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To be quite honest, all the playcalling debates, the scheduling predictions and the discussion about "what we should do" or "who we should get" is tiring me out.  I just want to sit back and relax, and not think about the 49ers for a few hours (well, let's not get crazy).  Anyway, I'm starting this thread up to get suggestions from Niners Nation on what movies to watch, what books to read, or what video games to play.  I was browsing through my TV listings, and noticed the movie "Daylight" is on at 9 PM EST, and another "Kitchen Party" is also airing at the same time.

Daylight stars Silvester Stallone, and I've never seen it.  However, I must say, outside of the Rocky films, I'm not a very big Stallone fan.  I suppose I didn't hate Cliffhanger, but for the most part, I don't like his stuff.  This other flick "Kitchen Party" stars Scott Speedman, and I've never heard of it.  I read the description and it interests me as much as watching a debate between two feminists concerning the state of lesbianism. 

Ok, moving on, my point is, I'm not sure what to watch and I'd rather it not be either of the movies mentioned above.  The World Series is not on, and I don't have an NBA or NHL package so if there's any "must-see" games in those sports, chances are I don't get them.  Since it's not the playoffs and the Blues and Spurs have the night off, I wouldn't be interested anyway.  So Niners Nation, I come to you on the day of your daughter's wedding and ask you commit murder.  I mean, I come to you and ask for your suggestions.  I'll start it off with a few examples of my own:

Movie - Theatre

Zombieland - I'm a sucker for zombie flicks and I like comedies, so this movie was a perfect combination for me.  For those that haven't seen the movie, there's an awesome cameo appearance that is worth the price of admission alone.  The movie stars Woody from Cheers, the kid from Adventureland, the hot chick from Super Bad and the young girl from Signs.  There is plenty of gore and laughs to fill up the movie's 1 hour 28 minute running length, and a great outtake after the credits roll, so stick around after the movie.  Also, for the benefit of people who haven't seen the movie, please do not post the cameo appearance in the comments, because that spoiler would be a jerk face move. 

Movie - DVD/Blu Ray

The Watchmen - This movie is a long bastard of a movie, but it has a killer soundtrack and a riveting plot.  Ok, maybe the plot isn't that riveting, but the action sequences are superb and the "realistic" approach of the lives of super heros came off quite nice.  There are parts the movie drags, and there's plenty of blue penis, but overall it's a pretty solid movie.  Yes, it has a 2 hour, 43 minute time limit, but if you've got a cute chick to get blowies from spend quality time snuggling with during the movie, I suggest it.    Chances are, since it's a pretty popular movie, you've already seen it.  In that case, I've been bust, because I just wanted to post "blue penis" at least once here at Niners Nation (now I've done it twice - muwahaha). 

Book - That you read, not the audio version

Intensity (Dean Koontz) - Seriously one of the best books I've ever read.  It's intense like the title suggests, and it's pretty damn thrilling.  The plot line goes like this:  Girl gets kidnapped and tries to escape the clutches of a sadistica murderer.  It's a little more detailed than that, but I'm just giving you the heads up of what type of book it is.  While the plot is a bit cliche in terms of "survival horror", it's unrivaled in excellence.  I tip my cap to Dean Koontz for this gem, and apparently writing the book took a lot of out him.  The fast-paced nature of the book illustrates why.

Video Game

Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 (X360, PS3, Sega Dreamcast) - I recently got my hands on a Sega Dreamcast, and immediately got my hands on a copy (literally) of Marvel Vs. Capcom 2.  My fingers are still aching from trying to pull off combos and smash my opponent's head in.  You can be a wide variety of characters, whether it be Jill Valentine from Resident Evil, Venom from the Marvel Universe or Ryu from Street Fighter.  The game is available as a download on XBox Live and the Playstation Network, and the online play will likely cause you to scream as you get your ass kicked over and over again.  Regardless this is probably the best 2D sprite fighter ever made, and if you like that sort of thing, check it out.


