Imponderables: Special Favors by nvghostrider

Their character or the actress herself?

character has got to be supergirl

actress is a much tougher question I'd have to think about that one

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Friday, July 23, 2010 10:44 AM

Kristen Johnston as Sally Solomon.

She even scared the High Commader.
It was hard finding a good picture of her.

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Friday, July 23, 2010 12:34 PM

NAVYSEILS

I guess Michelle Rodriguez would probably come under that category too. She always seems to play pretty tough chicks in her movies.

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Friday, July 23, 2010 1:31 PM

SASSALICIOUS

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Originally posted by nvghostrider:
Continuing the discussion of friends and favors.

I feel like a dick for not helping by bestest friend move a few years back. I just really hate moving people because of helping a single individual move no less than seven times (that I can think of). Sucks, but one person can ruin it for everyone.

Previous Thread:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.asp?b=2&t=43505&m=788834#788834

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I don't mind helping people move. As for myself, I only ask for help with the things I can't do myself (couches, mattresses, boxed bicycles on motorbikes). And I certainly won't clean.

Not all who wander are lost

~Forsaken Forever

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Friday, July 23, 2010 1:40 PM

SASSALICIOUS

i hate when my power goes out . . . last time an unplanned outage occurred, my laptop was stolen and my house was half broken into. i never want the power to go out.

toughest female action character: wonder woman
toughest female action actor: michelle rodriguez or lucy lawless

Not all who wander are lost

~Forsaken Forever

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Friday, July 23, 2010 3:32 PM

After all the rain we received, you would think it would cool off. It is 8:30 here in Milwaukee and it is both hot and humid.

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Traveler

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Friday, July 23, 2010 3:56 PM

Female action stars? Who was Trinity in the Matrix? I liked her, but I can't for the life of me remember the actress.

I'm usually not too upset by power outages actually, as long as I have nothing important to do. I'll just sleep, or read by flashlight.

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Friday, July 23, 2010 8:11 PM

Carrie Ann Moss. Hot in The Matrix flicks, hotter and obviously pregnant in Fido.

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Friday, July 23, 2010 8:17 PM

Asortafairytale - I'm the same. I'm a computer addict, but I can live without it and go read, unlike some people who can't survive without their computers

Haven't been broken into yet, but its a daily nightmare for me as I'm temporarily living on my own!

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Monday, July 26, 2010 3:44 AM

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Originally posted by Sassalicious:
toughest female action actor: michelle rodriguez or lucy lawless

Hate michelee rodriguez. I probably would have boycotted avatar if I had known she was in it before I saw it.

Lucy Lawless is a good choice though. That girl looks like she could get into a scuffle.

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Monday, July 26, 2010 4:10 AM

mmm I either hate or love Michelle. I loved her in Avatar though. Didn't like her in Fast and Furious though. she can go either way

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Monday, July 26, 2010 4:48 AM

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Originally posted by SJ:
mmm I either hate or love Michelle. I loved her in Avatar though. Didn't like her in Fast and Furious though. she can go either way

Really? My problem with her is the exact opposite. She's got one facial expression, one tone of voice, one role. I just don't see that as a valid skill set for an actress.

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Monday, July 26, 2010 5:12 AM

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Really? My problem with her is the exact opposite. She's got one facial expression, one tone of voice, one role. I just don't see that as a valid skill set for an actress.

The real problem is that so many actresses get away with that. It's almost like the movie business is saying "if you're pretty you don't need actual talent."
It pisses me off.

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Monday, July 26, 2010 5:14 AM

oh yeah. as an actress, she's not so talented. but doesn't stop me appreciating the role in its rightful place :)

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Tuesday, July 27, 2010 8:06 AM

Lol well Zeek it's worked for meg Ryan all these years. She hits just one note but with a good tone

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
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It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Tuesday, July 27, 2010 8:19 AM

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Lol well Zeek it's worked for meg Ryan all these years. She hits just one note but with a good tone

False. I've seen her smile and cry in movies. She has two totally different tones. That's twice as many as Michelle Rodriguez!

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Tuesday, July 27, 2010 11:24 AM

Yay my Starcraft 2 order is way ahead of schedule. It was estimated to be delivered on August 4th but UPS has already made it halfway here from GA by noon today and it was already departed from there. Their ground shipping is going crazy fast. They updated the estimate to tomorrow. I'm quite impressed. Go UPS!

(if CK were still around she'd appreciate this videogame nerd out)

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Tuesday, July 27, 2010 4:52 PM

Been working on Battlefield Bad Company 2 myself. Considering Dead Rising 2 And the new Medal Of Honor in October. I'd love to dive into an RPG but just don't have the time. Sucks.

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Tuesday, July 27, 2010 7:02 PM

Maybe the baby could play too. He's certainly a destructive force

Honestly NV has his hands full what with all his school stuff and commando baby

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Wednesday, July 28, 2010 4:43 AM

You let the baby go commando? That must make for one stinky mess after another.

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Wednesday, July 28, 2010 5:12 AM

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Originally posted by nvghostrider:
I'd love to dive into an RPG but just don't have the time. Sucks.

