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Cookie anybody?
http://youtu.be/-qTIGg3I5y8
Cookie Monster was a fake, he never actually ate a cookie in his life, you only think he did. If you look closely at any Cookie Monster footage, you can see what he really does with it. It's like what was being discussed the other day; it's not what you know, it's who you know, and quite frankly I'm a bit pissed-off that Cookie Monster has landed himself a record deal just because he pretends to eat cookies.
He definitely has contacts on Sesame Street, don't care what anyone says, he can't sing for cookies.
He may not have had a great voice, but the sincerity and emotion he put into his music won over the record company execs.
That's right, he got the contract because HE FELT.
BTW, who remembers the episode where he learns healthy eating habits?
Oh he felt something alright, it was the puppeteers hand right up his...
Anyway, can't remember any specific episode, but I always remember four of the characters; Cookie Monster, the purple vampire who was always "count"-ing, and the big yellow one, Big Bird. Have to say though, Big Bird used to annoy me, I mean really annoy me, never could stand Big Bird. My favourite was that scruffy one, Grouch, Grouchie, or Groucho I think he was called. Everyone had a their place but he preferred to live in a bin on the street. He used to pop his head out of the bin, say stuff about the others, then hide away again - lol
OMG it's Oscar, that's what his name was, Oscar the Grouch!!!
Here he just found a cell-phone, awesome character:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE9uKTgmQvY
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Tell this to the fashion designers, will you? =D They're mostly male!
Actually I am a feminist so I do not believe activities should be "feminine" or "masculine" - I've been denied one too many jobs in engineering because I am "the wrong gender". I believe that the biological sex we're born into only makes a difference when planning a family (who's gonna do the breastfeeding?) or doing sports, we should not judge each others' mental abilities by it.
I firmly believe most of the "psychological differences" between human males and females are cultural. There's enough striking differences between various cultures (both current and historic) to challenge the Western stereotypes of what's "proper" for a man or a woman.
Not that many people wear fancy stuff here as well, but it's mostly a matter of money. Knitting and crocheting is more affordable here, so it's a popular pastime for women and some men (don't forget, historically knitting was for men only... like high heels... ah, times, they change). I just don't like the crocheted/knit look (maybe because it's popular here? Especially in winter, when almost everyone wears something like that, ready-made or self-made).
I agree, the house is the true star of the vid!
Strongbow, what's that?
And enjoy Spice and Wolf, it's just getting to the point! =)
It it interesting that some music videos consist usually of a lot of attractive graphics with equally well rehearsed miming, done to the extent that it appears that the artists are actually performing for us, it all becomes sort of believable.
Here is what I suppose you could call a music video, a bit of fun from around 1965
The Who,..Can't Explain.
@TapiocaTundra
Welcome to the madhouse :-P
@Mustakettu
Well put it this way, I'd have rather the rights for live action had gone to Tarantino than Spielberg. There's no way Spielberg will make a better job of Ghost in the Shell than Tarantino would have. Ghost in the Shell is a gritty, in your face Cyberpunk film and there's nothing in Spielberg's past that falls into that category. Tarantino on the other hand, is a genuine follower of anime, and his movies, it's fair to say, are a lot more daring and in your face than the stuff Spielberg produces. Spielberg produces mostly for kids, whereas Tarantino always produces for grown ups.
My prediction is that he'll screw it up for three reasons:
1 - He'll screw around with the story (despite he claims Ghost in the Shell is one of his favourite stories).
2 - He'll use American actors when they should be Japanese (that'll piss off people expecting a smoking-hot Japanese Motoko).
3 - He'll remove the nudity (even though the nudity is never sexual in Ghost in the Shell, it's part of the make-up of the movie).
Perhaps the reason you feel Tarantino movies are recycled, is because he's a true Grindhouse producer. You only ever get that stuff from watching movies from the 70's etc, indie producers, or guys like Tarantino. The success of movies like "Hostel" are examples of how he's brought Grindhouse back to the mainstream. I suppose you could say Ghost in the Shell is "Grindhouse" in an intelligent "shell".
