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Buer

Fireball07 wrote: »

I think this is actually the first book I've read by him... I've always meant to, but he's supposed to be an excellent short story writer. Been dabbling in short story writing myself recently, and reading a lot, so will probably pick up a few.

He has loads of short storied and a decent number of novellas each of about 100-120 pages.

The sheer volume of his work is ridiculous. I get the impression that he just sees something, starts wondering about it and a story just pops into his head and starts writing.

You've definitely started with one of hid trickier books.

chupacabra

Wes Anderson is great. Life Aquatic is one of my favourite movies and he just seems to be getting better with time. Glad he is finally getting the widespread recognition he deserves.

Himself and Terrence Mallick inspired me to get into film making. But like with many things in my life I lost interest after a while.

The only thing I ever actually finished was this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mRziQD8Czc

I apologise in advance, late night tv viewers especially those living in Germany/Austria/Switzerland will get it... I hope.

Swiwi.

Ha ha, to coin a kiwi phrase you're a real dag chupacabra! My cousin's man is a focus puller, has worked on a fair number of the Jackson films, and filming is hard work. Or should that be filiming? Why do the Irish add a vowel to film? It's film. Not filim. Just saying.

Podge_irl

chupacabra wrote: »

I apologise in advance, late night tv viewers especially those living in Germany/Austria/Switzerland will get it... I hope.

...........German Switzerland is weird......

Podge_irl

Swiwi. wrote: »

It's film. Not filim. Just saying.

Shut your stupid Kiwi face.

Swiwi.

Podge_irl wrote: »

Shut your stupid Kiwi face.

Roight...

Buer

Swiwi. wrote: »

Ha ha, to coin a kiwi phrase you're a real dag chupacabra! My cousin's man is a focus puller, has worked on a fair number of the Jackson films, and filming is hard work. Or should that be filiming? Why do the Irish add a vowel to film? It's film. Not filim. Just saying.

Hold on a second now. Chupacabra is the only poster who can live in a foreign country and make jokes at the expense of his local audience!

mfceiling

For those of you unlucky enough to have small kids Wes Anderson also directed The Fantastic Mr Fox...a truly great movie that has been watched at least 100 times in our house....by the whole family!!

molloyjh

Swiwi. wrote: »

Ha ha, to coin a kiwi phrase you're a real dag chupacabra! My cousin's man is a focus puller, has worked on a fair number of the Jackson films, and filming is hard work. Or should that be filiming? Why do the Irish add a vowel to film? It's film. Not filim. Just saying.

Like people here pronouncing sandwich as samwich, to the extent that we now abbreviate it to sambo, we just pronounce some things funny. I've no idea where the m or the b come from, but we have them in there.....

.ak

mfceiling wrote: »

For those of you unlucky enough to have small kids Wes Anderson also directed The Fantastic Mr Fox...a truly great movie that has been watched at least 100 times in our house....by the whole family!!

It's actually the only one I haven't seen. Must give it a watch!

mfceiling

.ak wrote: »

It's actually the only one I haven't seen. Must give it a watch!

It's quality...really well done. Even the oul lad watched it with the kids one night..he's 60 odd and would barely watch the news....funny watching him glued to it!!

awec

I have no idea who Wes Anderson is...

irishbucsfan

awec wrote: »

I have no idea who Wes Anderson is...

I think he's an ex manchester united midfielder, iirc

Taco Corp

irishbucsfan wrote: »

I think he's an ex manchester united midfielder, iirc

wait, he transferred?

irishbucsfan

Captain_Hindsight wrote: »

wait, he transferred?

Yes, to Budapest it seems. Have you not been reading the thread?!

Fireball07

Buer wrote: »

He has loads of short storied and a decent number of novellas each of about 100-120 pages.

The sheer volume of his work is ridiculous. I get the impression that he just sees something, starts wondering about it and a story just pops into his head and starts writing.

You've definitely started with one of hid trickier books.

I had been told that it's his best... I'm not a huge fan of horror in general, and I heard the Dark Tower drags badly after book 4 or 5. I'll probably read Under the Dome of his novels next.

Almost finished the Stand now, should finish it tomorrow. Trashcan Man is a great character.



But yeah, that's what you want from a writer really, just letting the ideas flow.

CatFromHue

Alot of King's books wouldn't really be horror, though they do tend to be on the dark side. Everyone's seen The Shawshank Redemption, which is one of his, but it's not a horror.

Under The Dome is another very good one I thought. Again though it's very good right up until the very end. The TV Series of it didn't do it for me. All good things must come to an end and Under The Dome's should have been at the end of the first series, the second series won't have anything to do with the book and so I'm out.

.ak

The tv series was crap.

wp_rathead

King is great at Character development..
..but his plots can be very suspect..

CatFromHue

they should have got this guy to be Big Jim

molloyjh

.ak wrote: »

The tv series was crap.

I saw 1 episode. That was enough for me. I'm sick of all these shows and their beautiful people whose acting ability is questionable at best. The blonde one in it was in some other witch thing that the wife used to watch with a similar type of cast which is also a similar cast to a half dozen other shows about vampires, werewolves etc etc. They're all like the OC with a side of fantasy/sci-fi. I really don't give a rats ass about these characters as they're portrayed.

