NeoTheranthrope
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Classic inserts?
The war in Iraq is over...
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NeoTheranthrope
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What about "Dash K Radio"?
I still have Mp3s of that on one of my HDs somewhere.
I still have Mp3s of that on one of my HDs somewhere.
NeoTheranthrope
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That's why the original Legend of Zelda is a lot like Star Wars: A New Hope, in that; the true genius of the franchise-establishing original-article was due more to budget constraints and circumstance of production than deliberate directorial decision-making by each series' respective creator
Looking at the original concept sketches, the Legend of Zelda that Miyamoto wanted looked more like Astyanax than the Zelda that we played and loved. Essentially, due to technical limitation of programming of the early-NES era, if the budget and time-frame would have allowed for it, we would've gotten a more-primitive and crappier version of Zelda II: Link's Adventure first.
The underlying irony of the Star Wars Prequels: If an inexperienced*, untested, n00b-director George Lucas was given the sufficient budget and clout to create his ultimate vision of a sci-fi space-opera (I.E. the Revenge of the Sith) in his first go, the resulting mess of a movie wouldn't have gained the explosive popularity that would later fund a six-episode Juggernaut of a franchise (Christmas Special, notwithstanding) which would have allowed him make his boring and wooden vision of what Star Wars "should have been."
*to be honest, THX-1138 is unremarkable as a movie, especially as a crappy sci-fi movie made in an era littered with crappy sci-fi movies, other than as a source for later Star Wars and audio-hardware trivia. Also, fuck Grease.
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The Shiites are now in power in Iraq thanks to the US. Iran has been run by Shiites forever. Iran is going to absorb Iraq pretty quickly. We "liberated" Iraq, according to Republicans and the government. That liberation is more like un-caging a pissed off lion and then running away, hoping he doesn't catch up to you and rip your infidel face off. Basically, it's going to be the most extremist christian nation against the most extremist Muslim nations.
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PleaseKillMeNow
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There's so much wrong with this.
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You're usually an idiot, but you're right on this one.
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lol, if that came from anyone else I'd be offended.
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lol you kind of undermine your opinion here by throwing in some random, unrelated John Travolta/Olivia Newton-John movie. I guess it's better than if you'd said Happy Days, though.
Still, if you think THX 1138 is unremarkable, my honest advice is to watch it again.
Surely that's a bit of an exaggeration. Anyone else?
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He probably meant to insult Lucas' American Grafitti instead of Grease. Just a hunch.
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Wait, already?
Seriously though, I thought the US presence in Iraq would just keep going, like at least til 2015 - There would just always be a new excuse or the Iraqi government would ask some more-than-willing generals in the pentagon for "Training and Assistance" or whatever code word they wanted to use.
Good, I guess. Can they start the expedient return of troops from Afghanistan now? And not use those exhausted soldiers to embark on a ruinous crusade to Tehran? Where the chickenhawk leaders will again have to explain why they were sure they'd find something but found nothing, as the Strait of Hormuz gets closed down and oil prices skyrocket and even deeper financial catastrophe ensues, for the sake of Israel - who will undoubtedly get bombed and terrorized into oblivion as a result? One can dream
Also, for those who care about/want to learn more about the war and haven't seen it, No End In Sight is a terrific documentary about the (lack of) planning and execution of the first few years.
Seriously though, I thought the US presence in Iraq would just keep going, like at least til 2015 - There would just always be a new excuse or the Iraqi government would ask some more-than-willing generals in the pentagon for "Training and Assistance" or whatever code word they wanted to use.
Good, I guess. Can they start the expedient return of troops from Afghanistan now? And not use those exhausted soldiers to embark on a ruinous crusade to Tehran? Where the chickenhawk leaders will again have to explain why they were sure they'd find something but found nothing, as the Strait of Hormuz gets closed down and oil prices skyrocket and even deeper financial catastrophe ensues, for the sake of Israel - who will undoubtedly get bombed and terrorized into oblivion as a result? One can dream
Also, for those who care about/want to learn more about the war and haven't seen it, No End In Sight is a terrific documentary about the (lack of) planning and execution of the first few years.
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Yeah, I know. Thus, the Happy Days comment. It still undermines the validity of the statement.
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Wait, already?
Seriously though, I thought the US presence in Iraq would just keep going, like at least til 2015 - There would just always be a new excuse or the Iraqi government would ask some more-than-willing generals in the pentagon for "Training and Assistance" or whatever code word they wanted to use.
Good, I guess. Can they start the expedient return of troops from Afghanistan now? And not use those exhausted soldiers to embark on a ruinous crusade to Tehran? Where the chickenhawk leaders will again have to explain why they were sure they'd find something but found nothing, as the Strait of Hormuz gets closed down and oil prices skyrocket and even deeper financial catastrophe ensues, for the sake of Israel - who will undoubtedly get bombed and terrorized into oblivion as a result? One can dream
Also, for those who care about/want to learn more about the war and haven't seen it, No End In Sight is a terrific documentary about the (lack of) planning and execution of the first few years.
Don't worry, the 'war' is over, but we aren't leaving.
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While we're at it, why do we still have troops here? Have you ever been on a reservation? Those guys are defeated in a way seldom seen in this world. There is definitely no counter-offensive forthcoming.
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Well, you've not been to Japan or Germany, either, if you want to get technical.