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New Member tries to contribute!

Postby fuckingrissa » Sun Feb 26, 2012 2:36 pm

Hey everyone! :W
I would like to introduce myself as a new member.

I watched FÅ for the first time 1 wek and 2 days ago, and the FÅ-effect, as I have seen it being called in this forum, has not weared of since. I am very glad, and also a bit suprised, to see that my passion for this film is shared by so many others. The fact that you still have a forum running after 13 years is simply amazing.

Reading my way through this forum I have seen many posts similar to mine. The authors of these, however, seemed to have lost interest pretty soon after. I hope to be different in this perspective and will be an active member for a long time to come.

Of course I also want to contribute to this forum:
Googling a bit around I found this swedish script that you may or may not have seen already:
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/swedish/research/fu_am.pdf
The thing that is interesting about it, and that might have been overlooked before, is the 'bonus material' that comes after the script itself.

I apologize if you all know this material already, maybe I was carried a bit away by my enthusiam... :T :lol:
In case you have not seen this before, I would be happy to translate the Swedish parts into English. My first language is German, but I speak fluently Norwegian, which means that I understand Swedish :)
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Re: New Member tries to contribute!

Postby snaps » Sun Feb 26, 2012 6:44 pm

fuckingrissa wrote:Hey everyone! :W
I would like to introduce myself as a new member.

hi too! fuckingrissa *:)*

on behalf of Ian, the forum owner, who right now we hope is tucked up in bed in Australia, dreaming his dreams :D :wink: :oops:

I hope you will find much of interest on the forum. Take your time to wander around, there is a lot of material here (and more to come as I am collating the fanfiction/ fanart thread).

You are just in time to participate in the FANTASY AUCTION GAME, if you wish. Any suggestions are welcome. :D

http://fucking-amal.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1742

As for the document you refer to, I believe it is the text of ''the book'' . The text and script have at various times been posted in translation into English (and I believe, into Norwegian too) if you are interested, let me know and I will find the URL details for you. The ''pictures'' which are missing from the document, can be found on this thread, on here:

http://fucking-amal.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1394

Best wishes, and look forward to hearing more from you. :)
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Re: New Member fails to contribute!

Postby fuckingrissa » Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:06 pm

Hi Snaps!
I would like to thank you for the nice welcome!
Call me Nils! I don't really understand why I picked 'fuckingrissa' as my username. Rissa is a small place in Norway, where I once lift, and its ten times more boring and backward then Åmål, so to me its not really something one would like to be called..

I do feel rather stupid to have thought that I could find something new about FÅ in half an hour, that you people haven't found in 13 years .... :T :T :T
I guess this ends my carreer as a internet- researcher, something that is just as well, as I am probably the least talented computer- internet- person ever, something that I jut comfirmed to myself by failing to 'quote' something Snaps said :T :T :-?

I will now move on to the 'FANTASY AUCTION GAME'- threat and hope that this threat here gets forgotten as soon as possible :lol:

(You can see by the amount of times I start my sentences with 'I', that I am a rather self-centered person :roll: )
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Re: New Member tries to contribute!

Postby katka » Sun Feb 26, 2012 9:00 pm

Hi Nils ! :wink:
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Re: New Member fails to contribute!

Postby snaps » Sun Feb 26, 2012 9:26 pm

Hi Nils :W

I am always pleased to see new members. When I first saw your ''name'' I thought it was spam, like as in fucking-grise. :lol: Nice to know there is somewhere even more dull than Åmål, called Rissa in Norway. Actually, although thsi site is now run by Ian in 'stralia it was founded by a Norwegian friend called Ole. His site at Nordic DVD is always worth checking out.

It doesn't really matter if you post something that is a repeat of something we already know. No-one will jump on you for it! :D It's always good to be reminded. I hope your enthusiasm for ''Fucking Åmål/ Show Me Love'' will remain. I think many of us go through this ''honeymoon'' stage. I know that I didn't want to watch or think about any other film for a month or so. That stage passes and at first it is difficult to think we might find another film to take its place. But there are other films and books you can find out about on this site that are sorta related, and help ease the addiction. Not substitutes, but stories with their own strengths.

The third stage is when you have the DVD of ''Fucking Åmål/ Show Me Love'' and probably the soundtrack DVD too, that you save up for special occasions, maybe every month or so when you feel down, or you need to feel that same spark of enthusiasm again. To believe it is all possible and that you are not alone.

This site has the most comprehensive back-catalog of FA/SML resources from the past, links to superb fan-fiction and fan-art. plus the most up-to-date info and photographs and links to what is happening now in the lives of Lukas, Alexandra, and Rebecka, (as far as we know).

We are all fairly rugged individualists on here but have respect for our differences as well as our united enthusiasm for FA/SML. We hope you don't 'burn-out' (some do :( ) but will find this THE place where you can sound off and share our mutual joy. No qualifications needed, so post anything, even if just to share your joy in the film. You will always find a sympathetic (if small) audience on here :)

Hope to hear from you again. 8) :)
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Re: New Member tries to contribute!

Postby fuckingrissa » Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:11 pm

Hi to you too Katka :W :wink:

Yeah Snaps, I am definitely in a honeymoon- stage. It's such a beautiful film, I still can't believe it!! :D :oops: *:)* *:)* :)P
I am never going to love another film, or book for that matter (or person for that matter O-) ) again after FÅ.

About the dullness of Rissa: It's really incredibly backward! If Agnes would have lived there, things would have been even more difficult for her. This place is filled with homophobic christian fundamentalists and bigots in general :x :r Its truly amazing how the picture one has of scandinavia in Europe differs from reality..
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Re: New Member tries to contribute!

