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Kelamin:
The house of leaves by mark z danielewski.
I don't really know how to describe this book. It's kind of horror but not really. But basically it's a manuscript about a house and all the interactions with it by people and a commentary on the manuscript.
hard to explain but a very good read if u can keep track of several storylines at once.
IronOxide:
Movie: Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo
A brilliant story by the classic screenwriter/director. The way that Sanjuro behaves is brilliant, and just makes for a really good story. Also, there's some kickass fights.
Book: A study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Another classic. It's much more the sad story of a man who gets screwed over than a detective fiction.
Darius of Tresserhorn:
Series
Cowboy Bebop
The rant:
I know it's Anime, but lets be honest. You know you watch it. Stop hiding the DVD's under your couch when your friends come over to drink. Loud and proud, baba`y. Best soundtrack in an anime? Check. Best english dub in an anime? Check. Amazing plot, high quality animation, stand alone episodes that tie into each other well, and great combinations of action and comedy? Check.
For me, it was an absolutely great series, blew my mind, and I reccomend it to non-anime watchers all the time.
The tagline:
The denizens of Earth have mostly moved on to inhabit the rest of the terraformed and mechanically evolved solar system. Travel takes place using sublight engines on (relatively common) spaceships, and a series of gates within the solar system.
The main characters are a pair of bounty hunters working together to catch fugitives throughout the system, barely scraping by, but managing. Several other characters join the cast as members of the crew, and good doses of comedy action and drama are littered throughout.
Firefly
`nuff said already, it's amazing. It's everything a series should be. Must watch.
Books
"Heraldmage Vanyel" Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey
The rant:
I read this trilogy on the reccomendation of my fiance, who is a big Lackey fan. It had decent pacing considering the lack of action or plot progression in the beginning, and kept me interested. I cried at several points in the series, the characterization was absolutely excellent, but that may also be because I will listen to anything once or twice, and my fiance insisted I hear the filk that goes with the series, which was actually quite good (Heather Alexander), and really brought out the emotion from the written word better than I was getting it myself.
Overall, pretty good, reccomend to those that like fantasy, perhaps those that are cross-genre readers, don't reccomend to the close-minded, but they can go to hell anyways.
Also, damn good ending to the trilogy.
The tagline:
A page who is the son of a lord is stuck, misunderstood, mistreated, and with no friends, in his fathers remote castle. As time goes on, he gets very "lucky" (in his mind) and is reassigned to become a herald at a distant city, somewhat against his fathers desires.
Lets just say he goes on to be romantically involved, grow out of his inner shell, and becomes somewhat of a figure of power.
Movies
Evil Dead 2
The rant:
This movie was absolutely insane. I read about this after having seen Army of Darkness, and loving the over the top acting of Bruce Campbell. For me, I was actually supposed to be doing a final exam on a director, and choosing three films they directed to use as canon for the paper, discussing their style, etc.
I was woken up in the middle of class (heh) and forced to make a decision on a director. Went something like the following:
Teacher: *prod*
Me: ZZZzzzz... Yarglehuhagha?
Teacher: What director are you doing?
Me: Uh... agh... snarf...
Teacher: ...?
Me: Uh... Coppola?
Teacher: Already taken.
Me: Mmm... David Lean?
Teacher: Already taken.
Me: ...wtf?
Teacher: Come on, you're the last one. Pick one, or I'll have you do Rob Cohen.
Me: *shudders* Uh... crap... Sam Raimi.
Teacher: ...I trust that's a real director, so okay.
I rented Evil Dead 2, Evil Dead 1, and Army of Darkness the next day. Good god.
Evil Dead 2 is crazy, because it's fairly low budget, it's a B movie, and it still managed to creep me out, make me laugh, and give me memorable quotes, all in the same sitting. I've almost no idea how it achieved this, but if nothing else, it's a B-movie classic.
Besides, it's banned in Norway/Finland/Iceland. That's a good sign, people.
The tagline:
A man takes a vacation in the woods with his girlfriend to a cabin, there they discover a professor had been trying to decode the legendary "Book of the Dead" in the very room they are standing in.
Horror/Hilarity ensues.
Merkava:
--- Quote from: 1patheticloser ---My suggestion, to all those who have yet to, watch Joss Whedon's Firefly. I myself was not a fan of his earlier works, Buffy and Angel, but the combination of science fiction and western genres, with the bonus of great characters and smart-as-a-whip dialogue make this show one of the best I've seen in years. It was unfortunately cancelled before it even finished a season due to high budget and the inability of Fox to find a proper time slot for the show. It lives on in both the DVD box set of the collected episodes, and the new feature film, Serenity[/i]. The DVD set is regularly available at a relatively low cost (around 40 dollars US in these parts).
Links:
Buy it from Amazon.com
imdb.com info
--- End quote ---
Now Buffy, I hated.
Angel and Firefly own, most definently.
Might as well be a fanboy and recommend the former as well. XP
Angel is just brilliant. Unlike Buffy, who's angst was all about "how do I live a normal life with these uber powers *wine*", Angel is about redemption and dealing with what you've done in the past. While Buffy's characters were all self-involved, Angel was about family. While Buffy tries to ape the feelings of the old Scooby Doo shows and horror movies, Angel is all about the film noir, and has a dark atmosphere to suppliment it. It mixes humor and drama perfectly, having you laughing one moment and gasping/tearing up the next. The acting is pretty much superb all-around and the writing is really sharp (especially with Lorne, who comes in on the second season and becomes a major character after the 3rd or 4th season.
Besides, Wesley has one of the most brilliant character shifts ever.
The first few seasons have become cheaper over the years, and I'd recommend starting with the first season. You have to become attached to the characters for most of the plot twists/story arcs to make sense.
You can also pick up seasons 1-4 on Amazon as a bundle for $140, which is pretty nice, since buying them all seperately would empty your wallets to the tune of $200.
www.amazon.com
Giantandre:
2 Books I Love
James Frey's -- A Million Little Pieces - The best book Ive read dealing with Drugs/Alcohol but, it's much more than that, It deals with redemption and moving forward in a real way. The book itself is the very definition of "harrowing"....(Be forwarned this is the new pick of The Oprah Book Club, I read it in 04 and I still recomend ... in fact I CANT BELIEVE THE OPRAH Army can handle this book)
Douglas Coupland's --- Hey Nostradamus! - Coupland's work can be hit or miss (Gen X, Microserfs, and Life after God are Great) (Shampoo Planet Miss Wyoming, and All Families... and so very average) HN is darkly comic yet disturbing and haunting....Takes a look at Alienation, Spirtuality, and Family Dysfuction.....and Acceptance
2 books I read in one sitting
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