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I grew up in the country and our cats were outdoors cats. Unfortunately, people would speed up and down the backroads, so it was common for one of our cats every so often to be taken out. When I found a body, I would go get the shovel and dig a hole and bury it. I figured I owed the cat...

Best succinct description of that movie I read (but did someone here say it too? Maybe Absurdity?): Ironically Ben Affleck actually did a good job in this role, as opposed to many movies he has been in. Some of it might have been too true to life. I thought the actor who plays his sister...

I haven't seen "Dog Soldiers" for awhile, but I found them interesting as both movies are "survival pics" of sorts (with a horrific enemy), and the men and women in both films are all very tough/strong people... but the dynamics differ in the male group from the female group. It's interesting to...

I agree with you that it does come across as "Ethan Hunt is... TOM CRUISE, in Mission Impossible [number]"! MI2 was so bad, it's hard to discuss it in accordance with the others. Although I do remember hearing an interview with Hans Zimmer and how he stretched on the music to do something...

You know the old song.... Yeah, my thought is: 1. First girl that you can get along with and/or seems interesting (due to lack of desire to "date") 2. Intellectual/humor connection OR the ability to stabilize a home so that you don't need to focus on it is more important than looks. 3...

I agree, parental motivation can help compensate for type differences. For example, my ISFJ mom and I don't share much in common and I know she doesn't understand my views or some decisions I've made, but she hasn't let that get in the way of being a devoted mother. She does her best to be...

Yeah, if I couldn't change anything... well, there were way too many excruciating periods in my life that I have no desire to relive as part of a repeated long trudge.

I agree with that. I don't exclude because of perceived class, but I do have anxiety issues and am cautious of boundary violation because I'm not particularly good at removing intruders. I feel like I could be an easy mark if I were not vigilant in unknown situations. But if I feel like I have...

It's one movie, but the American release cuts out after the scene in the car by the side of the road right after the truck passes. IF the version you saw continues past that, then congrats. ...you saw the original cut. Both endings are unsettling, but the brit ending is existentially aching...

I grew up in a rather poor rural area myself, although my parents had education beyond high school (my dad had a college degree, my mom had her nursing certifications). In my graduating class, most people entered the work force, became stay at home moms, or did a two-year community degree. A...

Okay, watched "Secret in their Eyes" (2015) and of course was disappointed. It's not just because they managed to take a charming, nuanced, thoughtful movie and coarsened it into a flat and emotionally inert shadow of the original; as a standalone movie, it was also rather flat and inert...

Oh cool, thanks for the recommendation. :) If you have any others, feel free to post them on my Wall and I will give them a shot. EDIT: looks like I'll add Relatos Salvajes to my list too.

^^ There are some suspicions that Daryl (not Glenn) might be saying "Sayonara" at the end of this season. I figure the show does need to ante up, as long as it does so in a way that doesn't seem contrived. I like most of the current characters, but the whole point of Walking Dead is that death...

The Secret in Their Eyes (2009). Won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language film (?) that year. It wasn't exactly what I was expecting, it actually had some very funny moments/lines in an otherwise serious plot, as well as some emotionally fulfilling ones (in the positive sense). But the whole movie...

Actual personal disorders are extreme and can typically result in disruption of one's ability to maintain LTRs, hold down jobs, etc., and heavily inhibit/restrict behavior/interaction. The DSM traits for APD are as follows: 1. Avoids occupational activities that involve significant...

I don't see "tolerant" as mutually exclusive of "feeling/passion". Although I guess it is far easier to come across as tolerant when one is merely being apathetic.

Well, they both started painting each other as something unsuitable, although I guess that's just part and parcel for an actual election. Sanders wants to frame things in terms of ideology and has tried to insist Hillary isn't progressive because she's not as progressive as him (and now calls...

Ha, great profile pic. :)

Yeah, I noticed that I'm just analyzing the race / explaining the dynamics, versus some thread participants who are heavily promoting a favored candidate... I find analysis more interesting, to be honest, especially watching the broad dynamics. It's a "system" & I'm trying to gauge what it'll...

