Evening Reading

by Garnett Lee, Jan 11, 2011 5:00pm PST

Well, it turned out that my gut feeling about Oregon was misplaced. Both teams played their hearts out after a slow first quarter, but in the closing minutes Auburn showed how battle-hardened playing in the SEC had made them. Only a few NFL games left too, but boy are there some great match-ups taking shape--big time rivalries like Ravens vs. Steelers and Jets vs. Patriots, two exciting offenses in Falcons vs. Packers, and the Cinderella story Seahawks vs. the Bears.

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New Battle: Los Angeles trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_pAsPPDdC8

Jan 11, 2011 6:01pm PST

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New Battle: Los Angeles trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_pAsPPDdC8 : Godhatesfatpeople
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  God damnit, how does Michelle Rodriguez continue to get work? Is it that hard to find another butch chic... : burning eye
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    Because shes fun to watch. : pimpium
    - ill agree with this post. shes fun. she doesnt do much besides the tough girl act, but she does it well e... : jujubeads
  - because she is hot. : CoRDS
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    because Vasquez is too old these days. : grabbie
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      where's Vasqie, WHERE'S VASQIE! : BeowolfSchaefer
      
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      If you're quoting what I think you're quoting, he's actually yelling "Wierzbowski" *adjusts monocle* : Bantha Fodder
      
      ^^^ Wierzbowski hunter : cerealSAM2
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      hey Vasquez. have you ever been mistaken for a man? : pimpium
      
      No, have you? : Volatus32x
    - /pours out 40oz : DialDforDan
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    Because she will kick your ass then rape you, forcibly. : shortbuscaptain
    - SO HARD : sanchez
    - as opposed to raping you using the power of suggestion : deject
  - because she's hot. : sKetchflow
  - i dislike her too : bolneze
  - pics of chair then we'll talk : halophoenix
- Black Hawk Down with aliens. Im there. : pimpium
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  i so hope this is good, but it probably wont be : Maarten Goldstein
  - It wont be worse than Skyline. haha : pimpium
  - Yeah that's where I'm standing with it. Looks great in trailer form, but I have a feeling it's going to b... : Godhatesfatpeople
- I've got high hopes for this one. : Volatus32x
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  god i love explosions and special fx and melancholy robots singing : mXENO
  - the theme song rocks man listen till the end, its pretty epic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPH7LXPZFB... : iwonthelottery
- Looks like a good action movie for sure. Will watch. : lodit
- Nuts: Exploded. : Shivawn
- FUCK YEAH! : pigvomit
- yes yes YES! : Visceral Monkey
- could be good. left a real terminator impression, which isn't bad if done right. : c0ucheh
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  I'll probably see it but I wish writers would come up with better reasons for alien invasions than "for o... : Herman Toothrot
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    it's either that, or "their god told them to", or "for the lulz" (mars attacks) : dirge23
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      we really do need another 'for the lulz' movie. where the hell is Mars Attacks 2, Tim Burton!? : mikecyb
      
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      do you think movies like that are plausible anymore? with all the armchair expert critics expecting oscar... : Downforce
      
      Machete don't text! : On the Brane
      
      I'm not sure if you are actually asking if I think comedy movies are plausible or not : mikecyb
      
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD425EnZt6w : Arceihn
      
      Dude's gonna go through every Victorian fantasy book before he makes another MA2. : azshack
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      At least religious or warmongering are things that might be realistic. Resources aren't. We have nothin... : Herman Toothrot
      
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      do other worlds have oil? : spiderfill
      
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      What, do their faster than light engines run on gasoline? : lechuck59
      
      50 light years per gallon! : Xencer
      
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      the smart way to go is that humans are the resource.
      
      Jan 11, 2011 8:30pm PST
      
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      the smart way to go is that humans are the resource. : dirge23
      
      So they kill us all? : lechuck59
      
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      If their homeworld had similar gravity, atmosphere, climate etc, then our world could be pretty rare, if ... : GloriousCow
      
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      Our surveying suggests all the time that planets like earth are more and more common than we previously t... : SpaecKow
      
      I don't think I'd expect other intelligent life to be from a planet significantly similar to our own. : Herman Toothrot
      
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      Maybe they are all spoilt by sapient industry? : Vantage
      
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      Also, perhaps they didn't expect us to put up much of a fight, much like the brits rolling into town acro... : Vantage
      
      If that was really cheap and easy empire would have never ended, homie! : SpaecKow
      
      Why would ALL habitable worlds give rise to sapient orders of life? : SpaecKow
      
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      But we're the least hostile planet in the solar system. Sure there might be greater amounts of resources... : classicfork
      
      Oops reverse that, it's much easier coming here than going to another planet in this system. : classicfork
      
