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Title: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas question:
Post by: b0m on May 01, 2013, 04:53 pm
There is a point where they take a drug they name 'maria chrome' or 'maria chrone' or something like that. its when they completely flip out and see themselves as devils etc. What is it what they are taking there?
Title: Re: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas question:
Post by: wwizard on May 01, 2013, 05:06 pm
They're taking adrenochrome. Hunter S. Thompson just made that up as a fictional substance, but that substance actually exists, it doesn't have any real effects though. Check out erowid for adrenochrome and you'll experience reports... It doesn't seem interesting at all, nothing like what happens in the movie.
Title: Re: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas question:
Post by: b0m on May 01, 2013, 05:29 pm
+1 thanks for the quick answer.
Title: Re: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas question:
Post by: TylerDurdensPenis on May 02, 2013, 02:18 am
Yeah, it's adrenachrome. Total BS, but it's funny in the movie. Hunter's lawyer was talking to (or about, I forget) his dealer about getting some of that elusive, rare adrenachrome. It's supposedly so hard to get because it can "only come from the human adrenal gland".

Then later, there is a guy on the phone talking about some brutal murder where they cut out the person's adrenal gland. Later still, Hunter & his lawyer are in the hotel room, and they have a vial of adrenachrome. The subtext is that he put in an order for it, the dealer (or the dealer's thugs) went out and killed someone to get their adrenal gland to harvest the adrenachrome, and the guys got high off of it. In other words, some poor sap got murdered just for Hunter to get baked.
Title: Re: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas question:
Post by: dwinslow311 on May 02, 2013, 02:26 am
yeah, it's adrenochrome. that scene is nuts!
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Post by: pkizenko98 on May 02, 2013, 06:50 am
yeah, it's adrenochrome. that scene is nuts!

I love that scene.  I totally get what he is saying there!
Title: Re: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas question:
Post by: bealzebobs on May 02, 2013, 08:12 am
What a film, great book too. Must be the closest realization of a book to film.
Title: Re: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas question:
Post by: TylerDurdensPenis on May 02, 2013, 08:29 am
Yeah Depp spent a long time living with Hunter in order to pick up his personality traits and whatnot. He did a great job.
Title: Re: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas question:
Post by: pkizenko98 on May 02, 2013, 01:25 pm
What a film, great book too. Must be the closest realization of a book to film.

Yep.  Number one in that category!
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Post by: Sensei on May 02, 2013, 05:18 pm
Yeah Depp spent a long time living with Hunter in order to pick up his personality traits and whatnot. He did a great job.

Yeah man I agree I never really seen any interview by Hunter S. Thompson until maybe after my 4th or 5th time watching the film and I couldn't believe it. It was like seeing twins he really did perfect that role down to the tee.
Title: Re: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas question:
Post by: fire on May 02, 2013, 07:45 pm
What a film, great book too. Must be the closest realization of a book to film.

Indeed. I was amazed when I read it (having seen the movie beforehand). The first quarter of the book must look almost identical to the movie script. :P
Title: Re: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas question:
Post by: MuddbuttJenkins on May 02, 2013, 10:50 pm
This movie never gets old. Refer to my quote :D
Title: Re: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas question:
Post by: leaf on May 03, 2013, 12:01 am
Tell me about the fucking golf shoes!
Title: Re: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas question:
Post by: fire on May 03, 2013, 01:26 am
Tell me about the fucking golf shoes!

Dogs fucked the pope, no fault of mine.
:D
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Post by: MuddbuttJenkins on May 03, 2013, 01:55 am
Impossible to walk in this muck......by the way, how the hell does the ranking system work?? Im so confused on it...