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Avatar week the hallowreckoning

Sep 29, 2009#1

strawman

Avatar week. Black and white macabre comedy. As usual follow all other avatar rules (PG13, etc).

-Adam

Because we all want to be like frau wildsoul.

Sep 29, 2009#2

Ross

done and done.

EDIT:

First.

Sep 29, 2009#3

Cat

Sep 29, 2009#4

drawn_inward

Since Wild Soul and Steiny have such good taste in movies, I decided to join them!

Sep 29, 2009#5

Shegokigo

I'll just go with Black and White Macabre.

Sep 29, 2009#6

Andromache

um.

Sep 29, 2009#7

figmentPez

stienman said:
Black and white macabre comedy.

Are you sure you haven't picked too narrow of a category?

Sep 29, 2009#8

Shegokigo

I think Black and White Macabre is good enough.

Sep 29, 2009#9

strawman

figmentPez;265578][quote=stienman said:
Black and white macabre comedy.

Are you sure you haven't picked too narrow of a category?[/QUOTE]

Nope. Keep in mind that a ton of old black and white horror films are hilarious viewed now.

-Adam

Sep 29, 2009#10

Adammon

Eeeew, I love it.

Sep 29, 2009#11

SeraRelm

Sep 29, 2009#12

figmentPez

Ah, I did manage to find something after all.

EDIT:
I can't decide, the totally black and white version, or the just the cropped original?

Sep 29, 2009#13

Yoink

oki

Sep 30, 2009#14

CynicismKills

Amidoinitrite

Sep 30, 2009#15

ZenMonkey

Very well.

Sep 30, 2009#16

SeraRelm

ZenMonkey said:
Very well.

"N is for Neville who died of ennui."

Sep 30, 2009#17

Shegokigo

ZenMonkey said:
Very well.

We have a winner. No question.

Sep 30, 2009#18

JCM

Here I was thinking "hey, since I didnt change my zombie avatar I'll jus-... %%^^ black and white.....

Oh well... at least it made me run photoshop the first time in 2 years.

Sep 30, 2009#19

ZenMonkey

Shegokigo said:
We have a winner. No question.

Thanks. I think it looks kind of like me adminning the forum.

Sep 30, 2009#20

phil

stienman said:
Avatar week. Black and white macabre [STRIKE]comedy[/STRIKE]. As usual follow all other avatar rules (PG13, etc).

-Adam

Because we all want to be like frau wildsoul.

One googleing of the word Macabre later...

Sep 30, 2009#21

Shegokigo

ZenMonkey;265620][quote=Shegokigo said:
We have a winner. No question.

Thanks. I think it looks kind of like me adminning the forum.[/QUOTE]

Exactly my thought when I saw it too. :rofl:

Sep 30, 2009#22

North_Ranger

How's this?

Sep 30, 2009#23

Krisken

Wait, I really don't need to change for this, do I?

Sep 30, 2009#24

Silver Jelly

I always loved these dancing skeletons!

Sep 30, 2009#25

Fun Size

I'm in, although I protest another week of not knowng who anyone but Kriskin is.

That and Zen took the best Edward Gorey shot. :humph:

Sep 30, 2009#26

Shawn

Edward Gorey has so many great pieces though. How can you classify it as "The best?"

Sep 30, 2009#27

Silver Jelly

Shawnacy said:
Edward Gorey has so many great pieces though. How can you classify it as "The best?"

He probably likes it more than the rest.

Sep 30, 2009#28

ZenMonkey

Fun Size said:
That and Zen took the best Edward Gorey shot. :humph:

Addams is just as good for this though.

Sep 30, 2009#29

@Li3n

And done...

Sep 30, 2009#30

JCM

Fun Size said:
I'm in, although I protest another week of not knowng who anyone but Kriskin is.

That and Zen took the best Edward Gorey shot. :humph:

At least we know he's not Lupus.

Sep 30, 2009#31

Pojodan

Sep 30, 2009#32

ZenMonkey

@Li3n said:
And done...

Is that Arsenic & Old Lace?

Sep 30, 2009#33

Shawn

ZenMonkey;265688][quote=@Li3n said:
And done...

Is that Arsenic & Old Lace?[/QUOTE]
I'm going to say yes.

Sep 30, 2009#34

@Li3n

Shawnacy;265690][quote=ZenMonkey;265688][quote=@Li3n said:
And done...

Is that Arsenic & Old Lace?[/quote]
I'm going to say yes.[/quote]

Oh dear, you both look thirsty... care for some wine...

Sep 30, 2009#35

Krisken

Fun Size said:
I'm in, although I protest another week of not knowng who anyone but Kriskin is.

That and Zen took the best Edward Gorey shot. :humph:

I'm oddly comfortable with it.

