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Maybe there should be two TCM channels. One for movies made before 1960 and the other for movies made after 1960? That will never happen either. As far as the films I mentioned being shown on other channels.....what channels are those? Encore? Maybe Fox? More likely to turn up on those other channels? I don't think so. You are one of many who believe fervently that "classic" is something as far as films are concerned are totally tied to the old studio era of film-making. And there is nothing wrong with that view point.

That is a quandary, isn't it? The thing about lists is that the moment you do something that could be considered "official", like posting a list on the message board like you and the rest of us have, is that once you have posted said list, you want or feel the need to make changes. Lists are like public opinion polls. They are really just a snap shot of what our mind is acting like at that moment when we commit to posting the list here on the message boards. As far as I am concerned, there is nothing wrong with changing one's ideas about which movie should be left off a list or included on a list. If you have done enough research, then I would think that that would be good enough. When you have seen as many movies as I have seen, deciding on which film should be left off of a list becomes a rather important exercise. As I explained to Frank, there are many variables I use. But some people pick films based soley on box office, or reviews, or whether or not their better half likes it or not. It is not scientific. Its the reverse. And that is because it is all subjective. Your first list is quite good. I have seen about 75 out of 100. Your second list was even better. Although I had seen about 25 of those films. It becomes harder when you start to take films off a list and try to justify replacing the film with what you might consider to be of lesser value. Only you know whether that is true or not. Lets face it, we're not doing brain surgery here. Although quite a few headaches have occurred becuase of these "little" brain exercises.

I have to respectfully disagree with you about Band of Brothers being the son of Saving Private Ryan. Even though SPR was a theatrical release, BOB was in my opinion the finest depiction of war that has ever been put on screen. Now I have to say that I AM NOT A VETERAN. I need to say that because I have a lot of respect for those who have gone before me and are now presently engaged in protecting our country and fighting the good fight against tyrannies all over the world. But I do have some perspective. Three deceased relatives of mine served during WWII. My natural father served as a mechanic on board two aircraft carriers in the Pacific theater. One was the USS Wasp, CV-7 which was sunk during the Guadalcanal campaign. The other carrier was the Lake Champlain, CV-39. He told me many stories about life on a carrier at war. My step-father served at Great lakes Naval Training Center during the war due to some medical issue. My great uncle was a sergeant in the Army and was present at Pearl Harbor on December 7th. He eventually was stationed on Guam for the remainder of the war. So, based on what I remember about these stories, and watching almost every war film to become available on video or having seen them on TV, I have come to the conclusion that BOB is the definitive story on life in war. IMHO of course. There are many excellent war films, but when you have a budget like HBO had for BOB, then you can pretty much tell the story as close as it happened. And having an historian like Ambrose being there and serving as a technical advisor is also something to celebrate. I'll tip my hat to HBO and Tom Hanks. They really do know how to tell history. From the Earth to the Moon, Band of Brothers, John Adams and the upcoming The Pacific. Excellent history telling! Message edited by Fxreyman

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Your going where No Classic Film Fan Has Gone Before?

*What TCM has succeeded in doing, during the past few years of showing newer films, is to get more TCM fans interested in watching the older classic films that are being shown on the Fox Movie Channel and that are available from Amazon on VHS and DVD.* So Fred, what is wrong with that? Do you have qualified numbers to back that claim up? Its not like TCM is so concerned with ratings. TCM is never going to be concerned with ratings because they do not show commercials. Your statement is probably correct, assuming that when TCM started in 1994, the only other non-traditional cable channel showing older classic films was AMC. Now you have a proliferation of other channels showing multiple movies across a wide ranging menu of choices to choose from. And whats wrong with that? As Lynn stated in another thread, the films being shown during 31 Days of Oscar made after 1970 was something like 13% of the total. That is not many films to be so concerned about. And lets face it, TCM IS the only place where you are going to get as many a varied field of movie candidates from the early silents all the way up until present day. Fox does show a lot of films, but no where near the quality of programming that exists at TCM. You are never going to be able to make every one happy. But I think TCM is showing a majority of Oscar nominated films from the 30's thru the 50's this month. And as far as DVDs are concerned, I would much rather watch one of my dvds of a movie that was playing on TCM than actually sit down and watch the same movie. Like last night. I own "The Guns of Navarone". I was not too interested in sitting down and watching that film once again on TCM. I went out to dinner instead. There are some here, and I count myself to be included that collect DVDs for our collections. I recognize that some people can not afford to do that. Without getting into much detail, neither can I. That is why I try to limit any purchases to once or twice per year. Some other people buy more often, including a poster here who averages over 48 posts per day. DVDs allow people like me to watch whenever we want to. Others have DVD-R machines and still others have Tivo. Some watch movies on their computers, while others watch via internet connections. All this means is that there is a variety of ways to watch these movies. IMHO.

