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 Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
PostPosted: Sat April 07, 2018 10:54 pm 
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As the arbiter of nothing, inc., I have to say I don't give a shit if you've watched something 1 or 100 times before. Yeah the general conceit is "brand new to you" but I'd rather be inclusive and get people talking about things, even older ones.

Speaking of which, I watched Billy Madison with my son while we were camping. It's fucking surreal the way it's put together.


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 Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
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Joe you just watched the Star Wars prequels for the first time this year? Where have you been?

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.... these movies have to be seen for the first time ever to count? Not just with in the year? I get not counting the same movie twice in one year, but all brand new, ever seen, films? That's fucking stupid.


I mean, that's what I'M doing. Who gives a shit if you watched The Phantom Menace for the 8th time? We're just gonna make fun of you for that shit anyhow.

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The prequels count!


I thought maybe you never watched them before. My wife works with a couple guys that never watched any Star Wars movies amazingly those people exist. As much fun as it was to give B a hard time about audiobooks I'm fine with whatever.


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 Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
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Books:
01. The Cold Dish (Walt Longmire, #1)
02. Pastime (Spenser, #18)
03. Fletch's Fortune (Fletch, #3)
04. Pacific Vortex! (Dirk Pitt, #1)
05. True Grit
06. Stardust
07. Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West
08. Norse Mythology
09. The Bat (Harry Hole, #1)
10. Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
11. Death Without Company (Walt Longmire, #2)
12. Firestarter
13. The Terror
14. Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume I

Movies:
01. Safari (1956)
02. Ice Station Zebra (1968)
03. Knights of the Round Table (1953)
04. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
05. Black Panther (2018)

Video Game:
01. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Remastered (PS4)
02. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Remastered (PS4)


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 Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
PostPosted: Sun April 08, 2018 4:45 pm 
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bada wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
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durdencommatyler wrote:
bada wrote:
Joe you just watched the Star Wars prequels for the first time this year? Where have you been?

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.... these movies have to be seen for the first time ever to count? Not just with in the year? I get not counting the same movie twice in one year, but all brand new, ever seen, films? That's fucking stupid.


I mean, that's what I'M doing. Who gives a shit if you watched The Phantom Menace for the 8th time? We're just gonna make fun of you for that shit anyhow.

Team B.

The prequels count!


I thought maybe you never watched them before. My wife works with a couple guys that never watched any Star Wars movies amazingly those people exist. As much fun as it was to give B a hard time about audiobooks I'm fine with whatever.

I saw all three in their original theatrical release. But I had only seen TPM on VHS after it's theatrical run. I hadn't seen AotC or RotS since watching them in the theater.


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 Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
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bune wrote:
As the arbiter of nothing, inc., I have to say I don't give a shit if you've watched something 1 or 100 times before. Yeah the general conceit is "brand new to you" but I'd rather be inclusive and get people talking about things, even older ones.

Speaking of which, I watched Billy Madison with my son while we were camping. It's fucking surreal the way it's put together.

Alright, alright. Fine. I'll play by your rules, OP.


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 Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
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Books: 11/50:
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

Movies: 16/50:
1.The Last Jedi
2. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
3. What If
4. Logan
5. The Shape of Water
6. Call Me By Your Name
7. Phantom Thread
8. A Bad Moms Christmas
9. A Ghost Story
10. The Phantom Menace
11. A Futile and Stupid Gesture
12. Black Panther
13. David Bowie: The Last Five Years
14. Annihilation
15. Girls Trip
16. The House


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durdencommatyler wrote:
bune wrote:
As the arbiter of nothing, inc., I have to say I don't give a shit if you've watched something 1 or 100 times before. Yeah the general conceit is "brand new to you" but I'd rather be inclusive and get people talking about things, even older ones.

Speaking of which, I watched Billy Madison with my son while we were camping. It's fucking surreal the way it's put together.

Alright, alright. Fine. I'll play by your rules, OP.

But I just said I don't give a shit...?


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 Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
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17/50 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
    A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
    Null States by Malka Ann Older
    Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers (Red Dwarf #1) by Grant Naylor
    Better than Life (Red Dwarf #2) by Grant Naylor
    Backwards (Red Dwarf #4) by Rob Grant
    Last Human (Red Dwarf #3) by Doug Naylor
    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--and Their Tangled Histories of Misuse by Ross Petras and Kathryn Petras

21/50 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)

Chronicle was probably lightning in a bottle for Max Landis and Josh Trank and they've not done much since. The Last Knight wasn't worth the 0's and 1's on the disc. Darkest Hour was, without a doubt, a vehicle solely to get an Oscar for Gary Oldman.

The Man Who Invented Christmas was an alright film, though there were a few pacing issues.

Next up: "Their Finest" to complete the Dunkirk trilogy.

Side note - was there something about Dunkirk/Churchill this past year that I missed? Three movies about the event, two about the man. Or is this a mega Armageddon/Deep Impact Antz/A Bug's Life thing?


