Friday afternoon question tiem again!
A fairly well done one this time: If you had to spend the next few years on a desert island, which ones of the following would you take:
CD
Movie
Game
Here's mine:
CD
Hysteria, by Def Leppard. I've been listening to thiis album since I was a kid, so much so that it's like an old friend. No matter how many times I hear it I don't get bored, in fact the older I get the more the songs remind me of things.
Movie
This is a tough one, but I'd probably have to go for my favourite film, Ghostbusters. I must have seen it dozens of times and can quote most of it from memory. After seeing it so often and still not tiring, I reckon I'm never going to.
Game
This one surprised me. I thought of all the games I've played with longetivity, all the open-ended ones which have kept me up for hours. In the end I could only think of one game that, given lots of free time, I wouldn't get bored of. It was Eve.
Desert Island Disks
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Re: Desert Island Disks
CD
Probably the first hayseed dixie album, amuses and rocks quite successfully (or a hot piece of grass)
Movie
Wayne's world, one of those movies i've been watching for years, always pleases
Game
CoH, Not quite as lasting as eve, but I can amuse myself without actually playing by being a very bad man
Book
Hitchhikers guide (the big one with all the books in it)
Probably the first hayseed dixie album, amuses and rocks quite successfully (or a hot piece of grass)
Movie
Wayne's world, one of those movies i've been watching for years, always pleases
Game
CoH, Not quite as lasting as eve, but I can amuse myself without actually playing by being a very bad man
Book
Hitchhikers guide (the big one with all the books in it)
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If you had Eve on a desert island you could tell people online where you were and get rescued.
CD
Radiohead - OK Computer, I guess. I've mostly stopped listening to whole albums so it's a bit hard to choose just one. I mostly listen to random tracks from my list now.
Movie
Probably Aliens. The long version with the automatic turrets in it.
Game
Civ 4 would probably be a good game to pass the time. Might be able to get a whole game in before being rescued.
CD
Radiohead - OK Computer, I guess. I've mostly stopped listening to whole albums so it's a bit hard to choose just one. I mostly listen to random tracks from my list now.
Movie
Probably Aliens. The long version with the automatic turrets in it.
Game
Civ 4 would probably be a good game to pass the time. Might be able to get a whole game in before being rescued.
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CD
Would have to Infiltrate Destroy Rebuild by CKY, I have been listening to this
album for a good 6 years and it still hasn't got old.
Movie
Should probably go on the one film I have watched the most, and I think I
have seen The Matrix about 100 times.. Love the storyline, the action and
even the script.
Game
Argh there are so many contenders for this one but simply for longevity I
would probably take my C&C First decade boxed set since Tiberium Dawn is
one of the first games I ever played and I can still play it today along with
Red Alert and even Generals.
Would have to Infiltrate Destroy Rebuild by CKY, I have been listening to this
album for a good 6 years and it still hasn't got old.
Movie
Should probably go on the one film I have watched the most, and I think I
have seen The Matrix about 100 times.. Love the storyline, the action and
even the script.
Game
Argh there are so many contenders for this one but simply for longevity I
would probably take my C&C First decade boxed set since Tiberium Dawn is
one of the first games I ever played and I can still play it today along with
Red Alert and even Generals.
CD
Supertramp. I know, I'm old and my music tastes are even older, but I do enjoy it and it'd give me that happy feel good factor that's so essential whilst alone on a desert island.
Movie
Star Wars. Or maybe 5th Element, which is kinda Star Wars still really.
Game
I'm not going to pick an MMO. It kinda goes against the concept of being alone on a desert island with all the time to yourself. Like Spoodie, Civ4 could occupy years of my life (just ask my brother, if you can get him away from the game long enough to speak to you). Failing that anything from the Total War series, probably Rome: Total War is my favourite.
Supertramp. I know, I'm old and my music tastes are even older, but I do enjoy it and it'd give me that happy feel good factor that's so essential whilst alone on a desert island.
Movie
Star Wars. Or maybe 5th Element, which is kinda Star Wars still really.
Game
I'm not going to pick an MMO. It kinda goes against the concept of being alone on a desert island with all the time to yourself. Like Spoodie, Civ4 could occupy years of my life (just ask my brother, if you can get him away from the game long enough to speak to you). Failing that anything from the Total War series, probably Rome: Total War is my favourite.
Good choice of Friday Quiz.
CD
Difficult one for me. Like Spoodie I don't often listen to whole albums now other than when I'm in the car. It would probably be a choice between Liquid Skin, the second album by Gomez, or Infecting the Galaxy One Planet at a Time which is a label compilation by Sub Pop which I bought in a shop for £1 and is one of my favourite albums. I should really track down some of their other stuff too.
Movie
Now this one is very tough. Probably Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou or Big Lebowski, although if trilogies could be included the Godfather or Lord of the Rings would be strong competitors too. I fail at this quiz.
