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Saturday Evening Movie Thread 03-28-2020 [Hosted By: Moviegique]
The original premise of '70s TV impresario Gene Levitt's "Fantasy Island" was something akin to "be careful what you wish for", and there was a distinct horror element to the TV pilot which I believe was greatly watered down in favor of comedy, romance, campy drama in the vein of—well, let's just say it was a place where "The Love Boat" could (and did!) stop over. So while the idea of a remake of the show sounds like a dystopian nightmare of creative bankruptcy, it didn't have to be. And a horror-based remake was right up my alley. On the other hand, the buzz was less than compelling.
Name a more iconic duo. I'll wait.
So, I went to see it at a time I knew pretty well I was going to end up being interrupted, and indeed I was, about halfway into the film.
The first half doesn't suck. Blumhouse usually spends some time developing characters so that you care when they're gored through the eye with a dessert fork, and this is no exception. Our guests on the titular island are two bros who want to "have it all", a middle-aged woman who regrets having said "no" to her dream marriage proposal, a young man who wanted be a soldier but promised his mother he wouldn't, and a young lady who wants revenge on a high-school bully. Except for the last character, they're all pretty likable. Before I go on, I should point out the White Elephant in the room: Michael Peña as Mr. Roarke. Peña is a fine actor who does a fine job but he is no Ricardo Montalban. He might be a better actor, actually, than Montalban, I don't really know. But Montalban essentially created the Corinthian leather industry (with apologies to Corinth and Bozell Advertising) from raw charisma. And the thing about Mr. Raorke is he looked good. His '70s era white disco-leisure suit was always neat and perfect. Improbably so given the humidity on the sorts of islands we're talking about. Peña looks like an alcoholic who threw on the summer clothes of the island's former dictator. The only time I really winced in this movie was looking at him shuffle around like a 21st century man in his rumpled linens. Now, this is all in-character, actually: Peña is on edge throughout the film, he is not playing Montalban's Raorke, who was an angelic figure and part of the story hinges on that. But for me it felt like the collapse of Western Civilization. OK, I'm being a bit dramatic. And if you don't have any memories of the original show, you might not even notice. I didn't care for it. But more on disastrously diverging from the original later.
He looks like he slept in that outfit.
This is the whitest shot in the movie, especially if you count Asians as white.
This is not them killing the rock but it's as good anything I can find.
OK, I wanted to punch him in the face a little.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Tonypete at March 28, 2020 08:00 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: moviegique at March 28, 2020 08:02 PM (CcUfv)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 28, 2020 08:02 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: lizabth at March 28, 2020 08:03 PM (L3Rsz)
Posted by: Boswell at March 28, 2020 08:03 PM (32YRo)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 28, 2020 08:04 PM (PUmDY)
So, better you than me, Moviegique.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 28, 2020 08:04 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: lizabth at March 28, 2020 08:05 PM (L3Rsz)
Posted by: Eromero at March 28, 2020 08:05 PM (XhWtx)
I tried to go to Best Buy today... they have a new system whereby you do everything from your car. They've become a drive-thru electronics shop.
Guess I'll get my copies of 1917 and Knives Out from Amazon again...
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 08:05 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Boswell at March 28, 2020 08:05 PM (32YRo)
Posted by: JT at March 28, 2020 08:05 PM (arJlL)
so... Weird Al filmed this in 1999 and released it last week
youtube.com/watch?v=-kgIOWvrssA
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at March 28, 2020 08:06 PM (ykYG2)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 28, 2020 08:06 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 28, 2020 08:06 PM (gd9RK)
Posted by: Blutarski at March 28, 2020 08:06 PM (VNfwt)
Posted by: lizabth at March 28, 2020 08:06 PM (L3Rsz)
Posted by: klaftern at March 28, 2020 08:06 PM (RuIsu)
Psssht-fnock! Cracks open a can of Founder's All Day IPA.
Got the west wall of the guest bedroom all closed in; mostly the original plywood paneling, some mix-and-match infills.
Any of the Horde ever worked with wallpaper? Does it cover irregularities in the surface well? Easy or tedious to hang it?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 28, 2020 08:07 PM (miJU3)
Posted by: Vic at March 28, 2020 08:07 PM (mpXpK)
MP4: I mean, it's PG-13 and the only real misery is early on, which is sort of redeemed--until the ending screws everything up.
Posted by: moviegique at March 28, 2020 08:07 PM (CcUfv)
Posted by: SMH at March 28, 2020 08:07 PM (RU4sa)
Posted by: FrodoB, because at March 28, 2020 08:08 PM (dQF3z)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2020 08:08 PM (lY631)
Posted by: FrodoB, because at March 28, 2020 08:08 PM (dQF3z)
Posted by: moviegique at March 28, 2020 08:07 PM (CcUfv)
I read the wiki entry. Still glad I didn't see it.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 28, 2020 08:08 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: JT at March 28, 2020 08:08 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: Boswell at March 28, 2020 08:08 PM (32YRo)
Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2020 08:09 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: JT at March 28, 2020 08:09 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2020 08:08 PM (lY631)
Nuke from orbit - only way to be sure...
Posted by: Boswell at March 28, 2020 08:10 PM (32YRo)
I want to make cheap horror movies and reap huge profits. Only my horror movies will have lots of bare tits in them.
I know in my heart I could do this thing.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 28, 2020 08:10 PM (d1uFV)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 28, 2020 08:10 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 28, 2020 08:11 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: moviegique at March 28, 2020 08:11 PM (CcUfv)
Maggie Q is quality trim.
And the plot twist makes me seriously question the writing skills of whoever gets the writing credit.
Hard pass.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 28, 2020 08:11 PM (d1uFV)
Posted by: JT at March 28, 2020 08:11 PM (arJlL)
The RLM guys had a good clip on the Blumhouse Method, which is, shoot a bunch of ideas out of a cannon and hope a few stick. Since they're all made on a budget, you can afford to take chances. They've kind of resurrected the "B" movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAa_m9H-PGs&t=1569s
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2020 08:12 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Beavis and Butthead at March 28, 2020 08:12 PM (+y/Ru)
Doesn't Hollywood have any slightly older males that can play cool, refined, and distant any more?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 28, 2020 08:12 PM (WdocV)
Started with a dark premise...fucked it up immediately - yay 2020's!
Posted by: Boswell at March 28, 2020 08:12 PM (32YRo)
It really is something else. The sets, the costumes, the scenery - even the script is well done, Joe Mankiewicz's breakdown notwithstanding. And I know they didn't film in sequence, but it is interesting to watch Liz Taylor's breasts get bigger and more prominent the longer the movie goes on.
It made me cry, because I wish I could create something as wonderful, touching and beautiful as that movie.
https://tinyurl.com/t5bungc
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 28, 2020 08:13 PM (2JVJo)
It is a mix of puppets, people in costumes and animation. It is utterly bizzare and accidentially hilarious even before the professional comedians get involved.
I was drinking but I laughed harder in that movie than in anything I've seen in a long, long time. Check it out.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 28, 2020 08:13 PM (d1uFV)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 08:13 PM (zr5Kq)
I want to make cheap horror movies and reap huge profits. Only my horror movies will have lots of bare tits in them.
I know in my heart I could do this thing.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 28, 2020 08:10 PM (d1uFV)
Joe Bob Briggs says, Check It Out!!!
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 28, 2020 08:13 PM (V2Yro)
I want to make cheap horror movies and reap huge profits. Only my horror movies will have lots of bare tits in them.
***
Isn't that every horror movie from the 80s?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 28, 2020 08:13 PM (WdocV)
Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2020 08:13 PM (ZCEU2)
I want to make cheap horror movies and reap huge profits. Only my horror movies will have lots of bare tits in them.
I know in my heart I could do this thing.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 28, 2020 08:10 PM (d1uFV)
OK, then - redo Herschel Gordon Lewis' Blood Feast, with plenty of tits.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 28, 2020 08:14 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: Boswell at March 28, 2020 08:14 PM (32YRo)
I want to make cheap horror movies and reap huge profits. Only my horror movies will have lots of bare tits in them.
I know in my heart I could do this thing.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 28, 2020 08:10 PM (d1uFV)
OK, then - redo Herschel Gordon Lewis' Blood Feast, with plenty of tits.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 28, 2020 08:14 PM (2JVJo)
I will do this. Only it will have vampires instead.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 28, 2020 08:14 PM (d1uFV)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 28, 2020 08:15 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: klaftern at March 28, 2020 08:15 PM (RuIsu)
Posted by: Skip
Concur
He was also a heroin dealer in Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Posted by: JT at March 28, 2020 08:15 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2020 08:15 PM (lY631)
***
Isn't that every horror movie from the 80s?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 28, 2020 08:13 PM (WdocV)
We have strayed further and further from that golden age.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 28, 2020 08:15 PM (d1uFV)
Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2020 08:13 PM (ZCEU2
Wasn't he Baby Milo's circus trainer? Not his best turn...
Posted by: Boswell at March 28, 2020 08:15 PM (32YRo)
Posted by: WOPR at March 28, 2020 08:15 PM (HYhap)
It really is something else. The sets, the costumes, the scenery - even the script is well done, Joe Mankiewicz's breakdown notwithstanding. And I know they didn't film in sequence, but it is interesting to watch Liz Taylor's breasts get bigger and more prominent the longer the movie goes on.
I suppose you know that it was supposed to be two movies - the first ending with the Death Of Caesar, and the 2nd all about Antony. They even shot more than enough footage to make both. But in the end, the studio decided to toss nearly half of what they had and just go with the one.
I would love to see all of the lost footage, but I don't think it was preserved.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 28, 2020 08:15 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 28, 2020 08:16 PM (r+sAi)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2020 08:16 PM (lY631)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 28, 2020 08:16 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: Parkton at March 28, 2020 08:17 PM (vUYF8)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 28, 2020 08:17 PM (Y6YS5)
Posted by: JC. Idaho bot. at March 28, 2020 08:17 PM (377Zs)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 28, 2020 08:17 PM (V2Yro)
___
She does have better, uh, talents. From the front at least.
Posted by: Obligatory at March 28, 2020 08:17 PM (WdocV)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 28, 2020 08:15 PM (+y/Ru)
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If we're still on lockdown a year from now, what to watch will be the least of our worries.
Posted by: SMH at March 28, 2020 08:17 PM (RU4sa)
Posted by: LASue at March 28, 2020 08:18 PM (Ed8Zd)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
Sometimes ya hit a home run, and sometimes ya take a fastball in the 'nads.
