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5 Days To FANTASTIC FEST - But FANTASTIC FEST ONLINE IS NOW!!!
Hey folks, Harry here... Folks - I know that for a lot of you - you just can't make it to Fantastic Fest. Or any other film festival in the world. You hear about films that you sometimes have to wait for years to come to home video, but this year - us folks at FANTASTIC FEST have teamed up with the Tech wonders of AMD to present Fantastic Fest Online - Where you can check out - absolutely free of charge - 5 FANTASTIC FEST Feature Films and 5 FANTASTIC FEST Shorts.
First there's DOCTOR INFIERNO a demented film from Spain about an insane gynecologist that discovers the cure for all the ills of the world, to just set himself up as Absolute Dictator of The Planet - only, somehow his planet has robots, monsters, kung fu and assorted madness on top of that.
Next we have, I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW - An American Documentary about two men that have been obsessively stalking 80's spank-bait Pop Singer TIFFANY for nearly 20 years. This film is very disturbing and doesn't even reveal my own years of stalking her... including the time I got backstage at a Tiffany Concert at Six Flags where the New Kids on The Block got boo-ed off stage for opening for her. Seriously. You definitely owe it to yourself to check out this disturbing film.
From France comes La Crème - A film that won BEST FILM at the Beijing Film Festival, BEST FEATURE at Fantasy Worldwide Film Festival and Best Foreign Feature at the Oxford International Film Festival. It's about a dweeb that finds magic face cream that transforms him into the most famous celebrity in France... hmmm... is that Jerry Lewis or David Hasselhoff?
Back to the USA for RULE OF THREE by Eric Shapiro. It picked up Best Actor for Ben Siegler's performance up at the Fantasia Film Festival this year - it's about a pair of stories dealing with sexual escapades in a seedy down and out hotel that go terribly wrong.
And we stay in the USA for the final Feature, SOUTH OF HEAVEN - and I'm a bit at a loss to describe this flick. You'll just have to check it out for yourself.
Then there's the 5 Short Films. Thats the best we could do for all you folks out there in the ether... if you do check the films out - by all means vote - as they will be getting a special award from the Online Audience - so watch them all and weigh in! Here's the latest on all this stuff and more from Tim League - our fearless Festival Director!
Hey gang,
I wanted to let you all know that AMD Fantastic Fest Online begins tonight at midnight CST and runs through September 20. We haven't really pushed this too much through the badgeholder network; we feel that it is a much better plan for you guys to watch and experience these films at the festival instead of on a computer screen. The presentation will be better and we have guests in town for most of these films. That's what the traditional festival is all about.
I am bringing it to your attention however, so you can let your out of town friends or pals in Austin who were too slow to get a badge that they can now get a taste of the festival for free.
Have your friends check out Fantastic Fest Online and they can stream five features and five shorts from this year's lineup absolutely free. There's also online voting on all the films, with audience awards for best short and feature from the AMD Fantastic Fest Online network.
Also, be watching the blog and check back soon to www.fantasticfest.com. We have some new secret screenings to announce and additional shows not in the program that will be hitting the web very soon.
One last late breaking announcement - if you haven't heard about the details on the Eagle Eye scavenger hunt, check it out here:
Eagle Eye Hunt!
Badgeholders are welcome to join this afternoon hunt themed around the film, but it's also open to the public at large. The scavenger hunt is the only way non-badgeholders will get a chance to meet director D.J. Caruso and producer Alex Kurtzman and see the sneak preview screening of Eagle Eye on the 19th.
I can't believe that we will be seeing you all in just five days. Get plenty of rest. Drink lots of fluids. We plan on putting you through the paces come September 18.
Cheers,
Tim League
director
Fantastic Fest
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Just amazing Harry. As one of those guys who can't travel thousands of miles to Fantastic Fest, this online thing is the answer to prayers I didn't even know I could make.
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Very disturbing. It's strange to think how such mentally disturbed people can exist in day to day life. They should really be getting treatment from some world class psychiatrists somewhere.
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Sep 14, 2008 3:45:06 AM CDT
I Think We're Alone Now is as great as Harry and V'Shael says.
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All at once it's hilarious, tragic, disturbing, insightful, and beautiful. Jeff and Kelly are fascinating subjects that I can't believe actually exist. It's a fantastic doc that I urge everyone to see.
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Fuck this shit
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Not really.
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... to be the first talkbacker to report in on all five of the films? I'm watching I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW right now. It's very fucking disturbing. I think one of the stalkers... the more visually arresting of the two, if you will... may actually be a talkbacker. But of course, I'm not pointing any fingers. coughdannygloverscough
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I doubt either of the two stalkers would have a wide enough focus to use a computer for anything other than Tiffany related stuff.
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I watched I Think We Are Alone Now. I'll say more about it with the other movies when I've seen them all. But having both seen this film, the more "colorful" one and the real identity of Danny, I can assure you they aren't the same person. Danny's more a normal dude with a flair for over the top. Not that I seriously think you are making that suggestion anyway. I thought the second dude bore a stronger resemblance to a certain summer picnic dish that incorporates the undeveloped embryos of baby chickens.
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Sep 14, 2008 12:30:30 PM CDT
this is bad ass ... more secret screenings announced soon?
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helps free up slots at the festy hopefully for secret screenings, i was going to blow off most of the parties in order to catch specific flicks but with the ability to catch 5 features early maybe it will be possible to hit them after all ... when will we know about more secret screenings HK?
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Films won't play in IE or Firefox 3, despite just reinstalling adobe flash. Weird.
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Really freaking creepy and sad. This picture will get a lot of attention I predict. Great job, filmmakers, I'm going to recommend this to a lot of people. Site works fine for me in Chrome btw.
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When clinking on the "Watch Now" link, it tries to open a new window. You are probably blocking pop-ups by default (like any normal person). Right-click the link instead and chose open in new tab or new window.
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Thanks though.
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Really sad and depressing
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Wierd how it starts out pretty on the level, almost in the vein of a serious sci-fi movie and morphs into a demented saturday morning cartoon. For being lower budget, the film was quite inventive.
Also, while bearing resemblance to stuff like Bad Taste(except with giant robots!) it's just a bit too all over the map film-wise. I'm not sure what else this guys have done, but it would make sense if this is a first or second feature.
I admired it more than I liked it, and it isn't really complete but it made me smile more than a few times. And when people think Fantastic Fest, I think they think of films like this one. As a representative of it's genre, it's a nice entry. But wow, it was more twisted than I thought it would be, and alot more technically accomplished than the first part of the film suggested. Like I say,we have full on giant, berserker Voltron-esque robots stampeding about before the movie wraps up. Good stuff! 3 out of 4.
Will give more details when I've seen all of them. I've seen two of the feature-lengths at this point.
I think it's going to be hard to beat "I Think We're Alone Now." That's a real find. Sad to be sure, and a bit unsettling(ok, a lot!) but it's also a great documentary. And since it's unlikely to get too much wide recognition, it's cool you guys are championing it here.
There ain't a darn thing uplifting about this one. It's tracking the dark nether regions of the soul all the way, and they found some twisted souls here. 4 out of 5.
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and dug right into the films, but this is an awesome idea here guys. It really does find a way to make the readership more a part of the experience, and thats the kind of thing Ive always wanted to see more of here. Good job!
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should have been 3 out of 5, not 4. whatever.
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They haven't announced the line-up yet...does anyone know?
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on the other 3 full movies.
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So far as I know.
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I highly recommend it, its a very cool watch, extremley stylish, although the ending is kinda abrupt. I wonder what kinda budget they had cause the effects are very solid, way better than sci-fi channel movies.
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Like hour and a halfs?
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I laughed a few times. Only sixteen minutes.
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Gotta be Depardieu. Hasslehoff isn't fit to uncork his wine and Jerry Lewis passed from mere celebrity status to legend/icon decades ago. To the film links...!
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don't know if you are reading but due to download quota i can prob only watch one of the features. I'll monitor my usage so i may get to watch more. If i only watch one, which do you think i should watch. at the momeent i am leaning toward the stalker one
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That flick is not playing. Hennenlotter's new one however, Bad Biology, is. Which I'm excited about.
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what are you doing at this site? go check out break.com or something, i'd say its more to your liking. today they a man running into a wall and several half naked women. plus you don't have to use your brain at all.
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I really like this short, lots of cool stop-motion and computer effects. Two shorts and three features left.
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giant statue of nose
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... ROJO RED is lovely. The comparison to Gondry is very fair.
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Maybe the best in the movie.
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but I just finished South of Heaven, and you know, wow...there is a crazy film. Fans of Django and offbeat westerns will fall all over this one. Of the films up there, that's the one Im gonna have to watch a second time. It's violent, but it was refreshing at the same time and I actually really dug a good bit of the character work. One for the fans of crazy cinema. I'm really glad I got to see it.
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the gal named Lily in South of Heaven. She is the daughter of another character called Rooster, and I think her character is one of the nice little surprises of the film. She was written well, and I liked the way the actress Doira Baird played her. She shows up in the film as a much needed bright spot. Also, my current rating for the film is a 4 out of 5, but might go higher on a second viewing.
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will be back later with an update.
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Yeah, Bad Biology looks like a must see. It's been way too long since Hennlotter has blessed us with a new flick.
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As long as they keep the area well plucked....
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How is La Creme?
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especially Rojo Red, Kingz and Fish. Treevenge was amusing, way better than the entirety of Happening, but Cam 2 Cam I didnt care much for.
South of Heaven is the best feature up there, barring La Creme since I havent seen it. Im pretty much most of the way through Rule of Three, and while it's interesting, particularly from a writing level( the thing could just about be a play, and it has that similar grimy feel a movie like Bug had) and it's acting is pretty good it's just not really working for me. The whole thing just feels off. It's, for lack of a better term, clunky, and I'm not sure I'm really buying it's story and the unpleasantness of the tale is all you are left with. I feel like the story is going for the same sort of atmosphere and emotional outrage that the work of Jack Ketchum has, but it doesn't seem to be consistent and settles for dreary and meandering. POV is definitely splintered, and explored here, but the theme of the film feels muddled to me. The best acting in the film belongs to the father of the missing girl.He is the only one that feels even close to fully realized. But I think attempts at edginess are what really make this feel like more of an attempt than a success. It's also trying too hard to be clever. Got a little bit left, and the site is acting wonky, so I thought I'd send in my thoughts thus far. Right now, this is the only one that doesn't work for me. And Im not expecting the last third to save it for me.
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The quirky nature just isn't my cup of tea, and the story wasn't really engaging at all. Its certainly very slick and shot nicely, but the whole gimicky atmosphere gets old after about 10 minutes. Some will undoubtedly really like it, but I finally gave up and turned it off at about the half hour mark (although the actress playing lily is gorgeous)
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Day but I haven't gotten around to watching it! Watched CJ7 though crazy movie. After seeing it I know why they didn't release it big here, its too much for kids.
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Like the semi first 5 minutes of The Day the Earth Stood Still? Seems meh. I can't see the one as being evil?
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it was alright, well done. parts seemed to lag for me. plus: i think i'll be able to watch a few more it didn't kill my quota. thanks for the tip mori.
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I'll be back with a real breakdown or summary later. So, what now? I post em here, or send you an email or something Mori? Do I get a complementary signed photo of Tiffany for my effort?
Seriously, this was a really cool thing you guys did. La Creme was actually really good, at least I thought so. One of my typical complaints about festivals like this is everything is edgy and dark, and by the time you have slagged through four or five of these bad boys, you feel like you need a shower. So La Creme was a nice surprise in that it was funny, lighter and didnt make you feel like giving up on the human race.
I liked the fact that La Creme takes what is almost a one note 80s comedy idea or SNL skit and really plays with it, and ponders how one would utilize the situation.
I can seem them trying to rush out a U.S. remake of this, and pick a big star to play the person who the lead transforms into(well, his features anyway). 4 out of 5 for me.
Very good stuff. Only one I disliked was Rule of Three, and even it had interesting stuff going for it.
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is well worth seeing, but it will no doubt make you feel creepy, and chances are we will be seeing this one again. These other films, who knows, this might be the only chance we get to check these out for a while.
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Sorry I didn't see your message before I left. Wow...pulling an all-nighter for the film fest! You are a dedicated movie fan, man. I've only had time for the one, so far, but your reviews and recommendations are always appreciated.
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No, I didnt pull an all-nighter. Im up at 5 for work, so I posted my thoughts real quick for La Creme.
Actually had a pretty busy weekend(not including those movies, none of which were particularly long) so this morning feeling a tad tired.
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who pops in here and happens to see it. A few years ago Fantasia ran an animated spanish short film called Home Delivery, based off the short story by Stephen King about an attack of zombies on the small island of Jenny in New England. Does anyone know where this thing is? I've been searching for it since then. The poster for said short even said "Guillermo Del Toro Presents." And the animation bore a resemblance to the animation The Gorillaz use. Any leads on this. Harry? Mori? Anyone?
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I havent watched that, and I don't know how they are marketing this, but there wasn't ever a moment in the old movie where you ever thought Klaatu was evil. You knew he was serious, maybe he would evaporate us, but evil was not a consideration, not on the part of the viewer anyway. I wonder what they are up to with this one. Sounds silly.
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Just curious if you found your way over here..
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Fucking cracked it. And Zhura is working again!I've just got to work out how to submit my idea now.
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That's damned slow really. But I'm nearly there. I'm not being an antisocial git, it's just a complete bust for me at the moment.
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welcome ! I was starting to wonder if our whole group had become lost in the wilderness of AICN. How was your weekend?
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It was actually Summer here! finally, no rain, pleasant sunshine- wow. Me and Mrs Jarv went to the park with a rug and a few bottles of wine and it was great. I also watched Primary Colours (good film, Travolta overrated, Thompson scary-accurate), The Host (great- what clovershite should have been), Silent Hill (meh), Fellowship of The Ring (When I say "watched" I mean "fell asleep in"), and something else that clearly hasn't left an impression.
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But how on earth do you add an idea. It's probably just me, frankly, but it's being a slag.
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And I didn't see any of the films yet. I'll start today. Maybe even watch one at lunch.Everyone have a good weekend?
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Fuck I'm stoopid sometimes.
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weekend over here, but I did squeeze in some time to check out all the movies on this page. The five features and the shorts. All were interesting, but La Creme and South of Heaven were the best ones followed by I Think We're Alone Now, which just sort of gave me the willies.
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where Mori jokingly suggests Danny is one of the stalkers in the movie. The real joke being the person in question he references is an aging hermaphrodite who looks like the love child of Tom Petty and Tilda Swinton with the voice of Napoleon Dynamite.
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Saturday in the park? You and the missus channeling Chicago?There is a blue button at the top in the middle that says "Create Idea" and just make sure you're logged into the group and not your personal page.That's an interesting film lineup you choose.For whatever reason I felt like watching True Lies and was saddened to learn that time has not been kind. It's still a decent movie and the bridge scene is as impressive than ever but that dialogue seems stilted and the editing is grim. I didn't realize it had Eliza Dushku. Every time she was on screen I could only think of Franklin.
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I'll do it later.
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As soon as this horrible amount of Data Entry buggers off I'll do it.
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I don't see Danny as a stalker. He's too angry and doesn't have the patience. The film list is weird, but with the exception of the Host and Silent Hill it happens to be what was on t'box.
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one of the creepy parts of the docu is when the hermaphrodite actually says " The difference between me and a stalker is that stalkers don't truly love the person they follow, and I do."
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Saw Going by the Book this weekend too. Loved it. A funny little film. Was giving me a korean Hot Fuzz vibe for awhile, but it really did come through as a comedy. That's the first comedy from Korea I've seen that worked as a comedy. I liked Wedding Campaign but comedy wasn't it's strong suit persay.
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I think that's called. It's in Enduring Love by Ian McEwan. They made it into a fucking terrible film with Daniel Craig in it.
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Am I the only one who thinks that data entry either needs to be banned or delegated to prison inmates. I've got some data entry that needs doing today as well. I think I'd rather listen to dogs barking "The 12 Days of Christmas" all day than do one hour of data entry.I assume you're not a Liverpool or Newcastle fan, Jarv. Talk about two teams being run into the ground.
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It was in Enduring Love, the book. I never saw the film. Wasn't Rhys Ifans also in that one, as the stalker? The book was good but creepy.
Yea, the thing is the guys in the movie hew to textbook stalker behaviour, but somehow seeing it being lived out by these guys who cheerfully discuss it, makes you just want to soak your head in lye.
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Did you get your script work done last night?
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No my team of collective losers (who have actually had their best start to a season in 12 FUCKING YEARS) make those 2 clubs look well run. Well, maybe not Newcastle, nothin could make them look well run, but Liverpool are certainly a shambles on the verge of bankruptcy.
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Data Entry is actually a punishment. Sadly "database management" falls under my remit, and we chew up temps- as all we do is land them with a ton of this shit, so I always end up doing it. Managing this database is like trying to herd cats. Impossible and pointless.
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That the Sauds tried to buy Liverpool. Seems like they want to gobble up the Premier League. They've already got all our real estate but our soccer clubs too?
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Dubai Investment have already tried to buy Liverpool. Gilette and Hicks bought the club for some outrageous amount of money that they didn't have and can't possibly get so turned debt-free, asset-rich LFC into a crushingly debt ridden mess. It was so bad that they nearly didn't get refinanced. Glazer has done the same to Manchester United. Note to American Sports "Franchise" owners that want to buy a British club: FUCK OFF. You do not understand what you are buying- and all you do is rape the clubs. These are not franchises, they are integral parts of the community. Do not tamper with them.
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American owners can't even manage sports teams over here, WTF are they thinking honing in a sport they do not appreciate with fans they feel no connection to?The American-ization of hockey has killed the sport. The Stanley Cup hasn't been held by a Canadian team in 15 years.So should I bother watching Night Watch and Day Watch this week? I've had both movies since forever but have never found the time to put them in. And for whatever reason I'm craving a bit o' vampire action.
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I'd watch them. To be honest. But do not expect some Vampire action. They're a bit of a curate's egg (good in parts). Node loves them but I'm far less enthused. They are CERTAINLY not as good as Harry thinks.
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poor old Pillows. The Guardian thinks the Jets suck. I feel for him, it's no fun supporting a sucky team.
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they are worth seeing as Jarv says, but don't hold your breath for vampire action. The film isn't truly about vampires-they are just one of many Dark Others, but there are some nice scenes involving vampires in the first film. The second mostly focuses in on the characters as superheros or magicians. The movies are in no way horror films, but truly more the comic book/dark fantasy vein. There is plenty to like in them, but I'd agree with Jarv in the fact they are sort of like patchwork quilts. I own both, and have seen each of them twice, but they don't actively capture me or cause me to think on them often. If you still have The Fall in your posession, HOD, watch that. Trust me, its fantastic.
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what. a. colossal. waste. of. money. He's old, slow, kind of shit, useless, comes with an entourage that defies belief, and is generally a pain in the ass. It's noticable that England's first good performance for ages DID NOT feature Beckham.
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I find them frustrating, because the central idea is a good one. It just seems (especially with Night Watch- Day Watch had more than enough of it's own stupidity) that they just couldn't be arsed after a certain point. They feel half-baked to me.
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I watched the first half of Night Watch when it came out on dvd, and stopped right after the owl turned into Olga. And by that point, I was thinking I had a gem in my posession. I was excited to get back to it the next evening and finish it. I even started it over so my wife could watch it with me, and then it slowly fell apart, and I felt like I was watching a pilot for a tv show. It just seemed rather generic. Same thing with the sequel. The first twenty minutes or so made me think they had fixed alot of the problems, and then boom...it basically started going down the hill faster than the original.
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as soon as they introduced "the magic chalk" in that LOTR-esque montage I could see what was coming. If anything, Day Watch was less coherent than Night Watch. However, I did think "eh-up, they've fixed this" when Anton was patrolling because he wasn't a whinging bitch and it actually worked him trying to bust naughty Dark Ones. But the collapse was a lot harder- especially after the body swap.
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AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Fucking New fucking York fucking Jets. Can't even fucking beat the fucking Pats without Tom fucking Brady? Are you fucking kidding me??? Fuck!now to my second "problem" from this weekend...NY Mess, you fucking dirty, dirty whores! Can't you maintain a fucking lead? Fuck you bullpen! Fuuuuuuuuuccccckkkkk! -
Someone's gonna pay for my lost fucking weekend of sports...
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Watched Oldboy over the weekend. I enjoyed the hell out of that movie. Just one solid freaking film.
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On the plus side, Uconn whooped Virginia's ass by five TD's. Nice...
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But the Mets did poorly over the weekend, too. I feel his pain.I don't know what the Galaxy was thinking bringing over Beckham. Every time I see an interview with that tosser and his skank wife I just want to shove a dead skunk in their mouth and sew their lips shut.Jonah, I've decided to save The Fall for the first weekend in October when my wife and daughter will be away at the beach. I've decided to save Mongol, The Forbidden Kingdom, Speed Racer, Iron Man and The Fall for that weekend. Quite the line up, huh?
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My favourite of the 3 is Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Mrs. Jarv likes Lady Vengeance- but they're all fecking good.
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The mind boggles.
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I have to get to those next.
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despite Army of Darkness being number 1 in the list high fucking priority they saw fit to send me Dog Day Afternoon and (I can't get over this) The Lives of Others again. They're starting to wind me up now.
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What a solid film. I wish I didn't have such a backlog of newish movies to watch so I could revisit the vengeance trilogy.
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I basically ignored the magic chalk bit, and as you said, it became very clear what that chalk would be used for-I just hoped it would be done in an interesting way.
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havent you been trying to retrieve Army of Darkness for something like three months now? You were wrestling Lovefilm over that one back when I first met you.
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The wife got hold of the queue....Hairspray and Mad Money?Kicking me while I'm down.
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...that allows you to fire pencils at the shipping staff and televise it on a webcam.
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I reread your post and used my brain (currently numbed by data entry) and saw that you actually meant "after the magic chalk montage the next twenty minutes or so made me think they had fixed alot of the problems"Mea culpa, I blame the data.
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It seems like the only clearcut way you'll ever see it again.Perhaps it is time we ended Lovefilm once and for all with a Pencilkreig?
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I have now been trying to get Army of Darkness off them for over a year. However, about 3 months ago I met someone in the pub that new someone high up in Lovefilm. He was disgusted to hear that they had it as TBC still, so called his mate and told them to fucking get it. I made the mistake of thinking that this was progress, but I now believe that they are just toying with me in an attempt to break my spirit by offering me tantalising glimpses of Ash goodness. May the fleas of 1000 camels infest their arseholes.
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your head might explode if you watch all that in the same weekend. That's a good lineup. I liked every one of those movies.
Speaking of lineups Im trying to get together a lineup of films for our Fall Movie Day we are doing here at the house in October.
Only ones I'm definitely showing are the bluray of The Fall(virtually no one but my wife and I has seen this) and Red Cliff. Theres probably room for four more films in there.
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by your trials Im close to shipping you a copy myself. If you were here in the states I'd have sent you a copy by now. That's freakin' ridiculous.
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Scary. That's only a few rungs down the ladder from Pencilgeddon, Pencapolypse and the rest. But I've owed blockbuster £10 for over 2 years now, so I think I'll stick with Lovefilm. As annoying as they are- and they do have an epic selection of shlock.
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Good lord, man. Those movies are so evil they should burn a hole through the shipping envelope a la the crate that contained the Ark.I'm sort of surprised you don't own a copy of Army of Darkness, Jarv. Although who am I to say anything as I own it but I've never cracked open the case. I need to put it in soon. I feel like I'm doing a disservice to Pillow by not revisiting Ash.
