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Post subject: Re: 2019 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books and/or 50 Movies in One
Posted: Fri March 08, 2019 10:40 pm
Mind Your Tanners
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 6:03 pm Posts: 9359 Location: Washington State
wease wrote:
bune wrote:
They could/should totally do a Parker movie. The most expensive thing would be the cast.
They have. Point Blank with Lee Marvin and Payback with Mel Gibson are both based on the first book, The Hunter.
The Outfit, with Robert Duvall, is based on The Outfit.
The Split, with Jim Brown (yes, the football player), was based on The Seventh.
Slayground with Peter Coyote, based on Slayground.
Parker, with Jason Statham is based on Flashfire. And is the only one in which he’s actually called Parker.
I confess I’ve never seen any of these, but am dying to see Point Blank. It’s supposed to be the most faithful to the book. I wish they’d get somebody cool signed up for a whole series, like the Bond flicks/ books. But remain more faithful to the books.
I've seen Payback, I wouldn't call it a Parker movie if you didn't tell me that. Huh.
I should have checked out Wikipedia to see the list! I'll have to put those in the queue as well.
wease wrote:
blueviper wrote:
Stardog Champion wrote:
17/50 Movies
Fruitvale Station Beautiful Boy Mission Impossible Fallout Venom Ant-man and the Wasp Sorry To Bother You Incredibles 2 The Dark Tower Ocean's 8 The Quick and the Dead North by Northwest The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) BlacKKKlansman Mildred Pierce (1945) Bohemian Rhapsody Friday Molly's Game
12/50 Books
The Gunslinger (Dark Tower 1) - Stephen King The Drawing of the Three (Dark Tower 2) - Stephen King New Orleans Stories - edited by John Miller Portnoy's Complaint - Philip Roth The Waste Lands (Dark Tower 3) - Stephen King The Postman Always Rings Twice - James Cain The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman The Origin of Others - Toni Morrison The Water Cure - Sophie Mackintosh Black Leopard, Red Wolf - Marlon James They Can't Kill Us Until they Kill Us - Hanif Abdurraqib Paradise - Toni Morrison
Post subject: Re: 2019 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books and/or 50 Movies in One
Posted: Fri March 08, 2019 11:51 pm
Major Dude
Joined: Sat January 05, 2013 1:57 pm Posts: 32413 Location: Where everybody knows your name
bune wrote:
wease wrote:
bune wrote:
They could/should totally do a Parker movie. The most expensive thing would be the cast.
They have. Point Blank with Lee Marvin and Payback with Mel Gibson are both based on the first book, The Hunter.
The Outfit, with Robert Duvall, is based on The Outfit.
The Split, with Jim Brown (yes, the football player), was based on The Seventh.
Slayground with Peter Coyote, based on Slayground.
Parker, with Jason Statham is based on Flashfire. And is the only one in which he’s actually called Parker.
I confess I’ve never seen any of these, but am dying to see Point Blank. It’s supposed to be the most faithful to the book. I wish they’d get somebody cool signed up for a whole series, like the Bond flicks/ books. But remain more faithful to the books.
I've seen Payback, I wouldn't call it a Parker movie if you didn't tell me that. Huh.
I should have checked out Wikipedia to see the list! I'll have to put those in the queue as well.
I just finished Dirty Money a few minutes ago. Man, it’s a shame Westlake passed away. There’s just so much that could’ve happened after the end of it.
