The "whatever's on your mind" thread

[coolsome]

Ok Im sick of this feeling! Anyone know the cure for depression cos its getting on my nevrs!

[supmandude85]

Originally Posted by coolsome

It's so true...

[Johro]

I wont abandon fb because of it, but it IS making me avoid going to people's walls. Now, if I miss something, fucket, they better message me if it's important.

[supmandude85]

Unofficial poster for the Angry Video Game Nerd movie:

[Alcoremortis]

I'm keeping my facebook, no matter what happens simply because there are lots of people where that is my only way of contacting them. Also, George Takei's posts are hilarious. Everyone should friend him because he's awesome.

[GuruGuru214]

I've only been on Facebook for a few months, and I'll continue to use it the way that I have so far: watching and commenting on what other people put up, occasionally PMing someone, and once in a while, sharing a link with someone. Up to this point, I've been deliberately not putting my life on Facebook (which is why I went so long without having one at all), so I don't expect timeline to be a problem for me, other than making my profile look like ass.

That said, if timeline does become a privacy problem for me, I'm torching my whole damn account.

[Alcoremortis]

Just fill up the entire thing with your windmill guy avatar. That will fix everything.

[coolsome]

What if you can't catch them all...?

[Rather Dashing]

I feel like a child saying this but my nightmares aren't letting me sleep.

[coolsome]

Originally Posted by Rather Dashing

I feel like a child saying this but my nightmares aren't letting me sleep.

A strong sleeping pill might be your best bet. You should see a doctor if normal ones don't work.

[Rather Dashing]

No thanks.

[Chyron8472]

Originally Posted by Secret Fawful

Doug Walker's Star Trek reviews are awful, lack critical analysis, and should never have been made.

Why are you looking for a critical analysis of Star Trek?

This is the first time I've seen any of his reviews

oh. well, obviously, you're not familiar with his style. The Nostalgia Critic takes nostalgic movies (ie. movies that came out when he was growing up) and picks them apart in a humorous way. He largely uses bad movies or movies that a child might think was good yet watching them as an adult we find that they're terrible, toward this end.

He doesn't do critical analyses, he runs through a movie and points out/makes fun of what is wrong with it. The problem with his Star Trek:TMP and Star Trek 3 reviews are that The Motion Picture's primary flaw is that it is slow moving, so he didn't have a lot to work with. Star Trek 3 really isn't that bad at all, so similar there. However, I like his Star Trek 5 review. That movie is terrible and deserves to be made fun of.

Originally Posted by Secret Fawful

He had a joke admitting he knows nothing bout what he's reviewing, not an uncommon occurrence with him, and then had an unfunny cameo where Angry Joe tried to explain a plot detail to him, and he basically turned it into a joke saying he wasn't going to try to understand anything or explain anything or let anyone else make things clear

No, what actually happened was that he pointed out the design differences between the Klingons of The Original Series TV show, and the Klingons of the movies (ie. smooth forehead vs. ridges). Angry Joe was going to nerd out about the various story-related fan-theories behind this (though anyone who has seen the Enterprise 2-part episodes "Affliction" and "Divergence" would know the canon material answered this already).

At the end of the day, it's just a costume redesign. That's it. If you're not a Trek fan enough to care, it doesn't matter; and the Critic wasn't going to bore the people who don't care with those minute details when they have no bearing on the plot. I'm a huge Star Trek fan myself, and I can say these things without being upset about it.

Critic does point out nonsensical things in Star Trek 5, like the lack of order to deck numbers, how a photon torpedo from the Enterprise didn't harm a being when Klingon phasers destroy it, the absurdity of going to a specific place in the galaxy to try to find where God is physically hiding, and why Kirk wasn't temporarily transferred to a ship that wasn't in shambles if all Starfleet needed was experienced leadership. I don't see what was wrong with this review, but really if you are actually looking for an objective analysis, then that's not really the Nostalgia Critic's goal.


If you want a prime candidate for one of Nostalgia Critic's best reviews, watch his review of The Room.

[Johro]

I actually didn't like that one as much as some others...it was too....easy.

