JamesJazGuitar
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I have a good movie story about Lucy's back from the 80s. I was there with my girlfriend and her cousin from NYC. This cousin really felt she was special and she was going to show L.A. she was IT. She was attractive but so are a lot of women in la, la land.
We sit down for dinner and in comes Rob Lowe with a date. My cousin keeps saying how much better looking she is than Rob's date (both the gals I was with were), and she starts to get loud. Rob does look over and smiles at us. Well when he goes to the restroom the cousin follows to see if she can get Rob to leave with her. The plan fails but it put her even in more of a mood. We get to the Stock Exchange. This is a club where they select who they let in. We get there and the bouncer is ready to let the gals in but NOT me! Here the cousin does me a favor. She makes a major scene about being from NYC and no LA club is going to NOT let her friends in,,,, well we get in.
Later that night we get throw out because of her and she gets sick on Wilshire. So she did leave her mark on LA, after all!
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I used to use another website, The Fray where there was no admin and basically no rules. With this freedom there was a lot of name calling, racist and sexual slurs, and repetitive postings of such. Sometimes this would occur to such a degree that the site was useless. (i.e ;; users would have to wait until the offender got bored).
I have been surprised when I see something I have posted with *** in it but I prefer that to what use to happen at The Fray.
Edited by: jamesjazzguitar on Jan 29, 2012 12:11 PM
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What about Bogie and Bacall? (since I see you already listed Tracy and Hepburn).
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Yes, I only had one cup of tea so far and I just got back from a medical conference and thus have FDA on my mind instead of FCC. The FDA controls the drugs we need after having to see a movie on AMC!
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Central to The Exorcist is the Catholic church and their belief system. So of course the movie has "irrational fear of teenage female sexuality" as part of the theme since in many ways the church has an irrational fear of human sexuality.
Of course all horror movies are based on creating fear and often the 'thing' used to create this fear is clearly a myth; vampires, monster,,etc... But there is a different level or type of fear when this thing isn't considered to be a myth; the devil, ghosts (which I believe polls says 3 out of 10 people believe are 'real'), a disease, etc..
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The list Carlin mentioned is still in effect and is maintained by the FCC. This is official government censorship that only applies to over the airways broadcasting e.g. NOT cable TV, or movies, or websites.
I don't know if this website has an official list. Only the Admin can answer that (assuming he would wish to). I see a major difference between these two forms of 'censorship'. In my view a private company should have the right to control their content. The FCC shouldn't.
Edited by: jamesjazzguitar on Jan 28, 2012 12:52 PM
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You believe ESPN would disappear if there was ala carte pricing? I assume the market for ESPN is 2 to 3 times higher than the combined market for all the other stations you listed.
Of course the cost of ESPN programming is a lot higher. I would be interested in reviewing the analysis you mentioned.
As for being sad that someone cannot get T.V. T.V. isn't a right. Thus as others have said in a capitalistic system, we often get these type of results. But since there are more and more options opening up, things should be getting better for consumers (well at least in theory).
Edited by: jamesjazzguitar on Jan 28, 2012 12:51 PM
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I do see what you are getting at. An Academy voter loves the movie On The Waterfront and all three of these fine performances. So they are torn and don't know which of the 3 actors had the best performance in that movie. So instead of voting for one of the three, they vote for an actor like O'Brien. In other words this specific voter uses the 'cancel out' theory to influence their selection. When enough voters do this someone like O'Brien gets the win. (for the record I don't think either of us is saying O'Brien didn't give a good performance but I don't feel it matched any of the 3 in On The Waterfront).
Again, I don't see myself ever doing that (but I also don't see myself ever getting a vote!), but one should never underestimate human behavior.
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How does one say "intellectual property rights" in Chinese?
Oh, that's right, they don't have words for that in Chinese!
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While that Putin joke was very funny, I do find it ironic that in countries like Russia and China the Internet is closely monitored to suppress political commentary while they do nothing to prevent piracy.
As for the Keaton talkie you posted. That looks like another good pre-code movie. Even the associated poster has that pre-code vibe. I'll have to watch that movie when I have the chance.
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While you might be on to something, 51 would still be incorrect. Flynn's liver was well known to be at least 60 years old!
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Wow you did a great and quick job of providing a lot of useful information. With regards to the point of whether multiple nominations for the same movie cancel each other out while the sheer numbers support that claim, that doesn't mean the actual single movie nom winner in that year didn't deserve the award over the others. e.g. Sinatra in 53 or Mitchell in 39. IMO they had the best performances as well as some of the others, but again, that is just my opinion.
If as you say "but in the end, I am sure that they would still award the person they thought performed the best" why would the 'cancel out' theory change that?
Using 54 again, why would someone vote for O'Brien instead of say, Cobb, just because Malden and Stieger were in the same movie? If I had a vote I would vote for who I beleived had the best performance, period. I assume you would do the same.
Of course if studio lobbying impacts how someone votes (and I have heard that it has an impact), than that could explain the 'cancel out' theory. i.e. the studio doesn't wish to back only one of their actors, the support is therefore spilt, while someone like O'Brien received the full backing of the studio.
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I'm not sure more nominees (e.g. 10), would result in a so called better outcome (final result). Of course more nominees would decrease the odds a deserving performer is left out but then it could also lead to more undeserving performances getting a nomination (not per, se in 1954, but in other years). Thus instead of us asking 'why did Joe get one of the 5 nominations, we would be asking why did Joe, Sam, Abe and Steve get one of the 10!. So I think 5 is a good number.
Note that a similar issues comes up with college football and a playoff system. Yea, a playoff system is better but how many teams should be in the playoff. The lower the number the more upset people get because a so call deserving team didn't get in With more teams the odds increase that an undeserving team could get lucky and win it all.
One idea has been to limit a movie to one nominee per category. As others have pointed out O'Brien might have won because there were 3 nominees from On The Waterfront. Personally I don't support that idea or the 'cancel each other out' theory.
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Yes, I find this to be a very interesting thread. The only old magazine I have is Time from December 1948 with Olivia DeHavilland on the cover that I purchased from a collector. Olivia is featured related to the movie The Snake Pit.
While this isn't a movie mag it is still very interesting. For example, it has a review of the new type of jazz, bebop, that was the rage in certain parts of NYC. Some of the description in the review border on being racist and as a jazz musician I don't think the reviewer had much of an understanding of this complex music format (i.e. he made it clear that big band swing was the only 'true' jazz music,,, which today would be laughed at).
The Snake Pit article was great. It focused on the movie as well as the topic of the treatment of the mentally ill. Some of it was shocking (and yes, that is a pun).
I noticed there are also ads posted here. That is one of the most interesting things about reviewing old mags. The ads tell us a lot about life in American during those days. I'll continue to check this site out to see the latest offerings.
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I'll have to pass this one to the guys I play this song with since it makes it very clear when Paul sings and when he doesn't. Notice what when Paul joins in he sings the second half of the first line and than the first half of the next line (i.e. in the middle).
I sing the John part and the other guy the Paul part but he keeps singing the entire verse! Then he tried to claim that is how they did it. NOT.
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I agree with you that the Goldblum version of The Fly is a very good movie and in many ways better than the original. There is a really humanistic vibe in the movie and one really feels the pain of what the characters are feeling, similar to how one see 'the monster' in Bride of Frankenstein.
While the vast majority of remakes are inferior to the original one shouldn't paint too wide of a brush.
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Hey, when I have to trust my memory instead of looking it up, I often get it wrong! But after I posted it did come to me that it might of been a guy that is hardly even in the movie since I remember that being discussed here a while back. Yea, that was strange. Not only did Tully get a watch (again, if my memory of the movie is correct), but he got an Oscar!
Bogie should of won for Treasure but not even getting a nomination? That is a crime. I know Warner didn't want Bogie to play such a heel. When your own studio doesn't back you it really hurts your chances.
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Well thanks for the nice words. As for your idea of an a la carte cable system, I don't think that is possible since, cities or counties contract with only one cable company for the use of the physical cables owned by the cities that go from house to house using public land.
This physical reality is what requires cities to contract with only one cable company. I don't know enough about the legal terms of these contacts to know if a city could require their cable company to offer an a la carte services. I believe that is covered under federal law and thus cities are restricted (but again, I'm not sure about all the legal contract angles).
