I Just Don't Get It

Sober · Post by **Sober** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 1:44 am

jute gyte wrote:halo is kind of the scourge of college. whatever happened to a good LAN game of doom 2?

'Twas replaced by Counter-Strike, my friend

jb wrote:KOTOR

I never even played the game, but considering all of the mega-hype I've heard about it, it can't help but be bad.

Additions:

Videogame hype
Virtually any movie described as a "blockbuster"
Double-posts
Edited posts

j$ · Post by j$ » Fri Oct 29, 2004 6:00 am

Future Boy et al, myself included wrote: I just don't get it : Woodward .

http://www.songfight.net/forums/viewtop ... =4955#4955

Oh, co-incidence or battered pride? I do hope it's the latter.

j$

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 6:19 am

john m wrote:Halo is a first-person shooter video game. It was heralded by many because you could play LAN (network) games with many players at once, but for someone who comes from a LAN party background with computers and far better games (CounterStrike, Day of Defeat, Quake 3 Arena, Unreal Tournament 2004), it's amazingly underwhelming.

thanks, i'm kind of a peripheral computer game fan. i like ut2k3 but never played 4. also am hoping half-life 2 comes out someday.
hmm, something i don't get... ummmm pro basketball. my fiancee's taken me to some college basketball and it's funner.
-bill

joshw · Post by **joshw** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 6:53 am

j$ wrote:
Future Boy et al, myself included wrote: I just don't get it : Woodward .
http://www.songfight.net/forums/viewtop ... =4955#4955

Oh, co-incidence or battered pride? I do hope it's the latter.

You just don't get it, do you Johnny?

j$ · Post by j$ » Fri Oct 29, 2004 6:58 am

joshw wrote:
j$ wrote:
Future Boy et al, myself included wrote: I just don't get it : Woodward .
http://www.songfight.net/forums/viewtop ... =4955#4955

Oh, co-incidence or battered pride? I do hope it's the latter.
You just don't get it, do you Johnny?

I can't be bothered to try, Josh.

joshw · Post by **joshw** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 7:00 am

j$ wrote:
joshw wrote:
j$ wrote: http://www.songfight.net/forums/viewtop ... =4955#4955

Oh, co-incidence or battered pride? I do hope it's the latter.
You just don't get it, do you Johnny?
I can't be bothered to try, Josh.

Clearly.

j$ · Post by j$ » Fri Oct 29, 2004 7:12 am

Wrestling / fighting console games.

The West Wing.

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 7:24 am

john m wrote:It's for Starbucks Doubleshot.

It's also,

GLENN!, GLENN GLENN GLENN!

(Roy is the guy in the eleveator at the END of the commercial)

I don't get Star Trek

starfinger · Post by **starfinger** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 7:33 am

Generic wrote: Craig: What about Dogma? One of my top ten.

definitely his best after clerks, but I don't get that excited about it.

-craig

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 8:33 am

Caravan Ray wrote:Cricket! Are you just trying to pick a fight?! My Keith Miller avatar would kick your skinny, Canadian, ice-hockey playing arse (or ass if you prefer).

dude. I weigh 237 lbs. i WISH I was "skinny".
Second: No rugby player could EVER EVER EVER kick a Canadian hockey player's ass.
Third: Actually, I prefer ass. Lathered in fine edible oil, winking at me.
fourth: Seriously, I was trying to watch cricket and I couldn't figure it out. What IS it about? (the thread is "I don't get it" not "I don't like it". )
Fifth: All this woodward bashing sounds kinda like jealousy to me... what's up with hating on a fellow player? (YEAH! Ebonics school is paying off! YES!! Soul train here I COME!!!)
Sixth: Why am I spelling out these numbers? I don't get that.

c hack · Post by **c hack** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 8:42 am

joshw wrote:
j$ wrote:
joshw wrote: You just don't get it, do you Johnny?
I can't be bothered to try, Josh.
Clearly.

Wait, I don't get it either. Some please explain. Unless it's about yourself, maybe that's it.

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 8:44 am

gee, I didn't read woodward's lyrics before the prior post... but seriously... none of you can figure out why people like his stuff? That to me is just flat out weird. To me, it's painfully obvious: he has a knack for putting together a decent, broadly appealing package... now if he were some godlike artist, he'd have a deal and be off and running... but he doesn't. he seems to win a disproportionate number of fights, so I suppose he's the Yankees of Songfight, and on that level, I can see the urge to bash the guy, people love to see someone rise to the top, and especially see them fall, only to rise again (see "Jesus", "Superman" and "CC De Ville") but let's call a spade a spade here. (I mean the tool.) His stuff is decently produced, decently played, decently written, decently sung AT A BARE MINIMUM.

