Shag Point, New Zealand Superthread - Page 39

LemonMacPhisto · 07-04-2008, 10:03 PM

Planet Terror is insane, but I love it. It's like if George Romero and John Carpenter were in a room with a mountain of cocaine and wrote a movie. Bloody, disgusting, and a hell of a lot of fun.

Death Proof is a cool slasher film with an interesting idea (a stuntman who stalks and kills girls with his car) and an unusual story structure, but it works. Like I said before, I'm a huge Tarantino fan, but I found most of the dialogue here to be self-indulgent and stilted. Maybe he's playing more to the genre than anything, I don't know, but it's a love-it-or-hate-it sort of film. I did absolutely love Kurt Russell and the cute Aussie chick in this though.

Axver · 07-04-2008, 10:06 PM

Greetings, everyone.

LemonMacPhisto · 07-04-2008, 10:06 PM

'Sup?

bono_212 · 07-04-2008, 10:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LemonMacPhisto

Planet Terror is insane, but I love it. It's like if George Romero and John Carpenter were in a room with a mountain of cocaine and wrote a movie. Bloody, disgusting, and a hell of a lot of fun.

Death Proof is a cool slasher film with an interesting idea (a stuntman who stalks and kills girls with his car) and an unusual story structure, but it works. Like I said before, I'm a huge Tarantino fan, but I found most of the dialogue here to be self-indulgent and stilted. Maybe he's playing more to the genre than anything, I don't know, but it's a love-it-or-hate-it sort of film. I did absolutely love Kurt Russell and the cute Aussie chick in this though.

that's the first decent thing i've heard about planet terror, and i value your opinion a great deal, so maybe i will watchit after all

coolian2 · 07-04-2008, 10:07 PM

I think I'll watch Thank You For Smoking.

I've heard good things about it.

coolian2 · 07-04-2008, 10:07 PM

Barfternoon, Ax

Axver · 07-04-2008, 10:08 PM

I love how, despite my 8am start yesterday and good intentions to fix my sleeping schedule, I automatically went back to sleeping in past midday. Ah well.

Next semester's 10am starts on two days are going to be BRUTAL.

coolian2 · 07-04-2008, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Axver

I love how, despite my 8am start yesterday and good intentions to fix my sleeping schedule, I automatically went back to sleeping in past midday. Ah well.

Next semester's 10am starts on two days are going to be BRUTAL.

I have to get up at 7am at the earliest every day I have to go in next semester, and 6am on Friday.

At least I'll have Wednesday and Thursday off.

bono_212 · 07-04-2008, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Axver

I love how, despite my 8am start yesterday and good intentions to fix my sleeping schedule, I automatically went back to sleeping in past midday. Ah well.

Next semester's 10am starts on two days are going to be BRUTAL.

Ugh, I just gave my next semester schedule another lookover today, and I realized that I screwed it all up because my school is STUPID and won't let me sign up for 18 credit hours until the semester starts, so I waitlisted a class, and only just now realized that it's at the same time as a class I'm already in, so when I went to change the time of the class I'm already in, I discovered that it was full as well

Axver · 07-04-2008, 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coolian2

I have to get up at 7am at the earliest every day I have to go in next semester, and 6am on Friday.

At least I'll have Wednesday and Thursday off.

OUCH.

Tuesdays and Thursdays look like being 10am classes, which will mean I'll have to get up by 8:45 at the latest - preferably 8. But I will hopefully have Monday off and my streak of never having university on Friday looks like continuing, so I'm glad about that.

BonoIsMyMuse · 07-04-2008, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coolian2

I think I'll watch Thank You For Smoking.

I've heard good things about it.

I really liked the tone of it. It makes you think about consumerism while still being funny and entertaining.

LemonMacPhisto · 07-04-2008, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bono_212

that's the first decent thing i've heard about planet terror, and i value your opinion a great deal, so maybe i will watchit after all

Awesome, I hope you enjoy it.

Thank You for Smoking is great, too, Ian.

