Buckaroo Banzai, Mystery Men and Blood Quantum all spring to mind for me.
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TroublesomeBard
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I definitely lean more towards pure fiction, sometimes I'm inspired by true events, once or twice I've written adaptations of true events. Usually I'm just making things up.
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Not important at all. I have several stories where characters, even main characters, go unnamed. With that being said, names can be part of characterization, and the absence of names can evoke a lot.
Then again, I'm usually experimenting with narrative styles and voices, and sometimes names get in the way of the experiment.
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"You will always be a loser, and that's okay"
Titus Andronicus, No Future Part 3: Escape from No Future
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If acronyms count as one word: EVIL
If not, introvert, or nerd.
If not, introvert, or nerd.
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And you should read it. There are jokes, and it gets pretty weird. Also Satan is his chief advisor.
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/humor/-emperor-thrinklebopple-takes-an-1.aspx
Plus Thrinklebopple is fun to say. Thrinklebopple.
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/humor/-emperor-thrinklebopple-takes-an-1.aspx
Plus Thrinklebopple is fun to say. Thrinklebopple.
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I've been thinking about writing something that uses a narrative voice akin to campfire stories, where the narrator isn't a character in the strictest sense, but has character, the way a speaker might drop 'g's when speaking or use odd turns of phrase.
Has anyone tried anything like this? If so, how did it work out?
Has anyone tried anything like this? If so, how did it work out?
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I struggle with differentiating "Underrated" with "Underappreciated" underrated being better than it's typically given credit for, underappreciated being good but not a lot of people know about it.
Either way, I feel Red Sun deserves a mention,
Toshiro Mifune, Charles Bronson, and Ursula Andress directed by Terrence Young, there's a lot to like.
Either way, I feel Red Sun deserves a mention,
Toshiro Mifune, Charles Bronson, and Ursula Andress directed by Terrence Young, there's a lot to like.
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What is the policy on using an existing narrative framework to apply the myths and legends theme? Stuff like King Arthur, Roanoke Colony, Paul Bunyan, Cthulhu Mythos (it's in the public domain) or other pagan/pseudopagan myths, such as Olympus or Valhalla?
I'm not saying that my story idea features a personified Atlantis being gangbanged by deep ones and it results in the island/city sinking, or Paul Bunyan hosting an orgy on the Cornucopia, just that I had those ideas and thought they were horrible, but am wondering on if they would be viable entries for the theme.
Edit: if you think those ideas aren't horrible and want to use them, go ahead.
I'm not saying that my story idea features a personified Atlantis being gangbanged by deep ones and it results in the island/city sinking, or Paul Bunyan hosting an orgy on the Cornucopia, just that I had those ideas and thought they were horrible, but am wondering on if they would be viable entries for the theme.
Edit: if you think those ideas aren't horrible and want to use them, go ahead.
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What are some great movie remakes? Not necessarily better than the original, but still good movies in their own right.
I'll start off by saying the Kurosawa/Western Exchange as seen in Red Harvest/Glass Key --> Yojimbo --> Fistful of Dollars (also Last Man Standing (which is also a weird one, since it's officially a remake of Yojimbo, but really just an adaptation of Red Harvest(also Last Man Standing suuuucks))) and then Seven Samurai --> Magnificent Seven also Unforgiven (1992) --> Unforgiven (2013) if they count, they're all pretty awesome.
Other than those, True Grit Coen brothers remake is great, as is Departed (remake of Infernal Affairs) The Thing (Carpenter remake of Thing from Another World, not 2011)
What are some of your favorites?
I'll start off by saying the Kurosawa/Western Exchange as seen in Red Harvest/Glass Key --> Yojimbo --> Fistful of Dollars (also Last Man Standing (which is also a weird one, since it's officially a remake of Yojimbo, but really just an adaptation of Red Harvest(also Last Man Standing suuuucks))) and then Seven Samurai --> Magnificent Seven also Unforgiven (1992) --> Unforgiven (2013) if they count, they're all pretty awesome.
Other than those, True Grit Coen brothers remake is great, as is Departed (remake of Infernal Affairs) The Thing (Carpenter remake of Thing from Another World, not 2011)
What are some of your favorites?
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Just started
I doubt I'll like it as much as Never Let Me Go but I'm interested in Ishiguro's other work.
I doubt I'll like it as much as Never Let Me Go but I'm interested in Ishiguro's other work.
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Man did I not see that ending coming, despite the not-so-subtle foreshadowing.
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You should read it.
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/fantasy-scifi/-early-days-on-the-long-road-home-.aspx
Or perhaps you shouldn't read it. I dunno.
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/fantasy-scifi/-early-days-on-the-long-road-home-.aspx
Or perhaps you shouldn't read it. I dunno.
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A long time ago, way back in history,
When all they had to drink was nothing but cups of tea,
Along came a man by the name of Charlie Mopps,
And he invented a wonderful drink and he made it out of hops
...
He might have been an Admiral,
a Sultan or a King
And to his praises we shall always sing.
Look what he has done for us: he's filled us with cheer.
God bless Charlie Mopps, the man who invented beer beer beer tiddily beer beer beer
When all they had to drink was nothing but cups of tea,
Along came a man by the name of Charlie Mopps,
And he invented a wonderful drink and he made it out of hops
...
He might have been an Admiral,
a Sultan or a King
And to his praises we shall always sing.
Look what he has done for us: he's filled us with cheer.
God bless Charlie Mopps, the man who invented beer beer beer tiddily beer beer beer
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Quote by gffphann
The recent PBS Frontline... The United States of Conspiracy.
