defend!
― Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 00:33 (twenty-one years ago)
All that needed to be said, really.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 00:35 (twenty-one years ago)
― ModJ (ModJ), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 00:37 (twenty-one years ago)
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 00:39 (twenty-one years ago)
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 00:40 (twenty-one years ago)
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 00:41 (twenty-one years ago)
― Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 00:45 (twenty-one years ago)
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 00:45 (twenty-one years ago)
― Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 00:46 (twenty-one years ago)
― Tep (ktepi), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 00:47 (twenty-one years ago)
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 00:50 (twenty-one years ago)
step 1 - never showerstep 2 - grow a goateestep 3 - play Violent Femmes cover songs in a vaguely threatening fashion to girls who won't sleep with mestep 4 - wait for close relative to diestep 5 - finally get with with easily impressed Winona Ryder
― Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 00:52 (twenty-one years ago)
step 1 - never showerstep 2 - grow a goateestep 3 - play Violent Femmes cover songs in a vaguely threatening fashion to girls who won't sleep with mestep 4 - wait for close relative to diestep 5 - finally get with easily impressed Winona Ryder
― the surface noise (electricsound), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 00:54 (twenty-one years ago)
Sean, see S.F.W. for pain. Pain, pain, pain.
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 00:55 (twenty-one years ago)
― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 00:55 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 00:56 (twenty-one years ago)
― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 00:58 (twenty-one years ago)
― Troy Dyer (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 01:02 (twenty-one years ago)
― Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 01:04 (twenty-one years ago)
― Troy Dyer (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 01:05 (twenty-one years ago)
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 01:06 (twenty-one years ago)
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 01:06 (twenty-one years ago)
― Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 01:07 (twenty-one years ago)
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 01:07 (twenty-one years ago)
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 01:07 (twenty-one years ago)
It might be the movie that made me hate him, because I remember watching the Ben Stiller Show. I've never watched Dead Poets Society the same way since, either, cause when Ethan Hawke shows up being all blinky and timid, I just think, "Yeah, you know, maybe the whole 'teachers feel feelings' thing doesn't work and Robin Williams SHOULD be fired, because you grow up to be a fuck."
― Tep (ktepi), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 01:08 (twenty-one years ago)
― Tep (ktepi), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 01:09 (twenty-one years ago)
"Guys? Guys? If you think this shit on a platter smells bad, you obviously haven't left it out in in your living room for a few days!"
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 01:10 (twenty-one years ago)
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 01:12 (twenty-one years ago)
― Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 01:12 (twenty-one years ago)
― g--ff (gcannon), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 01:14 (twenty-one years ago)
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 01:15 (twenty-one years ago)
― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 01:16 (twenty-one years ago)
Man, I'm sorry, I was hoping that was a private pain.
― Tep (ktepi), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 01:16 (twenty-one years ago)
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 01:17 (twenty-one years ago)
peace out.
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 01:20 (twenty-one years ago)
- a decent ability to suggest a futuristic industrial landscape via only a few murky city shots- Asia Argento topless
that's all I got, really.
― Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 01:21 (twenty-one years ago)
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 01:22 (twenty-one years ago)
― Tep (ktepi), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 01:24 (twenty-one years ago)
― Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 01:24 (twenty-one years ago)
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 01:25 (twenty-one years ago)
― Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 01:25 (twenty-one years ago)
― g--ff (gcannon), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 01:26 (twenty-one years ago)
― Tep (ktepi), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 01:26 (twenty-one years ago)
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 01:27 (twenty-one years ago)
― Tep (ktepi), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 01:28 (twenty-one years ago)
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lclv97I2la1qb7evco1_500.gif
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 22:09 (eleven years ago)
al leong you are making my day with these gifs
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 22:15 (eleven years ago)
http://showrenity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tumblr_m8o46h5bSj1qdoy3ao1_500.gif
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 22:22 (eleven years ago)
http://swamplot.com/how-is-houstons-reality-bites-neighborhood-doing-20-years-on/2014-02-18/
― Virginia, Plain and Tall (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 20 February 2014 23:45 (eleven years ago)
http://jezebel.com/i-re-watched-reality-bites-and-its-basically-a-manual-1527955140/
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 February 2014 22:41 (eleven years ago)
everyone in this movie talks like the people in that ben stiller show dandruff shampoo sketch, but he actually made this movie and is proud of it, somehow
― AIDS (Hungry4Ass), Friday, 21 February 2014 22:54 (eleven years ago)
at least he didn't write it
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Friday, 21 February 2014 22:58 (eleven years ago)
This used to be my favourite film bitd, I blame being a late virgin. Awffffuullll.
― Slight damage to cover on top corner (chewed by a kitten) (Craigo Boingo), Saturday, 22 February 2014 00:49 (eleven years ago)
ahem this is a DEFEND the indefensible thread. go peddle your hate speech somewhere else, raggett>:(
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 22 February 2014 01:26 (eleven years ago)
From the Peter Travers thread:
You may think Reality Bites is just a bunch of white kids sitting around whining. If so, what's your glitch? It's also pure entertainment.― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, February 6, 2013 12:48 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, February 6, 2013 12:48 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Virginia, Plain and Tall (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 22 February 2014 02:11 (eleven years ago)
Garofalo says in that article I posted that she never thought at the time it was a Gen X thing, cuz she's almost as old as I am.
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 22 February 2014 02:26 (eleven years ago)
She's three years younger than Rollins., born after JFK. It's not like I want to claim her, but I think she's ours.
