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Re: What I learned today!
« Reply #2000 on: December 01, 2011, 10:21:27 AM »

Today I learned about Parker H. French
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Re: What I learned today!
« Reply #2001 on: December 06, 2011, 12:00:49 PM »

Today I learned that there is a 600gb torrent of Geocities floating around the web.
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Re: What I learned today!
« Reply #2002 on: December 07, 2011, 06:56:58 PM »

Newt Gingrich has a half-sister.

Who is a LGBT activist. And is married to another woman.

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Re: What I learned today!
« Reply #2003 on: December 07, 2011, 08:15:14 PM »

The Army Veterinary Corps is not only responsible for the care of Army service animals, they also serve as food inspectors for the Army.
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Re: What I learned today!
« Reply #2004 on: December 07, 2011, 08:16:38 PM »

There's a connection there I really don't want to think about.
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Re: What I learned today!
« Reply #2005 on: December 07, 2011, 08:26:35 PM »

Between pets and food, or pets, food, and Gingriches?
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Re: What I learned today!
« Reply #2006 on: December 07, 2011, 08:42:16 PM »

Expired horse meat is now a vegetable!
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Re: What I learned today!
« Reply #2007 on: December 10, 2011, 08:19:58 PM »

That Christopher Lee holds the world's record for having acted in more feature-length films than any other human being to have ever lived (275 to date).
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Re: What I learned today!
« Reply #2008 on: December 10, 2011, 08:21:01 PM »

... well that seems unlikely.  There are such things as professional extras.  Also: porn.
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Re: What I learned today!
« Reply #2009 on: December 10, 2011, 08:33:13 PM »

Porn generally isn't feature-length.

something something penis joke.
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Re: What I learned today!
« Reply #2010 on: December 10, 2011, 08:54:09 PM »

And professional extras probably wouldn't go nearly 300 films without landing SOMETHING better.

something something penis joke.

Something something joke about the time it takes a guy to get off.
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Re: What I learned today!
« Reply #2012 on: December 13, 2011, 03:34:42 PM »

My ladyfriend bought me a massage at her work. I am told by the therapist there that my hamstring, overburdened by my bad knee, "feels like Rice Krispies". I guess that's why my joints snap, crackle, and pop.
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Re: What I learned today!
« Reply #2013 on: December 13, 2011, 03:36:50 PM »

And why I am so delicious mixed with marshmallows and cut into squares.
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Re: What I learned today!
« Reply #2014 on: December 13, 2011, 07:01:11 PM »

Ha.

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Re: What I learned today!
« Reply #2015 on: December 13, 2011, 07:20:14 PM »

We need an animated GIF of "YYYEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!", starring R^2's current avatar.
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Re: What I learned today!
« Reply #2016 on: December 14, 2011, 10:25:33 AM »

The leading lady from Manos has lived quite a storied life.

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She dined with kings, dated royalty (and rock n’ roller Cat Stevens) and hung out with all the celebrities of the time. She was friends with Bridgette Bardot, Rod Stewart and had infamous encounters with Mick Jagger/Jeri Hall, and even Salvador Dali (who put a curse on her!!!).

She will be appearing in Manos 2: The Legend of Torgo's Gold.
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Re: What I learned today!
« Reply #2017 on: December 14, 2011, 11:58:31 AM »

While we're on the subject I'll just point this out

http://www.manosinhd.com/
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Re: What I learned today!
« Reply #2018 on: December 14, 2011, 12:58:34 PM »

Yes, Manos in HD is a magical thing. I never could stand the film, to be honest, but there's enough new content that got cut that I'm curious.

I like that he genuinely seems interested in what the film was trying to be.
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Re: What I learned today!
« Reply #2019 on: December 14, 2011, 01:30:56 PM »

Manos is genuinely FASCINATING.  Yes, it's bad -- that's kind of its thing -- but you know, people got together and made this thing.

It may not be as fun to watch as a Michael Bay movie, but it leaves a hell of a lot more of an impression.  That's because it has character.  It was made by people who gave a fuck.

I've repeated, more than once, Nathan Rabin's premise that a mere failure is WORSE than a fiasco, because a fiasco is interesting to watch.  Similarly, Joel Hodgson himself once commented that the appeal of a bad movie is that you know what a good movie is supposed to look like and it's fun to see where bad movies fall short of that mark -- and that really, it's amazing that there are so many good movies because it's SO EASY to fuck things up.

Manos is a LEGENDARILY bad movie, but it's got heart.  There's something inherently appealing about seeing a small group of people put a movie together outside of the studio system -- even if it sucks, it's still an accomplishment; they MADE something.

My girlfriend ran across some godawful Twilight spoof awhile back on Netflix; it was clearly put together by some college theatre geeks.  We couldn't sit through more than ten minutes of the damn thing, but it left me thinking, you know what, Netflix is awesome; it lets shit like this get SEEN.

It's interesting going through the 0% Fresh movies at Rotten Tomatoes and contrasting them.  Because I'd much rather watch Manos or Mars Needs Women than Jack and Jill or The Smurfs.
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