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SansFin's Program Notes for Challenge #38 March 31, 2019 to April 6, 2019 Star of the Month: Peter O'Toole Birthday Tributes: Toshirô Mifune Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE Leslie Howard Robert E. Sherwood Roger Corman Sunday: I believed it wise to begin with a day of angels in hopes of gaining their interest so that they might look favorably on the evening schedule. My choice for the Vacation-Destination Challenge was natural. Many people constantly inform me that I am going to Hell if I do not change my ways and I am a great believer that one should vacation in an area before moving there permanently. All of the movies from 8:00 PM to 6:00 AM are part of Challenge response as all have important representations of Hell. Monday: Toshirô Mifune is one of my favorite actors and so I did need to honor his birthday. The first movie is one for which I have long campaigned for TCM to air. My choice of the TARDIS for the Transportation Challenge seemed natural as it does not limit a person's options in the manner of which conventional modes of transport create. The first two movies have appeared on TCM prior to this and the latter two are closely tied to the television program but did have theatrical releases. The Czech movie which follows them is quite enjoyable. Tuesday: Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE is another of my favorite actors. He is a very dynamic actor in powerful dramas but I choose to present his lighter fare which is so very delightful. The Doctor is a natural selection for Companion Challenge after selecting his TARDIS as a vehicle. I believe his choices reflect his often outrageous sense of humor. Wednesday: Leslie Howard is another my of favorite-of-all-time actors. I tried to show his wide range of talents without focusing on intense dramas. I doubt that many will relate well to my selections for Desert-Island Challenge because they are not widely available but they are all dear to my heart. Thursday: I was amazed when I found a list of playwright and screenwriter Robert E. Sherwood's works. They are so wonderfully varied and of such unerring high quality. I believe that Peter O'Toole deserves to be Star of the Month because of his great body of work and wide range. Friday: Many other directors have been honored on TCM but I feel that Roger Corman has been slighted in this respect. All of his movies satisfy what I consider the prime prerequisite for filmmaking: they truly entertain. The Friday Night Spotlight is anthologies as the muse is in a huff and refused to provide the inspiration necessary to create a wonderfully silly theme. Saturday: The theme of the day came out of my wish to end the week with a blast. The Essentials and the remainder of the evening and night are of couples mismatched because of age and/or temperment. I selected TCM Underground and the movie following it in hopes some may be curious of them and seek them out. They are quite marvelous in differing ways and I believe any person will enjoy them. I do apologize for not creating a humourous week-long theme as is usual for me. My only excuse is that I had to piece this together catch-as-catch-can in increments no longer than an hour at a time. I did not have the freedom of time to create overview of entire week before beginning.

