I was wondering besides b-movies what else do members of this fine board know. like for example I have pretty good knowledge in Anime, comic books ,military history and video games. Maybe thiers a genre or sub genre of movies you know well. Like I know alot about the cyberpunk genre in the sci-fi category and Asian movies. or maybe you can rattle off information about computers or name every song from a certain rock band.
So what do you know?
You can’t give it, you can’t even buy it, and you just don’t get it!-Aeon Flux
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With regard to movies, my interest has always been in horror movies, but mostly stuck in the 70's and 80's. In particular, I do like zombie movies; why, I don't know. Seems like an odd fascination for someone who is as critical of movies as am I.
I have been a gamer for over 25 years and am probably familiar with the majority of role-playing games that have been published for the first 15 of those 25 years. As well, I am familiar with quite a few board games, card games, and wargames (and no, that does not apply to computer games).
I am a fan of 3-D used in various media, particularly movies.
I am also familiar with photography. Of course, being a photographer this comes in handy. I do have quite a bit a familiarity with camera equipment, contemporary and vintage. And yes, my interest in 3-D does extend into stereo photography. I hope to extend my interest in 3-D into videography as well.
I am slightly familiar with the English language ( :
Zombie films, heavy metal, and the biggie: PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING. I doubt there's many questions you could ask me about professional wrestling that has to do with the past 10-15 years that I wouldn't know the answer to.
Pop music in general (favorite genres bubblegum, psychedelia, 70s art rock, heavy metal, glam, garage bands, punk and 80s), comic strips and comic books, literature (mainly sci-fi) and TV (love limited TV animation).
My interests and areas of knowledge include (but not limited to): Motorcycles, guns, horror movies, and the paranormal (ghosts and UFOs).
Rich Andrini My daughter is big into Anime, so naturally I know a bit about the subject. Enjoy watching the style of the art work and stories. It has really taken off with the younger generation and if your on the West coast they have the coolest stores and conventions out there. We had a chance to go into a couple of these type places in L.A. a couple years ago. They have larger Asian communities out there as well. My daughter started with POKEMON and SAILOR MOON. Then onto COWBOY BEBOP, VAMPIRE HUNTER- D, and now HELSING. She reads and watches anything Anime and anything Japanese.
History in general is a great subject as it contains so much of what we and the world are about. Went to West Point and visited the ground and museum. Very nice. One of Napoleons Swords, Hitlers pistol, and much much more are in this museum, plus it's in the beautiful Hudson Valley of New York state. Check it out as I think you live close to it.
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Menard I enjoy all era's of film, but mostly from the 60's and 70's though. I like the style of these 60's and 70's films. Something about the camera's I guess as the images look so much different than todays. Maybe it also has something to do with the lack of special effects.
Zombie films are the greatest these are the ones that I've seen:
The Night of the Living Dead
Zombie
Return of the Living Dead
Tombs of the Blind Dead
Return of the Blind Dead
Blind Dead 3 (it comes under many titles)
Dawn of the Dead
Return of the Living Dead II
Day of the Dead
Dawn of the Dead (remake)
Shaun of the Dead
I Drink Your Blood
Evil Dead
Evil Dead II
Army of Darkness
Resident Evil
Resident Evil: The Apocolypse
Last Man on Earth
White Zombie
Plague of Zombies
I Eat Your Skin
Kung Fu Zombie
Revolt of the Zombies
28 Days Later
King of the Zombies
I Walked with a Zombie
The Walking Dead
Serpent and the Rainbow
The Believers
Many films are borderline zombie films including anything that was dead and comes back to life like Vampires, Frankenstein, etc.
Played board games my whole life. Even created many of my own, but never able to get them manufactured.
Played a lot of Computer Real Time Strategy games. War Craft I, II, III. Starcraft, Ages of Empire, Dune, etc.
Even made some attempts to patent different sports. Spectator type sports.
The only photography I do is when traveling.
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Drezzy Mac I was a big fan of Professional Wrestling back especially from 1979-1986. Still watch it on occassion, but have found that national exposure of these characters kills the magic it once had during the territorial days before Satellite TV. Started watching it about 1979 when our new cable system was upgraded and we picked up WTBS from Atlanta as one of our channels and they showed GEORGIA CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING and that is how I recall becoming a big fan of the "King of Sports". I always was curious about wrestling in the 70's, but it was on late at night, but always noticed the bloody covers on Wrestling magazines when going to the local newstands where I lived.