_________________ Let me tell you, Homer Simpson is cock of nothing! - C. Montgomery Burns
Post subject: Re: 2019 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books and/or 50 Movies in One
Posted: Fri March 08, 2019 11:53 pm
Major Dude
Joined: Sat January 05, 2013 1:57 pm Posts: 32413 Location: Where everybody knows your name
28/50 Books
The Green Eagle Score- Richard Stark The Sour Lemon Score- Richard Stark Hellboy: Omnibus Vol 1 Hellboy: Omnibus Vol 2 Essential Captain Marvel Vol 2 Steely Dan: The Complete Guide to Their Music Deadly Edge - Richard Stark Slayground - Richard Stark Plunder Squad - Richard Stark The Damsel - Richard Stark The Blackbird - Richard Stark Hellboy: Omnibus Vol 3 (over 500 pages) Butcher’s Moon - Richard Stark Lemons Don't Lie - Richard Stark Comeback - Richard Stark Backflash - Richard Stark Born Standing Up - Steve Martin Flashfire - Richard Stark The Complete Making of Indiana Jones - JW Rinzler Firebreak - Richard Stark Hellboy: Omnibus Volume 4 Hellboy: The Short Stories Vol 1 Hellboy: The Short Stories Vol 2 Breakout - Richard Stark Nobody Runs Forever - Richard Stark Ask the Parrot - Richard Stark Dirty Money - Richard Stark
And with that, I have completed all the Stark Parker and Grofield books. Greatly looking forward to a re-read.
5/50 Movies
Raiders of the Lost Ark The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Sin City Sin City: A Dame To Kill For Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
_________________ Let me tell you, Homer Simpson is cock of nothing! - C. Montgomery Burns
Post subject: Re: 2019 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books and/or 50 Movies in One
Posted: Sat March 09, 2019 11:21 pm
I've been POOSSTTIiiEEnngeeaahh
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 5:53 pm Posts: 12081
Movies:
01. The Hill (1965) 02. Sahara (1943) 03. Island in the Sky (1953) 04. Shalako (1968) 05. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) 06. Death Rides a Horse (1967) 07. Zardoz (1974) 08. The Revenant (2015) 09. Blood Father (2016) 10. Edge of Tomorrow (2014) 11. Murder on the Orient Express (1974) 12. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 13. Point Blank (1967) 14. Solomon Kane (2009) 15. The Professionals (1966) 16. Aquaman (2018) 17. Deadpool 2 (2018) 18. Suicide Squad (2016) 19. Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) 20. Vera Cruz (1954) 21. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) 22. Thor: The Dark World (2013) 23. Justice League Dark (2017) 24. Paths of Glory (1957) 25. Sorcerer (1977) 26. The Death of Superman (2018) 27. Reign of the Supermen (2019) 28. Watusi (1959) 29. The Legend of Tarzan (2016) 30. Son of Batman (2014) 31. Batman vs. Robin (2015) 32. Batman: Bad Blood (2016) 33. Police Story (1985) 34. Warriors Two (1978) 35. Lucky Logan (2017) 36. The Nice Guys (2016) 37. The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017) 38. Drive (2011) 39. John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) 40. Kingdom of Heaven - Director's Cut (2005) 41. Hostiles (2017) 42. Hell or High Water (2016) 43. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) 44. The Wages Of Fear (1955) 45. Drunken Master (1978) 46. Executioners from Shaolin (1977) 47. The Third Man (1949) 48. Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976) 49. Ride Lonesome (1959) 50. Rio Conchos (1964) 51. The Inglorious Bastards (1978) 52. Clan of the White Lotus (1980) 53. Rolling Thunder (1977) 54. MacKenna's Gold (1969) 55. Vanishing Point (1971) 56. The Sisters Brothers (2018) 57. Der Fan (1982) 58. Truck Turner (1974) 59. 10 Brothers Of Shaolin (1977) 60. Kung Fury (2015) 61. Black Dynamite (2009) 62. Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971) 63. Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1973) 64. The Predator (2018) 65. Nighthawks (1981) 66. Django (1966) 67. Waterloo (1970) 68. Duck, You Sucker! (1971) 69. Black '47 (2018) 70. Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) 71. Dr. No (1962) 72. The Seventh Seal (1957) 73. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) 74. Throne of Blood (1957) 75. From Russia with Love (1963) 76. Arrival (2016) 77. Annihilation (2018) 78. Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) 79. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) 80. Ms .45 (1981)
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Post subject: Re: 2019 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books and/or 50 Movies in One
Posted: Sun March 10, 2019 3:01 am
likes rhythmic things that butt up against each other
Joined: Sun January 06, 2013 6:05 pm Posts: 744
bune wrote:
wease wrote:
bune wrote:
They could/should totally do a Parker movie. The most expensive thing would be the cast.
They have. Point Blank with Lee Marvin and Payback with Mel Gibson are both based on the first book, The Hunter.
The Outfit, with Robert Duvall, is based on The Outfit.
The Split, with Jim Brown (yes, the football player), was based on The Seventh.
Slayground with Peter Coyote, based on Slayground.
Parker, with Jason Statham is based on Flashfire. And is the only one in which he’s actually called Parker.
I confess I’ve never seen any of these, but am dying to see Point Blank. It’s supposed to be the most faithful to the book. I wish they’d get somebody cool signed up for a whole series, like the Bond flicks/ books. But remain more faithful to the books.
I've seen Payback, I wouldn't call it a Parker movie if you didn't tell me that. Huh.
I should have checked out Wikipedia to see the list! I'll have to put those in the queue as well.
wease wrote:
blueviper wrote:
Stardog Champion wrote:
17/50 Movies
Fruitvale Station Beautiful Boy Mission Impossible Fallout Venom Ant-man and the Wasp Sorry To Bother You Incredibles 2 The Dark Tower Ocean's 8 The Quick and the Dead North by Northwest The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) BlacKKKlansman Mildred Pierce (1945) Bohemian Rhapsody Friday Molly's Game
12/50 Books
The Gunslinger (Dark Tower 1) - Stephen King The Drawing of the Three (Dark Tower 2) - Stephen King New Orleans Stories - edited by John Miller Portnoy's Complaint - Philip Roth The Waste Lands (Dark Tower 3) - Stephen King The Postman Always Rings Twice - James Cain The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman The Origin of Others - Toni Morrison The Water Cure - Sophie Mackintosh Black Leopard, Red Wolf - Marlon James They Can't Kill Us Until they Kill Us - Hanif Abdurraqib Paradise - Toni Morrison
Love the cliffhanger for The Waste Lands
Book 4 is my favorite.
Four is great. I need to re-read these.
You know, in between everything else going on!
It'll probably be April by the time I get to the fourth book. I needed a break for a little while. I just needed some new characters to follow. I'm working through some short story collections for work, but I'll definitely be back to the Dark Tower when spring break hits. I'm not bailing on the series.
6/50 Movies: 1. The Avengers: Infinity War 2. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 3. Ocean's 8 4. Fyre 5. Tag 6. Greta
4/50 Books: 1. The End of the End of the World - Jonathan Franzen 2. Children of Blood and Bone - Tomi Adeyemi 3. Becoming - Michelle Obama 4. Another Country - James Baldwin
8/50 Albums: 1. Around the Sun - R.E.M. 2. Accelerate - R.E.M. 3. Here We Rest - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit 4. Lifers - Cody Jinks 5. Ash & Ice - The Kills 6. Canterbury Girls - Lily & Madeliene 7. My Woman - Angel Olsen 8. Horses - Patti Smith (revisiting after more than a decade)
Post subject: Re: 2019 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books and/or 50 Movies in One
Posted: Sun March 10, 2019 8:46 pm
I Have A Third Nipple
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 7:41 am Posts: 19718 Location: Cumberland, RI
13/50 Movies: 1. Blue Velvet (1986) [re-watch] 2. Trolls (2016) [re-watch] 3. Sing (2016) [re-watch] 4. Frozen (2013) [re-watch] 5. Lady and the Tramp (1955) [re-watch] 6. Get Out (2017) 7. Cinderella (1950) [re-watch] 8. The Sixth Sense (1999) [re-watch] 9. Mulan (1998) [re-watch] 10. Beauty and the Beast (2017) [re-watch] 11. Tangled (2010) [re-watch] 12. Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) 13. Apocalypse Now (1979)
6/50 Books: 1. The Musical Brain - Cesar Aira 2. Hannah Versus the Tree - Leland de la Durantaye 3. An Episode In The Life Of A Landscape Painter - Cesar Aira [re-read, last read 2009] 4. Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin 5. Down the Rabbit Hole by Juan Pablo Villalobos 6. The Spirit of Science Fiction by Roberto Bolaño
