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| Yukon |
Posted - 05/09/2006 : 18:08:27
Any one else notice this...
All my approved reviews are coming back with periods at the end.
I generally don't like periods, so I went through my pending pile to make sure there are none. But when approved, they appear.
What's up? Am I period paranoid? Is there a period conspiracy? Are the MERPS forcing periods upon the people?
Just wondering...
P.S. HOLY CRAP! I just checked my approved file and had a new batch of 30 come in! Thank you MERPs. |
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| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 05/11/2006 : 16:58:53
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Originally posted by devil's unsavory herb
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
I actually did once politely shush a young woman behind me and when they still didn't shut up -- I'm embarrassed to admit I punched her!
You're so little, that makes a funny picture! Did she file assault charges against you?
Oh, it's EVEN worse: the manager came over and I said - I can't believe I did this, but it's true    - I said she'd punched me and demanded she be evicted.  And - guess I wuz a good actress after all - 'cause he believed me and out she went. I'm haunted by this incident, and I promise I've become ever so tolerant in my declining years ... cough, cough.
Glad you and your son liked Love and Death. I haven't seen it for years!
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| duh |
Posted - 05/11/2006 : 15:29:39
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
I actually did once politely shush a young woman behind me and when they still didn't shut up -- I'm embarrassed to admit I punched her!
You're so little, that makes a funny picture! Did she file assault charges against you?
BTW--I purchased a copy of Love And Death just so I could refamiliarize myself with your scenes. I went to the store to rent a copy and they didn't have one to rent or purchase so I ordered it off Amazon.
My son who just turned 20 couldn't recall ever having seen Love & Death, (he was too young when he saw it the first time) and so he watched it with me and loved it.
It was a very fun experience for the two of us to sit there and laugh through the silliness of the film. I had forgotten just how very, very good it is.
I found, however, that my creative memory has played tricks on me again. I had thought this film had a scene where the two Napoleons (one an imposter) were strutting around each other and then got into a wrestling match in the background behind Allen and Keaton.
So, what film did that happen in? |
| zulu |
Posted - 05/11/2006 : 01:06:50
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Don't blame me- I've been sat in a cinema shushing Italians, Germans and French people for the last couple of hours
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What language were you shushing in?
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No punchline aside from the sad lack of respect UK audiences have for cinema that they'll talk through a loud blockbuster that cost them �12.50 to get in. People used to flock to the cinema and watch the screen in awe- now it's just background noise to their conversations 
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The weirdest thing is when people talk on their mobiles whilst "watching" a film. |
| thefoxboy |
Posted - 05/10/2006 : 22:29:47
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Originally posted by Se�n
The last movie I saw at the cinema was V for Vendetta, and there were talkers, noisy food being eaten, and to top it off it wasn't perfectly focussed as cost-cutting meant there was no projectionist.
I would have got a refund. |
| Sean |
Posted - 05/10/2006 : 10:50:34
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Originally posted by benj clews
No punchline aside from the sad lack of respect UK audiences have for cinema that they'll talk through a loud blockbuster that cost them �12.50 to get in. People used to flock to the cinema and watch the screen in awe- now it's just background noise to their conversations
In the last year my cinema attendance has dropped about 80%. Now I only use the cinema for festivals, movies that I don't think will be readily available for rent on DVD, and the occasional movie that I think will really benefit from a big screen with big sound. The reason? Because at home I don't have to put up with talkers, lolly wrappers scrunching and noisy hands grabbing popcorn etc.
The last movie I saw at the cinema was V for Vendetta, and there were talkers, noisy food being eaten, and to top it off it wasn't perfectly focussed as cost-cutting meant there was no projectionist. It wasn't bad enough to leave the cinema and go hunting for the projectionist (and missing some of the movie in the process), but it was bad enough to annoy the crap out of me. I wished I had been more patient and waited for the DVD. 
I think cinemas are due for a major decline over the next few years. Watching a DVD at home on a big screen away from annoying tossers is becoming a much more attractive option, not to mention cheaper.
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
Confession time: back in the days when I went to normal cinema screenings -- yeah, when they had steam-projectors -- I actually did once politely shush a young woman behind me and when they still didn't shut up -- I'm embarrassed to admit I punched her!
 Excellent! I wish I had the balls to do that!  |
| Whippersnapper. |
Posted - 05/10/2006 : 10:36:03
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I blame TV and the Thatcher generation - but then I blame Attila the Hen for everything that wasn't the fault of the Hun or Hitler.
Me too. Are we really supposed to believe it was just a co-incidence that when Mad Cow Disease became endemic in Britain we had one as Prime Minister? |
| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 05/10/2006 : 09:49:57
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Originally posted by benj clews
No punchline aside from the sad lack of respect UK audiences have for cinema that they'll talk through a loud blockbuster that cost them �12.50 to get in. People used to flock to the cinema and watch the screen in awe- now it's just background noise to their conversations
And now you know why BAFTAs and critics go to non-commercial screenings. Confession time: back in the days when I went to normal cinema screenings -- yeah, when they had steam-projectors   -- I actually did once politely shush a young woman behind me and when they still didn't shut up -- I'm embarrassed to admit I punched her! I have since learned to prioritise people over celluloid ... and why I rarely go to the movies with the hoi polloi.
I blame TV and the Thatcher generation - but then I blame Attila the Hen for everything that wasn't the fault of the Hun or Hitler.
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| benj clews |
Posted - 05/10/2006 : 09:01:35
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Originally posted by TitanPa
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Originally posted by benj clews
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Originally posted by Yukon
And thanks for all the approvals. I've had 40 today. You rock, Benji!
Don't blame me- I've been sat in a cinema shushing Italians, Germans and French people for the last couple of hours
Whats the punch line???
btw what flick did you see?
No punchline aside from the sad lack of respect UK audiences have for cinema that they'll talk through a loud blockbuster that cost them �12.50 to get in. People used to flock to the cinema and watch the screen in awe- now it's just background noise to their conversations
I wouldn't really say I saw anything. It was more like snippets of M-I:III interspersed between various different conversations. Trouble is, you can only do so much multi-directional shushing before you just look like some kind of twat. |
| thefoxboy |
Posted - 05/10/2006 : 08:38:19
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Originally posted by ChocolateLady
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Originally posted by benj clews
By periods, do you mean full stops?
If so, this has always been the policy (unless you've got an exclamation mark or question mark or something at the end).
Yes, I noticed this from the beginning. Since I realized this, I started putting full stops on all my reviews unless I wanted another type of mark.
I never put full stops period. The site does it for me. |
| ChocolateLady |
Posted - 05/10/2006 : 08:36:17
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Originally posted by benj clews
By periods, do you mean full stops?
If so, this has always been the policy (unless you've got an exclamation mark or question mark or something at the end).
Yes, I noticed this from the beginning. Since I realized this, I started putting full stops on all my reviews unless I wanted another type of mark.
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| Falken |
Posted - 05/10/2006 : 05:50:00
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Originally posted by M0rkeleb
I'm reminded of the Clerks TV show, second episode, when Randal and Dante are reminiscing about working at a convenience store in Britain:
Customer: Pack of fags.
Randal: You're a fag.
Customer: It's a cigarette, mate.
Randal: I'm not your mate, fag.
Reminds me of an episode of Family Guy:
Peter (watching Cricket on British TV): What the hell is he talking about?
Englishman: Oh, it's Cricket. Marvelous game, really. You see, the bowler hurls the ball toward the batter who tries to play away a fine leg. He endeavors to score by dashing between the creases, provided the wicket keeper hasn't whipped his bails off, of course.
Peter: Anybody get that?
Cleveland: The only British idiom I know is that fag means "cigarette."
Peter: Well, someone tell this cigarette to shut up.
Falken |
| Sean |
Posted - 05/10/2006 : 04:51:09
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Originally posted by Whippersnapper
Actually theres a mega-blitz going on right now - I've had 25 50+ reviews passed in the last hour few hours. There's life in them old MERPs yet, bless their cotton socks.
I've had none declined!  Those MERPs sure know good reviews when they see them.
And I've had none approved. Those damn MERPs must be into some serious favouritism!
Oh, perhaps it's because I've got none pending? |
| TitanPa |
Posted - 05/10/2006 : 03:33:36
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Originally posted by benj clews
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Originally posted by Yukon
And thanks for all the approvals. I've had 40 today. You rock, Benji!
Don't blame me- I've been sat in a cinema shushing Italians, Germans and French people for the last couple of hours
Whats the punch line???
btw what flick did you see? |
| Sean |
Posted - 05/10/2006 : 01:46:21
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Originally posted by Yukon
P.S. TitanPA--Brits also like to smoke fags as well. Should we tell them what 'sucking on a fag' means in North America?
I once saw someone bum a fag after I travelled the tube. |
| benj clews |
Posted - 05/10/2006 : 00:58:30
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Originally posted by Yukon
And thanks for all the approvals. I've had 40 today. You rock, Benji!
Don't blame me- I've been sat in a cinema shushing Italians, Germans and French people for the last couple of hours |
