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Today's "User Friendly"
07-19-2007, 02:18 PM
...is a must-read for anyone who cares about classic science-fiction. No prior knowledge of this UF is required.
Here's the strip.
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Re: Today's "User Friendly"
07-19-2007, 02:40 PM
I've felt the need to do that several times. Usually caused by "Oh, they made a book about that movie?" comments.
Re: Today's "User Friendly"
07-19-2007, 03:00 PM
I haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate that movie with a passion. The correct name should have been "Bug Hunt 09210"
On the note of the comic - lol
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Starship Goobers
07-19-2007, 03:11 PM
It was not a great adaptation of the book.
It was great satire.
Satire and boobies for the win!
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07-19-2007, 03:28 PM
liked the movie, sick and tired of illiad's piss-poor artwork and jittery plots.Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979
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Re: Starship Goobers
07-19-2007, 06:48 PM
And it featured, um, how did Gryphon put it... oh, yeah, Ubergruppenfuhrer Dugi von Hauser.
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Re: Starship Goobers
07-19-2007, 09:44 PM
Paul "Every Movie I Do Is About Nazis" Verhoeven.
Really, seriously, I understand that the you were traumatized by the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands, Paul. Do you have to traumatize us with it as well?Ebony the Black Dragon
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Re: Starship Goobers
07-19-2007, 10:12 PM
I'm pretty sure Showgirls wasn't about Nazis... might've missed it between all the naked women & rampant stupidity, though.---
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Re: Starship Goobers
07-20-2007, 01:34 AM
The naked women were symbolic of the Nazis.
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That would explain the Sieg heil in my pants.
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Re: Aha
07-20-2007, 06:12 PM
Damn you, Rev! 15 minutes after I wake up is no time to be cleaning Mountain Dew off my monitor! (^_^)-Logan
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Re: Aha
07-20-2007, 11:21 PM
When I saw a clip advertising Starship Troopers, and the soldiers, going into action against enemies who routinely used biochemical weapons (including flame), had their sleeves rolled up, I knew this flick didn't meet the minimal intelligence check. And then somebody explained to me that a substantial portion of the cast were alumni of Beverly Hills 90210, and I knew I wouldn't watch that movie if someone paid me to.
One of my friends who went to see it anyway told me it was even worse than I suspected. Small unit tactics, anyone? And I still treasure the memory of a newspaper review which commented that even the token black man somehow looked sort of Nordic Aryan.
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Re: Aha
07-21-2007, 12:20 AM
Quote: Damn you, Rev! 15 minutes after I wake up is no time to be cleaning Mountain Dew off my monitor! (^_^)
You need to get up earlier, then...
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Redeeming Qualities
07-21-2007, 07:26 AM
(see title)
Well, okay, 'Redeeming Quality'.
The drop on Klendathu, while not how the book did drops (sad) was one of the best rousing military sequences I've seen in a long time, and the music rocks hard enough to make up for the movie.
Almost.
Kinda.
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