Retort: The Monday Nooner

Monday, February 18, 2013

The Nooner for Monday February 18, 2013. A place to discuss the stories that aren't making news, ask questions about how the site is run, or just mess around. Be nice or be funny.

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I saw Django Unchained yesterday. Quentin Tarantino is an incredible filmmaker in complete control of his art, and that's an amazing movie, but man what an orgy of excessive violence.

#1 | Posted by rcade at 2013-02-18 12:08 PM | Reply | Flag:

Is Obama still in Florida playing golf while the wife is in Aspen?

#2 | Posted by fishpaw at 2013-02-18 12:12 PM | Reply | Flag:

#1 Rcade, how many times was the n word used?

#3 | Posted by fishpaw at 2013-02-18 12:19 PM | Reply | Flag:

finished "Killing Kennedy" by Bill O'Reilly (Martin Duggard).

Great book. I still don't know why Bill lied in the end regarding where he was when a former friend of Oswald committed suicide. That lie, even if never caught, added nothing to the book whatsoever.

Wow, what a life of indulgence JFK lived....

#4 | Posted by eberly at 2013-02-18 12:26 PM | Reply | Flag:

Only people speaking the language of known conflict have now become the entire housing military.

#5 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2013-02-18 12:28 PM | Reply | Flag:

how many times was the n word used?

Somewhere around a hundred....

#6 | Posted by Rigel at 2013-02-18 12:29 PM | Reply | Flag:

Wow, what a life of indulgence JFK lived....

He was rumored to have some pretty hot and steamy White House swimming pool parties when Jackie was out of town.

#7 | Posted by CalifChris at 2013-02-18 12:32 PM | Reply | Flag:

#1 Rcade, how many times was the n word used?

I read 110. Seemed like more.

#8 | Posted by rcade at 2013-02-18 12:38 PM | Reply | Flag:

"...but man what an orgy of excessive violence."

Much like Kill Bill, the violence was so over the top it was almost comical.

#9 | Posted by REDIAL at 2013-02-18 12:54 PM | Reply | Flag:

"I read 110. Seemed like more."

Best line in the movie: "Cockadoodledoo, n-word"

Gotta love Bruce Dern.

#10 | Posted by REDIAL at 2013-02-18 12:57 PM | Reply | Flag:

I agree with Rcade about Tarantino. All that ultra realistic violence is a distraction from the story. I felt the same way with "Saving Private Ryan".

Crisis

#11 | Posted by CrisisStills at 2013-02-18 12:57 PM | Reply | Flag:

My favorite Tarantino was when he was explaining his take on Top Gun.

#12 | Posted by fishpaw at 2013-02-18 01:02 PM | Reply | Flag:

Much like Kill Bill, the violence was so over the top it was almost comical.

A lot of the violence is comical, as disturbed as that premise is. I still think Django is a five-out-of-five star movie, but that's in spite of the most violence scene.

#13 | Posted by rcade at 2013-02-18 01:13 PM | Reply | Flag:

Texas Lassos Office 365

The state of Texas has struck a deal with Microsoft to make the vendor's cloud-based Office 365 applications available to more than 100,000 state employees.

www.informationweek.com

#14 | Posted by Corky at 2013-02-18 01:18 PM | Reply | Flag:

Famous New York retard speaks:

"Bloomberg says he opposes legalizing marijuana because it's stronger than it used to be. He added that if marijuana were legal, those dealers would just start selling something else, like cocaine."

That's right, Mayor GasBag, if marijuana were legal the dealers would sell something else so let's not legalize marijuana, moron.

#15 | Posted by nullifidian at 2013-02-18 01:20 PM | Reply | Flag:

Wow, what a life of indulgence JFK lived....

#4 | Posted by eberly

What do you expect from the son of a filthy rich bootlegger.

#16 | Posted by Sniper at 2013-02-18 01:31 PM | Reply | Flag:

I settle for watching a European movie that doesn't have a scene with someone vomiting in it.

#17 | Posted by madscientist at 2013-02-18 01:33 PM | Reply | Flag:

All this movie talk makes we want to watch The Sons of Katie Elder.

#18 | Posted by wisgod at 2013-02-18 01:37 PM | Reply | Flag:

To Dean Martin: Is that a martini in your hand, Pilgrim, or are you just gonna whistle dixie?

#19 | Posted by madscientist at 2013-02-18 01:40 PM | Reply | Flag:

Where is the blog to the death nooner?

#20 | Posted by Dalton at 2013-02-18 02:15 PM | Reply | Flag:

I took my granddaughters to see Escape From Planet Earth over the weekend. I am happy to report they used the N word less than 110 times and there was no excessive violence.

#21 | Posted by moder8 at 2013-02-18 02:20 PM | Reply | Flag:

I'd also settle for watching an old Mexican flick that doesn't have a 5 minute scene panning a 2-mile swath of gravel road with a light-blue 1972 Chevy Stepside pickup with 10 dudes in the back carrying machine guns.

#22 | Posted by madscientist at 2013-02-18 02:29 PM | Reply | Flag:

I thought today Rcade was gonna premiere his new feature on the DR for a self moderated thread. Or am I just completely out to lunch again?

