[geeks] Introductions (was Re: Etiquette)

[joshua d boyd]

On Sun, Jul 29, 2001 at 09:54:25PM -0400, dave at cca.org wrote:
> jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu writes:
> 
> Hell yeah. Nothing Hollywood has ever done can compare to Metropolis.

I keep looking at the Metropolis box and then I chicken out and get
something safe when renting movies.

Now, the question is, is silent really better, or did Metropolis just
happen to be a great movie.  Or rather, is metropolis great because it is
silent, or would it be silent if made today?
 
> Actually, there are some modern films I like, but I'm on a strict
> "no movies" diet for the forseeable future.

Probably wouldn't hurt me.  No TV would also be good.  Actually, I've seen
very little TV (as in clips while passing through a room with it on) these
past weeks, except that I recently watched a This Old House episode with
Dad.

If nothing else, pretty much everything feels bland right now.  TV (reruns
of course don't help), film, music.  I can live without TV and film, but
being sick of music puts me in a bad spot because I always have so much
background noise going on that I kinda need it.  I mean, here I am
surounded by fans and disk drives (4 computers on in room I'm in, all
being used), and at work I have an unbelievably loud fan over my head, a
too loud PA system that gets used at least once an hour, and lots of noisy
co-workers.  I think I'm just a bit on overload.   I wish I had time and
money for a silent weekend somewhere nice, where all I hear is nature, and
maybe a notebook for a few hours.
 
> Some of my fave "talkies" are: Freaks, anything by Ed Wood, Repo Man,
> Evil Dead II, Fantastic Planet, Wizards, 2001, Dog Day Afternoon, etc.
> The most recently made movie I enjoyed was... that remake of Romeo &
> Juliette with Decaprio in it. That was cool.

I liked that Romeo & Juliet.  Have yet to actually meet anyone else who
did though.  If you liked that, I'm told that Mulin Rouge is really good,
and it is by the same guy (Baz Luhrman).  I'll wait till it's out on video
before seeing it though.

The other updated shakespear that I liked was Hamlet with Ethen
Hawke.  The other updated shakespears that I've seen were wierd, but the
Ethen Hawke one really worked for me.  I thought that the updated Titus
really sucked.
 
> (The Ed Wood thing isn't a goof. His entire approach is a huge
> influence on my artwork: put effort where it's needed, don't waste it
> elsewhere, don't worry about trivialities, don't look back. Use
> whatever's lieing around.)

Never saw anything of his.  I saw they just got Plan 9 in at the local
video store recently.  I'm all for minimulism, but I always got the
impression that Ed Wood still didn't pay enough attention to the important
details.  I'll have to see for myself I guess.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd