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Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
Posted: 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.
Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
Posted: Sat April 07, 2018 11:07 pm
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durdencommatyler wrote:
B wrote:
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.
Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
Posted: Sat April 07, 2018 11:10 pm
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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)
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.
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.
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
Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
Posted: Sun April 08, 2018 7:30 pm
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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.
Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
Posted: Sun April 08, 2018 7:39 pm
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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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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.
Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
Posted: Mon April 09, 2018 2:13 am
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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
Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
Posted: Mon April 09, 2018 5:45 pm
Mind Your Tanners
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 6:03 pm Posts: 9359 Location: Washington State
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.
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
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
Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
Posted: Fri April 20, 2018 2:41 am
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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
Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
Posted: Fri April 20, 2018 3:31 pm
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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.
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.
Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
Posted: Fri April 20, 2018 8:31 pm
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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?
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.
Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
Posted: Fri April 20, 2018 8:55 pm
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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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