23/100 Albums: 1. Laura Gibson - Goners (2018) 2. The 1975 - The 1975 (2013) 3. The Decemberists - Traveling On (2018) 4. Beck - Colors (2017) 5. Laura Marling - Once I Was An Eagle (2013) 6. Feist - The Reminder (2007) 7. Haley Bonar - The Size of Planets (2003) 8. Cat Power - Wanderer (2018) 9. Stella Donnelly - Thrush Metal EP (2017) 10. Cherry Glazerr - Stuffed & Ready (2019) 11. William Tyler - Goes West (2019) 12. Sarah Jaffe - Bad Baby (2017) 13. Phosphorescent - C'est La Vie (2018) 14. William Tyler - Impossible Truth (2013) 15. The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It (2016) 16. Courtney Barnett - How To Carve A Carrot Into A Rose (2013) 17. The Casket Girls - The Casket Girls EP (2013) 18. Broken Social Scene - Let's Try The After (Vol 1) (2019) 19. Peter Bjorn and John - EPBJ (2019) 20. Strand of Oaks - Eraserland (2019) 21. Will Oldham - Songs of Love and Horror (2018) 22. Jim James - Tribute To 2 (2017) 23. Stella Donnelly - Beware of the Dogs (2019)
7/30 Etc. 1. Game of Thrones Season 1 [re-watch] 2. Making a Murderer Season 2 3. No One Loves You - Roy Wood Jr. 4. The Office Season 4 [re-watch] 5. Big Mouth: My Furry Valentine 6. The Office Season 5 [re-watch] 7. True Detective Season 3
Post subject: Re: 2019 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books and/or 50 Movies in One
Posted: Sun March 10, 2019 11:19 pm
Major Dude
Joined: Sat January 05, 2013 1:57 pm Posts: 32413 Location: Where everybody knows your name
28/50 Books
The Green Eagle Score- Richard Stark The Sour Lemon Score- Richard Stark Hellboy: Omnibus Vol 1 Hellboy: Omnibus Vol 2 Essential Captain Marvel Vol 2 Steely Dan: The Complete Guide to Their Music Deadly Edge - Richard Stark Slayground - Richard Stark Plunder Squad - Richard Stark The Damsel - Richard Stark The Blackbird - Richard Stark Hellboy: Omnibus Vol 3 (over 500 pages) Butcher’s Moon - Richard Stark Lemons Don't Lie - Richard Stark Comeback - Richard Stark Backflash - Richard Stark Born Standing Up - Steve Martin Flashfire - Richard Stark The Complete Making of Indiana Jones - JW Rinzler Firebreak - Richard Stark Hellboy: Omnibus Volume 4 Hellboy: The Short Stories Vol 1 Hellboy: The Short Stories Vol 2 Breakout - Richard Stark Nobody Runs Forever - Richard Stark Ask the Parrot - Richard Stark Dirty Money - Richard Stark
6/50 Movies
Raiders of the Lost Ark The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Sin City Sin City: A Dame To Kill For Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Captain Marvel
_________________ Let me tell you, Homer Simpson is cock of nothing! - C. Montgomery Burns
Post subject: Re: 2019 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books and/or 50 Movies in One
Posted: Tue March 12, 2019 4:38 am
The Master
Joined: Sun May 25, 2014 9:32 pm Posts: 31614 Location: Garbage Dump
1. Nightwing (1979) 2. DreamChild (1985) 3. Second Act (2018) 4. Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) 5. Hell Fest (2018) 6. Stephanie (2018) 7. Roadgames (1981) 8. The Last Laugh (2019) 9. Eye See You (2002) 10. Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018) 11. Seeds (1968) 12. Short Eyes (1977) 13. Fyre (2019) 14. Brides of Blood (1968) 15. Guru, the Mad Monk (1970) 16. Flesh & Blood (2018) 17. Night Train Murders (1975) 18. Joy Ride (2001) 19. Who Can Kill a Child? (1976) 20. Beast with a Gun (1977) 21. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) 22. Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972) 23. Kin (2018) 24. Kidnapped (1998) 25. Deep Cover (1992) 26. The Learning Tree (1969) 27. Skinner (1993) 28. Philadelphia (1993) 29. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) 30. Rituals (1977) 31. Shock Corridor (1963) 32. Carnival of Blood (1970) 33. The Fan (1982) 34. The Devil's Honey (1986) 35. Intruder in the Dust (1949) 36. Overlord (2018) 37. Corruption (1983) 38. Last House on Dead End Street (1977) 39. Vapors (1965) 40. Red Roses of Passion (1966) 41. Fair Game (1986) 42. BlacKkKlansman (2018) 43. Manhattan Baby (1982) 44. Murder Rock (1984) 45. SexWorld (1978) 46. Greta (2019) 47. Pazuzu (1975) 48. Hotel Artemis (2018) 49. The Children (1980) 50. Mad Doctor of Blood Island (1968) 51. Beast of Blood (1970) 52. I Can Do Bad All by Myself (2009) 53. Anna Karenina (1935) 54. The Outrage (1964) 55. The Great White Hope (1970) 56. Robin Hood (2018)
Post subject: Re: 2019 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books and/or 50 Movies in One
Posted: Tue March 12, 2019 4:46 am
Mind Your Tanners
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 6:02 am Posts: 9712 Location: Tristes Tropiques
Some of y'all need to start reading some goddamned books.
