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Alphaman posted 05-22-99 04:07 PM ET
Any one seen this cool movie.
I thought it was pretty good.
The but where Renton shoves them pills up his ass. Hilarious.
And where he's diving into the Worst Tiolet in Scotland. Damn funny.
Aman
--drugs are cool.
Alphaman posted 05-22-99 04:08 PM ET
BTW - what the hell IS trainspotting?
I seen the movie 4 times and I still don't know
umbra1 posted 05-22-99 05:19 PM ET
"Trainspotting" is a reference to an abandoned railway station that the characters use to shoot up in. The scene didn't survive the translation from book to film.
Still, a very good movie.
Frodo83 posted 05-22-99 06:43 PM ET
I liked it too. Thank god Renton wised up at the end and ran off with the money. I have the soundtrack, and I recommend it as well.
Wraith posted 05-22-99 06:55 PM ET
For those of you who have seen the movie and deal with computers, check out this link.
Wraith
#define sysop GOD #define reality NULL
Dutch Boy posted 05-22-99 07:07 PM ET
I agree, Trainspotting and drugs are cool
Alphaman posted 05-23-99 01:24 AM ET
Got the sound track? Cool.
I like the "Choose life" song.
The intro Renton gives at the start of the song slagging off society is pretty cool.
Can you type it in for us?
I only remenber bits and pieces of it after they (finally) play it on radio again.
"Choose to stuff junk food in your face"
is a line that sticks out in memory.
Hugo Rune posted 05-23-99 05:46 AM ET
Oh, the movie trainspotting! I thought you menat the Hobby trainspotting!
Trainspotting is one of britains top hobbies. People in anoraks stand on railway stations noting the time every trains passes by, hoping to get a glimpse of a "rare" train (like the Queen's private train).
Alphaman posted 05-23-99 10:54 AM ET
so thats what it is
thanks hugo
sounds like a crap hobby though
whats the point of it?
DCA posted 05-24-99 09:41 AM ET
There's no point, it's just a waste of time (and, consequently, life). That's why they picked the name - to indicate that heroin addicts waste their lives (moral of the story: heroin sucks). Other drugs are pretty cool, tho.
DCA,
I sucked that smoke in and made it part of me, joined mystically with the universe right at that point, said Yes to drugs forever just by the unique hit I got from that one packet of fags.
Roland posted 05-25-99 03:31 AM ET
Good movie, good soundtrack...
Aaaaaaaaaaaatomic!
MikeH II posted 05-25-99 07:03 AM ET
Has everyone seen this?
Extract from Ewan MacGregor's script from Star Wars: The Prequel.....
The title music finishes, the text has rolled off the screen to reveal
a galaxy, the camera pans down to a planet:
A man in brown robes is running down a street in a desert town
(Cantina) chased by several stormtroopers. He trips over a rock, rolls on the
floor and Obi Wan Kenobi (Ewan MacGregor) says:
Choose the force. Choose a side, Choose a jedi knight, Choose a teacher,choose a ****ing big death star, choose star destroyers, blasters, tie-fighters and a light sabre. Choose a black suit, black helmet and boots. Choose a loan from Jabba the Hut. Choose a philosophy. Choose an
Emperor. Choose a planet with matching moon. Choose a three planet system in the Dromoda system and ****ing enslave them. Choose the Rebels and wonder why the **** you are kneeling by the Emperor on a Sunday
morning. Choose sitting next to that Emperor watching whole planets being enslaved in mind-control, force-crushing battles, stuffing ****ing replacement parts into your body. Choose rotting away at the end of it
all, pissing your last in a miserable death star, nothing more then a dictator, to the selfish, evil ****ed up brats who fight for you. Choose a future.
I chose something else;
I chose the dark side.
Roland posted 05-25-99 07:21 AM ET
LOL! Jedispotting, anyone ?
Frodo83 posted 05-25-99 10:48 AM ET
Alphaman, do you mean "Lust for Life" by Iggy Pop? That's the first song...it plays when he's being chased at the movie's beginning.