Posted by: JT at March 28, 2020 08:18 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 28, 2020 08:18 PM (WdocV)
If we're still on lockdown a year from now, what to watch will be the least of our worries.
Posted by: SMH at March 28, 2020 08:17 PM (RU4sa)
If we're still on lockdown a year from now, I'm gonna be dancing in the street with a cutlass and a flintlock pistol.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 28, 2020 08:19 PM (V2Yro)
Doesn't Hollywood have any slightly older males that can play cool, refined, and distant any more?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 28, 2020 08:12 PM (WdocV)
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I'm not a lookist -- far from it! -- but I have noticed that apart from some genres, like superhero movies or rom-coms, the movies don't seem to want to give us good-looking, well-groomed leads. The men in particular are slouchy, wrinkled neckbeards. The last Star Wars film really had some oddities in it.
It's the pajamafication of America. I watched "Bullitt" the other day and the past is another country. Steve McQueen smokin' in a turtleneck and jacket, Jackie Bisset lookin' sizzly...and like adults.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2020 08:19 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2020 08:19 PM (ZCEU2)
Method, which is, shoot a bunch of ideas out of a cannon and hope a few
stick. Since they're all made on a budget, you can afford to take
chances. They've kind of resurrected the "B" movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAa_m9H-PGst=1569s
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2020 08:12 PM (Dc2NZ)
It is the Corman approach. To make a B movie, they can be cheap, but they have to be competently made.
Posted by: WOPR at March 28, 2020 08:19 PM (HYhap)
Posted by: zombie tattoo at March 28, 2020 08:20 PM (H5knJ)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 28, 2020 08:20 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 28, 2020 08:20 PM (+y/Ru)
A: Mount Rushmore.
Posted by: SMOD at March 28, 2020 08:20 PM (X5CsJ)
https://tinyurl.com/t5bungc
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 28, 2020 08:13 PM (2JVJo)
Yeah, M4P - Taylor was gorgeous and Burton was at his boozy best - the production values were the best you could buy at the time given they slathered millions over everything - okay script...it's worth a watch definitely to see what Hollywood could do with an off the charts budget and halfway decent screen writers and actors that could carry a scene - for sure.
Posted by: Boswell at March 28, 2020 08:20 PM (32YRo)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 08:20 PM (Ev6gs)
I used to say that if I ever met Malcolm, I'd joke that he could have my wallet if he wanted it. Problem is, I've since found out... he'd probably take it.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 08:20 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Pelosi's Used Kleenex at March 28, 2020 08:21 PM (a1s18)
Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2020 08:19 PM (ZCEU2)
Shaka Zulu, it's been done.
pretty good, too.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 28, 2020 08:21 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 28, 2020 08:15 PM (+y/Ru)
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If we're still on lockdown a year from now, what to watch will be the least of our worries.
Posted by: SMH at March 28, 2020 08:17 PM (RU4sa)
Then it's gas mask and assless chaps time.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 28, 2020 08:21 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 28, 2020 08:21 PM (r+sAi)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2020 08:15 PM (lY631)
She rocked everything in that movie. Although I do agree with one reviewer who noted her voice tended to turn to a fishmonger's shriek when she was supposed to be divinely angry. And as much as I like Burton and Taylor, I think the first half with Harrison and Taylor to be the better part of the movie.
I wish I could explain why it made me feel both sad and in awe. I get the same feeling with a lot of silent films too. I feel. . .like I'm looking through a window at something I can't ever touch or ever have - or ever be - and that knowledge burns a hole in my heart.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 28, 2020 08:21 PM (2JVJo)
Has anyone here ever seen R. Lee Ermey in anything besides Full Metal Jacket?
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 08:21 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 08:21 PM (zr5Kq)
***
There is an argument that the massive use of birth control pills has shifted what women want to being much less masculine men then a few decades ago.
To take one example, a female friend of mine kept raving about Orlando Bloom in the Lord of the Rings. I pointed out he was the second prettiest girl in the whole movie to her chagrin.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 28, 2020 08:22 PM (WdocV)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2020 08:22 PM (lY631)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2020 08:19 PM (Dc2NZ)
The male gaze must be averted. Everyone must dress in frumpy clothing that offers nothing.
Posted by: WOPR at March 28, 2020 08:22 PM (HYhap)
Posted by: eleven at March 28, 2020 08:22 PM (Qf83p)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 28, 2020 08:22 PM (NWiLs)
Has anyone here ever seen R. Lee Ermey in anything besides Full Metal Jacket?
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 08:21 PM (L2ZTs)
The Siege of Firebase GLoria
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 28, 2020 08:22 PM (d1uFV)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 08:23 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 28, 2020 08:23 PM (r+sAi)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 08:23 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: JT at March 28, 2020 08:23 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 08:23 PM (L2ZTs)
"Bullitt" ends at the airport, IIRC, and EVERYONE IS IN A SUIT!
It makes the scene all the more tense because he's looking for someone but everyone looks alike.
Posted by: moviegique at March 28, 2020 08:23 PM (CcUfv)
raving about Orlando Bloom in the Lord of the Rings. I pointed out he
was the second prettiest girl in the whole movie to her chagrin.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 28, 2020 08:22 PM (WdocV)
My wife spent those movies drooling over Urban and Vigo.
Posted by: WOPR at March 28, 2020 08:23 PM (HYhap)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 28, 2020 08:23 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: BEN ROTHLISBERGER at March 28, 2020 08:24 PM (vwf8z)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at March 28, 2020 08:24 PM (7WaWV)
Posted by: JC. Idaho bot. at March 28, 2020 08:24 PM (377Zs)
IOW a million years ago...
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 08:24 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2020 08:24 PM (lY631)
Posted by: BEN ROTHLISBERGER at March 28, 2020 08:24 PM (vwf8z)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 08:24 PM (zr5Kq)
Has anyone here ever seen R. Lee Ermey in anything besides Full Metal Jacket?
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 08:21 PM (L2ZTs)
The Frighteners
Saving Silverman
Murder in the First
Se7en
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 28, 2020 08:24 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Eromero at March 28, 2020 08:24 PM (XhWtx)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 28, 2020 08:21 PM (2JVJo)
The ending of that movie - the scene in Cleopatra's tomb - is one of the BEST endings of any movie, ever. It's hard not to tear up at that one, and the beauty of it! It's hard to think of anything that equals it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 28, 2020 08:24 PM (V2Yro)
***
You know Benedict Cumberface, who is a decent actor, failed to pull off Khan....so I think Ricardo Montalbán is an underrated actor...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 28, 2020 08:24 PM (WdocV)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Actually makes irregularities more obvious. There is an "underlayment" material you can put down first that helps. Not terrible to hang depending on the pattern and how bad your OCD is.
Posted by: Aviator at March 28, 2020 08:25 PM (2cuLk)
Posted by: SMH at March 28, 2020 08:17 PM (RU4sa)
Then it's gas mask and assless chaps time.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo
I hope it ain't cold out !
Posted by: JT at March 28, 2020 08:25 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 08:25 PM (zr5Kq)
Have you ever seen 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?' She really angry in that one.
Posted by: dantesed at March 28, 2020 08:25 PM (88xKn)
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March 28, 2020 08:25 PM (9hauA)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 08:25 PM (L2ZTs)
Has anyone here ever seen R. Lee Ermey in anything besides Full Metal Jacket?
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 08:21 PM (L2ZTs)
The Siege of Firebase GLoria
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 28, 2020 08:22 PM (d1uFV)
He was a helicopter pilot in Apocalypse Now
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 08:25 PM (Ev6gs)
Posted by: JuJuBee at March 28, 2020 08:26 PM (COzlW)
I especially didn't know he was in Se7en.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 08:26 PM (L2ZTs)
It is a mix of puppets, people in costumes and animation. It is utterly bizzare and accidentially hilarious even before the professional comedians get involved.
I was drinking but I laughed harder in that movie than in anything I've seen in a long, long time. Check it out.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 28, 2020 08:13 PM (d1uFV)
RiffTrax THE MASTER
over weight Lee Van Cleef teaches a Van Patton to be a Ninja, it's so bad and so absolutely funny.
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at March 28, 2020 08:26 PM (dKiJG)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 28, 2020 08:26 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 28, 2020 08:23 PM (PUmDY)
The Stanley Baker production was absolutely awesome - he starred in it and Michael Caine made his screen debut I think, I could be wrong. But the film was very well done.
Posted by: Boswell at March 28, 2020 08:26 PM (32YRo)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 28, 2020 08:27 PM (WdocV)
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FMJ was definitely his best but I remember him in some supernatural western.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 28, 2020 08:27 PM (+y/Ru)
Ace or the cobs, I think this newspaper column from Dec. 1918 would make
a good post. Particularly paragraphs 7 to 9. Either way, I think it is
one that could be written almost exactly after the wuhu flu is over. My
wife found this looking for other stuff.
https://tinyurl.com/vj5ug4l
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 28, 2020 08:27 PM (r+sAi)
Posted by: eleven at March 28, 2020 08:27 PM (Qf83p)
Posted by: qdpsteve
Mississippi Burning
Posted by: Aviator at March 28, 2020 08:27 PM (2cuLk)
Posted by: ghbucky at March 28, 2020 08:27 PM (s9Eo8)
https://tinyurl.com/vye3454
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 28, 2020 08:27 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 28, 2020 08:26 PM (V2Yro)
My wife absolutely hates that movie and I loved it - hard to reconcile that difference.
Posted by: Boswell at March 28, 2020 08:28 PM (32YRo)
Posted by: freaked at March 28, 2020 08:28 PM (Tnijr)
***
If it saves one life!!!!
But notice it is still rayciss to shut down the border.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 28, 2020 08:28 PM (WdocV)
Posted by: dantesed at March 28, 2020 08:25 PM (88xKn)
I saw that once, and I would never NEVER watch that again! It's like having to spend an evening with two highly intelligent relatives of yours, who are also the two most Despicable people you have ever met in your life. You want to run away from them, screaming!
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 28, 2020 08:28 PM (V2Yro)
I've found it utterly impossible to understand or relate to the state
of mind I was in way back then to actually find stuff like Fantasy
Island entertaining, which I did. My whole family would huddle around
the console evenings for Magnim PI, CHIPs, Love Boat, et al. and enjoy
every minute. My 15 year old daughter even thinks they're corny as hell
and wont even try to watch one entire show. I suppose we simply chalk
it up to Darwin's theory.