Game
I think that given it's on a desert island, MMONGs are out, and so I'll opt for Oblivion, given that the construction set would mean I can just keep adding and adding to it, as well as all the stuff in the game I didn't play in the first place.
CD
Difficult one for me. Like Spoodie I don't often listen to whole albums now other than when I'm in the car. It would probably be a choice between Liquid Skin, the second album by Gomez, or Infecting the Galaxy One Planet at a Time which is a label compilation by Sub Pop which I bought in a shop for £1 and is one of my favourite albums. I should really track down some of their other stuff too.
Movie
Now this one is very tough. Probably Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou or Big Lebowski, although if trilogies could be included the Godfather or Lord of the Rings would be strong competitors too. I fail at this quiz.
Game
I think that given it's on a desert island, MMONGs are out, and so I'll opt for Oblivion, given that the construction set would mean I can just keep adding and adding to it, as well as all the stuff in the game I didn't play in the first place.
CD: Hard one this. Probably the best of Dire Straits. My earliest memories are of sitting in the car singing along with my dad.
Movie: Jurrasic Park. It's been my favourite movie for years and I could watch it all the time.
Game: Ocarina of Time. So much to do and some of the most fun missions In any game I have ever played, plus it has fishing and that alone eats hours of time.
Movie: Jurrasic Park. It's been my favourite movie for years and I could watch it all the time.
Game: Ocarina of Time. So much to do and some of the most fun missions In any game I have ever played, plus it has fishing and that alone eats hours of time.
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CD
This is a tough one since my music de jour changes daily. If I had to pick 1 cd to listen to it would be, um... er.. good question, I'll go with the soundtrack to the Song Remains the Same since it has a good selection of Zep toons and I can never get sick of good Zep toons.
Movie
To make up for the fact I can only have 1 cd I'm going to throw The Wall in here as the movie is great and if I can find any "strange" plants on the island it will make the movie that much greater.
Game
Hmmm, since MMOs are out (was going to say FFXI) I'll go with FFVII. I sank over 100 hours into it before, I could do it again. That was another tough question, Civ 4 is damn good too. Then again, desert island, I might hope I had some H-game just for spanking material.
Book
With Berk on this one, the big Hitchhiker's Guide, was going to say the Bible cause vellum makes great rolling papers but thought better of it.
This is a tough one since my music de jour changes daily. If I had to pick 1 cd to listen to it would be, um... er.. good question, I'll go with the soundtrack to the Song Remains the Same since it has a good selection of Zep toons and I can never get sick of good Zep toons.
Movie
To make up for the fact I can only have 1 cd I'm going to throw The Wall in here as the movie is great and if I can find any "strange" plants on the island it will make the movie that much greater.
Game
Hmmm, since MMOs are out (was going to say FFXI) I'll go with FFVII. I sank over 100 hours into it before, I could do it again. That was another tough question, Civ 4 is damn good too. Then again, desert island, I might hope I had some H-game just for spanking material.
Book
With Berk on this one, the big Hitchhiker's Guide, was going to say the Bible cause vellum makes great rolling papers but thought better of it.
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CD
Radiohead - OK Computer.
Film
A Matter of Life and Death
IMO,one of the best films, evar.
Game
I'll take 'turismo or some such drivan game, nigh impossible to get sick of.
Book
The Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger.
One of my favourite books, evar, good to re-read. Second choice would be Spike Milligan's war diaries.
Radiohead - OK Computer.
Film
A Matter of Life and Death
IMO,one of the best films, evar.
Game
I'll take 'turismo or some such drivan game, nigh impossible to get sick of.
Book
The Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger.
One of my favourite books, evar, good to re-read. Second choice would be Spike Milligan's war diaries.
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Re: Desert Island Disks
CD
Strangeways, Here We Come by the Smiths. I love every twistedly funny track and it always brings a wry smile. Anyone that says it's depressing isn't listening properly.
Movie
DVD box set set would be Azumanga Daioh, but movie in the traditional sense made me think of Blade Runner, The Terminator and Alien, then I remembered, and I don't think I've mentioned it before, always seems to slip my mind when doing this sort of thing, but I actually love The Bone Collector.
Game
No MMOs to be fair, especially not ones with browsers built-in, unless it was some sort of closed world, where you only had the content, not the company - at which point most of them lose their charm, considering there is eventually something you'll need help with in all of them.
I thought maybe something "worthy" like Garry's Mod or something like Oblivion/NWN with their game-creation functions - something I've never had the time for, as there has to be a lot of content to keep you playing for years as your only game, but even given infinite time I bet I'd never be arsed to make anything of note and just go and arrange coconut-shell cocks on the beach instead.
