listology can get really active sometimes, an email per response might be obsessive, wouldn't it? would we be able to watch a list without having to get those emails, but maybe just get a little star when the list has changed, kind of like when we see if people have replied to our own lists?
p.s. your suggestions for improvements sound great (esp. the 'make a list like this of your own), and as far as peoples suggestions to block tv and video together into "visuals", i think that could get muddy, but that's just my opinion.
the way i saw it, the crutch as well as the grandfather's illness lead to all sorts of instances of the members lying to themselves (or not facing the truth) as their crutch to deal with their situation. because it made life easier.
i guess it's more of a metaphor than a disability, but i still think it sortof qualifies...
you've never seen these films? go getcha before i flog!
about "who framed roger rabbit" and "cool world"- i really don't think they invented that medium of juxtaposition. i mean, you could take something like "yellow submarine" and juxtapose it with the beatles' actual appearance in it in the closing and i think that's a lot more unique than the experimentation that was going on in animation in the eighties. if i'm right, the aha "take on me" video did it better than either of the two above, and precedented...
i don't know. i'm a bit out of it tonight. i actually don't feel that strongly about this anymore. but you really should see those films i listed. esp. "the true adventures of tom thumb" and "the cabinet of dr. calagari"... if you haven't seen this is spinal tap, then yr just missing out on a whole new kind of laughter your belly has yet to experience.
also burton's rendition of "batman"...pretty impressive. i hear danny devito (penguin)'s eye popped out in the middle of the filming, and he just calmly popped it back in. okay, okay. i won't reply to myself anymore. sorry.
"the cabinet of dr. calagari" (an invention of an entirely new world, outrageous particularly in its time.)
"the true adventures of tom thumb" (hands down, the most incredible animation i've ever experienced to date.)
"brazil" (you know, i couldn't stand watching this, but it was no doubt a sensual experience of everything real life isn't.)
and of course.
"willy wonka and the chocolate factory" (i'd be ignoring dreams i had ages 8-16 if i didn't include this one.)
the totality of the neutral milk albums is what makes them. in the same kind of way that the totality of "the soft bulletin" by the flaming lips makes it. its too early in the morning (yes i'm aware it's 1pm) for me to be trying to explain how i feel about these things, but let me just say that the first time i heard neutral milk, i wanted to drive a stake through my head i hated them so much, and upon accidental further listenings, they have become my favorite band. ah, i defend. sorry. don't worry. i know these lists are subjective.
what's the skinny (i hate that expression and don't know why i used it) on "jitterbug perfume"? i picked it up when i was in high school and got too neurotic to get past twenty pages but don't remember why. any reason why it's good?
there is absolutely nothing shameful about liking the goonies. seriously, folks. it's the GOONIES.
listology can get really active sometimes, an email per response might be obsessive, wouldn't it? would we be able to watch a list without having to get those emails, but maybe just get a little star when the list has changed, kind of like when we see if people have replied to our own lists?
p.s. your suggestions for improvements sound great (esp. the 'make a list like this of your own), and as far as peoples suggestions to block tv and video together into "visuals", i think that could get muddy, but that's just my opinion.
thanks for being a good webmanager, jim.
the way i saw it, the crutch as well as the grandfather's illness lead to all sorts of instances of the members lying to themselves (or not facing the truth) as their crutch to deal with their situation. because it made life easier.
i guess it's more of a metaphor than a disability, but i still think it sortof qualifies...
don't you think the whole crutch metaphor is what the movie is about?
two more for ye list.
"TRON" (i was so thrilled to remember this one)
"freaks"
right on about a clockwork orange. if that isn't spine chillingly surreal, i don't know what is.
are we allowed to high five at listology.com?
you've never seen these films? go getcha before i flog!
about "who framed roger rabbit" and "cool world"- i really don't think they invented that medium of juxtaposition. i mean, you could take something like "yellow submarine" and juxtapose it with the beatles' actual appearance in it in the closing and i think that's a lot more unique than the experimentation that was going on in animation in the eighties. if i'm right, the aha "take on me" video did it better than either of the two above, and precedented...
i don't know. i'm a bit out of it tonight. i actually don't feel that strongly about this anymore. but you really should see those films i listed. esp. "the true adventures of tom thumb" and "the cabinet of dr. calagari"... if you haven't seen this is spinal tap, then yr just missing out on a whole new kind of laughter your belly has yet to experience.
also burton's rendition of "batman"...pretty impressive. i hear danny devito (penguin)'s eye popped out in the middle of the filming, and he just calmly popped it back in. okay, okay. i won't reply to myself anymore. sorry.
oh yeah, and "this is spinal tap!" is that not absolutely an invention of sorts?
"the cabinet of dr. calagari" (an invention of an entirely new world, outrageous particularly in its time.)
"the true adventures of tom thumb" (hands down, the most incredible animation i've ever experienced to date.)
"brazil" (you know, i couldn't stand watching this, but it was no doubt a sensual experience of everything real life isn't.)
and of course.
"willy wonka and the chocolate factory" (i'd be ignoring dreams i had ages 8-16 if i didn't include this one.)
the totality of the neutral milk albums is what makes them. in the same kind of way that the totality of "the soft bulletin" by the flaming lips makes it. its too early in the morning (yes i'm aware it's 1pm) for me to be trying to explain how i feel about these things, but let me just say that the first time i heard neutral milk, i wanted to drive a stake through my head i hated them so much, and upon accidental further listenings, they have become my favorite band. ah, i defend. sorry. don't worry. i know these lists are subjective.
what's the skinny (i hate that expression and don't know why i used it) on "jitterbug perfume"? i picked it up when i was in high school and got too neurotic to get past twenty pages but don't remember why. any reason why it's good?
does the disability have to be the quirk to make it to your list? how about the disability being the message? i vote "cat on a hot tin roof"
clarification:
slint is a band.
"in the aeroplane over the sea" is an album by neutral milk hotel.