Author Topic: NEEDED: Host for 50 Best Movies of the 50's
Zaz  38601 posts
Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre
Registered: Oct '98
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Date Posted: 4/15/06 2:08pm Subject: NEEDED: Host for 50 Best Movies of the 50's - Date Edited: 4/13 9:22pm (64 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
We have several areas that aren't covered by threads. I'm looking for people to host threads on the following:

1. Music:

We seem to have a lot of rock, a little jazz and reggae, and some classical. But there are several genres missing.

Armenian has agreed to host the hip hop/rap thread. We are still short several others:

a. R & B;
b. Soul; (and Neo-Soul)
c. The Blues;*TAKEN*
d. Rockabilly;
e. Country (talking the real McCoy here, not hat acts or Shania Twain)*TAKEN*
f. Folk; *TAKEN*
g. African;
h. Swamp rock;
i. Celtic;
j. Opera (yeah, I know, but I'm optimistic)*TAKEN*
k. Funk; *TAKEN*
l. Asian; *TAKEN*
m. Desert Island: If you were stranded on a Desert Island with a solar-powered CD player, what five CDs would you take with you?*TAKEN*
n. Disco;
o. Techno;*TAKEN*
p. Grunge;
q. Cajun and Francophone *TAKEN*
r. Bluegrass;
s. Gospel;
t. Latin;
u. Punk.*TAKEN*
v. Alt.rock *TAKEN*
w. Satellite Radio--how to get it, what's available, what's good;
x. Syndicated Radio shows (do not have to be strictly music)


Specific artists or groups:

Check the Thread Index first. I am currently in the midst of updating it.

Specific instruments:

There are threads specifically on the following two instruments:

Drums and Guitars

Nothing on:

Banjo;
Violin;
Fiddle;
Cello;
Piano *TAKEN*

100 Great Guitar Solos List: http://guitar.about.com/library/bl100greatesti.htm

You don't have to be an expert. You just have to like the area and willing to give some history, short bios of musicians, and recommendations. Rule of thumb: when the thread falls to page 6, (which takes approximately a week to ten days), it needs updating.

If you are interested, or want to know more, please PM me.

And if you have any suggestions for new threads, please post them here.

TO BE CONTINUED:



 

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Zaz  38601 posts
Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre
Registered: Oct '98
40038_Jawa
Date Posted: 4/15/06 3:13pm Subject: RE: NEEDED: Thread Hosts. Apply Within - Date Edited: 4/15/06 8:11pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
Next:

2. Screenplays

a. A list of the 100 best Screenplays have been recently posted here:

http://www.wga.org/

We need a host who will discuss a screenplay per post (starting at 100 and working up).

Ideally, it would help if you have actually written a screenplay, but it's not absolutely necessary. *TAKEN*

b. A technicial screenplay thread. Demonstrate (while giving examples) technical problems and how to overcome them.

 

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Zaz  38601 posts
Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre
Registered: Oct '98
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Date Posted: 4/15/06 7:49pm Subject: RE: NEEDED: Thread Hosts. Apply Within - Date Edited: 7/23/06 9:05pm (10 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
3. Animation:

There is a thread on Walt Disney, but nothing on:

a. The history of animation, starting with "Gertie the Dinosaur" and the Fleischer brothers, moving on to Disney and then to the studio animation departments--MGM, Warners, etc.

b. History of Anime, both movies and TV.

c. Foreign (non-Japanese) animation.

d. Hanna-Barbera thread ("The Flintstones", "The Jetsons", etc.)

e. Bad Saturday morning animation.*TAKEN*

f. Feature-Length animation, starting with "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves", and including cult items.

g. A cartoon-by-cartoon thread on "Looney Tunes"/"Merrie Melodies"

h. There are Appreciation Threads for "The Simpsons", "Futurama", "The Family Guy" and "South Park", but a overview thread of modern prime-time television animation would include "Ren & Stimpy", "King of the Hill" and several others, including the shows that were not successful (but often very good.) *TAKEN*

i. Desert Island: If you were stranded on a Desert Island with a solar-powered DVD players, what five pieces of animation would you take with you?

 

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Zaz  38601 posts
Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre
Registered: Oct '98
40038_Jawa
Date Posted: 4/15/06 10:33pm Subject: RE: NEEDED: Thread Hosts. Apply Within! - Date Edited: 4/18/06 4:01pm (3 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
4. Art:

Not much art on the forum, especially since Rogue wrapped up the top art of the 20th Century list. I would like to try some artists threads, following their works in chronological order. Some have careers that are particularly suited to this, for instance:

a. Goya;
b. Van Gogh;
c. Degas;
d. Durer;
e. Holbein;
f. Turner;
g. Bacon;
h. Freud;
i. Daumier;
j. Folk Art;
k. Desert Island (if you stranded on a Desert Island with a air-conditioned spot for them, what five paintings would you take with you?)

(Any other suggestions appreciated)

Also histories of historical movements, such as Cubism, Surrealism, Fauvism, etc.

