What Are You Watching Right Now?

OccultHawk · 06-27-2019, 03:07 PM

it seems like if I remember the movie was super hard to understand

I read the book when I was in high school but it wasn’t THAT confusing

For this miniseries it’s far less confusing than either

It’s just a series of incidents that I think all happened in the book but told in a straight forward linear way. It’s not like this crazy spiraling work of art like the novel but they did a good job pulling stories out of the book and making tight tv shows out of them

**Frownland** · 06-27-2019, 03:15 PM

Ja the movie just does not translate at all. I put it mostly on the material, you either get something too subtle or overnarrated or you lose the humour entirely.

Cool to hear on the miniseries, I'll check it out.

OccultHawk · 06-27-2019, 03:17 PM

Is it one of your all time fave books?

For a book a read so long ago I still remember a pretty lot. It must have made a hell of an impact.

**Frownland** · 06-27-2019, 03:20 PM

It's top 20 tier and the funniest book I've ever read for sure. Really only challenged by Hitchhiker's Guide and Heller's other material for the comedy aspect.

OccultHawk · 06-27-2019, 03:34 PM

Funniest books...

Huck Finn had me in stitches in some places.

The Batlord · 06-27-2019, 03:48 PM

Do they have to be fiction? Cause Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods is pretty devastating.

Oriphiel · 06-28-2019, 10:08 AM

Post-Post-Post-Modern Youtube humor from before Youtube had even gone full mainstream.

And also co-starring the guy that directed Spiderman: Homecoming.

WWWP · 06-29-2019, 10:07 PM

Quick, what do I watch?

Ghost Dog,
The Gate,
Glengarry GlenRoss, or
Suspiria (remake)

OccultHawk · 06-29-2019, 10:31 PM

Glengarry GlenRoss

**Frownland** · 06-29-2019, 10:43 PM

That or Ghost Dog are good picks.

06-27-2019, 03:07 PM	#1101 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	it seems like if I remember the movie was super hard to understand I read the book when I was in high school but it wasn’t THAT confusing For this miniseries it’s far less confusing than either It’s just a series of incidents that I think all happened in the book but told in a straight forward linear way. It’s not like this crazy spiraling work of art like the novel but they did a good job pulling stories out of the book and making tight tv shows out of them __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

06-27-2019, 03:15 PM	#1102 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Ja the movie just does not translate at all. I put it mostly on the material, you either get something too subtle or overnarrated or you lose the humour entirely. Cool to hear on the miniseries, I'll check it out. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

06-27-2019, 03:17 PM	#1103 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	Is it one of your all time fave books? For a book a read so long ago I still remember a pretty lot. It must have made a hell of an impact. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

06-27-2019, 03:20 PM	#1104 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	It's top 20 tier and the funniest book I've ever read for sure. Really only challenged by Hitchhiker's Guide and Heller's other material for the comedy aspect. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

06-27-2019, 03:34 PM	#1105 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	Funniest books... Huck Finn had me in stitches in some places. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

06-28-2019, 10:08 AM	#1107 (permalink)
Oriphiel Ask me how! Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: The States Posts: 5,355	Post-Post-Post-Modern Youtube humor from before Youtube had even gone full mainstream. And also co-starring the guy that directed Spiderman: Homecoming. __________________ ---------------------- \|---Mic's Albums---\| ---------------------- ----------------------------- \|---Deafbox Industries---\| -----------------------------

06-29-2019, 10:31 PM	#1109 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	Glengarry GlenRoss __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

06-29-2019, 10:43 PM	#1110 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	That or Ghost Dog are good picks. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x