Dargo2

Yeah, surprisingly I actually enjoyed the Mickey Rooney day yesterday. It afforded me an opportunity to watch a movie I hadn't watched in years and remember being pretty good, "The Human Comedy". (...boy was I wrong...that baby was, well, hokey...but I gotta admit Mickey WAS pretty good in it)

I doubt it also, though I sure wouldn't mind watching "Masada" (1981) again after 32 years. I remember being extremely impressed with it.

Joe, if you're having trouble posting your pictures since this new and "improved" format around here took place, I just want to say you still should be able to, it's just that now when you submit your post/pictures the "Leave this page/Stay on this page" box will appear, and then once you hit the "Leave this page" button, your pictures shown appear. There also as you may have noticed is no more "Preview" selection. (...I'm sure many of us are missing your latest postings in your excellent thread, and so this is why I'm offering this suggestion up to you, just in case this is the reason we haven't seen any updates the last few days)

>Dargo, sounds like you've got a mild case of "big salad" syndrome. Must be catching. LOL Yeah, it kinda does, doesn't it! (...now where did I put that bottle of Caesar dressing???)

Not according to THIS guy... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29_RZ82aZ6A

Hmmmm...or maybe...

Nah, I just found it on Google Images. It was an ad for Halloween costumes, though I gotta admit I DID sport a haircut and a mustache similar in that style there back in the day of the leisure suit. (....never wore the platform shoes though, as I recall...I was more the Italian loafer sort...shoes that is!)

LOL YEAH, baby!!!

Soooo, MISTER Roberts! I get NO props for manning this freakin' forward gun position in defense of this movie for ya and while YOU'VE evidently been enjoyin' LIBERTY from around here???!!! (..WELL, just see if I do THIS for ya ever again, SIR!!!) LOL

Well, I don't know about the whole "salad" thing here, BUT I'd say IF we weren't allowed to talk about "foot-stomping", then THAT would pretty much put an end to any discussion about the "I Love Lucy" episode where she's helping make wine in Italy, RIGHT?!

LOL Yeah MissW, I remember laughing at "The Big Salad" episode on Jerry's sitcom too. And so to answer why I didn't "grace" you with an additional reply after you poo-pooed my "theory" as to why you find this film "not funny" was...well because...THAT was the ONLY "theory" I HAD, and I wasn't all THAT convinced that my "theory" was right in the FIRST place, and so I didn't have any "fallback" position to take in order to further "debate" you on this issue! LOL (...but you can be sure as soon as I come up with ANOTHER "theory", I'll get back to ya forthwith!!!)

So, you're sayin' that Powell was best when not playing a character which required more(and sorry for usin' this word here) "gravitas"? Is that about it? I dunno. As I recall, even though he acted as if he was very often "three-sheets-to-the-wind" in his most famous role of Nick Charles, I always thought he realistically portrayed THAT character having more "gravitas" than any other character in those series of films....though maybe because he was the one who always found the culprits of the crimes.

Aah, but IF we would say take HALF our forces and align 'em in a 90 degree angle from our OTHER forces, then MAYBE we can catch the Powers-that-be around here that won't listen to us in some kinda crossfire-type action! (...ya see, I KNEW watchin' that there Military Channel occasionally whenever "North by Northwest", "Some Like It Hot" and the rest of those flicks they show around here umpteen times a year, would eventually teach me somethin'!)

Yeah, I remember the "Hats" line in that Seinfeld episode makin' me chuckle a bit too. So fair enough. You say you just don't buy him as "the voice of reason" on board that ship, and I say I do. Looks as if we're just gonna have to agree to disagree here, huh. (...and NOW as I recall, this is exactly how our LAST conversation went about this subject...and so hopefully I'll remember this the NEXT time the topic of this flick comes up so as not to ask ya for yet another explanation about this...gotta WARN ya though, my memory is gettin' worse and worse everyday!) LOL

Really?! THAT'S the most "enjoyable" part for ya, TOWNIE...err...I mean FLYBACK???!!! LOL (...actually, the funny part about your statement here is that as far as I could ever tell, Roberts NEVER throws the fact of his college education in Morton's face...nope, it's Morton's feelings of past resentment at "college boys" in general and his OWN insecurities that motivates his actions)

Ya know MissW, it's been wrackin' my brain a bit as to why you don't think the comedy in this film is all that funny...and then it hit me. I'm thinkin' it MIGHT be because you were never in the Armed Forces. And I'm thinkin' this because I think this film and the characters in it could maybe be analogous to the WWII G.I. comic strip characters of Willie and Joe which were created by Bill Mauldin, but in this case a naval version of them. Now, I remember my father, a WWII G.I.(and a real character himself, I might add ) just LOVED those guys and thought them hilarious, and of course this was most likely because he knew firsthand of the often absurd situations those in the Armed Forces lived through during that war and how well Mauldin captured the feelings and essence of the average G.I.'s frustrations. And so, I would think some with none of this firsthand experience to draw upon might often be a little less inclined to appreciate this type of humor. (...so, whaddaya think?...might I be on to somethin' here or not?...it's your call)

Okay, now that I get it isn't Powell overall that you don't care for, though I think I already knew that beforehand, what specifically is it about Powell's performance in this particular film you've always found wanting? (...ya know ol' buddy, I think we've had this discussion before, but I'm sorry I just can't seem to remember the specific points you might have made back then, so please tell me again if ya would)

Just testing to see if I could post a pic...and it looks like I can, anyway. Edited by: Dargo2 on Aug 13, 2013 8:13 AM

WOW! 25, ya say, eh Gorch?! I guess I was WAY off there with 14, huh!

Funny, and here from watching Wayne walk around in some of his earliest movies, I thought he walked just fine BEFORE meeting Paul. (...which of course leads me up to this obvious punchline...) I guess Duke didn't believe in the old adage..."If it ain't broke, don't..ahem..Fix it!" Badum-CHING! Sorry. (...btw smitty, I went through Paul's filmography and counted a total of 14 films the two were in together)

>Right. Let's get away from rock music and continue complaining about these ch-ch-changes on these Message Boards. LOL I Bow(ie) to your cleverness here, ol' buddy!

Thanks, MissW! Good pick there. I don't think I've watched the concert film 'The Kids Are Alright", and this very last performance of the Keith Moon's(man, could he ever bang those skins!) since it hit the movie theaters back in '79.

This Gearhead here thanks you for posting this link, Ham! (...looks like a fun website for those of us into both classic film and classic cars)

(metaphorically banging head against imaginary wall) OH! Well OF COURSE it MUST have been heuriger!!! What the hell was I THINKIN' here?!!! (...I should know by now that if ANYBODY is gonna mention a classic rock song around here in one of these babies, OF COURSE it would be our ol' D.J. friend heuriger!!!...sorry!)

I wasn't comparing the two songs, MissW. I only mentioned the song "Won't Get Fooled Again" because you earlier made that very statement in a post about this website's new look. (...and sorry, but YEAH...most of the nursery rhymes that I'VE ever heard are pretty darn sweet...well EXCEPT of course for the one's Morticia sang to Pugley and Wednesday on occasion!)