| Author | Message | ||
     Adam Wolf (Adam_wolf) Username: Adam_wolf Registered: 05-2010 Posted From: 92.251.255.11 |
Hey - I'm new. Any questions (",) | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.72 |
Yes, is it me, or do you possess possibly the coolest surname in the history of surnames? Welcome, Adam. | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
Hi, Adam... I assume you're a Ramsey Campbell fan? So, tell us more. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.72 |
Spooky, we just posted at the exact same second. I got your email, pal. Cheers, (to Steve, not Adam). | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.111.142.82 |
Welcome to the board! | ||
| Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey) Username: Ramsey Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
Welcome, Adam! Beware of batrachians! | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.55 |
And Caroline... watch out for her, she's a brazen hussy she is. She'll have yer innocence in a second if you let her. | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.55 |
I wouldn't mind so much but she's bloody expensive. | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.55 |
Welcome to the board by the way. | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.55 |
What do you think of Donnie Darko? | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.178.83.106 |
Welcome, Adam... | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.55 |
And the film version of The Mist. These are essential films to cast your two cents worth about on this board. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.72 |
And Donnie Darko. Just ask Craig, he loves it. Mind you he's American, so be gentle. You're not American are you? If so, Weber made forced me to write these things. If you're not an American, then I lay claim to such monumental, groundbreaking hilarity. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.31.165.34 |
New boy? Let's kill him! | ||
| Adam Wolf (Adam_wolf) Username: Adam_wolf Registered: 05-2010 Posted From: 92.251.255.14 |
Adam Wolf is an alias... Though I occasionally introduce myself to strangers as him. I adore Ramsey Campbell and thought The Mist was one of the best King adaptations I'd ever seen. Donnie Darko is a film I loved in my boyhood - I'd puncture a hole in the space-time continuum to go back and talk to him...and what gives any of you the impression I'm innocent? (",) | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.72 |
And the grammatical mistakes are also the work of Weber. He's the puppeteer, so beware. | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.111.142.82 |
Craig loves Donnie Darko almost as much as me. | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85 |
>>And Caroline... watch out for her, she's a brazen hussy she is. She'll have yer innocence in a second if you let her. I wouldn't mind so much but she's bloody expensive.<< Oooo, a new boy. Lovely. Can't wait to sink my teeth into this one.  Welcome, Adam. Donnie Darko rules! As does Ramsey, of course!  | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85 |
>>Craig loves Donnie Darko almost as much as me.<< I didn't know Craig loved you, Ally.  | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.111.142.82 |
Ally loves Craig almost as much as Donnie Darko. | ||
| Adam Wolf (Adam_wolf) Username: Adam_wolf Registered: 05-2010 Posted From: 92.251.255.14 |
Ola Caroline! | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.72 |
Don't, you'll only encourage her. | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.111.142.82 |
For Craig... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L--cqAI3IUI | ||
| Protodroid (Protodroid) Username: Protodroid Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 109.79.48.105 |
"Donnie Darko is a film I loved in my boyhood" Christ, now I feel old as a planet. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.72 |
Which planet? Me, I'm merely an orbiting satellite of barren loneliness. | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.4.253.239 |
[ala Seinfeld to Newman] "Hello - Adam." *Sigh*... I won't resift my opinions on those two films, I've flat given up on that. Ally: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjgxxeA83FQ | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.111.142.82 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCeD_6Y3GQc&feature=related | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.4.253.239 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFZMgf6M5KM | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.111.142.82 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpnaLJ-jn1k&feature=related | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
Craig, you're a 'Seinfeld' fan as well!! The greatest sitcom of the last 20 years with 'Curb' a very, very, very close second. What are your thoughts on the upcoming Larry David/Woody Allen collaboration - 'Whatever Works'? On paper it should be a match made in heaven, but... | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.72 |
Oh dear, oh dear, ... you've got the dreaded 'my music tastes mellow into those of my parents' disease...(; | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
Umm, did they just leave together... | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.4.253.239 |
Stevie - what do you mean "upcoming"?! - WHATEVER WORKS has been available on dvd for months!!! And me? I loved it. I thought it another Allen masterpiece, though oh so many of course, imho, missed the point, and got hung up on David's character, etc. Allen is always working beneath the surface of his comedy, exploring deeper themes.... I loved "Seinfeld," but loved "Curb" even more - though I only got through the entire first 3 seasons. So much to catch up with, so very very much....  | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.111.142.82 |
Don't worry Frank...one of us will give up first, the other go off in a huff and we'll be on break up songs by 5.p.m. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.72 |
 Don't worry, Ally, I've already contracted the aforementioned disease. Apparently there's no known cure. | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.4.253.239 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne3XojNonEU Whoops! That was for my mistress - I mean, my uh, my - er - friend - uh, this is the one I meant for you, Ally: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnk8SKD9zcA | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.111.142.82 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR6mEu5-egA&feature=related | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.5.1.48 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiGPQVUJqq0 | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.111.142.82 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-5Y_vWhCMo | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.111.142.82 |
Last one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2svmUcsKeg&feature=related | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.111.142.82 |
Strange link...spotted it for the song and didn't play it all the way through. | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.111.142.82 |
Adam. It's Friday...it isn't like this all the time on here :>). | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.55 |
Yes it is. I can't get on youtube from here. What are all these links? | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.111.142.82 |
Just links found on youtube. Now and then I play them whilst I'm researching. | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.55 |
 Links to what? i know you tube... what on youtube??? | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.4.253.24 |
Well, Ally, I guess we'll always have the RCMB.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIcqUokPiTw | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85 |
>>Links to what? i know you tube... what on youtube???<< Weber, don't get jealous now but they're sending soppy love songs to each other - that's all. Nobody sends me soppy love songs ... | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.111.142.82 |
I'll always heart you now you are gone. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.72 |
Floozies, all of you. (Christ, it's like Saturday Night Fever here tonight). | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 82.17.252.126 |
Craig, 'Whatever Works' is due for release here in a few weeks and I, for one, can't wait. Also going to see four Woody films in a row on the big screen this week: 'Sleeper', 'Manhattan', 'Zelig' & 'The Purple Rose Of Cairo'. And I'm only catching up on Season 6 of 'Curb' myself at the minute after just getting it on DVD... you really don't know the sheer tear-inducing comedy genius you've missed. They're currently making Season 8 which means at least 81 episodes in existence to enjoy - bliss!! Right, I'm off to watch the next one followed by ep 3 of 'Psychoville' and the 'The Silent Scream' ep of HHOH... | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.72 |
I have the same affection and admiration for Allen as you and Craig have, Steve, and I mean, his current offerings...even when he's slated, his work far surpasses most other director's best efforts. I even find some of his later work better than some, just some, of his earlier work. I don't like Manhattan Murder Mystery because of its ending, and I adore well thought out Hitchcock pastiches/homages, but I think his one film with Sean Penn a masterpiece. It also contains the funniest fainting scenes ever in a movie. Also, for me, Allen managed to nail the English (in this case the upper-upper class), in Matchpoint, as Cronenberg nailed the working class in Spider. For 'outsiders' it was uncannily accurate. Well, in my humble opinion. | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.5.3.223 |
Frank, do please rewatch MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY! I too disliked it for some odd reason, the first time I saw it... then I saw it again, and realized, it's sheer brilliance. (mild non-spoiling spoilers) Again, Allen is working beneath the surface here, and the underlying storyline is: Diane Keaton's anxiety about her marriage. The "inciting incident" is the sudden nagging fear, that her and Allen's marriage is going to either dissolve, or suffer, or fail... and it's this anxiety, that "manifests," as the developing murder mystery. Note that every time she has a particularly emotional moment - there's a sudden development in the mystery - so is she propelling/projecting a fantasy, of her own or in general; or is she really seeing something that's happening?... She and Allen do grow distant, because of her mental state - though Allen plays a good husband character for once, and is well established as being not a philanderer - that Diane has nothing to fear, objectively, from Allen (the scenes between Allen and Huston as evidence); but between her and Alda?... She's the source of her own downfall, if she doesn't get a hold of herself in time. When they finally do "come back together" as a couple - they are able to, together, be pro-active, rather than reactive/evidence gathering, when it comes to the greater mystery.... There's even more going on, but it's a very intelligent, and funny film, this one - one of the better mysteries of recent years. | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.5.3.223 |
Ally: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6CMSuT98-E But one must shoulder on, so... Caroline? This is for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzlNHnnEAA4 | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.5.3.223 |
Stevie - good news, yes, with almost 100 "Curb"s to enjoy! Another reason not to run the bath too warm, or sharpen the razors too fine.... | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.111.142.82 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlcwzvgDTi0&feature=related | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.4.252.88 |
Are you trying to say that's what I've been reduced to?... a bloated washed-up fading star?... oh, the cruelest cuts of all.... | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85 |
>>Caroline? This is for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzlNHnnEAA4<< Aw, Craig - this one's just for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYxoAJ3Boyc In fact, I don't know about Peggy Lee's voice but that drum and bass sets me all a quiver ... | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85 |
Adam must think he's either stumbled across: (a) a madhouse (b) a board full of frustrated people (c) both of the above  | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.240.106 |
Speak for yourself: I'm completely sane and sexually satisfied. | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 82.17.252.126 |
Great analysis of 'Manhattan Murder Mystery', Craig. Not only that, it's also one of his most unashamedly funny films - working as pure knockabout comedy as well as psychological allegory of marital boredom in need of spicing up. | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.4.230.34 |
Caroline: Two guys in suits - one on bass cello, the other slapping the skins - a buxom blonde standing still as a statue and snapping her fingers - you rarely see that combination in pop music anymore.... Woody Allen is a genius, a pure genius. What else needs saying? | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 82.17.252.126 |
Yes, the thought of seeing 'Sleeper' tomorrow night along with an audience of fellow fans has me just a little excited. Haven't seen it in many years so I may just laugh up a lung... | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.37.199.45 |
Too much information, Zed.  Though I think a wider definition of 'frustrated' encompasses all of us. The ability to be satisfied with our discredited social order and commercially dominated culture is not one that I envy. |