Sep 30, 2009#36

Shawn

@Li3n;265692][quote=Shawnacy;265690][quote=ZenMonkey;265688][quote=@Li3n said:
And done...

Is that Arsenic & Old Lace?[/quote]
I'm going to say yes.[/quote]

Oh dear, you both look thirsty... care for some wine...[/QUOTE]
Why yes thank you. How could I refuse such kindly looking aunties?

That reminds me though. I should switch to a Peter Lorre pic.

Sep 30, 2009#37

Cuyval Dar

I think this suits my personality better than any old movie.

Sep 30, 2009#38

Shannow

Ill change it throughout, but fisrt up...Zombie Spiderman in black and white!

Sep 30, 2009#39

Dave

I'm in.

Sep 30, 2009#40

Andromache

indeed.

Sep 30, 2009#41

jasonisgreat

October is the best month.

Sep 30, 2009#42

Shakey

YAY!

Sep 30, 2009#43

Shegokigo

Very very nice Shakey! :uhhuh:

Sep 30, 2009#44

Gusto

How's about this.

Sep 30, 2009#45

SeraRelm

No one got the Chick Tract one sooooo...

Sep 30, 2009#46

Shegokigo

Gusto said:
How's about this.

This thread is really quite spectacular.

Sep 30, 2009#47

Laurelai

Plan 9 *had* to be better than Plan 8........

Sep 30, 2009#48

Shegokigo

Laurelai said:
Plan 9 *had* to be better than Plan 8........

:love:

Sep 30, 2009#49

Shawn

Laurelai said:
Plan 9 *had* to be better than Plan 8........

*Checks watch*
They should be on plan 612 by now.

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I'd say this would make a great avatar for someone having difficulty choosing.

Sep 30, 2009#50

Laurelai

Shawnacy;265767][quote=Laurelai said:
Plan 9 *had* to be better than Plan 8........

*Checks watch*
They should be on plan 612 by now.

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I'd say this would make a great avatar for someone having difficulty choosing.[/QUOTE]

mebbe we'll finally get off this smurfing planet then!!!!!

Sep 30, 2009#51

SeraRelm

I'm surprised no one's nabbed Tetsuo: The Ironman or anything from David Lynch's collection yet.

Sep 30, 2009#52

bhamv3

Black and white, check.

Comedy, check.

Macabre, sort of check.

Sep 30, 2009#53

Hylian

I changed the color of mine to match yours but I didn't feel like actually changing my avatar itself. I may fall to the pressure and do it later on though.

Sep 30, 2009#54

HowDroll

I'z nekkid.

Sep 30, 2009#55

Shawn

HowDroll said:
I'z nekkid.

Sep 30, 2009#56

Dave

HowDroll said:
I'z nekkid.

And you can STILL see less than your actual avatar.

Sep 30, 2009#57

HowDroll

Dave;265847][quote=HowDroll said:
I'z nekkid.

And you can STILL see less than your actual avatar.

[/QUOTE]

Everything I say is far funnier if you read it as coming from the picture of Faye Dunaway!

Sep 30, 2009#58

@Li3n

Shawnacy;265695][quote=@Li3n;265692][quote=Shawnacy;265690][quote=ZenMonkey;265688][quote=@Li3n said:
And done...

Is that Arsenic & Old Lace?[/quote]
I'm going to say yes.[/quote]

Oh dear, you both look thirsty... care for some wine...[/quote]
Why yes thank you. How could I refuse such kindly looking aunties?
[/QUOTE]

Look at that, another plague victim... the Panama canal is getting kinda full...

Sep 30, 2009#59

sixpackshaker

Not sure if this counts.

Sep 30, 2009#60

Vytamindi

Meh. Death is as macabre as I can get.

Sep 30, 2009#61

fade

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid!

Sep 30, 2009#62

Dave

fade said:
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid!

*woman wakes up with Steve Martin playing with her breasts*

"What are you doing?!?"
"Adjusting your breasts. You fainted and they... shifted all out of whack."
"Oh. Thanks."
"You're welcome."

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More "Dead Men..." fun.

I hadn't seen a body put together like that since I solved the case of the Murdered Girl with the Big Tits.

Sep 30, 2009#63

Andromache

Vytamindi said:
Meh. Death is as macabre as I can get.

haha I like mine better. Old school ftw.

Sep 30, 2009#64

Qonas

Done and done.

Sep 30, 2009#65

SeraRelm

I keep reading "Avatar Week: The Homewrecking" out of the corner of my eye when I spot this thread title.

Sep 30, 2009#66

bigcountry23

Done. 5 Internets awarded to anyone who knows where it is from.

Sep 30, 2009#67

Chazwozel

bigcountry23 said:
Done. 5 Internets awarded to anyone who knows where it is from.

Some gay porno movie?

Sep 30, 2009#68

bigcountry23

Chazwozel;265989][quote=bigcountry23 said:
Done. 5 Internets awarded to anyone who knows where it is from.

