where did you get that idea? November 24, 2006 1:25 PM Subscribe
This post is pure editorial and belongs on the poster's own blog. The FPP makes a point (powerful women are beautiful) that is not made in any her of links. The post is entirely her opinion and because of that the discussion following is a mess.
(not that I don't agree with you that the post is rather weak, but I would assume it's gotten lots of flags and that the mods chose not to delete it)
posted by delmoi at 1:55 PM on November 24, 2006
posted by delmoi at 1:55 PM on November 24, 2006
I flagged the thread for deletion AND marked it as a favorite. It's just that good, people.
posted by dhammond at 2:00 PM on November 24, 2006
posted by dhammond at 2:00 PM on November 24, 2006
yes god forbid someone has an opinion that happens not to be the one you have
posted by petsounds at 2:01 PM on November 24, 2006
posted by petsounds at 2:01 PM on November 24, 2006
I liked that it creeped me out twice (once when I assumed it was posted by a man, and again when it turned out it wasn't).
posted by jack_mo at 2:02 PM on November 24, 2006
posted by jack_mo at 2:02 PM on November 24, 2006
man, i think that post has serious problems (i'm part of the thread mess, in fact) but even i don't think it needs deleting. it's a sort of shitty post, but it's not a guidelines violation, really.
But I'll qualify that by saying that I only feel this way because it turned out not to have been written by a man, after all. When I thought it had been, I flagged it as offensive. No, I'm not sure what that says about me.
posted by shmegegge at 2:53 PM on November 24, 2006
But I'll qualify that by saying that I only feel this way because it turned out not to have been written by a man, after all. When I thought it had been, I flagged it as offensive. No, I'm not sure what that says about me.
posted by shmegegge at 2:53 PM on November 24, 2006
BEST HYBRID CONTENT-FULL-POST/TROLL EVAR
This should be side-barred.
Should-stop-hyphenating-so-much.
posted by IronLizard at 3:07 PM on November 24, 2006
This should be side-barred.
Should-stop-hyphenating-so-much.
posted by IronLizard at 3:07 PM on November 24, 2006
I was trying to hold it down, but that just pushed the vomit over the edge.
posted by cytherea at 3:09 PM on November 24, 2006
posted by cytherea at 3:09 PM on November 24, 2006
aapki niti
You have this thing for trolling in an amazingly interesting way , I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
posted by IronLizard at 3:09 PM on November 24, 2006
belongs on the poster's own blog
This is actually a very good suggestion. You seem to have an interesting background, and I bet you might have a good take on the subject matter if you fleshed out your thoughts in a more linear and focused manner.
posted by dhammond at 3:10 PM on November 24, 2006
This is actually a very good suggestion. You seem to have an interesting background, and I bet you might have a good take on the subject matter if you fleshed out your thoughts in a more linear and focused manner.
posted by dhammond at 3:10 PM on November 24, 2006
klaatu, barada nikto
Amazing, I just watched that movie 20 minutes ago.
posted by IronLizard at 3:16 PM on November 24, 2006
Amazing, I just watched that movie 20 minutes ago.
posted by IronLizard at 3:16 PM on November 24, 2006
Errr, after looking at the link, the movie I watched was actually Army of Darkness.
posted by IronLizard at 3:17 PM on November 24, 2006 [1 favorite]
posted by IronLizard at 3:17 PM on November 24, 2006 [1 favorite]
bahut bahut dhanyavaad,
aapki niti
I don't really know what's going on here. From the link: Untruthfulness, rashness, guile, stupidity, avarice, uncleanliness and cruelty are a women's seven natural flaws.
*wanders off in confusion*
posted by meech at 3:25 PM on November 24, 2006
aapki niti
I don't really know what's going on here. From the link: Untruthfulness, rashness, guile, stupidity, avarice, uncleanliness and cruelty are a women's seven natural flaws.
*wanders off in confusion*
posted by meech at 3:25 PM on November 24, 2006
*wanders off in confusion*
I think it's supposed to make you think. Or so I think. Then again, I don't know, what do you think?
posted by IronLizard at 3:28 PM on November 24, 2006
I think it's supposed to make you think. Or so I think. Then again, I don't know, what do you think?
posted by IronLizard at 3:28 PM on November 24, 2006
Maybe I'm just insane, but this is fun.
posted by IronLizard at 3:33 PM on November 24, 2006
I think it's supposed to make you think. Or so I think. Then again, I don't know, what do you think?
