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Evening Open Thread: And, Movies You Expected to be Awful, Which Were Actually Pretty Good
I just saw 2004's The Alamo, with Patrick Wilson (Lt. Col. Buck Travis), Jason Patric (Jim Bowie), Billy Bob Thornton (Davey -- um, David -- Crockett), and Dennis Quaid (Sam Houston).
Plus a sneering Mexican Dracula as Santa Anna. The actor's good -- I mean, he really makes you dislike Santa Anna, despite the fact Santa Anna doesn't do anything particularly villainous until near the end. Not bad! It's too bad history let the movie down by having Bowie disappear halfway through the siege, bedridden due to his tuberculosis. Bowie's kind of this movie's Doc Holliday, a dangerous presence, but a dying one. When he gets sick, he takes a lot of the movie's interest with him. Jason Patric is good in the role. A pretty good movie. Not great but good. The battle scenes are a bit cheap and repetitive and unimaginative; also, there's not many of them. There is one interesting shot of dead bodies, blown by cannon-blast, hanging in the twisted black claws of a mesquite tree. Almost a sort of Biblical image, or maybe a Grail Quest image. Billy Bob Thornton is an unexpected choice for Crockett, playing him as a kind of frontier hippie, but it's an interesting portrayal.Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Hank Hill at February 15, 2016 06:37 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: Trump Taj Mahal at February 15, 2016 06:39 PM (6WoS1)
Or something.
Posted by: ChocoCheese at February 15, 2016 06:39 PM (OvUux)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 06:40 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: irright at February 15, 2016 06:40 PM (DtNNC)
Never really saw him before that. Dude can really act. Unless it's not an act.
Posted by: mega machines at February 15, 2016 06:40 PM (fbovC)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 15, 2016 06:40 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: John Wayne at February 15, 2016 06:40 PM (e7T6D)
They're going to full-on facebook comments only. Whoa.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 15, 2016 06:41 PM (AkOaV)
Except they'd probably make the Americans the bad guys, what with their "white privilege" and all...
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 06:41 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Trump Taj Mahal at February 15, 2016 06:42 PM (6WoS1)
Posted by: ChocoCheese at February 15, 2016 06:42 PM (OvUux)
Posted by: Clarney at February 15, 2016 06:42 PM (dgO4h)
i confess i thought that.
partly because it was a bit like 13 Hours, which makes the "zombie" imagery somewhat explicit.
Posted by: ace at February 15, 2016 06:42 PM (dciA+)
Posted by: Zombie General Santa Ana at February 15, 2016 06:43 PM (e7T6D)
Posted by: Kensington at February 15, 2016 06:43 PM (7Kbxu)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 15, 2016 06:44 PM (AkOaV)
Guess who have been here all day, clogging the threads?
Rhymes with Got Bare.
Posted by: mega machines at February 15, 2016 06:44 PM (fbovC)
Posted by: Amy Schumer at February 15, 2016 06:46 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: redc1c4 at February 15, 2016 06:46 PM (ZpwZ/)
Lol, practically all that was talked about on the first couple of threads. Along with much "helpful" advice from the regular to the "Airish" which is likely to lead to many bannings and much hilarity.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 15, 2016 06:47 PM (GDulk)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 15, 2016 06:49 PM (mf0wg)
Posted by: Sneering Mexican Dracula at February 15, 2016 06:49 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at February 15, 2016 06:49 PM (rwI+c)
For whatever reason, I took BBT's character in Pushing Tin to be what he was really like. Not an act. Who knows?
Posted by: ChocoCheese
ChocoCheese.. I didn't see the movie. I met the guy; the controller that inspired the article in the magazine that lead to the screenplay when I used to work at a small tower in Chicago suburbs. I met the guy at a party that had a lot of wise-guys from ORD and the TRACON and some outta towners from NY. { I'm retired ATC now.} The article is excellent if you can find it, btw.
I can say this though. The most accurate parts of the "movie" that I have seen... are the scenes of a house party... and all the controllers migrate together and talk shop while everyone else lurks. That shit is dead on accurate. Lots of hands in the air and shit. Heh. .... and drinking.
Posted by: Yip at February 15, 2016 06:49 PM (e7T6D)
Posted by: El Gobernador Jeb Bush at February 15, 2016 06:51 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Retired Spook at February 15, 2016 06:52 PM (zUB9d)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 15, 2016 06:52 PM (mf0wg)
"You hair is like a stack of hay, blowing around in a farmers field, and your eyes are like two fried eggs floating in a sea of mayonnaise....did I mention "blowing?"
Posted by: Geppeto Linguini at February 15, 2016 06:52 PM (aRUb8)
Posted by: fluffy at February 15, 2016 06:52 PM (AfsKp)
Posted by: NCC at February 15, 2016 06:52 PM (tUl6S)
I'm Batman!
Posted by: Sneering Mexican Dracula at February 15, 2016 06:49 PM (oVJmc)
No. I'm Batman!
Posted by: Zorro at February 15, 2016 06:52 PM (z/Ubi)
i just assumed it sucked so i never saw it before. It's pretty decent.
I have no idea if Davy Crockett was a kind of spacey hippie, but... what the hell, I'll go with it.
Posted by: ace at February 15, 2016 06:52 PM (dciA+)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 15, 2016 06:53 PM (8ZskC)
i'll look for that one; which role did Wayne play? Crockett?
Posted by: ace at February 15, 2016 06:53 PM (dciA+)
Posted by: Legio Invictus at February 15, 2016 06:53 PM (GkVWi)
"You hair is like a stack of hay, blowing around in a farmers field, and your eyes are like two fried eggs floating in a sea of mayonnaise....did I mention "blowing?"
Posted by: Geppeto Linguini at February 15, 2016 06:52 PM (aRUb
Fourth:
Whoever pulls me out of you would be crowned King of England.
Posted by: buzzion at February 15, 2016 06:53 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 06:54 PM (4/i9Y)
Posted by: Mose at February 15, 2016 06:54 PM (7C1ZY)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 15, 2016 06:54 PM (R+30W)
There's some famous statement about 'only in anonymity can one say what they really think' that rings true with me. Actually it's a 'thing' that dates back to Founding People who wrote op-ed letters.
Posted by: mega machines at February 15, 2016 06:54 PM (fbovC)
http://www.history.com/shows/texas-rising
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at February 15, 2016 06:55 PM (kXoT0)
And that behavior is almost always what a civil war quickly devolves to.
Posted by: rd at February 15, 2016 06:55 PM (v0YLX)
Posted by: 1,000 Monkeys at 1,000 Typewriters at February 15, 2016 06:55 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 15, 2016 06:55 PM (39g3+)
It's always a pleasure to watch a movie, expecting it to be just marginally better than trimming your toenails, and actually enjoy it.
That might be a fun blow-off thread....
Movies That I expected To Suck But Didn't!"
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 15, 2016 06:55 PM (Zu3d9)
I'm interested in all these guys now, particularly crockett, and bowie.
Posted by: ace at February 15, 2016 06:56 PM (dciA+)
Posted by: ChocoCheese at February 15, 2016 06:56 PM (OvUux)
CLUE!
yeah good idea for a thread. I'll rename this one.
Posted by: ace at February 15, 2016 06:56 PM (dciA+)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 06:56 PM (FsuaD)
"does this smell like chloroform?"
Followup:
"can I just see if it fits?"
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 15, 2016 06:55 PM (39g3+) "
I've always been partial to "Hi, I'm a Kennedy. How's about a nice car ride?"
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 06:57 PM (4/i9Y)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at February 15, 2016 06:57 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 06:57 PM (f3Iw2)
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Eh - I have a hard time taking a history show very seriously, when they get the topography completely wrong. There are no cliffs along the Texas gulf.
Posted by: SH at February 15, 2016 06:57 PM (gmeXX)
I wanted to see that, but it was on at the wrong time, I hope to get to see it some time.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 15, 2016 06:58 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 15, 2016 06:58 PM (kdS6q)
CLUE!
yeah good idea for a thread. I'll rename this one.
Posted by: ace at February 15, 2016 06:56 PM (dciA+)
Battleship. Though it is pretty awful right up until they are actually out to sea.
Posted by: buzzion at February 15, 2016 06:58 PM (z/Ubi)
"does this smell like chloroform?"
Followup:
"can I just see if it fits?"
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 15, 2016 06:55 PM (39g3+) "
I've always been partial to "Hi, I'm a Kennedy. How's about a nice car ride?"
Posted by: broseidon king of the broken
I use "Better put some ice on that."
Posted by: Bill Clinton at February 15, 2016 06:58 PM (zmW4B)
Posted by: Davy Crockett at February 15, 2016 06:59 PM (BngQR)
Eh - I have a hard time taking a history show very seriously, when they get the topography completely wrong. There are no cliffs along the Texas gulf.
there were green mountains present in the background of the Alamo movie; I was wondering if there were mountains (or hills) visible from the actual site. I don't know texas though.
Posted by: ace at February 15, 2016 06:59 PM (dciA+)
Posted by: SH at February 15, 2016 06:59 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 15, 2016 06:59 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 15, 2016 06:47 PM (GDulk
I figured. Unfortunately I started a new job recently and can no longer browse the 'hq at work. Have to, you know, work.
At least for now.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 15, 2016 06:59 PM (AkOaV)
Dumb.
They should have said that they welcome the chance to do their constitutional duty and give a fair hearing to whatever goofball our Low Information President nominates. Then they could hold a vote in which the idiot fails to even make it out of the Senate judiciary committee after having exposed the nominee as the unacceptable radical or political hack he or she will undoubtedly be.
But no. The GOPe senators had to scream and bang on their highchairs to reassure the base that they won't fold THIS time.
If McConnell and his lackeys hadn't been such unprincipled sellouts for so long, they wouldn't have needed to posture this time around.
Posted by: Furious George at February 15, 2016 06:59 PM (3GAnN)
Yes. Surprisingly did not suck balls.
The Alien's ROE really hurt them. *cough* *cough*.
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at February 15, 2016 06:59 PM (rwI+c)
Only Ace could get tips about future TV which he can follow up on using that time machine he totally doesn't have.
Posted by: John Titor at February 15, 2016 06:59 PM (Aaumc)
Almost everything with Adam Sandler. Some of his stuff is terrible but a lot of it is just stupid fun.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 15, 2016 07:00 PM (39g3+)
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I was speaking of Texas rising. I don't remember how big the hills were in Alamo movie. I don't think it was as bad as Texas Rising was - which was awful. The battle of San Jacinto was in a swamp.
Posted by: SH at February 15, 2016 07:01 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 15, 2016 06:41 PM (AkOaV)
In case nobody's said this before...
Fuck Facebook.
But I'm guessing it has.
Posted by: Blano at February 15, 2016 07:01 PM (3eoPa)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 15, 2016 07:01 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Ralph at February 15, 2016 07:01 PM (5t7Yo)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at February 15, 2016 07:01 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Davy Crockett at February 15, 2016 06:59 PM (BngQR)
Mmm hmmm.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 15, 2016 07:02 PM (kpqmD)
well braveheart's depiction of the Battle of Stirling Bridge lacked a bridge so what are you gonna do
Posted by: ace at February 15, 2016 07:02 PM (dciA+)
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I was speaking of Texas rising. I don't remember how big the hills were in Alamo movie. I don't think it was as bad as Texas Rising was - which was awful. The battle of San Jacinto was in a swamp.
Posted by: SH at February 15, 2016 07:01 PM (gmeXX)
Could have been worse. You could have had a battle that took place on a bridge with no bridge and no water.
Posted by: William Wallace at February 15, 2016 07:02 PM (z/Ubi)
Almost everything with Adam Sandler. Some of his stuff is terrible but a lot of it is just stupid fun.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 15, 2016 07:00 PM (39g3+)
Happy Gilmore is his best comedy IMHO.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 15, 2016 07:02 PM (kpqmD)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 15, 2016 07:03 PM (NeFrd)
As for Lonesome Dove, take a Saturday or a snow day, make chili, and watch Lonesome dove all day. Then when you get done with LD, make nachos with the chili and watch Open Range.
I love good cinematic westerns.
I also like the original True Grit much better than the remake. Kim Darby was much better as Mattie Ross than Hailee Steinfeld.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at February 15, 2016 07:03 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at February 15, 2016 07:03 PM (rwI+c)
They're going to full-on facebook comments only. Whoa.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 15, 2016 06:41 PM (AkOaV)
It was the major topic of conversation in the daytime threads. Which I totally didn't read because I was at work.
Posted by: rickl at February 15, 2016 07:03 PM (sdi6R)
Considering the camp stupidity of the original material, it was ridiculous that they made it "gritty." But as a B-movie sci-fi that had a self-contained universe? It was entertaining.
Gary Oldman picked up a check as the bad guy, and we got our money's worth for it.
Posted by: Leo Spaceman at February 15, 2016 07:04 PM (9o0aZ)
Battleship...
still have live 15" shells, and propellant bags!
Posted by: Grump928(C)
Lot of that going around.
Posted by: Steven Seagal's Under Siege
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 15, 2016 07:04 PM (kdS6q)
Having said that, I've often had to suppress the Crockett motion of, "You can go to hell, I'm going to Texas."
Posted by: Country Singer, at the bar at February 15, 2016 07:04 PM (NfB83)
Posted by: Bill Bob Crockett at February 15, 2016 07:05 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: Davy Crockett at February 15, 2016 06:59 PM (BngQR) "
I aim to kill you with it. Then eat some french fried taters. Mm hmm.
Posted by: Karl at February 15, 2016 07:05 PM (4/i9Y)
Oh good Lord. A couple more paragraphs and you'd have had a feghoot.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 15, 2016 07:05 PM (kpqmD)
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What I usually do. Bitch about it on an AOSHQ thread.
That or drink.
Those are my two outlets. Sometimes I combine them.
Posted by: SH at February 15, 2016 07:05 PM (gmeXX)
Evidently History Channel's production is a tad weary on accuracy and a tad heavy on making Texans of the day look a tad shitty. Go read some of the reviews and see for yourself.
Posted by: Yip at February 15, 2016 07:05 PM (e7T6D)
"Cowboys and Aliens"...
You don't have to think about the premise, just watch it. It's fun.
Plus - Daniel Craig.
Posted by: antisocialist at February 15, 2016 07:06 PM (cDs+4)
Considering the camp stupidity of the original material, it was ridiculous that they made it "gritty." But as a B-movie sci-fi that had a self-contained universe? It was entertaining.
Gary Oldman picked up a check as the bad guy, and we got our money's worth for it.
...
horrible movie. Gary Oldman the only thing good in it. He attempted (and I bet this was his own thinking) to give Smith some kind of nihilist/anarchist ideology that would make sense.
but a terrible, terrible shit movie that is not in any way entertaining.
Damn, they didn't even include the robot, for crying out loud. Barely. The robot was under the boy's control most of the time, thus meaning, the robot, as his own character/personality, was absent.
The entire show was smith and the robot for crying out loud.
Posted by: ace at February 15, 2016 07:06 PM (dciA+)
Posted by: Don Quixote at February 15, 2016 07:06 PM (f7rv6)
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/37925/37925-h/37925-h.htm
[ . . . ]
In the following pages I have endeavoured to give the reader a plain, honest, homespun account of my state in life, and some few of the difficulties which have attended me along its journey, down to this time. I am perfectly aware, that I have related many small and, as I fear, uninteresting circumstances; but if so, my apology is, that it was rendered necessary by a desire to link the different periods of my life together, as they have passed, from my childhood onward, and thereby to enable the reader to select such parts of it as he may relish most, if, indeed, there is any thing in it which may suit his palate.
[. . . ]
On the subject of my style, it is bad enough, in all conscience, to please critics, if that is what they are after. They are a sort of vermin, though, that I sha'n't even so much as stop to brush off. If they want to work on my book, just let them go ahead; and after they are done, they had better blot out all their criticisms, than to know what opinion I would express of them, and by what sort of a curious name I would call them, if I was standing near them, and looking over their shoulders. They will, at most, have only their trouble for their pay. But I rather expect I shall have them on my side.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 15, 2016 07:06 PM (q2o38)
Posted by: Bill Bob Crockett at February 15, 2016 07:05 PM (H9MG5)
Got raped by a b'ar when he was only three
Posted by: Insomniac at February 15, 2016 07:06 PM (kpqmD)
I see John Wayne mixed with 'Priscilla, Queen of the Desert!'
Posted by: Hollywood at February 15, 2016 07:06 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 07:07 PM (4/i9Y)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 06:56 PM (FsuaD)
Oppressive, gun nut, racist, white males attacking poor innocent Mexicans. Essentially terrorists hold up at the Alamo
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 15, 2016 07:07 PM (45oDG)
They both are good, really good, but I agree Kim Darby was the better actress. On the other hand, as much as I like the Duke, I think Jeff Bridges was more like the book's presentation of a drunken reprobate who was yet a noble and heroic figure.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 15, 2016 07:07 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Davy Crockett at February 15, 2016 06:59 PM (BngQR) "
I aim to kill you with it. Then eat some french fried taters. Mm hmm.
Posted by: Karl at February 15, 2016 07:05 PM (4/i9Y)
Get some of that thar potted meat. Got lips and peckers in it, mmm hmmm.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 15, 2016 07:08 PM (kpqmD)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 15, 2016 07:08 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 07:08 PM (0C2f1)
Posted by: DONALD TRUMP at February 15, 2016 07:08 PM (TJCSB)
Posted by: Dale Gribble at February 15, 2016 07:08 PM (lpKcd)
Posted by: x at February 15, 2016 07:08 PM (nFwvY)
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 15, 2016 07:09 PM (CNHr1)
Posted by: antisocialist at February 15, 2016 07:09 PM (cDs+4)
Its powered by steam.
No, not that Steam, actual steam.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at February 15, 2016 07:09 PM (oVJmc)
Important piece of our history. And San Antonio is a great town. Heck, I was conceived there.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 07:09 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Manuel Labor at February 15, 2016 07:09 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 07:10 PM (FsuaD)
No, not that Steam, actual steam.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at February 15, 2016 07:09 PM (oVJmc)
Nothing wrong with steam. Dated technology, but it still works.
plus its EMP proof. Which is important for blog technology IMHO.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 15, 2016 07:10 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Manuel Labor at February 15, 2016 07:11 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 15, 2016 07:11 PM (39g3+)
Oppressive, gun nut, racist, white males attacking poor innocent Mexicans. Essentially terrorists hold up at the Alamo "
They've been pushing this hard the last few years, no joke.
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 07:11 PM (f3Iw2)
Posted by: ace at February 15, 2016 07:06 PM (dciA+) "
I imagine Jonathan Harris's portrayal of Dr. Smith wouldn't go over too well in 1998. Nowadays he'd be the main character and the heroic figure, since he's, in the words of Family Guy, a "mincing boy hungry pedophile."
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 07:11 PM (4/i9Y)
There was one with Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott who were brothers rescuing their family from some villain in the vicinity of Galveston. Lots of high mountain peaks in that part of the state, uh huh!
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 15, 2016 07:11 PM (NeFrd)
Posted by: AD at February 15, 2016 07:11 PM (QWY55)
Posted by: El Jefe HEB Boosh at February 15, 2016 07:11 PM (zmW4B)
I've lived here all my life. Someday I will the cultural desolation of Austin and live in the Rocky Mountains where the car door handles won't give me first degree burns. Someday.
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 07:11 PM (CbGSW)
well braveheart's depiction of the Battle of Stirling Bridge lacked a bridge so what are you gonna do
Posted by: ace at February 15, 2016 07:02 PM (dciA+)
It was.... A Bridge too Far.... away to see?
Posted by: Don Quixote at February 15, 2016 07:11 PM (f7rv6)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 15, 2016 07:12 PM (45oDG)
And make sure you hit Auggie's BBQ while you're in town. Good stuff.
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at February 15, 2016 07:13 PM (tEDMc)
adam baldwin mentioned to me that he played Jayne Cobb as funny partly based on the idea that Lost in Space never got rid of its own villain because he was funny.
He thought maybe the idea might be to get rid of him at some point, so he tried the Dr. Smith route.
Posted by: ace at February 15, 2016 07:13 PM (dciA+)
Posted by: SH at February 15, 2016 07:13 PM (gmeXX)
The original (1974) Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Posted by: cool breeze at February 15, 2016 07:13 PM (ckvus)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at February 15, 2016 07:13 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 07:13 PM (f3Iw2)
I thought I saw the Hot Air Choral Group sing "Refugee" on youtube, but I can't find the link now.
And 'Battleship' had some great visuals.
Posted by: Esker Lateman at February 15, 2016 07:13 PM (jw09+)
No, not that Steam, actual steam.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at February 15, 2016 07:09 PM (oVJmc)
Nothing wrong with steam. Dated technology, but it still works.
plus its EMP proof. Which is important for blog technology IMHO.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 15, 2016 07:10 PM (AkOaV)
shit.... my first US Navy ship had a Steam Plant...
damn.... I'm old....
Get off my lawn...
Posted by: Don Quixote at February 15, 2016 07:13 PM (f7rv6)
Posted by: Dead Parrot Society at February 15, 2016 07:13 PM (AJeMv)
oh but they didn't. Ron Howard (I think) took a crack at it last year, or 2014, in "The Disappeared," or something like that. Tommy Lee Jones is in it, I think.
Posted by: ace at February 15, 2016 07:14 PM (dciA+)
Its powered by steam.
No, not that Steam, actual steam.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at February 15, 2016 07:09 PM (oVJmc)
I like to think there's just a gerbil running in a wheel somewhere.
Posted by: AD at February 15, 2016 07:14 PM (QWY55)
Posted by: ace at February 15, 2016 07:02 PM (dciA+)
IIRC, in a making of Braveheart they started out by having the battle on the bridge. But Gibson said, it wasn't working out for the battle scene he wanted. "The bridge is just getting in the way." The Scottish history advisor said, The English felt the same way at the time.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 15, 2016 07:15 PM (45oDG)
Posted by: Leo Spaceman at February 15, 2016 07:04 PM (9o0aZ)
I saw it when it came out, because I was a big fan of the TV series. (I was about the same age as Will when it was on.)
The movie was pretty forgettable, but Lacey Chabert played Penny. She was underage at the time, and I sorta had to avert my eyes when she was on screen.
Posted by: rickl at February 15, 2016 07:15 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie!
The Mexicans did play the bugle song--. I don't know the translation but in English it's "You Didn't Surrender, You Ferked Up. (No mercy)".
After Trump's elected, the Border service will blast it 24/7 from 1.6 million giant speakers mounted along the yuuuge wall.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn at February 15, 2016 07:15 PM (QdAXQ)
That's awesome.
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 07:15 PM (f3Iw2)
Posted by: Dr Spank at February 15, 2016 07:15 PM (TJCSB)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 15, 2016 07:12 PM (45oDG)"
Once this comic book movie craze dies down, I'm sure Hollywood will be back to 24/7/365 sequels/prequels/reboots/remakes. You can't tell me you're not excited for Citizen Kane 2: Kane Rising.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 07:15 PM (4/i9Y)
Still remember the Alamo though.
Posted by: brak at February 15, 2016 07:15 PM (mnjX+)
Steam punk. Bought the wife a steam punk outfit a while back. Surprisingly arousing.
Not that I have any desire to return to a hundred plus year old technology. But it's nice to know women can still look hot in tattered clothing. If it comes to that.
Posted by: mega machines at February 15, 2016 07:16 PM (fbovC)
My second ship had steam power. My third had diesel. I got out before I went to sail and oar-powered ships.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 15, 2016 07:16 PM (u82oZ)
Hot Air to move to Facebook comment system by Ed Morrissey
4,301 Comments and counting
Like watching a Chinese human wave attack in Korea.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 15, 2016 07:16 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 15, 2016 07:16 PM (8ZskC)
Was very skeptical, because DeCaprio....
Absolutely blown away by what Scorsese wrought.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 15, 2016 07:16 PM (/33sy)
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Yeah, because Braveheart was so historically accurate other than that.
Great movie though.
Posted by: SH at February 15, 2016 07:16 PM (gmeXX)
what would they do with the basement?
Posted by: P.W. Herman at February 15, 2016 07:16 PM (pchTP)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 15, 2016 07:17 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Eromero at February 15, 2016 07:18 PM (zLDYs)
Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at February 15, 2016 07:18 PM (kf2iZ)
damn.... I'm old....
Get off my lawn...
Posted by: Don Quixote at February 15, 2016 07:13 PM (f7rv6)
Thank you for your service, sir. I was not aware we had any WWI vets in the horde.
That freakin' archduke, amiright or what?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 15, 2016 07:18 PM (AkOaV)
My second had steam power. My first was diesel and made of wood (for real).
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 15, 2016 07:19 PM (FkBIv)
*****
Bring in sacks of sand, trade the sand for the interior air of the basement, move the sacks of air out to the new location by truck and pour them under the re-located Alamo building.
Duh!
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 15, 2016 07:19 PM (NeFrd)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean
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The Wrath Of Kane?
Posted by: Chi at February 15, 2016 07:19 PM (OUpHg)
Posted by: Dead Parrot Society at February 15, 2016 07:13 PM (AJeMv) "
Yup. Monster's Ball. I never thought Halle Berry was quite as hot as Hollywood pretended she was, but I've gotta admit she looked good in that. Also in Swordfish.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 07:19 PM (4/i9Y)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 15, 2016 07:19 PM (/33sy)
The evidence that some were captured and executed was I think from a diary or account left by one of the Mexican Col.'s
Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2016 07:19 PM (BkhW6)
Was very skeptical, because DeCaprio....
Absolutely blown away by what Scorsese wrought.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 15, 2016 07:16 PM (/33sy)
Concur. I was reading the book at work and a coworker asked me what I was doing reading something called "Shitter Island."
Posted by: ChocoCheese at February 15, 2016 07:19 PM (OvUux)
William Wallace never dorked the she-wolf Isabella of France either but he probably should have tried because Sophie Marceau.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 15, 2016 07:19 PM (8ZskC)
Once comic book readers die, I expect Hollywood to move to an endless series of video game re-enactments.
Posted by: t-bird at February 15, 2016 07:19 PM (w/iDp)
Trump supporters won't like it.
Posted by: navybrat at February 15, 2016 07:20 PM (8QGte)
The Mexicans did play the bugle song--. I don't know the
translation but in English it's "You Didn't Surrender, You Ferked Up.
(No mercy)".
It's called the 'Deguello'. Which means, cut throat. No prisoners.
youtube:
https://tinyurl.com/zmrrk3x
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 07:20 PM (CbGSW)
We watched his recent movie Pixels at my sister and b-i-l's house on Christmas. I'm very conflicted because it was so awful, yet funny(ish) at the same time. I get the impression that Sandler *was* a video game nerd as a kid and this was a movie he really wanted to make.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 15, 2016 07:20 PM (GDulk)
Like watching a Chinese human wave attack in Korea.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 15, 2016 07:16 PM (kdS6q) "
See, all they had to do to improve the number of comments was permanently ruin the site. Surprised they didn't think of this masterstroke years ago.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 07:20 PM (4/i9Y)
Posted by: Sam Houston at February 15, 2016 07:21 PM (12kBq)
I recently realized that 'The Martian' is the non-pulp version of 'Robinson Crusoe on Mars.'
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at February 15, 2016 07:21 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 15, 2016 07:21 PM (NeFrd)
My, aren't we being polite this evening. Mustabeen a type, eh?
Posted by: Esker Lateman at February 15, 2016 07:21 PM (jw09+)
Gah! Wanted to shoot myself in the head after finishing that book -- so depressing.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 07:21 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Kensington at February 15, 2016 07:21 PM (7Kbxu)
Posted by: ace at February 15, 2016 06:59 PM (dciA+)
No.
I live about 8 minutes from the Alamo.
Posted by: stace at February 15, 2016 07:21 PM (c80mr)
Posted by: Ted Kennedy & Chris Dodd at February 15, 2016 07:21 PM (Vm8WO)
Godzilla: 33
Reverend Teddy Bear: 14
Lobotomized Robotio: 14
Bush, Carson, Kung Foo Kasich etc. well under the above.
SC House GOP poll.
Posted by: Meremortal at February 15, 2016 07:21 PM (3myMJ)
Expected them to be insipid, but I find I enjoy his films. And Matt Damon is not a dunce in those Jason Bourne movies. Now that's acting!
Posted by: t-bird at February 15, 2016 07:21 PM (ZxmMG)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 15, 2016 07:21 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: ace at February 15, 2016 07:02 PM (dciA+)
IIRC, in a making of Braveheart they started out by having the battle on the bridge. But Gibson said, it wasn't working out for the battle scene he wanted. "The bridge is just getting in the way." The Scottish history advisor said, The English felt the same way at the time.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 15, 2016 07:15 PM (45oDG)
I loved the movie. I won't knock it just because Mel Gibson is persona non grata now. But Braveheart was actually incredibly, incredibly historically inaccurate in a lot of other respects.
William Wallace never had an affair or probably even met the queen (which would have been difficult since she was a little kid at the time). He wasn't betrayed at the Battle of Falkirk. Every bad thing they show Robert the Bruce doing never happened. I could probably keep going for a few paragraphs.
Posted by: AD at February 15, 2016 07:22 PM (QWY55)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 15, 2016 07:22 PM (FkBIv)
BTW, said friend and I stood in line at said PAX South for 2+ hours to get 10 minute demo of the Oculus Rift. Overrated and nowhere near worth what their asking for it, not to mention the rig you'll actually need to run it.
But yeah, San Antonio...nice restaurants.
Posted by: Dead Parrot Society at February 15, 2016 07:22 PM (AJeMv)
but in English it's "You Didn't Surrender, You Ferked Up. (No mercy)".
"
Deguello, also the name of a ZZ Top album.
Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at February 15, 2016 07:22 PM (kf2iZ)
The Alamo is serious shit. No wearing hats allowed inside! They take it very serious as a shrine.
A couple of years ago I drove down thru Gonzales, TX, where the white and black -canon-flag comes from ... come and take it!. Very cool little park in town with monument and plugged canon. ( for show )
Then on over to Goliad, Tx ( link to battle in nic ) and toured the old fort there is well worth the $5 to tour it. Just near the fort is the monument to the massacred 342 who Santa Ana ordered killed.... and bodies left in the sun.
The Alamo is directly tied to Goliad, and ultimately to the battle of San Jacinto in Houston where General Antonio López de Santa Anna was subsequently captured.... having tried to escape... running away like a
Posted by: Yip at February 15, 2016 07:23 PM (e7T6D)
With the sun to your back, spit your chew out, and get busy. Loved it.
Posted by: Junk in the Trunk at February 15, 2016 07:23 PM (zNWur)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 07:23 PM (NOIQH)
wasn't great. really added nothing to the book, and sort of exposed the book as very slight.
not bad, but... very forgettable. I forgot it the moment after it ended.
Mars looked very good, though.
Posted by: ace at February 15, 2016 07:23 PM (dciA+)
Posted by: stace at February 15, 2016 07:21 PM (c80mr)
Do real estate agents call that "Alamo-adjacent"?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 15, 2016 07:23 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: t-bird at February 15, 2016 07:19 PM (w/iDp) "
Please no. I'm sure it will happen, though it would help to see even *one* successful video game movie. Mortal Kombat has been the high water mark, and that wasn't exactly exquisite cinema. But it was a fun popcorn movie, which is more than can be said for Double Dragon, Super Mario Bros, Wing Commander, Doom, and about 50 other absolute abominations.
(Okay, the first Resident Evil movie was fun, and that franchise has made some money. But there's yet to be a real blockbuster.)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 07:23 PM (4/i9Y)
damn.... I'm old....
Get off my lawn...
Posted by: Don Quixote at February 15, 2016 07:13 PM (f7rv6)
Thank you for your service, sir. I was not aware we had any WWI vets in the horde.
That freakin' archduke, amiright or what?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 15, 2016 07:18 PM (AkOaV)
Actually.... LPH-2 USS Iwo Jima... Decom'd in 93....
Posted by: Don Quixote at February 15, 2016 07:23 PM (f7rv6)
Saw it on a whim with friends, having heard nothing about it, (the movie grossed less than $200k). Was a very solid film, and had a number of laugh out load moments.
Definitely worth seeing if you come across it.
Posted by: Boone at February 15, 2016 07:23 PM (vq6QR)
Posted by: Lauren
I get why Yankees might not get it but that is inexcusable within TX. There were plenty of brown Mexicans (geographically we were all Mexicans) that were for an independent Texas. ...current Mexicans now know what they missed and are trying to get in. God Bless Texas.
Posted by: dogfish at February 15, 2016 07:23 PM (0O2Lr)
Do hurry! It saves us money at the printer's if we don't need overnight service.
Posted by: Dems at February 15, 2016 07:24 PM (ZxmMG)
Edward I was dead by the time Edward II married Isabella.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 15, 2016 07:24 PM (8ZskC)
All 4 Transformer movies!
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at February 15, 2016 07:24 PM (h53OH)
Posted by: Meremortal at February 15, 2016 07:24 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: blaster at February 15, 2016 07:24 PM (2Ocf1)
I thought I'd hate The Martian. I did not.
Posted by: Dr Spank
Meh The Motion Picture.
Marooned, Countdown and Apollo 13 all covered the same ground in better fashion. And the purported "science" of the book and movie don't really stand up well if you sit down and think about it.
The girls are cute though.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 15, 2016 07:24 PM (kdS6q)
Tried twice to watch it. Stuck at the point where the airlock blows up. How convenient that just as they get the food supply calculated, the airlock blows up. .
Wouldn't be dramatic without drama. Gotta have drama.
Posted by: Esker Lateman at February 15, 2016 07:24 PM (jw09+)
I live about 8 minutes from the Alamo.
...
i figured not. figured it was shot in california.
still.... hey, it's just a movie.
Posted by: ace at February 15, 2016 07:25 PM (dciA+)
Once comic book readers die, I expect Hollywood to move to an endless series of video game re-enactments.
Posted by: t-bird at February 15, 2016 07:19 PM (w/iDp)
They'll have to get them right first. Mortal Kombat is an outlier so far. The Warcraft movie may be ok, but I don't expect it to wind up as a blockbuster.
Posted by: buzzion at February 15, 2016 07:25 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: dogfish at February 15, 2016 07:25 PM (0O2Lr)
That or drink.
Those are my two outlets. Sometimes I combine them.
Posted by: SH
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Wait - I thought that was a prerequisite. Have I been doing it wrong all these years?
Posted by: Chi at February 15, 2016 07:26 PM (OUpHg)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at February 15, 2016 07:26 PM (0O7c5)
not that juan seguin by any chance...?