Ooh! Once you have time you should play Fallout 3 or Mass Effect if you haven't already. I haven't been able to stop playing them recently.

Everyone's real excited about Starcraft 2...but I could never get into that kind of strategy game. I did play Warcraft 3 years ago though.

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Wednesday, July 28, 2010 9:07 AM

Zeek you rock! I just laughed so hard everyone is staring. I just don't get why there's not a line of women fighting to date you.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Wednesday, July 28, 2010 9:33 AM

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Zeek you rock! I just laughed so hard everyone is staring. I just don't get why there's not a line of women fighting to date you.

It's baffling. I agree.

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Thursday, July 29, 2010 10:05 AM

Maybe there's an underground dueling club and they will only reveal themselves when a winner has been chosen

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Thursday, July 29, 2010 10:30 AM

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Maybe there's an underground dueling club and they will only reveal themselves when a winner has been chosen

all those poor dead chicks

So, are you guys all BSG fans? Given the total void in TV right now I've finally started running through the last couple seasons of BSG. I'm on the last hour of the finale tonight. Then I can finally take part in BSG discussions. I'm kinda worried. I heard plenty of people did not like the Finale. There's only an hour left and I see no reason to complain so far. Though I also don't know what they could possibly fill another hour with.

If things go terribly wrong in a matter of an hour that will kinda suck. Oh well I guess I'll find out tonight.

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Friday, July 30, 2010 3:12 AM

Hehe well things did change rapidly in that last hour. Can't say I really like the twist, but I didn't hate it. It was a good ending that left things in a place where it felt all wrapped up. Except for one mystery that was a little confusing to me. I'll have to go look around the intertubes to see what others thought of it.

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Friday, July 30, 2010 6:52 AM

Made it through the first season but haven't had the chance to get any further yet. I really liked what I saw and hate to be disappointed. Guess I'll just have to nut up and check out the rest soon. Praise Allah for Netfrix!

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Friday, July 30, 2010 7:01 AM

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Made it through the first season but haven't had the chance to get any further yet. I really liked what I saw and hate to be disappointed. Guess I'll just have to nut up and check out the rest soon. Praise Allah for Netfrix!

Personally I thought it really slowed down in the middle. They seemed like they didn't really have anywhere to go with the story. The final season they took the gloves off and let loose. I think it was all worth the build up personally. I can't really think of any filler episodes in the last season. Though I was glad I was watching it after the fact. There were a lot of "to be continued" endings that would have really been painful if I couldn't just load up the next episode right away.

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Friday, July 30, 2010 8:33 AM

I liked the first season but I want to get caught up on Supernatural first. I'm really liking it.

And yes Zeek all those girls... what a shame guess they'll either commit harikari or date lesser men. Either way a grim future and since I married Nv and took the one guy better than you all those girls are SOL.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Friday, July 30, 2010 10:51 AM

I just finished all 10 seasons of Stargate SG1 except for the movies the cap it off. Fancast and Hulu carry most of the episodes, but not the films. I started watching Stargate: Universe, but is not like the original series. It is a dark show in both characters and lighting. Not the big happy family that was on SG1.

I am also watching Star Trek: Enterprise. Have not watched it since it originally aired and it is good to see again.

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Friday, July 30, 2010 10:59 AM

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I just finished all 10 seasons of Stargate SG1 except for the movies the cap it off. Fancast and Hulu carry most of the episodes, but not the films. I started watching Stargate: Universe, but is not like the original series. It is a dark show in both characters and lighting. Not the big happy family that was on SG1.

I am also watching Star Trek: Enterprise. Have not watched it since it originally aired and it is good to see again.

I started rewatching it a while back and it's still not one of my favorites. I never did see the final season. So, I wanted to at least see that. I got through part of it and then for some reason my DVR missed a few episodes. Waiting for them to come back around.

Edit - Enterprise that is.

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Friday, July 30, 2010 1:34 PM

Same here. Enterprise lost me during the third season. I will watch it and catch up on the fourth season.

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Saturday, July 31, 2010 1:38 PM

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Originally posted by traveler:
I just finished all 10 seasons of Stargate SG1 except for the movies the cap it off. Fancast and Hulu carry most of the episodes, but not the films. I started watching Stargate: Universe, but is not like the original series. It is a dark show in both characters and lighting. Not the big happy family that was on SG1.

I just started watching SG-1 recently; I'm only on season 2 though. The characters in that are great, although the writing sometimes is not. I'm afraid that once school starts I'll have no time to watch it though...

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Monday, August 2, 2010 7:36 AM

Hiya all! it's been quiet in here. :D

I dont' really have much to add, I suppose. I don't have a favorite bad ass femal action hero. Lelu and Ultraviolet came to mind, but I really don't like Mila Jovovich that much.

I don't know if I could watch BSG. I might give it a try. It's a much loved show from my youth and I think I want to leave it that way. :D

I will say that I recently watched Wonderfalls...and have purchased the DVDs and re-watched and re-watched and re-watched and told many friends about it. I'm sad that there is no more to watch. I need more quirky disaffected youth fun. Sigh.

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Monday, August 2, 2010 8:38 AM

Hi, Rugbug. Where ya been?