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Fred very happy. Fred not watch any movies this weekend, though.
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any hidden nuggets of Asian goodness you have other there that would make for a good film fest?
I'm also strongly considering Invisible Target, The Chaser or I'm A Cyborg, but that's Ok to show. I don't want to burn anyone out with too much asian film though.
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we're doing something similar in October. It started because I've just discovered that Mrs. jarv hasn't seen either Robocop or Army of Darkness. We were talking in the pub with some friends and everyone realised that they had some major gaps in their filmic knowledge, so we're picking out the worst offenders and watching them. Apart from me, I've seen all the missed films, so I've got power of veto over the 5 selected. It's looking good so far with Robocop, Army, Blade Runner (I was fucking astounded that peope hadn't seen this) as certainties and 2 more to be nominated depending on how many haven't seen them.
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have any suggestions for geeky stuff to show to a group of film fans who aren't quite as well versed in film as we are. I did this once before and showed the following:
Cypher
Call of Cthulhu
Kamikaze Girls
Great Yokai War
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
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Sep 15, 2008 9:36:49 AM CDT
Moriarty--- more screenings in L.A. please....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
How about a double feature night of The Punisher and Max Payne?
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how are you? did you see Mori's shout-out to you above?
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because it's bound like the necronomicon in what looks like human flesh and is unbelievably cool. However, I am a lazy bugger and I would have to go to Oxford St to get it and I hate oxford St. Mrs. Jarv has been giving me threatening looks because I already own 1 and 2 and she thinks buying the box set is a waste of money. She doesn't believe me that it is incredibly cool.
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what are the other movies? Yea, as a film fan, it's hard to imagine not seeing those you mentioned. Even as a casual but interested film goer who lived through the 80s and 90s to have not seen those is kind of strange.
I usually try to do something eclectic and somewhat obscure when I can.
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obviously either Lep in Space or Lep in Da Hood. Infernal Affairs is always a good candidate, as is Battle Royale and I'd lean towards something a bit odd such as Delicatessan. Dog Soldiers is always a laugh, but Ginger Snaps is a far superior and far less seen film. But all these are at the more vanilla end of the geek spectrum.
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beware of that set that looks like the Necronomicon.If it's the same one I'm thinking of, it's made of goopy rubber that smells like a chemical fire. It's so bad that recently when Campbell was being interviewed he referred to that as the version that would smell up your dvd collection forever.
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When watching Eliza Dushku, you should not be thinking of me. In fact, I should be the last thing on your mind.Mind you, she is a little young in that film...Happy monday to all, by the way.
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Yeah-- the only two human beings worthy of a stalking are Kurt Russell and Alec Baldwin. But if I got within 50 feet of either of those guys, they'd kick my fucking ass.
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...and it does smell like asshole. Has anyone here seen Thou Shalt Not Kill...Except? I've asked before I think.
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Raging Bull and Mean Streets, The Warriors, La Haine (fucking good), Requiem for a Dream and Pi, Cypher, Cube, Dark City, First Blood, Chinatown, Dog Day Afternoon, The Lep movies, Driller Killer (not getting put on. I hate it) This is just a sample off the top of my head, but the big misses were mostly in the late 60's and 70's. There's a good few westerns but Mrs Jarv refuses to have them on, and frankly she's got power of veto over me in this case.
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at various different functions over the years, Ive shown many of those you mentioned above. Delicatessen would be the perfect one, if we didnt already do a night featuring just that movie about two years ago,when it was first released on dvd, and we had a lunchmeat subs and Delicatessen night. All the people eating the coldcuts didnt know anything aobut the movie when it started. And I made sure to serve dinner at the same time the film started.
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but it's so coooool. I want it.
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I was pleasantly surprised by that one. Smart and darkly funny and not the stupid nonsense I was expecting. It goes a little wrong toward the end (terrible effects) and I didn't like the sequels much, but Ginger Snaps is definitely a worthwhile watch.I had the Evil Dead Trilogy box set, but fuck knows what happened to it. I either lent it to someone or lost it when I moved. Damn. What I loved about it was you could watch both versions of Army Of Darkness. I think I prefer the "Shop smart, shop S-Mart!" ending to the one where Ash wakes up in the future. I'll probably end up buying it again at some point.
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No buggers seen it and it's fucking good. I would actually watch big brother if it was like this.
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Sep 15, 2008 9:51:20 AM CDT
its weird, the first time I saw Army of Darkness was on VHS....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...way back-- and someone had given us a studio screener with timecode and shit quality. Anyway-- it ended with the Ash waking up in the future bit and I thought that was the ending for years....until I saw it again years later and realized everyone else knew a different ending.
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were beating Danny to the ground with aluminum bats until his bones crunched from the blows and he lay in a pool of his own blood.But I looked over and Kurt Russell was laughing so I guess it was okay.
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didnt sam raimi play a satanist cult leader or something, and the story involved a vietnam vet getting revenge beyond the grave or something? If I recall it was made between Evil Deads 1 and 2, but it wasnt made by Raimi and it shows. It's been ages since I saw it. I saw it under a different title.. Stryker's war or something.
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Skull. Meet Bat.
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Fred could just look it up though.
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movie about two sisters, and one is bitten by a werewolf. The younger sister tries to help her older sister, and Mimi Rogers plays their mother. The lycanthropy really does feel like a stand-in for puberty so it feels like a gender swapped update of I Was a Teenage Werewolf. There were two sequels-one direct, and one set in frontier times with a Brotherhood of the Wolf/Ravenous look to it, and featuring both sisters but in a different story.
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You really need to go a bit more "mainstream" with the films you show to the uninitiated. Great Yokai War and Kamikaze Girls? I can see how a non-geek would lose interest. Red Cliff, The Fall and Invisible Target are good for a non-geek audience. Throw in some other foreign fare like The Orphanage, The Counterfeiters, Black Book or Persepolis.
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I rented it for the first time with friends last year-- its fucking awesome!! I suggest everyone check out THOU SHALT NOT KILL....EXCEPT. It is co-written by Bruce Campbell and starring Sam Raimi as a cult leader. Its just non-stop ass kicking action sorta in the spirit of The A-Team. That brawl with those bikers outside of the bar is fucking rockin'!!
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I showed Cypher to some people. I thought it was a neat little Hitchcock meets the matrix type film, but our audience(about twenty-three people) were pretty mixed on it. I thought for sure it would have been more of a hit.
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Centred around two teenage girls, with the werewolf idea being used as a kind of menstruation metaphor.It's pretty low budget, which would explain the ropey effects, but still worth a look. I rented it expecting a typical teen horror type of thing, but it's a notch or two above your usual hack and slash stuff.
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Fred was just over at the other place, a thought entered Fred's little mind while reading the castle idea. Does anyone remember the movie The Keep?
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and it had the S-mart ending. Then I saw it on video about a year later and it had the other one. So I'm frankly confused as to which one is the correct one.
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Hehehe......yeah Jonah-- just start serving the sloppy joes right on the climax of the SCAT scene.
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Cypher, arguably the most mainstream there was the least favorite. At the end of the day our lot was raving over Kamikaze Girls.
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still my favorite movie review to date.Morning all! And Hawaiian, I didn't know you have seen the Fall! Incredible movie. Still my favorite of the year so far.
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where we do the latest releases and film classics, but this movie day is to specifically put together something a little off the beaten track. Im tempted to show Army of Shadows, but Im afraid I'd kill the whole thing dead.
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...he is the only one with wide-eyes and a giddy smirk, while the rest of his guests have this look of constipation and confusion thinking, "What the fuck is this bullshit?! I told you I like Brett Ratner sort of films..." -
and yes, Lycanthropy is a metaphor for sexual awakening/ menstruation etc. But who cares. Ginger Snaps 2 is beyond terrible with a fabulous ending and Ginger Snaps 3 is horrible shite.
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I'm also thinking of showing Nocturna, an animated spanish film that sort of reminds me of Miyazaki's work. It's a shorter picture, and probably would make a nice opening film.
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seriously. It's brilliant.
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I just looked up Ginger Snaps on wiki....and one of the chicks on the cover looks like Freddie fucking Mercury....does she look like that in the movie?
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is The Wicker Man. There's untold reasons why British people haven't seen it, but I think it would not go down very well. Especially because everyone has seen the remake. "God had his chance, and he blew it"
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In the beginning it was EXACTLY LIKE THAT...I remember in college we would take turns programming the movies. One of my buds had a Fast and Furious viewing when that movie first came out in winter of 2002. The place was crammed with something like 30+ college kids watching it. I had never seen it before, and hated it.
Next time we had the movie night, we got a similarly large crowd, but I got to pick the movie.
City of Lost Children.
People were PISSED and confused.
I'd say six left in the middle. Ten openly questioned my taste. Four fell asleep. And about twenty told me later they were compelled to go out weeks later and by the movie despite initially hating it.
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Danny. Because that's sacrilege. If you mean the brunette sister, then yes, she does look like an end stage Aids raveged Freddie Mercury in the video for "The Show Must Go On"
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Just a great movie.
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I give up trying to show anything cool or unusual to my friends - they're happier watching The Fast And The Furious again. I got tired of all the withering looks I'd get when I picked out something different, so I don't bother anymore.Sigh... It is lonely being a film nerd sometimes.
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but I was hamstrung even more by a flatmate that flat out said "I hate horror"- so I tried to acclimatise him with stuff like phantasm and he just threw his dummy out of the pram.
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"Aids ravaged Freddie Mercury" HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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because I considered it to be essential viewing at the time, but one mate said he was bored by it. He did buy Transformers last year, so now I consider him to be beyond redemption. He actually thinks it's good, and dismisses any argument that points out what a vapid insult it is as (in a brilliant, unknowing spinal tap moment) as "nitpicking". In fact, Loads of them haven't seen Spinal Tap. Mostly the women in the group. Every guy will happily sit through it again, though.
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That movie kicks major fucking ass. I love how tough the kid is....waving that big ass knife around and firing a shotgun like a wild man.
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if you were me, which Blade Runner would you show? I'm leaning towards the one with the Voiceover as it's more accessible.
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Sep 15, 2008 10:14:51 AM CDT
Fred thinks she looks more like Marilyn Manson - without makeup
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred will watch this movie soon.
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can't stand it. He's got worse taste in movies than most women. Not that women automatically have bad taste etc. etc. etc.
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this lot can't get together for a film festival.. Im pretty sure it would shake the pillars of heaven.
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and very hard to describe. It's genuinly surprising- and Mimi Rogers is excellent.
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Go for broke and show The Final Cut. I really liked that one, as it were.
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It is more accessible, but it also makes the film very boring IMO. That was the version I originally saw...and I found it boring as shit. I saw it years later in its original form (no voiceover) and felt it moved at a much quicker pace and was altogether a stronger film. Though I know some prefer the voice over because it gives it more of a noir feel. Harrison's voice just puts me to sleep.
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Blade Runner: The Final Cut, not the film The Final Cut.
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Although the other sister is definitely the hottie of the pair. I think Emily Perkins (aka AIDS-ravaged Freddy Mercury) is the better actor, though.
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I much prefer the ending of him waking up in the future. I think that's more in line with the character not having things go smoothly. Just when he thinks he's the shit, bam!...the rug gets pulled out from under him.
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and just have to keep showing stuff to people. In college people seem to have very specific tastes and they behave like trapped cats when you move them out of their comfort zones. I remember on one of the final nights of some spring-break trip, when we were completely rained in, so we pulled together various vhs people had brought along, in case of crap weather.
First thing I showed was Dark City, then followed it with the japanese Shall We Dance, then Princess Mononoke, and somewhere at 3 a.m. we started to wrap up with Something Wicked this Way Comes. After that, I had alot of people who would show up anytime I showed something. Those who didnt get it, well I doubt they ever were going to. -
Sorry about that, Jarv. I like them if they're goofy or funny, but you have to admit the vast majority of horror films are pure, unfiltered garbage. Boring, asinine, pointless, unoriginal garbage.
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While it's true I'm a bit sad that you still have Army of Darkness in the packaging (Christ, I'm starting to tear up now...), you have shared lots of Asian goodness with us, so I can't get too upset...
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...because that scene gives me the most laughs in the trilogy. I just can't watch the film without that old hag bouncing off the trampoline.
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To the Brits, Jonah's play on titles with the word 'Final' in it, reminded me of an early 80's British action flick called The Final Option (US name) in UK it was called Who Dares Wins. I loved that movie. Did either of you or anyone else for that matter, see it?
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Hola Jonah!
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If it doesn't have comedic value, most of them are shit. The Descent was a totally different story for me though. I love the hell out of that film, even with the wrong ending attached.
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I'm not interested in serious/scary horror really. I think horror should make you laugh. Those are the best. Thats why I despise this current breed of horror films like Hills Have Eyes Trash. It is just so absolutely humorless. Thats where Friday the 13th films got it right. They are hilarious.
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Hola Pillow! Better check if I missed anyne else - getting old...
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I saw him first!
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I understand the sense of the other ending, but seriously, what is there without "Hail to the King baby.." and "Ash...housewares.." or "Ma'am, Im going to have to ask you to leave the store." or the immortal "Come get some."
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Poor Ash, everything always goes tits up for him.Still, I do like the visual of him in his daffy S-Mart outfit fighting demons in a supermarket with a shotgun. It makes me laugh.
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as long as you avoid the verison with the Harrison Ford voice-over, you're golden. That being said, I have the four disc rerelease with all the versions available, so I'm pretty satisfied turning any of them on. The voiceover does give it a cool noirish vibe, but it just didn't work with Harrison Ford's voice.Ridley Scott would be perfect to make a live action movie version of the anime show Cowboy Bebop. Hell, he was already halfway there in terms of tone and style in Blade Runner. Anybody else with me on this?
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Sep 15, 2008 10:28:16 AM CDT
some of those Blade Runner voice over lines...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...are absolute shit. Its so clunky and literal.
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Fuck.All you got is jack and shit, and jack left town.Who wants some, huh? You...you want some."London bridge is falling down..aaahh...My fair lady!"Goodie little two shoes, goodie little two shoes."Good, bad, I'm the guy with the gun."First you want to kill me, then you want to kiss me. Blow."What, were you raised in a barn?"You got real ugly."Yo...she-bitch. Let's go."
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It is a bit dated, but it has some kick ass action. About British SAS. Has some of the my favorite supporting actors, and a guy who really shoud have been given consideration for the Bond role back then. Lewis Collins. He may have just been to short though.
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Spooky flick to some degree, with it's fair share of cheese, mostly in the demon design. Ian Mckellan and Scott Glen both show up in that one. I liked it, but would love to see a big budget version of it done today.
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I liked that film a lot - suprisingly tense, even before the beasties came along. Wolf Creek was another recent one that wasn't too bad.For me, the few straight horror films I like are the ones that scared me when I was a kid - The Thing, Halloween, The Exorcist, Alien. The main problem I have as an adult watching horrors is I just don't get scared, which means I'm missing out on the whole point of the film. Therefore, I prefer them if they're either imaginatively grotesque or goofy goodness.
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since I was around ten or twelve. Is it even worth watching that version again?
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He got Warwick Davis! And he's a pretty nice guy, too.This question is just for the Brits, I suppose.
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from showing something to others?
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is for everyone.
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is that if it's bad it's fucking WOEFUL. Good Horror- Exorcist, Descent etc can be superb, but if it is bad then it had better be funny. I hate the current TP shtie, not only are they bad films, but they're totally humourless as well. They are killing the genre
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Is that no one threw any crushed beer cans at me.
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When I first showed it to a girl I got the response, "Thats it? I can barely see it through all the hair."
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to all of my sister's friends back during college.Suffice to say, they realized the greatness pretty quick. I feel I had a small part in turning all their lives around.
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your pecs?
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and Warwick is just a legend. Did you see him interviewed by that intergalactic tool Giles Coren- he even "did" his Lep accent and attacked the camera. I heart Warwick.
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..I have the chest hair of Sir. Alec Baldwin.
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Do not debate me on this, hehehehe.
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I would vote for him. Twice.
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easy- Dog Soldiers. Worst Reaction- again, easy- Chinatown. Seriously, try showing it to a group- I've done it twice and both times got "what is this boring shit".
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sulking, resentment, threats of violence, and such like. I do make it worse by saying things like "It's a fucking classic."
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sulking, resentment, threats of violence, and such like. I do make it worse by saying things like "It's a fucking classic."
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That goes in my "TOP 10 BORING ASS FILMS OF ALL TIME," list right alongside Dances With Wolves.
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There have been a few...I recall one thanksgiving back in 96, when all the family were watching ID4, and it ended...and I quickly put in Blade Runner, which surprisingly few of them had seen, and everyone loved it.
Later, I remember that one of the student lounges at Towson had a tv with a vcr on it. I walked through there once, and everyone was watching Starship Troopers. This would have been late 1998. I had a vhs copy of Dark City and Pi, that I had made copies of(via the magic of dual vcrs) that I used to pop in right before I went to class, and when I came back I would usually show up just in time for the end, and see how many were still watching or if someone had gotten up and actually turned them off. Dark City often had alot of people checking it out. PI, not so much. I would later do the same thing with copies of Run Lola Run and Six String Samurai.
I remember showing everyone Spirited Away long before it's theatrical run over here, and getting quite a positive response from that.
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Its the fact that you say, "Its a fucking classic," followed by the word CUNT!!
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Why would you put on a movie and leave? And how many fucking times have you seen Dark City?
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Why would you put on a movie and leave? And how many fucking times have you seen Dark City?
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...it is an amazing film. But it is boring as shit and sometimes I have to watch it in 2 parts.
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aside from Swayze's Paedophile effort.
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...some cunt is quoting you on the Register To Vote TB.
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It is far less boring than the painfull overwrought Dances With Wolves.
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they had better fucken not be,
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Rumble time..... Excellent.
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Hero, the Jet Li flick got a really positive response, much to my relief.
Showed The Duelists one night, and that too got a great response.
One of the most amazing responses was a few years ago. A friend really wanted to see Ultraviolet. It was coming to the theater, and we had gathered on a friday night to watch a movie at my place and then trek over to the theater for Ultraviolet. I was responsible for the first movie. Many had requested Final Fantasy: Advent Children, and I had actually managed to acquire a copy. Cept that I made the mistake of checking it out before I showed it to them, and realized it was an impenetrable bore. So I switched it out that night for Primer, and awaited the bloodshed. But instead, it resulted in everyone talking about it all the way until we walked in the theater of Ultraviolet, cringed, mocked it, came back out and continued talking Primer. That was a surprise.
Happiness of the Katakuris and Mule Skinner Blues got a favorable, but a WTF, response.
Best was we found several of our friends hadnt seen Poltergeist, so we arranged a showing of that during a storm back in 2003. Some of the girls actually retreated to another room of the house to avoid nightmares. I was surprised how few had seen the film before. It was a big hit. -
Two films, same film watching crew. I am a huge fan of the Carry On flims. On day, back in early eighties, i attempted to introduce my friends to carry On Screaming (which is to my mind one of the funniest of all carry-on movies - with monsters, and vamps to boot). Well, my friends just did not quite 'get it'. Damn near came to blows - I was defending the honor of the flick. So, since they all hated it, I had to find a movie to make it up to them. So, off to the local viseo store, then to the back room, and voila! Enter the Hunk and the Horny Humpers. Yes. A porno. One of the worst of all time. A guy in green paint 'hunks out'. It was just awful. But we laughed so hard, that all was forgiven. I still love Carry On Screaming though.
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I don't know. It was ten years ago. Back then, I think I had it in my head it was cool just to show people things they hadnt seen before. And since, the only thing on at that time of day were soap operas and talkshows, why not leave something cool playing for the people who came by?
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doing a certain something?
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not really worth my time, but I slapped him around a little.
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Back in 1979, Steve Martins movie The Jerk just came out. All my friends were excited to see it. None of us could drive back then, so we had to take a bus. I found the closest theatre to our houses, and off we went. We got to the theatre, and sure enough The Jerk posters were all over - but it was listed as a coming attraction. Uh, oh. I read the paper wrong. The Jerk was coming out the following week. My ass was about to get whupped. We had come all the way to see a Steve Martin movie, and what was playing? La Cage Aux Faux. La Cage Aux Faux! I was about to be murdered right there on the street. But since we had no fall back plan, and since no bus would be coming to take us home for at least 35 minutes, we decided, what the hell. It was hysterical! None of us knew what to expect. It was my first French movie, and I just could not stop laughing. I was redeemed.
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Neigh means Neigh!!!!!! Thanks Jonah. Chitty has been MIA since I unleashed the Great Neigh Horse on him. Maybe he is using his Dark Magic to reconsitute himself, while he feeds on small lizards and rats.
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1979. Five long haired dudes on a mission. They get to the theater-- The Jerks not playing!
Dude #1: WHAT THE FUCK MAN?!! You promised me some Steve Martin!!
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He said, amongst other stupidity and redneckness, that guns were what stopped politicians from making bad laws. He's the kind of troglodyte that gives Americans a bad name.
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in question was La Cage Aux Folles is even better. It's 1979 and a bunch of guys going to see The Jerk end up watching a movie about a gay couple who crossdress to trick the son's fiance's parents.
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I was embarrassed as hell about the mistake. Not to mention ticked off because we would have to wait to see The Jerk. And my four buddies being ticked off as well, for wasting bus fare. Yeah, my ass was in serious joepardy of getting kicked, or at least being known as a fool, which would have been even worse! But it turned out for the best. La Cage Aux Faux started my interest in French Movies. I went in another ditrection though, the New Wave from late fifties to early sixties.
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One of my faves from the New Wave. What's yours Toad?
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Yeah, Birdcage sucked. Two of my friends that were part of The Jerk near fiasco, and I went to see Birdcage together - for nostalgia. What a let down, but we still laugh about the original incident.
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good, funny and somewhat black french comedy. Look no further than above. One of the films listed here is La Creme, and if you go to the fantastic fest site you can watch it. It's actually very intentive and funny, as it follows a schlub who finds himself competing with a co-worker for a job(just watched Reilly and SWS do something similar in the Promotion)and then unwraps a gift under the christmas tree, which turns out to be a cream that makes him look like the most popular person in France. We always seem however. One of the films' better jokes ends with the line "F--- Gerard Depardeiu!"
It's pretty clever. I think you will get a kick out of it.
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geez...typos.
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Breathless is a bit overated as far as the story goes, but it is a tremendous, kinetic, movie going jolt. Paris never looked better - except for in Alphaville The 400 Blows, is just extraordinary. I had no idea what to expect from it.
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...where I think a hot chick asks a valet guy to pretend to be her boyfriend and all sorts of funny shit ensues. I saw a trailer for it recently on some DVD....don't remember which. And don't remember anything else about this French film except that it looked hilarious.
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is a great great film. Breathless is good but overrated. Love Alphaville though.
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with Audrey Tatou was a good french comedy released recently. Check it out.
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Any fans here? I loved Man on the Train. See that one?
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Loved Amelie. I will check out La Creme
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It is overrated, but I think that is due to the impact it had, which was out of proportion to the actual storytelling and plot. The plot and story are mediocre to bad. But it is the acting and the direction - or more importantly, the camera work, that makes Breathless a classic.
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My biggest actress crush since 1970s Pam Grier
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but I only saw it once. I own it, so I need to take another look at it. I didnt find it dull, though perhaps it was a bit long.
