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KozmoNaut posted:But then it wouldn't be specifically "no thunder". What about lightning? Blitz? Donner? Maybe they really dislike this band? 
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CroatianAlzheimers posted:All this talk of (super loving rad) super vehicle shows and no mention of The Highwayman? For Shame. I thought I had mentioned The Highwayman. I know I had it in a draft post at one point - it ended the Super Vehicle era that Knight Rider started.
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Sep 21, 2015 00:38
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Jedit posted:I thought I had mentioned The Highwayman. I know I had it in a draft post at one point - it ended the Super Vehicle era that Knight Rider started. I've been sort of wondering if some of it is maybe the result of the post 55mph speed limit and pair of fuel crises of the late 70s or something and people really wanted some fuel-burning, high-action, sexy high-speed escapism on their TV, cartoons and movies for a few years with cool super vehicles for about a decade. A whole lot of things seemed to showcase or be built around productions where the vehicles are so heavily featured during that time: Boats, planes, helicopters, cars, motorcycles.
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Sep 21, 2015 03:04
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Wasabi the J posted:Dude that explains why all the cars in FM2 wouldn't roll or flip even if it was a head on collision at 230 mph.  They can't even get cars to roll over: thing is clearly a case of this too. (I can't think of any other recent racing games that have this issue. Driveclub maybe? Not sure)Hell, any game that has licensed cars and they just never roll over, that is the stuff they had to deal with in the background. It's never really been a physics thing.
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Sep 21, 2015 04:26
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There was a late 90s show about a vehicle. A show so lovely it doesn't even have a Wikipedia entry. 18 Wheels of Justice https://youtu.be/YaaT0gu8Fj4 And no thunder is almost certainly about the SS
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Sep 21, 2015 06:07
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Non Serviam posted:And no thunder is almost certainly about the SS http://www.carsales.com.au/car/holden/ute/thunder-ss-badge/ Maybe some spurious mental connection that they don't want people to make.
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Sep 21, 2015 08:32
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Non Serviam posted:There was a late 90s show about a vehicle. A show so lovely it doesn't even have a Wikipedia entry. lmao g gordon liddy
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Sep 21, 2015 08:40
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KozmoNaut posted:Donner? I don't think it's very nice to eat in cars, but it feels a bit odd if they even had eating in a game like Forza. 
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Sep 21, 2015 09:48
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Döner kebab is pretty popular in Germany, I guess that's why they didn't ban it.
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KozmoNaut posted:But then it wouldn't be specifically "no thunder". What about lightning? Blitz? Donner? Why would you want this on the side of your car? 
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Sep 21, 2015 11:55
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Light Gun Man posted:Landmaster is so fuckin cool. There really should be a TV series of Damnation Alley....or SMT: Strange Journey. Intro sequence: Awesome enormous future SUVs tear rear end across the Arctic as Gregorian chants and deep drumbeats play in the background. As the intro credits roll, the montage shows the huge vehicles smashing bad guys, using jet thrusters to fly over whatever obstacles they can't just drive straight through, and just being badass. Actual episode: A guy walks through a bunch of hallways and bumps into a locked door
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Sep 21, 2015 14:17
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Code Jockey posted:lmao g gordon liddy I had no idea he had an acting career
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Sep 21, 2015 15:53
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Lowen SoDium posted:I had no idea he had an acting career The high point is in the weird Penn & Teller movie "Invisible Thread" where they spray a bunch of cards in his face. EDIT: It's on YouTube! Starts at 27:09 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWYNcqwjhEA
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Sep 21, 2015 17:00
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Wasabi the J posted:Dude that explains why all the cars in FM2 wouldn't roll or flip even if it was a head on collision at 230 mph. That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard - it'd be like having a FPS game with ragdoll physics, and a company says "yeah, that's great but the main character is invincible and can never fall down"
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Sep 21, 2015 19:17
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Ozz81 posted:That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard - it'd be like having a FPS game with ragdoll physics, and a company says "yeah, that's great but the main character is invincible and can never fall down" The difference being that the FPS game is actually licensed to use Johnny Depp personally (not a character, but Johnny Depp himself) as the protagonist and he's not allowed to be shown getting harmed.
