tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post2528576750221385254..comments2024-03-28T03:54:21.932-04:00Comments on Canadian Cynic: Time to play.CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-46346895939251694312008-04-27T02:10:00.000-04:002008-04-27T02:10:00.000-04:00Lulu — Here's a genre for you: "Swords & Sandals" ...Lulu — Here's a genre for you: "Swords & Sandals" (lots to choose from there). "Spy films" would be another good one, as would, more generally "War films" also lots of sub-genres like: aviation films, buddy films, caper films, chase films, espionage films, "fallen" woman films, jungle films, legal films, martial arts films, medical films, military films, parody films, police films, political films, prison films, religious films, swashbucklers, and more.<BR/><BR/>We're not done here yet by a long mile!Red Toryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00422305796158017027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-51149850636213334322008-04-26T23:56:00.000-04:002008-04-26T23:56:00.000-04:00evil dead II - I love zombie moviesEric the Viking...evil dead II - I love zombie movies<BR/><BR/>Eric the Viking - insane!<BR/><BR/>(I have to add favourite pirate movie - Yellowbeard) (because I 'ave acute 'earing)900ft Jesushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01882830831096870992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-90172175919972445242008-04-26T18:30:00.000-04:002008-04-26T18:30:00.000-04:00If you want hear tumbleweeds and crickets, how abo...If you want hear tumbleweeds and crickets, how about The Romantic Comedy?<BR/><BR/>Not that I'm ever of any use at all on these, but I'd be even <I>more</I> silent if you ventured into that realm. <BR/><BR/>I mean, how much more silent could I be what I would be then? ...and the answer is none. None more silent.<BR/><BR/>Was that Nigel?¢rÄbG®äŠŠhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16307684311454262849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-8735161867159337062008-04-26T14:00:00.000-04:002008-04-26T14:00:00.000-04:00I'm running out of genres ... maybe I should start...I'm running out of genres ... maybe I should start getting you guys to suggest questions.LuLuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03412312541969320536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-9699713636352098472008-04-26T13:27:00.000-04:002008-04-26T13:27:00.000-04:00rt's right, though; there aren't many (enough?) mo...rt's right, though; there aren't many (enough?) movies about vikings. i can only come up with five titles, including the spoof.<BR/><BR/>time to start a letter campaign?<BR/><BR/>KEvronKEvronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16732621823124759996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-63296470318819907322008-04-26T12:58:00.000-04:002008-04-26T12:58:00.000-04:001) Don't like slasher flicks. Don't watch them.2...1) Don't like slasher flicks. Don't watch them.<BR/><BR/>2) Start with <I>The Vikings</I> with Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis leading the scenery-chewing, and work forward to modern times. I've seen 'em all. I love 'em all. My favorite is any one I'm currently watching.<BR/><BR/>3) Coffee. It's not just for breakfast.Chimerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15329465566330158171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-54221166780616781042008-04-26T12:26:00.000-04:002008-04-26T12:26:00.000-04:001) Slasher movies don't really 'scare' me per se, ...1) Slasher movies don't really 'scare' me per se, but I thought the original 'Saw' was pretty disturbing.<BR/><BR/>2) 'Eric the Viking', no question. Hilarious, and far more historically accurate than 'The 13th Warrior' (pheh!). 'Beowulf and Grendel' was also excellent. And I suspect the upcoming <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462465/" REL="nofollow">'Outlander'</A> (or as I like to call it, 'Alien vs. Beowulf') will be way up on my list when it finally comes out.<BR/><BR/>3) Coffee.Jennifer Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610902519752808810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-62912405471486717792008-04-26T07:37:00.000-04:002008-04-26T07:37:00.000-04:00KEv's right - anything that's been spoofed is auto...KEv's right - anything that's been spoofed is automatically a genre ;-)LuLuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03412312541969320536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-22193282488247091432008-04-26T06:03:00.000-04:002008-04-26T06:03:00.000-04:00D'oh!D'oh!Red Toryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00422305796158017027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-27496120349837283082008-04-26T03:13:00.000-04:002008-04-26T03:13:00.000-04:00"And since when did "Viking movie" become a genre?...<I>"And since when did "Viking movie" become a genre?"</I><BR/><BR/>since terry jones spoofed the genre, smart guy.<BR/><BR/>KEvronKEvronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16732621823124759996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-32943093191961711322008-04-26T01:08:00.000-04:002008-04-26T01:08:00.000-04:00I love the scene where the stairs turn into a gooe...I love the scene where the stairs turn into a gooey marshmallow-like substance. Just wonderful.Red Toryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00422305796158017027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-65419241764091430442008-04-26T00:38:00.000-04:002008-04-26T00:38:00.000-04:001. Nightmare on Elm Street. When I watch it now, ...1. Nightmare on Elm Street. When I watch it now, it's laughable. But at the time, there was something unspeakably scary about a killer that gets you in your dreams.<BR/><BR/>2. Huh? I honestly can't think of any "Viking" movies I've seen other than 13th Warrior and Beowulf, and neither of them impressed me much. So I'm going to be devious and say The Big Lebowski, which was a terrific movie, decidedly NOT about Vikings, but did feature a scene in which Julianne Moore was dressed in a Viking outfit.