I hate to disagree with you but you and a few others on this thread are using the same old and tiresome opinion that if it is recent it does not belong on this channel. The whole idea behind 31 Days of Oscar is to showcase ALL Oscar-nominated films from ALL periods of time. The other films listed as possible "replacements" for Gladiator may well not have been available to show on TCM due to licensing or rights and privacy issues. You may well have an excellent point about whether or not this movie deserves to be on this channel, I would have preferred Master and Commander, but that is just MHO, but the simple fact that TCM decided to show this film shows that they respect many films from many different eras. Just because some people seem to think that TCM should only show movies from before 1960 or whatever year they believe is the "official" end of the classic era, does not mean that during what many here believe to be one of the better programming months, TCM should only show older films. So you really think that TCM is reneging on their contract with film buffs? I don't think so. Much better to watch Gladiator uncut and commercial free than what they do on AMC, TNT and the other non-commercial free stations. What contract is this? And if there was a contract, I would think that as long as the film was presented commercial free and uninterrupted then that alone would be enough to satisfy any contract worth noting. Throughout the years TCM has shown many newer releases. And as time marches on films made later after the fall of the movie studio system will by themselves evolve and become "classic" in nature. How old does a movie have to be to be considered a "classic"? Patton which was released in 1970 is now 40 years old. TCM started broadcasting in 1994. If one was to use 40 years as a barometer for length of years separating new movies from older films then the break would have been 1954. And I know many here would be very happy with 1955 being the last year movies made would be able to be shown on this channel. So much for "Marty", "The Searchers", "The Bridge on the River Kwai", "Vertigo", "Some Like it Hot", "Psycho", "Judgement at Nuremberg", "To Kill a Mockingbird", "The Great Escape", and so many more classics from the 1960's onward. Classic does not and should not be used solely based on whatever year the person may believe that that era ended. The word should be used to describe a film that has withstood the test of time, or in the case of Gladiator might withstand the test of time. Message edited by: fxreyman

I wouldn't say it was severe. I would say that you hold the people behind the camera with a little more respect than the ones who are out in front and are the ones whose careers are on the line everytime they appear in one of these films. That is not to say that the directors/producers/writers aren't also held to some responsibility, but they are pretty much hidden from view. If one of their films tanked or bombed, I would think that the actor comes under the sharpest criticism. As far as my top actors/actresses are concerned, yes I would have to say that the Duke is my favorite "classic" actor and that Barbara Stanwyck is my favorite "classic" actress. As far as the current generation or more "modern" film actors are concerned, I don't have to go too far when I say that Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson are my favorites of today. But I have many favorites. Wayne and Stanwyck just happened to have the most because of the way I selected the films. I am very fond of Ronald Coleman, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Gregory Peck, Cary Grant, Ben Johnson, Spencer Tracy and James Mason. Who wouldn't be? Hackman is one of our finest actors. Heck, almost everyone on this list I like. And the directors? Well there is Ford of course. He is at the top. You look at him and you see what a foreigner's life is like, but you also see how America grew up. Capra's sometimes very corny but like Ford captures America's past with an eye toward detail. Brooks is one of my favorites because he writes as well. I like that in a director. That wonderful scene in Bite the Bullet where Gene Hackmans' character Sam Clayton is telling Candice Bergen's character Ms. Jones about how he met his wife in Cuba during the Spanish American War was priceless. I also like John Frankenheimer. Seven Days in May is one of my faves as well. I could go on and on, but I have to do a little running around before we leave for Denver this afternoon for dinner with friends. So take care everyone and have a great evening!

