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UpsideDownFlag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-04 10:38 PM
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so i just watched "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"
and i swear on all that is holy that i will never, ever touch acid. that movie should be an anti-drug ad. wow.
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Ohio Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-04 10:42 PM
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1. "Where the Buffalo Roam" is the same way.
The best thing about Fear and Loathing, IMO, is the way Johnny Depp looks and sounds like Bill Murry in Buffalo. It's spooky.
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UpsideDownFlag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-04 10:46 PM
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7. i didnt realize it was Depp until like, 20 minutes into the film.
he is such a versatile actor.
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Ohio Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-04 11:03 PM
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11. Yeah. That's the thing about Depp.
Personally, I think he's insane in a way. To be able to completely become a character like that . . . isn't right. I think he may be a little insane. All great actors are, I suppose.

And when I say insane, I mean that in a good way.
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Syrinx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-04 11:22 PM
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14. well, they both sounded like Hunter Thompson
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Ohio Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-04 11:32 PM
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17. True enough.
But the movies were, what, twenty years apart? For Depp to make me think of Murray was impressive to me. You're probably right, though: they both did a nice job.
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FDRrocks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-04 10:42 PM
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2. It's not that intense nowadays...
at least not the typical batch one comes across. I quit that stuff about 3 years ago after taking a ridiculous amount over the course of 2 years, it will mindfuck you.
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-04 10:43 PM
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3. Oh that's like nothing.
There's a short film from I think the late eighties named Slipknot that freaked me out of never taking acid. At least the guys in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas come back.
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underseasurveyor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-04 10:45 PM
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4. The movie was good
The book was much better. Read it about 20 years ago and I never laughed so hard in my life. ROTFLMAO
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Guy Fawkes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-04 10:45 PM
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5. So, wait... You've never seen "Requium for a Dream"?
Requium is basicaly designed to keep people off drugs. It's a great movie; but I guess nothing beats the writing of Hunter S. Thompson...
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UpsideDownFlag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-04 10:47 PM
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8. i saw it, but i wasn't fully, eh, capacitated at the time.
i absorbed this a lot better.
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Skip Intro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-04 10:46 PM
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6. Kinda makes me want to do some more
Exploring the limits of what is currently considered reality has always held a certain fascination for me.

Psyconauts, I believe, is the term.

What I wouldn't give to experience another glorious peyote enhanced day...

Hollywood could never do it justice.
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DBoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-04 10:51 PM
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9. One look at President Bush
should convince anyone never ever to do drugs
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Downtown Hound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-04 10:57 PM
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10. I'm not endorsing acid use
but you gotta realize that these guys were taking HUGE doses of the stuff as well as mixing it with all kinds of other drugs.

I haven't done acid in over eight years and would try and steer most people clear of it unless I was sure they could handle it, but I never had a bad experience with it once, and remember my experimentation with it quite fondly. It's definitely not for everyone though.
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Amaya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-04 11:13 PM
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12. Read the book
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Elidor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-04 11:13 PM
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13. It's certainly a cautionary tale
Edited on Sun Aug-15-04 11:13 PM by Hardhead
But acid isn't quite so fraught with symbolic meaning for people who aren't Hunter Thompson.
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-04 11:22 PM
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15. I had the audio dramatazation of "Fear And Loathing"..
on my overnight show for a couple of weeks; it was great, and got alot of positive feedback..
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Syrinx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-04 11:28 PM
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16. that may be better than the movie
Don't tell anyone, but I downloaded it from the internet.
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