      We're the least hostile to us. That says nothing at all about what is least hostile to an alien species.... : Herman Toothrot
    - Mars Attacks had a great motive. I love that movie. : pigvomit
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    I've always wanted to see a species invade because it simply liked killing, or couldn't abide the existen... : Lone Swordsman
  - No kidding. I thought our resources were already wearing thin at this point. I think they want our women. : u sir name
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    What better reason is there? : sanchez
    - Anything, really. Our planet has resources, sure, but there's far far more on other worlds that aren't i... : Herman Toothrot
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      Why put yourself in a position to be struck by wmd's? Our nuclear missiles are suborbital, they could ha... : Herman Toothrot
      
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      Why do you give a shit? : soggybagel
      
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      I'm interested in speculative science fiction and I find these concepts worth thinking about. The reason... : Herman Toothrot
      
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      Because there are none. There is not a plausible explanation for why a alien race would invade us becaus... : soggybagel
      
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      What if there was something unique on the planet that they want? Not resources, those are too generic an... : Herman Toothrot
      
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      What you just came up with is what writers call a macguffin. And really that reason is ostensibly the sa... : soggybagel
      
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      It's only a macguffin if it plays no other role in the plot. If it's advanced even to the aliens, who's ... : Herman Toothrot
      
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      I understand completely what you're going on about, but what you need to realize is that the aliens and t... : soggybagel
      
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      Which is kind of what you just pointed out too. If its advanced to the aliens, its advanced for humanity... : soggybagel
      
      I agree but I don't see how I would be taking that away by giving the aliens decent motives. : Herman Toothrot
      
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      That's all well and good but if they're going to make the motives explicit, they should at least have pla... : Herman Toothrot
      
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      What you're asking for is scientifically plausible explanations for why a alien species would want to inv... : soggybagel
      
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      Yes, that's my criticism. : Herman Toothrot
      
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      I think its a bit of a rote point. Your example of some sort of technology that somehow crashed upon ... : soggybagel
      
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      I think we would notice a big fucking fleet in orbit : Xencer
      
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      Not if it was invisible to all human detection! BECAUSE THEY'RE ALIENS! : soggybagel
      
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      We'd be able to see their heat signature at least. Stealth in space is pretty much impossible. : Herman Toothrot
      
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      Not if they're really advanced and have heat signature deflection technology. : soggybagel
      
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      Doesn't matter how advanced it is, the heat has to go somewhere and when it does, we'll see it. : Herman Toothrot
      
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      Advanced heat diffusion tech via extremely low pressure gas emission in the cool temp of space. Prototyp... : soggybagel
      
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      It would still be way hotter than anything else near it and we'd be able to see it. The only way the spa... : Herman Toothrot
      
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      Is it not possible that if an alien species is capable of interstellar travel they could have figured out... : soggybagel
      
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      I'm not trying to be a smart ass here either. But if resource grabs are implausible and done to death, w... : soggybagel
      
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      Because there's no plausible mechanism by which they could remain hidden from us unless they stuck to the... : Herman Toothrot
      
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      So you're all about plausibility in the event of ALIEN INVASION. : soggybagel
      
      I see no reason to abandon plausibility simply because you're writing fiction. : Herman Toothrot
      
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      I don't see how either of those scenarios would play out. I've already told you that they would necessar... : Herman Toothrot
      
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      Here's an interesting read about it. The entire site is interesting but this is the section specifically... : Herman Toothrot
      
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      Again I can simply counter with the fact that this is grounded in humanities understanding of mathematica... : soggybagel
      
      Imagine if you will trying to explain the theory of relativity to an ape. That is the gulf that humanity... : soggybagel
      
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      Yes, let's throw out everything we know because we're too lazy to come up with a scenario that makes sens... : Herman Toothrot
      
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      So lets see here. If we assume that these aliens are intergalactic space travelers it means they've over... : soggybagel
      
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      Why do I have to come up with something implausible? Why can't they simply have been traveling very clos... : Herman Toothrot
      
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      Because there is an inherent implausibility regarding alien contact. : soggybagel
      
      In any event I had fun. I was mostly just fucking with you. Good night. : soggybagel
      
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      Cloaking device. : thetangent
      
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      Cloaked or not, the craft would still radiate heat. : Herman Toothrot
      
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      if they radiate it in a beam directly away from earth how would we see it? : GloriousCow
      
      This is the only plausible method, however, I'd point out that that method would only be useful against c... : Herman Toothrot
      
      Ah, you must not understand Star Trek physics. ;) : thetangent
      
      So robots are capable of not emitting any type of radiation, especially when their ships have fucking roc... : Xencer
      
      And ultimately it leads to the same point. Humanity fighting. : soggybagel
      
      It's equally as fictional but it's far more plausible in terms of why they invade in the first place rath... : Herman Toothrot
      