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chitoryu12 posted:The difference being that the FPS game is actually licensed to use Johnny Depp personally (not a character, but Johnny Depp himself) as the protagonist and he's not allowed to be shown getting harmed. Or a Donald Trump business simulator where you can't file for corporate bankruptcy.
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Ozz81 posted:That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard - it'd be like having a FPS game with ragdoll physics, and a company says "yeah, that's great but the main character is invincible and can never fall down" In Mortal Kombat 9 they added Kratos and he was contractually obligated to not ever show weakness or fear.
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GOTTA STAY FAI posted:Intro sequence: Awesome enormous future SUVs tear rear end across the Arctic as Gregorian chants and deep drumbeats play in the background. As the intro credits roll, the montage shows the huge vehicles smashing bad guys, using jet thrusters to fly over whatever obstacles they can't just drive straight through, and just being badass. Pretty much, yeah. Really though, that poo poo would make a rad tv show or 80s-style action movie. Watching the crew members go law/chaos a bit more gradually could be cool.
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Ozz81 posted:That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard - it'd be like having a FPS game with ragdoll physics, and a company says "yeah, that's great but the main character is invincible and can never fall down" 50 Cent is pretty ridiculous in Blood on the Sand, probably because of licensing. Also all the weapons have silly pretend names that are kind of close to the real ones for the same reason.
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Ensign Expendable posted:50 Cent is pretty ridiculous in Blood on the Sand, probably because of licensing. Also all the weapons have silly pretend names that are kind of close to the real ones for the same reason. It's well known that G Unit are invincible terrorist stopping badasses, some of whom care very much about building codes.
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Ozz81 posted:That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard - it'd be like having a FPS game with ragdoll physics, and a company says "yeah, that's great but the main character is invincible and can never fall down"
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I realize this is a parody of the car shows being discussed, but I feel it is my duty whenever Talking Car Shows are mentioned to bring up Heat Vision and Jack, starring Jack Black with Owen Wilson as Heat Vision, his sentient motorcycle, and Ron Silver as himself (the bad guy): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lWgXDOAJ5s EDIT: ...Or it could dislike being embedded. But you can check it out on youtube I guess. ...also I just realized Dan Harmon co-wrote it. Jesus.
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The Heat Vision and Jack saga was the genesis of Channel 101 i think.
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Shlomo Palestein posted:I realize this is a parody of the car shows being discussed, but I feel it is my duty whenever Talking Car Shows are mentioned to bring up Heat Vision and Jack, starring Jack Black with Owen Wilson as Heat Vision, his sentient motorcycle, and Ron Silver as himself (the bad guy): That was wonderful. "If I feel so much as one bullet hit me, I'll come over and pull your lungs through your nostrils."
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Shlomo Palestein posted:I realize this is a parody of the car shows being discussed, but I feel it is my duty whenever Talking Car Shows are mentioned to bring up Heat Vision and Jack, starring Jack Black with Owen Wilson as Heat Vision, his sentient motorcycle, and Ron Silver as himself (the bad guy): I would prefer the revival of this crap on TV compared to the rehashing of cooking/renovating/weightloss/awkward family/dating 'reality TV'. The Asylum should really start making cheesy TV shows as well as their cheesy movies. They make crap - but crap that sells and always makes a profit. But I do see the inevitable "Ow my balls!" becoming a reality.
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Humphreys posted:The Asylum should really start making cheesy TV shows as well as their cheesy movies. They make crap - but crap that sells and always makes a profit. Good news!
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Oh poo poo. I was all zombied out but might actually check it out. After I get a bunch of alcohol and friends over to laugh AT and WITH it. (the unoffical only way to watch Asylum stuff)
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Humphreys posted:Oh poo poo. I was all zombied out but might actually check it out. After I get a bunch of alcohol and friends over to laugh AT and WITH it. (the unoffical only way to watch Asylum stuff) It's a great show. Like legitimately good.
