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Spoooon

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Originally posted by: Citrix
Originally posted by: snooker
The are Real all right, it is a matter finding out who or what makes them.

I remember watching something a few years back that was an amatuer video being taken of a British military Helicopter hovering real close to some sort of metal looking object over a farmers field, which was moving sooo dang fast it was speculated that it could have been the creator of crop circles, and able to do it within minutes.

Whoever or whatever makes them is making works of art in my opinion........


I dont know who makes them. For something like that it would take more than dudes running around with 2X4's on a string smooshing the wheat. Even using GPS to get something that big, that exact and that intricate would take more than one night more than one person and somebody would have seen it.

They have crop circle contests on occasion, also some farmers will actually allow people to mess around and do a crop circle. Also, you'd be surprised at how complex a crop circle can get using just simple navigation techniques and a rope and planks.
 

js1973

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"Even using GPS to get something that big, that exact ..."

I'm not saying I could do better, but the shape isn't exactly symmetrical. It's kind of sunk in at the 2-3 o'clock position.
 

zippy

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Originally posted by: js1973
"Even using GPS to get something that big, that exact ..."

I'm not saying I could do better, but the shape isn't exactly symmetrical. It's kind of sunk in at the 2-3 o'clock position.
It is?

The first pic is bad because of the funny angle it's on.

Anyway, that's cool, regardless of who made it. Whether is was President Bush or some Alien...or a combination of the two.
 

js1973

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"It is?"

Yeah. Look closely at the size of the openings at the six points of the hexagon.
 

Wallydraigle

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The visitors made it that way on purpose so that the amount of imperfection in the angles of the design could be used to calculate a tragectory to their homeworld. See, you can't let a silly little thing like that ruin a good conspiracy;)
 

oLLie

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Originally posted by: js1973
"It is?"

Yeah. Look closely at the size of the openings at the six points of the hexagon.

Um... they did that on purpose.
 

js1973

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"Um... they did that on purpose. "

Are you being serious? If so, why did whoever do it that way?
 

MajesticMoose

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I really expected this to be a cowbell thread, but i couldn't quite find the connection between crop circles and hot girls in bikinis
 

Balt

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Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
I completely loathe that movie and I haven't even seen it. M. Night cannot direct his way out of paper bag. All his movies are predictable silly pretenious little films as he tries to act clever by inserting colour associations and twist endings. Oh no! Didn't see that one coming from the first half an hour. I guess I am a little hard on his films but still, they are just retarted. What gets me the most is how completely ridiculous people act about the movies. They are like OMG DID YOU SEE THE SIXTH SENSE OMG OMG IT'S SO COOL YOU HAVE TO GO WATCH IT, BEST MOVIE EVAAARR. I felt like leaving after the first half an hour as I had already figured out the ending. But what can you do, art is completely subjective..

Seriously, take a chill pill.
 

Renob

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I completely loathe that movie and I haven't even seen it. M. Night cannot direct his way out of paper bag


OK, tell us who you do like.
 

Cougar

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Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
I completely loathe that movie and I haven't even seen it. M. Night cannot direct his way out of paper bag. All his movies are predictable silly pretenious little films as he tries to act clever by inserting colour associations and twist endings. Oh no! Didn't see that one coming from the first half an hour. I guess I am a little hard on his films but still, they are just retarted. What gets me the most is how completely ridiculous people act about the movies. They are like OMG DID YOU SEE THE SIXTH SENSE OMG OMG IT'S SO COOL YOU HAVE TO GO WATCH IT, BEST MOVIE EVAAARR. I felt like leaving after the first half an hour as I had already figured out the ending. But what can you do, art is completely subjective..


I can't believe I'm going to say this but I actually agree with you CorporateRecreation (at least about M. Night Shayamalan or however you spell his name). I heard that Bruce Willis was dead before I saw Sixth Sense so that ruined the movie for me and I couldn't stand it. Of course I had to watch it 3 times because everyone who hadn't seen it decided they wanted to watch it at my place. I honestly couldn't see the big deal with the movie (once you know the fool is dead then there's not much left in the movie, at least for me).

