Mr. Luchador
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50 Movies. 50 Books. 1 Year.
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-Babyteks-
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Where?? I live in California now! Tell me!!
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Yeah for some reason Kindle sez Clash Of Kingz is 1000somethin pages.
Workin' on the OP!
Mr. Luchador
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Movies
1. Predator (1987)
Its aged well, even if it is a corny 80's action movie. I was surprised to read recently that Jean Claude Van Damme made his acting debut as The Predator in this movie, but only for 2 scenes. Both when the Predator was stealth and jumping around the jungle.
2. Predator 2 (1990)
Cheesy. Camp and Danny Glover. Who cares though. There's a decent idea within this film, shame the execution is so poor. It does allow however for a good trivia question - Who are the only 2 actors to have been killed by an Alien, Predator and a Terminator?
3. Predators (2010)
Didn't like it on first viewing when it was released. However, on second viewing when I no longer care about what it should/could have been its decent and fits somewhat within the Predator storyline. Not too sure about the whole collecting 'bad people' to hunt part though.
4. AVP: Alien v Predator (2004)
I tell people I don't like it, but I keep watching it... action cuts were too fast for my liking.
5. Jurassic Park (1993)
Classic. Amazing that it still looks 'modern' nearly 20 years on.
6. One Day (2011)
Watched it with the wife. She hated it (she's recently read the book). I was bored. Do not watch.
Books
1. A Cultured Left Foot - Musa Okwonga (Small book on football/soccer and why left footed players are more 'skillfull'. Bit of a fluff book really, wouldn't recommend).
2. SOFI 4: Feast for Crows - George R. R. Martin (LOOOOOOOOOOOONG read, not the best of the series but I'm hoping it helps build for the next book).
1. Predator (1987)
Its aged well, even if it is a corny 80's action movie. I was surprised to read recently that Jean Claude Van Damme made his acting debut as The Predator in this movie, but only for 2 scenes. Both when the Predator was stealth and jumping around the jungle.
2. Predator 2 (1990)
Cheesy. Camp and Danny Glover. Who cares though. There's a decent idea within this film, shame the execution is so poor. It does allow however for a good trivia question - Who are the only 2 actors to have been killed by an Alien, Predator and a Terminator?
3. Predators (2010)
Didn't like it on first viewing when it was released. However, on second viewing when I no longer care about what it should/could have been its decent and fits somewhat within the Predator storyline. Not too sure about the whole collecting 'bad people' to hunt part though.
4. AVP: Alien v Predator (2004)
I tell people I don't like it, but I keep watching it... action cuts were too fast for my liking.
5. Jurassic Park (1993)
Classic. Amazing that it still looks 'modern' nearly 20 years on.
6. One Day (2011)
Watched it with the wife. She hated it (she's recently read the book). I was bored. Do not watch.
Books
1. A Cultured Left Foot - Musa Okwonga (Small book on football/soccer and why left footed players are more 'skillfull'. Bit of a fluff book really, wouldn't recommend).
2. SOFI 4: Feast for Crows - George R. R. Martin (LOOOOOOOOOOOONG read, not the best of the series but I'm hoping it helps build for the next book).
Nappuccino
Member
I saw the first 6 or so books in the local Barns and Noble while picking out christmas presents. The covers are pretty different than they used to be, but I'm 90% they are the same books (as in, not edited or a new series)
Movie 1: Seven
Movie 2: Jurassic Park
Movie 3: Inglorious Basterds
Movie 4: The Adventures of Tin Tin
-Babyteks-
Neo Member
That's awesome (and the books are so short I'll get through 50 in a week, lol)
My daily commute usually involves WSJ (in the morning) and The Economist or Businessweek (on my way home). After I get home from work I head to the gym and then go to sleep. I wish I had more time during the week to read actual books.
I would love to try this challenge but I think it's to far out of reach.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Wait, we can count rewatches?!?!?
WTFFFF
WTFFFF
Well you're still reading. You just seem to enjoy a different type of reading in your morning. Which is perfectly ok!
But really all this entails is an average of 4.5 books a month or something like that, and I think you could fit that in. If you consider there are 52 weeks, it's less than one book per week! You can do that
Mr. Luchador
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I have no idea what the rules are, man! Only 1 new film on my list (the rest are first time watched on Blu-Ray). Hmm. I don't know. I'll mark 'New' as I'll easily watch more than 50 films this year anyway.
Only stuff you haven't read or watched before guys! (Obviously reading the book of a movie you've seen or vice versa still counts towards your list however)
http://www.fiftyfifty.me/2011/12/rules-regulations.html
Anyway, going a bit slow on the reading but It's exam period which means I'll have less time for it. Only just finished my first book today.
Books
01/50 - Along Came a Spider by James Patterson
Movies
01/50 - Senna
02/50 - The A-Team
EDIT: I just realised that thanks to my tumblr beginning with an "a" I'm second on the list of "Blogs Dedicated to 50/50". Score!
http://www.fiftyfifty.me/2011/12/rules-regulations.html
6) Can I rewatch/reread?
Of course you can rewatch and reread… it just won’t count towards your 50/50
We hope you will use FiftyFifty to inspire you to explore new stuff! Maybe next year we will include a “Reminiscing” theme, but this year around we’re asking you to go fresh.
Anyway, going a bit slow on the reading but It's exam period which means I'll have less time for it. Only just finished my first book today.
Books
01/50 - Along Came a Spider by James Patterson
Movies
01/50 - Senna
02/50 - The A-Team
EDIT: I just realised that thanks to my tumblr beginning with an "a" I'm second on the list of "Blogs Dedicated to 50/50". Score!
I go to the gym two or three times a week for about an hour at a time. I mostly lift, but when I run or use a stationary bike, I listen to audiobooks on my phone.
Audible is the greatest thing for people who don't have time to sit down and read.
I also listen to books while cleaning up around home.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Movies
NEW! = Movie I have never seen before (these are only counted in the 50/50 idea).
1. Predator (1987)
Its aged well, even if it is a corny 80's action movie. I was surprised to read recently that Jean Claude Van Damme made his acting debut as The Predator in this movie, but only for 2 scenes. Both when the Predator was stealth and jumping around the jungle.
2. Predator 2 (1990)
Cheesy. Camp and Danny Glover. Who cares though. There's a decent idea within this film, shame the execution is so poor. It does allow however for a good trivia question - Who are the only 2 actors to have been killed by an Alien, Predator and a Terminator?
3. Predators (2010)
Didn't like it on first viewing when it was released. However, on second viewing when I no longer care about what it should/could have been its decent and fits somewhat within the Predator storyline. Not too sure about the whole collecting 'bad people' to hunt part though.
4. AVP: Alien v Predator (2004)
I tell people I don't like it, but I keep watching it... action cuts were too fast for my liking.
5. Jurassic Park (1993)
Classic. Amazing that it still looks 'modern' nearly 20 years on.
NEW! 6. One Day (2011)
Watched it with the wife. She hated it (she's recently read the book). I was bored. Do not watch.
NEW! 7 AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem (2007)
Very dark. First time I've seen it and somewhat disappointed. Nice touch with the classic 'sounds', shame its just... odd.
NEW! 8 Boyz n the Hood (1991)
Not what I was expecting at all. A good character developing story (even if the ending seemed a little rushed). Watched this mainly for the references in GTA: SA... enjoyed it, however.
NEW! 9 Black Dynamite (2009)
Unreal. One of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Its a spoof based on a the blaxploitation movies of the 60s - namely 'Shaft'. The one liners are fantastic, the 'bad' editing is great.
Books
1. A Cultured Left Foot - Musa Okwonga (Small book on football/soccer and why left footed players are more 'skillfull'. Bit of a fluff book really, wouldn't recommend).
2. SOFI 4: Feast for Crows - George R. R. Martin (LOOOOOOOOOOOONG read, not the best of the series but I'm hoping it helps build for the next book).
NEW! = Movie I have never seen before (these are only counted in the 50/50 idea).
1. Predator (1987)
Its aged well, even if it is a corny 80's action movie. I was surprised to read recently that Jean Claude Van Damme made his acting debut as The Predator in this movie, but only for 2 scenes. Both when the Predator was stealth and jumping around the jungle.
2. Predator 2 (1990)
Cheesy. Camp and Danny Glover. Who cares though. There's a decent idea within this film, shame the execution is so poor. It does allow however for a good trivia question - Who are the only 2 actors to have been killed by an Alien, Predator and a Terminator?
3. Predators (2010)
Didn't like it on first viewing when it was released. However, on second viewing when I no longer care about what it should/could have been its decent and fits somewhat within the Predator storyline. Not too sure about the whole collecting 'bad people' to hunt part though.
4. AVP: Alien v Predator (2004)
I tell people I don't like it, but I keep watching it... action cuts were too fast for my liking.
5. Jurassic Park (1993)
Classic. Amazing that it still looks 'modern' nearly 20 years on.
NEW! 6. One Day (2011)
Watched it with the wife. She hated it (she's recently read the book). I was bored. Do not watch.
NEW! 7 AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem (2007)
Very dark. First time I've seen it and somewhat disappointed. Nice touch with the classic 'sounds', shame its just... odd.
NEW! 8 Boyz n the Hood (1991)
Not what I was expecting at all. A good character developing story (even if the ending seemed a little rushed). Watched this mainly for the references in GTA: SA... enjoyed it, however.
NEW! 9 Black Dynamite (2009)
Unreal. One of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Its a spoof based on a the blaxploitation movies of the 60s - namely 'Shaft'. The one liners are fantastic, the 'bad' editing is great.
Books
1. A Cultured Left Foot - Musa Okwonga (Small book on football/soccer and why left footed players are more 'skillfull'. Bit of a fluff book really, wouldn't recommend).
2. SOFI 4: Feast for Crows - George R. R. Martin (LOOOOOOOOOOOONG read, not the best of the series but I'm hoping it helps build for the next book).
I think the only rule so far is that you actively seek to watch a movie, rather than "I happened to sit down on the couch and X was on."
So theater, DVR, disc, streaming, VHS or 8mm or any other method is cool, other than it happened to be on and I had nothing better to do for 2 hours.
Mr. Luchador
Member
I'd prefer that as I got a bunch of movies on Blu-Ray I'm going to watch, even though I've seen them all before at some point or another. New on Blu-Ray though!
Nappuccino
Member
I felt like some light hearted fair so I watched these two for the first time
Movie 5: Jackass 2.5
Movie 6: Jackass 3
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Okay, if I dont make a list now, I will forget:
Movie 1: Alien
Movie 2: Aliens
Movie 3: Age of Innocence
Book 1: Hound of the Baskervilles
Movie 1: Alien
Movie 2: Aliens
Movie 3: Age of Innocence
Book 1: Hound of the Baskervilles
DurielBlack
Member
I could so do this, if I could actually find 50 books or movies I wanted to read/watch.
A 400 page book will last me about 2 reading sessions at work. I can watch about 4-5 movies on a slow night.
Since Christmas I have read:
Neverwinter, book II in the Neverwinter Trilogy by R.A. Salvatore (stfu haters)
Two Clive Cussler novels (Sahara and Spartan Gold)
Making Money by Terry Pratchett
I have also watched;
The first 2 seasons of House
Seasons 4 and 5 of Bones
Season 5 of Futurama
Several hours of the Dreamhack 2011 SC2 tourney (late to the party, I know)
Last Harry Potter movie
Oceans 11
Oceans Eleven
Oceans 12
Oceans 13
Two episodes of Burn Notice on Hulu
Three episodes of Covert Affairs on Hulu
Podcasts (if these count)
Two new episodes of We're Alive! audio drama
I'm about 6 episodes behind on listening to Critical Hit which I will catch up on tomorrow night since I am working OT.
I also started listening to The Leviathan Chronicles, not sure if I like it. It's on the backburner and will be used as filler.
Outside of the stuff I watched on Hulu everything was done while at work (its nice having a job where I can do that).
A 400 page book will last me about 2 reading sessions at work. I can watch about 4-5 movies on a slow night.
Since Christmas I have read:
Neverwinter, book II in the Neverwinter Trilogy by R.A. Salvatore (stfu haters)
Two Clive Cussler novels (Sahara and Spartan Gold)
Making Money by Terry Pratchett
I have also watched;
The first 2 seasons of House
Seasons 4 and 5 of Bones
Season 5 of Futurama
Several hours of the Dreamhack 2011 SC2 tourney (late to the party, I know)
Last Harry Potter movie
Oceans 11
Oceans Eleven
Oceans 12
Oceans 13
Two episodes of Burn Notice on Hulu
Three episodes of Covert Affairs on Hulu
Podcasts (if these count)
Two new episodes of We're Alive! audio drama
I'm about 6 episodes behind on listening to Critical Hit which I will catch up on tomorrow night since I am working OT.
I also started listening to The Leviathan Chronicles, not sure if I like it. It's on the backburner and will be used as filler.
Outside of the stuff I watched on Hulu everything was done while at work (its nice having a job where I can do that).
brianjones
Member
50 movies? Yeah for sure, I watched 3 just today (contagion, crazy stupid love, Conan)
50 books? I'd be happy to hit my goal of 1 per month this year (not counting the 300 and change pages of A Storm Of Swoards I have left)
I read all 90 comics of the walking dead in a weekend, does that count for something?
50 books? I'd be happy to hit my goal of 1 per month this year (not counting the 300 and change pages of A Storm Of Swoards I have left)
I read all 90 comics of the walking dead in a weekend, does that count for something?
i_am_ben
running_here_and_there
not gonna lie I read like 130 pages of Dune at work last week. Office was deadddddddddddd.
which leads to...
Update: Finished Dune
drkOne
Member
Anyone doing reviews on Tumblr?
I'm redoing my follow list on Tumblr and this is exactly what I'm looking for, user reviews (even just a sentence) of movies, books, comics, games.
I have one with a couple of game reviews from 2011, and I'm currently doing Best of 2011 lists. This seems like the right thing to keep me writting once I'm done with those lists.
I'm redoing my follow list on Tumblr and this is exactly what I'm looking for, user reviews (even just a sentence) of movies, books, comics, games.
I have one with a couple of game reviews from 2011, and I'm currently doing Best of 2011 lists. This seems like the right thing to keep me writting once I'm done with those lists.
Ad Infinitum
Member
Absolutely no chance of reading 50 non-academic books.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Sorry I haven't updated the OP. Gonna try and do it for every Monday.
Also, I HAD to put Clash on hold for HOLY SHIT
MIKE DOUGHTY'S THE BOOK OF DRUGS!!!
IT'S FINALLY OUT!!
WTFFFF
Also, I HAD to put Clash on hold for HOLY SHIT
MIKE DOUGHTY'S THE BOOK OF DRUGS!!!
IT'S FINALLY OUT!!
WTFFFF
So I need to start Book 4 soon...but what should I read? I was thinking about the zombie survival guide...I enjoyed World War Z.
Also Hunger Games Trilogy Ending spoilers:
Also Hunger Games Trilogy Ending spoilers:
I was not impressed with the last book. So after all of what Katniss went through she ends up a broken HG winner like all the rest? I enjoyed book 1 and 2 but the last was just did not do it for me.
Clever Pun
Member
Agreed:
She goes from this strong, interesting character to a whiny brat. It's not that I don't understand why that would happen to a person, but it seemed totally inconsistent with the strength of Katniss's character
Buckethead
Banned
I'm watching X # of movies, reading 12 books this year.
1 book down. Plenty of movies.
1 book down. Plenty of movies.
For some reason I thought
she would end up the president of the new era...
Anyhow I started:
Book 4:The Zombie Survival Guide
I'm in. Why not?
New stuff I've completed thus far this year:
Movies
1. Blade Runner- You read it right. 23 and I hadn't seen it till now. Amazing look and score that stand up even today. Entertaining, if not fairly standard, story.
Books
1. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay- Great book. Very fun and easy prose to read through, and a fairly moving story by its conclusion, if not a little bogged down towards the middle and a little contrived towards the end. Deserves more than these few sentences.
2. The Tiger's Wife- Took a while to get going for me, but a rewarding read once it did. I loved how all the aspects of the plot come together to reinforce common themes and plot threads towards the end- no chaff anywhere in the narrative. Also appreciated the fairly subdued and grounded sense of magical realism, as I was afraid the author would go too far with it.
Working on Thinking Fast and Slow now on a recommendation. Dunno what the next movie I see will be.
New stuff I've completed thus far this year:
Movies
1. Blade Runner- You read it right. 23 and I hadn't seen it till now. Amazing look and score that stand up even today. Entertaining, if not fairly standard, story.
Books
1. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay- Great book. Very fun and easy prose to read through, and a fairly moving story by its conclusion, if not a little bogged down towards the middle and a little contrived towards the end. Deserves more than these few sentences.
2. The Tiger's Wife- Took a while to get going for me, but a rewarding read once it did. I loved how all the aspects of the plot come together to reinforce common themes and plot threads towards the end- no chaff anywhere in the narrative. Also appreciated the fairly subdued and grounded sense of magical realism, as I was afraid the author would go too far with it.
Working on Thinking Fast and Slow now on a recommendation. Dunno what the next movie I see will be.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Almost halfway through Book Of Drugs in one fucking day. I scoff SCOFF at the people who thought I couldn't pull this off with a Games Of Thrones book.
SCOFFING.
SCOFFING.
Pull what off? The 50 list with reading a Game of Thrones book or more? Its completely doable, I am reading one right now. So I also scoff alongside you.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Let's scoff it up, Reading-Elaborate-Food-Descriptions Brother!!!
Mr. Luchador
Member
NEW! 9 Black Dynamite (2009)
Unreal. One of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Its a spoof based on a the blaxploitation movies of the 60s - namely 'Shaft'. The one liners are fantastic, the 'bad' editing is great.
Official Movie Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96Y24a0cyCE
Unreal. One of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Its a spoof based on a the blaxploitation movies of the 60s - namely 'Shaft'. The one liners are fantastic, the 'bad' editing is great.
Official Movie Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96Y24a0cyCE
haha bravo
entremet
Member
Do you have an eReader, Amir0x? That's impressive volume.
How is that? I have it on my list of to reads.
I don't get that. He does not go overboard with food descriptions that I can tell so far, well into the third book. What am I missing?
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Really? I'm only halfway through the second book, and it's been mouthwatering so far! So many honeyed and spiced braised lambs!
Yup. I have a B&N Nook. Best invention ever.
Well some of his arguments are weaker than others, but he paints a fairly clear line from the evolution of papal doctrine of infallibility and absolutist autocratic power and how it directly impacted Catholicisms ability to effectively counteract the growing threat of Nazi Germany. Specifically, Pacelli (Pius XII) is shown to be woefully out of his sphere of understanding when it comes to the potential diplomatic impact of many of his decisions (including some of the stuff he had a hand in prior to when he was Pope, some which directly contributed to the tensions leading up to WWI), and completely ice cold when it comes to having any empathy for the plight of the Jewish peoples. He essentially refused to outright condemn the Nazi atrocities throughout the war, which could have certainly had an impact given how much influence the Pope had on his followers during this period.
In any event, the book gets a little unfocused at times, particularly by the end when it leaves Pacelli's papacy and starts following the popes that followed briefly, but it's a very interesting read. And depressing!
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