Posted by: Parkton at March 28, 2020 08:17 PM (vUYF
I've been binging Magnum PI. I haven't watched an episode in 20+ years. I'm enjoying it. I find old comedies are the ones that I can't go back and watch. Very few hold up.
Posted by: WOPR at March 28, 2020 08:28 PM (HYhap)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 28, 2020 08:28 PM (r+sAi)
Pena is a ridiculous choice if you are looking back at the original. Hell, if you used camera tricks to Gimli-ify him, he could play the sidekick.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 28, 2020 08:28 PM (H5knJ)
Posted by: SMH at March 28, 2020 08:17 PM (RU4sa)
{{{SMH}}}
And to think, once upon a time I worried about creeping shariah, when I really should have been worrying about creeping martial law under President Trump!
Posted by: Commissar Picard at March 28, 2020 08:28 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at March 28, 2020 08:28 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 28, 2020 08:29 PM (WdocV)
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March 28, 2020 08:25 PM (9hauA)
Yes ! Watched it. I read much of Christie, but it was all Hercule. So, without comparison, I found this mini series ridiculous and think I fell asleep at the end. Hope this helps.
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 08:29 PM (zr5Kq)
Mississippi Burning - he was the mayor - did a great job.
Posted by: Boswell at March 28, 2020 08:29 PM (32YRo)
OTOH, although it's preachy, I love Robert Townshend's Hollywood Shuffle, from 1986. The flick he supposedly financed entirely with his credit cards.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 08:29 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 28, 2020 08:29 PM (PUmDY)
Star Trek: original crew in rebellion against the Federation, gets demoted so Kirk can be Captain again.
Mission Impossible: Team goes into rebellion against the Gov that used to give them instructions.
Casino Royale: Bond in rebellion against M. I might give them this one, since M is a chick now.
The extreme example of this is the Brady Bunch, where they treated their foundational material like a joke.
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 08:29 PM (dOV9E)
Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2020 08:29 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: klaftern at March 28, 2020 08:06 PM
Jan Smithers.
In Battle of the Network Stars.
In a dunk tank.
https://youtu.be/BJ9yqEMYx20
Posted by: Chuck C at March 28, 2020 08:30 PM (r6GXX)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Not exactly uplifting. Is it?
Posted by: eleven at March 28, 2020 08:30 PM (Qf83p)
Posted by: Boswell at March 28, 2020 08:28 PM (32YRo)
It has flaws, but overall I like it; the characters are likable, and the ending is iconic. The musical interlude with the bicycle was idiotic, not only does it not fit in with the rest of the movie, it breaks the entire flow of the narrative for no reason.
I love a lot of the side characters, Especially Strother Martin!
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 28, 2020 08:30 PM (V2Yro)
Watched Battle: Los Angeles, a favorite bug hunt movie. If it's on, I watch it. Don't hate.
Also rewatched Lunopolis, a found-footage mockumentary about paranormal investigators looking into a strange claim that there is an entire civilization in the millions on the moon, but the government is covering it up. It turns out there are people up there, but they are humans from the future. The movie has Church of Lunology cultists, a time machine, alternate timelines, all sorts of batshittery. I like it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunopolis
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2020 08:31 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 28, 2020 08:24 PM (V2Yro)
"Was this well done of your lady?"
And the look on Octavius' face - is he angry that Cleopatra has escaped him, or frightened at the power she still has, even in death? McDowell's reaction was perfect.
I always break down at Antony's last words : "A kiss. . .to take my breath away."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 28, 2020 08:31 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 28, 2020 08:28 PM (WdocV)
And we need to import more foreign workers because there are not enough underemployed American workers to fill all the jobs we have created or saved!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 28, 2020 08:31 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Aviator at March 28, 2020 08:25 PM (2cuLk)
Thanks. I read some DIY sites on the pros and cons of wallpaper. Decided I don't want to go there. I will probably just buy some 3/16" prefinished paneling, and hang on the existing plywood wall, which has old wallpaper and old (black!) paint in more or less equal abundance.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 28, 2020 08:31 PM (miJU3)
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March 28, 2020 08:31 PM (9hauA)
Fun With Dick & Jane? I know CBS used to like to show it on their movie nights, they ran it something like four times.
Ed McMahon as a drunken boss. Now there's a stretch... ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 08:32 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: JT at March 28, 2020 08:32 PM (arJlL)
"Wuhanacondanado."
Casper Van Dien and Dean Cain must rescue a Caribbean resort full of amply-bosomed bikini models from a tropical storm of virus-spitting snakes.
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at March 28, 2020 08:32 PM (j4zcI)
Battle: LA is a well done B movie.
Posted by: WOPR at March 28, 2020 08:33 PM (HYhap)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 08:33 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: klaftern at March 28, 2020 08:33 PM (RuIsu)
***
I think the Brady Bunch remakes did work - they were some of the earliest examples of the "take a show from the past and make it ludicrous" movie model but they managed to make it funny. It doesn't hurt they had a number of actors that can be funny in Gary Cole, Shelley Long, and Christine Taylor. Note that most of the original Brady Bunch actors have roles in it...
It isn't high brow certainly, but it is funny.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 28, 2020 08:33 PM (WdocV)
I always fall asleep during a golf tournament on TV. Every time.
Posted by: dantesed at March 28, 2020 08:34 PM (88xKn)
If I could be so forward... did I ever send you PDFs of the movie I wrote a few years ago? I would love to send it to you and get your feedback as movie fans, if it's possible and you're not too busy.
Please let me know either way. QDPSJL at the gmail thingy. Thanks in advance.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 08:34 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 28, 2020 08:35 PM (H5knJ)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 28, 2020 08:35 PM (MxLTX)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 28, 2020 08:29 PM (WdocV)
As middle-aged Cleopatra? Tom Selleck.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 28, 2020 08:35 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: klaftern at March 28, 2020 08:35 PM (RuIsu)
It isn't high brow certainly, but it is funny.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 28, 2020 08:33 PM (WdocV)
OK, I accept that. Didn't see them myself because the idea sounded stupid, but of course artists exist in part to show you things that, unexpectedly, work.
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 08:35 PM (dOV9E)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 28, 2020 08:36 PM (Y6YS5)
Posted by: Indianapolis News at March 28, 2020 08:36 PM (obh/i)
"Bullitt" ends at the airport, IIRC, and EVERYONE IS IN A SUIT!
It makes the scene all the more tense because he's looking for someone but everyone looks alike.
Posted by: moviegique at March 28, 2020 08:23 PM (CcUfv)
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I watched it with my mom and we both noticed that. She remembered when traveling meant your best outfit. Now it's your most comfortable onesie.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2020 08:36 PM (Dc2NZ)
A lot of other directors would have felt/done the polar opposite and made sure there was a scene where Mike & Carol somehow end up with dogshit all over their faces...
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 08:36 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 28, 2020 08:36 PM (flINI)
R. Lee Ermey was in "Willard" just off the top of my head.
As for "Cleopatra", Liz famously didn't want to do that movie. She demanded $1 MILLION dollars, which she figured they wouldn't give her. But they did and it flopped.
Posted by: moviegique at March 28, 2020 08:36 PM (CcUfv)
Posted by: JuJuBee at March 28, 2020 08:37 PM (COzlW)
Posted by: Eromero at March 28, 2020 08:37 PM (XhWtx)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 28, 2020 08:37 PM (PUmDY)
Also thanks to everyone for the R. Lee Ermey referrals. I'll be looking for him in those flicks.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 08:37 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 08:37 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 08:38 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 28, 2020 08:38 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Reggie Love at March 28, 2020 08:38 PM (WdocV)
That does it. I'm going on a Thin Man movie binge. Not sure I'll make it all the way, they get just a little ragged toward the end of the series.
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 08:38 PM (dOV9E)
Posted by: WOPR at March 28, 2020 08:22 PM (HYhap)
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They were making me avert my female gaze too. Betas are skeeeered of manly men.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2020 08:38 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Parkton at March 28, 2020 08:17 PM
There were only three channels. The other shows on Saturday night at 9 p.m. were worse.
Posted by: Chuck C at March 28, 2020 08:38 PM (r6GXX)
If Roarke was a class act the whole it's really evil or whatever wouldn't work
Posted by: blaster at March 28, 2020 08:38 PM (ZfRYq)
On a good wall, wall paper is not that hard, just tedious to install, but I think you choice of pre-finished paneling is the most efficient option for the situation you described!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 28, 2020 08:39 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 28, 2020 08:39 PM (flINI)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 08:39 PM (FFsBN)
Black US soldiers often dated English women in WW2. Which was a cause for some alarm among certain quarters, who were worried that this custom would return to the US after the war.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at March 28, 2020 08:39 PM (Mm4NK)
Lemme say, it's REAL murky. They ditched a bunch of perfectly serviceable messages for hash.
Posted by: moviegique at March 28, 2020 08:39 PM (CcUfv)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 28, 2020 08:39 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 28, 2020 08:39 PM (NWiLs)
I would guess, though, that Ricardo Montalbon had a wide range as an actor--he could be suave and disarming, like Mr. Roarke, or frightening, like Khan.
Michael Pena, on the other hand, seems like he wanders onto sets and they say "Hey, he's hispanic! Hire him." He can be a good comic actor, but he doesn't seem to possess the range needed to be "authoritative" much less "possibly menacing."
But he probably had an open schedule, so what are you gonna do?
Back to drinking.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 28, 2020 08:39 PM (l9m7l)
Posted by: blaster at March 28, 2020 08:39 PM (ZfRYq)
The Andromeda Strain is as hard to find in stock at Amazon right now as toilet paper is at the nearby supermarket.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 08:40 PM (L2ZTs)
***
Ace hired Paige Spirinac as his secretary?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 28, 2020 08:27 PM (WdocV)
Paige is so much of a 1 she's an 11
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 28, 2020 08:40 PM (d1uFV)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 28, 2020 08:40 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: JuJuBee at March 28, 2020 08:37 PM (COzlW)
Hugo Weaving. He was the father in Hacksaw Ridge. Very compelling performance of a deeply flawed man.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at March 28, 2020 08:40 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 08:40 PM (zr5Kq)
Those actors exist, unfortunately they are doing theatre work in London.
Acting and theatre schools in the US are churning out soyboys and baby men, like Josh Gad and Seth Rogan.
Posted by: Digging Deeper at March 28, 2020 08:40 PM (ycdBu)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 28, 2020 08:40 PM (WdocV)
Here's all that exists of the 1917 version starring Theda Bara. It's either a lighting or costume test (go 40 seconds in):
https://tinyurl.com/y3aomxax
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 28, 2020 08:40 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 08:41 PM (L2ZTs)
https://youtu.be/qlCUrWEcLIA
*The full version apparently is on YouTube but you must verify your age.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2020 08:41 PM (lY631)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at March 28, 2020 08:41 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 28, 2020 08:42 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 08:42 PM (FFsBN)
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 08:42 PM (dOV9E)
Caribbean resort full of amply-bosomed bikini models from a tropical
storm of virus-spitting snakes.
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at March 28, 2020 08:32 PM (j4zcI)
Maybe 10 to 15 years ago. Today it would be a chick, who looks average, save Casper and Dean, who being white males know nothing. Meanwhile a diverse cast assists average girl.
Posted by: WOPR at March 28, 2020 08:42 PM (HYhap)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 08:29 PM (zr5Kq)
Thanks!
I believe I've read ever one of her mystery stories at least once, but I have a terrible memory, so I don't remember this one. I don't mind watching a good rendition of it, but I'd rather just reread it than watch a trashy movie. I'll see what others think.
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March 28, 2020 08:42 PM (9hauA)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 08:42 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 28, 2020 08:42 PM (NWiLs)
Cleaver Beaver
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 08:43 PM (FFsBN)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 28, 2020 08:43 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 28, 2020 08:43 PM (MxLTX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2020 08:43 PM (lY631)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 08:43 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 28, 2020 08:44 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: qdpsteve
FireBase Gloria,
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at March 28, 2020 08:44 PM (dKiJG)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 08:41 PM (L2ZTs)
Film stock* degraded if not kept under perfect conditions!
Silver nitrate IIRC
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 28, 2020 08:45 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 28, 2020 08:45 PM (9PtLS)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 28, 2020 08:45 PM (MxLTX)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 08:45 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 08:46 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 08:46 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 28, 2020 08:46 PM (flINI)
Posted by: klaftern at March 28, 2020 08:46 PM (RuIsu)
Posted by: dantesed at March 28, 2020 08:46 PM (88xKn)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 08:47 PM (FFsBN)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 08:47 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 28, 2020 08:47 PM (PUmDY)
The best Christie on film for me, though, is And Then There Were None, even with the Hollywood distortion of the ending.
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 08:47 PM (dOV9E)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at March 28, 2020 08:48 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 08:48 PM (FFsBN)
If you've got nothing new to say
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 08:49 PM (dOV9E)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 28, 2020 08:28 PM (r+sAi)
I like him, too. I may give it a try just because of him. Plus I really do like British 20th century period pieces.
I don't have my hopes up though because the other two movies supposedly based on Christie's work were trash.
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March 28, 2020 08:49 PM (9hauA)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 08:49 PM (Ev6gs)
Posted by: dantesed at March 28, 2020 08:49 PM (88xKn)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 08:49 PM (Ev6gs)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 28, 2020 08:50 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 08:50 PM (Ev6gs)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 08:50 PM (FFsBN)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2020 08:43 PM (lY631)
Caesar and Cleopatra, from 1945, with Vivien Leigh.
https://tinyurl.com/yx6m8hlj
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 28, 2020 08:50 PM (2JVJo)
;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 08:50 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2020 08:50 PM (lY631)
Posted by: Clarney at March 28, 2020 08:50 PM (6FRLS)
Posted by: it begins... at March 28, 2020 08:50 PM (lBCgE)
The late 70's early 80's had the most skin in TV history. It was nice.
Posted by: lowandslow at March 28, 2020 08:51 PM (4thlk)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 08:51 PM (Ev6gs)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 08:51 PM (FFsBN)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 28, 2020 08:51 PM (MxLTX)
Posted by: navybrat, holed up at March 28, 2020 08:51 PM (w7KSn)
I refuse to watch any contemporary Christie adaptations. They are all trash that are made to spit on her legendary work (my g-d, the Malkovich one was demonic). The last good adaptation was the Suchet Poirot series (and it's contemporary Miss Marple). At the very least, there was love for Christie in those series. Now, her estate just wants to watch it burn.
Posted by: soulpile at March 28, 2020 08:51 PM (rwZk1)
Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2020 08:51 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at March 28, 2020 08:51 PM (Mm4NK)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 28, 2020 08:51 PM (El6T/)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 08:51 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Clarney at March 28, 2020 08:50 PM (6FRLS)
What, you mean to tell me he had a testicle?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 28, 2020 08:51 PM (BiNEL)
The Captain and Tennille.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 28, 2020 08:51 PM (f1Vqw)
It's the pajamafication of America. I watched "Bullitt" the other day and the past is another country. Steve McQueen smokin' in a turtleneck and jacket, Jackie Bisset lookin' sizzly...and like adults.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2020 08:19 PM (Dc2NZ)
I'm glad someone else noticed. There's been times when I've searched Netflix or Amazon for a show with a good looking male lead just to pass the time. Apparently, that has been outlawed.
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March 28, 2020 08:51 PM (9hauA)
The best Christie on film for me, though, is And Then There Were None, even with the Hollywood distortion of the ending.
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 08:47 PM (dOV9E)
Yes, original Express is best. There were a couple with Ustinov. Death on the Nile and another one. Did not think Ustinov, who is a fine, fine actor fit Poirot "profile".
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 08:51 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2020 08:52 PM (lY631)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 28, 2020 08:52 PM (flINI)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 08:52 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at March 28, 2020 08:52 PM (j4zcI)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 08:52 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: navybrat, holed up at March 28, 2020 08:52 PM (w7KSn)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 28, 2020 08:52 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: getting the banned back together doing the continental at March 28, 2020 08:52 PM (6IPM+)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at March 28, 2020 08:52 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at March 28, 2020 08:52 PM (3DZIZ)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 28, 2020 08:52 PM (NWiLs)
Lucy and Ricky. Fred and Ethel.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 28, 2020 08:53 PM (f1Vqw)
The best Christie on film for me, though, is And Then There Were None, even with the Hollywood distortion of the ending.
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 08:47 PM (dOV9E)
Peter Finch is a good Poirot in the 70's Murder On The Orient Express. The new version is a diversity extravaganza and sucks.
Posted by: DR.WTF at March 28, 2020 08:53 PM (aS1PU)
Posted by: navybrat, holed up at March 28, 2020 08:53 PM (w7KSn)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 08:53 PM (FFsBN)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 28, 2020 08:53 PM (NWiLs)
O'Biden and Bama.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 28, 2020 08:53 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 28, 2020 08:53 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: getting the banned back together in liederhosen at March 28, 2020 08:54 PM (6IPM+)
Posted by: JuJuBee at March 28, 2020 08:54 PM (COzlW)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 28, 2020 08:54 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 28, 2020 08:54 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 08:54 PM (FFsBN)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 08:54 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 28, 2020 08:54 PM (MxLTX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2020 08:54 PM (lY631)
David Suchet is better. Although, nothing wrong with Ustinov.
Posted by: dantesed at March 28, 2020 08:54 PM (88xKn)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 08:54 PM (Ev6gs)
Donny and Marie.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 28, 2020 08:54 PM (f1Vqw)
Albert Finney. Sheesh
Posted by: DR.WTF at March 28, 2020 08:55 PM (aS1PU)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 08:55 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2020 08:55 PM (lY631)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 28, 2020 08:55 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: soulpile at March 28, 2020 08:51 PM (rwZk1)
Haha. My sister watched that one and was horrified. I said it served her right, deciding to watch freaking John Malkovich as Poirot.
I still watch the David Suchet series. So excellent. It's like the pages of thr novels come to life. If she were still alive, I don't think Agatha Christie could be more pleased with Suchet as Poirot.
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March 28, 2020 08:55 PM (9hauA)
Pretty sure that was Albert Finney.
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at March 28, 2020 08:55 PM (3DZIZ)
Posted by: getting the banned back together to blackout drink at March 28, 2020 08:55 PM (6IPM+)
The SCTV version of Fantasy Island
https://youtu.be/kLLbv9sXEGI
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 28, 2020 08:50 PM (aKsyK)
That is really funny, and very intelligent satire.
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 08:55 PM (dOV9E)
Hall and Oates.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 28, 2020 08:56 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 08:56 PM (Ev6gs)
Posted by: Eromero at March 28, 2020 08:56 PM (XhWtx)
:-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 08:56 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 08:56 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: soulpile at March 28, 2020 08:56 PM (rwZk1)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at March 28, 2020 08:55 PM (3DZIZ)
You're right, of course.
Posted by: DR.WTF at March 28, 2020 08:56 PM (aS1PU)
Silver nitrate IIRC
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 28, 2020 08:45 PM (BiNEL)
Silver nitrate was in the emulsion of unexposed film. Developing the exposed film caused the portions exposed to light to precipitate metallic silver within the emulsion. The fixer bath washed away the unexposed silver nitrate. More or less, anyway.
Old film was unstable not because of the emulsion, but because the base was made of celluloid, one of the first plastics to enter commerce. And celluloid is basically the same damned thing as smokeless gunpowder, nitrocellulose. It burns fiercely! And can also slowly degrade over time.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 28, 2020 08:57 PM (miJU3)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at March 28, 2020 08:57 PM (3DZIZ)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 08:57 PM (Ev6gs)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at March 28, 2020 08:57 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: JuJuBee at March 28, 2020 08:57 PM (COzlW)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 08:57 PM (FFsBN)
Albert Finney. Sheesh
Posted by: DR.WTF at March 28, 2020 08:55 PM (aS1PU)
He's an amazing actor. He could be a really interesting Poirot, and an extraordinarily charismatic Mob boss in Miller's Crossing, one of my favorite movies ever. I need to explore more of his work. Any recommendations?
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 08:57 PM (dOV9E)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 08:58 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 28, 2020 08:58 PM (flINI)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 08:58 PM (Ev6gs)
Posted by: getting the felix figueroa banned back together at March 28, 2020 08:58 PM (6IPM+)
Posted by: DR.WTF at March 28, 2020 08:53 PM (aS1PU)
They love "marginalized communities" so much they can't be bothered to create original material for them, they just shove them unceremoniously into existing franchises (usually resulting in vandalism), essentially offering them sloppy seconds.
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March 28, 2020 08:58 PM (9hauA)
Posted by: DR.WTF at March 28, 2020 08:55 PM (aS1PU)
He's an amazing actor. He could be a really interesting Poirot, and an extraordinarily charismatic Mob boss in Miller's Crossing, one of my favorite movies ever. I need to explore more of his work. Any recommendations?
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 08:57 PM (dOV9E)
Amazing Grace.
Big Fish.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at March 28, 2020 08:58 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 08:58 PM (Ev6gs)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 08:58 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: dantesed at March 28, 2020 08:59 PM (88xKn)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2020 08:59 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 08:57 PM (dOV9E)
Big Fish and as Daddy Warbucks in Annie.
Posted by: DR.WTF at March 28, 2020 08:59 PM (aS1PU)
Posted by: navybrat, holed up at March 28, 2020 08:59 PM (w7KSn)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 28, 2020 08:59 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: SMH at March 28, 2020 08:59 PM (RU4sa)
Charlie Brown and Snoopy. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 08:43 PM (L2ZTs)
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Snoopy and Woodstock.
Linus and Lucy
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 28, 2020 08:59 PM (CAJOC)
Posted by: lowandslow at March 28, 2020 08:59 PM (4thlk)
Posted by: dantesed at March 28, 2020 08:59 PM (88xKn)
The final final version of Metropolis with the scenes restored from the South American copy has the wrong format because the film vault wanted to get rid of the fire threat but could only copy the film to 16mm.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2020 09:00 PM (lY631)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 28, 2020 09:00 PM (xSo9G)
Posted by: getting the banned separated at March 28, 2020 09:00 PM (6IPM+)
Posted by: davidt at March 28, 2020 09:00 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 09:00 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: JuJuBee at March 28, 2020 09:00 PM (COzlW)
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March 28, 2020 08:58 PM (9hauA)
^This^
Posted by: DR.WTF at March 28, 2020 09:00 PM (aS1PU)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 28, 2020 09:00 PM (MxLTX)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at March 28, 2020 09:00 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Sharkman at March 28, 2020 09:00 PM (ehf0+)
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March 28, 2020 09:00 PM (9hauA)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 28, 2020 09:00 PM (flINI)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 28, 2020 09:01 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: Ladyl at March 28, 2020 09:01 PM (TdMsT)
*air guitar*
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at March 28, 2020 08:57 PM
I think you mean
Bill S. Preston, Esquire, and Ted "Theodore" Logan
Posted by: Chuck C at March 28, 2020 09:01 PM (r6GXX)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 28, 2020 09:01 PM (xSo9G)
Posted by: navybrat, holed up at March 28, 2020 09:01 PM (w7KSn)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 09:01 PM (Ev6gs)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at March 28, 2020 09:01 PM (3DZIZ)
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You're going to war with Trump? I hope you're wearing your fire resistant underwear.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 28, 2020 09:01 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 28, 2020 09:01 PM (d1uFV)
Nick Nasty and the Nosepickers.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 28, 2020 09:01 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 09:01 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 09:01 PM (Ev6gs)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 28, 2020 09:01 PM (d1uFV)
Sian Phillips was superb, but the clip I saw of the attempted movie would have been fun as hell.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2020 09:01 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: getting the banned pumpkin papers back together at March 28, 2020 09:01 PM (6IPM+)
Gladys Knight and the Pips
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 08:58 PM (Ev6gs)
OT: Gladys Knight was a singer with Diana Ross and the Supremes
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 09:01 PM (FFsBN)
Posted by: dantesed at March 28, 2020 09:02 PM (88xKn)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 28, 2020 09:02 PM (MxLTX)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 09:01 PM (zr5Kq)
Maltese Falcon.
The Bogart version is much better than previous versions
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 28, 2020 09:02 PM (d1uFV)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 28, 2020 09:02 PM (bDqIh)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 28, 2020 09:02 PM (flINI)
I still watch the David Suchet series. So excellent. It's like the pages of thr novels come to life. If she were still alive, I don't think Agatha Christie could be more pleased with Suchet as Poirot.
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March 28, 2020 08:55 PM (9hauA)
I only watched the first few minutes with my mom on her desire to see how bad it would be and we turned it off in complete disgust.
Suchet was perfect. Death on the Nile is my favorite Poirot story precisely due to his version - so close to the book and well done all around. It really made the book come even more alive in my mind and heart. I grew up with the Suchet series and started my collection of Christie books with Death on the Nile after it aired here. No one can top Christie, no matter how they try.
Posted by: soulpile at March 28, 2020 09:02 PM (rwZk1)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at March 28, 2020 09:02 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2020 08:52 PM (lY631)
The studio, since it was filmed in Technicolor.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 28, 2020 09:02 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 28, 2020 09:03 PM (MxLTX)
Speaking of which, we watched Gone with the Wind a year or two ago when Amazon Prime had it. Still holds up today. What an epic movie.
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March 28, 2020 09:03 PM (9hauA)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 09:01 PM (zr5Kq)
It's a darned good question. I suspect the easy answer is The Maltese Falcon, which had like 5 versions, not all titled that. Trying to think of a better answer.
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 09:03 PM (dOV9E)
The Bogart version is much better than previous versions
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 28, 2020 09:02 PM (d1uFV)
Silent era ?
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 09:03 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: REDACTED at March 28, 2020 09:03 PM (rpxSz)
Posted by: Sharkman at March 28, 2020 09:03 PM (ehf0+)
Cordon and Sanitarie.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 28, 2020 09:03 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: JuJuBee at March 28, 2020 09:03 PM (COzlW)
It was Gladys who discovered the Jackson family, but Diana got the public credit for it, because Berry Gordy and Ross were bumping uglies.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 09:03 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 28, 2020 09:03 PM (CDGwz)
Posted by: navybrat, holed up at March 28, 2020 09:03 PM (w7KSn)
___
You know fire bombing NYC might resolve a number of problems America has...
Posted by: Jusy sayin at March 28, 2020 09:04 PM (WdocV)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at March 28, 2020 09:04 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 09:04 PM (FFsBN)
Posted by: dantesed at March 28, 2020 09:04 PM (88xKn)
Jonathan and Jennifer (Hart).
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 28, 2020 09:04 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: getting the banned back together eating spinach at March 28, 2020 09:04 PM (6IPM+)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 09:04 PM (L2ZTs)
The Bogart version is much better than previous versions
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 28, 2020 09:02 PM (d1uFV)
Silent era ?
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 09:03 PM (zr5Kq)
Oh no. Full sound.
Satan Meets a Lady is a previous version. With Bette Davis.
Shudder.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 28, 2020 09:04 PM (d1uFV)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 28, 2020 09:04 PM (CDGwz)
Posted by: REDACTED at March 28, 2020 09:05 PM (rpxSz)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 28, 2020 09:05 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at March 28, 2020 09:04 PM (x8Wzq)
Ah, BOTH types of music
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 28, 2020 09:05 PM (d1uFV)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 28, 2020 09:04 PM (f1Vqw)
Stephanie Powers. Holy hell. Being a teenager back then was awesome.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at March 28, 2020 09:05 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 09:05 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 09:05 PM (Ev6gs)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 28, 2020 08:57 PM (miJU3)
**nods**
Not only that, when the old stuff burned, it gave off poisonous phosgene gas. The stuff was a real hazard.
In 1937, the Fox film vault in NJ caught fire, taking the negative of virtually every Fox silent (and early talkies) with it.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 28, 2020 09:05 PM (2JVJo)
Perhaps should remedy that. N'est ce pas?
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2020 09:06 PM (lY631)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 09:06 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 28, 2020 09:06 PM (MxLTX)
Posted by: getting the banned to wah their hands at March 28, 2020 09:06 PM (6IPM+)
Posted by: soulpile at March 28, 2020 09:02 PM (rwZk1)
That is accurate.
I've listened to a couple of Christie audiobooks narrated by the actor who plays Hastings. Spellbinding. This is when you know the British train some excellent actors.
In my experience, in general American actresses, including the famous ones, are the absolute worst when it comes to audiobooks.
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March 28, 2020 09:06 PM (9hauA)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 09:06 PM (zr5Kq)
Sister Suzy, Brother John
Martin Luther, Phil and Don
Brother Michael, Auntie Gin
Open the door and let 'em in
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 09:06 PM (Ev6gs)
Posted by: JuJuBee at March 28, 2020 09:07 PM (COzlW)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 28, 2020 09:07 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2020 09:07 PM (lY631)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 09:07 PM (Ev6gs)
Posted by: REDACTED at March 28, 2020 09:07 PM (rpxSz)
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March 28, 2020 09:07 PM (9hauA)
This counts as either the most insane casting choice in recorded history, or the most brilliant.
Posted by: Sharkman at March 28, 2020 09:07 PM (ehf0+)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 09:07 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 09:07 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: dantesed at March 28, 2020 09:08 PM (88xKn)
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March 28, 2020 09:08 PM (9hauA)
Posted by: JuJuBee at March 28, 2020 09:08 PM (COzlW)
Posted by: DR.WTF at March 28, 2020 09:08 PM (aS1PU)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 09:08 PM (Ev6gs)
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 28, 2020 09:08 PM (Z+IKu)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 28, 2020 09:08 PM (MxLTX)
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 08:57 PM (dOV9E)
Finney came on the scene in 1960s Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, but hit the big time with Tom Jones in 1963. I'd start there.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 28, 2020 09:08 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 09:08 PM (dOV9E)
Posted by: Joe Blowme at March 28, 2020 09:09 PM (qul7b)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2020 09:09 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Face-sized spider at March 28, 2020 09:09 PM (COzlW)
Posted by: LASue at March 28, 2020 09:09 PM (Ed8Zd)
Posted by: JuJuBee at March 28, 2020 09:07 PM (COzlW)
Runner and Johnnie Walker
Posted by: REDACTED at March 28, 2020 09:10 PM (rpxSz)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 09:10 PM (FFsBN)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 09:01 PM (zr5Kq)
Bogie's version of The Maltese Falcon.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 28, 2020 09:10 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 28, 2020 09:10 PM (El6T/)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 09:10 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: SMH at March 28, 2020 09:11 PM (RU4sa)
John Steed and Emma Peel
James West and Artemis Gordon
Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin
Starsky and Hutch
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 09:11 PM (Ev6gs)
Posted by: JuJuBee at March 28, 2020 09:07 PM (COzlW)
Tip a canoe and the other schmuck
Posted by: REDACTED at March 28, 2020 09:11 PM (rpxSz)
https://youtu.be/3FZ7MQJ1lBE
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 28, 2020 09:11 PM (CAJOC)
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March 28, 2020 09:11 PM (9hauA)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2020 09:11 PM (lY631)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 28, 2020 09:08 PM (2JVJo)
I scored by that movie.
