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Saturday Evening Movie Thread - 1/15/2022 [TheJamesMadison]
Public Domain Day
Every January 1 is Public Domain Day, the day when copyright expires, generally, on creative works from a given year. This year it was the works released in the United States back in 1926. 95 years ago.
I hate the American copyright regime.
Anyway, January 1 was just a couple of weeks ago, so what does that mean for movies? Well, some interesting stuff has entered the public domain.
The 1920s
Let's be honest, you can find pretty much anything online now without paying except those things that major copyright holders are keeping an eye out for. Want to watch John Ford's The Informer? A bit of searching will find it on places like YouTube or some Russian or Polish streaming sites. The title is in the Fox library, which Disney bought, and Disney doesn't care about The Informer. They care about their new Marvel movies being online illegally. So, in practical terms, for most of what's entering the public domain, there's little effect.
That's mostly because most of what's getting released into the public domain is stuff copyright holders (if anyone actually knows they own the copyright, which is not true for something like 99% of stuff that old) generally aren't actively protecting. So, what changes?
The threat of any legal action against anyone taking the original film elements and then selling them in any form goes away. The threat of legal action, even without a known copyright holder, is enough to keep most home video publishers away from old titles, limiting their ability and desire to spend any money on acquiring film elements like original prints, digitizing them, and even cleaning them up through a restoration.
Public domain is a bit of a different beast in that, yes, the work may be free to use, but access is still limited by whomever actually physically owns the best prints. Publishers still need to pay for that access, but it's a different financial arrangement with lower initial costs since copyright is taken out of the equation. There are a handful of titles this old that labels will happily pursue because they are simply that famous (Charlie Chaplin films, D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation or Intolerance, etc.), famous enough to be able to justify the cost of the restorations through guaranteed sales. However, the longer old nitrate prints remain in storage without any kind of help or restoration, the less usable they'll be when it does come time for them to enter the public domain. Also, the longer a movie remains out of the public consciousness, the less likely it is to find an audience today. A little known Buster Keaton film from 1926 is less likely to invite sales than a little known John Ford movie from 1946 (like, say, They Were Expendable).
So, anyway, that's my little bit on Public Domain and part of why I hate it (did you know that Rudyard Kipling still has works under copyright? Dude died in 1936.). What's actually suddenly available?
German Expressionism
One of the most important early movements of film was German Expressionism. Influencing people like Alfred Hitchcock and John Ford to great degrees, who then influenced another few generations of filmmakers themselves, German Expressionism was the first major effort after Georges Méliès in film to make things look not real. These things tend to be more popular with film nerds like me than general audiences because, it seems, general audiences are more inclined to accept things that go easier over the suspension of disbelief. One of the classics of the genre was released in the United States in 1926, and that is F.W. Murnau's Faust.
Now, I do own a Blu-ray copy of this. Released by Kino Lorber Classics a few years ago, it's from a restoration done by the Murnau Foundation, a German organization specifically dedicated to the restoration of works by Murnau and German film in general. It looks quite nice on that disc.
The film itself is taken from the German folktale and poem by Goethe about an older man (Faust) who makes a deal with the devil for youth. It's also a wonderfully inventive visual feast, using every tool of the early cinema's special effects to create new fantastical images. It's quite an enjoyable film and really should have entered the public domain 20 years ago. There were also films by G.W. Pabst and Michael Curtiz made in Germany in the same year. The Pabst film (One Does Not Play With Love) is now considered lost, but I wonder if it would have been possible to find elements if the search had been able to start 20 years earlier.
Comedy
Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd both released movies in 1926. Battling Butler and For Heaven's Sake. I have yet to watch either of these, but Keaton never ceases to entertain me when I watch his films. His are the work of a daring physical comedian who is willing to take huge risks to get a laugh, all while underplaying what's going on with his famous stoneface. Movies like The General, Our Hospitality, and Steamboat Bill Jr. may be the height of his work, but everything else has been entertaining.
Lloyd tends to be my favorite of the three major silent comedian stars (Keaton, Lloyd, and Chaplin). His Safety Last! is a combination of Keaton's daring with Chaplin's sweetness in the boy-faced comedy star. He even managed to successfully hide his mangled hand most of the time (he'd lost a couple of fingers in an accident early in his career).
Auteurs and Stars
Some of the earliest recognizable directorial names were making films in the mid-20s. John Ford, Howard Hawks, D.W. Griffith, Carl Th. Dreyer, King Vidor, Josef von Sternberg, G.W. Pabst, and Raoul Walsh all had films released in 1926. 3 Bad Men, Fig Leaves, The Sorrows of Satan, The Bride of Glomdal, Bardelys the Magnificent, A Woman at Sea, Secrets of a Soul, and What Price Glory should all be entering the public domain.
In terms of early movie stars, the same goes for Rudolph Valentino, Greta Garbo, Douglas Fairbanks, George O'Brien, Theda Bara, Fatty Arbuckle, and W.C. Fields all had movies released in 1926. That means that The Son of the Shiek, The Temptress, The Black Pirate, The Johnstown Flood, Madame Mystery, My Stars, and So's Your Old Man should be entering the public domain.
The point being that there's a whole lot to discover. I've already seen a handful of these because of my trips through the filmographies of particular directors (3 Bad Men is, in my opinion, John Ford's first great film, for example), but there's a lot more I've never seen. I had already, in fact, made a promise to myself to find and watch Raoul Walsh's What Price Glory because Ford later remade it, starring Jimmy Cagney, in the 50s.
Money
So, pretty much all of this stuff you can find on YouTube or other video hosting sites, so what's the point? Who cares this much about public domain. The issue is money. If people can throw up a video file onto a video hosting site without getting attacked through legal means, that's one thing, but if they can actually monetize it, that's something else entirely.
Leaving it up to those doing it out of the mere interest in sharing old movies limits the pool of people looking for and working on providing access to these old films, and the pool of people who are naturally interested in movies almost a century old tends to be fairly small. However, remove copyright protection on these movies, and suddenly anyone can try to make a buck off of it. Considering the explosion of software that can help clean up already digitized images (actually digitizing film is another matter and requires expensive equipment), you could have an army of people willing to clean up old films and try to make some money off of it. The profit motive is kind of awesome like that.
However, when combined with the 95-year timeline, the idea that there's a huge audience, a market, for the product seems silly, further limiting the number of people who are willing to work on it even when there is no copyright concern. The market for films from the 40s is significantly larger than those from the 20s, and if copyright had remained what it had been before the Sonny Bono Act in 1998, what happened this year on January 1st would have happened in 2001, and we'd be up to 1947 in the public domain. For 21 years, from 1998 to 2019, public domain in the United States was effectively frozen, and we've just simply lost more than we probably would have if anyone could have made some modest dough on what's out there.
The Future
Around 2017-2018, Disney apparently sent lobbyists to Congress to test the waters about advancing copyright once again, and they simply walked away without anything even getting to committee. The efforts of some activists to prevent further copyright extensions was apparently enough, but we're still two years away from Steamboat Willie entering the public domain. Disney always could put in a final push to protect one of its most profitable pieces of intellectual property.
I'm hopeful but anxious about the whole situation. Copyright in America is pretty much a joke, morphing from a reasonable protection of 28 years (with an option for another 28 years if applied for) to perpetual ownership of IP by corporations. In terms of being a movie fan, I want more people working to preserve older films for me to discover later. The lack of clarity around most films about whether they are actually under copyright or not (technically, if the extension was never applied for before a certain date, works after 1926 are in the public domain, but nobody really knows about most except in certain circumstances like It's a Wonderful Life and Charade) and the inability of people to actually pursue a profit is just leading to a situation where film elements are languishing, waiting for time to make them unusable.
That makes me sad. Film history is a wonderful thing to explore. I don't want the ravages of time and the greed of studio executives who weren't even born when Walt Disney hunched over a working desk to draw Mickey Mouse for the first time to limit what I can later discover.
Essentially, I'm saying break up Disney, I guess.
Movies of Today
Opening in Theaters:
Scream
Movies I Saw This Fortnight:
The King's Man (Rating 3.5/4) Full Review "So, no, this film isn't perfect, but I still ended up kind of loving it. 2/3 of it is a great look at World War I, and 1/3 of it is a crazy action movie with some detritus in between. It's a mixed bag, but one that I really embrace." [Theaters]
No Time to Die (Rating 1/4) Full Review "Well, that was not very good." [Redbox]
The Fugitive (Rating 4/4) Full Review "This is one of my favorite Ford films." [YouTube]
Fort Apache (Rating 3.5/4) Full Review "Still, with the film as it is, it's a very good film that's just ten to fifteen minutes of cuts away from greatness." [Personal Collection]
3 Godfathers (Rating 3/4) Full Review "And it mostly works. It's fine. It's entertaining and amusing. I just could have been more." [Library]
Wagon Master (Rating 3.5/4) Full Review "Everything up to that point, though, is kind of wonderful. Heartfelt, masculine, and grand visually, Wagon Master is four-fifths of a great film." [Library]
The Quiet Man (Rating 4/4) Full Review "This probably is the easiest film to love in Ford's large filmography. Bright and colorful while consistently entertaining from beginning to end with delightful performances from the leads on down, The Quiet Man is old school Hollywood filmmaking at its best." [Personal Collection]
Mister Roberts (Rating 4/4) Full Review "The film works as a collection of amusing events until its conclusion when it pulls it all together in a complex set of emotions that works really well, elevating the movie that came before into something rather special." [Library]
Contact
Email any suggestions or questions to thejamesmadison.aos at symbol gmail dot com.
