| Author |
Message |
|
| tirebiter |
 Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 7:54 pm |
 |
|
|
Joined: 20 May 2004
Posts: 4011
Location: not far away
|
Syd: Flabbergastingly brilliant. You've obviously given all for the big Cephalopod-- I'm sure He/It appreciates it.
My devotion to HPL has only grown over the years, but it doesn't approach yours. You're very, very sick.
Happy Holidays to all! |
|
|
| Back to top |
 
|
| marantzo |
| Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 8:21 pm |
|
|
|
Guest
|
Cthulhumas ?????????????
I have no idea what you all are talking about. Has it got to do with some kind of Pagan/Christian thing?  |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
| Syd |
| Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 8:23 pm |
|
|
Site Admin
Joined: 21 May 2004
Posts: 12939
Location: Norman, Oklahoma
|
| There's also the cult of St. Frosty the Ever-Melting. They believe he'll come back on Christmas Day. |
_________________
Rocky Laocoon foretold of Troy's doom, only to find snaky water. They pulled him in and Rocky can't swim. Now Rocky wishes he were an otter! |
|
| Back to top |
 
|
| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 8:31 pm |
|
|
Joined: 21 May 2004
Posts: 5911
Location: Beyond the Blue Horizon
|
Syd wrote: There's also the cult of St. Frosty the Ever-Melting. They believe he'll come back on Christmas Day.
*LOL!*
BTW, thanks for the tips - I'll print those out and put them on the wall. It's the time of the year to survive, after all.
Maybe I'll even send them out next year... |
_________________
===================
http://www.wakasaworld.com |
|
| Back to top |
|
| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 8:45 pm |
|
|
Joined: 20 May 2004
Posts: 14498
Location: Houston
|
| Happy Holidays!!!!!! |
_________________
You've got a great brain. You should keep it in your head.
-Topher |
|
| Back to top |
|
| tirebiter |
| Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 9:30 pm |
|
|
|
Joined: 20 May 2004
Posts: 4011
Location: not far away
|
| Marantzo: Go the the library and check out some HP Lovecraft-- especially my favorite, At The Mountains of Madness. Then you'll know more about the wonder and innocent joy of Cthulhu. |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
| Rod |
| Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 9:52 am |
|
|
Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 2944
Location: Lithgow, Australia
|
|
| Back to top |
|
| marantzo |
| Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 10:22 am |
|
|
|
Guest
|
I am not familiar with his later works but back when I was in my early twenties, I saw a couple of his short plays on TV and heard a number of his early works on the radio. I was transfixed. It was a new literary experience for me. I found the radio adaptations the most effective. It was the words and the pace. He was a master of his craft.
I really disliked The Servant though. |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 11:02 am |
|
|
|
Joined: 21 May 2004
Posts: 5911
Location: Beyond the Blue Horizon
|
|
| Back to top |
|
| yambu |
| Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 11:33 am |
|
|
Joined: 23 May 2004
Posts: 6441
Location: SF Bay Area
|
Syd wrote: carrobin wrote: Brilliant, Syd. Did you write that yourself?
..... .......Thanks. It's from a fanzine contribution I wrote about six years ago, |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
| gromit |
| Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 11:46 am |
|
|
Joined: 31 Aug 2004
Posts: 9016
Location: Shanghai
|
| I thought The Servant had its moments and was interesting if a bit dated. Great look to the film. The 1967 Losey-Pinter collab, The Accident, was a pretentious bore. |
_________________
Killing your enemies, if it's done badly, increases their number. |
|
| Back to top |
|
| lissa |
| Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 12:15 pm |
|
|
Joined: 20 May 2004
Posts: 2148
Location: my computer
|
| yambu...you mean, this ISN'T real life? |
_________________
Statistically, 6 out of 7 dwarfs aren't happy. |
|
| Back to top |
|
| marantzo |
| Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 12:24 pm |
|
|
|
Guest
|
Quote: The Accident, was a pretentious bore.
I didn't see that, but I found The Servant to be just that also. And the change in the relationship was so contrived and obvious, it was like a student attempting avant garde.
Pinter seemed to have abandoned the quiet, subtle power of his early works.
I've never liked Losey's work. How he got his reputation is a mystery to me. He was one of the Black Listed, right? Those guys seem to get a pass because of that, regardless of their talent. |
Last edited by marantzo on Thu Dec 25, 2008 1:04 pm; edited 1 time in total |
|
| Back to top |
|
| Nancy |
| Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 12:40 pm |
|
|
Joined: 20 May 2004
Posts: 4607
Location: Norman, OK
|
yambu wrote: Syd, I try not to wonder what you're like in real life.
When I first met Syd, he seemed deceptively normal. Then I read something he wrote, and discovered that under that normal exterior was a sick and twisted interior. |
_________________
"All in all, it's just another feather in the fan."
Isaacism, 2009 |
|
| Back to top |
|
| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 1:02 pm |
|
|
|
Joined: 30 May 2004
Posts: 12533
|
gromit wrote: I thought The Servant had its moments and was interesting if a bit dated. Great look to the film. The 1967 Losey-Pinter collab, The Accident, was a pretentious bore.
Liked both movies...I think it's "Accident," btw.
And like Dirk Bogarde especially who always seems to have a lot going on under the surface. |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
