What Have You Learned Today ?

[rotobott]

Originally Posted by MaxJoker

Damn you never ridden yet always in my way demon ghoul bike bastard ,



Damn you to the ninth level of hell

Stay calm Max, it will soon be over

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-44780649

[Oh hi Mark!]

I've been listening to the band Death lately, which is a case of going in waves, I'd obsess for a band for a period of time and just move on to the next one. For Death, it's probably the 4th or 5th wave. Anyways, this was different because today, I was curious about how the leader of the band, Chuck Schuldiner, passed away. I remember it was brain cancer, but it was more specifically pneumonia after taking drugs to treat that cancer, which broke down his body as part of the side effects of the treatment, pneumonia basically being the last straw. There's a 17 second clip of his final interview, one that MTV apparently never aired, from January 2000, and it was sad to see. He mentioned about how being in a band doesn't mean he's rich, and I specifically read about how he and his family were in rough times financially during his final years.

It's weird to feel sad for someone that died well before I got into their stuff. When the stuff's amazing though, it does play into "What if" scenarios going on, and being sad from that, along with the fact that they were gone too early. Now I wonder what if he was still alive, he'd be in his early 50s, probably being lauded as the best guitar player in metal, ever. By the time he passed away, he was evolving as a musician, to the point where his last albums were filled with incredible guitar riffs and solos that ventured into progressive territory.

In general, my interest in metal history has grown the last few days, I'd just like to read more. There's apparently a book about the history of Death Metal, and I'd like to get it.

Also, just reading, RoboCop coming back, Neil Blomkamp slated to direct it. I would be excited but the man couldn't get his Alien reboot movie to be a reality, so, I'm skeptical of this even coming to life. I still have only seen Elysium in his filmography, which was pretty good in my opinion, but he's most known for District 9, which I still haven't seen.

[MaxJoker]

Originally Posted by rotobott

Stay calm Max, it will soon be over

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-44780649

Yeah so you say Roto
Only you said the same about my third case of full blown AIDS
Butt still I've got it
Despite daily using the pomegranate , cranberry and raw Garlic poultice placed over my unmentionables you recommended

Annnnnnnyway

What I've learned (Once more yet again , which is why I`m actually beginning to act likewise in certain cases ) today is that some Fellow Forum Fellas will (Almost religiously ) thank the quote reply to a post.
Yet not expend the effortless energy to click back a page and thank the original post itself.
How queer

Some might , declare

[MaxJoker]

Well what I done learned today is.
That the perfectly formed plus darn fine performer Scarlett Johansson has been forced to groveling apologize to the rabid bullying big mouthed transgendered community . After their vitriolic attacks on her.



Had to apologise (To them ) along with leaving the film Rub and Tug. Where she was going to play , yep. A transgendered gangster Dante “Tex” Gill.



An action that`ll cost goodness knows how many jobs. Because if the film does (Unlikely) go ahead. Without her the expected revenue , and thus budget will be dramatically rescaled down.
Bah

I think it`s absolutely disgusting.

How dare an actor pretend to be something they`re not

Still I`m sure Chastity Bono will do just as good a job as Scarlett would have



Gawd , put myself off my own lunch searching through Chazza photos

[Oh hi Mark!]

Thursday, by the good graces of Youtube recommendations, I fell into a rabbit hole of "Fact or Fiction" videos from Loudwire. They talk to prominent figures in the metal world and give out statements from their Wikipedias, the band Wikipedias, and basically confirm or deny. This started when I watched a 1994 interview with Chuck Schuldiner, Andy LaRocque (King Diamond) and Scott Burns, and that led to Gene Hoglan videos. They were recording Individual Thought Patterns and Hoglan was the drummer for Death at that time. So through that, a Fact or Fiction with Hoglan.

I love the format and have already seen loads of videos. I didn't watch really anything else on Friday the 13th and so far on this Saturday. I will share one little fact I learned just now. From Mike Portnoy's Fact or Fiction (ex-Dream Theater), his dad was a radio DJ based in New York. He moved to Carmel, California and became the radio DJ for KRML station there after watching the Clint Eastwood movie Play Misty For Me. He saw Eastwood's character there being a cool radio DJ for KRML station, and he wanted that life. Being a huge Eastwood fan, that made me smile. That's really cool.

Probably a well-known fact, Clint Eastwood was once the mayor for Carmel for one 2-year term (1986-88).

[Oh hi Mark!]

So Bruce Willis had a Comedy Central roast last night and in it he stated that Die Hard is not a Christmas movie, it's a "Bruce Willis movie." A very senile old man, because not only is Die Hard a Christmas movie, but it's the best Christmas movie ever.


So that's his side, incidentally before finding this out, I read an article that listed highlights from an interview with co-writer of Die Hard, Jeb Stuart. He himself said it was a Christmas movie.

4 - Yes, it is a Christmas movie

It's a debate that has been waged for years: Is "Die Hard" a Christmas movie?
Stuart says, heck yes.



"That whole concept came back to the idea, it did take place around Christmas time in the novel," he said.



But that was only one reason why. He said the practical writer's reason was to explain why the building was empty besides the office party going on.

Stuart also said it's a holiday film because of "the family aspect of it."



"John comes out to L.A. and he's really annoyed at all these things that don't stack up to his image of what family should be," he said. "His wife is using her maiden name, she's working, she's got the kids ... then two hours later, you really cut away all the stuff that doesn't matter."



For him, that's what a Christmas movie is all about.



Also thought it doesn't usually snow in L.A., there's the scene at the end where all the valuable bonds explode after the bad guys have failed to steal them, creating the visual as if it's almost snowing, which Stuart says looks like, "well, it IS Christmas."

If the writer says it is, then it is. I don't think the opinion of a man who sullied the Die Hard legacy is more valuable than one of the originators, who didn't sully that legacy.

[MaxJoker]

Norwich must have more law abiding citizens than I thought

This be the second week that BBQ has sat there. With wood aplenty. Tongs too.



Yet nobody has thrown anything about , let alone stolen so much as a thumbnail of greasy ash.



Then again who in their right mind would

Hey I`m not saying it reeks to rusty pig arse heaven



Since trusting you`re all taking that as a dry heaving given

[philll_77]

Just found out that the Hitchhiker's theme music was an Eagles track - Journey of the Sorceror.
I always assumed it was from the BBC Radiophonics folk.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJjd_sZcMYw


This was the theme of the radio show, tv show had a soundalike version, prob cos of royalties.

[Dr Pepper]

Originally Posted by philll_77

Just found out that the Hitchhiker's theme music was an Eagles track - Journey of the Sorceror.
I always assumed it was from the BBC Radiophonics folk.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJjd_sZcMYw


This was the theme of the radio show, tv show had a soundalike version, prob cos of royalties.

Having just listened to the Eagles track-I think I prefer the HGTTG theme version-a lot more punch to it....

[MaxJoker]

That despite searching (While others thought I was working) remain unable to find out who in the cocking cheese this absolute beauty (Full relation) is



Arrrrrgh