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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 16, 2022 21:06:52 GMT -5
One was "Dirty Pictures" (2010) about a chemist considered the father of MDMA (the drug widely known as 'Ecstasy' or simply 'X'). The other is called "Call Me Lucky" (2015) and is about a firebrand comedian who later appeared before Congress to force AOL to police it's chat-rooms.
My first wife used to hang out with Sasha, and also used to distribute MDMA at parties back before it was made illegal. That's insane! Was this before or after you were seeing Liz Phair?*
*I kid of course. You've clearly traveled in much more rarefied circles than I.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 16, 2022 21:57:44 GMT -5
The Fast and the Furious 9 That's not how magnets work. I gotta have some context.  |
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Post by Lemmy Caution on Jun 17, 2022 0:42:01 GMT -5
My first wife used to hang out with Sasha, and also used to distribute MDMA at parties back before it was made illegal. That's insane! Was this before or after you were seeing Liz Phair?*
*I kid of course. You've clearly traveled in much more rarefied circles than I.
*chuckle* You're never gonna let me live that one down, are ya? Short version of the story: the first Mrs. C. is ten years older than I am. She's from a pretty wealthy family, and therefore had a variety of those odd connections that rich people somehow manage to have. While she was attending UCSC during the late 1970's one of these connections introduced her to Sasha Shulgin. The rest, as they say, is history.. |
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Post by Deeky on Jun 17, 2022 17:14:53 GMT -5
The Fast and the Furious 9 That's not how magnets work. I gotta have some context. Oh lord. The whole climax revolves around a chase scene where the protagonists use electromagnets in their cars to pull objects (cell phones, guns, other cars, phone lines, whatever the plot requires but only what is required at the moment) toward them (or repels them) as they speed down the highway. It's phenomenally silly. |
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 17, 2022 18:56:35 GMT -5
I gotta have some context.  Oh lord. The whole climax revolves around a chase scene where the protagonists use electromagnets in their cars to pull objects (cell phones, guns, other cars, phone lines, whatever the plot requires but only what is required at the moment) toward them (or repels them) as they speed down the highway. It's phenomenally silly. So I'm assuming that you're being subjected to these movies by someone. Maybe even a current SO? Are you having to pretend that they don't suck while you're watching these F&F movies with them?*
*I mean, I can't talk. I watch some absolute dogshit films. |
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Post by Deeky on Jun 17, 2022 20:43:47 GMT -5
The Northman some weird viking shit.
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Post by Deeky on Jun 17, 2022 20:45:40 GMT -5
So I'm assuming that you're being subjected to these movies by someone. Maybe even a current SO? Are you having to pretend that they don't suck while you're watching these F&F movies with them?* *I mean, I can't talk. I watch some absolute dogshit films. Just my best friend's husband. No SO to speak of. Though I do have a boy, we have decided we're not dating. |
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 18, 2022 11:39:27 GMT -5
"The Empty Man" (2020) late last night. Intriguing horror that heads off in some strange directions. Had some minor questions with plot points, but all-in-all a decent scary movie. Long though at 2hrs 17mins.
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Post by Deeky on Jun 18, 2022 22:02:25 GMT -5
Though I do have a boy, we have decided we're not dating. Two boys, actually. |
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 18, 2022 23:09:02 GMT -5
So I'm assuming that you're being subjected to these movies by someone. Maybe even a current SO? Are you having to pretend that they don't suck while you're watching these F&F movies with them?* *I mean, I can't talk. I watch some absolute dogshit films. Just my best friend's husband. No SO to speak of. Though I do have a boy, we have decided we're not dating. This best friend's husband is trying to turn you into a fellow "Fast & Furious" franchise fan, I take it? Or is that just what's typically on in that household any given night?
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 18, 2022 23:31:17 GMT -5
I kind of want to see the originals that many of today's heist/car-chase movies stem from before I see any of the current ones. I guess so I can compare? So, seeing the first versions of "The Fast and the Furious", "Gone in Sixty Seconds", "Ocean's Eleven", "Drive", et al would be interesting to me; and THEN maybe watching the recent films? I dunno. From the plot synopsis for both old and newer "The Fast and the Furious" sound quite a bit different, so maybe most of these are just using the catchy titles and throwing out the old plotlines?
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Post by Deeky on Jun 19, 2022 15:38:56 GMT -5
My understanding is that the producers of The Fast and the Furious just licensed the title for their new script.
The working title was Race Wars.
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Post by Deeky on Jun 19, 2022 15:40:48 GMT -5
The original Oceans 11 is kinda fun.
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Post by Deeky on Jun 19, 2022 15:50:21 GMT -5
Just my best friend's husband. No SO to speak of. Though I do have a boy, we have decided we're not dating. This best friend's husband is trying to turn you into a fellow "Fast & Furious" franchise fan, I take it? Or is that just what's typically on in that household any given night?
I honestly think he was trying to test our will.😆 |
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Post by Marxo Grouch on Jun 20, 2022 4:49:08 GMT -5
The working title was Race Wars. Is that a joke? Because it's hilarious either way. |
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Post by Deeky on Jun 20, 2022 8:22:52 GMT -5
It is not! Throughout the series the heroes attend a racing event called Race Wars. It's unbearably stupid.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 20, 2022 10:37:17 GMT -5
It is not! Throughout the series the heroes attend a racing event called Race Wars. It's unbearably stupid. I haven't been capable of taking Vin Diesel seriously after I saw clips of a young Vin in a "How to Breakdance" video from the 90's. |
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 20, 2022 11:06:13 GMT -5
This 2021 documentary was excellent, though long at 3+ hours. I parsed it out over three nights.
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Post by Lemmy Caution on Jun 20, 2022 11:47:34 GMT -5
It is not! Throughout the series the heroes attend a racing event called Race Wars. It's unbearably stupid. I haven't been capable of taking Vin Diesel seriously after I saw clips of a young Vin in a "How to Breakdance" video from the 90's. Look, the guy has to get his street cred from somewhere. How many options for that were there in the '90's?
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Jun 20, 2022 17:08:19 GMT -5
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