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The Spider's Webb; New release from the SS
Topic Started: Mar 20 2014, 05:18 PM (3,920 Views)
panzer the great & terrible
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I like "have a loathsome day." willie, are you the guy in. The Caine Mutiny?
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williejg
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Panzer, I couldn't say since I've never seen that film or at least don't remember it.

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There's a guy in it named willie and I seem to recall he's a Lietenant JG. Just a coinky-dinky I guess.
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Hi Panzer~ That's funny-the coincidence I mean. And I'd guess the guy is a bad one, judging by your original question.

I'm not a bad guy. There's just bad blood between me and Todd. I tried several times to straighten things out between us, but he would always twist what I said into his own meaning. It finally got to the point where I couldn't stand it any more and just started slamming him until he banned me. I try to get along with everyone, but Todd is one guy where it just will never work. That's why I apologized to everyone except Todd for starting this thread, and exited peacefully.

I'd say that if Todd had not joined in on this thread it would have been peaceful and not have run to 7 pages. I guess he just couldn't avoid taking a shot at me.

Anyway, we had some lively activity for a few days,but I'm glad it's over. I'm so sick of flame wars.

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Amen.
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Hey willie, if you're so peaceful and nice, why are you still firing attacks two pages after the last attacks were fired? Why are you claiming to be sick of flame wars if you keep flaming?

See, just like on my board, your best bet would have been to just keep your mouth shut. And mind you, this wouldn't have gotten so ugly if not for your "Go f**k yourself, Todd" comment. Once you said that, you opened the door to everything that has been said since. And now, you're still going. And ultimately I'm going to say something mean again--because I'll only tolerate so much bullshit--and you'll start whining and crying about how nice a guy you really are and what a mean bastard I am.

If you're really sick of flame wars, here's a clue: don't start them and don't continue them.
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williejg
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Did somebody say something? Naw, I guess I'm just hearing things.

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Todd. This is a family board and you have been warned about language before. Put a cork in it.

Actually, Willie is the closest thing to a hero in Caine Mutiny. It's funny how the Internet gives rise to misunderstandings.
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I'm not gonna go read back through this, but the next person I see swearing is getting thrown out. Unless it's me.
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Frank Hale
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In the movie Van Johnson was the clear hero and Willie (Robert Francis?) was a twit. (No offense meant, williejg.)

The really sad thing about this thread for me is that it's been the only thing in a long time to generate some actual enthusiasm, however misguided.

Well, the public is never wrong, I guess. Back to the word games, boys!
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I don't see that anybody's enthusiasm is particularly misguided, Frank. Unless you're talking about willie, and well, he's just a shill for Grood and all shills' enthusiasm is misguided.
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Frank Hale
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Oh, c'mon, Todd, this has just been a Roman games feeding frenzy. People venting about Grood, one way or the other.

Just a wild guess, but telling people that they are horses' asses may not be the best course if you're trying to swing them around to your way of thinking. I'll admit it's good for the spleen, but maybe careful, intelligent, and pleasingly-phrased arguments....Plato, Socrates, FDR...OK, a pipe dream, I know.

With regard to the good Doctor, he hasn't made good on his contractual promises, and there's no reason for me to deal with him any further. My "Masked Rider" investment was nominal and I'm not going to take him to small claims court. What more needs to be said? He craves attention, so it may be that we will ultimately hear from him.

OK, now you've done it, Todd! I'm probably banned by Gravy for life for saying "horses' asses"!
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The really sad thing about this thread for me is that it's been the only thing in a long time to generate some actual enthusiasm, however misguided.

Back to the word games, boys!

Yep, the status quo around here.


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Here's a good one for you all. I based my judgement on the quality of DrGrood's release of TSW simply on chapter 1. I will still say that this is the best version of Chapter 1 that I have seen.

But when I continued watching the serial, I found slight and short errors in the brightness of chapters 2 thru 8. These come right after the intro and credits, and are only a second or 2 long being too bright. Chapters 9-12 show the same thing, but a bit longer. I have yet to finish the last 3 chapters.

So this release is NOT the end all best release of this serial. Just like many other versions, it has some flaws. I will say that despite the momentary brightness problems, this is probably still the sharpest print of this serial that I have seen.

I guess nobody really cares, but I thought that I should share this info with you.

7 pages of riveting drama all for nothing. Well, at least it was entertaining. LOL!!

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Thanks for the update on the quality, Willie. I haven't ordered the serial, as I have it and was awaiting a quality report. At this time, I'll stick with the copy I have, it's decent enough.



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