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DrPhibes:
I'd like to recommed watching and buting FLight of the Conchords! They have a TV show!
data damage:
I have to recommend Dollhouse, which premiered last night. Of course, I am a semi-rabid Joss Whedon fanboy, so there you go :roll:
Dimmukane:
So there's this movie that kind of flew under everyone's radar called Outlander. Supposedly this is because Harvey Weinstein cut the budget by more than half and decided to not spend any money on advertising, meaning it was only in theaters for a couple weeks.
It's not really fascinating or anything, but it's probably one of the better fantasy movies to come out in the last couple years. It's essentially a retelling of Beowulf with a sci-fi twist. There are a few plot holes and things left unexplained, but this is primarily due to Weinstein's insistence that it run 2 hours at the most.
What is cool is that it is one of the most accurate depictions of Vikings to come out of Hollywood. It also makes pretty good use of special effects considering how low the budget was. In all honesty, the Moorven (a kind of bio-luminescent dragon/bear) is probably one of my top 5 favorite movie monsters. There's a totally badass sword (made from spaceship metal by the Vikings in about 36 hours (there was a sizable amount of footage cut for the theatrical version)), Ron Perlman as a totally massive Viking wielding 2 hammers, John Hurt as a Viking warlord, things on fire, etc.
The best way it could be described would be that it is Braveheart meets Predator. It's directed by the guy who is most likely going to be directing the new Conan movie, Howard McCain. Basically I'm recommending this because I want to see what this guy would do with complete control over his own project, and also because the monster is really freakin' cool.
Dyly:
I hope someone already recommended him but...
Chuck PalahnIuk is an amazing writer. He wrote Fight Club and Choke. Both were made into movies. I think Choke, Lulubye, Rant and Fight Club are pretty much must reads.
data damage:
My favorite Chuck is Survivor. I'm not really sure why. It just came across as awesome to me.
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