their crack pipe must be setting it off.
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AusGAF 11 - Twice the price, a year late but still moving forward
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their crack pipe must be setting it off.
Well despite not liking Avengers and much of the current live action supers glut I went and saw Age of Ultron anyway.
Liked it marginally more than the original, but still disliked quite a lot of it. Overall I guess I'd given it a 2.5 on the Netflix scale (with the original getting a 2 from me).
Guess my total burnout on supers is not over. I thought after kind of enjoying Winter Soldier and Thor 2 on netflix that might finally be over. Guess not.
Liked it marginally more than the original, but still disliked quite a lot of it. Overall I guess I'd given it a 2.5 on the Netflix scale (with the original getting a 2 from me).
Guess my total burnout on supers is not over. I thought after kind of enjoying Winter Soldier and Thor 2 on netflix that might finally be over. Guess not.
Guacamelee's been taken by that dastardly Bernbaum who, reports indicate, is now capable of turning into Super Sonic at any time.
Also, looks like my N3DS XL suffered a major blow from the storms on Friday night. It was acting weird on the bus ride home, and all weekend wouldn't turn back on. Now it just shuts off as soon as I unplug the power. God damn it :/
Also, looks like my N3DS XL suffered a major blow from the storms on Friday night. It was acting weird on the bus ride home, and all weekend wouldn't turn back on. Now it just shuts off as soon as I unplug the power. God damn it :/
bodyboarder
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I'll grab steamworld if it hasn't been taken.
FormallyMegadrive
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to be fair the avengers franchise is a huge snorefest.
just waiting for the real winners.
black panther and ant man.
the two best members of the avengers.
Aarglefarg
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Very good.
I am also 88kg. I've been in the 88-89kg range consistently for over a year.
bodyboarder
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Much appreciated.
ClivePwned
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spoiled kids and your AoU meh-ness. I've been trying to get through whatever superhero movies I haven't seen a second time since I first saw them (ie- the shitty ones) and have been trying to get through Ang Lee's Hulk (2003) on Netflix. Fucking hell, it's well made but still totally awful. And dull. Even Eric Bana is dull. And Jennifer Connelly is smoking. And every fucking camera change is accompanied by fancy transition effect. The only movie I've seen more distracting in that way is More American Graffiti.
Once I finish Hulk, I see they have Affleck Daredevil. Ugh. And I have the Norton Hulk on Bluray somewhere. Ugh, ugh.
Fuck it, I should just skip these and just pop on a Supes film with Christopher Reeve.
Once I finish Hulk, I see they have Affleck Daredevil. Ugh. And I have the Norton Hulk on Bluray somewhere. Ugh, ugh.
Fuck it, I should just skip these and just pop on a Supes film with Christopher Reeve.
ClivePwned
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I hate life and everything in it.
OR
I haven't seen these in a while- how bad can they be?
LACTATING TITS OF JESUS!
I also want to watch the Burton Batmans again for the first time in, ages. To this fay I have only seen Batman Returns once (same with the Val Kilmer one, I never saw the Clooney one, and I don't intend to watch either of those).
I liked Age of Ultron but there's definitely things I'd want to fix in it. I really hope the 3.5 hour cut sees the light of day at some point.
Unless Ant-Man gets a prequel in Phase 4 keep waiting
This is the answer
Just watched Riddick. Not bad, first 45minutes where boring but then it literally turned into Pitch Black
Love this franchise hope they keep on expanding it. So much lore and backstory in the Riddick universe.
I still need to see the 3rd one. I was really hoping they'd build on the second film as I really enjoyed it.
Just fucking Google "Jennifer Connelly smoking hot"
Actually if you're at work, maybe don't do that.
Poimandres
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An absolute joke of a price, to be honest. Given the kind of deals you can get for XB1/PS4 a base Wii U should be $250 max.
reptilescorpio
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Google metrics have them popping up for you most likely.
The Burton ones are quite interesting to watch due to his style. Not great movies but very interesting all the same.
The Kilmer one is in a weird spot. It's a terrible movie with some really odd design choices in terms of sets and props. Smoke machines galore. Really fucking weird but not in a good way.
Clooney one is terrible. Arnie is actually quite entertaining but the rest of the movie is soooooo bad it cannot be so bad it's good.
Tis a great game! You can grab new copies for $30 since before Christmas, same with LBP3. Both are great box tickers on the required genre games checklist.
FormallyMegadrive
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Oh jambo
Me too
Well that's the reason I still havnt bought one. It's extremely overpriced
ThoseDeafMutes
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Batman and Robin is supremely watchable as long as you have the Rifftrax commentary.
Aarglefarg
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I was 2/3 feet from being hit by a metal pole holding up a bus stop sign when a bus hit it this morning.
Buses have amazing stories attached, the previous time I was on a bus (last week), the driver pulled over on the hume highway, got out and started urinating next to the bus. I was the only passenger and I don't know if he knew I was there at first. Of course I pretended to not notice.
What will this bus ride bring?
Buses have amazing stories attached, the previous time I was on a bus (last week), the driver pulled over on the hume highway, got out and started urinating next to the bus. I was the only passenger and I don't know if he knew I was there at first. Of course I pretended to not notice.
What will this bus ride bring?
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Congratz!! I decided late last year I was going to lose some weight, I was also around 107kg. I currently weigh 83Kg!
