I liked Galaxy Quest. It was a fun movie that made fun of Sci Fi while being a good Sci Fi flick. Funny about ICP, it just never clicked with me.
Personal Media Favs, 1999
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Context for all these were: me with long hair, delivering pizza, playing music and reading Dumas, specifically, The Three Musketeers.
TV: Strangers with Candy
that's the movie trailer from 2005 above, but it is basically the same as the TV show
Amy Sedaris plays an ex-junkie who returns to compete high school at an older age. She's been desensitized by all the hardship she's had to endure and makes a lot of hilariously cruel and crude remarks, as do her younger classmates, I might add. Amy Sedaris is amazing in the lead. Her raw comments are hilarious. Steven Colbert plays a teacher and is also great. The whole cast is fun to watch in this. Each has a serious personality flaw that's revealed comically in different situations. It didn't hit for me right away, but on a second attempt, I was rolling around laughing.
Film: Galaxy Quest
Actual aliens pick up the TV broadcast of a scifi show on Earth and think it's real. They need protection from more aggressive aliens and try and enlist the actors as real space warriors. The film soon becomes an actual scfi adventure with hilarious results as TV actors try and actually fight off a deadly alien threat. It's a sleeper hit and not just for fans of Star Trek and its ilk.
Game: Silent Hill
The atmosphere in this game is a secial feature. Well, it's a fog really that does it, but the general art style too, which uses a lot of browns. It's earthy and creepy. I didn't even get annoyed at the third-person shooting controls; or the puzzles. It all seemed to work and not get in the way. The story, I don't remember much of, but it engaged me. Nothing bothered me about this game. It seemed perfect.
Music: Insane Clown Posse - The Amazing Jeckel Brothers
I got into ICP from one song off this album, "Mad Professor". Labeled "Novelty" on the Billboards Hot 100 list, which I was obsessing over at the time, it is truely that. It's very creative, if disturbing in a Creepshow way that is also funny because it's so over-the-top. I love the use of sound samples like what would be used in a radio play. This song tells a story as well as delivers the comedy. I can't ask for more, really.
Books: J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
I really enjoyed this third book in the Harry Potter series as well as the previous two. They are each a little shorter and written for a younger audience than the next four. In other words, they're less dark and epically long. I found I enjoyed that a bit more at this stage in my life. I can't even reread Lord of the Rings anymore.
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