Smallville's "Grinds my Gears" thread

Originally posted by Bardock42
You thought a Michael Bay movie had the potential to be captivating....what's wrong with you?

I thought Pearl Harbor was awesome.

It was shit, but the attack scene was pwnage.

Originally posted by Smallville
Basically, I am going to use this thread to vent. Why? Because I want to. There is a lot that I want to get off my chest, and it seems that voicing one's opinions to total strangers via the internet is the wave of the future, so why not join the public en masse?

Anyways, first installment.

It has been some time since I have watched a movie that has totally captivated me. I mean, from beginning to end, totally just grabbed me by the sack and did not let go. There have been many releases lately that have been apparent "must see movies," but I disagree.

A lot of people around my camp have told me, "Transformers 2 was awesome!" It was nothing more then an excuse for Michael Bay to digitally make things go boom, and crash. "Dude, the Hangover is the funniest movie ever." Apparently, "Dude, Where's My Car 2" was lost in translation for me.

Movies have gone the way of the video game; more concerned with how visually compelling something is as opposed to making the audience actually care about story and characters.

And that is what "grinds my gears."

... for those who are interested, yes, I had picked a different title, but since this is a PG-13 site, I went with something a little less profane.

Dude, forget about movies. Movies are out, Dexter is in!! Seriously, if you want your nuts grabbed by awesomeness, then rent Season One of Dexter, then go from there. 😎

Originally posted by The Red
3 Words. The Dark Knight.

Originally posted by Steak Knife
Dude, forget about movies. Movies are out, Dexter is in!! Seriously, if you want your nuts grabbed by awesomeness, then rent Season One of Dexter, then go from there. 😎

I heard it was good. Thankfully television is not be bombarded (as much) by stupid reality TV, but have moved more to the hour-long drama thing. I am still not too keen on what is being offered by television, but there are the odd TV shows I will make a point to watch.

I will check out Dexter if I have a chance.

Originally posted by Smallville
I heard it was good. Thankfully television is not be bombarded (as much) by stupid reality TV, but have moved more to the hour-long drama thing. I am still not too keen on what is being offered by television, but there are the odd TV shows I will make a point to watch.

I will check out Dexter if I have a chance.

Well dude on the up side, Smallville is about to start season 9 🙂

7 Sept 09

For those who do not know me, which is a vast majority of you all I am assuming, I am in the US Army. I am currently on assignment to Afghanistan, and with little else to do but watch what movies and TV shows I have access to via external hard drive, I do a lot of reading and a lot of working out. As I was reading through the latest issue of Muscle and Fitness that we received, I came across something rather interesting to say the least. It is called the LFL. The Lingerie Football League. I am not joking. Official Site

With a tagline of True Fantasy Football, it is taking the idea of Sex Sells to the Nth degree. Now, don't get me wrong, I am just as red blooded as any other heterosexual male on the planet. I do find women attractive. But, the LFL is nothing more then the equivalent of women in the WWE; eye candy. And, don't they already have that in professional Football? I believe they do, it is call cheerleaders.

Bottom line is I get the point. Women playing sports with the chance of clothes being ripped off at any moment is sexy, but I can see just as much reading a Maxim magasine. Or I can see more in a porno with equally as attractive or even moreso. Good job catering to the primitive male mind. Any man with self-respect will not watch, and any self-respecting woman would not participate.

Glad to see you Mr Smallville sir 😊

Originally posted by Paola
Glad to see you Mr Smallville sir 😊

hug

Originally posted by Smallville
7 Sept 09

For those who do not know me, which is a vast majority of you all I am assuming, I am in the US Army. I am currently on assignment to Afghanistan, and with little else to do but watch what movies and TV shows I have access to via external hard drive, I do a lot of reading and a lot of working out. As I was reading through the latest issue of Muscle and Fitness that we received, I came across something rather interesting to say the least. It is called the LFL. The Lingerie Football League. I am not joking. Official Site

With a tagline of True Fantasy Football, it is taking the idea of Sex Sells to the Nth degree. Now, don't get me wrong, I am just as red blooded as any other heterosexual male on the planet. I do find women attractive. But, the LFL is nothing more then the equivalent of women in the WWE; eye candy. And, don't they already have that in professional Football? I believe they do, it is call cheerleaders.

Bottom line is I get the point. Women playing sports with the chance of clothes being ripped off at any moment is sexy, but I can see just as much reading a Maxim magasine. Or I can see more in a porno with equally as attractive or even moreso. Good job catering to the primitive male mind. Any man with self-respect will not watch, and any self-respecting woman would not participate.

I love that you've been honest about how you feel, but I have to admit it's catering to an occasionally primitive female mind here as well. That chick, No.7 - hot 😛

Originally posted by Syren
I love that you've been honest about how you feel, but I have to admit it's catering to an occasionally primitive female mind here as well. That chick, No.7 - hot 😛

I am the first to admit that the majority of the females in the LFL are attractive, but that is not my point.

