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Quick, name a movie you wish you could punch directly in the face.
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I'll start: Cloverfield..
- Joe Pierce
TRANSFORMERS 2
- Mary Carmen
Legally Blonde 2
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Dang. Mary took mine. The only other one that springs to mind right away is from a long time ago. "Jane Austen's Mafia!". God....
- Kamilah Gill
Hollow Man
- Shevonne
(really just one?) The Day The Earth Stood Still remake
- aden (and junk)
Rise.
- The Letter M
I've not seen Transformers 2, but anyone who wants to punch it in the face I fully endorse. We should all get a whack yes? Haggis, nice call I wouldn't have even thought of that. Shevonne, why Hollow Man? I don't remember it being totally horrible. Aden, that movie deserved a groin kick. I've never seen Rise or Jane Austen's Mafia...I don't think I will.
- Joe Pierce
Teaparty: The Movie
- teh Dork Knight aka Kenny
Lost in Translation
- holly
Joe, I was suffering through it. Horrible plot, characters....
- Shevonne
WALL-E
- Steve is older than ever
Yes Wall E ..........thanks Steve
- VAL D.
DaVinci Code.
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
I saw a remake of Godzilla that was so bad we rooted for big G, and boo'd when they killed him. he was the best actor in the movie.
- Mike Nencetti
Twilight saga
- Pelin
Stealth
- Shannon
I'm seeing lots of deserving punchable flicks here. You all pass the test. I can't decide if I want to watch Hollow Man again to see if I agree with it or not...hmm
- Joe Pierce
Indy IV
- Timothy Griffin
Marky Mark remake of planet of the apes
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
Timothy, that movie does not exist, so you can't punch it in the face.
- Joe Pierce
B.A.P.S.
- Derrick
at least the Planet remake had an awesome performance by Tim Roth. How in the world have I never seen B.A.P.S.? And why do I now have the urge to watch it? It's like when you have a loose tooth and you can't help but push on it even though it hurts...
- Joe Pierce
Joe, it's going to feel like you lost a tooth after watching B.A.P.S
- Shevonne
I don't know. I was once forced to sit through the Bratz movie. Can't be much worse than that.
- Joe Pierce
iRobot - made me want to burn all my Asimov books (no small feat indeed)
- Adrian
Planet 51. I spent 22.25 plus popcorn to see this on Saturday. It sucked all kinds of donkey balls. Nothing but NOTHING worth anything in this movie. It flat out sucked. And I'm very kind to movies usually. I want my money back you shitty, predictable movie making jackasses!
- Morgan Haley
I didn't mind iRobot that much, it had Tudyk in it and I'm very good at compartmentalizing my feelings between movies and books. Morgan, I can't say that I'm surprised. I don't think they expected much out of it which is why they opened it opposite of New Moon. Johnson needs to quit doing kids movies.
- Joe Pierce
Forrest Gump.
- joshua "magic" neff
Disturbia. I saw it for free, but I want them to apologize for making it. Joe, you HAVE to see BAPS. And make sure you are logged in while watching it. We need to hear all about it. Also, please answer the flip side of Joe's question: http://tiny.cc/s1FWC
- Baroness Von SmashAHomie
Pink Flamingos
- Rodfather
Magnolia (188 minutes of life I will never get back)
- Shannon
ALL. THREE. SPIDER-MAN MOVIES. Why, why did I ever go see the third one. WHY?
- teh Dork Knight aka Kenny
anything by Michael Bay
- Neil Bernhart
I liked Magnolia. Sorry.
- Morgan Haley
Shaving Ryan's Privates. Over-rated.
- Morgan Haley
+++Kenny - all the Spiderman movies were crap. Sam Raimi, what the fuck happened to you, man? Your ass used to be beautiful!
- Adrian
Seven and Fight Club
- Matthew DeVries
Crash (2004) directed by Paul Haggis. It's retarded meditation on race relations for one dimensional people and an unapologetic rip off of much better films, yet since it was about racism in LA it became a media darling and won best picture, even though it wasn't even in the best HALF of movies in 2004.
- veo
Magnolia is a beautiful, beautiful film. It's one of the only movies I know that actually gets better every time you watch it. It's not for everyone though. Incidentally, Magnolia is one of the better films that Crash (above) totally ripped off. Heh
- veo
The third Matrix movie and Batman and Robin.
- Alex Scoble
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. Or Batman & Robin. They have no business existing. Ooh, or Crash, good one veo.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
eyes wide shut
- Loc
Twilight. (Indy IV = Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, never saw.)
- Red Label
you keep talking about this Indiana Jones IV, but I still say it doesn't exist. Sorry. #dontburstmybubble
- Joe Pierce
Every one made by Micheal Bay, but I'd need a few more hands.
- Jim Hearts FF
@Jim I'll help, and we'll use boots too. Boots to the face
- Mo Kargas
excellent, Mo! Thanks!
- Jim Hearts FF
I don't know what you are all talking about, the Bad Boys franchise is fun. Armageddon only sucked mostly, and the Playboy Centerfold video that he directed probably did exactly what it was supposed to.(except it needed more explosions).
- Joe Pierce
Pineapple Express, You, Me & Dupree, Journey to the Center of the Earth
- Danny Minick
The second Matrix movie (Reloaded)
- Chieze Okoye
Anything with Hugh Grant (mainly 4 weddings and a funeral though)
- Amy
!?!?!?!?!?! how can you not like hugh grant romcoms?
- Richard Lawler
I'll make an exception for 9 Months, c'mon that was gold!
- Joe Pierce
i have a weakness for hugh grant movies....shit, that totally makes me a foofie doesn't it?
- Morgan Haley
if hugh grant is on my TV humorously and absentmindedly wooing some unsuspecting young lady I can tell you where I'll be for the next two hours...son
- Richard Lawler
I like Hugh Grant on film. I do not like him in real life....C'mon, girlfriend like he has and he goes for a prostitute like that?
- Joe Pierce
I ain't fuckin him, I'm just listening to his wonderful english accent.
- Richard Lawler
as I said. I like him in movies, but in the real world I don't think he shows proper judgement.
- Joe Pierce
I have another fist for Magnolia.
- Steve is older than ever
Why does everyone hate Magnolia?
- veo
I've never seen it.
- Joe Pierce
I like Magnolia.
- Jim Hearts FF
Ghost Rider.
- Will Higgins™
Vanilla fucking Sky.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
Elizabethtown (filmed in my hometown, was kicked off the set, damn idiots cut me outta the scene too!)
- H0llywoodWh0re
I think people are split on Magnolia. I found it over-long and self-indulgent.
- Steve is older than ever
Man on the Moon
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Superman Returns
- Cristo
Eyes Wide Shut. Annoyed the FUCK out of me when I first saw it. Now... eh I get to see boobies.
- CW™
My Big Fat (Stupid) Greek Wedding
- Cristo
Oddly enough, I don't remember liking or disliking Magnolia, which probably means I fell asleep in it.
- Adrian
MOON... Jesus that sucked. Not even cute at all.
- Adrian
Magnolia's awesome. And Adrian, you mean Moon that was out this summer with Sam Rockwell? Other than a couple of issues I had with the narrative, I thought it was really good. Certainly much better than the crap that usually passes for sci-fi these days.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Shallow Hal.
- Alix Whitmire
Hulk - Eric Bana edition
- John Wang
My Best Friend's Wedding
- Jennifer Dittrich
Jandy, yeah, that one. Thing is, I had such high hopes for it, but the narrative and the science were just swiss cheese and Sam Rockwell bugged the crap out of me (which disturbed me as I generally enjoy his characters quite a bit). We've come a long way since 2001: a Space Odyssey and no one has come even close... or really tried, in my opinion. 2010 would have been great if it wasn't...
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- Adrian
The Celestine Prophecy
- nakachi
I would stand between Magnolia and your fist, while side-kicking Lost in Translation in the groin.
- Louis Simoneau
Watchmen.
- Jemm
Richard/Joe/Morgan: Oh come on, he has zero ability to act - he's the same character in every film. English accents don't do much for me, I hear them a lot anyway. :)
- Amy
Absolutly Cloverfield
- ★ Soner Gönül
Fight Club.
- Sarah Levels Up
Sarah - that and Seven were the Emperor's New Clothes of movies.
- Matthew DeVries
I didn't see Seven. Fight Club pissed me the fuck off. And I am so glad you agree! I knew I liked you, Matthew DeVries. ;)
- Sarah Levels Up
OH MY GOD, I take it all back, every movie I said is forgiven so that I may punch directly in the face THE SIXTH SENSE. It's an hour and fourty five minutes that I thought was two hours and thirty minutes that felt like 3 and a half hours. That movie dragged so much morbid ass they needed to import ass from other countries just to make it.
- teh Dork Knight aka Kenny
i fell asleep during signs.
- Mike Nencetti
I love Magnolia
- jbrotherlove
I have two fistfuls of fury for The Happening. seriously, WTF?!
- jbrotherlove
Expelled.
- Fred Yankowski
"Blair Witch Project". Oh and "Lost in Translation" is a good shout too.
- James Myatt
The day after day after tomorrow...
- reha37
*blocking Kenny* for punching a great movie.
- Cristo
agree with Cristo, but not to the point of blocking Kenny. But yeah, that movie rocked. Sorry Kenny. I see dead people.
- Morgan Haley
This thread is not about movies you like. It is about punching movies. In the face. Movies like The Rock.
- Steve is older than ever
The Glimmer Man. Also: Se7en.
- Kevin Fox
All M. Night Sham-man films, Napoleon Dynamite, and the Original Wickerman.
- Neal Krummell
Oh Neal, thank you for reminding me. The Village. I would not just punch that one in the face. It would definitely be a kick to the nads, too.
- Chieze Okoye
I knew eventually someone would bring up "Hulk" with Bana. Which I consider the better of the new I-Hulk movies. The new one was really bad and just a cliche comic-book film. Everything M. Night did after the first half of Signs is punchable.
- Joe Pierce
2001
- Curtiss Grymala
Good call Curtiss.
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
Cronenberg's Crash
- ezekiel
Leprechaun in the Hood
- Rodfather
City of Angels
- Rodfather
There are so many movies I actually like listed in this thread. That makes me sad. Fight Club is one my favorite flicks of all time
- Curtiss Grymala
The FriendFeed flaming departure- an episodic in which we profile various online personas and their arc of introduction, infatuation, obsession, anger, frustration, and departure.
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huh?
- CW™
Not our finest moments as a community.
- Joe
Are you talking about the rants about people deleting their accounts and then coming back?
- CW™
CW, you've been on here as long as me- I'm sure you've seen a fair share, like I have.
- anna sauce
Are we turning this into a documentary, or a soap opera?
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
Joe, I actually don't blame the community. There are individuals that - during the election period- I learned about in a new way, and I unsubscribed. And blocked. And, problem went away. Whenever anyone has these flaming departures (minus @directeur) I think they just don't know how to use the tool.
- anna sauce
Eric- soap opera, DEFINITELY
- anna sauce
Brilliant!!!!
- Helen Sventitsky
I blame the way many folks conduct themselves that lead up to this bullshit.
- Joe
I'd watch it- I definitely enjoy a good dust-up
- anna sauce
Joe - for many of these that go through this arc, it's also just a very public lesson in how to engage in social networks.
- anna sauce
I am tired of them. That is why I keep my feed private.
- Joe
still here.
- Mike Nencetti
directeur left?
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
used to happen in newsgroups and forums - the same patterns now move to social networks - if only more publicly (note: I didnt see any of it, but I can imagine)
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
the hate directed at people who leave and come back gets real old, real fast.
- Jim Hearts FF
directeur left and came back- and in that time he built a new tool that solved the problem that he thought the site had. If that's not a constructive channelling of frustration, I don't knwo what is, lol.
- anna sauce
Once in a while I go to YouTube comments to see the real vitriol
- anna sauce
hate is just about never a constructive channelling of anything - but it is easier online when you havent met the people to behave in nasty ways you never would do in person
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Anna, Being on social sites as long as we have, we see this like every 3 months. Its nothing new. Its nothing old. Its as it is, human nature. I personally find the bitch sessions about people leaving and coming back annoying, but like you all said its a good Drama fest for the moment and quite entertaining to see people cry and whine over things they have no control over or really any...
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- CW™
Well said, sir. Well said.
- anna sauce
Hey if you need to leave someplace for you to be better, then please do it. Your mental and emotional well being is more important then anything. If I wanted to keep in touch with you, I can find a way some other services. :) If you want to keep in touch with me, then I'm open on all sorts of ways to be contacted.
- CW™
That is right CW - I don't need FF to stay in touch w/ whomever but I am tired of seeing people mobbed into leaving too.
- Joe
Joe, Yeah that is pretty petty in my book. I do sometimes want to know why someone left, but its just as I said, I hope they are doing better by leaving. That is ultimately more important. I do understand why the mobs complain too, its a anger on their part 1) They are angry their social FF experience will be cut by the persons departure. Cause no matter if your post is liked or...
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- CW™
Not to be a told-you-so, but the minute I saw Holden join with his name, "god of FF" based on absolutely nothing, I had a feeling his personality type might go the route of the quick flame.
- anna sauce
As someone who's deleted their account before and come back, I don't see what the big deal is. This social networking stuff isn't that serious, and to me the drama is just humorous.
- Cristo
got to go find the old flame war character types list, from the newsgroup days - wonderful stuff
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
there it is "flame warriors" http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed...
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
ooooh...
- anna sauce
+++Joelle + Flame Warriors. there are at least one of each of those active right now on FF and you can just about predict their departures too. EDIT: But most are here for the duration.
- Carlos Ayala
LOL oh that is funny: a new term for me, fits perfect, Jung would've loved Holden. These episodes still interest me, as often as they play out, FF is like a "Lord of the Flies" psychological case study. Holden's was particularly amusing as it played out like a High School Drama, for example, I LM-ASS-O when one of those involved DM'd a person to tell me they didn't like me- ughhh, the...
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- sofarsoShawn
For the record, I've never engaged anyone in an effort to run them off. Secondly—and you can verify this from the people who know me offline—, I'm pretty much the same online as I am away from the computer. Third, although I may get into it with people from time-to-time, I never actively seek people out in other people's threads to randomly start shit with them; I may attack the topic...
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- Akiva Moskovitz
No no no, don't say that! You've been blessed!
- sofarsoShawn
I don't buy into the belief that people can be "run off" a service or "forced to quit". FF has plenty of features to change your interaction if you're having issues with other users. You can simply walk away from posts you don't like, use the hide button, or block the person. You can make your feed private. You can unsubscribe from people and subscribe to other people. If someone gets...
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- Rochelle
I like to delete my account to remove all the content. It's a side effect that it removes all my subscriptions and subscribers too. :) Also, I agree largely with Akiva, except that he is wrong when he argues with me. P.S. Wall-E sucked. :P
- Cristo
Okay, I've changed my mind. I support running Cristo off.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Oh no, please no.
- Cristo
I also don't believe people are "run off" from Friendfeed. I've seen some people delete their account 3 or 4 times and then come back a week later. Attention seekers who love to be fawned over when they make their return.
- Alan Simpson
Some would accuse anyone who uses social media sites like FriendFeed as "attention seekers", and I didn't delete my account for attention, although others may have.
- Cristo
I didn't delete mine for attention either (quite the opposite). Frankly, this post annoys me a bit. Why is frustration and anger any less of a valid reason to leave than anything else? We're not robots (except for Mo, of course).