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 09:11 PM (FFsBN)
Thanks for the technology info. I knew the generic name was silver nitrate but the cellulose base problem I didn't fully understand.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 28, 2020 09:12 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 09:12 PM (dOV9E)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 28, 2020 09:10 PM (2JVJo)
Sounds like it. Mark Andrew Edwards and Splunge are of the same opinion.
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 09:12 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at March 28, 2020 09:12 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 09:12 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 28, 2020 09:13 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 09:13 PM (Ev6gs)
Gonzo and Camilla
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 28, 2020 09:13 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Ladyl at March 28, 2020 09:01 PM (TdMsT)
{{{Ladyl}}} can't believe you knew this one!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 28, 2020 09:13 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: JuJuBee at March 28, 2020 09:13 PM (COzlW)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 28, 2020 09:14 PM (FYN64)
(obscure sitcom)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 09:12 PM (L2ZTs)
Bernie and Phyl.
Mickey and Sylvia.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 28, 2020 09:14 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 09:14 PM (FFsBN)
(obscure sitcom)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 09:12 PM (L2ZTs)
Never heard of it, but I assume that Phyl was on bass, and Mickey was on either drums or whatever weird percussion instrument he had brought back from his travels.
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 09:14 PM (dOV9E)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 09:14 PM (Ev6gs)
Posted by: REDACTED at March 28, 2020 09:10 PM (rpxSz)
Runner and Johnie Walker's excellent adventure.
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 09:14 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 28, 2020 09:14 PM (CAJOC)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 09:15 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 09:15 PM (FFsBN)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at March 28, 2020 09:15 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 09:15 PM (dOV9E)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2020 09:15 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at March 28, 2020 09:15 PM (ykYG2)
Posted by: mike drop at March 28, 2020 09:15 PM (8ruOl)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 28, 2020 09:15 PM (FYN64)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 28, 2020 09:15 PM (miJU3)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2020 09:15 PM (lY631)
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 09:12 PM (dOV9E)
Khaaaaaaaan !
But seriously, he was exotic.
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 09:16 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 09:16 PM (Ev6gs)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 09:16 PM (FFsBN)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 28, 2020 09:16 PM (CAJOC)
Hope you all have a lovely night.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 28, 2020 09:17 PM (2JVJo)
I don't even know what that means.
Posted by: Andrew Cuomo at March 28, 2020 09:17 PM (COzlW)
Buster and Catalina.
Posted by: mike drop at March 28, 2020 09:15 PM (8ruOl)
And in every box of Duz come a wash towel.
Freeeee
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 09:17 PM (FFsBN)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2020 09:17 PM (lY631)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 09:18 PM (Ev6gs)
https://hooktube.com/watch?v=jZWcxiRrKKI
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 28, 2020 09:15 PM (miJU3)
Love me some Shirley and Lee. Her voice is so high it's sexy.....
"Feel So Good" is my favorite.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 28, 2020 09:18 PM (Z+IKu)
Posted by: Sharkman at March 28, 2020 09:18 PM (ehf0+)
Posted by: moviegique at March 28, 2020 09:18 PM (CcUfv)
But seriously, he was exotic.
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 09:16 PM (zr5Kq)
Sure, but so was Scatman Cruthers, in his way.
I think it was actually something that Orson Welles talked about in a talk show appearance, that has stuck with me. He said that there are some actors who are King actors. It doesn't mean they're any better than other actors, but they have to play the King. He was one, of course. I think Ricardo Montelban was another.
Damned if I can think of a current actor who falls into that category.
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 09:19 PM (dOV9E)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 28, 2020 09:19 PM (CAJOC)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 09:19 PM (FFsBN)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 28, 2020 09:19 PM (BiNEL)
Would love your feedback.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 09:19 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: JuJuBee at March 28, 2020 09:19 PM (COzlW)
https://youtu.be/qlCUrWEcLIA
*The full version apparently is on YouTube but you must verify your age.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2020 08:41 PM (lY631)
Figures that the Japanese would take the Cleopatra story and make it WEIRD!
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 28, 2020 09:19 PM (V2Yro)
Ugh. The movie opens with some half black chick (seemingly the only kind of black chick woke Brits seem to like putting on their shows, but we won't get into that now).
This black chick was supposedly married to a white man in London in 1961 and it appears that the family thought nothing of it.
Anyway, they immediately killed her, in keeping with tradition where tgere are black actors and death in the same movie LOL.
Not an auspicious start.
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March 28, 2020 09:20 PM (9hauA)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 09:20 PM (FFsBN)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 28, 2020 09:20 PM (MxLTX)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 28, 2020 09:20 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: mikeski at March 28, 2020 09:20 PM (P1f+c)
Posted by: Eromero at March 28, 2020 09:20 PM (XhWtx)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 09:14 PM (Ev6gs)
Now you've gone and done it. Invoked the MacLean and MacLean apparition:
https://hooktube.com/watch?v=SuR_ezAM6xA
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 28, 2020 09:20 PM (miJU3)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 28, 2020 09:20 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 28, 2020 09:20 PM (MxLTX)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 28, 2020 09:21 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 09:21 PM (Ev6gs)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 09:19 PM (FFsBN)
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Nuking American cities?
Even in jest, this is a dumb comment.
Posted by: SMH at March 28, 2020 09:21 PM (RU4sa)
Posted by: DR.WTF at March 28, 2020 09:21 PM (aS1PU)
Posted by: REDACTED at March 28, 2020 09:21 PM (rpxSz)
Granted I haven't seen these originals, but the Heston 'Ben Hur', the Cronenberg / Goldblum 'The Fly', and the Carpenter / Russell 'The Thing' were all classics.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at March 28, 2020 09:21 PM (ykYG2)
https://hooktube.com/watch?v=jZWcxiRrKKI
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 28, 2020 09:15 PM (miJU3)
Thanks!!!
Been a long time!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 28, 2020 09:21 PM (BiNEL)
Not an auspicious start.
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March 28, 2020 09:20 PM (9hauA)
Sounds very correct for our new politics.
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 09:22 PM (FFsBN)
Posted by: Jewells45 at March 28, 2020 09:22 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2020 09:17 PM (lY631)
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You need to write a pulse-pounding thriller about Ewok extraction from the Prison Planet.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2020 09:22 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 09:22 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 28, 2020 09:22 PM (XVuno)
Wild Wild WestThe Man from UNCLEI SpyThe Avengers (Diana Rigg, Patrick McNee)
Posted by: DaveK at March 28, 2020 09:22 PM (f1X47)
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 09:23 PM (dOV9E)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 28, 2020 09:24 PM (FYN64)
Ugh. The movie opens with some half black chick (seemingly the only kind of black chick woke Brits seem to like putting on their shows, but we won't get into that now).
This black chick was supposedly married to a white man in London in 1961 and it appears that the family thought nothing of it.
Anyway, they immediately killed her, in keeping with tradition where tgere are black actors and death in the same movie LOL.
Not an auspicious start.
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March 28, 2020 09:20 PM (9hauA)
They start at the end, meander a bit around the timeline, and helpfully tell you "two weeks before" from time to time.
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 09:24 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Joe Blowme at March 28, 2020 09:24 PM (qul7b)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 09:24 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 28, 2020 09:24 PM (Z+IKu)
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 09:24 PM (dOV9E)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2020 09:25 PM (lY631)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 28, 2020 09:25 PM (FYN64)
Posted by: JuJuBee at March 28, 2020 09:25 PM (COzlW)
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 09:25 PM (dOV9E)
Posted by: ctrl+f at March 28, 2020 09:26 PM (/LQkF)
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 09:27 PM (dOV9E)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 09:27 PM (FFsBN)
Shows with iconic duos:
Wild Wild West
The Man From UNCLE
The Avengers (particularly the Diana Rigg/Patrick McNee pairing)
And then... Gunsmoke, either Matt Dillon/Chester, or Matt Dillon/Kitty
Posted by: DaveK at March 28, 2020 09:27 PM (f1X47)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at March 28, 2020 09:27 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Pelosi's Used Kleenex at March 28, 2020 09:28 PM (a1s18)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 09:28 PM (Ev6gs)
Posted by: davidt at March 28, 2020 09:28 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 28, 2020 09:28 PM (FYN64)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 09:28 PM (L2ZTs)
I know in my heart I could do this thing.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
The ghost of Hammer Films approves.
Posted by: Brother Cavil Tim at March 28, 2020 09:29 PM (CUU+W)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 28, 2020 09:29 PM (MxLTX)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 09:29 PM (Ev6gs)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at March 28, 2020 09:29 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Joe Blowme at March 28, 2020 09:29 PM (qul7b)
Posted by: davidt at March 28, 2020 09:29 PM (l3+k2)
Loved Felix being so clean and neat.
He could move in anytime......
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 28, 2020 09:29 PM (Z+IKu)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 09:28 PM (L2ZTs)
To the tune, Devil with the Blue Dress.
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 09:29 PM (FFsBN)
Posted by: Brother Cavil Tim at March 28, 2020 09:29 PM (CUU+W)
Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 09:29 PM (Ev6gs)
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Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 09:30 PM (zr5Kq)
Where, OTOH, is the only question.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 09:30 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 28, 2020 09:30 PM (MxLTX)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at March 28, 2020 09:30 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 28, 2020 09:30 PM (FYN64)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 09:31 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Eromero at March 28, 2020 09:31 PM (XhWtx)
Posted by: Pelosi's Used Kleenex at March 28, 2020 09:31 PM (a1s18)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 09:29 PM (Ev6gs)
I watched "The Skull" the other night. It was pretty good.
Posted by: DR.WTF at March 28, 2020 09:31 PM (aS1PU)
Posted by: JuJuBee at March 28, 2020 09:31 PM (COzlW)
Posted by: davidt at March 28, 2020 09:31 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 09:31 PM (Ev6gs)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 09:31 PM (FFsBN)
Posted by: getting the banned back together at March 28, 2020 09:31 PM (f3XxS)
But sure, Brits in the early 60s would be totally chill and accepting of the black wife.
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March 28, 2020 09:31 PM (9hauA)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 09:32 PM (L2ZTs)
https://youtu.be/u-Dx3DX6ims
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2020 09:25 PM (lY631)
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Hmmm, an Anna Puma link. That's a safe bet!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2020 09:32 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: davidt at March 28, 2020 09:32 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 09:32 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 09:32 PM (Ev6gs)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 28, 2020 09:32 PM (CAJOC)
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 09:32 PM (dOV9E)
Posted by: JuJuBee at March 28, 2020 09:32 PM (COzlW)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 28, 2020 09:32 PM (FYN64)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at March 28, 2020 09:33 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: getting the banned whoa nellie at March 28, 2020 09:33 PM (f3XxS)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 09:33 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 09:33 PM (dOV9E)
Posted by: davidt at March 28, 2020 09:33 PM (l3+k2)
This is ridiculously patronizing.
