QOTD 112: 2112 (Or: Heartbreaking Works of Staggering Genius: Part II)

Lets talk “Epic”.

What’s your favorite ‘epic’ work? Have you read all of “The Stand”? Listen to Rush’s 2112 on repeat for 21 hours and 12 minutes straight? Or maybe you’re the jerk who puts “American Pie” on repeat on the jukebox at a bar for 6-7 times in a row? 

1. What’s the longest movie you’ve ever watched?
2. Longest book you ever read? 
3. Longest song you ever listened too? 

*bonus: What’s your watch-record for the WWE Network so far? As in, consecutive hours turned on, either for backround noise or with your full attention?

 
1. For movies I think “Titanic” probably clocks in at the longest flick I’ve seen at roughly 194 minutes. Unless you count made for TV movies that were shown in two parts on one day – like that “The Jackson Five: An American Dream” movie, then that little adventure counts as the longest, minutes wise . Though I think the most ‘Epic’ movie I’ve seen in terms of  how long it felt and what it did in terms of stimulating various emotions and thoughts and such in only a scant 154 minutes was “Enter The Void”.

Though I maintain the most ‘epic’ feeling movie in part due to nostalgia and cool factor, is Terminator 2.

2. Reading wise, I’ve read a bit of Stephen King, so one of his books probably tops it, but I never dove into the really long – likely cocaine fueled tomes like The Stand or IT.  The Foley books were pretty long when I read them, but probably my FAVORITE epic piece of writing is a series of blog posts about the Clone Saga in Spider-man, the 35-part “Life of Riley”. 

3. Music wise I admit I’ve rocked out to 2112, I think Eminem’s “Bad Guy” is a nice little song with two good parts, and I sometimes throw on “In Da Gata Da Vita” for some Simpsons related nostalgia.

I have to admit I’ve been ‘Networking’ mostly during breaks at work, but I got in the first 20 minutes of Souled Out yesterday with an old friend from Childhood and it was funny to re-watch this thing we thought was so cool at the time (and we felt cool because lolz blackbox), and feel like dopes for liking it. Garbage trucks? What?!