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Post by Libby on Dec 13, 2003 10:25:40 GMT -5
I've been ranting about the real world to cleric smith on another thread, but I have GOT to share this!
It's sort of 'You know you're EQ fan ....' but for real.
I was getting petrol at my local Sainsbury's and the attendant had his head somewhere else. He messed up my bill and had to redo it. He apologised and I muttered,
'A nearly unforgiveable lapse.'
He looked at me for a second and then spluttered,
'Equilibrium! That's from Equilibrium!'
There were too many people in the queue to say anymore so I just grinned and nodded.
It made me wonder tho', has anyone else had a 'real' EQ experience with total strangers?
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Post by JenGe on Dec 13, 2003 16:32:23 GMT -5
Interesting that you should begin this thread today because mine occured yesterday. I took Gene to a new anime store that she found out about & while there I noticed that they stocked a lot of Japanese imported toys from films. I asked the clerk if there was anyway if I wanted a specific toy item from Japan that they might be able to get it for me. He asked, "Maybe...What?" "The gun from Equilibrium." His eyes went...  "You just went up several notches." (I don't think he cared for my choice of anime  ) Before I left he got directions to this site... (Chris if you find your way here & read this I'll get you that info ASAP) |
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Post by katerbug on Dec 13, 2003 17:32:13 GMT -5
I've been ranting about the real world to cleric smith on another thread, but I have GOT to share this! It's sort of 'You know you're EQ fan ....' but for real. I was getting petrol at my local Sainsbury's and the attendant had his head somewhere else. He messed up my bill and had to redo it. He apologised and I muttered, 'A nearly unforgiveable lapse.' He looked at me for a second and then spluttered, 'Equilibrium! That's from Equilibrium!' There were too many people in the queue to say anymore so I just grinned and nodded. It made me wonder tho', has anyone else had a 'real' EQ experience with total strangers? that's friggin awesome. i swear i don't know anyone around here who is into this movie but it's also not widespread in this craphole town. i'm sure there are some people now since it started playing on the movie channels. my memory is so crap i can't always remember quotes so this will probably never happen to me. |
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Post by mawa on Dec 13, 2003 18:58:35 GMT -5
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Post by Hostile on Dec 13, 2003 21:35:27 GMT -5
lol, IRL Equilibrium moments? I know exactly what you mean. I was at the airport yesterday, surrounded by people all happy to see each other, hugging and laughing. Sense offenders, every one of them. I attacked the nearest security guard, broke his arm in 3 places, grabbed his MP5 and mowed them down with mathematical perfection.
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Post by Akimbo on Dec 14, 2003 3:26:52 GMT -5
I was sketching a picture of a cleric in science class, some guy was passing by me and saw the sketch and he was like, "hey, that looks like Equilibrium.." rather unenthusiastically. I said "yeah." and his only reply: "that movie sucks."  |
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Post by Cleric smith on Dec 14, 2003 5:03:05 GMT -5
and his only reply: "that movie sucks." that guy has no taste in movies |
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Post by Libby on Dec 14, 2003 7:14:07 GMT -5
lol, IRL Equilibrium moments? I know exactly what you mean. I was at the airport yesterday, surrounded by people all happy to see each other, hugging and laughing. Sense offenders, every one of them. I attacked the nearest security guard, broke his arm in 3 places, grabbed his MP5 and mowed them down with mathematical perfection. Really?  |
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Post by Libby on Dec 14, 2003 7:19:27 GMT -5
His eyes went... "You just went up several notches." (I don't think he cared for my choice of anime ) Gives you a funny sort of feeling, doesn't it? I mean, we're actually a very small, but devoted, fanbase and any recognition causes pure sense offenses! |
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Post by Trinity on Dec 14, 2003 14:11:00 GMT -5
Libby, this is a wonderful idea for a thread.  Mine happened at our company holiday party the Friday before last. A temporary employee hired that week with whom I'd had no contact...big firm...around 100 employees...and I were chatting and a co-worker and friend of mine passes by and we do our usual, "Good evening, Cleric" or whatever time of day it is, and the other person becomes excited and says, "You're talking Equilibrium, right?!" "Yup." And we talked for an hour from there. I gave him the link to this site. I'll post more as they occur. Don't doubt they will. |
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Post by ClericArucard on Dec 14, 2003 22:55:07 GMT -5
you know the poses they do while practicing gun kata? well at my high school last year 5 people from the grade below me wer doing that everyday after school it didn't hit me till i saw the film
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Post by JenGe on Dec 15, 2003 9:27:32 GMT -5
I'll post more as they occur. Don't doubt they will. After watching EQ too many times my dyslexia just kicking in I read that as..."I'll DOSE more as they occur. Don't doubt they will." ;D |
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Post by Libby on Dec 15, 2003 12:32:55 GMT -5
Libby, this is a wonderful idea for a thread. Mine happened at our company holiday party the Friday before last. A temporary employee hired that week with whom I'd had no contact...big firm...around 100 employees...and I were chatting and a co-worker and friend of mine passes by and we do our usual, "Good evening, Cleric" or whatever time of day it is, and the other person becomes excited and says, "You're talking Equilibrium, right?!" "Yup." And we talked for an hour from there. I gave him the link to this site. I'll post more as they occur. Don't doubt they will. Yay! ;D Another convert to the fold! We'll get them all, eventually! |
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Post by Trinity on Dec 16, 2003 20:52:42 GMT -5
After watching EQ too many times my dyslexia just kicking in I read that as..."I'll DOSE more as they occur. Don't doubt they will." ;D Ha, ha, haaaaaaaaaaa! Gosh, thanks for reminding me, Jen. I think I need to get my interval adjusted...  |
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Post by Trinity on Dec 16, 2003 20:53:34 GMT -5
ClericArucard, that is too cool!  Yes, Libby, we will get them all eventually...good one! ;D |
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Post by Cleric smith on Dec 17, 2003 2:18:10 GMT -5
lol, IRL Equilibrium moments? I know exactly what you mean. I was at the airport yesterday, surrounded by people all happy to see each other, hugging and laughing. Sense offenders, every one of them. I attacked the nearest security guard, broke his arm in 3 places, grabbed his MP5 and mowed them down with mathematical perfection. that is unbeliveable |
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Post by TrustKill on Dec 18, 2003 16:34:44 GMT -5
living in Kansas City, MO, not many people know about the wonder that is equilibrium... occasionally though, i meet people that have.
-had a profile name for Unreal Champion ship called "cleric" and while most of the people mispronounced it to read something like choleric or whatever, occasionally people would spout stuff over the headphones like, "cleric.... oh! like equilibrium?" and i'd all be like, "yeah, hell yeah." then i would proceed to lightning gun them through the face.
-during the second day of philosophy class this previous semester, i got into a conversation about movies with a kid that sat next to me. i said something nonchalantly about the tetragrammaton and he reciprocated the comment. i snapped my head to the side and started, "you mean you've see equil..." he interrupted me with a large, little kiddish grin and said, "ohh yeah."
-random equilibrium-ite encounters are always fun.
-TrustKill-
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Post by Libby on Dec 18, 2003 16:58:16 GMT -5
-random equilibrium-ite encounters are always fun. -TrustKill- Hi, TrustKill. Absolutely. They seldom happen, unfortunately, but when they do, they make your day. Just got to have faith. We must redouble our efforts! |
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Post by TrustKill on Dec 18, 2003 17:12:13 GMT -5
hehe. redouble indeed...
-consider me the ninja of clerical proportions.
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Post by JenGe on Sept 15, 2005 10:37:37 GMT -5
I was going to start an Equilibrium Encounters thread but I remember that we already had one similar to it and the search dug this one up... The other day I was at Universal City Walk (thanks to Walldude & my year pass to Universal Studios) and I went into Hot Topic. While there I discovered a Boondock Saints shirt and went all fangirrl about that film with one of the clerks. He was stunned that I even knew about it and was even more shocked when I told him it was in my top 10 fav films ever. Then I mentioned my #1 favs are a tie with EQ & Matrix. We proceeded to have a love fest. ;D Funny...they even carried that American Psycho action figure and I told him how we had a discussion here on the boards about changing it to a cleric. |
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Post by Wraith on Sept 17, 2005 15:50:36 GMT -5
that guy has no taste in movies On my ROTC cruise we killed some time during Aviation Week (where we mostly sit around doing nothing) by playing Hangman. I put "movie line" and it was "not without incident" I got a few comments like "what's that movie" or "isn't it that some B-movie Matrix-wannabe?" Such ignorance. Worse still, when we did it again, I put 'Wake up! Time to die" from Blade Runner. One guy said: "Man, you like some pretty crappy movies" Then a couple guys talked about how much Arrested Development sucks. I couldn't talk to them for a day. |
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Post by Cleric Claire on Oct 20, 2005 19:56:08 GMT -5
I had a girl IRL tell me that Equilibrium was "like, so violent, I don't understand how anyone could watch it. it had no point, and plus, Christian Bale isn't even that hot." (paraphrased, but whatever.) I swear if we weren't at church I would have hit her.
