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Detective Series or Historical Series?
There's so few historical series comparing to the number of detective one's... it's a shame. But i prefer historical series. "Band of Brothers" was an incredible one, i loved it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danik 2016
Beatles or Rolling Stones?
There's so few historical series comparing to the number of detective one's... it's a shame. But i prefer historical series. "Band of Brothers" was an incredible one, i loved it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danik 2016
Beatles or Rolling Stones?
i started music listening life right at the end of the beatles' run, and then on into high school, the stones were still alive and kicking. some of my classmates and me actually posed that question amongst ourselves.
I preferred the beatles.
the beatles 62-66 or the beatles 67-70?
The Beatles of "Eleanor Rugby", "Yellow Submarine", "Let it Be", "While my Guitar Gently Weeps"
Rock or Jazz?
ah youre cheating there danik! those songs actually land two each in the time frames.
I have a photo from a quick visit to Liverpool with a good friend of mine posing with a statue of Eleanor rigby.
rock for sure, 999 times out of a 1000. maybe even more! laughs...
fairy tales by the grimm brothers or hans Christian Andersen?
Just because of "The steadfast tin soldier", Hans Christian Andersen.Quote:
Originally Posted by bounty
A trip to Paris, or a trip to Beijing?
I like both but I go with Grimm because they were the bigger influence.
I went after my favorite songs, bounty, as I don´t remember the date and content of the different albuns.
Folk music or pop songs?
Thank you for ignoring my question... ahahQuote:
Originally Posted by Danik 2016
Neither fork or pop are styles that i appreciate that much. But to sound cool and modern, i go with pop.
Goodfellas or The Godfather?
Sorry, Lendo, we posted pratically together, so I didn´t see your question.
I prefer a trip to Paris as I don´t know France.
Goodfellas is more my line than Godfathers.
Fables or true animal stories for children?
I think that in terms of directing, Goodfellas it's a greater masterpiece than The Godfather. The way of shooting the scenes, the construction of the storyline, the soundtrack, etc. it's superior. But we have to understand that Goodfellas was released in 1990... The Godfather dates back to 1972. The resources at Coppola's disposal were completely different, archaic even. Marlon Brando had to put cotton in his mouth to talk that way, which say's everything about what they had at their disposal. With the technology and the recourses available in 1972, what Coppola did was outstanding, memorable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danik 2016
But concerning the overall, The Godfather was superior, in my opinion. Powerful dialogues, powerful scenes, the raw description of the underworld, the incredible and fascinating interpretations, the majestic suggestions that were made threw out the entire movie... it's incredible how most of the information that is important in the movie it's implied, implicit. Either you pay a lot of attention to the movie, or you don't understand most of what's happening. And that's one of the things that makes The Godfather one of the most brilliant movies of all time, and superior to Goodfellas. So, although i like Goodfellas very much, i prefer The Godfather, and i think it's considerably superior.
Concerning to your question, i prefer fables.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez or Luis Sepulveda?
ah now that's a toughie since I don't know who either one of them is!
I suppose that is the occasional pitfall on an international website.
I go with Gabriel Garcia Marques specially One Hundred Years of Solitude
Well, sometimes there are pitfalls for me too! ;)
Christmas or New Year celebration?
It's a crime that a user of a literature forum doesn't know who Gabriel García Marquez or Luis Sepulveda is!Quote:
Originally Posted by bounty
Now seriously, Gabriel García Marquez is considered one of the best authors in Latin American history, and one of the best writers of the last decades. He even won the Nobel Prize in 1982 in recognition of his overall work. An incredible writer.
Luis Sepulveda is also a big name of Latin American literature.
By Garcia Marquez, i loved "Memories of my melancholy whores". A very touching and profound book. If you haven't read yet, you should. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Danik 2016
I prefer Christmas. It's always nice to gather the family and spend a couples days with our loved ones.
Wine or beer?
The people on this forum come from different countries, they have different literary tastes and interests.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lendo
I think one has to respect that. The interesting about a literary forum is this diversity that leads to an echange of experience and opinions. No one has read all writers, not even all the great ones.
