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I often laugh at people who complain about anime titles costing too much. Fifteen years ago, people spent $40-50 on a single-episode OAV title on subtitled VHS. IIRC, the Bubblegum Crisis VHS boxed set retailed for $150. Now you can get the entire series on DVD for under $60. In relation to Yukikaze, $20-30 for an R1 DVD with 2-3 episodes is a hell of a deal compared with $70-80 for a Japanese R2 DVD with just one episode. So if you think anime prices are too high right now, then stop being a fan.
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Wow, that was scary. At least the kid was okay. Time for some NASCAR talk: NASCAR fans now have someone to boo other than Jeff Gordon - Shane Hmiel, who is already NASCAR's Jackass of the Year. Last week at the Busch Series race at Bristol, Hmiel harassed every other car towards his run towards the front. Then, in front of him was Dale Jarrett, who hit the brakes to avoid a possible accident. Instead of hitting the brakes, Hmiel floored it, sending Jarrett to the wall. While the race was under a red flag, Jarrett walked towards Hmiel's car and yelled at him. Hmiel responded with the finger, right in front of national television. As a result of his actions, Hmiel was fined $10,000 and NASCAR docked 25 points away from his team. What pisses me off is that other drivers received harsher punishments for things that pale in comparison to what Hmiel did. For example, Kevin Harvick was suspended for one Cup race for an incident in a Truck race (he bumped Coy Gibbs after being spun out). Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was fined $25,000 and docked 25 points after simply saying "sh!t" during a victory lane interview at Talladega last year. Another thing to point out is that Hmiel was previously put on indefinite suspension in 2003 for substance abuse. Who decided to put him back behind the wheel?
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I mentioned Clarence Boddicker, but what about Dick Jones from RoboCop? Boddicker was the evil brawn, but Jones was the evil brain in the movie. "What's the matter, officer? I'll tell you what's the matter. It's a little insurance policy called Directive Four - my little contribution to your psychological profile. It says that any attempt to arrest a senior officer of OCP results in shutdown. What did you think, that you were an ordinary officer? No, you're our product! And we can't have our products turn against us, can we?" - He created ED-209 and didn't care that a programming glitch caused the robot to splatter an OCP executive, even after he dropped the gun during the demonstration. - He was beyond pissed when he lost funding in favor of Bob Morton's RoboCop project. So he hired Clarence to blow up Morton. And seeing that Murphy was going to get his hands on him, he programmed Directive Four in Murphy's system as a perfect backup plan. "I had to kill Bob Morton because he made a mistake. Now it's time to erase that mistake."
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Hey! No spoilers, please!
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Okay, that sucks. I don't care if they're insured or not, they should pay - not your insurance company. I remember six years ago, when my VF-HX was just two days old, and me, my dad and my brother drove it to Vegas to meet his friend. She backed up her 4Runner out of the garage, not paying attention to my car parked by her left. She dented the right door and tore the mirror off its base. I was dead pissed. Nevertheless, my dad paid $300 for door realignment and a new mirror.
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Okay, in case anybody wants to know when the next volume of Yukikaze hits stores, the official word from Bandai Entertainment is that they're waiting until GONZO finishes episode 5. That way, the next R1 DVD release will have eps. 3-5. It saves them money, it saves you money, and everybody will be happy in the end. Now, can we have this f'n thread pinned so we no longer have to deal with redundant Yukikaze threads?
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That sucks. How will newer fans know that Ah-nuld hardly spoke any English during the time that film was made? Besides, Ah-nuld re-dubbing himself doesn't make the movie as funny as it was anymore.
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Yes, they were crucified, but the army did far worse things to them before that.
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I've been thinking about buying Hercules Goes to New York on DVD, but I'm wondering, does it come with the original dialogue (not Arnie re-dubbing his own voice)? That version was funny as hell. "A fine chariot, but where are the horses?"
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Okay, that was just WRONG, no matter how you see it.
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Happy 10th Anniversary Macross Compendium
areaseven replied to Shawn's topic in Movies and TV Series
Wow, it's been that long since the site went up? I'm feeling old now. Happy 10th Anniversary, Macross Compendium. -
Go back to page 1. Somebody mentioned him.