The beauty of satellite systems is that the physical paradigm here allows for more competition and thus consumer choice. We have seen this with cell phone service. But we have also seen cell phone companies buy out their competitors as a way of gaining market share and thus reducing competition. Oh the games that are played in a so called free market system!
WillBeFree Florida Vermont story was funny. I'm about to head out to Florida for work. I have somewhat of the opposite experience. When I check into the hotel the first thing I do is raise the temp. I have found that people in Florida really like to set the AC to around 68 or lower. I like to go to Florida to warm up! Even in the winter (where it is now in the high 70s which to me is perfect), they have the AC on. So I set the AC to around 78. When I get back to my room I find the maid as lowered it down to 68 or less. What a waste. No one in my room all day but the AC is running.
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Why does Kate merit the bottom half? Barbara already has a nose for the ages, so shouldn't Barbara get the bottom half? But since Barbara has the voice of an angle maybe she should get the mouth. But Kate's performance in Lion In Winter was all mouth, all the time.
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If someone really feels that only classic movies (what TCM mostly shows), isn't 'garbage' than of course it doesn't make sense for them to have cable. Just purchase DVDs of older movies. As I recommended before, use the Internet (e.g. Facebook), to create a local classic movie club. This is a great way to share classic movies (sharing isn't piracy as long as one doesn't copy the material), and meet people with similar interest.
I have done with fellow amateur musicians who like to play jazz. As for TV; While a vast majority is junk, I do watch more than just TCM since like sports, and the news, food and travel channels. For the $60 I pay per month, I don't feel I'm being ripped off.
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Kate Hepburn won in 67 for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and in 68 for Lion In Winter. But in 68 she tied with Strieisand in Funny Girl. So is that 2 wins in a row or only 1 12 for Kate?
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Thanks Kyle for your various postings on this topic. As you often do you provide useful information while providing your POV. I agree with you that the extension of copywrites or allowing 100 year copywrites does defeat the purpose of the original copywrite: to protect the intellectual property of the original creator.
Both parties (content creator and content access provider), have a duty to protect copywritten material. Hopefully the two can work together to create balanced legislation (but historically that hasn't occured).
This from the L.A. Time today:
Actor Malcom McDowell, who staring and helped produce "Suing the Devil", a low-budget indie film that has been heavily pirated on the Web, expressed frustration to opposition to tougher anti-privacy laws. "Frankly, the problem is epidemic", adding that his movie has been downloaded nearly 100,000 times on more than 50 illegal sites.
Those that wish people to fiance indie movies (often better and more interesting than the major studio junk), need to ensure producers of indie movies get enough return on investment to continue to make these movies. These producers may not have the budget required to police the Web like the mega studios.
Edited by: jamesjazzguitar on Jan 21, 2012 1:14 PM
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Tell Me What You See is one of my favorite early Beatles tunes. The music is very simple and the words kind of lame but the singing of the lead part by John and Paul at once, is just so great. One can hear John separate from Paul, and Paul separate from John and both at once, all at the same time (yea, that makes no sense but that is how I hear it). This is what I like about early Beatles songs. The lads stilled sang together. The White Album has more sophisticated songs but John and Paul don't sing together on that one since there were not in the studio at the same time much.
Help is one of favorite albums. Just great song, after great song.
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Yes, what a major mistake. Everyone knows New Jersey isn't even close to being New York!
Comcast moves TCM to higher tier. It costs $89.00 per month extra
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Would you sign up for this type of ala carte service BEFORE you knew what the price would be? If NOT then how would the cable company know what to charge customers for the stations they pick? How would the company know what stations customers wanted or not, especially what stations customers would be willing to pay for?
In other words for your 'revenue neutral' model to work, the cable company would have to know what stations all customers would pick and then they could compute the price, per station, and then inform customers what their ala carte bill would be.
The customers that got the higher bills (and for some customers those bills could be really higher by multiples of 3 or more), may drop the system and or the very expensive stations and thus the cable company would have to change the prices yet again for all customers (since the apportion would change), and this would be an endless process until everyone was locked into an ala carte breakdown they accepted.
Really how would a cable company "apportioned differently" in any way that would be easy and simple?
Edited by: jamesjazzguitar on Jan 29, 2012 12:54 PM