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BrentonJohn Doe is Sicko.
July 27th 2007 00:34
DVD Therapy, what helps you get through?
Don’t be fooled by the title, this doesn’t mean John Doe has gone to South America to make a documentary about the hypocrisies of health care.
Contracting a solid dose of the flu mixed with Gastroenteritis, it has been 7 days since JD was first struck down, glow in the dark green flem oozes, sticky snot seeps and the brain, well the brain is in Barbara Bush mode and just says “NO”. (I've been slimed like a Ghostbuster)
Unable to claw his way to the PC till today, a full week later and still not feeling much better this is the first day Johnny has been able to strings a sentence together. (Not very well mind you)
Bedridden, full of medication, (not the good kind) and incapable of doing much else other than vegetating, JohnD has had a hard time processing new information. The one positive of course is that movie watching is about all he can do.
Curled up on the couch, revisiting old favourites that demand nothing of his mind due to infinite screenings, these are some of the DVD’s that have made there way into the player during this week of woe.
Back to the Future Trilogy
The Indiana Jones Trilogy
Die Hard
The Godfather Trilogy
The Man With No Name Trilogy
Sneakers
Wargames
From Russia With Love/Goldfinger/Thunderball
The Princess Bride
Scaramouche
Lady Hawke
Krull
Tron
Terminator
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
SpaceBalls
Galaxy Quest
The Great Escape
The Magnificent 7
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Professionals
The Dirty Dozen
The room is starting to spin again so I will have to cut my list short, its time to go lie down…….Johnny hopes to be back on board Monday morning but in the interim, What are some the movies that distract you from illness?
the man with the hat and the whip still gets me by
Don’t be fooled by the title, this doesn’t mean John Doe has gone to South America to make a documentary about the hypocrisies of health care.
Contracting a solid dose of the flu mixed with Gastroenteritis, it has been 7 days since JD was first struck down, glow in the dark green flem oozes, sticky snot seeps and the brain, well the brain is in Barbara Bush mode and just says “NO”. (I've been slimed like a Ghostbuster)
Unable to claw his way to the PC till today, a full week later and still not feeling much better this is the first day Johnny has been able to strings a sentence together. (Not very well mind you)
Bedridden, full of medication, (not the good kind) and incapable of doing much else other than vegetating, JohnD has had a hard time processing new information. The one positive of course is that movie watching is about all he can do.
Curled up on the couch, revisiting old favourites that demand nothing of his mind due to infinite screenings, these are some of the DVD’s that have made there way into the player during this week of woe.
One of the many DVD's that has helped JD this week
The Indiana Jones Trilogy
Die Hard
The Godfather Trilogy
The Man With No Name Trilogy
Sneakers
Wargames
From Russia With Love/Goldfinger/Thunderball
The Princess Bride
Scaramouche
Lady Hawke
Krull
Tron
Terminator
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
SpaceBalls
Galaxy Quest
The Great Escape
The Magnificent 7
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Professionals
The Dirty Dozen
The room is starting to spin again so I will have to cut my list short, its time to go lie down…….Johnny hopes to be back on board Monday morning but in the interim, What are some the movies that distract you from illness?
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Comment by Nickoftime's Sanity Corner
when I'm sick, I usually throw in a series of flicks for distraction...
The Matrix Series
The Raiders Series (your personal favorite as well I see)
As Good As It Gets
The Frisco Kid (an oldie but hilariously funny)
The Outlaw Josey Wales (another oldie but a goodie)
Silverado...
and Stargate SG-1 ( I have the entire series mind you lol)
Hope you get to feeling better buddy, the flu is one nasty assed customer!
Be well and take care,
Nick
Comment by David
Just a few since you're
asicko.Basically, anything pacy, even a little B-grade or trashy which don't tax the brain too much.
Enemy of the State
Spy Games
Bourne I &II.
Payback.
There's a few I'll always watch which aren't pacey, but since I know them so well, I don't have to concentrate on them. Cape Fear,Blue Velvet, Barton Fink, Taxi Driver, Citizen X, Love Serenade, etc ...
David ...
Comment by Bryn
Horrorphile
Comment by Mr Nice Guy
Pop Culturist
American Graffiti and True Grit should also be part of the prescriptive list for the bedridden and terminally flemmish.
Cheers
MNG
Comment by KylieW
Celebrity Obsession
While You Were Sleeping (the only chick flick I truly love)
Indiana Jones trilogy
Star Wars trilogy (not the new ones)
Clerks
Speed
Mall Rats
Empire Records
The Breakfast Club
The Family Guy - sometimes my tiny sick brain can only work in short 20 min intervals, so cartoons are good
American Dad - for the same reason as Family Guy
I hope that you're feeling better soon!
Kylie
Comment by Raoul Duke
Style of Eye
You can't throw up past it.
Comment by Damo
For the Sake of Argument
My Apologetics
Comment by Lilla
Enviro Warrior
An Extra Ordinary Life
Dream Herald
Winter is a time for rest though and this sounds superb (if you don’t count the slimey bits.
I loved your list and can’t believe that not only have you seen Buckaroo Bonzai but also Krull? … I love that film...especially that Changeling...oowww, creepy.
I like silly things when I’m unwell like Groundhog Day, and chick flicks… lots and lots of chick flicks …oh and Back to the Future and Indiana are just perfect *chuckle*
Then? …I’d probably watch the entire seven seasons of Voyager again *lol* followed by the entire first season of the original Start Trek again... both reserved for when I am very unwell, because if I dooze off, I know where I am when I awake *lol* ...
It seems I missed the Dominian War completely though…Wh-a-a-t?
Will have to watch all of Deep Space Nine and Next Gen. next time I'm ill, to find out what was happening in the Alpha Quadrant, whilst I was zooming about the Delta Quadrant meeting new races?
Rest well.
Lilla ...
Comment by DuskDevi
Rucks and Rolls
Rugby World Cup 2007
Hope you get better soon buddy.
much warmth...
Dusk
Comment by missnomer
American Beauty
cos it makes me realise that life is short...
Blue Velvet
cos I like it
Spirited Away
because its awe inspiring...
then I pass out due to the medication..
X
Comment by Cibbuano
20/20 Filmsight
Science News
Hunt Famous
Orble Post of the Day
Fat Cult
Techbreak
Comment by Ginger Snap
Comment by Sarah White
coolgirlsar to the rescue
One Too Many Chocolate Bars
Now I want to be ill so I can have a day watching movies.
Hope you feel better soon.
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Feeling much better now, and I love all the suggestions made...
Great one with Bringing Up Baby Damo!
Comment by Tracy
Movies and Life
Did you end up watching much? Usually when I'm sick I like to get some light-hearted stuff, something that doesn't make me think too much.
Hope you're feeling better,
Tracy
Comment by Tracy
Movies and Life
Comment by D. Armenta
The Florida Keys and Everglades
The Black Sheep Chronicles
What constitutes bad manners?
The male mystique
Debate Fan
A great sicko list for me is pure entertainment, preferably extended, that doesn't require a high amount of concentration, so--
-Any of the old Harryhausen movies
-In Harm's Way
-The Man with the Golden Arm
-Galaxy Quest
-Any old Fred Astaire movie--I turn down the sound and just watch his incredible dancing
-and everything on your list, haha!
Comment by Tracy
Movies and Life