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[quote]justrob wrote:
If you like Indian (dot not feathers) London has pretty much the best curry joints in the world. [/quote]
LOL.
What kind of cuisine do “feather” Indians eat? :-)[/quote]
White man scalp.[/quote]
Learning to count on you to make me…
Lol.[/quote]
Haha, I try my best.[/quote]
BTW, what’s with the avi ADHD?[/quote]
Yeah I guess I’ve been a little enigmatic with that.
Normally whenever I decide to re-watch a great film, I’ll change the picture to a movie poster of it. Usually not a commercial one, but I try to find an alternative fan-made one that I like a lot more artistically. Basically it’s to signal that if anyone is interested in the poster, or how the film looks, or wants to reminisce about it, they can strike up conversation and I’ll put in a quick review, or scenes I like, blah blah blah etc. Because I like to talk about classic films that I really love, but I try to reserve most movie threads and reviews for first-time views. If I were to include every one of these it would just clog it up too much.
Makes me sad sometimes, because I’ll normally run across one that I really enjoy, but then principle dictates that I have to change it again next time I see another great film from the past. The Dirty Harry one I had is one of those, this Get Carter one might in fact be another one.
Also, if anyone is interested in fan-made posters for a film, I have a whole library of them and the artist’s websites at my disposal. There’s some great ones by a guy named Tyler Stout that I frequently use, most may recognise his art from the box cover of the game “Sleeping Dogs”.
Vlad Rodriguez also holds some of my newer favourites. His are more painted representations than the kind of cell-shaded art mentioned previously.
If anyone asks for a particular film I can try and search for some artists that have created a poster for it. But don’t be taking my gimmick from me now![/quote]
Wow; didn’t expect all that significance! You deep, bro! 
Did I read that you review for a living? Or is this just a passion?
I have to confess that, unlike my good friend Cortes, I’m pretty simple-minded when it comes to movies. As much as I love them, my reviews usually sound like, “Damn, that was good!”
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It’s kind of superficial really, I just like when people ask. 
I occasionally contribute to film blogs and help out other writers on things like Rotten Tomatoes or Askmen, but I tend to stay anonymous or completely out of the limelight. I much prefer to be this kind of concealed, reclusive internet alias, more to keep the focus on my reviews themselves than me as a relatable human image. I know, sounds kind of hipster, but I’m not really the kind of person you’d expect this full-blown cinema demeanour from. I’m also rather young, so I would get a lot of ad hominems from that.
I make the occasional internet sum just kind of “ghost writing” for others, but it’s mostly just expressing my own opinions and unearthing other people’s film interests. I have always thought about using my time in the Royal Navy (Britain) to work up enough money to take myself to film school, and maybe make a couple of short films to see where that gets me, but for now I still consider myself firmly in the learning stage rather than the beginnings of a creative stage. I’d love to write a screenplay for a major film, and I’d be ecstatic if I could one day find myself in the director’s seat, maybe it’s a pipe dream but at the very least I’ll try.
Oh I’ve had some good conversations about them with Cortes in the past, strangely less than I would have expected looking back on it though. I’m sure soon enough we’ll get back into it, if something truly special shows up in the next month or two.
Ah don’t worry about it, I try to be eloquent myself but I still get my grammar and my semantics wrong way more frequently than I should. I’m glad I put up this posh, educated shroud enough for people to not really call me on it. But yeah, if you’re ever interested in talking about any of the films I put up in my avatar, or for recommendations of things coming in the next month or so, feel free to. I’m always happy to talk cinema. :][/quote]
Holy bovine dung!
You’re 19???
I’m impressed, but also a bit depressed: You could very easily be my youngest son.
BTW, despite my poor review skills, part of my job is writing, too. Just more academic & translation type stuff.[/quote]
Haha, yes I’m only a year or so out of college, my decision to join the forces coincided with coming out of school, and that led to strength training around the same time. So I’m really not very good at that yet either.
Yes, people my age aren’t all that accustomed to good films, at least not out here in this no man’s land I live in. I’ve met a couple people that list their favourite films as both Michael Bay’s Transformers and/or Pearl Harbour. I even have a female friend that really likes Batman & Robin…or used to have a female friend that really liked Batman & Robin.
Most people I talk film with are either twice or almost three times my age, so it’s something I’ve grown accustomed to. Kind of disheartening because it takes up so much of my time, and I never spurned any kind of chemistry with most people my age because of it.
Ah fooey, have a bash sometime! As long as you’ve got enough under your belt for comparison and know where to look, it’s really rather straight-forward at a basic level. Hmm, English teacher for Japanese children? Isn’t Cortes also into much that sort of thing? There’s a YouTube personality I follow that used to teach South Korean children English, he has a lot of old videos of it, looks rather fun really.
I feel like I’ve rather unfairly hijacked this thread into becoming my life story, a bad habit I really need to work on. I apologise, gastronomes of T-Nation.
