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| Samadhi |
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 7:25 pm Post subject: 1 |
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| A few? That's like saying there were "a few" cool fight moves in The Matrix. |
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| extro... |
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 12:47 pm Post subject: 0 |
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| Watched a downloaded copy of Princess Bride last night. Not bad - a few funny lines - but nothing to rave about. I'll probably watch it again. |
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| mathgrant |
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:35 am Post subject: -1 |
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| Dread Pirate Westley wrote: |
| Samadhi wrote: |
| Dread Pirate Westley wrote: |
| Bleah. You all suck. |
No, 42 voters suck. |
Yeah, but that doesn't have the same ring to it. |
No, 82 voters suck. |
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| wordcross |
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 11:42 pm Post subject: -2 |
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| yes, we do. It's already implemented. When creating the poll, it asks you for how many days you want to run the poll. If you enter 0 or leave it blank, it runs indefinitely. Deth could put them as 7 day polls, but then if there is a tie there's really no way to go back and get a deciding vote, unless we all agree to be good and open a new poll only for people who didn't vote in it the first time. |
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| extropalopakettle |
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 11:29 pm Post subject: -3 |
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| Do we have an option for polls to close automativally after a certain amount of time? I know some message boards do. |
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| wordcross |
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 11:27 pm Post subject: -4 |
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well, outside of the fact that i have no mod powers, you're correct. I figured, since deth has already called the results, i might as well make the vote look like it *should* have looked  |
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| Travis* |
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 10:28 pm Post subject: -5 |
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I can't prove it but I know it was! The doxy has been abusing his mod powers again!  |
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| CrystyB |
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 8:52 pm Post subject: -6 |
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LOL. Who was it to have used their army of clones?!?  |
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| dethwing |
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 6:17 pm Post subject: -7 |
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"TPB was ahead about 6 hours ago. Why call it now?"
Because I was asleep at that time. Besides, there's no way that could be true.
When I updated yesterday morning they were tied at 40. When I went to bed it was 41-40. And when I got up this morning it was 42-40. |
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| Dread Pirate Westley |
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 5:41 pm Post subject: -8 |
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| Samadhi wrote: |
| Dread Pirate Westley wrote: |
| Bleah. You all suck. |
No, 42 voters suck. |
Yeah, but that doesn't have the same ring to it. |
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| wordcross |
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 5:00 pm Post subject: -9 |
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| Inconceivable! |
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| Samadhi |
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 4:27 pm Post subject: -10 |
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| Dread Pirate Westley wrote: |
| Bleah. You all suck. |
No, 42 voters suck. |
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| Samadhi |
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 4:22 pm Post subject: -11 |
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| TPB was ahead about 6 hours ago. Why call it now? |
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| Dread Pirate Westley |
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 3:14 pm Post subject: -12 |
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| Bleah. You all suck. |
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| Samadhi |
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 4:34 am Post subject: -13 |
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| See, wasn't that fun and easy? |
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| Travis* |
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 12:04 pm Post subject: -14 |
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Orinigally posted by somebody.
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May I ask why everyone thinks the Die Hard I is the greatest film ever? What did you find wonderful and enlightening about it?
I myself thought it was an ok storyline performed by ok actors/actresses, nothing extra special about it though, imho, to mark this much excitement. |
Personally, I've not seen it that many times. The first time i saw it, i was alone, so it wasn't a friends thing. I still voted for it over Princess Bride. Princess Bride is a great comedy, don't get me wrong, but it wasn't anything special, or even terribly original as the script/plot itself is concerned. The acting was good, and the effects were good.
Die Hard is a great action film, largely because it's not your run of the mill sort of action film. It has memorable characters, memorable lines, offbeat action, and an amusingly irreverent attitude toward traditional action plotlines. It's entertainment, action, and good at what it does.
So i'd put both of them in the same sort of class: Good films that did what they intended to do and are entertaining. Neither is particularly deep nor awe-inspiringly acute, but when it comes down to it, I enjoyed watching Die Hard far more than watching Princess Bride, and would enjoy watching it multiple times, something I personally cannot say for Princess Bride. |
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| Samadhi |
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 6:14 am Post subject: -15 |
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| Not even when it's fun and easy? |
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| Agamemnon |
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 5:00 pm Post subject: -16 |
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| See Samadhi, Wordy and Courk replied politely. It does not hurt giving a decent serious answer to a clear honest question without having to resort to petty sarcasm. |
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| Sessie |
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 9:07 am Post subject: -17 |
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| Yep. |
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| Samadhi |
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 7:33 am Post subject: -18 |
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| Very, very well said. |
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| wordcross |
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 3:46 am Post subject: -19 |
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| Agamemnon wrote: |
May I ask why everyone thinks the Princess Bride is the greatest film ever? What did you find wonderful and enlightening about it?
I myself thought it was an ok storyline performed by ok actors/actresses, nothing extra special about it though, imho, to mark this much excitement. |
Personally, I've not seen it that many times. The first time i saw it, i was alone, so it wasn't a friends thing. I still voted for it over Die Hard. Die Hard is a great action film, don't get me wrong, but it wasn't anything special, or even terribly original as the script/plot itself is concerned. The acting was good, and the effects were good.
Princess Bride is a great comedy, largely because it's not your run of the mill sort of comedy. It has memorable characters, memorable lines, offbeat humour, and an amusingly irreverent attitude toward traditional fairy tale plotlines. It's entertainment, comedy, and good at what it does.
So i'd put both of them in the same sort of class: Good films that did what they intended to do and are entertaining. Neither is particularly deep nor awe-inspiringly acute, but when it comes down to it, I enjoyed watching Princess Bride far more than watching Die Hard, and would enjoy watching it multiple times, something I personally cannot say for Die Hard. |
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| Courk |
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 1:35 am Post subject: -20 |
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Whatever. I'll call them lines.  |
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| mathgrant |
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 12:16 am Post subject: -21 |
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| Courk wrote: |
| Aga, can you edit your post with all the dashes? It's messing up the page width. |
I don't see any dashes. Just a crapload of hyphens.  |
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| Jedo the Jedi |
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:47 pm Post subject: -22 |
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And Jedi.
Some of my best friends and I quote that movie all the time. One friend in particular wrote down the choreography for the sword fight between Inigo and Westley, and we attempted to recreate it. It didn't work out, but we often reminisce about it. |
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| Samadhi |
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:45 pm Post subject: -23 |
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What goes better than chickens and cows? Of course, I guess I should be a tuna farmer then.
Ummm....no thanks. |
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| Courk |
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:39 pm Post subject: -24 |
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| So manatee saviors and chicken farmers are in the same group? Interesting... |
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| Samadhi |
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:06 pm Post subject: -25 |
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| You represent my group. |
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| Courk |
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:45 pm Post subject: -26 |
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Aga, can you edit your post with all the dashes lines? It's messing up the page width.
To answer your question: I liked Princess Bride. I don't think it's the best movie EVER, but parts of it are very memorable. I nominated it not solely based on its story, but also based on what it reminds me of. During senior year of high school my friends and I talked about it a lot - mostly quoting it and the book. Since senior year was the last year all of us were together, it reminds me of all of them at once. That's what makes it one of my top 20 movies. However, I'm sure my feelings are somewhat in the minority, so I'm hardly representative of the group. |
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| Agamemnon |
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:15 pm Post subject: -27 |
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Samadhi,
your attempt at sarcasm is lost on me I'm afraid. Answering a valid question with a similar question, changed to try to make me look an idiot, is pointless.
I'm referring to lots of 'Princess Bride' references in general on the GL, also several members who praise the hell out of it. No-where has there been (to my knowledge anyway) anywhere as near as many 'Die Hard I' references, if any actually, posted, hence my serious question. |
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| dethwing |
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:02 pm Post subject: -28 |
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| At this point that hardly matters. Princess Bride got 12 and Die Hard got 4. With both having over 30 votes, those nominations mean nothing. |
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| arandomguy |
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 9:33 pm Post subject: -29 |
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| Die Hard 1 didn't receive the most nominations. What's your point? |
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| mathgrant |
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 7:04 pm Post subject: -30 |
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| I agree with both of the previous posts. |
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| Samadhi |
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 5:49 pm Post subject: -31 |
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May I ask why everyone thinks the Die Hard I is the greatest film ever? What did you find wonderful and enlightening about it?
I myself thought it was an ok storyline performed by ok actors/actresses, nothing extra special about it though, imho, to mark this much excitement. |
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| Agamemnon |
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:41 am Post subject: -32 |
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May I ask why everyone thinks the Princess Bride is the greatest film ever? What did you find wonderful and enlightening about it?
I myself thought it was an ok storyline performed by ok actors/actresses, nothing extra special about it though, imho, to mark this much excitement. |
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| extro... |
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 3:38 am Post subject: -33 |
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| That's how I feel about the 22 people who picked Nemo over Donnie Darko. |
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| Samadhi |
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 3:28 am Post subject: -34 |
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| Go watch it. Now. You will look upon your vote with dismay. |
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| extropalopakettle |
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 3:22 pm Post subject: -35 |
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| I voted Die Hard because it was OK, and I never saw Princess Bride. |
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| Logain |
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 2:24 pm Post subject: -36 |
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| Wow, The Princess Bride is losing. Don't even know how I feel about that, even though I voted for it and the Princess Bride is one of my all-time favorites. But still, I loved Die Hard and it is one of the classic action movies. |
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| mith |
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 1:02 pm Post subject: -37 |
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I did nominate both of these, but Princess Bride >> Die Hard. Shame on you, Aga.  |
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| Agamemnon |
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 11:59 am Post subject: -38 |
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I'm playing the stupid "I'm-gonna-vote-against-something-cause-I-just-want-to-and-not-because-I-have-any-preference- or-I-like-it-or-I-think-it's-a-great-film-but-just-because-I-can-so-there" vote and voting against Princess Bride. I actually prefer Princess Bride but am voting against it just to see it lose.
Pah!
There, I've lowered myself to the depths of others.
Sue me! |
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