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#2841 Re: Guns N' Roses » Pitman interview » 665 weeks ago
Steven King can make a hundred million on one of his books. Being a popular writer is probably among the best paid professions in the world. That's plenty motivation to keep going.
And Slash has a wife named Perla...
That's just "making stuff" though, creativity goes out the window the same time the hunger dies. For most people this is brought on by age and financial security, to keep going you need to love the music itself. Few artists really do this. Prince, Dylan and I'd say Axl. One of them just doesn't like to release it very often.
But Pitman still rules 
#2842 Re: The Sunset Strip » Breakng Bad/Better Call Saul » 665 weeks ago
#2843 Re: The Garden » UK Government Starts Internet Censorship » 668 weeks ago
Since seeing Pamela Andersons tits in 1997 I've been to a lot of porn sites, but never have I seen or come across anything with pedophilia in it. Not even fake versions where you dress up and claim 18 year olds to be 15 or something. Even countries like Germany, where you can show 16 year olds having sex, doesn't offer anything but 18+ on the net (so millions of foreigners won't get in trouble). But I happen to know where that kinda of stuff is being shared openly. The "free web" is basically everything linked to a computer outside the formal network. You'll need security applications like tor to access it. It's just a quick download and the cops admit they have no way of tracking people through the millions of nodes they use to share material. And even in that place you don't accidentally come over something you shouldn't see. You can see the links, just don't click them (apart from the abhorrent morality they can contain viruses or fbi trojans for all you know). Far as I know illegal porn on the "normal web" (which is what this law seeks to regulate) is extinct.
This law is nothing but a step and formalization of internet censorship. People today will have no problem circumventing the regulations, but what this sets up is an internet where you don't just automatically know what a vpn or tor is. Because just asking such a question in Google will make many people think they'll be caught or something. Simply by using a word like "bomb" these days I get a slight chill, since you know it has already been flagged in a database somewhere. I mean ok, as long as you're not a legit terrorist you're not going to jail (hopefully), but I don't think it takes much to become eligible for detainment, searches, seizures or interrogations. All a major hassle for basically doing nothing wrong. As a result people will start self censoring themselves on the web, and eventually that spills over to the daily life until we're all gaga looking work drones in perpetual fear of committing thought crimes.
The great irony in all of this is that this is the world the hippie generation and their children created.
#2844 Re: The Garden » UK Government Starts Internet Censorship » 668 weeks ago
But think of the children!
Hitler would make a fine candidate for prime minister these days. Discrimination, foreign wars, fiat war economy, aggressive stance against extremism (ie. ideologies not the same as ours). Though his position on rule of law, privacy and personal property would probably make him far too moderate for the modern political climate.
So bizarre to think that this text has already been logged and processed with the NSA.
#2845 Re: The Sunset Strip » The Star Wars Thread *NO SPOILERS ALLOWED!* » 670 weeks ago
Depends on what you mean by best. Bonus material or unaltered versions of the films? Lucas has done a lot of tinkering. The first DVD release was alright, but I got the first Blu Ray you listed and though the extra material is good, Lucas has basically ruined pivotal scenes with alterations. The two other ones you've listed I don't really know.
#2846 Re: The Garden » North Korea » 671 weeks ago
And that's all it is, chess moves. Showing off military might. Not that you have to when you outspend the rest of the world combined in military armaments. The rest of the world knows this. As a consequence inviting war from America is not very high on anybody's to do list these days.
Granted, yours and everybody elses economy sucks these days, and it has historically been an effective step to start a war to get out of a depression, but that's no longer the case in 2013. A soldier costs a lot to produce, his toys even more. So much so that a major engagement now creates depressions instead of relieve them. Unless the benefits are great you are not entering any wars.
Prancing around your forces on the other hand is very good for the economy. With very little additional spending you can whip up enough tension for the media to scare your public into the supermarkets and at the same time measure the size of your stuff with the other football captains without disrupting trade. Actual war, unless it involves air operations, is not likely to be in the interest of anyone.
#2847 Re: The Sunset Strip » GNREvolution Top 10 Films of All Time » 671 weeks ago
These are my Top Ten... don't give a shit about "Critics" etc... there will be no Godfather or Casablanca or Citizen Kane etc.
Haha, so true. Every "serious list" contains Citizen Kane, but when you ask regular people on forums like this I hardly ever see it. It was certainly inventive for its time, but imo it doesn't hold up today as a purely dramatic effort.
