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King Vidiot
Feb 17, 2007

You think you can take me at Satan's Hollow? Go 'head on!
I mean I can't talk much, if I had tons of money I'd probably buy out a dead mall and get it fixed-up and renovated, and then just fill it with early-90's stuff and turn it into a private Mall Museum.

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graventy
Jul 28, 2006

Fun Shoe
“Designed her basement storage to look like a mall” is waaaay less cool than “has private mall”.

Coffee And Pie
Nov 4, 2010

"Blah-sum"?
More like "Blawesome"

King Vidiot posted:

I mean I can't talk much, if I had tons of money I'd probably buy out a dead mall and get it fixed-up and renovated, and then just fill it with early-90's stuff and turn it into a private Mall Museum.

This would honestly be pretty cool. I’ve seen a few people who have their basement kitted out as a VHS-era video store

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.
...and I was assuming that whole mall thing was a joke, not an exaggeration.

Pigbuster
Sep 12, 2010

Fun Shoe
I'm a little ashamed to admit I think that's kinda cool. It reminds me of House on the Rock in how unapologetically chintzy it is.

Bust Rodd
Oct 21, 2008

by VideoGames
I am exactly old enough to have seen jokes about Barbara Streisand on TV shows like The Nanny, but have never heard or seen her sing. I can only imagine she’s garbage.

kaworu
Jul 23, 2004

Bust Rodd posted:

I am exactly old enough to have seen jokes about Barbara Streisand on TV shows like The Nanny, but have never heard or seen her sing. I can only imagine she’s garbage.

This is where I sit as well. To me, Barbara Streisand was literally the punchline to a joke about gay people that I simple could never figure out the set-up to. Like in the movie "In & Out" they were all these Streissand jokes that simply made NO FREAKING SENSE to me as a 14-year-old in 1999. So uh, that was who Streisand was to me (and probably most of us here I'd wager) - a punchline we didn't really understand because we weren't old enough to understand the nuances of cliched homophobia yet, I suppose.

Samuel Clemens
Oct 4, 2013

I think we should call the Avengers.

graventy posted:

“Designed her basement storage to look like a mall” is waaaay less cool than “has private mall”.

Once again, reality proves to be a real downer.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!

Coffee And Pie posted:

This would honestly be pretty cool. I’ve seen a few people who have their basement kitted out as a VHS-era video store

Other than James Rolfe?

DC Murderverse
Nov 10, 2016

"Tell that to Zod's snapped neck!"

Streisand is a legit filmmaker. Yentl is a classic of Jewish cinema, Funny Girl is also wonderful, and she’s a great singer as well.

She’s also very crazy.

Coffee And Pie
Nov 4, 2010

"Blah-sum"?
More like "Blawesome"

Rhyno posted:

Other than James Rolfe?

Yeah, there’s a few people out there. There’s a really interesting documentary on the VHS scene, called Adjust Your Tracking, it can be found free on YouTube.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
I'll look for it. What an odd hobby.

graventy
Jul 28, 2006

Fun Shoe

Samuel Clemens posted:

Once again, reality proves to be a real downer.

There’s a certain level of crazy respect I would have for a celebrity willing to pay a franchise fee and employees for a bunch of mall stores. Especially if they made it mall-accurate.

Oh, yeah, that’s the Claire’s. I don’t shop there but I think my daughter will like it when she’s older.

Detective No. 27
Jun 7, 2006

Claire's is most likely not going to be around for much longer.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!

Detective No. 27 posted:

Claire's is most likely not going to be around for much longer.

Or shopping malls in general.

Pablo Nergigante
Apr 16, 2002

Detective No. 27 posted:

Claire's is most likely not going to be around for much longer.

All the more reason for a celebrity white knight to come along and save them. I’m looking at you, Claire Danes

esperterra
Mar 24, 2010

SHINee's back




DC Murderverse posted:

Streisand is a legit filmmaker. Yentl is a classic of Jewish cinema, Funny Girl is also wonderful, and she’s a great singer as well.

She’s also very crazy.

:yeah:

Shame she had to point her crazy toward having the worst possible take on Michael Jackson.

DC Murderverse
Nov 10, 2016

"Tell that to Zod's snapped neck!"

