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What should I do first?

Death Proof review
2 (10.5%)
Caligula review
8 (42.1%)
Tales from the Crypt (top ten?)
3 (15.8%)
Gaming shit
2 (10.5%)
Comic shit
1 (5.3%)
Book shit
3 (15.8%)

Total Members Voted: 18

Author Topic: Help me prioritize blog content  (Read 1753 times)

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TVC15

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Help me prioritize blog content
« on: October 11, 2007, 05:59:15 PM »
Between being busy early in September, falling ill in late September, and losing teeth and living in fear of dentistry, I have fallen behind in supporting my blog.  I actually just put up a metapost going over all of this, so I won't repeat anything else I wrote there.  Go there if you want to read me make excuses for not updating.

Anyway, I have a number of ideas for updates, enumerated above, and in some cases I have even begun to write updates.  I know none of you people will probably read whatever I decide to do first, but I am interested in your input.  I'm somewhat wishy washy on what to do first, and that means I will waffle if left to my own devices, and that nothing will get done.  Below I have gone into a bit more detail on certain potentials.

Death Proof review:  I did Planet Terror, so I should do Death Proof.  I should definitely do Death Proof since I actually liked it, whereas Planet Terror was shitty chicken city.

Caligula review: May or may not happen, so no guarantees.  I think this will be the easy winner due to the notoriety of the movie's content, but oh so much has been said about this movie over the past 25+ years.  It is kind of a timely topic, what with the recent DVD release.  I'm iffy about promising on this one because the movie may not even grab me.

Tales from the Crypt:  I was actually going to do a 90210/Dawson's Creek Watching Club-style series of threads on this, even getting to the point of ripping the first few episodes.  I was going to dedicate a post per episode, and I had pretty in depth writeups done on the first two episodes, with another few having preliminary work done.  I didn't want to start the series until I had a good amount of prework done, and it's a good thing, because the end of September would have seen the end of things had I started prematurely.

Gaming shit:  I've been playing an inordinate amount of games lately, on a variety of platforms, and I have a few topics in mind.  The novelty here is that despite being a moderator on a fairly large gaming forum, I rarely talk in depth about games, largely because the signal to idiot noise ratio at said forum makes attempted conversation as pointless as trying to read Finnegan's Wake reflected in a mirror while simultaneously huffing ether.

Comic shit:  Similar to gaming, it's not a subject I talk about too often.  I'm not certain I have anything to say here, either, but I guess I could try.

Book shit:  I'm not sure why I added this to the poll, really.  I have an active topic that I've been working on, but it's not cooked quite yet.  It'll bring sexyback.  Or pedoback.
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Himu

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2007, 06:00:56 PM »
link to your blog
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FlameOfCallandor

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2007, 06:01:14 PM »
Start with some Ron Paul stuff. Then I''ll check the blog out.

TVC15

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2007, 06:14:10 PM »
I frequently talk about things I hate, but that doesn't mean I'm going to waste my time talking about either America or its wretched political situation.
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recursivelyenumerable

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2007, 06:15:21 PM »
book shit, because games and comics and movies are all dumb.
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TVC15

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2007, 06:39:21 PM »
Calling it "Book shit" was loading a term on my part.  It's not like TVC's Book Club or anything.  It's a sort of exploration of the relationship between an actual event and some fictional things that it has expired.  Like I said, it's still cooking, largely because I haven't devoted as much time to the concept as I'd like, and I think that my current conclusions are lacking too much depth to be truly respectful to the chosen topic.
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MrAngryFace

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2007, 07:23:58 PM »
Tales from the Crypt
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brawndolicious

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2007, 07:52:00 PM »
I liked planet terror more.  More grindhousey.

TVC15

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2007, 07:52:50 PM »
More grindhousey in that it's not actually a good movie!
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MrAngryFace

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #9 on: October 11, 2007, 07:56:13 PM »
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brawndolicious

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #10 on: October 11, 2007, 07:58:00 PM »
More grindhousey in that it's not actually a good movie!
exactly, I want to watch blood and action.  deathproof wasn't bad but it was definitely surprising since I saw it first and was wondering wtf this was called grindhouse.

Van Cruncheon

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #11 on: October 11, 2007, 07:59:55 PM »
you're an odd thing, nintenho
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recursivelyenumerable

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #12 on: October 11, 2007, 08:00:27 PM »
If a director tries to make an intentionally bad movie and it comes out good, should we condemn it as a failure?
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Van Cruncheon

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #13 on: October 11, 2007, 08:02:08 PM »
it should be entertaining bad, not soporific bad.
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MrAngryFace

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #14 on: October 11, 2007, 08:02:41 PM »
Recurs: Well we gave Columbus a holiday for stumbling upon America and mistaking the Native Americans for Indians
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TVC15

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #15 on: October 11, 2007, 08:02:57 PM »
More grindhousey in that it's not actually a good movie!
exactly, I want to watch blood and action.  deathproof wasn't bad but it was definitely surprising since I saw it first and was wondering wtf this was called grindhouse.

