Posts by Brian Moore67

stormyotter67 said:was there any way to just download that book for free?🙂

Is that even a question? Just hit up eMule, man!

stormyotter67 said:Man, I am absolutely obsessed with movies about hacking lately—but listen, I’m talking about the *real* deal, you know? Not that cheesy, watered-down stuff made for twelve-year-olds that feels like a cartoon. I need the grit! If any of you guys have seen something legit that actually captures the vibe, or if there's a masterpiece sitting on your watchlist that I totally missed, please, please, please drop the title and tell me why it's good! I'm dying for some actual recommendations here.
Thanks a ton—and hey, catch ya later!

Honestly? Not even one. I mean, maybe *Office Space* if we’re being generous—but most of the stuff out there is just straight-up nonsense. Real hacking is incredibly tedious, right? If you actually made a movie that captured how monotonous it really is, nobody would want to watch it! That said, I did pick up this one pretty solid book once—Clifford Stollov’s *Cuckoo's Egg*. It’s a true story about this part-time systems admin who ends up tracking down a group of German hackers back in the late '80s. It’s written in a way that’s accessible—like, if you aren't a Unix wizard, you can still follow the thread—but you definitely need at least a little tech literacy to get it. When I read it, I was still a student working a part-time gig as a Unix sysadmin at my university, so it really hit home for me. Honestly, once you dive into the actual reality of it, you realize exactly why a movie based on a book like that would be a total snooze-fest!

Just give that excerpt a read—once you do, it’ll all make perfect sense to you too!
I was just scrolling through some old archives—you know how I get, falling down rabbit holes at 2 AM—and I stumbled upon this absolute gem of a write-up about the *Cuckoo's Egg* story. Honestly, if you haven't read about it, you are seriously missing out on one of the wildest tales in tech history! It’s basically the ultimate "how did they even pull this off?" scenario. We’re talking about that legendary case where a genius hacker managed to slip under the radar by exploiting tiny little glitches in the system—it's like watching a high-stakes heist movie, but instead of stealing diamonds from a vault, they were siphoning data from massive research labs and government servers across the US. It’s wild! The whole thing feels like something straight out of *Office Space* if it actually had stakes—except way more intense and way less about printer jams. You’ve got this incredible cat-and-mouse game unfolding in real-time. One minute everything looks totally normal, and the next, you realize someone has been living rent-free in your mainframe for months! It makes you wonder how much stuff is happening right under our noses today. Like, are we all just sitting here oblivious while some digital phantom cruises through our networks? Probably! (Don't judge me, I once left my laptop unlocked at a Starbucks in Seattle for ten minutes... total rookie move, I know!) Anyway, it really puts things into perspective. It's not just about code and firewalls; it's about the sheer audacity of people. It’s brilliant, it’s terrifying, and it’s just... wow. Definitely worth a deep dive if you want to feel both smarter and slightly more paranoid about your Wi-Fi connection!

Sandra King86 said:I feel like we’ve already touched on this movie somewhere else. 😁
Honestly, that PG-13 rating bummed me out—I was hoping for more—but hey, since it’s a Gilliam baby, I guess I'll give it a shot.
Those original fairy tales (which the Brothers Grimm basically made up or "borrowed" from those French refugees) are straight-up terrifying.
If Gilliam had actually stuck to that raw material, nobody younger than 17 would even be allowed to see it! And man, was I hoping for that vibe. 😢

Did you ever catch that old Simpsons short—you know, back when they were just shorts before becoming a massive show—where Marge sings that rock-a-bye baby song?
Rock-a-by baby upon the treetop
Maggie in her cradle at the top of the tree
When The Wind Blows The cradle will rock
The wind shakes the cradle
When the bough breaks The cradle will fall
The branch snaps
Down comes the cradle with baby and all.
Maggie falls right along with the cradle...

Seriously though, nursery rhymes are low-key horror movies...

Jose Miller17 said:what kind of makeup is this... what even is this!!... man, I'm so disappointed... Americans have totally gone downhill.... clearly we won't be seeing gems like this anymore
...

Man, times really do change... It’s all because of this stuff here:
http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/finalcutpro/

and this:
http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/motion/

and this:
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPL....9.1.2.0.0.1.0

and this:
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPL....3.1.2.0.0.1.0

and this:
http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/soundtrackpro/

and this:
http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/dvdstudiopro/

and this:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...61531?v=glance

With like a $10,000 budget, you basically have a full-on movie studio—which, at worst, is just half the price of a tiny little economy car! That’s why fan films today can actually hold their own against Hollywood originals... You save up a bit, or maybe grab a small loan, and suddenly you can whip up something like Matrix or produce pro-level DVDs in HDTV quality.
Check out some Star Wars fan films (the creators swear by Final Cut Pro): http://www.theforce.net/fanfilms/

It honestly baffles me why there aren't more independent productions out there. Back in the day, you needed millions, but nowadays? You only need thousands—unless, of course, you're trying to pull off a massive spectacle with thousands of animated characters happening all at once, then you'd need to sink a few tens of thousands into things like:
http://www.apple.com/xserve/

The absolute genius breakthrough with Final Cut is that you can edit your video on a laptop in low res, head home, move the project over to a beefy workstation, and render everything out in high quality.

Sure, there are tools for Windows and open-source options for various *nix systems, but let's be real—Apple totally dominates the multimedia market, and that's definitely not an accident. Man, if only I had the talent, the patience, and the actual skills to make movies... I'd dive straight into making a remake of those old sci-fi flicks about people living in smoggy cities with Martians (you know, the ones where they contact aliens using Ivelia Ultra), but I'd give it that Matrix or Star Wars edge. Or maybe an adaptation of those mystical folk tales... Or even a horror flick about the Black Queen Erody (like a local American Dracula 😈 🙂 😱 )...

Lawrence Booth2 said:http://www.zuti-titl.com/index.php?o...=233&Itemid=40

man, this stuff was already posted over on Zuti Titl 😕

So yeah, looks like it's actually true 🙂

Lawrence Booth2 said:What's all this noise about me wasting data?😁

Turkish SF 😁

trailer: http://www.gora-film.com/trailer/eng...gman_large.mov

I'm praying to God this isn't some huge joke, because if it's actually real, this is absolutely genius...

vjetro_M_pir said:Insults
Come on, please

I'm gonna strip you down and leave you bare! 🙂

Josip Genda: You were, and you still are, a desert jackal!
Kruna Saric: Yeah, well, at least a desert jackal has blood worth drinking. That scavenger saved my life more times than I can count out in the dunes—and let me tell you, nobody ever wrote songs about those weeds you guys were busy munching on.

The Warrior's Time (the first American action flick on the list)

So, Josip Genda used to be a partisan commando, and Kruna Saric was actually a mercenary in the French Foreign Legion.

Honestly? This movie is straight-up trash—like, top-tier garbage—mostly because they were actually trying to make it a serious attempt at the first big American action blockbuster. The dialogue is just ridiculous... all that "thunder and lightning" melodrama stuff... totally over the top.

Do yourself a favor and check out the clip on that page—and even then, it’s being pretty generous calling it a "clip."

Brian Moore67 said:I mean, who knows? If someone's a bit on the curvy side, then yeah, that's just how they're built... anyway, where on earth did you get the idea to use Margaret in your signature?

Oh, I was just reading something, stumbled onto a cool quote, and thought—hey, why not swap the signature? That's basically my whole vibe... I change stuff up all the time!

Brian Moore67 said:So, look—men who transition usually go through a long stretch of hormone therapy before any surgery happens, right? That means they actually grow real breasts, but they also lose that typical masculine hair and stuff... so, honestly, looking at that photo, we’re probably just seeing a woman with a bit of a mustache... and maybe she's not exactly "blessed" in every department either...

Wait, you mean they grow them naturally? 😲

Chloe Garcia98 said:Or maybe he’s just in that weird middle stage of a transformation...

Okay, but seriously—what kind of surgeon gave him those saggy breasts? Like, is that even a thing people request? I find it so hard to believe that "he" would actually go to a plastic surgeon and ask to look like a 50-year-old woman with a curvy figure. It just doesn't add up!

Chloe Garcia98 said:Honestly, tattoo parlors should just hang these pictures up everywhere... I mean, sure, everything looks great when you're 20 and tight, but once gravity starts doing its thing and things begin to sag... well, "unfortunate" doesn't even cover it.

I’m just sitting here wondering what kind of homemade concoction that blonde lady was tripping on to end up growing a full-on beard...

quietdriver3 said:Man... if you’re calling yourself a Republican, this should basically be your holy grail.😁 😁

By the way, you might as well just grab Basil and RoboCop and Starship Troopers too while you're at it!🙏 🙏

Me, a Republican? I'm not even an American! Okay, fine—I'll admit it—I was sipping my coffee this morning listening to some Ronald Reagan speeches, but let's keep that between us, alright? Shhh!

Jose Chase2 said:Just grab everything by Jerry Goldsmith—honestly, nobody touches him—plus all the stuff from John Carpenter (I'm actually listening to Christine right now, and man, it is absolutely killer) and Fight Club.🙂

Will do. Consider it done... I'm actually vibing to Sin City at this very moment, and man, the music captures that gritty aesthetic just perfectly...

I’ve recently been diving back into soundtracks—like, really diving in—and man, they are absolutely perfect for when I'm working. They’re just designed to be that amazing background vibe where they don't distract you too much, you know? But here's the kicker: I’ve realized that a ton of movies I thought were just "okay" actually have soundtracks that are way better than the actual films. Honestly, the music makes up like 50% of the movie's value! I’ve been discovering composers like Hans Zimmer and James Horner lately. These guys basically score half the big-budget Hollywood action flicks, thrillers, historical epics, or sci-fi movies out there, and some of them are just straight-up masterpieces. In fact, I’ve actually hunted down certain movies just because I wanted to find more work by these specific composers (looking at you, Constantine and Equilibrium).

Anyway, I’m gonna drop a list of the soundtracks I’ve grabbed lately (mostly via Soulseek, haha) along with some quick thoughts. Just a heads-up: if it says "songs," it means it's a compilation of regular tracks rather than an original score.

