Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/04/1209:06 PM
This time, it's her [Martha Stewart] TV show that's on lockdown. After gracing the Hallmark Channel for six pepper-stuffing years, "The Martha Stewart Show" will wrap its run in April.
According to this NY Post report, poor ratings are to blame. (The daytime series, which features homemaker tips, averaged 225,000 viewers last year.) In addition, production costs had been escalating. And no matter how big your name is, when low ratings meet high production costs, you're TV history (in the way that's not a good one).
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/05/1212:41 AM
Originally Posted By: olivant
This time, it's her [Martha Stewart] TV show that's on lockdown. After gracing the Hallmark Channel for six pepper-stuffing years, "The Martha Stewart Show" will wrap its run in April.
According to this NY Post report, poor ratings are to blame. (The daytime series, which features homemaker tips, averaged 225,000 viewers last year.) In addition, production costs had been escalating. And no matter how big your name is, when low ratings meet high production costs, you're TV history (in the way that's not a good one).
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/07/1209:51 PM
It's likely most of the guys here don't watch Lifetime movies since it seems to cater to women BUT there's a movie coming out this month on LMN about Drew Peterson who murdered his 3rd & 4th wife Stacy (not to be confused with Scott/Lacy Peterson murder )
It stars Rob Lowe who they've made up eerily to look quite a bit like the real Drew Peterson. The clip is short and Lowe only says one sentence but it makes you hate him immediately. So cold! I am sure I'll tune in. If I'm not mistaken the girl from Big Bang Theory plays his 4th wife.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/07/1211:01 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
It's likely most of the guys here don't watch Lifetime movies since it seems to cater to women BUT there's a movie coming out this month on LMN about Drew Peterson who murdered his 3rd & 4th wife Stacy (not to be confused with Scott/Lacy Peterson murder )
It stars Rob Lowe who they've made up eerily to look quite a bit like the real Drew Peterson. The clip is short and Lowe only says one sentence but it makes you hate him immediately. So cold! I am sure I'll tune in. If I'm not mistaken the girl from Big Bang Theory plays his 4th wife.
TIS
kaley cuoco? if so i believe this will be her first serious acting.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/08/1202:01 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
It's likely most of the guys here don't watch Lifetime movies since it seems to cater to women BUT there's a movie coming out this month on LMN about Drew Peterson who murdered his 3rd & 4th wife Stacy (not to be confused with Scott/Lacy Peterson murder )
It stars Rob Lowe who they've made up eerily to look quite a bit like the real Drew Peterson. The clip is short and Lowe only says one sentence but it makes you hate him immediately. So cold! I am sure I'll tune in. If I'm not mistaken the girl from Big Bang Theory plays his 4th wife.
TIS
Mrs. Mark and I will definitely be watching this movie. The Chicago suburb this happened in was the town we grew up in. Anxiously awaiting to see this! BTW - old friends confirm that Drew Peterson is indeed the pile of trash he is portrayed as. He was a sergeant in that police department and made many lives of a lot of those good officers hell. He was described to me as one of those really bad guys hidden behind a badge, false charm and a smile. Everyone on that force knew that if you crossed him he would get you back one way or another.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/08/1202:28 PM
Mark,
Even in his tv interviews/clips he came off as an asshole. I'd hate to have to go up against a cop like that. He really does come across as scum. Don't you think they made Lowe to look so much like him? And that very short clip makes me want to slap the crap out of him. Anyway, I plan to see it too.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/08/1202:54 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Mark,
Even in his tv interviews/clips he came off as an asshole. I'd hate to have to go up against a cop like that. He really does come across as scum. Don't you think they made Lowe to look so much like him? And that very short clip makes me want to slap the crap out of him. Anyway, I plan to see it too.
TIS
Agreed! Mrs. Mark felt violated just by watching that clip! There are many theories around that suburb as to what really happened to Stacey and I won't reignite any just in case but it was safe to say that Drew Peterson dealt with a lot of undesirable people who owed him favors and vice versa. The bottom line is that this is not a nice guy period. For every public good thing he did with a smile, there were ten deviant acts unseen. Disclaimer: this is what has been described to me from people with a lot more knowledge of the players and events than I! Please keep that in mind as I have no reason to doubt their words.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/08/1206:53 PM
Thanks for the insight Mark. We'll have to compare notes after the movie.
It's kind of weird that Drew Peterson's case was right after Scott Peterson's. Drew's wife Stacey & Scott's wife Lacy. It's easy to confuse the two if you didn't follow the news.
Unlike Drew, Scott Peterson (I'm guessing you remember)who at first anyway, "came off" as more sincere, younger, good-looking then Drew. Both are slime but maybe Scott even has an edge on Drew because he also killed his soon to be born baby, Connor. What kind of scumball does that?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/12/1208:24 PM
I just read they are making a movie of the Broadway play, Jersey Boys. I saw the play in NYC a few years ago and loved it. I likely will see the movie too.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/12/1209:05 PM
I watched the pilot of "The Firm" on On-Demand. It starts right off with a chase seen in the first five minutes. I really enjoyed how the plot is developing so far. I hope it keeps up the pace cause it really has my interest. It's only the first episode though. We'll see.
Tonight the second episode is on that I'll be sure to see. Before that "Person of Interest", another show I like. It's great when there are two good shows on in a row.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/13/1201:59 AM
SB
I never saw that show but heard last week it was cancelled. I hate it when they cancel a show I like, especially if it's cancelled in mid season and you never see a conclusion (like "The Event" which I was following). Do you know any other cancellations offhand?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/13/1202:56 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
SB
I never saw that show but heard last week it was cancelled. I hate it when they cancel a show I like, especially if it's cancelled in mid season and you never see a conclusion (like "The Event" which I was following). Do you know any other cancellations offhand?
TIS
Allen Gregory, Bored To Death, Hung, Extreme Makeover, Against The Wall, Pan Am, Manup, The Buried Life, Charlie's Angels, Memphis Beat, How To Be a Gentleman, Free Agents, State of Georgia.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/13/1204:10 AM
Heather Locklear Rushed to Hospital After Sister's Panicked 911 CallToday - 5:34 PM PST by Bruna Nessif
It's a lot more serious than a bacterial infection this time. An ambulance picked up Heather Locklear from her home in Westlake Village, Calif., and took her to the hospital today after Locklear's sister made a frantic call to 911, saying she was afraid the actress was going to harm herself. http://www.eonline.com/news/heather_locklear_rushed_hospital_after/286127#ixzz1jJ9pfV3X
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/13/1203:37 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Heather Locklear Rushed to Hospital After Sister's Panicked 911 CallToday - 5:34 PM PST by Bruna Nessif
It's a lot more serious than a bacterial infection this time. An ambulance picked up Heather Locklear from her home in Westlake Village, Calif., and took her to the hospital today after Locklear's sister made a frantic call to 911, saying she was afraid the actress was going to harm herself. http://www.eonline.com/news/heather_locklear_rushed_hospital_after/286127#ixzz1jJ9pfV3X
FWIW, they were talking about Heather on the radio this morning. It sounds like physically she'll be okay but much indication that she has an alcohol problem. She was arrested for drunk driving a couple years ago. Per the radio, she was seen recently at a Lakers game and people sitting in her area said she was intoxicated. Now I am sure many people get drunk at games, but sounds like drinking is a regular thing for her.
I hope she gets help. I noticed recently she looks different, older, puffier or something. I swear she's had face lifts or such, but maybe it's her lifestyle. Anyway, too bad. I hope she gets help.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/14/1202:42 PM
DeNiro I have seen it and I liked it. As you likely know it takes place in the 60's and for me I enjoyed the nostalgia. I sort of lost interest last couple seasons, and now with whatever problems they are having, not sure if it's coming back at all. At this point, I don't know that I'm interested enough in seeing it. It's be too long between seasons.
BTW, Be prepared for EVERYONE lighting up cigarets everytime everywhere LOL Hard to believe it WAS actually that way.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/14/1205:38 PM
I still have NEVER seen more than bits of his show, but I swear I love Jimmy Fallon. Every time he imitates someone just cracks me up.
Now I admit I only recently found out who this Tebow guy is and NOW know him more for the guy who has scripture numbers painted on his face.
Anyway, you all may have seen this, and I'm probably a day late and a dollar short, BUT I'm busting up laughing. Jimmy Fallon's take on David Bowie's Space Oddity. LMAO
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/16/1204:51 PM
This new show called "Alcatraz" premiers tonight. I am just now reading about it and have seen short clips. Sounds pretty interesting. It's suppose to be about police investigating crimes that are committed by people who once were in Alcatraz. Hmmm Interesting no?
Btw, I was actually in Alcatraz (No, I didn't serve time) Back around 1972 on a California trip. Interesting, dark and kind of creepy if I recall. I tried to go a few years back but evidently the tours get booked up way in advance. I imagine with a tv show, it may bring more tourist, although I didn't see if it's actually filmed on Alcatraz.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/16/1206:49 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
This new show called "Alcatraz" premiers tonight. I am just now reading about it and have seen short clips. Sounds pretty interesting. It's suppose to be about police investigating crimes that are committed by people who once were in Alcatraz. Hmmm Interesting no?
Btw, I was actually in Alcatraz (No, I didn't serve time) Back around 1972 on a California trip. Interesting, dark and kind of creepy if I recall. I tried to go a few years back but evidently the tours get booked up way in advance. I imagine with a tv show, it may bring more tourist, although I didn't see if it's actually filmed on Alcatraz.
TIS
just asking, was their any big time mobsters/criminals when the prison closed down?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/16/1207:02 PM
Good question Bam. I don't know the year it closed down but it's been a while. I know Al Capone was there (probably the most famous person) and can't think of his name, but the guy Clint Eastwood played in Escape from Alcatraz which is a true story if I'm not mistaken. That would have been years after Capone.
I'll see if I can find out famous names. It would be interesting to know.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/16/1211:02 PM
Mr. Babe and I did the Alcatraz tour when we were in San Fran in the 90s. It was a very interesting tour, and the park rangers do a good job.
They did tell us that Robert Stroud, the Birdman of Alcatraz, was nothing like the character Burt Lancaster played in the film. He was a nasty and violent man who actually did the bulk of his research in Leavenworth. He was a pimp and a murderer, and eventually used some of his lab equipment, which he was allowed for his work with canaries, to construct a still. I believe that's when he was transferred to Alcatraz.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/17/1212:14 AM
I forgot about the Birdman of Alcatraz until I saw him on the link. I saw the Lancaster movie but it's been so long ago (I'm talking ages), I can't say I remember it.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/17/1206:43 PM
SB,
I did see it and really enjoyed it. It hooked me right from the beginning as well.
The premise of a few hundred prisoners "disappearing" and now reappearing, (having not aged since 62) committing crimes is very interesting. I liked it a lot.
Btw, the main girl, her father-figure, I believe was Robert Forster. If I am not mistaken he was in the tv show "Emergency". The heavy set guy I don't know, but read he was in LOST. I never saw the show.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/17/1206:46 PM
I never watched "Lost" either, but I heard that he was in it. The officer in charge, who was one of the guards from the beginning, was the dinosaur specialist from "Jurassic Park". My daughter and I were laughing that maybe the sniper would get eaten by a velociraptor!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/17/1206:55 PM
I really kind of like the premise. Sort of a supernatural (time travel) disappearance of these prisoners. I forgot how many prisoners they said (200ish?). Anyway, notice too, that the star (sorry don't even know her character name) saw her father's picture on the wall. She wasn't told he was an inmate. That should be interesting.
Btw, you said you had visited Alcatraz and I did many years before you did, BUT it did look like I remember it (whether or not it's a set for the show or the real thing.) Love the shots of beautiful San Francisco. I see the chase scenes and remember the outrageous hills in that city, and can't help but think these actors will get their workout.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/20/1203:52 AM
Does anyone watch Person of Interest? It's on tonight and then after, The Firm, which if last weeks debut is any indication, I think it'll be a good show.
I hate to get too hooked on any show cause usually the ones I like get the boot.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/20/1205:39 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Does anyone watch Person of Interest? It's on tonight and then after, The Firm, which if last weeks debut is any indication, I think it'll be a good show.
I hate to get too hooked on any show cause usually the ones I like get the boot.
TIS
No, don't watch it. I watch Big Bang and Frasier reruns. Their characters are persons of interest. I'm hooked.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/22/1202:47 PM
Anyone else besides me & TIS watch "Untouchable" the Drew Peterson story on Lifetime last night? My opinion is that is was probably confusing and unclear at times unless you were familiar with the story & people.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/22/1204:10 PM
I did see it to. I thought Lowe did a good job portraying Drew as I thought he came off during interviews. Such an unlikeable character. I think he even talked like the real Drew. Oh, and when he's in the bar (after his wife's disappearance) and tells his friends, "I'm looking for wife #5." Slimeball
The ending left me sort of let down but I don't know why. Maybe I guess I wanted someone to really kick his sorry ass. Or, probably knowing the ending is more likely.
They never did find his 4th wife. Drew maintains he's innocence.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/22/1204:19 PM
They just had a story on WGN Radio here that said Peterson thought Lowe's performance was laughable and the movie had a lot of inaccuracies. Stacy's sister & family were also quoted about the mistakes and incorrect timeline. Peterson's lawyer (a real slimebal named Joel Brodsky) says he will use this movie as basis to file a motion that the jury pool is now tainted. He also said when Peterson is found not guilty of 3rd wife Savio's death, he will sue for the way Drew was portrayed. Stay tuned! BTW - In one scene following the days after Drew's third wife Kathleen Savio died, they show one of her son's wearing a Derrick Rose #1 Bulls jersey. Savio died in March of 2004 - Rose wasn't drafted until May of 2008. In a later scene after Drew's fourth wife Stacy's "disappears" in October 2007, both of the boys are wearing Marian Hossa #81 Blackhawks sweaters (jerseys). Hossa didn't sign with the Hawks until July of 2009! I know that it's just a movie and I have waaay too much time on my hands - I admit it!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/22/1205:28 PM
I wouldn't have any clue(and not being a sports fan, don't really care) as to the Jersey's inaccuracies but take your word for it. I can imagine Peterson and his lawyer would think it's inaccurate. but as far as timeline, you would think they would have researched something as important as that though hu?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/22/1207:23 PM
Originally Posted By: Mark
They just had a story on WGN Radio here that said Peterson thought Lowe's performance was laughable and the movie had a lot of inaccuracies. Stacy's sister & family were also quoted about the mistakes and incorrect timeline. Peterson's lawyer (a real slimebal named Joel Brodsky) says he will use this movie as basis to file a motion that the jury pool is now tainted. He also said when Peterson is found not guilty of 3rd wife Savio's death, he will sue for the way Drew was portrayed. Stay tuned! BTW - In one scene following the days after Drew's third wife Kathleen Savio died, they show one of her son's wearing a Derrick Rose #1 Bulls jersey. Savio died in March of 2004 - Rose wasn't drafted until May of 2008. In a later scene after Drew's fourth wife Stacy's "disappears" in October 2007, both of the boys are wearing Marian Hossa #81 Blackhawks sweaters (jerseys). Hossa didn't sign with the Hawks until July of 2009! I know that it's just a movie and I have waaay too much time on my hands - I admit it!
what are you talking about mark? i had a d.rose jersey since 2003 lol its with my cubs nlcs shirt
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/22/1208:12 PM
Originally Posted By: BAM_233
Originally Posted By: Mark
They just had a story on WGN Radio here that said Peterson thought Lowe's performance was laughable and the movie had a lot of inaccuracies. Stacy's sister & family were also quoted about the mistakes and incorrect timeline. Peterson's lawyer (a real slimebal named Joel Brodsky) says he will use this movie as basis to file a motion that the jury pool is now tainted. He also said when Peterson is found not guilty of 3rd wife Savio's death, he will sue for the way Drew was portrayed. Stay tuned! BTW - In one scene following the days after Drew's third wife Kathleen Savio died, they show one of her son's wearing a Derrick Rose #1 Bulls jersey. Savio died in March of 2004 - Rose wasn't drafted until May of 2008. In a later scene after Drew's fourth wife Stacy's "disappears" in October 2007, both of the boys are wearing Marian Hossa #81 Blackhawks sweaters (jerseys). Hossa didn't sign with the Hawks until July of 2009! I know that it's just a movie and I have waaay too much time on my hands - I admit it!
what are you talking about mark? i had a d.rose jersey since 2003 lol its with my cubs nlcs shirt
Riiight, Bam... I'm sure your World Championship Cubs jersey is in the laundry basket as well.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/22/1211:40 PM
Originally Posted By: Mark
Originally Posted By: BAM_233
Originally Posted By: Mark
They just had a story on WGN Radio here that said Peterson thought Lowe's performance was laughable and the movie had a lot of inaccuracies. Stacy's sister & family were also quoted about the mistakes and incorrect timeline. Peterson's lawyer (a real slimebal named Joel Brodsky) says he will use this movie as basis to file a motion that the jury pool is now tainted. He also said when Peterson is found not guilty of 3rd wife Savio's death, he will sue for the way Drew was portrayed. Stay tuned! BTW - In one scene following the days after Drew's third wife Kathleen Savio died, they show one of her son's wearing a Derrick Rose #1 Bulls jersey. Savio died in March of 2004 - Rose wasn't drafted until May of 2008. In a later scene after Drew's fourth wife Stacy's "disappears" in October 2007, both of the boys are wearing Marian Hossa #81 Blackhawks sweaters (jerseys). Hossa didn't sign with the Hawks until July of 2009! I know that it's just a movie and I have waaay too much time on my hands - I admit it!
what are you talking about mark? i had a d.rose jersey since 2003 lol its with my cubs nlcs shirt
Riiight, Bam... I'm sure your World Championship Cubs jersey is in the laundry basket as well.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/23/1204:32 PM
Originally Posted By: BAM_233
Originally Posted By: Mark
Originally Posted By: BAM_233
Originally Posted By: Mark
They just had a story on WGN Radio here that said Peterson thought Lowe's performance was laughable and the movie had a lot of inaccuracies. Stacy's sister & family were also quoted about the mistakes and incorrect timeline. Peterson's lawyer (a real slimebal named Joel Brodsky) says he will use this movie as basis to file a motion that the jury pool is now tainted. He also said when Peterson is found not guilty of 3rd wife Savio's death, he will sue for the way Drew was portrayed. Stay tuned! BTW - In one scene following the days after Drew's third wife Kathleen Savio died, they show one of her son's wearing a Derrick Rose #1 Bulls jersey. Savio died in March of 2004 - Rose wasn't drafted until May of 2008. In a later scene after Drew's fourth wife Stacy's "disappears" in October 2007, both of the boys are wearing Marian Hossa #81 Blackhawks sweaters (jerseys). Hossa didn't sign with the Hawks until July of 2009! I know that it's just a movie and I have waaay too much time on my hands - I admit it!
what are you talking about mark? i had a d.rose jersey since 2003 lol its with my cubs nlcs shirt
Riiight, Bam... I'm sure your World Championship Cubs jersey is in the laundry basket as well.
yes it is, how did you know?
Because I could smell the foul order all the way over here!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/25/1209:04 AM
Jay Leno sued over Romney Joke
Quote:
Jay Leno thought he was poking gentle fun at the lifestyles of rich and famous Republican presidential candidates — Mitt Romney in particular. But last Thursday when Leno’s slide show came to a location cited as Mitt Romney’s summer home — in reality an image of the Sikh holy shrine Golden Temple in Amritsar, India — it sparked a diplomatic incident. And now, a lawsuit charging Leno and NBC with libel.
Dr. Randeep Dhillon of Bakersfield filed the suit today in Los Angeles Superior Court. On behalf of himself and Bol Punjabi All Regions Community Organization, the suit charges that the broadcast was libelous on its face and exposed Sikhs and their religion to hatred, contempt and ridicule because it portrayed the holiest place in the Sikh religion as a vacation resort owned by a non-Sikh. The suit charges that Leno’s use of the photo of the temple was intentional, deliberately false and “hurt the sentiments of all Sikh people in addition to those of the plaintiff.”
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/27/1205:05 PM
LOL I saw that yesterday. LOL I LOVE Ferris Beuller. I never saw it at the movies but it began a favorite rental with myself and my kids.
My girls even have some lines memorized. ie when a student is explaining where Ferris may be. "My brother's sister's friends' girlfriends' neighbor......." Ben Stein was the teacher ("Bueller Bueller Bueller") LOL But don't remember his name in the film.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/28/1205:25 PM
Good commercial, as is the Ferris Bueller (although very short). I'll be darn tho if I'd watch a ball game just to see commercials. Heck, when the Stones did the half time show I had my son-in-law call me when half time started. LOL Best part of the game. Then again, that's me.
Anyway, for some reason I've liked Liam Neesom's last movies OR should I say I actually took notice of his movies. I liked Taken, Unknown and now I hear "The Grey" is getting good reviews. Anyone see it yet or plan to see it?
TIS
Btw, yesterday and again today I heard reviews for this movie (both good). However, both reviewers said do NOT leave during closing credits, the story continues. Don't know exactly what they mean, but heads up.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/29/1208:34 PM
TMC has been running some old Doris Day/Rock Hudson or James Garner movies. Remember those? Ahhh how innocent and sweet. LOL I am enjoying them though. Right now it's "The Thrill Of It All" with Day & Garner.
I forgot how stylish DD always looked. Even now watching, though dated styles, she still looks nice. Next, Rock Hudson in Man's Favorite Sport." I call things fluff/fun movies.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/29/1208:36 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
TMC has been running some old Doris Day/Rock Hudson or James Garner movies. Remember those? Ahhh how innocent and sweet. LOL I am enjoying them though.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/29/1208:38 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
TMC has been running some old Doris Day/Rock Hudson or James Garner movies. Remember those? Ahhh how innocent and sweet. LOL I am enjoying them though.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/29/1208:38 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
TMC has been running some old Doris Day/Rock Hudson or James Garner movies. Remember those? Ahhh how innocent and sweet. LOL I am enjoying them though. Right now it's "The Thrill Of It All" with Day & Garner.
I forgot how stylish DD always looked. Even now watching, though dated styles, she still looks nice. Next, Rock Hudson in Man's Favorite Sport." I call things fluff/fun movies.
TIS
When I was in high school I thought she was so hot.
Between Creature Feature and Thriller on local TV, I used to love watching Hammer Films. They were pushing the envelope for the time in both gore and sex.
Quote:
FEW names in horror command more respect than Hammer. The director John Carpenter has said that seeing “The Curse of Frankenstein,” the first gothic hit by Hammer Film Productions, as a kid transformed him. Another esteemed veteran of the genre, Joe Dante, said the same movie lived up to its tag line promise to “haunt you forever.” And Martin Scorsese has described an obscure sequel, “Frankenstein Created Woman,” as “close to something sublime.”
What makes the enduring reputation of Hammer, the tiny British fantasy factory, even more impressive is that the company all but disappeared right as the horror genre boomed. Hammer struggled financially through much of the 1970s, ceasing production by the end of the decade. What’s more surprising perhaps is that since then reviving Hammer, built on sequels and remakes, has proven far more difficult than reanimating Frankenstein’s monster.
A group of admirers, including the director Richard Donner, looked into buying Hammer in the 1980s before discovering that it didn’t own many of its best-known properties. A consortium led by the art dealer Charles Saatchi did buy Hammer in 2000, announcing plans to make new films but never doing so. Then in 2007 Simon Oakes, a cable television executive who had noticed the frequency that Hammer was mentioned in the press, spearheaded the acquisition of the company’s film library and raised what was reported as $50 million to make new movies. His focus has not been on remaking Hammer movies, although he’s not ruling that out...
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/31/1202:58 AM
SB,
Did you watch Alcatraz tonight? Hasn't aired here yet but I'm looking forward to watching. I'm gonna try to check out the new Keifer Sutherland show, "Touch" on "On-Demand." Did anyone catch that and if so, was it good?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/04/1208:21 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Watching Lifetime, "Hush" with Gwyneth Paltrow & Jessica Lange. Lange is playing a great mother-in-law from hell. What a bitch!!
TIS
TIS, it's intesting that you, as a female, use the B word. As I have, you watched Unstoppable. In that movie Will tells Galvin "We're going to run this B**** down." I consider that such a pejorative reference to a female that has become commonplace among even women. Why is that so since it tends to minimalize women?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/04/1209:07 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Watching Lifetime, "Hush" with Gwyneth Paltrow & Jessica Lange. Lange is playing a great mother-in-law from hell. What a bitch!!
TIS
TIS, it's intesting that you, as a female, use the B word. As I have, you watched Unstoppable. In that movie Will tells Galvin "We're going to run this B**** down." I consider that such a pejorative reference to a female that has become commonplace among even women. Why is that so since it tends to minimalize women?
Don't know Oli. Maybe it depends on how it's said and who says it? Yet, I must say I'll use the word freely if I feel it's applicable. LOL
I think most women will agree we have all known (and perhaps ourselves even been) bitches at some time or another. Heck I had a friend some years back who would proudly admit she was/could be "a bitch." Maybe the word is so commonplace that it no longer is as minimalizing as it once was. If someone angrily called me a bitch, I'd be mad whether it came from a man or a woman.
Interesting though. I'm curious how other ladies feel.
Most ridiculous thing I've read this year... Eff JCP!!! Someone should tell them it's not 1980 any more!
Eff JCP or One Million Moms? From what I've read, JCP stuck by their decision after One Million Moms attacked the company - for "jumping on the pro-gay bandwagon." ( to that, btw)
I wanted to share this video here from Ellen's show:
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/09/1201:07 AM
It is amazing to me that in this day & age how many people still have their heads firmly inserted in their behinds. Okay, she is a lesbian - so what?!? Don't get worked up until she is a crack addicted puppy killing pedophile... THEN you can get upset! GRRR! God bless you, Ellen. Fight the good fight!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/09/1201:18 AM
Originally Posted By: Mark
It is amazing to me that in this day & age how many people still have their heads firmly inserted in their behinds. Okay, she is a lesbian - so what?!? Don't get worked up until she is a crack addicted puppy killing pedophile... THEN you can get upset! GRRR! God bless you, Ellen. Fight the good fight!
this group needs to apologize...otherwise screw those ignorant bitches
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/09/1205:10 AM
The producers of "House" have announced that after eight seasons, the series is ending its run. The FOX medical drama, featuring the cantankerous Gregory House played by British actor Hugh Laurie, will conclude in May after 177 episodes, the producers announced Wednesday.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/12/1206:31 PM
HBO is showing "Heart & Souls" with Robert Downey Jr. I love this fun movie. I think Downey is really a great actor too. I was totally impressed with him in Chaplin but even in light comedy he is good.
Anyway it's been a while since I've seen the movie, and the mood is right I guess cause usually I'll pick a drama over comedy.
Btw, Downey is one of the celebs that survived his drug problems (at least to my knowledge he's clean & sober). Remember, among many other incidents when some woman found him sleeping in a bed in her house? Luckily the woman didn't press charges. Downey could have ended up like poor Whitney (and I guess I'm assuming cause of her death.)
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/13/1205:16 AM
CBS is still on after the Grammy's... Criminal Minds just started -- never saw it. Joe Mantegna's in it?! I had no idea... Guess I'll watch this one...
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/13/1205:28 AM
I used to watch and love Current years ago, when it was made by viewers. Now, it's just the Propaganda Channel. But I think I did see that -- pretty scary stuff! It's hard not to try the foil trick with my leftover pills
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/14/1208:37 PM
Originally Posted By: J Geoff
Originally Posted By: olivant
The producers of "House" have announced that after eight seasons, the series is ending its run.
Well that sucks!
Not really, because the show has really gone downhill the last season or two. I loved the show at one time, but the character has just become a parody of himself.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/15/1207:26 PM
If there are any other fellow comic book geeks here, AMC started a new reality show called "Comic Book Men". I saw the first episode and was not disappointed!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/20/1202:44 PM
Have had a little extra time lately (maybe too much) and have started watching "Californication" OnDemand from the beginning. The wry humor, quips and writing far eclipse the adult content that seems to be in every show. Not a must see but it's not too bad either... Mark, out!
Evidently Mrs. Tiegs has forgotten her own 1970's mesh swimsuit cover which was just as revealing as anything Upton is doing.
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LOS ANGELES, CALIF. -- Cheryl Tiegs made the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue more than once, but the revealing nature of the latest edition, featuring model Kate Upton, had the veteran shaking her head.
“It’s not my favorite Sports Illustrated cover of all time,” Cheryl told Billy Bush and Kit Hoover on Monday’s Access Hollywood Live.
When Billy suggested Kate’s itty-bitty, barely there bikini was “two strands away from Playboy,” Cheryl agreed.
“I agree with that. I like so many of the pictures inside. Sports Illustrated always has that fine line of being very ‘sexy/girl next door/earthy/kind of athletic,’” she said. “This is a step toward Playboy, I think.”
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/21/1210:55 PM
Don't look now but word is that Kim Kardashian has another sex tape leaking...(with Kris Humphries?) You think she would have learned her lesson with all that stuff by now?!?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/23/1205:17 AM
So the next DIE HARD movie has casted Bruce Willis' son, some actor who was in the SPARTACUS TV show.
According to this report, entry #5 (A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD) will take place in Moscow. I guess it was about time for John McClane to kick ass overseas.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/24/1212:41 PM
Flippin channels last night, I stopped at "Bridge Over the River Kwai" - Best Picture 1957, Best Actor Alec Guiness. Love the film. Great cinematography - those big bats flying around, great scenery...
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/24/1202:08 PM
Originally Posted By: MaryCas
Flippin channels last night, I stopped at "Bridge Over the River Kwai" - Best Picture 1957, Best Actor Alec Guiness. Love the film. Great cinematography - those big bats flying around, great scenery...
Classic film MC, i watched it over Christmas, for the 400th time.....
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/25/1204:18 PM
Originally Posted By: Yogi Barrabbas
Originally Posted By: MaryCas
Flippin channels last night, I stopped at "Bridge Over the River Kwai" - Best Picture 1957, Best Actor Alec Guiness. Love the film. Great cinematography - those big bats flying around, great scenery...
Classic film MC, i watched it over Christmas, for the 400th time.....
A film where British actors play British soldiers! Not Germans . and DeNiro, how many times have you whistled that tune? One of these days I'll have to watch the whole thing.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/25/1204:29 PM
Originally Posted By: DE NIRO
I love the scene where they are all whistling,icon film moment...
They use to have a movie on everyday after school at 4:30 in the afternoon. That theme (whistling and all) was the the theme song of what they called "The Early Show." I always think of the afternoon movie when I hear it.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/28/1203:45 AM
Bullshit.
George Lucas: Greedo ALWAYS shot first!
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Ensuring that he kept hackles well and truly raised, Lucas also addressed the ‘Greedo shoots first’ debate. The ever-controversial scene takes place in A New Hope, and fans have long argued over who shot first in the film's original print - Han Solo or alien Greedo.
“Well, it’s not a religious event. I hate to tell people that,” Lucas says. “It’s a movie, just a movie. The controversy over who shot first, Greedo or Han Solo, in Episode IV, what I did was try to clean up the confusion, but obviously it upset people because they wanted Solo to be a cold-blooded killer, but he actually isn’t.
“It had been done in all close-ups and it was confusing about who did what to whom. I put a little wider shot in there that made it clear that Greedo is the one who shot first, but everyone wanted to think that Han shot first, because they wanted to think that he actually just gunned him down.”
I haven't seen such glaring denial since that Syrian dictator claimed he doesn't kill his own people. (Too soon?)
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/28/1207:36 PM
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
Bullshit.
George Lucas: Greedo ALWAYS shot first!
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Ensuring that he kept hackles well and truly raised, Lucas also addressed the ‘Greedo shoots first’ debate. The ever-controversial scene takes place in A New Hope, and fans have long argued over who shot first in the film's original print - Han Solo or alien Greedo.
“Well, it’s not a religious event. I hate to tell people that,” Lucas says. “It’s a movie, just a movie. The controversy over who shot first, Greedo or Han Solo, in Episode IV, what I did was try to clean up the confusion, but obviously it upset people because they wanted Solo to be a cold-blooded killer, but he actually isn’t.
“It had been done in all close-ups and it was confusing about who did what to whom. I put a little wider shot in there that made it clear that Greedo is the one who shot first, but everyone wanted to think that Han shot first, because they wanted to think that he actually just gunned him down.”
I haven't seen such glaring denial since that Syrian dictator claimed he doesn't kill his own people. (Too soon?)
Pontiac— Attorneys are set to argue Wednesday whether the film "Drive" is just an acclaimed thriller or, as an Oakland Circuit lawsuit contends "the most anti-Semitic film ever produced."
According to those associated with the 2011 film, which stars Ryan Gosling and Albert Brooks, it is an action story about a Hollywood stunt driver who freelances by occasionally driving criminals to and from their capers. After befriending a female neighbor and her son, the driver suddenly finds himself in the middle of a big money-grab between an ex-con and murderous crime lords.
The film generated more than $35 million but has also drawn heat from one viewer, Sarah Deming, who sued CH Novi, Emagine Novi and FilmDistrict Distribution, after its September release...
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/03/1205:01 PM
It's that time of year.....Sometime in the next month I'll be watching "The Ten Commandments" followed by "The Passion of the Christ". Two of my favorites for some spiritual uplifting.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/03/1205:09 PM
Originally Posted By: MaryCas
It's that time of year.....Sometime in the next month I'll be watching "The Ten Commandments" followed by "The Passion of the Christ". Two of my favorites for some spiritual uplifting.
MC, I haven't seen the Ten Commandments in a while. I could get into seeing it again. I DID see Passion of the Christ when it was released, and liked it BUT, it really was emotionally draining. I went with my daughter and after the film ended, we just sat in the seat a couple minutes as people were leaving. It just left me.....I don't know, drained. I don't dislike the film, but I haven't seen it since. I guess it's one of those, at least for me, that I really have to prepare and/or be in the mood to see.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/03/1205:27 PM
Originally Posted By: MaryCas
It's that time of year.....Sometime in the next month I'll be watching "The Ten Commandments" followed by "The Passion of the Christ". Two of my favorites for some spiritual uplifting.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/03/1205:57 PM
Looks like Kathryn Bigelow's ZERO DARK THIRTY (her movie on the Osama Bin Laden raid) is already in production with a December release date planned. And some trouble with the locals while shooting in India.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/03/1205:59 PM
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
Looks like Kathryn Bigelow's ZERO DARK THIRTY (her movie on the Osama Bin Laden raid) is already in production with a December release date planned. And some trouble with the locals while shooting in India.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/03/1207:34 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Originally Posted By: MaryCas
It's that time of year.....Sometime in the next month I'll be watching "The Ten Commandments" followed by "The Passion of the Christ". Two of my favorites for some spiritual uplifting.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/03/1207:45 PM
Man who knew that kid on GROWING PAINS err, grew up to be a pain? I bet he supported that boycott against JCPenneys over Ellen.
Kirk Cameron: "Homosexuality destructive to Civilization"
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Cameron said during last night's show that he does not support gay marriage, and when it comes to homosexuality in general ... he said, "I think that it's ... unnatural. I think that it's detrimental, and ultimately destructive to so many of the foundations of civilization."
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/03/1209:11 PM
RR,
Regarding Kirk Cameron. I am not surprised because I've seen he has several religious/inspirational type movies on cable's TBN (Trinity Broadcast Network I believe it's called). If I hadn't noticed that, I'd be surprised as well.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/04/1206:17 PM
For those of us who never missed an episode of Dallas, the new series will premier this summer. I so enjoyed it not only because it was one dang good series, but because I was working for the City of Dallas at the time and some of its scenes were shot at Dallas city hall.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/05/1202:18 AM
That show was so perfect for the 80s - the women with the big hair and big-shouldered suits, the men with that "greed is good" attitude, fighting over their millions.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/05/1207:29 PM
Back in the early 70s I was into Bahavioral Psychology the lord of which at the time was B.F. Skinner (Beyond Freedom and Dignity). On a History Channel special I learned something I didn't know about him. During WWII he used behavior modification techniques to train pidgeons to help sight bombs that were dropped on the Axis.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/05/1209:15 PM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
That show was so perfect for the 80s - the women with the big hair and big-shouldered suits, the men with that "greed is good" attitude, fighting over their millions.
I remember dating a gal in high school and part of the deal was NEVER going out on Friday nights... she would NOT miss "Dallas" for any reason! That was before DVD, DVR and waay before EVERY house in America had 3 VHS recorders!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/11/1210:50 PM
I just surfed by a 1971 rerun of hte Partridge Family. Low and behold, who did I see in the episode? Richard Pryor and Richard Roundtree. I don't know if it was Roundtree before or after Shaft, but he looked a little different.
The article touches on something interesting but doesn't go into detail. It does seem as if many of the up and coming American stars lack a certain roughness, a certain masculinity, a certain individual style.
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When you ask industry veterans why it has been so difficult for Hollywood to turn out a new crop of megawatt male stars, the fast answer usually involves the state of movies. Stars like Matt Damon, Russell Crowe and Tom Hanks came up in medium-size dramas and comedies that let them build a fan base, the kinds of movies Hollywood has all but abandoned as it pursues bloated special-effects extravaganzas that play increasingly to an overseas audience. Actors, even good ones, get swallowed by that machinery or have trouble delivering a memorable performance because they are acting against little more than a green screen.
Then there is what Jeanine Basinger, the chairwoman of the film studies department at Wesleyan University, describes as the “pretty boy problem.” In the studio system heyday leading men were distinctive, she noted, pointing to Gable, Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart and Jimmy Stewart. The last generation of A-listers includes quirkier types like Mr. DiCaprio, Mr. Depp and Robert Downey Jr.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/12/1204:02 PM
Talk about "spoilers." This is really random since I am the only one here who watches "Desperate Housewives" Sunday night. Nicolette Sheridan (a former cast member) is suing producer of the show for she claims, slapping her and unfairly firing her. The trial is over and jury in deliberations now with verdict due any time. James Denton who played Mike Delfino (husband to one of the housewives) testified in the producers defense as did other cast members as I understand.
ANYWAY, in the course of the trial it was let out that a major character was going to die on the show very next episode (yesterday) and they were forced, I guess to say which one. What a spoiler. So, last night we said goodbye to to Mike Delfino (James Denton).
They said a couple jurors who watched the show "gasped" at the news, and the lawyer asked (jokingly ?) for a gag order which the judge said he "couldn't do."
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/12/1204:29 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
I just surfed by a 1971 rerun of hte Partridge Family. Low and behold, who did I see in the episode? Richard Pryor and Richard Roundtree. I don't know if it was Roundtree before or after Shaft, but he looked a little different.
Far out, man!
It's actually Pryor and Louis Gossett, Jr. It's a strange though not awful episode. I've always assumed it was planned to be a pilot for a show that didn't get made.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/12/1205:03 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Talk about "spoilers." This is really random since I am the only one here who watches "Desperate Housewives" Sunday night. Nicolette Sheridan (a former cast member) is suing producer of the show for she claims, slapping her and unfairly firing her. The trial is over and jury in deliberations now with verdict due any time. James Denton who played Mike Delfino (husband to one of the housewives) testified in the producers defense as did other cast members as I understand.
ANYWAY, in the course of the trial it was let out that a major character was going to die on the show very next episode (yesterday) and they were forced, I guess to say which one. What a spoiler. So, last night we said goodbye to to Mike Delfino (James Denton).
They said a couple jurors who watched the show "gasped" at the news, and the lawyer asked (jokingly ?) for a gag order which the judge said he "couldn't do."
TIS
Hey TIS, me and the GF watch DH, have done since season 1, i didn't knew that Mike is being killed off.I think it's a good thing that they are ending the show as it's getting a bit tedious now..
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/12/1205:16 PM
Hey DeNiro, all this time and I didn't know you watched. Btw that's why I miss the first showing of "Walking Dead" (it's on the same time), and try to watch the 11:00 showing or "On Demand."
As far as Delfino character. It was just two days before last night's episode, that this came out via the trial. My daughter and I are still mourning the loss of the hottest DH character, this morning. For some reason, I am NOT getting sick of it. Their storylines are always different and enjoyable.
BTW, I am wondering if it'll end with all the Housewives "on their own." Carlos is going a little nutty and MAY be going to jail (tho I think he was justified in that whole murder thing).
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/13/1205:13 PM
I am a DH fan, too! (Mostly because of Eva Langoria, ha!) Seriously, been watching since day 1. Sorry to see a good guy like Mike go away. I hope they catch the wiseguy who popped him. It looks like a few of them may be off to the big house! Murder, obstruction of justice, disposal of a body... if they were smart, blame it all on Mike Delfino!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/13/1205:46 PM
Originally Posted By: Mark
I am a DH fan, too! (Mostly because of Eva Langoria, ha!) Seriously, been watching since day 1. Sorry to see a good guy like Mike go away. I hope they catch the wiseguy who popped him. It looks like a few of them may be off to the big house! Murder, obstruction of justice, disposal of a body... if they were smart, blame it all on Mike Delfino!
Well why didn't you say so? I posted a couple years ago at least and it seemed there were no others that watched. LOL I depended on my daughters every week to discuss episodes.
I love the weird storylines don't you? One of the weirdest story line from some years back, cracks me up. Remember the family (I believe with Alfre Woodard) who hid the boy "Kaleb" in the basement?
Funny lines: Gabby (Eva) yelling at Carlos for giving away money at his company.."You make the money. I spend it. I'm holding up my end of the bargain."
That being said, I told my daughter that "maybe" it'll end with Gabby & Carlos splitting, and all the housewives alone.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/13/1206:13 PM
lol - sorry, TIS. I didn't know! Love the Gabby lines... sooo Mrs. Mark and she admits it! Ha! I will be sad to see it off the air but it really is a great show. I think it is a "dramady" because of all the dark humor that is so greatly inserted in the most horrible situations! Like - "We can't be murderers! We carpool!" Priceless.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/13/1206:27 PM
Another Gabby line as she confronts Carlos for having a drinking problem: "If you're gonna be a drunk just don't be a whinny one."
Oh, and Susan with Mike Sunday as she goes to hug him. "Do you have a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me. OMG, you do have a gun in your pocket."
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/13/1206:37 PM
No sense in starting a DH thread now right??
Anyway, I never ever liked Orson and am glad he's gone. That being said, I am wondering if Carlos will be arrested for murdering (although justifiably IMHO) that guy and like I indicated above, the Housewives will be on their own? What do you think? And DID Orson really kill himself?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/13/1206:37 PM
All so great! My wife loves that show so much. She likes Mike but would be heart broken if Carlos were to be killed! It will be a long time until another show hits this level as far as all the important entertainment elements. They say that show; CGB about Texas something or other is suppose to be after all the DH fans. I have not watched it so don't know for sure?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/13/1206:39 PM
No way Orson offed himself - too vain! Well, Carlos said he wanted a change so he may just get it whether he likes it or not! Sounds like a plausible ending - all the wives are alone.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/13/1206:41 PM
Originally Posted By: Mark
All so great! My wife loves that show so much. She likes Mike but would be heart broken if Carlos were to be killed! It will be a long time until another show hits this level as far as all the important entertainment elements. They say that show; CGB about Texas something or other is suppose to be after all the DH fans. I have not watched it so don't know for sure?
My daughters and I are so mad that hunky Mike Delfino (the real man IMHO) is gone.
I saw previews of the CGB and it does NOT appeal to me at all. I could not see any resemblance. I'll take Wisteria Lane any day.
Btw, I read somewhere that the narrator of DH (Mary Ellen?) may appear (likely in flashbacks) in the later or last episode.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/13/1206:58 PM
Lol! I think the funniest thing it does in our house is make us look at each other and say; "I would never do that to you!" Like how Lynette found out about Tom's GF moving in.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/13/1207:01 PM
Yea, I don't see what Tom sees in his GF. When she started choking, Lynette almost let her. I totally understand her sentiment. Ha ha My daughter is so bummed because she wants them to stay together.
What about the Old lady laying in the driveway so Bree would run over her. Ha ha ha
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/15/1205:46 PM
Remember when I announced the upcoming Pee Wee Herman porn "parody"? Did you know they did the same already with FAMILY GUY?
To be fair, one joke does sound like something Seth McFarlane's staffs would've come up with for one of their shows: "Lindsey Lohan used to be so attractive, now she looks like Morrissey with tits."
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/16/1212:54 AM
Great film. I remember renting that video and bringing home pizza on a Friday night. My wife and son loved it! Especially my son - he was 7 at the time and still loves it. Wow, ronnie - 20 years.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/16/1201:25 AM
Originally Posted By: Mark
Great film. I remember renting that video and bringing home pizza on a Friday night. My wife and son loved it! Especially my son - he was 7 at the time and still loves it. Wow, ronnie - 20 years.
I saw that on opening weekend, slightly older than your boy (only by a few summers), and the only thing I really remember about that experience was that scene when the dinosaurs on the island are unveiled and you could hear a loud audible gasp from the screening crowd.
Kids now see it and probably accept it as dated CGI (if outstanding for it's time), much like how we only see a hairy puppet in KING KONG, which once upon a time truely terried people.
But that moment, back in 1993, people didn't think they were seeing state of the art CGI or animatronic puppet effects. They thought they were really looking at dinosaurs. Pure movie magic. I really thought that was a T-Rex trying to eat Jeff Goldlbum.
EDIT - I forgot, this will be the 30th anniversary of the legendary summer of 1982. Consider the movies that came out that summer:
E.T. Conan the Barbarian Poltergeist Blade Runner Star Trek II: Wrath of Kahn Tron Rocky III Class of 1984 Fast Times at Ridgemont High The Thing Friday the 13th Part III Firefox An Officer & a Gentleman Nightshift Pink Floyd The Wall Visiting Hours
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/16/1211:35 AM
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
Originally Posted By: Mark
Great film. I remember renting that video and bringing home pizza on a Friday night. My wife and son loved it! Especially my son - he was 7 at the time and still loves it. Wow, ronnie - 20 years.
I saw that on opening weekend, slightly older than your boy (only by a few summers), and the only thing I really remember about that experience was that scene when the dinosaurs on the island are unveiled and you could hear a loud audible gasp from the screening crowd.
Kids now see it and probably accept it as dated CGI (if outstanding for it's time), much like how we only see a hairy puppet in KING KONG, which once upon a time truely terried people.
But that moment, back in 1993, people didn't think they were seeing state of the art CGI or animatronic puppet effects. They thought they were really looking at dinosaurs. Pure movie magic. I really thought that was a T-Rex trying to eat Jeff Goldlbum.
EDIT - I forgot, this will be the 30th anniversary of the legendary summer of 1982. Consider the movies that came out that summer:
E.T. Conan the Barbarian Poltergeist Blade Runner Star Trek II: Wrath of Kahn Tron Rocky III Class of 1984 Fast Times at Ridgemont High The Thing Friday the 13th Part III Firefox An Officer & a Gentleman Nightshift Pink Floyd The Wall Visiting Hours
Darn, ronnie - you just took me back to high school! That was indeed a great summer.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/17/1203:54 PM
I do get OWN channel but I never watched her show and am not certain what time it is even on. I always liked Oprah. I know she had (maybe it already aired) Whitney Houston's daughter on very recently.
