This or That?

[Sinister]

This is played on some Forums past and present that I have been a member of. The rules are fairly simple: You pick two things, be it actors, actresses, rock bands, movies--anything, that are similar in nature and everyone chooses which they would prefer. When everyone has had a chance to pick something, someone else starts another This or That topic. You can give reasons why you prefer something over another if you like, but it's not necessary, it is simply more fun if you do and gives us all a chance to learn more about our Forum pals.

Superman
or
Batman?

[dougspaulding]

The Batman. Mind you, I like SuperDude as much as the next guy, but there's something fascinating about "The Bat", places dark and dank, hidden, nighttime in the city, and that wonderful toy he drives around in.

[Sinister]

The Bat for me as well. Supes has some cool powers and all, but you can't beat Bruce Wayne's alter ego when it comes to whooping ass in the most exciting of ways. :D

[Doctorthingit]

When I was young and innocent, and believed in superheroes and watched a lot of He-Man and saw Batman and Batman Returns in the theaters with such excitement, basically before I became a teenager and was traumatized for life, I looked up to Superman. I didn't appreciate the darkness of Batman until I was a loner teenager who couldn't relate to anyone except Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Superman has universal appeal, and my inner-child still thinks he has the better costume. I should still say I choose Batman, because he has those two really cool Tim Burton films (October 18 can't come soon enough) but I like Superman's legacy better.

[RAXL]

Even though he's been stuck with some really horible films, nobody beats the Bat. In the DC Universe the Bat is like, one step below God. And it's a very small step. :ninja:

[Doctorthingit]

Hey, isn't the point of this game supposed to be: the person who answers, then follows their answer with a This or That of their own?

[Sinister]

No. Everyone that wants in gets a shot at putting their two cents in. After a while, someone (Whoever wants to) gets to do another "This or That?" It doesn't matter when it's done, if you think the time is appropriate, go for it! :)

[Doctorthingit]

No. Everyone that wants in gets a shot at putting their two cents in.
I was THIS close to actually mentioning that in that last post. But heck, that's what the [Quote] option is for. I never wanted to promote ignoring the first or any previous t.o.t. entries. If I say anymore, this will go off topic. So, I'll go for...

Not cold winter (never below 33 degrees, no freezing winds or school cancellations)
or
Record hot summer (always over 100 degrees, plus 90% humidity every day)?

[Sinister]

Not cold Winter for me. If it is above 33, that's fine that is if it doesn't feel like Spring, or worse, Summer outside. I HATE the heat! Give me cold, crisp weather any day of the year.

[Doctorthingit]

You're the first person I've found who actually admits they don't like the heat. I'll make the same choice because I'd rather live in 25 degrees every day all year round than have to put up with even 82 degrees and 75% humidity. But most people just don't understand the concept of too hot, especially when they whine all winter long- "I wish it was summer, I wish it was summer." Then we get summer, with a vengeance.

[Sinister]

You can ask Zombie-F, Spaulding, Raxl just about anyone that I even suspect lives or has lived up North, that I have been known to start actual threads inquiring about weather change when the actual season for Autumn or Winter is upon us. Unfortunately, living in Florida, you don't know when Summer ends or begins here. It's hot for a good ten out of twelve months in this godforsaken patch of earth. :mad:

[Sinister]

Surf or Turf?

I know a lot of people LOVE seafood; so do I, but nothing even comes close to a perfectly cooked steak with all the trimmings. Turf for me, Unpleasant Street Posse! :D

[Zombie-F]

Turf, definitely turf. I don't much care for many seafoods, Haddock and Salmon pretty much sum up my Surf likes, but for turf...

Anything that lives on a farm is good. Chicken, steak, ribs, pork chops... I could go on and on.

[dougspaulding]

Surf. I'll have fish any day. Cooked any way. Nothing like a Friday night fish fry down south consisting of fried mullet (catfish will do in a pinch), steak fries, hushpuppies, baked beans, cheese grits, and iced tea! Yum yum!

[Doctorthingit]

I do like a whole lot of Surf, I got to go with turf. Just because there are sea things I will not eat. I can't stand scallops, I won't touch them to pry a hundred dollar bill from them. I also don't like shrimp. But there are more turf things I won't eat.

[Sinister]

Guns N' Roses or Velvet Revolver?

[Doctorthingit]

Velvet Revolver. Mostly because I've always been a fan of Stone Temple Pilots and their lead singer Scott Weiland, I even vaguely remember his 1998 solo project, and his album 12 Bar Blues. I like this new outfit.

[Zombie-F]

Well, being I liked the band more than I liked Axl, I gotta go with Velvet Revolver.

[RAXL]

GnR. (duh :p )

VR is nice and all, but c'mon, where is Slash really rockin it harder: Appetite or Contraband? Appetite is one of the best rock albums ever.
Like I said, VR is a nice little project, and I hope they can keep it going, after cancelling a huge chunk of their European tour, but it can't come close to what GnR was.

[Zombie-F]

WAS being the operative word. G'N'R is dead. Just learn to live with it. :p

[Sinister]

And since I have been VERY vocal in my feelings for Axl Rose, I think this is going to come as no surprise that I go with Revolver as well. Scott Weiland is twice to three times the vocalist that Rose ever was. I just hope Weiland can lay off the drugs to make the group as prominent as Gn'R or STP were. It's a waste of raw talent when someone of his caliber falls victim to the ravages of illegal narcotics.

[RAXL]

I just think that in three years people are gonna say, "VR, oh yeah I kinda remember that. That was the guys from GnR and the guy from STP"
Hell, that's how it's known NOW. It's ALWAYS "the guys from GnR and STP". It's NEVER just "the guys of VR".
So here we are, more than a decade after GnR, and people STILL know what it is.
GnR made an impact that VR , I don't think, ever will come near too. I still hear WTTJ, SCOM, PC, KOHD, NR, and a ton of other GnR songs on the radio every day. I might hear one VR song a WEEK. Maybe. They've already tended to fade out.
Again, not to slam VR or anything. Cause it's not like it's bad rock or anything ( It's not MEGA-ROCK, but then, not much is :cool: ), I just don't see that band, or their music having the staying power of GnR's music.

All in all, I just want Slash to be able to cut loose, and ROCK again. He just seems to be ...I don't want to say "holding back", on CONTRABAND, but it's just not what I expect to hear from him.

[Sinister]

Gn'R I believe wouldn't have had the impact that they did have if rock wasn't in so sorry a state that it was in at the time. Their first album Live Like A Suicide (Which was later re-packaged as Gn'R Lies) was never around where I was at the time and no one had even heard of them. MTV, then, a fairly decent channel that still played music videos played Welcome to the Jungle when Appetite For Destruction first hit and suddenly they were a hit! Why? Because we were fed a steady diet of melodic, bubble gum pop Metal bullshit like Poison, Def Leppard (they were good at one time, but after Hysteria came out it was all downhill from there!) Warrant, Winger, Bon Jovi, Great White etc. Even Aerosmith (ANOTHER former great band) jumped on that Aquanet band wagon. It was time to move on. The Grunge movement still had yet to rear its head in Seattle, so Gn'R, and maybe Metallica were all the main stream public had to latch onto, because the re-emerging rock scene was supposed to be the next best thing. I GUARANTEE you that if there had been a wider range in which to choose from and Gn'R came out a bit later, you wouldn't know who they were today. I also believe that if the Grunge wave had come along before the advent of Gn'R, they wouldn't have made it past their second album. It has nothing to do with talent, really, it has everything to do with the fickle World-Wide general public consumer audience; especially, America.