Ok, so you get the picture.  Suggest something you enjoy that you think others may, and hopefully they won't be so god-awfully obvious as the ones I've mentioned above.  While this fanpost is completely off-topic in relation to 49ers news, it is not unrelated to Niners Nation, because we are human beings after all and need to be entertained.  I could've just googled, but the members here usually come up with interesting thoughts, and at the very least, humorous slander towards topic creators that make stupid threads (I'm looking at YOU, me). 

This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of Niners Nation's writers or editors. It does reflect the views of this particular fan though, which is as important as the views of Niners Nation's writers or editors.

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“Sick Puppy” by Carl Hiaasen…made me laugh out loud several times

by swerv on Nov 3, 2009 6:58 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

oh yeah…and “End the Fed” by the one and only, RON PAUL!

by swerv on Nov 3, 2009 6:59 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Memento and The Road

As my avatar suggests, I love the movie “Memento”. If you haven’t seen it, go out and rent it today. If you’ld rather read a book, go and get Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road”. It’s not very long and it’s creepy as hell. There’s a movie version of “The Road” starring Viggo Mortensen coming soon, but everyone knows the books are always better.

Don't trust this guy. He lies.

by urnext on Nov 3, 2009 7:04 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Memento

I’ve seen it, quite good indeed.

I also really want to see the Road and also the Crazies (a Romero remake, but this time with a budget).

by Andrew Davidson on Nov 3, 2009 7:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Wait for Ninja Assassin

Who doesn’t love a kick ass ninja movie? Really you should add a poll to this post.

Do you like Ninjas? Yes or No?

I bet it gets a higher approval rating than Singletary backed by a double Joe Nedney factor.

by bignerd on Nov 3, 2009 8:10 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

In all honesty

That movie looks to be pure dribble. I won’t even “rent” it when it comes out on “video”. And by that I mean watch it when someone broadcasts it on JTV.

by Andrew Davidson on Nov 4, 2009 6:08 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Watchmen was horrendous

Cannot even give it a rating from 1 to 10. It’s was more like a rating of 3 out 100.

by bignerd on Nov 3, 2009 8:16 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

+1

That was so terrible, even the softcore scene that broke out in the middle of the flick is ashamed to be associated with Watchmen.

Re: Marvel and I’m a DC vs. Capcom, I wouldn’t know… I’ve started checking out the new Dungeons and Dragons online game… It’s okay so far. Otherwise I still rock Madden 07. What can I say, I’m a sucker for my franchise, and EA stopped making Madden for the PC.

I'm thinking but nothing's happening.

by JRPhillips on Nov 4, 2009 12:51 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I liked it

Although I have to give you the LOL for that picture of Simon.

I loved the soundtrack in the movie, and I also liked the casting choices for the most part. The movie would’ve been a lot better with official super hero characters, but it was based on a comic that wasn’t allowed to have official super heros in the first place.

I thought the movie had excellent emotion and great fight scenes.

by Andrew Davidson on Nov 4, 2009 6:05 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Video Game

Go get Borderlands, for whatever system you own. I traded in my madden for it this morning and it is fantastic, by far one of the best games ive ever played. (Until the new call of duty comes out next week of course)

by Camraman926 on Nov 3, 2009 8:33 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Yeah homies can’t wait for COD Modern Warfare 2 its going to be so sweet.

