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Topic: Your Most Controversial Opinions!
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cavediver
Member (Idle past 3670 days) Posts: 4129 From: UK Joined: 06-16-2005
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Message 76 of 300 (367552)
12-03-2006 12:00 PM
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Reply to: Message 62 by Hyroglyphx
12-02-2006 12:06 PM
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archer writes: Evangelicals should get rid of their verbal tic of placing 'just' before every first-person verb: 'We just wanna praise God,' 'We just wanna share the good news', etc. It doesn't sound self-effacing. It sounds like a symptom. I've just never noticed anything like that before. Is this just a TBN thing? Just what exactly are you talking about? Hate to break it you NJ but that's like a Catholic saying "pope? what's a pope?" 
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Clark
Inactive Member
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Message 77 of 300 (367553)
12-03-2006 12:16 PM
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Reply to: Message 75 by crashfrog
12-03-2006 11:39 AM
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Dr. Strangelove is easily one of the best movies of all time. About pacing, most movies prior to about 1985 have significantly slower pacing than today's films. But check out Kubrick's 1957 film, The Killing, which definitely has modern pacing, way ahead of it's time. It also heavily influenced Reservoir Dogs. Paths of Glory is another film that flies by. 2001 and Barry Lyndon have slow pacing but that is a very deliberate choice by Kubrick.
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mike the wiz
Member Posts: 4755 From: u.k Joined: 05-24-2003
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Message 78 of 300 (367555)
12-03-2006 12:19 PM
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Reply to: Message 1 by Utopia
11-29-2006 4:43 PM
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The most controversial opinion I have is that I believe that a genuine believer in Christ, can't be a criminal/evil-doer. Specifically, evil Godless heartless actions against others...For I believe it is a truism, that if a supposed believer in Christ and his peaceable teachings, went and done something anti-Christ, then he couldn't believe in Christ, otherwise he wouldn't do these things, because he would fear Christ, and the consequences. I fail to see how a thug could be embracing peaceful teachings and love for others, while being criminal. That's a clear contradiction. I also believe that everyone agrees with this deep down, even atheists who have ardently argued against me in the past over this issue. Because it's so self-evident. Also, I believe false claims of the NTSF are aimed at me, because of my belief. Here's my implication, in it's form; Believers in Christ cannot be thugs/criminals/evil-doers etc. If you're a criminal then you don't believe in Christ. This claim in itself says nothing about atheists. It just shows the truism that a person who truly fears Christ cannot do evil. An obvious example is a thug. If you went up to a thug at night and told him about Jesus, he'd laugh at you. Does anyone actually believe a thug could be a believer? Ofcourse nobody does. Also, I find the argument that all the prisoners are believers, most amusing, and an insult to my intelligence.
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BMG
Member (Idle past 236 days) Posts: 357 From: Southwestern U.S. Joined: 03-16-2006
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Message 79 of 300 (367558)
12-03-2006 12:42 PM
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Reply to: Message 71 by anglagard
12-03-2006 12:52 AM
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Re: Close but not There
Akira Kurosawa is the best director who ever lived. Kubrick is second. The only film of Kurosawa's I have seen is Tora, Tora, Tora.Great film.
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BMG
Member (Idle past 236 days) Posts: 357 From: Southwestern U.S. Joined: 03-16-2006
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Although I think Kubrick is just plain stupid. Ouch.
Most underrated great films of all time: How about Waking Life?
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BMG
Member (Idle past 236 days) Posts: 357 From: Southwestern U.S. Joined: 03-16-2006
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Message 81 of 300 (367560)
12-03-2006 12:58 PM
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Reply to: Message 75 by crashfrog
12-03-2006 11:39 AM
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I really find Kubrick's movies stupefying, and not in a good way. He's got an eye for visual spectacle, but most everybody does, and Kubrick just doesn't understand pacing, in my opinion. (Or else he's deliberate about trying to put the audience to sleep.) That's interesting. To each their own. Some of my favorite aspects of a Kubrick film include the long holds in extremely tense moments, followed by a spine-tingling sound, such as a strike against a gong, I think it is: ( The Shining had a number of those moments.)