That's just my opinion, of course, but I'll bet I'm not far off the mark. I guess we'll never know what Velvet Revolver could have been, if not for the fact we know what Guns N' Roses were.

[Doctorthingit]

Gn'R I believe wouldn't have had the impact that they did have if rock wasn't in so sorry a state that it was in at the time.
Amen!!!

[RAXL]

Unfortunately, I think it's in as bad or worse state today. :mad:

[Sinister]

I think you are absolutely right, my Ghostbuster loving chum. :(

[Omega]

Especially with such bands as: Papa Roach, Good Charlotte, Tapproot, Trapt, and a bunch of other bands who should never have put out upon the world their terrible musical "talent." :mad:

[Doctorthingit]

Especially with such bands as: Papa Roach, Good Charlotte, Tapproot, Trapt, and a bunch of other bands who should never have put out upon the world their terrible musical "talent." :mad:
AMEN to the second power!!

[Sinister]

Rodriguez or Tarantino? (Decided to this one after picking up Sin City today. :D )

[Doctorthingit]

Tarantino. Though I seriously thought Reservoir Dogs was a turkey.

[Zombie-F]

Tarantino. We can forgive him for Jackie Brown. He more than made up for that with the Kill Bills.

[Sinister]

Jackie Brown, though not the best Tarantino flick after a showing of films like Reservor Dogs and Pulp Fiction is nonetheless a very good movie. It was missing the cool dialogue that is usually associated with he and writing partner Roger Avery. This film was adapted from a book, so he was only able to interpret it accordingly. Unlike Stanley Kubrick, he didn't just take one glance at the thing and then throw the book in the trash and made it his own way. Kubrick's version of The Shining bore only a passing resemblance to the book from which it was derived, but it is arguably much better than the latter more faithful interpretation of the book. Tarantino didn't do this and as a result. it comes off more like the book than his own viewpoint. There is one defintite difference for the book Rum Punch as opposed to the film, the heroine in the book was white.

I pick Tarantino as well. After 5 films and various collaborations with Rodriguez, he is my favorite director of all time. Rodriguez has some damn great films. Sin City only bolstered the mans place higher up in my list, but past Tarantino? No way. For every "Sin" there is a Spy Kids movie. In my opinion, Rodriguez has more misses than Quentin, even though he has the sheer raw talent to come close the man but not surpass. Even if he directed a most amazing film like Sin City and From Dusk Till Dawn he had a lot of help from Q.T. on the latter and comic creator Frank Miller on the former. Is this bad? No, because I think his films surrounding the mysterious El Mariachi to be cool as hell.

Tarantino it is.

[Sinister]

AC/DC with Bon Scott, or Brian Johnson?

[Zombie-F]

Bon Scott. No question. I'll say Back in Black is their best album, but their music, in general, was more energetic with Scott. Plus, Johnson's voice has been demolished since after Back in Black.

[Doctorthingit]

We can forgive him for Jackie Brown.
Yes we can, easily. Because it was an excellent film. Probably the best acted of that entire year.

Oh, and I'm not an AC/DC fan.

[Zombie-F]

Oh, and I'm not an AC/DC fan.

With all the stuff I think is crap you listen to, you don't like AC/DC? You're a weird guy. :googly:

[Sinister]

Brian Johnson for me. Nothing against Bon, but Brian brought a certain energy to the band that wasn't there before. Maybe it was because of the sound quality of songs in the early seventies as opposed to what came along much later, I don't know, but I tell you this: Playing such songs as Thunderstruck, Sink the Pink, C.O.D. and Back in Black while I'm driving is not a good idea. That has all the ear-marks of a hefty speeding ticket. :eek:

[Omega]

Brian Johnson has better vocals and I do believe that For those about to rock is the greatest AC?DC song ever, fucking phenominal.

[Doctorthingit]

With all the stuff I think is crap you listen to, you don't like AC/DC? You're a weird guy. :googly:
Don't I know it. I'm more of a song person, not really an artist person. Some artists, but not AC/DC. What I've heard of them just bores me to tears. Can't help it.

[SuFiKitten77]

I for one prefer the cold over the heat anyday. The heat gives me migraines and everyone become more moody .. especially if you throw alot of humidity in with the heat :( .. now that sucks. Let me live in freezer .. now that would be awesome :D

[Sinister]

With 69 more days and counting of this post, I'm gonna try to keep the "This or That" more Halloween or Horror Movie and Horror in all forms oriented. Remember, you guys can come up with entries for these too. :jol:

Here's the first one:

Bela Lugosi as Dracula or Christopher Lee as Dracula?

[SuFiKitten77]

Bela Lugosi as Dracula, he was great :D

H.P. Lovecraft or Edgar Allan Poe

(did I do this right? lol)

[Sinister]

Actually, everyone that wants to gets to sound off on the subject at hand. When it seems like the posting has run its course on that particular subject, then someone posts another. :)

Luckily, with two subjects at hand I can answer to both.

Although Lugosi gave us the modern interpretation of the Vampire with the cape and all the trappings to go with it (That is at least until Lestat de Lioncourt came along) I believe that Hammer Films and Christopher Lee radiated the pure menace and threat that the Lord Vampire is supposed to have. More than any other film Dracula before or since, Lee's portrayal is truer to the book than anyones. He is also the first (Someone correct me if I'm wrong) Vampire to actually show fangs onscreen. That in itself is something, for I believe a Vamp is incomplete without them and nothing like these totally anemic Goth outings where "they're implied," or "this is a modern metaphore for Vampirism." Metaphore my ass! Give me a Vampire that doesn't fuck around any day of the week. Chris Lee is da man!

I can understand Poe somewhat better than Lovecraft and he isn't as melodramatic, but I think Lovecraft had a darker imagination than Poe, and his Cthulhu Mythos, coined by August Derleth back in the 30's is often imitated but rarely duplicated on film. I have to go with Lovecraft on this because his Horror influence I think is more widely felt than Poe's, but it is only just slightly that he squeaks by with the win.

[Doctorthingit]

Damn, I really haven't seen either man portray Dracula yet.

[dougspaulding]

Once again, the Doctor amazes me.

Lugosi - the first, the best.

Poe. Too many demons in Lovecraft.

[Zombie-F]

Lugosi. To me, Lee in House of Dracula hadn't quite come into his stride yet. It was in some of the later Hammer flicks that he shined best. Lugosi is, in my opinion, the benchmark by which all other Draculas are measured.

