Random General Questions

[allegro]

Why are progressive rock fans so mean and elitist?

That's a pretty big generalization, there. I have known lots of prog rock fans for over 40 years and I don't know a mean one in the bunch. While Prog concerts tend to be big guy-fests, the guys are very very nice. And pretty nerdy.

[elevenism]

Lately, I've been wanting to find movies that remind me of being a kid. I was born in 80, so it would be eighties or early nineties movies. Of course you've got the Goonies and ET and Indiana Jones and the usual suspects, but I was thinking we could come up with some more obscure gems too.
I really hope that some of y'all see this. Perhaps I should make it into a thread.

I was going to make a "general cinema talk" thread, but I fear that as soon as I do, someone will tell me that there is already such a thread.

[thenorthwood]

Lately, I've been wanting to find movies that remind me of being a kid. I was born in 80, so it would be eighties or early nineties movies. Of course you've got the Goonies and ET and Indiana Jones and the usual suspects, but I was thinking we could come up with some more obscure gems too.
I really hope that some of y'all see this. Perhaps I should make it into a thread.

I was going to make a "general cinema talk" thread, but I fear that as soon as I do, someone will tell me that there is already such a thread.

My favorite was The Journey of Natty Gann. An emotionally complex movie with adventure.

[Mantra]

Lately, I've been wanting to find movies that remind me of being a kid. I was born in 80, so it would be eighties or early nineties movies. Of course you've got the Goonies and ET and Indiana Jones and the usual suspects, but I was thinking we could come up with some more obscure gems too.

For me it was all about: The Princess Bride, The Never Ending Story, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Innerspace, and the Three Amigos. I also liked that goofy movie "The Explorers" with River Phoenix and Ethan Hawke. Probably a bunch of others that I'm forgetting. The Star Wars movies, obviously.

I also had this tendency to enjoy weirdly mature movies when I was young. Like for some reason when I was about six or seven years old I was obsessed with Empire of the Sun, which in retrospect seems like a super weird movie for a little kid to be so into. I didn't even understood any of it. I just loved it for some unexplainable reason. I don't even think it occurred to me that it wasn't a kids movie.

[eversonpoe]

Lately, I've been wanting to find movies that remind me of being a kid. I was born in 80, so it would be eighties or early nineties movies. Of course you've got the Goonies and ET and Indiana Jones and the usual suspects, but I was thinking we could come up with some more obscure gems too.
I really hope that some of y'all see this. Perhaps I should make it into a thread.

I was going to make a "general cinema talk" thread, but I fear that as soon as I do, someone will tell me that there is already such a thread.

For me it was all about: The Princess Bride, The Never Ending Story, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Innerspace, and the Three Amigos. I also liked that goofy movie "The Explorers" with River Phoenix and Ethan Hawke. Probably a bunch of others that I'm forgetting. The Star Wars movies, obviously.

I also had this tendency to enjoy weirdly mature movies when I was young. Like for some reason when I was about six or seven years old I was obsessed with Empire of the Sun, which in retrospect seems like a super weird movie for a little kid to be so into. I didn't even understood any of it. I just loved it for some unexplainable reason. I don't even think it occurred to me that it wasn't a kids movie.

i fuckin' LOVE the explorers! dick miller, robert picardo, and the aforementioned stars. so good. i wore out my taped-off-tv VHS copy of it.

other movies that i have fond memories of watching as a kid -

big trouble in little china
the golden child
krull
legend
the dark crystal
labyrinth

you wanna get obscure? let's get obscure

making contact (also known as "joey") -
the peanut butter solution -

[Mantra]

i fuckin' LOVE the explorers! dick miller, robert picardo, and the aforementioned stars. so good. i wore out my taped-off-tv VHS copy of it.

Yeah, we had a taped VHS copy too, lol. We were kinda poor so most of our movies were taped, and yeah, I tended to wear out the tapes that I loved.

I think I just watched stuff way more passionately back then. Nowadays I'll watch a movie once, maybe a couple times if I really like it a lot. But back then my bothers and I probably watched our favorite movies like 50 times a year each. Some of those movies, I bet I could recreate the entire film shot-for-shot with all the dialogue intact and everything. I don't think any movie I watch these days will ever sink into my psyche as deeply as the movies I obsessed over back then. Kids are just way more hardcore about the things they love.

[elevenism]

Yeah, we had a taped VHS copy too, lol. We were kinda poor so most of our movies were taped, and yeah, I tended to wear out the tapes that I loved.

I think I just watched stuff way more passionately back then. Nowadays I'll watch a movie once, maybe a couple times if I really like it a lot. But back then my bothers and I probably watched our favorite movies like 50 times a year each. Some of those movies, I bet I could recreate the entire film shot-for-shot with all the dialogue intact and everything. I don't think any movie I watch these days will ever sink into my psyche as deeply as the movies I obsessed over back then. Kids are just way more hardcore about the things they love.

Haha, yeah, my brother and i LITERALLY watched Flight of the Navigator at least a hundred times.

[eversonpoe]

Haha, yeah, my brother and i LITERALLY watched Flight of the Navigator at least a hundred times.

OH MY GOD i just showed my wife that movie earlier this year (i feel like i told you about this already) and i made a huge deal about needing nestle crunch bars while we watched it...not remembering that you see david eat a nestle crunch exactly once for a few seconds. i somehow remembered it being a much bigger deal than it actually was. still love that movie, though. just...don't look up that actor or it'll make you real sad and uncomfortable.

[playwithfire]

oh wow good timely advice, me

[allegro]

He said:

Basically they provided me a faux sales presentation assignment. I wouldn't be presenting this, just emailing them the presentation for them to look at it.

@tony.parente , did you end up getting an interview? (Or the job?)

[tony.parente]

He said:



@tony.parente, did you end up getting an interview? (Or the job?)

Didn’t get the job. Worked for HOURS on that damned presentation too.

[playwithfire]

I stand by what i said

[allegro]

Didn’t get the job. Worked for HOURS on that damned presentation too.

Crap. Maybe it wasn’t due to the PP slides, but was that somebody had a better resume or more targeted education. With only 3 to 5 slides, maybe you gained better PP skills?

Have you found another job, yet?

[tony.parente]

Crap. Maybe it wasn’t due to the PP slides, but was that somebody had a better resume or more targeted education. With only 3 to 5 slides, maybe you gained better PP skills?

Have you found another job, yet?

Haha oh yeah I found another one almost immediately. I was VERY green in that industry, im back in my comfort level in a NOC.

[elevenism]

@eversonpoe @Mantra GET BACK, JACK I've got a gun!

HAahaha bank robbery is it?

[Mantra]

Yup, apparently he tried to use a long wig and a bandanna as a disguise.

[kel]

i think it's been brought up in the horror thread, but the gate with stephen dorff is one i remember fondly.

and the first two critters flicks. lots of stuff from usa network's UP all night. spookies, night of the creeps, etc.

i was also OBSESSED with flight of the navigator.

[eversonpoe]

i think it's been brought up in the horror thread, but the gate with stephen dorff is one i remember fondly.

and the first two critters flicks. lots of stuff from usa network's UP all night. spookies, night of the creeps, etc.

i was also OBSESSED with flight of the navigator.

i saw The Gate on HBO late one night when i was home alone. i think i was like 10 or 11 and it scared the shit out of me. now it's just fun, but it still freaks me out when he gets the eye in his hand.

[elevenism]

At my grandparents house, we had this tv room and the two movies that we loved and watched every time we went there were La Bamba, and Stand By Me (which I was way too young for.)

Hey, should we make a thread for this, or at least a "random movie talk" thread?

[Mantra]

Hey, should we make a thread for this, or at least a "random movie talk" thread?

I think a thread like "random movie talk" would quickly die because it would be so general. I think something like "childhood nostalgia movies" or something sort along those lines would get better response.

[ton]

Can't tell sometimes if Morrissey is an intolerant person (speaking as a big Smiths fan). His comments are so questionable sometimes.

[eversonpoe]

Can't tell sometimes if Morrissey is an intolerant person (speaking as a big Smiths fan). His comments are so questionable sometimes.

like when he sort of kind of defended sexually assaulting people? -_-

[ton]

like when he sort of kind of defended sexually assaulting people? -_-

Exactly what I mean, among other things

[Pillfred]

This came up at work the other day, I forget how, but tonight it came up again. --- Is, "you're welcome" and "your welcome", both technically correct? Splitting hairs?

[katara]

This came up at work the other day, I forget how, but tonight it came up again. --- Is, "you're welcome" and "your welcome", both technically correct? Splitting hairs?

[eversonpoe]

This came up at work the other day, I forget how, but tonight it came up again. --- Is, "you're welcome" and "your welcome", both technically correct? Splitting hairs?

as katara pointed out above—absolutely not. it's always "you're welcome" because what you are saying is "you are welcome."

i've been trying to be less of a stickler for those sorts of things, though, because i'd rather not be condescending toward people. it's a hard line to walk because i'm passionate about grammar. clearly, though, i don't care about capitalization, so i'm a weirdo.

[Mantra]

Now that I think about it, "you're welcome" is a strange way to respond to "thank you."

You're welcome. Welcome to what?

[GibbonBlack]

Now that I think about it, "you're welcome" is a strange way to respond to "thank you."

You're welcome. Welcome to what?

Whatever it was they're thanking you for. So if you hold the door open and someone says "Thank you", when you say "you're welcome" you're saying "you're welcome to have me always hold the door open for you! You're awesome!"

[Mantra]

Whatever it was they're thanking you for. So if you hold the door open and someone says "Thank you", when you say "you're welcome" you're saying "you're welcome to have me always hold the door open for you! You're awesome!"

I suppose that makes sense, but it still seems odd to me. "You are welcome to my assistance." It's just weird. It would be like answering with "Oh, help yourself."

"Hey, thanks for holding the door!"

"Help yourself!"

[GibbonBlack]

I suppose that makes sense, but it still seems odd to me. "You are welcome to my assistance." It's just weird. It would be like answering with "Oh, help yourself."

"Hey, thanks for holding the door!"

"Help yourself!"

But if they help themselves they wouldn't be using your welcoming assistance.