{"id":203,"date":"2008-07-10T13:49:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-10T13:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tdgsafety.wordpress.com\/2008\/07\/10\/memes-with-ulterior-motives\/"},"modified":"2008-07-10T13:49:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-10T13:49:00","slug":"memes-with-ulterior-motives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/foolish-house.local\/2008\/07\/10\/memes-with-ulterior-motives\/","title":{"rendered":"Memes with ulterior motives…"},"content":{"rendered":"

OK, yet another meme- but there’s a reason.<\/i>

Here’s Entertainment Weekly’s list of the top movies of the last 25 years. Go through their list and BOLD the ones you have seen, ITALICIZE those you love\/would watch over and over again, STRIKE OUT those you dislike strongly or really would rather never see again.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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1. Pulp Fiction (1994) <\/font><\/font><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

2. The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-03)<\/font><\/font><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

3. <\/font><\/font><\/i><\/b>Titanic (1997)<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

4. Blue Velvet (1986)<\/i><\/b><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

5. <\/font><\/font><\/i>Toy Story (1995)<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

6. Saving Private Ryan (1998)<\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

7. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)<\/b><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

8. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)<\/i><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

9. Die Hard (1988)<\/font><\/font><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

10. Moulin Rouge (2001)<\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

11. This Is Spinal Tap (1984) <\/i><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

12. The Matrix (1999)<\/font><\/font><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

13. GoodFellas (1990)<\/i><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

14. Crumb (1995)<\/b><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

15. Edward Scissorhands (1990)<\/b><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

16. Boogie Nights (1997)<\/i><\/b><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

17. Jerry Maguire (1996)<\/strike><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

18. Do the Right Thing (1989)<\/b><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

19. Casino Royale (2006)<\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

20. The Lion King (1994)<\/strike> <\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

21. Schindler’s List (1993)<\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

22. Rushmore (1998)<\/b><\/i><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

23. Memento (2001)<\/b><\/i><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

24. A Room With a View (1986)<\/b><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

25. Shrek (2001)<\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

26. Hoop Dreams (1994)<\/b><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

27. Aliens (1986)<\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

28. Wings of Desire (1988)<\/b><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

29. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)<\/strike><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

30. <\/font><\/font><\/b>When Harry Met Sally… (1989)<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

31.<\/font><\/font><\/b> Brokeback Mountain (2005)<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

32. Fight Club (1999) <\/font><\/font><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

33. The Breakfast Club (1985)<\/i><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

34. Fargo (1996)<\/i><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

35.<\/font><\/font><\/i> The Incredibles (2004)<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

36. Spider-Man 2 (2004)<\/strike><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

37. <\/strike><\/font><\/font><\/i>Pretty Woman (1990)<\/font><\/font><\/strike><\/font><\/font><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

38. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)<\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

39. The Sixth Sense (1999)<\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

40. Speed (1994)<\/strike><\/font><\/font><\/b> (Can I strike this out twice?)<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

41. <\/font><\/font><\/b>Dazed and Confused (1993)<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

42.<\/font><\/font><\/i> Clueless (1995)<\/font><\/font><\/strike><\/font><\/font><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

43. Gladiator (2000)<\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

44. The Player (1992)<\/i><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

45. Rain Man (1988)<\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

46. <\/font><\/font><\/b>Children of Men (2006)<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

47. Men in Black (1997)<\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

48. Scarface (1983)<\/i><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

49. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)<\/i><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

50. The Piano (1993)<\/b><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

51. There Will Be Blood (2007)<\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

52. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad (1988)<\/strike><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

53. <\/font><\/font><\/i>The Truman Show (1998) <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

54. Fatal Attraction (1987)<\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

55. Risky Business (1983)<\/b><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

56. The Lives of Others (2006)<\/b><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

57. There’s Something About Mary (1998)<\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

58. Ghostbusters (1984)<\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

59. L.A. Confidential (1997)<\/i><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

60. Scream (1996)<\/strike><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

61. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)<\/strike><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

62. sex, lies and videotape (1989)<\/b><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

63. Big (1988)<\/strike><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

64. No Country For Old Men (2007)<\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

65. Dirty Dancing (1987)<\/strike><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

66. Natural Born Killers (1994)<\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

67. Donnie Brasco (1997)<\/b><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

68. Witness (1985)<\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

69. All About My Mother (1999)<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

70. Broadcast News (1987)<\/b><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

71. Unforgiven (1992)<\/i><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

72. Thelma and Louise (1991)<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/s><\/b><\/p>\n

73. Office Space (1999)<\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

74. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

75. Out of Africa (1985)<\/b><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

76. The Departed (2006)<\/strike><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

77. Sid and Nancy (1986)<\/b><\/b><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

78. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)<\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

79. Waiting for Guffman (1996)<\/i><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

80. Michael Clayton (2007)<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

81. Moonstruck (1987)<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

82. Lost in Translation (2003)<\/i><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

83. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)<\/strike><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

84. Sideways (2004) <\/b><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

85.<\/font><\/font> The 40 Year Old virgin<\/font><\/font><\/s><\/b><\/p>\n

86. Y Tu Mam\u00e1 Tambi\u00e9n (2002)<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

87. Swingers (1996)<\/b><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

88. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) <\/strike><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

89. Breaking the Waves (1996)<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

90. Napoleon Dynamite (2004) <\/b><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

91. Back to the Future (1985)<\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

92. Menace II Society (1993)<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

93. Ed Wood (1994)<\/b><\/i><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

94. Full Metal Jacket (1987)<\/b><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

95. In the Mood for Love (2001)<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

96. Far From Heaven (2002)<\/b><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

97. Glory (1989)<\/font><\/font><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

98. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

99. The Blair Witch Project (1999)<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

100. South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999)
<\/b><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

Now, about that reason. Soulhuntre,<\/b> Quin<\/b>, Kimiko<\/b> and I were having a discussion- the five authors and the five films that have impacted\/ influenced you the most. They don’t have to be classics… they don’t even have to be good<\/i>. Just the right film at the right time, the right words at the right moment, that helped shape who you are and define your world. <\/p>\n

Authors\/ Books:<\/u>
1. Hunter S. Thompson<\/b> ( Discovered when I was 14- I had never read anything like it- and I still haven’t. The majesty of excess, the pure mad poetry of words.)
2. Edward Gorey<\/b> (Shaped my sense of humor, propriety and style – like something terrible either just has, or is just about to happen.)
3. Niel Gaiman<\/b> (Showed me poetry in beauty and horror, “fear in a handful of dust”)
4. Ayn Rand <\/b>(If you don’t know by now, I can’t explain it.)
5. Stephen King<\/b> (The Stand<\/i> and The Dark Half<\/i> left indelible impressions… after reading The Stand, <\/i>I bought my first pair of boots.)<\/p>\n

Movies: (In no particular order)<\/u>
1. Ed Wood<\/b> (Makes tribute of our efforts to be great, and holds all our dreams as equally grand… and is funny as hell, when it’s not kicking my ass.)
2. Videodrome<\/b> (Showed me I was not alone)
3. Fight Club<\/b> (Combined film with brilliant wordsmithing as only really powerful graphic art had done for me before)
4. American Beauty<\/b> (Paralyzes me every time I see it)
5. Empire of the Sun<\/b> (Showed me film could be about more than mere events)<\/p>\n

Meme this if it you inspires you- I think it says a lot about who we are, and how we came to be that way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OK, yet another meme- but there’s a reason.Here’s Entertainment Weekly’s list of the top movies of the last 25 years. Go through their list and BOLD the ones you have seen, ITALICIZE those you love\/would watch over and over again, STRIKE OUT those you dislike strongly or really would rather never see again. 1. Pulp […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/foolish-house.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/foolish-house.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/foolish-house.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foolish-house.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foolish-house.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/foolish-house.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/foolish-house.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foolish-house.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foolish-house.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}