"state something completely random time!"

[j_factor]

Shut. Up.

[Rusty Venture]

:shame:

[MrMatthews]

This reminds me: do you think Robert Downey Jr will have a legitimate come-back, or do you think he'll fuck it up for himself again?

[Iron Lizard]

Sega Sammy stock (Sgamy) is down to $1.97 . Lets all get together and buy Sega.

[MrMatthews]

Jot me down in the amount of $17.81

[Rusty Venture]

This reminds me: do you think Robert Downey Jr will have a legitimate come-back, or do you think he'll fuck it up for himself again?

I think he will make a legit comeback.

[MrMatthews]

Ah. Taken literally.

Me too.

[Rusty Venture]

Robert Downey Jr. will make a legit comeback.

Anyone else you were referring to...signs point to "No".

[MrMatthews]

There we go.

But RD Jr is actually pretty damn cool, from an acting standpoint, at least. I really hope he can get his shit together this time. I think most people would like to see him come back.

[VinnyT]

There WAS a movie coming out this year that would have possibly been another Oscar nom, but it got pushed back to next year.

[TheEdge]

I would only ban those dam dem conspiracy wackos! The man in the television tell me they be hatin' America!

I mean we gotsta give up our rights cause' if we ain't dem Arab Al-qaeda's going to get em!!

Obamas going to save us cause he said the Change is a coming. The TV told me dees things. Obamas going to fight the terror!

[Rusty Venture]

I don't think this forum could handle your Obama hate in more than one thread.

Seriously, I think the forum software will just up and quit.

[Aqua Hedgehog]

http://tinyurl.com/5o4ysf

[VinnyT]

Not clicking that.

[MrMatthews]

Def Leppard was better than Cinderella, but not as good as Motley Crue.

[Aqua Hedgehog]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XsB7kyMKQo&watch_response

[VinnyT]

Please make future Youtube postings not a waste of everyone's time.

[David J.]

Please make future Youtube postings not a waste of everyone's time.

Fuck you!

That video was awesome. That's how I swear IRL :D

[wasp]

Me and Aqua Hedgehog are now friends. BBFs forever!

[TheEdge]

In slave-land, being a slave. Slaving around.

[MrMatthews]

Me and Aqua Hedgehog are now friends. BBFs forever!



Good! I knew you two would work it out eventually! :)

Just don't forget to send out invitations to the party.

[j_factor]

BBF's?

[MrMatthews]

That's best BEST friends!

[TheEdge]

He means BFF

Best Friends Forever.

It’s a little an acronym created recently. It reflects the downward stupification of our culture.

[MrMatthews]

All these friendly, chat-ready acronyms are more often than not embarrassing for everyone involved, although I've unfortunately found that "LOL" is sometimes a necessary evil.

[j_factor]

Oh, I thought he meant Bare Back Fuckbuddy.

[wasp]

Oh, I thought he meant Bare Back Fuckbuddy.

I think you've been watching too many Christopher Lambert movies (they're all gay!)

[TheEdge]

Lies and slander.

[VinnyT]

Remember I did a thread about all the movies I saw in theaters for '06? I've suddenly realized I forgot an '07 one!

I'll need to do '08 soon.

[wasp]

The first two Guinea Pigs are really overstated when it comes to their violence.

[Aqua Hedgehog]

Rep to the first person who can figure out what game my Custom Title is referring to.

[Rusty Venture]

Aqua, were you even alive when Soviet Russia fell to the overpowering voice of David Hasslehoff?

[Metal_Sonic]

Disregard Rusty, he wasnt a bad enough dude to save the president from ninjas.

http://www.9-bits.com/BadDudes/Bad_Dudes2.jpg

[johnnyb]

The longest time spent in hibernation goes to the Burrowground squirrel with 9 months of hibernation.

[Aqua Hedgehog]

Aqua, were you even alive when Soviet Russia fell to the overpowering voice of David Hasslehoff?

Take a wild guess. :/

[Rusty Venture]

Disregard Rusty, he wasnt a bad enough dude to save the president from ninjas.

http://www.9-bits.com/BadDudes/Bad_Dudes2.jpg

Hell no I'm not going to save W from ninja's. They can keep him.

[MrMatthews]

Random question: is Nick even around anymore?

[Aqua Hedgehog]

IF you're talking about Nick "Heliophobe" Warren, he died early this year (http://www.smspower.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10896). This is pretty much the only Nick on the internet I knew well.

[TheEdge]

Im a bad enough dude.

[MrMatthews]

IF you're talking about Nick "Heliophobe" Warren, he died early this year (http://www.smspower.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10896). This is pretty much the only Nick on the internet I knew well.


Well, as bittersweet as it is, it's a relief to finally have some closure to that particular mystery.

Now what about Nick Gibson?

[VinnyT]

*sigh*

I miss him too, but he's got a life to deal with.

School, jobs, marriage; all precedence over the internet. And I can't blame it for a damn second.

