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QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ May 22, 2009 -> 03:40 PM) Who's writing it? Ramis, i assume? Article says the screenplay will be by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, but it sounds like it's based on Aykroyd's script for a third film. Ramis may direct. The first film was outstanding and the second one was fun. I have less than no interest at all in seeing a third installment more than 20 years after the last one. Fat, old, wine-hawking, UFO-chasing Dan Aykroyd just depresses me.

QUOTE (onedude @ May 21, 2009 -> 08:17 PM) wtf? I usually avoid these stories because they are so heartbreaking, and this one absolutely takes the cake. Put yourself in the place of that kid who literally went through being killed TWICE by his own mother. That may be the most brutal thing I've ever read.

QUOTE (SoxFan101 @ May 21, 2009 -> 06:20 PM) Really?? I thought the ending was incredibly corny and predictable. I enjoyed all the action scenes and what not, but overall very dissapointing movie and Bale did not do a good job at all. Perhaps it was predictable, but I'd hardly call nuclear annihilation of human civilization corny. [Just making sure were both talking about T3 here and not Salvation, because that is the ending Thunderbolt and I were referencing - but reading your post you may be talking about Salvation]. There were only ever two possible endings — they either changed the future and prevented Judgement Day or they didn't. For me the cornier, easier ending by far would have been humanity triumphing. We've known from the outset of the franchise that Judgement Day has to occur at some point along the temporal continuity or the events of the earlier films wouldn't have happened. The T3 storyline decided to depict that continuity (and set the stage for machines vs. human resistance sequels which I've been wating for ever since despite the early bad reviews of the new one).

QUOTE (BobDylan @ May 21, 2009 -> 04:51 PM) If it is the movie I'm thinking of, it was actually a goat's eye that was slit open (portrayed as a woman's.) And it was still in the goat, and the goat was still alive. Un Chien Andalou ("Andalousian Dog") by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí. But it was a calf's eye and tge calf was already dead. So sayeth Der Wikipedians.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 20, 2009 -> 10:16 PM) There's a reason I pull the little guy. Hey now!

It's good to be The King and have two birthdays in a month!

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 21, 2009 -> 08:20 AM) If you're referring to my blackberry then yes. Otherwise I want to get out of there asap. Remind me never to borrow your Blackberry.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ May 20, 2009 -> 06:04 PM) I'll make a confession too. I liked Terminator 3. The ending was one of the ballsiest things i've seen in film Agreed. The ending was was what redeemed the film, and set the stage for what I hoped were great post-apocalyptic things to come for the franchise. I've just got to not let the negative reviews sway me entirely before I see the new one for myself.

Seen the new SCOTUS nomination?

QUOTE (shipps @ May 20, 2009 -> 04:16 PM) Whenever I say anything that is improper English I just say its Yiddish...I know I know I shouldnt blame it on the Jews. Better still to pin the blame on alcohol. Yeah, probably unfair to blame all the Jews. maybe you can just blame Can of Corn and call it a day.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 20, 2009 -> 04:13 PM) Made a minor adjustment. By popuar demand the three most popular pinned threads stayed, all others gone. How the hell did "It's About My Penis" not make the list?!?

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ May 20, 2009 -> 04:10 PM) There will be several more installments in the series after this. I'm actually looking forward to it, because after the abuse this movie has received it'll force them to hire writers that are capable of telling a story. Although, from some of the reviews I've read it reminds me of a moment in the movie, "The Heckler." It's a film about audience hecklers and their presence in the standup comedy world. Jamie Kennedy noted that it has not just become a review of the movie good or bad, but a competition to see who can throw out the most unique insult of a movie. I'll admit some are funny, but really, that's not the job of a film reviewer. It was discussed here on Soxtalk at one point, too. Just give the review, say why it was good or bad, and leave the comments to IMDB message boards. This is going to be a film people are going to love to hate. Yesterday I noticed it was at 23% on the Rotten Tomatoes counter. This was, admittingly, with a handful of reviews. It has now risen about 13 percentage points. Still bad. I'll see it for sure since I'm a fan of the franchise and the Terminator Universe. My highest hopes were dashed when I first found out the focking Charlie's Angels director was going to do it, but I was holding out hope that he'd still put out a good product. We shall see.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ May 20, 2009 -> 03:51 PM) Can I make a confession? I've never seen any of the terminator movies. your a knucklehead.

