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Re: Shai Hulud « Result #5 on Sept 4, 2008, 11:09pm »
I've totally gone back to New Orleans land. I'm going to have to build myself up again get to back into the series after "Dune Messiah". You should get a medal though. It's insane that you read all of those back to back.
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Re: Top 5 movies « Result #6 on Sept 4, 2008, 11:07pm »
My Top Five Movies Of All Time:
1. "My Own Private Idaho" Directed by Gus Van Zant. I first watched this movie with my girlfriend in high school Marcy and we were floored. We stayed up until late talking about how awesome that film was. I need to purchase the Criterion Collection edition that came out of that film. I might have to ask for that for Christmas from someone. One of the best written, conceived, and shot films of all time.
2. "Blade Runner" Directed by Ridley Scott. The best science fiction movie ever. To me, it's Raymond Chandler deciding it's okay to introduce sexual murderous robots into his strange noir land of double-timing two-crossers.
3. "Full Metal Jacket" Directed By Stanley Kubrick. A true study in evil and the darkness of the human soul. Best lines are: "You climb obstacle courses like old people f**k" and "What Makes The Grass Grow? Blood Blood Blood"
4. "There Will Be Blood" By Paul Thomas Anderson. Only second to "Citizen Kane". Truly the most interesting film I have seen in all of my life.
5. "Citizen Kane" By Orson Welles. Yep. Rosebud. It's awesome. See it.
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Re: Scab Sand Witch show « Result #7 on Sept 4, 2008, 11:02pm »
The show was fun, minus the stupid laptop bugging out and not recording the entire show. We were totally sick that night. It was a great set and I'm looking forward to doing that again soon.
If anyone wants to check out the sounds of that night, go to themoonbog.blogspot.com
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Re: Shai Hulud « Result #8 on Sept 4, 2008, 9:44pm »
Well, its official. I finished reading book six of the Dune series, Chapterhouse: Dune, last night.
I had read reviews that said that it ended with a "cliff hanger." But it ended with the same kind of open ending that all of Herbert's Dune books did. There could technically never be an "end" to Dune anyway as long as there were humans left to evolve and press on.
I found it to be satisfying, though in some ways I think that both Heretics and Chapterhouse were more like mood pieces. To me, the meat of the philosophical story ended with God Emperor. I enjoyed the last two books, but they felt like after -thoughts to me.
I feel like I should get a medal or something for making it through this whole series without a pause.