When he was around we had an awesome member of our little community and I'm sure if most of us had met him in real life he'd be a good friend. He'll return to give a quip now and again but he's mostly moved on.

[MrMatthews]

That's too bad. When I first discovered Sega-16, I read a lot of his features. He seemed to be such an enthusiastic contributor, I was surprised to find that (once I began familiarizing myself with the regulars in the forum) he was not around.

[Metal_Sonic]

GK GK
WHERE DID YOU GO?
NICK OH NICK
WE MISS YOU SO
GK GK
YOU GOT YOURSELF A WIFE
NICK OH NICK
WE HEARD YOU GOT A LIFE

[Tanegashima]

http://img3.glowfoto.com/images/2007/04/27-0208258236M.jpg

[Phantar]

I started a joke,
which started the whole world crying.
All the time didn't see
that the joke was on me!

Then I started to cry,
which started the whole world laughing.
Oh, if I'd only seen
that the joke was on me

And I
looked at the skies
running my hands
over my eyes
and I
fell out of bed
cursing my head
for things that I said

'till I finally died,
which started the whole world living.
Oh if I'd only seen,
that the joke was on me
that the joke was on me!

[TheEdge]

Im still a bad enough dude.

[MrMatthews]

Living in New York, I'd hope so! :)

[VinnyT]

Oh Scotty your too trusting
While I'm standing behind her
Thrusting

[MrMatthews]

Should I talk slower like you're a retard?
Should I talk slower like you're retarded?

[TheEdge]

9:25am

At work

Going to get a bagel.

Played Jet Grind Radio last night

Discuss!

[MrMatthews]

Discuss, huh?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm . . . Ooh! I got one!

(ahem)

What kind of bagel?

[TheEdge]

Onion.

[MrMatthews]

I just had two of those myself. Interesting.

[TheEdge]

Wish I could play at least an emulator at my desk

[MrMatthews]

When I had an office job, I downloaded an NES emulator to play Mega Man 6.

Do you work in a call center?

[Phantar]

Random intersection of a random dialogue in the random comments thread:

I got a new job, and a new apartment. I'll have to move about 300 kilometres on Saturday, and come Monday, I'll be the PR-trainee of an animation studio for about a year.

I turned down a Trainee position at a computer magazine for this. I hope it was worth it.

[acdc]

eckert die russen sind dahr

ja chef

[VinnyT]

French Erotic Film
Some old blue Scot named Dil
A windy shaky driver
Doesn't look like a Macgyver
Yo Ho

[Smii]

Augh... dear God!

If I wake up tomorrow morning, and that's in my head - like it was for six months or so, several years ago - I'm not going to be happy :(

[MrMatthews]

What song is it?

[Iron Lizard]

2000!

[MrMatthews]

2000? By whom?

[Flash1087]

French Erotic Film
Some old blue Scot named Dil
A windy shaky driver
Doesn't look like a Macgyver
Yo Ho

for I'm a tech
of Internet
two dudes, is Friends still on?

but what if met m'kay
a chained up thing is all that's stuck?
and if Zippy drives my CD-ROM
don't talk to my old grey foot

[Iron Lizard]

2000? By whom?

By me! :) It was my 2000th post not that it really matters.

[MrMatthews]

Ah, now I get it. I'll go back to playing "ball in a cup" now.

:roll:

[johnnyb]

Ah, now I get it. I'll go back to playing "ball in a cup" now.

:roll:

Now that`s a great game, better than the ball attached to a bat!

[Tanegashima]

my namesakehttp://www.arco-iris.com/George/images/tanegashima.jpg

[johnnyb]

That`s an interesting choice, what`s the story behind that?

[MrMatthews]

Jeez, what's going on around here? It's Friday night and where the hell is everybody? I guess I'll drink all these beers by myself.

[Metal_Sonic]

Give me a beer, then have fun in federal ram your ass prison.

[MrMatthews]

Give me a beer, then have fun in federal ram your ass prison.


Tell you what I'll do: I'll put one of these beers in the back of the fridge and then mail it to you in four and a half years or so.

[Rusty Venture]

Give me a beer, then have fun in federal ram your ass prison.

You don't have someone as an "alcohol hookup"?

I remember back in high school, the entire football team was caught drinking beer and nothing was done about it. Nobody went into the slammer and nobody on the team was reprimanded in any way.

[VinnyT]

Donnie Jeffcoat.

And my Friday night was me being to lazy to get a costume, so instead I took my first full paycheck and found a local Gentleman's club and enjoyed my self for a while.

[Aqua Hedgehog]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk06_ll_vgo&feature=related

[VinnyT]

Joan was quizzical, studied metaphysical, science in the home

[MrMatthews]

Ren Hoek takes . . . bubbly spongebath?

