User:RaoulOrzabal

Study for a strange individual with visions of industrial splendour and hope
Good morning everyone. My name is Raoul Orzabal, at least in this strange internet world. In the real word my name is Edward, which is by all means a cool name, but Raoul is better. I was born in Milan, Italy, but I currently reside in England. Thing I like doing include watching movies, playing games, and listening to music. I also enjoy a bit of reading. Pretty average, I know, but I’m all happy with that. So if you shall allow me, I will now talk about each of the three different mediums. I don’t read many books, so I will just say now; my favourite book is Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas: A Savage Journey To The Heart Of The American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson. (Cool Name or what!)

Me and Movies
I don’t really like specific genres, and I will generally watch any film, (as long as it’s not one of those stupid cheap Rom-Coms). However, a film needs to just have something about it to be in my halls of fame. My top 5 favourite films include:
 * 5. Hard-Boiled by John Woo
 * 4. Exit through the Gift Shop by Banksy
 * 3. Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas by Terry Gilliam
 * 2. Donnie Darko by Richard Kelly
 * 1. Eraserhead by David Lynch

So if you’ve seen any of those films, you can probably tell that I enjoy unusual and original concepts and ideas mainly (except for Hard-Boiled, that’s just on the list because of the spectacular gunfight scenes). However, that’s not exactly to say that I will shun most films. In fact, here’s another list of films I like, in no particular order:


 * Inception
 * Seven Samurai
 * Shutter Island
 * Transporter 2
 * The Killer
 * Bullet In The Head
 * Blue Velvet (another Lynch Classic)
 * Pulp Fiction
 * Reservoir Dogs
 * The Hunter (that 2010 iranian film)
 * Sucker Punch
 * Kick-Ass
 * Batman Begins
 * The Dark Knight
 * Brazil
 * Street Fighter Alpha

And if we dig even deeper, you will discover my guilty pleasures:


 * Black Dynamite
 * Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
 * Snatch
 * RockNRolla
 * Sherlock Holmes (2009)
 * Crank
 * Crank 2: High Voltage
 * Death Race

So yeah. I like intelligent movies, as well as stupid movies. But the stupid movie still needs to have some thought put into it.

And Now…….

Me and Music
Hoo boy. Get ready for another daily dose of lists. I love music. I can’t actually play any instruments (stop staring at me like I’m a bad person) but I just love the chaotic romances of music. These are some bands/musicians I like:


 * Jamiroquai
 * Pendulum
 * Spandau Ballet
 * Gorillaz
 * Phil Collins
 * Alex Clare
 * Akira Yamaoka
 * Masafumi Takada
 * Angelo Badalamenti
 * Poe
 * Funeral Party
 * DragonForce
 * Ellie Goulding
 * Fallout Boy
 * Panic! At The Disco
 * Enter Shikari
 * Does It Offend You, Yeah? (That is actually their name. They came up with it when they were thinking of a name but just couldn’t, so they switched on the telly, and the first thing that came up was Ricky Gervais from The Office saying “My drinking-does it offend you, yeah?”, so they went with that. That’s so cool and improbable!!)
 * Daft Punk

But my number one hero Band just has to be…. (Drumroll please)…….. BBBBBBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

TEARS FOR FEARS!!!

They are, in my opinion, one of the best things to happen to music in the late 20th century. Formed of long-time childhood friends Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal (sound familiar?), they went on to make 3 albums, until they split up, leaving Orzabal to make two solo albums (whilst still keeping the TFF name), and one solo album. Anything that Orzabal has ever produced and written is just fantastic. My favourite TFF songs are:


 * Elemental
 * Cold
 * Fish out of water
 * Everybody Wants to Rule the world
 * Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down)
 * Mad World
 * Pale Shelter
 * Woman In Chains
 * Watch Me Bleed
 * Sowing the seeds of love

So yeah, I love Tears For Fears. Badass.

Also, here are my favourite songs that will stick with me throughout my life:
 * Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger by Daft Punk
 * Camisado by Panic! At The Disco
 * No Sleep Tonight by Enter Shikari
 * Haunted by Poe
 * The Fountain by Pendulum
 * No Tomorrow by Orson
 * Don’t You Know Who I Think I Am? By Fallout Boy
 * Splash (Feat. Coco) by Sub Focus
 * Space Cowboy by Jamiroquai
 * Another Day In Paradise by Phil Collins
 * Dawn Of The Dead by Does It Offend You, Yeah?<---BEAUTIFUL SONG, URBAN, ROMANTIC, AND JUST SIMPLY MINDBLOWING!!!!! Seriously, if you only ever listen to one song on this list, make it this one. You'd only be doing yourself a favour (although if you listened to the other ones too, that'd be nice).

And the last music list (I promise!), my favourite albums:
 * A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out by Panic! At the Disco
 * High Times: Singles 1992-2006 by Jamiroquai
 * Hold Your Colour and Immersion by Pendulum
 * Heart Like A Sky by Spandau Ballet
 * Netsky by Netsky
 * The Fall by Gorillaz
 * Sucker Punch Soundtrack
 * Take To The Skies and Common Dreads by Enter Shikari

Okay, that’s it for music, now onto videogames!

