A Decade of the Dude

by fmk on Oct 11, 2008 3:23 PM EDT

Lebowski is ten years older. Is The Dude a slacker prince for our times?

"It is fun to drink and bowl," says Mr Russell, co-author of I'm a Lebowski, You're a Lebowski. And they are all united into one temporarily tight-knit community by their love of the film. "The characters are so loveable and it is a really quotable movie. Not everybody gets it. A lot of people see the movie and they don't like it. Other people fall in love with it." It's a key element in cult appeal. Not just loving something, but also relishing the fact that not everybody does. "It was considered a flop at the time. Titanic was in its 20th week and it still beat the Big Lebowski. US Marshals beat it." But neither have the quotability of The Big Lebowski.

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This one of the rare...

…classic movies I can say I saw in the theater. My girlfriend and I thought it was great. We recommended it to an acquaintance who told us they would never take movie advice from us again!

What’s this got to do with bike racing, though??

Of course, it doesn’t matter. It’s Saturday, and the season is almost over. Bonne weekend toute le monde!

Never, ever, work with a sprinter.

by Put 'Em in the Gutter on Oct 11, 2008 4:07 PM EDT 0 recs

What’s this got to do with bike racing

Autobahn’s Nagelbett = Kraftwerk’s Autobahn and Kraftwerk = Tour de France, EP & LP.

pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on Oct 11, 2008 5:53 PM EDT up 0 recs

OOOOOhhhhhhh...

…I was an idiot! Bien sur.

Random+obtuse+goofy+nihilistic Germans=Sublime. Duh…

Never, ever, work with a sprinter.

by Put 'Em in the Gutter on Oct 11, 2008 6:23 PM EDT up 0 recs

I LOVE KRAFTWERK!!!

Autobahn and Radioaktivity plus the TdF!!!

Racing for Victory and Free Beer!

by DemonCats on Oct 11, 2008 6:42 PM EDT up 0 recs

+

100

Big, big fan here…

"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."

by Chris... on Oct 13, 2008 6:56 PM EDT up 0 recs

one of the rare classic movies I can say I saw in the theater

Last time I saw it on a big screen was on a rainy night at an open air screening. Even in the rain you gotta love it.

pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on Oct 11, 2008 5:55 PM EDT up 0 recs