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[Heartattack]

Whole bunch of quotes and junk.

I was really impressed with this post's structure. But I must inform both you and Slappy that I am enjoying DBZ at my expected rate :D

[SlappyMcGee]

Whole bunch of quotes and junk.

I was really impressed with this post's structure. But I must inform both you and Slappy that I am enjoying DBZ at my expected rate :D

Awesome.

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[SlappyMcGee]

I've direly been wanting to watch this. It's on the HD.

[capt_weasle]

You really need to watch this as soon as you get the chance. The look of the film really grew on me, and seeing how I'll be getting a hold of an old Arriflex S camera when I take Film Production 1 next semester, I hope to take advantage of the black and white 16mm film stock to replicate the style of Mr. Nolan's film.

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[capt_weasle]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2yD4yDsiP4

(It doesn't count as a triple post so long as there is tiiiiime between posts right?)

[Tanner]

2 days is not a long time. That said, I don't fucking care.

[SlappyMcGee]

I guess I can update people with entertainments, to split up capt_weasle posts.

I watched all three seasons of The Boondocks. I found the show spotty, but always entertaining and occasionally a brilliant level of satire usually reserved for South Park and the like. I had seen some of the show before, but this was my first time watching all of it. 8/10.

I watched the most recent season of The Next Iron Chef. I was very pleased with who won, although Canora never really had a chance. Tsai would have been a much more interesting finale; the show seemed to vilify him for being experimental. The editing of the show is well done, in true Iron Chef tradition. 7.5/10.

I read through the Stan Lee run of X-Men. It was mostly terrible for the first half, although there was the arc that introduced The Juggernaut which I found particularly well done. That comic gets an 8/10, the rest get a 4.

I revisited the third season of Angel. The show was stellar, and that season is a standout, along with the first, second and fifth. (Four sucks!) The acting is fantastic, although occasionally the plots drag on a bit because the arc for the whole season is actually quite small; some of the filler episodes end up being the best parts. 9/10.

I recently rewatched Star Wars: A New Hope. Not much needs to be said there. 10/10.

The most recent Venture Bros. season concluded. The season was very solid, and it featured my favorite episode of the series yet (the noir parody with Dean). The show has evolved a lot since season one, from parody to actual serial with comedy elements, and I will never complain.

I got my special edition of Pinkerton/ Death to False Metal from LV. Since music is another heading, I will talk only about the non music. The lyrics book is cool, if a little cheap. The booklet and case of Pinkerton are both fantastic, although I was disappointed to realized that the map of Pinkerton is not removable (as it is in my original pressing of the album). The diorama looks cool but I am afraid to open it. The signed photo is fabulous, although I do not know why Scott signed (Scott was not the bassist for Pinkerton; in fact, he isn't even the bassist on the album after Pinkerton. Still, weeeezer. 10/10

I watched Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. I haven't read through the graphic novel series yet, as it is on my Christmas list (Thanks, Mom!). But still, the movie is spectacular. It is full on hipster porn, with an amazing soundtrack (Plumtree, Pixies, lots of BECK) a complete overload of nerd/film geek/music references, tons of awesome effects, and a beautiful story to boot. Did I mention Micheal Cera is actually good in it? Favorite movie of the year, possibly all time. 10/10.

I watched Chinatown. I really liked the movie. I am not super versed on noirs, although I've always fancied the genre, but the performances were amazing, the setpieces were stellar, and for chrissakes, I don't think Polanski has made a film I have not enjoyed. The movie comes highly recommended from me if you are into seventies era films. (Ergo, genre films made by artists, generally. re: the godfather.) 10/10.

I watched Greenberg. Greenberg is sort of an expensive mumblecore film; it stars Ben Stiller (With apologies To Mister Rogalsky) being pretty much Ben Stiller, except he listens to Duran Duran and is obsessed with how cool he is. The movie is spectacular, especially for fans of previous Noah Baumbach work (The Squid and the Whale, the script for The Life Aquatic) and I found it kind of creepy how much Ben Stiller's Greenberg was exactly how I am; bi-polar, socially obsessed and aloofly uninterested. I don't know if this is the general impression of the film, or if it is just particularly true about me. (Is it a Holden Caulfield, is what I am asking.) 10/10.

I watched Grizzly Man. Grizzly Man is a documentary narrated and directed by insane German director Werner Herzog, a man known for his obsessiveness with regards to filmmaking. The film is about just that, essentially; however, it uses the milieu of novice and a dude obsessed with Grizzlies to make it's point. The film is definitely intellectually intriguing, if a bit plodding at times. 8/10.