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Overrated, no doubt about it. French cinema went through a really nasty phase recently with shit like Baise Moi. It was fucking bizarre, and not very pleasant.
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With Catherine Deneuve. Great heartbreaking flick. My first Catherine Deneuve movie was Hustle, with Burt Reynolds. She was superb in Belle De Jour
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thats true. Add Irreversible to that lot as well.
Thing I like about french cinema is they often have a fantastic visual sense.
Even though it's their version of a B movie, I loved Brotherhood of the Wolf. Any fans here?
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I have heard of Baise Moi, that is close to porn, if not outright porn, but done by a 'serious' director. Is that right?
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Belle Et La Bette. Cocteau rocks.
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has anybody seen the film Pierrot Le Fou? I watched it earlier this summer. It gets a little dull near the end, but it's definitely worth checking outMy favorite French film still has got to be Le Samourai. Alain Delon is such a cool guy, and the movie's style has really had a lot of influence on many films today, like John Woo's the Killer. And if anybody has seen the movie Ghost Dog with Forest Whitaker, you can notice a lot of similarities. Fascinating, highly cool stuff.
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it was one of the perks of French when I was at school
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Fucking loved it.Giant beast - check.Crazy martial arts - check.Monica, oh sweet, sweet Monica - check.
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What a strange flick. It had Monica - or as the Spanish would say Moan-nica, Belluci in the almost buff (always a plus). It had some kick ass action. But also some long dry spells where nothing much happened. I liked it for its ambition, but it is nothing more than a flashy B movie.
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Seriously, if someone on here hasn't seen this, netflix(or whatever you do to see things) it now.
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I am still trying to warp my brain around the Tatou and Pam Grier crushes - nothing wrong with either, they were/are both smokin, in ther own ways. But very different looks. You are right about Ghost Dog comaparison.
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Toad. And I watched it for the first time in years about two weeks ago with my wife, and it moved very well, and I actually moved from thinking it was good, to thinking it was great. My wife even loved it though it's still just a flashy B-movie. But hey, why is that a BAD thing?
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The director says:
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That just came out (13 bucks at walmart!), so that may have clouded my opinion about the slowness. I never saw theatrical version.
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Is the movie you're looking for, Danny. And it is hysterical. And the lead chick is unbelievably hot.Anyone see B13?
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and how can any film where Monica Belucci plays an undercover Vatican operative who is posing as a hooker and kills someone with a fan be a bad thing?
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Awesome.
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and he's right. It isn't porn. It's boner killing anti-porn. Has anyone seen Subway with Christopher Lambert? That's some bizarre shit
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on the queue. Thanks HOD.
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with Isabella Rousellini and Chris Lambert. That was a cool flick. Watching pretty much any Besson movie prior to The Messenger is a safe bet.
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and I have dated nearly every kind of girl, with the exception of anything Asian (Japanese, Korean, Chinese, etc), not out of taste, but just the girls I happened to meet up and bond with at various points in life (my point being I don't have a checklist or anything stupid like that). Blonde, black, brunette, Latina, Indian, redhead. Shy, smart fiery, , weird, ditzy. My taste in women in cinema is just as varied.I used to have a big thing for Claudia Cardinale as well. You may know her as one of the leads in Once Upon A Time in the West.
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Good for him. Fortress would've killed any mortal man's career.Never saw Subway. Hell, never even heard about it.
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Lambert may be working, but Subway is from waaay back in the 80s. Not recently. It was one of Besson's early films. And its quite good. Put it on the queue. It's totally worth seeing.
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if I was bragging just now. I just reread that, and it certainly looks like it, but it wasn't intentional. I was merely trying to explain the love for different kinds of women.
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Watching her slink around in Death Becomes Her always made me happy in the pants.
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Sep 15, 2008 12:10:52 PM CDT
kungfuhustler84 -- dude you're allowed to brag....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
We already know you role around in a sweet ass stretched limo, eating all the sandwiches your stomach can handle....and now we come to find out you've nailed a chick from almost every nation. Your dick should be a UN Ambassador.
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Isabella Adjani, not Rousellini. Stupid me.
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...and it made me uncomfortable.
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Still, she is smokin
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sorry, I got the wrong one. Sorry to get you excited.
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why?
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If you had said Luciana Paluzzi, well then you and I would have a problem, she is Mine!
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sucks. On many different levels. Apart from Isabella.
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Its so 80s and so bizarre and dreamy........it felt like someone was touching me while I watched it. its just the 80s I guess...there was that universal acceptance of coke and hookers, and I think it gives a strange magical aura to some of its films.
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just some shitty suburban sedan with an interior somewhat similar to a limo.That sandwich was damn good though.And that's a good idea. I'll have to contact the U.N. about possible opportunities as Dick Ambassador. What country couldn't use one in this day and age?
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was touching me while I watched it." I wish we could get a special edition of Subway just so we could have that qoute on the cover with - "Dannyglover's Dickblood, AICN talkback." underneath it.
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but i think it's also just something with the setting of a subway. Ever see Kontroll. That was 2005 and also felt dreamy, but more of a grimy sweaty dream, not the 80s coke and hookers kind.
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Watch South of Heaven in the list above. It has that wierd surrealistic western feel. I want to see what you think. I dug it quite a bit.
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I wiki'd South of Heaven and all I got was the Slayer album
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I shall do it tomorrow as it is nearly time for me to escape from this horrible mound of paper and go to the pub. Frankly, I'm really suffering with this shit. It's boring, I've got a nagging headache just settling in over my right eye, and I want to hurt somoeone. Never, ever, work in education.
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It's going up in Zhura if the site ever lets me back in.
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Sep 15, 2008 12:36:44 PM CDT
kungfuhustler84 -- the Slayer album rocks as well....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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It's so easy. I may photoshop my boss' head onto some dwarf horse porn.
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I'm sort of in, can I just put it up as an idea?
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I'll email it instead
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what did you make in photoshop?
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This is very frustrating
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if you go to the article we are TBing in currently, and click on fantastic festonline you will get five features and four shorts you can watch. Start with Rojo Red and then check out South of Heaven.
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It took about 3 seconds
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I will find a way tomorrow- off now
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Sep 15, 2008 12:42:59 PM CDT
isn't there somewhere on Zhura to upload images?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I would love to see it!!
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I have to go out for a few hours but i will return to this TB later to let you know.
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recommend to me some horror films that would be good for an all day movie-fest. Looking for one title or so to put into the schedule. Preferrably.
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in terms of the horror movie
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I wouldn't mind showing something old, as it's closer to Halloween when we do this. I've also got a spanish sci-fi/horror I think I'll show early called La Hora Fria. I've seen it once and think it works pretty well.
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but I have recently gotten back into the old Universal monster movies. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man was a lot of fun, starring Bela Lugosi of Dracula fame as the Frankenstein monster!And of course, since I'm giving ideas for horror movies, you could always show people Audition if they haven't seen it. Even better, you don't have to tell them it's a horror movie. Let them figure it out on their own.
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last year, on halloween we had a triple feature of Old Dark House, Freaks and Ed Wood(ok, this isnt that old, but it fit in perfectly).
My thoughts swing two ways. Show a couple of Val Lewton movies(since they are short), show The Invisible Man,or show Spirit of the Beehive, which is a fabulous spanish film, but it might be too arty for the group in question.
Audition. Our friends would never forgive me for Audition.
By the way I saw Audition without knwoing it was horror. I walked in at an anime convention, thinking Uzamaki was about to start(somehow the schedule got reversed, and Audition had just started instead of getting ready to end. It was only at the actual audition itself, and I was thinking, oh, this must be some japanese romantic comedy they have flipped uzamaki with. I should have known better, and it was only a few minutes in I knew something was wrong, but I never inmy wildest dreams imagined it would go THAT wrong. -
It's like an explicit version of Dirty Weekend (the Michael Winner movie) and it just kind of sucks. The acting is bad, the movie is quite violent and contains scenes of rape which show penile penetration. Definitely not wank material. The actresses aren't that good looking.
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Seriously, the books are infinitely better than the movies. Each book is 3 short-ish stories. You could read each one in a day. They're similar to the Harry Potter style of fantasy and magic, but better written, and not aimed at kids.
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Read the books. The movies are the cinematic equivalent of an illustrated classics comic version of the same material-all the depth has been leeched out in favor of an almost 2-dimensional summary of the stories action sequences.
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the next film will be dusk watch?
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you havent located either "Good the bad and wierd" or "negative happy chainsaw edge" yet have you?
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Sep 15, 2008 2:05:46 PM CDT
that Timur Balrawrarkakaka needs to eat a bullet....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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It does sort of involve a Frankenstein monster in a way. And everybody really needs to see that movie if you ask me. Beautiful cinema.
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is probably my mostly highly anticipated movie of the year. I really hope someone picks it up stateside.
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Dracula movies from the 70s?
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Sep 15, 2008 2:11:04 PM CDT
Jonah, I haven't seen either of them up on HKFlix
by hawaiian organ donor
Which is my first line of information on Asian release dates. Trust me, as soon as I have them, I'll let you know and you'll be the first one to receive a kit. Johnnie To's latest, Sparrow arrived on Saturday as did the official release of Red Cliff so you'll get those next batch.
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is in pretty much every modern classic Korean movie. Memories of Murder, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, The Host, and I'm pretty sure The Good, the Bad, the Weird won't disappoint either. Drama, action, comedy. Is there anything this guy can't do?
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can I be second?
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It's getting a 2009 release stateside but you'll have something from me before then.
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Is that he's burning through the movies quickly. I suspect he'll have watched everything I sent him by the end of the month. I don't want to be sending out a third kit to people if they aren't even finished with the first as that's an overload.So I wasn't playing favorites. But yes, you'll get a kit too. I want to hold off sending the next kit until The Chaser, Good Bad Weird and a proper subbed version of Western Django are out on DVD to round out the other 5 I know have.
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Fred watched warlords - finally! It was great! Fred wanted to like Jet Li - but really could not. Fred really disliked Er-Hu at first, but he turned out to be the most honorable and likable. Zhang When, was perhaps the most conflicted of all. Loyal to an absolute fault. And that proved very costly and sad at the end. He tried to do the right thing, but he was too bound by his oath to see that his wrongs could not make something right. It was a great movie. It really blurred the distinctions between heroism and pragmatism. None of them were villanous - although Jet Li came closest, but all made decisions that they felt must be made, based on their oaths and moral compass. Very complex movie, with some great action sequences as well.
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Idiot fingers.
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It is a horrible, horrible movie on every level and it adds another log to the fire of my dislike for the French.Fuck Captain Danjou and his wooden hand. Nobody will get this line, I wrote it for me.
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Have you smashed any mutant space bug nests recently?
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Did you see the version with penetration?
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Glad to have you join the ranks of the enlightened. I'm tempted to go door to door asking people if they've watched it. A "no" will result in a kick in the crotch.
thing sapped any commiseration the viewer had for the character.
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Great fucking movie. The ending was great...
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and no one told me?
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I'm guessing you have a Burning Man style bonfire in your dislike for the French by now.
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Nope, No bug smashing has ocurred lately. Its really to bad....
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Sep 15, 2008 2:40:39 PM CDT
Pillow, you need a spot as a co-host on At The Movies
by hawaiian organ donor
The other guy drones on for 5 minutes about why he liked the movie and then turns it over to you."So, Pillow, your thoughts?""Great fucking movie."*pause*"Oooooook. The next movie we're reviewing this week...."
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I wish I was on Klendathu, that would mean I was in the Mobile Infantry and thus I would be showering with hot chicks on a daily basis, instead of the current situation. I can assure you, no hot chicks in the shower.
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I was just kidding really. I know it's not personal or anything. I'm going through them pretty quickly myself. I have had the first 8 you sent me done for awhile now, and I'm popping in the others randomly in between other movies. I still need to watch Protege, The Restless, and Sinking of Japan.The other 5?
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The ending was great.
The beginning great.
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Really was a great movie. The best of the bunch in terms of the storytelling and acting, so far. Fred, needs another recommendation from the kits for kungfu action!
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Is that what you're asking?
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I think I liked that one the best of the bunch so far. The beginning of the movie threw me completely off as to what the movie would actually be about, and how it would get there.Don't make me fly out to L.A. Danny! And the beginning was fucking great too, glad you noticed.
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Fred is sorry about the lack of space bug smashing. Fred will step on a cockroach for you!
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Also, I've got the lineup for our movie day:
Spirit of the Beehive
Speed Racer
Son of Rambow
Red Cliff
The Fall
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Ok, so other than Series, did ANYONE watch Starship Troopers 3 yet?
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I saw the full version of Baise Moi. As repugnent as the movie visuals were the actual words and ideas spoken were even more disgusting.
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It was O.K. As you pointed out, watch it with a beer and it goes up about half a star. It's watchable though.
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I have to admit with football season upon us, there will be less movies being viewed in the Pillow household.
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I meant.ah, fuck it all...
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Sep 15, 2008 2:54:14 PM CDT
Is Daisy the one where the woman is painting?
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
If so, Fred stared watching that one before Fred had to buy a new DVD player. Does it have a lot of action?
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My dislike for the French has not reached the size of the burning man festival as of yet. More like a big camp fire. Their investment in nuclear energy and some of their females tempers it.
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Red Cliff, Yamato, The Show Must Go On, Going By The Book, Sparrow and assuming they're out on DVD in a couple months as I suspect, The Chaser, Good Bad Weird and Western Django. Jonah, I might swap out the stuff I already sent you with some romcoms I'm certain you haven't seen and if might throw in Three Kingdoms and Empress/Warriors for everyone if I have enough DVDs.
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It's more of a love story with headshots.I think it's a near perfect movie.
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It makes the Sky Marshall go from being comical to outright hysterical.
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first Danny's
"it made me feel like someone was touching me" and now "it's a love story with headshots."
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the other 5 in the next batch. Is that what you were just talking about?
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they really needed the return of Clancy Brown, and Casper Van Dien looked pretty hard-up in the movie. Still, as Vern pointed out, Col. Dix Hauser? Really?
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You have already gone way beyond Fred's or anyone's expectations. It can not be easy putting together so many kits and writing and being a husband and father all at same time. Fred truly thanks you, and anything you care to send, at anytime will be greatly appreciated.
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That is an amazing lineup. What is that for?
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that when the trailer showed his name in front of some movie recently one of our friends intones "Dicks Hoser?"
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Im planning, though in the last few minutes, my wife and I have been considering breaking that down into two movie chunks and starting a more regular Sunday afternoon movie thing at our house. I think that might work better. People are zombies after all day movie fests.
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That's going out in the next batch too.
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Damn, I might have to send a kit to myself.All day movie fests aren't for the weak. The weekend my wife and daughter are gone I'll be watching movies from dawn until dusk so I should plow through a good dozen.
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Excitement abounds. Perhaps when I am settled in my apartment and the money starts flowing in again, I can repay you somehow. This sort of selflessness really shouldn't go unrewarded.
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What about their excellent quality tap water and rule of always swallowing on the first date? Any point for that?
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Fred has psychic connection to them because they exorcised the Alien, Scottish speaking, Pod out of Fred and Dirk.
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Sep 15, 2008 3:55:22 PM CDT
Tiffany lives in Cannock around 10 miles away from my house
by unionjackass.webs.com
And no, I ain't stalking her.
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Thus I appear. Hello, happy people. S'up?
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this is no big deal or anything, merely a request, but of course I will be grateful no matter what. I watched Chaser online, but I still haven't seen I'm A Cyborg But That's O.K. Do you think you could swap those two out?
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That was a 3 minute summoning! Spooky, considering I just walked into the room.
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you-beauty, i love this game. their two greatest generals: one a 17 year old girl, one an italian. cowardly fucks.
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Fred is amazed! hello Mavra Chang!
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Sep 15, 2008 4:01:19 PM CDT
Mavra Chang - maybe we should play powerball together?
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Hee hee
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I really did just walk in here, so that is funny. Five minutes ago I was outside passing out pieces of cake to people, but I felt that my presence was requested here. How are you today?
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Only four more days to Fredday!
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Last year I made more money playing bingo than I did from my job, and I always split with whoever I go with. I had to quit playing because people were getting annoyed with my luck.
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Sep 15, 2008 4:05:20 PM CDT
Fred has been monitoring political TB's waiting for popcorn mome
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
But alas, not big dustups occurred.
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You watch Ace of Cakes on Food Network? I love that show.
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Fred just winding down time to go home! Fred has not played Bingo since Fred was little kid!
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I found the funniest thing yesterday! At a book sale, I found an Australian to American translation book. It was only 25 cents, so I just had to get it. It's called "Kangaroo's Comments and Wallby's Words". Isn't that just a bizarre sort of an item? :)
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Well, Fred does have luck with money, but it is bad luck! Hee hee. Fred's accepts his lot in life though. Still it is a good life!
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I've seen it once or twice. I hardly ever watch tv now that Lost is off season (and I was spending way too much time watching CNN political shows), but that is a really cool show. Someone gave me a cake today and it was too much for just me, so I've been sharing it around. Spread the joy and share the calories, I say.
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Sep 15, 2008 4:13:55 PM CDT
yeah...that show rocks....they do some bad ass
by dannyglovers_dickblood
shit. I want someone to buy me a cake like that.
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Bingo is the only thing I have luck with. It can make you some enemies, though. Some of those die-hard players don't like a new person waltzing in and winning the jackpots (sepecially if they do it several times). I had to quit before they cornered me in the parking lot and attacked me with their multi-colored daubbers. Don't want to end up in the ER looking like Rainbow Brite!
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Goodbye for now Mavra Chang. Fred be back on later.
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I love this quality time together. Say hi to Dirk for me, please.
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Got to chime in on the tease quote from Mori. Not meaning it in too personal a way, but the stalkers in the Tiffany video don't hold a candle to your pic.
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All the damn sugar has gone to my brain. I'm getting practically freakin' mushy. It's worse than everclear!
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you gotta watch I think We Are Alone Now just to see the dude he was talking about. As I said before, it was a hermaphrodite that looked like tom petty crossed with tilda swinton.
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honestly, sometimes it is like a different language. if you find it funny watch this: http://tinyurl.com/57oyft it's called 'australiana' and it is a massive play on words in aussie slang. you will probably find it incomprehensible but everything has a double meaning. i can't even really explain it, but this is the depths of australian slang. it got to number one on the aussie charts, but it isn't a song. I suppose one example of what he does in this is that there is an australian bird called a cockatoo and he says of this girl, shes seen a cock or two. that dosn't sound great but it is impressive how he strings about a million of these together, most would be truely ununderstandable to a non australian. anyway.
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Though insulting or not, I do kinda see the resemblence. :(
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I did understand most of it and I was able to look up the stuff I missed. That's 100% funnier than Kip Adotta's "Wet Dream" (same sort of idea, except almost everything refers to fish).
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......dirk?http://tinyurl.com/6zpm9y
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Thith ith Dirk. Fred dothent node Eye ahm usin hith login - don enywon tell lim -ok? Dirk hez haed hiz own blog fer years! Wurld jes slow ta ketch on. Dirk still in oozebeckystan cause Dirk don truss Therewolves not ta try en eat tasty amoebas!
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what a crazy weird-ass movie.I really, really want to watch I think We're Alon Now too. Anybody here who has seen it know if it's any good?
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That sounds like a chick I used to date. She looked like a troll-- but damn could she blow. Thanks for the shout-out Mori. This is like the week to pick on dick blood. :(
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So does Dirk. DannyGlovers was first person to talk to Fred in a nice way. DannyGlovers is aces in Freds book.
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I left a message for you, HOD, over at our other dive.
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What did you think of The Chaser?I was just about to watch South of Heaven when I realized I had the new Ultraman movie sitting by my DVD player so I think I'll put that in instead.
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Im pretty sure Mori was just good-naturedly joking with you, knowing you would have some outrageous and humorous response.
Did you like it kungfu? I watched it a second time while I was writing tonight, and I think I liked it much less. Seems too precious this time.
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I left you a message..
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Sep 15, 2008 8:45:26 PM CDT
Where did you get new Ultraman movie from?
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred would love to see it as well.
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Is the Tildapetty Beast throughout the entire thing? Can I just skim through to see him? Fred....I remember awhile back when everyone was giving you shit about your balls. But that was when you would you go on and on and on about those damn things in the jar. I figured...shit-- whether this is a gimmick or not, if my balls were stuck in a mason jar, I would want somebody to be decent enough to help me yank those fuckers out. Its just common guy to guy decency. If a dude's genitals are in serious danger....there is nothing wrong with touching them to assist him.
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It came in the mail on Saturday. I had about ten arrive that day. It was my one big Asian movie splurge and the last one in a while as the wife has cut me off. I guess I'll have to include that one too.
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of all the big monster movies. Hawaiian, is it the new one with like 8 of them?
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if you liked South of Heaven you are gonna flip your shit for Tears of the Black Tiger.
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DannyGlovers, Fred may have been a bit 'outre' in his very first posts when it came to the genitalia in question. Fred always had a tagline of Free Freds balls. Fred thought it was funny, but others found it offensive - except you. Fred thanks you.
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..he/she is truly scary as fuck. The Tom/Tilda hybrid is good, but I suspect his DNA also contains a little Rutger Hauer and Mason Verger from Hannibal.
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Damn damn damn.
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These are some damn fine effects they utilize. And it has the 4 previous Ultramans plus a new one, Kungfu. Wow, I can't believe I'm not the only guy here who flipped his wig over Ultraman.I feel like I'm 8 years old again.
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....yeah I said it!
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Pretty Woman and Runaway Bride aren't two of them but he was great in Mothman.
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Is some Tony Jaa movie that came out on the DVDs like a month ago. Anyone seen this?
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and the Hoax was not good either. Man that movie was boring and unfunny.
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Ive seen Tears of the Black Tiger...remember? I bought it for 5 bucks off netflix over a year ago. I've been watching it since 2006.
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Looks like Vinnie the juggernaut bitch Jones is starting to star in some terrible movies. Just look at the cover. http://tinyurl.com/5heabo
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...that movie is beautiful. Tense and creepy as fuck, very well shot-- and Gere's acting is solid as my stool in that one.
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it was crap.
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that was a great movie. Ralph Fiennes was intense. he looked like he was about to jump out of his skin.
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I may need to watch it again. I just remember falling asleep a bunch. I need to watch in brugees as well damnit. I've had it for like two months. As well as that Jesse James long tittle one.
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sorry. Yeah so you know. You liked it too right?
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watch Jesse James soon! That was one of my top favorites of last year.
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Frankly, the man is almost incapable of making a good movie. When he does, it's almost by accident: Chicago, Runaway Bride, Pretty Hooker, The Jackal, The Cotton Club, First Knight (the worst telling of Arthurian legend. Full fucking stop), Dr. T and the menopause, I could go on and on with this.
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It's not that I hate them. I don't- it's just they start well and then decline into a confused mess fucking fast. They are NOT vampire movies. This cannot be overemphasised.
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It would have been better if they made a movie about a fella named Gray Barker who tormented the writer of the Mothman Prophesies, John A. Keel. Barker was the dude who called and hung up on Keel, phoned him with wierd sounds and sent him strange letters and did various things to him. I included a link at the end of this post to a group that deals with the Gray Barkers of the world and their effect on modern cultre. Barker was involved with the Mothman hoax, he was the originator of the MIB myth and other things that are still referenced today.Hey! Look! Its a tiny URL: http://tinyurl.com/6kxlu4 Its safe for work and its not a rickroll or anything nefarious like that.
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The best thing about this is what they call it in China: "She has sex with strangers for money!" Talk about an over literal translation
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In Bruges - my favorite Colin performance, plus he karate chops a racist dwarf.
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You hit another home run with that selection Hawaiian. Good story, and the crazy dude who didn't care what happened to his body....he was insane.For a little guy, he sure could take a licking...
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New York fucking Mess...Fuck! The Nats? Damn you Node.
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Great performance all around but Farrell and Fiennes really shine."You's a bunch of fookin' elephants."
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JPT, Running Wild was a nice surprise wasn't it? I was actually a little taken aback by how well it worked, and how much I got into it, since I approached it expecting your average cop drama. I really really liked that movie.
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His finest hour was Phone Booth- a real little gem of a movie that was cruelly overlooked.
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I really think it was the crazy dude's (and no, I don't remember his name) performance that made the movie.
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In Bruges is his gold medal.
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I liked him in Minority Report as well.
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night. First time she had seen it. Forgot how awesome Kim Novak is in that movie. Any other Novak films out there, any of you could reccomend?
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But I'd have to change it back again.
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It wasn't exactly tough to do- I just had to blank out the rating etc and centre Danny's quote in appropriate white font.
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I'm was a graphic designer for awhile, and doing that on photoshop is easy, but I figure if you did it, it would be funny to see. I dont have photoshop here.
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I think I still prefer North By Northwest and Rear Window, but yeah, Vertigo is in Hitchcock's top three.I had forgotten about phone Booth. Farrell really is excellent there, but In Bruges edges it out slightly for me.That Ultraman movie was campy goodness. I think I actually squealed at one point. I'll send it out to whoever wants it.Pillow, the Mets are doing it again. And I figured the group would like Running Wild.Watch Silmido next, Jonah.I love soccer but only in this sport can something like this happen: "Accusations that a soccer player was using witchcraft during a match in eastern Congo sparked a riot that killed 13 people, a U.N.-funded radio station reported Monday."
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out of this group. "It made me feel like someone was touching me." "I think I actually squealed at one point." This stuff is gold. solid gold.
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was in a tv movie called Satan's Triangle? Is that on youtube? Maybe it will be another gem, ala Bermuda Depths
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doug mclure is also in satan's triangle? Sign me up!
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I posted some foul stuff over in Harry's weekly DVD column that I now feel dirty about.But you're right. Between Jarv's classic slags, Danny's chair squirmers and Chitty's off the wall musings, this group says the funniest stuff I hear in any given week.
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heres a review of satan's triangle, but somehow the reviewer found the most horrible picturss of everyone in the cast. Everyone here has to follow the link and look at the doug mcclure photo that is the third one down I think. He is coming up out of the water and has a look on his face that might make Nick Nolte crap himself.
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Let me know when everyone's seen it so I can take it off again,
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it was colorful, and not typically your style, but it can't hold a candle to most of the stuff said even in this TB.
Strangely, I agree with Harry, and Im a bit confounded as to why. I actually prefer the second and third films to the first. I have listened to nearly everyone's complaints of incoherent and bloated. And each time, I try to see it, but I can't. I don't know why, but the movies make sense to me, and I get into them much more than I did with the first Pirates, which feels a bit standard to me. -
never mind. I have a new resolution (once I get out from this data misery), every time we get a good Changian quote I'm going to dummy up a cover, properly accredited, and then assemble them all into a mock kick-ass catalogue. With a little bit of blurb under each as to why they are great. I got the idea when I saw some offensive christian fuckmonkey shredding swearwords out of movies in Bumblefuck, Arkansas (or some other 1 horse town with a dead horse). I think our version is much better.
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Fred would like to request Ultraman to be included in the next kit. Thank you.
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I feel like posting all over AICN today. Jarv's "makes Bush look like Google Earth" has given me the desire to toss insults around freely
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Not quite ready to put it oven yet, but Fred is hoping. Flame Wars Fred
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I'm guessing neither do you Fred. And your boss must be out of the office.
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He is either on vacation, or he lit off one propane tank too many, and blew his chitlins straight to hell! I was watching a mythbusters last week, and they were debunking internet youtube myths. Well, one proved true! It was a tank filled with sawdust, set off by a propane tank. Freakin mushroom cloud effect! I mean Huge! I just hope Chitty did not get any 'smart' ideas and try and one-up it by using non-dairy creamers (that stuff really splodes!) Comeback Chiity, comeback!
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Where are ya Chitlins?
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Boss in long meeting, so Ninja Fred is sneaking around online! Hee hee
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What will you do with your script once you are happy with it? And BTW Fred thinks it is great, you really can write. Also, do you use any special software to help with screenwriting?
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I see the political tb is back on top only to find it's all of us who are contributing. In addition to those movies posters, someone get a Palin poster with Jarv's brilliant google earth qoute under it.
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to our 80s rundown. We got through 1985, and were about to ramp-up to 1986. Shall we?
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Sep 16, 2008 10:55:12 AM CDT
Fred, until I sell it I'll never be done with it
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Just like George Lucas there's constant tweaking. But I have been submitting it since June to various contests. If there's no success there, I guess an agent is next. I dunno. I don't really know how the industry works.Until Zhura came out I was using Final Draft, but all I use is Zhura now. With my writing partner being 1500 miles away, it's the easiest method.And thanks for the kind words Fred.
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Sep 16, 2008 10:56:28 AM CDT
Geez, I didn't get a chance to do any 80s lists
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Sorry, that political TB will draw me today.
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...I put up a Busted Tees post on Harry's DVD picks as a silent tribute to our failed campaign.
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the 80s lists didnt draw much fire, because so many agreed...They have been great years so far. Not one that wasn't reasonably strong. The weakest, 1983 was still solid. 1986 is a very solid year. I was just looking at it and reflecting on all the stuff we now take as classic that was released that year.
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28 Up
A Room With a View
A Year of the Quiet Sun
Aliens
Big Trouble in Little China
Hannah and her Sisters
Legend
Labyrinth
Little Shop of Horrors
Mona Lisa
Round Midnight
Runaway Train
Smooth Talk
Star Trek IV
The Golden Child
Trouble in Mind
Uforia
The Fly
Castle in the Sky
River’s Edge
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you just let it all down over in the dvd collumn, no? Pirates, a modern masterpiece? That was like firing a cannon(filled with busted tees) right into the middle of that TB. You get points for creating two hilarious qoutes in one setence."POTC 2 and 3-more muddled than an Appalachian physics seminar" and POTC 1-"A modern masterpiece."
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I backtracked on the masterpiece statement. I meant to say it was a damn fine movie. But I'll say whatever it takes to shake things up.
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cold you add me on the list for the ltraman movie?Also, my thoughts on Chaser since you asked yesterday:Let me begin by saying I enjoyed the primary concept of the movie a lot. It's an interesting and original story. However, I also feel the premise became sort of a gimmick as the film progressed, since there was little to nothing else extraordinary about it. The performances, the editing, everything was just fine. Not bad or anything, but okay. The movie was good, but not the great one I guess I had expected from all the recommendations on here. It basically just needed some better direction, and maybe some stronger performances. So this isn't a negative review by any means (though it may have sounded like that). I did like it.
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My thoughts on Chaser.
As usual, though I disagree, I love and appreciate your perspectives on films. I found The Chaser to be exceptional precisely because of the realistic and almost mundane mood it creates. I think the cinematography and sound design and editing were used terrifically here to create a real sense of a crowded, but still isolated community. Those narrow streets with houses right on top of each other, and yet this one guy is going a spree of terror and no one is even aware of it.
The acting choices are very understated. There is a progression in that main character that can be tracked at such a glacial pace that a slug would get bored, but it is still happening. By the film's final frames, it has happened. Thrillers are very hard I think to pull off, because they require such a balancing of elements and mood and intensity.
The Chaser gathers all these things up and made an intense movie that had me mostly interested in the characters. Not everything in it is perfect, but I think it's a piece of work that simmers, and each time you go back to it, it's a bit richer than the time before. I'd suggest a second viewing. It's not the perfectly groomed, obviously talented class show-off. It's more the grimy goth kid who turns out to be kind of brilliant. -
it's the year of BTILC. Lets seem some lists!
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sorry for overhyping the film for you. It might have been better had you went in knowing nothing.
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The slow progression of the main character didn't really bother me though. I loved Assassination of Jesse James, which is basically entirely about subtle character progression. It was simply the actual performance that I found a little dull. Like I said, I liked it, but from what I was hearing prior to going in, I was expecting something much stronger.
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sometimes I let hype get to me, and sometimes I just ignore. In this case, it didn't ruin me liking the film. I enjoyed it, and found it overall a pretty compelling story. I was just expecting a much better execution of the story. The whole thing just felt pretty underdone to me.I am aware though that the best reviews should be without bias, so next time I'm going to try to keep any sort of expectations out of it and go in knowing the title, perhaps the overall plot, and that's it. It usually makes for a better time too. Like Daisy for example. i didn't have a clue what was going to happen and when that dramatic shift of tone just pops up, it worked on me really well.
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Technically Jesse James had little in the way of character progression. It's slow burn was mostly related to the eventual revealing of characters to one another and themselves(and especially the audience). I don't know anyone changed in that movie, but it was part of the point. Each of them simply cashed in on all they had been saving up.
Different than several korean films, The Chaser had a very subdued acting style. In fact, something most people tell me about korean films is they wonder why the characters are so broad. Look at The Host for example. Excellent characterization, but still very broad.
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what were your thoughts on South of Heaven...Im curious to hear.
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what movies do you have left in HODs pack to watch?
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gets hotter as she gets older. TROOF. Also, "I Think We're Alone Now" was an uncomfortable and troubling film. I loved it! (Or maybe Alyssa Milano traveled back in time to make me love it?)
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no character progression? In the beginning of the film, Jesse is confident, frustrated, violent, never complacent. As the film progresses, Jesse becomes gradually more wary of others, less predictable, and more prone to violence. That's why his end had such a big impact on me. Throughout most of the movie, he was a man trying desperately to eliminate any threat crossing him, consisting mostly of people he once considered friends. In the final scene when he gets up to fix the frame, he realizes his time is over and he is basically walking to his death. Giving up.Ford changes a lot too, going from simply a young man in awe and wonder of being near his hero, to someone who feels ignored, jealous, and hateful. He goes from sheepishly following Jesse, to simply staying with him out of fear. The other Ford brother has a great deal of characterization too.I do agree on one thing, the Host has excellent characterization. I don't think I can do enough to sing the praises of Song Kang-ho.
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I still have to watch Protege, The Restless, and Sinking of Japan.
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in Assassination, but the characters natures didnt change as much as they simply came into what they always would have. An outlaw over time will find himself the target. That's what happened to Jesse. He became more paranoid and mistrusting, and somewhat more violent, but he was always that way, it simply became more pronounced. Ford had drummed up his need for "greatness" to the point where once he was in Jesse's proximity, he might as well have shot him in the back upon that first meeting because the rest was inevitable. I give you, your reading is possible too, but I think the film was alot about inevitability that comes with notoriety and celebrity and that comes with unhinged adoration.
So, yes, there is character progression, but I'd say their basic natures stay pretty much the same. The character in Chaser was having his nature changed.
Either way it doesnt matter, as neither film is really similar to the other. I admire both.
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I really appreciated the style of the film, and I thought the juxtaposition with the tone worked really well to produce a great reaction. I also really liked a good deal of the dialogue, especially some of the stuff from Mad Dog. I thought the two green jacket guys' dialog felt a little more forced and phony, and I thought those scenes were the worst part of the movie, but still very interesting. One thing I thought was a little shaky too was how they handled the violence. After Roy is beaten by the two guys, he always ahs these big, cartoony lumps all over his face, which kind of pulled me out of the film. the rest of the violence in the movie was pretty straightforward, so those scenes with the lump face felt a little out of place. Overall though, the movie was a compelling little noir picture. At first, I was a little confused by the tone of the film but after awhile I got used to it and started having a lot more fun.3 out of 5
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is a superior film to The Chaser.
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I said 4 out of 5 first time, but I'd say 3 out of 5 as well. The film feels like an odd duck. It's cool to watch, but it's seams definitely show. That bit from Mad Dog regarding the dancing chicken. That sounded natural(for that unhinged character). Everything Jon Gries said did not. The lumpen face was the same as everything else in the movie, an homage. It was more of a nod towards Dick Tracy which had alot of facial distortions that seemed to have been lifted right out of german expressionism. But I agree, it just felt odd looking at that. My biggest issue was why he stayed in the apartment knowing each time they would come for him. I know it's stylized, but it really made little sense, and the second time it made me furious at the nonsense of it all.
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I am going to have to rewatch the film soon, keeping what you said in mind.Something else to consider though, is the inclusion of the other characters in the story. Do you think Jesse or Ford would have made the same final decisions without the influence of the rest of the gang? I doubt the events of the womanizing character or Jesse's cousin would have been shown if they had not made some influence over the lead characters. Their behavior, directly or indirectly, contributed to the changes of Ford and Jesse. Keeping this in mind, it's possible that the ending could not have transpired simply because of the gradual intensifying of their own natures (Ford's and Jesse's). I know this was really poorly worded but I hope you can figure out what I'm trying to say.
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good call on the facial distortions as an homage. I wasn't even really thinking about that until you said it, but it makes sense. Roy's character definitely did have a grissled old badass vibe at the end that was very much in line with the old detective and gangster serials.I had the same problem too with him staying in that apartment though. what the hell was that all about. After the first finger, I would be calling the cops, moving to another state, and probably buying a gun.
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was the best aspect of the film, save for Doira Baird's character Lily. She was easily the best part of the film.
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was a fox for sure. What a great body. Sheesh.
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fully developed(no jokes now) of the characters.
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that was (mostly) a joke. I thought she was a pretty interesting character too. How she ended up with that Rooster jackass was pretty sad.
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out of those three. I've seen them all, but SOJ is the most fun. The others are sort of "meh" IMO. Just don't take it seriously.
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I'm not really a fan of disaster movies. They're just not my cup of tea. But since it's from HOD and he has yet to send anything disappointing I am definitely gonna check it out. Maybe I should save it for last though so I can end with a bang rather than a ho-hum.
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... is one of the hottest women working in film right now. Good god. Crazy hot. Make a man do stupid things hot. She should be Barbarella. She's got a 60's body, all plush curves and womanly. She's in SOUTH OF HEAVEN? Guess what just got moved to the top of my playlist.
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AliensManhunterPlatoonBig Trouble In Little ChinaFerris Bueller's Day OffAlso on the radar - Highlander, ST:The Voyage Home, Vamp, The Fly, Stand By Me, Crossroads, Nomads, Deadly Friend, Chopping Mall, Crocodile Dundee, Pretty In Pink, From Beyond, Demons 2, House, Critters and Crimewave.Right, checking out Diora Baird.
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Of Diora Baird. OMG!! I may be blind! I may lose my job too if they see that. Reminder to self. Blow. Up. Internet servers. Leave no trace. I may be babbling here, but Hokey Smokes she is awesome!
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thing about South of Heaven..in fact,I think it was her(and her character) that made me like it as much as I did the first time. The second time is like counting the minutes until Lily pops into the film.
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That's actually a great idea. If you watch her work in SOH, and consider Barbarella, that would totally work. And it would actually make me interested in a Barbarella film.
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... has passed the fit and proper person test. Cheers, Mori!Fantastic Fest films and shorts... To watch them, does one have to register on the site? I understood I could just click and watch.
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I thought it was fantastic but i did think the last act dragged on much longer than it had to.
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is Rojo Red, and I really enjoyed that one. The overview was spot on when it compared the filmmaker to Michel Gondry, who coincidentally, is one of my favorite current directors.
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re: Kim Novak. Might want to try 'The Man With The Golden Arm,' also starring Frank Sinatra.
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actually There. Thanks for the rec. Rojo Red is the best one kungfu, but then I think I recommended it to you. Treevenge is amusing and Kingz was impressive for being a low budget short. Rojo Red is just awesome though.
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about two weeks back with an especially quirky friend of mine who I thought would enjoy it more than most.And it is really my least favorite of Gondry's work. It's not a bad movie at all by any stretch. It's certainly superior to about 90% of the stuff that comes out every year, but compared to the likes of Eternal Sunshine, it fell a little under what i thought it would be. I think I share your sentiments exactly when you say it was too whimsical. In terms of visuals, like every other Gondry movie, it's stunningly creative and vibrant. But the story got so caught up in this drive to be unique, it sometimes left the story trailing a bit.And yes, I checked out Rojo Red because you told me to, and I am happy that I did. I think you know my tastes all too well Jonah. Mm I so predictable?
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It's just I think you and I have similar film tastes, even though we may not ultimately agree that some films meet them. For instance, I think we are both drawn to a wide variety of things, and in particular things that are maybe a bit adventurous, audacious or wierd. For instance, regardless of what I thought of Rojo Red after watching it(incidentally it was the best of anything on there) I knew about three seconds in, you would at the very least want to see it. Same with The Chaser. Regardless of the outcome, it's something that would interest you.
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Fred sent you an email over at the other place.
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how goes it?
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It goes well. Fred just watched Michael Clayton on vable. It was very good.
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Or, it could be that Fred is getting so sleepy that he can not type!
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I quite enjoyed it too. Not quite best of the year, IMO, but still a darn good movie. Fred, you planning to catch anything at the theater soon?
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tickets for tomorrow night. As our week has already been a bit busy, we might pass. We do enjoy those movies that take place over the course of a single night though, and the script Im working on does the same. So it might not be a bad idea to see it .
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on Saturday and was a little intrigued to find that it doesn't quite work as well as I remember. Definitely an odd one for Scorsese. I used to think it was just classic, but now it seems a bit off in tone and rather dated.
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But nothing else really jumping out. Fred always open to suggestions though
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does look good, and Im a bit curious about Eagle Eye too. I actually enjoyed Disturbia alot, despite it's clear Rear Window plot.
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It has interesting look, but Fred thinks it may be more of a rental
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Definitley will see that. Do not tell DannyGlovers though. Fred thinks he may not be Shia's biggest fan. Fred could be wrong about that though.
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but for some reason, the fall is always the hardest time for me to see movies. It's my favorite season, so Im usually always outdoors doing something, or trying to utilize my time doing something else. See alot of films, but they are usually at home.
Last night we re-watched Vertigo for the first time in awhile.
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Fred not a gamer.
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but remember Danny likes Biodome! When he attacks, you can wield that at him like someone might wield a cross at vampires :)
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So, that eliminates Sundays. Fred also loves taking road trips in the fall.
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I think you're right too. From what I've read, we do like a lot of the same stuff. And it's actually pretty nice that we don't agree on stuff because it helps me to get more out of a film by discussing it with someone.By the way, you never addressed the issue I pointed out of the side characters in Assassination of Jesse James. Did you think they were apparent in the film as external forces to change the primary characters, or do you think they simply helped their "natures" as you put it to become more intensified?
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but I havent played many videogames yet. I think Max Payne may be a cop drama with supernatural elements. Does that sound right?
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Fred has a question, there must be Jewish vampires, and Islamic vampires, so the cross would not work on them. Does a good vampire hunter carry multiple religious symbols, and asks the vampire to 'hold on until I find the right one'?
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I think they were definitely there to amplify the men. I think that part of the story is these guys starting to realize what part they reallyplay in the James gang. Jesse keeps them around because they do that, and ultimately, while all were planning something, none of them would have done it. At least I don't think so. Ford gravitated towards Jesse, but it was the gang itself that nurtured his inner outlaw and stoked his frustration. I think you are right, the gang did have a hand in it. Afterall, Jesse was the legend, but it wouldnt have been the James gang without the others. What would have happened to Ford and James in different circumstances. Who knows?
I have only seen the film once, so I look forward to rewatching it with this conversation fresh in my mind. Thanks Kungfu.
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in some instances, yes. Stephen Sommers likes that idea obviously. Van Helsing had a place where people of all faiths prepared various weapons for him. Some stuff like Buffy and comics have stated that it's the human's faith in the object that gives it the power, so anything they "believe" in can work. I dont like that concpet as much, but would love to spoof it with a man who believes only in the power of the almighty dollar, throwing wads of cash on a vampire and burning it.
The scene you mention above though is actually in a Sommers movie. The Mummy. Benny is trying to chase away the mummy, andit literally puts the bemused mummy on hold as he rifles through his trinkets to find the right charm. Upon raising the star of david, Imhotep recognizes the "sign of the slaves". It might well have been the most clever moment in the entire trilogy. -
Fred forgot about that. Fred thought he had a unique perspective. Oh, well.
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What's Fred's favorite football team? Also, is Fred strictly NFL or does Fred also like College ball?
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Stillerz! For those who can not speak Pittsburghese - that translates to Steelers. Fred Love NFL! Lukewarm about college -but watch lots of bowl games
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I highly recommend that one. It came out on dvd/bluray just last week. It's pretty awesome, and very very visual.
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That will be a definite buy or rental very soon. Not Blu-ray though. Fred just bought an HDMI player. Dirk not extending line of credit from his gigolo jar anymore, and Fred was turned down by Federal gubmint for his 85 Billion dollar loan request. Fred not sure why he did not get money - was willing to put up Xmen and Cerebus comicbook collection as collateral!
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Rent it first, but don't be surprised if you buy it. It's honestly at the very top of my favorite movies of 08 with Wall-E, Dark Knight and The Band's Visit following.
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and no not the 80s one with Gene Simmons. Guys, what happened to this? I was all in anticipation of it being released LAST halloween, and now it looks like it might not even be this one. What gives? Brian Cox, Anna Paquin, Dylan Baker, etc. A horror anthology? Seriously, where is this thing? Im gonna search for it forever, and one day Ill be flipping through Red box, and blammo...there it is.
I'll ask again. Any leads on Home Delivery(the animated spanish short) and what happened to Trick or Treat. When I recently turned on the 300 dvd, there was the trailer for Trick or Treat. Like salt in a wound.
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a four x coming on.
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Fred must sign off and go to bed.
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goodnight all..
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not only is the christian cross the only thing that works against vampires but additionally all vampire hunters are catholics. this is because, um well, because, um, because the exorcist was a catholic. maybe? i don't know, but i do know the catholic church has a special team of vampire hunters. lead by james woods.
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was awesome, best of the shorts by far.
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Sep 17, 2008 12:25:08 AM CDT
To everyone who was involved in putting Fantastic Fest online th
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Thank you! I've always been bummed about missing out on this film fest, especially since I'm from Austin. I've just never been back home when this is going on. Awesome way to still experience it. And Treevenge is pure genius.
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What's up with Rothlisbergers shoulder?
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but did anyone else notice some Star Wars voices in the Treevenge short?I think in the scene where all the trees are in the truck one of the trees makes a noise like Leia when she is in disguise as the bounty hunter in Jabba's Palace.And I could have sworn the tree talked just like the ewok Wicket W. Warrick around the 7:05 mark. Am I just going going totally crazy?
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no, no, no, no, no. And in fact- NO. Vampires arise from a rejection of a Christian god, therefore only Christian symbols work. It goes to show what an ignorant fucking hack Sommers is to do that in his (for wont of a better word) movies.
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and if you think about it, it really makes sense. If you go with the Sommers version the Vampire is in deep shit because every time he turns round there's some religious symbol forming naturally- in fact, looking out my window I can see 1 crescent, 2 stars of David and about 9 million Crosses. (There's a crane opposite). The Whedon version at least has the benefit of being a coherent and feasible idea. Sommers is just a tool. The other reason it bugs me, is that it seems to be pandering to the PC brigade with "We need an Islamic vampire". There's plenty of monsters etc in non-christian mythology (Djinn, a whole variety of dragons and demons) so why does the Christian mythology suddenly have to betray it's roots and adapt? That's bollocks.
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pet hate: whenever something goes wrong people ring the catholic. for fuck sake leave us alone!
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also, prob should post this at our other home but i'm sort of thinking about a story about a horror set a few hundred years ago and playing on the fact that people used to really believe this stuff rather than just enjoy watching movies about it. In particular in the early 1700s (and this would be my story) a wave of hysteria went through prussia about them. 'scientists' were inlisted by the govt to research them, these 'scientists' could not disprove some cases, and these were not just quacks but our knowledge of the body was not good enought at the time, the people at the cutting edge didn't know what was going on. now we do. when a man dies his body bloats. this means his phalus becomes erect and larger than it was during his life - hence the sexuality of vampires. jucies come out where they can, eg the mouth therefore there is blood around the mouth (not always) the body fills with gas. if you press down on it (perhaps by stabbing) the gass leaves where it can. this can cause either an audible fart or groan (think of stories of stabbed vampires groaning) anyway.
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I think it was probably turned into the AWESOME Reanimator. I'm toying with a few things, but have been booted off zhura again so can't post them. Does everyone have problems or is it just our shitty antiquated work server?
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im try to watch south of heaven which is awesome but the stream keeps frezzing up. the last time this kinda shit happened was the end of my fucking printer.
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What do think about the Aussies not touring Pakistan? I probably think they're right in this case, but I didn't know that it's been over 10 years since they played there.
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There is absolutely no merit in a remake. At all. Let's face it, the original film was horribly unredeemingly shit (despite being batshit insane) and it's based on the worst 60's hippy avant-garde psuedo porn shit ever conceived. Write a film called "nympho stripper" and cast Miss Baird (who is indeed lovely) and that I'll watch. I won't watch a rehash of Vadim's overindulgent ego-wankfest.
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I have no interest in Burn After Reading, I think I'm not that big a fan of The Coens. To be honest- I didn't go nuts for No Country, Liked The Big Lebowski, Hudsucker, Barton Fink, Blood Simple, Miller's Crossing. Hated Fargo (The voices annoyed me, and I know this is a petty reason for hating something but every time she said "Ja" which seemed to be every 2 seconds it was like fingers on a blackboard for me), Raising Arizona, and I loathed Intolerable Cruelty and The Ladykillers so much. Especially the latter.
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as we are very low in the "greatest hits chart"
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10) Peeping Tom- underrated, genuinly frightening. 2)Performance- yes, I know it's a complete mess, but it's still fucking great and the only time Mick Jagger hasn't stunk on screen 3)Matthew Hopkins: Witchfinder General- underrated classic. Vincent Price is awesome as the corrupt Witchfinder and the end is traumatic. 4)Trainspotting- Natch.5)The Ladykillers- Fuck you Hanks. There is only one Alec Guinness6)The Descent- simply magnificent 7) Withnail and I- decadent brilliance8)Life of Brian- funniest film ever made. All together now "He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy"9)The Third Man- again, another classic, and what a score 10)Kind Hearts and Coronets- Guiness plays 7 parts to perfection, it's blackly funny, Dennis Price is a wonderfully amoral lead and if it ever gets remade then god will shoot a puppy. HM- Wicker Man, Brief Encounter, Dambusters, Kes, Shallow Grave, Lawrence of Arabia, Bridge Over The River Kwai, Secret's and Lies, If, Get Carter, This Sporting Life, Alfie, 28 Days Later, Dog Soldiers, Zulu, Italian Job, Dishounarble fucking mention: Anything with Hugh "Twat" Grant in it. Especially if it's written by Richard "Bigger twat than Hugh Grant" Curtis, My favourite: The incomparable Kind Hearts. Cinema perfection.
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again no particular order and this is one hell of a predictable list: Manon des Sources, Un Couer un Hiver, Le Retour De Martin Guerre, Jules et Jim, La Cage Aux Foiles, Delicatessen, LA Haine, Cyrano De Bergerac, Betty Blue (anyone that says Beatrice Dalle is not eminently fuckable is lying), La Femme Nikita Favourite- a toss up between La Haine and Betty Blue (In full knowledge that betty blue is not the greatest film, but it's Beatrice Dalle!). Dishonourable mention- to many to fucking name but I hold particular loating for Romance and Baise Moi.
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you guys are on the same boycott.
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and i don't like for my country to be seen as being arogant, but for fucks sake, i think when you are the best team in the world you earn the right to say 'fuck off' when someone announces a tour of country in the middle of constant terrorist attacks where some locals say 'we will use this tour to make our point' you know. why should these guys switch from the fucking gabbba to a war zone. we have had this problem a few times. it was us that led the charge against playing in zimbabue during the last world cup. and here is the arogant part. if the icc dosen't like the fact that our players won't play in place where some people are threatening to bomb them, well then they can organise a competition without the world campions. it's not like we are refusing to play in south africa (which has the highest murder rate in western world) we are refusing to play in country that is harboring the dudes our army is chasing in afganistan. and before you go on, your country is refusing to go there too. the interesting question is what is going to happen to symonds. i suggest we send him to england, on account of his clearly english accent.
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and i have aggressively made myself ignorant of the ending. I went looking for it lately and every copy everywhere has been turfed for the nic cage one, which i REFUSE to watch, i will keep looking until i find the real one, and i will avert my eyes whenever anyone else talks about it until then.
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I'm referring to the fact that Australia hasn't played there for 12 years. It just makes a mockery of that stupid future tour thing. And you can keep symonds. He's a twat.
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Some of Christopher Lee's finest work, and there's some gratuitous nekkidness as well
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look well play them, but i think it is pretty reasonable to steer clear of that part of the world at the moment. keep in mind from my memory the tour was declared like within a week of the benizer abuto? assassination. the symonds thing is getting very interesting here. and for my money he is one of our best players. the upside is that watson is back in the team, he went to my school, one year older. I have one of his old (a grey nick he used when he was 13) and some of his hand me down text books. where i come from dosn't have much going for it (other than a good script - which i am working on) but it does produce some of the toughest sportsmen in the world. you wouldn't know willie carne, alfie langer or the walters brothers (alfie went to the school across the road but we won't hold it against him) you would know craig mcdermont though. as a young fella everyone looked down on us, and yet when i was a young fella, that was ipswhich's sporting gorly days, so we didn't feel worthless. and i don't know if you have heard, but australians like sport.
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You rock. I've seen the big name stuff on your list (Life of Brian, Trainspotting, Ladykillers) but the lesser known titles have gone sadly overlooked and I plan on rectifying that immediately.And I know this group has had this discussion before but I've held off watching The Descent because of the difference between the Americanized ending and the British one. Assuming I can't find a version of the British release, should I still go ahead and watch the movie?
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HOD- Off that list the 3 that I consider to be absolute must sees are Kind Hearts, Withnail and I and Life of Brian. But the more obscure ones- Peeping Tom and MH are more than worth a look.
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The more I enjoy reading your posts.Speaking of tough guys, how did I miss this story originally? I read in an old ESPN Magazine yesterday of this guy from the toughest part of London who became the most fierce MMA fighter around but helped orchestrate the largest cash heist in history and is now sitting in a Moroccan prison. Talk about a movie begging to be made.Jarv, England really has areas run by bandanna wearing African thugs?
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I would see the Descent even with the duff ending as the best parts of the movie are in the first 2/3 Sadly, there's a The Descent 2: the cash in" being made. Chipps, I totally agree. Pakistan has to be a no go area for a while, it's just the length of time that surprised me- England have been twice in that time.
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what's his name i wanna look this up now.
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only watched it recently and i liked it. interesting with the two endings.
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Moss Side in Manchester, Harlesden in North London and Brixton in South London, and we've also got a long tradition of Irish gangs as well.
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don't watch it as much as i should but i keep my favourite tyrates on the play list i'm listening to now. in fact im listening to 'it isn't it good to own a penis', now i'm going to switch to frech soliders tyrade. (predictable i know). actually i can't rose tattoo 'can't be beaten' - the not quite hollywood song came on. frechy next.
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and what the heck happened to Trick or Treat?
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so called arthur king!
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Looks like Trick R' Treat is destined for dvd this October. Looks like it will be perfectly in time for a halloween movie marathon.
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Seriously, this guy's life is a movie. He was stabbed outside of a London nightclub and "died" three times on the operating table before doctors stabilized him.So does anyone go into those areas, Jarv?
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I did start to do the Spanish list but got stuck at 8 and 5 of them were almodvar so I'm doing this instead: 1)Peeping Tom- Interesting on so many different levels, basically about a psychopathic photographer that has rigged a camera to kill people with. Old as hell, but very powerful. 2)Performance, Cammell, Fox, jagger, Drug induced crazyness- Director killed himself and when he was in hospital he asked for a mirror so he could watch himself die. A sick man. 3)MH- see above. Director also killed himself 4)Sexy Beast- A tanned Ray Winstone, an unhinged Ben Kingsley and a truly bizarre heist. Great.5)The Mouse That Roared- Hysterical. Peter Sellers plays 3 parts. GEnius satire of the Marshall plan. 6)Clockwise- John Cleese as an anally retentive teacher with transport problems. Funny as fuck. 7)Nil By Mouth- It's a bit of a strange choice to describe Gary Oldman's debut with a best actress winning Cathy Burke in it as Obscure, but it seemed to light up the screen and has now all but disappeared. 8)Leon The Pig Farmer. Bizarre comedy about a Jewish man that discovers his real parents are Yorkshire pig farmers and he tries to cross breed a pig with a sheep so he can sell pork to the jewish market. Insane Brian Glover contributes to a truly odd little film.9)Dirty Pretty Things- A FUCKING MASTERPIECE that no bugger saw. 10)Shopping. Only on this list to show that PWSA wasn't always a complete fucking hack.
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the rest won't know what i'm talking about: i think we are entering a very interesting time in cricket, like the end of the windies era. oz has been so dominant for so long i don't know if we know how to loose. we havn't competed for ages. i remember when our third tier state team - western oz thrashed them (the windies). part of proffessional sport is losing and coming back. it has been so long since we have had a run for our money that i wonder if we can do that. plus the sportmen who made that the case have left the team. to be honest, and i'm sorry jarv but we love to beat the english. at no time in my life (and for a while you guys were a second teir team) was there a more important cricket comp than the ashes. regardless of england ranking the ashes is the shit. for a queenslander it goes 1) the origin 2)the ashes 3)the olympics. what will happen next, now that our best have retired. man it will be fun. bring it on. and good luck. our sports minister recently wore an english jersy to an event at the paraolympics due to our national obsession with betting (this time that we would get more gold medals than you - FAIL).
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Since the wife was watching one of her "unwatchable" movies by my standards, I watched Hitman. While not as bad as I would have predicted, not that good either. The 'action' was very horrid in spots, especially the hand-to-hand stuff. The sword scene was by far the best part. And Olga's ta-ta's. I would have most definitely tasted that fine ass and forgot about my so-called "mission". Fuck that. Hitman. I'm hitting that Russian ass. That's all there is to it.
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good night and be excellent to one another.
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thanks, i've book marked it and will read it tomorrow.
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Don't have a clue about Moss Side and I wouldn't go anywhere Harlesden.
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Was my favorite Sellers movie for a time as it was the second movie of his I saw after Being There.Every second of that movie is genius.Hitman was a whole lot of meh. He killed indiscriminately so I had trouble caring what happened to the character. In fact, I sort of wanted him dead early on.
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The Ashes is the most important competition in Cricket, and yes we have been shit for 20 years (2005 excepted), but don't forge thow bad Australia was pre-Border. Good old Kim Hughes, we miss him. Cricket does tend to have dynasties and the next one really should be India, but I think it's more likely to be the Boks.
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I've added Sexy Beast, The Mouse that Roared, Clockwise, and Dirty Pretty things.Sigh...my queue just gets longer and longer....
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crap. But yes, I would tap that russian ass.
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It is a mild shoulder separation. They have been splitting hairs about it calling it a strain, and a mild separtion. But doctors confirmed on local news, that they are one in the same. A strain = mild separation. This could be the Steelers year, if they can stay healthy. The upcoming game against the Iggles should be a true barometer. Fred can't wait!
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as it might have aged badly, but John Cleese is always funny and I was trying to avoid stacking it with Ealing/ Hammer stuff. I also didn't include things like The Entertainer for that reason.
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Sep 17, 2008 9:00:23 AM CDT
Fred would like to add one more UK movie to list
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
The Naked Truth. One of the funniest films Fred has ever seen. It stars Peter Sellers and Terry-Thomas. Fred spit coca-cola at the tv screen three times for laughing so hard.
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Sexy Beast is my favourite, but Dirty Pretty Things is the one that's most lauded. They're all good though.
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hilarious. Really funny> Sellers was a genius.
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Move it to the top of your list, JPT.It looks like you and I will be crying in our beers during the playoffs. The Mets and Jays have gone cold.Thank the FSM for football season though.That political TB is giving me an ulcer. I thought after the last 8 years most of the country would be onboard trying something new even if they aren't much of a change from the current crooks we have in charge, but simpleton stupidity never fails to impress me.I was forced to watch Whatever Happens In Vegas with the wife last night. I would have preferred a cat clawing my arm while I watched a snail cross the floor.
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Sep 17, 2008 9:12:16 AM CDT
Naked Truth is in Fred's top ten all time comedies
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred highly, highly recommends this movie if you love British humor.
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Sep 17, 2008 9:15:53 AM CDT
I keep trying to put it simply for those in the cheap seats
by lost jarv
but it's frustrating for me. Even if you are Right-leaning, why on earth would you even contemplate putting someone that only recently got a passport within striking distance of the White House. It's madness. Republicans should actually not turn out, take their licking and hope that the party notices the low turn out and promises never to do something so fucking stupid again. The rest of the world is laughing (albeit somewhat out of fear) at you for this. Obama had better not lose.
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Which is why I figured you thought of him as overrated or something.I know he was a prick in real life but I can't think of another actor who could make me laugh so hard without even trying.Anyone see the HBO movie with Geoffrey Rush on the life of Sellers?
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I forgot that Mrs. Jarv did not watch The Lives of Others last time, so I've got that. She's a bit pissed off with me for removing that turd Sliding Doors from the list (I naively thought she would not notice)
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and such a complete prick at the same time. He's like Peter Cook in that regard. I've alway s liked him, and I loved the Pink Panther movies (Mrs. Jarv hates them), but he never really tends to come up, aside from comments about Dr. Strangelove.
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Sep 17, 2008 9:26:12 AM CDT
Fred can only judge by what was on the screen
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred never knew about Sellers personal life. Fred was not even born when he died. But Fred's parents loved Sellers. So we watched just about every film of his we could get our hands on. Turner Classic movies is also a great source. Fred agrees, he was a towering genius.
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...always come from me. My wife isn't a fan of the Pink Panther movies either. I wonder if it's a culture thing. I just don't know how anyone can't be thinking they're going to die because they can't breathe when Clouseau's face is melting as he and Dreyfuss go giddy from laughing gas.
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MUST NOT INTERFERE. I agree with that Fred, it's not like he was a prick to me. For a really nice natured Ealing Comedy that's not seen a lot, try the Titfield (I think) Thunderbolt about this little town that need to keep their station open- it stars a very young Sid James.
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Loved that one. And The Mouse that Roared is genius.
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I recall thinking that was a pretty good comedy too.
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Sep 17, 2008 9:43:52 AM CDT
I originally watched The Party in a movie theater...
by hawaiian organ donor
...in Mexico City about 25 years ago. My dad insisted I see it during one of our annual Christmas visits because he claimed it was the funniest movie he ever saw and it was required viewing. Even as a young pup I missed half the movie I was laughing so hard. Back then it wasn't even available on VHS. It was almost 15 years before it received a home video release stateside.Brilliant comedy.
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At this rate, next Friday's game that I'm supposed to go to won't mean shit.
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Hawk the Slayer is after that...heh-heh-heh...
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apparently it's "not fucking happening". I think she's being unreasonable, and maybe the way forward is to start her on krull and work up.
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ciao fellas
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Sep 17, 2008 10:28:30 AM CDT
I already realize that I could never get Mrs. Pillow
by just pillow talk
to watch Hawk the Slayer. It's one of "those" movies. Nor will I try to have her see the light as it were. TV numero dos is in the Library for a reason.
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You have a library? Well hello Mr. Rockerfeller.If you can't get your wife to warm up to Krull, all hope is lost.
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Sep 17, 2008 10:34:53 AM CDT
Somebody please keep me away from the political TB
by hawaiian organ donor
I can't take it anymore. The left wingnuts and right wingnuts are churning my stomach acid.
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I'll do my best. Make your 80s lists. We are up to 87, which was just a super awesome year for action films, in particular, and just great for film in general. And it's the one list that will have some of those crazy guilty pleasures that should never show up on a top 20 list. I think 87 had a huge impact on my childhood.
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1) The Untouchables2) The Princess Bride3) Predator4) Robocop5) Empire of the Sun6) Full Metal Jacket7) Raising Arizona8) Lethal Weapon9) The Lost Boys10) SpaceballsHonorable mention goes out to Near Dark, Real Men, Wings of Desire, Innerspace and Tin Men.
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and even then it doesnt cover them all. Honorable mentions: Adventures in Babysitting, Tin Men, House II: The Second Story, Innerspace, The Whales of August,Near Dark, No Way Out, Monster Squad.
Broadcast News
Empire of the Sun
Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn
Full Metal Jacket
Hoosiers
Jean de Florette
Lethal Weapon
The Lost Boys
Manon of the Spring
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Robocop
Predator
Radio Days
River’s Edge
Raising Arizona
Tampopo
The Princess Bride
The Untouchables
The Last Emperor
Wings of Desire
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Sep 17, 2008 11:23:16 AM CDT
Can't believe I forgot Planes, Trains and Automobiles
by hawaiian organ donor
That's gotta go in my top 10.
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theres alot of great stuff here too. Another solid year. Was there a bad year of film in the 80s? Im pretty sure it wasnt 89, so I guess not. Weakest year thus far was 83, and it was still pretty decent.
A Fish Called Wanda
Die Hard
Au Revoir Les Enfants
Accidental Tourist
Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Bull Durham
Funny Farm
My Neighbor Totorro
Hairspray
The Lady in White
Little Dorrit
Midnight Run
Salaam Bombay!
Rain Man
The Naked Gun
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Paperhouse
Willow
Pelle the Conquerer
They Live
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...just came on for a minute to catch up on Doira Baird. HOLY SHIT!! HOOOOOOOOOOLY SHIT!!
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Sep 17, 2008 12:00:37 PM CDT
awwww that Tilda/Petty/Rutger/Mason Verger....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...guy is a hermi? I didn't know that. That makes me feel kinda bad now.
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Without your vitriol and energy AICN will collapse in a day or two.Get some rest, put on a movie or two or slam back the Irish cure all.
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That's what we call it when we have a bookcase (full of books no less!) and the computer. Plus our house came with some old lady in that room who always wants me to return the books on time. She's a frisky drunk too.
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I also liked Good Morning Vietnam, Hamburger Hill, The Hidden, Hellraiser, and The Running Man added to your fine lists gents.
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and you'll feel better within 24 hours Danny boy.
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and Im sure you will if you do that same Diora Baird search in the video section.
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Just got back from vacation and have to say sort of glad to be back.
Higlights: Swimming naked in the ocean at 2 a.m. just like Chrissy from Jaws.
Getting tipsy often.
Seafood.
Loads of girls in bikinis.
The Lowlights:
Breaking pinkie toe (That little piggy ain't going to no damn market anytime soon).
35 mph sandblasting gusts from Hurricane Ike.
School of fish bumping legs while swimming at 2 a.m. (I could have beaten Michael Phelps out of the water)
Emerging from water to see throng of people standing around looking at my clothes.
Shrinkage.
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I got back to my desk and felt like I was defending Helm's Deep by myself armed with nothing but a package of plastic utensils from a plate lunch.
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Just in case Toad is reading....
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PredatorThe UntouchablesNear DarkPlanes, Trains & AutomobilesRobocopAnd on the radar, some close to usurping those above - Nightmare On Elm St 3: Dream Warriors, The Believers, Evil Dead 2, Princess Bride, Prince Of Darkness, The Hidden, Empire Of The Sun, Lethal Weapon, Full Metal Jacket, Street Trash, No Way Out, Someone To Watch Over Me, Opera, The Gate, Less Than Zero, Innerspace, Monster Squad, Creepozoids & Rawhead Rex.
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Roxanne
Summer School
Wall Street
Hellraiser
Fatal Attraction
Stake Out
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There, you are awesome. I saw this, but was it really any good? My memory was it looked like the whole thing was filmed under a red heat lamp, and the monster looked like they had ported it over from Dr. Who. And synth music. Oh, the glorious synth music.
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I mostly remember the game of keep away with the bum's junk.
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was a darn good horror movie. I think this one is very underrated.
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Back for five minutes and already you made me laugh three times.
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The Abyss
Always
Batman
Back to the Future II
Born on the Fourth of July
The 'Burbs
Dead Poets Society
Deep Star Six
Driving Miss Daisy
Drugstore Cowboy
Field of Dreams
The Fly II
Glory
Heathers
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Lean on Me
Major League
My Left Foot
Christmas Vacation
Parenthood
Pet Semetary
Say Anything
Turner and Hooch
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what schlock, but FUN schlock. Remember Dorff shoving that piece of glass into the eye in his hand. And that kid thinking he was dancing with his mom, but for some ridiculous reason it was the dog, and he liked dropped it and killed it...or something. With all the demons, portals to hell, and various heinous things going down, that bit with the dog was always the wierdest.
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I was going crazy trapped in that condo while Ike was blowing and kicking at the door all day and night.
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Had to cut some out...Uncle Buck, Christmas Vacation, Dead Poets Society, etc.
Also realize I missed acknowledging Pumpkinhead back in 88. Love that flick.
• The Abyss
• The 'Burbs
• Do the Right Thing
• Cinema Paradiso
• Crimes and Misdemeanors
• Driving Miss Daisy
• Field of Dreams
• Glory
• Heathers
• Henry V
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
• Kiki's Delivery Service
• Lean on Me
• Major League
• The Little Mermaid
• Meet the Feebles
• My Left Foot
• Parenthood
• Say Anything...
• When Harry Met Sally...
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Chitty, while you were out, Jarv decided to start taking our qoutes regarding movies and placing them on pics of the posters themselves..This started when I decided that Danny's comment for Subway(the movie) should be a blurb:"I felt like someone was touching me all through that movie."
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Why can't we have more decades like the 80's?
Is there less talent or what?
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Die HardThey LiveThe Seventh SignMidnight RunDead RingersAnd on the radar - Willow, Naked Gun, Bad Taste, Last Temptation Of Christ, Moontrap, Hell Comes To Frogtown, Jack's Back, Biloxi Blues, Lair Of The White Worm, Monkey Shines, Waxwork, The Blob, 8 Men Out, Beetlejuice, Lady In White, Pumpkinhead, High Spirits, DOA, Cellar Dweller, Serpent & The Rainbow & Dream Demon.
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I bet I can name several girls that can make that statement while they went on movie dates with me.
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No, Jonah, it was eff-wording terrible! I love it. Starring perennial scream-queen Linnea Quigley. I need to find a copy of this on DVD.
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I saw up above when you were sick.
Trust me, grab a bottle of Everclear and you will fly out of the bed.
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The AbyssMiracle MileGloryField Of DreamsBorn On The 4th Of JulyAnd also - Back To The Future 2, Major League, Pet Sematary, The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen, Black Rain, Deepstar 6, Heathers, Dead Poets Society, The Navigator, Batman, Paperhouse, Leviathan, Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade, Dead Calm, Milliennium & Shocker.With Pet Sematary, after reading so many King novels where he describes the Maine accent and I tried to imagine it, Fred Gwynne finally voiced what I was hearing in my head!
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Shit man 87, 88, and 89.....just skimming through-- AWESOME YEARS!! Best of 89-- I'd say Glory.
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but thats what wikipedia said. I forgot Navigator completely. Throw something out, and put that one on!
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Great movie.
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a few months ago I made some comment about the ending of Sunshine being like a whole other movie storming in, pissing on the carpet, raiding the fridge and eyeing up the missus.
And HOD (by the way does anyone say this as Hod, like Hud, but not?) said, in regards to the new ultraman :"I think I actually squealed during it."
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I bet if you and I pool our knowledge we have seen every schlocky horror known to man. In fact, as Halloween approaches I say we do some in depth horror research and (at least for me) try and fill in some of the holes in my b-movie knowledge.
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what about Fright Night 2? It wasn't as good as it's predecessor, but it belongs as at least a mention right?
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wasnt that 89? Theres a great B pic.
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You see the kind of posts they generate, which I'm sure is good for business but bad for sanity.
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I saw this back to back on channel 54 on a saturday afternoon in the 80s. I also saw Night of the Creeps and The Pit this way too.
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Who was it that said they were at the theater and when Conan started swinging his sword around and flexing his muscles that guys in the audience started screaming.
I remember somebody asking if the movie was screening in Miami Beach or something.
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they were usually legitimately more fun back then, than now. For instance: House 2? I genuinely love that movie. Killer Klowns for Outer Space? yup. Night Breed? ditto. Night of the Creeps? Watchers? Strange Invaders? The Offspring? yup. Even at their worst, like Dolls or Munchies, they were still amusing.
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The Stuff, God Told Me To, Q: The Winged Serpent...
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Dreadful oversight on my part; I beg forgiveness!Night Of the Creeps was in my scruffy old note book - didn't I put that that one down? The Pit - struggling, can't recall seeing it...
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a perverted little boy with a strange teddy bear who seems to be alive, finds a pit behind his house that is filled with creatures. The boy calls them trollocs, and begins to feed his school nemesis to the trollocs.
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The Visitor. All of those were strange. One was just goofy. Whispers had Chris Sarandon and a Dean Koontz plot(the poor man's stephen king) and the last had oneof the most absurd plots ever, involving space aliens and Satan and John Freakin' Huston. What. A. Mess.
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Ask him to repeat it. It gets funnier every time. He has told the story several times. Yeah...he said every big tough guy in the audience waved their arms screaming, "Oh yeeeeeeeeeeeeah!!!" as Arnold swings that sword around and we cut to close up after close up of oiled up bicep. Hilarious.
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It was a Koontz novel turned into a movie.
A super computer takes over a house and holds a woman hostage to impregnate her.
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Sep 17, 2008 3:32:09 PM CDT
Chitty-- I think I first read that story in the Theater Experien
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...which is still one of my favorites of all time. The actual topic was about a company starting up those luxury theaters with waitresses and leather seats and shit, and whether or not that would put asses in seats. Anyway-- all the TB'ers just started telling their favorite theater stories. There was some funny ass shit in there.
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look above for the one where he and his friends go on a quest to see The Jerk across the town, and realize it doesnt come out til next week, and the only choice is La Cage aux Folles(the french original that later became The Birdcage!)They all say screw it, and stay. And even love the movie.
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Sep 17, 2008 3:35:15 PM CDT
demon seed....that reminds me of that movie...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....where the kid is in a house and all that crazy shit goes down with the house trying to kill him. The shower gets really hot and scalds his mom I believe....and he's trying to get out of the garage but the door keeps slamming shut, trying to crush him. What movie is that?
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That damn Conan story kills me everytime.
Almost as good as the End of Days quote from Arnold to Satan.
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Sep 17, 2008 3:37:35 PM CDT
that story about seeing The Jerk is awesome....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...just two obscure movies for a story in 1979. Hehehe......I keep seeing angry long haired hippies ready to kick Toad's ass, "You promised me some fuckin' Steve Martin!! What the fuck?!!"
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Is interesting, if a little implausible, particularly at the end with the child. Didn't know that was a Koontz novel, thought that was before his time...
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the woman was julie christie. the movie, not so good.
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go at theater stuff recently, recall. Your penguin slide story, my numerous tales of theater indignance, including theater sex, chase the cricket, and baby diaper roullette.
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I remember the opening scene is a pair of teenagers jumping the fence and making out in the yard.
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it was a koontz novel.
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That story of the hillbilly guy standing up with a dripping dong, pissed off you interrupted his sex. Please tell me the movie playing was Jumanji.
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He later went and reworked according to them.
It does sound more like a Asimov story though.
Or a Chitty story, depending on how explicit the planting of the seed is decribed.
"The whirring of motors picked up speed and began to glow red as Proteus saw the various folds and orfice of the vagina for the first time...His main control arm rose in an involuntary response and started quivering at redline, straining even the high threshold of his fuses and backup systems.." -
Pulse (1988)
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With none other than John Malkovich.
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Bad memories. I wrote a novel called Below Zero and sent it off to Headline Books. Basically, an environmental team go to Antarctica with the idea of towing icebergs back to warmer waters and melting them for fresh water. But - da-daaa - they encounter something living in the ice...Headline rejected it. About 14 months later Koontz puts out Icebound, about an environmental team going off to the Arctic to tow back icebergs... His publisher - Headline.Different plot, though. I didn't read it properly but a few people I know did and they were livid.Not saying anything funny went on there; if I had the idea, anyone could. But some of the scenes described to me are rather, errr, similar.
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Fuck that. You should have totally taken legal action.
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I would just love to see what his official response would be.
I also would like to be a fly on the wall when he meets with Headline Books to figure out what to do.
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Include it in the settlement!
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Sep 17, 2008 4:14:04 PM CDT
Chitty-- shit like that happens all the time...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...not just with novels but with submitted screenplays to production companies. Wolf-- you should have totally sued. Even if you didn't get a massive settlement, if it was close enough you could have gotten something to shut you up probably.
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His was more of a thriller as I recall - think there was a love triangle in there, as was present in mine. And the explosives ticking away, that was in mine too, maybe a few other things...A lot of time has passed now. Not sure how I feel about it anymore. I can't prove anything - probably still got the rejection letter, dated, that's about it. Done and dusted now...It taught me not to send stuff to a publisher unsolicited. Try to get yourself an agent!
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It could have been Headline Books giving an idea to Koontz and letting him work at it.
So maybe my anger at Koontz should be directed at the publishing company.
Either way ThereWolf, those similarities would have been too big to ignore for me and I would have kicked up dust and gotten an explination at the very least.
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... man, I know. I fucked up. I was naive, maybe.I remember a mate of mine ringing me up and going "I've just read a book. Thing is, I read it a year ago. You wrote it!"I think he was overplaying it a bit but then somebody else read Icebound and went ballistic, then somebody else. I think it was my sister who quietly suggested I should read it.I went to the book shop, pulled Icebound off the shelf, flicked through it for a couple of minutes and put it back. I couldn't. Too painful.
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There used to be an ad-campaign in the UK which went something like this"Australians couldn't give a Castlemaine XXXX for anything else!"Is that true then? Don't think I've ever drank the stuff.
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Thats horse shit. You can still take legal action as long as you have proof saved on your hard drive of when your files were originally created. I would look into it. Like I said before-- they would probably give you something to shut you up.....fuck Koontz.
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the most popular beer in oz is VB. In nsw they like tooeys in SA they like carlton and no one drinks fosters.
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that is at the end of my street. I go past it to get to the bottle shop.
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Like Danny said, dig that shit up and start comparing dates and such.
At the very least you can earn the right to present this to a reporter or lawyer.
Jesus, can you imagine the American media getting a story that Stephen King ripped off?
It would ignite a feeding frenzy rivaled only by my encounter with some sweet muff at a party in Jackson several years ago.
She actually called her roommate over so I could munch some more.
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ok, so you're saying do watch happy in vegus or don't?
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i loved that peter sellers movie. is it 'the life and times of peter sellers' or something. awesome movie, fucked up dude.
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if not my favorite movie. it was the first movie. it was the first time i watched a movie and thought to myself this would be WORSE in colour. thinking that was eye opening (i didn't think that when i watched Kane or even raging bull and certainly not shindlers list) particularly the war, the lighting was fantastic.
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Sep 17, 2008 5:05:12 PM CDT
Chitty -- its not King.....its the poor man's King-- Koontz....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....that talentless fuck (no offense Wolf).
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This was pre-computer. I only had a typewriter. Got a PC soon after and re-typed the book onto that a few years later. Like I say, I probably have the dated rejection letter, that's all.
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I LOVE the castle. if i could only recommend one aussie that would be it.
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The dated rejection letter is golden....and witness testimonies who read the book years prior..... Do it!! Bring down THE MAN!!
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it's just not a holiday without public nudity.
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Trust me, man. I went through all this headache back then, with people in my ear about doing this and doing that. But I was naive about submitting. I don't think I even copyrighted the fucking thing.
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Sep 17, 2008 5:16:04 PM CDT
I bet that fucker Koontz is reading this TB right now!!
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....just laughing hysterically like Kurt Russell as two big titted Phillipinas bob his knob and an ass crack full of blow awaits!! FUCKER. You're going down Koontz!!
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...a dead fish wrapped in a bullet proof vest. You going down bitch!!
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I haven't see The Castle, it's the same director as The Dish isn't it? I love that movie.Also, have you seen Bad Boy Bubby?
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"cunt Koontz" does have a certain ring to it!
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that's fucked man.
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havn't seen bad boy bubby. when i next see it in a video shop i'll get it. the dish and the castle have the same director but it is more complex than that because they are made by a comedy troop, so it is kinda a collective. the castle is way better than the dish. they wrote the dish first and made the castle on the cheap to get funding for the dish, but the castle is awesome. in attitude it is very australian, the little aussie battler takes on the big corporation. a number of the phrases from the movie have entered our language such as 'tell him he's dreeeeaming'
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I shall have to get me The Castle.Bad Boy Bubby is unremittingly grim for 20 minutes and you might start to question why you're watching such violent, cruel depravity. Get through that and you may find something positive to take out of it. I know I did. But it took two viewings - six months apart!
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'satan's agent' mickey mouse must die! those crazy kids. http://tinyurl.com/43afsl
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must resist temptation. 'dad. i dug another hole. it's filling with water'
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Can't find a UK edition but Oz importers ezydvd are advertising The Castle: Remastered & replastered! Available for pre-order. Might go for that.
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honorable mentions to the proposition, chopper and a few more. and if this new movie 'australia' is shit baz luman will move up a rung from 'gay but ok' to 'people to punch in the face' he'll be on that list with george lucus
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brawl!
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Apparently it was nothing. Some other guy slapped him with a magazine or something, didn't even do it hard. Ebert should've stuck the nut on him! Then kicked him in the bollocks when he was down. Then pulled down his pants and shat on him.
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Chipps, go easy on the XXXX!
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Brawl!
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going to watch the end of south of heaven. it's really good.
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All the way through. Total shit.The Life and Death of Peter Sellers was the movie and Geoffrey Rush was brilliant.Good to hear Strangelove may be your favorite film. I've said it many times before, it certainly is mine.And damn you for talking about all these crazy Aussie beers I'll never get to taste.Wolf, you got hosed. I'm going Danny in the Send A Dead Fish to Koontz Campaign.
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i've seen for a while. i loved it. i nearly vomited with rage trying to download and watch the fucking thing but the movie was excellent.
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I tried to watch it twice. I made it through about 20 minutes the second go 'round and found myself thinking of all of the other things I might be occupying my time with that seemed infinitely more interesting. On a brighter note, I watched "Chocolate" instead and enjoyed it from start to finish. Zen kicks butt Crazy 88 style. The additional shots of the stunt-related injuries were interesting. They really need to work on the safety gear.
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i thought it was excellent. it just goes to show how different peoples tastes are. The costumes were great, the dialog fantasic, it was just so other worldly that certain errors get totally overlooked because of its stylistic representation of reality. any way it is interesting that you didn't like it. the music was great.
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That's it Danny! Shit I'm rolling in the floor laughing.
I have the keyboard on the floor typing between fits of blubbering coniptions.
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Sep 17, 2008 8:17:59 PM CDT
Lack of thesaurus + third grade dropout = Koontz
by chittychittygangbang
I bet he never got paste those big pencils that were the size of fence posts.
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Six months from now we would have a Koontz novel about two Air Force recruits who are being chased by a blob of fetus ejecta.
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the retards steven king. It dose not surprise me that he steals ideas, on account of the fact that his ideas are shit. or during the month of october, Scheiße, which can be said with greater venom.
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the next time there is a movie made from one of his books he gets seated in front of ebert. BRAWL!
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Seat him in front of Ebert and give Ebert three feet of piano wire, a box of No.2 pencils and a rolled up copy of Playgirl.
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allow him to keep the bottle so that he can glass the cunt.
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Then shove a match in there!
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...I'm pretty sick and I made the mistake of eating lasagna, so my shit was 75% liquid and an odd sort of orange pastel hue. Anyway-- I took a look at the load in the toilet and realized it resembled Dean Koontz entire body of work. YOU SLEEPIN' WITH THE FISHES BITCH!!
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YOU FUCK WITH ME!!!
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Sep 17, 2008 8:55:32 PM CDT
DEAN KOONTZ-- I'LL MAKE YOUR ASS FEEL LIKE A VIRGIN
by dannyglovers_dickblood
AGAIN......with a fucking Louisville Slugger!!
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Sep 17, 2008 8:57:37 PM CDT
You know why we lead the nation in illiteracy in Mississippi?
by chittychittygangbang
Because they replaced Curious George with Koontz novels.
Two pages in and your like "fuck this! I'll work in a factory or a fastfood joint."
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has more character development and emotional depth than ALL of the Koontz body of work.
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The only place a Koontz novel betters mankind is in a recycle bin.
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...to either make another Fast and the Furious film or a Dean Koontz adaptation. He took the Furious gig and reportedly said, "Fuck Koontz. I'd rather make something with feeling."
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of reading a Koontz novel and going free or staying in jail.
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as he ran out the door he saved a dog eared copy of steven kings 'hearts in atlantis' which was sitting beside a recently finished, unsubmitted manuscript.
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was recently overjoyed to find out that a list star billy zane would be in the next adaption of one of his books.
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dean koontz is transcribing a pile of steven kings used toilet paper.
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I think "South of Heaven" just struck too many bad chords with me too early in. I had a bad vibe when the Buffalo Bills' rejects (barbershop, not sports) appeared at the door and they weren't harmonizing. The next several scenes clinched it that this was not going to be my type of movie, and I had no gotta-see-'em actors in it to convince me to continue. I know I'm in the minority on this one, but I can live with that. I am glad that the rest of you enjoyed it and I hope they'll offer us another Fantastic Fest online viewing option next year.
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cool
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Didn't mean to interrupt the bashing. Carry on and have a good night.
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Phantoms like a motherfucker! I don't think I've ever read a Dean Koontz book.
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demands an actor of the calibre of ben afleck. or b.fleck as we call him in the hood.
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upside down masturbation i was not expecting. of course, in france, anything goes.
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rule of three rules!
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remember the time in Family Guy when Peter runs someone over with his car, gets out and asks "Oh my god, are you Stephen King?" and the guy answers "No, I'm Dean Koontz" so Peter gets back in his car and backs up and runs him over again?
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I once had a job where I had to cover recetion for long periods of time- in the back was a big box of old Koontz "classics". Out of boredom I read almost all of them. They all suck. Heavily. I wouldn't sue, Therewolf, do you really want the world at large to know that your work was dropped for Dean Koontz? Now, James Herbert and there you're talking. Horror Porn
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Hideaway with Jeff Goldblum in it. Which is based on a novel by that literary wunderkind, erm, Dean Koontz. And aside from being a fucking lazy rip off of a James Herbert novel (Survivor) it was unremittingly woeful. And I had National Treasure inflicted on me last night by Mrs. Jarv but thankfully fell asleep in it. Movies not on telly are off the menu at the moment at casa del Jarv, because Mrs. Jarv has got addicted to Hells Kitchen USA and will not tolerate anything that means she may miss it.
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That's a shame.
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cause in australia it's dark.
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which is a shame. Some great qoutes up there for some Kuuntz movie posters Jarv: "The retard's Stephen King" and" Anyway-- I took a look at the load in the toilet and realized it resembled Dean Koontz entire body of work."
Therewolf, I feel for ya. Having read Icebound, my guess is they just took your novel, cut out ALL the character work and original stuff and tension, removed the big words and let Kuuntz just color pictures in the margins of it, and then they burned another forty pages for good measure, and released it.
I know what you must feel though. Everytime I read one of Kuuntz's books in middle school, I got angry, shouting with rage to anyone who would listen "I wrote this in the second grade, same idea, only better!" -
Found this bit about "Icebound" that should ease your feelings of betrayal a bit:
" The book was originally published in 1976 under the title Prison of Ice and with Koontz's pseudonym, David Axton, and was revised and re-released as Icebound in 1995."
Now, I don't know if perhaps your idea was rejected because of it's similarity, or the publishing company saw it and knew of Kuuntz's old book or not. But at least your work wasn't directly ripped off.
At this point I think you should try again to sell it, and add in a stupid hack writer caught in the middle of everything, you know, so it's "homage".
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Sep 18, 2008 7:21:35 AM CDT
The Warrior got banned? Damn, he was one of my...
by hawaiian organ donor
...most ardent supporters. He'll be back.I've never read a Dean Koontz novel.Nice to have Mavra pop in. Been a while.Hells Kitchen USA? That sounds unfortunate.
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I wish I just typed that to get attention, but no. Queue Harry's open letter to the Milius, pleading with him to capture Ratner and hunt him Most Dangerous Game style in...3...2....1...
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The Scorpion King was basically what Ratner would have done with Conan.
No Jonah, you will have grown men throwing up in the aisles and teenagers texting between action scenes.
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Welcome back! I speculated up above that you were either on vacation, or had lit off one propane tank too many and had blown your chitlins straight to hell! I am glad it was the former. I saw an episode of mythbusters about sawdust and propane tanks creating a massive fireball, which led me to believe you might have blasted your Chitty's across known space and time. They also showed how non-dairy creamer and propane makes and even larger fireball. Now don't go experimentin'!
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Damn! What the hell did he do? Or, I should ask, who the hell did he insult this time? Must have been a serious tirade and I missed it.
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Fucking hell, DocP will blow something at that news
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he obviously lost it, because now all his posts are banished to the Phantom Zone. Their having a party with all of my brain cells that died as a result of Mr. Koonts's "work".
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"They're" and "their" now. Not to mention the fact that my spelling seems to have imploded.
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the theater one. People were requesting it yesterday
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You can see my adventures listed in the TB from yesterday.
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1982, upstate new york. I was visiting cousins and Conan movie had just come out. So of course we had to see it. Place was packed probably 50/50 split of men and women, mostly on dates. A few groups of guys without dates as well. Movie starts, serious kick ass. Lots of hootin and holerin in theater. But the H&H went to another level entirely - when Arnold decided enough was enough, and it was time to bring down Thulsa Doom. He put on the black paint, started swinging the sword around and then began to flex - and men in the audience started screaming! I mean squealing like little girls! I was poleaxed! never in my life before or thank god since, have I been in a movie theatre where the men screamed louder than the women. Arnold flexing made men lose their minds.
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Dude cracked me up. He had the greatest insults I have ever read. Still, I wish I knew what he said to finally get the hammer dropped on him! I will read that TB
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Sounds like you were watching it on Castro Street in San Francisco.
I mean when I watched Conan, I have to say I was impressed with how ripped he was, but I sure wouldn't have squealed like a girl.
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Fuck that. Ratner can't do Conan. If that happens I might have to bounce the production with a M18A1 enema. Motherfuckers in Hollywood ATTENTION PLEASE!!! Pull your hydrosyphallic heads out of your narrow asses for once and think about what your proposing you snot bags.While I'm at it, stumble fucks, how about staying close to the source material this time. Hollywood, proof that siblings shouldn't fornicate and that having a high dollar, east coast education means jack shit and that Harvard and Yale produce world class idjits. What a bunch of maroons.
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I know! Who'da thunk upstate New York? I have no idea if the men where gay or straight - but it frankly did not matter. Cause if they where gay, I did not want to know. If they where straight- Arnold made them gay for a coupl'a minutes.
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I am with you 100% about Ratner. He should never even be allowed to watch Conan, let alone film another one.
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From what I have heard, he stays on schedule or actually does the movie in less time and so far his movies make money.
Remember, we only make up a low percentage of the audience, as mainstream America actually likes Ratner and shells out money for his pictures.
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Suits + An exponentially growing case of adult onset of idijtardation + mounds of coke = Brett Ratnor as the director of Conan.The funny part of this whole thing, I don't hate Ratnor. I don't like him either, he just doesn't register. He's bland and his movies are just that, bland. Conan calls for the opposite of bland. Even with all its faults and liberties, Milius turned in a very nonbland movie.
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Flex baby flex!
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...and under budget so he's a studio exec's wet dream. Unfortunately the fact that he hasn't churned out a good movie in 8 years doesn't seem to bother them.Der Rote Baron is out gentlemen. I must procure a copy.
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If you do, can we expect a copy? Man, I'm gonna have to find like the lost minutes of Metropolis or soemthing, and send it to you, or London After Midnight in order to make up the debt we all owe you.
I really don't want to see Conan fail. And it was the 80s, watching Ahnuld up on screen was to that time gazing upon human achievement. For whacked out crowds in the 80s it was probably like watching the moon landing, it had nothing to do with sexual orientation-that was the human body, and on some level, perhaps attainable to others as well. -
and it only took him 79 days to do it.
Studio execs yelled out as they came in ejaculatory delight while their thighs tightened and their feet shot up onto their tippy-toes. -
At his peak physical condition (somewhere just north of human) a guy in a gym said he was just as fit as Arnold.
So Arnold stripped down to his tighty-whiteys and asked the guy to do the same.
So they sttod in front of a huge wall-sized mirror and Arnold told him to jump up and down.
And right before the guy did, Arnold said if it jiggles then it's fat. Sure enough the ripped guy had spots that jiggled as he landed.
Bystanders said Arnold started jumping up and down.
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Arnold had it all in the 80s. Any hole was fair game. Boy, girl, dolphin, or sheep. Imagine trying to call that guy a Fag. He would enter you without lube and whisper Austrian nursery rhymes in your ear while he thrust, side-saddle.
Ahhhhnuld blowing a load back then. "COME OOOOOOOOOOON!! DO IT!! DO IT!!!!!!!!!! YOU THINK YOU ARE BAD?!! DO YOU WANT TO FEEL MY POWAAA?!!! I WILL PUMP YOU FULL OF MUSCLE MILK!!!" -
My regular channels are coming up empty. I'm going to have to use my "back alleys" to see if they can find a copy. I don't know why but while everyone else was setting TDK and Iron Man as their must sees of the year, for me The Red Baron was at the top. Something about zeppelins and bi-planes that I'm a sucker for.I love Arnold. When he told the RNC to f-off I almost cried.
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Sep 18, 2008 10:18:58 AM CDT
What? That Koontz book was written in the 70s?!
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Really? So.....he didn't steal it from Wolf? Fuck.
Mr. Koontz. I apologize. Phantoms was a fantastic film. And Sole Survivor (starring Billy Zane and John C. McGinley) was even better. Please continue your fine work sir. -
more great movie in him? I'd love to see it, and if it ends up being something where he plays an old, hardened warrior, all the better. His final movie has to be some kind of full circle for the awesomeness he displayed in the 80s.
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Arnold the politician? Fuck that. He led a witch hunt to overthrow a Democrat, running on a platform of balancing the budget and pumping up education. The first thing he does is slash the education budget in half, cutting his own after school programs he authored to get momentum for his governor run!! Pure slime.
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I think after his term is over. He will be so disenchanted with the world he will blow his head off in a remote cabin.
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Since 1990 Dean Koontz has contributed almost $15,000 to conservative Republican candidates and causes, of recent notability to the US Presidential primary campaigns of Fred Thompson and Mitt Romney.[2]
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Was actually a load of Arnold's muscle milk that escaped Wonder Woman's jizz trap.
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are you serious? You liked Phantoms? I never saw Sole Survivor. Was it tv or DTV?
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I don't remember Phantoms really. I just remember the tone felt very strange......I did see it-- but I can't remember a thing. Never saw Sole Survivors....but that is a hell of a cast.
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We could actually attempt to make lists for the 70s, but that would require my complete reliance on wiki because I was born in 79.
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Sep 18, 2008 10:52:23 AM CDT
I thinkonly ThereWolf and myself would be able to do 70's movies
by toadkillerdog
So, how about favorite kids movies, or movies when you were a kid?
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Sep 18, 2008 10:54:56 AM CDT
we could do 70s....though the lists will be smaller....
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...less movies released per year. Less good movies in general IMO. And my 80s lists were totally based on Wiki anyway....my memory is shit for release dates. -
When our family got our first video (a Sony Betamax player), me and my sister were allowed a tape each to put films on, and we would race each other downstairs on weekend mornings because the first one to the video got to play their tape. If it was sister, that meant four solid hours of Grease and Grease II. If it was me, it was a doiuble bill of Airplane! and Enter The Dragon.So, I would say the first films I watched over and over until I had them all memorised were Airplane!, Enter The Dragon, Grease, and Grease II.Did other people have films they watched until the tapes wore out when they were kids?I need a coo-oo-oo-ool rider!
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Lets do the topic of children's films. And in the meantime, we can do a brief overview of the 70s.
I did a top ten for 1970. Some good stuff, but yea, definitely very little good "popcorn fare" at this time.
Honorable mentions: Tora!Tora!Tora!, Little Bigman, Kelly's Heroes.
the top ten, not in order:
• Brewster McCloud
• Le Cercle rouge
• Cromwell
• Five Easy Pieces
• The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
• M*A*S*H
• Patton
• The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
• Ryan's Daughter
• Woodstock
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Frankie, absolutely! I loved that movie, still do. But the scene that killed my tape was when he is in the basement fighting the goons, and out comes the nunchakas! Damn, I watched and re-watched that so many times you could actuallty see the tape breaking down - lines going through it.
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Well, I think I had alot of wierd ones. My earliest film obsession was King Kong, which I watched over and over again with my dad. I remember when they bought their first vcr, in 1983, I think. The first movie rented on it was Sword and the Sorcerer, and I actually have memories of the three pronged sword from all the way back then. Was I too young to be watching that? Probably, but somehow I saw it. Same goes for Conan. But those were things I saw once, usually by accident, so I didnt seem them repeated. As a kid though, I watched Clash of the Titans, Seventh Voyage of Sinbad and Mysterious Island into the ground. I ADORED monster movies. I had a tape that had Valley of Gwangi, The Land That Time Forgot and Dinosaurus! on it. I actually did manage to destroy that one. Was quite sad as a result.
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was also a staple at my house, and I had it taped off channel 54 along with some other films. One was some Sonny Chiba flick, and the other was a movie I don't know the name of but the plot involved, three siblings, one was blind, one deaf, one dumb all team up to avenge their parents I think. It's a period wuxia film if I recall correctly. At one point they fight a guy who spews whiskey every time they kick him. Anyone know what the heck that was? I saw it loads of times, but cannot remember the title.
Conan the Destroyer was re-watched quite a bit by a young Jonah, until he grew up and realized how ridiculous it was. Ghostbusters and Critters were also in our arsenal of constantly rewatched.
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I'm a youngster....so my two films I wore the shit out of were The Neverending Story and An American Tail.
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Proper films for a kid to watch. Our mother had no interest in what we watched as kids, hence I had Enter The Dragon on my tape. Also, my mother was perfectly happy to let me watch The Evil Dead when I was ELEVEN, which scared the holy living shit out of me and made me scared to go to the bathroom at night for years and years to come. I was always sure the one from the fruit cellar was going to reach through the bannister in the upstairs hallway and DRAG ME DOWN TO HELL!!!!!!! It never actually happened, though.But you had The Neverending Story and An American Tail, which is cute.
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I remember watching that movie Ice Pirates alot as a kid. And there was an anime we had(don't know where my dad bought it, but he had a habit of picking up strange videos at fleamarkets and the like) where a young sheep's mother is killed by a wolf, and the sheep seeks out the wolf, finds him, and he wants revenge, but the wolf raises him to behave like a wolf. The story eventually tracks to his life older, when he is forced to confront the wolf,as an adult ram.
Someone revealed the title to this when I asked, in that article Harry did about old cartoon shorts, but I've since forgotten the title, again.
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Thank you. I'm a cute sorta guy because of it.
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So, my kid movie viewing was done either in the theater, or when ABC chose to re-run the, NBC and CBS never did back then. The first really big kids movie I remember was Dr. Doolittle with Rex Harrison.
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..I have two older brothers, and I always hear stories of older siblings torturing the younger kids and forcing them to watch The Exorcist and shit like that. When I was very young my brothers would be in their room watching some nasty horror movie, screaming and laughing and I would try to get in there but they would shove me out of the room and slam the door. Fucking punks. -
That site hates me, for some reason. Does anyone else have trouble logging on to it, or getting it to access the fucking page you fucking asked for? Whatever I do, it kicks me back to the home page.
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and it was traumatizing, but the next week we watched The Fly, and my nightmares were just shuttled on over to that one.
Between four and five I saw the following: Howling, Prophecy, Company of Wolves,The Keep, Alien, The Thing, Ghost Story, Psycho, War of the Worlds, Phantasm.
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Were you also one of the people who ran away because you thought the train was going to come charging out of the screen and run you over?
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We got some great short films hitting in a few hours. This is my first FF, and unfortunately - I was only able to afford the day tix. But that's still like 30 possible films in the running. Luckily - I have a night job so it's worthwhile.
Hope to meet some of you at FF!
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I never had to deal with fucking punks who wouldn't let me watch horror films. Mind you, I had two younger sisters, which meant I had to put up with an awful lot of colourful shit about cuddly bears and unicorns and princesses and whatnot.Which is worse?
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My friend had a video that did slow reverse, so we would put on Scanners and watch the head explode, then slowly reform, then explode again, then slowly reform, and on and on, etc. and whatnot. We never got bored of it, but we did ruin the tape.
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I'm not THAT old. 43. I remember seeing Dr Doolittle on TV, not at the theater. My very first love though was the Batman TV series. To this day all the older members of my family still make fun of me, because when the music started, I would lose my mind! I would run around the livingroom, doing my bam! pow! biff! and jumping all over the couch.
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Free him!
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I'll be there if the after parties got bitches and blow!!
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Sadly, I can't be there, but I'd like to be. Hey, if you can, pop in here time to time and let us know how the shows are going. We'd love to have someone's bran we could pick on the films. And I'm glad Im not the only one who watched Dreamscape and Streets of Fire incessantly. Enjoy the FF!!
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Sep 18, 2008 11:38:28 AM CDT
My little sister and brother kept watching Unico
by chittychittygangbang
So if it was a rainy day and we didn't go outside, all day I would hear "Unicoooooo!" in that anime voice.
"Unicoo! Uuuunicooooo! Unico!
ALL. DAY. LONG.
Then I sat down and watched with them and saw a black demon skull open up and bat-like creatures fly out.
Holy Shit!
It didn't seem to phase them though as I guess mom never paid attention to it either.
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Now, if someone could just tell me which buses from Bristol city centre stop at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, I'd be very grateful.I have a day rider, which I assume is valid for trans-Atlantic bus travel.
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Who threaten me to this very day about revealing incriminating pictures of me when I was two years old and they decided they wanted another baby sister!
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screw bran.It's gross.
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But we never bought any movies as they were prohibitively expensive so we had to wait until one of the HBO free preview weekends to rack up our first movies. So for a full year I watched Easy Money, Yellowbeard, Tron and Up the Academy every week.
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Also, Wonder Woman, which made me feel all warm inside in a way I was not yet old enough to fully understand. I knew there was something happening inside that shiny costume of hers, and I knew that I was interested in it, but I did not know what it was.Ah, it was an innocent time.
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It made cable tv a thing of fucking legend!! Now that I have it....that shit sucks balls....I just watch CSPAN all day.
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and the island of freakin' magic. Chitty, that movie seemed so dark and yet so gay at the same time. My sister loved it, and she would watch it again and again. The character of Unico actually nauseated me, but the dark sorcerer, who was sort of shaped like a beach ball, was cool as were the stone people who lifted up out of the ground like puzzle pieces.
Other worn out dubious animated films: The Last Unicorn, Flight of Dragons and both the Rankin/Bass Tolkien flicks, as well as Light Years. Anyone recall Light Years? -
An overlooked comic gem! I laughed until I cried watching that!
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belive one of the first times it was noticed by me was Transylvania 6500-Gina Davis' vampire.
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Everyone would call everyone, so I would go my friends house and see what the line up was.
I would have the hand ready on the record button in case it was something good.
And by something good, I mean nudity, cuss words and a creature of some sort.
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But it was without a doubt Lovely Linda Carter who made every male regardless of age orientation, into her love slave! I still say they should have kept it in the 40's like the first two years. It was great back then.
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If you knew anyone who had Showtime or Skinemax, they were your bestest friends for life back then. My uncle had both! He was the black sheep of the family and loved it! Penthouse and Hustlers magazine - none of that namby pamby Playboy for him. Showtime and skinemax. And beer! My mother would freak to this very day if she knew what he allowed us to watch and drink at his house!
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Thats when the VHS tapes got filled up with everything - and then those tapes got the shit played out of em. God how I loved Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Bnad with the Bee Gees.
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"And by something good, I mean nudity, cuss words and a creature of some sort. If the movie had all three of those things...Score!"
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And she's still a damn fine looking woman. I'd have a go, even if she is 57 and a chronic alcoholic.
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You can find him blazing one up on his back porch this afternoon.
He gave me first beer when I was little.
I could tell my dad was fighting back laughter as I took a big swig and expected apple juice.
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Between HBO, Cinemax and the vhs tape manufacturing companies.
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Massacre at Central High! This one had it all! Violence, blood, lots and lots of full frontal nuidty - it was actually the first time I had seen full frontal on screen. 80's cable baby!
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I was over his house with a couple of older cousins of mine, and left the family room for a minute, came back in and picked up my glass of coke, took a big swig, and sprayed it all over the rug! He had spiked it with vodka!
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My evil job is interfering severely with my ability to post endless rants about nothing in particular. Anyhoo, I have an oyster card that apparently is valid for all travel so I presume I can catch the same trans-atlantic bus as Frank. What? It isn't? shitbags.
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I also had very lax parents so the tapes that got worn out were Rollerball, Flash Gordon and Poltergeist 2. Aliens made me cry, but I was about 9. I don't understand why parents let children watch obviously unsuitable shit. It's fucked up.
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is something that Transport for London have foisted on the public that allegedly makes tube and bus travel cheap. They miss the point that a mass transit system that charges $8 per trip within some arbitrary zone is by definition shit, and making us FUCKING BUY something (with all our details in some database, natch) to reduce it to a still shit $4 is fucking evil. And they wonder why tourists think that London is the most expensive city in the world.
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All of us seasoned users of public transport know the trans-atlantic amphibi-buses don't take the oyster card.If only you had a day rider. I would've saved you a seat.
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Seriously. It's outrageous. If you're a tourist and you come to london, the best piece of advice I can give you is, before you've even left the Airport, BUY A FUCKING OYSTER CARD. It costs a fiver, but if you want to go anywhere that pays for itself in 3 trips. Otherwise you're just taking it in the ass from TFL. And as someone that used to take it in the ass from TFL, I know what I'm talking about. I fecking hate the Tube.
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I love to visit the London, but I could never live there. Fast-moving assholes all over the place, that black shit that comes out of your nose after you've been on the tube, plus it's at least a quid for a can of decent pop. A quid! Fuck right off.
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I've got a trained bear called Derek that takes me to work. I'll see if he's up for the swim and pick you up in Bristol on the way. He eats Welsh people for fuel, so we'll swing by Cardiff before taking the Atlantic on.
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do you prefer taking it in the ass from TFL or taking it up the tube?
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I'm on the verge of stalking from cubicle to cubicle spraying leaden death from the burning end of an AK-47 at the moment. Mrs. Jarv had better not make me watch Hells Kitchen again. On behalf of Britain, I sincerely apologise for foisting that cunt Ramsey on America. Sorry.
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What area you from?
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What should I do? Take the bus to Austin, which will probably stink of piss since it is REQUIRED BY LAW
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But, Danny, that pun was koontz-worthy, or should that be "Koontzian" or "Koontzesque" hehehehehe
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...thats the only reality show I will watch with regularity when its on. That and Kitchen Nightmares. Fantastic television. YOU FUCKING DONUT!!
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What should I do? Take the bus to Austin, which will probably stink of piss since it is REQUIRED BY LAW that all English buses stink of piss; or ride on Derek the trained bear, which will probably mean sharing a seat with Jarv, who is often grumpy.I just can't decide.
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He's just finished beating up Paddington so should be up for the trip.
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And I don't believe my posts have ever been that shitty. Have they? Fuck.
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I am from Bristol - home of Massive Attack, Dave Prowse, Cary Grant and Justin Lee Collins - which is in the South West of England. Kind of near Wales, but not so near that you could confuse us with the Welsh.Fuck the Welsh!
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That's it for today, Ain't It Cool types. Have a good evening.Enjoy Hell's Kitchen, Jarv.
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Bitchslap that Cretin Blue_Demon for me. And nah- you're posts have never been Koontzian, I just wanted to use the word.
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Fucking a welsh that is!
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hi :)
I've been here, just not at the same time as you, I think. My schedule's been mucked up because I worked for 3 weeks straight. Also, I decided it would be prudent to stay out of the Diora Baird conversations, since I had nothing to offer on the topic. I've been at our other hangout also, if you'd care to check it out. Danny and Xiphos gave me some good feedback on and I'm not above trolling for more. -
I wonder if the psychic connection works in both directions: Where is Fred? Fre-ed...
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I think a third grader could have written some of the script.
Here are a few nuggets...
Michael Madsen's character (who spoke in the same tone and volume throughout the movie):"It stinks in here...I'm going outside."
Also Forrest Whitaker's character upon walking in a railroad car that had a bloody corpse and guts everywhere:"Something bad happened here."
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Que pasa?
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How is the lovely Hoosier state this afternoon?
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At a used book sale, I got hold of a good quality paperback based on an "exciting new NBC-TV series" that is a "chilling journey through worlds of imagination". It's called "Star Trek". Cost me a quarter. Love them book sales!
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Very nice. I'm going to have to go enjoy it soon. How's your neck of the woods?
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I'm not going back!! I'm not doing it!!
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It involved a stay-at-home-wife that was hornier than two teenagers watching porn.
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Actually, that would be an interesting pitch for a book. Probably make the bestseller list, especially if it was porn. Danny, that tb will kill you. The air there is toxic. Don't go back!
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and the humidity has finally gone down. at night it gets down to high-fifties.
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Giving little clue to the sex-charged prose awaiting lucky eyes.
I wish I could find it and Koontz it onto the Zhura page.
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I had a book on sexual astrology when I was a teen (like I said, love them book sales). It stated right up front what it was about. Very interesting, but I never made calls giving out horoscopes with it. Maybe I should have. They would have been funnier than the ones in the newspaper.
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But unlike yesterday I maintained good spirits today and I think I wrote some of my best posts ever.Finally watched Chocolate, Mavra? Good stuff. Love that movie.I started to read The Final Victim last night but my daughter came upstairs and demanded I play games with her and sadly after I put her to bed I never made it back to my computer.
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That was the title! Guess that burned into my memory.
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"I used to get drunk and read pages of it to girls' answering machines."Every single day he offers up nuggets for free.
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We can make a fake username on the Z thing (that shall not be mentioned) for Dean Koontz!! And we can fill the Ideas section with the most ignorant concepts we can muster in honor of the great author!!
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The story still needs much tweaking. Xiphos suggested a new title, so I have that under consideration. Yes, Chocolate rocked. I have loved every one of these movies so far. You have excellent taste in film.
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You did have some fine posts today. I wouldn't say the best ever.....your best posts ever involved me, Neil Armstrong, a remote cabin, and a shotgun.
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Koontz wrote it in 1976!!?! You are quite the literary detective, one to rival the inimitable Thursday NextThen I too must apologise to Mr Koontz for all those bitter years of my branding him a thief. I also apologise for being responsible, at least in part, for the furious backlash by my FOES colleagues.I might also take this opportunity to thank everyone for their swift and rock solid support over what has been a testing 24 hours for me. I thank you all and also apologise if I , in light of Jonah's discovery, mislead you in regards to this most visionary of authors, Mr Koontz.Sorry.
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Hi. Fred responded to your story over in the other place.
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BILLY ZANE DEAN!! THAT'S ALL YOU GOT....BILLY ZANE!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. YOU SLEEP WITH DA' FISHES!!!
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Hee hee! Honest to goodness truth: Fred starts laughing the moment he thinks about 'Hello ThereWolf' Fred wonders if anyone else gets it?
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Hades was obviously involved in this whole episode. It shall be revealed yet and justice shall prevail!
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You are a sage. Both "Koontzian" and "Koontzesque" (my favourite) should be used extensively in every day language and I shall do my utmost to make this happen.
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I summoned you this time. Cool! I shall have to go check out your opinion. Thanks. I love ThereWolf's name. I always think of Marty Feldman when I read it and that always makes me smile.
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How's it shakin', baby!
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One night I met one of the girls and was chatting with her having a laugh.
She then said "this is my new boyfriend" and I noticed he gave the hardest handshake I have had in a long time.
That's when I realized he didn't want me leaving anymore steamy messages on her answering machine.
I knew once we all started drinking that the whiskey would get him fired up about it, so I cut back and stayed pretty sober.
Sure enough this idiot started talking shit and I told him to calm down she was single at the time and I would respect their relationship and never do that while they were dating (Even though I had known her for years and we were friends way longer than them).
Nope, that wasn't good enough and he came after me in a drunken display of wildly swinging fists and kicking like Eliane's dance on Seinfeld.
I simply dodged a few leaned back so he would lean into his next punch and BAM! I connected hard to his left eye.
Two things happened after that:
1.) He hit the ground like a bag of hammers.
2.) He left a nice message on my answering machine saying he was just drunk, stupid and made sure there were no hard feelings.
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Hades! You're right, I bet that bugger's behind all of this!
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Fred is heartbroken. He was the funniest guy around here. Fred always ate two bags of popcorn when he tore into someone. Did egg salad come back? Was it an epic throwdown? What did Fred miss?
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It is getting a bit eerie!
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Sep 18, 2008 2:14:56 PM CDT
ThereWolf - Fred tries not to shake the jar too much
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred is sure you can understand why. Otherwise, things are very well. One day to Fredday!
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Hee hee
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Five
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Hee hee - 6!
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MASHCatch 22The Dunwich HorrorNo Blade Of GrassKelly's HeroesAlso seen - Patton, Rio Lobo, They Call Me Mr. Tibbs, 10 Rillington Place, Bloody Mama, Mephisto Waltz, Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed, Scream And Scream Again, Performance, A Man Called Horse, Tora! Tora! Tora!, The Aristocats, The House That Dripped Blood, Ned Kelly, The Vampire Lovers, Trog, Colossus: The Forbin Project, Count Dracula, Little Big Man, Gas-s-s-s!
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New title for you. I responded to your response. Whoa, doesn't that sound odd?
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Mori said that people won't be able to get new names because of the system revisions. Has that already begun?
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Does a Mason jar have a screw top or a fancy clasp-like thingy?
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Sep 18, 2008 2:27:55 PM CDT
Mavra Chang! Fred responded to your response to response
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Over there! ThereWolf it is a screw top.
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A Mason jar isn't what I was thinking of.Are you a big fan of the pop group Right Said Fred?
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That's why it's a screw top! Thanks, Fred. I'll see if I should respond to your response of my response of your response. Whew! Now I'm getting dizzy. I need to go get some sunshine. See all of you later!
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Sep 18, 2008 2:36:02 PM CDT
Fred is a a fan of most Fred's - there are a few bad Freds
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Out there, as hard as it is to believe that someone would bring shame down on the great name of Fred.
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As Sir Rodney said in Back To School, "I don't take crap from nobody."Interestingly, I've never thrown a punch in my life. I wonder if that's the norm.
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When did Mori say this? You mean like all bans would be IP bans?
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I picked up the baddest 3 pack of all time the other day for $7.50. Bachelor Party, Back To School, and Weekend At Bernies!! FUCK. YES!!
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Tried to settle it like adults but nooooo, he had one too many bowls of loudmouth soup.
And I am not about to let someone just attack me and do nothing.
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"The Triple Lindee? Is that hard?"
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Sep 18, 2008 2:58:24 PM CDT
man there is some funny shit in Bachelor Party...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I'd only seen pieces of it over the years. But the donkey doing snorting railroads at the party-- and then ODing!! The only time in film history I found an animal death funny.....well.....also that dog in National Lampoon's Vacation.
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WHAT THE FUCK?!
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When he shoots the gun and the horse makes that sound and the camera freezes on the horse...damn I laugh about that one.
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and the horse throws its lip up.
Then the guy cranks up that chainsaw the next day.
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In fact we damn near had a funeral for one of our horses that drowned several years ago.
Damn, Rebel was a fine horse.
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...that scene is funny. A horse drowning? Awwww. That sucks. I really enjoy riding horses. My wife and I try to every chance we get.
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You've never been in a fight? Like ever? Wow consider my mind officially blown. I can't even comprehend that.Bachelor Party and Back to School are two of the funniest movies ever made. Bachelor Party was by FAR Tom Hanks best work. Philidelphia? Oscar bait wankfest, SPR, wankfest squared. Bachelor Party should win the Oscar every year. If you don't agree your head is full of toe jam.
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his mechanic friend that gets all fucking crazy at the first mention of a party-- screaming, "We're gonna have women, titties, hookers, drugs, beer!! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH!!!"
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I see that FRIGHT NIGHT has it's own article..with interviews with Tom Holland! And in future articles, Beaks is going to post interviews with all the cast..including Stephen "Now Im in gay porn" Geoffreys. Who is up for transferring to that TB as soon as it shows up? Or at least one of these Fright Night tbs?
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For the first 10 minutes Skipper wanted nothing more than to get you off his back.
I'm talking running under low limbs and bucking all four legs off the ground.
But once those 10 minutes or so was up that horse would charge into Mordor.
