What Do You Want To Talk About? (EnWorld edition)

[Jet Shield]

You know those people you see on the road sometimes that are in this tremendous hurry to get somewhere 15 seconds ahead of you? The guys who think the road belongs to them and completely rage out when they find someone else driving on it? Well, on my way home from work I got the joy of watching one of them slowly make his way up the line behind me. This idiot was passing two and three cars on blind corners trying to get somewhere fast, and not really having much luck at the fast part. Did I mention that it was storming like hell at the time? No? Well, it was. I should also mention that the whole line was moving along at almost 10 miles over the limit, so he really needed to get where he was going yesterday.

Anyway, he finally made his way up behind me for 20 seconds or so, blasting me with his high beams from a foot off my bumper (which, incidentally, is a good way to get the guy in the beat-up old durango to spike the breaks - I didn't, but I thought about it. I could use a new car.). Zoom! Around me he goes. Then around the guy in front of me. Zoom!

About 500 yards or so down the road, as I come around a bend, I see what used to be a nice, shiny, new car wedged between two trees in a ditch not far off the road.

I honked and waved as I went by.

 

[Klirshon]

I pity the automobile that was forced to carry the fleshling. That blighter should be tarred and feathered, especially if there are wounds.

 

[Homicidal_Squirrel]

That movie pwns so, so hard.

It does. It really does.[sblock]Lieutenant Chad: In the Steven Spielberg movie E.T., why is the alien brown? No reason. In Love Story, why do the two characters fall madly in love with each other? No reason. In Oliver Stone's JFK, why is the President suddenly assassinated by some stranger? No reason. In the excellent Chain Saw Massacre by Tobe Hooper, why don't we ever see the characters go to the bathroom or wash their hands like people do in real life? Absolutely no reason. Worse, in The Pianist by Polanski, how come this guy has to hide and live like a bum when he plays the piano so well? Once again the answer is, no reason. I could go on for hours with more examples. The list is endless. You probably never gave it a thought, but all great films, without exception, contain an important element of no reason. And you know why? Because life itself is filled with no reason. Why can't we see the air all around us? No reason. Why are we always thinking? No reason. Why do some people love sausages and other people hate sausages? No **** reason.[/sblock]

 

[EscherEnigma]

Hrm... I don't ride my motorcycle fast and zip through traffic because I'm in a hurry to go places, I do so because it's fun. That said, I'd split lanes before I'd start riding someone's bumper or flashing my lights. I know my weight category. GTR, dude.

 

[PigKnight]

Saw Pacific Rim. I like it. It does what it means to wonderfully.

 

[Zombie_Babies]

It does. It really does.[sblock]Lieutenant Chad: In the Steven Spielberg movie E.T., why is the alien brown? No reason. In Love Story, why do the two characters fall madly in love with each other? No reason. In Oliver Stone's JFK, why is the President suddenly assassinated by some stranger? No reason. In the excellent Chain Saw Massacre by Tobe Hooper, why don't we ever see the characters go to the bathroom or wash their hands like people do in real life? Absolutely no reason. Worse, in The Pianist by Polanski, how come this guy has to hide and live like a bum when he plays the piano so well? Once again the answer is, no reason. I could go on for hours with more examples. The list is endless. You probably never gave it a thought, but all great films, without exception, contain an important element of no reason. And you know why? Because life itself is filled with no reason. Why can't we see the air all around us? No reason. Why are we always thinking? No reason. Why do some people love sausages and other people hate sausages? No **** reason.[/sblock]

It's a modern classic that just doesn't get enough respect. Someone should write a letter or something.

 

[Homicidal_Squirrel]

It's a modern classic that just doesn't get enough respect. Someone should write a letter or something.

I nominate RH, but I don't think he'll do it any time soon. He is a poor excuse for an OTTer PR guy. He still hasn't asked about the zombification game. That guy is just lazy. I guess that's what happens when someone gives you a house: you just stop trying to do anything.

 

[Kramodlog]

I forgot. RH told me to go pound salt when asked him to be our PR guy. ZB is still our ambassador.

 

[Homicidal_Squirrel]

Do you really want a janitor as the OTTer PR rep?

 

[Kramodlog]

Would you want Silver and you know... his "drinking habits"?