You say this, but all I hear is
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brawndolicious

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #16 on: October 11, 2007, 08:36:26 PM »
it's grindhouse in terms of weirdness but there's like no gore and sex which is what I expected having never known about grindhouse movies before tarantino and rodriguez hyped up how much they're going to put sex and action in this.  awesome ending though.

BlueTsunami

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #17 on: October 11, 2007, 08:54:31 PM »
Chick Habit alone makes Death Proof better than Planet Terror!
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brawndolicious

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #18 on: October 12, 2007, 12:51:38 AM »
was that the ending song?  it was pretty good.

Gay Boy

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #19 on: October 12, 2007, 09:10:19 AM »
Death Proof isn't a cheesey grindhouse film but when it's a fucking great movie who cares what "genre" it is?
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brawndolicious

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #20 on: October 12, 2007, 09:29:53 AM »
I just said it was confusing to me because I saw it first (and by itself) so it looked confusing since before I saw it, all I knew was that it was half of grindhouse.

Gay Boy

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #21 on: October 12, 2007, 09:34:35 AM »
edit: wrong topic lol
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Oblivion

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #22 on: October 12, 2007, 09:03:04 PM »
I've been meaning to start my own blog. Who do you use, TVC and how much do you pay?

CajoleJuice

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #23 on: October 12, 2007, 09:36:15 PM »
Wordpress.com is free and it's pretty damn good. I use it. TVC uses their blogging software (wordpress.org) and hosts it himself, I think. I've been thinking of doing the same.
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Gay Boy

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #24 on: October 12, 2007, 11:09:00 PM »
Wordpress.com is free and it's pretty damn good. I use it. TVC uses their blogging software (wordpress.org) and hosts it himself, I think. I've been thinking of doing the same.
you have a blog?
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TVC15

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #25 on: October 12, 2007, 11:09:39 PM »
Yeah, I use Wordpress.  I pay for my own domain and bandwidth, and I definitely don't get the best possible deal.  I get good service, though, and the price I pay isn't really that bad in somparison to anyone else out there.  I've just been using the same hosting people for a while and they throw me bonuses now, so I stick with them.
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MrAngryFace

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #26 on: October 13, 2007, 02:16:19 AM »
I WANT CRYPT KEEPER
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TVC15

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #27 on: October 13, 2007, 02:46:49 AM »
I think that will probably be it, at least for tomorrow.  It'd be easiest, at least to start, since I have some progress done on it.  I might not get to do a top ten, or it might be ten memorable episodes (do I really have the time to whittle it down to the ten best?).  I can hammer out the first part tomorrow afternoon or evening.
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VALIS

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #28 on: October 13, 2007, 07:57:35 AM »
Caligula or Tales from the Crypt. I could already find lots of chumps on the internet talking about games and comics and Tarantino-related shit.  :cop
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TVC15

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #29 on: October 14, 2007, 12:32:35 AM »
You get Caligula.  Many of the things I say I have said ont he forums already, but uh, the movie kind of blew me away.

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I just hacked it out quickly, so there will be revisions.  Suggestions welcome.
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Van Cruncheon

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #30 on: October 14, 2007, 12:59:25 AM »
nice. i am wondering if i saw a thoroughly edited release of caligula in college, because i don't remember a fisting scene/reference, nor do i remember it being that shocking. in my defense, i was probably pretty drunk and high when i watched it.
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TVC15

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #31 on: October 14, 2007, 01:20:40 AM »
There is apparentlya  150 minute cut that edits out the worst of the worst.
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TVC15

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Re: Help me prioritize blog content
« Reply #32 on: October 17, 2007, 05:59:27 PM »
I'm doing the Tales from the Crypt thing next.  Hopefully this weekend, and it might be broken up into a few installments.

Um, I'm not quite sure what I'm doing. . .it's not a top 10, because I find I am skipping a number of "top 10" episodes that everybody already knows about and have seen a zillion times.  I'm not exactly doing 10 good obscure episodes, either, because I think I am going to select at least a few popular ones, too.  I'm not even sure 10 favorite episodes is a good designation, because in a few cases I am going with episodes I'd label as interesting, rather than as favorites.

So basically, I may not even try to qualify things.  I'm also leaning heavily on certain seasons right now, so I may try to spread things out a bit more.
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