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[Gazunta]

Noni Hazelhurst taught me how to whistle.

No that's not a euphamism.

Edit: Also, what was up with the clipboard Noni carried with her in every scene she was in on City Homicide? We ended up calling the clipboard Jemima every time it showed up.

 

[Deleted member 30609]

I'm finally going to start the (book) Game of Thrones. Wish me luck.

 

[Fogz]

I'm finally going to start the (book) Game of Thrones. Wish me luck.

I just started it too, only a chapter or so in. I must say seeing the series first really helped me keep track of who everyone is

 

[Clipper]

Noni was awesome, but I probably have more fond memories of Benita. I also started watching sometimes when I'd get home from High School if John Hamblin was on. I swear he was using subtle sexual innuendo in on purpose sometimes. The way he would say stuff like, "Today on Play School, we're making babies!" was hilarious.

 

[roosters93]

Noni Hazelhurst has done a reading of 'go the fuck to sleep'. Not a fan of that book though.

My youtube player has gone black and I'm not even in the panda beta thing.

iOS 5 was great, but I lost beta access when I had to exchange my iPad as the old one had dust under the glass. It really is hard to go back, though it looks like the gestures will only be available for iPad 1 users on 4.3.3. That is really shit, as they're a huge usability improvement and it's a blatant case of Apple fucking over their early adopters with arbitrary restriction of software improvements.

Yeah it's pretty shit. I'm sure someone in the cydia community will hook me up with a hack or something though.

 

[Dead Man]

She's no Maeve O'Meara.

But who is?

On another note, I am now employed. Woot. Feels good man. Shitty job will be shitty, but at least it will be a current job on my resume.

You know what you fucking guys, you've subjected me to forty fucking pages of PC building bullshit, here's a God damn comic about Mortal Kombat 2.

Street Fighter is better than Mortal Kombat. Discuss.

Holy shit, that got me! LOL

 

[MrSerrels]

You know what you fucking guys, you've subjected me to forty fucking pages of PC building bullshit, here's a God damn comic about Mortal Kombat 2.

Alright man, that was one of your best yet. That was awesome.

 

[jambo]

She's no Maeve O'Meara.

<3 Food Safari

 

[roosters93]

So guys, every now and then which I watch a flash video (it's happened to a video on vimeo and another on youtube), i see green, then lots of colours, then i can make out the video but there's scattering around the people's faces as if I was watching a buffering video on a really, really shitty site.

I was going to say so is my video card fucked or something, but I don't have one lol.
This laptop has Intel HD graphics.

 

[Clipper]

I was trying to find John Hamblin's "making babies" quote, but this is an even better example. Of course, that one didn't air, but there was still plenty of stuff that did. Just look at this. Ah, good times.

 

[legend166]

I can't find my Windows 7 install DVD. Boooooo

 

[jambo]

Still got your key?

 

[Shaneus]

So guys, every now and then which I watch a flash video (it's happened to a video on vimeo and another on youtube), i see green, then lots of colours, then i can make out the video but there's scattering around the people's faces as if I was watching a buffering video on a really, really shitty site.

I was going to say so is my video card fucked or something, but I don't have one lol.
This laptop has Intel HD graphics.

Sounds like a video driver issue. Try Windows Update?

 

[Kerrby]

Nintendo Video is out, anyone give it a try?

 

[Dead Man]

I was trying to find John Hamblin's "making babies" quote, but this is an even better example. Of course, that one didn't air, but there was still plenty of stuff that did. Just look at this. Ah, good times.

Ha, gold.

 

[Jintor]

Okay guys, two things:

1) Star Wars Episode One is a heaping pile of terribly made shit except for the podrace, Liam Neeson (not Nielsen) and John William's epic score. I can't believe I lapped that shit up when I was 12. It plays out more like a storyboard or a series of stupid events than an actual movie. God damn you George Lucas and your digitally remastered crap for retroactively ruining my childhood.

2) The Sydney Manga and Anime Show is on this Saturday, and I'll be running the art panels, so come by and hassle me as everything explodes.

 

[Madrical]

Glad to hear good things about iOS5, looking forward to it's release. I think the next iPhone I get will be the 5 since my contract expires in May next year.

Also, my Mario slippers arrived in the mail.

I'm a 20 year old dude wearing blue mushrooms on my feet, and I love it.

