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  1. what happened to :D?

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    2. GLASSJAW

      GLASSJAW

      what a snake

    3. :D

      :D

      Grantaire:

      Bravo, little Gavroche, you're the top of the class!

      Prouvaire:

      So what are we going to do with this snake in the grass?

    4. King Heffy

      King Heffy

      Where's Magikal been also?

  2. don't be so dramatic. he's only played 32 games this year, and in the past has said he is comfortable playing two days in a row because he had to do it a fair bit in the minors
  3. someones gonna make fun of me for that post, i can already tell
  4. first i want to say thank you for liking me second i want to say that Gravity is a traditional narrative movie that utilized technology, yup. But to overlook the fact that it's a traditional movie with a traditional plot, only to consider it simply a "technical achievement," is pretty reductive and non-critical of you If you want to overlook the whole, YOU KNOW, narrative of the movie, that's your deal and your critical process. but for me, technological achievement doesn't mean anything unless there's more to it. when technology is the selling point of an otherwise bland movie, the result is Avatar. when technology is matched with good writing, good characters, a good script, everything else, then the result is something like Back to the Future. Gravity does not have good writing, it does not have good characters, it does not have a good script, no wit, no challenging metaphors. it didn't even have memorable music. let's just hope Gravity's technological achievements (what were they, again?) hold up for a few more years, so we can continue to overlook this stuff, and praise the computers behind the scene anyway, some more similarities between Gravity and The Grey, other than beginning, middle, and end: the grey: - suicidal dude without guidance in life - dead family member causes grief - loses faith in god - finds faith in self - has visions to help regain faith - wanders around in nothingness, challenged by nature - ends with final conflict with nature\ - heavy handed metaphor about life and death with no certain outcome gravity: - emotionally vacant woman without guidance in life - dead family member causes grief - loses faith (in self) - finds faith in self - has visions to help regain faith - wanders around in nothingness, challenged by nature (and super cool space junk!) - ends with final conflict with nature - heavy handed metaphor about life and death, but with the family-friendly outcome of rebirth
  5. how can you guys hate on The Grey while liking a movie like Gravity? They're more or less the same thing: person lost in wilderness/space loses friends/companions, loses/lost faith, regains faith in self, fights elements, both movies bend natural law to establish conflict, credits. Except The Grey is significantly better it's better because of how it uses tension and tries to defy convention occasionally. the threat of conflict is more important than the conflict itself. while Gravity on the other hand, is so godawful in your face with conflict and convention that it seems like it's just a typical action movie on fast forward, with a few slow motion shots of space at the start. pure trash (that's not to say The Grey is a great movie or anything, but's certainly engaging)
  6. 30 rock, arrested development, curb your enthusiasm, bored to death, extras, the office (uk), inbetweeners, etc. all lightyears ahead of most of the crap i remember being on tv in the 90s
  7. that's probably one of two or three new comedies i've had a good laugh at in years me and my friend were both laughing pretty consistently through the whole thing (except the end, which was kinda dumb)
  8. the crash reel: 10/10 it's difficult to rate docs, really. but this was about as good as a doc can get. extremely emotionally engaging, fantastic music, great visuals, and a good story about snowboarder kevin pearce who hit his head doing a trick, suffered serious brain damage, and the aftermath
  9. fight club 5/10 never liked this movie or book. tried it again, but still nothing i've seen a few Fincher movies lately, and it's sorta funny how each one has cool scenes with cars driving through heavy, heavy rain unfortunately this one is also concerned with late 90s culture (yuck) and music (dust brothers...?)
  10. more beat up than Evel Knieval? Really..?
  11. good lord, that dude has lost like 500 pounds
  12. manhattan murder mystery - 9/10 can't believe i've waited so long to see this. always get it confused with another, so i pass on it. annie hall was originally written to be about murder, but was edited/cut to be what it is. manhattan murder mystery is woody's sort of nod to what Annie Hall may have been really funny, if you're into woody's humour and thought process, and i very much am. definitely in my top 5 of his
  13. well said can't believe how many people around here put players before the organization
  14. that movie received a LOT of hate when it came out, especially here on CDC. but i actually really enjoyed it. and i agree, that Pitt rant is grade A
  15. what do you mean it was unbelievable? what seemed unbelievable about it to you? the last word i would use to describe that movie is slow! i thought it was totally wrenching from start to finish
  16. plus Jodie Foster and Matthew MChUFHduahfduhey are probably the least believable romantic pairing in history alright alright alright
  17. i just finished the book and thought it was pretty mediocre, myself. Not at all engaging, and full of weird elements that just left me confused. I mean, i liked the 'message' of coexistence (if that's what you want to call it), but as an actual piece of fiction, i thought it was pretty much typical dollar-bin paperback stuff i am really not at all into sci fi, so that doesn't help. but the movie was SOOOO obviously directed by Zemeckis, who had just finished up Forrest Gump, and you can totally see Gump leftovers scattered throughout this. From the historical "moments" that look so dated and bad, to the soft piano music, which seemed hilariously out of place. It's THE EXACT same tinkling piano music that played during Gump scenes of him sitting on the bench. So funny and out of place.
  18. Contact: 6.5/10 decent enough, I guess.
  19. its been in the cards for a long time now, it was not fast at all the realistic members of CDC could see it coming
  20. Ferraro is spot on when he says the Canucks are half pregnant. Not in a position to rebuild, not in a position to win. Embarrassing franchise.
  21. I don't even know what the 'single' thing has to do with anything You're only addressing one thing. Luongo wanted out. PERIOD. Everyone said it today. I don't care if he wanted out before or after Schneider. The point is Schneider WANTED TO STAY and was willing to outperform Luongo the whole way. He was sad to go. He said he wanted to stay. But Luongo.. Remember how sad he was when he was traded here? He sounded miserable. Remember how sad he sounded today? Oh yeah. Not very sad at all. In fact, he said he's happy. His family never lived here. He never spent his time here. He wanted to stay to honour his contract, not because he wanted to play for this ridiculous organization. He called this team his ex wife. Said he's over us. Stayed out of decency. Nothing more. He wanted out.
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