Hey there Frank! Just some additional lists you might find interesting (based on my 202 list from yesterday) Fxreyman's 202 List posted Feb. 12, 2010 Addendum part one Directors appearing most: John Ford 9 Frank Capra 6 Howard Hawks 5 Alfred Hitchcock 5 William Wyler 4 George Cukor 4 Michael Curtiz 4 John Huston 4 Richard Brooks 4 Sidney Lumet 4 Steven Spielberg 4 Victor Fleming 3 John Cromwell 3 Robert Wise 3 John Sturges 3 Stanley Kubrick 3 Francis Ford Coppola 3 Addendum part two Actors appearing most: John Wayne 10 Henry Fonda 8 James Stewart 7 Humphrey Bogart 7 Lee Marvin 7 Ward Bond 7 Gregory Peck 6 Cary Grant 6 Gene Hackman 6 Jack Warden 6 Spencer Tracy 5 James Mason 5 Ronald Coleman 5 Barbara Stanwyck 5 Walter Brennan 5 Millard Mitchell 5 Gary Cooper 4 Fredric March 4 Burt Lancaster 4 Claude Rains 4 Joseph Cotten 4 Kirk Douglas 4 Robert Mitchum 4 William Holden 4 Ernest Borgnine 4 Ben Johnson 4 Karl Malden 4 Melvyn Douglas 4 Dan Duryea 4 Thomas Mitchell 4 Martin Balsam 4 Al Pacino 4 Anthony Hopkins 4 Emma Thompson 4 Russell Crowe 4 Clark Gable 3 Jean Arthur 3 James Cagney 3 Charlton Heston 3 Robert Ryan 3 Joel McCrea 3 Charles Laughton 3 Boris Karloff 3 Mary Astor 3 Scott Glenn 3 Barbara Hershey 3 Frances McDormand 3 Meryl Streep 3 Diane Keaton 3 Robert Duvall 3 Richard Dreyfuss 3 Robert De Niro 3 Robert Redford 3 Warren Beatty 3 Faye Dunaway 3 Sean Connery 3 Christopher Plummer 3 Steve McQueen 3 James Coburn 3 Richard Burton 3 George C. Scott 3 James Earl Jones 3 George Bancroft 3 Teresa Wright 3 Dana Andrews 3 Raymond Massey 3 Walter Huston 3 Katherine Hepburn 3 Hugh Marlowe 3 Victor McLaglen 3 Gloria Grahame 3 Donna Reed 3 Dean Jagger 3 Donald Crisp 3 Kevin McCarthy 3 Orson Welles 3 Jack Hawkins 3 Paul Newman 3 Sidney Poitier 3 Peter O'Toole 3 Message edited by: Fxreyman 02-13-2010

One other thought is this: I am not really a big fan of foreign film. I have a problem trying to read the subtitles while at the same time trying to pay attention to what is happening on the screen. I do not speak any foreign languages, but I do recognize that over time there have been excellent films made overseas. Unfortunately unlike some others who post on the message boards more frequently, I really do not have the time nor really the inclination to watch foreign films. Just MHO thats all.

Well, since Frank was the first one to welcome you to the boards, ahhhh, may I be the second poster to welcome you? You make some good points about what constitutes a favorite film over a great film. And you are absolutely correct. Many of the so-called Greatest Films ever made, the lists that are published annually or every five or ten years, I really do not pay much attention to. I guess when I say Greatest Films maybe what I should be calling my lists should be: *Fxreyman's List of Greatest Films Ever Made* Or something to that nature. Because as you well pointed out many would call Citizen Kane the greatest film ever made. I recognize how influential Kane was and still remains to this day to up and coming film makers. But I really can not sit through the entire film without pausing it for a couple of hours or days or stopping it all together and starting again sometime later. Don't get me wrong, if I were to place all of my films in numeric order, Kane would be near the top or at least in the top ten. I just would not consider it to be a favorite of mine like The Adventures of Robin Hood would be. Again, welcome to the boards and enjoy posting and reading on!

Anytime anyone creates a list titled Greatest, it is simply their opinion. There is no definitive list out there. Every list is subjective. Including the list I just posted. Oh, and by the way I am working on three more 101 lists that will bring my total of what I consider to be the 505 greatest films of all time. Only one thing else to consider and this is my own quibble: All of these films I am listing are English-speaking films. Message edited by fxreyman

You know who would not be a bad choice to play this role? Viggo Mortensen Loved his character in Appoloosa with Ed Harris.

