Comments on: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas http://www.organicmechanic.org/2007/01/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/ Since 2002, Organic/Mechanic has been the personal website of Adam Harvey. He lives in Cleveland, OH. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:29:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Organic/Mechanic Permalink » Dazed and Confused http://www.organicmechanic.org/2007/01/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/comment-page-1/#comment-4061 Organic/Mechanic Permalink » Dazed and Confused Sun, 21 Jan 2007 21:40:26 +0000 http://www.organicmechanic.org/2007/01/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/#comment-4061 [...] The screencaps are crummy in this review because the library sent me the Full Screen version instead of the Criterion Collection version. I had to grab screencaps from elsewhere. Dazed and Confused is a movie a bit like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas in its attempt to recapture the cultural aroma of the 1970s. F&L has an advantage, it is based on primary source material, so its nostalgia is less removed from the decade and despite its rambunctiousness, it comes across as a bit more authentic than Dazed and Confused, perhaps because of the sense of doom that is present throughout the film. D&C on the other hand, is nostalgic for a time that, to me, seems impossible to have ever existed. [...] [...] The screencaps are crummy in this review because the library sent me the Full Screen version instead of the Criterion Collection version. I had to grab screencaps from elsewhere. Dazed and Confused is a movie a bit like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas in its attempt to recapture the cultural aroma of the 1970s. F&L has an advantage, it is based on primary source material, so its nostalgia is less removed from the decade and despite its rambunctiousness, it comes across as a bit more authentic than Dazed and Confused, perhaps because of the sense of doom that is present throughout the film. D&C on the other hand, is nostalgic for a time that, to me, seems impossible to have ever existed. [...]

]]> By: Adam Harvey http://www.organicmechanic.org/2007/01/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/comment-page-1/#comment-3999 Adam Harvey Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:36:22 +0000 http://www.organicmechanic.org/2007/01/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/#comment-3999 I haven't seen that, but I'll add it to my [never-ending] list of films to see. I haven’t seen that, but I’ll add it to my [never-ending] list of films to see.

]]> By: Have Coffee Will Write » MY COMMENTS… http://www.organicmechanic.org/2007/01/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/comment-page-1/#comment-3997 Have Coffee Will Write » MY COMMENTS… Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:59:20 +0000 http://www.organicmechanic.org/2007/01/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/#comment-3997 [...] 0752 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 0739 “Laundry Day” Filed under: [...] [...] 0752 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 0739 “Laundry Day” Filed under: [...]

]]> By: Jeff Hess http://www.organicmechanic.org/2007/01/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/comment-page-1/#comment-3996 Jeff Hess Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:52:43 +0000 http://www.organicmechanic.org/2007/01/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/#comment-3996 Shalom Adam, I also loved this movie. I have a long history with the work of HST. (It was a passage in his Hell's Angels that convinced me to be a writer. Having said that, I think that Bill Murray's Where The Buffalo Roam remains the superior examination of HST's life. B'shalom, Jeff Shalom Adam,

I also loved this movie. I have a long history with the work of HST. (It was a passage in his Hell’s Angels that convinced me to be a writer.

Having said that, I think that Bill Murray’s Where The Buffalo Roam remains the superior examination of HST’s life.

B’shalom,

Jeff

]]> By: Mike Fisher http://www.organicmechanic.org/2007/01/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/comment-page-1/#comment-3990 Mike Fisher Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:15:36 +0000 http://www.organicmechanic.org/2007/01/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/#comment-3990 Adam, Of course, I respect your wishes and may excerpt in a future blog. Thanks for replying and I'll be checking on your blog entries via bloglines. Mike Adam,

Of course, I respect your wishes and may excerpt in a future blog. Thanks for replying and I’ll be checking on your blog entries via bloglines.

Mike

]]> By: Adam Harvey http://www.organicmechanic.org/2007/01/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/comment-page-1/#comment-3987 Adam Harvey Mon, 15 Jan 2007 17:46:31 +0000 http://www.organicmechanic.org/2007/01/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/#comment-3987 Hey Mike! Thanks for the compliments. I hope people like your Vegas site. Feel free to take your favorite excerpt from the post and repost and link to it from your weblog. I'm not comfortable having you duplicate the whole shebang, but otherwise, feel free to go nuts. Oh yeah, please don't <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inline_linking" rel="nofollow">hotlink</a> any pictures. Thanks again for stopping by. Hey Mike! Thanks for the compliments. I hope people like your Vegas site. Feel free to take your favorite excerpt from the post and repost and link to it from your weblog. I’m not comfortable having you duplicate the whole shebang, but otherwise, feel free to go nuts.

Oh yeah, please don’t hotlink any pictures. Thanks again for stopping by.

]]> By: Mike Fisher http://www.organicmechanic.org/2007/01/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/comment-page-1/#comment-3986 Mike Fisher Mon, 15 Jan 2007 17:27:02 +0000 http://www.organicmechanic.org/2007/01/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/#comment-3986 I love your article - very well written with great pictures and nice presntation! I was wondering if you could guest write this on my blog (just duplicate your artice with credits and link back to you). This is a legitimate request. Please let me know, I've been wanting to write something like this for a long time, but now that you've done it better than I could ever hope to, I would be honored for you to guest write this on my blog! I love your article – very well written with great pictures and nice presntation! I was wondering if you could guest write this on my blog (just duplicate your artice with credits and link back to you). This is a legitimate request. Please let me know, I’ve been wanting to write something like this for a long time, but now that you’ve done it better than I could ever hope to, I would be honored for you to guest write this on my blog!

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