Place you would like to visit that you have not been to yet.

Post by **Dogbreath** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 1:26 pm

Not you, silly boi.

TD's pissed and throwing a tantrum because I made fun of his poor English skills. He'll get over it in a few days.

johpower · Post by **johpower** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 5:22 pm

WWWAAAAAHHHHHAAAAA---WHAT CAN HAPPEN IN JUST A DAY!!!!!

The dominoes you trip over all unknowing and how far they fall!

Kazer0 · Post by **Kazer0** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 8:24 pm

Thats it, im fed up with epilipses, high fish, cats taht are dogs, im leaving!

I'll be back tomorrow.

johpower · Post by **johpower** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 1:22 am

Interesting.... I was pointing to Wally and Dner as interesting shipmates on the way to hot's-ville, but TD and Kazer0 jump ship. Something Freudian just happened.

Call Scully and Moulder!

denrix · Post by **denrix** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 2:30 am

Scully here.

johpower · Post by **johpower** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 3:05 am

(Touche', mom ami!)

Kazer0 · Post by **Kazer0** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 3:49 pm

You didn't read the fine text

Post by **Wally** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 5:41 pm

for a fact i was going on a PLane

lakerzz8 · Post by **lakerzz8** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 10:16 pm

do u think we could return back to subject? I want to see the pyramids in egypt too...

Thunderfrog · Post by **Thunderfrog** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 11:11 pm

johpower wrote:Interesting.... I was pointing to Wally and Dner as interesting shipmates on the way to hot's-ville, but TD and Kazer0 jump ship. Something Freudian just happened.

Call Scully and Moulder!

Fuck my Dick, you Retarded Son of a Bitch.

denrix · Post by **denrix** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 12:54 am

Thunderfrog wrote:Fuck my Dick...

oookay, now that was something new.

johpower · Post by **johpower** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 2:10 am

OK, we're into the 2nd-3rd page of flames, again. Our dear moderator(s) are likely starting to consider hacking them out of this forum to oblivion or sequestering them to another forum called "The Same Place We Always End Up". Though I'm as much at fault today as any, can't blame 'em. So maybe a little examination is in order.

Flame wars are fought here with the finesse of an Assyrian bar brawl. Rocks, clubs, crockery, chairs and mutton bones all fly. Yes, some of us have fun or we wouldn't do it, ay? No-holds-barred is the order of the day from what I've seen. You wanted flames and they came in a form you weren't used to. (Interestingly, some got scorthed though there were fewer of the typical direct insults. Maybe a lesson there.)

Despite what I may have thought of my own missives at their posting (I had read the whole forum twice before composing), nary a REAL subtle wit was seen in the whole display till "Scully Here". I gave a point for that. You may notice it was a "less is more" and came without drawing blood (among other things). And it got me thinking more about the whole flame process.

Few flamers read the whole topic to see how things came about or the "plot" of the situation. (Is the topic REALLY a good place for a forest fire?) We often react to the last couple messages and there's no depth or thought. Flames will continue, no doubt, as long as there are obvious targets of opportunity, but perhaps we can advance past hurling crockery and slabs of buffalo to fencing with some finesse and wit.

It's kinda like our DOS games: Some of us think side-scroll, some FPS, some T$S, and 3D. I'm usually for more depth, metaphor, plot, humor, subtlety and a bit of grace when properly one-upped. I may label and a gloat will slip in but I very rarely curse and call names. Is the game better fenced and feinted, bobbed and weaved than "kicking and scratching in the mud, the blood and the beer"? I don't expect us to evolve into the Court of Louis the XVI anytime soon, nor would I want to. But Romans and Barbarians is a game that can get old. Maybe our future flames will be served with more panache than l'carbone.

As to this forum... moderator: it's time to rein us in. Like it or not, it's getting personal.

Post by **Dogbreath** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 8:14 pm

My feelings exactly, Johpower, though for some reason making changes in response to the debate on allowing flames only lands us at one extreme (totally monotonous boredom) or the other (Shoey's boobie thread of total chaos). FWIW, I've always appreciated your effort to keep balanced.

Thunderfrog's posts don't even seem to be intended as funny, just mean and hurtful. He's been dealt with and this particular alias of his has been banned. Permanently. I apologize for allowing this to go on for so long (I was at school and a movie while this was happening, actually) but it's ended now.

denrix · Post by **denrix** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 8:24 pm

check this out.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... bc/2024585

poor her. I havent seen the movie yet, though, so I cant tell. was it that good, DB?

Post by **Dogbreath** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 8:36 pm

Just that graphic. Some people wanted to rate it NC-17 because of it's reality-the entire point of that all was to make one feel as if he was really there, so the message could be felt. Essentially, make the audience suffer along with Jesus-though that probably sounds lame if you haven't seen it. Obviously, it wasn't designed for anyone under, say, 14 or with a weak stomach, but if you can handle the violence it's an excellent movie.

denrix · Post by **denrix** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 8:50 pm

I'd say that Mel just earned himself a career.
and maybe an Oscar nomination.

**Yoshi** · Post by **Yoshi** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 12:53 am

The Great Barrier Reef...

Never been there but it looks so beautiful on the Discovery and National Geo Channel...plus I wanna meet Nemo!!

Post by **Dogbreath** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 3:08 pm

Probably my biggest (and only) objection to The Passion of the Christ would be that while it made sense to me as a Christian, it would seem rather pointless to those who don't know the story. I've heard many people calling "the greatest evangelist tool" and pretty much considering it a replacement for the gospels. It is certainty a good movie, but one primarily designed with a Christian audience in mind. You should go see it, but buy a New Testament and read it if you want to understand *why* his sacrifice has meaning.

Interon · Post by **Interon** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 8:09 pm

That movie is Roman Catholic oriented (according to http://www.av1611.org).

Post by **Dogbreath** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 9:22 pm

It was directed by a Roman Catholic but the movie from what I saw of it was pretty much accurate to the Bible word-for-word. (Literally. It's in the original Latin and Aramaic so you'll have to use the subtitles) Because it is so closely tied to the gospels, I did not personally see any of Anne Emmerich's book material or for that matter anything *but* what the gospels taught of his death in the movie-though amittedly my memory isn't perfect. IIRC, Gibson was inspired by her writings but The Passion is not in any way based on them. That isn't to say your source isn't correct (though they didn't seem to list any specific instances) so you'll have to see it yourself in order to judge it's value.

As I said already-it's a good movie and brings new light to Jesus' sacrifice, but don't expect it to be perfect or somehow a replacement for the Bible.