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PostPosted: Tue May 27, 2008 5:42 pm    Post subject: The Happening Reply with quote

I just saw a preview for this piece of garbage.

What the fuck?
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PostPosted: Tue May 27, 2008 6:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Exactly.


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PostPosted: Tue May 27, 2008 6:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Also, speaking of movies...I saw this on the Rambo wikipedia article:

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PostPosted: Tue May 27, 2008 7:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Interesting if true
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PostPosted: Tue May 27, 2008 9:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It seems that the Rambo graph is based on data from this article:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/commentary/la-op-mueller20jan20,1,2456255.story?page=1

And in case anyone is wondering: unlike what (I thought) the graph implied, Rambo in fact didn't manage to kill people while neither wearing nor not wearing a shirt. (The 'total kills' bar apparently includes kills by people other than Rambo.)

Also, the article contains some other relevant data:

LA Times wrote:

Number of bad guys killed by Rambo with his shirt on
I: "First Blood" (1982): 1
II: "Rambo: First Blood Part II" (1985): 12
III: "Rambo III" (1988): 33
IV: "Rambo" (2008): 83
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Number of bad guys killed by Rambo with his shirt off
I: "First Blood" (1982): 0
II: "Rambo: First Blood Part II" (1985): 46
III: "Rambo III" (1988): 45
IV: "Rambo" (2008): 0
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Number of bad guys killed by Rambo no matter how attired
I: "First Blood" (1982): 1
II: "Rambo: First Blood Part II" (1985): 58
III: "Rambo III" (1988): 78
IV: "Rambo" (2008): 83
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Number of bad guys killed by accomplices of Rambo acting on their own
I: "First Blood" (1982): 0
II: "Rambo: First Blood Part II" (1985): 10
III: "Rambo III"(1988): 17
IV: "Rambo" (2008): 40
--
Number of good guys killed by bad guys
I: "First Blood" (1982): 0
II: "Rambo: First Blood Part II" (1985): 1
III: "Rambo III" (1988): 37
IV: "Rambo" (2008): 113
--
Total number of people killed
I: "First Blood" (1982): 1
II: "Rambo: First Blood Part II" (1985): 69
III: "Rambo III" (1988): 132
IV: "Rambo" (2008): 236
--
Number of people killed per minute
I: "First Blood" (1982): 0.01
II: "Rambo: First Blood Part II" (1985): 0.72
III: "Rambo III" (1988): 1.30
IV: "Rambo" (2008): 2.59
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Time at which the first person is killed (mins:secs)
I: "First Blood" (1982): 29:31
II: "Rambo: First Blood Part II" (1985): 33:34
III: "Rambo III" (1988): 41:9
IV: "Rambo" (2008): 3:22
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Number of people killed per minute from that point until the end of the film (not including the ending credits)
I: "First Blood" (1982): 0.02
II: "Rambo: First Blood Part II" (1985): 1.18
III: "Rambo III" (1988): 2.39
IV: "Rambo" (2008): 3.04
--
Sequences in which Rambo is shot at without significant result
I: "First Blood" (1982): 12
II: "Rambo: First Blood Part II" (1985): 24
III: "Rambo III" (1988): 38
IV: "Rambo" (2008): 2
--
Number of sequences in which good guys are tortured by bad guys
I: "First Blood" (1982): 2
II: "Rambo: First Blood Part II" (1985): 5
III: "Rambo III" (1988): 7
IV: "Rambo" (2008): 3
--
Number of sex scenes
I: "First Blood" (1982): 0
II: "Rambo: First Blood Part II" (1985): 0
III: "Rambo III" (1988): 0
IV: "Rambo" (2008): 0


I feel like Liza and I should be graphing this and checking it for convergence...
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PostPosted: Tue May 27, 2008 10:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wasn't going to say anything, but since the thread has gotten this far I might as well. Who is this Rambo person and why are there statistics on how many people he kills per minute?

And yes, I agree that the data should be checked for convergence.
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PostPosted: Tue May 27, 2008 10:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lizakova wrote:
I wasn't going to say anything, but since the thread has gotten this far I might as well. Who is this Rambo person and why are there statistics on how many people he kills per minute?

And yes, I agree that the data should be checked for convergence.


I believe any and all answers could be found in the wikipedia article.
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PostPosted: Tue May 27, 2008 11:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lizakova wrote:
Who is this Rambo person and why are there statistics on how many people he kills per minute?


Who gave you American citizenship?
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PostPosted: Tue May 27, 2008 11:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jaster wrote:
Who gave you American citizenship?


She posted a picture of the guy.
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PostPosted: Wed May 28, 2008 1:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mchicken wrote:
jaster wrote:
Who gave you American citizenship?


She posted a picture of the guy.


You mean this one?
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PostPosted: Wed May 28, 2008 1:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What did the symbol mean again?
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PostPosted: Wed May 28, 2008 8:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That picture is, at best, very disturbing.
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PostPosted: Wed May 28, 2008 12:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mchicken wrote:
What did the symbol mean again?


I think we agreed that the symbol meant samurai. Also, that is in fact not the guy who gave me citizenship. He was the court bailiff who just happened to be there. The line to get your picture taken with the actual judge was too long so I settled for this guy.
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PostPosted: Wed May 28, 2008 1:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lizakova wrote:
mchicken wrote:
What did the symbol mean again?


I think we agreed that the symbol meant samurai. Also, that is in fact not the guy who gave me citizenship. He was the court bailiff who just happened to be there. The line to get your picture taken with the actual judge was too long so I settled for this guy.


Yeah but Emily did do quite a bit of work to make that Rambo action happen.

And for all you know, there could have been a Princess Amidala/Padme switcheroo being pulled on you, and that guy was the judge and the judge was the bailiff. You know, for national security reasons...with all those terrorists around.
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PostPosted: Wed May 28, 2008 2:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mchicken wrote:
lizakova wrote:
mchicken wrote:
What did the symbol mean again?


I think we agreed that the symbol meant samurai. Also, that is in fact not the guy who gave me citizenship. He was the court bailiff who just happened to be there. The line to get your picture taken with the actual judge was too long so I settled for this guy.


Yeah but Emily did do quite a bit of work to make that Rambo action happen.

And for all you know, there could have been a Princess Amidala/Padme switcheroo being pulled on you, and that guy was the judge and the judge was the bailiff. You know, for national security reasons...with all those terrorists around.


Hey, I'll take any photoshopping opportunity I can get. Not to mention the hilarity of the notion that (over-sized-head) Rambo himself was the one who gave Liza citizenship. Or at least posed for a picture with her after someone else did.
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