Comments on: 3FLM! http://mcgees.org/2007/10/29/3flm/ Website of Joshua McGee Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:58:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joshua <i>(Site Owner)</i> http://mcgees.org/2007/10/29/3flm/comment-page-1/#comment-38364 Joshua (Site Owner) Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:12:26 +0000 http://mcgees.org/2007/10/29/3flm/#comment-38364 <i>Das Boot</i> + <i>Neverending Story</i> + <i>In the Line of Fire</i> = free pass from me. In any case, though, I saw all four of the films you've listed, and while they all suffered to some degree from flawed screenwriting, none suffered IMHO from poor directing. Das Boot + Neverending Story + In the Line of Fire = free pass from me.

In any case, though, I saw all four of the films you’ve listed, and while they all suffered to some degree from flawed screenwriting, none suffered IMHO from poor directing.

]]> By: Bob Mike http://mcgees.org/2007/10/29/3flm/comment-page-1/#comment-38349 Bob Mike Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:39:03 +0000 http://mcgees.org/2007/10/29/3flm/#comment-38349 I want to love Wolfgang Petersen again, but the only movies he's made in the last ten years are <I>Air Force One</I>, <I>The Perfect Storm</I>, <I>Troy</I> and <I>Poseidon</I>. Having not seen <I>The Perfect Storm</I>, I'll be generous and assume that it's good (everything that I've heard about it suggests that it is, anyhow). Even doing that, though, the guy is only batting .250 for the decade. This does not fill me with hope that he can manage to bring a text like <I>Ender's Game</I> to the screen effectively. I want to love Wolfgang Petersen again, but the only movies he’s made in the last ten years are Air Force One, The Perfect Storm, Troy and Poseidon. Having not seen The Perfect Storm, I’ll be generous and assume that it’s good (everything that I’ve heard about it suggests that it is, anyhow). Even doing that, though, the guy is only batting .250 for the decade.

This does not fill me with hope that he can manage to bring a text like Ender’s Game to the screen effectively.

]]> By: Joshua <i>(Site Owner)</i> http://mcgees.org/2007/10/29/3flm/comment-page-1/#comment-38170 Joshua (Site Owner) Wed, 07 Nov 2007 06:37:59 +0000 http://mcgees.org/2007/10/29/3flm/#comment-38170 Can I add Wolfgang Petersen and David Cronenberg to my top three favorite directors? And, holy shit, the former is doing <i>Ender's Game</i>! Can I add Wolfgang Petersen and David Cronenberg to my top three favorite directors?  And, holy shit, the former is doing Ender’s Game!

]]> By: Joshua <i>(Site Owner)</i> http://mcgees.org/2007/10/29/3flm/comment-page-1/#comment-36865 Joshua (Site Owner) Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:44:13 +0000 http://mcgees.org/2007/10/29/3flm/#comment-36865 Sorry, <b>Dave</b> I got lost halfway through your list. Seriously, though, I have a Contract here that says you will paint my fence. And pay me for it. With money. Don't worry, it doesn't rot. Someone else can have it later, say, when the DVDs come out. Sorry, Dave I got lost halfway through your list.

Seriously, though, I have a Contract here that says you will paint my fence.  And pay me for it.  With money.  Don’t worry, it doesn’t rot.  Someone else can have it later, say, when the DVDs come out.

]]> By: Dave http://mcgees.org/2007/10/29/3flm/comment-page-1/#comment-36846 Dave Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:45:15 +0000 http://mcgees.org/2007/10/29/3flm/#comment-36846 <b>3FL Philosophers</b> 1. Rousseau 2. Locke 3. Sawyer 3FL Philosophers
1. Rousseau
2. Locke
3. Sawyer

]]> By: Joshua <i>(Site Owner)</i> http://mcgees.org/2007/10/29/3flm/comment-page-1/#comment-36776 Joshua (Site Owner) Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:14:40 +0000 http://mcgees.org/2007/10/29/3flm/#comment-36776 I've thought about something clever to say, but really, those are my <b>3FL Megafauna</b> too, <b>Bob Mike</b>. Only, I'd alphabetize them. Wait, you did that. So I have nothing useful to add. I’ve thought about something clever to say, but really, those are my 3FL Megafauna too, Bob Mike.  Only, I’d alphabetize them.

Wait, you did that.  So I have nothing useful to add.

]]> By: Joshua <i>(Site Owner)</i> http://mcgees.org/2007/10/29/3flm/comment-page-1/#comment-36678 Joshua (Site Owner) Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:00:38 +0000 http://mcgees.org/2007/10/29/3flm/#comment-36678 I was going to do philosophers, too, but it was too hard. But it would probably be: 1. Patricia Churchland 2. Daniel Dennett 3. Douglas Hofstadter I was going to do philosophers, too, but it was too hard.  But it would probably be:

1. Patricia Churchland
2. Daniel Dennett
3. Douglas Hofstadter

]]> By: Dave http://mcgees.org/2007/10/29/3flm/comment-page-1/#comment-36673 Dave Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:52:11 +0000 http://mcgees.org/2007/10/29/3flm/#comment-36673 David Foster Wallace has written my two all-time favorite novels, but can you really be considered a novelist when you <b>NEVER WRITE A FUCKING NOVEL</b>? It's been ten years, Wallace. Get the lead out. My other two favorite living novelists are, uh, David Mitchell and Neal Stephenson, with <i>Cloud Atlas</i> third on that list of all-time favorite novels. It's especially interesting that each of his (Mitchell's) novels is so very different (well... two of them cover <i>similar</i> territory, but that's mostly a form rather than content thing). I picked up <i>Cloud Atlas</i> thanks to Booker nomination, tore through it, immediately read <i>Ghostwritten</i> and <i>Number9Dream</i> (which is notable for being, perhaps, the best Haruki Murakami book ever written), fidgeted impatiently until <i>Black Swan Green</i> came out, read it in like a day-and-a-half, and am now fidgeting more and more waiting until 2009 at the earliest. But for the record: hey, D.F. Wallace: five novels in 10 years is an acceptable pace. Get on it. I've read the Stephenson canon as well, excepting <i>The Big U</i>, which I attempted to read and couldn't get through. It's not very good, sadly, and I can understand why he has disowned it. I also haven't read the (what appear to be) airport novels he's coauthored (pseudonymously, I think). Directors are harder. Vying for places in the top 3 are P.T. Anderson, Fincher, Gilliam, and Nolan. Yikes. David Foster Wallace has written my two all-time favorite novels, but can you really be considered a novelist when you NEVER WRITE A FUCKING NOVEL? It’s been ten years, Wallace. Get the lead out.

My other two favorite living novelists are, uh, David Mitchell and Neal Stephenson, with Cloud Atlas third on that list of all-time favorite novels.

It’s especially interesting that each of his (Mitchell’s) novels is so very different (well… two of them cover similar territory, but that’s mostly a form rather than content thing). I picked up Cloud Atlas thanks to Booker nomination, tore through it, immediately read Ghostwritten and Number9Dream (which is notable for being, perhaps, the best Haruki Murakami book ever written), fidgeted impatiently until Black Swan Green came out, read it in like a day-and-a-half, and am now fidgeting more and more waiting until 2009 at the earliest.

But for the record: hey, D.F. Wallace: five novels in 10 years is an acceptable pace. Get on it.

I’ve read the Stephenson canon as well, excepting The Big U, which I attempted to read and couldn’t get through. It’s not very good, sadly, and I can understand why he has disowned it. I also haven’t read the (what appear to be) airport novels he’s coauthored (pseudonymously, I think).

Directors are harder. Vying for places in the top 3 are P.T. Anderson, Fincher, Gilliam, and Nolan. Yikes.

]]> By: Bob Mike http://mcgees.org/2007/10/29/3flm/comment-page-1/#comment-36664 Bob Mike Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:00:39 +0000 http://mcgees.org/2007/10/29/3flm/#comment-36664 <B>3FL Megafauna</B> 1.) Elephant 2.) Giant Squid 3.) Polar Bear <B>3FL Philosophers</B> 1.) Jesus (ZING!) 2.) Martha Nussbaum 3.) Douglas Hofstadter <B>3FL Titles</B> 1.) Night of the <I>Living</I> Dead 2.) Martha Stewart <I>Living</I> 3.) <I>Livin(g)</I> on the Edge 3FL Megafauna
1.) Elephant
2.) Giant Squid
3.) Polar Bear

3FL Philosophers
1.) Jesus (ZING!)
2.) Martha Nussbaum
3.) Douglas Hofstadter

3FL Titles
1.) Night of the Living Dead
2.) Martha Stewart Living
3.) Livin(g) on the Edge

]]> By: Bob Mike http://mcgees.org/2007/10/29/3flm/comment-page-1/#comment-36659 Bob Mike Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:44:41 +0000 http://mcgees.org/2007/10/29/3flm/#comment-36659 All three of my novelists should thank their lucky stars that Vonnegut recently died, or one of them (I'm not sure who) wouldn't make the list. All three of my novelists should thank their lucky stars that Vonnegut recently died, or one of them (I’m not sure who) wouldn’t make the list.

]]> By: Bob Mike http://mcgees.org/2007/10/29/3flm/comment-page-1/#comment-36658 Bob Mike Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:43:44 +0000 http://mcgees.org/2007/10/29/3flm/#comment-36658 <B>Three-Favorite-Living Directors:</B> 1. Christopher Nolan 2. Brad Bird 3. Michel Gondry <B>3FL Novelists:</B> 1. Cormac McCarthy 2. Neal Stephenson 3. Richard Adams <B>3FL Film Actors (male)</B> 1. Stephen Rea 2. Gabriel Byrne 3. Simon Pegg <B>3FL Comedians:</B> 1. George Carlin 2. Stephen Fry 3. Christopher Guest <B>3FL Guitarists:</B> 1. “Fast” Eddie Clark 2. The Colonel (Zach Shipps) 3. Jack White Three-Favorite-Living Directors:
1. Christopher Nolan
2. Brad Bird
3. Michel Gondry

3FL Novelists:
1. Cormac McCarthy
2. Neal Stephenson
3. Richard Adams

3FL Film Actors (male)
1. Stephen Rea
2. Gabriel Byrne
3. Simon Pegg

3FL Comedians:
1. George Carlin
2. Stephen Fry
3. Christopher Guest

3FL Guitarists:
1. “Fast” Eddie Clark
2. The Colonel (Zach Shipps)
3. Jack White

]]> By: Joshua <i>(Site Owner)</i> http://mcgees.org/2007/10/29/3flm/comment-page-1/#comment-36524 Joshua (Site Owner) Tue, 30 Oct 2007 05:48:58 +0000 http://mcgees.org/2007/10/29/3flm/#comment-36524 <p><b>3FL Footballers</b>:</p> <ol> <li>David Beckham <li>Thierry Henry <li>Shunsuke Nakamura </ol> <p> 18 points </p> 3FL Footballers:

  1. David Beckham
  2. Thierry Henry
  3. Shunsuke Nakamura

18 points

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