No, it's supposed to make you think that it's supposed to make you think. Really, it's just bullshit.
posted by interrobang at 3:37 PM on November 24, 2006 [1 favorite]
No, it's supposed to make you think that it's supposed to make you think. Really, it's just bullshit.
posted by interrobang at 3:37 PM on November 24, 2006 [1 favorite]
Really, it's just bullshit. Well that's what YOU think. Personally I prefer to be confused for a while before I come to the conclusion that I've been skillfully baited.
posted by IronLizard at 3:42 PM on November 24, 2006 [1 favorite]
posted by IronLizard at 3:42 PM on November 24, 2006 [1 favorite]
The post is very meh, overly contrived, and infini thinks she's being charmingly sly when she's really just being cryptic and smug. All that taken together, sadly, still doesn't make the post delete-worthy.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 3:43 PM on November 24, 2006
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 3:43 PM on November 24, 2006
18. If the bees which seek the liquid oozing from the head of a lust-intoxicated elephant are driven away by the flapping of his ears, then the elephant has lost only the ornament of his head. The bees are quite happy in the lotus filled lake.
19. Verily, he who doth fart stinketh much.
posted by quonsar at 3:51 PM on November 24, 2006
19. Verily, he who doth fart stinketh much.
posted by quonsar at 3:51 PM on November 24, 2006
sadly, still doesn't make the post delete-worthy
I disagree, infini posited a theory that there is a correlation between power and looks but didn't provide a single link to back it up. Something like this (but better than this hastily googled article) would have helped the post.
posted by meech at 4:23 PM on November 24, 2006
I disagree, infini posited a theory that there is a correlation between power and looks but didn't provide a single link to back it up. Something like this (but better than this hastily googled article) would have helped the post.
posted by meech at 4:23 PM on November 24, 2006
at least cryptic smugness is entertaining, i wish i could be more cyptic with my smugness
posted by petsounds at 4:27 PM on November 24, 2006
posted by petsounds at 4:27 PM on November 24, 2006
klaatu, barada nikto
Amazing, I just watched that movie 20 minutes ago.
Errr, after looking at the link, the movie I watched was actually Army of Darkness.
What's even more amazing IronLizard, is that I'm wearing an AOD shirt with that saying on the back right now.
Wheels within wheels, man. It's like when someone says "plate of shrimp"...
posted by quin at 4:38 PM on November 24, 2006
Amazing, I just watched that movie 20 minutes ago.
Errr, after looking at the link, the movie I watched was actually Army of Darkness.
What's even more amazing IronLizard, is that I'm wearing an AOD shirt with that saying on the back right now.
Wheels within wheels, man. It's like when someone says "plate of shrimp"...
posted by quin at 4:38 PM on November 24, 2006
No, the shrimp thing ain't doin it for me. Let's stick zombies.
posted by IronLizard at 4:40 PM on November 24, 2006
posted by IronLizard at 4:40 PM on November 24, 2006
Err stick to
posted by IronLizard at 4:40 PM on November 24, 2006
posted by IronLizard at 4:40 PM on November 24, 2006
No, the shrimp thing ain't doin it for me. Let's stick zombies.
zombie sea monkeys
posted by pyramid termite at 4:56 PM on November 24, 2006
zombie sea monkeys
posted by pyramid termite at 4:56 PM on November 24, 2006
Metafilter: it's a sort of shitty post, but it's not a guidelines violation, really.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 5:05 PM on November 24, 2006
posted by mr_crash_davis at 5:05 PM on November 24, 2006
So is cryptic smugness replacing churlish puling?
Thew answer is very important to me.
posted by Kirth Gerson at 5:28 PM on November 24, 2006
Thew answer is very important to me.
posted by Kirth Gerson at 5:28 PM on November 24, 2006
IronLizard wrote...
Errr, after looking at the link, the movie I watched was actually Army of Darkness.
Thank you for the largest and most honest laugh I've had this weekend.
posted by tkolar at 5:37 PM on November 24, 2006
Errr, after looking at the link, the movie I watched was actually Army of Darkness.
Thank you for the largest and most honest laugh I've had this weekend.
posted by tkolar at 5:37 PM on November 24, 2006
So is cryptic smugness replacing churlish puling?
take it to AskMe.
posted by quonsar at 6:40 PM on November 24, 2006
take it to AskMe.
posted by quonsar at 6:40 PM on November 24, 2006
Thew answer is very important to me.
i thought you didn't care
posted by pyramid termite at 6:55 PM on November 24, 2006
i thought you didn't care
posted by pyramid termite at 6:55 PM on November 24, 2006
You're not really watching Army of Darkness with the right audience unless every one of them gets the Day the Earth Stood Still reference. And if everyone thinks this is the funniest movie they've seen in a long time, then you know you're in the company of true nerds. Bonus points if they're all physicists.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 7:52 PM on November 24, 2006
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 7:52 PM on November 24, 2006
Evil Dead 2 > Army of Darkness
AoD is good but the budget was too big for my tastes. Raimi was at his best when he had to work at things and engineer shots himself, and not simply throw money at a difficult tracking shot, IMO.
Also, Evil Dead II is totally an LSD movie. There's just no other explaination for some parts of it. AoD is all over the place with obvious gags and easy jokes.
I dunno, Evil Dead II plays like a tour de force, while AoD feels forced and contrived, to me. Like some suits saw Evil Dead 1 and 2 and said, "Hey that's great... Have you ever considered making REAL films?"
posted by BeerFilter at 9:26 PM on November 24, 2006
AoD is good but the budget was too big for my tastes. Raimi was at his best when he had to work at things and engineer shots himself, and not simply throw money at a difficult tracking shot, IMO.
Also, Evil Dead II is totally an LSD movie. There's just no other explaination for some parts of it. AoD is all over the place with obvious gags and easy jokes.
I dunno, Evil Dead II plays like a tour de force, while AoD feels forced and contrived, to me. Like some suits saw Evil Dead 1 and 2 and said, "Hey that's great... Have you ever considered making REAL films?"
posted by BeerFilter at 9:26 PM on November 24, 2006
BeerFilter: I dunno, Evil Dead II plays like a tour de force, while AoD feels forced and contrived, to me. Like some suits saw Evil Dead 1 and 2 and said, "Hey that's great... Have you ever considered making REAL films?"
At least half the fun of AoD was the fact that they took the money, they spent the money on ridiculous sets, costuming, etc., and they made a hugely-budgeted, b-movie-acted, fabulously camp movie that was right up there with 1 and 2 for cheese value. Besides.. it has an animated necronomicon. How can you not love that?
posted by Meep! Eek! at 10:03 PM on November 24, 2006
At least half the fun of AoD was the fact that they took the money, they spent the money on ridiculous sets, costuming, etc., and they made a hugely-budgeted, b-movie-acted, fabulously camp movie that was right up there with 1 and 2 for cheese value. Besides.. it has an animated necronomicon. How can you not love that?
posted by Meep! Eek! at 10:03 PM on November 24, 2006
Evil Dead 2 > Army of Darkness
Oh hell, It's on.
Evil Dead II is a better movie in that it's a more complete horror film, which is what the movie was attempting to be. But in that respect, the first [super campy] Evil Dead was actually scarier. The fact is, that Evil Dead II was not meant to be truly scary, it was meant to be ironically funny. Which it was.
And Army of Darkness was even better. AoD was built to be funny. Really, it's a mistake to ever call it a horror film (which the reviewers do.)
Army of Darkness is all about bad one liners and big set-pieces. And in that respect, it's the perfect conclusion to the 'trilogy'
So, it's unfair to compare them. AoD is with out a doubt, funnier, and ED II is no question, scarier. Mr. Raimi was clearly working towards two totally different ends. And as far as I'm concerned, he succeeded.
[Though I will be the first to say that the theatrical release of Army of Darkness was better than the Directors Cut. Argue with me on this point, and I will call an atheist's Fatwa on your ass.]
posted by quin at 10:27 PM on November 24, 2006
Oh hell, It's on.
Evil Dead II is a better movie in that it's a more complete horror film, which is what the movie was attempting to be. But in that respect, the first [super campy] Evil Dead was actually scarier. The fact is, that Evil Dead II was not meant to be truly scary, it was meant to be ironically funny. Which it was.
And Army of Darkness was even better. AoD was built to be funny. Really, it's a mistake to ever call it a horror film (which the reviewers do.)
Army of Darkness is all about bad one liners and big set-pieces. And in that respect, it's the perfect conclusion to the 'trilogy'
So, it's unfair to compare them. AoD is with out a doubt, funnier, and ED II is no question, scarier. Mr. Raimi was clearly working towards two totally different ends. And as far as I'm concerned, he succeeded.
