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9/29/2008 6:32:06 PM

Vinyl -

I have the choice between watching Swamp Thing, Toxic Avenger, or Army of Darkness


Which should I choose, and why? Compare and Contrast the movies in your answer.

9/29/2008 6:34:16 PM

Sound and the Fury and Absalom, Absalom! I know, I know, nothing outside the typical Faulkner reading. I mean, I like stream-of-consciousness, but Benjy's rambling is practically unreadable. I mean, I know he's retarded, but if Faulkner wants to tell me something through a retard, I want to have some understanding.

9/29/2008 6:35:11 PM

^ That's why you read the rest of the book. The whole picture is essentially there in the Benjy section, and the rest of the book is a rosetta stone for the opening.

^^ Toxic Avenger. Because I said so.

9/29/2008 6:39:30 PM

who's your favorite ghostbuster?

9/29/2008 6:48:21 PM

Dr. Venkman

9/29/2008 6:50:04 PM

damn. i had you pegged as an Egon man.

9/29/2008 7:15:44 PM

matt, you know I'm Egon.

9/29/2008 7:18:04 PM

i'm the snarky asshole

of course i'm venkman

9/29/2008 7:27:32 PM

your feelings on this?

http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/27350111.html

9/29/2008 7:47:03 PM

that's fucking incredible, marko.

9/29/2008 7:49:00 PM

you should read something less abstract

maybe you should read Sanctuary and then Requiem for a Nun

9/29/2008 7:51:16 PM

that kermit thing is pretty great, although that pic from a christmas carol is robin, not kermit

i really like "that evening sun," because it includes my single favorite description of a sound in literature

9/29/2008 8:00:32 PM

how did they do the montage thing with Teddy Roosevelt and others in Citizen Kane waaaay back in 1941 when no other movie did it as well until Forest Gump in 1994?

9/29/2008 8:18:12 PM

9/29/2008 9:29:30 PM

I can watch Toxic Avenger or Terror Firmer.

What's the right choice?

9/29/2008 9:35:03 PM

Which class should I take next semester:

"What is cinema?"
"American Movie Genres"
"Film Directors"
"Film, Society, and Culture"

9/29/2008 10:20:50 PM

have you seen ghost town

9/29/2008 11:50:31 PM

^ that was me

9/29/2008 11:51:39 PM

VB, can you give me some examples of movies that were actually better than the book they are based on?

9/29/2008 11:54:56 PM

were you an at the drive in fan?

9/29/2008 11:56:08 PM

^^Dr. Strangelove.

9/29/2008 11:58:51 PM

WHAT IS THE BEST STATIC-X SONG EVER?

9/30/2008 12:01:11 AM

what is your favorite Herman Hesse book?

9/30/2008 12:03:33 AM

Quote :

"Which class should I take next semester"

Whichever one is taught by Devin Orgeron.

Quote :

"have you seen ghost town"

Not yet.

Quote :

"VB, can you give me some examples of movies that were actually better than the book they are based on?"

The Shawshank Redemption, Dr. Strangelove, Forrest Gump

- I enjoyed ATDI from time to time.

^^ Does not compute.

^ Never read any.

9/30/2008 12:46:29 PM

YOU DIDNT ANSWER MY QUESTION YOU PONCE

9/30/2008 12:47:09 PM

Is there a piece of literature you would like to see adapted into film?

9/30/2008 12:48:00 PM

^^ Sorry, missed it. Terror Firmer.

^ Eventually I'd like to see a film of The Dark Knight Returns, but I think it might be impossible to do it right.

9/30/2008 12:49:51 PM

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9/30/2008 12:58:40 PM

What is your favorite film term (obscure or otherwise) and what does it mean?
Same question for music.

9/30/2008 1:03:13 PM

What's your favorite band of all-time ever?

9/30/2008 1:04:27 PM

It's ok I don't really think you're a ponce

9/30/2008 1:05:19 PM

my favorite film term is "snorri-cam"...it's a body-mounted steadicam system that was used in requiem for a dream among other things

my favorite musical term is portamento, the labelling that's on monophonic synthesizers to control the speed of glissandos

my favorite band of all time is the pixies...but sometimes it's pavement

9/30/2008 1:09:57 PM

9/30/2008 1:13:15 PM

If you can answer this i'll be fuckin surprised

Quote :

"Subject : Do you know the name of this book This boy has a crazy father who invents things. They travel to some third world country and he builds a giant ice machine. He makes the boy dig a hole that does nothing. The father is convinced the apocalypse happened at one point in the book and makes them sail down a river to look for food. The father ends up dying and a bird plucks out his tongue at the end of the book. The title might have something to do with a storm. "

i figured out what it was but i couldn't find anyone else who knew the name of it.

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9/30/2008 1:14:37 PM

no clue

9/30/2008 1:16:18 PM

Mosquito Coast, good book terrible movie

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9/30/2008 1:16:48 PM

are you a lars von trier fan?

if so, which film would you recommend i start off with?

9/30/2008 1:20:12 PM

Your opinion on The Little Prince?

Are you attending any of the films for the NCMoA fall film series homage to film noir?

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9/30/2008 1:24:28 PM

^^ yes...breaking the waves

^ the little prince is fucking great, i read it twice last week

and i hadn't heard about the film noir thing yet...but i was said that i had to miss control

9/30/2008 1:27:38 PM

Quote :

"Mosquito Coast, good book terrible movie"

i saw it when i was a kid - river phoenix is his son

9/30/2008 1:28:34 PM

do you find naming genres post-this and post-that rather trite?

9/30/2008 1:29:19 PM

in most cases, yes

however, post-punk is an excellent way to keep things that aren't really new wave away from being called new wave, so the prefixes do serve a purpose

9/30/2008 1:30:22 PM

What is your favorite Western, assuming you have one?

9/30/2008 1:32:17 PM

SHANE

and The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance

and Rooster Cogburn

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9/30/2008 1:33:01 PM

do pixies tribute albums annoy the piss out of you

they do me!

9/30/2008 1:34:50 PM

some of them do

but i have one that has at least five worthwhile versions

it's called PIXIES FUCKIN' DIE

9/30/2008 1:35:24 PM

does the internet make music suck more?

9/30/2008 1:41:12 PM

no

it just makes shitty music more accessible

9/30/2008 1:42:28 PM

What are your thoughts on The Melvins

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9/30/2008 1:48:48 PM