Gavin

[SIZE="1"]Someone please remind me to nominate this thread for Nifty Fifty '09 especially that post Maul just made.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]TVTropes has such wonderful gems sometimes. And yes this is a "so bad it's awful" type of clip. [CENTER][YOUTUBE="American Unaired Gundam Series: "Doozy Bots""]e8um1N78AhY[/YOUTUBE] [/SIZE][/CENTER] [quote name='Nerdsy'][URL="http://www.monsieurlam.com/wp-content/2009/03/smile-04.gif"]This is terrifying.[/URL] [color=deeppink]It's like she's taking my soul.[/color][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"][/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Oh this made my morning to read. And seeing as most paparazzi seem to lack a life, I think it's fair to mistake them for the undead.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Words escape me to define just how moronic every aspect of this incident is. From the daughter, to her legal aid, to the enormous failure of Canadian legal system itself this is a farce of the highest order. I only hope that this won't lead to a precedent to be used in the future by other spoiled little brats. [/SIZE]

I roll the cigarette in a half-hearted manner, barely melding the paper and leaf before lighting it and taking a deliberately slow drag. My pulse slows, the adrenaline settles in my veins, the fight or flight instinct satiated for the moment. [b]“Puh…Please…Please stop”[/b] He moans pitifully through a broken jaw and a couple of missing teeth. My hand is caked in dried blood, some of it his, some of it his friend who’s long since given in to the temptation of unconsciousness. A dull pain lances through the knuckles of my right hand, I nurse them thoughtfully granting a few minutes of reprieve that will hopefully give him the good sense to tell me exactly what I want to know so I don’t have to escalate the interrogation into something unpleasant. I don’t enjoy beating on low-level punks, too often they’re just punk kids looking for something to give their lives structure or meaning, bonds of familiarity they never had at home. If I could take every kid in this rotten city with a dead-beat parent who didn’t give a shit about them, toss them a badge and take them under my wing we wouldn’t have to deal with a quarter of the shit we do. But I can’t, so I have to inflict enough pain to break those bonds this kid’s made, and leave him right back in square one again. Lord I hate myself for doing it, but I love my own kids more. [B]“Give me the name and it all stops kid, but if you hold out I’ll get the information anyway and everything I’ve done up to now will seem like nothing. Your call.”[/B] Two steps. It takes only two steps in his direction before he breaks completely. Seventeen year old tears mix with the bloody spattered on his cheeks to form fresh droplets on his previously white shirt and the concrete basement floor beneath him. It’s analogous to Noah’s biblical flood, the tears come and just don’t stop; he blubbers and weeps telling me he’s sorry and that he never wanted into this kind of thing but it was the only way he could make money to take care of his alco mother who spends her days in a spirit-induced near-coma. I clench my jaw hard, keeping my self-loathing locked firmly down so I don’t soften until he’s given me what I want to know. I’ll drink to your pain tonight kid, I promise you I will. [b]“The name kiddo.”[/b] [b]“Lacetti…It…it was Ji…Jimmy Lacetti.”[/b] Lacetti. That fucking prick. A little jumped-up nothing trying to make his name among the higher-ups by putting two of my kids into the ground, a rite of fucking passage as far as they're concerned. Off enough cops and you’ll eventually find yourself under the watchful eye of some Capo or wiseguy who thinks he has use for you. Not fucking today. You’re going into a grave Lacetti, you and every little prick and jerk-off I find around you are getting a one-way ticket to hell. As badly as I’ve beaten this little errand boy of yours I won’t lay a finger on you, no I’ll start with heavier punishment; blades, maybe a torch. You’ll scream for me you fuck, I’ll show you pictures of the men you killed and make you beg forgiveness from them, then I’ll slit your fucking throat and watch your eyes dull in front of me. I walk over to the kid, he flinches, a fresh line of blood running out of the open round at his cheek. Old hands unlock the cuffs hold his wrists together. I snap my fingers for a towel and some water and dab the wounds I’ve inflicted on his face with a paternal gentleness and frown. [b]“O’Malley, get this kid over to Doc Church to get him fixed up. I’ll pick up the bill later.”[/b] The kid locks eyes with me, a strange expression, mixed fury, hate, shame, respect, awe, anger. He tries to stand up but can’t so I hoist him up on my shoulder. He doesn’t fight it, he’s not my enemy anymore and he knows it. O’Malley is already on the squawk-box to tell that fat bastard Church to get ready. Before he leaves I slip a blank badge into the kid’s pocket and tell him that when he’s ready he’s got a home here with a father who’ll beat the tar out of anyone who ever lays a finger on him again. I see him squeeze it as the door closes, I’ve got two men to bury but hopefully I’ve got a kid who can pick up some of the slack in the future. Again I take a long, slow drag. Another shitty day in this shitty burg.

