Happy Hump Day Survey!

Not sure if this is my final, but I would go back to check out the Library of Alexandria. The condition would be that I'd need a lifetime to prepare.

If a little intervening is allowed: find the Three Kings on their way to Jesus, and replace the myrhh with a box of Oreo's. Or intercept Pheidippides on his way from Marathon to Athens and show him a shortcut, thus making life easier for every ambitious runner since.

tuffalobuffalo wrote:

Not sure if this is my final, but I would go back to check out the Library of Alexandria. The condition would be that I'd need a lifetime to prepare. :)

That's probably my winner.

I'm having trouble thinking of a truly extraordinary one! I'd like to see a Shakespeare play at the Globe, or (not that far back!) to Berlin the night people began tearing the wall down.

I'd see The Dave Brubeck Quartet perform at Oberlin College (OH) (1953) ,The College of the Pacific (CA) (1953), or Carnegie Hall (NYC) (1963).

Oberlin is considered to be the best recorded performance of the "original" quartet. Pacific was performed at Brubeck's Alma Mater so it's a homecoming event. Carnegie Hall is, well, Carnegie Hall. All of these shows are amazing.

If I had to choose a studio performance, it'd be the "Kind of Blue" recordings by Miles Davis' Quintet

Happy Hump Day!!

What is the best movie scene in which someone just completely loses it?

DiscoDriveby wrote:

Happy Hump Day!!

What is the best movie scene in which someone just completely loses it?

...that doesn't star Al Pacino.

Paleocon wrote:
DiscoDriveby wrote:

Happy Hump Day!!

What is the best movie scene in which someone just completely loses it?

...that doesn't star Al Pacino.

Nick Cage, Vampire's Kiss

Tanglebones wrote:
Paleocon wrote:
DiscoDriveby wrote:

Happy Hump Day!!

What is the best movie scene in which someone just completely loses it?

...that doesn't star Al Pacino.

Nick Cage, Vampire's Kiss

Olivier: Henry V

DiscoDriveby wrote:

Happy Hump Day!!

What is the best movie scene in which someone just completely loses it?

#hitlerYellingMeme

Steve's "rescue" of his own boat in the Life Aquatic. Based on him chewing through the ropes, shooting like 80 times from a single clip, and everyone else being completely unable to see what was happening during the time, I'm pretty sure the whole thing happened in his head and what happened was completely different. Which makes it kind of hilarious.

That Jules in the back of the car cleaning up brains or going off about the towels.

I'm with Paleoon, but offer the following.

CptDomano wrote:

This was going to be mine. It's my mom's favorite movie. For years I watched the censored-for-cable version on a home-recorded tape, and when we finally got the VHS I was surprised that they drop the f-bomb!

Richard Dreyfuss has some good ones in What About Bob? That whole movie is basically about him losing it.

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Mr. Furious:

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TheHarpoMarxist wrote:

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I don't think I can top this.

Forgive me for bringing animation into the mix. I'm sure when my daughter starts dating I'll get to freak out like this.

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Both of these car scenes.

Johnny Mnemonic - "I want ROOM SERVICE!"

MrAndrewJ wrote:

Johnny Mnemonic - "I want ROOM SERVICE!"

I thought of the one that was escaping me.

Pretty much all of Falling Down.

Or, just the breakfast scene:

Yes, Falling Down! That's the one I was trying to think of! What an awesomely twisted movie.