The Hive is (realy) Dead! Long Live the Hive Mind!

[bento]

Speaking of movies, I saw Bridge to Terabithia last week. I thought it was a good movie, it is definitely a lot different from what is shown in the trailers that you might have seen on TV, but I liked it a lot.

When my wife saw the ads for BtT she said it didn't resemble the book she read as a child. Said that they must have "Narnia-ed it up a bit."

But then again all she really remembered was the ending, which was a bit of a shocker.

 

[bento]

Spent all night working on the game for Albany Gameday then got majorly lost in Albany and arrived two hours late. Everyone left.

That sucks!

I was 30 minutes late to my D&D MeetUp meeting yesterday and people were just starting to arrive.


Good news - I might have found a new gaming group!

Two of the attendees have a group that meets every other Friday night and are possibly looking for another GM. The two I talked to seem to want story-focused rather than tactical-focused. They are a distance from the house, but at least they're in town.

We talked about all sorts of gaming things at the meeting and I talked abit about True20 and why I liked it (rewards players for thinking things through rather than "kill, kill, kill!").

Two others showed up, one that only played games at cons, and a teen who was having problems finding others to play with. Seemed to have some social problems that was holding him back. Gave him some good advice - visiting an active comic/game store in a city near by to find other players rather than the Borders we were at.

How was your night?

 

[Tinker Gnome]

When my wife saw the ads for BtT she said it didn't resemble the book she read as a child. Said that they must have "Narnia-ed it up a bit."

But then again all she really remembered was the ending, which was a bit of a shocker.

The trailers do not represent 95% of the movie.

 

[Aeson]

Same idea, but different, I believe. The name of the movie was Candyman.

Bloody Mary: white, female. Written stories, but not sure if there was a movie or not.

Candyman: black male. Obviously was in a movie.

I think Bloody Mary was a thing told be people in real life while Candyman is totally made up, but perhaps based around Bloody Mary. Not sure how they would have gone from white female to black male though.

Two different movies. Boody Mary was made into a movie but I can't remember the name.

 

[Dog Moon]

Two different movies. Boody Mary was made into a movie but I can't remember the name.

Huh, never realized it was turned into a movie. Guess it never became as popular as Candyman then.

 

[Dog Moon]

That sucks!

I was 30 minutes late to my D&D MeetUp meeting yesterday and people were just starting to arrive.

You know, this happens all the time in my group. And the funny/annoying thing is that even if we decide to game 4 hours later, people are STILL gonna be late.

 

[megamania]

See. I knew he would be back. We just had to say his name enough times to summon him.

Beetleguise

 

[Aurora]

Same idea, but different, I believe. The name of the movie was Candyman.

That was the movie. That movie scared the bejesus out of me. I love and loathe scary movies. I am that dork that can't freaking sleep for days after watching scary movies, and they don't even have to be that scary. I just have an overactive imagination. Plus, I am one of those people that if something bad could happen, it could happen to me. LOL The Ring really freaked me out. Now I look at it and think it is dumb, but I was having anxiety problems when I watched that movie. I had to take a damn Xanax just to calm myself down. Then, the next morning I decided to flush those pills because that feeling was just way too nice.

 

[Aeson]

I like scary movies. Candyman didn't seem all that scary to me.

 

[Heckler]

My favorite Dickens books is Bleak House. I have actually read all his "major" novels with the exception of his last, which was unfinished, called The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

"Drood" is good stuff. The annoying thing is that it's a murder mystery, and Dickens died without telling "whodunnit." However, the copy I have includes Dickens' notes for the novel as well as some commentary bby some literary experts on how they think Dickens was going to finish it.

If you ever have the chance, go see the musical stage production of it. Its not a strait up adaptation of the novel, but rather the actors portray a Victorian-era theatre troupe who are performing "Drood" for the first time. It is a loud, bawdy good time with lots of interaction with the audience. And the best part is that the audience votes on which ending they want to see. I've been in two productions and it's the funnest show I've ever been involved in.

I promise you you'll have a good time. If not, I'll...well...eat my head.