Some gay porno movie?[/QUOTE]

Why is that always the first place you go? No, not this time.

Sep 30, 2009#69

sixpackshaker

Is that Tony Danza letting Judith Light know "Who's the Boss"?

Sep 30, 2009#70

Biardo

I'm in to

Sep 30, 2009#71

SeraRelm

It's the alternate ending to Clerks. Smith originally planned to have Dante get shot and killed.

Sep 30, 2009#72

bigcountry23

SeraRelm said:
It's the alternate ending to Clerks. Smith originally planned to have Dante get shot and killed.

Your awesomeness exceeds my expectations!

Sep 30, 2009#73

Kitty Sinatra

I'm in.

Sep 30, 2009#74

SeraRelm

*shrugs*

Sep 30, 2009#75

Espy

What? A smoking baby with the world on his shoulders isn't creepy enough?

Sep 30, 2009#76

bigcountry23

SeraRelm said:
*shrugs*

You would be amazed how many people refused to beleive there was an alternate ending (and how hard it was to prove before the days of Youtube).

Sep 30, 2009#77

Chazwozel

bigcountry23;266043][quote=SeraRelm said:
*shrugs*

You would be amazed how many people refused to beleive there was an alternate ending (and how hard it was to prove before the days of Youtube).[/QUOTE]

So it was gay porn! "Dante and Randal were one dick away from being gay", Kevin Smith.

Sep 30, 2009#78

Lally

yay for avatar weeks

Sep 30, 2009#79

Kitty Sinatra

I'm back out. Look at me, I'm a rebel :zoid:

Sep 30, 2009#80

Shegokigo

Gruebeard said:
I'm back out. Look at me, I'm a rebel

Sep 30, 2009#81

Krisken

Espy said:
What? A smoking baby with the world on his shoulders isn't creepy enough?

You and me buddy, participating by accident.

Sep 30, 2009#82

Kitty Sinatra

wait, am I not using Dr Zoidberg right? I mean, he's supposed to indicate an obvious, not entirely intelligent comment, right? Cause if so, your eyeroll is rather redundant, babe.

Sep 30, 2009#83

Shegokigo

Gruebeard said:
wait, am I not using Dr Zoidberg right? I mean, he's supposed to indicate an obvious, not entirely intelligent comment, right? Cause if so, your eyeroll is rather redundant, babe.

:eyeroll:

Sep 30, 2009#84

Kitty Sinatra

Now it's repetitive :zoid:

Sep 30, 2009#85

Dave

Gruebeard said:
I'm back out.

Grue is gay. He's now admitted it freely.

Sep 30, 2009#86

Green_Lantern

So, I hope I got this right.

Sep 30, 2009#87

Shegokigo

Dave;266088][quote=Gruebeard said:
I'm back out.

Grue is gay. He's now admitted it freely.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, he was about as in the closet as Clay Aiken.

Sep 30, 2009#88

Kitty Sinatra

Dave;266088][quote=Gruebeard said:
I'm back out.

Grue is gay. He's now admitted it freely.[/QUOTE]

Hey Dave. How you doin? :unibrow:

Sep 30, 2009#89

Bellygrub

I shall play with the cartoon version of one of the greats!

Sep 30, 2009#90

SeraRelm

Dave for the kill!

Sep 30, 2009#91

Dave

Gruebeard;266093][quote=Dave;266088][quote=Gruebeard said:
I'm back out.

Grue is gay. He's now admitted it freely.[/quote]

Hey Dave. How you doin? :unibrow:

[/QUOTE]

Great man! Thanks for asking. But why are you so friendly all th....WAITAMINUTE!:boxing:

Sep 30, 2009#92

CynicismKills

Chaz obviously has the best avatar so far.

Sep 30, 2009#93

Kitty Sinatra

Dave said:
:boxing:

:yield:

I'm yours.

Sep 30, 2009#94

bigcountry23

CynicismKills said:
Chaz obviously has the best avatar so far.

I agree. I LOL'd when I realized what I was looking at.

Sep 30, 2009#95

DarkAudit

Count me IN :Leyla:

Sep 30, 2009#96

Shegokigo

Green_Lantern said:
So, I hope I got this right.

As long as you explain what's macarbe about it. :retard:

Sep 30, 2009#97

Green_Lantern

Shegokigo;266112][quote=Green_Lantern said:
So, I hope I got this right.

As long as you explain what's macarbe about it. :retard:[/QUOTE]

Wait, they are suppose to be macabre? I saw yours and thougth that it was about vintage pictures that we liked

Sep 30, 2009#98

Shegokigo

Green_Lantern said:
Wait, they are suppose to be macabre? I saw yours and thougth that it was about vintage pictures that we liked

:blue:

Sep 30, 2009#99

ZenMonkey

Green_Lantern said:
Wait, they are suppose to be macabre? I saw yours and thougth that it was about vintage pictures that we liked

You could, ya know, read the thread. Or even the title.

