publicist 4,643 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 They don't.I only read my own. But that multiple times!; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 You read your own posts while stroking the front of your pants, we all know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,043 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 My posts are better than anyone else's. Or at least, they were the last time I checked. It's been some time since I've read another member's post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Did anybody hear that? Weird.Spooky shit going down in ere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,690 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Did you even read my posts...?Yes. I wish you'd read others' rather than dismissing them as 'nonsense' because you don't like the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted June 26, 2011 Author Share Posted June 26, 2011 Did you even read my posts...?Yes.Right... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 How do you define unsupported?Roald is stating his opinion, and clarifies why he feels that way. An opinion, as opposed to a fact does not need to be supported by evidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,690 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Meh, I can't be bothered with this.JP is a great movie. I'm happy with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Overall I think JP is a good movie. Because it succeeds at what it wants to do.But I don't think it is a great movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundwave 0 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 What about the scene at the beginning of the film when Grant is trying to scare the kid. I mean, I don't know about anyone else, but I wasn't sure if he was going to slit the kid's stomach open or not with that raptor claw. That's Spielberg building suspense at it's best.Hmm...you saw Jurassic Park when you were 7?Actually, I was almost 11 when I first saw it in the theater and besides, I was being sarcastic. I didn't really think Grant would slash the kids stomach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Well the 80's was a great decade for film. Creativity and special effects coming together, resulting in some stunning classics. Indiana Jones, Back To The Future, Police Academy, Friday The Thirteenth Howard the Duck, Xanadu, Supergirl, Never Say Never Again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Yikes, this thread got feet, baby!I go away for an hour, and it's a whole new page of rants. Is this the regular activity around here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Yes.Actually this is fairly tame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Aww, Roald went and deleted the part where he said he was getting scared.Pride over comedy. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 What do you know about pride? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted June 26, 2011 Author Share Posted June 26, 2011 Aww, Roald went and deleted the part where he said he was getting scared.Pride over comedy. Oh well.Nah, it just didn't make any sense... Nothing to do with pride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Whatever you say, yeller-belly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Watch out Roald! He's holding a blade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 What do you know about pride?It's Gay Pride week, baby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Hmmm..I always figured you were like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Night of the fight, you may feel a slight sting...That's pride fuckin' wit ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted June 26, 2011 Author Share Posted June 26, 2011 I think this thread has kinda lost its appeal by now. I just want to have the last word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 I think this thread has kinda lost its appeal by now. I just want to have the last word. Are you 7? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted June 26, 2011 Author Share Posted June 26, 2011 I think this thread has kinda lost its appeal by now. I just want to have the last word. Are you 7? Are you gonna be a pain in the ass again..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 I can't believe a thread of such midboggling stupidity is growing this rapidly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 I think this thread has kinda lost its appeal by now. I just want to have the last word. Are you 7? Are you gonna be a pain in the ass again..? It depends! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted June 26, 2011 Author Share Posted June 26, 2011 I can't believe a thread of such midboggling stupidity is growing this rapidly.midboggling stupidity?? How ironic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 CATFIGHT! CATFIGHT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted June 26, 2011 Author Share Posted June 26, 2011 CATFIGHT! CATFIGHT!Bring it on bitch...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Raptorfight! Raptorfight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted June 26, 2011 Author Share Posted June 26, 2011 Raptorfight! Raptorfight!OMG Are you 7..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 CATFIGHT! CATFIGHT!Bring it on bitch...! LET'S DO THIS THING! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted June 26, 2011 Author Share Posted June 26, 2011 CATFIGHT! CATFIGHT!Bring it on bitch...! LET'S DO THIS THING! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 YO MOMMA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 I can't believe a thread of such midboggling stupidity is growing this rapidly.midboggling stupidity?? How ironic...LET'S DO THIS THING! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted June 26, 2011 Author Share Posted June 26, 2011 YO MOMMA! That sounds so f*cking cool coming from you..! It's midboggling...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHbYLjWEEQA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Clutching at straws in here now.Sad bastards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Every time I check there's another 3 pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurgaFlippinMan 7 Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 The greatest proof of my claim: The Lost World. Back in the 80's how RIDICULOUS would it be to create a sequel to Star Wars WITHOUT Luke Skywalker, a sequel to Raiders WITHOUT Indiana Jones or a sequel to Back To The Future WITHOUT Marty McFly..??!The Lost World IS that sequel. It's a sequel without the main character(s) from Jurassic Park. And nobody cared anyway: it was all about the special effects.But it was a sequel with the most memorable human character from the original. Can't complain there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted June 27, 2011 Author Share Posted June 27, 2011 The greatest proof of my claim: The Lost World. Back in the 80's how RIDICULOUS would it be to create a sequel to Star Wars WITHOUT Luke Skywalker, a sequel to Raiders WITHOUT Indiana Jones or a sequel to Back To The Future WITHOUT Marty McFly..??!The Lost World IS that sequel. It's a sequel without the main character(s) from Jurassic Park. And nobody cared anyway: it was all about the special effects.But it was a sequel with the most memorable human character from the original. Can't complain there.Human character? Please... The guy had some funny lines. He's just as cardboard as the others though.And I'm not implying these characters have to be fleshed out like Ingmar Bergman would do. Of course not. It's a different kind of film.But again; there is something fundamentally wrong when the two main characters can so easily be excluded from the sequel. There was no demand obviously to see more of Alan Grant or Ellie Sattler.That would be like - again - Star Wars II without Luke and Leia, but with Han Solo only and nobody giving a damn as long as there would be more 'spaceships'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJosh 892 Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 I will say this: I do remember being disappointed and confused when I heard that the other characters would not be showing up in TLW. Nowadays I am not even the slightest surprise when they drop characters from sequels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,043 Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 But again; there is something fundamentally wrong when the two main characters can so easily be excluded from the sequel. There was no demand obviously to see more of Alan Grant or Ellie Sattler.You're right. It's a good thing all of the Jaws sequels avoided excluding two of the original film's main characters, since that would've totally invalidated your point. Whew!That would be like - again - Star Wars II without Luke and Leia, but with Han Solo only and nobody giving a damn as long as there would be more 'spaceships'.Also a good thing they never made any Star Wars films that didn't include Luke and Leia. That would've hurt your argument quite a bit, too!In all seriousness, TLW is a piece of crap. The quality of a film isn't affected in the slightest by the quality of its sequels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted June 27, 2011 Author Share Posted June 27, 2011 But again; there is something fundamentally wrong when the two main characters can so easily be excluded from the sequel. There was no demand obviously to see more of Alan Grant or Ellie Sattler.You're right. It's a good thing all of the Jaws sequels avoided excluding two of the original film's main characters, since that would've totally invalidated your point. Whew!That would be like - again - Star Wars II without Luke and Leia, but with Han Solo only and nobody giving a damn as long as there would be more 'spaceships'.Also a good thing they never made any Star Wars films that didn't include Luke and Leia. That would've hurt your argument quite a bit, too!In all seriousness, TLW is a piece of crap. The quality of a film isn't affected in the slightest by the quality of its sequels.Yeah, there is so much wrong with your statements, but I'm at work now. Don't have the luxury to give a lengthy response so I'll just give you the short version ok?: It's crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 I'd rather watch the autopilot LW than Transformers, or the SW prequels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,043 Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 As would I. BTW, thanks for yet another persuasive argument, Roald. This thread is blowing my mind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted June 27, 2011 Author Share Posted June 27, 2011 I'd rather watch the autopilot LW than Transformers, or the SW prequels.Yeah, I'd rather watch a film like Close Encounters Of The Third Kind or Fellowship Of The Ring than any of those.As would I. BTW, thanks for yet another persuasive argument, Roald. This thread is blowing my mind!You're most welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,043 Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Still stalling? If you're on here instead of working, you might as well explain why either my premises or my argument was invalid. I'm told that such logical rebuttals are generally favored in intelligent conversations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted June 27, 2011 Author Share Posted June 27, 2011 Still stalling? If you're on here instead of working, you might as well explain why either my premises or my argument was invalid. I'm told that such logical rebuttals are generally favored in intelligent conversations.Hmmm... It's still a short version though. I'm only interested in the FIRST sequel. Jaws 2, The Empire Strikes Back, Temple Of Doom, Back To The Future II, etc. were the first sequels to HIGHLY POPULAR AND SUCCESSFUL FILMS. Now Jaws 2 doesn't really belong in that list and you know that too.It would have been ABSURD to have - for example - Temple Of Doom WITHOUT Indiana Jones or Back To The Future II WITHOUT Marty McFly. The only way those sequels would succeed were to have the CHARACTERS return. THEY were the appeal of the originals. Jurassic Park was also a VERY POPULAR AND SUCCESSFUL FILM. Yet with that film it was alright to scrap the main characters. The fundamental problem of JP is exposed by that artistic decision.With the sequel to JP it was appearantly only important that there would be more f*ckin dinosaurs, more CGI crap. BUT DINOSAURS ARE NOT CHARACTERS. You can not relate to them, you can not laugh at their jokes or get any sense of emotion from them. The dinosaurs in JP should have been part of a canvas on which a HUMAN story was told. This is how stories work, for thousands of years already. Star Wars or Jaws being perfect examples. JP broke that rule and got away with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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