Dargo
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I was actually a pedestrian. I believe I gave him a dirty look when he was stopped at a red light too far up. Sort of like Ratso Rizzo's "I'm walkin' here, I'm walkin' here".
Yeah...and so what kind of car was Freddie drivin' that day, HUH?!
(...you just NEVER go into any details around here, do ya!!!)
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Pencil-nacked geeks? That strikes close to home. A guy once yelled out his car window that I was a pencil-**** m***** f*****.
So tell us more about this time you cutoff Freddie Blassie in traffic, finance!
(...we're all ears!!!)
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The censor is ever vigilant. MOU-H is banned. Also abbreviations: LM-O is also banned......
While I have NO idea about the former here Hibi, I'm goin' go out on a limb here and guess that maybe Will Hays' grandson programmed that "A" from the latter because of that thread you started some time back about your boy Brent!
Yep, maybe HE'S a big fan of George's backside TOO, and thus doesn't particularly care for the idea of ANYBODY laughin' their you-know-what off!!!
(...though as I said, this is ONLY a guess!!!)
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I guess you folks haven't heard the latest rumor goin' around here, eh?!
(...this website's word filter was programmed by Will Hays' grandson!)
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Excellent thoughts here, Sepia. And perhaps add to your "Typecast" thought the idea that today's movie audiences probably in general aren't as much enticed go to see a particular movie starring a particular star anymore as their primary reason for doing so, and as they once did in earlier times, and thus maybe because of this have allowed modern stars the "leeway" to broaden or "stretch" and which was often not the case with many of the biggest of studio era stars.
And so, and as it seems you imply here, this seeming present dearth of "good" movie stars and them not having the charisma or "chops" of the stars of yore, stems not from some inabilities of theirs but perhaps more from some lack in the quantity of scripts which contain roles they can really "sink their teeth into".
(...though I might add that at least in Johnny Depp's case, my wife and I are personally slightly more enticed to go see one of "his movies", and primarily because he quite often will bring to a role some very "interesting" and surprising aspects to his characters, and which while some may admittedly "not work" or are "way out there", are still often somewhat fun to watch)
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Ya know clore, your thread here COULD maybe segue into people posting YouTube clips of big name studio era stars doing television commercials back in the day...say like this one starring Hank Fonda among his series for GAF commercials from the 1970's, and co-starring a future little star and Oscar winner herself....
(...hope ya don't mind, as from your initial post this seemed to me a natural progression of it)
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Good connection to make regarding 'The Swimmer'. Somehow, though, it seems that Douglas' character has gotten a less deserving deal than Lancaster's.
Thanks dark, but I think both characters pretty much come to their deserving fate, with the much less out-of-control and introspective Lancaster coming to the realization at the end that his plight, like most everyone's in the world, was a direct result of his own poor choices in life, and NOT the result of some paranoid concept of "everyone else being against him" like the crazed Douglas character.
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I wouldn't mock preppers, folks. I wouldn't have made it through two weeks without power after Sandy hit had I not been a prepper. My family didn't have to wander around clogging the roads while EMS and power company personnel were trying to do their job. As a legal and responsible gun owner I had the peace of mind in know that I could defend myself if gangs of kids tried robbing my home...which they did do to numerous homes in town.
Don't worry GGWB. I too have a few firearms in my possession. I just don't obsess over 'em.
(...I obsess over my Triumph motorcycles and Porsche Spyder instead)
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Ohh yeah.. He was a paramilitary/cop wannabe but couldn't pass the psych test/gun collector sort who always had at least two firearms "hidden" on his person and/or in his shoulder bag at any given time.. not to mention his home gun safe with a 1 year supply of everything for The Big One.
AM for sure
So, your standard "Para"-type, eh Kid?! Paramilitary AND paraNOID!!!
(...yep, gotta love 'em alright...hopefully from a distance!)
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Not a boring moment in that movie. Saw it once years ago and just last month I rented it again, made a copy for my collection, and returned it to the vendor with a 5 out of 5 rating note.
Always thought this movie was the L.A. version of "Taxi Driver"...and maybe with a little bit of "The Swimmer" thrown in.
(...gotta admit though that it IS a mesmerizing and well made film)
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That's a terrific movie, IMO. The internal rage and frustration brought to the surface in a very logical manner captivated me in my first viewing. And I'm sure there are some of us who can relate to the McDonalds scenario.
When I first saw this movie, one of my coworkers bore a striking resemblance to Michael Douglas' character, not only in image but in temperament and attitude. I have never seen him in the same light since.
WHOA! Must have made for a very "interesting" work environment, eh Kid?! Though I think we ALL have had a coworker like that somewhere along the line, haven't we?!
(...you know, not exactly your NPR type o' guys, and more the AM talk radio type!) LOL
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And this actress too, Dargo?
Yep, and that actress too, dark.
(...'cause I can NEVER get enough castanet playing in movies about leopards...klaak-i-ty klaak klaak!!!)
