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    Escape to the Movies: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

    Just came back from watching this film and enjoying it. Disagreed with the majority of Bob's points. (Spoiler warning.) First off, regarding the criticism that there's all this build-up for new, deadlier characters to duke it out, only for them to die off screen: having the focus in the arena...
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    Escape to the Movies: Star Trek: Into Darkness

    I'm going to respond to this review in a minute-by-minute way, because it's going to help me focus my thoughts on why I generally disagree with Bob. 1. There is decidedly too much time spent on complaining about how the movie is advertised and/or "teased" -- i.e. as a film with mysteries...
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    New pokemon are different

    Okay. Like, how can you whine about inanimate object Pokemon while also heralding the Gen I designs? Yes, Litwick is a candle with a face. Hey wait. Gastly is a ball of gas with a face. Voltorb is just a ball with a face. Ditto with Electrode, obviously, thus completing far and away the...
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    Han Solo Joins Ender's Game Cast

    The Harrison Ford thing is cool enough, but the rest of the cast is pretty awesome, too. That said, it's going to be a difficult book to adapt, so I'm going to be cautiously optimistic about how it all ends up. They'll alter things, of course. I'll probably hate a lot of the things they change...
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    Does free will exist?

    This is exactly right. So you made the choice to come to this thread. Okay. That choice was dictated from where? Your brain. What is your brain? It's stuff. It's some seriously complicated stuff, but it's still just stuff. You make decisions. Right. The you making these decisions is your...
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    Why all the hate when I say I don't like the Beatles?

    No worries. I can see where you're coming from. Different tastes, different views. It's all good.
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    Why all the hate when I say I don't like the Beatles?

    A few definitions as provided by the web: ? A form of rock 'n' roll that is restrained in style and is characterized by the predominance of melody ? Soft rock (also referred to as mellow rock, light rock, or easy rock) is a style of music which uses the techniques of rock and roll (often...
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    Why all the hate when I say I don't like the Beatles?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMfkVGCU_BA Light rock?