Search results

  1. Szlia

    The Greatest Song You Have Never Heard

    Decade old song by a swiss band with 500 views on youTube so at least I am hitting the 'You Have Never Heard' box: EDIT: And now I spent 2 hours on youTube... so here is another that is probably only known to french people.
  2. Szlia

    M. A. R. S. Mars, bitches! Orion's first flight a success.

    What is the objective and why is it an objective? 'Manned mission to Mars' and 'just because' ?
  3. Szlia

    The Game Awards - Dec 5th 6PM PST

    You could indeed already ride a well animated semi-autonomous horse and shoot arrows at the same time in Shadow of the Colossus back on PS2, but, truth be told, at time it felt like a couple extra fingers would have helped. Maybe Nintendo will devise a better control scheme to do such complex...
  4. Szlia

    Major nuclear accident in Europe's largest power plant reported

    I wonder if the super cool anti-nuclear self-fulfilling prophecy is at work there: Make it impossible to build new nuclear power plants for fear of accidents and say 'I told you so' when plants have problems after they are used for decades longer than initially intended, because they cannot be...
  5. Szlia

    Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

    The plot thickens: [/spoiler] Anyway, not a very exciting episode, but the choreography of the Skye vs fake-May fight was interesting (with all the 'you lock my hand but I drop the gun to my free hand' moves) even if not that well filmed. On a United Colors of Benetton side note, I find it...
  6. Szlia

    Better Call Saul

    It's so awesome that AMC is region-locking advertisement...
  7. Szlia

    Interstellar (2014)

    What a strange film. It feels like a collage of 4 or 5 semi decent Twilight Zone episodes.
  8. Szlia

    Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Amazing!

    Some of the comments about Lawrence make it sound like she did not win an academy award and two golden globes... She did though and is without a doubt an amazing actress.
  9. Szlia

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Is that a Turing test?
  10. Szlia

    Tennis

    'La Coupe! Davis! Est Rouge et Blanc!' - Supporter song, Lille 2014 The Davis Cup is red and white. In case you missed it: Day 1: Wawrinka curbstomped Tsonga in a soccer stadium turned into a 28k indoor tennis court. Monfils answered for the french team by curbstomping Federer...
  11. Szlia

    NBA 2014 - 2015 Season Thread

    This talk about Kobe sent me browsing some NBA stats and made me realize something that surprised me: How come Ray Allen is a free agent? You would think someone would be interested in hiring his daggers... but maybe not at the price he asks?
  12. Szlia

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    So... it's edited very fast near the end with a lot of unreleased games so it's a bit tough:
  13. Szlia

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    What is the game with the lightning hitting a bridge making a rider fall of his horse? (3:20ish)
  14. Szlia

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    I saw the movie when it came out and never since so I might be wrong, but I think the garage door was tampered with.
  15. Szlia

    Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

    That was 6 episodes worth of content all crammed into one! The upside was obviously the pace, the down side was that some parts were a bit light (notably the random hydra foot soldier popping out of nowhere to get slaughtered part).
  16. Szlia

    Foxcatcher

    Then why are they showing it downtown?
  17. Szlia

    Foxcatcher

    EDIT: That lame joke was not better the second time around silly vBulletin.
  18. Szlia

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    I don't think she is on the right side of the crazy/hot line (EDIT: I guess there is a big offset on the crazy axis from the point of view of Manson).
  19. Szlia

    Homeland

    What is the play of the ISI guy though? Is it office politics with the scheming woman agent? Is he just pro-american or at least anti-taliban? Or maybe just a pragmatic who sees his interest in the long term? Did he fall in love with Carrie? Please let it not be N?3!
  20. Szlia

    Tennis

    The great final we were waiting for did not happen because... Federer withdrew from the event. He hurt his back during the semi final, hoped to be in good enough shape to play against Djokovic, but in the end decided not to. It's a shame for this Masters' Cup that has been the absolute worst I...
  21. Szlia