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BMG
Member (Idle past 236 days) Posts: 357 From: Southwestern U.S. Joined: 03-16-2006
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Message 82 of 300 (367562)
12-03-2006 1:09 PM
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Reply to: Message 77 by Clark
12-03-2006 12:16 PM
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Dr. Strangelove is easily one of the best movies of all time. Agreed. Peter Sellers was unbelievable. A gifted and incredibly flexible performance. I like this shot below of Kubrick on the set. Latest Stills - IMDb
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Hyroglyphx
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First, dentistry was painless
then bicycles were chainless
and carriages were horseless
and many laws, enforceless. Next, cookery was fireless
telegraphy was wireless
cigars were nicotineless,
and coffee was caffeineless Soon oranges were seedless
the putting green, weedless
the college boy, joyless
the proper diet, fatless. New roads are dustless
The latest minds are restless
our tennis courts, sodless Our new religion, Godless. -Anonymous- Edited by nemesis_juggernaut, : No reason given.
Faith is not a pathetic sentiment, but robust, vigorous confidence built on the fact that God is holy love. You cannot see Him just now, you cannot fully understand what He's doing, but you know that you know Him." -Oswald Chambers
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anglagard
Member (Idle past 863 days) Posts: 2339 From: Socorro, New Mexico USA Joined: 03-18-2006
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Message 84 of 300 (367575)
12-03-2006 3:37 PM
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Reply to: Message 79 by BMG
12-03-2006 12:42 PM
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Re: Close but not There
The only film of Kurosawa's I have seen is Tora, Tora, Tora.
Great film. Kurosawa was fired from Tora, Tora, Tora early on for going overbudget and acting like a primadonna, so his contribution was minimal. See the new movie thread Message 1 for more details on Kurosawa.
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nator
Member (Idle past 2197 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: 12-09-2001
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Message 85 of 300 (367588)
12-03-2006 6:55 PM
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Reply to: Message 75 by crashfrog
12-03-2006 11:39 AM
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While I mostly agree with your assesment of Kubrick (I failed to stay wake for all three of my attempts to watch 2001: A Space Oddesey), did you like The shining? I thought that was fucking incredible.
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macaroniandcheese 
Suspended Member (Idle past 3955 days) Posts: 4258 Joined: 05-24-2004
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Message 86 of 300 (367589)
12-03-2006 6:58 PM
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Reply to: Message 3 by Taz
11-29-2006 6:59 PM
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(3) I think certain ethnic groups are underrepresented. When was the last time you saw a hollywood made movie where the asian hero of the story got the girl? A friend of mine pointed this out to me while I was in college. Since then, I started paying attention and found that he's completely correct. harold and kumar go to white castle.
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macaroniandcheese
Suspended Member (Idle past 3955 days) Posts: 4258 Joined: 05-24-2004
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Message 87 of 300 (367590)
12-03-2006 7:04 PM
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Reply to: Message 27 by Utopia
11-30-2006 2:01 PM
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Re: If you wanted controversy, controversy so you shall have
this son also worked as a chef at the restaurant goldman worked at and was working there that night when nicole went there. further, they were aparently given columbian neckties. clearly emotionally motivated. my mother always thought his daughter did it. i simply dont care.
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nator
Member (Idle past 2197 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: 12-09-2001
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Message 88 of 300 (367591)
12-03-2006 7:08 PM
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Reply to: Message 1 by Utopia
11-29-2006 4:43 PM
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Here's goes
I don't think that Bob Dylan is all that. And, The Doors suck. I think that smoking should be banned in public places, including outdoors. More than 50% of young American men would violently rape a woman if they could be assured of getting away with it. Edited by schrafinator, : added "american" as a modifier to "men".
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nator
Member (Idle past 2197 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: 12-09-2001
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Message 89 of 300 (367592)
12-03-2006 7:15 PM
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Reply to: Message 30 by Brian
11-30-2006 4:40 PM
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Re: Bring back capital punishment
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The Americans may be a weird lot, but at least their prison sentences seem to fit the crimes.
Not really. You can get life in prison without parole for posession of drugs but the average sentence for rape is 10 years and most get paroled at 5.
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nator
Member (Idle past 2197 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: 12-09-2001
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It just shows the truism that a person who truly fears Christ cannot do evil.
So, did Judas not believe that Christ was the Messiah?
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