cog_nate:
Kind of subversive = Mormon Disney Subversive. Perfect for little kids. That is what I said. Gwar doesn't take themselves seriously, but they also aren't the perfect soundtrack for the next Lindsey Lohan movie trailer. Amusing? Sometimes. Best Band Ever? There are so many other better ska, punk, and funny bands that it isn't even close. I would pick Nerf Herder before them, and Nerf Hurder is way below Ween, the Dead Milkmen, They Might Be Giants, Black Sabbath, Black Flag, The Spoecials, The Skatalites, the Clash, the Circle Jerks, the Ramones, etc. etc. etc. Hell, I know local bands that are more entertaining than the Aquabats. Barefoot Hockey Goalie had better props, better songs, didn't play ska, and didn't need to have twenty people on stage.
armaghetto:
The drummer in Blink was originally the drummer in the Aquabats.
The Aquabats. Mormon Gwar. What Gwar would be if you took out all the profanity and danger, and replaced it with Disney. Amusing? Sometimes. But they play watered down and Disneyfied ska-punk. It is great for little kids.
The movie of Fear and Loathing is the only one I can remember having read the book first, then sat through the movie not noticing ever tenn seconds that something was missing.
Medusa: I haven't read those books. Reading the book, especially if I read the book first, usually ruins the movie for me.
Koko: I haven't heard of that movie. I had to disect the poem in high school and it got stuck in my head. Ozymandias ended up being one of my fake names on the first message board I ever posted on and now I use it places I post that aren't made up of people I know personally. In those places, I usually just use my real name.
I was discussing LOTR with some young movie industry hopefuls once when a friend asked me to be in a fake comercial they were making for some reason I never figured out, and one of them insisted that the movie versions were good because there was no way you could fit everything into three movies otherwise. I agreed partway because there was a lot of crap that needed to be cut out because, although it makes the books "epic" and I enjoy that, some of the chapters were fluff.
There were parts however that I definitly missed. And there was the fact that Samwise is the real hero of the books, but in the movies that is lost. The specific scene where I realized that the movies were crap was the one where Frodo accidentally has the ring fall on his finger. In that scene in the book, Frodo puts it on on purpose.
Anyway, my point to the guy was that I would have enjoyed it more if Peter Jackson would have told the studio he had to make 6 movies. I am sure that would have not been feasable, as the consumers wouldn't have flocked to it and it would have cost too much to make, but that knowledge doesn't upgrade my thoughts on LOTR from "passable and pretty" to "utter genius."
Bad actors don't tend to ruin movies made from novels for me. Changing the novel into a screenplay usually does that. The only movie made from a novel I read before seeing the movie I can say I fully enjoyed was Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
If you can't find the pics on rotten.com, you really aren't trying hard enough.
posted by ozymandias 19 years ago
In "Curious George: In what order should I read the _Chronicles of Narnia_?"
I would read them in no order at all.
posted by ozymandias 19 years ago
In "The Aquabats are Seriously the Best Band in the World"
cog_nate: Kind of subversive = Mormon Disney Subversive. Perfect for little kids. That is what I said. Gwar doesn't take themselves seriously, but they also aren't the perfect soundtrack for the next Lindsey Lohan movie trailer. Amusing? Sometimes. Best Band Ever? There are so many other better ska, punk, and funny bands that it isn't even close. I would pick Nerf Herder before them, and Nerf Hurder is way below Ween, the Dead Milkmen, They Might Be Giants, Black Sabbath, Black Flag, The Spoecials, The Skatalites, the Clash, the Circle Jerks, the Ramones, etc. etc. etc. Hell, I know local bands that are more entertaining than the Aquabats. Barefoot Hockey Goalie had better props, better songs, didn't play ska, and didn't need to have twenty people on stage. armaghetto: The drummer in Blink was originally the drummer in the Aquabats.
posted by ozymandias 19 years ago
The Aquabats. Mormon Gwar. What Gwar would be if you took out all the profanity and danger, and replaced it with Disney. Amusing? Sometimes. But they play watered down and Disneyfied ska-punk. It is great for little kids.
posted by ozymandias 19 years ago
In "Imagine Casting"
The movie of Fear and Loathing is the only one I can remember having read the book first, then sat through the movie not noticing ever tenn seconds that something was missing.
posted by ozymandias 19 years ago
Medusa: I haven't read those books. Reading the book, especially if I read the book first, usually ruins the movie for me. Koko: I haven't heard of that movie. I had to disect the poem in high school and it got stuck in my head. Ozymandias ended up being one of my fake names on the first message board I ever posted on and now I use it places I post that aren't made up of people I know personally. In those places, I usually just use my real name.
posted by ozymandias 19 years ago
I was discussing LOTR with some young movie industry hopefuls once when a friend asked me to be in a fake comercial they were making for some reason I never figured out, and one of them insisted that the movie versions were good because there was no way you could fit everything into three movies otherwise. I agreed partway because there was a lot of crap that needed to be cut out because, although it makes the books "epic" and I enjoy that, some of the chapters were fluff. There were parts however that I definitly missed. And there was the fact that Samwise is the real hero of the books, but in the movies that is lost. The specific scene where I realized that the movies were crap was the one where Frodo accidentally has the ring fall on his finger. In that scene in the book, Frodo puts it on on purpose. Anyway, my point to the guy was that I would have enjoyed it more if Peter Jackson would have told the studio he had to make 6 movies. I am sure that would have not been feasable, as the consumers wouldn't have flocked to it and it would have cost too much to make, but that knowledge doesn't upgrade my thoughts on LOTR from "passable and pretty" to "utter genius."
posted by ozymandias 19 years ago
Bad actors don't tend to ruin movies made from novels for me. Changing the novel into a screenplay usually does that. The only movie made from a novel I read before seeing the movie I can say I fully enjoyed was Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
posted by ozymandias 19 years ago
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