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Author:  Curiosity [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:33 ]
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Well, we can but hope he recovers. Whilst many may not be massive fans of his, the alternative is the likes of Bachmann handing out the death penalty for people carrying out abortions, removing the teaching of evolution in schools and replacing it with Creationism in science classes, etc.
Author:  Curiosity [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:35 ]
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Chris - she said the HPV vaccine causes mental retardation in children, citing 'a woman she spoke to'.

Even the other Rep candidates laughed at her, and even the staunchest Republican news networks and commentators called her an idiot.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/20 ... s-in-fact/
Author:  MrChris [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:38 ]
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Curiosity wrote:
Chris - she said the HPV vaccine causes mental retardation in children, citing 'a woman she spoke to'.

Even the other Rep candidates laughed at her, and even the staunchest Republican news networks and commentators called her an idiot.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/20 ... s-in-fact/


Oh, hah.

Thank god she's polling 3rd then.
Author:  Curiosity [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:40 ]
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Mr Kissyfur wrote:
Curiosity wrote:
Chris - she said the HPV vaccine causes mental retardation in children, citing 'a woman she spoke to'.

Even the other Rep candidates laughed at her, and even the staunchest Republican news networks and commentators called her an idiot.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/20 ... s-in-fact/


Oh, hah.

Thank god she's polling 3rd then.


Hah!

She's polling 6th now.

:DD

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/20 ... omination/
Author:  Zardoz [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 13:42 ]
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Squirrels cock ruins telly bake off

http://gawker.com/5847203/
Author:  TK-421 [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 14:53 ]
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FFS. Christina Perri is doing a one off gig in London next week, for what appears to be a media showcase, as there are no tickets anywhere. She's ace, so I'm hoping I can blag guestlist passes.
Author:  Zardoz [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 14:58 ]
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For Pete :luv:

http://xkcd.com/556/
Author:  MaliA [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 15:06 ]
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BSG s1e9 Tigh me up Tigh me down isn't very good.
Author:  MrChris [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 15:15 ]
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Tigh's one of the more annoying pointless one dimensional characters tbh, so any episode focussing on him is going to be shite.

I just bought the first series of Robotech, so am going to have some fun this evening.
Author:  Mr Dave [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 15:25 ]
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Mr Kissyfur wrote:
Mr Dave wrote:
MaliA wrote:
Sarah Palin isn't running for president this year, which is more than quite annoying. I'll have to put away my Palin/Schwarzenegger poster away for a few more years, then.

Annoying? An enormous relief, more like.

Really? If Palin had got the Republican ticket it would have guaranteed, guaranteed, a second Obama administration. That would have been A Good Thing. Instead we may have Michele Bachmann, who, as far as I can work out, is Palin after some education.
You have much more faith in the American public than I do then.
Author:  MrChris [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 15:29 ]
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Mr Dave wrote:
Mr Kissyfur wrote:
Mr Dave wrote:
MaliA wrote:
Sarah Palin isn't running for president this year, which is more than quite annoying. I'll have to put away my Palin/Schwarzenegger poster away for a few more years, then.

Annoying? An enormous relief, more like.

Really? If Palin had got the Republican ticket it would have guaranteed, guaranteed, a second Obama administration. That would have been A Good Thing. Instead we may have Michele Bachmann, who, as far as I can work out, is Palin after some education.
You have much more faith in the American public than I do then.


The polling said she'd lose. Which is fairly obvious, as whilst she would mobilise the traditional Republican base, she would utterly, utterly alienate the relatively moderate swing voters that either side needs to win over in order to get elected.
Author:  MaliA [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 15:48 ]
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BSG s1e10


ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!
Everyone is clearly mental. Needs more Chief Engineer. This episode better than last episode. Man still running about on planet in the rain. He's clearly stupid.

Seriously, I'm quite enjoying the religious tones, and some characters are better than others. The episodes do vary wildly in quality, though.
Author:  Trooper [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 16:08 ]
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Decca wrote:
@NervousPete it's also aged very very well, which is amazing considering the CGI, the shadow vessels are still the stuff of nightmares that will haunt your dreams

:.SCREEEEEEEEAAAAACHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII:

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!
I am in front of you they are behind you, if you value your lives be somewhere else...

I am the voice of God....



Babylon 5...

Babylon 5 is the sort of show that people will tell you it gets really good in the later seasons, but you have to watch the first couple of seasons to get into it.

They lie, they only say that because they have suffered the pain and can't admit to themselves that they wasted their time, so fool themselves that it was worth the investment.
From the simply awful acting from 95% of the cast, with the main actor for the first series being the worst actor to ever be put on TV, to the final 3 episodes which were 3 solid hours of everyone travelling round saying goodbye to each other... and literally nothing else, to the director's commentary posts that he made on usenet at the time of broadcast, where he is so far up his own ass he can swallow his own tongue from the inside., Babylon 5 is simply some of the worst TV ever shown.