Sep 30, 2009#100

fade

bigcountry23;266043][quote=SeraRelm said:
*shrugs*

You would be amazed how many people refused to beleive there was an alternate ending (and how hard it was to prove before the days of Youtube).[/QUOTE]

Huh. While that would've been in keeping with the grittiness of the movie, it would've felt out of place with the lightheartedness. It would've left that weird philosophical floaty feeling, since the kinds of people who watch Clerks tend to identify with Randall and Dante. That could've been good. Tough to say.

Sep 30, 2009#101

CynicismKills

fade;266123][quote=bigcountry23;266043][quote=SeraRelm said:
*shrugs*

Sep 30, 2009#102

SeraRelm

He changed it because they talked him out of it. Only reason.

Sep 30, 2009#103

Bubble181

Uhh...it's blck and white. Otherwise, all the good ones are taken. Yeah, not comedy, at all, and macabre...Well, somewhat, I'd have to say.

Sep 30, 2009#104

SpecialKO

Yoink!

No turtles starring in macabre comedy movies.

Sep 30, 2009#105

fade

I always forget that the Joker was more or less lifted straight from that movie. Physically anyway.

Sep 30, 2009#106

Allen, who is Quiet

eh, okay.

Sep 30, 2009#107

General Specific

Alright, I'm in, too

Sep 30, 2009#108

Twitch

I love these avatar weeks so much.

Sep 30, 2009#109

Krisken

Twitch said:
I love these avatar weeks so much.

Me too, but we should make it once a month and set date each month kind of thing. Like the first week each month starting with Sunday, as suggestion.

Sep 30, 2009#110

North_Ranger

Oh, it's supposed to be from a MOVIE?

Hold on...

There, does that work?

Sep 30, 2009#111

Adammon

North_Ranger said:
Oh, it's supposed to be from a MOVIE?

Hold on...

There, does that work?

That's terrifying

Sep 30, 2009#112

Green_Lantern

Do they need to be black and white or just old?

Sep 30, 2009#113

Fun Size

Green_Lantern said:
Do they need to be black and white or just old?

Sounds like someone's on the planning committee for the Geriatric Strippers convention.

Sep 30, 2009#114

SpecialKO

fade said:
I always forget that the Joker was more or less lifted straight from that movie. Physically anyway.

I confess, I haven't actually seen it. I've read about it, and read a summary, but not the actual movie.

Sep 30, 2009#115

Green_Lantern

TeKeo;266262][quote=fade said:
I always forget that the Joker was more or less lifted straight from that movie. Physically anyway.

I confess, I haven't actually seen it. I've read about it, and read a summary, but not the actual movie.[/QUOTE]

What movie?

Sep 30, 2009#116

sixpackshaker

Green_Lantern;266267][quote=TeKeo;266262][quote=fade said:
I always forget that the Joker was more or less lifted straight from that movie. Physically anyway.

I confess, I haven't actually seen it. I've read about it, and read a summary, but not the actual movie.[/QUOTE]

What movie?[/QUOTE]

The Man Who Laughed, Starring Conrad Viedt. based on the novel by Victor Hugo

Sep 30, 2009#117

Piotyr

Ok, I can play along with this one.

Sep 30, 2009#118

Jake

Too soon?

Sep 30, 2009#119

General Specific

:flee:

Sep 30, 2009#120

sixpackshaker

Not soon enough.

Sep 30, 2009#121

Green_Lantern

Fun Size;266258][quote=Green_Lantern said:
Do they need to be black and white or just old?

Sounds like someone's on the planning committee for the Geriatric Strippers convention.[/QUOTE]

what the hell???

edit: Oops >.<, I noticed at the moment I posted that you meant strippers, I actually quick-read "stripes" in the first reading. Sorry =P

Sep 30, 2009#122

LordRavage

I have been doing it before it was cool.

Sep 30, 2009#123

ZenMonkey

LordRavage said:
I have been doing it before it was cool.

Who said it was cool?

Sep 30, 2009#124

LordRavage

ZenMonkey;266335][quote=LordRavage said:
I have been doing it before it was cool.

Who said it was cool?[/QUOTE]

Zen....Dont make me hug you.

Sep 30, 2009#125

HCGLNS

Sure, why not!

Sep 30, 2009#126

Chibibar

I want an icon!! but I suck at making them (my wife doesn't feel like making me one) I set up a chibi-contest, is it bad to change the rules? (something that is not B&W of my current icon Sorry AshX)

http://www.halforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9669

Sep 30, 2009#127

ZenMonkey

Chibibar said:
I want an icon!! but I suck at making them (my wife doesn't feel like making me one) I set up a chibi-contest, is it bad to change the rules? (something that is not B&W of my current icon Sorry AshX)

http://www.halforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9669

Sep 30, 2009#128

Cheesy1

Ok, beware my creepy cheesy goodness! OOOOoooooooooo!

Sep 30, 2009#129

BErt

If it is halloween related, I must participate...

Sep 30, 2009#130

Rob King

So ... since my other avatar is B&W already, should I just switch to that? I'm not really up on black and white macabre comedy ... and a few people are only sort of half doing it.

EDIT: Waitaminute, I think I might have a terrible idea!

EDIT2: Excellent. From now on, you may refer to me as Alan Alda.

Sep 30, 2009#131

Hailey Knight

Oh good, an avatar week. Now I don't have to think for myself on what to do.

Sep 30, 2009#132

North_Ranger

Adammon;266253][quote=North_Ranger said:
Oh, it's supposed to be from a MOVIE?

Hold on...

There, does that work?

That's terrifying[/QUOTE]

Says the guy with a razor blade and an eyeball.

Um, I mean... HOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWLLLLLLLLL!!!!

*eats Chaz's face*

Oct 1, 2009#133

drifter

<-- Too much?

Oct 1, 2009#134

LittleSin

Too obscure?

Oct 1, 2009#135

JCM

drifter said:
<-- Too much?

Lesbian pig?

Oct 1, 2009#136

Vytamindi

drifter said:
<-- Too much?

OH GOD KILL IT WITH FIRE!

Oct 1, 2009#137

Shakey

drifter said:
<-- Too much?

I love it.:madgrin:

Oct 1, 2009#138

Cajungal

Yay I found a real one. ^_^ I think I still have this movie on tape from when it came on PBS a few years back.

Oct 1, 2009#139

DarkAudit

This is the time of the year I miss the Saturday night horror hosts on local TV. Bill Cardille, aka Chilly Billy, was a favorite around here on channel 11. The rest of you might have seen him doing a news spot for then-WIIC in the original Night of the Living Dead.

Oct 1, 2009#140

Shegokigo

Cajungal said:
Yay I found a real one. ^_^ I think I still have this movie on tape from when it came on PBS a few years back.

Approve!

Oct 1, 2009#141

SeraRelm

DA, that reminds me of Peter Vincent from Fright Night.

Speaking of which, Roddy McDowall was in some pretty badmovies (guy who played Peter Vincent). I'm sure someone could use one of his shots in an avatar.

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Yep!

Oct 1, 2009#142

Bonhomme Richard

Ah Fright Night. Great movie.

Oct 1, 2009#143

fade

Wolfman's got narts?

Oct 1, 2009#144

SeraRelm

The term was "nards". Likely taken from"nads", a shortened term for "gonads".

This fun fact was brought to you by the Fun Fact Thread Committee.

Oct 1, 2009#145

Bellygrub

SeraRelm said:
The term was "nards". Likely taken from"nads", a shortened term for "gonads".

This fun fact was brought to you by the Fun Fact Thread Committee.

lane:---Fun fact! In suburbian New Jersey in the early 80's we ran around threatening to kick eat other in the gonards.

Oct 1, 2009#146

ThatNickGuy

A pic from 2005, but it works!

Oct 1, 2009#147

fade

SeraRelm said:
The term was "nards". Likely taken from"nads", a shortened term for "gonads".

This fun fact was brought to you by the Fun Fact Thread Committee.

Really? I must've seen that move 20 times when I was a kid, and I could've sworn like they said narts with a "t". Neither one makes sense. They're both pretty far from nads, and I never heard either before or after that movie.

Oct 1, 2009#148

Bonhomme Richard

Definitely nards.

Oct 1, 2009#149

Shegokigo

It's "nards".

http://www.zazzle.com/wolfmans_got_nards_tshirt-235107318152804683

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093560/quotes

Oct 1, 2009#150

ElJuski

Anybody got a good avatar change suggestion for me? I lack Photoshop skills or time, really.

*sad puppy dog face*

Oct 1, 2009#151

Fun Size

ElJuski said:
Anybody got a good avatar change suggestion for me? I lack Photoshop skills or time, really.

*sad puppy dog face*

Oct 1, 2009#152

Vytamindi

This is why we keep you around, Fun Size.

Oct 1, 2009#153

ElJuski

FUCK YESS

Oct 1, 2009#154

Fun Size

I knows the Juski. It was either that or this:

Oct 1, 2009#155

AshburnerX

I just turned my normal image black and white. Good enough.

Oct 1, 2009#156

Andromache

AshburnerX said:
I just turned my normal image black and white. Good enough.

enh.

Oct 1, 2009#157

Mr_Chaz

...Sis?

Oct 1, 2009#158

fade

Everything I said should've been prefaced with "I believe you but..."

