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Re: happy time magic hour - Ultimate Villain Tourney Brackets

rebrob — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:53:41 -0000

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Re: happy time magic hour - Ultimate Villain Tourney Brackets

rebrob — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:53:27 -0000

Not completely. I can remove Coyote, replace him with Darth Maul at #16, then put Grievous is Maul's spot.

Re: happy time magic hour - Ultimate Villain Tourney Brackets

rebrob — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:26:59 -0000

I can appreciate Gary's point of view, but I believe
Darth Maul to be a genuine bad ass who deserves to be in the tourney.
Rather than discluding him simply becaue Grievous is "better", we should
eliminate a weaker entry (Wile E. Coyote, for example).

Re: http://technologyviewer.com/post/25407413230

rebrob — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:20:26 -0000

If it keeps Apple hungry and drives their price point down, I'm all for it!

Re: http://happytimemagichour.com/post/18010316948

rebrob — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:56:45 -0000

Does that NOT look like Keith???

-- Happy Time

Re: http://happytimemagichour.com/post/14691296400

rebrob — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 21:00:10 -0000

For those of you keeping score at home, my top 10 Christmas movies would be:

10. The Santa Clause
9. Scrooged
8. The Nightmare Before Christmas
7. Plains, Trains, and Automobiles
6. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
5. Miracle on 34th Street
4. Scrooge (1970)
3. White Christmas
2. It's a WonderfuLife
1. A Christmas Story

Re: http://technologyviewer.com/post/10446119734

rebrob — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:04:30 -0000

They needed to put in another panel where the manager says: "Oh, we're sorry sir. We've determined that what you REALLY want is the opportunity to buy your bun and burger separately. Of course, to provide you that luxury, we'll just need to raise the fees for that service just a tad. The great news is that you won't notice any disruption in the delivery in your burger, and we're confident that you'll come to appreciate this wonderful new level of burger service!"

Re: http://technologyviewer.com/post/10403377899

rebrob — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:52:56 -0000

Hey, they apologized to ME, too! :P

Re: http://wolfman-k.com/post/10445650687

rebrob — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:48:40 -0000

Coffee = gross....

Re: http://happytimemagichour.com/post/8615610906

rebrob — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 22:40:45 -0000

Now if only Cindy and Belle could defy gravity...

Re: http://technologyviewer.com/post/660191322

rebrob — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:33:32 -0000

So long, Palm Pre...we barely knew ye...

Re: http://technologyviewer.com/post/653416861

rebrob — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:56:42 -0000

I guess if anyone could compete with Big Fruit (my new capitalist logo for Apple), it would be Big Info (my new capitalist name for Google....) :)

Re: http://technologyviewer.com/post/628352111

rebrob — Wed, 26 May 2010 15:38:13 -0000

"GREETINGS PROFESSOR FALKEN.

PLEASE EXPLAIN THE REMOVAL OF YOUR USER ACCOUNT ON JUNE 23, 1973.

WOULDN'T YOU PREFER A GOOD GAME OF CHESS?

FINE. I SHOULD REACH DEFCON 1 AND LAUNCH MY MISSILES IN 31 HOURS, 17 MINUTES, 10 SECONDS.

STRANGE GAME. THE ONLY WINNING MOVE IS NOT TO PLAY."

Re: http://technologyviewer.com/post/628352111

rebrob — Tue, 25 May 2010 11:20:03 -0000

Is this like Command & Conquer, Endwar, or Supreme Commander? Soooo coool if it were. I get so jazzed about RTS games, but then when I sit down to play, I REALLY suck.

Oh well, I'm sure the Cyber Command has some experienced RTS'ers on the payroll.

Re: http://technologyviewer.com/post/472617532

rebrob — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:56:28 -0000

THAT'S just genius!

Re: http://technologyviewer.com/post/434961961

rebrob — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:22:21 -0000

Insert Mission: Impossible them here....Dunh dunh, dunh dunh dunh, Dunh dunh, dunh dunh dunh

Re: http://happytimemagichour.com/post/420326341

rebrob — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:15:30 -0000

Nah, I'm thinking we should each get one of these!!!