Not purely because of how bad it is, it isn't that bad on it's own merits, some episodes even manage to raise themselves to the giddy heights of mediocrity. It's the fans who will tell you how amazing it is that really drag it down to the depths of hell. Without them it would be forgettable, with them you will be forced to remember as they bring the subject up again and again and again.
Author:  MrChris [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 16:14 ]
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*opens popcorn*
Author:  BikNorton [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 16:15 ]
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I watched s1 to s4 with Helen a few months ago. I think it's still pretty good. So ner, Mr Poopy Head.

We're watching Twin Peaks now that the Gold Edition is out. Boy oh boy does it go batshit in season 2 - far more so than I remember. Really no surprise it didn't get picked up for a third.
Author:  Trooper [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 16:22 ]
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Mr Kissyfur wrote:
*opens popcorn*


It may well be a minority view, but that doesn't make it any less right... :D
Author:  markg [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 16:23 ]
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I have no real idea if Babylon 5 is any good or not, my gut instinct was always to turn over immediately. Normally my gut instincts are pretty good with telly programmes, though not infallible. I've recently enjoyed episodes of Scrubs because my wife likes it. I don't expect we'll ever investigate Babylon 5, though.
Author:  Grim... [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 16:27 ]
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Mr Kissyfur wrote:
Tigh's one of the more annoying pointless one dimensional characters tbh, so any episode focussing on him is going to be shite.

I...
You fucking what?
Author:  MrChris [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 16:28 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Mr Kissyfur wrote:
Tigh's one of the more annoying pointless one dimensional characters tbh, so any episode focussing on him is going to be shite.

I...
You fucking what?

You heard me.

And you're in no position to start getting all "you're soooo wrong" after your comments in the movie thread, mister.
Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 16:30 ]
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Then again the main thing you have to remember about Tigh is

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!
no spoilers from me, chaps


So, there's that.
Author:  Zardoz [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 16:31 ]
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Babylon 5 looks absolute gash.

I love Sci-fi films, but the only Sci-Fi TV series I've ever loved have been, Star Trek (Picard era), Original Battle Star Galactica and Buck Rodgers.
Author:  MrChris [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 16:33 ]
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Zardoz wrote:
Babylon 5 looks absolute gash.

I love Sci-fi films, but the only Sci-Fi TV series I've ever loved have been, Star Trek (Picard era), Original Battle Star Galactica and Buck Rodgers.

Blimey. Really?

Buck Rodgers, Star Fleet, Terrahawks, New BSG, Sliders, Quantum Leap, some TNG, DS9, GitS. Possibly some others, I'll have a think.
EDIt - Farscape, Firefly (FIREFLY FFS), Space Above and Beyond, Star Wars - The Clone Wars...
Author:  Trooper [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 16:35 ]
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Zardoz wrote:
Babylon 5 looks absolute gash.


It is, don't let any of the deluded try and trick you into watching it.

Wait, no, watch the first episode and then make your mind up, it doesn't get any better...
Author:  devilman [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 16:39 ]
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Zardoz wrote:
Babylon 5 looks absolute gash.

I love Sci-fi films, but the only Sci-Fi TV series I've ever loved have been, Star Trek (Picard era), Original Battle Star Galactica and Buck Rodgers.


I'm not really much for Sci-Fi generally, which is why the Firefly boxed set that GJ kindly loaned to me is still unwatched.
Author:  Cras [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 16:41 ]
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Firefly's not Sci-fi, it's cowboys in space.
Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 16:41 ]
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devilman wrote:
Zardoz wrote:
Babylon 5 looks absolute gash.

I love Sci-fi films, but the only Sci-Fi TV series I've ever loved have been, Star Trek (Picard era), Original Battle Star Galactica and Buck Rodgers.


I'm not really much for Sci-Fi generally, which is why the Firefly boxed set that GJ kindly loaned to me is still unwatched.

:facepalm:

It's not like your 'normal' sci-Fi though.
Author:  MrChris [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 16:41 ]
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Craster wrote:
Firefly's not Sci-fi, it's cowboys in space.

First written warning.
Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 16:42 ]
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Craster wrote:
Firefly's not Sci-fi, it's cowboys in space.

:this:
Author:  Cras [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 16:42 ]
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Mr Kissyfur wrote:
Craster wrote:
Firefly's not Sci-fi, it's cowboys in space.

First written warning.


