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by Ricochet
Fri Jan 23, 2015 6:31 pm
Forum: Previous Jobs
Topic: [ENDGAME]: Film Directors.
Replies: 3481
Views: 91211

Re: [Day 1]: Film Directors.

Also, there's a 1932 version fo Scarface ????
by Ricochet
Fri Jan 23, 2015 6:29 pm
Forum: Previous Jobs
Topic: [ENDGAME]: Film Directors.
Replies: 3481
Views: 91211

Re: [Day 1]: Film Directors.

Mongoose wrote:Anyone seen the controversial foreign film I Am Curious (Yellow)?
First time hearing about it.
by Ricochet
Fri Jan 23, 2015 5:26 pm
Forum: Previous Jobs
Topic: [ENDGAME]: Film Directors.
Replies: 3481
Views: 91211

Re: [Day 1]: Film Directors.

So OMG, it starts. Now that it started, I want to thank Alison for my role and, of course, the Academy... I knew it was Hitch, but the quote "For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake" made me think of Wes Anderson, but Alison cut him out of the picture as well. It se...
by Ricochet
Fri Jan 23, 2015 4:55 pm
Forum: Previous Jobs
Topic: [ENDGAME]: Film Directors.
Replies: 3481
Views: 91211

Re: [Day 1]: Film Directors.

So OMG, it starts. Now that it started, I want to thank Alison for my role and, of course, the Academy...

I knew it was Hitch, but the quote "For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake" made me think of Wes Anderson, but Alison cut him out of the picture as well.
by Ricochet
Fri Jan 23, 2015 4:52 pm
Forum: Previous Jobs
Topic: [ENDGAME]: Film Directors.
Replies: 3481
Views: 91211

Re: [Day 1]: Film Directors.

I completely agree with you. There was some movie I was watching (I forget which one, I want to say Swordfish or something like that) where everything was SO YELLOW it was terrible and distracting. I think you can get away with a little more of it in an artier film like Memento, but it can easily b...
by Ricochet
Fri Jan 23, 2015 3:29 pm
Forum: Previous Jobs
Topic: [ENDGAME]: Film Directors.
Replies: 3481
Views: 91211

Re: [Day 0]: Film Directors.

That's ok, it's not as if I didn't dread the moment I'd be first to be sacrificed as the noob I am.
by Ricochet
Fri Jan 23, 2015 12:19 pm
Forum: Previous Jobs
Topic: [ENDGAME]: Film Directors.
Replies: 3481
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Re: [Day 0]: Film Directors.

I'll also be in Bucharest until Tuesday, but I'll be able to pop in at least once a day, maybe just not chat so much about movies. Please don't lynch me either. Bucharest, by the way, is a European capital where, at a movie theater in its city centre, I could not see Blackhat because I was the only ...
by Ricochet
Thu Jan 22, 2015 3:17 pm
Forum: Previous Jobs
Topic: [ENDGAME]: Film Directors.
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Re: [Day 0]: Film Directors.

I'm too much of a scaredy cat to watch horror. Although I did watch the Babadook recently, due to hype. Horror is fun to watch with friends when you can make fun of it together. If only I had friends... sigh haha :sigh: I don't have friends either. I only have a girlfriend who will not tolerate nig...
by Ricochet
Thu Jan 22, 2015 12:27 pm
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Topic: [ENDGAME]: Film Directors.
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Re: [Day 0]: Film Directors.

I'm too much of a scaredy cat to watch horror. Although I did watch the Babadook recently, due to hype.
by Ricochet
Thu Jan 22, 2015 12:23 pm
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Topic: [ENDGAME]: Film Directors.
Replies: 3481
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Re: [Day 0]: Film Directors.

A Person wrote:
Metalmarsh89 wrote:
A Person wrote:
Ricochet wrote:
thellama73 wrote:(looking at you, Michael Bay!)
Well he must be somewhere around here. :ninja:
He's probably just waiting for the thread to blow up.
Voting for Walt Disney might just do it.
It would certainly make it more animated.
But everyone would be back alive the next day after being killed.
by Ricochet
Thu Jan 22, 2015 11:37 am
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Topic: [ENDGAME]: Film Directors.
Replies: 3481
Views: 91211

Re: [Day 0]: Film Directors.

thellama73 wrote:(looking at you, Michael Bay!)
Well he must be somewhere around here. :ninja:
by Ricochet
Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:35 am
Forum: Previous Jobs
Topic: [ENDGAME]: Film Directors.
Replies: 3481
Views: 91211

Re: [Day 0]: Film Directors.

Also, this poll (and Voopy's list) lacks Jahar Panahi.
by Ricochet
Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:34 am
Forum: Previous Jobs
Topic: [ENDGAME]: Film Directors.
Replies: 3481
Views: 91211

Re: [Day 0]: Film Directors.