...I love apathy!

Deadpool (2016). Come on. You know you want to like it. My interest in superhero comics ran from about 1980 - 2000 or so, so I remember when Deadpool first came out (under Liefield?). I probably have some of the original Deadpool comics in one of my storage boxes somewhere. Anyway, totally...

Great Harry Clarke av. His mephistopheles is haunting. His work for Poe's writing is also pretty iconic.

Cool beans. :) Yeah, I had the same problem, so that's what I figured out.

I think the workaround was to post it without the spoilers tags so it translates your link, the immediately edit and put spoiler tags around the translated link.

I haven't played it, but I saw it just came out, and I spent about an hour the other night watching demo videos on YouTube for the game (where I guess they were showing the head-to-head competition players at the expo using a variety of characters). It was really cool. I thought Karin looked...

I watched "Abre Los Ojos (Open Your Eyes") and the US remake "Vanilla Sky" last night back to back, just because I could. I'm glad I watched the original first, as the movie has a number of twists and I found it the more provocative and consistent version of the two despite its smaller budget...

The Green Inferno. I had way too much fun with the opening line to a review I wrote: It's an Eli Roth movie. I'm not sure what else to say about it.

I liked Craig the most, but I also read the original novels. The Bond cultivated by decades of movies isn't necessarily the literary Bond, and Craig's version felt truer to the source material to me. Connery seems to be the high favorite among most movie-goers. Well, it was like the second...

Spectre was a huge disappointment, tbh. ... and dragged out way too long. Pretty lousy way to cap Craig's run on the series. Oh well.

I would agree there are parts in the beginning that can feel slow. Plus it took me some time to grasp the setting and what was going on. One huge difference is that the book is about fascism vs anarchy, where the movie is Americanized into conservatism vs liberalism. Another change is that the...

Yeah, all the typicals, some of which have been mentioned: - original Watchmen - V for Vendetta (I think the graphic novel is far better than the movie) - Anything by Gaiman (esp the Sandman series) - Miller's stuff - Much of the Fables run by Willingham/Buckingham - Anything with art by Dave...

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h8_l72ykslc/VNA6ofJVZII/AAAAAAAADqI/oKOG4Zw7_-c/s1600/662654db2a89feb89ddf9d1bf6e291d9b96d7b0453255f2d5f78ad3b3d905e9b.jpg ..... for the lolz.

Dope (2015). Neat, funny movie. Well-edited (and taking some chances on non-traditional frames/presentation in spots), and great acting from a new/young cast. Has a few serious moments that still totally fit in with the rest of the whimsical plot. Lead reminded me a bit of Mr. Robot, just black...

I personally really like Dark City. Great tone / ambiance, and it's got a great cast (Connelly, hurt, sewell, O'Brien, Richardson, etc).

Okay. Yeah, I strongly identify with that. I don't really like to be in charge, but I have a strong sense of rational consistency in my creative ideas and where things conflict and get really frustrated when people misunderstand/misconstrue. IOW, I'm more like a hovering advisor to keep ideas in...

I've had my suspicions as well, definitely from the start; he veers into the 5w4 enneagram kind of form, everything is connected but surreal, twisted and bent into new shapes. Lots of quirkiness too. Early in his career, he and writer Jenny Boylan shared an apartment for awhile, Jenny's an...

Kaufman's great. One can never say he is derivative; his works remain unique and mentally interesting/complex, while usually retaining a strong undercurrent of wry irony and (dare I say) poignancy/loss on some level.

... there's only one way to find out. :phear: PS. how do you get all the shit into your flash drive?

Hmmm. Sounds like she's had a buffer up for whatever reason. it's clear she's not jumping at the chance, as if someone is actively interested, they would respond to all your messages and wouldn't have blown off your request to hang. While she's okay enough to continue with small talk and...

Hahaha!! That was the one I ALMOST posted on your wall. I'm glad you found it. :D