the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW

by **AndyDufresne** on Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:23 am

autoload wrote:I am NOT gonna read the backlog.

You can just read this wooden log, and you'll be caught up:

Who J and M are...is a mystery. **Munches on a banana**

--Andy

by **AndyDufresne** on Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:18 pm

And the mystery still remains...

**Munches on a banana**

--Andy

by **Dukasaur** on Mon Feb 27, 2012 7:34 am

Wow, I don't think I've ever found this on Page 2 before!

by **strike wolf** on Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:19 am

It was on page 2? That's what I get for not paying attention to it over the weekend.

by **AndyDufresne** on Mon Feb 27, 2012 2:03 pm

This will lighten the mood.

show: United States of Banana

**Leaves behind a bowl of national-bananas**

--Andy

by **strike wolf** on Mon Feb 27, 2012 7:59 pm

So I've watched a few 60s movies recently...I've noticed a trend and I'm wondering why some of them seem to start like they are already 5-10 minutes into the film? Like during editing the director's going "No no no this movies 2 hours. It needs to be 1 hour 50 at the most." and everyone replied "no problem. We'lll just edit out the first 10 minutes. No one wants to see how the couple met anyways. They just want to get to the good stuff where their lives are spiraling out of control from drugs."

by **Victor Sullivan** on Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:36 pm

Ah, the 60s...

-Sully

by **TA1LGUNN3R** on Tue Feb 28, 2012 4:43 am

strike wolf wrote:So I've watched a few 60s movies recently...I've noticed a trend and I'm wondering why some of them seem to start like they are already 5-10 minutes into the film? Like during editing the director's going "No no no this movies 2 hours. It needs to be 1 hour 50 at the most." and everyone replied "no problem. We'lll just edit out the first 10 minutes. No one wants to see how the couple met anyways. They just want to get to the good stuff where their lives are spiraling out of control from drugs."

Well you could argue that we (Hollywood) have actually dumbed down cinema. American movies now have to explain everything or the viewer doesn't get it. No one has to draw conclusions or actually think about the movie, as long as there's pretty colors and some tits then the movie sells. For instance, in your example, in might make sense in context when you think about what was going on in the '60s. Drugs were a common theme, and backdrop in these cases would probably be typical stories, so why waste the time to reiterate what someone has seen or experienced before? Film is expensive.

-TG

by **Dukasaur** on Tue Feb 28, 2012 1:17 pm

AndyDufresne wrote:This will lighten the mood.

show: United States of Banana

**Leaves behind a bowl of national-bananas**

--Andy

Is that a banana republic?

by **AndyDufresne** on Tue Feb 28, 2012 1:57 pm

strike wolf wrote:So I've watched a few 60s movies recently...I've noticed a trend and I'm wondering why some of them seem to start like they are already 5-10 minutes into the film? Like during editing the director's going "No no no this movies 2 hours. It needs to be 1 hour 50 at the most." and everyone replied "no problem. We'lll just edit out the first 10 minutes. No one wants to see how the couple met anyways. They just want to get to the good stuff where their lives are spiraling out of control from drugs."

What films have you watched from the 60's?

**Munches on a banana**

--Andy

by **strike wolf** on Tue Feb 28, 2012 4:33 pm

AndyDufresne wrote:
strike wolf wrote:So I've watched a few 60s movies recently...I've noticed a trend and I'm wondering why some of them seem to start like they are already 5-10 minutes into the film? Like during editing the director's going "No no no this movies 2 hours. It needs to be 1 hour 50 at the most." and everyone replied "no problem. We'lll just edit out the first 10 minutes. No one wants to see how the couple met anyways. They just want to get to the good stuff where their lives are spiraling out of control from drugs."

What films have you watched from the 60's?

**Munches on a banana**

--Andy

Rosemary's Baby, Panic in Needle Park, Bullitt, The Great Escape, The Graduate, Dr. Strangelove. I know there's a couple others but I can't think of them right now.

by **Quirk** on Wed Feb 29, 2012 1:50 am

BPotW

by **Quirk** on Wed Feb 29, 2012 2:19 am

by **AndyDufresne** on Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:42 am

Quirk wrote:BPotW

Endorsed. **Munches on a banana**

Here's to the almost weekend.

--Andy

by **strike wolf** on Thu Mar 01, 2012 12:02 pm

Here's to the belated first day of March.

by **AndyDufresne** on Thu Mar 01, 2012 2:08 pm

Here's to a trailblazer, exactly 100 years to the day:

According to Wikipedia wrote:
Captain Albert Berry is one of two people credited as the first person to make a successful parachute jump from a powered aeroplane. The other contender is Grant Morton, who is reported to have jumped from a Wright Model B flying over Venice Beach, California sometime late in 1911. Morton's pilot was Phil Parmalee.

On 1 March 1912, Berry jumped from a Benoist pusher biplane from 1,500 feet (457 m) and landed successfully at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. The pilot was Tony Jannus. The 36 foot (11 m) diameter parachute was contained in a metal canister attached to the underside of the plane - when Berry dropped from the plane his weight pulled the parachute from the canister. Rather than being attached to the parachute by a harness Berry was seated on a trapeze bar. According to Berry he dropped 500 feet (152 m) before the parachute opened.

First, scary at this point I bet.

Second, **Munches on a banana** I remember when I went skydiving...it was quite fun.

--Andy

by **AndyDufresne** on Fri Mar 02, 2012 1:11 pm

[accent] What is this, no new post Friday? [/accent]

**Munches on a banana**

--Andy

by **autoload** on Fri Mar 02, 2012 2:47 pm

Quirk wrote:
autoload wrote:I am NOT gonna read the backlog.

It's almost been two years. How's it going, man?

It's been. Just by reading the two pages since my last post, I can see this place has become much too sophisticated for a ham and egger such as myself.

by **Quirk** on Sat Mar 03, 2012 2:22 am

by **jonesthecurl** on Sat Mar 03, 2012 1:39 pm

Not much ham and egg activity in here.

by **Quirk** on Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:05 am

by **AndyDufresne** on Mon Mar 05, 2012 1:56 pm

jonesthecurl wrote:Not much ham and egg activity in here.

Maybe if autoload supplies the ham, you can supply the eggs?

**Leaves behind a bowl of bananas**

--Andy

by **Quirk** on Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:06 pm

I'll supply what I usually bring to the table. Wookie love or whatever you want to call it.
I should be able to post more often this week as I am on vacation.
Thus satisfying Andy's request for more frequent posts.