible. The story was somewh... : Perturbation
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        Agreed, those two incredibly long scenes (one of the attack and running in the buildings and the other th : nevlos
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          they had cuts. they were digitally stitched together. : ibrokn
          • apparently the driving scene was one cut, the other one was not (so i'm told) : MrBig0
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  Weird, I just watched Synecdoche, New York last night. : graincloud
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    What's weirder is that movie itself. I liked it, but goddamn it is some some strange stuff. : WaterSign
    • yes, it explored insanity in a way that is uncomfortable for the viewer, but thoroughly entertaining if y... : threeup
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    what a weird pile of shit, i made it through the whole thing but regret it : dignan
    • I was actually angry at my friend for convincing me to see that pile of crap. By the end of the movie, I ... : surley_monkey
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  Amelie, Memento, Billy Elliot, Children of Men, City of God, The Departed, Dark Knight, Hedwig and the An... : SnakeIRye
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    You got some good taste. : crummynz
    • Thank you, good sir! : SnakeIRye
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  Not technically one movie, but I can't believe nobody has mentioned the LOTR trilogy. There might have be... : wretchedradio
  • I liked how close certain settings were with what I had in mind when I read those books as a kid, but I t... : kramweil
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21582653#itemanchor_21582653 : mechanicalgrape
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  Thread Hijack: Most disappointing movie of the decade? My contenders would be: 1. X-Files: I Want to : PenicillinX57
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    Nothing and I mean nothing can top Indy 4. The worst sequel and in my opinion (due to budget and talent i... : bozer
    • Easily Indy 4. It should have been something special. : pigvomit
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    The Happening... "M. NIGHT SHAMALON'S FIRST RATED R MOVIE!!"" OMG! Yeah, that was just the most terrible ... : King Kavik
    • how was this disappointing? did you think it would be good? I got trashed with my friends in the theatr... : MrBig0
  • How many times did you watch Quantum? I didn't like it at all until I rewatched it on Bluray and for what... : Goalie
  • Indy 4 Followed by all three star wars prequels. : InfoBiter
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  I nominate the Bourne Trilogy. Before dismissing them as action garbage consider these facts: 1. A tr : PenicillinX57
  • I agree on all points actually, fun flicks : d fluke
  • I've been thinking about this for awhile, and this is still my top choice for the decade. : PenicillinX57
  • I don't have a best movie for the decade, because different films were great for different reasons but ye... : haiku
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    agree on all points except #5.... not really relevant on terrorism.. more just handy assassin type stuff : deadfish
    • Yeah, it seemed more that the program was a product of Cold War era and used to shape diplomacy rather th... : Sailor of Fortune
  • Agreed. : NFXFSX
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is my favorite movie ever, so I agree. : Geoffrois
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  I really love that movie but I think you have to have been in a serious relationship to get it. A few of ... : bozer
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    I am / was in a serious relationship when I first saw that movie and I still thought it was lame. It tri... : slickdoody
    • seriously this. : ass-street
    • garden state is gay : bozer
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      eternal sunshine is one of my favorite movies because of its acting, story, artistic direction, etc. not... : arizona bay
      • I'd agree here. Eternal Sunshine is not trying to be anything more than a story about a couple who fall ... : soggybagel
• Kill Bill : Benefit
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  I thought that of the two I Heart Huckabees was better, but it had a different message. Huckabees was a r... : mysled
  • I was really pumped for that movie, but it ended up being a letdown for me. : squigiliwams
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    i'd take hukabees over eternal sunshine all day, any day, errday. : pointyelbows
    • fuckabees! :) : Rigg5
    • the only thing better than huckabees is the director himself- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Qls1rAfYs : PlanetPerfecto
  • I love this movie sooo much. Jason Schwartzman is awesome. : Ormsbee
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  Bus 174 : NastyJack
  • Thanks for reminding me about this movie : nrgXs
• The Prestige pops into mind, I just loved that move so fucking much. : millakazuya
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  passion of the christ : arizona bay
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    Only a biographical movie about Ditka could surpass the biography of god. : ra1n
    • What would be the difference? : mechanicalgrape
  • That was most definitely the most wierded out ive ever been by a movie. Not so much the movie itself but ... : technotica
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  Pontypool or Moon : Durajim
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    I loved Moon, will look up Pontypool : phokz
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      All the writeups suggest it's a zombie film, it really isn't. It's almost a one-room setup, the subject i... : Durajim
      • Spoiler :( : wasylm
• City of God and Apocalypto both blew my mind : bozer
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  I am going to back this guy up, although District 9 comes really, really close. : Wikus Van De Merwe
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    I would say your opinion about District 9 is biased. : StolenNosferatu
    • I would say your opinion on old vampire movies is biased. : Wikus Van De Merwe
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  kung pow : mindshot
  • Gotta root for this one. : Marrbe
• United 93 deserves a spot near the top of the list. The verisimilitude, the almost documentary approach t... : Enkidu
• Dark Portals - The chronicles of Vidocq : JamesArhy
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  Josie and the Pussycats (2001) : uglysad
  • Maybe if you show Dr. Zaius the proper respect, Dr. Zaius would stop showing you the POO! : trevis
  • josieandthepussycatsisthebestmovieever : alnya
• You guys sure are picking a lot of drama's w/ no replay value. Eternal bleh blu blah is a pretty weak ch... : Darthbrooks
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  Just had my mind blown by Primer. Not best of the 2000's, but great movie. It's on Netflix Streaming (say... : sixfoot6
  • now realize it was made for less than $15,000 : dignan
• Black Dicks, White Chicks Vol 35 : prime8
• Lost in Translation : thinkp0l
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  Stranger than Fiction : lotus2133
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    Would have been better if the ENDING DID NOT SUCK. : StolenNosferatu
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      I'm torn on this because they basically tell you what is going to happen and they also tell you that they : uglysad
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        I didn't want him to die. =( : ImageOmega
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          I so wanted it to happen. : StolenNosferatu
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            Why? : ImageOmega
            • It would have made a perfect ending for me, especially as he was already resigned to it. I felt it would' : StolenNosferatu
      • nono, it was awesome. They changed the main character from him to his watch, so the watch died at the en : alnya
    • I think the acting is really good minus Maggie Gylenhal. Will Ferell gives an amazing performance and bo... : lotus2133
    • Yeah, this is how I feel about it. I don't know if the ending was a result of studio meddling or anything... : Arceihn
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  I really liked Munich and Blood Diamond. They may not be the "best" movies, but they were the ones that l... : Mantle
