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Themeweek - Videogames: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Poll #1187989 Rate it: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

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Mean: 4.25 Median: 4 Std. Dev 1.48
1 1 (12.5%)
2 0 (0.0%)
3 0 (0.0%)
4 4 (50.0%)
5 1 (12.5%)
6 2 (25.0%)
7 0 (0.0%)
8 0 (0.0%)
9 0 (0.0%)
10 0 (0.0%)
11 0 (0.0%)

Have you seen this movie?

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Yes.
8 (50.0%)

No.
5 (31.2%)

No, but I would like to.
3 (18.8%)

The first "Tomb Raider" movie has been voted on in this post one year ago.

Trivia:

In the previous film, Angelina Jolie had to wear bra padding in order for her bust size to measure up to the videogame character's. Jolie wears considerably less (and possibly no) padding in this film, as the decision was made to give Lara more realistic dimensions.

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Can someone tell me which of the Hitchcock is a horror and why?
Thank you!
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"SPEED RACER" Photo Gallery

"SPEED RACER" Photo Gallery

Here is a LINK to a gallery of photos from "SPEED RACER"

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Themeweek - Videogames: Super Mario Bros.
Poll #1187357 Rate it: Super Mario Bros.
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

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Mean: 4.87 Median: 4 Std. Dev 2.36
1 1 (4.3%)
2 3 (13.0%)
3 3 (13.0%)
4 5 (21.7%)
5 3 (13.0%)
6 2 (8.7%)
7 2 (8.7%)
8 2 (8.7%)
9 1 (4.3%)
10 1 (4.3%)
11 0 (0.0%)

Have you seen this movie?

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Yes.
23 (63.9%)

No.
12 (33.3%)

No, but I would like to.
1 (2.8%)

Trivia:

Bob Hoskins was quite unhappy with this film and his experience working on it. In an August 2007 interview, he proclaimed Super Mario Bros. as the worst thing he ever did.

First film ever based on a video game.

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So Natalie is a lesbian right?
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Hey everyone. I was just wondering if anyone knew where I could find pictures of the survivors at the reunion show? I found some on Gettyimages but I don't like the watermarks. :( Any help would be great, thank you :)
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So I stumble out of my apartment at 5AM with the goal of getting some coffee and getting to work on time. I'm standing in front of the elevator waiting for it to reach my floor, close my eyes briefly to take a 5 second nap, and I open my eyes when I hear the "ding!" of the elevator. The doors open I see A BODY LYING ON THE ELEVATOR FLOOR!

I step one foot into the elevator and lean in just enough to see that the body of the punk-ish kid laying there with his jacket over him and his backpack under his head is actually breathing.

Then the brief conversation inside my head begins. "Do I wake him up? Do I get in the elevator and go downstairs? Do I wake up the apartment manager to deal with it? Should I call the cops?" I opted to take the stairs. I didn't feel like getting into an altercation and/or getting stabbed by a junkie. I was barely awake as it was.

And that's my exciting morning story.

Oh, and I did get my coffee and make it to work on time in case you were wondering.

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Final Tribals
Behind a cut, though I tried to be spoiler-free (read: vague) as possible.
Read more... )
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Theme Week May - Videogames: Alone in the Dark
Poll #1186710 Rate it: Alone in the Dark
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

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Mean: 3.50 Median: 2.5 Std. Dev 3.00
1 3 (37.5%)
2 1 (12.5%)
3 2 (25.0%)
4 0 (0.0%)
5 0 (0.0%)
6 0 (0.0%)
7 0 (0.0%)
8 1 (12.5%)
9 1 (12.5%)
10 0 (0.0%)
11 0 (0.0%)

Have you seen this movie?

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Yes.
8 (33.3%)

No.
11 (45.8%)

No, but I would like to.
5 (20.8%)

Trivia:

The lengthy opening text crawl was added after numerous members of test audiences reported that they were confused by the plot.

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Last Call at the Ponderosa
WATCH Amanda pick at her nose .... marvel at James' new pudgy tummy .... see Ozzy smile .... and more as the gang wraps up their adventure!
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28-30/100
 28. Onibaba - Creepy B/W Japanese film from the sixties about two woman who murder wounded samurai and sell their armor and weapons to survive in war-torn feudal Japan. Big yes on this film although the pacing is a little weird to my westernized tastes.  Two ratings: For modern horror fans 4/10 For fans of slower paced art films 9/10

29. Exorcist - I haven't watched this in years, but it still gets the job done. Watched the director's cut  with 11 extra minutes, but I'm still not sure what those minutes were. 8/10

30. Return of The Living Dead - Another film I hadn't seen in years. It was campy and reeked of the 80's. Good fun. 8/10

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I'm tired. I stayed up too late last night watching the Survivor finale. I watched long enough to find out who the winner was and I recorded the rest of the "reunion" to watch later when I get home from work. I'm not happy with who won, but that seems to be the case with every "reality" gameshow I watch. I pretty much never like the winners. Case in point - every season of Big Brother.