Ranks right up there with another of the worst movies of all time "Inchon". Find something better to do with your time.....a root canal maybe?

Hey Frankie..... Thanks for the kind words!!! And check your message box. I sent some of you a message about these two lists. Well, to answer your question about whether my lists are subjective or objective.....that is a hard one to answer. Let me try this way. When I compile lists like the one I did for today, (Abe's birthday) the list is a combination of both sub- and ob-jective. I understand how some lists are compiled based solely on reviewers and or like IMDB does with it's public rankings. I sort of look at a films like this: #1. How do I like it? #2. Is it a film that I will look at over and over again with repeated viewings? For example there are quite a few films that I would and did include on these lists solely based on the number of times I actually have seen them. Also, it rates high on my list if it is a film that if on television I start watching even though I may have a copy of it on dvd or vhs. One example of this is 1964's Seven days in May. Always watch it when it is on, even though I own the dvd. Same with Adventures of Robin Hood. #3. Do I like the story and the cast? This sort of relates back to #1. #4. And I also try and look into how popular the film may have been either looking at awards and or how other reviewers may judge the film. Although the part about how other reviewers like he film is less important to me than the awards the film may have received. #5. When I compile these lists I also try to include as many of my fave actors and directors as well. For instance even though not many Sidney Poitier films are on my list, I do have A Raisin in the Sun and In the Heat of the Night, I will try and pick the film that either I like the actor in the best or which film is the better film for me to watch. I read A Raisin in the Sun in high school. Loved the book. After finishing the book our teacher showed us the film in class! Loved the film. One of the better book to film transfers ever. I would have loved to include Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. But with Raisin and Heat of the Night already represented with Poitier, plus a few Tracy and Hepburn films already listed, something had to go. It is always a matter of personal choice. But something that as far as lists are concerned always maddening to accomplish. I have not yet compiled a list of the number of actors appearances or directors with this list but I will shortly. That too will be interesting as well. And you are so right. Lists like these are a snapshot of how I am feeling today (which is crappy). Next week I may look at these two lists and say to myself: What was I thinking? So I hope this gives you something to chew on. And as you and I have corresponded over the years, I do include many newer releases. 1970 and up. See ya later. message edited by: fxreyman

All-righty then! You all are in for a little treat..... After months of haranguing, obsessive searching of my soul, going back and forth until the cows came home, I have achieved what few others have attempted..... *Two 101 Greatest Film Lists*. One list that covers films released before 1960 and another list that covers films released after 1960. Why 1960? The year I was born? Possibly. It could also mean that this is the year I consider that the classic film era came to a close. I hope you all enjoy!!! So, without further ado about nothing, then here are my two 101 Greatest Film Lists: *First 101 List from 1924 to 1959* Greed 1924 The Gold Rush 1925 The General 1927 Sunrise 1927 City Lights 1931 Frankenstein 1931 Grand Hotel 1932 Scarface 1932 Dinner at Eight 1933 King Kong 1933 The Private Life of Henry VIII 1933 Queen Christina 1933 It Happened One Night 1934 The Thin Man 1934 The Bride of Frankenstein 1935 Mutiny on the Bounty 1935 A Tale of Two Cities 1935 Dodsworth 1936 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town 1936 My Man Godfrey 1936 The Awful Truth 1937 Captains Courageous 1937 Lost Horizon 1937 The Prisoner of Zenda 1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 Angels With Dirty Faces 1938 Gone With the Wind 1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939 Stagecoach 1939 The Wizard of Oz 1939 The Women 1939 Abe Lincoln in Illinois 1940 Foreign Correspondent 1940 The Grapes of Wrath 1940 His Girl Friday 1940 The Philadelphia Story 1940 Ball of Fire 1941 Citizen Kane 1941 The Lady Eve 1941 The Maltese Falcon 1941 Meet John Doe 1941 Sullivan's Travels 1941 Casablanca 1942 The Pride of the Yankees 1942 Random Harvest 1942 The Talk of the Town 1942 Woman of the Year 1942 Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942 The Ox-Bow Incident 1943 Sahara 1943 Shadow of a Doubt 1943 Double Indemnity 1944 Laura 1944 Since You Went Away 1944 The Lost Weekend 1945 They Were Expendable 1945 The Best Years of Our Lives 1946 The Big Sleep 1946 It's a Wonderful Life 1946 Stairway to Heaven 1946 My Darling Clementine 1946 Notorious 1946 Kiss of Death 1947 Odd Man Out 1947 Out of the Past 1947 Fort Apache 1948 Red River 1948 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 1949 The Third Man 1949 Twelve O'Clock High 1949 The Gunfighter 1950 In a Lonely Place 1950 Winchester '73 1950 The African Queen 1951 The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951 The Thing From Another World 1951 The Quiet Man 1952 Singin' In the Rain 1952 The Big Heat 1953 The Cruel Sea 1953 From Here to Eternity 1953 Roman Holiday 1953 Executive Suite 1954 On the Waterfront 1954 A Star is Born 1954 Bad Day at Black Rock 1955 Blackboard Jungle 1955 The Man From Laramie 1955 Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956 The Searchers 1956 Seven Men From Now 1956 The Bridge On the River Kwai 1957 The Enemy Below 1957 12 Angry Men 1957 A Night to Remember 1958 Touch of Evil 1958 Vertigo 1958 Ben-Hur 1959 North By Northwest 1959 *Second 101 List from 1960 to 2007*: Inherit the Wind 1960 The Magnificent Seven 1960 Spartacus 1960 Breakfast at Tiffany's 1961 The Guns of Navarone 1961 The Hustler 1961 Judgement at Nuremberg 1961 A Raisin in the Sun 1961 Cape Fear 1962 Lawrence of Arabia 1962 Lonely Are the Brave 1962 The Longest Day 1962 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962 The Manchurian Candidate 1962 Ride the High Country 1962 To Kill a Mockingbird 1962 The Great Escape 1963 Hud 1963 The Americanization of Emily 1964 Becket 1964 The Best Man 1964 Dr. Strangelove 1964 Fail-Safe 1964 Goldfinger 1964 Seven Days in May 1964 Repulsion 1965 The Sound of Music 1965 A Man for All Seasons 1966 The Professionals 1966 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1966 Bonnie and Clyde 1967 The Dirty Dozen 1967 In Cold Blood 1967 In the Heat of the Night 1967 Point Blank 1967 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 Bullitt 1968 Will Penny 1968 The Wild Bunch 1969 Patton 1970 Dirty Harry 1971 The French Connection 1971 The Last Picture Show 1971 The Candidate 1972 Deliverance 1972 The Godfather 1972 American Graffiti 1973 Chinatown 1974 The Godfather, Part II 1974 Bite the Bullet 1975 Jaws 1975 The Man Who Would Be King 1975 All the President's Men 1976 Network 1976 The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976 Annie Hall 1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 The Deer Hunter 1978 Heaven Can Wait 1978 The China Syndrome 1979 The Stunt Man 1980 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 The Verdict 1982 Local Hero 1983 The Right Stuff 1983 The Killing Fields 1984 Back to the Future 1985 Out of Africa 1985 Hoosiers 1986 Broadcast News 1987 Gardens of Stone 1987 House of Games 1987 Moonstruck 1987 Mississippi Burning 1988 Henry V 1989 Dances with Wolves 1990 The Hunt for Red October 1990 Defending Your Life 1991 The Silence of the Lambs 1991 Howards End 1992 The Remains of the Day 1993 Schindler's List 1993 Shadowlands 1993 Forrest Gump 1994 Pulp Fiction 1994 Heat 1995 Sense and Sensibility 1995 Lone Star 1996 The Game 1997 L.A. Confidential 1997 Bulworth 1998 The Insider 1999 Almost Famous 2000 Gladiator 2000 Heist 2001 American Splendor 2003 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 2003 The Constant Gardener 2005 Children of Men 2006 The Departed 2006 No Country for Old Men 2007 Message edited by fxreyman, Feb. 12, 2010, the 201st anniversary of our greatest Presidents' birth.

I don't think so. I mean all have brains don't we? And we are smart enough to do our own research, aren't we? Why then except to engage others would one want to appear stupid or ill-informed, when all they have to do is a little research themselves. Of course I guess I could be thinking that people come here for answers because they have no brains.