Posted by: ace at February 15, 2016 07:26 PM (dciA+)
Posted by: Chi at February 15, 2016 07:19 PM (OUpHg) "
Shit, that's a much better title. I also realized right after posting that "Raising Kane" would also be a much better subtitle. Gah.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 07:26 PM (4/i9Y)
Posted by: Don Quixote at February 15, 2016 07:23 PM (f7rv6)
:-D.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 15, 2016 07:26 PM (AkOaV)
Never saw that coming.
Posted by: Kensington at February 15, 2016 07:27 PM (7Kbxu)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 15, 2016 07:27 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 15, 2016 07:27 PM (q2o38)
is an outlier so far. The Warcraft movie may be ok, but I don't expect
it to wind up as a blockbuster.
Posted by: buzzion at February 15, 2016 07:25 PM (z/Ubi)<<<
It'll be epic when I "blood eagle" an orc on screen.
Posted by: Ragnar Lothbrok at February 15, 2016 07:27 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero)
And the only person who could relate to how I felt would be Reggie Love.
Posted by: Piers Gaviston at February 15, 2016 07:27 PM (zmW4B)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at February 15, 2016 07:26 PM (0O7c5) "
You told him it takes two forms of ID, a rigorous entrance exam, and at least a two week background check, right?
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 07:27 PM (4/i9Y)
Posted by: andycanuck at February 15, 2016 07:27 PM (WOyz5)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at February 15, 2016 07:27 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: blaster at February 15, 2016 07:28 PM (2Ocf1)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at February 15, 2016 07:26 PM (0O7c5)
So difficult.
Registration is closed. Moose out front should have told ya.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 15, 2016 07:28 PM (AkOaV)
It's not the registration that's hard, it's getting the upgrade to platinum membership with all the ampersands an umlats that is difficult.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 07:28 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 15, 2016 07:11 PM (
The Sackettsz. Louis L'Amour.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 15, 2016 07:28 PM (Vm8WO)
Posted by: Eromero at February 15, 2016 07:28 PM (zLDYs)
Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2016 07:28 PM (BkhW6)
Posted by: capt. james t. kirk at February 15, 2016 07:28 PM (WOyz5)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 15, 2016 07:29 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at February 15, 2016 07:26 PM (0O7c5)
Tell 'em about the genetic screening and fingerprinting.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 15, 2016 07:29 PM (q2o38)
I haven't seen it since then though, so I don't know if it held up well. Event Horizon owned bones when I saw it in the theater but... yeah, I wish I hadn't re-watched it recently because either it hasn't aged well or I aged too much
Posted by: hogmartin at February 15, 2016 07:30 PM (NA5LM)
There was a kid in my Texas history class who was, for lack of a better word, crazy. I mean he threw his desk around and muttered to himself.
Anyway, when we learned about that he stood up on his desk in the middle of class and yelled "COWARD!"
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 07:30 PM (3DIzJ)
.......
Far west Texas, where Scalia died, has 8000 ft mountains with ponderosa pines. There were battles with Indians and Mexican bandits there.
That's hundreds of miles from where the battles in the Texas Revolution took place though.
That why I was getting on ace about calling the ranch where Scalia died a "San Antonio" ranch.
Posted by: stace at February 15, 2016 07:30 PM (c80mr)
Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2016 07:30 PM (BkhW6)
Posted by: ThunderB at February 15, 2016 07:30 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Dr Spank at February 15, 2016 07:30 PM (TJCSB)
Posted by: **ducks and runs for cover** at February 15, 2016 07:30 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: Little Davey at February 15, 2016 07:30 PM (yOqwj)
Posted by: andycanuck at February 15, 2016 07:30 PM (WOyz5)
Posted by: cool breeze at February 15, 2016 07:30 PM (ckvus)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at February 15, 2016 07:26 PM (0O7c5)
Registration takes #TwoWeeks.
Posted by: buzzion at February 15, 2016 07:30 PM (z/Ubi)
Gibson is great in Payback. The screenplay was written by Brian Helgeland which explains a lot.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 15, 2016 07:31 PM (iQIUe)
https://youtu.be/iWOlqVBrQrw?list=PLTppdOVCzHkOsUzw1aAYjLvmCZiJGDEGD
Posted by: dogfish at February 15, 2016 07:31 PM (0O2Lr)
Posted by: Chi at February 15, 2016 07:31 PM (OUpHg)
Posted by: John Kerry at February 15, 2016 07:31 PM (zmW4B)
Posted by: Esker Lateman at February 15, 2016 07:31 PM (jw09+)
i love that movie. I've seen it enough times that I'm in the nitpicking stage.
though, seriously, it makes zero sense.
but still pretty awesome.
Posted by: ace at February 15, 2016 07:32 PM (dciA+)
Kevin Costner and Paul Newman in 'Message in a Bottle'. Rocks everywhere. Filmed In maine, Iirc. Decent movie though. Not great. Good.
Posted by: mega machines at February 15, 2016 07:32 PM (fbovC)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at February 15, 2016 07:26 PM (0O7c5)
It's getting the digital ID chip implanted that makes it so expensive.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 15, 2016 07:32 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2016 07:32 PM (BkhW6)
'Round and 'round went the awful Wheel...
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 15, 2016 07:32 PM (xq1UY)
And the Tramp Stamp barcode tattoo can look rather fetching.
Posted by: andycanuck at February 15, 2016 07:32 PM (WOyz5)
I watched that movie 2 times on my way to Australia last November. I can't get the line 'May you ride eternal, shiny and chrome" out of my head.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 15, 2016 07:32 PM (/tuJf)
The comments section is filling up fast.
Some of my comments:
I bought two of the gas cans pictured at the top of the piece.
Both of them broke around the joint just above the part that screws onto the plastic can. They blew-out in the heat.
But there is a special prize for those spouts that "slide" inside to allow the gas to flow.
More than once, I have had this part "stick" and gas poured all over the place when it failed to close. Useless is being generious .. more like dangerous.
The inventors of this should be given the "Buddhist monk" treatment.
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at February 15, 2016 07:32 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 15, 2016 07:32 PM (FkBIv)
Doyle: What'cha doin' with that lawn mower blade Karl?
Karl: I aim to kill you with it.
great stuff
Posted by: watchem and read it at February 15, 2016 07:33 PM (3MNCs)
Wayne's was suppose to be epic but he had a number of problems with it including Chill Wills campaigning for academy awards
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 15, 2016 07:33 PM (voOPb)
If it's a chick, tell her about the pics requirement!
Posted by: typical disgusting Moron at February 15, 2016 07:33 PM (Aaumc)
it's where i got the idea of how to make my time machine
Posted by: ace at February 15, 2016 07:33 PM (dciA+)
Posted by: Mortimer at February 15, 2016 07:33 PM (iQwFx)
Posted by: anon a mouse - now with more puppy! at February 15, 2016 07:33 PM (sdPF/)
someone at hot air wants to know how difficult it is to register here hahahahhahhahahahah
Posted by: phoenixgirl
Don't tell them they needn't say "h*ll" or "d*mned" here to get around the word filters.
They may simply swoon.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 15, 2016 07:33 PM (kdS6q)
It's actually pretty much impossible to register here. Ace runs a tight ship.
Posted by: mega machines at February 15, 2016 07:33 PM (fbovC)
Posted by: andycanuck at February 15, 2016 07:33 PM (WOyz5)
i love that movie. I've seen it enough times that I'm in the nitpicking stage.
Michael Caine did a remarkable portrayal of Michael Caine in that one.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 15, 2016 07:34 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: stace at February 15, 2016 07:34 PM (c80mr)
RED, and RED II, Bruce Willis. Don't take it seriously. It's just for fun.
and of course, The Fifth Element.
Posted by: Esker Lateman at February 15, 2016 07:34 PM (jw09+)
It was pretty great, but then it sort of run out of budget in the last 15 minutes of the movie. The ending battle was sorta blah, but otherwise it was a really cool story.
Posted by: JimDelRey at February 15, 2016 07:34 PM (Hlh7B)
There's also an Assassin's Creed movie later this year with Michael Fassbender, but again, I can't in good conscience predict good things.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 07:34 PM (4/i9Y)
Posted by: Arthur at February 15, 2016 07:34 PM (h53OH)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 15, 2016 07:27 PM (6FqZa)
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So I'm not the only one with a soft spot for this movie! I have to watch it when it's on.
Another favorite: "Goon", just for the pre-game inspirational speeches.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 15, 2016 07:34 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 15, 2016 07:31 PM (iQIUe)<<<
Also good in Conspiracy Theory with Julia Roberts and Captain Picard.
Posted by: I... see... four... black helicopters at February 15, 2016 07:34 PM (H9MG5)
He was one of the 31 from Gonzales that rode through Santa Anna's lines to get into the Alamo. They knew they rode to their deaths of course.
Sam Houston's scout was Erastus "Deaf"Smith. He also burned Vince's Bridge, which cut off Santa Anna's escape after the Battle of San Jacinto.
It's rather humbling to have such men as ancestors. It may explain why I'm a better shot than most people I shoot with though. My uncle is the best shot I've ever seen. Could light matches from 30 feet with a .22 rifle.
Posted by: Meremortal at February 15, 2016 07:34 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 15, 2016 07:34 PM (6FqZa)
it's where i got the idea of how to make my time machine
Posted by: ace
You just need to pretend a Heathkit receiver is a transmitter.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 15, 2016 07:34 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at February 15, 2016 07:34 PM (/ciMI)
Isn't big government great? We need Jeb!
Posted by: anon a mouse - now with more puppy! at February 15, 2016 07:35 PM (uiVGU)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 15, 2016 07:35 PM (8ZskC)
The Terminal
Gran Torino (a personal favorite)
True Grit remake
Charlie Wilson's War?
Posted by: Chi at February 15, 2016 07:35 PM (OUpHg)
Posted by: Johnny at February 15, 2016 07:35 PM (MZKpF)
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 07:35 PM (3DIzJ)
Yea, I liked both Payback and Conspiracy Theory.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 15, 2016 07:35 PM (/tuJf)
Another favorite: "Goon", just for the pre-game inspirational speeches.
great Liev Schrieber appearance as the Villain-Who's-Not-Really-A-Villain. always a good character in a movie.
Posted by: ace at February 15, 2016 07:36 PM (dciA+)
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 07:36 PM (3DIzJ)
Posted by: ThunderB at February 15, 2016 07:36 PM (zOTsN)
No, not a sled.
Posted by: cool breeze at February 15, 2016 07:30 PM (ckvus) "
IIRC it was someone's (Hearst's, maybe?) pet name for his best gal's lady parts.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 07:36 PM (4/i9Y)
Even with the precedent set with Office Space, I wasn't expecting a whole lot. Prophetic much?
Posted by: Dead Parrot Society at February 15, 2016 07:36 PM (AJeMv)
Posted by: DaveA at February 15, 2016 07:37 PM (DL2i+)
Posted by: Dr Spank at February 15, 2016 07:37 PM (TJCSB)
He was one of the 31 from Gonzales that rode through Santa Anna's lines to get into the Alamo. They knew they rode to their deaths of course.
Sam Houston's scout was Erastus "Deaf"Smith. He also burned Vince's Bridge, which cut off Santa Anna's escape after the Battle of San Jacinto.
...
interesting
isn't there a Deaf County in tx named for him?
Or... was a county?
Posted by: ace at February 15, 2016 07:37 PM (dciA+)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 15, 2016 07:37 PM (6FqZa)
Too many hipsters loved it, so I was loaded for bear when I watched it.
Good plot. Good acting. Good cinematography.
And some nice looking naked chicks.
Pretty damned good.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 15, 2016 07:37 PM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: dogfish at February 15, 2016 07:38 PM (0O2Lr)
Agreed. That's the one with the guy who investigates a decades-old murder spree by talking with his dad in the past through the ham radio, right?
When it came out on video I was renting a room with another programmer from a marketing guy and he was tearing it apart for being unrealistic. He actually got irrationally mad that the programmers could suspend disbelief and just enjoy the movie, he wanted us to join in ripping on it.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 15, 2016 07:38 PM (NA5LM)
oh my yes. I saw that one at a particularly bad time in my life, and squirmed in my seat a bit when the character went all conspiracy theory on somebody.
Posted by: Esker Lateman at February 15, 2016 07:38 PM (jw09+)
Posted by: Old Blue at February 15, 2016 07:38 PM (9iR5/)
Posted by: ace
Good flick. I think the studio hired a trailer editor with the instructions, "Make sure this is out of the theaters in 2 weeks."
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 15, 2016 07:38 PM (WLpmE)
Despite all the good reviews I assumed it was junk.
I liked it a lot.
Posted by: Arthur at February 15, 2016 07:34 PM (h53OH) "
I enjoyed that one too, even with all the blatant product placement.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 07:38 PM (4/i9Y)
Posted by: Ted Fucking Cruz at February 15, 2016 07:39 PM (TJCSB)
Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2016 07:39 PM (BkhW6)
it's where i got the idea of how to make my time machine
Posted by: ace
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I LOVED Frequency. But, I'm a sucker for any movie about a boy/man & his dead father.
Plus, I really like Quaid & Caveziel. If I had an interesting life, I would want Caveziel to play me in the biopic.
Posted by: Chi at February 15, 2016 07:39 PM (OUpHg)
though, seriously, it makes zero sense.
but still pretty awesome.
Posted by: ace at February 15, 2016 07:32 PM (dciA+)<<<
I was just funnin', what with the side bar about it, and all the critiques in the comments lately.
I liked it too.
Posted by: The Transported Man Tangerine at February 15, 2016 07:39 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: Crrr6 (hotair refugee) at February 15, 2016 07:39 PM (Arcph)
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at February 15, 2016 07:39 PM (lpKcd)
the Travis Letter exhibit at the Alamo a couple of years ago. Neat exhibit, lots of
information about Travis and the siege and its aftermath... but the part
I remember most, apart from the letter itself, was the end. It was set
up such that the last place one went before going to view the letter
was the sacristy, where the women and children were sheltered during the
final battle. And the only artifact in the room... was the ring Travis
had left with Angelina Dickinson.
one with Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott who were brothers rescuing their family
That's The Shadow Riders, which is pretty good despite the geographical anomalies.
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at February 15, 2016 07:39 PM (vRQPU)
Running away from Jacinto and leaving his soldiers there to die... what an asshole.
That morning gave rise to the story of the "Yellow Rose Of Texas", according to some. Others argue the tale of the mulatto prostitute who distracted Santa Anna that morning, keeping him in his tent as the Texians approached.
Mulatto, hence the "yellow".
Posted by: Meremortal at February 15, 2016 07:40 PM (3myMJ)
Now watching the Better Call Saul marathon. Can't wait for the season premiere.
Posted by: logprof at February 15, 2016 07:40 PM (vsbNu)
I don't give a fuck how crazy they are,
Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them.
Posted by: DaveA at February 15, 2016 07:40 PM (DL2i+)
Posted by: stace at February 15, 2016 07:40 PM (c80mr)
Posted by: Davy Crockett at February 15, 2016 07:41 PM (BngQR)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 15, 2016 07:41 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: JimDelRey at February 15, 2016 07:34 PM (
Yeah, it has a certain timeless appeal.
Posted by: Beowulf at February 15, 2016 07:41 PM (Vm8WO)
everyone was openly ridiculing it and those who went to see it in theaters.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 15, 2016 07:41 PM (vb33c)
Yes, Deaf Smith County in the Panhandle is named for him.
Like Jeb, he married a Mexican, heh.
Posted by: Meremortal at February 15, 2016 07:41 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: Dr Spank at February 15, 2016 07:41 PM (TJCSB)
I liked World War Z more than expected -- liked how it was more of detective movie than just an endless series of running from zombies while losing people from your group w/each transition.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 07:41 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at February 15, 2016 07:41 PM (/ciMI)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 15, 2016 07:42 PM (WLpmE)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 15, 2016 07:42 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: ThunderB at February 15, 2016 07:42 PM (zOTsN)
look it up! One guy on the internet is a Zodiac fanatic and is pretty persuasive that this movie's theory is total nonsense.
that said -- great movie.
Posted by: ace at February 15, 2016 07:42 PM (dciA+)
Now watching the Better Call Saul marathon. Can't wait for the season premiere.
Posted by: logprof
---------------
Welcome aboard, sir.
Can I pour you a drink?
Posted by: Chi at February 15, 2016 07:42 PM (OUpHg)
Posted by: Yip at February 15, 2016 07:42 PM (e7T6D)
Posted by: Pee Wee Hermann at February 15, 2016 07:43 PM (iQwFx)
Posted by: Amy Schumer at February 15, 2016 07:43 PM (dciA+)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 07:43 PM (NOIQH)
I saw a few grognards in the rec.games.frp.dnd forum who sniffed that it was just gnosticism (which it was). But mostly people liked it at the time.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 15, 2016 07:43 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2016 07:43 PM (BkhW6)
Thanks for that. I'm bound and determined to visit other parts of Texas this year, and I used your post to start my Word file.
Thanks again.
Posted by: Blano at February 15, 2016 07:43 PM (3eoPa)
loved it.
Posted by: Amy Schumer at February 15, 2016 07:43 PM (dciA+)
Posted by: Javems at February 15, 2016 07:44 PM (yOqwj)
My wife wanted to see it, so we sat down a week ago and rented it. It was not at all what I was expecting. I found it to be an utterly gut wrenching portrait of the affects of war on our generation, and how so many suffer from PTSD in silence. It was a really great film, and I hope others who might not be so aware of these issues, took that away from it.
Posted by: Dr. Shatterhand at February 15, 2016 07:44 PM (Hu3UD)
Posted by: weft cut-loop
I keep my expectations low with Sandler, and he always manages to make me laugh. "Ridiculous 6" and "Pixels" both had some good moments.
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at February 15, 2016 07:44 PM (/ciMI)
Come on in, I renounced my dual citizenship today. Of course I've been here much longer than I was at Little Green HotAir-Balls.
Posted by: Meremortal at February 15, 2016 07:44 PM (3myMJ)
I liked World War Z more than expected -- liked how it was more of detective movie than just an endless series of running from zombies while losing people from your group w/each transition.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 07:41 PM (NOIQH)
World War Z was all right,except the one guy falling and shooting himself in the head was idiotic, and the movie's ending made no sense.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 15, 2016 07:44 PM (kpqmD)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 15, 2016 07:44 PM (jR7Wy)
M. Night Shamalalalama's The Village.
Yeah, I know the payoff is pure silly. I don't care. It's a good yarn, and populated by quite a few high profile, respected actors.
I watched it again the other day. It's way more entertaining when you just leave the whole premise of the thing out of it, as silly as it sounds for me to say it that way.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 15, 2016 07:45 PM (Dj0WE)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 07:45 PM (NOIQH)
Damn, didn't realize it was that soon. Forgot to register.
Posted by: Blano at February 15, 2016 07:45 PM (3eoPa)
That was just playing a few nights ago. Good flick.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 15, 2016 07:45 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Dead Parrot Society at February 15, 2016 07:45 PM (AJeMv)
it was good. watched it over Christmas.
the scene where the pack horse goes down was brutal, but if you're western you live with those sort of things. the scene with the wrangler pulling cactus needles off the horse was bad. you never stand in front of a horse in pain. that's why he got struck. should have been close, right next to his shoulder. and he should have twitched the horse to give it something else to think about when in pain.
Posted by: concrete girl at February 15, 2016 07:45 PM (0KgAM)
A little backstory: my best friend and I had also gone with a bunch of other guys to see The Phantom Menace opening weekend, and you can all remember how that turned out.
I remember figuring that there was no real way they could do it well, and that it would be a CGI laden mess with bad acting, poor direction (had no experience with Peter Jackson) and horrifically bad interpretations of the source material. How could you take a book that had no real ending to it (Fellowship) and make a satisfying movie? How would they handle Hobbits?
I KNEW it was going to suck, but I was a huge fan of Tolkien, so I felt I had to go, if for no other reason than to remember how much I loved the material by what horrors they had inflicted upon it.
Then the first scene blew me away. The scene where Sauron lays the beat down and is flinging guys around with his mace like wheat before a scythe. I leaned over to my friend and said "Now, THAT's Impressive!" He replied with "Run away! Run Away!" in Phythonesque tones.
The movie was just well done. It managed to not just step over my expectations but blow them away.
Now I would later have many issues with Return of the King (How the hell do you mess up the charge of Theoden at the battle of the Pelenorr fields when the animated movie got it right?!?!) However, that one movie and the Two Towers built up a lot of credit on Peter Jackson's account with me that even the Hobbit trilogy has not erased.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 07:46 PM (iHjB5)
Posted by: Crrr6 (hotair refugee) at February 15, 2016 07:39 PM (Arcph)
::tips hat::
Make sure you observe the rules here.
Google every term you're uncertain of.
Never put ketchup on a hotdog.
And use all of the HTML you've picked up over the years -- it definitely works.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 15, 2016 07:46 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 07:46 PM (NPofj)
Posted by: zombie colour sergeant bourne at February 15, 2016 07:46 PM (WOyz5)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 15, 2016 07:46 PM (6FqZa)
Busy day. 2.5 hours spent with writer talking about his 900+ page novel, WWII, and such. Then after a late lunch, 3 hours with usual writers group where we discussed a short scene and worked on how to improve it.
I'm all writered out for the day.
In reality here, torrential rain and at least one tornado.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 07:46 PM (d5fLT)
Posted by: ThunderB at February 15, 2016 07:42 PM (zOTsN)
It was pretty good. Oblivion was also better than expected.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 15, 2016 07:46 PM (kpqmD)
American Sniper
I found it to be an utterly gut wrenching
Dr. Shatterhand at February 15, 2016 07:44 PM
I am avoid that movie specifically for that reason. I really don't like my emotions jerked around like that.
Posted by: Esker Lateman at February 15, 2016 07:46 PM (jw09+)
Spy. Got dragged to go see it, expected to hate it like I did Bridesmaids (also got dragged to. However, there were compensating benefits.)
Like it. Turned out to be a fairly funny movie.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 15, 2016 07:47 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at February 15, 2016 07:47 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Mortimer at February 15, 2016 07:47 PM (iQwFx)
Emilio Echevarría plays Santa Ana. He's a well known Mexican actor and plays the Mexican Maestro in Mozart in the Jungle.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 15, 2016 07:47 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at February 15, 2016 07:47 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: harry reid's parrot at February 15, 2016 07:47 PM (WOyz5)
There is a large mural in the State Capital depicting Santa Anna's surrender to Sam Houston. Houston is sitting on the roots of a huge oak as he was wounded in the ankle during the battle. Behind him is a man in buckskins with his hand cupped to his ear. That's Deaf Smith.
Posted by: Meremortal at February 15, 2016 07:47 PM (3myMJ)
To my great surprise it was absolutely delightful. Highly amusing and beautifully crafted. A barrel of fun.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 15, 2016 07:48 PM (T/5A0)
Posted by: The Waco Kid at February 15, 2016 07:48 PM (e7T6D)
Another place I need to check out.
Posted by: Blano at February 15, 2016 07:48 PM (3eoPa)
Saw the director's cut the other day, pretty good.
Posted by: Dr Spank at February 15, 2016 07:48 PM (TJCSB)
Posted by: Old Blue at February 15, 2016 07:38 PM (9iR5/)
It originally was. That's just what's left.
http://www.taliesyn.com/ralph/alamo%20excavations.htm
Posted by: AD at February 15, 2016 07:48 PM (QWY55)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 07:48 PM (d5fLT)
The Fifth Element.
Movie about a cab driver in the future, who saves the universe from an ultimate evil, with Ruby Rhod at his side? Sure Milla Jovovich, but still... hot chicks can't save everything.
Posted by: a meat popsicle at February 15, 2016 07:49 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: hogmartin at February 15, 2016 07:49 PM (NA5LM)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 07:49 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: The Waco Kid at February 15, 2016 07:48 PM (e7T6D)
Well I was at the Alamo... and boy, was that a shitshow.
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 15, 2016 07:49 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at February 15, 2016 07:49 PM (vRQPU)
A simple tale, simply told. In Monument Valley.
Good guys really good. Bad guys really bad. Western like they used to be.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 15, 2016 07:49 PM (xq1UY)
There is a large mural in the State Capital depicting Santa Anna's surrender to Sam Houston. Houston is sitting on the roots of a huge oak as he was wounded in the ankle during the battle. Behind him is a man in buckskins with his hand cupped to his ear. That's Deaf Smith.
that image is depicted in the Alamo movie.
Posted by: Amy Schumer at February 15, 2016 07:50 PM (dciA+)
Posted by: Don Quixote at February 15, 2016 07:50 PM (f7rv6)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 07:41 PM (NOIQH)
World War Z was all right,except the one guy falling and shooting himself in the head was idiotic, and the movie's ending made no sense.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 15, 2016 07:44 PM (kpqmD)
Blech! Fast zombies. Which is even more stupid, since the book on which it is based went to great lengths to explain WHY zombies move slowly, and how their greatest strengths and weaknesses are contained therein.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 15, 2016 07:50 PM (Dj0WE)
Posted by: bjk at February 15, 2016 07:50 PM (py8bF)
Posted by: eleven at February 15, 2016 07:50 PM (qUNWi)
Photos of the Marfa Ranch were beautiful. Of course, the photos were taken in Spring when everything is green but still.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 15, 2016 07:50 PM (iQIUe)
There have been worse monsters than Santa Ana, including many in Mexican history, but he wins first prize as the Biggest Douche. Running away from Jacinto and leaving his soldiers there to die... what an asshole.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 15, 2016 07:34 PM (6FqZa)
Nah. Napoleon Bonaparte has him beat. Did the same thing at least twice, Egypt in 1799 and Russia in 1812.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 15, 2016 07:50 PM (o98Jz)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 15, 2016 07:51 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 15, 2016 07:51 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Amy Schumer at February 15, 2016 07:50 PM (dciA+)
... and that imagine is depicted in the Alamo movie!
Posted by: Amy Schumer at February 15, 2016 07:51 PM (AkOaV)
I think of Phil Collins and reincarnation,
strong believer in reincarnation and I think Collins
was probably there in a previous life - I mean how
does a British guy become so obsessed with the place?
Posted by: Mister Ghost at February 15, 2016 07:51 PM (Ky0zI)
Posted by: eleven at February 15, 2016 07:51 PM (qUNWi)
I saw a few grognards in the rec.games.frp.dnd forum who sniffed that it was just gnosticism (which it was). But mostly people liked it at the time.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 15, 2016 07:43 PM (6FqZa)
I think it had a really slow start at release.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 15, 2016 07:51 PM (vb33c)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 15, 2016 07:52 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 15, 2016 07:52 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: eleven at February 15, 2016 07:50 PM (qUNWi)
Heath Ledger. I was skeptical at first, but damn he owned that role.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 15, 2016 07:52 PM (kpqmD)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 15, 2016 07:52 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 15, 2016 07:42 PM (WLpmE) "
Yeah, Click was way better than it had any right to be. And some of Sandler's dramatic roles are good, too - Reign Over Me especially. I know he's committed some cinema sins, but the man has also been responsible for some solid movies. He's much better than those hacks that write all of the parody movies. Those guys have yet to pen a single above par movie.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 07:52 PM (4/i9Y)
the scene where the pack horse goes down was brutal, but if you're western you live with those sort of things. the scene with the wrangler pulling cactus needles off the horse was bad. you never stand in front of a horse in pain. that's why he got struck. should have been close, right next to his shoulder. and he should have twitched the horse to give it something else to think about when in pain.
...
cool. it was "Unbranded."
>>> that's why he got struck. should have been close, right next to his shoulder.
left shoulder right?
Posted by: ace at February 15, 2016 07:52 PM (dciA+)
I'm finding the new hobbit movies almost to be unwatchable, they have strayed so far from the book it's ridiculous.
Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2016 07:52 PM (BkhW6)
Can I pour you a drink?
Posted by: Chi at February 15, 2016 07:42 PM (OUpHg)
--Virgin strawberry daiquiri. Yeah, I'm a pussy abstainer tonight.
Posted by: logprof at February 15, 2016 07:52 PM (vsbNu)
Posted by: Mark1971 at February 15, 2016 07:52 PM (vaR50)
Posted by: Meremortal at February 15, 2016 07:53 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at February 15, 2016 07:53 PM (kf2iZ)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 15, 2016 07:52 PM (jR7Wy)
Great soundtrack....
Posted by: Don Quixote at February 15, 2016 07:53 PM (f7rv6)
Anna, did you see the thread where you were outed as a man? I'm thinking it was a joke.
On another subject, I'm watching Greta interview Orrin Hatch. The way he was searching for the right words made it seem like he's got early dementia.
Posted by: Farmer at February 15, 2016 07:53 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 15, 2016 07:52 PM (iQIUe)
ditto new hampshire.
Well, it is cold here though.
But cold is good -- puts hair on your chest.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 15, 2016 07:53 PM (AkOaV)
Dances with Wolves. I really thought it would be terrible back in the day (and this was before all of Costner's stinkers) but it turned out to be one of my favorite movies. Haven't seen it in a while, so it'd be interesting to see how it holds up.
Posted by: sinalco at February 15, 2016 07:53 PM (yODqO)
Wasn't Crockett short and liked to play the bear skin drums?
Posted by: Mister Ghost at February 15, 2016 07:54 PM (Ky0zI)
Mortimer you like that movie because of Mary Catherine Stewart. Admit it.
I was 17 and VHS was king.
*sigh*
Between her and Kelli Maroney's cheerleader...
I'm told there were zombies at some point? : )
Posted by: Mortimer at February 15, 2016 07:54 PM (iQwFx)
Have you seen the Key and Peele sketch about that? Really funny.
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 07:54 PM (0C2f1)
Posted by: Esker Lateman at February 15, 2016 07:54 PM (jw09+)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 15, 2016 07:54 PM (MNgU2)
SoF "What it Means to be Young" - https://youtu.be/wCIrPJ6SBl4
Priss and the Replicants "Konya wa Hurricane" - https://youtu.be/ajTAnMqhZB8
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 07:54 PM (d5fLT)
l loved Horrible Bosses. I really like Horrible Bosses 2. It's got some stuff I object to (benny hill/austin powerrs type jokes that weren't part of the original's type of humor), and some repetition, but it's really a very good comedy sequel. There are almost no good comedy sequels -- they just can't do it a second time. Horrible Bosses 2 is a pretty good attempt.
Posted by: ace at February 15, 2016 07:55 PM (dciA+)
Posted by: concrete girl at February 15, 2016 07:55 PM (0KgAM)
I thought it would be derivative tripe, but it really paid off in the end.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at February 15, 2016 07:55 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 15, 2016 07:55 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 07:55 PM (d5fLT)
Posted by: bjk at February 15, 2016 07:50 PM (py8bF)
--Heh, I liked Horrible Bosses II as well. Kevin Spacey and Jamie Foxx were hilarious in it.
Posted by: logprof at February 15, 2016 07:56 PM (vsbNu)
Posted by: Don Quixote at February 15, 2016 07:56 PM (f7rv6)
i love that movie but i've never seen it from teh beginning. I always come in when he's like with Kathryn Hepburn or going to the premier with Gwen Stefani (Jean Harlowe? Not sure).
I watch it every time it's on. Still have not seen the beginning.
Posted by: ace at February 15, 2016 07:56 PM (dciA+)
Maybe that's when that crazy blog money will start rolling in for Ace
Posted by: cool breeze at February 15, 2016 07:56 PM (ckvus)
Night of the Comet. Guilty pleasure.
Posted by: Mortimer
http://www.nightofthecomet.info/
Been 32 years? Oof.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 15, 2016 07:56 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 15, 2016 07:56 PM (vb33c)
I found it to be an utterly gut wrenching
Dr. Shatterhand at February 15, 2016 07:44 PM
I am avoid that movie specifically for that reason. I really don't like my emotions jerked around like that.
Posted by: Esker Lateman
That's how I felt about avoiding to watch Blackhawk Down. I avoided seeing that movie for several years. A buddy of mine was aghast that I"d not seen such a pro-war movie, as he saw it. I finally watched it and have rewatched it a few times even.
I liked it, but I HAD to let the burn of anger I had fade a bit. There's no way I could have watched that when it came out or shortly thereafter. That the press memory-holed that whole mess for Clinton... damn.
Posted by: The Waco Kid at February 15, 2016 07:57 PM (e7T6D)
Posted by: Javems at February 15, 2016 07:57 PM (yOqwj)
Posted by: Mark1971 at February 15, 2016 07:52 PM (vaR50)
My favorite comic book movie and I'm not a fan of comic back movies. Can't wait for the sequel due for release in 2017.
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 15, 2016 07:57 PM (MNgU2)
Judge Dred- NOT the Stallone version.
Oblivion- Yet another Tom Cruise movie I liked. Rather disturbing.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at February 15, 2016 07:57 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at February 15, 2016 07:57 PM (oVJmc)
Batman Vs. Superman I expect to suck ass.
Suicide Squad actually looks like it could be good, but BvsS just has the completely wrong feel, poor casting, and the raft of stuff from Man of Steel to deal with.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 07:57 PM (iHjB5)
Tell 'em we're not interested, we already have a grail!
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at February 15, 2016 07:57 PM (kCfMX)
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at February 15, 2016 07:57 PM (vRQPU)
Posted by: Kaboom! at February 15, 2016 07:57 PM (+zqYj)
Posted by: Dead Parrot Society at February 15, 2016 07:45 PM (AJeMv) "
Cube is great! The first sequel got way too complicated, but the third movie, Cube Zero, is about as good as the first.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 07:57 PM (4/i9Y)
The "dodge a wrench line" was great but Ben Stiller's narcissistic "gym bro" was really what stole the show.
Posted by: Mortimer at February 15, 2016 07:57 PM (iQwFx)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 15, 2016 07:58 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 07:58 PM (d5fLT)
The shower buddy isn't the official name.
-- yes it is.
We're still thinking of calling it the Shower Dad.
-- That's worse on almost every level.
why would a stranger be in the shower with you?
---we've gone over this, it's not a stranger, it's your buddy.
but why would your buddy be in the shower with you?
--WHY WOULD YOUR DAD?!?!
Posted by: ace at February 15, 2016 07:58 PM (dciA+)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at February 15, 2016 07:58 PM (/ciMI)
Posted by: irright at February 15, 2016 07:58 PM (DtNNC)
Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at February 15, 2016 07:58 PM (kf2iZ)
Posted by: sinalco at February 15, 2016 07:59 PM (yODqO)
Posted by: Dr Spank at February 15, 2016 07:59 PM (TJCSB)
i love that movie but i've never seen it from teh beginning. I always come in when he's like with Kathryn Hepburn or going to the premier with Gwen Stefani (Jean Harlowe? Not sure).