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Uhhh...shouldn't this be discussed in the Transformers Thread 2?
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Star Wars Episode 3 Spoilers Thread
areaseven replied to zeo-mare's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Then delete the pic. Non-DSL users won't be happy with two of the same attached pics being loaded at the same time, especially with each over 100KB in size. -
Damn straight. Stansfield is, undoubtedly, his most intimidating role so far. Stansfield: "Bring me everyone." Benny: "What do you mean 'everyone?'" Stansfield: "EVERYYYYYYYYONNNNNNNNNE!!!"
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Well, it looks like the Ultimate Warrior's been causing quite a stir on campus: http://www.dailycampus.com/news/2005/04/06...05.shtml?page=1 Meanwhile, yet another WWE Superstar has been given the pink slip: Apparently, Rhyno was involved in a heated argument with his wife at the Sheraton Hotel. A large flower pot fell victim to the entire incident. Also, Paul Bearer has officially been released from the WWE. From Percy Pringle's official site: Shortly after he was "buried" by the Undertaker at the 2004 Great American Bash, Pringle underwent two surgeries that reduced his weight by 200 lbs. Guess the Subway diet didn't really work for him... Before & After Shots of Paul Bearer
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Don't know about that. Max Zorin (A View to a Kill) was a rather weak Bond villain.
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The official site is up. http://www.initialdthemovie.com/
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I finally got to watch Sin City today, and I have to agree with everyone that this is the best movie so far this year. I don't even think Episode III or Batman Begins will be this good.
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Here's another bad guy nominee: Commodus (Gladiator) "The general who became a slave. The slave who became a gladiator. The gladiator who defied an emperor. Striking story! But now, the people want to know how the story ends. Only a famous death will do. And what could be more glorious than to challenge the Emperor himself in the great arena?" In many ways, he was a complete a-hole of a villain. He killed his own father because Maximus was to become the next emperor. He then had Maximus executed (which, of course, failed) and then sent an army to bludgeon Maximus' wife and son. Big mistake, as he eventually got his ass handed to him by Maximus.
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How can you guys forget the Bond villains? Ernst Stavro Blofeld (just about every Connery-era Bond film) "Siamese fighting fish, fascinating creatures. Brave but of the whole stupid. Yes they're stupid. Except for the occasional one such as we have here who lets the other two fight. While he waits. Waits until the survivor is so exhausted that he cannot defend himself, and then like SPECTRE... he strikes!" Ruthless (oftentimes faceless, as the earlier films just showed his hands holding his white Persian cat) leader of S.P.E.C.T.R.E., he was the benchmark of all diabolical, plot-scheming film terrorists. Became a more hated villain when he gunned down Bond's wife in the end of On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Auric Goldfinger (Goldfinger) "No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die!" While Blofeld was the leading Bond terrorist, Goldfinger set the standards for the evil tycoon character seen in many other Bond films. Surprisingly enough, Gert Fröbe, who played Goldfinger, never really spoke a word of English. Alec Travelyan (GoldenEye) "I might as well ask if all those vodka martinis silence the screams of all the men you've killed... or if you've found forgiveness in the arms of all those willing women for the dead ones you failed to protect?" He wasn't rich and he didn't lead a major terrorist group, but he was just downright evil. He betrayed England because of how the country treated his Cossack brethren after World War II. He also held a grudge on Bond for scarring his face.
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Yeah, that 250 GTO is sweet, but personally, I dig the 246 Dino.
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Clarence Boddicker (RoboCop) "See, I got this problem. Cops don't like me. So I don't like cops." Public enemy no.1 of Old Detroit, he is responsible for the increasing number of police officer deaths. Kurtwood Smith should've been given an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of a vicious crime lord with absolutely no morals or redeeming factors. "Ooh...guns, guns, GUNS! The Tigers are playing... tonight! I never miss a game."
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Tough call. Kurgan may be the toughest bad guy on film, but he lacks brains compared to Darth Vader.
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You may drool over the Ferrari pics at Barchetta.cc, but what can you say about the rich people who buy them, but don't know how to drive them? Wrecked Exotics
