This is the second part of the what I do series. In this installment the topic of conversation begins to change from that of science and religion to that of movies and other issues of entertainment. And somehow CSI Miami finds its way into this conversation then again so does Motley Crue...
Subject: RE: is it doubt our just dumbness
of coarse it is metaphor, but it is does not mean that that there was not a flood of great impact. i do not mean that the whole world flooded. you take things way to literally. like personally i think the story Adam and eve could be true at least in this sense. 8 - 10,000 years ago the climate of north Africa was much different than it is today. it was much more ideal for human life and at some point the climate dramatically changed to what it was today. Something to do with retreating glaciers in Europe changing the weather patterns, i think. When the climate changed the people living there would have to go some where and the some where was probably the middle east. given that Semitic languages are related to Africa not indo-europe and secondly why cross the Sahara when you can travel along the coast, would all be likely indicators that they moved east and north. So, through time this migration becomes the story of Adam and eve and there forced exodus from eden to permanent settlements, just as they begin occurring in the middle east. i mean they are all metaphors but somewhere along the way they come from truth.
I have seen planet terror, it was Ok. you will like zombie story. i liked the other story better, death proof. the intermission trailers are the best part. forgetting sarah marshall was pretty funny though it kind of dropped of in the second half as the plot kicked in. the best part is that she stars in this show called crime scene which is satire of CSI Miami, which ironically is already a satire. The scenes from her show are the best parts by far. i just saw "rear window" for the first time, pretty interesting. saw the sorta remake of it "disturbia" it was surprisingly OK. "Butterfly and the diving bell" French but good, "atonement" slow but the story is really good and i like how it dealt with Dunkirk in it. You usually do not see much mention of that in movies. No Country for old Men, incredible and "3:10 to Yuma" is also really good. Finally saw "high plains drifter" on the big screen probably my favorite movie of all time. "27 dresses" pretty bad considering i guess the whole plot before watching the movie, but it has one scene that is just great. TV shows I should start watching on DVD. things on my list are "the wire", "arrested development", maybe "veronica Mars", "northern exposure"... movies i would like to go back and watch are "little big man", "lost highway", "for a few dollars more" ...
JIM
Subject: RE: is it doubt our just dumbness
A flood is a metaphor for an angry God cleansing the world of his mistaken first attempt at creating life. It's like erasing a blackboard after working on a math problem for half an hour and then starting from scratch. Remember: just because it rained a lot in Mesopotamia or wherever the people who recorded the history lived, doesn't mean that the Earth flooded for real. The new Rambo looked hilarious. Limbs being blasted off every other scene? Cheesy Stallone lines? What's the memorable moment of violence when the whole movie is just one violent image after another? A triple decapitation with one swing of a machete? Starship Troopers was satire, but I loved the effects. The bugs were so creepy. Any big horror fan had to love that movie. Let's see, we watched Lost Highway the other day. The DVD finally came out (11 years later) and I bought it. You and I talked about that, right? You said you saw it or you wanted to see it? See it if you haven't already. It's pretty weird. Reservation Road
Reservation_Road
(Joaquin Phoenix, Jennifer Connolly). Decent drama about a couple whose kid gets run over and killed. Joaquin is stealing all of Sean Penn's roles. You might find this one slightly dull. We've been watching a lot of House lately. Netflix is great for catching up on what I missed. We just started Season 3. Season 4 is on TV right now. The DVD's should be out around Christmas I'm guessing. I really like House, and I sort of get the feeling you could get into it, too, if you'd just watch a few episodes. I got the Season 1 box set for Christmas if you want to borrow it.
We're getting Planet Terror
Planet_Terror
tomorrow. Zombie movies can be fun. I watched 300 sober the other day-first time for that. Made a lot more sense! Good movie. Check out Black Tide
blacktide
a new band I've been listening to. They're decent. Sound like Motley Crue a bit, some Anthrax, Ratt, and a dollop of Metallica. And they're all teenagers. That's fun. The big hit is Shockwave. It's on Rock Band, that video game.
Erik
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