roverrocks
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Ah, the marvelous Sara Allgood. Always made me feel good inside to watch and listen to her in films. What a great lady of the silver screen.
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That beautiful computer woman is way way too cute for my ugly nonexistent "program" face. I'm just a dark hole in some other dimension of generated time and space.
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That does not compute Mr. Dobbs. Need more data, data, data..................data.............................................data.....................................................................Daisy, daisy.......give..................me.....................................your........................................................................answerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...............................ddddoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.....................................
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Here's the real "Holly". She sure looks innocent. Hah!!
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In the movie "Holly" only gets probation at the end!!! Probation!! That floored me. Such a gross misrepresentation of the criminal that Fugate actually was in real life. The more I think about the "message" that Badlands was sending as some sort of "truth" the angrier it makes me.
Why would somebody marry Fugate?? Guess the idiot man wanted somebody notorious as some sort of perverse trophy. Fugate should never have been paroled.
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Badlands only allowed us to see a perverse fictional representation by the director/writers of their own perverse self actualization of what the killers in real life may have slightly thought of themselves. That's like saying Hitler was not so bad since since he liked dogs. A perverse fiction to sell movies and make money is what Malek wrought in my mind.
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I agree obrienmundy: TCM and PBS. Absolutely!! I love TCM but I am not sure I could live without Masterpiece on PBS. Those two channels plus great novels and great history books define my life anymore besides wandering the great and beautiful outdoors of the Four Corners region.
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"In Cold Blood" is most certainly a very chilling though well made film and one in which the use of B and W rather than color made it even more so. As one who does not oppose the death penalty for utterly horrific crimes I don't like portraying actual evil murderous killers in any kind of sympathetic light.
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One only has to look at the smiling evil photo of Starkweather/Fugate to see how these sociopaths really felt. The director/writers took a rather horrific liberty of portraying how S and F might have viewed themselves in Badlands. I can feel some slight sympathy for the real Bonnie and Clyde after reading their true tale in and of the Great Depression but none for the real In Cold Blood killers and none for Starkweather/Fugate. I can also feel sympathy for the average German WW2 soldiers caught up in the carnage simply through an accident of their birthplace but much much less than zero for their murderous Nazis/SS masters. All depends on the times and circumstances for any event and everything can be viewed from a thousand different directions. Very very hard for any older Nebraskan to view any characterization of S and F with any sympathy after their infamous ride into Hell. That is why Badlands is hard to watch for many of us. Bonnie and Clyde being 25 years farther in the real past is easier viewing.
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I understand your sentiments about this film exactly FlyBack. Starkweather was a true murderous evil monster and he is made almost to look like a victim in this film. To make the Starkweather saga almost comedic in spots was a betrayal of his victims, their families and the terrorized citizenry. I never thought Fugate should have been released from prison and should still be there rotting. Anybody not familiar with Starkweather and Fugate should google them and their murderous criminal spree. There was absolutely nothing "funny" about them. They were not victims. They were not counter-cultural "heros". They were simply murderous rats.
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I had not seen Badlands in many years until last night again. Had forgotten the dark comedic nature and just how good of a film that it truly was. Not an easy movie to watch though. The true nature and criminal guilt of the real Caril Ann Fugate has never been proven one way or the other. The movie portrayal was only one of several competing views of her real nature. Sissy Spacek has always been a favorite of mine.
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I was born and raised in Nebraska. This killing spree was a seminal event there and still is the stuff of legend. It was a huge debate year after year about ever releasing Caril Ann Fugate back into society. A lot like Kansans watching "In cold Blood" and remembering the bloodbath that shook that state.
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I'm an AL fan as I grew up a Yankees fan (50's and 60's) like my Dad was while my Mom was a Dodgers fan. Still hate the Dodgers and the NL but thanks to the Grace of God or whomever/whatever I outgrew my Yankee fan stuff once Micky Mantle retired. My favorite AL team is KC. Have always been tired of hearing about the supposed superiority of the Senior Circuit or NL and how they really have to manage in that league or how they play "pure" baseball. Balony!! I don't mind the DH at all as watching inept pitchers strikeout 3-4 times a game to me is absurd. Not a Boston fan but I root for the AL anyway. Stuff the Senior Circuit!!
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The little red birdies are going down!! The National League is going down!! Boston and the American League are a cinch now. It's bird season and the little red birdies are being bagged and eaten by the bearded Sox bogeymen!! My wife is fit to be tied!! Love it!! Go American League. The only way the birds would have a chance now would be if Robert Redford would show up with Wonderboy and The Savoy Special in hand.
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We slobs are destined to rule the world!! This I can feel in my wrinkled sweat pants and ancient most holy and I do mean lots of holes shirts!! Mr. Osbourne is most beautifully attired in the latest 5th Avenue fashions but since I am a pure hick and my friends are pure hicks and my wife wears mainly T-shirts and jeans then his fine wear does not impress me. Give me scruffy and I am in 7th heaven. He is in the parley of the day "A Suit" though a wonderful man and historian. Cousins is an unimpressive looking guy but I have enjoyed his viewpoint and film interaction which probably just means I knew nothing to start with and am therefore easily amused by a few vain words.
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The episode tonight "1967-1972" WAS NOT BORING. Probably my last episode to view as they will be too late at night in the future. Cousins may look like a slob but since I do too 99% of the time who cares. I personally have learned a lot so viewing has been worth my time spent.
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Frankenstein had great taste in ladies. Definitely a dish as His Bride and definitely a dish in real life and in other movies.
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Wow! What a picture. I can't even recognize her. Great picture. What movie is that from or is it a publicity still.
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Wonderful picture of Elsa Lanchester. I sure loved her in the movies. Great talent and sense of humor in her roles.
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If the beautiful Teresa Wright was sitting on my lap I would be grinning big time as well. Just saying...............
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Never ever post in the middle of the night when drunk or blitzed. Sure would like to understand what or whatever or whomever prompted this incomprehensible rant. Please explain to the rest of us. Maybe you do have a valid point but what is it??
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Congrats on having two daughters. I love our sons but one daughter would have been nice but life is what it is.
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The great novel was better than both films. I need to reread it someday. Marvelous book.
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Baby Peggy is adorable simply adorable. My wife and I only had sons. We often wish we could have had an adorable little girl like that. So cute.
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Yes, I agree I think we have all been "horrored to death on TCM" lately. The only film I am interested in today is The Pit and The Pendulum tonight.