10 Sept 09

I was thinking it over today, and it dawned on me just how many abbreviations the Military has for, well, just about everything. Here is a list of some:

OpSec - Operational Security
HUA (pronounced, and sometimes spelled, Hooah) - Heard, Understood, Acknowledged
FOB - Forward Operating Base
CBRN (referred to as See-Burn) - Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear
HMMWV (Hummvie) - High Mobility, Multipurpose, Wheeled Vehicle

... how Hummvie came from that, I have no idea.

And, the worst thing of all, is people make things up all the time. Radio communication has certain protocol that is supposed to be followed. Rather then saying NINE, you say NINER. And there is the phonetic alphabet as well. I would post that, but if you are interested I am sure you can look it up. But, sometimes when I am working and my TOC (Tatical Operation Center. Pronounced "TALK"😉 personnel will request a favor from me, and when I accomplish the goal they requested, they reply with "TANGO," which is the phonetic alphabet "T." Really, that means nothing at all. But, it is slang for "Thanks."

I understand the reasoning for abbreviations. It makes things easier for the most part. But, at the same time, there is a veritable cornucopia of acronyms and abbreviations in the military already, why make more? Especially when TANGO takes just as much time as THANKS does to say. To me, it makes as much sense as the nickname Charlie for somebody named Charles. Both have the same amount of letters and syllables in them.

And that is what grinds my gears.

Charles/Charlie is based soley on the fact that one is more "proper" than the other. It's not a shortened nickname.

"Smallville" doesn't grind my gears. It tears them apart piece by piece. Terrible, terrible show.

Originally posted by the.kenzo
Charles/Charlie is based soley on the fact that one is more "proper" than the other. It's not a shortened nickname.

I disagree.

man! that happens on a lot of fields, taxi drivers, insurance companies... it annoys me I cannot understand what they mean 😖

it 'grinds my gears' too... for whatever that means 😮

Originally posted by Smallville
I disagree.

Explain.

Originally posted by the.kenzo
Explain.

Well, I disagree with your argument that Charlie is not a nickname for Charles, but more just a "less proper" version of the name. The very definition of a nickname is:

A familiar form of a proper name, as Jim for James and Peg for Margaret

Source of Information

Therefore, your entire debate is flawed. Also, your misspelled "solely."

Originally posted by Smallville
Apparently, "Dude, Where's My Car 2" was lost in translation for me.

wait there's a dude wheres my car 2?! since when?! i gotta see it..

Today, I was privy to a wonderful song. It is a song called "My President is Black," by Young Jeezy. Yes, I promise, this is true.

I understand why a rap "artist" would go to the lengths of writing a song celebrating the fact that the trend has been broken, and an African-American has been elected to Presidency, but to do so in the fashion that he did makes a mockery of the entire situation. To explain further, here is a few select "highlights" of what I am trying to address:

The Chorus...

My president is black, my Lambo's blue
And I'll be goddamned if my rims ain't too
My momma ain't at home, and daddy's still in jail
Tryna make a plate, anybody seen the scale?
My president is black, my Lambo's blue
And I'll be goddamned if my rims ain't too
My money's light green and my Jordans light grey
And they love to see white, now how much you tryna pay?
Let's go!

Now, not a lot of people speak Ebonics, so allow me to translate.

Barack Obama is the first Black president. Horray!
I drive a Lamborghini (blue, in case you were wondering) because there is a plethora of impressionable, poorly educated people who listen to Rap music for the "rockin' bass" and it really doesn't matter what I say, so this line makes no sense.
Also, since you idiots pay $20 a pop for one of my albums, I make enough money to spend on rims to match my car. Yeah, that's right. I have nothing better to do with the amount of money I make from selling this tripe, so I spend it on accents for my car that make it look pretty and nothing more. I will go so far to look "cool" to the public at large to spend thousands of dollars on rims; which, in turn, makes the fuel economy on my car lower, causing me to spend more in gas, and therefore adding to the ruining of the environment.

I would continue mocking the chorus, but it would take me forever to do so.

The rest of the song is pretty much bashing George W. Bush, saying that we needed somebody to save us from him. If he was really that bad, why did he get elected for a second term? You can blame whoever you want to, but he was re-elected. Obviously he was doing something right.

In conclusion, yes, I am proud that the ideals set by history and that we have elected somebody who is not a white male, and I will keep my opinion to myself about what I think of President Obama and what he is doing as president. As far as this "song" is concerned, I have an opinion. [sarcasm]I am glad that those who are in the limelight completely understand that they are role models to the youth of today, and take the responsibility seriously.[/sarcasm]

That, ladies and gentlemen, is what is pissing me off today.