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Allow me to dub your new plasma gun "The Toxic Ejaculator." I can honestly say I never thought I'd ever see the kind of stuff you're doing here. Impressive.

Wallstreet is hyperregulated by government and has been for a long, long time. Wallstreet people just happen to be ten times smarter than government know-it-alls and run circles around them, while the government know-it-alls are every bit as arrogant, corrupt, and greedy as Wallstreet. The...

The Republic is great, for sure. It's also very dense. To understand it properly you ought to have a basic knowledge of the Peloponnesian War, including the Peloponnesian League, the Delian League, and the failed Athenian invasion of Sicily and its consequences. Great movie, too. One of the...

You come up with some really interesting stuff, Jim. Kudos.

Forget that! Obviously these fellows have never seen Cocktail. :irked::grin: Also Let The Right One In (the original) >>>>> Let Me In (the Hollywood remake).

I don't, actually. My fantasy football league is going on it's 11th season with very little turnover in that time, so it's very competitive with all experienced players. I end up watching so much coverage during the season I get burned out. I actually find free agency, team management, and...

We haven't had an NFL thread for some time now, but seeing as this is shaping up to be the craziest offseason in the history of the game, I thought it was time. Topic 1: Is Chip Kelly insane?

I saw Trollhunter! Yeah, it's pretty funny. I enjoyed the way the trolls looked, especially the one at the end. I also appreciated how creative the movie was in using everyday objects and natural landscape features for it's story. I would have preferred subtitles to the english overdubbing...

They're well worth reading, but they're very different in character from each other. The Illiad is a little dry, frankly. The Odyssey is much more lively, and reads like an adventure novel.

Those editions are pretty nice looking. Unfortunately I don't have a study or a library with vast shelves of books, or I might be interested. I prefer small paperback editions I can manhandle without effort or care.

Ropers, no question about it. Norman Fell and Suzanne Somers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJcL7luD4pY Classic Tom and Jerry from the 30s and 40s is killer, too. I'm not such a big fan of the later ones from the 60s though.

Right! I simply misread what you wrote. It's entirely my fault. :grin: BTW, Troll Hunter is on my "to see" list. Also, the U.S. remake of Insomnia was pretty good. I haven't seen the original but I would also watch that if the opportunity arises. Concerning Wes Anderson, it's curious that...

I'm not defending the remake (I haven't seen it but it looks pretty bad), but doesn't Ofelas have good people vs. bad people? It's been over twenty years since I've seen it, so maybe I'm misremembering. Don't get me wrong; I appreciate a film where the Norwegians are the evil aggressors. A...

I saw Moon the other day, and enjoyed it. It's a decent sci-fi movie. Reminded me a bit of Silent Running.

Self-congratualatory one-upsmanship is the opiate of the academic leftist.

Now that's a song I've heard many, many times before, but I never knew it was by Them, nor did I know Them was Van Morrison's band. Pretty good song: 7/10. Here's Sammy Davis Jr. performing Mr. Bojangles in Germany in 1972:

For your first post on NMA, you could do much worse than this. Welcome.

I think American Sniper is pretty honest about Chris Kyle's belief system and his motivations, and it allows the viewer to make up his own mind about it. Beyond that, it's an exceptional piece of storytelling by Eastwood. I'm thinking about seeing it again, because I've been turning it over in...

If you're interested, I suggest checking out some of the writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Hawthorne I'd start with a short story called Young Goodman Brown, I think. Lovecraft - while he definitely created a unique style - is part of a tradition of New...

I just saw American Sniper and I thought it was amazing, FWIW. It's up there with Eastwood's best movies.