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"Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi -
You are talking to someone (Alby) who claims he doesn't read fiction. It's no wonder he has no interest in levels of storytelling.Jon Miller: MikeH speaks the truth
Jon Miller: MikeH is a shockingly revolting dolt and a masturbatory urine-reeking sideshow freak whose word is as valuable as an aging cow paddy.
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Bingo. It is no wonder he can't understand the nuances in the telling of a story. And the worst excuse is "everyone knows X" to something which a lot of people don't know - like should android humans be given equal rights? I mean we can't even decide if children should be given equal rights as adults!Originally posted by MikeH View Post“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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Is it the extra levels of storytelling that make Blade Runner so boring?
At a certain point, a protagonist needs to stop dicking around and get his ass to Mars.Comment
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Al, if you want to see something just as bad as Total Recall, then you should try The Island
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
Steven WeinbergComment
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Mirrormask are probably something that Al can, if not understand, then feel cozy about
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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Why would I? Because of some strained superficial similarity you think should carry the day?Originally posted by Al B. Sure! View Post
Yawn... wake me when there are actual androids running around and this discussion will mean something.
Tell me, do you get similar deep wonderings from a movie like Short Circuit?
Just come out of the ****ing closet already.Originally posted by Al B. Sure! View PostJudy Garland
Solomwi is very wise. - Imran SiddiquiComment
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It was a joke. I made the Judy Garland reference because of the homosexual connotations."Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben KenobiComment
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It took 7 posts for poly to respond to this softball setup. Poly is slipping.Originally posted by Solomwi View Post"Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson
“In a democracy, I realize you don’t need to talk to the top leader to know how the country feels. When I go to a dictatorship, I only have to talk to one person and that’s the dictator, because he speaks for all the people.” - Jimmy CarterComment
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Sure it was, Albie.Originally posted by Al B. Sure! View PostSolomwi is very wise. - Imran SiddiquiComment
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“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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Interestingly enough both Total Recall and The Sixth Day were mentioned in the book Sci-Phi (aka Philosopher at the End of the Universe) because they brought up the philosophical question "is it our memories that make us who we are?". Minority Report was in there too as an example of the Free Will or Determinism paradox. Blade Runner was included as to what is the meaning of death.Originally posted by Al B. Sure! View Post"Life is the only RPG you'll ever play, The religious want to be one with the moderator, the scientists want to hack the game, and the gamers want to do both."Comment
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The real point here is perhaps not which is the better film out of Blade Runner and Total Recall, but the fact that Philip K Dick, whose writings were behind both, was a ****ing genius.
Read The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, by PK Dick. The ultimate in onion-layers of unreality being peeled away.You didn't know what was what.Comment
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