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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jan 9, 2017 5:57:14 GMT -5
I hate winter! There! I said it! I can't like this comment enough. Unfortunately, it's just the tip of the iceberg compared to what's coming up soon. February is the worst |
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jan 9, 2017 7:05:27 GMT -5
Ever since I discovered the joy's of hard ale and cider, I've never considered drinking beer again. It really does taste like jet fuel by comparison. I'm partial to Redd's Wicked apple ale. The mango flavor is fantastic, but it's the hardest to find.
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Post by The Captain on Jan 9, 2017 7:35:47 GMT -5
Ever since I discovered the joy's of hard ale and cider, I've never considered drinking beer again. It really does taste like jet fuel by comparison. I'm partial to Redd's Wicked apple ale. The mango flavor is fantastic, but it's the hardest to find. I'm right there with you, my friend. Much prefer the ciders or hard ales to 99% of the beer out there. |
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jan 9, 2017 7:38:40 GMT -5
Ever since I discovered the joy's of hard ale and cider, I've never considered drinking beer again. It really does taste like jet fuel by comparison. I'm partial to Redd's Wicked apple ale. The mango flavor is fantastic, but it's the hardest to find. I'm right there with you, my friend. Much prefer the ciders or hard ales to 99% of the beer out there. I'm still surprised that the cider/ale sections at the gas stations I frequent are still so small compared to the beer sections. I've noticed that the Redd's sell's very briskly, yet the little section remains unchanged. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2017 9:00:44 GMT -5
I hate winter! There! I said it! I agree with you 100%!!! |
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Post by Cei-U! on Jan 9, 2017 9:50:08 GMT -5
Very few TV shows (not sure I can think of any) use a prerecorded "laugh track" anymore. Sitcoms either videotape in front of a live audience using three cameras (like Big Bang Theory or I Love Lucy, which invented that style) or are filmed with a single camera (like Modern Family). No audience, no laughter. Three-camera shows will occasionally sweeten the live audience's response with bits from a laugh track but few actually need to. The laughs you hear on BBT are real (if not necessarily spontaneous, given that they're warmed up by a comedian beforehand and an Applause sign flashes at the producers' discretion). I agree that laugh tracks are annoying (it's one of the reasons I find MASH unwatchable) but they're so rare these days that complaining about them is like complaining about Atari's dominance of the video game industry.
Cei-U!
I summon the predigested bellylaugh!
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Post by shaxper on Jan 9, 2017 10:19:45 GMT -5
Very few TV shows (not sure I can think of any) use a prerecorded "laugh track" anymore. Sitcoms either videotape in front of a live audience using three cameras (like Big Bang Theory or I Love Lucy, which invented that style) or are filmed with a single camera (like Modern Family). No audience, no laughter. Three-camera shows will occasionally sweeten the live audience's response with bits from a laugh track but few actually need to. The laughs you hear on BBT are real (if not necessarily spontaneous, given that they're warmed up by a comedian beforehand and an Applause sign flashes at the producers' discretion). I agree that laugh tracks are annoying (it's one of the reasons I find MASH unwatchable) but they're so rare these days that complaining about them is like complaining about Atari's dominance of the video game industry. Cei-U! I summon the predigested bellylaugh! |
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 11, 2017 7:18:20 GMT -5
You don't beat Hate with Hate, only love does that. I'm this close to deleting my FB account. There I said it.  |
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Post by WestPhillyPunisher on Jan 11, 2017 17:33:11 GMT -5
Even though I'm black, I'm sick to death of having diversity in comics being shoved down my throat. There! I said it!
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 11, 2017 20:28:59 GMT -5
Agree. I think that comic books shouldn't change what the original Race/sex/orientation was for a given Character just to be hip. It's okay to do in movies because it's a different medium.
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Post by berkley on Jan 11, 2017 20:34:11 GMT -5
Agree. I think that comic books shouldn't change what the original Race/sex/orientation was for a given Character just to be hip. It's okay to do in movies because it's a different medium. I still can't even accept that Daniel Craig has blonde hair in the Bond movies. James Bond is a dark-haired man, dammit! |
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 11, 2017 20:41:50 GMT -5
I have totally divorced comics from movies and never get angry when it's not the same. The movies have actually improved some things. I like Samuel Jackson as Nick Fury and I never liked the comic version.
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Post by The Captain on Jan 11, 2017 20:58:36 GMT -5
Even though I'm black, I'm sick to death of having diversity in comics being shoved down my throat. There! I said it! Depends what you mean by diversity. If it's having new characters created that aren't all lily white or straight or Christian, then diversity is a good thing, because why shouldn't the superhero world echo the real world? If it's the expanded use of existing diverse characters, such as Sam Wilson becoming Captain America, or having former background players like Misty Knight coming to the forefront, that's a good use of diversity, as it feels natural and organic in a continually-evolving universe. If it's done for publicity, shock value, or because it fills a quota, I'll agree with you. |
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Post by Phil Maurice on Jan 11, 2017 21:02:38 GMT -5
Even though I'm black, I'm sick to death of having diversity in comics being shoved down my throat. There! I said it! To feel that strongly, you must be even older than me. That's something! I never had a chance, really. It started with Sesame Street, which entered its first season the same year I achieved object permanence. The show was ground-breaking for its use of realistic sets populated by charming, inventive, and very life-like puppets in order to down-play the fact that there were Blacks and Hispanics living in the neighborhood. Ugh! Next thing you know, Spider-Man's slumming it on The Electric Company, a show notorious for its (Oscar-winning) Black and Hispanic cast members. And don't get me started on Luke Cage. . .the black Wonder Man!  |
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Post by berkley on Jan 11, 2017 23:35:21 GMT -5
Even though I'm black, I'm sick to death of having diversity in comics being shoved down my throat. There! I said it! To feel that strongly, you must be even older than me. That's something! I never had a chance, really. It started with Sesame Street, which entered its first season the same year I achieved object permanence. The show was ground-breaking for its use of realistic sets populated by charming, inventive, and very life-like puppets in order to down-play the fact that there were Blacks and Hispanics living in the neighborhood. Ugh! Next thing you know, Spider-Man's slumming it on The Electric Company, a show notorious for its (Oscar-winning) Black and Hispanic cast members. And don't get me started on Luke Cage. . .the black Wonder Man! Luke Cage had to be the Black Wonder Man because the title of Black Superman was already taken: |
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