bapu

Slugbaby


"Killing Hitler: the plots, the assassins, and the dictator who cheated death" or "Sailing for Dummies."

Is it just me or do these titles seem strangely connected?

bapu

Slugbaby


"Killing Hitler: the plots, the assassins, and the dictator who cheated death" or "Sailing for Dummies."

Is it just me or do these titles seem strangely connected?

Ya.

Cider With Roadies was a good read.  We're both from the same town, so I caught a lot of the local references.  Plus, it reminded me how much I liked Slade...

Martin Amis "The Information"  Very funny and intelligent read.

I mostly read free e-books from my local library on my Sony Reader.

JR

bayoubill


I'm reading "No one Gets Out of Here Alive" The story of Jim Morrison.

Love that book! I read it in 8th grade and it had a big affect on me.

ba 

I also forgot to add.
In the last year I also read the Millennium Trilogy by Steig Laarson.

I'm very interested to see how the US movie version of the Millennium Trilogy will be. The original is (mostly) so darn good, and Noomi Rapace is so convincing and visually stunning in the leading role, that to me most any new interpretation will surely be just a cheap copy - or... we'll see...

Looking from this side of the pond the Hollywood versions of european films usually lose (intentionally, of course)
the character and edge when tuned to please bigger audiences. They do include more digital FX and explosions, though. The Hollywood philosophy of  casting also very often means uninteresting prettyface actors  lacking human characteristics, but not always, glad to admit.

Kalle Rantaaho

ba 

I also forgot to add.
In the last year I also read the Millennium Trilogy by Steig Laarson.

I'm very interested to see how the US movie version of the Millennium Trilogy will be. The original is (mostly) so darn good, and Noomi Rapace is so convincing and visually stunning in the leading role, that to me most any new interpretation will surely be just a cheap copy - or... we'll see...

Looking from this side of the pond the Hollywood versions of european films usually lose (intentionally, of course)
the character and edge when tuned to please bigger audiences. They do include more digital FX and explosions, though. The Hollywood philosophy of  casting also very often means uninteresting prettyface actors  lacking human characteristics, but not always, glad to admit.

I agree.  Very few Hollywood remakes even approach the quality of the original in terms of story and character.  Insomnia is one of the few that even comes close.  It's not quite as good as the original, but it does come close in its own way.  Any others?

Karyn


The Hollywood version of Titanic was much better.  The orriginal never even made it to the US... 

There are so many versions of that story that it's difficult to figure out which is the original.  Earliest one I can think of is "A Night To Remember" US (1942) followed by a UK version in 1958. 

The US version of "The Vanishing" was fairly decent--particularly if you hadn't seen the original first.  It was somewhat of a let down if you did see the Netherlands/France version. 

57Gregy


I think Karyn was making a joke;  original Titanic>didn't make it to the US.
But I'd be the first to admit British humo(u)r sometimes goes right over my head.
 
 
 

You're probably right, Greg.  As much as I love Brit humour, sometimes it's difficult to pick up on it when it's written on the forum or in an e-mail.  Thanks for pointing that out.  It's quite funny. 

 

57Gregy


I see my 5:15 reference from the Mighty Lee Moon game found a way into your signature. Love that song (and album). Plus, it's got some of your moniker in it.

It's one of my favorites too.  The songs are brilliant and I love the synth orchestration--particularly because it had to be done one or two notes at a time.  No MIDI.  I pretty sure that no polyphonic synths were available back then. 

Yeah, I was trying to figure out what to change my signature to when I saw that and thought yeah, that will work.  Thanks for the inspiration. 

I'm thinking about changing to a 4th of July theme this week.  I haven't decided on that one yet either. 

Old55

57Gregy


I think Karyn was making a joke;  original Titanic>didn't make it to the US.
But I'd be the first to admit British humo(u)r sometimes goes right over my head.

You're probably right, Greg.  As much as I love Brit humour, sometimes it's difficult to pick up on it when it's written on the forum or in an e-mail.  Thanks for pointing that out.  It's quite funny. 

Does this mean I beat Bill to the Most Unfunny of the day award as nobody even realised I was trying to make a joke?

Karyn

Old55

57Gregy


I think Karyn was making a joke;  original Titanic>didn't make it to the US.
But I'd be the first to admit British humo(u)r sometimes goes right over my head.

You're probably right, Greg.  As much as I love Brit humour, sometimes it's difficult to pick up on it when it's written on the forum or in an e-mail.  Thanks for pointing that out.  It's quite funny. 

Does this mean I beat Bill to the Most Unfunny of the day award as nobody even realised I was trying to make a joke?

I'm not sure.  It was funny, once I realized that it was a joke.  You did have the early lead though--if that's what you want. 

There are so many subtleties that don't come across in some of the messages, so I usually just take them at face value.  That's what I did with the Titanic joke and I completely missed the joke.  Sometimes--like now--I'll look foolish because of it, but that's going to happen anyway.    I've found (and I hope) that reading threads this way keeps me out of far worse situations where I might assume something that isn't accurate. 

I'm sorry if I spoiled the joke.  Sometimes, a joke loses something when it has to be explained.  Your didn't. 

Kalle Rantaaho


  Noomi Rapace is so convincing and visually stunning in the leading role

+1, absolutely brilliant. My favourite films this year.