Evening Reading: Buzz Words in Game Titles

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  I dug that movie, but then I didn't see the 1957 version. I always got the impression that Crowe was supp... : SpaecKow
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    Cause he's not very likable? In the original, Ben Wade is alot more likable, and isn't killing peopl... : trove
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      What line? : Edges
      • "I always loved... goats..." : SigENeaT
      • "That's all right, I've broken out of Yuma before." The newer version sorta makes it bleh. The remake... : trove
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      Oh so you just like the fake John Wayne style Westerns. : SpaecKow
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        And you must like the ones where the bandits are robbing an armored stagecoach that has a Gatling gun and... : trove
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          Not to mention the one guy and horse getting blow'd up because a man with a sawed off shotgun shoots the ... : trove
          • Dude that sounds AWESOME : dodob
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          I always thought that it was a lot better that everyone be a mean asshole than how they shoot the place u... : SpaecKow
          • Then you'd love The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence. : trove
    • The 57 version guy sounds like a pussy : red2lucas
• I liked it. : RogerDandy
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  that's twice tonight you've said "why in bog's name." do you always do that? : zerog83
  • Wade Boggs? : genocidalrobot
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    I'd guess it's one of those cute euphemistic swearing substitutes for people who don't want to distress T... : action wombmate
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      Actually I thought it was a way of swearing without showing overt Christian tendencies, but your comment ... : trove
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        Oh, you mean like how a lot of common expletives are things like "Jesus Christ!" and "God dammit"? Yeah ... : action wombmate
        • Yeah, I guess the distinction is non-existent nowadays. : trove
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    It's a reference to A Clockwork Orange, where they sprinkle a lot of slavic words into the teenage street... : SpaecKow
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      No. It's ultimately a reference to Heinlein's work and specifically The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress. I don... : trove
      • They certainly do. I haven't read heinlein though so I could not have guessed that. : SpaecKow
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  I enjoyed that movie but I did hate that the good honest guy dies while the other lives. He sort of redee : Sailor of Fortune
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    wade was rooting for him too. : crypt420
    • I was masturbating. : SigENeaT
  • So did I, but I think the film would have been a lot less memorable with a happy ending. : Arceihn
• Both movies are excellent. : Jinxplayer
• I thought it was awesome. : opengl128
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  If they were just going to copy the '57 version, then why bother remaking it at all? Remakes (when they'... : action wombmate
  • Or in the case of The Incredible Hulk, saying "Oh shit, hold on let me try that again." : SockMonkeh
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  idk about you, I liked it plenty.

  Mar 30, 2010 10:02pm PDT
  idk about you, I liked it plenty. : Wikus Van De Merwe
• i thought it was awesome, and i thought Russell Crowe's Ben Wade was very likeable you might be broken... : grendel
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  i do have a bone to pick with this movie too but i can't remember it. i dug christian bale and whoever t... : multisync
  • A lot of people seemed to dislike it because Wade turns "good" at the end, which isn't really what happen... : action wombmate
• I enjoyed it. : pigvomit
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  WRONG : mikecyb
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    This is such a dickheaded response but it's also completely correct so I'm very confused. : brickmatt
    • Hit the second part of your name with the first, this should clear things up. : Dong Patrol
• You didn't find Crowe's Wade charming and charismatic? I did. : Freezerr85
• I didn't like the original. But I liked the remake. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  I really enjoyed the movie but I insist that there was no good logical reason why Ben Wade decides to hel... : socksta
  • I allways thought the ending was him repeating what he allways does, with him showing he is soft he has t... : Kong97
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    The longer he hangs around him in the movie. He begins to envy what he has. Ben then slowly begins to adm... : Godhatesfatpeople
    • Yeah. It made for a more entertaining ending so it ended that way. They did hint a little at it so it was... : socksta
• It's a good movie, shut up. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• wrongo : xsii
• I have the assasination of jesse james on my DVR and I just can't force myself to watch it. Its 3 hours ... : stgdz