Also, I have to pick Lovecraft. I love all the bizarre demons, space creatures and Re-animating madness of his stories. The shapeless, yet terrifying monstrosoties from beyond just seem to mesmerize me. Poe's great too, but I like Lovecraft more.

[Omega]

Christopher Lee is Dracula, but I still revere Max Shreck as the greatest.

As far as Poe and Lovecraft, I've never read Lovecrafts work so my vote goes to Poe by default and also for creating one of my personnal favorites The Masque of Red Death.

[dougspaulding]

Christopher Lee is Dracula, but I still revere Max Shreck as the greatest.[/B]

Well, I would have included Max except that I don't really think you can say he played Dracula. It's true that the story was an unauthorized version of Stoker's book, but he nonetheless played a character called Orlock.

It's a very gray issue but I wouldn't call him Dracula.

I will say that "Nosferatu" is the best adaptation of the book "Dracula".

[Sinister]

The names were changed and Orlock was more of a disease carrier than trying to seduce the innocent over into vampirism so The Stoker estate, i.e. Florence, Bram's widow, wouldn't sue the shit out of the makers. Yet she did and all copies of the film were ordered to be destroyed. Luckily, someone had the foresight to squirrel away a few prints, or we wouldn't have this fine film to view today. That would have just been wrong. :(

[dougspaulding]

The names were changed and Orlock was more of a disease carrier than trying to seduce the innocent over into vampirism so The Stoker estate, i.e. Florence, Bram's widow, wouldn't sue the shit out of the makers. Yet she did and all copies of the film were ordered to be destroyed. Luckily, someone had the foresight to squirrel away a few prints, or we wouldn't have this fine film to view today. That would have just been wrong. :(

What Sinister says is correct. Foresight is good. The destruction of art is a sin, even plagiarized art. That we very nearly lost this masterpiece is cause to tremble (or shiver, if you prefer).

[Sinister]

In the same vein, pardon the pun, we have:

Vampires, or Werewolves?

[SuFiKitten77]

Have to go with Werewolves .. I find them to be very intriguing and the whole wild beast thing is hot .. yeah, I'm not right ;)

[Sinister]

I'm into Lycanthropic creatures myself. Werewolves, unlike Vampires are susceptible to harm from only two things, and I'm not really sure where the one comes from (I speak of silver) but I'm sure it's a safe bet Hollywood had something to do with it. Since it's a peasant superstition, they didn't have access to silver and I doubt it would have figured into their mythology of the Werewolf.

Fire is the other thing and that seems more plausible. All creatures fear to be burned.

Vampires, for all their strengths have a helluva lot of weaknesses.

[Omega]

Lycanthropes for me as well. Not only are they stronger, faster, and more primal, but the transformations are outstanding, take The Howling for example.

[Sinister]

Major Motion Picture or B-Grade?

[SuFiKitten77]

B-grade horror movies provide alot of gore and blood, with humor thrown in .. can't beat a good b-grade movie :D

[Sinister]

I concur. There is much more a variety of tastes to choose from as opposed to these so-called Academy Award winners starring Meryl Streep and Denzel Washington. I'll take a movie like The Devils Rejects ANY day over a film like The Piano.

[Zombie-F]

I think I don't need to say it... B movies for me.

[dougspaulding]

I'll take a movie like The Devils Rejects ANY day over a film like The Piano.

Yes, but would you choose a B-Movie like "Blood Orgy of the She-Devils" over a Major Motion Picture like "Batman Begins"?

Quality will out - I vote for Major Motion Picture. Mind you, B-Movies can be enjoyable, or they can bore you to death. So can Major Motion Pictures - it all depends whether or not a good story is involved.

I liked "The Piano".

[Sinister]

There are exceptions to every rule and choice. Major Motion Picture choices for the most part suck ass. Here go some that bear out my words: Titanic, E.T. The Extraterrestrial, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Water World, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Castaway, The Dead Poet's Society, Eyes Wide Shut need I go on?

Don't even get me started on remakes and Hollywoods placing importance of films that are just pure SHIT. I'd rather see Bruce Campbell in his worst performance than to see Daniel Day-Lewis in his best (is there even a such thing?)

[dougspaulding]

Major Motion Picture choices for the most part suck ass. Here go some that bear out my words: Titanic, E.T. The Extraterrestrial, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Water World, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Castaway, The Dead Poet's Society, Eyes Wide Shut need I go on?

Actually, yes. Every film you listed above is very good - if not great (with the obvious exception of "Waterworld" [how in the heck did it wind up in there?])

"Titanic" - An enjoyable romance
"E. T." - I think no words will suffice here
""Charlie" - Bizarre, but thoroughly entertaining
"Phantom Menace" - Excellent, as all the "Star Wars" have been
"Castaway" - Wonderful character study
"Dead Poets" - Good
"Eyes" - One of Kubrick's best

Now, slice me up!

[Sinister]

Titanic- 3 hours plus of simply giving pre-pubescent girls wet dreams over star of the moment Leo DiCaprio.

E.T.: Highly overrated with a lackluster plot and an anti-climatic ending that one could see coming light-years away.

Charlie and the Choclate Factory: I think I've about said all I can about it. If it needs to be re-iterated one more time, so be it: This film is proof positive why that freakish idiot Tim Burton shouldn't direct another fucking movie for the rest of his life under the pain of death.

Star Wars I: I think I've harped on this one quite bit as well. Three words: Jar Jar Binks. That foolish creature and that fade into oblivion little brat in the starring role as Anakin Skywalker almost single-handedly ruined the franchise, that, and Lucas is the worst kind of hack.

Castaway: Another overly long flick where Tom Hanks monkeys around with a soccer ball. This film should have lasted 30 minutes--tops!

Dead Poets: I hate Robin Williams with a passion. Anything the man does gets an instant Thumbs Down from me. I refuse to watch a film where this pompous, talentless jackass is present.

Eyes Wide Shut: Kubricks most shameful moment, alas, what a way to go out. I suspect that he was really ailing during the making of it, how else could you explain a three-hour film where almost absolutely nothing happens.

[dougspaulding]

Fortunately for you, I have neither the time or the energy to reply!

[Sinister]

Jay and Silent Bob or Randal and Dante?

[Zombie-F]

How about Jay and Randal?

[Sinister]

We can do that too. I just thought since their partners sort of play off them, I would add them to the equation. You can't really have one without the other. That sort of scenario. Whichever you want man, we can do. :D

[Zombie-F]

Well, Dante's whiny and Bob says nothing. I think Randal and Jay could play off each other. :D

But, I'd go with Randal and Dante. They're more dynamic than Jay and the Silent one.

[SuFiKitten77]

Randal and Dante for me .. that was one funny ass movie :D

[Sinister]

I have to go with Randal and Dante myself. One of the best scenes ever in the A View Askew films was that Bringing in Independent Contractors to Work on the Unfinished Death Star in Return of the Jedi. That was some very good scripting on Kevin Smith's part. Hell, Clerks is Smith's best film...Period.

[Sinister]

Since this is a holiday, I will roll with "This or That" dedicated to such.