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VinylGuy wrote:
its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
Post subject: Re: 2019 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books and/or 50 Movies in One
Posted: Tue March 12, 2019 5:15 am
Mind Your Tanners
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 6:02 am Posts: 9712 Location: Tristes Tropiques
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Mickey wrote:
Some of y'all need to start reading some goddamned books.
which harry potter was your favorite?
The one Cuarón directed, duh.
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VinylGuy wrote:
its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
Post subject: Re: 2019 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books and/or 50 Movies in One
Posted: Tue March 12, 2019 11:35 pm
Major Dude
Joined: Sat January 05, 2013 1:57 pm Posts: 32413 Location: Where everybody knows your name
29/50 Books
The Green Eagle Score- Richard Stark The Sour Lemon Score- Richard Stark Hellboy: Omnibus Vol 1 Hellboy: Omnibus Vol 2 Essential Captain Marvel Vol 2 Steely Dan: The Complete Guide to Their Music Deadly Edge - Richard Stark Slayground - Richard Stark Plunder Squad - Richard Stark The Damsel - Richard Stark The Blackbird - Richard Stark Hellboy: Omnibus Vol 3 (over 500 pages) Butcher’s Moon - Richard Stark Lemons Don't Lie - Richard Stark Comeback - Richard Stark Backflash - Richard Stark Born Standing Up - Steve Martin Flashfire - Richard Stark The Complete Making of Indiana Jones - JW Rinzler Firebreak - Richard Stark Hellboy: Omnibus Volume 4 Hellboy: The Short Stories Vol 1 Hellboy: The Short Stories Vol 2 Breakout - Richard Stark Nobody Runs Forever - Richard Stark Ask the Parrot - Richard Stark Dirty Money - Richard Stark The X-Men Companion Vol 1 - Peter Sanderson
6/50 Movies
Raiders of the Lost Ark The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Sin City Sin City: A Dame To Kill For Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Captain Marvel
_________________ Let me tell you, Homer Simpson is cock of nothing! - C. Montgomery Burns
Post subject: Re: 2019 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books and/or 50 Movies in One
Posted: Wed March 13, 2019 9:13 pm
Mind Your Tanners
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 6:03 pm Posts: 9359 Location: Washington State
14/50 Books
Cable & Deadpool, Volume 1: If Looks Could Kill by Fabian Nicieza (GN) Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) by Hugh Howey Wrapped-Up FoxTrot: A Treasury with the Final Daily Strips by Bill Amend Space Unicorn Blues by T.J. Berry Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling Breach (Cold War Magic #1) by W.L. Goodwater Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse by Steve Behling Hark! the Herald Angels Scream: An Anthology by Christopher Golden (Editor) Atomic Marriage by Curtis Sittenfeld (AB) The Winter of Frankie Machine by Don Winslow (AB) Seed by Ania Ahlborn (AB) Dark Corners Collection by Various (AB)
Oak Avenue (Dark Corners Collection #7) by Brandi Reeds (AB) The Remedy (Dark Corners Collection #6) by Adam Haslett (AB) The Tangled Woods (Dark Corners Collection #5) by Emily Raboteau (AB) Miao Dao (Dark Corners Collection #4) by Joyce Carol Oates (AB) There's a Giant Trapdoor Spider Under Your Bed (Dark Corners Collection #3) by Edgar Cantero (AB) The Sleep Tight Motel (Dark Corners Collection #2) by Lisa Unger (AB) Hannah-Beast (Dark Corners Collection #1) by Jennifer McMahon (AB)
Wool: The Graphic Novel by Hugh Howey (GN) Out of Spite, Out of Mind (Magic 2.0 #5) by Scott Meyer (AB)
Oak Avenue was not a good story, and the terrible narrator did not help things. Her guy voice made it sound like the voice you'd use back in the 90's to make fun of retarded people* and it was really jarring.
