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« Reply #660 on: July 31, 2008, 09:26:10 pm » |
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...a hypothesis may be rejected because it has not predicted observable results which have not been observed. --Jeffreys, 1961, on the folly of trusting statistical significance levels.I am full of fire. I am like a greased bounding panther. My legs are steel springs and every day I get out of bed and I beat my chest. -- Boris Johnson, on being mayor of London |
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« Reply #661 on: August 02, 2008, 10:04:44 am » |
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Very funny Looney Tunes episode: What's Opera, DocEDIT: Oh, I've seen "Devil Eyes" now. I'm a bit surprised as to how comparatively non-gory and non-grotesque it was, compared to their previous stuff (not completely free of it, of course). But it's extremely cute and sad. |
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I'm just a man, I'm not a hero
I'm just a boy who had to sing this song
I'm just a man, I'm not a hero
I - DON'T - CARE
We'll carry on
We'll carry on
Though you're dead and gone, believe me
Your memory will carry on
We'll carry on
And though you're broken and defeated
Your weary widow marches on.
- My Chemical Romance, "Welcome to the Black Parade"
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« Reply #662 on: August 02, 2008, 06:55:22 pm » |
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Ayreon, link stolen from lts. It's a load of well known metallers playing unusually listenerfriendly stuff - sort of live aid but with finnish trolls. i've been listening to it all week
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...a hypothesis may be rejected because it has not predicted observable results which have not been observed. --Jeffreys, 1961, on the folly of trusting statistical significance levels.I am full of fire. I am like a greased bounding panther. My legs are steel springs and every day I get out of bed and I beat my chest. -- Boris Johnson, on being mayor of London |
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« Reply #663 on: August 02, 2008, 11:21:44 pm » |
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Big Robot, Little Robot, my latest album, is fully available for download here: http://ferniecanto.imdanet.com/brlr. Listen! Share! Distribute! Worship! "The curiosity of the extraordinary creature
Was indeed limited because it could not suffer
The unknown in any shape or form
At the same time of wanting to look everywhere" - Stereolab, Margerine Rock
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« Reply #664 on: August 03, 2008, 09:22:40 pm » |
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This man is a better drummer than most octopi.
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...a hypothesis may be rejected because it has not predicted observable results which have not been observed. --Jeffreys, 1961, on the folly of trusting statistical significance levels.I am full of fire. I am like a greased bounding panther. My legs are steel springs and every day I get out of bed and I beat my chest. -- Boris Johnson, on being mayor of London |
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« Reply #665 on: August 04, 2008, 01:17:00 am » |
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Aphex Twin on classical guitar? You gotta be kidding!And if you're wondering, yes, that's the tune from Salad Fingers. And it's repetitive as hell, but then again, that's ambient music!
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Big Robot, Little Robot, my latest album, is fully available for download here: http://ferniecanto.imdanet.com/brlr. Listen! Share! Distribute! Worship! "The curiosity of the extraordinary creature
Was indeed limited because it could not suffer
The unknown in any shape or form
At the same time of wanting to look everywhere" - Stereolab, Margerine Rock
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« Reply #666 on: August 06, 2008, 01:18:54 pm » |
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The Scots (originally Irish, but by now Scotch) were at this time inhabiting Ireland, having driven the Irish (Picts) out of Scotland; while the Picts (originally Scots) were now Irish (living in brackets) and vice versa. It is essential to keep these distinctions clearly in mind (and verce visa).
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In the world it is called Tolerance, but in hell it is called Despair, the sin that believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to know nothing, interferes with nothing, enjoys nothing, hates nothing, finds purpose in nothing, lives for nothing, and remains alive because there is nothing for which it will die.
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The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see.
