1,576 Reply by Zarban

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You take the good. You take the bad.
He takes the drugs his dealer had.
It's Tokes & Stokes.
Tokes & Stokes.

Your life is puppets all day long,
But you're roomin' with a water bong
It's Tokes & Stokes.
Tokes & Stokes.

  When LA never seems
  to be livin' up to your dreams
  Then suddenly you're finding out
  that Tokes just sold your car without you, youuuuuu.

When films are all you care about
but pot is everywhere about
I tell you, folks,
it's Tokes & Stokes.

When parties start to escalate,
The cops might just investigate
at Tokes' & Stokes'.
Tokes & Stokes.

  When LA never seems
  to be livin' up to your dreams
  You suddenly might realize
  the feds might try to deputize you, youuuuuu.

  You'll be wearin' a wire toooo
  Hide evidence in your shoooo
  Tokes & Stokes is all about youuuuu.

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1,577 Reply by Zarban

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Avant1963 wrote:

What movie are you actually embarrassed to have in your DVD Collection (or even worse, re-bought on Blu-ray) because you secretly love it.

Well, no one but my 8-year-old niece seems to appreciate Bugsy Malone like I do. And Sahara is a lonely testament to my forbidden love of Matthew McConaughey. But when the centurions come, it is Walk Hard that I will deny three times before the cock crows.

Question: what movie did you once love then come to hate or vice versa?

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1,578 Reply by Zarban

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Doctor Submarine wrote:

I'm sure they've written that request into all of their wills.

No lie: my will requests that my body be disposed of in the cheapest practical manner and suggests donation to science or feeding to zoo animals.

No. Lie.

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1,579 Reply by Zarban

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You don't have any two-bladed ties? Well, I guess Indiana has finally pulled ahead of California in fashion. Just wait till you start seeing the three shells in restrooms.

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1,580 Reply by Zarban

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Xtroid wrote:

I'm sure back in 1989, audiences were blown away by this future, and some might even have thought that this is what the world would be like in the year 2015.

As one of those audiences back in 1989, I'll say: no.

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1,581 Reply by Zarban

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EDIT: Okay, that was fun. It got a little more squigie than I imagined it would, but there's some great analysis.

However...
Jesus Christ, Down in Front, you KNOW I will listen to this. You KNOW I hate demonstrably slanderous misstatements. You KNOW I'm a car guy. And Wikipedia is TWO CLICKS away from everything. Why would you claim John DeLorean was a creep arrested with 70 pounds of cocaine in an airport?!

He stalled the feds for MONTHS while he talked to his lawyer about how he had been approached and feared for his family's safety. He never carried the cocaine the feds provided or the front money the feds provided or helped plan the deal the feds approached him with. His lawyer called NO WITNESSES, and he was found not guilty by reason of ENTRAPMENT.

Also, in the '80s all car speedos only went to 85. It was a law to discourage speeding. The car could go faster than that.

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1,582 Reply by Zarban

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I completely agree with all the things you say, but they weren't enough to keep me from enjoying the movie. I actually liked the time-hopping because that's what a time machine is for, altho honestly it's close to being ruined by Tom Wilson's acting.

I think it would have been rather worse if BTTF 2 was like BTTF 1 and 3 and almost every other time travel story: go to a different time and have an adventure that consists largely of just trying to get back to your own time. 1 and 3 do that story well, but I don't want three of the same movie.

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1,583 Reply by Zarban

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Just watched. So this is how Californians will react to the end of the world? The rest of us will eat you with barbecue sauce.

Fantastic accomplishment. Terrific acting; great visual effects; really good lighting and camera work. Very professional looking.

However, was it supposed to funny? Because it had body switching and giants and stuff but it was mostly depressing.

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1,584 Reply by Zarban

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Branco wrote:

I think everyone can agree that Liam Neeson's recent glut of work might just be a way keeping busy so he doesn't have time to think about his wife's death.

Oh, shit. You're right. It goes back further than that, but it's not the sudden rise I thought it was. He was doing two or three jobs a year until about 2005, when he did a bunch of stuff, then almost nothing in '06 and '07, then four or five jobs a year since. Natasha Richardson died suddenly after a ski accident in '09.

