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It could be worse, by that I mean it could be one of Nick's live action shows. If it were not for my kids watching it I would not know it exists, and live a more blissful life...

What is it that you do not like about the show?

For me, it's a good counter-balance to all the other shows that I watch with more serious subject matter. I feel that Finn represents the sugar/caffeine-powered playfulness of my youth. Finn and Jake make everything an adventure -- even the most simplest of tasks. I really dig the silliness of it all.

This vid makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

Couldn't find a thread about this series, so does anybody else watch this? Some really great stuff. Simple, but nice art direction. Funny writing; lots of laughs to be had.

If you don't know the show is about the adventures of a human kid (possibly the last human) named Finn the Human, and his sidekick Jake the Dog. They live in the magical Land of Ooo (which is actually a post-apocalyptic Earth). Oh, and Jake is a magical dog. And Finn is hots for Princess Bubblegum, who is a princess made of bubblegum. Then there's the thousand year old vampire Marceline the Vampire Queen, who is a cool rocker chick. There's Beemo, Finn's sentient video game system. And there's Dr. Princess, but she's not really a princess; Princess is just a surname.

I'll stop gushing about it. But really, it's my favorite thing on TV at the moment.

ah so

Red Baron was my favorite flight sim back in the day. So much fun. I might have to pick it up from GOG.

Have they announced a running time for this yet?

I'm going back to someone's comment about whether or not Whedon is up to the task of directing all of these personalities and/or being able to put together a good ensemble movie with basically a group of "alphas". One way this can be accomplished is with a decent running time to allow for the story and characters to gel.

-b.

I'm not in "the biz", so can someone explain to me how "a decent running time to allow for the story and characters to gel" has anything to do with the actors acting like pampered, entitled, douchebags?

The Mariana Trench never ceases to amaze me.

http://news.mongabay.com/2011/1023-hance_xenophyophores.html

Easier ways to be funny.

Battlefield 4 trailer.

Definitely going to need dual GPUs to play this one.

^ Ha! Pretty nice! Though I think Natsuna's outfit should be tighter around her chesticles.

Still the best looking build i've seen. Some of the other kits just look funny. Yet this one still isn't perfect: Kaneda sits lower in his bike -- or rather, the bike's windscreen should cover the rider.

This is sad on more than one level, unless the owner was intentionally trying to be ironic.

Some great Lego photography in this photostream:

https://secure.flickr.com/photos/40195501@N06/

Foggy and overcast in Long Beach. This kind of weather always makes me feel a little melancholy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-E7ZaFCEDQ&list=FL1KgALJOzZqzn7CZySWn-dQ&index=6

And to cheer myself up, Batman's rendition.

To each their own, I guess. I've never read the printed stuff, would it be safe to assume that some of the comic-based stuff would not translate well to the screen?

There really isn't anything in the comics that could not have been show on TV, with the excetpion of one instance of pedophilia.

There is sex in the comic, but as it was stated earlier in the thread, the characters are usually shown just about to get it on or post-coitus; the sex is never explicitly shown.

edit: Just to clarify what I wanted to say a little more. "The Walking Dead" is a comic book about a group of people wandering around deserted cities and highways trying to survive. The most high-tech piece of equipment they've ever had was a van, a truck, and a scoped hunting rifle. One time they shacked up in an abandoned house. Another time, an abandoned prison. It's an extremely simple story in those respects.

Lol I had to look that one up. I never knew there was such fanfare about that mechanical shark...

What? You've never been on the Universal Studios tram tour?

http://www.thebricktestament.com/ should be in everyone's bookmarks for the lulz.

And my favorite Lego-themed video:

Here's one: "Latest Temporary".

A first edition of the novel is still on my wishlist.

~$2500 NF/NF

Frankly, I see being in a dark theater with people eating, screaming, and talking back to a series of images synced to an audio track "immersed" enough. There's an art to good film making. Making it 3D doesn't magically make it good.

I don't think they care about the 3D they just want more money for their crappy movies.

This. Both of them.

I just wish they'd give Watson a red camera eye.