I watched Bonnie and Clyde. It was pretty great. The performances were ridiculously amazing, although the direction was, in my opinion, questionable. This goes along with the time and the often times inexperience of directors given large budgets at the time, but with such great source material and such a group of talented filmmakers working together, I think they could have built a more cohesive experience. 7/10

I can't really think of anything else I've watched in the last three weeks. I know there has been three or four more movies, but they are either Jackass 3-D (10/10) or I cannot remember them. I think I also rewatched The Seventh Seal in this timeframe. (10/10). That movie is fucking sick.

Honorable Mentions:
I watched the first half of Boardwalk Empire before giving up. It is a standard HBO show. 3/10.

This season of Sons of Anarchy recently concluded. The show is fabulous, and the finale is among its best episodes. The season as a whole was a little weak, though, so 7/10.

Finally, Bored to Death. Bored to Death is a bit frustrating because it can be very funny, but, like a Wes Anderson movie, it feels the need to stop for character moments or conclusions to ridiculous plot threads. The problem is that I don't really care about these people; Johnathan is a hipster writer, Ray is a comic book artist, and George is a CEO. That's about as deep as the characters get. It has a bit of a Simpsonsy feel to it in that the characters are so fluid (and thus, hilarious) but it keeps them from getting to be meaningful. Also, if somebody hasn't heard of the show, my pitch is that those three characters are Jason Schwartzman, Zach Galfianakis, and Ted Danson, respectively. 8/10.

Oh! I also watched Raising Arizona. Very disappointed with that one. It was cartoony, which is fine for me, and it was fun at times, which is also fine for me, and it had Cage, who is one fine motherfucker, but the movie was not the sum of it's parts. None of the willful meaninglessness of Lebowski; very plotted but uniquely absurd. I liked it well enough, but the film is definitely not good. 5/10.

[krusch]

[rocket_thumped]

I watched Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. I haven't read through the graphic novel series yet, as it is on my Christmas list (Thanks, Mom!). But still, the movie is spectacular. It is full on hipster porn, with an amazing soundtrack (Plumtree, Pixies, lots of BECK) a complete overload of nerd/film geek/music references, tons of awesome effects, and a beautiful story to boot. Did I mention Micheal Cera is actually good in it? Favorite movie of the year, possibly all time. 10/10.

Yeah! me too.

[yahoozy]

What the fuck, Raising Arizona is the best.

Been watching a bunch of Akira Kurosawa movies the past week. Rashomon, Ikiru, Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, and I'm thinking about Kagemusha next. All of them stellar, 10/10, two thumbs up, 5avesized.

Anime, I watched Metropolis and the Castle of Cagliostro. Metropolis was fantastic, especially its soundtrack and fluidity of the animation (and the animation style in general). Castle of Cagliostro was Miyazaki's first movie, and, surprisingly, that doesn't make it any less than his later ones (not really comparatively, it's just a good movie, and it's definitely Miyazaki). Oh, and I watched the Cowboy Bebop movie. It was alright, if not just Cowboy Bebop for the big screen, which is essentially lesser, but better produced Cowboy Bebop.

I watched East of Eden starring James Dean, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Good Will Hunting (I'd never seen it), and M. What a weird mix of movies.

I read The Stranger by Camus, Nausea by Sartre, Notes from Underground by Dostoyevsky, and Man's Search For Himself by Rollo May.

I'm not proud to admit this, but I also can't stop watching "Let's Plays" on YouTube. It's other people playing video games and talking over them.

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The Stranger by Camus

Recently spent four hours rereading this. Still great.

[Tanner]

Ionesco is better! Camus is for poseurs!

[SlappyMcGee]

The Stranger by Camus

Recently spent four hours rereading this. Still great.

I also did this recently. :s

[Tanner]

I also did this recently. :s

You better have at least read it in the original French like I did. I read it when it was on vinyl.

[SlappyMcGee]

I also did this recently. :s

You better have at least read it in the original French like I did. I read it when it was on vinyl.

Obvi.

[capt_weasle]

[chocollama]

Yahoozy's sig.

[Tanner]

Yahoozy's sig.

It's from Black Dynamite if I'm not mistaken.

[krusch]

Been watching a bunch of Akira Kurosawa movies the past week. Rashomon, Ikiru, Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, and I'm thinking about Kagemusha next. All of them stellar, 10/10, two thumbs up, 5avesized.

Kurosawa is cool. I recommend Dersu Uzala. It's a beautiful, solemn film. I should watch it again, now that I think about it. Thanks for the reminder!

[T3chno]

Boardwalk Empire.

It's good stuff.

EDIT: If an admin reads this, can I get a name change to whatever the page title of the article you load: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random. I'd like to get a name I can read. Thanks.

[SlappyMcGee]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uropterygius

[T3chno]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uropterygius

Hell yeah moray eels. Thanks brah.

[capt_weasle]

V for Vendetta, Insomnia, True Grit