It’s not Christmas without awful ABC Family movies.
I highly recommend you find a spot for Rare Exports.
Ooh a holiday version of The Thing? Definitely gets a try.
It’s not Christmas without awful ABC Family movies.
Uh yeah I have to draw the line at actual good movies, thanks. And the last couple flirt with that line, but they are better than any Family Channel or Hallmark crap by miles.
It's not Christmas without Will Vinton's Claymation Christmas Celebration.
*Legion* wrote:It’s not Christmas without awful ABC Family movies.
Uh yeah I have to draw the line at actual good movies, thanks. And the last couple flirt with that line, but they are better than any Family Channel or Hallmark crap by miles.
Such disrespect for the Alicia Witt Christmas Cinematic Universe.
The Muppet's Christmas Carol is the best adaptation by far.
Such disrespect for the Alicia Witt Christmas Cinematic Universe
"I Want a Non-Threatening Man For Christmas"
"A Very Whitebread Christmas"
"An Unthinkingly Affluent Christmas Miracle "
"The Hetero Yet Somehow Also Asexual Christmas Gift"
"The Least Horny Romance Novel Cover (A Christmas Story)"
Why do all the spam accounts here set their location to "Manassas"?
If you have Disney +, Duck the Halls is great.
And if you don't, it is free on YouTube.
Why do all the spam accounts here set their location to "Manassas"?
Man Asses harharhar. Like the place in Pennsylvania named after a lady pimp, Madame More Ass.
MaxShrek wrote:I always wondered about A Christmas Carol. I watched one and Marley said Scrooge was supposed to be visited by one ghost per night over the next three nights. Then the same one had three ghosts per hour on Christmas Eve/Morning...
.. can somebody explain this?
The original Dickens says over 3 nights.
“That is no light part of my penance,” pursued the Ghost. “I am here to-night to warn you, that you have yet a chance and hope of escaping my fate. A chance and hope of my procuring, Ebenezer.”“You were always a good friend to me,” said Scrooge. “Thank’ee!”
“You will be haunted,” resumed the Ghost, “by Three Spirits.”
Scrooge’s countenance fell almost as low as the Ghost’s had done.
“Is that the chance and hope you mentioned, Jacob?” he demanded, in a faltering voice.
“It is.”
“I—I think I’d rather not,” said Scrooge.
“Without their visits,” said the Ghost, “you cannot hope to shun the path I tread. Expect the first to-morrow, when the bell tolls One.”
“Couldn’t I take ’em all at once, and have it over, Jacob?” hinted Scrooge.
“Expect the second on the next night at the same hour. The third upon the next night when the last stroke of Twelve has ceased to vibrate. Look to see me no more; and look that, for your own sake, you remember what has passed between us!”
But here's the thing, each ghost's visit lasts nearly an entire day. At least, that's my reading of the text. There's almost no time between Christmas Present's visit and Christmas Future's arrival.
So, Scrooge woke up AFTER Christmas and he DID miss it.. hmm movie adaptations are weird. Unless he had the three nights and then somehow was transported back to Christmas Eve..?
Dickens just dicovered time dilation decades before anyone else. The weight of Scrooge's guilt and remorse was so massive that the gravity of his situation caused three nights for him to be just one night for everyone else.
That is a great list, except that Die Hard had no sequels, sadly. You mistyped. 
Scrooged is a perennial favorite of ours, as is The Nightmare Before Christmas, which was surely omitted by some sort of TCP/IP transmission glitch (I'm looking at you, UDP) because I know you would never have left it out
My holiday special is Edward Scissorhands.
Showgirls is probably the best christmas movie of all time and the best movie of all time in any genre including animated.
Better than Princess Bride? ...I think not.
merphle wrote:Why do all the spam accounts here set their location to "Manassas"?
Man Asses harharhar. Like the place in Pennsylvania named after a lady pimp, Madame More Ass.
I know it's an actual place in Northern VA, right next to where I grew up. Tons of data centers just down the road from there in Ashburn.
And yes, we always made fun of the name, and combined it's name with a neighboring town of Dumfries...
MaxShrek wrote:merphle wrote:Why do all the spam accounts here set their location to "Manassas"?
Man Asses harharhar. Like the place in Pennsylvania named after a lady pimp, Madame More Ass.
I know it's an actual place in Northern VA, right next to where I grew up. Tons of data centers just down the road from there in Ashburn.
And yes, we always made fun of the name, and combined it's name with a neighboring town of Dumfries...
