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bhelliom
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response 255 of 289:
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Dec 16 18:14 UTC 2002 |
Haha!
Well it's not one of those movies that's really heart-pounding in
the "keeps you awake if you're sleepy way". :p
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mynxcat
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response 256 of 289:
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Dec 16 18:19 UTC 2002 |
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bhelliom
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response 257 of 289:
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Dec 16 18:20 UTC 2002 |
/lol/
I guess I'm glad I didn't waste the bucks. I've heard that about
Nemesis, too.
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krj
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response 258 of 289:
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Dec 16 19:49 UTC 2002 |
ST: NEMESIS: I'm kind of blah about it. My ears hurt from too many
space battle sound effects. Leslie liked it.
My biggest problem with the movie is that there's no interesting
twists to the set-up. There's this guy, he's bad, he wants to attack
Earth, the Enterprise crew has to stop him. The writers wanted to
set up a nature vs. nurture debate, but I don't think they were
successful with it. The Romulan background to the story was
wasted.
My second-biggest problem with the movie is that the images are
way too dark and dim. My third-biggest problem with the
movie is that the universe really should not revolve around
Jean-Luc Picard.
On the positive side, it's nice to see the Old Gang again; fans of the
NextGen TV series really do have to go see this one.
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aruba
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response 259 of 289:
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Dec 16 20:16 UTC 2002 |
I think they were pressed enough for time as it was - the parts of all the
regulars except Picard and Data are cut down to the point where you would
wonder why they were even there if you didn't know them from the show. So
I don't know what they would have cut to add interesting setup to the
villain.
Oh wait - they could have cut the dunebuggy chase scene. But they needed it
for the previews.
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jep
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response 260 of 289:
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Dec 16 20:18 UTC 2002 |
I guess I'll go to see it, then. I liked ST:TNG.
I am eagerly awaiting The Two Towers, which comes out Wednesday. I
probably won't see it until the weekend but I'm eagerly awaiting it
just the same.
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bhelliom
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response 261 of 289:
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Dec 16 20:34 UTC 2002 |
I'l second that one, regarding LOTR.
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drew
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response 262 of 289:
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Dec 16 20:47 UTC 2002 |
I traveled a significant portion of 8 Mile the other night. I'm wondering
what's so special about this road that a movie should be named after it...
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slynne
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response 263 of 289:
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Dec 16 21:02 UTC 2002 |
Think about what the movie 8 mile is about? It is about a white kid
looking for acceptance from black peers. There are two things about him
that make him different. 1) he is white 2) even though he is poor, he
still lives in the 'burbs. Detroit is a very segregated metro area. 8
mile is the dividing line between city and suburb. It also divides
white from black. I am not sure but I would guess that those things
have something to do with Emimem's choice of title for his movie.
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mynxcat
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response 264 of 289:
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Dec 16 21:06 UTC 2002 |
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bhelliom
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response 265 of 289:
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Dec 16 21:28 UTC 2002 |
Could it also be because it's a well-known strip in the 313 area?
Trailers aren't exactly urban dwellings, really.
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mynxcat
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response 266 of 289:
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Dec 16 21:58 UTC 2002 |
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slynne
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response 267 of 289:
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Dec 16 22:08 UTC 2002 |
They have trailer parks in the suburban communities that border 8 mile.
Not every suburb is rich. In fact, because of sprawl, a there is a lot
of decay in the "inner tier" suburbs from what I understand.
313 is the area code for the area south of 8 mile which is mostly the
City of Detroit. 810 is the area code of the suburbs north of 8 mile.
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slynne
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response 268 of 289:
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Dec 16 22:13 UTC 2002 |
Or rather 810 *was* the area code for all the suburbs north of 8 mile.
Now they have 248 and 586 which are closer to Detroit and 810 is kind
of the outlying areas like Flint and Port Huron.
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jep
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response 269 of 289:
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Dec 16 23:02 UTC 2002 |
My niece in Tennessee is a big Eminem fan. She's excited about the
prospect of coming up to Michigan next summer because I've promised to
take her to see the actual 8 Mile Rd. I know nothing about it at all,
but I've told her we'll go there.
I can just see me with her, cruising up and down the entire length of 8
Mile.
I occasionally go for drives at lunch time, and have gotten to 8 Mile
going down Earhart Rd. I wonder if she'll be satisfied with that part
(which is in the country) or whether she'll insist on seeing the
populated parts.
Someone tell me there's nothing unsafe about driving on 8 Mile; that my
niece and I aren't going to be bludgeoned or shot at if we visit the
seedier parts; that I didn't make a stupid promise.
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mcnally
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response 270 of 289:
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Dec 16 23:23 UTC 2002 |
Well, as long as you have a visa from one of the local gangsta lords
who control that part of the area you should be OK..
Oh, please.. What is it with the terror that suburbanites have of the
Detroit area?
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orinoco
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response 271 of 289:
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Dec 16 23:29 UTC 2002 |
There is absolutely nothing unsafe about driving on 8 Mile. In general, it's
safe to drive through the sketchy parts of cities. You're locked inside a
2-ton metal box, you're surrounded by other drivers who are potential
witnesses, and unless you're in bumper-to-bumper gridlock you can drive away
if someone does try to mess with you -- what's anyone going to do to you?
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other
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response 272 of 289:
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Dec 17 00:13 UTC 2002 |
Safe? Not quite. There're all these suburbanites in their roadhog
SUV's...
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jep
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response 273 of 289:
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Dec 17 01:29 UTC 2002 |
I am not a suburbanite. I live in Tecumseh. I grew up in Eaton
Rapids, and spent several years in the UP. What I know of cities, I
got from watching "Goodfellas" and "The Godfather", and from reading
the newspaper. I've never gone to Detroit except to attend a baseball
game. I've pretty regularly got lost, and seen some pretty rough
looking sections of the city. I don't know if I've seen any parts
which were rough enough anyone made a movie about growing up in them.
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other
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response 274 of 289:
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Dec 17 01:34 UTC 2002 |
Lots of parts of Detroit look just as rough as they did in 1967 when they
burned down, only more ruinous, and are actually pretty innocuous.
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senna
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response 275 of 289:
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Dec 17 02:54 UTC 2002 |
I've been to the seedier parts of most places, and honestly I don't think I've
been under much threat, even when out of my car at night in really nasty
places. There are just certain ways you do things, I guess, but driving in
Detroit in daylight is certainly not much of a high-risk activity.
I take that back, sort of. You're at lower risk in the neighborhoods than
you are on the highways. :)
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gull
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response 276 of 289:
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Dec 17 03:03 UTC 2002 |
You should be all right. The bullets go *from* cars and *into* houses, not
the other way around.
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rcurl
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response 277 of 289:
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Dec 17 03:09 UTC 2002 |
Just don't look like you are worth anything.
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tpryan
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response 278 of 289:
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Dec 17 03:41 UTC 2002 |
re 259: The dunebuggy sceene. A must to set up the video game
"Drive from Argo".
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tpryan
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response 279 of 289:
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Dec 17 03:43 UTC 2002 |
I was going to suggest travel on Pontiac Trail to Eight
Mile in South Lyon, but you don't get to the scary part of
South Lyon before you would turn right on 8 mile.
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