What are you doing to lose it?
reptilescorpio
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He's pretty great in St. Vincent if you haven't already seen it Kritz.
ClivePwned
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basically, this.
I shall have my cake and eat it too.
Life Aquatic is among my favourite films.
Aarglefarg
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I don't know a lot about internet speed things so I'll put this here possibly for help.
Optus seems to have mislead me about the maximum download speed when I asked when signing up to a 24 month contract, they said the maximum would be 30 Mbps and that the maximum I had before is 20 Mbps. But this was for ADSL2+, which from what I read appears to not be a possible maximum speed. Cable doesn't appear to be offered here.
The speed went down from around 5 to 8 Mbps to 1.5 to 3 Mbps in the last few days since changing the plan. The upload speed went from 0.5 Mbps to 1.50 though.
Optus seems to have mislead me about the maximum download speed when I asked when signing up to a 24 month contract, they said the maximum would be 30 Mbps and that the maximum I had before is 20 Mbps. But this was for ADSL2+, which from what I read appears to not be a possible maximum speed. Cable doesn't appear to be offered here.
The speed went down from around 5 to 8 Mbps to 1.5 to 3 Mbps in the last few days since changing the plan. The upload speed went from 0.5 Mbps to 1.50 though.
top 5, easily. I've never seen a bond company stooge stick his neck out like that.
ClivePwned
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I just had one of those annoying phone calls you get these days, always during dinner, where some fool calls you up asking you for a computer password.
I always get angry and end up hanging on them and yelling at them
I always get angry and end up hanging on them and yelling at them
,"Mum, it's written on the post-it note stuck to the lid of your laptop!"
Maximum theoretical for ADSL2+ is about 24Mbps but that is theoretical, so whoever told you 30Mbps was lying.
ISP's usually have a few profiles they run your line at, it's usually a speed vs stability deal so you could try calling them up and getting them to change that. If you don't want to call, head over to whingepool and see if you can't see one of the reps to sort you out.
Aarglefarg
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Thank you.
Yeah, the 24 Mbps maximum is what I saw, 30 Mbps is a cable speed they offer so they seem to have been thinking it was cable. I didn't know about the profiles, so I'll call them tomorrow.
The other week there was a work van parked up the road from the bus-stop and they had cones up in the middle of the road. The bus driver tried his hardest to maneuver around them but ended up running over the cone. The flange at the bottom ended up snagging on the bus and he dragged it up to the bus-stop where I got on. Unfortunately the bus's rear window was covered so I'm not sure how much further the cone stayed under the bus.
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
Going from Gold Coast, to Caloundra, and now to the dizzying heights of Caboolture is quite something. I finally feel like I'm getting the real, undiluted, "no-one needs to worry about looking bad for tourists here" unfiltered version of Australia. And it's quite something.
I set the password to my parents' laptop to be the same as their post code. The post code of the same house they've been living in since 1992. They still forget it.
I set the password to my parents' laptop to be the same as their post code. The post code of the same house they've been living in since 1992. They still forget it.
reptilescorpio
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I was pretty high on Broken Age until like, 60% of the way through. Such a slog with no reward after that. All the cute/interesting was over and done with by then.
Also dat telepathy yo.
Would love to see them evaluate the first half and design a full game off that rather than 2 very separate feeling entries.
Playing Grim Fandango again this year probably didn't help though, that game has such a great build and payoff throughout. Gets better as you go along!
VO in Broken Age was sublime. Shay was eh but the rest was great, especially Vella and the incidental female characters. The girls were all delightful! Great dialogue but nothing funny, just cute. Can't recall laughing.
Art fluctuated between (usually) great and sometimes really messy/yuck due to the static nature of the backgrounds and moving/zooming camera. Character models were great, animation mostly good once you get used to it.
They had some great area's too. A certain tree was an instant classic. Not much incidental depth to them though, fairly bare.
Also dat telepathy yo.
Would love to see them evaluate the first half and design a full game off that rather than 2 very separate feeling entries.
Playing Grim Fandango again this year probably didn't help though, that game has such a great build and payoff throughout. Gets better as you go along!
VO in Broken Age was sublime. Shay was eh but the rest was great, especially Vella and the incidental female characters. The girls were all delightful! Great dialogue but nothing funny, just cute. Can't recall laughing.
Art fluctuated between (usually) great and sometimes really messy/yuck due to the static nature of the backgrounds and moving/zooming camera. Character models were great, animation mostly good once you get used to it.
They had some great area's too. A certain tree was an instant classic. Not much incidental depth to them though, fairly bare.
Cutlery was awesome though!
reptilescorpio
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I've seen it 3 times now in an effort to like it but I still haven't come around to it.
Whereas I think Hot Fuzz is one of the best movies ever created. An absolute piece of art. Sublime parody homage before culminating into the most elaborate execution there is.
ThoseDeafMutes
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Yes, the weakest by far. It's enjoyable but I won't purchase it to go alongside the other two in my collection.
Watching Hot Fuzz is like watching an interesting seminar about film. Then when you get up to leave you notice that they've built a domino show around you in the shape of an explosion without you realising it. Then the presenter dives of the podium and set it off with a gun in mid-air.
reptilescorpio
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Yep, incredibly well constructed. I can't think of anything I would change (or I expect they would either). Absolute masterclass.
Ha, awesome and apt!
Poimandres
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I'm just going to go ahead and declare that Belgian beers are still the best in the world.
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