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20matar posted:That movie really sucked. I felt it was just wacko Burton-Depp shenanigans. That is interesting considering it was basically the book
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facebook jihad posted:That is interesting considering it was basically the book https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h27AcB70Mvc
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Sleeveless posted:He was so awesome that after he died his best friend and pretty much everyone he ever knew got together and wrote a book about how his persona was complete bullshit and he was actually a weepy coward and people need to quit holding him up as some paragon of masculinity and journalistic integrity link? also he never came across as a paragon to me it's kinda cowardly being eternally in a drug induced oblivion so you don't have to deal with poo poo his writing is good regardless Moridin920 fucked around with this message at 18:19 on Jul 10, 2015 |
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it's weird how this film is held up as this amazing piece of drug culture media when they literally never have a single good drug experience in the entire movie
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Pirate Vision posted:it's weird how this film is held up as this amazing piece of drug culture media when they literally never have a single good drug experience in the entire movie the first halfs pretty fun, and then by the second half i'm normally hosed up anyway
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Pirate Vision posted:it's weird how this film is held up as this amazing piece of drug culture media when they literally never have a single good drug experience in the entire movie back door beauty?
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# ? Jul 10, 2015 18:30 |
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I've read quite a few biographies of HST. Carrol, Wenner, and Steadman but McKeen is the best book, it's very thorough and unbiased. If anyone is interested in reading about him this is the book I'd recommend.
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Pirate Vision posted:it's weird how this film is held up as this amazing piece of drug culture media when they literally never have a single good drug experience in the entire movie Life isn't about having fun and being happy.
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Sleeveless posted:He was so awesome that after he died his best friend and pretty much everyone he ever knew got together and wrote a book about how his persona was complete bullshit and he was actually a weepy coward and people need to quit holding him up as some paragon of masculinity and journalistic integrity That's actually pretty cool because I'm a weepy coward in real life, just like my hero Huntin A. Stompson. anyway I wonder how much of Johnny Depp's dialogue in the movie was ad-libbed, like they just told him to talk like a mumbly Kentuckian with tourette's and delirium and gave him some jumping off points like "make a Doors reference here"
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King Vidiot posted:That's actually pretty cool because I'm a weepy coward in real life, just like my hero Huntin A. Stompson. why don't you leave him alone he didn't do anything
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# ? Jul 10, 2015 19:24 |
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i remember in one of the directors cut that had depp talking about the part was that he spent a poo poo load of time playing golf and shooting guns with hts till he pretty much could mimic him. where the buffilos roam with bill murry as hst was pretty good. i forgot who played gonzo. i think it was danny divito.
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zooted heh posted:i remember in one of the directors cut that had depp talking about the part was that he spent a poo poo load of time playing golf and shooting guns with hts till he pretty much could mimic him. Peter Boyle
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King Vidiot posted:anyway I wonder how much of Johnny Depp's dialogue in the movie was ad-libbed, like they just told him to talk like a mumbly Kentuckian with tourette's and delirium and gave him some jumping off points like "make a Doors reference here" Jd and Downey jr are both really good at the flubbity wubbles which I think I'm stealing from a front page article
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# ? Jul 11, 2015 04:00 |
Depp lived with Thompson for a while. He slept in his basement on a crate of dynamite and they bought each other guns and stuff. But the Vegas book is the tip of the iceberg and Johnny depp is one of the least interesting things about Thompsons work This is a good one https://beatpatrol.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/hunter-s-thompson-fear-and-loathing-in-elko-1992/ And there's a short story about delivering a birthday gift to jack Nicholson that's pretty good And The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved The rum diary was awesome but the movie sucked bad Those are good places to start
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On his campaign to become sherriff of aspen: He promised to rename the city "Fat City" to keep the rich and tourists away, to stop enforcing drug laws, and to dig up all the roads downtown and replace them with walking paths Additionally, an artful troll: "Thompson promised to fire the majority of the conservative county officials and bureaucrats, and shaved his head bald, thereby referring to the crew-cut, ex-army, Republican incumbent as "My long-haired opponent."
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Number 1 Sexy Dad posted:Depp lived with Thompson for a while. He slept in his basement on a crate of dynamite and they bought each other guns and stuff.
