This is an open discussion for drummers, about drummers, and drums/percussion in general. Please follow forum rules, and let's talk drums!
A tad bit about myself:
I'm 35 years old and I have been playing drums since I was 7 years old. My parents noticed that I was taking an interest in music, and my dad was always interested in the drums since he was a boy.
I took to it fairly quickly, and since MTV was brand new at the time, I finally got to SEE drummers playing.
My first real drumming idol was Tommy Lee from Motley Crue. I evolved into the kind of youngster that looked at every style of drumming, just in case.
But it was Rock/Metal that always got my adrenaline going. So at age 11, I joined my first band. We covered Kiss songs. Pretty basic stuff, but I loved Kiss for how over the top they seemed when I was a kid. Thinking back, it really helped me with my timing. Solid and minimal is always a good starting point. Flair can come later.
So I made kind of a career out of it. I never stopped playing, even into adulthood. I tried to always be a student of the instrument, though I was self-taught.
I stayed the course, played in some really cool bands, and I got to do things that not many people get to do. I wasn't famous, but I've had a few close calls. I developed a love for the lifestyle of playing rock n roll music for a living, yet somehow I managed to meet a wonderful woman, marry her, stay married for 10 years now. She also birthed my two amazingly beautiful daughters.
Being a drummer isn't the best business decision one could make, but I play drums because I love rhythm, I love the conditioning, I love the brainwork, I love how drums look, and I hope I can play til the day I die.
Lastly, my equipment preferences are as follows:
DW drums and hardware. Sabian Cymbals, Rock n Soc furniture, and any wood tip drumstick longer than 16". If you know what I mean .
So anyway...I really hope there are enough drummers here to make use of this topic. I am very difficult to offend, so I'm not going to be a stickler for content. Anything goes, as long as you follow the rules of XDA.
Thanks for giving your time to reading this.
Here's a dirty shot of my kit. Oops, no cymbals in these.
18x26 kick, 9x13 rack Tom, 13x16 and 16x18 floor Tom, Pork Pie 6.5x14 Big Black snare, 10x14 1976 Pearl marching snare.
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I'm quite handy with a drum machine.... I'm guessing that doesn't count though...
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conantroutman said:
I'm quite handy with a drum machine.... I'm guessing that doesn't count though...
Sent From My Fingers To Your Face.....
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You have no soul mmmwwwwaaaaahhhhhh ahaha!
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TheSkinnyDrummer said:
You have no soul mmmwwwwaaaaahhhhhh ahaha!
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I've got soul......
And I'm superbad.....
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I'm 42 and started playing at the age of 10. Parents signed me up with the Royal Comumbians Drum and Bugle Corps back in the early 80's. There were 65 of us, and we were a force to be reckoned with. We competed nationally, and were state and national champions 12 times over. Those of you familiar with drum corp training, know how incredibly precise it is. Stick height, posture, timing, attack, and execution were all part of our training. We also marched in tons of parades as the guest of honor. Including our local parade, know as the Holyoke St. Patrick's Day Parade, which is known world wide.
We were undefeated national champions for several years. Corp of the year...We were a well oiled machine. Today, I don't play as much, with all the surgery I'm dealing with. In my day, I was unbeatable. And as you can tell by my username, Neil Peart has, and always will be my idol. Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, Vinnie and Carmine Appice, Max Roach...I can go on and and on.
Below are a few pictures of our actual drum corp; I am in most of them. I've also included a youtube video of the stylenof drumming we did. Very technical and very precise. If you've seen the movie Drum Line, that's what we did.
Youtube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ3yPbCICRg&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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<THOR> said:
I have a 2 ludwig and 2 set of cymbals ufip bionic and zildjian A custom and i play the drum from 9-10 years, the drum is the best instrument
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Apparently you have no idea what a bass is
I have an Alesis SR18 that i need to learn how to program pronto.
Haven't cracked open the manual yet, but already annoyed that percussion sound levels are supposed to rise and fall depending on how hard you hit the pads, but my volume levels don't change.
TravisBean said:
I have an Alesis SR18 that i need to learn how to program pronto.
Haven't cracked open the manual yet, but already annoyed that percussion sound levels are supposed to rise and fall depending on how hard you hit the pads, but my volume levels don't change.
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Wonka meme: So you're a drummer? Tell me how hard it is to push all those buttons...
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TheSkinnyDrummer said:
Wonka meme: So you're a drummer? Tell me how hard it is to push all those buttons...
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Sorry, you are limited to 8 thanks per day
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Wonka meme: So you're a drummer? Tell me how hard it is to push all those buttons...
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TheSkinnyDrummer said:
Wonka meme: So you're a drummer? Tell me how hard it is to push all those buttons...
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You have my heartfelt sympathies that percussionists were the first victims of "lets replace the musician with a little black box" syndrome.
I'm not suggesting the SR18 is an adequate substitute for a live drummer, but sometimes (due to space/noise level constraints) it'll just have to do.
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I believe that the programming of drum computers would fall under the category of "percussion in general," so therefore I felt it wasn't out of place to mention the glitch in my SR18.
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TravisBean said:
You have my heartfelt sympathies that percussionists were the first victims of "lets replace the musician with a little black box" syndrome.
I'm not suggesting the SR18 is an adequate substitute for a live drummer, but sometimes (due to space/noise level constraints) it'll just have to do.
I believe that the programming of drum computers would fall under the category of "percussion in general," so therefore I felt it wasn't out of place to mention the glitch in my SR18.
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You're absolutely right. And you've proved another common theory about drummers...most of them can't take criticism.
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You're aware that I play several instruments (albeit rather badly) right??
Don't be trolling me boy....
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Having also gone through the process of school bands, wanabee bands, club bands, tribute bands and generally annoying friends, family & neighbours for many years, I was 'invalided out' following an motorbike accident a few years back involving me & a mad old hag in a car, somewhat similar to Pete de Freitas without the death thing; while I've happily made it back aboard several more Fireblades since then, bashing bongos is no longer an option
Drumpads, Sequencers & Synths are about the only way I can commune with the tub-thumper lurking inside, these days... Anyway, here's something to cheer you's all up, I hope.... (staying on topic means I have to be self-deprecating to the craft ). I know you've heard them all b4...
Q. What's the difference between a drummer and a drum machine?
A. You only have to punch the information into the drum machine once.
Q. How do you tell if the stage is level?
A. The drummer is drooling from both sides of his mouth.
Q. How can you tell a drummer's at the door?
A. The knocking speeds up.
Q. What's the last thing a drummer says in a band?
A. "Hey, how about we try one of my songs?"
An Indian chief and a cavalry captain climb to the top of a tall hill and look out upon the entire Indian tribe. The captain says worriedly, "I don't like the sound of those drums." The chief says, "I know. It's not our regular drummer."
Q. What do you call a drummer that breaks up with his girlfriend?
A. Homeless.
Q. What do Ginger Baker and black coffee have in common?
A. They both suck without Cream.
Q. How many drummers does it take to change a lightbulb?
A. Five: One to screw the bulb in, and four to talk about how much better Neil Peart could've done it.
An amateur drummer died and went to heaven. He was waiting outside the pearly gates when he heard the most incredible fast and furious drumming coming from within. Immediately he recognized the playing and rushed to ask St. Peter if that was Buddy Rich playing drums inside the gates. St. Peter responded: "No, that's God. He just thinks he's Buddy Rich."
Q. What does a drummer use for contraception?
A. His personality.
Q. What do you say to a drummer in a three-piece suit?
A. "Will the defendant please rise?"
Q. "Hey buddy, how late does the band play?"
A. "Oh, about half a beat behind the drummer."
Q. How is a drum solo like a sneeze?
A. You know it's coming, but there's nothing you can do about it.
Q. What's the first thing a drummer says when he moves to LA?
A. "Would you like fries with that, sir?
Q. What is the difference between a drummer and a savings bond?
A. One will mature and make money.
Q. Why do drummers have lots of kids?
A. They're not so good at the thythm method.
Q. What did the drummer say to the band leader?
A. "Do you want me to play too fast or too slow?"
Q. What do you call someone who hangs around with musicians?
A. A drummer.
Q. What did the drummer get on his IQ test?
A. Drool.
Pop Tarantula said:
Q. What do Ginger Baker and black coffee have in common?
A. They both suck without Cream.
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Pop Tarantula said:
Q. What do Ginger Baker and black coffee have in common?
A. They both suck without Cream.
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conantroutman said:
You're aware that I play several instruments (albeit rather badly) right??
Don't be trolling me boy....
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lol yeah, I just wanted to make a meme and keep the combo going
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Exactly what it states.............SPORTS THREAD...here you can talk about any sport you want....much needed here as we had one at PPCG....migration is a must!!
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Thread reopened.
Any more childish bickering will result in this thread being closed permanently. I don't want that and I'm sure you don't want that. If someone starts being aggressive, report them and the ignore them. Public arguing was what got this thread closed - not the actions of any one person.
We're all friends here, so let's keep it that way
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The Doctor is in !
mr8820 said:
The Doctor is in !
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Nice!! Now we need the rest of the crew!!! I sent invites out....
How bout chicharito in manchester??
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How bout chicharito in manchester??
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Anything you want bro....its wide open!!
In.
My teams:
NFL: Miami Dolphins
NBA: Miami Heat
NCAA: Miami Hurricanes
MLB: Tampa Bay Ray
You can see a pattern here...Lol.
Well I wanna talk about the stupidity of American "football".
You see, most of the time, American "football" is being thrown and then held with the hand, and only perhaps 3% of the time it is being kicked.
On top of that the "ball" is not round. Ask any child to draw a ball and the poor child will be hard pressed (or an American idiot) to draw something that resembles that egg.
Thirdly, there is that issue of machismo that the Americans like to push. Yeah, you run around bashing people in a full contact sport. Ever heard of rugby? Those guys only wear groin protectors and tooth protectors. Not a padding more.
Suck it, American "Football"!
/This does not, in any way, bash Americans, only their version of football
//The rest of the world would like the word football back.
///Call it Handegg if you want to, otherwise you are just as asinine with your language as the Brits, who like to add an "o" in colour. (Yes, I'm Brit Eng educated. Blame the basterds who conquered us)
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Well I wanna talk about the stupidity of American "football".
You see, most of the time, American "football" is being thrown and then held with the hand, and only perhaps 3% of the time it is being kicked.
On top of that the "ball" is not round. Ask any child to draw a ball and the poor child will be hard pressed (or an American idiot) to draw something that resembles that egg.
Thirdly, there is that issue of machismo that the Americans like to push. Yeah, you run around bashing people in a full contact sport. Ever heard of rugby? Those guys only wear groin protectors and tooth protectors. Not a padding more.
Suck it, American "Football"!
/This does not, in any way, bash Americans, only their version of football
//The rest of the world would like the word football back.
///Call it Handegg if you want to, otherwise you are just as asinine with your language as the Brits, who like to add an "o" in colour. (Yes, I'm Brit Eng educated. Blame the basterds who conquered us)
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Thanks for this...now everyone that comes and reads this thread is going to be just a tad bit dumber after reading that jibberish....
BTW the pads are what break bones....lmfao...you guys keep wearing skirts and we will continue to play real football....
And a Rugby ball is round???
Suck it soccer boys..
Oh and this retort is in now way a bash on the Bristish....just the dumb things that come out of their mouths at times....
BTW here in the great old USA...we use this thing called a dictionary...pretty self explanatory and makes your theory dead wrong in both defintions....
http://m.dictionary.com/d/?q=football&submit-result-SEARCHD=Search
http://m.dictionary.com/d/?q=ball&submit-result-SEARCHD=Search
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EuroSpeed said:
In.
My teams:
NFL: Miami Dolphins
NBA: Miami Heat
NCAA: Miami Hurricanes
MLB: Tampa Bay Ray
You can see a pattern here...Lol.
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Carla and you are going to get along real well when she gets here...try not to mention the Heat a lot to the Dr...he is still mad about that guy that left Cleveland to Miami....
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Present! Reppin' the Dallas Cowboys, Washington Wizards, Washington Capitals, Washington Nationals, and THE University of Ohio State Buckeyes!
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Present! Reppin' the Dallas Cowboys, Washington Wizards, Washington Capitals, Washington Nationals, and THE University of Ohio State Buckeyes!
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Yea,yea we know.....lol.....glad to see ya made it...guess I should put mine out
UM wolverines (all sports)
Philidelphia Flyers
Oakland Raiders
Tigers
Pistons....don't follow NBA as much as I used to though..
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flyers2114 said:
Thanks for this...now everyone that comes and reads this thread is going to be just a tad bit dumber after reading that jibberish....
BTW the pads are what break bones....lmfao...you guys keep wearing skirts and we will continue to play real football....
And a Rugby ball is round???
Suck it soccer boys..
Oh and this retort is in now way a bash on the Bristish....just the dumb things that come out of their mouths at times....
BTW here in the great old USA...we use this thing called a dictionary...pretty self explanatory and makes your theory dead wrong in both defintions....
http://m.dictionary.com/d/?q=football&submit-result-SEARCHD=Search
http://m.dictionary.com/d/?q=ball&submit-result-SEARCHD=Search
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wikipedia said:
The game of football is any of several similar team sports, of similar origins which involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball with the foot in an attempt to score a goal. The most popular of these sports worldwide is association football, more commonly known as just "football" or "soccer". Unqualified, the word football applies to whichever form of football is the most popular in the regional context in which the word appears, including American football, Australian rules football, Canadian football, Gaelic football, rugby league, rugby union and other related games. These variations are known as "codes."
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^emphasis mine
I'll keep on troll-baiting, but the game is a bit hard to lose, isn't it?
Oh, and your links suck. They both say the same thing for me (or are they region-based?)
p/s: Keep it down. I'm just kidding, and you don't have to take offense
pp/s: But you did.
sakai4eva said:
^emphasis mine
I'll keep on troll-baiting, but the game is a bit hard to lose, isn't it?
Oh, and your links suck. They both say the same thing for me (or are they region-based?)
p/s: Keep it down. I'm just kidding, and you don't have to take offense
pp/s: But you did.
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Ok... link fail...but you could have easily punched it in...I always take offense....I have played hockey my whole life..and played football for 10....hahahahaha
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Ok... link fail...but you could have easily punched it in...I always take offense....I have played hockey my whole life..and played football for 10....hahahahaha
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Punch it in myself? And deprive the entire XDA of the comedic humour? I just copied the link and there it was
Speaking of football! Congratulations to the Green Bay Packers!
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Enough of this jibberish, let's get back on track. Lol.
I say Packers take it again next year. They are only going to get healthier, many of their star players will be back next year.
I think Patriots will make it from the AFC.
EuroSpeed said:
Enough of this jibberish, let's get back on track. Lol.
I say Packers take it again next year. They are only going to get healthier, many of their star players will be back next year.
I think Patriots will make it from the AFC.
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Its to early for me to predict....off season moves and we shall see....Pack are tough....that's why I picked them vs Indy last preseason...I always make a preseason SB pick...
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I'm just hoping my Cleveland Cavs get a win .
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...i did not know Terrell Owens was in any given Sunday...
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Post All Your Rants About Anything You Want....
Try to keep it clean...
Hopefully this wont get deleted...
My Rant to start:
I hate when driving behind someone and they want to make a right hand or left hand turn and turn from the driving lane when there is a perfectly good turn lane.
Dear Apple:
Why you have underhanded techniques to try and muscle out the competition?!
Why can't you just....I don't know....NOT SUCK!?
I think I've lost the little respect for apple that could possibly exist inside the deepest depths of my heart.
But of course the masses of the world will be like "IOS is so revolutionary!" They've just caught up with everyone else!
They still blow.
//rant
-Remember, Android hell is a real place and you will be sent there at the first sign of defiance-
Dear XDA,
Please stop loading so slowly!!!
It is very irritating!!!!!
Please FIX!!!
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Apple, Police, My phone.... Get your act together
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davidrules7778 said:
Dear XDA,
Please stop loading so slowly!!!
It is very irritating!!!!!
Please FIX!!!
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Funny, I have no issues with XDA loading slowly?
/Begin Rant
Who's idea was it to combine peanut butter and jelly in the same jar? I mean, jelly needs to be refrigerated but peanut butter gets to hard when its in the fridge. Who wants to spread hard PB on their sandwhich? I mean COME ON PEOPLE! Stop being so lazy and spread the smooth PB on one side from its own container and the cold jelly on the otherside. It is not rocket science.
Sigh, ok i'm done. Thanks for letting me vent.
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Funny, I have no issues with XDA loading slowly?
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Who's idea was it to combine peanut butter and jelly in the same jar? I mean, jelly needs to be refrigerated but peanut butter gets to hard when its in the fridge. Who wants to spread hard PB on their sandwhich? I mean COME ON PEOPLE! Stop being so lazy and spread the smooth PB on one side from its own container and the cold jelly on the otherside. It is not rocket science.
Sigh, ok i'm done. Thanks for letting me vent.
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Its fine now, but earlier i want to beat it with a stick LOL
I hate when people call android "DROIDS" and i also hate when everyone wants an ipad, when they are just an oversized iphone or ipod touch for another 400 bucks more I think tablets and ipads are way overrated.
Why can't summer and winter join forces (pun?) together and keep it spring all year long?
Fall is nice, except I gotta rake the dreaded fallen leaves.
Dear OP,
Why not looking before creating another rant thread?
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LMAO^^^
When I'm on my bike, why do people in cars only look left when I'm coming coming from the right?
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Dear OP,
Why not looking before creating another rant thread?
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Why can't MEN (Sparky) put dirty clothes...in say....the clothes hamper? As opposed to my bathroom floor.
(I get the pile theory, I do. Just keep your damn dirty pile OFF MY FLOOR.) Thank you.
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Couple of things that need to be adressed here
TheRomMistress said:
I mean, jelly needs to be refrigerated....
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First off, I think you mean "Jam" or "Fruit Preserve"....
This is jelly...........
And as for keeping it in the fridge..... well thats just wrong. Its almost as bad as keeping tomato sauce in the fridge....
Secondly, and more importantly......
DO NOT start a rant thread if your "rant" is only one line long
Thats not a rant............
Thats nothing but a minor gripe........
If your gonna rant, RANT. Dont just throw out a tiddly little one liner and expect people to feel sorry for you. You need to make them feel your pain!
Your need to spew absolute bile and vitriol at whatever it is thats grinding your gears.
I dont expect to come in here and see a threads called "Rants Thread" only to open it up and find you crying into your soup because someone cut across you on your way home from work....
I want to experience a level of anger not seen since that video of the angry german kid smashing his keyboard to bits! I want to believe your so absolutely livid with rage that you would punch your own mother full force in the face if she popped her head around the door to offer you a cup of tea!
There should be pictures of you stood on the roof of your house with a megaphone in one hand and a bottle of whisky in the other screaming blue murder at the cops below.
There should be ridiculous amounts of the most vile and offensive profanity imaginable, language of such a filthy and depraved nature that it would make a sailor blush.(but not on XDA
It beggars belief that this is what passes for a rant these days. In my day rants would go on for days..........
Thats the problem with "da yoof" of today, theres no passion. Nothing gets your blood pumping except Justin Bieber and the new limited edition flavour of Doritos.
Back in my day rants would go on for days. You could walk into any pub and find an old man in the corner jabbering on for hours putting the world to rights. You come back 2 hours later and he's still be going. Come back in another 2 hours and he'd be starting all over again from the beginning.
And thats another thing, whats up with pubs these days?
They dont even smell like pubs anymore, I remember when you walk past a pub at any hour of the day and smell nothing but stale beer and cheese and onion crisps. (Thats right crisps not "chips", chips is the correct name for "fries" ). Pubs nowadays smell like the perfume counter at an overpriced department store....They dont even sell pickled eggs
They're just filled with overgroomed morons with stupid hairdos wearing T-shirts sporting the name of a Japanese city they've probably never heard of and a random number! Pffft most places dont even serve a decent pint. Its all watered down continental lagers that think they're better than a real pint because they're made with some obscure type of hops and barley cmobination. They dont even let you re-use your glass after your finished your drink because the health and safety types might wet they're pants if they see someone using the same glass for two drinks in a row. Its H&S gone mad thats what it is!!
Like those kids that werent even allowed to play conkers at school without safety goggles, they probably had to walk through some bleak inner city craphole full of junkies and degenerates all by themselves to get to school in the first place because they're lazy benefit cheating parents couldnt be bothered to get off they're lazy ass and take them, but OHHH NOOOOO, heaven forbid they should play conkers and maybe get hit in the face by a tiny little fragment of some overgrown seed......
Not that kids these days can even get hold of a decent conker these days, back in the day you could find them everywhere, big as a cats head.
Like that cat from next door, always coming across into my garden and crapping all over my prize begonias. I oughta set up a snipers nest in my loft and wait for it to come creeping in one night then.... BOOOOM..... headshot!!
Of course, I'd be in the wrong.....
"It was just a defenceless kitty " they'd cry......
Bah, It was trespassing on my property and I was defending myself. Whats the world coming too when a man cant even defend his own home from being attacked by his neighbours rogue feline??
This countrys gone to the dogs I tell you..............
Anyway, I dont have time for this I need to go and teach that bloody cat a lesson..........
tl : dr
NEED MOAR RANTZ
(Disclaimer, I do not kill cats and have no intention to do so. No cats were harmed during the typing of this post)
^^Now that was a rant!
Well played sir.
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^^Now that was a rant!
Well played sir.
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Errr......well...after the one above, is there any more need for this thread to even exist?
I was going to rant about rants that ranting people rant about whilst being ranted for ranting for ranters that rant about rants but... never mind I guess
orb3000 said:
Dear OP,
Why not looking before creating another rant thread?
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Well, this is for all rants and not just one rant per thread if you mods want to throw it away thats fine, or how about a giant merge but that may be too much work.. So Mods do what you want, i don't care.
End of not a rant
Rant: I HATE PANTS
Yeah, that's all.
"PH'NGLUI MGLW'NAFH CTHULHU R'LYEH WGAH'NAGL FHTAGN"
Dear XDA,
HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO BE TIL THE MULTI QUOTE BUTTON WORK?!!!!?
Its causing me to multipost
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Sorry its not long, but usually my rants are short..
davidrules7778 said:
Dear XDA,
HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO BE TIL THE MULTI QUOTE BUTTON WORK?!!!!?
Its causing me to multipost
/Rant
Sorry its not long, but usually my rants are short..
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Exactly! The damn button doesn't work and I have to open quote in multiple tabs and because my computer is slow, it freezes and crashes! I have to turn it back on again (it takes forever to boot) and the god damn button still doesn't work! Oh, and did I mention you have to find a link if you want to put a picture in a post?? If I want to put a pic in a post, I have to first upload it to some stupid site and it takes forever with my slow connection! I don't want my picture as a god damn attachement! Oh, and weather is **** here, and that's because of XDA!! I also blame XDA for global warming!!!*
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*What I said, is not 100% true. By reading this you agree with the fact, that I'm more awesome than you.
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...I also blame XDA for global warming!
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What is your personality?
My personality in details:
Im dark inside bright outside, I love dark and small places, I love to be in a quiet place, with a bunch of trees around me, my personality changes, I have two personalities, one in the Winter, and one in the Summer, in Winter, I love to be in dark places, seeing the rain from the window,and listening to some Jazz music, in the Summer, I love to be in big places.
I love house music, electro house, dance, techno, dubstep, pop and hip hop,and SOME of rock music.
Hope you liked my personality! So What's Yours??
I'm not an asshole, I just play one in real life.
I'm a Cancer who smokes a lot.
I drink for the sake of getting rip-roaring drunk.
The older I get, the more sensitive I get.
I'm introverted and artistic, but I love attention, but hate criticism.
I'll think of more later. Good topic.
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What is your personality?
My personality in details:
Im dark inside bright outside, I love dark and small places, I love to be in a quiet place, with a bunch of trees around me, my personality changes, I have two personalities, one in the Winter, and one in the Summer, in Winter, I love to be in dark places, seeing the rain from the window,and listening to some Jazz music, in the Summer, I love to be in big places.
I love house music, electro house, dance, techno, dubstep, pop and hip hop,and SOME of rock music.
Hope you liked my personality! So What's Yours??
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You are just like me! I like dark places, and im a super-nerd.
Join the Nerd Side, we have Pi!
TheSkinnyDrummer said:
I'm not an asshole, I just play one in real life.
I'm a Cancer who smokes a lot.
I drink for the sake of getting rip-roaring drunk.
The older I get, the more sensitive I get.
I'm introverted and artistic, but I love attention, but hate criticism.
I'll think of more later. Good topic.
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Give me back my personality!!
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Give me back my personality!!
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^^^my Irish twin....lovely. I'm Irish by injection. Good enough.
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Didn't work
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No it didn't.
Tone it down and watch the language.
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^^^my Irish twin....lovely. I'm Irish by injection. Good enough.
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I'm actually an Englishman trapped in a Scotsman's body but close enough....
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I'm not silent. I just don't give a damn what other people are talking about.
Simon.TS.HTC said:
It's a shame, because when I saw this thread I actually thought it had the chance to be quite good - certainly better than most of the pointless threads people seem to be creating in OT at the moment.
Let's hope it clears up and is given a chance to show that?
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When I get to a pc I'll will clean this one up and get it back on track.
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When I get to a pc I'll will clean this one up and get it back on track.
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No you won't
And to the trolls, keep it on track, or stay out of it.
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I'm actually an Englishman trapped in a Scotsman's body but close enough....
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I love the summer, hate the winter when it's dark and cold. Like the OP, i have two personalities, the spring/summer/fall personality and the winter personality. I get more antisocial and closed in in the winter.
I love to be around people and talk, talk and talk. I'm a stubborn **** who wouldn't give up unless the world was on fire. You're going down! I'm also pretty lazy, but at the same time very energetic. I tend to get what i want, and it's always been this way. I'm a spoiled ****, and i know it. I'm not violent, but i can and do black out if you hit the right spot and i beat people up if they deserve it, but i've also been beaten up several times, and i deserved it. I'm intelligent and an "ideaman" who finds solutions to problems, i'm not good at math but i had a tendency to find other, simpler ways to solve math formulas in school (and got the solution named after myself at that school), i love science and everything creative. I love movies that's smart and forces me to think, but i also love incredible cheesy and stupid movies too (The Room). My interests range from phones, architecture, science, engineering, design, cars, planes to the stock market - and everything between.
Overall i'm an incredible calm and social guy who enjoys life and doesn't take everything that serious.
Other stuff:
- Favorite alcoholic beverage: Beer (Heineken, Carlsberg, Budweiser, Guinness and Amstel)
- Favorite music genre: Electronic, dubstep, rock, psychadelic/rock, hip hop and 60s/70s/80s
- Favorite food: Taco, pizza, hamburger, greek salad, and everything "meaty".
- Favorite weather: Well duh, sunny weather 20 - 25 degrees (celcius)
- Favorite soda: Sprite
Well, there you go. An analysis of a future super villain. Join me or die.
I'm kinda like this guy:
mixed with a little bit of:
I thought you were a cow?
I must kindly ask you to return the mildly kinky photographs of me milking that cow now. You're a liar, and you should get punished.
I'm a bit of a girly, tom boyish.... geek.
Makes no sense ^^^
Just like, me
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I love the summer, hate the winter when it's dark and cold. Like the OP, i have two personalities, the spring/summer/fall personality and the winter personality. I get more antisocial and closed in in the winter.
I love to be around people and talk, talk and talk. I'm a stubborn **** who wouldn't give up unless the world was on fire. You're going down! I'm also pretty lazy, but at the same time very energetic. I tend to get what i want, and it's always been this way. I'm a spoiled ****, and i know it. I'm not violent, but i can and do black out if you hit the right spot and i beat people up if they deserve it, but i've also been beaten up several times, and i deserved it. I'm intelligent and an "ideaman" who finds solutions to problems, i'm not good at math but i had a tendency to find other, simpler ways to solve math formulas in school (and got the solution named after myself at that school), i love science and everything creative. I love movies that's smart and forces me to think, but i also love incredible cheesy and stupid movies too (The Room). My interests range from phones, architecture, science, engineering, design, cars, planes to the stock market - and everything between.
Overall i'm an incredible calm and social guy who enjoys life and doesn't take everything that serious.
Other stuff:
- Favorite alcoholic beverage: Beer (Heineken, Carlsberg, Budweiser, Guinness and Amstel)
- Favorite music genre: Electronic, dubstep, rock, psychadelic/rock, hip hop and 60s/70s/80s
- Favorite food: Taco, pizza, hamburger, greek salad, and everything "meaty".
- Favorite weather: Well duh, sunny weather 20 - 25 degrees (celcius)
- Favorite soda: Sprite
Well, there you go. An analysis of a future super villain. Join me or die.
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You may suffer from S.A.D.
seasonal affliction disorder.
Try lightbox therapy.
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You may suffer from S.A.D.
seasonal affliction disorder.
Try lightbox therapy.
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That may be 100% true
Edit: After reading about it, YES i totally got that.
I think I'm quite calm in general, a car lover and open source enthusiast (Gentoo <3). I love to run (Endomondo <3) and I enjoy a GOOD movie from time to time. I don't prefer the typical Holywood blockbuster but a real movie with decent storytelling and developing characters. I love taking long walks with my girlfriend. We're both interested in other cultures so we enjoy traveling and meeting the local people and habits.
My favorite music would be electronic but that's still a wide genre. If I had to select one it would be trance, though I enjoy Rammstein too. Summer definitely is more fun than winter even though I love snowboarding too. I cannot name any favorite alcoholic drink (though I'm from Belgium, the land of the beer) as I live a straight edge lifestyle... My favorite food is certainly Italian or Asian.
I'm quite in touch with my feminin side too: I love shopping, I love welness (sauna, jacuzzi,...) and I love cooking.
What surprises me is that most people who spend a lot of time behind their computer (professionally or private), tend to be really social and interested in lots of things besides computers. I'm happy to see that so the world finally loses the idea of the antisocial nerd who lives in his parents basement.
I love Lamp!
So I've taken my fair share of physics classes and one thing I've always wondered about is how all the electromagnetic waves we're putting into the atmosphere are effecting anything? I read a story on birds flying into cell towers and cattle near them have birth defects/stillbirths. What about pregnant women? Remember, this technology is still considered pretty new and just recently has everyone started using it. What happens 200yrs from now?
It just seems crazy that we're pumping all this radiation around the world and up into the atmosphere and we're led to believe it doesn't cause ANY negative effects. This is ENERGY we're talking about and obviously a lot of it. It almost seems like it HAS to be doing SOMETHING, energy escapes, not all goes from source to destination, so whats the escaping energy do?
So my concern is we're transmitting all this extra radiation into the air, cell phones use the same type of radiation as your microwave oven (granted, lower but your still putting that **** up to your brain everyday!). Is it not possible that other animals have the ability to pick up on different radiation like birds sensing the earths magnetic field?
Microwaves excite water molecules (how food cooks), so isn't it exciting/heating up the water molecules in the atmosphere? Can you imagine how insane things would become if people discovered cellphones are deteriorating the atmosphere?
What about the COMBINED total of all of it?? Is it not possible they are "charging" our atmosphere with energy? AND we know companies don't choose the most environmentally safest route, they use the most cost effective, so I doubt the frequency they use is because its safest, it probably travels the best or something.
People didn't know how dangerous radioactivity was, it killed Marie Curie and WE radiated our atmosphere with nuclear bombs to the point you have to correct for it in carbon dating (it made more radioactive carbon, isn't that bad? Isn't it cancerous beams shooting down at us?). What if we don't know the dangers of cell phones yet?
I'm curious if anyone has read any studies about this or are knowledgeable to provide more input on these topics, it seems like something that would be kept quiet. Physicists must agree on this, they know "shining" microwaves on water heats it up, so doesn't that happen in the atmosphere, even a little?
Oh god, if this existed, I'd really be in trouble.
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I gots it covered.
is this from the same school of thought as the 'ww3 = nuclear winter SO nuclear testing = climate change' theory?
That one says all the nukes dropped at once will push us off-axis & mess with the climate/seasons/weather in one feel swoop SO all the testing around the world is surely pushing us bit by bit by bit.
Where the f**k is Mulder?
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Sorry OP, but these threads don't last long around here.
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Maybe it started out as just another government initiative to revitalise the employment market in the beauty industry and something catastrophic happened that they cannot admit to? I mean, just look how profitable beauticians & stylists like John Frieda (inventor of frizz-ease) have become recently, on the back of all the pain & suffering caused by random electrons floating around the atmosphere....
