Requiem for a Dream

[darko]

infection is one thing, amputation is another.

 

You'd have to infect a vital artery to necessitate amputation. The kind of infection he had, you can't get from just using a dirty needle or whatever. And yes, an 'open wound' would do it, but on the other hand, a needle point is hardly an open wound, even a repeatedly used needle in approximately the same spot (i somehow doubt he managed to find the same hole every time, a little impossible). It would shut too fast (probably a couple of hours if that) before one could actually perpetually keep it open. That is why you can walk around after a vaccination.

 

Even if there is SOME merit to that scene, the insane-asylum scene was absolutely ridiculous.

Edited January 14, 2006 by darko

[saturnine]

wait.. you mean movies aren't 100% realistic anymore? what the fuck.. when did that change?

[mrs jesus]

it was on a thursday, sometime last year

 

you're way behind, kiddo

[ryanolmstead]

most depressing movie ever

[darko]

Well, if they're going to present a quasi-realistic view of drugs, I would expect a quasi-realistic view of drugs.

 

But the condescending tone and sarcasm are extremely mature.

[mrs jesus]

have you ever known any drug addicts? ever done drugs yourself? you can pick it apart all you want, but it IS a movie, so it's not supposed to be exactly like real life. as a whole, the movie is pretty fucking realistic if you've ever lived that kind of lifestyle, though.

[darko]

thus the "I liked it until the last twenty minutes".

 

If you're going to criticize me, at least fully read my messages. I enjoyed it, because yes, it is realistic, until the end when I think the writer ran out of ideas.

[saturnine]

read the book and say that

[mrs jesus]

thus the "I liked it until the last twenty minutes".

 

If you're going to criticize me, at least fully read my messages. I enjoyed it, because yes, it is realistic, until the end when I think the writer ran out of ideas.

maybe you should learn what criticism is before you go around accusing me of it

 

i don't criticize anyone, that's preposterous

[Crusader]

I love how this turned into a medical debate.

 

Did the fridge freak anyone out? I look at mine differently now.

[saturnine]

fridges don't act like that. it's not physically possible. two thumbs down.

[mrs jesus]

i heard about this one fridge that got an infection from shooting up and it lost like 2 shelves. true story.

[saturnine]

that couldn't happen unless it found the same hole every time.

 

and i've studied doctors or something.

Edited January 14, 2006 by saturnine

[mrs jesus]

well obviously it found the same hole everytime, saturnine, god

[darko]

Haha.

 

If your lives are really that dry that you need to sit there and patronize someone who didn't (God forbid) agree with your opinion, I say go for it.

 

PS: There's a fairly large distinction between the hallucination of the fridge and the intended seriousness of the end that was not at all probable. But, I should stop, before one of the ten year olds hanging out at this post decide to make fun of me more.

[mrs jesus]

Haha.

 

If your lives are really that dry that you need to sit there and patronize someone who didn't (God forbid) agree with your opinion, I say go for it.

 

PS: There's a fairly large distinction between the hallucination of the fridge and the intended seriousness of the end that was not at all probable. But, I should stop, before one of the ten year olds hanging out at this post decide to make fun of me more.

i'm 11, asshole

[darko]

toooouche

[saturnine]

oh my god i have nothing better to do than entertain myself at someone else's expense lolololololol

[darko]

You're just made of maturity, aren't you saturnine?

[saturnine]

when i want to be. i'm not here to be mature at the moment, darky.

[darko]

haha okay bud, whatever you say.

[saturnine]

please don't think lowly of me, your validation means everything in my pitiful life of internet immaturity

[Ruettiger]

Keep your little arguement out of this thread please.

[mrs jesus]

i think the little argument made this thread HILARIOUS

[bobbyshane]

infection is one thing, amputation is another.

 

You'd have to infect a vital artery to necessitate amputation. The kind of infection he had, you can't get from just using a dirty needle or whatever. And yes, an 'open wound' would do it, but on the other hand, a needle point is hardly an open wound, even a repeatedly used needle in approximately the same spot (i somehow doubt he managed to find the same hole every time, a little impossible). It would shut too fast (probably a couple of hours if that) before one could actually perpetually keep it open. That is why you can walk around after a vaccination.

 

Even if there is SOME merit to that scene, the insane-asylum scene was absolutely ridiculous.

I'm confused then...because my mother had to have several operations on her leg and eventually she got a staff infection... and she had to have both of them amputated after a while... I dont recall a word about the main artery.. I could be wrong there but yeah... who knows... either way.. the movie really wasn't that bad.. yes they got what was coming to them that was the whole fucking point...