>> ^Fjnbk:
You guys are trying to create a rivalry between the two sites where there is none. Why does this need to happen?


Amen brotha! That's not what's happening. at. all. Apples and Oranges... different sites, different ways, different uses.

You guys are trying to create a rivalry between the two sites where there is none. Why does this need to happen?

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That was freakin' sweet!

I'm a little surprised by this clip. I saw the first Always movie and I liked it a lot. Yeah, it had some funny moments but this is totally different in tone from that. Well done, though.

For those who are unfamiliar with the original movie, the main storyline (there are several) is about a girl named Mutsuko from the countryside who comes to work in Tokyo at "Suzuki Auto Factory." She thinks she's coming to be a secretary, but when she arrives she finds out the "factory" is nothing more than a small repair garage. Furthermore, because of a mis-reading of her resume she's been hired to be a mechanic rather than a secretary. This naturally leads to trouble.

This clip features the Suzuki family and Mutsuko. The father, who in the first movie dreamed of turning his garage into a real factory someday, at the end of the clip sees the crushed sign of his factory and screams at Godzilla, "Damn you! You've destroyed my Suzuki Auto!"

EDIT:

In case you were wondering how this tied in to the rest of the movie, I found another longer clip on YouTube that shows what happens after this. Apparently, the Suzuki's neighbor, Ryuunosuki, who is an author and has a bit of a friendly rivalry with Mr. Suzuki, is penning a new short story for publication and getting some satisfaction out of making Mr. Suzuki his hapless victim. So it's basically all happening in his imagination.

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I support my good sifting friend, my15minutes, one hundred and fifty percent. He's a great addition to this site. Period. I don't know much about quantummushroom, but he doesn't sound like a very nice guy, and he certainly doesn't have my support. But, I cannot endorse anyone being banned for downvoting whether it be in bias or for personal malice. I have been guilty of spiteful downvoting myself, especially when TheSofaKing and me got into a little Sift-borne rivalry. We downvoted each other's queues and I went as far as to downvote all of his videos, I believe.

So, if you ban quantummushroom, then you must ban me. TheSofaKing and I have since made peace, and I hold no grudge and I freely upvote his queue whenever I stumble upon it. I think the way my15 and QMR's squabble could work itself out is this way. It's obvious that my15 has more friends on here than QMR does, so even though I'd hate to see roaming cliques dishing out downvotes, I think the only way to solve this is allow for fellow Sifters to deal with this through downvoting and upvoting. When TheSofaKing was downvoting my queue and videos, I got a lot of upvote support from my good friends on here which more than evened things out.

That's what this place is about. The upvote makes you feel all warm inside. And, people like me are going to upvote my15's queue and his other videos to offset QMR's bad downvoting practices. That's the solution, in my opinion. Not banination.

Upvotes coming here: http://www.videosift.com/member/my15minutes/queued

And here: http://www.videosift.com/member/my15minutes/published

Russia is not and never was the threat they said it was.

So what, the Cuban missile crisis was all a charade? Soviet and American leaders got together beforehand and were like: "Hey, let's pretend to have a little standoff - you know, kind of get the crowd going a bit." I suppose all their missiles were filled with sawdust and cow parts. World history is pretty much WWE.

I'm curious, when did this start? Was it right after WWII that they had the meeting and worked out the script? Or was WWII part of it too? If so, I have to say that was a good move. Nobody wants to question the made-up history if half the people they know inexplicably died.

a means of taking control of media operations

This is such an insult to the billions of people in countries where the government actually does control media operations. Media here is controlled by money, and money is controlled by attention. This produces certain kinds of flaws in media coverage (like a tendency to support wars that involve hometown boys dying), but it doesn't make the media a government puppet.

Talking to people with views like yours, I quite often get told that I just can't handle the truth or something. I'd say it's just the opposite. To me, the real, scary, hard-to-accept truth is that there isn't a deeper level of reality or motivation to world events.

Despite how scary it seems, the world is shaped by people like Bush - people who got where they are by accidents of fate, and people who are not particularly more qualified than the average restaurant manager. These people don't plan to have a fake rivalry with Russia to subjugate the populace, they think "Oh yeah Russia, you can't mess with us - we'll build twice as many bombs".