Favorite Wrestlers of all time are:
Kevin Sullivan
The Fabulous Freebirds
The Masked Superstar
Brusier Brody
Abdullah the Butcher
Dory Funk Jr.
The Shiek (original)
Stan Hanson
Superstar Billy Graham
Harley Race
Iron Shiek
Catus Jack
The Samoans
Mr. Fuji and Mr. Saito tag team
Terry Funk
Current Wrestlers that I like are:
Eddie Guererro
Tajiri
The Undertaker
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Ozzymandias I really like New Wave/Punk from the 80's and of course Heavy Metal mostly from about 1980-1985. Had a chance to listen to all those songs again when my daughter became a teenager. Reliving my childhood I suppose.
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Well, odinn7 been a big UFO follower for years and also any of the mysteries since childhood. Great subjects.
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i'm pretty knowledgable in music, i play guitar and write songs. the genres of music i'm the most knowledgable in are punk, hardcore, indie rock, and folk music. but i also listen to a lot of old school rock like Pink Floyd, Van Morrison and Jackson Browne. if anyone ever wants to talk music genres feel free to hit me up.
Thanks Scott Ive been makeing trips to go to different places around New York cause their so many different things to do over here. West Point sound good. I to have been to Anime conventions here in the New York area. Also Scott If your interested check out regular comic conventions also. Not only do they have comics from times long ago and comic statues but stuff related to comics like rock and roll memborialia, sci-fi stuff and anime. They have one every two months here in New York.
You can’t give it, you can’t even buy it, and you just don’t get it!-Aeon Flux
I have tried to watch as many zombie films as I can (and many are truly bad). In finding some zombie movies I may have not seen, I found some help with a book published by DarkSide magazine simply called ZOMBIE. I am anticipating the release of a zombie movie history book called BOOK OF THE DEAD which Amazon.com will be carrying. I really miss THE MONSTER TIMES magazine.
As a photographer, I do not actually take many personal photos (not necessarily unusual among photographers). I have improved upon my ability to avoid being in photographs. This almost becomes an artform when photographing weddings to prevent from being in half the photos that guests have taken.
Scott, I find paranormal topics real interesting. I've been real into UFOs for over 20 years and the last few years I've also added ghosts to my paranormal interests. However, I'm not like some people that believe everything you see that isn't readily explainable is caused by something paranormal.
Big fan of wrestling here too, though I've gotten disgusted with it recently and haven't watched it in a few years. It was pretty sad to see a diehard WWF hater like myself actually choosing to watch them instead of WCW in the final years of the Monday Night Wars. WCW had just been taken over by the kind of crap that had caused me to hate the WWF all those years. My "home" promotion was Mid-South Wrestling and to me that will always be my favorite wrestling of all time.
I know zombie movies pretty well....I'm a fan of movies in general, not just the Bs.
I probably know more about arthouse/foreign films. I don't know much about most of the popular movies/stars of recent years, though.
My other fields of "expertise"--I'm a history buff--not really any specific field, though I tend to know more about 20th century US history. I have an English degree and still maintain an interest in literature and writing.
I also like true crime stuff, creepy photos, reading about psychological disorders, and other assorted weirdness. I'm nigh obsessed with old intermission films, trailers, classroom films, etc...on the rare occasions I do have any money I usually spend it on Something Weird Video.
Hmm Tricky stuff here...
1) I read like crazy: 60% SciFi, 10% Mysteries, 10% Literature, 10% Nonfiction, and 10% Fantasy. At least 2 books a week, usually 3-4.
2) monster movies and 50-60's sci fi are my genres. But I am no expert
3) I love to cook, and am sort of a "foodie", I'm always on a quest for one thing or another. If there was a way to make a real living (i.e. equavalent to being a professional), I'd be a chef.
4) My wife and I enjoy working on the house and improving it.
5) I currently work a collection of part-time and contract jobs, so that fills the rest of the time nicely.
-Ed
Aside from the obvious horror movies - Godzilla, Doctor Who, and metal \m/
I used to know quite a bit about dinosaurs, and although I haven't had a chance to exercise the knowledge in a while, I'm sure it's still in there somewhere.
I keep an open mind on just about everything. Always cultivating a wide array of interest. One thing leads to others and the next thing you know your into everything life has to offer.
I think sometime this month or next they are going to televise the Goverment Discloser Project with hundreds of goverment witnesses. I'll get the date if it's still going to show and post the date for it. It's suppose to be something. A lot of countries are demanding to know what all those lights are invading their air space. A lot of very weird things happening and could possible happen in the near future.
http://www.disclosureproject.org/ (http://www.disclosureproject.org/)
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> My other fields of "expertise"--I'm a history buff--not really
> any specific field, though I tend to know more about 20th
> century US history. I have an English degree and still
> maintain an interest in literature and writing.
I dig a bit of history as well. Right now I'm reading Barbara Tuchman's "The Guns of August," which is a great narrative about WWI. If you haven't already, I'd highly recommend checking it out.
I have an always expanding knowledge of horror films and Foreign/Anime.
I also have an extensive knowledge of the unexplanined/paranormal and spend most of my days in the office reading about such accounts on various sites.
As for music, I used to be heavy into punk/metal/hardcore. These days, I'm starting to drift more towards indie rock such as Modest Mouse and Wilco thanks to people like Chopper.
For some reason, I do have a strange ability to name most any film that an actor has been in. Quite a few people around the office often quiz me on it.
"Name three movies ______ has been in" and such. I seem to never lose. :)
I have a lot of knowledge of old westerns and scifi movies, because I grew up watching them in 60's on the late show. I saw lots of stuff at the theater as a kid too; 2001, Planet of the Apes, Barberella, and tons of other stuff .
I watched a lot of classic tv as a kid also (Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Star Trek, Jonny Quest.).
I have been interested in UFO's and other paranormal stuff since an early age. I started reading books about them while still in elementary school. I am sort of disappointed in never actually seeing one.
I am one of those people who gets on tangents about things. If something catches my interest I must find out about it .
I also know a lot about computer hardware, since it has been my work life for the last 25 years. Although I occasionally wish now that I didn't know anything about them so no one would ask me questions.
trek_geezer wrote:
> I also know a lot about computer hardware, since it has been my
> work life for the last 25 years. Although I occasionally wish
> now that I didn't know anything about them so no one would ask
> me questions.
>
I can relate to this one. While computer repairman is only one of my hats (I also do computer graphics and teach Freshman English courses at the local junior college), people (read: my boss) expects me to know every last detail about every program he uses, whether it's one I've ever used or not. I'm also expected to diganose computer problems based on reports like, "I'm getting an error message here in Outlook. Do you know what's wrong?" or "I tried to burn a CD at home but it didn't work. Do you know what could have happened?" Needless to say, there are times I'm ready to go back in time to pre-computer days, when the worst technical problem was that your typewriter keys jammed. . .
I've got my fedora ready; let's go back to the 1940s!
I was an auto mechanic for 15 years and I can understand what trek and Derf are talking about. As soon as someone would find out what I did, they would pump me for a diagnosis of what could be wrong based on some stupid, off the wall description or worse yet, they would talk me into doing the work for free. I found a solution...I started to charge for work I did and suddenly most people didn't seem to be as interested then. I didn't mind helping someone out now and then but there comes a point where you realize you're being taken advantage of.
I'm big on metal and comics, those stuff are still related to b-movies though somehow.
Things I know about:
*The California Penal Code (whoopty frickin doo)
*Guns
*Baking
*Japanese Culture/History (not all of it- I'm getting there)
*Music (pretty much anything that isn't crap (ala Brittany & Christina)
*East Indian Culture/Food
Things I wish I didn't know a lot about, but I do:
*The California Penal Code (it's really sad how many numbers 1 person can know)
*80's pop culture- not the cool stuff, the girly adolescent stuff that nobody cares about
*Home/Office organization... it becomes annoying (according to my husband)
*Bad 80's rock
Scott wrote:
> Drezzy Mac I was a big fan of Professional Wrestling back
> especially from 1979-1986. Still watch it on occassion, but
> have found that national exposure of these characters kills the
> magic it once had during the territorial days before Satellite
> TV.
I only REALLY got into it at the start of the Attitude era, which was late 1997, because I was 11 at the time and my friend Billy always quoted Stone Cold Steve Austin, so I decided to watch one night to see what the hell he was talking about, and got hooked.
>Started watching it about 1979 when our new cable system
> was upgraded and we picked up WTBS from Atlanta as one of our
> channels and they showed GEORGIA CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING and
> that is how I recall becoming a big fan of the "King of
> Sports". I always was curious about wrestling in the 70's, but
> it was on late at night, but always noticed the bloody covers
> on Wrestling magazines when going to the local newstands where
> I lived.
Yeah, the 70's was an awkward period for wrestling. The end of the true territorial days, and the matches were usually pretty terrible, but the workers knew how to make the crowd get into them better than the workers these days do.
I'll give you some comparisons to modern-day wrestlers to your favorites, as long as I can compare them.
> Favorite Wrestlers of all time are:
>
> Kevin Sullivan
Raven
> The Fabulous Freebirds
DDP, though he WAS a Fabulous Freebird in the late 80's and early 90's.
> The Masked Superstar
Gah?
> Brusier Brody
Mick Foley admitted to patterning himself after Bruiser Brody, minus the whole "backstage prick" thing.
> Abdullah the Butcher
Abby still does shows, oddly enough. I think he's in his 70's about now. A wrestler that is similar to him would be Madman Pondo, a deathmatch expert that does little else but bleed like a stuck pig.
> Dory Funk Jr.
Terry was better. =)
> The Shiek (original)
Naturally, Sabu would be the modern-day equivalent, considering he is the real-life nephew of The Shiek. Rob Van Dam and Sabu also trained under The Shiek, so there's some added info for you.
> Stan Hanson
LARIAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTT~!~!~~!~!~! Closest comparison I could make would probably be Bradshaw, or as he calls himself now, JBL. But...really, no true comparison, considering Hansen was great.
> Superstar Billy Graham
He eats t-bone steaks, he lifts barbel plates, he's sweeter than a German chocolate cake...and he has no true modern-day equivalent.
> Harley Race
Closest one I can think of would be Vader, because I do believe that Vader trained under Harley, or at least was taken under the tutelage of the original King of the Ring.
> Iron Shiek
Hmmmm...I can't think of any real equivalent. Muhamma Hassan comes close, but that's only due to the gimmick.
> Catus Jack
FOLEY IS GOD. He's my favorite of all-time, right up there with Raven and Chris Benoit, and I truly feel that NOBODY got a crowd into his matches like Foley could.
> The Samoans
Well, considering almost every Samoan wrestling today, with the exception of Samoa Joe and Sonny Siaki, are related to Afa and Samu...yeah. Rikishi, Ekmo, and Rosey are good comparisons, and ALL related to Afa and Samu.
> Mr. Fuji and Mr. Saito tag team
Never seen anything with Fuji before he was a manager, so...
> Terry Funk
Only wrestler that might end up like Terry Funk one day would probably be CM Punk, and I don't know why.
> Current Wrestlers that I like are:
>
> Eddie Guererro
If you like Eddie, you should check out Hector Garza of AAA and TNA fame. Not as good a wrestler, but definitely similar because of the Lucha Libre style.
> Tajiri
Check out LowKi, whose kicks are 100x better (and he actually has more control over them, since he actually STUDIES martial arts as opposed to just looks like he does), or Shinjiro Ohtani, as Tajiri patterned himself after Ohtani a great deal (I think the only thing he didn't take was the bootscrapes, but every independent wrestler these days does them).
> The Undertaker
...blah. Abyss owns Taker's ass in every way possible.
Some modern-day wrestlers you might want to check out include:
-LowKi
-"The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels
-"American Dragon" Bryan Danielson (who many consider to be the greatest technical wrestler {think Bret Hart, or Dynamite Kid} of the last decade)
-"The King of Old School" Steve Corino
-Samoa Joe
-"The Phenomenal" AJ Styles (if he doesn't amaze you, nobody will)
-Kid Kash (think of the dirtiest bad guy wrestler {heel} you've ever seen, and add on some amazing top-rope maneuvers, and you get the Notorious K-I-D)
Oh yea, I forgot about Steve Corino. He was a great character with ECW. I actually saw one ECW show and all the great ones were on the card that night. They went 100% for a small crowd of maybe 300 people in Atlantic City Armory. It was great !
The Dudleys
Shane Douglas
Sabu
Rob Van Dam
Lance Storm
Tanaka
Taz
Chris Candido
Fancine
Tommy Dreamer
Sandman
Spike Dudley
Balls Mahoney
Knonos
The Blue Meanie
Danny Doring
Tommy Rich
Jack Victory
Little Guido
Now the Samoans I was thinking of were Afa and Sika the first Samoan tag champs. Not sure if you know this tag team, but I forgot to mention The Minnosota Wrecking Crew: Ole and Gene Anderson.
Another favorite was Greg "The Hammer" Valentine. One of the great ones. Jimmy Snuka during his bad guy days was also great. Don Muraco was one of my favorites also.
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Ya know what we call wraslin' in the South?
A backyard picnic ( :
you gave me props for getting you more into Wilco and Modest Mouse, i'm flattered. :)
Hansome Harley Race is a frequent guest on the sports station I work at. He runs a wrestling school at Eldon. He does a lot of charity shows at schools in Missouri.
Missouri was always kind of his base and also where he made it big. There was a St. Louis promotion he use to headline for years.
I saw Harley Race vs Pedro Morales in Atlantic City about 1986. Two very good professionals.
In Wildwood, NJ Harley Race against Davey Boy Smith in a good match that went an extra 5 minutes overtime then Harley Race left the arena after Smith did a full-press bodyslam on Race.
In Philadelphia Spectrum against Hulk Hogan where Hogan did his signiture moves on Race to win the match. Clothsline, Body Slam, and Leg Drop.
He was older in 1986-87. Eventually retiring from the ring.
Yea, you could apply a chicken wing.
Race is, to the best of knowledge, one of the few true class acts in the business.
But this isn't the board to talk wrestling. www.thesmartmarks.com is. Or www.kayfabememories.com, should you wish to talk about the old days.
And the ECW card...was that from 1998? Judging by the roster, it's either in mid 1998 or early 1999.
What else am I somewhat knowledgeable about?
60s and 70s Pop/Rock Music and on a related subject, guitar construction. I hope to get building some this summer.
True crime buff. I am fairly knowledgeable about serial killers in particular.
I've been a fan of written SF and mysteries since the late 60s.
Since some others have mentioned it, I was, for a brief period, back in the late 60s-early70s a fan of pro wrestling. My favorites were Bobo Brazil and Mil Mascaras. It's one of those things I lost interest in as I got older.
Also model airplanes, though I haven't done much with them lately.
Beer.
Beyond that -
collecting: Japanese Monster toys - the retro inspired funky, brightly painted kind.
music: Stooges, Primal Scream, Supergrass, Dandy Warhols, Death in Vegas, The Eels, Stereolab, etc, etc.
some fave movie director's:
Russ Meyer
Beat Takeshi
General Carpentry and Woodworking. My father taught me the basics. I actually built all of the cabinets for our kitchen in GA. My trademark is using two different woods, one light and one dark. Our kitchen was all white oak, with walnut drawer fronts and raised center panels. No plywood either, all hardwood with rabbits and mortis and tenon joints. They were reinforced with stiffening blocks and, where I could hide them, nails. I made everything so it could expand and contract (hardwood does that) and the drawers were custom sized to Katie's specs with heavy duty ball bearing rails.
Dinosaurs. I was just getting back into this and collecting some of the newer books (wow, great stuff) when the unit orders for Iraq came down.
WWII, especially the aircraft of Germany, Britain, and US. The air war was really something else during this period. There has never been anything else like it, along the lines of air combat.
Car Mechanics. Lots of the general stuff, like doing the brakes (including drum), starters, tranny maintenance, oil changes, and such. I used to have a 67 Camaro with a 350 in it. I have worked a lot on small-block Chevy V8s. Done everything except put a crank and pistons in and that was simply on account of not needing to.
Computers and Networking. This is what I do for the Marine Corps, a Data Chief. Everything from commercial fiber to DSL modems out here. Big network, spread over miles. Myself and 4 Marines run the whole thing on our half of the base. I can still teach the youngster's tricks with some of the gear and especially with command line stuff. I usually do all the admin on the Badmovies.org server (Linux), when I am back home.
General Nature. Katie puts up with me playing with reptiles, insects, spiders, and all sorts of things. Sometimes she is also interested, like the tortoise that lived on our land in GA. Other times, she is very unhappy, like me investigating a large rat snake. Katie does not like snakes. However, she surprised me by sticking around while I showed my nephews some ant lions - how they catch food and what they look like.
Legos. Ah, good stuff.
Weapons. I am a pretty good shot and a good teacher. I've taught a number of people how to use and fire handguns. Marine Corps, I often end up being the RSO or OIC for machinegun (especially the 240G) and pistol range.
Tavern Puzzles. Love them and I sometimes drive my friends nuts. Todd gave me one once for Christmas. I held it up and examined it for about 20 seconds. Todd said, "Oh, oh no!" and then I solved it before the minute was over.