Control
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Wagner Moura was amazing in both ELITE SQUAD films, and just wretched in ELYSIUM. Of course, I haven't seen much of him, so maybe the ES performances were the exceptions
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Speaking of BLOWN AWAY, Jeff Bridges' filmography is much spottier than I thought it was. In my mind it was kind of uninteresting until THE BIG LEBOWSKI, and after that it was all aces, but looking through IMDB I see that he's all over the place throughout his career.
Was it SEABISCUIT that really established him as a "great actor" in the public imagination?
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Finish my dissertation and get my goddamn PhD. I've been hovering near completion for far too long.
Also, get out more (I'm a homebody), and try to lose 5-10 pounds. I'm at 195 after a lazy few months, which is decent enough for my height (I'm 6'3), but I was down to 185 a few months ago. 190 seems like a weight I can maintain.
Also, try to get a couple more publications, since I'll be on the job/post-doc market soon.
Maybe introduce more vegetarian/vegan meals into my diet, and do some yoga or something.
Read some more poetry.
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I don't get the rules for legal v illegal elbows
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Rule #1: the time travel in Doctor Who makes no sense.
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For shame. FSW wanted you to list the most famous actors you can think of, and instead you just listed every actor you can think of. We got one crap thread when another was intended.
Song Kang-ho. Tilda Swinton. Tatsuya Nakadai. Alec Guiness.
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Toshiro Mifune
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Anti-hipsterism is really just laziness at this point. And pretty boring as well.
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Anyone seen LIP SERVICE? It's on Canadian Netflix. And yes, it's the female sex and nudity that has piqued my interest, but I'd like to know if there's a quality show in there.
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Not trying to sound like a dick, but do you have to be a MBV fan to really like the new album? I ask, cuz I never listened to them before, and it did nothing for me, yet I see all sorts of people whose opinions I respect noting it in their end of year lists.
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The more I think about Time of the Doctor, the more I dislike it.
You know, I really liked Matt Smith as the Doctor, but I didn't like the Matt Smith Doctor, if you catch my meaning. He went full-on wizard/superhero in the last few seasons. He can take out entire fleets of daleks; in contrast, I just watched "City of Death," and Tom Baker wouldn't even fight a surly butler.
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Looking for a new, relatively inexpensive desktop {C to pick up in a Boxing Week sale. Any suggestions? It doesn't need to do much: I just use it for word processing, reading articles, and surfing the internet (I'm a scholar, so I have to type a lot, and I'm used to using a desktop). It just needs to be quick and let me multitask. The computer I'm currently using is 8+ years old. I really don't even know what to look for. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Yeah, I thought that the storytelling here was pretty miserable, but hey, it resulted in Peter Capaldi, so I'll forgive it its weaknesses.
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Fright Night will always be Farrell's best
I'm partial to IN BRUGES. Man, I think I like Colin Farrell more than I thought I did.
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So when will this special be available on itunes? I see a deluxe edition, but it doesn't seem to include the episode itself, as far as I can tell. (Noob question, since I just got Apple TV and haven't used itunes for TV before).
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Apple TV
Two bow ties (one hand-tie, one "clip on," but not the cheesy kind). NOTE: tying a bow tie is a bit of a challenge
THE THICK OF IT complete series
Socks and suspenders
BOOZE
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Bonneville and Capaldi. Who else?
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Yeah, I'm watching it right now. It's as plausible as most comedies get.
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Wow. Congrats!
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I just watched ONLY GOD FORGIVES. I feel that I'd have to watch it again to really formulate a coherent opinion. I also probably won't do that. Still, can't agree with anyone placing this on a "Worst Of" end of year list. Surely there is lazier stuff to fit the bill
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Let's get that first pick. Jan 6 ain't too far from now
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Kids In the Hall have provided a prequel, piranesi:
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Watched ELYSIUM last night. Blomkamp really needs to better understand the uses and abuses of social commentary and science fiction. If I get around to it, I've gotta put up a "Neill Blomkamp vs Paul Verhoeven" thread.
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Fuck. Just found out my dad had a minor stroke last night. According to my stepmother he's OK and will be out of the hospital in a day or two after observation, but they have to cancel their trip out here for Xmas. Looking at flights back home, and at this time of year it'll cost me an arm and a leg, and I'd have to leave my wife here for Xmas. Not sure what to do.
Got any New Year's resolutions?
in LAND OF CONFUSION
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I looked sexy as hell at 185. I'm still carrying more flesh through my torso and hips than I'd like. Still, I take your point, and will probably be focused more on gaining muscle.
I wish weights weren't so expensive