Mythos_Ruler
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Mythos Ruler is da bomb
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And the list you all have been waiting for
: 96/100: The Last Samurai (2003)
95/100: The Two Towers (2002)
94/100: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
93/100: Spartacus (1960)
92/100: Moulin Rouge (2001)
92/100: Gladiator (2000)
92/100: The Godfather Part II (1974)
91/100: Jaws (1975)
90/100: Minority Report (2000)
90/100: Shakespeare in Love (1998)
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There's a distinct difference between vandalism and art.
A vandal's medium is someone else's property, hence wrong.
An artist's medium is his own property, or that of a willing participant's, hence right.
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Perhaps each atom is like a "solar system" in itself and tiny beings live on electrons orbiting around its neutron and proton "sun."
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Just do what King Tut said... Press "C." It will either capture it to the clipboard, or as a file to the directory of your choice. You control these options through Preferences (or Options, whichever).
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If, tomorrow, God was somehow "proven" not to exist:
1.) A third of the Religious would go into denial; the notion of a "father-deity" having been so ingrained into their psyche.
2.) A third of the Religious will freak out and go around committing all sorts of crimes, because they no longer have to "obey" a deity.
3.) A third of the Religious will shrug their shoulders and go on living a good life.
4.) The rest of us will go on living our lives as before.
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I'd play the guy that survives to tell the tale.
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Did "Ancient Egyptians" use CGI for the battle scenes or the old fashion actual footage?
Well, I doubt there was any real *actual* footage.
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There are decapitations galor in this movie though.
*Spoilers!*
The best one is when Algren confronts those 4 or 5 assassins that followed him into an alley. The last one he slices his head off.... but you don't know it until the guy falls to the ground and his head rolls away. I heard an, "Alllllright!!!" from a few of my fellow moviegoers on that one.
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I have quite a few "perfect games" in mind... Here's one:
The Star Wars Saga
A Real Time Strategy First Person Role Playing Game. Muahahahaha!!!
Basically it starts at Episode I and takes you straight through to Episode VI.
In this game you can jump at-will between any of the main characters on either the Good side or Dark side. You can change camera views from 1st person to 3rd person (adventure). You can jump into any vehicle or ship and pilot it like a simulation game or like Red Squadron II. You can command squadrons of ground troops, a squad of X-Wings, or whole armies and fleets in RTS view.
All this in one game.
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Lev. 20:13, "If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltness is upon them"
Interesting... I read my trusty study Bible and see things like this written everywhere. And Christians wonder why non-christians think Christianity is violent.
I'll go ahead and ask the obvious question. Do the Christians on this board believe homosexuals should be put to death (according to the Bible passage quoted above)?
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I agree with everything you said about this movie. Good stuff. Brought me some goosebumps a few times, not to mention my eyes got a little misty during the end battle.
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"The Ancient City" By Peter Connolly and Hazel Dodge. Great coffee table book about the workings of both ancient Athens and ancient Rome!
"How NOT to Write a Screenplay" by Denny Martin Flinn.
Both of these books have been an inspiration for the screenplay I am writing (Coming to a Theater Near You - Summer 2006!). "The Ancient City" has also inspired many a concept sketch for the Hellenes and Romans.
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Gladiator is definately on Mythos Ruler's Top 10 "Cool Movies" list. Crowe's performance as Maximus Decimus Meridius was fantastic. It's amazing that Mel Gibson turned down starring Gladiator to do "The Patriot"!!! What a bad move for Mel, and a GOOD move for Crowe!
Man, I truly felt for the character when he saw his wife and son murdered. The tears, the contorted expression he had, the SNOT.... all combined, really sold the scene for me. The various scenes where he thinks of his time with his family, and longing to go home hit me to the core, and is what made Maximus the character we all wish we could be.
Joaquin Phoenix was pretty good as Commodus. His lines in the "murder" scene with his father weren't delivered that well, but that's the only bad moment I spotted in his portrayal of the deeply disturbed Roman Emperor.
Connie Nielson likewise turns a great performance as Lucilla, the besieged sister to Commodus and admirer of Maximus. One cannot help but feel her pain as she desperately tries to shield her son from the madness swirling around her.
The action is top notch, although I am a bit miffed at the style with which director Ridley Scott decided to shoot the opening battle sequence. I understand what he was going for; ancient battles were bloody confusing, but I'm sure that can be accomplished just as well without making me dizzy and sick to my stomach. Scott almost gave me whiplash with all the "camera jerking" going on.
The music was superb in every way. Some high brow critics hated this soundtrack and they are fools. Too "electronic" they say... which makes me say, "huh?" Hans Zimmer might have used some electronics in his score, but it blended well with the full orchestra he was working with. He created themes that will be recognizable decades from now.
The script is the only I have to criticize. I say have to criticize because I really don't want to, because I love the movie so much, but some things simply stand out and must be addressed. The historical inaccuracy for one is kind of disconcerting. I realize that this was a movie and not a documentary, but a little more faith to the subject material would have been nice. There's a huge plothole in the fact that Maximus crosses a thousand miles from the Austrian frontier along the Danube to Iberia (Spain), and over two mountain ranges (Alps, Pyranees) with probably a couple days head start and still the Praetorian Guard manages to beat him home with time enough to spare to rape and pillage his home. That really can't be reasoned away as much as I'd like to. And lastly, regarding the script, is the notion that after Commodus was killed the Republic was restored. It obviously wasn't. I don't think anyone at that time had any allusions to restoring the Republic. These are a couple of big things that bother me, but not enough to ruin he movie or boot it off my Top 10 Cool Movies list.
Heck, I saw it in the theater 6 times. I must've liked it well enough.
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Well, the phrase "Under God" was never in the original pledge to begin with (even back when the government *was* enforcing christianity), so why would anyone object to it taken out now?
The fact that people of religion are the ones that object to its removal proves the point of the atheist father. People object to its removal not on civic grounds, as propagated by the article in the original thread-posting, but on religious grounds!
These people don't seem to undertstand something. The First Amendment protects religion as well. It doesn't protect religion by promoting it. It protects religion by preventing one faith or religious sect from dominating all others.
I'm sure if a group of Catholics somehow got elected to positions of power and tried to pass laws in accordance with strict Catholicism, Protestants and conservatives would be up in arms about the SEPARATION between CHURCH AND STATE not being enforced. Likewise (especially) if Jews or Muslims came to power.
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HAN SOLO thunders into the stadium in the Millennium Falcon. The crowd goes wild. Escorted by his trusty sidekick, CHEWBACCA, he decends the ramp to the squared circle.
"Well, Chewie, this looks like a good hiding spot from Jabba the Hut and those bounty hunters," says Han.
Chewbacca replies, "Ung Ung Argh." (Wookie:English translation: Why do you keep talking to me in English, when I have no clue what you're saying? By the way, I just took a dump on the Princess Leia picture taped to the ceiling over your bunk. Don't ask me how I managed that, but I did. That $%@$# annoys the %$@#$ out of me. Oh, and you don't know this yet, but she's Luke's sister. It's sooooo obvious. I could tell way back on the Death Star. And I thought you shot Greedo first. Coulda swore... Oh well.")
Just then, into the stadium strolls INDIANA JONES, complete with bullwhip and fedora hat. By his side is his trusty sidekick, SHORT ROUND.
"You better watch your back Doctor Jones. Short Round says his Pinchers of Peril are broken," says Short Round, as usual: talking about himself in thrid person. (English:Wookie translation: Argh Ung Ugh.)
"That's alright Short Round," says Indy, "Fortune and Glory, kid. Fortune and Glory."
Han motions to Short Round, "Hey kid! Where did you dig up this old fossil?"
"Isn't that my line?" chimes in Indy.
"Hey buddy! You call him Doctor Jones!" replies Short Round to Han's taunt.
"My professional name," says Indy, grinning at the camera.
"Ugh Ung Ung!" Says Chewie.
And the HEAT is on!
Who will win this match between two icons of the silver screen. Who has the biggest EGO?!
Two men enter. One man leaves.
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Other cars that almost ride on top of your back bumper, going 70 MPH down the highway.... especially when they see they you can't merge, because there's an 18-Wheeler SEMI in the way.
My situation was like this:
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The semi was going 70+ (!!!) and so was I and my "attacker." So, basically I was stuck next to the semi for 20 seconds while I passed it. The whole time this guy (in a LEXUS, seems like its always someone with a LEXUS or SUV) was driving less than a meter behind me.... desperately trying to get me to speed up.