I myself, though I have read quite a lot of Spanish and Spanish American writers never read Luís Sepúlveda.
I saw an interesting Marques film I think it was about the melancholy whores.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lendo
Wine, but I prefer non alchoholic drinks.
Sea vacations or mountain vacations?
Of course, that's why i said it as a joke :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Danik 2016
I prefer sea vacations. A cruise is an amazing vacation.
Computer or television?
Computer, because one can watch TV on the PC
red or green?
ah green's my favorite color, so that one was easy! but I do love the Christmas pairing of red and green.
alas, just recently I went to get the Christmas decorations for the tree, and some mice had been living amongst the ornaments. so I had to wash everything, only to find the red on the all the bulbs washed right off.
a book in the winter in front of a fire with some hot chocolate, or a book in the summer under the shade of a tree with some iced tea?
A book in the winter (in front of a fire) with some hot chocolate. I have to edit the fire because this is a hot country. Few places are cold enough for fireplaces and the wood for the fire is very expensive. About three hours from here is a town called Campos do Jordão. It is the town with the lowest temperature in the state and we lived there for some years. We didn´t have a fireplace in the house, bjut a wooden stove that was lit in the cold days.
Snacks or popcorn when you read a book or watch the telly?
Snacks/popcorn when watching telly... generally nothing when reading
trees: deciduous or evergreen ?
Evergreen it's more beautiful and energetic, but deciduous has something poetic about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by tailor STATELY
Robert DeNiro or Al Pacino?
I'll give Robert the nod here.
Planes, trains, or automobiles ?
Plane, since the travel is a lot shorter. But it's boring as hell all the wait to get in the plain.Quote:
Originally Posted by tailor STATELY
1960's music or 1980's music?
'60s.
Gorillas or orangutans?
There's not even a debate... gorillas have a movie (King Kong) and a band (Gorillaz) based on them! ahahah Plus, they are more badass.Quote:
Originally Posted by Leopard
Lord of the Rings or Star Wars?
oh that's a toughie...so many similarities but then the obvious differences too and tremendous amounts of commendable things in both.
im declaring a tie, and whether one or the other would "win" would be totally contingent on my mood on any particular day.
in keeping with the theme:
Gandalf or yoda?
Gandalf, no doubt.Quote:
Originally Posted by bounty
The Sopranos or The Wire?
Both are great, but I'd have to go with The Wire.
The Godfather or Goodfellas?
its been many years since ive seen the godfather but I do remember liking it and ive never seen goodfellas.
and I also read the godfather this past year and enjoyed it very much---so the godfather it is.
this might require a little research---team Edward or team Jacob?
None!Quote:
Originally Posted by bounty
American football or european football (soccer)?
American football... Not collegiate... NFL: I watch it when available on Saturdays and Thursdays this time of the year.
orange or purple ?
orange on sunsets, tigers, fruit and pumpkins. purple on mountains, flowers, grapes and in deference to your love of the NFL tailor, "people eaters!"
I have one piece of orange clothing and no purple ones. although I am thinking purple looks great on women for dresses and ahem, lingerie. so how about, orange for me and purple for the other half!
not giving up the fight---team Edward or team Jacob?
None!
Oprah Winfrey or Ellen DeGeneres?
lendo, can I suggest either doing the ten minute research to acquaint yourself with enough information to make the choice, or leaving it to someone else to answer? meanwhile, i'll revisit it another time.
I think the two are similar in terms of the good they do for people in general, but a slight lean towards ellen DeGeneres based soley on her comedic abilities.
Gandalf or Dumbledore?
Gandalf. Not only i like Lord of the Rings better, but also because i always admired Ian McKellen.
Sunshine or the sun going down?
Sunshine
Warhol or Dali ?
Dali. I love his work, and i already had the pleasure of visiting his museum in Barcelona.Quote:
Originally Posted by tailor STATELY
George Orwell or Aldous Huxley?
Dali.