Amélie Soundtrack - sweet, but maybe not the best for background listening
The Big Lebowski - just songs
Black Hawk Down - such a killer Hans Zimmer score; honestly beats the movie
Blade Runner - Vangelis, just classic Vangelis vibes
Braveheart - typical James Horner, better than the movie (not that it was hard to beat!), great for background noise
Conan the Barbarian - that intro where the bald guy talks about Atlantis is freaking epic. The rest is okay, but that part is special
Constantine - Klaus Badelt, awesome for working
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Tan Dun, pretty good, but honestly hard to tell apart from his Hero score
Gladiator - Hans Zimmer, solid background music
Hero - see my note on Crouching Tiger
High Fidelity - just songs
Indiana Jones - has that massive nostalgic feel, but nothing more than that
Kill Bill Vol. 2 - no notes needed, it's a Tarantino soundtrack
Kill Bill Vol. 1 - no notes needed, pure Tarantino
King Arthur - Hans Zimmer, good background stuff
Equilibrium - Klaus Badelt, super for background
Labyrinth - David Bowie, feels more like an album than a score, but still good
The Last of the Mohicans - Randy Edelman, nice background vibes
The Matrix - didn't notice much from the actual score, sounds more like a trance album inspired by the movie
Natural Born Killers - mostly songs, some covers, often mixed with dialogue from the film
O Brother, Where Art Thou? - some seriously badass bluegrass and blues
Pearl Harbor - nothing special, but it can't be worse than the movie, so it's fine for background
Pirates of the Caribbean - Klaus Badelt; this isn't background music, this is what you blast on a boat! It’s a classic style, but I wouldn't play it near any cops because—at least for me—it gives me this irresistible urge to intercept and hijack other people's boats!
Reservoir Dogs - two songs are cool, but the rest is a bit too cheesy for my taste—lots of 70s pop
From Dusk Till Dawn - all songs, a bunch of semi-anonymous stuff like ZZ Top
Requiem for a Dream - freaking incredible, some parts are just phenomenal
Sin City - Wow! Wow! The soundtrack is just as good as the movie itself.
Snatch - just songs
Sweet and Lowdown - awesome jazz guitar
Swordfish - alright, nothing special
Team America: World Police - goofy songs, wouldn't listen to it more than twice
Tears of the Sun - awesome Hans Zimmer, perfect for background
The Last Samurai - also Hans Zimmer, also great
The Thin Red Line - again, Hans Zimmer, and again, really good
Y Tu Mamá También - songs, decent selection, though they might be originals, I don't really know them

I also have a massive collection of Ennio Morricone—every single one of his soundtracks bumps a movie up at least two levels.

So, yeah, please hit me with some recommendations!

Actually, scratch what I said about those hot chicks...
http://www.zombietime.com/breasts_not_bombs/

😲

Anyway, let's play a little game of "guess who's who"...

Phoenix that blonde has gotta be Revka or maybe PBE, I can't say for sure—but this one is definitely Bajki Phoenix from the other side

dustypilot22 said:Since we're on the subject—do you happen to have "Mediterranean" on Disney? (With an American dub, obviously!)

Nah, I don't! It hasn't been released on Disney in forever—I honestly have no clue if it even exists anymore. Last time I went hunting for it, maybe two years ago, it was nowhere to be found.

Baron Samedi said:So, did you hear that Rodriguez actually pulled himself out of the Directors Guild just to get this movie made?

See, the Guild won't allow "co-directors" on a project, and he was dead set on having Miller join him in the director's chair. Just a total headache, right?

And then—get this—Tarantino pops up here and there too, just to really rub salt in the wound and drive him crazy... 😁

Oh, and by the way, Benicio Del Toro... Jackie Boy...

The only thing that bugs me a little is Clive Owen: his facial features look a bit too... I don't know, human? For Sin City. Like, he looks a little too civilized for that vibe...

I think I'll try to... uh, back up that DVD once it finally arrives...

That version "arrived" via some sketchy Chinese pirate site, but apparently, he’s got the actual theatrical cut. Honestly, I'd grab it. I love buying physical copies of great movies—it's totally worth it, if nothing else, just for all those sweet extra features.

amateur said:Oh, I've definitely read comics (and honestly, I'm still deep in them). I'm kind of a total fanatic, actually.

But as for that specific series? Until just recently, I hadn't even heard of it, let alone picked one up.

So, I actually finished one of those short runs—it's basically its own little mini-series. They're pretty pricey, though! You can probably guess—since they're those big American graphic novels with like 150 pages, Amazon will absolutely rip you off and charge $40 a pop. But, fingers crossed, I should be getting the full set on a burned disc soon—someone is ripping them for me over in Chicago right now and mailing them out. If you're interested, shoot me a DM; I might be able to get you a copy since my buddy who's doing the ripping also knows a guy who can ship stuff. Anyway, hey there, my fellow comic-loving roommate—her sport is totally Las Vegas style, so I really hope you guys haven't gotten too worked up and can still talk shop.