Dave I need you to...

[Ender]

...explain once more why you thought Garden State was such a fantastic movie. Don't get me wrong, I'm pretty sure I enjoyed it, but I'm curious as to why you liked it so much. Sarah thinks it reveals a lot about you that most people don't see.

[Dr. Deezee]

Last night, Dave revealed a part of himself to me that a lot of people don't see either!

[QuietStorm]

What, that he sucks at determining what is/isn't an RPG?

[Expunge]

Last night, Dave revealed a part of himself to me that a lot of people don't see either!
Dave reveals that part of himself to everyone.

[M4LFUNCT10N]

WHAT?!? And here I thought I was special. :(

[UB_Bomber]

*UB spares everyone the horror of DD revailing himself again by throwing him into a volcano*

[DiscoDave]

...Sarah thinks it reveals a lot about you that most people don't see.
:confuina:

Okay, I definitely have to hear her train of thought on this one.

Even though I can't help but feel I'm walking into a pop-psychology trap, I'll go ahead and answer the question against my better judgement.

I'm big on almost all movies with complex father/son relationships. I can't see Field of Dreams without turning into a blubbering mess.

I also tend to like movies where the main character(s) start off broken in some significant manner, yet find a way to reconnect with themselves.

The script was very well written, dialogue was spot on, the quirky and slightly off beat humor was right up my ally, acting was fantastic across the board...everything worked.

But my favorite part of the movie was the visual style. There were a ton of visuals that just seemed beautiful to look at...the look of the film was just stunning, in my opinion.

If anyone else liked the movie for the visuals, you should also check out "Millions" from director Danny Boyle.

Was Sarah right? I want to hear more on that.

[DiscoDave]

Also: Golden Ears is dead set against letting me climb in nice weather. :mad:

[UB_Bomber]

Golden Ears?

[DiscoDave]

It's a hike up in BC.

If you imagine a map and draw a straight line north of Bellingham, and another east of Vancouver, Golden Ears is almost exactly where those two lines would meet.

Right between Pitt Lake and some other lake Google Earth can't readily identify.

[UB_Bomber]

O. OK. Onley canada could come up with a hikeing companey with a name like that.

[Valusek]

She may have been right, depending on the relationship you had/have with your own father.

[Ender]

yeah knowing some of your past and your dad's relationship I think she was spot on - but she suspected something of you that your liking of this film (and others like Field of Dreams) revealed about your past, y'know, being broken and stuff. ;)

[Verbal]

O. OK. Onley canada could come up with a hikeing companey with a name like that.

Owwwwwww! Tyler, for heaven's sake man..

You mean: "Oh. Okay. Only Canada could come up with a hiking company with a name like that."

*twitch*

[UB_Bomber]

I CANT FUCKING SPELL!!!!!!!! STOP GIVING ME CRAP ABOUT IT. IT DOES NOT BOTHER ME. STOP GETTING ALL BUTT HURT ABOUT IT. I AM GETTING SICK OF IT.

[UB_Bomber]

do you want me to make fun of you for something that you cant do. like maby drive?

[PyroInsane]

Touchy about that eh?

Mabye you should've payed more attension in english class?

[UB_Bomber]

fuck off pyro. I am not one of the prople in this world who can learn out of books. I learn by doing things hands on. That is just the way I am. so stop harrasing me about it allready. You all really need to get off my back about it allready. its old news. "OOOOO UB cant spell verry well. lets haras him about it." Well its getting old and I am getting a littel fed up. I would excell at a school like BTC wich is where I plan on goin. So if you all dont lay off then I am just gonna leave the BLE. it a load of bull shit. So stop fucking getting on my case about it. I can still get my point acrost. I have a little thing called street smarts. Its getting uncommon these days. Like how the matter of the fact is is that I can do my own work on vehicles. Not have to pay someone up the ass to do it for me. Something a lot of people at the BLE cant do. I am talking about really working on vehicles. Like rebuilding the motor or replaceing it. and personally most people havent done that here. Spelling is just a minor aspect of human life. I really dont care that I cant spell. It doesent matter to me.

[Verbal]

My apologies man, I didn't know it bothered you so much.

[UB_Bomber]

Its ok. I wasent getting mad at you. it was more like the whole english class remark. I hated school and espcially english.

[UB_Bomber]

I really dont want to make enimies here. I like everyone. You are all a bunch of good guys that shares a common intrest with me. So just dont take my comments the wrong way. Its just how I feel.

[Ender]

Touchy about that eh?

Mabye you should've payed more attension in english class?

loller. Sorry, couldn't help it.

And UB, I'd never want you to leave BLE over something so trivial. But regardless of how street smart you ever are...it'll be hard to get anywhere without being able to spell correctly or use grammar. The general public just doesn't take people who can't very seriously. And if you're not taken seriously by the general public, there's not may places left you could end up. At least try - no one can fault you for that. Don't take me the wrong way and get all mad again, but seriously, you should at least try. You might find it's not that hard if you put a little effort into it.

[Expunge]

attension

ah hahahah

Oh damn Nate beat me to it :<

[M4LFUNCT10N]

Touchy about that eh?

Mabye you should've payed more attension in english class?

I'm surprised neither of you caught this one. It stood out more to me.

Tyler, let me try and restate something that Nate was trying to say, but I believe got lost somewhere. While the general public doesn't take illiterate people seriously, they DO take people seriously who are at least trying to learn. We all have areas that we need to work on, yours just happens to be more visible than others. Don't let it get to you, just kick it in the ass. You can learn to spell if you decide to.

[Reinforcements]

Seriously UB. It's doesn;t matter. I just like how the people who are making fun of you cannot spell either. Like I always say, when I can't speak properly, (Which happens often at EB, in front of customers):
"CRAP! I suck at English. And it's my only language!"

And don't go the way of me. Trust me. As a recoviring hate addict, I've been gone and back. 3 times. And I got the forums shut down once. It's a long, sad, lonly, kinda shiny road.

[UB_Bomber]

I am not illiterate. I can talk well with people. I am in a job now that involvs a lot of spelling. I am just on the fourms where I dont take all the extra time to make shure everything is spelled corectley. I mean come on. OK or Okay who cares. its like saying LOL. so lay off is all I am trying to say. I mean there was a whole thread devoted to how I cant spell. I took it and blew it off. But not all the time. and it getting realllyyyyyy annoying to have almost every post corrected when I am just typing. some of it is just a slip of the finger.

[DiscoDave]

yeah knowing some of your past and your dad's relationship I think she was spot on - but she suspected something of you that your liking of this film (and others like Field of Dreams) revealed about your past, y'know, being broken and stuff. ;)
Oh, come on...you know me better than that.

If she thinks my movie tastes reveal something about myself, I'm curious what she thinks it reveals...specifically. I've explained why I love the movie, not that it has any sort of parallels in my life.

To be honest, I don't really see that I have any sort of parallels with the main character of Garden State at all. He starts off sleepwalking through life. I don't think that really describes me.

[QuietStorm]

Touchy about that eh?

Mabye you should've payed more attension in english class?
You guys still missed one.

[QuietStorm]

Seriously UB. It's doesn;t matter. I just like how the people who are making fun of you cannot spell either. Like I always say, when I can't speak properly, (Which happens often at EB, in front of customers):
"CRAP! I suck at English. And it's my only language!"

And don't go the way of me. Trust me. As a recoviring hate addict, I've been gone and back. 3 times. And I got the forums shut down once. It's a long, sad, lonly, kinda shiny road.
Lonely*

(I do this because, as anybody who's talked to me for longer than 10 seconds IRL knows, I can't speak. I have serious trouble speaking. I have to go slowly or I trip over words -- and even then, I have trouble. And now I have to learn a new language at school!

I CAN'T EVEN SPEAK ENGLISH PROPERLY!)

[DiscoDave]

God damned you, bastards. It's not enough for you to hijack a thread all about me, but you have to hijack it for the purpose of bickering about typing skills.

I hate you. I hate you all. You're all banned.

[UB_Bomber]

yay. we are all banned!

[Silvercorona]

Self-centered admin says what?

[UB_Bomber]

Wasent this thread all about your views on a movie?

[DiscoDave]

Shut up. It's about me. It's all about me.