SansFin's Schedule for Challenge #38 March 31, 2019 to April 6, 2019 Star of the Month: Peter O'Toole Birthday Tributes: Toshirô Mifune Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE Leslie Howard Robert E. Sherwood Roger Corman Friday Night Spotlight - Anthologies Sunday - March 31st Not All Angels Are Perfect 6:00 AM The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp (1954) Felix Aylmer, Diane Cilento, Robert Eddison. Dir: Alan Bromly, Group 3, 76mins. (Premiere # 1) 7:30 AM We're No Angels (1955) Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray, Peter Ustinov. Dir: Michael Curtiz, Paramount, 106 mins. P/S 9:30 AM Angels in the Outfield (1951) Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, Keenan Wynn. Dir: Clarence Brown, MGM, 99 mins. 11:15 AM Cabin in the Sky (1943) Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Ethel Waters, Lena Horne. Dir: Vincente Minnelli, MGM, 99 mins. 1:00 PM For Heaven's Sake (1950) Clifton Webb, Joan Bennett, Robert Cummings. Dir: George Seaton, Fox, 92 mins. P/S 2:45 PM The Bishop's Wife (1947) Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven. Dir: Henry Koster, RKO, 109 mins. 4:45 PM Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes. Dir: Alexander Hall, Columbia, 94mins. P/S 6:30 PM L'ange et la femme (1977) Carole Laure, Lewis Furey, Jean Comptois. Dir: Gilles Carle, Films RSL, 88mins. (Premiere # 2) Challenge #1: Vacation Destination Hell. I am a great believer that you should vacation in a place before moving there permanently. 8:00 PM Liliom (1934) Charles Boyer, Madeleine Ozeray, Robert Arnoux. Dir: Fritz Lang, Les Productions Fox Europa, 118mins. P/S 10:00 PM Scrooge (1970) Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans. Dir: Ronald Neame, Cinema Center, 113mins, P/S Silent Sunday Night 12:00 AM L'Inferno (1911) Salvatore Papa, Arturo Pirovano, Giuseppe de Liguoro. Dir: Francesco Bertolini, Milano Film, 68mins. (Silent-Exempt) TCM Import 1:15 AM Saatanan radikaalit (1971) Paavo Piironen, Heikki Nousiainen, Timo Nissi. Dir: Heikki Huopainen, Filmituotanto Spede Pasanen, 75mins. (Import-Exempt) 2:30 AM Jigoku (1960) Shigeru Amachi, Utako Mitsuya, Yôichi Numata. Dir: Nobuo Nakagawa, Shintoho Film Distribution Committee, 101mins. P/S 4:15 AM Angel on My Shoulder (1946) Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, Claude Rains. Dir: Archie Mayo, Rogers Prod., 100 min. P/S Monday - April 1 Toshirô Mifune Birthday Tribute 6:00 AM Love in a Teacup (1953) Toshirô Mifune, Ineko Arima, Hajime Izu. Dir: Yasuki Chiba, Toho, 87mins. (Premiere # 3) 7:30 AM The Life of Oharu (1952) Kinuyo Tanaka, Tsukie Matsuura, Ichirô Sugai. Dir: Kenji Mizoguchi, Koi, 133mins., P/S 9:45 AM Muhomatsu, the Rickshaw Man (1958) Toshirô Mifune, Hideko Takamine, Hiroshi Akutagawa. Dir: Hiroshi Inagaki, Toho, 104mins. P/S 11:30 AM Samurai Rebellion (1967) Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Tsukasa, Gô Katô. Dir: Masaki Kobayashi, Toho, 128mins. P/S 1:45 PM Yojimbo (1961) Toshirô Mifune, Eijiro Tono, Seizaburo Kawazu. Dir: Akira Kurosawa, Toho, 110mins. P/S 3:45 PM The Bad Sleep Well (1960) Toshirô Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kyoko Kagawa. Dir: Akira Kurosawa, Toho, 151mins. P/S 6:30 PM Rashomon (1950) Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori. Dir: Akira Kurosawa, Daiei, 88mins. P/S Challenge #2: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles TARDIS. Why settle for one world when you can see all of space and time? 8:00 PM Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) Peter Cushing, Roy Castle, Jennie Linden. Dir: Gordon Flemyng, AARU Prods., 82 mins. P/S 9:30 PM Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966) Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, Ray Brooks. Dir: Gordon Flemyng, AARU Prods., 84 mins. P/S 11:00 PM The Day of the Doctor (2013) Matt Smith, David Tennant, Tom Baker. Dir: Nick Hurran, BBC, 85mins. (Transportation-Exempt) 12:30 AM Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks (2016) Patrick Troughton, Michael Craze, Pamela Ann Davy. Dir: Christopher Barry, BBC, 161 min (Transportation-Exempt) 3:15 AM I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1970) Jirí Sovák, Jana Brejchová, Lubomír Lipský. Dir: Oldrich Lipský, Ceskoslovenský Státní Film, 95mins. (Premiere # 4) 5:00 AM Mysterious Doctor (1943) John Loder, Eleanor Parker, Bruce Lester. Dir: Ben Stoloff, MGM, 56 mins. Tuesday - April 2nd Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE Birthday Tribute 5:00AM The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James. Dir: Charles Crichton, Ealing Studios, 78 mins. P/S 7:30 AM The Ladykillers (1955) Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Katie Johnson. Dir: Alexander Mackendrick, JAR, 87 mins. P/S 9:00 AM Hotel Paradiso (1966) Alec Guinness, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley. Dir: Peter Glenville, MGM, 98mins. 10:45 AM To Paris With Love (1955) Alec Guinness, Odile Versois, Vernon Gray. Dir: Robert Hamer, Two Cities Films, 78 mins. P/S 12:15 PM The Captain's Paradise (1953) Alec Guinness, Celia Johnson, Yvonne de Carlo. Dir: Anthony Kimmins, London Film Prods., 89mins. P/S 1:45 PM All at Sea (1957) Alec Guinness, Irene Browne, Maurice Denham. Dir: Charles Frend, Ealing Studios, 67mins. P/S 3:00 PM Last Holiday (1950) Alec Guinness, Beatrice Campbell, Kay Walsh. Dir: Henry Caas, ABPC, 88mins. P/S 4:30 PM Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) Alec Guinness, Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood. Dir: Robert Hamer, Ealing Studios, 106 mins. P/S 6:30 PM The Man in the White Suit (1951) Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker. Dir: Alexander MacKendrick, Ealing Studios, 85mins. P/S Challenge #3: Travel Companion as Guest Programmer The Doctor as portrayed by Matt Smith in The Day of the Doctor (2013) 8:00 PM The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943) Hans Albers, Wilhelm Bendow, Brigitte Horney. Dir: Josef von Báky, UFA, 110 mins. P/S 10:00 PM Voyage to the End of the Universe (1963) Zdenek Stepánek, Frantisek Smolík, Dana Medrická, Dir: Jindrich Polák, Filmové, 81 mins. (Companion-Exempt) 11:30 PM Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, William Schallert. Dir: Joseph Sargent, Universal, 100 mins. (Companion-Exempt) 1:15 AM She (1935) Helen Gahagan, Randolph Scott, Helen Mack. Dir: Lansing C. Holden, RKO, 101mins. (Premiere # 5) 3:00 AM Zardoz (1974) Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling, Sara Kestelman. Dir: John Boorman, Boorman Prods., 105 mins. P/S 4:45 AM Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959) Ken Clark, Yvette Vickers, Jan Shepard. Dir: Bernard L. Kowalski, AIP, 62 mins. PD Wednesday - April 3rd Leslie Howard Birthday Salute 6:00 AM Stand-In (1937) Leslie Howard, Joan Blondell, Humphrey Bogart. Dir: Tay Garnett, Walter Wanger Prods., 90mins. P/S 7:30 AM The Petrified Forest (1936) Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Genevieve Tobin. Dir: Archie L Mayo, WB, 82mins. 9:00 AM Service For Ladies (1932) Leslie Howard, George Grossmith, Benita Hume. Dir: Alexander Korda, Paramount British Pictures, 73mins. P/S 10:15 AM It's Love I'm After (1937) Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland. Dir: Archie Mayo, WB, 90mins. 11:45 AM British Agent (1934) Leslie Howard, Kay Francis, William Gargan. Dir: Michael Curtiz, First National, 80mins. P/S 1:15 PM Smilin' Through (1932) Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, Fredric March. Dir: Sidney Franklin, MGM, 98mins. 3:00 PM Berkeley Square (1933) Leslie Howard, Heather Angel, Valerie Taylor. Dir: Frank Lloyd, Fox, 88mins. P/S 4:30 PM The Scarlet Pimpernel (1935) Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, Raymond Massey. Dir: Harold Young, London Film Prods., 97mins. P/S 6:15 PM Pygmalion (1938) Wendy Hiller, Leslie Howard, Wilfrid Lawson. Dir: Anthony Asquith, Gabriel