Roderick
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Oh, just wait til you get to "when you're feeling blue, punch a granny in the stomach". It's taken me thirty years to understand how true that is.
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Help me forget about Olly Moss and move on with my life
Roderick replied to melmer's topic in Idle Banter
This thread: cracking me up since Friday two weeks ago, 2014. -
This is rather appropriate then, since I'm gonna try to verrry gently discontinue a budding thing with someone. We've hung out a few times, but it's not working for me and I want to say that to her in person. Let's see how it goes. And hang in there, SecretAsianMale. I have no ideas on how to cope with it, but try to grit your teeth and pull yourself through it. Don't forget to take some rest in between working, or you'll just tire yourself out prematurely.
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Well, there's always Belarus!
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I don't think there's any conspiracy here with Russia closing some flight lanes. It's like the AI enemy arranging armies in Age of Wonders: I'm constantly expecting some detailed strategic play, but it's just randomly shuffling stacks of monsters around. No, this is merely a major fuck-up, leaving everyone reeling in shock. Predictably, both sides in the conflict are already using this as political fodder for their warmongering efforts, where the only sensible thing to do is not use any weapons anymore ever and find a way to solve problems peacefully. But hey, look how well that's gone on the Gaza strip over the last fifty years. Children, do not ever start a civil war or any other bloody conflict. It's actually pretty goddamned amazing (Western) Europe came out of it like it did. For all the scorn it gets, the EU has been a mind-boggling success in spreading peace and stability. As an institution for pulling together a historically war-ravaged continent, it is a singular human achievement.
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All specious rumors and lies, from the mouth of a frothing madman!
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Time to make up your mind, Unsmart! Choose wisely...
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A black day for sure. The shooting down of a civilian aircraft by the Ukrainian separatists was obviously a mistake, and all parties seem to be confused and trying to figure out what their best bet is. Putin is buckling down on his supposed neutrality ("Russia has nothing to do with this"), Ukraine is speaking of an act of terrorism, there's a taped phone call by the separatists where they (loathesomely) say it's our own fault for flying over a war zone, and Malaysia, Holland, the UN and the US just want to investigate this in peace, mourn the dead and deliberate on whether we should get involved or invoke sanctions. It's a disaster.
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Nederlandsche Thumbmoet: Let me tell you the story of a child who put his fing--
Roderick replied to Lu 's topic in Idle Banter
Courtesy of Idle Thumbs' best forum feature: soiler. -
Good lord, an airplane carrying almost 300 people, half of which were Dutch, was shot down by a missile in Ukraine. That is a nightmare scenario.
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Nederlandsche Thumbmoet: Let me tell you the story of a child who put his fing--
Roderick replied to Lu 's topic in Idle Banter
Possible scandals are definitely happening come 23 augustus. -
I scare very easily, so I might skip anything too terrifying. Hausu is apparently pretty frightening?
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Nederlandsche Thumbmoet: Let me tell you the story of a child who put his fing--
Roderick replied to Lu 's topic in Idle Banter
And yet all of the above is wrong, since the actual date of the meeting is Zaterdag 23 augustus Tis done! The Rubicon's been crossed! Anyone stil inclined to come is welcome on that date. And leave it to old Lu and I to think of where to go. Suggestions obv welcome. You'll hear from us! -
I like it even better this way!
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Phew, this is a Japanese classic alright! I've started watching it, but due to overall business haven't finished it yet. I'll wrap it up soon and post my findings here. I will sketch the context already: I've been a fan of Japanese cinema and storytelling for quite some years now, and have over the years digested quite a breadth of works. From the obvious anime to classic films (Kurosawa, obv), from schlocky yet glorious samurai epics (Sword of Doom springs to mind, any number of Musashi flicks) to sprawling costume drama's by the NHK. Quite a lot of modern films too. And somehow Tokyo Monogatari always eluded me. It's one of the most well-regarded films inside and out of Japan, so it has quite the name to live up to. Tangent: at this point I've seen a rather handsome amount of films from the 50s, and few from before that. I get the feeling that film as a medium really reached maturity in that era. I don't want to make all too sweeping a statement (the likes of La Règle du Jeu show clearly how sophisticated films from 1939 and before can be), but there's a general sense that the fifties were the times when everyone caught up and tons of classics got made. Then the sixties appeared and with that color film and true modernity (James Bond) - but there's something about films from the 50s that was already apparent in Kanal: both highly modern yet classical. I've come to love the decade for its cinema. Right, I might be totally wrong about all of this, but onto Ozu's masterpiece it is!
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It should probably be a movie starring Orson Welles.
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I know what you're feeling, prettyunsmart, but you can't mindread what people want, so just pick whatever YOU want. That'll go against every empathetic grain in your body, but it's the only way forward. Everything you said sounds great! I don't know any of them! Maybe something with color just to spice things up?
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Nederlandsche Thumbmoet: Let me tell you the story of a child who put his fing--
Roderick replied to Lu 's topic in Idle Banter
Also, the dress code is wizard I know, it goes without saying. -
Idle Criterion Film Club Week 3: Tokyo Story (1953)
Roderick replied to Roderick's topic in Movies & Television
Oh wow, I didn't catch that line, I used the Dutch subtitles. To be sure, the mother does sleep in the house of her deceased son, so maybe she did say it, or in a way that makes it seem less psycho? You're right that the grandparents aren't totally bad, but I still find it infuriating how much they position themselves as victims. A lot of this is on themselves, and of course we don't know how the kids were raised and what's at stake here. I get the feeling that all we can do is make these judgment calls (whether that's the intention of the movie or not) based on assumptions. Who the hell knows what went on in the lives of these people? It's so easy to forget the context: underneath all the modernity on display this is a traumatized country coming from extreme devastation only eight year ago. We see Tokyo as a bustling city, but eight years earlier it was firebombed to oblivion. Maybe it isn't so strange that these people are all fake smiles after all. Escaping into false pleasantries and work might be all that's keeping them together. -
Idle Criterion Film Club Week 3: Tokyo Story (1953)
Roderick replied to Roderick's topic in Movies & Television
Thanks! And it's also almost time to announce the next film, but I hope there'll be some more discussion about Tokyo Story here. I knew it'd be a tough one, but put some goddamn splints in your eyesockets and reach that fade to black everyone! -
Holy shit it is the biggest of yesses!
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Nachimir, I saw the write-up on RPS of Feral Vector, sounds like a pretty good job. Also a great name, Feral Vector.
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Help me forget about Olly Moss and move on with my life
Roderick replied to melmer's topic in Idle Banter
I think at this point your chances are 50/50, it's completely balanced. -
Help me forget about Olly Moss and move on with my life
Roderick replied to melmer's topic in Idle Banter
I'm a bit disappointed in Olly Moss tbh, seems more and more a bit of a jerk with each passing day he isn't in this thread accepting flowers. -
Nederlandsche Thumbmoet: Let me tell you the story of a child who put his fing--
Roderick replied to Lu 's topic in Idle Banter
Hooray! I bet if we can get Olly Moss to come, we'll get Mington. It's a package deal. But seriously, come hither Dutchmen!