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OK, here's my honest truth I think about this.....what does it mean? I dont understand all of what this stuff means.
W!LßSO! @ XDA
I didn read the post completely, but i know mobile phone radiations are possibly carcinogenic.
We all have cancer then...brain cancer.
I'm just waiting for my superpowers to click in, wonder what I'll get?
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Blue6IX said:
I'm just waiting for my superpowers to click in, wonder what I'll get?
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Tee-hee, yes we will all mutate , that explains the 3rd ear I have! I've been wondering where it came from!
Ha ha....
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Blue6IX said:
I'm just waiting for my superpowers to click in, wonder what I'll get?
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Xray hearing, probably... this
Edit: from superpower thread
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Enable airplane mode and use USB Ethernet cable for Galaxy Note. Problem Solved . Newer phones are more efficient and emit less radiation that's why call quality is worse than old Nokia phones
Not really. I've been exposed to way worse crap than a little radiation.
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You may make fun of it but its true that many scientists tell that we shouldn't use phone more than 2-3min a month, yes 2-3min a month.
Generaly we are receiving electromagnetic energy from the sun but the extra electromagnetic energy and radiation from communication purposes its been supported that it can be harmful.
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You may make fun of it but its true that many scientists tell that we shouldn't use phone more than 2-3min a month, yes 2-3min a month.
Generaly we are receiving electromagnetic energy from the sun but the extra electromagnetic energy and radiation from communication purposes its been supported that it can be harmful.
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If one letter of that were true, I would be dead already, never mind all the cigarettes I smoke, and the 12 pack of beer I've put down every night for the last 10 years. I could give a **** about radiation, unless it's nuclear.
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If one letter of that were true, I would be dead already, never mind all the cigarettes I smoke, and the 12 pack of beer I've put down every night for the last 10 years. I could give a **** about radiation, unless it's nuclear.
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It's not like you are being shot and you gona die from that, its can harm your ανο;σο;πο;ιητικο; (that's the thing that when you have a disease its trying to fight it and you can't have again that disease,sorry for bad english hope you understood), don't tell me that you haven't hear about cancer, radiation can cause canser and the proof are tthe people who have being exposed to it with the accident at Chernobyl.
About the alcohol and cigarets, if your telling me that those things are not harmful then....I have two thing to tell you
First your liver have so must nicotine that its color is like the material which put at the roads.
Second, two of my uncles have died at 40 and 45 years old from heart (how am I supposr to tell this "heart attack"?..anyway I thing you understand), and both were at the edge of alcoholism and were smocking almost every min of the day.
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It's not like you are being shot and you gona die from that, its can harm your ανο;;σο;;πο;;ιητικο;; (that's the thing that when you have a disease its trying to fight it and you can't have again that disease,sorry for bad english hope you understood), don't tell me that you haven't hear about cancer, radiation can cause canser and the proof are tthe people who have being exposed to it with the accident at Chernobyl.
About the alcohol and cigarets, if your telling me that those things are not harmful then....I have two thing to tell you
First your liver have so must nicotine that its color is like the material which put at the roads.
Second, two of my uncles have died at 40 and 45 years old from heart (how am I supposr to tell this "heart attack"?..anyway I thing you understand), and both were at the edge of alcoholism and were smocking almost every min of the day.
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Dafuq?
I haven't worn a smock since high school art class.
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If one letter of that were true, I would be dead already, never mind all the cigarettes I smoke, and the 12 pack of beer I've put down every night for the last 10 years. I could give a **** about radiation, unless it's nuclear.
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^^^^ here don't you say that you are smoking???
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Post about Doctor Who stuff here
Yay! We seriously needed a Whovian thread :good:
Isn't the rest of season 7 set for around Easter? Merlin was supposed to be the gap filler for Doctor Who, and that's ended, so... Wonder if there's anything known yet (proooobably not. Usually about 2 weeks beforehand..)
I still think David Tennant was way better than Matt Smith, by the way. Since we all know we're going to have this discussion anyway I figured I might as well start off early.
Also, I think the newest Christmas Special was Moffat's not-so-silent protest against Peter Jackson for stealing his two main actors from his other show. Still, haven't laughed that hard in weeks... :laugh:
Not been interested since Matt Smith took over.
Every episode I catch to give it another chance seems to just have him frantically waving his sonic screwdriver around like a magic wand.
I remember when it used to only be used for unlocking doors, and only those that weren't locked with the power of script.
As for the last appearance of The Master, WTF? Sniveling whiny prat. Even Eric Roberts did a better job.
They should have cast Timothy Dalton as The Master instead.
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Yay! We seriously needed a Whovian thread :good:
Isn't the rest of season 7 set for around Easter? Merlin was supposed to be the gap filler for Doctor Who, and that's ended, so... Wonder if there's anything known yet (proooobably not. Usually about 2 weeks beforehand..)
I still think David Tennant was way better than Matt Smith, by the way. Since we all know we're going to have this discussion anyway I figured I might as well start off early.
Also, I think the newest Christmas Special was Moffat's not-so-silent protest against Peter Jackson for stealing his two main actors from his other show. Still, haven't laughed that hard in weeks... :laugh:
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I completely agree about David Tennant. And the Christmas Special was cool, it's got me looking forward to the rest of the series
I made my phone into a mini-TARDIS and I want to make a theme for Apex/etc for it some time, when I feel less lazy and think up some ideas.
I'm putting together an 11 costume for a convention because I'm cheap, didn't want to sew, and have a friend who agreed to dress up as Amy.
