Ignore this post. It is deleted.

got it! no one is safe!

Can't..help..it..must ..post..Python..reply..

'E's not deleted'! 'E's passed on! This Post is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to his chair 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-Post'E!!

Its deleted... not sealed...

...it could reappear...

..at any time

“So what have we got here?”
“This guy says that this post is deleted, and to ignore it.”
“…Am I missing something? There isn’t a post here.”
“Exactly. And yet…there’s a thread.”
“Oh. Hmmm. It looks like it’s actually getting more interesting the further down you go.”
“Uh huh. That’s the problem. If a few people won’t ignore it, eventually nobody will ignore it. Worst case scenario? It becomes the most popular thread around, based on a post that doesn’t exist.”
“When a post that isn’t a post becomes a post…”
“Knock it off. This could be very bad.”
“Well, what does the original poster have to say about it?”
“Have you seen this guy?”
“……….wow.”
“Yeah. You try getting something meaningful out of THAT.”
“How long has he been like that?”
“As far as I can tell…since the beginning.”

@jgt7771

::Laughter::

Ladies and gents—this is our new "Off Topic" forum.

I swear, the Pythonisms will stop...well, maybe...after this:

"and now, for something completely different"

Tibs said:

It had to come back somewhere :')

Avi_dreader said:

Somewhere being, Near Melton Mowbray (Pet Conversions):

Man: (John Cleese) Good morning, I'd like to buy a cat.

Shopkeeper: (Michael Palin) Certainly sir. I've got a lovely terrier. [indicates a box on the counter]

Man: No, I want a cat really.

Shopkeeper: [taking box off counter and then putting it back on counter as if it is a different box] Oh yeah, how about that?

Man: [looking in box] No, that's the terrier.

Shopkeeper: Well, it's as near as dammit.

Man: Well what do you mean? I want a cat.

Shopkeeper: Listen, tell you what. I'll file its legs down a bit, take its snout out, stick a few wires through its cheeks. There you are, a lovely ***** cat.

Man: Its not a proper cat.

Shopkeeper: What do you mean?

Man: Well it wouldn't meow.

Shopkeeper: Well it would howl a bit.

Man: No, no, no, no. Er, have you got a parrot?

Shopkeeper: No, I'm afraid not actually guv, we're fresh out of parrots. I'll tell you what though ... I'll lop its back legs off, make good, strip the fur, stick a couple of wings on and staple on a beak of your own choice. [taking small box and rattling it] No problem. Lovely parrot.

Man: How long would that take?

Shopkeeper: Oh, let me see ... er, stripping the fur off, no legs ... [calling] Harry ... can you do a parrot job on this terrier straight away?

Harry: (Graham Chapman, off-screen) No, I'm still putting a tuck in the Airedale, and then I got the frogs to let out.

Shopkeeper: Friday?

Man: No I need it for tomorrow. It's a present.

Shopkeeper: Oh dear, it's a long job. You see parrot conversion ... Tell you what though, for free, terriers make lovely fish. I mean I could do that for you straight away. Legs off, fins on, stick a little pipe through the back of its neck so it can breathe, bit of gold paint, make good ...

Man: You'd need a very big tank.

Shopkeeper: It's a great conversation piece.

Man: Yes, all right, all right ... but, uh, only if I can watch.

Avi_dreader said:

Since the OT section was closed, I felt the insane itch of opening a thread, asking people which actor should fit best which investigator... argh!! I need to do this somewhere...

Off the top of my head...

Bob Jenkins: Nathan Fillion (Rick Castle from "Castle", Mal Reynolds from "Firefly")

Harvey Walters: Anthony Hopkins

Mark Harrigan: Jeffrey Dean Morgan (The Comedian from "Watchmen")

Norman Withers: Ian McKellan

Wendy Adams: Chloe Grace Moretz (Hit Girl from "Kickass")

jgt7771 said:

Come on, Bob is taken by Michael Weatherly (from NCIS):

www.exposay.com/celebrity-photos/michael-weatherly-2004-cbs-and-upn-winter-press-tour-party-01esIt.jpg

Dam said:

I can accept that. But Fillion's got to be in here somewhere, and he feels just a hair too young to be Joe, and I don't think he fits by-the-book Roland. But Tommy...Fillion could do Tommy.

Are we all going to be obvious enough to get Tom Selleck as Wilson?

Is Jim a quiet Samuel Jackson or a stoic Lawrence Fishburne? Anyone who says Will Smith gets smacked.

I can't decide if Charlize Theron is Action Jenny, Brainy Kate, or Mousy Daisy. Oh God...maybe she's Patrice...

Could J.K. Simmons pull off Ashcan Pete? Is Mitch Pileggi as Roland Banks too "been there, done that"?

I'm afraid to suggest anyone for Trish; Dam has already shot me in the back of the head once...

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Monterey Jack is Farva from Super Troopers.

Mickey Rourke as Mark Harrigan

Jada Pinkett Smith (Niobe in Matrix Reloaded) as Akachi Onyele

jack black as Vincent Lee

Johnny Depp as Silas Marsh

::laughing:: all great ideas indeed ::smiling:: especially Johnny Depp for Silas. And Ian McKellan :-)
Thank you all for your ideas :-)

So since we've been talking Python, okay, since "I've" been talking Python - I thought why not come up with plausible ways to associate Arkham and Python together. Name of the game would be a good place to start.

Spam of the Covenant - too Indiana Jones

Night of the Living Spam - too Zombie Like

Spamelot! - too King Arthurish (not to mention its been done to death - reference Holy Grail)

Arkspam Horror - simple, quaint and perhaps a trifle dry.

So, my best guess would be:

DeadParrot Horror

How about you?

It's finally happening...

-

From Ain't It Cool News:

The Elder Things are ready for their close up.

Michael Fleming of Deadline New York is reporting that Guillermo del Toro's next film will be his long-awaited adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness" - with James Cameron joining Don Murphy and Susan Montford as producers. And it's going to be shot in 3-D. I first heard this was a possibility last week at Comic Con, but when del Toro's DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK panel came and went without an announcement, I figured there was still work to be done with regards to securing the necessary financing from Universal.

Interestingly, Fleming's article avoids any mention of budget or rating, both of which are integral to properly transferring Lovecraft's short story to the big screen. My understanding is that the film will be big (probably with a budget in the neighborhood of $100 million), but I've got nothing reliable as to whether it will be an R or PG-13 rating. I know Guillermo has always dreamed about doing AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS as an R-rated tentpole horror film in the tradition of THE THING or THE EXORCIST; it's my hope that Cameron's involvement will persuade Universal to give del Toro free, terrifying rein on a movie I believe he was born to make. Please don't hold this guy back.

Now that the cat's out of the bag (perhaps prematurely), I hope to hear more from del Toro, Murphy and Montford on how they plan to realize Lovecraft's horrifying vision. If done right, this could be one of the scariest movies ever made.

-

Now I'm kinda glad MGM couldn't get their act together on The Hobbit. This could be a nice consolation prize, eh?

Oooo... Consolation prize for no Hobbit. How exciting.

Consolation prize suggests we need to be consoled over something.....this is better.

Yes. To hell with little goblins traipsing around through mountains of magic. I'd much rather see a movie of frostbitten humans bumbling around through mountains of madness!

And Shoggoths......

do they actually see the shoggoth or do they just feel and fear its presence ? (I can't remember).

I think they catch a glimpse of one in the end, it's pretty obvious that the thing chasing them in the end turns out to be a shoggoth and not an elder thing as they thought. But do you really think they will make this without a shot of a shoggoth?