As far as Rosie, that was quick. I just heard she was gonna have a show. LOL I actually liked her other show way back but I just don't care for her any more. She seems so bitchy that it seems her sweetsy persona was just a mask. I don't know. I just am not even tempted to watch any show she's in.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/17/1207:57 PM
She bought a famous house in nearby Nyack (it was owned by Helen Hayes) and she agreed to come to a benefit for a local hospital. She showed up late, was dressed for a black tie event in a sloppy t-shirt and black pants, stayed for a brief time, was basically unpleasant and left early.
Contrast that with Christopher Reeve the following year, who arrived at the beginning of the event dressed in a tuxedo, and despite his considerable disabilities, stayed the entire night, was extremely pleasant and spent time with all of the guests.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/17/1208:45 PM
Good List mustachepete. I wouldn't have thought of them. I DO remember seeing Disney's "Darby O'Gill and the Little People" when I was a kid though. I forgot all about that one. I looked it up and notice that Sean Connery was in it. Wow, who knew?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/17/1210:24 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
I do get OWN channel but I never watched her show and am not certain what time it is even on. I always liked Oprah. I know she had (maybe it already aired) Whitney Houston's daughter on very recently.
As far as Rosie, that was quick. I just heard she was gonna have a show. LOL I actually liked her other show way back but I just don't care for her any more. She seems so bitchy that it seems her sweetsy persona was just a mask. I don't know. I just am not even tempted to watch any show she's in.
TIS
The day after she sold her Lakeview home in Chicago for 2.5 million, they announced the cancellation. You could tell her heart was just not into the Windy City. Lots of restaurant & bar people would talk about how she just always looked unhappy and home sick while she was here. It was starting to be obvious in her show as well. I can't blame her totally - we are all a product of where we were born & raised and where we call home.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/18/1202:33 AM
Yesterday, TCM showed Clash of the Titans with Harry Hamlin from 1981. My wife and I walked out on that movie, the only time we've ever donethat. So, what makes that movie a classic?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/18/1202:40 AM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Yesterday, TCM showed Clash of the Titans with Harry Hamlin from 1981. My wife and I walked out on that movie, the only time we've ever donethat. So, what makes that movie a classic?
The fact that you walked out on it.
I had seen that on video shortly after the movie's theatrical run and I was highly impressed by it.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/18/1202:49 AM
Talk about taste, and I know most will disagree with me. When 2001: A Space Odyssey was released I was in business school which was in the downtown area with lots of shops movie theaters. A friend and I decided to ditch class and go to see a movie. 2001: A Space Odyssey was all the buzz that year so we decided to see that. We got so bored we left maybe 45 minutes to an hour into the movie. After we both shook our heads wondering what was so great about it. Don't know now if after all these years opinion may have changed but I don't really care to see it.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/18/1202:59 AM
TIS, I was never a big fan of that movie, either. Dunno why but I could never get into it.
I walked out of a few movies because they were so bad, but I walked out of a movie once because it was so GOOD. Lemme explain ~ I went to see double feature (do they even have those anymore?) and the first one was "Save the Tiger" (with Jack Lemmon). I can't remember the name of the second movie, but the second one was the reason for me going. Anyway, I was so blown away by Lemmon's performance that I became extremely depressed and HAD TO leave.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/18/1203:07 AM
SC,
I have to confess I never saw "Save The Tiger". I do know most people said it was really good.
I do remember double features too. I local theater who never showed first runs but usually older movies (a couple years old) was only 25 cents for kids and 50cents for adults. LOL I also remember short subjects do you? And, there was always a cartoon or two before the flick. Donald, or Daffy or Elmer Fudd. LOL
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/18/1203:11 AM
One of the cable channels is showing the old tv show "Quantum Leap." Anyone remember it? This time he goes back in time and finds out he's Marylin Monroe's chauffeur. LOL I did enjoy that show back in the 90s.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/18/1203:13 AM
I probably would never have seen "Save the Tiger" if it wasn't for the double feature which attracted me.
More rarely, I'd see a few "sneak previews". I remember going to see Steve Martin's takeoff of Humphrey Bogart's movies, "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" (a pretty funny flick). OK, I laughed through the movie and was about to leave when it ended. My ex said she wanted to stay to see the sneak preview so we did and were totally blown away by it. Its name? "E.T."
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/18/1203:15 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
One of the cable channels is showing the old tv show "Quantum Leap." Anyone remember it? This time he goes back in time and finds out he's Marylin Monroe's chauffeur. LOL I did enjoy that show back in the 90s.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/18/1203:24 AM
As of the last week or so, because of so many reruns I find myself watching a little of the old Alfred Hithcock series. I enjoy the stores and also I see some famous stars in their youth.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/18/1203:58 AM
The original CLASH OF THE TITANS was made in the veign of those 50s/60s cheesy sword 'n' sandal fantasy adventure movies with Harryhausen stop-motion FX, except released decades later in the era of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, and was dismissed as stale dated popcorn.
Personally I thought it was OK if not really memorable, but it was definately no JASON & THE ARGONAUTS, which I retain a strong child-like fondness for.
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Talk about taste, and I know most will disagree with me. When 2001: A Space Odyssey was released I was in business school which was in the downtown area with lots of shops movie theaters. A friend and I decided to ditch class and go to see a movie. 2001: A Space Odyssey was all the buzz that year so we decided to see that. We got so bored we left maybe 45 minutes to an hour into the movie. After we both shook our heads wondering what was so great about it. Don't know now if after all these years opinion may have changed but I don't really care to see it.
Go ahead, let me have it. Be gentle tho. LOL
TIS
Let me put my Capo hat on.
There is a halfway point in relationship between a movie and it's audience that both sides have to be willing to reach. And in that relationship, people conciously or not project themselves onto the canvas that is the movie.
TIS, you're not "wrong." Personally I love 2001, and I admire the shit out of it. But movies aren't a science where by rules you like "this" and hate "that." The movies that became classics or turkeys come about from more or less popular consensus. I was moved by the movie's visual storytelling and it's secular-flavored religious thematic narrative. I'm surprised whenever people dismiss it as cold, whene I actually consider it a quite emotional movie, if not told by the traditional filmatic standards. Not to mention as a thriller, I'm highly hooked and involved with the conflict over HAL. (It's not boring! :p)
Or take a movie we both liked: SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION. Box-office bomb, a handful of Oscar nominations but zero wins (the director was snubbed), and TV rights sold to Ted Turner for dirt cheap because who wanted to play on television a prison drama?
Yet people discovered it and fell in love with it. But why? From my end, I was highly engaged by the journey a victim goes through against society, against his environment, against himself and the adaptations and trials he must take. And I was moved by his bromance relationship with Bruce Wayne's gadget man, who himself undertakes his own dramatic transformation. Also there is a delicious joy when the hero does get his revenge against his jailers and the system. One of the few movies that absolutely deserves it's unashamed happy ending.
Or even another American classic more beloved in retrospect than when it came out: CASABLANCA. It was a topical melodrama produced during wartime. So why do people still love it? Probably because the Nazis are perfect movie villains, of which you can project any tolerated totaltarian savagery at any time in history after that war concluded. (After WW2, people didn't see Nazis as much as the Soviets or Chinese or South Africans or Iraqis or whoever. Who knows, they might even see Iranians now in those parts.)
Not to mention we absolutely relate to Bogart's character. When evil things are committed in our civilized world, freely exposed and everybody is a witness. Yet nothing happens, we easily take refuge in Bogart's earned cynicism and seeing the world as a game. Add to that the broad unfairness of life, as what happened with him in Paris.
Yet like SHAWSHANK, there is an optimistic ending which argues that shit is not that hopeless, that even the most cynical son of a bitch can leave his shell and stick his neck for something noble. Hell even Claude Rains, the corrupt and despicale (if entertaining) Vichy French Nazi stooge makes a faceturn at the end for the right thing. (And surprisingly doesn't come off as contrived. That's good filmmaking.)
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/18/1204:21 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
One of the cable channels is showing the old tv show "Quantum Leap." Anyone remember it? This time he goes back in time and finds out he's Marylin Monroe's chauffeur. LOL I did enjoy that show back in the 90s.
TIS
I really liked that show. Bakula and Stockwell had great chemistry.
However, I sorta hated those celebrity episodes. The whole premise is the protagonist shifting through time and space, rewriting history with a good ending for the little people. But when it came to famous people, well time can't be altered, all that sci-fi convention nonsense.
Monroe still dies of an overdose (or murdered, whatever) but she got to do THE MISFITS. (Whoopee.) JFK still gets his head blown off, but Jackie survives. Elvis still eats and drugs himself to death.
For a fictional program, why not do the same with history?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/18/1203:41 PM
RR,
I don't even remember the Shawshank Redemption being in the theater. LOL I'd see it on the tv guide list and would wonder, "what the hell is a Shawshank?" I finally saw the movie and loved it.
Everyone has their own taste and that's what makes movies/reviews interesting. You see it from other peoples' perspective. Just because this is a "random" thread I'll give a little insight on my taste.
I've ALWAYS tended to lean toward drama,action type movies. Seldom will I go to see a comedy at a theater. Not that I don't like any comedies but they are not my favorite. Yet, for whatever reason a comedy will come along that cracks me up (even if nobody else enjoys it). Years ago, I rented "Young Frankenstein". I am not a Mel Brooks fan necessarily, but I loved that movie. More recently, HBO was running "The Hangover" (first one). I laughed thru the entire movie and called my girls and told them to rent it. Oh, and I love the Marx Brothers and all their so corny humor but never cared for The Three Stooges.
With Space Odyssey it's weird because I love some SciFi like The X-Files, Twilight Zone, ET. Never got into Star Wars or Star Trek though. Go figure!!
Another thing, I am not a a big western fan (tho my family & I always watched Gunsmoke, Bonanza). During the same era of Space Odyssey, I went to see a different type movie they called "spaghetti western" called "Hang 'em High" (Sergio Leonie I believe). Not being a western fan, I never saw "Fistful Of Dollars" or "Few Dollars More" until AFTER Hang em High. Then of course Eastwood went on to Dirty Harry and became the #1 Box Office draw in the early 70s.
I actually don't mind the "celebrity episodes" on Quantum Leap BUT I definitely hear what you're saying. You just know they can't change things. Still fun to watch.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/18/1205:54 PM
Being a King fan, I was dying to see "Shawshank" when it came out, but my husband didn't want to go see a prison/rape film. One of the guys he worked with saw it and loved it so much that he told my husband that if he went and still didn't like it, he would reimburse him for his ticket. To this day, it remains one of my husband's favorite films.
I think the title put a lot of people off at the time. One interesting point, it's almost impossible to see deleted scenes from that film. The director won't release them because he feels that if they were any good to begin with, he would have left them in.
There's one scene from the book that was originally in the film and deleted.
Click to reveal..
When they find the hole in Andy's wall, they send down the guard to see where it goes. He discovers the sewer pipe and starts to yell, "Oh, shit! It's shit!" and gets sick. Morgan Freeman's character starts laughing so hard that it absolutely infuriates the warden.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/18/1206:26 PM
Speaking of deleted scenes, I have only seen Shawshank on tv. I wonder how chopped up it was? They tend to delete not only bad language but scenes as well sometimes. If it comes on HBO sometime I should see it in its entirety.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/18/1207:04 PM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
One interesting point, it's almost impossible to see deleted scenes from that film. The director won't release them because he feels that if they were any good to begin with, he would have left them in.
That's right, Babe.
The final scene was shot in close-up and long range. They obviously decided to go with the long range shot of Andy and Red reuniting on the beach, but Frank Darabont has said over the years that he'll eventually release the close-up ending as an extra on an annivesary edition of the dvd/blue-ray. But I'm not holding my breath. I'd really LOVE to see it, though.
The novella's ending was more ambiguous, but this is one instance where the film's ending worked better with an improvisation by the director.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/18/1210:00 PM
Originally Posted By: SC
Originally Posted By: olivant
Yesterday, TCM showed Clash of the Titans with Harry Hamlin from 1981. My wife and I walked out on that movie, the only time we've ever donethat. So, what makes that movie a classic?
The fact that you walked out on it.
I had seen that on video shortly after the movie's theatrical run and I was highly impressed by it.
To each, his own, I guess.
Highly impressed by it? And yet you complain about GFIII? Madonne!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/18/1210:29 PM
Originally Posted By: mustachepete
Originally Posted By: olivant
I just surfed by a 1971 rerun of hte Partridge Family. Low and behold, who did I see in the episode? Richard Pryor and Richard Roundtree. I don't know if it was Roundtree before or after Shaft, but he looked a little different.
Far out, man!
It's actually Pryor and Louis Gossett, Jr. It's a strange though not awful episode. I've always assumed it was planned to be a pilot for a show that didn't get made.
Are you sure about Gossett? It looked alot like Roundtree.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/25/1211:08 PM
I'm not sure of the relationship between Fox and Fox 5, which is a local station here in NY, but the morning anchor on Fox 5 is a brunette named Roseanna Scotto.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/25/1211:19 PM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
I'm not sure of the relationship between Fox and Fox 5, which is a local station here in NY, but the morning anchor on Fox 5 is a brunette named Roseanna Scotto.
Channel 5 (Fox 5) is an affiliate of Fox News.
Roseanna Scotto is a daughter of former Gambino Family bigshot Anthony Scotto.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/26/1205:41 PM
I missed Mad Men last night and am waiting for it to come to "On Demand". I wasn't gonna watch it cause it's annoying how long between last season and this. I do like the show and will and admit I am tempted to tune in. Plus RR said the Paul McCartney may make an appearance sometime this season. What can I say? I'm in.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/26/1208:47 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
I missed Mad Men last night and am waiting for it to come to "On Demand". I wasn't gonna watch it cause it's annoying how long between last season and this. I do like the show and will and admit I am tempted to tune in. Plus RR said the Paul McCartney may make an appearance sometime this season. What can I say? I'm in.
TIS
Actually I must correct myself: It later was revealed that Paul won't appear in Mad Men. (The report mix-up came from one of his songs being featured sometime this season, not an appearance. Sorry TIS.)
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/26/1209:36 PM
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
I missed Mad Men last night and am waiting for it to come to "On Demand". I wasn't gonna watch it cause it's annoying how long between last season and this. I do like the show and will and admit I am tempted to tune in. Plus RR said the Paul McCartney may make an appearance sometime this season. What can I say? I'm in.
TIS
Actually I must correct myself: It later was revealed that Paul won't appear in Mad Men. (The report mix-up came from one of his songs being featured sometime this season, not an appearance. Sorry TIS.)
Aw, too bad. It would have been "workable" to get any Beatle to fit into that era. That's ok though.
I see it will re-air tonight at 9:00 p.m. (PDT) so I'll be able to catch it.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/27/1202:05 AM
Caught 21 JUMP STREET today, and it was a funny, quite decent comedy. But my favorite scene was this: (I won't embed it for a reason. SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERZ!)
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/01/1210:06 PM
Does anyone watch the new tv show with Ashley Judd, "Missing?" I watched the first episode and am catching up on "On Demand." It's actually quite good so far.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/02/1212:48 PM
What's interesting about this is that Katie Couric, who went after Palin in the famous interview four years ago that damaged Palin's credibility, ishas started hosting Good Morning America today after much publicity.
While Today, I believe, does a little better than GMA in the ratings, I'm sure Palin will take delight blowing Couric's rear end out of the water in Tuesday's ratings.
By the way is Couric's appearance on GMA temporary? They made a vague reference to Robin Roberts being on sabbatical for the Spring. I hope Roberts returns because I think she is the best morning anchor out there. I generally watch the first 20 minutes of GMA, but if I'm working at home, I'll keep it on.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/03/1210:17 PM
Anyone watch "Mad Men" or "The Killing" on AMC? both returned after a long absence (especially Mad Men). Thank goodness for "On Demand". I was able to catch up.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/05/1204:03 AM
I watched The Robe again. Can't get enough of it. When I do watch it it always prompts me to remember that Jay Robinon who portrayed Caligula (one of the best portrayals ever by an actor) showed up as a bizarrely madeup and cosyumed character on an episode of Star Trek.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/05/1210:47 PM
"Nothin' says lovin' like marryin' your cousin." (cue the banjos)
"[Kevin Bacon] ... the actor learned that he's related to Kyra Sedgwick, his wife of 23 years. Sedgwick told Dave Letterman they are "tenth cousins, once removed," admitting, "It was a little upsetting, we're not going to lie."
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/06/1207:05 PM
I think it would mean that they share an ancestor about 10 generations back which is coincidentally about the same level of blood relation between President Obama and Palin.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/06/1211:32 PM
Much more than just Ivan Drago:
Quote:
But what makes [Dolph] Lundgren's story more than just another rise-and-fall-and-rise-again celebrity comeback tale is the complex 54-year-old man beneath the brawny surface. Lundgren has an IQ of 160. He earned a Fulbright scholarship to study chemical engineering at MIT. And he may be the only actor on the planet who helped develop the water filtration system for NASA's space shuttle program.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/09/1205:46 AM
I'm pretty sure 2nd cousins are legal/safe, let alone 10th, which is WAYYYY removed! So removed, that Hitler probably had hundreds of Gay Jewish 10th cousins (or even 2nd cousins).
Having been adopted, I had my DNA checked last year, and have discovered that a 3rd-to-distant cousin has about only 0.10-0.20% DNA shared.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/09/1211:39 PM
Dr. Frasier Crane, "Celebrity Rehab" host? It's not that far-fetched. This video sheds some Hollywood spotlight behind the scenes of "Frasier," that ninetiest of all '90s sitcoms, and finds that the fake radio doc's callers were largely celebrities making "The Simpsons"-style guest appearances. Helen Mirren, Halle Berry, Matthew Broderick, Ben Stiller and even a young Hilary Duff brought their problems to the "airwaves" in uncredited roles. When you hear them now, it's pretty obvious, and pretty awesome.
Hollywood screenwriter Joe Eszterhas is accusing Mel Gibson, his recent collaborator on a movie about Jewish revolt, of “hating Jews” and using him to deflect his anti-Semitic reputation. In an explosive nine-page letter to Gibson obtained by TheWrap, the screenwriter wrote that the director of “The Passion of the Christ” never intended to make the movie about Jewish heroism, called “The Maccabees.” Instead, Eszterhas said, Gibson announced the project “in an attempt to deflect continuing charges of anti-Semitism which have dogged you, charges which have crippled your career.” "You continually called Jews '****' and 'oven-dodgers' and 'Jewboys.' It seemed that most times when we discussed someone, you asked 'He's a ****, isn't he?' You said most 'gatekeepers' of American companies were '****'s' who 'controlled their bosses.'" The slurs continued, through their work: “You said the Holocaust was 'mostly a lot of horseshit.' You said the Torah made reference to the sacrifice of Christian babies and infants. When I told you that you were confusing the Torah with The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, ... you insisted 'it's in the Torah -- it's in there!' (It isn't)."
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/12/1209:16 PM
Update on Mad Mel.
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Joe Eszterhas tells TMZ ... he has hard proof that he witnessed the hate-filled rants he -- or someone -- just disclosed to the world, because his teenage son secretly recorded much of it.
Joe tells us, "A lot of the stuff is on tape." He says the recordings were made in Costa Rica -- by his son Nick. Joe would not say if the alleged comment about John Lennon -- "I'm glad he's dead. He deserved to be shot," or the comment about Oksana Grigorieva,"I want to f**k her in the ass and stab her while I'm doing it,"[/b] or the comment about William Morris/Endeavor Chairman Ari Emanuel, "He's a C**t Jewboy," were all on tape.
In his letter to Mel, Joe wrote that his son recorded some of Mel's outbursts on his iPhone, but the letter did not disclose how much -- now Joe says, "a lot."
Joe also says people who allegedly witnessed Mel's rants are willing to come forward.
As for "The Maccabees" script that Warner Bros. rejected, Joe said, "I'm heartbroken. I put my heart and soul into a script for someone who hates Jews."
Joe said, "He needs help. Badly."
That bit I highlighted, wasn't Mad Mel's reasons the same as Chapman's?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/12/1209:47 PM
As I posted over on the RD, a movie, by Mel, on the Maccabees would be great. And I can certainly understand his disgust with Lennon's "Imagine there was no heaven/religion" secular, humanist bullshit. Of course, thinking that way doesn't mean Lennon deserved to get shot. Though Mel probably didn't mean it literally.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/12/1210:07 PM
Originally Posted By: IvyLeague
As I posted over on the RD, a movie, by Mel, on the Maccabees would be great. And I can certainly understand his disgust with Lennon's "Imagine there was no heaven/religion" secular, humanist bullshit. Of course, thinking that way doesn't mean Lennon deserved to get shot. Though Mel probably didn't mean it literally.
Maybe he wasn't literal either when he (allegedly) called that Hollywood insider a "Jew [BadWord]"?
And maybe I'm not literal either when I call him an asshole?
(The dismissive word you and Mel are looking for with "Imagine" isn't "messianic" but "pretentious." Of all of Lennon's personal misdeeds, and he had quite a few, that's the least of them.)
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/12/1210:38 PM
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
Maybe he wasn't literal either when he (allegedly) called that Hollywood insider a "Jew [BadWord]"?
And maybe I'm not literal either when I call him an asshole?
(The dismissive word you and Mel are looking for with "Imagine" isn't "messianic" but "pretentious." Of all of Lennon's personal misdeeds, and he had quite a few, that's the least of them.)
I used the words that I think apply to Lennon and which annoy the hell out of me. He was a celebrity. Pretentiousness comes with the territory. It was the secular/humanist message in the song "Imagine" that rubs me the wrong way.
And I freely admit Mel can be an asshole. Especially when he's drunk.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/13/1201:05 AM
The law firm Epstein Becker & Green P.C. has sent a legal threat on behalf of Fox News to Gawker Media publisher Nick Denton over his site's ongoing "Fox Mole" story involving recently fired Fox News employee Joe Muto.
In response, Gawker not only published the letter but has posted a photo of "O'Reilly Factor" host Bill O'Reilly standing with a group of friends, including a topless woman.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/13/1201:33 AM
Originally Posted By: olivant
The law firm Epstein Becker & Green P.C. has sent a legal threat on behalf of Fox News to Gawker Media publisher Nick Denton over his site's ongoing "Fox Mole" story involving recently fired Fox News employee Joe Muto.
In response, Gawker not only published the letter but has posted a photo of "O'Reilly Factor" host Bill O'Reilly standing with a group of friends, including a topless woman.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/15/1202:49 AM
Believe it or not I never saw "What's Love Got To Do With It" the story of Ike/Tina Turner starring Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburn.
I never realized just how awful their relationship was. What a abusive, demanding piece of shit that guy was. He was nothing without her, musically (and nothing otherwise)if you ask me. I remember when they performed together in the beginning, it was always Tina who stood out and Ike was more "background." Anyway, no respect for him whatsoever.
I'm sure everyone's seen it but me, but I must say it was disturbing yet very good.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/15/1204:38 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Believe it or not I never saw "What's Love Got To Do With It" the story of Ike/Tina Turner starring Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburn.
I never realized just how awful their relationship was. What a abusive, demanding piece of shit that guy was. He was nothing without her, musically (and nothing otherwise)if you ask me. I remember when they performed together in the beginning, it was always Tina who stood out and Ike was more "background." Anyway, no respect for him whatsoever.
I'm sure everyone's seen it but me, but I must say it was disturbing yet very good.
TIS
I saw the movie on tv a few years ago. It was well done, but I don't think I would want to watch it again because of the abuse. You're right about Tina overshadowing Ike.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/15/1208:58 PM
How times change.
TITANIC's total box-office in China (1998) - $44 million (Record)
TITANIC re-release's opening weekend box-office in China ('12) - $58 million. (Record)
EDIT - Controversy in the Chinese blogosphere over the government censoring out Kate Winslet's greatest contribution to cinema.
Quote:
During opening night and the following day, Chinese micro-blogs were alight with simultaneous gripes about the censoring and nostalgic gushing over the film’s sweeping romantic drama.
"I've been waiting almost 15 years, and not for the 3D icebergs," said one widely cited micro blog commentator, according to Xinhua News Agency.
The same nude scenes were censored during the film’s original run in China in 1998, but many viewers first saw the film on pirated copies from the West, and thus are more familiar with the unedited version.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/15/1210:46 PM
TIS, it was very disturbing! Honestly, I've never been able to watch Laurence Fishburne the same way, because he was so convincing in that role. Good flick, though.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/15/1211:11 PM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
TIS, it was very disturbing! Honestly, I've never been able to watch Laurence Fishburne the same way, because he was so convincing in that role. Good flick, though.
SB,
I know. He was so horrible. I've always liked Fishburn and he and Bassett both did an excellent job. I kept getting mad at her yelling at the tv for her to leave the bastard. It was very touching at the Ramada in when she tells the manager, "I'm Tina Turner and am performing tonight. All I have is 16 cents but if you give me a room I promise I'll pay you back." AND, she gives that asswipe everything in the divorce. Then again, in the end she was WAY better off personally & financially. She's gotta feel pretty strong.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/15/1211:14 PM
Originally Posted By: DE NIRO
The Titanic was only re-released so it would overtake The Avatar as the highest grossing film of all time, only around $700 million behind..
I was just reading that it broke records. Wow and a re-release. Personally, I really liked that movie. I think it was excellent. Did you (or anybody on the BB) see it DeNiro? I imagine it is pretty cool in 3D. AND....Cameron gets richer. LOL
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/16/1212:34 AM
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
(The dismissive word you and Mel are looking for with "Imagine" isn't "messianic" but "pretentious." Of all of Lennon's personal misdeeds, and he had quite a few, that's the least of them.)
As you probably know, in 1968 JLennon did call a meeting of Apple executives and other Beatles to make the important announcement that he was Jesus Christ. This came to him during an LSD trip the night before. Right after the announcment one of the execs abruptly called a lunch break. During his peacenik phase, he most likely saw himself in some kind of messianic role. On the other hand, he was always changing his views so it's kind of hard to tell where his head was at.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/16/1212:56 PM
Originally Posted By: ht2
As you probably know, in 1968 JLennon did call a meeting of Apple executives and other Beatles to make the important announcement that he was Jesus Christ. This came to him during an LSD trip the night before. Right after the announcment one of the execs abruptly called a lunch break. During his peacenik phase, he most likely saw himself in some kind of messianic role. On the other hand, he was always changing his views so it's kind of hard to tell where his head was at.
Drugs can be a bitch.
EDIt - reminds me of when Nixon and other government figures truely feared Lennon for his voting influence with anti-war youth and made the FBI investige him with the full (expensive) fireworks. Except the observing FBI agents reported that Lennon effectively was too stoned to be a threat.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/16/1201:48 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
I was just reading that it broke records. Wow and a re-release. Personally, I really liked that movie. I think it was excellent. Did you (or anybody on the BB) see it DeNiro? I imagine it is pretty cool in 3D. AND....Cameron gets richer. LOL
TIS
I know many locals (appleonya for one) agreed with me with the boat movie's trite story. Yet so did AVATAR, and yet both made insane business everywhere, and I literally mean everywhere. As trite as that story can be, I suppose audiences at every corner from NYC to a oasis in Libya to huts in Tibet relate to that "universal" story in regards to the social-economical divides and romance. (Plus boobs.)
I want to be a dismissive snob for why TITANIC still holds insane power hold on audiences apparently, but...money don't lie.
I remember back in '98, Siskel & Ebert actually did an episode debating why that movie was being so damn successful at unprecedented levels. (Most movies then, as still the norm today, make most of their money on opening weekend. TITANIC weekend after weekend was increasingly doing better business.) You can find that clip on YouTube, but I suppose the late Siskel explained that phenomenon best, after observing his young daughters watch that movie: People are re-discovering, and that new generation is learning, that movies aren't television.
Anyway, those $$$ figures I pointed out how much has changed in Hollywood in the last 15 years. Even as late as the 1990s, America was the majority market/$$$ for studios with foreign territories the extra gravy. Now it's reversed. America is merely just another market. Consider that the TITANIC re-release has done over $40 million in the states, which is splendid business for a movie that's available on DVD and TV, or on par with the recent Disney re-releases. The re-release totals world-wide so far? $190 million.
In 1998, Russia and Chinese were fresh new Hollywood markets just opening up. TITANIC had the Russian record for years with a mere $7 million. Now that's the re-release's opening weekend in Russia. China especially, with over 1 billion folks, could someday threaten to become a more important box-office turf than America.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/16/1203:49 PM
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
Originally Posted By: ht2
As you probably know, in 1968 JLennon did call a meeting of Apple executives and other Beatles to make the important announcement that he was Jesus Christ. This came to him during an LSD trip the night before. Right after the announcment one of the execs abruptly called a lunch break. During his peacenik phase, he most likely saw himself in some kind of messianic role. On the other hand, he was always changing his views so it's kind of hard to tell where his head was at.
Drugs can be a bitch.
EDIt - reminds me of when Nixon and other government figures truely feared Lennon for his voting influence with anti-war youth and made the FBI investige him with the full (expensive) fireworks. Except the observing FBI agents reported that Lennon effectively was too stoned to be a threat.
Wait a minute. Not that it's either here nor there, BUT as I recall, Lennon said that "The Beatles were more popular than Jesus Christ." I remember the buzz that remark started but I don't recall him saying he WAS Jesus Christ.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/16/1205:55 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
Originally Posted By: ht2
As you probably know, in 1968 JLennon did call a meeting of Apple executives and other Beatles to make the important announcement that he was Jesus Christ. This came to him during an LSD trip the night before. Right after the announcment one of the execs abruptly called a lunch break. During his peacenik phase, he most likely saw himself in some kind of messianic role. On the other hand, he was always changing his views so it's kind of hard to tell where his head was at.
Drugs can be a bitch.
EDIt - reminds me of when Nixon and other government figures truely feared Lennon for his voting influence with anti-war youth and made the FBI investige him with the full (expensive) fireworks. Except the observing FBI agents reported that Lennon effectively was too stoned to be a threat.
Wait a minute. Not that it's either here nor there, BUT as I recall, Lennon said that "The Beatles were more popular than Jesus Christ." I remember the buzz that remark started but I don't recall him saying he WAS Jesus Christ.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/16/1206:36 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
Originally Posted By: ht2
As you probably know, in 1968 JLennon did call a meeting of Apple executives and other Beatles to make the important announcement that he was Jesus Christ. This came to him during an LSD trip the night before. Right after the announcment one of the execs abruptly called a lunch break. During his peacenik phase, he most likely saw himself in some kind of messianic role. On the other hand, he was always changing his views so it's kind of hard to tell where his head was at.
Drugs can be a bitch.
EDIt - reminds me of when Nixon and other government figures truely feared Lennon for his voting influence with anti-war youth and made the FBI investige him with the full (expensive) fireworks. Except the observing FBI agents reported that Lennon effectively was too stoned to be a threat.
Wait a minute. Not that it's either here nor there, BUT as I recall, Lennon said that "The Beatles were more popular than Jesus Christ." I remember the buzz that remark started but I don't recall him saying he WAS Jesus Christ.
TIS
I don't either.
I don't believe he ever did. Since his death there have been a lot of revisionist history. In fact, prior to the anniversary of his 70th birthday FOX Newsbroadcast a report about someone's theory that Lennon was actually a conservative at the time of his death. The theory was based on some serious stretching of facts and inferences that weren't fully supported by facts in my mind.
I've listened to many Lennon interviews from the post-Beatle years and I find them fascinating not just because of the content, but for his ability to answer a question so candidly, completely, and succinctly.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/16/1207:02 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Wait a minute. Not that it's either here nor there, BUT as I recall, Lennon said that "The Beatles were more popular than Jesus Christ." I remember the buzz that remark started but I don't recall him saying he WAS Jesus Christ.
TIS
One of the sources of this story was his childhood best friend Pete Shotton, an executive at Apple Corp. He was partying with John the night before and was also present at the meeting. According to his account the other Beatles were very worried. Shotton was also one of the original Quarrymen.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/17/1204:02 AM
Adult films aren't known for their award-winning storylines, but they can bring all kinds of plot twists into real life. An Egyptian man who was cruising the X-rated parts of the internet thought he recognized one of the actresses. Because he was married to her. "I found 11 films showing my wife in indecent scenes with her lover," he says. "It was the first time I watched a porno film and I did this just out of curiosity." We'll ignore that his "first time" might've been an 11 movie marathon and instead kind of feel bad for the guy. Not only did his wife admit it, she said she never really loved him anyway. Total mood-killer.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/19/1212:42 PM
We have been watching a show over here, one of our venerable TV newscasters Sir Trevor Macdonald has been travelling up the Mississippi, New Orleans, meeting Morgan Freeman at Clarksdale, Memphis with Beale Street, Elvis and the whole FedEx operation.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/19/1206:55 PM
Originally Posted By: SC
Originally Posted By: olivant
In Field of Dreams, why did the young doc turn into the old doc?
It's called aging. It happens to everyone. Except Adriana LaCerva.
Of course, in Adriana's case that's true. But, Ray picked him up as as young man, right, and he played ball with the ghosts as a young man. I missed the part that explains that he was the elderly doc. How did he become young again?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/19/1207:34 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Originally Posted By: SC
Originally Posted By: olivant
In Field of Dreams, why did the young doc turn into the old doc?
It's called aging. It happens to everyone. Except Adriana LaCerva.
Of course, in Adriana's case that's true. But, Ray picked him up as as young man, right, and he played ball with the ghosts as a young man. I missed the part that explains that he was the elderly doc. How did he become young again?
Spoiler Alert Below!
Costner was following a vision about a marginal player of a past era, named Moonlight Graham, who never got to play. Searching for the present day Graham, Costner learned that he had become a well-respected, small town doctor, who had died years earlier. Nonetheless, when the confused Costner stepped outside for a breath of fresh air, he encountered the aged ghost of kindly Doc Graham. Costner tried to convince him to return to Iowa with him, that he was supposed to bring him to the field to relive his dream, but Graham declined.
On the drive to Iowa with Terrence Mann (James Earl Jones), they picked up a young hitchhiker, and soon discovered that the kid was the young ghost of Moonlight Graham, lost in the 1920s,who said that he heard there were some teams in the farm towns looking for players.
They took him to the field where he joined the other ghosts for a game, and got the at-bat he had always dreamed of during his life.
After playing on the field, he was compelled to leave the field to provide medical care for Costner's daughter. At that moment he turned into the aged doctor, never able to return to play again.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/21/1210:27 PM
Does anyone remember the 1983 TV production of The Day After? It was about the day after a nuclear war. In this presidential election year I happened to think about it and the huge controversy it spawned. The controversy centered on what some perceived as its anti-war message which really wasn't there. I was visiting my sister in Florida at the time and I got into a discussion with my niece (who was in ROTC) about it.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/22/1202:07 AM
I wouldn't say Anti-War as much as Anti-nuclear weapons. ("Anti-proliferation" doesn't sound accurate either.) It's only controversial if one considers fully engaged nuclear war between the super powers to be winnable. That's undisputable. Certainly affected one viewer by his own admission: Ronald Reagan who 4 years later oversaw the ratification of the INF Treaty.
A really good, powerful(and depressing) movie. And a TV production at that!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/23/1205:11 PM
Like a few movies that I like, I never seem to get to watch them all the way through. Godzilla with Matthew Broderick is one of them. Near the movie's end when the sumbarines fire at Godzilla, he encounters a wall that I presume is below the NY waterline. He claws at it and then the torpedoes hit. He falls to the bottom. What was he clawing at and why? Was he just trying to escape? He seemed to be a pretty bright beast.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/23/1210:13 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Like a few movies that I like, I never seem to get to watch them all the way through. Godzilla with Matthew Broderick is one of them. Near the movie's end when the sumbarines fire at Godzilla, he encounters a wall that I presume is below the NY waterline. He claws at it and then the torpedoes hit. He falls to the bottom. What was he clawing at and why? Was he just trying to escape? He seemed to be a pretty bright beast.
You're putting more thought into this than Roland Emmerich did. Remember his previous movie had humans defeating the technologically light years advanced alien invaders by hacking into their mainframes with 1996 laptop technology.
All I remember about that GODZILLA picture was just how it felt so dumb, rather boring actually for a monster movie. And I don't "dumb" like the original Japanese exports, which at least had a cartoonish dimension to these giant (men in rubber suit) monsters beat the shit out of each other and humanity is fucked six ways to sunday. Oh and aliens too. Kids loved them at comic bookish face value, and adults liked the unintentional campy sillyness.
I do however also remember Emmerich casting the government "boobs" in the Mayor and his aide with Siskel & Ebert look-a-likes as revenge for them hating his previous pictures, even using the "Thumbs Down" gesture. You can look up their (unsurprising) panning on YouTube, where they complained that they were insulted.
Not for being ridiculed, but for not getting eating or stamped by Godzilla.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/24/1208:27 AM
We have just watched the HBO mini series JOHN ADAMS. A little bit slow at times but very good otherwise. Paul Giammati (not sure if i have spelt that right) is a tremendous actor and i loved the theme tune!!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/25/1207:20 AM
News about the long-term Pixar movie slate out of CinemaCon earlier today from Disney. Brave is out in a few months, with the prequel Monsters University out next summer. But what beyond that for Pixar?
The Good Dinosaur – This Pixar comedy is from director Bob Peterson, co-director Peter Sohn and producer John Walker. According to Pixar, it’s about what would happen “if the cataclysmic asteroid that forever changed life on Earth actually missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never became extinct?” It will be released in the U.S. on May 30, 2014.
Untitled Pixar Movie That Takes You Inside The Mind — From Disney-Pixar’s announcement: “Pixar takes audiences on incredible journeys into extraordinary worlds: from the darkest depths of the ocean to the top of the tepui mountains in South America; from the fictional metropolis of Monstropolis to a futuristic fantasy of outer space. From director Pete Docter (“Up,” “Monsters, Inc.”) and producer Jonas Rivera (“Up”), the inventive new film will take you to a place that everyone knows, but no one has ever seen: the world inside the human mind.” The film is slated for release June 19, 2015.
Untitled Pixar Movie About Dia De Los Muertos — Per Disney-Pixar: “From director Lee Unkrich and producer Darla K. Anderson, the filmmaking team behind the Academy Award-winning Toy Story 3, comes a wholly original Pixar Animation Studios film that delves into the vibrant holiday of Día de los Muertos. No release date yet.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/30/1201:38 AM
I know there are a number of "Shawshank Redemption" fans out there. I saw something on and IMDB message board that intrigued me. If Andy is innocent, whose redemption is the film about? Is it Red's? Or is it really Andy's since he said that, although he didn't pull the trigger, his wife would not have been killed if he had been a better husband?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/30/1202:50 AM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
I know there are a number of "Shawshank Redemption" fans out there. I saw something on and IMDB message board that intrigued me. If Andy is innocent, whose redemption is the film about? Is it Red's? Or is it really Andy's since he said that, although he didn't pull the trigger, his wife would not have been killed if he had been a better husband?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/30/1204:58 AM
I'm watching the ending of Field of Dreams. Has anyone done the math on the ages of Ray and his father? Does it seem like his father was just a generation too early to have fathered Ray?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/30/1204:17 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
I'm watching the ending of Field of Dreams. Has anyone done the math on the ages of Ray and his father? Does it seem like his father was just a generation too early to have fathered Ray?
Ray's father was 56 years old when Ray was born in 1952.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/01/1201:54 AM
Anyone else catch Chronicle yet? Great concept I thought. Sort of a superhero origin story crossed with a lot of teenage angst, a "how would it really go down" angle. I liked it. Mrs Meatballs, not so much.
Also caught Hunger Games. Alright, but I was expecting more action. Supposed to be part of a trilogy but, so I guess Ill be watching the others when they come.
Also, the newest American Pie. Ugh. More of the same, poop jokes and LOL DONGS!!1! Better than the original I guess, but only marginally and only because it's that much more...self aware? Anyway, Mrs Meatballs loved it. Me, not so much.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/01/1204:36 AM
With the summer blockbuster season upon us, lets look back 30 years ago with all the releases which came out between May 1 and the end of August 1982, in order:
Conan the Barbarian Annie Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid The Road Warrior Rocky III Visiting Hours Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Poltergeist Hanky Panky E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Grease 2 Firefox Author! Author! The Thing Megaforce Blade Runner Forced Vengeance The Secret of NIMH Tron A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy Summer Lovers The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas The World According to Garp An Officer & A Gentleman Night Shift Things Are Tough All Over Fast Times at Ridgemont High Pink Floyd The Wall Friday the 13th Part III-D Beastmaster Class of 1984
Well mixed in there we have alot of classics, some good movies, and lots of shit.
Out of that list, what was your favorite from that summer?
I think THE THING and BLADE RUNNER are the better movies, and CONAN is just as good, but my ballot is cast for STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN.
Just think: BLADE RUNNER and THE THING opened on the same weekend. (Neither was #1 that weekend, E.T. was #1.)
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/01/1207:04 AM
GREASE 2, c'mon now!
(Man, even *I* hated that one, and I love GREASE!)
Pacino's Author! Author! kinda blew. Poltergeist was good, tho. Blade Runner is one of my faves, and Fast Times should get a nod. Annie isn't a great movie, but a guilty pleasure -- and of course The Wall needs a few joints on hand.
Besides Blade Runner, I think I'd have to go with Road Warrior or ET on that list....
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/02/1203:19 PM
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
With the summer blockbuster season upon us, lets look back 30 years ago with all the releases which came out between May 1 and the end of August 1982, in order:
That was one hell of a season for movies! I had gone to see "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" (I enjoyed it a lot) and got to see a "sneak preview" with it. That unknown free movie was "E.T."!!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/04/1202:16 PM
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
Out of that list, what was your favorite from that summer?
I think I only saw six of those at the theaters, and I thought they were all at least okay. I'd rank them:
Wrath of Kahn Poltergeist ET Rocky III Night Shift Garp
Garp was based on John Irving's big book. The movie bore no resemblence to the book, but it still was pleasant. It's director, George Roy Hill, was one of the really underrated directors.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/07/1206:10 PM
Originally Posted By: mustachepete
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
Out of that list, what was your favorite from that summer?
I think I only saw six of those at the theaters, and I thought they were all at least okay. I'd rank them:
Wrath of Kahn Poltergeist ET Rocky III Night Shift Garp
Garp was based on John Irving's big book. The movie bore no resemblence to the book, but it still was pleasant. It's director, George Roy Hill, was one of the really underrated directors.
That was the summer after I graduated high cshool. The only three movies of those that I saw in the theatre were:
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid Fast Times at Ridgemont High Friday the 13th Part III.
After watching Dead Men..., I mentioned to my friend that there were two or three scenes taken from older movies whereupon I learned that most of the movie was a string of old clips.
For Ridgemont High I, of course, remember Phoebe Cates getting out of the swimming pool.
For Friday 13th I just remember going with my brothers and sister and wearing the 3D glasses.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/07/1211:45 PM
From the Stupid newsdesk...
Pentagon refused to co-operate with THE AVENGERS production because it was "unrealistic."
Quote:
Moviegoers and comic fans know that S.H.I.E.L.D., led by Samuel L. Jackson’s super-spy Nick Fury, is an international peacekeeping/global surveillance/crisis response/quasi-military organization. But its relationship with the United States is murky. And that basically stopped the U.S. military, which is normally eager to cooperate with the film industry on blockbuster movies, from teaming up with the Avengers.
“We couldn’t reconcile the unreality of this international organization and our place in it,” Phil Strub, the Defense Department’s Hollywood liaison, tells Danger Room. “To whom did S.H.I.E.L.D. answer? Did we work for S.H.I.E.L.D.? We hit that roadblock and decided we couldn’t do anything” with the film.
But they helped the TRANSFORMERS movies, you know those totally realistic pictures about talking alien robots who transform into cars and toasters?
And having seen AVENGERS, everybody at S.H.I.E.L.D. and that team were Americans, including their boss. Even the "Russian" Black Widow was the very American Scarlett Johansson who doesn't even bother with a rubbish accent, so I'm assuming she's an American just with a Russian heritage.
OK Thor, an alien. That's one exception. But that's it.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/10/1205:48 PM
I'm sad that LUCK was cancelled and HOUSE is ending, but other than that I'm good: Touch, Comic Book Men, Fringe, Glee, Bones, Grimm, X-Factor, Family Guy, The Mentalist, Top Chef, The Simpsons, The Cleveland Show...
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/11/1204:56 PM
Honestly, I was surprised to see a show like "Alcatraz" on Fox. It had to be a very expensive show to produce, but I thought they were committed to it. I'm really sorry to see it go.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/14/1212:52 AM
Speaking of biopics, currently a movie detailing the production of PSYCHO is being shot with ScarJo as Vivian Leigh and Sir Anthony Hopkins as Mr. Hitchcock.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/14/1201:21 AM
RR,
I assume you mean "Janet" Leigh. I have heard of this film and it does sound like it will be interesting.
Speaking of Hitchcock, Antenna tv has nightly showing of his tv show. I get a kick out of watching and recognizing certain actors. My parents use to think his antics before/after the show were silly. They were right, but I still like him.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/14/1203:46 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
RR,
I assume you mean "Janet" Leigh.
*facepalm*
I can't believe I make such sloppy mistakes.
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Speaking of Hitchcock, Antenna tv has nightly showing of his tv show. I get a kick out of watching and recognizing certain actors. My parents use to think his antics before/after the show were silly. They were right, but I still like him.
I loved his wicked dry humor.* Like DeMille and later Tarantino, he was a natural born public pitch salesman for his own movies. For the show's syndication in foreign language markets, Hitchcock filmed bookend scenes in French and German, since he was fluent in both languages.
*=Classic was the trailer he made for PSYCHO. Talk about screwing with the audience.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/14/1204:01 AM
I remember that clip but it's been years & years since I've seen it. I still remember my parents coming home after seeing that movie. They kept talking about how shocking/surprising the ending was.
Btw, wasn't this the movie that Hitchcock didn't want anyone to be admitted in theater in the middle? It was to be seen only from the beginning? Back in the olden days it was common to walk in the middle and then stay for the film to see what you missed. I doubt anyone does that anymore.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/16/1203:25 PM
They are making a movie of the Broadway Musical of 80's rock groups, called "Rock Of Ages." The film stars of, all people, Tom Cruise as a rocker, Stacee Jaxx. I never saw the play but my daughter and SIL did while they were in NYC and loved it.
Anyway, they took a phone poll on the radio this morning and FWIW all the calls they got were positive on Cruise in the role. I'm not a huge Cruise fan but thought this role was an interesting choice for him.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/16/1205:35 PM
They showed a few clips of it on "American Idol" (probably because Ryan Seacrest's girlfriend is in it) and it looked interesting. I haven't seen the play, but, as you said, those I know who have certainly liked it.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/17/1201:22 AM
I wonder what the protocol is for a movie taking the title of one that already exists.