I've also archived all the old posts here, by request. I'll add new posts a week after they originally post at the HQ.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2022 07:25 PM (Z/QB3)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2022 07:28 PM (b57kA)
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2022 07:28 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2022 07:28 PM (b57kA)
Posted by: lowandslow at January 15, 2022 07:29 PM (4thlk)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes at January 15, 2022 07:29 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: f'd at January 15, 2022 07:30 PM (vrz2I)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2022 07:30 PM (U2p+3)
Trying to remember the last movie I watched. Think it might have been Encanto, which I thought was good overall, though the ending was a bit disappointing.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 15, 2022 07:31 PM (CAJOC)
Posted by: f'd
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Why, it's almost as if the weather boffins rely on guesswork.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2022 07:32 PM (b57kA)
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2022 07:32 PM (2JoB8)
I'd guess the Bible, an engineering textbook, and a chemistry textbook.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes at January 15, 2022 07:33 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: f'd at January 15, 2022 07:30 PM (vrz2I)
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Sucks when you're expecting a wintery minx, and all you get is snow and sleet.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 15, 2022 07:33 PM (CAJOC)
Posted by: lowandslow at January 15, 2022 07:34 PM (4thlk)
Posted by: dartist at January 15, 2022 07:34 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: f'd at January 15, 2022 07:34 PM (vrz2I)
Nice to see you, sweet man! God is GREAT!
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2022 07:35 PM (U2p+3)
Ben Affleck and some kid named Tye Sheridan. No politics, no agenda, no bullshit. Cool story good laughs, free on Amazon Prime or worth renting if you have to.
Posted by: JROD at January 15, 2022 07:35 PM (0jZnq)
Posted by: f'd at January 15, 2022 07:35 PM (vrz2I)
I'd guess the Bible, an engineering textbook, and a chemistry textbook.
Posted by: All Hail Eris
If it was made today, it would be; Everybody Poops, I Have Two Mommies, and Zinn's A People's History.
*spit*
Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2022 07:36 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Robert at January 15, 2022 07:37 PM (x0hkC)
https://invincibleczars.com/
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 15, 2022 07:37 PM (yQpMk)
I'd guess the Bible, an engineering textbook, and a chemistry textbook.
Posted by: All Hail Eris
If it was made today, it would be; Everybody Poops, I Have Two Mommies, and Zinn's A People's History.
*spit*
Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2022 07:36 PM (mD/uy)
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You forgot the book on CRT.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 15, 2022 07:38 PM (CAJOC)
Posted by: Robert at January 15, 2022 07:38 PM (wYoxs)
I'd guess the Bible, an engineering textbook, and a chemistry textbook.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes at January 15, 2022 07:33 PM (Dc2NZ)
To Serve Man
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 15, 2022 07:38 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Lance 'Expart Proofreefer' McCormick at January 15, 2022 07:39 PM (3hX1d)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2022 07:28 PM (b57kA)
Got plenty of that our way so COME ON DOWN!!!!!
Posted by: The Good People of Pr0nhub at January 15, 2022 07:40 PM (YIULU)
Shirley, you must mean "motive," yes?
Posted by: Lance 'Expart Proofreefer' McCormick at January 15, 2022 07:39 PM (3hX1d)
Making money is a constant theme of human civilization.
Posted by: Robert at January 15, 2022 07:41 PM (/jkLF)
Hope you're doing better.
Ready for the snow? Looks like y'all will get a nice dose.
Posted by: golfman at January 15, 2022 07:42 PM (h8g83)
That wasnt acting
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 15, 2022 07:42 PM (/Jyyq)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes at January 15, 2022 07:43 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 15, 2022 07:43 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Indignatio Vindicatorem at January 15, 2022 07:44 PM (oWBc3)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at January 15, 2022 07:44 PM (JMkM+)
Posted by: DB at January 15, 2022 07:45 PM (geLO8)
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 15, 2022 07:46 PM (HLnYd)
Posted by: f'd at January 15, 2022 07:47 PM (vrz2I)
The net effect of the current length of copyright is that works are effectively unpublished, and that's against the point of copyright. However, when I suggested shortening the term, the wannabe authors I know said "you're trying to starve my great great grandchildren." I didn't have the heart to point out that there's like a dozen authors whose works will still sell in quantity in 100 years time, and it's basically going to be whoever wins the "high school English class lottery" but I still believe that those putative offspring should get jobs. Copyright is supposed to support you, not your posterity.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at January 15, 2022 07:48 PM (ezpv1)
Posted by: moviegique at January 15, 2022 07:49 PM (asXVI)
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 15, 2022 07:49 PM (ju2Fy)
The pacing can be hard to take.
My sister and her husband have been watching all of the James Bond movies again in order. Was visiting the night they watched "The Man with the Golden Gun." Didn't like it, and Bond was a dick.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2022 07:49 PM (URNdm)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-0-2r58qfk
"West Side Story", with a budget of 100 million, would have had to make 300 million just to break even. IT MADE ONLY 19 MILLION.
BWAHAHAHA!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes at January 15, 2022 07:49 PM (Dc2NZ)
That was by Spielberg, right?
Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2022 07:51 PM (URNdm)
Posted by: Cybersmythe at January 15, 2022 07:48 PM (ezpv1)
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I say we write it into the Constitution that Disney gets Mickey Mouse in perpetuity but everything else is 14 years with an optional extension of 14 years after that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 07:51 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: DB at January 15, 2022 07:51 PM (geLO8)
Hi, TJM!
Posted by: moviegique at January 15, 2022 07:49 PM (asXVI)
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I guess last week messed with scheduled? All I know is it's been three weeks since my last post. Did I step on toes?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 07:52 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 15, 2022 07:53 PM (lCui1)
Posted by: f'd at January 15, 2022 07:53 PM (vrz2I)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2022 07:51 PM (URNdm)
Ayup.
BWAHAHAHA!
Aw, maybe it's actually a decent movie. I just don't care at this point.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes at January 15, 2022 07:54 PM (Dc2NZ)
As said I watch mainly foreign movies some 10 years old at most, many Russian newer than that.
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2022 07:54 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Infidel at January 15, 2022 07:54 PM (qpolg)
Posted by: EveR at January 15, 2022 07:55 PM (MUpk6)
I think it means I can't count to three. I should've posted last week! Duh.
Posted by: moviegique at January 15, 2022 07:55 PM (asXVI)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2022 07:55 PM (URNdm)
Haven't watched it yet though
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 15, 2022 07:56 PM (lCui1)
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Prometheus is a movie you can go back to time and again and discover new ways it sucks ballz. It's like peeling back layers of a noxious onion that was buried in a pig sty in Chernobyl.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes at January 15, 2022 07:56 PM (Dc2NZ)
Some of you are old enough to remember this Boy Scouts tv ad with Jimmy Stewart and...a future tranny:
https://youtu.be/PAt_In80zu4?t=51
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 15, 2022 07:56 PM (XC+jp)
As said I watch mainly foreign movies some 10 years old at most, many Russian newer than that.
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2022 07:54 PM (2JoB
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I think Mosfilm just puts most everything on their YouTube channel for free. They own the copyright to their own stuff, and they can give it away if they want.
Most of the west is Life+70 or thereabouts. We're kind of the outlier.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 07:56 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: EveR at January 15, 2022 07:55 PM (MUpk6)
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That's Greta Garbo.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 07:56 PM (LvTSG)
I know I'm in the minority but I loved West Side Story. Don't Look Up was a very sad commentary on where we are today as a society.
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at January 15, 2022 07:56 PM (nxdel)
Very good flick. It's mostly the implications that will make you queasy, not what's shown.
Posted by: moviegique at January 15, 2022 07:56 PM (asXVI)
Posted by: Jamaica Queens at January 15, 2022 07:57 PM (b+v9B)
I think it means I can't count to three. I should've posted last week! Duh.
Posted by: moviegique at January 15, 2022 07:55 PM (asXVI)
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One, two, five!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 07:57 PM (LvTSG)
archive.org/details/Despotis1946
It's only ten minutes long and well worth the watch. It sucks to realize what has happened after you watch it, but still worth the watch.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - CDC releases COVID study proving masks don't do sh1t, literally not even 2% change at January 15, 2022 07:57 PM (5q92e)
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There was a particularly weak sequel, Ensign Pulver, which may have invented the genre of sucky sequels of great films.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 15, 2022 07:58 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: Lizzy
It's a horrible story. Searcy did a good job, but be prepared to do a lot of praying afterwards.
Posted by: Infidel at January 15, 2022 07:58 PM (qpolg)
Oh good, thanks -- thought I had read that re: being delicate about the gruesome stuff, but worried I remembered it wrong.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2022 07:58 PM (URNdm)
https://youtu.be/PAt_In80zu4?t=51
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales
Mark Spitz's hair was something!
Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2022 07:58 PM (mD/uy)
I was a music major which means, in theory, I can count up to four.
Cue the smart-asses saying "What about 6/8 time?"
Well, you count that "1-2-3/1-2-3".
Posted by: moviegique at January 15, 2022 07:59 PM (asXVI)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2022 08:00 PM (7piqi)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes at January 15, 2022 07:56 PM
This.
Posted by: Covenant at January 15, 2022 08:01 PM (a3Q+t)
Mark Spitz's hair was something!
Posted by: Tonypete
Well done recognizing him.
Did you recognize everyone else? All 12 men?
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 15, 2022 08:01 PM (XC+jp)
Posted by: Infidel
On the bus to DC for the March for Life they screened 'Unplanned' by Abby Johnson.
Killed me to watch it but captive audience and all . . .
Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2022 08:01 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2022 08:01 PM (2JoB8)
Fine film. My other favorite Robert Donat movie is "Knight Without Armour" costarring Marlene Dietrich.
Posted by: Tuna at January 15, 2022 08:01 PM (gLRfa)
I liked "Tommy" Lascelles - he was like a brick wall of tradition
Posted by: DB at January 15, 2022 08:02 PM (geLO8)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 15, 2022 08:02 PM (yQpMk)
I was a music major which means, in theory, I can count up to four.
