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Badmike
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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 6:16 pm

JohnGaunt wrote:OK, someone either stole my mailbox or knocked it way off into the weeds somewhere. I see a tire track that makes me believe someone pulled off the road and took that damned thing.

If someone sees the thief driving around with my mailbox, please shoot him with some rock salt.

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 6:19 pm

Deadlord39 wrote:Jolie's overrated. She'd melt under a hot sun.

I'm with you, brother. If Jolie and a random hot female russian tennis player showed up at my front door for a date, I'll tell Jolie to take a hike. That face freaks me out.....

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 6:19 pm

Deadlord39 wrote:Jolie's overrated. She'd melt under a hot sun.

I thought Silicon did well in heat.

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 6:23 pm

One excuse for the Jurassic Park movie...

In Michael Crichton's novel, Jurrasic Park, we are presented with an entire cast of intensely brilliant characters...including a pair of genius kids...and in virtually every scene the characters do exactly the opposite of the most logical action.

My personal favorite from the novel is.....

With the entire island to choose from...and with the tyrannosaurus rex asleep in a field....the best plan the characters can come up with is to inflate a rubber raft, sneak past the T-rex with the raft, put the raft in a pond and float down a small river through all the various dinosaur exhibits.

The idea of simply keeping two children safe by remaining in a fortified building that has both food and water is just not acceptable....sneak past the T-rex with a boat is a better option!

At least in the novel, Crichton explains the lack of firearms by having his millionaire owner forbid them lest someone shoot the invaluable dinosaur exhibits...nutty as that is.

"But I have watched the dragons come, fire-eyed, across the world."

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:02 pm

Hey, I actually LIKED Jurassic Park! Hollywood was finally on the right track there. That's what the American movie going public WANTS to see: People being chased and gobbled up by gigantic, bloodthirsty dinosaurs!

That, and hot chicks shooting zombies.

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:48 pm

Agent Cooper wrote:Hey, I actually LIKED Jurassic Park! Hollywood was finally on the right track there. That's what the American movie going public WANTS to see: People being chased and gobbled up by gigantic, bloodthirsty dinosaurs!

That, and hot chicks shooting zombies.

Hot chicks being rescued by guys who shoot zombies.

"But I have watched the dragons come, fire-eyed, across the world."

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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:36 am

Kingofpain89 wrote:Well if anyone wants to see a "fun" movie full of ass-kicking gun battles, take the time to go see Wanted. I heard some so-so reviews of it and thought it would end up being a rental, but my wife really wanted to see it....and I am glad we did.

And seeing Angelina Jolie's naked backside didnt hurt none either.

Good to know, the trailers look fun, but one can never tell. Plus I like Angelina Jolie - always refreshing to see an actress who is sexy (which is rather rare), rather than simply pretty (which is standard).

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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:04 am

Kingofpain89 wrote:And seeing Angelina Jolie's naked backside didnt hurt none either.

Go rent a movie called Gia. You get young Jolie, before all the messes, totally naked. Front, back, sideways, you name it. Granted, she is playing a strung out heroin junkie, but trust me, no junkie in the history of junkies ever looked this good naked. Come back and thank me later.

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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:29 am

Zenfinite wrote:
Go rent a movie called Gia. You get young Jolie, before all the messes, totally naked. Front, back, sideways, you name it. Granted, she is playing a strung out heroin junkie, but trust me, no junkie in the history of junkies ever looked this good naked. Come back and thank me later.

Zen

Seen it. And for me, seeing her naked really wasnt worth the time spent having to sit through the whole heroin infused crapfest. However, getting to see the lovely Elizabeth Mitchell (Juliet on Lost) makes up for it.

If I really feel the need to rent a movie just to see Angelina Jolie in the buff, I will pick up Pushing Tin first. Has John Cusack made a bad movie?

You don't like your job, you don't strike. You go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way. - Homer Simpson

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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:31 am

If I was an alcoholic, John Cusack would be my higher power. The man is incredible.

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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:41 pm

Kingofpain89 wrote:
If I really feel the need to rent a movie just to see Angelina Jolie in the buff, I will pick up Pushing Tin first. Has John Cusack made a bad movie?

Pushing Tin was the fime that made me sit up and take notice of Ms Jolie.
That scene where she turns up at the boring work barbecue...

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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:05 pm

Kingofpain89 wrote:
Has John Cusack made a bad movie?

Can't think of one - Hell I even liked all the 'teen' stuff - I recently brought the DVD of 'Better Off Dead', because it seemed i was the only human being in the (my) entire world that even remembered it!

You can never have too much of something you didn't need in the first place.

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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:06 pm

Oh, and Angelina Jolie - then/now pre/post 'enhancement' - I'd chainsaw my own leg off to get a piece of that

You can never have too much of something you didn't need in the first place.

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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:11 pm

john cusack is amongst my fave actors.

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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:40 pm

What about 'One Crazy Summer' - wht it never won Oscars is beyond me!

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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:45 pm

Or who could forget .... "Better Off Dead" .... a cult classic

Hello Mrs. Cleaver, Theodore.

Gee, Mrs. Cleaver ... That certainly is a lovely dress.

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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:12 pm

smarmy1 wrote:Or who could forget .... "Better Off Dead" .... a cult classic

'What a waste of a perfectly good white boy'.

(Trivia for you - the French exchange student in Better off Dead is one of the Princesses in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure!

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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:19 pm

smarmy1 wrote:Or who could forget .... "Better Off Dead" .... a cult classic

Better Off Dead was one of my faves as well. Too bad that Cusack has pretty much distanced himself from those movies altogether. He won't even speak to the director, Savage Steve Holland anymore.

That movie has some of the best lines. When his friend is trying to tell him how to ski the K-12 he says "Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn." :lol:

Curtis Armstrong...man that guy was great. Had his best moments as "Booger" in Revenge of the Nerds.

Hell I liked the movie so much I bought the soundtrack. Damn good 80's retro pop.

You don't like your job, you don't strike. You go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way. - Homer Simpson

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