FRONTLINE WOOO!
Sorry... I get excited anytime someone mentions PBS Frontline... It's literally the only TV show I watch.
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I'd like to be able to add footnotes to stories. I'm working on some that incorporate footnotes for largely thematic reasons. If this is possible already please forgive my asking this, as I am not able to figure out how to add them.
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One of the biggest things is related to buying food. I've been told and am too lazy to double check, but apparently 1/2 of the food produced by USA goes to waste. As a result, I tend to take more frequent trips to the grocery (biking there with a backpack naturally) buying smaller amounts to minimize waste.
Not reproducing is towards the top of my list. After that, I try to ride a bike or walk instead of driving, bring re-usable back to places when I have to buy stuff. I also try to spend as much time in places that are temperature controlled anyway, such as libraries when reading or writing, so I don't double up on electricity. I also try to avoid buying stuff online, as the excess cardboard consumption from shipping stuff is huge. I'm also cutting down on fried foods, as disposing of the oil is quite bad for the environment, and pipes. Unplugging electronics when they aren't in use is helpful. I started doing that to shave a few bucks off my electric bill, but it turns out to be environmentally good.
Loose leaf tea is another one. Loose leaf is generally higher quality, so more cups per leaf, and the lack of paper from the bags is a small step, but does something.
Also, I've been led to believe that farting and burping cows are responsible for pumping a lot of greenhouse gas into the world. As such, I am on a quest to eat cows to extinction. I've been told it doesn't work like that, and not eating cows would be better for reducing their numbers, but that doesn't make sense to me. If I don't eat the cow, then the cow might reproduce, making more farting and burping cows, whereas if I eat it, it's not farting, burping or reproducing.
Wow that's a terrible joke, even for me.
Not reproducing is towards the top of my list. After that, I try to ride a bike or walk instead of driving, bring re-usable back to places when I have to buy stuff. I also try to spend as much time in places that are temperature controlled anyway, such as libraries when reading or writing, so I don't double up on electricity. I also try to avoid buying stuff online, as the excess cardboard consumption from shipping stuff is huge. I'm also cutting down on fried foods, as disposing of the oil is quite bad for the environment, and pipes. Unplugging electronics when they aren't in use is helpful. I started doing that to shave a few bucks off my electric bill, but it turns out to be environmentally good.
Loose leaf tea is another one. Loose leaf is generally higher quality, so more cups per leaf, and the lack of paper from the bags is a small step, but does something.
Also, I've been led to believe that farting and burping cows are responsible for pumping a lot of greenhouse gas into the world. As such, I am on a quest to eat cows to extinction. I've been told it doesn't work like that, and not eating cows would be better for reducing their numbers, but that doesn't make sense to me. If I don't eat the cow, then the cow might reproduce, making more farting and burping cows, whereas if I eat it, it's not farting, burping or reproducing.
Wow that's a terrible joke, even for me.
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Also, I'd like to see Hogan's Heroes get a proper send off. There's a novelization that covers it, but I still would like to have seen the real thing.
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Quote by sprite
clowns'll chase your ass down, girl.
Is it weird that I'd like to see that? A group of normal (non scary) clowns chasing someone who robbed the circus, I think it would be fun to watch.
I think I'd be audience plant who gets something sawed off.
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Buckaroo Banzai, if you don't know why I'd want to play him, you haven't seen Buckaroo Banzai.
or Tom Mayflower, were they to make an Amazing Adventures of Escapist movie.
or Tom Mayflower, were they to make an Amazing Adventures of Escapist movie.
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Not in the slightest. There's no point in fearing the inevitable.
What did you end up missing during lockdown that you didn't expect to miss?
What did you end up missing during lockdown that you didn't expect to miss?
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Recently I looked up if meth was vegan and if one could be a literal adrenaline junkie. Not for this site, mind. That would be weird.
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Generally, when looking at a title, do you prefer one that is kind of nebulous in meaning, or one that gives you a solid 'at a glance' understanding of what you're about to read?
I ask this because between what I've already published and what I'm currently working on, I realized I have a habit of giving things fairly strange titles. Here are some of the stand outs from my works in progress
"A Story in Which Our Man Becomes The Best of Them" (might not fit if there's a max character length but that's what the document is)
A series titled: "Swords Thrown from a Tower" with chapter titles
"I don't Exist"
"We Have Met The Enemy"
and
"Separation of Unity" (I kind of hate this one, it's subject to change)
However, if it's painfully obvious that people generally don't take a chance on something with a title that only has meaning after the story is read, or sometimes only a thematic relevance, I'll likely change the titles. I like the weird titles, but as a different bard once said, "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet," or as this bard once said "When I burn CD's for this road trip, I'm going to leave the labels blank," and "titles are stupid."
I ask this because between what I've already published and what I'm currently working on, I realized I have a habit of giving things fairly strange titles. Here are some of the stand outs from my works in progress
"A Story in Which Our Man Becomes The Best of Them" (might not fit if there's a max character length but that's what the document is)
A series titled: "Swords Thrown from a Tower" with chapter titles
"I don't Exist"
"We Have Met The Enemy"
and
"Separation of Unity" (I kind of hate this one, it's subject to change)
However, if it's painfully obvious that people generally don't take a chance on something with a title that only has meaning after the story is read, or sometimes only a thematic relevance, I'll likely change the titles. I like the weird titles, but as a different bard once said, "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet," or as this bard once said "When I burn CD's for this road trip, I'm going to leave the labels blank," and "titles are stupid."