Awesome movie. I approve of your choices.
While making my way through the submarine at the Intrepid museum in NYC I took the opportunity to yell (softly) āalarrrmmm!ā and then did that running swing through the hatch you see in the clip. Extremely satisfying.
Showing off new widescreen TV: Big Trouble in Little China (trailer)
Breaking in new sound system: Big Trouble in Little China (the Three Storms)
Correct party wins election: Big Trouble in Little China (call the president)
Lost a chess match: The Thing
Drinking liquor with friends: Big Trouble in Little China
Iāve seen Das Boot twice. There is no way I could watch it again, way too much tension and anxiety. Properly functioning submarines already scare me you add depth charges in to the mix and Iām right out.
May the wings of liberty never lose a feather.
I donāt know what prompted this, and I have never seen Das Boot, but I think this is pretty funny.
The USS Pampanito has a dramatic audio tour, with headphones. Thereās a bit where you, the visitor, are being ādepth-charged.ā The boat/museum is still free floating, and it was just at that moment when we got hit by the wake of some large passing ship. I thought Das Boot was scary and upsetting, but that wake synced with those sound effects almost made me shit myself.* I donāt know how any sailor survived that with his sanity even remotely intact.
* Good thing I didnāt, as the subs from that era areā¦ not roomy.
(with apologies for crappy video, but most versions on YouTube are blocked in U.S.)
High school attendance in the American midwest: Blade Runner Royās last scene
Moving to another dwelling, town, country or planet: Dune folding space
PhD thesis defense: Dune gom jabbar test
Megadrought: Dune (directorās cut/longest cut of the film you can find still directed by David Lynch)
No rain in a month: Dune (TV miniseries)
Oneās child taking the test for a driverās license: Dune
Interview for new job, final phase conducted by tightly-wound HR: Blade Runner and also here Voight-Kampff tests
Rollout of new web site, just out of beta: Apocalypse Now "If I say itās safe, thenā¦ " surf scene
āDas Bootā gute Wahl! Great movie and cast.
JLWās list is deep.
Housecleaning your social media friend lists: They Live
Desire to watch a film: Nope, Iāve watched all the good ones to death.
Desire to be mildly entertained: Impossible, nothing good exists any more.
Boil the kettle: No tea bags.
Look outside: Cloudy and dark.
Go to bed: Insomnia.
Hmm, havenāt seen that in a while, guess this process works.
I canāt see Days of Thunder anywhere on this list. It is clearly incorrect.
Before reading the Boing Boing BBS: Face/Off
Meh.
Das Boot
I was watching The Perfect Storm with some friends during a typhoon. Weād set up a TV in a cabin of the ship and were sitting on the floor. Just as the big wave approaches in the movie, a wave hit us and the TV almost fell on our heads.
Testing your new Dubly Surround Sound System: Days of Thunder (because you only have Apollo 13 on VHS, and Ross had a Days of Thunder Blu-Ray).
Top Gun for my father on this. Strangely, I use the Aquarius/Sunshine song from Hair.
Blade Runner opening for both. Always.
Agree otherwise.
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