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#376301 Princess Gwenevere Sun, 16th Jun '13 8:21:35 PM from Anywhere I please

@Roy: Twilight would go well with Tannhäuser Gate. She's geeky enough to know obscure people and get pop culture references.

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#376302 orionaurora Sun, 16th Jun '13 8:24:55 PM from Andromeda Galaxy

Now you ponies lost me.

Yeah, Andromeda is heading for you. You got over 9000 years until it collides.

#376303 d Roy Sun, 16th Jun '13 8:31:10 PM from Princeton, New Jersey

Turn your ear to the heaven. Listen to the voice of the command that shaped all which our eyes see and our skins touch. Ever since the first star started to shine and until the last breath fades away like a dust in a spring breeze, there is a fire of future within our hearts. Will you start a fire and burn a forest filled with life, or light the torch of liberty? Find the answer, in our soul that dances on the turbulent wind of the world.

#376304 Princess Gwenevere Sun, 16th Jun '13 8:35:54 PM from Anywhere I please

Or in other words, we're making Blade Runner references again.

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#376305 Darkabomination Sun, 16th Jun '13 8:49:03 PM from the darkest of the hillside thickets

Still never saw that movie. Shame, I heard it's visually fantastic and still holds up today pretty well.

Roses are red, violets are blue.

I'm sorry to say, you've been eaten by a Grue.

#376306 d Roy Sun, 16th Jun '13 8:55:31 PM from Princeton, New Jersey

By the way, Citizen Kane is boring. Just felt like saying.

#376307 Irish Zombie Sun, 16th Jun '13 8:55:35 PM from Texas

I saw Blade Runner once on TV. Apparently it was the director's cut version, and boy did it show. The pacing was so slow it bored me to tears, and I still didn't understand what all was going on. Needless to say, I don't think I'll be seeing the regular version anytime soon.

In other news, I just spent the past couple of hours trying (and failing) to finish the very last mission in Super Mario Galaxy 2. I decided I'd just try to come back to it tomorrow rather than lose sleep over it.

edited 16th Jun '13 8:56:06 PM by IrishZombie

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#376308 Princess Gwenevere Sun, 16th Jun '13 9:01:46 PM from Anywhere I please

My film-geek brother likes to remind me that I'm a heathen for not seeing Blade Runner all the way through and only seeing two Stanley Kubrick movies. (The Shining and 2001- the latter of which was boring as hell). I've read a Clockwork Orange, which was interesting, but a bit of a challenge with all Nadsat.

That reminds me, I should get back to reading One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. I've been putting that off since Christmas.

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#376309 edvedd Sun, 16th Jun '13 9:03:32 PM from Over there. Maybe?

I've never seen a lot of 'great' films. I'm more of a summer movie big-budget oh-dear-lord-I-want-to-see Pacific Rim-now-it-has-giant-mechs kinda guy.

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#376310 Darkabomination Sun, 16th Jun '13 9:07:03 PM from the darkest of the hillside thickets

2001 works much better as a book, as in the ending actually makes sense.

Roses are red, violets are blue.

I'm sorry to say, you've been eaten by a Grue.

#376311 d Roy Sun, 16th Jun '13 9:07:48 PM from Princeton, New Jersey

Casablanca is a great movie that is also very entertaining too.

#376312 the Librarian Sun, 16th Jun '13 9:10:18 PM from his own little world

Indeed it is. And I'm glad that in SOME medium 2001 makes sense. Sure as hell didn't when I watched it.

In other news, got rejected for a job that I'd been pressured into taking and didn't want anyway.

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#376313 storyyeller Sun, 16th Jun '13 9:10:28 PM from Appleloosa

.will be lost...like memories in rain

Isn't it tears in the rain?

Life is simple: it has no nontrivial normal subgroups.

#376314 edvedd Sun, 16th Jun '13 9:12:15 PM from Over there. Maybe?

@Librarian: Yay?

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#376315 Princess Gwenevere Sun, 16th Jun '13 9:13:54 PM from Anywhere I please

@Roy: Casablanca is indeed very good. I got it from my grandfather when my drama class had it prematurely shut off because they complained it was in black and white.

The poor souls.

Is it bad that when I mentioned The Shining that all I can think about is that movie, but with Shining Armor going crazy?

@Librarian: Huzzah!

edited 16th Jun '13 9:15:02 PM by PrincessGwenevere

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#376316 the Librarian Sun, 16th Jun '13 9:14:54 PM from his own little world

Yes Ed, yay.

...-tosses buttered toast- Sorry, couldn't resist after typing "Ed"

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#376317 edvedd Sun, 16th Jun '13 9:16:51 PM from Over there. Maybe?

Hey, free toast! Om Nom Nom

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#376318 storyyeller Sun, 16th Jun '13 9:21:32 PM from Appleloosa

Turn your ear to the heaven. Listen to the voice of the command that shaped all which our eyes see and our skins touch. Ever since the first star started to shine and until the last breath fades away like a dust in a spring breeze, there is a fire of future within our hearts. Will you start a fire and burn a forest filled with life, or light the torch of liberty? Find the answer, in our soul that dances on the turbulent wind of the world.

Where's this from?

Anyway, I saw Blade Runner for the first time a couple weeks ago. I saw the Final Cut, which sounds like the best.

Life is simple: it has no nontrivial normal subgroups.

#376319 Meta Four Sun, 16th Jun '13 9:25:10 PM from riding the wave

For a really interesting perspective on Blade Runner, you should read the novel it's based on, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. Both arrive at the same point ("Empathy is what makes life worth living") but take wildly different paths to reach that point.

And, since today is apparently National Jump To Conclusions Day...

#376320 Pykrete Sun, 16th Jun '13 9:26:29 PM from Viridian Forest

Is it bad that when I mentioned The Shining that all I can think about is that movie, but with Shining Armor going crazy?

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#376321 Japanese Teeth Sun, 16th Jun '13 9:26:34 PM from Meinong's jungle

@Ed: I'm the same way. If I go to the movies, it's to see explosions. Like I could look down the list of Best Picture winners and go "why would I want to watch this?" for most of them. Not that they're bad, just that I'm not interested.

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#376322 Pykrete Sun, 16th Jun '13 9:29:01 PM from Viridian Forest

I tend to actually enjoy the "classic" movies, but rarely the modern ones that get rave reviews.

God only knows how Titanic got awards.

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#376323 edvedd Sun, 16th Jun '13 9:30:54 PM from Over there. Maybe?

@JT: Ha. Well, I still expect my big explodey films to be good, mind you. Then again, I have seen all 3 Transformers movies.

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#376324 Princess Gwenevere Sun, 16th Jun '13 9:32:16 PM from Anywhere I please

I like being that asshole that reads the books instead of watching the movie.

Then again, I'm not much of a moviegoer period.

I cannot stand Titanic. I remember in eighth grade we read and watched A Night to Remember and everyone bitched about how they wanted to see the James Cameron's Titanic. Because that wasn't in black and white.

-headdesk-

edited 16th Jun '13 9:33:37 PM by PrincessGwenevere

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#376325 the Librarian Sun, 16th Jun '13 9:37:20 PM from his own little world

I remember I was shown Jesus Christ Superstar in one of my high school English classes.

Though thankfully I started watching black and white stuff at an early age (mostly Red Skelton, The Three Stooges, and Abbot and Costello) and my entire class didn't complain when watching Casablanca.

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