I watch it every time it's on. Still have not seen the beginning.
Posted by: ace at February 15, 2016 07:56 PM (dciA+)
Then you missed why he was germ phobic. At least the movie version.
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 15, 2016 07:59 PM (MNgU2)
Tell 'em we're not interested, we already have a grail!
Postedi by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at February 15, 2016 07:57 PM (kCfMX)
if you have to ask, its not for you
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 15, 2016 07:59 PM (vb33c)
Judge Dred- NOT the Stallone version.
Oblivion- Yet another Tom Cruise movie I liked. Rather disturbing.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at February 15, 2016 07:57 PM (hVdx9)
The Karl Urban version was superior to Stallone's version in every way.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 15, 2016 07:59 PM (kpqmD)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at February 15, 2016 07:59 PM (oVJmc)
http://www.nightofthecomet.info/
Been 32 years? Oof.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix
shit HURTS , don't it?
Posted by: Mortimer at February 15, 2016 07:59 PM (iQwFx)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 15, 2016 07:58 PM (jR7Wy)
Book was sooooo much better though...
Posted by: Don Quixote at February 15, 2016 07:59 PM (f7rv6)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage
****
Because it was BAD! Bad like Waterworld. Bad like Ishtar. Bad like Robot Jox...ok, maybe not that bad.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at February 15, 2016 08:00 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 08:00 PM (NPofj)
Parodies usually suck. This one did not.
One of my favorite movies.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 15, 2016 08:00 PM (u82oZ)
WHAT!!...I thought we weren't pouring concrete until the 21st!!...
Posted by: Mr. Wizard at February 15, 2016 08:00 PM (hCdMd)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 15, 2016 07:58 PM (jR7Wy)
That one was actually decent. Costner had an almost Heston like turn with post apocalypse movies there.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 08:00 PM (iHjB5)
http://goo.gl/Xw6I0Q
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 15, 2016 08:00 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 15, 2016 08:00 PM (kKHcp)
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Texas movie that I didn't expect to like: Secondhand Lions. Really, really good.
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at February 15, 2016 07:57 PM
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Another vote here.
Posted by: irright at February 15, 2016 08:00 PM (DtNNC)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 15, 2016 08:01 PM (kpqmD)
someone at hot air wants to know how difficult it is to register here......hahahahhahhahahahah
Tell 'em we're not interested, we already have a grail!
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at February 15, 2016 07:57 PM (kCfMX)
Also tell them their mother smells of elderberries.
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 08:01 PM (NPofj)
Posted by: Insomniac
****
I have the DVD. Damned good. Sadly, there probably won't be a sequel.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at February 15, 2016 08:01 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at February 15, 2016 08:02 PM (rwI+c)
Just thinking about it is horrifying.
Posted by: obnoxious ahole at February 15, 2016 08:02 PM (MpvuV)
Only paid actor with a name is the guy that plays the lead, and he was in Beverly Hills Cop long ago.
Murder and drama up near the Wisconsin Dells.
Posted by: the littl shyning man at February 15, 2016 08:02 PM (U6f54)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at February 15, 2016 08:02 PM (hVdx9)
Well, I could still talk to grammie and buzzion.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 15, 2016 08:02 PM (kKHcp)
It's a fun movie, but it really requires radical suspensions of disbelief.
Posted by: Boone at February 15, 2016 08:02 PM (vq6QR)
Yes! That movie is great. I believe it's RDJr's first post-druggie movie.
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 08:03 PM (3DIzJ)
I read The Reaper before seeing American Sniper. It's a tough job.
Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2016 08:03 PM (BkhW6)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at February 15, 2016 08:03 PM (/ciMI)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 15, 2016 07:58 PM (jR7Wy)
I think a lot of it was fighting Brin's original book.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 15, 2016 08:03 PM (q2o38)
Mortimer you like that movie because of Mary Catherine Stewart. Admit it.
I was 17 and VHS was king.
*sigh*
Between her and Kelli Maroney's cheerleader...
I'm told there were zombies at some point? : )
Posted by: Mortimer at February 15, 2016 07:54 PM (iQwFx)
And one of the better badass lines from the 80s.
"Daddy would have gotten us Uzis."
"The car didn't care."
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 15, 2016 08:03 PM (o98Jz)
Posted by: The Waco Kid at February 15, 2016 07:57 PM (e7T6D)
--Black Hawk Down came out just a couple months after 9/11. It was uncanny.
Posted by: logprof at February 15, 2016 08:03 PM (vsbNu)
Posted by: Meremortal at February 15, 2016 08:03 PM (3myMJ)
SPOILER ALERT - The Real Ending.
The Postman rides off into the sunset to find another enclave of civilization that has recovered while trying to leave the pain behind.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 08:03 PM (d5fLT)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 15, 2016 08:03 PM (MNgU2)
Posted by: Kreplach at February 15, 2016 08:03 PM (WVvzl)
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410
Texas movie that I didn't expect to like: Secondhand Lions. Really, really good.
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at February 15, 2016 07:57 PM
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Another vote here.
Posted by: irright at February 15, 2016 08:00 PM
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Although, with Caine and Duvall, good is not unexpected.
Posted by: irright at February 15, 2016 08:03 PM (DtNNC)
Zoolander was a hilarious surprise.
"Pop , I think I have the black lung (weak cough)".
I would be amazed if the sequel doesn't ruin it.
Posted by: Mortimer at February 15, 2016 08:03 PM (iQwFx)
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You just got to grease the right palms.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 15, 2016 08:03 PM (Nwg0u)
An old man could do worse than emulate Duvall's character in that one.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 15, 2016 08:04 PM (kKHcp)
Posted by: Mortimer at February 15, 2016 07:57 PM (iQwFx) "
Great character, but basically a re-do of his character from Heavyweights. But if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 08:04 PM (4/i9Y)
The "dodge a wrench line" was great but Ben Stiller's narcissistic "gym bro" was really what stole the show.
Posted by: Mortimer
That's my favorite dumb comedy.
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at February 15, 2016 08:04 PM (/ciMI)
Posted by: Sal at February 15, 2016 08:04 PM (MRX6w)
Pretty good stuff
Posted by: Clark Kent at February 15, 2016 08:04 PM (hforh)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at February 15, 2016 08:02 PM (rwI+c)
As you say most of the good M.Knight films are kind of unrewatchable. Unbreakable is not too bad.
Schindler's list. I have bought the VHS special edition when it came out and the Bluray or DVD special edition. I have never rewatched it since seeing it in the theatre. It is a great movie, but you are NEVER in a mood to watch Schindler's List.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 08:04 PM (iHjB5)
Four Lions.
I mean, it's dark. But probably the most accurate portrayal of the banality of terrorism out there.
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 08:04 PM (3DIzJ)
The roads are ridiculously crowded and morning/evening drive time sucks away hours of your life.
I can't buy booze at a liquor store on Sunday but I can drink booze in a bar on Sunday. But not before noon which is total bs.
I have to stop here. Texas sucks. Don't move here.
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 08:04 PM (CbGSW)
I think I've watched 'Unbreakable' a few times.
But when your gimmick is surprise endings, there's not much reason to watch them twice.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at February 15, 2016 08:04 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 15, 2016 08:05 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Clark Kent at February 15, 2016 08:05 PM (hforh)
Posted by: Javems at February 15, 2016 07:57 PM (yOqwj)
A classic. woah woah
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 15, 2016 08:05 PM (45oDG)
Posted by: The Waco Kid at February 15, 2016 07:57 PM (e7T6D)
--Black Hawk Down came out just a couple months after 9/11. It was uncanny.
Posted by: logprof at February 15, 2016 08:03 PM (vsbNu)
There are some movies I will not watch in movie theatres....
There are some I will only watch while alone...
And I'm not talking Porno you pervs!
Posted by: Don Quixote at February 15, 2016 08:05 PM (f7rv6)
Posted by: Clarney at February 15, 2016 08:05 PM (dgO4h)
Give Kiera Knightly some mongolian eye folds, stretch her a couple inches, add a little softness, and you've got Gong Li.
Posted by: the littl shyning man at February 15, 2016 08:05 PM (U6f54)
Photos of the Marfa Ranch were beautiful. Of course, the photos were taken in Spring when everything is green but still.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 15, 2016 07:50 PM (iQIUe)
I've been to that guest ranch (Cibolo Creek ranch) and toured around for the day for an event, but didn't stay overnight. Our family's ranch is in the area so we went back to the house.
Oddly, if that area greens up, it's usually in Aug-Sept, not spring, because that's when the rainy season is.
Posted by: stace at February 15, 2016 08:06 PM (ozZau)
Posted by: eleven at February 15, 2016 08:06 PM (qUNWi)
His movie about aliens I was disappointed, it would have been better not ever really seeing them.
Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2016 08:06 PM (BkhW6)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 08:04 PM (iHjB5)
Amen to that. I have a very hard time watching that. Harder the older I get
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 15, 2016 08:06 PM (DUoqb)
Posted by: Mortimer at February 15, 2016 08:07 PM (iQwFx)
Posted by: logprof
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I can't afford strawberries, but I do have a pomegranate here.
And, since I like you, I'll provide the ice, but you have to wash the blender.
The "Saul" marathon has been on in the background all day. I'm surprised at how much of last season I DIDN'T miss. I thought I missed a lot more than I actually did.
I swear, this has to be the best series to come out in a long time. I never get into serial shows, but I got hooked on this one.
(Got bored with TWD when it looked like a soap opera, never watched BB, never did have HBO..)
Posted by: Chi at February 15, 2016 08:07 PM (OUpHg)
Definitely the weakest of the three. IMHO.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at February 15, 2016 08:07 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 08:00 PM (NPofj) "
Yeah, that's a fantastic movie. Penned by Shane Black, IIRC. Val Kilmer and RDJ really steal the show, their two man comedy is fantastic.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 08:07 PM (4/i9Y)
Pretty good stuff
Posted by: Clark Kent at February 15, 2016 08:04 PM (hforh)
nitpick: Gattaca (fun fact: the title uses only letters which are also the abbreviations of the bases of DNA: adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine).
Killer flick. Ernest Borgnine came out of nowhere and stole every scene he was in.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 15, 2016 08:08 PM (NA5LM)
Posted by: Farmer at February 15, 2016 08:08 PM (o/90i)
It's a crap movie, but as a bunch of snippets of '60s British skit comedy it's got its moments.
Those moments don't include any time Orson Welles spends on the screen, though.
Posted by: JEM at February 15, 2016 08:08 PM (o+SC1)
In 2007 I was a LGF refugee looking for a place to lurk. I happened upon Ace and Hot Air. In 9 years I have never been able to get a Hot Air account. In the last 7 years, I've never wanted one.
I honestly never bother reading comments there, I just read the (better) comments on the Hot Air articles here.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at February 15, 2016 08:08 PM (kBIIG)
Posted by: Don Quixote at February 15, 2016 08:08 PM (f7rv6)
Howdy. Our family place is in Mills County. And Brown County.
I'm in Colorado now though.
Posted by: Meremortal at February 15, 2016 08:09 PM (3myMJ)
Yes! That movie is great. I believe it's RDJr's first post-druggie movie.
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 08:03 PM (3DIzJ)
Val Kilmer was good in it too. Which reminds me of two good, bad movies that Val was in... Top Secret and Real Genius are very fun.
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 08:09 PM (NPofj)
WHAT!!...I thought we weren't pouring concrete until the 21st!!...
Hey, you know why there were only 5,000 Mexicans at the Alamo?
The other white van broke down.
Heh. Oh, and I denounce myself. And please don't move to Texas if you're from CA/CO/MD or anywhere north of Delaware.
Posted by: anon a mouse - now with more puppy! at February 15, 2016 08:09 PM (C9pBZ)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at February 15, 2016 08:09 PM (kBIIG)
Gatica is good. It came out about the same time as several darkish movies that our family loved; Gatica, Dark City, The Matrix, and the 13th Floor.
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at February 15, 2016 08:09 PM (rwI+c)
the last three movies i've gone to see were robin hood,
3:10 to Yuma and true grit.
all worth my time.
when a moron suggests something i'll ponder it.
Posted by: concrete girl at February 15, 2016 08:09 PM (0KgAM)
Posted by: Javems at February 15, 2016 07:57 PM (yOqwj)
"Named for your father, perhaps?" - to Plenty O'Toole as he asked her to blow on his dice for luck
Posted by: Sean "Bond, James Bond" Connery at February 15, 2016 08:10 PM (JO9+V)
I have to watch this tablet Black Hawk Down comes out BlackBerry Hawks Down
Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2016 08:10 PM (BkhW6)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 08:10 PM (d5fLT)
Another good friend, Suzanne Finney, who writes under a couple of pseudonames. I just totally mispelled that.
They are two of my best friends, and they are conservatives. Check them out at Amazon.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 08:10 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Clarney at February 15, 2016 08:10 PM (dgO4h)
Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2016 08:03 PM (BkhW6)
Nick Irving lives in San Antonio. He was and maybe still is doing security work for ranches on the border.
Posted by: stace at February 15, 2016 08:10 PM (ozZau)
I did not want to see American Sniper either, not because I thought it would be bad, but because I really don't like most action movies.
I went just to be politically incorrect.
I agree that it is gut-wrenching but, more importantly, thought-provoking. It reminded me of Shane, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and High Noon.
What is heroism?
What is the price that the sheepdogs pay for the doing the job of guarding the sheep?
Eastwood created a fully rounded movie there.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 15, 2016 08:10 PM (T/5A0)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at February 15, 2016 08:11 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 08:04 PM (CbGSW)
That is the new home for all of us come the revolution so speak softly, pardner.
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 08:11 PM (NPofj)
John Carter of Mars... loved that they began the movie so true to the book.
Posted by: Don Quixote at February 15, 2016 08:08 PM (f7rv6)
I loved the book series as a kid. They did not do a horrible job with the movie as far as being faithful to the book (lack of love story? Well it was pretty much that Deja Thoris was hot! which was pretty much what was in the books.)
Do not know what went wrong with that one. Except perhaps that it is a very simple story compared to the nuanced heroes we like to portray these days. I liked it overall, but am not surprised it tanked.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 08:11 PM (iHjB5)
I couldn't watch Black Hawk Down until I read the book by the Helo pilot who was captured,
I have to watch this tablet Black Hawk Down comes out BlackBerry Hawks Down
Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2016 08:10 PM (BkhW6)
I actually read "13 Hours" before we saw the film. Husband didn't finish the book after the movie.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 08:12 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Clarney at February 15, 2016 08:12 PM (dgO4h)
The roads are ridiculously crowded and morning/evening drive time sucks away hours of your life.
I can't buy booze at a liquor store on Sunday but I can drink booze in a bar on Sunday. But not before noon which is total bs.
I have to stop here. Texas sucks. Don't move here.
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 08:04 PM (CbGSW)
You forgot the armadillos with leprosy. And AIDS. And the Plague. What was I saying again? Oh yeah, don't move to Texas.
Posted by: AD at February 15, 2016 08:12 PM (QWY55)
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe
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Great flick. Highly recommended.
Posted by: Chi at February 15, 2016 08:12 PM (OUpHg)
It's a crap movie, but as a bunch of snippets of '60s British skit comedy it's got its moments.
Bad movie, but simultaneously a great comedy. Score is really good, too.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at February 15, 2016 08:12 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2016 08:12 PM (BkhW6)
Posted by: Clarney at February 15, 2016 08:10 PM (dgO4h)
One of my favorite scenes in Saving Private Ryan is the griping scene
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 15, 2016 08:12 PM (DUoqb)
[ducks]
Posted by: Hadoop at February 15, 2016 08:13 PM (2X7pN)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at February 15, 2016 08:09 PM (rwI+c) "
Dark City was great. I've always been a Rufus Sewell fan, he's a guy I've never seen give a bad performance. 13th floor is more of a guilty pleasure movie, but I still enjoyed it quite a bit.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 08:13 PM (4/i9Y)
expected to. Because of it, I went back and got Shaun of the Dead. Now
waiting on The World's End to come down into my price range e.g. cheap
Definitely the weakest of the three. IMHO.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at February 15, 2016 08:07 PM (oVJm
Gotta concur with Pappy and advise you not bother with The World's End. It is just bad and left me disappointed in Simon Pegg.
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 08:13 PM (NPofj)
I'm of the opinion that it is because Texas sucks that it remains (mostly) free.
If you move here, it's because you either crave freedom or need money.
No one's like "hey, you know what I've always wanted? Muggy 104 degree summers and tornadoes!"
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 08:13 PM (f3Iw2)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at February 15, 2016 08:07 PM (oVJmc)
Agreed. It has a few good moments though.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 15, 2016 08:13 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: hogmartin at February 15, 2016 08:13 PM (NA5LM)
Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at February 15, 2016 08:13 PM (kf2iZ)
Posted by: This is my fault at February 15, 2016 08:13 PM (lpKcd)
Posted by: Farmer at February 15, 2016 08:08 PM (o/90i)
Nope, but definitely going to check it out now that I know about it.
Posted by: Country Singer at February 15, 2016 08:14 PM (GUBah)
I'm sure she was a saintly person, but there's some controvery about who wrote her stuff, which gives me the seer-willies.
But it was really good. Searing, but necessary.
Posted by: Sal at February 15, 2016 08:14 PM (MRX6w)
I also like Rufus Sewell. He plays a great villain. He's got the smirk down pat.
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at February 15, 2016 08:14 PM (rwI+c)
Came out at the same time as 'Contact.' I couldn't believe two good SF movies coming out so close to each other.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at February 15, 2016 08:14 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: no good deed at February 15, 2016 08:14 PM (GgxVX)
Posted by: eleven at February 15, 2016 08:15 PM (qUNWi)
Or a 75 degree day in February....
Posted by: anon a mouse - now with more puppy! at February 15, 2016 08:15 PM (C9pBZ)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at February 15, 2016 08:15 PM (/ciMI)
The idiots who decided that John Carter of Mars was a more catchy title than A Princess of Mars, well they need to be horse-whipped.
Actually, they just titled it John Carter, not mentioning Mars at all.
Posted by: Anachronda at February 15, 2016 08:15 PM (o78gS)
I feel I owe it to Chris Kyle and his widow and kids.
It's painful, but this is what we put our troops through.
Our son came home from Helmand Province by a fucking miracle. He'll tell you that.
I cry (in private) when I think what these brave young men, hands tied behind their backs, are dealing with.
Our son said the ROE were killing them. And nearly fucking killed him.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 08:15 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 15, 2016 08:15 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: bernverdnardo at February 15, 2016 08:15 PM (s6/4z)
Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at February 15, 2016 08:13 PM (kf2iZ)
Ok, this is a question I have: what the hell happened to those types of movies? Layered comedies with tons of sight gags going on in the background? Movies that you can rewatch and get more out of them than the first time.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 08:16 PM (iHjB5)
Posted by: hogmartin at February 15, 2016 08:13 PM (NA5LM)
yes I can still watch that also
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 15, 2016 08:16 PM (DUoqb)
Posted by: two of spades (promotion pending) at February 15, 2016 08:16 PM (8EFxg)
Secondhand Lions was a nice surprise.
When I have bouts of insomnia I will try to watch foreign films (makes for better white noise), but two movies that kept me up were "The Secret in Their Eyes" and "Summer Hours."
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 08:16 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 15, 2016 08:17 PM (Nwg0u)
As you say most of the good M.Knight films are kind of unrewatchable. Unbreakable is not too bad.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 08:04 PM (iHjB5)
Unbreakable is really M Night Shamalamadingdong's best film. Creepy as hell, and the signature ending twist is serviceable, with Willis walking out on the Glass Man in disgust and horror.
And then they fucking RUINED the film with the ending text, explaining how the villain was tried and convicted. Stupid, stupid. The film was dark and had a heavy dose of dread. Turning around and having a "happy" ending was totally out of character.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 15, 2016 08:17 PM (o98Jz)
aged stunningly well and if you liked it back then it's worth seeing
again. Starring Broderick, Sheedy, WOPR, and IMSAI 8080.
Brian Dennehy was great as Joshua.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at February 15, 2016 08:17 PM (YJmuy)
Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2016 08:17 PM (BkhW6)
Posted by: Count de Monet
****
World's End is the weakest of the three, and probably the darkest.
Posted by: P.I. Staker at February 15, 2016 08:17 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Country Singer at February 15, 2016 08:17 PM (GUBah)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 08:17 PM (d5fLT)
Posted by: Sixgunsam at February 15, 2016 08:17 PM (a/Z7V)
And, since I like you, I'll provide the ice, but you have to wash the blender.
The "Saul" marathon has been on in the background all day. I'm surprised at how much of last season I DIDN'T miss. I thought I missed a lot more than I actually did.
I swear, this has to be the best series to come out in a long time. I never get into serial shows, but I got hooked on this one.
(Got bored with TWD when it looked like a soap opera, never watched BB, never did have HBO..)
Posted by: Chi at February 15, 2016 08:07 PM (OUpHg)
--Hmmm, never had a pomegranate daiquiri, but I'll give it a try.
I have seen all of BB, but I may end up liking Better Call Saul even more, simply because it's a nice dark comedy with some dramatic undertones. It's probably one of the least obscure bits of TV trivia that Bob Odenkirk was runner-up to play Michael Scott on The Office. Both The Office and Breaking Bad were better off that he didn't get the gig.
Posted by: logprof at February 15, 2016 08:18 PM (vsbNu)
It's painful, but this is what we put our troops through.
Our son came home from Helmand Province by a fucking miracle. He'll tell you that.
I cry (in private) when I think what these brave young men, hands tied behind their backs, are dealing with.
Our son said the ROE were killing them. And nearly fucking killed him.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 08:15 PM (FsuaD)
yeah...That and Lone Surviver are the ONLY 2 movies I have paid to see in the last 20 years. And it is very hard for me to watch these contemporary War movies now a days.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 15, 2016 08:18 PM (DUoqb)
Nah, just hang a leash on 'em. Makes for a fun flying toy - like those gas powered airplanes on a string back in the day...
Posted by: anon a mouse - now with more puppy! at February 15, 2016 08:18 PM (C9pBZ)
Once of the games in the series was a better movie, and stared Mark Hamill.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at February 15, 2016 08:18 PM (kBIIG)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 15, 2016 08:18 PM (JO9+V)
Last spring I drove to the store during the flooding. Came back the same way 15 minutes later and the road was covered in water and the pavement was jammed up against some trees.
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 08:18 PM (CbGSW)
Posted by: P.I. Staker at February 15, 2016 08:17 PM (hVdx9
No way that was the best one. But I kind of identified with the protagonist and his struggles...
Posted by: bernverdnardo at February 15, 2016 08:18 PM (s6/4z)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at February 15, 2016 08:18 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: P.I. Staker at February 15, 2016 08:17 PM (hVdx9)
Yeah, it got a bit too... real? And for a movie about blue-goo filed aliens, that is saying something.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 08:18 PM (iHjB5)
Flag of Our Fathers.
The scene of the Japanese abduction and torture of the Marine during the heat of the battle still haunts my dreams.
Posted by: Mortimer at February 15, 2016 08:18 PM (iQwFx)
Posted by: P.I. Staker
Stupid fucking ending. Quite literally Social Justice Warrior porn.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 15, 2016 08:19 PM (WLpmE)
Actually, they just titled it John Carter, not mentioning Mars at all.
Posted by: Anachronda at February 15, 2016 08:15 PM
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People probably thought it was a coming-of-age story of a boy from Georgia trying to piece together why his grandad would attack a rabbit with a boat oar.
Posted by: irright at February 15, 2016 08:19 PM (DtNNC)
Posted by: Clarney
I "thought" I would watch it again. I bought the DVD or Blu Ray back long ago... but... have not rewatched it. I've thought of it... but that opening scene had a visceral effect on me in the theater I was not expecting.... that has lingered... and the scene where the blonde kid goes inert while his squad-mate is in hand to hand with z-German. ( that knife kill haunts me ).
Plus.... since about 2005 (?) I can't watch Matt F'n Damon in anything. F him.
Posted by: Yip at February 15, 2016 08:19 PM (e7T6D)
I thought the first Austin Powers flick was like that. I didn't laugh at all in the theater, but I cracked up all the way home thinking about it.
Posted by: no good deed at February 15, 2016 08:20 PM (GgxVX)
Hopefully, if there's a hurricane evacuation (shudder), they'll be too busy patting each other on the back about how they escaped the North and are enduring the mouth-breathers here.
And they'll suffer whatever.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 08:20 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 15, 2016 08:20 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Kreplach at February 15, 2016 08:03 PM (WVvzl)
Yeah, and that's why I'm waiting for the sucker punch. You know they can't actually have them be the real terrorists.
Posted by: Josephistan at February 15, 2016 08:20 PM (7qAYi)
i love call saul more than i loved breaking bad....
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at February 15, 2016 08:20 PM (0O7c5)
Howdy! You must be proud to have such brave ancestors. That's very cool.
Posted by: stace at February 15, 2016 08:21 PM (ozZau)
Posted by: Kaboom! at February 15, 2016 08:21 PM (+zqYj)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 08:11 PM
Disney purposely tanked it. Andrew Staunton, the director, got on somebody's bad side. Great pulp action fun. Following the full series of books as intended would have been awesome.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 15, 2016 08:21 PM (Vm8WO)
movies? Layered comedies with tons of sight gags going on in the
background? Movies that you can rewatch and get more out of them than
the first time."
They still make them, just not as well. The Wayons with Scary Movie, for example. Nobody will ever top ZAZ. It helps that Zero Hour was one of the most unintentionally funny films ever written.
Kentucky Fried Movie is another ZAZ classic.
Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at February 15, 2016 08:21 PM (kf2iZ)
Ethan Hawke is another actor that rarely turns in a bad performance.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 08:21 PM (4/i9Y)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 15, 2016 08:19 PM (WLpmE)
Hmmm... I kind of saw it the opposite way."Oh, fuck off you big lamp!" LOL
Posted by: bernverdnardo at February 15, 2016 08:22 PM (s6/4z)
Not to make the room dusty, but a friend of mine literally sent me this link about 15 minutes ago:
https://youtu.be/wo2FyD6Oces
The room will get very dusty.
Posted by: Country Singer at February 15, 2016 08:22 PM (GUBah)
Posted by: P.I. Staker
Stupid fucking ending. Quite literally Social Justice Warrior porn.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 15, 2016 08:19 PM (WLpmE)
Ugh. So, worse than "Paul," then?
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at February 15, 2016 08:22 PM (jV8Mq)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 15, 2016 08:22 PM (Vm8WO)
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at February 15, 2016 08:22 PM (QPdNE)
Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at February 15, 2016 08:22 PM (r6ujM)
Posted by: Country Singer at February 15, 2016 08:17 PM (GUBah)
I found it kind of hard to suspend disbelief on this one so it was hard to get into. On the other hand, Giancarlo Esposito.
It's a tossup.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 15, 2016 08:22 PM (NA5LM)
i love call saul more than i loved breaking bad....
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at February 15, 2016 08:20 PM (0O7c5)
Oh, there's a new one tonight, isn't there?
Posted by: bernverdnardo at February 15, 2016 08:22 PM (s6/4z)
Posted by: gp at February 15, 2016 08:22 PM (mk9aG)
Posted by: weft cut-loop
****
Exactly right. Not to mention for a bunch of wannabe conquerors, they sure were wimps.
Posted by: The Swan at February 15, 2016 08:23 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at February 15, 2016 08:23 PM (oVJmc)
Metropolis, Forbidden Planet, Ben-Hur, 2001:A Space Odyssey, Star Wars: A New Hope, and Blade Runner.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 08:23 PM (d5fLT)
OMG. The freakin tornadoes. It's a sunny 104 degrees and humid. Then it
clouds up all of a sudden and golf ball sized hail starts and then
TORNADO ALERT.
Last spring I drove to the store during the
flooding. Came back the same way 15 minutes later and the road was
covered in water and the pavement was jammed up against some trees.
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 08:18 PM (CbGSW)
Prayers. I'm with ya. We went through the same thing here in coastal GA. But all the folks dealing with SNOW!!!! didn't give a shit.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 08:23 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 15, 2016 08:23 PM (DUoqb)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at February 15, 2016 08:23 PM (WTSFk)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 15, 2016 08:23 PM (9T4xJ)
I'm of the opinion that it is because Texas sucks that it remains (mostly) free.
If you move here, it's because you either crave freedom or need money.
No one's like "hey, you know what I've always wanted? Muggy 104 degree summers and tornadoes!"
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 08:13 PM (f3Iw2)
--It's almost a law of nature that places with great natural beauty eventually get infested with assholes and/or liberals. California, Washington State, France . . .
Posted by: logprof at February 15, 2016 08:23 PM (vsbNu)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at February 15, 2016 08:23 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2016 08:23 PM (BkhW6)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at February 15, 2016 08:18 PM (kBIIG) "
Yeah, that was Wing Commander 3 I think? Also had Malcolm McDowell. When the game has a better cast than the movie, you know you're in trouble.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 08:23 PM (4/i9Y)
Kentucky Fried Movie is another ZAZ classic.
Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at February 15, 2016 08:21 PM (kf2iZ)
I agree. When I saw High and the Mighty for the first time (which was not that long ago since the Wayne family had it locked in a vault somewhere) it made Airplane funnier. That is a great movie (High and the Mighty.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 08:23 PM (iHjB5)
"Because Glass was ....THE BAD GUY ! Get it ? Huh? "
" You thought Glass was good...but he wasn't !!!"
"See? Now do you get it? Bad Guy! My signature twist! I am so awesome! "
/M.Night Shamalanglingsomething
Posted by: Mortimer at February 15, 2016 08:24 PM (iQwFx)
Posted by: Esker Lateman at February 15, 2016 08:24 PM (jw09+)
Posted by: AD at February 15, 2016 08:12 PM (QWY55)
Sounds like a wonderful place for us to expand our operations!
Posted by: Whizzo Chocolates Co. at February 15, 2016 08:24 PM (jV8Mq)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 15, 2016 08:25 PM (MNgU2)
Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at February 15, 2016 08:25 PM (kf2iZ)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at February 15, 2016 08:25 PM (WTSFk)
Posted by: no good deed at February 15, 2016 08:25 PM (GgxVX)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 15, 2016 08:25 PM (9T4xJ)
Metropolis, Forbidden Planet, Ben-Hur, 2001:A Space Odyssey, Star Wars: A New Hope, and Blade Runner.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 08:23 PM (d5fLT) "
I love Kubrick, but I just can't watch 2001 anymore. It's a movie you definitely need to see more than once, but once you've fully grokked it...just isn't a very 'fun' movie anymore. But it's necessary viewing for fans of the art of cinema.
Whereas I can watch The Shining all the time.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 08:26 PM (4/i9Y)
Posted by: Aaron A. Aaronson at February 15, 2016 08:26 PM (hVdx9)
I was struck by how well the movie holds up, even the special effects. The only parts that didn't work were the silly CGI things that Lucas added years later. Those looked awful. But everything done with the old models and on location sets still looked great almost 40 years later.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at February 15, 2016 08:26 PM (kBIIG)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at February 15, 2016 08:20 PM (0O7c5)
Oh, there's a new one tonight, isn't there?
Posted by: bernverdnardo at February 15, 2016 08:22 PM (s6/4z)
--Season 2 premiere.
Posted by: logprof at February 15, 2016 08:27 PM (vsbNu)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 08:27 PM (d5fLT)
Posted by: "Buckskin Brian" Williams at February 15, 2016 08:27 PM (/GFib)
Good night horde
Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2016 08:27 PM (BkhW6)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
They also had Island in the Sky locked up for a while. I remember when TCM showed both of them and said they had been unavailable for some time.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 15, 2016 08:28 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: irright at February 15, 2016 08:28 PM (DtNNC)
Posted by: Mose at February 15, 2016 08:28 PM (7C1ZY)
Blue Thunder
Posted by: Moron Delux at February 15, 2016 08:28 PM (+zqYj)
Posted by: Aaron A. Aaronson at February 15, 2016 08:28 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 08:28 PM (d5fLT)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 08:28 PM (FsuaD)
I haven't seen any of the expendables either, for the same reason. Don't have much hope for'm.
Posted by: Esker Lateman at February 15, 2016 08:28 PM (jw09+)
Seen it a couple of times and I should hate it but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 15, 2016 08:28 PM (xDy/V)
Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at February 15, 2016 08:28 PM (kf2iZ)
Does anyone remember a movie about street toughs set in New York during
the 70s where they had to bop their way from one side of town to their
home turf? The Warriors?
*raises hand*
Warriors, come out and play-ay!
Posted by: Anachronda at February 15, 2016 08:28 PM (o78gS)
Didn't hurt to see Marisa Tomei naked getting it doggy style either.
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 15, 2016 08:29 PM (MNgU2)
I was struck by how well the movie holds up, even the special effects. The only parts that didn't work were the silly CGI things that Lucas added years later. Those looked awful. But everything done with the old models and on location sets still looked great almost 40 years later.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at February 15, 2016 08:26 PM (kBIIG)
I am hoping Disney gives me the one thing I want with respect to Star Wars: a remastered version of the original theatrical releases. That is it. Han shot first (this is not just a tough guy point to the movie, it is fricking vital to telling you what the character is about and where he is at.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 08:29 PM (iHjB5)
Posted by: Meremortal at February 15, 2016 08:29 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: no good deed at February 15, 2016 08:29 PM (GgxVX)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at February 15, 2016 07:34 PM (/ciMI)
Admittedly, it's been a while since I've read the book, but from what I do remember, the movie was surprisingly faithful to the story.A surprise for me was Austenland. By no means a great movie, but it turned out to be a fun little time-killer.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 15, 2016 08:30 PM (b0LbM)
Posted by: bernverdnardo at February 15, 2016 08:30 PM (s6/4z)
You're asking the readers of this here smart military blog if they're aware of Anabasis?
Heh.
Posted by: anon a mouse - now with more puppy! at February 15, 2016 08:30 PM (C9pBZ)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 15, 2016 08:17 PM (o98Jz) "
That strikes me as a studio decision, most likely. "Test audiences thought it was too dark!" Not that Shamalamadingdong has done himself any favors since Unbreakable. His movies have gone steadily downhill since then, with some being just unwatchable garbage. "Lady In The Water"? Ugh.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 08:30 PM (4/i9Y)
Sounds like a wonderful place for us to expand our operations!
Posted by: Whizzo Chocolates Co. at February 15, 2016 08:24 PM (jV8Mq)
You the folks that make Spring Surprise?
Posted by: Anachronda at February 15, 2016 08:30 PM (o78gS)
Yeah me too. Yeah, yeah, we're all fucked and the world ended, but at least we didn't become one of You People.
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 08:31 PM (f3Iw2)
Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at February 15, 2016 08:25 PM (kf2iZ)
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Such a neat nightmare world of rival gangs. It was like Odysseus trying to get home battling monsters and evildoers.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 15, 2016 08:31 PM (jR7Wy)
If it's the one I am thinking of, it had some hot women in it.
Not a bad movie actually.
Posted by: Simon Skinner at February 15, 2016 08:31 PM (hVdx9)
his first impression was that it was over rated. a woman dragged him to see it again and he thought it was impressive. a third viewing he says it's great.
says that never happened to him with any other film.
it improved for me, too.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at February 15, 2016 08:31 PM (WTSFk)
Once comic book readers die, I expect Hollywood to move to an endless series of video game re-enactments.
Posted by: t-bird
You don't have to go see them.
I'm just happy if they make a good western every five years.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn at February 15, 2016 08:31 PM (QdAXQ)
Mother said the house was near the zoo. They could hear the lions roaring.
And hear I am. Heh.
They owned that house for many years, using it as a rental. Daddy sold it when I was in high school.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 08:32 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Esker Lateman at February 15, 2016 08:32 PM (jw09+)
Never really saw him before that. Dude can really act. Unless it's not an act.
Posted by: mega machines
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I have a Billy Sherwood album where Thornton plays drums and sings! It's called "Headsets: Volume 1." Billy Bob sings on the track "2,000 Light Years From Home."
Sorry. Can't find it on YouTube.
Posted by: RKae at February 15, 2016 08:32 PM (lF8sf)
Steven Seagall's original Above the Law still holds up pretty well , to my amazement. Kelly LeBrock ... then.
It was the following 7 times that he remade the same movie that sucked.
Posted by: Mortimer at February 15, 2016 08:32 PM (iQwFx)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 08:33 PM (d5fLT)
I'm halfway through Bill and Ted on Netflix. Not sure if I'll finish it. It is not one that holds up for me.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at February 15, 2016 08:33 PM (kBIIG)
Oh Brother Where Art Thou- Not even sure what makes me like this film. I avoided it partly due to Clooney. It's just very different and satisfying.
Posted by: typo dynamofo at February 15, 2016 08:33 PM (L7nbe)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 15, 2016 08:31 PM (jR7Wy)
It was supposed to be a modern Anabasis.
Posted by: Josephistan at February 15, 2016 08:33 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 08:33 PM (FsuaD)
I wouldn't understand them anyways unless they were Zaxxon- or Tempest-based (which probably wouldn't be blockbusters)
Posted by: t-bird at February 15, 2016 08:34 PM (ZxmMG)
That was probably the best movie ever done by Van Damme.
Posted by: Martin Blower at February 15, 2016 08:34 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 15, 2016 08:28 PM (FkBIv)
Isalnd was not as good for me as High and the Mighty. And I was surprised for what I liked about it. I am a HUGE John Wayne fan, but his performance was just ok. I liked the little bits of character drama in the piece. The high powered playwright (who is established is kind of a giant man-baby.) Who when everything goes to hell, steps up. His girlfriend says it for the audience: "What's gotten into you?... You were magnificent!"
This is the thing that pisses me off about modern audiences and modern people in general. These people had far more insight into human character and showed people how they really were. Far better than a lot of shit on the screen these days.
Gonna have to rewatch that tonight.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 08:34 PM (iHjB5)
Posted by: gp at February 15, 2016 08:34 PM (mk9aG)
610 589
Does anyone remember a movie about street toughs set in New York during
the 70s where they had to bop their way from one side of town to their
home turf? The Warriors?
*raises hand*
Warriors, come out and play-ay!
Posted by: Anachronda
Yes I do. It was fabulous, and its still that way.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn at February 15, 2016 08:34 PM (QdAXQ)
Oh Brother Where Art Thou- Not even sure what makes me like this film. I avoided it partly due to Clooney. It's just very different and satisfying.
Posted by: typo dynamofo at February 15, 2016 08:33 PM (L7nbe)
At least half of it is the music. Really.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 15, 2016 08:34 PM (NA5LM)
"Dear, after we get home from the range, I'll give you a BJ and then make you a bacon sammich."
Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at February 15, 2016 08:34 PM (P8951)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 08:35 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 08:04 PM (CbGSW)
That is the new home for all of us come the revolution so speak softly, pardner.
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 08:11 PM (NPofj)
Anybody who gets here after 1/20/17 pulls garden duty.
Posted by: Blano at February 15, 2016 08:35 PM (3eoPa)
Posted by: Aaron A. Aaronson at February 15, 2016 08:26 PM (hVdx9) "
Cobra is pretty archetypal Stallone. Over-acting, hamming it up, chewing on the scenery like he's at an all-you-can-eat buffet...but somehow sort of enjoyable.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 08:35 PM (4/i9Y)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at February 15, 2016 08:35 PM (0O7c5)
If you want to see a "different" movie try to find the original "Blowup".
Or "Scenes From A Marriage".
Posted by: Meremortal at February 15, 2016 08:35 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 08:36 PM (FsuaD)
Now that we're living in an amalgam of Bananas and Sleeper.... it's clear he was is a clairvoyant who made documentaries before their time. Not so funny now.
Posted by: Yip at February 15, 2016 08:37 PM (e7T6D)
I think I'm the only person who ever saw it
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 15, 2016 08:37 PM (KCxzN)
But Cyrus sought not to dethrone the king but to praise him. Then there was the whole knowing you're home when you see water.
Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at February 15, 2016 08:37 PM (kf2iZ)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean
****
That poor car of his. That hurt to watch.
Posted by: DS Andy Wainright at February 15, 2016 08:37 PM (hVdx9)
Oh, of course. Silly fun. Wish they made more like that.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 15, 2016 08:37 PM (CJpTn)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 15, 2016 08:15 PM (JO9+V)
I've been told that since we haven't gotten 7 days straight of below freezing temps, that the flies and mosquitoes will be awful this summer.
That true?
Posted by: Blano at February 15, 2016 08:37 PM (3eoPa)
Morons rejoice!
Posted by: Pete Seria at February 15, 2016 08:37 PM (/pOl7)
Funny, I still remember the original scene from the theater. Every time I see the "altered" version, I still see the original. The debate never made any sense to me. It was just "Who Han Solo is" to me.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at February 15, 2016 08:37 PM (kBIIG)
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People
probably thought it was a coming-of-age story of a boy from Georgia
trying to piece together why his grandad would attack a rabbit with a
boat oar.
That's what I thought. It was out for a while before I realized it was the Barsoom movie for which I was waiting.
Posted by: Anachronda at February 15, 2016 08:38 PM (o78gS)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 08:38 PM (d5fLT)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 08:27 PM (d5fLT)"Good to see you as well, Anna. For multiple reasons I've cut down to about 4 or 5 cons a year. Doing Magfest this weekend, then my next isn't until June. I plan to hit both Dragoncon and AWA, though - those will be my last two of the year, since nothing of note happens October through December.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 08:38 PM (4/i9Y)
Posted by: Yip at February 15, 2016 08:38 PM (e7T6D)
Posted by: Mortimer at February 15, 2016 08:38 PM (iQwFx)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 08:39 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Sgt Tony Fisher at February 15, 2016 08:39 PM (hVdx9)
If you want to see a "different" movie try to find the original "Blowup".
Logic professor friend of mine used to use that is one of his classes.
Posted by: Anachronda at February 15, 2016 08:39 PM (o78gS)
>> Posted by: ace at February 15, 2016 06:56 PM (dciA+)
Sam Houston is very interesting, as well.
Lone Star, a history of Texas and the Texans by T. R. Fehrenbach is a great book, and one that likely couldn't be written today, PC-wise.
Posted by: Duncanthrax the Bellicose at February 15, 2016 08:39 PM (sOhww)
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Posted by: mememilk at February 15, 2016 08:39 PM (cAA5P)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 08:39 PM (d5fLT)
I think I'm the only person who ever saw it
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 15, 2016 08:37 PM (KCxzN)
Great movie. Need to watch that one again.
Posted by: Josephistan at February 15, 2016 08:40 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: Daniel at February 15, 2016 08:40 PM (odCSX)
Posted by: Danny Butterman at February 15, 2016 08:40 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 15, 2016 08:41 PM (lpKcd)
He then lowered his head, eyes still fixed upon me, and in a stern but somber tone...as if he thought his wish would never come to pass, he said "Give me Elena Klagen".
He also said that all presidents should get any nominee they want into the court regardless of the makeup of the senate and that to not do so would be treason on behalf of all republicans.
Posted by: David Axelrod at February 15, 2016 08:41 PM (Ch0fq)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 15, 2016 08:41 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: Mortimer at February 15, 2016 08:41 PM (iQwFx)
"Your left leg is Thanksgiving, your right leg is Christmas...doing anything between the holidays?"
Posted by: Brother Cavil, hither and yon at February 15, 2016 08:42 PM (D0J8L)
Posted by: t-bird at February 15, 2016 08:34 PM (ZxmMG) "
I'd totally watch a Zaxxon movie. Not sure how they'd make it, though.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 08:42 PM (4/i9Y)
I'm halfway through Bill and Ted on Netflix. Not sure if I'll finish it. It is not one that holds up for me.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at February 15, 2016 08:33 PM (kBIIG)
I enjoyed it when it came out but you're right it doesn't hold up. I could put it in the 5%. But look at his list:
Feeling Minnesota
Street Kings
Walk in the Clouds
Sweet November
Matrix
Point Break
Speed
Constantine
The Devils Advocate
47 Ronin
The Replacements
Much Ado About Nothing
John Wick
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 15, 2016 08:42 PM (MNgU2)
Posted by: Clarney at February 15, 2016 08:12 PM (dgO4h)
I believe the rights to the stories reverted to Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. a while ago, and they are probably trying to negotiate a deal for a sequel with another production company even as we
Posted by: HTL at February 15, 2016 08:42 PM (JpKFA)
Brad Pitt had some great lines
" What're you cryin' for ? I'm the one what got hit with a cactus!"
Posted by: Mortimer at February 15, 2016 08:42 PM (iQwFx)
>>>At least half of it is the music
the coen's are modern day movie makers that i tend to like.
not all of them, and they take getting used to but "burn after reading" is hilarious.
Posted by: concrete girl at February 15, 2016 08:42 PM (0KgAM)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 15, 2016 08:41 PM (jR7Wy)
I think "Scream" falls into that category.
Posted by: Josephistan at February 15, 2016 08:42 PM (7qAYi)
Never specifically heard that before but I don't really remember flies or moskys being noticeably worse or better depending on the length/severity of the winter. Seems always about the same amount.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 15, 2016 08:42 PM (B9fQ0)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby
****
Last I heard they were making the sequel. I read the book after Blade Runner. Just awful. I hope they don't go with that story.
Posted by: Nicholas Angel at February 15, 2016 08:43 PM (hVdx9)
I didn't care for Commando either. It was a classic? Classically bad acting maybe.
Posted by: Hadoop at February 15, 2016 08:43 PM (2X7pN)
Posted by: Yip at February 15, 2016 08:43 PM (e7T6D)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 15, 2016 08:43 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at February 15, 2016 08:43 PM (P8951)
I wonder what he thought about the random clowns appearing from time to time.
Posted by: Meremortal at February 15, 2016 08:43 PM (3myMJ)
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I read that it is a sequel, not a remake, and they've signed on Harrison Ford and also Ryan Gosling. Original writer Hampton Fancher will be doing the screenplay.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 15, 2016 08:43 PM (jR7Wy)
I surprisingly liked Interstellar. And Gravity.
Space disaster movies generally aren't my thing.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 15, 2016 08:44 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: cm9000 at February 15, 2016 08:44 PM (2TUVm)
Posted by: Osoloco at February 15, 2016 08:44 PM (pFXAP)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 08:44 PM (d5fLT)
Posted by: Buzzion at February 15, 2016 08:44 PM (z/Ubi)
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Posted by: mememilk at February 15, 2016 08:39 PM (cAA5P)
sock link fail
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 15, 2016 08:44 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 15, 2016 08:45 PM (B9fQ0)
Posted by: Mortimer at February 15, 2016 08:38 PM (iQwFx)
This was the movie that first proved to me that Brad Pitt is a very very good actor.
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 15, 2016 08:45 PM (MNgU2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 08:44 PM (d5fLT)
Has Sean Young been in much of anything since she went a little bit crazy?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 08:45 PM (iHjB5)
Posted by: Buzzion at February 15, 2016 08:44 PM (z/Ubi)
So you say you want a [censored]
welll you know, we all want to change the world
....
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 15, 2016 08:45 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: cm9000 at February 15, 2016 08:44 PM (2TUVm)
Liking the new 'Lucifer' series....
Posted by: Don Quixote at February 15, 2016 08:45 PM (f7rv6)
Posted by: Clarney at February 15, 2016 08:12 PM (dgO4h)
I believe the rights to the stories reverted to Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. a while ago, and they are probably trying to negotiate a deal for a sequel with another production company even as we speak write. Let's wish them luck.
Posted by: HTL at February 15, 2016 08:42 PM (JpKFA)
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This would make me very happy. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 15, 2016 08:46 PM (jR7Wy)
He's really good at selecting movie roles that benefit from his, uh, style of acting. He was perfect for The Matrix, John Wick. I don't know how many times I've seen Speed - great fun and my son now insists we watch through to the bus on airplane explosion if it's on tv.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 08:46 PM (NOIQH)
Other People's Money with Danny DeVito was also good.
Posted by: Esker Lateman at February 15, 2016 08:46 PM (jw09+)
Posted by: no good deed at February 15, 2016 08:46 PM (GgxVX)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at February 15, 2016 08:46 PM (kBIIG)
Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at February 15, 2016 08:43 PM
I have a cow-orker who has a theory that The Patriot & Braveheart are actually the same movie, just with different costumes & accents
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 15, 2016 08:46 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Moron Delux at February 15, 2016 08:47 PM (+zqYj)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 08:39 PM (d5fLT) "
I'd like to hit Expo one of these years if only because it's the biggest anime con out there (I did Otakon in 2012 for the same reason), but I'd need to make a whole trip of it, probably try to get some friends to fly out with me.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 08:47 PM (4/i9Y)
Posted by: Anna Puma
****
Sean Young has not aged well, AND she has or had significant mental illness problems.
Posted by: PC Bob Walker at February 15, 2016 08:47 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 08:47 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: no good deed at February 15, 2016 08:46 PM (GgxVX)
That was good. I didn't see the twist coming, and it was a good one.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 15, 2016 08:47 PM (kpqmD)
Posted by: hogmartin at February 15, 2016 08:48 PM (NA5LM)
Posted by: irright at February 15, 2016 08:48 PM (DtNNC)
We'll see if they pull a bait and switch of who the real bad guys are.
Posted by: Kreplach at February 15, 2016 08:48 PM (WVvzl)
Posted by: AstroBevo at February 15, 2016 08:48 PM (DZF+K)
First time I saw Spaceballs I thought it was great. The second time I saw it I thought it sucked. The third time I saw it my opinion was somewhere in between those extremes.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 15, 2016 08:48 PM (FkBIv)
Re- the surprising career of that annoying Keanu- I was shocked at enjoying 47 Ronin.
Posted by: typo dynamofo at February 15, 2016 08:49 PM (L7nbe)
Scared the two cats out of the room. Holy cow.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 08:49 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at February 15, 2016 08:43 PM (P8951)
The movie as a whole was just meh to me but it has one of my top five movie scenes ever. Him rescuing his oldest son with the assistance of his two younger sons is awesome.
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 15, 2016 08:49 PM (MNgU2)
Posted by: logprof at February 15, 2016 08:49 PM (vsbNu)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 08:47 PM (FsuaD)
...and definitely click all maddog links.
...and google all terms you're unsure of. Like "dirty sanchez"
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 15, 2016 08:49 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 15, 2016 08:46 PM (jR7Wy)
Added bonus: half nekkid Taylor Kitsch. James Purefoy isn't hard on the eyes. And the morons get hot, half nekkid Deja Thoras. Win win!
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 15, 2016 08:49 PM (L0HjX)
So please all you folks from Hot Air, buy my book!!
http://astore.amazon.com/aoshq-20/detail/B014BTSEYO
Please???
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 08:49 PM (d5fLT)
I forgot about Devil's Advocate, I really liked that one. I wonder if it is on Netflix?
Posted by: Dave in Fla at February 15, 2016 08:49 PM (kBIIG)
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 15, 2016 08:46 PM (KCxzN)
Yeah I'm pretty sure the joke "Braveheart in America" for the Patriot was created the day it released in theaters.
Posted by: buzzion at February 15, 2016 08:50 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr
****
Really? That's weird.
Posted by: Dr. Robin Hatcher at February 15, 2016 08:50 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 08:50 PM (NOIQH)
He was a trip. And not a man to be trifled with.
Posted by: Meremortal at February 15, 2016 08:50 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: Josephistan at February 15, 2016 08:50 PM (7qAYi)
This made me laugh. Does it sound funny to you?
Posted by: freaked at February 15, 2016 08:50 PM (BO/km)
Tell the liberals about the awful mosquitos and the terrible heat and all the redneck Christianists with guns that they do NOT want to live near.
Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at February 15, 2016 08:50 PM (P8951)
El Cid.
I wen through a classic epic movie binge for a while in college. I had thought that I had seen most of them, but my mom mentioned El Cid, which I had not heard of.
In my opinion it is probably one of the most rewatchable of the grand epic films of all. And it is a great, great movie.
Heston in his prime.
Young Sophia Loren (nuff said.)
The scene where he confronts the King in the crowd, when everyone in the large square (lots of extras) kneel and only he is left standing.
The "What a noble subject, if only he had a noble king!"
"What kind of man is this?"
Not the best historically, but a truly great movie.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 08:50 PM (iHjB5)
I'm Seguin, TX born & bred (as in Juan Seguin) and still live 20 mi from San Antonio and here's what I KNOW:
The Alamo, John Wayne was required 7th grade school viewing in TX history class. I've never been able to sit through it again, and I love John Wayne movies.
Billy Bobs Alamo was pretty darn good, but not great.
Everyone I know, including me was so freakin excited for History's Texas Rising, my fb feed was buzzing about it for weeks. No one I know made it through three episodes, it was so God-awful. Don't. Just don't.
A really "Texas" movie is "Lone Star" with Kris Krisrofferson, Matthew McConahoweveritsspelled and the guy that played July Johnson in Lonesome Dove. Really really good. Cold case murder mystery along the border. Great little indie flick.
Movie I thought would suck but didn't-keeping with the Texas theme-"Frailty" with Bill Paxton. Not my genre, but so so good.
And if anyone wants to visit SA-now, right now is the time. The weather is fantastic, although we could use some rain and the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo just kicked off this past weekend. Voted "Large Indoor Rodeo of the Year" for the 11th straight year. It's really a treat if you're able to get here for it.
Posted by: Abby at February 15, 2016 08:50 PM (8wu51)
The best navy chow I ever had was @ the Seabee base in Davisville RI.
Posted by: JT at February 15, 2016 08:50 PM (bHKeY)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at February 15, 2016 08:50 PM (kBIIG)
Since I was conceived there, does that make me a part-Texan?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 08:51 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 15, 2016 08:51 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 08:52 PM (4/i9Y)
Posted by: logprof
****
Umm, what?
Posted by: Reverend Philip Shooter at February 15, 2016 08:52 PM (hVdx9)
and the Two Towers built up a lot of credit on Peter Jackson's account
with me that even the Hobbit trilogy has not erased.
Ah. An optimist.
Posted by: Anachronda at February 15, 2016 08:53 PM (o78gS)
Scared the two cats out of the room. Holy cow.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 08:49 PM (FsuaD)
Over at WZ they got video of her barking like a dog
Posted by: Josephistan at February 15, 2016 08:53 PM (7qAYi)
Didn't do too well, but entertaining.
Posted by: Tom Weaver at February 15, 2016 08:53 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Meremortal at February 15, 2016 08:53 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 15, 2016 08:53 PM (MNgU2)
the coen's are modern day movie makers that i tend to like.
not all of them, and they take getting used to but "burn after reading" is hilarious.
Posted by: concrete girl at February 15, 2016 08:42 PM (0KgAM)
I love the Coen Brothers. They've made a number of good movies. I haven't managed to see their remake of "True Grit", but I really want to.
Posted by: rickl at February 15, 2016 08:54 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Don Quixote at February 15, 2016 08:45 PM (f7rv6)
Like it too, just a shame they couldn't find a less homely actress to play the lead.
Posted by: cm9000 at February 15, 2016 08:54 PM (2TUVm)
Posted by: Yip at February 15, 2016 08:43 PM (e7T6D)
Moved here for a job. Job didn't fly, but will stay for the women....amazing.
Posted by: Blano at February 15, 2016 08:54 PM (3eoPa)
Posted by: AstroBevo at February 15, 2016 08:48 PM (DZF+K)
I can't believe I still haven't seen it. I need to fix that.
Those asshole reviewers don't know that Tejanos fought on the Texas side, and Bowie was married to one. Northern Mexico also rebelled against Santa Anna because he was a fucking DICTATOR--just the kind of guy leftoids like.
Posted by: stace at February 15, 2016 08:54 PM (ozZau)
Just keeping the tepid fume types on edge...
Posted by: anon a mouse - now with more puppy! at February 15, 2016 08:54 PM (C9pBZ)
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 15, 2016 08:54 PM (egOGm)
Posted by: Serenity Now! at February 15, 2016 08:54 PM (qppcR)
Posted by: Josephistan
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By all means, yes. Totally unrelated.
But you missed the season one marathon today.
Last episode starting now, then new season @ 2200 hrs...
Posted by: Chi at February 15, 2016 08:54 PM (OUpHg)
Posted by: Firewolf at February 15, 2016 08:54 PM (xMoJV)
Sort of like the sunset over the beach in Vietnam?
Posted by: tmitsss at February 15, 2016 08:55 PM (Pa9vP)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 08:52 PM (4/i9Y)
Another movie where Pitt displays his acting skills.
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 15, 2016 08:55 PM (MNgU2)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2016 08:55 PM (w4NZ8)
I loved burn after reading too.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 15, 2016 08:56 PM (egOGm)
Posted by: Josephistan
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By all means, yes. Totally unrelated.
But you missed the season one marathon today.
Last episode starting now, then new season @ 2200 hrs...
Posted by: Chi at February 15, 2016 08:54 PM (OUpHg)
Of course you could DVR it and binge watch season 1 on Netflix first.
Posted by: buzzion at February 15, 2016 08:56 PM (z/Ubi)
the time. The weather is fantastic, although we could use some rain and
the San Antonio Stock Show Rodeo just kicked off this past
weekend. Voted "Large Indoor Rodeo of the Year" for the 11th straight
year. It's really a treat if you're able to get here for it.
Posted by: Abby at February 15, 2016 08:50 PM (8wu51)
Is the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo the "Yuuuge Indoor Rodeo of the Year?" Starts March 1. Get your cowboy on.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 15, 2016 08:56 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 08:56 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at February 15, 2016 08:50 PM
Slow down, there big fella...they should start by going back to that post from November & do some "practice commenting" there...you remember the post: the one where we conclusively proved, with geometric logic, the vast superiority of the Remington 870 over the Mossberg 500...
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 15, 2016 08:56 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: waelse1 at February 15, 2016 08:57 PM (LNkqQ)
But you missed the season one marathon today.
Last episode starting now, then new season @ 2200 hrs...
Posted by: Chi at February 15, 2016 08:54 PM (OUpHg)
I think Season 1 is available On Demand
Posted by: Josephistan at February 15, 2016 08:57 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at February 15, 2016 08:25 PM (kf2iZ)
I thought I remembered that movie, but the one I actually saw was "The Wanderers", which was about 1960s gangs. Good soundtrack. Both of them were released in 1979.
Posted by: rickl at February 15, 2016 08:57 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Mortimer at February 15, 2016 08:57 PM (iQwFx)
Yeah, you could into it just catching up on the first season. BB doesn't exist yet.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 15, 2016 08:58 PM (LRvmp)
Yeah it's adorable when people try to explain Texas history to Texans.
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 08:58 PM (0C2f1)
Posted by: Josephistan at February 15, 2016 08:53 PM (7qAYi)
Seriously?
Posted by: Carl Spackler at February 15, 2016 08:58 PM (JO9+V)
I love the Coen Brothers. They've made a number of good movies. I haven't managed to see their remake of "True Grit", but I really want to.
Posted by: rickl at February 15, 2016 08:54 PM (sdi6R)
They're pretty impressive. Try to explain the plot of, say, Miller's Crossing to someone and it just sounds like a formulaic and stale gangster flick. Their genius is the performances they can get out of the actors and their attention to things like set and costume.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 15, 2016 08:58 PM (NA5LM)
Dick Van Dyke and a flying car?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 15, 2016 08:58 PM (FkBIv)
The Kingsman was better that expected.
Dragged Mrs. Chronda to that one. She said it was good, except for the scene where everyone's heads were exploding.
Then she asked me which scene was my favorite...
Posted by: Anachronda at February 15, 2016 08:58 PM (o78gS)
Posted by: Josephistan at February 15, 2016 08:50 PM (7qAYi)
--Saul is a prequel series to Breaking Bad. Saul, Nacho, and Mike Ehrmentraut are so far the only major future BB characters introduced. So yeah, start watching now.
Posted by: logprof at February 15, 2016 08:58 PM (vsbNu)
Well no coughing up of the lungs. And he did finally remember to put batteries in his hearing aids.
Spent 2.5 hours discussing his book and WWII Eastern Front. Along with me trying to divine what my first job is for this 900+ page epic that he's been writing for 20+ years.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 08:58 PM (d5fLT)
Posted by: Josephistan at February 15, 2016 08:50 PM (7qAYi)
You can, but it's better having watched Breaking Bad first IMHO.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 15, 2016 08:58 PM (kpqmD)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2016 08:59 PM (w4NZ8)
--
ok, wait. Cuz there is a made in China H & K that was within my price range. So when did this Remington vs Mossberg thing go down?
Posted by: Esker Lateman at February 15, 2016 08:59 PM (jw09+)
Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at February 15, 2016 08:59 PM (P8951)
Hot Air to move to Facebook comment system
by Ed Morrissey
4,899 Comments
Wonder if people will start calling Ed a bald fnck that looks like a roll-on deodorant after they hit 5k posts.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 15, 2016 08:59 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 08:51 PM (FsuaD)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
You are technically under the penumbra of being considered to be a Texan. IF you move here BEFORE the Burning Times start or when the Great Day of the Rope festivities commence, and produce a valid birth certificate, then you can be a Texan again.
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 08:59 PM (CbGSW)
Posted by: Abby at February 15, 2016 08:50 PM (8wu51)
Yep to your whole comment, and we have rodeo tickets for tomorrow night. That's a safe space for people who don't want to be around commies and other anti-Americans. .
Posted by: stace at February 15, 2016 08:59 PM (ozZau)
Sounds like an interesting conversation anyway.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2016 09:00 PM (w4NZ8)
Since I was conceived there, does that make me a part-Texan?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 08:51 PM (FsuaD)
AoSHQ Rule #17: pics or it didn't happen (there).
Posted by: Blano at February 15, 2016 09:00 PM (3eoPa)
JEEBUS H. Just heard Shrillary yelling like a banshee on Fox.
Scared the two cats out of the room. Holy cow.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 08:49 PM (FsuaD)
what the hell was that? i was in the laundry room.....she got shrill fast
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at February 15, 2016 09:00 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Mortimer at February 15, 2016 09:00 PM (iQwFx)
1955 - The Last Command (was originally to be directed and star John Wayne, but that fell through)
Posted by: Tyrconnell at February 15, 2016 09:00 PM (jeKFO)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 08:51 PM (FsuaD)
You've got my vote.
I never worried about who moved to Texas. If you've got what it takes, you'll stay. If not, you'll leave. Texas will sort them out.
Posted by: Meremortal at February 15, 2016 09:00 PM (3myMJ)
most people tend to hate remakes but even the russell crowe 3:10 to Yuma was good and rivaled glenn ford's version. the wayner's true grit is super but jeff bridges is extremely funny in his version.
Posted by: concrete girl at February 15, 2016 09:01 PM (0KgAM)
No, it had Robert Downey Jr, Val Kilmer. Was kind of an updated noir/comedy. I really enjoyed that movie. No nap that day.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 15, 2016 09:01 PM (egOGm)
The scene with Lance Armstrong was great, though I see him now as a Bill Cosby-type figure, having raped the Tour de France for seven years.
Posted by: waelse1 at February 15, 2016 09:01 PM (LNkqQ)
Posted by: Dave in Fla
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Bailey.
*drops mic & struts away
Posted by: Chi at February 15, 2016 09:01 PM (OUpHg)
We watched it too. 7th Grade.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 15, 2016 09:01 PM (LRvmp)
Since I was conceived there, does that make me a part-Texan?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 08:51 PM (FsuaD)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
You
are technically under the penumbra of being considered to be a Texan.
IF you move here BEFORE the Burning Times start or when the Great Day of
the Rope festivities commence, and produce a valid birth certificate,
then you can be a Texan again.
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 08:59 PM (CbGSW)
Well, our son and husband want to stay here and fight for Georgia, so I guess moving to Texas is out.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 09:01 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Insomniac
I think it's going to be the exact reverse. I think peeps that end up watching Saul first will enjoy BB more than the rest of us.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 15, 2016 09:01 PM (WLpmE)
Posted by: Esker Lateman at February 15, 2016 08:59 PM
IIRC, it was on a Tuesday...
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 15, 2016 09:01 PM (KCxzN)
... a worthwhile discussion. I'm not sure that issue was ever settled to everyone's satisfaction. More input would certainly be welcome.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at February 15, 2016 09:02 PM (kBIIG)
Posted by: logprof
****
Umm, what?
Posted by: Reverend Philip Shooter at February 15, 2016 08:52 PM (hVdx9)
--Jimmy/Saul thought his brother's asshole partner was blocking him from joining the firm, but it turns out it was Jimmy's own brother who stabbed him in the back. Compared Jimmy with a law degree to a chimp with a machine gun.
Posted by: logprof at February 15, 2016 09:02 PM (vsbNu)
Posted by: concrete girl at February 15, 2016 09:03 PM (0KgAM)
I don't plan to see it in the theater.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 09:03 PM (d5fLT)
Their genius is the performances they can get out of the actors and their attention to things like set and costume.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 15, 2016 08:58 PM (NA5LM)
One thing that really strikes me about their movies is the way the criminals behave impulsively. That's a real thing. In real life, criminals do tend to have poor impulse control and an inability to anticipate the consequences of their actions.
Posted by: rickl at February 15, 2016 09:03 PM (sdi6R)
OK - been busy shootin' all week. Just realized the flags were at half mast for a reason. Did I miss anything else?
Posted by: Weasel at February 15, 2016 09:04 PM (teoYB)
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 09:04 PM (3DIzJ)
me like this film. I avoided it partly due to Clooney. It's just very
different and satisfying.
>>>At least half of it is the music
the coen's are modern day movie makers that i tend to like.
not all of them, and they take getting used to but "burn after reading" is hilarious.
Posted by: concrete girl at February 15, 2016 08:42 PM (0KgAM)
I love the Coen Brothers... Oh Brother Where Art Thou and Raising Arizona are two of my favorites. "Git up there and git me a toddler!" (snort)
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 09:04 PM (NPofj)
Posted by: Weasel at February 15, 2016 09:05 PM (teoYB)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 09:05 PM (d5fLT)
Posted by: Mortimer at February 15, 2016 09:05 PM (iQwFx)
Sounds like an interesting conversation anyway.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
****
Yarp
Posted by: Michael Armstrong at February 15, 2016 09:05 PM (hVdx9)
Same here. Then I found out that the flick was
based on book by Michael Chriton.
That was good as well.
Posted by: JT at February 15, 2016 09:05 PM (bHKeY)
by Ed Morrissey
4,899 Comments"
I like how everyone is refusing to comment in the comments over there. Just making snarky Facebook references.
Ironically, the quality of the comments has improved as a result.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at February 15, 2016 09:05 PM (kBIIG)
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 09:04 PM (3DIzJ)
Yes. It should be a national law IMO.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 15, 2016 09:06 PM (JO9+V)
Is that the one with the behind the scenes badmouthing of Angelina Jolie revealed in the Sony hack?
Posted by: no good deed at February 15, 2016 09:06 PM (GgxVX)
Hmm, is it state law that everyone takes Texas history in 7th grade?
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 09:04 PM (3DIzJ)
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Yes. For a long, long time that has been the law.
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 09:06 PM (CbGSW)
Heck yeah!! Worlds largest rodeo! We just hit that for the barbecue cook off, tho. Good times.
Posted by: Abby at February 15, 2016 09:06 PM (8wu51)
I can't read all 800 comments, so how about the cliff's notes version of a good movie to see?
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 15, 2016 09:06 PM (uZNvH)
Poster Jewell45 is having surgery tomorrow. For for the praying people please keep her in prayer for calm, a successful procedure with, for excellent caring professionals to do the work, smooth healing and no further complications Keep her family in prayer too. It's usually stressful to wait for these things too . I'm sure she'd be glad of the kind thoughts of non prayers too.
I will try to put up the request tomorrow morning too, but not everyone will be here that early.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2016 09:06 PM (w4NZ8)
A local kid who is a steer wrestler can't compete there because of some ruling. I'm not sure why, a few big names can't compete. He is a 4 or 5 time world champion.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 15, 2016 09:07 PM (egOGm)
I've shared it before but back in 1986 I went to see a double bill at Cerritos Mall: "Stand By Me" and "Jumpin' Jack Flash."
I thought I would LOVE SBM, but it left me cold. Same old Stephen King tropes. So I decided to stick around for JJF, thinking it would be stupid. I LOVED it; great pro-American Bond spoof starring (gasp) Whoopi Goldberg.
Anyway, it taught me to not always trust the filmcrits.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 15, 2016 09:07 PM (ntObR)
Yeah, you could into it just catching up on the first season. BB doesn't exist yet.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill
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Really? They ARE related? I had no idea...
I watched the first 4 or 5 episodes of BB, but it wasn't something I could (or was willing to) commit to.
I liked what I aaw, but don't see the connection.
I guess one day I'll have to get into BB.
Posted by: Chi at February 15, 2016 09:07 PM (OUpHg)
Said 'Yep'
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 09:07 PM (d5fLT)
Posted by: Weasel at February 15, 2016 09:07 PM (teoYB)
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 15, 2016 09:07 PM (uZNvH)
-
He measures his sanity with a stop watch.
