[QUOTE=Illmatic]It takes something really good, like The Godfather, or a 15-inning baseball playoff game, to exceed two and a half hours and still be palatable. You gotta draw the line somewhere.[/QUOTE]

That's the problem with a lot of people. It's a quick-fix society. I want gratification and I want it NOW!

I'm not saying that the US is full of these people, but there's obviously a reason why you guys don't get the joy of Cricket.

[QUOTE=Illmatic]15-inning baseball playoff game, to exceed two and a half hours and still be palatable.[/QUOTE]
If you're talking about that game last year in the NLDS, as much as I love baseball, that was a chore to watch. So f[size=2]u[/size]cking tedious.

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And King Kong was very long, but it was hardly boring. It wasn't nearly as good as people made it out to be. Best movie of the year? My as[size=2]s[/size].

But yeah, Jackson needs to stop with the over-the-top epic stuff he loves.

[QUOTE]I'm not saying that the US is full of these people, but there's obviously a reason why you guys don't get the joy of Cricket.[/QUOTE]

Well, that's simply because we don't drink nearly enough to ignore the fact that the game makes no sense at all :p

[QUOTE]That's the problem with a lot of people. It's a quick-fix society. I want gratification and I want it NOW! [/QUOTE]

I think two and a half hours is a very reasonable place to draw the line.

[QUOTE]If you're talking about that game last year in the NLDS, as much as I love baseball, that was a chore to watch. So ****ing tedious.[/QUOTE]

I don't give two sh[size=2]its about the NL[/size]

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]American.[/QUOTE]
Your avatar still cracks me up, and Bobos. :lol:

[QUOTE=Illmatic]I don't give two sh[size=2]its about the NL[/size][/QUOTE]
Why, the AL has more tradition?

Or because most NL playoff series games are just plain uninteresting?

[QUOTE=Kurtz]Why, the AL has more tradition?

Or because most NL playoff series games are just plain uninteresting?[/QUOTE]

Well, no, it's because I root for an AL team.

That, and the NL seems so...sterile. Cubs/Cardinals rivalry aside, there is nothing remotely exciting about it. I mean hell, look at the Cardinals. I hope they win the World Series next year, just to see how they celebrate--I think they'd line up single-file while Tony La Russa pours them each a glass of champagne. They are the most boring team in professional sports...I've never seen a team less excited about a season-saving home run (like Pujols had against Houston in the NLCS), and I've never seen a team look less enthuiastic about playing with each other.

It kind of trickles down to the rest of the league. The Astros? Braves? Padres? Who really cares? What's their deal? There's this intense lassez-faire attitude surrounding the whole league. Cardinals fans would give Larry Walker a standing O after he grounded into a double play. The Braves don't have any fans, and any fans they do have have been driven into numb complacency by 15432 straight playoff appearances. Padres fans are too laid-back, probably because they know that they live in freaking San Diego. I don't know anything about the city of Houston and I'd like to keep it that way. Dodgers fans are notorious fair weather fans (erm, no offense). Mets fans are more sad than anything. And Wrigley Field is a fun place to watch a game, but the atmosphere isn't as electric as Fenway Park or Yankee Stadium.

Other than Philadelphia (which lost its edge entirely when The Vet was torn down), not a single NL city can create an exciting atmosphere.

[QUOTE=Illmatic]Well, no, it's because I root for an AL team.

That, and the NL seems so...sterile. Cubs/Cardinals rivalry aside, there is nothing remotely exciting about it. I mean hell, look at the Cardinals. I hope they win the World Series next year, just to see how they celebrate--I think they'd line up single-file while Tony La Russa pours them each a glass of champagne. They are the most boring team in professional sports...I've never seen a team less excited about a season-saving home run (like Pujols had against Houston in the NLCS), and I've never seen a team look less enthuiastic about playing with each other.

It kind of trickles down to the rest of the league. The Astros? Braves? Padres? Who really cares? What's their deal? There's this intense lassez-faire attitude surrounding the whole league. Cardinals fans would give Larry Walker a standing O after he grounded into a double play. The Braves don't have any fans, and any fans they do have have been driven into numb complacency by 15432 straight playoff appearances. Padres fans are too laid-back, probably because they know that they live in freaking San Diego. I don't know anything about the city of Houston and I'd like to keep it that way. Dodgers fans are notorious fair weather fans (erm, no offense). Mets fans are more sad than anything. And Wrigley Field is a fun place to watch a game, but the atmosphere isn't as electric as Fenway Park or Yankee Stadium.

Other than Philadelphia (which lost its edge entirely when The Vet was torn down), not a single NL city can create an exciting atmosphere.[/QUOTE]
It practically comes down to only New York and Boston can create that really exciting and electric feeling. Yankee Stadium to me has the best atmosphere, a shame they're not going to use it in a few years time. Fenway is great too, and it has a total old-school feeling; the small dense seats, the fans, just the way it looks.

To me it seems that the only rivarlies worth paying attention to is Yanks-Sox and Dodgers-Giants, and it almost seems like the latter is dying. So yeah, I see what you mean. It's the same thing every year.

Check out the birthday haul: :D

[I]Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Pink Floyd - Animals
The Beatles - Abbet Road
Incubus - Morning View[/I]

It's been a good day oterwise, too. Only a PSU victory could top it off.

