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[boxofdelights]

I watched Dune with some of my science fiction bookgroup tonight. It was amazing. Not in a good way, but now I find myself watching Twin Peaks.

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[malnpudl]

I have book club envy. I love my book club ladies, but they mostly only like "chick lit" and that gets a bit old and a wee bit thin after a while. It'd be lovely to read some chewy SF and have some chewy discussion now and then. In fact, either of those things would be grand. *wistful*

Also: I love your tag for this post, and everything it implies. <3

[j00j]

Every so often I think about starting an online book club with chat meetings for those of us who don't have a good local book club...

[boxofdelights]

One of my book groups is a bit like that: we do read good books sometimes, but we spend maybe fifteen minutes of a two-three hour meeting talking about the book. We're just a bunch of old friends who have an excuse to get together once a month to talk and eat.

I fixed the lack of book talk by adding another book group. That one is hosted by the library and open to the public. Although it is mostly familiar faces from month to month, we never talk about our personal lives and not much about anything other than the book. The person leading the discussion is expected to show up with discussion questions, info about the author, and reviews.

Now, with the science fiction book group, I have three!! Which might be more than I can handle even in my current high-energy phase. (There were large swaths of my life when even one night of social activity a month was out of my bounds.)

[j00j]

I've been watching Twin Peaks with skola and it's really fascinatingly weird. And occasionally hilarious. It's also intriguing to see some of the things that inspired the X-Files, since I was a huge fan of that at one point.

[boxofdelights]

I didn't watch TV for almost thirty years, so I missed a lot. Do you think I'd like the X-Files?

[j00j]

Hm... I really enjoyed the first several seasons, and many of those episodes hold up fairly well. It's usually less surreal than Twin Peaks, but there's some surreality and weirdness there too. And the characters are fun. It eventually went off the rails, as many shows that are on for a long time too, but there's a lot of good stuff there.

[jesse_the_k]

I saw DUNE as it was meant to be seen: at the drive-in with popcorn, pot, and beer. We may have napped before the ending -- only outdoor movie without a double bill.

[boxofdelights]

It was fun to watch on a comfy couch with other fans, who mocked and laughed, and a dog. Dune is a go-to example of how plot and character are affected when the director can't bear to cut any of the special effects, because they were expensive!

[j00j]

That sounds awesome (ok, I've not yet tried pot, but I feel it would improve the Dune experience). I wish there were more drive-ins these days; I really enjoyed it the one time I went to one!