- Jason Huebel
Also, I fully support Cristo's comment about Wall-E. It sucked. Like a Hoover. ;-)
- Jason Huebel
Jason - Maybe I should clarify - I only have an issue with people who continually jump into divisive arguments, get their feelings hurt, delete their account, wait a week or two, come back with an announcement that they are back, accept fawning, lather, rinse repeat.
- Alan Simpson
There's a little bit of "dish it, can't take it" going on with those peaks, I have to say.
- anna sauce
The National Audio Theatre Festivals, Inc. (NATF) @NatAudioTheatre - "Foley: Live Sound Effects" - http://www.natf.org/wad...
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"In performances before studio audiences, foley adds considerable visual interest. A foley walker for such a set-up needs stage presence, showmanship and a good ear. S/he also must know when to give and take stage, for a real hambone working the sound effects can easily upstage the actors. Perhaps that explains why radio sfx personnel in the old days belonged to AFRA, an actors' union. Typically, the foley gear is arrayed on and around a table off to one side of the stage or performance area. One mike covers the table and another the floor. The table mike never sits on the table but is shock mounted on a floor stand high enough to capture vocal effects, such as dog barks, hoot owls, raspberries, gurgles, bubbles and assorted moans and groans. One or two foley walkers, more if needed, do all the live sound effects."
- Christopher Harley
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The National Audio Theatre Festivals, Inc. (NATF) is a new organization that includes a group of experienced Audio Theatre, Radiodrama and Radio Theatre producers and participants. NATF is about promoting, supporting, producing, and educating in the field of audio theatre.
- Christopher Harley
so fun. a fella with this expertise worked on Wall-E. saw a doc about it... he went old-school.
- T. Brent, technopeasant
It's so odd to me that sound is called "foley".
- Spidra Webster
"Foley" gets its name from Jack Donovan Foley (1891-1967), a sound editor at Universal Studios in the 1950's who became famous for his advancements in synchronized sound effects.
- Christopher Harley
Is that online somewhere, Brent?
- Christopher Harley
lemme look... i saw it as an extra on the dvd...
- T. Brent, technopeasant
I'm aware of it being named after someone. It's funny enough that it's used in film but to retroactively apply it to live theater sound effects is pretty weird.
- Spidra Webster
oops. yes... i'm referring to a film... hope i'm not fraying the thread... :)
- T. Brent, technopeasant
Not at all, Brent. I'm referring to the link. It's applying the term "Foley" to sound in a live theater. Given that that technology existed well before Mr. J. D. Foley, it just sounds odd to me.
- Spidra Webster
No, not at all, Brent. Spidra, I hope it means a return to an appreciation for stripped down theater. Maybe this movement coincides with the revival in burlesque. Could a renaissance in vaudeville be far behind? If that's the case, I'm joining the next Wild West show that pulls into town!
- Christopher Harley
i just moved from Montreal where burlesque and vaudeville are HUUUUGE... in fact, it was on the cabaret/burlesque scene that the dragpiper got her start...
- T. Brent, technopeasant
The Dragpiper! I saw her trying to hitch a ride!
- Christopher Harley
i was involved in a fundraiser theatre project written by a fella that had a love affair with the old radio shows, and he had a live 'foley' person on stage doing their thing... it was other-worldly.
- T. Brent, technopeasant
Either the Wild West show or I'm going full-on Elmer Gantry!
- Christopher Harley
There's already been a revival of vaudeville sensibilities. Don't know anywhere where they've revived an actual vaudeville format, though. It's hard to imagine modern audiences being okay with the HUGE variety of acts a real vaudeville night used to include. Brent - old time radio is definitely what I think of when I see these contraptions.
- Spidra Webster
if you check the link i posted, you'll see that the early foley guys for cartoons were the same guys working for radio...
- T. Brent, technopeasant
well, if montreal is any indication, there are different approaches to the revival: some are purists, and seek to re-create the acts as they were, or as they understand them to be. others are considered more neo-burlesquers...
- T. Brent, technopeasant
I don't think you have to have exact replicas of vaudeville acts, but I think in order for it to be called vaudeville it has to have the format. Something like 6 shows a day, many acts per show, acts ranging from a soubrette, dog act, knockabout act, comedian, dancers, musicians, etc.
- Spidra Webster
If it were that involved, I'm afraid you couldn't ply an audience with enough cheap alcohol.
- Christopher Harley
@ Spidra... that begs the question of the point at which a revival is indeed that -- a revival. You sound rather purist! Have you attended, or been involved in, any of the current productions?
- T. Brent, technopeasant
I've only gone to some of the burlesque stuff. The locals mix burlesque performance with musical interludes. I don't know enough about vaudeville to be purist about it, I think. But when I try to crystallize what makes something vaudeville instead of just theater or cabaret, that seems to be the format. Great Wall-E link, BTW. I haven't seen the film yet but the sound doc was cool.
- Spidra Webster
the sound of a slide-whistle gets me every time...
- T. Brent, technopeasant
I have a really cool metal one. I was convinced I wouldn't have time to do a CD release gig so I sent my basket of misc. instruments ahead in the move. Was missing that during the gig. I totally would have used it during "Me & The Ghost Upstairs".
- Spidra Webster
awesome. still going to have a CD release gig? your kind of act would be very popular in a town like montreal... it would be cool to have a foley-type person there!
- T. Brent, technopeasant
Here's "Me and the Ghost Upstairs" Spidra. http://ff.im/aUBI5
- Christopher Harley
The CD release gig was Oct. 23. The Ustream of it is here: http://www.ustream.tv/recorde...
- Spidra Webster
watching it now... :)
- T. Brent, technopeasant
People I don't want to play MLK in Dreamworks' proposed big screen biopic....GO. (http://www.cbc.ca/arts...)
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Cuba Gooding Jr.
- cecily
Finesse Mitchell.
- cecily
Any of the Wayans
- tiffany
Terrence "baby wipes" Howard
- cecily
I want Finesse Mitchell to come play with me.
- Derrick
Tom Hanks
- Baard @ Pixum
Gary Busey.
- cecily
Will Smith
- Derrick
Dude on Scrubs.
- Derrick
Tyler Perry
- nakachi
FOR REAL Nakachi.
- cecily
{did she say 'Gary Busey?} All of the above. I'm pulling for Ving Rhames, so I'm biased.
- Anika
You hear that, universe? NOT TYLER PERRY. For the love of God, , MLK, and Coretta's PANCAKE #7 makeup stick.
- cecily
Prince
- Derrick
Jamie Foxx
- Derrick
Word, Cecily. Tell 'em.
- nakachi
Dexter King.
- cecily
Charlie Murphy
- nakachi
Oh, I dunno. Chollie Murphy would be genius.
- cecily
T.I.
- Derrick
Ooo unh unh.
- nakachi
Robert Downey, Jr.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
Oprah
- Derrick
Derrick is killin me.
- nakachi
Tom Hanks.
- Andy Bold
Jay-Z. YOU HEAR ME, UNIVERSE? And no Bouncy as Coretta, either.
- cecily
Kate Winslet.
- cecily
SWINTON!
- cecily
Meryl Streep.
- cecily
Philip Seymour Hoffmann.
- cecily
Sean Penn.
- Derrick
Abe Vigoda
- Derrick
Chris Tucker
- Derrick
*dead* at Chris Tucker
- cecily
Kenan Thompson
- cecily
Hugh Laurie
- nakachi
Ice Cube
- Derrick
Lorenz Tate
- Derrick
D.L. Hughley, but we don't really need to worry about that because his behind can't read anyway.
- cecily
Spike Lee
- Derrick
Ice Cube?!? Derrick is on one.
- nakachi
Christian Bale
- Derrick
Gwyneth Paltrow.
- Anika
Jennifer Hudson
- Derrick
Damn. Derrick...Larenz Tate. There's a name I haven't heard in like 10 years.
- Anika
Diddy
- Derrick
Al Pacino.
- Anika
NO NO NO NOOOOOOOOOOOOOWay. NO NO NO NO WAY I'm not gettin' my civil rights...
- cecily
Chris Brown.
- nakachi
Winona Ryder
- nakachi
Johnny Depp
- nakachi
Zac Efron
- LogEx
George Lopez
- Anika
Michael Jackson
- Derrick
Beyonce
- nakachi
Janet Jackson
- Derrick
Jennifer Anniston
- Anika
Tito Jackson
- Derrick
Madonna
- cecily
Wesley Snipes
- Derrick
Sean Connery
- nakachi
Jermaine Jackson
- LogEx
Theo Huxtable
- Derrick
Fiddy
- cecily
Tay Zonday (aka Chocolate Rain)
- nakachi
Too $hort
- Derrick
Mr. T
- Anika
Nakachi, I just snorted and laughed while at the reference desk. I hope you're happy. :-D
- cecily
LOL Cecily. Yes, I am.
- nakachi
Giancarlo Esposito. It doesn't matter what else he's done, he'll always be Buggin' Out from Do The Right Thing to me.
- cecily
Carl Weathers.
- Anika
Gary Coleman
- nakachi
Whitman Mayo. Google it.
- cecily
Grady!!!
- nakachi
*dead*
- nakachi
Who's left?
- Bren, Photophobe
Katt Williams
- Derrick
Lots of people, Bren - http://friendfeed.com/skeskal...
- cecily
MLK with a fresh press. Lawd.
- cecily
He said Katt Williams. *dead*
- nakachi
Kirk Cameron
- Anika
Robin Thicke
- nakachi
Ben Stiller
- Anika
Will Farrell
- Anika
Cher
- Anika
Deebo from Friday
- Derrick
Alan Thicke
- cecily
Chaka Khan
- Steve C
LOL Steve!!!!
- nakachi
Bobby Brown
- cecily
Barack Obama
- Anika
LOL @Deebo.
- Anika
Can we say Tyler Perry again?
- Anika
Denzel Washington
- CAJ, somewhere else
Clint Howard
- Bren, Photophobe
Tyler Perry.
- cecily
Tyler Perry
- cecily
Tyler Perry
- cecily
Tyler fuggin Perry, yo.
- nakachi
But Michelle could be Coretta if Obeezy played MLK! That would be awesome!
- cecily
Method Man
- Bren, Photophobe
And then we could get that B'obbe J. Thompson kid to play Dexter.
- cecily
John Locke
- Steve C
But I would like to see Busta Rhymes...
- Bren, Photophobe
Harrison Ford
- Anika
Ludacris
- CAJ, somewhere else
*dead* at John Locke
- cecily
Jaleel White
- nakachi
Your mom
- Steve C
Nakachi wins.
- Steven Perez
Anyone who was in Another Bad Creation or Kris Kross
- cecily
Derrick
- Derrick
URKEL! Good call Nakachi
- Steve C
Leather Donut
- nakachi
Bobby Brown
- Derrick
Lawrence Taylor.
- Steven Perez
from IM
William "The Refrigerator" Perry
- Steven Perez
from IM
Your ma, your pa, your greasy, greasy grandma.
- cecily
The weed man
- nakachi
The Other Guy from Wham
- Steve C
Brett Favre
- Anika
The Other Guy from Wham. *DEAD*!!!!
- nakachi
Lil Jon
- Adrian
John Madden.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Boy George
- nakachi
WHAT?
- Anika
Meryl Streep.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Flava Flav
- nakachi
Robert Scoble.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Jet Li.
- Anika
David Tennant.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Eminem.
- Derrick
Patrick Stewart.
- Steven Perez
from IM
I Love New York
- nakachi
*fistbump* @Flava
- Anika
This thread is ridiculous. I love it.
- cecily
Connie Chung
- Anika
Robert Downey Jr.
- Adrian
Rush Limbaugh.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Maury Povich
- cecily
Strom Thurmond.
- Steven Perez
from IM
David Duke
- Anika
Rick Moranis.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Dr. Laura Schlesinger
- cecily
Wayne Gretsky.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Scott Baio
- Anika
Alan Alda
- nakachi
Milla Jovovich.
- Steven Perez
from IM
++++Adrian on the Downey Jr.
- Anika
Ashton Kuntcher
- nakachi
Paris Hilton
- Derrick
Ashton Cuchini
- Adrian
Nicole Richie
- cecily
Ice Cube. Hmm...OTOH...
- Helen Sventitsky
Dana Carvery
- Anika
*dead* @Ashton Cuchini
- Anika
Flavor Flav *Edit: Damn...someone beat me to it"
- Helen Sventitsky
Because Cuchini makes the world go round...
- Adrian
Martika
- Anika
Steven Perez got two Canadian references back to back. *fist bump*
- cecily
ALF.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Your Cuchini
- nakachi
hee hee *fistbump*
- Steven Perez
from IM
Conan O'Brien
- Helen Sventitsky
OMG Anika Connie Chung :)
- Steve C
David Letterman
- Helen Sventitsky
Keenan nor Kel
- Anika
Tracy Morgan
- cecily
Keith Olbermann
- Anika
Jennifer Garner.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Ben Affleck
- cecily
Reese Witherspoon.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Lisa Ling
- Anika
Menudo (all of them)
- Steve C
Drew Barrymore.
- Steven Perez
from IM
John Travolta
- nakachi
Uma Thurman.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Jake Gyllenhaal
- cecily
Alicia Silverstone.
- Steven Perez
from IM
ROFL @ Menudo
- Anika
Toby Maguire
- Anika
Joe Biden.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Casper Van Dien
- Anika
Justin Timberlake
- nakachi
Ann Coulter
- Anika
Anika went WAAAY back with Casper Van Dien
- cecily
Denise Richards.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Cesar Romano.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Bill Murray
- Anika
Grace Jones
- nakachi
Dog the Bounty Hunter.
- Steven Perez
from IM
The GZA
- Anika
*googles Casper Van Dien*
- Steve C
The RZA
- nakachi
William Shatner.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Charley Murphy
- Adrian
Haha!!
- nakachi
Jonathan Frakes.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Owen Wilson
- Anika
Stone Cold Steve Austin.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Inspektah Deck
- Adrian
John Cena.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Edward Furlong.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Ghostface
- Anika
LOL!
- Steven Perez
from IM
Q-Tip
- Anika
Hillary Clinton
- Anika
Raekwon the Chef
- Adrian
Perez takes the lead with Dog the Bounty Hunter
- Steve C
The Chairman from Iron Chef America.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Heavy D and da Boyz
- Anika
The Old Dirty Cuchini
- Adrian
Elmo
- Anika
LOL @ Dog the Bounty Hunter
- nakachi
LOL!
- Steven Perez
from IM
Aaron Neville
- Anika
Freaky bald dude from Six Flags Commercials.
- Steve C
Caillou
- Anika
Red Skelton?! *dead* *reincarnated* *dead again*
- cecily
Johnny Worthington. (But only because he's gonna be busy filming the Grizzly Adams reboot with JJ Abrahams)
- Andy Bold
LOL
- Anika
Denis Leary
- Anika
Aaron Nevile's mole
- Adrian
Andy Dick.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Margaret Thatcher
- Anika
Sam Kinison.
- Steven Perez
from IM
LOL @Norwood
- Anika
Pee Wee Herman and his Penis
- Steve C
Al Michaels.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Bobcat Goldthwait
- cecily
Scott "Carrot Top" Thompson
- LogEx
Adrian, you ain't right
- Anika
Cowboy Curtis!
- Steven Perez
from IM
aaaand Steven takes it again with Andy Dick
- nakachi
Magic Johnson
- Anika
John Malkovich
- Anika
Michael Richards.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Paul Rudd
- Anika
This thread is gonna make me pee myself
- nakachi
Aaron Nevile's mole ain't right
- Adrian
John Malkovich Being John Malcovich
- Steve C
Steve Carell
- nakachi
too late Nakachi, done and done
- Steve C
Lorena Bobbit
- Anika
Tom Green
- cecily
damn...
- nakachi
Aretha Franklin
- Anika
Diana Ross's weave
- Anika
Aretha Franklins Hat
- Steve C
K-Ci or JoJo
- nakachi
Lassie
- Anika
Future President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho.
- Steven Perez
from IM
omg this thread LMAOOOOOOO
- Liz
(I'm nothing without you AniKa)
- Steve C
Anika, Derrick is gonna be mad at you.
- LogEx
Dave Foley
- Anika
The thing is, Aretha Franklin's hat would still be a better choice than D.L. Hughley.
- cecily
George Bush
- nakachi
Why, LE...what did I do?
- Anika
Lin Minmei.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Lil Wayne
- Liz
Hansen, except the brother that looks like a chick, that dude ain't right.
- Steve C
Pam Grier
- Anika
Jar-Jar Binks.
- Steven Perez
from IM
OMG Steven!!
- nakachi
Soulja Boy
- Liz
Sean Paul
- Anika
One of them Cylon bitches...
- Adrian
Any of the Marleys
- nakachi
Uncle Phil
- Anika
Roc
- Anika
Arnold Schwarzeneggar.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Jemma Jameson
- Anika
Lexington Steele.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Nancy Pelosi
- Anika
Anika... you dissed Paul Rudd
- LogEx
Rupaul
- Steve C
Jackie Chan
- Anika
Madonna
- Anika
Every little kid who ever played Kenny in the Godzilla movies.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Lisa Hayes
- Adrian
Andrew "Dice" Clay.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Anika please specify current Jenna Jameson, or 10 years ago Jenna, it makes a difference.
- Steve C
Kim Fields
- Anika
Kareem Abdul Jabar
- nakachi
Queen Latifah
- Liz
NOT TOOTIE!
- Steven Perez
from IM
King Latifah
- Derrick
Mrs. Garrett
- Anika
lmao
- Liz
Khyron
- Adrian
LOL DERRICK!
- nakachi
The chick from the Pine Sol commercials
- nakachi
Perry Farrell
- Anika
Bud from the cosby show
- Liz
Kelly Rippa
- Anika
Michelle Yeoh
- Anika
Mr Clean
- Steve C
Aishwayra Ray
- Anika
The Bishop Don Juan
- nakachi
Heidi Klum
- Anika
George Clinton
- Anika
The little poop covered kid from Slumdog Millionaire
- cecily
Peabo Bryson
- nakachi
Claudia Grant
- Adrian
Chico DeBarge
- Anika
Tito Jackson.
- Steven Perez
from IM
I just cried at "the little poop covered kid"
- Steve C
LOL @Peabo
- Anika
Any one who still dances the Roger Rabbit
- nakachi
Al B. Sure
- Anika
This thread has officially crossed the line into absurdity. I LOVE IT.
- cecily
Terrence Trent D'Arby.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Max Sterling
- Adrian
LaToya Jackson
- Liz
Frank Miller
- Anika
LOL @ Terence Trent Darby
- nakachi
Mariah Carey *sigh*
- Liz
Billy Dee Williams...can I get an Amen?
- Anika
AMEN!!!
- nakachi
Harlan Ellison
- Steven Perez
from IM
All Them Happy People who Dance at end of Bollywood Movies
- Steve C
LOL Steve C
- nakachi
Snoop Dogg
- Anika
orionstarr
- nakachi
the Sandman from the Apollo
- Liz
Sinbad
- Anika
Chace Crawford
- LogEx
Gene Gene the Dancing Machine from the Gong Show.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Billy Dee Billy Dee Billy Dee - Amen
- Steve C
I'm going to have to shut this off until I get home. I just about peed my pants at the Sandman.
- cecily
Cedric the Entertainer or Steve Harvey
- Anika Palm
Chicken George
- Liz
I can't breathe.
- Anika
Robin Williams
- nakachi
Snuffleufugus
- Steve C
Neither Wallace, nor Grommit
- Anika
Eddie Izzard.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Frackin' ELMO.
- cecily
Cal Worthington and his dog Spot (SoCal represent!)
- Anika
Rick James
- Liz
Hello Kitty
- Anika
ELMO can frack?
- Steve C
Pikachu
- LogEx
Liz, it should read, "Rick James, bitch!"
- Anika
R2-D2
- Anika
LOL @ Anika!
- Liz
The crackhead from Chapelle's show
- cecily
Charlie Murphy
- Liz
Eddie Murphy
- Liz
Done and done liz
- nakachi
?uestlove
- Anika
Hello Kitty Vibrator
- Steve C
"Weird Al" Yankovic
- LogEx
It took 376 comments before someone said Eddie Murphy. I'm shocked.
- cecily
No way.... fo real??
- nakachi
Jackie Mason.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Eddie Vedder
- Anika
Je\rry Lewis.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Noooo, Brian Norwood said it
- nakachi
John Wayne.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Wait, how many comments?
- Anika
Cher.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Beetlejuice
- Steve C
I already said Cher!
- Anika
George Jefferson
- Liz
Mel Brooks.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Oliver Pratt
- Anika
Florida Evans
- cecily
Molly Ringwald
- Anika
Jimmie Walker
- Liz
^big ups
- Anika
The Gopher from Caddyshack and The Love Boat
- Steve C
Maude
- cecily
Hervé Villechaize
- LogEx
Carleton Banks
- Liz
*dead* Logical
- nakachi
Reese Witherspoon
- Anika
this thread = dos muchos
- jbrotherlove
Gay Jonathon from Who's the Boss
- Steve C
Reese is done, Anika.
- cecily
Mo'Nique
- Liz
William Hung
- cecily
Marion Berry
- nakachi
Creepy Mom from 18 & Counting
- Steve C
Jon, Kate, nor their eight.
- cecily
Ray Nagin
- nakachi
Suge Knight
- Liz
Andrea Mitchell's neck
- Anika
++++Nakachi for Nagin.
- Anika
Tupac
- Liz
Aaliyah
- Liz
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em
- jbrotherlove
Left Eye
- Liz
Big Pun
- Liz
Alan Keyes
- Darryl
Biggie
- Liz
LOL @ Andrea Mitchell's neck
- nakachi
Alan Keyes. Oh, damn. *falls of chair*
- cecily
Alicia Keyes
- Anika
Roland Martin
- jbrotherlove
^damn straight
- Anika
The Electric Slide
- Liz
LOL Darryl
- nakachi
Rachel Maddow
- Anika
Larry Blackmon's codpiece
- cecily
+100 Liz for The Electric Slide
- jbrotherlove
Mr Kurtz (Heart of Darkness, oh snap I just went all literary on your ass!)
- Steve C
André Leon Talley
- Liz
Gayle King
- Anika
Miss Jay
- Liz
Ellen
- Anika
Liz - please, step. away. from the keyboard.
- jbrotherlove
Rikki Lake
- Anika
LMAOOOOOO @ J!!!
- Liz
Miss Cleo
- Anika
Cawl meh naw!
- jbrotherlove
The Lion King
- Steve C
Toni Braxton
- Anika
The Cryptkeeper
- cecily
Shemar Moore
- jbrotherlove
Maya Angelou
- Anika
Paul Campbell
- Anika
But David Alan Grier as Maya Angelou as MLK? Comedy gold.
- cecily
Ray J
- Liz
A Swisher Sweet
- nakachi
LOL @ Ray J
- nakachi
Ooh, a politically incorrect one just bubbled up in my brain but I can't say it. :-D
- cecily
SAY IT
- Liz
Gabrielle Union (although she'll probably get in)
- jbrotherlove
Ashanti
- Liz
Ja Rule
- Liz
Wentworth "invisible negro" Miller
- cecily
@Cecily, was it An Image of Muhammad, cause I've been struggling not to say that one too
- Steve C
Bow Wow
- Liz
LisaRaye
- jbrotherlove
And that wasn't the politically incorrect one, either.
- cecily
HAHA Cecily!
- nakachi
Steve C - how about Malcolm X?
- cecily
lol @ cecily he sure is an invisible negro
- Liz
Liz, you can see it if you squint your eyes and hop up and down on one foot.
- cecily
Arsenio Hall
- Liz
Harold Ford
- Anika
I'd like to add another "No" vote for Denzel Washington
- jbrotherlove
Condolezza Rice
- nakachi
Margaret Cho
- cecily
Martin
- Liz
John King's stupid touch-screen.
- Anika
Barry Manilow
- Steve C
Shanehneh
- Liz
Kathy Griffin
- Anika
KeyLoLo
- Liz
Anika is trippn!
- jbrotherlove
That dude who always stole stuff on "Everybody Hates Chris"
- cecily
LOL I'm only laughing because I think Kathy Griffin is like the white Shanehneh
- Anika
LOL @ keylolo!
- nakachi
The Real Roxanne
- cecily
David Caruso
- Anika
K. E. Y. Lo Lo!
- nakachi
Lisa Lisa
- Anika
Salt nor Pep
- Liz
Ned the wino
- Darryl
David Caruso's Sunglasses (and I approve Malcolm X Anika)
- Steve C
Holly Robinson
- Anika
Anyone say Ice-T, yet?
- Alix Whitmire
Usher
- Liz
tough room
- jbrotherlove
Superfly
- cecily
Imelda Marcos' shoe closet
- Anika
Shaq
- Liz
Bjork
- Steve C
Bono
- Anika
Xuxa
- Anika
OMG how did I miss Ned the Wino? Laughing too hard, I guess.
- cecily
John Witherspoon
- Liz
Tyrese
- Liz
Timbaland
- nakachi
Missy Elliott
- nakachi
Re: John Witherspoon - "Hoes gotta eat too!"
- cecily
Still laughing @Swisher Sweets
- Anika
LOL
- Liz
I need to hide this. I keep LOLing at this. Daughter is LOLing at me LOLing.
- Ha3rvey (likes dark meat)
Mr Potter from Wonderful Life
- Steve C
Benson
- Liz
Elizabeth Taylor
- Anika
That damned monster from Cloverfield
- cecily
The little sister they got rid of on Family Matters who turned into a porn star
- Anika
The kid who says "I learned it from watching you dad!" in those 80's anti-drug commercials.
- Steve C
The jesus looking dude on the zig zag pack
- nakachi
Anika, go get your chicken. I am about to pee. my. pants.
- cecily
Nell Carter
- Liz
Henry Louis Gates
- nakachi
Anika's Chicken
- Steve C
cornell west
- nakachi
Soul Glo
- Liz
*googles family matters/ porn star*
- Steve C
Julia Stiles (I just choked on my gum)
- jbrotherlove
Liz just killed me
- Steve C
Wave Nouveau
- nakachi
Curtis Jackson
- Liz
Any of the members of the Jets
- nakachi
Cornel West's afro
- cecily
Miss Celie
- Liz
Keith Sweat
- nakachi
Mister!
- nakachi
LOL
- Liz
You never know, with Spielberg in charge....
- Liz
The Cat Lady
- Steve C
Diana Ross (post crazy)
- Steve C
Jessica Alba
- LogEx
The Thing
- cecily
Rahsheen's torso
- Anika
George Clooney.
- anna sauce
This thread won friendfeed today. :D
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
I think we should definitely remove Carrot Top and Pauly Shore from the running, OK?
- Joey Gibson
Amy Winehouse
- cecily
Michael Jackson's "kids".
- Derrick
Michael from Good Times
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Angelyne (still reppin' SoCal)
- Anika
Omarosa
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
You mean Billie Thompson?
- LogEx
Six Mix-a-lot
- Anika
Vin Diesel
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
This thread is off the hinges!
- nakachi
MC Hammer
- Anika
Don Cornelius
- Steve is older than ever
Paulie Shore
- CW™
Frankie Faison or Faison Love.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
I'm still laughing at Cornell West's Afro.
- Anika
Kanye
- Anika
Either of the cats from Milli Vanilli
- nakachi
Billy Blanks
- Anika
Vanilla Ice
- LogEx
Susan Powter
- Anika
Any of the TMNT
- Anika
Bill the Cat.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Judd Nelson
- Anika
Emilio Estevez
- nakachi
Howard Stern
- CW™
Will Wheaton
- nakachi
Woody Allen
- Steve is older than ever
Artie Lang
- CW™
Slim Pickens
- CW™
Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- CW™
Tracy Chapman
- Anika
Lisa Bonet
- nakachi
Micky Rourke
- nakachi
Trent Reznor
- Anika
Will. I. Am
- nakachi
Mickey Rooney
- Steve is older than ever
Stephen King
- Anika
Betty White
- Anika
Don Rickles
- Steve is older than ever
TD Jakes
- Anika
LOL Anika!!!!
- nakachi
*dead* @ TD Jakes
- nakachi
Were Barry and Betty White a couple?
- Steve is older than ever
Creflo Dollar
- nakachi
But you know I'm right.
- Anika
Jeff Goldblum
- Anika
*fist bump* Anika
- nakachi
Jerry Falwell
- nakachi
Juan Williams
- Anika
^HELL YES^
- Anika
That dude in the Go Meat commercials
- Anika
Please not Michael Steele's ass!
- nakachi
Roscoe P. Coltrane
- nakachi
George Michael
- LogEx
Tony Danza
- Anika
Rickey Henderson
- Rodfather
LOL Logical, earlier someone posted "The other guy from Wham"! :D
- nakachi
Any of the contestants from For the Love of Ray J
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
David Hasselhoff
- Anika
Or for that matter, Ray J
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Buckey from Charm School
- nakachi
Matt Damon
- Anika
That dude from the Dancing Joe Boxer commercial that made a lot of us black bloggers "famous"
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Terry Crews
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Richard Gere
- Anika
God, that show was retarded...along with all of the other dating shows on VH1.
- Helen Sventitsky
Haley Joel Osment
- Rodfather
Meshell Ndegeocello
- Anika
Hootie
- Anika
Ooo nuh uh Anika
- nakachi
The chicks from JJ Fad
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
lol @ meshell ndegeocello
- nakachi
Dakota Fanning
- LogEx
But...they're Supersonic!
- Anika
Calista Flockhart
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Rafael Sadiq
- nakachi
Lisa Nicole Carson
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Rerun
- Rodfather
Tyler Perry for the 30th time.
- tiffany
Theo from the Cosby Show
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Anyone with a mullet
- nakachi
Bumper Robinson
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Anyone with back hair
- nakachi
That lady from the original "I've fallen and I can't get up commercial"
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Wilson (from Castaway)
- nakachi
Isaac from the Love Boat
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
hey, did anyone say Tyler Perry yet?
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
LOL nooooooo of course not, you say it!
- nakachi
Bushwick Bill
- Rodfather
Mark Anthony
- CW™
Patrick Ewing
- Anika
That Rubik's Cube Derrick got my kids
- Anika
Wyclef Jean
- nakachi
Sir Mix-A-Lot
- LogEx
Pras from the Fugees
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Sanjaya
- Rodfather
I already said that , LE!
