Rant Thread II

[Ben Lahnger]

Originally Posted by Murder.Of.Crows

I was only making an assumption, not necessarily saying it was the reason. But, the thing with Kick Ass and Green Hornet, they weren't known comic books. While Green Lantern is and thus come off as less original. Also it seems that, the last two or so years have been comic book movie, one after another. People could be losing interest in them.

That's not it; look at the box office for Thor and X-Men: First Class the last month or so. Unless you were including them. It could be too fast on the heels of those films.

[quote=Murder.Of.Crows;670980Another probability, could be the competition. It was released around the same time as Hangover 2 and Pirates 4.[/QUOTE]
... and Thor and X-men: First Class. There might be something to this, but I'm still disappointed. That Pirates crap (the weakest of the 4 Pirates films) just made it onto some list of top ten grossing films of all time. How the fuck is that reasonable?

[quote=Murder.Of.Crows;670980That and Green Lantern was more of the mediocre heroes, as opposed to superman, batman, and spiderman. (so many man's, fuck.)[/QUOTE]
Yeah, Green Lantern is a B List-er, but so is Thor ... or Green Hornet for that matter. BTW, Green Hornet has been in print in recent years, well before the movie, so there was awareness of the character in the comic community.

Well, it doesn't make much sense, but maybe it's box office overload or superhero fatigue. If Captain America does much better though, "sombody's gonna have some 'splainin' to do!"

[Murder.Of.Crows]

Originally Posted by Ben Lahnger

Well, it doesn't make much sense, but maybe it's box office overload or superhero fatigue. If Captain America does much better though, "sombody's gonna have some 'splainin' to do!"

I agree.

I've never heard of green hornet until the movie though, so most of my assumption there was that the majority of people were the same.

I had forgotten about Thor, that was a disappointing movie.

[Ben Lahnger]

Really? Maybe it was because I never liked the comic and figured they couldn't make a movie about Thor without getting bogged down too much in Norse legend, so I wasn't expecting it to be good. I was pleasantly surprised by the balancing act they pulled off weighing how much of Earth and how much of Asgard to include in the film.

I also only paid $3.50 to see it. Nothing but matinées for me from now on, buddy!

[Murder.Of.Crows]

To me the movie was too much concentrated on "the avengers", they introduced characters without spending time developing them. Like the guy with the bow and arrow, who the hell was he?! Why did he have 7 minutes to show he is a badass and then never again seen in the movie?! Then they made to many damned references to Iron Man. The mythology was off, to a point where it annoyed me. But then again I never read the comics, but I love Norse mythology, so I was expecting too much.

[Saya]

Yeah Thor is to Norse mythology as Wonder Woman is to Greek. Think of it as fan fiction!

[Grausamkeit]

Originally Posted by BlacKat

*resists urge to cuddle and pet and make it all better*

Well, at least you get to take it again.

If you can make it all better I would be much obliged.

[Ben Lahnger]

I've been telling all my friends and relatives about the horrific drought that Texas is suffering under right now (since November) and that it's the third worst drought in the last 100 years. We got a little sprinkle today. I posted on Facebook that we got 0.8 inches of rain, and while that isn't much, at least it's a start.

Then I got family members posting things like, "So, you got that rain you've been needing. Good!"

Annoying. Lack. Of. Comprehension.

So I had to post, "Yes, we got 6% of the rain we needed. Now we're only 15 inches behind where we should be."

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

[BlacKat]

Originally Posted by Grausamkeit

If you can make it all better I would be much obliged.

If I knew how to do that I would be having a lot fewer problems in life right now...

[Fruitbat]

Stupid families...

[Grausamkeit]

Originally Posted by Fruitbat

Stupid families...

Yep, that's pretty much how I feel about families, lately. If they can control your life or fuck you over in some way, they will.



Glad to see you back, Fruitbat!

[BlacKat]

What amazes me is how much power families seem to have to make you feel terrible, even when one is old enough to know that they're just getting mad for completely unrelated reasons.

[CarrionCorpse]

Paypal doesn't recieve money from bank accounts fast enough-__-

Also, is Gnet counting our 'posts' differentely, or is that just me?
I feel like I should have more...

[Ben Lahnger]

No posts anyone makes in "Whining" get added to your post count.

[Angelic Dissonance2]

Clowny Daggers, y'all!

[Grausamkeit]

Originally Posted by Ben Lahnger

No posts anyone makes in "Whining" get added to your post count.

What? I want my whining to count for something, dammit!

[CarrionCorpse]

I went to Pride yesterday and got sunburnt.
It was really cloudy when we left, and was supposed to be for most the begining of the day, so I left the sunscreen at home.
Then it got really sunny for about an hour or two.
My shoulders and chest reallllyyyyy hurt-__-
I haven't even had a slight tan for seven years or more.

[loucia]

thanks so much for this post, vry nice and good


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[Ben Lahnger]

Originally Posted by CarrionCorpse

I went to Pride yesterday and got sunburnt.
It was really cloudy when we left, and was supposed to be for most the begining of the day, so I left the sunscreen at home.
Then it got really sunny for about an hour or two.
My shoulders and chest reallllyyyyy hurt-__-
I haven't even had a slight tan for seven years or more.

CC, not that it's much help at this moment, but you can get just as sunburned on a cloudy day. Clouds don't block the UV rays that cause tans and burns.

Any time you're going to be sitting/standing outside with exposed flesh during the main part of daytime for any length of time, sunscreen should be a consideration.

I'm really sorry you're sore and burned. Cold cream helps make it feel better. And they make some after-burn products with aloe vera that help it heal.

(Make sure any aloe vera product you use does not have alcohol in it. Some of them include alcohol as a drying agent, but that will play hell with your burn, as well as any moisturizing lotion that has alcohol in it.)

[CarrionCorpse]

Originally Posted by Ben Lahnger

CC, not that it's much help at this moment, but you can get just as sunburned on a cloudy day. Clouds don't block the UV rays that cause tans and burns.

Any time you're going to be sitting/standing outside with exposed flesh during the main part of daytime for any length of time, sunscreen should be a consideration.

I'm really sorry you're sore and burned. Cold cream helps make it feel better. And they make some after-burn products with aloe vera that help it heal.

(Make sure any aloe vera product you use does not have alcohol in it. Some of them include alcohol as a drying agent, but that will play hell with your burn, as well as any moisturizing lotion that has alcohol in it.)

I know about the cloudy days and still being able to get burned, we were under trees most the time as well though.
It just so happend that when it got real sunny out I was standing in line to get some henna done, and that 15 minutes in direct sun + walking around in some of the clouded weather just added up.
I put some aloe on it this morning and it helped a bit, but my shower was just awful. haha
I'll have to go look for some cold-cream at the store though, because this isn't working for me. haha
Thanks

[Ben Lahnger]

Yeah, cold cream will seem like a merciful balm. Trust me, I've been there!

[Angelic Dissonance2]

My mystical Native American blood keeps me from burning.

It doesn't stop the pain.

[Grausamkeit]

I fucking hate getting farmers tans and burning. Applying sunscreen all the time is also a PITA. That's why I bought a mighty parasol! It matches the olde lady skirts I buy at the thrift store. Thankfully there's someone in the area my size who's getting tired of their nice long skirts, lately.

^_^ Yes, send Gamma Wolfie all of your pretty skirts. ^_^

[Murder.Of.Crows]

I have been in Hawaii for a day now and already I am burnt. It hurts. But so worth it.

[Catch]

Yeah, tanning is better than burning. When skin peels off so does the tan.

[daigia]

thanks so much for this post, vry nice and good