The Remedy had a better narrator and was just OK right up to the end where the Remedy is realized. Bold choice.
The Tangled Woods was also pretty bad but the description of the hell that is Great Wolf Lodge was pretty spot on. Like, I could see them suing him for how close it comes to being libel. Also the main character made me think of LV for some reason.
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Poison-tongued film critic Reginald Wright is known for his creative insults and intolerance for the garbage culture, insufferable rudeness, and thoughtless racism of predictably common people.
Also the ending would have been much better if the kid had killed the guy instead of the guy committing suicide. Would have been a stronger horror story instead of a really bad Black Mirror episode.
Miao Dao I completely get what the story was trying to do and it succeeded in that (holy crap did I feel uncomfortable) but the overarching 'part of a scary story collection' was lost on me. Chekov's gun was in the beginning and so I was expecting it to go off and yup, there it is. Oh there's a spooky cat! But nope, just a cat with a weird eye affliction. I will fully grant that one of my problems I had was with the narrator. I don't know what kind of editing they did but some sentences sound like they are pieced together poorly from different takes because the delivery just changes, or there's an awkward pause between words. It was a very frustrating thing to listen to.
There's a Giant Trapdoor Spider Under Your Bed was wild. Still not 100% if it was real or just a good imagination on the kids but it was a great story.
I quite liked The Sleep Tight Motel. I figured out the twist fairly quickly as ghosts don't eat but that's OK, it was still a fun story. Well, "fun"...the guy character and some of the scenes were more than a little rapey so if that would disturb you - especially the more than a little detailed descriptions offered here - maybe head somewhere else for a lighthearted ghost story.
Hannah-Beast was all over the place for me. I liked the time jumps, but also it's not a story about a haunting - more a story about someone who suddenly (and inexplicably, if you think about the fact she's only now thinking about that night 34 years later) thinking about her childhood friend. She gets drunk and her imagination gets the better of her and she ends up killing the "ghost" she imagined. Whoops. Spoiler: it was her daughter.
Wool GN was such a condensed version of the story, but also had one or two little tidbits that weren't in the book. But then again the novel was huge and this...was not.
Spite/Mind was hard for me. I really wanted to like it because I love the series and I adore the narrator but this one was just bad. Actually ties into my dislike of the Umbrella Academy except in this one they beat to death how time is a flat circle and what happens will happen because that's the way it happened the first time and you can't change that. Cue three hours later and they're still having the conversation except now everyone's angry and fighting each other (literally, since time travel is involved) and I still don't get why this was a book instead of a short story.
