The Top 5 List Thread

[HamburgerBoy]

Preparing for the Dio poll since I already have my The Chasm list ready to go:

Top 5 Dio albums (right now):

1) Holy Diver (#1 GOAT metal album)
2) The Last in Line
3) Killing the Dragon
4) Dream Evil
5) Lock Up the Wolves

Killing the Dragon is underrated af, big fucking riffs, glad to see it high. I think I've already ranked them but in case I haven't

1. Dream Evil
2. Killing the Dragon
3. Holy Diver
4. The Last in Line
5. Strange Highways

 

[The Ozzman]

Killing the Dragon is underrated af, big fucking riffs, glad to see it high. I think I've already ranked them but in case I haven't

1. Dream Evil
2. Killing the Dragon
3. Holy Diver
4. The Last in Line
5. Strange Highways

Killing the Dragon surprised the fuck out of me when i heard it. I wish the albums missing from my collection weren't being gouged to fuck in terms of price

 

[challenge_everything]

For more Tautou I'd recommend Dirty Pretty Things, He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not and Mood Indigo.

Have you heard of Going Places BTW?

From Wiki: "Going Places is an upcoming American crime comedy film written, directed by, and starring John Turturro, acting as both a remake of the 1974 French film of the same name by Bertrand Blier, and a spin-off to the 1998 cult film The Big Lebowski by the Coen brothers, from which Turturro reprises his role as Jesus Quintana.

Like the original Going Places, it follows a trio of sexually depraved misfits, played by Turturro, Bobby Cannavale, and Audrey Tautou."

I'm assuming the French film referred to is Les Valseuses which is on my watch-list. I'm really keen to see it after watching another of Blier's comedies Buffet Froid which is absolutely brilliant - pitch black, dry and so-quick-you-miss-it humour. I wish I could take credit for this review too:

This comedy is so black it has just signed a contract with the NBA and released a rap album.

 

[CiG]

I'm assuming the French film referred to is Les Valseuses which is on my watch-list.

Yep that's the one, from '74.

 

[Phylactery]

Top 5 tracks on The Nocturnal Silence:

1. The Nocturnal Silence
2. Unholy Prophecies
3. Before the Dawn
4. Awakening
5. Where Sinners Burn

Top 5 tracks on Pure Holocaust:

1. Unsilent Storms in the North Abyss
2. As the Eternity Opens
3. The Sun No Longer Rises
4. Storming Through Red Clouds and Holocaust Winds
5. A Sign for the Norse Hordes to Ride

 

[CiG]

5 best metal EPs I've heard from this year:

1. Ice War - Manifest Destiny
2. Chevalier - Chapitre II
3. Cist - The Frozen Casket
4. Tomb Mold - Cerulean Salvation
5. Ectoplasma - Cryogenically Revived

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Did you hear the Teleport EP?

 

[CiG]

This year's demo?

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Demo, EP, whatever. It kicks ass.

 

[CiG]

It's #1 in my best demos list.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Demo, EP, whatever. It kicks ass.

sucks that their vocalist/guitarist left the band recently.

 

[no country for old wainds]

top 5 father ted eps:
1) are you right there father ted?
2) kicking bishop brennan up the arse
3) speed 3
4) chirpy burpy cheap sheep
=5) tentacles of doom
=5) hell

couldn't decide on the last spot. so many good eps i had to leave off too.

 

[jimmy101]

Surprised no-one mentioned The Shining when horror movies were being discussed a few pages back.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

top 5 father ted eps:
1) are you right there father ted?
2) kicking bishop brennan up the arse
3) speed 3
4) chirpy burpy cheap sheep
=5) tentacles of doom
=5) hell

couldn't decide on the last spot. so many good eps i had to leave off too.

Guess I really should watch seasons 2 and 3 some day huh

 

[no country for old wainds]

3 is best! there isn’t much continuity between eps so you could just watch the ones i listed (nb. kicking bishop brennan is part 2 of a two-parter). i can’t think of any particular reason to watch them all in order, although the consistency level is pretty high so i’m not saying you shouldn’t either. my top 3 in particular are masterful examples of tight comic construction from beginning to end, they’re essential viewing for anyone who likes comedy IMO. a lot of people would pick ‘song for europe’ as well, that’s a very beloved ep that was tough to leave out.

i love that show in general. great sense of place, you really feel stuck on a remote island with these people, there’s something melancholy and wintery to it. love the surreal/absurd touches, the range of great side-characters, the way it constantly pokes fun at religion without ever feeling like it’s taking cheap shots. some of the jokes are a bit too broad or slapstick but that doesn’t hurt it much for me. i’d take it over every british sitcom aside from maybe peep show.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

I've only seen season 1 but I get what you mean. I love how minimalist it is; you'd expect a series taking place on a remote island and having only four regular characters to have especially well-developed characters to carry the show or something like that, but instead it goes the other direction and has especially one-dimensional characters. (Feck!) My initial reaction to the show was one of bewilderment - how the hell do you make a good show out of these elements? But over time I came to realize a lot of the humor is derived from the simple fact that this is what you're stuck with, these flat characters and this shitty fucking island where nothing happens. (It reminds me a lot of my hometown, incidentally.) The mundanity of it all also makes the surreal/absurd touches really stand out. Of course, I don't know if the show changes any as it goes on, but I watched the "Hell" episode earlier today and it basically encapsulates everything I just talked about and it's probably my favorite episode yet.

 

[no country for old wainds]

nice. the “small... far away. small... far away.” scene is one of the most quoted here.

the guy who plays the exceptionally irritating camp priest is our most popular late night talk show host these days, he’s basically our conan.

my dad had a house on the shetland isles where i stayed many times, and it’s basically identical to craggy island and only accessible via a 14 hour ferry journey, so i can relate to the isolation and mundanity too.

 

[Phylactery]

Haven’t watched Father Ted in years but I remember enjoying it a lot.

I don’t really have time for TV these days between my gaming addiction and constant work to do. Putting in 60-70 hour weeks at the minute and I’m constantly exhausted!

 

[Vegard Pompey]

top 5 father ted eps:
1) are you right there father ted?
2) kicking bishop brennan up the arse
3) speed 3
4) chirpy burpy cheap sheep
=5) tentacles of doom
=5) hell

couldn't decide on the last spot. so many good eps i had to leave off too.

As I was watching "Are You Right There Father Ted?" I was wondering what makes this no country's favorite episode. Then nazism came into the picture and I wondered no more.

 

[EspaDa]

Top 5 tracks on Sad Wings of Destiny

1. Dreamer Deceiver/Deceiver
2. Victim of Changes
3. The Ripper
4. Tyrant
5. Genocide