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Post by trubble on Jun 18, 2011 11:28:11 GMT
I can never choose.
So let's compile personal shortlists. 10 or less items per list.
Your personal shortlist for films.
Your personal shortlist for music.
Your personal shortlist for books.
Your personal shortlist for ...anything you can think of.
I'm going to start with films.
1. Glengarry Glen Ross
2. Little Miss Sunshine
3. Some Like It Hot
4. Casablanca
5. Jungle Book
6. Duck Soup / A Day at the Races (What. They are on the same video, they count as one.)
7. Castaway (just practical really)
8. Swallows and Amazons (again practical) My Fair Lady! (Much more practical)
9. Dances with Wolves (Hate it but it's long and I'd never watch it so always something left to still watch thus creating an atmosphere of choice)
10. A Night at the Opera
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Post by Weyland on Jun 18, 2011 11:53:07 GMT
Off the top of my head, in no particular order . . . Blade Runner
Duel
Aliens
Pulp Fiction
Forbidden Planet
Pizza Girls (with Desirée Cousteau)
The Taking of Pelham 123 (the original)
The Lift
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Oxford comma)
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Jun 18, 2011 14:12:11 GMT
You lot won't last 5 minutes without some basic desert island survival items. 10 essentials to get you going... 1: Bushcraft knife 2: Parang 3: Fire steel 4: Tarp 5: Metal cup 6: Water bottle 7: Paracord 8: Fishing kit 9: First aid kit 10: LED Flashlight with variable output Desert Islands are totally awesome.   AH |
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Jun 18, 2011 15:31:25 GMT
On reflection, I might have to swap out the Paracord (item 7) for a mosquito net...don't want to be getting munched on by creepy crawlies. AH |
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Post by aubrey on Jun 18, 2011 15:50:01 GMT
I don't think you're allowed stuff like that, Alpha.
Give me a while and I may come up with something.
But I saw Forbidden Planet on Tuesday, and isn't it a good film? I hadn't seen it for 30+ years, just bits of it, and I had thought the kissing bit and the drunk cook with Robbie bit were a bit cheesy: but no, they are really important to the plot.
And when they go into the Krell's workings, that is one of my favourite scenes of any film.
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Post by jean on Jun 18, 2011 16:57:53 GMT
That's not a desert island, anyway.
Films?
The General (Buster Keaton)
7 more Keaton films (in no particular order.)
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Post by Weyland on Jun 18, 2011 17:39:32 GMT
That's not a desert island, anyway. So what is a desert island? (Never gave it any thought until now.) |
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Jun 18, 2011 17:52:05 GMT
That's not a desert island, anyway. So what is a desert island? (Never gave it any thought until now.) Well it's too bloody late anyway, I've got me cargo shorts, trekking sandals and rucksack all packed and ready to go.  A desert Island is a deserted island as far as I am concerned, and unless Jean can offer up some conclusive proof that said island is inhabited, I am claiming it for the "annual Stub Crouch desert island discs weekend survival jaunt". AH |
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Post by aubrey on Jun 18, 2011 17:54:29 GMT
That's a peninsula.
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Jun 18, 2011 17:58:11 GMT
I don't think you're allowed stuff like that, Alpha. Give me a while and I may come up with something. But I saw Forbidden Planet on Tuesday, and isn't it a good film? I hadn't seen it for 30+ years, just bits of it, and I had thought the kissing bit and the drunk cook with Robbie bit were a bit cheesy: but no, they are really important to the plot. And when they go into the Krell's workings, that is one of my favourite scenes of any film. I have the remastered 50th Anniversary 2 disc DVD set, not watched it yet, it includes "the invisible boy" which was some kind of Robbie the Robot spin off movie (which sounds terrible to be honest ;D ). AH |
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Post by jean on Jun 18, 2011 17:58:51 GMT
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Jun 18, 2011 18:01:26 GMT
Islands have peninsula's - I live on one. AH |
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Post by jean on Jun 18, 2011 18:44:00 GMT
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Post by everso on Jun 18, 2011 22:24:04 GMT
The trouble is I never seem to put up the same list twice. It depends on my mood as to which films I consider my favourites. Anyhow, today's films are (in no particular order):
Sense & Sensibility
Titanic (and I don't give a monkey's what anyone thinks - Chris understands)
Gone With The Wind
County Hospital (best Laurel and Hardy film)
Meet Me In St. Louis
The Great Escape (come to think of it, this one's always on my list)
Top Hat (Fred & Ginger)
The Godfather
This Happy Breed
Oliver Twist (the 1948 version)
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Post by aubrey on Jun 19, 2011 7:49:50 GMT
Aguirre, Wrath of God.
A Canterbury Tale.
The Third Man.
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp.
The LadyKillers (original)
True Grit (original)
His Girl Friday.
Soumission: or a Catherine Ringer film the name of which I can't remember.
Paperhouse.
I don't know what else.
Music:
You can't do that on stage any more - Frank Zappa.
The Box - Van Der Graaf Generator.
A mixture of Momus stuff, and a mixture of Bowie stuff and a mixture of Fall stuff (or Perverted by Language, or Grotesque).
Books
The Book of the New Sun and The Book of the Long Sun and The Book of the Short Sun by Gene Wolfe.
Tom's Midnight Garden by P Pearce.
A Glastonbury Romance by JC Powys.
An edition of Grove, not necessarily the most recent.
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Post by Weyland on Jun 19, 2011 7:55:00 GMT
The Great Escape (come to think of it, this one's always on my list) Good choice. The great proto-Rocker himself in action.  [It was a Triumph, however wildly unlikely that may seem in the context. Replica in the Imperial War Museum, I hear.] [Did I tell you I have a Triumph?] [Did you see THIS, Ev?] |
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Post by Weyland on Jun 19, 2011 8:16:08 GMT
Fascinating! Turns out there's an Italian bloke who can turn a modern Bonneville like mine into a Great Escape replica . . .  So I know what I want for Xmas. |
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Jun 19, 2011 12:49:31 GMT
Jean: That's the bunny!
Weyland: I'm not a fan of bikes, but that is very pleasing to the eye, classic look with lot's of matte black...very sexy indeed!
AH
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Post by Weyland on Jun 19, 2011 13:44:54 GMT
Jean: That's the bunny! Weyland: I'm not a fan of bikes, but that is very pleasing to the eye, classic look with lot's of matte black...very sexy indeed! AH Quite so, Alph. Indeed it would fit in well with the other vehicles. Maybe I'll order a thousand or two for the colonies. Nothing's too good for our colonists. WY Corporation – Building Better Worlds~ This is the naked version, same as mine . . .  Note the elegant Magpies livery. What else? |
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Post by aubrey on Jun 19, 2011 18:46:15 GMT
Hmm, bikes.
In Australia they call Bikers Bikies.
I want a bunch of Bach as well; the correct term is A shit-load of Bach.
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