What do you measure yours with, a dip stick?
Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 15, 2016 09:07 PM (Nwg0u)
I say you need to buck up and watch breaking bad.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 15, 2016 09:07 PM (egOGm)
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 09:08 PM (3DIzJ)
Cliffs Notes:
- Steak should be Medium Rare
- Fish Tacos rock
- Linked comments suck
Next question?
Posted by: Skankles McFelon at February 15, 2016 09:08 PM (+zqYj)
I don't plan to see it in the theater.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 09:03 PM (d5fLT)
You have to be fricking kidding me?! You do not remake a few movies: Casablanca, The Searchers, El Cid, Citizen Kane, Outlaw Josie Wales, Tombstone, or Ben-freaking-Hur!?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 09:08 PM (iHjB5)
Will have more info at the ONT tonight.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 15, 2016 09:08 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 09:08 PM (NPofj)
Chemjeff,
I say you need to buck up and watch breaking bad.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 15, 2016 09:07 PM (egOGm)
I have recorded the first couple of seasons on my DVR, haven't gotten around to watching them yet
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 15, 2016 09:09 PM (uZNvH)
I can't read all 800 comments, so how about the cliff's notes version of a good movie to see?
Posted by: chemjeff
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Everyone seems to say something called "Lemon Party" is worth checking out.
Posted by: Chi at February 15, 2016 09:09 PM (OUpHg)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at February 15, 2016 09:09 PM (kBIIG)
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He measures his sanity with a stop watch.
What do you measure yours with, a dip stick?
Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 15, 2016 09:07 PM (Nwg0u)
Doses of Haldol.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 15, 2016 09:09 PM (kpqmD)
Posted by: ChocoCheese at February 15, 2016 09:09 PM (OvUux)
Prayers for Jewel and the family. May God watch over them all.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 15, 2016 09:09 PM (egOGm)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2016 09:06 PM (w4NZ
She's been through a lot. Prayers up for jewells.
Posted by: Meremortal at February 15, 2016 09:09 PM (3myMJ)
Ok, spelled: "carduchian".
Posted by: anon a mouse - now with more puppy! at February 15, 2016 09:09 PM (C9pBZ)
You'd sure get my vote too!
Lauren, I don't know if it's a law or not, but it's in the state curriculum for 7th grade public schools. Maybe it is a law, because I had it in 7th grade in private school, even way back in 19mumblemumble.
Posted by: stace at February 15, 2016 09:09 PM (ozZau)
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 09:04 PM (3DIzJ)
Statewide curriculum, anyway. Fourth grade, too. Best thing for me about taking it in seventh grade, though, was that we were living in San Antonio at the time and my teacher was part of the group that did reenactments at the Alamo. That really cemented my interest in living history.
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at February 15, 2016 09:09 PM (vRQPU)
Chemjeff,
I say you need to buck up and watch breaking bad.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 15, 2016 09:07 PM (egOGm)
I have recorded the first couple of seasons on my DVR, haven't gotten around to watching them yet
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 15, 2016 09:09 PM (uZNvH)
Netflix may have it.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 15, 2016 09:10 PM (kpqmD)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 09:10 PM (4/i9Y)
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 09:04 PM (NPofj)
After the baby gets kidnapped, the police investigation:
"Can you describe your baby?"
"He looks like a baby!"
"Can you describe what he was wearing?"
"His PJ's."
"Can you describe his PJ's?"
"I don't know, they had Yodas & shit on them!"
Posted by: Josephistan at February 15, 2016 09:10 PM (7qAYi)
My favorite part of El Cid is the joust for Calahorra. When the chunks start flying off Roderigo's saddle, well--shit got real.
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at February 15, 2016 09:10 PM (tEDMc)
"Saul..." is the pre-history of Saul Goodman the skeezy, slimey, underhanded lawyer that worked for Walter White in BB.
It's a prequel of sorts to BB.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 15, 2016 09:10 PM (1obn7)
The 2016 re-make of Ben-Hur has a pushed back release date of August.
I don't plan to see it in the theater.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 09:03 PM (d5fLT)
Wait...Hollyweird is going to re-make Ben fucking Hur?????
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 09:10 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: ChocoCheese at February 15, 2016 09:09 PM (OvUux)
Sacrilege! It's like remaking Ghostbusters!
Posted by: Insomniac at February 15, 2016 09:11 PM (kpqmD)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 15, 2016 09:11 PM (ntObR)
When Trumpets Fade
Thought both were low budget, but came out better than expected.
Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at February 15, 2016 09:11 PM (r6ujM)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at February 15, 2016 09:11 PM (kBIIG)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 15, 2016 09:11 PM (ntObR)
It was....magnificent.
Posted by: Meremortal at February 15, 2016 09:11 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: ChocoCheese at February 15, 2016 09:12 PM (OvUux)
I hope it works out, that you get some reasonable enumeration for it, and that you have fun. It's great when you find people who are interested in the same things you are, and if this guy is elderly andnot well it's probably even more important.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2016 09:12 PM (w4NZ8)
"Saul..." is the pre-history of Saul Goodman the skeezy, slimey, underhanded lawyer that worked for Walter White in BB.
It's a prequel of sorts to BB.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 15, 2016 09:10 PM (1obn7)
And there is some other very significant character overlap.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 15, 2016 09:12 PM (kpqmD)
We took the little ones today-so fun! They added a gigantic Lego Tent that my 3 yr old just loved. We're going Thursday night and then my sis and I are seeing Pat Benatar there next Friday night.
I love going somewhere I'm not triggered all the time!
Posted by: Abby at February 15, 2016 09:12 PM (8wu51)
Perhaps one of you can help: when it begins, the femme fatale is working as the manager of a roomful of telemarketers who are selling office supplies or some such shit over the phone (this is the '90's). She is listening to some poor gamma weakly making his sales pitch and she stands over him and orders him to make a hard sell. She's standing there hissing at him and he has sweat pouring down his face and he just can't do it. And she coldly fires him the second he gets off the phone. That's the scene that establishes her as an emasculating bitch. She picks up the male lead in a bar and she goes on to wrap him around her little finger.
I wish to hell I could remember the name of that film. It was one of those good little movies that comes and goes without attracting a lot of attention.
Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at February 15, 2016 09:12 PM (P8951)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 15, 2016 09:12 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 09:08 PM (iHjB5)
Ben-Hur was a remake....
Posted by: Josephistan at February 15, 2016 09:12 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: dr kill at February 15, 2016 09:12 PM (msVAP)
Jack Burton, itinerate poet and his gay Chinese-American friend complain about rape-culture and hetero-normative society over bowls of egg drop...
Posted by: Mortimer at February 15, 2016 09:13 PM (iQwFx)
Posted by: macleod at February 15, 2016 09:13 PM (Qf5bp)
A Simple Plan was filmed in my home town. The scene with the snowmobiler is at one of my favorite trout fishing spots.
Posted by: davidt at February 15, 2016 09:13 PM (8aOqE)
My favorite part of El Cid is the joust for Calahorra. When the chunks start flying off Roderigo's saddle, well--shit got real.
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at February 15, 2016 09:10 PM (tEDMc)
Yeah, that is a great scene:
*Smacks the bloody favor down in front of Loren's character with his sword*: "You're colors are no longer black!"
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 09:13 PM (iHjB5)
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 15, 2016 09:06 PM
So far the consensus is that movie where the guy & the girl hate each other at the beginning but then they have to go through that thingie together & by the end they've fallen in love with each other. He's the guy that was in that movie with the car chase & explosions; she was in that one movie where she kept a journal & had a cat.
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 15, 2016 09:13 PM (KCxzN)
Wait...Hollyweird is going to re-make Ben fucking Hur?????
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 09:10 PM (FsuaD)
Well, they did it before.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben-Hur
Posted by: rickl at February 15, 2016 09:13 PM (sdi6R)
Jane, yup. They're going to ruin Ben-Hur with enough CGI to choke a dead horse and kill it all over again.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 15, 2016 09:11 PM (ntObR)
Well, dammit to hell.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 09:13 PM (FsuaD)
Ironically, this is the " no spill " technology
and ya spill more with it and in some states this
is the only kind you can sell legally. I'm sure
that there's a youtube vid that can help you.
Posted by: JT at February 15, 2016 09:13 PM (bHKeY)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2016 09:14 PM (w4NZ8)
Posted by: cm9000 at February 15, 2016 09:14 PM (2TUVm)
Also, if you haven't seen it; Second Hand Lions. Also very good.
Posted by: irright at February 15, 2016 09:14 PM (DtNNC)
It's funny, I didn't care for Big Mike in BB very much but he absolutely fascinates me in Saul.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 15, 2016 09:14 PM (PH+lI)
I love the Coen Brothers... Oh Brother Where Art Thou and Raising Arizona are two of my favorites. "Git up there and git me a toddler!" (snort)
Posted by: redbanzai
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Well, I've liked you since we met, but now - I REALLY like you.
I can quote Raising Arizona from opening to ending credits.
One of my all-time favorite movies.
Posted by: Chi at February 15, 2016 09:14 PM (OUpHg)
One of the bonus features from the 1959 Ben-Hur of a wardrobe test for Haya Harareet.
http://annapuna.blogspot.com/2007/12/haya-harareet-make-up-test.html
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 09:15 PM (d5fLT)
When Trumpets Fade
Thought both were low budget, but came out better than expected.
Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at February 15, 2016 09:11 PM (r6ujM)
Same with Moon. If you're gonna make a low-budget movie set on a moon base with basically only two actors (one of which is a computer with emoji expressions) for two hours, you'd better do everything right.
They did.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 15, 2016 09:15 PM (NA5LM)
around 1970. At the top of every stairway there was a Texas gal usher in
a white Stetson that would leave you stunned. I just kept walking until
I circled the stadium.
It was....magnificent.
Posted by: Meremortal at February 15, 2016 09:11 PM (3myMJ)
Later on I hired many of 'em to be my air cocktail hostesses.
Posted by: Herb Kelleher at February 15, 2016 09:15 PM (JO9+V)
"That sumbitch!!"
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 15, 2016 09:15 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: irright at February 15, 2016 09:14 PM (DtNNC)
Loved that movie. *squints sideways towards husband, who wants me to do a walking lion safari in S. Africa*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 09:15 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 09:08 PM (iHjB5)
Ben-Hur was a remake....
Posted by: Josephistan at February 15, 2016 09:12 PM (7qAYi)
True, but it was, as they say, done. And done about as perfect as it could be.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 09:16 PM (iHjB5)
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 09:16 PM (NPofj)
Posted by: Meremortal at February 15, 2016 09:16 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: Skankles McFelon at February 15, 2016 09:16 PM (+zqYj)
This was the MOVIE that first proved to me that Brad Pitt is a very very good actor.
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 15, 2016 08:45 PM (MNgU2)
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Never saw it but that reminds me of a movie I thought would be bad just because Brad Pitt was in it----- Moneyball. I thought it would be Brad Pitt playing Brad Pitt. I dunno. I thought they should have cast a nobody in the role, that the pretty-boy big star was a mistake for a small-scale film.
But he made me forget it was Brad Pitt very quickly.
Yeah, I was impressed by that. (And enjoyed the movie very much.)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 15, 2016 09:16 PM (T/5A0)
Of course you know, the Ben-Hur you know and love was a remake of the 1925 smash hit, and a lot of folks at the time said Heston was no Ramon Navarro.
And then, the more you hear about Navarro, you're glad of that.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 15, 2016 09:17 PM (xq1UY)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 15, 2016 09:17 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: dr kill at February 15, 2016 09:12 PM (msVAP) "
The one with Travolta as the bad guy? I actually thought that was pretty good. The earlier one with Dolph Lundgren, not so much. And I've yet to see the third one.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 09:17 PM (4/i9Y)
the girl hate each other at the beginning but then they have to go
through that thingie together by the end they've fallen in love
with each other. He's the guy that was in that movie with the car chase
explosions; she was in that one movie where she kept a journal
had a cat.
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 15, 2016 09:13 PM (KCxzN)
oh, THAT movie? man I hated that movie
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 15, 2016 09:17 PM (uZNvH)
But how was the volcano scene?
Posted by: anon a mouse - now with more puppy! at February 15, 2016 09:17 PM (C9pBZ)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 15, 2016 09:17 PM (PH+lI)
Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at February 15, 2016 09:17 PM (P8951)
that's stupid!
jack said he'd be back.
they should cast every single actor that was in the first.
especially egg
Posted by: concrete girl at February 15, 2016 09:17 PM (0KgAM)
If he's not currently ranked, he may not have been eligible, even if he's won in the past.
That's my recollection, unless they've changed eligibility requirements.
Posted by: Abby at February 15, 2016 09:17 PM (8wu51)
A local kid who is a steer wrestler can't compete there because of some ruling. I'm not sure why, a few big names can't compete. He is a 4 or 5 time world champion.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 15, 2016 09:07 PM (egOGm)
That's pretty weird. I haven't heard local news because I just got back from the coast (I didn't catch anything this morning, but sure enjoyed good weather out on the water).
Posted by: stace at February 15, 2016 09:18 PM (ozZau)
Okay, I never saw it, but people say that it was great.
Okay, no one has actually ever said that to me. I'm not sure that anyone has ever said it.
Posted by: Rotted Tomatoes at February 15, 2016 09:18 PM (mxCgt)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 09:18 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 15, 2016 09:18 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Mortimer at February 15, 2016 09:18 PM (iQwFx)
But what makes the 1959 version a landmark is the strong cast, a great story screenplay that even the troll Gore Vidal can't tarnish, and well picking up eleven Oscars when winning that little statuette really meant something.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 09:18 PM (d5fLT)
A Simple Plan was filmed in my home town. The scene with the snowmobiler is at one of my favorite trout fishing spots.
Posted by: davidt at February 15, 2016 09:13 PM (8aOqE) "
Love Tom Hanks in that one. "Knock Knock." "Who's there?" "Go fuck yourselves."
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 09:19 PM (4/i9Y)
Yeah, I like sappy movies. But that was really well done.
Posted by: Chi at February 15, 2016 09:19 PM (OUpHg)
Posted by: MTF at February 15, 2016 09:19 PM (TxJGV)
Thou and Raising Arizona are two of my favorites. "Git up there and git
me a toddler!" (snort)
Posted by: redbanzai
------------
Well, I've liked you since we met, but now - I REALLY like you.
I can quote Raising Arizona from opening to ending credits.
One of my all-time favorite movies.
Posted by: Chi at February 15, 2016 09:14 PM (OUpHg)
First, thank you. (grin) (blush)
Second, They've got a new movie out, Hail, Ceasar!, which I have heard is very good.
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 09:20 PM (NPofj)
Posted by: jsg at February 15, 2016 09:20 PM (xnxHg)
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I loved the voice over at the. A voice sounding a lot like Rush says words to the effect this guy is either crazy or else an illegal alien.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 15, 2016 09:20 PM (Nwg0u)
696 --- Kalifornia
This was the MOVIE that first proved to me that Brad Pitt is a very very good actor.
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 15, 2016 08:45 PM (MNgU2)
Yup. If you don't know it's Pitt, you won't know it's Pitt.
Posted by: davidt at February 15, 2016 09:20 PM (8aOqE)
I'm willing to consider that everything worth doing has already been done but what else is going on?
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 09:20 PM (CbGSW)
film. It was one of those good little movies that comes and goes
without attracting a lot of attention.
Posted by: DonnaV (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at February 15, 2016 09:12 PM (P8951)
Was it called "Rodham"?
Posted by: Kindltot at February 15, 2016 09:20 PM (q2o38)
Posted by: Jane D'oh
Fucking news flash: the Ben Hur you saw was a 3rd time remake of a stage play of a novel.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 15, 2016 09:20 PM (WLpmE)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 15, 2016 09:18 PM (JO9+V)
Omega man is kind of iffy to me. I love Heston. I love post apocalyptic movies. That movie was soooooo very 70's. Plus the whole subtext about the coming wave of libtard yutes, was way too prophetic.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 09:20 PM (iHjB5)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 09:21 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 09:21 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: rickl at February 15, 2016 09:21 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Fritz at February 15, 2016 09:22 PM (BngQR)
Fucking news flash: the Ben Hur you saw was a 3rd time remake of a stage play of a novel.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 15, 2016 09:20 PM (WLpmE)
Well, thanks for that well-known factoid.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 09:22 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 15, 2016 09:22 PM (JO9+V)
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Shoulda took her to the #6 dance.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 15, 2016 09:22 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2016 09:22 PM (w4NZ8)
Posted by: Wenda (sic) at February 15, 2016 09:23 PM (PKyc9)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 15, 2016 09:11 PM (ntObR)
And gay it up. Judah and Messala will be gayer than an Barry Obama pajama party. Brokeback-Hur
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 15, 2016 09:23 PM (45oDG)
Kanye flips out on Twitter with bizarre race rant telling 'white' news outlets 'not to comment on black music' and reveals his new album will NEVER go on sale - just Tidal
===========
He's lost it...
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 15, 2016 09:23 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 09:23 PM (d5fLT)
Posted by: Count de Monet
Of a Vincent Price Last Man on Earth.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 15, 2016 09:23 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: anon a mouse - now with more puppy! at February 15, 2016 09:23 PM (C9pBZ)
Posted by: beerologist at February 15, 2016 09:23 PM (8astS)
The "classics" are classics for a reason.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 09:23 PM (iHjB5)
Something about the PRCA won't allow members of some other group to compete. The case went to court. I hear the coffee shop talk. Those old cowboys could be wrong.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 15, 2016 09:23 PM (egOGm)
Babette's Feast is on another list. Best movies ever. Written by the author of Out of Africa.
My wife and I find it very romantic, for some reason. I have introduced my close friends to foreign films with Babette's Feast.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 15, 2016 09:23 PM (u82oZ)
Eliot Spitzer in trouble for choking some poor working girl in a Manhattan hotel. Client #9 in action.
Kathleen Parker weeps.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 09:23 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 09:24 PM (CbGSW)
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 09:20 PM (CbGSW)
a) high end production that spreads money around for everyone cost so much you don't dare make a mistake
b) God help you if you make a film that is trendy now, but has concepts that turn out to be socially criminal in 3 years, you will never work again
Posted by: Kindltot at February 15, 2016 09:24 PM (q2o38)
So did Buckaroo Banzai.
Posted by: Mortimer at February 15, 2016 09:18 PM (iQwFx)
OH... another movie I love. Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension is great.
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 09:24 PM (NPofj)
I fully expected Tron: Legacy to suck, but I think they did a good job
of making an entertaining movie that wasn't overly patronizing or
nostalgia wringing. Who doesn't love Jeff Bridges playing a techy
hippy? Casting was good, soundtrack was good. The scenes with Zeus
were dippy, but they pass quickly enough. Saw it in 3D, it was well
worth it!
Posted by: ChocoCheese at February 15, 2016 09:12 PM (OvUux)
The movie had a very Taoist theme. The points it raised about how the quest for perfection inevitably leads to totalitarianism and suffering, and how the most perfect things in life arise spontaneously are lessons that a lot of people - particularly the Left - would do well to learn.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at February 15, 2016 09:24 PM (HalrA)
those good little movies that comes and goes without attracting a lot
of attention.
Was it "The Last Seduction"?
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 09:24 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 09:25 PM (d5fLT)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 15, 2016 09:20 PM (WLpmE) "
I don't think remakes are bad, it's just that some movies clearly don't need remaking. I've never seen the silent Ben-Hur, but I assume it had room to be improved upon. But it does seem like the list of 'untouchable' movies is getting smaller. Beyond Casablanca and Citizen Kane (and maybe The Godfather), I wouldn't be surprised at anything getting a remake.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 09:25 PM (4/i9Y)
Posted by: ChocoCheese at February 15, 2016 09:25 PM (OvUux)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 15, 2016 09:23 PM (45oDG)
As gay as George Hamilton in Zorro! The Gay Blade.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 15, 2016 09:25 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Skankles McFelon at February 15, 2016 09:25 PM (+zqYj)
Not really. His 25 year old russian babe or is that baby got on a plane back to Russia and refused to press charges. No doubt with a great big check in her pocket
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 15, 2016 09:25 PM (DUoqb)
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 15, 2016 09:25 PM (egOGm)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 15, 2016 09:22 PM (JO9+V)
As long as they steer clear of Manos: The Hands of Fate. Nothing could top the brilliance of every minute of that movie.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 15, 2016 09:25 PM (45oDG)
Posted by: Zorro: The Gay Blade No, Really at February 15, 2016 09:25 PM (iQwFx)
Posted by: Amy Shumer at February 15, 2016 09:25 PM (iHjB5)
Something about the PRCA won't allow members of some other group to compete. The case went to court. I hear the coffee shop talk. Those old cowboys could be wrong.
I have no idea, but my interest is piqued. I think I'll do some Google sleuthing.
Posted by: Abby at February 15, 2016 09:26 PM (8wu51)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 09:27 PM (NOIQH)
Next to end up face down in a pile of coke at a Nevada brothel. Kim better hope latharuth puthy runs in the family.
Posted by: no good deed at February 15, 2016 09:27 PM (GgxVX)
what is the point of this satellite if I can't get these movies? sigh
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 15, 2016 09:27 PM (uZNvH)
That's interesting because FenelonSpouse liked it butt I was thinking it was more of a chick flick because it's very talky and has no rousing action. I guess that's not the case.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2016 09:27 PM (w4NZ8)
Now I have to drink away the shame of saying anything Will Smith was in was better than a Charleton Heston movie (although he did make some stinkers.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 09:27 PM (iHjB5)
A movie I didn't expect to like that I love love loved: Dreamgirls. My then girlfriend dragged me to it with a friend of hers and I was expecting the worst. Jennifer Hudson is amazing, the music is beyond good, it's perfect, and with Jamie Foxx, Beyonce, Eddie Murphy, and Danny Glover you can do worse for blaxploitation.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 09:27 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: anon a mouse - now with more puppy! at February 15, 2016 09:27 PM (C9pBZ)
Incubus starring William Shatner.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 09:27 PM (d5fLT)
Posted by: logprof at February 15, 2016 09:28 PM (vsbNu)
New post-debate PPP poll for SC.
Genghis Khan 35
Lucchese Model 18
Water Boy 18
DoughBoy 7
Posted by: Meremortal at February 15, 2016 09:28 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: Moron Deluxe at February 15, 2016 09:28 PM (+zqYj)
As long as they steer clear of Manos: The Hands of Fate. Nothing could top the brilliance of every minute of that movie.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 15, 2016 09:25 PM (45oDG)
Driving scenes. It has those prestigious driving scenes. Lots of driving.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 15, 2016 09:29 PM (q2o38)
The soundtrack sure didn't hurt either.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lUgqeO1ZxM
Posted by: hogmartin at February 15, 2016 09:29 PM (NA5LM)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 09:29 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2016 09:29 PM (w4NZ8)
I'm willing to consider that everything worth doing has already been done but what else is going on?
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 09:20 PM (CbGSW)
a) high end production that spreads money around for everyone cost so much you don't dare make a mistake
b)
God help you if you make a film that is trendy now, but has concepts
that turn out to be socially criminal in 3 years, you will never work
again
Posted by: Kindltot at February 15, 2016 09:24 PM (q2o3
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Another thing I just thought about is that they're remaking hit movies that are decades old because it will be new to a lot of people who would never bother watching/buying a decades old movie.
They'll probably remake "Bullit", "The Great Escape", "Gone With the Wind".
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 09:30 PM (CbGSW)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 09:30 PM (d5fLT)
Posted by: no good deed at February 15, 2016 09:30 PM (GgxVX)
Posted by: broseidon
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Again, The Wiz.
Posted by: Rotted Tomatoes at February 15, 2016 09:30 PM (mxCgt)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 15, 2016 09:30 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 09:30 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: Kanye Purple Drank Rutherford Cray Cray West at February 15, 2016 09:30 PM (xnxHg)
Incubus starring William Shatner."
Zardoz.
Oh, and Jane, that's Battlefield Earth.
Posted by: anon a mouse - now with more puppy! at February 15, 2016 09:30 PM (C9pBZ)
Did you like the Last Seduction too? I did 20 years ago.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 15, 2016 09:31 PM (egOGm)
Posted by: All Teh Meh at February 15, 2016 09:31 PM (AfES1)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 15, 2016 09:31 PM (ntObR)
The stage play must have been something to see. Done while Wallace was still alive, it had 40 tons of special stage equipment and its own train to carry it. Chariot race live on stage, real horses, on a treadmill.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 15, 2016 09:31 PM (xq1UY)
Posted by: ChocoCheese at February 15, 2016 09:31 PM (OvUux)
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A great movie. A bunch of morons get involved in a murder for hire plot and fvck everything up. M.Emmett Walsh plays one of the not too bright bad guys and has a great soliloquy to open the movie:
The world is full o' complainers. An' the fact is, nothin' comes with a guarantee. Now I don't care if you're the pope of Rome, President of the United States or Man of the Year; somethin' can all go wrong. Now go on ahead, y'know, complain, tell your problems to your neighbor, ask for help, 'n watch him fly. Now, in Russia, they got it mapped out so that everyone pulls for everyone else... that's the theory, anyway. But what I know about is Texas, an' down here... you're on your own.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 15, 2016 09:31 PM (Nwg0u)
Genghis Khan 35
Lucchese Model 18
Water Boy 18
DoughBoy 7
The Trump implosion continues.
Posted by: Mortimer at February 15, 2016 09:31 PM (iQwFx)
Scientology movie with Travolta
Battlefield Earth
Posted by: no good deed at February 15, 2016 09:30 PM (GgxVX)
Sweet jeebus. That's it. Yeah, it deserves a remake all right.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 09:31 PM (FsuaD)
How about non-fiction books made into movies that disappointed? Maybe not through any fault of the movie-makers, but just the inherent difficulty of the translation.
Almost certainly a heretical outlier of a reaction, but I was greatly disappointed in both of Clint's Iwo movies: Flags of Our Fathers, and Letters from Iwo Jima.
Flags was an amazing book, which is to say the true history is amazing, in lots of small and big ways. Almost none of which comes through in the movie, which was basically in some places a cartoonish Hollywood treatment and really was narrowly focused. Of course the book touched on the background and the context of the whole thing, none of which was in the movie.
Letters - didn't read the book. But a few scenes are just ridiculous, esp. the one near the end with the small band of Japanese trapped in a cave who extend themselves to give medical aid to a wounded Marine. And the most intense (accurate) scenes are sort of cartoonish, too - overacted? Dunno.
Another huge disappointing book-to-movie war true story: Lone Survivor. Book - again, i.e. the true story - is pretty amazing, in lots of very different ways. Movie is .... meh. Some of the most powerful parts of the true story literally aren't even included (the state-side support in Lutrell's hometown in Texas for example). Saw it with a SEAL (doesn't know Marcus), who was also pretty meh about it.
None of them "bad" movies - just very meh if you've read the books.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 15, 2016 09:32 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: no good deed at February 15, 2016 09:32 PM (GgxVX)
The Heavy Water War on Netflix is really good. 6 episodes about WWII and the race for the atomic bomb. Set in Norway, Germany and England. Reminded me of Where Eagles Dare, which is an awesome flick.
Very silly but actually kind of fun and campy is Dusk til Dawn series on Netflix. 2 seasons. It's actually pretty good.
If you liked Narcos there is another show on Netflix called Pablo Escobar el patron del mar. Really good as well (there are 74 episodes so it's pretty long and it's subtitled). Better Pablo than in Narcos imho.
And Ace CLUE is one of the greatest movies ever made. It's how movies used to be made. Kind of the last of it's kind of movies made by the old guard of film makers. Yvette's tits alone are omfg wut. 1+1+2+1 just lulz. Not to mention Madeline Khan who is one of the greats. Lesley Anne Warren, Christopher Loyd, Tim Curry, just an amazing cast. John Landis was one of the writers, worked as a PA on Kelly's Hero's, which if you don't like means you are worse than Hitler. Landis went on to direct several films such as Animal House, Blues Brothers, Trading Places, Spies Like Us and Coming To America to name a few. I like CLUE in case you can't tell, probably watched it over 100 times.
Sorry for the long post, making up for not posting in so long. Ace you should get some moron to post a movie/tv thread on the weekends or something. Hell your 10,000 word movie reviews are always teh awesome.
We need to come up with a name for today. The day HA died? The day HA shot it's d*ck off? The HA refugee invasion? those kinda suck, I am sure the can come up with something good.
Bless all you motherf*ckas here.
Posted by: prophet at February 15, 2016 09:32 PM (KIJKy)
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*falls out of chair laughing at one movie that will never be remade*
Incubus starring William Shatner.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 09:27 PM
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Yes it will, and Shatner will do it. A parody of himself playing himself, playing the part. And it will be EPIC.
Posted by: irright at February 15, 2016 09:32 PM (DtNNC)
Posted by: BobM88 at February 15, 2016 09:32 PM (XvZZD)
Posted by: Duel with Dennis Weaver at February 15, 2016 09:32 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 09:20 PM (iHjB5)
Chuck watching the movie Woodstock. How groovy.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 15, 2016 09:33 PM (45oDG)
Posted by: cm9000 at February 15, 2016 09:33 PM (2TUVm)
(I am of the belief that Esperanto is attempt, via linguistic programming, to make Romanian relevant to the world again.)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 15, 2016 09:33 PM (q2o38)
"Why, i myself fetched $30,000 on the black market. And that was was 1957 dollars..."
But I'm trying to catch the last of season one of Saul before the new season premier.
And now you folks are telling me that I MUST watch BB from start to finish !
Aargh! I'm never going to get around to reading the dozen books on my coffee table!
(Golden Isis & 10 Prayers God Always Says Yes To are on the top of the stack. I promise!)
Posted by: Chi at February 15, 2016 09:33 PM (OUpHg)
Just that it was Santa Anna they were fighting, and therefore, you don't get the Texas Revolution you want (the one that allows you to demonize those "evil" whites), you get the one you have. The one all Texans can be proud of. These were men fighting to have a real say in the communities they themselves were building (and yes, they had slaves, and yes, they slowly "excommunicated" the Mexican Texans). These men were what made America.
I actually like the Alamo assault battle scene. I thought BBT did an awesome job showing David Crockett, man, dealing with Davey Crockett, legend. Jason Patric showed the sheer cussedness that made America possible, and has led to some of our greatest day issues. I flew with men like him, a bit more refined. Good men, in their jackass sort of way. Dennis Quaid's Sam Houston is a fine acting job.
The Alamo was a loss. Liberty is won by being willing to fight, even though you might lose. That is why we have had a USS Bunker Hill in the past, and I hope we have a USS Alamo in the future. Or whatever prefix the ship names have on them, because you motherfuckers, we ain't losing to *this* bunch.
Posted by: That Guy at February 15, 2016 09:33 PM (J3UIw)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 09:33 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 15, 2016 09:33 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Rotted Tomatoes at February 15, 2016 09:34 PM (mxCgt)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 09:24 PM (NOIQH)
I googled it and YES! That's it! Thank you! Trying to remember the name of it has driven me crazy for years.
Linda Fiorentino plays the evil bitch.
Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at February 15, 2016 09:34 PM (P8951)
Analyzing why we like the movie is difficult.
The ending is sublime, leaving us with a happy glow. The set-up is excellent, with great characterization by the actors and actresses.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 15, 2016 09:34 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: ChocoCheese at February 15, 2016 09:34 PM (OvUux)
Posted by: Josephistan at February 15, 2016 09:34 PM (7qAYi)
How do you sell Ghostbusters with chicks to the studio? How do you convince investors that this is going to break even?
Krep. Yesterday was the end of the world according to Ghostbusters II, and I missed it.
I hate it when I miss the end of the world.
Posted by: Anachronda at February 15, 2016 09:34 PM (o78gS)
I don't know if I expected it to suck, but it did surprise me at how much I loved it. It's a Wes Anderson movie -- and while they are always quirky, sometimes he has hits with me (The Royal Tenenbaums) and huge misses (The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou).
Plus, it stars Adrien Brody and Jason Schwartzman (both of whom I loathe), but they were great in their roles.
Posted by: Dancing Queen at February 15, 2016 09:35 PM (aNrvT)
Yeah - think part of it was that they didn't include the BUDs training part. You really have to read what they endure just to make it to SEAL (plus all the training), to understand why they would not give up, would not flinch when they see 100 or so swarm their position, would not abandon one of their own.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 09:35 PM (NOIQH)
BTW, the longest movie in my blu-ray collection: Sergio Leone's "Once Upon a Time in America," director's cut. 4 and one half hours long. Geez.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 15, 2016 09:35 PM (ntObR)
{{shudder}}
Sound of Music
oh, you just know they will try.
Posted by: Mortimer at February 15, 2016 09:35 PM (iQwFx)
Jeebus. The real deal is the real deal.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 09:35 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Fritz at February 15, 2016 09:35 PM (BngQR)
Imagine a remake of Lawrence of Arabia now.
{{shudder}}
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 09:33 PM (FsuaD)
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In your mind, can you see how they would destroy "Gone With the Wind"?
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 09:35 PM (CbGSW)
Vanity, a former protege of Prince's and a member of Vanity 6, has died at age 57, TMZ reports.
According to the website, the singer -- born Denise Katrina Matthews -- had long suffered from kidney failure and recently battled abdominal illness.
Posted by: James T Kirk at February 15, 2016 09:35 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: ChocoCheese at February 15, 2016 09:34 PM (OvUux)
It was actually a TV movie.
Posted by: Josephistan at February 15, 2016 09:35 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 09:36 PM (NOIQH)
"Hey! You are NOT Kevin Costner!"
Ha! I forgot that line from last year...
Posted by: Chi at February 15, 2016 09:36 PM (OUpHg)
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 15, 2016 09:36 PM (egOGm)
is that the one with the gravel-y voice chick?
i read that guys say it has an awesome sex scene.
something about being up against a chain link fence.
Posted by: concrete girl at February 15, 2016 09:36 PM (0KgAM)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 09:36 PM (d5fLT)
Mortimer - those numbers reflect an "implosion"?
Straight question.
Seems like 35 is pretty good, and not that far from long-standing numbers, for this primary. Was Genghis at 45% or something recently, in the poll averages? (admit I'm too lazy to go to RCP to look it up)
And while I appreciate your nicknames for the candidates, nothing comes close to that comedian ace linked who had the Dems as "Pending Indictment" and "Venezuela" the night of the Iowa thing.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 15, 2016 09:37 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 09:37 PM (ubByS)
Seen it a couple of times and I should hate it but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 15, 2016 08:28 PM
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Thanks for reminding me -- that's def. a movie I thought would suck but actually enjoyed it. Very cute premise. I watched it the first time out of boredom, but watched it a 2nd time because it was so entertaining.
