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Ziggy Stardust

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11-Jan-2011
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#569771
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The "Let's Hug It Out" Thread (we all like SW, can't we be friends?)
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Can I say something here?

Gentlemen, this is the internet. The internet. Full of many, many people who will say whatever they want and get away with it. They don't care.

The best thing to do is to not care also. There are a lot better things to do than to get all worked up over something someone says over the internet. I'm not even talking to someone specific here. It's just common sense.

If it bothers you when someone takes a jab at you, go outside, drive to the store, WHO CARES about what some guy behind a computer said in what is usually another part of the world? The chances are very slim you will ever meet them in person.

Just look at xhonzi. He's ignoring me because he doesn't like my language and that I watch movies that he would disapprove his children of seeing, despite the fact that there's a big difference in maturity between an eight year old and someone who's nearly fifteen. Will that change his opinion? No. Do I care that much? No.

That said, there's no reason to go on the internet just to piss people off. Like Frink says, if you say that shit to someone in person, you should go get a psychiatric evaluation.

I think that's all I have to say.

Oh yeah, and I love all of you guys. From Warbler to Bingo, and everyone in between. Well, maybe not two by four, but he's out of the picture.

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#568024
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Last movie seen
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Dancer in the Dark


I am a huge Bjork fan. Yes, I know that's not how her name is spelled, it's just that my keyboard doesn't allow for the "o" to have those two little dots above it. I own most of her stuff, everything from Debut to Biophilia. She is amazing, and I love how she always has a new sound behind each of her albums.

So I was surprised when I had never heard of this movie, despite the fact that it's the reason that she was at the Oscars in a swan dress in the first place, and that it was directed by Lars Von Trier who I have a great deal of respect for.

Well, after viewing, I realized that not only can she sing, but she can ACT too. And boy, can she act! The acting by everyone else is just as good, but Bjork steals the show. Perfect casting in fine form.

The movie starts in 1964. We are introduced to Selma, a woman from Czechoslovakia with a very shy and mousy demeanor and thick glasses. Selma is also losing her eyesight, something that she is trying to hide from everyone otherwise she will lose her job which she can't afford to lose because she's destitute. Later in the movie, she makes a decision that alters her life for the worst. That's all I'm going to say about the plot because I suck at making a synopsis, and I couldn't really do it justice no matter how hard I tried.

The film has an awesome soundtrack by Bjork, using her vocal "shouts" to inflict emotion. One thing that keeps the movie real is that the musical numbers only happen when she's in some kind of dream state. The modern sound of the songs while in a movie that happens in the early 1960's also keeps the surreal atmosphere during those scenes.

I was crying at the end, and I have a feeling you will to if you have any sense of taste or a soul at all.

9/10

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#567242
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Random Thoughts
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My 20 year high school reunion will be in 2037. It's coming up like a bullet!

Speaking of age, I meet people and I tell them that it's amazing that they knew people who were born in the 1800's. Then I realized that people will tell me that they can't believe they knew someone who was born in the 1900's, and it goes on and on....

Oh yeah, and can you believe I just made a post? Granted, it was all over the place, but I made one!

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#567239
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Star Trek TNG on BluRay confirmed !
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doubleofive said:

CP3S said:


pittrek said:
I seriously hope I will live enough to see the original Star Wars trilogy in this quality
You will not. None of us will, except for a very old and dying Ziggy Stardust who will watch it through teary eyes as he remembers us all.  
I laughed at this. This should be a new meme, what Zig will outlive us to see.

 

LOVE IT.