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I will say that I recently watched Wonderfalls...and have purchased the DVDs and re-watched and re-watched and re-watched and told many friends about it. I'm sad that there is no more to watch. I need more quirky disaffected youth fun. Sigh.

Yay! I'm glad you discovered it. I thought it was a good little show. I can honestly say I never heard a peep about it while it was on the air though. It's premise is way out there. So, I think that held it back considerably. I don't know where they came up with that one.

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Monday, August 2, 2010 10:14 AM

RugBug:

Have you seen "Dead Like Me"? A little more serious the "Wonderfalls", but still has a young woman trying to deal with a new reality.

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Monday, August 2, 2010 10:29 AM

Zeek...I've been doing this and that. When FFF gets slow, I get frustrated checking it, so I stop for awhile...and then I come back and yeah! posts. :D

Traveller: Haven't seen it, but have heard of it. I might give it a try. I've got a bunch of stuff in my Netflix queue so maybe I'll add it.

I watched a cute movie on NetFlix instant the other night: Timer with Emma Caulfield (yeah!). It was good...and I loved the concept. Made you think a bit. That's my type of "sci-fi". I don't really do the space stuff ('cept Firefly), but I do like "future concepts" stuff.

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Tuesday, August 3, 2010 12:28 PM

Uh oh we were quiet for a whole day. I guess we scared our local bug off.

At least another workday bit the dust. Yay!

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Tuesday, August 3, 2010 1:56 PM

You get three chances. Entertain me! :D

That trollkeeper person is a little entertaining. Must've come from some other board where you can only be on topic. Sad little troll, doesn't know how to handle freedom.

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Wednesday, August 4, 2010 3:25 AM

Entertain you? Uh...*sings*

Good?

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Wednesday, August 4, 2010 4:17 AM

I'm from a Sicilian background....favours in our culture have a "special" connotation (have you watched the Godfather or Sopranos?) My Parents migrated to Australia from Sicily in the 60's. I was taught as a very young child NEVER to accept any favours offered by certain people my Dad had grown up with. He always said "be polite and curteous to these people when we see them, but do not get involved with them" and then he'd mutter angrily about moving to this country to be free of the ignorance cycle etc etc. having said that I don't mind helping people out if they need it, I'm less open to getting help or asking for it...but am learning that sometimes meaningful friendships require you to accept favours every now and again...as long as it's an equitably reciprocal deal.
as for the moving dilema, friends have offered to help a couple of times (I don't drive). I always made sure I had a feast ready for them to say thanks, or I made them stuff or helped them move/clean etc etc.

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Wednesday, August 4, 2010 4:39 AM

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I'm from a Sicilian background....favours in our culture have a "special" connotation (have you watched the Godfather or Sopranos?)

Sure haven't watched them. What's the special connotation?

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Wednesday, August 4, 2010 4:53 AM

Mafia flavoured...Sicilain favours are like unbreakable contracts where you end up owing way more than you got and for an indefinite time frame. It would be like getting a favour from Adlei Nishka...(probably not the right spelling, but I mean the scary psychotic little bespectacled man from "Train Job" and "War stories")

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Wednesday, August 4, 2010 5:00 AM

If you're nice to him (trollkeeper that is) he tends to stay away...I try to visualise patting him on the head and giving him cupcakes when he's really obnoxious...poor deprived little bugger. He kind of reminds me of the most noxious kids I've worked with over the years.

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Wednesday, August 4, 2010 5:31 AM

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Mafia flavoured...Sicilain favours are like unbreakable contracts where you end up owing way more than you got and for an indefinite time frame. It would be like getting a favour from Adlei Nishka...(probably not the right spelling, but I mean the scary psychotic little bespectacled man from "Train Job" and "War stories")

Can't you just tell them to shove it? I mean wouldn't they then owe you another favor and then you owe them favors for that favor and it just becomes and endless cycle?

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Wednesday, August 4, 2010 5:52 AM

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Originally posted by Zeek:
Entertain you? Uh...*sings*

Good?

It'll do...for now.

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Originally posted by Zeek:

Can't you just tell them to shove it? I mean wouldn't they then owe you another favor and then you owe them favors for that favor and it just becomes and endless cycle?

Which is why Boris' father said never do a favour...then you don't get into an endless cycle. :D

I personally HATE asking for favors. I'll do them no problem, but I won't ask for help unless I absolutely have to.

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Wednesday, August 4, 2010 9:56 PM

OH my god No! telling a Sicilian to shove it!!!! your whole family loses face...ugh! big big mess for everyone...actually only for my Dad as the rest of us could care less what the Sicilian community thinks of us...they already think I'm a freak for going back to university in my 40's for a second round, being unmarried, not having kids. They disapproved when I left home at 19/20. As for the favour cycle...it doesn't work that way...they do you one favour you're indebted to them for the rest of your life...very unbalanced.
As Rug Bug suggests just don't ever go there.
yeah I'm not keen to ask...i just bank on the fact that if you have good friends and you need help they'll give it before you ask or else you muddle through on your own. I always offer before I'm asked

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Thursday, August 5, 2010 7:30 AM