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Post by Kolohe » 19 Feb 2018, 11:40

For realz, did not see that coming.
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Post by thoreau » 14 May 2018, 11:51

This girl is amazing.

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Post by dead_elvis » 25 May 2018, 18:14

Not a particularly brilliant plot or anything, but for fans of a certain aesthetic:

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Post by Warren » 25 May 2018, 19:32

Vector Graphics!
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Post by Eric the .5b » 25 May 2018, 20:38

And the making-of video is kinda fascinating, as the poor guy accomplished the vector graphics-on-CRTs look in the most demented way.
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Post by Painboy » 30 May 2018, 13:48

Jasper wrote: ↑
30 May 2018, 06:50
Finally some good hard scifi.

Also this was in the suggested column next to it. The drummer alone is fantastic.
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Post by dead_elvis » 30 May 2018, 19:06

Finally, a way to combine love of brutalism with grandmother's decor:

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Post by Warren » 26 Jun 2018, 00:36

I said it before, I'll say it again. Jim Henson was the greatest god of entertainment whatever lived.
Hat tip to the Reason Podcast for this existential excursion.
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Post by Kolohe » 26 Jun 2018, 12:31

It's the lost 1970s Westworld sequel!
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Post by Aresen » 02 Jul 2018, 20:01

Fake Book Covers on the Subway



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Post by dead_elvis » 12 Jul 2018, 09:19

Oldest living WWII vet. Smokes cigars every day, drinks whiskey, 4 cups of coffee every morning, butter pecan ice cream every night. STILL DRIVES. He's 111 now.

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Post by Hugh Akston » 18 Jul 2018, 17:12



Fillion is a little old to be the perfect Nate Drake, but he's still a solid choice if Sony ever gets their shit together.
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Post by JasonL » 19 Jul 2018, 12:50

I’ve never played any of those
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Post by Hugh Akston » 20 Jul 2018, 17:59

You're missing out. It's like playing an Indiana Jones movie.
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Post by Andrew » 21 Jul 2018, 19:04

Hugh Akston wrote: ↑
20 Jul 2018, 17:59
 You're missing out. It's like playing an Indiana Jones movie.
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Post by thoreau » 21 Jul 2018, 23:36

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Post by Eric the .5b » 22 Jul 2018, 07:09

Weirdly, I thought Brits weren't supposed to leap from "not-white" to "black". :D

Jesus wasn't white, but that actor looks as much like a Galilean Semite as I do.
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Post by Warren » 22 Jul 2018, 09:47

Eric the .5b wrote: ↑
22 Jul 2018, 07:09
 Weirdly, I thought Brits weren't supposed to leap from "not-white" to "black". :D

Jesus wasn't white, but that actor looks as much like a Galilean Semite as I do.
Uh huh. And I'm getting tired of "black people are systematically oppressed throughout all space and time".
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Post by Fin Fang Foom » 22 Jul 2018, 23:31

So this was a thing in Britain for ten seconds in 1985:



It has all of the design flaws:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_C5

(You are supposed to peddle if the battery runs out and it weighs 99 lbs.)

But also:

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Post by dead_elvis » 23 Jul 2018, 09:44

Fin Fang Foom wrote: ↑
22 Jul 2018, 23:31
 So this was a thing in Britain for ten seconds in 1985:

It has all of the design flaws:
So the guy that made shitty little computers also made a shitty little electric trike. Can't say I'm surprised.

Funny videos.
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Post by Hugh Akston » 14 Aug 2018, 15:31

I'm really enjoying VICE's series of Trump Supercuts

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Post by Hugh Akston » 20 Aug 2018, 21:22



tl;dw The Dark Knight is a nexus point between film noir and superhero movies as a response to post-national-tragedy disillusionment.
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