It...really doesn't work like that.
Author:  devilman [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 16:42 ]
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Craster wrote:
Firefly's not Sci-fi, it's cowboys in space.


I don't like cowboy stuff either. :)
Author:  MrChris [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 16:42 ]
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Craster wrote:
Mr Kissyfur wrote:
Craster wrote:
Firefly's not Sci-fi, it's cowboys in space.

First written warning.


It...really doesn't work like that.

What doesn't? You don't know what you're querying.
Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 16:45 ]
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devilman wrote:
Craster wrote:
Firefly's not Sci-fi, it's cowboys in space.


I don't like cowboy stuff either. :)

But it's funny!

It's not like watching Star Trek or Bonanza!
Author:  devilman [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 16:52 ]
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I'll watch an episode or two over the weekend and report back. :)
Author:  Zardoz [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 16:53 ]
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Mr Kissyfur wrote:
Zardoz wrote:
Babylon 5 looks absolute gash.

I love Sci-fi films, but the only Sci-Fi TV series I've ever loved have been, Star Trek (Picard era), Original Battle Star Galactica and Buck Rodgers.

Blimey. Really?

...Star Fleet, Terrahawks... ..Star Wars - The Clone Wars...

Animated stuff is generally great, I'm talking about human actor Sci-Fi in tight clothes and rubber masks.

Also Quantum Leap is Earth based, rather than Spacey so that's different too.
Author:  devilman [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 16:56 ]
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Zardoz wrote:
tight clothes and rubber masks.


I thought you might have enjoyed that stuff.
Author:  Zardoz [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 16:59 ]
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Don't let it put you off wearing them, I still enjoy your tapes.
Author:  Decca [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 16:59 ]
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I'm not going to respond to the clearly wrong in this thread about B5

First few seasons of stargate SG1 are really worth watching - the first time you watch them when you are learning what's going on and seeing everything unfold along with the characters is one of the all time highlights of television.
Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 17:02 ]
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devilman wrote:
I'll watch an episode or two over the weekend and report back. :)

I want it on my desk by Sunday evening. :nerd:
Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 17:02 ]
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I enjoyed B5 thoroughly. This is, of course no reason for anyone else to like it.

Natch
Author:  MrChris [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 17:05 ]
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I've come to the conclusion that when someone says "don't worry, it happens to the best of us", they're subtly being rude.
Author:  Zardoz [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 17:19 ]
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Don't worry, it happens to the best of us.
Author:  TK-421 [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 17:22 ]
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Zardoz wrote:

Also Quantum Leap is Earth based, rather than Spacey so that's different too.


What difference does that make? It's still sci-fi.
Author:  Grim... [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 17:22 ]
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Mr Kissyfur wrote:
Grim... wrote:
Mr Kissyfur wrote:
Tigh's one of the more annoying pointless one dimensional characters tbh, so any episode focussing on him is going to be shite.

I...
You fucking what?

You heard me.

And you're in no position to start getting all "you're soooo wrong" after your comments in the movie thread, mister.

The dude spoilered his own spoiler, for fuck's sake. And then, of course, turns out spoiler. And spoiler was spoiler too! You so broken!
Author:  Cras [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 17:30 ]
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Grim... wrote:
The dude spoilered his own spoiler, for fuck's sake. And then, of course, turns out spoiler. And spoiler was spoiler too! You so broken!


Brilliant!
Author:  MrChris [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 17:32 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Mr Kissyfur wrote:
Grim... wrote:
Mr Kissyfur wrote:
Tigh's one of the more annoying pointless one dimensional characters tbh, so any episode focussing on him is going to be shite.

I...
You fucking what?

You heard me.

And you're in no position to start getting all "you're soooo wrong" after your comments in the movie thread, mister.

The dude spoilered his own spoiler, for fuck's sake. And then, of course, turns out spoiler. And spoiler was spoiler too! You so broken!


That doesn't make him less dull and annoying.

Also, as a general rule, alcoholic characters are boring.
Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 17:33 ]
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It excellent, because I know what it means :)
Author:  Cras [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 17:36 ]
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DavPaz wrote:
It excellent, because I know what it means :)


:this:

Tigh was a far better character than pretty much everyone else except lawyer man/Badger/Crowley
Author:  Grim... [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 17:36 ]
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Craster wrote:
Grim... wrote:
The dude spoilered his own spoiler, for fuck's sake. And then, of course, turns out spoiler. And spoiler was spoiler too! You so broken!


Brilliant!

:D
I best get me some noms for that
Author:  Grim... [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 17:36 ]
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Craster wrote:
lawyer man/Badger

MIND BLOWN
Author:  Cras [ Thu Oct 06, 2011 17:37 ]
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SRS?
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