[johnnyb]

http://www.milkandcookies.com/media/images/feature/r/renandstimpylog_64x96.jpg

[MrMatthews]

And I brought the best game in the whole world!

http://scruss.com/wordpress/wp-content/dontwhiz.jpg

[wasp]

Originally from somewhere.

The Top 10 reasons why a handgun is better than a woman

#10 - You can trade an old .44 for two new .22s.
#9 - You can keep one handgun at home and have another for when you're on the road.
#8 - If you admire a friend's handgun, and tell him so, he will probably let you try it out a few times.
#7 - Your primary handgun doesn't mind if you have a backup.
#6 - Your handgun will stay with you even if you're out of ammo.
#5 - A handgun doesn't take up a lot of closet space.
#4 - Handguns function normally every day of the month.
#3 - A handgun doesn't ask "Do these new grips make me look fat?"
#2 - A handgun doesn't mind if you go to sleep after you use it.
AND THE NUMBER ONE WAY THAT A HANDGUN IS BETTER THAN A WOMAN . . . You can buy a silencer for a handgun.

[Aqua Hedgehog]

That was the smartest thing I heard from you since I met you.

[johnnyb]

And I brought the best game in the whole world!

http://scruss.com/wordpress/wp-content/dontwhiz.jpg

Now there`s a game that would bring tears to your eyes!

[Metal_Sonic]

Seriously AH is just asking for it.

[Rusty Venture]

ROYAL
CANADIAN
KILTED
YASKMEN.

[VinnyT]

Our country reeks of trees
Our yaks are really large
And they smell like rotting beef carcuses

And we have to clean up after them
And our sadle sores are the best
We proudly wear womens' clothing
And seering sandblows up our skirts!


And the buzzards, they soar overhead
And poisonous snakes will devour us whole
And our bones will bleach in the sun


That's it!


And we will probably go to (censored)
And that is our great reward
For being the
Ro-oy-oy-al
Canadian Kilted Yaksmen!


C'mon everybody!


Our country reeks of trees
Our yaks are really large
And they smell like rotting beef carcasses

And we have to clean up after them
And our sadle sores are the best
We proudly wear womens' clothing
And seering sand blows up our skirts

And the buzzards, they soar overhead
And poisonous snakes will devour whole
Our bones will bleach in the sun

And we will probably go to (censored)
And that is our great reward
For being the
Ro-oy-oy-al
Canadian
Kilted
YAKSMEN!

[MrMatthews]

I was going to launch into that myself, but I'm glad I refrained. I wouldn't have gotten too far from memory alone.

I'll just post this, instead.

http://steelturman.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/ren_and_stimpy.jpg

[VinnyT]

Jackals: Natures Assholes

[MrMatthews]

Speaking of assholes:

If, hypothetically, you got banned from a website, why would you just create a new profile to spend time on a site that clearly doesn't want you?

[Metal_Sonic]

Shits and giggles guy.

[sega fan]

Speaking of assholes:

If, hypothetically, you got banned from a website, why would you just create a new profile to spend time on a site that clearly doesn't want you?

It's questions like these that make you an important contrbutor to Sega-16.

[Metal_Sonic]

Mr. Matthews: Philosopher. We dont take kindly to philosophers round these here parts.

[MrMatthews]

You forgot "scholar"

[johnnyb]

and the ability to dance the funky chicken while cooking lasagne!

[MrMatthews]

Sigh . . . it's as much a blessing as it is a curse.

[Metal_Sonic]

SOMEBODY GET A LOWER CASE T, GASOLINE, AND MATCHES. We're gonna pay Mr. Matthews a little visit.

[AHVista]

Speaking of assholes:

If, hypothetically, you got banned from a website, why would you just create a new profile to spend time on a site that clearly doesn't want you?

Either to prove you can be a better member or just to be a dick to piss people off more.

[johnnyb]

Either to prove you can be a better member or just to be a dick to piss people off more.

So which is it? ....Do you feel lucky punk!

[Metal_Sonic]

Settle down Harry

[VinnyT]

Mr. Matthews: Philosopher. We dont take kindly to philosophers round these here parts.

This reminds me. Where's The Rolling Stoner?

[j_factor]

So I actually like that song "American Boy". Is that really gay?

[MrMatthews]

Actually, I think with a certain member no longer in the picture, you can admit to doing or liking anything you please without fear of someone calling you gay for it.

For example, I like to relax after a long hard day with a nice hot bubble bath with a wine spritzer and my favorite Celine Dion record

[VinnyT]

Normally you'd be right.

But no.

GHEY!


(:p)

[MrMatthews]

Uh ... I meant Cannibal Corpse

[Tanegashima]

DAMN YOU ATARI!

I have no less than TWO copies of Ball Blazer for the 7800 and they are BOTH PAL versions and therefor useless...I had to order a third online. I'm so thankful Atari made their European releases look IDENTICAL to their n. american counterparts! Thanks so much Atari, how I love thee. The third copy better damn well be NTSC and it better damn well work!

My original copy is now lost...I need a replacement and the one I ordered was european...DAMN IT!