Pablo Nergigante posted:

All the more reason for a celebrity white knight to come along and save them. I’m looking at you, Claire Danes

Claire Danes and Claire Foy go halfsies on it, the first ad they make features Claire de Lune

edit: directed, naturally, by Claire Denis

Pablo Nergigante
Apr 16, 2002

DC Murderverse posted:

Claire Danes and Claire Foy go halfsies on it, the first ad they make features Claire de Lune

edit: directed, naturally, by Claire Denis

They all celebrate at a diner while Claire Forlani stands outside in the rain wistfully looking through the window

Zogo
Jul 29, 2003

Speaking of malls. No joke I remember the days when they'd shut down portions of Lincoln Mall so R. Kelly could shop without fans bothering him.


It's seen better days:

https://www.nbcchicago.com/multimedia/Shocking-Photos-Show-Inside-Abandoned-Lincoln-Mall-402466166.html

https://www.flickr.com/photos/25165196@N08/sets/72157685915508996



Bust Rodd posted:

LoL imagine waking up every day at 5:30 to be at the Cinnabon in Bab’s basement by 6:30 in case she wants one but surprise she’s still on tour so you just hang out in a subterranean temple of opulence all day, wondering what the sky looks like.

:lol:



The sex tapes nobody asked for:

Robert Kraft’s lawyer ‘surprised’ after request to keep spa tapes private is denied
https://nypost.com/2019/03/22/robert-krafts-sexual-and-graphic-spa-tapes-may-be-released-to-public/

Ratings: ‘Empire’ Sinks to Series Lows in Second Episode Since Jussie Smollet Arrest
https://www.thewrap.com/empire-ratings-series-lows-jussie-smollett/

Davros1
Jul 19, 2007

You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible



DC Murderverse posted:

Streisand is a legit filmmaker. Yentl is a classic of Jewish cinema, Funny Girl is also wonderful, and she’s a great singer as well.

She’s also very crazy.

MST3K/Rifftrax's Mike Nelson published a book of movie essays, and the one I can't get over is his review of "The Mirror Has Two Faces", and his disbelief that Babs cast Mimi Rogers to play her older sister.

edit: Babs "apologizes":

https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1109561969147703296

Davros1 fucked around with this message at 22:57 on Mar 23, 2019

CelticPredator
Oct 11, 2013
🍀👽🆚🪖🏋

Uh huh

Steve Yun
Aug 7, 2003
I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.
Soiled Meat
It was a misunderstanding, okay

HUNDU THE BEAST GOD
Sep 14, 2007

everything is yours
Not one of the dozens of James Gunn child rape jokes was anywhere near as buckwild as what Streisand said. Good lord.

Bust Rodd
Oct 21, 2008

by VideoGames
Just once I’d love anyone with a spine to go “no, not really, that doesn’t really explain what you said”

Macdeo Lurjtux
Jul 5, 2011

BRRREADSTOOORRM!
I hate the phrase ‘speaking their truth’ it’s like saying ‘I get that you feel it happened, but I know it really didn’t’. Like differentiating between their truth and objective truth.

Comrade Blyatlov
Aug 4, 2007


should have picked four fingers





TF CURES GENERATOR posted:

Was there anything further on NDGT?

Anyone?

claw game handjob
Mar 27, 2007

pinch pinch scrape pinch
ow ow fuck it's caught
i'm bleeding
JESUS TURN IT OFF
WHY ARE YOU STILL SMILING

Not that I heard, and he was actually cited earlier as one of the dudes using "just shut up" as a way to skirt accusations, because, well, we got nothing.

Pirate Jet
May 2, 2010

His investigations closed and he’s getting pretty much everything back. He got Hardwick’d. https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/21/entertainment/neil-degrasse-tyson-returning-fox/index.html

Rirse
May 7, 2006

by R. Guyovich
In other shithead news.

https://twitter.com/KamehaCon/status/1109261929632198656/photo/1

PT6A
Jan 5, 2006

Public school teachers are callous dictators who won't lift a finger to stop children from peeing in my plane
dril gets babs.

https://twitter.com/dril/status/1109563423510036480

Charlz Guybon
Nov 16, 2010
Getting back to the issue of sexual assault/harassment and video...

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/20/asia/south-korea-hotel-spy-cam-intl/index.html

quote:

Hundreds of motel guests were secretly filmed and live-streamed online
CNN Digital Expansion 2017. James Griffiths
By Sophie Jeong and James Griffiths, CNN

Updated 0851 GMT (1651 HKT) March 21, 2019

Seoul (CNN)About 1,600 people have been secretly filmed in motel rooms in South Korea, with the footage live-streamed online for paying customers to watch, police said Wednesday.

