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by vern
Tue Jan 26, 2010 5:51 am
Forum: Product, Book, Movie & Music Reviews
Topic: Paranormal Activity. Decent, some spoliage in my review
Replies: 10
Views: 3019

Re: Paranormal Activity. Decent, some spoliage in my review

"Why don't white people get out of the house?"

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by vern
Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:38 am
Forum: Product, Book, Movie & Music Reviews
Topic: The Hurt Locker
Replies: 15
Views: 8402

Re: The Hurt Locker

Thumbs the fuck UP!
by vern
Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:28 am
Forum: Product, Book, Movie & Music Reviews
Topic: The Duelist's Companion
Replies: 11
Views: 4938

Re: The Duelist's Companion

tough old man wrote:Follow that with this excelent work of fiction:
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And a Ridley Scott chaser...

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by vern
Mon Dec 28, 2009 8:27 am
Forum: Product, Book, Movie & Music Reviews
Topic: District 9
Replies: 33
Views: 10236

Re: District 9

I loved this movie! The combat scenes blew away anything in Tranformers or the new Terminator film. Good for the Boers.

The lead actor was really good in it as well. He basically had to carry the whole film, and took his character from super-nerd to Rambo nicely.
by vern
Fri Dec 25, 2009 8:40 am
Forum: Product, Book, Movie & Music Reviews
Topic: Inglorious Basterds
Replies: 31
Views: 9263

Re: Inglorious Basterds

Great show. Now I almost forgive Tarantino for Death Proof.

Actually Death Proof is a nice little 20 minute movie if you only watch the parts with Kurt Russell.
by vern
Thu Dec 24, 2009 8:29 am
Forum: Product, Book, Movie & Music Reviews
Topic: High West Rendezvous Rye Whiskey
Replies: 6
Views: 2595

Re: High West Rendezvous Rye Whiskey

http://www.drinkupny.com/v/vspfiles/photos/S0549-2T.jpg I laid out a hundred bucks for a 21 yr old bottle of the Hirsch Rye Whiskey a few years ago. I haven't opened it yet so the review will have to wait. I'm all about quality over quantity when it comes to sipping whiskey. The 12 year old Canadia...
by vern
Sat Dec 19, 2009 9:24 am
Forum: Product, Book, Movie & Music Reviews
Topic: Books for Boys of all ages!
Replies: 35
Views: 8899

Re: Books for Boys of all ages!

I loved this book when I was a kid. Its about a young Indian who finds himself at the battle of Ticonderoga in 1758. You can pick it up on amazon for a penny. http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/2646/fawn.jpg Ticonderoga is one of the best forts to visit in North America IMO. (Skip William Henry thou...
by vern
Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:47 am
Forum: Product, Book, Movie & Music Reviews
Topic: Heinlein's Juvenile Books
Replies: 12
Views: 2935

Re: Heinlein's Juvenile Books

I read most of those when I was a young'un. Tunnel in the Sky was my favorite.

I got a set of those as a gift for my nephew when he turned 13. Being a good American lad, I don't think he even opened them. :-s
by vern
Tue Dec 15, 2009 6:01 am
Forum: Product, Book, Movie & Music Reviews
Topic: Nicolas Cage
Replies: 24
Views: 7575

Re: Nicolas Cage

Masterpiece alert!

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Oh, and fuck Nick Cage.
by vern
Sat Nov 21, 2009 2:40 am
Forum: Product, Book, Movie & Music Reviews
Topic: Machete ...
Replies: 10
Views: 2945

Re: Machete ...

Agreed. Machete was the best thing in either of those suck fests.
by vern
Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:25 am
Forum: Product, Book, Movie & Music Reviews
Topic: Phantom of the Opera (1925 version)
Replies: 7
Views: 2236

Re: Phantom of the Opera (1925 version)

Was it some Chinese guy from LA? That was who did the screening I went to at a college.
by vern
Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:23 pm
Forum: Product, Book, Movie & Music Reviews
Topic: Phantom of the Opera (1925 version)
Replies: 7
Views: 2236

Re: Phantom of the Opera (1925 version)

I caught it on the big screen a few years back with a live piano accompaniment. A good time was had by all.
by vern
Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:06 am
Forum: Product, Book, Movie & Music Reviews
Topic: Watchmen
Replies: 58
Views: 17617

Re: Watchmen

The Comedian should write a book on how to pick up women.
by vern
Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:55 am
Forum: Product, Book, Movie & Music Reviews
Topic: Kids
Replies: 6
Views: 2368

Re: Kids

Gummo is a fucking masterpiece! One reviewer said, "The scene in Gummo where the fat redneck smashes the chair is more terrifying than anything in the Exorcist."

