Interesting re the recent badminton scandal in the Olympics. During the rings competition in gymnastics tonight, they were just idly talking about one of the competitors ( the gold medal winner ) having done a downgraded routine in the semis because the top ranked finisher goes first in the finals which is considered a disadvantage. It's not that different, though at least he didn't ham it up the way the badminton teams apparently did.
I had a whole section about civic pride.
Mayor ,'Chosen'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
brenda m - Aug 06, 2012 7:22:08 pm PDT #17240 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Lee - Aug 06, 2012 7:26:44 pm PDT #17241 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I'm going to give it to him.
You are stronger than I would be.
aurelia - Aug 06, 2012 7:38:01 pm PDT #17242 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Has this been posted here? [link] I skimmed through the whole hotdog portion of the day so I may have missed something.
billytea - Aug 06, 2012 7:58:00 pm PDT #17243 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Doesn't sports just look like being excited about people trying really hard to excel at something? Does it have to be "gotten" any more than that?
I have this on my wall at work: [link]
DavidS - Aug 06, 2012 8:09:35 pm PDT #17244 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I have this on my wall at work: [link]
That's why I don't get the disconnect. Sports is just narrative. Mostly guy-narrative. It's a big soap opera. It's passion plays and morality stories.
You get to know the characters and they play out their roles, or fail or succeed. And sports (like life) can be more outrageous and less likely than fiction.
The Red Sox 2004 World Series run was the most overwritten, anvilicious, symbol-laden story ever. Curt Schilling's Red Fucking Sock! C'mon!
Burrell - Aug 06, 2012 8:14:59 pm PDT #17245 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
That's pretty brilliant, aurelia. It's true too. Gave me a pang to think--can you really not buy the original version of the films anymore?
aurelia - Aug 06, 2012 8:50:05 pm PDT #17246 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I don't think so, Burrell. I shall cling to my VHS sets. One set is the original and the other is the digitally re-mastered THX. Although!... My DVDs are each 2 disc sets with the 2nd disc being the original theatrical release. I don't know if those are still available.
Burrell - Aug 06, 2012 8:58:28 pm PDT #17247 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Bummer.
NoiseDesign - Aug 06, 2012 9:00:54 pm PDT #17248 of 30001
Our wings are not tired
You can't get the originals in an unedited form any longer. I cling to the copy I have in widescreen on laserdisc.
Jessica - Aug 07, 2012 2:57:10 am PDT #17249 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My DVDs are each 2 disc sets with the 2nd disc being the original theatrical release. I don't know if those are still available.
These are the ones I have. Unfortunately the original theatric release are actually letterboxed in a 4x3 frame, which means to get them to play properly in a widescreen TV you need to zoom in which makes them look even shittier than they already do. So it's a choice between crappy storytelling that looks pretty, or the original storytelling but blurry.