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by thesalmonofdoubt
Fri Sep 30, 2016 7:19 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Recent underrated movies
Replies: 30
Views: 5210

Re: Recent underrated movies

I loved Rango ..ergo Rango was awesome
by thesalmonofdoubt
Thu Sep 29, 2016 3:46 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Hold on to your intestines ....
Replies: 18
Views: 5429

Re: Hold on to your intestines ....

"Carol, Morgan, Heath and Tara weren't there. Morgan and Carol ended the season with their first encounter with members of Ezekiel's Kingdom. Tara and Heath were on a supply run. Plus all four have been shown in the trailers for the next season. " Arh - well, I figured I had that list wron...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Thu Sep 29, 2016 3:40 am
Forum: General
Topic: Bernie supporters not voting for Hilary.
Replies: 241
Views: 38277

Re: Bernie supporters not voting for Hilary.

"I support the coalition of voters that make this possible. If they supported Stein or Johnson and gave them a reasonable chance of winning, I would support those candidates too. But, as it stands, they are with Hillary, so I'm with her. It's more than about Clinton's record or personal charact...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Thu Sep 29, 2016 3:24 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Hold on to your intestines ....
Replies: 18
Views: 5429

Re: Hold on to your intestines ....

I dunno - how useful a person is to the group doesn't seem to factor that greatly into how likely a person is to survive especially given they've killed off a couple of people with key medical knowledge over the seasons and, as you said, ammo seems plentiful. The only other really likely candidate i...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Thu Sep 29, 2016 3:02 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Movies to look forward to
Replies: 11
Views: 3505

Re: Movies to look forward to

Well - I'm looking forward to Passengers but that's mostly cos I love big budget Sci-Fi's that look promising.
Can't really think of anything else that's on my "go to the cinema to see" list
by thesalmonofdoubt
Thu Sep 29, 2016 2:36 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Recent underrated movies
Replies: 30
Views: 5210

Re: Recent underrated movies

lol - yeah, there's that and there's that they didn't actually film the movie here like all the others - I mean, I get that there were heavy rains where they intended to shoot and it all went too green .. but its not like we're short of desserts in Oz. **edit** Also - if it helps any, I totally agre...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Thu Sep 29, 2016 1:49 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Recent underrated movies
Replies: 30
Views: 5210

Re: Recent underrated movies

@Cash, yes. However, for all its awfulness, the Wachowskis should at least be commended for at least trying to make something creative, experimental, and original, especially when we're saturated in soulless reboots and assembly line-superhero movies, and no one is. @Gendo, I'm glad someone else re...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Thu Sep 29, 2016 1:37 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Hold on to your intestines ....
Replies: 18
Views: 5429

Re: Hold on to your intestines ....

I thought it would be Eugene, just cuz he's got plans to make bullets and he's educated, and educated people with plans to build stuff for the future have a terrible survival rate on this show. Pretty much this - also because Eugene seems on the verge of some sort of turning point where is all comm...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Tue Sep 27, 2016 9:50 pm
Forum: Travel
Topic: Off to Paris this Saturday
Replies: 4
Views: 3060

Off to Paris this Saturday

Last minute business trip again - been a busy this sort of thing for me so far having already had to travel to the UK, USA (Twice) and one unexpected holiday on work to Costa Rica (which was awesome) But - Saturday I'm off to Paris for a conference which is something a bit different than my usual tr...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Tue Sep 27, 2016 9:46 pm
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Recent overrated movies
Replies: 5
Views: 2366

Re: Recent overrated movies

Lego movie Frozen - as much as I liked it, it relly shouldbn't be as popular as it is & does overhadow a better movie made a year before it. Jurassic World - Fun movie, but not remotely good. Pretty much agree with all of that - Frozen was a fine enuff movie but way more generic that the hype a...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Wed Sep 07, 2016 3:43 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Jupiter Ascending
Replies: 2
Views: 1265

Re: Jupiter Ascending

^ pretty much agree with everything you said except Eddie Redmayne. I thought he was way way too over the top - like some sort of hyper Voldemort ..
I've like him on most of the stuff he has been in - but just couldn't find anything redeeming in this performance.
by thesalmonofdoubt
Wed Sep 07, 2016 3:39 am
Forum: General
Topic: If you're bored and want to troll someone
Replies: 11
Views: 3480

Re: If you're bored and want to troll someone

Personally - he doesn't sound like a troll to me given what he is saying isn't all that uncommon a mix between arrogance and ignorance.. I guess the choice thing, if by choice people mean an actual conscious choice to be attracted to same sex people .. comes into play if the individual considers bei...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Wed Sep 07, 2016 12:04 am
Forum: General
Topic: Hello People
Replies: 12
Views: 3391