[MrMatthews]

Uh, trying to read here?

Use your indoor voice.

[Rusty Venture]

So which former member was the one who would call people gay? Because I seem to recall both more than willing to do that.


But now that they are gone we can return to calling each other "heathen".

[j_factor]

I will gladly take up the mantle of calling people gay, but only in appropriate context (like the Sex and the City thread).

[MrMatthews]

Hey, you call it the "What We Do For Women" thread, Jeff!!

[Metal_Sonic]

This reminds me. Where's The Rolling Stoner?

Heehee, you wont be seeing him for a while, A LOOONG WHILE. Oh, and Mr. Matthews is one of them there queerosexuals

Edit: This Is better

[MrMatthews]

Heehee, you wont be seeing him for a while, A LOOONG WHILE. Oh, and Mr. Matthews is one of them there queerosexuals

Edit: This Is better
And how is this being my Ed McMahon?? I'd better start hearing some goddam "YES!!"s after everything I say!

[Rusty Venture]

I will gladly take up the mantle of calling people gay, but only in appropriate context (like the Sex and the City thread).

You'd be well within your right.

I've had to suffer through some of that show.


Also: I'd call Sarah Jessica Parker mule ugly, but then I'd have to apologize to mules.

[TheEdge]

Am I suppose to work today? or should I just post about how I am having trouble beating Sonic 1?

[MrMatthews]

When in doubt, just follow your heart

[TheEdge]

I think my new Visa card is working !!! Time to order Daytona USA 2001 and Mars Matrix!

(Giddy like a School boy)

[j_factor]

(Giddy like a School boy)

You mean a gay schoolboy. Or schoolboi, even.

[TheEdge]

Uncalled for!

Unless your correcting my grammer which is also Uncalled for!

[MrMatthews]

If one actually pays any mind to all the homosexual accusations a-fly on this forum, there's apparently a little gay in all of us

[Tanegashima]

^

I do listen to Depeche Mode....

[TheEdge]

I can't get enough....I just can't get enough....

[Metal_Sonic]

If one actually pays any mind to all the homosexual accusations a-fly on this forum, there's apparently a little gay in all of us

Haha YES!!!

What happened to that post where you said you take bubble baths while drinking wine while listening to celine dion?

[MrMatthews]

Haha YES!!!

What happened to that post where you said you take bubble baths while drinking wine while listening to celine dion?


There we go!

And if anyone actually thought I was being serious with that post, I don't know what to tell ya

[Tanegashima]

lol...that would be pretty funny, but especially if while your taking the bubble bath and sipping red wine you smoked a cigarette out of a long cigarette holder...and then when you were done you adorned your silk pink robe.

[MrMatthews]

And let's not forget the aroma therapy candles. :)

[KenshiroX]

This is awesome:
BdsVFtdidJs

[Rusty Venture]

Is that Tony Jaa?

The fights in that are still better than those contained in "Mortal Kombat"



Am I suppose to work today? or should I just post about how I am having trouble beating Sonic 1?

Turn in your Sega card.

Sonic 1 is a breeze.

[MrMatthews]

Turn in your Sega card.

Sonic 1 is a breeze.


Thank you; I didn't want to be the first person to say it

[j_factor]

Scrap Brain Zone Act 3 is pretty hard.

[Metal_Sonic]

And let's not forget the aroma therapy candles. :)

HAHA YES!!!!

[Rusty Venture]

Scrap Brain Zone Act 3 is pretty hard.

It is supposed to be. But its not so hard that its impossible to finish.

[TheEdge]

O Rly?

[MrMatthews]

Maybe you were holding the controller upside down. Go back and give it another try

[Rusty Venture]

That is a common problem.

Either that or the Blast Processing chip in TheEdge's system is broken.

[MrMatthews]

In his defense, however, I remember struggling with the original sonic more so than with the others - the final act of Labyrinth Zone, in particular

[Mr Smith]

I have a bloody hole in my sock and my toes are sticking out. :(

[KenshiroX]

Is that Tony Jaa?

The fights in that are still better than those contained in "Mortal Kombat"


Yeah, that's Tony Jaa.

[MrMatthews]

Okay, I have to ask: why on earth has the Standing-On-A-Street-Corner-Waving-A-Sign Guy become so goddam popular? I've noticed that over the past four or five years, this has become remarkably popular (so much that smaller businesses who can't afford to outsource properly are buying materials from Staples and making their own signs).

What a stupid, stupid, stupid job! What's even sadder are the old people that do it, who don't even have the energy to dance around, so they just stand there holding their sign and watching traffic (I even watched one guy prop his sign up and squat down behind it to get out of the sun)

[VinnyT]

Heehee, you wont be seeing him for a while, A LOOONG WHILE. Oh, and Mr. Matthews is one of them there queerosexuals

Edit: This Is better

Elaboration?

Oh, and have you seen Eddie Munster?

I'M LOOKIN AT 'EM!

[Metal_Sonic]

Elaboration?

Oh, and have you seen Eddie Munster?

I'M LOOKIN AT 'EM!

Our puny brains could not handle what he knew, thus he ascended to the realm of the gods.

[MrMatthews]

LOL

I have been called Eddie Munster at work

[VinnyT]

Our puny brains could not handle what he knew, thus he ascended to the realm of the gods.

How do you hide money from a hippie? Put it on the soap!

[Tanegashima]

http://www.anglofritz.com/hitlerdrugfree.jpg

[Rusty Venture]

855QLTV2Rj4

[Metal_Sonic]

"Where else are you gonna find someone who will take a bullet for you?"
"or have a battery hooked up to his genitals?"
"THAT MAN!"
"WOO HOO!"

What treachery has befallen my beloved Simpsons?

[VinnyT]

Everybody seems to forget when Martin Luther King Jr. came back to life ala Boondocks in 2000 and made his not so famous "I have a Dreamcast!" speech.

[MrMatthews]

"Where else are you gonna find someone who will take a bullet for you?"
"or have a battery hooked up to his genitals?"
"THAT MAN!"
"WOO HOO!"

What treachery has befallen my beloved Simpsons?
It just isn't as funny anymore, sadly. Time to move on to Family Guy, amigo

[johnnyb]

Family guy = Good, American dad = Bad!

[Smii]

Did anyone see that episode of South Park where Family Guy was written by manatees? Probably not that far from reality.

[johnnyb]

Funny you should say that, that episode was on t.v here last night. Still not too sure what to make of it.

[Iron Lizard]

The Cartoon wars are great.

[MrMatthews]

Watching Casino . . . on prime time television. It's a wonder they even bothered to edit it at all when ever third word is dubbed over. Too good not to watch, though

[Smii]

Today, I received a triumvirate of Master System games, each with a layer of dust and fluff along the top. A chunk floated off one of them in a big, fluffy lump. I was half-expecting it to be housing some kind of insect, but I didn't see any. I suppose it's possible they were quick, and have already made their way into my brain (probably a similar environment to the one they were used to). If I've got dust-bugs in my brain, that bloke is so getting negative feedback.

[MrMatthews]

My hat off to you, good sir. I've been looking for an opportunity to use "triumvirate" for three and half weeks. You may have beaten me to the punch this time, but I doubt you'll take the next one so easily!

[Rusty Venture]

Belay further useage of the title "Sir" for Smii!

She is a she.

[MrMatthews]

Belay further useage of the title "Sir" for Smii!

She is a she.
Ah.

Well, I suppose now's a good time to remind everyone that Kirstie Alley was called "Sir" in Star Trek II, and that was back when she was still kind of hot

[Phantar]

So was Peppermint Patty in the Charlie Brown TV specials, though I don't think that's much of a compliment...

[MrMatthews]

Family Guy explained that one pretty succinctly

[Rusty Venture]

I think Peppermint Patty being called "Sir" was a pretty fair assessment.

Family Guy was spot on.

[TheEdge]

Family guy destroyed my childhood with that episode.

[VinnyT]

So was Peppermint Patty in the Charlie Brown TV specials, though I don't think that's much of a compliment...

Cockadoodledoo Fagnut!

[Rusty Venture]

Family guy destroyed my childhood with that episode.

No, they just spoke the truth.

[Metal_Sonic]

How many times have Homer and Marge had marriage problems the last couple of seasons? 10? 20?

[Smii]

I'd rather be called "sir" than "madam". Perhaps that makes me strange. "Mademoiselle" seems better, perhaps because I associate it less with frumpiness.

But yes - I'm not manly, "smii" just connotes manly. Sorry for any confusion caused :)

[MrMatthews]

I'd rather be called "sir" than "madam". Perhaps that makes me strange. "Mademoiselle" seems better, perhaps because I associate it less with frumpiness.

But yes - I'm not manly, "smii" just connotes manly. Sorry for any confusion caused :)


Well, I meant it with respect, inapproriate or not. :)

[Rusty Venture]

Rq0zUJCl9Qs

[VinnyT]

"Well, your the one with your hand up my backside darling"

"Oh, she got me!"

[MrMatthews]

"I'm sensing some sarcasm."

"Good, because I'm laying it on pretty thick."

[Tanegashima]

http://www.nullbeta.net/upl/nbwlog/img/full/20060326183317-fsg-26032006.jpg

[Iron Lizard]

Nice Tanegashima

[Rusty Venture]

"I'm sensing some sarcasm."

"Good, because I'm laying it on pretty thick."

Tommy Boy is one of the best movies ever.


"OH MY GOD, WE'RE BURNING ALIVE!" :lol:

[Tanegashima]

Bees! Bees!!! Your firearms are useless against them!!

[Jesse813]

Tommy Boy is one of the best movies ever.