Pascal Productions, 96mins. P/S Challenge #4: Desert Island Films 8:00 PM The Hidden Fortress (1958) Toshiro Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki, Dir: Akira Kurosawa, Toho, 126mins. P/S 10:15 PM Jolly Fellows (1934) 96 min. Leonid Utyosov, Lyubov Orlova, Mariya Strelkova. Dir: Grigori Aleksandrov, Moskinokombinat, 96mins. (Island-Exempt) 12:00 AM Saawariya (2007) Ranbir Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Rani Mukerji. Dir: Sanjay Leela Bhansali, SPE Films, 142mins. (Island-Exempt) 2:30AM The Forty-first (1956) Izolda Izvitskaya, Oleg Strizhenov, Nikolay Kryuchkov. Dir: Grigoriy Chukhray, Mosfilm, 88mins. (Premiere # 6) 4:00 AM Floating Weeds (1959) Machiko Kyo, Ganjiro Nakamura, Haruko Sugimura. Dir: Yasujiro Ozu, Daiei Studios, 119mins. P/S Thursday - April 4th Playwright and Screenwriter Robert E. Sherwood Birthday Tribute 6:00 AM Reunion in Vienna (1933) John Barrymore, Diana Wynyard, Frank Morgan. Dir: Sidney Franklin, MGM, 98mins. 7:45 AM Idiot's Delight (1939) Norma Shearer, Clark Gable, Edward Arnold. Dir: Clarence Brown, MGM, 107mins. 9:45 AM The Ghost Goes West (1935) Robert Donat, Jean Parker, Eugene Pallette. Dir: René Clair, London Film Prods., 95mins. P/S 11:30 AM Rebecca (1940) Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock, Selznick International, 130mins. P/S 1:45 PM The Divorce of Lady X (1938) Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, Binnie Barnes. Dir: Tim Whelan, London Film Prods, 91mins. P/S 3:30 PM The Bishop's Wife (1947) Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven. Dir: Henry Koster, Samuel Goldwyn Company, 109mins. P/S 5:30 PM The Royal Bed (1931) Mary Astor, Lowell Sherman, Anthony Bushell. Dir: Lowell Sherman, RKO, 75mins. 6:45 PM Two Kinds of Women (1932) Miriam Hopkins, Phillips Holmes, Irving Piche. Dir: William C. de Mille, Paramount, 75mins. (Premiere # 7) Star Of The Month: Peter O'Toole 8:00 PM How to Steal a Million (1966) Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Eli Wallach. Dir: William Wyler, World Wide Prod., 123 mins. P/S 10:15 PM My Favorite Year (1982) Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper. Dir: Richard Benjamin, MGM, 92mins. 12:00 AM The Day Robbed Bank of England (1960) Peter O'Toole, Aldo Ray, Elizabeth Sellars. Dir: John Guillermin, Summit, 85mins. P/S 1:30 AM Great Catherine (1968) Peter O'Toole, Zero Mostel, Jeanne Moreau. Dir: Gordon Flemyng, Keep Films, 98mins. P/S 3:15 AM Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) Peter O'Toole, Petula Clark, Michael Redgrave. Dir: Herbert Ross, MGM, 155mins. Friday - April 5th Roger Corman Birthday Salute 6:00 AM Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957) Richard Garland, Pamela Duncan, Russell Johnson. Dir: Roger Corman, Los Altos, 62 mins. P/S 7:15 AM Bucket of Blood (1959) Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Antony Carbone. Dir: Roger Corman, Alta Vista, 65 mins. P/S 8:30 AM The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) Jonathan Haze, Jackie Joseph, Mel Welles. Dir: Roger Corman, Filmgroup, 70 mins. PD 9:45 AM House of Usher (1960) Vincent Price, Mark Damon, Myrna Fahey. Dir: Roger Corman, Alta Vista, 79 mins. PD 11:15 AM Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961) Antony Carbone, Betsy Jones-Moreland, Robert Towne. Dir: Roger Corman, Corman, 75mins. PD 12:30 PM Pit and the Pendulum (1961) Vincent Price, Barbara Steele, John Kerr. Dir: Roger Corman, Alta Vista, 80mins. P/S 2:00 PM Tales of Terror (1962) Vincent Price, Maggie Pierce, Leona Gage. Dir: Roger Corman, Alta Vista, 89mins. P/S 3:30 PM The Haunted Palace (1963) Vincent Price, Debra Paget, Lon Chaney Jr.. Dir: Roger Corman, Alta Vista, 87mins. P/S 5:00 PM The Raven (1963) Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff. Dir: Roger Corman, Alta Vista, 86 mins. P/S 6:30 PM The Masque Of The Red Death (1964) Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher. Dir: Roger Corman, Alta Vista, 