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#41
Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic
Last post by Tonitrus - March 27, 2024, 08:24:37 PM
Quote from: HVC on March 27, 2024, 08:16:15 PMHouston went woke, is now broke.


:P

I don't know how true that statement is in regards to wokeness, I just like the rhyme. Valmy, do you live in Houston?
#42
Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread
Last post by Sophie Scholl - March 27, 2024, 08:23:51 PM
I actually really enjoyed A Good Year and Oz The Great and Powerful. I enjoyed aspects of Episode I despite it overall being not great and am actually looking forward to watching it again after reading a lot of the new canon books. We'll see if it disappoints me yet again.  :lol:
#43
Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic
Last post by Valmy - March 27, 2024, 08:22:36 PM
I live in Austin, the wokest city in Texas.
#44
Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic
Last post by HVC - March 27, 2024, 08:16:15 PM
Houston went woke, is now broke.


:P

I don't know how true that statement is in regards to wokeness, I just like the rhyme. Valmy, do you live in Houston?
#45
Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread
Last post by Valmy - March 27, 2024, 07:56:37 PM
I saw:

#50 Was Renaissance Man a bad movie? It was pointless and went nowhere and was kind of dumb but it wasn't bad. It was adequate.

#46 I also saw Look Who's Talking Too, with baby Roseanne. Yes. Very bad.

#35 Stepford Wives was bad? I feel like that film still resonates, people reference it all the time. I don't recall thinking it was bad at any time when I saw it. It was fine.

#31 I saw Sphere...yes very bad. Almost, but fails to achieve, even being so bad its good. Ugh I had forgotten about that one. And unlike something like "The Room" you went in expecting something great.

#7 I saw Episode I and yes it is a bad film in a very bland way. I didn't even really like the Lightsaber Duel but clearly people remember that fondly. I find both the prequels and sequels to be bad films, at least the ones I saw as I never saw The Last Jedi. Rogue One was decent.

"To be clear, the prequels got better as they went along. The third one is actually pretty great." LOL hard disagree Rolling Stone.
#46
Off the Record / Re: Working From Home
Last post by viper37 - March 27, 2024, 07:12:23 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on March 26, 2024, 08:54:51 PM
Quote from: Zoupa on March 26, 2024, 05:09:01 PMAnd a hundred years ago you could beat your wife to death with a broomstick. I don't really care what the law says.

Really?  Quebec is fucking weird.
One hundred years ago, Zoupa's ancestors were living in France.  1924 France was a weird place. :hmm:
#47
Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread
Last post by viper37 - March 27, 2024, 07:02:04 PM
On another subject of interest, 50 bad movies by great directors


I have seen:
- 'Look Who's Talking Too'   (I was very, very young, please forgive me :( )
- 'Assassins'  (I liked that one!)
- 'Jupiter Ascending' (I like Mila Kunis... :blush: )
- Wild Wild West (The next Men in Black they said...)
- Death Becomes Her (It wasn't horrible...)
- Alien 3 (meh)
- Star Wars Episode 1 (the lightsaber duel was phantastic)
- Planet of the Apes (what an awful movie)
- 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'  (same)


ok, I do, occasionally watch bad movies.  But at least, I don't do it on purpose.  :yuk:
#48
Gaming HQ / Re: New Paradox Tinto Game? EU...
Last post by Solmyr - March 27, 2024, 06:57:32 PM
OPB had a pretty successful Persia game keeping the unwashed masses uneducated. It's not the optimal playstyle, but very possible.
#49
Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023
Last post by Solmyr - March 27, 2024, 06:55:18 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 27, 2024, 02:46:13 PM
Quote from: Jacob on March 27, 2024, 12:04:45 PMThe Trump coalition is full of folks saying "when Trump says he'll sell my interest group out, it's just empty posturing for effect or clever politics; he'd never actually do it. When he says he'll sell out interest groups I dislike, it's honest no-bullshit say-it-like-it-is truth and it's amazing and that's why I love him."

Trump doesn't give a damn about Israel or Palestinians. He'll turn to line his pockets and stroke his ego at any time it seems convenient. That may or may not include selling out Israel at any given point.

Disagree.  It's my belief that the one interest group he considers absolutely indispensable is evangelicals.  And Israel is their pet.

I don't think Trump considers anyone indispensable, not even his own children.
#50
Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread
Last post by viper37 - March 27, 2024, 06:54:17 PM
I mixed both.  Sorry. :(

Sardaukar is a stripped down English language.  No vowels, and ultra-compressed to be super efficient and faster.


QuoteHere's the recipe: -Take English -Get rid of 75% of the sounds and syllables. -Now slam what's left together.
-simplify vowel sounds down to "eh", "ah", "ee" or oo". -Speed it up by giving it an almost superhuman ability of being able to produce literally two sounds at once, sounds over sounds.
"No! We are the Sardaukar!" "N. th Sardaukar!" (compress and speed up) "nah! (Tha/Sa)daukar!
"Those who stand against us fall!" " se-who st- gai-st u- falla " (compress and speed up) "suh-oost-ageesta-fallah"
"It is done" "It s-d- (compress and speed up) "Et'sa-duh"
The only word they don't shorten is "Sardaukar".
Which is BADASS! They let that stay long.
QuoteI contacted David J. Peterson about this because I was curious too! Turns out, the Saraukar language in Part 1 and the Harkonnen language in Part 2 are both English spoken in a heavy, strange accent and modified by the sound team. Was super impressed by the Harkonnen language though, I was searching for days after I watched the film to find any information on it.
Source



Now, I can't find anything conclusive about Harkonned, but there is this from a viewer:

QuoteFour watches, two in IMAX both high lol. The Harkonen language feels like a far far future derivative of an "Americano" language: Spanish and English blended together.
Only clue came from a soldier asking "Como Nemo/Devo?" And another phrase I can't recall exactly.
Anyway, would love to learn more about the creative process behind the creation of the languages of dune.