Desert Island Discs with a Twist

You have become stranded on a desert island.

Fortunately, you have your mac with you. Unfortunately, some wild monkeys have managed to get hold of your original OSX discs, and wiped your drive and reinstalled Tiger/Leopard/Snow Leopard. They broke the iLife disc and there is no internet.

you see all your personal belongings sinking into the sea. you have only enough time to grab 5 items: 1 Movie or TV show boxset, 1 Audio CD, 1 book, 1 Game and 1 Application.

what would you grab first?

Mine would have to be:

1. Tears of the Sun
2. Coheed & Cambria: Good Apollo IV
3. The Girl With the Dragon tattoo
4. Sim City 4
5. Logic

Ahh well Rob personally I keep well away from desert islands and monkeys, wild, tame or the homo sapiens variety!

harryb2448 said:

Ahh well Rob personally I keep well away from desert islands and monkeys, wild, tame or the homo sapiens variety!

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haha i dont think any of us would like to be in that situation. but it would be funny if it did happen!

TV show box set: LOST (very fitting really)

Audio CD : One of the best mixes I've made from a very varied playlist of course !

Book: Pelican's (publisher) Greatest masterpieces. A culmination if you will.

Application: Locate my Mac ? Hopefully someone will find me before I croak from eating too many coconuts.

Game: Chess. Maybe I'll finally get good enough and be able to call myself a master.

Doug

ah i didnt think about lost, that would be awesome. imagine lying on the beach, when all of a sudden the wind blows.... its the smoke monster.... and then that creepy noise it makes.

Hmm, this is tough, but here goes.

1: Six Feet Under Boxset (I couldn't pick one film, impossible)
2: MSG - Live At The Budokan (played it to death, still love it)
3: The Catcher In The Rye (so I might eventually make sense of it)
4: Legend Of Zelda - A Link To The Past (that was easy to pick)
5: Handbrake (just because it's still brilliant)

Kevriano said:

5: Handbrake (just because it's still brilliant)

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thing is Kev, you only have one boxset to encode!

True, but what a box set, and I could encode it in about 10 different formats, so plenty to keep me occupied!

1. probably "Mary And Max"
2. In Blue - The Corrs (Simply to have a female voice to listen to, as my own voice would get rather boring rather fast. And so I don't forget what a female human is.)
3. The Bible (On my own on this island is the best time to make peace with God)
4. Master Of Orion 2
5. iwork. (can't have Garageband from ilife and with iwork I can document my every day in this island. And turn it into a best selling book when I eventually get off the island).

the8thark said:

4. Master Of Orion 2

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interesting choices 8thark! i was wondering though, what is this game?

robduckyworth said:

interesting choices 8thark! i was wondering though, what is this game?

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This game is kind of Civilisation in space but way better. Released in 1996 for Mac. It's a turn based conquer the galaxy game. But a really good one.

Master of Orion 1 is like Master of Orion 3. Both are terrible in my opinion. But the 2nd game vastly different and vastly better. That's why I chose it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Orion_II:_Battle_at_Antares

I would have go with "Escape from Monkey Island" for the APP since it seems the most appropriate to the situation. And I would agree with the8thark on the Bible. TV Boxed Set: have to go with Gilligan's Island.

Razormac said:

I would have go with "Escape from Monkey Island" for the APP since it seems the most appropriate to the situation. And I would agree with the8thark on the Bible. TV Boxed Set: have to go with Gilligan's Island.

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Escape From Monkey Island and Gilligan's Island? So staring at the coconuts all day is not enough? You have to watch them on the screen too?

the8thark said:

Escape From Monkey Island and Gilligan's Island? So staring at the coconuts all day is not enough? You have to watch them on the screen too?

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I figure to have gotten myself into this situation in the first place I would have to been crazy, so I might as well go all the way.

you could always bring a volleyball along to keep yourself busy

robduckyworth said:

you could always bring a volleyball along to keep yourself busy

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Do monkeys play volleyball? Or would you be playing both sides of the net yourself?

Razormac said:

Do monkeys play volleyball? Or would you be playing both sides of the net yourself?

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who knows. if they can work a computer, they must be able to play volleyball!

if not you can always shout "wilson!" at the top of your voice to stay entertained.

Movie: Hackers (good movie and a brief shot of Angelina Jolie's umm, eyes) ;D
CD: Double disc David Bowie's Singles (if I have to choose one of them, disc 1)
Book: 1 million ways to cook monkeys and coconuts
Game: Billiards (full-size pool table, balls, and a cue)
App: iMovie so I could make movies for my family/friends i.e. my own video-eulogy and some special messages to loved ones

MYmacROX said:

App: iMovie so I could make movies for my family/friends i.e. my own video-eulogy and some special messages to loved ones

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iMovie is not allowed cause your iLife discs were destroyed.
I had to choose something other then Garageband for the same reason.

he could have final cut though!