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 Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
PostPosted: Sun April 08, 2018 9:24 pm 
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bune wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
bune wrote:
As the arbiter of nothing, inc., I have to say I don't give a shit if you've watched something 1 or 100 times before. Yeah the general conceit is "brand new to you" but I'd rather be inclusive and get people talking about things, even older ones.

Speaking of which, I watched Billy Madison with my son while we were camping. It's fucking surreal the way it's put together.

Alright, alright. Fine. I'll play by your rules, OP.

But I just said I don't give a shit...?

I SAID YOU WIN OP!


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 Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
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You watched a movie while camping? You're doing it wrong.

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 Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
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Books 11/50
Sing Unburied Sing - Jesmyn Ward
And The Mountains Echoed - Khaled Hosseini
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
Women And Power - Mary Beard
Tales Of Ordinary Madness - Charles Bukowski
Mystery Train: Images Of America In Rock N Roll Music - Greil Marcus
Between The World And Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates
Wolf In White Van - John Darnielle
A Mercy - Toni Morrison
The Importance Of Being Earnest and Four Other Plays - Oscar Wilde
Love Goes To Buildings On Fire - Will Hermes

Movies 7/50
Hell Or High Water
Black Panther
Lego Ninjago
Bowie The Last Five Years
Baby Driver
Pitch Perfect 3
Coco


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B wrote:
You watched a movie while camping? You're doing it wrong.

It was after hiking around all day and roasting hot dogs and making smores by the campfire for dinner, if that helps.
durdencommatyler wrote:
bune wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
bune wrote:
As the arbiter of nothing, inc., I have to say I don't give a shit if you've watched something 1 or 100 times before. Yeah the general conceit is "brand new to you" but I'd rather be inclusive and get people talking about things, even older ones.

Speaking of which, I watched Billy Madison with my son while we were camping. It's fucking surreal the way it's put together.

Alright, alright. Fine. I'll play by your rules, OP.

But I just said I don't give a shit...?

I SAID YOU WIN OP!

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 Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
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Books: 12/50:
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

Movies: 16/50:
1.The Last Jedi
2. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
3. What If
4. Logan
5. The Shape of Water
6. Call Me By Your Name
7. Phantom Thread
8. A Bad Moms Christmas
9. A Ghost Story
10. The Phantom Menace
11. A Futile and Stupid Gesture
12. Black Panther
13. David Bowie: The Last Five Years
14. Annihilation
15. Girls Trip
16. The House


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 Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
PostPosted: Tue April 10, 2018 3:42 am 
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Books: 12/50:
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

Movies: 18/50:
1.The Last Jedi
2. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
3. What If
4. Logan
5. The Shape of Water
6. Call Me By Your Name
7. Phantom Thread
8. A Bad Moms Christmas
9. A Ghost Story
10. The Phantom Menace
11. A Futile and Stupid Gesture
12. Black Panther
13. David Bowie: The Last Five Years
14. Annihilation
15. Girls Trip
16. The House
17. A Quiet Place
18. License to Wed


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 Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
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Books 12/50
Sing Unburied Sing - Jesmyn Ward
And The Mountains Echoed - Khaled Hosseini
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
Women And Power - Mary Beard
Tales Of Ordinary Madness - Charles Bukowski
Mystery Train: Images Of America In Rock N Roll Music - Greil Marcus
Between The World And Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates
Wolf In White Van - John Darnielle
A Mercy - Toni Morrison
The Importance Of Being Earnest and Four Other Plays - Oscar Wilde
Love Goes To Buildings On Fire - Will Hermes
Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut

Movies 9/50
Hell Or High Water
Black Panther
Lego Ninjago
Bowie The Last Five Years
Baby Driver
Pitch Perfect 3
Coco
Girls Trip
Isle Of Dogs


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I only just noticed The Westing Game in there. I love that book so much, I read it quite a lot when I was young. I was so happy when my son came home one day and said they were reading it in school. He liked it so much he bought his own copy. It's just a great book.


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bune wrote:
I only just noticed The Westing Game in there. I love that book so much, I read it quite a lot when I was young. I was so happy when my son came home one day and said they were reading it in school. He liked it so much he bought his own copy. It's just a great book.

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That book is the reason I love guessing what the author is trying to do so much. My wife says it drives her crazy when we're talking about a book we've both read or are reading and I'm constantly saying how this means that and the other. She's like, don't you ever just read a book?


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bune wrote:
That book is the reason I love guessing what the author is trying to do so much. My wife says it drives her crazy when we're talking about a book we've both read or are reading and I'm constantly saying how this means that and the other. She's like, don't you ever just read a book?

I... I don't... tell her you're right. What you do IS reading a book and there's no other way to read a book and she's not making any senese.


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 Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
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I asked her once and the best I can describe it is that it's like dictation: the words go in, the pages turn, the book is over.

Don't get me wrong, she's had emotional reactions to books and stuff, it's just that she experiences them way different than I ever could. I just gave up trying to understand her reading process.


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