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« Reply #1921 on: 28 April 2011, 01:46:18 » |
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I'm gonna put this here because whatever.
THIS IS MOSTLY DIRECTED AT ALEC BUT IS REALLY FOR ANYONE WHAT LIKES COMEDY WHICH I IMAGINE IS ALL YO'ALL SO DON'T BE TURNED OFF BY THE INFORMAL NATURE, OR THE SPECIAL AND UNIQUE WAY ASR AND I USUALLY TALK TO EACH OTHER YOU GUYS AREN'T AROUND/WITHIN EARSHOT.
My dearest Alec,
How are you on this most tepid and furgalicios evening? Are the socs still keeping up with their madcap adventures, or has the recent local instability darkened them into old corrugated visages? Has that ruddy skinflint Ewan been stealing rhubarb again, that codger? Things are peaceful, in the north. I imagine the snozberry crops will grow quite tall this junely, if I say so myself. Quite tall indeed.
But I, with the undulating air of , move on to more pressing matters, I am afraid. However I do not write this post with a heavy heart, but rather a much more lissome one for I have discovered something I suspect you will love... if you have yet to discover it yourself, that is.
You see old chum, last night at The Orphanage we partook of a comedic "Home Box Office" special entitled "Talking Funny". T'was a talkie which included four titans; Ricky Gervais, of course, along with the boorish Louis C.K., the moor-ish (aha, pardon my cheap lark) Chris Rock, and of course the ever imitated never duplicated Jerome Seinfeld. All of them focused and hard working individuals in their field before their fame, had pooled together to chat about comedy on stage and screen. As a dedicated gent yourself I feel you would enjoy this quite a bit as it offers differing opinions and wisdom.
But alas, I must take my leave for I have many ventures on the go at this moment. Fare thee well, and please tell our daughter I miss her and her flibbertigibbetous stories.
Yours aye,
Michael
(dictated but not read)
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« Reply #1922 on: 28 April 2011, 08:10:49 » |
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My close friend Mr. Collymore,
I confess you have caught me in the midst of a most terrible thyme - a storm looms on the horizon, far in the distance where the kindly riverfolk spend their days. I'm afraid there is not much time (or thyme, for that matter) before the torrential downfall washes away my crops. My crops are baby corn. You must partake in their scrumptious beads of flavor on your next passage through these parts, assuming the harvest hath not been laid to waste. In other news, I admit you stand ever correct in your astute assumption that Evan, ever bursting with youthful mischief, has once again taken to theft of our rhubarb, this time building his home from it. And three full stories with two bedrooms, would you believe!
But never mind, good friend, my troubles. I write you back in the hopes you will learn that I have indeed viewed the SHlT out of the very same "Home Box Office" laughmovie of which you speak. "Talking Funny" was just that, ha! Were it not for the apt title, know I not what I might've been expecting! Mayhaps talk of politics? I am always keen to hear of the goings-on in our lands. (How are the politics in the North? Do you have an African leader yet? We have found it most exhilarating.)
I felt privileged to have my ears (of the biological sort, you silly man! I speak not of my baby corn) be privy to the talkings-on of these four kingly men. Which comedic minds better to share an intimate stage for "Talking Funny?" Surely I was not the only of my village to burst into fits of giggles when mention of "Sitting on a cock 'cos I'm gay" came up. The Good Jewish Lord knows I am not an easy one to please. I have much more to speak of, so please make haste with your response!
Ever brothers,
Alec
P.S. If you see Evan, that scampy wriggler, forget not to scold him with a slap on his knobby wrists!
Anyway, yeah, that special was amazing. Hilarious, entertaining, and unbelievably insightful. I could've watched hours of that conversation. I loved that they all seemed to argue with each other on everything, further driving home the fact that comedy is something that literally nobody can agree on.
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« Reply #1925 on: 20 May 2011, 23:59:30 » |
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I'm only two episodes deep, everything's slow while I'm getting all of Deadwood, but I'm real into it.
Just watched the first episode of Game Of Thrones. Originally I thought this was literally a 'game' based show, since it's called Game Of Thrones and when people at work were talking about it someone said "It's DnD."
