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DavidBSmith wrote: Who where the Americans in team USA?
Maybe a metaphor for Oracle itself.
Peter Wasser
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Frank Zappa
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Let the poor buggers have their glory, they paid for it!
Seems to have been the Kiwis against the rest of the world and they came so close! Pity they didn't win, maybe they could change the rules about crew content if they get the chance.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Agreed, but they were doing shyte before he came on board...
speramus in juniperus
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Ok then - the Poms won the America's Cup single-handedly.
Peter Wasser
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Frank Zappa
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Merkin Cup ?
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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<voice="Jules Winnfield">
The link. Did you clickit mofu?
</voice>
speramus in juniperus
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Of course I clicked it. ...and I was amazed and then heard it on the News on the radio not long after.
I just wanted to use the the word "merkin".
There isn't normally an opportunity to use it.
After seeing your "mercan cup" heading I felt the opportune.
I ain't no elephanting mofo either.
ah well yeah sometimes I must admit I probably am.
Patriotically, in the weirdest sense of the word, it was a good news story for us, however, I was hoping the Kiwis would whip their bottoms.
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.[^]
Watched the first episode last night. Will also be my last episode.
It was poor; contrived, formulaic, predictable and that was just the opening credits.
Went downhill from there. 
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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You had to watch a whole episode to figure that out?
BDF
The internet makes dumb people dumber and clever people cleverer.
-- PaulowniaK
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Joss Whedon usually do great shows; so one would need to watch it.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Even having Joss Whedon doesn't compensate for the presence of jeph loeb.
That useless hack kills 100% of all germs of creativity.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Yeah, I agree. I haven't actually watched a TV show on TV in years so I can't compare to anything else, but it was mediocre all around. I'll give it a few more episodes worth of chances before I quit.
The most truthful line came after Agent Ward was asked why they were called S.H.I.E.L.D
"...because they wanted to spell out SHIELD." 
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Silvabolt wrote: "...because they wanted to spell out SHIELD."
That's a typical Whedon line and I really like nearly everything else he has done. This, however, was weak and derivative: bit like Warehouse 13 and Heroes but not as good as either.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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Given his other works, I feel emboldened to make a few predictions (bearing in mind I haven't seen any of this show).
1. There will be characters who are antagonistic to each other, but who will eventually turn out to fall in love with each other.
2. You will come to love a character - only to see them killed off.
3. People from his other shows will make guest appearances.
4. One of the main cast will be some form of double agent, who will "turn good" at some point in the future.
5. The women will all be unbelievably cute - there are no old people in Whedon's world.
6. There will be nerds.
7. There will be an overarching story arc.
Does that about summarise it?
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Very good, apart from 5: Ming-Na[^] who is 49!!! That is positively anti-deluvian!
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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She's looking good for 49.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: She's looking good for 49.
I agree: still pretty hot; not quite sizzling, perhaps, but damned good! 
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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Rest assured, few [if any] Cpians would climb over her to get to you.
speramus in juniperus
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What do you mean 'few'???
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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I assume he's referring to the lady girl contingent.
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More the <10 IQ contigent 
speramus in juniperus
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Oh, now I feel so much better...
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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Hey, there are a lot of nice looking broads in it. That's enough for me, I'd do watch them (if I could here in Sweden)! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience
Greg King
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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
Lily Tomlin, Actress
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Within ten minutes my teenage daughter, who is otherwise a major Joss Whedon fan, proclaimed it the worse television ever as did I. What stunned me is that it had no redeeming characteristics; it was badly done from top to bottom; the directing, acting, casting, set design, writing, filming and special effects were all quite terrible. I could have put up with all of that, and have with many a movie and show, but it committed the worse offense of all; it was boring.
The only questions now are, how many episodes will it last before being cancelled? And will ABC yank it immediately or air the remaining episodes?
I'll go out on a limb and say it gets cancelled after three episodes, but ABC airs the remaining finished episodes until it finds a replacement.
(I ran across a comment yesterday that the person expected Sleepy Hollow to suck and Agents to be great and was surprised to find it the opposite. That was my reaction as well.)
modified 26-Sep-13 22:09pm.
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