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One thing I have noticed as I get older - its the reliance on Google and other search engines as a knowledge resource. I am extremely guilty of this. Tonight, a friend was asking me over skype on how to take nightscape and star photos and instead of using my memory and prior skills as a professional photographer for many years to actually process how I take those photos, I resorted to google. I feel ashamed, but its a reality we are all getting used to. I remember when I was doing my university degree and before that, military technical certifications, you actually studied poo poo and commited to memory. And here I am now just taking the easy way out! My memory is obsolete technology. (disclaimer - I also actually do have real memory issues)
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Sep 24, 2015 12:39
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What the fuckkkkk http://www.syfy.com/znation/blog/z-nation-george-r-r-martin
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Humphreys posted:One thing I have noticed as I get older - its the reliance on Google and other search engines as a knowledge resource. It irks me a little when people ask you a question, and then use your answer to google fact check you on the spot.
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Slanderer posted:What the fuckkkkk Been saying for 12 solid years that he'd die before finishing the series, but I don't think this counts.
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Dick Trauma posted:The high point is in the weird Penn & Teller movie "Invisible Thread" where they spray a bunch of cards in his face. 80's Penn and Teller best Penn and Teller. Plus Lydia Lunch and Andy Warhol?
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blugu64 posted:It irks me a little when people ask you a question, and then use your answer to google fact check you on the spot. I'd rather people "trust, but verify" rather than accept any loving thing somebody says. If more people did that, we might have less vaxers and truthers in the world.
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flosofl posted:I'd rather people "trust, but verify" rather than accept any loving thing somebody says. If more people did that, we might have less vaxers and truthers in the world.
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flosofl posted:I'd rather people "trust, but verify" rather than accept any loving thing somebody says. If more people did that, we might have less vaxers and truthers in the world. I agree, but you have it backwards. I'm not walking up to people and telling them things, it's someone else asking me a question and googling to see if my response is correct...in which case why didn't you just google it in the first place and not waste my time? Bonus is when your answer isn't spergy enough levels of correct, getting talked down to by a fishmech who only knows what wikipedia told them.
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My Lovely Horse posted:Aren't vaxxers and truthers and their kin all about the "don't just trust me, google it, the info is all there!" Eh, they tend to link directly to blogs and videos, because that poo poo is typically buried pages deep in Google. If you do "do vaccines cause autism" the top links are debunking that old and invalidated claim. It's not perfect, because you can surely craft a query that will just make the other poo poo rise to the top, but it's better than nothing. blugu64 posted:I agree, but you have it backwards. I'm not walking up to people and telling them things, it's someone else asking me a question and googling to see if my response is correct...in which case why didn't you just google it in the first place and not waste my time? I misunderstood. Yes, I agree. Those people irritate me a ton. Especially when they get all Dwight Schrute about it. "Um, you said it was black with red trim, but clearly it's black with maroon trim." Proteus Jones has a new favorite as of 16:38 on Sep 24, 2015 |
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Hello, that's not maroon... it's BURGUNDY.
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Humphreys posted:One thing I have noticed as I get older - its the reliance on Google and other search engines as a knowledge resource. I am extremely guilty of this. If Cheers was made today, Cliff Clavin would be shut down in the first episode by somebody with a smart phone or tablet.
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flosofl posted:I'd rather people "trust, but verify" rather than accept any loving thing somebody says. If more people did that, we might have less vaxers and truthers in the world. The problem isn't blindly trusting, it's rejecting the established thought for no reason and then blindly latching on to the first thing they see some random other person say, which makes no sense at all. Edit: That doesn't invalidate what you said but I have difficulty getting my head around that. Also, some conspiracy types have caught on to the fact that scientists cite things, so they started citing other wingnuts to make their scrawlings look more valid. BattleMaster has a new favorite as of 17:35 on Sep 24, 2015 |
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