Guest Failed Mascot Report post Posted February 21, 2005 Its suppose to be a very dark film. I never read the book so I don't know if its true, but evidently Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a dark story. The Oompa-Loompas are suppose to be abused slaves. If this is true then their midget asses won't be dancing and asking me stupid questions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vyce 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2005 Well, at least we've reach a consensus about SOMETHING. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest sek69 Report post Posted February 21, 2005 I have a hurt knee right now. -=Mike Interestingly enough, so do I. OMG BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT~! Is it your left knee? Because that'd be a helluva coincidence. -=Mike ...My left knee hurts too! My bad knee's the right one. Car wreck when I was 17. Hmmm. Your left knee hurts, and my right knee hurts. Perhaps we're taking our joint pain out on our politics. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Failed Mascot Report post Posted February 21, 2005 You two want to be left alone in this thread so you can snuggle in peace? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MikeSC Report post Posted February 21, 2005 Its suppose to be a very dark film. I never read the book so I don't know if its true, but evidently Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a dark story. The Oompa-Loompas are suppose to be abused slaves. If this is true then their midget asses won't be dancing and asking me stupid questions. I read it years ago and don't remember it being that dark. But I was 10 and I wouldn't have known dark if it gave me a lap dance at the time. It just seems silly to remake a classic movie --- and I thought Gene Wilder did a really good job with it. I can only imagine the protests if this film is actually too dark, as parents will imagine it's similar to Disney's original. Well, at least we've reach a consensus about SOMETHING. Knee pain is a uniting force. I guess somebody should club Sean Hannity and Al Franken in the knees next. -=Mike ...I would volunteer to do that, BTW... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Styles 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2005 This thread needs more Shocker. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperJerk 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2005 (edited) Mike, can you do me a favor, please? Title your threads in a way that has something to do with what it is about. "Shocker" isn't exactly an informative description. edit: since I realize this thread isn't really about anything anyways...nevermind Edited February 21, 2005 by RobotJerk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MikeSC Report post Posted February 21, 2005 Mike, can you do me a favor, please? Title your threads in a way that has something to do with what it is about. "Shocker" isn't exactly an informative description. The vague title is the only real gimmick I have here. Ask around. Gotta stick to that. But I'll try to be less vague in the future. -=Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Styles 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2005 Mike, can you do me a favor, please? Title your threads in a way that has something to do with what it is about. "Shocker" isn't exactly an informative description. The vague title is the only real gimmick I have here. Ask around. ... I'm not touching that one... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperJerk 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2005 See above edit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gary Floyd 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2005 Mike, sek, can't we all just...get along? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Failed Mascot Report post Posted February 21, 2005 where did PowerPlay go? Did he retire from MessageBoarding? I never see him around anymore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2005 Its suppose to be a very dark film. I never read the book so I don't know if its true, but evidently Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a dark story. The Oompa-Loompas are suppose to be abused slaves. If this is true then their midget asses won't be dancing and asking me stupid questions. The songs are great yo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Styles 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2005 edit: since I realize this thread isn't really about anything anyways...nevermind OMG YOUR RIGHT! Hold your monitor up to a mirror to find out what this thread is, and what it needs to do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Failed Mascot Report post Posted February 21, 2005 Its suppose to be a very dark film. I never read the book so I don't know if its true, but evidently Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a dark story. The Oompa-Loompas are suppose to be abused slaves. If this is true then their midget asses won't be dancing and asking me stupid questions. The songs are great yo. The only enjoyable one has to do with the gum chewing girl and that's because they just roll her about and ignore the fact she could explode at any moment. The rest are terrible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperJerk 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2005 Its suppose to be a very dark film. I never read the book so I don't know if its true, but evidently Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a dark story. The Oompa-Loompas are suppose to be abused slaves. If this is true then their midget asses won't be dancing and asking me stupid questions. The songs are great yo. The only enjoyable one has to do with the gum chewing girl and that's because they just roll her about and ignore the fact she could explode at any moment. The rest are terrible. You do realize all of the Oompa Loompa songs are almost exactly the same, don't you? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2005 The vague title is the only real gimmick I have here... Yeppers. -=kkk (Oh, and I don't care about HST so I will not comment on him or his "shit writer" status...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jobber of the Week 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2005 I'm not a follower of drugs and their subculture, but I thought the guy had a pretty good way with words. Unfortunately, in the end he'll be most remembered for downing drugs and Johnny Depp, which is kind of sad because he did write more than F&L in Las Vegas and the babbling insanity which is brimming all over that story is apparent in more than that one book. Still, despite the ignorance of the majority, it's probably the right one to make a legacy by. That whole piece comparing the sixties political movement as a wave that came out of San Francisco and then crashed on the outskirts of Las Vegas before rolling back and dying is brilliant, and rather scary because it's true in the metaphorical sense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cbacon 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2005 "Some may never live, but the crazy never die." (Hunter S. Thompson) "We have become a Nazi monster in the eyes of the whole world - bullies and bastards who would rather kill than live peacefully. We are whores for power and oil with hate and fear in our hearts." (Hunter S. Thompson, on America) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2005 Thanks for reminding me why I never took this guy seriously... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CheesalaIsGood 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2005 Thanks for reminding me why I never took this guy seriously... Your objectivity is stunning per usual. HST was ok. I won't miss him. Loved the movie. Not enough karate in it though. Mike is still a dick. I thought Powerplay became that Justice dude. HHH is still the champ and all is right with the world. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DMann2003 0 Report post Posted February 22, 2005 I can only imagine the protests if this film is actually too dark, as parents will imagine it's similar to Disney's original. Disney didn't actually make the film. It was produced by the Quaker Oats company as a way of promoting a line of "Wonka" bars. Paramount initially distributed the film and now Warner Bros. owns the rights and it's producing the new adaptation. And I never read HST and only saw Fear and Loathing once, that's a strange movie. But I love Doonesbury and the Duke character, wonder if this will be brought up via Duke in the strip. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Special K 0 Report post Posted February 22, 2005 Mike Fifth Element got 70% on rotten tomatoes so it's OK to like it! Why don't you try to expound on your statement that HST is a 'shit writer'? Political opinions aside, he had a tremendous knack for imagery and all in all was pretty damn funny. Or you can simply go on making inflammatory statements without backing them up. P.S. My knee hurts. My dick's been knocking against it all day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jobber of the Week 0 Report post Posted February 22, 2005 Could we please stop promoting RottenTomatoes? It's far from the best movie review directory. MetaCritic is better than RottenTomatoes just by the system alone. RTomatoes divides up reviews into positive and negative by whether it scored higher or lower than a 50% rating. so a 45% rating is "negative" and added to the Rotten pile with a 10% or lower rating, and a 70% rating is lumped in with the 100% OMGTHISMOVIEROXXORS reviews. On Metacritic, a movie that gets a 7.5 out of 10 gets, suprise, a 75% rating from that review. All the reviews are added together to get a median percentage, so you can get an idea of just how positive or negative the reaction is to a movie, instead of just Good/Bad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Tom 0 Report post Posted February 22, 2005 I was never a van of Thompson's style, but I can see how folks would like it. He struck me as a decent enough writer, even though I often disagreed with what he was saying. It's odd that he'd check out like such a wimp, though. If there's someone I expected to go out by snorting a hill of coke off a dead hooker's ass, then lighting his hotel room on fire and waiting on the bed for the flames to take him, it was Hunter S. Thompson. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted February 22, 2005 That's not how the career junkies go out. It'd be too cliche, besides, senior suicide's more about just choosing your moment for the inevitable. He was nuts anyway. I'm neither surprised nor saddened, though I enjoyed his stuff a great deal, as a fan of hyperbole. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MikeSC Report post Posted February 22, 2005 Mike is still a dick. I thought Powerplay became that Justice dude. HHH is still the champ and all is right with the world. And you're a useless fucktard. Your point being? Mike Fifth Element got 70% on rotten tomatoes so it's OK to like it! Why don't you try to expound on your statement that HST is a 'shit writer'? He was a mediocre hack without having much clever to state, nor able to actually make a cogent point. His work has been a running joke for going on 30 years straight. Even if you think "Fear and Loathing" was excellent (which would simply demonstrate how little one has read), you would have difficulty naming a book in the last 30 years he wrote that approaches that. And when you can't even approach overrated mediocrity, you're simply not that good a writer. Or you can simply go on making inflammatory statements without backing them up. Oh, I can continue all I want. Just like you can sit on the sidelines and pout. In fact, you might wish to return to doing just that. It's your best suit. Just stop committing your Holocause against the concept of thought. Thanks. -=Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted February 22, 2005 Mike doesn't repeat himself nearly enough. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MikeSC Report post Posted February 22, 2005 Mike doesn't repeat himself nearly enough. Why consult a thesaurus to produce new ways of describing HST's writing as the dark brown pile of excrement that it always was? -=Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