[quote name='Binxy'][SIZE="1"]Ever seen the show Look Around You? I Am Legend is nothing compared to that. I actually questioned scientific matter after seeing that show. Not as bad as some things out there.[/SIZE][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]No I haven't, although from its Wiki article I can see the comedic nature where I am Legend presented itself as having reasonably accurate science.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]"[I]Bluebird[/I]" from K-Pax is perhaps the most beautiful, soul-stirring piece of music I have ever heard.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Allamorph'][FONT=Arial]What part of "for most of the game you simply run around all over Creation and occasionally kill large mountains" do you not understand? :p[/FONT][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]The part where Uwe Boll would rewrite the entire thing to better suit his own take on the story (despite as you point out it practically being pre-written for him, minus it has an interesting overall plot because Uwe only does obvious violent stuff) and still manage to make a shite movie. :p [/SIZE]

[quote name='Lunox'][font=trebuchet ms] [u][URL="http://www.gamespot.com/news/6207542.html?tag=latestheadlines;title;1"]Shadow of the Colossus being made into a movie....by the guy that wrote "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li[/URL][/u] NOOOOOOOOOOOO[/font][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Two words: Uwe Boll (Twenty-five characters)[/SIZE]

[quote name='Indi'][COLOR="Indigo"][FONT="Arial"]So why are you up so late? You Irish bum. Go to bed Gavin! =P[/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"] Couldn't sleep. (Additional characters here)[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Red vs. Blue: Reconstruction: like KOTOR but better.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Josh if you're offering professional hitperson services, might the syndicate of disgruntled housemates avail of them ? [/SIZE]

[quote name='Magus'][FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"][b]Fullmetal Alchemist[/b] - I guess I'm the only one that's not much of a fan of this series. With that said though, I still may check it out just to see what all the raving about the manga is like.. [b]Sengoku Basara and Souten Kouro[/b] - Are those what I think they are? Samurai and Dynasty Warriors? O_O Done by Production IG and Madhouse... I just might get my action and artwork/animation fix this season afterall. [b]Phantom ~ Requiem for the Phantom~[/b] - I don't really have much to say about this one. It just caught my interest that's all. The rest of that stuff is not for me at all.[/FONT][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Pretty much summed up my list for the coming weeks/months. Although I may check out [B]Guin Saga[/B] as well because the trailer caught my eye. [b][Edit][/b] Just caught the trailer for [b]07-Ghost[/b] as well and it's also piqued my interest. [/SIZE]

[quote name='Allamorph'][FONT=Arial]Whether or not I know what you're feeling (and sometimes I wonder if I'm part Betazoid :p) has no bearing on whether or not I choose to be merciful about it.[/FONT][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Funny, I always pictured you as the Vulcan type Al. Hence the use of empathy rather than sympathy. I already knew Basement Cat did not feel sympathy for anything. :p[/SIZE]

[quote name='Nerdsy'][color=deeppink]Dignity? [i]You[/i]? *snickers*[/color][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"] [CENTER] [IMG]http://www.otakuboards.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25948[/IMG][/CENTER] Otakupedia is so handy sometimes. :p[/SIZE]

[quote name='Allamorph'][FONT=Arial]Actually it's more like extremely high levels of intuition and empathy filtered through logic. Ask [COLOR=DarkRed]Indi[/COLOR]. She knows.[/FONT][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"] Al we all know you don't have empathy...[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Wait what ? *Goes to look* Oh God damn it...Well there's seven years of dignity gone straight out the window...[/SIZE]

[quote name='Allamorph'][FONT=Arial]Fixed. Honesty is the best policy, [COLOR=DarKRed]Gavin[/COLOR] (^_^)[/FONT][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]_> Alright Al, get out from wherever you're hiding in my room with your hands on your head.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Sleep deprivation over a 72 hour period drastically increases one's desire to kill loud, dirty housemates. Also Hollywood portrays blood spray from neck slashes with varying accuracy. [/SIZE]

[quote name='Cat']You can already watch the movie online and don't have to wait the two weeks. Save money that way too. One of the weirdest and most terrible I have ever seen in a movie.[/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Pay to go see that trash ? Honestly Cat I'd rather have my eyes gouged out with a toothpick. Whether I'll ever waste my time actually watching is still up for debate, I imagine if I were completely and utterly plastered drunk it might just be hilarious. [/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]And now for something completely different...[/SIZE]

[quote name='Nerdsy'][color=deeppink]This reeks of an April Fool's prank.[/color][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]This. (Twenty additional characters)[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]With the movie out in the next two weeks this seems wholly appropriate.[/SIZE] [CENTER][YOUTUBE="Even Hitler hates Dragonball Evolution"]eYltu4usfXk[/YOUTUBE][/CENTER]

[CENTER][SIZE="1"][YOUTUBE="Now take notes Luke"]sCaf3n3n86U[/YOUTUBE][/CENTER] Sure Fire-bending was by its nature a hundred times more awesome than any of the others (at least visually and offensively) but throwing in the ability to generate lighting ? Yeah, I think my movie link just about sums it up. Oh and kudos to anyone who gets the reference.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Times New Roman is the ugliest font in existence, doubly so when one if forced to do a project entirely in said font.[/SIZE]