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OH, and one more thing here...
It will be quite some time again before you folks will find Dargo referring to himself in the third person around here.
(...so enjoy it while you can!!!) LOL
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There were some OK moments in KEY LARGO, but I hope he hated ARGO
Sorry to disappoint you here RK, but Dargo did indeed like "Argo", as Dargo felt it contained just the proper amount of comic relief supplied by the ever reliable John Goodman and Alan Arkin, and in what Dargo thought a well directed and finely paced thriller...and even though Dargo knows that it's been VERY fashionable for quite some time now to pooh-pooh anything that Ben Afflect has had a hand in!
(...and one more thing of note here...Dargo has also tried escargot in the past, but Dargo wouldn't be all that upset to hear that there has been an embargo placed upon it, as Dargo thinks that French delicacy has always been overrated)
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I've tried looking down the thread, but I can't find whether Dargo likes FARGO. Does Dargo like STRANGE CARGO?
Dargo does indeed like "Fargo", AND Dargo likes "Strange Cargo".
(...BUT, fasten your seat belts here, 'cause Dargo REALLY likes the character that Bette Davis plays in "All About Eve" the most!)
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You know, Dargo, I actually prefer GREASE 2 to GREASE on a purely entertainment level.
Both movies are "cheesy" but GREASE 2 seems to embrace its "cheesiest" even though the acting in GREASE 2 is strangely enough generally less campy than the acting in GREASE. And GREASE 2 is just more fun to watch than GREASE.
Of course, GREASE 2 was a staple of cable in the 1990s so I had a lot of opportunities to see it growing up.
I think this is where we differ in opinion here, Holden, as I've always thought the original was much better because it was pretty much played as lighthearted camp, and that because it was, it was more fun. And, I always thought the original's musical score contained a few memorable songs which are still played on some radio stations and performed by people at Karaoke bars, and whereas can you name me just ONE song in the sequel with which this happens today?
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I prefer ZORBA THE GREASER over both of them.
Sorry finance, but your response is...ahem...Greek to me here!
(...though I suppose IF I'd try hard enough, I COULD imagine Tony Quinn sportin' a "D.A." haircut and drivin' a chopped and channeled '49 Merc)
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The last ridiculous remake with Mathew Broderick as the hero (?!)
Never saw this one, Joe. So tell us, how was THAT Godzilla dispensed with at the end?
(...did perhaps Matthew bore him to death like he did many of us during his recent stint as a guest Friday night presenter???)
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Very impressive work here, Ray! If you hadn't mentioned the original trailer had been lost years ago, I would have sworn I was watching it right there!
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Dargo, thanks for that sensitive explanation regarding the lovely Miss Leigh.
Well Joe, you know ME...always ready, willing AND able to lend a helping hand around here..though of course, AND as always, IN my usual "sensitive" manner!
(...AND even though my post was REALLY more about the concept that ANYBODY, and NOT just the gorgeous AND talented Vivien, who would wrap a freakin' COBRA around their neck, MUST be NUTS!!!)
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I can't remember the last time I looked in the phone book to find out how to contact somebody.
OH! So THAT'S why you never call, HUH???!!!
(...and here my number has been posted in that thing for YEARS now, and yet ALL I seem to get anymore are those damn calls asking me to contribute to some "needy cause", and with the LAST one being to help some now down-and-out "Housewives of Beverly Hills" former "star" who's had to recently "downsize" to a 2000 sq.ft home in ENCINO!!!)
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Even though I lived through that time (as a youngster), it's hard now to imagine a time when a film legend would have been in the phone book and could be contacted by almost anyone. I know that Stan was well into retirement then and was sadly forgotten by many people, but still -- to be able to call Stan Laurel on the phone!
Well yeah BingFan, that's probably true, however word is if back in the day you wanted to get a contemporary of his, Charlie Chaplin's phone number, all ya had to do was contact J. Edgar Hoover and/or Tail Gunner Joe's Senate office in Washington D.C. and THEY'D give it to ya!!!
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I'm glad she is so unperturbed. There's no way I could sit calmly with a cobra or any snake around my neck.
Well, OF COURSE you'd be more than a little 'perturbed" if you found a cobra wrapped around YOUR neck sewannie, because YOU apparently are of sound mind and body. But on the OTHER hand, I THINK we ALL know that the beautiful Vivien WASN'T exactly "playin' with a full deck of cards" sometimes back in the day, now don't WE???!!!
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Where is Professor Wagstaff when we need him?
Whadddaya MEAN, Mr.R?! Why, the ol' Professor is still around and STILL professing a point of view of which I most heartily agree, because no matter what YOU say, "I'm AGAINST it"!!!
What's up with the CENSOR?
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WHOA now, Kid! Please don't tell me you're ALSO thinkin' it might be a "good idea" to have 'em start censoring parentheses TOO?!!!
(...as this would be a world I wouldn't wish to live in!)