- Anika
Gregory Isaacs
- nakachi
Oops. LOL @ Nakachi's Wilson
- LogEx
Snow.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
OK you know who should???? Stringer Bell!!!
- anna sauce
Oprah
- CW™
LOL Gregory Isaacs. Let's toss in Elephant Man
- Anika
I'd totally go for Idris, but there's another thread for that.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Beanie Man
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Eddie Murphy
- CW™
Buju Banton
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Dawn Penn
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Shaggy
- Anika
ahahahah Shaggy
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Scooby (yeah, I know)
- LogEx
Tad
- CW™
Shaq, Lionel Richie, or Don Conelius. Oh yeah, or Molly Ringwald.
- John E. Bredehoft
from fftogo
Shabba Ranks
- nakachi
Maxi Priest
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Shabba! Yellowman
- Anika
Lady Saw
- Anika
Prince Far I
- nakachi
Mr. Vegas
- Anika
Lady Sovereign
- nakachi
Daddy Yankee
- Anika
Joe Cocker
- Rodfather
Bruce Hornsby
- Anika
James Taylor
- nakachi
Michael McDonald
- Anika
Ozzie
- CW™
NPH
- CW™
None of the Doobie Brothers
- Anika
Blondie
- nakachi
Florence Henderson
- Anika
Andre the Giant
- Rodfather
The lead singer of PM Dawn
- nakachi
Kevin Spacey
- Anika
*dead* @PM Dawn ROFL
- Anika
McGuyver
- CW™
Tattoo
- Rodfather
Treach
- Anika
Col. Sanders
- LogEx
The Humpty Hump
- nakachi
Master Po from Kungfu
- Rodfather
Arthur Treacher.
- John E. Bredehoft
from fftogo
Shack
- CW™
James Brown... Jr.
- Michael W. May
Sade
- Anika
Lou Ferrigno
- nakachi
Speech
- Anika
Tevin Campbell
- Rodfather
Bill Maher
- CW™
LOL @ Tevin Campbell
- nakachi
+++Rodfather, I couldn't remember Tevin's name.
- Anika
Any of the Wayne Bros.
- CW™
Jack Nicholson
- jcunwired
Leather Tuscadero
- Anika
Domo
- CW™
Beat Takeshi
- Anika
Rush Limbaugh
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Fat Boy Slim
- Anika
The chick who played Jack Nicholas' wife in The Shining
- nakachi
Biz Markie
- Darryl
Kurt Russell
- Anika
Professor Obie
- nakachi
Damn. Darryl wins with that one.
- Anika
Stevie B
- Rodfather
Crystal Waters
- Anika
Marky Mark, or any of the funky bunch
- LogEx
Deep Throat
- nakachi
Waylin Jennings.
- CW™
Bob Costas
- CW™
Random Name Here
- CW™
That hissing dinosaur from Jurassic Park
- Anika
LOL CW
- nakachi
William Shatner
- Derrick
Salma Hayek
- Anika
Wayne Brady?
- CW™
J. Lo's booty
- Anika
+++CW for Brady "Is the MLK gonna have to choke a bitch?"
- Anika
Max von Sydow
- Rodfather
730 comments... is that all you got ff??? Eazy-E motherfuckers!!
- Adrian
Nate Dogg
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Micheal Jackson's nose
- CW™
Anyone that twitters they are going to the bathroom.
- CW™
Which nose CW?
- Anika
Warren G
- Anika
The diggydiggyDOC y'all!
- Adrian
I think the original nose would of done a good job, but the Thriller nose is just horrible.
- CW™
That's Eazy! I just click comment and fire off a few rounds. Your babies are awake BTW.
- Adrian
Nuh-uh, them your kids. I tucked the girl in already.
- Anika
Fran Drescher
- Rodfather
Yao Ming
- Rodfather
I've tucked them in twice (each), gave them bevarages, kissed two booboos, cuddled them and when none of that worked yelled.... they still came back out. Like cockroaches at night (but cuter.)
- Adrian
My kids.
- Anika
Carmelo Anthony
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Andre Agassi
- Rodfather
Dick Cheney
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Edgar Winter
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Joe Pesci
- Rodfather
The guy Dick Cheney shot in the face.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Judy Blume
- Anika
Sarah Palin's grandbaby
- Derrick
Liza Minelli
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Sarah Palin's grandbaby's daddy
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Kathy Griffin.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Ving Rhames
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Jody Foster
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Manny Ramirez
- Rodfather
Monique, 1) I already said Griffin and 2) I WANT Ving Rhames to play MLK
- Anika
Nicolai Ceausescu's dead wife's cuchini... ewww
- Adrian
Derek Jeter
- Anika
Kevin Smith
- CW™
Steve Coogan
- Anika
Robert Downey JR... he rocked in Tropic Thunder, but wouldn't be good fit for this role.
- CW™
It's close--but no. Do not choose Steve Wright
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Roberto Benigni
- Rodfather
Danny Trejo
- Rodfather
Salvador Dalí
- LogEx
Mel Gibson
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Bolo
- Rodfather
Sean Penn
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Loic LeMeur
- Anika
Antonio Banderas
- Anika
Keith Olberman
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
This thread is beyond epic!
- Victor Ganata
Jean-Claude Van Damme
- Rodfather
LeBron James
- Victor Ganata
Tito Jackson
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Col. Sanders
- Derrick
Ron Howard
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Rob we already said Tito and Olberman!
- Anika
Jerry Mathers (but, if the Beav were to play his little brother Alfred - no complaints)
- Micah Wittman
Rob Zombie
- Derrick
Bob Newhart
- CW™
Whoever thought balut was a good idea
- Anika
I have some reading to do...
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Keith Richards
- Rodfather
Donny Osmond
- Anika
All of the Gibb Bros.
- CW™
Cheech
- Anika
Paul newman
- CW™
Moe Howard
- CW™
Curly Howard
- CW™
Emmanuel Lewis
- Victor Ganata
Larry Fine
- CW™
Sonny Chiba
- Rodfather
Seth Rogan.. he has enough to do.
- CW™
C. Thomas Howell
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Zombie Ronald Reagan
- Internet's Tad
Bill O'Reilly
- Internet's Tad
Ronald McDonald
- Internet's Tad
Amy Carter
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Google's Eric Schmit.
- CW™
The Olsen twin
- Micah Wittman
The other Olsen twin
- Micah Wittman
Jim Nabors
- Anika
Rush Limbaugh
- jcunwired
Charo
- Rodfather
John Ashcroft
- Anika
Jim Nabors
- CW™
Dwight Yokem
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Jaws
- Derrick
Keith Urban
- Anika
Minmay
- Anika
Dolly Pardon
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Maurice Bernard
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
With Derrick's last one, I think this thread finally jumped the shark.
- Steve is older than ever
Michelle Kwan
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Baby Godzilla
- Rodfather
Ok these are REALLY starting to repeat now...
- Adrian
Ethan Hawke
- Anika
George W. Bush
- jcunwired
I know, huh Adrian. Simple search on the page kills repeats. That what I do.
- Anika
Lou Dobbs
- Derrick
Ben Affleck
- CW™
Harriet from Small Wonder
- Anika
Casey Affleck
- CW™
Cory Haim
- Rodfather
Alf
- CW™
LOL @Sub-Sub-Librarian Lawson
- Micah Wittman
This should be a last man standing type of word game, where if you repeat it kicks you off the thread.
- Adrian
Walt Flanagan's Dog
- CW™
Miss Cleo (ack Anika said it already)
- Rodfather
Nia Peeples
- Micah Wittman
Scott Mosier
- CW™
Howard Hewitt
- nakachi
Joe lieberman
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Jason Mewes
- CW™
Joe the Plumber
- Darryl
CW you're OUT, Afleck's been mentioned
- Adrian
Scott Baio
- CW™
Charleston Heston
- Johnny Worthington
Loni Anderson
- Rodfather
So has Scott Baio.
- Anika
its getting harder then
- CW™
Pardon me, would you have any Grey Poupon guy http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Micah Wittman
Bunny and Tigra
- Anika
Bruce Dickinson
- Rodfather
Bo Jackson (wait...I take that back)
- Micah Wittman
Lars Ulrich
- Rodfather
Ma$e
- Derrick
OMG, I saw Wayne newton once... how hood is that?
- LogEx
Goapele
- Anika
++ for Bunny and Tigra
- Adrian
C-Murder
- Anika
Apollonia 6
- Rodfather
T-Pain
- Derrick
The Real Roxanne
- Rodfather
Angela Basset
- Jeanine W.
wiewwiewiew this is the Thread Police, RODFATHER put your hands on the keyboard where I can see them.... Cecily mentioned The Real Roxane... you're out
- Adrian
Benito Mussolini
- Derrick
Sammo Hung
- Rodfather
A-Rod
- Derrick
Nancy Reagan
- Derrick
Elisabeth Hasselbeck
- Derrick
Nancy Kerrigan
- Adrian
Elmer Fudd
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Joey Jeremiah or Wheels
- cecily
Joey Lawrence
- Anika
Howie Mandel
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Paul Hogan
- Michael W. May
Anthony Hopkins
- Anika
Paul Reubens
- Derrick
*dead* at John Locke [Near the top] *uncontrolled laughing, tears*
- Micah Wittman
Sissy Spacek
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Cindy Lauper
- Rodfather
Coco!
- Adrian
The Smoke Monster
- Anika
WAAAAAAAALT!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALT!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Adrian
The drummer from Def Leppard
- Rodfather
Levar Burton
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Edward James Olmos
- Rodfather
Forrest Whitaker
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Morris Chestnut
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Nicholas Cage
- Rodfather
Sammy Hagar
- Rodfather
Bullwinkle the Moose
- Brent - Happy T Day
John Turturro
- Rodfather
Samantha Fox
- Rodfather
Elwin Wilson
- Michael W. May
Kanye West
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Steven Colbert
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Edie McCreedy
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Granny Murray
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Dustin Diamond
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Ellen DeGeneres
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
The honorable Clarence Thomas
- Jason Toney
Nipsey Russell
- Jason Toney
The Junkyard Dog
- Jason Toney
OJ Simpson.
- Jason Toney
A.C.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Leonardo DiCaprio
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Robert Pattinson
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Morgan Freeman
- Chris Jones
This thread hasn't hit 1,000 comments yet? What have you guys been doing all night? Barney the Purple Dinosaur.
- Steve is older than ever
Charles Barkley
- Steve is older than ever
Jamie Foxx
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
++++++Barry Wynn.
- Anna Lynn M.
Megan Fox
- sofarsoShawn
good one Shawn
- anna sauce
Kadeem Hardison
- Louis Gray
Orson Welles.
- Steven Perez
from IM
LL Cool J
- Louis Gray
*fistbump* Louis on Kadeem
- Anika
Michael Vick
- Louis Gray
Bubbles, Trailer Park Boys
- Micah Wittman
E-40
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
The dude that played Prop Joe on the Wire.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
I go to sleep and there are 400 more entries, I'm gonna have to tell work I can't seem to work today as I have important things to catch up on.
- Steve C
Robin Ventura getting his ass kicked by Nolan Ryan
- Steve C
The dude that played D'Angelo Barksdale.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
I don't know who that is.
- cecily
Verne Troyer
- Michael W. May
Caroline Kennedy
- Derrick
Optimus Prime
- Derrick
Chuck Norris
- Michael W. May
Bruce Schneier
- LogEx
Cory Doctorow.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Larry, the Cable Guy
- Derrick
I keep coming up with people, searching, and find Derrick or Bec have mentioned them already.
- Michael W. May
keanu reeves
- Bill Pennington
from twhirl
50 Cent.
- Colette
Jane Fonda
- Derrick
Bridget Fonda
- LogEx
Manute Bol
- Derrick
Larry David.
- Rochelle
this. thread. is. killing. me. 962 comments? *dead*
- tiffany
Re-Run
- Steve C
Terrell Owens.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Emmitt Smith.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Sam Bowie.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Bill Walton.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Marv Albert.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Joe Theismann.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Popeye the Sailor.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Wimpy.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Felix the Cat.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Speed Racer.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Ted Danson.
- Steve is older than ever
Jude the Obscure
- Steve C
Mikey from old school life cereal commericals
- Steve C
Donnell "Ashy Larry" Rawlings
- tiffany
Clara Peller (you youngsters probably have to google that)
- jbrotherlove
Peter North
- Michael R. Bernstein
Lexington Steele
- Jason Toney
Mr. Marcus
- Jason Toney
Soulja Boy
- Jason Toney
Gene Anthony Ray aka Leroy from Fame
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
or that dude that played Bruno Martelli
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
alfonso ribiero
- tiffany
supahead's husband (darius mccrary, eddie winslow on "family matters")
- tiffany
Kid n' Play (as in, "House Party 4: We Had A Dream")
- Jason Toney
Just to reiterate, anyone in the previous 1,000 comments. :D
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
can we say "tyler perry" again? i don't think we can overstate that.
- tiffany
There is only one possibility to play Dr. King: Samuel L. Jackson. "I am TIRED of these m******f****ng RACISTS in this m******f****ng SOUTH!"
- John Craft
john craft won the thread. game over.
- tiffany
ahahahaha Samuel L hahahaha
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
And with the 1001st comment John won.
- Jason Toney
holy crap that's farking funny
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
"game over." - * bows * I almost didn't post it for fear of offending, actually.
- John Craft
Ronald Reagan (What? He was an actor...)
- Michael R. Bernstein
That was genius. :D
- Steven Perez
from IM
John, Funny is funny.
- Jason Toney
Harold Bishop
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Jabba The Hut
- Brent - Happy T Day
John Craft TOTALLY won this thread. I wish I could shut it down, because it's going to be hard to top that.
- cecily
* blush *
- John Craft
Cuba Gooding Jr.'s brother. EDIT: Deleting all of my contributions because John Craft is the man. I suggest to the filmmakers that he actually have a cameo in the movie.
- Derrick
John Canada Terrell
- Bryan R. Adams
Freddie Prinze Jr.
- Anika
Shawn, my husband said Ashton Cuchini yesterday. :) ^^^
- Anika
Damn! 1000 + comments was to hard to go through, deleteing the dupe now I need to think of something clever
- sofarsoShawn
Octomom
- sofarsoShawn
Any Baldwin.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
Or Waynes.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
Or Arquette.
- Michael R. Bernstein
Billy Mays
- cecily
Rokusaburo Michiba.
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Too obscure! ;-)
- cecily
Zap Mamma?
- Michael W. May
Eric Roberts
- Rodfather
Joaquin "The Beard" Phoenix
- Michael W. May
Star Jones
- sofarsoShawn
Dikembe Mutumbo
- Derrick
Rep. Joe Wilson
- Anika
Kanye West
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
I sure did.
- Anika
Glenn Beck
- Anika
Awww *besas* and *huggles*
- Anika
Jeremiah Wright
- Anika
Me. Also, holy mackinac, over a thousand comments???
- John Fink
Michael Vick
- Anika
chamillionaire, ron paul, sasha baron cohen, michael jordan, michael strahan, daniel day lewis,
- PJ Edwards
Ben Kingsley
- Steve is older than ever
Taylor Swift
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
LOL'ercakes.
- Derrick
Serena Williams
- Anika
Balloon Boy
- Anika
anika. i was laughing so hard i hit enter too soon and almost typed the rest of this into my feed, but ahahahahahahahal YOU STUPID.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
A worthy addition, Anika. Btw, Cecily, this is one of my all time favourite threads on ff. OF ALL TIME!
