Moments when a piece of entertainment completely rocked you.

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 1:46 am

Learning political phiosophy as related to America from a fundamentally British written comic book is amusing.

"Executive power and the presidency are by no means one and the same" - Dying JFK - "Hellblazer 74"
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Prak · Post by **Prak** » Tue Nov 20, 2012 9:20 am

Warren Ellis wrote:The official Kremlin advent calendar is a 25-photo sequence of Vladimir Putin shagging a bear and making the bear like it.

Saw this on my Facebook newsfeed, had to share it.

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Wed Nov 21, 2012 3:23 am

Watched Wreck-It Ralph earlier today. I won't call it a good movie, but there were two moments that were definitely great. The first was the big reveal of the ultimate antagonist. It was foreshadowed excellently, so that I was a little surprised, but instantly understood all the clues that had been dropped before.

The second was the song at the very end of the credits, which cast the starting game in a more interesting light.

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 1:15 am

Been watching Star Trek: TNG on Netflix. Season 1 hasn't been that great overall, but Episode 21 (with the planets of the drug dealers and junkies) was pretty good.

name_here · Post by **name_here** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 7:43 am

I finally got around to watching Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. It was incredibly hilarious all the way through, but it offically became a special breed of awesome when the first of the League of Evil Exes flew in through the wall to engage Scott in a duel to the death. Then he summoned the demonic hipster chicks and started throwing fireballs.

MGuy · Post by **MGuy** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 8:07 pm

I wouldn't say Scott Pil was "incredibly" hilarious but it had its moments.

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 10:30 am

Yeah, Scott Pilgrim seems to fall into the whole over-the-top action/movement ideology recent films have taken on - Kickass, Wanted, 300, Bunraku.

It's not like these are bad movies (except 300 & Bunraku), it's just the violence, mayhem, and the caricature seem to be almost too over the top. It's worse when it's not really supposed to be caricature. That's why I assume all of these movies don't take themselves seriously.

I've also noticed that when I've played D&D in irc chat rooms these days, I hear more Sp references than I do the old Monty Python or burning gazebo references. Of course that's mostly because those things are pretty old hat.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 11:09 am

To me, the big failing SP was Michael Cera. Which is not to say that he did a bad job, but that while he may have been the best fit for Scott that Hollywood has, he wasn't a great fit for Scott.

For the SP refs>MP refs in D&D irc, I really hope that's more because MP is just so over used now...

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 1:07 pm

Bunraku was a great film, and I will destroy anyone that says otherwise.

erik · Post by **erik** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 3:01 pm

And I rather liked 300 for what it was- a take on the over the top comic book 300. I wasn't going into that expecting a dramatic period piece, I was expecting Gladiator action dialed up to 11 and it delivered.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 3:11 pm

Ancient History wrote:Bunraku was a great film, and I will destroy anyone that says otherwise.

I rather liked it. Did have a couple of minor things where they dropped the ball (Ron Perlman went down without much drama), but yeah. I liked it.

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 7:01 pm

http://theamazingbrando.bandcamp.com/tr ... the-planet

Calibron · Post by **Calibron** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 5:32 pm

Moon(2009) when spoilers spoilers spoilers spoilers. Nearly every scene was an experience to be rocked by. Hands down my favorite movie of all time.

name_here · Post by **name_here** » Wed Dec 19, 2012 1:13 am

So, someone on the DF offical forums came up with the best worst idea:

Drunk fortress

17:29 - CAN"T OPERATE CONTROLS
17:32: Kamin got dorfed as a girl cause everyone else is not badass. This reclaim party sucks.
17:34: Only one dwarf who likes rum in prefer3ences, Peregar gets to be a girl/
17:35: Pressed wrong button for several minutesa, I think, I'm hammered
17:35: Girls girls evertywhwere
17:36 - Can't work control;s again
217:39; - I live alpacas. This not backspacing is hard.
17:41 - ALways need cheesedoprfs whgy not
17:542: CONTROLS ARWE A CONSPIRACTY

rampaging-poet · Post by **rampaging-poet** » Wed Dec 19, 2012 2:00 am

From the same thread, after an adventurer tried to explore a previous site:

Scruffy wrote:The whole place was full of dead dwarves, dead crundles and abandoned (living) babies (found 4 just sitting on the ground).

I'm just surprised the half players are as coherent as they are with the amount they drink (four shots before loading the game, two drinks while loading the game, several drinks during the game, etc.)

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Mon Dec 24, 2012 11:34 pm

http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/to ... l-rant.php

virgil · Post by **virgil** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 2:31 am

I really like the Hobbit movie, including the MLP reference with one of the ponies. I am a bit shamed at the number of maneuvers done that would never be allowed in a D&D game; Bilbo's hide check against the goblins when they were all captured being the most egregious.

Ted the Flayer · Post by **Ted the Flayer** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 4:12 am

I missed the MLP reference.

Also, am I the only person to think Thorin was hawt?

Korgan0 · Post by **Korgan0** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 5:39 am

Fili and Kili were goddamn gorgeous.

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 2:07 pm

virgil wrote:Bilbo's hide check against the goblins when they were all captured being the most egregious.

Actually, I liked it: If you'll remember, when Gandalf is explaining to the Company why they should take Bilbo, he says that hobbits can make themselves go unnoticed when they wanted to. This is in the book as well. I've always took this to mean it was some kind of magicy ability unique to hobbits.

So, that's what Bilbo did. He made himself invisible unnoticed when the goblins were doing their thang.

Also, is it me, or are the hobbit feet much bigger than they were in the LOTR movies? I swear, it looked like they were wearing hairy clown shoes.

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 3:20 pm

Virgil's talking about how it wouldn't work in D&D specifically, because the Hide rules are super fucked up in that.

Also, Thorin reminded me of Jarl Ulfric Stormcloak, only shorter and less of an asshole.

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 5:42 pm

He did look like Ulfric, dinnit he? Sounded a bit like him, too.

Voss · Post by **Voss** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 7:12 am

Shrapnel wrote: This is in the book as well. I've always took this to mean it was some kind of magicy ability unique to hobbits.

It explicitly isn't. There isn't really explanation for it beyond 'they're small and super good at it,' but Tolkien was pretty strict on 'things that are magic' and 'things that aren't magic,' even if the latter includes things that aren't actually doable. Though apparently everyone in the world can mutter 'spells of opening' at doors, but since this never, ever works, it was apparently ok.

The best example of this sort of thing was the elven cloaks given to the fellowship in Lothlorien, when one of the hobbits is all 'Ooo, magic cloak?' and the elf's response is 'You just asked if blue was inverted tuesday. It is just really nice. Fucking crazy mortals.'

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 9:08 am

Voss wrote:The best example of this sort of thing was the elven cloaks given to the fellowship in Lothlorien, when one of the hobbits is all 'Ooo, magic cloak?' and the elf's response is 'You just asked if blue was inverted tuesday. It is just really nice. Fucking crazy mortals.'

This is basically how I want "mundane" stuff to be in a game. "Did you just magically grasp a flame and pound it into the shape of a sword with a gold handle?" "What the fuck? No, I grabbed a flame and forged it into a sword. Fuck man, what's magical about that?"

Ted the Flayer · Post by **Ted the Flayer** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 4:30 pm

Shrapnel wrote: Also, is it me, or are the hobbit feet much bigger than they were in the LOTR movies? I swear, it looked like they were wearing hairy clown shoes.

According to the artbook of the movie, yes the hobbit's feet are bigger this movie.