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  1. Szlia

    Tennis

    So yeah... French Open! During the clay court season, Nadal did not win a title, losing in Monte Carlo to Djokovic 3 and 3, losing to Fognini in two close sets in the 2nd round of Barcelona, getting obliterated by Murray in the final of Madrid and only managing to keep things close during a...
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    NBA 2015 Playoffs Thread

    There were a lot of turnovers early in game 2 by the Warriors, but in the end they totaled 14 yesterday, so only 3 less than in game 2. I have not seen the match, but looking at the box score, when you have Harden shooting 4/21 from the field, along with Brewer at 5/19, Ariza at 4/12 or Terry at...
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    Indie Games

    I'll (re)do a shameless plug for a game made by some buddies of mine. It's a little horizontal shm'up with some interesting mechanics. It's already out on Xbox Live Indie Marketplace (while it still exists!) and Desura, but They recently put it on Steam Greenlight:Nandeyanen!? NB1: The...
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    Recommended Best Games

    On the indie side: - Kentucky Route Zero (american gothic point and click adventure) - Environmental Station Alpha (retro metroidvania) - Beeswing (heartfelt auto-fiction in handmade adventure game form) - Papers, Please (totalitarian administrative simulator - 19 months old but GOTY...
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    True Detective

    If I remember correctly, Vince Vaughn was very convincing in his bit part as a salt of the earth farmer in Into The Wild. Also, I have never seen the almost frame perfect remake of Psycho done by Van Sant, but he is supposed to have been very good as Norman Bates in it.
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    Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

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    What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

    It's a little more work, but with some players (EDIT: I thought that was the case with VLC, but I could not find the option, so I think I did that with a beefed up version of Windows Media Player Classic) you can offset the subtitles, so you can synch whatever movie file with whatever sub file...
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    True Detective

    The first film I ever saw with McConaughey was Lone Star and he was good then! (I think we already got that conversation... maybe over Dallas Buyers Club?).
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    The Astronomy Thread

    Are there official theories?
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    What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

    Or you can grab the film anywhere you please and then download a subtitle file from subscene:Subscene - Subtitles for What We Do in the Shadows
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Considering how little of oil production is used to make plastics, I would say the irony is pretty limited.
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    NBA 2015 Playoffs Thread

    I was ready to blame Harden 100%, for not taking the shot after he created some separation with his classic 'rush and break' trick, but after checking the replay, I think passing instead of shooting was not that bad an idea, because he was just inside the 3 points line (long two), there were 4...
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    NBA 2015 Playoffs Thread

    That was NOT clutch. Damn.
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    NBA 2015 Playoffs Thread

    If Harden starts blocking shots, the Warriors are in trouble!
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    What's the worst movie you've seen at the theatre?

    HK/China is still producing several every year (there are variations of era, 'epic' level and 'fantasy' level) at least. Off the top of my head (Google assisted): Legend Of The Black Scorpion, Curse of the Golden Flower, The Warlords, Red Cliff, The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate, Bodyguards &...
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    What's the worst movie you've seen at the theatre?

    In porkchop's defense, I just rewatched some of the fights and they really cranked the 'poetry in action' to 11, so I can easily imagine some people finding it absolutely grotesque, especially if you have never seen anything else of the same ilk.
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    What's the worst movie you've seen at the theatre?

    The only reason I can see for walking out of Hero is being totally weirded out by the aesthetic of these HK/Chinese historico-fantasy epics.
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    Mad Men

    The idea that Don goes back to NY to do the Coke ad does not work that well with the new age speech that accompanies his enlightenment. It is about being reborn as someone new, so I really took it as him deciding that after Dick and Don he could start a third life. Reading it like this made the...
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    Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