49ers Al Grito De Guerra!!! hahaha

by 49erSalvatrucha on Nov 3, 2009 9:21 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I was considering Borderlands

but I feel that I won’t like it because of my love affair I had with Fallout 3. Borderlands looks great, but I think I’m just going to wait for Fallout New Vegas.

by Andrew Davidson on Nov 4, 2009 6:06 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ive heard it is a lot like Fallout 3

I want me some Buster

by gbears16 on Nov 4, 2009 10:02 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

NBA2k10

Has a new awesome ‘My Player’ career mode. Start from the bottom in the D-League, play well, earn point, your skill goes up and eventually a NBA team will pick you up and you go from there. One of the most comprehensive single player career modes available in a sports game thus far.

by danknerd49 on Nov 4, 2009 6:35 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Fifa is always fun

I want me some Buster

by gbears16 on Nov 3, 2009 10:37 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

True

I'm thinking but nothing's happening.

by JRPhillips on Nov 4, 2009 12:52 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

have you tried uploading your gameface into the new Fifa?

by Andrew Davidson on Nov 4, 2009 6:09 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yea I have

I want me some Buster

by gbears16 on Nov 4, 2009 10:00 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

1984

by George Orwell

Pure genius, and one of the most interesting books I’ve ever read. Much of it applies to the world that we currently live in today…

by Waiting4JoshMorgan on Nov 4, 2009 1:44 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I've heard many of goods things

about 1984, I’m putting on my list. I’ll read, it just may take me 7 years to get around to it.

by Andrew Davidson on Nov 4, 2009 6:09 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

hahaha...

I’ll read, it just may take me 7 years to get around to it.

Hilarious… that sounds just like me.

by Waiting4JoshMorgan on Nov 8, 2009 4:44 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I’d finished reading that not too long ago. There was a lot in there that seemed very applicable to modern society. I enjoyed it.

I'm thinking but nothing's happening.

by JRPhillips on Nov 4, 2009 4:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Boondock Saints

If you have never seen this movie I would suggest going out and rent it.
I have als heard that Boondock Saints 2 “All saints day” had a limited release here in the U.S. Unfortunately, it was not released near me. I guess they don’t think anyone in North Dakota likes a good Irish renegade movie!

11-5... My 49ers pre-season prediction!

by Ten-Man on Nov 4, 2009 9:37 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Great movie

I want me some Buster

by gbears16 on Nov 4, 2009 10:01 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

DVD Movie: “The Orphanage”. Spanish-language “foreign” film produced (or directed, I can’t remember) by the same guy who did “Pan’s Labyrinth.”

Game: NBA 2K10. The end.

by sfgfan on Nov 4, 2009 9:50 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I don't think I can take another

series of nightmares like the ones Pan’s Labyrinth gave me (kidding of course). The Orphanage, based on the title alone, sounds quite creepy.

As for NBA 2k10, I have no choice but to give it a try.

by Andrew Davidson on Nov 4, 2009 10:20 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The Orphanage.

I don’t generally like “scary” movies because they generally don’t scare me and just seem to usually just be slash-fests or POP-OUT-AT-YOU-BOO! fests. The cool thing about “The Orphanage” was that it’s more of a throwback “scary” film, using sounds and suspense to keep you glued to the screen.

by sfgfan on Nov 4, 2009 10:38 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You know, I have to admit that I really, really hated The Orphanage.

I thought I liked it when I watched it, but then I kept thinking about it… and I kept hating it more and more… until it became what it is today.

Why would anybody give mouth-to-mouth to a woman whose FACE WAS SPLIT IN HALF BY A BUS????

Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.

by howtheyscored on Nov 4, 2009 10:41 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That was...

… indeed, ridiculous.

by sfgfan on Nov 4, 2009 10:46 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My other problem was just that it works so hard to tie everything up in a nice little package. By the end, there’s really nothing for me to feel creeped out about because they’ve pretty much explained every last minute detail with painstaking care. I want loose-ends, darnit. The entire nexus of any unease I felt came from the feeling that something was going on that defied explanation. When they went and explained it, it undermined so much of the rest of the movie for me…

Also: “Let me quaintly wipe this face-blood off my chin.”

Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.

by howtheyscored on Nov 4, 2009 11:07 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut

I read it for school and ended up liking it.