Me and Videogames (we get along quite nicely!)
I have a PS3, an Xbox 360, and a Wii, but I don’t play much on the latter. I also have a PS2 in my home in Italy. My top five favourite games I’ve played are as follows:


 * 5. Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
 * 4. Metal Gear Solid
 * 3. TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
 * 2. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
 * 1. No More Heroes

I urge you to have tried at least ONE of these games. They are masterpieces. Those are the games that make me glad that I play videogames. Other games I’ve enjoyed thoroughly include:
 * Another Code
 * Another Code R: A Journey into lost memories
 * inFamous
 * Assassin’s Creed 2
 * Killer7
 * Viewtiful Joe
 * TimeSplitters 2
 * Batman: Arkham Asylum
 * The Club
 * Alan Wake
 * Saints Row 2
 * Fallout 3
 * Blur
 * Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
 * Half-Life 2
 * Call Of Duty 4
 * Metal Gear Solid 4
 * Borderlands
 * Street Fighter IV
 * Valkyria Chronicles

I haven’t necessarily completed all of them, but I still liked what I played of them. Characters I like include:
 * Dante (Devil May Cry)
 * Ashley Mizuki Robbins (Another Code)
 * Alan Wake (Take a wild guess)
 * Luis Lopez (GTAIV: The Ballad Of Gay Tony)
 * Solid Snake (Metal Gear)
 * Dan, Harman, and MASK DE Smith (Killer7)

Those are some characters I like because of their various complex personalities. I also can’t wait to play Silent Hill 3 so I can say with a straight face that Heather Mason Is another favourite character. I also like Henry Townshend from Silent Hill 4, because we both share mutual traits (Short, low-hanging brown hair, shy and introverted, an eye for beauty that goes beyond the superficial (to an extent, generally), and we both have weird voices). I’m practically a real-life version of the guy. But my favourite character in video games EVER is quite clearly no-one else but……….TRAVIS TOUCHDOWN from No More Heroes. A representation of both American and Japanese pop culture, amalgamated into one strange personality, and a representation of what many people like him aspire to be. I’m pretty sure that he’s cooler than Dante. No, really. Put that pitchfork and torch down, please.

Now that we have those three common but oh-so important pillars out of the way, let’s get to the (slightly) more fun part.

Miscallenous Trivia
Just some random facts about me, so that if you would like to be my friend (please do go ahead) then you’re well-prepared. Or if you’re a stalker, then this should satisfy you. So let’s begin:
 * -Although I’ve never tried it, I am still Pro-Marijuana. I believe that if you can have people drinking then hurting people as a result, then your argument that “Alcohol is a better drug than pot” is largely invalid.
 * -I am also Pro-Canada. Don’t ask why. It’s just an instinctual thing I’ve developed recently, because I once did some research on Canada and I was really excited, so I persuaded my parents to go for 11 days. We went to Vancouver, Victoria and the surrounding area, Banff and the icefields parkway, and then Toronto. And it was fantastic. So if you are Canadian, were born in Canada, or just like Canada as well, you are instantly in my good books. And you get a free high five. And a packet of digestive bicuits.
 * -My favourite painter is the anglo-irish abstract surrealist Francis Bacon. He was actually a huge influence on David Lynch, and they were both huge influences on the Silent Hill series. No Francis Bacon, no Silent Hill!
 * -I love to hate Kim-Jong il, most of the musicians on today’s UK pop charts (especially Cher Lloyd), and most people who went (or go) to English prep schools thinking they’re better than everyone else.
 * -I was born and raised Christian Protestant.
 * -I love having ideas and inspiration for a book that I hope to write someday.
 * -Random items on my bedroom desk include a hip flask, a one dollar bill, and a book of quotations by chairman of the Chinese communist party Mao Tse-Tung.
 * -My three favourite comedians are Russell Howard, Josie Long, and Bill Hicks.
 * -Although I appreciate pleasant sunny days with crystal clear blue skies, I prefer rainy days with darker skies more. I don’t know why, I just like them a whole lot more.
 * -I love cold, abandoned industrial wastelands. I still don’t quite know why.
 * -I heavily dislike Shakespeare, and I honestly believe that he’s quite over-rated. He’s not the worst thing ever, but people, please calm down.

Some Favorite Quotes
“What business is it of yours what I do, read, buy, see, say, think- as long as I do not harm another human being on this planet?”-Bill Hicks

“I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, and smoking, but they’ve always worked for me.”-Hunter S. Thompson

“The edge-there is honestly no way of explaining it, because all the people who really know where it is have gone over it.”-Hunter S. Thompson

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”-Hunter S. Thompson

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”-Oscar Wilde

“I can resist anything except temptation.”-Oscar Wilde

“It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.”-Oscar Wilde

“With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?”-Oscar Wilde

"Do you know what nemesis means? A righteous infliction of retribution manifested by an appropraite agent. Personified in this case by an 'orrible c*nt. Me."-Brick Top, Snatch

Really, I could just fill this page with quotes by Hicks, Thompson, and Wilde, but let’s give some variety. I’ll update this list if I find any more interesting quotes by different people.

In Conclusion
So yeah, that’s me. I hope you find me interesting enough to want to talk to me or just give me a nice warm welcome. I’m pretty sure I’ll enjoy my stay here, and that it’s all going to be okay. If you disagree with something I say or think, (or if I disagree with you) I’m sure that we can still get along as civilised people. Well, I’ll see ya when I see ya. And remember…if you’re Canadian, then it’s all good from here.