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  1. Szlia

    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    People forget too quickly the harbinger of the one true god.
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    Tomorrowland

    This scenario has the Ayn Rand / Walt Disney seal of approval... SPOILER SPOILER The "funny" part is the plot does not say word one about why Tomorrowland collapsed and why the new Tomorrowland (that works on the exact same Randian premise) will not. It's too bad because for the longest time it...
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    League of Extraordinary Gentlemen remake

    I thought there was some clever things done with the script in the first one, like having Tom Sawyer as an entry point for american viewers or adding Dorian Gray to the crew. The problem though is that it was written for 12 years olds, so it was heavy handed tunnel central while the comic was a...
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    Tennis

    Day 3 is over, the first round is completed! Well... almost: The Lorenzi vs Muller match got adjourned so Djokovic does not know who his 2nd round opponent will be. Nadal who in straight sets against french wild card Halys as did Djokovic against veteran Nieminen. The finn, probably playing...
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    Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

    True story: I went to another city to see it in 2D as only 3D was available in my local multiplex.
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    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    In the 'odd' department, teenage Myrcella is not played by the same actress as child Myrcella, even though the original actress has the same age as the new actress. Strange. As for the interest of the season, The Queen of Thorns has been the most entertaining character by far. Also, I am...
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    NBA 2015 Playoffs Thread

    LOL at that Harden shot! Cursed be the clock!
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    NBA 2015 Playoffs Thread

    That fall did not look goodI am worried about the wrist/arm mostly.
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    What's the worst movie you've seen at the theatre?

    I can understand not liking a movie, but citing The Prestige as one of the worst movie you saw in theater? That, I don't get. Are you a member of the Edison Fan Club or something?
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    Recommended Best Games

    I wanted to put The Swapper, but on PC that's 24 months old.
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    Tennis

    Thank you for your kind words... but now I am a bit embarrassed to say I did not see much tennis today! Murray played a quality match against argentinian lucky loser Arguello (I did not find his body language very reassuring, but he confessed being a bit nervous during the match and tad...
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    NBA 2015 Playoffs Thread

    From a layman's perspective, it seems to me Lebron's main problem for being considered the greatest of all time is not his stat line or his ring collection, but his character. And not in term of being clutch or his will to win or whatever, but in term of being a bit of a whiny jackass who rides...
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    Twin Peaks

    I have a VHS box set of the serie! That said, I am not sure I would dare see it again because I doubt it aged well. I would also not dare to rewatch Fire Walk With Me (the movie set before the serie - and I don't mean the pilot that got extended into a TV movie), because I adored that movie as a...
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    Best Covers

    Original by David Bowie (possibly one of the artist the most covered in this thread?) Original by The Smiths
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    Electronic Dance Music

    Shouldn't a remix be better than the original or at least different enough for it to be its own thing? Original for reference:
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    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...
  28. Szlia

    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.