RM posted 05-25-99 10:56 AM ET
In the book there is a part were Renton and Begbie are walking across a railroad station and meet an old bum that asks them if they are trainspotting (jokingly). It later appears that the bum is Begbies father. It is the only place in the book where trainspotting is mentioned.
Does anyone here like Brett Easton Ellis? His books are similar to trainspotting in many ways. I have read American Psycho and Less than zero, and I loved them. I look forward to the movie version of American Psycho, but I also have a slight fear that it will be too hollywoodized.
XenoMan posted 05-26-99 02:59 PM ET

Well...kids...what do we have here...a bunch of all knowing punkasses discussing the movie they never realy did understand...And becouse of not understanding it...al they can talk about is the Soundtrack??? Yeah...Choose is cool alright...but i guess ya guys aren't born slippy? huh?
And i just love the answer UMBRA1 gave to the Name refferal question...that was realy funny...not. You think you know what the title of the movie means...well think again..
If u ask me i hate the rain...chasing the dragon is much more fun..and relaxing...
Cheers
Milan Stanojevic
MikeH II posted 05-27-99 05:08 AM ET
I have to say that I always thought it was a reference to the tracks on their arms but then I haven't read the book.
Alphaman posted 05-27-99 06:23 AM ET
Thats some funny Jedispotting **** Mike.
heehee
Aman
Alphaman posted 05-27-99 06:24 AM ET
stupid censor
forgot about it
that bit ****ed out says s.hit
without the dot of course
MikeH II posted 05-27-99 06:24 AM ET
I didn't write it Aman, I just posted it but it is funny.
XenoMan posted 05-27-99 11:45 PM ET
I'll do this just as a personal favour to a person whose name i would like to keep unknown...
Trainspotting stands for spotting the train out of the junk...out of the narco life...but as i have guessed correctly before you have no fu(king idea what i'm talking about...so watch out kids...
Take Care
XenoMan
MikeH II posted 05-28-99 04:32 AM ET
Ah, gotcha. Obvious when you say it.
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Author	Topic: Trainspotting
Alphaman	posted 05-22-99 04:07 PM ET Any one seen this cool movie. I thought it was pretty good. The but where Renton shoves them pills up his ass. Hilarious. And where he's diving into the Worst Tiolet in Scotland. Damn funny. Aman --drugs are cool.
Alphaman	posted 05-22-99 04:08 PM ET BTW - what the hell IS trainspotting? I seen the movie 4 times and I still don't know
umbra1	posted 05-22-99 05:19 PM ET "Trainspotting" is a reference to an abandoned railway station that the characters use to shoot up in. The scene didn't survive the translation from book to film. Still, a very good movie.
Frodo83	posted 05-22-99 06:43 PM ET I liked it too. Thank god Renton wised up at the end and ran off with the money. I have the soundtrack, and I recommend it as well.
Wraith	posted 05-22-99 06:55 PM ET For those of you who have seen the movie and deal with computers, check out this link. Wraith #define sysop GOD #define reality NULL
Dutch Boy	posted 05-22-99 07:07 PM ET I agree, Trainspotting and drugs are cool
Alphaman	posted 05-23-99 01:24 AM ET Got the sound track? Cool. I like the "Choose life" song. The intro Renton gives at the start of the song slagging off society is pretty cool. Can you type it in for us? I only remenber bits and pieces of it after they (finally) play it on radio again. "Choose to stuff junk food in your face" is a line that sticks out in memory.
Hugo Rune	posted 05-23-99 05:46 AM ET Oh, the movie trainspotting! I thought you menat the Hobby trainspotting! Trainspotting is one of britains top hobbies. People in anoraks stand on railway stations noting the time every trains passes by, hoping to get a glimpse of a "rare" train (like the Queen's private train).
Alphaman	posted 05-23-99 10:54 AM ET so thats what it is thanks hugo sounds like a crap hobby though whats the point of it?
