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QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Feb 23, 2009 -> 10:48 AM) Excellent post. Well duh...he's the poster of the year.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 23, 2009 -> 10:18 AM) That would be a waste because it'd be much easier to sabotage the tracks. Doesn't stop the government from implementing unnecessary procedures at the airport security gate.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 23, 2009 -> 10:09 AM) yeah i can't, maybe some drug dogs and metal detectors but nothing as inefficient and terrible as airplanes. Probably not as bad but a high speeding train with 1000 people on it seems like a desirable terrorist target...especially since planes are near impossible to target now.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 23, 2009 -> 09:55 AM) Well, in my experience with my father/father's friends/brothers since they entered the work force, is that since 9/11 they prefer to drive for business trips because they can get work done calling while driving, as opposed to on a plane, and the hassle of security with the lap tops and shoes and wait time, which is pretty much just time lost. I think a train would be enticing for that group, because you could add email to that list if we eventually create a large wireless network. What an investment that would be. I could see them implementing similar security measures for a high speed rail system.

I came up with a conspiracy on Slumdog. Because of the dire economic conditions worldwide they pushed all this praise on an above average film just so that more people could go see this optimistic/uplifting film.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Feb 22, 2009 -> 09:34 PM) I'm going to beat it into the ground, but Frost/Nixon was way better. Still have to see it. It was between that and Taken last night. Wife wasn't in the mood for F/N.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 22, 2009 -> 09:34 PM) I think Slumdog is probably better than Crash, too. I'd strongly disagree.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Feb 22, 2009 -> 09:30 PM) It's starting to actually piss me off. There is no way in Hell it doesn't win Best Picture. It's a foregone conclusion. Pretty weak year if that's the best movie of the bunch.

Slumdog is ridiculously over-hyped.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Feb 22, 2009 -> 09:21 PM) Lets see, Best Visual Effects. Iron Man vs Dark Knight vs Curious Case for Benjamin Button. How the f*** did Button win over that. All they did is make him look old. This is crap. ^^^^^

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Feb 22, 2009 -> 02:37 PM) Apparently Keyes has a friend... GOP Sen. Shelby Questions Obama's Citizenship It's embarrassing that complete idiots like this get elected to help run our country.

QUOTE (qwerty @ Feb 22, 2009 -> 03:15 PM) There have been darker and more twisted plots throughout the history of films than the dark knight could ever associate with... with lesser ratings. Those would be exceptions and not the norm.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Feb 22, 2009 -> 09:40 AM) There was no blood or gore of any kind. That's why it got the rating it did. And that last sentence made you sound really fruity Approximately 20 people murdered including a graphic scene of a man getting run over by a truck, 18 year old girls strung out on heroin, sex trafficking, and foul language equals PG-13? Sure there wasn't a ton of blood but give me a break. When you have a 13 year old you'll see where I'm coming from.

Saw Taken last night and was thoroughly entertained. Yeah most of it was implausible and there were some corny scenes, especially everything leading up to the trip to Paris, but it was fun. I'm also surprised at PG-13 ratings given to movies like this and Dark Knight. They were both ultra violent and I couldn't help but think what the heck did it need to get an R rating? I guess if they showed a boob it would have gotten the R but having 40 people savagely killed or injured is fine. A sad commentary on society today that violence is so easily accepted.

I really enjoyed Owen in The Children of Men.

Thank you Joe for all the good memories and helping us get that World Series title! Many of us will miss you.

Phew! I was worried they dropped the ball on the adaptation of the Watchmen. EDIT: Linked article is spoiler free. And replace the asterisks in the url with what's supposed to be there.

Yeah well Al Gore is a hypocrite and that's all that matters. End of discussion.

Love the sig Kap.

How depressing.

Heh

Fascinating theory

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Feb 19, 2009 -> 11:32 AM) All of my housemates who watched it last night with me quite liked it as well. What didn't you like about it? The casting, the acting, and the directing. I did enjoy parts of the soundtrack.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Feb 19, 2009 -> 09:39 AM) I also watched 21 for about the 3rd time in the past month last night. Good film I thought with an absolute class soundtrack (Time to Pretend from MGMT and Young Folks from Peter Bjorn and John for instance). Jim Sturgess reminds me of a taller version of myself also (for some reason). 21 was unbearable. Felt like a film made for the USA network.

I thought it was short on laughs.