His name was spelled Stuart Whitman. In 1967, Whitman had a memorable foray into television for a single season, playing the heroic Marshal Jim Crown in the CBS western TV series Cimarron Strip. The series took place in the late 1880's in the Oklahoma territory. Most of the series was filmed on the set of the CBS Studio Center in Studio City. Other shooting locations included Lone Pine, California, Bishop, California, Kanab, Utah, and Tucson, Arizona. The show, which ran 90 minutes per episode, was highly regarded for its thrilling theme music by Maurice Jarre, top-notch production values, really good guest stars and Whitman's performance. But it ran opposite ABC's The Flying Nun, Batman and Bewitched, and NBC's Daniel Boone and Ironside. CBS was forced to cancel the show after only one season due mostly to the low ratings and the very expensive production values. He had four regular costars. Randy Boone, played the photographer and some times reporter Francis Wilder. Jill Townsend played Dulcey Coopersmith, the daughter of the former owner of the Wayfarer's Inn, who went on to take over ownership of the end after finding out her long lost father had been run over by a beer wagon. The late Percy Herbert played MacGregor who had been in partnership with Dulcy's father but had let the Inn fall into disaray. The series is currently being broadcast on Encore Western Channel every Saturday morning. Out here in Colorado Springs I believe it comes on at 6 AM. It was along with The Virginian and one season of Wagon Train, the only 90 minute westerns ever shown on TV. Whitman had appeared in quite a few movies as well before and after appearing in Cimarron Strip. In 1961, Whitman was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as a child molester in The Mark. He has since appeared in starring and supporting roles in many films, including: Francis of Assisi The Fiercest Heart The Longest Day The Comancheros (sharing leading man status with John Wayne) The Day and the Hour Shock Treatment Rio Conchos Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines The City Beneath the Sea The Decks Ran Red (1958) starring Dorothy Dandridge on whose face Stuart planted Hollywood's first interrracial kiss. Whitman also appeared in 1958's Darby's Rangers alongside James Garner and Jack Warden. Originally Charlton Heston had been signed to play the lead in the film but decided not to star in it, so James Garner was given his role and Whitman took over Garner's role. Message edited by fxreyman

I agree that Avatar based solely on Sunday night's win at The Golden Globes Awards does not mean that it is in the front running for the Oscars. It has a chance to get nominated, but being the box office champion does not always guarantee a nomination for Best Picture. I have not seen Avatar, but my coworker told me he walked out about 1/2 hour into the film. He said he could not understand what was going on and plus the 3-D glasses were giving him a headache. This will be a very interesting year since it will be the first year since 1944 that the Academy will nominate ten films for Best Picture. Many have speculated that the two main reasons for the Academy to do this is that The Dark Knight was not nominated last year, plus it will help the ratings which have been in a tailspin for many years now. There might just be some added drama up until the Best Picture winner is announced. Based on what I have read, heard and seen her then are my predictions for 2009's Oscar Best Picture race: 1. The Hurt Locker 2. Inglourious Basterds 3. Precious 4. Up in the Air 5. The Lovely Bones 6. Avatar 7. The Messenger 8. An Education 9. Up 10. Nine Possible nominations: Invictus Star Trek A Serious Man A Single Man Crazy Heart The Last Station Broken Embraces The Road Bright Star Julie and Julia Message edited by fxreyman

