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I rarely get spellings wrong, but when I do, the word turns red as soon as I finish typing it. A simple and easy way to handle things.
As for books, I'm not big on horror, but I like sci-fi, humor, gender-bending (I'll explain in a moment), certain types of suspense, the occasional fantasy novel (In general, I'm not big on swords and sorcery... partly because of the medieval-era social structures... and most 'fantasy' is really mislabeled swords and sorcery), and various types of non-fiction books. (eg. almost anything related to science and technology which doesn't read like a textbook)
Now to explain my interest in gender-bending fiction. The thing I enjoy most in fiction is stressing a character's worldview and watching how they change in response. That can be done in many ways (eg. Demonstrating real magic to people in modern society) but the most effective and most fascinating way I've found is gender-bending because sex (physical) and gender (mental) are such a paradox in our society. They're simultaneously no big deal and the biggest deal around.
That makes for fascinating glimpses into what makes the characters tick and, at the same time, provides a reasonable guarantee of story quality because anything other than male-to-female cross-dressing for comedic effect is almost guaranteed to stir up a hornet's nest of social issues among the characters. For transformation or body-swap, the reasons are obvious whereas with female-to-male cross-dressing (defined specifically as cases where the woman intends to be mistaken for a man), comedy tends to take the form of witty exchanges rather than "look how ridiculous they look" and the main effect tends to be to highlight social inequalities that the character wants to circumvent.
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I didnt mean fantasy as in magic and sorcery. I meant more as...other worlds or futuristic. Not necessarily aliens though. For instance i read a book about a young man in a future where everyone worse masks. They have done away with individualism. Everyone wore the same thing. And there was no music or art. But this young man could identify and follow rhythm and he loved it. Anyways, he was discovered and so they rigd him to this machine that connected to his brain. It made him 'live' in the time when the plagues hit Europe. He was a Jew and ended up dying because of it, with music playing all around him. This was so when he woke up again, he would hate music.
Those kind of books along with some with suspense. Oh! I read this book about a serial killer. That was interesting. It was from the point of her victim and part of it was years later when he's investigating a different serial killer. But pretty much if it's interesting i'll read it. Except non-fiction.
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I tend to prefer stories with a lighter tone. (Unless it's gender-bending. Then I'll accept anything required for realism) For example, I didn't like the Harry Potter series once the end of book 4 forced me to accept that it wasn't a fanciful escape from reality. (I can go on a long explanatory tirade about how it's perceptually internally-inconsistent in an inexcusable way if you're interested)
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I never read the harry potter books and was never interested. So if you would like to rant go ahead. Though i never read the books so some of the points you make might have to be explained...
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In that case, I can get away with summarizing it. The earlier books not only get their draw from an innocent viewpoint, but rely on it for their suspension of disbelief. As such, when JKR forcefully shatters that innocence at the end of book four, the events up to that point start unravelling. (Critical plot points in the first three books only stand up to scrutiny when viewed through a child-like viewpoint) In addition, shattering innocence the way she did must happen during the first book or otherwise the readers will have grown too used to it and may resent the author's decision.
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Hmmm. Interesting, see i have no need to read them! They were never my cup of tea anyways.
Do your book tastes translate to movies as well? Mine do for the most part. I'm a little more open with movies. Certain movies though are just a waste of time, but others i really did enjoy. The best movies (and books) are the ones that make you think after you've finished reading them. And I've seen a few movies that did that. Or a movie that touched me because of a certain part or character.
Then agian, I love the classics. Hitchcock was an amazing film director for his time. Did you ever see The Birds? Psycho?(i think thats Hitchcock, very good movie anyways) I guess thats what i get for living with my gramma. But anyways, the older acters were the best! They had to actually ACT and not depend on special affects. And everyone did their own dancing and singing and (usually) their own stunts. But now I'm rambling. Just my opinion on movies anyway...
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My book tastes do translate fairly equally to movies with one side-note. "There's an exception to almost every rule"
I've enjoyed at least one movie from every genre except possibly Horror. (Since movies can affect my emotions even more strongly than books, I doubt that'll change. I'm not an adrenaline junkie by any stretch of the imagination.)
Of course, it's hard to find gender-bending movies. The only one I found that involves actual transformation is Zerophilia. (Good movie though) As such, most movies I enjoy are either humor, enjoyable because of excellent characters, or things that really make you think.
My favorite classic film is probably 12 Angry Men and the recent film that comes to mind most readily as a favorite is Inside Man... though I also loved the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. (No big surprise on the last one since it had Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, and Danny Elfman working on it)
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I must admit i was disappointed with the new Willy Wonka. I'd seen the old one with Gene Wilder first of course and i just love that movie. Gene Wilder was just so perfectly the eccentric childlike person they needed for the roll. While i love Johnny Depp I don't think he portrayed the character well. He was either eccentric or a child and it got old. He wasn't able to make you believe he was this child stuck in a mans body searching for an heir of sorts to carry on his dream. Not only that but they used the exact same guy for every simple one of the umpa lumpas, making them ridiculously short which was not needed. Not to degrade Tim Burton or Johnny Depp but in my eyes it wasn't that great.
I have never seen 12 Angry Men. A lot of my classic film exposure has been through my gramma (whom i live with) who loves romance. Speaking of which do you like Gene Kelly? He was a fabulous actor and he was Singin in the Rain and Brigadoon (just to name my favorites, hes done more of course).