[Chyron8472]

There are many movies that he reviews that are too easy, like the animated Titanic movies or Neverending Story 3. I liked his The Room review because Tommy Wiseau is such a terrible actor/writer/director/whatever that there was just so much to play around with.

[Johro]

I know, and I like a lot of the easy ones too. I like when he experimented more...like We're Back. I enjoyed that review. I can't think of a favourite one off hand though.

..ugh and the worst is how great Wiseau actually thinks he is.

[Secret Fawful]

Chyron, you misread my post. This isn't the first time I've seen his reviews. I've seen all of his reviews. These are the first reviews of his where I feel they were just yelling unfunny jokes at the screen. Because this time they were seriously unfunny, from complaining about things I didn't get [Spock saying "Hold your horse, Captain"] to screaming about a scene taking too long that's really only about six minutes long. Yes, he does do critical analysis, and it was better in the Final Frontier review, but it was overshadowed by him yelling at things he didn't understand that have logical explanations or a place in the story, IE the campfire scenes, which while are disjointed from the movie's plot, are also the best part of it and don't really deserve to be screamed at. It's like every time something happened he just screamed constantly.

You know a good review of a Star Trek movie. One that doesn't use screaming. One that gets its points across without being grating and makes sense? Plinkett's Generations review. I don't like Plinkett's sense of humor, but thankfully he kept it to a minimum in that review, sticking instead to his brilliant critical analysis. Some of it is stuff Trek fans would only know, and some of it is stuff anyone could pick out. But hey, I've said my piece on those reviews of Doug's, and I simply don't have to watch them again. And I won't. And I don't expect a nice reaction from you when I say this, but I love The Motion Picture, I love Search For Spock, and I like some of the scenes in Final Frontier but I do acknowledge its general badness. Personally I find the bad TNG movies to be far worse and less enjoyable, especially Insurrection.

I do generally enjoy Doug's videos, honestly. If I were to pick a favorite review, I might have to say Little Monsters. He's not my favorite reviewer on the site, and he does frequently get things wrong. But I enjoy him enough to keep watching. This was the first time I saw a review of his and couldn't find anything enjoyable at all.

[Zeek]

Originally Posted by Alcoremortis

I'm not too fond of telling the internet my entire life story unasked. If people want to know, I'd like them to ask. At least so I can keep distinct what version of my past I've told people so I don't mess that up.

I just use it to broadcast my inner thoughts and link to video and news articles that say more about me than posting that I had 3 eggs for breakfast after I burned them or something stupid like that.

Originally Posted by Johro

Timeline is so much worse than the other updates, coolsome. It's a framing nightmare. Two columns with bisecting rows and you can't control it. It looks like garbage. A child's art project. Trash.

Yup, but there's nothing I can do about that. I even sent my feedback, but ultimately, it's Zukerburg's site, and his team can do whatever the hell he wants.

Originally Posted by Alcoremortis

I'm keeping my facebook, no matter what happens simply because there are lots of people where that is my only way of contacting them. Also, George Takei's posts are hilarious. Everyone should friend him because he's awesome.

Takei's photos are the only reason I liked his page.

[Chyron8472]

Originally Posted by Secret Fawful

complaining about things I didn't get [Spock saying "Hold your horse, Captain"]

It was a bad joke in the movie; a pun on the idiom hold your horses.

to screaming about a scene taking too long that's really only about six minutes long.

I agree, he did overdo it when complaining about TPM being slow moving.

Personally I find the bad TNG movies to be far worse and less enjoyable, especially Insurrection.

Trek V is in some ways memorable, however bad and campy it is. Insurrection's problem is that it might as well be a multi-part TNG episode and is therefore forgettable as an actual movie. People complain about Nemesis but I liked it a lot, with the exception of the discovery of B4 both because his introduction into the franchise feels arbitrary and also because his existence cheapens Data's death. (ie. Data, who is on a personal quest for humanity, gives the ultimate human sacrifice.) Other than that, I liked it.

[Secret Fawful]

Nemesis I have no real opinion on, as it is the only Trek movie I have yet to see. I'm simply waiting because I promised a friend I'd let him show it to me, and we just haven't had the time.

[Chyron8472]

Oh. Damn, sorry for being spoilery. I'll go back and spoiler tag that.