I want me some Buster

by gbears16 on Nov 4, 2009 10:06 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

anything named Slaughterhouse-Five

sounds like it’s worth reading. I take it’s not a sequel or anything?

by Andrew Davidson on Nov 4, 2009 10:20 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

No it is about the fire bombings during WWII

I want me some Buster

by gbears16 on Nov 4, 2009 12:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The reason it is called Slaughterhouse-five is because that is where the POWs are held and take shelter during the fire bombings of Dresden.

I want me some Buster

by gbears16 on Nov 4, 2009 12:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, but Slaughterhouses One through Four really aren’t worth your time.

Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.

by howtheyscored on Nov 4, 2009 12:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Rent all 6 seasons of "The Wire"...

It’s like reading a novel on TV. Plus, it may become a course at your University (it already has at one).

Well, we're waiting....

by drummer on Nov 4, 2009 10:23 AM PST reply actions   1 recs

another reason why HBO should be available in Canada. Sounds like a pretty damn good show, based on the Wikipedia page I just read on it. Ok, I may have too many things to do after all these suggestions, but hey, that’s much better than nothing.

by Andrew Davidson on Nov 4, 2009 10:35 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's known as ...

One of the greatest achievements in Television, and David Simon (the creator of the series who was a Baltimore beat writer) deftly illustrates the decay on not only Baltimore, but of the American ideal and culture. I’ve heard Simon speak on the decline of modern Journalism and it’s effect on society, and it’s scary. Season 6 illustrates that a bit.

Omar, one of the main characters of the series, is perhaps the single greatest character ever created on television.

Well, we're waiting....

by drummer on Nov 4, 2009 10:43 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

wow no uncharted 2?

that game is off the hook! I’m loving it so far but yeah I can’t wait for COD Modern warfare 2..already reserved my copy and will be picking up at the midnight launch(never did that before so it should be interesting).

"Of all the things in the world losing isn't so bad; it just starts to feel like it does when you do it for so long"

by ninerfanNVA on Nov 5, 2009 4:15 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I picked up GTA IV at a midnight launching

and never felt nerdier in my life. except for the time I waited in the morning for EB Games to open so I could get my copy of Madden 2005.

by Andrew Davidson on Nov 5, 2009 8:27 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Sorry To Be Late To This Thread

But Here goes

Best Movie(s): Forrest Gump, Crash and 25th Hour

Best Books(s): Wrinkle In Time (still a childhood fave), 1984 (of course) and Profiles In Courage. Also loved Generation Of Swine by Gonzo

Best Video Game(s): Medal Of Honor and Grand Theft Auto Vice City

Best Shows(s): Seinfeld, Cheers, Nip/Tuck, The Practice, Coach, Saved By The Bell(well when i was a child), and Married With Children of course

        By the way anyone been watching Flash Forward or the 1st episode of “V” pretty darn good shows!!!

"Cannot play with them. Cannot win with them. Cannot coach with them. Can't do it. I want winners. I want people that want to win!!!"

by nocal81 on Nov 5, 2009 7:16 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

You definitely saved the best for last

Married With Children is my favourite Television Show ever. I attribute 90% of my personality to Al Bundy, without him I would know no saracasm or slander towards red-headed women!

by Andrew Davidson on Nov 5, 2009 8:28 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

LOL

It’s on overnight on TBS or something so i DVR every episode, even though i have seen them all. It has to be the best show ever created. No Maam, Jiggly Room etc… C’mon that is some funny funny stuff. My favorite episodes are when they camped out in the grocery store when their air conditioner broke down and the Psycho Dad episode too.

"Cannot play with them. Cannot win with them. Cannot coach with them. Can't do it. I want winners. I want people that want to win!!!"

by nocal81 on Nov 5, 2009 9:54 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

spike TV

has 3 or 4 episodes a row on in the morning, another sweet stash for the DVR.

Al Bundy vs. Hightower for the City Championship Trophy was a classic too. There’s no topping Bundy, he did score 4 TDs in a single game you know! LOL

by Andrew Davidson on Nov 6, 2009 5:45 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs


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