FatherAlabaster

I'll put in my two cents on Star Wars: I like it but people need to quit pretending that it's somehow anything more than a fun series with an awesome universe tailor-made for videogames.

You could say similar things about Transformers or Star Trek or any other fictional universe that seems to inspire practical philosophy amongst its nerds. As far as Star Wars, I never got deep into it although I read quite a few of the books when I was a teenager. The more blatant the profit motive became, and the more shallow and flashy the storytelling got, the less I cared. They're kid's movies and should be watched as such. The characterization in the newer movies was dreadful.

Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery I guess North From Here got me in a mid 90s melodic DM mood...

Hell yes it is. My mom makes a lovely mixture of canned tuna with mayonnaise and black pepper. Put it on a flour tortilla or slices of bread and you have a very easy and splendid sandwich.

I like tuna, just never had it on a pizza. I'm going to have to try it with the onions and olives like Atrocity suggests, that actually sounds good.

Θα ήθελα να καταλήξει να είναι μια otaku' date=' αλλά είναι πολύ απίθανο. Θέλω να πω, υπάρχουν μόνο τόσες πολλές φορές θα μπορούσα να κάνω AMVs σχετικά απίθανο ρομαντική σύνδεσμοι, όταν μπορώ να χρησιμοποιήσω μόνο περίπου τρία ή τέσσερα τραγούδια (Animal Έχω γίνει από τρεις μέρες Γκρέις, όταν τα σώματα Hit The Floor από Drowning Pool, Ευχαριστώ για το μνήμες από Fall Out Boy και πεισματάρες από Trapt).[/quote'] There, that makes more sense to me now.

I've always been a huge sci-fi fan, can't help it. The first Star Trek movie was probably shot so nicely and expensively to try and put itself on a equal footing with Star Wars. What did you think of Star Wars (I assume you mean the first three films)?

Yes. I think it's an Italian invention. They put everything on a pizza' date=' eggs, french fries, hot dogs... It seemed weird to me too at first but it's delicious [/quote'] Well, I'm a fan of pizza, and the only thing I haven't liked on pizza so far is anchovies... I suppose I'd have to try it. Might be kind of like tuna casserole on flatbread.

Pizza with tuna' date=' best combination ever[/quote'] Canned tuna? That sounds really weird...

What do you think about Star Trek: Into Darkness?

I haven't seen it yet. My wife and I want to get a babysitter so we can catch it before it's out of the theaters. I enjoyed the first "new" one, wasn't blown away by it but I wasn't insulted either, unlike some of my friends.

They did a pretty cool sounding EP and demo, and then scrapped it to release the boring Amok, and then became a goth rock band. North From Here is amazing, technical melodic death metal supremacy. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

Heh, yeah, I was being rhetorical. I can't stand any of their later stuff but I hadn't heard North From Here until about ten years ago - had always given it a miss because of everything else I had heard.

@ Iceni - I've made no secret of it! Better to be above board about these things. At least I'm not an anime fan, anime fans are horrible people.

Watched Star Trek: The Motion Picture last night, which I haven't seen since I was a kid. Beautifully shot, poorly acted, way too long. The special effects are mostly hilarious. I really love Star Trek, but I doubt I'll watch this movie again.

Prejudicial Goblin Patrol

Sentenced - North from Here Fuck, this album is so good. What happened to these guys?

Cocaine Hammer

The used market is the way to go, at used shops or on eBay. I usually only buy new stuff at gigs or when I'm at a local record store, used has provided access to all kinds of out of print treasures. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

New CDs are so much cheaper now than they used to be - if I'm going to actually purchase a physical copy, I'd rather buy new for the artist's sake, considering they don't get anything from used sales. Definitely great for OOP stuff, though, that's how I got a lot of my Swans.

Death - Cosmic Sea

The Cure

Mitochondrion - Parasignosis I love a lot of new DM like this, but it's only good if I can give it my full attention.

Bears Ov Plague

Wow, 20/10? No shit. That's awesome. I had very good vision when I was a kid, and it's still good enough for me to drive without glasses, but I'm a lot more comfortable with glasses or contacts - lots of astigmatism. A really scary thing happened to one of my co-workers - she permanently lost vision in one eye overnight due to "closed-angle glaucoma". Pressure built up and cut off the blood flow to the optic nerve. She didn't even know there was a problem. Yeesh.

Insane vocals on that one, but Min Tid Skall Komme gets my vote as their best. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

I listened to that right afterwards, and I have to agree. I haven't heard a lot of their stuff. It's odd, awkwardly written, but the guitars are awesome and I really liked the vocals on Min Tid Skal Komme. I heard that the pterodactyl they had hired for the EP wasn't available for the full-length, something about a mass extinction...

Will - Furnace Rekindled darkwave/industrial, used to love this song... still do

My Dying Bride - For Lies I Sire I haven't heard this before, liking it so far.

Ah c'mon, "it's re-tin-OH-sa, not re-tin-o-SAAH..." No glasses either? Wow, that sounds really rough. I needed glasses in college but didn't get them until a few years ago. My vision's not too bad, but I still feel a lot better with them on.

I'm happy to talk about it. I actually think it makes me appreciate what sight I have more. I know eventually I'll lose it but whilst I have sight I like to think I'm making it count.

I hear you. I understand that every case develops a bit differently - my wife said she had a professor with pigmentitis retinosa (tell me that doesn't sound like a spell from Harry Potter), who had lost everything but the very center of his vision, but still saw 20/20 with glasses - just a tiny little spot in the middle, but he could read.