I found the violence in Utopia too much on camera and too prolonged. In Pulp Fiction it is more like the violence in James Bond films or a good old-fashioned Western.


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When I rewatched Pulp Fiction I found two things

One, the great Samuel L Jackson scene is not only devastating because of Samuel L Jackson, but because Frank Whaley, who plays Brett ("Look at the big brain on Brett!"), does some brilliant acting being all anxious.

Two, the really intense scenes are great but it's weird -- because there are also a few scenes where there's a lot of nothing going on at times. I think he does that because it amps up the intense scenes.

Absolutely. Brett. Marvin. (I just shot Marvin in the face!)

It is the 'lot of nothing' scenes that set us up. And when you watch it again and again, you're in awe of the dialogue. Vincent and Jules at the diner, for instance. And it turns out that the scene goes all the way back to the beginning of the movie. Pumpkin. ;)

I like how something bad happens every time Vincent goes to the bathroom.

And The Wolf, gotta love The Wolf.

Pulp Fiction ahhh - awesome movie.

I was on acid the first time I saw it. Verrry immersive. I was at my bro's house. At the time J and I still lived in Lancashire and were having issues. I got back from that trip to Yorkshire with a headful of Pulp Fiction and a determination to move us to Halifax.

Can't believe that was two decades ago. Bloody hell.

.. spent 5 hours driving a measly 165 motorway miles getting from Derby, in the north midlands of England, back home - that's an average of 33 mph. Considering that the non-motorway miles I had to cover was less than 10. I reckon that's a pretty good indication of the inadequate state of our primary road system.

Holy shit. That would annoy the crap out of me. :/

I just turned 44 yesterday.

I think maybe I should start trying to get my shit together

Happy birthday, LJ. I don't think anyone really has their shit together.

I know I don't.

Happy Birthday Jim!!

Happy birthday lumber man!

A very Happy Birthday to you, Jim.

I hope you enjoyed it.

Happy birthday LJ. :)

Happy Birthday bro. All society asks is that we pretend to have our shit together so my plan has been to fake it from 40-60 and then claim old-timer status, hell, I'm half-way home.

Oops. Didn't mean to turn this into another birfday fredd...

But thanks! I had a nice mellow day.

A jazz chord

To say

I Ruv you,

A jazz chord

to say I care...

jim - looking at your pics, I always thought you were in your 30's. Anyway, I'm glad you had a good birthday

I used to be in my 30s. That says like... 4 years ago, or something. I can't be sure....

But thanks. I'm going to live to be 93, so it's all relative. If I was going to only live to be 80, then I would be in my 30s still.

Me, too. Wonder if that's a coincidence?

I just had a haircut, was brave enough to go into my bank to get a statement for my financial meeting later today, missed out on free Nandos wings by being two people too far back in the queue and realised I am beginning to find my way around Leeds. Slightly.

Unless the meeting is a complete disaster then I will count today as one of minor but satisfactory achievements.

Your bank gives out free chicken wings?

Only thing my bank gives me is a bill.<---See that? See what I did?

I just can't stop farting.

That happened to me a couple of weeks ago. I cut an almost uninterupted fart for 3 hours strait. And it reeked.

yeah, no flavor here. but they're hot. my ass is on fire.

I changed my diet pretty drastically last week. Been counting calories & sodium and eating salad every day. now I poop 2 or 3 times every day... and I'm flatulent as all hell. I hope I adjust soon. this is uncomfortable.

:lol2:..I almost spit ginger ale on the keyboard.

The gas is a byproduct of all the dying carb-eating bacteria species that you are no longer feeding. Die-off is usually 7-10 days unless you had some major illness going on before. It will stop soon, I promise.

haha...it's funny really. I had always just assumed that Jim farted a lot anyway. Not sure why, and I know it's probably rude, but I just figured you might be the type who farts then smiles and checks to see who's gagging.

Don't feel bad. My brother does this, and he's a medical professional. So do my teenagers, but that's no recommendation.

When I was pregnant I had gas coming from everywhere, so i eventually gave up being embarrassed by it. haha

Farts are funny.

I fart so openly in front of my family, I sometimes have to remind myself that I can't just do it anywhere.

Yeah, me too. lol. Even adens gf. I realised i might not in front of mavs new gf though...yet. lol

I can see you thinking that, with the way I comport myself, but quite the opposite is true. I can only recall one time that I farted for effect.

I was going upstairs to the accounting office, where the executive bathroom is.... because I had to use the loo. As I passed JimCook and Andrew, they were discussing what type of heat they had in their houses. Electric or Gas.


I said I have gas! and ripped one. and we laughed and laughed.

My brother, on the other hand, once Sharted on himself trying to gross out his buddies. He was out on a boat at the time, so he just jumped in the lake and rinsed off.... but that would give me a kaniption.

I hope to christ you're right. I've got to go get more preparation H after work today. This morning I pooped a hammer. then about half an hour ago, I pooped a Pinpression of a Bison.

