JonParker
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My girlfriend told me about this, although I haven't seen it. I tend to record everything to DVR and then fast forward though the ads.
I did rewind it the other day because I saw a Sprint ad with a clip of Terence Hill from "My Name is Nobody."
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My favorite would have to be "The Wizard of Oz" (1939). And my guess at the most remakes would be the same story: 1910, 1921, 1925, 1939, and "The Wiz".
You'd be wrong. I IMDBed (yes, it's now a verb) my guess of Tarzan and quit counting after a dozen, not to mention all the Tarzan movies that weren't retellings of the origin.
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Believe it or not they are actually meant as a feature and not a -- well -- bug. They serve a dual purpose of preventing copying for resale, and making it easier to figure out what channel you're watching when you may have upwards of 500.
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Meanwhile, some areas are so bad when it comes to education that a family has to pay school taxes to support the public school system AND (their choice) send their kid/s to private/religious schools to give them a better chance.
Yeah, it's difficult to support decent schools when our tax dollars are hard at work invading other countries.
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For god's sake people just let it go. Quit deleting posts wholesale, quit feeling that you have to respond to this crap, just take a deep breath and let it go.
Seriously. I don't care who you're mad at or what they said or blah blah blah. You're screwing up the board for people who want to use it -- people who aren't involved in your little junior high school drama.
If you seriously must go on with this, start a "Complete Jerk Discussion" thread and stick to that. It's tiresome, petty and stupid.
That is all I have to say on this.
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I've seen this movie five or six times now, and I never get tired of it. It's time for a remake -- Georgia is back to using chain gangs again.
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The video song was "Sober" from their first full album, "Undertow." Great video. Love Tool -- seen them twice now.
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Anne,
I wrote a fairly long response to you last night, but lost it in a computer glitch. Blargh.
I sympathize with the fact that you don't really want to watch modern horror flicks, even if I don't share your view. And as you've pointed out, there are other channels to watch while that stuff is on.
However, I do think that Zombie's show is fully in line with TCM's mission, which is to make classic film available. "Faster Pussycat Kill Kill" is only available in the US on an out of print VHS tape which sells for around $50 on Amazon and eBay, not exactly affordable. I salute TCM for making this film available in the same way that they show forgotten pre-codes.
There's often a fine line between art and trash. "Last House on the Left" is a schlock remake of Bergman's "The Virgin Spring," and while I would agree that the latter is far and away the better film, it's not like "Last House" has no redeeming qualities.
I would argue that all film deserves to be preserved and made available. I'm offended by the blackface routine in "Babes in Arms" and the racism of "Birth of a Nation," but they need to be seen. Even the worst film says something about its time and place and the culture in which it was made.
Rick Prelinger has devoted his life to preserving educational and industrial films that were once considered completely disposable. He also does his best to make them available to the public. These were once thought to have no value, now they are considered an important record of the past. In the early days of sound film, many silents were considered obsolete and disposable, and now our record of this critical time in film history has many gaps. Even though you may see no redeeming value in these movies doesn't mean that none exists.
I'm looking forward to Zombie's show. He's extremely knowledgable about horror film history, and seems to be making excellent choices for TCM Underground. They are not to everyone's taste, but definitely deserve to be seen.
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I'm 100% with lzcutter on this. It's memorable characters that make it -- with that, I'll watch and without it, I'll lose interest. The characters are a combination of script and acting.
I actually notice this most in animation. My girlfreind and I were talking about why The Simpsons is more rewatchable than say, Family Guy. Family Guy has funny jokes, and I always laugh when I watch it, but I've seen most of the Simpsons episodes four or five times. They may be animated, but they're real characters with real personalities.
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Anne, I am a woman, and I hope I'm a lady, and I have been known to be very fond of men. I am so appalled by the dresses these girls (and much-too-old 'girl wannabes') are wearing these days. I suppose the guys like those plunging fronts, but I find them unspeakably ugly. What happened to brassieres? I wonder how that flattened chest look, with the little, drooping, bra-less bosoms, and generous showing of breastbone and ribs, 'cause all these girls are so skinny, can possibly be considered attractive.
So Fay Wray, Norma Shearer, Maureen Sullivan, Myrna Loy, Kay Francis, Claudette Colbert, and Clara Bow were "unspeakably ugly?"
To each his own, I suppose.
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mrsl,
Ok, it didn't read like that. And you're right, I've missed a lot of posts around here lately -- my work has been nuts.
Anyway, you didn't offend me personally (I'm a straight guy), but I'm fully supportive of gay marriage.
And I can't stand that smirking moron either.
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I'd buy it just for the cover. Wow.
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When Bsrry Manilow kissed his cheek, I started blubbering all over again. I know Manilow is gay, but seeing true affection from one human being to another is something we need more of in our world.
What the hell does that mean?
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There are quite a few, actually. I know Amarilly of Clothes Line Alley, Sparrows, Suds, Heart O the Hills and Love Light are available, and I'm fairly sure some others are as well.
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We went to the drive in a lot as a kid, but my favorite memories are sneaking up on the hill behind the drive in and watching Sergio Leone films with no sound. They were still good, and the dialogue was almost superfluous.
We still have an active drive-in here in Baltimore. Bengies is one of the last of its kind.
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It was a bit snarky but not out of line. I'm with lzcutter. You people are proving yourselves to be far worse than anyone you're complaining about.
This thread is rude and completely out of line.
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I'm not surprised by that. Lemmon was a better actor, and did as well in dramas as comedies.
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It's not illegal to give pre-recorded, purchased movies away. It's illegal to give away or sell movies that you have recorded off the air.
It's not a huge issue, and I doubt that the FBI would go around raiding senior centers to confiscate tapes that you donated, but it's absolutely illegal.
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A lot of my pre-purchased movies have been re-released on DVD. Those I bought. The old tapes I gave away to co-workers or the Salvation Army. A few that have not been re-released I kept.
Of my collection of stuff I taped off of TCM, I've been slowly dubbing the tapes to DVD. There are legal issues with selling them or even giving them away, so those I mostly toss out once they are dubbed.
If you're going to buy a DVD recorder, don't bother with one of the combo VCR/DVD machines. Just get a regular DVD recorder and hook your old VCR to it.
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I'm not even going to begin judging the Hepburn/Tracy relationship. Not for me to cast the first stone.
But I will say it's all I can do to keep from crying when Tracy gives his monologue at the end of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner." I can't keep my eyes off of Kate standing behind him crying real tears. It's heartbreaking.
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Easy choice - Louise Brooks
Ditto.
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I thought finishing school graduates were relegated to watercress and/or cucumber sandwiches (with the "crust" removed
Only the lower one is removed.
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I watch movies in-flight on my laptop. I've noticed that when I'm watching a foreign or silent film, where being able to hear isn't crucial to following the plot, passengers next to me and behind me (I always get aisle seats) will end up watching the film.
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Dark Shadows was cool. I used to watch that as a kid. I have no idea how well it would hold up though. It was great back then.
I'm also not religious in the way only preacher's kids can be.
Lynch is great. I also love Phillip Ridley's two films, The Passion of Darkly Noon and The Reflecting Skin, which are very Lynchian. Neither is available on DVD for some odd reason -- I'd hoped that they would finally come out after the Viggo Mortenson mania that followed Lord of the Rings, but no luck. If you get a chance to see them, you should.
What is this baloney on TCM now?
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As for the way Hollywood, and TCM continues to honor Woody Allen, the man is a child molester and should be in prison, not walking the streets and not getting praised for his work. I don't care if people think he is a genius(maybe he is for all I know, but it doesn't matter) - he should be put away. NOT CELEBRATED.
Come on, Anne. Soon Li Previn was 22 when Mia Farrow divorced Woody over his relationship with her. Mia accused him of child abuse with seven year old Malone during a nasty divorce trial, but no charges were filed and there's absolutely no evidence that he ever did any such thing.
Child molestation is a really nasty charge to make against someone when there's no proof other than the word of a hurt and vengeful ex-wife.