      Perhaps the aliens motives are so advanced that humans cannot wrap their mind around them and assume they... : soggybagel
      
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      they want to probe us in the anus : GloriousCow
      
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      They're looking for you, specifically, Cow. : Herman Toothrot
      
      they want to mine my unudderium : GloriousCow
  - They want a summer house. : shortbuscaptain
- Crysis the movie. I don't know about this one. I am thinking rental. : Dr_Cube
- This movie looks amazing. : ajvitaly
- fuck yeah : hobosapien
- Trailer looks ok, but it could be another Skyline. Will wait for reviews on it. : Dynotaku
- I want to watch this. : Moonbase Commander
- Yeah, I'll be going to see this. : Colleton
- My wiener is in an upright position and ready for this one to land. : J2 Analog
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  first see if water hurts them, second, amoebas : NastyNorman
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    Landing in the water may be a hint these Aliens don't give a fuck about either. : TemporalParadox
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      It turns out, OXYGEN KILLS THEM! : Xencer
      
      This war will last a very long time. : Wisp!
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  Aliens with FTL and resources problems? Aliens with FTL that use rockets? How is that possible? Trailer l... : TemporalParadox
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    What are you even saying? : lodit
    - he's saying at least they could have done some friggin RESEARCH into ALIENS : crummynz
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    Who says they have resource problems. They might just love to hoard things. : thecray
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      Maybe these aliens don't NEED additional pylons, they just want them. : lodit
      
      HAHA, how epic would the movie be if it was of protoss trying to build their pylons? : Xencer
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    I kinda wish a movie would come out in which the advanced alien ships or human ships or whatever weren't ... : Herman Toothrot
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      For what it's worth, I believe that *is* what they are doing. In other info about the film, you learn tha : Visceral Monkey
      
      If they do that, I'll be pretty happy about it. Space travel with the added issues of time dilation is f... : Herman Toothrot
  - They're ships still need oil and it's getting REALLY hard to find. : pigvomit
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    What is FTL? : soggybagel
    - "Furry Third Leg" : Vantage
    - Faster Than Light : Sapiens
    - Impossible :P : Herman Toothrot
- Hope level: cautious optimism. : kallanta
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  PEW PEW PEW PEW PEWWWW!!!!!!! : Drewus
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    It looks shitty btw : Drewus
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      NO U : Drewus
- This movie looks awesome. I hope it turns out that way. : bozer
- This isn't District 9 - 2. : MeestaNob
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  Aliens would kill us all with biological weapons : gmd
  - Or we would kill the aliens with a common germ! : pigvomit
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    Assuming we're not immune to said biological weapons. : K1Bond007
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      I'm sure they wouldn't plan for that, at all. : gmd
      
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      They probably wouldn't consider it for most biological weapons in their stock. Would we? It'd be a passin... : K1Bond007
      
      I still think any race capable of traveling the stars will be largely if not entirely non-biological when... : Vincent Grayson
      
      They probably wouldn't have a stock. Can't tell what type of genetic code they have. Take DNA sample, m... : kingdepork
  - Not if we could somehow put a virus on their mothership's computer first. "Welcome to Windows EARF!!!" : MeestaNob
  - they traveled the gulf of intergalactic space. they probably would just wait a century or two and see if... : harold.johnson
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  I have to admit, the scene where the aliens are storming the beach is pretty badass. : Visceral Monkey
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    I was expecting Hell March from Red Alert to start up. : ArtilleryMarker
    - Hahaha, that would be the best thing imaginable. : thetangent
- Oh holy shit, I am definitely seeing this. : thetangent
- what do you think they are looking for? : rhekua
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  - I am sure you do. You can tell they are purposely avoiding showing them for the trailer. : lodit
- do want : Bantha Fodder
- Excited!! Reminds me of District 9. : sodomy
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  Let's be honest here, Los Angeles is not that much better of a place to settle down in than District 9. T... : Wikus Van De Merwe
  - Hey, I've lived here my whole life, and while I don't exactly love this place, let's not go overboard. : thetangent
- yeah because aliens couldn't go to an uninhabited planet instead. Nope. They have to build robots with mi... : gyokuro
- looks fun, I hope horrible characters / dialogue don't fuck it up too much (e.g. like in Terminator 4) : razorblade79
- Looks like too much stuff packed in. Either we just saw the whole movie unfold or it's just going to be a... : nwillard
- Will not watch the trailer! I already know too much about the movie, just give it to me already plskthx. : ovrlrd
- That trailer gave me the shivers. Can't wait. : razlebol
- This looks amazing, hopefully it doesn't have a heroic ending like in Independence Day : hanged_man

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