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  • Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post

    The gov't buildings in the UP, especially the Keweenaw are spectacular. Some of the great midwestern buildings of that era. Calumet especially. Just beautiful. The Keweenaw must have been an absolutely spectacular place to be rich at the peak of the copper era. Just an unreal amount of money flowed in and out of that area.
    I love all the public buildings from the 1880s to the 1930s. The only thing Dump did which I applauded was his "make Bauhaus unhappen" edict that all public buildings would look like the Parthenon again.

    Cuz here's the thing. We monkey people are stupid and we've only hit on like 4 architectural styles in world history that didn't suck. Gothic cathedrals. Golden Age of Islam mosques, Periclean Greek temples, and some Chinese stuff I'm too ignint to know about.

    That's it. All our other buildings have been ugly prisons. The Fountainhead is just as puerile about architecture as economics and politics: designing buildings for efficiency like circuit boards is ****ing horrible.
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    • Originally posted by geezer View Post
      seven immigrant-built churches within sight of each other which all sermonized in their own languages
      This was common 100 years ago. My Mom grew up in the 30s in a small city in PA where there were intersections with four Catholic churches: Czech, Russian, German, and Polish. She said on Sundays the little boys would run out of church, run home to change from their nice clothes, and then all have rock fights divided by enthnicity until the Polish church let out a half hour later. Then they'd all gang up and throw rocks at the Polish kids.

      Just like Norman Rockwell wanted.
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      • The China hustle

        a fool and his money are soon parted....
        a legend and an out of work bum look a lot alike, daddy.

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        • Wild card

          transporter works in Vegas and runs afoul of a visiting mob guy. Transporter then does transporter things.
          a legend and an out of work bum look a lot alike, daddy.

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          • Rewatched the 1994 Lion King. Disney is like "hey, I know your uncle murdered your father in front of you, blamed you for it, told you to run away, and gave the impression if you ever came home, you'd be next. But hey, no worries!"
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            • Originally posted by MissThundercat View Post
              Rewatched the 1994 Lion King. Disney is like "hey, I know your uncle murdered your father in front of you, blamed you for it, told you to run away, and gave the impression if you ever came home, you'd be next. But hey, no worries!"
              That's actually pretty close to Hamlet.
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              • I watched the Lego Movie (the first one) over again. Watching it now with what I know now, it's probably the strongest indictment against American culture and capitalism I've seen in awhile.
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                • Originally posted by MissThundercat View Post
                  I watched the Lego Movie (the first one) over again. Watching it now with what I know now, it's probably the strongest indictment against American culture and capitalism I've seen in awhile.
                  Yup. It's amazingly seditious. I love that movie.
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                  • Originally posted by MissThundercat View Post
                    I watched the Lego Movie (the first one) over again. Watching it now with what I know now, it's probably the strongest indictment against American culture and capitalism I've seen in awhile.
                    Sure as hell triggered Ron Johnson, IIRC.

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                    • Originally posted by Kepler View Post

                      I love all the public buildings from the 1880s to the 1930s. The only thing Dump did which I applauded was his "make Bauhaus unhappen" edict that all public buildings would look like the Parthenon again.

                      Cuz here's the thing. We monkey people are stupid and we've only hit on like 4 architectural styles in world history that didn't suck. Gothic cathedrals. Golden Age of Islam mosques, Periclean Greek temples, and some Chinese stuff I'm too ignint to know about.

                      That's it. All our other buildings have been ugly prisons. The Fountainhead is just as puerile about architecture as economics and politics: designing buildings for efficiency like circuit boards is ****ing horrible.
                      Staying off topic of movies a bit... if you have never read the McMansion Hell blog, go check it out. Not only does the author rip mcmansions hilariously, but she does an excellent job of explaining why the architecture/design on them is bad and what would constitute good home architecture. She also has some good articles about other types of architecture as well.

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                      • Originally posted by FadeToBlack&Gold View Post

                        Sure as hell triggered Ron Johnson, IIRC.
                        What doesnt...besides racism and people who practice it?
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                        • Originally posted by Handyman View Post

                          What doesnt...besides racism and people who practice it?
                          lmao
                          **NOTE: The misleading post above was brought to you by Reynold's Wrap and American Steeples, makers of Crosses.

                          Originally Posted by dropthatpuck-Scooby's a lost cause.
                          Originally Posted by First Time, Long Time-Always knew you were nothing but a troll.

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                          • Identity theft

                            At least faverauu was as much a jerk as expected to dislike
                            a legend and an out of work bum look a lot alike, daddy.

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                            • Red 2

                              marvin: if there’s one thing I know it’s women and covert ops

                              frank: that’s two things

                              han: no grasshopper, it is not.

                              ;-)
                              a legend and an out of work bum look a lot alike, daddy.

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                              • Plan tonight, pending homework and other things, is to watch "The Emancipation of Harley Quinn and the Fantabulous Birds of Prey." Can that be watched on its own or do I have to watch something like Suicide Squad before it?
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