Lunchtable for the nerdy (warning: only nerdy people allowed)

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  • vikinglander
    vikinglander Posts: 1,547 Member
    I may lose my nerd pass for this but...

    I thought the movie Dune was Dumb
    Riding on the snakes was just... Dumb

    Omg I always get dirty looks when I say I hate the movie Dune!

    I think what we have to remember is that Dune READS a lot better than it watches, simply because it is such a complex story that it doesn't translate to screen very well, and they did not do as good a job as they did with LOTR or Star Wars. Of course, it was 1984.

    What I wonder about, with Dune, and Star Wars, and many other "science fiction" tales, is why humans are still stuck in the same stupid political and belief systems, one thousand, five thousand, or even a hundred thousand years in the future. Is there no hope that we will have learned to transcend the religious stupidities, power struggles and inequality that plague us in these times??

    "Oh Sky Cake! Why are you sooo delicious??"
  • j_bark
    j_bark Posts: 1,274 Member
    kace_kay wrote: »
    that's not to scale pffttt

    Neither is your head with your body but we still love you. ;)

    First laugh of the MORNING!
  • j_bark
    j_bark Posts: 1,274 Member
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    #PowerOfTheBeard
  • JstTheWayIam
    JstTheWayIam Posts: 6,357 Member
    Scariest movie of all time... Go!

    The Exorcist...

    When that girl runs down the stairs upside down...
    Scariest seen ever...!
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  • kenyonhaff
    kenyonhaff Posts: 1,377 Member
    I may lose my nerd pass for this but...

    I thought the movie Dune was Dumb
    Riding on the snakes was just... Dumb

    Omg I always get dirty looks when I say I hate the movie Dune!

    I think what we have to remember is that Dune READS a lot better than it watches, simply because it is such a complex story that it doesn't translate to screen very well, and they did not do as good a job as they did with LOTR or Star Wars. Of course, it was 1984.

    What I wonder about, with Dune, and Star Wars, and many other "science fiction" tales, is why humans are still stuck in the same stupid political and belief systems, one thousand, five thousand, or even a hundred thousand years in the future. Is there no hope that we will have learned to transcend the religious stupidities, power struggles and inequality that plague us in these times??

    "Oh Sky Cake! Why are you sooo delicious??"

    Humans fundamentally haven't changed. That's why we can read Greek plays and Shakespeare and relate to it. And we're going to take our vices, virtues, weaknesses, and strengths into the future. Sci-fi that's too Utopian is just boooring. And stuff too dark is just tedious.

    If you study anthropology, human have come up with ingenious ways of structuring society in a couple thousand years. And we keep re-discovering ways although not necessarily making up completely new ways. We hardly need to make up something completely new, just variations of ways we've tried before.

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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    From the new Star Wars TLJ teaser trailer. The scene of Rey training on the mountainside is reversed.

    https://gfycat.com/InsistentFewGoitered
  • JstTheWayIam
    JstTheWayIam Posts: 6,357 Member
    Light duty is soooo freaking boring
    That's all I got lol...
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  • JstTheWayIam
    JstTheWayIam Posts: 6,357 Member
  • vikinglander
    vikinglander Posts: 1,547 Member
  • j_bark
    j_bark Posts: 1,274 Member
    j_bark wrote: »
    kace_kay wrote: »
    that's not to scale pffttt

    Neither is your head with your body but we still love you. ;)

    First laugh of the MORNING!

    unfriended

    I laugh at her. Not you. Your pain is relevant and acknowledged. Let's watch Thundercats.
  • j_bark
    j_bark Posts: 1,274 Member
    Scariest movie of all time... Go!

    The Exorcist...

    When that girl runs down the stairs upside down...
    Scariest seen ever...!

    Humongous....

    Actually I don't know. I was desensitized to horror at a very young age. However at that time, before I found all horror to be somewhat comedic?

    Nightmare on Elm Street.

    Last time I would run to get into bed so things couldn't grab me from under the bed.
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  • JstTheWayIam
    JstTheWayIam Posts: 6,357 Member
    The Exorcist is scary? I was laughing the entire movie.

    Yeah... It still freaks me out...
    You know when you watch movies like that, you invite it into your home...
    Or so the legends say...
  • rogerlamar6
    rogerlamar6 Posts: 142 Member
    Want to see something that a nerd has a hard time understanding? Look up Hysterical Literature on YOUTUBE and try to get your head around the reading of classic literature. (Shaking head, clutching my pocket protector....)
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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    One day I'll make a trebuchet big enough to launch a trebuchet. Until that time, I'll have to settle on my catapult that can launch a catapult.
  • itsallgood803
    itsallgood803 Posts: 133 Member
    I'll occasionally put on LOR and just let all 3 movies play in the background while I do chores and play with my son and make dinner...

    Its a good story and really pretty to look at, the elf women are hott lol..

    My biggest complaint is that none of the characters have any real swagger about them...

    I like Willow more, Mad Martigan was a bad *kitten* with Han Solo like swagger and I dug Sorsha too... Too bad they didn't do more with the story...

    Oh....Willow, I always had a huge crush on Mad Martigan

    I can't recall the name but there was a sequel written to Willow in the late 90's. It was about the baby as a grown up I think.

    I don't remember ever seeing that...did anyone ever watch 'The Ewok Adventure' I used to love that one when I was little.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    I'll occasionally put on LOR and just let all 3 movies play in the background while I do chores and play with my son and make dinner...

    Its a good story and really pretty to look at, the elf women are hott lol..

    My biggest complaint is that none of the characters have any real swagger about them...

    I like Willow more, Mad Martigan was a bad *kitten* with Han Solo like swagger and I dug Sorsha too... Too bad they didn't do more with the story...

    Oh....Willow, I always had a huge crush on Mad Martigan

    I can't recall the name but there was a sequel written to Willow in the late 90's. It was about the baby as a grown up I think.

    I don't remember ever seeing that...did anyone ever watch 'The Ewok Adventure' I used to love that one when I was little.

    Which one?

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    or the more messed up one:

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    But also:

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  • itsallgood803
    itsallgood803 Posts: 133 Member
    The first one...Caravan of Courage
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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    The first one...Caravan of Courage

    So.... did you see the other one?
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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    kace_kay wrote: »
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    Not sure how I feel about this

    Adam Sandler as the new Jareth?

    Don't play, The Goblin King won't be in it.

    They always think about making another one of these.... but we'll see.