 

[Gazunta]

Thanks for the kind words about the comic, guys. Always much appreciated and they keep me going when it's late at night and just want to give up this nonsense and go to sleep

Tomorrow - Ultima IV

 

[jambo]

Thanks for the kind words about the comic, guys. Always much appreciated and they keep me going when it's late at night and just want to give up this nonsense and go to sleep

It's shit.

 

[Madrical]

Thanks for the kind words about the comic, guys. Always much appreciated and they keep me going when it's late at night and just want to give up this nonsense and go to sleep

Tomorrow - Ultima IV

Oh, you wrote it?

You owe me a new can of coke and you can clean my monitor too. AND the keys to my keyboard are sticky now. Nice work dude

 

[FallbackPants]

I don't think i've seen Phantom Menace since it came out, and even though i've been on the 'it's shit' bandwagon for years I remember thoroughly enjoying it as a 13 year old. I feel like if it wasn't a Star Wars movie, it would at least be mindless and amusing. But instead it just shat on a franchise.

In other news, I have a job interview tomorrow. Any tips GAF?

 

[codswallop]

You guys who were 12 or 13 when Phantom Menace don't get to say Lucas ruined your childhood. It's us old gits who know Star Wars when there were only ever three, without Special Editions, or idiotic retcons.

... and I'm a few chapters into Game of Thrones, also.

 

[Dead Man]

You guys who were 12 or 13 when Phantom Menace don't get to say Lucas ruined your childhood. It's us old gits who know Star Wars when there were only ever three, without Special Editions, or idiotic retcons.

Damn right.

 

[pieatorium]

Okay guys, two things:

1) Star Wars Episode One is a heaping pile of terribly made shit except for the podrace, Liam Neeson (not Nielsen) and John William's epic score. I can't believe I lapped that shit up when I was 12. It plays out more like a storyboard or a series of stupid events than an actual movie. God damn you George Lucas and your digitally remastered crap for retroactively ruining my childhood.

I remember watching a downloaded cam footage two weeks before it released here ... when I was 18

 

[codswallop]

I remember watching a downloaded cam footage two weeks before it released here ... when I was 18

I did the same thing, it was on two VCDs. Was 21 at the time.

Also, Gaz, I didn't see comics on Solstice, F/A-18 Interceptor, Bard's Tale, Gold Box games, Wizardry, World/Summer/Winter Games. Found probably twice as many more though. It's an interesting challenge trying to find old games you haven't already done comics on. Loved the Forbidden Forest one. Now, where's my Action Biker one?

 

[legend166]

You guys who were 12 or 13 when Phantom Menace don't get to say Lucas ruined your childhood. It's us old gits who know Star Wars when there were only ever three, without Special Editions, or idiotic retcons.

... and I'm a few chapters into Game of Thrones, also.

But Lucas just ruined your adulthood memories of your childhood.

For those of us who were children when the prequels came out (I was 11 for TPM), our childhood was actually ruined by seeing those movies

 

[Jintor]

Clearly because I didn't exist when the original Star Wars movies came out, I had the most childhood to be ruined

 

[codswallop]

You young'uns will never understand. Never, man!

It's like having an uncle who went senile. Those who knew him beforehand know how much was lost, while others who only knew knew him after the fact never know any different.

Now get off my lawn.

 

[Dead Man]

But Lucas just ruined your adulthood memories of your childhood.

For those of us who were children when the prequels came out (I was 11 for TPM), our childhood was actually ruined by seeing those movies

We had to watch, as adults, while Lucas shit the bed. You got a watch a movie that many kids enjoy, and slowly realised it may not be as good as you remembered. We had a harsh education, you had a slow realisation.

*goes back to rocking chair and gets blanket*

 

[ColonialRaptor]

Wow! Apple are the first to bring in pricing parity - I didn't see that coming, Apple.

 

[snoopen]

Wow! Apple are the first to bring in pricing parity - I didn't see that coming, Apple.

wat

(seriously, you can't post something interesting with no information whatsoever)

 

[Jintor]

Look back over the last two or three pages

 

[Tntnnbltn]

wat

(seriously, you can't post something interesting with no information whatsoever)

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=29292244&postcount=11949

 

[VOOK]

Fuck off Nintendo.