Postby katka » Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:34 pm

You wrote a very nice Snapsie :D :wink: I totally agree with everything :D I still like a new fan :roll: and my honeymoon already insist just over half of the year :lol:
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Re: New Member tries to contribute!

Postby snaps » Sun Feb 26, 2012 11:17 pm

fuckingrissa wrote:Hi to you too Katka :W :wink:

Yeah Snaps, I am definitely in a honeymoon- stage. It's such a beautiful film, I still can't believe it!! :D :oops: *:)* *:)* :)P
I am never going to love another film, or book for that matter (or person for that matter O-) ) again after FÅ.

About the dullness of Rissa: It's really incredibly backward! If Agnes would have lived there, things would have been even more difficult for her. This place is filled with homophobic christian fundamentalists and bigots in general :x :r Its truly amazing how the picture one has of scandinavia in Europe differs from reality..


Well I hope you feel you are among friends here. :)

I know what you mean about the postcard picture people have about Scandinavia. All smörgåsbord, summer houses and crayfish parties. I used to run a column on an on-line Swedish newspaper, until I received serious threats for posting about the events of Utøya.

Sadly, ''homophobic christian fundamentalists and bigots'' are to be found in many places in the World, just as in homophobic moslem fundamentalists and bigots.

FA/ SML directly challenged that view, not through politics, but in the simple story of two young, albeit naieve and innocent, growing up, and demanding the simple right to love and be loved as individuals.

I don't really go with the Christian Socialist worldview of Lukas Moodysson, on some levels, but I do respect the huge gamble he made on making this his first feature film. He made many people challenge their pre-conceptions, at least in Europe, about the nature of love and ''what it's all about'

To me it's less about girl/girl, boy/boy, girl/boy etc than the overwhelming flood and flashfire of first real-love that you hope wil last forever, against the odds of parental/peer approval. Usually, sadly, it doesn't survive the pressures, but (if you are lucky enough to experience it) will always be the benchmark of passion and commitment that you retain for all your days. No-one can ever take that away from you.

I think that is what the film so successfully ignites, or at least re-ignites in all of us. The right to be ourselves as sexual loving beings, even if it turns out we may have over-anticipated, it is our fundamental right to be WRONG. :)

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Re: New Member tries to contribute!

Postby Rebecka Fan » Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:16 am

Welcome! Everyone is really nice here and the topics are great. My favorites are the photo topics and the bits and pieces. I'm Kyle and I'm from the USA.
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Re: New Member tries to contribute!

Postby Ian » Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:00 am

A belated welcome Nils :D though I see our unofficial ambassador snaps has said pretty much everything (I'm going to have to give her a cookie :wink: ).

Welcome aboard and have fun. :D
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Re: New Member tries to contribute!

Postby fish » Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:59 am

Hi Nils.
Welcome to the forum.

Sorry I've been missing for a couple of days, it's just that something came up on Saturday which needed my undivided attention.

I hope I'll have a chance to wish you welcome properly in the near future. :W
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Re: New Member tries to contribute!

Postby Kso » Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:12 pm

fuckingrissa wrote: It's really incredibly backward!

Mmmm...incredibly backward...I tired of fucking megalopolise and want to live in quiet place :T Oh, hi Nilsie :mrgreen:
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Re: New Member tries to contribute!

Postby Agnes&Elin Forever! » Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:55 pm

Welcome to the forum new member Nils :)
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Re: New Member tries to contribute!

Postby Agnes&Elin Forever! » Mon Feb 27, 2012 5:07 pm

fuckingrissa wrote:
About the dullness of Rissa: It's really incredibly backward! If Agnes would have lived there, things would have been even more difficult for her. This place is filled with homophobic christian fundamentalists and bigots in general :x :r Its truly amazing how the picture one has of scandinavia in Europe differs from reality..


snaps wrote:I know what you mean about the postcard picture people have about Scandinavia. All smörgåsbord, summer houses and crayfish parties. I used to run a column on an on-line Swedish newspaper, until I received serious threats for posting about the events of Utøya.


Well, if you think Sweden or Scandinavia is all about crayfish parties then you're naive and don't know much about the world around you, I know you snaps had this idea before

However homophobia isn't a big problem, even if there might be some old fashioned or christian fundamentalist people in smaller towns

To think homophobia is a big problem in Scandinavia is totally wrong

What do you mean you got threats for posting about Utøya, snaps?
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Re: New Member tries to contribute!

Postby snaps » Mon Feb 27, 2012 6:45 pm

Agnes&Elin Forever! wrote: Well, if you think Sweden or Scandinavia is all about crayfish parties then you're naive and don't know much about the world around you, I know you snaps had this idea before

However homophobia isn't a big problem, even if there might be some old fashioned or christian fundamentalist people in smaller towns

To think homophobia is a big problem in Scandinavia is totally wrong

What do you mean you got threats for posting about Utøya, snaps?


I didn't say I thought Sweden was like that, its just the impression people in the UK have had, at least up until fairly recently with the Wallander books and TV and Millenium books and film series. I believe people thought it was just like a bigger version of Switzerland (shows how much they know, as Switzerland has one of the biggest drug problems in Europe).

I got scum mail from different email addresses which all turned out to be from the same ISP address. Even when he knew that I knew, he kept posting shit. He's ex-pat living in Sweden, Brit I'd say rather than USA. i know he lives in Lidingo. I even traced the aprtment block he lives in one. One day I'll pay him a visit :evil:

I don't really like the readership of the Local. knobhead ex-pats who are happy to earn high salaries in Sweden, then do nothing but complain about it living in Sweden and Swedish people all the time. :r
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