NYC is a hell hole period. Obviously if you never, ever lived there for long periods you dont have the karma that makes it a hell hole. I know about New York City and it is a hard place. Just because you went there a few times does not make you an expert. I am not disagreeing with anyone, this is fact. Go live there for a few years and then give me your opinion, other than that go be self-righteous to someone else please. I am an extended part of the TCM family and this is why this is posted here because I love TCM and TCM loves me and I need their love right now. This is not because I need attention because I could of lived without this happening. Once again unless you lived in NYC you have no right to talk about what it is really like there, period. Sorry if you weekend warrior new yorkers cant handle this fact. I know many people that grew up there. They go through more in the first 18 years of their life than you have in 40 and I am not joking. My first 18 years growing up in CT was a baby walk compared to what my best friend went through in her first 13 years. Most people that grew up in NYC have PTSD just from growing up there and it has gotten worse since 9-11. 9-11 destroyed any good that was left in NYC. You have no idea unless you have deep connections to that city. Unless you do you dont know what that place can be like. I have strong feelings about NYC, I even talk about it a little in my TCM piece that runs on this channel. Everyone has opinions of living places. Obviously you have very strong and negative feelings about New York City. No doubt the citizens of that great city have had problems since 9/11. Who wouldn't? I am sure the citizens of Hawaii were in the same state of shock for years after the Pearl Harbor attack. As well as the remaining citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But people get over it. Some people don't. *I am not a mental health expert that you claim to be*, but there have been far worse things that have happened on this planet and people get on about there businesses and lives. It may take them a while to recover, but they eventually recover and prosper. It takes time to heal after events like 9/11. And many people never recover. So I am self-righteous huh? Well I have lived for many years in Chicago. Every city is different. Your big city experiences were quite different than my experiences in a big city. Maybe you just don't have thick enough skin? You are right, I have never lived in NYC. And you are also correct that I don't have a clue about life in any of the 'hoods there. But that still does NOT give you the right to go off on anyone who has a different opinion than you do. I work with a woman who lived and worked in NYC for over twenty years. She loved living there. She lived in Manhattan down on the lower east side. She had wonderful neighbors and she never, ever had any problems with anybody. She loved NYC and would go back in a heartbeat if she could find a job there. Was there crime? Sure, there was crime. But not the crime that we see on countless movie screens or TV screens. Crime is everywhere. It's just not as conspicuous as you make it seem. The way you make it sound NYC and its citizens are so screwed up now, nine plus years since the event that the city is permanently scarred. IMHO, I think that the city was scarred, but not for an eternity. NYC citizens will eventually get past their 9/11 experiences. As I said previously, some people will never recover. That is life. Having said this, I still believe this does not give you the right to go off on anyone who has a different opinion than you. You are just one person out of many who have had a bad experience in a far away city. And now because of a few friends that you know who grew up there and based on your own life experiences, you are quite happy to just go on and on about how bad NYC is and you will never go back. And that is fine. As I said, I am sorry you were injured. But please, don't use TCM message boards as a way to express your anger over another part of the country or the experience you went through. If you don't like NYC, fine. Keep it to yourself. I am sorry if you do not like what your are reading here. But many, many members would rather not hear about your dislikes and your utter contempt for other member's opinions here on the boards. I am one of those members.

You know, I feel for you. I have said a prayer for you as well. And I hope you make a full recovery. But it is really hard for me to sit here and read the terrible things a person like yourself has to say about another area of the country. And you got so upset with SprocketMan because he dared disagreed with you. Now that was shameful on your part. Just because you were in an horrific accident and you lost your possessions, and almost died does not give you the right to go one and on about how dangerous a certain part of the country is. Sprocketman was right, and you should check the figures out.... New York City IS the safest big city in the US. And it is even more safe than your beloved Seattle. More safe than the city I called home for 31 years... Chicago. But you know what? What if you had traveled to a place like Las Vegas and the same thing happened to you that happened to you in NYC? Would you still be sitting here blaming Las Vegas for your troubles? I have been to NYC several times in the past four years. I never once had a problem. But I guess I was lucky? I don't think so. I was there on business and never ran into one person who did me harm or that I felt was a threat to me. Your accident and the aftermath have occurred to thousands of people all over the planet at various times of their lives. If I were you and I was in that situation, I wouldn't be sitting here now blaming everyone else for my troubles. I would be sitting here thanking my God for helping me get through this terrible mess.

Hey MissGoddess, If you are interested in seeing the very first episode of Bearcats, You Tube has it. It is not a very good print, but at least you can our heroes in action, along with that beautiful Stutz bearcat replica they were driving.

Happy Birthday Lynn! Sorry I missed it. Must have been the marathon of Duke movies I was watching yesterday that got in the way of wishing you a happy happy. Many more my friend!!!!

Happy Birthday Lynn! Sorry I missed it. Must have been the marathon of Duke movies I was watching yesterday that got in the way of wishing you a happy happy. Many more my friend!!!!

My wife Annie and I just watched 1949's The Fountainhead last night. Wonderful performance by all three headliners, Coop, Neal and Massey. They just don't make 'em like this anymore. One of my all-time favorite Cooper films.