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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: I need some personal development

« on: February 15, 2012, 08:50:37 PM »

Stop looking for the future spouse.  Look to have a good time.  Not necessarily putting out, just hanging loose, playing the field.  Nothing drives a man crazier than knowing the woman he is dating MIGHT be with another man as well. 

I disagree.  Also, if you really want to make it happen, check out a goofy movie on Netflix called Play the Game, starring Andy Griffith.  It's newer.  It's a bit twisted, and there's a disturbing scene where the ugly old broad who played Jerry Seinfeld's mother gives Andy Griffith head, but at the very end Ray Romano's mom and the cute chick who was the receptionist in The Practice spell out exactly their plan to get a noncommital guy to commit.

Love as a feeling is a myth.  It's a freaking action.  The rest is chemical response in the brain brought on by manipulation.  Learn to manipulate, and you'll have your pick of the litter. 

This is horrible advice. Don't play games, that is the complete opposite of long-term.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: I need some personal development

« on: February 15, 2012, 08:42:35 PM »

I thought I was going to get some real answers here.

I'm breaking out the Adele.

Move back to Kansas. Find a true EMAW. He won't be able to help but love you in return.

Whatever you do, do not rough ridin' move back to Kansas.  Anywhere else you could be after Kansas is a rough ridin' pleasure cruise.  Take it from the idiot who moved back there on a whim. 

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: I need some personal development

« on: February 15, 2012, 08:41:03 PM »

Real answer, and I know the clowns on the board don't want to hear it.

Stop looking for the future spouse.  Look to have a good time.  Not necessarily putting out, just hanging loose, playing the field.  Nothing drives a man crazier than knowing the woman he is dating MIGHT be with another man as well. 

Years ago in college, I dated a girl who had other guys she was seeing.  It got hot at times, but never went all the way.  She was no virgin but didn't believe in casual sex, so she said.  So we hung out, dated, got to know each other, and I was freaking crazy about her.  At last, of all the guys she picked, I was the one who won.  I was the victor.

Or so I thought.

We are no longer an item but are Facebook friends.  She admitted to me awhile back that there were no other guys, that when we met there was immediate chemistry, but she could tell I was noncommital.  So she played this whole "I'm dating around" game to pique my interest.  It worked ... for awhile. 

Hey, it's worth a shot.  And it probably works even better if you DO have other guys on the side.  That way, when they all get super into you because they want to be the "winner," you can pick the guy who best suits your needs.

Oh, and another thing.  Relationships are overrated and only desired by those who are not in one. 

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Recent motion picture viewing - Add your own!

« on: February 15, 2012, 07:07:08 PM »

"The Vow" sucked. Don't let your women force you into it, just tell them it's not fanning approved. However, "the help" is an amazing movie. A must watch. Made fanning cry a bit.

I didn't cry, which is rare because pretty much everything makes me cry (menopause), but I did really enjoy this movie.  I'd like to see it win Best Picture, but I have a feeling that silent movie is going to win. 

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Recent motion picture viewing - Add your own!

« on: February 15, 2012, 07:04:47 PM »

Green Street Hooligans.  I liked it.

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That movie is really solid.  The one main character who takes Frodo under his wing is now the star of Sons of Anarchy, I believe.  I heard the sequal kind of sucked. 

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Why do we enjoy sports?

« on: February 15, 2012, 07:01:41 PM »

I've been asking this question myself.  Most of you know I'm an Eagles fan, so the NFL season is pure KITN every year.  I have former in-laws from New York who are all Giants fans, and they are loving to call me and get in my crap right now.

But then I think of it.  What do they have going for their lives that I don't?  And then it hit me -- they have the opportunity to go out and by a "Super Bowl Champions" t-shirt.  And if that is all it takes to rough ridin' fulfill you, then I envy you your zen simplicity.

As for me, I thought the Kansas State "Texas State Champions T-Shirt" would would some sort of three wolf moon magic in my life, but once I put it on, I discovered I am the same butthurt loser I was before. 

So why do we love sports?  Beats the hell out of me. 

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Shows that have you by the balls, or vag...