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Post by wtf on Oct 21, 2005 16:02:21 GMT -5
I had a girl IRL tell me that Equilibrium was "like, so violent, I don't understand how anyone could watch it. it had no point, and plus, Christian Bale isn't even that hot." (paraphrased, but whatever.) I swear if we weren't at church I would have hit her. I would have hit her anyway. I twitched about three times in that above sentence! 1. Too violent: She's ultra-squeamish because my squeamish acquaintances didn't have a problem. I bet she needs to go back to her Jessica Simpson films. 2. How anyone could watch it: See above. Jessica Simpson. blah blah 3. Christian Bale isn't that hot anyway: The final blow. This is where I stand up in the church pew and strangle her. I'll blame Dimension for not properly marketing the film and maybe they'll get me out on aninsanity plea. Especially if I remember to yell "For Wimmer!" in Welsh before strangling her. |
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Post by Observer on Oct 21, 2005 18:21:18 GMT -5
Equilibrium too violent?
I wonder what that girl must have thought when she saw "The Passion Of The Christ".
Dimension's marketing dept. leaves a lot to be desired. The Hellraiser franchise has been languishing under their mismanagement for some time now.
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Post by frivolity on Oct 24, 2005 5:54:10 GMT -5
Especially if I remember to yell "For Wimmer!" in Welsh before strangling her. ROFL ;D  |
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Post by Cleric Claire on Oct 24, 2005 13:16:36 GMT -5
This is where I stand up in the church pew and strangle her. I'll blame Dimension for not properly marketing the film and maybe they'll get me out on an insanity plea. Especially if I remember to yell "For Wimmer!" in Welsh before strangling her. Trust me, it was tempting. |
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Post by Wraith on Oct 27, 2005 22:37:08 GMT -5
[quote author=Observer board=general I wonder what that girl must have thought when she saw "The Passion Of The Christ".
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I loved Passion but let me tell ya, if she liked it too, she's guilty of a double standard.
"Too violent": Hey, Preston did what needed to be done.
"no point": Obviously, the political overtones escaped her. She probably watches chick flicks too.
"Christian Bale's not that hot" who cares if he can't pass himself off as a cute girl like Orland Bloom or Leonardo DiCaprio can?
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Post by JenGe on Nov 14, 2005 22:46:21 GMT -5
I was at a local gamer shop this evening getting some DVDs & CDs fixed for my trip when I realized the clerk helping me had an EQ watch. With a gleam of satisfaction I blurted out, "I see you are an Equilibrium fan." "Yeah, but it doesn't have an alarm." It's amusing for me to see years later how my early obsession with a film and everything about it has a "chaos theory" effect on total strangers. (For those of you new or do not remember it was due to the fans and this site that Android reissued the Alien timepiece which had been retired.) |
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Post by warriorpoet on Nov 15, 2005 2:21:44 GMT -5
Nothing that interesting has happened to me involving EQ... But the the other day me and my friends were playing Rugby/ Gridiron (we invented it ;D) at school, and I got tackled to the ground and was surrounded by opponents and had a strong urge to do some gun kata moves.......That movie's changed me..... |
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Post by Observer on Nov 15, 2005 23:07:37 GMT -5
It changes everyone, in a way. That's what makes it such a good movie! How many films simply pass by without leaving a trace? Wasn't someone telling me how "little" an impact this site had on the online perception of EQ, JenGe? Then again, that same someone did point out they have a tendency to be overly modest. |
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