Cue the smart-asses saying "What about 6/8 time?"
Well, you count that "1-2-3/1-2-3".
Posted by: moviegique at January 15, 2022 07:59 PM
Don't forget 5/2 time.
Posted by: zombie Frank Zappa at January 15, 2022 08:02 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 15, 2022 08:03 PM (XC+jp)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 15, 2022 08:03 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Ben Had
She's a formidable woman. Her sons suck. I'm sure she misses her husband. She also served in WWII.
Posted by: Infidel at January 15, 2022 08:03 PM (qpolg)
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I didn't see WSS. It might be a great movie, I don't know. But I loved the Natalie Wood movie and didn't trust Hollywood to not smear its memory. I suspect many feel the same.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 15, 2022 08:03 PM (FVME7)
1-2-3/1-2
Whatever it is, it usually breaks down into a combination of 3s or 2s. You only use 4 for 4/4 or 7/8.
Posted by: moviegique at January 15, 2022 08:04 PM (asXVI)
Mark Spitz was a huge, huge household name when I was little. You couldn't go near a pool without someone mentioning Mark Spitz.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 15, 2022 08:05 PM (XC+jp)
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Left his wallet in the hotel safe.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 15, 2022 08:05 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2022 08:05 PM (7piqi)
Posted by: Infidel at January 15, 2022 08:05 PM (qpolg)
Did you recognize everyone else? All 12 men?
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales
Almost all - Howard K Smith took a second or two and the other 'newsy' person I can't remember.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2022 08:05 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes at January 15, 2022 08:05 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: dartist at January 15, 2022 08:06 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes at January 15, 2022 08:06 PM (Dc2NZ)
It also made over 6 times as much as Spielberg's WSS so WSS must suck bigger than a Kamalanado
Posted by: f'd at January 15, 2022 08:06 PM (vrz2I)
I liked "Tommy" Lascelles - he was like a brick wall of tradition
Posted by: DB
And Bluebell could learn some first class shiving from that actor.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2022 08:06 PM (mD/uy)
and the other 'newsy' person I can't remember.
Posted by: Tonypete
Is it Roger Mudd?
Tom Lehrer? The other guy?
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 15, 2022 08:07 PM (XC+jp)
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"How do they fill the Olympic pool?"
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes at January 15, 2022 08:07 PM (Dc2NZ)
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Ruined the 70s with the porn mustache.
Posted by: dartist
Under his influence, I grew mine.
Still have it - although the kids today term it "Righteous!"
Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2022 08:08 PM (mD/uy)
He had a line of in-ground swimming pools named after him.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at January 15, 2022 08:08 PM (lSG6C)
Yeah, I remember following the trial, but did not read some of the court docs that became available that included the details. Honestly, I partly got it because I was amazed the library had it.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2022 08:08 PM (URNdm)
Posted by: Lizzy
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If it wasn't Sean Connery it wasn't James Bond.
and Roger Moore was a poofter
Posted by: Braenyard at January 15, 2022 08:08 PM (TvHck)
Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2022 08:06 PM
Who do you think taught him?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 15, 2022 08:08 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Zogger at January 15, 2022 08:08 PM (pJSvF)
Posted by: f'd at January 15, 2022 08:08 PM (vrz2I)
Mark Spitz was a huge, huge household name when I was little. You couldn't go near a pool without someone mentioning Mark Spitz.
He had a line of in-ground swimming pools named after him.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at January 15, 2022 08:08 PM (lSG6C)
Posted by: Indignatio Vindicatorem at January 15, 2022 08:09 PM (oWBc3)
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at January 15, 2022 08:09 PM (nxdel)
I can't get over that -- Lovell? went to the Moon twice?
That's kind of a big deal. Did he walk on the surface both times?
I never understood why they didn't make dozens of movies about, you know, the real Moon launches.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 15, 2022 08:09 PM (XC+jp)
Tom Lehrer? The other guy?
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales
No - the scout that says - "Kind'. Jim somebody?
Didn't he host Real People or That's Incredible or something? Probably one of the morning shows.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2022 08:09 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: DB at January 15, 2022 08:10 PM (geLO8)
I was/am a fan of "Can", a German experimental rock band, back in my experimental days.
Posted by: Javems at January 15, 2022 08:10 PM (AmoqO)
Posted by: Indignatio Vindicatorem at January 15, 2022 08:10 PM (oWBc3)
Posted by: lowandslow at January 15, 2022 08:11 PM (4thlk)
Posted by: nurse ratched
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You may have noticed the other night that I commented on my stay in rehab being made almost pleasant on account of the attitudes of the nurses. Since they were working rotating shifts, I met a lot of them. Just nice friendly people, willing to linger and chat for a few moments.
Now, the rest of the story. Somewhere between two ER's, two transports, and two hospital rooms, the jacket that I was wearing was lost. Now, it's a cheap jacket, but we've traveled a LOT of miles together and I'm attached to it. Also, my truck and house keys were in the pocket. (cont'd)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2022 08:11 PM (PzWA/)
No - the scout that says - "Kind'. Jim somebody?
Posted by: Tonypete
Oh, that's Bullwinkle....from Good Morning America...
I forgot his name. He's mort.
Hartman??
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 15, 2022 08:11 PM (XC+jp)
Posted by: Javems
"I'm happy as a leettel girl!!"
*pulls tee shirt out*
Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2022 08:11 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Zogger at January 15, 2022 08:08 PM (pJSvF)
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Because intellectual property is not the same as physical property.
If I were to take a handwritten manuscript of yours, copy it by hand, and then return the manuscript, you still have your property. However, I now have a copy that you have not authorized. You still have your property, but I have a copy you don't want me to have.
Copyright is a government given right to exclusive public use of intellectual property for a set period of time. It's actually one part of the constitution that's antithetical to a very strict definition of liberty. Also, it's important to remember that Cervantes, Shakespeare, Beethoven, and Mozart all wrote without copyright protection.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 08:11 PM (LvTSG)
That's kind of a big deal. Did he walk on the surface both times?
never made it to the surface
Apollo 8 orbited the moon
Apollo 13 was aborted- they did one pass around the moon and hauled ass back to Earth
Posted by: DB at January 15, 2022 08:11 PM (geLO8)
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at January 15, 2022 08:12 PM (nxdel)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2022 08:12 PM (7piqi)
Posted by: dartist at January 15, 2022 08:12 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: f'd at January 15, 2022 08:12 PM (vrz2I)
Hartman??
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales
That's him - David Hartman. Thanks!
Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2022 08:12 PM (mD/uy)
When asked by co-star Lawrence Olivier why he was unable to complete certain scenes - Hoffman told him he was fasting and going without sleep to better fit the role.
Olivier was reported to have said "have you ever thought about just acting?"
I always thought this was the perfect rebuttal to Hollywood types - it's all just supposed to be an act.
Posted by: Boswell at January 15, 2022 08:14 PM (5iUNf)
Posted by: dartist at January 15, 2022 08:12 PM (+ya+t)
Got the rally in another tab, my God she's gorgeous, painfully beautiful.
Posted by: lowandslow at January 15, 2022 08:15 PM (4thlk)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 15, 2022 08:03 PM (FVME7)
Yup, there are movies that should NEVER be remade.
West Side Story. Second Hand Lions. John Wayne's Cavalry Trilogy. Charade. Original Die Hard. Sound of Music. Hell, I even place the original Wizard of Oz in that category.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 15, 2022 08:15 PM (oHd/0)
Posted by: Indignatio Vindicatorem at January 15, 2022 08:09 PM (oWBc3)
"Gardens of Stone" was a pretty good reflection of barracks life in the Army. James Earl Jones was perfect as a company First Sargent. The Vietnam stuff was just dumb.
Posted by: Javems at January 15, 2022 08:15 PM (AmoqO)
West Side Story. Second Hand Lions. John Wayne's Cavalry Trilogy. Charade. Original Die Hard. Sound of Music. Hell, I even place the original Wizard of Oz in that category.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 15, 2022 08:15 PM (oHd/0)
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Filmmakers should remake movies they want to love but can't, not movies they do actually love.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 08:16 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 15, 2022 08:16 PM (FVME7)
Now waiting for the Trump rally in Arizona. Isn't Florence where there is a big prison?
Posted by: boynsea at January 15, 2022 08:16 PM (sshap)
Speaking now.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 15, 2022 08:16 PM (TvHck)
A few years they made a few astronaut movies and I thought it was going to be a trend.
The Martian, which was garbage, turned it off halfway through.
And that dumb movie with Sandra Bullock where she sees ghosts. And the other dumb movie with Tim Robbins?
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 15, 2022 08:17 PM (XC+jp)
Then, yesterday, I got a call, 'Hi my name is Jane Doe, and I'm a nurse at Mission Hospital. We were going through Found Belongings here, and I found this jacket with your name on it, is it yours?' Why yes, yes it is, and I have been sorely missing it.
The capper? She lives a block away, and offered to drop it off on her way home. Which she did, and my keys were still in the pocket. I had to suppress the urge to hug her. Thanked her profusely, and explained how that jacket and I had seen some interesting parts of the world. I need to get a gift card for her.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2022 08:19 PM (WAylS)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes at January 15, 2022 08:20 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes at January 15, 2022 08:21 PM (Dc2NZ)
Ready for the snow? Looks like y'all will get a nice dose.
Posted by: golfman
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We'll see. Sis and Bil in N. GA wil get it harder, all of the snow + 35mph gusts.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2022 08:21 PM (WAylS)
*They remade Charade years ago with Thandie Newton and. . . Marky Mark.
A similar category is: hit foreign films that Hollywood remakes. They always ruin them. However, it gives you an excellent view into how Hollywood thinks by what they choose to "fix" / improve. For example, "Mostly Martha," "After the Party," and "The Secret In Their Eyes." BLECH!
Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2022 08:21 PM (URNdm)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 15, 2022 08:22 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: Infidel at January 15, 2022 08:22 PM (qpolg)
Yup, there are movies that should NEVER be remade.
West Side Story. Second Hand Lions. John Wayne's Cavalry Trilogy. Charade. Original Die Hard. Sound of Music. Hell, I even place the original Wizard of Oz in that category.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 15, 2022 08:15 PM
Casablanca
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 15, 2022 08:22 PM (DUIap)
I believe he was actually fortunate to die when he did. He never had to be old, broke, and rejected.
Posted by: Texican ette at January 15, 2022 08:23 PM (6Uow+)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 15, 2022 08:23 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: lowandslow at January 15, 2022 08:23 PM (4thlk)
Posted by: f'd at January 15, 2022 08:23 PM (vrz2I)
MH, great story and so glad it turned out well for you. And I hope you get her a nice gift card!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at January 15, 2022 08:24 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: dartist at January 15, 2022 08:24 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc
That would be sweet of you, but honestly, your sincere smiles and thanks are what we live for.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2022 08:24 PM (U2p+3)
Tiny Falsie and Gill Bates.......(deleted), deleted), (deleted) holes.
Posted by: boynsea at January 15, 2022 08:25 PM (sshap)
Posted by: Darth Randall at January 15, 2022 08:25 PM (dEnD2)
Posted by: JuJuBee at January 15, 2022 08:25 PM (mNhhD)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2022 08:21 PM (WAylS)
Seems you're doing well.
We've come west to Charlotte to help Golfboy move. Hope the ice isn't too bad tomorrow. Would like to get done and get home Monday.
Posted by: golfman at January 15, 2022 08:25 PM (h8g83)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2022 08:21 PM (URNdm)
I don't know about Thandie but Marky Mark is no Cary Grant.
Posted by: Javems at January 15, 2022 08:25 PM (AmoqO)
Posted by: f'd
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It's the model used by Democrats. When there's a 'problem', they jam in a hypodermic of the same stuff that caused the problem in the first place.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2022 08:25 PM (Z/QB3)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2022 08:19 PM (WAylS)
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Fourth good hospital experience in two days.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 15, 2022 08:26 PM (TvHck)
Posted by: dartist at January 15, 2022 08:27 PM (+ya+t)
Got a short tour when kidlet was in the scared straight program back in the day.
200 miles in a school bus. I'm glad I have forgotten so many things.
Posted by: Infidel at January 15, 2022 08:28 PM (qpolg)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
At this rate, you will never get to 'creeper' level, let alone - 'perv'. Remember, being a Moron requires pushing behavior to the limit of propriety.
(Glad your jacket made it home.
) Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2022 08:28 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Braenyard at January 15, 2022 08:29 PM (TvHck)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 15, 2022 08:30 PM (FVME7)
Some of you are old enough to remember this Boy Scouts tv ad with Jimmy Stewart and...a future tranny:
https://youtu.be/PAt_In80zu4?t=51
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales
Jimmy Stewart / Bruce Jenner
Edward K Smith / Billy Dee Williams(?)
Arthur Godfrey / David Hartman
Rich Little / Henry Fonda
Hank Aaron / Jim Lovell
Mark Spitz / Gerald Ford
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) [/s at January 15, 2022 08:30 PM (pNxlR)
30 minutes to the rally. Watching on Newsmax.
Posted by: boynsea at January 15, 2022 08:30 PM (sshap)
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I'm going to find or make a bumper sticker of that.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - CDC releases COVID study proving masks don't do sh1t, literally not even 2% change at January 15, 2022 08:31 PM (5q92e)
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2022 08:32 PM (2JoB8)
Unpopular opinion, I don't care for Mister Roberts. I think it's because I don't much care for Jack Lemmon and can only tolerate Henry Fonda is small doses.
Posted by: lowandslow at January 15, 2022 08:23 PM (4thlk)
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I agree with you. Jack Lemmon always chewed the scenery, I thought. I liked him in The Great Race because chewing the scenery was the only way to play Professor Fate.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 15, 2022 08:32 PM (/U27+)
Surprisingly good movie, actually. I may still be in shock.
Posted by: Sharkman at January 15, 2022 08:32 PM (8gxrg)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes at January 15, 2022 08:33 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Infidel at January 15, 2022 08:33 PM (qpolg)
Posted by: Infidel at January 15, 2022 08:34 PM (qpolg)
Posted by: Sharkman at January 15, 2022 08:32 PM (8gxrg)
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It's kind of a crap shoot with Nic Cage movies. Or maybe Russian Roulette or Box of Chocolates, with some of the chockies being ganache-covered turds.
He's had a good run lately with "Pig", "Mandy", and "The Colour Out of Space".
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes at January 15, 2022 08:35 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Hollywood! at January 15, 2022 08:35 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2022 08:35 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2022 08:24 PM (U2p+3)
nurse, that is indeed the appropriate position for you to take (and I am sure it is a heart-felt position), and I understand it perfectly; however, I see nothing wrong in trying to indicate one's appreciation for any and every one that makes that extra effort.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at January 15, 2022 08:35 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: dartist at January 15, 2022 08:24 PM (+ya+t)
I did basic at Fort Knox in 1965. I grew up in the Army, had one and one half semesters of ROTC at the time. I grew up about 15 miles from Ft Knox and my Dad and the Company First SGT were friends. They made me Platoon Guide, which was trainee platoon leader. I didn't have a hard time exactly, until they shaved our heads at graduation. Really pissed me off, especially as the barber was a good family friend.
Posted by: Javems at January 15, 2022 08:36 PM (AmoqO)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes at January 15, 2022 08:35 PM (Dc2NZ)
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I was underwhelmed by Mandy. And then I watched the director's first film, Beyond the Black Rainbow, and I barely made it through.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 08:36 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Skip
Oliver Darcy
@oliverdarcy
Remarkable how some news outlets just can't get themselves to accurately describe OAN as a right-wing conspiracy channel. Reuters even describes the channel in the outlet's story as a "popular news network." This misleads readers and does a disservice to them.
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Well, not everybody can have the high professional standards of CNN.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 15, 2022 08:36 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2022 08:37 PM (2JoB8)
So, infidel, don't wear orange if you are on foot.
Posted by: boynsea at January 15, 2022 08:37 PM (sshap)
And the other dumb movie with Tim Robbins?
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales
I do not remember the name, but I struggled mightily not to throw something through the screen when Jerry O'Donnell had maybe four dozen M&Ms floating in space is a double helix-like arrangement and he said (no shit) "This is the genetic sequence for my perfect woman."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) [/s at January 15, 2022 08:37 PM (pNxlR)
Casablanca
We can remake it, and make Ilsa Lund transgender!
Posted by: Hollywood! at January 15, 2022 08:35 PM (I2/tG)
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Just don't make Signor Ferrari transgender.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 15, 2022 08:37 PM (/U27+)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) [/s at January 15, 2022 08:37 PM (pNxlR)
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He wanted an amorphous retard.
Don't judge.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 08:38 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2022 08:38 PM (2JoB8)
Lazlo hates the Nazis because they killed all the homosexuals in the SA in the Night of the Long Knoves.
Posted by: Hollywood! at January 15, 2022 08:40 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Zogger at January 15, 2022 08:08 PM (pJSvF)
When you think about, bad remakes and the copyright/public domain argument kinda go together. The great screenwriters and directors are the ones that created good movies, yet only the production company keep the money for decades. And why do production companies get to destroy the works of great screenwriters and directors with their shitty remakes?
Posted by: lowandslow at January 15, 2022 08:40 PM (4thlk)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2022 08:40 PM (URNdm)
I have a Wheeler and Woolsey double feature on order from the library. Not great art by any means, but I like the gags:
"My wife and I would like a quiet dinner."
Waiter, while writing: "No soup."
To the converse, I see videos for some movies that I think shouldn't have been made to start with.
Posted by: Weak Geek at January 15, 2022 08:40 PM (Om/di)
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at January 15, 2022 08:40 PM (nxdel)
Posted by: All Hail Eris
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They are waiting for the wind to die down so his plane can land.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 15, 2022 08:44 PM (TvHck)
Posted by: Mean Tweets at January 15, 2022 08:44 PM (BOJAx)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at January 15, 2022 08:44 PM (eGTCV)
Posted by: Infidel at January 15, 2022 08:44 PM (qpolg)
There is actually a 1979 play called "Bent" (which was made into a film) talking about all the poor oppressed homosexuals in the SA that the Nazis killed.
Takes a lot of gall to treat members of the Sturmabteilung as an oppressed group.
Posted by: Hollywood! at January 15, 2022 08:45 PM (I2/tG)
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Through a few serious experiences in hospital you nurses were the kindest, nicest part of it. You guys don't get enough credit, but you already know that and do the job anyway. Props to nurses!
Posted by: dartist at January 15, 2022 08:45 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: N.L. Urker
I watched "Come and See" in it's entirety this week on YT. Magnificent and horrifying all at the same time.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2022 08:47 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2022 08:47 PM (evAgx)
Best war movie ever made, and I don't ever want to watch it again.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 15, 2022 08:48 PM (I2/tG)
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And the Nazis paid the price. Their concentration camps were not fabulous at all.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 15, 2022 08:48 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes
I liked the first two but turned off Colour halfway through. Didn't like the demononic vibe I was getting.
Posted by: Sharkman at January 15, 2022 08:48 PM (8gxrg)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2022 08:49 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2022 08:47 PM (evAgx)
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My problem with the Wayne version isn't that Wayne doesn't die but that Wayne and his two compatriots are simply too good of people in the beginning. He's a good man who robs a bank and then finds a child instead of a bad man who robs a bank and then finds a child. It's probably the most "Hollywood" of the John Wayne/Ford collaborations that way. A likeable hero whether the story needs it or not.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 08:49 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2022 08:50 PM (todmg)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2022 08:49 PM (axyOa)
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The newer one has some great spectacle. Not much else, but the spectacle is pretty awesome.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 08:50 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2022 08:50 PM (ZMraq)
Posted by: lowandslow at January 15, 2022 08:23 PM (4thlk)
Personally I put Henry Fonda as the most overrated actor in American film history. I find him about as interesting as a piece of driftwood.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2022 08:50 PM (evAgx)
Posted by: lowandslow at January 15, 2022 08:50 PM (4thlk)
Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2022 08:50 PM (mD/uy)
Such as traffic signals that extend "Stop" and "Go" signs instead of using stoplights. A murder case (Ellery Queen short) that was solved because the killer had a wet coat sleeve. He was driving and had to use arm signals because cars then didn't have electric turn signals. J.C. Dithers bashing Dagwood with a typewriter. Workplace violence, anyone? Cops walking beats.
When I see a Harold Lloyd chase scene, I pause the movie to examine the LA storefronts. Real people carried on business there.
I'm easily entertained.
Posted by: Weak Geek at January 15, 2022 08:50 PM (Om/di)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2022 08:50 PM (evAgx)
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What was essentially the double feature, for me, of The Fugitive (1947) and Fort Apache convinced me otherwise.
Guy had chops.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 08:51 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Jimmy Carter at January 15, 2022 08:52 PM (bKdYZ)
Not even close, heh.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2022 08:40 PM (URNdm)
Dyan Cannon & Johnny Carson on her marrying Cary Grant
https://tinyurl.com/2f9kc37n
Posted by: Javems at January 15, 2022 08:53 PM (AmoqO)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 15, 2022 07:38 PM (CAJOC)
ISO 50001 to give to the Morlocks
Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2022 08:53 PM (ZMraq)
Posted by: dartist at January 15, 2022 08:54 PM (+ya+t)
Russia banned The Death of Stalin, just to indicate how things are progressing there.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 15, 2022 08:55 PM (I2/tG)
No one in the medical profession deserves anything but contempt and disdain for their actions over the last two years.
Including myself. I caved. I got the jab to keep my job. I'm not out there raising hell about what I see vs what's reported. I'm keeping my head down and trying to get through it all.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2022 08:55 PM (U2p+3)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 08:50 PM (LvTSG)
I agree.
Had high hopes for it. But jeez did it fail. Way too much time spent on the whiny kid. Not nearly enough with the scientist. I thought Reeves was perfect for the role. And Jennifer Connelly. Sigh.
But...
Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2022 08:55 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: Braenyard at January 15, 2022 08:55 PM (TvHck)
The wizard of oz?
Gone with the wind?
For me, it's the Hustler. Paul Newman at his finest.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 15, 2022 08:55 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 15, 2022 08:56 PM (I2/tG)
Expandable? As in, ready-made for sequels? Like the Marvel movie universe?
Heh.
It's okay. I had my auto-de-cucumberer running.
Posted by: mindful webworker - picking nits and fricking nuts at January 15, 2022 08:56 PM (9gQxM)
The wizard of oz?
Gone with the wind?
For me, it's the Hustler. Paul Newman at his finest.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 15, 2022 08:55 PM (4fSQf)
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So many silent films I love. I mean, The Hustler is awesome, but great movies were getting it done for decades before that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 08:57 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2022 08:57 PM (2JoB8)
Jimmy Stewart / Bruce Jenner
Edward K Smith / Billy Dee Williams(?)
Arthur Godfrey / David Hartman
Rich Little / Henry Fonda
Hank Aaron / Jim Lovell
Mark Spitz / Gerald Ford
Posted by: Krebs
Paul Winfield, I think.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 15, 2022 08:57 PM (3Iwtu)
Posted by: lowandslow at January 15, 2022 08:58 PM (4thlk)
Posted by: nurse ratched
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You proved it. You're a human.
Most everyone in the medical profession are humans.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 15, 2022 08:58 PM (TvHck)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 15, 2022 08:55 PM (4fSQf)
After The Thin Man. There are too few movies that portray a deliriously happy marriage.
Posted by: Splunge at January 15, 2022 08:58 PM (PQ4Fz)
Richard Widmark.
I kind of hate him, and Ford gave him leads in two of his later movies.
The guy was a block of wood in a perpetual scowl.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 08:58 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 08:57 PM (LvTSG)
Well sure. And I've seen a lot of them. But I'm curious which is your oldest, favorite?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 15, 2022 08:58 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2022 08:59 PM (todmg)
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2022 08:59 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 15, 2022 08:58 PM (4fSQf)
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Well, the greatest movie ever made is The Passion of Joan of Arc.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 08:59 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Just Wondering at January 15, 2022 08:59 PM (jYQlA)
Jules bought me a nice cane for Valentines, I managed not to lose it till Sept. Got better and forgot it somewhere, dang it.
Posted by: Farmer at January 15, 2022 08:59 PM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2022 09:00 PM (todmg)
20 years is long enough for any hypothetical, unborn, orphaned child to be raised into adulthood on the proceeds of your masterworks after you pass.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2022 09:00 PM (ZMraq)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 08:59 PM (LvTSG)
Is that your favorite?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 15, 2022 09:00 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 15, 2022 09:00 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2022 09:00 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 08:59 PM (LvTSG)
Is that your favorite?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 15, 2022 09:00 PM (4fSQf)
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Quoting Martin Scorsese, "They are legion."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:01 PM (LvTSG)
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As a patient I don't give a shit about all that. I care about how you treat me. Maybe you forgot how much good you put on sick people. Biggest impressions in hospitals are from nurses. Keep taking care of people and bring the politics here.
Posted by: dartist at January 15, 2022 09:01 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 15, 2022 09:00 PM (4fSQf)
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Quoting Martin Scorsese, "They are legion."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:01 PM (LvTSG)
Ever seen the movie A Straight Answer?
Lol
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 15, 2022 09:02 PM (4fSQf)
Gone with the wind?
For me, it's the Hustler. Paul Newman at his finest.
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That Pitch Meeting guy ought to do some classics.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 15, 2022 09:02 PM (FVME7)
The wizard of oz?
Gone with the wind?
For me, it's the Hustler. Paul Newman at his finest.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 15, 2022 08:55 PM (4fSQf)
Cinderella.
Posted by: Javems at January 15, 2022 09:02 PM (AmoqO)
I could understand a longer copyright term for an individual but not a corporation, and certainly not eternity minus a day like now.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 15, 2022 09:02 PM (/U27+)
Anywho...
So am I the only one that supports a lifetime copyright? Lifetime or, for example, 40 years, whichever is longer. Yes, for posterity.
Posted by: Robert at January 15, 2022 09:02 PM (zYVay)
Now, I do own a Blu-ray copy of this
Color me shocked.
Posted by: Splunge at January 15, 2022 09:02 PM (PQ4Fz)
Anyone here a fan of Terry Thomas?
The ol' Brit actor? He was in some funny movies, all of which I cannot remember...
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 15, 2022 09:02 PM (3Iwtu)
I find him about as interesting as a piece of driftwood.
Posted by: Tom Servo
He was perfectly awful in "On Golden Pond". Hepburn was, too. But, hey, toss an Academy Award for Best Actor his way for the role because he's at death's door!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) [/s at January 15, 2022 09:03 PM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Braenyard at January 15, 2022 09:04 PM (TvHck)
https://youtu.be/ECUxBJonR30
Umm- Strongest Language Warning.
Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2022 09:04 PM (W66RU)
Posted by: Splunge at January 15, 2022 09:02 PM (PQ4Fz)
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My collection is up to 1,223 movies. The earliest is The Birth of a Nation. The latest is The Last Duel.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:04 PM (LvTSG)
The ol' Brit actor? He was in some funny movies, all of which I cannot remember...
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 15, 2022 09:02 PM (3Iwtu)
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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 15, 2022 09:05 PM (/U27+)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 08:59 PM (LvTSG)
I do pretty much agree with you - but if I have to pick my favorite silent movie, it's the one you've got a picture of under "The Future" - Metropolis. Right at the start, it set the tone for the Sci Fi genre that was still to come.
I say that the entire "Mad Scientist" archetype in film starts with Rotwang. (in literature it starts with Victor Frankenstein, of course)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2022 09:05 PM (evAgx)
Posted by: Braenyard at January 15, 2022 09:05 PM (TvHck)
Posted by: lowandslow at January 15, 2022 09:05 PM (4thlk)
I say that the entire "Mad Scientist" archetype in film starts with Rotwang. (in literature it starts with Victor Frankenstein, of course)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2022 09:05 PM (evAgx)
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I've been going back and forth about what director I'd go through next. Lang was very much in the running. I've settled on a quick run of Mel Brooks followed by Kurosawa, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:06 PM (LvTSG)
Someone up yonder mentioned The Great Race, which reminded me of It's A Mad Mad Mad...World, which had Terry Thomas.
https://youtu.be/ZvAG5Zeuwgs
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 15, 2022 09:06 PM (3Iwtu)
Posted by: lowandslow at January 15, 2022 09:05 PM (4thlk)
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I'm hoping that nothing happens for the next 2 years, first and foremost.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:06 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 15, 2022 09:06 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: CppThis at January 15, 2022 09:06 PM (UewuT)
Posted by: dartist at January 15, 2022 09:07 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2022 09:07 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: lowandslow at January 15, 2022 09:05 PM (4thlk)
We'll see, won't we?
Posted by: Mickey Mouse's Law Team at January 15, 2022 09:07 PM (PQ4Fz)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:04 PM (LvTSG)
Is the "Last Dual" watchable? I have an gentleman's crush on Jodie Cormer.
Posted by: Javems at January 15, 2022 09:08 PM (AmoqO)
Richard Widmark.
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He got his start pushing an old wheelchair bound woman down the stairs.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9DkySy18p0U
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 15, 2022 09:08 PM (FVME7)
Paul Winfield, I think.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales
That was my other choice, but I could not conjure up his name.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) [/s at January 15, 2022 09:08 PM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Mickey Mouse's Law Team at January 15, 2022 09:07 PM (PQ4Fz)
I stand corrected.
Posted by: lowandslow at January 15, 2022 09:08 PM (4thlk)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 15, 2022 09:02 PM (/U27+)
I think this is a major sticking point for people and they probably don't realize it. Corporations can live in perpetuity, living breathing humans can't. So corporations in that regard need to be treated differently. So I think a 40 or 50 year limit would be fairly "lifetime-y".
Posted by: Robert at January 15, 2022 09:08 PM (GkpG6)
nurse, you were backed into a corner in a survival situation. I think no one here has a problem with your personal decision.
I reserve my hatred for the power-hungry corrupt Faucis of the medical establishment.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at January 15, 2022 09:09 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Coki at January 15, 2022 09:09 PM (etIVw)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2022 08:59 PM (todmg)
Nah, we all got washed to Arizona.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 15, 2022 09:10 PM (oHd/0)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 15, 2022 09:10 PM (3q554)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:04 PM (LvTSG)
Whoa. Any advice about storage? My fashionista sister-in-law is trying to get me to store my CDs and DVDs in little rectangular baskets, and I'm considering it.
Posted by: Splunge at January 15, 2022 09:10 PM (PQ4Fz)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2022 08:55 PM
I bent the knee too and hate myself for it. Also pretty sure taking the jab is why omnicromni kicked my ass to the point of going to the ER.
You're not alone and I appreciated your kind words and advice about hydration post vax when I solicited all recommendations for surviving the jab from the Horde.
Of particular note from my recent ER visit, my wonderful nurse with twenty years experience ALSO was forced into taking the jab. Her and I had a rollicking forty minutes of conversation at 2am about this entire shit show once we both realized neither of us bought into the establishment's narrative about the Rona.
Posted by: ravenmother at January 15, 2022 09:11 PM (pTdRU)
Terry Thomas,
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That gap in his teeth always bugged me.
Posted by: dartist
"Not a fan of me, either?" sobbed Stace.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) [/s at January 15, 2022 09:11 PM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 15, 2022 09:11 PM (3q554)
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2022 09:11 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Javems at January 15, 2022 09:08 PM (AmoqO)
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Well, I own it, so my opinion is that it's very good. I see my collection as a curated set of films for my family and friends. There are a handful of films in there I probably could get rid of (my opinion of A Beautiful Mind has decreased dramatically over the years).
In terms of The Last Duel, it would have a more solid argument for greatness if it hadn't made a single choice in terms of a single intertitle. It's a hard film, though. Three perspectives of a rape. I mean...it's the kind of movie that no one should have spent $100 million on.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:11 PM (LvTSG)
The Land That Time Forgot was a favorite.
Original King Kong and the remake
All the Godzilla movies
I had a thing for mammoth creatures.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 15, 2022 09:11 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:04 PM (LvTSG)
Do you have your collection on one of those cataloging sites like Blu-ray.com? I'd love to skim thru it.
Posted by: Robert at January 15, 2022 09:11 PM (lt+NC)
Yeah, you're right. I need to get something for her.
Posted by: Ann Wilson, aka Empire 1 at January 15, 2022 09:11 PM (JJatH)
Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2022 09:12 PM (W66RU)
They look turrrible.
Posted by: Just Wondering at January 15, 2022 09:12 PM (jYQlA)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:04 PM (LvTSG)
Whoa. Any advice about storage? My fashionista sister-in-law is trying to get me to store my CDs and DVDs in little rectangular baskets, and I'm considering it.
Posted by: Splunge at January 15, 2022 09:10 PM (PQ4Fz)
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We have a media room, which is essentially a fourth bedroom. In the media room is a shallow closet in which I built some shelves (I learned from the best). And...I'm beginning to run out of room.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:13 PM (LvTSG)
Mr. Roberts was a perfect movie.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 15, 2022 09:11 PM (3q554)
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The book was great, the movie was all right.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 15, 2022 09:13 PM (/U27+)
Like that fake meat burger from Burger King, the initial taste isn't bad at all, but the aftertaste was bitter and weird.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes at January 15, 2022 09:13 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:04 PM (LvTSG)
Do you have your collection on one of those cataloging sites like Blu-ray.com? I'd love to skim thru it.
Posted by: Robert at January 15, 2022 09:11 PM (lt+NC)
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I do.
https://tinyurl.com/2wpkxxa4
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:14 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2022 09:14 PM (U2p+3)
Posted by: Braenyard at January 15, 2022 09:14 PM (TvHck)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at January 15, 2022 09:14 PM (eGTCV)
Y'all are going to laugh, but i still love "Fantasia."
Yes. Disney.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2022 09:14 PM (U2p+3)
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Fantasia is awesome.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:14 PM (LvTSG)
Y'all are going to laugh, but i still love "Fantasia."
Yes. Disney.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2022 09:14 PM (U2p+3)
Sure. An incredible feat of movie making at the time.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 15, 2022 09:14 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:11 PM (LvTSG)
So it sounds basically like Rashomon.
Posted by: Robert at January 15, 2022 09:15 PM (yucqK)
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That's science!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 15, 2022 09:15 PM (FVME7)
I want to live in the groovy Olympus of the "Pastorale" sequence.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes at January 15, 2022 09:15 PM (Dc2NZ)
The ol' Brit actor? He was in some funny movies, all of which I cannot remember...
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 15, 2022 09:02 PM (3Iwtu)
I always enjoy Terry Thomas and his big gapped teeth! Some of his funniest films are his obscure (to Americans) movies made just for the Brit market.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2022 09:15 PM (evAgx)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes at January 15, 2022 09:16 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes
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It's a chemical confection.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 15, 2022 09:16 PM (TvHck)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:11 PM (LvTSG)
So it sounds basically like Rashomon.
Posted by: Robert at January 15, 2022 09:15 PM (yucqK)
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Rashomon has gotten referenced a lot about the film ever since it was announced. The book is, apparently, more ambiguous than the film while following a similar structure.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:16 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: dartist at January 15, 2022 09:16 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2022 09:16 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Braenyard at January 15, 2022 09:16 PM (TvHck)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 15, 2022 09:16 PM (3q554)
Posted by: No thanks at January 15, 2022 09:16 PM (jYQlA)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes at January 15, 2022 09:16 PM (Dc2NZ)
Yep, I love Terry-Thomas.
Saw two flicks recently in which he had roles. "Carlton-Brown of the F.O." and "I'm All Right Jack."
Saw both for the first time decades ago. Decided to revisit memories.
Of the two, select "Jack."
Posted by: Weak Geek at January 15, 2022 09:17 PM (Om/di)
Saw it as a kid. Watched it with my kids. Watched it with my grandkids.
I still like it.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2022 09:17 PM (axyOa)
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And when the kids get the sniffles they have to get the COVID test until they ping a positive result.
It's all on purpose.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - CDC releases COVID study proving masks don't do sh1t, literally not even 2% change at January 15, 2022 09:17 PM (5q92e)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- bitterly clinging to the deplorable life '70s style! at January 15, 2022 09:17 PM (N86eO)
Saw it as a kid. Watched it with my kids. Watched it with my grandkids.
I still like it.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2022 09:17 PM (axyOa)
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Pollyanna is a wonderful little movie. One of the better live action Disney films from that era.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:17 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:11 PM (LvTSG)
Yeah, I can see how it might be hard to watch. Think I'll wait to see Jodie in the new "Killing Eve" season.
Posted by: Javems at January 15, 2022 09:17 PM (AmoqO)
Speaking of German Expressionism...
The Coen Bros broke up, and one of them...I don't know maybe Gummo? Anyway I watched Gummo Coen's version of Shakespeare's "Macbeth', titled,
"The tragedy of Macbeth" this week.
Basically, it was a "Greatest Hitss of Macbeth" version. Cut down almost in half.
And filmed as a sort of mash-up between German Expressionism and the classic Universal Monster movies, with a bit of the "The Ring" and "The Grudge" thrown in there for the witch(es).
I liked it but didn't love it. Here's why: for the most part the actors were great, except, except, except for ,surprisingly, Denzel Washington, who's usually great. However, he didn't seem to have a clue how to play the middle part of "Macbeth". He seemed like a cranky toddler who needed his nap. Between the opening, where Denzel was fine, to the end where Macbeth says "Lay on
As far as the Black Stunt Casting goes...it's a distraction. Sorry, there were no Black people running around medieval Scotland. (con't)
Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2022 09:17 PM (5NkmN)
Still is, after 82 years. No shortcuts, beautiful artwork. Oops, my President is entering...
Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2022 09:17 PM (PPQdm)
Posted by: dartist at January 15, 2022 09:18 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2022 09:18 PM (l6b3d)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 15, 2022 09:18 PM (7bRMQ)
NFL sucks.
However, when the Patriots last played the Bills, the Pats destroyed the Bills with their running game and only passed the ball 3 times. It was an embarrassing defeat for Buffalo.
Tonight, the Bills are getting their revenge.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 15, 2022 09:19 PM (3Iwtu)
Goodnight horde
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2022 09:19 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 15, 2022 09:18 PM (7bRMQ
Nosferatu?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 15, 2022 09:19 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 15, 2022 09:13 PM (/U27+)
The mistake is you read the book. As discussed many times here it's very rare that a movie is better than the book.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 15, 2022 09:19 PM (3q554)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes at January 15, 2022 09:19 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Robert at January 15, 2022 09:15 PM (yucqK)
Rashomon is on my personal Top 10 All time list; *BUT* partly that's because *no* *one* had ever thought of telling different versions of the same story in flashbacks before Kurosawa did it. On first viewing it looks like its impossible to know what actually happened; but I've seen it several times and now I believe Kurosawa hid quite a few clues that lead you to being able to figure out what really transpired.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2022 09:19 PM (evAgx)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes at January 15, 2022 09:19 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 15, 2022 09:21 PM (3q554)
https://tinyurl.com/2wpkxxa4
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:14 PM (LvTSG)
Sweeeeeeet!!!
I used to have my entire collection on FilmAF.com until it went tits up. So what I have on Blu-ray.com is a partial list only because I still have most of my collection in packing boxes.
https://tinyurl.com/mwcwjubc
Posted by: Robert at January 15, 2022 09:21 PM (kcoj3)
Even though this about movies, copyright in general is abused extensively.
For instance, the copyright holder of The Eagles Music library will scour YouTube and take down any and all covers of their songs, you pretty much can't even hum one of their songs without getting a copyright strike.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2022 09:21 PM (yWHW9)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at January 15, 2022 09:21 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:17 PM (LvTSG)
To this day the family knows I'm annoyed when I say: Death comes unexpectedly!
Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2022 09:22 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 15, 2022 09:21 PM (3q554
Thank God they had a cat with them.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 15, 2022 09:22 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes
Biden drops bullshit all the time.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 15, 2022 09:24 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at January 15, 2022 09:24 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: klaftern at January 15, 2022 09:24 PM (taPSh)
I liked that Swedish? 1930s movie about the witches who would all fly to meet Satan in the woods, party down and then kiss his ass as a show of loyalty to his satanic ways and means.
Blueprint for the democrat party.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 15, 2022 09:24 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2022 09:24 PM (U2p+3)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes at January 15, 2022 09:25 PM (Dc2NZ)
I liked that Swedish? 1930s movie about the witches who would all fly to meet Satan in the woods, party down and then kiss his ass as a show of loyalty to his satanic ways and means.
Blueprint for the democrat party.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 15, 2022 09:24 PM (R/m4+)
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Are you thinking of Haxan?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:25 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: dartist at January 15, 2022 09:25 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: AlaBAMA
The cat was the brains of the operation.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2022 09:24 PM (U2p+3
Sage
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 15, 2022 09:25 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: pawn at January 15, 2022 09:25 PM (Cfk8j)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 15, 2022 09:22 PM (4fS
Hah! The scene of the young dog and the cat coming over the hill but not the old dog and then the slow reveal of him limping his way home still gets me today.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 15, 2022 09:25 PM (3q554)
Posted by: CppThis
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Having experienced *hours* giving depositions in patent litigation, it ain't fun, necessarily. It does give one a chance to play with the lawyer's psyches.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2022 09:26 PM (Z/QB3)
Like that fake meat burger from Burger King, the initial taste isn't bad at all, but the aftertaste was bitter and weird.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes at January 15, 2022 09:13 PM (Dc2NZ)
I hope those were the plant-based fake meat and not bug-based fake meat.
Bugs are for chickens!!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2022 09:26 PM (llON8)
It would be like Jack Nicholson playing Kunta Kinte in "Roots". ("I want you to hold the whip between your knees.") Could he do a good job? Yes. would it be stupid? yes. Same, same.
It's a needless distraction that takes you out of the play/story. Suspension of disbelief, remember?
Anywho, make a Black version of "Macbeth" set in Wakanda or Idi Amin's Uganda. All of the would work just fine. Esp as Idi called himself "The Last King of Scotland"
Check out "Throne of Blood" for the right way to culturally appropriate Western Canon.
In summary, I like "The Tragedy of Macbeth". Liked the Universal-style horrification of the play. (Though Roman Polanski's horror version is far superior). But, didn't love it do to Denzel Washington's "Donut Portrayal"(hole in the middle, Reddit?) of Macbeth.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2022 09:26 PM (5NkmN)
Even though this about movies, copyright in general is abused extensively.
For instance, the copyright holder of The Eagles Music library will scour YouTube and take down any and all covers of their songs, you pretty much can't even hum one of their songs without getting a copyright strike.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2022 09:21 PM (yWHW9)
That's a valid point...my own interest in PD is more about transformative works than simply distributing them. I think if we went down that path it would also need to be coupled with a bit more effort on the part of the rights-holder to define themselves and their intentions.
To use a very well known video game example, half the planet wants a continuation of the No One Lives Forever franchise but there's 3-4 entertainment companies that all claim to have enough IP rights to sue anyone else who dares make a sequel, but not enough rights to make the said sequel themselves. Public domain really needs to be able to handle these legal no man's land situations.
Posted by: CppThis at January 15, 2022 09:27 PM (UewuT)
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Around here those jobs were connected to the syndicate, no idea why.
Posted by: dartist at January 15, 2022 09:27 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: Eromero at January 15, 2022 09:27 PM (0OP+5)
Posted by: Darth Randall at January 15, 2022 08:25 PM (dEnD2)
I'm not a copyright lawyer, but I believe the merchandise stuff is covered by trademark, not copyright, meaning that while the "Steamboat Willie" cartoon would no longer be protected, Disney would still own the trademark on the Mickey Mouse character and could prevent anyone else from selling Mickey merc. As far as I know, trademarks last forever, as long as they are being used, and some effort is made to protect them, meaning suing anyone who tries to infringe.
Posted by: a.moron at January 15, 2022 09:27 PM (F6Xpw)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes at January 15, 2022 09:25 PM (Dc2NZ)
Yes! Haxen was funny and dark and just a wild ride and Swedish.
Thanks All Hail Eris!
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 15, 2022 09:28 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2022 09:30 PM (5NkmN)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 15, 2022 09:30 PM (3q554)
Posted by: a.moron at January 15, 2022 09:27 PM (F6Xpw)
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I don't think that's quite right. Disney uses their copyright over Mickey to give themselves license to manufacture merchandise.
The issues that will develop it and when Steamboat Willie enters the public domain is that it won't be "Mickey Mouse" that enters the public domain. That which we know of as Mickey Mouse is not actually Steamboat Willie. The most obvious element is the gloves. In two years, you can profit off of an image of Steamboat Willie, but if you add gloves it's tied to another copyright and Disney will sue you.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:30 PM (LvTSG)
Shershaah is the story of a a young infantry officer who became a highly decorated national hero for his actions in the Kargil War in 1999.
Kesari is a fictionalized story of a real-life 1897 stand by 21 Sikh soldiers in a frontier fort, against thousands of Pathan Muslim invaders. A well-known battle in India.
Posted by: Gref at January 15, 2022 09:31 PM (AMIL/)
RSBNetwork.com. I'm watching rsbn on Rumble on someone's Twitch channel. I think they're on youtube, too.
Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2022 09:31 PM (OMKK+)
Posted by: Jackal at January 15, 2022 09:31 PM (prpUn)
Posted by: dartist at January 15, 2022 09:25 PM (+ya+t)
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Most gorgeous governor ever.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 15, 2022 09:31 PM (TvHck)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:25 PM (LvTSG)
Yup.....that's it.
Thanks TheJamesMadison!
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 15, 2022 09:31 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2022 09:31 PM (OMKK+)
Thanks
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at January 15, 2022 09:32 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Braenyard at January 15, 2022 09:32 PM (TvHck)
As some kind of payback because they hate Rowling.
Makes me laugh because they will dump hundreds of millions of dollars down the toilet and no one will go see it.
I say let them.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 15, 2022 09:33 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: Braenyard at January 15, 2022 09:33 PM (TvHck)
Copyright enforcement is just ez $$ guilty-until-proven-innocent corproratist fuckery.
Posted by: CppThis at January 15, 2022 09:34 PM (UewuT)
Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2022 09:34 PM (OMKK+)
It's as uninteresting the second time as the first.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:34 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Infidel at January 15, 2022 09:35 PM (qpolg)
Saw both for the first time decades ago. Decided to revisit memories.
Of the two, select "Jack."
Posted by: Weak Geek
I'm looking for "I'm Alright Jack" now. I'll find it somewheres.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 15, 2022 09:36 PM (3Iwtu)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes at January 15, 2022 09:36 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: dartist at January 15, 2022 09:25 PM (+ya+t)
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Most gorgeous governor ever.
Posted by: Braenyard
She's got kinda a Suzanne Pleshette thing going on.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 15, 2022 09:36 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 15, 2022 09:37 PM (4fSQf)
"num yum" scene from I'm Alright Jack.
Looks like a delightful movie.
https://youtu.be/UJz4-CL394k
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 15, 2022 09:37 PM (3Iwtu)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2022 09:40 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Infidel at January 15, 2022 09:35 PM (qpolg)
Silent generation. My dad was born in '34, and he passed 2 years ago. My mom was born in '37, and she still goes out and plays pickleball with her younger friends (they're only in their 60's) a couple times a week.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2022 09:40 PM (evAgx)
Posted by: dartist at January 15, 2022 09:41 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 15, 2022 09:41 PM (3Iwtu)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 15, 2022 09:16 PM (3q554)
"Undercover Brother" for me. It's a very silly movie, but entertaining. I don't know if it was a financial bomb or not.
Posted by: a.moron at January 15, 2022 09:41 PM (F6Xpw)
The middle part of the "Macbeth" review disappeared .
Suposed to say:
I liked it but didn't love it. Here's why: for the most part the actors were great, except, except, except for ,surprisingly, Denzel Washington, who's usually great. However, he didn't seem to have a clue how to play the middle part of "Macbeth". He seemed like a cranky toddler who needed his nap. Between the opening, where Denzel was fine, to the end where Macbeth says "Lay on, Macduff." Macbeth just floundered as a character. Not engrossing at all.
However, when we got to the "Lay on, Macduff." part. I actually thought, "Finally, Macbeth arrives." That last part was fabulous.
Welp, I guess I screwed that up royally someho0w.
*sigh*
*kicks rock*
Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2022 09:41 PM (5NkmN)
Posted by: Infidel at January 15, 2022 09:42 PM (qpolg)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2022 09:40 PM (4I/2K)
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The Dawn Patrol is a remake of a Howard Hawks film of the same name. I haven't seen the remake with Flynn, but the original is great, absolutely great.
I'd highly recommend checking it out.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:42 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at January 15, 2022 09:43 PM (hOUT3)
This is why most of their armies suddenly got new fake-Latin names in the mid 2010s: they got LOLGFed bigly in court and couldn't stand not having everything trademarked to the hilt.
Posted by: CppThis at January 15, 2022 09:44 PM (UewuT)
Posted by: Braenyard at January 15, 2022 09:44 PM (TvHck)
The Big Bird Cage with Pam Grier.
really any Pam Grier from the 70's.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2022 09:44 PM (evAgx)
Posted by: Infidel at January 15, 2022 09:45 PM (qpolg)
"The Public Enemy," 1931, starring James Cagney. The movie with Cagney squashing a half-grapefruit into his girlfriend's face at breakfast. Cagney is a tough-as-nails gangster.
Posted by: Gref at January 15, 2022 09:45 PM (AMIL/)
"The Public Enemy," 1931, starring James Cagney. The movie with Cagney squashing a half-grapefruit into his girlfriend's face at breakfast. Cagney is a tough-as-nails gangster.
Posted by: Gref at January 15, 2022 09:45 PM (AMIL/)
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Cagney's public image is of a gangster, but I see him as a comedian first and foremost.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:46 PM (LvTSG)
It's as uninteresting the second time as the first.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:34 PM (LvTSG)
You're...a...good...Husband. May I suggest lots of bourbon.
What a lousy movie. The Washnwear Bros made one, well, okay two good movies "Matrix" and "Bound".
I don't see how they get funding. Everything else is a pile.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2022 09:46 PM (5NkmN)
Posted by: dartist at January 15, 2022 09:46 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: Braenyard at January 15, 2022 09:46 PM (TvHck)
Posted by: Infidel at January 15, 2022 09:45 PM (qpolg)
Yes I am enjoying every minute of this!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at January 15, 2022 09:46 PM (hOUT3)
I'd highly recommend checking it out.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:42 PM (LvTSG)
IMDB quick search shows about a half dozen movies with that title, all the way up to 2019. The earliest is 1930 with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr and Neil Hamilton. That's the Howard Hawks directed one.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2022 09:46 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2022 09:46 PM (5NkmN)
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After Jupiter Ascending they should never have been given money for a movie ever again. And then one of them could only ever get funding for one thing, a Matrix sequel.
There's a reason for that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:48 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: lowandslow at January 15, 2022 09:48 PM (4thlk)
Posted by: lowandslow at January 15, 2022 09:48 PM (4thlk)
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Citizen Kane is great.
I also wish the Sight and Sound poll would go fuck itself because it has turned at least two generations of film goers against Citizen Kane by keeping it number 1 for 50 years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:49 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes at January 15, 2022 09:51 PM (Dc2NZ)
I also liked The Blue Max.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2022 09:51 PM (axyOa)
I hate being so cynical.
Posted by: Infidel at January 15, 2022 09:51 PM (qpolg)
That is some kind of awesome.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2022 09:51 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 15, 2022 09:52 PM (3YVs3)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 15, 2022 09:52 PM (Vxu+H)
That is some kind of awesome.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2022 09:51 PM (4I/2K)
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Hawks never flew in combat. He was a flight instructor for combat pilots, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:52 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Braenyard at January 15, 2022 09:52 PM (TvHck)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2022 09:53 PM (evAgx)
Another great one. I know we've talked Orson Welles to death, but the guy knew how to tell a great story in his films.
Posted by: lowandslow at January 15, 2022 09:53 PM (4thlk)
Posted by: CppThis at January 15, 2022 09:53 PM (UewuT)
Posted by: Robert at January 15, 2022 09:54 PM (ni7+1)
Posted by: Been Lurking, but clearly been posting too at January 15, 2022 09:54 PM (smVBh)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 15, 2022 09:52 PM (3YVs3)
That could be. I haven't seen it for a long time time.
It wouldn't surprise me though. It's impossible to underestimate the Wachowskis talent-wise.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2022 09:54 PM (5NkmN)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 15, 2022 09:54 PM (3YVs3)
Posted by: Infidel at January 15, 2022 09:55 PM (qpolg)
I borrowed my copy through the MOBIUS (Missouri and adjoining states) lending system. Same way I'm getting the Wheeler and Woolsey set.
I love MOBIUS. It's helped me save a ton of money.
Posted by: Weak Geek at January 15, 2022 09:55 PM (Om/di)
Cagney's public image is of a gangster, but I see him as a comedian first and foremost.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:46 PM (LvTSG)
Agreed. He did a terrific job playing bad guys, though, In "White Heat" he's terrific playing a sadistic criminal.
Posted by: Gref at January 15, 2022 09:55 PM (AMIL/)
TJM *doesn't* have Prometheus in his collection.
Posted by: Robert at January 15, 2022 09:54 PM (ni7+1)
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I do. It's the 3D Blu-ray. Should be on this page if the link works right.
https://tinyurl.com/yuj3vt55
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:55 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: CppThis at January 15, 2022 09:44 PM (UewuT)
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They still do that shit to their critics. They threatened to sue Arch Warhammer, a 40K and Fantasy lore YTer. He basically renamed his channel because he wasn't getting any support from the rest of the community (because he has a very edgy sense of humor and is on the right). He warned the rest of the community GW would come for them too, and they did. Astartes is dead, so is Text to Speech
Posted by: Jackal at January 15, 2022 09:55 PM (prpUn)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 15, 2022 09:54 PM (3YVs3)
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Xanadu can be a rapper's crib.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes at January 15, 2022 09:55 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2022 09:56 PM (llON8)
Posted by: Been Lurking, but clearly been posting too at January 15, 2022 09:54 PM (smVBh)
For the whole 5 minutes he was in it? Now who was great in that movie was Edward G. Robinson - his swan song.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2022 09:56 PM (evAgx)
Posted by: Infidel at January 15, 2022 09:56 PM (qpolg)
Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2022 09:56 PM (5NkmN)
Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2022 09:59 PM (5NkmN)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 07:51 PM
Works for me.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at January 15, 2022 09:59 PM (ezpv1)
Posted by: lowandslow at January 15, 2022 09:59 PM (4thlk)
Posted by: lowandslow at January 15, 2022 09:59 PM (4thlk)
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Thank you.
3 weeks from tonight is my big John Ford thread.
Come prepared.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 10:00 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Tim Riggins at January 15, 2022 10:01 PM (ZZK0E)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 15, 2022 10:01 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: lowandslow at January 15, 2022 10:01 PM (4thlk)
Posted by: Tim Riggins at January 15, 2022 10:01 PM (ZZK0E)
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I just...did not like it. My reasons are clickable up above, but...I could not get into it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 10:01 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 07:51 PM
Works for me.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at January 15, 2022 09:59 PM (ezpv1)
I'd say lifetime of the author plus..oh, say, 20 years.
That gives the kiddos some inheritance. Then after that it's a free for all.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2022 10:02 PM (5NkmN)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 15, 2022 10:02 PM (3YVs3)
Posted by: Tim Riggins at January 15, 2022 10:02 PM (ZZK0E)
https://tinyurl.com/yuj3vt55
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 15, 2022 09:55 PM (LvTSG)
So weird. It doesn't come up under list view but it does on the grid view.
Blu-ray.com was always off, I guess. FilmAF.com was the shit.
Posted by: Robert at January 15, 2022 10:03 PM (lt+NC)
Posted by: Tim Riggins at January 15, 2022 10:04 PM (ZZK0E)
Posted by: a.moron at January 15, 2022 09:41 PM (F6Xpw)
I've heard more than a few people say they enjoyed it.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 15, 2022 10:05 PM (3q554)
'Cagney's public image is of a gangster, but I see him as a comedian first and foremost.'
I found him a pretty funny villain in Mr. Roberts.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 15, 2022 10:12 PM (roH4R)
The ol' Brit actor? He was in some funny movies, all of which I cannot remember...
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 15, 2022 09:02
Indeed, he was funny, remember he was gap toothed. Very uny, like his wit.
Posted by: Farmer at January 15, 2022 10:27 PM (55Qr6)
Posted by: a.moron at January 15, 2022 09:41 PM (F6Xpw)
I've heard more than a few people say they enjoyed it.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 15, 2022 10:05 PM (3q554)
It's a great movie. Better than Austin Powers, IMO.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 15, 2022 10:45 PM (mdjgu)
When you're right, you're right.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2022 02:48 AM (4odx6)
I think people object because of the way it's used by massive corporations who create nothing.
We should always be mindful that the first person they try to crush are the writers and artists who do all the work make their businesses what they are.
The truth is that you get paid peanuts for doing all the heavy lifting, particularly compared to people who sit in plush offices and 'green light' things.
My preferred fix is for copyright and therefore, profit, to always reside with the creator at no less than 51% with the creator able to take his creation elsewhere after a fixed amount of time.
I think it would force these businesses to really engage and foster artists, pay decent money for the properties they abuse and rebalance the industry in favour of the people who really matter. It would also force these Corporations to provide content their audiences actually want.
Posted by: stv at January 16, 2022 07:06 AM (60lnD)
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