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[MT2008]

Originally Posted by Swordfish941

Is Fifty Shades of Grey that bad?

As lame as it sounds, my wife is reading it now. Based on what little of it I've read (out of morbid curiosity), the whole book sounds like some sexually frustrated teenage girl's ignorant fantasy. It's so pathetic that it makes me wonder if E.L. James is actually a 50-year old virgin. Christian Grey (the character who lends his name to the title) sounds so much like a rip-off of Patrick Bateman that I'm wondering if there's a point in the book where he whips out a blunt object during sex with the protagonist and tries to kill her...except that this very thought just makes me want to go watch "American Psycho" instead.

[MT2008]

I just had the longest, craziest weekend of my life in Washington, D.C. with friends from grad school, and I'm still hung over from last night. Easily tops the craziest nights I ever had when I was an undergraduate. We got back to my friend's place at 5 AM this morning after visiting almost every bar in the Connecticut Ave/DuPont Circle area.

I think this morning was the first time I ever uttered, "I'm getting too old for this shit." Although apparently last night, when somebody pointed out that daylight was breaking, I told them, "Daylight come, but I don't wanna go home." I don't remember this at all, but if I actually quoted Jason DeRulo with a straight face, then I must have been REALLY fucked up...

In other news, enjoy this trailer: http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2582029593/

[Swordfish941]

Originally Posted by MT2008

I just had the longest, craziest weekend of my life in Washington, D.C. with friends from grad school, and I'm still hung over from last night. Easily tops the craziest nights I ever had when I was an undergraduate. We got back to my friend's place at 5 AM this morning after visiting almost every bar in the Connecticut Ave/DuPont Circle area.

I think this morning was the first time I ever uttered, "I'm getting too old for this shit." Although apparently last night, when somebody pointed out that daylight was breaking, I told them, "Daylight come, but I don't wanna go home." I don't remember this at all, but if I actually quoted Jason DeRulo with a straight face, then I must have been REALLY fucked up...

In other news, enjoy this trailer: http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2582029593/

You don't like Jason Derulo?

That trailer looks interesting. Kathryn Bigelow's a pretty good director.

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by Swordfish941

You don't like Jason Derulo?

That trailer looks interesting. Kathryn Bigelow's a pretty good director.

Were you kidding, but left out the ""?

It'll be interesting to see how this movie turns out, given the level of DoD cooperation that they received. But I hope that it has no political agenda (making Bush look too incompetent, glorifying Obama's role, etc.)

Originally Posted by Evil Tim

Bit of reasonably well-known history for you; E.L. James is a fanfiction writer and Fifty Shades of Grey was originally written as a Twilight fanfic called Master of the Universe. She changed the names around so she could get it published and that's about all. Christian Grey is the sparkly vampire Edward Cullen + money + badly written fetish, and the writer is a fan of a book where sneaking into someone's bedroom and watching them sleep is depicted as romantic.

So it's not just pathetic, it's second-hand pathetic.

Haha, I can't wait to tell that info to my wife and see how it affects her opinion. (Though it's not like she thinks the book is high art or anything.)

[Swordfish941]

[Evil Tim]

"501 to tower, where is your God now?"

[MT2008]

R.I.P. Tony Scott (even though I actually never thought too highly of his directing style).

[Evil Tim]

Originally Posted by MT2008

As lame as it sounds, my wife is reading it now. Based on what little of it I've read (out of morbid curiosity), the whole book sounds like some sexually frustrated teenage girl's ignorant fantasy. It's so pathetic that it makes me wonder if E.L. James is actually a 50-year old virgin. Christian Grey (the character who lends his name to the title) sounds so much like a rip-off of Patrick Bateman that I'm wondering if there's a point in the book where he whips out a blunt object during sex with the protagonist and tries to kill her...except that this very thought just makes me want to go watch "American Psycho" instead.

Bit of reasonably well-known history for you; E.L. James is a fanfiction writer and Fifty Shades of Grey was originally written as a Twilight fanfic called Master of the Universe. She changed the names around so she could get it published and that's about all. Christian Grey is the sparkly vampire Edward Cullen + money + badly written fetish, and the writer is a fan of a book where sneaking into someone's bedroom and watching them sleep is depicted as romantic.

So it's not just pathetic, it's second-hand pathetic.

[SPEMack618]

Welp, I posted a (what I thought anyway) well reasoned post concerning gun control on Cracked. And it got deleted. Hmpf. That's a first.

[Swordfish941]

Originally Posted by Evil Tim

Bit of reasonably well-known history for you; E.L. James is a fanfiction writer and Fifty Shades of Grey was originally written as a Twilight fanfic called Master of the Universe. She changed the names around so she could get it published and that's about all. Christian Grey is the sparkly vampire Edward Cullen + money + badly written fetish, and the writer is a fan of a book where sneaking into someone's bedroom and watching them sleep is depicted as romantic.

So it's not just pathetic, it's second-hand pathetic.

Are you serious about that? If so, then: