August 24, 2007

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:26 pm

Ohayou, Songfighters!

It's the morning of the 24th already in NYC, so I decided I'd start the roll call. My day today is bound to suck eggs because I took a day off yesterday, so I will be met with a pile of work a mile high.

QotD: Spoiler Alert!
What is your favorite movie twist?

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:49 pm

QOTD:
Well, considering this is my intoxicated time and not my black speed time, I''l have to say ......crap, I can''t think of one. I''ll tell you at coffee time.

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:00 pm

Just getting in from shows. Work soon. Sleep now.

QotD: The Sixth Sense. Everything else that director did has fallen flat with me though. Signs was a friggin' joke.

sausage boy · Post by **sausage boy** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:09 pm

Its almost beer o'clock here! I am absolutely prepared. I am supposed to go into a meeting with the big boss, but he hasn't called me in yet. Hopefully he wastes all his time in his current meeting and pisses off before I have to speak to him.

If you have to speak to the big boss, it almost certainly isn't good.

In other news, I bought a bag of Haighs Chocolate Frogs, and have thus far eaten 6. Now I feel a little odd. I think I might be ODing on chockie frogs. Ace.

QOTD: Sixth Sense is good. Does the end of The Empire Strikes Back count as a movie twist? I always liked that one.

EDIT: While I think of it, what about Picnic At Hanging Rock? That movie is fucked up. Crazy Aussie chicks on a field trip in their pj's. It sounds like a winner. Miraaaaandddaaaaaa!!!

jack · Post by **jack** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:11 pm

mulholland drive.

although it's still yesterday here.

Reist · Post by **Reist** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:44 pm

jimtyrrell wrote:QotD: The Sixth Sense. Everything else that director did has fallen flat with me though. Signs was a friggin' joke.

Just what I was thinking.

As for me - I finally got Radnoise.com up and running, after a year of being on the under construction page. It's not a stellar looking page, but it's far better than it was - there's way more music on it now too.

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:34 am

sausage boy wrote:
EDIT: While I think of it, what about Picnic At Hanging Rock? That movie is fucked up. Crazy Aussie chicks on a field trip in their pj's. It sounds like a winner. Miraaaaandddaaaaaa!!!

mmmmm...Miranda. That takes me back to my teenage years.

Bloody boring book though - had to study that for my HSC

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:31 am

Today's my anniverary and right now we're on top of the Atomium in Brussels, built for the 1958 World Expo, this is soooo frickin great!

QofD: Amores ??? That Mexican movie with all sorts of turns and such was wondefully twisted plot-wise. Same director as Babel.

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:21 am

QotD: The Usual Suspects.

mc_wino · Post by **mc_wino** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:54 am

jack wrote:mulholland drive.

although it's still yesterday here.

good pick. that's what i was thinking when i read the question. Other then that i would probably say Fight Club.

Today sucks so far. I drank alot of the beers last night so my head hurts. i just can't wait for this weekend.

Gemini6Ice · Post by **Gemini6Ice** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:47 am

QotD: Spoiler Alert!
What is your favorite movie twist? [/quote]

Saw. Why? It did not come out of left field. When we were thinking the janitor guy was Jigsaw, it seemed plothole-tastic. I was all, that doesn't make any sense! Why would he reveal himself now?

But when the twist made sense of something that didn't seem to make any sense... Hurrah!

Worst twist? Dead Silence had an awful unprecedented twist, and Smokin' Aces had the most inconsequential twist.

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 11:32 am

qotd: I don't know about a twist, but that scene in Children of Men on the stairs hits very hard.

Ross · Post by **Ross** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:08 pm

Well - anyone who remembers seeing it for the first time knows that "Luke, I am your father" has got to be very high on the list.

I also love the spot in Memento where he's at the girls house, she's being really nice, then she goes out to here car, sits ther for two minutes and comes back in as a queen b**ch. great twist - that's whent he movie really starts to spin.

Finished Splinter Cell Chaos Theory last night (I know, I'm a couple years behind - I don't get much time to game).
Waiting for a new title
Catching up on things I should have done when I was playing splinter cell.

Rabid Garfunkel · Post by **Rabid Garfunkel** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:13 pm

Sorry Niv, but I really dislike plot twists as a focal point for movies. Prefer a story that sticks with you, rather than the BOO/Gotcha moment, myself. /rant

Ben Kingsley in the grave at the end of Sexy Beast was a good closing image/scene though. Like having grappa after a good italian meal.

In real life: 6 hours to marriage. Parents just showed up at the casa with a case of champagne. Their call woke us up, I was expecting to just haul the thing in and they'd head off to the zoo for the afternoon. But nope, they came in... surprising Mz Conduct in the kitchen who was waiting for the coffee to brew. At least she was wearing clothes, barely. Oy! Too much before the first cup of the day!

Whee!

jack · Post by **jack** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:35 pm

many happy returns to you and the soon to be mizzus pat.

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:39 pm

Last night my friend and I got really drunk at a bar and did karaoke to Limp Bizkit's "Break Stuff" in hardcore metal vocal stylings. Everyone stopped drinking and looked at us. It was pretty awesome.

I just wanted to say that because it ruled.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:02 pm

Woo! Exciting, Rabid! I'll toast ya tonight.
-bill

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:05 pm

Me too! I'll raise a glass to you this evening, Rabid. Congratulations.

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:23 pm

Congrats to Rabid & Mz Conduct. Kanpai!!

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:58 pm

fodroy wrote:Last night my friend and I got really drunk at a bar and did karaoke to Limp Bizkit's "Break Stuff" in hardcore metal vocal stylings. Everyone stopped drinking and looked at us. It was pretty awesome.

I just wanted to say that because it ruled.

Ok, but after this...nobody can make fun of me for listening to Blink182 anymore.

My breath smells like tuna. But thats because I finally got a subway sandwich.

Payday... was starving.

qotd: I saw 'The 6th Sense' & 'The Others' plot twist coming a mile away. I never did see The Usual Suspects because a radio show told me who it was. Saw 1 & 2 were pretty good as far as plot twists go but 3 was another one that was pretty easy, except for the 'boy'...that was pretty cool. The Manchirian Candidate was a bore once I figured it out...I'm like...'cmon cmon I want to see it and get the hell out of here. Oceans 12 was borderline 'cop out' twist.

My favorite plot twist: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Although I kick myself these days with 'awe man...I should have seen that coming... whats wrong with me!'.

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:30 pm

congrats Rabs - have a good one

Paco Del Stinko · Post by **Paco Del Stinko** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:19 pm

Best wishes and good luck, Rabid!

QOTD - I remember all the hullaballoo around the Crying Game, but have never actually seen it. I keep thinking of the Vanishing, and how the twist would be the different U.S. ending, all safe and happy. Lame. Maybe the first one wasn't a twist, but it left you gasping for air.

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