[Though I will be the first to say that the theatrical release of Army of Darkness was better than the Directors Cut. Argue with me on this point, and I will call an atheist's Fatwa on your ass.]
posted by quin at 10:27 PM on November 24, 2006
MORE LIKE ARMY OF DORKNESS AM I RITE
Great Retarded minds...
posted by loquacious at 10:53 PM on November 24, 2006
posted by loquacious at 10:53 PM on November 24, 2006
loquacious : am i having sex with the dorkness yet?
Sure, you keep teasing us, but until I see some cute lil' Loq/ dork babies, I'm just going to have to believe that all your dork-sex stories are just more examples of you telling us about your dorky "Girlfriend in Canada"...
Until then, I'm sorry, man, you are just a dork sexing-up wanna be.
[And I don't want to be the guy that calls you a poser.]
posted by quin at 11:14 PM on November 24, 2006
Sure, you keep teasing us, but until I see some cute lil' Loq/ dork babies, I'm just going to have to believe that all your dork-sex stories are just more examples of you telling us about your dorky "Girlfriend in Canada"...
Until then, I'm sorry, man, you are just a dork sexing-up wanna be.
[And I don't want to be the guy that calls you a poser.]
posted by quin at 11:14 PM on November 24, 2006
i thought you didn't care
posted by pyramid termite
I know. I thought I'd better correct that mistaken notion by sharing my thewts on the very important puling-or-smugness question. If I didn't, probably there would not have been the flood of highly informative responses.
posted by Kirth Gerson at 3:46 AM on November 25, 2006
posted by pyramid termite
I know. I thought I'd better correct that mistaken notion by sharing my thewts on the very important puling-or-smugness question. If I didn't, probably there would not have been the flood of highly informative responses.
posted by Kirth Gerson at 3:46 AM on November 25, 2006
belongs on the poster's own blog
This is actually a very good suggestion. You seem to have an interesting background, and I bet you might have a good take on the subject matter if you fleshed out your thoughts in a more linear and focused manner.
posted by dhammond at 3:10 PM PST on November 24
meh. I've better things to write about, including my background.
thanks for a few days of fun all, I got fed up of behaving on mefi :P
posted by infini at 11:10 AM on November 25, 2006
This is actually a very good suggestion. You seem to have an interesting background, and I bet you might have a good take on the subject matter if you fleshed out your thoughts in a more linear and focused manner.
posted by dhammond at 3:10 PM PST on November 24
meh. I've better things to write about, including my background.
thanks for a few days of fun all, I got fed up of behaving on mefi :P
posted by infini at 11:10 AM on November 25, 2006
Well, quin, I agree with you that ED1 is the scariest, and most campy. I suppose it's just a matter of tastes, but in my opinion, ED2 was the opus. AoD just seems too heavy-handed to me.
Have you ever seen Within the Woods? The early early prototype of the series? It's simply grand. :)
Also, you have watched these movies on acid, right? That's a big part of my PoV here. :)
posted by BeerFilter at 1:32 PM on November 25, 2006
Have you ever seen Within the Woods? The early early prototype of the series? It's simply grand. :)
Also, you have watched these movies on acid, right? That's a big part of my PoV here. :)
posted by BeerFilter at 1:32 PM on November 25, 2006
I want to be from a town called Readymade.
posted by DenOfSizer at 2:08 PM on November 25, 2006
posted by DenOfSizer at 2:08 PM on November 25, 2006
BeerF, are you tripping RIGHT NOW?
posted by DenOfSizer at 2:09 PM on November 25, 2006
posted by DenOfSizer at 2:09 PM on November 25, 2006
Jeebus, look at how powerful you are!
posted by dhammond at 1:48 PM PST on November 25
:P
posted by infini at 2:36 PM on November 25, 2006
posted by dhammond at 1:48 PM PST on November 25
:P
posted by infini at 2:36 PM on November 25, 2006
Sadly, no, DenOfSizer. Got any?
posted by BeerFilter at 4:10 PM on November 25, 2006
posted by BeerFilter at 4:10 PM on November 25, 2006
Okay, with the new knowledge provided in this thread, I guess I'm just going to go with the fact that infini is completely insane.
I'm glad we could have this little chat, everyone—same time next week!
posted by blacklite at 7:07 PM on November 25, 2006
I'm glad we could have this little chat, everyone—same time next week!
posted by blacklite at 7:07 PM on November 25, 2006
Wait, infini is male?
But she seems so... androgynous!
posted by tkolar at 8:31 PM on November 26, 2006
But she seems so... androgynous!
posted by tkolar at 8:31 PM on November 26, 2006
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