TET: Like the Offensive?

by **Laerod** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:05 pm

Lordieth wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
I imagine it's the same mentality many conservatives have over here in the States. Gateway drug, everyone will get high, think of the children...

I don't doubt there are progressive thinkers in Parliament, but I think it would be political suicide for any party to suddenly do a complete u-turn on drug policy.

Right, time for me to head off. Bis spater, TET.

The fudge-cream-ice-cake is this?

by **The Emerald Dawn** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:06 pm

Laerod wrote:
Lordieth wrote:
I don't doubt there are progressive thinkers in Parliament, but I think it would be political suicide for any party to suddenly do a complete u-turn on drug policy.

Right, time for me to head off. Bis spater, TET.

The fudge-cream-ice-cake is this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_A._Spater

by **Mike the Progressive** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:18 pm

Gidgetisms wrote:
Mike the Progressive wrote:A couple of weeks.

and she's still hung up on it?

Yeah. I mean I am pretty awesome, so... cant blame her too much.

by **Gidgetisms** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:20 pm

Mike the Progressive wrote:
Gidgetisms wrote:and she's still hung up on it?

Yeah. I mean I am pretty awesome, so... cant blame her too much.

-_-

by **DesAnges** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:22 pm

This new Ghostbusters is going to be dreadful.

by **The Emerald Dawn** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:24 pm

DesAnges wrote:This new Ghostbusters is going to be dreadful.

Might want to take cover, mate.

The Feminists-in-name-only brigade is going to shit fury all over you in a second.

by **Nanatsu no Tsuki** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:24 pm

DesAnges wrote:This new Ghostbusters is going to be dreadful.

There's a new Ghostbusters? Dafuq. :blink:

by **Gidgetisms** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:25 pm

DesAnges wrote:This new Ghostbusters is going to be dreadful.

why?

by **Arcturus Novus** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:26 pm

I've been listening to street musicians and Johnny Cash covers for a solid hour now. I should be working on my homework.

by **The Holy Therns** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:28 pm

The Emerald Dawn wrote:
DesAnges wrote:This new Ghostbusters is going to be dreadful.

Might want to take cover, mate.

The Feminists-in-name-only brigade is going to shit fury all over you in a second.

Pffft. Chicks, amirite?

by **The Emerald Dawn** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:29 pm

The Holy Therns wrote:
The Emerald Dawn wrote:Might want to take cover, mate.

The Feminists-in-name-only brigade is going to shit fury all over you in a second.

Pffft. Chicks, amirite?

Hell no. "Chicks" can understand legitimate criticisms of cultural flotsam.

by **DesAnges** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:31 pm

Gidgetisms wrote:
DesAnges wrote:This new Ghostbusters is going to be dreadful.

why?

Because it has Melissa McCarthy starring and Paul Feig directing. Both of whom have done only one decent thing, Bridesmaids.

The Holy Therns wrote:
The Emerald Dawn wrote:Might want to take cover, mate.

The Feminists-in-name-only brigade is going to shit fury all over you in a second.

Pffft. Chicks, amirite?

I don't mind it being an all-female cast. In fact it would be a good idea.

If it weren't Ghostbusters being rebooted (why does it need to be in the first place?) and if they cast the right people. Melissa McCarthy is not the right people.

by **Gidgetisms** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:32 pm

DesAnges wrote:
Gidgetisms wrote:why?

Because it has Melissa McCarthy starring and Paul Feig directing. Both of whom have done only one decent thing, Bridesmaids.

The Holy Therns wrote:
Pffft. Chicks, amirite?

I don't mind it being an all-female cast. In fact it would be a good idea.

If it weren't Ghostbusters being rebooted (why does it need to be in the first place?) and if they cast the right people. Melissa McCarthy is not the right people.

ok, reasonable explanation. I agree with you

by **DesAnges** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:34 pm

Gidgetisms wrote:
DesAnges wrote:Because it has Melissa McCarthy starring and Paul Feig directing. Both of whom have done only one decent thing, Bridesmaids.

I don't mind it being an all-female cast. In fact it would be a good idea.

If it weren't Ghostbusters being rebooted (why does it need to be in the first place?) and if they cast the right people. Melissa McCarthy is not the right people.

ok, reasonable explanation. I agree with you

It's not even McCarthy's fault that she's the wrong people. It's just that she seems to be exclusively given fat jokes.

by **Gidgetisms** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:35 pm

DesAnges wrote:
Gidgetisms wrote:ok, reasonable explanation. I agree with you

It's not even McCarthy's fault that she's the wrong people. It's just that she seems to be exclusively given fat jokes.

Most bigger actresses do.

by **DesAnges** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:37 pm

Gidgetisms wrote:
DesAnges wrote:It's not even McCarthy's fault that she's the wrong people. It's just that she seems to be exclusively given fat jokes.

Most bigger actresses do.

I don't mind fat jokes if they're well written, acted, and devised. But 'lololol she's fat so she's clumsy and falls over a lot' is just laziness.

It's a damn shame that people get pigeon-holed because of their weight, general appearance etc. You can get so much more humour out of things if you just try.

by **Nanatsu no Tsuki** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:38 pm

DesAnges wrote:
Gidgetisms wrote:Most bigger actresses do.

I don't mind fat jokes if they're well written, acted, and devised. But 'lololol she's fat so she's clumsy and falls over a lot' is just laziness.

She did a good job in The Heat. I think.

by **DesAnges** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:40 pm

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
DesAnges wrote:I don't mind fat jokes if they're well written, acted, and devised. But 'lololol she's fat so she's clumsy and falls over a lot' is just laziness.

She did a good job in The Heat. I think.

See that's down to individual taste, I've never found the comedy buddy cop genre particularly entertaining. See 21 Jump Street for another similar, not great film with an attractive/large lead partnership.

by **Nanatsu no Tsuki** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:46 pm

DesAnges wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
She did a good job in The Heat. I think.

See that's down to individual taste, I've never found the comedy buddy cop genre particularly entertaining. See 21 Jump Street for another similar, not great film with an attractive/large lead partnership.

Well, the reason I enjoyed her in The Heat is that she was quite a strong lead. Stronger than Sandra Bullock and with some very funny comebacks, IMO. Also, the fat jokes was minimal, that I could tell.

by **Sosi** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:46 pm

Stop asking fools complex questions.

by **DesAnges** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:47 pm

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
DesAnges wrote:See that's down to individual taste, I've never found the comedy buddy cop genre particularly entertaining. See 21 Jump Street for another similar, not great film with an attractive/large lead partnership.

Well, the reason I enjoyed her in The Heat is that she was quite a strong lead. Stronger than Sandra Bullock and with some very funny comebacks, IMO. Also, the fat jokes was minimal, that I could tell.

Admittedly I wasn't paying that much attention to the Heat at the time, so I may have missed some stuff.

by **Dyakovo** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:47 pm

DesAnges wrote:This new Ghostbusters is going to be dreadful.

It'll follow right in the footsteps of the last one then...

by **Arcturus Novus** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:49 pm

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
DesAnges wrote:See that's down to individual taste, I've never found the comedy buddy cop genre particularly entertaining. See 21 Jump Street for another similar, not great film with an attractive/large lead partnership.

Well, the reason I enjoyed her in The Heat is that she was quite a strong lead. Stronger than Sandra Bullock and with some very funny comebacks, IMO. Also, the fat jokes was minimal, that I could tell.

The Heat wasn't that great imo. It had potential, but it just seemed like a generic cop-based comedy (21 Jump Street, The Other Guys, etc.) with female leads.

by **Furry Alairia and Algeria** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:50 pm

Dyakovo wrote:
DesAnges wrote:This new Ghostbusters is going to be dreadful.

It'll follow right in the footsteps of the last one then...

Well, we're certainly delving into a very bad area.

by **Dyakovo** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:51 pm

Sosi wrote:Stop asking fools complex questions.

Got it.
No questioning you.

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