  • because you are a self-hating western imperialist? : MamiyaOtaru
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  The Lives of Others is probably my top pick. : Blackdawgg
  • ^^brilliant film : nrgXs
  • oh good call : thinkp0l
  • definitely one of my favs : wtf242
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  I watched Amores Perros again and it blew my tits off.So heavy and powerful : nrgXs
  • I need to see that and yeah ESOTSM is Winslet unf. : Lightzout
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  LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring. Not sure why, but there's just something about that move I love. : Dimmona
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    Where does The Two Towers rank for you? The battles in this one really made me love this movie the best ... : ImageOmega
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      I think you are right. Its time to watch all 3 again but this is what I recall. : Lightzout
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        Two towers is a better action movie. Fellowship is just so full of hope and a vague sort of "Yeah! We're ... : StolenNosferatu
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          I blame the hobbit weed. Its funny how it almost goes without saying #3 was just too much Hobbit crying. : Lightzout
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            Return of the King > The other two... right up to when o{everyone bows the them}o. After that it's just a... : locater16
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              F, that's not right. Where's the greasmonkey shackscript so I don't do this to myself anymore : ( : locater16
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                look up ThomW? Here's the LOL page, http://lmnopc.com/greasemonkey/shacklol/, but i don't know how to g... : StolenNosferatu
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                  check my profile for dobob's profle w/ all the scripts linked. =) : ImageOmega
                  • I hope they integrate postget into the Chrome shackscripts : StolenNosferatu
  • Great movie and can't wait for The Hobbit! : eforce98
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  Rambo : SockMonkeh
  • ^^AGREED 100%!! : CrustaR
  • Fuck yes. : Turd Ferguson
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Also the previously mentioned Paul Greengrass stuff like... : funnynamehere
• Slumdog Millionaire. Surprised no one mentioned it yet. While it's not my favorite movie of the decade, I... : Navy Spitfire
• Off the top of my head, I'm going with No Country For Old Men. : Attica Blue
• ETotSM isn't one I can watch any day of the week. It's one I'd have to be in the mood for. Not really s... : iamgoat
• Primer : indosauros
• I agree, that is probably my favorite movie still. : TheNiXXeD
• I wish that would come out on BR in the US >: : ghost in my shell
• no country for old men, is up there on my list. its damn-near word for word with the book. i also real : BaronVonSnakPak
• it's weird that you say this, modica and both randomly watched it last night and were discussing how amaz... : akirabob
• I would like to add Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Shoot 'Em Up, Wanted, and Snatch. : Dschinghis Khan
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  Best Sitcom: Arrested Development. : RyDogg1
  • !ding! : majestik
  • Yeah, no contest there :) : PenicillinX57
  • Nothing even comes close to touching this show. NOTHING. : Super Sparker
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc9GFFKFo2k&feature=related : Just A Girl
  • TWO AND A HALF MEN : NastyJack
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  The Girlfriend Experience : tometome
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    That's your favorite movie of the decade? : Geoffrois
    • sasha grey is a genious. not a genius. a genious : tometome
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  Not sure, but Hot Fuzz deserves a shout. : Foxhawk
  • Yes! Fuck Yes, and Shaun of the Dead, completely forgot about them. : Dschinghis Khan
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    Yeah Motherfucker! : Sailor of Fortune
    • "Ok, can i get your name, please? P.I. Staker? Piss Taker? Come on!!" : Dschinghis Khan
• no way to pick a single fav, love way too many. a lot mentioned in this thread. children of men, city of... : anthonybean
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  Best Drama Battlestar Galactica : Navy Spitfire
  • Obligatory IT FELL APART TOWARDS THE END!!!11 Which i think is bullshit since i loved it. : Dschinghis Khan
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    Too many contenders in this category. Pretty sure both The Shield and The Wire would beat Battlestar in ... : PenicillinX57
    • Yeah, actually i agree. Best Sci-Fi drama. There ya go. : Dschinghis Khan
    • Shield has the best series finale in recent memory for me. Things closed very well and it left an opening... : Sailor of Fortune
  • Nah not even close. : sanchez
  • Somebody mis-spelled Lost, and I can forgive you for not saying 24 either since that's just a number real... : Amnesty_intl2
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  Best Smartphone: iPhone : spiderfill
  • Blackberry Bold if you're over 18. : re-verse
• Best Fantasy with Sci-Fi-Elements: Star Wars : indosauros
• The Last Samurai. : LordHellMaX
• Best Website: http://shaqnews.com/ : crummynz
• Best shack meme: Edgewise photoshops : StolenNosferatu
• It's up there for sure, love this movie (in a masochistic way) : AroundTheFur1380
• there were lots of awesome movies. Children of Men was the first that I thought of though. : razorblade79

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  meh : geedeck
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    yah pretty much... PC Gaming is a small market compared to Consoles now. If PC Titles sold a lot more... : Shadowdane
    • Have any Dragon Age sales numbers come out yet? I'm really curious how that sold on the various platforms... : veras
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      It's not that, I'm just not really bothered by 'consolization'. I think things are what they are and if t... : geedeck
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        It really sucks that ETQW came out when it did (right before or after tf2) I am sure if it hadn't gotten ... : RetroRedEyeJr
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          No it just sucked that it, well, err..sucked. : wytefang
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            I think one failure was one of imagination. All the earth sites were very vanilla and boring in terms of ... : geedeck
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              The game blew, plain and simple. : CrustaR
              • C-dude, may I agree? : shirif
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            yeah^^ : shirif
            • It was a waste of 10$, CE even, bleh : shirif
        • Something like that. They should have said fuck it to the AI entirely and sold the game at a cheaper pric... : geedeck
        • The delay was longer than that I think. They really did shoot their load too early, and even when it was ... : Mansmells
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          ET:QW would not have caught on under any circumstances. It was a good idea but it was horribly executed.... : deject
          • i remember liking it a lot during beta. It wasn't the best but it was a lot better than 2142 in my opinio... : RetroRedEyeJr
      • Tilting at windmills is generally done in response to the wind blowing in a shitty un-fun direction. Some... : SpaecKow
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      Actually BF2 sold something like 3 million or more PC copies, iirc. : wytefang
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        and how many did MW2 and Halo 3 sell? : derelict515
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          It isn't a question of which market is bigger. The point is there is a viable PC market. : mathyou
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            yes, but given $X million to invest in a game, the PC and console versions would cost approximately an eq... : derelict515
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              Valve was looking at $1 million a month to develop HL2 back in the day, but then they turn around, delive... : MercFox1
              • *exceeding preorders of the first : MercFox1