86 mins. P/S Friday Night Spotlight - Anthologies Why watch one movie when you can watch several at the same time? 8:00 PM Tales of Manhattan (1942) Henry Fonda, Ginger Rogers, Edward G Robinson. Dir: Julien Duvivier, Fox, 127mins. P/S 10:15 PM Kwaidan (1964) Rentarô Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe. Dir: Masaki Kobayashi, Toho, 125mins. P/S 12:30 AM Le plaisir (1952) Jean Gabin, Danielle Darrieux, Simone Simon. Dir: Max Ophüls, Stera Films, 97mins. P/S 2:15 AM Trio (1950) James Hayter, Kathleen Harrison, Felix Aylmer. Dir: Ken Annakin, Gainsborough Pictures, 91mins. P/S 4:00 AM Quartet (1948) Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Ian Fleming. Dir: Ken Annakin, Gainsborough Pictures, 120mins. P/S Saturday - April 6th Never Believe Atoms. They Make Up Everything. 6:00 AM The Bedford Incident (1965) Sidney Poitier, Richard Widmark, Donald Sutherland. Dir: James B. Harris, Columbia, 102 mins, P/S 7:45 AM Dr. Strangelove (1963) Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Keenan Wynn. Dir: Stanley Kubrick, Columbia, 93 mins, P/S 9:30 AM Seven Days to Noon (1950) Barry Jones, Andre Morell, Hugh Cross. Dir: John Boulting, LFP, 97 mins, P/S 11:15 AM The Atomic City (1952) Gene Barry, Lydia Clarke, Michael Moore. Dir: Jerry Hopper, Paramount, 85 mins. P/S 12:45 PM Creature With the Atom Brain (1955) Richard Denning, Angela Stevens, S. John Launer. Dir: Edward L Cahn, Clover Prods., 69mins. P/S 2:00 PM Them! (1954) James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon. Dir: Gordon Douglas, Warner Bros., 94mins. P/S 3:45 PM The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) Paul Hubschmid, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway. Dir: Eugène Lourié, Jack Dietz Prods., 80mins. P/S 5:15 PM The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955) Kent Taylor, Cathy Downs, Michael Whalen. Dir:Dan Milner, Milner Brothers Prods., 81mins. P/S 6:45 PM Captain Scarface (1953) Barton MacLane, Leif Erickson, Virginia Grey. Dir: Paul Guilfoyle, Lincoln, 72 mins. P/S The Essentials: Mismatched Romances 8:00 PM Avanti! (1972) Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills, Clive Revill. Dir: Billy Wilder, Mirisch, 140mins. P/S 10:30 PM Love In The Afternoon (1957) Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier. Dir: Billy Wilder, Allied Artists, 130mins. P/S 12:45 AM Charade (1963) Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau. Dir: Stanley Donen, Rank, 113 mins. P/S Underground 2:45AM Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966) Jirí Sovák, Dana Medrická, Olga Schoberová. Dir: Václav Vorlícek, Ceskoslovenský Státní Film, 80mins. (Underground-Exempt) 4:15 AM Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1971) Lubomír Lipský, Jirina Bohdalová, Iva Janzurová. Dir: Oldrich Lipský, Filmové Studio Barrandov, 103mins. (Premiere # 8) Silent Sunday Night: L'Inferno (1911) TCM Import: Saatanan radikaalit (1971) TCM Essentials: Avanti! (1972) TCM Underground: Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966) Destination-Exempt: None Transportation-Exempt: The Day of the Doctor (2013) (This is the 85-minute Theatrical Release version and not the 77-minute Television Release version.) Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks (2016) (Both the Theatrical Release and Television Release have a 161-minute run-time.) Companion-Exempt: Voyage to the End of the Universe (1963) Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) Island Exempt: Jolly Fellows (1934) Saawariya (2007) Premieres: The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp (1954) L'ange et la femme (1977) Love in a Teacup (1953) I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1970) She (1935) The Forty-first (1956) Two Kinds of Women (1932) Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1971) Distribution: 1910s - 1 1920s - 0 1930s - 18 1940s - 11 1950s - 31 1960s - 25 1970s - 8 1980s - 1 1990s - 0 2000s - 1 2010s - 2

