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Started by Damar, April 17, 2011, 01:12:25 PM

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darthkiwi

But if it were *on* the Eiffel tower, you wouldn't be able to see it! :P
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They were seated next to each other in a seedy restaurant because everything else was closed. She was on a date and he was out with a friend for drinks. :P
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Quote from: darthkiwi on May 17, 2011, 04:07:55 PM
But if it were *on* the Eiffel tower, you wouldn't be able to see it! :P
You can go up and see all of Paris from a glorified metal cage. :P
 
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Quote from: Deloria on May 17, 2011, 02:18:41 PM
For sappy purposes, I should add that the proposal took place on the Eiffel Tower. ::) Though if anyone ever did that to me, I'd say no. :P It really is an eyesore. :P


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Quote from: darthkiwi on May 17, 2011, 04:07:55 PM
But if we were *on* the Eiffel tower, you wouldn't be able to see it! :P
I fixed it. :D I'm certainly not going anywhere near something it without someone who appreciates badly done Art Nouveau. :P I love it if it's done well. :P
 
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Damar

Speaking of Paris, please don't kill me, but I think the Mona Lisa (La Gioconda) is the most overrated piece of art on the planet.  Why do people like that thing so much?  When I went to the Louvre I got to see Hammurabi's Code, I got to see works by Van Gogh, I even got a picture of the Venus DeMilo that was so lifelike due to the lighting that the sculpture actually looked like a real person.  Yet when the time came to see the Mona Lisa, that's what everyone was clustered around.

A massive crowd of people jostling each other to see what is actually a fairly small painting behind tinted bullet-proof glass.  And that crowd is constant.  The Louvre is so massive you could spend days there looking at everything, and people just go there to gawk at an ugly painting because they think it's the best thing ever put on canvas.

Oh, and the Eiffel Tower didn't bother me much, though I much prefer all the gothic architecture that Paris had to offer.  I love me some pointy spires!

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I completely agree. :P Tourists generally have no idea what real culture/art is and just like what's famous, whatever the reason for it being famous. :P I do, however, know people who would swear on their life that it's "not the real thing because [they] saw the real thing x years ago and it was much better then". ::)

The Louvre has some exceptional things to offer. :) Napoleon III's apartments are usually worth a visit and the crown jewels are pretty stunning (though all but a very few pieces have been taken to the cellar until 2012 while renovations of the palace are underway) from what I recall. That said, the sculptures in the Musee d'Orsay are more impressive. :)

Speaking of more overrated art, Basquiat is just bad. :P Really bad. :P I wish things with a shock-factor weren't considered art if they have nothing else to offer the observer. And people on drugs can produce great art, so I don't think that was a factor. :P

On a similar note, Rome is the worst place in the former empire to go for Roman ruins. :P Completely overrated and badly preserved and just not pretty. :P If you want Roman ruins, go to Jordan. They're actually fantastic and impressive there. :P
 
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I totally agree about the Mona Lisa. I have no desire to ever see it. What makes people find it so stunning? Her smile? Really? What is all the hype about, I don't get it!
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Darthkiwi and I had a conversation about this an hour ago. :P It's apparently her faintly luminescent skin. :P
 
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Damar

Or maybe it's the fact that her smile implies that she can get her merchant husband to give you a discount.

Regardless, I think the painting sucks.  It sucks wicked hard.  The rest of the Louvre was awesome though as was the Musee d'Orsay.  And the Musee Rodin.  Pretty much all the museums actually.  I do love museums.  Paris was just fantastic.  And I got to visit Jim Morrison's grave on top of everything else.  I want to go back.  And I want to eat a Croque Madam for lunch again.  You just can't get that in the US.

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I haven't been to Paris, or the Louvre, but I have trouble getting into art museums anyways. They're just not my thing. I can appreciate masterful works, and people with immense talent, I'm just not big on art museums. I have been to Italy and I saw the David, which is indeed an amazing work. And the Trevi fountain, along with just about everything in Rome itself, is also quite stunning. Vatican City's collection, and the Vatican itself, are also gorgeous.

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Meh. When I was there, I couldn't help feeling that anything Rome could do, x other country/city could usually do better. It was especially disappointing for baroque. Early baroque cluttered with Egyptian influences just isn't as good as the later, purer stuff, though I will grant that some of the sculptures were stunning, particularly in the Galleria Borghese.
 
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Quote from: KatieHal on May 29, 2011, 07:18:46 PM
I haven't been to Paris, or the Louvre, but I have trouble getting into art museums anyways.
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Quote from: KatieHal on May 29, 2011, 07:18:46 PMThey're just not my thing. I can appreciate masterful works, and people with immense talent, I'm just not big on art museums.

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Quote from: Deloria on May 29, 2011, 01:51:59 PM
Speaking of more overrated art, Basquiat is just bad. :P Really bad. :P
Even this? :P ::)


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Deloria

I said I thought it slightly overhyped. :P Child-like scribbling mixed in with social criticism doesn't turn you into an artist. ::)
 
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I just thought it was appropriate given the discussion about the Mona Lisa. :P

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KatieHal

Well...the argument about "what is art?' can be long and insane (I've been in one before!), so I'll simply add that it does make you an artist, but it doesn't make a good one.  :)

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Deloria

Basquiat is painfully bad regardless of whether you consider it to be art or not. :P
 
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Delling

Quote from: Deloria on May 31, 2011, 09:04:11 AM
I said I thought it slightly overhyped. :P Child-like scribbling mixed in with social criticism doesn't turn you into an artist. ::)

:rofl: :hug: vous etes la meilleuse! XD
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If only everything I said and wrote could be under the topic, "Please Don't Kill Me! But..." lol

I'm in agreement with those who don't care for Forrest Gump. Also, Jim Carrey, Mike Myers, and Will Ferell are not very funny, IMO.

But, to my most "Please don't kill me" comment...*drum roll*... King's Quest III is one of only a few games that I refuse to play without a walk-through. The time limits stressed me out, and the ingredient searching was tedious. I get the plot, but it's just painful to play the game. Once I beat the game, several years ago, I decided not to try it again. Although I did watch the walk-through for Redux on YouTube.

I really enjoy listening to "Girl in the Tower" (vocal version).

Also, even though I played through all of the Space Quest games, I still don't understand half of what I did in those games. Apparently they take a more intelligent person than I. Thank goodness for walk-throughs!

Regarding the song, "Friday"... I honestly can't tell the difference between the overly used AutoTune on that song and anything by Rihanna or Akon - especially his song, "Beautiful." Whatever makes AutoTune worthwhile is beyond me - does it just cover the inability to sing??