Books/Films that have changed your life/thinking
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STAR WARS EPS 1,2 & 3 made me realise that a masterpiece can be destroyed
edit: I still remember the night I cremated all the good memories
edit: I still remember the night I cremated all the good memories
Changed my life? Good God, that's a hard one. Not sure about books.
As for films.. probably Ringu. While it's not an amazing film in itself, it prompted me to check out more world cinema and some of the more extreme horror. My collection now runs into the hundreds.
As for films.. probably Ringu. While it's not an amazing film in itself, it prompted me to check out more world cinema and some of the more extreme horror. My collection now runs into the hundreds.
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spinal tap - why would i want an amp now that only goes up to 10
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There has been a few moments I think, although its a battle to think of some.
There was a scene in the movie "Apollo 13" that made me want to become an Engineer.
It was when something went wrong in the spacecraft, and a team of engineering guys down on earth got given a whole stack of crap (got dumped on a table), tubes, boxes, random stuff.
They were then told that the air filtering unit on the spacecarft had broken and they had to make a new one out of the random parts that were available to the astronauts, and come up with a set of instructions for the astronauts to assemble it.
If they couldnt do it in a certain timeframe the astronauts would die due to unclean air or something.
I thought it was pretty cool.
Im sure there are some others, but thats all I can think of right now.
There was a scene in the movie "Apollo 13" that made me want to become an Engineer.
It was when something went wrong in the spacecraft, and a team of engineering guys down on earth got given a whole stack of crap (got dumped on a table), tubes, boxes, random stuff.
They were then told that the air filtering unit on the spacecarft had broken and they had to make a new one out of the random parts that were available to the astronauts, and come up with a set of instructions for the astronauts to assemble it.
If they couldnt do it in a certain timeframe the astronauts would die due to unclean air or something.
I thought it was pretty cool.
Im sure there are some others, but thats all I can think of right now.
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Lord of the Rings, there was life before I read it, then life after.
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Reading The Lord of the Rings sixteen years ago and realising that I wanted to be a writer. I still do... 
You wouldn't be called Tim Bisley by any chance?
But there is hope that those prequels will fall by the wayside and be quietly forgotten.
... These go to 11.
You wouldn't be called Tim Bisley by any chance?
But there is hope that those prequels will fall by the wayside and be quietly forgotten.
Could you not just make 10 louder?
... These go to 11.
Click made me realise id spent 10years of my life on fastforward... Since then ive been active in joining groups, learning to drive, meeting new people and having much more fun.
wow!
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You wouldn't be called Tim Bisley by any chance?
No I believe they saw me doing my cremation when they wrote that script!
