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Another good example.

You got technology that you've paid for IN your machine.   But you can't access it without forking another 40 bucks.

I did buy a PS2 DVD controller even though I didn't need to.   I just wanted the advanced features and the new drivers that came with it.   It was also nice to go wireless.   Can't remember the price but I think maybe 19 bucks.

I forgot.  I own a JVC Hi-8 camera that will not boot up because of a software error.  I googled the error and got tons of pages of people complaining about it.    They try calling customer support and they're told it was probably their fault for leaving tapes or the battery in the camera.   I THINK this one falls under manufacturer's defect but it is awfully suspicious.    JVC is not a brand I recommend to anyone.  Espeically for cameras.   Horrible products.

The Last Crusade had similar flaws; a weak/bland female lead, a comedy sidekick (sometimes I just want to smack Sean Connery), and a denouement that seems oddly constructed and vague.

While I agree, the difference between Crusade and Doom was the delivery.   Connery did great in that first scene where he and Indy are talking about 2 separate things, Indy's head and the ming vase.   I mean there's a lot of comedy gold in that movie.   "Marcus Brody is probably beaten you to the Grail already!"   Cut-  Marcus:  "Does anybody speak English!?"

The female lead in Crusade turns out to be a bad guy.   A lot fewer scenes as a love interest.   So I don't see much of a comparison with Willie.

During Doom, Indy is just so frustrated and distant.  There's really no charm in that movie that compares with the others.  And no college!   Just a stupid musical I can do without.   

Conclusion:
(indy films in order of how good they are)

1. Indiana Jones and the last crusade
2. Indiana Jones and the raiders of the lost ark
3. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the crystal skull
4. Indiana Jones and the Temple of doom

Good list.   I'll agree since I think Crusades can be watched over and over.   Raiders is "the classic Indy film" but still taken in doses.   Whereas Doom is ridiculous.    "Doctor Jones! Indy! Doctor Jones!  Indy!"    I love Shortround but he and Willie yell Indiana's name every other half second.   Willie was the worst casting done in any of these movies, no wonder since Spielberg thought he'd go and marry her.

What is wrong with this man? EVERY SINGLE TIME, he makes a decent movie and then completely ruins it with the ending. I mean, frickking

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UFO's and aliens

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CJ:

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It wasn't Spielberg this time.   
One of the reasons he and Ford turned down previous Lucas scripts was because they were centered around aliens. This was Lucas compromising.   What a dick.   

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As for the fridge,

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why did he even bother getting in there? Surely back in those days people were taught to Duck and Cover...

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Hahahha, "Quick Indy!   Find a grade school desk!"

I concede!   

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Ants didn't bother me as much as the monkeys.   The ants had a blood lust for anyone.  The monkeys instinctively knew who to attack  ( presumably based on Mutt's haircut and behavior alone).   Tarzan rubbish.

Aliens beat Atlantis?    I mean seriously.  The pyramid place was nice - you'd have figured someone would be able to see it from a plane

Now they'll never do Atlantis since El Dorado was covered.   That's my feeling.     I mean honestly I'd have been happy if they just copy and pasted the story from Fate of Atlantis.   Its a much more convincing story than Aliens who love to use plows.

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R4L,  thanks for pointing out the obvious.   That has absolutely nothing to do with his name, which is what you and LGM are discussing.

You can't be a John Smith II if your name is Alan Smith.   OR if your name is John Davis.   Your name has to be John Smith.   

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His name is Henry Williams.    NOT Henry Jones.   Not until he legally changes it.

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I felt the aftershocks

O RLY?

I suppose you knew that Thanksgiving used to be the last thursday of November?   In 1939 it was set to be November 30 and FDR decided we needed an earlier economic boost with Christmas shopping.  So he changed it to the fourth Thursday of the month.   Now November 30th ( my birthday ) will NEVER be Thanksgiving so thanks ALOT DOUCHE BAG!!!!!!

Thanksgiving is anything BUT indians and pilgrims.   That's the sales pitch.   Thanksgiving is actually a symbol for Civil War Reparations.   And more recently Thanksgiving = $$$ , and thats-a-pretty-much it.  Anything that sounds innocent and gets people to shop = official holiday. I won't even mention X-Mas.  But it's all about economic stimulus.    Why do you think we have so many fond memories?   BECAUSE AS KIDS WE GOT FREE STUFF!!! YAY!

Politics of Thanksgiving: http://history1900s.about.com/od/1930s/a/thanksgiving.htm

Deconstructing Thanksgiving Myths:  http://www.oyate.org/resources/shortthanks.html

So funny how Pilgrims sat down with Native Americans and ate together like a family.   And then spent the next couple hundred years killing each other off and shoving tribes further west into reservations.   Gee, I wonder why "Bloodfest"  wouldn't make a nice family holiday?     Hmmmmmm.

While Geronimo was on the loose defending himself and his tribe, killing settlers and soldiers who threatened his livelihood.... I wonder what T-Day was like. 

"Boy Martha,  Thanksgiving was so much more fun when the Indians played along and wore those paper bag costumes.   Pass the corn."

Um,  Henry Williams II?    Henry Williams III?   

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Did they cover the name change and I missed it? All I saw was a hat.

Its not like kids magically adopt the groom's name at weddings.   They usually keep what they grew up with.

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an hour and a half before Future Shop even opened.

You've exposed yourself Time Traveler!  Hold still while we harness your technology!

Wow, that was a classic, sincere LOL.   I heart skuttleman.