Wikipedia just says "Following a noticeable lull in his acting career, Neeson starred in the 2008 hit Taken, which brought his image back into the public eye...."

My new theory is that Irish Intelligence saw him in Batman Begins and recruited him for a two-year stint as an international super spy.

And then Blofeld murdered his wife on that ski slope.

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1,585 Topic by Zarban

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This might be a done-in-one thread, but on the off chance that others have something similarly strange to share, let me kick this off with the pooping Darth Vader figure for your nativity scene. (Don't ask me why his butt is black instead of white. the numerous other pooping figures are much more realistic....)

http://www.caganer.com/product_thumb.php?img=images/DARTH%20VADER.jpg&w=200&h=200

http://www.caganer.com/caganer-darth-va … anguage=en

the Catalan pooping nativity figure Website wrote:

He is not meant as a jest, rather just the opposite, it is a type of homage to his/her personality, and the office and activity he/she represents.

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1,586 Reply by Zarban

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Did Liam Neeson check his retirement account 5 years ago and realize it was hovering on "Donald Pleasence" and decide to just take any job?

/hopes this isn't popular or Americans will go back to misspelling "gray".

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1,587 Reply by Zarban

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Oh I see now. Teague was quoting himself.

STOP AGREEING WITH YOURSELF TEAGUE. YOU'LL GO BLIND.

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1,588 Reply by Zarban

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I'm excited enough about the film that I'm basically traler-proof, but I agree with TheMargarineman.

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1,589 Reply by Zarban

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fcw wrote:

The Spielberg Face.

Huh? So Spielberg pushes in on faces during moments of awe, dread, and wonder. So what?

His real trademarks are swinging lights in misty darkness and father-son conflicts.

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1,590 Reply by Zarban

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John Hudgens wrote:
Zarban wrote:

the film makers completely fail to make that clear even to sophisticated film goers

Gotta disagree with you there... I noticed

Oh, I see. So you're a sophisticated film goer, and anyone who didn't notice it—which is everyone here—is not?

/ticks box on clipboard form, adjusts pince-nez

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1,591 Reply by Zarban

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John Hudgens wrote:

While I usually agree with a lot of the points you guys make on the films you watch, I had to point out that you all had one heck of a misunderstanding about this one, in regards to Spalko's "telekenesis".

You're absolutely right, of course, but the film makers completely fail to make that clear even to sophisticated film goers in a film aimed at unsophisticated film goers.

And WELCOME!

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1,592 Reply by Zarban

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Aw nuts. I thought this thread was "Christmas mAssages"....

/Bought the cheapo SD card, and my shiny new camera won't record more than 5 seconds of video....

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1,593 Reply by Zarban

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Squiggly_P wrote:

This movie looks good.

I cannot explain the weird cognitive dissonance I experienced hearing "The Star-Spangled Banner" while a Cockney talked to a Welshie about working with one London yobbo to keep Gotham safe from another London yobbo and Shakespeare's wife.

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1,594 Reply by Zarban

(35 replies, posted in Creations)

Whoa. Now it's on Huff Po's front page. Cool.

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1,595 Reply by Zarban

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http://www.zarban.com/trey-stokes-fan-club-small.jpg

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1,596 Reply by Zarban

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That is really cool. Welcome to the site!

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1,597 Reply by Zarban

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WOW! Just great!

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1,598 Reply by Zarban

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What is the rule for puppeteers? Did Jim Henson ever win an Oscar for performing Kermit the Frog? Because that is some bad-ass shit right there. That's live, one-man, mo-cap with animation. You ever see Kermit do that thing with his mouth, scruchin' it all up and shit? THAT'S HILARIOUS!

This message was brought to you by the Tracy Morgan inside of me.

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1,599 Reply by Zarban

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WHATS WRONG ANDY CIRCUS? CANT GET A REAL ACTING JORB? B CUZ U ARE 2 UGLEEEEE LOL  lol

This message brought to you by the mean teenage girl inside me.

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1,600 Reply by Zarban

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Be excellent to each other, dudes.

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