(maidenis filmed before a live studio audience,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 21:38,
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remember when alien got the same reception when it first came out...
(prodigy69broke b3ta and made everyone leave,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 21:42,
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I thoroughly enjoyed Prometheus, I don't understand where all this hate is coming from.
Oh boo hoo, it needed a bit of thought to understand it, the Space Jockey wasn't what you thought it was, and it wasn't a prequel that ended exactly five minutes before Alien.
To be fair, though, the ending was pants.
(drimblehe'd been white, he'd been black,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 21:48,
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Yes totally. It could have been better but it was an enjoyable movie regardless.
as for the dumb scientists hey they are in all films. look at John Hurt in Alien. "hey look a completely unknown alien species egg I'll stick my face right into it!'
(maidenis filmed before a live studio audience,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 21:49,
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Hollywood film => main characters behave like retards.
See also: every horror film ever made; every science fiction film ever made.
(drimblehe'd been white, he'd been black,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 21:56,
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yup i liked it, it was a good sci-fi film set in the alien universe
..I look forward to the next one
(prodigy69broke b3ta and made everyone leave,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 21:56,
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^This
Had flaws but great to see a proper sci-fi film and not dumb kiddie shit.
If you like proper sci-fi and not dumb kiddie shit you should totes read my short story "Dawn Touches the Girl" available for a measly dollar from all good online booksellers including Amazon and iBooks! It, err, features vampires.
It needed a bit of thought?!?!? Are you serious?!? It was such a dumbdown of what they could have done, but no, Scott decides to go and spew out Erick Von Danicken. Thought provoking indeed.
Yawn.
(Blokeyman" Diane, are you hearing this?!? ",
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 21:57,
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This.
There's a difference between "I didn't get this at first but appreciated it more with thought because it asked a lot of me" and "I didn't get this at first and appreciated it less with thought because it was ill-conceived, poorly-scripted, half-arsed monkey-toss that cannot stand the critical weight of even passing consideration". Prometheus merits the latter statement.
(Enzymeis powered by sunlight,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 22:02,
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you should send in your revised screenplay
show Ridley Scott how It's done
(prodigy69broke b3ta and made everyone leave,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 22:03,
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Why?
Isn't that a bit like saying that you have to be able to play the piano to spot when someone else is playing it badly?
(Enzymeis powered by sunlight,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 22:05,
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My surgeon botched my brain surgery.
When I complained he said "Well lets see you do better then, you great floppy faced mong."
to be fair, if we all followed the view that you can't criticise for anything you can't do yourself none of us could criticise anyone for anything other than his method of wanking
but I heard it was ok-ish when considered in its own right. Having said that, I mainly despise 3 on the basis of its beginning, which makes the whole brilliant story arc of Aliens pointless.
Actually in it's own right Resurrection is a good movie. IMHO
If you get the chance see it and make up your own mind. Too many people say this is shit that is shit blah blah fucking blah. Have a look and decide yourself. I actually enjoyed it. I have the Quadrility on DVD and I like them all.
(maidenis filmed before a live studio audience,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 23:04,
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3's okay but depressing.
Resurrection is a load of old shit. AVP 1+2 ... well, the less said about those the better I think. Alien still the best of the lot.
(drimblehe'd been white, he'd been black,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 22:34,
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in making TV shows about explosions and then blowing things up live on air. You wouldn't get some art history graduate doing that!
Well, unless they spent time looking at fun ways to blow things up, of course. And they'd be more likely to be able to get into the BBC being art history graduates and all, but it'd be worth a pop. After all, there's always LWT!
The mechanism of inhibition is not well understood, however puromycin can be used to distinguish between aminopeptidase M (active) and cytosol alanyl aminopeptidase (inhibited by puromycin).
Quick! Am I holding aminopeptidase M or cytosol alanyl aminopeptidase right now?
(mediocreha ha ha, you're reading this,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 19:02,
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erm...
...that's actually your dick that you're holding.
(Puromycinis still licking windows,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 19:05,
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And he's certainly not an inhibitor about it :D
(maidenis filmed before a live studio audience,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 19:06,
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Damn, you're good at this
(mediocreha ha ha, you're reading this,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 19:11,
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Guess what I'm holding
;)
(Puromycinis still licking windows,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 19:17,
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Please don't say mediocre's willy, Please don't say mediocre's willy
Please say mediocre's willy, Please say mediocre's willy
(maidenis filmed before a live studio audience,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 19:24,
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It's all your fault
You made me take all my clothes off and now look at what's happened. :D Oh. "mediocre's willy". There! Satisfied?
(Puromycinis still licking windows,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 19:26,
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Not quite satisfied yet i take a bit more time than you boys :D
(maidenis filmed before a live studio audience,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 19:27,
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*puts on kettle*
*whistles*
(Puromycinis still licking windows,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 19:30,
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Fluff alert! .... because it's Friday 13th and we need more things that go fluff in the night...
Meet this lovely little fox cub that has been visiting my garden for the last two months.
He's bigger each day and I sit on the other side of the open patio door watching as he gets used to me. Occasionally, I feed him some left overs. He's a curious little thing. I took this pic this afternoon.
I noticed he has a sore eye which closed up this morning so I'm going to attempt to catch him and then RSPCA will come round and treat it for him cos I want him to be nice and healthy. Could resemble marx bros or carry on film with me running around garden with a blanket trying to catch him....
Fluff over and out, have a lovely weekend y'all.