<BR/><BR/>3. Coffee. Large Double-Double, to be specific.Red Canuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856310732637244052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-4432043649635624532008-04-26T00:08:00.000-04:002008-04-26T00:08:00.000-04:00The Evil Dead. Original. Pencil scene. nuff said.E...The Evil Dead. Original. Pencil scene. nuff said.<BR/><BR/>Erik the Viking. Terry Jones. Also nuff said. Not that I have seen a lot of viking movies.<BR/><BR/>Ummm. Coffee? Black. LOTS of it. Having a cup now, and its 9:08 pm. May as well hook up an IV.Palehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06791499814706254231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-51426562184180146382008-04-26T00:04:00.000-04:002008-04-26T00:04:00.000-04:00b/c: fair tradeSorry, I've got "free trade" on my ...b/c: fair trade<BR/><BR/>Sorry, I've got "free trade" on my mind these days in another capacity.Red Toryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00422305796158017027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-24183730018921956222008-04-26T00:02:00.000-04:002008-04-26T00:02:00.000-04:00Oh my god, I read that book AND watched the film. ...Oh my god, I read that book AND watched the film. Both were pretty awful in my opinion but maybe I just didn't have the right ahistorical frame of mind for them. And since when did "Viking movie" become a genre? I can only think of a handful of them but will have to go with the eponymous "The Vikings" from 1958 with Kirk Douglas and, somewhat improbably, Tony Curtis.<BR/><BR/>I'm out of order now. Oh well. Best "slasher" movie... The original <I>Nightmare on Elm Street</I>. Some of the scenes still resonate in a weirdly powerful and surreal way. <I>Hellraiser</I> was pretty fucking scary too. At least as I remember it. <BR/><BR/>Coffee, but of course. Mexican organic, free trade. It is... to die for, as the kids say. As for tea (which I drink in the absence of the aforementioned beverage), Twining's English Breakfast.Red Toryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00422305796158017027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-53941413103912205132008-04-25T23:44:00.000-04:002008-04-25T23:44:00.000-04:001) Never got into slasher stuff but John Carpenter...1) Never got into slasher stuff but John Carpenter's The Thing scared me shitless.<BR/><BR/>2) 13th Warrior. Also liked Beowulf and Grundel. <BR/><BR/>3) Coffee, obsidian. Two cups. Sometimes three.<BR/><BR/> Sometimes tea (Earl Grey pref) with milk, 2 sugar.Borishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00952672409601421466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-27011080977159202892008-04-25T23:18:00.000-04:002008-04-25T23:18:00.000-04:001) maybe the first halloween. most of the genre ar...1) maybe the first halloween. most of the genre are more grotesque than scary.<BR/><BR/>2) all hail <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zThk6-Gk24" REL="nofollow">technoviking</A><BR/><BR/>3) coffee. liquid consciousness.Lindsay Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13461043718147845594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-39203956191648823672008-04-25T22:33:00.000-04:002008-04-25T22:33:00.000-04:001) wasn't really a slasher movie, but I feel aslee...1) wasn't really a slasher movie, but I feel asleep watching tv and woke up to some scene in an abattoir with chickens going down the assembly line hanging upside down, someone slits each throat, blood spurts and drains as they continue along, and voice over is droning something about how the end will be for humans. I was visiting a cousin, so I don't know what it was or what station or anything. Scared the crap out of me.<BR/><BR/>2) Do the old Wunderbar commercials count?<BR/><BR/>3) I have heard tell of people actually <I>drinking</I> coffee. How absurd! Each seat in our office has cat-5 cable to the computer server farm (with a UPS), and 18 gauge cannula to the coffee server farm (with a UCS). There are portable coffee drips on stands that we take to meetings.liberal supporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01129945625510633921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-22247898236277644162008-04-25T22:17:00.000-04:002008-04-25T22:17:00.000-04:001. Halloween III - Actually not sure if if was II ...1. Halloween III - Actually not sure if if was II or III, but whichever one had Jason stab the guy in the eye with a hypo and kill another with a hacksaw to the neck and a huge twist. Fucked me up for a couple weeks when I was in grade seven.<BR/><BR/>2. I'll be damned if I can even think of a viking movie right now. suck.<BR/><BR/>3. Coffee, hands down. Lotsa cream, lotsa sugar.Heathen Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01725771056948808724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-90982621581475011672008-04-25T21:44:00.000-04:002008-04-25T21:44:00.000-04:001) texas chainsaw massacre. only one that ever did...1) <I>texas chainsaw massacre</I>. only one that ever did. wasn't quite old enough yet, when i first saw it (well after it's initial release), to appreciate camp value.<BR/><BR/>when leatherface slams that steel door after his first appearance.... *shudder*<BR/><BR/>2) does <I>ivanhoe</I> count? hmmm.... favorite? i like the genre, but they've all been kinda flawed in one way or another. kirk douglas climbing those thrown axes in <I>the vikings</I> was cool.<BR/><BR/>3) coffee is life.KEvronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16732621823124759996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-66492470874193927742008-04-25T21:35:00.000-04:002008-04-25T21:35:00.000-04:001) Slasher flicks don't scare me, though Hostel g...1) Slasher flicks don't scare me, though Hostel grossed me out, and Descent made me uncomfortable. I am totally desensitized. I love horror movies, though.<BR/><BR/>2) None, I guess, though I did like 13th Warrior, so I guess that wins by default.<BR/><BR/>3) A pot of coffee daily, or at least 2 XLs by noon.Father Shaggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13387065831329240927noreply@blogger.com