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General Discussions => Tribal Funk Affliction => Topic started by: jocelyn on December 12, 2006, 09:08:59 pm

Title: Rockbox
Post by: FrankZappa on December 14, 2006, 11:39:16 am: this ones pretty damn horrible. Of course, as a kid in the late 80\'s, I thought it was really cool. :P
Title: Rockbox
Post by: derickw on December 14, 2006, 11:19:56 am: i always find it interesting to watch movies i haven\'t seen in a while just to see how bad they actually were
Title: Rockbox
Post by: FreeSpirit on December 14, 2006, 11:13:34 am: sounds like a cool movie... especially since (obey me) I consider myself (an alien) an upright American citizen. :lol:
Title: Rockbox
Post by: FrankZappa on December 14, 2006, 09:13:37 am: Quote from: derickw;128358
its that movie when you put on these special sunglasses you can see the aliens living among us and all the adds have subliminal messages hidden in them. what the hell is the name of that movie.........

They Live by John Carpenter?

:yay:
They Live (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Live)

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The glasses featured in the film have a lens called the Hoffman Lens. This is a reference to Dr Albert Hofmann, the man who first synthesized LSD.

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The story is both science fiction and black comedy, dealing satirically with the perceived notion of a declining economy and the culture of greed and conspicuous consumption associated with the 1980s. It posits a world in which some of the "haves" (the monied elite or the yuppies) are in fact space aliens seeking to oppress the "have nots" (poverty-stricken Earthlings and the desperate middle class) through subliminal advertising in the mass media.

The film stars former professional wrestler Roddy Piper as a homeless laborer who falls in with a group of shantytown rebels who have invented special dark glasses that enable the wearer to see past the façade the aliens have constructed to prevent their detection. One of the film\'s more memorable scenes occurs when Piper\'s character dons the glasses for the first time, and notices that a billboard for what appears to be a computer company now simply blares the word "OBEY," while another billboard featuring a bikini-clad model urges the viewer to "MARRY AND REPRODUCE." He also sees that money bears the words "THIS IS YOUR GOD." The messages are, of course, meant to be subliminal, causing people to become complacent about solving societal problems, spend money, stay in debt, remain employed, and increase the population.
Title: Rockbox
Post by: derickw on December 14, 2006, 09:03:07 am: its that movie when you put on these special sunglasses you can see the aliens living among us and all the adds have subliminal messages hidden in them. what the hell is the name of that movie.........

They Live by John Carpenter?
Title: Rockbox
Post by: FrankZappa on December 14, 2006, 08:37:31 am: Quote from: FreeSpirit;128352
:no: ....i got nothing :shrug:

you\'ll either recognize it right away or have no idea.
Title: Rockbox
Post by: FreeSpirit on December 14, 2006, 07:41:31 am: :no: ....i got nothing :shrug:
Title: Rockbox
Post by: FrankZappa on December 13, 2006, 11:23:33 pm: <-waiting to see if anyone here can pick up on the source of that image...
Title: Rockbox
Post by: jocelyn on December 13, 2006, 09:19:43 pm: WE ARE BILLBOARDS
Title: Rockbox
Post by: FrankZappa on December 13, 2006, 10:21:37 am: then my job is done here. :biggrin:

Is this better?

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Fitter.happier.more productive
Like a cat tied to a stick, driven into frozen winter ****
Title: Rockbox
Post by: jocelyn on December 13, 2006, 10:20:01 am: Speaking of considerable concentration, your avatar gave me an epileptic seizure last night.
Title: Rockbox
Post by: FrankZappa on December 13, 2006, 10:17:27 am: count on corrugated cardboard capsules causing curious consumers considerable concentration!
Title: Rockbox
Post by: ChrisF on December 13, 2006, 08:42:55 am: Quote from: davepeck;128276
never tried it out on my ipods, but i have 2 rockboxed iriver h120\'s..

chris - what are they going for on ebay now? i don\'t think i paid more than $130 for either of mine..

i saw them for 160 used, over 200 new last time i checked when i needed someone that would be 100% reliable for the west coast
Title: Rockbox
Post by: davepeck on December 13, 2006, 08:15:59 am: never tried it out on my ipods, but i have 2 rockboxed iriver h120\'s..

chris - what are they going for on ebay now? i don\'t think i paid more than $130 for either of mine..
Title: Rockbox
Post by: Todd on December 13, 2006, 08:12:47 am: And here I thought you were having your own sex toy party!!!

:duck:.....Sorry, couldn\'t resist!!! :lol:
Title: Rockbox
Post by: FrankZappa on December 13, 2006, 05:43:03 am: Quote from: jocelyn;128240
Try to avoid the "box" coments...

:rolleyes2 :biggrin:

(https://thebreakfast.info/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uvasportsfanatic.com%2Fcardboard%2520box.jpg&hash=22619fbd68fa484d3a826699b5341ad04ae83570)
Title: Rockbox
Post by: ChrisF on December 13, 2006, 12:01:14 am: Quote from: kindm\'s;128257
fitz.

i sold mine for like 120 on ts.com they show up there every so often if you are still looking

d\'oh! you should have posted on here first. i definitely would have threw down a little more than 120
Title: Rockbox
Post by: kindm's on December 12, 2006, 11:34:49 pm: fitz.

i sold mine for like 120 on ts.com they show up there every so often if you are still looking
Title: Rockbox
Post by: ChrisF on December 12, 2006, 10:23:37 pm: i would love to get an iriver with a rockbox so i can give spacey back his nomad. too bad they dont make the irivers anymore. they are super expenive on ebay.
Title: Rockbox
Post by: jocelyn on December 12, 2006, 09:08:59 pm: Anyone ever used it?

http://www.rockbox.org
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/WpsIpod5g#iPod_Vision_5G

Just curious.

Try to avoid the "box" coments...