In my defense, we had a crappy tv that only got VHF (which was like 2 channels), and the reception was terrible. And that's the honest truth. Most of my 80s pop culture knowledge surprisingly comes from the 90s because of that.

Oct 1, 2009#159

Dusty668

I wanna be a cowboy....

Oct 1, 2009#160

ElJuski

Fun Size said:
I knows the Juski. It was either that or this:

My tattoo! :3

/shameless about his vonnegut tat

Oct 1, 2009#161

Le Quack

Took me awhile to find a evil duck picture.

Oct 1, 2009#162

Roxxoredizorz

It was scary at the time.

Oct 1, 2009#163

ScytheRexx

I went the BW route, weeeee! :cool:

Oct 1, 2009#164

Le Quack

I found a scarier pic.

The dinner birds from eraserhead.

Oct 1, 2009#165

JCM

Err... may I ask you all who are wiser in the ways of the new forum, how does one go about uploading a gif image, and have the animation function?

The last two gif avatars I uploaded simply didnt animate.

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Roxxoredizorz said:
It was scary at the time.

That it was, and when one studies the social and political commentary of the original, it still is.

Oct 1, 2009#166

JCM

Amorous Vamp;267327][quote=JCM said:
Err... may I ask you all who are wiser in the ways of the new forum, how does one go about uploading a gif image, and have the animation function?

The last two gif avatars I uploaded simply didnt animate.

Mine have always worked fine. You sure you're doing it right?[/QUOTE]I tested out this image

First uploading it from the original link, then from my pc itself. Then using imageshack I made it smaller, but still no go.

Oct 1, 2009#167

JCM

Amorous Vamp said:
Code:

http://i20.tinypic.com/2mhidxc.jpg

try renaming it to .gif lol

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JCM;267319][quote=Roxxoredizorz said:

It was scary at the time.

Click to expand...

That it was, and when one studies the social and political commentary of the original, it still is.

Haven't seen the new one, not really planning on it either, I heard they kinda screwed up the whole point of the movie. But the old one? Awesome, a true classic![/QUOTE]Renamed it, it was a no-go.

Anyway, zombie JCM attacking someone it will be for now, on the remake, its worth it if you watch it in Blue-Ray for the SFX and rather creative alien doomsday.

It wasnt a bad movie, it was an okay movie with Keanu Reeve's best lifeless performance (best casting of Reeves ever) with the name of one of the greatest sci-fi movies.

Oct 1, 2009#168

strawman

JCM;267344][quote=Amorous Vamp said:
Code:

http://i20.tinypic.com/2mhidxc.jpg

try renaming it to .gif lol

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JCM;267319][quote=Roxxoredizorz said:

It was scary at the time.

Click to expand...

That it was, and when one studies the social and political commentary of the original, it still is.

Haven't seen the new one, not really planning on it either, I heard they kinda screwed up the whole point of the movie. But the old one? Awesome, a true classic![/quote]Renamed it, it was a no-go.

Anyway, zombie JCM attacking someone it will be for now, on the remake, its worth it if you watch it in Blue-Ray for the SFX and rather creative alien doomsday.

It wasnt a bad movie, it was an okay movie with Keanu Reeve's best lifeless performance (best casting of Reeves ever) with the name of one of the greatest sci-fi movies.[/QUOTE]

Make sure you're updating your avatar and not your user profile picture. They are two different images. I had a wonderful time learning about that bit of vbulliten weirdness changing to igor...

-Adam

Oct 1, 2009#169

SeraRelm

Make sure it's 150x150 or the resizing will break it.

Oct 2, 2009#170

Silver Jelly

Le Quack said:
I found a scarier pic.

The dinner birds from eraserhead.

AWESOME.

Oct 2, 2009#171

ElJuski

I always wanted to see both versions, actually. Keanu Reeves seems perfectly cast as a deadpan, practically monotone alien. But that's just from what I gleamed off of the trailer, and what little I know about the plot.

Also, I'm a fickle mistress. Had to go beyond Achewood

Oct 2, 2009#172

General Specific

Chose a new one, for a couple of days at least.

Oct 2, 2009#173

Gusto

ElJuski said:
I always wanted to see both versions, actually. Keanu Reeves seems perfectly cast as a deadpan, practically monotone alien. But that's just from what I gleamed off of the trailer, and what little I know about the plot.

Also, I'm a fickle mistress. Had to go beyond Achewood

Achewood's got plenty of black and white macabre. Just look to the Philippe Murder arc.

Or just take the Death Sound panel.

Oct 2, 2009#174

JCM

ElJuski said:
I always wanted to see both versions, actually. Keanu Reeves seems perfectly cast as a deadpan, practically monotone alien. But that's just from what I gleamed off of the trailer, and what little I know about the plot.

Also, I'm a fickle mistress. Had to go beyond Achewood

Exactly the reason why I say its his best performance.

The only other expressionless choice would´ve been Nicholas Cage, but then he´d have a flashlight.

Oct 2, 2009#175

SeraRelm

The remake made me sad...

"lawls u r teh litering, we kil u nao!"

Oct 2, 2009#176

Rob King

How did I miss this commentary on The Day the Earth Stood Still? One of my favorite movies!

The new one would be a decent movie on it's own. But as a remake it sucked le balls. Keanu could have been great as Klaatu, except you really didn't see the development, or his fascination with earth people that came out in the original.

New Gort was lame, too.

Maybe I'm just sick of this environmental message bullcrap that gets shoehorned into every last movie these days, but the two movies are a great case study about how the 'boogymen' of various generations affect film.

The boogyman used to be nukes, and nuclear war. Nowadays it's the destruction of the planet by our own hands.

Oct 2, 2009#177

Roxxoredizorz

To be honest, I hated the old one. It was a waste of time for him to come to earth, warn us, and then leave. I don't know if I was missing anything for my ending, but I thought it was terrible.

I never even saw the new one.

Oct 2, 2009#178

North_Ranger

Rob King said:
How did I miss this commentary on The Day the Earth Stood Still? One of my favorite movies!

The new one would be a decent movie on it's own. But as a remake it sucked le balls. Keanu could have been great as Klaatu, except you really didn't see the development, or his fascination with earth people that came out in the original.

Keanu Reeves feeling a sense of deep patriotism and national pride.

Keanu Reeves stricken with sanity-destroying horror.

Keanu Reeves haunted by the deeds of the past.

Keanu Reeves experiencing a mind-blowing orgasm.

Rob King said:
New Gort was lame, too.

Maybe I'm just sick of this environmental message bullcrap that gets shoehorned into every last movie these days, but the two movies are a great case study about how the 'boogymen' of various generations affect film.

The boogyman used to be nukes, and nuclear war. Nowadays it's the destruction of the planet by our own hands.

Oct 3, 2009#179

Rob King

North_Ranger;267999][quote=Rob King said:
How did I miss this commentary on The Day the Earth Stood Still? One of my favorite movies!

The new one would be a decent movie on it's own. But as a remake it sucked le balls. Keanu could have been great as Klaatu, except you really didn't see the development, or his fascination with earth people that came out in the original.

Oh, I dunno. I think Keanu Reeves was the perfect choice to play an emotionless, expressionless alien stuffed into a human meatpuppet. At least you didn't have to play the Keanu Reeves Guess My Emotion game like every other film he's done since Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure: [/quote]

But that's not how Klaatu is supposed to be. He's supposed to be a stranger, inexperienced and curious about human ways. Not ... well ...

North_Ranger;267999][quote=Rob King said:
New Gort was lame, too.

Maybe I'm just sick of this environmental message bullcrap that gets shoehorned into every last movie these days, but the two movies are a great case study about how the 'boogymen' of various generations affect film.

The boogyman used to be nukes, and nuclear war. Nowadays it's the destruction of the planet by our own hands.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't nuclear war also qualify as "destruction of the planet by our own hands" - especially considering the amount of nukes around?

But I have to agree, the movie was painful. 'Cept when John Cleese showed up.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I guess they're both 'destruction of the earth,' but they are distinctly different flavors of 'destruction of the earth.'

Oct 3, 2009#180

Silver Jelly

Rob King;268068][quote=North_Ranger;267999][quote=Rob King said:
New Gort was lame, too.

Maybe I'm just sick of this environmental message bullcrap that gets shoehorned into every last movie these days, but the two movies are a great case study about how the 'boogymen' of various generations affect film.

The boogyman used to be nukes, and nuclear war. Nowadays it's the destruction of the planet by our own hands.

Oct 3, 2009#181

Cat

Now it's Halloween.

Oct 3, 2009#182

JCM

Roxxoredizorz said:
To be honest, I hated the old one. It was a waste of time for him to come to earth, warn us, and then leave. I don't know if I was missing anything for my ending, but I thought it was terrible.

I never even saw the new one.

Oct 3, 2009#183

Rob King

Silver Jelly;268088][quote=Rob King said:
Yeah, I guess they're both 'destruction of the earth,' but they are distinctly different flavors of 'destruction of the earth.'

One is a gunshot in the eye. The other one is smoking for years.[/QUOTE]

Which is which?

JCM;268119][quote=Roxxoredizorz said:
To be honest, I hated the old one. It was a waste of time for him to come to earth, warn us, and then leave. I don't know if I was missing anything for my ending, but I thought it was terrible.

I never even saw the new one.