(camp freddywell, would you look at that!,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 18:30,
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That's lovely
(mediocreha ha ha, you're reading this,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 18:31,
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part of me wants to hold him so, so tight that he just won't run away again
but then I remember I'm not a serial killer....
(camp freddywell, would you look at that!,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 18:34,
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Quick - hide him before Bourbon Fox steals him away!
he doesn't trust me but he knows I sometimes have food
bit like a teenager.
(camp freddywell, would you look at that!,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 18:47,
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You could Dick-Dastardly it and set up a trap with the string and all that.
But it's like Ad7 said, I don't think the fox would appreciate being out-foxed. XD
But it's for his own good I guess.
(Bourbon FoxBourbon is a moron,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 18:44,
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when I come to release it
I'll do it in the style of shawshank redemption. probably.
(camp freddywell, would you look at that!,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 18:46,
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The RSPCA would most likely deal with releasing him.
We have to remember your garden and the surrounding area is his territory; it'd be cruel to dump him far away.
(Bourbon FoxBourbon is a moron,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 18:50,
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Joking aside, I'd hope he'd get release back here in the garden, or even treated here.
Plus his mum might be nearby. Hopefully it's just a bit of conjunctivitis and fleas and can be easily treated. fortunately I have big motorbike gloves so I won't get bitten.
(camp freddywell, would you look at that!,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 18:53,
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Yeah, it'd be a good idea to tell the RSPCA what the fox's symptoms seem to be.
All being well, all he'd need is an injection, maybe a flea bath, and he'll be out and about within a day or two.
I think one of the foxes that comes into my garden has mange. My neighbour said it was losing fur, but I haven't seen it in quite a while. I hope it's okay.
(Bourbon FoxBourbon is a moron,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 18:58,
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looks like conjunctivitis and mange
just read about mange - it's HORRID!!!
Cage at the ready, just need Firefox to come back....
(camp freddywell, would you look at that!,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 20:34,
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Mange is indeed a terrible affliction.
The little fella should be back fairly soon, if you've baited it and all that. Then again, the weather's been a bit shit lately so I dunno.
(Bourbon FoxBourbon is a moron,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 20:44,
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What a cute little thing.
Don't let the Daily Mail know it's probably looking to eat a baby or rape some chickens.
(maidenis filmed before a live studio audience,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 18:36,
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his kill command is in fact
"Daily mail reader"
(camp freddywell, would you look at that!,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 18:41,
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I fully endorse this and if you were to set up a charitable organisation for this activity
I will donate gladly :D
(maidenis filmed before a live studio audience,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 18:46,
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Celebrate your labours with healthy merriment and honest comradeship. But do not allow your revelries to make the factory awaken behind schedule on Monday.
(Doctor WhenMay your wife shat and chipper,
Fri 13 Jul 2012, 17:38,
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it was like a very pedantic FAQ on how to argue with someone religious, "and if they say this... say that"
Which is not what I would personally do, as I'd just avoid the subject rather than have a row, but bits of it pop into my head when I hear the arguments played out day in day out in the media, internet etc.
the famous one that made lots of people angry. I did then go on to read a couple of the others. Greatest Show on Earth was mostly going yay evolution is fab.
At least he's not too militant. I met a chemistry prof who thought that Dawkins was being far too lenient and would have anyone subscribing to a belief system shot.
On the other hand, I've been watching a load of documentaries on history and the bible. It's about ten years old now but Finkelstein and Silberman's three-part documentary based on "The Bible Unearthed" was very good. I also saw a History Channel documentary the other day that said things like "Scholars believe these tunnels were built in 6000BC. But could they have been built ten thousand years earlier, before traditional scholars believe history was built?", and follow that up with "These tunnels could have been built in 16,000BC. Were they made by aliens fighting over Earth's resources?" That was brilliant. Unfortunately I can't remember what it was called, but that's not really important. Any History Channel documentary now will ask the same insane questions and answer them with "Sure, why not?", justifying it with some idiot who is an "expert in alien technology" or some such.
It genuinely is once every few minutes "Most scholars believe [something sensible] but could it be [something batshit insane]?" They then assume the latter, and move on. By the end of it you've got some weird inverted pyramid of lunacy, each level more absurd than the latter.
I'm sure they're deliberately satirising these people rather than buying into it...
"The Bible Unearthed" is a genuine documentary, though, made by genuine archaelogists who genuinely know about archaelogy in Israel (one is professor at Tel Aviv and the other I think either in Belgium or one of the Ivy League universities) and are building genuine arguments, even if like all arguments in the ancient world they're necessarily made of assumption and uncertain conclusions. At least they're aware of it...
(Edit: Silberman is at Uni. Massachusetts Amherst. So not Ivy League. Still, knows what he's talking about.)
Swap to the History Channel ones then. (Or read the book of the Bible Unearthed. I think you'd find a lot to argue in there -- and there is a lot to argue; they're building an argument from interpretation the same as anyone -- but it is worth it, I reckon.) They do say a lot in 15 minutes. None of it is technically accurate and it might rapidly give you apoplexy, but I find that kind of thing entertaining, myself.
Edit: Also, I've watched through Neil Oliver's History of... series recently (so far as I know he's got Ancient Britain, Celtic Britain and, I dunno, Bronze Age Britain or something), and they're also very good.
though i'm not sure i'd survive it. i'll definitely look this guy up if he's extremely irritating and fond of misrepresenting "evidence" to back up his "theories"
Both pretty interesting, though I knew the outcome of Paradise Lost 3 before watching it so it wasn't as gripping as watching the first 2 where I knew nothing of the case.