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Actually, I felt it was the other way around. In my opinion, Depp got it perfect and Wilder just came across as creepy and possibly dangerously unhinged. Of course, I saw both recently, rather than having a veneer of childhood nostalgia on the older one.
Actually, Johnny Depp is one of the only actors who I actually remember by name, so I don't know who Gene Kelly is. Also, I've never seen Singing in the Rain or Brigadoon. I suspect they're not my kind of movies, but I haven't made an effort to find out because, in the last few years, I've lost interest in movies and TV in general. It's just not as entertaining as reading, writing, or programming.
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Interesting, well to each his own I suppose. Johnny Depp is my favorite actor of all time though. I loved him in Benny and Joon. It was just an amazing movie. But you probably haven't seen that?
Tv I\in general gets worse and worse every year. Now most of my time with with friends, internet, or drawing. I haven't really found the urge i guess you could say to read. I have a book that was recommended to me by a friend titled Prey. I haven't started it yet but I will eventually.
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No. I only discovered Johnny Depp after my interest in movies waned... which just goes to show how good he is. As for TV, I have to agree. The only shows I watch avidly anymore are Mythbusters and NOVA. (and the latter intermittently since it's hard to find torrents) I do enjoy House M.D. though... so I download it for my mother and keep copies in case I ever feel like TV again.
Prey by John Sandford? Good author, but I've only read his "Kidd the Hacker" series. I do have a few used Prey novels kicking around that I've been meaning to read though.
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Well I need to start reading it. Its my friends anyways, and she keeps asking me if I've started it. Maybe I will after this weekend or something. From what I've heard about it I actually do want to read it. So we'll see how that goes. I Think thats the author by the way. I'll look at the copy i have later to make sure.
You said Johnny Depp was one of the few actors you remembered the name of, what are the others? Just curious.
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Johnny Depp is the main one who I can reliably remember. In most other cases, it can take me several minutes if I do remember them. As such, I took about 20 to 30 minutes and remembered as many name-face pairs as possible without resorting to Internet look-ups: (along with an explanation of how I remembered them)
- Jackie Chan (Just came to mind)
- Leslie Nielsen (I happened to glance at my DVDs)
- Jack Black (Just came to mind)
- Owen Wilson (Because, upon remembering Jackie Chan, I thought of Shanghai Nights)
- Julie Andrews (Sound of Music, 'nuff said)
- Rick Moranis (Because Spaceballs is on my DVD shelf)
- Mike Myers (Shrek is on my DVD shelf)
- Eric Idle (Rick Moranis starred alongside him in Splitting Heirs)
- John Cleese (He's also a Monty Python crew member)
- Michael Palin (He's also a Monty Python crew member)
- Terry Gilliam (He's also a Monty Python crew member)
- Eddie Murphy (Mulan and Doctor Dolittle came to mind)
- Orlando Bloom (Only because he played a main character in Pirates of the Caribbean)
- Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe (because the Harry Potter movies were "big news" and my memory is too good for my own sanity sometimes)
- William Shatner (Came to mind when I glanced at my DVD+R spindles full of torrented childhood nostalgia)
- Christopher Plummer (Fixed in my mind by the fact that I never knew he was Canadian until recently)
- George Carlin (I'd never forget his face but he came to mind because he played Cardinal Glick in Dogma and he died recently)
- Patrick Stewart (William Shatner made me think to try Star Trek actors)
- Kate Mulgrew (Captain Janeway. Same association process as with Patrick Stewart)
- Chris Rock (As I remember, he played the forgotten apostle in Dogma.)
- Morgan Freeman (The antagonist in Chain Reaction, The narrator in March of the Penguins, God in Bruce Almighty)
- Jim Carrey (What is Bruce Almighty without Bruce Nolan. He's also Canadian.)
- Robin Williams (I thought of him via his non-comedy role in that one-hour photo movie (which I only saw trailers for) after thinking of Jim Carrey's role in The Cable Guy (which I also never saw))
- Nicholas Cage (thought of him in National Treasure while trying again to remember the name of the guy who played Jack in Titanic)
At first, it was a bit difficult. Most of these names came to mind after the first 10 to 15 minutes were up.
I also kept thinking of the guy who played Jack in Titanic (because he was the main character in Catch Me If You Can), the guy who played the antagonist in Swordfish, and the guy who played Severus Snape (Harry Potter movies) and The Metatron (in Dogma) but I couldn't remember their names. They probably do count though since they're some of the few people who I can visualize when I hear their names but whose names I can never remember.
This may seem like a long list, but keep in mind that I did take nearly half an hour and, in addition, these are mostly names that I remember without meaning to. (I tend to pick up trivia by osmosis whether or not I intend to)
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Interesting. Well you do a lot better than i do anyways. I can never remember the name, but always the face. So my list would be much shorter. I happen to be terrible with names in general though. But if i truely like an actor or actress then i remember them always. Like Johnny Depp, but with other it took time. Hugh Dancy for instance took me awhile. But anyways. My memory seems to be failling in my old age of 17 lol.
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Hehe, that's a fantastic idea, and so true! And I love the imgae itself as well, the reflections look great and I love the orange.
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LOL hahahah now THIS is priceless
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I LOLed so hard at this.
Awesome work and I love the concept.
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That's pretty true, actually!
Nice picture!
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Amazing idea, and nicely done.
Very helpful and reassuring that there are people out there that do think different.
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