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 Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 12:11 pm
I don't remember posting this topoc... sweatdrop
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Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:49 pm
I can't decide if that means it's a neutral thing or a bad thing. Nothing horrid in the interlude, right?
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 3:59 pm
there are very few films that I find more enjoyable than the book. Sometimes the book is overwhelmingly negative or depressing and the film is not (like the original Little Mermaid - where she turns in to the sea foam when she refuses to kill the prince - vs Disney's Little Mermaid) and then I find that I like the film because the character you grew to care about does not die a tragic death. I grew up on a farm/cattle ranch and yes we did have to raise the crops and animals for consumption or not survive ourselves, but I still remember when a truck came to pick up the cattle after they had been sold and the kid had a cattle prod and my dad took it away and told him not to use that on those poor animals, at least not on his property. Death was viewed as an intrigal part of life - just not a desirable one. and certainly death and life with dignity was stressed by my father. I do not find a "romantic death" all that wonderful either.
Did I wander enough for this thread? Add enough fodder for further comments? (grin)
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:13 am
Yes, you wandered, but it is an interesting direction, so I'll follow it. A coworker of mine imagined that after we die we would all sit around swapping stories (kind of like the old guys around the general store in western movies). He wanted to die a death that was worth talking about with the other dead people. I guess the point is we all die, the only difference is how.
A favorite quote of mine is from Aldo Leopold. "There are two spiritual dangers from not owning a farm - the first is to assume that breakfast comes from the grocer, the second is to assume heat comes from the furnace." His point is that today people don't appreciate where things like food and warmth really come from or how much they are really worth.
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:54 am
usually books cause i'm a reading nerd!!~
BEST OF LUCKK TO ALL, <333 Ari-chan!!~
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:39 am
I'll have to say both a good book and a good film are equal in my opinion.
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:46 am
I vote for the book. I enjoy the descriptiveness of Tolkin. He is an absoulute master of the written word to not read the work and rely soley on the film is a loss on your part. Enjoy taking time to READ!!! xd
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 2:28 am
And reading builds brain cells while watching TV kills them - or so I've heard.
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 3:52 am
brain exercising, huh? I can always use more of that (grin)
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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:41 pm
So how does posting on Gaia effect brain cells I wonder?
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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:48 pm
films win hands down
you dont have to read them unless its french
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Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:12 am
I watch a lot of anime. That's why I love DVD... you have "read" and "don't read" options. I usually go with "don't read."
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