QUOTE (shipps @ May 20, 2009 -> 04:06 PM) its Yiddish Mis-using the possessive "your" in place of the contraction "you're" is Yiddish?? What a Shlameel I am.

QUOTE (shipps @ May 20, 2009 -> 03:54 PM) Your a knucklehead, I thought it was fine the way it was. ironic typo ftw!

I'm pissed off that the new Terminator is shaping up to be such a turd. I've been looking forward to this installment for a long time.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 20, 2009 -> 02:05 PM) Jim, your going to see a bit fo a member change in a week. I'm going to create a retired mod group. Cool. Will it make me eligible for VA benefits?

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 20, 2009 -> 01:43 PM) I'm sick of all the pinned threads so if anyone wonders where they went, it was me who dumped them. Talk about Drunk With Power. . .

QUOTE (BobDylan @ May 20, 2009 -> 11:18 AM) I haven't read it, but you might enjoy B is for Beer. Tom Robbins is pretty fun. I do like Tom Robbins. I've also liked some of the recent forays "adult authors" have made into young reader territory, including Hiaasen and especially Neil Gaiman with The Graveyard Book. My kids would probably enjoy that, and I'd probably get them kicked out of school for bringing the book to class.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 20, 2009 -> 10:44 AM) Last few years, I've read more non-fiction than fiction. Anyone else read any substantial amount of non-fiction, particularly history-related books? -- Here's a seperate question. Name an author who you like that you'd call a guilty pleasure. Something you know is not great literature, but you just enjoy it anyway. I'll throw one out there: Tony Hillerman Currently rereading Beer: A History of Suds and Civilization From Mesopotamia to Microbreweries by Gregg Smith. I had to Travel to Philly the other week and there is so much colonial and Industrial Age brewing history there that I pulled of off the shelf to read while sipping hand-blended Cantillon gueuze lambic at Monk's cafe which is officially the best beer bar I've ever been to. I've learned that the best way for me to enjoy history books is if they involve a good bit of drinking history! The book on my birthday wish list is called Rum: The Epic Story of the Drink That Conquered the World by Charles Coulombe. My guilty pleasure for a long time was any and all vampire novels, particularly the Anne Rice vampire books, but she eventually wore me down with the offshoot book from the main Chronicles line.

Three words: Grain. Alcohol. Diet. You'll feel like a totally different person, I guarantee it.

QUOTE (Kid Gleason @ May 19, 2009 -> 04:16 PM) Hahaha! Actually no, I took some tips from the Soxtalk Gym thingy up there and implemented them and they actually helped me a lot. Consider this place a little responsible for my getting my ass back to working out. Weird, because I think SoxTalk has led me to nothing but drunken debauchery. Well, at least I brought it along for the ride.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ May 20, 2009 -> 02:14 AM) I love you. Back *hic!!* atcha!! ETA: I envy all you drunk posters who just let yer drunken fingers land where they may and don't proofread before hitting the submit button. If I did that on a drinkin' night it would look like something my 9-year-old would be embarrassed to give to his teacher. Even under the influence I'm a stiff shirt. Da-yam!

Make your own Falernum because you can't find the stuff anywhere, and drink blackstrap corn 'n oils until the Velvet Hammer sets you down for the count. That's probably what the Rosetta Stone is trying to tell us, if we could only get the stupid translation right.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 20, 2009 -> 01:54 AM) He's like our Jamie Moyer. Or Jesse Orosco. Or Julio Franco. Which would make Heads roughly our Jose Paniagua. . .