I'm bargaining with my friend to make me a 4 scarf because I believe you can't just buy them, they need to be made with love.
/randomwhatvianwhatever
Two old Whovians in this house been watching on and off since Tom Baker...
Thats OK said:
Two old Whovians in this house been watching on and off since Tom Baker...
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Tom Baker is the real Dr Who
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Tom Baker is the real Dr Who
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Hard to believe that was over 30 years ago.
Remember when Perpugilliam Brown first showed up.
She wasn't on that long.
All British, I assume... :sly:
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All British, I assume... :sly:
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:what: doctor who is made in the US..
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much better
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:what: doctor who is made in the US..
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I suppose you could make the case that the US is a very confused and distant England, but not so much the other way around.
Can't tell if sarcasm or...
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I should certainly hope it was sarcasm...
If it was made in the US there would be 90% less plot, 80% more romance, 30% more sex, 200% more unoriginal clichés, all characters would be as flat as a penny and the plot would have more holes than a Swiss cheese. Also, it would probably star Tom Cruise as the Doctor.
Oh, and the Daleks would be Middle Eastern or Russian, depending on the year it was filmed in..
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I should certainly hope it was sarcasm...
If it was made in the US there would be 90% less plot, 80% more romance, 30% more sex, 200% more unoriginal clichés, all characters would be as flat as a penny and the plot would have more holes than a Swiss cheese. Also, it would probably star Tom Cruise as the Doctor.
Oh, and the Daleks would be Middle Eastern or Russian, depending on the year it was filmed in..
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Happy late bday. Wasn't sure where to post it when I saw your name at the bottom of the page.
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I should certainly hope it was sarcasm...
If it was made in the US there would be 90% less plot, 80% more romance, 30% more sex, 200% more unoriginal clichés, all characters would be as flat as a penny and the plot would have more holes than a Swiss cheese. Also, it would probably star Tom Cruise as the Doctor.
Oh, and the Daleks would be Middle Eastern or Russian, depending on the year it was filmed in..
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lol the only problem with that logic is the fact that apart from a few shows like Doctor Who (and anime) the rest of the world doesn't make good movies or TV shows.
O, Doctor Who has plenty of things people complain about and I've seen quite a few good American TV shows. I actually grew up with Star Trek, not Doctor Who - although Tom Baker was one of the reasons I finally agreed to try Doctor Who.
Doctor Who changes things all the time, it just has the benefit of the spirit of work like Douglas Adams (who was in fact involved for a bit) - of being able to make ridiculous changes and get a pass because it's science fantasy. Lots of the hard science fans complain about lack of hard science, although I think that's like complaining that they don't kill enough people in Disney movies.
Blink was one of my favourite New Who episodes, and I really hated what they did in the later two-parter with 11. They would have been pretty good episodes on their own, but they really ruined the Angels for me, it made them so much less terrifying - which wouldn't have happened if they had just stuck to their original conception and "rules".
Doctor Who is lucky because it's format is like Star Trek - it has the benefit of being able to do an episodic or serial format without having to worry quite so much about over-arching plot because you can easily take time out and have a "Holodeck episode" or go to another planet or whatever and focus on a unique story that will be gone within the next 24-42 minutes.
I'm actually watching an American show right now, it's struggling a bit now that they've switched from that sort of episodic format to more of a focus on the "background" plot, but they're still standing. LOST did a good job with what it had to work with, too.
IN OTHER NEWS MY SONIC SCREWDRIVER ARRIVED THAT A FRIEND GOT ME FOR CHRISTMAS.
So, not to be rude, but let's keep this thread about Who appreciation or good-natured critique of it - not liking Who at the expense of whole other countries (and I'm saying that as someone who bought a DVD box set of Jeeves and Wooster).
SO ANYWAY.
Favourite Doctor ? Favourite Companion ?
I'd say 4 is my favourite doctor, and all the Rs - River, Rose, and Romana for companions. And I guess Rory, too for the hell of it.
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Well, my fav's definitely 10, and River is absolutely hilarious. Amy was great, too. (Rose bored me.)
Blink is still one of the greatest episodes of the new series. It's what eventually led to Moffat taking over from RTD as showrunner. (Which nobody minded. That whole Timelord-victorious crap was starting to get more than a little boring.)
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Happy late bday. Wasn't sure where to post it when I saw your name at the bottom of the page.
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Thank you
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lol the only problem with that logic is the fact that apart from a few shows like Doctor Who (and anime) the rest of the world doesn't make good movies or TV shows.
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Well, I never said the rest of the world did. Fact is they generally don't.
But the last 10 years or some the BBC makes shows with a lot more original content and plots than Hollywood does.. Think
Top Gear,
Sherlock (Don't get me started on Elementary.),
Merlin,
Robin Hood,
Torchwood (okay, that's a Dr Who spinoff.)
Parade's End (That was hilarious...),
The Office (US is a remake.),
Being Human (Again, US is a remake.),
Strike Back (US took over after S1),
Inspector Lynley Mysteries,
Life on Mars (Lol if you watched Dr Who s3's ending)..
List goes on...
Yes, the US has plenty of great shows (i'm only counting since about 2000.), but most are all either A) Character Dramas, or B) Purely Action. It's very, very rare to find a balanced show with great characters, great actors, excellently thought out plots, original ideas, good visualisation and humour. And when they do finally get one, they cancel it because it's not "What the audience needs." (*cough*, Firefly....)
And no, Game of Thrones is not a good argument, don't bother.
Leela has to be my favourite companion
Sally Sparrow would have made a great companion too.