« on: February 15, 2012, 06:58:44 PM »

Cattmatt ripping a real writer's work is hilarious.   

baby's breath

Oh, and I could give you a pretty good response to this, but God forbid Rams think I'm a douchenozzle.

submit the response, the consequences, along with rams, be damned.

I've already earned so many prestigious titles from the board:  Sociopath, spouse abuser, racist, Captain Butthurt, attention whore, one-eyed freak just to name a few.  I'd rather keep DN (douchnozzle) off the list of abbreviations after my name. 

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Shows that have you by the balls, or vag...

« on: February 15, 2012, 04:13:15 PM »

Cattmatt ripping a real writer's work is hilarious.   

baby's breath

Oh, and I could give you a pretty good response to this, but God forbid Rams think I'm a douchenozzle.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Shows that have you by the balls, or vag...

« on: February 15, 2012, 04:11:28 PM »

Walking Dead is worst writing ever.  Some of that dialogue makes me want to puke. 

Dingo's favorite shows:
1. CSI Miami
2. 2 and a half men
3. Army Wives

Dingo's favorite shows:

MI-5 (Kind of a UK version of 24)
Breaking Bad (if you want great dialogue, look no further)
Dexter (seriously, what mommy doesn't love this show?)
Justified
The League
Community

The list goes on.

Granted, I haven't watched the second season of Walking Dead.  Season 1, however, peaked early on, in the scene where the father is in his window looking at his zombie wife through a rifle scope--powerful stuff.  After that, it was chock full of bad lines and bad moments that rang false for me.  I mean, sure, the idea of a zombie apocalypse is unreal, but if you're going to try to get me on board with your human characters, get me to imagine this is how a real person would react in this situation.  You have to make them believeable and not give them stupid things to say that are what coverage readers call "on the nose."

Annoying moments in season 1:

When Rick went to find that half-zombie crawling through the park to mercifully put her out of her misery.  It could have been a great scene if played with no dialogue, powerful and poignant.  But then the writers had to scribble in that Rick shakes his head with sadness (like that character would do that) and mutter:  "I'm so sorry this had to happen to you ..."  Why don't you spell it out for us, clowns?

When Amy gets bitten by a zombie and dies and Andrea guards her body until she turns.  That whole motif was so overracted and melodramatic.

When Lori finds out Rick is alive, after she's been sleeping with Shane all this time, she suddenly turns into a raging bitch at Shane.  Jesus, what the hell did Shane do?

Another line that made me want to push the actor off the roof of the Atlanta building where it was delivered:  "Well ... [dramatic pause] ... Officer Friendly ... [more dramatic pause] ... from just up the road ... [more dramatic pause and slow turn of the head to look at Rick] ... welcome to the big city."  Who the eff talks like that?

When they get to the CDC (or whatever that place was where Noah Emmerich was holed up] and discover he has food and wine, there is that cliche-ridden dinner sequence where everyone is laughing ... and laughing ... and laughing ... oooooh, look how pleased we are to be eating, we're laughing.  It was so forced and phony.

For the record, I'm not the only one who says this.  A lot of critics have said the same thing.  One of my LA friends knows someone involved with the production, and I understand the gutted the writing staff after season 1, so maybe I'll give season 2 a look on Netflix.  Maybe.

RE: your first moment - Rick just woke up from a long coma, and had no clue anything had even happened.
I think everyone can agree about Lori. She is horrible. Unfortunately her character isn't going anywhere.

Late disclaimer - I enjoy the Walking Dead but I admit it certainly has its flaws and it isn't my favorite show. It isn't even my favorite on AMC (The Killing)

Hey, man, I was actually referring to the second time Rick sees the half-zombie.  The time you're referring to, when he just woke up, he sort of freaked out and ran.  But later, after he had come to terms with what was going on and everything, he went back to put her out of her misery.  My gripe is that the show feels overwritten.  His line there ("I'm so sorry this had to happen to you") is like Harrison Ford's narration in Blade Runner.  It works okay, but if you watch the film without his narration, you're forced to look at Deckard's face in certain scenes (like when he kills Zora), and everything that was said in the narration is written on that face without needing voiceover to explain it to us. 