[QUOTE=TheDMV]
[B]John Coltrane - A Love Supreme[/B]
Pink Floyd - Animals
[/QUOTE]
Good choices. Especially the bolded one.

Penn State has the game, don't worry. But where the hell was Oregon?

And god, I'm sooooooooo glad ND lost last night.

Eh, yeah, it was long, but I don't mind long films. As long as it doesn't get boring, three hours is fine. But short and sweet can work as well.

Personally, I preferred LOTR. Peter Jackson likes to make his films very cheesy, it seems. I was sitting there ... Giant monkey, dinosaurs, now they're fighting each other! come on! What's next, giant spiders or giant insects? ... Yep. :p

Certainly not the best of 2005, but one of the better.


/late

Hell, I thought King Kong was better than LOTR.

Walk the Line, Wedding Crashers, and Batman Begins were the best this year.

[QUOTE=Kurtz]Good choices. Especially the bolded one.

Penn State has the game, don't worry. But where the hell was Oregon?

And god, I'm sooooooooo glad ND lost last night.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, that album's pure gold; it was the first I listened to.

I wanted ND to win because I think it would've helped Penn State's rankings.

[QUOTE]Incubus - Morning View[/QUOTE]
Ugh
worst. band. ever

NP-King Diamond-black horsemen

who listened to all of [I]Abigail[/I] while doing Law revision?
That's right...me.

/officially my Birthday

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]Ugh
worst. band. ever

NP-King Diamond-black horsemen

who listened to all of [I]Abigail[/I] while doing Law revision?
That's right...me.

/officially my Birthday[/QUOTE]

|| Your musical taste is as narrow as the space between those two lines. :p

Happy Birthday! *internet cookie for YOU*

[QUOTE=Superpeer]Giant monkey, dinosaurs, now they're fighting each other! come on![/QUOTE]

That happened in the original too though. So it's alright.

NP: Bored

[QUOTE]|| Your musical taste is as narrow as the space between those two lines[/QUOTE]


Hey, come on...It's not that bad.
I like Radiohead, the Smiths(and Moz' solo stuff), Pulp, Blur, alot of Oasis, Joy division, the Wildhearts, Pink Floyd, The misfits, Daft Punk, Gotham Road, The Clash, the Sex Pistols, the Who, Morris Day and the Time, Jethro Tull, Genesis, King Crimson, The Rolling Stones and a load more...all non-metal bands...

I loved King Kong, and yes, I thought the T-Rex on Big Monkey action scenes were pretty kickass. My emo friends cried at the end lol, spilled his tears all over his girlfriend's jeans :p

NP: Kalmah - Burbot's Revenge

[QUOTE]/officially my Birthday[/QUOTE]

Happy teh birthday, Ollie!

And as a birthday present, you... can...

GIVE ME REP!

/runs

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]Hey, come on...It's not that bad.
I like Radiohead, the Smiths(and Moz' solo stuff), Pulp, Blur, alot of Oasis, Joy division, the Wildhearts, Pink Floyd, The misfits, Daft Punk, Gotham Road, The Clash, the Sex Pistols, the Who, Morris Day and the Time, Jethro Tull, Genesis, King Crimson, The Rolling Stones and a load more...all non-metal bands...[/QUOTE]

Jethro Tull is metal, or so states the grammies. That's a pretty nice list, though I was joshing you.

Happy Bday. It's still my bday where I am.

Jethro Tull...metal...uhhh...how so?

[QUOTE=Mister Blue Sky]Happy teh birthday, Ollie!

And as a birthday present, you... can...

GIVE ME REP!

/runs[/QUOTE]
I would rep you if I could, but I can't still, it just takes me back to the top of the screen.

I know you were Joshing me DMV...but it's nice to mention some bands I like other than metal ones sometimes.

[QUOTE]Jethro Tull...metal...uhhh...how so?[/QUOTE]
They won a Grammy in the metal section...I think over Metallica one year...

[QUOTE]They won a Grammy in the metal section...I think over Metallica one year...[/QUOTE]

The first time the Grammys ever had a "Best Metal Act" award. Brilliance.

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]
They won a Grammy in the metal section...I think over Metallica one year...[/QUOTE]

Odd.

I dont care what anyone says,[I] A Momentary Lapse of Reason[/I] is a good album!

NP: Pink Floyd - One Slip

and i dont care what anyone says i need a BJ.

np-Donna Lee- Jaco Pastorius

[QUOTE=Ace_of_Bass2112]and i dont care what anyone says i need a BJ.

np-Donna Lee- Jaco Pastorius[/QUOTE]
My first thought after waking up every morning.

[QUOTE=Gilmour]I dont care what anyone says,[I] A Momentary Lapse of Reason[/I] is a good album!

NP: Pink Floyd - One Slip[/QUOTE]

I just find that album incredibly boring.

[QUOTE=magicbus]That happened in the original too though. So it's alright.

NP: Bored[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I thought it might have, but still, it looked ... cheesy. Cool, in a way, though.

[url]http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d129/gonzovision3/Picture593.jpg[/url]
Thats an awesome photo isnt it?
[QUOTE=Slug]I just find that album incredibly boring.[/QUOTE]
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