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March 28, 2020 09:33 PM (9hauA)
Posted by: runner at March 28, 2020 09:33 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 09:34 PM (FFsBN)
What's that Japanese super spy assassin chick who was fighting her way out of prison? I need to see that clip again.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2020 09:34 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Pelosi's Used Kleenex at March 28, 2020 09:34 PM (a1s18)
Posted by: davidt at March 28, 2020 09:33 PM (l3+k2)
Dr. Benton Quest and Race Bannion. Just friends.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at March 28, 2020 09:34 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: getting the banned off road at March 28, 2020 09:34 PM (f3XxS)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 28, 2020 09:34 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 09:34 PM (FFsBN)
Posted by: davidt at March 28, 2020 09:34 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 09:34 PM (FFsBN)
Posted by: CN at March 28, 2020 09:35 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 09:35 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 09:35 PM (dOV9E)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 28, 2020 09:35 PM (FYN64)
Posted by: JuJuBee at March 28, 2020 09:35 PM (COzlW)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 09:35 PM (Ev6gs)
Posted by: REDACTED at March 28, 2020 09:35 PM (rpxSz)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at March 28, 2020 09:35 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 09:35 PM (FFsBN)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 28, 2020 09:35 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 09:35 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 28, 2020 09:35 PM (MxLTX)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2020 09:32 PM (Dc2NZ)
What could possibly go wrong?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 28, 2020 09:35 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 09:35 PM (dOV9E)
Posted by: davidt at March 28, 2020 09:35 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 09:35 PM (FFsBN)
Well that narrows it down just a bit...
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2020 09:36 PM (lY631)
Posted by: Pelosi's Used Kleenex at March 28, 2020 09:36 PM (a1s18)
Posted by: getting the banned back together for pub grub oh shit its closed at March 28, 2020 09:36 PM (f3XxS)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at March 28, 2020 09:36 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 09:36 PM (dOV9E)
But sure, Brits in the early 60s would be totally chill and accepting of the black wife.
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March
the thing is, was your aunt hot, because that makes a difference.
Posted by: not so at March 28, 2020 09:36 PM (HALdu)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 28, 2020 09:36 PM (CAJOC)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 09:36 PM (FFsBN)
Posted by: CN at March 28, 2020 09:37 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: davidt at March 28, 2020 09:37 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: JuJuBee at March 28, 2020 09:37 PM (COzlW)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 09:35 PM (Ev6gs)
OJ and Kato.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 28, 2020 09:37 PM (Z+IKu)
Posted by: klaftern at March 28, 2020 09:37 PM (RuIsu)
Posted by: Boswell at March 28, 2020 09:37 PM (32YRo)
I've listened to a couple of Christie audiobooks narrated by the actor who plays Hastings. Spellbinding. This is when you know the British train some excellent actors.
In my experience, in general American actresses, including the famous ones, are the absolute worst when it comes to audiobooks.
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March 28, 2020 09:06 PM (9hauA)
I'll have to find those audiobooks. Hugh Fraser is a wonderful actor and having him as narrator would be amazing.
Normally, I hate audiobooks unless I'm on a roadtrip or doing bead crafting. I read really fast, so I find audiobooks too slow. The last series I listened to, we started out of sequence with one that had a good narrator, but she was a one off, apparently. The rest of the series had an extremely annoying woman, who kind of ruined it.
The most surprising audiobook I heard was a Stephen King read by the author himself. He sounds like he never reached puberty. I almost drove off the road.
Posted by: soulpile at March 28, 2020 09:38 PM (rwZk1)
Posted by: JuJuBee at March 28, 2020 09:38 PM (COzlW)
Posted by: Pelosi's Used Kleenex at March 28, 2020 09:36 PM (a1s1
Stranded and Jungle (flip side of that 7
Posted by: getting the banned back together for wplj at March 28, 2020 09:38 PM (f3XxS)
Posted by: DR.WTF at March 28, 2020 09:38 PM (aS1PU)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 28, 2020 09:38 PM (FYN64)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 09:38 PM (Ev6gs)
Posted by: Pelosi's Used Kleenex at March 28, 2020 09:38 PM (a1s18)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 09:35 PM (FFsBN)
He asked for iconic duos, not mutually exclusives, LOL
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March 28, 2020 09:38 PM (9hauA)
Posted by: CN at March 28, 2020 09:39 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: klaftern at March 28, 2020 09:39 PM (RuIsu)
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 09:39 PM (dOV9E)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2020 09:39 PM (Ev6gs)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 28, 2020 09:39 PM (FYN64)
Peroit is a small man as a young man he is nimble and can do slight of hand tricks. As he ages he grows fat and moves slowly and carefully due to arthritis.
David Suchet was the perfect Peroit. Funny thing was when Suchet played Peroit in its first run Suchet was slender and had to wear padding to make the costume fit.
Posted by: Big V Caffeinated at March 28, 2020 09:39 PM (XEC2p)
Posted by: getting the v twin banned back together at March 28, 2020 09:39 PM (f3XxS)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 28, 2020 09:40 PM (MxLTX)
Posted by: JuJuBee at March 28, 2020 09:37 PM (COzlW)
YYrrch! I remember that one.
I also remember one where the punchline was, "pretty good cook, Doris."
Why do I remember it? Because at least one of my goofy family would quote that one nearly every night at the dinner table.
I love my goofy family.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at March 28, 2020 09:40 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 28, 2020 09:40 PM (FYN64)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 09:40 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: davidt at March 28, 2020 09:40 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: not so at March 28, 2020 09:40 PM (HALdu)
Hardcastle and McCormick
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 28, 2020 09:40 PM (NWiLs)
Village of the Darned was a remake?
I'm seeing an african-american and white version right now on Svengoolie.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at March 28, 2020 09:41 PM (AOxdb)
Posted by: Pelosi's Used Kleenex at March 28, 2020 09:41 PM (a1s18)
Posted by: not so at March 28, 2020 09:41 PM (HALdu)
Posted by: mnw at March 28, 2020 09:41 PM (Cssks)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 09:41 PM (FFsBN)
I'm seeing an african-american and white version right now on Svengoolie.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at March 28, 2020 09:41 PM (AOxdb)
I'm on the west coast so it's not on yet. Are you saying it's not the Brit version?
Posted by: DR.WTF at March 28, 2020 09:41 PM (aS1PU)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 28, 2020 09:40 PM (FYN64)
There was a time, long ago, when she was so hot I had thoughts.
Bad thoughts.
Yes, total smoke show.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 28, 2020 09:41 PM (Z+IKu)
Posted by: davidt at March 28, 2020 09:41 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 09:42 PM (dOV9E)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 28, 2020 09:42 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: SMH at March 28, 2020 09:42 PM (RU4sa)
Posted by: getting the picky picky banned back together at March 28, 2020 09:42 PM (f3XxS)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 28, 2020 09:43 PM (El6T/)
Posted by: JuJuBee at March 28, 2020 09:43 PM (COzlW)
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 09:43 PM (dOV9E)
I'm on the west coast so it's not on yet. Are you saying it's not the Brit version?
Posted by: DR.WTF
Tis. But didn't they make a color version of this back in the 80's?
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at March 28, 2020 09:43 PM (AOxdb)
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 09:43 PM (dOV9E)
Posted by: klaftern at March 28, 2020 09:43 PM (RuIsu)
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 09:43 PM (dOV9E)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 09:43 PM (FFsBN)
Or am I thinking of Children of the Corn?
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at March 28, 2020 09:43 PM (AOxdb)
Posted by: davidt at March 28, 2020 09:43 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: Pelosi's Used Kleenex at March 28, 2020 09:44 PM (a1s18)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 28, 2020 09:44 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: The Barrel at March 28, 2020 09:44 PM (dOV9E)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 28, 2020 09:44 PM (El6T/)
Posted by: DR.WTF
Tis. But didn't they make a color version of this back in the 80's?
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at March 28, 2020 09:43 PM (AOxdb)
There was a remake but it wasn't nearly as good as the original.
Posted by: DR.WTF at March 28, 2020 09:44 PM (aS1PU)
Posted by: klaftern at March 28, 2020 09:44 PM (RuIsu)
Posted by: soulpile at March 28, 2020 09:44 PM (rwZk1)
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 09:42 PM (dOV9E)
Susan St. James. Aaawww yeah.
turns out my teenage mind was chock-full of tasty ladies.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at March 28, 2020 09:44 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 28, 2020 09:44 PM (El6T/)
Posted by: Boswell at March 28, 2020 09:44 PM (32YRo)
Posted by: getting the banned back of the bus at March 28, 2020 09:45 PM (f3XxS)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2020 09:45 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: JuJuBee at March 28, 2020 09:45 PM (COzlW)
A much more entertaining Korean movie with a similar plot is "Along With Gods" on Hulu. A lot less "comic" Meryl Streep and lots more swordfights with CGI monsters.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 28, 2020 09:45 PM (N30JC)
Posted by: soulpile at March 28, 2020 09:38 PM (rwZk1)
LOL.
I got out of the habit of reading novels. Plus I'm usually so busy at work that audiobooks made sense since when I wasn't working, I was doing something else that prevented reading.
The audiobook reader really makes or breaks a book. Some actually make the book even more enjoyable.
But I generally stay away from anything narrated by an American woman. For whatever reason, they tend to be super boring. It's like they are trying to be propper or something but they just end up sounding lifeless.
It's ironic because the first two audiobook readers I encountered and who got me into audiobooks were American women. They were great.
American men are generally at least ok (usually good). The British are generally good, regardless of sex.
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March 28, 2020 09:45 PM (9hauA)
Posted by: Pelosi's Used Kleenex at March 28, 2020 09:45 PM (a1s18)
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 09:45 PM (dOV9E)
Posted by: DR.WTF at March 28, 2020 09:45 PM (aS1PU)
Posted by: not so at March 28, 2020 09:46 PM (HALdu)
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March 28, 2020 09:38 PM (9hauA
Heh.
Posted by: Boswell at March 28, 2020 09:46 PM (32YRo)
Posted by: klaftern at March 28, 2020 09:46 PM (RuIsu)
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at March 28, 2020 09:46 PM (AOxdb)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2020 09:46 PM (lY631)
Posted by: Eromero at March 28, 2020 09:46 PM (XhWtx)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 28, 2020 09:45 PM (N30JC)
I liked that movie. It was funny.
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 09:46 PM (dOV9E)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 28, 2020 09:47 PM (El6T/)
I'm on the west coast so it's not on yet. Are you saying it's not the Brit version?
Posted by: DR.WTF
Tis. But didn't they make a color version of this back in the 80's?
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at March 28, 2020 09:43 PM (AOxdb)
I believe so, with Christopher Reeve.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 28, 2020 09:47 PM (CAJOC)
Posted by: davidt at March 28, 2020 09:47 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: I saw nothing at March 28, 2020 09:47 PM (FFsBN)
Posted by: JuJuBee at March 28, 2020 09:47 PM (COzlW)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 09:47 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 09:47 PM (dOV9E)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 09:35 PM (FFsBN)
He asked for iconic duos, not mutually exclusives, LOL
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March 28, 2020 09:38 PM (9hauA)
Heh. Kind of like my favorite food in Germany was either Turkish or Greek.
Well. Except for bratwurst, broetchen and senf. I did love that.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at March 28, 2020 09:48 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Pelosi's Used Kleenex at March 28, 2020 09:48 PM (a1s18)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 09:48 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: getting the banned together to not go there at March 28, 2020 09:48 PM (f3XxS)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 28, 2020 09:48 PM (El6T/)
Posted by: Joe Blowme at March 28, 2020 09:48 PM (qul7b)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 28, 2020 09:48 PM (miJU3)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2020 09:48 PM (Dc2NZ)
I love the "Along With Gods" movies. There are two:
http://moviegique.com/2019/10/along-with-gods-the-two-worlds/
http://moviegique.com/2018/10/along-with-the-gods-the-last-49-days/
Posted by: moviegique at March 28, 2020 09:49 PM (CcUfv)
Completely agree. Some liberties need to be taken when adapted books to the screen. They did it really well.
Also loved Miss Lemon. And Japp, although I think Japp was more of a fixture in the books than the other two. (?)
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March 28, 2020 09:49 PM (9hauA)
A much more entertaining Korean movie with a similar plot is "Along With Gods" on Hulu. A lot less "comic" Meryl Streep and lots more swordfights with CGI monsters.
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Absolutely reccomend this movie along with the sequel. Fantastic. I'm hoping for a third.
Amazon might also have it, or maybe Netflix, if you don't have Hulu. I'm not 100% sure, since I dropped Hulu and Netflix a while back.
Posted by: soulpile at March 28, 2020 09:49 PM (rwZk1)
Posted by: davidt at March 28, 2020 09:49 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 09:49 PM (L2ZTs)
https://youtu.be/5DDF_Y5wwsw
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2020 09:46 PM (lY631)
That was like the opening of Monty Python's Flying Circus
Posted by: DR.WTF at March 28, 2020 09:49 PM (aS1PU)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at March 28, 2020 09:49 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at March 28, 2020 09:49 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: klaftern at March 28, 2020 09:49 PM (RuIsu)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 09:50 PM (FFsBN)
Posted by: moviegique at March 28, 2020 09:50 PM (CcUfv)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 09:48 PM (L2ZTs)
Never order this dish. It's a breaded, fried pork patty. It's like Japanese Tonkatsu, which you should also not order, except worse.
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 09:50 PM (dOV9E)
Posted by: Pelosi's Used Kleenex at March 28, 2020 09:50 PM (a1s18)
Posted by: davidt at March 28, 2020 09:50 PM (l3+k2)
By a quirk an RAF Bomber Command pilot escapes certain death and then has to deal with the Heavenly repercussions as he falls in love with an American nurse. Stars David Niven and Raymond Massey. From 1946.
https://youtu.be/-t3Xv70vkY8?t=92
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2020 09:50 PM (lY631)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2020 09:51 PM (Dc2NZ)
We really have it good here in this country.
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March 28, 2020 09:51 PM (9hauA)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 09:51 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 28, 2020 09:51 PM (El6T/)
Posted by: moviegique at March 28, 2020 09:50 PM (CcUfv)
Dionne Quintuplets. None iconicer.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 28, 2020 09:51 PM (miJU3)
By a quirk an RAF Bomber Command pilot escapes certain death and then has to deal with the Heavenly repercussions as he falls in love with an American nurse. Stars David Niven and Raymond Massey. From 1946.
https://youtu.be/-t3Xv70vkY8?t=92
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2020 09:50 PM (lY631)
That's a good movie.
Posted by: DR.WTF at March 28, 2020 09:51 PM (aS1PU)
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March 28, 2020 09:51 PM (9hauA)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 09:48 PM (L2ZTs)
Never order this dish. It's a breaded, fried pork patty. It's like Japanese Tonkatsu, which you should also not order, except worse.
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 09:50 PM (dOV9E)
FIGHT ME BRO
Posted by: getting the banned back for tonkatsu baby at March 28, 2020 09:52 PM (f3XxS)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2020 09:52 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: klaftern at March 28, 2020 09:52 PM (RuIsu)
Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2020 09:52 PM (dOV9E)
Posted by: JuJuBee at March 28, 2020 09:52 PM (COzlW)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 28, 2020 09:52 PM (bDqIh)
Posted by: moviegique at March 28, 2020 09:50 PM (CcUfv)
Dionne Quintuplets. None iconicer.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 28, 2020 09:51 PM (miJU3)
Bam!
AOP, your work here is done.
Posted by: DR.WTF at March 28, 2020 09:52 PM (aS1PU)
Posted by: Pelosi's Used Kleenex at March 28, 2020 09:52 PM (a1s18)
1) Gilbert & Sullivan
2) Martin & Lewis
3) Abbott & Costello
Gilette Penn wrote in his autobio that the reason Penn & Teller have lasted for 35 years is, they come to work; they rehearse their act; in the evening they perform; then they go home. That's IT. They don't hand out together. Their act is a BUSINESS.
Posted by: mnw at March 28, 2020 09:53 PM (Cssks)
Posted by: moviegique at March 28, 2020 09:50 PM (CcUfv)
It's like you don't know this place.
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March 28, 2020 09:53 PM (9hauA)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2020 09:53 PM (lY631)
I think what happened for a lot of people who came of age in the '70s, '80s and '90s, was that the remakes were largely of things that were classic and really no longer understood or applicable. You can't remake "Stella Dallas" or "Mildred Pierce" or "The Women" in modern times...but they tried, and it was disastrous.
Posted by: moviegique at March 28, 2020 09:53 PM (CcUfv)
Posted by: Pelosi's Used Kleenex at March 28, 2020 09:53 PM (a1s18)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 28, 2020 09:54 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Eromero at March 28, 2020 09:54 PM (XhWtx)
Posted by: getting the raf banned back together for pints at March 28, 2020 09:54 PM (f3XxS)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 28, 2020 09:54 PM (FFsBN)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 28, 2020 09:54 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: davidt at March 28, 2020 09:50 PM (l3+k2)
Rosco Gordon don't like 'em:
https://hooktube.com/watch?v=WSuup6DfNpk
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 28, 2020 09:55 PM (miJU3)
Posted by: REDACTED at March 28, 2020 09:55 PM (rpxSz)
Me?
I'll wait for WeirdDave.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - sanitized for your protection at March 28, 2020 09:53 PM (mw1Wz)
THIS X 100
Posted by: getting the banned back together anyway at March 28, 2020 09:55 PM (f3XxS)
Posted by: moviegique at March 28, 2020 09:50 PM (CcUfv)
Sorry. But, you know how things go here.
On topic: Probably won't see Fantasy Island. I have not seen a movie in the theater since American Sniper.
Also, I do remember the first season of that show being more Twilight Zone and less super happy fun time. Kind of like the first season of The Love Boat. Captain Steubing was kind of a dick.
Mom ruled the clicker when I was a kid. Dad never liked TV, except for Gunsmoke, Bob Newhart, and The Muppet Show.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at March 28, 2020 09:56 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Pelosi's Used Kleenex at March 28, 2020 09:56 PM (a1s18)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2020 09:56 PM (Dc2NZ)
I'm not exactly recommending "Fantasy Island", movie or show, but I thought it was sort of interesting both in how worked and how it failed.
I remember being disappointed with the series, though, because I was only interested in it kind of being a kind of update to something like "Night Gallery".
Dad had taste. Sounds like mine, actually.
Posted by: moviegique at March 28, 2020 09:58 PM (CcUfv)
Posted by: chique d'Epstein didn't off hisself at March 28, 2020 09:49 PM (9hauA)
Yes! Japp is definitely a fixture in the books. I love both him and Miss Lemon in the series. They round out the cast quite well.
As to audiobooks, yes, the reader can make or break it. I've not listened to a lot, but mostly the ones I've had were American voices. Some good, some bad. The worst, I think the narrator could have been good and still unable to save the dreck as written (Longmire) - so boring, we had to turn it off to prevent falling asleep at the wheel.
Reminds me, I still have some waiting for me to try. I have one read by Adam Baldwin that looks like a corker, but it keeps getting moved around. I'll have to pin it down for next time I'm bored (which is every day, now, lol).
Posted by: soulpile at March 28, 2020 09:58 PM (rwZk1)
Me?
I'll wait for WeirdDave.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - sanitized for your protection at March 28, 2020 09:53 PM (mw1Wz)
You do that. I like MisHum's ONTs. And WeirdDave's. But if I did not, I would not say so in their house.
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Posted by: Weak Geek at March 28, 2020 11:56 PM (u/nim)
But I digress......
We had one of our OR rooms rigged with banks of Ultra Violet lights to completely and I do mean COMPLETELY sterilize the entire suite during open hip replacement surgeries as before this they had one of the highest rates of post-op infections in spite of best current practices.
Guess what? Rate of post op infections dropped by 75 %
O.K long winded but you all know (being HORDE an all)
That UV light in appropriate wave lengths, kills 99.99% of all known Bacteria AND Viruses....on contact with said light.
Heck there are currently produced units to sanitize your phone, car ...hell your whole house....jus don't bath it it yourselves....serious sunburn + future visits to the Dermatologist for possible skin cancer issues and all that.
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Yup. I'm slightly older than you, I'm guessing. I grew up with Happy Days, Kotter, Emergency, things like that. I try to watch them now on TV Land, I can't get through 1 minute. They're totally unwatchable. It's amazing to think that The Fonz was the ultimate in pop culture at the time. If I tried to make my kids watch these things they'd call child welfare on me....
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