"OH MY GOD, WE'RE BURNING ALIVE!" :lol:

yes it is! :D and Chris Farley is one of the best actors ever!

[TheEdge]

(Opens Box)

(Gets in Box)

(Closes Box)

[Metal_Sonic]

"You dont snuggle with Max Power, you strap yourself in and feel the G's!

[Smii]

(Opens Box)

(Gets in Box)

(Closes Box)

:d

Someone shoot 'im some airholes!

[MrMatthews]

This pisses me off:

I was bidding on a CIB Herzog Zwei on Ebay. My maximum bid was $21.00.

The damn thing sold for $21.50

[Metal_Sonic]

DONT WORRY, i'll just use this brand new just sharpened sword........huh, theres Kool-Aid coming out of the box.

[Tanegashima]

EDIT: this is better...no reading
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[MrMatthews]

Batman & Robin (and, to a lesser degree, Batman Forever) was Joel Schumacher's passive-aggressive way of declaring war on all fans of the comics.

I still don't think Arnold would have made a horrible Mr. Freeze, with some decent direction.

[TheEdge]

HEY! Am I the only one who liked Batman Forever?!??! Val Kilmer! Come on

Also I don't understand why everyone is so pissed at Batman & Robin? It was suppose to a rehash of the Adam West series which was a comedy for adults and an action for kids.

[MrMatthews]

HEY! Am I the only one who liked Batman Forever?!??! Val Kilmer! Come on

Also I don't understand why everyone is so pissed at Batman & Robin? It was suppose to a rehash of the Adam West series which was a comedy for adults and an action for kids.



Oh, I'm not pissed. Batman and Robin is not worthy of that or any other emotional response.

[TheEdge]

Oh, I'm not pissed. Batman and Robin is not worthy of that or any other emotional response.

lol, remember the rubber ice on the cop car that started moving back and forth in one scene?

Its so blatantly trash but its suppose to be like that.

[MrMatthews]

lol, remember the rubber ice on the cop car that started moving back and forth in one scene?

Its so blatantly trash but its suppose to be like that.


Who the hell did Schumacher think he was, changing the Batman movies like that? Tim Burton's "serious" take on Batman was incredibly well-received and made it fashionable to make superhero movies again.

Why in the hell did Schumacher think audiences would appreciate taking the series back to the trashy, campy style of the Adam West series?

Flatliners was the only good movie that kraut made, anyway.

Hmm... I guess I AM pissed

[TheEdge]

Dam you Schumacher!!!

May you be buried alive underneath the unsold copies of your movies!

[j_factor]

Who the hell did Schumacher think he was, changing the Batman movies like that? Tim Burton's "serious" take on Batman was incredibly well-received and made it fashionable to make superhero movies again.

Tim Burton took a lot of flack at the time from critics who complained that his version of Batman was "too dark" and not kid-friendly enough. Ebert said "superheroes and film noir don't go together", in reference to Batman Returns. I kid you not.

It was only after Batman & Robin came out, when people saw what an overly kid-friendly, non-dark, non-noir Batman movie looked like, that they realized the other way was better. Personally, I thought Batman Returns was great.

And by the way, it's not really Schumacher's fault; the "lightening up" and injection of campiness into Batman & Robin was the decision of the studio, not him. He just implemented their crappy decisions. The overall plot was kind of crap to begin with, too.

[MrMatthews]

Tim Burton took a lot of flack at the time from critics who complained that his version of Batman was "too dark" and not kid-friendly enough. Ebert said "superheroes and film noir don't go together", in reference to Batman Returns. I kid you not.

It was only after Batman & Robin came out, when people saw what an overly kid-friendly, non-dark, non-noir Batman movie looked like, that they realized the other way was better. Personally, I thought Batman Returns was great.

And by the way, it's not really Schumacher's fault; the "lightening up" and injection of campiness into Batman & Robin was the decision of the studio, not him. He just implemented their crappy decisions. The overall plot was kind of crap to begin with, too.



I'm inclined to disagree with a number of your points. I was only 8 or 9 when the first movie came out, but I certainly remember a number of complaints that it was too violent and too dark.

At the same time, I remember what a smash it was, and how refreshing everyone thought it was to have a comic book series treated with such respect in its movie translation, especially since the movie was a reaction to the more serious direction the comics were taking.

Jump ahead to Batman Forever: I was old enough to pay attention to details like Tim Burton's and Danny Elfman's absence. Joel Schumacher said in an interview that he had never seen the previous two films and made it clear that Forever was his own imagining of the franchise.

Forever wasn't bad, but Batman & Robin exaggerated the campy elements that were a bit more subtle the first time around.

It wasn't a matter of the original Batman being respected more in retrospect; the movie set a bar against which the future installments would be measured.

[Rusty Venture]

I like Ah-nuld and I like his campy action movie one-liners.

I didn't like his Mr. Freeze lines.

[TheEdge]

Tim Burton took a lot of flack at the time from critics who complained that his version of Batman was "too dark" and not kid-friendly enough. Ebert said "superheroes and film noir don't go together", in reference to Batman Returns. I kid you not.

It was only after Batman & Robin came out, when people saw what an overly kid-friendly, non-dark, non-noir Batman movie looked like, that they realized the other way was better. Personally, I thought Batman Returns was great.

And by the way, it's not really Schumacher's fault; the "lightening up" and injection of campiness into Batman & Robin was the decision of the studio, not him. He just implemented their crappy decisions. The overall plot was kind of crap to begin with, too.

Screw Ebert! Burton did a great job resurrecting Batman since the Adam West days. My parents said the same thing though. "Too Dark" but they are a bunch of sissies. Batman is suppose to be dark. Hes a bat and they are nocturnal. Duh! Thats the reason why the animated series was such a success. It mixed the edgy-ness of the dark gritty violence with the good principles that Batman embodies.

Also Micheal Keaton played an amazing part considering he was in mostly comedy roles (Johnny Dangerously).

Also that girl who played vickie vale was cool and her goofy reporter friend was funny.

Dam you Ebert!

EDIT: I think Ebert also said the movie "Krull" was bad as well. What a bunch of jerks.

[MrMatthews]

Also that girl who played vickie vale was cool and her goofy reporter friend was funny.



"That girl" would be Kim Bassinger and Robert Wuhl is her reporter friend (who writes jokes for the Oscars, incidently)

[Rusty Venture]

I respect the fact that Tim Burton gave Batman respect again, but Burton's art direction in *ALL* of his movies from that era are just silly.

"Batman" maybe not so much, but "Batman Returns"......more specifically The Penguin, makes me cringe at how goofy and over the top (both the character and his designs) are.

The movie would have been absolutely wonderful if it had just been Batman and Catwoman.

[MrMatthews]

All of the Batman villians after Burton's original film had the "Joker Syndrome," in that they all felt they had to be comedians to be memorable. Why is it that only the animated series got The Penguin, The Riddler, and Mr. Freeze* correct?

*Mr. Freeze was an undeveloped character until the animated series

[Rusty Venture]

"The Animated Series" was the awesome.

The only thing that puzzled me about it was how come Batman had a jet car while everyone else drove 1940's cars.

I know there were jet engines in the 1940's, but nothing good enough for what Batman required.

[VinnyT]

'Cause he built a better one. Then Rachel Dawes, the most beautiful women in the world, came in and built the best jet engine ever. And since she wears glasses, she's also the smartest women in the world.

[MrMatthews]

'Cause he built a better one. Then Rachel Dawes, the most beautiful women in the world, came in and built the best jet engine ever. And since she wears glasses, she's also the smartest women in the world.
Did she die in the comics?

[Rusty Venture]

'Cause he built a better one. Then Rachel Dawes, the most beautiful women in the world, came in and built the best jet engine ever. And since she wears glasses, she's also the smartest women in the world.

Bruce Wayne, terror that flaps in the night *and* jet engine specialist.

[MrMatthews]

Why is it that the advertisements for American Dad - which are supposed to make you actually want to watch the show - aren't nearly as funny as the advertisements for the channel that runs the damn show?

[Aarzak]

bxRewGi77k


Sting (both the singer and the wrestler) rule.

[VinnyT]

Bruce Wayne, terror that flaps in the night *and* jet engine specialist.

Have you read what I'm paraphrasing?

[Rusty Venture]

To "build a better one" would mean Bruce Wayne would have to actually know how they work in order to make one work "better".

Plus Bruce is gonna have to rebuild his jet engine after so many hours of use anyway.

How he has time to be Bruce *and* Batman *AND* maintain all his wonderful toys I do no know.

[MrMatthews]

In the animated series, didn't Alfred do a lot of mechanical stuff, too?

[Rusty Venture]

I dunno, but I know Alfred couldn't fly the Batwing.

[MrMatthews]

But he could certainly change the Batmobile's oil and probably rotate the tires, allowing Bruce to do "Bruce Wayne" stuff.


(but didn't the animated series occasionally imply that Alfred was making a lot of Batman's stuff? It's been years since I've seen the show . . . )

[Rusty Venture]

I haven't seen the show since they switched it to "Batman & Robin" or whatever they called it when Robin was added.

Which means its been a good 15 years since I last saw an episode.

[Metal_Sonic]

ROOOOBOT HOOOUSSSSEEE!!!!!

[VinnyT]

Y9rmlDHDFy8

[Rusty Venture]

I wish the movies were as funny as the show.

But I bask in the "Futurama" love none the less.

[VinnyT]

Did you see there's a new game? I can't play it, but I probably wouldn't want to even if I had the proper system.

[Slave]

:|

Another California fire. All this smoke. This one is getting too close to me.

[Metal_Sonic]

Its raining ash slightly where im at.

