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Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
Posted: Tue January 01, 2019 12:07 am
Mind Your Tanners
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 6:03 pm Posts: 9359 Location: Washington State
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
theplatypus wrote:
But that is the best one
hmmm
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
how was a perfect world?
fantastic, i loved it
That one's been in my queue, it's just finding the time.
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
First viewings only:
So, just to go back to our earlier conversation: I've seen most of the HDTGM movies because I was alive back then and we rented videos from Blockbuster. I count ~30 movies on your list that I've already seen, most of them multiple times. I mean, Buckaroo Banzai? Or Tomb Raider? Or WarGames? Or Pretty Woman? I saw all of those in the theater, let alone on video.
I can't speak for the rest of the oldies on the board but yeah, I've seen a lot of good movies already.
You should check out DARYL or Cloak & Dagger or even Firefox (get your Clint kick on) if you like good-bad 80's movies.
Books: 24/50: 1. Ernest Hemingway on Writing 2. The Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost 3. Raven Girl by Audrey Niffenegger 4. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson 5. Pattern Recognition by Wiiliam Gibson 6. Ancient History - David Ives 7. Freedom - Jonathan Franzen 8. Crapalachia - Scott McClanahan 9. Exit Ghost - Philip Roth 10. The Westing Game - Ellen Raskin 11. To Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday - Sarah Ruhl 12. Universal Harvester - John Darnielle 13. Paris Nocturne - Patrick Modiano 14. The Cave - Jose Saramago 15. How To Win A War (first draft) - Brady Gerber 16. Lincoln in the Bardo - George Saunders 17. The Mars Room - Rachel Kushner 18. When Women Were Birds - Terry Tempest Williams 19. Needful Things - Stephen King 20. Adjustment Day - Chuck Palahniuk 21. The Dead Mountaineer's Inn - Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky 22. The Changeling- Joy Williams 23. Unsheltered - Barbara Kingsolver 24. The Cloven - Brian Catling
Movies: 38.5/50: 1. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2. What If 3. Logan 4. The Shape of Water 5. Call Me By Your Name 6. Phantom Thread 7. A Bad Moms Christmas 8. A Ghost Story 9. A Futile and Stupid Gesture 10. Black Panther 11. David Bowie: The Last Five Years 12. Annihilation 13. Girls Trip 14. The House 15. A Quiet Place 16. License to Wed 17. Kodachrome 18. Downsizing 19. Coco 20. Thor: Ragnarok 21. Disobedience 22. Tully 23. Solo: A Star Wars Story 24. Won't You Be My Neighbor? 25. Sorry to Bother You 26. Black Klansman 27. Crazy Rich Asians 28. A Simple Favor 29. A Star is Born (2018) 30. Game Night 31. Border 32. Can You Ever Forgive Me? 33. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald 34. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 35. Mary Poppins Returns 36. The Christmas Chronicles 37. Isle of Dogs 37.5 Fist Fight (couldn't finish it, jumped after an agonizing hour) 38. I Think We're Alone Now
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100/50 Books
Son of Retro Pulp Tales by Joe R. Lansdale Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures by Aaron Mahnke A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel by Hope Larson Cassandra French's Finishing School for Boys: A Novel by Eric Garcia We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope by Ian Doescher (AB) A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle Null States by Malka Ann Older Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers (Red Dwarf #1) by Grant Naylor (AB) Better than Life (Red Dwarf #2) by Grant Naylor (AB) Backwards (Red Dwarf #4) by Rob Grant (AB) Last Human (Red Dwarf #3) by Doug Naylor (AB) Sleepwalk With Me and Other Painfully True Stories by Mike Birbiglia Shadow Moon (Chronicles of the Shadow War #1) by Chris Claremont, George Lucas Who Could That Be at This Hour? (All the Wrong Questions #1) by Lemony Snicket You're Saying It Wrong: A Pronunciation Guide to the 150 Most Commonly Mispronounced Words by Ross Petras and Kathryn Petras Mr. and Mrs. Bunny—Detectives Extraordinaire! by Polly Horvath When Did You See Her Last? (All the Wrong Questions #2) by Lemony Snicket Lord and Lady Bunny--Almost Royalty! by Polly Horvath File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents (All the Wrong Questions, #2.5) by Lemony Snicket Shadow Dawn (Chronicles of the Shadow War #2) by Chris Claremont, George Lucas 1984 by George Orwell (AB) Moone Boy: The Blunder Years by Chris O'Dowd Dragonslayer by Wayland Drew Willow (Chronicles of the Shadow War) by Wayland Drew Moone Boy: The Fish Detective by Chris O'Dowd The Last Jedi by Jason Fry (AB) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein (AB) All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells (AB) The Smartest Book in the World by Greg? Proops (AB) Only Human (Themis Files #3) by Sylvain Neuvel (AB) Shadow Star (Chronicles of the Shadow War #3) by Chris Claremont 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill (AB) Ship of Fools by Richard Paul Russo Shouldn't You Be in School? (All the Wrong Questions #3) by Lemony Snicket Pines (Wayward Pines #1) by Blake Crouch Wayward (Wayward Pines #2) by Blake Crouch Horns by Joe Hill (AB) The Last Town (Wayward Pines #3) by Blake Crouch Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris Mustache Shenanigans: Making Super Troopers and Other Adventures in Comedy by Jay Chandrasekhar Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights? (All the Wrong Questions #4) by Lemony Snicket Guardians of the Whills by Greg? Rucka FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven The Escape Artist by Brad Meltzer Savage Season (Hap and Leonard #1) by Joe R. Lansdale The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack (Burton & Swinburne #1) by Mark Hodder Adjustment Day by Chuck Palahniuk False Idols (The Dragon Lords #2) by Jon Hollins Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman Night Shift by Stephen King Blindsight (Firefall #1) by Peter Watts (AB) The Blade Itself (The First Law #1) by Joe Abercrombie Gideon's Sword (Gideon Crew #1) by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child Gideon's Corpse (Gideon Crew #2) by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child The Hatching (The Hatching #1) by Ezekiel Boone The Lost Island (Gideon Crew #3) by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child Beyond the Ice Limit (Gideon Crew #4) by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child The Pharaoh Key (Gideon Crew #5) by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child The Authorities™ by Scott Meyer Frank Miller's RoboCop by Frank Miller (GN) Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe (Deadpool Killogy #1) by Cullen Bunn (GN) Deadpool Kills Deadpool (Deadpool Killogy #3) by Cullen Bunn (GN) Deadpool vs. Carnage (Deadpool VS) by Cullen Bunn (GN) Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets: The Official Movie Novelization by Christie Golden (AB) Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero A-Force Presents Vol. 1 by Nathan Edmondson (GN) Mechanical Failure (Epic Failure #1) by Joe Zieja (AB) A-Force Presents Vol. 2 by Nathan Edmondson (GN) A-Force Presents Vol. 3 by Nathan Edmondson (GN) Run Program by Scott Meyer (AB) Ghosts of Greenglass House (Greenglass House #2) by Kate Milford The Elementals by Michael McDowell The Circle by Dave Eggers The Mysterious Howling (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place #1) by Maryrose Wood Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Lost Command by W. Haden Blackman (GN) The World of Lore: Wicked Mortals by Aaron Mahnke The X-Files: Cold Cases (The X-Files (Audible Original) #1) by Joe Harris (AB) Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky (AB) The Tattooed Potato and Other Clues by Ellen Raskin Year Zero by Rob Reid (AB) The Hidden Gallery (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place #2) by Maryrose Wood Nightbooks by J.A. White The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel) by Ellen Raskin The Unseen Guest (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place #3) by Maryrose Wood The Interrupted Tale (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place #4) by Maryrose Wood Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge The Unmapped Sea (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place #5) by Maryrose Wood The Long-Lost Home (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place #6) by Maryrose Wood The Thanos Quest (The Thanos Quest #1-2) by Jim Starlin (GN) The Infinity Gauntlet (The Infinity Gauntlet #1-6) by Jim Starlin (GN) The Criminal Mastermind of Baker Street by Rob Nunn Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman Sheets by Brenna Thummler (GN) Semiosis by Sue Burke Marvel's Spider-Man: Hostile Takeover by David Liss Bad Faith (The Dragon Lords #3) by Jon Hollins Black Bolt, Vol. 1: Hard Time by Saladin Ahmed Bird Box by Josh Malerman
84/50 Movies
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) The Dark Tower (2017) Kong: Skull Island (2017) Justice League (2017) Geostorm (2017) The Book of Henry (2017) Black Panther (2018) Being Canadian (2015) Willow (1988) Justice League Dark (2017) Despicable Me 3 (2017) Journey Through the Past (1974) Coco (2017) The Music of Strangers (2015) The Big Sick (2017) Chronicle (2012) Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) Darkest Hour (2017) The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) Ready Player One (2018) Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) Avengers: Infinity War (2018) Peter Rabbit (2018) Paddington 2 (2017) The Greatest Showman (2017) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) Murder on the Orient Express (2017) Solo (2018) Annihilation (2018) Incredibles 2 (2018) The Shape of Water (2017) A Wrinkle in Time (2018) Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) Sherlock Gnomes (2018) CHiPS (2017) The Equalizer (2014) Bubble Boy (2001) Beerfest (2006) Best in Show (2000) Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016) Inside Man (2006) Mission Impossible 2 (2000) Downsizing (2017) Collateral Beauty (2016) Mission Impossible 3 (2006) Teen Wolf (1985) Hellboy (2004) Star Trek Beyond (2016) The Monster Squad (1987) Deadpool 2 (2018) Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) Ant-Man & The Wasp (2018) Weird Science (1985) War on Everyone (2016) Inherent Vice (2014) It Follows (2014) Atomic Blonde (2017) Tomb Raider (2017) The Stepford Wives (2004) Death Becomes Her (1992) 300: Rise of an Empire (2014) Super Troopers 2 (2018) The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016) Much Ado About Nothing (2012) Dragon Warriors (2015) Lady in the Water (2006) Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011) The Mummy (2017) Kung Fu Hustle (2004) The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010) Apollo 18 (2011) Ocean's Eight (2018) Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) In Bruges (2008) Hotel Transylvania 3 (2018) Crazy Rich Asians (2018) Aquaman (2018) The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) Early Man (2018) Meet the Patels (2014) Lion (2016)
I did not intentionally pick two Indian movies to end the year with,
that's just what came up. Thought MtP would be funnier than it was. Lion I knew nothing about but my wife picked it. Stupid subtitles crapped out halfway through and we found out that the movie did not hard-code them for translation purposes so there were entire scenes where we had no clue what was being said until five minutes later when the subtitles started again but with the five minute delay. So we'd be listening to the conversation and reading what we missed five minutes ago. Great way to watch a movie.
We also watched Monuments Men. I watched it on the way back from Europe in 2016 but the airline saw fit to blur the artwork (ffs people, it's art). There wasn't anything really that offensive but whatevs. The movie was as good as I remember, though the writing was like someone saw the Ocean's movies and thought they could imitate that. (Looking at you Clooney) There were some swings from comedy and serious, sometimes too close to each other. But overall it's still a good movie.
TOTALS I read 31,693 pages across 112 books (last year: I read 52,882 pages across 215 books)
SHORTEST BOOK 1 page (last year: 20 pages)
LONGEST BOOK 544 pages (last year: 597 pages)
AVERAGE LENGTH 282 pages (last year: 245 pages)
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Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
Posted: Tue January 01, 2019 9:36 pm
what on earth am I talking about
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 12:35 am Posts: 35487
Post something that isn’t your usual constant insecure snivelling and whining and I’ll let you know. Your posts read like a 4 year old who’s shit himself in class and has to make sure we all know about it. Ever day.
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