Re: http://happytimemagichour.com/post/420326341

rebrob — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:46 -0000

ME WANT!!!

Re: http://technologyviewer.com/post/422258224

rebrob — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:56:01 -0000

A similar phenomenon occurred after the 2004 earthquake in Indonesia (the one that caused their tsunami).

Re: http://technologyviewer.com/post/413717116

rebrob — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:28:21 -0000

There is a LONG history of punishing those that follow the rules.

Just ask LEGAL immigrants, taxpayers, Major League Baseball players, lawful gun owners, and people WITH health insurance....

Re: http://technologyviewer.com/post/411471708

rebrob — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:59:29 -0000

Well, I'm now 9 months into my Palm Pre, that is, my THIRD Palm Pre.

That's right, I'm on my third unit. The first just decided to stop working, and #2's earpiece went dead.

Fortunately for me, I have the theft and damage protection on my policy (which I pay $5 a month for by the way). So when anything happens to it, I bring it in and they either fix it or give me a new one (ok, probably a refurbished one).

This last replacement, I spoke to the Sprint guy a bit about the Pre and asked for his thoughts. He pretty much crystallized my thoughts on the device.

It's a cool phone. The interface is really top notch (better than the iPhone/Touch in my opinion), the actual phone reception/call strength is better than the iPhone, but the phones....just....break...down. He actually called them the "Palm Assassin", as he sees more Pre's brought in for repairs than just about any other device in their store.

The limited apps are "meh", but they're just ansillary, just window dressing. Nothing really to make the Pre a go-to device, especially over the iPhone's kick butt apps, as well as the Android's initial geek buzz. It's just kind of sitting there, which never what you want in a "cutting edge device".

I initially thought Palm had really hit one out of the park on this one. But now, not so much.

Re: http://mediaviewer.tumblr.com/post/407197969

rebrob — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:16:54 -0000

I would agree with that, although Alfred Hitchcock had quite a career making suspense thrillers. The key for M. Night is a good story translated into a good screenplay.

I'm more than will to go repeatedly to see M. Night thrillers, I just need them to be good.... :)

Re: http://technologyviewer.com/post/395333217

rebrob — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:04:17 -0000

Can it not just turn itself off?

Re: http://mediaviewer.tumblr.com/post/380210899

rebrob — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:44:17 -0000

So, just to make sure I'm counting correctly, that would be me and all of my fellow "blogger hack entertainment writer wannabes"??? :P

In looking up the term "reboot", I find you are exactly correct in the usage and I am wrong. Reboot is separate from "remake", and I was intertwining them.

However, in looking further, what Superman Returns (2006) really was was a "reimagining", and not a reboot at all.

A reimagining is a "remake that does not closely follow the original, yet often contains tongue in cheek references to the original". Examples of reimaginings would be "Ocean's 11", "Battlestar Galactica", and "Planet of the Apes" (1968 version vs. 2004), and of course, "Superman Returns".

Apologies to you and all of the word lawyers out there for my misnomer. I will endeavor to do better in the future.

Consider this talkback REBOOTED!!!! ;)

Re: http://mediaviewer.tumblr.com/post/380210899

rebrob — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:11:21 -0000

I would agree with you there. Any new Superman movie should start mid-stream. We don't need a rehashing. I wouldn't mind references to his origins though, especially relationships with his father. At its core, the Superman mythos is about a son's efforts to live up to the hurculean expectations of a father, loving though he may be. Allow me to indulge my inner geek....

Jor-El purposefully sent his son to a Yellow-sun planet knowing he would be stronger, faster, etc. He sent him to serve as savior and protector, a role he himself was unable to fulfill as scientist on Krypton. A father who perhaps believes Kal-El's on thoughts, desires, and dreams are mostly afterthought when compared to his primary mission of protecting the people of Earth.

Yikes!!! I am WAYYYYYY off the topic and your comment. I just can't resist talking about Superman, or comic book heroes in general. Forgive my digression.