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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 12, 2015 23:36:45 GMT -5
That is odd. My posts about my automotive issues are gone. It's good to know that this is a technical glitch. I've had this happen seemingly for no reason on other forums over the years and assumed that some overly touchy moderator took a dislike to some of my comments. "What?! He likes the sun?! I can't have this filth on my forum." DELETE Whew, I thought I was losing it. I made a few posts with images that I reposted. I guess I'm going to have double posts that are the same once this clears up. |
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Post by the4thpip on Jun 13, 2015 1:37:58 GMT -5
Being in between relationships and in between jobs, I am carrying around fewer keys than I have in years.
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Post by Crimebuster on Jun 13, 2015 7:52:38 GMT -5
Wish me luck tonight guys. Long story I'll tell you later - some drawbacks to posting under your real name - but I need all the luck I can get today.
Maybe I should change my forum name to Scott H. in the Underworld.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jun 13, 2015 8:20:14 GMT -5
Good Luck! As for user names... you could always go with Scotty Justy... or anything, really we're a small group, not too many names are taken  I've always used 'Wildfire2099' for all my interwebs items... it's almost always available, and has no particular connection to my real life for things like google searches from perspective employers/clients/etc. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 13, 2015 13:45:43 GMT -5
Am I the only one who is bugged by anachronisms in period pieces? I've been reading the Dynamite Shadow. The first arc by Garth Ennis was solid, if unspectacular for being by Ennis. The second book written by Victor Gischler is causing me issues. I get to the end of issue 8 and I'm clobbered by two instances on one page. Lamont Cranston bumps into an Englishman. Not only does Cranston say it's "My Bad!" but the Englishman introduces himself as George Orwell.
"My Bad" as far as I can determine doesn't date before the 1970s and didn't come into wide use until the 80s. And Orwell was a pen-name. While I can't confirm it, my gut tells me he'd introduce himself as Eric Blair. I could probably handle the latter issue, but the first one was incredibly jarring.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 13, 2015 16:48:27 GMT -5
Am I the only one who is bugged by anachronisms in period pieces? I've been reading the Dynamite Shadow. The first arc by Garth Ennis was solid, if unspectacular for being by Ennis. The second book written by Victor Gischler is causing me issues. I get to the end of issue 8 and I'm clobbered by two instances on one page. Lamont Cranston bumps into an Englishman. Not only does Cranston say it's "My Bad!" but the Englishman introduces himself as George Orwell. "My Bad" as far as I can determine doesn't date before the 1970s and didn't come into wide use until the 80s. And Orwell was a pen-name. While I can't confirm it, my gut tells me he'd introduce himself as Eric Blair. I could probably handle the latter issue, but the first one was incredibly jarring. Yeah, it's goofy to see those things but it seems all literature is being dumbed down these days. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2015 18:21:15 GMT -5
Am I the only one who is bugged by anachronisms in period pieces? I've been reading the Dynamite Shadow. The first arc by Garth Ennis was solid, if unspectacular for being by Ennis. The second book written by Victor Gischler is causing me issues. I get to the end of issue 8 and I'm clobbered by two instances on one page. Lamont Cranston bumps into an Englishman. Not only does Cranston say it's "My Bad!" but the Englishman introduces himself as George Orwell. "My Bad" as far as I can determine doesn't date before the 1970s and didn't come into wide use until the 80s. And Orwell was a pen-name. While I can't confirm it, my gut tells me he'd introduce himself as Eric Blair. I could probably handle the latter issue, but the first one was incredibly jarring. Reading actual comics from that period I can say I don't mind the dialogue being updated a little. There are constant pop culture references in Mickey Mouse and Dick Tracy that require annotations to understand. Not to mention the just plain goofy things some tough as nails thugs say that today doesn't register as all that intimidating. I imagine the old Howard Huges movies are very authentic dialogue wise since they were depicting a contemporary era, but I prefer to remember it through the eyes of Martin Scorsese. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 14, 2015 0:50:29 GMT -5
The famous "boner" story with Batman and the Joker comes to mind as a dialogue dated comic.
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Post by Confessor on Jun 14, 2015 5:24:11 GMT -5
Am I the only one who is bugged by anachronisms in period pieces? I've been reading the Dynamite Shadow. The first arc by Garth Ennis was solid, if unspectacular for being by Ennis. The second book written by Victor Gischler is causing me issues. I get to the end of issue 8 and I'm clobbered by two instances on one page. Lamont Cranston bumps into an Englishman. Not only does Cranston say it's "My Bad!" but the Englishman introduces himself as George Orwell. "My Bad" as far as I can determine doesn't date before the 1970s and didn't come into wide use until the 80s. And Orwell was a pen-name. While I can't confirm it, my gut tells me he'd introduce himself as Eric Blair. I could probably handle the latter issue, but the first one was incredibly jarring. No, I'm exactly the same. It really annoys me. If you're gonna do a period piece, be it a book, film, TV series or whatever, you really can't litter the dialogue with late 20th century or early 21st slang. It's jarring and serves to take the viewer or reader completely out of the story. It's also completely avoidable and smacks of a lack of care or laziness on the part of the author or filmmaker. To me, anachronistic dialogue is just as bad as having someone wearing a Clash t-shirt in a World War 2 drama or using a smart phone in a Victorian murder mystery. |
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Post by Cei-U! on Jun 14, 2015 7:38:23 GMT -5
Or showing Radar O' Reilly with a copy of Avengers over a decade before that title debuted?
Cei-U!
I summon the oopsie!
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 14, 2015 7:43:23 GMT -5
Or showing Radar O' Reilly with a copy of Avengers over a decade before that title debuted? Cei-U! I summon the oopsie! Shame on you, C. You don't believe in time travel? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2015 7:49:56 GMT -5
Or showing Radar O' Reilly with a copy of Avengers over a decade before that title debuted? Cei-U! I summon the oopsie!  Here's photo proof ... thanks for reminding me. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 14, 2015 7:59:10 GMT -5
Yikes! Look at those creases !!!!
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Post by the4thpip on Jun 14, 2015 9:07:17 GMT -5
Yikes! Look at those creases !!!! War is hell, man. |
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Post by Pharozonk on Jun 14, 2015 10:26:52 GMT -5
Yikes! Look at those creases !!!! And that's such a great story too!  |
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