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Nothing really, just wanted to partake in the spoiler-parade

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http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=34600.msg452665#msg452665

I know all your moves PLjungqvist!

WRONG AGAIN ERIC

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Jones SR. was kept alive but they didn't hold onto the grail. You have to work up a tolerance to eternal life.   They rode off into the sunset and then both Indy and his father ate some bad shell fish ( or bad dates depending on if you listen to Lucas or Speilberg).    They puked on the next sand dune.     Indiana lept onto the sand trying to lap up his own eternal vomit but Jones Sr. informed him that doing so wouldn't be very becoming of a gentleman.    So they lost immortality in favor of good manners.

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I know all your moves GLucas!

These proprietary woes may seem like pet peeves.

But they account for so many heaps of plastic waste that I find it not only inconvenient but a downright  shame.   People throw away these huge plastic devices every couple years while we could be enjoying 1 device that lasts us well over 10 years.   And it's not attributable to advances in technology.   Its the exact opposite.  We're treading backwards on purpose.

These companies do their hardest to convince the consumer he SHOULD buy a new device every several years.  If the flashy gimmicks don't move your butt to the store, they'll basically design a ticking time bomb in the product so you'll have to.




Last year I ruined a phone in water.   I tried to remove the SIM card so I could put it in my spare phone.   To my disgust, Sprint had abandoned SIM cards.   There was no chip or card to remove from my phone.  This was a proprietary decision to increase the profits on Sprint products.  The idea of buying any phone you want and inserting your SIM card is going the way of the dinosaur.   



The SIM card was a HELLUVA an idea.   You just change your phone's identity by throwing a chip in it.   But that was too risky for Sprint... they prefer you spend hundreds of dollars on their exclusive cheap plastic phones.  So SIM cards, a step forward, are now being phased out by shittier, more proprietary technology.    Nobody wants consumers to stop spending money.   The business sector, the government.   But now we're heading into a recession and this shit has got to be put on pause.... or stop altogether.

Like I said "Sony is a bunch of proprietary bastards."      I've never held a UMD in my hands but I would bet that to be the case.




Think about CDs & DVDs.   They ARE plastic.  They're pretty damn durable.   I mean you can scratch it.  But most of the time you can get it to work.  Otherwise CDs and DVDs wouldn't have beaten the cassete tape.   You'd have to bend it or grind a knife against it to really do damage. 

So I'm looking at this dinky piece of plastic and I'm thinking one of two things:

1.   Propietary mechanism:  You see the UMD and think "Ooh!  My discs will never be scratched thanks to this handy device!"  and then of course what you said.   It doesn't even matter.  If you HAD scratched the disc (instead of breaking the UMD)  you'd still be able to use or sell your DVD. 

2.   Sony was too lazy to design a proper DVD drive that they jacked up their own production costs on their DVDs.   This scenario seems business unfriendly.

Either way its a backwards step for technology.   CDs & DVDs hit the market.   Third party companies invent CD scratch repair, buffers, etc.   Sony decides to circumvent these companies by lowering the weakest chain link to a less durable peice of plastic.

--edit--  Not to mention that a new disc format means all new contracts with movie studios, game designers, & its a step harder to pirate your own shit onto the PSP.  And what the hell is universal about a "Universal Media Disc"?  That's marketing bullshit right there.   Just naming it that.

That's just my consumer advocacy CONSPIRACY THEORY!!! dun dun duuur.

omg..... if you're not whipping up a comic of that I hope someone will.    That's worth a google right now.

--- end google search ----  Yep, it would actually be a first timer.

We've got so many 4th of July ripoff holidays we don't even know what we're celebrating anymore.


Memorial means remember, but what the fuck exactly??  I remember there was a Memorial Day last year.  YAY!   Cheers to last year's what the fuck are we celebrating day!

We need to transition to "holihours" because we don't have enough days in the year to remember all this shit! 

I actually faxed a copy of my printer to myself, scanned it, then tried to email it into my USB port.   Fucker won't fit!   ARGH!  CONSUMER ANGRY!  CONSUMER SMASH!!!!

Hmmm, I've actually sat through hours of trailers before.

It might work but it's very risky.    The screenings I saw was basically a contest to make the best fake trailer.    Everyone was pumped because they were waitin for their own trailer to play.   I think anything more than 8 or 10 trailers at a time is a big fail.

Why are some folks acting like they make their own printers in their basement?   "You BOUGHT a belt?    How silly!  I make my own with straps of leather and a hole punch!"

Radiowaves:    The printer quality is excellent!  The colors are amazing and the scan resolution is wonderful.   The fax works great too.   One of the main reasons my mom and I went for it is because its a copy machine.    You literally feed the paper in at the top and a few seconds later a copy comes out at the bottom.  Very nice because we've saved money from visiting Kinko's.



I am not complaining about the quality of the device or its performance.    Simply this one proprietary function which guarantees nothing else works when it is missing a cartridge.   Don't misunderstand.   I am a real consumer when it comes to buying shit like this.   I did my research online.   I sifted thru the specs, ignoring superficial ones.   Everything about this printer I love.  I've had it for about a year 1/2 with no problems.    This one proprietary issue took this long to find out.

So I got a printer cartridge and it works fine again.   But I was on a deadline when it happened, so surely you understand the frustration.   

I think a few people are reading into the colorful language I used to interpret that I hate the printer.  This is not true.  It's probably one of the best I could have gotten.  Maybe I can hack it or something?   And make the secondary functions work when there's no ink, eh?