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Man, Tron 2 was great. Not sure why it gets any hate at all. It's precisely what Tron 2 should have been.
today my girlfriend told me that she read a craigslist article called "To: girl who gambled on a fart and lost - i still think you're cute" or something
i stopped her there
Dresden Files is some pretty good light hearted stuff, at least at the start of the series. It's pretty grim right now, though.
Yeah. Everyone's like "it might have been a good movie, if..."
I'll try to forget about that tomorrow, before I see it, and then sneak to watch that movie with Twilight girl.
The problem with Prometheus is that it doesn't make any sense.
a curd of opinion rolls lazily down and drips against his chest
yeah if he means the recentish tron movie I thought it was good times. Certainly wasn't any less full of plot holes or crazy BS than the orignal (which I have seen a lot in the last decade. my son loves it)
If there has been another tron after the one a couple years ago I haven't seen it though.
Hell, it was better than Tron 1! It made more sense at any rate, and had an incredible soundtrack and also Olivia Wilde's ass.
Second only to Tom Clancy in terms of douchey. He made it clear he didn't want to be there and made sure to re-enforce that idea. I mean he was a jackass with the people who talked to him, unlike Tom Clancy who didn't talk to anyone in line and had people to be an ass for him. Those two are pretty strong exceptions among the writers I've met. Most tend to be "Holy shit, these people are here to see me?" Like Armstead Maupin who literally just came to sign books and didn't have time for a proper public signing was super excited that I had read Tales of the City. And that the mini-series had been a big factor in helping me figure out how I was different.
you will be happy
Every movie might have been a good movie if x. There is absolutely no movie where there does not exist some situation x that would have made it a good movie.
A movie isn't going to improve or suffer because someone told you their opinion.
They kind of are to me, too, and I've read multiple books by both.
totally, utterly disagree. your predisposition towards any experience - food, movies, books, even meeting someone new - is enormously influenced by the opinions of others, and that predisposition in turn shapes your response
someone telling you that a movie is bad and full of plot holes is going to make you worry about that, or at least consider it, and you'll be more aware of possible issues and looking for plot hole as you watch; you might get hung up on things that otherwise wouldn't bother you.
He doesn't offer a towel or nothing.
i challenge you to come up with a situation in which Human Centipede is not an exception to this statement.
Some movies require more then a simple X. Some may require X,Y and Z. Take Changing Lanes. It needed a better plot. It needed a better director. It needed to not have Ben Affleck.
(Just pretend that I am not doing to everyone exactly the thing I am complaining about)
I don't like sunshine
you will probably like it less than sunshine
Way way way worse than Sunshine. I felt like the ending, the very end, of Sunshine had some beauty and validation. there was no such redemption for the multivarious flaws of prometheus.
Also, I liked Sunshine and hated Prometheus, so yeah.
Human Centipede might have been a good movie if A) The Japanese made it. Exhibit? The Guinea Pig series.
that baby in that gif who gets excited was basically me tonight as i watched the avengers
I wasn't impressed by the camera, if this makes sense.
I'm not sure what that means.
Gene Wolfe was a really sweet old man. I'm glad I got to meet him and tell how much his work meant to me.
--most notably Flowers of Flesh and Blood.
R.A. Salvatore was super nice in person. Always a pleasure to do a signing with. Kept the line moving, yet managed to get everyone to feel like they had a chance to talk with him. Helped me pull a prank on a friend of mine. Also ran a session of D&D at the TSR Silver Anniversary tour.
Emeril Lagasse was really nice. He brought us fresh seafood, kept the line moving, made everyone feel welcome. Also went above and beyond and signed another 100 books after the signing was over.
Nicest celebrity I ever met was Paul Newman. A really nice man who listening to my innane questions about driving at Le Mans.
I think there were a couple of Cecil B. Demille HOLY FUCK shots
It's just less impressive when you know it's just computer designed.
yeah, i brought the border trilogy with me into town and i don't think i'll be reading it any time soon. i need lighter reading for now.