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[youtube=Lego Dark Knight]StWZDqqBfJo[/youtube] This is pretty cool.

[SIZE=3][SIZE=4][FONT=Chiller LET][COLOR=Sienna]If anyone tried to kill me my survival instinct would kick in. Doesn't matter what the reason is, if you're going to try and kill me, prepare to be killed. [/COLOR] :p[/FONT][/SIZE][/SIZE]

[quote name='vegeta rocker']Reasons why Cloverfield sucked: 3. The whole justification of shooting every single thing including the floor... If it was realistic he would have held it lower than his head so at least he can still have his peripheral vision intact. And apparently his handy cam has an eternal battery, he plugs in like once.[/quote] I thought it was quite consistent with home movie quality. We've got heaps of the amateur stuff sitting around here and there were plenty of cases where someone has taped the floor or forgot to turn off record when done etc... My handycam can easily last two hours filming nonstop, which is shorter than this movie. [quote] I'm not looking forward to the sequel, and YES there will be one.[/quote] Well, you don't have to [spoiler] see the film.[/spoiler] :p

If all else fails, a bucket of water should do the trick.

[quote name='Desbreko'][COLOR=#4b0082]You put the video ID from the video's URL between the tags, as shown on the vB Code List page I linked to there. Because the embed code for inserting a video links directly to the video itself, copying the URL from a video's web page on youtube.com wouldn't work. [/COLOR][/quote] [kuja] I missed the end of that page, perhaps it didn't load for me the first time around. All I got last time was the initial codelist. :)[/kuja]

[kuja] So do you put the whole embed code inside the tags, or do you just use the direct url? 'Tis a nifty little player. :D[/kuja]

[quote name='Ikillion'][COLOR=#6d527f][SIZE=1][FONT=Trebuchet MS]So does this mean that I am the only one here who actually enjoys whipped cream with his waffles? ... You all are [I]insane[/I].[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/quote] [quote name='ZeitGeist']I like waffles. They make for a tasty snack, especially when served hot with [SIZE=4]lashings of whipped cream [/SIZE]and strawberry jam. [/quote] Ahem, I've either made it to your ignore list, or you haven't seen me. Either way, you're not alone. ;)

[quote name='James'][FONT=franklin gothic medium]I would like a YouTube embed tag, for sure. I think there are a million great uses for it on OtakuBoards (even potentially in RPGs). So the usefulness would far outweigh any copyright concerns I have.[/FONT][/quote] Plus, if you find any violators, you can delete 'em! :catgirl: I like the YouTube tag idea, it would certainly add something extra to threads such as the recent YouTube one. Playing linked videos on the forum itself would be much more convenient.

And here I was thinking that this forum had degenerated into a den of debauchery and [I]forbidden love.[/I] Feel free to make it so, one day... :p

[IMG]http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/1349/norduk3.jpg[/IMG] [B][SIZE=2][SIZE=2]Nord-Trøndelag county municipality is a psychadelic funk/metal fusion band more noteable for their bizarre belief that the island and events depicted in the Lost television series are really happening. The lead singer, Sledo McSloshoposo, has donated millions of dollars and a lot of time in order to "find the island and rescue everybody."[/SIZE][/SIZE][/B] Their album, titled "event sof this year" seem to allude to the recent years current events, but are actually encrypted lyrics which chronicle the events of the TV series. They are considered one of the weirdest bands ever, mainly because they can't distinguish between fact and fiction. [IMG]http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/315/crawfordsburnhk6.jpg[/IMG] Crawfordsburn are a rap duo who hail from the town of, Crawfordsburn! The pair teamed up in 1993 under record producer Sly Da Ph3ar. They achieved mild success with their highly-charged political anthem, 'A Good Political Year' which appeared on their 1995 self-titled album. They have not achieved hit status since, and are frequenters of the underground music scene. [IMG]http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/1056/lateriticyn9.jpg[/IMG] Lateritic nickel ore deposits were a swedish yodelling duo who found breif fame in the early 1980's mainly because all their music videos featured Liikie, a dancing goat. They yodeled through nine world tours, with a lot of fans showing up sporting ear plugs, obviously there simply to see a dancing goat. Beyond the dancing goat, there is nothing too special or rememberable about Lateritic nickel ore deposits.

