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Its. . .hisbirthday. . .so. . .MauriceLaMarche. . .and KEVin PolLAK are celebratingitwith. . .the. . .SecondAnnual. . .Talk. . .Like. . . . . .WilliamShatner. . .Day!International Talk Like William Shatner Day is the brain-child of renowned voice...
I've never watched Apprentice before. I think Donald Trump is a despicable, unlikable, slimy little man, and also I usually only watch reality shows that deal with cooking or fashion. But...I'm watching this season for my favorite guilty pleasure....
For the sake of clarity, I will define Sci-Fi as not including the vast ocean of sword or magic-related fantasy and other less technological scribbling currently lumped into this genre. I'm looking more towards the hard science fiction of David Brin...
Now I like it when a well known actor or familiar face pops into a movie or show for a scene or even a few seconds. Hunter S. Thompson appearing in the flashback scene of Fear & Loathing was priceless.(Holy shit, there I am!) But sometimes you see...
For the rest of your long, solitary life (there's food aplenty on this island, and you're the apex predator), you have only the written catalog of a single author to keep you company. Whose work do you take? For the purposes of this thread, books...
Simple enough, really: I want you to name the first three cult movies that come to your mind, or the three you most want to think about.
Time to poll and we'll keep this one secret. There is a lot of hate for this movie on this board, me I love it. So rate it on a scale from 1 to 10 like the IMDB.
Last night while at the bar, something on the muted television caught my attention. It was the always sexy Timothy Olyphant, and he looked like this. And this And I got a girl boner. I had never even heard of this show before, but...
For purposes of this thread, science fiction counts as fantasy, and so do comic books; I also think we should restrict ourselves to action/mystery/detective series. It's obvious that neither Superman nor Odo is going to be bothered by a Buffyverse...
A real gem. A true classic. An award winning show (a Hugo in 1968). Myriad plot twists, solid characterizations, intriguing and plausible alternative world. Fast paced, but packed with human touches--nothing is sacrificed just to move the plot along...
I don't remember seeing this here before. But the idea is that you're stuck on a desert island and you only have five albums to listen to for the rest of your life. What would they be? Mine: 1) Björk - Vespertine 2) XTC - Skylarking 3)...
I saw her on House this week, and I see that she's continuing that blonde thing she started in the later seasons of That 70s Show. For the love of god, why hasn't anybody stopped her? In the early seasons of That 70s Show, she was cute in a...
The 'Where the Wild Things Are' post got me thinking on this. What were your favorite books as a wee one? If you have kids, what were/are your favorite books to read to them? When I was little (4-6) my favorite favorite book ever was Tacky the...
It used to be that YouTube would just recommend stuff without telling you why, but now it links each recommended video with something you watched. And if I was watching Nick Cave videos last night and it suggests an interview with him, that makes...
I'm afraid my first words upon seeing this headline were, "Well, that's not a surprise." Even less of a surprise is that it was apparently of an overdose. Story here.
Is anyone buying what Tim Burton is selling anymore? Starring Johnny Depp, check. Co-starring Helena Bonham-Carter, check. Music by Danny Elfman, check. Tim Burton? Do something else for a change, or give it a rest. And why did they make...
I'm watching it on DVD from Netflix on the recommendation of many in chat. I'm mixed so far, I like it but do not love it. So I decided to start a thread. Mostly this is for all to talk about the show and what they loved about it but I will also...
Max Casella was an odd looking young boy on Doogie Howser He looks great today!
I didn't watch the first season, but I caught the season premiere and a rerun of the series premiere. Not sure what to even say about it except that it's weirdly compelling and fascinating, no matter how gross it is. And it is gross...in the...
So...Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were actually pretty funny. They were about 100 times less painful than I expected. Still, when Neil Patrick Harris was doing his song-and-dance number, I found myself saying, "Geez, why don't they just let him...
I, myself, love it. I like the old school dry gins like Gordon's and Gilbey's. I like the new school user friendly ones like Bombay Sapphire and Tanqueray Rangpur. I love a well-made martini. Hell, I like an indifferently made martini. I like...
I'm sure we've got one of these threads lying about but anyway... xRg6X1sHBt4 kCYO4PoHPT0 9ZmqbcBsTAw There's loads more but you first.
Mark Linkous, of the band Sparklehorse, committed suicide yesterday. :( http://www.nme.com/news/sparklehorse/50109 I dunno how popular he was but albums such as "It's A Wonderful Life" have been mainstays of my life. It's a beautiful album and...
Numerous times shows have been cut for television. It seems to happen more regularly with regard to British television than Irish television, anyway below are a number of clips that were removed when these shows were broadcast on this side of the...
