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Movies and TV / Re: AVATAR
« on: January 20, 2010, 05:47:54 PM »
but they are not using that now. Just straight numbers. Titanic was $700 Million, I think, and if adjusted for inflation it would be around $1.2 billion. Avatar has a long way to go to get there.

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Movies and TV / Re: Chuck
« on: January 20, 2010, 05:45:56 PM »
Lol, I guess that would be an issue, but not for those of us that havent been to Florida or San Bernadino ;)

But there was no warning, just...  poof...  and it was gone....

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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: January 20, 2010, 03:17:19 PM »
well, thank you all very much! I am going to place my library order now and hope I get it soon (unlike Gathering Storm which made me wait for 40+ other people! lol)

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Movies and TV / Re: Chuck
« on: January 20, 2010, 02:51:47 PM »
wow Peter..


Ditto.

Except for the Bebop stuff cause I havent seen it.

and you left off Nathan Fillion's show Drive. Which was awesome, truly original- even with a Cannonball run feel to it.

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Movies and TV / Re: AVATAR
« on: January 20, 2010, 02:49:05 PM »
anyone think taht maybe, just maybe, it is the highest grossing of all time, or will be because tickets are twice as much? (and more!)

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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: January 19, 2010, 11:33:21 PM »
BSG, do you know when the next Malazan book comes out here in the US?

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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: January 17, 2010, 06:09:46 AM »
Im not sure yet Kaz. It was a much larger tome than any of the others, yet I read it in about half the time. I went through the entire book thinking that "something was missing or different" and I dont think that is brandons fault either. I think the last 5 chapters, especially, felt rushed. Maybe I should move this to a critique thread.....

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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: January 17, 2010, 05:20:42 AM »
Finished Gathering Storm. Was a much easier read than some of the previous WoT books. Didnt take as much time. Not sure yet, if that is good or bad.

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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: January 14, 2010, 06:07:58 AM »
Finally got Gathering Storm from the Library. I only had to wait for 42 other people to return the book. And there are 185 people waiting on it, so I better finish quick eh?

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Rants and Stuff / Re: Avatar protest? Ranting
« on: January 13, 2010, 01:54:15 PM »
Quote from: Miyabi on January 13, 2010, 06:47:05 AM

it's like trying to convince a wall it's made of bricks. 

hilarious!!!!

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Rants and Stuff / Re: People who re-inforce stereotypes
« on: January 12, 2010, 01:46:40 PM »
I think every other word out of my son's mouth is "actually"

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Rants and Stuff / Re: Avatar protest? Ranting
« on: January 12, 2010, 01:46:09 PM »
Quote from: Christmas Knight on January 12, 2010, 06:27:43 AM
Quote from: mtlhddoc2 on January 10, 2010, 12:48:42 AM
I would put money on you finding more autistic charachters in TV and movies than gay charachters. There were entire shows and movies, mainstream ones, which focused on autistic chatachters. Rarely do you find a gay lead. You find more pedophiles in TV and movies than gay people, and i would hazard a guess that less people are pedophiles than are autistic.

You'd lose that money.  Bigtime.

Netflix has listed 509 specific shows/movies with a particularly strong gay/lesbian theme.  This does not even include shows where gay characters are featured, but which are not a primary part of the plot.

You really think there are many more than 500 TV series and movies highlighting Autism?

(And realize, this is only the stuff they stock—I'm sure there's lots more of smaller & foreign stuff out there that Netflix doesn't have listed.)

Where are these shows/movies on Television? What theaters are they playing at?

Netflix has a large gay film library. That doesnt mean each of them was on NBC or shown at your local cineplex. Even the gay people that are on TV are not playing gay charachters. Wanda Sykes, Neil Patrick Harris, just to name two very much out of the closet gay people playing straight charachters.

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Rants and Stuff / Re: Avatar protest? Ranting
« on: January 12, 2010, 01:42:56 PM »
Quote from: Christmas Knight on January 12, 2010, 06:24:21 AM
Quote from: mtlhddoc2 on January 12, 2010, 06:13:26 AM
funny thing is though, most of the gay people i know (and i know alot of them) are deeply religious people, I find it highly ironic.

Why?  Over 90% of the world is religious; why should gays inherently be at a polar opposite?

Because all of the major religions call it a perversion. and when I say "deeply" I mean "deeply" - most people I know are not deeply religious. the gay people, by and large, are much more relgious than the straight ones.

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Rants and Stuff / Re: Avatar protest? Ranting
« on: January 12, 2010, 06:13:26 AM »
I should have also mentioned, since I did reference Tropic Thunder, that they had the rapper charachter wind up being gay as well....  so it kind of moots the Tropic Thunder argument I guess, or not. Just wanted to make sure that was in there :)

funny thing is though, most of the gay people i know (and i know alot of them) are deeply religious people, I find it highly ironic.

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Rants and Stuff / Re: Avatar protest? Ranting
« on: January 10, 2010, 05:01:04 PM »
I wouldnt call that "alot" maybe what, two dozen? And how many of those mainstream shows had a gay lead charachter?

Yes, I remember Martin Mull's charachter on Roseanne, and Will & Grace (Dual lead, and it could be argued that "Will" was still a secondary charachter to Grace)

but autism is featured regularly in various forms. Mary McDonnell's Aspergers charachter on Grey's Anatomy, to Corky from Life Goes On and Dustin Hoffman's Rainman charachter. Even "Tropic Thunder" featured Ben Stiller acting out autistic parts (even if it was somewhat distasteful).

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