Labor Day or Memorial Day.

I don't really believe there's a real difference in the two. Let me see, one happens in May, the other in September. It's always hot on both days, people gather about to eat ribs, hot dogs, hamburgers and drink cheap beer. They're both practically interchangable and I'm always getting the two mixed up. I sincerely believe that these two holidays along with Martin Luther Kings Birthday, Presidents Day, Veterans Day and Columbus Day were all created for nothing more than to give State, Government, City and County employees the day off. Honestly, despite what symbolism they try to associate with such days, do you see ANYONE who really just observes these days for what they're supposed to represent without all the other Hoo-Rah thrown in? Didn't think so. If someone can prove what I've written is wrong, then by all means, like Charlie Brown wanting to know the true meaning of Christmas, please explain it to me.

[SuFiKitten77]

I am with you on this Sinister .. I don't really know what the difference is, but as an adult I prefer Labor day. Mainly for the reason my son goes back to school after Labor day :D

[HibLaGrande]

In trailer parks across america. labor day is the day when babies are born. and memorial day is when the mom remebers who the daddy is.

Labor day.

[Sinister]

I had almost forgotten this thread. Time for another entry.

A book, or the movie that is based on the book?

[HibLaGrande]

Book
I usualy get bored with most movies.
My mental images are creepier than what can be put on the big screen. A book has a way of putting me up close and personal with the story.and the story will stick in my head longer. That is no small feat, I think my brain has lost most of it's stick'um.

[dougspaulding]

The book is so much more in depth.

[claymud]

Books are better, so I'm gonna say book

[crazyryan]

movie..definitly movie. Easy to watch/read and takes less time

[Zombie-F]

Book, because what always works on paper doesn't alway do so well in motion. Plus, books don't suffer from the horrendous censorship that movies do.

[Sinister]

I go for book for all the reasons listed. In the book, you know what is going on at pivotal moments in the charaters minds, whereas in some films, it appears as if nothing is going on in the actor/actresses minds. Just one look at Nicholas Cage's face in anything and you get the distinct impression that he's simply on auto-pilot and everyone has evacuated the premises. There are instances where the movie WAS better than the book, but those films are few and far between.

[Haasmama]

OKay, I am a book person; always better than a movie. Speaking of Nicolas Cage...

Nicolas Cage or Wil Smith? Both versatile characters...

[dougspaulding]

There are instances where the movie WAS better than the book, but those films are few and far between.

Name one. I'm thinking "Misery".

[Sinister]

Bram Stoker's Dracula is another that immediately comes to mind. You snagged the first one that came to me. Then there's Karloff's version of Frankenstein. Hell, if you want to get technical there are more than that of the latter that best Mary Shelley's work. The Bride of Frankenstein, The Curse of Frankenstein and Frankenstein Unbound being chief amongst them.

Onto Haasmama's This or That: I'm sorry to disagree with you and I'm trying like hell not to make this sound like I'm being a smart-ass and please just realize I'm stating an opinion here, but neither of those actors are versatile. My venom for Nicholas Cage is a publicly well-known fact and he will never recieve any accolades from me. I have a sinking feeling in my stomach everytime I hear that he's playing one of my favorite superheroes of all-time Ghost Rider. Keifer Sutherland would have been perfect in the role, instead, they had to pick someone who looks to be in a state of perpetual intoxication and has a look pasted on his mug of puzzlement like he's not quite sure he should be where he's at.

Will Smith is The Fresh Prince of Bell Aire. It doesn't matter what role he plays, he's himself. This is not necessarily a bad thing. I crack up at Will's shenanigans with Uncle Phil and his dorky cousin, Carleton, but lets be totally honest here: He's still Will Smith and unless he does something drastic with his appearance and acting methods, he always will be. That can only go so far before it no longer has any charm. Elvis Presley was another who made a film career out of playing himself, and look where that got him.

I'm going with Smith, because I actually like him, but he isn't doing his career any favors by relying on a one trick pony. :(

[dougspaulding]

Bram Soker's Dracula is another that immediately comes to mind. Will Smith is The Fresh Prince of Bell Aire. It doesn't matter what role he plays, he's himself.

Bram Soker?

Nicholas Cage is a bizarre looking person, is he not? I did enjoy "National Treasure", though. Of course, I also enjoyed "Raising Arizona". Interesting.

Will Smith plays Will Smith the same way Eddie Murphy plays Eddie Murphy.

I pick Will, because I liked him in "MIB", and "Independence Day" for that matter.

[Sinister]

Bram Soker?


Yes, it's a poor Irishman's version of the Super "Soaker." But instead of water, it shoots Green Beer. A typo, that I can easily rectify after I finish posting this. :googly:

[HibLaGrande]

Nickle AssCage

Just because he really seem to raz the hell out of Sinister. I don't even get that worked up over people I like. I did like the movie where he was a nut case that thought he was a vampire. Was that "Once Bitten" I don't remember. All in all neither really do mutch for me. MIB was good because of Tommy Lee Jones. Independece day was special effects and Randy Quaid.
Most of the time I just want to fill Wills mouth full of knuckles. :D

[Sinister]

The name of the movie Cage was in was Vampire's Kiss. This was when I realized that he was a no-talented bum.

Trust me, I don't care if someone likes this dolt, that doesn't make me against them for poor judgement. I don't get bent out of shape about him and froth at the mention of his name. I just don't like him. I'm fairly even tempered, except when it comes to traffic. Someone going well under an already too slow speed limit REALLY torques me. I'm very opinionated, but it is never my intention to hurt someone's feelings or to fuck with them for no reason. But since this is a forum, I will run my "mouth" about what I feel I want to, as long as I don't go too far. If I do, I will apologize for it. Just like your comment about your knuckles and Will Smith's mouth, mine is just a lot of bluff. Just having some fun, my good man. :D

[HibLaGrande]

No need to explain. :D I get a kick out of your posts. Just tuggin your short hairs a little. Some things I say don't translate well in text, or any other medium for that matter.

[dougspaulding]

I don't get bent out of shape about him and froth at the mention of his name.

No, that would be Tim Burton!

[Sinister]

No, that would be Tim Burton!

Yes. Tim Burton. Still yet another person that has a majority of the populace snowed like an idiot Pied Piper leading the children of Hamlin down the primrose path. Anyone notice how Burton looks like a crash test dummy AFTER it has ran full tilt into a brick wall in a KIA?

Anyway, time for another "This or That." This one involves a couple of coming of age films.

Fast Times At Ridgemont High or Porky's?

[HibLaGrande]

Man that's a tough one!

I would have to go with Fast Times
Hell, people called me Spicholi (spelling unkown) in high school. I looked like Sean Penn I guess?We share the same damn nose and chin. Or was it bucuase I was stoned all the time? Huh, I can't remember. :cool:
I could identify with Fast Times more than Porkys. But the wang through the shower wall and prank out in the cabin is still hilarious. "Here chick chick chick chiiicky"! "It's armed and dangerous and known to hang out in girls shower rooms" LOL

[dougspaulding]

Are you kidding me! "Fast Times" is the ultimate teen sex comedy! It's a masterpiece. "Porky's" is just a guilty pleasure, pleasure though it is. But it is a pretty bad film. "Fast Times", on the other hand, is brilliant. To wit:

Businessman: "It says one hundred percent guaranteed, you moron!"
Brad Hamilton: "Mister, if you don't shut up I'm gonna kick one hundred percent of your ass!"