There were a lot of big companies and directors chasing the rights to Ghost in the Shell, even Sony were chasing it and never landed it so that'll give an idea of how big it's going to be on release. It'll do phenomenally well even if he does screw it up, but it'll be interesting to see whether Spielberg will stay true to his comment of it being one of his favourite stories, or whether he simply saw the $$$ available to him with Ghost in the Shell, and turns it into a Hollywood puke-fest (I'm guessing he'll do the latter). Tarantino could have produced a classic on even limited budget, whereas Spielberg has forgotten how to do that. The best Spielberg film I ever saw was his first, "Duel", one that had no special effects and actually relied upon the story and suspense, not CGI.
Regards the blocked link, I bet it's the UK blocking it, not Russia (no surprise there then).
As for the water, I'm afraid not, the £50 per month is what we pay based on the property per month. It's not for heated water, it's not even metered, it's just the fee we pay for cold water per month. Even if we never used a single drop of water, we would still have to pay them £50 per month. In order to heat the water we also have to pay otherworldly gas bills (and they are proportionally even worse than the water bill).
Regards Latvia, no worries there, I have no intention of living in Latvia. I'm planning on Spain as that's the obvious choice for most Brit's wanting to escape the UK, and I kinda like Spain in that it's not "formal" like the UK is, not in any respect. I know for a fact that even on little income, you can have a very nice life in Spain and I thoroughly intend to have one. I'll be living in a motorhome over there if I go ahead with it, and that's something I've always envied.
Regards the "Russian Girls" video, nope, it's not the culture, it's human nature. Trust me when I tell you that the sight of smoking-hot Russian women in hot-pants is no less appealing to a British male than a bunch of smoking-hot British women in hot-pants would be to a Russian male. I think men who claim they don't enjoy videos like that are either gay or restrained by religion. I'm quite happy to admit I enjoyed every minute of it. That said, you shouldn't underestimate it, the video is actually very nicely shot on a cinematic level, and assuming the cameramen were male, I can imagine that took some doing considering the distractions they had while shooting it :-P
The knitting, or rather men who do knitting, well, I have no comment on that other than I agree that times have certainly changed.
On a more serious note, it's no surprise that a lot of successful clothes designers are men. Men know what makes a woman sexy more than women do. You are the woman, we are the observers, and we know what we like (whether women like it or not). What you like and what we like are two totally different things. Women look better in clothes designed by men because for the most part, men are the observers of the female form. It makes perfect sense in much the same way that clothes for men will be better designed by women (even if we don't think so). It's a case of you know what you like to see, and so do we.
Regards the sexploitation in music videos, I love sexploitation movies and videos (just being honest). The erotic element of sexploitation has been an attraction and pass-time for men ever since Mr Caveman discovered he could draw on his cave wall. He had a spearhead and Mammoth-blood for ink whereas modern man has his Wacom, that's the only difference. Women are no angels either, in fact, surveys show that women are as excited by such things as men are. For example one survey showed at least 25% of women fantasized about being tied up (a staple scenario of sexploitation movies).
Regards the Russian/Soviet Red thing; I'm not really up on the history of Russia, but to be honest I got the idea from a Russian advert they used to show over here. I can't remember what it was for, but it contained words about Russia followed by "...and available in any colour, as long as it's red."
Amaranthe; better than some of the others of that style but I still thought the noise to melodic ratio was out of my comfort zone. They reminded me a bit of Evanescence, although I prefer Evanescence much more.
Regards Spice and Wolf, yup, I'm liking it and genuinely looking forward to the next episode tonight. The characters seem to "work" well in this anime so it's enjoyable to watch. The apple gag was a good one, I'm just glad it was the fruit "apple" and not the company she has a love for. Have to say the music is catchy as well, both opening and closing tracks. The closing track is a very girly but even so, there's no denying the musicality of it. Whoever wrote it knows how to shape a melody.
What is Strongbow? - I'll give you a clue, it's made from the finest apples and Wolf would most certainly like it :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWPfzsV_SXA
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On the subject of Quentin Tarantino and Japanese culture, here are some lovely Tokyo "surfin-san" ladies performing live May this year in Minnesota, I just love em.
5678s,,,I'm Blue
Such a shame that to turn those apples into Strongbow they had to remove absolutely everything that made those apples so fine.
@TapiocaTundra
They seem very Un-Japanese though :-P
@Ascania
I thought it was just Cider, just mashed-up apple - although I've never read the label.
Still, I only bought it at random, I bought Woodpecker this time, tastes different to Strongbow.
I suppose I was referring more to the fact that Tarantino used the 5678s in Kill Bill Vol1, although Japanese culture has moved on a bit.
Ah, right. I haven't seen Kill Bill yet (one or two).
I saw the trailers to them and I didn't like the look of them much, too much fighting and floating through air. I saw clips and like what he did with the camera angles on them, but that was about it. I prefer the stuff he does when he's co director/producer, stuff like Hostel one and two, Sin City, that sort of thing.
If only men ever cared about the way they dress...
On the other hand, have you seen that "Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda" show? The costume designer during the height of the show was a woman, Toni Burroughs-Rutter, and it's the only show ever that made me go "Wow" about the way the leading men were dressed. I guess, though, I simply have a compatible vision because the women's costumes were also beyond awesome, to my mind. Then, I saw a few minutes of that "In the Name of the King" movie with Jason Stetham, and there was that princess or something on the screen, and I was, like, "I want that dress!!", and IMDB told me Toni was the designer.
I bet there are other female costume designers, but few men's outfits have ever struck me as so brilliantly executed. Only Merlin comes to mind (yeah, that UK show), though the women's costumes there look better than men's, I'd say.
Yet, Keith Hamilton Cobb of Andromeda did complain about his character's chainmail shirt A LOT =D
I guess you men don't find sexy clothing that comfortable to wear, either...
OK, I'll be honest too, in return. That whole vanilla idea of "sexy" and "erotic" is incredibly boring for me. You know, I'm the polar opposite of the kind of women you just mentioned. I like tying others up. And not with silk scarves. And no, I'm not interested in discussing it any further - I don't like talking, I like action. Besides *in an Obi-Wan Kenobi voice*, I'm educated enough not to consider this type of discussion appropriate for civilised people who barely know each other.
It's not surprising that marketologists would taylor ads to touch upon the local stereotypes of what constitutes "Russian".
Funny how we do learn the history of Europe in high school, but no one seems to ever study ours...
Could you listen to the Russian version of the ending I posted a few pages ago and tell me which one you like better?
Ah, so it's cider... Cool. One of the few types of alcoholic drinks I like.
And in case anyone got interested in Toni Burroughs' costume designs, I tried to find some Andromeda videos of a high enough quality so that you could catch a glimpse of the costumes and with music that wouldn't make me cringe. Not that easy, but here's three: with the leading men (the chainmail shirt included), with Beka Valentine and the Rhade guys, and with Trance Gemini and Dylan Hunt. Beka's the one whose dresser I'd raid first, Trance's stuff is more for "special occasions", and as for the men, I love it that even the simplest designs suit the character emotionally, so to speak.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2OCFdfLBZQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR2g8zPPhXg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsrVVV7xmqE
All in all, Andromeda is probably my biggest source of inspiration. It's a show that is universally looked down on, but hey, I always root for the underdogs.
Haven't seen Andromeda so I don't know the character names and can't point out a specific character. All I wall say is that I thought the polo-neck sweater on one of the characters from the second link your additional post, was stylish, but that's about it.
Me too, trouble is I never get any - and that's a situation I intend to rectify when I get to Spain!
I'm educated enough not to give a crap about society ideals; you only live once, spend it how you want to, not how others tell you to.