BonoIsMyMuse · 07-04-2008, 10:15 PM

I have to teach at 9 Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays again next semester

coolian2 · 07-04-2008, 10:16 PM

Looking at it again, 10-3 on Mondays (two lectures three hours apart).

May be skipping those.

10-4 on Tuesday, two tutorials and a lecture.

9-11 on Friday.

I don't think I'll be complaining about that.

coolian2 · 07-04-2008, 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Axver

OUCH.

Tuesdays and Thursdays look like being 10am classes, which will mean I'll have to get up by 8:45 at the latest - preferably 8. But I will hopefully have Monday off and my streak of never having university on Friday looks like continuing, so I'm glad about that.

I actually do my best work in the mornings, which is why I prefer morning exams.

I hate dicking around for a long period of the day only to have to suddenly focus on something in the afternoon.

07-04-2008, 10:03 PM	#571
LemonMacPhisto Honky HONKY! Premium Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Always in the sun Posts: 27,861 Local Time: 09:31 AM	Planet Terror is insane, but I love it. It's like if George Romero and John Carpenter were in a room with a mountain of cocaine and wrote a movie. Bloody, disgusting, and a hell of a lot of fun. Death Proof is a cool slasher film with an interesting idea (a stuntman who stalks and kills girls with his car) and an unusual story structure, but it works. Like I said before, I'm a huge Tarantino fan, but I found most of the dialogue here to be self-indulgent and stilted. Maybe he's playing more to the genre than anything, I don't know, but it's a love-it-or-hate-it sort of film. I did absolutely love Kurt Russell and the cute Aussie chick in this though. __________________

07-04-2008, 10:06 PM	#572
Axver The Setlist Antichrist Premium Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: A Melbourne tram departing Wellington Posts: 85,203 Local Time: 01:31 AM	Greetings, everyone. __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard “Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat.” - Ian McCulloch U2gigs.com: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database on the web! Contradiction is balance: Axver's blog \| Axver's crappy photography

07-04-2008, 10:06 PM	#573
LemonMacPhisto Honky HONKY! Premium Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Always in the sun Posts: 27,861 Local Time: 09:31 AM	'Sup? __________________

07-04-2008, 10:07 PM	#575
coolian2 In opposition and not happy Premium Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Auckland via Kwajalein Posts: 22,606 Local Time: 03:31 AM	I think I'll watch Thank You For Smoking. I've heard good things about it. __________________ World Champions 2008

07-04-2008, 10:07 PM	#576
coolian2 In opposition and not happy Premium Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Auckland via Kwajalein Posts: 22,606 Local Time: 03:31 AM	Barfternoon, Ax __________________ World Champions 2008

07-04-2008, 10:08 PM	#577
Axver The Setlist Antichrist Premium Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: A Melbourne tram departing Wellington Posts: 85,203 Local Time: 01:31 AM	I love how, despite my 8am start yesterday and good intentions to fix my sleeping schedule, I automatically went back to sleeping in past midday. Ah well. Next semester's 10am starts on two days are going to be BRUTAL. __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard “Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat.” - Ian McCulloch U2gigs.com: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database on the web! Contradiction is balance: Axver's blog \| Axver's crappy photography

07-04-2008, 10:15 PM	#583
BonoIsMyMuse In A Sea Black With Ink Premium Gold Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ithaca, NY Posts: 4,514 Local Time: 09:31 AM Images: 14	I have to teach at 9 Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays again next semester __________________ And I must be an acrobat To talk like this and act like that. And you can dream, so dream out loud And don't let the bastards grind you down.

07-04-2008, 10:16 PM	#584
coolian2 In opposition and not happy Premium Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Auckland via Kwajalein Posts: 22,606 Local Time: 03:31 AM	Looking at it again, 10-3 on Mondays (two lectures three hours apart). May be skipping those. 10-4 on Tuesday, two tutorials and a lecture. 9-11 on Friday. I don't think I'll be complaining about that. __________________ World Champions 2008

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