 

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Zaz  38601 posts
Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre
Registered: Oct '98
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Date Posted: 4/16/06 1:32pm Subject: RE: NEEDED: Thread Hosts. Apply Within! - Date Edited: 1/29/07 4:13pm (10 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
5. Books:

a. A thread on mystery writing--hopefully with some discussion of technique; *TAKEN*
b. A thread on fictional detectives (book and tv & movie adaptations of same)
c. A thread on horror writing.
d. Author threads, wherein you discuss each work they have produced (Mark Twain, R. L. Stevenson, Stephen King)
e. Kid lit*TAKEN*
f. Desert Island (If you were stranded on a desert island, what five books would you take with you?)
g. A "Preview of Coming Releases" for books (we have one for films and for music)


ORPHANED THREAD:

"Classics of World Literature" (originally hosted by Mastadge). This is a very good thread that needs a new host.*ADOPTED*

Any other suggestions are welcome.

 

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MariahJade2  9734 posts
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Date Posted: 4/17/06 5:10am Subject: RE: NEEDED: Thread Hosts. Apply Within!
Would cooking or things like crafting or folk art be considered something that would fit into the forum? It might be JCC material, but then anything on that sort of topic usually sinks like a rock over there. Not sure it would do good here either. But then cook books can also come into it.

 

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Rose_Skywalker  3690 posts
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Date Posted: 4/17/06 6:18am Subject: RE: NEEDED: Thread Hosts. Apply Within!


what about Broadway musicals? I mean i don't know how popular they are with the users of this site, but i happen to love them. That would be the only thread i think i would be up to hosting properly.

 

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ShiriKeiCelisoe  5398 posts
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Date Posted: 4/17/06 6:52am Subject: RE: NEEDED: Thread Hosts. Apply Within!
What about Asian music? I know I have a thread over on the JCC, but no one posts on it. Maybe more people here in the Amp listen to it. But if not, that's okay. Just thought I would suggest it.

 

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JediTrilobite  23837 posts
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Date Posted: 4/17/06 7:13am Subject: RE: NEEDED: Thread Hosts. Apply Within!
Rose_Skywalker posted:


what about Broadway musicals? I mean i don't know how popular they are with the users of this site, but i happen to love them. That would be the only thread i think i would be up to hosting properly.


That would be a really good one to do.

 

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Zaz  38601 posts
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Date Posted: 4/17/06 8:10am Subject: RE: NEEDED: Thread Hosts. Apply Within!
All good suggestions, I will PM you with more details.

 

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Zaz  38601 posts
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Date Posted: 4/17/06 10:15am Subject: RE: NEEDED: Thread Hosts. Apply Within! - Date Edited: 9/16/06 12:11pm (5 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
6. Stage:

a. Broadway Appreciation Thread *TAKEN*
b. Stage v. Movie (Stage plays adapted to movies)*TAKEN*
c. Playwrights threads (Eugene O'Neill comes to mind) & so does Shakespeare (cough*Rogue*cough) *TAKEN* and Shaw.

 

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Zaz  38601 posts
Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre
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Date Posted: 4/17/06 10:20am Subject: RE: NEEDED: Thread Hosts. Apply Within! - Date Edited: 9/6/06 8:26pm (26 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
7. Movies:

There is a good thread on Classic War Movies, one on Heist Movies, and lots of Scifi & Fantasy, but nothing on several other genres, such as:

a. Westerns *TAKEN*
b. Film Noirs
c. Cult Movies *TAKEN*
d. Silent Comedy
e. Screwball Comedy
f. Horror--I mean a history, starting in the silent era, and covering the Universal horror genres, comedy-horror, Hammer, foreign horror, etc. *TAKEN*
g. Gangster
h. Musicals *TAKEN*
i. AFI's list of the 25 top musicals



There are some directors threads, for Michael Mann and Tim Burton, for two, but there could be more:

h. Alfred Hitchcock;*TAKEN*
i. John Ford; *TAKEN*
j. Raoul Walsh;
k. Tod Browning;
l. Steven Speilberg;*TAKEN*
m. Orson Welles. *TAKEN*
n. Sam Peckinpah *TAKEN*
o. John Boorman
i. Martin Scorsese *TAKEN*
ii. Stanley Kubrick *TAKEN*
iii.The Coen Brothers;


p. Thread on costume design in the movies;*TAKEN*
q. Thread on cinematography;
r. Thread on set design (Wm. Cameron Menzies would be a good slace to start. Or maybe "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari")

t. Thread on documentaries ("Grizzly Man"; "Hoop Dreams"; "Mad Hot Ballroom", etc. etc.)*TAKEN*

Threads on foreign movies. We have a thread on Asian Cinema, but nothing on French *TAKEN*, Spanish, Italian, German, Russian, Australian,*TAKEN* South American, Bollywood, or Swedish cinema.

Famous Flops

 

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RX_Sith  4045 posts
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Date Posted: 4/17/06 3:48pm Subject: RE: NEEDED: Thread Hosts. Apply Within!
Can I host country if it's still available.

Also I'll take the Westerns in movies, (fits with country music).

 

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Ambassador Cara Jade  10021 posts
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Date Posted: 4/17/06 8:11pm Subject: RE: NEEDED: Thread Hosts. Apply Within! - Date Edited: 4/17/06 8:13pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Ambassador Cara Jade
I'll take Cult Films!

EDIT: And stage vs. film, if we can do 2!

 

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Zaz  38601 posts
Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre
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Date Posted: 4/17/06 8:37pm Subject: RE: NEEDED: Thread Hosts. Apply Within!
Yes, of course. grin

 

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StarDude  5717 posts
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Date Posted: 4/18/06 2:29am Subject: RE: NEEDED: Thread Hosts. Apply Within!
I'd be happy to host a Spielberg thread.

 

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