Double standards and racism

[OB1]

Haha, that sounds like "Mooninites". I bet ABF talks like them, too.

[A Black Falcon]

Sorry, aren't they arch-conservative? Doesn't fit too well then. :)

And 50 isn't a mild summer day, but at this time of year it'd be around average probably. Maybe a little above, but it gets that warm sometimes.

Okay, so it was chilly a few days ago, but just walk quickly and no coat is needed... and it's not like I'm wearing shorts and a tshirt or something of course.

But I do find it funny how southerners wear coats when it drops below seventy or so, it's absurd...

[OB1]

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[Great Rumbler]

Sorry, aren't they arch-conservative? Doesn't fit too well then.

What the heck are you talking about?

But I do find it funny how southerners wear coats when it drops below seventy or so, it's absurd...

What's weird is you North-Easterners running around outside with no coat when it's friggen' cold outside.

[Geno]

I'm probably overstating the obvious here, but people from different parts of the country react to weather conditions differently.

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Lately, though, our weather down here has been indecisive. It's freezing at the beginning of the day, hot as hell around noon, then freezing again in the afternoon.

[A Black Falcon]

50 degrees isn't cold enough to need a coat. Maybe a windbreaker if it's windy, but an actual coat? Only if you are not at all used to cold weather!

I'm probably overstating the obvious here, but people from different parts of the country react to weather conditions differently.

Yes, I would call that stating the obvious. :)

[Great Rumbler]

50 degrees isn't cold enough to need a coat. Maybe a windbreaker if it's windy, but an actual coat? Only if you are not at all used to cold weather!

Below 70 constitutes the use of a jacket, below 50 constitutes the use of a heavy coat.

[A Black Falcon]

You wouldn't last five minuites in this state, I think... :)

[OB1]

What the heck are you talking about?

He thinks we're talking about meninites, or however you spell that.

[A Black Falcon]

Mennonites (that might be wrong too)? No, I wasn't thinking that...

So, who/what ARE you talking about, if it isn't what I thought?

[OB1]

The Mooninites!

[A Black Falcon]

Yeah, that helps.

[OB1]

Only cool people know who they are.

[Great Rumbler]

You wouldn't last five minuites in this state, I think...

Ya, that's why I don't live there.

So, who/what ARE you talking about, if it isn't what I thought?

:shake:

[A Black Falcon]

Ya, that's why I don't live there.

And the same goes the other way around, I am sure, as we have discussed before. :)

[Great Rumbler]

Assuming that the average summer temperature in Maine probably rarely exceeds 85 and in Oklahoma it's often above 100, I suppose it does.

[A Black Falcon]

Quite definitely.

[Great Rumbler]

Wasn't this supposed to be a thread about double-standards?

[OB1]

[Great Rumbler]

I am the digital ruler!

[OB1]

We have come here to destroy you!

[Great Rumbler]

You've come here to kill me haven't you?! Bullfrog King!!

[OB1]

*ABF is confused*

[Great Rumbler]

That's because he's not cool like us.

[OB1]

You got that right!

[Great Rumbler]

Oh yeah! *high five* Now let's go play games with cool stories like MGS2 and ICO and watch movies with cool stories like 2001 and Citizen Kane and then laugh at ABF because he thinks the presentation of the stories in MP and BG are really good!!

[OB1]

*does that*

[Great Rumbler]

*does that also*

[OB1]

*dances a jig*

[Great Rumbler]

You know what that means! Now I'll do a dance! *does a dance* Seriously, though, 2001 is such an awesome movie. How come they don't make sci-fi movies like that anymore, aside from Contact? Don't people want cool sci-fi movies like that?

[A Black Falcon]

Contact was a great movie...

[Great Rumbler]

Contact was a great movie...

Yes it was...is...were...*shakes head* Anyway, sci-fi movies like that are some of the best, not to bash great sci-fi movies with a lighter touch [Star Wars, Star Trek, ect.], but it's sad that so few sci-fi movies are as thought-provoking as those two. Mission to Mars is good movie that's in a similar vein, althought it's quite a bit more literal and not as alegorical.

[A Black Falcon]

Hmm... what was that movie's name... oh, right. Solaris.

[Great Rumbler]

Yeah, that's another one. You'd probably be better off watching the original Russian movie rather than the newer ramake, though.

[A Black Falcon]

I saw the new version ... was it this summer? Or last year? Anyway, not too long ago. It was pretty good, I think. Haven't seen the original...

[Dark Jaguar]

Contact was allegory? Seemed straight-forward to me...

Mission to Mars was actually pretty painful. I mean, the whole thing was based around a blurry image file.

[alien space marine]

george clooney gets your ass back into the ER room and shut the hell up! Your not a space man or a psychologist your filthy piece of shit! Thanks for fucking batman you bastard!

[OB1]

If you want to see a scifi movie chalk full o' symbolism, watch THX 1138. Much better than Contact. :p

Mission to Mars sucked, btw. :D

[A Black Falcon]

Have you seen Solaris, OB1?

Oh, and I've wanted to see THX 1138 for a long time, but I've never actually seen it...


Oh yeah, I need to mention the obvious. 1984.

[Great Rumbler]

Contact was allegory? Seemed straight-forward to me...

Uhh...maybe you should go and watch the last 30 minutes again and then explain just exactly what happened. There are a ton of theories, just check out Internet Movie Database.

Mission to Mars sucked, btw.

I know that's the pervading opinion, but personally I thought it was a good movie.

If you want to see a scifi movie chalk full o' symbolism, watch THX 1138.

I really need to get that on DVD. George Lucas should make more movies like that after he finishes Star Wars.

Oh yeah, I need to mention the obvious. 1984.

That too, although the book is probably better.

[A Black Falcon]

Well yeah, the 1984 book is better, but if you're talking about this kind of scifi you have to mention it.

And yeah, the ending of Contact is kind of strange, but it seemed like it made sense...

[OB1]

Have you seen Solaris, OB1?

No, but I've been meaning to see it. The original, better version.

I really need to get that on DVD. George Lucas should make more movies like that after he finishes Star Wars.

That's his plan.

[Great Rumbler]

That's his plan.

Good, because it shows that he can make deep, thought-provoking sci-fi movies if he really wants to and that's the kind sci-fi movies we need more of.

[OB1]

Yes. Though you know, there's much more to SW than you think. It's just not all extremely obvious.

[A Black Falcon]

Everyone knows SW is a painfully simple series with no depth at all...

[Great Rumbler]

Yes. Though you know, there's much more to SW than you think. It's just not all extremely obvious.

If you look closely I'm sure you'll find there's a bit more too it, but it's, on the whole, a story of archetypes, though there's certainly nothing with that.

[OB1]

SW uses fantasy story conventions to tell a surprisingly deep story about nature vs. nurture, redemption, emotion, education (yes, education), and even political commentary.

I love it how people think the Rings movies have such deep messages like "never give up!" but brush off SW as simple eye candy. The Matrix movies are also considered to be deep, but their messages are only convoluted, which people confuse with depth.

Lucas is no fool, and if you cannot or don't wan't to see the meaning behind his movies then the only fool is yourself.

[Great Rumbler]

Still, I wouldn't put Star Wars in the same category as movies like 2001, Contact, or THX-1138.

[alien space marine]

The last two matrix movies were just jargon shit , Neo being a mirror of Jesus give me a fucking break! If I wanted to see martydom Id turn on Passion of the christ.

[Great Rumbler]

Personally, I didn't think the sequels were all that bad, although the ending could have been better. The original movie is still the best though.