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[alway]

The Green Lantern movie wasn't nearly as good as I had hoped. It was horribly directed in both plot and in some annoying bits, continuity. It felt sorta like they snipped an entire 15 minutes out of the really good action scenes; and considering the length (1:45 instead of 2:00), that isn't entirely out of the question.

Spoiler: continuity errors (click to show/hide)

1. The first one was during a transition in which it abruptly went from day to night when it shouldn't have. Guy gets picked up, flown to a beach or something, and it instantly changed from day to night.
2. The second was a scene in the entrance to the government building with the to-be lame villain. As he enters, the sign on the wall says 'bay 54;' he turns around from another camera angle of the same sign, and it says 'bay 53.'

Spoiler: horrible plot (click to show/hide)

The movie has tons of build up to an ultimately very disappointing ending. There are 2 villains; the uber-evil space-thing and the lame villain. Lame villain simply gets infected, tries to kill someone, fails.
A bit later, he and green lantern fight in the government facility, where he kills several people. Green lantern defeats him, then they both simply go back to their apartments; I imagine the lame villain is keeping a diary which reads about like this: "Dear Diary, today I got pushed in front of steam vents by Green Lantern, who then left. He is a mean person. Tomorrow I will concoct an elaborately planned trap involving his girlfriend; who despite him knowing I know who he is, does nothing about it."
He then goes on to silly scheme; the over the top silliness of the scenario overwhelms any sense of purpose the scene possibly could have had.
All this time, uber-villain's progress is somewhat nebulously explained at best. For most of the movie, he's just sorta chilling in space for no discernible reason. Well, all of a sudden he shows up, kills the lame villain in approximately 3 seconds, and then gets himself killed in probably about 5 minutes or less. After which, I was left thinking 'wait... that's it? 1.5 hours of lead in for a 5 minute action sequence?' An action sequence, I might add, which ends up looking like cardboard cutouts due to the 3d effects, even in the 2d version we saw. Ending with a final shot indicating advertising a sequel.

[Patchouli]

I'm not exactly bursting with money, Aklyon. I can't afford to regularly buy 100$ headphones.

pre-audiophile quality headphones that will last you for ages. It's either that or the funky looking koss portapros. I myself have a higher end grados and audio-technicas and the sennheiser HD280 pros which I got for $120 back in the day but you can get for $80 if you're lucky. Mine are about 5 years old now? Good investment. Tough to wear on the go though. Good quality headphones will blow your mind. Those are on the entry-level audiophile end, but they'll last for years and are the best for the money and in their class.

PS: Skullcandies are cheap trash plastic rebranded shit for shiny marketing sold at a premium. But appears like you've already discovered that.

A problem I had with PortaPros was the jack getting screwed up after a year or so. It's not too big of a deal, since you just have to send it back to them and they'll replace it, but it's still a bit annoying. I actually have a broken pair sitting with me right now, because I'm too lazy to ship it out. I still love them though.

Which model of Grados and Audio-Technicas do you have? I'm on the lower end with Alessandro MS-1 and Audio-Technica ATH-M50, but the M50's blow my mind for their price. I was thinking about picking up an Audio-Technica ATH-AD900 or AKG K701 to round things out - probably the AD900 to avoid having to buy an amp for the K701s though.

[KaelGotDwarves]

Which model of Grados and Audio-Technicas do you have?

Modded grados SR 225i. Simply sublime for rock/vocals/anything not bass heavy.

Audio-Technica ATH-ESW9A. I'm such a sucker for wooden and leather styled technology... I might wood-mod my grados. The sound is amazing as well.

For yours... Can't go wrong with Audio-Technica ATH-AD700 or AD900 for that price. And you can get a decent amp for $60 nowadays. Just check around on sites like headfi.org but don't buy into the hype.

[Patchouli]

My last post is not sad enough for a sad topic, so I will make it up here.

Yeah, that's my main beef with head-fi. I'm glad I have friends that have some audio gear as well, because it gives me the chance to really see how much of a difference some things make.

It generally comes down to "yeah, it does make a difference, but not as much as head-fi said". That makes me sad.

[Darvi]

Laaaack of sleeeeeep :/

[Angel Of Death]

I think I have arthritis in my hands, mainly my right hand. Ugh. Body, why do you seek out ways to fuck around with me so much?

[Lord Shonus]

I fear early-onset arthritis myself, as it runs in my family. On the other hand, the only cancer that runs in my family is one I'm very unlikely to get, and there's next to no history of heart disease, so a little joint pain and grey hair in my twenties is a pretty tolerable tradeoff.

[RedKing]

Came home from work yesterday to be whisked off for a surprise dinner at one of the top steakhouses in town. Had a big spinach salad and a 14oz prime rib. I have subsequently felt terribad ever since. I think I may actually have beef poisoning. Hopefully that and not the German E. coli or something.

[scriver]

Ehec. I believe you mean Ehec.

[RedKing]

Ah. I was not aware that it had a name. Yes, that. I hope I don't have that.

[Maggarg - Eater of chicke]

My mum is horrendous. You'd think that after being around for so long and alledgedly being a socialist she'd be a bit more tolerent of me being a completely different person to a 53 year old primary school teacher control freak, but no, she has a serious problem with me not conforming to her ideal son. I am so glad I'm such a fucking embarrasment, mum, I'm so ashamed I have no ambitions to go and do sport and do stupid shit like that. Christ, and she wonders why no-one agrees with her.

[Taco Dan]

Why? Why would you post these things?
It's horrible and sad and insensitive. You are a terrible person, sir, and I do not approve.

[Maggarg - Eater of chicke]

Why? Why would you post these things?
It's horrible and sad and insensitive. You are a terrible person, sir, and I do not approve.

Wow. Lost for words.

[Angel Of Death]

Why? Why would you post these things?
It's horrible and sad and insensitive. You are a terrible person, sir, and I do not approve.

It's just a grey screen for me. Maybe that's a good thing.

[Taco Dan]

Why? Why would you post these things?
It's horrible and sad and insensitive. You are a terrible person, sir, and I do not approve.

It's just a grey screen for me. Maybe that's a good thing.

It's suicide notes from people who committed suicide.