Now, his reviewing style can leave a little to be desired... (sorry dude, but ..... ) and everyone has different tastes.... and opinions.

It's not like he wrote a tune about different ethnic groups without any awareness of the probable impact of his ignorance.... hint hint.

It's not like he actually sucks at what he does.

He's not getting any grammies either though... so let's layoff on the dude. I mean really, can't we all just pick on Denyer?

erik · Post by **erik** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 9:17 am

Here is something that everybody else (seemingly) likes, but that I just don't get the appeal of: taking home the unfinished portion of one's meal at a restaurant.

jute gyte · Post by **jute gyte** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 9:19 am

j$ wrote:Wrestling / fighting console games.

dude, palette-swapped ninjas own.

bz£ · Post by **bz£** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:01 am

java
the fender stratocaster
the ruy lopez
low-carb dieting

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:09 am

A strat? You don't get that one?

ok....

Marvel comics being supposedly superior to DC. I DO NOT GET THAT.

Dc rules.

Eric Y. · Post by **Eric Y.** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:33 am

15-16 puzzle wrote:taking home the unfinished portion of one's meal at a restaurant.

i don't understand why you'd want to do this either.
although usually if i am at a restaurant it's because i'm out someplace anyway and i'm not on my way back home when i leave, so i can't take food with me. but i HATE the idea of wasting food also so no matter how much of a struggle, i nearly always finish all of my food while i'm there. and sometimes even though i often regret it later, i help whoever i'm with finish hers too.

one thing i DO get, though, and like quite a bit, is when my mom brings home the unfinished portions of HER meals from restaurants. because once it's in the fridge, as far as i'm concerned, it belongs to me.

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:47 am

15-16 puzzle wrote:Here is something that everybody else (seemingly) likes, but that I just don't get the appeal of: taking home the unfinished portion of one's meal at a restaurant.

I do not do left overs. I do not see the appeal of bringing home food that has been half eaten. Especially Mexican and Italian foods where the cheese is all gooey and what not. Even when it comes to left overs when I cook...I portion them out into BRAND NEW MEALS before I put them in the fridge. I'm soooo with you on this. I leave unfinished food on my plate when I leave the restaurant.

jute gyte · Post by **jute gyte** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:55 am

Leaf wrote:A strat? You don't get that one?

ok....

Marvel comics being supposedly superior to DC. I DO NOT GET THAT.

Dc rules.

i'd say they're roughly equal, really. depends on my mood. dc certainly has a much more developed mature line (vertigo), where marvel's max line in basically just getting off the ground (but with a good start thanks to the wonderful work of garth ennis).

erik · Post by **erik** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 11:05 am

Here is something that everybody else (seemingly) likes, but that I just don't get the appeal of: Shrek

Post by jb » Fri Oct 29, 2004 11:33 am

jute gyte wrote:
Leaf wrote:Marvel comics being supposedly superior to DC. I DO NOT GET THAT.Dc rules.
i'd say they're roughly equal, really. depends on my mood. dc certainly has a much more developed mature line (vertigo), where marvel's max line in basically just getting off the ground (but with a good start thanks to the wonderful work of garth ennis).

Both sides have become obssessed with making their characters suffer as much as possible. I'm talking about the main superhero characters that is.

SPOILERS BELOW
Let's drag Gwen Stacy back from the grave and make her have two children with a dire enemy, so Peter Parker can suffer. Let's shoot Lois Lane. Let's kill off Plastic Man's wife offscreen. Let's put The Flash's wife in a car accident so she miscarries their baby, then let's make her leave him. Let's break Green Lantern's heart, oh, how about three times. Have Betty sleep with another man and leave Bruce, of course for their own good.
END SPOILERS

Gah, I can't stand them any more. I used to use comics to ESCAPE from real life, now I can't do that any more.

Here's one: <b>The Apprentice</b> I just don't get how these people are in any way interesting. I can't reach for the remote fast enough.

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 11:47 am

I'd add The Benefactor to that, but thankfully noone likes that show!!

Yeah, I hear ya JB on the story lines... this attempt at "realizm" has pushed them away from the whole point of the medium.. escapism.. those writers need to re-read some early 40's classics!!