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QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Feb 10, 2009 -> 11:20 AM) I meant the sections where Ignatius was writing his journals/books, basically write a simple two sentence one and then one about how Ignatius would write his own obit I figured as much, and was just funnin'. Amazing to think that Dunces might very well never have been published if there wasn't a carbon copy of the manuscript left in his room for his mother to find after his death. It's really time to reread that one.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Feb 10, 2009 -> 11:07 AM) The Sugar Lumps song has been my favourite so far this season. And I love that the show and the songs are getting more reflexive and self-referential. During that piece when Bret briefly shows up as the Prince of Parties is a good example. Dave's first Mohumbai and Son video is awsome too. I want that Best of Curly tape. "What you want WE GOT IT!"

QUOTE (Texsox @ Feb 10, 2009 -> 10:54 AM) Why did they call it history of the silent films when that was all that existed when you were an undergrad? Because me, Milies, Chaplin, Griffith, Murnau, Eisenstein, Lang, and the other guys knew we were making history, baby! Shut up that's why.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 10, 2009 -> 10:29 AM) Haha, you're right, totally forgot about that. I've seen Seventh Seal already. Awesome film. Eddie: "Who's that?" Billy: "That's Death walking on the beach." Eddie: "I've been to Atlantic City a hundred times, but I've never seen Death walking on a beach!" Billy: "It's symbolic." Eddie: [makes face and pantomimes jerking off]

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 10, 2009 -> 09:58 AM) For sure, he was awesome. Seems like they have been giving the other characters larger roles, letting them sing their own songs, which I guess they can do since this episode has new songs written just for it. I think thats part of what has made it so good. Yeah, writing the songs specifically around episode plots is quite different than writing episodes around songs that are already in the can like last season. And I think there's ups and downs that come with it, and a danger that some of the songs become afterthoughts rather than central elements of the episodes. They've been fairly strong so far this season though.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 8, 2009 -> 11:25 PM) why the hell did he win an award? Making a bunch of bland spoon full of sugar bulls*** grammy songs. Here's everything you need to know about the grammys - if steely dan made an album they'd sweep them. Well, when they released Two Against Nature in 2000, it netted them four Grammys, including Album of the Year (One of the rare years where the judges got it right).So, yeah, amazing job predicting the past. Two Against Nature was quite a solid album, as was the followup release.

I took world cinema and history of the silent films as humanities classes. I enjoyed the films and the subject matter of both classes but my silent film prof was a douche — gave me a crappy grade on a paper that was, naturally, quite stellar. B)

:cheers

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Feb 9, 2009 -> 01:39 PM) If the prof is familiar with the book you could do it in two parts, a very short one that would be realistic then a second part in the style of how Ignatius wrote in the book You mean, how Toole wrote the book.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Feb 7, 2009 -> 11:26 AM) Ignatius J. Reilly Great book, really the first thing that got me into New Orleans culture. I'm impressed.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 7, 2009 -> 08:48 PM) Robin Williams is very good at serious roles, if people can get past who he is. Not just One Hour Photo, but also the remake of Insomnia from a few years ago, and a smaller role in Dead Again. Also, weird movie, but that one where Williams dies and is guided into afterlife by Cuba Gooding Jr (can't recall the name of it). The Fisher King is another example of a very effective Williams in a more serious (if delusional) role. One of my favorite films.

Sal "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero. . . if for no other reason than you can write Big Pussy over and over again in the piece. Then after he was killed and dumped overboard, he was wet Big Pussy. Yeah, that one would be fun to write.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Feb 7, 2009 -> 02:44 AM) What's the deal with nun-chucks? Jerry Lee!

