Death Wish 3 fan

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chaos_dwarf @ 2009-10-15T19:18:00

2009-10-16T00:23:08Z

Wow, another radical in the White House.

WHO'D HAVE THUNK IT?

chaos_dwarf @ 2009-10-15T18:40:00

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chaos_dwarf @ 2009-10-12T23:57:00

2009-10-13T04:05:12Z

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111111111

2009-10-13T03:56:10Z

SUCK ON THAT JETS!!!!!

31-27

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chaos_dwarf @ 2009-10-08T23:01:00

2009-10-09T03:12:57Z

01. Cardio
02. Double tap
03. Beware of bathrooms
04. Seatbelts
06. Cast Iron Skillets
07. Travel light
12. Bounty Paper Towels
15. Bowling Balls
17. Don't be a hero
18. Limber up
22. When in doubt know your way out
29. Buddy System
31. Check the back seat
32. Enjoy the little things
33. Swiss Army Knife

chaos_dwarf @ 2009-09-19T00:24:00

2009-09-19T04:28:58Z

Thorin Oakenshield is a major character in The Hobbit and is mentioned in passing in The Lord of the Rings. He was the leader of the Company of Dwarves who aimed to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from Smaug the dragon, and was the son of Thráin II and the grandson of King Thrór.

Thorin is described as being very haughty, stern, and officious. He has a talent for singing and playing the harp, wears a gold chain, and has a very long beard. He refers to his homes in the Blue Mountains as "poor lodgings in exile." He is a capable and a cunning warrior, if not a particularly inspiring or clever leader.

In The Hobbit, Thorin and twelve other Dwarves, mostly relatives of his or others of Durin's Folk, visited Bilbo Baggins on Gandalf's advice to hire him as a burglar, to steal back their treasure from Smaug. He especially wanted the Arkenstone, the Heart of the Mountain.

He alone was not taken by complete surprise when the company encountered a band of Trolls, and he and Gandalf fought valiantly in the Goblin tunnels. Even so, his leadership is not particularly distinguished until very late in the quest, and then he does not show much wisdom. Thorin is the first to be captured by the Wood-Elves of Mirkwood, and insists that the other Dwarves not disclose their quest to their captors. He is the first to emerge from the barrels at Lake-town and marches right up to the leaders of the town, declaring himself as King Under the Mountain.

Thorin was furious when Bilbo stole the Arkenstone to use as a bargaining counter with Thranduil, the Elvenking, and Bard the Bowman, both of whom had some claim to the treasure. The conflict was averted by an attack of Goblins and Wargs, and the Dwarves joined forces with the Elves, the Men of Lake-town, and the great Eagles to defeat them in what came to be known as the Battle of the Five Armies. During the battle Thorin was mortally wounded, but before he died he made his peace with Bilbo.

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. But, sad or merry, I must leave it now. Farewell.
—The Hobbit, Thorin's last words

Thorin had recovered the Elven blade Orcrist during the quest. He came upon it in a Troll stash (after barely escaping with his life). He used it throughout the Quest of Erebor, but it was taken from him after he was captured by the Wood-elves. The sword was given back after his death and was laid upon the tomb (the Arkenstone was placed in the tomb itself) so that ever after the blade would glow blue should enemies approach and the mountain could never be taken by surprise. Thorin was succeeded as the leader of Durin's Folk by his cousin, Dáin Ironfoot.

Part III of Appendix A in The Return of the King, gives an overview of the history of Durin's folk and further elaborates Thorin's background. Born in the year 2746 of the Third Age (T.A.), Thorin was driven into exile by the dragon Smaug in 2770, along with the rest of the surviving Dwarves of Erebor, the Lonely Mountain. At the Battle of Azanulbizar in 2799, when he was 53 (a young age for a Dwarf) he marched with a mighty Dwarf-army into Nanduhirion beneath the East-gate of Moria. Thorin's shield was broken, and he used his axe to chop a branch from an oak tree to defend himself, thus gaining the epithet "Oakenshield".

Tolkien borrowed Thorin's name from the Old Norse poem Völuspá, part of the Poetic Edda. The name "Thorin" (Þorinn) appears in stanza 12, where it is used for a dwarf, and the name "Oakenshield" (Eikinskjaldi) in stanza 13. The names also appear in Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda.

As he was by right the king of Erebor, he was King Under the Mountain. The title passed to Dáin after his death.

