I still have my SK-1. Think I can get my hands on it pretty easily.
Best. Intro. Evah!
Next time, she has to work ‘cheeseburger’ into it.
Thanks guys! I’m glad you liked it. I had a lot of fun making it. However sometimes it’s tricky to find the things that were really funny unless I write down the time on the podcast. Hard if you’re driving!
Does anyone know how to get one of those cool medallion BSG thingys or do you have to have been on the forum from ages ago?
PM Solai, he’ll prolly hook you up
Cool, thanks
Aw Chuck why you gotta hate on the Sea Shadow? Sure it ain’t like actually USEFUL perse but it’s so rad
this sounds like the music on those really old games…
Before I get to rambling, take a minute and vote on the Back to the Future poll at…
http://forum.galacticwatercooler.com/showthread.php?t=3995
I just started #122…
I totally agree with what Solai says about the series. #2 is my favorite, and the Fish Under the Sea sequence is my favorite. And his note about the “What are you – chicken?” plot device is also my biggest grip with the flicks. Though I’ve grown accustomed to it over the years. It just felt so forced to tack it on for parts 2 and 3. I guess it fits, though.
Which leads me to be really curious when and how parts 2 and 3 were conceived – and then actually plotted. I don’t have the DVDs. Has anyone listened to the commentary?
When part 2 came out, one of the making-of specials had a funny bit with the director or someone, in which they said the hoverboards were real, and parents’ groups had successfully lobbied the toy companies to stop making them.
You guys notice that the actress playing Jennifer changed from the first movie to the second? WTF?
Yeah, that happens from time to time.
Her job is to say a few things in the beginning of 2, pass out, and wake up at the end of 3. Frankly, I don’t think it matters who they cast for such a “vital” role.
However, I’m in favor of any change in the cast of any movie, that results in inclusion of Elizabeth Shue. That’s always a change for the better.
I liked it when guys wore pants that fit. A girl likes to know what she’s getting into…
No. Don’t need to see your pulse. Just wanna know if your buns are something to get hot & cross over… :rolleyes:
Loved bands that used the horn section RIGHT!
Oingo Boingo, Huey Lewis, etc.
loved my high tops.
I could scare you white with the pix I wish I had! lol!
I am way behind in my arc watches. ARGH! :o
LOM is pretty good- I never got to see all of the BBC original, but was absolutely spoiled by what I did get to see. I was worried it would suck. Whew. Doesn’t. Love seeing Christufuh with the porn 'stash and knee sox with short-shorts. LOL! 
Yeah, the lead is a bit too much twisted steel and sex appeal, but this is US telly. Must have the eye candy, I guess.
Yeah, that really bothered me as a kid. Well, Jennifer in general kind of wasn’t too cool for me when I was a kid, in any of the movies. Just saying.
Me too. I missed the beginning of Season Two, and never caught up. The NBC one – so far, and it’s early still – is not awful.
great read. oh wow, Matrix, Back to the Future and Star Wars would really suck if no one pushed them to change the script. Though I have to say the Gladiator turned out bad anyway…
Regarding Biff becoming the King of Biffton using sports almanac… here’s my question?
How much money has he really made using this scheme? Billions? Trillions? How much money does one need in order to be completely above the law, and have to power to own everything in sight?
But the problem is this. Really, if I had the sports almanac 2010~2060, how much money can I make using it? A couple of relevant facts:
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You cannot possibly make a $100,000 bet with your local bookie, let alone $1 million. No local mom & pop bookies can possibly find enough people to take the other side of that bet, and they will never take that bet naked.
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If you bet small so that your bookie will take it, how long before he’s very suspicous of you and stops taking bets from you? Or worse yet, he suspects you cheating (inside information, point shaving, throwing games…), in which case they’ll refer you to another, bigger sportsbook operation nearby with, shall we say, a more aggressive enforcement policies. My guess? You could maybe hit $1000 on a 5:1 and collect $5000 three times in a row before you come under suspicion. 5 times in a row, and then you better have a damn good explanation, or you need to get out of town, quick.
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Really, the only ones who’d take a large enough bet to make this scheme worth the trouble are casino sportbooks. Problem? You win enough times, then they’ll ban you. And once you get banned from a few reputable casino sportsbooks, they will fax one another, and you’ll be banned by them all, instantly.
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Worst possible case scenario? Local newspaper does a fluff piece titled “Lucky Local Douche picks 10 straight NBA scores correctly in a row, right down to the final score, making himself a $1 million dollars!” Immediately upon the publication of that article, no bookie in the world will touch you with a ten foot pole.
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Of course, it’s feasible if you’re extremely careful, you plan this out exactly, and execute it flawlessly. (Small bets, intentional losing, multiple bookies, move around the country constantly…) But is Biff really the type? More likely, he’s gonna drive to a seedy off-strip Casino, and say “Hey, Butt-head! Put this on (whichever team is the longest-shot that covers that day).” And he’ll do this 5 times in a row in 5 days. Then someone’ll drive him to the desert and hit him over the head with a shovel.
So, could you comfortably retire in a year, without doing any work, using the almanac? Probably. Could you become a billionaire many times over, and own the world? I don’t think so. Not by a long shot. Especially no if you’re Biff.
Good question, Tray. The answer may surprise you. Bookies don’t bet ‘for’ or ‘against’ a team. They balance the bets (which is why odds change) and take a cut of the winnings. It would take a while before they decided that Biff wasn’t just really lucky.
Eventually, though, Biff would find that he had increasingly poorer odds, and increasingly lower limits. I think he’s smart enough to start using go-betweens, who would take a percentage of the cuts (or even put up thier own money and give him a percentage of the winnings.)
His only real problem is arousing the suspicion of governing bodies (or the government itself) and that’d only happen if he used legitimate venues, which are taxed and therefor pay out less.
What if Biff were to make one simultaneous bet, a super underdog with like 100-1 type odds, simultaneously with a whole bunch of bookies & mob guys (is that redundant?) all across the country?