tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post2173056041838750302..comments2023-09-30T10:36:23.154-05:00Comments on Accidental Historian: AtF: Descent in to Madness*Gedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047239425466517786noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-59781191590038988292010-07-26T21:14:14.061-05:002010-07-26T21:14:14.061-05:00Crazy Cooper's Cavalcade of Crappy Christian C...Crazy Cooper's Cavalcade of Crappy Christian Conspiracies!The Everlasting Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09252574210931882076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-87081333870947877772010-07-26T20:54:27.803-05:002010-07-26T20:54:27.803-05:00So, um, I'm currently accepting applications f...So, um, I'm currently accepting applications from anyone who wants to take an unpaid internship to come up with better alliterations than I can. Any takers?<br /><br />BeamStalk? Sniffnoy? Anyone?Gedshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15047239425466517786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-57951956985672444812010-07-26T18:32:32.491-05:002010-07-26T18:32:32.491-05:00Well, since you're describing the Crazy Cooper...Well, since you're describing the Crazy Cooper Conspiracy World, I guess you're doing Crazy Cooper Conspiracy Cartography?Sniffnoynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-45713448760349018632010-07-26T14:45:00.009-05:002010-07-26T14:45:00.009-05:00Crazy Cooper Conspiracy Continuum?Crazy Cooper Conspiracy Continuum?BeamStalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772110446629492132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-45835105540761907892010-07-26T11:25:25.928-05:002010-07-26T11:25:25.928-05:00Hm. I might have to take you up on that advice. ...Hm. I might have to take you up on that advice. Battletoads are far more serious and equally as real.<br /><br />Also, if I recall, they're far more entertaining and far less likely to drive me to drink...Gedshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15047239425466517786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-58246003837848537432010-07-26T10:11:43.968-05:002010-07-26T10:11:43.968-05:00"Some books may even refer briefly to those c..."Some books may even refer briefly to those continental homes in order to demonstrate to the reader that the Anglo-Saxons did not simply materialise but actually came from somewhere real."<br /><br />Okay. Is it alright if I stop reading the Cooper quotes in these posts and pretend you're writing about Battletoads? Actually, would you just start writing about Battletoads?The Everlasting Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09252574210931882076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-14225323564047524372010-07-26T09:41:33.963-05:002010-07-26T09:41:33.963-05:00Michael:
My love of horror movies is directed mor...Michael:<br /><br />My love of horror movies is directed more at, "impossibly large creature attacks random folks." I love me some <i>Ananconda</i> and that movie with Betty White and the giant crocodiles. <i>Descent</i> never really seemed to fit in to my preferred film library.<br /><br />And I didn't see the beginning. Like I said, it was just a couple minutes in the middle.<br /><br />As for the other thing, well, my narrative is basically this: I'm terrible at meeting people I want to be in a relationship who actually want to be in a relationship with me. And, for the record, six months would have been great. It was the, "Talk a couple times, then never hear from her again," that kinda blew chunks. But, believe you me, she has her own row to hoe and I'm not too terribly sad to not be involved...<br /><br />Gail:<br /><br />Y'know, one of the real problems I'm having with this series is that I decided to start making a running joke about how it was going to drive me to drink. The thing I've learned is that alcohol doesn't actually help, but joking about it seems to lessen the blow.Gedshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15047239425466517786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-43236717584399600622010-07-26T08:51:39.996-05:002010-07-26T08:51:39.996-05:00I laughed when I read footnote 5, because about ha...I laughed when I read footnote 5, because about halfway through the post I started wondering about what if any alcohol had aided the composition process.GailVortexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-76542788208736084442010-07-26T01:53:36.204-05:002010-07-26T01:53:36.204-05:00"I’m a mean drunk of a historian, but I’m als..."I’m a mean drunk of a historian, but I’m also a mean sober historian. In completely unrelated news, I’m also single."<br /><br />Thing is, you're breaking my narrative. As clever (and decent, under the protective layer of snark) as you are, you shouldn't single unless that's still what you want. (Yes, I know she'll break your heart in six months. Who cares?)<br /><br />"...the movie Descent was on the station formerly known as "Sci-Fi" today. I've never watched the movie for more than about a minute and have no intention of ever watching the movie. But the description on the DirecTV guide was something about a woman plotting her revenge against a rapist"<br /><br />...What?<br /><br />"which fascinated me because it looked like a movie about a bunch of women in a cave, and from half-remembered previews from the better part of a decade ago, I think they ended up being chased by...y'know, cave things."<br /><br />Yes, that's closer. I would actually recommend this film, but bear in mind that I'm a huge fan of Bad Horror Flicks. <br /><br />Honestly, the big test for me came in the first five minutes of the film. Did you see what was up with the husband? I loaned the DVD to my parents, and - not surprisingly - my mom, the psychologist, caught it. My dad, the nurturing musician / engineer, missed it completely.<br /><br />But the joy, and effectiveness, of the whole film relies on how well the physical difficulties of descent into the cave match up as a physical allegory of one woman's grief.Michael Mockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233321050691782148noreply@blogger.com