I don’t care how cliché it is, I really like Poe’s "The Raven". I like it a lot. "Annabel Lee" too.
Can’t we have good cinematography without sex? And this looks really, really excellent, but I’m not sure I could watch it. If it turns out that we’re supposed to feel even a little bit of connection or sympathy then I wouldn’t enjoy it. Maybe that’s a flaw in me but there it is.
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Apparantly, it's by the author of Jumanji. Maybe it's part of his evil possessed games trilogy.
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Maybe he figures since Jumanji did so bad (and I really didn't like it) then he's due for a success. Besides, it isn't TOTALLY Jumanji, that was a jungle board game. This is a SPACE board game. Obviously different.
Still, I like the space theme better, I might actually go see it, when it comes to Blockbuster.
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Downfall reminds me of a series of specials on the History CHannel made by BBCFour called "Days that Shook the World." Each one was an hour long and usually focused on two related events. One in particularwas about the assasantion of Franz Ferdinand and Hitler's suicide... both parts were really well done, I've wanted to see it again. Hobbes is right though-- even in that scene with the group of boys standing there (which, according to the documentary, was pretty much the makeup of the German Army toward the end of the war) I don't think that I can feel much sympathy.
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And yeah, I read Interstellar Pig. If I'm remembering correctly, the author visited our school and did a thing where he critiqued students' stories. I remember not being particularly impressed with his book, but I don't remember anything about it other than that.
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I liked it because I always wanted to play that board game. And now Google tells me that some fans have invented one. *reads rules*
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quote:Hm. Sounds a bit like Interstellar Pig. Or was I the only one who read that as a teenager?
I remember reading that as a pre-teen. I also remember another book by him, Fat Men From Outer Space.
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I liked that book, I'm not sure when I read it though, early teen period.
quote:Not from Jean-Luc Godard, we can't.
That's too bad, because it looks like he does know how to shot a film.
quote:Downfall reminds me of a series of specials on the History CHannel made by BBCFour called "Days that Shook the World." Each one was an hour long and usually focused on two related events. One in particularwas about the assasantion of Franz Ferdinand and Hitler's suicide... both parts were really well done, I've wanted to see it again. Hobbes is right though-- even in that scene with the group of boys standing there (which, according to the documentary, was pretty much the makeup of the German Army toward the end of the war) I don't think that I can feel much sympathy.
I think I'd like a documentery approach to the subject, I can look at the situation analytically without problem, but when the filmmaker asks me to try and identify with Hitler, or even feel sympathy, I become revolted. I understand that he was just a man, but he was a man who comitted such incredible atrocities that idea of sympathy or connection does not make me happy.
quote:Personally, I loved Jumanji.
I'm not sure I loved it, but I did enjoy it as a popcorn movie.
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Yeah, it's just a fun movie--nothing profound. I thought that the intentionally fakey look to the special effects was a nice touch, as well as the use of the same actor for multiple roles.
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I like the poem 'Annabel Lee' if only because it's probably the only poem anyone ever wrote with my name in it. Posts: 1528 | Registered: Nov 2004
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Thanks Annie! I like reading it actually, I just like to have it read to me too. Espeically since then I can do other things while reading, I hate only doing one thing at a time (I've been known to be jeleous of sleep walkers...)
Fugu, allow me to show my ignorance here when I ask: what's podcasting? Is it an ipod related thing?
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Podcasting is a phenomenon that came about in conjunction with iPods, yes.
Podcasting is the creation of rich media (mainly audio) in blog entries for the purpose of them being downloaded (via a number of available tools) and listened to or viewed (as appropriate), typically on a portable music player. Sometimes through some nifty work one can sync up a slideshow of pics with an audio track (on an iPod, at least, not sure about other players with visual capability).
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And in the spirit of thread, which I seem to have turned into a "link to trailers on apple.com/trailers" thread: this looks like it could be pretty good.
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