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e: Also, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 is a great book and everyone should read it. the future is WOW fucked around with this message at 04:43 on Jul 11, 2015 |
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Number 1 Sexy Dad posted:And The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved quote:Another problem was his habit of sketching people he met in the Seriously one of the most hilarious short stories he ever did.
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Fear and Loathing was a pretentious piece of crap. The Great Shark Hunt is a much better representation of HST's work, which ranged from pretentious crap to brilliant. It's a shame there's so much focus on the "gonzo" stuff, because at his best he was a damned fine commentator on the time period he documented.
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Pirate Vision posted:it's weird how this film is held up as this amazing piece of drug culture media when they literally never have a single good drug experience in the entire movie It's great as a psa antidrug piece because teenagers watch it expecting it to be all 'drugs are cool' wackiness and it starts like that but quickly becomes this strained overlong nightmare that shows drugs being lovely and unfun. Which actually represents a lot of drug culture art because mostly only people on the unhappy end of the drug lifestyle make the effort to produce a work all about drug taking.
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Number 1 Sexy Dad posted:On his campaign to become sherriff of aspen: you forgot the stocks in front of city hall for dishonest drug dealers
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Moon Atari posted:It's great as a psa antidrug piece because teenagers watch it expecting it to be all 'drugs are cool' wackiness and it starts like that but quickly becomes this strained overlong nightmare that shows drugs being lovely and unfun. Which actually represents a lot of drug culture art because mostly only people on the unhappy end of the drug lifestyle make the effort to produce a work all about drug taking. Every word in this post is wrong. The movie makes drugs look cool in spite of depicting only bad trips, everybody who watches it wants to do drugs which are obviously shown as great and fun, and just like the rest of drug culture depictions of bad trips are at least as common as good ones, for example there's this book called Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Number 1 Sexy Dad posted:"Thompson promised to fire the majority of the conservative county officials and bureaucrats, and shaved his head bald, thereby referring to the crew-cut, ex-army, Republican incumbent as "My long-haired opponent." lol raton fucked around with this message at 17:45 on Jul 11, 2015 |
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Lolie posted:Fear and Loathing was a pretentious piece of crap. The Great Shark Hunt is a much better representation of HST's work, which ranged from pretentious crap to brilliant. It's a shame there's so much focus on the "gonzo" stuff, because at his best he was a damned fine commentator on the time period he documented. It was funny and not pretentious. But Hunter was a piece of crap and I wouldn't want to read anything else by him except the classical Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
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a dog from hell posted:It was funny and not pretentious. But Hunter was a piece of crap and I wouldn't want to read anything else by him except the classical Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. U cool with bukowski though, dog from hell?
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will second the great shark hunt one of my favorite books
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# ? Jul 11, 2015 18:55 |
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I, unlike people who are stupid, don't think the books that are good are not good because the people who wrote them weren't actual supermen but instead wizened hypocritical cowards, as the book is a thing separate from the person who wrote it. I also will have sex with a pretty girl even if her dad is ugly, strange but true.
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Number 1 Sexy Dad posted:
loving LOL
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Number 1 Sexy Dad posted:U cool with bukowski though, dog from hell? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bGR0Jlo3Po
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Sheep-Goats posted:I, unlike people who are stupid, don't think the books that are good are not good because the people who wrote them weren't actual supermen but instead wizened hypocritical cowards, as the book is a thing separate from the person who wrote it. I also will have sex with a pretty girl even if her dad is ugly, strange but true. Just don't get her pregnant
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gently caress da Mods posted:Kill u self just like bald man
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# ? Jul 13, 2015 22:31 |
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quote:HST: "I'm working on a profoundly goofy story here. It's wonderful. I've invented a new sport. It's called Shotgun Golf. We will rule the world with this thing."
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# ? Jul 13, 2015 22:53 |
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Fear and loathing on the campaign trail 72 is really great too.
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quote:ELIMINATE THE PITCHER: This will knock at least one hour off the length of a game, which is now up to 3:42. One World Series game took five hours and 20 minutes, which is unacceptable to everybody except the Pitchers. Yes. ... So we will ELIMINATE THE PITCHERS, and they won't be missed. Pitchers, as a group, are pampered little swine with too much money and no real effect on the game except to drag it out and interrupt the action.
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