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2009-09-17T04:08:51Z

Swayze Week continues

2009-09-16T20:36:19Z

Swayze Crazy

2009-09-15T18:27:08Z

In honor of Swayze, here are the ten most important fighting lessons that you can take away from “Roadhouse”:

1. That dude probably has a knife blade in his boot.
2. And he is too stupid to have a good time.
3. Take the biggest guy in the world, shatter his knee, and he'll drop like a stone.
4. If things get really hairy, call Sam Elliot.
5. Be nice. Until it’s time to not be nice.
6. If you're gonna have a pet, keep it on a leash.
7. When a man sticks a gun in your face, you got two choices. You can die, or you can kill the motherfucker.
8. Pain don’t hurt.
9. Being called a cocksucker isn’t personal. It's just two nouns combined to elicit a prescribed response.
10. No one ever wins a fight.

chaos_dwarf @ 2009-09-14T20:28:00

2009-09-15T00:29:20Z

RIP

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2009-09-09T14:19:01Z

^{A scream queen is an actress who has become associated with horror films, either through an appearance in a notable entry in the genre as a frequent victim or through constant appearances as the female protagonist. Fay Wray is noted as the first scream queen while Jamie Lee Curtis is noted as a person who helped revive the scream queen title with her performance in the popular slasher film Halloween.

The term "scream queen" is more specifically used to refer to the "attractive young damsels-in-distress" characters that have appeared in a number of films in the horror genre. Lloyd Kaufman, co-founder of Troma Entertainment, noted that being a scream queen is "more than just crying and having ketchup thrown on you. You not only have to be attractive, but you also have to have a big brain. You have to be frightened, you have to be sad, you have to be romantic." Ryan Stewart, of cinematical.com, has described a scream queen as someone who has "given an impactful, memorable performance in a horror film". Debbie Rochon, often described as a scream queen herself, wrote in an article originally published in GC Magazine that "a true Scream Queen isn't The Perfect Woman. She's sexy, seductive, but most importantly 'attainable' to the average guy. Or so it would seem."
The use of women in horror films dates back to the silent film era, with films such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) and Nosferatu (1922). George Feltenstein, film historian and senior vice president of theatrical catalog marketing at Warner Home Video, states, "Women screaming in terror has been a Hollywood mainstay — even when films were silent". However, Fay Wray of King Kong (1933) is arguably the first notable scream queen. Wray had also appeared in a number of other horror films previous to King Kong, and eventually took her career to England to escape the title, stating "I don't like it at all...being called Scream Queen." Following Wray, in the 1930s, Elsa Lanchester in Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and Gloria Stuart in The Invisible Man (1933) were also considered scream queens.
In the 1940s, filmmakers "wanted stories to take them out of reality and reveal an image far more in control", creating noir films and featuring such actresses as Hillary Brooke, who appeared in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) and Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942). Simone Simon and Joan Crawford were also notable actresses of the decade.
The 1960 film Psycho placed Janet Leigh as a prominent scream queen who had begun the change into the modern horror protagonist. In this film era, B movies remained popular at drive-in theaters, and Psycho had been a part of the larger exploitation boom in the genre.
In 1978, Jamie Lee Curtis, daughter of Janet Leigh, had her first film role in Halloween. Portraying Laurie Strode, Curtis established herself as the "ultimate 'scream queen'" and was even referenced as such in the horror film Scream (1996). Curtis went on to star in several other horror films and Halloween sequels, and continues to act, broadening her range outside the specific genre.
The success of Halloween, as well as what could be considered the first slasher film, Black Christmas (1974), helped popularize the slasher film genre. Many of the scream queen actresses of these films were required to perform nude scenes. Monique Gabrielle in Chained Heat (1983), Michelle Bauer in Demonwarp (1987), and Brinke Stevens in Bad Girls from Mars (1989) are examples.
During the 1990s, Debbie Rochon starred in dozens of Troma Production horror films and was voted by Draculina magazine as its "Scream Queen of the Decade". Neve Campbell also began her career in horror with The Craft (1996), and later went on to star as Sidney Prescott in the Scream series of horror films. Sarah Michelle Gellar, despite her start in television as the title character in the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer, went on to appear in other horror films during the decade, including I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) and Scream 2 (1997). Both actresses are considered scream queens, and Gellar continues to star in horror films.
Ryan Stewart cited Cassandra Magrath and Kestie Morassi as prime examples of modern scream queens for their roles in Wolf Creek (2005). 2006 saw Kate Beckinsale earn the award for "Best Scream Queen" at the Scream Awards for her role in Underworld: Evolution (2006). In 2007, USA Today published an article listing its opinion of who qualified as a modern scream queens; the list included Sheri Moon Zombie, Jaimie Alexander, Andrea Bogart, Mercedes McNab, Tiffany Shepis, and Cerina Vincent.}

Sometimes I feel the need to watch some James Bond. That time is now.

2009-09-08T18:32:55Z

Saw it yesterday...loved it.

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chaos_dwarf @ 2009-09-03T14:40:00

2009-09-03T18:45:35Z

Soon all of you will be like me... And then who will lock you up in a cellar?

chaos_dwarf @ 2009-09-03T14:28:00

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