I have never seen Casablanca . I don't like old movies, I like modern ones. I saw Citizen Kane at some point, and I don't really remember a single frame of it, I just know it bored me. I saw Gone With The Wind recently, and I enjoyed Rhett Butler's character, disliked the main chick, and just didn'...
by Ricochet
Thu Jan 22, 2015 4:33 am
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Topic: [ENDGAME]: Film Directors.
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Re: [Day 0]: Film Directors.

I have never seen Casablanca . I don't like old movies, I like modern ones. I saw Citizen Kane at some point, and I don't really remember a single frame of it, I just know it bored me. I saw Gone With The Wind recently, and I enjoyed Rhett Butler's character, disliked the main chick, and just didn'...
by Ricochet
Thu Jan 22, 2015 4:16 am
Forum: Previous Jobs
Topic: [ENDGAME]: Film Directors.
Replies: 3481
Views: 91211

Re: [Day 0]: Film Directors.

I have never seen Casablanca . I don't like old movies, I like modern ones. I saw Citizen Kane at some point, and I don't really remember a single frame of it, I just know it bored me. I saw Gone With The Wind recently, and I enjoyed Rhett Butler's character, disliked the main chick, and just didn'...
by Ricochet
Wed Jan 21, 2015 5:31 pm
Forum: Previous Jobs
Topic: [ENDGAME]: Film Directors.
Replies: 3481
Views: 91211

Re: [Day 0]: Film Directors.

So the poll has no bearing on the game, but its discussion does?

Oh oh.
by Ricochet
Wed Jan 21, 2015 5:09 pm
Forum: Previous Jobs
Topic: [ENDGAME]: Film Directors.
Replies: 3481
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Re: [Day 0]: Film Directors.

von Trier's Melancholia opened me to Wagner. No joke. Ironically, though, most wagnerians I've read actually despise his (mis)use of Wagner in that movie. I finally listened to the whole Tristan und Isolde after seeing the movie and I was instantly transfixed. Melancholia , incidentally, is also the...
by Ricochet
Wed Jan 21, 2015 4:44 pm
Forum: Previous Jobs
Topic: [ENDGAME]: Film Directors.
Replies: 3481
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Re: [Day 0]: Film Directors.

I saw at least one film by only 45 or so of those directors. :sigh:
by Ricochet
Wed Jan 21, 2015 10:34 am
Forum: Previous Jobs
Topic: [ENDGAME]: Film Directors.
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Re: [Day 0]: Film Directors.

I still have a list of Voopy's favourite movies, I think.
by Ricochet
Wed Jan 21, 2015 10:16 am
Forum: Previous Jobs
Topic: [ENDGAME]: Film Directors.
Replies: 3481
Views: 91211

Re: [Day 0]: Film Directors.

No Hitchcock on the poll :| Hitchcock was a big omission -- I didn't put any of the characters I had in my game in the poll (which was an easy way to delete the poll options from 210 to 50), but I forgot I deleted him. He might pop up somewhere later k. Vic/Ric - You are just remembering wrong, sug...
by Ricochet
Wed Jan 21, 2015 10:15 am
Forum: Previous Jobs
Topic: [ENDGAME]: Film Directors.
Replies: 3481
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Re: [Day 0]: Film Directors.

Hmmmmm....I am by no means an expert in or connoisseur of film, so imma just vote for a woman, cuz there are practically none on the list. Ava Duvernay is absent, and Kathryn Bigelow is spelt wrong which made her hard to google, and Nora Ephron made "Julie and Julia" which I hated, and wh...
by Ricochet
Wed Jan 21, 2015 7:27 am
Forum: Previous Jobs
Topic: [ENDGAME]: Film Directors.
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Re: [Day 0]: Film Directors.

zeek wrote:No Hitchcock on the poll :|
I remember Alison not liking him, so it's not surprising.
by Ricochet
Wed Jan 21, 2015 3:20 am
Forum: Previous Jobs
Topic: [ENDGAME]: Film Directors.
Replies: 3481
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Re: [Day 0]: Film Directors.

That movie was genuinely bonkers, but in all sorts of good ways, I thought.

I don't know, atm, if I should just dive into Inherent Vice or attempt the book first.
by Ricochet
Wed Jan 21, 2015 3:05 am
Forum: Previous Jobs
Topic: [ENDGAME]: Film Directors.
Replies: 3481
Views: 91211

Re: [Day 0]: Film Directors.

I haven't seen enough films by any, in order to really name a favourite auteur. It would have been easy if Kubrick or Bergman would have been in the poll, but they're not. My favourite film ever is by Kurosawa, but I should really see his classic ones already. So I'll go with Mike Nichols, because h...
by Ricochet
Sat Jan 17, 2015 4:00 pm
Forum: Previous Job Sign-Ups
Topic: Film Director Mafia: Signups
Replies: 222
Views: 7507

Re: Film Director Mafia: Signups

Mongooses are weasel-like creatures that belong to the group of Carnivores. There are 33 mongoose species; they live in Europe, Asia and Africa. Mongooses like rocky areas, but they can be found in forests and semi-aquatic areas. Since they are easily adaptable, they are not endangered.
by Ricochet
Sat Jan 17, 2015 9:03 am
Forum: Previous Job Sign-Ups
Topic: Film Director Mafia: Signups
Replies: 222
Views: 7507

Re: Film Director Mafia: Signups

they should replace the missing players in fact if they replaced all players we wouldn't have to play at all :ponder: That takes Minimalism Mafia to a whole new level. :stare: Not that I'm saying he's a minimalist, but many of John Cage's own indications on how to play his pieces would make for int...
by Ricochet
Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:11 am
Forum: Previous Job Sign-Ups
Topic: Film Director Mafia: Signups
Replies: 222
Views: 7507

Re: Film Director Mafia: Signups

game when
by Ricochet
Sat Jan 03, 2015 9:58 am
Forum: Previous Job Sign-Ups
Topic: Film Director Mafia: Signups
Replies: 222
Views: 7507

Re: Film Director Mafia: Signups

23 would be better than 32, frame-rate-wise.
by Ricochet
Sun Dec 28, 2014 7:24 pm
Forum: Previous Job Sign-Ups
Topic: Film Director Mafia: Signups
Replies: 222
Views: 7507

Re: Film Director Mafia: Signups

Metalmarsh89 wrote:If this game hasn't started by December 31st when I get home from visiting family, I'm in.
It most likely won't, Alison is either waiting for a few more players or taking into account the members that would rather have this kick off after the holidays.
by Ricochet
Sun Dec 28, 2014 11:26 am
Forum: Mafia Game Submission Archive
Topic: Arkham Mafia [FULL GAME]
Replies: 23
Views: 1500

Re: Arkham Mafia [FULL GAME]

Sounds good and pretty tricky given a lot of the powers. I'd not mind playing this at all.

(Also, mmm, dat ass)
by Ricochet
Tue Dec 23, 2014 7:59 am
Forum: Previous Job Sign-Ups
Topic: Film Director Mafia: Signups
Replies: 222
Views: 7507

Re: Film Director Mafia: Signups

[Quinoa] plasma hypersensitivity, is a rare allergic reaction to proteins found in [quinoa].

Ok, I'll stop now.

Slightly more on-topic, this also reminds me of that bickering in Gone Girl about him pronouncing quinoa wrong (I also pronounced it wrong until seeing this movie).
by Ricochet
Tue Dec 23, 2014 3:40 am
Forum: Previous Job Sign-Ups
Topic: Film Director Mafia: Signups
Replies: 222
Views: 7507

Re: Film Director Mafia: Signups

I never tasted quinoa. I'll have to ask my gril.
by Ricochet
Mon Dec 22, 2014 9:44 am
Forum: Previous Job Sign-Ups
Topic: Film Director Mafia: Signups
Replies: 222
Views: 7507

Re: Film Director Mafia: Signups

Quinoa - not to be confused with [Quinoa] - is an album released in 1992 by the German band Tangerine Dream. Quinoa was released as a limited edition of 1000 copies. It was sent out as a special gift to members of the now defunct official TD International Fan Club,[2] and the remaining copies were s...
by Ricochet
Tue Dec 16, 2014 11:46 am
Forum: Previous Job Sign-Ups
Topic: Film Director Mafia: Signups
Replies: 222
Views: 7507

Re: Film Director Mafia: Signups

A Person wrote:
Long Con wrote:Wow, that's where Rico lives? That's awesome. Ricochet, can you post some pics of your locale?
Even though we've known him for years we still can't quite shake the feeling he's been leading us on the whole time.
Unlike in real life, I'm incapable of lying on the internet.
by Ricochet
Tue Dec 16, 2014 6:24 am
Forum: Previous Job Sign-Ups
Topic: Film Director Mafia: Signups
Replies: 222
Views: 7507

Re: Film Director Mafia: Signups

Wow, that's where Rico lives? That's awesome. Ricochet, can you post some pics of your locale? Well it's not easy hiding on an island the size of an amoeba. But this is usually my place. Cozy place, beautiful view, nice rocks for bodies to show up on after sunrise. http://s22.postimg.org/wd988uvwh/...
by Ricochet
Sun Dec 14, 2014 11:30 pm
Forum: Previous Job Sign-Ups
Topic: Film Director Mafia: Signups
Replies: 222
Views: 7507

Re: Film Director Mafia: Signups

HI
by Ricochet
Sun Dec 14, 2014 11:22 pm
Forum: Previous Job Sign-Ups
Topic: Film Director Mafia: Signups
Replies: 222
Views: 7507

Re: Film Director Mafia: Signups

In. No idea how to play this, but I wouldn't mind getting killed pls.

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