XmisterIS
Purveyor of fine nonsense
thegrumpybiker said:Well that clearly explains a lot!
No Alien? (pt 1)
Lol! Yes, I forgot to add that (I have the box set).
Are you saying I'm ..... deranged??
(perish the thought!)
thegrumpybiker said:Well that clearly explains a lot!
No Alien? (pt 1)
XmisterIS said:Dunno how I'd define the genre, but my DVD collection is:
Saw 1 - 6
Hostel
Hannibal Rising
Silence of the Lambs
Red Dragon
Hannibal
Deathwatch
8mm
Seven
Hamburger Hill
Saving Private Ryan
Aliens, Alien3, Alien Resurrection
Mist by Stephen King
Cube Zero
Hellraiser 1 - 3
Anatomie 1 & 2
28 Days Later
American Psycho
Hard Candy
NickM said:That's a niche that had not occurred to me!
Are you a martial arts exponent yourself, mikeitup? Is it the action which makes the film for you, or do they have more depth than that? (they do sound rather formulaic, but then what do I know?).
Flying_Monkey said:There's two classics of the genre. I would have added Fist of Fury, and (slightly off-genre, perhaps) A Chinese Ghost Story and New Dragon Gate Inn (a big influence on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), to my list - not sure I would have enough knowledge or enthusiasm (despite having studied kung-fu) to make a Top 10!
Ah... me, I'm a keen player of Mah Jong (Japanese Classical and Chinese Official styles)mikeitup said:I have been training in Chinese Martial Arts for the last 6yrs or so...
NickM said:Ah... me, I'm a keen player of Mah Jong (Japanese Classical and Chinese Official styles)
FantasticDelftse Post said:NickM - stay off the drugs!
NickM said:Fantastic
I too am not as young as I used to be. I wonder where I could get some...
NickM said:Mah Jong is a very enjoyable game, but is plagued with many, many differing sets of rules which can make learning it a confusing and protracted business. I recommend starting with the Japanese Classical rule set - it is the least complex and (to me, anyway) most logical. A good book which describes that version of the game is this one.
The Chinese Official rule set is the one now used internationally (it was originally introduced by the Chinese government as a way of allowing people to play Mah Jong without gambling, which is illegal in China, not that people seem to take much notice). It demands quite a lot more memorisation of tile combinations, so I would recommend tackling it only when you have got the basics sussed by playing Japanese Classical. The only book which explains these rules clearly and is available in the West is this (very cheap) one.
There is an excellent PC/pocket PC version of Mah Jong called Four Winds - I use it all the time. It is excellent for practice when you can't find three human opponents.
A couple of good Mah Jong websites:
http://www.sloperama.com/mjfaq.html
http://www.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/mahjong/index.html
Finding opponents can be difficult unless you are prepared to teach them yourself, so having a good grasp of the Japanese Classical rules is useful. Oddly, Mah Jong seems to be fairly popular in the Netherlands and Denmark - two excellent cycling countries! MsM and I hope eventually to go to one or other to take part in (and probably get slaughtered at) the European Championships.