22/50 Movies [list]Hogfather (2006) Adventures in Babysitting (1987) Brigsby Bear (2017) Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) Better Off Dead... (1985) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman - Rage of Atlantis (2018) ¡Three Amigos! (1986) For Your Consideration (2006) Bumblebee (2018) Sorry to Bother You (2018) Blood Father (2016) Seven Psychopaths (2012) Sicario (2015) Bronson (2008) The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017) Christopher Robin (2018) Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) Top Secret! (1984) How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) Captain Marvel (2019)
Post subject: Re: 2019 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books and/or 50 Movies in One
Posted: Thu March 14, 2019 12:23 am
Major Dude
Joined: Sat January 05, 2013 1:57 pm Posts: 32413 Location: Where everybody knows your name
30/50 Books
The Green Eagle Score- Richard Stark The Sour Lemon Score- Richard Stark Hellboy: Omnibus Vol 1 Hellboy: Omnibus Vol 2 Essential Captain Marvel Vol 2 Steely Dan: The Complete Guide to Their Music Deadly Edge - Richard Stark Slayground - Richard Stark Plunder Squad - Richard Stark The Damsel - Richard Stark The Blackbird - Richard Stark Hellboy: Omnibus Vol 3 (over 500 pages) Butcher’s Moon - Richard Stark Lemons Don't Lie - Richard Stark Comeback - Richard Stark Backflash - Richard Stark Born Standing Up - Steve Martin Flashfire - Richard Stark The Complete Making of Indiana Jones - JW Rinzler Firebreak - Richard Stark Hellboy: Omnibus Volume 4 Hellboy: The Short Stories Vol 1 Hellboy: The Short Stories Vol 2 Breakout - Richard Stark Nobody Runs Forever - Richard Stark Ask the Parrot - Richard Stark Dirty Money - Richard Stark The X-Men Companion Vol 1 - Peter Sanderson The X-Men Companion Vol 2 - Peter Sanderson
6/50 Movies
Raiders of the Lost Ark The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Sin City Sin City: A Dame To Kill For Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Captain Marvel
_________________ Let me tell you, Homer Simpson is cock of nothing! - C. Montgomery Burns
Post subject: Re: 2019 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books and/or 50 Movies in One
Posted: Thu March 14, 2019 1:36 pm
Future Drummer
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 2:03 pm Posts: 3121
wease wrote:
blueviper wrote:
Stardog Champion wrote:
17/50 Movies
Fruitvale Station Beautiful Boy Mission Impossible Fallout Venom Ant-man and the Wasp Sorry To Bother You Incredibles 2 The Dark Tower Ocean's 8 The Quick and the Dead North by Northwest The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) BlacKKKlansman Mildred Pierce (1945) Bohemian Rhapsody Friday Molly's Game
12/50 Books
The Gunslinger (Dark Tower 1) - Stephen King The Drawing of the Three (Dark Tower 2) - Stephen King New Orleans Stories - edited by John Miller Portnoy's Complaint - Philip Roth The Waste Lands (Dark Tower 3) - Stephen King The Postman Always Rings Twice - James Cain The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman The Origin of Others - Toni Morrison The Water Cure - Sophie Mackintosh Black Leopard, Red Wolf - Marlon James They Can't Kill Us Until they Kill Us - Hanif Abdurraqib Paradise - Toni Morrison
Post subject: Re: 2019 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books and/or 50 Movies in One
Posted: Thu March 14, 2019 4:15 pm
Major Dude
Joined: Sat January 05, 2013 1:57 pm Posts: 32413 Location: Where everybody knows your name
blueviper wrote:
wease wrote:
blueviper wrote:
Stardog Champion wrote:
17/50 Movies
Fruitvale Station Beautiful Boy Mission Impossible Fallout Venom Ant-man and the Wasp Sorry To Bother You Incredibles 2 The Dark Tower Ocean's 8 The Quick and the Dead North by Northwest The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) BlacKKKlansman Mildred Pierce (1945) Bohemian Rhapsody Friday Molly's Game
12/50 Books
The Gunslinger (Dark Tower 1) - Stephen King The Drawing of the Three (Dark Tower 2) - Stephen King New Orleans Stories - edited by John Miller Portnoy's Complaint - Philip Roth The Waste Lands (Dark Tower 3) - Stephen King The Postman Always Rings Twice - James Cain The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman The Origin of Others - Toni Morrison The Water Cure - Sophie Mackintosh Black Leopard, Red Wolf - Marlon James They Can't Kill Us Until they Kill Us - Hanif Abdurraqib Paradise - Toni Morrison