Best part was a small creek at the edge of our property. At first I would just walk him through and then go to a wider part and jump him over.
Word to the wise is to keep your legs bent and let them take the impact on the otherside.
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Thats funny you said that. We went camping in Sequoia National Park a few months back and went riding. We came up to a little creek and that fucker I was on just lunged over that thing like a mad man. I wasn't ready for it-- so he landed fine and kept going, while I ended up about five feet away face down in the creek. I couldn't stand up for a few minutes, it hurt like fuck. But once I got back on him, he was fine. The creek was like two feet wide. I guess he just really hated water.
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Fred was ten years old at summer camp, Fred was riding a horse called midnight. Fred was having a great time, when out of nowhere a horse named snowflake bit mignight on the butt! Excuse Fred's French. Midnight reared up and threw Fred right off! But Fred got back on - after snowflake was 'taken away' that is. Fred never saw snowflake again.
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Did you get the name of the guy that took her away? It wouldn't have happened to have been Equinas-- was it? That is so sad if it was. That poor horse has been limping ever since.
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....maybe it was Equinus in a horse costume-- like in Top Secret! when they dress up like a cow. Same shit...he prowls the summer camp for unsuspecting old nags with children on their backs!! He is a true predator, that bastard!
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Fred never put two and two together back then - Fred was only ten and math was not a strong area, but Fred now see's that it is possible both DannyGlovers and chipps are right. Poor Snowflake.
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We have a donkey to keep coyotes away from our goats, who in turn, keep the brush eaten away at our lake house.
A donkey is one of the best ways to keep small or medium predators away from livestock. Don't ask me why, but my granddad said it would work and it did. We had to keep the dogs away or the donkey would try and stomp the shit out of them.
I didn't realize the power of a horse until the donkey we had walked up behind Skipper and sort of sniffed his tail and touched his ass a little.
Skipper kicked the ever-loving shit out of that donkey.
I heard the breath come out of the donkey and marks where he was thrown back and tried to gain his footing.
All I heard for the next five minutes was HEEE-HAAAWWWW, HEE-HAWWW!!!
I read later that day, that a horse can easily KILL a person or animal with their kicks.
I had to go all the way to the truck, tie Skipper up and go all the way back and give the donkey some sweet feed and some petting for a few minutes to calm the poor thing down.
And yes, when you get back on Skipper, his 10-minute fit of rage starts over.
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I heard there was a video going around of a horse stomping the shit out of a mountain lion, and it just bashes its side in. Thats fucking crazy. Awesome animals horses are. I love those things. Even when that bastard threw me off.....I just can't get mad at them.
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"I wish I had someone I could really respect. Hey, look at the cans on that bimbo!" "What the hell are you doing?
I'm slashing my wrist. With an electric razor?
Yeah, I couldn't find any razor blades.
Well at least your wrist will be smooth and kissable.""Are you the pimp? Yes.
You look like Gandhi!
I've got girls to sit on your face." Christ I love this movie.One more, when they meet the male stripper called Nick the dick and Tom Hanks deadpans "Should I call you Nick, or Mr. Dick?"Goddam, was Tom Hanks was a funny motherfucker. Between Bachelor Party, Volunteers("Hi, I'm Tuttle from Tacoma!"), Splash and Bosum Buddies you were a comedy god, what the fuck happened? You got all serious and shit that's what, and no Tom, I don't consider your unintentional comedy, The Davinci Code as worthy of that list. Hair not withstanding. -
I laughed so hard about the donkey being kicked that people stared. Then when you said you had to give the donkey some sweet feed, I lost it. I could not help but flash on equinas and thinking about what that sweet feed would turn into!
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lays his cock inside the hot dog bun and delivers it to the girl's table. The old lady sees the hot dog on the tray and just starts yanking at it. Nick The Dick is just standing there bored looking as Grandma tugs at his crotch and the rest of the guys are hiding in the strip club laughing their asses off.
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I am still laughing! Damn that is too funny! Equinas running after the donkey trying to give it some sweet feed and some petting NEIGH MEANS NEIGH! But HeeYaw means ok!
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........when the little creepy guy finds out he just nailed a tranny, after he walks in on the tranny taking a giant piss while standing up. The little guy freaks out and the tranny looks over his shoulder as he shakes his dick off and says, "By the way, my name is Tim and I'm always available. I also do engine work on BMW's."
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the horse talk, but saw In Bruges last night. Great movie, and certainly a highlight was the part HOD was talking bout, where Colin calls the tourists " you's fookin elephants"
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My grandad had a ranch in Arizona where we ran cattle, horses and a lay up barn where we nursed sick and injured horses back to health. Let me tell ya, if anybody ever says to you, don't walk behind that bad boy because he kicks, listen. I got three ribs broken and a hair line fracture of my hip because I was to smart to listen. One night we heard a good awful racket from the pasture by the barn. A pregnant horse had gotten out and gave birth to a foal and the coyotes came a calling. That mare managed to kill three of them before we got out and took out the rest, the foal lived. Horses may be dumb as a box of rocks but they can fight and fight well.
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He just had the shit kicked out of him by a horse named skipper. How would you feel? I can't read that without laughing!
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I forgot that could be a potentially lucrative bait for Equinas to possess.
Just go to the local feed store and get some Nutrena 10% or if you have some extra cash laying around get some 12%
Equinas would have no trouble keeping up a sexual lifestyle that would make Wilt Chamberlain envious with that stuff.
He could just open the french doors to his bedroom, get the stun gun ready and start shaking a little Nutrena in a bucket very loud.
He would have a herd of horses in no time.
By the way, when you were trying to get Skipper into the catch pen to give him medicine, he knew the difference between a bucket of rocks and a bucket of Nutrena.
So you had to go all the way to the tack house and get the feed, then go back and get Skipper into the pen.
He would look up at the bucket of rocks and sort of cock his ears up and then just go back to grazing. I would get very, very frustrated and stomp over to the tack house like a five-year old and get the sweet feed.
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I thought they were really smart. Like they can open doors with their lips and shit....or is that donkeys? Donkeys are smarter right?
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Sep 18, 2008 4:25:24 PM CDT
hehehehe.....I meant in the long run....was he okay?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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But when Skipper came back through he stayed clear.
Waaaaay clear.
We got the vet to come look at him and he said it would just be sore for awhile and to keep an eye on him when you were riding so he didn't get behind another horse.
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But it depends on the horse just like some humans are smart and dumb.
But yeah, like I said, Skipper knew the difference between rocks and Nutrena in bucket.
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Thank you once again Chitty. Now that the Warrior is gone, you have assumed the mantle of funniest dude alive around here for me!
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I'm starting to get that fucker figured out.
I would like to see him try and get behind Skipper.
He would get kicked so hard it would break his spirit from horses forever and maybe he would move down to Shetland ponys or something.
We had a Shetland pony named Buckshot that could escape any fence known to man.
Our neighbor would call ever few days and tell us Buckshot was out again.
So I had to drop what I was doing and go get him.
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I have a some what jaundiced view of horse intelligence due to the fact we dealt with a lot of thoroughbred race horses and let me tell you, those inbred nags are as slow as molasses in January. Regular horses are like Chitty said, some are smart but most are just sort of there. Wild Mustangs on the othr hand are smart.We once worked a BLM contract job to round up a herd of Mustangs that were starving. We thought it would take about a half a day to wrangle them into position to build the chute and bring in the trucks for transport. Long story short, four days later we finally got the job done. Those horses smelled out every trick we tried to use.
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Sep 18, 2008 4:54:28 PM CDT
Oh yeah Xi, you can fool them once but not twice
by chittychittygangbang
It took about two times for two of our horses to figure out that the catch pen meant medicine or a nice hose off.
So when we opened the gate of the catch pen one of the two would go look and see if the hose was out or if he saw the medicine.
If they saw the medicine out and being looked at, then yes it could turn into a multi-hour event that would leave me as mad as I could get. -
Agreed. Them old boys can be sly and when they are, your day gets long very fast. That's just one more thing about horses that make them so fascinating.
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i noticed a foot note in your koontz post, but when i went to the bottom of the screen there was no reference. that is just poor academic practice.
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Sep 18, 2008 6:03:56 PM CDT
reading a Dean Koontz book is like ripping a condom...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...it fucks up the whole night and the bitches won't talk to you once they find out about it.
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Sep 18, 2008 6:15:15 PM CDT
Dean Koontz should start bottling his sperm....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...and hawking it online as the new miracle cleaner that can get rid of that tough bathtub scum once and for all!!
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This shit is fly as hell. I can see how some could be turned off by it. Its pretty experimental as far as Bond songs go.... http://tinyurl.com/3wwvtz
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i like it, maybe after a bit it will lose it appeal. i like jack white though
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Mori said that somewhere in our previous forum, during a conversation about Orcus having his past posts deleted. I cracked a comment about having my next name already picked out, and he said that they are doing some revamping of the site, so no one would get new names for awhile. He didn't say when it was going into effect, though.
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Mavra...
by TheRealMoriarty Sep 10th, 2008
05:18:47 AM
... we're working on a new talkback system. We're working behind the scenes. Things may indeed be wonky for a while, and right now... I don't think anyone gets a next name. I don't think we're turning new accounts on until we update the system.
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nearly through the horrible amount of shitty work I've got.
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It's classic.
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most people learn a lesson when they get banned and behave. I know I did. Even if I'm not sure why I got banned.
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and not only cried- and she doesn't cry in movies as a rule- but also reckons that it's better than Pan's- and as she is fluent in Spanish she watched Pan's without Subtitles. Occasionally the Academy do get it right.
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Must. Stay. Out. Of. Political. TB........ Can't help myself, I feel like a fat bastard on a diet that's trying not to open the chocolate bar. And I've never been in a fight (well since adulthood), but seeing as I weigh bugger all and can't fight sleep that isn't a surprise.
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morning. Got any good plans for the weekend?
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That guy is an idiot. And idiot's need to be dealt with.The Lives of Others = phenomenal.I was saving it for the weekend my wife and daughter are out of town but I broke down and watched Speed Racer last night. What a fantastic film. The hype by Danny and Jonah is deserved. Note to Michael Bay: that's how you translate a cartoon to live action.
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have a good weekend
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You did a brilliant job over in the political TB. Kudos, good sir.
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I agree, Jarv. Im not sure I think Lives is better than Pan's, but I can totally understand why it won. They are on the same level of quality, and both tell very strong stories. I think the preference on my part for Lives is it's about a man waking up out of his slumber, and I tend to be a sucker for that sort of movie.
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Movie sucked me right in. I tell you, Oldboy, The Lives of Others, Death at a Funeral, The Devil's Backbone, Millions, In Bruges...I enjoyed those so much better than most American films I've seen recently. And I'm not even including all the fine Asian films from Hawaiian: Daisy (still my fave), The Warlords, Princess Aurora, Running Wild...I know I'm missing one too...
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Especially now I found out Marshall was in the running.
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I tend to think Ratner won't be directing it. Notice that Ratner was the not by any means the first choice for X3. He was back-up. Here is my conspiracy theory:
Lately, when a geek property needs a director, it seems like the studio trots out Ratner's name up front, lets the geek community freak out, and then brings in their real choice. For instance, how many would have ho-hummed Joe Johnston for Wolfman, had Ratner not been named first. Now Joe looks like golden because he's not Ratner.
Honestly, I think the studios use Ratner as a levelling mechanism for geek expectation.
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You are right, they amp up the buzz by mentioning Ratner and then bring in their first choice.
Or maybe that is reverse bait and switch.
Either way, it will be interesting to see someone other than Arnold in the role.
And by that I mean interested in if the studios will be pressured to try and find the most muscled up guy they can to meet general moviegoers expectations or get a good actor and let them pump some iron to get in decent shape.
I feel bad because 90% of America will want a 'roided out freak to try and match Arnold's build. -
through the lense of Ahnuld's film. We had that one, the New York men squealed and we moved on. We will always have it, but that wasn't the source material and therefore there is NO reason why it should be the template.
I suggest don't try for a bodybuilder at all. Go for an actor who can exude charm and cunning and agility. Ahnuld had a little charm, but it was his own specific charm. -
Sep 19, 2008 8:58:38 AM CDT
But wouldn't you agree that a creature needs to be in it?
by chittychittygangbang
I am sort of fuzzy on the original Conan universe, but was there many creatures in it?
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An agile and cunning Conan would be great.
But as you know, we do not make up the majority of moviegoers.
Most think Conan was just two films and that's it. They know nothing about the comic or anything.
So they will be expecting a 7'5" guy weighing 400 pounds and one percent body fat.
And the suits in Hollywood will want the larger audience's money.
If they choose agile and cunning, it better be an amazing script and great name director to blow away the general audience and distract their "Where's ripped Conan" thoughts. -
with creatures. In fact the Lovecraftian beasties and elder gods also were a part of Conan. Tell me a Conan movie with a Cthulhu menace at the center wouldn't be cool.
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And by mentioning Cthulhu maybe we can get the Cthulhu dance.
Who was it that always posted that? -
Whew! I almost forgot...
Toad, do you think Equinas is at the store getting some sweet feed? -
and it's more that I don't want Ratner doing anything outside of hard-core corpraphagia fetish porn.
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Ohhhhhh thats a relief. I took it differently. I thought you meant they would do an IP sort of ban where you only get one registry on your IP for life!! But it seems he means at the moment they are revamping programming shit so if someone got the boot right now, they wouldn't be able to make a new login until the new system is up and running. But still.....thats fucked. WE NEED LIBWARRIOR!!
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Why the fuck do they these rumors rise every once in awhile? Superman, Escape From New York, I heard a Spider Man 4 rumor, Jurassic Park 4 (seriously), now Conan. What the fuck? The only rumor that stuck was X3.....and that was the only once I could give two fucks about so lucky me. And P.S. Chitty-- Sweet feed on the balls is one lovely weekend.
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I was rollimg my eyes at the new Dane Cook comedy movie promos last during It's Alway Sunny, but then they showed that Baird will be in it AND it is an R-rated comedy.
No word yet on whether she gets nude. -
had an anuerism at this news. Bloody hell. Mind you, one of my favourite books- Fierce People- got well adapted (apparently, although the casting was perfect) and then FUCKING BURIED by those Lionsgate cocksuckers. I'm not sure if that's better or worse.
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It's Friday, plus everyone is squabbling over in the political thread. Lame.Thank the lord for the impending drunkening.
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It smelled so damn good when I would fill the buckets up.
So my little brother and I said "Fuck it!" and grabbed some and took a taste.
I little word to the wise..Just because somehting smells sweet doesn't mean it will taste that way (antifreeze is a good example). You could taste where the sweet smell came from, but it also had a sort of bitter, tree bark-like twang as well.
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and I take the fact that there are people that genuinly think Red Dragon is better than Manhunter (hint: it fucking isn't) as a sign of the decine of civilisation.
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and lo, it came to pass that the humble servants of the CoC heard the rallying cry. They roused themselves from their pits of slavery and sallied forth unto the holy establishment known as the pub. There they did see the for horsemen of the inebracypse, who were thus named "Beer" "wine" "Spirits" and "Savoury Snacks" holding forth before the sacred altar, and thus they did prepare properly for the impending drunkening.
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I and I have watched both back-to-back a long time ago.
In fact Manhunter was the first bargain DVD I bought.
It was on sale for around seven bucks many moons ago at the local Wal-Mart.
I nearly tore the shelf down getting to it. -
curse my sloppy typing- this is without errors: "and lo, it came to pass that the humble servants of the CoC heard the rallying cry. They roused themselves from their pits of slavery and sallied forth unto the holy establishment known as the pub. There they did see the four horsemen of the inebraclypse, who were thus named "Beer" "wine" "Spirits" and "Savoury Snacks" holding forth before the sacred altar, and thus they did prepare properly for the impending drunkening.
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I will personally hunt him down and feed him his own entrails. Without Ketchup.
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Sep 19, 2008 9:47:07 AM CDT
I humbly bow before the Horsemen of the inebracypse
by chittychittygangbang
I willingly offer the sacrifice of my sobriety upon the altar to which they collect.
May they guide me to good times and away from tomfoolery that will land my ass in divorce court.
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Tore up! Damn chitlins beat me to the puch again!
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...but I thought Red Dragon was pretty entertaining.
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Thas righ'
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I really write religious parody quite well. It's obviously a cracking use of my MA in English Literature. I wanted to write a "book of..." based on a future civilisation finding a brickie's diary and thinking it was a religious guide. But that cunt Will Self did it first.
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Thanks, Jarv. That is a damn fine word, and I intend to try saying it ten times in a row after my seventh or eighth beer."And so it was that the young drunkeneer began his solemn chant - 'Inebraclypse, inebraclypse...' - before heading into the fray and once more valiantly attempting to feel the boobs of the fair maiden with the glasses from the post department."
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Sep 19, 2008 9:51:07 AM CDT
Danny - stop what you are doing and Buy Manhunter this instant!
by toadkillerdog
It is a truly, truly outstanding movie. Crushes Red Dragon.
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was a pathetic sub-par copycat of Demme's style. The fact it is Ratner's best (and I use that term loosely) film is solely down to the astounding cast- all of whom would have appeared in any Lector film, even if the fucking cookie monster was directing. I give Ratner no credit at all for that.
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Sep 19, 2008 9:52:40 AM CDT
If you say inebraclypse three times in the mirror
by chittychittygangbang
The Candyman hands you a Fat Tire beer.
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And I shall put the old Manhunter on thy queue.
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Sep 19, 2008 9:54:09 AM CDT
I got toah up at the inebracalypse and kissed apokolips
by toadkillerdog
Now my moo-tent powers of toadkillin has been increased ten fold!
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They should his picture up behind the counter of every Blockbuster in the greater Los Angeles area - DO NOT RENT ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK TO THIS DOUCHE.I think Ratner gets a bit of a bum rap, but I also don't want him anywhere near a remake of Escape. A bland, studio remake of that film would depress me greatly.
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Feelin perty damn gud!
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And if he starts singing Shania Twain, for god's sake don't let him drink anything else.
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I posted an idea for something over at the Z dive. It's just posted on the message board part, under our avatar. Take a look please, and give me some feedback if you want to do it.
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...and I'm craving some fucking whiskey.
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...Scouting reports indicate the vanquishing of several trolls. Amongst those eliminated include (but are not limited to) poeticwarriorIV and nevahagin (zfisk Suspect #1). Keep all eyes on shogunshin, in honor of the original Xiphos. Sympathies expressed for the loss of LiberalWarrior......Have attempted to make contact with 2for2true but no response. However, I have deduced a TB preference for him in MAD MEN threads. Will attempt again to make contact with your holy prophet......MNG - over and out...
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Love has a way to find ya
Sneaks up right behind ya
There ain't no particular way
You don't know when it's gonna
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Sep 19, 2008 10:11:47 AM CDT
Danny try Blantons or Wild Turkey (Rare Breed edition)
by chittychittygangbang
Both are pretty decent and only need to be poured over a little ice that is ever so slightly melting.
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We hardy knew ye! I'ma open another botle of nis here punkin ale an toas the libby warrior!
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Ah yes, the great Cthulhu Dance internet-meme superhit. You know, if you do a Google search for that, you'll find that it has ended up posted on people's blogs and MySpace pages. How crazy is that?!
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MNG....Work has been kicking my ass, so unfortunately I haven't been able to post much.Off home now...going to the Uconn football game tonight...ahhh...the joys of tailgating.It is that time of the year toad...pumpkin juice is good..
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Sep 19, 2008 10:29:23 AM CDT
Chitty -- awww the rare breeds.....its orgasmic....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...it really is. The only thing that comes close is a colonoscopy.
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Blow Chocolate Rain out of the water and tear Youtube a new asshole.
You can be the Buckner & Garcia of our generation.
Start doing songs from talkbacks instead of songs from video games.
Although it is hard to compete with their classic "Pac-man Fever" and VASTLY underrated "Do the Donkey Kong".
I also tear up thinking about the soul-tearing "Ode to a Centipede and Froggy's Lament."
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...but have you seen Charlie the Unicorn, Chitty? Fuck me. I love that bastard. Charlieeeeeeeeee......Charlieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.....
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Cheap whiskey is death in a bottle.
We were heading to LSU one weekend for a football game and wanted whiskey for inside the stadium.
So looking over our travel budget, we decided on the fine spirit of Old Crow.
Please for the love of anything Holy, DO NOT try this.
It had a sharp, rubbing alchohol taste followed by a sweet aroma that could only be compared to an open can of Tab left in the sun for a day or two.
Actually I shouldn't insult rubbing alchohol or Tab like that.
I kept drinking it, thinking that maybe it would get better once I was drunk.
But noooo, the master brewers at Old Crow have found a magic formula that enhances its foul attributes even past the cloudy effect that intoxication can have over the tastebuds.
It is only whiskey that I have tried to give away at a drunken tailgate that triggered the answer "Fuck you, man!"
The shits it will give has been known to eat through the thickest of porcelian toilets and can exceeds the ignition point of toilet paper.
Once the Old Crow gets to kawing, you better start finding a hospital or a bed with rubber sheets. -
Some friends and I went to Vegas a few years back and decided to bring three massive plastic jugs of Early Times. You can get a fucking 2 liter of that shit for like 15.99. Its not bad either. I highly suggest it.
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I went to the local vendor of potable's, and was presented with three options for Pumpkin brew. After being informed that the Southern Pumpkin brew had the highest alcohol content, the steward proceeded to inquire of me which brand I would like to partake of. After he regained consciousness, he profusely apologized for his impudence. By which time a subsitute server, had already ascertained - no doubt due to the evidence of the unconsiousness lout who had proceeded him, that the proper response was 'will that be one pitcher or two of the Southern?'
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Crown Royal (or anyone decent whiskey)
Tonic water
Ice
Slice of Lime
Good stuff and seems simple, but every bartender looks at me like I have two heads when I request it.
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I posted some topics for a proposed writing exercie over at Z spot. Check it out.
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You invited Chitty, the gang....what about the BANG?!!
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and you were already there!
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B-A-N-G-I-N-G
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finally fucking finished. I'm outta here. Ciao guys, see you monday.
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and check Zhura if it ever lets you on. I posted a writing project over there.
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Hello World!
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head over to Z-spot and check the group message board and give feedback.
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so we could call it the G-Spot.
Bam! -
Over Zere!
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switching to the Fright Night interview with Stephen Geoffreys once it is up?
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we could go now to the chris sarandon one. It would be cool I think to elevate to #1 a TB with an interview with Chris regarding a movie made in 1985.
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Sep 19, 2008 12:26:19 PM CDT
yeah...I'll be there as soon as I take a shit.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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If so I bet I'll be able to hear the kawing all the way over here.
"KAW! KAW! KAW!" fffttt *spash!* "KAW, KAAAAAAWWWWWWW!!!" -
Sep 19, 2008 1:27:41 PM CDT
Chitty - Had to invoke a Neigh on Danny over on Conan TB
by toadkillerdog
Invoked a Skipper as well.
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To the Beaks talkback with Chris Sarandon.
Talking about Fright Night. The most underrated vampire flick in the history of cinema. -
I step out for a moment and when I come back we're talking about Old Crow and the plops.What a minute. Old Crow and the Plops? Sounds like a 60s R&B group.
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come over to the Fright Night/Sarandon interview. We just started wondering where you were.
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I'm crestfallen. The Brim has been spotted at McCain rallies. I guess he bumped his head on a stud one time too many crashing through walls as Hughes' bodyguard.
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The movies won't play through my external speakers. Only the tinny internal speakers.
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