Question: what movie did you once love then come to hate or vice versa?
I think I have one for both.
Loved then hated: Gotta be Batman & Robin. BIG part of my childhood. Like watched the VHS everyday except on the rare occasions my parents demanded a reprieve big. Came to hate it because... well... I had to stop being six years old someday...
I could also have put any of the Roger Moore James Bond movies, for similar reasons...
Hated then loved: Down With Love. I was just kind of sitting in the same room as somebody else who was watching it and I thought it seemed like a ridiculously cheesy rom-com. Later when I was having a McGregor period I decided to give it another shot, and it's actually a really fun movie. It IS a cheesy rom-com, but it's that way intentionally.
Question: Ever managed a lucid dream? If so, any details you feel comfortable sharing, and did you do anything to bring it on?
Answer the question above you, then ask something else. Subject doesn't matter.
What's the most awkward you've ever felt?
When I was in high school we used to celebrate the annual Talk Like a Pirate day. People could compete to see who could best talk like a pirate. My senior year it happened to fall on a Friday, so they did the competition during assembly. They went through by class and let whoever wanted to go down and talk like a pirate, saying whatever they wanted. When it got to the seniors, the only person who wanted to do it was this weird girl who didn't have many friends. And she was really into it, she had scarves and a pirate hat and everything. She did this terrifying voice that sounded like Witch Hazel's demon child and made some awful jokes. Then she tried to get everybody to join her in a song, and as she was singing she did this completely rhythm-less dance. Nobody joined in, nobody laughed. The entire student-body and all the teachers, over 600 people, were just completely silent while this pudgy girl danced like a gypsy in the middle of the gymnasium and sang some weird pirate song. It was so awkward it physically hurt. It was like something out of The Office...
I can't believe nobody's posted about the Prometheus trailer yet. I haven't been particularly impressed by Ridley Scott lately, but Alien and especially Blade Runner are two of my favorite films. Plus I'm pretty crazy for that Noomi Rapace gal, so this is right up my alley. Anybody else?
I like my pizza with the thinnest crust possible. I have this guy back at my parents' town, he makes his pizzas with the thinnest crust, and they taste so fucking good. Gotta send you some.
I thought you were pretty cool in the chat the other night. Then I read THIS atrocity. Time to re-evaluate my stance.
I never did the introduction thing myself... I kind of like to lurk and read what other people have to say rather than get in deep with the conversation thing. My name's Clayton... I do videography for money in my cruddy little area and in my free-time try to make movies that I actually give a shit about. So I'm like a hooker who still likes to have sex when she gets home. Don't know why I made myself a girl in that simile, maybe that says something about me. Anyway, I found the show back at the beginning thanks to your thread on TheForce.Net fan-films and I've been listening ever since. You guys strike a strong balance between film criticism and dick jokes, so it's really the only podcast I need.
I'd like to see The Man With No Name trilogy, if we're talking Westerns.
I'd also really love to hear one for In Bruges. Easily my favorite movie of the decade, and I think it may qualify as a "perfect movie." The finale does a really good job of tying together all the disparate characters and ideas, I can't think of a set-up they don't pay off.
I'm starting to feel bad because I've been listed as the newest registered user since time began and I haven't posted anything yet. Just figured I'd let it be known that I'm really enjoying The Intermission, it's a nice companion to the show. So keep up the good work. Or... start being terrible, if that's what you want to do. You don't owe me anything...
