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A cute kitteh clip from Wimpdotcom http://www.wimp.com/catstreadmill/ ( Can you not embed them like you can with youtube vids?)

Radio presenter harassed every night on quiz, audience answers with "India". Exactly what it says on the tin, but funnier than it sounds. "That'll be "India", Graeme!"

And you may watch it here. Now that I have shared, I shall go watch it myself.

I have always found these two videos remarkably similar in themes and mood. Which do you prefer? Ym0hZG-zNOk dsUXAEzaC3Q

Thread title carefully crafted to allow the inclusion of the occassional heterosexual couple. ;) Prince Humperdinck / Count Rugan - The Princess Bride. First of all, the prince is clearly completely unmoved by the charms of Princess Buttercup...

Apparently there is US version of Top Gear being produced. It was going to appear on NBC, but is now slated for the History Channel. Following the same format as the British version, a trailer has already been released. pzBcQ93e6Ns So what...

Inspired by this entry in TVtropes. I love a lot of Western Animation. Especially nearly universal stuff like Bugs Bunny and Pixar. I don't like Anime but I never dismiss it as kids stuff, I just don't like it myself. I am not too proud to...

Yeah I know we've already had this thread. But you know what, I enjoyed it so damn much that I want to have the whole conversation all over again. The rules are: if you posted in the old thread, don't look at your post. I'm interested in seeing if...

No, not that kind of wank. I'm talking about those delightful and wonder times when somebody famous does something batshit insane--usually on Twitter--and has a very public, very interactive meltdown. It's one of the most hilarious things to come...

According to a new interview with Vanity Fair. She reveals that she has had issues with drug abuse in the past but still does cocaine "occasionally". I am of course not surprised that someone in the recording industry does drugs (I assume most...

"We could a been anythin' that we wanted to be..." sA_0cvd1EUM "You know, you're gonna be remembered by the things that you say and you do..."

Sargon, Thalassa and Henoch--it sounds like the beginning of a bad Biblical joke, but it's one of my favorite episodes in season 2. I like the premise of it and the primal, eternal triangle aspect. It allows Nimoy to push us to see Spock as a...

An Iranian friend of mine regularly links to cartoons by Iranian cartoonist Mana Neyestani. Some are reasonably self-explanatory, but most of the time I lack the context and I can't read the language. Nevertheless often the cartoons are intriguing....

Andrew Morton has released his unauthorised boigraphy on Angelie Jolie who is reportedly less than happy with book. It supposedly contains more surprises and revelations about her to shock and surprise everyone. Is this real going to sell as many...

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Let's fill this up so Tom has something to look at when he is moved! D4SO_tWe4R8

(No, not his constructed languages) When What Exit? bumped his Tolkien expert thread he reminded me of this topic. Because it isn't really a factual question and I would be interested in hearing multiple opinions, I chose to start a separate...

Not one of my favorites, mostly because the mahko root that Nona uses creeps me out. Not the ritual of it, but the actual prop used. What the hell was that thing? This episode is good because it shows a strong woman taking initiative, which back...

This came up in chat and here it is. Got a book or books you're done with and will to ship? I just finished an old copy of Wandering Stars: An Anthology of Jewish Fantasy and Science Fiction Mine is an old hardcover, lots of Yiddish...

We're going on a cross-continent train trip in August. Perfect time to do some reading, but not a great situation for toting a lot of books. So I'm planning to load up my e-Reader (Sony, fwiw.) Mostly I like history and popular science, but for...

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Over in the Dope's "Do women like MAD MEN" thread, some persons have commented on the sexism shown by many of the shows' male characters and endured by the female ones. Here's a couple of quotes: Love love love Mad Men. People who claim it's...

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Try to keep spoilers blacked out, since there are some folks who don't know how the war ended. Anyway, if I didn't start this I thought I might EXPLODE or DIE or SOMETHING ELSE DRAMATIC. Because I am so ridiculously psyched for this. I'm trying...

Anyone up for a game of Fizzbin? Say, is that a heater I see you packing? Kirk et al find themselves in a strange world of 1920s gangsters, without the bootleg liquor or the prostitution. These gangsters seem more like Rotary club...

So, I'm a day late. Bite me. Kirk et al invade a cell and get stuck in cytoplasm. Or is it ectoplasm? Spock decides to take one for the team, and even Bones is a bit choked up about it. I think this is a solid episode, but I have to confess I...

