[OT] - Gig!

[gregebowman]

There are a ton of great movies out there that are in b&w, but with today's generation of movie watchers used to the latest computerized special effects in color, I don't think that most of those old flicks hold much appeal to them. I still think most of them are worth watching, even the old outdated Harryhausen films with the stop-motion photography.

[dogscoff]

preaching to the converted- SE4 players are ppl who appreciate quality gameplay over flashy graphics (not that there's anything necessarily wrong with flashy graphics) so it stands to reason they will be ppl who appreciate story/quality/comedy/content over special effects in films (not that special effects in films are necessarily a bad thing.)

The biggest problem with old films is the culture gap- old language, attitudes, ways of life- some of these things do not always translate well into the modern age.

[Slynky]

Originally posted by dogscoff:
preaching to the converted- SE4 players are ppl who appreciate quality gameplay over flashy graphics (not that there's anything necessarily wrong with flashy graphics) so it stands to reason they will be ppl who appreciate story/quality/comedy/content over special effects in films (not that special effects in films are necessarily a bad thing.)

The biggest problem with old films is the culture gap- old language, attitudes, ways of life- some of these things do not always translate well into the modern age.

Said very well!

[freduk]

I'm off to a 3 day gig to see some of the following Groups:

Action In DC
After Forever
Agnostic Front
Anathema
Anthrax
Backfire
Blood For Blood
Brides of Destruction
Children of Bodom
Chimaira
Circle II Circle
Cooper, Alice
Cowboys And Aliens
Cradle Of Filth
Death Angel
Destruction
Dillinger Escape Plan
Dimmu Borgir
Discipline
Do or Die
Dying Fetus
Epica
Evergrey
Exodus
Fear Factory
Hatebreed
Hypocrisy
Iced Earth
Ignite
Ill Niño
In Extremo
Jackson United
Judas Priest
Killswitch Engage
Life Of Agony
Malevolent Creation
Morbid Angel
Motörhead
My Dying Bride
Oomph!
Pleymo
Queensryche
Saxon
Scarve
Seven Witches
Shadows Fall
Slipknot
Soulfly
Suffocation
Terror
Testament
Therion

There's a lot of those festivals in the summer in europe, always a lot of fun with some other 30000 idiots. I leave in 3,5 hours, but still need to sleep

[Randallw]

Originally posted by Slynky:


BTW, I need to look up one song of his that used to be the "wake-up" song on one of the radio channels here.

I know nothing about James Brown, but what little I know is doesn't he have a song called "Get up" or similar. That would seem to be a god bet.

[Slynky]

Originally posted by Randallw:

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Originally posted by Slynky:


BTW, I need to look up one song of his that used to be the "wake-up" song on one of the radio channels here.

I know nothing about James Brown, but what little I know is doesn't he have a song called "Get up" or similar. That would seem to be a god bet.

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Hope I have the right singer but some of the words were something about "shouting" or "make you shout". Maybe it was Little Richard.

[gregebowman]

Originally posted by Slynky:

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Originally posted by dogscoff:
preaching to the converted- SE4 players are ppl who appreciate quality gameplay over flashy graphics (not that there's anything necessarily wrong with flashy graphics) so it stands to reason they will be ppl who appreciate story/quality/comedy/content over special effects in films (not that special effects in films are necessarily a bad thing.)

The biggest problem with old films is the culture gap- old language, attitudes, ways of life- some of these things do not always translate well into the modern age.

Said very well!

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I suppose that's all too true. I can't even get my son to watch the old sitcoms that come on TV Land. Shows that I grew up watching, such as Andy Griffth, The Munsters, The Addams Family, Green Acres, etc. If they can't interest a 3 year old, I can imagine the lack of appeal for something like High Noon, King Kong, or Psycho.