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                well GTA4 has sold 8.5 million copies so far which is ~$500 million in revenue (not to mention DLC and fu... : derelict515
                • I would say pre-release hype, large established fanbase, good character development, a simple ad campaign... : MercFox1
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      uh NO : Jikim
      • who needs facts anyway? : derelict515
      • You can't handle the truth and that's fine. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  do developers ever get grilled for anything? gaming press is just a marketing symbiosis : spiderfill
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    the best (worst) is the violently masturbatory previews of games : veras
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      oh wait I mean the best (worst) is how every game that's half decent gets an 8+ : veras
      • Yeah, no one is willing to give games a 5-7 rating. some games I played on the insistence of my friend wh... : Sailor of Fortune
  • very true : JohnnyDanger
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    Long long long ago, in the days of Ion Storm and Daikatana there were many gaming rumor sites ala TMZ. Al... : ghost in my shell
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      This is why I check out Negative Gamer now and then; they seem to be as close to what OMM was as we'll pr... : the archvile
      • Planetcrap is still around, but I don't know why since it's a really dead husk. : ghost in my shell
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  developers lie to sell shit. : massdev
  • Hi Steve! : Beady
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  The Shack needs the ability to filter by nerd rage. I'm so sick of hearing about MW2 - it's a game, they... : Dessicator82
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    Did I even mention MW2 in the original post? DID I?! This all came about after playing CoD:WaW today,... : the archvile
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      "I have to go load a game made prior to 2006" Noooo shit. For example: Tribes2 was way ahead of its t... : Tech T
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        God, I LOVE PC gamer nerd rage. It's almost like there aren't people out there who like PC games AND cons... : ColoradoCNC
        • I bet if chatty had a "press X to post" you'd have double the post count. : Tech T
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    You know what? Tell us what we should talk about so we'll just keep it to the topics you agree to. : stuka
    • Anything but games. : SockMonkeh
• Here ars technica grilled Infinity Ward for Modern Warfare 2: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/11/... : angrytaxman
• http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/24938/Opinion_This_Port_Is_Tart__Console_To_PC_Game_Porting.php : J4NUS
• Gaming journalism is a joke. : The Grolar Bear
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  they just need to stick to making games. stop trying to explain things and opening their mouths to put th... : Downforce
  • What? : Fred Garvin
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  Have some developers really said to be thankful they compiled a PC version? I don't doubt it, but I don't... : Mansmells
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    Seems like posters on the Shack always say that, not developers. : MercFox1
    • People put words in other people's mouths all the time. : trove
• I wish there were some sort of PC based console solution that standardized hardware. Sigh. I love PC gami... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• Also, It really shouldn't take that much effort to make all these little tweaks like FoV into games that ... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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  Stop pirating their games. : arsonide
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    Let people return the games when they suck and maybe people won't want to pirate the game just to try it ... : Sambula
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      I remember back when it was possible to do this. It was so good. I had a store in town that even rented o... : arsonide
      • I returned Team Arena, Red Faction, and Soldier of Fortune 2 to get UT2003. : the archvile
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      how do you stop people from just installing, using the cd-key, applying no-cd crack, and returning it the... : derelict515
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        Same as it is now. You don't stop them. : Freon
        • You mean, same as it is now, you can't stop them so you just don't have returns on PC games? : crummynz
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        Two keys. Install key on the manual and the MP key in a live-style scratch off card. Cant return the g... : Beady
        • You sir are too smart for this industry. : arsonide
        • This is a great idea! : h0cake
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      What a load of shit. "Let people return the games when they suck," is the worst argument regarding pir : Rice-Rocketeer
      • People will keep coming up with justifications for piracy no matter what the gaming industry does. Devs c... : ColoradoCNC
      • Exactly, game purchases (or any actually) should be treated like car purchases: Research beforehand. That... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        This post is a load of shit.... I bet if I search your post history you talk about returning something or... : NoCopy
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          MW2 is an 86 because of the review event: http://negativegamer.com/2009/12/04/review-events-are-wrong-sim... : the archvile
          • Thanks for linking that... good article and pretty cool site, surprised I haven't seen it (the site) befo... : NoCopy
        • I don't agree with piracy, but I do agree that it is difficult to research beforehand...and the software ... : arsonide
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    its funny how pc and console games are both pirateable. : Jikim
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      Nope, just PC. Stupid dirty PC gaming pirate motherfuckers. : Dschinghis Khan
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        Whew. Good thing there's not pirating on the DS or PSP. THAT would suck. : capt tripps
        • Yeah seriously... you know what? Fuck this thread, i'm out. : Dschinghis Khan
    • The percentages in consoles are much lower, and you know that. : arsonide
    • I hate this argument. Yes, console games (at least on 360 and Wii) are able to be pirated. But the people... : ColoradoCNC
• It's too bad PC versions aren't optimized for the keyboard/mouse and high resolution screens. I hate the ... : Mmmmmoo
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  Guess what, most developers that get a publishing contract are pretty much slaves to the publisher at tha... : u sir name
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    Yeah, this is probably the top reason why games seem to get focus group'd to death. Unfortunately it's v... : the archvile
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      lol sheeple : EvilDolemite
      • baaaaa : derelict515
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    How is it not in the benefit of the publisher for the game to be amazing? It's not like they're sitting a... : Cygnus X-1
    • Good points, but pubs have to shoulder the burden as well for insane scheduling. It's a two way street. : Fred Garvin
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    So true, and it makes ya wonder how much of the loot Activision is sharing with IW. : Tech T
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      I'm guessing not much; apparently it wasn't enough to let IW make an actual PC MP game alongside their ca... : the archvile
      • Heh, it would be kinda ironic if IW made a WWII game in 2015. : Tech T
  • Even id has hopped onto the console bandwagon. It's what makes developers money. : freakynipples69
  • Blizzard is also noticeably sucking up to Activision. : Lukiopimp
  • "Big balls" should read "big wallets" : holinka
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  ever notice that console gamers dont mind their games getting "PC'ed". Like online play, updates, FPS gam... : gyokuro
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    because you're cherry picking certain qualities from each platform while ignoring others : derelict515
