These guys have lots more awesome skits.
02-17-2014 03:14 AM
#13351
| |
| |
| |
02-17-2014 11:22 AM
#13352
| |
i'm going to take the liberty of speaking for wufwugy and say that this is one of our personal favorite key and peeles: http://www.comedycentral.com/video-c...s---uncensored | |
| |
02-17-2014 12:15 PM
#13353
| |
| |
02-17-2014 12:39 PM
#13354
| |
So... you're saying that there is no objective reality, and whatever is believed serves as the structure of the universe? | |
02-17-2014 02:12 PM
#13355
| |
No. | |
02-17-2014 02:13 PM
#13356
| |
Actually yes, but the way you worded it was kind of confusing, and I couldn't resist such a simple punch line (there I had to go and ruin it.) | |
02-17-2014 02:23 PM
#13357
| |
I originally posted this in the poker quotes thread a couple minutes ago, then deleted it since it didn't really fit there. But since it's on my clipboard now, it needs to go somewhere. | |
02-17-2014 02:49 PM
#13358
| |
so for valentines day i made homemade pasta, stuffed it with sauteed mushrooms, ricotta cheese, and some herbs. topped it with homemade sauce. it was god damn fucking tasty. | |
| |
02-17-2014 02:49 PM
#13359
| |
| |
02-17-2014 03:17 PM
#13360
| |
A little. Everyone has their own reality. Most realities are pretty close to one another thanks to the immutable reality we all share. We can build a systematic way to describe reality that gives us all an even greater opportunity to calibrate our realities. And that shit is science, praise it. | |
Last edited by a500lbgorilla; 02-17-2014 at 03:25 PM. | |
02-17-2014 03:19 PM
#13361
| |
I need to get out more. Apparently the world got awesome sometime recently. | |
02-17-2014 04:30 PM
#13362
| |
The Liam Neesons thing isn't really funny. American humour I guess. The goats though... | |
| |
02-17-2014 04:30 PM
#13363
| |
I was waiting for the big one to fuck them up. I am disappoint. | |
02-17-2014 04:45 PM
#13364
| |
We just like the absurd silliness of it, especially with the physical comedy... not sure if it's particularly American or not, I dunno. | |
| |
02-17-2014 04:47 PM
#13365
| |
|
brits don't like exaggeration. it's more about extreme dryness and deprecation |
02-17-2014 04:52 PM
#13366
| |
yep, i like my comedy dry n' droll | |
| |
02-17-2014 04:58 PM
#13367
| |
| |
02-17-2014 05:04 PM
#13368
| |
This is silly and funny | |
| |
02-17-2014 05:09 PM
#13369
| |
also silly and funny. i love "good neighbor stuff." (this has a louis ck-esque silliness to it) | |
| |
02-17-2014 05:09 PM
#13370
| |
This is kinda cool | |
| |
02-17-2014 05:10 PM
#13371
| |
|
big really. ur avatar in point |
02-17-2014 05:17 PM
#13372
| |
| |
02-17-2014 05:28 PM
#13373
| |
I hate firefly! | |
| |
02-17-2014 05:32 PM
#13374
| |
that was a super interesting video rong, thanks. kinda supports my taste for british humor and my undying love for larry david. | |
| |
02-17-2014 05:37 PM
#13375
| |
Exploding would be preferable to watching. | |
| |
02-17-2014 05:41 PM
#13376
| |
I just spent half an hour watching youtube vids of random American teens trying British chocolate bars/crisps/biscuits/sweets and rating them. I have no idea why but once I started I couldn't stop. Results were mixed. | |
| |
02-17-2014 05:48 PM
#13377
| |
Even our hiphop is infused with our humour. | |
| |
02-17-2014 05:51 PM
#13378
| |
According to wikipedia that's a UK rap anthem. I saw him perform this live at a festival, crown went mental. | |
| |
02-17-2014 05:57 PM
#13379
| |
|
Firefly's appeal is to the American heartland. Sentiments like "the only code that matters is the code of honor" and "the only person you can rely on is yourself" are deeply embedded in westward expansion. It doesn't surprise me that people from Europe or major east coast cities may not find appeal in Firefly. It's gunslinging in space, where the only people that matter are the people under your protection. In Montana, everybody owns a gun; in Britain, nobody does. Firefly appeals to the former, not necessarily the latter |
02-17-2014 06:00 PM
#13380
| |
I think engaging dialogue and character interactions will usually win people over, regardless of underlying sentiments and moral codes. | |
| |
02-17-2014 06:02 PM
#13381
| |
| |
02-17-2014 06:07 PM
#13382
| |
| |
02-17-2014 06:08 PM
#13383
| |
But never mind this firefly rubbish. What do you yanks make of witness the fitness? Tis awesome, no? | |
| |
02-17-2014 06:11 PM
#13384
| |
|
Well, Firefly has more of that than just about any show. Pound for pound, it's char dev and dialogue are possibly the best |
02-17-2014 06:12 PM
#13385
| |
| |
02-17-2014 06:15 PM
#13386
| |
|
It's supposed to be primitivistic, somewhat campy, and not up its own ass. |
02-17-2014 06:38 PM
#13387
| |
| |
02-17-2014 06:40 PM
#13388
| |
Not the best example, but still.... | |
| |
02-17-2014 06:49 PM
#13389
| |
Firefly is American cowboys in space. It pays constant homage to classic American Cowboy films and TV shows. If you are not more than slightly familiar with that era and style of story, then you will simply miss most of what the show is about. Maybe not what it's about, but what it's referring to, and what it's re-creating in the modern context. | |
02-17-2014 06:49 PM
#13390
| |
|
you need a mullet |
02-17-2014 06:52 PM
#13391
| |
| |
02-17-2014 07:46 PM
#13392
| |
02-17-2014 07:47 PM
#13393
| |
Also, Serenity. | |
02-17-2014 11:43 PM
#13394
| |
02-18-2014 12:51 AM
#13395
| |
| |
02-18-2014 05:30 AM
#13396
| |
Firefly is unconditionally awesome. | |
02-18-2014 06:10 AM
#13397
| |
I thought Firefly was a good, strong show. I can't put it in GOAT tier and I thought the movie was not all that great. I'd watch the series again though. | |
02-18-2014 01:58 PM
#13398
| |
according to my friend there is a smugness to his writing, like "it already knows it's witty," and he writes in tropes and his characters are all the same. maybe that's an element of what's rubbing you guys the wrong way about firefly, i dunno. | |
Last edited by aubreymcfate; 02-18-2014 at 02:52 PM.