When my brother moved to Virginia we noticed fun names, even street names like Frying Pan Lane and Popes Head Road
The best Christmas movie is Michael Mann's Heat.
The original roads and neighborhoods in Columbia, MD, were named via association with famous books and authors and poets. We have some *great* street names here (although you'd better know who Owen Brown and William Faulkner are. Bonus points if you notice the Tolkien neighborhood.)
Wind Harp Way
Deep Calm
Cradle Rock Way
Empty Song Road
Hobbit's Glen
But
Coon Hunt Court
and
Satan Wood Drive
no longer exist for reasons that should be obvious to the reader.
James Rouse also designed Reston, VA, and other developers took after this trend and so in NoVa and other areas his expertise touched, you'll find imitators all around. That's life.
Anyone here has any experience introducing a young dog to older cats?
The situation is: my boyfriend and I do not live together (and since we've just started dating at the end of August, it's not in the cards yet), but he has a young dog and I have two old cats (13 and 11). However, we've been discussing that maybe it would be good to get our pets to know each other, in case we ever decide to move in together.
If my cats were even older, I'd say let's wait until they pass away (which in itself fills me with dread and makes me want to cry my eyes out), but since they are still probably going to be around for a few years, and if the relationship is going to last (too early to tell), this is a possibility we should start planning and prepare for.
So, Scrooge woke up AFTER Christmas and he DID miss it.. hmm movie adaptations are weird. Unless he had the three nights and then somehow was transported back to Christmas Eve..?
It's simpler than that: the spirits first started visiting 3 nights before Christmas.
Yeah what day is more magical than Dec 22nd?
Festivus Eve
MaxShrek wrote:So, Scrooge woke up AFTER Christmas and he DID miss it.. hmm movie adaptations are weird. Unless he had the three nights and then somehow was transported back to Christmas Eve..?
It's simpler than that: the spirits first started visiting 3 nights before Christmas.
Hmm they must have done some creative license with the days turned into hours in one night.
mrtomaytohead wrote:MaxShrek wrote:merphle wrote:Why do all the spam accounts here set their location to "Manassas"?
Man Asses harharhar. Like the place in Pennsylvania named after a lady pimp, Madame More Ass.
I know it's an actual place in Northern VA, right next to where I grew up. Tons of data centers just down the road from there in Ashburn.
And yes, we always made fun of the name, and combined it's name with a neighboring town of Dumfries...
When my brother moved to Virginia we noticed fun names, even street names like Frying Pan Lane and Popes Head Road
Ah yes, Popes Head. My brother totaled his car on that road, twice, with the same car, (totaled it, kept driving instead of surrendering it the first time) on the same turn. It was also a good road to take for my dad's commute from our house in Centreville to Lanham, MD.
Compton Rd was also great at ending the lives of cars if you weren't careful. Great driving road in the middle of all that sprawl if you were, though.
MaxShrek wrote:mrtomaytohead wrote:MaxShrek wrote:merphle wrote:Why do all the spam accounts here set their location to "Manassas"?
Man Asses harharhar. Like the place in Pennsylvania named after a lady pimp, Madame More Ass.
I know it's an actual place in Northern VA, right next to where I grew up. Tons of data centers just down the road from there in Ashburn.
And yes, we always made fun of the name, and combined it's name with a neighboring town of Dumfries...
When my brother moved to Virginia we noticed fun names, even street names like Frying Pan Lane and Popes Head Road
Ah yes, Popes Head. My brother totaled his car on that road, twice, with the same car, (totaled it, kept driving instead of surrendering it the first time) on the same turn. It was also a good road to take for my dad's commute from our house in Centreville to Lanham, MD.
Compton Rd was also great at ending the lives of cars if you weren't careful. Great driving road in the middle of all that sprawl if you were, though.
Random aside, I first heard of Manassas as in the Battle Of Manassas when reading the Encyclopedia Brown story "The Case of the Civil War Sword". Good times.
What episode of Batman the Animated Series has Dick ask Bruce if he'd ever seen "It's A Wonderful Life?" and Bruce goes "I never get past the title."
That would be "Christmas With the Joker." According to science, the 59th best episode of the show.
Can anytime recommend trustworthy sources of news coverage in African countries? Specifically looking for news about impact of Chinese investments in the region that isn't colored by western interests.
NPR? AP? Reuters? AFP? All of them use reporters or stringers who are from various parts of Africa.
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