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Anti-Matter

@ThanosReXXX
Why did you upset with whatever i said in this thread ? 😕
I saw Pffff, indicated you felt disturbed.
How am i suppose to say ?
If i have something interesting in my mind, whether it will be silly for you, but it will be interesting for me.

I have listened and watched some 80's song with its video clip about Mannequin (1987 movie)
I just wondered if the movie will be fun, quirky and hilarious, with some kissy kissy scenes since it was a Romantic Comedy movie. I have never watched it but i have listened the OST oftenly. And why did you felt upset by my comments ?

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WoomyNNYes

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@Anti-Matter I think Mannequin is an entertaining movie. I've seen it multiple times. There's romance, comedy, a little fantasy science fiction.

Side note, I've frequently been in the store they filmed it in, here in philadlephia. Sometimes shopping, sometimes to see the christmas light show. A girlfriend worked high up in the building at one point. I'll admit, I can't stand the city anymore, and rarely go there since 2014-ish

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@Woomy_NNYes
I really wish that game have physical release. 😀

Between PS3 era and PS4 / Switch era, there are some huge difference in game genre and variety.

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Tyranexx

I've never seen Mannequin. Just from reading the above, it sounds like a modern take on the tale of Pygmalion.

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ThanosReXXX

@HobbitGamer It sure is, but it is indeed exactly what you say: they're just being that good or even excellent at their jobs, seeing as if you love or hate a character, then that means that the portrayal is utterly believable.

Haven't watched the current Punisher series yet, but it wouldn't be a problem for me, because I don't watch the Walking Dead.

@Anti-Matter Pffff....
(and that's not disturbed, but tired. Just... SO... tired... )

On a side note: no offense, but you should REALLY learn to quit that annoying habit of wanting to over-explain yourself in so much detail, because there's really no need for it, and personally, I honestly couldn't care less about the how or why. The fact that I react the way I do is because I DON'T want extra details on the how and why of your motives, so you explaining them AGAIN only adds to the annoyance, far as I'm concerned.

You should have stopped your previous comment after "...interesting for me". Your point was already clear, and that would have been enough information. No need to explain or tell me about what you watched or what you think, because I wasn't looking for extra details on that, so you could have left that out.

It's just tiresome. And like I said a couple of pages back, you don't have to do anything or go out of your way to make everybody like you, and we don't have to like everything you do or say. Different people like different things. There's nothing wrong with that in general, but we also don't have to push our hobbies or likes down other people's throats. And it's perfectly fine that we all like different things. You don't have to enthuse me or convert me, because that's just never going to happen.

And that's just the way it is. Deal with it, or stay away from commenting on it, if you can't handle that.

@Tyranexx It actually is, but something as eloquent and historical as that will never dawn on Anti, because he's just all "ooh, mannequins, models and kissy-kissy people". It's sometimes almost like we're all transported back to kindergarten...

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HobbitGamer

Wasn’t there a music video from an 80’s song where the mannequin comes to life?

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HobbitGamer

@NintendoByNature That too, but it turns out I was thinking of Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now by Starship....which is from the movie Mannequin. So my whole exercise was circular. I give up. 😂

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Tyranexx

@ThanosReXXX It's one of the more interesting stories in Greek/Roman mythology IMO. Though my first exposure to that particular tale was through the Wishbone show on PBS way back when.

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bimmy-lee

@NintendoByNature - I somehow missed you and Tyranexx this morning. I must have been typing when you posted. Great job dragging yourself to the recital. Dads everywhere are proud of you. I’m sure the Sonic movie was calm, quiet, and contemplative. Perfect movie for a headache.

@Tyranexx - I totally understand that Ursula scene, it’s creepy even now. Kraken Ursula is not for the faint of heart. I think B&theB was my wife’s favorite as a kid, and I’m sure Bimily will come around. I thiiink it’s possible she has a tiny, secret, confusing crush on Beast, and that may be part of it.

Hey, I’ve had a few seasons working with Orkin to get rid of carpenter ants. Those things are horrible. They live in the woods and like wood, and I guess they’re drawn to my wood house in the woods with wood exterior. Just for clarity, I grew up in a farmhouse, but it wasn’t a working farm at that point, not like how you grew up. We did have a cool old barn though, and my dad let us graffiti the inside of it.

limby-bee was a jerk.

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@bimmy-lee we actually ended up running around all day. And She had another recital this morning. Now were just sitting around. It's good for my sickness. I think we'll have to catch sonic next week.

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Tyranexx

@bimmy-lee I'll settle for "crush" lol. And I'm sure one day Bimily will understand that him being a jerk and learning how to be less of one is kinda the point of why he developed a hair problem to begin with.

There were some signs of the carpenter ants (in retrospect) before I moved out, but they weren't horrible then. It's only when they started appearing more frequently and the winged drones started showing up that finally convinced my parents (read: dad) that the usual bug bombs and outdoor treatments weren't gonna work in this case.

I grew up on a working farm. Dad had some livestock there (beef cattle), and there was a barn and a couple of outbuildings (one literally called The Other Building; more explanation on that if needed) too. There was also usually a dog on the place along with a few very spoiled barn cats.