* So, the moment I could finally safely merge into the slow lane in front of the semi I did merge... but not before SLAMMING on my breaks to send my attacker a message. He apparently didn't see me do this in time and nearly slammed into my rear bumper... so he had to slam his breaks (how much I reeeeeelly wanted to scratch his new Lexus). This pisses him off something fierce, so when I finally merge over he speeds up to 85MPH, then cuts right in front of me and slams on his breaks. Of course I had to slow down too, but not nearly like what I did to him. He threw me the finger, then sped off at 80MPH +. Now this was all happening in a 65MPH zone. I was laughing the whole time. It surely got my adrenaline pumping.
* Do not try this at home.
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Contests should probably be on a monthly basis. Once you announce the winner for one contest you announce the subject for next month's contest.
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Well, svede, you have to define the types of welfare to which you are refering. You seem to be painting too broad a stroke in your initial argument. Do you believe everything in this list is wrong:
1.) Welfare to single mothers
2.) Short-term Unemplyment Compensation
3.) Child tax credits
4.) Medicare for poor children
5.) The graduated income tax system
6.) Social Security for seniors
7.) Social Security for those disabled on the job
8.) Social Security for disabled veterans (yes, this is a form of welfare)
There are other things I could list, but that's a good start. Which items on that list should be thrown out? if not one or two, then why not all? And before you say private organizations should take over all those things (save taxes), do you believe there are enough private organizations to handle it all?
Just promoting the general welfare on this forum.
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Y'know what? You can't go wrong with a movie that has a Ninja vs. Samurai battle in it.
no problem with a man crying It proves that you're still humanYou needed proof that I was human?
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I'd like to buy my own Aegean island. It'd have to have a high speed internet connection somehow though.
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I'm a man. I'll admit I shed more than a few tears while seeing The Last Samurai today.
I urge all to go see it. That final battle scene where you know how it has to end, but you dread it anyway, is great. All the performances are good to brilliant; except maybe the Emperor, but prolly because English wasn't his first language (apt for the charcter methinks!).
Katsumodo - The guy who played this character sold the movie. WOW.
Algren - Cruise hits another home run.
Taka - Such a beautiful woman and a beautifully understated performance.
Ujio - Man, this guy rocks.
The kids - Hollywood had to go to a different country to find children that can act! Wow.
If you ask me, "Was this better than The Two Towers?" I would say yes. "Was this better than Braveheart?" I would say yes. But I would also say you are asking the wrong questions. You should be asking, "Was it a good story, with beautiful cinematography, skillfully acted characters, and exciting action?" and I would say yes, yes, yes, and yes.
Will this win Best Picture? Probably not, but I don't want to jump to any conclusions yet. I really have no faith in the Academy either way though. All I can say is, go see this movie, and it might be the Best Picture in your own heart.
I will part with this; the best sex scene ever filmed is in this movie, but lo and behold, it has no sex.
If you see this film you will know the scene to which I refer.
On a scale of 1 - 100, I give it a 95!
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I'm glad to see this discussion didn't degenerate into a debate about Constitutional law.
Religion
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A lot of people confuse "entropy" with "chaos" or "decay"... especially Christian pastors that preach science to their congregations.
(it's almost as if they all go to the same website to get the same quotes to throw into their surmons)
Terms like "disorder" and "decay" are not thermodynamic terms, but are basically just human constructs. A cluttered or disorganized child's bedroom does not point to an increase in entropy. The laws of thermodynamics don't speak one bit about such things, but rather about the exchange of energy - which is related to "complexity" and "order," but not the same thing.
At the Big Bang, entropy was at its minimum. Overall, entropy in the Universe is increasing, I agree (the affore mentioned "Heat Death"). However, that does not mean entropy everywhere in the universe is increasing. The increase in entropy spoken about in the second law of thermodynamics applies only to a closed system, that is, an entity with which there can be no exchange of energy. Earth's biosphere get's energy from the Sun and internal radiant heat, hence it is an Open system and entropy can decrease (to term it for those Pastors among you - increased complexity can occur). This neatly allows for Evolutionary Theory, despite what the Sunday morning scientists say.
Now, this is just my (admittedly) minimal understanding of a possibly complex scientific law. If anyone with greater knowledge than I about the issue would like to slap me upside the head, they are more than welcome to set me straight.