Mr. Hakujin

I'd never heard of those before. They were quite good--exactly what I'd imagine a real life saber fight between two nerds to be. Seriously though the editing, fx and cinematography were all well done. The Ho bros. speed and agility combined w/ the RvD2 guys film know-how could make for the ultimate fan lightsaber fighting film.

^^ Heh, I wish it existed. I was just saying they SHOULD make that version.

Good luck to all y'all FL types in your quest for fitness! I'll have to be w/ metalheart on this one and cheer from afar. I've been thinking about doing a detox for a while now. Just to get all the junk outta my body. Some people swear by them, but there are just as many people who say detoxes are worth bupkiss. I've been one procrastinating, lay-zee SOB this past year in regards to working out. I just hate exercising. I mean, there's a new gym literally down my street and I refuse to go. My Wii Fit has been collecting dust since November. I'm jiggly. Not good. Self motivation has never been my strongsuit, but maybe I'll get my shit together sooner than later. Hopefully.

^^ That is an oldie. I think I remember seeing that around the time of Episode 1, no? Those guys should go back and do a "special edition" and add some FX like scorching the grass whenever they stick the lightsabers into the ground and CGI out those cheezy sunglasses.

^^ Nice one. It makes me want to watch Fight Club again. Here's a few by the infamous wormyTV: Would I like that Bryan Singer snoozefest wiped clean and have this movie instead? Yes, please! For the love of gawd someone make a Thundercats movie half as cool as this trailer!

Batman Dead End pwns them all though.

Wow, the GL one actually has me believing they could pull off a real GL film--with Nathan Fillian! WB will likely go for a younger star that can last w/ the franchise; however, RDJ is Iron Man and he ain't no spring chicken. Oh, and does anyone know what movie/show they took that last scene from w/ Nathan Fillian talking to the black dude?

I'm just saying, if you're itching to spend money and want the actual CD that's the best way to go. The Japanese editions of new CDs from Japanese artists are usually YEN2800-3400 (which is about $28-$34 US and as you know increase even more so when they're "imported" over here) but the same CD (sans the insert w/ Japanese lyrics or some other superfluous packaging gimmick like a sticker that the J-record companies occasionally use to justify the inflated price) the Korean versions are much cheaper and are an identical CD to the Japanese version.

I think I'm in luv.

oh most defintely i pick and choose files outta packs. but the thing is w/ packs that big you get less seeders and not everyone DL's every file, so it tends to go slow. demonoid usually lists individual books or packs of much smaller sizes (usually 5-10 books per). i use uTorrent v. 1.6.1 it's an older version and doesn't have any of the ads or other shit later versions are loaded down w/. azureus/vuze tends to make my other web applications run super slow, so it's shit for use when multitasking in my experience.

Thanks for the link, Nick. I basically just use Demonoid, and I stopped using PB for comics b/c they usually only have the gig torrents packs and those take forever to DL. For instance, the link above is a 3.5 GB torrent and I want one lil' 11.4MB file., and it's DL'n between like 0.4-1.2 kb/s This DC++ is news to me and I'd definitely appreciate a tutorial.

gracias, bro. but i'm dl'ing an epic giga torrent from demonoid w/ all the samurai champloo artists' albums. check it: http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/1427300/368947/ Import prices are an effin bitch. The best way to buy any Japanese music is to try and get the Korean import version, which usually run about $14-$20 US. That's how I originally got the Champloo OSTs.

ah, i thought i was up to date w. issue #4 b/c that's the most recent torrent i could find on demonoid as of monday. i'll have to do a search for issue #5.

A friend at ye olde comic book store was telling me about this last week and I just finished the first four issues. To quote Eric Cartman: Da fuck!?!? Issue #1: Issue #2: Issue #3: Issue #4: Where will issues 5 -9 go? What depths of fucked-up-ness can Ennis mind go to? At the rate this book appears to be coming out we should know sometime in 2010.

Like alot of people in the US, I first heard his music on the [adult swim] bumpers. Now I have all 4 Samurai Champloo OSTs on my iPod and my chill playlist is Nujabes heavy. When it comes to setting the mood Nujabes hasn't let me down yet. I've also got his album Metaphorical Music, but that's it. This thread got me curious about Nujabes again and I did some searching. Apparently he has 4 albums out now (not including the Champloo stuff) and 2 compilations. I'm seeing a few torrents for him on demonoid & piratebaydotarrgh I'll have to check out.

The Girlfriend Experience B- The film has received a lot of buzz for casting 21-year-old porn star Sasha Grey as the lead in this film about the life of a high priced NYC escort that takes place over a few days leading up to the 2008 Presidential election. Guys out to see Grey in a Hollywood sex scene will be sorely disappointed as there are exactly zero such scenes and the film only has a few brief moments of nudity. In fact this film as much concerned with showcasing the worries over our nation’s current economic crisis as it is in examining the life of someone who sells intimacy (not just sex) for a living. This film will not be everyone’s cup of tea; it’s definitely an indie arthouse film. It also has a jumpy narrative timeline that can make discerning what happened when and who said what to whom a bit confusing. The film also has a very distinct and bland feel about it—no showy shots of NYC skylines or glitzy nightclubs. Even when characters are zipping to Vegas on private jets or going on expensive shopping sprees it’s shown in a very ordinary, non-glamorous way. I feel director Steven Soderbergh likely cast Grey for this sort of detached blandness in her demeanor rather than her acting prowess. In fact Grey’s most dramatic scene in the film—in which she ends a committed relationship with her long-time personal trainer boyfriend—her entire body is obscured on camera by a sofa. This is another effort to show how Grey’s character isn’t really a part of her own facile life. Soderbergh also cast a real magazine writer as a journalist that interviews Grey’s character and an actual film critic as a man who runs an Internet message board that reviews high priced escorts. I believe he did all this to further emphasize the banality of the escort’s lifestyle which so many people seem to be fascinated with and our media never fails to glamorize, dramatize and exploit. But capturing facileness on film doesn’t make for an especially entertaining movie going experience. Most people would much rather have their time spent watching Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman than the stark reality of Sash Grey’s recession era escort. We’d much rather pay to see a movie that let’s us escape from the truth than pay to see a film that shows us the plain truth. Fanboys C This is a comedy by Star Wars fans for Star Wars fans. What it unfortunately is NOT is a particularly funny or interesting film. As for the plot, it’s basically if Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back was about a road trip to break into Skywalker Ranch circa 1998 to see Episode I six months before it was released in theaters. The film may be short on humor and weak on plot, but it does have enough cameos to keep hardcore nerds geeking throughout the film as well as the payoff of seeing Kristen Bell in a Slave Leia outfit at the end of the film.

Land of the Lost B- This is a film that remains true to the spirit of the classic(?) cheesy Saturday morning series with a pretty ridiculous plot yet it definitely earns its PG-13 rating with a lot of sexual humor. I was a bit disappointed that Danny McBride wasn’t used to better comedic effect, but the scenes he was featured in did shine—let’s just say he gets in some “trippy” hijinks with ape-boy Chaka. If you’re a Will Ferrell fan and you check your brain at the door you shouldn’t be disappointed in this cosmic comedy and its slow moving lizard-men aliens and dinosaur chase scenes. He’s Just Not That Into You B+ This is a well written film that takes a look at male/female relationships at various stages through various intertwining couples and seeks to offer insight into what’s really going on in the opposite gender’s mind during these stages. Despite A-list names in the cast, it’s the B-listers that deliver the most memorable performances. This is a clever, but predictable, date flick. But be careful who you watch it with as it may end up shedding more light on your relationship than you want.

^^ Why didn't he just shoot Supes in the head when he got up close? Lame.

There's only 11 episodes this season? I thought I read somewhere online they were doing like 20 or something this season, no? Anyway, episode 8 was fantastic. I still need to watch this week's episode (#9). I also thought episode 7, which basically explained why they hadn't even mentioned Tommy's youngest daughter for the first 6 episodes, was great. This season has surpassed S4 so far in my opinion and I like the ongoing subplots w/ minor characters like Lou & Frenchie, Franco's conspiracy theories, Gherity's health, Sheila's therapy, & Sheila's son becoming a firemen. The whole bar thing was a bit meh though and ditto for the Black Sean Collen thing--which seemed like one big excuse to set up that Tommy's lil' girl is a freak in bed.

Shwing!

Annnnnnnnnd we all know what happens when you assume: you make an ass out of you and Peter Parker dancing in the streets of NYC as if he'd just downed a pocket full of Quaaludes.

The "4" poster is for Spider-Man IV.

hells yeah. i'll put it into rotation on ye olde iPod. you've got the U2 cover she did from her MTV unPlugged, right? it's from like 6 years ago.

Check yer balls after you watch this one cuz they were likely rocked off!

Those clips were awesome. Nick! I'd like to see her record that song w/ a slightly better mix--keep just the piano and guitar though. And that woman is a fiend at Tetris. She beat 26 out of 30 people. I don't think I could stand to play 30 games in a row let alone wine almost all of them.