The off topic thread

[Shoei]

Wow

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-05-16/where-worlds-unsold-cars-go-die

http://jalopnik.com/that-zero-hedge-article-on-unsold-cars-is-bullshit-1578124255

 

[jod23]

Well said.

1. Too much time spent on whinging Sam. I mean, Dark of the Moon made us wait over an hour before there was a battle between the Autobots & Decepticons. WTF? Why do I want to watch him whinge around about his job and prospects blah blah blah, and see stupid scenes in the toilet cubicle with that Chow guy from The Hangover? And Sam's whining reminded me a bit about one of (the many) things wrong with the Star Wars prequels, too much time focussed on a whiny teenager. But that's a whole nother discussion.

2. I did like what Hugo Weaving did with Megatron's voice, but Frank Welker's absence was felt particularly when Optimus and Megatron are going at it. But thankfully Welker is back for the latest one, voicing Galvatron. Now that will be nostalgic, even though there's every chance Bay will f**k up Galvatron like he did with Shockwave. And Soundwave. And many others.

3. Bizarre. But I guess that was to give him more a of badass/battle type look. It worked when he beheaded Bonecrusher in the first, but after that I didn't really notice it too much.

4. He was my favourite Transformer of all time, what an opportunity missed. I mean, a sattelite? WTF? I even bought this MP3 player for no reason whatsover (the music playback is sh*t and needs an SD card, but who cares)

5. This is probably the biggest f**k up (out of many). Why the hell have so many random, mindless characters on screen? Revenge of the Fallen was a joke, there were dozens of them in that desert battle at the end. But who is who?? To the casual observer, you don't know WTF is going on and who is a good guy and who isn't, you don't give a toss when one of them gets injured or dies. Its just like "meh, there's plenty more where that came from".

There's no better example of this than Shockwave in Dark of the Moon. Talk about ruining a character. What an absolute balls up. One of the most badass Decepticons relegated to a bit part riding a stupid ridiculous drilling machine. F**k off.

6. Looks like we'll be getting this with Galvatron at least.

7. Stupidity. Just another example of mindless CGI trying to impress the audience. When really, it pretty useless and boring.

8. And by the time this scene happened, an hour and a half had already passed. Again, way too much time distracted by needless plotlines involving Sam, and then having a rushed explanation jammed in your face to try and justify the time wasted.

9. Watching Megatron grovel to the Fallen was a bit embarrassing. Talk about de-valuing a character's standing. I didn't mind the Fallen being involved but would've preferred if there was a bit of animosity/tension with Megatron, who always wants to be number 1.

Another couple of random points whilst I'm ranting:

- Shockwave being given a sh*t death mostly at the hands of humans

- Starscream also going out like a punk. That was pathetic. Being killed by a detonation device from Sam? Please. He should've died at the hands of Optimus.

- The ending of Dark of the Moon. The battle just finishes, millions of people (potentially) have been killed, a city destroyed and the credits just roll.

- Megatron again being relegated further, and having to be taunted by that chick to get back into the action. Pathetic. The real Megatron would've crushed her where she stood and would never have needed the goading to begin with.

I could go on but I'll leave it there. For now.

Ok so granted I have only seen ROTF once and because it was so bad I havent gone back but it's a testiment to just how bad that movie is, is that I dont remember Shockwave even being in it. Or him dying. Or Starscream dying.

Wait so it Starscream (my fave Decepticon) not in the new Transformers movie, because he is dead?

I hate quick reboots, but nothing has ever needed a new reboot more than Transformers. Get it out of Michael Bay's hands, stop over CGI-ing everything, make it about the story and the characters and Transformers would be cool as ****.

Right now, Transformers is a ****ing mess.

I totally get what you're saying about Megatron too with the grovelling and how the chick goads him to get back into it. Megatron doesnt grovel and he crushes little girls for fun. Talk about ruining one of the best bad asses ever.

Lucas did the same with Vader. Only a special kind of genius can destroy 30+ years of awesomeness in about 5 minutes. 5 minutes of screen time for Darth Vader in the final film and he ruins an iconic character. I will never watch ROTS again for that reason. I dont want Vader to be ruined, he is too awesome. Even though I will never watch it again though, it can never be unseen.