For example, there's My Blue Heaven from the early 50s I think and the one from the 90s with Steve Martin. It's not a remake. Then I noticed that there's a Woody Harrellson movie from 2008 entitled The Messenger, but there's also one from 1999 with Milla Jovonovich and there completely different plots. I've noticed several others over the years. Does anybody know?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/17/1205:24 AM
Originally Posted By: olivant
I wonder what the protocol is for a movie taking the title of one that already exists.
For example, there's My Blue Heaven from the early 50s I think and the one from the 90s with Steve Martin. It's not a remake. Then I noticed that there's a Woody Harrellson movie from 2008 entitled The Messenger, but there's also one from 1999 with Milla Jovonovich and there completely different plots. I've noticed several others over the years. Does anybody know?
While songs, movies and books are protected as intellectual property under copyright laws, titles generally are not, and are free game. There are exceptions. Films that are part of a series like Indiana Jones, Star Wars and Friday the 13th can usually get trademark protection. Some have argued with little success that I know of that the more complicated or involved a title (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) the more likely it can be considered for protection. Titles that are common words or general phrases (Glory, Raging Bull, The Wedding Singer) remain safely in the public domain.
While titles may be reused, characters and specific depictions from specific works may not be. So, while you are free to create an original film, called The Graduate, you may want to stay clear of characters called Ben and Mrs. Robinson, who meet in hotel rooms.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/17/1212:41 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
They are making a movie of the Broadway Musical of 80's rock groups, called "Rock Of Ages." The film stars of, all people, Tom Cruise as a rocker, Stacee Jaxx. I never saw the play but my daughter and SIL did while they were in NYC and loved it.
Anyway, they took a phone poll on the radio this morning and FWIW all the calls they got were positive on Cruise in the role. I'm not a huge Cruise fan but thought this role was an interesting choice for him.
ROA has been getting good buzz, with lots of hype particular on Cruise for the Supporting Actor Oscar.
Only took him what, 7 years to complete his comeback from his mental meltdown?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/18/1206:38 AM
Quote:
Original Blade Runner writer Hampton Fancher is in talks to pen an idea for an untitled sequel to the classic sci-fi film for director Ridley Scott and studio Alcon Entertainment.
Alcon and Scott are mum on plot details but they confirm that the story will be set “some years after the first film concluded,” according to a statement released Thursday.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/19/1204:43 PM
Hopefully this won't bite like DARK SHADOWS did.
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Disney has hired D.V. DeVincentis to script The Night Stalker as a vehicle for Johnny Depp.
The film is based on the classic TV series that starred Darren McGavin as the tabloid reporter who finds his way to a series of supernatural killers. The move follows Disney’s hiring of Edgar Wright to direct the film. Depp and his Infinitum Nihil partner Christi Dembrowski are producing and David Kennedy is exec producer. The studio bought The Night Stalker for Depp, Dombrowski and Kennedy last summer.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/19/1205:22 PM
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
Hopefully this won't bite like DARK SHADOWS did.
Quote:
Disney has hired D.V. DeVincentis to script The Night Stalker as a vehicle for Johnny Depp.
The film is based on the classic TV series that starred Darren McGavin as the tabloid reporter who finds his way to a series of supernatural killers. The move follows Disney’s hiring of Edgar Wright to direct the film. Depp and his Infinitum Nihil partner Christi Dembrowski are producing and David Kennedy is exec producer. The studio bought The Night Stalker for Depp, Dombrowski and Kennedy last summer.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/19/1207:32 PM
The cable PBS channel is now airing a documentary on Johnny Carson. It's pretty interesting. He was such an Icon for so many years. I didn't watch him all the time but geez, Johnny was always there. I miss his humor.
Just showed the famous Ed Ames Tomahaawk throw, with Carson commenting calmly with his famous smirk, "I didn't even know you were Jewish." I remember seeing that as it aired. It was hilarious.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/20/1212:39 AM
My dad loved the book and the movie. He took me to see it when I was about 13, and I was horrified. I think the scene with the nuns disturbed me the most, being a Catholic school girl.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/20/1205:38 AM
I've typically (and very much) disliked SNL for the past, oh, 20 years or so... but tonight's episode (and I think season finale) with Mick Jagger was pretty damn awesome!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/20/1201:58 PM
Originally Posted By: J Geoff
I've typically (and very much) disliked SNL for the past, oh, 20 years or so... but tonight's episode (and I think season finale) with Mick Jagger was pretty damn awesome!
I missed SNL. I would have loved to seen it. I will see if it's "On Demand" which should be available later today or tomorrow. Btw, did Mick "move like Jagger?"
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/20/1206:09 PM
A while back tending bar on lower East Side across from the Public Theatre in Manhattan around midnight with about three customers sitting at tables eating Mick Jagger walked in with two associates and took small table. While mostly listening to them talk Mick enjoyed two white wine spritzers and after 30 minutes approached me alone and paid bill leaving $5 dollar tip. I remember the look in his eye saying i'm available for some fun if u would like but i rather thanked him and they left.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/26/1207:24 PM
Yep, that's the one. Dang, I went to you tube and didn't find it.
There was a time when you'd NEVER imagine someone of DeNiro's stature would ever do a commercial. Gotta say, he sounds just as intimidating in the ad as he can on screen.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/28/1204:50 AM
Roger Ebert wrote a terrific short essay on John Wayne for his 105th birthday, and the times he had interviewed The Duke.
Quote:
Wayne sized him up as if to judge if he was one of those goddamned hippies. "I think the President is conducting himself with honor," Wayne said, "and there's only one thing better than honor"
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/30/1206:45 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Yep, that's the one. Dang, I went to you tube and didn't find it.
There was a time when you'd NEVER imagine someone of DeNiro's stature would ever do a commercial. Gotta say, he sounds just as intimidating in the ad as he can on screen.
TIS
Also, Joe Pesci doing Snickers commercials and Jackie Chang (who looks terrible) doing V8 commercials.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/02/1204:22 PM
Does anyone remember the tv show, "Quantum Leap" with Scott Bakula? I use to watch it all the time but it's been years.
A cable channel is running some episodes and I'm actually enjoying. Currently, Sam leaps back to 1965 and finds himself as a white boy with a Black girlfriend, just before L.A. riots. (btw, great Motown music added as a backdrop).
A couple weeks ago, Sam finds himself as Marylin Monroe's bodyguard just before she committed suicide.
Anyway, it's nice to see it again. I forgot I much I liked the show.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/03/1212:01 AM
I remember the show and its premise, but don't believe I ever watched it. It must have been on in the mid-80s becausee while I was in college, I worked late afternoons and evenings and didn't watch much television then
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/03/1201:00 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Does anyone remember the tv show, "Quantum Leap" with Scott Bakula? I use to watch it all the time but it's been years.
A cable channel is running some episodes and I'm actually enjoying. Currently, Sam leaps back to 1965 and finds himself as a white boy with a Black girlfriend, just before L.A. riots. (btw, great Motown music added as a backdrop).
A couple weeks ago, Sam finds himself as Marylin Monroe's bodyguard just before she committed suicide.
Anyway, it's nice to see it again. I forgot I much I liked the show.
TIS
I really liked that show, from the premise to the show's "rules" to the great comedy chemistry between Bakula and Stockwell.
The only thing I didn't like was those celebrity-centric episodes. They're gimmicky and ultimately nothing changes, which sorta negates the whole program's concept of "putting things right what once went wrong."
I mean this show is ficiton. Why not play around with the what ifs that we have always wondered. What if JFK wasn't assassinated? What if Monroe didn't overdose? I mean while you're playing weekly by the idea of rewriting history, have some fun with it.
Anyway, I'm surprised this was never remade (I'm sorry, "updated") on Television or even as a movie.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/03/1206:10 PM
VH1 is airing "Beach Boys - An American Family". Believe it or not I have never seen the movie. Can't say I know any of the cast expect, the lady playing their mother is the mother from "The Wonder Years."
Anyway, just started. I didn't realize their father was such a tyrant. Nice hearing some old music from that era. I remember how popular that "California" sound they started got to be.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/03/1210:20 PM
Brad Pitt's zombie epic WORLD WAR Z is now currently undergoing 7 weeks of reshoots. 7 weeks?!? That's time enough to make a whole other movie. And we thought G.I. JOE 2 had some problems.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/04/1205:28 PM
Anyone else watch Mad Men or The Killing? Both on AMC one after the other on Sunday nights. I swear the seasons for these cable shows are so short. It seems both just returned and now they are on their last 2 (or 3) episodes before they disappear for months on end. Don't know why I continue to watch. Ok, I do, they are both good just very short seasons.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/04/1205:59 PM
Oli,
I know the time flies by doesn't it. I remember the last Episode of The Sopranos like it was yesterday. The BB was lit up with discussion. That show more than any other really enlivened this site. Loved it.
PB,
I have heard of this dog walking show. For God's sake, you can make a reality show about anything. What's sad though, is this really appealing to people? What happen to watching tv for entertainment and pretend stories NOT watching somebody walk a dog.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/04/1206:05 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
How about a reality show about this Board?
LOL Oli, why the hell not? I mean it's a bit more interesting than a frickin' dog walker. We could contribute interesting discussions. Ok, and maybe not so interesting discussions; of course fights/bickering; name calling, etc. Then we can show how the mods intervene. See how interesting that would be? Viewers would be all wrapped up in GFBB drama no?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/04/1206:50 PM
Better yet, a sitcom. We could decide on actors to play the various members. For example, I picture Eric Stoltz playing Geoff, JT Walsh as SC, Ronny Cox or maybe Donald Moffat as Turnbull, and to play Plaw up in heaven watching over us, we'd have to get Frank Vincent! Christine Baranski or Stockard Channing would be me and Joan Cusack would be TIS.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/04/1206:55 PM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
Better yet, a sitcom. We could decide on actors to play the various members. For example, I picture Eric Stoltz playing Geoff, JT Walsh as SC, Ronny Cox or maybe Donald Moffat as Turnbull, and to play Plaw up in heaven watching over us, we'd have to get Frank Vincent! Christine Baranski or Stockard Channing would be me and Joan Cusack would be TIS.
Wow! You got a plan!!! Maybe we'll get rich! We can be bigger than U.S. Steel even.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/05/1212:53 AM
Did you know POLTERGEIST came out 30 years ago today? (June 4, 1982.) I've talked earlier about the legendary summer of 1982, and POLTERGEIST was one of the memorable ones from that season.
A pretty good Steven Spielbeg movie.
I'm sorry, I mean a pretty good Tobe Hopper-is-credited-as-director-despite-testimonies-that-say-otherwise movie.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/05/1201:01 AM
I love that movie. We had just gotten cable tv and had HBO. (I never saw it in the theater). My whole family liked it. ALL of us had certain dialogue memorized ("only when I say so, only when I say" or "This house is clean" as said by "the Magic Munchkin(As Mr. Freeling (Craig T. Nelson's character called her.) Fun movie to watch even today IMHO.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/05/1201:27 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Oli,
I have seen them advertise this on tv. Wow!!! Don't know what to say. Isn't anybody sick of all the reality shows?
TIS
They might be, but reality TV shows are incredibly cheap to produce and that high ad rates-profit-to-budget ratio is why reality TV is loved by Hollywood.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/06/1206:52 PM
I think this is kinda messed up. Ron Howard and Henry Winkler are both worth about a bazillion bucks. Can't they help Shortcake out a little?
'Happy Days' actress Erin Moran living in trailer park
By DAVID K. LI, New York Post
These are not “Happy Days” for Joanie Cunningham actress Erin Moran.
She’s broke, living in an Indiana trailer park and looking haggard well beyond her 51 years, according to the National Enquirer.
Moran and husband Steve Fleischmann, 45, are reportedly living hand-to-mouth at the Berkshire Pointe Mobile Home Park in New Salisbury, Ind., where they’re said to be caring for his ailing mom.
It’s a long fall for the actress, best known as Ron Howard’s wisecracking little sister on one of America’s most beloved sitcoms.
She appeared in 236 episodes of “Happy Days” between 1974 and 1984 before doing her short-lived spin-off “Joanie Loves Chachi.”
The couple lost their Southern California home to foreclosure in 2010.
“Life hasn’t been kind to Erin since the foreclosure of her home,” a family friend said.
Despite these tough times, pals admire Moran’s dedication to her sick mother-in-law.
“She and Steve moved in with his ailing mother at the trailer park a few weeks back. Erin is like an angel to her mother-in-law. She cooks and cleans for her and takes care of her personal hygiene,” the family pal observed.
“But to look at Erin today you’d never know she was once one of TV’s biggest stars. Her peaches-and-cream complexion is a maze of wrinkles and crow’s feet. She’s aged terribly.”
While Moran cares for her mother-in-law, Fleischmann reportedly brings home the bacon with a meager Walmart job.
They’ve been married since 1993.
“It’s been a rough few years for Erin and Steve,” said a source familiar with the couple.
“He’s trying to make ends meet by working at Walmart, and all Erin can do is try and get back to work.”
Moran has worked only sporadically since the 1980s.
She appeared in “Celebrity Fit Club” in VH-1 in 2008.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/06/1206:56 PM
When you get down to it, people in show business can be no different from the rest of us. They fail to prepare for the financial future, make bad investments, and have no back-up career.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/07/1208:55 AM
I can't help but love that a movie about video game characters, Disney got the license rights from all those companies to use real video game characters that we all know. Not so much TOY STORY as much as WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT, and I even dig the mixture of the characters from the old school arcades, the Nintendo, PS, and other generations.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/07/1204:36 PM
Okay. In what season did Monica and Chandler become lovers? Also, Rachel and Ross endlessly got together, broke up, then got together again. I can't keep track. Any help?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/07/1204:55 PM
Richard came around in season 3. Rachel and Joey thought it was too weird because of Ross and because they were all friends for too long. Just as well; that whole storyline was awful.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/07/1207:01 PM
The Richard storyline was one of my favorites, and the Rachel and Joey storyline was my least favorite. I think Joey was my least favorite character.
Ironically, two of favorite episodes centered around Joey. The first was when Joey consented to read "Little Women" if Rachel would read "The Shining". When Joey gave away the ending of "The Shining", Rachel gets even by telling him that Beth dies. The look on Joey's face is priceless.
The other is when Phoebe tries to teach Joey to speak French. He is hopeless, and his efforts at correct French pronunciation are hilarious.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/07/1209:51 PM
Maybe everyone is familiar with it, but there's a Britcom called "Coupling" which can be described in exactly the same words as "Friends," except that it's set in London. There's only about 30 episodes, which are posted on Hulu.com right. I think it's actually much better written and acted than Friends.
NBC tried to do an American version, but it was pretty terrible.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/08/1203:09 PM
Okay. I knew who Kim Kardashian is, and that she has a reality show that includes family members, including Bruce Jenner somehow. But I never watched the show until last night when my daughter had some friends over. I didn't see the whole show, but it left my head spinning. Here's a synopsis:
The mom has an overblown sense of self-importance and runs around with a cell phone, acting stressed, but doing absolutely nothing. The sisters may be the dumbest creatures God has put on this planet, who constantly have a deer-in-the-headlight look. The brother is the most pathetic of all. He's an adult, who's constantly whining to his mom about how nobody's helping him look for a house. On one trip a sister went with him and offered the brilliant advice, "You'll need a gardener."
Meanwhile this guy keeps insulting Bruce Jenner, who's apparently his step-dad, because he and his sisters are apparently too good to consider his advice. The brat even whines at a family meal that all of his friends have dads, who can help them, but he doesn't even though he keeps patronizingly rejecting help from apparently the only sane family member (even though he's turning into a woman).
And throughout all of this Kim K. is running around from place to place wearing assorted wigs, pretending she's someone else. At first I thought this was bizarre, but after seeing her family, I don't blame her a bit for pretending to be someone else.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/08/1207:52 PM
We were just talking about this movie on another thread. They are remaking Stephen King's "IT". I look forward to it. That makes two King movies coming out (11-22-63 is going to be a movie as well..next year I think.)
(note to SB..open the link slowly my dear. Your friend is waiting for you.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/08/1209:00 PM
I know that Olivant has watched America's Got Talent in the past. I don't know who else watches, but the other night one of the contestants said he was a former soldier who was in the military 14 years and injured by a grenade in Afghanistan. He claims that he received a brain injury and broke his back, and now limps and has a stutter. He also claimed that he never sang before one of his caregivers suggested he sing in the shower to help with his stutter. AGT also showed a photo of him taken overseas in uniform.
Not only has the National Guard said he was not in service for 14 years, but the military has no record of him being deployed or injured in such a way. His ex-wife says that he was the lead singer of a band for four years, so there goes the shower singing, and it turns out that the photo is of another soldier!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/09/1201:23 AM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
I know that Olivant has watched America's Got Talent in the past. I don't know who else watches, but the other night one of the contestants said he was a former soldier who was in the military 14 years and injured by a grenade in Afghanistan. He claims that he received a brain injury and broke his back, and now limps and has a stutter. He also claimed that he never sang before one of his caregivers suggested he sing in the shower to help with his stutter. AGT also showed a photo of him taken overseas in uniform.
Not only has the National Guard said he was not in service for 14 years, but the military has no record of him being deployed or injured in such a way. His ex-wife says that he was the lead singer of a band for four years, so there goes the shower singing, and it turns out that the photo is of another soldier!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/09/1205:03 PM
I don't think Michael Douglas has made a movie since Wall Street, Money Never Sleeps. That was around the time we learned of his cancer. I wonder if he's ok? Anyone know of any updates on him? I sure wish him well.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/09/1205:24 PM
His wife,(Cathrine Zeta Jones), was on one of the late night tv shows the other night and mentioned him. I was half asleep and don't remember the specs of what she said, but I believe hes doing better. I'd google her name and who knows it might be up on youtube or IMDB.
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
I don't think Michael Douglas has made a movie since Wall Street, Money Never Sleeps. That was around the time we learned of his cancer. I wonder if he's ok? Anyone know of any updates on him? I sure wish him well.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/09/1210:14 PM
Cash for Crash? Driver in Lindsay Lohan Collision Alleges Bribe Attempt
James tells TMZ that he didn't realize he'd collided with a celebrity and thought the other driver was about to flee the scene. He also says that when he tried to exchange information, the SUV driver attempted to keep him away from the vehicle before suggesting they "go to the bank."
"Him and the assistant took me across the street and told me this was some kind of famous person and they didn't want to be in the media," he relates to TMZ. "But I'd already called 911 because they were trying to get away from the scene. But they packed a bag and then the limousine driver told me, 'Don't mention the bag to the cops.'" He says the entire exchange, including the back-and-forth over the mysterious pink bag, is on the 911 recording.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/10/1202:00 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
I don't think Michael Douglas has made a movie since Wall Street, Money Never Sleeps. That was around the time we learned of his cancer. I wonder if he's ok? Anyone know of any updates on him? I sure wish him well.
TIS
He had a very small role in Steven Soderbergh's HAYWIRE which came out earlier this year. (But it was shot in early '10.)
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/10/1202:10 AM
Director Christopher Nolan during an interview for Empire promoting his upcoming highly anticipated DARK KNIGHT RISES said that he "would love" to make a James Bond movie. He made similar comments back in '10 during PR for INCEPTION.
He might be the "It" popular filmmaker of today, but that doesn't mean Eon wants him. Steven Spielberg famously in the late 1970s had dreams for his own 007 film and Eon turned him down cold, despite this right after the Beard made JAWS, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, and ridiculous unseen level of money for Hollywood.
That dream died when his buddy George Lucas instead pitched him his own Bond-esque series, about an archaeologist kicking ass.
But I guess if Nolan did make his Bond movie, Michael Caine would play M right? Well of course Harry Palmer would be M.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/10/1204:51 AM
Not surprising, but Jersey Shore Shark Attack had to be the absolute worst movie ever made in the history of cinema! WOW. And except for some B-Roll footage, I don't even think it was filmed in Seaside!
How the hell they got a few real actors is beyond me, tho I do get the washed-up personality appearances... OMG. Can't get those 2 hrs back (and I almost turned it off after the first 3 minutes!)
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/10/1201:27 PM
Originally Posted By: J Geoff
Not surprising, but Jersey Shore Shark Attack had to be the absolute worst movie ever made in the history of cinema! WOW. And except for some B-Roll footage, I don't even think it was filmed in Seaside!
How the hell they got a few real actors is beyond me, tho I do get the washed-up personality appearances... OMG. Can't get those 2 hrs back (and I almost turned it off after the first 3 minutes!)
Skip it!
Geoff,
I was skimming thru the channels yesterday and saw that title AND the cast. I was debating but decided not to see it. Good thing I decided not too. I don't know how/why some of these good actors take these rolls. It's like admitting "I'm washed up." If I'm not mistaken, there was a sequel to it on next no??? They have some doozies that you can tell by the title are probably not that good...DinoGator or something stupid like that? It looked cheesy.
I wish I could remember the title BUT a while back, while again, going thru the channels AND if I'm not mistaken on the SciFi or maybe Chill channel, there was a movie with Joe Mantegna in which he played some kind of backwoods, mentally challenged person or something. I cringed when I saw it and turned the channel.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/10/1203:10 PM
TIS, as I posted last week in another thread, Armand Assante is in Shark Swarm from 2008. I guess you can make a movie about anything. But, we expect certain actors to eschew taking roles in B- movies. Still, I see that Armand has roles in 12 movies that are either planned, filming, or in post-production. So, he and actors like Mantegna stay busy.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/11/1201:03 AM
well, once again cancer has struck again. tommy chong revealed that he has prostate cancer (and will try to cure it with some good old fashioned weed).
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/11/1204:11 AM
Originally Posted By: BAM_233
well, once again cancer has struck again. tommy chong revealed that he has prostate cancer (and will try to cure it with some good old fashioned weed).
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/11/1211:42 PM
Now this is news appleonya would've loved.
(But disguises are supposed to disguise you, no?)
Prince William and Kate Middleton go in disguise for The Avengers film date
Quote:
Cinema-goers in central London were given a shock this week when Prince William and Kate Middleton joined the queue to watch the new Avengers movie. The royal couple headed to the Odeon in Kensington on Thursday evening to catch the film as part of a romantic date.
But anybody expecting to witness the pair in their royal finery would have been disappointed, as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge dressed down for the occasion in a bid to disguise themselves among the crowds.
William wore a baseball cap, a blue jumper and shirt and glasses, while Kate stepped out in a denim jacket and tight jeans.
One person, also at the cinema to watch The Avengers, took to Twitter to reveal the royal presence, writing: 'OMG watching the Avengers with Kate middleton and Prince William sitting right next to me!!!!!'
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/12/1204:20 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
You may be. I never watch either.
Yea, I think so Oli.
The good thing (for me anyway)those two shows end but "Walking Dead" (I know DeNiro watches that one) will be returning (July I think?) and I also watch White Collar (on USA)and that returns as well. What I hate about all these shows is the seasons are too short and too much time between.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/12/1204:30 PM
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
Now this is news appleonya would've loved.
(But disguises are supposed to disguise you, no?)
Prince William and Kate Middleton go in disguise for The Avengers film date
Quote:
Cinema-goers in central London were given a shock this week when Prince William and Kate Middleton joined the queue to watch the new Avengers movie. The royal couple headed to the Odeon in Kensington on Thursday evening to catch the film as part of a romantic date.
But anybody expecting to witness the pair in their royal finery would have been disappointed, as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge dressed down for the occasion in a bid to disguise themselves among the crowds.
William wore a baseball cap, a blue jumper and shirt and glasses, while Kate stepped out in a denim jacket and tight jeans.
One person, also at the cinema to watch The Avengers, took to Twitter to reveal the royal presence, writing: 'OMG watching the Avengers with Kate middleton and Prince William sitting right next to me!!!!!'
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/12/1204:37 PM
You know TIS, the TV landscape has changed so much. Remember when sumer was definitely only for reruns - I don't recall that any new shows ever showed up during the summer. Also, you could count on a september thru december season and a january through may season. The irregular start/stop season these days wracks the tv viewer brain. Life used to be simpler.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/12/1204:50 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
You know TIS, the TV landscape has changed so much. Remember when sumer was definitely only for reruns - I don't recall that any new shows ever showed up during the summer. Also, you could count on a september thru december season and a january through may season. The irregular start/stop season these days wracks the tv viewer brain. Life used to be simpler.
That's true. Years ago, before cable, we had what? 3 or 4 channels and summer was ALL repeats. Now, there is a large selection of channels (tho a lot are still what I call bullshit channels) I usually find something of interest.
Remember the days when you actually had to get up off the couch to turn a channel or turn tv off? How prehistoric now
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/12/1204:54 PM
God, how I remember that. Back then it was a legitimate statement that there's nothing on TV. But not only are we enjoying(?) such a wide array of channels, but the population has increased so much that just about any program can attract a sufficient number of viewers. So, advertisers feel they can reach enough peole to justify their support of a program. That's why all these reality shows make it at least for awhile.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/16/1205:56 PM
Lifetime is showing "Disclosure" with Michael Douglas and Demi Moore. I haven't seen the movie in years, but am enjoying it. Douglas made a number of good movies in the 90's and still is one of my favorite actors.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/16/1206:13 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Remember when they used to "sign-off" at around 4am? The National Anthem, followed my that shrill beeping sound?
I remember when some stations signed off before midnight.
My mom used to tell this story: It was about 1952 or '53 and my mother was doing her ironing one night. We had a tv for a few years already at that point (which was unusual since most families were first getting tv around then) and she wanted to watch a movie while ironing the clothes. Only problem was there were no movies on then.
My mom, who loved and lived to argue, called up the broadcast channel and complained that her husband bought her a tv and she wanted to watch a movie but there was no movie on. The station actually broadcast a movie!! [TRUE STORY] It was a Charles Boyer movie, and my mom told me the name of it, but I've since forgotten the name.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/17/1201:08 AM
Originally Posted By: SC
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Remember when they used to "sign-off" at around 4am? The National Anthem, followed my that shrill beeping sound?
I remember when some stations signed off before midnight.
My mom used to tell this story: It was about 1952 or '53 and my mother was doing her ironing one night. We had a tv for a few years already at that point (which was unusual since most families were first getting tv around then) and she wanted to watch a movie while ironing the clothes. Only problem was there were no movies on then.
My mom, who loved and lived to argue, called up the broadcast channel and complained that her husband bought her a tv and she wanted to watch a movie but there was no movie on. The station actually broadcast a movie!! [TRUE STORY] It was a Charles Boyer movie, and my mom told me the name of it, but I've since forgotten the name.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/17/1201:23 AM
Originally Posted By: DeMeo
What it Gaslight by any chance.
No. That was the only movie that I had seen with Boyer when my mom told me the story. I asked her many years later but she forgotten the name of the movie but remembered the incident (and laughed about it).
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/17/1202:40 AM
SC,
What a neat story. Charles Boyer's name is sure familiar (and I remember my mom/dad liking Gaslight)but I can't place him nor do I know his movies offhand.
My mom was "always" doing housework, but I do remember times she'd set up the Iron (or do mending) as she watched tv. She had to be doing some kind of housework.
I am amazed tho that the tv station put on a movie for her. Ha ha. But things really were different back then.
I'm watching Anaconda (SyFy) with Jennifer Lopez and Jon Voigt who has a really weird accent (it's kind of comical if you ask me)
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/17/1204:53 AM
I remember my mom used to wait until I was in bed, then she would set up the ironing board and put on a western, which I guess there were plenty of on TV at night. I would be in bed and could here the shooting and horse noises and the Indian war cries.
My mom used to have so much ironing. My brothers were in Catholic high school, which meant a white dress shirt every day, and my dad was a pharmacist, so he had a white smock for work. We had no dryer We lived in an apartment, and most of the laundry used to get hung on the roof in good weather. In the summer, the young women and teens in the building would sunbather up there on "Tar Beach". Anyway, seemed my mom used to have that ironing board almost every night.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/17/1204:58 AM
I learned about the game of baseball (and the Brooklyn Dodgers) while watching the games on tv and my mom was doing the ironing. I was six years old and knew the entire lineup for Brooklyn.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/17/1212:02 PM
Originally Posted By: SC
I learned about the game of baseball (and the Brooklyn Dodgers) while watching the games on tv and my mom was doing the ironing. I was six years old and knew the entire lineup for Brooklyn.
My earliest memories of watching the White Sox with my dad was in 1972 when they wore red hats and red pinstripe uniforms. This season the Sox are wearing replicas of those uniforms every home game on Sundays.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/17/1211:07 PM
For anyone who still watches, True Blood's new season starts tonight. I can't say I'm as into it as I was at first, but likely will tune in. I probably should have watched the last couple episodes to refresh my memory. I actually like "Walking Dead" better the True Blood.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/17/1211:21 PM
IS - the new season actually started last week. Tonight is the second episode of new season... watch the first OnDemand if you get that feature. Me & Mrs. Mark watch that pretty regularly. Agreed, not as good as it once was but it's still not bad.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/17/1211:34 PM
Originally Posted By: Mark
IS - the new season actually started last week. Tonight is the second episode of new season... watch the first OnDemand if you get that feature. Me & Mrs. Mark watch that pretty regularly. Agreed, not as good as it once was but it's still not bad.
Really? How the heck did I miss it? I DO have OnDeman and I'll check now to see if it's available (should be). It shows in an hour & a half.
Thanks Mark
TIS
Got it. Watching right now. I wish I would have seen the last couple episodes again tho from last season
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/18/1205:56 PM
Originally Posted By: SC
I remember when some stations signed off before midnight.
My mom used to tell this story: It was about 1952 or '53 and my mother was doing her ironing one night. We had a tv for a few years already at that point (which was unusual since most families were first getting tv around then) and she wanted to watch a movie while ironing the clothes. Only problem was there were no movies on then.
My mom, who loved and lived to argue, called up the broadcast channel and complained that her husband bought her a tv and she wanted to watch a movie but there was no movie on. The station actually broadcast a movie!! [TRUE STORY] It was a Charles Boyer movie, and my mom told me the name of it, but I've since forgotten the name.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/18/1209:07 PM
Do any of you tune into MeTV? It shows some of the oldies from the 50-70s like The Honeymooners, Burns and Allen, MTM, Bob Newhart, The Rifleman, Perry Mason, and Dick Van Dyke.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/18/1209:14 PM
Oli,
We have Antenna TV which shows most of the shows old shows. Lately, I've watched Burns & Allen, and Alfred Hitchcock. Yesterday they aired (for Father's Day) Father Knows Best all day. I'm not sure if it's the same as MeTV or not.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/19/1209:44 AM
TIS, more or less the same gimmick but different programming rights. Personally I prefer MeTV if because they carry STAR TREK and the Adam West BATMAN and others I liked, but also on late saturday nights have Svengoolie who plays the old black & white Universal monster movies (along with B-dreck.) It's certainly a throwback to the pre-cable era.
I believe Antenna TV has something too on saturday nights, but I've never watched it.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/19/1212:01 PM
A preview for Paul Thomas Anderson's THE MASTER out later this fall. Looks incredible. Are Phoenix and Hoffman early Oscar favorites?
(What I wonder though after watching that, will PTA and his people still continue their public charade that Hoffman isn't more or less playing L. Ron Hubbard? Nobody will believe them, especially after seeing that clip.)
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/20/1208:35 AM
Interesting Bible news in Hollywood.
Steven Spielberg already had his Moses movie in GODS & KINGS that could happen, but now Ridley Scott is attached to direct his own rival Moses production in EXODUS.
Personally I want Spielberg's preferably to happen because (1) Ridley sorta pissed me off with PROMETHEUS, and (2) The Beard making a movie about the most badass Jew in history? Money.
Now the pleasant surprise that will piss off some people: the Mad Dutchman Paul Verhoeven has found funding for his Jesus movie. Thank you God!
(Though personally his last Jesus movie ROBOCOP was pretty darn good. That will be hard to top it.)
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/20/1202:42 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Do any of you tune into MeTV? It shows some of the oldies from the 50-70s like The Honeymooners, Burns and Allen, MTM, Bob Newhart, The Rifleman, Perry Mason, and Dick Van Dyke.
I'll have to look for it. I would love to see The Honeymooners again.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/21/1204:34 PM
The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that the FCC failed to give Fox and ABC prior notice about broadcasting indecent language. Although I haven't read the opinion, I think this is a good example of how the Court addresses specific constitutional issues that are limited in scope.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/27/1207:42 PM
Ryan Reynolds is the HIGHLANDER in remake
(Ryan playing a Scotsman? That's a good laugh.)
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After roughly a month of negotiations, Ryan Reynolds has officially been cast in the lead role for HIGHLANDER. Reynolds will play Conner MacLeod, a Highlander who discovers he is one of a dwindling group of immortals who wander the earth and kill each other in combat for the final “Prize” – mortality.
The remake is set to be helmed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, who is also in negotiations to rewrite the script. Neal Moritz and Peter Davis will produce the film.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/29/1210:57 PM
You know what's weird?
Cruise divorced Mimi Rogers (who introduced him to Scientology) when she was 34. Nicole Kidman was 34 when he served her the papers. And Katie Holmes will be 34 in December.
Who does Tom think he is, Prince?
Those two are like Matthew McConaughey's character in DAZED & CONFUSED: The older they get, their women never age.
Anyway, Tony Ortega at his great Scientology blog for the Village Voice posted this today:
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Holmes was hand-picked for Cruise by a nervous David Miscavige, as Scientology's leader wanted to prevent what had happened during Cruise's previous marriage, when a Scientology-wary Nicole Kidman kept Cruise all but out of the religion during their ten-year relationship.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that Katie was fully aware of how Nicole Kidman got screwed over in her divorce with Cruise, and has much less of a relationship with their two adopted children as a result. Katie doesn't seem like the type to let that happen (and her parents, we have always understood, were wary of Tom's kooky religion).
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/29/1211:07 PM
I read in another article that Holmes was a devout Catholic. I am not sure how devout she was but I can imagine the change of religion (?) would have been something to contend with.
I also read that they had a pre-nup so not sure how airtight that would be.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/29/1211:45 PM
Interesting, TMZ is now claiming the divorce happened because Holmes doesn't her kid in that cult.
If that's the case: Good for her. I try to be respectful of other creeds and faiths in the best American democratic tradition, but they're just fucking lunatics.
Now who will the Church of Scientology recruit to qualm the revival of those Cruise-gay jokes?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/30/1212:38 AM
I know we're having fun at this new TomGate PR fiasco, but then you read this allegation and then quit laughing.
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Some are saying she’s been slowly, secretly planning it for a while with the help of her parents reaching out to old contacts, like her old publicists, to execute the extraction.
That's like a MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE plot or something.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/30/1212:43 AM
I'm neither a Cruise fan nor a Cruise hater, tho I find something about him unlikeable and for some reason I do feel sorry for Katie. If what you say RR is true, it is sad. I hope it's not an abusive relationship.
Geez, remember the couch jumping on Oprah??? I guess love faded away.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/30/1212:53 AM
On that note, somebody dug up an old W magazine interview that Holmes did shortly after TomKatemania started.
Some real strange shit, to say the least.
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Anyone who has seen photos from the couple's June tour of European capitals in support of their summer movies will recognize the tall, cold-eyed Jessica Rodriguez, a third wheel at all of Holmes's recent public appearances. Rodriguez, 29, was described to me as Holmes's“Scientologist chaperone,” and it was clear that she would be on hand during our interview despite my protests. Polite and restrained but alert to troublesome questions, Rodriguez chimes in only to offer an amen following one of Holmes's rhapsodies. (“You adore him,” Rodriguez says after the actress explains that she can't keep her hands off Cruise.) But she rises from her chair when Holmes is asked how she feels about the widespread disbelief in her new union.
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What about a film with Cruise? “That would be such an honor. Such an honor.”
OMG, that picture....Cruise looks so short OR Holmes is really tall. I knew he wasn't tall but he really really looks short in that pic.
I know Cruise has had the "gay" issue haunt him for years. For some reason, and although I think I can see why people might think so, I just don't think he is. But what do I know? Maybe it'll turn out he and John Travolta are having a thing. Who knows?
TIS
Not that I have anything against short people, cause I'm one of them.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/30/1204:46 PM
Tony Ortega's (excellent) scientology blog at the Village Voice updated today with speculation about why Katie is doing this now:
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But what may have convinced Katie to run was the frightening prospect that faces all Scientology kids beginning at 6 years old: a form of interrogation known as "sec checking." It involves using the e-meter as an interrogation device, and Hubbard wrote lengthy lists of questions that a member should be asked by an "ethics officer" to make sure they weren't hiding any covert hostilities to the organization. To this day, Scientologists submit to sec checking when they are suspected of being out of compliance with some policy or other.
Even if they're only six years old.
And all these control/blackmail gathering questions asked of children were penned up by L. Ron Hubbard. Questions like:
What has somebody told you not to tell? Have you ever decided you did not like some member of your family? Have you ever taken something belonging to somebody else and never given it back? Have you ever pretended to be sick (ill)? Do you have a secret? Have you ever noticed something wrong with your body that you were afraid to tell anybody about? Have you ever done anything you were very much ashamed of?Have you ever failed to finish your schoolwork on time? Have you ever broken, damaged, or taken, any school property? Have you ever lied to a teacher? Have you ever been late to school, or late to a class? Who have you made guilty? Is there anything you should tell your parents, and never have?
Have you ever hurt a child? Have you ever made a child cry? Have you ever made a child sulk? Have you ever kept another child from having something that really belonged to him? Have you ever found anything and failed to return it to its owner? Have you ever told stories about someone behind their back? Have you ever lied to escape blame? Have you ever not told the whole truth about something so as to protect someone? Have you ever felt ashamed of your parents? Have you ever felt ashamed of your friends? Have you ever disappointed your parents? Have you ever run away when you should have stayed? Have you ever felt sure your parents wouldn't understand something that had happened in school, so you didn't tell them? Have you ever not told teachers something about your family because they wouldn't understand it? Have you ever failed to keep another child's secret? Have you ever felt it was just no use talking to someone? Have you ever hurt someone you didn't mean to? Have you ever been sloppy about your clothes or possessions? Have you ever cried when you shouldn't have? Have you ever been a coward? Have you ever told on anyone? Have you ever done something to someone that you'd hate to have done to you?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/30/1206:15 PM
I'll answer them. I have some time.
And all these control/blackmail gathering questions asked of children were penned up by L. Ron Hubbard. Questions like:
What has somebody told you not to tell? I won't tell. Have you ever decided you did not like some member of your family? I didn't actually decide not to like them. It happened naturally. Have you ever taken something belonging to somebody else and never given it back? Yes. Virginity. Have you ever pretended to be sick (ill)? Yes, although I never pretended to vomit. Do you have a secret? I have many. Have you ever noticed something wrong with your body that you were afraid to tell anybody about? What's wrong with my body is plainly evident to anyone, who cares to look at me. Have you ever done anything you were very much ashamed of?Have you ever failed to finish your schoolwork on time? Yes. Refer to Question 3. Have you ever broken, damaged, or taken, any school property? I'm sure I have done all three, but can't remeber what. Have you ever lied to a teacher? In First Grade I told Miss Finnerty that she was a wonderful teacher. Have you ever been late to school, or late to a class? Yes, but only because I try to live a life free from temporal restraints. Who have you made guilty? (I believe it should be "Whom", Sparky) But to answer your question: Most of my clients in my defense attorney days. Is there anything you should tell your parents, and never have? I'm the one who bumped into the garage door in 1981.
Have you ever hurt a child? While celebrating a Steeler victory in Super Bowl XLIII, I ran to hug a friend, but ran into a nine your old boy and accidentally knocked him down a flight of stairs, but the little bastard was rooting for the Cardinals. Have you ever made a child cry? See above. Have you ever made a child sulk? I hope so. Otherwise I'd have failed as a father. Have you ever kept another child from having something that really belonged to him? Not since I was six and half. Have you ever found anything and failed to return it to its owner? I find change occasionally, but don't attempt to locate the owner. In 1987 I found an envelope with $1800 in the library of my law school. The owner was located and the money returned. Have you ever told stories about someone behind their back? It's a hobby of mine. Have you ever lied to escape blame? I've actually led a blame free life. Have you ever not told the whole truth about something so as to protect someone? It's kind of my job. Have you ever felt ashamed of your parents? Never Have you ever felt ashamed of your friends? I have several friends, who've brought great shame on themselves and families, but I never felt ashamed of a friend. Have you ever disappointed your parents? Absolutely. Have you ever run away when you should have stayed? No. But I've stayed when I should have run away. Have you ever felt sure your parents wouldn't understand something that had happened in school, so you didn't tell them? Other than Calculus, no. Have you ever not told teachers something about your family because they wouldn't understand it? Well, nobody can really understand my late Uncle Jack. Have you ever failed to keep another child's secret? Never Have you ever felt it was just no use talking to someone? Every day of my life. Have you ever hurt someone you didn't mean to? I'm sure I have. Have you ever been sloppy about your clothes or possessions? Someone told you, right? Have you ever cried when you shouldn't have?Yep. I rarely cry, but when I used to watch my kids on merry-go-rounds, something would make me tear up. Have you ever been a coward? I chickened out of a bungee jump once. Have you ever told on anyone? In First Grade I told Miss Finnerty that Anthony Laneski exposed his genitals to the girls during recess...but not in those terms. Have you ever done something to someone that you'd hate to have done to you? I had to fire some people on a few occasions.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/30/1207:02 PM
Originally Posted By: klydon1
Have you ever hurt a child? While celebrating a Steeler victory in Super Bowl XLIII, I ran to hug a friend, but ran into a nine your old boy and accidentally knocked him down a flight of stairs, but the little bastard was rooting for the Cardinals. Have you ever made a child cry? See above.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/02/1205:38 PM
Anderson Cooper has come out of the closet, though I suppose it's not that big of a surprise considering those gay rumors floating around him for years. But still, good for him. He's one of the few rather solid assets at the rundown mickey mouse operation that is CNN.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/02/1205:42 PM
Yea, I don't think too many people were surprised since that rumor has been floating around for a while. The article I read (In HP) noted that he joined fellow anchors who came out, Thomas Roberts, Jane Veloz-Mitchell. I hadn't heard about them.
Anyway, you guys probably know, but Anderson is the son of Gloria Vanderbilt.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/02/1205:47 PM
I read today (I think a Yahoo story) that Katie filed for sole physical & legal custody. Normally, in a "regular" divorce, the wife will file for full physical custody & joint legal custody (giving the father visitation). This just makes me wonder if Katie IS scared. I don't know much about that religion (is it really a religion?) but have heard bits/pieces and it sounds scary.
Btw, what was the book L. Ron Hubbard had out back in the 70's? I think I read it but can't think of the name of it. Was it "I'm Okay, You're Okay?" Don't know why that comes to mind.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/02/1205:58 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Me too. These Scientology goons parked outside Katie's apartment building have me half-hoping that her father has a Don Corleone to run to.
The Church of Scientology is denying they're doing this, and technically it's true. It's also BS.
Usually in these COS-orchestrated surveillance/stalking/intel-gathering operations of suspected "enemies," they always have them done by members of the Religious Technology Center (RTC), a Scientology-associated organization that control/oversee the Church's trademarked symbols and texts. But it's not officially affiliated with the Church of Scientology, which is a legitimate recognized corporation. Which is how the COS have usually gotten away with their infamous "Fair Play" spy tactics.
Even though both COS and RTC have the same chairman: David Miscavige.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/02/1206:05 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
"Dianetics."
It's basically their Bible, Tis.
Ahh That's right. It was VERY big at the time.
Back to Holmes (speculation) Tom Cruise got custody of his and Kidman's adopted children. I think I read the older one (boy) chose to live with his dad. But, if it's true that Tom was supposedly "blindsided" by this, and Katie is "on the run" so to speak, and with their daughter 5 years old now it makes me wonder IF he is very controlling, and that drove her out.
Geez, I feel like a gossip columnist. I guess it's the Scientology factor that intrigues me AND the fact that something is drawing me to feel sorry for Katie/Suri.
TIS
Here's the article saying Holmes wants full physical AND legal custody. That's what makes me think there is more than a regular divorce.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/02/1206:13 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
"Dianetics."
It's basically their Bible, Tis.
Scientologists, well the Church of Scientology* organization, consider all of L. Ron Hubbard's writings to be "the source," infallable final word. Of course this poses problems for the Church as time marched on and the Church have had to white wash some of Hubbard's most questionable opinions from homophobia to anti-semitism to racism (he praised the Apartheid South African government) and other rather embarrasing shit.
Of course whenever the Church make these revisions, they're always announcing that they're "correcting punctuation flaws" found in the original manuscripts. Which is quite an entertaining notion since L. Ron Hubbard made his early living as a popular/respected pulp magazine writer (mostly science fiction unsurprisingly). He was many things from pathological liars to (brilliant) conman to self-proclaimed self-help guru to cult leader, but sloppy with his spell checking? I doubt that.
*=I make that distinction because the Church is like the Vatican meets the Kremlin when it comes to theological dissent. There is a small, fledgling "independent" Scientology movement out there but they're always hounded by the Church's lawyers since everything Hubbard from his writings to his name to his ideas were trademarked and the Church has the lawyers and funds to literally bury all enemies. I bet Rome wished they had trademarked everything Jesus.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/02/1207:15 PM
Gay Pride Month just wrapped up in June, but Anderson Cooper made a big, long-anticipated announcement on Monday: In what has long been an open secret, the award-winning CNN journalist and talk show host, 45, came out as gay in an open letter to political blogger Andrew Sullivan.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/03/1201:56 PM
You know this sounds terrible but I wonder if Mel Gibson isn't on his way to destroying himself. I'm talking dead pool. Now he's being violent with the elderly (his stepmother)? My God, I use to think he was so nice. Boy was I wrong. He's continuing his downhill slide.How pathetic & sad.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/08/1212:26 PM
Anyone watching "Longmire" on A&E this summer? Pretty good show about a modern day veteran sheriff in the west. I've caught the first three episodes OnDemand. First episode moves a bit slow but don't be discouraged it sets the table fairly well to show each character.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/08/1204:19 PM
Just saw previews of the new Bourne movie on tv. I don't know this guy playing Bourne but it sure seems weird not seeing Matt Damon. I'll wait til it comes on HBO if I see it at all.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/09/1203:36 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Just saw previews of the new Bourne movie on tv. I don't know this guy playing Bourne but it sure seems weird not seeing Matt Damon. I'll wait til it comes on HBO if I see it at all.
