Alan Rickman Posted February 10, 2019 Report Share Posted February 10, 2019 Hopefully this new Stand show wont shit the bed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSandt Posted March 5, 2019 Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 The 1994 The Stand mini-series is pretty great too. It has its B-movie moments, but as a whole they got the characters right (with the exception of Molly Ringwald as Frannie; the "love-making" scene between her and Gary Sinise, who played Stu, is awkward as hell) and the whole plague-ridden, empty America bathing in intense July heat fascinated me to no end as a teenager. In fact, I owe a lot of my fascination and love of America to The Stand. I'd take out a map of the United States and mark down all the locations and routes mentioned in the series/book, tracking down the movement of all the characters as they headed toward Boulder and Las Vegas. I read the book shortly after I saw the series and I think the great casting of the series was of great help in putting correct faces on the characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedo Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 I'm gonna buy all the goosebumps books. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 I recently finished one of the prequel novels to the Mass Effect Andromeda game and I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. not going to pretend it was the best writing ever but considering it was a tie in for a failed franchise it was pretty damn good. instantly made me restart ME:Andromeda as well so I guess I'm replaying that for the third time in 2 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Rickman Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 On 3/5/2019 at 2:11 PM, MSandt said: The 1994 The Stand mini-series is pretty great too. It has its B-movie moments, but as a whole they got the characters right (with the exception of Molly Ringwald as Frannie; the "love-making" scene between her and Gary Sinise, who played Stu, is awkward as hell) and the whole plague-ridden, empty America bathing in intense July heat fascinated me to no end as a teenager. In fact, I owe a lot of my fascination and love of America to The Stand. I'd take out a map of the United States and mark down all the locations and routes mentioned in the series/book, tracking down the movement of all the characters as they headed toward Boulder and Las Vegas. I read the book shortly after I saw the series and I think the great casting of the series was of great help in putting correct faces on the characters. The Harold dressing like a bad ass in the show made me lol. It was on netflix a few years ago and had to turn it off when i saw that shit. Sinise was a great stu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedo Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 1 minute ago, Alan Rickman said: The Harold dressing like a bad ass in the show made me lol. It was on netflix a few years ago and had to turn it off when i saw that shit. Sinise was a great stu. M-O-O-N that spells Gary Sinise is a national treasure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedo Posted March 18, 2019 Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 I have a new translation of Divine Comedy and so I'm going to start that again, it should be the entire trilogy if I'm not mistaken. I need to bring back the yearly reading list ... I only read 5 or 6 of the 12 books I chose to read last year, although I read a few unplanned ones as well ... I feel better when I read and I don't know why it's such a hard habit for me to embrace and keep up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meltdown Tracker Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 I read I Am Ozzy - Ozzy Osbourne's book. It's a pretty hilarious story. How he became famous and all the wacky shit he did along the way is really entertaining to read. It's also a good tale on addiction and struggling with substance abuse. Not very preachy at all, just his honest take on how to battle addiction without making him sound like he's a saint or will ever be fully clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedo Posted July 6, 2019 Report Share Posted July 6, 2019 I watched a few episodes of Good Omens and enjoyed it, figured I'd read the book before going any further so that's where we are at tonight ... on the couch with my Kindle, girls all asleep and gonna start the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedo Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 I should be finishing Good Omens today, need to decide what to start next. Here are the options, what do you guys think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSandt Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 Sowell is an excellent writer, one of my favorites. The book isn't technical at all (unlike econ textbooks) and Sowell writes with a lot of clarity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedo Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 11 minutes ago, MSandt said: Sowell is an excellent writer, one of my favorites. The book isn't technical at all (unlike econ textbooks) and Sowell writes with a lot of clarity. I'm gonna count this as a vote, you win, Basic Economics it is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serious Reenactor Posted July 23, 2019 Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 I'm looking forward to this one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Posted July 23, 2019 Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 I got an e-book reader 2 months ago and i absolutely love it. I havent read that much ever. Just got done reading all three hararri books. Every single one is absolutely brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedo Posted October 11, 2019 Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 A while back I picked up and started Reclaiming History by Bugliosi but never got around to finishing it. Last week I ordered Lifton's Best Evidence. Both books are renowned works on JFK's assassination, one dealing with Oswald being the lone assassin and the other dealing with a conspiratorial angle. I think these two will be my next read, I'm gonna try and do them in tandem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedo Posted November 23, 2019 Report Share Posted November 23, 2019 I bought Dune tonight, gonna give that a go soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedo Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 I got the hankering to read 11/22/63 again... I'm not sure why but, fuck it, why not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddey Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 Never been super into biographies but I just started on a huge one about Napoleon and it's the most exciting thing ever. What a dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meltdown Tracker Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 On 11/22/2019 at 7:07 PM, Speedo said: I bought Dune tonight, gonna give that a go soon. You read much Dune yet? I didn't fully appreciate it after my first read (I'd give it a 7.5/10 at best) but after reading some more stuff online, I can see why it's considered such a masterpiece. I still have the sequel on my bookshelf, just haven't built up the interest to return to it. The movie should be awesome though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedo Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 7 minutes ago, Clar-ke has herpes said: You read much Dune yet? I didn't fully appreciate it after my first read (I'd give it a 7.5/10 at best) but after reading some more stuff online, I can see why it's considered such a masterpiece. I still have the sequel on my bookshelf, just haven't built up the interest to return to it. The movie should be awesome though. I haven't even cracked it yet. I've been trying to get through some other books first. This place should have a book club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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