OH - and BREAKING NEWS! On one of the Vegas message board I read, someone posted that they saw contestants and films crew from the Amazing Race running through the Venetian Grand Canal Shops last week. Sweet!! I love that show.

And I saw a commercial the other day that they're bringing back THE MOLE! I liked that show a lot too. I wish they'd bring Anderson Cooper back as the host. He's dreamy.

But my main point of the post is - I'm tired! I don't want to be at work. And I'm tired. And the TV is to blame.

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Survivor: TOP SECRET!!!

Coming in September!

And it's going to be in high definition!

(x-posted)

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Reunion show
Feel free to discuss your thoughts on tonight's reunion show within.

Remember, posts in this thread may (and probably will) contain spoilers. Don't go if you don't want to know. :)

The is the Reunion show thread, the finale is the post below.

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Survivor Finale Discussion Post
Feel free to discuss your thoughts on tonight's finale within.

Remember, posts in this thread may (and probably will) contain spoilers. Don't go if you don't want to know. :)

Remember to use LJ-Cut any other posts. Thanks!

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Weekend comparison: Solaris / Solyaris
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Poll #1186258 Weekend Comparison: Solaris
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

Солярис

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Mean: 8.11 Median: 8 Std. Dev 2.13
1 0 (0.0%)
2 0 (0.0%)
3 0 (0.0%)
4 0 (0.0%)
5 1 (11.1%)
6 2 (22.2%)
7 1 (11.1%)
8 1 (11.1%)
9 1 (11.1%)
10 1 (11.1%)
11 2 (22.2%)

Solaris

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Mean: 4.93 Median: 5 Std. Dev 2.17
1 2 (13.3%)
2 0 (0.0%)
3 1 (6.7%)
4 3 (20.0%)
5 4 (26.7%)
6 1 (6.7%)
7 1 (6.7%)
8 3 (20.0%)
9 0 (0.0%)
10 0 (0.0%)
11 0 (0.0%)

Have you seen those movies?

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Yes, both.
5 (19.2%)

No, "Солярис".
4 (15.4%)

No, "Solaris".
10 (38.5%)

Haven't seen either.
7 (26.9%)

I would like to see...

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"Solaris" at some point.
7 (70.0%)

"Солярис" at some point.
7 (70.0%)

Which one do you prefer?

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"Солярис"
5 (83.3%)

"Solaris"
1 (16.7%)

See how the 2002 movie was rated one and a half years ago.

Trivia:

Although Tarkovsky's film is fairly faithful to the book by Stanisław Lem, Lem was dissatisfied with the finished film as he said "I never really liked Tarkovsky's version".To Tarkovsky, who was an admirer of Lem's work, this showed that Lem was not understanding the nature of cinema as an art.

Steven Soderbergh is quoted saying that if the audience does not enjoy the first 10 minutes of the film then they might as well leave.

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Reminder: Survivor Season Finale Tonight!
The Survivor season finale is tonight. It is followed by the Reunion show.

Be prepared to watch or set those DVRs.

My local CBS doesn't look to have any programming today that will run long. You might want to check yours to be safe. I set my DVR to record an hour later anyway to cover my bases.

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Treadmill cats
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Pondering
The Ponderosa webisodes are the best ever. I just felt like sharing what I'm sure is a unanimous thought.
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Quotes
Time For More Funny Quotes From the Mister

ME: "I need more water."
BF: "More water!?! This stuff doesn't grow on trees, you know."

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calls me at work

ME: "Hello?"
BF: "I told your cat to pack her bags."
ME: "Why?"
BF: "Because she's a lay-about."

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as we're driving past an Adopt-a-Highway sign that says "Dads Against Meth."

BF: "Yeah, well the other side of the highway was adopted by 'Dads On Meth' and it's a lot cleaner."

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BF: "Did your cat come back?"
ME: "Yes."
BF: "Was she covered in burrs and raccoon semen?"

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