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 7, 2009 -> 09:53 AM) No that I ever thought he was a great actor but what the heck happened to Brendan Fraser? I think Gods and Monsters is easily the best thing he's done. Ian Mckellen was outstanding in that as well.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Feb 6, 2009 -> 04:12 PM) Teva Dozers Black calf-length control socks are mandatory at your age, I assume. B)

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Feb 6, 2009 -> 03:20 PM) Did you ever wonder how dudes like Steve Martin, Chevy Chase or Dan Akroyd can go from funny to completely irrelevant overnight? I agree in the case of Chase and Akroyd. Martin is still funny, but he he picks craptacular film projects.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 6, 2009 -> 02:31 PM) Speaking of great films, who's looking forward to the new Pink Panther flick? *vomits in own mouth* I seriously don't understand why Steve Martin continues to re-up for these dogs. Give me good old-fashioned Man With Two Brains or The Jerk.

QUOTE (mreye @ Feb 6, 2009 -> 11:56 AM) Thanks for clarifying. That makes it all OK. Please continue your regularly scheduled Catholic bashing. Yay, Catholic Church! And welcome back to fold Bishop Williamson, you wacky Holocaust denier, you!

QUOTE (lostfan @ Feb 6, 2009 -> 10:29 AM) The coffee I just had is ridiculously strong. Feels like the world is moving 5 mph right now. Or, maybe the Oracle was right and you really are the Chosen One who will free us all from The Matrix.

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Feb 6, 2009 -> 11:14 AM) Chuck Taylors. Midnight blue canvas. Black rubber soles and trim. Wore them into the ground and never found them again. *sigh* My hi-top Chucks were the best shoes I ever had. I had an everyday white pair, naturally, and also a pair each of green, yellow, and purple that were the barhopping and gig playing shoes in college. I wore them until the soles were nonexistent.

QUOTE (knightni @ Feb 5, 2009 -> 10:35 PM) What are anyone's general opinion of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow? Like it, dislike it, haven't seen it? I liked it, but it's not great cinema. The fact that it was done entirely with bluescreen and desktop editing technology, and the fact that it's a nice homage to the Flash Gordon serial genre make it enjoyable, but if you don't appreciate those aspects of the film I doubt you'll enjoy it much.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 4, 2009 -> 08:40 AM) Report I saw from the Trib this AM said that the fire was in the cuckold, in the roof, and was contained. There's been an interesting bit of etymological collision here. I couldn't find the Trib article you referenced - or any other article referring to the cuckold or cockloft. I believe, though, that the term the rib used should have been cockhold - literally place in which roosters are kept (= cockloft). Online, I see the two (more, really) spellings used interchangeably in reference to a man unknowingly married to an unfaithful spouse. As believable an etymology it would be, the notion of cuckold/cuckolded, etc. referencing multiple roosters under the roof (suggestive of infidelity), the true etymology is even more interesting. Cuckold/cuckolded, etc., are terms that actually refer to the cookoo bird, a well-known nest parasite that will sneak it's eggs into the nests of other birds, thus duping the parents to raise a fledgling that is not its own. In the same way, unwitting husbands of unfaithful wives can be cuckolded into raising children that biologically are not theirs. Just thought I would clarify.

The best thing on their menu was their huge Breakfast Dagwood Sandwich, and a least down here they took it off the menu a couple of years ago.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Feb 5, 2009 -> 01:45 PM) If anyone has the time, and is interested in under appreciated horror movies, watch The Prince on Darkness. It's available OnDemand, under Free Movies/FearNet. What a movie. It made me further appreciate the role of John Carpenter in the Horror/Action genre. I saw it at the theater when it first came out, and it was fairly suspenseful and visually adventorous at the time (the water dripping up in particular, and the Prince getting closer and closer to being released as well). And Alice Cooper made a good evill bum. But in the end, the film left me pretty unfulfilled. Like I was waiting for a pitched climax that never occurred. Now, Carpenter's remake of The Thing, on the other hand, that's an action/horror film that I've always felt was underappreciated. I always thought that if it hadn't come out roughly at the time Alein came out it would have made more of an impact.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Feb 4, 2009 -> 08:59 PM) I just saw a (bootlegged)teaser trailer for Tron 2 from a Comic-Con. I think it might be really cool. I saw that trailer last year, but when I found out it was the only footage yet created I doubted the film would ever go into production. Only today and yesterday did I start seeing proof to convince me they are moving forward on it.