slappy3500
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A new low! Looks like AMC is going to show "Motel Hell" as part of their yearly "Monsterfest". This movie is truely wretched and awful. It's not even good for a laugh because it tries to self-parody itself thus killing any unintentional funny moments. Rory Calhoun would have added morer dignity to his career by appearing in a basement porno film. "It takes all kinds of critters to make Farmer Vincent's fritters." Yuck-O!!!
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"They Live"...."Predator"..."Ed Wood"
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I know what you mean Classics. I missed the "Mr Roberts" Q by 7 minutes.... and I can quote probably half the movie!!! I also missed "The Apartment" and "The High and Mighty" Qs by less than an hour. Someone oughta unplug Feaito's alarm clock, but he's probably the kinda guy who springs outta bed at the crack of dawn with a smile on his face and a song in his heart! God I hate cheerful risers! Just kidding, of course Fea....Good work !!!!
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I think there are two reasons: 1. They are getting more picture but each INDIVIDUAL part is smaller. 2. Some people just can't can't get used to the black edges, top and bottom: "There ought to be PICTURE there, DAMNIT!!!"
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I know it's kinda cheesy but I also love "You Only Live Twice". The silouettes of lovely Japanese girls as Nancy Sinatra belts out the theme. Unfortunately IMO, it also marks the beginning of the extremely silly turn the Bond films took.
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I agree with "O.U.A.T.I.T.W and "The Stand". The creaking windmill, the water dripping on Woody Strode's hat, Jack Elam and the fly. And "Don't fear the Reaper" blasting as we see folks who've been struck down it mid-passage.
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While I'm on the subject , I think Peter Fonda's wooden performance in this film was NOT helped by his "method acting" in all the dope-smoking scenes. He shoulda got a special mahogany oscar for his portrayal of "Captain America".
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Well Stlgal to exceptionally intelligent and perceptive film buffs like us, it's obvious! Lol!
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Stlgal the "Crime Does Not Pay" series sounds like a hoot. Have not yet seen it. I LOVE old 40's and 50's hygene and etiquette<--(hadda look THAT one up my original spelling of it was SO bad! Bet Stlgal coulda spelled it!) shorts. Also, anything that talks about "The Fantastic World of the Future in 1960". All kinds of complicated and useless inventions that are WAY to much trouble to mess with. After any of these, I usually have to be scraped off the sofa like a burnt pancake off the grill.
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Toni Basil....geeze TMC get an "Edit" button:)
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BTW while we're on "EZ Rider", anyone notice the cameo by Tono Basil of " Oh Mickey you're so fine..Hey Mickey!" fame as the dark-haired prostitute? (NOT Karen Black)Would make good trivia Q.
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Let's not forget "Easy Rider" the most famous non-ending. The 2 main characters get blown away in an act of senseless violence by 2 **** in a pick-up truck. At the time it was seen as "symbolic" and "shocking" but watching it outside the hippy paranoia of the 60's, it's clear that Hopper just had nowhere else to go with the film and nothing to say....so "BLAMMO!!!!!!"
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You are certainly entitled to your opinion, but to base your critical sense on narrow religious dogma sure does limit your credibility as a critic. It's as if a Hindu critic said that "Best Years of Our Lives" was a terrible movie based on the hamburger eating scene. I must defend the Godfather movies. (You can say anything you want about #3 as I don't consider it even BE a sequel. It's strictly a cash cow) In earlier gangster films the murders were sanicized. One bullet to the chest, half an once of blood, and a pithy "Is this the end of Rico." tag line. Sure the bad guys always got it in te end but, they had a GREAT time until the final reel. GF I &II show real murder: pain, terror, and un-pretty wounds...and lots of blood. However, they in no way glorify crime. We see Michael, a Dartmouth grad & war heroe with a bright future get involved with the Mafia. He becomes a murderer has to flee, sees his wife blown apart, his beloved older brother is masscred, his 2nd wife whom he loves dearly hates and fears him so much she has an abortion to prevent any more Corleones like him being born. He has his sister's husband killed. causing HER to hate and fear him. He is hounded by the government and finally ends up having his last brother killed. He ends up bitter alone and miserable. Some FUN eh? Sign me right up!
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Yep, saw "Walk" as a kid at the drive-in and was always struck by the Lyric " One night of prayin'& six nights of fun...the odds against goin' to heaven six to one."
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As I was watching the opening credits of "The Good the Bad and the Ugly" I realizesd that I wasn't going to watch the movie , just the credits because they were so incredibly well-done: music AND graphics. Other films credits I enjoy are "The Pink Panther" 'nuff said;and "The Shining" (incredible shots from the air of Nicholson's VW driving up the mountain to the Overlook Hotel.) Anybody else have some favorites? I sorta exclude musicals because it's a given that some people just enjoy the music.
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Sure.No hard feelings here. I knew I was taking a chance when I posted.
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I was hoping that this would be seen as CONTRUCTIVE criticism. After all Bansi WAS wondering why the response was poor compared to last week's questions about the GF. I was hoping to pass on my expeience from Yahoo chat to give an insight into trivia questions. MOST of Bansi's questions were very good. I was just trying to illustrate WHY the ones with numbers as an answer didn't get a response. I would have said this PRIVATELY if there was a way.STL gal (and Bansi) please don't see this as a massive indictment. It is NOT intended as such. The only reason I made the comments was because of the wonderful questions Bansi asked that WERE'NT number questions. I wanted to see more of those and less number questions: the defects of number q's aren't imediately apparent to the asker. It took us at Yahoo a while to realize that these q's have a built-in limitation. If they are asked a different way they work. Example: "What word was mentioned only once in Godfather II?" Ans "Mafia" Makes the same point and does not require the player to try and recall every line of dialogue from the film. I hope this explanation will remove any hard feelings caused by my previous post. I REALLY did enjoy the GF week-ends.
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Bansi I think the difference in the response given to the Godfather 2 questions as opposed to the Godfather 1 questions which was excellent is in the number of "number questions" you asked. In Yahoo trivia, # questions are banned because A. They result in people randomly guessing numbers and B. they are just plain uninteresting. I mean who CARES what hospital bed number Vito had? On the other hand it WAS interesting to learn that Fredo operated the brothel. (BTW where does this info come from?) Note you DID get a good response to the questions about names/events in GF2. Hope this doesn't offend you..it's meant purely as an insight from a long-term (5 years) Yahoo Trivia chatroom player.
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Don't you just LOVE mindless censorship? I'll have it read " When Dr Floyd SIPS the food thru the straw."
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Here's thwe answer: While Dr. Floyd is "eating" his meal thru the straws protruding out of the dinner tray we see him suck up some liquid corn. When he sucks on a different food, the corn liquid slides back down the straw and into the container. As they have taken great pains to show us there is no gravity,( floating pen, stewardesses wearing special grip shoes) the stuff would have remained up in the straw.
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Classics I DID post it. Guess it didn't take! You were right It was "War of the Worlds" WTG! "Snub", indeed!
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IN "2001 a Space Oddessy" what violation of the laws of physics do we see during Dr. Heywood Floyd's trip to the moobbase?
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WTG feaito! One of my faves as well.
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Can anyone name Alexander DeLarge's 3 "Droogies" from "A Clockwork Orange"?
Trivia -- Week of September 29, 2003
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Was it Marion Crane, or was that her "real" name?