Total Serious Happy Thread - Page 237

Ghoulish Delight · 01-30-2012, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I really wish that aspect were better, since the feeling of realism is very appealing to me. I'd rather be "in the movie" than watching a movie.

So would I - it's just that to me, the motion picture makes it look like I'm watching actors, not characters.

Morrigoon · 01-27-2012, 11:43 PM

Now that Alex has a job, and is going to be away a LoT, it was finally time to fix his phone issues (his 6-year old phone was about to DIE), which meant he hopped over to Verizon with me, AND... we both got new iPhones!

Been waiting a looooooong time for that. Sort of a belated Christmas gift to ourselves, since at the time we had other concerns

Kevy Baby · 01-30-2012, 07:54 PM

Ya know, this debate belongs in the First World problems thread

lindyhop · 01-30-2012, 09:02 PM

My new second favorite* band is Icy Hot Club. They play Gypsy Jazz which means lots of Django Reinhardt but also all sorts of other songs arranged in that style. I love the style because it's the best thing for dancing Balboa but it's great for listening too because their arrangements are so creative. They do "Johnny Be Good" but make it "Django Be Good" and manage to make rhymes out of Alice Cooper and stormtrooper in "Puttin' on the Ritz."

They also do a version of the theme from Aladdin and Saturday night they did a Gypsy Jazz version of "Billie Jean" that was amazing and weird. I love these guys.

*My first favorite band is still Stompy Jones. I can't throw them over after all this time and they play a bigger variety of songs.

Not Afraid · 02-02-2012, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by lindyhop

My new second favorite* band is Icy Hot Club. They play Gypsy Jazz which means lots of Django Reinhardt but also all sorts of other songs arranged in that style. I love the style because it's the best thing for dancing Balboa but it's great for listening too because their arrangements are so creative. They do "Johnny Be Good" but make it "Django Be Good" and manage to make rhymes out of Alice Cooper and stormtrooper in "Puttin' on the Ritz."

They also do a version of the theme from Aladdin and Saturday night they did a Gypsy Jazz version of "Billie Jean" that was amazing and weird. I love these guys.

*My first favorite band is still Stompy Jones. I can't throw them over after all this time and they play a bigger variety of songs.

OMG! Love it!

Alex · 01-31-2012, 07:55 AM

Is TruMotion te reason all the BluRay demos at stores have the movies looking like crappy Saturday morning CGI cartoons from 1993?

In Best Buy last week The Kings Soeech managed to look like bad animation.

Ghoulish Delight · 01-31-2012, 09:08 AM

Yep, that's the one. And that's exactly my feeling about it. It makes it so a movie doesn't read as film, it reads as video. Watching Fellowship felt like I was watching a day time soap.

Ghoulish Delight · 02-03-2012, 09:42 AM

Sweet! Best Buy apparently dropped the price of our new TV the day after we bought it...and credited us the difference automatically.

Disneyphile · 02-05-2012, 03:05 PM

So, I got laid off at the old sinking ship and was offered a position elsewhere just 6 days later at a creative marketing company.

The new place rocks. I'm making double of what I did at the old place, the environment is awesome, the people are incredible, and the best part - I'm surrounded by nothing but creative peeps all day long who share my lingo. It's pure heaven.

Betty · 02-10-2012, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Disneyphile

So, I got laid off at the old sinking ship and was offered a position elsewhere just 6 days later at a creative marketing company.

The new place rocks. I'm making double of what I did at the old place, the environment is awesome, the people are incredible, and the best part - I'm surrounded by nothing but creative peeps all day long who share my lingo. It's pure heaven.

Wow! Dream come true. I'm excited for you. Send me some of your good mojo.

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lindyhop Swing Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 997	My new second favorite* band is Icy Hot Club. They play Gypsy Jazz which means lots of Django Reinhardt but also all sorts of other songs arranged in that style. I love the style because it's the best thing for dancing Balboa but it's great for listening too because their arrangements are so creative. They do "Johnny Be Good" but make it "Django Be Good" and manage to make rhymes out of Alice Cooper and stormtrooper in "Puttin' on the Ritz." They also do a version of the theme from Aladdin and Saturday night they did a Gypsy Jazz version of "Billie Jean" that was amazing and weird. I love these guys. *My first favorite band is still Stompy Jones. I can't throw them over after all this time and they play a bigger variety of songs. __________________ Hyperbole is the best thing ever!
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Yep, that's the one. And that's exactly my feeling about it. It makes it so a movie doesn't read as film, it reads as video. Watching Fellowship felt like I was watching a day time soap. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Sweet! Best Buy apparently dropped the price of our new TV the day after we bought it...and credited us the difference automatically. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Disneyphile SQUIRREL! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: On the curbside. Posts: 5,098	So, I got laid off at the old sinking ship and was offered a position elsewhere just 6 days later at a creative marketing company. The new place rocks. I'm making double of what I did at the old place, the environment is awesome, the people are incredible, and the best part - I'm surrounded by nothing but creative peeps all day long who share my lingo. It's pure heaven.
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