Posted by: Dancing Queen at February 15, 2016 09:37 PM (aNrvT)
Posted by: ChocoCheese at February 15, 2016 09:38 PM (OvUux)
It takes something impermeable to build a wall that won't pass gas.
Posted by: Duncanthrax the Bellicose at February 15, 2016 09:38 PM (sOhww)
Posted by: prophet at February 15, 2016 09:38 PM (KIJKy)
{{shudder}}
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 09:33 PM (FsuaD)
Gay man helps muslims overthrow their imperialist occupation? I'm shocked they haven't tried a remake by now.
Posted by: Josephistan at February 15, 2016 09:38 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: Dancing Queen at February 15, 2016 09:35 PM (aNrvT)
Life Aquatic might be my favorite movie.
"Everybody check for swamp leeches! What, nobody else got hit, what's the deal?"
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 09:38 PM (ubByS)
It's good to have some data post-debate, finally. I suspected Trump would take little damage, and I was right. In all honesty, the boorish audience behavior really lost the GOP a good chance to inflict damage on Trump or Cruz.
The audience itself became the story of the debate rather than anything the candidates did.
Posted by: Doomberg at February 15, 2016 09:38 PM (hNPOD)
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 09:35 PM (CbGSW)
Who was that jackass who did a Gone With The Wind II? It was awful.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 09:38 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 15, 2016 09:39 PM (QX4j1)
Posted by: davidt at February 15, 2016 09:39 PM (8aOqE)
Posted by: James T Kirk at February 15, 2016 09:39 PM (e8kgV)
"Cultural appropriatioooooooon!!!!!!"
Have you seen "OSS 117:Cairo Nest of Spies?"
Only from 2006, but it is so un-PC. Very silly.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 09:39 PM (NOIQH)
And the actors have such wonderful faces and seeing them transformed during the meal is great.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2016 09:39 PM (w4NZ8)
John Hurt pacing outside the door as Kathleen Turner smolders at him.
But that was when porn was harder to obtain. The 21st century is too jaded.
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 09:39 PM (CbGSW)
I hate you with a passion autocucumber.
Posted by: Chi at February 15, 2016 09:39 PM (OUpHg)
According to the website, the singer -- born Denise Katrina Matthews -- had long suffered from kidney failure and recently battled abdominal illness.
Posted by: James T Kirk
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Creepy. I used the nasty girl song modified for Cruz today. Had not thought of her in years.
Posted by: Michael Armstrong at February 15, 2016 09:40 PM (hVdx9)
Did you go on your trip?
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 15, 2016 09:40 PM (egOGm)
Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at February 15, 2016 09:40 PM (P8951)
Posted by: Ralph at February 15, 2016 09:40 PM (3UF8d)
Great sex scene or pre-sex build up scene - Body Heat.
Watched that one many times when it came to the $1 theater.
Posted by: Anachronda at February 15, 2016 09:40 PM (o78gS)
{{shudder}}
Pish! When David Lean wanted 1,000 Arabs on camels he had to hire 1,000 Arabs and put them on camels.
I can CGI 10,000 camel Arabs before lunch!
Posted by: George Lucas at February 15, 2016 09:40 PM (1xUj/)
"NO one can get into that position." "Sure they can, let me show you."
After finding the room where they are hiding the dead bodies: "There's nothing shocking here." "Are you sure?" "This is america. It's a free country!" "I didn't know it was THAT free!"
A classic.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 09:40 PM (iHjB5)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 09:40 PM (d5fLT)
Probably helps that Moon was written and directed by David Bowie's son, Duncan Jones.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 09:41 PM (NOIQH)
Only from 2006, but it is so un-PC. Very silly.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 09:39 PM (NOIQH)
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That movie was awesome. I liked the sequel too, can't remember the title.
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 09:41 PM (CbGSW)
Sorry, it was sarc. I keep waiting for this predicted collapse in Trump's poll numbers due to his latest swoon-inducing political blather, and it never happens.
meh . As I have said over and over. Car salesmen sell cars, Doctors sell medicine, Politicians sell lies. To whoever is buying.
It's a game. And he's playing the hell out of it.
Posted by: Mortimer at February 15, 2016 09:41 PM (iQwFx)
"Hey! You are NOT Kevin Costner!"
Ha! I forgot that line from last year...
Posted by: Chi at February 15, 2016 09:36 PM (OUpHg)
--I miss Marco.
Posted by: logprof at February 15, 2016 09:41 PM (vsbNu)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 09:38 PM (FsuaD)
Probably related to the same jackasses that did CaddyShack 2, Christmas Vacation 2, and Christmas Story 2.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 15, 2016 09:41 PM (JO9+V)
The bastards remade The Haunting, the bastards.
Posted by: davidt at February 15, 2016 09:39 PM (8aOqE)
Yes. To this day I sleep with my hands under my pillow. Just in case.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 09:41 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at February 15, 2016 09:41 PM (hVdx9)
I can CGI 10,000 camel Arabs before lunch!
Posted by: George Lucas at February 15, 2016 09:40 PM (1xUj/)
And then I'll make the camels go "Broosh!!!"
Posted by: Michael Bay at February 15, 2016 09:42 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at February 15, 2016 09:43 PM (vRQPU)
Posted by: Dr Spank at February 15, 2016 09:43 PM (TJCSB)
Posted by: Yo! at February 15, 2016 09:43 PM (Bd8J1)
Posted by: Mortimer at February 15, 2016 09:43 PM (iQwFx)
Posted by: Groot at February 15, 2016 09:43 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: James T Kirk at February 15, 2016 09:44 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 09:36 PM (d5fLT)
I cannot even picture a chariot race on stage.
Today's stagecraft probably can't hold a candle to what they could do in the 19th century.
Posted by: rickl at February 15, 2016 09:44 PM (sdi6R)
Never knew there was a sequel - will check it out.
Jean Dujardin also made an Ocean's 11 type movie called Ca$h that was decent.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 09:44 PM (NOIQH)
Unless you manage to get Zoe Seldana to do a fan-dance.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 09:44 PM (d5fLT)
Posted by: Michael Armstrong at February 15, 2016 09:44 PM (hVdx9)
Only from 2006, but it is so un-PC. Very silly.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 09:39 PM (NOIQH)
That movie was hysterical.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 15, 2016 09:44 PM (zc3Db)
Zardoz.
Posted by: anon a mouse - now with more puppy! at February 15, 2016 09:30 PM (C9pBZ)
I dunno about Battlefield Earth, but Zardoz would be fantastic to re-film. This time with better special effects than projection and Sean Connery doing the mime thing.
Think of the plot, an effete sterile dead end society holding the rest of the world in apocalyptic stasis via violence and deceit solely to keep their power, and an instinctive revolt when the deceit is uncovered.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 15, 2016 09:44 PM (q2o38)
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How about the scene where they hide Rhett and Ashley out after they've been out Ku Klux Klanning?
Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 15, 2016 09:45 PM (Nwg0u)
It's AMAZING.
C'mon, get with the script.
Posted by: anon a mouse - now with more puppy! at February 15, 2016 09:45 PM (C9pBZ)
The Man From UNCLE remake. I hope they do another.
Posted by: ChocoCheese at February 15, 2016 09:45 PM (OvUux)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 09:45 PM (FsuaD)
Lizzy, exactly. Leaving out BUDS was one of the major omissions that just detracted greatly from the real story. Was nice using real footage of the guys in BUDS suffering on the beach in Coronado during the credits, but they should have done that anyway.
Remake Lawrence of Arabia? Bite your infidel tongue.
qdp, as you know there was a long intermission in Lawrence. And, a substantial prelude, sort of an "overture" period, with great music, for when the lights would be dimmed slowly as final seating took place.
Saw the remastered release in the Senator theater in Baltimore back when it came out years ago, perfect. One of the old, large cinemas, with good sound. Thinking about it, not sure there has been any in-theater movie experience that matches that one. But then I'm partial to the movie.
"It is understood that you have a very funny sense of fun". Partial to that line, in particular.
And Wadi Rum *is* as spectacular as it looks in the movie. And if you go visit, you can get a tour from grandsons of the actual Howeitat who rode with Lawrence, who are also the sons of those who rode as extras for the movie.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 15, 2016 09:45 PM (QDnY+)
FWIW, the USS San Antonio has the Alamo on its badge, and its motto is taken from Travis's letter: Never surrender, never retreat.
I went to the commissioning of the ship, which is one my favorite things I've ever done. San Antonio is not on the coast, but the ship's commander at the time bussed the crew to San Antonio and made them go to the Alamo.
Posted by: stace at February 15, 2016 09:45 PM (ozZau)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at February 15, 2016 09:46 PM (y540j)
Posted by: Yo! at February 15, 2016 09:46 PM (Bd8J1)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 09:46 PM (NOIQH)
Yeah that is one of the most hilarious scenes in movie history. Towards the end of the film the murders just became like boring wtf else is there. I love the Col. Mustard chandelier stuff. The whole movie is epic really. The soundtrack is one of my favorites.
Posted by: prophet at February 15, 2016 09:46 PM (KIJKy)
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 15, 2016 09:47 PM (egOGm)
Sweet Dr. Carson is on Greta's show. He ain't giving up.
Lifetime appointment as Surgeon General , please.
Posted by: Mortimer at February 15, 2016 09:47 PM (iQwFx)
JEB!
Heh.
Posted by: anon a mouse - now with more puppy! at February 15, 2016 09:47 PM (C9pBZ)
John Hurt pacing outside the door as Kathleen Turner smolders at him.
But that was when porn was harder to obtain. The 21st century is too jaded.
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 09:39 PM (CbGSW)
That is a great scene - but you mean William Hurt, not John.
The only love scene I can remember John Hurt ever being in was when he played Caligula in "I Claudius" back in the 1970's. And he was being romantic with his sister, Drusilla.
(That was a great Masterpiece Theatre series BTW.)
Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at February 15, 2016 09:47 PM (P8951)
I know, I know - the comma is my friend. Well, Bourbon is a better friend, dammit.
Posted by: Chi at February 15, 2016 09:47 PM (OUpHg)
Posted by: H Badger at February 15, 2016 09:47 PM (+xIXD)
Posted by: Josephistan at February 15, 2016 09:47 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 15, 2016 09:47 PM (JO9+V)
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Heh. They haul out Herman Cain for commentary. Go get 'em Herm.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 15, 2016 09:48 PM (mxCgt)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 09:48 PM (d5fLT)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 09:48 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 09:48 PM (FsuaD)
I love him, but bless his heart.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 09:45 PM (FsuaD)
--I hope he can parlay all the pub from this campaign into Governor of Maryland or Mayor of Baltimore.
Posted by: logprof at February 15, 2016 09:48 PM (vsbNu)
"Everybody check for swamp leeches! What, nobody else got hit, what's the deal?"
that is one of the best scenes, well the whole time they're on the rescue mission.
i've shed tears when they're all in the mini sub and they finally find the shark (or whatever)
Posted by: concrete girl at February 15, 2016 09:48 PM (0KgAM)
you can remake a classic story any number of times and everyone will have their favorite version. Think "Three Musketeers" "Ben Hur" Little Women" etc.
But movies that were perfect just as they were? Leave them alone. For example "The Women". Couldn't replicate that cast, so the 50's muscial and the recent "update" were horrible.
Posted by: Sal at February 15, 2016 09:48 PM (MRX6w)
The English Patient and The Man From Uncle.
The Man From Uncle has some gorgeous cinematography, sharp dialogue, and some great acting from the three leads. One of those movies that you can rewatch multiple times and have a blast.
The English Patient I expected to sleep through but it's kind of a reverse Casablanca. In Casablanca Rick gives up the woman he loves for the good of the cause (defeating the Nazis). In Patient Almasy turns over intelligence to the Nazis in exchange for their help in rescuing his girl. Neat twist with the added morality tale that his decision winds up fucking everyone.
Posted by: Lamont Cranston at February 15, 2016 09:48 PM (nMt50)
Trying to decide who this helps.
Posted by: Dead Parrot Society at February 15, 2016 09:49 PM (AJeMv)
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Best movie about the rule against perpetuities ever made.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 15, 2016 09:49 PM (Nwg0u)
Can you believe in the old days people paid for porn?
Is that crazy?
Posted by: Yo! at February 15, 2016 09:46 PM (Bd8J1)
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When I was a kid we had to dig through dumpsters to find our porn. Some man's wife would dump his porn stash and it we were astonished that anyone would ever do that.
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 09:49 PM (CbGSW)
Posted by: Dr Spank at February 15, 2016 09:50 PM (TJCSB)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 09:50 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 09:50 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: All Teh Meh at February 15, 2016 09:50 PM (AfES1)
1065
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Wish it was on right now. Could use a few laughs!
Posted by: H Badger at February 15, 2016 09:47 PM
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Definitely. Love it.
Posted by: irright at February 15, 2016 09:50 PM (DtNNC)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 09:50 PM (d5fLT)
Did it have boobehs? The first Roots had boobehs on network TV.
Because I am deep like the ocean.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at February 15, 2016 09:50 PM (1xUj/)
Posted by: Count de Monet
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MBD is better than Clue, but not THAT much better. Both worth owning.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at February 15, 2016 09:51 PM (hVdx9)
And I've noticed a commensurate increase of comments here.
I guess they're going to continue until midnight.
I suppose the switchover takes place then and everyone goes by by.
I would hope some will take one for the team and make the switch just to report back on how things go.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at February 15, 2016 09:51 PM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: Mortimer at February 15, 2016 09:51 PM (iQwFx)
Underwater Bar Fight from Top Secret!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfRi-a8hPh0
Posted by: ChocoCheese at February 15, 2016 09:52 PM (OvUux)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at February 15, 2016 09:52 PM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 09:52 PM (CbGSW)
Posted by: watchem and read it at February 15, 2016 09:52 PM (3MNCs)
Little brats gotta brat.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 09:52 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: prophet at February 15, 2016 09:53 PM (KIJKy)
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Holy cow, I'd forgotten that one.
Even my dad loved it and he usually hated movies like that.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at February 15, 2016 09:53 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Dr Spank at February 15, 2016 09:43 PM (TJCSB)
Ann Marie, do the interns get glocks?
*topless script girl sunbathing*
No they all share one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc_4hCaz35I
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 09:53 PM (ubByS)
Hot Air to move to Facebook comment system
by Ed Morrissey
5,266 Comments
People are exchanging emails and signing yearbooks.....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 15, 2016 09:53 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Sal at February 15, 2016 09:53 PM (MRX6w)
Posted by: ChocoCheese at February 15, 2016 09:34 PM (OvUux)
It was actually a TV movie.
Posted by: Josephistan at February 15, 2016 09:35 PM (7qAYi)
ABC Movie of the Week, I think.
Posted by: Blano at February 15, 2016 09:53 PM (3eoPa)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 09:53 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 09:50 PM (NOIQH)
Yes it is.
http://graphics.wsj.com/hillary-clinton-email-documents/
I am not making this up.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 09:53 PM (ubByS)
Po Tip-if you invite someone over to see the movie, don't let it be someone you like who doesn't know you very well. I think I shared the story that my husband who has been watching Alistair Sim in "Scrooge" (which, BTW, was recently voted best Christmas film ever by English audiences) for about 55 years and can recite every line from it. I've been listening to him do it for about 35 years. To be fair he doesn't recite EVERY Line. It's only because i love and like him so much that I sit with him and do this every single year. It's the kind of habit one has to mellow into from a loved one. :^)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2016 09:54 PM (w4NZ8)
Is that crazy?
Posted by: Yo! at February 15, 2016 09:46 PM (Bd8J1)
I feel so sorry for the poor suckers who had to clean 1970's movie theaters after a showing of "Deep Throat."
Yuck.
Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at February 15, 2016 09:54 PM (P8951)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 15, 2016 09:54 PM (mxCgt)
Movies that will never be remade.
Old Yeller, Song of the South, Stars and Stripes Forever
Posted by: Mortimer at February 15, 2016 09:51 PM (iQwFx)
I thought Song of the South was banned by Disney?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 09:54 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Dr Spank at February 15, 2016 09:55 PM (TJCSB)
Posted by: prophet at February 15, 2016 09:55 PM (KIJKy)
Hey aren't you the guy who took my lunch money?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 15, 2016 09:55 PM (voOPb)
Jason Nesmith: Never give up. Never surrender.
Best Star Trek film of all time
Posted by: James T Kirk at February 15, 2016 09:55 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 09:55 PM (d5fLT)
Is that for realz?
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 09:50 PM (NOIQH)
Yes it is.
http://graphics.wsj.com/hillary-clinton-email-documents/
I am not making this up.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 09:53 PM (ubByS)
Drudge has it.
Posted by: davidt at February 15, 2016 09:55 PM (8aOqE)
Posted by: Josephistan at February 15, 2016 08:50 PM (7qAYi)
***********************************
You can -- it is all pre-Breaking Bad (i.e, how Saul became "Saul') so there is no reference to Breaking Bad, but you really, really should see Breaking Bad -- talk about something I thought would suck -- I resisted watching Breaking Bad because I thought "meth dealers -- pfft. I want nothing to do with that" but I watched it during a marathon and I LOVED it. Seriously, best show ever -- even better than the Sopranos because the ending was perfect for the show.
In the long run, I'm glad I did wait to "binge watch" it because the anticipation of having to wait an entire year to find out what happened next would have killed me.
Posted by: Dancing Queen at February 15, 2016 09:56 PM (aNrvT)
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Hank Kimball from the Department of Agriculture would be the hero, trying to straighten all the hicks out.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 15, 2016 09:56 PM (Nwg0u)
And the addition of at least 3 African Americans.
Plus all men are total dunderheads (unless they're the evil corporate head then they're all evilly and shit)
They lost me on remakes when they made Starbuck a women in Battlestar Galactica.
Just. NO.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at February 15, 2016 09:56 PM (Xo1Rt)
Yep, my hubby is the same way w/Raising Arizona. Knows every line.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 09:56 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Mortimer at February 15, 2016 09:56 PM (iQwFx)
Posted by: concrete girl at February 15, 2016 09:48 PM (0KgAM)
It's sigur ros, what are you gonna do?
Fantastic, fantastic flick. Also, Ned lives, he's smoking his pipe on top of the Belafonte at the end of the credits. With that badass Bowie song playing. They were just making a movie.
"This is my little nephew, Werner."
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 09:56 PM (ubByS)
{{shudder}}
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 09:33 PM (FsuaD)
He'll spend half the movie in a Turkish prison and be loving every minute of it.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 15, 2016 09:56 PM (kpqmD)
My trip?? Are you referring to me? :-)
I have a trip to Laughlin coming up Easter week (last week of March). And I snuck away to Pechanga a few days ago, had a good time. But no big trips of late for me. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 15, 2016 09:57 PM (ntObR)
Also, FYI, I just fell in love with the cute counter girl at the Greek carry out place.
Posted by: Weasel at February 15, 2016 09:57 PM (teoYB)
I haven't watched that in a while. I'm going to watch it when it rains. Hopefully it will rain soon. I'm praying for another miracle March.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 15, 2016 09:57 PM (egOGm)
An email is worth 1000 words.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 09:57 PM (ubByS)
No. 2 Son and I tried to watch Magnificent Seven, he in particular is a Steve McQueen fan. We couldn't get through it.
I've mentioned that around here and it seems that Mag Sev has fans. I don't get it.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at February 15, 2016 09:57 PM (1xUj/)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 09:57 PM (NOIQH)
Jeffrey Pelt: Listen, I'm a politician which means I'm a cheat and a liar, and when I'm not kissing babies I'm stealing their lollipops. But it also means I keep my options open.
Posted by: James T Kirk at February 15, 2016 09:57 PM (e8kgV)
So, HA is having a "good bye" thread - as in, they acknowledge masses of regulars will go away due to the FB debacle? Celebrating their blunder?
Earlier, someone said that Poppin' Fresh was banning people from the place *in* the good-bye thread.
Probably have some of this wrong, but wow there's some good dark and unintentional humor in all that, if true.
Related dumb question: WTH do some businesses make you go to FB to deal with them, or at least do some normal things like check their calendar or announcements? WTF? They pay for a website, which serves merely to vector you to FB. Huh? There are some craft breweries that do this, and they go to the bottom of my (very long) list for checking out.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 15, 2016 09:58 PM (QDnY+)
I would send ace a bottle of conditioner for his back if we did...
Posted by: Chi at February 15, 2016 09:58 PM (OUpHg)
I actually did not have the problem with the female Starbuck. I had a problem when they made ALL of the characters depressive nihilists.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 09:58 PM (iHjB5)
Posted by: Mortimer at February 15, 2016 09:58 PM (iQwFx)
Posted by: logprof at February 15, 2016 09:58 PM (vsbNu)
Posted by: davidt at February 15, 2016 09:55 PM (8aOqE)
Good call, shouldn't have linked the SJWSJ. Even worse? I got THAT link off reddit.
reddit is the heroin of the internet. Only heroin users are cooler than redditors.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 09:58 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 15, 2016 09:59 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 09:49 PM (CbGSW)
One of my good friends from high school grew up with a porno theatre in his back yard. It explains a lot about him.
Posted by: Josephistan at February 15, 2016 09:59 PM (7qAYi)
I wasn't sure if it was Vegas or Laughlin. i knew it was a poker tourney.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 15, 2016 09:59 PM (egOGm)
Well, I was sober for 24 hours. Time to falloff the wagon.
Posted by: Some Dude at February 15, 2016 09:59 PM (+zqYj)
Read the book, it's even better.
Lots of snark from Claudius as this was supposed to be his journal.
Lots' of insider stuff about Augustus and Livia that didn't really show in the series.
Excellent read.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at February 15, 2016 09:59 PM (Xo1Rt)
I have never seen "Raising Arizona" Maybe he could start doing ti with another film. ;^)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2016 09:59 PM (w4NZ8)
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 15, 2016 10:00 PM (egOGm)
Posted by: prophet at February 15, 2016 10:00 PM (KIJKy)
Best Star Trek film of all time
Posted by: James T Kirk at February 15, 2016 09:55 PM (e8kgV)
Yeah that's an all timer.
"Fire red particle cannons, fire blue particle cannons, look I gotta go"
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:00 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: James T Kirk at February 15, 2016 09:57 PM (e8kgV)
Richard Jordan was such an underused actor.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 10:00 PM (iHjB5)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 10:00 PM (NOIQH)
Agree completely.
And the ending?
Possibly the best ending in the history of endings.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 15, 2016 10:00 PM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:00 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 10:00 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 15, 2016 10:00 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 15, 2016 10:01 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: prophet
****
Have you ever seen Murder by Death?
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at February 15, 2016 10:01 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Ralph at February 15, 2016 10:01 PM (3UF8d)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 10:01 PM (d5fLT)
:-)
It was local, at Hawaiian Gardens Casino. Was there and home the same day.
Long story short: the entry was about $30, they paid the top 20 finishers a minimum of $120. About 130 people participated.
So what happens to me? I came in 21st, or as it's called in the poker world, "bubble boy." Oy.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 15, 2016 10:01 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: prophet at February 15, 2016 10:00 PM (KIJKy)
Citizen Kane blew chunks.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 15, 2016 10:01 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Josephistan at February 15, 2016 10:01 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: Milton Waddams at February 15, 2016 10:01 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Some Dude at February 15, 2016 10:01 PM (+zqYj)
Posted by: Gene Kelly at February 15, 2016 10:02 PM (xZc4z)
It's painful, but this is what we put our troops through.
Our son came home from Helmand Province by a fucking miracle. He'll tell you that.
I cry (in private) when I think what these brave young men, hands tied behind their backs, are dealing with.
Our son said the ROE were killing them. And nearly fucking killed him.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 08:15 PM
We too went to see American Sniper out of a sense of obligation to a heros family. Same for 13 Hours, to honor those brave men.
Other movies we wait for the DVD or till they are free on TV.
Remember to vote w/ your $$$.
Posted by: Farmer at February 15, 2016 10:02 PM (o/90i)
I admit I was angry about how I went out of the tourney. I went all-in with Queens and was challenged by Q-J offsuit.
What happens? My opponent turned a straight on me. Grrr. I admit I was irritated and angry, though thankfully I didn't throw a tantrum and get myself banned from the casino.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 15, 2016 10:02 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Weasel at February 15, 2016 10:03 PM (teoYB)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 15, 2016 10:03 PM (ntObR)
re: Stalag HotAir:
Jazz Shaw dropped by in the goodbye thread to talk to folks and share the pain, unlike that stronzo Morrissey:
I was always here. Just tried not to dominate the conversation since I have the whole front page to scribble on. But tonight seemed like a time to pull up a chair for a bit. Sadly, Ill need to retire soon, but I appreciate everyone sharing their thoughts, both positive and critical. But the web is wide as the name implies. You never know where Ill turn up commenting on the work of others. Thanks, guys.
Jazz Shaw on February 15, 2016 at 9:42 PM
Way to be a stand up guy, Jazz. Respect.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 15, 2016 10:03 PM (kdS6q)
SLC Punk
Just good fun.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 15, 2016 09:59 PM (zc3Db)
How about Romper Stomper?
Posted by: ChocoCheese at February 15, 2016 10:03 PM (OvUux)
don't know if it was Ed or not but I read that Constantine got banned midway for saying something.
Jazz Shaw is currently moderating and I think for most of the day.
Ed's been on Twitter sneering at the angry commenters in his usual smug way.
Allah hasn't shown his(her) face but Michelle Malkin apparently heard about the thread and took time to stop in but it was more of an 'Oh well that's life' kind of comment.
Meanwhile not a word on Hot Air by either Ed or Allah or the thieves at Salem about the reaction.
It's their blog and they'll destroy it if they want to is their attitude I guess.
Idiots.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at February 15, 2016 10:03 PM (Xo1Rt)
Alistair Hennessey: Is this my espresso machine? Wh-what is-h-how did you get my espresso machine?
Bill Ubell: Well... uh... we fuckin' stole it, man.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:03 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 10:03 PM (3DIzJ)
You are so money.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 15, 2016 10:04 PM (egOGm)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at February 15, 2016 10:04 PM (oVJmc)
Stilgar: Usul, we have wormsign the likes of which God has never seen!
Posted by: James T Kirk at February 15, 2016 10:04 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 15, 2016 10:04 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 15, 2016 10:04 PM (2x3L+)
Posted by: Josephistan at February 15, 2016 10:01 PM (7qAYi)
Yo we need to dress you up in a cardboard box with AWESOME-O written on it and get you in front of some Hollywood execs with that idea
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:04 PM (ubByS)
Geez, Can only imagine what Hillary deleted...
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 09:57 PM (NOIQH)
I don't see it on Drudge anywhere, nor did I see it on the other links either (couldn't get one to work).
Posted by: Blano at February 15, 2016 10:04 PM (3eoPa)
Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Posted by: Meremortal at February 15, 2016 10:05 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: ChocoCheese at February 15, 2016 10:03 PM (OvUux)
Never saw it.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 15, 2016 10:05 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 10:05 PM (d5fLT)
So HA Mgmt hanging with GOPe Mgmt?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 15, 2016 10:05 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 15, 2016 10:01 PM (voOPb)
We all are....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 15, 2016 10:05 PM (Zu3d9)
Fantastic, fantastic flick. Also, Ned lives, he's smoking his pipe on top of the Belafonte at the end of the credits. With that badass Bowie song playing. They were just making a movie.
"This is my little nephew, Werner."
the ending with everybody walking really fast and anjelica huston comes skipping in. loved the whole soundtrack.
Posted by: concrete girl at February 15, 2016 10:06 PM (0KgAM)
Same with The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Wonder if Tarantino ever completely loses his mind and tries to remake it.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 15, 2016 10:06 PM (ntObR)
But otherwise, that Alamo movie was much more historically true to history: Jim Bowie was one of those dark and dangerous fellows, and William Travis was a bit of a PITA. They should have all gone and abandoned the place, it was indefensible with the men that they had -- but they didn't. And when they died in place, and when the garrison of the Goliad were murdered after surrendering under what they thought were fair terms - well, then, the Texians realized it was a matter of fight on your feet or die on your knees.
I so wish that the miniseries Texas Rising hadn't been so much of a mis-managed, horrible flop. A good many of us historical enthusiasts hoped that it would be a good retelling, something that would do justice to the drama of what really had happened. Instead - major flopperoo, starting with ... the crypt under the Alamo?
The next episode of my own Chronicles of Luna City starts with Luna City being used as a set for a ghastly and awful movie - represented to the good citizens of Luna City as being a straight drama bout the Texas war for independence, but is actually a schlocky and exploitative (and flamingly historically inaccurate) flick with Santa Anna's army being zombies and werewolves.
Yes, I have had fun, with this turn of plot. And also imagining the outrage of the local citizens when they figure out how they have been had. And take revenge.
As for movies that I fully expected to be horrible, and an insult to my intelligence? And which I watched anyway and was surprised and delighted to enjoy? George of the Jungle. The Daughter Unit - then about eleven years old, wanted to see it in the theater. I went along, as a matter of grim duty - and laughed all the way through.
Posted by: CeliaHayes at February 15, 2016 10:06 PM (95iDF)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 15, 2016 10:04 PM (2x3L+)
The canny ones will take, the skeevs squishes and trump fans will be fed to the hamsters, barreled, or slain by an errant typo from fen
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:06 PM (ubByS)
Heh.
If you liked it, this is great: http://grantland.com/features/an-oral-history-swingers/
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 10:06 PM (NOIQH)
Like a hologram... but better.
/there are work related reasons I am watching the Grammy's, I would not be doing it voluntarily. Trust me.
Posted by: shibumi, RIP USA at February 15, 2016 10:07 PM (7FH+T)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at February 15, 2016 09:57 PM (1xUj/)
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1) Yul Brynner
2) the music theme
3) Steve McQueen
4) Yul Brynner
5) pro-gun/self-defense theme
6) Cheesy fun
7) Yul Brynner
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 15, 2016 10:07 PM (T/5A0)
Drudge has it.
Geez, Can only imagine what Hillary deleted...
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 09:57 PM (NOIQH)
I don't see it on Drudge anywhere, nor did I see it on the other links either (couldn't get one to work).Posted by: Blano at February 15, 2016 10:04 PM (3eoPa)
I meant Hillary! barking like a dog.
Posted by: davidt at February 15, 2016 10:07 PM (8aOqE)
Posted by: concrete girl at February 15, 2016 10:06 PM (0KgAM)
Seu Jorge doing acoustic Portugese Bowie covers! Unreal.
https://vimeo.com/100345071
Are you new around here?
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:07 PM (ubByS)
Go away Jeb.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 10:07 PM (FsuaD)
That sucks you didn't place, but I hope you had fun. I don't gamble. My husband does. We will play blackjack together. He may as well play two hands. I don't have that take a risk gene.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 15, 2016 10:08 PM (egOGm)
Oh boy. If they could have only seen what was coming.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 15, 2016 10:08 PM (ntObR)
And where else did we see that sort of attitude presage the collapse of another popular conservative blog hangout?
Hint: it had a color in it's name.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at February 15, 2016 10:08 PM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: RGallegos at February 15, 2016 10:08 PM (49Jfq)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 10:08 PM (d5fLT)
Has the Hot Gassy exodus continued to here unabated? I hope we at least good some quality new refugees.
Posted by: L, Elle
Saw one nick here today I know is the sux. Can't remember though if he's GOPe or Libertarian word spew.
Saw "Petunia" over there doing dances on poster's eGraves and being a general dick, so that thing will probably be coming back here too.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 15, 2016 10:08 PM (kdS6q)
First and third were good. Basically if he's not fighting Nazis, it's not gonna be a good Indiana Jones movie.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 15, 2016 10:08 PM (NA5LM)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 10:08 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 15, 2016 10:08 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Quentin Tarantino at February 15, 2016 10:09 PM (jFocU)
My husband is going on his golf/gambling boys trip soon. He likes Vegas. I can't sit at a table that long. I go in the bar and make friends.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 15, 2016 10:10 PM (egOGm)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 15, 2016 10:03 PM (ntObR)
--I hope not. Works best as a series. At most a movie would just be a very long episode.
Posted by: logprof at February 15, 2016 10:10 PM (vsbNu)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 15, 2016 10:10 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: jake at February 15, 2016 10:10 PM (Rtn6b)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 15, 2016 10:10 PM (ntObR)
I read this years ago. It was excellent.
Posted by: JT at February 15, 2016 10:11 PM (bHKeY)
1123----I've mentioned that around HERE and it seems that Mag Sev has fans. I don't get it.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at February 15, 2016 09:57 PM (1xUj/)
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1) Yul Brynner
2) the music theme
3) Steve McQueen
4) Yul Brynner
5) pro-gun/self-defense theme
6) Cheesy fun
7) Yul Brynner
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 15, 2016 10:07 PM (T/5A0)
And James Coburn. Gun v knife contest.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 15, 2016 10:11 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at February 15, 2016 10:11 PM (FohCt)
1181 Has the Hot Gassy exodus continued to here unabated? I hope we at least good some quality new refugees.
Posted by: L, Elle at February 15, 2016 10:04 PM (2x3L+)
The canny ones will take, the skeevs squishes and trump fans will be fed to the hamsters, barreled, or slain by an errant typo from fen
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:06 PM (ubByS)
I would say we'll get stuck with all the Rubio fellating petunias. But they probably love the idea of going to Facebook commenting.
Posted by: Buzzion at February 15, 2016 10:11 PM (KrNgl)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 15, 2016 10:08
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Oh man, that's where we inherited Petunia from? That figures. The ones early in day were just asking for freebies and cake. I wasn't impressed, and the quality of their commentary left much to be desired.
Posted by: L, Elle at February 15, 2016 10:12 PM (2x3L+)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 15, 2016 10:08 PM (kdS6q)
Oh god help us
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:12 PM (ubByS)
MisHum, middle aged here if I live as long as some Svans (mountain folks in northwest Georgia, the other Georgia). Hip? Nah. But I loathe "social media" and many related things, outside a narrow role of sorts. I really resent being herded into the maw of some advertizing machine, run by a clueless kid fascist.
People constantly say "but I keep up with my far-flung former high school softball team mates" using FB. Huh? There have been group websites and group-oriented functions on other portal websites, and email, for almost 15 years. Why would you need FB? I kept in touch with people literally all over the world, easily,when Zuckerberg was in junior high. Whatever, I don't care about it, just don't want to be compelled to use it (or anything else I prefer to pass on).
