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Post subject: My take on the "speed vs entertainment" debate
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Nope, just kidding haha! Here's what I really wanted to ask. Tonight I have the following movies I could watch: Sin City (never watched) Leon (American title is The Professional I think. Have watched once, about 5 years ago) Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace (have watched once, about 5-6 years ago) National Treasure (never watched) Sin City: Don't know a lot about this. Not as huge a fan of Jessica Alba as most, the same goes for Tarantino. Leon: I thought this movie was very great when I watched it, but I don't remember alot of it. Also, Natalie Portman. At this point I think this is the most likely choice. Star Wars I: Mentioned mostly because I've watched the other two prequels with my sister recently. And also, Natalie Portman. Yesterday I watched Closer and V for Vendetta by the way. I love Natalie. National Treasure: I've heard good and bad things about this. I'm not sure who to believe. Ok so based on the information you've got here, which movie do you think I should see tonight? Thanks. Also, my avatar is gone :( Edit: Also, feel free to recommend me movies in general. I've decided to start watching more of them. Thanks again.
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Leon. The best of the pack, IMO.
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Sin City is a good pick as well.
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I'd also pick Sin City.
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Sin City. And you aren't a fan of Jessica Alba why? Is she too mind-blowingly hot? Don't watch National Treasure. Edit: What happened to your avatar?
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Yeah I know I'm being weird about it. I don't really know why, and don't get me wrong, of course she's super hot, but others seem to like her more than I do. I'm still undecided by the way, so here I sit watching some Mega Man video instead. I feel like an idiot. Edit: I don't know. Maybe Bisqwit removed it because it was too large? If so, ugh.
Zoey Ridin' High <Fabian_> I prett much never drunk
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Also, my avatar is gone :(
Maybe because you mistakenly made it 81X82 or something like that. That's what I remember it being. I guess when you cut it down to size in paint, you missed. And obviously you should go with moozooh's choice since he responced so quickly. And how did Star Wars Episode 1 make it on the list? I don't care if you like Natalie, nothing could save that movie.
I feel like an idiot.
Go Fabian some mario. That should reduce your feeling of idiodicity. If nothing else, seeing me make up such a silly word should make you feel better.
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jimsfriend wrote:
Also, my avatar is gone :(
Maybe because you mistakenly made it 81X82 or something like that. That's what I remember it being. I guess when you cut it down to size in paint, you missed. And obviously you should go with moozooh's choice since he responced so quickly. And how did Star Wars Episode 1 make it on the list? I don't care if you like Natalie, nothing could save that movie.
I feel like an idiot.
Go Fabian some mario. That should reduce your feeling of idiodicity. If nothing else, seeing me make up such a silly word should make you feel better.
About avatar: I thought it was 80x81, although you might be right. Still though. About Star Wars: I don't know about this one, although the movie of course is terrible, a jedi is still a jedi. Am I right? (This is a joke). However, Natalie is still Natalie, and that's not a joke. About Mario: I'm in a tricky room right now (the climbing room in castle #4), and I'm not sure how to proceed yet. So I'm avoiding it as much as I can :) I think the movie of choice will be Leon, despite some mixed opinions here.
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In paint The Avatar was 80X81, but I think you included 1 extra pixel on each side of white, so you saw 80X81 and it was 81x82, or something like that. Anyway, maybe you should try The Avatar round 2. If you need inspiration I'm sure I could come up with something for you. Not even Natalie could save that movie.
So I'm avoiding it as much as I can :)
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I've never seen National Treasure. Of the other three, I liked The Professional, and strongly disliked both Episode I and Sin City.
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jimsfriend wrote:
I guess when you cut it down to size in paint, you missed.
Can't you just check the exact size in Attributes? Well actually, you could change the size to whatever you want there, although I don't think Paint is sophisticated enough to do anything but discard or duplicate pixels when it resizes.
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Afaik (take that AngerFist!) in paint you have to draw it the size you want it. You are right that it just deletes pixels if you shrink it. For an abstract The Avatar this might not be a bad thing :P
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Of those four I'd recommend Sin City the most, and I know how you feel about Jessica Alba. Of course she's hot but that doesn't change the fact that she is a horrible actress and totally wrong for that role. Indeed, I consider her presence probably the most glaring error in the film. Otherwise, the performances are strong and really worked for me, especially Mickey Rourke as Marv. And for the record, Tarantino only directed one scene (if you watch it, try to guess which one).
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Sin City was terrible, and National Treasure is equally reprehensible. Go with Leon/The Professional. Probably Natalie Portman's best work.
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UPDATE!!!! I have now watched Leon. I thought it was great, I especially liked Jean Reno in it. Tomorrow I will watch Sin City unless I find another movie I'd prefer, I'll try to find some others. feitclub, thanks, I was unaware of that. I thought he directed something like one third of the movie. Oh well. And for my avatar fans: I'll try resizing it tomorrow, if that's the problem.
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You must live in a wierd time zone.
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Yeah I lied. Someone asked me how big (byte-wise) the avatar was in the irc channel, so when I had checked that there was little point in not resizing it right now. I wonder if it will get deleted without warning again :)
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That's odd. Your image is 80x80 but only 79x79 of it is the actual picture. You have a white line on the bottom and right border which makes the file 80x80. Is that part of the abstractedness?
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Not intentionally, no. I should say it is of course to make it even more abstract, but it's not. I guess that explains why the last avatar was 1x1 bigger than I thought though.
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Fabian wrote:
UPDATE!!!! I have now watched Leon. I thought it was great, I especially liked Jean Reno in it. Tomorrow I will watch Sin City unless I find another movie I'd prefer, I'll try to find some others. feitclub, thanks, I was unaware of that. I thought he directed something like one third of the movie. Oh well. And for my avatar fans: I'll try resizing it tomorrow, if that's the problem.
Leon FTW! I love that move. Reno is a great actor (see him in Ronin and DaVinci Code). I didn't like Sin City too much. And it wasn't the excessive gore that put me off (<-- is a small Tarantino fan).
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jimsfriend wrote:
Afaik (take that AngerFist!) in paint you have to draw it the size you want it. You are right that it just deletes pixels if you shrink it. For an abstract The Avatar this might not be a bad thing :P
Um, what? You're drawing it directly in Paint? Then you draw it in whatever size box there is. You should set the size of the box first thing if there's a limit.
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BoMF you're a never-ending stream of usefull information, aren't you? EDIT: Fabian, download the 1st episode of OC. A bit gay, i know, but from what i've heard it's worth a shot
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Honest to god I have absolutely no idea if you're kidding or not. Well, I do have an idea. But nevertheless it's still very creepy. Edit: Clarification: This topic is for serious discussion about interesting movies and such. Your evil OC recommendations should be taken to other, less important threads, thanks. Minor update: I'll soon start watching Sin City. How exciting! Minor update again: I'm starting to watch now.
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Fabian wrote:
Minor update: I'll soon start watching Sin City. How exciting! Minor update again: I'm starting to watch now.
I pity you, my friend. :/
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