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Dobbin

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« Reply #75 on: April 25, 2012, 04:44:49 PM »

Your responses make it seem like you're so mad you're levitating.
Your responses make it seem like you're so mad you're levitating.

Nope.
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« Reply #76 on: April 25, 2012, 05:09:17 PM »

Just so everyone is perfectly clear, Josh is definitely not levitating.

This is maybe the most lame internet argument on the internet, which is saying something. 

It is. It is saying something even lamer than the thing you want marked as lame. Which is saying somethinger.

There was, at the time, no premium set on liking or not liking Letterman. I didn't, until I looked again on the right day and found that I did.

I get it. You were too young. Wolfe only said this the third time. But you probably did not go back and rewatch the exact episodes you didn't laugh at the first time.

I think this same thing happens with bands all the time, too, and without a sinister, insincere ulterior motive of thinking you're "supposed to" like them.

You should probably look up the word "sinister."

So I guess my choice of "frequency" was the big hitch, then. There were movies I watched as a kid that I didn’t really appreciate until I was older. HUDSUCKER would either be one of them or it wouldn’t. I suppose subsequent Coen movies provide more of a motivation to watch it again than a necessary context to put it in. I don’t know, I’m just trying to find the proper words and combination thereof to make this cross-examination end. I feel like I’m so close.

It wasn't just 'frequency' since that only came on the second clarification. I just use it now so that sean doesn't try to turn embellished paraphrasing into irrational misquoting, since judging by everyone's silence on the issue, they are buying into it.

Of course I understand the idea that you were younger then and now you aren't and now you'll get it. And yes, the reason you single out that movie for such reconsideration is who made it and what you think of the other things they've done. That is not what it sounded like the first or second time you said it.


It's odd, maybe even sean type hilarious (though I definitely don't have a handle on those parameters yet), that the person who assumes everyone knows what they're talking about is an asshole, but the people who cannot even imagine a point of view other than their own are the barometers of normalcy.
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« Reply #77 on: April 25, 2012, 05:24:31 PM »

Pulp Fiction
Clerks
Ed Wood
Dumb & Dumber
The Lion King
Corrina, Corrina
The Mask
Forrest Gump
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Clifford
Maverick
D2: The Mighty Ducks
The Shawshank Redemption
The Professional
The Little Rascals
True Lies
Reality Bites
Four Weddings And A Funeral
Little Giants
The Santa Clause
The Hudsucker Proxy
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
Airheads
The Flintstones
The Shadow
Only You
Swimming With Sharks
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
Richie Fart-with-a-beard
Timecop
Camp Nowhere
Speed
The Scout
Blankman
My Girl 2
The Paper
The Chase
Angels In The Outfield
The Pagemaster
In The Arrmy Now
3 Ninjas Kick Back
With Honors
Blank Check
Baby's Day Out
it's Pat
The Specialist
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Color Of Night
When A Man Loves A Woman
A Million To Juan
Quiz Show
Beverly Hills Cop III
Getting Even With Dad
I Love Trouble
North
Radioland Murders
Street Fighter
The Road To Wellville
A Troll In Central Park
Double Dragon
Little Big League
The Next Karate Kid
Trapped In Paradise
Cops & Robbersons
Wolf
The Jungle Book
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
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« Reply #78 on: April 25, 2012, 05:42:17 PM »

I just use it now so that sean doesn't try to turn embellished paraphrasing into irrational misquoting

I was under the impression from your previous posts that paraphrasing an initial statement constitutes an entirely new argument which is automatically completely incompatible with the original one.  I'm glad we cleared that up.
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« Reply #79 on: April 25, 2012, 05:46:25 PM »

Jesus, stop.
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« Reply #80 on: April 25, 2012, 05:49:01 PM »

Hey, look how high up I put CLIFFORD! Someone razz me!
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« Reply #81 on: April 25, 2012, 05:53:40 PM »

Me neither.  I guess that finally settles the raging "So did he write it for her or not?!" debate.

Apparently, Reagan Youth is one of those punk groups that nobody actually bought the albums and they disappeared after a year or two, but they were super-influential.  The problem is, from what I've heard, it's that brand of punk where they can't sing or play instruments.  The song is still great, though -- they say "fuck" a lot more than the 'Airheads' version.
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« Reply #82 on: April 25, 2012, 05:57:33 PM »

This is the perfect time to mention how great this song is, right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnhEyTSGWq4
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« Reply #83 on: April 25, 2012, 06:01:17 PM »

Wait, is 'City Slickers 2' seriously that good?  I vaguely remember it from when I was a kid and excited and saw it in a theater, but it seems to be pretty high on a few lists.  So it's due for a re-watch, then?
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« Reply #84 on: April 25, 2012, 06:27:29 PM »

Apparently, Reagan Youth is one of those punk groups that nobody actually bought the albums and they disappeared after a year or two, but they were super-influential.  The problem is, from what I've heard, it's that brand of punk where they can't sing or play instruments.  The song is still great, though -- they say "fuck" a lot more than the 'Airheads' version.

I searched for it on Spotify and the album cover was a band all wearing KKK uniforms, so I imagine they probably weren't destined for mainstream popularity.

Also, I like the Airheads version much better, though I do admit that "Johnny don't care about the world as long as he can do his girl" is sillier than "fuck his girl".
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« Reply #85 on: April 25, 2012, 06:34:06 PM »

I searched for it on Spotify and the album cover was a band all wearing KKK uniforms, so I imagine they probably weren't destined for mainstream popularity.

Also, I like the Airheads version much better, though I do admit that "Johnny don't care about the world as long as he can do his girl" is sillier than "fuck his girl".

To be clear, and maybe to disconnect myself from the appearance that first sentence created, I am pretty sure that they're using that imagery in a "Society is so racist!" punk kind of way, as opposed to being the sort of punk music for actual KKK and Nazis.

But, yeah, the "Airheads" version is like somebody realized "This could be great if we just got some people who could play and sing even decently."  I had kind of assumed that the original would have to be inherently superior, but it just is not the case.
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« Reply #86 on: April 25, 2012, 06:36:02 PM »

If you ever visit the big Fox building right next to the Fox lot, you will be awestruck by the fact that you are standing in front of Nakatomi Tower from DIE HARD and then you'll really bust when you look to the immediate left of the building and see the radio station from AIRHEADS.
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« Reply #87 on: April 25, 2012, 06:40:33 PM »

Wait, is 'City Slickers 2' seriously that good?  I vaguely remember it from when I was a kid and excited and saw it in a theater, but it seems to be pretty high on a few lists.  So it's due for a re-watch, then?

It's not bad for a sequel that had no reason to be made and had an actor play his original character's twin. I remember thinking at the time that the ending was one of the most amazing endings I had ever seen in any movie. This is the kind of thinking 1994 me did that gets 2012 me in hot water.
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« Reply #88 on: April 25, 2012, 06:44:53 PM »

Also, I think I've mentioned this somewhere on this board before, but I've always been fascinated by the fact that Bruno Kirby's character is never mentioned once in the movie and there's no evident plan to cut him in on the gold wherever he is, even though he has every bit as much of a claim to it as they do (and obviously way more than Lovitz does). I know it's because Crystal and Kirby had a falling out, but it implies through omission that something really bad went down between the characters in the year that takes place between the two movies.
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« Reply #89 on: April 25, 2012, 06:55:00 PM »

Lovitz played Crystal's little brother. And yeah, I thought that ending meant CITY SLICKERS III was planned, BTTF style.
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