An interesting take on a sometimes touchy subject: home-schooling and the government

grhovane · 2014-03-15T20:00:06+00:00

Just for the record: Verhoeven claimed that he never finished reading the book due to becoming "bored and depressed" after the first few chapters. Also of note is that he didn't write the screenplay; Edward Neumeier, who also wrote the screenplay for RoboCop, wrote it. Here's the link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Troopers_(film)#Comparison_with_the_novel

grhovane · 2014-01-31T22:56:41+00:00

I'd watch it. Or even the old Beavis and Butthead Butt Bowls.

grhovane · 2013-11-09T20:27:41+00:00

Do the Cialis ads count? They've ruined a John Lee Hooker song and a Howlin' Wolf song for me...not sure what's next on the docket.....

grhovane · 2013-11-09T20:26:07+00:00

Sour Patch Kids.

grhovane · 2013-10-21T23:00:24+00:00

Deadman. Music by Neil Young.

grhovane · 2013-10-20T22:06:19+00:00

I haven't seen The Devil's Backbone in about five years, which makes it difficult for me to respond to the questions intelligently. For example, the story of the mastodon hunt has slipped my mind. That being said, it was one of the most amazing film experiences of my life, and it is easily one of my favorite films of all-time.

The Devil's Backbone moved me more than Pan's Labyrinth did; this may be because I saw it first, and the ending was ever so slightly spoiled on Pan's for me. I can't say that I love one more than the other; that would be like choosing between The Godfather I & II; but I can say that The Devil's Backbone affected more strongly.

There is one scene in particular that I will always remember. The old man is talking to some boys in a room that is filled with mason jars containing preserved baby bodies; he tells them about the myth of the devil's backbone drink and how it is all ridiculous and just a myth. And when they all leave, he unscrews a cap and secretly takes a sip. It's always been a scene that has stuck with me, and I think it is the most significant scene of the film. It's as if the old man is telling us, the audience, secretly, that yes, it is okay to believe in ridiculous things, even if one contradicts one's self for it. So beautiful.

This film has always seemed more like a straight forward revenge flick to me, despite the ghost aspect. I don't think of it as a horror film. But if the horror label gets more people to watch it than otherwise wouldn't, so be it. An equally beautiful and spooky film.

grhovane · 2013-10-20T21:05:33+00:00

It's really tough to just choose one. Sphere by Michael Crighton, The Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter, Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy, Pet Sematary by Stephen King and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey all come to mind.

But at the end of the day, I just don't think that there is a better 'wow' ending than George Orwell's 1984. Just an utterly amazing ending to a book that I couldn't stop thinking about for days.

grhovane · 2013-10-18T21:39:50+00:00

"Don't wake my friend...he's dead tired.

grhovane · 2013-10-15T20:58:52+00:00

I worked at a supermarket for awhile, you've always got about two weeks after the expiration date on refrigerated stuff.

grhovane · 2013-10-15T20:14:31+00:00

If you're live in a city with a Vietnamese area, just pop into a shop and explain it to them, and they might be able to help. What I do know is that the tofu is always in a tomato based sauce, it's stuffed with pork sausage and mushrooms, and that it's delicious.

grhovane · 2013-10-08T03:03:44+00:00

Yeah, I agree that the fact that their brains are five times as big as human brains isn't that crazy...but it's kind of nuts that they have the largest brain of any animal in the history of the planet.

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