I love to hear women sing in a foreign language, and on this occasion I liked the Japanese version better. That's nothing against the Russian version, and it was quite close, but I prefer the Japanese version.
If by "beauties" you mean "nude models", there's several reasons.
Reason No 1: a beautiful Russian woman over 25 will never post her real age anywhere.
Reason No 2: a beautiful Russian woman will most likely get married to a very successful man before she's 25. And then she has no reason to continue modeling.
Now you're trolling me, sir!
I've sent you a PM because some things have to be settled out of public view. Please respect this.
Haven't seen Andromeda so I don't know the character names and can't point out a specific character. All I wall say is that I thought the polo-neck sweater on one of the characters from the second link your additional post, was stylish, but that's about it.
Erm, but all the videos have all the character names... Anyway, that was a woman's idea of how men should be dressed. Evil taylors everywhere.
There's that, and the fact that the photographers wouldn't be interested anyway. I think you'd have to be an absolute goddess of a woman to get in front of their camera if you're out of the 18-25 age group. It does happen, but rarely. You only have to look at the work put out by your famous art nude photographers, they're all fresh-faced beauties in the 18-25 age group. To be fair, that's not a Russian trait, it's the same everywhere, it's just the way it is and that's a real shame. One of the things I like about the retro women I spoke of earlier, is that they're often more filled-out and shapely than the models they use nowadays. The main reason for that is that women back then weren't pressurised by the media into looking like a stick insect, so the models then were more fully developed.
In 2010 a British publishing company released a set of four Glamour books. They weren't ordinary glamour books though. They broke it down into 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s. What was unusual about these publications is that they were created by a company that normally specialises in the History of Britain, not glamour. They noticed though, just like myself and endless amounts of men out there, that there is a difference between the women of those decades and what we have now. It warranted a chronological set of decade-separated publications and it was a great idea, because the resulting books are the best books I've ever seen on the subject. They are the only ones that actually warranted buying them, so I did.
Women of the 50s:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/1950s-Glamour-20th-Century-Pin-ups/dp/1906672628/
Women of the 60s:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/1960s-Glamour-20th-Century-Pin-ups/dp/1906672636/
Women of the 70s:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/1970s-Glamour-20th-Century-Pin-ups/dp/1906672644/
Women of the 80s:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/1980s-Glamour-20th-Century-Pin-ups/dp/1906672652/
Now the thing is, those are just picture books, not text, just page after page of goddess. A lot of the women in them aren't even good looking but they are still goddesses. It's the naturalness that makes them sexier than the women of today, something that is sadly lacking in most modern woman and the work of modern photographers. Natalia Avelon in that Summer Wine music video definitely has that "look" about her. She's natural enough that she wouldn't look out of place in the 70s edition of this book, and believe me, that's a compliment for a modern woman.
The Amazon reviews on the 70s edition of the book are what finally pushed me to buy them:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/1906672644/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt
Those guys sound like me :-D
But anyway, this is getting wildly off-topic so I'll drop it there. It's all my good friend Allibaba's fault for posting Natalia Avelon in that Summer Wine video!
I’ve sent you a PM because some things have to be settled out of public view. Please respect this.
You're not the first to accuse me of trolling on this forum, but I assure you I wasn't, it's just my sense of humour and hopefully my reply PM will set aside any misunderstanding.
I didn't see any names in the video I was referring to, but yup, I do like Evil Taylors :-P
It's fascinating how ideals of beauty have changed throughout a single century basically. I mean, I have books on classical art that show that those ideals used to be stable for hundreds of years... or so it seems.
You're not the first to accuse me of trolling on this forum, but I assure you I wasn't, it's just my sense of humour and hopefully my reply PM will set aside any misunderstanding.
Oh, I guess British humour is not for the faint-hearted... =D
They're actually in the video title, and then they flash on screen closer to the end =) Captain Beka Valentine is that blonde woman, the guys played by Steve Bacic are Telemachus and Gaheris Rhade (Gaheris is generally the clean-shaven one, he's Telemachus' great great grandfather and only meets Beka in an alternate timeline).