Flaming lava dagger. I'm being so good to you now, body. Why are you punishing me? Stupid body.

Thank you, ladies, for saying this outloud. I thought I was the only one and was embarrassed to admit it here. :p:

Does that thing really help relieve the pain and inflammation?

I just got GrandCherokeeOne back from the local Jeep dealer. There was a recall issued about them having the fuel tank rupture in a rear-end collision. Took it to the dealer, they used a special tool to check clearance between the hitch and the fuel tank. If there's not enough, you get a brand new dealer-installed hitch.

Me and Uncledigr put on the hitch that's on GCOne, waaaay back when Popdigr was still recovering from a quintuple bypass. Apparently, it didn't pass muster as far as clearance is concerned, cuz, the dealer took off the old hitch, and bolted me a brand spanking Jeep™ trailer hitch on there. 20 years old and 226,500 miles and Jeep bought me a new hitch!

Just had a new water pump put on a couple days ago. And Popdigr literally just changed the oil for me.

Old GrandCherokeeOne has been shown more love in the last week, than it's had in five years.

Wonder what the old one could bring on Craig'sList?

This is all very well, but where's the fart reference?

Sorry.

:fart:

What's the sharpest thing in the world? A fart. It goes through your pants and doesn't leave a hole.

But, it does, doesn't it? (Leave a-hole)

:jig:

Aw why you... I oughta...

:D

Well played.

Start listening for backfires. ;)

That's when ya trade in.

When she starts leaking up front, and backfiring.

:D

OMG, I'm about to get traded in! I knew there was something weird going on.

So that's the sign ... thanks grav! When I start leaking up front and also backfiring, I'll make sure it's worth it - before I get traded in. :D

I'm just afraid I'll have the runs during my exam tomorrow. Nervousness, y'know? I'd hate to fail my exam because I was in the ladies' room.

Don't forget that lady farts smell worse.

I just went outside to watch the International Space Station pass overhead. There's no moon as yet so it was the brightest thing in the sky.
I'm not familiar with the scientific method of determining brightness, but I'd say that it was probably brighter than I've ever seen Venus.

I'm no astronomer but I do like to know what's going on around me. I remember Dad showing me an early Echo satellite when I was very small.
The Echo craft were, I think, balloons so their reflective surface would be substantial. I used to spot Skylab from time to time and I think that my best sighting was a Shuttle chasing the ISS to rendezvous.
Difficult to estimate, but I think that it would have been about fifty miles in trail. I have a feeling that that was the penultimate Shuttle flight.

Got Mom & Popdigr up at about 3 one morning to watch the shuttle pursue the ISS across the night sky. All 3 of us have seen the full size mock up shuttle up close and personal, so, it was fairly awesome to associate that with the tiny bright dot zooming across the sky behind that other bright dot.

Just wondering, where was that Grav? Cape Canaveral? Smithsonian?

It's so I can plan my next trip. That's the one I shall probably never have the chance to make. Oh, well...

I believe that was at The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

Maaaybe Canaveral.

We went to Florida almost every year during my childhood, and our usual route took us through Alabama, so really it may have been either place.

The ISS has just passed overhead once more but unseen by me.

In the ninety minutes since I last saw it, the crew will have seen the sun rise and set once more.

They will have flown over several continents and mighty oceans.

I have been as far as the kitchen to make Dad and me a cup of tea.

Such is life.


BTW Thanks for that info, Grav.

I just saw a Bald Eagle. A big one. It perched on a tree above our building.....but it was in a spot where the only place you could see it from put the Sun behind it. I don't know if anyone here was able to get a good picture.... I'll try to post one if they did.

There's a series on TV here at the moment about the work done by the charity Hope for Wildlife based in Nova Scotia.

Friday's episode featured a Bald Eagle that was seriously weakened after a severe storm.

The first thing the Vet did was to completely tape up the bird's talons having first shown them to the camera. Evidently capable of doing great damage.

Good spotting, Jim. If you don't mind me asking, are you in PA? I have a feeling earlier posts might have indicated that. If so, is the Bald Eagle a resident species?

500 to 1000 pounds pressure...

I'm in NJ at work. Cherry Hill, which is about 5-10 miles (as the Eagle Flies)due east of center city Philadelphia.

Apparently, there are a few nesting pairs not far from here.

Here's the best one I could get:

Thanks for the info and picture, Jim.

It's astonishing how often large wildlife lives in close proximity to urban areas.

A pair of Peregrine Falcons has nested for several years on a large office block in nearby Aylesbury, but there is a large supply of rather sluggish town pigeons available as easy pickings.

That was cool.

We saw a bald eagle fly over the stadium just before kickoff for my nephews high school football game on Saturday. It was apparently a good sign, 55-14 good guys. :) We get a lot of baldies around here, they're spreading outward from the Susquehanna. Pete and I saw a juvenile while paddling a couple weeks ago.

Pic of Pete as the eagle shots are too tiny.

I just ...had a Scottish customer. She said my Scots accent was quite good actually.

an ah doon think she was avin' me on

:D