POPE GET IN HERE

[Blackened Soul]

My childhood was typical.

Summers in Rangoon.

In the spring, we would make meat helmets.

[casecandy]

My childhood was typical.

Summers in Rangoon.

In the spring, we would make meat helmets.

Re: my earlier statistics on deaths by shark attack, those are just the stats for sharks without frickin' laser beams attached to their heads. There are no official stats for sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads, but we can assume a much higher mortality rate in the instance of an attack. Much higher.

[Iommic Pope]

We all know that in the research and devoloment divisions of most super villains, there are very few scientists handling data and statistics.
Particularly around outcomes.
"Ok, so you guys are working on that moon laser right? How's that coming along?"
"Well, pretty good, but, what are we building it for again?"
"What do you mean, Bob?"
"Well, I'm pretty sure we had a very similar project to this not more than a few years ago and I seem to recall us having very little success. In fact, as far as I can remember, I'm pretty sure we were infiltrated by various government agencies and half the staff body was maimed or killed in the process. You yourself had to orbit the planet in a stasis pod for the past half decade. Tell me why we are pursuing this again?"
"Look, Bob, nobody kept any record of this, and to be honest, if you're going to bring such a negative energy to the team, it might be time to search for new employment."
"Seriously? Doesn't anybody remember that? This company has always kept terrible records and as a result is going to be doomed to failure. I want that taken down in the minutes."
"I'll take it as a comment. And we don't keep minutes."
"I quit. Expect my letter of resignation this afternoon."
"We'll be sorry to see you go, Bob. I'm sad you feel that way."
*Bob leaves the room, indignant.*
"Kill him."

[casecandy]

LOL "I'm pretty sure"

[D.o.S.]

BUMP FOR GEEZUS because this made me think of this thread:

The latter, especially, is the sort of thing made for discerning intellectuals who can’t process what’s fun or interesting about genre material unless someone in the film literally explains it to them. Some people can’t watch a slasher flick without the characters onscreen defining what the “tropes” are, but over-explaining the mythos isn’t antithetical to real horror just because it implies that ignorant exploitation fans are too dumb to care.

[DarkAxel]

I mean you're more likely to get into a car accident on the way to the beach than attacked by a shark, but yeah, we're gonna need a bigger boat.

More likely to be (allegedly) adducted by aliens, killed by a reaction to a bee sting, by falling off a ladder, by dying in a plane crash, trampled by a common dairy cow, poisoned by your spouse, etc. In 2014 there were three deaths from shark attacks worldwide. So yeah, getting in a car is like orders of magnitude more dangerous than getting in the ocean! Crazy stuff.

Meanwhile people kill over 100,000,000 sharks a year for lipstick and soup

http://www.buzzfeed.com/7-more-likely-w ... by-sharks/

[Iommic Pope]

BUMP FOR GEEZUS because this made me think of this thread:

The latter, especially, is the sort of thing made for discerning intellectuals who can’t process what’s fun or interesting about genre material unless someone in the film literally explains it to them. Some people can’t watch a slasher flick without the characters onscreen defining what the “tropes” are, but over-explaining the mythos isn’t antithetical to real horror just because it implies that ignorant exploitation fans are too dumb to care.

Is this a dig at me because I wasn't 100% satisfied with Dethproof?

[D.o.S.]

no it's b/c you're an unabashed defender of 70's occult boobs and we gotta stick together.

[casecandy]

I don't mind '70s occult boobs, either. Really any body part is improved by the qualifier "'70s occult."

[Iommic Pope]

no it's b/c you're an unabashed defender of 70's occult boobs and we gotta stick together.

Then I am on board, captain, my captain.

I don't mind '70s occult boobs, either. Really any body part is improved by the qualifier "'70s occult."

I cannot disagree with this statement, however, I feel that in the context of the comment (and what with tropes needing to be defended and all), I'm gonna have to say that by and large boobs benefit the most from this, or any sort of treatment - occult or otherwise, and with disregard to specific reference periods in time and/or space - because hetero wizard motorcylce death coven of skulls and bongs.

[casecandy]

You'll find no argument here.

[gnomethrone]

hetero wizard motorcylce death coven of skulls and bongs.

dibs on band name

[D.o.S.]

maybe spell it correctly, though?

[DarkAxel]

nope

[Iommic Pope]

Yeah my bad.
Ol' Coffee Fingers here.
Got too caught up in the rant and didn't edit.

But you are welcome to that name.