# Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 19, 2004, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/260483 "2004-08-19T00:40:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoundrel_Swanswater)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/260483/21 "2004-08-19T14:44:43Z")
By the way the :wally was directed at myself. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/260483/22 "2004-08-19T19:45:18Z")
In what way is the picture quality not as good, **vinryk**? I’ve seen the movie well over twenty times, both versions intermittently, and really haven’t noticed any big difference. Granted, I was in various states of sobriety during all my viewings, but still… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/260483/23 "2004-08-19T20:32:32Z")
> [@minty green](#): > > No. The book is based on a visit by HST and Oscar Acosta to Vegas, which was prompted by a _Sports Illustrated_ engagement to cover the motorcycle race, but the incidents of the book have only the barest resemblance to real life. The idea of Gonzo Journalism, after all, was to get at the truth through wild exaggeration (not to mention more than a little intoxication). I’ve been meaning to ask what Gonzo journalism is. Is that all? Just an overblown writing of a true story? Doesn’t sound like the best way to get to the truth. Still, I’ll read anything if it’s entertaining, true or not. Circuit City was completely out of Fear and Loathing DVDs. Apparently, a lot of people within a short period of time had come in looking for it and it flew off shelves. The CC employee I asked told me this about as soon as I got done asking if they had it. I wonder if the news of a new HST movie has sparked a new interest in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. A place in my mall had a copy, but it was then $40 critereon edition, and I decided to hold off reading **vinryk** thoughts on it. So I picked up Army of Darkness Boomstick Edition for $20, which is something I’ve been menaing to buy for a long time. After all, what’s a DVD library without an Evil Dead movie? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/260483/24 "2004-08-19T22:18:54Z")
> [@JoeSki](#): > > I’ve been meaning to ask what Gonzo journalism is. Is that all? Just an overblown writing of a true story? Doesn’t sound like the best way to get to the truth. Still, I’ll read anything if it’s entertaining, true or not. > > Circuit City was completely out of Fear and Loathing DVDs. Apparently, a lot of people within a short period of time had come in looking for it and it flew off shelves. The CC employee I asked told me this about as soon as I got done asking if they had it. I wonder if the news of a new HST movie has sparked a new interest in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. A place in my mall had a copy, but it was then $40 critereon edition, and I decided to hold off reading **vinryk** thoughts on it. So I picked up Army of Darkness Boomstick Edition for $20, which is something I’ve been menaing to buy for a long time. After all, what’s a DVD library without an Evil Dead movie? I’ve reserved a DVD from the Nashville Library. I get to see it free. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Cooper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@Agent\_Cooper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Cooper)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/260483/25 "2004-08-20T00:01:10Z")
I vote : Brilliant, for both the book and film (haven’t seen ‘Buffalo…’. Why bother after Gilliam made his film?) My favorite part of the book, which didn’t quite make it into the movie with the same text, is the bit about the camera in the casino that projected the persons’ image 200’ tall outside on the wall of the building. I wouldn’t do it justice if I tried to recreate it here. Maybe I need to reread it… ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/260483/26 "2004-08-20T00:29:39Z")
> [@Agent Cooper](#): > > I vote : Brilliant, for both the book and film (haven’t seen ‘Buffalo…’. Why bother after Gilliam made his film?) Just a FYI, but _Where the Buffalol Roam_ predates _FaLiLV_ by 18 years. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/260483/27 "2004-08-20T00:33:47Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > Just a FYI, but _Where the **Buffalol** Roam_ predates _FaLiLV_ by 18 years. That’s the chatroom version of the book, right? ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/260483/28 "2004-08-20T00:42:58Z")
> [@](#): > > So I picked up Army of Darkness Boomstick Edition for $20 Now THAT was a disappointing special edition. Their “digital remastering” consisted solely of lowering the brightness and upping the contrast throughout the entire movie. Results in a LOT of scenes that are WA-A-A-AY too dark. Ruins it, in my opinion. Although the original ending is amusing. Makes me think that, with just a skosh better production value, _Army of Darkness_ coulda been a major cinematic smash. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/260483.md?page=1)