It is not DnD. My girlfriend likes it and I told what I'd heard, so she gave me a new rundown instead, which was a paradigm shift in how I perceived the show. So later one I decided to check it out, and that brings us back to 'Do'. Just watched the first episode of Game of Thrones. I thought it was pretty good, and plan to check out more. It's cool that Sarah Conner is in there, though she's blonde (and I'll get to that in a sec) and... The dad from Still Standing. It's weird to see him not be a mediocre sitcom staple, but I'm down with it. Anyway it's cool so far, and I hear it gets better. Plus there is wolf cubs. One thing the first episode taught me is this; 4:5 blonde people are terrible.
With all the stuff I'm going to be watching in the off-season, I think I'm going to get HBOverload this summer. (I don't mind.)
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« Reply #1937 on: 28 June 2012, 01:42:30 » |
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Okay, I gave it a shot. There seem to be some inconsistencies with how they use their magic, but none that can't be explained away. It's pretty dang good for a cartoon, actually.
I found it interesting that they polarized an issue that seemed so morally grey. Is magic inherently evil? No. Is equality inherently evil? Also no.
About the finale: [spoiler]Regarding the fact that Amon is a water/blood bender changed people's opinions of him: he can't control what he was born with. The fact that he treated his outing as a lie was the wrong decision. He should have went with the truth and explained that he would remove his own bending once he was sure that he had "cleansed" everyone else. He might have lost SOME support for having lied in the first place but he wouldn't have completely been undermined as a villain. I'm not saying that as a criticism of the writing, but I think the guy made a huge mistake. And I say villain, but I totally don't think he was. I think he was just an antagonist more than anything. I'm not biased for or against magic users by having watched the original show, so he didn't really seem all that horrible and they didn't seem to show that he had any evil ulterior motives.
It totally caught me off guard that firebenders could fly. I'd have to go back and re-analyze every scenario I've seen with a firebender and wonder why they didn't use that in each scenario. The worst one I remember was episode 6, where Korra was "in mortal danger" and Lin Beifong had to go back to save her, but apparently they could have joined in the attack on the ship by her simply flying and by Beifong simply giving credence to the fact that Korra is the Avatar and could have flown. This problem could have easily been avoided if one of those qi blockers had did one of those attacks on her before she fell, though, so I guess it's not a big deal.[/spoiler]
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« Reply #1939 on: 29 June 2012, 01:50:49 » |
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The second season was confirmed after the first had been written. The season is standalone, but the series will continue.
Also, Majikn, you missed a lot about what certain benders are capable of partially dependent on lineage and some on training.
The problem with fire bending to fly is that it is an absolute expert move, it all other circumstances, the benders are steady while bending fire. To concentrate that much energy and raw power into such a small area that it actually produces lift is incredible.
This is also noted by his insane fire range on the ship.
Lighting is also an incredibly advanced firebending technique.
Something my girlfriend and I constantly noticed about the show is that the bending was incredibly toned down from the first series. Of course, the bending that is taught in republic city needs to be controlled or it would cause mass destruction.
Overall, a great show, which would be greater if it was aimed at TV14 instead of TV7.
And the whole murder suicide on Nickelodeon was like, whoa.
WW, Iroh's voice was Zuko's. Fan service, man.
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« Reply #1941 on: 29 June 2012, 05:28:41 » |
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He is his grandfather's grandson. Zuko was Aang's arch enemy, then rival, then teacher. Excellent progression. 2-ish episodes of Iroh (named after Zuko's Uncle) was hyper-fan service. Posted on: June 29, 2012, 12:27:59 AM
Also, I just started watching Game of Thrones. I'm 5 episodes in with my girlfriend and hooked. #####ing Lannister incestuous #####s.
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« Reply #1943 on: 29 July 2012, 19:52:04 » |
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The whiny little son of the king? I hate that ass. I haven't hated/loved characters like this for a long time. Posted on: June 29, 2012, 07:00:17 PM
I got all caught up on Thrones, definitely something I will continue watching in the future. Currently watching Dr. Who, starting with the 2005 Eccleston Doctor. I'm more interested in learning about the TARDIS and the time lords in general, but it's a silly and fun series. Just finished episode 5, with the green aliens things at parliament. I'm watching it with my girlfriend though, so we only get a few episodes in at a time.
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