Re: Hello People

Hey Mur -

Also haven't been round here much cos - super busy.. But, welcome back!
by thesalmonofdoubt
Tue Sep 06, 2016 11:48 pm
Forum: General
Topic: If you're bored and want to troll someone
Replies: 11
Views: 3480

Re: If you're bored and want to troll someone

"I just do not believe that people are born gay. I was not born gay. Some gay men are effeminate. But that does not mean that they were born that way. " this guy is a mess - the above statement seems to be all you really need to know about him. His experience is, apparently, the model for ...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Wed Aug 31, 2016 2:02 am
Forum: General
Topic: Happy birthday Cash!
Replies: 11
Views: 3423

Re: Happy birthday Cash!

Late to the party but - Happy birthday mate
by thesalmonofdoubt
Sun Aug 14, 2016 1:43 am
Forum: General
Topic: Happy birthday Opiate
Replies: 11
Views: 3243

Re: Happy birthday Opiate

Happy Birthday!
by thesalmonofdoubt
Sun Aug 07, 2016 12:51 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Suicide Squad trailder
Replies: 31
Views: 5771

Re: Suicide Squad trailder

I actually enjoyed BvS more than I enjoyed Suicide squad - both suffered from similar faults, too much squeezed into the movie making the whole experience disjointed and non-cohesive. Both felt like a whole bunch of disconnected scenes crammed together rather than one seamless story. To me, Suicide ...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Sat Aug 06, 2016 5:23 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Suicide Squad trailder
Replies: 31
Views: 5771

Re: Suicide Squad trailder

off to see it tonight with the kids - ignoring the reviews until I know for myself
by thesalmonofdoubt
Fri Jul 29, 2016 12:50 am
Forum: General
Topic: Be honest - your first crush.
Replies: 24
Views: 6190

Re: Be honest - your first crush.

Olivia Newton John - she made a guest appearance on a show called "Cartoon Corner with Daryl Summers when I was probably about 6 or 7 .. and the crush lasts till this day
by thesalmonofdoubt
Thu Jul 28, 2016 7:19 pm
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Sulu revealed as gay in Star Trek Beyond
Replies: 11
Views: 3358

Re: Sulu revealed as gay in Star Trek Beyond

George Takei made a post on his Facebook to clarify his stance, saying that headlines were misleading (as they tend to be) I dunno if young George cleared ..that up at all really .. I mean, from what I can tell he is saying something to the effect of, there was interest in including a LGBT characte...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Thu Jul 28, 2016 4:33 pm
Forum: Travel
Topic: Detroit
Replies: 2
Views: 3133

Detroit

So - I'm here in Detroit at the moment and have been coming to Detroit for say the last 11 years on and off.. and I have to say, this place has changed enormously. The first time I came here the place was all Mad max post apocalyptic scaey arse bullshit .. burning barrels in the street surrounded by...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Thu Jul 28, 2016 4:26 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Bernie supporters not voting for Hilary.
Replies: 241
Views: 38277

Re: Bernie supporters not voting for Hilary.

Yeah - I'm not sure Trumps not in here with an excellent chance and I certainly wouldn't be acting like it is inevitable that he will fail .. he's made it this far against all reasonable expectations and he's still (at least until recently - haven't checked for a few days following the DNC) .. polli...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Thu Jul 28, 2016 11:25 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Sulu revealed as gay in Star Trek Beyond
Replies: 11
Views: 3358

Re: Sulu revealed as gay in Star Trek Beyond

Yeah - so I watched Beyond on the weekend (I really liked it) and all this jazz about Sulu's sexuality just seems misplaced. There was like a 5 second scene where Sulu meets his daughter and husband while Kirk looks on and smiles .. if I had any complaint about the scene its that Kirk looking on ben...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Tue Jul 26, 2016 7:52 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Supposedly this guy made some anti-Semitic remarks.
Replies: 5
Views: 2079

Re: Supposedly this guy made some anti-Semitic remarks.

the "don't anticipate that" really should have a "because it is literally impossible you colossal dumb arse" appended to it.. It was an amazing feat of self restraint in its current form
by thesalmonofdoubt
Tue Jul 26, 2016 4:03 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Bernie supporters not voting for Hilary.
Replies: 241
Views: 38277

Re: Bernie supporters not voting for Hilary.

. Also - why can't you get a decent cup of coffee in this country ?? It's our punishment for throwing tea into the harbor. Also: http://www.traveller.com.au/how-to-survive-north-americas-terrible-coffee-2y9yx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(t...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Tue Jul 26, 2016 2:41 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Bernie supporters not voting for Hilary.
Replies: 241
Views: 38277

Re: Bernie supporters not voting for Hilary.

As a side note - I'm actually in the States at the moment so - if anyone is in the Detroit area .. Give me a hoy. Being here is why I'm renewing my interest in your politics .. It's driving me nuts that I literally cannot turn on a TV without seeing Hilary or Trump every five minutes - I realise tha...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Tue Jul 26, 2016 2:37 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Bernie supporters not voting for Hilary.
Replies: 241
Views: 38277

Re: Bernie supporters not voting for Hilary.

Until a system is developed to end this, the situation will never change. Even in state legislatures there are few independents and minor party representatives. However, the two parties will continue to vote for laws that guarantee that only those two parties will remain in power. For all their fau...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Tue Jul 26, 2016 1:49 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Bernie supporters not voting for Hilary.
Replies: 241
Views: 38277

Re: Bernie supporters not voting for Hilary.

I disagree strongly with the lesser of two evils approach. When you vote for the lesser of two evils that means you are still voting for evil. That kind of "surrender to complacency" is how we end up with such a horrible choice in major party candidates. Both Trump and Clinton are not jus...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Tue Jul 26, 2016 12:42 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Bernie supporters not voting for Hilary.
Replies: 241
Views: 38277

Re: Bernie supporters not voting for Hilary.

I can certainly understand that there is a temptation to vote against the established status quo and that from a democratic perspective, Bernie fit into that space well given his policies for the most part, seemed reasonable. I dunno if what you are saying is that Trump, being the only remaining Ant...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Tue Jul 26, 2016 12:03 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Bernie supporters not voting for Hilary.
Replies: 241
Views: 38277

Bernie supporters not voting for Hilary.

Ok - so I get that Hilary is far from a perfect candidate and this isn't a discussion around why she would be awesome. But its mystifying to me that there seems to be a whole heap of rhetoric from Democrats saying that they will never vote for Hilary at all even now that Bernie is out of the running...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Mon Jul 11, 2016 3:31 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Movies I've seen in 2016
Replies: 221
Views: 36438

Re: Movies I've seen in 2016

High Fidelity - Great movie. I think I couldn't appreciate it quite as much as someone who's really into the music scene. And, Rob wasn't supposed to be likable, was he? I hope not. Kind of like JGL in 500 Days of Summer; he's not a character to be looked up to at all. I really enjoyed High Fidelit...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Wed Jun 29, 2016 12:02 am
Forum: General
Topic: Happy birthday to the blonde chick.
Replies: 4
Views: 1665

Re: Happy birthday to the blonde chick.



But happy birthday
by thesalmonofdoubt
Sun Jun 19, 2016 11:05 pm
Forum: General
Topic: On the election and stuff
Replies: 46
Views: 7201

Re: On the election and stuff

I was wrong. He got the nom and this week he upped the racist crazy to eleven. He's even worse than he usually is. His numbers are dropping like a rock. The only thing I wouldn't have predicted about this entire Trump nonsense is that this would cause his numbers to drop .. I mean, he built a platf...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Tue Jun 14, 2016 12:55 am
Forum: General
Topic: Need help with appropriate emotional reactions to Orlando
Replies: 11
Views: 2720

Re: Need help with appropriate emotional reactions to Orlando

Oh, I grok that 'just fucking done' feeling. In the past fortnight, there's been the gang-rape of a Brazilian teenager, an Italian woman set on fire by her ex, Brock Turner, all the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard stuff, and I've heard of at least three women being killed by their current or former par...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Sat Jun 11, 2016 6:47 am
Forum: General
Topic: Letter the Stanford rape survivor read to her attacker
Replies: 41
Views: 6384

Re: Letter the Stanford rape survivor read to her attacker

I don't think alcohol works the way you think it works. I don't think people suddenly have sex with someone they despise because they're drunk. They might consent to sex with someone they like but haven't hooked up with because they have reservations about certain things, and alcohol destroys those...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Fri Jun 10, 2016 5:27 am
Forum: General
Topic: Letter the Stanford rape survivor read to her attacker
Replies: 41
Views: 6384

Re: Letter the Stanford rape survivor read to her attacker

I had this conversation with a lawyer mate of mine a while ago and the answer was .. well, complicated. I may have misunderstood what you meant by this statement. If you mean it's easy to tell when both parties are consenting, but there are many factors that must be considered other than, "how...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Fri Jun 10, 2016 3:39 am
Forum: General
Topic: Letter the Stanford rape survivor read to her attacker
Replies: 41
Views: 6384

