# Equipose, we know you're a movie snob, get over yourself **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 12, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874 "2012-06-12T03:48:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/1 "2012-06-12T03:48:34Z")
Once again, Equipose can’t help but criticize people for their heathen movie tastes. He’s taking people to task fo having audacity to complain that Broadway is following movie’s lead of retreading material. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/2 "2012-06-12T03:57:47Z")
Link? Also, **Equipoise** is a she. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/3 "2012-06-12T04:01:18Z")
I was coming in to say that it would seem that **Equipose** probably could not, by definition, get over herself, but then I realized that was “equipoise.” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/4 "2012-06-12T04:07:35Z")
My apologies for misspelling the username, and getting her gender wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/5 "2012-06-12T04:15:43Z")
Are you sure you didn’t mean to spell it l-i-s-s-e-n-e-r? ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/6 "2012-06-12T04:17:02Z")
Do you have a link to examples of this egregious behavior? That’s generally considered the minimum requirement when starting a Pit thread about another Doper. At least, if you don’t want people to think you’re an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/7 "2012-06-12T04:17:20Z")
I think this is what the OP is talking about. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15158045&postcount=27](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15158045&postcount=27) ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/8 "2012-06-12T04:17:37Z")
**Equipoise** sounds familiar…like the name of a horse-steroid or something close. 😕 Interesting username… ETA: Yep, I _knew_ it sounded familiar. [Redirect Notice](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=equipoise%20horse%20steroid&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CF8QFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fexpress-press-release.net%2F32%2FWhat%2520Is%2520Equipoise%2520Steroid.php&ei=8sLWT9ekDOnf0QGi0u2iAw&usg=AFQjCNFe8VOtVy-vkuhnwdbmVVicagqNdg) ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/9 "2012-06-12T04:22:08Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > I think this is what the OP is talking about. > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15158045&postcount=27](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15158045&postcount=27) That’s it? Jesus, what weak sauce. I’ve become occasionally irritated in the past by some of **Equipoise** ’s apparent condescension in movie threads, but i also figure that many people often seem that way when talking about things that they spend a lot of time on. They sometimes give the impression that the rest of us are somehow inferior for not taking as great an interest in their obsessions as they do. I’m sure i’ve come across that way sometimes on certain topics. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/10 "2012-06-12T04:25:53Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > I think this is what the OP is talking about. > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15158045&postcount=27](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15158045&postcount=27) This is **exactly** what inspired the Pitting. It started, however, with her bemoaning the lack of technical awards airing on the Oscars. Completely misunderstanding that, being on TV, it needs eyeballs. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/11 "2012-06-12T04:28:01Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > **Equipoise** sounds familiar…like the name of a horse-steroid or something close. 😕 Interesting username… > ETA: Yep, I _knew_ it sounded familiar. > [Redirect Notice](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=equipoise%20horse%20steroid&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CF8QFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fexpress-press-release.net%2F32%2FWhat%2520Is%2520Equipoise%2520Steroid.php&ei=8sLWT9ekDOnf0QGi0u2iAw&usg=AFQjCNFe8VOtVy-vkuhnwdbmVVicagqNdg) No, that’s not the reference. It’s undoubtedly from one of the movie references to the racehorse [Equipoise](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipoise_(horse)) in either _Guys and Dolls_ or _Stalag 17._ ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/12 "2012-06-12T04:51:55Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > No, that’s not the reference. It’s undoubtedly from one of the movie references to the racehorse [Equipoise](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipoise_(horse)) in either _Guys and Dolls_ or _Stalag 17._ Oh I didn’t think it was; it was just funny to me, that’s all. (I didn’t honestly think she named herself after a veterinary steroid) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/13 "2012-06-12T04:58:21Z")
Weak pitting. On a scale of 1 - 10, being a movie snob barely registers a 2. _Somebody_ has to have standards. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/14 "2012-06-12T05:18:03Z")
**silenus** -I don’t get enough practice. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/15 "2012-06-12T05:29:40Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > **Equipoise** sounds familiar…like the name of a horse-steroid or something close. 😕 Interesting username… > ETA: Yep, I _knew_ it sounded familiar. > [Redirect Notice](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=equipoise%20horse%20steroid&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CF8QFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fexpress-press-release.net%2F32%2FWhat%2520Is%2520Equipoise%2520Steroid.php&ei=8sLWT9ekDOnf0QGi0u2iAw&usg=AFQjCNFe8VOtVy-vkuhnwdbmVVicagqNdg) (Fuck it, we’re in the Pit, and the OP is weak, so I might as well…) **Ambivalid** , could you please knock it the fuck off with those annoying Google URLs for every fucking link you ever post? Post the ACTUAL URL for fucks sake! Thanks ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/16 "2012-06-12T06:16:21Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > **silenus** -I don’t get enough practice. Pick a thread in GD and have at it! 😛 Or go nuts in CS. Hell, there are enough jerks there who are chili purists or Whedon-fellators or Pratchett-idolators or bourbon… Shit. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![mister\_nyx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@mister\_nyx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mister_nyx)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/17 "2012-06-12T06:43:16Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > (Fuck it, we’re in the Pit, and the OP is weak, so I might as well…) > > **Ambivalid** , could you please knock it the fuck off with those annoying Google URLs for every fucking link you ever post? Post the ACTUAL URL for fucks sake! > > Thanks In further explanation, since I think I mentioned this elsewhere when Ambivalid’s name was brought up: A year or two back, Google stopped having regular links in their search results, but rather posting these Google things that, after clicking, turn into links. It’s some sort of tracking thing. It lets them see how many times a given link gets clicked. But it saves other people a lot of effort if you click the link (open it in a new tab or window if you prefer) and copy the ultimate URL rather than the stand-in Google link thingie. ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/18 "2012-06-12T06:50:07Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > This is **exactly** what inspired the Pitting. It started, however, with her bemoaning the lack of technical awards airing on the Oscars. Completely misunderstanding that, being on TV, it needs eyeballs. Um…I’m surprised **Twickster** didn’t reach through her computer and issue a slap in the face. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/19 "2012-06-12T07:05:39Z")
I like **esquipoise** , but I swear if she gushes about _Attack the Block_ just one more goddamn time I’m going to sneak into her house and poop in her toaster. ---
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/20 "2012-06-12T12:53:26Z")
Equipose is occasionally annoying but she was correct in the linked post. twickster seems to think the movies that are shoveled at her at her local cineplex are the only movies that exist. That is lazy thinking, and she is wrong. Equipose was pointing out that um duh yeah, there are plenty of other movies out there. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874.md?page=2)