Where's Padme?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

**** me...

 

[glenferry23]

Ok so granted I have only seen ROTF once and because it was so bad I havent gone back but it's a testiment to just how bad that movie is, is that I dont remember Shockwave even being in it. Or him dying. Or Starscream dying.

Wait so it Starscream (my fave Decepticon) not in the new Transformers movie, because he is dead?

I hate quick reboots, but nothing has ever needed a new reboot more than Transformers. Get it out of Michael Bay's hands, stop over CGI-ing everything, make it about the story and the characters and Transformers would be cool as ****.

Right now, Transformers is a ******* mess.

I totally get what you're saying about Megatron too with the grovelling and how the chick goads him to get back into it. Megatron doesnt grovel and he crushes little girls for fun. Talk about ruining one of the best bad asses ever.

Lucas did the same with Vader. Only a special kind of genius can destroy 30+ years of awesomeness in about 5 minutes. 5 minutes of screen time for Darth Vader in the final film and he ruins an iconic character. I will never watch ROTS again for that reason. I dont want Vader to be ruined, he is too awesome. Even though I will never watch it again though, it can never be unseen.

Where's Padme?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

**** me...

Yes Shockwave was a blink or you'll miss it sideshow in DOTM. Pointless actually. They devoted more time to that drilling machine. Very strange.

And Starscream dies after having his eye effectively blinded by Sam. Comical. Talk about going out like a punk. Such a waste of an iconic character.

Lucas tried too hard to emulate the whole Frankenstein thing with Vader's scenes in the final moments of ROTS. The scream of nooooooo was just so odd. Even James Earl Jones' voice sounded out of place when he screamed that out.

As an aside, I still to this day don't know why Padme died? "Lost the will to live?" She just gave birth to twins ffs? Surely being a mother and provider for two infants is sufficient will to live?

They were better off saying something like she suffered some bruising or injuries as a result of being force strangled etc. Would've been much more plausible. But again, the things wrong with those prequels is a whole nother story.

 

[Latro]

Padme died because of her heartbreaking.

 

[jod23]

Lucas tried too hard to emulate the whole Frankenstein thing with Vader's scenes in the final moments of ROTS. The scream of nooooooo was just so odd. Even James Earl Jones' voice sounded out of place when he screamed that out.

As an aside, I still to this day don't know why Padme died? "Lost the will to live?" She just gave birth to twins ffs? Surely being a mother and provider for two infants is sufficient will to live?

They were better off saying something like she suffered some bruising or injuries as a result of being force strangled etc. Would've been much more plausible. But again, the things wrong with those prequels is a whole nother story.

The prequels are atrocious. Have you seen Red Letter Media's reviews on them. Just utter perfection!

 

[Cooldude]

Don't understand anything that's been said for the past two pages

 

[Jatz]

Don't understand anything that's been said for the past two pages

Oh good, it's not just me

 

[Latro]

Anyone read the excerpts of Jimmy Bullards book? The guy is a ****ing moron.

 

[Jatz]

Anyone read the excerpts of Jimmy Bullards book? The guy is a ******* moron.

Explains why Piers Morgan liked it

 

[Shoei]

Anyone read the excerpts of Jimmy Bullards book? The guy is a ******* moron.

Never liked him as a player. Never understood how he got anywhere near the England squad.

Stereotypical English player, paid a stupid amount of money in comparison to his very limited ability.

 

[Cruyff14]

Don't understand anything that's been said for the past two pages

Here is something easy to understand, classic 80's Boss.

He even dances with his mum. He's ****ing cool.

 

[Cooldude]

Explains why Piers Morgan liked it

Piers Morgan's tolerable if I just think of him as a troll, coz that would explain why he sounds stupid

What did Bullard say in his book? Scored a few good goals and got on everyone's highlight reel, that's all I remembered for him

 

[glenferry23]

The prequels are atrocious. Have you seen Red Letter Media's reviews on them. Just utter perfection!

He pretty much hits the nail on the head for the first two. Haven't seen their review for episode 3 yet, is it worth watching?

 

[glenferry23]

Don't understand anything that's been said for the past two pages

Oh good, it's not just me

We've been talking about giant robots with feelings that transform and hide themselves as every day vehicles on Earth to avoid detection, because they destroyed their own planet fighting each other, but really they are created and continue to be created to do one thing and one thing only: sell more toys.

What's not to understand?

 

[Cruyff14]

For every mention of Transformers, I shall post Springsteen.

I am in this clip, right near the front.

 

[Shoei]

Piers Morgan's tolerable if I just think of him as a troll, coz that would explain why he sounds stupid

What did Bullard say in his book? Scored a few good goals and got on everyone's highlight reel, that's all I remembered for him

*Him and Bently thought it was a riot calling Capello "postman pat". Didn't understand why all the other " dry lunches weren’t really up for it."

*Didn't rate or get along with Capello.

*England squad was so strict, they were not allowed to eat after 7pm. Bullard couldn't understand why he wasn't allow to eat when he wanted. Bently had McDonald's snuck into the hotel for them to eat.

*Got into a fight with another bog average player Nick Barmby because he insulted him about his contract.

*Some boring shit about Becks catching him trying to get into his room to play one of his "legendary crazy pranks"...but really he had just gotten the room number wrong. Then he asked Becks the real story behind the Rebecca Loos affair.

That's all I could be bothered to read.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...ul-personality-Meet-maddest-man-football.html

 

[Latro]

Piers Morgan's tolerable if I just think of him as a troll, coz that would explain why he sounds stupid

What did Bullard say in his book? Scored a few good goals and got on everyone's highlight reel, that's all I remembered for him

Here is the excerpt on Capello.

 

[Dumpstar]

Watching Piers Morgan's continuous meltdowns during the Ashes was ****ing amazing.

 

[Latro]

Watching Piers Morgan's continuous meltdowns during the Ashes was ******* amazing.

Its a shame Blee did not kill him.

 

[Jatz]

Piers Morgan's tolerable if I just think of him as a troll, coz that would explain why he sounds stupid

What did Bullard say in his book? Scored a few good goals and got on everyone's highlight reel, that's all I remembered for him

To be fair to Piers (and I think he's a massive w***er) he just recently mentioned he spent 8,800 pounds on renewing 4 season tickets for Arsenal. If I was spending that much, I'd feel I deserved to have a whinge when I wanted to as well.

Apparently you could buy 82 Bayern Munich season tickets with that money

 

[jod23]

He pretty much hits the nail on the head for the first two. Haven't seen their review for episode 3 yet, is it worth watching?

Definitely. Those reviews are the greatest things on the internet. Plus you get to see his reaction to Vader's famous NO speech.

 

[Cooldude]

Ha, Capello must've told Bullard to put their medals on the table and count them

Sounds like a real w***er, but then again Capello's own fault for picking him, like wtf?

 

[Latro]

He makes Bentley sound like he is in Beavis and Buthead.

Capello must of known he had made a mistake when he met him.

I Can understand the complaint of having to turn up to your job on time. It is a real bitch.

 

[SM]

Anyone read the excerpts of Jimmy Bullards book? The guy is a ******* moron.

Heard some things from it. Hate that bloke. He's the reason I get so defensive about us not signing players who fail medicals.

 

[jod23]

Draxler is not human.

How do I make him not human? You got any tips?

He is just starting his third season with us. He is 23 years old now. I play mainly two formations. At home I play...

------------Suarez------------
Draxler---Coutinho----Sterling
--------------Herrera---------
---------Lucas----------------
Silva---Sakho---Agger---Kelly
----------ter Stegen----------

Away from home against the better sides I play...

------------Suarez------------
Draxler----------------Sterling
----Strootman----Herrera----
-------------Lucas-------------
Silva---Sakho---Agger---Kelly
----------ter Stegen----------

So at home im more of an adventurous 4-2-3-1 kinda formation and away its more a kind of 4-3-3 but I pack the midfield to win the ball and retain possession. It's important not to lose the midfield.

Draxler in his first with me played 44(9) and scored 15 goals and had 11 assists averaging 7.09 over the season. I thought that was a good start but was hoping his second season he would really breakout. I was happy with his 15 goals but felt I needed more assists from him in wide areas.

His second season which I just finished he played 36(8) and managed just 6 goals and 9 assists and played an average 6.99 for the season.

When you said not human I was expecting him to average 7.45 and bang in 15 goals and have 25 assists.

Im playing him in his preferred position which is attacking wide left but it just isnt happening.