TIS
I'll tell you what TIS my dear. I'm seeing it, that's without a doubt. If I see it and I swear by my Bourne fanboy bones that it's worth seeing, will you then give it a chance before it hits HBO?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/09/1206:38 PM
It's funny but this past weekend, Tom Cruise's former Scientology auditor predicted boldly that this divorce would be settled rather quickly w/ Holmes getting custody in exchange for issuing a joint statement that Scientology had nothing to do with the divorce. Which made sense since the media pries into this story and the juicy details about the Church and their practices and misdeeds, openly discussing child auditing on Good Morning America. This only hurts the Church and Cruise, and the Church' CEO put the screws on Cruise to settle quietly for Team Xenu's sake. (They're rather close, the CEO was Cruise's best man in his wedding to Holmes.)
And what do you know, they've announced a surprisingly speedy divorce settlement.
I'm not saying the former auditor was right, but it does make you wonder.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/09/1206:43 PM
Hey Ronnie,
What did you think of "Red," with Bruce Willis?
I saw it for the first time over the weekend and thought it was great. John Malkovich is perfect in those paranoid, insane roles. I don't think he's acting, either .
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/09/1207:55 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Hey Ronnie,
What did you think of "Red," with Bruce Willis?
I saw it for the first time over the weekend and thought it was great. John Malkovich is perfect in those paranoid, insane roles. I don't think he's acting, either .
I liked it too, solid fun. It's one of those movies that's probably much better than it had any right to because of the big cast of stars and talent all adding flavor and muslce to those parts and those lines ("I remembered the Secret Service being tougher." "Me too.") What a cast, Bruno, Mirren, Freeman, Brian Cox, Karl Urban, Dreyfuss, Malkovich, the late Borgnine.
My Mother liked the movie too, her favorite scene was that shot of Mirren taking her heels off in favor of combat boots. For some reason that made my Mom apparently ROTFL.
The only drawback with RED for me is two of the more overused settings in action movies are dockyards and warehouses, and RED uses them both. But that's only a minor quabble only I will complain about.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/10/1204:21 PM
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
The only drawback with RED for me is two of the more overused settings in action movies are dockyards and warehouses, and RED uses them both. But that's only a minor quabble only I will complain about.
I've noticed that, too. I think action directors feel like boatyards add depth of scenery, or some such thing. Whenever you need a spy/ex-cop cliché, just have the hero living on a boat, burnt-out, beer in his hand. If they ever do a "Miami Vice" reunion (not counting the 2006 film), is there any doubt that Crockett will still be living on his boat, only somehwere in the Florida Keys?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/10/1209:16 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
I've noticed that, too. I think action directors feel like boatyards add depth of scenery, or some such thing. Whenever you need a spy/ex-cop cliché, just have the hero living on a boat, burnt-out, beer in his hand. If they ever do a "Miami Vice" reunion (not counting the 2006 film), is there any doubt that Crockett will still be living on his boat, only somehwere in the Florida Keys?
Like most cliches, they're the best friends for the creatively bankrupt. I mean how many big budget Hollywood movies have destroyed New York City? (Hell we had two movies this summer involving NYC and the alien invasion plot: THE AVENGERS and MEN IN BLACK 3.) I would blame that cliche on the original KING KONG.
I thought the last TRANSFORMERS movie was truely atrocious, but I'll give Michael Bay and those assholes credit for at least having those alien robots blow up Chicago.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/10/1209:19 PM
Peter O'Toole has announced he's retiring from acting. Surprisingly, he's only 80. (He looks like the Cryptkeeper.)
Anyway thanks Pete for your wonderful long resume of work. Also thanks for your double phallic-metaphor name, which amused me endlessly back in middle school.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/11/1204:23 PM
One more note about Tom Cruise, I recently found an anecdote that somehow I never knew before where Christian Bale claimed he based his character in AMERICAN PSYCHO from a Cruise appearance on Letterman. (Of course if you all remember, he played a serial killer in AP.)
That false public face of thinly-concealed fake-niceness and condescending sincereity Bale would later put to good use as Bruce Wayne the "playboy" in the last few BATMAN movies.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/11/1205:05 PM
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
I thought the last TRANSFORMERS movie was truely atrocious, but I'll give Michael Bay and those assholes credit for at least having those alien robots blow up Chicago.
I'm honestly shocked that you paid to see a Michael Bay film. I remember how you used to torture Irish for being a fan.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/11/1208:45 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
I'm honestly shocked that you paid to see a Michael Bay film. I remember how you used to torture Irish for being a fan.
The first Bay movie I paid to see at the theatres since I guess BAD BOYS 2. Thing is I deserve derision because I knew it would suck but I guess I was in the mood for crap. That's the thing about Bay: He always makes the same movie over and over, difference only in budgets, but I do give him credit for his consistent success because he appeals to the very lowest of low audience expectations. He's like those POLICE ACADEMY sequels, except more explodey. And less Steve Guttenberg and that guy who made noises with his mouth.
I like to think you can learn as much about the movies from the turkeys as you do from the winners. (Screen THE AVENGERS and BATTLESHIP together, it's quite a revelation.)
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/12/1212:57 AM
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
I'm honestly shocked that you paid to see a Michael Bay film. I remember how you used to torture Irish for being a fan.
The first Bay movie I paid to see at the theatres since I guess BAD BOYS 2. Thing is I deserve derision because I knew it would suck but I guess I was in the mood for crap. That's the thing about Bay: He always makes the same movie over and over, difference only in budgets, but I do give him credit for his consistent success because he appeals to the very lowest of low audience expectations. He's like those POLICE ACADEMY sequels, except more explodey. And less Steve Guttenberg and that guy who made noises with his mouth.
I like to think you can learn as much about the movies from the turkeys as you do from the winners. (Screen THE AVENGERS and BATTLESHIP together, it's quite a revelation.)
Bad Boys 2 was a decent movie, I remember almost every kid in college who had dvd's had that movie. It is fun to watch when your having a drink and your seeing tons of action/stuff blow up. I thought Pearl harbor was a decent movie as well, I am a big war movie buff.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/14/1209:12 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Just saw the History Channel's ad about the Godfather Legacy starting July 24. It appears to be a history of the film's production.
Wow, thanks for that!
According to their site:
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The Godfather Legacy The Corleone crime family has touched millions of lives for more than four decades. From their origins in a pulp fiction novel by author Mario Puzo, the Corleones inspired one of the most important and enduring films in history. Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather not only broke box office records--it actually infiltrated the American conscience.
Narrated by Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos,) this special looks at how this groundbreaking 1972 film and its two sequels transcended Hollywood, transformed the American psyche, and even influenced real-life organized crime. Historians, scholars, law enforcement agents, and real-world Mafiosi explain how these powerful mobsters, with their moral ambiguity and human flaws, resonated with audiences and impacted popular culture.
Also features interviews with screenwriter/director Coppola, Al Pacino, James Caan, Joe Mantegna, Talia Shire, and others, along with an abundance of memorable scenes from the trilogy.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/15/1203:22 PM
Wow, that does sound interesting. The History Channel does re-air their shows if I'm not mistaken, so I am sure I'll be able to catch it. I'll definitely make note of the date. Thanks.
Speaking of GF, and on more of a fun note..While I was doing touristy things with visiting relatives last week, we naturally went to tons of gift shops while on Hollywood Blvd. One of the shops had the famous picture of Vito (Brando) holding the cat. Well, this picture had little ity bity writing all over the background of the picture. The plaque at bottom of the picture said the writing in the background was the entire script of the GF. I would have taken a picture, but I'm fairly confident you'd never be able to read the script anyway.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/15/1206:34 PM
I'm definitely going to DVR the GF special. It looks promising. And yes, TIS, I was hoping to watch Sigourney Weaver. I like her as an actress, plus the fact that I can't believe she's in her 60s! She looks amazing.
I'm watching more and more of the USA shows. I used to watch In Plain Sight (still can't believe they canceled it) and now I'm watching Covert Affairs and Suits. I think Suits has some very, very good writing, plus I really like Gina Torres. They manage to write her character as a smart, tough woman without making her a bitch, which isn't easy.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/15/1206:58 PM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
I'm definitely going to DVR the GF special. It looks promising. And yes, TIS, I was hoping to watch Sigourney Weaver. I like her as an actress, plus the fact that I can't believe she's in her 60s! She looks amazing.
I'm watching more and more of the USA shows. I used to watch In Plain Sight (still can't believe they canceled it) and now I'm watching Covert Affairs and Suits. I think Suits has some very, very good writing, plus I really like Gina Torres. They manage to write her character as a smart, tough woman without making her a bitch, which isn't easy.
SB,
If you watch USA, you must watch White Collar (Tues. 9:00 p.m.) I haven't watched Suits, but took it as somewhat of a ripoff of White Collar.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/15/1207:30 PM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
I haven't really watched White Collar. Is that the one like Catch Me If You Can?
Hmm I never really took it so much as a "Catch Me If You Can." I think it's a little more comparable to "It Takes A Thief" (Robert Wagner's old show). Sort of a light drama but fun to watch. If you get a chance tune in.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/15/1208:16 PM
I thought he was a thief who went to work for the FBI, like Frank Abegnale. I think it's one of those shows that I want to watch and for whatever reason, just haven't.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/18/1212:24 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Does anyone plan on watching the USA mini-series, "Political Animals" with Sigourney Weaver tonight?
Did you watch it, TIS? If so, what did you think of it?
I enjoyed it, with the exception of her ex-husband, the former President. I thought the character was too cartoonish, more old school LBJ-type than Bill Clinton.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/18/1212:46 AM
I did see it and to tell you the truth it was better than I thought it would be. We got a little information on each character (the gay son, the bolemic future Daughter-in-law). I agree that her husband seemed old school, though I disliked the character from the beginning. He looks familiar, do you know who he is?
Btw, I liked the 2nd episode of the Newsroom too. I like that it is partially "real" (ie, wanting stories that the main stream media missed that they should have reported) Don't know if you saw it, but it was pretty good too.
But tonight for me, it's more lightweight drama with White Collar's 2nd episode of the season.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/18/1207:13 AM
My life (and DVR) is filled with practically EVERY (non-baking/cupcake/crap) cooking competition show, that's it's almost overwhelming at this point...!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/18/1203:46 PM
I've sort of given up on all those. I was into Cake Boss for a while, but it got sort of repetitive. What sort of stupid fondant thing is Buddy going to make today? And I hate that DC Cupcakes! Is it canceled? I haven't seen ads for it.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/18/1210:33 PM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
I've sort of given up on all those. I was into Cake Boss for a while, but it got sort of repetitive. What sort of stupid fondant thing is Buddy going to make today? And I hate that DC Cupcakes! Is it canceled? I haven't seen ads for it.
Babe - you gotta give the new season of Cake Boss another shot. It is a lot more than just Buddy and fondant this time around. I think they are 5 or 6 episodes in as of today.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/19/1202:36 AM
I really liked Cake Boss when it first aired and there was a lot about the family and the bakery, not the conglomerate it has become. After a while, it seemed same old, same old.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/22/1206:52 PM
Good news for classic movie fans and home theatre connoisseurs: LAWRENCE OF ARABIA is finally coming to Blu-Ray in November, in time for it's 50th anniversary.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/25/1205:59 PM
Further cementing his career second act as an action star, Denzel Washington is closing a deal to star in The Equalizer, a loose adaptation of the 1980s CBS series about a onetime military covert ops agent who helps civilians in need. No director is attached, but the current script was penned by Richard Wenk (The Mechanic, 16 Blocks).
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/26/1204:07 AM
I was watching Restaurant Impossible tonight when it occured to me that Ricrad Irvine is English. It occured to me because the English are usually not known for their cooking, but part of his restaurant renovations are the restaurant's cooking.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/31/1205:27 PM
HBO is showing "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." I always have to watch at least some of it. You either like it or you don't. I do.
My daughters and I both love the movie. One time, in recent years, the heard Danka Shein on the radio and I told them Wayne Newton was the singer and they said, "You mean a guy is singing?" LOL All those years they just assumed Ferris was lip-syncing to a female singer.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/31/1205:47 PM
SB,
Yes, I have been watching. I think there have only been 3 episodes so you shouldn't have a problem catching up.
I'm still getting use to the format of the show. I never watched West Wing so I was not familiar with Sorkin's style. It is keeping my interest though. The news on the show is always, so far, recent "real" stories.
I LIKE that Will (Jeff Daniels character)talks real news and discusses in one episode big stories the main stream media leaves out of the news (excellent points).
Previews for next week's episode indicate that the President is gonna be making a HUGE announcement on foreign policy. I'm thinking it's killing of Osama Bin Laden.
Btw, have you been watching Political Animals too. So far so good with that one too.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/31/1205:59 PM
I missed the last episodes of each, but I am enjoying them. Sorkin's dialogue is unbelievably fast-paced. It's one of the reasons that so much happens in one episode.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/01/1202:27 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
HBO is showing "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." I always have to watch at least some of it. You either like it or you don't. I do.
My daughters and I both love the movie. One time, in recent years, the heard Danka Shein on the radio and I told them Wayne Newton was the singer and they said, "You mean a guy is singing?" LOL All those years they just assumed Ferris was lip-syncing to a female singer.
One
I thought most folks liked FERRIS BUELLER? Never met anybody who didn't like it.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/02/1208:16 PM
Three years ago, the RED DAWN remake was shot but after MGM had $$$ troubles it got shelved but it's coming out this fall. (Not to mention in post-production having to digitally substitute the Chinese invaders with North Korea because China's theatres threw a stink. That's one thing about current Hollywood that really irks me, maybe #1 quite possibly.)
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/03/1206:12 PM
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
This begs one question: If North Korea invades Washington state, why spare Vancouver? Is the new Dear Leader a Canucks fan?
Perhaps North Korea's strategic capabilities have improved since 1951. Then, they crossed the 38th parallel into South Korea. They failed to secure their rear thus enabling General MacArthur to engineer a landing at Inchon behind their lines, drove them back across the 38th parallel so far that they approached the North Korean border with China, and were only saved from having to 'endure" democracy when 300,000+ Chinese volunteers counterattacked UN forces.
But, who knows? Maybe their new Supreme Leader is a strategical genius.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/04/1202:06 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Perhaps North Korea's strategic capabilities have improved since 1951. Then, they crossed the 38th parallel into South Korea. They failed to secure their rear thus enabling General MacArthur to engineer a landing at Inchon behind their lines, drove them back across the 38th parallel so far that they approached the North Korean border with China, and were only saved from having to 'endure" democracy when 300,000+ Chinese volunteers counterattacked UN forces.
But, who knows? Maybe their new Supreme Leader is a strategical genius.
If I remember right, originally the RED DAWN remake had this "future" where Russia and China collude together which allows for China to invade the Pacific Northwest. (Nevermind this discounts the historic antagonism between both countries, but that's besides the point.)
Like the original 1980s RED DAWN, it's a fantasy that you can poke holes logically and in logistics but in fantasy "believability" is essential for your story to work and the Soviet Union invading America...why not? It was topical at the time, whether because this was the Cold War or we were in Reagan flag-waving time or because Afghanistan got invaded, it didn't seem that crazy.
Even the remake with a more impractical scenario, China makes sense. They're huge, a superpower on the rise, billion people, 100+ millions army, and they own alot of our debt (of course they "owe" us more than he other way around, but nevermind.)
But North Korea? Not much red in their flag. Shit they can't even feed themselves*, much less launch a rocket that always seem to blow up so yeah I don't believe they can invade America. (Why would China go into the trouble of helping North Korea to do this when they could do it themselves?)
I do think it's funny that China, North Korea's one ally in the world, has no qualms with showing movies with them as the villains.
*=before he died, Christopher Hitchens accurately dismissed NK as a nation of "racist dwarves" because of their lack of nutritional diets.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/04/1202:08 PM
Well PTA's upcoming Oscar contender THE MASTER had a screening last night, several tweeted reactions to it.
@michaelwhittle "Possibly the best film watching experience I've ever had. #THEMASTER70MM"
@TotallySketch (Michael Gallagher) "Just saw 'The Master'. A movie has never made me feel quite like this one did. I can't describe it or even rate it. I am speechless."
@aaldere1 (Andrew P Alderete, "The Social Network" producer Dana Brunetti's assistant) "The Master was amazing. Oscars all over this one."
@LoganDoe "@prfessorbigsock Hoffman is one of the finest actors alive. The Master is (more) proof. #themaster"
@pillowfightin "@cigsandredvines Saw The Master in 70mm at the Aero Santa Monica. Surprise screening after The Shining. Its like nothing yvever seen before."
@jessecrall "The Master: B+ hazy, meandering story with beautiful staging and headed by Phoenix's brilliant, year's-best performance. @kristapley"
@Super_Matts "THE MASTER is...interesting...I'll be thinking about it for days #THEMASTER70MM J Phoenix and P S Hoffman are out of this world"
@DubstepElitist "duuuuuude, the master was goooooooooood"
And the most extensive reaction so far comes from 16-year-old cinephile Victor Escobar: his tweets after the film can be found below.
"@scottEweinberg Of course! Don't want to say more than a few words about it but it is an all around excellent film."
"@MattMustin @scottEweinberg No doubt about it. I've yet to see one bad PSH performance but this one may be his best."
"@prfessorbigsock 2hrs 10 min. Will get nods for Picture. Good chance of winning original screenplay and acting awards."
"@TheDaltonator If it were me, I'd put them both in the Best Actor category but if one them is getting the supporting nod, its Hoffman."
"@GusCruz At winning? No. It will have its fair share of detractors and its not a "safe" choice."
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/06/1203:08 AM
Have any of you seen the movie Hancock with Will Smith? I never get to watch the ending all the way through. What happens to Hancock that renders him vulnerable?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/06/1203:27 AM
Oli,
I've seen Hancock has been on a lot but I still have not seen the movie.
Our local L.A. channel is showing the movie "Suspect" (87) With Dennis Quaid & Cher. I saw it about 20 years ago. I was surprised to see Liam Neeson is the suspect in the film.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/06/1208:27 PM
Warner Bros. has moved THE GREAT GATSBY from it's original Christmas release (and prime Oscar season) to next summer.
Some locals will be disapointed by this news.
Speaking of Oscar contenders, Kathryn Bigelow's ZERO DARK THIRTY (about the hunt for Bin Laden) preview dropped today. It's out December.
Click to reveal..
Spoiler: Bin Laden gets one between the eyes. Now that's what I call a happy ending. Except you know, the part where we're still stuck in Afghanistan and Pakistan still cornholing us and we're still conciously blind to that.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/09/1202:25 PM
Hey RR,
Do you plan on seeing the new Bourne movie? I've seen previews on tv and a couple scenes remind me of the last Bourne (Ultimatum). If you do see it, post your review ok?
I won't see it at the movies but maybe on tv. Well, you know my thoughts on that.
TIS
Btw, Daniel Day Lewis looks like Abe. Did the Abe Vamp movie come & go already?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/10/1205:42 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Hey RR,
Do you plan on seeing the new Bourne movie? I've seen previews on tv and a couple scenes remind me of the last Bourne (Ultimatum). If you do see it, post your review ok?
Sure thing. The reviews however have been disapointingly mixed so far. Maybe your movie psychic sense was stronger here than mine was?
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
TIS
Btw, Daniel Day Lewis looks like Abe. Did the Abe Vamp movie come & go already?
That it did. It got bad reviews, but I dunno I actually sorta enjoyed VAMPIRE HUNTER in a decent superhero type of adventure, where the hero has his origins, his psychological motivations, learns the rules about vampires, and then proceeds to axe some bloodsuckers. (Oh and save America from slavery too.)
It had one hell of a wacky premise (too wacky for most since the movie flopped hard), but I'll give that movie credit for taking the idea seriously and not just hang a lamp shade over it's head and yell "booga booga!" as a silly comedy. (this aint your parents' YOUNG EINSTEIN.)
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/10/1205:50 PM
Total Recall (2012) - **1/2 out of 5
If the original Arnold Schwarzenegger movie was sophisticated R-rated summer blockbuster entertainment (oh how I miss them), the remake tells the same story (and even the same scenes) but regurgitated in the most joyless, unimaginative bland PG-13 fashion. Bryan Cranston is wasted, as is Bill Nighy's cameo.
It's bad when a scene of Colin Farrell exploring his mysterious security deposit box, I got deja vu of THE BOURNE IDENTITY. I thought watching that sequence, gee I wonder if like the first BOURNE picture, the hero discovers that he's got a secret city apartment that's spacious, white, and vacant.
Well what do you know, he discovers that he's got a secret city apartment that's spacious, white, and vacant.
Heh.
I did like some of the pricey production design (the movie reportedly cost $150-200 million), derivative of BLADE RUNNER obviously but like THE FIFTH ELEMENT it tried to expand that futuristic movie visual template using more recent FX technology. I even liked the hand phone gadget, which brings up perverted questions and implications of such a device. What if a young man is...doing something in private...and accidentally strokes I mean squeezes the auto-dial button and calls up Pizza Hut? (How would phone sex work?)
Technically not a bad movie, even pretty sometimes, but still not worth seeing, even on Netflix.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/10/1208:47 PM
Did anyone see NBC's debut of the Matthew Perry sitcom, which was shown without commercials after the Olympic coverage? I had never heard of the show, but watched it mostly because there were no commercials. I thought it was pretty funny.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/10/1209:17 PM
I didn't see it and have only heard about it. From what I read, it's suppose to be good but I have seen no ads for it at all.
Happened to tune in to VH1 who is airing the Rolling Stones "Some Girls" tour. Man, how young they look. Keith Richards actually looks alive. GREAT music though! One of the best IMHO
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/12/1205:27 AM
Watching "The Client" with Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones. So sad to see this and know that the young man who played Mark is dead now. Anthony LaPaglia, one of my favorite actors, is almost unrecognizable in this film. And Tommy Lee either aged tremendously since or they were hiding his bloodhound eyes with more makeup back then.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/12/1202:33 PM
Originally Posted By: SC
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
I thought the Olympics ended today??
It does. Today ain't over yet.
Oops, I was referring to Geoff's post above. Had I been astute I would have seen it was posted yesterday. I am glad tho that regular programming will be back on.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/12/1210:33 PM
Have any of you seen the movie Hancock with Will Smith? I never get to watch the ending all the way through. What happens to Hancock that renders him less than superhuman?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/12/1211:05 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Have any of you seen the movie Hancock with Will Smith? I never get to watch the ending all the way through. What happens to Hancock that renders him less than superhuman?
If I remember right ( and I don't remember movies I don't care for all that well), he lost his powers in close proximity to Charlize Theron because she's of his kind or whatever nonsense. He had to get away from her to get his powers back and get healthy again.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/13/1203:16 PM
SB,
Did you watch "News Room" yesterday? I am still getting use to the style of the show for some reason. Yet, every week they seem to hit on something that that I actually have gripes about and agree with, like last night's theme about the media and the Casey Anthony trial HAVING to be top story.
Anyway, did you hear them say there are only 2 more episodes left of the season? WTF?? Good God, it just started. I don't think they've had a total of 10 episodes if that. That's one thing I don't like about these cable (HBO) shows. Seasons are way too short and the time between season sis way too long.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/13/1204:40 PM
I did watch last night's episode, but didn't get to see it until 12:30 or so because we watched the closing ceremony of the Olympics. Therefore, there were certain parts of the episode where I was "resting my eyes" and didn't get to see it all. I'll have to rewatch it.
MANCHESTER — A very pregnant Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi and her friend Jennifer “JWoww” Farley finally have a home — at least for the next few weeks.
The pair are slated to tape their “Jersey Shore” spinoff show “Snooki & JWoww” at a home on Johnson Avenue, Mayor Michael Fressola said. Taping begins in a couple of days.
[More at the link above]
I know where this house is -- it's 3 minutes from my parents' and 15 minutes from me. They're west of me, and Seaside is about the same distance to the east.
Holy crap, we gotta deal with this chit now? Oy.
It literally is in the middle of nothing but Senior Citizen developments on one side, a strip mall, plenty of woods, and rural land with some developments of "McMansions" mixed in.
There is literally no place nearby for them to "party", so I guess they'll be even closer to me. Or they'll have to "commute" to nearby shore towns besides Seaside.
PS - I never saw the first season, but I guess now I'll have to watch to see WTF they're up to in my backyard! lol
MANCHESTER — A very pregnant Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi and her friend Jennifer “JWoww” Farley finally have a home — at least for the next few weeks.
The pair are slated to tape their “Jersey Shore” spinoff show “Snooki & JWoww” at a home on Johnson Avenue, Mayor Michael Fressola said. Taping begins in a couple of days.
[More at the link above]
I know where this house is -- it's 3 minutes from my parents' and 15 minutes from me. They're west of me, and Seaside is about the same distance to the east.
Holy crap, we gotta deal with this chit now? Oy.
It literally is in the middle of nothing but Senior Citizen developments on one side, a strip mall, plenty of woods, and rural land with some developments of "McMansions" mixed in.
There is literally no place nearby for them to "party", so I guess they'll be even closer to me. Or they'll have to "commute" to nearby shore towns besides Seaside.
PS - I never saw the first season, but I guess now I'll have to watch to see WTF they're up to in my backyard! lol
I think you should bake a peach pie or pick up the obligatory bottle of cheap wine, throw on a sport coat, knock on their door and introduce yourself to them and welcome them to the neighborhood.
Several years ago we had Jon and Kate and 8 in our neck of the woods. They were easy to spot as they dragged a camera crew the size of an army wherever they went.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/16/1212:51 AM
I didn't see it, TIS. We were recording the Olympics closing ceremonies, and since our DVR only allows you to record two programs at once, I had to decide between The Newsroom or Political Animals, and The Newsroom won. USA plays it several times during the week and probably on demand as well.
I've really gotten into Covert Affairs (major crush on Augie) and Suits lately. They're good escapism.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/16/1201:01 AM
SB,
Checking "On Demand" I don't think Political Animals was on Sunday. I saw all the episodes listed.
I love "White Collar" (it's on just before Covert Affairs, same channel, USA.) It's fun light entertainment and Matt Bomer is pretty easy on the eyes as well.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/16/1203:12 PM
Here's a random question about Die Hard 2, which I've seen several times.
Why didn't those planes circling the airport for an hour or two just decide to land at another airport? There are many other airports they could have reached even in the blizzard.
And if it was so easy to get them to land just by Bruce Willis lighting a trail of fuel with a cigarette lighter, why wasn't this done earlier on? Or bring in lights with a generator?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/16/1204:11 PM
Originally Posted By: klydon1
Here's a random question about Die Hard 2, which I've seen several times.
Why didn't those planes circling the airport for an hour or two just decide to land at another airport? There are many other airports they could have reached even in the blizzard.
And if it was so easy to get them to land just by Bruce Willis lighting a trail of fuel with a cigarette lighter, why wasn't this done earlier on? Or bring in lights with a generator?
(1) If I remember right, it was set in Christmas season right? I think it's said or assumed that the skies were totally crowded with planes from everywhere going everywhere, and they couldn't just park at say Baltimore because planes meant for those runways were backlogging in coming in and departing, and onwards to either.
It's also convenient plotting, like how Bruce Willis just happens to need to catch the villains great escape and he runs into that news team, who also have their own helicopter at the airport. (Why?)
Not criticism, just commentary.
(2) Probably because the terrorists threatened to down more planes if they knew any such antics were happening.
What keeps coming back to mind for me on DH2 (my least favorite entry of that series), is that climax the idea that Willis triumphs by lighting that leaked gas which then (in movie fashion) and somehow spread from the ground to the leaking liquids falling from the departed plane, which then catch the plane and KABLOOEY.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/16/1204:51 PM
The biggest problem I have with DH2 is the plane that crashes when the bad guys screw with the instrumentation so that they don't realize that the ground is much closer than they think. Why does the plane explode when the pilot has just said that they have no fuel?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/17/1205:09 PM
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
Originally Posted By: klydon1
Here's a random question about Die Hard 2, which I've seen several times.
Why didn't those planes circling the airport for an hour or two just decide to land at another airport? There are many other airports they could have reached even in the blizzard.
And if it was so easy to get them to land just by Bruce Willis lighting a trail of fuel with a cigarette lighter, why wasn't this done earlier on? Or bring in lights with a generator?
(1) If I remember right, it was set in Christmas season right? I think it's said or assumed that the skies were totally crowded with planes from everywhere going everywhere, and they couldn't just park at say Baltimore because planes meant for those runways were backlogging in coming in and departing, and onwards to either.
It's also convenient plotting, like how Bruce Willis just happens to need to catch the villains great escape and he runs into that news team, who also have their own helicopter at the airport. (Why?)
Not criticism, just commentary.
(2) Probably because the terrorists threatened to down more planes if they knew any such antics were happening.
What keeps coming back to mind for me on DH2 (my least favorite entry of that series), is that climax the idea that Willis triumphs by lighting that leaked gas which then (in movie fashion) and somehow spread from the ground to the leaking liquids falling from the departed plane, which then catch the plane and KABLOOEY.
Thank you. Those points are interesting, especially the news crew.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/18/1211:46 AM
Begin your dream fancastings, folks!
Female "Expendables" movie coming
Just as "The Expendables 2" explodes into theaters, Adi Shankar's banner 1984 Private Defense Contractors has tapped Dutch Southern to write an all-female riff on the star-studded action franchise.
Shankar ("The Grey") will produce for 1984 Private Defense Contractors, which plans to fully finance the "Expendables"-inspired project. Company is already in talks with several prominent actresses affiliated with the action genre.
2012 has been a banner year for female-driven actioners like "The Hunger Games," "Snow White and the Huntsman" and the Gina Carano-toplined "Haywire."
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/18/1202:15 PM
Seeing his name mentioned in the "A-List Movie Star" thread sparked the idea for mentioning this.
Anyone see many movies with Shia LaBeouf? A couple years ago I caught the movie "Disturbia" (his first I think?) on tv and really enjoyed it. Later I saw a movie called "Eagle Eye" with him and really liked that. It kind of had a "Bourne" feel to it and I'm a huge Bourne fan so maybe that's why I got into it but it was very good. Of course he also had the role as the young Wall Street Rookie in "Wall Street Money Never Sleeps". I did enjoy that as well.
Don't know anything much about his personal life but of the three movies I have seen with him I do think he's a possible up & coming. Anyone else agree?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/18/1202:48 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Don't know anything much about his personal life but of the three movies I have seen with him I do think he's a possible up & coming. Anyone else agree?
TIS
Maybe, if he learns to shut his mouth.
Case in point he was at Dreamworks, which of course is co-run by Steven Spielberg. The Beard directed Shia in the last Indiana Jones movie and he was the lead in those TRANSFORMERS movies that Spielberg produced, along with EAGLE EYE. From all accounts, the Beard was planning to ride his coattails long term.
Then Shia said in an interview that said Indiana Jones movie sucked ("It dropped the ball") and well, the Beard was pissed. They're making a fourth TRANSFORMERS picture, but without Shia and even Shia has admitted that maybe he was stupid for saying that.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/18/1203:15 PM
We're getting a new MAD MAX movie (FURY ROAD) next year (plus new Max in Tom Hardy) and here's the official synopsis:
Quote:
“Mad Max is caught up with a group of people fleeing across the Wasteland in a War Rig driven by the Imperator Furiosa. This movie is an account of the Road War which follows. It is based on the Word Burgers of the History Men and eyewitness accounts of those who survived.”
Can't wait for Max to be driving cars and eating dog food again.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/19/1206:01 PM
For my Gina, I found this photo online. Can you guess who it is??
Click to reveal..
It's Mike Vitar, better known as Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez from The Sandlot. He got out of acting and became a firefighter. Edit: I just noticed that his name is on his shirt!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/19/1208:55 PM
Well TIS, I saw BOURNE LEGACY and wow, what a disapointment. I'm giving it a thumbs down.
Really really really takes it's sweet time to get going, those people who called TDKR "boring" should go this and be refamiliarized with that word. By the time the movie starts going, it was too little, too late for me and I couldn't care about these people or get myself involved in the narrative.
I think what's hilarious is the whole plot device (or the macguffin excuse to fuel these action narratives) involves our hero the super agent lab rat needing his little blue pills (no not Viagra) or else he'll regress intellectually. Think of this as the action movie remake of CHARLY.
That might explain why the audience at my screening were less lively than a Morgue. Seriously I can't believe a Bourne movie can be simply dismissed as "boring."
Still I suppose the good things that could've been found in a good one of these pictures. I liked how Jeremy Renner outsmarts that Predator drone trying to assassinate him, his confrontation with that wolf (2nd movie this year after THE GREY where the hero fights wild doggie 1-on-1). Even that trap he pulls on that henchman using the fire extinguisher was brilliant.
Also this might come off as petty, but...the villains' motivations don't make much sense. Yes the earlier Bourne movies more or less were about evil CIA people trying to assassinate somebody, but it's only 1 or 2 people at most for containment. It makes sense, at least for a movie.
But Edward Norton kills dozens of people, including supposed top-assets in North Korea and Iran, and that's where my willingness to suspend disbelief has been wrecked. The problem with any conspiracy in general is that how do you keep such shit quiet? 1 or 2 people die, hey shit happens. 20-30 die within your division and affiliated agencies, well gee that shit doesn't happen everyday.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/19/1209:17 PM
Originally Posted By: DE NIRO
In the Bourne Legacy is the lead character meant to be playing the character that Matt Damon played?
No, completely new character. It's odd that Jason Bourne is mentioned but doesn't appear in his own series. It's like a Batman movie set around Batgirl or James Bond but set on Q. (or basically JAMES BOND JR.)
Originally Posted By: DE NIRO
I dont get why they made this film without Matt Damon( i guess he didn't want to play him again), it's like making Rocky without Sly..
Damon didn't want to do it, claimed he wouldn't do another Bourne unless Paul Greengrass is directing, and he also has no interest either.
Universal made this because Bourne was a lucrative franchise for them like 007 and Batman. To be fair, the idea of how they can continue the series without the star (outside of recasting) is not a bad concept if executed right.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/19/1209:47 PM
I'd really like to see Tom Cruise do a dramatic role for once,the roles he play are all the same and safe for him.. i personally have not seen him in a good film since Born on the forth of July, he was amazing in that film..
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/19/1210:54 PM
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
Well TIS, I saw BOURNE LEGACY and wow, what a disapointment. I'm giving it a thumbs down.
Really really really takes it's sweet time to get going, those people who called TDKR "boring" should go this and be refamiliarized with that word. By the time the movie starts going, it was too little, too late for me and I couldn't care about these people or get myself involved in the narrative.
I think what's hilarious is the whole plot device (or the macguffin excuse to fuel these action narratives) involves our hero the super agent lab rat needing his little blue pills (no not Viagra) or else he'll regress intellectually. Think of this as the action movie remake of CHARLY.
That might explain why the audience at my screening were less lively than a Morgue. Seriously I can't believe a Bourne movie can be simply dismissed as "boring."
Still I suppose the good things that could've been found in a good one of these pictures. I liked how Jeremy Renner outsmarts that Predator drone trying to assassinate him, his confrontation with that wolf (2nd movie this year after THE GREY where the hero fights wild doggie 1-on-1). Even that trap he pulls on that henchman using the fire extinguisher was brilliant.
Also this might come off as petty, but...the villains' motivations don't make much sense. Yes the earlier Bourne movies more or less were about evil CIA people trying to assassinate somebody, but it's only 1 or 2 people at most for containment. It makes sense, at least for a movie.
But Edward Norton kills dozens of people, including supposed top-assets in North Korea and Iran, and that's where my willingness to suspend disbelief has been wrecked. The problem with any conspiracy in general is that how do you keep such shit quiet? 1 or 2 people die, hey shit happens. 20-30 die within your division and affiliated agencies, well gee that shit doesn't happen everyday.
Thanks for the review RR. Comments I have read included many saying that it was too far into the movie before any action started. The previews they've shown on tv show a jump from a building into a the window of another building. Great stunt work but was a scene in "Bourne Ultimatum." The CIA guy (the one that looks like Robert Kardashian - OJ's lawyer) Asking "Who is that guy", also is a familiar line from the last Bourne.
I likely will see it when it comes to HBO or tv but I won't have too high expectations. I can understand Damon not wanting to make another (sequels can get so worn out and actors type-cast to one role, tho don't know if that would be the case with Damon)BUT all the Bourne movies have really kept me on the edge of my seat and have been so entertaining. I'd be a sucker for another Bourne (with Damon anyway).
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/19/1211:22 PM
To SB and anyone else who watches "Political Animals." Did you know tonight is the season finale? WTF? 6 episodes and season's over. Now we wait a year before season two? I really hate that about some of these cable tv series.
TIS
Oh, and btw there are only two more episodes left of "The News Room" before season finale.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/19/1211:55 PM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
Edit: I just noticed that his name is on his shirt!
SB, thanks for giving me not only a gorgeous photo but also a good laugh! I thought it over and decided that I should go ahead and admit I've seen that shot of him once or twice... I was, uh, researching the movie and somehow ended up looking for current pictures of Mike Vitar. It's easy to get lost in the world wide web, ya know?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/20/1201:15 AM
Gi, glad that you got a laugh. It was so funny that right after I posted it, I noticed his damn name! Did you ever see the one of him cuddling his enormously pregnant wife? Too weird. I thought he would look more like his brother, who played the adult Benny, but he retained that boyishness. Not that I've given it much thought, no, not at all.
TIS, they said that "Political Animals" was only going to be six episodes. I wasn't even sure if there was going to be a Season 2. As for The Newsroom, I didn't love last week's episode, so I'm hoping for a better one this week.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/20/1201:18 AM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
Gi, glad that you got a laugh. It was so funny that right after I posted it, I noticed his damn name! Did you ever see the one of him cuddling his enormously pregnant wife? Too weird. I thought he would look more like his brother, who played the adult Benny, but he retained that boyishness. Not that I've given it much thought, no, not at all.
TIS, they said that "Political Animals" was only going to be six episodes. I wasn't even sure if there was going to be a Season 2. As for The Newsroom, I didn't love last week's episode, so I'm hoping for a better one this week.
I didn't know (or forgot) that Political Animals was to be only 6 episodes. They'd need to wrap up it then now. I'm guessing a second season w/b coming though.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/20/1204:52 AM
Originally Posted By: DE NIRO
In the Bourne Legacy is the lead character meant to be playing the character that Matt Damon played?
I dont get why they made this film without Matt Damon( i guess he didn't want to play him again), it's like making Rocky without Sly..
After hearing about this, I looked into it being a big Bourne Trilogy fan... From what I read, Jason Bourne is the project name not Damon's character, apparently there were more than 1 guy that was altered as Damon's character was, it was a very lengthy thing I read I cant remeber alot of what they said but that is this jist of it..
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/20/1205:55 PM
Originally Posted By: Fat_Ralph
After hearing about this, I looked into it being a big Bourne Trilogy fan... From what I read, Jason Bourne is the project name not Damon's character, apparently there were more than 1 guy that was altered as Damon's character was, it was a very lengthy thing I read I cant remeber alot of what they said but that is this jist of it..
In the original Robert Ludlum books, "Jason Bourne" was an alias shared by many agents before David Webb took over the alias, and well then had his memory accident.
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
Who could possibly come back for the sequel? Meg Ryan, Val Kilmer, Tom Skerritt? None of them are looking too good these days. Ew.
Cruise tried to get this produce several years back, the revealed plotline at the time was that a retired Cruise is now training pilots, comes into conflict/romance with a hot shot rookie female cadet. (Reportedly this part was originally set for Katie Holmes. Yeah I don't think she'll be available for this.)
Look I didn't like the first TOP GUN, the world doesn't need this sequel. But since my opinion is irrelevant for this inevitable sequel, this isn't a bad basic approach to the Danger zone I suppose.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/20/1211:38 PM
SB or any "Political Animals" watcher...did you catch the season finale? Missed it last night but am catching it now on "On Demand." I loved it. There MUST be a second season now.
TIS
I'm getting to really like Ellen Brynstyn's character. "Thanks for the invite you little shit." You'll know what I mean if you saw it. LOL
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/21/1212:59 AM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
I didn't get to see it, TIS. I watched Newsroom instead. I'll have to catch up On Demand, too.
SB, it's one of those episodes in which there is a "surprise" (for lack of a better word). It really is a very good episode. I think my favorite of the six.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/21/1210:39 PM
Caught THE EXPENDABLES 2, which I actually sorta enjoyed in spite of being borderline disposable. Considerable improvement over the very disapointingly forgettable first EXPENDABLES, the action here is much better executed, especially the opening sequence.
There are good laughs, with Dolph Lundgren actually nearly stealing the show. People who only remember him for Ivan Drago or He-Man will be pleasantly surprised by his comedy talent, but I remember him exhibiting similar charm and humor in B-movies produced back in the day like SHOWDOWN IN LITTLE TOKYO and I COME IN PEACE. Alot of the meta-references I could've lived without, even if my screening crowd ate them up.
I'll give Van Damme credit, he took a bland villain part and made himself rather interesting in an inexplicable abnormal sort of way with the odd pauses inbetween his mumbled orders and neck crankings, and of course wearing shades in broad daylight. Add his Dutch accent and shitty acting, he stands out. Is this villain on drugs? Is he a lunatic? It's...fascinating, I'll give him that.
Many scenes when something doesn't explode drag, I think the Sly/Van Damme fight goes on too long and kinda boring, contrast with the fun brawl between Jason Statham and DTV action star Scott Adkins, which was too short. (IMO you can't ever go wrong with two guys fighting around a rotating helicopter propeller blade.)
But I'll give this flawed sequel credit, that scene is worth seeing in big screen cinema glory. That shot before the climax when you have the Terminator, Rambo, and John McClaine standing together decked out with weapons ready to go kill many foreign bad guys...tell me that moment, a realized boyhood fantasy for many men, doesn't bring a smile to your face.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/22/1210:27 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Thanks for the review RR. Comments I have read included many saying that it was too far into the movie before any action started. The previews they've shown on tv show a jump from a building into a the window of another building. Great stunt work but was a scene in "Bourne Ultimatum." The CIA guy (the one that looks like Robert Kardashian - OJ's lawyer) Asking "Who is that guy", also is a familiar line from the last Bourne.
I likely will see it when it comes to HBO or tv but I won't have too high expectations. I can understand Damon not wanting to make another (sequels can get so worn out and actors type-cast to one role, tho don't know if that would be the case with Damon)BUT all the Bourne movies have really kept me on the edge of my seat and have been so entertaining. I'd be a sucker for another Bourne (with Damon anyway).
TIS
The lack of action early on wasn't the problem. (I mean how long before the action in DIE HARD start, 30 minutes in? Would modern audiences call DH boring?)
It's just tedious set-up with BOURNE LETHARGY. It's the usual shit that in rewrites you eliminate or compress in making your points or tell your story but with a quicker route. LETHARGY didn't.
I hope that movie proves to snobs that popcorn, no matter how much you want to dismiss it as a toy commercial or bland tentpole commercialism, are still hard work that isn't as easy as hooking up your new TV. It's not a sleep walk, even for good filmmakers or respected ones. An art really that seperate the good ones from the junk like this or the recent lame TOTAL REACLL remake that'll quickly fade into deserving obscurity.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/24/1206:08 PM
I watched bits and pieces of Mob Wives. However, I don't see it listed anymore. I do see Chicago Mob Wives (or something like that). Is it the replacement?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/28/1210:29 PM
Good news for Beatles fans: The restored MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR is getting released on Blu-Ray on October 9. The most interesting of special features is the audio commentary track by Paul McCartney. (He directed and was the mastermind of that mess.*)
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/29/1204:56 PM
Eddie Murphy and the guy behind THE SHIELD are teaming up to produce a BEVERLY HILLS COP tv spinoff, with Murphy's character's son being the focus who moves to Beverly Hills to escape his father's shadow back in Detroit.
(Because you know, that's so not what his dad did back in the 1980s. Stupid kids today.) Murphy plans to sporadically show up as his old character, now the Chief of Police in Detroit.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/29/1206:38 PM
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
Good news for Beatles fans: The restored MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR is getting released on Blu-Ray on October 9. The most interesting of special features is the audio commentary track by Paul McCartney. (He directed and was the mastermind of that mess.*)
*=But a great soundtrack, of course.
The release date is John Lennon's birthday. I agree that the soundtrack is outstanding.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/30/1202:43 PM
The title song is actually my least favorite. I do like "Fool On The Hill" too Kly. But if I had to list my favorites (in no particular order) from the LP they'd be:
Hello/Goodbye I Am The Walrus Strawberry Fields All You Need Is Love Baby You're A Rich Man
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/31/1202:44 PM
The Academy (Oscar people) have announced changes: Best Original Song will now have 5 nominees and Best Art Direction will be renamed Best Production Design.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/31/1204:56 PM
I watch 15-30 minutes of Good Morning America before I go to work. For years I thought Robin Roberts is without peer when it comes to the morning show. I thought that she was by far the best sports personality on ESPN during her time there.
As most of you know, she took an early leave from the show yesterday as she will undergo aggressive treatment, including a bone marrow transplant, for a serious bone marrow disease, MDS.
She left the show a day early to be with her ailing mother. She waded through flooded streets to get to her mother's home in Mississippi to see her before she passed away last night. Roberts' mom, by the way, was the first African American to head the Mississippi Board of Education.
Talk about a rough time. Fighting through a flood to watch your mom pass away days before beginning lengthy treatment for a serious illness only a couple years after battling breast cancer.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/01/1201:10 AM
Nicky Minaj? REALLY??
So sad for Roberts. What a nightmare she is dealing with. I can't believe some of the footage I've seen of New Orleans. What a horror, all over again. So very, very sad.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/01/1206:04 PM
Well Ben Affleck's upcoming directed ARGO premiered at the Telluride film festival and is getting rave reviews, now talked up as a major Oscar contender.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/02/1210:47 PM
Not necessarily a huge Nicolas Cage fan, tho he is not a bad actor (Won Oscar for Leaving Las Vegas), but I find him a bit quirky and playing (tho well) many oddball roles so much so that I have a feeling he's a bit odd in real life.
HOWEVER, FX is now airing a moving starring Cage, called "Knowing" (2009) and I am really enjoying it. Has anyone else seen this film?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/03/1201:43 AM
Originally Posted By: Lilo
I saw it. W/o spoilers it's basically a sci-fi/hard science flick about the end of the world. I liked it.
Hey Lilo, that does briefly sum it up. I'm surprised it wasn't more popular. I am uncertain as to how I feel about the ending. All and all tho, a really good movie IMHO. Then again, I enjoy that type of film.
SB,
A tad further describing it, Cage plays a teacher who gets access to info over 5 decades old predicting major events where people get killed. As story advances he realizes that some things are due to happen in the future.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/03/1203:19 PM
Originally Posted By: Lilo
I saw it. W/o spoilers it's basically a sci-fi/hard science flick about the end of the world. I liked it.
I'll never forget that scene with the burning man running past Nic Cage and he says "Hey!!!!" like he's insulted that this dude getting extra crispy fried was rude.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/03/1203:59 PM
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
Originally Posted By: Lilo
I saw it. W/o spoilers it's basically a sci-fi/hard science flick about the end of the world. I liked it.
I'll never forget that scene with the burning man running past Nic Cage and he says "Hey!!!!" like he's insulted that this dude getting extra crispy fried was rude.
Some good special effects no? I kind of felt for Cage's character, trying to help everyone amid enormous flames, which was really impossible.
I swear this is one role in which Cage played a pretty much normal character. Btw, he made another similar movie, I think called "20 Seconds" in which he could see events/disasters 20 second before they happened (or something like that) remember?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/03/1204:33 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
I swear this is one role in which Cage played a pretty much normal character. Btw, he made another similar movie, I think called "20 Seconds" in which he could see events/disasters 20 second before they happened (or something like that) remember?
TIS
That was NEXT, and I didn't care for that one. (or KNOWING either for that matter.) Quite honestly aside from his wonderfully wacky BAD LIEUTENANT remake, I can't remember the last Cage movie that I enjoyed or didn't feel like wasted my time. Maybe ADAPTATION?
NEXT incidentally was another of those many movies adapted from the late Phillip K. Dick's stories. For a guy that lived in poverty for most of his literary career, wrote really just to pay the rent (thus his incredible output), he's become Hollywood's favorite science fiction writer to adapt. More famous and respected post-mortem than when he was alive.
Consider the movies adapted from his writings so far:
Blade Runner Total Recall (both versions) Next Minority Report Screamers Paycheck A Scanner Darkly Imposter The Adjustment Bureau
And reportedly many more to come.
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Some good special effects no? I kind of felt for Cage's character, trying to help everyone amid enormous flames, which was really impossible.
I was making a comment to Cage's mega-acting in that scene, which made it unintentionally hilarious for me.
("Mega Acting" is a term somebody online invented to use for actors who purposely overact, and he used that slang for Cage in general.)
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/03/1206:09 PM
Thanks RR. NEXT is the one I was thinking about. I saw the first hour or so and got distracted and never finished it. It didn't keep my interest as much as "Knowing."
On another topic, anyone here watch "American Horror Story" on FX? I saw exactly one episode, the very first one and really liked it. I know season two starts next month I think. Anyone know if FX or "On Demand" will be re-airing season one?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/04/1206:04 AM
Watched the first part of A&E's COMA tonight (second/last part airs tomorrow)...
It was interesting enough to plan to watch the ending, but, there was something "wrong" the whole time -- I think it was the editing that was off... something. Nothing thrilled me about it at all, but I'll watch the conclusion...
(Apparently Part 1 airs a lot until then, so you can still catch it probably)
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/04/1204:13 PM
Originally Posted By: J Geoff
It was interesting enough to plan to watch the ending, but, there was something "wrong" the whole time -- I think it was the editing that was off... something. Nothing thrilled me about it at all, but I'll watch the conclusion...
Not seen it but I wouldn't be surprised if "filler" is the problem. Remember COMA was originally a (quite decent) 2 hour movie (based off a 300 page book), so you have to add alot of filler to make it a 4 hour mini-series. I felt this same problem when these same producers made their ANDROMEDA STRAIN some years back.
COMA is fascinating in that the original novel was written by Robin Cook, an Ivy League doctor who became a best-selling novelist. COMA was adapted for the movies by director Michael Crichton, who also was an Ivy League doctor who also became a best-selling novelist in his own right.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/05/1202:42 PM
Apparently if this one person is to be believed, the film rights to Roger Ebert's autobiography (Life Itself) has been picked up the team of Steve Zaillian, Martin Scorsese and director Steve James.
Some grounds for a decent movie, considering Ebert fighting a cancer that took away this ability to speak (and this to a TV presence) and I'm sure those producers can't resist having the actor playing Ebert spar with their Gene Siskel in flashbacks.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/06/1206:50 PM
A real curiosity piece, a Fantastic Four radio show from 1975 wherea a future Oscar-nominated actor (and a year away from national stardom) voices the Human Torch. Can you all guess who it is?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/08/1203:21 PM
I had never heard of Paterno nor did I care much about Penn State til the scandal. However, from what I've learned/seen on the story, Pacino sounds like a great choice.
RR, I agree with you too on "toning down the screaming." Don't know if it's cause he's older, over confident or what, but Al seems to have put himself into "screaming mode" in recent years. I love him, BUT it does get annoying. I prefer the younger him (pre-screaming anyway)
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/08/1203:26 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
I had never heard of Paterno nor did I care much about Penn State til the scandal. However, from what I've learned/seen on the story, Pacino sounds like a great choice.
RR, I agree with you too on "toning down the screaming." Don't know if it's cause he's older, over confident or what, but Al seems to have put himself into "screaming mode" in recent years. I love him, BUT it does get annoying. I prefer the younger him (pre-screaming anyway)
TIS
I made that comment because JoePa from all the times I remember him was soft spoken, if only because perhaps he was so old or he knew to compose himself in public, who knows?
Pacino screeches by habit, and he shouldn't for that part.
Really TIS you never heard of JoePa? That surprises me.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/08/1203:31 PM
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
I had never heard of Paterno nor did I care much about Penn State til the scandal. However, from what I've learned/seen on the story, Pacino sounds like a great choice.
RR, I agree with you too on "toning down the screaming." Don't know if it's cause he's older, over confident or what, but Al seems to have put himself into "screaming mode" in recent years. I love him, BUT it does get annoying. I prefer the younger him (pre-screaming anyway)
TIS
I made that comment because JoePa from all the times I remember him was soft spoken, if only because perhaps he was so old or he knew to compose himself in public, who knows?
Pacino screeches by habit, and he shouldn't for that part.
Really TIS you never heard of JoePa? That surprises me.
Pacino is a good choice for resemblance and notoriety. I think he will have to tone it down quite a bit as he tends to "over act" in movies these days. Really, TIS? JoePa has been in the public eye for over 60+ years now.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/08/1203:33 PM
RR,
Seriously, I never heard of Paterno. I am probably as "anti" sports (as far as watching/caring LOL) as anyone. It never has been of interest to me. I know the "biggies" by name but that's about it.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/08/1204:51 PM
so, this will be pacino's second football movie. anyways though i am really interested in this movie, but i just wish that they could have wait a couple years though. for the sake of the victims involved.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/08/1204:52 PM
I have my complaints on many cable series and how short their seasons are. Example: I like to watch the light drama, White Collar which started a new season in mid July. Last week they announced one more episode before the "fall break". Good grief, it just came back.
I like Boardwalk Empire, Mad Men, Walking Dead but geez it's so long between seasons. Even Newsroom, after a handful of episodes season one ends already. Don't know how long before season two, a year?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/08/1205:18 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
I have my complaints on many cable series and how short their seasons are. Example: I like to watch the light drama, White Collar which started a new season in mid July. Last week they announced one more episode before the "fall break". Good grief, it just came back.
I like Boardwalk Empire, Mad Men, Walking Dead but geez it's so long between seasons. Even Newsroom, after a handful of episodes season one ends already. Don't know how long before season two, a year?
That's my rant for today.
TIS
they kind of had to with hbo series. a lot of those actors/actresses tend to act in movies during the break. also i guess the woman who play's jimmy's mother gave birth before they started shooting the second season. and, i expect the same with kelly macdonald (if she makes it pass season 3 that is).
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/08/1206:18 PM
I was surfing through the tv listings when I saw The Inglorious Bastards from the 70s with Bo Svenson. It was a different plot than the more current movie of that name. I also saw The Break up with Kiefer Sutherland where the plot was different from the Jennifer Aniston version. There appear to be many movies of the same title, but with different plots. They're not remakes. It just seems odd that producers pick the same name, but change the plot.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/08/1206:21 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
I was surfing through the tv listings when I saw The Inglorious Bastards from the 70s with Bo Svenson. It was a different plot than the more current movie of that name. I also saw The Break up with Kiefer Sutherland where the plot was different from the Jennifer Aniston version. There appear to be many movies of the same title, but with different plots. They're not remakes. It just seems odd that producers pick the same name, but change the plot.
Oli, how funny cause last night I too was surfing thru channels and saw "Inglorious Bastards." I thought it was way too soon to have that movie on regular tv so I clicked on the description and saw it was an older movie with the same name. I never saw either, so really can't compare.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/11/1204:30 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
TIS, don't bother with the current incarnation unless you enjoy near endless dialogue. I've never seen the '78 version.
TIS, did you like PULP FICTION or RESERVOIR DOGS or KILL BILL? They were from Quentin Tatantino and BASTERDS is another of those sorts of movies. Lots of (awesome) dialogue plus good gratuitous violence.
Really Olivant, you didn't like the Bear Jew?
*RRA grabs his bat*
Originally Posted By: Dapper_Don
i downloaded the grey a long time ago, it was good but i felt a sense of disappointment, i guess i was expecting more, i didnt like the ending
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/15/1201:31 PM
Anyone catching "Boss" on Starz? It stars Kelsey Grammer as fictional Chicago Mayor Tom Kane. It is well into the second season now and getting better and better. Pretty good watch - I recommend it.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/16/1204:40 PM
Originally Posted By: SC
Geoff should have a tv listings here.
That's right. I keep forgetting that we have mob movie listings here.
Btw, anyone who watches FXs "American Horror Story" please post, if you know, when we'll see season one repeat. I saw ONLY the first episode and liked it. I went to website and as of last week I saw no episodes listed. I'd like to watch the entire season before episode 2. Thanks
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/16/1204:45 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Btw, anyone who watches FXs "American Horror Story" please post, if you know, when we'll see season one repeat. I saw ONLY the first episode and liked it. I went to website and as of last week I saw no episodes listed. I'd like to watch the entire season before episode 2. Thanks
Dunno if it helps, but the season premiere is October 17th.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/16/1204:50 PM
SC,
Yea, that's why I'm anxious to see the first season. You'd think they'd run it before the second season. I went to the FX website a while back and they only had certain episodes you could watch on-line. I didn't want to watch out of sequence. Plus, I hesitate to go to on-line sites and download episodes for fear of a virus/unsafe downloads.
If anyone hears they'll be re-airing, please post.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/16/1205:03 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
SC,
Yea, that's why I'm anxious to see the first season. You'd think they'd run it before the second season. I went to the FX website a while back and they only had certain episodes you could watch on-line. I didn't want to watch out of sequence. Plus, I hesitate to go to on-line sites and download episodes for fear of a virus/unsafe downloads.
If anyone hears they'll be re-airing, please post.
Thanks
TIS
Watch them on 1channel.ch use sockshare or putlocker there's no viruses or downloads .
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/16/1207:00 PM
Originally Posted By: SC
Geoff should have a tv listings here.
Speaking of which, I just updated the TV Listings and noticed a Pacino movie from last year I never even heard of: The Son of No One (2011). It got pretty poor reviews, so maybe that's why I didn't hear about it. He plays a detective, which is a stretch for him. I need to see it anyway, and it airs a few times over the next couple weeks (starting tomorrow)...
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/16/1207:17 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
SC,
Yea, that's why I'm anxious to see the first season. You'd think they'd run it before the second season. I went to the FX website a while back and they only had certain episodes you could watch on-line. I didn't want to watch out of sequence. Plus, I hesitate to go to on-line sites and download episodes for fear of a virus/unsafe downloads.
If anyone hears they'll be re-airing, please post.
Thanks
TIS
you can watch the first season here if you want, many good links to stream them, and you don't have to download anything...
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/17/1203:00 AM
I am a total tv geek today I swear.
I watched at least 7/8 episodes of Boardwalk Empire (well had a lengthy phone call and did a little picking up as I watched). Now HBO is running "Rise of the Planet of the Apes". Never saw it so I am watching that. Not bad so far. Way different concept that I had thought.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/18/1204:43 AM
Originally Posted By: J Geoff
Originally Posted By: SC
Geoff should have a tv listings here.
Speaking of which, I just updated the TV Listings and noticed a Pacino movie from last year I never even heard of: The Son of No One (2011). It got pretty poor reviews, so maybe that's why I didn't hear about it...
Watched it tonight. Not great, and not terrible. But it could've been better with a bit of tightening-up. The story had potential, but the editing... I don't know what ruined it the most. But it's worth a (free) watch.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/18/1204:50 AM
Also caught THE MOB DOCTOR premiere tonight... Seems like it could hold my interest for a bit, but will have to give it a few more viewings to see if it'll be a lasting DVR fixture.
Premise: A hot, young, female surgeon's brother gets into trouble with the Mob, and to save him, she performs medical acts for them as needed. While not an angel herself, some of these acts stretch her moral and Hippocratic oath...
So, I like mob shows and medical dramas... I might get into this.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/18/1212:31 PM
I didn't realize the Catholic movie board is apparently still in business. Unsurprisingly, they graded the ultraviolent upcoming DREDD an "O" for morally offensive.
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The film contains pervasive brutal and gory violence, including torture, frequent drug use, implied oral sex, a few instances of profanity, and occasional rough language.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/18/1205:41 PM
I heard on the radio this morning that the people who are making the Fifty Shades of Grey movie approached Justin Bieber for the lead role of Christian Grey. WTF!!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/21/1204:45 PM
Hey Bam,
I think I'll be around. We'll have to start a discussion thread. I suppose I should take a better peek at who the nominees are.
I DO watch Mad Men, Boardwalk Empire (of those you mentioned). I hope Walking Dead is up for something. Probably only a couple shows I actually watch regularly are on list. What about "Newsroom" I wonder if that's nominated? Oh HBO's "Game Change" should be somewhere in there too I think.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/25/1203:46 AM
I haven't seen Tracy Ullman in a long time. She was really good too.
I am really looking forward to the season premier of Hawaii Five-0. I just refreshed my memory with the last few episodes I am tired though and hope I can stay awake. Thank goodness for "On Demand." Damn, we are spoiled. Remember the days when you missed a show? If you did, oh well, you just wait til it comes on again or miss it altogether.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/27/1203:58 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Originally Posted By: BAM_233
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Thomas Edison cop show? I don't know where that came from. ALMOST as weird as Abe Lincoln, vampire hunter.
TIS
to be honest, lincoln vampire hunter was good (at least the book was, movie idk yet).
Oh you saw it?? You'd recommend it then? Very interesting concept I must say.
TIS
book i read, movie haven't seen it. if anything though i do recommend the book if you are a big fan of historical-fiction. the book does put alot of facts in it. and, it does have fun with the fictional parts.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/29/1204:31 PM
You know for a movie graded "rotten" on RottenTomatoes at 20%, I actually myself sorta liking THE RITE w/ Anthony Hopkins.
It's an EXORCIST rip-off, but a pretty good one for the right reasons. It tries to create a gracious pace, not so frantic as modern thrillers demand apparently, try to create a mood and atmosphere, and most importantly follows a rule that comic book movies regularly deploy: Accept a concept you yourself might as fantasy whether demonic possession or a guy dressing up as a bat to fight crime, and accept it as reality and believe it, and your audience will follow.
I liked some of the proceduralism of exorcisms thru Hopkins which intrigued me and unlike most movies dealings with demons and the supernatuarl, this isn't a grand battle for live or death told in cartoonish fashion that such movies tend to be but like EXORCIST more localized evil, demons acting like serial killers and God aint helping, but his God Cops (Priests) will stop them. The only touch of the fantastical was a bunch of cockroaches flooding Hopkins' home, otherwise RITE felt sorta grounded in reality in dealing with something from the great Outstanding.
(My favorite scene is when it turns out a possessed boy is haunted by his demon: A frog, which Hopkins throws into an incinerator. What if that frog was some poor prince still waiting for his kiss? What if it was Prince?)
I even liked the skeptic priest protagonist, who himself has a fascinating origin story: His dad was a mortician, and operated his business from home. His dad is Rutger Hauer, and they both did the job on his mother when she died, when said hero was just a kid.
That's some hardcore shit. That demon never stood a chance.
Not a great movie, not really an exceptional one, but decent and better than it's reputation claims.
Fun Fact: It's premiere episode in the ratings rankings was 77th...out of 77 programs. Just a reminder to the quarterly-obsessed networks that just because a program doesn't start out as dynamite (CHEERS was frequently almost cancelled the first two seasons), doesn't mean you should pull the plug in favor of another idiotic reality TV show.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/30/1207:54 PM
Saw "The Debt" the other night with Helen Mirren. It's the story of three Mossad agents who go into East Berlin in the 1960s to grab a Nazi war criminal. Things don't go as planned and for 30 years the agents have lived with a secret about that mission. The story is told in flashbacks, so it can be a tad confusing, but it's an excellent film.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/30/1208:00 PM
I caught about 45 mins of it on HBO the other night. It WAS confusing but it was also on late and I really didn't give it my full attention. It did seem pretty good tho.
On a totally different note, SyFY will be showing "An American Werewolf In London" in a minute. I just love that movie. Fun to watch.
I saw a youtube interview with David Naughton (the star) and he said it took 6 days to film the two minute transformation scene.
I just wish I had seen it at the theater. Never did.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/03/1210:10 PM
You mean Depp is Tonto? Oh man, I thought he was gonna be the Lone Ranger. I'll tell ya, I like Depp and think he's a good actor but yea, does he always have to choose roles in which he can have make-up on? I beginning to think he enjoys it.
Btw, RR where have you been? Did you give up politics?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/03/1210:13 PM
Remember when Jennifer Lopez, asides from an insanely successful recording career, was also a popular movie actress? Now she's slumming apparently in Jason Statham movies. That's so...hilarious. Sorry, never cared much for J-Lo so I can't say I feel bad for her downfall. (Of course OUT OF SIGHT was awesome, we must give her that.) Directed by Taylor Hackford.
Why does Hollywood have a hard time with Richard Stark/Donald Westlake books? I mean Parker's appeal is that he's a ruthless, resourceful son of a bitch who'll prevail over the other hoods who (usually) screw him out of his owed loot. He doesn't have a code of honor, he's amoral and that's why we love him.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/05/1201:23 AM
I had no idea they were making another Die Hard movie. The original is one of my favorites, tho I've seen them all. Don't know if I'll go to the movies to see this but I do like John McClain character. Yippee Ki Ya
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/05/1202:18 PM
Originally Posted By: BAM_233
i have to ask. why is action movies rated PG-13 now? i mean even some upon release on dvd/blu ray end up being unrated.
The suits would tell you because they don't want to lose those teenage ticket buyers. Which is silly because I remember growing up with big budget R-rated movies making fortunes and nobody batting an eye at the rating.
The only non-comedy R-rated genre movies out recently was the forgettable PROMETHEUS and the terrific shoot-em-up DREDD, and both considered financial disapointments* are being blamed on the rating.
Of course I could easily say that PROMETHEUS' problem was it wasn't that good and bad WOM killed it, and that DREDD's problem was nobody in America knew of Judge Dredd (a British comic strip character), and if they did, they knew that shitty Sylvester Stallone movie.
I think what makes that fear of the R rating even worse is the dearth in modest budget movies. Anymore Hollywood is only willing to fund expensive blockbusters (which have to broad and universal in their appeal) that sell lunchboxes and only make a profit apparently if they gross a billion bucks. Or micro-budget independent movies that which quite frankly studios lose nothing in backing them. (MAGIC MIKE cost $5 million.)
*=How a movie grossing $400 million is a disapointment, I can't understand but that's Hollywood accounting for you.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/06/1210:12 PM
If the current box-office trackings continue, TAKEN 2 could very well make $50 million this weekend. I wondered if there would be a dropoff because of the bad reviews its getting, but this seems to be a "critic-proof" movie. Sorta like the late 80s when Stallone/Seagal/Schwarznegger and all that bunch had action movies that made money despite the critics usually not caring for them (yet the masses don't care, they want what they want.)
So in this new movie done as the usual CGI toons today, Snoopy will have adorable fart jokes, Charlie Brown references President Romney, but hopefully Lucy will still be a total bitch.
Meanwhile, Bill Watterson will feel smug for know what he was doing in not selling away the 'Calvin & Hobbes' rights.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/11/1209:29 AM
This Tippi Hedren interview conducted by Andrew Goldman about Hedren's run-ins with Alfred Hitchcock and the film which depicts them has caused some stir in the twitterverse. A female author (Jennifer Weiner) accused Goldman of being a sexist for asking Hedren if she had ever considered sleeping her way to the top. Goldman responded that perhaps Weiner wished she could have had the opportunity to consider it. And then it was on ...
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The Revenge of Alfred Hitchcock’s Muse By ANDREW GOLDMAN The new HBO movie “The Girl” depicts your relationship with Alfred Hitchcock, who, after giving you your first movie role in “The Birds,” plants an unwanted kiss on you, tries to blackmail you for sex and stalks you. Why would he do these things? He was a misogynist. That man was physically so unattractive. I think to have a mind that thought of himself as an attractive, romantic man and then to wake up in the morning and look at that face and that body was tough. I think he had a whole lot of problems.
The film made me ponder the expression “Revenge is a dish best served cold.” Is there any satisfaction in exacting revenge on a man who has been dead 32 years? Well, I don’t know that I’ve gotten any revenge on him. Maybe this movie is a bit. But I’m not the first one this happened to. Other actresses never made any overt statements about it. What he did with his life is astounding. There is no one in this world that did films like he did. Nobody...
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/11/1209:33 AM
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
If the current box-office trackings continue, TAKEN 2 could very well make $50 million this weekend. I wondered if there would be a dropoff because of the bad reviews its getting, but this seems to be a "critic-proof" movie. Sorta like the late 80s when Stallone/Seagal/Schwarznegger and all that bunch had action movies that made money despite the critics usually not caring for them (yet the masses don't care, they want what they want.)
If religion is the opiate of the masses then bad action movies are heroin.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/12/1202:03 PM
Did anybody catch the debut of ARROW on CW this week? The new series based off the DC superhero archer Green Arrow*, the pilot was actually quite decent.
Told in a BATMAN BEGINS-esque down to Earth set-up, which is appropriate considering GA started out as a shallow Batman knock-off. I do enjoy how in fantasy we can easily accept as flight of fancy a playboy marooned on an island for 5 years would in that time train himself to not just be a master archer, but also a total badass fighting machine who goes all Punisher on the local hoods when he returns home.
So yes its an EQUALIZER, LEVERAGE sort of vigilante, sticking it to the man fantasy. There's alot of characters and avenues to which to explore for episodes to come (at least based off my memory of the character from the comics.)
*=Why not just call this program GREEN ARROW then instead of just ARROW? Is DC/CW afraid people will confuse this for a Martian porno?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/17/1209:23 AM
I had already seen the first series but Sky Atlantic are now showing all 5 series in a row. FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS. Very good. Ticks all the main boxes for me...football and pretty ladies
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/17/1208:37 PM
Saw FRANKENWEENIE today. I've been soured on Tim Burton in recent years, but this was pretty good. A funny, moving kids movie without fart jokes or forced pop culture references, and the movie is in Black & White.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/18/1209:45 AM
"Alex Cross" is an interesting exercise in back-engineering, a prequel that takes us back to the days before the psychologist-police profiler was the sage, solemn and inscrutable sleuth created for the screen by Morgan Freeman over a decade ago.
This Cross is cocky, a bit trigger-happy and prone to revenge -- and this Cross is played by Tyler Perry.
He's also less interesting. When you fill in a character's back story, you strip away some of his mystique. When you focus on the flippant in a film about a frantic hunt for a psychopathic assassin, you diminish the urgency of the hunt and remove the gravitas of the character.
And when you make Tyler Perry run and point a gun, you remember why nobody's ever used him as an action figure before. Alex Cross
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/26/1204:35 PM
You can guess what I think of him personally and professionally, but regardless Bill O'Reilly has seen LINCOLN and is predicting it'll win Best Picture, Spielbrg win Best Director, and Daniel Day-Lewis win Best Actor and Tommy Lee Jones for Supporting Actor.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/26/1204:41 PM
The movie does sound interesting to me. I don't think there's been a movie in recent years about Lincoln has there, (Vampire Hunter doesn't count). Btw, does the movie cover Lincoln's assassination?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/26/1204:49 PM
Anyone watch and new shows this season? I'm more or less sticking with my old favorites. However, I have watched the first few episodes of a show called "Arrow", about a rich man who was stranded on a secluded island and thought dead for 5 years. He returns as somewhat of a superhero. Not bad so far.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/26/1204:50 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
The movie does sound interesting to me. I don't think there's been a movie in recent years about Lincoln has there, (Vampire Hunter doesn't count). Btw, does the movie cover Lincoln's assassination?
TIS
The movie covers the last 4 months (January to April 1865) of Lincoln's Presidency. So I guess they will?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/26/1204:52 PM
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
You can guess what I think of him personally and professionally, but regardless Bill O'Reilly has seen LINCOLN and is predicting it'll win Best Picture, Spielbrg win Best Director, and Daniel Day-Lewis win Best Actor and Tommy Lee Jones for Supporting Actor.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/26/1204:56 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Anyone watch and new shows this season? I'm more or less sticking with my old favorites. However, I have watched the first few episodes of a show called "Arrow", about a rich man who was stranded on a secluded island and thought dead for 5 years. He returns as somewhat of a superhero. Not bad so far.
TIS
I enjoy ARROW (Why the title? It's the Green Arrow superhero from DC Comics.)
It is a very solid program so far, I admire that in serial fashion they repeatedly introduce new elements that you take for granted, only for those elements to unload onto new characters and storylines and details which is quickly threatening to give ARROW a fully fleshed out universe before the 1st season is even out. (Consider the hero's stereotypical ex-girlfriend, who out of the blue showed off her mastery of Judo.)
In tone it's pretty much Green Arrow meets BATMAN BEGINS. Why not? Its working so far.
(Though I think he's less Batman and more psychotic violent vigilante like the Punisher, but I don't mind that. I enjoyed last week's episode when he made that pension-robbing white collar crook give back the money or else eat a metal fan.)
Plus I'm sure the weekly shirt off, grauitous beefcake training montages will please many audience demographics. Right TIS?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/26/1205:00 PM
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Anyone watch and new shows this season? I'm more or less sticking with my old favorites. However, I have watched the first few episodes of a show called "Arrow", about a rich man who was stranded on a secluded island and thought dead for 5 years. He returns as somewhat of a superhero. Not bad so far.
TIS
I enjoy ARROW (Why the title? It's the Green Arrow superhero from DC Comics.)
It is a very solid program so far, I admire that in serial fashion they repeatedly introduce new elements that you take for granted, only for those elements to unload onto new characters and storylines and details which is quickly threatening to give ARROW a fully fleshed out universe before the 1st season is even out. (Consider the hero's stereotypical ex-girlfriend, who out of the blue showed off her mastery of Judo.)
In tone it's pretty much Green Arrow meets BATMAN BEGINS. Why not? Its working so far.
(Though I think he's less Batman and more psychotic violent vigilante like the Punisher, but I don't mind that. I enjoyed last week's episode when he made that pension-robbing white collar crook give back the money or else eat a metal fan.)
Plus I'm sure the weekly shirt off, grauitous beefcake training montages will please many audience demographics. Right TIS?
RR,
Well, now that you mention it, yea, the guy does have a body!! Whew!!
I had NO idea it was based on a comic book hero but it is entertaining so far. Sort of like Superman without the glasses and Zorro without the mask, it seems odd that people don't recognize him considering he only wears a hoodie.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/28/1204:40 AM
I am shamefully and newly addicted to Long Island Medium. I know that so much of it has to be set up, but I can't help myself. I just love Theresa Caputo and her family. They remind me of some of my cousins!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/29/1208:40 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
I don't get Showtime but Homeland does look good from the little previews I've seen. What is the premise of the show? Homeland Security I presume?
TIS
It's about a marine who's been POW for eight years in Iraq and finally comes back home. A CIA agent who is not mentally stable suspects that he has turned into a terrorist. It's an interesting tango between the pair. Both leads won an Emmy for their roles if you remember.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/29/1211:24 PM
This Homeland is an absolute hit. Mrs. Mark got Showtime just for this show. I can say it is just as good as any Sopranos season ever made. Good stuff.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/30/1206:40 AM
I LOVED and ADORED "The Wire". I think "Homeland" has been really well done if you set the highest bar for "The Wire". It's only in its 2nd season, but so far it's as good if not actually better than "The Wire."
LOS ANGELES — On Feb. 24 Hollywood will turn out for the Oscars.
But it’s starting to feel as if it might be “The Last Picture Show.” Next year’s Academy Awards ceremony — the 85th since 1929 — will be landing in a pool of angst about movies and what appears to be their fraying connection to the pop culture. After the shock of last year's decline in the number of tickets sold for movies domestically, to 1.28 billion, the lowest since 1995 (and attendance is only a little better this year) film business insiders have been quietly scrambling to fix what few will publicly acknowledge to be broken.
That is, Hollywood’s grip on the popular imagination, particularly when it comes to the more sophisticated films around which the awards season turns. Several industry groups, including the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which awards the Oscars, and the nonprofit American Film Institute, which supports cinema, are privately brainstorming about starting public campaigns to convince people that movies still matter.
That seemed self-evident only a few years ago. But the mood has turned wistful as people in the industry watch the momentum shift toward television.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/03/1203:19 AM
I like Blue Bloods, but I'm getting a little sick of Danny. I wish Erin and Jamie had bigger roles and Danny could just shut up. Does he solve every crime in NYC singlehandedly??
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/04/1208:24 AM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
I like Blue Bloods, but I'm getting a little sick of Danny. I wish Erin and Jamie had bigger roles and Danny could just shut up. Does he solve every crime in NYC singlehandedly??
Exactly what Mrs. Yogi says Babe. Great minds and all that eh?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/04/1208:26 AM
We are watching a thing called THE HATFIELDS AND THE McCOYS at the moment. Starring Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton about feuding families back in the late 1800's. Very good. Costner has always done that sort of stuff very well!!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/04/1201:13 PM
Originally Posted By: Yogi Barrabbas
We are watching a thing called THE HATFIELDS AND THE McCOYS at the moment. Starring Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton about feuding families back in the late 1800's. Very good. Costner has always done that sort of stuff very well!!
I never saw it but Costner won an Emmy for it a couple weeks ago. I don't even know what channel it's on. Showtime??
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/04/1201:32 PM
Hatfields & McCoys were on The History Channel. Very good, TIS. You may be able to get it OnDemand?
"Blue Bloods" is a fave of me & Mrs. Mark... BTW, Mrs. Mark is in the Selleck fan club with SB! I also see too much emphasis on Danny - waay too much. I recently read a story about the actress who plays his partner - Jennifer Esposito. Seems she has an allergy to gluten and has been battling a medical issue so CBS layed her off or something. That explains why she hasn't been in the past couple of epiodes.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/04/1204:43 PM
Originally Posted By: Mark
Hatfields & McCoys were on The History Channel. Very good, TIS. You may be able to get it OnDemand?
"Blue Bloods" is a fave of me & Mrs. Mark... BTW, Mrs. Mark is in the Selleck fan club with SB! I also see too much emphasis on Danny - waay too much. I recently read a story about the actress who plays his partner - Jennifer Esposito. Seems she has an allergy to gluten and has been battling a medical issue so CBS layed her off or something. That explains why she hasn't been in the past couple of epiodes.
Hatfields & McCoys was very enjoyable, i streamed it online on sidereel.
I saw that Blue Bloods story as well, I enjoy Jennifer Esposito on the show and I hope they can bring her back.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/04/1204:48 PM
Speaking of the History Channel which I admit, I don't watch often. I wasn't aware they had movies/tvs shows. I thought they were mostly documentaries.
Also, has anyone seem previews of the movie "Seal Team Six" about the capture of Osama Bin Laden? Surprisingly that premiers on the National Geographic Channel (again I didn't realize they had movie). Looks pretty good too.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/04/1208:36 PM
That's stupid of CBS. Jennifer's character is very likable and the whole gluten thing is a big trend right now. They could use this, but would rather fire her. Morons. She was the only thing that made Danny's scenes watchable. And I was a big fan of his when he was on "Boomtown". Actually, I never understood why that show didn't do well. I loved it.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/06/1201:56 AM
Tune in to ESPN2 30 for 30 and watch its special about the racial integration by James Meredith of the University of Mississippi in 1962. It does it against the background of the University's football team and its efforts to be No. 1.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/07/1212:36 AM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Tune in to ESPN2 30 for 30 and watch its special about the racial integration by James Meredith of the University of Mississippi in 1962. It does it against the background of the University's football team and its efforts to be No. 1.
I watched this twice last week, olivant. It was very well done. The recordings of the phone calls between the Mississippi Governor and the President were interesting.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/07/1205:02 AM
Originally Posted By: klydon1
Originally Posted By: olivant
Tune in to ESPN2 30 for 30 and watch its special about the racial integration by James Meredith of the University of Mississippi in 1962. It does it against the background of the University's football team and its efforts to be No. 1.
I watched this twice last week, olivant. It was very well done. The recordings of the phone calls between the Mississippi Governor and the President were interesting.
As I tell my students, the President showed restraint and a tremendous respect for federalism by allowing the state to handle the situation until he determined that the state was not able or willing to handle it.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/07/1209:27 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Originally Posted By: klydon1
Originally Posted By: olivant
Tune in to ESPN2 30 for 30 and watch its special about the racial integration by James Meredith of the University of Mississippi in 1962. It does it against the background of the University's football team and its efforts to be No. 1.
I watched this twice last week, olivant. It was very well done. The recordings of the phone calls between the Mississippi Governor and the President were interesting.
As I tell my students, the President showed restraint and a tremendous respect for federalism by allowing the state to handle the situation until he determined that the state was not able or willing to handle it.
Very true. Of particular interest was the exchange between Kennedy and Barnett in the midst of an immediate threat of violence when the President told him to go up on the hill and handle the situation by talking to the people. Barnett tried to end the call by saying something to the effect, "I'll tell them you're pulling the marshalls out." Kennedy immediately jumped on him and told himnot to make any such promise.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/10/1203:44 PM
Any Board fans of Parking Wars? I watch it all the time. However, they never film in New York. I'd like to see some of that action in someof the infamous neighborhoods throughout the boroughs.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/10/1206:45 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Any Board fans of Parking Wars? I watch it all the time. However, they never film in New York. I'd like to see some of that action in someof the infamous neighborhoods throughout the boroughs.
Oli - Yes! I have seen that show for years... the melt downs & rants are awesome. On a personal note - the printing company I work for prints the Philadelphia parking tickets and envelopes you often see being ripped, tossed, crumbled and discarded! I designed the graphics and format for those documents.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/13/1204:18 AM
I had stopped watching Hawaii Five-O because I found it sort of far-fetched and sometimes just stupid. I've watched it intermittently, but I did tune into tonight's episode. I saw on the ads that Terence Howard was going to guest star and I really like him. It was an incredibly good Danno-centric episode.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/13/1207:20 PM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
I had stopped watching Hawaii Five-O because I found it sort of far-fetched and sometimes just stupid. I've watched it intermittently, but I did tune into tonight's episode. I saw on the ads that Terence Howard was going to guest star and I really like him. It was an incredibly good Danno-centric episode.
SB,
As usual, I fell asleep and missed most of it BUT I just caught it "On Demand." Good episode
When you mentioned Terence Howard, I knew that name rang a bell but couldn't place him til I saw him. He was in the short lived (but I liked it) Law & Order L.A. He was my favorite character on the show. I recognized him immediately. And here he was such a nice guy on L&O.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/13/1209:09 PM
He's also in a movie with Jodie Foster, but I can't remember the name of it. She's a radio host and she and her fiancee are brutally attacked, and her boyfriend dies. Terence Howard is the cop assigned to the case. After she physically recovers, she becomes a vigilante.
He was also in a movie about an inner-city swim team. Can't remember the name of that one. And, of course, in Mr. Holland's Opus, one of my all-time favorites.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/13/1209:39 PM
i was watching "the HUB", a tv network that seems to air alot of programming from the 90's(my childhood), and i watched an episode of hercules with kevin sorbo. i loved that show as a kid, but its always funny even with me still being a young man, to see how bad the special effects were even a few short years ago. they seemed WAY better when i was a kid.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/22/1205:23 AM
Originally Posted By: olivant
I just read that Ed O'Neil has a black belt in jiu jitsu. Such hidden talents.
He was also a talented college football player, who was signed as a free agent defensive lineman by our Steelers around the time they drafted Bradshaw and Joe Greene. He was cut, but he was competing with the greatest front four in NFL history.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/22/1203:12 PM
Originally Posted By: klydon1
Originally Posted By: olivant
I just read that Ed O'Neil has a black belt in jiu jitsu. Such hidden talents.
He was also a talented college football player, who was signed as a free agent defensive lineman by our Steelers around the time they drafted Bradshaw and Joe Greene. He was cut, but he was competing with the greatest front four in NFL history.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/25/1211:26 PM
Do any Board members watch Mystery Diners. I watched it for the first time today. Whenever a chef and a waiter were confronted about stealing, etc., it seemed rehearsed.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/25/1211:33 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Do any Board members watch Mystery Diners. I watched it for the first time today. Whenever a chef and a waiter were confronted about stealing, etc., it seemed rehearsed.
yeah, i have watched it a few times more for comedy than anything else. you are 100% right on the money, not only does it seem staged but more than likely it is. coming from someone with more than a decade of experience, if i was working at a place that had any tv cameras whatsoever, regardless of what they said they were for, rest assured me and everyone else would be on our best behavior. shows like kitchen nightmares, while without a doubt overblown, are at least based on reality. these new breed of shows are a disgrace. shame on you food network, shame!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/25/1211:38 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Do any Board members watch Mystery Diners. I watched it for the first time today. Whenever a chef and a waiter were confronted about stealing, etc., it seemed rehearsed.
I saw the show for the first time yesterday. The episode showed a headwaiter stealing tips and corkage fees. It was absolutely rehearsed (and poorly done). I won't be watching the show anymore.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/26/1207:16 PM
Originally Posted By: SC
Originally Posted By: olivant
Do any Board members watch Mystery Diners. I watched it for the first time today. Whenever a chef and a waiter were confronted about stealing, etc., it seemed rehearsed.
I saw the show for the first time yesterday. The episode showed a headwaiter stealing tips and corkage fees. It was absolutely rehearsed (and poorly done). I won't be watching the show anymore.
I also wonder how they are able to get such good volume on what people are saying since they only addressed th eplacement of cameras and not microphones.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/27/1207:01 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
I know I'm probably the only viewer, but I'm watching yesterday's episode of Hawaii Five O on On-Demand and it is really good.
I'm hurt, Tis. I told you ten times that I'm a regular viewer. Am I that forgettable?
Oh PB, I'm sorry. Maybe I'm senile.
Did you see last night then? Boy that madam was a real bitch. I couldn't wait for her to get arrested (tho didn't turn out that way.) What's up with McGarret's mother? Her character sort of annoys me (at least at first). She doesn't come across as a loving mother or something. Though I like Christine Lahti (?). She's a good actress.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/27/1207:12 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
I don't like Mama McGarrett either. What kind of a mother takes off for twenty years anyway?
And saying that it was for the safety of her family is beyond a cliché.
A couple episodes ago Mrs. M shows up unexpectedly, making breakfast in McGarret's kitchen, nonchalantly. I don't get her character or why they are after her and NOW I see McGarret's girlfriend is in on it. I'm hoping Mrs. McGarret's story will be revealed soon.
But, THIS cat & mouse episode I loved. Not only that (and on a side note), I swear to God the scenery in Hawaii is so beautiful. They can be driving down a pineapple field or corn field or whatever and the scenery is just breathtaking. Another reason I like the show.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/27/1211:32 PM
Anyone catch this original series on Encore yet? It is about the building of RMS Titanic and it is pretty good! All 12 episodes of season 1 are currently available OnDemand. Me & Mrs. Mark are hooked - we are on episode 6 as of tonight. It does however have a few historic inaccuracies but entertaining nonetheless!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/02/1205:52 AM
Hello TIS,
I watched it when the DVD came out, and my memory might not be that reliable, but they were people who would make dream states with architectural designs similar to what a person is accustomed in order to find out and steal what's in their target's mind.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/02/1206:44 AM
Just recently I`ve realised how deep Stanley Kubricks films are. Like how The Shining is about the Apollo 11 mission and Eyes Wide Shut is about secret societies that practice occult rituals.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/02/1206:51 AM
The Shining is about Apollo 11 mission? Isn't that reading too much into things? The Shining is written by Stephen King. It's an adaptation of an enjoyable horror book. I don't see anything more into that.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/02/1207:24 AM
I don`t think so. Stanley changed the film so much from the book that Stephen King fans were upset. Stanley was very meticulous with what he put in his movies, and anything that appeared on screen was put there on purpose.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/02/1211:32 AM
It's one of the moon landing conspiracy theories that Kubrick directed them. Based on a few things in the shining including the kid wearing an Apollo 11 dungarees with a picture of a rocket on them. It's total bs though.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/02/1211:35 AM
Originally Posted By: Blake
Just recently I`ve realised how deep Stanley Kubricks films are. Like how The Shining is about the Apollo 11 mission and Eyes Wide Shut is about secret societies that practice occult rituals.
This is almost impossible not to notice - Eyes Wide Shut is about secret societies that practice occult rituals
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/02/1209:04 PM
Originally Posted By: Blake
Yeah but I didn't know Tom Cruises character was Stanley Kubrick.
Could you elaborate on this please ? I must've missed this maybe it was because i didn't really enjoy this movie. If you're only basing this on the fact that Kubrick was a freemason then that's pretty flimsy.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/03/1203:07 AM
Originally Posted By: Dapper_Don
I don't see it either
Thanks DD. I kept scrolling up & down and didn't see it. I was afraid it might have been right in front of my eyes and I still missed it. Why would it have been deleted?
Btw, did you see Walking Dead tonight? I don't want to go to the thread yet cause it's not aired yet here and don't want to know what happend. Anyway, was it good?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/03/1204:11 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Originally Posted By: Dapper_Don
I don't see it either
Thanks DD. I kept scrolling up & down and didn't see it. I was afraid it might have been right in front of my eyes and I still missed it. Why would it have been deleted?
Btw, did you see Walking Dead tonight? I don't want to go to the thread yet cause it's not aired yet here and don't want to know what happend. Anyway, was it good?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/05/1202:39 AM
It's that time of the year when Oscar season is heating up and awards are starting to trickle out before the Oscars, the Super Bowl of the movie world, in a few months.
The prestigious New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) voted ZERO DARK THIRTY as their pick for best picture of the year, and giving best director to ZD30 helmer Kathryn Bigelow.
Opening limited later this month, opening nationwide next month. I guess we'll have to include this as another contender.
~As a movie about the Bin Laden raid/assassination, will Obama screen this at the White House? When OBL gets a bullet between the eyes, will he do a fist pump and say "that was me!" ?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/07/1212:22 AM
I remember that feud with Carson/Rivers. I never knew exactly what it was about. I wonder IF Carson ever gave his version (if different than Joans)?
Rivers was hilarious in the beginning but I can't take her today. She's so annoying IMHO.
Back in the day, when she WAS on Carson's show, one joke that stuck with me because at the time anyway, it seemed very rude, tho very funny.
She constantly made fun of Liz Taylor who had a lifelong weight problem. Back in those days McDonalds had a sign showing "millions served" with numbers changing. Her joke was when Liz went to McDonalds those numbers moved like crazy. I don't know. Maybe back then they didn't do as many "putdown" jokes but I did think it was rude. BUT, I admit, I did also laugh.
She was funniest when she trashed herself though.
On a sidenote, Geez, does she need anymore plastic surgery? She looks so fake.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/07/1203:38 AM
Liz being her target reminds me of the countless O.J. Simpson murder jokes and Bill Clinton screwing around gagas that Jay Leno has told over the years.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/10/1202:09 PM
PBS is running a documentary titled, "Paesani: the Story of Italian Culture in America. I missed the beginning, but this is very good. Shows Ellis Island immigration, (just like Vito Corleone in GF II), and mostly focuses on Northeast PA towns where many Italians ended up. This is Klydon country, but he's no paesan. Check it out if its in your area.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/10/1202:30 PM
Every time my wife gets her hands on the old TV remote we are subjected to Christmas tunes being played over and over. She is far to festive far to early
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/10/1203:26 PM
Originally Posted By: MaryCas
PBS is running a documentary titled, "Paesani: the Story of Italian Culture in America. I missed the beginning, but this is very good. Shows Ellis Island immigration, (just like Vito Corleone in GF II), and mostly focuses on Northeast PA towns where many Italians ended up. This is Klydon country, but he's no paesan. Check it out if its in your area.
MC,
I would have loved to seen it. I'll keep an eye out for it here. A few years ago the History channel ran a story similar called "Italians In America." I loved it so much I purchased a copy and sent it to my parents in their Christmas gift. They also loved it. Sort of sad, this topic comes up here, because in a box of mementos I just received after they cleaned my parents' house out, was that video which I will watch again.
Anyway, IF you here it's on again, please either post or PM me but I also will check my local PBS station.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/16/1209:53 PM
Anyone who gets Current TV ever watch a series called "Final 24?" I've seen it in the listings but watched for the first time today.
It tells of the Final 24 hours of deceased celebrity/personality. Now, I am watching Jim Morrison's final 24. They have combination of comments/clips from the person/group and some reinactments, but it is interesting. Coming up (though not sure I'll watch all), Janis Joplin, Keith Moon.
It's not all Rock Stars though. I noticed they had Anna Nicole Smith a couple days ago and Nicole Brown Simpson.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/18/1210:27 AM
Watched something i taped last night THE DARK CHARISMA OF ADOLF HITLER.
Wow, what a twisted sucker he was, but how the Germans fell for him. Even towards the nd of the war when they were getting the shit kicked out of them they still believed in him. And his henchmen?? The creepy Himmler, the downright spooky Goebbels, and the buffoonish idiot Goring!!!!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/19/1201:34 AM
Yogi, we have a friend who lived in London during WWII when he was a little boy. After a few pints, he has been known to break out into the following ditty that he was taught during the war:
(to the tune of the Colonel Bogey March) Hitler, he's only got one ball, Goring, has two, but very small Himmler, has something sim'lar, but poor old Goebbels has no balls at all!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/21/1204:53 AM
I happened to Netflix the other day the George C. Scott version of 'A Christmas Carol', and of all the countless movies made of that story, that's probably my favorite one.
Why? I suppose I like the stab at mood and atmosphere in the 3rd act when indeed that possible dystopic future is haunted by death and hopelessness. I believe Scott doesn't ham it up as evil Scrooge but instead a more self-aware sense of classyness, which makes him an even bigger dick IMO. Scott facially is able to internalize the conflicting well-buried demons arisen within him.
But maybe most of all, unlike most versions, it doesn't castrate or neuter the political activism of the Dickens book. He wrote it originally as propaganda to shame the rich, the government, and society to quit being so apathetic about the poor and horrendous living conditions for the working class in mid-19th century England. Dickens was furious and hoped his story would be more effective than the political pamphlet he originally was going to pen.
Of course which version people prefer, it probably depends on which one they're most familiar with. The Muppets? Albert Finney? Mickey Mouse? Patrick Stewart? Jim Carrey? Bill Murray?
(speaking of SCROOGED, I would also add Black Adder's pisser parody of the story which you can watch on Netflix Instant.)
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/22/1205:10 AM
Of the many movies coming out this weekend or next week, I caught Tom Cruise's JACK REACHER earlier today. Decent, I kinda enjoyed it. A cheeseburger/airport novel of a movie that you get involved with, but it fades quickly afterwards. But as a murder mystery which I must admit engaged me, mixed with a crowd pleasing vigilante fantasy with my screening audience responding to the action and one-liners. In one regard it's the sort of movie Clint Eastwood used to crank out regularly for decades.
My favorite scene, as silly as it was, was when Robert Duvall refuses to answer any questions for Cruise. Unless he hits a target 3 times at his shooting range. Ridiculous, yet I like that level of earned respect from proving yourself. I'll also commend the very effective car chase sequence, which never deploys the evil shakey cam post-action camera work that most action films use by default anymore.
A little long though, a false step ending more befitting for a comic book movie, a nonsensical conclusion in the aftermath of the mayhem and carnage (at least for me), and one line that's obviously unintentionally hilarious because of Cruise's delivery ("I'll drink all your blood through a boot!"). But otherwise yeah I guess I would recommend this.
But walk, don't run, to go see it. You don't need this movie in your life, nor would you miss it if you never catch it. It's like that next hot dog your heart doesn't need but you'll stuff your face with anyway.
I give this Three and half evil Werner Herzogs out of 5.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/22/1204:13 PM
The previews of the movie don't look bad but I am not sure what it is about.
I've never necessarily been a Cruise fan, but, not very long ago, caught a Cruise movie, "Collateral" (Not to be confused with the Arnold movie), with Jamie Fox which I enjoyed and I think the first Mission Impossible was pretty good.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/22/1205:09 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
The previews of the movie don't look bad but I am not sure what it is about.
I've never necessarily been a Cruise fan, but, not very long ago, caught a Cruise movie, "Collateral" (Not to be confused with the Arnold movie), with Jamie Fox which I enjoyed and I think the first Mission Impossible was pretty good.
TIS
I am not a a Cruise fan either, but the film was made in Pittsburgh, so I'll watch it whenit comes to HBO.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/24/1207:06 PM
Has anyone been watching Roots on BET? I haven't watched it since its premier in 1977. Do ya'll remember how big it was? People were rushing ome towatch it. I believe it was the first miniseries and it spawned a whole bunch of such series.
I thought it would have been rebroadcast more often than it has been. I guess its length has mitigated that.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/27/1210:13 AM
Caught the RED DAWN remake at the dollar theatre, and oh boy. This is one of those movies you might have low expectations going into, and it still finds a way to fall short of them.
The original RED DAWN was flawed and at times unintentionally cheesy, but at least as a TWILIGHT ZONE fantasy I found it compelling as a 'what if' where small town USA is military occupied by a foreign power. Remember in such a comic book fantasy, realism isn't as important as believability. I mean Batman is ridiculous, but you never realize that if you accept this movie reality.
But this remake bypasses anything remotely anecdotally interesting in favor of mindless action. Worse it's not even compelling, thrilling mindless action, but the shakey cam post-action kind where you're unaware most of the time what the hell is going on. Would you be surprised this was helmed by a 2nd unit director who worked on QUANTUM OF SOLACE and the Paul Greengrass-helmed BOURNE sequels?
Yes this remake will invite a positive re-evaluation of the John Milius-directed original. North Koreans, the Prince of 3rd world dictatorships, can't feed themselves or do anything militarily except deter a foreign invasion, yet they can attack the American Pacific Northwest and maintain a stable foothold. (To be fair the movie originally was produced with Chinese as the invaders. But Beijing, and it's lucrative box-office for Hollywood, complained and post-production digital magic transformed them into North Koreans.)
Why do the Russians invade too? I get back in the Cold War us being ideological foes fighting to the death, but the corrupt oligarchal faux-republic Russia? Where's their profit in this endgame? Why does this remake make less sense than the original, never exactly respected for any sense of realism?
This movie is lucky that both Chris Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson did this movie 3 years ago (locked up until very recently due to MGM's financial troubles) when they were still relative nobodies for this movie would've (and deserved to) bomb in theatres even more.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/27/1204:18 PM
I watched a movie from 1962, PANIC IN THE YEAR ZERO, starring Ray Milland aand Frankie Avalon. It was kind of cornball by today's standards, but I couldn't pull myself away. It was about an all-American family taking a fishing/nature trip in the mountains when Los Angeles and other cities around the world were destroyed in a nuclear attack. The movie dealt with the struggle for survival with people turning violent and selfish. I imagine it has a bit of a cult following.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/30/1202:55 AM
Here you'll find a list of canceled/renewed TV programs. Can you believe that, once again, Kelsey Grammar's show has been canceled? I don't believe he's had a hit since Frasier.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/30/1203:16 AM
Thanks for the renews/cancel list SB. Seems like more are cancelled than renewed. Anyway, no real favorites for me. I did watch 666 Park Ave. a couple times and didn't mind it. I was going to watch "Made In Jersey" tonight, I see two episodes are on. Don't know if I'll bother getting into it if it's going.
Btw Oli, you probably already know but I heard that Dallas will be having an episode including a funeral for JR. Maybe they already had it, I don't know.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/30/1203:26 AM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Here you'll find a list of canceled/renewed TV programs. Can you believe that, once again, Kelsey Grammar's show has been canceled? I don't believe he's had a hit since Frasier.
Did kelsey win best actor at the golden globes for this show last year? But, yea not a lot of surprises. I wish they would cancel xfactor (really tired of the judges going/leaving every year) and of the animated series (the simpsons I am fine with, but everything else has to die now).
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/30/1203:33 AM
Sometimes I don't think they give some shows enough time for people to watch and form an opinion. I did watch Fairly Legal a couple times. It was ok, but I see it's cancelled too. Fortunately for ME, none of my favorites or any that I regularly watch in the cancelled list.
Simpson has been on forever. It IS funny tho I really don't watch it much (hardly ever actually).
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/30/1203:49 AM
TIS, Dallas starts Jan 28 I think. I heard about the funeral thing, but am not sure. I just don't know if I'll be that interested in it without JR. He was the epitome of duplicitousness.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/30/1204:13 AM
Originally Posted By: olivant
TIS, Dallas starts Jan 28 I think. I heard about the funeral thing, but am not sure. I just don't know if I'll be that interested in it without JR. He was the epitome of duplicitousness.
I understand how you feel Oli. Dallas without JR may leave the show pretty "empty." Still, it's a nice gesture on the part of cast/crew. It sounds like he was beloved by all. Then again, Dallas without JR Ewing?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/30/1206:46 AM
Caught WRECK-IT RALPH at the dollar theatre this week, which was a very pleasant surprise. Much much better than I was expecting to be frankly honest. A friend of mine described this Disney animated production as a Pixar film that Pixar didn't produce and I agree. Carries their trademark of usually successful quota of humor, heart, high energy, stunning brilliant detailed imaginative CGI animation, and decently executing an intriguing concept. In fact this was a better 'Pixar movie' than the one Pixar released (BRAVE) this year.
Basically a reworking of TOY STORY except instead of toys coming alive, it's video game characters at an arcade which like WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT also gives an excuse for countless cameos by real video game characters from throughout the decades. (Glaring absence though is a certain Italian Plumber who loves mushrooms.) A Donkey Kong-type villain from an early 1980s 8-bit arcade game is tired of his gig (and being treated like shit by his co-workers) and decides to leave his game and become a hero somewhere else, mayhem ensues. I was particularly charmed when a character from a game produced from a more innocent time has to fend for himself in a HALO-esque mindlessly violent first-person shooter.
It's possibly the first American cartoon movie I've seen since Pixar's THE INCREDIBLES which afterwards I really would want to return to this universe and see what is beyond that rinky a dink arcade. (I suppose PC games, online gaming, and console systems of course.) And if the trade reports are correct, a sequel is happening.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/30/1208:00 AM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Here you'll find a list of canceled/renewed TV programs. Can you believe that, once again, Kelsey Grammar's show has been canceled? I don't believe he's had a hit since Frasier.
Man, I loved Boss. I was actually looking forward to it. The only respectable show on Starz. This must have been on HBO, it would've picked up more audience.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/30/1208:18 PM
Does anyone here watch the SYfY show "Being Human." A new season starts next month but as usual with these cable shows, it's been months & months since it was on. Anyway, not a bad show. They are showing one episode now that I know I saw but geez, it's been so long I can't remember specifics.
Btw, there is also a UK version which airs on the BBC (I believe.) Same story,for the most part; same characters but different names. Both are good
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/31/1203:05 AM
Here it is, then: Capo's 2012 in review, with a ranked Top 18, plus all other releases/premieres rated, performances of note and the entire year's viewing tally.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/31/1203:10 AM
Originally Posted By: Capo de La Cosa Nostra
Here it is, then: Capo's 2012 in review, with a ranked Top 18, plus all other releases/premieres rated, performances of note and the entire year's viewing tally.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year nice to see a guy who has creditably to rate movies unlike the Rocket
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/31/1203:12 AM
Originally Posted By: Capo de La Cosa Nostra
Here it is, then: Capo's 2012 in review, with a ranked Top 18, plus all other releases/premieres rated, performances of note and the entire year's viewing tally.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/31/1209:43 AM
Originally Posted By: Capo de La Cosa Nostra
Here it is, then: Capo's 2012 in review, with a ranked Top 18, plus all other releases/premieres rated, performances of note and the entire year's viewing tally.
Happy New Year!
I feel vindicated that you also liked JACK REACHER, which came off to me as a Clint Eastwood movie without Clint Eastwood.
All good work, son. Keep up your strive for excellence.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/31/1210:34 AM
The BBC DOCTOR WHO Christmas special was terrific. A sexy new helper for the Doctor and an attack of killer snowmen led by the tremendously sinister Richard E Grant. Brilliant stuff!!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/31/1211:39 AM
Originally Posted By: DickNose_Moltasanti
Whats your star rating on TED whats your favorite movie ronnie "The Birdcage"
No periods? Yup definately a guy. Or maybe it's not the right time of the month for you?
I enjoyed TED. Not overwhelmingly, then again I'm not really a big Seth McFarlane/FAMILY GUY/spin-off fan. If anything, TED is pretty much the FAMILY GUY movie for good and ill. I'll admit I was also amused by the FLASH GORDON references.
Never saw THE BIRDCAGE. I'm surprised in your lame attempt at calling me gay, you didn't use BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN instead. Or WILL & GRACE. Or PASSION OF THE CHRIST.
Originally Posted By: Yogi Barrabbas
The BBC DOCTOR WHO Christmas special was terrific. A sexy new helper for the Doctor and an attack of killer snowmen led by the tremendously sinister Richard E Grant. Brilliant stuff!!
I thought it odd the Great Intelligence/Snowmen sounded like Ian McKellen. Turns out he did voice it after all. Hell of a cameo.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/31/1202:23 PM
DicknoseM.
I don't know if you and RR are joking around or not, but I think both Capo & RR do good job at reviewing movies. Both are honest & thorough in their reviews.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/02/1304:34 AM
Just viewed a trailer for a Brad Pitt movie. It looks like one of the Armegeddon genre. It's due out this summer, but the trailer was quite long. I guess they're still doing post-production and reshoots.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/02/1305:21 AM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Just viewed a trailer for a Brad Pitt movie. It looks like one of the Armegeddon genre. It's due out this summer, but the trailer was quite long. I guess they're still doing post-production and reshoots.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/03/1312:45 AM
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
Originally Posted By: olivant
Just viewed a trailer for a Brad Pitt movie. It looks like one of the Armegeddon genre. It's due out this summer, but the trailer was quite long. I guess they're still doing post-production and reshoots.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/03/1305:18 AM
Netflixed Clint Eastwood's latest movie TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE. I liked it. I'm reminded of JACK REACHER actually in that both you sorta knew/guessed what to expect, and you more or less get what you expect. A picture you walk, don't run, to go see.
Which isn't a put down at all, CURVE is also a good execution of a crowd-pleasing formula picture. Clint is vintage Clint with cranky old white guy not able to handle reality (and bullshit) very well. He's in his 80s, and still able to dish out solid entertainments (and sometimes much more), I admire him as a star/producer. Amy Adams as the daughter with daddy issues is great, and Justin Timberlake actually gels well with both as a former pitcher/talent scout.
Interestingly this is a nice reaction/contrast to MONEYBALL where stat nerds dominate the baseball game over the experienced baseball scouts and "traditional wisdom." In CURVE, its reverse with nearly-blind scout Eastwood and his wisdom having to deal with clueless statistician Matthew Lillard who is divorced from reality outside of his computer.
Anyway I talked to my Mother (who saw this in theatres last year)and she remarked that one reason she usually liked Eastwood's movies was that the "jerks" always get their just desserts one way or another. The movie's plot follows Eastwood scouting (or trying at least) this top baseball prospect in the Appalachias, and he's the biggest dickhead diva.
In Eastwood movies, such people always make Eastwood's day. And I must agree with my Mom there.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/04/1312:37 AM
Originally Posted By: Dapper_Don
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
Originally Posted By: olivant
Just viewed a trailer for a Brad Pitt movie. It looks like one of the Armegeddon genre. It's due out this summer, but the trailer was quite long. I guess they're still doing post-production and reshoots.
You must be talking about WORLD WAR Z?
I want to check that out, looks promising.
I heard they changed a lot from the book it is based from. If anything though the movie might be good if you haven't read the book.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/04/1301:13 AM
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
Originally Posted By: olivant
Just viewed a trailer for a Brad Pitt movie. It looks like one of the Armegeddon genre. It's due out this summer, but the trailer was quite long. I guess they're still doing post-production and reshoots.
You must be talking about WORLD WAR Z?
Part of it was filmed here in Glasgow my brother in law was an extra . The city centre was full of yellow taxis/cabs and green street signs
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/04/1304:22 AM
Worth noting: The recently released musical LES MISERABLES has gotten two versions of the featured song "I Dreamed a Dream" into the Billboard's Top 100.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/04/1304:25 AM
Originally Posted By: BAM_233
Originally Posted By: Dapper_Don
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
Originally Posted By: olivant
Just viewed a trailer for a Brad Pitt movie. It looks like one of the Armegeddon genre. It's due out this summer, but the trailer was quite long. I guess they're still doing post-production and reshoots.
You must be talking about WORLD WAR Z?
I want to check that out, looks promising.
I heard they changed a lot from the book it is based from. If anything though the movie might be good if you haven't read the book.
I havent read it, but I am a fan of Walking Dead lol so hopefully it turns out good.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/04/1309:59 PM
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
Worth noting: The recently released musical LES MISERABLES has gotten two versions of the featured song "I Dreamed a Dream" into the Billboard's Top 100.
Anne Hathaway #69 Lea Michele + Idina Menzel #31
Haven't heard the Hathaway version, but I love the Lea/Idina version, from back when Glee was, you know, actually good.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/05/1301:17 AM
Originally Posted By: Mark
Sort of a bit off topic but I just saw Batman with Anne Hathaway as Catwoman... she was terrific! That was a great movie and she did really well.
She really did do a terrific job with that character. At first, I thought that hathaway might not be a good fit for catwoman. She proved me and probably others wrong.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/05/1303:44 AM
Originally Posted By: BAM_233
Originally Posted By: Mark
Sort of a bit off topic but I just saw Batman with Anne Hathaway as Catwoman... she was terrific! That was a great movie and she did really well.
She really did do a terrific job with that character. At first, I thought that hathaway might not be a good fit for catwoman. She proved me and probably others wrong.
I was one of those skeptics as well, and I concur she did a great job!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/07/1301:47 AM
Well Yogi and Lilo, I saw DJANGO UNCHAINED.
You gotta like a movie where Jamie Foxx in his Prince sunglasses (with the audience behind him) goes Billy Jack/Clint Eastwood on the bad guys, and it's richly deserved and goddamn satisfyingly executed. I was actually surprised they mentioned black slavers, which did happen in the pre-Civil War era.
People whining about its pacing need to stay home and watch TV. (Seriously almost every good big event/blockbuster movie this year, people bitch about being too long.) Movies are not TV, and thank God.
I have a bold prediction. If Leonardo DiCaprio gets an Oscar nod for Best Supporting Actor, he will win. But I'm not sure he'll actually get in. If he gets in, he will win. He really reminded me of Ralph Fiennes in SCHINDLER'S LIST in that because from the get go he's a slave owner (or Nazi), you know you're not supposed to hate him because of his occupation. But then Leo's character bullies and punishes the audience in show off how evil I can be. He is the slavocracy, unmovable and ridiculously powerful/influential in society, until intervened with violence whether a Spagetti Western-flavored revenge exploitation* movie, or the Civil War.
You know I'm surprised Samuel L. Jackson hasn't gotten more traction for his work here. The first time in dog years that he wasn't merely playing Samuel L. Jackson (with eyepatch or not the only variety) and he's wickedly evil great. You could even argue he's the real villain of the story, and more richly complex.
*=It's truely exploitive in the way it shows off the procedural sadism of slavery, my audience was bothered yet they couldn't look away. I'm sure hands were on front of their faces, eyeballs peeking out between the fingers. I applaud QT for at least not shying away and be squeamish about that shit, but it's exploitive entertainment like any of those "torture porn" horror movies like HOSTEL or whatever.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/07/1302:39 AM
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
Well Yogi and Lilo, I saw DJANGO UNCHAINED.
You gotta like a movie where Jamie Foxx in his Prince sunglasses (with the audience behind him) goes Billy Jack/Clint Eastwood on the bad guys, and it's richly deserved and goddamn satisfyingly executed. I was actually surprised they mentioned black slavers, which did happen in the pre-Civil War era.
People whining about its pacing need to stay home and watch TV. (Seriously almost every good big event/blockbuster movie this year, people bitch about being too long.) Movies are not TV, and thank God.
I have a bold prediction. If Leonardo DiCaprio gets an Oscar nod for Best Supporting Actor, he will win. But I'm not sure he'll actually get in. If he gets in, he will win. He really reminded me of Ralph Fiennes in SCHINDLER'S LIST in that because from the get go he's a slave owner (or Nazi), you know you're not supposed to hate him because of his occupation. But then Leo's character bullies and punishes the audience in show off how evil I can be. He is the slavocracy, unmovable and ridiculously powerful/influential in society, until intervened with violence whether a Spagetti Western-flavored revenge exploitation* movie, or the Civil War.
You know I'm surprised Samuel L. Jackson hasn't gotten more traction for his work here. The first time in dog years that he wasn't merely playing Samuel L. Jackson (with eyepatch or not the only variety) and he's wickedly evil great. You could even argue he's the real villain of the story, and more richly complex.
*=It's truely exploitive in the way it shows off the procedural sadism of slavery, my audience was bothered yet they couldn't look away. I'm sure hands were on front of their faces, eyeballs peeking out between the fingers. I applaud QT for at least not shying away and be squeamish about that shit, but it's exploitive entertainment like any of those "torture porn" horror movies like HOSTEL or whatever.
Haven't seen the movie, but if the guy from Inglourious Basterds won supporting actor then why not DiCaprio?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/07/1312:29 PM
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
You know I'm surprised Samuel L. Jackson hasn't gotten more traction for his work here. The first time in dog years that he wasn't merely playing Samuel L. Jackson (with eyepatch or not the only variety) and he's wickedly evil great. You could even argue he's the real villain of the story, and more richly complex.
*=It's truely exploitive in the way it shows off the procedural sadism of slavery, my audience was bothered yet they couldn't look away. I'm sure hands were on front of their faces, eyeballs peeking out between the fingers. I applaud QT for at least not shying away and be squeamish about that shit, but it's exploitive entertainment like any of those "torture porn" horror movies like HOSTEL or whatever.
Glad you saw it. I loved it. Yes, Jackson did good work there, as did DiCaprio. The audience where I was applauded at the end for quite some time, especially at the dressage scene.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/09/1306:38 PM
Because I really liked Stephen King's 11-22-63 book and look forward to the movie. I did a search to see if any cast was named yet. Don't know who comes up with suggestions but here's what I found:
Joseph Gordon Levitt as Jake (main character)? Maybe, but I pictured an older person.
BUT, Jim Parsons (who I love in Big Bang Theory) as Oswald? I can't picture it.
John Goodman, Anthony Hopkins would likely do well in their roles.
Actually, I can see John Hamm in the title role.
Any thoughts?
TIS
Checking further, I see the director opted out of the film. Don't know if it'll make it to the screen or not, at this point. Anyone who hears news, please post.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/10/1302:28 PM
Recently watched a thing we taped from before Christmas, A YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK. Based in Russia in the early 1900's and starring Harry Potter and Don Draper.....okay Daniel Radcliffe and Jon Hamm. A bit strange, but very funny, worth a watch if you can find it!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/10/1303:09 PM
Originally Posted By: Yogi Barrabbas
Recently watched a thing we taped from before Christmas, A YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK. Based in Russia in the early 1900's and starring Harry Potter and Don Draper.....okay Daniel Radcliffe and Jon Hamm. A bit strange, but very funny, worth a watch if you can find it!
I actually remember the Jackson 5 cartoon though I can't say that I watched it much. In the early to mid 70s there were also cartoon versions of the HJarlem Globetrotters and Gilligan's Island where Ginger was a platinum blonde for legal reasons. I also remember a cartoon version of the Three Stooges.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/12/1305:53 AM
I was surfing the channels and came across a DeNiro movie entitled Flawless from '99. I had never heard of it. I only watched minutes of it. It seems that there are so many movies even by first tier stars that don't attract much attention.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/12/1303:30 PM
Oli,
I never heard of that DeNiro movie either. I had same experience last night, when one of the cable channels aired a Kim Basinger movie I never heard of titled, "When She Was Out" (2008).
Long story short, she is at a shopping mall Christmas Eve, put a note on the car of someone who parked taking up two spaces. She had to drive a few blocks to find a spot to park. A gang of thugs from that car waited for her to leave and it was a cat & mouse chase into the woods where she ends up more or less pulling a Rambo on them. It WAS violent
SPOILER (if you are at all interested in seeing this movie don't read this paragraph)
It ended weird (and kind of funny) when she returned home to her abusive husband who had been yelling/hitting her in the beginning. He started yelling "Where the hell have you been" AND "what did you buy me?" Well, she had had about enough by then right? She takes out a gun points it at him and answers "Nothing!" LOL That's where it ends, without showing IF she actually pulls the trigger.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/16/1310:33 AM
It's one thing to abide by local laws/customs no matter how ridiculous and make movies that are within those laws or customs for that market.
But Chinese censors are so thorough and aggressive that they are starting to impact what movies the rest of us see. Much like the auto companies, who are making car models based on Chinese preferences, Hollywood is producing product that will sell in Beijing. Remember the Red Dawn remake that had North Koreans, instead of Chinese, invading the US?
Business is business. The talent in Hollywood tends liberal. But management does not. The focus is on making money. Whatever best accomplishes that is what they're gonna do. And if that means your film must pass the approval of a Communist functionary , then that is what's going to happen. In other news, water is wet... If pushed Hollywood would likely submit to the same restrictions in the US.
Quote:
One production currently facing scrutiny is Disney and Marvel’s “Iron Man 3,” parts of which were filmed in Beijing in the last month. It proceeded under the watchful eye of Chinese bureaucrats, who were invited to the set and asked to advise on creative decisions, according to people briefed on the production who asked for anonymity to avoid conflict with government or company officials. Marvel and Disney had no comment.
Co-productions like “Kung Fu Panda 3” draw close monitoring by the censors at every step. Scripts are submitted in advance. Representatives of S.A.R.F.T., according to Mr. Cohen and others, may be present on the set to guard against any deviation. And there is an unofficial expectation that the government’s approved version of the film will be seen both in China and elsewhere, ..
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/17/1307:59 PM
To bad Pacino as the godfather had not played paterno. If he had as soon as he heard what his assistant had done to the kids. His assistance whould have been with the fishes.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/19/1307:22 AM
I was flippin through the channels yesterday and I seen that Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares in on CMT. I thought that was a strange channel for that show to be on.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/19/1304:16 PM
Ever watch "Snakes On A Plane" on regular tv? Talk about ridiculous language "clean-up." "I've had it with these monkey fighting snakes on a plane." Seriously, in some cases I'd rather they just silence the words than add all the senseless dribble/drabble.
I did a search on "edited for tv" scenes and found this. Take a look. You'll find some of it is hilarious. (Check out the Exorcist for instance)
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/19/1304:55 PM
Originally Posted By: Mignon
I was flippin through the channels yesterday and I seen that Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares in on CMT. I thought that was a strange channel for that show to be on.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/19/1305:03 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Ever watch "Snakes On A Plane" on regular tv? Talk about ridiculous language "clean-up." "I've had it with these monkey fighting snakes on a plane." Seriously, in some cases I'd rather they just silence the words than add all the senseless dribble/drabble.
I did a search on "edited for tv" scenes and found this. Take a look. You'll find some of it is hilarious. (Check out the Exorcist for instance)
A common edited insertion in movies is the phrase, "Forget you!" I've never heard this phrase uttered by anyone outside of edited movies, and it is as silly as it is meaningless.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/19/1305:04 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Ever watch "Snakes On A Plane" on regular tv? Talk about ridiculous language "clean-up." "I've had it with these monkey fighting snakes on a plane." Seriously, in some cases I'd rather they just silence the words than add all the senseless dribble/drabble.
I did a search on "edited for tv" scenes and found this. Take a look. You'll find some of it is hilarious. (Check out the Exorcist for instance)
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/19/1306:42 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
"Criminal Minds" was AWESOME this week. Still the best police procedural on television.
That's right. I fell asleep and forgot about it til you just mentioned it. I have to catch it on "On Demand." Spencer's mysterious girlfriend shows her face? He's such a lovable nerd.
I have to make sure to catch it. It is one of my favorite shows.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/19/1307:07 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
"Criminal Minds" was AWESOME this week. Still the best police procedural on television.
That's right. I fell asleep and forgot about it til you just mentioned it. I have to catch it on "On Demand." Spencer's mysterious girlfriend shows her face? He's such a lovable nerd.
I have to make sure to catch it. It is one of my favorite shows.
TIS
Watch it RIGHT NOW, Tis. But it's heartbreaking for Reid. Just so you know.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/21/1303:30 PM
Originally Posted By: Yogi Barrabbas
Just watched an HBO documentary called ETHEL, all about Bobby Kennedy's widow!! Fascinating programme and some woman. Eleven kids??
I haven't seen the doc yet Yogi but keep meaning too. Yes, quite a huge family. I remember Ethel was pregnant for the youngest daughter when Bobby was assassinated.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/22/1310:41 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Originally Posted By: Yogi Barrabbas
Just watched an HBO documentary called ETHEL, all about Bobby Kennedy's widow!! Fascinating programme and some woman. Eleven kids??
I haven't seen the doc yet Yogi but keep meaning too. Yes, quite a huge family. I remember Ethel was pregnant for the youngest daughter when Bobby was assassinated.
TIS
TIS, that child is Rory Kennedy who produces the show. Really was a fascinating programme about an extraordinary woman!!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/22/1304:23 PM
Ahh yes, that's her Yogi. I've seen her on tv but forgot her name.
Btw, does anyone else watch the SyFy series, Being Human? Not as good as Walking Dead but still good. They also have a UK version on the BBC channel which is very similar only characters have different names. Good as well.
PLUS, I really get a kick out of and like the British version of Law & Order. I keep waiting for it to come back and have only seen repeats. I liked it.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/22/1304:43 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Ahh yes, that's her Yogi. I've seen her on tv but forgot her name.
Btw, does anyone else watch the SyFy series, Being Human? Not as good as Walking Dead but still good. They also have a UK version on the BBC channel which is very similar only characters have different names. Good as well.
PLUS, I really get a kick out of and like the British version of Law & Order. I keep waiting for it to come back and have only seen repeats. I liked it.
TIS
I've never watched it one of my friends loves it though it's on BBC 3 btw if any other Brits want to watch it. I had no idea there's a British Law & Order though
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/22/1304:57 PM
Camarel,
I've loved all the Law & Orders (especially the original). I like that the UK version is so much like the original only with a foreign twist (at least to me). I was so sad to see the younger detective get killed. I don't know any of the actors but whenever I see it's on, I watch.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/22/1305:24 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Camarel,
I've loved all the Law & Orders (especially the original). I like that the UK version is so much like the original only with a foreign twist (at least to me). I was so sad to see the younger detective get killed. I don't know any of the actors but whenever I see it's on, I watch.
Btw, for my fellow American,check this out
I'll check it out i honestly had no idea there wasa UK version of law & order, if anyone else wants to watch it is on ITV 1.The only Actor i recognize is Bradley Cooper who is the host of a game show called the chase what is supposed to be coming to the states so here's an episode if anyone wants to check it out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEjrMvHxbbo
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/22/1310:39 PM
I don't watch those shows. But my friend told me they did one when he was in Rao's with his daughter. Some guy said something about women who was there with her boyfriend. The boy friend pulled out his pisto and fired a shot at the guy. He just missed my friends daughter. If he had hit her they would have thrown the guy in one of the ovens and cooked him. My friend has a lot of friends in that place.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/22/1310:55 PM
Camarel the name of that movie in the US was the Sinatra club. Never saw it they renamed it Gotti the mob boss in the Uk. What did you think of it? It does not sound very good.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/23/1301:39 AM
Originally Posted By: RichieAnimal
Camarel the name of that movie in the US was the Sinatra club. Never saw it they renamed it Gotti the mob boss in the Uk. What did you think of it? It does not sound very good.
i saw it, i give it a 5.5/6 out of 10, worth a watch just to see what happens and all the lcn guys who are name dropped in it.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/24/1305:43 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Originally Posted By: klydon1
Originally Posted By: olivant
I read that during the last 2 seasons of Friends that Jennifer Aniston was paid $1 million per episode.
Indeed! Life is not fair.
Was that more than the other actors?
I just read that all of them got $1 million.
Wow. I could see her getting more than most of the others. I didn't watch the show reguarly, but I'd guess she would have been the most poplar on the show.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/25/1301:57 AM
Originally Posted By: RichieAnimal
Camarel the name of that movie in the US was the Sinatra club. Never saw it they renamed it Gotti the mob boss in the Uk. What did you think of it? It does not sound very good.
I've not seen it Richie, i completely agree it looks and sounds bad though. I knew someone on this site would've seen it so thanks to Dappers kind of recommendation lol i'll give it a try.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/25/1304:53 AM
Here is a good movie to see it goes under 2 names. The family enforcer and the death collector. It was joe Pesci first movie. The star was Joey cortese a good guy.
You can see the whole movie free on YouTube under one of those two names.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/25/1304:14 PM
Last night I caught THE LAST STAND, Arnold Schwarzenegger's comeback movie after his political career and his tabloid-rich divorce/love child storyline (minus his glorified cameos in the EXPENDABLES film series) which unfortunately lived up to the title on opening weekend, flopping hard.
Pity because I actually kinda enjoyed this. Partly its another throwback to the 1980s action film (which Arnold was King of back in his heyday) with the earned R-rated bloody violence and one-liners, which makes you wonder whether audiences truely want that again or just more post-action sloppy action realist nonsense?
TLS is also another of those pseudo-westerns remade for contemporary times (John Carpenter's B classic ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13, the Coen Brothers' NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, and Walter Hill's EXTREME PREJUDICE all came to mind while watching this) because genuine westerns apparently don't make money unless Tarantino or Coens are directing them. A Mexican cartel leader escapes Federal custody and is making a run for the Mexican border in a super-fast gadget-loaded car, and the only thing in his way (including his army of disposable henchmen) is a spot on the map small town and it's police force of sheriff Austrian Oak and two deputies.
Such a plot set-up inevitably depends upon you ignoring the inevitable questions of logic gaps that this begs. (Consider for example how amazing the Feds deploy every device and trick that fail to stop this fast car except a low budget road spike strip. I'm reminded of Clint Eastwood's THE GAUNTLET when the bad guys shoot up that bus, but never once had the brains to, I don't know, put up a concrete barrier in the middle of Clint's way.)
But otherwise I enjoyed the patient build-up, the introduction of Arnold and the motley cast of misfit characters (all nicely casted from Johnny Knoxville to Luis Guzman and so forth) that he recruits and they prepare for the final confrontation and then WW3. We even get the western cliche older than John Wayne's old hats with the drunkard locked up for the weekend freed to help fight the good fight. We "hate" cliches supposedly, but I dunno I seem to always dig a good well-worn cliche when it's done right.
I even liked that after the big finale mano-y-mano fight between the villain and Arnold, he doesn't kill him as I was expecting (or dreading really). No Arnold the policeman (and not the vigilante) arrests him and takes him back into custody by an amusing visual that I dare won't spoil.
If TLS has one problem, its the movie cutting back routinely to the boring by the book police procedural scenes of FBI agent Forest Whittaker (wasted really in this dull part). You know the scenes you always see on TV or Jason Bourne movies where the boss is barking orders at his underlings, frantically typing away on their laptops or working the phones, then cut to the agents in the field/helicopters similarly shouting intel to each other over dispatch. Such scenes you can imagine beat by beat.
But otherwise, I liked this. Reminded me of the recent Tom Cruise vehicle JACK REACHER where it was a good, action matinee escapist time at the movies that you should walk (don't run) to go see. I would give this ***1/2 out of 5.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/29/1312:47 AM
Anybody catch "The Following" on Fox starring Kevin Bacon? That is a very good show! The first show is like a 3 hour movie wrapped into a 1 hour television show! Good stuff!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/29/1301:11 AM
Originally Posted By: Mark
Anybody catch "The Following" on Fox starring Kevin Bacon? That is a very good show! The first show is like a 3 hour movie wrapped into a 1 hour television show! Good stuff!
I never heard of it till yesterday. I like Kevin Bacon and tho I really don't know what the show is about, I'll try to check it out.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/29/1302:00 AM
Bacon is a "retired" FBI agent that is pulled back in when a serial killer he helped put away escapes from prison. I really don't want to give away too much more but while this killer is in prison, he is able to procure quite a cult like following with "fans" of his.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/29/1302:05 AM
Sounds like something I'd like to watch. It is a mini-series no? I hear there's only 14 episodes or something? Anyway, thanks for giving me an idea of what it's about.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/29/1303:00 AM
I DVR'd tonight's episode, and hope to catch the full first episode On Demand.
Anyone here watch "Suits"? I like the USA series. I loved "In Plain Sight" and was so sorry when it was canceled. I now watch Suits, Covert Affairs and think Psych is often hilarious.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/29/1303:09 AM
Hi SB,
I see Suits advertised all the time but haven't watched it. The USA show I watch regularly is "White Collar" which is on Tuesday Night. Light drama, but filmed in NYC and I like it. I've also seen ads for Psych and have yet to see Covert Affairs.
Monday night I like "Being Human" on the Syfy channel
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/29/1312:08 PM
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
Last night I caught THE LAST STAND, Arnold Schwarzenegger's comeback movie after his political career and his tabloid-rich divorce/love child storyline (minus his glorified cameos in the EXPENDABLES film series) which unfortunately lived up to the title on opening weekend, flopping hard.
Pity because I actually kinda enjoyed this. Partly its another throwback to the 1980s action film (which Arnold was King of back in his heyday) with the earned R-rated bloody violence and one-liners, which makes you wonder whether audiences truely want that again or just more post-action sloppy action realist nonsense?
I'm surprised. Just looking at trailer I wasn't expecting much. Maybe I'll check it out.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/29/1305:25 PM
We can finally say that Arnie is past it, if this film had another actor in it im sure it may have done well, but people don't want to see Arnie in films like this that he did in the 80's, time to retire i think..
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/30/1301:11 AM
Originally Posted By: Dapper_Don
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Speaking of new shows, anyone seen previews of FX's "The Americans?" Looks like that might be pretty good as well.
TIS
I am interested to see how that show comes out.
Anybody see anything on that new show House of Cards with kevin spacey? looks promising as well...
The first season is being released on netflix next month i believe. As well as Spacey i'm sure i heard David Fincher the director of Seven and Fight club will be directing some of it.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/30/1305:06 AM
Originally Posted By: Mark
Not sure how many episodes there are in total but the second one is on tonight. I catch them OnDemand. You are welcome, TIS .
There will be 14 episodes for this season, and for future seasons if Fox decides to renew it. That way Kevin bacon can do other movies (he is signed up for the show for 5 seasons). Anyways though I really like the show, and hoping that it won't be a repeat like chicago code of how it got cancelled.
The only thing that kind of sucks is that people are complaining about the violence in it. It just wouldn't look right if there is no blood at a crime scene.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/31/1312:44 AM
Actor Jim Nabors is now a married man.
CNN affiliate KHNL Hawaii News Now reports that the "Gomer Pyle: USMC" star tied the knot with his longtime partner, Stan Cadwallader, in Seattle on January 15.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/31/1303:24 AM
Originally Posted By: Lilo
I'm surprised. Just looking at trailer I wasn't expecting much. Maybe I'll check it out.
I hope I'm not overselling it. I enjoyed it, its good. Not great, not remarkable but a decent time-killing programmer. Just set your expectations accordingly.
Originally Posted By: DE NIRO
We can finally say that Arnie is past it, if this film had another actor in it im sure it may have done well, but people don't want to see Arnie in films like this that he did in the 80's, time to retire i think..
Yeah unless all those old butt kicking geezers are in THE EXPENDABLES (which is the testosterone version of those infamous package tours of has-been stars like the Doo-Wop tours), it seems Americans unfortunately want nothing to do with that sort of film again which I find unfortunate. (Consider the terrific DREDD, another throwback to the 80s actioneer which despite damn good reviews got murdered in theatres last fall.)
But Arnold (and Stallone for that matter too) long had big audiences overseas and they'll have to depend upon them if they hope to keep making more movies.
Anyway Arnold and Sly have another movie out later this year in THE TOMB, a prison escape picture. I hope that's good too, but I'm not expecting good box-office returns. At least not in America.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/31/1303:38 AM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Actor Jim Nabors is now a married man.
CNN affiliate KHNL Hawaii News Now reports that the "Gomer Pyle: USMC" star tied the knot with his longtime partner, Stan Cadwallader, in Seattle on January 15.
Shazam!
I hadn't heard any news about Jim Nabors in years but really, am not surprised?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/01/1303:22 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Actor Jim Nabors is now a married man.
CNN affiliate KHNL Hawaii News Now reports that the "Gomer Pyle: USMC" star tied the knot with his longtime partner, Stan Cadwallader, in Seattle on January 15.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/01/1304:04 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Does anyone watch "Person of Interest?" Not a bad show IMHO.
TIS
I am rarely attracted to any new show. Much of my TV viewing consists of Andy Griffith, Frasier, Friends, Raymond, and The Big Bang Theory reruns. I watched one episode of Broke Girls until they started talking about tampons. I grew tired of Mike and Molly. None of those sci-fi or supernatural shows interests me. I'd rather watch the History Channel.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/01/1304:22 PM
I enjoy watching the old shows sometimes (Alfred Hitchock, Burns & Allen run regularly on Antenna TV here in CA.)
Yet, I do enjoy some new shows as well. I have seen Two Broke Girls, Mike & Molly and both are ok (tho I agree Broke Girls gets a bit risque' IMHO). For whatever reason tho, I've always been drawn more to drama and would choose a good drama to a comedy any day.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/01/1306:35 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Actor Jim Nabors is now a married man.
CNN affiliate KHNL Hawaii News Now reports that the "Gomer Pyle: USMC" star tied the knot with his longtime partner, Stan Cadwallader, in Seattle on January 15.
Shazam!
Corporal Boyle and Sgt. Carter must have hit the roof.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/01/1306:37 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Does anyone watch "Person of Interest?" Not a bad show IMHO.
TIS
I am rarely attracted to any new show. Much of my TV viewing consists of Andy Griffith, Frasier, Friends, Raymond, and The Big Bang Theory reruns. I watched one episode of Broke Girls until they started talking about tampons. I grew tired of Mike and Molly. None of those sci-fi or supernatural shows interests me. I'd rather watch the History Channel.
Throw in sports and news and you've pretty much described my tv viewing habits.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/02/1306:20 PM
Just finished watching "The Perks of being a Wallflower", great movie!It's a coming of age story that captures the highs and lows of growing up. It was a famous novel adapted to the big screen. The story is narrated by a teenager who is called Charlie, he describes various scenes in his life by writing a series of letters to an anonymous person, whom he does not know personally.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/03/1307:30 PM
Originally Posted By: Dapper_Don
Just finished watching "The Perks of being a Wallflower", great movie!It's a coming of age story that captures the highs and lows of growing up. It was a famous novel adapted to the big screen. The story is narrated by a teenager who is called Charlie, he describes various scenes in his life by writing a series of letters to an anonymous person, whom he does not know personally.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/04/1309:00 PM
In movies or on TV there frequently are restaurant scenes. While the camera focuses on the two stars eating, one can see other diners chatting. Are these other actors instructed to talk about anything they want to talk about or are their conversations scripted? Anyone Board members been in such a scene?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/06/1306:56 AM
BBC's Ripper Street is quite good. I've been enjoying it up to now. Only two more episodes till the end of season 1. I started watching it because of Matthew Macfadyen, but the other two leads are awesome too.
Am I the only one who prefers TV series to movies? I mean they've consistently had better writing than movies.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/06/1304:19 PM
I have seen the title as I scan the channels but don't know the series. Any reference at all to "Jack The Ripper?" I don't knw anything about it. AND is it a show you have to see from the first episode?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/06/1305:26 PM
Hi TIS, it's the events that happen in the Ripper Street after those murders. It's about a detective who tries to solve crimes and sometimes catch the copycats of Jack the ripper.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/06/1308:01 PM
Hi Afs, how are you? I'll have to check out Ripper.
Also, the BBC airs a show called "Being Human" that I watched last season but haven't seen it back yet. Our SyFy channel has an American Version which I do watch and it's very very close to the UK version. In a nutshell, it's about a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost all living in the same house. LOL Sounds funny but it's not a comedy. Not as good as Walking Dead but not bad.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/06/1308:34 PM
Thank you TIS, I'm doing fine.
Yeah, I have a friend who is very into "Being Human." I watched the pilot for both UK and US version, but didn't warm up to them. After Buffy/Angel, the only other vampire show I'm watching is "True Blood," and that's certainly a guilty pleasure. It is kind of stupid at times. Man, I miss Angel. I did like "Moonlight" just as you did, but unfortunately that got canceled.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/06/1309:38 PM
I watch True Blood too but it's losing my interest last couple seasons. Not sure if I'll continue to watch. Some shows (I think especially this kind of show) I think it's hard to maintain a good storyline without going a little out there if you know what I mean.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/08/1312:41 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
I have seen the title as I scan the channels but don't know the series. Any reference at all to "Jack The Ripper?" I don't knw anything about it. AND is it a show you have to see from the first episode? TIS
No. You don't have to catch it from the first episode. There are some themes which tie together (two characters have a hidden past, which the lead pretends not to know about) but really each show is somewhat self-contained.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/08/1304:51 PM
Thanks Lilo, sounds like something I'd like. Hopefully it's not opposite of any of my few favorite shows but I'll try to catch it. If it's on "On Demand" I can watch anytime.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/08/1311:47 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
In movies or on TV there frequently are restaurant scenes. While the camera focuses on the two stars eating, one can see other diners chatting. Are these other actors instructed to talk about anything they want to talk about or are their conversations scripted? Anyone Board members been in such a scene?
I know what you mean, oli. Sometimes I'm more interested in the background people than I am in the main characters. In the 1980s my sister was selected to be in the background of a scene in the movie, That Championship Season. It took place in Scranton. She was supposed to be shopping in a mall (which was closed for the day for filming) with two girls while Bruce Dern, Paul sorvino and Martin Sheen were buying a tv. She was given a shopping bag and was told to hold it so that the word Toshiba was visible to the camera.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/09/1312:13 AM
Well many years ago when I went on a Universal Movie tour they said that background people who are chatting in the background aren't really talking but only pretending to be talking, with gestures and everything. Don't know IF they do it all the time or not.
A few years ago I saw a movie being filmed in Hollywood (Ed Wood with Johnny Depp). Ed Wood (Johnny) was suppose to be getting on a bus or train. He was the main one in the scene, but extras were people walking down the street, seemingly talking, nodding, etc. They (for whatever reason)kept doing re-takes on the scene, over and over with the extras walking from around the corner talking, etc. We watched for at least an hour but damn, it took so long for one scene. We never did see if it ever was "a wrap" LOL. Then again, I wonder if the scene was cut. How frustrating.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/09/1309:03 PM
Up All Night star Christina Applegate is leaving the NBC comedy she helped to launch.
“It’s been a great experience working on Up All Night, but the show has taken a different creative direction and I decided it was best for me to move on to other endeavors,” Applegate said in a statement provided to EW. “Working with Lorne Michaels has been a dream come true and I am grateful he brought me into his TV family. I will miss the cast, producers and crew, and wish them the best always.”
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/10/1302:52 AM
I really liked that show when it premiered, but it sort of lost the funny once they canceled the Ava show where they characters worked. I honestly haven't watched it much lately, and I'm guessing they'll cancel it if Christina Applegate is leaving.
Do no harm only showed 2 episodes before being pulled and canceled. I won't be surprised if Community and Up all Night joins in being canceled (that would be 3 NBC shows right there). Still surprised that Boss was canceled since Kelsey Grammer won an award for his performance.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/21/1302:36 PM
Well the other day I caught A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD, and I have to say I'm disapointed. Not as bad perhaps as the critics are making it out to be, for brief moments I was entertained(if only mostly because of Willis) but yes my thumbs down joins them.
Overall this is the first DIE HARD movie where I felt truely whatever. For the shortest-running movie in the series at 90 something minutes (or about half hour shorter than the other DH movies), I wanted it to end.
All the previous DIE HARD movies, especially the original DIE HARD (one of the greatest action films ever produced) all were successful for me for their blend of successful elements:
(1) Exciting (coherently-shot) action scenes. (2) A good narrative rhythm, patient in putting the story pieces into place before dropping the 'hammer,' or usually when the bad guys begin their operations. The second 'hammer' is when its time for Willis to start killing bad guys. (3) Good villains, casted with good actors, with cool heist schemes and/or and/or very detailed creative plans to pull them off that always impressed me. (On an action film level at least.) (4) A terrific sense of humor, one-liners. Usually from Bruce Willis, but not exclusively.
More or less A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD failed all at all 4. The humor is too broad, or can't hit the broadside of the barn. (But some laughs still, but not enough.)