I heard this song about 10 years ago, and have not been able to locate the artist/song title/anything. All I remember about the song now is it was a bit like 'Pepper' by Butthole Surfers, musically, and some lyrics. The lyrical fragments are: ...

Commercials, short films, parodies, music videos, whatever. You find it on YouTube and want to share it? Stick it here. People always toss the links out in chat, but I never save them and there've been some great ones. The Shake Weight: ...

The Rolling Mills of New Jersey When I die, bury me low Where I can hear the petroleum flow. A sweeter sound, I never did know The rolling mills of New Jersey. Down in Trenton, there is a bar The bums, they come from...

This is a list of the top 100 films ever by the American Film Institute. I am going to post a list of all the films on this list that I have seen. Odds are it will be a short list. Feel free to do the same for yourself and if there is a list or...

Have we done this before? Feels familiar. Anyway, here's two songs that I am really sick of hearing: Poke Salad Annie Mustang Sally God! These really aren't that good.

SWMBO and I went to see this tonight. I'm not a Nicholas Cage fan, but he did a good job in this movie. The special effects were well done and at the end, the good guys win and they all live happily ever after. A nice evening's entertainment,...

I love the first half of The Stand. I'm not too big into horror. I liked Carrie and It although it's a long time since I've seen either. It used to scared the bejesus out of us as kids.

Obviously, it's a new SyFy movie. http://www.geekosystem.com/sharktopus-syfy-trailer/ Where's Pepper to tell us why we need to see this? :D

It looks like news is filtering out that Matt Smith is looking to do one more series of Doctor Who and then try his luck in America. Nothing confirmed of course, but it seems such a short run compared to the earlier doctors. No, Paul McGann and...

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It has come to my attention that people haven't read this book. What a travesty. It's really an engaging tale about the struggle to put together the 1893 World Fair coupled with a dark tale of a serial killer roaming the streets of Chicago at the...

Would you like a Khan remake? WOK was the strongest of the original cycle of films imho. I'm not sure how happy I'd be with them tampering with a classic like that. What other stories would you like this new TOS crew to star in?

You may know her as the ambitious Dr. Yang from Grey's Anatomy, or the chick from Sideways who beat that one guy with a motorcycle helmet. She's kinda odd-looking. But is she good odd, or bad odd?

I can't be the only one who watches this but for some reason we don't have a thread. Of course it is a little late and we have the problem that America is a few episodes behind. I suggest open spoilers for everything aired in the US. As far as I...

I wager 200 quadroons this is a favorite episode for some of you. I confess I like it, too. I will say that Shahna's hair is ridiculous and she has the face of a ferret, but she's more attractive than poor Chekov's drill thrall. I may be back...

I haven't seen the movie. I probably won't see the movie. I'm curious though: Is there any way anything called "The Last Airbender" can be any good? Opinions, please.

Ok, just read something about MGM's problems and in it was a line about two Hobbit films being directed by Peter Jackson. I thought there was only going to be one? Does anyone have any info on them? What are they going to do, cut the book in half...

4th of July: Independence Day 1776 (of course) Jaws (Action takes place leading up to and over July 4th weekend.) Easter: Easter Parade Wizard of Oz (For some reason this was shown on Easter Weekend for decades) Godspell

This came up in chat, and I'm wondering about quintessentially or stereotypically gay songs. The first thing that came to my mind is "I Will Survive", but what else is there? And while we're on the subject, may as well talk about lesbian songs as...

Oh, where to start? How does one laud perfection? This show has it all: intrigue, Federation bureaucracy, Klingons, fights with Klingons, cute fuzzy animals, humor, wit, espionage, and a moral. Kirk shines in this episode--Shatner does this one...

Inspired by Cluricaun's comments in the Elton John thread. I personally love the soft side of the 70's, but apparently that is not universally true. :lol: So let's all pick which of these oft maligned genres we hate the most. My vote goes to...

The Eurovision song contest has been responsible for innumerable crimes to music in its many years of broadcasting. This annual event exists in a parallel pop universe where kitschy, bizarre, melodramatic and unfashionable song styles rub shoulders...

Clearly I don't mean TODAY. I mean during the show's heyday. (I'm sure Myrna, Exy, & Sticks will read this and go "Who the fuck are you talking about?" Damn their youth! (Suggested of course by the HAPPY BIRTHDAY thread to you-know-who.)

AWESOME. Absurd, over-the-top, and thoroughly entertaining. Some of it sounds a little too much like their old stuff, but even those cuts are fun.