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Miss Spaulding just wanted me to tell you guys that you're all losers.

And she misses you :D

Oh yeah?! Well you tell her I said to come here and say that to my face the little veggiesaur. :p

(P.S. we miss her too, but she can check her carrots at the door. :p )
 
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Miss Spaulding just wanted me to tell you guys that you're all losers.

And she misses you :D

Misses us? Where is she? Prison?

Lol.
 
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Its funny watching old shows where big name actors played small roles.

Watching Cosby show and seeing Adam Sandler as a minor side character as one of Theo's friends. ^_^


And he should have stayed a minor character.
 
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Yes. A highly secure one. I'm talking Hannibal Lector secure. Face mask and all.
So I guess she was the one who was into weird things, lol.
 
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And he should have stayed a minor character.

Nah, Adam Sandler isn't bad. Over rated, sure. However, in a world where Seinfeld is considered a "Comedy Genius" I can stand to see someone funnier than Jerry making a comfortable living off the same genre, even if I don't find Adam Sandler to be the best comedian.

Quentin Tarantino and Mike Moore are the only two people in Hollywood that I get aggressively annoyed at their success.

IF the movies my friends and I do lead to fame. I will HAVE to call out QT and MM.
 
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Miss Spaulding just wanted me to tell you guys that you're all losers.

And she misses you :D

I hunted her down, man. At least I thought I did. I was advised that I was dreaming and that I had a habit of hanging out with some interesting characters. ^_^
 
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I am REALLY REALLY itching for a road trip.

Not my usual work road trips.... I mean take time off, throw a few clothes in the back seat, hop in the driver seat, crank up the tunes, and drive the wheels off it.

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I am REALLY REALLY itching for a road trip.

Not my usual work road trips.... I mean take time off, throw a few clothes in the back seat, hop in the driver seat, crank up the tunes, and drive the wheels off it.

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Me too... It's been years since i did that.
Spontaneous trips are fun.
 
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I am REALLY REALLY itching for a road trip.

Not my usual work road trips.... I mean take time off, throw a few clothes in the back seat, hop in the driver seat, crank up the tunes, and drive the wheels off it.

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Go to Phoenix, you'll love it in the summer. :D
 
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Nah, Adam Sandler isn't bad. Over rated, sure. However, in a world where Seinfeld is considered a "Comedy Genius" I can stand to see someone funnier than Jerry making a comfortable living off the same genre, even if I don't find Adam Sandler to be the best comedian.

Quentin Tarantino and Mike Moore are the only two people in Hollywood that I get aggressively annoyed at their success.

IF the movies my friends and I do lead to fame. I will HAVE to call out QT and MM.

Jerry Seinfeld? Never saw his standup, but his show is quite funny. I used to hate it, but after a while it clicked for me and now I love it.

What's wrong with Quentin Tarantino? He writes interesting characters, and can captivate audiences with dialog alone. As far as Mike Moore, I can agree with you lol.
 
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Go to Phoenix, you'll love it in the summer. :D
Bah, with how long my car has been down Im sadly not taking her far or fast til I know I can trust the tires when I get her running. After work tomorrow I plan on messing with ground wires to see if that fixes the issues I have been having. It would be SOOOO awesome to get the ole girl back up and running. She needs to purr again.

Me too... It's been years since i did that.
Spontaneous trips are fun.

Yes, if I won the lotto Id probably drive the states. Id be kin with the truckers of the night. Except, Id have a smaller transport and no time frames. Id make sure I became a tale of legend.

People talking about a weird bull, driving through their town singing at the top of his lungs. Downshifting at every donut shop and cop roosting point. :p
 
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Jerry Seinfeld? Never saw his standup, but his show is quite funny. I used to hate it, but after a while it clicked for me and now I love it.

What's wrong with Quentin Tarantino? He writes interesting characters, and can captivate audiences with dialog alone. As far as Mike Moore, I can agree with you lol.

Jerry's stand up, much like his show (IMO) just isn't funny at all. Kramer is the only thing that made me laugh in his show, but you can only see an high energy guy bust through a door and fall down before it loses its appeal. Jerry himself is just nasally and whiny.

QT- He makes up for lack of talent with over exaggeration. I understand he loves the old Japanese cartoons. However, you don't need blood splatter to be so fake and ridiculous to nod towards such things.He is lazy, he makes movies where people can jump 40 feet in the air, walk on air etc. yet he never explains why they can do this. Yes, its a movie and movies are about suspending belief. However, it is up to the film maker to give the viewer reason to suspend belief.

Even simply saying its a different world covers it, yet he doesnt even do that.

He is a highly over rated amateur film maker at best and yet, people claim him to be a genius because they read more into his over exaggerations that just isnt there.

The matrix, YES they do exaggerated moves, but the reason they can do such things are explained. Not a single such thing is done in ANY QT film.

You can still nod to the things you like, such as the scene in Predators (Which was the only scene in that movie that was ANY good) in which the predator and yakuza member meet in a field to do battle blade to blade, killer to killer.

Aside from that scene being a tad too dark (lighting wise) it was done well.
 
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Jerry's stand up, much like his show (IMO) just isn't funny at all. Kramer is the only thing that made me laugh in his show, but you can only see an high energy guy bust through a door and fall down before it loses its appeal. Jerry himself is just nasally and whiny.

QT- He makes up for lack of talent with over exaggeration. I understand he loves the old Japanese cartoons. However, you don't need blood splatter to be so fake and ridiculous to nod towards such things.He is lazy, he makes movies where people can jump 40 feet in the air, walk on air etc. yet he never explains why they can do this. Yes, its a movie and movies are about suspending belief. However, it is up to the film maker to give the viewer reason to suspend belief.

Even simply saying its a different world covers it, yet he doesnt even do that.

He is a highly over rated amateur film maker at best and yet, people claim him to be a genius because they read more into his over exaggerations that just isnt there.

The matrix, YES they do exaggerated moves, but the reason they can do such things are explained. Not a single such thing is done in ANY QT film.

You can still nod to the things you like, such as the scene in Predators (Which was the only scene in that movie that was ANY good) in which the predator and yakuza member meet in a field to do battle blade to blade, killer to killer.

Aside from that scene being a tad too dark (lighting wise) it was done well.

I just think Seinfeld takes time to get. Many people have told me they thought the show was lame until they actually took time it digest it. Many of the jokes are multi dimensional and not openly clear and can be quite subtle. (I find the same for Mike Judge shows)

QT talentless? The man writes good dialog. Dialog that feels natural and not as if someone is just reading off a script. Many of his characters are interesting and full of life. A big part of his films is just the dialog. As far as suspending belief goes, I don't see the problem with it. A lot of his violence is highly stylized. He just wants to add more umph to the violence which is fine by me. I've never thought they were a central theme to his movies, just a nice background.
 
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I just think Seinfeld takes time to get. Many people have told me they thought the show was lame until they actually took time it digest it. Many of the jokes are multi dimensional and not openly clear and can be quite subtle. (I find the same for Mike Judge shows)

QT talentless? The man writes good dialog. Dialog that feels natural and not as if someone is just reading off a script. Many of his characters are interesting and full of life. A big part of his films is just the dialog. As far as suspending belief goes, I don't see the problem with it. A lot of his violence is highly stylized. He just wants to add more umph to the violence which is fine by me. I've never thought they were a central theme to his movies, just a nice background.

Trust me, I have seen PLENTY of Seinfeld. Its not about "not getting it" I used to watch the show back in the day when I found Kramer humorous and even many more after that when it was on TV and it won the "This or that" contest. The show just isn't funny to me and I have many different levels to my sense of humor.

Well, dialogue that flows naturally is mostly on the actors. You can have the most amazing script of all time and if actors are not up to it will not flow naturally. It would come out awkward no matter how well it is written. Not to mention an actors ability to adlib.

I dont dislike QT so much because I feel he is lacking in talent. If thats where it ended, Id say good for him, just as I do with Jerry Seinfeld. They are successful and not all that good at what they do.

My main reason for truly disliking the man is every thing I have seen of this man, from interviews to fan video. The man comes off as highly arrogant and aggressive to anyone that isn't kissing up to him or calling him a movie "genius". I don't have a problem with excessive gore. However, he does it not for the movie itself, but he has it done badly (And not because lack of budget)

His lack of talent (imo) are why I dislike his movies.

He seeming to be so arrogant is why I dislike the man.

Put those together and I want to call him on it. I just dont have a venue he would care about unless I were socially at the same level as he in his eyes.
 
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Trust me, I have seen PLENTY of Seinfeld. Its not about "not getting it" I used to watch the show back in the day when I found Kramer humorous and even many more after that when it was on TV and it won the "This or that" contest. The show just isn't funny to me and I have many different levels to my sense of humor.

I guess we'd have to analyze a Seinfeld episode together to see, lol. Not sure what else to say here..

Well, dialogue that flows naturally is mostly on the actors. You can have the most amazing script of all time and if actors are not up to it will not flow naturally. It would come out awkward no matter how well it is written.

I would disagree, a lot of it has to do with a well written script. And good directing. Part of being a director is finding good actors, which for the most part he does a good marvelous at. There are so many directors who have given otherwise decent actors poor performances.

There are good scripts that do not exactly flow naturally. I'm talking about realistic human interaction. He knows how to jab subtle emotional and verbal cues to his writing.

That's what I mainly enjoy about his films, are the characters and how they interact with one another. Everything else (and even the story) is secondary to me. His films can also be quite funny.

As far as his excessive gore, I think he's just giving a nod to frivolous and fun 1970s fetish euro trash flicks. They're something new, and something you don't always see in mainstream movies. I wouldn't call them the highlight of his talents, but it's nice to see someone try to shake things up a little bit. Some of them are annoying, but I think they are meant to be.
 
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