And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on...
Apart from this one of course. :smug: At the minute, thanks to jackelope on SDMB mine is Futility Closet.
Here's an old Smokey the Bear commercial that seems designed to instill pantswetting terror in children. I just watched it again to link it here and even knowing what was coming, I still jumped / screamed. Here is a genuinely disturbing AIDS...
Okay...this will be the sole source of tunes for you...forever! :madsci: Pick now, and enjoy the bananas, coconuts and salt water.
I've been loving this show since the first episode, and have found in chat that a few others here are watching it. I thought I'd start a thread to discuss...one long thread, vs. a new one for each episode. A few things I love about the show in...
I don't necessarily mean musicals (although the title sequence for Singin' in the Rain is one of the most jubilant moments on film). My picks? Easy Rider - Jack, Peter and Dennis driving through the great Southwest to the tune of The Band's "The...
This morning it so happened that I watched half an episode of Roary the Racing Car, a kind of Thomas the Tank Engine/Cars hybrid, over breakfast. Anyway a major lesson of today's episode was that if you are overburdened you should admit it and...
Not one of my favs. I find Lazarus tedious and his ever-changing beard distracting and annoying. Then again, the premise is intriguing--two entities caught in an endless battle to preserve both universes. Is it fair that they should pay the price?...
Every time I hear Squeezebox by The Who, I think to myself, "doesn't the radio station realize how dirty this song is?! How can they play it on the radio, for God and my grandma to hear? Of course, the key dirty lyric is: She goes in and...
From talking to Fellophantians it seems there are at least a few fans of these luscious, sexy, campy horror films. For those who don't know - Hammer Film Productions was a British film studio that from the late 1950s to the 1970s turned out Gothic...
I am an avid movie watcher. I pretty much go see any movie in the theater, even if it ends up being a bad movie, and the most baffling thing to my friends; even if I KNOW its going to be a bad movie. As such, I've developed a list of cinematic pet...
Can someone tell me a little more about these shiny vampires and werewolves please? From what I have picked up, I am beginning to think that these new vamps and lycanthropes have taken on some of the ancient attributes of the Faerie or Sidhe. ...
I have, of course, long since foresworn all my super-villainous ambitions, and anyone who says different is begging for a beating from the flying monkeys. Nonetheless, a series of misunderstands makes it needful that I temporarily relocate to...
I was looking at Scorsese's IMDB, and noticed he had a movie called Silence in development. It looks really interesting, it's going to star Benicio Del Toro, and I can't wait to see it. I was reading the comments, and somebody said they saw an...
Dungeons & Treasures A web-based CRPG, free of charge. The game is limited to one small dungeon each day, which you can finish in maybe 20 minutes once you're familiar with the game. I have played it for 6 days and an equal number of dungeons,...
Actors Who Got Better With Age I will put up Robert DeNiro. He was a great actor that started phoning it in years ago. In a similiar vein, John Hughes had an incredible run as a Writer, Director and Producer but either burnt out or got...
So, in one of my favorite movies, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (well, there is no accounting for taste), there is a throw away line where Charlie's boss Mr. Chopek asks Charlie to pass his regards to Charlie's Grandpa Joe. Now, Grandpa Joe...
Sure there are some great movies, I'm not denying it but the vastest majority of the films shown in cinemas are garbage. You often hear people espousing such drivel with "oh leave your brain at the door and enjoy it". Well it just so happens that...
We were talking about Breakfast at Tiffany's the other day and Fenris mentioned Mickey Rooney's role as the Japanese janitor. No matter what you think of the rest of the film, the scenes with this character bring it to a screeching jaw-dropping...
I find this to be one of the most thought provoking episodes on first viewing. It really can make you question your worldview. Great script, great acting. But does anyone else think that the Head Klingon looks like the Grinch? I like that Kirk...
The last new book I bought was Pat Conroy's latest novel, South of Broad, early this month. Haven't read it yet; I'm waiting for a long weekend. The last book I bought, period, was last week; the book was The Mind's Eye by Douglas Hofstadter. ...
For reasons that I knew were bad at the time, last night I did a little Googling for the phrase "vagina dentata." Obviously much of the search results for that was nightmare fodder or worse. But one thing that came up, as well, as the mention of...
Myrnalene posted about the song "Lola" by the Kinks in some other thread, and it occurred to me that while I've heard of that song, I've never heard it. Which got me thinking about other songs that are famous but that I've never heard. The two that...
Have you ever listened to a song, read a story, or watched a drama and walked away with conflicting emotional & intellectual reactions? Well, then this is the thread for you. Recently I happened to come across a song I remember from the 80s:...
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