DCA	posted 05-24-99 09:41 AM ET There's no point, it's just a waste of time (and, consequently, life). That's why they picked the name - to indicate that heroin addicts waste their lives (moral of the story: heroin sucks). Other drugs are pretty cool, tho. DCA, I sucked that smoke in and made it part of me, joined mystically with the universe right at that point, said Yes to drugs forever just by the unique hit I got from that one packet of fags.
Roland	posted 05-25-99 03:31 AM ET Good movie, good soundtrack... Aaaaaaaaaaaatomic!
MikeH II	posted 05-25-99 07:03 AM ET Has everyone seen this? Extract from Ewan MacGregor's script from Star Wars: The Prequel..... The title music finishes, the text has rolled off the screen to reveal a galaxy, the camera pans down to a planet: A man in brown robes is running down a street in a desert town (Cantina) chased by several stormtroopers. He trips over a rock, rolls on the floor and Obi Wan Kenobi (Ewan MacGregor) says: Choose the force. Choose a side, Choose a jedi knight, Choose a teacher,choose a **ing big death star, choose star destroyers, blasters, tie-fighters and a light sabre. Choose a black suit, black helmet and boots. Choose a loan from Jabba the Hut. Choose a philosophy. Choose an Emperor. Choose a planet with matching moon. Choose a three planet system in the Dromoda system and ing enslave them. Choose the Rebels and wonder why the you are kneeling by the Emperor on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting next to that Emperor watching whole planets being enslaved in mind-control, force-crushing battles, stuffing ing replacement parts into your body. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable death star, nothing more then a dictator, to the selfish, evil **ed up brats who fight for you. Choose a future. I chose something else; I chose the dark side.
Roland	posted 05-25-99 07:21 AM ET LOL! Jedispotting, anyone ?
Frodo83	posted 05-25-99 10:48 AM ET Alphaman, do you mean "Lust for Life" by Iggy Pop? That's the first song...it plays when he's being chased at the movie's beginning.
RM	posted 05-25-99 10:56 AM ET In the book there is a part were Renton and Begbie are walking across a railroad station and meet an old bum that asks them if they are trainspotting (jokingly). It later appears that the bum is Begbies father. It is the only place in the book where trainspotting is mentioned. Does anyone here like Brett Easton Ellis? His books are similar to trainspotting in many ways. I have read American Psycho and Less than zero, and I loved them. I look forward to the movie version of American Psycho, but I also have a slight fear that it will be too hollywoodized.
XenoMan	posted 05-26-99 02:59 PM ET Well...kids...what do we have here...a bunch of all knowing punkasses discussing the movie they never realy did understand...And becouse of not understanding it...al they can talk about is the Soundtrack??? Yeah...Choose is cool alright...but i guess ya guys aren't born slippy? huh? And i just love the answer UMBRA1 gave to the Name refferal question...that was realy funny...not. You think you know what the title of the movie means...well think again.. If u ask me i hate the rain...chasing the dragon is much more fun..and relaxing... Cheers Milan Stanojevic
MikeH II	posted 05-27-99 05:08 AM ET I have to say that I always thought it was a reference to the tracks on their arms but then I haven't read the book.
Alphaman	posted 05-27-99 06:23 AM ET Thats some funny Jedispotting **** Mike. heehee Aman
Alphaman	posted 05-27-99 06:24 AM ET stupid censor forgot about it that bit ****ed out says s.hit without the dot of course
MikeH II	posted 05-27-99 06:24 AM ET I didn't write it Aman, I just posted it but it is funny.
XenoMan	posted 05-27-99 11:45 PM ET I'll do this just as a personal favour to a person whose name i would like to keep unknown... Trainspotting stands for spotting the train out of the junk...out of the narco life...but as i have guessed correctly before you have no fu(king idea what i'm talking about...so watch out kids... Take Care XenoMan
MikeH II	posted 05-28-99 04:32 AM ET Ah, gotcha. Obvious when you say it.