.ak

Yeah the acting was abysmal. I kinda hoped it would be poor acting in a niche TV movie style kind of way, but no, it was just terrible. Pity because the story is great.

molloyjh

.ak wrote: »

Yeah the acting was abysmal. I kinda hoped it would be poor acting in a niche TV movie style kind of way, but no, it was just terrible. Pity because the story is great.

Yeah, Junior is meant to be this unhinged, unpredictable and frightening character but in the show (or at least the episode I saw) I didn't know whether to pity him or just dislike him. I certainly wasn't afraid of him though. He seemed like just another jock bully character with some mental health issues.

Philo Beddoe

Swiwi. wrote: »

Ha ha, to coin a kiwi phrase you're a real dag chupacabra! My cousin's man is a focus puller, has worked on a fair number of the Jackson films, and filming is hard work. Or should that be filiming? Why do the Irish add a vowel to film? It's film. Not filim. Just saying.

Don't you mean it's fulm, not fulum?

ssaye2

http://www.thescore.ie/rugby-technique-short-restarts-ireland-1380240-Apr2014/

ssaye2

https://twitter.com/anniewestdotcom/status/451468270353137664/photo/1



Gordon D'Arcy, If we hadn't won the Six Nations

CatFromHue

ssaye2 wrote: »

http://www.thescore.ie/rugby-technique-short-restarts-ireland-1380240-Apr2014/

Carter and Read were excellent at one stage at the short kick off. They were the first, of the current players, to do it from what I remember too

ssaye2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmh6aHDAwuE

Buer

Well, Grand Budapest Hotel is possibly the most enjoyable filim I've seen this year. The stars of the show are Fiennes and the script in equal measures.

durkadurka

Lads, can someone recommend a soccer app for the iPhone equivalent to ultimate rugby? I can't find one I like.

Pudsy33

durkadurka wrote: »

Lads, can someone recommend a soccer app for the iPhone equivalent to ultimate rugby? I can't find one I like.

the football app has loads of info but is tough to navigate at times.

Livescore is simpler but has less info.

mfceiling

Well tonight was the highlight of my social calendar....the school bingo night!!

Spot prizes were very good and then we get this question...

"The first dad to come up to the stage and name all 5 members of one direction will win the prize". Loads of young ones start roaring at me along with 3 oul ones behind me, until the wife chimes in with " he barely knows the names of his own kids!!"

To be fair I know there is a Harry and a Niall but after that...

durkadurka

I am spending the evening editing the school strictly come dancing video. I sh1t you not.

Taco Corp

durkadurka wrote: »

I am spending the evening editing the school strictly come dancing video. I sh1t you not.

did you draw the short straw? that sounds like a nightmare.

Pudsy33

I'm doing a philosophy essay, and I'm trying to find 3 examples of the fallacy of ambiguity in contemporary media. Has anyone come across any examples recently? I cant find anyhting :mad:

decisions

Thinks I finally figured out maths assignment. Gets negative area.

danthefan

Have an enormous thingy to do in Java.

Am not and never have been a computer scientist/programmer/anything.

Oh dear.

durkadurka

Captain_Hindsight wrote: »

did you draw the short straw? that sounds like a nightmare.

The lads who did the dancing drew the short straw

Fireball07

I've got 4 rounds of questions for that quiz- GAA, General Sport, History & Entertainment. I'm pretty happy with them... certainly sounds like a lot easier task than some of yours :pac:

awec

Bought myself a pair of Beats tonight - not bad at all.

irishbucsfan

danthefan wrote: »

Have an enormous thingy to do in Java.

Am not and never have been a computer scientist/programmer/anything.

Oh dear.

Outsource it to India and take all the plaudits!

.ak

awec wrote: »

Bought myself a pair of Beats tonight - not bad at all.

I can no longer know you.

Molester Stallone

I spent tonight teaching a 72yo ex nun how to email & use her laptop & iPad .....I would have preferred to have edited that feckin strictly come dancing thingy!

awec

.ak wrote: »

I can no longer know you.

How come?

I got the black ones - they aren't as obvious as the others:

Grimebox

They're known to be overpriced for what you get. Seinnheiser are better value for money allegedly

awec

Was looking at the Sennheiser's too - I couldn't really tell a difference.

I have a pair of Sony ones that I've had about 4 years - they are much bigger than the Beats though. Not so great for wearing on the go, better for when you're sitting your desk in work.

.ak

For the money you paid for them I could've found you a a pair of cans that are twice as good, twice!

Taco Corp

have a pair of Bose QC 15's. if you travel a lot or ever every so often they are worth the investment.

mfceiling

Molester Stallone wrote: »

I spent tonight teaching a 72yo ex nun how to email & use her laptop & iPad .....I would have preferred to have edited that feckin strictly come dancing thingy!

Now sister this is google image and when you type in anything it will bring up an image for you.

A nice cream pie...let's just type that into...maybe we'll try something else if you don't mind sister...

irishbucsfan

I have ATH-M50s and they sound lovely when the source is up to it.