So, my perhaps surprising choice would be an RTS. I'm rubbish at them and never, ever get anywhere near completing them - as I always have to go back and "do the last level again, but perfectly this time". Something like RTW/M2TW or Empire Earth II, with scenarios as well as a campaign - enough combinations that I'd never actually exhaust them in a mere couple of years and have to be dragged away by rescuers. "In a minute, I've got General Coconutcock annexxed in the Balkans".
Book
I guess it would be a good opportunity to get around to reading War and Peace, as I've already read most of the Bible, Shakespeare, Dickens, Orwell and other notable tomes, although never got around to the sort of other classical stuff like the female authors and Hardy or Shute. Treasure Island, Lord of the Flies and Twain would definite no-no's.
Done both the Herberts, the Adamses, Asimov, Stephen King and Tolkein, and my favourite reads of late have been the works of Robin Hobb and George RR Martin, but I find it really difficult to re-read books as I remember them far more clearly than films or songs for some reason. So I'll go for silly nonsense and never-ending charm with AA Milne's Winnie the Pooh.
Strangeways, Here We Come by the Smiths. I love every twistedly funny track and it always brings a wry smile. Anyone that says it's depressing isn't listening properly.
Movie
DVD box set set would be Azumanga Daioh, but movie in the traditional sense made me think of Blade Runner, The Terminator and Alien, then I remembered, and I don't think I've mentioned it before, always seems to slip my mind when doing this sort of thing, but I actually love The Bone Collector.
Game
No MMOs to be fair, especially not ones with browsers built-in, unless it was some sort of closed world, where you only had the content, not the company - at which point most of them lose their charm, considering there is eventually something you'll need help with in all of them.
I thought maybe something "worthy" like Garry's Mod or something like Oblivion/NWN with their game-creation functions - something I've never had the time for, as there has to be a lot of content to keep you playing for years as your only game, but even given infinite time I bet I'd never be arsed to make anything of note and just go and arrange coconut-shell cocks on the beach instead.
So, my perhaps surprising choice would be an RTS. I'm rubbish at them and never, ever get anywhere near completing them - as I always have to go back and "do the last level again, but perfectly this time". Something like RTW/M2TW or Empire Earth II, with scenarios as well as a campaign - enough combinations that I'd never actually exhaust them in a mere couple of years and have to be dragged away by rescuers. "In a minute, I've got General Coconutcock annexxed in the Balkans".
Book
I guess it would be a good opportunity to get around to reading War and Peace, as I've already read most of the Bible, Shakespeare, Dickens, Orwell and other notable tomes, although never got around to the sort of other classical stuff like the female authors and Hardy or Shute. Treasure Island, Lord of the Flies and Twain would definite no-no's.
Done both the Herberts, the Adamses, Asimov, Stephen King and Tolkein, and my favourite reads of late have been the works of Robin Hobb and George RR Martin, but I find it really difficult to re-read books as I remember them far more clearly than films or songs for some reason. So I'll go for silly nonsense and never-ending charm with AA Milne's Winnie the Pooh.
Probably almost exactly thisspoodie wrote:Book
For practical reasons a survival guide or even a large encyclopaedia would probably be a good choice. But ignore the practical requirements of the theoretical scenario: Consider Phlebas - Iain M Banks, probably.
, although like Doggers, I tend not to go back to books that soon after reading them. However, I have inherited my Dad's obsession with never throwing books away, and although I often consider going to the library, there's just something I really like about owning the books I'm reading. They're also one of the few things that I'll buy regardless of how my bank account is faring at that time, and regularly buy a book or 3 on the spur of the moment.-
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These are never easy, and no doubt someone will post something that will make me think: "Oh yes, that as well". However, for what it's worth:
CD
A toss up (twss) between "Concert in Central Park" by Simon and Garfunkel and "Andy Warhol" by The Velvet Underground. Of the two, I'd probably go with Velvet Underground.
MOVIE
Kelly's Heroes. One of the first films I watched when we got our super-cool VCR, almost 30 years ago. I still enjoy it as much today as I did then. Blade Runner would be another contender, but it's harder work, and thus, not really a Desert Island pick.
GAME
Mass Effect
Or Oblivion.
BOOK
"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Mechanics" by Robert M. Pirsig. I've read it a few times and each time I've found something new.
CD
A toss up (twss) between "Concert in Central Park" by Simon and Garfunkel and "Andy Warhol" by The Velvet Underground. Of the two, I'd probably go with Velvet Underground.
MOVIE
Kelly's Heroes. One of the first films I watched when we got our super-cool VCR, almost 30 years ago. I still enjoy it as much today as I did then. Blade Runner would be another contender, but it's harder work, and thus, not really a Desert Island pick.
GAME
Mass Effect
Or Oblivion.BOOK
"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Mechanics" by Robert M. Pirsig. I've read it a few times and each time I've found something new.