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Eel

Turns out my cheap tablet can run Sonic Adventure 2 quite perfectly.

As perfect as the broken port in steam can be run, at least.

Bloop.

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HobbitGamer

At least it’s better than Sonic 2006! Badum pshh

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Heavyarms55

@ThanosReXXX I'm not gonna lie, if I saw some of the spiders I've seen outside here in Japan, in my apartment, I'm not waiting, I'm smashing it ASAP. Some of them are very large and extremely fast. I'm smashing it, and bleaching the spot I killed it, just to make sure they left nothing behind. I'd be lying if I claimed they don't scare me a little. I don't remember which, but some are poisonous and anything with venom scares me. The two things that have always scared me since I was a child, poison and parasites.

@bimmy-lee 400 dollars is a lot of money to a lower middle class kid in 2020. Back then it probably felt like winning the lottery!

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ThanosReXXX

@Tyranexx Haha, I wouldn't even have been surprised if you had said that your first exposure to this particular myth would have been through something like The Twilight Zone. Actually, I wouldn't even be surprised if they would have made some episode containing elements of that story. Either way, I like it, as I do pretty much all Greek myths, and the cool thing about them is that SO many of them, or at least their morals, are still applicable in today's world, which is quite something, if you stop and think about how old they are: in general, we're talking about origin stories which are from the era between 3000 - 2000 BC.

And I say origin stories, because that is what they are to the Greeks, even though for us, they're only fairy tales.

@bimmy-lee Carpenter ants? Man, the US definitely seems to have gotten the short end of the stick were nasty bugs are concerned. Ants liking electricity, ants liking wood, what's next, ants liking hot glue?

"and the meek shall inherit the Earth"....

I wonder if you've ever played "It Came From The Desert", back in the 16 bit days. You'd either had to have a Sega Genesis, a PC Engine or a Commodore Amiga, so chances are perhaps pretty slim, but it was a really cool, creepy game, about alien ants in a scarcely populated backwater in the American desert.

@Heavyarms55 Yeah, I wouldn't blame you if you'd attack/kill something actually venomous. And seeing as those types of spiders actually ARE of the kind that can seriously harm even adult humans, I suppose I might in those instances be persuaded to do the same, although obviously, as with all "what if" scenarios, you'll never know for sure, unless you're actually experiencing them...

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HobbitGamer

@ThanosReXXX Well... you asked. Ants alone can chew through plastics, acrylics, polystyrene, polyethylene, aluminum, iron, steel, and concrete.

Ants chew through concrete.

There’s also some beetles that bore through 00 gauge electrical cables.

@NEStalgia Toot toot! Look near the bottom of the Switch eshop’s Coming Soon section...

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ThanosReXXX

@HobbitGamer You'd think that ingesting all those artificial goods alone would already do them in, but apparently, they're hardy little suckers, aren't they?

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Tyranexx

There aren't too many truly dangerous spiders where I live, though we also have the brown recluse. They're really shy suckers though, so unless they're trapped/confined/crushed they'll generally flee. We also get a form of black widow a little south of here, but I've never seen any in this neck of the woods.

By far the largest occurring natural spider in my area is the wolf spider. Big, hairy suckers. Not as large as a tarantula, but they can be startling if you don't expect it.

@ThanosReXXX I think what fueled my love of Greek/Roman myths was a sort of show that ran on Sunday mornings when I was a kid. I don't know the exact name of it, but it told various Greek/Roman myths in a slightly filtered perspective for a younger audience. Then I looked up a ton on my own, and we also did a unit of it in high school. I've also read the entire Percy Jackson pentalogy and the follow-up series as well. They're a modern take on Greek myths that I enjoy.

I wouldn't say carpenter ants are as bad as termites, but a severe infestation could definitely cause some damage.

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ThanosReXXX

@Tyranexx Ooh... Percy Jackson... I'm very cautiously inclined to maybe give the books a pass, since I've never read those, so I hope those are better, but I hated the movies. I don't like the tainting of stories which are already perfectly fine, cool and exciting all by themselves, by injecting them with nonsensical Americana, and subsequently ripping the heart out of them. Normally, unless Percy was of Greek heritage, he'd NEVER be anything even remotely related to any of the official Gods in the Greek pantheon.

So, as you can tell, I'm VERY protective of original material, ESPECIALLY when it concerns things that I like and respect, but having said that, it's ultimately just my personal opinion, so if you did derive some kind of entertainment from these movies or the books, then fair enough.

EDIT:
By the way, I'd like to introduce you to what was my favorite Greek mythology book in high school. I used it for theses, speeches and so on. It's written in such a way, that it's VERY pleasant to read, and it contains some really great pen drawings of all the various myths and Gods. So, if you're not averse to buying second-hand books, then I can highly recommend it.

Here's two links, so you'll have more than enough options to get your hands on it. And for those prices, it's an absolute steal:
https://www.amazon.com/Monsters-Greek-Myths-World-Mythologies...
https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Men-Monsters-Greek-Myths/dp/08052...

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