    Tennis

    Nishikori played pretty well in his first set against Djokovic. In fact, you will have a tough time finding an example of someone playing better while still being at the receiving end of a 6-1 scoreline. Djokovic was in full flow during the first set, serving well, returning well, covering the...
  22. Szlia

    NBA 2014 - 2015 Season Thread

    Why does promotion / relegation not exist in american sports?
  23. Szlia

    Tennis

    Berdych played an ok match and even tried different things when his usual Plan A did not work, but that was not enough against a very solid Djokovic. The serb gave nothing, returned well, served well, covered his ground well, and seemingly put the ball wherever he wanted. For good measure, he...
  24. Szlia

    The Newsroom s3

    There is Amanda Peet and Bradley Whitford in Studio 60 so it is above criticism.
  25. Szlia

    Tennis

    Things started out nicely today with the first genuinely good match of the tournament, courtesy of Ferrer replacing Raonic to play against Nishikori. Some great rallies, some great shot making and a hard fought match that went the distance. Conclusion: it's really a shame that Ferrer did not...
  26. Szlia

    Valkyria Chronicles

    I don't know if it's funny or sad, but the Sega people are acting all surprised that the game sold (and is selling) super well on Steam.
  27. Szlia

    Tennis

    So yeah... the Berdych vs Cilic match was vaguely decent a time, but Cilic played as poorly as in his first match. I did not see the Wawrinka vs Djokovic match, but it started with the swiss rushing to a 2-0 lead, but then Djokovic decided to give nothing which frustrated and the despaired...
  28. Szlia

    Tennis

    Another day at the O2 another round of pretty crappy matches... Federer served well but played rather poorly by his lofty standards. Luckily for him, Nishikori played even more poorly. He might be hindered by a right wrist injury (not being able to impart spin on serve would explain the huge...
  29. Szlia

    The Newsroom s3

    I would understand that criticism if they never screwed up and if the show did not emphasize own difficult it is to do things right. For me, using real events is not a way to have a magical newsroom that benefits from the hindsight of the writers to stick it to the real news channels. What it...
  30. Szlia

    Homeland

    The not so good chat between the warlord and Saul at the table made me think about a brilliant french graphic novel calledThe Photographerthat tells the real story of a french photographer who followed a group of doctors in Afghanistan during the '80s. The guy is an atheist, but before the trip...
  31. Szlia

    Lena Dunham got RAPED........BY A REPUBLICAN!

    Or someone who got an advance north of $3.5 million for an autobiogrphy mascarading as a humorous self-help book...
  32. Szlia

    Tennis

    Wawrinka played a pretty good game against Berdych, a bit of a surprise considering he lost a lot of matches as of late. Even more surprising, Berdych played a terrible match. End result 6-1 6-1. Djokovic also started the event playing very well, so he made mincemeat of a Cilic who did not...
  33. Szlia

    Binding of Isaac Rebirth (Nov 4th)

    I am not big on omnishooters (except Everyday Shooter because each level was like it's own mini-game with its own rules). Should I check that out anyway? And if yes, why?
  34. Szlia

    Blackface

    Yeah it is the movie used as the first 'talkie' but there were movies before it that already had synchronized sound, but only for singing/musical numbers, There were some voice recordings but in short films, not feature films. Even in The Jazz Singer there are very few recorded dialogues and...
  35. Szlia

    Lena Dunham got RAPED........BY A REPUBLICAN!

    It's ok. It was the '60s after all!
  36. Szlia

    John Wick (2014)

    Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Ok.
  37. Szlia

    John Wick (2014)

    I saw the movie and remember him calling to make a reservation, but I don't remember why it is supposed to be memorable to the point it's mentioned several time in the thread. Can you refresh my memory?
  38. Szlia

    Lena Dunham got RAPED........BY A REPUBLICAN!

    Let me try to help:
  39. Szlia

    Tennis

    At first it seemed like Federer would cruise past Raonic. The canadian did not serve well, could not hit a backhand to save his life and was unable to make a decent volley. 6-1 Federer in the first set. The level of the swiss dropped a tad in the second, Raonic finally started to play better and...