Boy, the Sci FI Channel does show some dumb movies doesn't it? I've never heard of half of them.



TIS

national geographic is the best station i can watch it 24/7

Really? I know my Son-in-law and my Ex would watch National Geographic a lot. I must admit, it's not my cup of tea. It'd have to be something that really sparked my interest to watch it. I guess I'm more for regular tv/movies. I don't know.


TIS

im more for real life documentries that sort of thing

It really does depend on the topic for me. If it's a storyline, era, country, or event that sparks my interest I'll watch it. As opposed to turning on NG and watching whatever is on.


Btw Chopper in another thread you mentioned when you lived in the US and I know now you are in the UK...and this is a random post whoring thread, so I'll ask here. Are you from the UK or US originally? And, what brought you to the US and back to the UK...if I may inquire.

TIS

I too used to love NGC when I had TV (that was 2 years ago ). One particular episode on prairies (wildebeest, forest fires etc) is still fresh in mind. Great episode. And then another one on red ants in America. And of course I can watch any number of programs on pyramids, archeology, fossils, dinosaurs, saber tooth tigers, super crocs and other extinct species

I laugh SVSG because that sounds exactly like my ex-husband. He'd love those kinds of shows and I'd say "come on let's watch something good." I didn't want to watch bugs, mountain lions or a show on weather vanes or whatever.

One of my daughters loves watching a show called "flip this house" in which they redecorate/remodel homes. I mean hey, that's great, but I guess I'm more into entertainment. She could watch these shows all day. I think they're boring. It's definitely to each his own.

TIS

Btw Chopper in another thread you mentioned when you lived in the US and I know now you are in the UK...and this is a random post whoring thread, so I'll ask here. Are you from the UK or US originally? And, what brought you to the US and back to the UK...if I may inquire.

TIS

im from the UK but i lived in New Hampshire for about six months in may2006 i wasworking at a sports camp called Camp Winaukee in New Hampshire it was a great time i went to quite a few states and Also Montreal we used to go out drinking in Boston once a month it was a great time,im actually going to visit one of my friends in Febuary in New Orleans

First, thanks for the clarification Chopper. Glad you'll be visiting the US again.


Ok, I am not a Ben Stiller fan at all, but I have to laugh at the previews to his most recent movie. I don't even know the name of it. But he marries some overbearing obnoxius girl who isn't at all like he thought she was. In particular the scene in the car where she keeps singing one song after another and doesn't shut up. LMAO

TIS

Wow, tonight's episode of The Moment of Truth was pretty disturbing -- how personal they get with these questions! And WTF, even passing milestones as far as win-money, ONE lie and it's ALL gone! WTF is that, after sharing your deepest, darkest most embarrassing secrets on national television?

"Did you feel you were still in love with your ex during your wedding?" Yes - TRUE

"Did you have sexual relations with anyone other than your husband?" Yes - TRUE

(The Ex asks:) "Do you feel you should be with me instead of your husband (who's sitting right there)?" Yes - TRUE!

All questions like that, and she had like $200,000 or something on the line, then they asked, "Do you feel as if you're a good person?" (This is after we (and her family) already know she's stolen from work, cheated on her husband, etc) -- and she says YES and loses it ALL!

So instead of winning ANY money, she's basically told she should seek therapy. And her marriage is pretty much shot now (which she obviously wanted anyway). Unbelievable!

Gotta love it, though.

PS - Check out the application to be on the show. Who'd wanna answer all that knowing the worst would be announced on national TV?

I want to see Stewie Griffin and Bart Simpson in a no holds barred cage match. Stewie would wipe the floor with Bart.

Baby Stewie for President

Stewie is the best. Brian cracks me up.

I watched the episode yesterday when Brian got addicted to cocaine, hence my signature.

Did you see the Star Wars Episode?

No. But I just watched an episode with The Godfather theme. Peter gets a job with a tobacco company and has to woo George W, Al Gore, and Dick Armie. (sp). He takes them to a skin bar. The next scene you have The Senator crying over a dead prostitute. Peter says, "Senator, I don't know if you killed this prostitute. But this girl had no family. It'll be as if she never existed".

I've never seeen that epi. but I did see the one when Peter goes to the Don to ask him to take the hit off of Lois on the Don's Daughter wedding day.

My buddy wants to drag me to The Foot Fist Way, but F that. It looks like a huge pile of shit. I'm not paying $10 to see this shit in a theater. Don't buy the "Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller, and Seth Rogen" bullshit -- they have nothing to do with this, any more than Jane Austen had anything to do with Mafia! It looks like a bad direct-to-DVD title that somehow made it into some theaters. He says I don't "get it" -- maybe I don't. But there still are plenty of more intelligent films out there, like "Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay" for chrissakes.

I was looking something up on IMDb and saw that James Gandolfini will be appearing in a re-make of "The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3". For those that don't know, it's the story of a gang of four guys who hijack a NYC subway train. The original movie was just so-so but it's a great story and maybe the remake will tell the story better (than the original movie).

John Travolta is set to star in this version, and it's scheduled to come out next year.

Sounds interesting,ill keep an eye out for this.

Yea, I recently heard they were remaking it too, and heard about Travolta but didn't know Gandolfini was in it too. Only, for whatever reason, I never saw the original, so it'll be new to me.


TIS

TCM is jumping on the bandwagon tonight, TIS. "20 Million Miles to Earth" is being shown tonight at 8:00 (Eastern). Its a corny movie about some jelly from Venus that turns into a monster that goes beserk in Rome. Its definitely a Grade B movie, and a pretty bad at that, but I love the scene in which this "monster" fights an elephant (the effects are somewhat dated, but they're pretty decent in that scene).

If you have the time and want some laughs, check it out.

Ha ha!!! Sort of like "The Blob." Yet, I liked that movie, even if corny.


TIS

I loved the original of "The Blob" simply because it had Steve McQueen in it. It was a bad movie but it was fun. The remake had some good special effects, but it lacked the campiness of the original.

Don't know if there's enough to say about this to start a new topic, but these movies remind me of going to the Drive-In theaters. Remember? We'd go occasionally when I was a kid, as a family, but I'm talking about as a teenager or with a group of friends. Scarey movies were always more fun at the drive-in. They would have $1.00 movie night per car, where you could cram as many people as you can in your car and see a double feature.

Some had kids in their trunk just so take advantage of the deal. Gee, a double feature for $1.00.

Of course then they would have intermession with the dancing hot dog.

TIS

I am young so I have no Idea what they were really like, but they always looked fun

Growing up in Brooklyn, drive-ins were not a big thing (we didn't have any). To me, drive-ins represented the "country", and I would go only if my family was on vacation, so I really missed out on the drive-in experience as a teenager.

Santino,

Yea, I guess they are a thing of the past. They were fun, especially in the summer. You could watch a movie in the comfort of your car. Some would bring their own lawn chairs and sit outside in front of their car, when weather was nice.

You can talk during the movie, bring your own snacks if you like, and for families they usually had a playground with swings and slides that the kids could play on while the parents could see them from the car window.

There were times it seems though, that you'd get settle in your space and you find your speaker (car speaker that hooks to your window) didn't work so you'd have to move.

Anyway, I think there MAY be only one left in my neighborhood. It was fun at the time. Not someplace I went all the time but still it was nice to have that option.

TIS

man, they do sound like fun, I wish I was alive back when they were still widespread

How cute!! I say this in humor (making fun of myself)....."Damn, I feel old."


(since movies will always be popular, I'm sure most young people WOULD still enjoy drive-ins)


TIS

I think I've only been to a drive in once in my life.

I don't know, to me seeing a movie meant sitting in a nice air conditioned theatre.