Jeff Spicoli: "This is U.S. History, I see the globe right there."

Spicoli: "I've been thinking about that Mr Hand, if it's your time and my time isn't it our time? Certainly there's nothing wrong with a little feast on our time is there?"

Spicoli: [driving and stoned] "People on 'ludes should not drive."

[a science class is visiting the morgue]
Mr. Vargas: "Are you in my class?"
Spicoli: "I am today."

And of course, Sinister's signature line. Wonderful!

Trivia: Nicolas Cage (yes Sinister, we know!) was originally considered for the role of Brad Hamilton, but after his audition the studio thought his performance was too dark and the role went, instead, to Judge Reinhold. Additionally, Cage was 17 at the time and could not work as many hours as actors over 18.

The role of Mr. Hand was originally offered to Fred Gwynne (yes, Herman Munster - and one of my favourite actors) who turned it down due to his objections over the tone of the sexual content in the film.

The scene where Linda teaches Stacy the finer points of how to give a man oral sex was originally supposed to take place in a hot tub with both girls naked. Ah - what could have been!

David Lynch was originally offered the chance to direct before Amy Heckerling was chosen. He turned it down saying it was a funny script, but not really his thing.

I like this film!

[Sinister]

"Rat, this shyness routine is beginning to piss me off; I mean, who is she anyway? She's a waitress in a pizza parlor. Look at you, you're on the honor role, assistant to the assistant manager of the movie theater. I'm tellin' ya, if this girl can't smell your qualifications, then who needs her. Okay, so stop fuckin' around and go get 'er! Hey, Rat...you gotta ace that jacket!"

Damone had some funny lines. "Fast Times" for me as well. Porky's is a slop bucket by comparison.

[Sinister]

Marvel or DC?

[claymud]

No contest, Marvel.

[HibLaGrande]

OK how about this?

Ren or Stimpy?

[SuFiKitten77]

Since you both posted a either or .. Marvel and Stimpy

[Sinister]

Marvel all the way. There are just so many more interesting superheroes and villains to choose from than DC.

As for Ren & Stimpy...they're both eediots and are both funny in different ways that I can't choose between the two, but if you twist my arm, I would have to go with Ren.

[HibLaGrande]

I'm sorry to hi-jack the post, it just seemed that it was dead for about a week.

I'm not big into comics, but marvel has much cooler characters and caters to the darker side of story lines.

so I would have to say

Marvel and Ren.

[Sinister]

Yeah, that was my bad. With all that has been happening the past week or so, I sometimes forget some things...

[crazyryan]

Marvel or DC?
Marvel, no contest

[Mollins]

I have to go for DC, they Gave us the Dark Night!

OK howsabout this (in terms of where you'd rather visit):

Scotland
OR
England

[claymud]

Both... but Scotland wins out.

[dougspaulding]

Toss up. Scotland has more Keltic spirituality but England has all those standing stones!

[Sinister]

England, definitly! I wouldn't mind seeing the rolling hills of Scotland, The Loch Ness Monster and the Clan MacLeod, but I want to also see Vampires, Jack the Ripper, Eddie Izzard, David Naughton, Stonehenge, The Rolling Stones, Guy Ritchie and Spring-Heeled Jack much more. :D

[Sinister]

Chinese Food or Mexican Food?

[RAXL]

Mexican.
I'm all about the taco.:cool:

[kevin242]

Chinese food... Tell me Michael, how could a billion Chinese people be wrong?

[TipoDeemin]

Chinese. Easily.

[dougspaulding]

While I love South of the Border food now and then, I can't get enough of that Asian cuisine!

[Sinister]

Chinese, easily. I frequent one such place in our town so much, that the staff have a rapport going on with me almost from the time I walk in the door.

[Sinister]

East or West: Kung-Fu flicks, or Spaghetti Westerns?

[Mollins]

hasto be kung-fu kicks

the wirework enthralls and amases me

[TipoDeemin]

Kung Fu flicks! Even if you get a terrible one, it's more entertaining than a spaghetti western.

[Sinister]

Kung Fu flicks! Even if you get a terrible one, it's more entertaining than a spaghetti western.

Tipo, you are so wrong, my dear. :D Clint Eastwood is da man! ;)

But, I am rather fond of yellow-skinned, ass-kickers whose dialogue is dubbed rather badly in English and they perpetrate blows on their fellows that would kill a bull elephant, but the other dudes just jump up to take more punishment. :D

I will go for Kung-Fu flicks by a very narrow margin, because like I said before, Eastwood be da man!

[Sinister]

Blondes, Brunettes or Redheads?

[Dr Morbius]

Tipo, you are so wrong, my dear. :D Clint Eastwood is da man! ;)

But, I am rather fond of yellow-skinned, ass-kickers whose dialogue is dubbed rather badly in English and they perpetrate blows on their fellows that would kill a bull elephant, but the other dudes just jump up to take more punishment. :D

I will go for Kung-Fu flicks by a very narrow margin, because like I said before, Eastwood be da man!

I agree! I met Eastwood, He lives in Carmel ,which is by Monterey where I work, and I drew his blood once for the lab I work in..a real nice guy..class act. If it weren't for hospital policy, I would've got his autograph.

[dougspaulding]

Blondes, Brunettes or Redheads?

Yes!

[Sinister]

All of the above for me as well. :D

[Sinister]

Family Guy or The Simpsons?

[dougspaulding]

Toss-up.

Can't argue with The Simpsons' run, and it was ground-breaking, but Family Guy is so funny in such bad taste that you can't turn from it.

Actually, I liked Jon Lovitz's The Critic - brilliant. And Family Dog. Anybody remember that?

[Zombie-F]

Well, comparing the two NOW, I go with Family Guy. The Simpsons needs to either just hang it up or go more back to their roots... I'm thinking hang it up.

I loved The Critic, but don't think I ever watched Family Dog, though I was aware of it.

[TipoDeemin]

Gotta go with Family Guy, simply because the Simpsons has exhausted its originality and cleverness. Family Guy is always really hit or miss, though. The episode is either so hilarious that you laugh all the way through, or so lame you end up changing the channel. =/ But the Simpsons is hard to watch now, period, because it's like watching something you've loved for a long time die.

[Sinister]

Most of the time the Griffins are a hit, but I know what you're talking about Tipo and I agree with your post almost totally. I too have to go with Family Guy since The Simpsons have seemingly exhausted all their resources. It's a shame. Most folks just don't know when to leave a good thing alone. It is for this reason I think Dave Chapelle did the right thing by getting out before the whole routine went stale. Too bad The Simpsons didn't. :(

[Sinister]

Films: Domestic Horror, or Euro Horror?

[RAXL]

God bless the USA. :voorhees: :voorhees:
Most of that Eurotrash stuff is just that: Trash. I don't look for high artistic merit in a horror flick. High art is mostly just poop anyways. :devil:

[Zombie-F]

Amen to that. Domestic.

[Sinister]

With the exception of some Hammer films, I am in total agreement with my esteemed colleagues. Over on B-Headed, it would probably be a whole different story. Those guys love all that Euro stuff and occasional leave me scratching the ol' noggin as how they could find such schlockfests "Great." Like this thread, it's all about preference. :googly:

[dougspaulding]

If you make a list of the top however many horror films, I think you'll find that most of them are made in California, not Europe. There are some great ones from over there, but not enough to sway my vote: Americay (as they say in Ireland)!

[TipoDeemin]

Domestic, of course!

[Sinister]

We'll have a similar "This or That" with this next one:

Domestic Beer or Imported?

[Zombie-F]

Hmmm... on this I gotta go with imported as my favorite beer is from the great frozen north of Canada. Trois Pistoles and its 9% alcohol kicks my ass on a regular basis.

[Sinister]

I have to roll with imported as well. Like Becks, it's pretty damn smooth and I'm not against trying new lagers. I might have to try your beer, Z. Spaulding has tried to turn me onto some dark brews, but they taste too bitter for my palate.

[dougspaulding]

The importeder, the better. When will Americans learn how to make beer that's actually stronger than stumpwater?

Guinness from Ireland - motor oil in a mug! Does it get any better? I think not.

[Sinister]

50's, 60's, 70's, 80's or 90's rock?

[TipoDeemin]

90's. I was into the grunge thing. I admit it.

[claymud]

80's Rock like Guess Who, STXY, Brian Adams, Jeffreson Starship... All great cassets that I have from the 80's...

[trishaanne]

Id have to go with '70's. I know, I know, alot of the music sucked. But by the time the 80's rolled around I was married with 4 kids and all I was listening to was kids songs. I don't think I could even name a song from the 80's.

[HibLaGrande]

I like late 50's-60's and early 90's rock.... Ahh who am I kidding I like too many different kinds of music to have a preference. I can go from Roger Miller to Cradle of Filth to Kingston Trio to KMFDM to Arlo Guthrie back to Blondie to Disturbed to Sabbath to Peter Paul and Mary to Run DMC all in one shot. I almost always end up at the Beatles though.Don't ask me to make you a mixed disc.... I would make a terrible D.J. :D

[Hella]

I would have to say I am mainly an 80's music junkie, that seems to be where most all my favorite's are, but I do enjoy anything that has a good groove.

[claymud]

Well since no one has done anything on this thread for awhile... Books... or Books on Tape. (Someone else please bring up somthing better)

[grapegrl]

Books...I can't seem to get into something that someone is reading aloud.

[RAXL]

Books.
Books on tape are generally edited for time.:mad:

[TipoDeemin]

Books. I prefer to read it for myself.

[Sinister]

Books. No two ways about it.

[Zombie-F]

Books. Reading keeps the mind sharp. I wonder what my excuse is then. :p

[HibLaGrande]

Book.

I don't know, I never listened to a book on tape. If you could get James Earl Jones or Morgan Freidman to read H.P. Lovecraft or Dantes Inferno. Then I would listen to them. In fact I might go and pick up a book on cd and listen to them at work. I haven't took the time to look at the selection. might be something to look into.

[Hella]

Books
I like being able to go back into the previous chapters and re-read stuff to help keep the story straight. hard to do that when you have to keep rewinding tapes..lol

[Frighteners Entertainment]

On Cd for me.
The only time I have is while driving, can't really read while I'm doing that.
My first one on tape was Lord of the Rings, some time ago, like the mid 80's.

[Michigal]

Books. I love to read.
If you have to put a book down, how could you dog-ear it to go back if it's on CD or tape?

[Da Weiner]

Books

Better than the movie!!!!

[Sinister]

Books

Better than the movie!!!!

In 99% of most cases this is absolutely true, but that remaining 1%...

A notable exception is John Carpenter's Vampires. Based on the John Steakley novel of the same name, it is the book that doesn't do the movie justice.

Jaws is a case where the book and the movie are both as good as the other. ;)

[ghostie]

Books. Adore them.

(but my family lives in Key West, so when I drive there, the audio books really make the time fly by, all three days of it)

[Sinister]

Ice Cream or Frozen Yogurt?

With summer upon us, it seems like the perfect question. :D

[Michigal]

Ice Cream by all means. Frozen yogurt, while okay, has a slight tang I don't want in a frozen treat.

[Hella]

Ice Cream

chocolate, vanilla, strawberry...haven't met an Ice Cream I didn't like...

It echos my philosophy on life...go for the good things which are not always the things that are good for you.

[grapegrl]

I scream for ice cream...the more chocolate involved, the better!

[Sinister]

I like the way you think, Hella! :D ;)

Ice Cream for me as well. I love the stuff that Blue Bell has come out for seasonal (like Blue Berry Cream Pie. Yum, that stuff is heaven in a carton) but I love many other flavors as well, especially Cookies n' Cream.

[Da Weiner]

Pumpkin pie ice cream (seasonal but worth the wait)

[Sinister]

Pumpkin pie ice cream (seasonal but worth the wait)
Speaking of which (That sounds delicious by the way, Weiner) Have you ever had Starbuck's Pumpkin Pie coffee they put out around the All Hallows season? Words cannot begin to describe the sensations equivocated with it's consumption...:jol:

[Da Weiner]

Would you believe there are no Starbucks in or around my area. We have Dunkin Donuts but no Starbucks. The closest one to me is at the Barnes and Noble about 5 miles away. I'm usually there every other week so I might have to make the trip to try one when they are in season. It definitely sounds great. Thanx for the tip!!!!

[claymud]

Ice Cream for sure! it what you scream, I scream... its what we all scream for!

[trishaanne]

Ice cream-100% Turkey Hill Chocolate Marshamllow and Turkey Hill Tin Roof Sundae-yummmmmmmm

[Sinister]

Would you believe there are no Starbucks in or around my area. We have Dunkin Donuts but no Starbucks. The closest one to me is at the Barnes and Noble about 5 miles away. I'm usually there every other week so I might have to make the trip to try one when they are in season. It definitely sounds great. Thanx for the tip!!!!

Oh, it's definitely great. They even have whipped cream with cinnamon sprinkles on top and the concoction itself is orangy. When I discovered it's existence, I was in that place at least once a week until it was no more. I absolutely recommend it. If they have them this year again, it's definitely worth that 5 mile trip. Tell 'em SINISTER sent ya! :jol:

[roadkill]

Ice cream - definite must - something in the chcolate, espresso, mocha flavours would be best - but definitely CHOCOLATE!!!!!

[Da Weiner]

I love making my own ice cream sammiches. I usually make them with big chocolate chip cookies, chocolate chip mint ice cream and roll them in chocolate chunks. :googly: It's no wonder I have to exercise all the time!!!!!

[SuFiKitten77]

Ice cream, hand's down .. and I really love homemade ice cream .. mmmm

[Bodybagging]

Ice Cream!!!!!! oh whait, does Sherbert count as Ice cream?

[Sinister]

The beach, or a nice serene lake?

Lake for me. I tend to get ideas and a sense of spiritual well being in complete tranquil settings.

[grapegrl]

Since I live near a large lake and have unlimited access to waterfront property on another, I opt for a change of scenery. Give me a long stretch of lonely, sugar-white beach and a beach house and I'm a happy camper. I spent many happy childhood summers in Ft. Walton and Destin, Florida so I miss the waves and salt air.

[Hella]

do I have to pick..lol I want them both.

Beach - the vastness and powerof the Ocean keeps me entranced. I could sit on the beach with the waves lapping at my feet for hours on end.

Lake - same reasons as Sinister, the tranquility is wonderful for spiritual connections and being inspired by self.

[SuFiKitten77]

I would have to say both, couldn't choose between them. Reason are:

Beach: Growing up, the beach was my backyard and I spent alot of good times there with my mom and brother who have both passed away.

Lake: I find them soothing, and very inspirational for my writing .. and I love to stay in a cabin near a lake and watch scary movies :D

[dougspaulding]

Lake, for that is where the Lake Sprites live.

A beach is soothing, but a lake is spiritual - for me, at least.

[krypt]

the lake!..... for the simple fact i hate sharks

[claymud]

I love them both for diffrent reasons... but I'd have to say the beatch. It can be calm and peacful or rage against the land as if held in some acient struggle. That was quite a night :D Also I have to point out a good beatch by the sea... a few years ago when camping with Colin we stopped off by the Reito Canal in Ottawa and everyone got off their bikes and ran around yelling beatch... I ran around yelling 'sorry half a** excuse for a beatch.'

But I agree with everyone above, there is somthing about a lake that is soothing and just lets you stare at and think, relax and be calm. You get a energy from a lake you don't get from the sea...

[krypt]

evil dead 1 or evil dead 2

[Faustian_Pact]

Evil Dead 2.

And a private swimming pool. No sharks there either.

[claymud]

I've only seen the 2 and 3rd...but I'd say two, just cuz its a classic

[Sinister]

Evil Dead 2. Raimi seemed to know more of what he was doing with the film and had a larger budget to work with. It was also this film that gave Bruce Campbell his big break, so to speak. The effects were light years ahead better than the first film and the comedic situations weren't clumsily executed. A black comedy, where the first was played as a straight laced Horror film, they hardly compare to each other. Although, the second is basically a remake of the first. I love both films, but I give the sequel much better marks.

[SuFiKitten77]

I would have to go with Evil Dead 2, just found it to be a better movie .. but honestly? Loved Army of Darkness more :D

[dougspaulding]

Evil Dead 2. It was also this film that gave Bruce Campbell his big break...

Yeah - now he can charge twenty dollars for autographs at horror conventions!

[krypt]

he charges last time i heard he wouldnt give a autograph

[Sinister]

20 bones a pop at FangoCon. Him, Lance Henrickson and Bill Moseley. they gotta make some bread somehow when they're in downtime.

[krypt]

down time or not thats bitter .......they should be happy they have fans that back them up.....is sinister gonna charge when he gets famous?

[Sinister]

I don't think anyone should have to pay for an autograph. So if it happens, the answer is no. You are right. A lot of these people should be happy that someone appreciates their body of work to watch their movies, read their book, buy their DVD's etc. than to have to be so petty as to require someone to pay for something they were taught how to do more or less for free (sign your name, that is)

To be fair, Moseley did sign my copy of The Devil's Rejects for free. he just charged to sign merchandise on his table and to snap pix.

[claymud]

I can now awser with all honesty, Evil Dead 2, the first one was okay, but I enjoyed the second one over all.

[grapegrl]

Okay, time for the change-up...

Good looks or a great personality?

Discuss.

[claymud]

I would say a bit of both... I don't want the person I'm dating to look like Bigfoot (Thats me and my beard) But I don't want it to be like I'm talking to a peice of cardboard either...

[Mr Unpleasant]

Great personality - Opposites attract :D

[Hella]

hmm...while I love to look at attractive persons..who doesn't..lol

I go with great personality..though I have found that those with a great personality are good looking people to me, so i get both :devil:

[Hellrazor]

I feel the same way as Hella, ever notice how someone really hot or gorgeous can sometimes open their mouths and become uglier by the second....

For me, its great personality, the looks, whether they were what you had in mind become great to you anyway when you like,,,love somebody... Think back to highschool, you idea of the perfect looking person is definatly different then it is today... I will guarantee it, but that doesnt mean either "look" is good or bad....

So thats my thing!

PS: Claymud, the big foot girl will look good to somebody.... and dont worry, you will look good to somebody too... lol joke, your pretty good looking.

[gypsichic]

looks fade.........better have a great personality and know the art of conversation

[TipoDeemin]

Personality. Like Hella said, the better a personality someone has, the more attractive they are to me.

[Hellrazor]

Ok heres another :

Day or

Night

[Hella]

oh that's a good one.

I like Night
there is just something very attractive and mysterious about darkness, I always feel very connected to earth and spirit at night. that and it's just when all the really fun stuff happens..lol

[Hellrazor]

I like the day, cuz im a chicken poop. I dont like being afraid (what a hypocrite eh). I get more accomplished in the day out and about and in my yard... So Im a day girl!

[Sinister]

To both of these scenarios I missed. I think a combo of both looks and personality are the order of the day. You have to be physically attracted to someone to want to get jiggy with them, you also have to have something between the ears so you can have interesting things to talk about when you're not getting busy. I couldn't imagine someone like Trixie, the two toofed crack ho would ring anyone's bell in either department, but there are some weird folks out there, so one never knows. :D

The day/night thing is up for grabs. If it's raining, I can hang with either.

[claymud]

Night, I just love the dark. Theres so much that can freak you out and hide in the shadows. Not to mention you get to hear all these animals that stay hidden and quite during the day. Also theres the stars which streatch into infamy and never seem to end. Some nights I just go out there and watch them while mulling over little problems in my mind. Nights really the best time for me.

[Sinister]

Headache or stomach ache? Which is worse?

Headache for me. At least with a stomach ache, I can still concentrate. I get headaches so bad sometimes it feels like my brain is leaking out of my ears. So headaches definitely. :(

[claymud]

Headachs, they never go away, I'm so used to stomic achs now that they barly phase me...

[Hella]

have to go with headache on this one too, though i am lucky enough not to get them very often..lol

[TipoDeemin]

Stomach aches are worse. Headaches I get constantly, and though they're bad, I can handle them. They're easier to get rid of, too. A stomach ache, though--that's incapacitating, for me.

[Hellrazor]

Stomach aches for me. I usually get them when Im out, not home in my own quiet abode. then with stomach aches I have to "go" so I am very uncomfortable with Stomach aches...