The Fountainhead (1949) Dr. Tyrell's apartment in: Blade Runner (1982)

It is at all times best when you can take precautions!

I believe that it was the opposite. He was built on Altair IV in 23rd Century and then River Song gave him a lift to 20th Century Earth with her vortex manipulator. It is rumored that he was her rebound relationship after breaking up with the Nestene with swappable heads.

It is quite wonderful to learn that you are safe and happy!

I believe that it may be that it was at that time considered gauche to flee a robbery on foot and so they stole a vehicle for their getaway. It would be natural for them to steal the best available.

I must wonder if it did not actually catch a viewer's attention directly but did lend an aspect subliminally of the robot's strangeness because it is not normal to see circles rotate in discrete steps. I feel that I should mention that the Geneva movement was important to movies as it is the method by which movie projectors moved the film in front of the shutter one complete frame as a time.

A Geneva movement rotates in steps rather than continuously. A motor drives a disk with a peg on it. The peg drives a second wheel when it slides into a slot in a second wheel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGxUl36IrB8 It may be that it was thought to be a more interesting effect than having it merely rotate at a set speed. They are not difficult to make but I am sure that a stepper motor would now be used instead. I watched: Forbidden Planet (1956) last night but I am sad to say that I did not take note of this feature.

I will apologize now if this post causes this thread to disappear but this image combines the in-thread topics of lifelike dolls and robots taking jobs from humans: I hope that moderators select to delete only this post if they find it offensive and not remove the entire thread.

I believe that there is sufficient space between the rocker arms to provide the possibility that you are seeing one bank of a: V-12. The apparent forward tilt of it suggests this also. A long-stroke engine would place the crankshaft along the robot's lateral center line which would provide good balance.

I felt that having such a doll made in her living image was sufficiently creepy. Making one of her in death increases that by several orders of magnitude.

I had wondered why there was notification that you had quoted my post but clicking on the link provided only the error message that I did not have permission to view the message. I must wonder if you asked why I know of such things. It is because a man had an artist take photographs and make a mold of his wife's face when she was in hospital and she was not expected to survive. One of the nurses asked why it was being done. The artist stated he was instructed to send photographs and the mold to a manufacturer in China which produces such dolls. He stated also that it was not the first such assignment which he had fulfilled. I was searching for: "medical grade silicone" a few days after I heard of that. Some of the first-page results were of such dolls. I have a cat's curiosity when presented with such juxtaposition and so spent a little time investigating.

We purchased one of those recently! It was a choice between: $46 for black ink cartridge for existing printer or: $44 for new printer. We like it very much as it is faster and quieter than previous ink jet printer and the print quality is quite nice. We use ink jet only when we want quick printing and do not need very fine detail of laser as it is faster than laser when printing less than four pages. I do not know why many people appear to be ashamed of buying electronics at Wal-Mart. Ink jet printers and many other such things are virtually consumables and so buying at the proper price point is important. Many items which they sell are full-model units such as one would purchase at any place and are not made-for-Wal-Mart sub-models. Our Roku is precisely the same as if we purchased it directly from Roku and was $22 less expensive than at any electronics store in the area. We have a model-made-for-Wal-Mart television in the workroom. It was 30% cheaper than similar-sized full-model from any other store. It has fulfilled the need for more than four years now. A recent test revealed that it has zero dead pixels.

There is a formula for calculating unit-density-area precisely but you need only look at a map to see the cause: the eclipse was across the middle of the country and so the sunlight for that area had to be pushed aside and go somewhere else. I hope that you were using an appropriately higher-grade sunblock that afternoon.

