megaplayboy Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Videos Peter Weyland at TED2023: I will change the world A TEDTalk from the future as envisioned by Prometheus director Ridley Scott http://blog.ted.com/TED2023/ It's good to see that in the future, TED will branch out to let megalomaniacs give presentations, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Michael Hopcroft Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Videos When written properly, Bond can be a complete sociopath. He just happens to be on "our side", but morally he is hardly a good man. Casino Royale was so fascinating because it gradually showed the humanity in Bond ebb away, leaving a heartless engine of death in its place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Videos When written properly' date=' Bond can be a complete sociopath. He just happens to be on "our side", but morally he is hardly a good man. Casino Royale was so fascinating because it gradually showed the humanity in Bond ebb away, leaving a heartless engine of death in its place.[/quote'] "So you want me to be half-monk, half-hitman" Kind of like an RPG adventurer . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Videos When written properly' date=' Bond can be a complete sociopath. He just happens to be on "our side", but morally he is hardly a good man. Casino Royale was so fascinating because it gradually showed the humanity in Bond ebb away, leaving a heartless engine of death in its place.[/quote'] Someone (Phillip Jose Farmer?) did a profile that explains Bond's womanizing -- he's a misogynist. But really, is he all that different than say... Dirty Harry? Or any number of other cinematic action heroes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Videos "So you want me to be half-monk' date=' half-hitman[/i']" Kind of like an RPG adventurer . Agreed. Old-school hack-and-slash PCs are often utter sociopaths only interested in themselves, the rest of the world be damned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Videos Someone (Phillip Jose Farmer?) did a profile that explains Bond's womanizing -- he's a misogynist. But really' date=' is he all that different than say... Dirty Harry? Or any number of other cinematic action heroes?[/quote'] I didn't see much misogyny with, say, Dalton's Bond. If working someone is misogynist/misandrist, then I guess most spies are biased against humans. Agreed. Old-school hack-and-slash PCs are often utter sociopaths only interested in themselves' date=' the rest of the world be damned.[/quote'] When I heard the line, I thought it was an excellent example of how both Bond and a full time adventurer have a survivor's mix of mental and physical traits. Still...what you say makes a good degree of sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Videos I didn't see much misogyny with' date=' say, Dalton's Bond. If working someone is misogynist/misandrist, then I guess most spies are biased against humans.[/quote'] I think he was referring to the original Ian Fleming Bond, not the cinematic Bond. I think it was Farmer, and was part of his series of deconstructions (which had Tarzan sexually experimenting with apes for example) that might have led to the Wold-Newton universe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cygnia Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ornP4eeCyBI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bazza Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Videos It's good to see that in the future' date=' TED will branch out to let megalomaniacs give presentations, too.[/quote'] Yeah, still don't want to see the film though. (haven't seen any other Alien film, so why start now? ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Videos A panel discussion I was on about Christianity and Horror. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Videos Yeah, still don't want to see the film though. (haven't seen any other Alien film, so why start now? ) Alien and Aliens are excellent movies... if you like that sort of thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ragitsu Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Videos Alien and Aliens are excellent movies... if you like that sort of thing. Alien is horror, while Aliens is action with a sprinkling of horror. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrix3 Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Videos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Videos In honor of Davy Jones: TWO versions of "Cuddly Toy" (same song, different routines) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9GfsEl-vZs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0emLj0d66DQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Videos You don't need to speak Italian to understand this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heldenhaft Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Videos Haha "Fat on fire" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Videos Best video ever. I win the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Logan D. Hurricanes Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Videos Best video ever. I win the internet. Sorry, but I scooped you. I guess I win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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