    That was pretty fun. I especially liked the total lack of exposition giving a strong "Here be this crazy world: deal with it" vibe that I found very refreshing. Now, I think it's a bit overselling it to say it's the best action movie ever or anything. For my money, it's not even the best action...
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    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    This supposed deference to religion was of little help for the previous high septon, who got beat in the street by religious extremists and then thrown in jail and stripped from his tile (creating in the process many enemies for the Sparrows: members of the clergy of the church of the seven that...
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    NBA 2015 Playoffs Thread

    I expect nothing less than a Rockets vs Hawks final, thanks to the 5min Clint Capela plays each game, and the cheering from the side line Thabo 'fubared ankle' Sefolosha provides. This analysis is very scientific.
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    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    The Sparrows pissed of just about every wealthy people in King's Landing. This + humbly serving soup = you die. Cercei has been a consistent threat to the Tyrell for months. She should have turned the same color as Joffrey about 5 min after the royal wedding. As for Ramsay, dozens of people know...
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    Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

    He is overacting like crazy, but it mostly falls on the right side of the stupid-entertaining frontier. That said, I enjoyed season 2, but I am mourning the almost total disappearance of comedy, especially with Skye.
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    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    One of the main problem I have with this show is back: you cannot establish a violent word and have people act like jackasses with impunity. Cercei, the Sparrow and Ramsey should all be dead for all their jackassery. In such a violent world, the people who are still alive should be because they...
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    NBA 2015 Playoffs Thread

    I don't like these 'let's eat the clock' possessions. It's just an invitation to stops and fast breaks making the lead shrink, while just playing would keep it or even extend it.
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    NBA 2015 Playoffs Thread

    Haha you got to love Prigioni's fighting spirit.
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    NBA 2015 Playoffs Thread

    The Refs stole Capela's dunk
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    BOSTON marathon bombing verdict

    Why do you hate the constitution so much kegkilla?
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    True Detective

    Maybe he was just pissed he did not get to craft little wooden pyramids once more...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Konami it's: Metal Gear Castlevania Silent Hill Suikoden Zone of the Enders Pro Evolution Soccer Pro Baseball Spirits Tokimeki Memorial (dating games) In the music department: Dance Dance Revolution Beatmania Guitar Freaks Pop'n Music Karaoke Revolution And also (many...
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    The ethics of stealing video games

    It's been ages since I pirated a game. I do much worse though: I buy 2nd hand
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    Science!! Fucking magnets, how do they work?

    It's not the same people who own the roads and who own the rooftops though. Also, depending on the cities, the public buildings that municipalities own the rooftops of might be historical buildings that cannot be covered in solar panels.
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    Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

    At writing level, the error might have been to have it be opened accidentally. It's always difficult to make a believable accident, even more so in this context where you have something that is supposed to be as safe as possible, so, in theory, impervious to accidents that are not a long chain...
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    Hot Tub Time Machine 2

    Maybe I was not in the right mood for it, but I enjoyed the first one a lot more. At the core, I think it is because reliving your youth has a lot more potential (in comedy, drama, nostagia, etc) than jumping 10 years ahead in the future.
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    Crimson Peak - Guillermo del Toro's return to horror

    It really did not all went to shit. I mean Johnnie To / Milkyway Image by its lonesome gave us since 2002: PTU Breaking News Election 1 + 2 Exiled Eye in the Sky Sparrow Drug War Going through some of my notes, I can also add: The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate The Taking of Tiger...
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    Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

    I am pretty sure there is the possibility to see more Ginja on the the show as the lightening guy stopped May to perform a non-lethal attack ('we are not evil, just mislead').
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    What's the worst movie you've seen at the theatre?

    0! Looking through the list though, you can see that many movies end up there because they are not totally obscure, not good AND hated for a reason or another. There is a couple Paris Hilton movies for instance, an Uwe Boll, several lame spoofs, a con job (Age of Tomorrow that was released at...
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    Kickboxer 2 ...

    For me, Van Damme dance scene = Breakin' spotting him was a pretty big WTF movie watching moment.
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    Mad Men

    I am not exactly sure why another episode is needed.