[Rusty Venture]

Did you see there's a new game? I can't play it, but I probably wouldn't want to even if I had the proper system.

I hope it doesn't suck as much ass as the one on XBOX/PS2.

[Flash1087]

I hope it doesn't suck as much ass as the one on XBOX/PS2.

I have come back from my hazy netherworld of rarely posting anymore to respectfully disagree with your point. I liked the Futurama game.

[Tanegashima]

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[Rusty Venture]

I have come back from my hazy netherworld of rarely posting anymore to respectfully disagree with your point. I liked the Futurama game.

The control was mediocre and the camera was a pain in the ass. I was fighting that goddamn camera through the entire game.

Everything else I liked.


I can't understand why there are games with terrible camera when "Ty the Tasmanian Tiger" does it so well.

[VinnyT]

A flowers not a flower, if it's wilted
A hats not a hat, unless it's tilted

[MrMatthews]

Here, fast approaching midnight on a Sunday evening, I find myself in the unique position of wishing I didn't have to go to work tomorrow while somehow still getting paid.

[Iron Lizard]

Unique? LOL

[johnnyb]

Well I have Monday over and done with, only four more to go....

[MrMatthews]

That statement was not completely devoid of irony :)

[VinnyT]

Dammit, I came all the way down here on New Years Eve to apologize......I mean on Christmas Eve, or whatever fucking day it is....

[Tanegashima]

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[MrMatthews]

^ That song is so bad it's good.

Is that . . . is that Stryper?

[Tanegashima]

Its Lordi, they won the Eurovision song contest in 2006 with it.

The fact that it was even in the Eurovision song contest indicates it's bad, the fact that it won proves it.

This won Eurovision for Ireland apparently...

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[MrMatthews]

It reminds me of . . . well, any song I've ever heard by Ronnie James Dio.

Metal is like brocolli: it is better with lots and lots of cheese.

[Tanegashima]

lol
Some stuff is just an insult to metal...Warrant comes to mind...you can tell they're just humiliated to sing their own song too.

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[MrMatthews]

Hmmm . . . this reminds me of when I saw Great White in concert a few years back. They were so washed up they opened for The Toadies and a bunch of local bands. They tried to get 2000 kids who were there to see a grunge punk band excited - it was pitiful.

[TheEdge]

I have an apple on my desk but I just ate a bagel and I am not hungry for the apple anymore.

True Story.

[VinnyT]

I think from a mix of people sending me pictures, and checking my email a few times on my phone, I racked up a hefty fee.

I'm fucked.

[TheEdge]

Where you live, I will send you a blank check.

[VinnyT]

Seriously?

Cleveland.

[Jesse813]

Where you live, I will send you a blank check.

Send me 1 too. if you find your bank account empty its Vinny's fault.

[Slave]

Cooking Mama Peta (http://www.peta.org/cooking-mama/) edition.

[j_factor]

That is brilliant. I love how blood spills everywhere, and the intestines hang out.

[johnnyb]

In Natoma, Kansas, it's illegal to throw knives at men wearing striped suits.

[Rusty Venture]

lWDRKpMCORk

[MrMatthews]

The one in yellow is my favorite. I shall call her Li Li.

[Rusty Venture]

I ponder the most important of questions

Why does someone with diarrhea need an ambulance? Is there a hidden toilet on board? Do Japanese ambulances include johns?

Why not exercise to "Where is the nearest toilet?"

[Metal_Sonic]

HOLY DIVER! YOU'VE BEEN GONE TOO LONG IN THE MIDNIGHT SEA!

[sonicwatcher6969]

Horde mode in gears 2 is awesome, so are these games;

[MrMatthews]

You thought Sonic 360 was good?

And how hard are the achievements in Windows Vista?

[TheEdge]

My coffee has melamine in it!!!!!

(Falls over)

[sonicwatcher6969]

You thought Sonic 360 was good?

I know it has lots of problems but i've enjoyed every 3d sonic (except riders) anyway lets not change the topic to recent sonic games and remember that there are worse games...

[MrMatthews]

anyway lets not change the topic to recent sonic games and remember that there are worse games...


Who's changing the topic? You were the one that brought it up. :)

[j_factor]

MC Frontalot is the most amazing human being alive.

[Rusty Venture]

HOLY DIVER! YOU'VE BEEN GONE TOO LONG IN THE MIDNIGHT SEA!

If you're gonna do it, do it properly

bkysjcs5vFU

[Tanegashima]

Sing it Dio!

[MrMatthews]

I sure could go for some Tenacious D right now.

Anyone?

[j_factor]

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[MrMatthews]

In lieu of my previous posting, I offer this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wakdnee8GAc

[johnnyb]

My coffee has melamine in it!!!!!

(Falls over)

oops!... that probably came from over here.

[Metal_Sonic]

oi! dat isnt a 'noife, DIS! is a 'noife.

[johnnyb]

Ahhh, I see you have played noife spoony before!

[TheEdge]

I'm a winner