- Micah Wittman
So am I!
- Anika
The Best Flashlight Ever Designed? - http://www.fastcompany.com/node...
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Blackfire's new concept puts to shame all the other flashlights sitting in your toolbox. "Once in a very long while something totally revolutionary comes along. It's one of those products that makes you say, 'Why didn't I think of that?'" So begins the pitch for the first product by start-up Black Fire. It sounds bombastic--I mean, revolutionary?--but check out the video of the product in action: You'll have to ignore the annoying Wall-E sound effects, but the thing really is a marvel of adaptability--we're thinking the basic linkage could find all sorts of applications, from hardware to camera tripods. Black-Fire's website isn't up yet, so we're still wondering if this is going to be a real product. Well, Black-Fire? As Jonathan Ive says, genius ships--meaning an idea only becomes great when realized. When's the product shipping? [Via Core 77]
The Best Flashlight Ever Designed? - http://www.fastcompany.com/node...
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Blackfire's new concept puts to shame all the other flashlights sitting in your toolbox. "Once in a very long while something totally revolutionary comes along. It's one of those products that makes you say, 'Why didn't I think of that?'" So begins the pitch for the first product by start-up Black Fire. It sounds bombastic--I mean, revolutionary?--but check out the video of the product in action: You'll have to ignore the annoying Wall-E sound effects, but the thing really is a marvel of adaptability--we're thinking the basic linkage could find all sorts of applications, from hardware to camera tripods. Black-Fire's website isn't up yet, so we're still wondering if this is going to be a real product. Well, Black-Fire? As Jonathan Ive says, genius ships--meaning an idea only becomes great when realized. When's the product shipping? [Via Core 77]
- stephen
Finding Nemo vs. Wall-E - http://www.flickchart.com/332BC3E...
Katie: Whelmed Overly, Chris Greene, Iván Abrego and 22 other people liked this
Gah! tough one >.< I'll go with Wall-E on this one though
- Lindsey is Fierce!
oooh. this is very tough.
- Melissa
Wall-E.
- Joey Gibson
Is not fair to have to choose between these 2. Still Wall-E.
- Ton Zijp
Wall-E
- ronin
I went with Wall-E too
- Nathan Chase
Nemo, but i have to rewatch Wall E to make the voting proper.
- Steve C
Nemo. No choice.
- Anika
Nemo.
- Ayşe E.
walle
- CW™
WALL·E
- Ubqtous
Nemo
- Joe Silence is not dead
WALL-E. Easily.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
im going with Nemo as well
- (jeff)isageek
Wall•E
- Matt Ruiz
Nemooo
- loylum
Nemo!
- Adi
I'm pretty sure Scott will say Nemo, but it's Wall-E for me. The story behind Wall-E is epic in scope, definitely a learning story, and beautifully presented.
- Ladybug Heather
Yeah, I've got to go with Nemo...Wall-E was good, but too heavy for my vote.
- Scott of Two Countries
Wall-E, no contest.
- Nick
Nemo, easily.
- Jason Huebel
Nemo.
- Mycaptain
Wall•E. Sorry, my little fishy friend.
- James (!?)
WALL-E !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Caroline
La la la I can't see this (don't make me choose!)
- Mona Nomura
Whoa, not that Finding Nemo wasn't good, but I'm definitely with Wall-E.
- Ryan - @magicofpi
Wall-E
- Kol Tregaskes
Definitely Wall-E.
- Shawn Whitmire
Wall-E... Evvvv-a!
- Diego Barros
Wall-E: 19, Nemo:10 plus my vote bc those fish are crrrazy ;D
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
Picking a favorite among Pixar films is not easy. Kind of like being forced to choose a favorite among foods at a fine restaurant. Everything is good here.
- Mike Reynolds
WALL•E, absolutely no contest.
- Timothy Griffin
nemo was so so. good film, but forgettable. wall e is magical.
- Terry O'Fee
Refuse.
- Bwana ☠
@Bwana - oh come on! Don't be a wuss. :)
- Nathan Chase
Ok then. Nemo.
- Bwana ☠
Wall-E.
- mridul
Wall-E. And I bet if this were asked 50 or 100 years in the future, Wall-E will get many more votes.
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
Wall-E
- Kamilah Gill
Wall-E, definitely
- Chieze Okoye
Are you crazy?? Of course its Wall-E!!!!!
- Roberto Bonini
Wall-E
- Bryan R. Adams
hard choice, but Nemo wins. Wall-E gets stale after watching it several times but Nemo is infinitely re-watchable.
- Alan Le
Wall-E and Burn-E :)
- Holger Eilhard
Finding Nemo. But a close call.
- अभिषेक(Abhishek) Das
Nemo. Wall-E doesn't have a ride at Disneyland yet.
- Chris Greene
Chris makes a good point.
- Steve C
Nemo. People LOOOOOOOOOVE Wall-E. I thought it was merely ok.
- Derrick
Are We in a Golden Age of Animation? - Cinematical - http://www.cinematical.com/2009...
Mazaamir, Lars Clausen, Derrick and 6 other people liked this
"Are we in a golden age of animation? To start, Pixar just keeps getting better and better; critics almost unanimously voted WALL-E the best picture of 2008 -- not just the best animated film, but the best film. And their new Up has racked up nearly equal praise. So far two of the best films I've seen in 2009 are animated features, Henry Selick's Coraline and Nina Paley's Sita Sings the Blues. Coraline was filmed in stop-motion 3D, and Sita was mostly hand-drawn with some computer assist. Filmmakers seem to have perfected 3D this year, not only in live-action features, but in animated features like Coraline, Monsters vs. Aliens, Battle for Terra and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs."
- Bluesun 2600
from Bookmarklet
What's the latest word with Laika? Last I heard - months ago - they ratcheted down production and laid off a bunch of staff while waiting to see how Coraline did in theaters.
- Andrew C
@eifidelity Coworker's Mac start-up brought to mind another quibble w/ WALL-E -- that the Mac start-up sound's in it. Corporate dupes indeed - http://twitter.com/nictate...
The Blu-Ray player we've been waiting for is almost here! OPPO BDP-83 Blu-ray Disc Player
telefan, Roberto Bonini, John Wang and 29 other people liked this
THIS is a best of breed product. And it will only cost you $600.
- Alex Scoble
you didn't have a BetaMax picture?
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
/me gives Chris the stink-eye
- Alex Scoble
or 8-track player, maybe? heh. :-P
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
Honestly, tho, this is top-shelf for what it is. You are right on that!
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
I just need to know how quickly it loads discs, my Sony is painfully slow.
- Jamie Ginsberg
Any word on price?
- Andy Roth
$$$?
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
I can get it for $500. If you didn't sign up for the interest list early on you pay the regular $600.
- Alex Scoble
Jason. PS3 is garbage compared to this. Don't make me hunt you down.
- Alex Scoble
It's likely, "If you have to ask how much it is..."
- Kenton
Alex, are those new 500 gig holographic discs going to do anything to Blu-ray now, or is that more of a very long term future thing?
- Mike Reynolds
Tagged this in delicious for future use
- Mike Reynolds
I have no idea, Mike. I honestly don't know that media will last more than another 10-15 years on the whole. If most people aren't doing digital downloads by then, there's something wrong with the system.
- Alex Scoble
How can you know this is a best of breed product when it's not even out yet? Yesterday you were bashing people who give in to marketing hype...
- Kevin Fox
I've been following it for over a year, Kevin. I've read reviews of one of the beta testers. It does things that no other BR player will do. It's Oppo. Oppo kicks ass. Want me to say more? I'm frothing at the bit to buy one. Want me to say more? HYPE! I HAZ IT!
- Alex Scoble
99% of people won't see any difference between this and the PS3. PS3 costs less and also plays games (and does some media serving, etc.) What quality of TV is required to make this a must-have relative to a device that someone may already have?
- LogEx
Kevin, you're my new hero.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Yup, fanboism.
- LogEx
"True 24p™ Video - Many Blu-ray Discs are recorded at 24 frames per second, the same frame rate as the original movie's theatrical release. The BDP-83 can faithfully redeliver the original frames using 1080p 24Hz output (compatible display required) for smoother motion and a flicker-free, film-like home theater experience. It can also restore the original 24 frames per second progressive-scan video from well-authored DVDs and output as 1080p 24Hz."
- Mike Reynolds
And two USB ports!
- Mike Reynolds
Engadget had a nice hands on review of this and the comments made similar comparisons to the PS3. The differences line in the bitstream audio support and some of the more "high end" features that the PS3 lacks.
- Kevin Kuphal
Robert has hijacked Alex's account, hasn't he?
- John Craft
Hmmm. PS3 has 1080p24 and 4 (I think) USB ports.
- LogEx
My PS3 has four USB ports. (And my TiVo has two!)
- Kevin Fox
How shall I start? The PS3 is a horrible upscaling DVD player. This has the best upsampling solution on the market (Anchor Bay FTW). The PS3 doesn't play SACD. The PS3 doesn't output multichannel analog (for those who have a receiver/preamp with multichannel analog in but not HDMI 1.3. I could keep going, but I won't. This totally kicks the PS3's ass for BR duty.
- Alex Scoble
What he said.
- Mike Reynolds
And the difference is that I'm hyped about a product that deserves the hype. It's TRULY best of breed, get it? This isn't fanboi-ism. This BR player does things that NO OTHER player does in one integrated high quality package.
- Alex Scoble
Seriously, I'm sure its spec sheet is out of this world, but I'm looking forward to reading the reports of unbiased reviewers with production hardware before I judge whether it's worth the high price. I'm not saying it's not a best of breed product, but I look forward to actually finding out.
- Kevin Fox
This is a great player, I've followed it for months myself. I'll keep my freebie Denon for awhile and probably wait for nextgen Oppo, but this was one hardware device I've been drooling over for my home theatre.
- jcunwired
But again, the critical question... What quality of TV is required for the 99% to make this a must-have relative to a device that someone may already have (or one that costs less)?
- LogEx
++LE the playback device is always the critical factor. Neil Young makes a rather impassioned argument about this for the audio side of the world.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
LE, you are beginning to annoy me. The big difference on this transport vs the PS3 is in the audio codecs that it can handle. So what TV you have doesn't matter...and you'll be able to tell the difference between this transport and the PS3 when playing a DVD on any 1080P TV. But the big difference is when you have a real home theater with a receiver/preamp that is capable of receiving the multichannel inputs from this beast.
- Alex Scoble
LE, there are two types of people when classifying gadgets (especially HT) - those that want the best there is given their budgets, and all the rest. :) Given that, its either a must-have or not.
- jcunwired
Alex, looking forward to your advice when I'm ready to setup the theater room. We break ground on the new home tomorrow - but won't be ready for the home theater for perhaps 1-2 years.
- Mike Reynolds
Coolness!
- Alex Scoble
Sorry but I think I will stick with my ps3.
- tojfs7931
Good luck with that.
- Alex Scoble
Oh my wow, that is a BEAUTY.
- Mona Nomura
I always wondered how much different blu ray is to dvd, but I have not taken much time to look into it. What is the actual difference between the two?
- Raymond Marr aka Knatchwa
oppo？
- junrxu
$600?! To view a media format that only has MAYBE 3 more years? Do you have any clue how many handjobs down at the warf that will take?
- Matthew DeVries
Blu-Ray is 4 times the resolution of DVD and also allows for lossless multichannel audio encoding/decoding.
- Alex Scoble
You are smoking crack if you think BR will only be around for 3 years. And it also plays DVDs and SACDs. And plenty of people are buying the PS3, which is inferior in just about every way just for the BR capabilities and it's $500.
- Alex Scoble
Except, I can play PS3 and PS2 and PSX games on the PS3.
- xero
Except, xero, most people that I know that bought the PS3 bought it to play Blu-Ray and not for games and couldn't care less about games anyhow.
- Alex Scoble
smoking crack, paying attention to the field. to-may-to to-mah-to.
- Matthew DeVries
When you see studios seriously going to some other format, Matthew, let me know and I'll eat crow.
- Alex Scoble
Hulu, Netflix Instant watch, etc
- Matthew DeVries
To whet your appetite, felix: http://www.prillaman.net/oppobdp...
- Alex Scoble
Ray, the medium itself is more than 5x the storage capacity. Image quality is 480 interlaced lines of vertical resolution for DVD vs. 1080 progressive for blu-ray. Blu-ray will blow your mind in comparison.
- jcunwired
Matthew, we are seriously 5 to 10 years out from being able to deliver blu-ray quality content on the internet in any meaningful way. Netflix Instant isn't even DVD quality right now.
- Alex Scoble
And like I said, when you learn of a studio switching way from Blu-Ray, let me know.
- Alex Scoble
Actually, jc, DVD is 480p.
- Alex Scoble
Blu-ray's not going anywhere. There MAY be an increase in resolution in the next few years, but its going to be a long way off. Not everybody has the available bandwidth to download 1080p content, so the physical medium will be around for a long time.
- jcunwired
If you don't care about quality, we shouldn't even be having a discussion. Be happy with You Tube and illegal downloads where you can hear people munching popcorn.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
ok, 5 years. That's a whole lot of handjobs for only 5 years of use, and a repurchase of all that media. I'll wait.
- Matthew DeVries
Not original DVD Alex :)
- jcunwired
And what you all are saying runs counter to what gdgt, engadget, and all the other podcasts say. Microsoft wouldn't have surrendered HD-DVD if they thought there was a future in physical media.
- Matthew DeVries
They backed HD-DVD because it used the Microsoft Codec. Money is in who controls the license royalties.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
They would have loved for HD-DVD to survive.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
LOL, Matthew. Microsoft couldn't keep HD-DVD going without content. And don't bet on BR being the last media based format either. If they come out with a 2160P spec or 4320P spec, it will again out pace any internet based delivery system.
- Alex Scoble
PS3 doesn't have 'True 24p' ? Can the OPPO play AVCHD from SDHC cards directly? That's all I really care about.
- Rodfather
Since it doesn't have an SDHC card reader built in, it can't do it directly. It does however, have USB inputs for hooking up USB storage devices. Still not sure if it can handle that format.
- Alex Scoble
With technology advances in blu-ray pushing more and more layers (up to 200gb if I recall), even at 4320p a full length movie with 7.1 sound will still fit on a blu-ray disk. It ain't going away anytime soon.
- jcunwired
Sorry, it will play that format. So perhaps using a SDHC USB reader?
- Alex Scoble
I assume it support AVCHD through burned DVD's and Blu-Ray, but I would like direct playback from SDHC cards.. since well, camcorders record to SDHC cards.
- Rodfather
Looking at the spec sheet, it says it can play video video through USB, so I guess it works?
- Rodfather
Even if it kicks the PS3's ass, the price point is way too high. While they may not buy the PS3 to play games, the fact is is that it can play games and do a crapload of stuff that this can't. The tradeoff being better upscaling? Not sure that's worth the $200 & no added functionality premium. Does it do Netflix?
- John Rubier
You're all missing the point. This isn't a consumer device. This is another device that a -phile buys to prove how much better their system is than yours. Same people that spend hundreds and thousands on speakers and other stuff that the average person can't tell the difference using.
- Kevin Kuphal
To call the Oppo a super high end product is not correct. Their specialty is bringing quality for an affordable price. I don't understand how you can say all speakers are the same. Really?
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
They're not the same, but in my environment - and I imagine many other people's - spending extra cash on them (like most other devices of this nature), is just throwing it away compared to affordable alternatives.
- Kevin Kuphal
$600 is not an affordable price for something to watch movies with. After a certain point, for the majority of one's listening, speakers are indistinguishable. Perceived speaker quality for most people is logarithmic. Most can tell the diff between a $20 one and a $70, a few less the $70 and $150 one, and almost nobody can tell the diff between the $150 and the $600 one. The same is...
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- xero
Kevin, I won't argue the point with you, but you're way wrong. Those passionate about their gear research and compare, and there really is a difference. People don't buy better gear to look down their noses at others, people do so because quality is important. Live with it or not, but you can move along to a thread where you can carry on a quality conversation. :)
- jcunwired
Considering the Denon flagship Blu-ray player is $3800, yes, this is affordable. Where are you finding a name brand $150 Blu Ray profile 2.0 player? If you want to talk DVD's are the same, let's not talk.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
Still with the physical media? Meh.
- Internet's Tad
Tad, just like everything I get excited about, it won't be ready for a while.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
Is the movie different with 2.0 vs 1.0? Didn't think so...
- Kevin Kuphal
Eric, don't mind Tad. He'd rather have the compromised quality of modern digital media than better quality delivered on physical media.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I'll wait for a portable 1080p Blu-Ray player. If portable and 1080p is even possible. A PS3 should be good enough for me today, but, I'm still putting it off.
- Rodfather
JC. I'm just not convinced that a $600 player or $1000 speakers can increase my enjoyment to a level worth the extra money. I do the same, research, buy quality components, but there's quality, and then there's levels of detail that, to me, don't really matter for my level of enjoyment.
- Kevin Kuphal
Akiva is right, actually. I don't mind a lower quality video in exchange for not having to own yet another meatspace object. In due time I'll end up with the same quality as what you guys have now with less clutter. I suppose I'd care if I had a big TV and awesome audio system.
- Internet's Tad
Rod, it's fine. I have the Sony BDP-S300 player and won't be upgrading anytime soon. We can't always be on the upgrade cycle. I prefer dedicated players for video. Too much noise from game systems for me.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
Tad, yeah; that's the big difference right there: when you have a 40+ inch 1080/24p flat panel LCD with 5.1 surround sound and blah blah blah, digital media just doesn't cut it on any movie you care about the presentation of.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Tad, I love downloads, but the compromise is too much for a big motion picture experience. I use NetFlix streaming, but only for one off stuff and TV shows.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
Those prices were for speakers, not Blu-Ray players. And it's not a matter of comparison to other high end equipment, it's a matter of comparison to what the average consumer is willing to spend. Yeah, it's a great deal if you were considering the obtusely expensive one. I also wasn't talking about the diff between DVD and Blu-Ray. Anyone can see that difference. I was talking about the diff between 1080p on PlayerA and PlayerB or upscaling one's favorite movie on PlayerA and PlayerB.
- xero
Unless you ripped a Blu-Ray movie to MKV and put it on a HD ;)
- Rodfather
Kevin, acknowledged. Thats a lot nicer way of putting it, thanks :)
- jcunwired
We used to have a huge DVD library, but eventually we realized that almost ALL of it was one off stuff that we never watched again. We've never had a decent home theatre room and there's just too many other things we'd rather spend money on. Eventually I'll be watching 1080p movies while you guys are watching full motion 25MP video or something.
- Internet's Tad
Xero, you are right. The average consumer argument can always be made. Really, good enough is good enough for many. I won't knock that. But, DVD made its way to the mainstream, when VHS was good enough. CRT SDTVs were good enough, but many are buying flat screen HDTVs. I'm saying the average Joe finds the technology eventually.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
Speaking of MKV support, is the JVC XV-PB1 any good? http://www.engadgethd.com/2009...
- Rodfather
@Rodfather. Well said. Right now I'm ripping and transcoding WALL-E DVD to Nero Digital to put on my MythTV video library. I will barely be able to tell the difference and it will take up half the space the full DVD does. Same will likely hold true when I move to Blu-ray. I'll have a basic player for the Netflix rentals but digital is where it's at for me.
- Kevin Kuphal
Eric, yes, they do. And they can do so because enthusiasts absorb the R&D costs on the front line equipment, weed out the stuff that isn't as "good", and promote the stuff that is good. Eventually, the tech gets cheaper due to larger productions and better processes and the average joe gets it in their home at a good price. The process works, I just don't like how excited everyone gets when the prices are still so far above where they should be. I'm just here to bring some perspective to the mix. ;)
- xero
I think you are making a generic argument about early adopter tech when this specific player is putting high end features into a much more affordable player. I say this player is pushing that price point down, not up. Is it too rich for many still? Yes. For those that wanted the high end quality, but not the price, Oppo is bringing home the bacon. Should this player be $50? No, the R&D is still expensive. In 4 or 5 years, when the parts are all carbon copy and cheap, then maybe. It happens to all tech.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
Rodfather, my favorite site for A/V gear says there is no review out yet, but folks there are liking it http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb...
- jcunwired
"I just don't like..." So that puts it all into perspective. End of argument :)
- jcunwired
Would be cool if it supported streaming 1080p through the network. That way I could store movies on the desktop, and keep the loud equipment away from the living room.
- Rodfather
Rodfather, cant quite figure that out. Engadget says it does, but the guys on avsforum say thats not mentioned in the manual. That part raised my eyebrows too.
- jcunwired
Rodfather, here's a good briefing on a few from CES. Check out what's said about the Samsung BDP-4600 http://www.highdefdigest.com/news...
- jcunwired
Interesting w/ the WiFi dongle for Netflix. It's probably only for low bit-rate stuff.
- Rodfather
I'm a big movie buff (own a ton of DVDs) but I just can't get into migrating to Blue Ray - just seems like a dead-end (like most physical media). Digital downloads are my long-term upgrade solution.
- timepilot
I don't own many DVDs except for the ones I use to demo my system. Very few movies, in my opinion are worth watching more than once. Which is why I use Netflix.
- Alex Scoble
stretta, there are some real companies out there doing great things that produce this level of fanaticism without the quasi-religious furor and millions of dollars in marketing.
- Alex Scoble
And I imagine that they are working on a cheaper model that doesn't have all the analog goodness. Time will tell.
- Alex Scoble
huh huh huh you said anal...goodness /beavis
- Matthew DeVries
I'm on the fence for getting this, by the way. I'm not sure I can really afford it right now and we just aren't watching enough movies at home to make it worthwhile. I'd be saving $100 buying it now, but there's no sense in going broke saving money.
- Alex Scoble
Even less sense going broke saving money on something you likely won't use at all by next year.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
Heh, Chris. You are smoking some good herb, but that's ok.
- Alex Scoble
I don't think so, but I don't even know what Viewmaster is.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
Wow...did I totally just walk in to that one. *gobsmacked*
- Alex Scoble
LOL!! I wondered too Alex. Hadn't heard Viewmaster for a very long time. I think our cogs both clicked into place at about the same time.
- jcunwired
Best Buy offers LittleBigPlanet, Wall-E free with PS3 - http://arstechnica.com/gaming...
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We've been running a higher than normal number of "hot deals" posts in the past week, and I apologize in advance for another one. Best Buy has quite the bundle for the PS3, however, and I thought it was worth passing on. Right now you can pick up the 80GB model of the hardware for $399.99, and you also get a copy of LittleBigPlanet and a Blu-ray copy of Wall-E. While some may be tempted to call this some kind of family pack, real men know that they don't have to hide their love for cute platformers and robots with a cockroach for a best friend. Those are two very solid pack-ins for the bundle, and if the Mole is right—and the Mole usually is—this is another stop on the path to getting the 80GB model out of inventory to make way for the Slim in the fall. I can see people waiting for the price drop that has been rumored for so long, but if you want to jump in and start living life, this is a good deal. Thanks to Joystiq for the heads up.
Best Buy offers LittleBigPlanet, Wall-E free with PS3 - http://arstechnica.com/gaming...
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We've been running a higher than normal number of "hot deals" posts in the past week, and I apologize in advance for another one. Best Buy has quite the bundle for the PS3, however, and I thought it was worth passing on. Right now you can pick up the 80GB model of the hardware for $399.99, and you also get a copy of LittleBigPlanet and a Blu-ray copy of Wall-E. While some may be tempted to call this some kind of family pack, real men know that they don't have to hide their love for cute platformers and robots with a cockroach for a best friend. Those are two very solid pack-ins for the bundle, and if the Mole is right—and the Mole usually is—this is another stop on the path to getting the 80GB model out of inventory to make way for the Slim in the fall. I can see people waiting for the price drop that has been rumored for so long, but if you want to jump in and start living life, this is a good deal. Thanks to Joystiq for the heads up.
- GamerFeed
I still don't get the message of WALL-E. Personally, I want one of the floating chairs.
"Clean up after yourself, don't abuse your planet...and Steve Jobs designs the future."
- xero
Ok. I knew the message, but I just don't get it. I would like to live on the magic future cruise ship surrounded by robot attendants and have one of those magic floaty chairs. If trashing the planet is the fastest way to get me there...well,let's start burning some rain forests. I feel like the humans in the movie made a very bad decision to come back to the wrecked earth.
- James (@willia4)
Не забывайте, в прокат выходит Up. - http://www.afisha.ru/movie...
Ярослав Грешилов, Roman Zolotarev, Melchakov and 2 other people liked this
Это хорошо? :)
- Universal Migrator
Это лучше чем всё что было раньше!
- Sergey Safonov
"как им это удается"
- Universal Migrator
Это очень хорошо!
- я был в лесу
Посмотрел?
- Sergey Safonov
да, вчера ночью. не совсем согласен с говорящими собаками, но все остальное выше всяких похвал!
- я был в лесу
Величие! Всем советую попробовать 3D. Щенячий писк.
- Sergey Safonov
Кстати, у всех не было Partly Cloudy? http://www.pixar.com/shorts...
- Sergey Safonov
у нас в республике было :) полетел ка я домой :)
- я был в лесу
Эх... Прилетай давай!
- Sergey Safonov
Pixar's commercial track record ballooned to a sensational ten for ten with the release of Up. The adventure comedy swooped in with a $68.1 million start on approximately 6,700 screens at 3,766 sites, handily perched atop a weekend. In the pantheon of Pixar debuts, Up slots in third place, behind The Incredibles and Finding Nemo and ahead of WALL-E, which opened to $63.1 million last year.
- Sergey Safonov
The first Pixar movie to show blood.
- Sergey Safonov
Я посмотрел, мне понравилось =)
- Velarix
Watching Wall-E with @sofoolycoolly. Am I a big nerd cuz I just got excited over the #Macintosh start up chime? Yes, yes I think I am. - http://twitter.com/Brett_P...
Oh I just adored Wall-E!!! ^-^
edythe, junrxu, Steven Perez and 19 other people liked this
Feel free to discuss without worrying about spoilers :P
- Lindsey is Fierce!
I had a blast watching that movie in the theater
- matthew john ernisse
something irritates me about this movie. I liked it there is no doubt about that. But i took the kids to cinema to enjoy the movie and they were a bit irritated because they could not connect.
- Mycaptain
It had a very slow start. I was afraid I wouldn't like it, but once it picked up I loved it. I think the people disturbed me and the overall bleak future of humanity was unsettling in the beginning
- Lindsey is Fierce!
Loved it, and the music was great. I could watch the dancing sequence over and over again.
- Timothy Griffin
I loved Wall-E. I did keep thinking about Silent Running the Bruce Dern classic with similar message about our future if we don't take care of the our planet blah blah blah. Still, Pixar can do no wrong. Lots of great moments.
- paisano
@charleswilliams I <3 the Mac start-up sound Wall-E makes when he's charged.. product placement much?
Ooh. Wall-E is available on On Demand now. A good movie to watch to fall asleep to? I've never seen. I think I'll start it in a minute to find out.
Kol Tregaskes, Tyson Key, Darren Heydon and 3 other people liked this
ummm wrong pict. thats Johnny 5.
- CW™
I know that. I just prefer Johnny 5's look.
- Joe Pierce
Yes.
- ♥patricia♥
Besides, if you ask me it looks as though they took Johnny-5 and put a box around most of him and that is how they came up with Wall-E's design.
- Joe Pierce
Actually they just put Johnny 5 into a trash compactor..and Wall-E came out.
- CW™
If Johnny Five gets a cameo in Terminator: Salvation...I can die happy!
- Carlton Hackett
Johnny Five is going to be the one to disassemble Skynet.
- Joe Pierce
LOL I mean...just look at his ANGRY FACE!! http://www.gizmodo.fr/savedfi...
- Carlton Hackett
BREAKING: Soviets Take Lead In Wall-E Casemod Race - http://www.woot.com/Blog...
Wake up, America! When it comes to Wall-E PC casemods, the Russians are beating Uncle Sam like a rented treshchotka. The strikingly artificial-life-like PC case you see before you is the result of a painstaking process of tooling, dieing, machining, and other processes I don't know about because I'm not mechanically inclined and I can't read Russian. It's all documented in 19 photo-heavy pages on a Russian casemodder site, which I alert the authorities to here, for purposes of national security. Yes, I'm a hero. Keep your medals, CIA, and start working on a Wall-E casemod worthy of the red, white, and blue. The American red, white, and blue, I mean. Not the Russian ones.
I love it. Everyone is complaining that friendfeed is going too fast. Welcome to my world! Now, learn to use lists!
Bill Romanos, Mathew A. Koeneker, Thomas Power and 141 other people liked this
yea not sure about this.. it's basically "real time view" with a better UI
- andy brudtkuhl
This is awesome! I need to start following more people NOW!
- Lise
I'm trying it based on your recommendation. So far, so good!
- Denise Polivy
Wow it moves real fast
- coze
It's like IRC now.
- Andrew Leyden
And there's always that Pause button up there to slow things down
- Craig Eddy
Can I drag people to lists yet? That'd make it easier to organize.
- Jordan Hofker
Hee hee, it's like being turned into a pinball!
- Mark Dykeman
too awesome
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
If it's too fast, you're too old.
- Justin Doub
Why use lists when the people I subscribe to are the ones I want to see? Only reason i have lists is to see specific people that I like to follow and catch up with at the end of the day. Kind of like RSS.
- CW™
no one likes change ,, change is inevitable ..
- johnpiercy
It's going to make HIDE much more important.
- Andrew Leyden
the list options create great filters.
- Peter van Teeseling
wow! this is crazy cool
- patrick
FriendFeed as the same potencial than Diigo and the same problem: not easy to use...
- António Teixeira
How dare you tell me how to use FriendFeed! (Except that you're right, of course; time to address my lists usage.)
- Akiva Moskovitz
I think that we have to introduce segmentation in our reading :) it is fun and exciting :)
- abdellah
I would like the icons back saying what type of service the post is from...possibly in the bottom right corner of the avatars.
- Paul Arterburn
My parents will hate how active the page is - the next generation, who go at the pace of Wall-E, will eat it up
- Christopher Galtenberg
haha, yeah I need to up my game in the lists - haven't had to use - but now I will. But I love it!
- Tony
That's dangerous. Lists require lots of thought, work, organization. If there's one thing we know from running Grazr, people do not want to do that (well most non-organization obsessed people). I think essentially forcing the use of lists is a big mistake for broader adoption.