The problem with Lori is that there are clearly no women on the writing staff.  All of the women in the show are written the way men write "tough, resilient women" -- as caricatures that conform to certain cliches.  So it takes me out of the story, so to speak. 

I'd be curious to know if season 2 is an improvement on season 1. 

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Shows that have you by the balls, or vag...

« on: February 15, 2012, 10:38:32 AM »

That last post would have been alright, but he just had to add that last sentence. He could have said TV Guide told him. He could have said he heard it at the water cooler. Maybe even the post office. But no. He had to say his friend in LA who knows someone. I mean, I read io9 and I knew they fired Darabont and most the writing staff. I don't have to act like that in public. Why does he?

I went back and took that last line off because, goddammit, I aim to please. 

Rams - I am a douche-nozzle.   And trust me, I could be a lot worse if I wanted. 

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Shows that have you by the balls, or vag...

« on: February 14, 2012, 02:37:11 PM »

Walking Dead is worst writing ever.  Some of that dialogue makes me want to puke.  

Dingo's favorite shows:
1. CSI Miami
2. 2 and a half men
3. Army Wives

Dingo's favorite shows:

MI-5 (Kind of a UK version of 24)
Breaking Bad (if you want great dialogue, look no further)
Dexter (seriously, what mommy doesn't love this show?)
Justified
The League
Community

The list goes on.

Granted, I haven't watched the second season of Walking Dead.  Season 1, however, peaked early on, in the scene where the father is in his window looking at his zombie wife through a rifle scope--powerful stuff.  After that, it was chock full of bad lines and bad moments that rang false for me.  I mean, sure, the idea of a zombie apocalypse is unreal, but if you're going to try to get me on board with your human characters, get me to imagine this is how a real person would react in this situation.  You have to make them believeable and not give them stupid things to say that are what coverage readers call "on the nose."

Annoying moments in season 1:

When Rick went to find that half-zombie crawling through the park to mercifully put her out of her misery.  It could have been a great scene if played with no dialogue, powerful and poignant.  But then the writers had to scribble in that Rick shakes his head with sadness (like that character would do that) and mutter:  "I'm so sorry this had to happen to you ..."  Why don't you spell it out for us, clowns?

When Amy gets bitten by a zombie and dies and Andrea guards her body until she turns.  That whole motif was so overracted and melodramatic.

When Lori finds out Rick is alive, after she's been sleeping with Shane all this time, she suddenly turns into a raging bitch at Shane.  Jesus, what the hell did Shane do?

Another line that made me want to push the actor off the roof of the Atlanta building where it was delivered:  "Well ... [dramatic pause] ... Officer Friendly ... [more dramatic pause] ... from just up the road ... [more dramatic pause and slow turn of the head to look at Rick] ... welcome to the big city."  Who the eff talks like that?

When they get to the CDC (or whatever that place was where Noah Emmerich was holed up] and discover he has food and wine, there is that cliche-ridden dinner sequence where everyone is laughing ... and laughing ... and laughing ... oooooh, look how pleased we are to be eating, we're laughing.  It was so forced and phony.

For the record, I'm not the only one who says this.  A lot of critics have said the same thing.  

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: WHITNEY HOUSTON TRIBUTE THREAD: Her greatest love of all...

« on: February 14, 2012, 02:19:42 PM »

I always had a soft spot for "Saving All My Love For You."  I liked it's old standard feel, something I could hear Jo Stafford singing back in the 1950s.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Shows that have you by the balls, or vag...

« on: February 14, 2012, 12:45:09 PM »

Walking Dead is worst writing ever.  Some of that dialogue makes me want to puke. 

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Favorite Chick Singer?

« on: February 14, 2012, 12:42:32 PM »

Basia when I was younger, although she progressively let too much Brazilian samba influence into her later music:




Lisa Hannigan today ... 

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Kids

« on: February 14, 2012, 12:33:02 PM »

Why do some facebook parents completely devote their page to their kids and then refuse to let their kids have a facebook account? I mean I can understand not wanting them to have an account, but when you put their pictures and what they are doing all over your account anyway, what's the point?