#2848 Re: The Sunset Strip » GNREvolution Top 10 Films of All Time » 671 weeks ago
I'll need a couple days to think about a proper list. Every time I whip up a best song/bands/films/etc list I always forget some.
"10. Stalker (Tarkovsky 1979)"
Never watched it. I assume I should download it. Speaking of downloaded films, I downloaded Downfall a few days ago, a film about Hitler's last days. Any of you guys watch it?
The Thing is definitely a masterpiece but I don't think I could place it top 10. Top 10 horror? Sure.
It's a great movie. Ironic that the most unbiased WW2 film was made by germans. Hollywood has a lot to learn from it.
You should definitely watch Stalker, but be prepared for a very different movie experience. Especially the first 30-40 minutes are slow.
#2849 The Sunset Strip » GNREvolution Top 10 Films of All Time » 671 weeks ago
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Thought we could do a poll on the top 10 films ever made according to this site. Everybody list your own top 10 and I'll compile the results over the weekend. The nr.1 spot gets 10 points, the second 9 points and so on. I'll appreciate if you want to say something about why you like each film, but a bare list is just fine too.
1. Heat (Mann 1995)
Pacino and DeNiro both deliver career high performances in this crime epic. Everything in this film is flawless. Cast, acting, cinematography, script, direction, score, everything. Police work and professional crime is portrayed with uncanny realism. The shootout is still the big benchmark in the genre. Includes many classic and unique moments. Pacino and Deniros first on screen scene together ever, before the dreadful Righteous Kill shattered our illusions, last time LAX allowed on location filming, last time the old drive in movie theater is seen before it was destroyed. One of the defining movies in its depiction of Los Angeles.
2. Mulholland Dr. (Lynch 2001)
I've seen this movie 20 times and I still don't really understand it. But I do get what it's about. One of the weirdest, scariest, funniest and most sexy movie, all at the same time. It doesn't have to make too much sense since it's such a joy to watch. In the end I'm left in tears without really knowing why. Lynch can do more with a camera in a few minutes than most directors can in their entire careers.
3. Miami Vice (Mann 2006)
One of the few action thrillers for an adult audience done right. It's subtle, realistic, dirty, sexy and brutal. Captivating imagery, fresh and original. Great performances from a great cast, exciting action sequences with attention to detail and an epic score to boot. One of the most underrated movies in modern times, sitting at a paltry 5.9 at imdb.
4. The Thing (Carpenter 1982)
Creepiest horror film I've seen. The setting, the cast and the threat is perfect. Morricone provides a chilling score. One of those endings where the good guys win and lose at the same time. The last scene leaves me haunted.
5. The Empire Strikes Back (Kersher 1980)
Maybe the only big budgeted Star Wars movie ever done right. This film pretty much set the rule for serial trilogies in all years since. A perfect blockbuster.
6. Die Hard (Mctiernan 1988)
Bruce Willis back when he was cool, McTiernan back when he was good. Mix in a british stage actor and you have yourself an action movie. Ah how I miss the 80s, when a shoot em up was aimed at adults and not kids. This is the blueprint for how to make that kind of movie. Inventive action, bad ass one liners, a dose of humor and a charismatic villain.
7. Once Upon A Time In The West (Leone 1968)
Leone's western magnum opus. Charles Bronson and Henry Fonda going at it accompanied by Morricone's score and Leone's direction makes a true epic. A man's movie.
8. The New World (Malick 2006)
Malick doesn't like dialoge very much. He compensates by filming a tree for 3 weeks to get the right shot. An acquired taste, but the end result is unique.
9. Eyes Wide Shut (Kubrick 1999)
Kubrick's swan song is his finest. Getting Nicole Kidman to show us the goods in her prime years deserves automatic appreciation. Apart from that this is an extremely well made, and creepy movie. Every shot carries meaning.
10. Stalker (Tarkovsky 1979)
Tarkovsky does things with the camera I've seen nowhere else. He just doesn't tell stories, he conveys the strongest emotions just by handling a camera. At one point he made a character going through a corridor one of the scariest experiences on film I've ever had, and it's just a damn dude walking. No score, no effects.
#2850 Re: The Garden » War hero was kicked out of Nirvana and Soundgarden » 671 weeks ago
It kinda makes perfect sense they would drop him when he later went on to have a stellar career in the military. Musical creativity and following orders doesn't jive very well.
