Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
What movies are you watching?
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Joey's not gonna like this one bit.
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Hey, I was trying to convince them to watch The Beastmaster, but they weren't hearing it.durdencommatyler wrote:oh brother...
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:Hey, I was trying to convince them to watch The Beastmaster, but they weren't hearing it.durdencommatyler wrote:oh brother...
Fast Times is a great flick. It's no Beastmaster but it's still a win.
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tragabigzanda wrote:Come on Durds. The scene with Judge Reinhold spanking it in his pirate outfit while Phoebe Cates takes her bikini off is maybe the best nude scene ever.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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I had no idea it was based on a book, actually.tragabigzanda wrote:Anybody ever read the book? I've always wanted to.durdencommatyler wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:Hey, I was trying to convince them to watch The Beastmaster, but they weren't hearing it.durdencommatyler wrote:oh brother...![]()
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Are we talking about Fast Times or Beastmaster?durdencommatyler wrote:I had no idea it was based on a book, actually.tragabigzanda wrote:Anybody ever read the book? I've always wanted to.durdencommatyler wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:Hey, I was trying to convince them to watch The Beastmaster, but they weren't hearing it.durdencommatyler wrote:oh brother...![]()
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Oh. I guess I assumed he was talking about Fast Times. But now I don't know.E.H. Ruddock wrote:Are we talking about Fast Times or Beastmaster?durdencommatyler wrote:I had no idea it was based on a book, actually.tragabigzanda wrote:Anybody ever read the book? I've always wanted to.durdencommatyler wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:Hey, I was trying to convince them to watch The Beastmaster, but they weren't hearing it.durdencommatyler wrote:oh brother...![]()
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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I wish the rest of Heckerling's movies were as good as Vamps.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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The second part I already knew. But not only did I not know it was a book first, I had no idea it was a Cameron Crowe book AND I'll even go further to say I had no idea Cameron Crowe had ever written a book.tragabigzanda wrote:Seriously? It was Cameron Crowe's first book; he went undercover as a teenager to write it. My understanding is that it's completely non-fiction, while the film was a fictitious version. Bonus trivia: It was Amy Heckerling's (Johnny Dangerously, Look Who's Talking 1&2, Clueless) first feature-length.durdencommatyler wrote:I had no idea it was based on a book, actually.tragabigzanda wrote:Anybody ever read the book? I've always wanted to.durdencommatyler wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:Hey, I was trying to convince them to watch The Beastmaster, but they weren't hearing it.durdencommatyler wrote:oh brother...![]()
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SHE DIRECTED THAT?!tragabigzanda wrote:A Night at the Roxbury has its charms.LoathedVermin72 wrote:I wish the rest of Heckerling's movies were as good as Vamps.
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Wait, no she didn't. She did some uncredited work on it but some other guy was the actual director.
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Goddamnit, trag.
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I still don't know if you are talking about The Beastmaster or Fast Times.tragabigzanda wrote:Seriously? It was Cameron Crowe's first book; he went undercover as a teenager to write it. My understanding is that it's completely non-fiction, while the film was a fictitious version. Bonus trivia: It was Amy Heckerling's (Johnny Dangerously, Look Who's Talking 1&2, Clueless) first feature-length.durdencommatyler wrote:I had no idea it was based on a book, actually.tragabigzanda wrote:Anybody ever read the book? I've always wanted to.durdencommatyler wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:Hey, I was trying to convince them to watch The Beastmaster, but they weren't hearing it.durdencommatyler wrote:oh brother...![]()
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:I still don't know if you are talking about The Beastmaster or Fast Times.tragabigzanda wrote:Seriously? It was Cameron Crowe's first book; he went undercover as a teenager to write it. My understanding is that it's completely non-fiction, while the film was a fictitious version. Bonus trivia: It was Amy Heckerling's (Johnny Dangerously, Look Who's Talking 1&2, Clueless) first feature-length.durdencommatyler wrote:I had no idea it was based on a book, actually.tragabigzanda wrote:Anybody ever read the book? I've always wanted to.durdencommatyler wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:Hey, I was trying to convince them to watch The Beastmaster, but they weren't hearing it.durdencommatyler wrote:oh brother...![]()
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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I watched A New Hope the other night for the first time in a long time.