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      show me some post where a console gamer is complaining that his console game got PC'ed. : gyokuro
      • well it would be difficult to complain my 360 game got PC'ed since by design I don't have to worry about ... : derelict515
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        Does people complaining about patches and multiple hardware SKUs count? That's about the only thing I can... : nudel
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          Patches probably count. Multiple hardware SKUs? Probably not so much. That's a hardware-development-level... : MercFox1
          • That is such a disgusting oversimplification of an outstandingly complicated process. : dopefish
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    How are those things PC only? : Mmmmmoo
    • They are not, now. That is his point. : MercFox1
  • Easier development. : DerHuhnTeufel
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    Because some PC gamers tend to associate the same traits with 'console game' and 'bad games'? Or call out... : cannelbrae
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      But console'd does cover everything :( games aren't just bad because they have bad PC ports, they're bad ... : SpaecKow
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        The problem a lot of people have is that many companies don't put any effort into the PC ports. Look a... : DerHuhnTeufel
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          For console developers to allow keyboard/mouse, there would have to be an official XBox 360 Keyboard and ... : the archvile
          • "For console developers to allow keyboard/mouse, there would have to be an official XBox 360 Keyboard and... : steauengeglase
  • That's a much too over-simplified way of putting it : Milleh
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  Why should they offer more on the PC versions? : Fred Garvin
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    Why should they delay PC versions? : greasyjohn
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      Because, when a given platform is prone to huge piracy rates immediately upon release, publishers will st... : ColoradoCNC
      • bullshit. : Dschinghis Khan
• MY PC : razorblade79
• FCITA!!!!!!! : ]pm[chem
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  Archvile: Check out the Creative Assembly blog, the makers of the Total War games - their creative direct... : T-900
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    Interesting; that quote is probably why no other game developer is being this candid about the bullshit t... : the archvile
    • It's a fundamental concept that applies to all societal injustices; If enough people stood up to the gree... : T-900
• Again? : Milleh

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  Define 'good character development'. Any examples of books that have it? : Nixx2004
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    I guess I'm looking for a more character driven story then a really science heavy story. : DogDharma
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      Look at Orson Scott Card. His stories are mostly character driven. : jasonepowell
      • true, i loved enders game, never read anything else by him. : DogDharma
    • OK, a couple I'm slightly embarrassed to post about, since they aren't exactly the most respected authors : Nixx2004
    • Read "The Gunslinger" (Darktower 1) then forget that the rest of that shit exists. : locater16
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  The GAP series by Stephen Donaldson was pretty good, but be warned, the very first book, and even the one... : u sir name
  • Mind the GAP. : Nixx2004
  • I had the same problem with that series that I did with his 'White Gold Wielder' series. He seems to tak... : asylumn
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  Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds : Dravenport
  • This. Very much this. : master_disaster_17
  • Eh - I think Century Rain would be better. Pushing Ice's characters are a perfect example of an author ma... : Arceihn
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  Ender's Game : indosauros
  • IAWTP : daVinci1980
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    Speaker for the Dead has more character development that Ender had. : mrblarg
    • It was also dreadful and boring. : daVinci1980
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  Some Old School: Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny both classics. C... : wtf242
  • Childhood's End is fantastic, but I don't know if it's character driven. : brickmatt
  • Childhood's end never sat well with me. I much preferred City in the Stars : Toth21
• Armor - John Steakley. Dai-San - Eric von Lustbader. Shadow Of The Torturer - Gene Wolfe. Dorsai - Gordon... : AxeMan808
• The Vorkosigan saga by Bujold is pretty solid as far as character arcs go. : deathofrats
• Double Star by Heilein : Freon
• Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. : Dschinghis Khan
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  Spin by Robert Charles Wilson. Fantastic, modern sci-fi that reads almost like a literary novel. The stor... : coldfusioncs
  • Yeah Spin is really good. I think it fits the OP perfectly too. Its sci-fi aspects serve more as motivato... : Perturbation
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  Hyperion? : ass-street
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    There needs to be actual character development and not just backstories. Hyperion's characters were unfor... : DerHuhnTeufel
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      Is it hard getting through life with no soul? Back story is character development. The first book was a... : asylumn
      • Character development is a character changing over the course of a story. Backstory's definitely part of ... : Arceihn
    • That may be the most positive remark I've ever heard you make about that book. : Conan
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  Peter F. Hamilton's Commonwealth Saga : biofrog
  • ^^ this! : jra101
• Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks : smax
• The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Stranger in a Strange Land The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Basically, y... : brickmatt
• Vurt - Jeff Noon : pointyelbows
• Horus Heresy series. Try reading Horus Rising, the first book which is written by Dan Abnett. If you're a... : Epsilon Sector
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  Old Man's War series and The Forever War. : ColoradoCNC
  • Old Man's War is a series? I have that book sitting on a shelf, waiting for some love (along with about a... : eugthinks
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  Anathem? : Conan
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    No. No no no no no. No. : mr.sleepy
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      Oh, come on, it was a good book. : Conan
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        I haven't even gotten close to finishing it yet, but his books are rarely books I would say have "good ch... : Vincent Grayson
        • Both Anathem and Baroque Cycle had a fair amount of development. I obviously wouldn't try to argue the sa... : Conan
      • No, it wasn't. Not even close. : MaJeStu
• I'm going to throw 'Forever Man' out there. My memory of it isn't the best, but I really liked it and its... : Agrona
• Hard to find and very obscure but brilliant: Hugh Cook's The Chronicles Of An Age Of Darkness : kramweil
• The Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. Good stuff. Interesting ideas. Loads of character developmen... : tsuba
• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood : Creepin_Jeezus
• gota throw in my hat for ender's game and shadow of the hegemon stop after those though. : ant321
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  Dune. Just the first one. : trove
  • I endorse this, though I might also include the second...but nothing after that. : Conan
  • I'm reading thus right now and I agree with this, it's a very engrossing story. : sammyjojo
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    It's not really heavy on character development, it's more focused on Machiavellian politics. : Lone Swordsman
    • It's still got more than a fair amount. Paul goes from being a wet behind the ears kid to someone who can... : Conan
    • I disagree, the bulk of the book is a coming of age story of Paul Atreides. : trove
• the valis trilogy, unincorporated man : akirabob
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  Shadow & Claw : The Fork Ninja
  • this entire series would be fitting of that. : akirabob
• haha, The Last Theorem by Arthur C. Clark, is a good one. It was the last one he wrote and was actually ... : Vividvoid
• Armor : hobosapien
• Oryx and Crake. I'm not a huge Atwood fan, but this book fits the bill. : r_picmip 5
• The Sparrow http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sparrow_%28novel%29 : lightly inclined

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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymZPPCLQaTc : guido anchovy
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  Afro Ninja - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEtIoGQxqQs : DooBall
  • yup me too : fletch_
  • yes, that is extremely f'n lol funny. Im going to watch it 15 more times right now and laff. : technotica
  • Afro Ninja 2 is the full clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_NQCTbvRnM&feature=related : code-e255
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoJW6mT2weo : SockMonkeh
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg1gTas7OAA : Sailor of Fortune
  • Explative: Damn it, master. I am an assassination droid... not a dictionary! : anhero
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  Rammstein VS Cookie Monster http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZeciX-3wfs : uglysad
  • awesome : sanchez
  • hahaaha, that's great. : Ctrl-Phreak
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    brought tears to my eyes : technotica
    • I know. I've watched it maybe 30 times and I still laugh every time. : uglysad
  • now that's funny : yacoub35
  • ahahahahahaha omg : MrBig0
  • lawlz! : code-e255
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InZNBcJTmWs : timmie
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLyTrsk1Ey8&feature=related lol : technotica
    • Death Metal Puppy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=589qbANO7WY : jabuck
  • yes this is it for me! : ass-street
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVK-hVGqCpo : spiderfill
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    Funny spoof of that http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiFKm6l5-vE : mactu
    • lmfao that was unexpected and awesome : technotica
  • wtf, isn't it the Saw theme song at the end? : mystifier
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  ALWAYS! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m47NiCAfLLg : warcrow
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    Also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSWUWPx2VeQ : warcrow
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      I feel REALLY guilty laughing a this one but: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCzbLtRDV_Q : warcrow
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        awwwww ffffffffffffff...shit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anFtSTHWaSc&feature=related : warcrow
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          Wait for it....at the 6 second mark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tzWENsc2Z0 : warcrow
          • haha, that rug is deceptive : fletch_
          • you know if they had the pad facing the right way that wouldn't have happened : trOmblyj
        • lol i couldnt breath there for a sec, this is deff one of those vids. : technotica
      • Poor Korban :( : trOmblyj
      • lol how did that even happen>? : technotica
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        I like how the "Caller" knew the guy fell off the ladder. She is in the room, that is lol. It can't be ... : IHATEDUST
        • haha what? it is that live : Trips
        • the future is NOW : fathertime
      • Wow, did you see how hard his head hit the floor? OUCH : SeaLlama
    • this is unreal. : ass-street
  • We may need emergency surgery in the studio. Hilarious : thrallie200
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  Disco Elevator: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkSPUDpe0U8 : helvetica
  • Hahaha. That was awesome. : Ormsbee
  • Haha! Too funny! :) : ysbreker
  • awesome idea : ass-street
  • Trigger Happy TV for the motherfucking win : stuka
  • baahhhahahhaha great idea : Arctic Fox
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gy-LeK1EhQ : trOmblyj
  • if we ever send another time capsule into space, i want this clip in there : spiderfill
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  If this video ever stops making me laugh I'll kill myself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwyuB8QKzBI : NastyJack
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    Hahahaha. WTF is that shit. lol. : Ormsbee
    • It's from an awesome TV show called Look Around You. The whole show is absolutely hilarious. : NastyJack
  • Omg! It's Pete from Shaun of the Dead! I knew I'd seen him somewhere! : ArtilleryMarker
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  oh man http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQELoPvdLeQ : DrWaffles
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    Unbreakable: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vdT0GbN3DM : DrWaffles
    • i laughed really hard : ass-street
  • Oh fuck this is the best video in this thread. : quadeh
  • holy shit lmfao : zombie man
  • Hahahahaha, so much better than I thought it would be : invisible_kid
  • hahaha : sanchez
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-9EQpvGvU8&feature=related : Wolfanoz
    • god jesus! : technotica
    • fuck! : Draugluin
  • holy hahaha : dissembler
• Oh god that made me cringe. :X : hoov1185
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LmpVcGcOzA Orangutanagram! (anything from Trigger Happy TV makes m... : Rag and Bone Man
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    I love Trigger Happy TV : ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNwUw35HrVs Dom Joly also did another show c... : King Kavik
    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo9TIsipps8 : Rag and Bone Man
    • The end to the second clip is hilarious : Rag and Bone Man
    • Joly is great, he's also a massive gamer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmiijZTvtEc : moshman
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  "is that a zip line?!" http://www.livevideo.com/video/benhn1/F54D5ED87A5E49DE9774B55950261EE6/robot-chick... : Dave-A
  • Also, Rebecca. A wife. A lover. A legacy. http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/207608 : Dave-A
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  This funny Japanese show gets me laughing every time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SXIRZkGD8k : reelbk
  • theres an american ver. of that on mtv now. : technotica
  • god this makes me laugh so hard : rbjester
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUS6nKpddec : freshyk
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    And http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rwt2_uq_-4 : freshyk
    • Haha love that one. : mactu
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO0iGlV2wbE : Rasnowl
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNz2Sjz7DF0 Clip from Extras with Ricky Gervais & Keith Chegwin : mactu
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21585213#itemanchor_21585213 : Chod
• That actually makes me cringe in pain. : technotica
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApzPZgUwDaE : Wolfanoz
  • and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPYGFNIv_Ak&feature=rec-fresh+div-f-3-HM : Wolfanoz
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiARsQSlzDc : delataur
  • haha i love this one : fletch_
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InZNBcJTmWs : Cygnus X-1
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T1vfsHYiKY : Arcanum
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg_cwI1Xj4M : megarust32
  • the end of this is priceless : ass-street
• kid getting beaned by basketball http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwQkhI6dA14 truly an american icon : tashtego
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i30jThktCQI : Foxhawk
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  Half-Life!: Full Life Consiquences! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHxyZaZlaOs : Dschinghis Khan
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    glad I could help, bro : mrblarg
    • shit. thanks I could help, bro : mrblarg
  • "comfart" is the best joke to come out of that entire series. : spazzium
  • the Pants are dead! : vitek r
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    This is terrible : bolneze
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      It's a visual representation of a horrible Half-life fanfiction story : fishbone
      • Written by a 9 year old IIRC. : Arctic Fox
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    That's weird as hell, and not in the funny way. : CrustaR
    • I'll get you, Evel boss!!!11 : Dschinghis Khan
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6i2WRreARo OH NO NOT THE BEES! NOT THE BEES! AAHHHH THEY'RE IN MY EYES : deject
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  Shy Ronnie: http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/clips/digital-short-shy-ronnie/1182201/ : Navy Spitfire
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    goddamn rihanna is pretty : fletch_
    • Yeaah she is. : Navy Spitfire
• Natalie Portman on Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifanakis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOVq_UL48o0 : notd665
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  The best keyboard cat of all time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwTw3F_im1Q : notd665
  • 110% Confirmed: this is the best keyboard cat of all time. : squigiliwams
  • Thats a pretty good Keyboard Cat. : IHATEDUST
• This! Every fucking time!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdK0rUrtpQQ : watcherxp
• Spinning hamster http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXRH50fvHWA : notd665
• For fans of The Arcade Fire. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELud5PhrrlU : notd665
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  atlantagrape.wmv : feek
  • euuu euu euuuuuuuuuu : megarust32
• Death star canteen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5iEK-IEzw : notd665
• Fucking awesome.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2_m4LYAcdI : tbreffni
• Old Man vs. Escalator http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHBwi_CGQ-k Gets me every time! : ImageOmega
• Troops http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bocmVZXXY8w : Thresher
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  FUCK YOU BALTIMORE! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBs455jwb8w&feature=related : dantastic
  • HOME OF CHALLENSE PISSING! : Turd Ferguson
  • This will never get old. : Freon
  • classic : anthonybean
• http://www.shutupwomangetonmyhorse.com/ : Reeves
• http://www.youtube.com/user/Brookers#p/u/55/bWlPSLUT-6U : dognose
• lol awesom : posito
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvNLlwkwP64 : Turd Ferguson
• http://history.cookiethievery.com/062804/ ... g0nk you'll appreciate this one : sparkly
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  holy shit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW6ffXYI-_k&feature=related : oneshot
  • OOOOO MG : technotica
• ahahah http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU3WgN--sFs&feature=related : Reeves
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  The original Deus Ex intro before the crappy game version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxi7JRJrod4 : tomservo
  • I watched the Deus Ex speed run recently. That and this video make me want to install it and play right a... : el_bandito
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt4rUpM19YU : haccess
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  lightning strike woman : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtvQTtbSBqE&NR=1 i laugh my ass off every t... : mmogger
  • holy shit im crying... a+ : mystifier
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mCHRHy7A_Q : Satyric0n
  • Actually, make that http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhSD3hmpxa4 . Same video, but posted by the actual guy... : Satyric0n
  • GIF'd http://www.shackpics.com/files/billoon_y2mtvm0ys8us3y07hcn1.gif : MamiyaOtaru
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  Colin's Bear Animation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiARsQSlzDc : royalally
  • haha yes, this always got me. : atom519
  • yessssss this : opengl128
  • Giraffe animation! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTyfqVOFTFc&NR=1 : Reeves
  • Thanks for nothing : pigz
  • The "thanks for nothing" at the end is what gets me : PenicillinX57
  • This is mine also. lol so good. You can just feel the bitter. : Jiven
  • haha silly bear : mayooms
  • This is fantastic : ColoradoCNC
  • lol what : bolneze
  • Colin's bear is my Skype avatar to this day. I also fucking love this Venetian Snares version http://www.... : stuka
  • yeah this. I won't watch it now since I'm at work though. : razorblade79
• wise words from the saad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58OabCRCx_Q best video ever made : mr.sleepy
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  http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/27ef374df2/zach-galifianakis-tim-and-eric-in-absolut-zach-part-one-from-... : Lawgiver
  • Zach in a pretty funny video http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/65268/detail/ : jamesray
  • Thanks for that...those were pretty good : PenicillinX57
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG07DqewQN0 Every woman I've shown this to is all "oh no, I hope she wa... : SiW.
• german instructional video - So deceiving at first that it actually seems like it's supposed to be inform... : davislovestacobell
• Simon's Cat http://www.youtube.com/user/simonscat#p/u/5/w0ffwDYo00Q : mayooms
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X54RvzZKkI&feature=player_embedded# : magistersmax
• These also make me laugh every time!!! http://5secondfilms.com/watch/late_for_work http://5secondfi... : Dschinghis Khan
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca6IF4yIcxg : smax
• also bert and ernie doing casino always slays me : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jes8OnGVo8 : mmogger
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6DeWUTA4EQ : podung
  • Woah.. haha http://www.wimp.com/funnyphobias/ : podung
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  Star Trek: The Sexed Generation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReOw_2f4lpY : jabuck
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    Darth Vader being a jack ass http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3KquhyT1k8 : jabuck
    • because of this video, i laugh every time i watch empire now : skryte
  • Bizkit the Sleep Walking Dog http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2BgjH_CtIA : jabuck
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    Minor League Manager gets tossed, goes crazy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggy6WGUFaYs : jabuck
    • haha, I love the prone move + chalk bag grenade toss : bad_fish
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik8SQDZ212k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygtBxhFc24A (mute sound) : jabuck
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    nutrigrain commercial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC2gIPnUCgw : jabuck
    • this is so awesome : Draugluin
  • holy fucking shit that was epic awesomness : sanchez
  • haha thats fantastic : fletch_
  • Oh that's good commander. That's very good. : AgentPothead
  • Skoal^Fyfan can relate to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReOw_2f4lpY#t=1m41s :/ : Ovate
• Tourettes Guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqtr_RvR3sY : Ajax
• Are you for panda rape? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=414TmP12WAU : corey
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-wtO7pjJKk goofy white dancing + moonwalking bird : Feng Shooey
• this one as well http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_BLggf-mqs&feature=popt00us13 : mayooms
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vPIrPSBOPA : santa-s
• http://home.wanadoo.nl/neessen/crazy_fat_kid.gif : [7]kami
• Unicorns LA :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjrVg7eRHrc : braaains
• omg so tag for later : redian
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dvvb15pang vent harassment. : Werkin
• The Money Pit. : Omaha
• Sneezing panda! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzRH3iTQPrk : Arctic Fox
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRtRDppXpng&feature=related : steve_o

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  I've seen a few before, but I felt really stupid just now. I forgot I can watch 1080p on this machine. ... : The Kazlor
  • Too bad youtube streaming is slow as hell. :[ : CrustaR
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  Never thought it would be sad watching a damn fly die. But that one making the sounds during death, that ... : inf3d3l
  • The sounds are fake!!! : sleepytea
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  Sound effects in nature documentaries are sooo dumb. The fucking flies squealing and buzzing with fear a... : sleepytea
  • lol yes, the belching had me laughin' : inf3d3l
  • the belching put it over the edge for me, it was semi-believable until that point. : slickdoody
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    That really bothers me in Planet Earth. I really don't understand why they have to do that. : invisible_kid
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      Some dipshit creative director somewhere thought it was too boring without sound effects. : MagicWishMonkey
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        It's just so jarring when I am watching these cool rare llamas or whatever from Mongolia and they make a ... : invisible_kid
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          There was a movie trailer that had the terran academy screaming noise. That bugged me for ages trying to ... : Klebold
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            I believe that's a pretty common sound effect, actually. I'm trying to remember what it's called. : Grumbeld
            • its not a wilhelm if thats what you are thinking of. : Klebold
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              Found it: apparently, people call it the Howie Scream: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf6_hok4-lo : Grumbeld
              • Good work! : Klebold
              • I hate sound clips that keep getting reused in movies. Any movie that uses that Howie Scream gets a crap... : Vividvoid
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            Why does the academy scream when you click on it =( : famine101
            • no idea but it always used to startle the fuck out of me : MamiyaOtaru
          • All those times the doom door opening noise have been used... : podung
      • http://www.wimp.com/heyalan/ : podung
  • yeah all the sound effects are quite annoying. it almost seems like they made them louder and more specif... : yacoub35
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  I don't remember the sound effects being that retarded :( : Klebold
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    Right, so the actual episode doesn't have the SFX: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00ncr13/Life_Cha... : Klebold
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      Probably the same line of thinking for having Weaver do the narration of Planet Earth for US audiences...... : SatansFist
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        Except the BBC versions of Planet Earth also have the stupid sound effects. : invisible_kid
        • They're not as obvious as in this clip though. : SatansFist
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  wow that was a big meal. i almost feel bad for the squeaks of terror! : pointyelbows
  • almost >:D : pointyelbows
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  Wow this is pretty amazing : H@rvester
  • Pretty cool, huh, Harvester of Sorrow? : CrustaR
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  Why is it that youtube HD streams sooooo slow for me these days? : SatansFist
  • cos youtube is as slow as a constipated shit : Unleashed
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  are these 1080p vids the same quality as HQ unless you go fullscreen? player is the same size : dignan
  • right click on the video and then click on Show Video Info : OrkO
• The flies look so sad when they're getting eated. =( : Clasifyd
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  Holy crap, that's pretty awesome. Do venus flytraps make good house hold plants in the summer? Or is ... : Maddog_Delphi97
  • iirc they thrive in the heat : dignan
  • They are hard to keep. As swamp plants they naturally have a very small range and require pretty specific... : ZombieAcademy
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  The whole 10 part Life series airing right now on the BBC is wonderful. What I like about the Life series... : haiku
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    lol, Oprah? Haha. : invisible_kid
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      When Planet Earth aired on the Discovery Channel, Oprah did an entire show about it. She had on the Plane... : haiku
      • Did you see the darwin documentary that he presented? at one point he is in this archive room looking at ... : Klebold
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        it pains me when I say that when I mention Attenborough as the standard to bear for narration at work(we ... : Unleashed
        • bear=beat : Unleashed
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        I thought Sigoruney Weaver did a pretty good job but it's still weird that they didn't just leave Attenbo... : mikecyb
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          i thought attenborough had more gravitas and better timing than her. i had the choice between the two and... : Hoax
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            yeah whenever I get around to picking it up on Blu-Ray I will be getting the BBC version for sure, I'm ju... : mikecyb
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              i agree. it is unfortunate that they re-cut the actual show for the sigourney version, as i feel that ju... : dopeman
              • is the recut in the DVD/Blu-Ray version as well or did they just do it for airing on TV? : mikecyb
          • Completely agreed. Also, they cut all the footage of Attenborough in the wild doing his thing, which is s... : SatansFist
          • They even rewrote some parts of the show for Mrs. Weaver, like the chimp attack. The narration is complet... : ucanbfuzzy
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          Most my friends liked Discovery version because it didn't use the metric system. : Sailor of Fortune
          • I mean the ones that did like DSC version more was for that reason. They couldn't care less about the nar... : Sailor of Fortune
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            most americans' complete inability to comprehend the metric system is sadness :( : mikecyb
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              I don't get why anyone would even care about which measurement system is mentioned in a show about awesom... : Vincent Grayson
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                I dunno it really confuses people for some reason. Whenever it comes up when I'm talking to my mom she g... : mikecyb
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                  lol. i always get irritated when reading a recipe for food that sounds awesome but has some random units ... : Hoax
                  • Recipes aren't science though. Exact measurements are rarely if ever important. : Vincent Grayson
        • This: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zt4wmjOpr0 compared to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Tj6... : kramweil
  • Did you see Wild Pacific? Mike Rowe did the narration for it. They should get him to do Life US :( : pancake humper
  • I like it when there's a massive storm whilst filming the barrows bird which the local chief blames on th... : Klebold
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    Was it Planet Earth where the guys camped out on a mountainside for months waiting to get a shot of a sno... : riptyde
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      they did that for a number of things. the guy trying to get footage of the bird of paradise was in a fuc... : mikecyb
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        several months living in Mongolian deserts for those camels too. Those guys rock. : Joseph
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          oh shit yeah I forgot about those camels. there's like 50 of them left in the world or something and the... : mikecyb
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            also those are the ones that can smell a person from a mile away too, so they had to stay downwind them f... : mikecyb
            • I liked the behind the scenes for that part. Out in the damn boonies for so long that they had to have a ... : Joseph
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    American isn't the same language as English. : Marrbe
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      It's not that different from British english. : dahanese