Then there was Unbreakable. I couldn't wait to watch the movie so I saw it on opening day and I thought it was absolutely retarded. Woohoo!!! I'm a superhero who almost drowns the one time I try to use my newly found super powers and my mentor is made of glass who is more evil than evil itself.....Woooo hold me back!!!

Now, having said that I can't wait to see his new one (Signs, right?). However, if I watch this thing and it sucks as bad as Unbreakable I'm gonna hunt down M. Night and beat the stuffing out of him. Maybe once he's stared death in the face he'll finally learn to direct ;)
 

Desslok

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Originally posted by: Cougar
Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation I completely loathe that movie and I haven't even seen it. M. Night cannot direct his way out of paper bag. All his movies are predictable silly pretenious little films as he tries to act clever by inserting colour associations and twist endings. Oh no! Didn't see that one coming from the first half an hour. I guess I am a little hard on his films but still, they are just retarted. What gets me the most is how completely ridiculous people act about the movies. They are like OMG DID YOU SEE THE SIXTH SENSE OMG OMG IT'S SO COOL YOU HAVE TO GO WATCH IT, BEST MOVIE EVAAARR. I felt like leaving after the first half an hour as I had already figured out the ending. But what can you do, art is completely subjective..
I can't believe I'm going to say this but I actually agree with you CorporateRecreation (at least about M. Night Shayamalan or however you spell his name). I heard that Bruce Willis was dead before I saw Sixth Sense so that ruined the movie for me and I couldn't stand it. Of course I had to watch it 3 times because everyone who hadn't seen it decided they wanted to watch it at my place. I honestly couldn't see the big deal with the movie (once you know the fool is dead then there's not much left in the movie, at least for me). Then there was Unbreakable. I couldn't wait to watch the movie so I saw it on opening day and I thought it was absolutely retarded. Woohoo!!! I'm a superhero who almost drowns the one time I try to use my newly found super powers and my mentor is made of glass who is more evil than evil itself.....Woooo hold me back!!! Now, having said that I can't wait to see his new one (Signs, right?). However, if I watch this thing and it sucks as bad as Unbreakable I'm gonna hunt down M. Night and beat the stuffing out of him. Maybe once he's stared death in the face he'll finally learn to direct ;)

Last time I checked Cougar, people can't be alive if they are made out of glass.

 

oLLie

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Originally posted by: js1973
"Um... they did that on purpose. "

Are you being serious? If so, why did whoever do it that way?

You said it was "sunk in" at 2-3 o'clock. If you look at the picture... it's sunk in at equal intervals around the entire shape.
Why did they do it like that? I dunno, personal preference I guess.
 

Cougar

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Originally posted by: Desslok


Last time I checked Cougar, people can't be alive if they are made out of glass.[/quote]


Bah, you know what I meant. ;)

(assuming of course that you saw the movie)
 

SSP

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Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
I completely loathe that movie and I haven't even seen it. M. Night cannot direct his way out of paper bag. All his movies are predictable silly pretenious little films as he tries to act clever by inserting colour associations and twist endings. Oh no! Didn't see that one coming from the first half an hour. I guess I am a little hard on his films but still, they are just retarted. What gets me the most is how completely ridiculous people act about the movies. They are like OMG DID YOU SEE THE SIXTH SENSE OMG OMG IT'S SO COOL YOU HAVE TO GO WATCH IT, BEST MOVIE EVAAARR. I felt like leaving after the first half an hour as I had already figured out the ending. But what can you do, art is completely subjective..

I know!!!! There was so much hype for 6th sense, and I didn't like it one bit. Mainly because of that stupid punk kid... and the ending. ooooh... Bruce Willis is a ghost... wow.... how surprising!
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XZeroII

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Yes, while it looks cool, you have to wonder how boring life must be on other planets that they would actually come down here and start making patterns in fields of corn. Maybe the aliens that visit us just arn't the cream of the crop aliens, you know. They may be teenaged aliens who just joyride around the galaxy causing trouble. Who knows...