- mikepk
I suspect people will trim their subscribe list, while they adjust
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Or the pause button!
- Paul Jacobson
so what's the first thing to do that's going to slow this down?
- Todd Jordan
I don't mind the speed, but I think there are more elegant things they could do with the UI during live updates (ie: fading to/from colors) and of course letting the user control speed of updates and UI effects.
- Ryan Stanley
when he name list, it mean filtering :)
- abdellah
Hmm... a few rooms (feeds now?) I created seem to be missing or just not easy to find. Will check out the tour to see if I'm missing something
- Dave Ferrick
the one problem with the speed is that what you are scanning suddenly jumps off the page. perhaps a way to "pin" what you are reading temporarily...
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
woah neddy.....wouldn't tabs for search terms in the main page be a good idea...
- Paul Fabretti
Yikes, is there a pause button somewhere?
- Sally Church
This mega-threaded replies really do float to the top.
- Andrew Leyden
I guess your world sucks then.
- Brian Sullivan
I feel a bit like @scobleizer now.
- Mike Reynolds
pause button in upper right corner on blue strip.
- Thomas Hawk
+Joelle I think I'm benefiting by having relied on FOAF a lot more than subscribe to everyone interesting.
- Micah Wittman
pause top right ||
- Andrew Leyden
@Sally yes
- Ryan Stanley
Sally, Pause icon in top blue bar, right side.
- Micah Wittman
i think we'll get used to it. I already use lists, but still it's the motion of what you are reading that is tricky
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
So is this just live in the BETA area or is it going live system wide today?
- Andrew Leyden
it's amazing to see the comments pooring in here.
- Peter van Teeseling
needs a keyboard shortcut for pause. Or a contextual gesture (like hovering over some part of a story). Having to scroll to the top to pause is clunky
- mikepk
Wow, the likes pop up fast!
- Steve Rubel
Weird when what you're reading wobbles because there are things going on above it - if the L&F remains, we can dub this the 'newquake' :)
- Christopher Galtenberg
I worried that the new oh my god it refresh so fast kill the conversation in FF, I havn't to worry robert thread will be there as long or may be longer then ever
- abdellah
Andrew: just in beta area.
- Robert Scoble
Oh... the room I created is now under Subscriptions. Okay...
- Dave Ferrick
love your new avatar!!!!
- B.L. Ochman
wow, love the way the comments roll in...Robert, is your video up? good tips in it?
- Richard Binhammer
Pop Up!
- Jeff Stannard
I can't WAIT until the twitter-only crowd starts bitching about all of the friendfeed meta convos that are "cluttering up" their twitter streams
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
@Thomas, thank you, thank you! I was getting dizzy just trying to read anything. I hate the fugly UI and the RT speed. Going back to Twitter, at least one can read in peace at own pace there.
- Sally Church
Lists are the only way to fly, it seems. :)
- Ha3rvey (likes dark meat)
The world is a river...
- Marcelo Nobrega
I use lists but for a completely different purpose.
- Brian Sullivan
Hey Scoble, which desktop client do you use for FF?
- David Alfaro
LISTS are the only sane way to manage FriendFeed. I've had to learn that once I past a 1,000 subscriptions
- Susan Beebe
what happened to the block button
- Russ Jackson
I want an RSS feed for a list
- Dave Ferrick
dave!! do you want to read your FF list in an rss reader?
- abdellah
It pays to be a newbie right now I guess. The speed is to slow. I actually appreciate it being slow right now, gives me a chance to better understand it
- Russ Jackson
Yeah, I have my list paused now. I think we will get used to it anyway. It is fun to watch so many different reactions in so little time.
- Carlos Lorenzo
Have to say -- the message threading is now very nice indeed. Love the automatic update of comments, too. As I typed this, a couple others came in and didn't disrupt. Sweetness. Now I need to learn about lists.
- Anthony Baker
This is really nice so far..liking the realtime comments -DMs are a great addition. Time for more exploration :)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
I said the same thing, but then everyone told me I gotta use Filters instead....
- Bwana ☠
Lists are king :) Also, just figured out that ROOMS ---> "FEED" - everything is a "feed" type now
- Susan Beebe
Your green aura frightens me, Mr.Grinch.
- Terence
As I'm one who thinks the quality of interaction went down when lists were added, being forced to make more lists doesn't seem a positive.
- Todd Hoff
I thought the whole point of FF was that you didn't have to "learn" a lot about the interface in order to enjoy the experience. Lists kinda ruined things for me, so if that's the only way to enjoy the new FF, I guess I won't be.
- Jennifer Dittrich
David: I am using Safari as my FF client. Jennifer: that's never been true. This is a lot easier to learn than the old interface.
- Robert Scoble
This will force me to better use lists...
- Seth Meranda
You are the Captain Ahab of social media, Robert. ;-)
- Chris Baskind
Hehe really fastt :)
- Alp
The problem is using lists more actually decreases conversation IMHO. I dunno.....
- Ⓐ ☠ slayerboy ☠ Ⓐ
There's also the pause button at the top of the page to stop the auto update.
- John F Morton
Yep, agreed. Learn to use lists, use filters, ya gotta learn that sooner or later. I had to do it in Facebook some time ago.
- Tom Parish
Do you have a formulas that you use for your lists?
- Ed Entrepreneur
The filters are only marginally useful. I don't see any way to filter stuff out of a feed. The options for searching/filtering seem just too basic to be any real use.
- Brian Sullivan
Robert, if this is how you've been following Friendfeed ever since you've started, you've become my personal hero. Either you have superpowers or you were born in Krypton.
- Jordi Soler
from twhirl
you need the pause button accessible from anywhere on the page. I'm 70 plus comments down on this conversation and the screen keeps pushing it down and makes the screen "jittery" to keep your eye on what you are reading. Because the screen is moving fast, you probably need 'comment' 'like' and 'hide' links on each nested conversation on anything over 30 comments
- Lou Paglia
now robert may we ask you to share with us some tip about list?!!
- abdellah
Brian: what would you like to see in filters?
- Robert Scoble
if you think the new FF is too fast, stop trying to follow Scoble's threads ;)
- Ryan Stanley
I'm gonna start on the lists :) Way too fast.
- Roberto Bonini
Any way to pause on an individual user's page?
- Aaron Fowler
abdellah: you need to build lists around interests and personality types. So "noisy jerks" go in one list "quilters" go in another "posts lots of bacon" goes in another "tech geeks" goes in another. Jordi: my life has been real time for more than a year now. This takes it to a new level, though.
- Robert Scoble
I would like to see negative searching for one thing -- I want to see everything that doesn't have LOLcats in it for example.
- Brian Sullivan
we need a keyboard shortcut for pause. Would help read comments, etc
- shaun mclane
We asked for ways to better track our discussions - and now we have an improved version (due to convenient link).
- Mike Reynolds
@Brian Sullivan search for cats -lolcats should eliminate them from your results
- Ryan
robert, I was thinking like hope that some will not screw the schema of filtering, notice that when we filter using keyword some will may probably try to target some keyword in their feed title .
- abdellah
Robert - yep - this definitely is not for the faint hearted. Must be on crack to use this! LOL
- Susan Beebe
It's an interesting interface. I'll be looking to see if conversations can still occur with this type of flow.
- AJ Kohn
Im curious Robert how many subscriptions do you show under your Subscriptions box. I have 9 and than 90 more.
- Russ Jackson
'welcome to my world' ha ha. i think with all the love the RS gives friendfeed on a regular basis it only made sense to improve it
- AJK
14221 more.
- Robert Scoble
Agreed. I'm going to have to learn to make new feeds to keep using this. Also, I may have to do something to get rid of this light grey background.
- Ted Roden
Would you agree that after clicking on the more link there needs to be better organization of that page or can that be organized through lists as well.
- Russ Jackson
I need to be able to post updates from a list if they're going to be encouraging me to use lists.
- Jesse Stay
The lists/filters system is too complicated
- DarknessFalls
The problem is that lets say a video is shared, and I'm watching the video - the page keeps going down, and I can't finish watching the video inside FriendFeed! That's not sharing, is it?
- Daniel Brusilovsky
My problem is the lists and the filters create more feeds which create more need for more organization.
- Russ Jackson
@Daniel Good point. Perhaps they could open Videos (and similar stuff) in a modal window, allowing the content to scroll ?
- Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
I think if they auto-pause the UI while I'm mousing over it that might help. It wouldn't need to pause long, just a few seconds.
- Matt Griffith
I don't foresee myself being a pioneer on the new FFeed, so hoping to see some interesting articles now that the embargo time has passed
- AJK
Just clicked pause for a minute but the counter for queued items doesn't show!
- Damian Holmes
Another suggestion on the new real-time updates. Give me keyboard shortcuts to pause the feed. Using my mouse is too slow in a fast-moving feed.
- Jesse Stay
There's alot to complain about FriendFeed and it's UI. Still has alot of problems to address.
- Chris Rodgers
+1 for Pause keyboard shortcut.
- Matt Griffith
Agreed.
- Russ Jackson
I think the number of comments went from zero to +100 in les then 45 minutes.
- Peter van Teeseling
Ryan -- the "-lolcats" search doesn't do that from what I can tell -- it returns an empty feed. I would also like to be able to search for posts having less than a certain number of likes/comments as well as more . I would like to be able to set up searches/feeds for complex expressions ("-lolcats and -loldogs" or "-lolcats and -loldogs" from a group of people with more than 10 likes and 0 comments for instance).
- Brian Sullivan
I Can only image a multi-column FF layout...
- Greg Lato
it will happen Greg... has to... would probably actually lessen the jitter effect
- Christopher Galtenberg
UI Tweaks, please: keyboard pause, pause button/key on every page with live updating, comment link at end of comments
- Aaron Fowler
I love how fast it is going. It's really real-time.
- Peter Kruit
Needs a "slow it down" toggle - maybe a slider for the speed?
- Jesse Stay
OMG! I see why you bought a separate monitor.
- LeighaB
or we have the option of ignoring ff just like twitter gets ignored when I tried to reciprocate even a portion of the followers
- Susan Reynolds
@Leigha: Yeah, I can definitely see the need for another monitor for this version of FF. I'm considering it myself.
- AJ Kohn
OK, Now I see how the lists work. Much easier to manage.
- LeighaB
FriendFeed should take that as a sign - you shouldn't *need* a second monitor to use their service.
- Jesse Stay
@Jesse: I view this as a better way to access the data flow - which is what I believe FF is at the end of the day. Why not have a separate place to conduct my data queries while I do other things?
- AJ Kohn
@Brian The negative searches work, but you can't just search for "-lolcats". That's just a blank search. Try "cats -lolcats"
- Aaron Fowler
For Twitter, the only way I listen in is via search.twitter.com or pure luck. Or via FF for that matter. I view more Twitter content on FF than on Twitter itself.
- Mike Reynolds
Brian, yeah I badly want to filter out lolcats too; -cat friends:maverickny seems to work so far
- Sally Church
Yeah following 11.5k people is hard. I really need to use lists
- Nicholas James
Andrew Leyden is totally right. It's like IRC.
- Ian Betteridge
one of my favourite descriptions of twitter: "like IRC meets the whole world"
- Dean Whitbread
I'm sorry @scobleizer but your world must die ;)
- A.T.
I use lots of lists and filters - I'd love to TURN OFF the real-time updating, please.
- Bill Sodeman
I could use a tutorial on how to use lists but do not have the time anyway :o)
- David Gross
the new friendfeed filters are awesome. even better than friend lists.
- Mike Bruder
by the time i have made a list, this page would have vanished :)
- Tatty Gibson
I'm back home & trying to catch up with what's up with the new FriendFeed - I'm assuming it's now live?? Also, I'm not noticing things moving too fast... is that because I'm not following as many people as many of you???
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
ill admit friendfeed looks pretty damn compelling. certainly complex at first blush.
- doubledrat
how to use lists?
- kang
filter is really a cool thing
- kang
certainly faster than twitter right now---still down...
- ChaoSurfer
so...when there are a lot of comments...it's not easy to read...
- kang
many fail whales tonight
- Colin Clark
Moving people from out of my home feed to a different list one at a time is extremely slow. If there's a way to move people out of a list and into a different list in bulk, I haven't found it yet.
- Chuck Baggett
Is there any way to select almost everyone on your home list and move them to a different list in one operation? (Similar to how you can checkmark hundreds of messages in Gmail and perform an operation such as tagging or archiving on all of them at one time.)
- Chuck Baggett
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- tftc
All men should come pre-trained. Especially if they're over 30. Period.
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Depends on the upbringing and sibliings etc. Oh, and btw, you don't seem to want we pre-trained ones to begin with, only when the obviously not trained go all screwy. Just sayin.
- Michael W. May
from twhirl
No way. All men should be pre-trained to be sensitive, understand hormones, thoughtful, romantic, help around the house, and be aware. Also, they men should be required to read "Twilight" - Edward is all of that and then some -- girls love him because of his qualities, not looks!
- Mona Nomura
from IM
Women should come pre-trained as well. :P
- Amani
Mona, In theory, yes. But in actual application, never going to happen.
- Michelle Martinez
No way. (most) Females treat their men like kings, if we get treated like queens. Michelle - I know. See the dilemma? I think I'm gonna turn lesbian. @Jason - awwwwwwwwwwwww! That's how it SHOULD be. But the bigger question is: do you do things w/out being told?
- Mona Nomura
from IM
Hot.
- Michael W. May
from twhirl
What?! Edward is NOT violent, controlling, or co-dependent. He is protective and always thinking of the others' best interest. He exhausted all his options. It's BELLA that is co-dependent and cut off all her friends!
- Mona Nomura
from IM
I have learned that I *must* accept quirks, whatever they may be. No one, man or woman, will be perfect. Sounds cliche, but love overcomes the little things.
- Michelle Martinez
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't. A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, but she does. :P
- Bwana ☠
Bwana, So true! Describes so many marriages I know.
- Michelle Martinez
Michelle - I lived with an ex for a while and it was TERRIBLE. He didn't notice ANYTHING and I felt like I was *that* girl always nagging, so I would do stuff myself which lead to frustrations, a lot of them. Where do we draw the line? :( @Lindsey - you don't agree? Edward is -sigh- my dream man!
- Mona Nomura
from IM
Bwana, is that Oscar Wilde? Or Twain? That sort of wisdom is historical.
- Michael W. May
I reckon most guys are barely potty-trained, and not even that when really wasted. You got no hope :)
- Patrick Jordan
It's a good think when Michelle and I met I was only 25!!
- jamar78
don't forget Dead, sorry undead, too lindsey
- Nick
The responses I'm getting on Twitter are funny. "@KevinAshby I hardly ever pee in the den anymore, so I'm mostly housebroken" Housebroken and trained are two VERY different things!! LOL
- Mona Nomura
from IM
Mona, I am with Jason on this; trained, but willing to rebel when need be. Oh, and I do the dishes after dinner without prompting.
- JA Castillo
Do guys like being told what to do? Or would you rather have the female FUME and try to figure it out yourselves?
- Mona Nomura
from IM
Some guys like to be told what to do. Usually there's leather involved.
- LogEx
I like this inbetween concept refered to by scientists as "communication" and "talking"
- Michael W. May
Mona, Most females are set up with this ideal of a prince charming. We think relationships should be totally perfect, but that is not reality. Joel is my perfect mate, but, I know we both do things that annoy one another. No relationship will be 100% perfect. You have to weigh the good and the bad.
- Michelle Martinez
Edward. Sigh.
- Erin @queenofspain
Wouldn't pre-training take away half the fun of building the relationship?
- Kevin C. Tofel
Logical LOL MWM and Michelle - agreed. But MAN inefficiency and repeating myself EXTREMELY challenges my patience. It's come to a point where I refuse to utilize my creativity to 'communicate'. Most of my EXs call me "cold". I prefer "rational" And yes, Erin. Edward -sigh- @Kevin - I am not looking to change a man... :(
- Mona Nomura
from IM
Mona said "I am not looking to change a man..." I say: good because your chance of success is between slim and none. The key is finding someone who cares enough about you to respect your needs enough that they're willing to work at meeting them. Even exceeding them from time to time. ;)
- Kevin C. Tofel
Mona, I repeat myself all day. I *hate* nagging, but I do it. My mom and I had a discussion about this last night. Men listen differently. Not saying it is okay, but I have found that this is the way it is. And even as the uber feminist I am, I have learned to accept it.
- Michelle Martinez
hmm..so because a man doesn't met your expectations, or matches those of a fictional character from a subpar author, he is dismissed out of hand?
- Nick
But see, guys are like that in the beginning, Kevin. Then toss in 'reality' and all that goes out the window. I know it's a two way street (I'm more irritable, etc) but still. How many times do I have to repeat myself! >:( @MM - I'm told I'm like a 'dude' ie: I don't over analyze, take things as it is, and mean what I say - no hidden meaning. What happens with me, is the guy ends up all emotional (angry, upset, etc) and I stay rational. Hence, 'cold'
- Mona Nomura
It is a 2-way street... in a successful relationship. Sorry to continue the metaphor, but a One-Way Street relationship is a Dead End. The respect levels have to balance and that balance needs maintenance over the long term. Maybe I'm just an irrational optimist? :)
- Kevin C. Tofel
I agree, depending on what kind of training you're talking about.
- Jim Hearts FF
Nick - My Edward references are not serious. Otherwise, I would be delusional. There is no man like him that exists. And Stephenie Meyer is no Shakespeare but they're easy to read. And that is what makes them so addictive.
- Mona Nomura
some of us ARE well-trained - but, yes, it took about 30 years to get us this way
- William Harryman
The most difficult thing with men (or in a relationship) is finding a balance. Where do you draw the line to determine how much to give and receive? Maybe it's an issue with me. I tend to choose the selfish ones. Ugh.
- Mona Nomura
from IM
RE: balance. Since nobody's perfect, here's the equation I keep in mind: the success and length of a relationship is directly proportional to the amount of tolerance you have for the other party. It's easy to like the "good" attributes of someone. It takes effort to tolerate the "less desirable" aspects. My $0.02. ;)
- Kevin C. Tofel
And with that, I have to drop. Everyone here is sleeping and I'm trying to collect everything from my brain and put it all into Things for Mac. It's a GTD weekend, don't ya know! :)
- Kevin C. Tofel
Mona, I'm going to set you straight on all this as soon as I'm done emptying the dishwasher (unprompted).
- Bruce Lewis
Kevin - Maybe it's a personal issue. I am definitely not saying my sh*t doesn't stink but I am reasonable and agreeable. It's just at times I am too accommodating, which commonly results to it being detrimental (to me) -sigh- Boys suck. LOL Bruce!
- Mona Nomura
from IM
LOL Bruce.
- Jim Hearts FF
Kevin has a great point. You just have to take the good with the bad.
- Michelle Martinez
Exactly why men should come pre-trained - they need to read our minds, damnit!! ;)
- Mona Nomura
Bruce, But are loading the dishwasher correctly?
- Michelle Martinez
Michelle! LOL!!!!!!!!
- Mona Nomura
I see you as a very opinionated, strong, independent young woman, none of these things are bad, but some men find this threatening and label you as cold. That's their loss tbh.
- Nick
Funny, isn't it, how the qualities that are found attractive at first are my biggest faults. :)
- Mona Nomura
That's called marriage, Mona ;-)
- Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
Mona, You don't have to compromise who you are, I never have. You may have to give a little in other realms, but don't change who you are. And I agree with Nick, it is their loss.
- Michelle Martinez
All women should come pre-trained. Especially if they're over 30. Period.
- Akiva Moskovitz
OK Mona, let's start with finding a less selfish guy. You need to be in a position to observe his behavior. What does he *like* to do, what does he *like* to talk about. How much pleasure does he get out of making other people happy. The black box that takes situations as inputs and outputs emotion is called the "heart" and that's what you have to look at.
- Bruce Lewis
Suppose the input is a situation that makes someone else the center of attention. If the output is sour, that's not a heart you want to be close with. If the output is positive, you've learned something good about that heart.
- Bruce Lewis
say what? ... :)
- Steven Hodson
I'm a 40-year-old married guy with three daughters. Makes me instinctively protective of young women, so I'm trying to help you out. And, sorry to say, you're geeky so I'm using a metaphor that helps my geek side understand this stuff.
- Bruce Lewis
trained for? I'm a little scared.
- Brian Roy
The most important thing in assessing someone you're interested in is noticing the way they act toward other people. He may be interested in you and putting on an act, but nobody keeps that act going indefinitely.
- Bruce Lewis
Damn, Bruce. You were INDEED speaking in terms I definitely understood. Got my hopes up a little haha. My ideal man is Wall-E + Edward. And both are fictional characters, one an animation even. Can we say DELUSIONAL? haha! And definitely agreed about the way they act towards others - especially servers and such at restaurants. ;)
- Mona Nomura
Are you writing this down? Moving on to talking about your needs with a guy you're involved with. Really practice saying things of the form "When you do X then I feel Y". Avoid "You need to do X" and "You should know to do X without me asking". True? Probably. Helpful? No.
- Bruce Lewis
And here's the sad reality: Guys enter a relationship seeking comfort and safety, so we want women to use a gentle, kind tone of voice with us even though we don't always use such a tone ourselves. And yet you can't say, "Hey, you don't like it when I talk to *you* that way. What makes you think you can talk to me that way?" You have to say, "When you use that tone with me I feel threatened."
- Bruce Lewis
Backing up temporarily to how they treat others - yes, servers at restaurants can be an indication. But the best data you can get is how they treat their roommates.
- Bruce Lewis
People like your spontaneity and expressiveness, but when you're feeling mad because he doesn't know what you like you pretty much have to quash that feeling, smile, and say, "You know what would really make me happy?" And after saying it you can repeat that same question, with the answer being "If next time you remember what I like" keeping the smile on the whole time.
- Bruce Lewis
Does this stuff sound palatable, or is too far removed from what you want to do?
- Bruce Lewis
Bruce LOL! You're like my own personal relationship therapist -- even if I am not in a relationship haha! And I will definitely keep this advice with me if and when I get into my next one. ;) Thanks for all the advice but the real question is: do you follow your own? :P
- Mona Nomura
from IM
I don't always follow my own advice, but I married someone who tells me straight out when I'm messing up, and that helps. The training is ongoing. :-)
- Bruce Lewis
LOL That's communication, Bruce! :)
- Mona Nomura
from IM
Yeah, what you communicate and how you communicate it is the whole ball game. "When" matters too. Sometimes I'm not ready to hear something, same with her. Timing is key.
- Bruce Lewis
Like all proud animals training just breaks our spirit.
- Moved to Facebook
Pre-trained in what, though? I need to know the training regimen for my two sons.
- Martha
potty trained? I'm still working on it.
- Mattb4rd
I agree, but...where do we train?
- Jordi Soler
boys are stupid. throw rocks.
- MLx
"pre-trained"...huh? what?
- .LAG liked that
Potty trained? Definitely. Trained by other women on how to deal with me? Probably not gonna help.
- nakachi
I've been wishing for decades that more women would train their sons properly. Every now and then, I'll run into a guy who says his mother trained him right. I think most parents take the "boys will be boys" approach. Of course, my thinking may be biased by what I observed around me.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
yes, but the only way to train them is with the help of a woman ;-)
- Duncan Riley
Guys think to the point, Women think around the point. For example the classic "Are you okay?" and the women says yes with certain tone. We hear yes so we think 1) You want us to leave you alone or 2) You are okay. Which usually is not the case. When people talk about relationships I go back to that question. I personally suck at it cause I'm like a dense wall with women sadly.
- Shawn aka ringking
The problem isn't that we don't come pre-trained, its that every woman has a different set of rules. >:P
- l0ckergn0me
Building clubs for your favorite movie and TV robots - http://blog.makezine.com/archive...
While many of us wish we lived in the world promised to us by the sci-fi movies and shows we grew up with, so far, here in the 21st century, we have a robot that sort of vacuums an uncluttered living space and runty humanoid toybots that make fart jokes. Hey, it's a start. But for those of us with vivid imaginations, and a few handily-available tech-savvy pals, we can at least build replicas of the bots we grew up with. In a group, you'll feel slightly less ashamed as you find yourself carrying on conversations and imagine intergalactic adventures with your home-built mock-ups of R2D2 and the Dalek mutants from Dr. Who. You obviously don't need to be part of a club to build a sci-fi robot replica, but it's more fun that way. And most every robot that you'd care to make: R2D2, Daleks, B9 from Lost in Space, Wall-E -- they all have avid building clubs. Some of these clubs are virtual, online communities that share technical help, building tips, parts, and support, others are local and...
- Johnn Luevanos
Building clubs for your favorite movie and TV robots - http://blog.makezine.com/archive...
While many of us wish we lived in the world promised to us by the sci-fi movies and shows we grew up with, so far, here in the 21st century, we have a robot that sort of vacuums an uncluttered living space and runty humanoid toybots that make fart jokes. Hey, it's a start. But for those of us with vivid imaginations, and a few handily-available tech-savvy pals, we can at least build replicas of the bots we grew up with. In a group, you'll feel slightly less ashamed as you find yourself carrying on conversations and imagine intergalactic adventures with your home-built mock-ups of R2D2 and the Dalek mutants from Dr. Who. You obviously don't need to be part of a club to build a sci-fi robot replica, but it's more fun that way. And most every robot that you'd care to make: R2D2, Daleks, B9 from Lost in Space, Wall-E -- they all have avid building clubs. Some of these clubs are virtual, online communities that share technical help, building tips, parts, and support, others are local and...
- Johnn Luevanos
Maybe it's because I'm not a huge sports fan, but I really REALLY don't care about these athletes using steroids. Were you not entertained?
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I don't care either. Someone hit all those home runs and it certainly wasn't the steroids.
- Alex Scoble
I care about baseball records and a fair playing field.
- Rodfather
That's exactly how I feel about it, Spidra. It's called cheating, but nothing serious happens when you do it. You should be terminated/banned. People would probably stop juicing if their career was actually at stake.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
If everyone is doing it, the playing field is as fair as it gets. No such thing as fair anyhow. If life was fair than ANYONE could become a Barry Bonds or Yo Yo Ma and we know this is simply not true.
- Alex Scoble
"You should be terminated/banned. People would probably stop juicing if their career was actually at stake." That what happens now, doesn't work
- Johnny Worthington
I agree with Spidra. Either you get society as a whole to stop valuing sports, which would lead to a WALL-E-like society, or you follow Spidra's idea :P
- Ed F
Johnny's right. Just look at the money. If a player think steroids are the difference between a few years in the minors and a shot at the pros, who cares if they may get banned for life? They don't have a big league career NOW.
- Richard Lawler
I care. If you endorse cheating in baseball you endorse it everywhere. Too many seem apathetic to the pursuit of true excellence. And that's what we are all robbed of when people cut corners. So what if he had the SAT answer key and you didn't, right? So what if he blackmailed the boss into a raise, right? So what if that hacker had your banking passwords?
- AJ Kohn
Johnny, maybe I missed it, but I haven't seen any athletes pay any consequences from juicing.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
You must not have looked, if you think athletes who juiced = A-rod, then you don't know the whole picture.
- Richard Lawler
Not all 'athletes' play baseball, egghandball or basketball... Mariam Jones anyone? :P
- Johnny Worthington
Some sports are handling it better. NBA banned Chris Anderson for 2 years after testing positive for a banned drug (don't know what it was, but it wasn't steroids). He's back now, but coming back after a 2 year absence isn't easy.
- Rodfather
@Rah: Cycling has a standard 2 year ban on the first offense and has stripped riders of wins after testing positive.
- AJ Kohn
True, Johnny, but we're talking about the sports where juicing carries no real penalties or consequences :)
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
Rah - which sport are you talking about? I don't think it exists.
- Richard Lawler
Then that is an issue with the sport's governing body. I pay cold hard cash to watch sporting events and I expect a fair game, regardless of the result. If I want to watch my team slaughter an opponent, I'll buy the video game and play on easy. And the consequences are rarely financial, the are suffered physically later on in life when people have forgotten you. And on Alex's point, life isn't fair, that's WHY they take drugs. How good would 'Player X' would be without drugs...
- Johnny Worthington
, and is his place at the expense of someone who hasn't? THAT isn't fair.
- Johnny Worthington
That's actually what makes life fair. Those of us who work hard at any given sport will reap the fruits of our labor, and depending on your style of training, you just might be as effed up as those who doped up (labral muscle tear ain't good at 18....) but overall, the consequences of doping up are worse o.o
- Ed F
If we were talking about shoes that made you run faster, or swimsuits that make you swim faster (which we've already seen) it would be a different story. We're talking about drugs that have all sorts of known damaging side-effects. As the father of a young hockey player my daughter wouldn't be involved at all if I thought the only way she could be successful would be to take drugs. How many of you would drug your kids to help them succeed? These athletes should be kicked out and lose their records.
- Kenton
All I'm saying is that these steroid users don't pay a price for their cheating. We find out, it gets all over the news, people complain and call the person a cheater, but I really haven't seen any action. Some athletes have had things taken away, but they seem to be the minority. (I'm talking mostly about Baseball, NBA, and NFL)
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
Baseball has been far harder on Pete Rose than they have been on steroid users. Sure he was unethical, but the success he had on the field didn't come from his gambling it came from his talent. How do we know that anything A-Rod accomplished was from talent and not drugs?
- Kenton
The thing about baseball, steroids/HGH weren't on the banned list back then. So they can't ban them for something that was allowed.., but instead, drag their name in the mud.
- Rodfather
@Rah: The major sports are greedy wussbags who are complicit in exacting as much money out of their 'product' as possible. As such, I've become less and less enamored of these sports in the last 15 years. It's just not that fun.
- AJ Kohn
Sports will always be more understanding of people who cheated trying to win than anything that would suggest someone throwing a game. It's almost assumed you're going to try to break the rules to your advantage.
- Richard Lawler
@Rah, the MLB didn't ban steroids until 2005. Since then there have been a number of players suspended for doping: http://www.baseball-almanac.com/legenda....
- chrisofspades
Yes I care. Steroids have no place in any sport. Entertainment has nothing to do with it.
- Kevin Whalen
I say let the past be in the past and start fresh. Everyone complains about Bonds and Clemens but who knows how many of those other past heroes "cheated". If baseball doesn't move on, they will be doomed to relive this OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Rah: not once your average baseball player's neck started getting bigger than mine, no.
- Steven Perez
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