 

[jambo]

You guys who were 12 or 13 when Phantom Menace don't get to say Lucas ruined your childhood. It's us old gits who know Star Wars when there were only ever three, without Special Editions, or idiotic retcons.

Fuck off, I get to say what the fuck I want.

I watched the Star Wars movies on VHS from about the age of 4 or 5 and loved them, then when the new ones came along I was all excited. I kinda liked the Phantom, but something felt odd about it and on repeated viewings I quickly soured to it. I never liked Clone Wars and I liked Revenge for about 2 weeks and then when I saw it again at the cinema and realised the hype had gotten to me.

When the Blu-rays come out I'll definitely be getting the IV-VI trilogy collection.

 

[markot]

Fuck off Nintendo.

??

 

[Gazunta]

??

Don't mind Vook, he just hates Nintendo.

Spoiler

It's not Summer here

 

[codswallop]

Fuck off, I get to say what the fuck I want.

Of course you can, but there's a different level of disappointment from when you're a kid experiencing a letdown to when someone retroactively ruins something you've enjoyed for decades.

Spoiler

Of course, it doesn't really ruin it, as you had the enjoyment for years.

Also, screw you Korean Air. I bought tickets with your airline, wanted to reserve my seats, so I signed up to your stupid website which asked for all sorts of personal information I didn't want to give, and then I couldn't even link tickets I've already purchased elsewhere to that account. The flight's ages away and I'm already unimpressed at your service.

 

[Gazunta]

Oh, you wrote it?

You owe me a new can of coke and you can clean my monitor too. AND the keys to my keyboard are sticky now. Nice work dude

Mission Accomplished!

Jambo :~(

I reserve the right to post the Ultima IV comic here if today's AusGAF turns into a snorefest. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

 

[giri]

outside of jaja binks, what about phantom menace was overtly terrible?

I'm not saying it's a great movie, but i think it gets panned more because people aproached it with way too much hype.

But then, i enjoyed doom3 /shrug.

 

[HolyCheck]

outside of jaja binks, what about phantom menace was overtly terrible?

I'm not saying it's a great movie, but i think it gets panned more because people aproached it with way too much hype.

But then, i enjoyed doom3 /shrug.

loved the pod racing

 

[codswallop]

outside of jaja binks, what about phantom menace was overtly terrible?

When it boils down to it, George Lucas made a kid's movie when just about everyone expected a movie aimed at adults.

 

[Dead Man]

outside of jaja binks, what about phantom menace was overtly terrible?

I'm not saying it's a great movie, but i think it gets panned more because people aproached it with way too much hype.

But then, i enjoyed doom3 /shrug.

Have you seen the red letter media review?

 

[giri]

When it boils down to it, George Lucas made a kid's movie when just about everyone expected a movie aimed at adults.

True, i guess. It was re-orientated for kids a bit. But i wouldn't have said the original trilogy was aimed at adults, more teens.

Have you seen the red letter media review?

No, can't say i have. Is it written by someone who brought a whole bunch of baggage, or was it written as an actual critique?

 

[EatChildren]

No, can't say i have. Is it written by someone who brought a whole bunch of baggage, or was it written as an actual critique?

They're satirical reviews by a 'personality' called Harry Plinkett, a psychopathic murderer and film critic.

What makes them funny is not just the dry humour and dark undertones, but the fact that most of Plinkett's points are truthful.

His reviews of the new trilogy and the problems they have relative to the old trilogy are spot on.

 

[Kerrby]

Fuck off Nintendo.

I got excited, I thought it was a 'Summer Time Sale'. Turns out it's not... Just a category Nintendo put up half way through Americas Summer, for no reason.

Fuck off Nintendo.

 

[legend166]

Ok I'm one click away from buying my PC.

I've decided to go with the HD6970.

 

[codswallop]

Just a category Nintendo put up half way through Americas Summer, for no reason.

And Japan's summer, and Europe's summer. Can't blame them for putting it up when it's a massive portion of their market, and forgetting about us. The only other major market would be South America, and I don't think Nintendo has a big presence there.

 

[Box of Bunnies]

When it boils down to it, George Lucas made a kid's movie when just about everyone expected a movie aimed at adults.

The problem isn't that it's a kids movie (the originals were, too), the problem is that a lot of the time it's about boring space politics stuff instead of being a swashbuckling adventure film.

 

[Omikron]

Want. Now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKsB4hECFMQ