The last movie you saw...

[spudthedestroyer]

@paying for an ambulence,

if you watch sicko you'll see that the money handling at nhs hospitals is refunds for people who regularly take taxis/rail/bus to the hospital to cover travel expenses. Read: you are refunded in full. Sounds like the docu/movie will annoy you... wait till you see the french in it!

[dinky]

i've never seen or read or anything nancy drew, but even i know she is the female equivalent of the hardly boys, 2 young whippersnappers with a knack for solving crimes

yes. I know. except I'm in the same position with hardy boys: don't think I ever read it. it's just something you know cuz "everyone" read it or it was forced down your throat in elementary school.

about the ambulatory bill: I must be really dense. what are you saying? I get the $500 back somehow? or everyone working at the hospital gets a free ride to work cuz I needed an ambulance to scrape me off the pavement and bring me to the emergency room?

[MyK]

Reading about your medivac experience... man, that's so wrong on so many levels I'm totally shocked. 500$ could prolly buy you a return flight to another country or a months worth of taxi rides downtown and back. If your insurance covered only hospital bills and not treatment in a medivac vehicle that would explain it but, in turn, make it even more senseless. Hope they at least managed to patch you up good in the hospital cuz what you're describing here sure doesn't sound like you only bruised your knee while riding a bike. I also can't help but wonder how much cheaper medical care in the states would be if they cut back on all the red tape and if doctors/hospitals wouldn't get sued for malpractice so often when only trying to help and doing the best that they can. I'd cut on all the BS authorization papers by passing a law that if a person is conscious and lucid and agrees to be treated in a hospital (or his/her next of keen when the patient is incapable of deciding that for himself/herself for whatever reasons) no lawsuit can be forced on the doctors/hospital. Patient would still be able to demand second opinion, but only if the second doctor agrees that would not be in any way harmful for the patient. If the patient requires any treatment that's not within the standard of care or denies one that is (info on what that is should be made publicly available by the surgeon general's office), all the necessary papers should be signed beforehand and all such data should be kept in a social security database or whatever the equivalent in the states. DNR patients/organ doners/... should also be registered beforehand like e.g. diabetes patients. Simple, one paper to sign (for the most ppl) and the magic can start happening. I know I'm simplifying things but there must be a way out of this craziness, right? Then again, in such a perfect world without all the unnecessary bureaucracy, a shit load of statesmen's incompetent nephews & nieces would be unemployed... and thus - such law would never have passed the trial of ignorance anyway. You're prolly wondering why am I so mad angry about all this, right? After all, I don't even live in the states and so on... well, cuz if nothing else US are one of the oldest democracies in the world (not counting ancient Greece and Carantania) and if that's an example others are to follow, the future for all of us doesn't spell daisies, that's for sure. And I really honestly hope at least you're of good health now Dinky so you can kick some fat butt for 500$ tax return.

[dinky]

finished lord of war finally! it was good. nothing more. far away from great. but good.

finished golden age of the sith and fall of the sith comics. lame. reminds me why I stopped reading comics. this is from the tales of the jedi series in the mid-to-late 90s. the artwork is particularly lame. say what you will about the assembly line marvel and dc mainstream titles. their artwork is at a much higher level in general.

speaking of which, read transformers: the war within (takes place on cybertron before the g1 crash on earth). kind of cool. easily better than the star wars stuff. either the transformers are easier to draw & ink properly or that's the reason dreamwave went outta business, cuz the artwork looked pretty damn good imo. story had some little in jokes. story was aight. headier than the original series and movie. not as smart but similar in them to beast machines.

ghostrider extended. not sure if I mentioned this. it was a couple days ago. it stood out for being indiscernible from the theatrical release. btw: the star of that movie is, without a doubt, eva mendes' boobies.

she can't act for shit either - not that this movie is something to judge a person on.

[maxpayne2409]

can't we even judge nic "it's ok we all know your going bald, dump the wig" cage by this film?

anyway watched the last few eps of brass eye including the 2001 paedophile special which was hilarious but also creepy, but chris morris is a comedy genius

[dinky]

I think he's been "going bald" since his 20s. it's a question of whether the role calls for a full head of hair or not. and then laughing at the incredibly obvious headpieces.

I don't think he's a bad actor. I wouldn't judge natalie portman on the prequel trilogy or bruce willis on armageddon either (although I think that's the perfect movie with which to judge liv tyler ). not that lord of war is one of his shitty movies, but ghostrider and con air are particularly without.

cage is good with the leaving las vegas and adaptation type of roles. and he is capable in big budgets (the rock, face/off).

iunno. don't love him. don't hate him.

[maxpayne2409]

i liked con-air actually, Put The Bunny Back In The Box

Yes armageddon is drastically ubershit, except for possibly Steve Buscemi, but in all fairness he's usually good in any film he's in.

[dinky]

ah! I know what I meant to report on: the proposition. an australian "western." was decent. a little to "indie" for me. but decent.

[maxpayne2409]

it's Bruce Campbells birthday today, he's 49

[dinky]

really? wow. he looks fatter than that.

[maxpayne2409]

well he *is* American

[dinky]

zing!

[dinky]

forgot to mention sw earlier this week. finished empire halfway through jedi last night.

[anarchoid]

The Lone Gunmen (on my favorite torrent board some folks has posted this beautiful one

[dinky]

finally! a sig with some class.

latest entourage and john from cincinnati. the latter is a new hbo series, and it's good. but I may not stick with it if it continues to progress so slowly (cuz other than the setting and the fantasy element, it's deadwood all over again - half the same cast and the same basic quirky characters). tbh, though, only the first ep was very</i> slow. this was ep 3.

[maxpayne2409]

ah suicide girls is good. The lone gunmen as in that crap but better then the original Xfiles spin off?

[spudthedestroyer]

been very busy, and to make things worse the psu on my emule server finally gave up (was loaded). Bought a new one, and had to retweak my bios to underclock my ram, and the server is back. I would have watched the new uncut anchor bay reanimator otherwise.

Going to watch it tonight

[dinky]

ah...anchor bay. the peddlers and purveyors of perversity and pubescent filth that only a true aficionado can appreciate.

[dinky]

varsity blues. decent for the genre. nothing transcendent. not completely stock.

finished jedi.

fyi: bruce campbell is on a new tv series: burn notice. it's a cable show (like the closer - prolly not going to be as well received but the setup looks interesting...or watchable anyway).

[anarchoid]

The Dead Zone(serie) s06e03