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Sophtware Slump by Grandaddy
Sophtware Slump by Grandaddy
2011 | Rock
(0 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"This is another great example of repetition, something simple and small that carries a huge resonance. There’s that line he keeps repeating: 'Don’t give up, 2000 man.' That whole record has got this incredible apocalyptic feel and the scene they paint over and over again is one of Earth covered in detritus from this era that’s become obsolete; something happened to humans and now all their crap is left everywhere, their computer keyboards and so on. “I’ve used that idea six times in my own band: the title ‘Qwerty Finger’ is about a qwerty keyboard that washes up on a beach and at the end of ‘NASA Is On Your Side’ you’ve got children climbing over fridges. It’s because that imagery is so powerful and I don’t think anyone really went there again. “I kind of believe that will happen and I don’t know if I believe it because of Grandaddy or because it’s a rational thing to think, but I do and I do still believe that our time will pass and all of our technology and crap will come to nothing. That’s a big influence for a band to have on a little boy I think. “This song is probably the best one on there and the way it just keeps on going is incredible, both in terms of its length and that churning message: 'Don’t give up'. It made me feel that I was the start of life around that age, the ‘2000 man’ and that’s very powerful stuff if you hit the right kid at the right time."

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Black Rabbit Hall
Black Rabbit Hall
Eve Chase | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I liked the book, but I didn't love it. Told in alternating voices and time-lines, first-person for Amber in the late 60's and third-person for Lorna circa 2000. Amber's voice definitely had the edge as Lorna's felt more distant, probably due to being in third-person, so her story didn't have much of a punch for me. Also, her connection to Black Rabbit Hall felt too pat, too obvious, and not surprising in the least. One thing, as silly as it might seem, that bothered me was the casual mention of texts and wi-fi. Easy to overlook in this day and age, but they just weren't common in the late nineties/early aughts. Otherwise, it was an easy, if predictable read.
  
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Jim Jarmusch recommended American Psycho (2000) in Movies (curated)

 
American Psycho (2000)
American Psycho (2000)
2000 | Comedy, Drama, Horror

"My number one is American Psycho, 2000. A masterful adaptation of words to cinema by Mary Harron, an important American director, and writer. She made Alias Grace, The Notorious Bettie Page, I Shot Andy Warhol, et cetera. This is adapted from Bret Easton Ellis’s 1991 novel that was set in the 1980s. And I think that the film resonates even more now than when it was made almost 20 years ago. Though at the time it was called sexist filth by some [laughs]. Christian Bale’s performance is brutally riveting, and the entire cast– Willem Dafoe, Chloe Sevigny, Reese Witherspoon, and Jared Leto – are all just really good. There’s also an uncut ‘Killer Collections’ edition, which I would strongly recommend. It’s a great film."

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Around the World in a Day by Prince
Around the World in a Day by Prince
1985 | Rock
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"Yes – of all his albums this is the one that got me. I admire him to the nth degree, no matter what, but that record just captured me wholeheartedly when it was released, and I must have listened to it at least 2000 times. My dad was living in England at the time and it was really here that I fell into the chasm of that journey. I've so many memories of my dad taking me to these really dodgy carnivals that they would have in the suburbs, with guys with tattoos operating these iffy lifts, and I would be listening to 'Raspberry Beret' or 'Around the World in a Day' on my Walkman. I'm a lucky guy; that was a fun period."

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Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (2023)
Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (2023)
2023 | Fantasy
7
7.5 (8 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Feature-length movie set in the D&D universe, this is much better than the 2000 travesty, with Chris Pine this time taking the lead, alongside Michelle Ridriguez and Hugh Grant and is set in the 'Forgotten Realms' campaign setting, with Baldurs Gate and Neverwinter both getting name-dropped.

(I must admit that, as large parts of it were filmed in my home of Northern Ireland, I did spend quite a bit of time playing 'spot the location').

It also has a refreshing low-stakes feel about it (there's no real 'end of the world' disaster to be averted), and I did also feel that it had elements of Monty Python around it (particularly in the talking to the dead graveyard bit)
  
Transformers Rise of the Beasts (2023)
Transformers Rise of the Beasts (2023)
2023 | Action, Adventure
6
7.1 (8 Ratings)
Movie Rating
I heard this is something like the 7th entry in the main 'Transformers' non-cartoon movie series.

7.

I still remember the first.

This is also a prequel, of sorts, set during the 1990s instead of the more contemporary setting of the earlier (mid 2000) movies, with a new cast of human characters alongside the Autobots and - here - the Terracons and the Maximals.

For some reason, however, I found it not to be as engaging as those earlier (maximum Bayhem!) entries, even though it is clearer on just what is happening - maybe it's the fusion of sound and vision that's missing?

Anyway, it's not bad but I still prefer the first two entries in particular (before it all went massively downhill).
  
Union Pacific
Union Pacific
1999 | Economic, Transportation
Very simple game play. (1 more)
Surprising depth for simple mechanics
luck based game play with only slight mediation (0 more)
This is a classic, that is old but still holds up and my family has been playing it for many years.
I have no doubt this is the father of ticket to ride. this one was published first and it's still really fun. It's since been re-implemented. The fact that each turn either consists of playing track and building a train to get stock, or putting down stock before the round ends, and the rounds are driven by the deck. it's so simple yet so brilliant. For this to be published prior to 2000 is amazing to me. I'm a fan of what Alan R Moon does. If you are reading this Alan, keep up the good work sir.
  
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The Marinated Meeple (1853 KP) Aug 18, 2018

Played again. Still love it.

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Chris (9 KP) rated Crocodile (2000) in Movies

Apr 26, 2020 (Updated Apr 26, 2020)  
Crocodile (2000)
Crocodile (2000)
2000 | Horror
6
5.0 (3 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Mediocre step down for Tobe Hooper
Tobe Hooper, the director who brought us 1974s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, directs this low budget 2000 horror film about a group of unwitting college students who venture on a house boat for spring break and soon come face-to-face with a local legend, a giant mother crocodile who seeks vengeance when one of them destroy her nest and steal one of her eggs. This alone makes for a senseless plot as most of all of them deserve what's coming to them. The only thing really worth watching in this just seeking this giant reptile sink his chompers into them making a meal out of them. If there is one good thing about this flick, it is the soundtrack. The film stars Mark McLauchlin, Caitlin Martin and Chris Solari.
  
Athena's Choice
Athena's Choice
Adam Boostrom | 2019 | Dystopia, Fiction & Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy
9
8.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
A story set in the late 2000's and nearing the turn of the century. A virus killed everyone containing the Y chromosome. A genetics company is working on creating the genome to bring men back, but it's been stolen and Athena is the only one who can get it back. This story is very well researched, nothing mentioned here is scientifically impossible with more developments. It is well written and easy to read and understand. With concepts and history that would be everyday knowledge in this fictional future there are Wikipedia pages within the book to explain, which is an amazing idea and a flip of what I have usually read where there is a lack of females.
But does Athena decide to bring men back or does she think the world is better without them?
  
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David McK (3562 KP) rated Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023) in Movies

Aug 11, 2024 (Updated Aug 11, 2024)  
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023)
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023)
2023 |
5
5.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Sequel to the late 90s/early noughties (edit: the year 2000, to be precise) family-friendly Aardman Animations flick, which itself was a riff on The Great Escape and starred a then-still-in-vogue Mel Gibson as the voice of Rocky the Rooster.

Here, Gibson is replaced by Zachary Levi, with the film set a good few years (decades?) on from the original, and with Rocky and Ginger now having a kid of their own and living - alongside the other escapees - on a remote island. Until such time as their kid goes exploring the mainland and has a run-in with a face from their past ...

Inoffensive stuff, by and large - although parts (specifically the 'Stepford Wives' collaring/mind control bits - might be a bit too strong for the younger ones in the audience!