...in which I review various media forms I have devoured.

[jackshoegazer]

Finished A Prayer for Owen Meany... most heartbreaking book I've ever read. Cried like a baby. Hate John Irving. Fuck you John for making me care.

Watched the 1963 The Lord of the Flies... nature documentary cinematography, bad child actors.. needs to be re-done, but won't because it's two hours of naked boys. Oops, I guess it was redone in 1990. Guess I'll watch it and hope. Maybe I should read the book.

Watched About Schmidt... Jack Nicholson doing the Bill Murray thing... older guy learns about his wasted life... pretty funny, odd, endearing. Beware... mullet alert and a naked Kathy Bates.

Tried to watch Futurama... still convinced that's a crap show. I've never giggled even once.

Played more Baldur's Gate II... completely stuck... there's still missions to do, but I can't figure out how to trigger them... don't want to sail away yet. Bastards.

Don't know what to read now... might dig into the Satanic Verses if I can't get my hands on the second George R.R. Martin book.

Comments

[holographia.livejournal.com]

it really took a while for me to get into futurama but after about three attempts over a year's time it clicked and i now consider it one of the best tv shows of all time. it seems pretty superficial and lacking at first but for those who take the time and have initial patience it actually ends up being quite a multi-layered story with lots of sentiment and intelligence.

i understand if you just aren't into though, your comment about not giggling even once reminds me of my feelings for 'seinfeld'- i've tried watching it many times and it just is not funny, AT ALL. at least not to me.

[kiwikat.livejournal.com]

futurama is utter crap, i never understood what anyone else saw in it.

you should read the world according to garp next. it's almost as sad but there's a lot more whimsy especially in this fairy tale that the main character makes up throughout the book's middle. it was sooo very good.

[lucidpseudogod.livejournal.com]

Futuram is more than an acquired taste, I've never gone
out of my way to watch it, or not to change the chanel
because the story lines are forgettable.

The Satanic Verses I read quite a few pages of,
unique writing style, very reccomended.

[violet-meeks.livejournal.com]

I didn't like Futurama when it was on. But I've caught re-runs and now I really like it. The biggest reason is that they lay out story lines in season one they pick up in season 2 or 3 ect. There is actually thought put into the world you don't often see with cartoons. When you go back and re-watch it you can see "clues" you missed the first time around.

Lord of the Flies still creeps me out.

[narcissuskisses.livejournal.com]

"Futurama" is a terrible, terrible show.

Lord of the Flies is one of my favorite books of all time. Both movies are crap. I think the 1990 movie is even worse than the 1963 movie.

[scarletkittygrl.livejournal.com]

i LOVED prayer for owen meany ...i read it my senior year of hs and ive read it several times since. dont see the movie, it fucking SUCKS.

and i loved about schmidt as well...another one that made me cry

futurama sucks.

the book lord of the flies >>>>>> either movie.

[mananath.livejournal.com]

I absolutely adored Owen... the part that really got me choked up was the two pages that ended the finger chapter. I was sitting in my car in Grand Teton NP waiting for the pouring rain to stop and when I finished that chapter I had to stop and regroup. Such a great book.

[hihankara.livejournal.com]

BGII couldnt keep my attention, and I loooved the first one. Its just too huge and complicated and overwhelming.

Advice?

[ghostwes.livejournal.com]

So I take it you enjoyed A Game of Thrones?