#23 | Posted by moder8 at 2013-02-18 02:55 PM | Reply | Flag:

"I thought today Rcade was gonna premiere his new feature on the DR for a self moderated thread. Or am I just completely out to lunch again?"

Yes.

#24 | Posted by nullifidian at 2013-02-18 03:08 PM | Reply | Flag:

I'm still waiting on Dell to fix my PC.

#25 | Posted by rcade at 2013-02-18 03:10 PM | Reply | Flag:

-Where is the blog to the death nooner?

His Dell ate his homework.

#26 | Posted by Corky at 2013-02-18 03:10 PM | Reply | Flag:

They never showed up?

#27 | Posted by Corky at 2013-02-18 03:11 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Where is the blog to the death nooner?"

On the same shelf as the edit function.

#28 | Posted by nullifidian at 2013-02-18 03:14 PM | Reply | Flag:

Eberly,

For a more complete assassination picture watch the BBC Bugliosi/Spencer mock trial on Netflix and read, "Legacy of Secrecy" by Lamar Waldron and Thom Hartman. Bill is focused on JFK's sex life (entertainment), but far more sinister actions were in play. JFK was dead one week after declaring his determination to issue Treasury Department Silver Certificates. Lincoln's assassination had the same precursor. None of this will answer everything definitively, but the suppressed facts regarding incompetence and implications of conspiracy are numerous. There were three attempts on JFK, not one. How Oswald ties in we'll never know.

#29 | Posted by nutcase at 2013-02-18 03:16 PM | Reply | Flag:

Rcade, my college football coach used to say "those that are good at making excuses are seldom good at anything else"

#30 | Posted by Dalton at 2013-02-18 03:24 PM | Reply | Flag:

-Bill is focused on JFK's sex life

To no one's great surprise.

He was going to titled it, "John Falafel Kennedy".

#32 | Posted by Corky at 2013-02-18 03:27 PM | Reply | Flag:

Subtitled: "Or Everything You Wanted to Know about a Loofah*
*But Were Afraid to Ask"

#33 | Posted by madscientist at 2013-02-18 03:32 PM | Reply | Flag:

Quiet here today.

#34 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2013-02-18 04:01 PM | Reply | Flag:

I felt the same way with "Saving Private Ryan".

SPR woke up a lethargic populace on what it really felt like to be in combat. Some vets who were actually there said it was just like being there. A people tend to forget how horrible war is.

#35 | Posted by boaz at 2013-02-18 04:02 PM | Reply | Flag:

Hayseed Dixie--You Shook Me All Night Long
www.youtube.com

#36 | Posted by madscientist at 2013-02-18 04:27 PM | Reply | Flag:

Boaz, I beg to differ.

www.imdb.com

Similarly, when Rhett swept Scarlett off her feet and closed the bedroom, the screen went black and we, as an audience, knew what was going to happen.

The key to many modern movies is how does one make a R rated movie PG 13, without resorting to cartoonnish bloodless violence.

That's the end of my take on filmmaking.

Crisis

#37 | Posted by CrisisStills at 2013-02-18 04:36 PM | Reply | Flag:

Berlin--No More Words
www.youtube.com

#38 | Posted by madscientist at 2013-02-18 05:00 PM | Reply | Flag:

The Cure--The Perfect Girl
www.youtube.com

#39 | Posted by madscientist at 2013-02-18 05:07 PM | Reply | Flag:

Just watched a few tivo'd Curb Your Enthusiam's...god damn that was the funniest show ever on television.

I forgot how funny it was.

#40 | Posted by 101Chairborne at 2013-02-18 05:18 PM | Reply | Flag:

Curb is good, until they tried a Seinfeld reunion on Curb. Uncut versions of "Dream On" are hilarious but stripped of nudity on Hulu. "Little Britain" and 'Ideal' are really funny too. Too funny for US network broadcast, because of our freedoms.

#41 | Posted by nutcase at 2013-02-18 05:24 PM | Reply | Flag:

Men at Work--Dr Heckyll and Mr Jive
www.youtube.com

#42 | Posted by madscientist at 2013-02-18 05:43 PM | Reply | Flag:

Colin Hay--Beautiful World
www.youtube.com

#43 | Posted by madscientist at 2013-02-18 05:52 PM | Reply | Flag:

#42 LMAO. That was excellent.

#44 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2013-02-18 05:56 PM | Reply | Flag:

What ever happened to Webby? He was fun to mess with.

#45 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2013-02-18 05:57 PM | Reply | Flag:

#44: I have it on 45, Gracie. Bought it when I was in HS. ☺

#46 | Posted by madscientist at 2013-02-18 06:03 PM | Reply | Flag:

#46 Don't make me go back and look. What year did you graduate??

#47 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2013-02-18 06:21 PM | Reply | Flag:

The song was released in 1983. I'm 43. You cradle robber!

☺

#48 | Posted by madscientist at 2013-02-18 06:24 PM | Reply | Flag:

#48 Well damn I am. Call me Cougar. :o)

#49 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2013-02-18 06:39 PM | Reply | Flag:

Humble Pie--Thirty Days in the Hole
www.youtube.com

#50 | Posted by madscientist at 2013-02-18 06:40 PM | Reply | Flag:

Fountains of Wayne--Stacy's Mom
www.youtube.com

#51 | Posted by madscientist at 2013-02-18 06:45 PM | Reply | Flag:

Mad you are amazing to me at least. How do you find these on You Tube??

#52 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2013-02-18 06:48 PM | Reply | Flag:

Stacy's Mom was on the charts in 2003. I have that on an Australian produced CD single. Music is a hobby of mine. But I can't hold a candle to American1st and some others here. LetUsPrey and CBOB would skool me into Kindergarten!

#53 | Posted by madscientist at 2013-02-18 06:57 PM | Reply | Flag:

Mad my music is limited to what I love. Neil Diamon, Tom Jones, Meatloaf, Harry Chapin, Barry White and a few others!

#54 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2013-02-18 07:01 PM | Reply | Flag:

You don't like anything harder? How about Foreigner. I've yet to step into a store in the last 30 years and not heard this song playing:

Foreigner--I've Been Waiting for a Girl Like You
www.youtube.com

#55 | Posted by madscientist at 2013-02-18 07:14 PM | Reply | Flag:

You laugh...but next time you're sizing-up broccolini or Mylanta, listen to the background music: FOREIGNER. ☺

#56 | Posted by madscientist at 2013-02-18 07:18 PM | Reply | Flag:

Foreigner, Foghat, BTO, etc were in my pot happy years concerts in the 70's.

#57 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2013-02-18 07:20 PM | Reply | Flag:

I've got some catching up to do. Is it true; Obamacare has already run out of money for pre-existings? Who would have thunk?

#58 | Posted by matsop at 2013-02-18 07:29 PM | Reply | Flag:

Mad my music is limited to what I love. Neil Diamon, Tom Jones, Meatloaf, Harry Chapin, Barry White and a few others!

#54 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2013-02-18 07:01 PM | Reply

Neil Diamond, Moody Blues, Righteous Brothers and Johnny Cash.

#59 | Posted by matsop at 2013-02-18 07:31 PM | Reply | Flag:

Oh, the Bee Gees.

#60 | Posted by matsop at 2013-02-18 07:31 PM | Reply | Flag:

Bee Gees--More than a Woman
www.youtube.com

#61 | Posted by madscientist at 2013-02-18 07:40 PM | Reply | Flag:

I have no clue why this reminds me of Kudzu:

Wadsworth Mansion--Sweet Mary
www.youtube.com

#62 | Posted by madscientist at 2013-02-18 07:44 PM | Reply | Flag:

Rcade, my college football coach used to say "those that are good at making excuses are seldom good at anything else"

If your college coach wants to program the Retort let me know. I'll set him up with a password.

#63 | Posted by rcade at 2013-02-18 10:06 PM | Reply | Flag:

Sheena Easton--Sugar Walls
www.youtube.com

...from the album Den Grafenberg Spot.

I know Prince had something to do with this...

☺

#64 | Posted by madscientist at 2013-02-18 10:17 PM | Reply | Flag:

"I'll set him up with a password."

Can he work on the archive access too?

#65 | Posted by REDIAL at 2013-02-18 10:30 PM | Reply | Flag:

All that ultra realistic violence is a distraction from the story. I felt the same way with "Saving Private Ryan".
#11 | Posted by CrisisStills at 2013-02-18 12:57 PM | Reply | Flag:

Really? I had to shut the movie off for a few minutes after the landing and lay back and reflect what it must of been like for those guys.
It was actully much worse then the movie could portray.If the violence in the movie was gratuitous I would agree with you, but the movie actually demanded an actual portrayal of the violence of war.
After they broke through the german defense,Hank's character sat and watched as his men were killing surrendering germans was quite telling.
And in the end when Hank's character told Ryan to "earn this' it wrapped it up pretty well.
Every person I know that was in combat thinks about it everyday,it never goes away.

rwd

#66 | Posted by rightwingdon at 2013-02-18 10:41 PM | Reply | Flag:

Fiscal Cliff II: T-minus ten days and counting...

#67 | Posted by REDIAL at 2013-02-19 12:08 AM | Reply | Flag:

Mad my music is limited to what I love. Neil Diamon, Tom Jones, Meatloaf, Harry Chapin, Barry White and a few others!

#54 | Posted by gracieamazed

Invite AmericanUnity over and tell him to bring his $45.00 Karoke Machine. His wife does a great Barry White impersonation.

#68 | Posted by wisgod at 2013-02-19 08:28 AM | Reply | Flag:

I am listing to little o and he is spouting one damn lie after another. does he have a clue what the truth is?

#69 | Posted by Sniper at 2013-02-19 10:56 AM | Reply | Flag:

Was it another burglar?

Must be in DC or Chicago.

#70 | Posted by Zatoichi at 2013-02-19 11:18 AM | Reply | Flag:

#69 SNIPER
An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.
Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Melish, January 13, 1813

#71 | Posted by Whizzo at 2013-02-19 11:20 AM | Reply | Flag: