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I did this a while back; I actually noticed the pattern with the symbols before the pattern with the numbers, which I think makes me special.

It always feels good to make a valuable contribution to a topic.

Actually, svchost.exe is a normal windows applicationy thing, it just happens to be the one which the Blaster virus insidiously abuses.

I may be wrong, but I think you may well have just skimmed my original post, and are all *completely missing the point*.

But never mind.

I thought it would be interesting if we could share some of those little nuggets of movie trivia which with we have have all doubtless collected at various points throughout our lives.  Hopefully, we shall end up with an interesting (and perhaps even definitive) list.

Here, I'll start:

1) John Woo's original cut of 'Mission: Impossible 2' was over three hours long.  The bulk of the extra material is in the climactic fight between Tom Cruise and Dougray Scott's characters (Ethan Hunt and Sean Ambrose, respectively).  Instead of the fisticuffs, knifesticuffs and gunticuffs that ensue in the theatrical cut, after crashing each other's bikes together in mid-air, Hunt observes that all this fighting is really starting to get silly, and that their differences are best resolved with a dance-a-thon.  Ambrose accepts this challenge, and begins a two minute rendition of one of Michael Jackon's routines; this amuses Hunt greatly, who then counters with a ninety-minute extravaganza; a one-man broadway show with a plot, songs, flashing lights and everything.  As is to be expected, Ambrose concedes defeat, and in accordance with the agreement the two made before the competition commenced, just sits still on the beach until he dies of malnutrition.

Studio bosses at Universal felt it would be irresponsible to include this ending in the finished film - wary as they were of the amount of innocent people who would die in their cinema seats, victims of awesomeness overload - and requested Woo to film the ending which currently exists.


2) Contrary to popular myth, the 'cuckoo clock' speech in The Third Man was not improvised by Orson Welles, but was in fact devised by writer Graham Greene, who just happened to be wearing Welles' skin at the time.


Feel free to help expand this list!

Not very probable.
It may be the first AGS game, but it's the worst AGS game I've played.

How you've managed not to play your own game is beyond me - although such a lack of testing would explain an awful lot...

Neither does LGM.

Which I'm sure is all SSH's fault.

Yufster is posting on an internet forum on her birthday.

Which is something I would never do.

Absolutely not.

I couldn't open it, and I have a darn speedy connection.

Maybe it's one of them things that don't exist?

I just checked the link, and it works just fine for me.

You must have angered the Gods, somehow, Andail; that's the only explanation I can think of for their wishing to deprive you of such wonderment.

Hopefully I can offer you some comfort with this completely unrelated consolation prize.

I don't want to spoil any of it, so you'll just have to trust me when I say that your life will feel far richer for having viewed it.

Warning: contains dangerously high concetrations of rulage.

That file is about 26 megs, however, so if you're one of those unfortunate dial-up types, you can get an mp3 version here, but if you've got anything better than a 56k than it's more than worth the extra bandwith to get hold of the quicktime version above.

Also; lyrics and the comic that inspired it all!

I really am too good to you people.

That's 29 words; 32 if you discount the hyphens.

But... but...

Fighting Fantasy books rule!

*cries*


Also, Dude; having made a great game is one of many things that could invalidate someone's status as a moron - another such acheivement is that of receiving a doctorate, which (I believe) is something Derek Smart has done.

That's a statement that would be pretty hard to solidly defend, I'd think...

Okay - I get what you mean. I didn't clarify my statement. I meant that everyone who's been mentioned so far has created a kick-ass game (obviously there are those who disagree, but if the game truly sucked, it wouldn't be popular), so they aren't morons. They're just unwise, maybe ignorant. But certainly not retarded or idiots.

Derek Smart hasn't made a kick-ass game, therefore he is indeed a moron. Just because a game is popular it doesn't mean it's kick-ass.

So, just to make sure we're entirely clear about this, I'll simplify your argument into an easily understandable syllogistic form:

Major premise: Derek Smart makes games
Minor premise: You don't like those games
Conclusion: Derek Smart is a moron

...

Whu?

Just let this thread die. For heavens sake. For all that is good and unholy, just let it die.

Sponge's top internet forum tips, no. 43:

If you want a thread to die, try not posting in it!

For much the same reason as Orange's dislike of alcohol commercals, I utterly despise those peddling deodorant.  Particularily loathsome are the advertisements for Lynx; here's a couple of the ending punchline/tagline/whatever thingies (I'm tired, alright?) that will serve to illustrate, for those lucky enough not to have seen them, just how irritating these adverts are:

"Men's sweat only attracts other men.  You don't want to attract other men, do you?  That would make you gay.  You don't want to be gay, do you?"

"The girls are ready, WHY AREN'T YOU!?"

Believe it or not, the actual adverts themselves are even more painful to watch than those lines are to read, and I just can't bear to relive the sheer horror they put me through so as to describe them here.  Sorry!

The "Who" stands for "Who Cares" :-p

lol.. I was never a big fan of comics, but apparently Doctor Who has a big cult following and it's about time travel or some teleportation of some kind.. I don't even remember.. Wasn't there a show awhile ago?

Actually, the comics are merely one of many spin-offs from the TV show, which ran from 1963 to 1989 and had around 700 episodes; there was also a TV movie in 1996, as well as two theatrically released (at least in the UK) 60s films which stared none other than Peter Cushing in the title role.

Not a massive fan of the show myself, largely due to the fact that I've only seen about three episodes, quite some years ago, but I can definately see the appeal; cheesy, with very low production values (we're talking spaceships made of cardboard here), but with plenty of funky ideas and characters.  Interestingly, Douglas Adams wrote four episodes, two of which ('Shada' and 'The City of DEATH'; emphasis mine, I apologise) apparently served as the starting point for a lot of the ideas expressed in his really rather good Dirk Gently novels.

So now you know.

Send him a picture of yourself, Yuf; that'll put him right off.

You dog.



Also; Haddas, you know I always liked your... name.  Why don't I come over to your house for coffee, a chat, and a little fooling around?  I'll have a dick to suck and tits to fuck - although it would be somewhat awkward to try and do both at the same time, but I'd certainly like to give it a shot (as 'twere); waddaya say?

Well, for some odd reason there's a tape measure in the kitchen, so I just checked; I love you all this much.

184cm, give or take (well, take); so just about 6 feet.

I have abolutely no idea how much I weigh, however; too much, certainly.

Ah, vanitas vanitatum!

Someone's jealous.

McFarlane did Spawn.

TODD McFarlane - SPAWN

This I have already pointed out, you impudent fool!