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« Reply #667 on: August 09, 2008, 01:31:04 am » |
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I memorized "Holy Grail" really well I can recite it right now and have you ROTFLOL - "Weird Al" Yankovic, "White and Nerdy" "Any pile of stunted growth unaware that entertainment is just that and nothing more, deserves to doom themselves to some dank cell, somewhere, for having been so stupid!! Movies, books, T.V., music - they're all just entertainment, not guidebooks for damning yourself!" - Nny I draw too, dammit! |
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« Reply #668 on: August 09, 2008, 07:15:26 am » |
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How appropriate, since that Transformers Animated show is basically a cute, Disney-fied version of the franchise. *sigh* What happened to you, Transformers? You used to be cool.  |
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- Kenneth White "Know the conflict within before facing the conflict without."  (signature courtesy of Daniela Schad) |
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« Reply #669 on: August 09, 2008, 02:22:37 pm » |
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How appropriate, since that Transformers Animated show is basically a cute, Disney-fied version of the franchise. *sigh* What happened to you, Transformers? You used to be cool. Why does it not surprise me that you deny the awesome of TFA? |
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I memorized "Holy Grail" really well I can recite it right now and have you ROTFLOL - "Weird Al" Yankovic, "White and Nerdy" "Any pile of stunted growth unaware that entertainment is just that and nothing more, deserves to doom themselves to some dank cell, somewhere, for having been so stupid!! Movies, books, T.V., music - they're all just entertainment, not guidebooks for damning yourself!" - Nny I draw too, dammit! |
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« Reply #670 on: August 09, 2008, 07:12:39 pm » |
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How appropriate, since that Transformers Animated show is basically a cute, Disney-fied version of the franchise. *sigh* What happened to you, Transformers? You used to be cool. Why does it not surprise me that you deny the awesome of TFA? Cool, it's Rage In The Cage! |
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I'm just a man, I'm not a hero
I'm just a boy who had to sing this song
I'm just a man, I'm not a hero
I - DON'T - CARE
We'll carry on
We'll carry on
Though you're dead and gone, believe me
Your memory will carry on
We'll carry on
And though you're broken and defeated
Your weary widow marches on.
- My Chemical Romance, "Welcome to the Black Parade"
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« Reply #671 on: August 09, 2008, 07:13:49 pm » |
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If I'm honest, the handbag I would probably like most is a big, hollowed-out potato with handles on it. Then, in times of crisis, I could bake and eat the handbag and survive the winter. That is the way of my people. -- Caitlin Moran
I used to think that animé was all child rape and stupid hair, but Spirited Away proved me wrong! Then Yugioh Abridged proved me right. -- Chris
Ah, dA. Proof that the hedgehog can, in fact, be buggered. -- Terry
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« Reply #672 on: August 09, 2008, 08:33:26 pm » |
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It just looks like they've turned it (Transformers) into some silly, jokey farce. The characters all seem like comedic buffoons, barely like their original counterparts at all, and the animation style is just hideous: too cutesy and exaggerated. Why is animation these days worse than it was in 1984? Look, I'm a purist. I grew up with G1 Transformers, and that counts the toys, the comics and the cartoon series. Sure, it wasn't a perfect cartoon, and had more than it's fair share of terrible episodes, but it at least kept things serious for the most part like it should have. I'm just sick of Hollywood constantly refusing to stick to the source material and constantly changing everything at every turn lately. If "today's generation" don't want it for what it is, don't give it to them. Leave it in tact instead of bastardising it at every turn. ... ... Okay, I'm done ranting. Continue posting YouTube videos.  |
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« Reply #673 on: August 09, 2008, 10:48:50 pm » |
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It just looks like they've turned it (Transformers) into some silly, jokey farce. The characters all seem like comedic buffoons, barely like their original counterparts at all, and the animation style is just hideous: too cutesy and exaggerated. Why is animation these days worse than it was in 1984? "Looks like?" "Seem?" You've never even watched it, have you? Yes, it's not perfect, but it kicks ass up and down. The only Transformers who truly count as "comedic buffoons" are Bumblebee and Bulkhead, and even they have their moments of greatness. And on the animation? Dude, I've seen G1's animation. It is nothing to write home about. |
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I memorized "Holy Grail" really well I can recite it right now and have you ROTFLOL - "Weird Al" Yankovic, "White and Nerdy" "Any pile of stunted growth unaware that entertainment is just that and nothing more, deserves to doom themselves to some dank cell, somewhere, for having been so stupid!! Movies, books, T.V., music - they're all just entertainment, not guidebooks for damning yourself!" - Nny I draw too, dammit! |
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« Reply #674 on: August 09, 2008, 11:04:42 pm » |
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Nope. I've seen enough clips though. I didn't need to actually *see* Catwoman to know it was an abomination, and the same applies here.
Also, when I mean animation, I meant the drawing style moreso than the animation itself. It's too cartoony and exaggerated. I immediately look at it and think it's some weird bastardisation of Teen Titans and that Dreamworks Robots movie. I could never take it seriously as an action cartoon show looking like that.
Finally, aside from colouring errors, for 1984 the original G1 cartoon was pretty damn ahead of its time. Particuarly the '86 movie. They at least also looked like actual robots that could change into their alt-forms instead of looking like weird angular football players with coloured plastic pieces attached to them.
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