[quote name='timotheus'] I'm just curious if the Intelligent Design supporters came from that same upbringing, or if after studying Biology in a non religious school, they compared it to their beliefs and stayed with ID.[/quote] I came from a mainstream school independent of any church or religious teaching. In the end, I took what I knew from science, and applied it to faith. (ie. the big bang is consistent with things simply appearing in Genesis 1, evolution adaptation as a survival method built into creation by an intelligent creator etc...) I found nothing in science that shook my belief, only the occasional argument against creationism that strengthened it.

I like waffles. They make for a tasty snack, especially when served hot with lashings of whipped cream and strawberry jam. Put it this way; If I had to choose between my dream wallfe concoction or being hit over the head with an excessively large steel mallet, guess which one I'd pick. :catgirl:

[IMG]http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/857/louisegorecz2.jpg[/IMG] Lousie Gore initially found fame with the New Valenci'e Philharmonic orchestra. She played in many performances ranging from classic recitals to movie scores. In 2005, she decided to go solo with this effort, "Hunter and Stop Figiding. The album was a universal flop, consisting of nothing but cover songs, re-imagined using nothing but performances of the original song bassline. The cover of "You really got me" consists of one line featuring akon singing "girl, you really got me" followed by a repetitive and hollow performance of the bassline, consistent with the other songs. Fans of Akon were dismayed when they bought the album that had gleefully pronounced in one of those promo stickers that it did, in fact, feature Akon. Akon sucessfully sued Gore in 2006 citing the fact that he had perfomred the entire song for the album, and Gore had cut most of his performance because there was too much "blah-blah." Gore retired from music in 2008. She is a known protester of using vocals, guitars, pianos, woodwind, brass and drums in music. [IMG]http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/9981/intertialkz8.jpg[/IMG] Electronica eighties band, Inertial Electrostatic Confinement released their sophomore album, "The Randomness of Victimisation" in 1985. The album was a hit amongst the bands target audience of chimpanzees and wasps. The album is set in a dystopic future where robots have inherited the world's worm farms, and harnessed all the of the suns rays into a death beam (the dystopic "New York" picture on the album cover is a depiction of a cloudless midday in this future.). In the album, and inspired musician called "Fuschia" builds a wall around himself to distance himself from the autonomous robots bent on fertilising the worlds soil the [I]wrong way[/I], ooh! In the end, "Fuschia" does battle with the robots, who have themselves morphed into machines resembling pigs wearing war helmets, and he overcomes them, setting the worlds worms free and reversing the effects on the sun. They invevitably failed to follow the success of this album with their third, "jumping the shark" by attempting to bring sharks into their target audience, alienating their traditional cimpanzee and wasp fanbase.

This game is addictive. I would actually love to listen to the hit song "Leaving without that Mouse!!" If only such a crazy song were real. A few more... [img]http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/9190/nascarvt7.jpg[/img] NASCAR's Most Popular Driver award were a band of utter chaos and confusion. No-one could understand them, or their bizarre choice of band name. Fans who did show up at their concerts were most often dissapointed NASCAR fans who believed they had bought tickets to a genuine NASCAR gala event. The name of the band was made even more bizarre by the revelation that none of the band mambers were actually NASCAR fans. In 2004, they released their sixth sutio album, "You stop your story," featuring one of the most bizarre cover artworks ever. Their sucess diminished soon afterwards, when NASCAR sucessfully sued them over the rights to the name. They are now playing small gigs in bars under their new name "List of Grammy Nominees." [img]http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/5433/kalynaji8.jpg[/img] "Don't mess with Family," released in 1998, is the critically acclaimed album from bluegrass-swing band Kalyna Country. Fans and critics alike praised the album for it's seamless integration of swing, jazz and bluegrass country genres into one unique sound. Fans were wooed by such hits as "Daddy let them cows come home" and "Never to old (to swing the old barn door.)" Kalyna Country followed this album up with a sucessful world tour, and are currently working on their new album, a follow-up titled "Respect of the family."

[img]http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/88/santanail2.jpg[/img] Heron Santana's tenth studio album was also his most infamous. Fans and Critics alike were stunned at the bold, and demanding nature of the title "Believe as I Believe." Singles from the album such as "Do as I say (not as I do)" "Bow to Glory" and "I'll part the Oceans" did nothing to dispell the growing rumours that Santana's sucess had led him to develop a "God complex." Believe what I Believe was released in 1985 to a cold reception. In 1989, unsold copies of the record were sold to China so they could be melted down and used in the construction of new roads. Santana, devastated by the reception his album got, changed his name and moved to Saudi Arabia, where he worked in the oil projections industry. Santana attempted a comeback in 2006, opening for local band "Chilli Badilly." When Chilly Badilly were exposed for lip-syncing, Santana's remaining shred of reputation was shattered. Santana now stocks shelves at the local "Buy'N-Go" store. Despite the famous name, Heron Santana is no relation to Carlos Santana. Far from it.

[quote name=''[Sound_Nin];805361'']Other countries have done it too. It's a bit old-fashioned of us... but to each his own, hmm?[/quote] Agreed. Although I don't agree with gay marriage, I'm not into imposing my views on other people and not letting them make their choice. America has a deep ingrained religious foundation and it will take more than "but Canada did it." That was my point. [quote] No, no, no. Not what I meant. Of COURSE you can be religious. 1st Amendment. What I meant was, and I should've clarified this, is that it shouldn't be part of politics to impress your personal religious beliefs on someone else. I.e. trying to make everyone in the US Christian. That's a bit dramatic, it was just an example. I think you get the point.[/quote] I see what you mean. I think it's a bit of a stretch to think that a Huckabee or Romney presidency would put sword to the unbeliever and cause them to convert, though. [quote] I laughed at this. But it's not so much her as her husband. And yes, I spelt her name wrong on purpose, emphasis on the N. I should've added one more N to avoid confusion. Cute, though. ;)[/quote] I'm glad you saw that for the humor intended. ;) [quote] As for Ron Paul, well, this certainly doesn't constitute his views, but if you check out the Stormfront.com (white nationalist) forum, you see pro-Ron Paul everywhere. And I mean EVERYWHERE. This doesn't make him one of them, and it doesn't mean their political views are wrong. No one's are... well, with few exceptions. Just pointing out that he's the candidate of choice among White Nationalists.[/quote] "With friends like these, who needs enemies?" The old addage springs to mind. :animesigh [quote] Giuliani wasn't so bad, except for the fact that he went on and on about 9/11 and changed his views around so much.[/quote] I seriously thought that Giuliani would be able to ride the "9/11 hero mayor" wave all the way to the White House. I was surprised he became one of the first casualties. [quote] At least Schwarzenegger isn't running.[/QUOTE] Oh yes![B] Governator [/B]is bad enough. Do we really need the [B]Predatisident[/B]?

[QUOTE='[Sound_Nin];805309']I can't vote. But I do have opinions, so bare with me. I don't like McCain. Why? Because I lived in Arizona. And if you know ANYTHING about the prison system in Arizona, you know that it's (What would be a good word?)... inhumane. Do we really want the entire country like that? And put simply, he seems mentally unstable.[/quote] Well, it's highly doubtful that McCain would turn the entire country into a prison. Sounds too much like "Escape from New York" to me. [quote] I know we have no hope of having gay marriage legalised. Which is horribly unfortunate, these days. Canada's legalised that... what was it? '04?[/quote] If Canada jumped off a bridge, would you? [quote] Huckabee... seemed okay for a while. Once it became evident how overtly religious he is (Didn't take too long to figure that one out), my opinion of him changed dramatically. Religion has no place in politics.[/quote] Yes it does. I doubt separation of church and state was meant to bar anyone with a religious conviction entering the race for the white house. Heck, the founding fathers who wrote it [I]were[/I] christian. [quote] Romney... I have no information on him other than he's a Mormon. So I'll stop there, and note that that wasn't a negative comment.[/quote] Dude, Romney is [I]the man[/I]. America has lost an incredible opportunity. [quote] Clintonn. Well. No, just no. I have a theory on this, and it involves the New World Order. [/quote] Quick! Grabb your tin-foil hatts, [B]Clintonn[/B] is on her way! [quote] Paul. Well, I did try to read up on him. [/quote] Don't feel too bad about that. I still don't even know who he is. [quote] Long story short, I like Obama. There isn't anything NOT to like. Unless you count his middle name, and that's just, for lack of a better word, [I]silly[/I]. 'Night.[/QUOTE] I agree. Hussein as a name has been around longer than Saddam. It will eventually wither from usage, just like Hitler did after Adolf tarnished it. :catgirl:

The hit album "Measure of my Wrath" by sixties supergroup "Sixth Framework Programme" now remastered and rereleased on CD in super hi-fi surround sound. [img]http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/613/wrathen0.jpg[/img]

[quote name='Shinmaru'] Any guesses about who [spoiler]Ben's mole is[/spoiler]? I think the obvious guess would be [spoiler]Michael[/spoiler], but for some reason I have the nagging feeling it will be more shocking than that.[/QUOTE] I think so too. Everyone [spoiler] will suspect Michael because he has essentially betrayed the castaways before, to get off the island. The show will have you going along with Michael the mole until WHAM! Out of nowhere it throws you a curve ball the likes of wtfpolarbear![/spoiler] My guess is [spoiler] Hurley. The guy you least suspect.[/spoiler] I can't get enough of this show, it's so freakin addictive!

Well, I'm gutted that Mitt Romney pulled out. He was one of the better candidates in this election. I'll now be supporting his rival, John McCain, since Huckabee doesn't stand a chance and his name just reminds me of that stupid romcom flick. I'm predicting a McCain/Clinton race for the white house. A McCain/Obama race is probably the only combination I'd consider crossign the party line for, since Obama is just a really awesome dude. [font=times new roman][size=6][color=navy][b]Romney[/color][color=crimson]12[/b][/color][/font][/size]

I will probably treat my girlfriend to a movie, I've also got some nice prezzies lined up. I think I will end up going with the plushy bear that holds the red loveheart, no matter how stereotypical it is. :catgirl:

[quote name='DeathKnight'][color=crimson]Obama's middle name is Hussein. uhoh.[/color][/QUOTE] [font=century gothic] [color=crimson] Yep, and his last name looks, and rhymes with, Osama. Double uhoh! :p [/font][/color]

[quote name='Red']Evolution as a whole might take longer than it took kuja to run one of his posts through a spell checker but scientists can still observe mutations that happen from generation to generation. S aureus is a fantastic example as over the years it's managed to become resistant to a wide variety of drugs via genetic mutation, among other things (that was the easiest to type/pronounce :p). What I'm trying to say is that the myriad ways S aureus (which I chose to make a point about as it's so bloomin' common) has changed demonstrates both natural selection & mutation at least; both of which are aspects of evolution.[/QUOTE] [size=1][font=century gothic] [color=crimson] I got what you meant by that, and I don't dispute the theory of micro-evolution or adaptation. I just believe that such adaptations are allowed by a God who has allowed his creation to grow into an ever-changing environment, rather than keep them static and stuck the way they are. I also believe that, when you think about it, science and religion are not mutually exclusive. Some of us enjoy discovering how God has made us and what we're made up of. I know the Bible does not mention the DNA double helix and I reckon we were meant to find stuff like that ourselves, to become more aware of what we are and how we fit in to the plan, as it were. True science has, for the most part, disagreed with religious notions, but that doesn't mean it's findings can't be seen as God's handywork, for those of us who choose to see it that way.[/font][/size][/color]

[quote name='MistressRoxie'][color=#9933ff]XD That makes me laugh. Even if he did like classical, I still wouldn't vote for him. Besides, if he did, he's probably like Mozart. Ew! >

[quote name='Chabichou'][COLOR="#004a6f"]Rather than having series or genre specific forums, how about sub-forums for the types of topics we discuss about each anime? One forum could focus on plot, one could focus on character analysis, etc. [B]Each anime could have a thread in those sub-froums[/B]. It could help the threads to stay on topic.[/COLOR][/QUOTE] Yeah, but then you're getting back to the 'one-thread-per-anime' stance with added sub-forum clutter.