― pplains, Saturday, 22 February 2014 02:28 (eleven years ago)
Not sure how I would have felt about this when it came out--I was 32 at the time, so still not exactly its target audience. Today, I thought it was okay. Hawke is very good, even when the script isn't. Probably the most I've ever liked Winona Ryder. Garofalo, I'll take Larry Sanders. Stiller made me wince a few times. The music was surprisingly inconsequential.
― clemenza, Sunday, 29 May 2016 18:37 (nine years ago)
I wanna tell you I hate this movie. Every day.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 03:33 (seven years ago)
It festers in its sewer.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 03:55 (seven years ago)
ENBB to thread so that we may FITE these evil poo poo-ers
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 04:01 (seven years ago)
Garofalo and Zahn much more appealing than putative stars
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 04:21 (seven years ago)
My opinion on this film tends to oscillate between mild approval and mild annoyance, depending on my mood, but it did inspire a terrific Siskel & Ebert review (not on YouTube at the moment, but available at this site, if you jump ahead 8 minutes into the video).
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 04:43 (seven years ago)
ilx acts like the content of this movie is some great affront to their own v serious 90’s aesthetic but the truth is Ethan Hawke was hot, the music was (mostly) great, Winona was cute, the endbuncha buzzkills
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 04:57 (seven years ago)
Ethan Hawke has the most punchable face in the world most days and it really hit a peak in this.
― louise ck (milo z), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 05:00 (seven years ago)
see this ^ is the kind of attitude i’m talking about
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 05:01 (seven years ago)
I was not old enough to have a serious '90s aesthetic, I just really can't stand Ethan Hawke's face even though I like some of his movies.
― louise ck (milo z), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 05:05 (seven years ago)
I remember making fun of this movie when I saw it in the theater. But it had Janeane Garofalo, who redeemed it. I think about it every time I fold sweaters.
― sarahell, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 05:06 (seven years ago)
lol otm re sweater folding
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 05:41 (seven years ago)
Reality Bites vs. Singles, fite!
― nickn, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 07:00 (seven years ago)
y not both <3
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 07:49 (seven years ago)
Bring on another raking over the coals!
https://longreads.com/2018/03/27/youve-reached-the-winter-of-our-discontent/
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 13:15 (seven years ago)
2300 words is a "long read?"
― Dangleballs and the Ballerina (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 13:16 (seven years ago)
You millennials with your 280 characters and your etc
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 13:26 (seven years ago)
I just read this entire thread again. I like how someone mentions David Spade as being in the movie.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 14:10 (seven years ago)
I obviously have always had problems with how bad Ethan Hawke looks while kissing on screen.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 14:11 (seven years ago)
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 14:14 (seven years ago)
Ha, I said he looks like he smells like a hairless cat on the Before Sunrise thread last week.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 14:16 (seven years ago)
"you got time to lean, you got time to clean" - David Spade in Reality Bites may be my favorite thing he's ever done.
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 19:49 (seven years ago)
lotta dudes roll up itt to continually complain/whine/disparage Ethan and methinks the lads doth protest too much
Ethan is dreamy the end
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 19:51 (seven years ago)
So many problems with this movie but I still will watch it anytime it is on. I am only a tad bit embarrassed that I called Troy Dyer hot over a decade ago above.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 19:53 (seven years ago)
Had a similar moment listening to the Spin Doctors in the car recently tbf
― well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 19:58 (seven years ago)
Generation X was a terrible mistake.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Thursday, 28 March 2019 04:41 (six years ago)
saw thread, came here to post this, but of course it was already covered 15 years ago:
Winona Ryder
― ModJ (ModJ), Monday, April 5, 2004 8:37 PM
― flappy bird, Thursday, 28 March 2019 04:58 (six years ago)
I guess the owners didn't want any sweet Gen X Airbnb bux
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/trending/article/reality-bites-home-houston-demolition-permit-19385708.php
A demolition permit was taken out on the Houston fourplex at 409 W. Clay Street in the Montrose neighborhood, the city’s permitting center confirmed.Each unit of the property has one bedroom, one bathroom, a living and dining room plus hardwood floors, according to Apartments.com.A YouTube video of a walkthrough of the building on Thursday, showed the home in disarray with trash and debris scattered in multiple rooms, doors off their hinges, displaced furniture and even a cat tower left behind from the previous occupants. It's unclear when the residence will be demolished.
Each unit of the property has one bedroom, one bathroom, a living and dining room plus hardwood floors, according to Apartments.com.
A YouTube video of a walkthrough of the building on Thursday, showed the home in disarray with trash and debris scattered in multiple rooms, doors off their hinges, displaced furniture and even a cat tower left behind from the previous occupants. It's unclear when the residence will be demolished.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 6 April 2024 01:00 (one year ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qp9riQGrRI
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 6 April 2024 01:12 (one year ago)
Would watch a split screen shot by shot reshoot of slacker then and now
― calstars, Saturday, 6 April 2024 02:10 (one year ago)
There was a multi-director Slacker remake in 2011, and IIRC, they tried to match the locations.
A good chunk of the movie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aRmEhJZhjI
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 6 April 2024 03:16 (one year ago)
Thanks for that
― calstars, Saturday, 6 April 2024 13:43 (one year ago)
True story (or so I've been told): Winona Ryder's character, Lelaina, was named after the future wife of a former ILX'or.
― clemenza, Saturday, 6 April 2024 17:53 (one year ago)
...and it's gone: https://www.reddit.com/r/houston/s/lqRzzW3MEB
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 9 April 2024 23:15 (one year ago)
Our long national nightmare is over.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 10 April 2024 00:28 (one year ago)
It's totally Ethan Hawke's fault.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 10 April 2024 00:32 (one year ago)
I'd rather blame Stiller.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 10 April 2024 00:37 (one year ago)
For the movie that is.