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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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I haven’t seen it yet! I’m excited, though. I LOVED Ang Lee’s last movie, and this is gonna be the first 4K Blu-ray since that movie that’s gonna be in 60fps. 2160p in HDR at 60fps... *drool*
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Hey LV, you ever watch Little House on the Prairie? This is a serious question, btw.
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I think I saw some of it as a kid but I don’t remember it.
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I caught an episode my girlfriend was watching and the cinematography struck me. Something you don't see at least on network TV these days.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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I grew up with Little House on the Prairie. When I watch it now I still really love the "light" episodes. The heavy melodramatic ones are impossible to get through. Primarily any episode with Mary once she starts to lose her sight.
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I loved that show as a kid.
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What percent of movies do you watch to completion?
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BurtReynolds wrote:What percent of movies do you watch to completion?
Hmm...I would estimate like...85%? Ish? I’m not sure. I guess it would depend on how much I would have to watch before turning it off in order for it to count. I turn off plenty of stuff on streaming services within 5 minutes, but if I get beyond that or own something on disc, I usually finish it.
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I think I'm somewhere in that neighborhood.
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That was a good question for LV
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:That was a good question for LV
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What if you bit into a banana and it dissolved as if you'd crushed chalk?
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in the same vein: would you rather banana-flavoured coffee or coffee-flavoured banana?

also wtf dude, you got pica on your mind?
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that would be gross

banana-flavored coffee
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were those questions worthy follow ups to my excellent question?
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Alien or Aliens?
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ALIENS

I love them both, though (and Alien3 and AVP and Prometheus and Covenant)
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