They're motivated by fear and doubt and ego - just like the rest of us. Ascribing to them completely different, secret motives (as well as near absolute, behind-the-curtains power) means you'll never understand world history, and that you sacrifice what little influence you could have on your nation's future.

I've mentioned this before, but it seems like in the States now a lot of young people with good ideals are opting out of the political process entirely - because they kind of disbelieve in the whole system. As a consequence, you continue to get the same kind of leaders.

Come back to reality. You're needed!

I've often thought that facebook needs an add enemy feature. Then you could specify the nature of your rivalry- Archnemesis, etc.

I know, I miss their sense of community... I mean, we have message boards now, but, I don't know, they seem less like autonomous playlands... and I kind of liked the rivalries that developed within the membership... that epic struggle between silvercord and wildmanbill for no 1 spot at the HorrorShow would never had happened under the new system... que sera sera... its probably for the best, I need to get back to school next week, and the less distractions the better.

"Anybody who says that "300" isn't the latest example of Hollywood pro-war propaganda aimed at the young and the gullible just isn't paying attention."

That argument can certainly be made but on the other hand the director has denied any such intent. Instead, that the film was intended as entertainment, and had no political intentions.

Whatever the case I suggest reading Aeschylus's Persians which was written and performed in 472 B.C., only 8 years after Thermopylae and Salamis, and 7 years after Plataea (the battle that the Spartans charge into at the end of 300). The play gives an insight into how at least one Athenian responded to the Persian Wars and his interpretation of the East-West rivalry. You'll find some similarities and one striking difference between the play and 300. They are similar in that Aeschylus clearly defines the differences between Greek and Persian society, and while acknowledging Persian greatness, ultimately draws the conclusion that Greek culture is more humane and therefore superior. The striking difference however is in how war itself is treated. In 300, war is glorious entertainment. The film does not want us to question the consequences of war because if we do so then the violence becomes less entertaining; it's really cool when blood spurts in slow motion through the air, it's less cool when collects in a dark pool beneath the body of a dying man. The Persians however is structured around the idea that suffering is a universal human experience and that war, no matter how just and necessary, brings suffering to innocent people. Aeschylus therefore both glorifies Greek culture, and Greek victory in the Persian Wars, while also asking his Athenian audience to consider the suffering Greek victory wrought upon the Persians. Poignant stuff, and it's for stuff like this that I study Classics.

AARRRggg. I wish I had a friggin gold star so I could *save! This is so great. Its so unexpected, especially if one knows about the rivalry between Buffalo and Ottawa. Throughout their whole playoff series last year, both teams wanted to kill each other and the night of this game, their goalies fought eachother. This is probably the most humourous moment I have ever witnessed in hockey. This better make it out of the queue.

The Prestige is an Academy Award-nominated 2006 period film directed by Christopher Nolan, adapted from Christopher Priest's award-winning 1995 novel of the same name. This steampunk film depicts the rivalry of Robert Angier and Alfred Borden, two Victorian era stage magicians in late 19th- and early 20th-century London. Angier blames Borden for a tragic accident, and a competitive one-upmanship ensues, in which both magicians, obsessed with creating the best stage illusion, stop at nothing to uncover the secret of each other's acts, with deadly results.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prestige_%28film%29

anyways, pro wrestling is terrible and cheesy. But in the 80s, the Hulkster / Andre the Giant (RIP) rivalry was inescapable in the States. And regardless of how one feels about it, it was a very big pop-cultural point in 80s american history, along with Max Headroom, Iran/Contra, New Coke...

Thank you, Dennis. I appreciate the info. As I remember, the entire documentary was a spectacular look into this rivalry.



In reply to your comment:
“Apparently the vid is

"National Geographic: Eternal Enemies: Lions and Hyenas"

Here's a partial clip with the original narration:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7NRKKxp-AI
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I was watching that race at Imola when he died. The TV cameras were on his car after the crash, and I saw his head twitch and thought oh, good he's coming around. But turns out that wasn't the case.
Makes me wonder if Schumacher would have been as dominant if Senna was still around. F1 needs a good rivalry; at least Fernando has made it close the past two seasons.