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by vern
Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:37 am
Forum: Product, Book, Movie & Music Reviews
Topic: Flyboys
Replies: 12
Views: 3235

Re: Flyboys

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by vern
Thu Oct 08, 2009 4:27 am
Forum: Product, Book, Movie & Music Reviews
Topic: Good documentaries
Replies: 17
Views: 5575

Re: Good documentaries

I showed Grey Gardens to my mom a few years ago. She said, "This is very difficult to watch." I replied, "Exactly." Crumb was great. Poor Charles. Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqqatsi, and Baraka are also great films to see if you don't get out much. Touching the Void if you are into mounta...
by vern
Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:34 am
Forum: Product, Book, Movie & Music Reviews
Topic: Good documentaries
Replies: 17
Views: 5575

Re: Good documentaries

Yes, Tyson was a great new one, and Fog of War is worth it just for the LeMay stories. "You lost your wingman, but we destroyed Tokyo." I forgot to add Alone in the Wild. Even though I own the dvd, I still stop and watch it like a deer on headlights when it comes on TV. http://www.dickproe...
by vern
Sat Oct 03, 2009 10:06 am
Forum: Product, Book, Movie & Music Reviews
Topic: Good documentaries
Replies: 17
Views: 5575

Good documentaries

This was asked on another thread so here are some of my favorites in no particular order. (Add your own.) -Salesman, a forty year old film about bible salesmen by the Maysles brothers. Watch a man's career grind to a halt. -Dark Days, about people living under the subways in New York. This kind of p...
by vern
Sat Oct 03, 2009 9:34 am
Forum: Product, Book, Movie & Music Reviews
Topic: Thank You For Smoking
Replies: 3
Views: 1553

Re: Thank You For Smoking

"Our hope is that somehow your guilt will prevent you from badmouthing us."

I almost fell off the couch laughing at that line.
by vern
Thu Oct 01, 2009 2:12 am
Forum: Product, Book, Movie & Music Reviews
Topic: Ken Burns' "National Parks" series
Replies: 13
Views: 2552

Re: Ken Burns' "National Parks" series

Burns has been going downhill since his failure with The War. Wow. First negative thing I've EVER heard about The War. I loved it so much I watched ever ep multiple times on the ol' DVR before just buying the box set. I watch more documentaries than any healthy American should and The War is #1 on ...
by vern
Wed Sep 30, 2009 5:22 am
Forum: Product, Book, Movie & Music Reviews
Topic: Ken Burns' "National Parks" series
Replies: 13
Views: 2552

Re: Ken Burns' "National Parks" series

Burns has been going downhill since his failure with The War. He couldn't even come close to touching the quality of a thirty-five year old show.

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by vern
Tue Sep 29, 2009 6:27 am
Forum: Product, Book, Movie & Music Reviews
Topic: Sandbaggers
Replies: 9
Views: 4060

Re: Sandbaggers

Can't stand the faggot Limey talk.
Shit Andy, you mean you didn't like the one where MoD wanted D-Ops to ask 'c' for permission to use the SBS to ensure that the GRU wasn't spying on HMG via a leak in JIB caused by the DGI being compromised?
by vern
Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:27 pm
Forum: Product, Book, Movie & Music Reviews
Topic: Sandbaggers
Replies: 9
Views: 4060

Re: Sandbaggers

Thanks for recommending this JJ. I'm on the last disc of season three and I'm really bummed that its almost over. Hands down this has to be the best spy show ever on tv. A good example of how great writing and acting can overcome a low budget. http://www.eurocriticsmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20...
by vern
Sat Aug 29, 2009 2:15 am
Forum: Product, Book, Movie & Music Reviews
Topic: Movie: King of Kong
Replies: 5
Views: 2103

Re: Movie: King of Kong

What got to me about the professional Scrabble players is that they dedicate their lives to the game (memorizing the entire dictionary etc...) and there is almost NO money in it. If you win the Poker World Series thats like $10 million. If you become the World Chess Champion its around $4 million. W...
by vern
Sat Aug 01, 2009 7:50 am
Forum: Product, Book, Movie & Music Reviews
Topic: Anyone read this?
Replies: 9
Views: 3539

Re: Anyone read this?

Ahhhh, the good old days...

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