Maybe I should make a bunch of typos so the thread can continue to be about me.

High, mie naem iz DischoeDayve. i liek teh intarwebs.

[Dr. Deezee]

Dave is the best admin ever.
Except for every other admin ever.

Whoops!

[Silvercorona]

Shut up. It's about me. It's all about me.

Maybe I should make a bunch of typos so the thread can continue to be about me.

High, mie naem iz DischoeDayve. i liek teh intarwebs.

No more cough syrup at work drama queen.

Yes, now everyone is talking about you. Are you happy?

[DiscoDave]

*flutter*

[UB_Bomber]

ROFL.

[Ender]

Oh, come on...you know me better than that.

If she thinks my movie tastes reveal something about myself, I'm curious what she thinks it reveals...specifically. I've explained why I love the movie, not that it has any sort of parallels in my life.

To be honest, I don't really see that I have any sort of parallels with the main character of Garden State at all. He starts off sleepwalking through life. I don't think that really describes me.

She sees a direct parrellel between you and the main character now. She wouldn't go into detail though...just kinda laughs when I ask y'know. But the son/dad relationship part is making sense based on what little I know about you and your dad, and surely you've sleptwalk through life at some point...;)

guys stop hijacking dave's thread. :mad: :grumpy:

[Ender]

Damn, that is one sweet sig/avatar combo I've got there, rAWR!

[Verbal]

Damn, that is one sweet sig/avatar combo I've got there, rAWR!

Huzzah! Glad you like :tup:

[Reinforcements]

I have never seen the movie, so here are my opinions:

-Using the guy from Scrubs, the comedy on NBC, is a bad choice. Why? Because he is mostly known as a comedian. So, I see the cover and think, "why's he in this movie?"

-Natalie Portman is awsome. So ehy's she in this indie movie with the guy from Scrubs? WTF Natalie?

-The old world war 2 BMW motorcycle with side car. TSK. It's painted with the american paint job? It's German. WTF Hitler?

-The helmet he's wearing on the motorcycle is setting a bad example for the youth of today.

-I like some of the soundtrack.

-The fact that Nat's character listens to The Shins is awsome and horrible. If she doesn't really like them, and pretends to, I hate her and the writer who put her up to it. I love The Shins. They are an amazing sounding group, considering how simple it is.

-About the soundtrack. F**K it. They used Such Great Heights. An amazing song. BUT GUESS WHAT?! They don't use the original by Postal Service, from about 2 years ago. NO. They use a slow way too over the top slow I'm so sad and emo slow cover from IRON AND WINE?! WTF HITLER?! Firing squad.

[DiscoDave]

But the son/dad relationship part is making sense based on what little I know about you and your dad
The relationship I have with my dad is essentially completely opposite between the relationship the main character has with his dad.
...and surely you've sleptwalk through life at some point...;)
Hrm. I don't think so.

[Farvneho]

I'm surprised neither of you caught this one. It stood out more to me.

Tyler, let me try and restate something that Nate was trying to say, but I believe got lost somewhere. While the general public doesn't take illiterate people seriously, they DO take people seriously who are at least trying to learn. We all have areas that we need to work on, yours just happens to be more visible than others. Don't let it get to you, just kick it in the ass. You can learn to spell if you decide to.
A place for English lessons (http://writing.whatcom.ctc.edu/)

A place for having fun regarding video games (http://www.bellinghamlan.com/)

[Ender]

The relationship I have with my dad is essentially completely opposite between the relationship the main character has with his dad.

Hrm. I don't think so.

Well, again I know little, but what I've seen and heard you say, I would say your relationship with your dad is grounds for a movie such as this, Big Fish, or Field of Dreams. :p

[Ender]

The relationship I have with my dad is essentially completely opposite between the relationship the main character has with his dad.

Hrm. I don't think so.\


Oh, and I know for a fact you sleptwalk all the way up Mt. Baker. ;)

[DiscoDave]

Hrm.

Garden State = No relationship with Dad to speak of.
Big Fish = Son is angry at Dad.
Field of Dreams = Son never really knew Dad.

Me = Great relationship with Dad.



You've got a point about Baker, though. :erm: