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Emikins:
Oh. Love this post. Now when i'm searching for something to read/watch, I can just come here and check this out.
So, my recommendation?
The Saga of Darren Shan - books one to twelve.
It's a kids book, and therefore a little cliched and juvenile. Also, at times it can be a little bit predictible. But it's a nice, easy read, by a great writer who now also writes fantasy for adults too. It puts an interesting spin on the old, and sometimes tired, vampire mythology, adding new dimensions to the myths, while also exploring human nature and morality. It is an easy read, and was incredibly fun to go through, taking only a few days for a moderate speed reader like me. But it is also addictive. And I enjoyed it immensely. Finally, I wouldn't go as far as openly recommending it upon a website instead of just to my friends, if it was not for the ending. The ending was a surprise for a children's book (though so was the amount of violence within the text) and was an extremely welcome change from the norm. Also, a brilliant commentary on the importance of literature in society.
Heh. I hope someone does read it and enjoys it as much as I did. Also, the movie of the first two books is due out next year - Cirque Du Freak.
Uber Ritter:
While I was very briefly without work, I read a bunch of Allan Moore comics--The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Top Ten. The first needs little introduction, since it's basic premise (19th century pulp heroes as superheroe team ala the justice league working for Conan Doyle characters) is like the movie, only, you know, good. Though the League is very good, I honestly prefer Top Ten, which is a police procedural set in a city where everyone has superpowers. There were two trade paperback collections of that, plus a graphic novel prequel. Neither Top Ten nor Gentlemen are as ambitious as Watchmen--mostly they are good stories well told, with solid characterization and everything else you'd expect from Allan Moore.
StreetSpirit:
It might be a good time to go back and re-watch Twin Peaks.
Dimmukane:
Sang Sattawat (aka Syndrome and a Century).
I just watched this a couple days ago, and it's almost like a dream. There's one plot that repeats itself twice, through the use of different scenes and camera angles. The first half takes place in what looks like rural Thailand, while the second half seems to be in a much more modern area. All the shots are beautifully composed, with special mention going to a scene near the end involving a haze-filled room of machines. It's not very good in the pacing department, yet I feel it was intentional. Looking up other reviews, it seems like most people walked out of the theatre in a reverie, including myself. Watching it certainly seems to evoke a summery mood. Inexplicably, I was smiling the entire time I was watching this film.
That came off as a bit review-y. Point is, if you're looking for an interesting movie, this is a pretty good bet.
Edit: Here[\url] is the scene I was talking about. If you never see this movie, at least watch this scene, as it's probably going to stick with you for a while.
thehollow:
So I've been watching a bunch of How I Met Your Mother, as per this thread. I just finished up season 1 and started the second, and it's not bad. It was pretty hard to get into at first, the first 6 episodes or so were pretty bad. I gotta say the hardest thing to get used to was the laugh track. After years of watching basically nothing but comedies like My Name is Earl, Arrested Development, Scrubs, etc, I came pretty close to giving up on the show altogether just because of that. But it's a lot better now, and I do like it. I'll keep watching, and we'll see how it turns out.
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