Everything posted by Lenin64
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Can someone please explain Funny Games to me?
Though I do love mah cheap violence, you have to admit that the remote scene was a little... well, it shows what Hannake(sp?) as trying to do, but I just don't think it's a good idea for a theatrical release when you cut out a huge demographic. So a movie requiring a little thought as to director motives and such cuts out a large demographic? I think that says more about the demographic itself than the movie. Now you're assuming I don't like thought in movies? It's one thing to have a deeper meaning, but DELIBERATELY LEAVING OUT THE ENTERTAINMENT? It's like going to a comedy show but they forgot the jokes. This isn't just trying to appeal to a different audience, Hanneke(sp????) has even said that he wants to go against what the viewer wants. So entertainment is just a cookie-cutter happy ending now? Really? I mean, you still got to see the guy get blown away if that's what you were looking so hard for, but good guys winning is the only thing that counts for you to be entertained? And no, I didn't assume you dislike thought in movies. Did I say you did? No, stop putting words in my metaphorical mouth. But you seem to think victory for evil and that slap in the face, making the audience think about wtf just happened alienates a large demographic. I'm saying that if needing to think makes people shy away, that says a little something about what kind of society we have now. I also want to see this movie now. Why? Because it sounds like something good and thought-provoking as to why everything needs to turn out well.
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for £100k would you let your parents...
100 million what? Yen? Rubles? Look closely. It's actually 10 million.
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What are you listening to right now!?
Metallica- The Four Horsemen.
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Can someone please explain Funny Games to me?
Though I do love mah cheap violence, you have to admit that the remote scene was a little... well, it shows what Hannake(sp?) as trying to do, but I just don't think it's a good idea for a theatrical release when you cut out a huge demographic. So a movie requiring a little thought as to director motives and such cuts out a large demographic? I think that says more about the demographic itself than the movie.
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Ultimate Gaming Card?
I think they call them "credit cards". But no, although I would like to know what you're talking about. Sounds interesting.
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procrastinatiooooooooooooon
On Friday, I have an AP Exam in American History, by far my hardest class this year. If I took it last week, I wouldn't have failed, but I would have done poorly I'm sure. I only started studying this morning, and I should be now. But I'm not.
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Can someone please explain Funny Games to me?
Yea, you think that when she grabs the shotgun and blows that guy away (even though his friend wanred him to look out!) she'll get the other guy, too, or he'll back off or something, and they'll get away safe and have a happy ending. But nope; instead he says "[bleep] this" and rewinds time to make sure that doesn't happen. Evil wins, and the audience went from :thumbsup: to :o
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Oprah is giving away free grilled chicken with sides! (KFC)
And here I thought Oprah supported PETA. Thanks for the link, I wonder how many I can get.
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Can someone please explain Funny Games to me?
Did you try reading the video description? I get it now, and I haven't even seen the bloody thing. Women, couldn't technology themselves out of a paper bag...
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Zombie Plans-Revised
Brainstorm! Just build a platform about 15 feet tall, give it really big surface area, and viola, a place to ride out the apocalypse. If zombies can't climb a tree, no way they can climb handhold-less support beams. And if you just don't kill them, they can't make a big zombie body pile to get up to our level.
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PS3 Wii or 360 !!!!!!
Give 'em the razor, sell 'em the blades. The Wii may be family friendly, that's fine for the family types. The other two are for a completely different crowd, I find it hard to see how you can compare the Wii to either the 360 or the PS3.
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for £100k would you let your parents...
I don't know. I'm not too worried about porn-I'm not in to the really weird stuff (with one exception, but it's not that bad really), although I have made a really, really wrong google or search or two for reasons I'm not entirely sure of and won't again. But I do know we'd "have to" have a looooong talk later about politics, morales, and maybe aggression. Normally I'd also say I don't really care about having a ton of money anyways, but I'm about to hit college and that's going to leave a dent. So maybe it'd be worth it.
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Torture
Well of course if you ask a guy who was tortured he'll say it's bad. That's kind of the point, they're not supposed to enjoy it.
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Zombie Plans-Revised
Well when you run out of power and are rendered immobile, I'm stealing your fuel for my own purposes.
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Swine flu virus
Taking just the first part as I did, it seems as though you're just being misanthropic and wanting to infect people. The college part seems like an afterthought. Otherwise, I'm happy to be of service.
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scariest game
Jesus christ on rubber crutches, just let it go already! If he doesn't think it's scary, he doesn't think it;s scary, if he says he's played it he's played it and doesn't have to explain himself to you. Come back when you're off your period.
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Zombie Plans-Revised
And if we use flamethrowers, we can brew our own bathtub gin for fuel. Grow some hops on our island and whatnot. You know that moonshine'll have a high alchohol content, fumes'll go up easy. Plus with a flamethrower, the zombies may not feel the heat and be deterred, but their brains sure as hell will. Massive damage to the brain if you concentrate the stream there, especially if they're at an advanced stage of decomposition. Or I can just burn the bodies afterward and kill 'em with bullets... Yeah, why fight normal zombies when we could fight flaming zombies? I'm still fairly confident that you can destroy its brain with fire fairly quickly. And if they really move that slowly, it likely wouldn't matter anyway. But again, if this actually turns out to be a bad idea I can just save der Flammenwerfer for cleanup afterwards. Maybe test it on a captured zombie.
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Swine flu virus
I knew you were an antisocial shut-in, but this just solidifies it.
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Zombie Plans-Revised
And if we use flamethrowers, we can brew our own bathtub gin for fuel. Grow some hops on our island and whatnot. You know that moonshine'll have a high alchohol content, fumes'll go up easy. Plus with a flamethrower, the zombies may not feel the heat and be deterred, but their brains sure as hell will. Massive damage to the brain if you concentrate the stream there, especially if they're at an advanced stage of decomposition. Or I can just burn the bodies afterward and kill 'em with bullets...
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Things you're afraid of.
What if, when we sleep, they wake up? And when we wake up, they've gone back to bed? I used to be afraid of injections-not needles, I'd poke myself all the time with pins, pushing it through the skin on my fingers like all the boys did-just injections. Now I don't care, I'll even do it myself, hand it over punk.
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Exorcism/Exorcists
I didn't realize that tap water fended off demons these days. Must be all that flouride.
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Swine flu virus
Actually, it's your immune system overreacting that usually kills you if you get swine flu. So you're worse off if you do get it in the first place. ;) Well of course I'm worse off if I get than if I don't get it. I'm not trying to get it. I'm just not feverishly trying not to. I meant you're worse off if you get it and had a stronger immune system, then if you get it and had a weaker one. It overreacts if it's ready for viruses in general, but not the Swine Flu virus in particular, and will make Swine Flu more likely to kill you. I get why you aren't too bothered in extra hygiene precautions, but I was just saying that the 'my immune system is in better shape and I won't be as badly hit if I do catch it' justification wasn't valid. :) Eh, I'm still not worried.