I found two stills of male costumes I like best, they're blurry but give an idea of how simple and well-rooted in tradition yet futuristic the designs are.
http://www.cosplayisland.co.uk/files/costumes/4168/50456/vlcsnap-2011-09-18-00h30m48s224.png
http://users.atw.hu/andromeda/kepek/szereplok/rhade/rhade_kepek_05.jpg
And a good detailed photo of Trance Gemini's outfit. The seamstress in me can't stop admiring the work that went into the details. I think it is a great design because it conveys well how powerful the character is:
http://trance-gemini.com/wordpress/wp-content/gallery/promos/trance1002-copy.jpg
Sadly the warrior aspect of the character went somewhat underplayed after her grand entrance... I'd post a vid, but the only upload I found is in German.
Ah well that's something, good to hear Chris is known in Russia, and don't worry about the musical lingo, it's all a learning curve for me.
I don't like Nightwish, the melodies bore me. In fact, I've not heard a single tune from them that catches my attention. That said, the American band you posted, Lizzy Borden, they were way more musical and were ok even from the first few bars. I didn't listen to them right through because I intend to go back and listen more, but they sound better than a lot of the other stuff you posted. They remind me of a cross between Danny Elfman (in his rock years) and dare I say it, even some of ABBA's tracks.
Regards the movie buff stuff, that's true, but then a professional movie buff that imparts his own opinion without taking the rest into account, really shouldn't consider themselves a movie buff (certainly not my idea of one). The person you describe is more a fanatic really, but still, if you think I have some good opinions on movies, please see my little tip later on.
Regards the Spice and Wolf music; the incoherence has nothing to do with how I came to my conclusion on that one. The reason I like the English version better is because it's sung in a less abrupt fashion than the Russian version. The girl singing the Russian version sounds as if she's conducting some military street band. Despite you telling me the anime is not girly, it is girly, very girly, and that's probably why I think the more girly sounding English version is better suited.
I think the Russian language (in general) sounds quite abrupt compared to English, but I love to hear a good femme fatale speaking it. And that brings me to my interpretation of Russia. Please remember though, that this is just how I picture a country I know only from the media etc. To me, Russia is a country that carries a great sense of pride in itself, but is one that is often the subject of scrutiny due to the sense of unease it paints to onlookers. Fighting, wars, fake diamonds being pressed out of sand, the list goes on. We never really hear anything positive about Russia, it's generally only the heavy stuff we get to hear about.
We see it on the news and think - lol - those Russkies are at it again!
Here's a quality bit of music for you, about that Russian charmer, Rasputin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvDMlk3kSYg
PS: If you appreciate good recording technique, grab one of their collection CD's because it's the best example of compressor mastery you'll ever hear. I've certainly never heard such skill on any other band's recordings.
Here's a very cool track of theirs, again with a story (and incredible mastery of the compressor):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLzqMJQzzcA
Regards the Russian hard men, I couldn't reach the link of the guy who died of a heart attack, but it's a real shame one of our British hard men, Vinnie, wasn't on hand to help him out. Here he is demonstrating how to cope with such situations, which brings us to British hard men I promised you:
You have to admire the care he takes when administering CPR:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR0aZX1_TD8
1 - http://img1.bdbphotos.com/images/orig/h/x/hxfctcr6hnl8lnr.jpg
2 - http://www.dailybeefcake.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Clive_Owen.jpg
3 - http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/attach/4/2/0/1/1/Jason-Statham-Transformers-4_1309910185.jpg
4 - http://danielcraig.txt.cz/obrazky/23.jpg
5 - http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ROJJymxeY6U/TtaDDWy6auI/AAAAAAAABQ0/7W6d2xy8kbk/s400/aliens7.jpg
That last guy, Charles Dance, perhaps isn't really considered a hard man, not to the extent the others are, but he's one of the best actors I've seen and there's something about his expressions, it's like he never quits acting even for a split second. Such a waste that he never played 007, they're absolute idiots for not doing choosing him. Every time they announced that a new 007 was on the cards, I said to myself, please, for crying out loud - please let it be Charles Dance this time!
