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blimpy  ·  4780 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Warner Bros freezes out Blockbuster
WB flexing their muscle! Some consumers will read this article, get upset and say to themselves "I'm not going to support WB anymore". Then, when they release the next big thing (Harry Potter etc) they'll conveniently forget.




kleinbl00  ·  4780 days ago  ·  link  ·  
WB's haul on Harry Potter to date: 12.7 fucking BILLION dollars.

If Harry Potter were a country, it would be richer by GDP than mutherfucking Iceland.

blimpy  ·  4780 days ago  ·  link  ·  
That's messed up. Iceland needs to write a gripping series of fiction about a nerdy young wizard.
kleinbl00  ·  4780 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I read some Icelandic sagas in College. They probably were pretty gripping in the 14th century. They even had a few wizards. Nerdy and young they weren't, though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grettis_saga

The noteworthy thing about that class, however, was that my study partner was Anna Ferris. Who laboriously pronounced "Grettir" in a way that I still hear in the back of my head. It took me like three of her movies to realize why she was so damn familiar.

blimpy  ·  4778 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Not to be a dick, but I think of Anna Ferris the same way I do Selma Blair. Side Kick... sure. Lead... meh. Wouldn't be too shabby of a study partner though. As for the Grettis Saga's, you should write it and become the next J.K Rowling.
kleinbl00  ·  4778 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I think of Anna Ferris the same way I do most every other hot chick I ever studied with. Wanted to get in the pants of... sure. Somehow just didn't quite... meh.
blimpy  ·  4778 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Better luck next time! Any other notable study partners? I had a class with Malinda Pound in college. Don't bother looking her up, not a celebrity...just smoking hot. There was a thread on Hubski I saw about Lou Reed, He sums it all up well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77loNxyHMX0&sns=em