I hope that all here are well and happy. We watched the eclipse from the parking lot behind our home. It was a first for both of us. I can not describe it except to say that it looked exactly as all the pictures of it but it was simultaneously incredibly awesome. It is easy for me to understand how people believed once that it is a powerful omen sent by the gods.

Bruce Forsyth (1928–2017) Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1977) "In 2012, Guinness World Records recognised Forsyth as having the longest television career for a male entertainer."

I love it but I believe you would have to Hammer the reference into many people's heads.

I know that I have watched this movie once but I am sad to say that I do not recall any of the cast. I checked the cast listing on imdb.com and I in a way, sort-of, maybe a little recognized the name: Marco St. John. I do not recall him from any movie or program in his list of credits even although I have watched several of them. I did note that he is credited with a role in: Cleopatra (1970). I have checked other sources but can find no listing for his actual performance. I can assume only that he dubbed a voice or two for the release in English. I find it sad that the English-language version is listed as lost. It is a wonderfully odd movie. It is not surreal but it does make a person wonder what the writers were smoking. I recommend it highly for any person who wishes to watch an animated historical quasi-pornographic war sci-fi comedy. It truly is the only movie of that type which I can recommend. Please Note: I have edited and re-edited the description: "animated historical quasi-pornographic war sci-fi comedy." many times and I am sad to say that I can find no arrangement which seems correct. I know the rules for order of precedence of adjectives in English but I am not able to properly apply them here. I will appreciate guidance and advice on this matter.

The distinctions are important in literature. A hard science fiction novel will have far more technical details and explain paths of extrapolation. Some people love reading such things. Some people hate reading such things. That is why subgenres form. Science fiction writers are more apt than writers of other genre to work in a variety of subgenres and so the author's name on the cover is less of a guide to the type of story than it is in other genres. The distinctions are generally meaningless to casual movie-goers. Even most movie-goers who are avid science fiction enthusiasts are open to a range of subgenres and so the distinctions mean little. The greatest factor for them is that hard science fiction movies tend to develop slowly and will at times become pedantic. Soft science fiction movies tend to have more energetic pacing. I am sorry to say that I respect the opinions of those who say that the meaning of: 'hard science fiction' is unclear but I disagree strongly. The definition consists of two distinct parts: the science must be real and the science must be part of the story. I believe that it is the latter which trips up many people. Simply setting the movie in the future and giving the protagonist fancy tech gadgets does not make science part of the story. A valuable guide is to ask if the movie could have been set in Victorian England by merely changing the sets, replacing electronics with brass instruments, and turning the robots into urchins/black servants/pets.

My comment reflected my view of the video. I did not mean to cast any aspersions on you. I was not: 'displeased.' I was disappointed. I very much love the genre in most of its forms and I eagerly seek out recommendations of movies and books in the genre which have escaped my notice. I had high hopes because hard science fiction movies are relatively rare. Finding the video to be: Buzzfeed quality was a severe let-down. I realize now that I was in error when I allowed my hopes to rise. The juxtaposition of a still from: Blade Runner (1982) with a caption of: "Hard Sci-Fi" should have alerted me that the content would be mindless. It is true that that movie is one of my favorite movies but it is equally true that it in no way qualifies as hard science fiction. Ridley Scott simply does not do hard science fiction. I can not fault you in any manner for posting the video because it presents itself well and has an authoritative format. Only a person who knows science fiction well will see it for what it is. It is unfortunate that the people who made the video know much more about making videos than they know of the subject they are presenting.

June Foray (1917–2017) http://variety.com/2017/tv/people-news/june-foray-dead-dies-rocky-natasha-bullwinkle-1202508180/

I understand the concept well. Only a few of the movies presented qualify as hard science fiction. Robot & Frank (2012) is often not considered science fiction at all. Her (2013) handles an identical concept but is truly science fiction. The selection criteria seems to have been recent movies which received large amounts of coverage on social media with a few classics added for balance. Where are: Silent Running (1972), Phase IV (1974), Solaris (1972), Terra Tranquila (1985), Fahrenheit 451 (1966), Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970), Soylent Green (1973), Primer (2004), Upstream Color (2013) and Children of Men (2006)?