[Pred the Penguin]

Brutal is almost an underestimating. Pure no-holds fights make up almost the whole film. If that's what you want, then it might be best film for that ever IMO.

[redsniper]

Is The Raid: Redemption any good?

I heard it was basically one angry police officer beating up an entire apartment building of drugged-out machete and knife psychos for the entire movie

I'm... sure... you just answered your own question there.

[Bob-san]

Wants:

Core i7-3770K
Radeon HD 7950 or GeForce GTX 670
Nikon D3200 or Canon EOS Rebel T3i
Dell UltraSharp U2412M
LSI 9207-8i
Syba SY-PEX20140
Samsung ECS-K1D9BEGSTA (Car Mount Kit for Sprint SPH-D710)
GOgroove FlexSMART X2 Advanced (FM transmitter)
Soundmagic PL50 earphones

I'll go on a post-Christmas binge after I see what I got. I really want those top 4 items: a CPU, graphics card, a DSLR, or a bigger monitor.

[NGTM-1R]

Is The Raid: Redemption any good?  I heard it was basically one angry police officer beating up an entire apartment building of drugged-out machete and knife psychos for the entire movie, so were the fight scenes suitably brutal?

I've been told by several people that it's basically the martial-arts version of Dredd, so I'm sort of compelled to check it out since I'm rather fond of Dredd. I've not actually watched it yet, but I gather it's probably the most physically demanding movie on the actors released in 2012.

Consulting those who have, they say it's more than sufficiently brutal; it might actually be a hard watch if you're not prepared for it.

[watsisname]

I saw The Raid: Redemption, and it was epic.  Martial Arts version of Dredd is a very accurate description.

I think Dredd was slightly more squeamish though.  But only slightly.  Slow-mo bullet through the face = TOP SCORE

[Klaustrophobia]

i don't remember dredd being all that overly gorey. at least by today's standards.  maybe the slo-mo and the bad 3d softened it up for me.

[deathfun]

Stuff like that doesn't phase me

Never did say what I actually wanted, but honestly I'm perfectly happy with a bottle of scotch and videogames. And art stuff
One of these items would make me happy. If all I got for Christmas was a bottle of Scotch, it would be still a great Christmas

[SpardaSon21]

A new motherboard and CPU for my PC.  Aside from needing to reinstall Windows and all my programs, it works great.

[pecenipicek]

want: a job.
got: a proper soldering iron. woo.

[Aardwolf]

Update!

I'm definitely getting Starship Troopers: Invasion, and I reasonably expect to get Assassin's Creed 3.

I don't expect to get world peace, and I don't expect any of the aforementioned female friends to have a sudden overwhelming sense of pity for me and unblock me, etc.

And idunno if I'll make any significant progress on my FPS engine.

[swashmebuckle]

Want an amp, probably gonna get clothes. Can't complain as I'm cheaping out and giving everyone my Christmas record. Preemptive holiday revenge strike!

[S-99]

What i want. My ex to move the **** on.

What i did want and got myself?
A car for winter. 89 buick century with the 2.5 liter 4 cylinder engine (better mpg compared to the ones with the 3.3 liter v6). You can drive a ford escort 2 door model in -50f. However, that car was not designed for winter at all. Windows always iced over...keeping for a summer commuter.

After that, destroying christmas for others by telling them what they got, and immediately presenting it to them weeks before the festive holiday. this is worth it.

[Rodo]

want: underwear.
gonna get: underwear.

YAY!

[Nuke]

i never let other people buy me underwear. they always get it wrong. same goes for socks. in fact 99% of the clothing people buy me goes in the back of my closet and never gets worn. just my 5 johnny cash ensembles.

[pecenipicek]

i never let other people buy me underwear. they always get it wrong. same goes for socks. in fact 99% of the clothing people buy me goes in the back of my closet and never gets worn. just my 5 johnny cash ensembles.

this.

[Nuke]

want: a job.
got: a proper soldering iron. woo.

meh, i want a hot air rework station so i can stop using dip packages.

[achtung]

The only people that would get me things are too broke, and I don't particularly need anything.

I might buy myself this, or this.

I bought my girlfriend a new desktop, and some odds and ends things for other folks (steam sale games n stuff).

[ssmit132]

Wasn't sure whether to post here or in the WHIYL thread, but since this is the Christmas thread, and I'm still up now (yeah, I'm a naughty boy ), Merry Christmas!

[Gortef]

Shoes
Gloves
Pillow
3 liters of Red wine
+ some other stuff.

Cheers mates.

[Dragon]

I've got a handheld GPS, a webcam, some good books, Take On Helicopters and a whole bunch of stuff on Steam. I would've preferred to get time to read instead of books, but I guess even Santa isn't exempt from Minkovsky physics. Well, anyway, there goes the next year.

My gifts were pretty modest, and I'm rich by Polish standards and have pretty much everything I want. However, my younger brother does not, and guess what he got. A @#$! Vuwzela! Well, I guess it's time to swipe a cork from one of those wine bottles emptied during the Christmas Eve Supper... He also got Skyrim, so hopefully it'll occupy both him and my youngest brothers long enough for the cats to chew the darn thing up.