# Pulp Fiction = Good **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 17, 2000, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-good/45969 "2000-12-17T02:18:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-good/45969/1 "2000-12-17T02:18:55Z")
What more of a mundane topic for my first thread? If you newbie bashers must bash, go ahead. I care not. For some reason the theme from Pulp Fiction has been stuck in my head for the past week. As much as I think Quentin Terentino is a whiny incessent little pain in the ass, he makes good movies. What can I say? Resovouir Dogs was great. Sue Me. ---
**Author:** ![tubagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b77776/32.png) [@tubagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tubagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-good/45969/2 "2000-12-17T02:24:27Z")
If you like that, you should see Magnolia with Tom Cruise. It has the same type of story making only better. Also, don’t confront people for your first post. It is a sure fire way to raise peoples hackles. Welcome! ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-good/45969/3 "2000-12-17T02:25:32Z")
Grog must bash… Actually, I just like how Tarantino gets his head blown off in half of his movies. Hey, it’s like they say in sales, find a need and fill it. ---
**Author:** ![Wump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed655f/32.png) [@Wump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wump)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-good/45969/4 "2000-12-17T02:32:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tubagirl \* > \*\*If you like that, you should see Magnolia with Tom Cruise. \*\* That is the weirdest movies i have ever seen. The number of scenes where i said WTF are mind boggling. Raining frogs??? WTF!!! otherwise a good movie. dito for PulpFiction. Welcome to the board. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-good/45969/5 "2000-12-17T03:33:52Z")
I LOVE Pulp Fiction! It completely and totally rocks. Welcome to the boards. 🙂 I thought of viewing Magnolia 'cause it did sort of remind me of Pulp Fiction. It just seemed to have more purpose. If its a meaingless two and a half hour (+/-?) romp, I think I’d enjoy it. And Tom Cruise looks so hot in it…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Broken\_Doll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@Broken\_Doll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broken_Doll)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-good/45969/6 "2000-12-17T03:50:28Z")
I’m ashamed to admit I’ve never seen Pulp Fiction… ---
**Author:** ![nineiron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nineiron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nineiron)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-good/45969/7 "2000-12-17T04:14:06Z")
Pulp Fiction is the ultimate “get drunk and watch at 2:00 AM” movie, due to such wonderful quotes as, “I shot Marvin in the face,” et al. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-good/45969/8 "2000-12-17T05:39:00Z")
Two other good _Pulp Fiction_-like movies are _Go!_ and _2 Days in the Valley_. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-good/45969/9 "2000-12-17T05:52:35Z")
You’re comparing “Go!”- a movie with that Dawson’s Creek you-know-what- to “Pulp Fiction”? Seriously…?? ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-good/45969/10 "2000-12-17T05:58:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Little Nemo \* > \*\*Two other good _Pulp Fiction_-like movies are _Go!_ and _2 Days in the Valley_. > \*\* Nemo, you’re pretty fucked in the head if you think _Go_ comes anywhere close, anywhere in the same _galaxy_ as _Pulp Fiction_. Bah. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-good/45969/11 "2000-12-17T06:13:52Z")
friedo, don’t you mean to say… “It ain’t no ballpark either. Look maybe your method of massage differs from mine, but touchin’ his lady’s feet, and stickin’ your tongue in her holyiest of holies, ain’t the same ballpark, ain’t the same league, ain’t even the same fuckin’ sport. Foot massages don’t mean shit.” ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-good/45969/12 "2000-12-17T07:04:23Z")
Yes. Pulp Fiction is good. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc8723/32.png) [@Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Lord_Davidson)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-good/45969/13 "2000-12-17T07:12:16Z")
DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH? …what? GO AHEAD! SAY WHAT ONE MORE TIME! I DARE YOU! …what? _blam blam_ _scream_ Ahh, the memories. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-good/45969/14 "2000-12-17T16:45:30Z")
Yes, _Go!_ was a somewhat cheezy movie with an overly contrived plot, unlikely characters, and snappy-yet-unbelievable dialogue. But face facts, _Pulp Fiction_ was a somewhat cheezy movie with an overly contrived plot, unlikely characters, and snappy-yet-unbelievable dialogue. I could sit here and poke numerous holes in _Pulp Fiction_’s plot, script, and performances. But in fact, for all its flaws, it was a well made and enjoyable movie. And so was _Go!_. If you couldn’t just kick back and enjoy both movies it was nobody’s fault but your own. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-good/45969/15 "2000-12-17T16:58:12Z")
The path of the righteous Doper is beset on all sides by the inequities of the Trollish and the tyranny of ignorance. Blessed is he, who in the name of Cecil Adams and Ed Zotti, shepherds the weak through the valley of The Pit, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost posters. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my Dopers. And you will know my name is the Cecil when I lay my vengeance upon thee. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-good/45969/16 "2000-12-17T17:04:37Z")
Pulp Fiction’s OK. I’d sit through it again, though I’d cover my eyes before certain scenes (guy getting his head blown off because they hit a bump in the road, all the needle scenes), but I wouldn’t seek it out. It’s not the best movie ever made, it’s not even Tarantino’s best (that honour goes to Resevoir Dogs), but it’s a good movie. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-good/45969/17 "2000-12-17T21:05:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Enderw23 \* > **The path of the righteous Doper is beset on all sides by the inequities of the Trollish and the tyranny of ignorance. Blessed is he, who in the name of Cecil Adams and Ed Zotti, shepherds the weak through the valley of The Pit, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost posters. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my Dopers. And you will know my name is the Cecil when I lay my vengeance upon thee.** BWAAHAHAHAAAAA 😃 Thanks, that was classic!