BTW, nice Irish Setter. I am amazed - I haven't seen one in 20 years. We had one when I was a kid, and they had quite a national popularity (remember King Timahoe?). Now - poof, none.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 15, 2016 10:12 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 10:12 PM (d5fLT)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 15, 2016 10:13 PM (ntObR)
Without taking in to account Clint Eastwood movies, CLUE is one of the greatest movies ever made. Better than Star Wars and Indiana Jones.
Posted by: prophet at February 15, 2016 10:13 PM (KIJKy)
And neither of them seemed to be that good after they joined Hot Air, even before Salem took it over. They became blander writers, IMO.
Still, I thought that Morrissey was basically a decent guy, even if too moderate for the tastes of many. It sounds like he's channeling Bike Seat Boy today.
Why banish people when chances are they're not going to be around tomorrow anyway?
Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at February 15, 2016 10:13 PM (P8951)
And I'm sure she was smitten with you too.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 15, 2016 10:13 PM (s1UpH)
Posted by: ChocoCheese at February 15, 2016 10:13 PM (OvUux)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 15, 2016 10:13 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: qdpsteve
--I hope not. Works best as a series. At most a movie would just be a very long episode.
Posted by: logprof
I wish so much that LOTR hadn't been made until a few years later. Imagine that same cast and crew doing three twelve episode seasons.
Ugghhhhh.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:14 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: FCF at February 15, 2016 10:09 PM (kejii)
Posted by: FCF at February 15, 2016 10:14 PM (kejii)
Posted by: Josephistan at February 15, 2016 10:01 PM (7qAYi)
Ex-pats bored out of their minds in Belize being recruited to protect a village in Peruvia from narcotraffickers who have bought blindness from the government.
"Galils? I thought we'd get Mini-14s so we could really look like the A-Team. Can we get a van too? Shjt, you are cheap."
Though I like yours too.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 15, 2016 10:14 PM (q2o38)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2016 10:14 PM (w4NZ8)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 15, 2016 10:12 PM (2x3L+)
lol remind me never to trifle with LL I don't wanna get tossed off as an undesirable.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:15 PM (ubByS)
rest of the Bush clan understand why we are sick to hell of all of them?
Same with the Clintons, Kennedys, etc. And for G-d's sake, no more
Obamas. Ever.
Go away Jeb.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 10:07 PM (FsuaD)
They think they think they are indispensable and we are obviously too stupid to rule ourselves without them.
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 10:15 PM (NPofj)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 15, 2016 10:13 PM
I think I've seen that. Does she have a cat & keep a journal?
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 15, 2016 10:15 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 15, 2016 10:08 PM (egOGm)
Possibly, but you absolutely have the "I know some really interesting shit that CBD is going to nag me about until I relent and write about it" gene.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 15, 2016 10:15 PM (Zu3d9)
I have never seen "Raising Arizona"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2016 09:59 PM (w4NZ
I highly recommend it. It's hilarious from start to finish. A poor couple who can't have children kidnap a quintuplet from a millionaire.
It's been a long time since I've seen it, but I don't think there's much you would find offensive.
Posted by: rickl at February 15, 2016 10:15 PM (sdi6R)
Boy Franpsycho wanted the zombies. Girl Franpsycho loves the 18th century English prigs. Everyone was happy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2016 10:16 PM (EZebt)
Posted by: concrete girl at February 15, 2016 10:16 PM (0KgAM)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:16 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: ChocoCheese at February 15, 2016 10:13 PM (OvUux) "
Oh yeah, she was a piece of work, but I always secretly suspected she was the troll account of a regular. Just such blatant, over the top hypocrisy seemed too tone deaf to come from a real person. It seems like I was wrong though.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 10:16 PM (4/i9Y)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 15, 2016 10:17 PM (s1UpH)
I think petunia over at HA is Begonia here. Similar attitude and style (or lack of style)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at February 15, 2016 10:17 PM (Xo1Rt)
I hate FaceBook.
Your sentiments mirror mine
Thanks for the compliment on the pooch
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 15, 2016 10:17 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: anon a mouse - now with more puppy! at February 15, 2016 10:17 PM (C9pBZ)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 15, 2016 10:01 PM (voOPb)
We all are....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 15, 2016 10:05 PM
I'm surpised how many here are + or - five yrs of sixty.
But I love to hear younger posters here in their late 20s or their 30s. Gives me hope for the future.
Posted by: Farmer at February 15, 2016 10:17 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at February 15, 2016 10:11 PM (FohCt)
Tree of liberty quote. Works every time.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 15, 2016 10:17 PM (kpqmD)
and cake. I wasn't impressed, and the quality of their commentary left
much to be desired.
Posted by: L, Elle at February 15, 2016 10:12 PM (2x3L+)
lol remind me never to trifle with LL I don't wanna get tossed off as an undesirable.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:15 PM (ubByS)
If you look at the comments over there, them coming here does not bode well for our civil dialogue/vicious name calling ratio.
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 10:17 PM (NPofj)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 15, 2016 10:18 PM (ntObR)
Steve Zissou: What? Which one?
Eleanor Zissou: Marmalade. I'm sorry.
[lighting cigarette]
Steve Zissou: What happened?
Eleanor Zissou: A rattlesnake bit it in the throat.
Steve Zissou: [pause] Goddammit, Elanor, why do have to say it like that? You couldn't try to break it a little bit nicer?
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:18 PM (ubByS)
that sounds dangerous
Posted by: jake at February 15, 2016 10:10 PM (Rtn6b)
Commenting via Facebook is perfectly safe. All is well. Carry on.
Posted by: NSA at February 15, 2016 10:18 PM (FohCt)
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 10:17 PM (NPofj)
Can it ya bilge rat!
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:18 PM (ubByS)
I think petunia over at HA is Begonia here. Similar attitude and style (or lack of style)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger
Yeah. That's what I meant. Same perp, different nicks.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 15, 2016 10:18 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 10:18 PM (d5fLT)
Aside from a few professional actors (in supporting roles) he used local Indians descended from the Mayans as main characters, royalty, and extras, and filmed the pic entirely in Mexico's Yucatan. All the dialog is in the Yucatec Mayan language, with English subtitles.
The main "chase" scene through lush jungle is *really* really good, as is the depiction of the merciless Mayan warriors forcing Indians to run for their lives as they hurled spears at them.
Gibson was under a cloud because of his anti-Semitic rants, and when the movie came out the lock-step PC critics savaged IT because of HIM, giving the flick a very crappy "Rotten Tomatoes" ranking.
But audiences felt otherwise, and for good reason.
See this movie!
Posted by: Noam Sayen at February 15, 2016 10:19 PM (bIhmV)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2016 10:14 PM (w4NZ
Very good movie. Tame humor by today's standards, but then they were going for this thing called "funny" over shocking or discomfort humor.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 10:19 PM (iHjB5)
1231 Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 15, 2016 10:08 PM (kdS6q)
I think petunia over at HA is Begonia here. Similar attitude and style (or lack of style)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at February 15, 2016 10:17 PM (Xo1Rt)
No. If anything Begonia is a sock meant to parody petunia. They just missed the mark and thought they'd be all in for Jeb when they are all in for Rubio.
Posted by: Buzzion at February 15, 2016 10:20 PM (KrNgl)
Posted by: concrete girl at February 15, 2016 10:16 PM (0KgAM)
Atta girl. Do you frequent just the late threads? I don't miss much during work hours.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:20 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 15, 2016 10:20 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 15, 2016 10:20 PM (2x3L+)
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 10:15 PM (NPofj)
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Noblesse Oblige. Texas elected one of Jeb's "little brown ones" (as GHWB called them) in 2014 to be General Land Commish. They're like Kennedy's but they wore out their welcome sooner.
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 10:20 PM (CbGSW)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 10:18 PM (d5fLT)
Whoa, that reminds me... did I hear something about an Evil Dead remake or was that some kind of bizarre fever dream?
Posted by: hogmartin at February 15, 2016 10:20 PM (NA5LM)
I hadn't logged into Hot Gas for years, but it turns out my account still works, so I might as well post a banworthy comment, since I won't be able to comment in the future anyways.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan
Ditto. Had a virgin fresh account that I used today for the first time.
Instantly banned now, I assume.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 15, 2016 10:21 PM (kdS6q)
CaliGirl, um, this weather thing is getting a bit weird. Talk about El Nino being over-sold.
Today, in chemjeff's destination, another perfect late fall day - 90, ridiculously perfect clear blue sky, amazing sunset (black clean horizon, no marine layer). I'm "losing" my lettuce because it's maturing and about to bolt. The lemon tree still has half its current crop and the buds are starting to explode like crazy all over it. Lots of ornamental trees blossoming months early. Even spiders have hatched early, based on the all the webs that typically don't start til mid-summer.
To be optimistic, there's still nearly 3 months of "rainy" season for SoCal, by historical patterns, and even more time for big snowfalls in the Sierras (the more important part).
Posted by: rhomboid at February 15, 2016 10:21 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: logprof at February 15, 2016 10:21 PM (vsbNu)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:18 PM (ubByS)
I will not, you syphilitic, donkey nosed thespian!
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 10:21 PM (NPofj)
Bill Ubell: Why would I do that?
Steve Zissou: Because you're a bond company stooge.
Bill Ubell: [scoffs] I'm also a human being.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:21 PM (ubByS)
*BANG!*
Posted by: logprof at February 15, 2016 10:21 PM (vsbNu)
Hey! Hey that's my comment! 1006!
MOOOOOOOOOM
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:22 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 10:22 PM (d5fLT)
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 15, 2016 10:22 PM (egOGm)
Posted by: Meremortal at February 15, 2016 10:22 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: Josephistan at February 15, 2016 10:23 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 10:18 PM (d5fLT)
Whoa, that reminds me... did I hear something about an Evil Dead remake or was that some kind of bizarre fever dream?
Posted by: hogmartin at February 15, 2016 10:20 PM (NA5LM)
There is Ash vs. the Evil Dead. An FX series, with Bruce Cambell in the role.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 10:23 PM (iHjB5)
By the lack of morning content.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:23 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 15, 2016 10:23 PM (u82oZ)
Don't go by the Good bye thread. They're pissed and rightfully so.
From my past perusal, most of them are fairly decent and not as inflated as you might think.
I believe that most of the ones we wouldn't like are the ones that are saying they'll keep posting with FB and everyone who's upset are doodyheads and stupid.
And there's more of those than I originally thought.
I guess the opportunity for some vicious flames (and perhaps last chances) was too good to pass up.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at February 15, 2016 10:23 PM (Xo1Rt)
B. Abuse Clinic
C. Insult Clinic
???
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 10:22 PM (d5fLT)
Complaint department.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 15, 2016 10:24 PM (kpqmD)
Posted by: Amy Schumer at February 15, 2016 10:24 PM (iHjB5)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:24 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
I wouldn't be surprised to find out CBD is AllahP.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 15, 2016 10:24 PM (WLpmE)
Posted by: Geoffrey at February 15, 2016 10:24 PM (LoRcb)
and cake. I wasn't impressed, and the quality of their commentary left
much to be desired. "
Yes, there was cake-begging and then the first real em-barreling of the refugees happened this afternoon. It was a goodern too.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 15, 2016 10:24 PM (IzP/K)
Posted by: bergerbilder at February 15, 2016 10:24 PM (IeXP9)
Just waiting for some asshole to remake Casablanca.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 15, 2016 09:18 PM (FsuaD)
Hell, there was a TV SERIES remake back in the early 80s with David Soul as Rick. Didn't last long, obviously
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 15, 2016 10:24 PM (o98Jz)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3341646/
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 10:24 PM (d5fLT)
Ace is the AAA Auger of the blogging world.
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 10:24 PM (3DIzJ)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 15, 2016 10:25 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 15, 2016 10:23 PM (u82oZ)
No shit.
Goodnight you old barnacle. i look forward to smiling and striking fear into the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere with you tomorrow
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:25 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2016 10:25 PM (w4NZ8)
[Comment deleted, user banned -- Ed]
Galtian on February 15, 2016 at 10:03 PM
Such a prick, is Ed.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 15, 2016 10:25 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Carlos Mencia at February 15, 2016 10:25 PM (kpqmD)
Posted by: Meremortal at February 15, 2016 10:25 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:24 PM (ubByS)
LOL :-)
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 10:26 PM (NPofj)
Posted by: Sally Kohn at February 15, 2016 10:26 PM (jFocU)
Posted by: hogmartin at February 15, 2016 10:20 PM (NA5LM)
There's a new series - "Ash vs. The Evil Dead." I don't have Starz, but I hear it's good.
Posted by: Josephistan at February 15, 2016 10:26 PM (7qAYi)
Raising Arizona is actually a very nice movie when you boil it down.
If you can stomach this place, you'll like it.
Silly, but at it's heart, a great movie with a moral to the story.
Posted by: Chi at February 15, 2016 10:26 PM (OUpHg)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:16 PM (ubByS) "
Grantland being axed shows that ESPN, much like HotAir, doesn't really give a crap about its readership. As long as the clicks keep coming, everything is hunky dory. ESPN is another site that went down the shitter once the message boards went to FB commenting.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 10:26 PM (4/i9Y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 10:26 PM (iHjB5)
Posted by: Eli Cash at February 15, 2016 10:26 PM (Dc/ui)
Posted by: Josephistan at February 15, 2016 10:23 PM (7qAYi)
A series on Beren and Luthien could clean up on the female GOT demo.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:27 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at February 15, 2016 10:27 PM (oVJmc)
We sooo need the rain here. My cherry trees are in full blossom. The ornamental pears are blooming too. My figs have new growth.
I really am praying for rain.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 15, 2016 10:27 PM (egOGm)
THX 1138
Posted by: Meremortal
THX was a remake of his student project at USC.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 15, 2016 10:27 PM (WLpmE)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2016 10:25 PM (w4NZ
CLICKS CLICKS CLICKS CLICKS CLICKS
You think these ads are here for us to rip on?
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:27 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 10:27 PM (3DIzJ)
Robert Duval as Hub and his speech: Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want you to remember this, that love... true love never dies. You remember that, boy. You remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things worth believing in. "
Posted by: RGallegos at February 15, 2016 10:27 PM (49Jfq)
The "Flames....on the side of my face!!" part was ad-libbed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8d8y4BLWtI
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2016 10:27 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at February 15, 2016 10:28 PM (hVdx9)
Has anyone here ever heard of Amazon Prime Pantry? I just got a tweet from Verge about it so I took a look and I am majorly crushing right now.
For $5.99 you fill a box full of household supplies such as cleaning products, personal care items, food, beverages, etc.... and they deliver it to your house.
I thought that it must be a small shipment that's allowed or that they are jacking up the price of the products to cover the shipping but, I was wrong.
I just ordered all of my cleaning supplies, including a big batch of paper towels, two bottles o laundry detergent, bath tissue, Clorox wipes, personal care items, and a bunch of food and only then did I hit the "your box is 98% full".
This thing is awesome!!
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 15, 2016 10:28 PM (8PbKi)
I hated it, even in LA. cloudy chilly and freaking rained all the time in like February.
Of course that was 40 years ago so I guess they'd be tickled to death if it happened now.
I left and swore to never go back. Biggest disappointment I've ever had (with a place anyway).
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at February 15, 2016 10:28 PM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 15, 2016 10:28 PM (d5fLT)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:28 PM (ubByS)
Mundane - and perhaps dumb - question.
Why go to FB for your comments? What's the advantage/point? Don't get it.
And yes, AllahPundit's original website was epic. His mockTom Friedman columns were masterpieces. He perfectly captured the cultural gap between the free, free-thinking west and the humorless traditional/Islamic mindset in his posts. And I never got one of his "Six Days, Bitch" coffee mugs (blue and white, with the Star of David), which were also epic.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 15, 2016 10:29 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 15, 2016 10:29 PM (KCxzN)
I shoulda said 'compuserve.' That would have been funnier.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at February 15, 2016 10:30 PM (oVJmc)
Such a prick, is Ed."
Was once an HA'er. Many moons ago. I'm not really moved by all of this.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 15, 2016 10:30 PM (p37cc)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:30 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 15, 2016 10:27 PM (WLpmE)
And George Lucas eventually released a new version of THX1138 marred in a few places by the obvious intrusion of CG into existing effects. If he completely remade it, it would probably be on the level of the Star Wars prequels.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at February 15, 2016 10:31 PM (FohCt)
THX was a remake of his student project at USC.
Indeed. And the student project is a special feature on the THX DVD.
Posted by: Anachronda at February 15, 2016 10:31 PM (o78gS)
Lucy Liu? The answer is always yes.
Posted by: t-bird at February 15, 2016 10:31 PM (OLNwX)
As my grandpa always said "That's why there's chocolate and vanilla." ;-)
Posted by: Dancing Queen at February 15, 2016 10:31 PM (aNrvT)
I believe they're outsourcing their moderating to facebook as well. So someone can report a post.
Yeah...that'll end well.
They also say they want to bring in new blood and that posting under your real name will make people behave.
Clearly they've never been in the buzzfeed comment section.
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 10:31 PM (3DIzJ)
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 10:31 PM (CbGSW)
[Comment deleted, user banned - Ed]
gh on February 15, 2016 at 10:16 PM
[Comment deleted, user banned - Ed]
nobar on February 15, 2016 at 10:20 PM
[Comment deleted, user banned - Ed]
Aitch748 on February 15, 2016 at 10:28 PM
Ed thinks he's going to Heaven, where God will make him Assistant of the Book of Deeds or something.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 15, 2016 10:31 PM (kdS6q)
Jeez, is Ed pulling a Captain Queeg over there?
Wasn't Ed the Captain's Quarters guy before he started going a little weird?
That goes back a ways.
Posted by: Meremortal at February 15, 2016 10:31 PM (3myMJ)
Ace is the AAA Auger of the blogging world.
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 10:24 PM (3DIzJ)
believe it or not, ace was the first blogger i discovered.
I was in college, googling something (probably non-political, I don't even remember) and I accidentally ended up at the 'hq.
Was hooked within a few weeks. Found HA and the rest of the "blogosphere" from here.
HA commentators (I do have an account over there) being disbanned... meh.
but if aoshq went FB -- that'd be a sad day for me.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 15, 2016 10:31 PM (AkOaV)
And
George Lucas eventually released a new version of THX1138 marred in a
few places by the obvious intrusion of CG into existing effects. If he
completely remade it, it would probably be on the level of the Star Wars
prequels.
And Om would shoot first.
Posted by: Anachronda at February 15, 2016 10:32 PM (o78gS)
Posted by: irright at February 15, 2016 06:40 PM (DtNNC)
Welcome to the Dark Side!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 15, 2016 10:32 PM (Z8fuk)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 15, 2016 10:32 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:27 PM (ubByS)
Agreed. The Silmarillion alone could host a million hours of tv.
Turin? Hero goes dark in a much better way than Lucas managed with Anakin.
Considering it is just source material he wrote to make the world have a history for himself while writing, The stories do a good job of sounding more interesting than most of the stuff on TV nowadays. It could go badly, but there surely is a lot of fertile material there.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 10:32 PM (iHjB5)
Posted by: jake at February 15, 2016 10:32 PM (Rtn6b)
Posted by: Dancing Queen at February 15, 2016 10:31 PM (aNrvT)
I actually think it's just me haha.
Steve Zissou: If you're not against me, don't cross this line! If yes, do.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:32 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: Moron Deluxe at February 15, 2016 10:32 PM (+zqYj)
Agreed.
I don't hate facebook. I have a facebook account. I just don't want my real thoughts on subjects being mixed with my nice mommy persona. My husband's Pentecostal family would blow a gasket if they saw how I talk.
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 10:33 PM (3DIzJ)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 15, 2016 10:33 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: logprof at February 15, 2016 10:34 PM (vsbNu)
***
Somebody on twitter just pointed out what may be a deal killer for me: They box all items together, including food and cleaning supplies.
NONONONONO!!! I am very particular in the way my items are bagged at the store to prevent this. They will have to fix this or I won't be ordering again.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 15, 2016 10:34 PM (8PbKi)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 15, 2016 10:35 PM (p37cc)
1283 Whoa, that reminds me... did I hear something about an Evil Dead remake or was that some kind of bizarre fever dream?
Posted by: hogmartin at February 15, 2016 10:20 PM (NA5LM)
There's a new series - "Ash vs. The Evil Dead." I don't have Starz, but I hear it's good.
Posted by: Josephistan at February 15, 2016 10:26 PM (7qAYi)
Best Ash line in the series:
(after being complimented on his deadite-killing skills)
"I'd call it a gift from God, but that'd be giving the guy upstairs just a bit too much credit. It's all me, baby."
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 15, 2016 10:35 PM (o98Jz)
Lauren - thanks for that answer.
Wow. If that's the rationale (for the FB switch), gotta say I'm skeptical. After years of experience in which certain blogs thrive and reach very high levels of quality with anonymous commenters, HA decides real names are needed?
Which reminds me - is it possible to do truly anonymous fake FB account?
(yes, I live in a cave in the High Pamirs in Tajikistan, and don't get out much)
Posted by: rhomboid at February 15, 2016 10:35 PM (QDnY+)
The Adams brand name still exists (as Cadbury Adams).
Whenever you see a Dem bloviating about how the Senate is obligated to approve Fidel Castro (or whoever TFG nominates), remind them of this incident in 2007, when there was an unsuccessful attempt to filibuster Alito's nomination by such obscure fringe Senators as Obama, Clinton, Kerry, Biden, Boxer, Feinstein, Reid, Durbin....
http://tinyurl.com/axmo3
Posted by: That's Horus not Whore Us at February 15, 2016 10:36 PM (eT0Ip)
Wasn't Ed the Captain's Quarters guy before he started going a little weird?
That goes back a ways.
Posted by: Meremortal at February 15, 2016 10:31 PM (3myMJ) "
I can't be sure, because I didn't monitor the whole thread, but I think a lot of the people are posting [Comment deleted, user banned - Ed] manually as a send-off.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 10:36 PM (4/i9Y)
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 10:36 PM (CbGSW)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 10:32 PM (iHjB5)
Yeah but who didn't do a better job than George Lucas.
Something about Tolkien is weighty. It matters. He wrote several hundred thousands lines of epic poetry he then scrapped and converted into his prose, all for backstory, like you say. The second age though... to see Sauron as a mid-level lieutenant in Angband.
They'll probably do it.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:36 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 10:36 PM (iHjB5)
They also say they ... that posting under your real name will make people behave.
In the announcement post, unless they changed it, they said you could create an anonymous account on Facebook. Which is totally against the Facebook terms of service.
Posted by: Anachronda at February 15, 2016 10:36 PM (o78gS)
And yes, AllahPundit's original website was epic. His mockTom Friedman columns were masterpieces. He perfectly captured the cultural gap between the free, free-thinking west and the humorless traditional/Islamic mindset in his posts. And I never got one of his "Six Days, Bitch" coffee mugs (blue and white, with the Star of David), which were also epic.
Posted by: rhomboid
Mostly to keep everything in one place. You dont' have to bop around from site to site.
The downside, of course, is much, much greater. Particularly if you are trying to separate politics and friend/family stuff.
Thricely if you have read a single article regarding the increasingly strident tone of FB's SWJ agenda.
I can excuse the need to have a system to filter out more invective and multipage arguments that go nowhere. But the idea that FB is going to aid and help with comments on a conservative outlet?
That's one of the most ignorant and self-destructive things I've ever read....
That or Ed and Co are bunch of DIABLOs.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 15, 2016 10:37 PM (WLpmE)
Posted by: Josephistan at February 15, 2016 10:37 PM (7qAYi)
Yeah that one seemed familiar to me too.
I abandoned the HA comments a long time ago, but my nic over there was Vera.
One of the funniest incidents I remember though was when some thread was talking about distracted driving.
Do you remember AnninCa? She said that she had to stop listening to books on tape while she drove because she found herself staring at the tape deck instead of the road.
My husband and I still laugh about that. (that's mean isn't it? It was funny though. )
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 10:37 PM (3DIzJ)
1291 What about a remake of Lucas' first?
THX 1138
Posted by: Meremortal
THX was a remake of his student project at USC.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 15, 2016 10:27 PM (WLpmE)
I wish he would remake it now. He didnt do justice to the book the first time. It's a cool story and now that he knows what he's doing...
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2016 10:37 PM (EZebt)
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 10:33 PM (3DIzJ)
God -- what would they think if they knew you were the one who discovered The Virgin Loophole?!?!
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 15, 2016 10:37 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at February 15, 2016 10:38 PM (kpqmD)
At 5500 comments of "user banned", that's a lot of Ace traffic coming our way. Double shifts for Pixy's hamsters!
Posted by: t-bird at February 15, 2016 10:38 PM (OLNwX)
Captains Quarters was great blog, hard to see him go weird.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor
Who was the nominally conservative BSD of the 00's who went GAFIA a few years back and turned his site into -- I am not kidding or exaggerating in any way -- an anime panty fanservice blog?
Can't remember the name.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 15, 2016 10:38 PM (kdS6q)
Captains Quarters was great blog, hard to see him go weird.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 15, 2016 10:33 PM (39g3+)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I can see why he did though. He quit his former career to go full time blogger, iirc. Sort of stepped off the cliff I think and decided to play it as safe as possible.
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 10:38 PM (CbGSW)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2016 10:37 PM (EZebt)
ummmmm....
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:38 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: prophet at February 15, 2016 10:38 PM (KIJKy)
Posted by: ChocoCheese at February 15, 2016 09:45 PM (OvUux)
If they do, hopefully they'll actually work for UNCLE this time. And use the nifty gun and pen communicator. Open Channel D
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 15, 2016 10:39 PM (45oDG)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:36 PM (ubByS)
*Commence Obscure Tolkien geekery*
Or the fight between Fingolfin and Morgoth? Or the Two Trees? Or just trying to do Utumno. Or the fall of Gondolin?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 10:39 PM (iHjB5)
Posted by: Beth M at February 15, 2016 10:39 PM (kiy9d)
Train wreck with that chunky blonde broad.
Posted by: Willy J. at February 15, 2016 10:39 PM (r6bSH)
No, because they track you off facebook.
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 10:39 PM (0C2f1)
Ah-hah, so you're the guy...
Posted by: The NSA at February 15, 2016 10:39 PM (OLNwX)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 15, 2016 10:40 PM (H8iyB)
Posted by: bernverdnardo at February 15, 2016 10:40 PM (s6/4z)
Posted by: logprof at February 15, 2016 10:40 PM (vsbNu)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at February 15, 2016 10:41 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 15, 2016 10:41 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 10:41 PM (0C2f1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 10:39 PM (iHjB5)
The dwarves packing up their sacks and peacing while singing a funeral dirge in the middle of the climactic battle against Morgoth because their king died and they were straight done with everyone's shit?
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:42 PM (ubByS)
(yes, I live in a cave in the High Pamirs in Tajikistan, and don't get out much)
Posted by: rhomboid at February 15, 2016 10:35 PM (QDnY+)
Fake anonymous FB accounts break their terms of service and the federal government, in its infinite goofiness, has actually made it a crime (with long possible prison time attached) to break terms of service.
It was the main "crime" committed by Aaron Schwartz for which federal prosecutors wanted to put him in ass pounding prison for decades for 35 years. He committed suicide.
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 10:42 PM (NPofj)
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at February 15, 2016 10:38 PM (kpqmD)
oh I'm sure it came from above Ed's head.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 15, 2016 10:42 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: jake at February 15, 2016 10:42 PM (Rtn6b)
Oh, I'm sure they'll receive 'guidance' as to their content.
Posted by: t-bird at February 15, 2016 10:42 PM (OLNwX)
NONONONONO!!! I am very particular in the way my items are bagged at the store to prevent this. They will have to fix this or I won't be ordering again.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 15, 2016 10:34 PM (8PbKi)
Yeah that was my impression from the site. You get your pop, snacks, bleach and cat litter all delivered in the same box.
Posted by: Blano at February 15, 2016 10:43 PM (3eoPa)
Can't remember the name.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 15, 2016 10:38 PM
I never understood that move, either; I guess there's just so much "pedantic nit-picking" one can stand
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 15, 2016 10:43 PM (KCxzN)
Wait, really?
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 10:43 PM (0C2f1)
The meltdown over there was pretty epic today. Like Titanic and all.
Posted by: prophet at February 15, 2016 10:43 PM (KIJKy)
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 10:41 PM (0C2f1)
Oh right. I totally forgot -- that came up during the "stations of the cross" open thread.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 15, 2016 10:43 PM (AkOaV)
prosecutors wanted to put him in ass pounding prison<s> for decades</> for 35
years. He committed suicide.
FIFM (hopefully)
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 10:43 PM (NPofj)
Thanks, weft.
Was a commenter at HA long ago, sort of their heyday. Long time since it seemed worth participating, though.
Somehow I'll muddle on without FB.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 15, 2016 10:43 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: ChocoCheese at February 15, 2016 10:44 PM (OvUux)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 15, 2016 10:42 PM (AkOaV)
You're probably right. He's still a royal dumbass.
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at February 15, 2016 10:44 PM (kpqmD)
NONONONONO!!! I am very particular in the way my items are bagged at the store to prevent this. They will have to fix this or I won't be ordering again.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 15, 2016 10:34 PM (8PbKi)
Yeah that was my impression from the site. You get your pop, snacks, bleach and cat litter all delivered in the same box.
Posted by: Blano
****
You're not a fan of bleach cobbler?
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at February 15, 2016 10:44 PM (hVdx9)
prosecutors wanted to put him in ass pounding prison<s> for decades</s> for 35
years. He committed suicide.
FIFM (hopefully)
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 10:43 PM (NPofj)
GRRRRR... Pixy will not defeat me.
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 10:44 PM (NPofj)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 10:39 PM (iHjB5)
Think about what an effective visual motif the silmarils themselves would be too. You could tease first age lore in the intro to the show, and then every different character could "see" the silmarils differently, depending on how pure of heart they were. Men, dwarves, orcs, maiar, elves, would all perceive them differently.
Let's write a pilot and pitch it.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:44 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 15, 2016 10:44 PM (H8iyB)
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 10:45 PM (NPofj)
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 15, 2016 10:45 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Esker Lateman at February 15, 2016 10:45 PM (t8+i3)
Who was the nominally conservative BSD of the 00's who went GAFIA a few years back and turned his site into -- I am not kidding or exaggerating in any way -- an anime panty fanservice blog?
Can't remember the name.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 15, 2016 10:38 PM (kdS6q)
Are you thinking of Steven den Beste?
He was one of the best political/military bloggers in the early 00's, but as I recall he got sick and tired of fans helpfully suggesting what he should write about and said fuckit and started an anime blog.
He comments here occasionally.
I don't know what GAFIA means, though.
Posted by: rickl at February 15, 2016 10:45 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at February 15, 2016 10:45 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at February 15, 2016 10:45 PM (oVJmc)
Feanor is an interesting character. Brilliant guy. Heart in the right place. Considering Tolkien's background, he is probably meant to stand in for the sin of Pride.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 10:45 PM (iHjB5)
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Wait, really?
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 10:43 PM (0C2f1)
Did you not read the terms of service before you clicked that box?
Dude.
Posted by: Randy Marsh at February 15, 2016 10:46 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 15, 2016 10:24 PM (WLpmE)
That is some awesome shit you are smoking.
I am nowhere near as polite.
As some of you know....my default response is, "You can't possibly be that fucking stupid!"
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 15, 2016 10:46 PM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at February 15, 2016 10:46 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Anachronda at February 15, 2016 10:46 PM (o78gS)
has actually made it a crime (with long possible prison time attached)
to break terms of service."
Wait, really?
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 10:43 PM (0C2f1)
Yep... they can charge you with violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 10:47 PM (NPofj)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 15, 2016 10:47 PM (H8iyB)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at February 15, 2016 10:47 PM (WTSFk)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 10:45 PM (iHjB5)
It would have to be from the Elven perspective. Be interesting to think how you could actually make them distinct, emotionally and functionally, plotwise, from humans as a result of their being immortal.
Meanwhile men are just grubby bastards always rushing around kind of frantically.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:47 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2016 10:47 PM (EZebt)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 15, 2016 10:48 PM (kdS6q)
Battle Beyond the stars... http://tinyurl.com/j59fmb4
Posted by: davidt at February 15, 2016 10:48 PM (8aOqE)
Money. Somewhere.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 15, 2016 10:44 PM (H8iyB)
They have a different target audience in mind.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 15, 2016 10:48 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at February 15, 2016 10:48 PM (WTSFk)
***
I'd rather pay $8 to deliver two boxes because it would still be worth it to avoid the grocery store.
With my heart condition, by the time I do my shopping and carry the stuff indoors, I'm too tired to put it away. This would be terrific if they could solve this one issue.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 15, 2016 10:48 PM (8PbKi)
Posted by: Esker Lateman at February 15, 2016 10:45 PM (t8+i3)
It will be quiet. Like the final airfield scenes in Battle of Britain.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 15, 2016 10:48 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 10:47 PM (NPofj)
Too many stupid, petty laws that no reasonable person would expect, which can land you in Club Fed these days. That's how the wannabe aristocracy likes it. If they don't like you, they can find a pretext for punishment.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at February 15, 2016 10:48 PM (HalrA)
Someone just tweeted that Ralph Macchio is older than Ted Cruz.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 15, 2016 10:49 PM (8PbKi)
http://chizumatic.mee.nu/ these days.
Posted by: Anachronda at February 15, 2016 10:46 PM (o78gS)
I love den Beste.
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 10:49 PM (NPofj)
That's one of the most ignorant and self-destructive things I've ever read....
That or Ed and Co are bunch of DIABLOs.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 15, 2016 10:37 PM (WLpmE) "
I know a lot of us at HA (I haven't posted since I had a falling out with Ed in 2014, but I was a regular for 4 1/2 years) volunteered to be moderators to lessen the workload for them, and we were all refused. I guess they didn't want 'regular' users to have that kind of power. But it would have made their jobs a lot easier.
Funny thing: My fight with Ed came about because I was infracted for posting a user's wikipedia edits in an argument with them, to prove that they had a one-track mind (his entire wiki edit history was defending Bush's decisions during the Iraq war). I was infracted for posting "personal information" about a user. The user's wikipedia name? The exact same as his HA account name. And now HA is going to make everyone comment under their real name (ostensibly; obviously, you can make a fake FB account) even though revealing personal information was against the old ToS.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at February 15, 2016 10:49 PM (4/i9Y)
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 10:50 PM (0C2f1)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:44 PM (ubByS)
The silmarills were a great device. They would probably be called a McGuffin in today's parlance, but they really were important. The fact that Feanor would not surrender them in order to heal the two trees was a greater betrayal than Morgoth's in many ways. You expect the embodiment of evil to be evil. Not to mention the idea of them is interesting, in that I always took them to be an echo of the light of creation. Just awesome stuff.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 10:50 PM (iHjB5)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 15, 2016 10:49 PM (8PbKi)
uh yeah, like a decade older
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 15, 2016 10:51 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: jake at February 15, 2016 10:51 PM (Rtn6b)
Posted by: Beth M at February 15, 2016 10:51 PM (kiy9d)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 15, 2016 10:51 PM (JO9+V)
Am probably here more than I should be too, but what the hell.
Posted by: Blano at February 15, 2016 10:51 PM (3eoPa)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 15, 2016 10:25 PM (39g3+)
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Yes! I forgot that scene. The best classic Westerns usually have some ambivalence about the use of violence, don't they? It is something that is NECESSARY in the face of evil, but not DESIRABLE, not to be glorified.
Of course, movies like Shane make that THE theme.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 15, 2016 10:51 PM (T/5A0)
Posted by: ChocoCheese
I have a hard time watching the monotrack stuff from the late 60's early 70's.
It seems as if the directors and sound guys wanted to irritate the living shit out of their audiences.
Eg. The Andromeda Strain, The Eiger Sanction, or any of the Jean-Pierre Melville stuff. GAAAWWDDAMN with the 20 min long train noise flat against your eardrums.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 15, 2016 10:52 PM (WLpmE)
Now I regret it, just because I won't have any horror stories about being in the Great Purge of Aught Sixteen.
Also, for the life of me I can't figure out how anyone who is travelling the Moron Way has time for any other sites.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at February 15, 2016 10:52 PM (1xUj/)
Someone just tweeted that Ralph Macchio is older than Ted Cruz.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 15, 2016 10:49 PM
shitdamn...I'M older that Ted Cruz...
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 15, 2016 10:52 PM (KCxzN)
Walmart has free shipping for orders of at least $50.
When I need a ton of stuff I go there. Their prices usually beat Amazon.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 15, 2016 10:52 PM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at February 15, 2016 10:48 PM (WTSFk)
What channel/show?
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:52 PM (ubByS)
Macchio is 54, the old Japanese guy was 51 when it was filmed
Posted by: jake at February 15, 2016 10:52 PM (Rtn6b)
Posted by: Beth M at February 15, 2016 10:52 PM (kiy9d)
****
Then it's $12 even if the boxes aren't full, and the boxes hold an enormous amount of product. It might still be worth it if I'm restocking, but then it's not a regular shopping list.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 15, 2016 10:52 PM (8PbKi)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at February 15, 2016 10:52 PM (1xUj/)
I get my news from Drudge and my commentary here. The rest of the internet is a f'in wasteland these days.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at February 15, 2016 10:53 PM (HalrA)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 10:50 PM (iHjB5)
His creation myth is better than most religion's
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:53 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 10:47 PM (NPofj)
Too
many stupid, petty laws that no reasonable person would expect, which
can land you in Club Fed these days. That's how the wannabe aristocracy
likes it. If they don't like you, they can find a pretext for
punishment.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at February 15, 2016 10:48 PM (HalrA)
Three Felonies a Day, indeed.
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 10:54 PM (NPofj)
When I need a ton of stuff I go there. Their prices usually beat Amazon.
***
thanks! I'll check that out next time.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 15, 2016 10:54 PM (8PbKi)
Posted by: t-bird at February 15, 2016 10:54 PM (OLNwX)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:54 PM (ubByS)
He was one of the best political/military bloggers in the early 00's, but as I recall he got sick and tired of fans helpfully suggesting what he should write about and said fuckit and started an anime blog.
Posted by: rickl at February 15, 2016 10:45 PM (sdi6R)
And I totally understand that, too. I mean, if I wrote to Bob Dylan and told him what kind of songs I thought he should write, he would tell me to get stuffed.
Posted by: rickl at February 15, 2016 10:54 PM (sdi6R)
they can charge you with violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
Posted by: redbanzai
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act has been amended a number of times in 1989, 1994, 1996, in 2001 by the USA PATRIOT Act, 2002, and in 2008 by the Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act.
Thanks GOPe!
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 15, 2016 10:55 PM (kdS6q)
Which also=money, somewhere. It's not a misanthropic move.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 15, 2016 10:55 PM (ovxWs)
Posted by: Dead Parrot Society at February 15, 2016 10:55 PM (AJeMv)
Posted by: Javems at February 15, 2016 10:55 PM (yOqwj)
If some other blogs start doing it, I will conclude that something is going. That was my whole fear about Disqus, who is running that place?
Posted by: Esker Lateman at February 15, 2016 10:55 PM (t8+i3)
Posted by: Willy J. at February 15, 2016 10:55 PM (r6bSH)
My favorite is making it illegal to lie to a federal officer. About anything. Even if you forget something. Interrogate someone 11 times in a row on their story, and they're going to change something just because they're tired or bored or forget.
You lied to us. You're going to jail.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at February 15, 2016 10:55 PM (39g3+)
Makes me grateful for the experience here.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at February 15, 2016 10:56 PM (HN0N1)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:56 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 15, 2016 10:56 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 15, 2016 10:52 PM (KCxzN)
Got just over a decade on him myself.
Posted by: Blano at February 15, 2016 10:56 PM (3eoPa)
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 15, 2016 10:52 PM (KCxzN)
well jesus, old sir -- is shall remove myself from your lawn.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 15, 2016 10:56 PM (AkOaV)
http://www.denbeste.nu/archives.shtml
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 10:56 PM (NPofj)
Posted by: Redwhiteandtrue at February 15, 2016 10:57 PM (VNWol)
You mean Arnold, from Happy Days? That was Pat Morita. Funny, I'll bet Macchio will always look like The Kid into his 70's.
Posted by: t-bird at February 15, 2016 10:57 PM (OLNwX)
Let's hope no one spontaneously combusts while walking out to the mound.
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 10:57 PM (0C2f1)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 15, 2016 10:58 PM (FkBIv)
I have to admit that I am kinda enjoying HA melting down. Sorry AirHot peeps. And I kinda like AP. That site has been melting down for awhile now.
If you have never seen CLUE, go and buy it/watch it, One of the best movies ever made. And I know what I am talking about imho. In this day and age, we need comedy. Plus the horde will love the tits...just me they are epic.
Posted by: prophet at February 15, 2016 10:58 PM (KIJKy)
You lied to us. You're going to jail.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at February 15, 2016 10:55 PM (39g3+)
That's why you always ALWAYS decline to answer questions without an attorney present.
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at February 15, 2016 10:58 PM (kpqmD)
You lied to us. You're going to jail.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at February 15, 2016 10:55 PM
Phone call for Mr. Libby. Mr. Scooter Libby, please pick up the white courtesy phone...
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 15, 2016 10:58 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:53 PM (ubByS)
Well, he was an old school, hardcore Catholic.
I remember reading somewhere that he wanted to explore the idea of a world without Christ. The idea was that he always saw the moral courage of the vikings as being very strong, because they believed that evil would win (even though I never saw the vikings as particularly moral.) In other words, doing good when there is no benefit in the afterlife to him was the purest form of doing good.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 10:58 PM (iHjB5)
Now there's an awesome idea: primaries will be conducted over Facebook!
Posted by: t-bird at February 15, 2016 10:58 PM (OLNwX)
Posted by: Redwhiteandtrue at February 15, 2016 10:57 PM (VNWol)
Cut the shit and drink titos.
You guys, we have to hurry if we're gonna top 2000 comments before the ONT!
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 10:58 PM (ubByS)
Got just over a decade on him myself."
Bunch of old farts.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 15, 2016 10:59 PM (ovxWs)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at February 15, 2016 10:52 PM (1xUj/)
I get my news from Drudge and my commentary here. The rest of the internet is a f'in wasteland these days.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at February 15, 2016 10:53 PM (HalrA)
I've learned stuff here too, especially about guns.
Sometimes when a gun thread is really rolling I take notes too.
Posted by: Blano at February 15, 2016 10:59 PM (3eoPa)
asking for a friend
Posted by: jake
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We do!!
Posted by: Omar's Tents at February 15, 2016 10:59 PM (c7vUv)
Posted by: ThunderB at February 15, 2016 10:59 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Beth M at February 15, 2016 11:00 PM (kiy9d)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 15, 2016 11:00 PM (hlMPp)
Posted by: davidt at February 15, 2016 11:00 PM (8aOqE)
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 11:00 PM (3DIzJ)
Posted by: dogfish at February 15, 2016 11:00 PM (0O2Lr)
Suspicious husbands sic three private detectives (Ben Gazzara, John Ritter and Blaine Novak, whom I've never seen again) on beautiful wives (Audrey Hepburn and Stratten). Detectives can't resist temptation and it's a fast farce as couples flame and fade and it (almost) all turns out right in the end. Sexy, funny, incredibly sweet.
Colleen Camp sings two great country songs. Roller disco occurs. The director's two daughters excel as ultrahip New York kids. Great Sinatra songs. Too many beautiful women to count. And the streets of New York City.
Posted by: Spellcheck at February 15, 2016 11:01 PM (HKBpI)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 15, 2016 11:01 PM (hlMPp)
If some other blogs start doing it, I will conclude that something is going. That was my whole fear about Disqus, who is running that place?
Posted by: Esker Lateman at February 15, 2016 10:55 PM (t8+i3)
______
It's more simple. They don't want the headache of monitoring comments. With facebook Mark Z does it for them. Done and done.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 15, 2016 11:01 PM (p+Xhr)
Posted by: jake at February 15, 2016 11:01 PM (Rtn6b)
Cut the shit and drink titos.
You guys, we have to hurry if we're gonna top 2000 comments before the ONT!
Posted by: Ghost of kari
Tito's or Russian Standard. Those are all one needs for a bar set up.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 15, 2016 11:01 PM (WLpmE)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 10:58 PM (iHjB5)
Think for a second about what that means for his faith. He didn't think much of Christians being good, it was just expected.
Pray for our nation.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 11:01 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: Charles "Longcat" Gibson at February 15, 2016 11:01 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: logprof at February 15, 2016 11:02 PM (vsbNu)
Allow me... for decades
Posted by: t-bird at February 15, 2016 10:54 PM (OLNwX)
How did you DO that?
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 11:02 PM (NPofj)
Posted by: Redwhiteandtrue at February 15, 2016 11:02 PM (Y7Wo/)
Never answer questions. I think when you know you have done nothing wrong, it's an instinct to want to explain yourself. Never do this. That's what attorneys are for.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 15, 2016 11:02 PM (egOGm)
Now you made me look up his age. Sigh... get off my lawn, Ted.
Posted by: t-bird at February 15, 2016 11:02 PM (OLNwX)
I will see if I can watch Raising Arizona and the Lions movie
Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at February 15, 2016 11:03 PM (uZNvH)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 15, 2016 10:59 PM (ovxWs)
I about fell over today realizing I'm only 15 years away from 70.
I can't be old, I still have too much to do.
Posted by: Blano at February 15, 2016 11:03 PM (3eoPa)
****
I'm with ya. Between the HQ and Twitter, I'm fresh out of brain space for other blogs.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 15, 2016 11:04 PM (8PbKi)
Posted by: prophet at February 15, 2016 10:58 PM (KIJKy)
Hah, my roommate won't go on tinder because he doesn't have fb and won't get one.
It's done nothing for me.
Are we heading up the younger crowd here or what?
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 11:04 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: redbanzai
Membership has its privileges. Hit ace's tip jar for the Platinum Membership. $100? I don't remember.
Posted by: t-bird at February 15, 2016 11:04 PM (OLNwX)
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 15, 2016 11:05 PM (egOGm)
Posted by: davidt at February 15, 2016 11:05 PM (8aOqE)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 11:05 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: Beth M at February 15, 2016 11:00 PM (kiy9d)
You are quite welcome.
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 11:05 PM (NPofj)
Posted by: ChocoCheese at February 15, 2016 09:25 PM (OvUux)
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The Soundtrack is one the best soundtracks evah! Kickass movie all around. But almost every time I've asked people if they've seen it it's usually no.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 15, 2016 11:05 PM (p+Xhr)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 15, 2016 11:05 PM (2x3L+)
Posted by: concrete girl at February 15, 2016 11:05 PM (0KgAM)
Posted by: Redwhiteandtrue at February 15, 2016 11:05 PM (Y7Wo/)
He's going for it.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 15, 2016 11:05 PM (jNmtZ)
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 15, 2016 11:05 PM (KCxzN)
Looked up everyone.
Ted and He of the Formerly Beloved Garbage are younger than I. The rest are older.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at February 15, 2016 11:06 PM (1xUj/)
Posted by: Esker Lateman at February 15, 2016 11:06 PM (t8+i3)
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 11:06 PM (CbGSW)
Not just fed. There was a reason all those guys caught red handed (on video) on Cops kept saying "Didn do nutin". If you confess anything (and there is a shitload you may think is nothing). It will bind you up to a plea deal. Don't have to be guilty of the big thing just too poor to fight anything. There is no benefit to telling the truth anymore.
Posted by: Willy J. at February 15, 2016 11:06 PM (r6bSH)
Pray for our nation.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 11:01 PM (ubByS)
I do not think he was that down on his faith. His work is littered with Christian imagery and ideas. We today think that someone who even flirts with these ideas must have "doubts", but I do not see it that way at all. To me this seemed like a man confident in his faith, wanting to explore virtues, and sins, in his own stories.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 11:06 PM (iHjB5)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse
Mostly just read Ace nowadays and read what all y'alls Morons writes on twitterz.
Posted by: dogfish at February 15, 2016 11:06 PM (0O2Lr)
I can't stand knife violence it gives me the heebie jeebies. But unreal movie.
Also I'm Ryan Gosling. From Drive. .
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 11:07 PM (ubByS)
It's their blog and they'll destroy it if they want to is their attitude I guess.
And where else did we see that sort of attitude presage the collapse of another popular conservative blog hangout?
Hint: it had a color in it's name.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at February 15, 2016 10:08 PM (Xo1Rt)
I'm still wondering if they didn't get a letter from some Federal alphabet agency that they needed to provide better tracking of anonymous commenters "because....terrorists."
Posted by: cthulhu at February 15, 2016 11:07 PM (EzgxV)
one is some anti moslem street preachers in AZ
the other is looking back at going into Iraq for democracy in 2003
Posted by: jake at February 15, 2016 11:07 PM (Rtn6b)
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 11:07 PM (3DIzJ)
Posted by: Esker Lateman at February 15, 2016 11:06 PM (t8+i3)
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They will indirectly. No sane conservative will use their real name and say something un-PC. So by virtue of going to FB, Hotair has essentially banned any conservative posts.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 15, 2016 11:07 PM (p+Xhr)
Posted by: CozMark
That is the point at which you are just grateful you have hair.
Posted by: dogfish at February 15, 2016 11:08 PM (0O2Lr)
Posted by: Redwhiteandtrue at February 15, 2016 11:05 PM (Y7Wo/)
I assume you mean Christian? I'm a lapsed Catholic. Which makes me a true Catholic. I'm a CS Lewis Christian and think that culturally we need Christianity to undergird our society. Need it and won't live without it.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 11:08 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 15, 2016 11:08 PM (KCxzN)
Someone was banned earlier but so far all those are fake a protest of sorts because effectively that's what HA is doing, it's banning it's current users by forcing them onto a medium that they may or may not wish to take part in.
And that's the real dividing line, it's not so much the Trumpers vs the Cruzbots, it's the FB vs anti-FB people because Mark Zuckerberg is the poster boy for the open borders crowd and of course a flaming censorious liberal who is currently conspiring to ban those who speak the truth about what is happening in Europe with the so called Migrants (aka INVADERS)
That is a political act and a statement of intent that he will do this sort of thing wherever he wishes without care or concern for those who may have a differing opinion.
He intends to eliminate the differing opinion by using his Software/website.
And no true conservative could ever support that act.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at February 15, 2016 11:08 PM (Xo1Rt)
Hah, my roommate won't go on tinder because he doesn't have fb and won't get one.
It's done nothing for me.
Are we heading up the younger crowd here or what?
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 11:04 PM (ubByS)
Got a couple of matches on Tinder but my understanding you both have to swipe right to match...and I know I didn't swipe right on the ones matched.
And my old coworker and I did Plenty Of Fish just for shits and giggles. I answered every question 100 percent honestly.... got pretty much 100 percent opposite of who I would date.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 15, 2016 11:08 PM (hlMPp)
Posted by: Esker Lateman
Facebook doesn't monitor Facebook?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 15, 2016 11:09 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 11:06 PM (CbGSW)
Heh. I found my first gray hair when I was 26.
I'm 58 now, and it's about half and half between brown and gray.
Posted by: rickl at February 15, 2016 11:09 PM (sdi6R)
Nah, it's corporate (Salem) doing this. Townhall already has FB comments.
LOOK OUT YOU RED STATERS, YOU'RE NEXT!!!!
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at February 15, 2016 11:10 PM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: dogfish at February 15, 2016 11:08 PM (0O2Lr)
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I stopped washing my hair with shampoo and gel. My hair stopped falling out.
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 11:10 PM (CbGSW)
Does Facebook delete posts from the US for example?
Posted by: Esker Lateman at February 15, 2016 11:10 PM (t8+i3)
Which makes me a true Catholic. I'm a CS Lewis Christian and think that
culturally we need Christianity to undergird our society. Need it and
won't live without it.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 11:08 PM (ubByS)
The current state of the Church sometimes reminds me of the old Shakespearean line "more honored in the breach than the observance".
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at February 15, 2016 11:11 PM (HalrA)
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 15, 2016 11:11 PM (p+Xhr)
Can't get to the comments from work.
Posted by: Anachronda at February 15, 2016 11:11 PM (o78gS)
Posted by: Beth M at February 15, 2016 11:11 PM (kiy9d)
Posted by: Esker Lateman
The don't need to monitor them when algorithms do the work.
Read up on FB's recent pronouncements on comments in the EU regarding the 'refugee' flood.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 15, 2016 11:11 PM (WLpmE)
Ed basically said as much by all the talk about not having to monitor comments ect.
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 11:11 PM (0C2f1)
Posted by: rickl at February 15, 2016 11:09 PM (sdi6R)
Yeah, salt and pepper for eternity kind of sucks. But my best friend went almost completely gray in his 20's so there are worse things.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 11:11 PM (iHjB5)
Posted by: logprof at February 15, 2016 11:11 PM (vsbNu)
Posted by: Infidel at February 15, 2016 11:11 PM (jiDCu)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 11:06 PM (iHjB5)
You misunderstood, I completely agree with you (and the interplay between him and Lewis and their friendly rivalry in the Inklings is amazing). What I was trying to say is, think about the depth of faith it must have taken to have those thoughts about the Vikings. To say "wow, those guys were really courageous, to be good with no thought of eternal reward" speaks volumes about the seriousness of his faith and the strength of the faith community (really the culture) he was living in, that being a moral Christian felt *easy* to him.
And then think about our nation today. And really, I don't want to preach to the conservative choir. I want to show our socialist friends, who are TRYING (and FAILING!) to be courageous in the mold of the Vikings, as he put it, that there's something out there to help them.
Of course, I'm not a particularly good Catholic, as I noted above.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 11:12 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 15, 2016 11:12 PM (p+Xhr)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot, 'Who Decides?' at February 15, 2016 11:12 PM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 15, 2016 11:12 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Anachronda at February 15, 2016 11:11 PM (o78gS)
.........
phone dude
Posted by: jake at February 15, 2016 11:13 PM (Rtn6b)
Posted by: Anachronda at February 15, 2016 11:13 PM (o78gS)
Posted by: Brisco_County at February 15, 2016 11:13 PM (KGp9y)
Posted by: t-bird at February 15, 2016 11:13 PM (RrDm2)
Ed basically said as much by all the talk about not having to monitor comments ect.
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 11:11 PM (0C2f1)
Ayup. And by requiring FB account sign-in, FB will be mining all the TepidAir comments along with your FB page comments. You say something they don't like, boom, no more TepidAir commenting, no more FB page.
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at February 15, 2016 11:14 PM (kpqmD)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 15, 2016 11:14 PM (B8JRQ)
Posted by: Anachronda at February 15, 2016 11:14 PM (o78gS)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 15, 2016 11:14 PM (sl+zA)
I have lots of friends on FB who post horror stories about what the Muslims are doing in Europe and in their home sewers.
Nobody ever gets censored.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at February 15, 2016 11:14 PM (1xUj/)
I'm a lapsed Catholic, but I did give up wine for Lent. God help me.
Posted by: Infidel at February 15, 2016 11:11 PM (jiDCu)
There's an old Irish joke. "What did you give up for Lent?" "Restraint."
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at February 15, 2016 11:14 PM (HalrA)
Posted by: Redwhiteandtrue at February 15, 2016 11:14 PM (Y7Wo/)
Posted by: John McCain at February 15, 2016 11:15 PM (RrDm2)
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 15, 2016 11:11 PM (p+Xhr)
This. My hairline is receding in my late 20's. (only noticeable to me so far, but... ah!! hope it stops).
I'm told that's normal. I hope it doesnt recede any further though.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 15, 2016 11:15 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 11:15 PM (0C2f1)
I've never posted in the 1500's before.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 15, 2016 11:14 PM (B8JRQ)
I have. You had to nail things on doors back then. Then the stupid time machine left me stranded in this insane century. Anyone know where to get spare parts for a zero-point generator in this timeframe?
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at February 15, 2016 11:15 PM (HalrA)
I'm 58 now, and it's about half and half between brown and gray."
Around 30. Big, ol' grey honker. 10 years later it's here and there.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 15, 2016 11:16 PM (2Yw6t)
Posted by: Anachronda at February 15, 2016 11:14 PM (o78gS)
.........
well, that sucks
Posted by: jake at February 15, 2016 11:16 PM (Rtn6b)
Posted by: Willy J. at February 15, 2016 11:06 PM (r6bSH)
No benefit talking to the Police. Even if you're the victim.
(yes the victim has talked to the police and wound up being arrested. it's happened)
best advice; Do not talk to the police. Ever. They can lie to you but you can't lie to them. (especially the Feds, just ask Scooter Libby and Martha Stewart and countless others.)
Be polite, be respectful but decline to say anything.
Rather than coming off sounding like a phony lawyer wannabe, just say 'I have nothing to say, sir' Or 'on the advice of counsel, I've been told to not speak to the police without a lawyer present, sir'.
If they want to make criminals of our every act (which they seem to want to) then you must act like a criminal. Keep quiet and don't speak to them. You just don't know what you might say that could be used to charge you with a crime. You just don't know and the cops won't tell you.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at February 15, 2016 11:16 PM (Xo1Rt)
Yeah, I misunderstood. Imagine that time: you had men like Tolkien, CS Lewis, GK Chesterton all running around at the same time. Must have been interesting.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 11:16 PM (iHjB5)
literally, my gums have moved from where they were in my teen years. What the fuck is up with that?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 15, 2016 11:17 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Esker Lateman at February 15, 2016 11:17 PM (t8+i3)
And my old coworker and I did Plenty Of Fish just for shits and giggles. I answered every question 100 percent honestly.... got pretty much 100 percent opposite of who I would date.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 15, 2016 11:08 PM (hlMPp)
Heh, I match with girls on tinder and I'm like "Now I have to be clever? For this?"
I got lucky off OK Cupid but... those girls are trying to date. That algorithm is GOOD too, I had a couple of serious relationships off there.
I'm done, I want to meet girls "for real" it's better that way.
That said. Check out Bumble. I've come across numerous Patriots cheerleaders. Also a shitload of rich girls. They're all 9s on there. It's downright offensive. What the hell are they doing on an app?
Girls to swipe left on - those whose pictures are all group pics of identical blondes in little black dresses. Then you get to play a fun little game I like to call "which bitch?"
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 11:17 PM (ubByS)
But my best friend went almost completely gray in his 20's so there are worse things.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 11:11 PM (iHjB5)
I once met a woman who was completely gray in her 20s. I told her she looked "distinguished".
I'm not sure whether she appreciated the joke. She was rather attractive, though.
Posted by: rickl at February 15, 2016 11:17 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party
I guarantee you it's not funny to any nun, Irish or otherwise.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 15, 2016 11:17 PM (WLpmE)
Posted by: dogfish at February 15, 2016 11:18 PM (0O2Lr)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 11:16 PM (iHjB5)
They won the second world war and handed us the greatest freest most prosperous culture in world history. We have big boots to fill and we're all high, drunk, stupid, or crazy.
God help us.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 11:18 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 15, 2016 11:18 PM (2x3L+)
I'm told that's normal. I hope it doesnt recede any further though.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 15, 2016 11:15 PM (AkOaV)
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I stopped washing my hair with shampoo and using gel. And my hair stopped falling out. I don't know why, it just did.
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 11:18 PM (CbGSW)
Time to refresh the front page and hit the Overnight Open Thread post.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 15, 2016 11:19 PM (WLpmE)
So even though I swearsies don't have anything to attach it to, I'd like it to function, just for the principle of the thing.
So in looking on the interwebs, I find that L3 is in a big pile of stink with the Feds over their products and is offering rebates.
Since I have a brick I reckon I'll take advantage.
So--has everyone but me already heard about this? Anyone else returning a sight?
And what are people buying as a replacement? I liked the thing while it worked. Like, when I walked around pretending it was attached to something and yelling bang and stuff.
Posted by: TexasDan at February 15, 2016 11:19 PM (TqXWc)
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 15, 2016 11:20 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 15, 2016 11:20 PM (sl+zA)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 15, 2016 11:20 PM (AkOaV)
I think shampooing to much, daily, for instance, is bad for your hair.
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at February 15, 2016 11:20 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Redwhiteandtrue at February 15, 2016 11:20 PM (Y7Wo/)
Jet black hair dye for life, which apparently was a bit toxic back in the day.
My hair isn't grey, but it's not blonde anymore either. It's weird adjusting to yourself with brown hair.
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 11:20 PM (0C2f1)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 11:20 PM (ubByS)
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 11:18 PM (CbGSW)
well I dont use gel... and I do plan on washing my hair. what do you use if not shampoo?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 15, 2016 11:20 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: trap at February 15, 2016 11:20 PM (666dK)
Posted by: jake at February 15, 2016 11:21 PM (Rtn6b)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 15, 2016 11:21 PM (iHjB5)
Time to refresh the front page and hit the Overnight Open Thread post.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 15, 2016 11:19 PM (WLpmE)1546 Ok, Gassers, now's the point at which people start calling "ONT" or "Nood".
Being first is like jumping into the pool of Bethesda when the angel stirs the waters. Only it's darker and barrel-like. And you don't get healed of anything.
Posted by: TexasDan at February 15, 2016 11:22 PM (TqXWc)
Next time try some paragraph breaks, please. I just can't read that wall of text.
JMHO
Posted by: Farmer at February 15, 2016 11:22 PM (o/90i)
Got my hair and as long as I shave not very gray at 53. Don't have a woman by my side though. in genetics I was lucky in good judgement in my younger years not so much.
Posted by: Willy J. at February 15, 2016 11:22 PM (r6bSH)
Solution? Have the entire town in a lock down at the pub.
Very funny and inventive.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 15, 2016 11:23 PM (B8JRQ)
Posted by: Josephistan at February 15, 2016 11:23 PM (7qAYi)
Screw monitoring. It's the lack of anonymity that would kill everything.
I'm sure the conversations will wind up being *relatively* civil...and bland...and boring as hell.
Posted by: AD at February 15, 2016 11:23 PM (QWY55)
I literally lmao. Thank you. I needed that today. We moved the office today. Phones and internet were a nightmare.
Posted by: Infidel at February 15, 2016 11:24 PM (jiDCu)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 15, 2016 11:17 PM (ubByS)
Haven't even heard of those. Well Ok Cupid I have but not the other one.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 15, 2016 11:26 PM (hlMPp)
(yes the victim has talked to the police and wound up being arrested. it's happened)"
A couple of times recently, cops have shot victims and individuals reporting a crime dead.
Posted by: redbanzai at February 15, 2016 11:27 PM (NPofj)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 15, 2016 11:27 PM (T/5A0)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 15, 2016 11:20 PM (AkOaV)
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Hot water. Scrub the water in the way you do with shampoo. You'll have to do it several times during the shower. Your hair won't be dirty but it won't be bouncy either.
Posted by: CozMark at February 15, 2016 11:30 PM (CbGSW)
Posted by: prophet at February 15, 2016 11:32 PM (KIJKy)
The Hiroshima bomb wasn't tested because the physicists knew it would work. The Iranians don't have to test their bomb either; they know it will work.
By the way, a thin man style bomb is a horribly unsafe weapon to try to use; a fire can set it off because you only need to detonate a single high explosive charge to initiate the nuclear explosion. Implosion bombs have to have all their explosives detonated simultaneously (within less than a microsecond of each other) so fires only cause the high explosive to go off without the risk of a nuclear detonation. That is a big part of the reason that the US only built one gun type bomb. The Enola Gay bomb officer put the explosive charge into the Thin Man after the bomber took off because he was worried about the possibility of a crash on take off detonating the weapon.
Posted by: An Observation at February 15, 2016 11:36 PM (XV2qj)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at February 15, 2016 11:15 PM (HalrA)
DC or Zeta function?
Posted by: Kindltot at February 15, 2016 11:38 PM (q2o38)
Posted by: Lauren at February 15, 2016 11:40 PM (3DIzJ)
If this link goes through, if I don't end in thr barrel /??
Posted by: prophet at February 15, 2016 11:40 PM (KIJKy)
Posted by: An Observation
They have one; a cement mixer with run-flat tires, three axles, and a cow-catcher near a border crossing or nine.
I think they'd still rather have plausible deniability than cook off a tracked incoming.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 15, 2016 11:45 PM (WLpmE)
A dump truck delivery system won't kill Israel - which is one of the things they want to do.
I hate to be such a downer - but reality is reality. I am reminded of the line in Red October which I now say to President Obama: "You arrogant fool you've killed us all."
Posted by: An Observation at February 16, 2016 12:07 AM (XV2qj)
Posted by: Guido911 at February 16, 2016 12:15 AM (Q0d1T)
He was one of the 31 from Gonzales that rode through Santa Anna's lines to get into the Alamo. They knew they rode to their deaths of course.
Posted by: Meremortal at February 15, 2016 07:34 PM (3myMJ)
We may be related. My 4th great uncle was John Davis, one of the Immortal 32 along with your ancestor.
Their story would make a great movie. While the Mexicans marched from Gonzales to the Alamo, the Immortal 32 shadowed them and picked them off from behind trees, rocks, and whatever else they could hide behind.
The Come and Take It cannon was buried in the Gonzales peach orchard of my ancestor, George Washington Davis..
Posted by: Michael the Hobbit (a real Texan) at February 16, 2016 12:17 AM (dPpmC)
That is so cool.
Posted by: Lauren at February 16, 2016 12:21 AM (3DIzJ)
Posted by: FCF at February 15, 2016 10:09 PM (kejii)
Posted by: FCF at February 15, 2016 10:14 PM (kejii)
Scrap metal is at close to an all-time low right now, per a friend in the biz. Doubt there is as much as a dollar's worth of metal scrap in a PC. Save the neodymium magnets from the hard drive. They at least are fun.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 16, 2016 12:32 AM (Z8fuk)
Is this thread packed with Hot Air refugees?
Posted by: logprof at February 15, 2016 11:11 PM (vsbNu)
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Hope not. You know how THEY are. Morrisey had to go to Facebook to get rid of most of them. Let me know if you see any of them here.
Posted by: Mimzey at February 16, 2016 11:59 AM (aRUb8)
I got the sense that Jim bowie died earlier in the movie, but that the audiences didn't like that, so they shot some new footage of him just lingering in bed to keep him involved, barely. Is that what happened?
Posted by: ace at February 16, 2016 12:36 PM (dciA+)
Though that tacked-on ending wasn't bad! Had they had any confidence in the film, though, they would have left all that out for a possible sequel.
Posted by: ace at February 16, 2016 12:37 PM (dciA+)
Since the movie was a labor of love, historians were always on set. It was impressive and reassuring to see the studio and director go to such effort. That's why John Lee Hancock tried to rescue the film after Ron Howard jumped ship. Hancock is from Texas City, a town I grew up next to on the Houston ship channel, so his effort toward historical accuracy was genuine. One scene I remember filming was the surrender of Santa Anna, and they arranged the actors as closely as possible to this painting (I portrayed the figure on the far left raising his hat): http://tinyurl.com/jmlqfht
The battle of San Jacinto is a necessary bookend for the story, since it gives the ultimate justification for the deaths of those sacrificed, and casts the Alamo as a Pyrrhic victory. The battle of San Jacinto was too short to carry a three act film, so it would've been perfect as a third act. One thing I found funny while shooting: It was filmed in Bastrop, which was especially dry and dusty that summer. San Jacinto is surrounded by swamp on the Houston ship channel, and is humid and lush. We had to have water trucks drive through the battle field between takes and douse the earth to prevent dust clouds while filming.
Here's one thing that hardly anyone outside of Texas knows: To commemorate the liberation of Texas from Mexico, San Jacinto has its own monument based almost precisely on the design Washington monument. Other than the base, the key exception is a lone star on top, which makes it 5 feet taller than the Washington monument. Washington was not happy with this addition. Those of us that grew up in Houston have been to this thing countless times: http://tinyurl.com/jmlqfht
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Real Clear Politics
Gallup
Paul Anka Haiku Contest Announcement
Integrity SAT's: Entrance Exam for Paul Anka's Band
AllahPundit's Paul Anka 45's Collection
AnkaPundit: Paul Anka Takes Over the Site for a Weekend (Continues through to Monday's postings)
George Bush Slices Don Rumsfeld Like an F*ckin' Hammer
Democratic Forays into Erotica
New Shows On Gore's DNC/MTV Network
Nicknames for Potatoes, By People Who Really Hate Potatoes
Star Wars Euphemisms for Self-Abuse
Signs You're at an Iraqi "Wedding Party"
Signs Your Clown Has Gone Bad
Signs That You, Geroge Michael, Should Probably Just Give It Up
Signs of Hip-Hop Influence on John Kerry
NYT Headlines Spinning Bush's Jobs Boom
Things People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did You Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?"
Signs that Paul Krugman Has Lost His Frickin' Mind
All-Time Best NBA Players, According to Senator Robert Byrd
Other Bad Things About the Jews, According to the Koran
Signs That David Letterman Just Doesn't Care Anymore
Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery
Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile
Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance
Collective Names for Groups of People
John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets
Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle
Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy
Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive"
Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments
John Edwards Campaign Excuses
John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)