 

Why do Facebook moms who you used to nail in college devote their Facebook pages to their kids and show not one picture of themselves as they look now?  And then when you ask them to say why, they write back:  "LOL its Bcause i am the one taking all the pics LOL!"  Hate those people.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Cattmatt Super Thread

« on: February 14, 2012, 12:30:50 PM »

I still want to know why I'm "cruel."

Let's not do this, son.  

could care less about either side here, but this makes you look like:

1. a huge dick bag
2. a gigantic racist

just a thought

 

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Cattmatt Super Thread

« on: February 14, 2012, 10:19:35 AM »

I still want to know why I'm "cruel."

Let's not do this, son. 

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Redneck Dad shoots daughters computer to teach her a lesson

« on: February 14, 2012, 10:17:24 AM »

I am beginning to think the whole thing was orchestrated to create a viral video.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Kids

« on: February 14, 2012, 10:06:28 AM »

For what it's worth, the only proof I need that there is a God is that I never made any babies.  Now, granted, I had something to do with it -- I bought condoms by the crate.  But while I'm (1) a pretty good stepdad (to adult kids), (2) an okay step-grandpa (to kids I only have to see once or twice a year), and (3) a decent uncle (see 1 and 2), I know for a fact that I would be a terrible dad.  Plus, if I were a dad I wouldn't be getting away with half the stuff I do now, and I wouldn't have traveled or lived in all the cool places I've been.  So yeah, people, I'm one of those irresponsible, selfish people who doesn't like kids and really doesn't like your kids. 

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Recent motion picture viewing - Add your own!

« on: February 14, 2012, 10:00:55 AM »

i had heard from a lot of people that drive "wasn't what i expected", but was never really told why.

after seeing it, i have to say it was not really what i expected.  in a good way 

I found all the lingering driving shots with that goofy ethereal 80s music a bit much.  The action setpieces were fine, especially the one in the elevator.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Great but often forgotten movie/ Tv characters.

« on: February 13, 2012, 06:12:57 PM »

And no, that's not Charlie Runkel on Californication.  That's Shrug on It's Like, You Know ...

At first I was going to drop a "No, denied" on you for not being Runkel.......but this thread is about forgotten characters.  Well done.  Never even heard of that other show.

I wish to eff it was available on DVD.  It got canceled after one season with several unaired episodes.  It was created by some former writers for Seinfeld, and it was about life in Los Angeles ... really surreal and goofy and wonderful, just like L.A.  My favorite episode was when police engaged in a high speed car chase, and the entire city shut down so people could watch it unfold on TV.  You have to live there to get that one. 

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Recent motion picture viewing - Add your own!

« on: February 13, 2012, 05:15:49 PM »

Recently watched Frailty again.  I really enjoy this movie.  While I don't like horror movies that have tons of gore, I do like the suspense thriller genre immensely.

Have you seen the original "The Thing" ?  Not the recent remake.

you mean John Carpenter's version or the original The Thing (From Another World)?

Both are great.

Both are great.  Apples and oranges as to which one I like better.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Great but often forgotten movie/ Tv characters.

« on: February 13, 2012, 05:14:42 PM »

And no, that's not Charlie Runkel on Californication.  That's Shrug on It's Like, You Know ...

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Redneck Dad shoots daughters computer to teach her a lesson

« on: February 13, 2012, 05:08:42 PM »

She definitely needs the computer taken away.  And the iPod, iPad, iPhone, or whatever iFeces she has.  I don't know about embarrassing her like that, and destroying a perfectly good computer seems to be a pretty ugly punctuation.  I don't know what I would do.  I think when it comes to parenting, I like to ask myself WWJBD? (What Would Jack Bauer Do?).

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Cattmatt Super Thread

« on: February 13, 2012, 05:06:14 PM »

So, I was wondering why he made it abundantly clear that the video would be 4:17 So I looked up Matthew 4:17:

From that time on Jesus began to preach, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near."

 

Any validity to this?

Love you stuff by the way.   Remember that one time I saw you at arby's in Junction city?   I meant it when I told you I was a fan.

I remember that.  It was right after we beat KU in 2009.  Good times.  You struck me as someone pretty cool.