Post subject: Re: 2019 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books and/or 50 Movies in One
Posted: Thu March 14, 2019 11:39 pm
Major Dude
Joined: Sat January 05, 2013 1:57 pm Posts: 32413 Location: Where everybody knows your name
31/50 Books
The Green Eagle Score- Richard Stark The Sour Lemon Score- Richard Stark Hellboy: Omnibus Vol 1 Hellboy: Omnibus Vol 2 Essential Captain Marvel Vol 2 Steely Dan: The Complete Guide to Their Music Deadly Edge - Richard Stark Slayground - Richard Stark Plunder Squad - Richard Stark The Damsel - Richard Stark The Blackbird - Richard Stark Hellboy: Omnibus Vol 3 (over 500 pages) Butcher’s Moon - Richard Stark Lemons Don't Lie - Richard Stark Comeback - Richard Stark Backflash - Richard Stark Born Standing Up - Steve Martin Flashfire - Richard Stark The Complete Making of Indiana Jones - JW Rinzler Firebreak - Richard Stark Hellboy: Omnibus Volume 4 Hellboy: The Short Stories Vol 1 Hellboy: The Short Stories Vol 2 Breakout - Richard Stark Nobody Runs Forever - Richard Stark Ask the Parrot - Richard Stark Dirty Money - Richard Stark The X-Men Companion Vol 1 - Peter Sanderson The X-Men Companion Vol 2 - Peter Sanderson Essential Ms Marvel Vol 1
6/50 Movies
Raiders of the Lost Ark The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Sin City Sin City: A Dame To Kill For Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Captain Marvel
_________________ Let me tell you, Homer Simpson is cock of nothing! - C. Montgomery Burns
Post subject: Re: 2019 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books and/or 50 Movies in One
Posted: Fri March 15, 2019 9:08 pm
I Have A Third Nipple
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 7:41 am Posts: 19718 Location: Cumberland, RI
13/50 Movies: 1. Blue Velvet (1986) [re-watch] 2. Trolls (2016) [re-watch] 3. Sing (2016) [re-watch] 4. Frozen (2013) [re-watch] 5. Lady and the Tramp (1955) [re-watch] 6. Get Out (2017) 7. Cinderella (1950) [re-watch] 8. The Sixth Sense (1999) [re-watch] 9. Mulan (1998) [re-watch] 10. Beauty and the Beast (2017) [re-watch] 11. Tangled (2010) [re-watch] 12. Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) 13. Apocalypse Now (1979)
7/50 Books: 1. The Musical Brain - Cesar Aira 2. Hannah Versus the Tree - Leland de la Durantaye 3. An Episode In The Life Of A Landscape Painter - Cesar Aira [re-read, last read 2009] 4. Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin 5. Down the Rabbit Hole by Juan Pablo Villalobos 6. The Spirit of Science Fiction by Roberto Bolaño 7. McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Volume 28
23/100 Albums: 1. Laura Gibson - Goners (2018) 2. The 1975 - The 1975 (2013) 3. The Decemberists - Traveling On (2018) 4. Beck - Colors (2017) 5. Laura Marling - Once I Was An Eagle (2013) 6. Feist - The Reminder (2007) 7. Haley Bonar - The Size of Planets (2003) 8. Cat Power - Wanderer (2018) 9. Stella Donnelly - Thrush Metal EP (2017) 10. Cherry Glazerr - Stuffed & Ready (2019) 11. William Tyler - Goes West (2019) 12. Sarah Jaffe - Bad Baby (2017) 13. Phosphorescent - C'est La Vie (2018) 14. William Tyler - Impossible Truth (2013) 15. The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It (2016) 16. Courtney Barnett - How To Carve A Carrot Into A Rose (2013) 17. The Casket Girls - The Casket Girls EP (2013) 18. Broken Social Scene - Let's Try The After (Vol 1) (2019) 19. Peter Bjorn and John - EPBJ (2019) 20. Strand of Oaks - Eraserland (2019) 21. Will Oldham - Songs of Love and Horror (2018) 22. Jim James - Tribute To 2 (2017) 23. Stella Donnelly - Beware of the Dogs (2019)
7/30 Etc. 1. Game of Thrones Season 1 [re-watch] 2. Making a Murderer Season 2 3. No One Loves You - Roy Wood Jr. 4. The Office Season 4 [re-watch] 5. Big Mouth: My Furry Valentine 6. The Office Season 5 [re-watch] 7. True Detective Season 3
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I'll have to put those in the queue as well.
