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MilkmanDan:
So, everyone is plugging Cowboy Bebop, huh? Well, it would seem that I'll have to be a lone voice of dissent. Yes, the music is kickass, the dubbing is great and the animation is good, but it was really dull. I watched the whole thing, because I borrowed the DVDs off my friend. I got all the way to the supposedly mind-blowing final episode and honestly couldn't give a shit if some stupidly named guy with a raven killed some other idiot's ex-girlfriend. Or whatever.
Actually, I think my problem with the whole series is that I didn't like anyone in it, and therefore didn't care what happened to them. It just never engaged me.
I hadn't intended to go off on such a rant about Cowboy Bebop, but there you have it. On to my recommendation.
Twin Peaks - TV Series.
It's pretty old these days, as it was actually on TV around 1990. I was too young to watch it then, but through the magic of video (and now DVD), I have watched it since.
A truly bizarre plot starts simply enough with the murder of a local girl and the arrival of an FBI agent to investigate. Before you know it, there are dwarves, women speaking to logs, incredibly wierd dream sequences, conspiracies and damn fine cherry pies.
It was made by David Lynch, which should give you an idea of its style. It manages to make sense on its own terms, just about, which is basically his trademark.
So, yeah. If you want wierd, you should check it out.
kitsunefire:
Crash, its new like this year...Its all about how you affect everybody you come into contact with and how events set of chain reactions...very good movie, heavy on rasism (in SEVERAL nationalities) and just a really great...well go watch it! :)
great book I'd have to say "the Giver" byLois Lowry, It'd take a fast reader maybe a few hours to read as its one of those "young adult" novels, but well worth it, Jonas lives with his family in a town without color, with out music, without emotion. At the cerimony of Elevens he is chosen to be the towns next "Giver" the person in charge of keeping all the memories in the town...thats all I'm going to say...but its well worth the few hours to read it. Very neat concepts.
Sideways:
The Shroud of the Thwacker.
Chris Elliott's first book.
This is Chris Elliott. You may remember him from 'There's Something About Mary'.
This is his movie/T.V. bio
The book debut from the Get a Life and Cabin Boy star is billed as a parody, but this murder mystery wrapped in laughter is simply straight-up enjoyable. Jack the Jolly Thwacker is leaving dead bodies all over 1882 New York City. Chris Elliott, a modern-day researcher, is tracking the serial killer through time. Elliott's wry humor fastens on the burgeoning, Boss Tweedified city, giving it a hilarious and vividly imagined set of anachronistic technologies and accoutrements (New York's Mayor Teddy Roosevelt, who has mysteriously disappeared, has a navel piercing). The narrative leaps back and forth in time, as 1882 police chief Caleb Spencer chases the Thwacker through the streets, and Elliott, convinced the killer is from the 21st century, chases him through time. Elliott's ability to time travel is facilitated by Yoko Ono (don't ask) and a willing suspension of disbelief, but the results are very amusing (if often infantile in the style of There's Something About Mary), with asides on every page that bring in everyone and everything from Typhoid Mary to Skyy Vodka. If Shroud feels like an extended, Americanized Monty Python skit, it's also a rousing good yarn.
Meh. Whatever you say...:
Hmmm...
I think I'll recommend The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan.
His writing technique is amazing, he has humor, sadness, adorability (did I just make that wrod up?), and everything else you could want in a book.
It's from the perspective of twenty different people, and they all have their own ways of 'writing' it. One girl writes in song form, on guy writes in poems, so on, so forth.
It's just an amazing book, and you should go out to the nearest book store and read it.
So there.
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Duchess Tapioca:
Movie recommendation:
Forbidden Planet
It's got romance, science, mystery and charm! Dazzling special effects, exciting space! And recently remastered to DVD format for your convenience!
Really folks, it's a classic. How often do you get to see a flying saucer, a pretty lady, a friendly whiskey-making robot, and a chilling Freudian psychology monster in the same movie? Not that often! It's in color! There's a tiger! And lasers! Oh dear!
Zzzzp. Pchew pchew!
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