2015 Off Topic Thread

[Svino]

Rousey is dating Travis Browne. What is it with her a HW bums?

Kinda messed up considering the domestic violence allegations against him and how loudly Ronda has been going after Mayweather on that topic.

[Luke]

Rousey is dating Travis Browne. What is it with her a HW bums?

[Luke]

I was glad to see that. Even though I (we) used to make fun of him for his chin and awkward style, I kind of liked him.

If Jardine, Pulver, and Vera would fight every weekend, I'd be a millionare by now

[Mr. IWS]

Oh yeah, the Dean's being doing okay with that shit. Who would've imagined. If you look on his IMDB you'll see how has a bunch of stuff in production.

I was glad to see that. Even though I (we) used to make fun of him for his chin and awkward style, I kind of liked him.

[SPX]

Oh yeah, the Dean's being doing okay with that shit. Who would've imagined. If you look on his IMDB you'll see how has a bunch of stuff in production.

[Mr. IWS]

I was watching John Wick last night, noticed Keith Jardine in a couple scenes.

He's actually been acting a while now, I had no idea.

[Luke]

Oldboy is an excellent movie. You really should get over the subtitle thing and just watch it.

You already know my stance on that subject

I'm pretty sure there's an English dubbed version of Oldboy. Either way, I recommend watching it and see if it doesn't change your perspective on life.

I'd rather watch a dubbed version, than subtitles


Edmann, find it

[Ludo]

I'm pretty sure there's an English dubbed version of Oldboy. Either way, I recommend watching it and see if it doesn't change your perspective on life.

[SPX]

And God damn you, Ludo!!! I had my movie all set up last night to wathc Oldboy, started it, and that damn shit was in subtitles.

I don't do subtitles.

Oldboy is an excellent movie. You really should get over the subtitle thing and just watch it.

[Luke]

And God damn you, Ludo!!! I had my movie all set up last night to wathc Oldboy, started it, and that damn shit was in subtitles.

I don't do subtitles.

[Luke]

^^^I think its thought provoking, but to me, there just wasn't enough evidence to make it interesting.......if that makes sense. I never had that "oh damn" moment when watching it. It was more like "mehh, I don't think that's what he meant" when they pointed out something. I think it was even worse that they just kept jumping from subject to subject. Had they stayed on one subject....and had more evidence...I think they could have done better.

I like alternate meanings. The Signs write up you posted was interesting. It was taken from different parts of the movie and made sense. This one just didn't do it for me

[SPX]

Hmm, yep. That's from the movie. And you didn't find it interesting? That's strange to me.

You also said, "I personally didn't see what the fuck he was getting at until he came right out and said it," but at 1:02 he says, ". . . and this deeper story has its birth, I guess, with this idea that Stanley Kubrick was involved with faking the Apollo moon landing." So it should've been clear early on.

In any case, perhaps a 9 minute clip taken out of context with the rest of the film isn't the best way to experience that particular theory. But there IS logic to it. Having seen all of Room 237 and looked into the idea beyond just that one film, it more or less goes like this, with each point building upon the last:

1. Having lost to the Russians in just about every other facet of the space race, the US government was willing to do just about anything to beat them to the moon, including faking the moon landing.

2. The government/NASA knew that a convincing moon landing could be staged because in 1968 Stanley Kubrick had come out with a movie (2001: A Space Odyssey) that realistically portrayed men on the moon, using a technique called front screen projection. If shot in grainy B&W, this sort of footage would be sure to fool the common person.

3. The moon footage appears to show evidence of the front screen projection technique, tying the footage to Kubrick.

4. NASA later lent a series of 50mm light-sensitive Zeiss prime lenses to Kubrick for use on his 1975 film Barry Lyndon, implying an existing relationship between Kubrick and the space agency.

5. In The Shining, Kubrick then encoded clues to his involvement as a sort of confession to the American people.

If you don't BELIEVE it, then I am with you. But if you say it's not INTERESTING or THOUGHT PROVOKING or ENTERTAINING, then you've lost me because I find it to be all of those things.

[Ludo]

Can you post the clip?




I think it's possible a Bigfoot-like creature is out there somewhere. Nessie is less likely.

In any case, I don't get worked out about these things. I am open to the possibility of a lot of things beyond our current understanding of the world we live in.

I don't personally believe that there's a freakishly large, bipedal creature covered in fur, roaming around the wilderness that so many people claim to have seen, yet can't produce a single clear photo of the thing, despite the advances in camera and trail cam technology. That's just too much "perfect storm" action going on for the better part of the last fifty years for me. I know we still find new species in the Amazon and shit all the time, but there's ton of very hostile, and hard to get to areas in the Amazon, and most of those species are small insects and plants. This is an upright walking ape-like creature that stands between 8 and 10 feet tall. Pretty hard to miss. Appalachia is pretty much fully known by now since we've been settled in it now for over 300 years.

I'm all for believing in possibilities, but it just doesn't seem likely that such a thing could have gone un-photographed clearly for so long in such a relatively easily accessible area.

[SPX]

I watched an 11 minute clip that claimed to be from Room 237, a deep voiced guy explaining how he came to that conclusion. But none of it seemed right. I personally didn't see what the fuck he was really getting at until he came right out and said it.

Can you post the clip?

I liken him to those people who believe that Bigfoot is still roaming the backwoods of Appalachia, or that Loch Ness still has a massive prehistoric creature swimming in it that nobody has been able to snag clear visual evidence of. Sometimes people WANT something to be true so badly that they start looking for ways to prove it, without actually proving it It's a logical fallacy, no matter how swathed in would-be-evidence, or feigned coincidence. Much in the same way a self fulfilling prophecy works.

I think it's possible a Bigfoot-like creature is out there somewhere. Nessie is less likely.

In any case, I don't get worked out about these things. I am open to the possibility of a lot of things beyond our current understanding of the world we live in.

[Luke]

You didn't think the idea about the overturned red VW was compelling?

No. Was more surprised that they didn't try to connent two German cars as a symbol of the Holocast