      • it's a hell of a lot more intelligible to me than Swiss German. Usually. Every once in a while when I w... : MamiyaOtaru
  • The filming of that bird (forgot the name of it) that built up a hut and collected colorful objects like ... : stump
  • Its pretty good : bolneze
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  Did... did the trap burp when it reopened? : Grumbeld
  • the sound work is really a shame. Very distracting from what needs no embellishment. The stupid slurp... : GloriousCow
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  that is some amazing camera work : smax
  • Yep, the quality and vision is staggeringly good. : SatansFist
• ahahahah how long is this going to take to buffer NOW, youtube? 1080pforgettit. : yacoub35
• That looks bloody amazing. : MeestaNob
• That was insane. 1080p is a very welcome addition to YouTube. : Legolas5
• Awesome video : bolneze
• very cool : c_man_tmt
• i kept trying to grow them, but the plants kept dying : ultramega
• Still my favorite plant. : SigmaDraconis
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  My computer is too old/slow to play 1080p. :( : cannelbrae
  • My Internet is too slow. Hurry up and get here FIOS. : Nixx2004
  • 1080p plays on my relatively old PC. It runs like a slideshow, but it plays. : SigmaDraconis
• Beautiful. That series has the best macro photography I've ever seen, ridiculous : Serpico74
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  My Blu-ray of this series just arrived today. Can't wait to watch it. : Arceihn
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    There's a blu-ray of it already? I thought it wasn't even finished airing. : Vincent Grayson
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      yeah, was released beginning of the month. I got mine too. : moshman
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        I assume it's not region-free though, right? : Vincent Grayson
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          I was about to post "is this really a problem" but then I realized it actually might be with bluray. One... : MamiyaOtaru
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            It's less of a problem than it was with DVD. Quite a few major US releases are region-free as well as rel... : Prozium
            • And the regions are much bigger. For one, the US and Japan are part of Region A, which is cool...but the ... : Vincent Grayson
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              not really, i've never bought a DVD player that couldn't have regions turned off : dignan
              • and you can do the same with some blu-ray players. : Prozium
        • I've seen reports on forums that it's region-free but it's encoded at 1080i50. Apparently the US model PS... : Prozium
        • I don't know, I assume it's not though : moshman
    • Came out a week ago in the UK. It airs in the US next spring on discover channel with oprah narrating. Ye... : Prozium
• i used to buy venus flytraps and feed them random things. They don't really live very long unless you hav... : GloriousCow
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  Wow selecting 1080p on macbook pro core2duo spikes the cpus. Didnt get a hitch though. : Cygnus X-1
  • Flash on Mac is terrible, I have click2flash and always use the mp4 option for the big videos at Youtube ... : ErneX
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    Acceleration should be coming soon with 10.1. : batkiwi
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      Well, it's faster, but no hardware acceleration on OSX in 10.1 - Adobe complains that Apple doesn't expos... : Conan
      • Apple - fighting good graphics since 1984. : Lone Swordsman
• I felt bad for the fly. What a terrible way to go. : HL3dsx
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  Errrr were those flies "screaming" ? :( : jbury
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    Their sound editor had altogether too much fun with that clip, but it was hilarious. : Conan
    • I think I must be tired, as I didnt even think about them using their own audio for it : jbury
• brundle fly ! : gmd

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  playing in real time makes Bioware games so much more entertaining : veras
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    It does, I stopped going through battles pausing all the time, and its much more exciting. This is all pr... : ashkie
    • yeah, DA is complex enough that you need tactics to pull it off on higher difficulties, though normal (an... : veras
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  man dragon age burned me out on gaming. i still have torchlight and l4d2 to play and even the new stalker... : Hoax
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    I haven't touched Dragon Age in over a week, and have borderline no interest in it any more. I don't... : walker270
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      'ffs the game needed an editor bad' most RPGs do - one of the problems is how many people judge games on ... : veras
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        Dragon Age is the first Bioware RPG I've felt this about, and Jade Empire is the only one I haven't playe : walker270
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          as veras said the pacing was off, some parts of the main quest took forever without a reason. i don't rea... : Hoax
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            I can't help but compare it to Baldur's Gate, and all of those games had some extremely epic and memorabl... : walker270
            • Most of the DA sidequests generally feel like you're playing an mmo - you round up a dozen quests that al... : veras
      • Mass Effect and Jade Empire were *much* shorter games. But I never felt like DA was dragging me along ... : Vincent Grayson
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      It really should have been a shorter game, especially when they are pushing the fact that your origin wil... : Evil Benius
      • You know that the only "main quest" is redcliffe and the landsmeet. everything else just makes the final : RetroRedEyeJr
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        How much effect does your origin really have? Seems like it doesn't come up very often, except in a few ... : walker270
        • I think it is more the people you run into are ones certain origins see at the start. : Evil Benius
    • Denerium is pretty short : Mondo
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    CoP sub-jack: Can US customers order this? This is the only link for sale right now: http://www.amazon.d... : Lightzout
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      gimme a sec to read to the agb. : Hoax
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        a quick look surfaced this: USA, Japan 9-12 business days Book, VHS, DVD, CD, Boardgames & Jigsaw pu... : Hoax
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          what i was trying to say is that shipping is possible, costs 14 euro (buy some other shit to make it wort... : Hoax
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            I will wait for Steamy hotness. Is there MP is this one? : Lightzout
            • there is. haven't played it though. : Hoax
  • "new stalker" wait what? Is it out already ._.? : dewdman
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  is there an option for making your bar that long or is that a mod? : DonarUDL
  • Click & Drag the side of the bar. : walker270
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    you just grab the right side of it and drag (I learned this like 20+ hours into the game) : veras
    • Wow, I feel like a dumbfuck now. I suppose this will be handy info now when I do my second playthrough. : DonarUDL
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      This is the first thing I tried when I picked up Morrigan. I like grouping abilities with an extra spa... : walker270
      • I spent awhile taking spells I wasn't using off the bars but then I hit a point where I couldn't do that ... : veras
    • oh what the fuck. : megarust32
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    Click and drag the edge of it : bipolar
    • Also make sure you unlock the bar first or it will seem like it isn't working. : Derringer
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    The higher the resolution, the more slots you have. : Rice-Rocketeer
    • It actually breaks at 2560x1600, if you drag it too far the bars get fucked until you move it back : veras