Here's a funny yet serious thought -- will anyone watch this video and read our comments while they're dying on Mars, cold, alone, asphixiating?

If only I had taken South Dakota seriously..! Why GOD?! WHY!!!!!!!! ...why couldn't I have been as smart as those people commenting on Videosift? Those geniuses! No, instead, I moved to Mars -- for the evil ends of SCIENCE.

Like a convoluted Martian ecological science fiction horror murder mystery movie poster from the 1980s --

SHE MOVED TO MARS TO FIND LOVE...
BUT ALL SHE FOUND...
WERE THE MARTIAN MEAN STREETS...
A NEW WORLD WITHOUT LAW...
WITH ALIEN ARTIFACTS...
JASON VORHEES RESURRECTED...
AND VERY... LITTLE... OXYGEN.

FOLLOW THE MONEY TRAIL...
STRAIGHT TO CAPITAL HILL...
EARTH!

bum bum buuuuum -- THE TERRESTRIAL CONSPIRACY.

Pray they experience disambiguation before they get out of school and onto the mean streets.

It actually means Street of Grand Hotels.

*eia

We have several here in the not so mean streets of Seattle =o/

No mention of Mean Streets... tsk tsk tsk

Yeah. That guy sleeping in the alley has the clothes on his back and a shopping cart full of cans. What he lacks is a richness of spirit.

Honestly, someone ought to strip these people of all their possessions, drop them into the mean streets of Detroit and see how well they're doing after a week or two.

once again the majority of people seem to be missing the real point of this type of situation. The officer was angry, why was he angry? because his god complex was being threatened. after all, he is the defender of justice and peace, he should be obeyed at all times and without question. It was your parents responsibility to raise you till 18, and when you hit the mean streets of Toronto it became officer bobs job to parent and guide you. Do not disobey officer bob or he will put you in time out.

jesus fucking christ people. I've seen that sort of face before, that aggressive arm-crossed forward lean. the clenched teeth barely containing his anger my father used to act like that too my mom...and if she continued to talk back she would spend a few minutes in the bathroom cleaning herself up after he bloodied her nose.

Law enforcement is one thing, and its a good thing. But control freak sociopaths seem to be attracted to a job where you can carry a weapon and boss people around...imagine that. I'm sure though that when hes off his shift he's a great normal guy. so was my dad.

I would expect this sort of thing as normal now here in the U.S. but to see if happening in Canada every G20 is sort of disheartening. as long as people keep cowing down to more and more ridiculous demands, soon there will be nothing left. imagine a time where people are subjected to a curfew because the G20 is in town... its coming. your lowly proletariat concerns will not be allowed to disturb the actions of your masters. they have to meet in order to decide how best to manage you and your fellow cattle. a duly appointed representative will be by later to make certain you have food. do not leave your home on pain of arrest or death.

The sad thing is I don't believe there is any way for us as a people to avoid this future of subjugation. were too fucking stupid. we breed when we cant afford too. we vegetate in front of our versions of "ow my balls" and we aren't, as a people particularly concerned with anything at all until it directly affects us. and by then it is usually well and gone too late.

Same here, though I enjoy both.

Seven thoughts as I watched this vid:

1. Gangs of New York was such a nothing film. The Departed and Shutter Island were terrific.

2. Scorsese's early work (Who's That Knocking on My Door, Mean Streets, and Taxi Driver) was very artistic. His movies since that time: not so much.

3. "We Are the People is not the same as We Are the People. Let's not fight. Look, I'm gonna make it real simple. We don't pay for the buttons, We throw the buttons away."

4. The only Kubrick film I was really disappointed with was Eyes Wide Shut. That was also a nothing film.

5. Kubrick's movies are timeless and infinitely re-watchable. But then, so are Scorsese's.

6. Kubrick started as a photographer and so his films are meticulous and beautiful, especially Barry Lyndon. Kubrick was an artist through and through.

7. "Hey Dad. There's a strange fella sittin' on the sofa munchy-wunchin' long tics of toast!"

Those were some mean streets.

I just moved back to Denver and I'm still trying to get my city legs. It's going to take a while.

Funny thing about city life, one night you can just feel the good vibes in the air, and you can walk almost anywhere and usually be okay.

Then, on nights like tonight, you can just feel something mean out there, some omnipresent ill intent that makes the thought of stepping across the street for a slice of pizza something you have to think about twice.

The OMB (Old Miserable Bastard) is doing alright, but I am thinking about changing my name to Big Baby Shiva. It's all about rep. That's very important on the mean streets of Casper.

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I felt compelled to say hello and to see how my favourite miserable old bastard is

That was a question...

From YouTube:

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