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    The Force Awakens Trailer Gets Wacky "George Lucas" Version

    It would have been awesome if he had finally become "Darth Annie" - or - he does the Force choke thing after someone says "What's up Annie?" (probably a Robot Chicken skit)
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    The Big Picture: Broken Movies

    In a world where photogenic and athletically fit teenagers must choose Green Eggs OR Ham comes one young man who asks: "Why not Green Eggs AND Ham"?
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    Feed Dump: Help a Dumb

    Quarter the rat longitudinally - rat butt for everyone!
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    Confess your nerd sins

    I have no problem with the ending of Lost or Battlestar Galactica. I have devoted a large number of hours to Candy Crush and Subway Surfers. The new Star Trek movies are fine. I don't care who shot first, they were only cheesy kid's movies about space wizards. I loved the Dark Knight Rises.
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    Benedict Cumberbatch Will Be Marvel's Dr. Strange

    Given the number of British actors playing Americans these days, there is nothing that says he has to have an English accent.
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    What's a sequel that isn't made yet that you would like to see?

    You realize that NOLF has a sequel (NOLF 2) and a prequel (Contract J.A.C.K)? If not, then your prayer has been answered.
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    [Update 2] How/why are console gamers satisfied with 30 fps?

    I think that the issue comes down to the whole 720P vs 900P vs 1080P debate. I guess that the game makers that evaluate the tradeoffs get much more grief about not being 1080P then they do about the framerate being 30 vs. 60. Maybe a lot of the people weighing in negatively here about the...
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    Unskippable: Amazing Spider-Man 2 - AKA Peter's Unhealthy Quest for Revenge

    Hate to be that guy but "taut" not "taught".
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    What if there really are racial/sexual differences between people?

    When someone asserts that there are (for example) IQ differences between races/genders/etc they generally mean: there is a bell-shaped distribution curve showing how many members of the population are represented at each IQ level and the center of the curve is at different locations for each...
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    Fantastic Four Reboot Movie Won't Be Based on Any Comics

    You need to think metaphorically. Invisible woman == symbol of the marginalization of women in society Flaming teenager == symbol for youthful rebellion Stretching man == symbol of male ego torn in different directions by traditional gender roles and new societal expectations Ugly rock man...
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    Zero Punctuation: E3 2014 - Deflate Your Hype Balloons

    I see. I thought he was saying "Piss Four"
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    Zero Punctuation: E3 2014 - Deflate Your Hype Balloons

    piss-poor has been a thing in my neck of the woods for decades.
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    tell us something you like about yourself

    I like that I can always resist the urge to respond on threads like this .... damn!
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    Star Wars Saturation Point Begins: Standalone Film Announced For 2016

    I would pay to see a "what happened to Ahsoka Tano?" movie.
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    Japan Says America's Godzilla is Too Fat

    In related stories: Yahoo commenter says that Justin Bieber is "one of teh gayz" Youtube commenter indicates that his intelligence has been lessened by watching a video Fox News website commenter avers that "Obama should be impeached for Benghazi"