A seriously good actor who takes acting seriously (my tip for good movies), his expression in a still can tell a thousand words:
http://aboutactorcharlesdance.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/charles-is-dr-clemens-in-aliens-3.html
No prizes for guessing who totally stole the show on Alien 3 then.
Regards the Russian singers, I liked the last two songs but all the women were indeed quite nice. I thought that Jasmine looked more Spanish than Russian, but that Anna Semenovich looked more Russian and her body type wouldn't look out of place in the 1950's edition of those Glamour Books, very nice!
Vera Brezhneva kinda looks like a Russian version of famous retro babe, Bridget Bardot, and that's a good thing:
http://www.google.com/search?num=10&hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=955&q=bridget+bardot
Regards Andromeda and the clothes you like so much, I have only one thing to say to that - Farscape. Do they show Farscape in Russia? I admit I only watched it because of the sassy brunette, but it's not actually that bad a program once you get into it. Here's a picture of two of the main characters.
Not sure what you'll make of the tailoring, but they look cool in that gear:
http://www.tvposter.net/posters/farscape_1999_2369_poster.jpg
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Hey guys, I just thought I would pop in and give you folks a tip to use with those Super long links that break the Forums formatting.
You can use [ url = your link goes here ] Any name for the Link [ / url ] To use this just remove all the spaces and you get this.
Rush Temples of Syrinx
Cheers Jaderail, I noticed that as well, I think it's those Google Images links in Kettu's second post on this page; looks like the website isn't wrapping them properly.
It's browsers that don't always wrap them properly.
THey look fine in FF
The Formatting does not auto correct Links because it can break them. If you know the person and can PM them and get them to Edit the post to use my tip and start using the info I provided in the future all users would be grateful. Only some Browsers get the Formatting issue I believe so coding that into the Forums will take sometime to fix for all users. It's not a real issue and no Admin will do anything about post that break formatting unless it is a Image file. I just think it would help if the forums read the same for all of us.
Thank you and have fun. As I said it's just a tip, not a real issue at this time.
EDIT:@Chohole: I did state that in my comment. And I have read about it in the Thread about the Work and Updates they are working on for the Forums.
We can actua;ly fix the links for the poster if they are breaking forum formatting, but as none of us see it due to the Browsers we are using, then we don't realise it is happening. We need a post to be reported with an explanation, and then we know to do something about it.
EDIT:I have Reported the offending post as breaking the formatting in IE 9.
More music!
http://youtu.be/wdVwfgqPvaA
LOL @ the CPR guy, he's definitely a long lost brother of Mr Valuev (Valuev does a lot of commercials in a similar vein, but mostly for cellphones) Thanks for the pics - cool, I know two guys from your list, Statham and Craig! I can't say I've seen Craig as 007 (I don't really watch anything apart from SF/fantasy) but I've seen many news articles about that =D
Thanks! I've seen a couple of the Alien films, but not this one.
That's the Southern nations here, they do look somewhat Mediterranean. Those wicked Southerners... =P
Ah yeah, Farscape was on a couple of times, and it's one of the Big Three for me - that would be Babylon 5, Andromeda and Farscape. I think the evolution of the Aeryn Sun character was awesome, and overall the show looked just as great, and the writing is more coherent in Farscape, but Andromeda just resonates with me deeper on more levels. Not taking those personal reasons into account, I think it's a tie. Especially the Scorpius character was brilliantly designed, and the other characters that used extensive makeup (Zhaan and Chiana) totally rival that of Trance Gemini's in terms of technical sophistication.
I know this has NOTHING to do with anything I just had to dig it up and do it.
Linkin Park: Papercut Listen if ya like dont if ya don't!