Headaches, I can make it through the day and go to sleep early and usually they go away... Drugs if necessary, but usually I can work them out...

[Sinister]

Metal or Punk?

[Hella]

are you talking music or attitude?

[Sinister]

Music, of course, but feel free to express your POV's about tudes as well. :D

[Hellrazor]

Metal for me. I would love to say Punk cuz there is a part of me that wishes I could express myself in the Punk or Goth fashion but hey, its not for me. But I love the style. As far as metal gos, I have an older brother and grew up with Megadeth, Metalica, Quiet Riot, G N R and all of them were at their best. So my heart goes out to metal and I will rock out whenever given the chance.

[Sinister]

Yeah, my vote goes to metal also. I knew i was on the road to ruin when I was when I heard Jimi Hendrix for the first time. From there, it was onto Black Sabbath, KISS, Alice Cooper, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC. The 80's brought the second rise of Metal and there was no turning back from that point on. I never really was into Punk with the exception of a few bands like The Ramones.

[grapegrl]

Metal for me, as well.

[Da Weiner]

My first love would have to be metal. Punk is a definite second.

[Hellrazor]

Moving on... nothing in 3 days....

Black or White?

[Hellrazor]

I pick black. I have always had a fascination with Goth... I also enjoy the "dark" connotation to the night... so black for me all the way.

[lady_bee]

Black because black goes with everything! But damn is it hot in the summer.

[Sinister]

Agreed on the hot in the summer deal, but God help me, I can't stop wearing it!

Black, obviously!

[turtle2778]

Black for me too. It hides the blood stains...LOL

[grapegrl]

Black is slimming and always in style...the classic choice for the fashion-minded witch! :)

[Hella]

no brainer...Black. Easy to match with anything, makes me look fabulous and gives the impression of being dark and spooky year round. what is there not to love about Black? :devil:

[Sinister]

Made from scratch classic Jack-O-Lanterns, or store bought made with a kit, Jack-O-Lanterns?

Personally, I'm all about retro in this respect. The others just don't seem like the real McCoy to me. Guess I'm just a bit old fashioned when it comes to certain things about All Hallows, and Jack-O-Lanterns definitely top the list.

[Hellrazor]

Well I will go a bit further and say, growing my own real life from scratch classic Jack-O-Lanterns. Not only will I not buy one of those fake ones due to the cost, but i also like having something different every year and like you said, Sin, they just are not real. So the real one for me!

[grapegrl]

Old school...there's something about sitting down with a pumpkin and getting up to your elbows in pumpkin guts (mmm...the smell of the inside of a pumpkin). Although I do enjoy doing a couple of more intricate designs with the help of a PumpkinMasters template, classically primitive jack o' lantern designs are more evocative of the spirit of Hallowe'en for me.

[TipoDeemin]

Classic jacks for me. I don't even really like the complicated patterns that aren't classic jack faces, honestly--though I respect the work that goes into them. I just don't like them for my yard.

[Sinister]

Okay, something for us vodka lovers out there: Bloody Mary, or Screwdriver?

Personally, I love them both, but give the slight edge to Bloddy Mary's. More ingredients involved and you can have one realistically any time of the day. For the most part, they're actually healthy and good for you. Plus...ah, to hell with it! I just like the taste and the fact it has vodka in it. :googly:

[Hellrazor]

Ok, so I dont like Clamato Juice so I have to go for the screwdriver... but, Vodka makes me mean and angry and Bill calls me the "tazmanian Devil" when I drink in general and worse when I drink vodka... so I now stay away and stick to beer when I do actually drink... but if I were to choose, it would have to be the screwdriver.....:)

[gypsichic]

since i don't drink at all anymore.............i'd go w/a real life screwdriver.........lol
the kind you use on screws ;)

[grapegrl]

Hmm...screwdriver. I'm not so keen on Clamato either.

[Sinister]

The hot flavor V-8 juice is what I use. I like my Bloody's extra spicy, so I give it liberal dashes of tobasco for a good measure. Good stuff!

[Hella]

okay Like Sinister I like them both (ever had the a Bloody Mary with the Pepper Vodka...oh yeah..lol)
going to go with Screwdriver on this one though, I am a froofy girly girl drinker..lol

[PrettyGhoul]

Is it to late to say Classic Jack all the way??? Nothing better!

I generally stay away from hard liquor and I can't remember the last time I drank either a Screwdriver or a Bloody Mary....but I vaguely remember liking Bloody Mary's so I'll go with that.

[slightlymad]

Yes Jack Jack And More Jack

[HibLaGrande]

Hey Jack is my choice! I don't do vodka damn communist drink. well bloody marys are OK I guess. :D with a big ol glop of horseraddish on top.

[Sinister]

Where does he get those wonderful toys?

Batman or James Bond?

[gypsichic]

Bond. James Bond.

[Hella]

Gonna go with Bond on this one too, I like the fact that his toys are somewhat easier to conceal.

[HibLaGrande]

I'll go with James bond. he gets the hot girls and kills people.


well, batman.... he gets Robin. those boys sure do have alot of toys in that musty old cave.

[TipoDeemin]

Batman. I've just never really liked Bond all that much.

[Sinister]

The Bat, but not by much. Bruce Wayne is a millionaire and doesn't have to report to the MI secret services. Batman also has more interesting villains for the most part.

[PrettyGhoul]

Batman. I've seen more Batman movies than Bond. Also, I just like to see men in tight form fitting suits. ;)

[Da Weiner]

Definitey Batman - has a cool car.

[slightlymad]

Batman better toys less restrained

[Sinister]

Duran Duran or INXS

This is another I'm going to have to think about as I love both of these 80's icons just about as equally. :confused:

[grapegrl]

I was a huge INXS fan back in the mid to late '80s. My bedroom was literally wallpapered with posters, pinups and magazine covers of them...even the ceiling!

[Sinister]

So I guess we can put you down for the late Michael Huthence's band, eh Grape? ;) :D

[grapegrl]

Yes, definitely INXS for me!

[Omega]

Duran Duran for me, even though INXS was the shit I still think that Lebon kinda upstaged Hutchence

[HibLaGrande]

Duran Duran

[Hella]

Gonna go with Duran Duran on this one. Love both groups, but I had to pick one..lol

[Sinister]

I think I'm going to give the slight edge to INXS. When I hear songs like The One Thing, What You Need, Guns in the Sky and New Sensation I just get into the whole air guitar phase. Both are great to jam to while driving.

[Hellrazor]

First of all Im going with Batman in the old post... I never really liked James Bond, he couldnt hold my attention....

INXS all the way.... but only the old INXS. Im not a big fan of the new guy they picked. But then again I liked Michael so nothing could take his place either. ..

Cus you can... never, ever,,,,, tear us apart... du du da duuuu

[Sinister]

We had a boytoy band, now how about a hot girl band alert?

The Go-Go's or The Bangles?

[Da Weiner]

The Bangles for me!!!

[HibLaGrande]

OH man I want to do the mangles....bangles. I mean I like the bangles better.
the lead singer was/is soooo yummy.