Game: This or That

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Originally Posted by bounty

both are nice but im way partial to mountains. way back in the 80s I took a shot of the tetons that made its way onto the cover of the company I was working for at the time, pretty neat!

although, the sea and the mountains make great settings for adventure stories, a slight nod to the sea in that one.

clue or monopoly?

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Yes, Bounty, it seems I misunderstood your and Taylor´s post about the games. I vaguely remember "monopoly" but I don´t know the other games, at least not with these names.

Ann Hathaway

Films or series?

<sings Twilight Zone music> Ain't we just did 'films or series'? Anyway, my answer these days is series, since there are some supremely good ones around on cable and Netflix, while most films are now less fun than a piece of chalk and cost a whole lot more. Plus you can draw penises on the sidewalk with the chalk.

Anne Hathaway or Ranch dressing?

Ranch dressing, of course, whatever kind of dressing it is.

Genuine Cheddar Cheese served in thin slices or Swiss Cheese?

Dude.:smilewinkgrin: You're talking to the Cheddar man himself.

Live in one of those valleys in Switzerland, amidst the Alps, that look like heaven itself, or live in a dingy, poorly maintained, rat infested fifth floor walk-up in Hell's Kitchen?

Live in a heavenly valley, but with cinema and restaurants at arms throw.

Live in America (continent) or Europe?

You're asking a whopper of a question, because it's implications include the geographic, cultural, political, economic and practical. So that we don't open a whole can o' worms, I'll limit myself to saying America, because it is the place I feel I can have the best quality of life, and remain close to my family.

Be boring or have a triangle shaped head?

I certainly prefer to be boring and having enough hats fitting my head.:D

Working at home or at an office?

that's a toughie---pros and cons to both but the choice between the two would be consistent on the type of work one wants to be doing. for the most part, for me, coaching/teaching requires an office. universities like it when you show up and a few "office hours" per week just don't seem to get the job done. smiles...

but the nice thing about working at home is there's no one telling you "get out!"

so danik, specifically for you since youre down there, but applicable for anyone who might want---you get to go to the Olympics, do you spend the day at gymnastics or track & field?

That's interesting, bounty, I too have been a teacher or lecturer most part of my life.

I'll probably disapoint you, bounty, but I don´t like sport. However I am going to start to do something in that line, gymnastic aided by those strange modern devices, because of medical orders.
As for the Olympics, I would be very happy if they happened in some other country. Brazil in in the midst of the greatest corruption scandal of its history. The state of Rio de Janeiro, where most of the games will take place, has declared financial failure at the beginning of the month, there isn´t even money to pay its civil servants and the retired people.
I wouldn´t advise anyone I knew to come to Brazil to watch the games!
Water sports or ball games?

yes the games in rio are already controversial and many people are critical of them.

in theory and in some practice, the awarding of the games to any particular city and the subsequent changes that happen to the place as the facilities are built, and the game occur, are beneficial to the host city in particular and to the world at large in general.

theres sometimes talk over the years of making 3-4 permanent sites for the games and to use them on a rotating basis. this offsets the tremendous cost of them as well as assures some sort of continual use of the facilities. many from prior games have fallen into disrepair and are not used.

I like both--either playing or watching im thinking the question's maybe too broad for me to narrow down to a definitive answer. id rather go canoeing, or white water rafting than say, play basketball. but id rather play kickball than swim laps or play water polo. synchronized swimming and diving is fun to watch, but I don't want to do them. leading a water exercise class or teaching kids to swim is fantastic, but then so is teaching tennis and I enjoy watching some of the grand slam events when they are on.

I think id go with slight edge to ball games though on this condition---thatd id have someone to do them with regularly and that they be something new to me---like cricket, or better yet, team handball.

somewhat vigilante/romantic stories like zorro and robin hood, or whodunits like Agatha Christie?

Rio de Janeiro was formerly a favourite destiny for international tourism, specially on Carnival. But what happens this time is that the whole state is severelly in debt to the union because of the general corruption. Anyway the games can´t be avoided any more, so let´s hope for the best.
I hope you have time to practise your favorite sports, bounty.

Robin Hood any time!

Romantic or realistic literature?

well I am going to make at least a minimal attempt here to rescue one of my favorite games from the abyss.

you might have to elaborate a bit on "romantic" danik, because im sure I don't want to equate it with romances.

meanwhile, I can at least say dickens, cooper and Stevenson are a few of my favorite old authors, and if what they write is "realistic literature", im going with that one!

the original x-men movies, or the x-men first class movies?

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I didn´t watch either. Usually the original version is the best

You did well to ask, bounty. I don´t think it is that easy to define and distinguish "romantic" and "realistic" literature. It depends on the literary tradition of a certain country which on its turn depends on this countries experience view of the world.

"Romantic" literature is more subjective, emphasising the feelings sometimes to the extreme and there often is room for the supernatural. I believe, Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights and even Jane Eyre are considered romantic novels plus all the novels by Walter Scott, while the novels by Anne Brontë are considered realistic. In US I think Edgar Allan Poe is considered one of the great romantic references.
Realistic literature relies more on objective observation and accuracy of details. Its intention is to depict life "as it is" as closely as possible. But their are great diferences. For example, the French realism of Stendhal, Balzac and Flaubert, ground on a very negative view of man and society. I remember being impressed by a detail when reading Father Goriot-the dying old man was so exploited by every one, that even the cat lapped the cream off his milk.

Dickens is considered a realist too, but it is quite a different kind of realism. Dickens believed in the possibility of changing persons and instituitions for the better. For me his stories are an interesting mixture of realistic depiction of environment and instituitions and fairy tale characters.
Here is a bit more about romanticism:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanticism

novels or short stories?

interesting you say "the originals are usually better" because in x-men, the "first class" movie are the back stories of the "originals"---they pre-date the originals in the story line, so in a peculiar sense, they can be considered the originals.

well that makes the choice tougher---im a big fan of Frankenstein, the three musketeers, the hunchback of notre dame and Dracula for instance.

how about one one day, and the other the next day!

ah, thankfully a no-brainer. novels over short stories, although short stories are indeed enjoyable. I read a bunch by hawthorne I liked last year. typically I don't read them though.

edgar rice burroughs' tarzan books or edgar rice burroughs' martian tales?