| |
02-18-2014 02:51 PM
#13399
| |
| |
| |
02-18-2014 03:00 PM
#13400
| |
02-18-2014 03:51 PM
#13401
| |
I generally find Kevin Smith's writing to be more sincere.. I don't get the sense that his characters exist solely to serve his wit. He definitely has a really strong voice, and yeah, sometimes a character will launch into something that's so undeniably Kevin Smith that it's a bit heavy handed, but overall I like him. I find him to be more controlled in that aspect than Diablo Cody, who just.. I mean really, watching her shit is like watching a one woman show sometimes. | |
| |
02-18-2014 04:19 PM
#13402
| |
02-18-2014 04:30 PM
#13403
| |
I actually didn't watch that yet, I so rarely go to the theater... Maybe I should make a point of seeing that one on the big screen though. What did you think of it? | |
| |
02-18-2014 04:34 PM
#13404
| |
Well Adaptation is like my 2nd favorite movie of all time and I don't think it surpassed that, but it was probably the best movie I've seen this year. | |
02-18-2014 04:40 PM
#13405
| |
Yeah, Adaptation is somewhere in my top 5 too, for sure.. I feel more confident that I'm going to enjoy Her after this exchange. | |
| |
02-18-2014 05:52 PM
#13406
| |
|
Most fun material is in tropes and "knows it's witty". Mal is the Byronic hero in every way, everything Jayne says is supposed to be comical in some way. Kaylee is supposed to be optimistic and lackadaisical, Wash is supposed to be goofy, Mal and Inara are supposed to be the worst match ever unless they realized they'd be the best match ever. Firefly excels at making its tropes meaningful in both a serious and unserious way |
02-18-2014 06:11 PM
#13407
| |
She definitely wasn't saying tropes or self-aware comedic writing are inherently bad things. Tropes make the world go round. | |
| |
02-19-2014 01:56 AM
#13408
| |
According to my 4 yr old my bow and arrow skills are the fucking nuts (my words, not hers). I imagine this is both the first and last time my bow and arrow skills will be respected. | |
| |
02-19-2014 05:31 AM
#13409
| |
| |
02-19-2014 11:02 AM
#13410
| |
Who here would smash Madonna in 2014? | |
| |
02-19-2014 11:33 AM
#13411
| |
I'm all for vintage beav but 55 is a shade past my cutoff. | |
02-19-2014 11:37 AM
#13412
| |
| |
02-19-2014 12:29 PM
#13413
| |
I feel confident that if she put her mind to it, she could easily seduce any man on this forum. | |
02-19-2014 12:35 PM
#13414
| |
^^ truth, if she takes out those gold grills first (seriously wtf) | |
| |
02-19-2014 04:22 PM
#13415
| |
i really like icona pop and as such my taste is questionable music continues. | |
| |
02-19-2014 11:50 PM
#13416
| |
02-20-2014 02:07 AM
#13417
| |
| |
02-20-2014 03:27 AM
#13418
| |
| |
02-20-2014 03:28 AM
#13419
| |
02-20-2014 03:56 AM
#13420
| |
Remi Gaillard is like the french version of Dom Joly (british prankster). Kangaroo, Mario kart and snail all made me laugh back in the day | |
| |
02-20-2014 07:44 AM
#13421
| |
gmml, adaptation or her? | |
02-20-2014 03:46 PM
#13422
| |
adaptation | |
02-20-2014 04:21 PM
#13423
| |
i give you pardon for your shit opinion because your signature has lulled me into an amused trance many a time.. like right now.. | |
| |
02-20-2014 05:56 PM
#13424
| |
|
Adaptation is great. It might not be in my top fifty, but top lists are always unique for everybody, and I could understand how it's in top ten for some people. Its non-mainstream properties give it strong appeal to some because it's on the edge without going over. Anybody looking for a standard-esque story in Adaptation isn't going to get one. You could say it's closer to Jarmusch or Aronofsky than Spielberg or Cameron. |
Last edited by wufwugy; 02-20-2014 at 05:58 PM. | |
02-20-2014 07:56 PM
#13425
| |
ya, it wasn't bad, i enjoyed it, and can see how others would rate it really high. we should start a top 10 movie list thread or something, would be interested in expanding my netflix queue. | |