Re: Letter the Stanford rape survivor read to her attacker

I think he's made the case that (I could be wrong) consent basically comes down to common sense. I agree with him. I tend to be suspicious of "common sense" but I think it applies here. If you're trying to analyze consent or parse it out, you're doing it wrong. But I think that also means...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Fri Jun 10, 2016 3:10 am
Forum: General
Topic: Letter the Stanford rape survivor read to her attacker
Replies: 41
Views: 6384

Re: Letter the Stanford rape survivor read to her attacker

Castor has repeatedly made the case that consent is not difficult or complicated, and to say otherwise is to engage in rape apologetics, and I agree with him. From the second paragraph down, your post basically says that it's difficult to tell if someone is actively participating in sex. If a perso...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Thu Jun 09, 2016 11:58 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Letter the Stanford rape survivor read to her attacker
Replies: 41
Views: 6384

Re: Letter the Stanford rape survivor read to her attacker

I think if both people are able to actively and willingly participate, there's consent. If one person is not both an active and willing participant, it's rape. Not complicated at all. I dunno if this is really gonna do it tho. The entire issue centres around establishing not only whether both parti...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Thu Jun 09, 2016 5:05 am
Forum: General
Topic: Letter the Stanford rape survivor read to her attacker
Replies: 41
Views: 6384

Re: Letter the Stanford rape survivor read to her attacker

How does consent work with drunk people, though? If one is sober it's usually considered rape if they take advantage of a drunk person, but what if two drunk strangers consent to sex they otherwise wouldn't have consented to? I had this conversation with a lawyer mate of mine a while ago and the an...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Wed Jun 08, 2016 10:32 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Letter the Stanford rape survivor read to her attacker
Replies: 41
Views: 6384

Re: Letter the Stanford rape survivor read to her attacker

I'm still wary of the drunk thing, though. Given that the victim had no memory of the event, it's also not unlikely that the guy likewise had no memory of it, where one moment he was drinking and the next he discovered he had just brutally raped someone. I'm guessing that could be why he keeps sayi...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Tue May 17, 2016 11:22 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Made a major miscalculation...
Replies: 21
Views: 5081

Re: Made a major miscalculation...

Went on a 5 mile hike Saturday. Sunday, pushed myself in my gym class then toured the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. My legs are screaming at me "why?!?" There are two solutions. 1) Exercise every day, and your legs will get used to it. 2) Don't exercise at all. The best place for...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Wed Apr 27, 2016 6:04 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Apparently there's going to be a Jumanji remake.
Replies: 19
Views: 5401

Re: Apparently there's going to be a Jumanji remake.

I'm going with your original comment - there is absolutely no reason to change a frame of that movie
by thesalmonofdoubt
Wed Apr 27, 2016 5:57 am
Forum: General
Topic: Do you have one of those friends who shares everything on FB?
Replies: 2
Views: 1416

Re: Do you have one of those friends who shares everything on FB?

IF you hadn't said that was Ewan - I don't think I would have got the joke on my own ..
by thesalmonofdoubt
Fri Apr 22, 2016 6:11 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: True Detective
Replies: 7
Views: 2231

Re: True Detective

Ive heard it all kinds of awesome but haven't got round to watching it yet unfortunately - maybe the next thing on my Netflicks watch list!
by thesalmonofdoubt
Sun Apr 10, 2016 8:39 pm
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Replies: 10
Views: 3051

Re: Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

Life down under is going well thanks, just crazy busy.. Just wound up our financial year so, should have a little more breathing room now. Just made my way from London to Detroit at the moment tho - so, not actually down under to speak from first hand experience for the past few weeks at any rate. I...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Sun Apr 10, 2016 8:17 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Replies: 10
Views: 3051

Re: Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

Yeah - it wasn't the best, but then again, the last book wasn't the best either and all things considered, they did a pretty good job with what they had to work with. In fact, I was surprised that I enjoyed Mockingjay Part 1 at all .. and I did. In my humble opinion - The first movie was probably th...
by thesalmonofdoubt
Wed Mar 02, 2016 12:06 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Donald Trump
Replies: 7
Views: 2502

Re: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Donald Trump

Oddly enuff - I can see the original now !
by thesalmonofdoubt
Mon Feb 29, 2016 10:18 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Donald Trump
Replies: 7
Views: 2502

Re: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Donald Trump

"The Uploader has not made this video available in your country"

Sad
by thesalmonofdoubt
Mon Feb 22, 2016 9:59 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Dad Jokes
Replies: 5
Views: 1791

Re: Dad Jokes

I'm probably gonna use some of these