Well, he came here to destroy us, and changed his mind. It served to show how terrible we had become due to fear of ideaologies, but in the end, it also emphasized that we also have hope, in the alien deciding not to destroy us.[/QUOTE]

Old one: Far away interstellar society has caught word that we are playing with nuclear bombs. They also know that we've been playing with rockets. If we manage to put nuclear bombs on the top of space-faring rockets, then there is a potential risk to them. They come to earth to warn us away from our path. The ultimatum is thus: live peacefully and discontinue your experimentation with such massive weapons, or we will take you out before you become a threat to us.

New one: Far away interstellar society has a hard on for habitable planets. They've been keeping an eye on earth for a nice while now, and have decided that the humans are a cancer to the planet. They send [STRIKE]Al Gore[/STRIKE] an envoy to destroy humanity after offering a token ultimatum: stop your destruction of the planet, or we will defend the planet from you.

Oct 5, 2009#184

Vytamindi

Mr_Chaz said:
...Sis?

Hiya!

Oct 5, 2009#185

JCM

Hmm, with Chawozel gone, it means Mr_Chaz is offically the only Chaz.

Oct 5, 2009#186

bhamv3

"Keanu Reeves" and "mind-blowing orgasm" should never be in the same sentence. I now have a mental image I desperately, desperately want to remove.

Oct 5, 2009#187

Vytamindi

bhamv3 said:
"Keanu Reeves" and "mind-blowing orgasm" should never be in the same sentence. I now have a mental image I desperately, desperately want to remove.

"I know cunnilingus."

Oct 5, 2009#188

bhamv3

Vytamindi;269105][quote=bhamv3 said:
"Keanu Reeves" and "mind-blowing orgasm" should never be in the same sentence. I now have a mental image I desperately, desperately want to remove.

"I know cunnilingus."[/QUOTE]

*drills hole into skull*

*sticks funnel into hole*

*pours bleach into funnel*

*waits*

Ahhh... much better.

Oct 5, 2009#189

SpecialKO

Vytamindi;269105][quote=bhamv3 said:
"Keanu Reeves" and "mind-blowing orgasm" should never be in the same sentence. I now have a mental image I desperately, desperately want to remove.

"I know cunnilingus."[/QUOTE]

That's even funnier considering Morpheus' next line.

"Show me."

Oct 5, 2009#190

Vytamindi

TeKeo;269121][quote=Vytamindi;269105][quote=bhamv3 said:
"Keanu Reeves" and "mind-blowing orgasm" should never be in the same sentence. I now have a mental image I desperately, desperately want to remove.

"I know cunnilingus."[/quote]

That's even funnier considering Morpheus' next line.

"Show me."[/QUOTE]
:cool:

Oct 5, 2009#191

Shegokigo

TeKeo said:
That's even funnier considering Morpheus' next line.

"Show me."

"You think that's air you're breathing?" :slywink:

Oct 6, 2009#192

Shegokigo

I think I'm going to keep this avatar till after Halloween and make this a "Avatar Month" instead of week. :uhhuh:

Oct 6, 2009#193

CynicismKills

Shegokigo said:
I think I'm going to keep this avatar till after Halloween and make this a "Avatar Month" instead of week. :uhhuh:

But Halloween is the end of the month.

Oct 6, 2009#194

SpecialKO

Shegokigo;269140][quote=TeKeo said:
That's even funnier considering Morpheus' next line.

"Show me."

"You think that's air you're breathing?" :slywink:[/QUOTE]

"What are you waiting for? You're faster than this."

Oct 6, 2009#195

Shegokigo

TeKeo;270458][quote=Shegokigo;269140][quote=TeKeo said:
That's even funnier considering Morpheus' next line.

"Show me."

"You think that's air you're breathing?" :slywink:[/QUOTE]

"What are you waiting for? You're faster than this."[/QUOTE]

"Stop trying to hit me, and hit me!" :rofl:

Oct 6, 2009#196

Gusto

TeKeo;270458][quote=Shegokigo;269140][quote=TeKeo said:
That's even funnier considering Morpheus' next line.

"Show me."

"You think that's air you're breathing?" :slywink:[/QUOTE]

"What are you waiting for? You're faster than this."[/QUOTE]

"You've got to let it all go, Neo. Your thoughts, your fears, your inhibitions. Free your mind."

Oct 7, 2009#197

SpecialKO

Gusto;270467][quote=TeKeo;270458][quote=Shegokigo;269140][quote=TeKeo said:
That's even funnier considering Morpheus' next line.

"Show me."

Oct 7, 2009#198

Silver Jelly

Rob King;268307][quote=Silver Jelly;268088][quote=Rob King said:
Yeah, I guess they're both 'destruction of the earth,' but they are distinctly different flavors of 'destruction of the earth.'

One is a gunshot in the eye. The other one is smoking for years.[/QUOTE]

Which is which?
[/QUOTE]

Atomic warfare and company are the first one. Polluting and friends is the second one.

Oct 7, 2009#199

General Specific

Oh, so all month now? Ok, then, another new one for me.

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