Two men have been arrested and another pair investigated in connection with the scandal, which involved 42 rooms in 30 accommodations in 10 cities around the country. Police said there was no indication the businesses were complicit in the scheme.

In South Korea, small hotels of the type involved in this case are generally referred to as motels or inns.

Cameras were hidden inside digital TV boxes, wall sockets and hairdryer holders and the footage was streamed online, the Cyber Investigation Department at the National Police Agency said in a statement.

The site had more than 4,000 members, 97 of whom paid a $44.95 monthly fee to access extra features, such as the ability to replay certain live streams. Between November 2018 and this month, police said, the service brought in upward of $6,000.

"There was a similar case in the past where illegal cameras were (secretly installed) and were consistently and secretly watched, but this is the first time the police caught where videos were broadcast live on the internet," police said.

South Korea has a serious problem with spy cameras and illicit filming. In 2017, more than 6,400 cases of illegal filming were reported to police, compared to around 2,400 in 2012.

Last year, tens of thousands of women took to the streets of Seoul and other cities to protest against the practice and demand action, under the slogan "My Life is Not Your Porn."

In response, Seoul launched a special squad of women inspectors who have been conducting regular inspections of the city's 20,000 or so public toilets to search for spy cameras, though some critics have denounced the move as a superficial response to a societal issue.

Lee Ji-soo, a computer specialist who helps women scrub the web of images taken without their consent, told CNN last year her company had seen a surge in demand since the protests drew attention to the issue.

"The most common things that the clients are saying -- and they are quite heartbreaking -- are 'I want to die' or 'I cannot leave my house.' Especially the victims of spy cam or illegally taken videos say that when they encounter people on the street, they feel like they would be recognized," she said.

In January, the co-owner of a South Korean revenge porn site was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay a fine of $1.26 million. Soranet, which was shut down last year, was a popular site for uploading videos and photos taken using hidden and upskirt cameras.

Editor's note: This story has been updated to note the size of the accommodations involved and that in South Korea small hotels are typically referred to as motels.

Comrade Blyatlov
Aug 4, 2007


should have picked four fingers





Pirate Jet posted:

His investigations closed and he’s getting pretty much everything back. He got Hardwick’d. https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/21/entertainment/neil-degrasse-tyson-returning-fox/index.html

What does Hardwick'd mean?

Phi230
Feb 2, 2016

by Fluffdaddy

TF CURES GENERATOR posted:

What does Hardwick'd mean?

Is a piece of poo poo who treats women badly, is #metoo'd, but suffers no consequences

Like drake

Tart Kitty
Dec 17, 2016

Oh, well, that's all water under the bridge, as I always say. Water under the bridge!

DC Murderverse posted:

Streisand is a legit filmmaker. Yentl is a classic of Jewish cinema, Funny Girl is also wonderful, and she’s a great singer as well.

She’s also very crazy.

Yeah but she hasn't done poo poo since like, maybe '91 with The Prince Of Tides.

Air Skwirl
May 13, 2007

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.

Charlz Guybon posted:

Getting back to the issue of sexual assault/harassment and video...

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/20/asia/south-korea-hotel-spy-cam-intl/index.html

That seems like a lot of work for $6,000.

porfiria
Dec 10, 2008

by Modern Video Games
The Streisand stuff is next level because she admits he did it...but then still defends him!

Bust Rodd
Oct 21, 2008

by VideoGames

Phi230 posted:

Is a piece of poo poo who treats women badly, is #metoo'd, but suffers no consequences

Like drake

Wasn’t the Hardwick stuff just the one accusation from his ex-girlfriend and then some staff left when the AMC and Nerdist investigations concluded that there was nothing to punish?

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!

Bust Rodd posted:

Wasn’t the Hardwick stuff just the one accusation from his ex-girlfriend and then some staff left when the AMC and Nerdist investigations concluded that there was nothing to punish?

It was one massive accusation that many people backed up. But I guess he's too connected to suffer for his crimes.

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King Vidiot
Feb 17, 2007

You think you can take me at Satan's Hollow? Go 'head on!
I mean, Hardwick is a massive piece of poo poo and a creep but what he did to his ex isn't technically a crime, and it involved a relationship outside of work so it's not that surprising he didn't get barred from the industry over it. Hardwick operated in a similar gray area to Drake, where it's creepy and predatory but he didn't break any laws and even the court of public opinion could give him the benefit of the doubt.

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