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She won the popular vote. It's fucking Bush v Gore all over again. There's just the chance the Electoral College turns it around.

[that they would rather risk losing by pushing Hillary (even though Bernie has a projected double digit lead over Trump when they were they facing off in November) than put in someone that would change the way the country is run.]

how is hilary still running, let alone not facing criminal charges

Because the rich and the powerful can get away with anything. I'm amazed she's still winning despite her low approval rating. I know the party is doing everything in their power to give her the upper hand but damn. The silver lining of this election is that the Democratic Party has made it abundantly clear that they would rather risk losing by pushing Hillary (even though Bernie has a projected double digit lead over Trump when they were they facing off in November) than put in someone that would change the way the country is run.

They are more afraid of Sanders than Trump. If that doesn't say something to the public about where the allegiances of the "people's party" lies I don't know what does. Hopefully after another four years of red/ blue Washington cold war we can finally elect someone that will do something about our problems!

Was already dangerously depressed before... now? Sheesh.

Do you have a deadformat.net account? Usually I'll look for the artist or record with their search feature and find a user who only has one or maybe two releases by the band/ artist, and DM them if they're interested in selling. That has worked wonders for me over the years.

Original Wickerman is one of my favorite movies of all time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L28RmCK3bL4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76EEdbawMl8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_LxaJC19AI

All of Marjane Satrapi's work

Persepolis is amazing. The animated film based on it is incredible as well. So beautiful.

I watched Oculus last night. It was alright. First half was good, second half kind of dragged on.

Congratulations!!!! So exciting!

Ryan, not picking on you, your post just reminded me. It seems like the comic field is sooo male dominated. Like even the comics about ladies most of the writers and artists seem to be men. Anyone have any recs for good lady comic writers or artists?

There are, but women are creating a lot of great stuff right now to try to push back against that. Unfortunately, as with pretty much anything else, a ridiculously loud male voice has to come in and ruin great things, even if they're in the minority: http://www.dailydot.com/parsec/chelsea-cain-mockingbird-marvel-sexist-harassment/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRpZXjHIIuo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChlW283_33s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwtZrw4g03g

I like seeing the movie or show first and then using comics to pursue more of the parts of the story I'm interested in. I watched Buffy and Angel and then read the Buffy comics. I've delved into Willow and Angel and Faith too. Not as into Spikes story so I haven't read his but I might just because I do like knowing as much as I can about a universe.

And I've been watching Agents of SHIELD and loving it so I just went to the comic book shop to get some background. It was neat because I told the woman "I like Coulson and Fury's stories but I'm mostly into woman centric comics. What should I read?" and she had recommendations. If I had been into another one of the characters more, she could have pointed me in a different direction. It appeals to me that the Marvel universe is so vast and multifaceted and interconnected and I can just try to get as much of it as I can but I could never know about all of it.

I highly recommend Alias: Jessica Jones, and for something a little lighter and suuuuper cute, Patsy Walker AKA Hellcat! written by Kate Leth. Alias is a pretty short series and Hellcat just started last year so there aren't many issues yet. Both are female-centric great stories, and Hellcat has lots of LGBTQ characters and is super positive.

Jeff has a tendency towards this particular topic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXS0t_pG3dw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMQVI7CqGbI

i'll probably either sleep in and not vote or be in jail or be dead.

We haven't talked about names yet but about Brian...

Bryan is actually my wife's crazy, abusive ex-husband's name. I also have two Brians in my family who have paranoid schizophrenia and I'd trust either one of them over Mr. Tightpants.

Dammit Brian can you do anything right?

In all seriousness, congratulations! That's so exciting. The nomads are settling down.

I think Dee Dee and Joey are everyone's favorites. Johnny's great but the right winger thing held him back in everyone's heart I always thought. Sorry Marky/ Tommy/ all the other drummers =(

That BTMI song is perfect, thank you.
My best friend since I was 7 cut me out of her life with no warning and no explanation. It sucks. I need some sad music about it.

I'm really sorry to hear that Becca. I've had some of that going on in the last few years, I know how hard it is. That song is the best when it comes to dwelling on that feeling.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAuFZ_x-pYk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCF-YP6kh_8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhoOJmjDYdQ

These come to mind off the top of my head. I'm not very good at this. Or at anything.

Yeah Facebook just depresses me these days.  Everyone I know is married, having kids, and in general doing better at life than me.   Even without the activity, I check the board more often than I do Facebook.

The board is my #3 most checked site, if that says anything.

I'll cry if the board becomes a facebook group

OOOOOOOH Congratulations Blake!!! I vote to name the baby Brian!

edit to say post #420  8)

The fact the lyrics in blinded by the light sound exactly like "wrapped up like a douche" is the first thing that comes to my mind when I hear this question.

That's a good one too. I thought of at work how annoying it is listening to the endless "do do doo dododo doo"'s in "semi charmed life" by third eye blind, and how if it's that bad to listen to, then to sing it on stage in front of others must be horrible.

I saw this topic on another board and thought it would be fun to do here.
What are your most hated moments in songs/albums? Not necessarily in bad songs or albums, but just moments that totally, well, suck.

The example OP used was in "Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns N Roses, when he fucking sings "Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-kneeeeeees" is sooo grating and unpleasant. Another for me would be hearing all the different vocal inflections Billy Corgan uses in "Bullet with Butterfly Wings." I liked that song until one of my friends made fun of it by copying all the different voices in the song. Now I can't unhear it.

more like craplesanddumbions amiright?

I learned that movies based on comic books are way better than the comic books themselves in most cases. I always had a hard time reading comic books. Do you consider graphic novels to be comic books?

Really? I think it was pretty much universally agreed to be the opposite. Comics are wonderful because they combine the visual aspect of film, with the internal thought and monologue of characters that only works in literature. It such a fantastic medium. And, because they are serialized you are able to really get to know and appreciate a larger group of characters (i.e. Justice League or Avengers) because you get to spend much more time with them one on one. People love Iron Man and no one really cares about Thor in The Avengers films because Iron Man is a well developed character and Thor is like a cardboard cutout. They just can't develop everyone all in one movie, it becomes overstuffed (Suicide Squad is a particularly bad offender at that.) Serialization is also why Marvel's netflix series like Jessica Jones are so much better than any of their Blockbuster films. And why The Punisher is much better in the netflix Dardevil series than he was in either of the Punisher movies. It's a format more in tune to that in which the characters were created in.

As for graphic novels, I definitely consider them comic books, just a different style. An example from the graphic novel world would be V for Vendetta's graphic novel is superior to the film (which is also good, but makes the book's subject matter very safe for mass consumption).

I love comic book movies, sometimes movies aren't the best for comic book characters though. And who is writing/ directing and who the studio is is also important too.
Wow that was a lot more than I meant to write on the subject haha. I love comics. What comic book movies have you been digging?