Comments | tsuki_no_bara: i needed to have the book about pirates, ok?

tsuki_no_bara

i needed to have the book about pirates, ok?

Jun 08, 2015 01:01

today i met my sister for brunch and then we went over to our parents' house because my dad has started going through his books and he wanted to know if my sister or i wanted any. we did. i acquired a book about pirates. :D and a random assortment of history books and, uh, a book about cars (cord and auburn). and east of eden. they're in a ( Read more... )

mad max, movies, flamethrowers, books, fun with the fam, cool old shit, avengers assemble

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dear_tiger June 8 2015, 08:37:19 UTC

FLAMETHROWER UKULELE O.o I can never unsee this! My bro-in-law once set himself on fire with a potato canon that was powered by hairspray.

Also, books \o/ Books about pirates!

Was Chris Evans meant to be an asshole? Because it can go either way with rom coms.

tsuki_no_bara June 8 2015, 15:27:08 UTC

your bro-in-law is a weirdo. mad max really does have a flamethrower guitar, which is so much batshit. the fact that someone did it with a ukulele cracks me right up, tho. imagine someone playing something silly and fun, and then *WHOOSH* flames!

you know i needed the pirate book. :D i mean, come on, pirates!

i'm not sure if chris was supposed to be a dick or not. i kind of think we were supposed to sympathize with him and root for him to get the girl - because that's what do you with romcoms - but i also think the movie wanted to be a romcom at the same time it was kind of commenting on romcoms, so maybe he was supposed to be a little bit of a self-centered ass.

dear_tiger June 8 2015, 16:34:25 UTC

Ohhhhh. It was an IRONIC rom com. Not the regular kind :D

tsuki_no_bara June 8 2015, 17:25:26 UTC

that's the thing - i don't know! sometimes it felt sincere, sometimes it didn't. i did get the impression the writer and director were trying for a little "we're totally aware of the tropes we're putting on screen" irony, but i wasn't totally sure.

wendy June 8 2015, 12:38:13 UTC

an oklahoma high school is replacing some of its blackboards with whiteboards, and when they took the blackboards down, they discovered hundred-year-old blackboards underneath, complete with multiplication tables and drawings and lessons about the pilgrims.

I kind of love that A LOT.

tsuki_no_bara June 8 2015, 15:21:11 UTC

isn't it cool? what a neat surprise.