Like too many action movies since the 1990s, we have 'post-action' cinematography, aka "shakey cam." No sense of geography, no timing, you have no idea what the fuck is happening. We have a big ass epic car chase in Moscow, countless cars destroyed (the real kind, not CGI-ed) and....I didn't care. After awhile when you get tired of trying to make sense of this chaotic mayhem, you just quit. You get detached, you get bored. (I always have this problem with Michael Bay movies.) That's disapointing.
There's no patience in the narrative, no build-up, no satisfying pay-off. I guess this is what happens when you hire the director of BEHIND ENEMY LINES and MAX PAYNE. They got what they paid for.
The villain here, for the first time in a DH movie, is shockingly irrelevant with no presence. The actor playing him has no sense to, if you will, ham it up like Alan Rickman and Jeremy Irons were allowed to. He did have one good moment I must admit, suggesting he could've been a dancer instead of a terrorist. Kinda thoughtful, but wasted here unfortunately. In fact his and his team's scheme....you know, it made no sense at all to me. Not even fully sure what their objective was. (Something about Chernobyl, since every Hollywood movie in Russia has to involve that infamous location for some reason.)
Now in the Shoutbox I got into a fight with a misguided local who thought I was complaining about the logic of action scenes when I was bitching about the shakey-cam filmed action sequences. I felt truely sorry for him. DIE HARD films are exciting, thrilling, vulgar cartoons, and I view them as such. Even though the original DIE HARD mostly benefitted from being the least cartoonish of the bunch. Maybe they should try to return to that.
I admire the DH series for keeping the same actor 25 years onward, at a time when Hollywood is trigger-happy for reboots and remakes and recastings. I admired that started with Willis with a head full of hair, to him now balder than the American Eagle. And I like that. I like that two children of his in the first movie were kids, now decades later they're adults and focal points of the last two DH pictures.
In other words, I wouldn't give up on DH yet. Every franchise seems to fuck up inevitably (James Bond more than once), so I'm just saying I'm up for one more DIE HARD movie. Make it as good as possible, no shakey cam garbage. Hell John McTiernan should be out of jail by then, hire him when he gets out. It can work.
Using my star system DickNose is so obsessed over (I finally got my own sexy stalker!), I give A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD **1/2 out of 5.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/23/1303:53 PM
I think it was back in to 70s that there was a movie about a guy who courted danger and enjoyed it. I vaguely remember once scene where he went to a bad part of town, solicited a prostitute, and ended up getting sliced on his face. He seemed to enjoy all of it. I was thinking the actor was James Caan. Does my description ring a bell with anyone?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/25/1309:52 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
I think it was back in to 70s that there was a movie about a guy who courted danger and enjoyed it. I vaguely remember once scene where he went to a bad part of town, solicited a prostitute, and ended up getting sliced on his face. He seemed to enjoy all of it. I was thinking the actor was James Caan. Does my description ring a bell with anyone?
Oli,
At first it didn't ring any bells. I think you might be thinking of Cinderella Liberty. If I am not mistaken Marsha Mason played a prostitute and Caan was a Sailor. I saw the movie when it was first released but I just don't remember much about it.
TIS
Ok, did a search and checked the title. I think THIS is it, no?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/25/1310:14 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Originally Posted By: olivant
I think it was back in to 70s that there was a movie about a guy who courted danger and enjoyed it. I vaguely remember once scene where he went to a bad part of town, solicited a prostitute, and ended up getting sliced on his face. He seemed to enjoy all of it. I was thinking the actor was James Caan. Does my description ring a bell with anyone?
Oli,
At first it didn't ring any bells. I think you might be thinking of Cinderella Liberty. If I am not mistaken Marsha Mason played a prostitute and Caan was a Sailor. I saw the movie when it was first released but I just don't remember much about it.
TIS
Ok, did a search and checked the title. I think THIS is it, no?
I'll have to watch it, but I don't think that's it. I remember the main character as a gambler type who courted danger. To add to what I posted above, the scene where he got into it with a bad guy and got sliced on the face, he seemed to enjoy it or take pride in it. Ring a bell?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/07/1306:26 PM
Originally Posted By: klydon1
Originally Posted By: olivant
Carrie Fisher to Return as Princess Leia in Star Wars: Episode VII
I heard Harrison Ford will be joining her. The premise of the film will be their difficulties in a long term care facility.
It's true. Apparently, the Emperor had overextended the Empire's unfunded long term care fiscal liabilities resulting in many excluded services at such facilities. To compensate, the Republic imposed burdensome taxes causing several planets to threaten to secede.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/09/1302:08 AM
A couple nights ago, one of the PBS channels (I think) had an interview with Kim Novak (for the old timers who remember her). I hadn't seen her in ages. She's aged well and seemed very content with her life.
Interesting interview; she said she really liked Hitchcock, Jimmy Stewart; said she was bi-polar and her father had many mental problems that there was not medication for at that time; She lives in another state (can't remember which) and lives a a farm, loves animals and is very happy. She said she was never cut out to be a movie star and although had some nice experiences she's happy where she is now.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/09/1304:08 AM
I saw Rita Moreno promoting her new book. Did you know she had a long relationship with Brando? She said it lasted about eight years. I think I want to read that new book. It looks fascinating.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/09/1304:11 AM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
I saw Rita Moreno promoting her new book. Did you know she had a long relationship with Brando? She said it lasted about eight years. I think I want to read that new book. It looks fascinating.
No I didn't know that. I mostly know her from West Side Story and more recently in some episodes of Law & Order CI. 8 years? She's probably got good stories to tell. Btw, wasn't Brando's son in jail for murder? I seem to remember a trial a number of years ago. I can't think of his name.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/09/1304:33 AM
She also told a story about how she and Ann Miller were sent to be "eye candy" at the opening of some hotel. She said the movie studios used to do that all the time, send their pretty actresses to a grand opening. They were in the nightclub and she said this very handsome man and a beautiful woman came in. The man kept staring at her, like he was undressing her with his eyes. She couldn't believe he was being so blatant, especially because he was with this beautiful and classy woman. She said she remembered that the woman was wearing opera gloves, and Rita thought she was so sophisticated and elegant.
Anyway, after the man made her very uncomfortable all night, Rita kept telling her friends about it over the next week. When the next issue of Life came out, the man was on the cover. It was JFK and the classy woman he was with was Jackie. It was years before he was famous, just a politician in Mass. at the time.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/09/1304:35 AM
BTW, I just googled Brando's son. It was Christian. He went to jail for killing his half-sister's boyfriend, spent a few years in jail, and died of pneumonia when he was only 49.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/09/1304:41 AM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
BTW, I just googled Brando's son. It was Christian. He went to jail for killing his half-sister's boyfriend, spent a few years in jail, and died of pneumonia when he was only 49.
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Oh yea. His half-sister. I do kind of remember BUT I can't say I remember hearing he died.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/09/1304:45 AM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
She also told a story about how she and Ann Miller were sent to be "eye candy" at the opening of some hotel. She said the movie studios used to do that all the time, send their pretty actresses to a grand opening. They were in the nightclub and she said this very handsome man and a beautiful woman came in. The man kept staring at her, like he was undressing her with his eyes. She couldn't believe he was being so blatant, especially because he was with this beautiful and classy woman. She said she remembered that the woman was wearing opera gloves, and Rita thought she was so sophisticated and elegant.
Anyway, after the man made her very uncomfortable all night, Rita kept telling her friends about it over the next week. When the next issue of Life came out, the man was on the cover. It was JFK and the classy woman he was with was Jackie. It was years before he was famous, just a politician in Mass. at the time.
Neat story.
I've also heard during that time, 1950s or so, agents or publicist would arrange dates between two celebrities to go to the hotspots knowing they'd be photographed. It was all set up for publicity only.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/11/1306:55 PM
One of my best friends from high school will be starring in a cable drama on Biography tonight at 10 PM EST and then again at 2 AM. The show involves dramatic reenactments of real life murders involving spouses.
He plays a transvestite, who is plotting the murder of his husband, based on some actual event.
I haven't seen my friend, Tony, in maybe 20 years, but we kind of keep in touch through facebook. His dad was a physician and Tony became an engineer, getting his degree from Lehigh in '86. But his first love had always been acting, which he's been pursuing for more than 20 years, mostly on the stage. I'm going to get a real kick out of seeing him in this show.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/12/1310:44 PM
I got to see him and he played the part well. I remembered the case that was being portrayed in the dramatization too. It involved a wife, charged with intentionally causing a heart attack of her elderly husband as she manhandled the poor guy in a swimming pool for hours. I didn't realize that the wife was a transvestite.
And I did indeed pull a fashion tip or two from the show.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/14/1301:39 AM
Anybody remember VERONICA MARS? Well the creator and star of that cancelled cult TV show set-up a Kickstarter account today for a hypothetical movie. They wanted to raise $2 million in 30 days from the Internet. According to them, Warner Bros. (who owns that show's rights) said that they would make the movie if there was enough "fan support."
Well they reached the $2 million in less than 11 hours, and still the money is coming in.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/16/1305:28 PM
Hey Oli,
I just happened to turn into TNT's, Dallas, where they are showing the episode when JR Ewing dies. Geez, Bobby sure got old, as did everyone else. I remember many of the characters. I was more into Knot's Landing than Dallas, and was happy to see Ted Shackleford return as his Gary Ewing character. Didn't see Charlene Tilton, unless I didn't recognize her.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/21/1310:30 AM
A programme which was much hyped here and stars one of my favourite actors, Kevin Bacon, is THE FOLLOWING. However i think it is a pile of old rubbish. The FBI being infiltrated and given the the run around by one clever serial killer and his cult. Utter shite!!!!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/21/1312:26 PM
I caught the last 15 minutes of Modern Family last night, and Godfather fans might want to take a look as there was a clever homage to the film. Then the final scene was another tip of the cap.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/21/1302:44 PM
Ok, eat your hearts out guys. It seems John Hamm of Mad Men fame has...let's see how should I put this??? Oh heck, I'll just say it. His "package" is so large that they asked him to wear underwear (why wouldn't you where underwear?) during certain scenes.
They say clothes were so tight during that time. I can't say I remember them being that tight. Then again, compared to today, where pants are hanging off your ass, I guess it would be considered tight.
I DO watch the show but must admit I never noticed. Tho I can't say my eyes wander in that direction normally. However, might be worth a look.
Btw, I debated if this was "big enough" for it's own thread but decided I'd put it in this random section.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/21/1304:07 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Ok, eat your hearts out guys. It seems John Hamm of Mad Men fame has...let's see how should I put this??? Oh heck, I'll just say it. His "package" is so large that they asked him to wear underwear (why wouldn't you where underwear?) during certain scenes.
They say clothes were so tight during that time. I can't say I remember them being that tight. Then again, compared to today, where pants are hanging off your ass, I guess it would be considered tight.
I DO watch the show but must admit I never noticed. Tho I can't say my eyes wander in that direction normally. However, might be worth a look.
Btw, I debated if this was "big enough" for it's own thread but decided I'd put it in this random section.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/30/1301:15 AM
There's a film the title of which I can't remember. Maybe one of you can. It was about (I think) a national guard unit in Louisiana (maybe) in the bayou that had a run in with some of the locals. Does that description ring a bell?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/30/1302:07 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
There's a film the title of which I can't remember. Maybe one of you can. It was about (I think) a national guard unit in Louisiana (maybe) in the bayou that had a run in with some of the locals. Does that description ring a bell?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/30/1307:50 PM
Originally Posted By: Yogi Barrabbas
Originally Posted By: olivant
There's a film the title of which I can't remember. Maybe one of you can. It was about (I think) a national guard unit in Louisiana (maybe) in the bayou that had a run in with some of the locals. Does that description ring a bell?
Southern Comfort.
Cool. Now, do you remember the last scene? I remember it as the military unit in convoy. What was that about? Were they leaving? What happened before?
Rodney Ascher's terrific documentary Room 237 is, among other things, an ode to that "eureka moment." It is a feature-length video essay that looks at five rather outlandish theories of what Stanley Kubrick was really creating with his 1980 film The Shining—since, obviously, he couldn't have just been making a genre movie or a pop-lit adaptation. No, according to his five experts, Kubrick's film is either: a) an apology for the government's "genocide of the Native Americans" b) a "deeply laid subtext that takes on the Holocaust" c) a dizzying ode to displacement d) a film meant to be seen both forwards and backwards e) Kubrick's personal dramatization of how he helped fake the Apollo moon landings.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/06/1310:22 PM
Found this on the web. It illustrates the % of a show's broadcast time that is devoted to commercials. These were all for main line shows aired during prime time hours:
1952 - 13 percent of the time was spent watching commercials (only 4 minutes out of every half hour!)
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/07/1301:04 AM
The following grosses are corrected for inflation, population, and per capita ticket purchasing trends. Some surprises:
1. The Sound of Music..1965..$1,591 million 2. The Graduate........1975..$1,130 million 3. E.T.................1982..$1,119 million 4. Titanic.............1997..$1,015 million 5. Star Wars...........1977..$1,003 million 6. Dr. Zhivago.........1965....$999 million 7. Jaws................1975....$996 million 8. Love Story,. .......1970....$980 million 9. The Sting...........1973....$967 million 10. The Exorcist.......1973....$939 million 11. Airport,...........1970....$925 million 12. The Godfather,.....1972....$882 million 13. Ben Hur............1959....$837 million 14. The Jungle Book....1967....$803 million 15. Raiders of the Lost Ark....$769 million 16. Avatar,............2009....$761 million 17. Jurassic Park......1993....$744 million 18. Mary Poppins.......1964....$730 million 19. Return of the Jedi.1983....$721 million 20. The Empire Strikes Back....$709 million 21. American Graffiti,.1973....$706 million
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/07/1303:27 AM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
You've never seen Star Wars?????????? Seriously????
Ha ha! Yes seriously. It has NEVER interested me. The only reason why I saw "Empire Strikes Back" is, at the time we went out with some good friends of ours who LOVED Star Wars and wanted to go see the sequel, so we went. Neither my husband or I were that impressed. Of course that was years ago. It must run in the family too. My SIL can't believe my daughter never saw it. Go figure.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/07/1303:47 AM
Empire Strikes Back was the weakest of the original trilogy, IMO, although it did have that great GASP moment when we learned that Darth Vader was Luke's father.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/07/1309:42 AM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
Empire Strikes Back was the weakest of the original trilogy, IMO, although it did have that great GASP moment when we learned that Darth Vader was Luke's father.
Oh I disagree. Just as good as Episode IV. (Now JEDI is the weakest of the Original Trilogy in my book.)
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/07/1309:53 AM
Did anybody go see the re-released JURASSIC PARK this weekend?
Two things I noticed in rewatching that summer blockbuster classic.
(1) The movie back in the day was heralded was a technological watershed for CGI, but honestly there wasn't THAT much CGI in the movie if you count up the minutes it's used. Instead Spielberg and his crew seamlessly combined it with animatronics and puppetry. Some of the CGI now do scream 1993 (like the stampede) but otherwise the FX have aged incredibly well, with the puppets and animatronics aging the best.
Of course JURASSIC PARK was produced at a time when there was still quote on quote "magic" in Movie FX, when audiences truely wondered how this scene and those sequences were pulled off. Contrast that with today's movies with everything overstuff with CGI, there is no Magic. You know its produced behind a laptop by a schlub who probably resembles Wayne Knight.
(2) How clear and coherent the action filmmaking is. Yes kids, there was a time in Hollywood when people spent fortunes and time/effort to put up elaborate action/thrilling sequences, then put cameras not on Earthquake faults so they could clealry capture what the hell is going on. The editing isn't done by a monkey with ADHD either.
That's one thing I miss more than anything else at the movies. Why does Hollywood insist upon "shakey cam"-shot action sequences where nothing makes sense?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/10/1306:52 PM
Wow, all those homes look beautiful. Nice shot of GF house too.
Way way back when I went on a tour at Universal Studios, we went by many tv homes. Nice regular looking streets, etc. I was so surprised to see/hear the "Leave It To Beaver" house (and others) there was only the front frame of the house they used for outside shots, and the rest would be in a studio. It looked like such a real neighborhood too.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/10/1311:28 PM
I remember hearing a radio interview with her back in 1997 or so and she was promoting a book called Don't pee on my leg and tell it's raining or something like that. Very funny.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/10/1311:42 PM
Yea, I remember that book and it sounds just like her. LOL She'll call one of the defendant a "loser" or tell them..."Mr. Smith, I'm not liking you very much." Not shy, that's for sure.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/11/1312:24 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Yea, I remember that book and it sounds just like her. LOL She'll call one of the defendant a "loser" or tell them..."Mr. Smith, I'm not liking you very much." Not shy, that's for sure.
TIS
True. But consider that she is afflicted with Fox News syndrome: fair and balanced.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/11/1312:39 AM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Yea, I remember that book and it sounds just like her. LOL She'll call one of the defendant a "loser" or tell them..."Mr. Smith, I'm not liking you very much." Not shy, that's for sure.
TIS
True. But consider that she is afflicted with Fox News syndrome: fair and balanced.
I didn't know that but I'm not at all surprised. Her views are sometimes obvious when she addresses the participants.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/11/1301:06 AM
Does anyone here watch "Southland"? I only started watching last year and am kicking myself for not watching other seasons. Really great show - acting, writing, it's got it all. And I hear that this is the last season.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/11/1301:15 AM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
Does anyone here watch "Southland"? I only started watching last year and am kicking myself for not watching other seasons. Really great show - acting, writing, it's got it all. And I hear that this is the last season.
You would think living in "The Southland" (SoCal), I'd have seen it but I haven't. Don't really know exactly why. It's good? Last season hu? I guess I'm a tad late.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/11/1312:22 PM
Great acting, especially by Michael Cudlitz, who plays Officer John Cooper. The storylines are very good, too, and the show is often very funny as well.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/13/1301:15 AM
Do any of you get or watch the COZI network. It seems to be a recent addition to cable? It shows alot of programs from the 50s and 60s such as Burns and Allen, Banacek, and tThe Bold Ones. I was just watching one of their movies - D.C. Cab.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/13/1309:15 PM
Oli,
I just discovered Cozi a couple weeks ago.
Watching TCM, Tarzan The Ape Man with Johnny Weissmuller. The movie was made in 1932. Holy Crap....that's way older than me even. Anyway, I always loved Johnny Weissmuller.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/13/1309:51 PM
I have Time Warner and it is listed as COZI (channel 225). It was out of a number sequence that I am use to checking when I scan favorite channels and I just happened to notice it a couple weeks ago. I'm not watching now but D.C. Cab is playing and then The Best of Times.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/20/1304:20 AM
I started watching "Rectify." I've watched 2 episodes and it's quite good. It's about an inmate who had been on death row for about 20? years or so, convicted of rape and murder of his girlfriend. He has been released due to testing of DNA evidence of the rape kit, since the semen did not match his. It's a small town, so you could imagine the reactions.
I also started watching "The Following," But I really can't care about any of the characters. It's like a bad slasher movie.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/27/1307:49 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Originally Posted By: Yogi Barrabbas
We have a new show starting next week that has caught my eye. BANSHEE it is called, by the makers of True Blood.
Is it horror?? Btw, do you still watch True Blood?
TIS
Apparently it is about an escaped prisoner who gets a job as a small town sheriff and then proceeds to clear out all the bad guys, being a useful tough guy himself, so not a horror or supernatural!!
And yes still watch True Blood. Silly and daft but i like it, it makes me laugh
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/28/1312:36 AM
Originally Posted By: afsaneh77
I'm in the middle of Season 4 of "The West Wing." Please tell me that Sam will be back.
Afs, West Wing is undoubtedly my favorite TV show ever. The cast, the writing, all just brilliant. However, you've seen the best part of that show. Seasons 5 and 6 are almost unwatchable, especially in comparison with the first three. Season 7 was interesting in that all the loose ends were tied up.
While I had a serious crush on Josh, Toby was my favorite character. He was just so righteous, so eager to be heard. I loved the look on his face when the President reprimanded him for arranging for the honor guard funeral for the homeless vet. He knows he was wrong for using the office of the President to arrange for the funeral, but he knows he was right to arrange for such a send-off.
Sam's leaving was so sad, but I did learn to like Will, especially in Inauguration I and II.
There was a West Wing thread at one point, I'm pretty sure. Goombah was a huge fan! SC liked it, too.
I apologize if I have rambled too much. As POTUS would say, "What's next?"
BTW, are you able to see "Newsroom", Sorkin's new HBO show? While it's inferior to West Wing, it has some good moments, and who is a better writer than Sorkin?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/28/1304:47 AM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
Afs, West Wing is undoubtedly my favorite TV show ever. The cast, the writing, all just brilliant. However, you've seen the best part of that show. Seasons 5 and 6 are almost unwatchable, especially in comparison with the first three. Season 7 was interesting in that all the loose ends were tied up.
While I had a serious crush on Josh, Toby was my favorite character. He was just so righteous, so eager to be heard. I loved the look on his face when the President reprimanded him for arranging for the honor guard funeral for the homeless vet. He knows he was wrong for using the office of the President to arrange for the funeral, but he knows he was right to arrange for such a send-off.
Sam's leaving was so sad, but I did learn to like Will, especially in Inauguration I and II.
There was a West Wing thread at one point, I'm pretty sure. Goombah was a huge fan! SC liked it, too.
I apologize if I have rambled too much. As POTUS would say, "What's next?"
BTW, are you able to see "Newsroom", Sorkin's new HBO show? While it's inferior to West Wing, it has some good moments, and who is a better writer than Sorkin?
I'm really glad I finally got to watch this show, it has been really great up to this point. I can't really pick a favorite, but I find parts about Donna and CJ especially endearing. Also I've a huge crush on Sam. I loved his back and forth with Hayes. That episode with CJ's bodyguard was great too, but why did it have to end that way? I liked how he almost burned himself trying to put his gun down his pants.
And I too have watched the first season of the Newsroom, I love that show. Sorkin came on Colbert and that made me check it out, that show is the reason I went back to watch The West Wing. He is definitely a great writer.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/28/1302:47 PM
I was so sorry that the actress who played Ainsley left to go to CSI Miami. Her character was one of my favorites. The 3rd State of the Union speech (when Ainsley and CJ all get paint on their clothes in the sculpture garden) is one of my favorite episodes.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/03/1309:14 AM
So i mentioned that i was going to start watching BANSHEE?? I did abd it is brilliant. Completely different to TRUE BLOOD. More violent and pulp-fictionish if you get my drift!!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/04/1306:08 PM
I read that the stars of the Big Bang Theory make about $350k per episode and are annually given an advance of as much as $1 million on residuals and other money-making effects of the series. That per episode salary though is much less than the cast of Friends made, but I guess the economics of TV series have changed in that regard.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/05/1305:35 AM
Originally Posted By: Yogi Barrabbas
So i mentioned that i was going to start watching BANSHEE?? I did abd it is brilliant. Completely different to TRUE BLOOD. More violent and pulp-fictionish if you get my drift!!
Watch it folks, you will not be sorry
I watched an episode. It's certainly better than the first episode of Vikings. What they have to do with each other? Absolutely nothing.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/05/1303:36 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
I read that the stars of the Big Bang Theory make about $350k per episode and are annually given an advance of as much as $1 million on residuals and other money-making effects of the series. That per episode salary though is much less than the cast of Friends made, but I guess the economics of TV series have changed in that regard.
Jim Parsons should and probably does get payed the most because he clearly makes the show.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/05/1311:21 PM
Anyone watch the season finale of "Southland"? We were away and had it in the DVR. Just got a chance to see it, and I'm still reeling from the ending. I've also heard this may be the last season, which I'm not happy about. It's a great show.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/06/1301:35 PM
Watched a show last night about Hugh Laurie(obviously of HOUSE fame, but famous for much else here) travelling across the US investigating the love of his life, blues music.
What a tremendous show. Not only is Mr Laurie a superb raconteur, but he can actually sing,and some of those old blues characters he met were great!!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/09/1309:42 AM
Latest period drama from the BBC, THE VILLAGE is well worth a watch if you can catch it in the US. Set (not surprisingly) in a village during WWI it is grim but fascinating viewing. Apparently it is down to run for several series, all the way through to present day.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/11/1304:37 PM
Cancelled shows:
Deception (NBC): Cancelled. Animal Practice (NBC): Put down. Do No Harm (NBC): Harmed. 30 Rock (NBC): Over. Guys with Kids (NBC): You can’t believe how cancelled this is. The Office (NBC): Closed. Smash (NBC): Smushed. Up All Night (NBC): Christina Applegate quit: This was cancelled … by its own star! Whitney (NBC): Thankfully. 1600 Penn (NBC): Impeached. Made in Jersey (CBS): Terminated. Private Practice (ABC): Spin-off heaven. Partners (CBS): Dumped Ben & Kate (Fox): & Cancelled. Vegas (CBS): Lost. Go On (NBC): Get out. Fringe (Fox): R.I.P. Touch (Fox): Touchable. The Job (CBS): What? The Mob Doctor (Fox): Ha! That title. Yeah. Deceased. Don’t Trust the B– in Apt. 23 (ABC): Speaking of: Did anyone really believe a comedy with “B—-” in the title was going to last? 666 Park Avenue (ABC): Hellbound. Last Resort (ABC): Indeed. Rules of Engagement (CBS): Broken. Golden Boy (CBS): Tarnished. CSI: NY (CBS): Two down, one to go. Zero Hour (ABC): Zero something all right. Emily Owens, M.D. (The CW): Crashed. How to Live with Your Parents (ABC): Evicted. Red Widow (ABC): Swatted. Body of Proof (ABC): D.O.A. The New Normal (NBC): Or not. Malibu Country (ABC): Overthrown. Happy Endings (ABC): Until this happened. 90210 (The CW): Finished. Cult (The CW): Unfollowed.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/11/1307:39 PM
So sorry to hear about Go On and The New Normal (although I wasn't sure how they were going to sustain it once the surrogate gave birth). I thought they were both very funny.
As for Southland, I will miss John Cooper very much. I thought he emerged as a true hero on that show, and I just loved his character, as well as the actor who played him. The show may have been one of the best written cop dramas since Hill Street Blues.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/12/1307:08 PM
As an action fan, I'll admit that I don't think that highly of the film works of Chuck Norris. Most of his films suffer from being cheap, cheesy, and just really unremarkable to be honest. (I try to seperate my opinion of the art from that of what I might think of said person, but Norris' known homophobia doesn't help his cause.)
But he did 2 movies I did enjoy, one of them was CODE OF SILENCE which was on cable the other day. From Chicago-native Andrew Davis (THE FUGITIVE, UNDER SIEGE), basically a Norris actioneer mixed with SERPICO morality drama. Engaging, exciting, very solid entertainment, especially in the climax like in the best westerns, our hero is forced to go alone to beat the bad guys as his fellow cops refuse to help him after he squealed on a corrupt cop.
Also he has a tank blowing stuff up, so that's a plus.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/13/1312:42 AM
Yahoo has an article on Cable tv shows winners/losers. I don't watch most BUT two was glad to see Walking Dead & Bates Motel as winners. However, per the article, Mad Men, not so much.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/13/1312:13 PM
Anybody watches DOCTOR WHO? So this week's episode is this season's finale and they've been building up for months about how The Doctor's "real" name will finally be revealed in this year, the 50th anniversary of the show.
Anyway the DVD set for this season was supposed to be released a week or two later, but BBC accidentally shipped some copies out before the season finale aired. Opps! So now BBC is depserately pleading the Internet to not spoil that episode. Yeah good luck with that.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/14/1309:30 AM
Currently we are getting a show by movie man Oliver Stone, called OLIVER STONES UNTOLD HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. Starting from WWII and going through to the present day, it is a ten parter but we have had only had 3 episodes so far, basically the end of the war and the dropping off the 2 bombs on Japan. Stone narrates it himself and it would appear that he has no time at all for Harry Truman, he pulls him apart at every level. Mind you, Truman is not alone in this. Mr Stone does not seem to have much time for anybody to be honest, even Winston Churchill?????
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/14/1303:34 PM
(CNN) -- Actress Angelina Jolie announced in a New York Times op-ed article on Tuesday that she underwent a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carries a mutation of the BRCA1 gene, which sharply increases her risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/14/1305:11 PM
Originally Posted By: Yogi Barrabbas
Currently we are getting a show by movie man Oliver Stone, called OLIVER STONES UNTOLD HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. Starting from WWII and going through to the present day, it is a ten parter but we have had only had 3 episodes so far, basically the end of the war and the dropping off the 2 bombs on Japan. Stone narrates it himself and it would appear that he has no time at all for Harry Truman, he pulls him apart at every level. Mind you, Truman is not alone in this. Mr Stone does not seem to have much time for anybody to be honest, even Winston Churchill?????
I tried to read that book (written for that series I guess) and it was garbage, the liberal version of those bullshit right-wing pundit-written books that depend upon pseudo-facts, bullshit facts, and an unquestioning mindless partisan audience to complete this echo chamber.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/15/1302:18 AM
So I guess the season finale for GOLDEN BOY was tonight, now series finale since the show got cancelled after one season.
I think the core reason for why it failed (despite getting hell of a lead-in from CBS heavyweights NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles) was the whole premise that this guy will someday be the youngest police commissioner in NYC history 7 years from now, see how he did it.
Yeah OK whatever, but why should we consider that an interesting premise? Why should we care? Didn't help that the lead character, this future badass or whatever, is just bland and uninteresting.
If you did a prequel series for Norman Bates or Superman, yeah that can work because we know what and who they'll become and thus "The Early Years" might actually be interesting to invest yourself into.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/16/1305:04 PM
Looks like the 2013-2014 television season will be a rebuilding year for SNL.
An unnamed source at NBC has confirmed to the New York Post that longtime castmember Fred Armisen has decided to exit the sketch show after 11 seasons. That same source tells the Post that SNL veteran Jason Sudeikis will “probably” leave the show as well this year. NBC had no comment, and reps for Armisen and Sudeikis didn’t immediately respond to EW’s inquiries.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/18/1301:44 AM
Caught the new STAR TREK. Like the earlier movie in this rebooted franchise, its good summertime spectacle entertainment. Not as much chunky and convoluted storytelling getting in the way of the narrative as that one had. Several spectacular sequences from the opening on that alien planet to the debris field, good stuff.
And yet afterwards my enthusiasm for this faded away. Mind you its still worth seeing and I recommend it, but I just think it lacked that extra 'umph' to be truely a remarkable movie of this kind instead of just simply good. (Abrams has the talent to be a great popcorn entertainer this side of Spielberg and Nolan, but something keeps him back and I don't know what it is.)
Of course this movie rehashing the climax of WRATH OF KAHN, derivative with lesser returns.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/18/1309:28 PM
So I was watching tv last night and there wasn't much on. I happened to notice that HBO was airing, "Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter." (the concept just makes me laugh). I missed the first few minutes and fell asleep an hour into it. Not a terrible movie from what I did see (I hope to catch the rest some time soon)but really unusual. Never thought of mixing politics AND Vampire hunting, especially associated with a famous American president.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/19/1304:59 PM
I was searching for info on the next Godfather broadcast and came across this site. I'm not sure if this is the proper thread for this. In any case, be prepared; it's not a pleasant site:
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/20/1303:35 PM
Attention "Star Wars" geeks: Mark Hamill is guesting on this week's two part season finale of "Criminal Minds." They've been very quiet about it, but I have a feeling he's going to turn out to be The Replicator (the team's unknown nemesis this whole season). It's on Wednesday at 9 (EST).
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/20/1307:02 PM
"Criminal Minds" used to be a must see in our house, but I can honestly say I haven't watched one episode this season. It just seemed to be getting wackier and more violent with each episode. Now I'll feel compelled to tune in!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/20/1307:07 PM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
"Criminal Minds" used to be a must see in our house, but I can honestly say I haven't watched one episode this season. It just seemed to be getting wackier and more violent with each episode. Now I'll feel compelled to tune in!
All you have to know is that "The Replicator" is a serial killer who replicates the crimes of other serial killers. And he's also been taunting the team on a personal level all year.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/21/1303:56 PM
One really good thing about having "On Demand" is I can watch favorite shows that I miss (usually cause I fall asleep)
I missed Mad Men, Hawaii Five O and yesterday Bates Motel. Since we are mostly in repeats, I may wait til tonight to watch the three shows. Just sayen....
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/21/1304:38 PM
I recently saw a later episode of the Andy Griffith Show. It was in color and Don Knotts had left the show. Aunt Bea was selected for jury duty and was the lone holdout in a burglary trial where the other members of the jury were pressuring her to convict the defendant (a premise that has been used by a few sitcoms). Of course, she held out and hung the jury before it was discovered by Andy that the crime was committed by someone else.
What was interesting was that the minor role of the defendant was played by a young Jack Nicholson.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/21/1309:34 PM
Originally Posted By: klydon1
I recently saw a later episode of the Andy Griffith Show. It was in color and Don Knotts had left the show. Aunt Bea was selected for jury duty and was the lone holdout in a burglary trial where the other members of the jury were pressuring her to convict the defendant (a premise that has been used by a few sitcoms). Of course, she held out and hung the jury before it was discovered by Andy that the crime was committed by someone else.
What was interesting was that the minor role of the defendant was played by a young Jack Nicholson.
I remember that episode though it's been years since I've seen it. I can't say I recall Nicholson's part though.
On more or less the same line, I think it was "Our Miss Brooks" tv show (with Eve Arden) that had Richard Crenna as a co-star. He had a high pitch squeaky voice. Anyone remember?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/21/1310:02 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
On more or less the same line, I think it was "Our Miss Brooks" tv show (with Eve Arden) that had Richard Crenna as a co-star. He had a high pitch squeaky voice. Anyone remember?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/23/1304:19 PM
I think this is supposed to be the definitive list of renewed and canceled TV shows. It's a pain to slog through them from page to page, but here it is:
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/23/1305:58 PM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
"Criminal Minds" used to be a must see in our house, but I can honestly say I haven't watched one episode this season. It just seemed to be getting wackier and more violent with each episode. Now I'll feel compelled to tune in!
Did you watch it, Babe?
In the end, Joey Zasa was just too much for Luke Skywalker .
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/26/1312:44 PM
We have a chat show over here, a funny Irish fella called Graham Norton. Friday gone he had Will Smith on with his son and they did a bit of a sing song. Very entertaining ,even though i am not a great fan of him normally. They rapped the Fresh Prince Of Bel Air theme tune, amongst others. Funny
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/26/1303:12 PM
His ungrateful brat of a son has decided he wants to be "emancipated" from his parents for his upcoming 15th birthday. Yes, I, too, would want freedom from being handed a movie and musical career and growing up in a lavish lifestyle.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/26/1304:56 PM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
His ungrateful brat of a son has decided he wants to be "emancipated" from his parents for his upcoming 15th birthday. Yes, I, too, would want freedom from being handed a movie and musical career and growing up in a lavish lifestyle.
My daughter had just asked me if that was true but I hadn't heard anything. I just saw Smith & his son in an interview and nothing was mentioned. I don't get why he'd want to be emancipated??? Who then would be in charge of him, since he's a minor? Don't get how that works. It DOES reek of a brat though no?
As far as Graham Norton, I believe his show is on the Cable UK channel though I don't think I've ever seen it.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/26/1311:27 PM
To be fair don't be shocked if the Scientology shit is why he wants out. Will Smith isn't a Scientologist, but he's promoted their public/private school initiatives (i.e. smuggle Dianetics and their other garbage but under different, innocent-sounding names.) Maybe the kid just doesn't want to deal with that bullshit anymore?
Anyway, AFTER EARTH doesn't look good. You all realize M. Night Shyamalan directed that film? Amazing how once upon a time he was a brand-name filmmaker but after his last few flops, they've made sure to not mention him at all in the marketing.
This upcoming weekend I don't know if it can even open #1, because you have very tough competition and the new FAST & FURIOUS picture (which was terrific entertainment) will hold strong in its 2nd wk.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/27/1301:15 AM
Feeling bored, I ran across some surprising web info. Paris Hilton, Jennifer Aniston, Elisabeth Haselback, Tim McCgraw, Britney Spears, and Lindsey Lohan all are part Italian. Not that we want to claim all of them, but who'da thunk it?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/27/1301:21 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
His ungrateful brat of a son has decided he wants to be "emancipated" from his parents for his upcoming 15th birthday. Yes, I, too, would want freedom from being handed a movie and musical career and growing up in a lavish lifestyle.
My daughter had just asked me if that was true but I hadn't heard anything. I just saw Smith & his son in an interview and nothing was mentioned. I don't get why he'd want to be emancipated??? Who then would be in charge of him, since he's a minor? Don't get how that works. It DOES reek of a brat though no?
As far as Graham Norton, I believe his show is on the Cable UK channel though I don't think I've ever seen it.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/27/1312:15 PM
Originally Posted By: Camarel
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
His ungrateful brat of a son has decided he wants to be "emancipated" from his parents for his upcoming 15th birthday. Yes, I, too, would want freedom from being handed a movie and musical career and growing up in a lavish lifestyle.
My daughter had just asked me if that was true but I hadn't heard anything. I just saw Smith & his son in an interview and nothing was mentioned. I don't get why he'd want to be emancipated??? Who then would be in charge of him, since he's a minor? Don't get how that works. It DOES reek of a brat though no?
As far as Graham Norton, I believe his show is on the Cable UK channel though I don't think I've ever seen it.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/27/1312:20 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Feeling bored, I ran across some surprising web info. Paris Hilton, Jennifer Aniston, Elisabeth Haselback, Tim McCgraw, Britney Spears, and Lindsey Lohan all are part Italian. Not that we want to claim all of them, but who'da thunk it?
I wouldn't have guessed it, except for Jennifer Aniston who I knew was part Italian. If I'm not mistaken, and only as an FYI, I believe I read that Aniston's Godfather was Telly Savalas.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/27/1303:54 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Originally Posted By: olivant
Feeling bored, I ran across some surprising web info. Paris Hilton, Jennifer Aniston, Elisabeth Haselback, Tim McCgraw, Britney Spears, and Lindsey Lohan all are part Italian. Not that we want to claim all of them, but who'da thunk it?
I wouldn't have guessed it, except for Jennifer Aniston who I knew was part Italian. If I'm not mistaken, and only as an FYI, I believe I read that Aniston's Godfather was Telly Savalas.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/27/1304:23 PM
Oh yea, Steven Tyler. Found out only recently he was half Italian. Also half Italian rockers, Jon Bon Jovi (name gives it away more than his looks I think) AND Bruce Springsteen, who's mother was Italian. Hey, what can I say. Italians rock!!!!! LOL
I love Giovanni Ribisi's name. Sounds so totally Italian. Come to find out he's also German, and English. His paternal grandfather was Italian.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/27/1309:52 PM
TIS, talking about Italian singers, there is a Scottish chap called Paolo Nutini who is obviously of Italian origin, he has loads of success over here. He does quirky pop songs...not really my cup of tea but certainly not the worst!!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/27/1311:59 PM
Anybody seen The Place Beyond the Pines? Eva Mendes, Rose Byrne, Ryan Gosling, and Bradley Cooper. Great movie. I highly encourage you all to check it out. The premise is as follows:
A motorcycle stunt rider turns to robbing banks as a way to provide for his lover and their newborn child, a decision that puts him on a collision course with an ambitious rookie cop navigating a department ruled by a corrupt detective.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/28/1311:56 AM
I have The Place Beyond the Pines in my current Bottom 3 of the year, alongside Zero Dark Thirty and A Good Day to Die Hard. I found it embarrassingly bad, though it's one of those that sparks an equal amount to heated defences. Worth a watch, then.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/28/1310:22 PM
Originally Posted By: Capo de La Cosa Nostra
I have The Place Beyond the Pines in my current Bottom 3 of the year, alongside Zero Dark Thirty and A Good Day to Die Hard. I found it embarrassingly bad, though it's one of those that sparks an equal amount to heated defences. Worth a watch, then.
Really? I also thought Zero Dark Thirty was a great film. Cant say the same about A Good Day to Die Hard which I dont even plan on seeing at all cause it looks horrible to me.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/30/1311:03 PM
Originally Posted By: Dapper_Don
Really? I also thought Zero Dark Thirty was a great film. Cant say the same about A Good Day to Die Hard which I dont even plan on seeing at all cause it looks horrible to me.
I must agree with Capo on AGDTDH, what a piece of shit. I know he's a fan of the original classic DIE HARD (greatest action movie ever?) and liked #4 (not sure about #2 and 3), and I'm sure he hated AGDTDH for many of the same reasons I did. Pure embrace of the chaos and disorder that is post-action filmmaking. What happened to that franchise's trademark pacing and humor? (Nevermind that this is yet another movie set in Russia involving Chernobyl. Other bad things happened in Russia since then, Hollywood.)
I'm sure he despised ZD30 because of the torture debate. I do know he despised Ben Affleck's ARGO because he argued it was propaganda to for the U.S. to bomb Iran. (Which is nonsense but if that was the case, it failed to do its job.)
Speaking of action films, I caught FAST & FURIOUS 6 last weekend. Since #3 (TOKYO DRIFT), that series has had the same director and those pictures have gotten faster, bigger, and more entertaining as they went along. This is a great cartoon action movie, and that's not meant as a backhanded compliment at all. Solid ensemble piece that utilizes its cast, good sense of humor, and dumber I'm certain than both IRON MAN 3 and the new STAR TREK picture combined.
Here's a link to my full length review, but overall I'll say that no matter how idiotic the movie becomes, I admire how in this era of rampant CGI spectacle, director Lin and his team try to pull off these action setpieces as much as possible with real stunt drivers and real cars and real wrecks. Even when the movie goes the most absurd, Lin thankfully has a tongue & cheek sense of humor giving you permission to laugh. Not to mention (for the most part at least) the car sequences are captured with clairty by non-shakey cameras.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/31/1301:16 PM
Did anybody catch the Clint Eastwood directing documentary last night on TCM? Very disapointing.
Instead of a piece examining the merit and thematic values of his very lengthy (and mostly pretty solid) directing filmography, we get a blowjob on St. Clint and gee what a great guy he is by his peers. They did bring up that AMAZING STORIES episode which Eastwood directed, so that's good.
A good opportunity to examine his directing career, initially he directed mostly star vehicles for himself (because the studios wouldn't hire him for non-Clint pictures) and a parallel development of him taking production control of his own movies. Then he got to increasingly flex his ambitions and talents beyond shoot-em ups in the 80s and onward and is now a respected Oscar-winning director.
Hell use this to pimp some obscure gems of his that maybe people might not be aware of. Take WHITE HUNTER BLACK HEART, his thoughtful pseudo-John Huston biography which takes a critical look at the macho, righteous take charge persona that made Eastwood's acting career. Or his decent A PERFECT WORLD with Kevin Costner.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/01/1312:19 AM
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Well, I’ve got it as confirmed as it can be: Sam Mendes is the definite director of Bond 24 and most likely Bond 25. He’s in, after exhaustive negotiations. Mendes obviously got what he wanted and will be a rich, rich man when his time with James Bond is over. The director of “American Beauty” did want to keep his theater career alive and will, even with the long planning for the Bond movies. But “Skyfall” was too much of a hit to let him go, and really no one else compared to him. Mendes and Daniel Craig will see “Bond” through to the end.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/02/1309:46 PM
Does anyone watch AMC's "The Killing?" I saw the first season and enjoyed it until the end, which was kind of confusing/disappointing. Anyway, I thought they cancelled the show but season 2 starts tonight. For some reason, I don't find either of the two main stars very likeable. In season one, I was kind of suspicious of the guy detective and thought he might be the murderer.
I'll probably start to watch tonight and see how it goes.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/03/1305:48 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Does anyone watch AMC's "The Killing?" I saw the first season and enjoyed it until the end, which was kind of confusing/disappointing. Anyway, I thought they cancelled the show but season 2 starts tonight. For some reason, I don't find either of the two main stars very likeable. In season one, I was kind of suspicious of the guy detective and thought he might be the murderer.
I'll probably start to watch tonight and see how it goes.
TIS
Right on TIS. The show just plays with you, you can always be sure that its slow built up to show a guilty party would be all down the drain in the last episode with a M. Night Shyamalan twist. At any case, I'd be following this season as well.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/04/1302:46 AM
Originally Posted By: afsaneh77
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Does anyone watch AMC's "The Killing?" I saw the first season and enjoyed it until the end, which was kind of confusing/disappointing. Anyway, I thought they cancelled the show but season 2 starts tonight. For some reason, I don't find either of the two main stars very likeable. In season one, I was kind of suspicious of the guy detective and thought he might be the murderer.
I'll probably start to watch tonight and see how it goes.
TIS
Right on TIS. The show just plays with you, you can always be sure that its slow built up to show a guilty party would be all down the drain in the last episode with a M. Night Shyamalan twist. At any case, I'd be following this season as well.
Afs, I feel asleep after about a half hour last night. I notice it is on "on demand" so I think I'll watch it tonight. Did you catch it last night?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/04/1301:44 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Afs, I feel asleep after about a half hour last night. I notice it is on "on demand" so I think I'll watch it tonight. Did you catch it last night?
TIS
I usually get to watch everything a couple of days later, since I'd have to download them and watch them during weekdays. Anyway, I've just watched this, it was two episode premier and quite long. I too fall asleep halfway through, then I woke up and had to watch the last half of it again. It apparently is going to deal with the case she had prior to the time the series started, you know, that kid that was drawing the same thing over and over again, having spent six days with his mother's corpse. The husband was charged for her murder, but Sara isn't sure they got the right guy. He is on the death row now and quite a piece of work himself.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/04/1304:23 PM
I was watching The Big Bang Theory the other day (I watch it pretty much incessantly; I think I've become co-dependent). Many scenes take place in the university cafeteria and in Leonard's apartment during dinner. I noticed that the actors seldom eat anything. If you recall in the Godfather, in the wedding reception scene where Michael and Kay are talking, Michael seems to masticate his Lasagna with his fork, but never eats any of it. I guess when you're shooting the 7th take of a scene, eating is not high on your list.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/06/1311:36 PM
I recently saw previews for Stephen Kings "Under The Dome" to be on tv in a couple weeks. Looks pretty good. I never read the book but I know some of you have.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/19/1303:23 PM
Is it just me because I'm such a "Walking Dead" fan that Brad Pitt's "World War Z" movies looks like it might be good. Only thing I notice is that the zombies move way faster than on WD.
Btw, his co-star is the female lead on the AMC show "The Killing." I never would have recognized her.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/19/1305:33 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Is it just me because I'm such a "Walking Dead" fan that Brad Pitt's "World War Z" movies looks like it might be good. Only thing I notice is that the zombies move way faster than on WD.
Btw, his co-star is the female lead on the AMC show "The Killing." I never would have recognized her.
TIS
I'm very interested in it because part of it was filmed here in Glasgow, i saw some of it being filmed when i was going to college this is a scene filmed here.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/19/1306:33 PM
Camarel,
Yes, I just learned it wasn't filmed in U.S. I believe the story is suppose to take place in Philadelphia no? I never would have guessed. Anyone I might check it out.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/19/1306:46 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Camarel,
Yes, I just learned it wasn't filmed in U.S. I believe the story is suppose to take place in Philadelphia no? I never would have guessed. Anyone I might check it out.
TIS
Yeah your right it was supposed to be Philadelphia. The city center was completely Americanized lol with a bunch of yellow taxis (cabs) yellow traffic lights and green street signs saying 1st avenue or whatever.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/19/1306:49 PM
Wow, neat pics. It must be a big inconvenience for the towns people no? How long was everything in disarray? More importantly, did you actually see Brad Pitt?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/19/1306:57 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Wow, neat pics. It must be a big inconvenience for the towns people no? How low was everything in disarray? More importantly, did you actually see Brad Pitt?
TIS
I didn't see him but my sister and brother in law did who are extras in the movie lol, i was actually looking for a pic with them in it but i knew there was a slim chance of finding one since thousands of extras were used. My sister actually has a few though so if i get a hold of one i'll upload it.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/21/1311:18 PM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
That does look like a good movie, and I also want to see the prequel to Monsters, Inc., my favorite Pixar film.
I caught MONSTERS UNIVERSITY today. Very good, almost just as good as MONSTERS, INC. in my book. I can't say beforehand I had an appetite for an origin story with that film, but I'm impressed by how well Pixar takes a relationship evolution between 2 characters from rivals to grudging respect to genuine friendship.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/23/1307:57 PM
ERCBoxOffice:
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Top Weekend BO: #1 MONSTERS U $82M #2 WORLD WAR Z $66M #3 MAN OF STEEL $41M #4 THIS IS THE END $13M #5 NYSM $7.8M
Interesting notes on WWZ: Biggest opening of Brad Pitt's career and in fact 51% of the WWZ audience this weekend was female. Which is odd for a disaster/action/horror blockbuster like this.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/23/1311:22 PM
If any of you are fans of the Big Bang Theory, has Sheldon's brother Robert ever appeared on the show? Also, the only reference to his brother that I've heard on the show was during the 2009 season.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/25/1312:18 AM
I caught WORLD WAR Z today, and I kinda liked it. It's more a blockbuster disaster film than a horror picture, but it's decent. Almost reminds me of RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES from a few years back, a fine disposable entertainment backed by cool ideas and inspired FX/action set-pieces. (I'm surprised nobody before had thought of putting zombies on an airplane.)
(WARM BODIES is still the best zombie movie of '13, but WWZ is a solid #2.)
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/25/1312:27 AM
RR,
Probably cause I'm a Walking Dead fan, but I wanna see that movie too. Is it true though that the Zombies run???? Who ever heard of a zombie running? LOL
Anyway, I'm trying to get my daughters to find a time so we can have a girls' day out to dinner & movie, and we all wanna see that one.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/25/1312:41 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
RR,
Probably cause I'm a Walking Dead fan, but I wanna see that movie too. Is it true though that the Zombies run???? Who ever heard of a zombie running? LOL
Anyway, I'm trying to get my daughters to find a time so we can have a girls' day out to dinner & movie, and we all wanna see that one.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/25/1312:54 AM
Thanks Camarel. Tho I do like horror films, for some reason zombie movies weren't on the top of my list, UNTIL the Walking Dead. I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it and likes that kind of show.
I did see the original(black & white) Night of The Living Dead when it was released because it was so popular and it was a fun movie to see at the drive-in (if you remember those)
Walking Dead refers to zombies as "Walkers" cause that's how they get around.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/25/1301:06 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Thanks Camarel. Tho I do like horror films, for some reason zombie movies weren't on the top of my list, UNTIL the Walking Dead. I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it and likes that kind of show.
I did see the original(black & white) Night of The Living Dead when it was released because it was so popular and it was a fun movie to see at the drive-in (if you remember those)
Walking Dead refers to zombies as "Walkers" cause that's how they get around.
I have only watched the First Season of the Walking dead so far, but i have the 2nd i just haven't gotten around to it yet, i've also read the first three graphic novels.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/25/1301:38 AM
I still haven't seen Taken 2.
Btw, for those interested, Stephen King's "Under The Dome" starts tonight at 10:00. TV guide lists it as a pilot, but I think it's a mini-series, tho I don't know how many episodes are in the series. Anyway, I thought the previews looked pretty good and hope to watch it tonight after I catch up with Mad Men & The Killing that I missed last night.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/27/1301:04 PM
Used one of my movies passes to catch NOW YOU SEE ME with Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harleson, Jesse Eisenberg, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, etc. This has been out for awhile, but this has had good legs at the box-office, quietly inching its way to $100 million mainly based off good audience word of mouth.
I can see why. This is a good fun heist film, if not necessarily a memorable or remarkable one. I'm reminded of THE ITALIAN JOB remake with Mark Wahlberg that it excites you in the moment but afterwards the power fades away, but still solid matinee escapism.
The Tom & Jerry antics with FBI Ruffalo trying to stop (and fallng quite short) this team of magicians committing robberies during their stage shows certainly gave me a smile and gave me a fond reminder of Lupin III (specifically THE CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO) where the fun isn't being an accomplice to a crime and get away with it, but watching to see how exactly the thieves will outwit and escape the authorities while humiliating them.
Of course like most heist films, you have to accept some logical jumps and character decisions and maybe one or two plot elements (at least) don't quite make sense in reflection but that's pretty much a given.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/28/1303:37 AM
Have any of you seen the new Fiat commercial? It's pretty good. It starts out with a Paul Revere dressed character in a village yelling the British are coming. Then he looks down the road again and sees that it's several Fiats. He then exclaims The Italians are coming and all of the village girls leave their chores behind and saunter over to the Fiats. Anyway, look for it.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/29/1302:51 PM
I have seen it Oli. I like those Fiat commercials.
On a random topic, anyone else NOT like how short some of the cable and/or HBO tv show seasons are? I watch quite a few (Walking Dead, Mad Men, The Killing, Bates Hotel, Newsroom, Boardwalk Empire, etc).
For crying out loud there's 6 months between seasons AND in some cases a "mid-season" break. I think this is gonna be the "new" TV schedule.
Thanks, I wanted to bitch. Plus, I can't wait til October to watch the "Walking Dead." Season ended April (7th I think) and won't be back til October.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/29/1303:30 PM
White House Down (2013) - *** out of 5
If you've already seen OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (the other big budget, well-casted DIE HARD at the White House movie released this year) then you have no immediate need to watch this. I just saved you 8 bucks this weekend.
I expected some inevitable similarities, but how much of this became an exact replay is pretty ridiculous. Here too we have an outsider with tenuous Secret Service connections who's luckily at the White House when bad guys (with help of a traitorous Secret Service agent) take over. He's also estranged from his wife. He's got a personal connection with the head of the Secret Service. We have the villains break into the emergency bunker. We have them hack into NORAD and threaten the President's life to try to access the nuclear arsenal. We have a Speaker of the House character forced to become Acting President and reluctantly launches an airstrike against the White House. We have a kid character in peril. We have the 1814 burning of the White House brought up for plot points. We have (in DIE HARD clone tradition) the obligatory "shocking" plot twists. We have scenes where the same government officer gets shot in the 3rd act. We have a similar happy epilogue.
Hell we almost have the exact same sequence with the hero trying to stop the bad guys from firing their anti-aircraft missiles at the Navy Seals helicopters and then brawl with one of the terrorists on the rooftop. I can't wait for somebody on YouTube to do a scene-by-scene comparison.
And just like OLYMPUS, this is perfectly watchable but disposable. Some laughs, some thrills, wait for Redbox. So what's different about the WHITE HOUSE DOWN version? Well most notably, the movie is really a buddy actioneer with rejected Secret Service applicant Magic Mike and President Django. In retrospect I do think they missed an opportunity by playing up more the laughs with such a gimmick which would've really differentiated itself from DOWN, hell maybe make for a better picture? Most buddy films the humor does come from the clash of heavy personality contrasts during a crisis. Remember UNDER SIEGE (king of the DIE HARD clones) where Navy Seal Steven Seagal has to team up with the stripper? Or even IRON MAN 3 from earlier this summer? I mean you have Jamie Foxx playing the Obama surrogate trying to establish peace in the Middle East and Channing Tatum the ex-Marine that the movie implied to be a Republican. You could've had great fun with that. Still them driving around in a Presidential limo shooting rockets at their pursuers was amusing.
Anyway I was skeptical at the idea of Tatum being an action hero, but he's fine in the Keanu Reeves SPEED mold (i.e. have better actors with actual personalities surround him.) In fact considering his female fanbase, I'm surprised the movie didn't have him be shirtless as much as I would've assumed. Remember when many 80s actioneers did that? I did find it amusingly obnoxious this movie tried to make you feel bad for the guy when the Secret Service rejects him as if he's the victim, but considering his record and whineyness, I think they made the right call at the time. I'm surprised we didn't a scene at the end where he's a smug dick and make a sarcastic quip about "refiling my application" or "getting another interview" or something lame like that.
OLYMPUS has one thing over this film, its villains had a clear-cut goal and motivation (even if nobody takes North Korea seriously.) In DOWN, it's very muddled. Something about the military-industrial complex and wanting to stopping Iran's nuclear program...honestly I'm not really sure what these guys were hoping to accomplish. I think the problem was that originally the bad guys were ultra-right wing Americans and/or fundamentalist Christian terrorists, but then the studio got afraid of offending red state audiences. Which is silly. At the movies we've had evil Germans, Russians, Arabs, Brits, etc. Sure Glenn Beck will whine but outside of him, most folks won't give a shit because it's a movie. Also how the leader gets outwitted, he should be ashamed of himself for being so sloppy. He deserved to lose.
So what else did I like? I liked that random scene when terrorist Jason Clarke shoots several guards, then shoots a George Washington portrait, right in the head. Then latter while fighting Tatum he screams with heavy cheese "I'll carve my name on your chest!!!" I kinda related to Tatum's kid who's all enamored with American history (especially the White House) and being unintentionally annoying by enthusiastically sharing factoids. (That was me as a kid.) I did dig her taping the terrorists with her smartphone and uploading that to her YouTube channel. About time the DIE HARD formula caught up to modern technology. I liked the tech geek terrorist bailing out on his teammates and trying to sneak off. I even laughed at that scene with the White House tour guide hostage politely asking the terrorists to not destroy the priceless antiques. (You can probably guess the inevitable pay off.)
I also laughed at the INDEPENDENCE DAY reference. Not funny in itself, but only on a meta-level if you're aware that this and that picture shared the same director.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/29/1303:51 PM
You know what RR? Now I have the two mixed up. I had posted I wanted to see Olympus Has Fallen, but now I think it's White House Down. Ha ha ha!! So which is best of the two? I better do some research.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/29/1305:36 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
You know what RR? Now I have the two mixed up. I had posted I wanted to see Olympus Has Fallen, but now I think it's White House Down. Ha ha ha!! So which is best of the two? I better do some research.
TIS
Looking back at my OHF review, I gave that film the same rating I gave WHD so it's a draw. WHD has the bigger budget and much more "mayhem porn" if you will (bye bye U.S. Capitol building.)
I suppose if I had to pick one over the other, maybe OLYMPUS simply because the terrorist take over sequence was probably better executed. Plus as I said in my review, the villains' motivations are pretty clear cut and not so muddled. North Koreans want to get the American military out of South Korea so they could invade it.
Or maybe I'm biased because I saw that before WHD? Again in the long scheme of things, they're both watchable (but pretty disposable) entertainments.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/30/1304:54 PM
Originally Posted By: Dellacroce
Haha alright, pratical magic?
LOL No, but since this isn't really a game thread, I'll tell you. It's "Fallen" with Denzel Washington. Good and very creepy movie. It's one of those I always watch at least part of every time it's on.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/30/1304:59 PM
O ok i thought you meant it was an sb movie and your right not a game thread :), ya fallen was a good movie, very creppy. To me anything with denzel washington is great.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/01/1302:32 AM
TIS, that IS one of the creepiest movies ever! Love John Goodman in that, as well as my man Denzel! And isn't James Gandolfini in it?? That scene, when the people in the street bump into one another and the evil spirit goes from one to the other to the other, just SO creepy. And they keep singing that song! I can't ever listen to it now without thinking about the movie.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/13/1305:02 PM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
I think it's on demand, TIS. Plus, the kids got me the first season on Blu-ray for my birthday. I'm looking forward to tomorrow night.
I do like the show but must admit I still am getting use to Sorkin's(?) style. Can't put my finger on it exatcly. Was West Wing the same style? If you know what I mean?
I will try to catch some more of it On-Demand later today. I hear they will be covering major recent news stories which is what I really like about it.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/13/1305:40 PM
Many people thought their coverage of the day they got Bin Laden was too hokey and schmaltzy, but I liked it. Yes, the show has some flaws, and it's certainly not as good as West Wing, but it's a lot better than the Nth season of The Bachelor!
Sorkin loves dialogue and his shows move along at a healthy clip thanks to an abundance of it. West Wing was famous for "pedeconferencing", when the characters would walk and talk. I was always amazed that they managed to squeeze out that much dialogue while keeping up a fairly healthy pace!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/15/1303:25 AM
Well I did have a phone call during part of the show. Not too bad of an episode. I really like how they take the very very current events AND show clips of "Real" politicians and things they've said. I'm getting to kind of like (in a weird way cause he's not necessarily likeable) the Will character.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/17/1303:53 AM
so Ryan Reynolds has two new movies out this week: The Dreamworks cartoon TURBO and the buddy movie R.I.P.D. with Jeff Bridges. Each cost $130+ million, and both expected to flop apparently.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/27/1307:32 PM
Came across this article today announcing NBC's plans for a few mini-series.
One with Diane Lane playing Hillary Clinton which should be interesting. However, they also plan to do a remake of Stephen King's "The Tommyknockers" AND a remake of Rosemary's Baby, which is one of the best "devil" flicks IMHO. I would be interested in watching all three.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/28/1303:27 AM
Really? The Tommyknockers? It's one of the King books I couldn't stand. Even King admits he barely remembers writing it, he was so messed up on drugs at the time.
Edit: Has anyone heard any more about his book about the Kennedy assassination being made into a film???
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/28/1302:25 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Came across this article today announcing NBC's plans for a few mini-series.
One with Diane Lane playing Hillary Clinton which should be interesting. However, they also plan to do a remake of Stephen King's "The Tommyknockers" AND a remake of Rosemary's Baby, which is one of the best "devil" flicks IMHO. I would be interested in watching all three.
Hopefully they don't remake Rosemary's Baby or make a new JFK movie as SB was saying because i don't think you'll get a better one than Oliver Stones 90s film.
Johnny Depp tells the BBC he's thinking about quitting acting
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/28/1303:27 PM
Just a note to let Board members know that AMC's Mob Week starts about August 12 and will show the Trilogy.
I just don't trust today's filmmakers to produce a remake that doesn't include the bells and whistles that today's technology allows. The temptation for a director to include those bells and whistles in a remake of Rosemary's Baby would probably be so great that it would never compare to the original. That original was devoid of technologically produced visuals; thus, the viewer focused on the acting. It scared the hell out of me.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/28/1303:57 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Just a note to let Board members know that AMC's Mob Week starts about August 12 and will show the Trilogy.
I just don't trust today's filmmakers to produce a remake that doesn't include the bells and whistles that today's technology allows. The temptation for a director to include those bells and whistles in a remake of Rosemary's Baby would probably be so great that it would never compare to the original. That original was devoid of technologically produced visuals; thus, the viewer focused on the acting. It scared the hell out of me.
Rosemary's Baby is one of only 2 films that have really scared me along with the Exorcist since i watched both when i was only 7 or 8. I personally prefer Polanski's Chinatown, but it's still a great movie that Hollywood would no doubt ruin.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/31/1302:23 AM
I am not up to date on comics I guess. I never heard of Flash.
But, for some reason, I started watching Arrow from the beginning and I actually like the series. Though, I can't say I've ever heard of the "Arrow" character either (comic book I assume). Anyway, I am enjoying the show and look forward to next season.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/31/1302:46 AM
Just watched a rerun of The Big Bang Theory in which they all go to a costume party at the comic book store dressed as Justice League. Sheldon is the Flash, and he was hilarious, pretending to run to the Grand Canyon and come back after a microsecond.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/02/1303:15 AM
Caught R.I.P.D. and wow, the critics were right. This does suck! This badly wants to be MEN IN BLACK meets GHOSTBUSTERS, but ends up being more MEN IN BLACK 2 meets GHOSTBUSTERS II. It has a fatal flaw that kills any would-be buddy comedy/actioneer: ZERO chemistry between leads Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds. The jokes fall flat, the action setpieces are unexciting and irrelevant, and has a hard time where the reported $130 million budget was spent on.
Wait for rental. Better yet, wait for cable. Better yet, wait for TNT or USA.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/02/1305:13 AM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
Just watched a rerun of The Big Bang Theory in which they all go to a costume party at the comic book store dressed as Justice League. Sheldon is the Flash, and he was hilarious, pretending to run to the Grand Canyon and come back after a microsecond.
It's hard to believe that grown men can be so obsessed with cartoon characters, but I guess they can be. One day they'll end the series; I wonder how they'll do it.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/02/1302:09 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
Just watched a rerun of The Big Bang Theory in which they all go to a costume party at the comic book store dressed as Justice League. Sheldon is the Flash, and he was hilarious, pretending to run to the Grand Canyon and come back after a microsecond.
It's hard to believe that grown men can be so obsessed with cartoon characters, but I guess they can be. One day they'll end the series; I wonder how they'll do it.
Oli,
AMC has a tv show for just that called "Comic Book Men." I don't get it either. The only reason why I know of the show is it's on just before Walking Dead AND I found out Walking Dead was a comic book series because the host of that show was on the Talking Dead show.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/02/1310:52 PM
Caught 2 GUNS today at the matinee. Meh. Reminds me of RED 2 in that I don't really have much to say about this except that it exists and I saw it. Not a bad film, just not really good either.
I guess if I have to describe it, 2 GUNS badly wanted to be an Elmore Leonard-type story but it lacked his wit, grit, and imagination. Not as funny as it thinks it is, not much energy kicking the narrative in the pants either.
One good thing: If I had kids, I would've been forced by those little shits to go see SMURFS 2. I feel blessed.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/02/1311:09 PM
Damn, as of a few minutes ago, I no longer get CBS due to stupid dispute between Time Warner and CBS. Right now with repeats, I believe the only show I watch regularly on CBS is Under The Dome. Damn, I hope they get it straightened out. I hear it affects NY, LA, Boston, Dallas and several other areas.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/03/1306:14 PM
I am grateful that I have FIOS, and so far they've avoided these disputes. I can't believe that Time Warner didn't cave! WOW! After Cablevision lost a ton of customers to satellite after the YES Network debacle, these companies would have learned. I mean, that was Yankee fans only, this is a major network, and there are a lot more choices than ever now!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/06/1305:19 PM
So now Time Warner is showing family movies on CBS instead of regular programming. AND, TW sent a letter to CBS saying they'd be willing to offer the customers CBS a la carte. Sure, just charge us more.
One (of only a couple) CBS show I've been following is "Under The Dome." I found a link on-line for last night's episode and when I clicked to watch it, I got a messaging saying it's blocked as well for TW customers.
Someone, in one of the comments on the CBS/TW sites regarding this situation suggested that TW should have ALL their shows a la carte. Boy, I'd be for that. There are so many bullshit channels I wouldn't need, not to mention I'd boot all the sports channels. I'd save a bundle. I know, it's not gonna happen.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/08/1304:07 AM
Someone mentioned the 20th anniversary of The Sandlot, and here's an article about what the actors looked like then and what they look like now. Gina, I hope you're lurking to see this!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/08/1304:17 PM
Anyone else interested in seeing soon to be released, "The Butler?" Stars Forest Whitaker as a man who became a butler at the White House serving 8 American Presidents over three decades. I "think" based on a true story.
Sounds interesting to me, partly because it covers some of the history of our presidents, all from my time. Also an interesting choice of cast; James Marsden as JFK; John Cusack as Richard Nixon; Liev Schrieber as Lyndon Johnson and Robin Williams as Dwight Eisenhower?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/08/1305:37 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Anyone else interested in seeing soon to be released, "The Butler?" Stars Forest Whitaker as a man who became a butler at the White House serving 8 American Presidents over three decades. I "think" based on a true story.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/08/1305:46 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Anyone else interested in seeing soon to be released, "The Butler?" Stars Forest Whitaker as a man who became a butler at the White House serving 8 American Presidents over three decades. I "think" based on a true story.
TIS
I'll watch it.
Btw, guess who's playing Nancy Reagan? Jane Fonda!! That'll put some panties in bunch won't it?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/08/1306:34 PM
I am very interested in seeing it. I've seen Oprah on several talk shows promoting it and it looks very interesting, plus I think Forest Whittaker is a great actor.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/08/1306:47 PM
I heard a couple brief comments from Oprah on the film too. Some are saying "Oscar". It just sounds like a really interesting film to me.
When I heard the short clip of JFK talking to the "Butler", the voice sounded just like him. I never would have thought of James Marsden as JFK. Plus, it looks like they cover some significant historical events (in that time span how can it be avoided) that many of us lived thru.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/14/1303:15 AM
Well with Time Warner & CBS at war I haven't been able to watch the last couple episodes of Under The Dome. I finally got to catch up today at my daughter's house. I am really enjoying it. The last two episodes were both very good.
And SB, you read the book. That "Junior" is really psycho isn't he?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/15/1302:23 AM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Oli,
That's the mystery. Nobody knows how or why they are all stuck within the dome.
TIS
So, how do they supply themselves with food?
They are using food/water (and in some cases medications) that they've had in supply "under the dome" BUT they are running out of both food/water (as shown in last episode). Not sure at this point how they'll crack the dome or if they do.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/15/1303:24 PM
I've been recording all the episodes, but haven't watched them yet. I was saving them to sort of watch at least a few together at one time.
Oli,
Click to reveal..
the dome was from aliens, and it's only when things get really ugly that one of the folks figures out how to lift it.
Actually, I was sort of disappointed in the ending, but the book itself is quite a study in sociology. It shows how quickly we all can become uncivilized.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/15/1310:06 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
It's not a series?
Oli,
I was under the impression it was a mini-series based on the book. At first, I thought it would be only 4/5 episodes but it goes into the beginning of September if I'm not mistaken. Also however, I heard a rumor it was to be a series but I can't confirm that.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/19/1302:03 PM
We have recently watched the first series of BANSHEE, done by the same folks behind TRUE BLOOD. Wow, gritty, violent stuff, full of fighting, sex and swearing. I loved it
The TV adaption of UNDER THE DOME hits our screens tonight, but will be getting taped cos I am watching football
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/22/1303:56 PM
I was looking at the TVLand schedule and I can't believe the odd times at which programming starts. Most were bewteen 6 and 12. Remember when shows started exactly on 12 or 6? Of course, remember when the summer was exclusively for reruns and a new series started in September? Well, now they start and stop all over the place. How times have change. It's more like economics.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/22/1304:09 PM
If you remember, Oli, the Turner channels used to begin their shows a few minutes after the hour. The theory behind it was that those were the moments when other shows were airing credits and commercials and people would flip the channel. Therefore, because the shows on Turner's networks were just starting, they would capture your attention. I'm going to guess that since they don't do that any longer, it was not successful.
Honestly, it doesn't even matter when shows begin any longer. I'm so used to watching on the DVR now that I just record them, watch and FF through commercials and can see an hour long show in about 40 or so minutes.
I just started watching reruns of Southland. What a great show. I only watched the last two seasons when they were new, so it's great to catch up on why the characters were they way they were.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/22/1305:05 PM
Babe, I do remember. I also remember about the early 90s when the networks started doing away with ending credits and lead in themes/commercials and just seamlessly started the next program.
However, why in the world does SNL start at 00:29?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/25/1302:57 AM
I think that I pretty much keep up with movies. However, I don't know how some of them slip by me. For one, while surfing through the cable TV listings I saw The Son of No One starring Al Pacino. It was out in 2011. I never heard of it. Did any of you?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/27/1308:27 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
I was looking at the TVLand schedule and I can't believe the odd times at which programming starts. Most were bewteen 6 and 12. Remember when shows started exactly on 12 or 6? Of course, remember when the summer was exclusively for reruns and a new series started in September? Well, now they start and stop all over the place. How times have change. It's more like economics.
TVLand uses often 36 minutes to show a traditionally 30 minute sitcom, mostly on weekends. They add an additional 6 minutes of commercials. Thus, a show might be scheduled from 10:18 to to 10:54.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/29/1310:00 AM
TIS, I have taped the first 3 episodes of UNDER THE DOME, but not watched any yet. I have however read the book, so I can tell you what happens in that, save you wasting time watching the TV??
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/29/1302:56 PM
Originally Posted By: Yogi Barrabbas
TIS, I have taped the first 3 episodes of UNDER THE DOME, but not watched any yet. I have however read the book, so I can tell you what happens in that, save you wasting time watching the TV??
LOL Yogi, no don't tell me. I am wondering but still I like to be surprised. I know SB said she was disappointed in the ending in the book, were you? I gotta say watching the last 3 episodes (there are 3 more left), each one is better than the last. Not sure how it's gonna end BUT I am enjoying it.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/02/1302:32 PM
Originally Posted By: afsaneh77
Originally Posted By: olivant
So they still don't know how they ended up with a dome?
I started watching this, and I watched up to the last episode that's aired. No, still no hint as to why it appeared.
Hi Afs!!
What do you make of Junior? Psycho? Guy gives me the creeps. But, now with him being the other "hand", I'm not sure.
And, what about Big Jim leaving that woman hand tied in the water?? He's a piece of work too I'm wondering IF she's gonna return. I am enjoying watching.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/03/1312:50 AM
"Jersey Shore Shark Attack" - 2012. I was flipping channels today and came across this gem - starring Tony Sirico (Paulie Walnuts) and Paul Sorvino. Could be one of those cult classics. Super bad. I can't believe Sirico and Sorvino stooped so low. Did they need the cash? Takes place in Seaside Heights. NJ, before Hurricane Sandy. Highlight - Joey Fatone gets eaten by an Albino Bull Shark. Now, I know you want to see it.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/03/1312:56 AM
Originally Posted By: MaryCas
"Jersey Shore Shark Attack" - 2012. I was flipping channels today and came across this gem - starring Tony Sirico (Paulie Walnuts) and Paul Sorvino. Could be one of those cult classics. Super bad. I can't believe Sirico and Sorvino stooped so low. Did they need the cash? Takes place in Seaside Heights. NJ, before Hurricane Sandy. Highlight - Joey Fatone gets eaten by an Albino Bull Shark. Now, I know you want to see it.
MC,
I happened to catch the end of it. SyFy is running all these dumb shark films. Right after that there was DinoShark. LOL Acting was horrible. The titles alone are laughable (Super Shark, Ghost Shark and of course the one and only Sharknado).
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/03/1307:11 AM
Originally Posted By: MaryCas
"Jersey Shore Shark Attack" - 2012. I was flipping channels today and came across this gem......
Ugh, some of the worst chit I've ever wasted time watching! NOT a "cult classic" by any stretch.
Between Jersey Shore (and other MTV crap), this, and even more crap, I'm almost embarrassed to live next door to Seaside! ....but now that Labor Day ("Benny Season") has passed, I'll soon make my first visit of the year. Cuz it's not that bad during the off-season.
Originally Posted By: MaryCas
Highlight - Joey Fatone gets eaten by an Albino Bull Shark.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/04/1304:43 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Hi Afs!!
What do you make of Junior? Psycho? Guy gives me the creeps. But, now with him being the other "hand", I'm not sure.
And, what about Big Jim leaving that woman hand tied in the water?? He's a piece of work too I'm wondering IF she's gonna return. I am enjoying watching.
TIS
Hi TIS!
Poor Angie that has to put up with that psycho Junior. Imagine if a dome made you do that.
This last episode had such a fast pace, too many things happened. So sure enough, Max's mom wont be back, just as Max. Big Jim has to be a goner, at the hand of those four. That makes for a great story ahead.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/04/1303:23 PM
Yes, that image of Big Jim did NOT look hopeful for him. AND, the four had knives in their hands??? WTF?
My daughter thinks Barbee(why they don't call him by his first name I don't know) is cute. Which, btw, I don't remember IF you watch or not but that actor is also in the Bates Motel.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/04/1304:17 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Yes, that image of Big Jim did NOT look hopeful for him. AND, the four had knives in their hands??? WTF?
My daughter thinks Barbee(why they don't call him by his first name I don't know) is cute. Which, btw, I don't remember IF you watch or not but that actor is also in the Bates Motel.
TIS
It's interesting that although I watch a ton of TV series, I have not watched Bates Motel yet. I like it how the writers have decided to call a bad ass man Barbie. He is the most eligible bachelor under the dome it seems. But I'm not crazy about his facial hair. If he get a shave, I would reevaluate his cuteness.
How funny you say that about facial hair. My daughter says, if he didn't have the facial hair he'd be too "pretty boy." AND normally, she's not one to like facial hair. LOL Go figure.
Yes, couldn't King have thought of another name for a hunky guy than "Barbee". OR, why don't they call him by his first name (which escapes me now).
Btw, that radio announcement from military (?) saying Barbee was in the dome. Could that have been Big Jim? He's turning the entire town against Barbee.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/04/1304:42 PM
Oh my goodness! Yum! He IS cute. What can I say, I like them pretty.
Yeah, I don't remember his first name either. Anyhow, I think that broadcast did come from outside the dome, Big Jim didn't seem to have the equipment to do it, plus he almost took care of his Barbee problem in a whole different way. It was just icing on the cake of looking even more suspicious.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/04/1305:12 PM
Originally Posted By: afsaneh77
Oh my goodness! Yum! He IS cute. What can I say, I like them pretty.
Yeah, I don't remember his first name either. Anyhow, I think that broadcast did come from outside the dome, Big Jim didn't seem to have the equipment to do it, plus he almost took care of his Barbee problem in a whole different way. It was just icing on the cake of looking even more suspicious.
I couldn't stand that Alex bitch and although I was surprised to see Big Jim blow her away, I was glad to see her go.
TIS
Btw, I am not using spoiler notifications since it seems you and I are the only ones watching, PLUS there are only two more episodes left.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/04/1305:59 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
I couldn't stand that Alex bitch and although I was surprised to see Big Jim blow her away, I was glad to see her go.
TIS
Btw, I am not using spoiler notifications since it seems you and I are the only ones watching, PLUS there are only two more episodes left.
Alex? Do you mean Maxine? Yeah, she was a heartless woman. I liked last episode mainly because of what happened to her. It didn't drag out. Spoilers? I usually would skip the posts when I see something I wouldn't want to be spoiled for me, though most of the times I wouldn't mind a spoiler at all. I'm the kind who fast forwards to the end of everything while I'm in the middle to see what happens in the end.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/04/1306:36 PM
Originally Posted By: afsaneh77
Yeah, her name is Maxine. I looked it up and Barbie's name is Dale.
I hope Julia makes it. I like her. Plus, otherwise there's no way Barbie gets cleared.
I hate the wait more. Spoilers are welcomed.
Well, the young kid who helped him (one of the four dome kids)bring Julia to the hospital AND the nurse who saw how Barbee helped her might help too. BUT, Big Jim KNOWS Julia is still alive. Will he try to kill her since he doesn't know her condition and/or if she can testify on Barbee's behalf.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/04/1306:47 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Well, the young kid who helped him (one of the four dome kids)bring Julia to the hospital AND the nurse who saw how Barbee helped her might help too. BUT, Big Jim KNOWS Julia is still alive. Will he try to kill her since he doesn't know her condition and/or if she can testify on Barbee's behalf.
TIS
Well, technically, nobody saw who shot Julia, except for Julia. So that's not going to help. This is a guess, but I think Jim wanting to kill Julia would be ultimately the reason those four would do what they do. But this is a guess obviously. Knowing Jim, he might do a lot of other awful things that warrants what's coming to him.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/06/1307:13 PM
American Idol judges - Harry Connick Jr., J-Lo returns, Keith Urban. Harry was good as a mentor, jumping on Randy. Keith was the best of the foursome last year. J-Lo, "you're amazing, you are so amazing, I'm amazed at your amazingness".
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/11/1310:43 AM
Season 3 of American Horror Story starts on the 9th of next month. It's called American Horror Story: Coven, and will be about witches and voodoo. I'm guessing the Salem witch trials will feature as a main storyline. Jessica Lange, Cathy Bates and Angela Bassett will play 3 witches.
They haven't released a full trailer, instead they've released 6 teasers. Here's the most recent one
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/15/1304:20 AM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Have any Board members seen the Life of Pi? I haven't been able to watch much of it. If so, was he actually in a lifeboat with a tiger?
One couldn't really say if any of what he said was the truth. In the end he asked the writer if he liked the version with tiger or the one without it, as parallel to a belief in God or lack thereof. That's a story that supposed to make you believe in God. As if which version we prefer is necessarily the truth. Movie had some great cinematography, started well, but sadly fell flat in the end.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/17/1302:01 PM
Anyone watch "Under the Dome" last night? WTF???? Very underwhelming. Only thing I can think of is, the tv description noted it was "season 1 finale". So, evidently there is to be a season two? I really like the story but something more has got to give.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/17/1302:30 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Anyone watch "Under the Dome" last night? WTF???? Very underwhelming. Only thing I can think of is, the tv description noted it was "season 1 finale". So, evidently there is to be a season two? I really like the story but something more has got to give.
TIS
Hi TIS,
Yes, there's going to be another season next year. It got renewed and I was wondering how long could they drag this out, after all, they are under the dome and are falling like flies.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/17/1302:35 PM
Hi Afs,
I think you and I are the only ones watching.
I can't believe how the lady police officer is buying into Big Jim's BS. AND not only that, she's ok with a Guillotine for God's sake?? They can't hang Barbee.
TIS
Btw, I read last week that "The Killing" was cancelled (again) and will have no more episodes.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/17/1303:53 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Hi Afs,
I think you and I are the only ones watching.
I can't believe how the lady police officer is buying into Big Jim's BS. AND not only that, she's ok with a Guillotine for God's sake?? They can't hang Barbee.
TIS
Btw, I read last week that "The Killing" was cancelled (again) and will have no more episodes.
Yeah, Linda is too gullible it seems. They probably don't get to hang Barbie, there seemed to be a blinding light after that dark. I hate it that we have to wait another year.
As for "The Killing" as "this show is killing me" I'm glad it's over. I watched finale and I was so angry that it was Sara's partner. Then if it had another season, it would have turned out that it wasn't him. It doesn't get to frak with me anymore.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/17/1304:01 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
So TIS, how did the dome get there?
The Killing has been canceled.
Oli, SPOILERS FOR ANYONE WHO HASN'T SEEN SEASON FINALE
Last night we found out that the dome was caused by some kind of alien/s who can appear in human form to look like one of the residents of Chester's Mill. This alien indicated the dome is there to protect them not harm them. Beyond that we were left hanging. Like Barbie
(Btw, I said guillotine, and I meant whatever the wooden hanging contraption is technically called.) Barbie was to hang not get beheaded.
I read an article last week saying the Killing was definitely cancelled. Then again, it came back once, so who knows. I liked this very last season better than the first 2 (which seemed like one to me).
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/22/1305:23 PM
Has anyone seen HBO's "Hitchcock?" It stars Anthony Hopkins as Hitch and tells the story of he and his wife Alma's life during the filming of Psycho. I didn't see that it's based on a true story, so not sure if it's story comes from the cast/crew, etc.
Anyway, an inside look at Hitchcock who I learned is sort of a strange guy, falling for his leading ladies...or maybe obsessed would be more accurate.
You see scenes from the movie within this movie, including the actor playing Anthony Perkins, who looks/acts a lot like him. Moreso it's Scarlett Johannson who plays Janet Leigh who the story evolves around.
I thought Hopkins was very good in the role and sounded/acted a lot like the Hitchcock we knew. I was amused at the clever ending in which Psycho has ended as a success and Hitchock is standing outside talking about not knowing exactly what his next project will be, when suddenly, what lands on his shoulder.........a black bird (crow).
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/23/1312:34 AM
Is anyone watching the Emmys? I've tuned in but must admit I don't watch most of the shows nominated, and some of these people I've never heard of.
I do like Neil Patrick Harris as the host and want to see James Gandolfini tribute which I think Edie Falco is doing. Also, I want to see Elton John perform.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/23/1312:47 AM
Boardwalk Empire is on first at 6:00 p.m. and again at 8:00. I figure I'll watch at 8:00 this time, instead of turning channel back & forth. Plus, I really do want to see Gandolfini tribute and Elton John. (Btw, I hear Elton will do a tribute to Liberace.)
Btw, didn't John Hamm's suit look way to tight?
TIS
P.S. I'm pissed that the Walking Dead isn't nominated for anything. It's one of the best shows on IMO.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/23/1302:53 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
I love Colbert, and am glad he won, but I love Jon Stewart too.
TIS
So do I, but then the last time he and almost everyone else said that enough already with giving the Emmy to him by default. I have to say I usually look forward to Colbert even more than The Daily Show and a little bit of politically incorrect humor wouldn't kill anybody. They should really vote for Colbert half of the times.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/23/1303:13 PM
Originally Posted By: afsaneh77
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
I love Colbert, and am glad he won, but I love Jon Stewart too.
TIS
So do I, but then the last time he and almost everyone else said that enough already with giving the Emmy to him by default. I have to say I usually look forward to Colbert even more than The Daily Show and a little bit of politically incorrect humor wouldn't kill anybody. They should really vote for Colbert half of the times.
Afs,
Daily Show/Colbert are on here in CA at 8 and again at 11:00 p.m. If I miss the 8:00 I usually don't stay awake for the 11:00 show but try to catch later.
I know John Oliver has been taking Stewart's place during the summer. Tho I don't mind him, I didn't watch either much this summer.
Btw, don't know if you got it there or saw it, but one of Colbert's BEST performances was at one of the White House Correspondence dinner during the BUSH administration. He was great in his own in your face humor. I don't think ANYONE there knew much about him then and I doubt he was ever asked back.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/23/1304:18 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Afs,
Daily Show/Colbert are on here in CA at 8 and again at 11:00 p.m. If I miss the 8:00 I usually don't stay awake for the 11:00 show but try to catch later.
I know John Oliver has been taking Stewart's place during the summer. Tho I don't mind him, I didn't watch either much this summer.
Btw, don't know if you got it there or saw it, but one of Colbert's BEST performances was at one of the White House Correspondence dinner during the BUSH administration. He was great in his own in your face humor. I don't think ANYONE there knew much about him then and I doubt he was ever asked back.
TIS
I have to download them just to be able to watch them, so I can watch them any time I want, though a few hours later.
John Oliver was all right. I think if Stewart ever wants to retire, he could take the show on and do a pretty good job.
And I did watch that performance of Colbert. Suffice to say, it made ME uncomfortable and I'm not a fan of Bush at all. Imagine that. Still I think that was too cruel, saying all of that right to his face.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/23/1311:09 PM
Does anyone plan on watching Hostages on CBS tonight? It's same time slot/replacing (for now) "Under the Dome." It looks pretty good. I hear it's a 15 episode mini-series (seems to be the new thing).
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/23/1311:18 PM
Originally Posted By: Dellacroce
Ya im planning on watching it, im a sucker for anything with dylan mcdermott in it
I liked him way back when he was in "The Practice." Then I saw ONLY 1st episode of "American Horror Story" and loved it. However, after attempting, without luck, to find in-sequence episodes via FX, tv website downloads, HBO on-demand, AND waiting for repeats on FX, I gave up. It was so frustrating that I'm no longer interested.
Btw, the other channel has a new show with James Spader (the title escapes me) but that too looks like it might be good.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/23/1311:26 PM
Yea i think its called the black list, it does look pretty good. Ya i watched the first seasom of american horror story and really liked it, but i got to many shows to keep up with lol. I guess you dont have netflix cause all the episodes are on instant watch.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/23/1311:32 PM
I don't have Netflix but I'm thinking it'll be more & more popular. Isn't that the only way to watch "House of Cards?" That show it seems is a big hit. Looks good to. Do you pay as you go or do you have to join Netflix at a monthly rate?
Yes, I know what you mean about so many shows. I have quite a few I watch regularly. The seasons are so different, that I wrote a list of WHEN some of my favorites come back. LOL
I think they are edging out regular tv? Still a few regular shows on network channels, but notice how many freekin' reality or in general, what I call, bullshit shows are on basic tv? I only watch a few network shows.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/23/1311:46 PM
o ya i cant stand reality tv. yes netflix is a monthly rate, last time a checked it was like 8$ dollars a month for streaming and like 14$ a month for streaming plus dvds. i also have hulu plus which is 6$ a month and with that you get episodes of shows the day after they air(the ones that they provide). they are both pretty good services.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/23/1311:49 PM
You HAVE to watch on your computer??
I remember checking hulu when I was looking for American Horror Story episodes. I needed episode two, to continue in sequence. It started with 4 or 5 or something. I couldn't find the next episode. Anyway.......
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/23/1311:58 PM
no, i myself have a smart tv where the internet is right on the tv and i can have netflix and hulu as apps, but they are a lot more devices that you can watch it off of. like if you have a PS3 or Xbox360 you can watch it off of that. but that also sell devices that are specifically the streaming apps like netflix and hulu that hook up right to your tv,kinda like a cable box, and theyre not really that expensive. and what you said about edging out regular tv is true, i read an article recently that was talking about how streaming was becoming more popular and how its gonaa be the future of television but to get everything you want youll have to get it from a couple of different providers.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/24/1312:02 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
You HAVE to watch on your computer??
I remember checking hulu when I was looking for American Horror Story episodes. I needed episode two, to continue in sequence. It started with 4 or 5 or something. I couldn't find the next episode. Anyway.......
TIS
ya its definatly not perfect but i expect it to keep on getting better as more people start to use it
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/24/1312:15 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
You HAVE to watch on your computer??
I remember checking hulu when I was looking for American Horror Story episodes. I needed episode two, to continue in sequence. It started with 4 or 5 or something. I couldn't find the next episode. Anyway.......
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/24/1312:26 AM
Camarel, well aren't you nice. Thanks. I'll save the link for now but have just two questions.
1. Is it free or do I need the "Pro" account or what?? 2. I always hesitate to download from unknown sites for fear of a computer virus/spyware, etc. Are you confident in this site?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/24/1312:31 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Camarel, well aren't you nice. Thanks. I'll save the link for now but have just two questions.
1. Is it free or do I need the "Pro" account or what?? 2. I always hesitate to download from unknown sites for fear of a computer virus/spyware, etc. Are you confident in this site?
Again, thank you.
TIS
1.No you don't need the pro account just click continue as free user and then click play and it will work fine.
2.It's not a download, it's just a streaming video. Yes i'm confident in it. I used it to watch Mad Men when i was unable to get it on UK tv. I'm sure alot of other people have used it on this site.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/24/1310:00 PM
Has anyone heard of or watched the comedy The Middle starring Patricia Heaton and Kris Kattan? It's in its 4th season on ABC. I never heard of it until today.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/24/1310:42 PM
Ya the only reason ive seen it is because my mother watches it. It has its moments but not a great show. It is however a show you can watch with your family without being embaressed.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/24/1311:13 PM
Oli,
I've watched "The Middle" a few times. It's not bad and actually funnier than you might think. I just tend to lean to more dramas. There aren't too many comedies I watch.
I am watching the new season of "Person Of Interest" however, which starts tonight. Criminal Minds starts tomorrow and Walking Dead (my personal favorite) on Oct. 13.
Another show I just started watching last year was "Arrow." I ended up following the entire season and I actually like the show.
I missed (fell asleep) Hostages yesterday and I plan to watch that on HBO On Demand tonight and maybe Blacklist (with James Spader) which was on the other channel of Hostages. Either nothing's on or all good shows on at once. LOL
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/25/1301:02 PM
SB, I checked ON Demand and it wasn't on yet. I'll check again tonight. However, I did see Hostages and must say I liked it real well. I'm hooked on that too.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/25/1303:00 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Has anyone heard of or watched the comedy The Middle starring Patricia Heaton and Kris Kattan? It's in its 4th season on ABC. I never heard of it until today.
I'm a fan of that show. I've been watching it when I can for the past two years. The kids are growing up and it's not quite as funny as it used to be, but it is now in syndication with another favorite of mine, Modern Family, which is still top notch. These are pretty much the only network (Non-news or non-sports) shows I watch although I miss some weeks.
A lot of the new shows have been promoted for months, and last night, by chance, I flipped to The Goldbergs, and watched most of it. I thought it was terrible. There's nothing funny about a lecherous old grandfather taking his young grandson into a diner and tell him how to touch women's breasts. The show takes place in the 80s, so I think they're hoping to appeal to the nostalgic, who might be willing to overlook juvenile writing.
And speaking of the 80s, I see Michael J. Fox is making a sitcom comeback with his own show on NBC either tonight or tomorrow. If I'm in front of the tv then, I'll give it a watch.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/26/1312:55 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
SB, I checked ON Demand and it wasn't on yet. I'll check again tonight. However, I did see Hostages and must say I liked it real well. I'm hooked on that too.
TIS
You might want to check again. I looked last night and couldn't find it because I was looking under B. It was actually under T for The Blacklist.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/26/1306:15 PM
Originally Posted By: klydon1
Originally Posted By: olivant
Has anyone heard of or watched the comedy The Middle starring Patricia Heaton and Kris Kattan? It's in its 4th season on ABC. I never heard of it until today.
I'm a fan of that show. I've been watching it when I can for the past two years. The kids are growing up and it's not quite as funny as it used to be, but it is now in syndication with another favorite of mine, Modern Family, which is still top notch.
I finally watched part of an episode of The Middle. It was amusing. However, Patricia Heaton has changed. It's been 10 years since EBLR's final episode, so I guess that shouldn't be surprising. Nevertheless, I was surprised.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/27/1312:55 AM
SB,
I see you're right Blacklist IS on "On Demand." I do plan to watch it today or tomorrow. Thanks.
I guess I'll watch Big Bang Theory tonight.
Btw, I am a huge Law & Order fan. Never realized how much until this past summer. Time when I was home and nothing but reality shows, reruns, same repeated movies, etc. Thank God for L & O. I've seen many from early 90s and not just the regular L&O, they have SVU, CI as well.
Speaking of L&O, anyone watch the premier of this season's SVU? (Good thing I did watch re-runs, I had just seen the season finale last week). Olivia held hostage by a psycho? Good episode. One of the best of the SVU series.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/27/1301:42 AM
I am so mad that I missed the season premiere! I meant to DVR it, too, because I also just saw last season's finale. Do you know if L&O:SVU is on demand? I hope so. Need to catch that.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/27/1301:49 AM
Yes it is but I haven't checked if last night's episode is on yet, but it should be. It was a two parter, but the first part dealt with Olivia's capture and the second was another story with references made to Olivia's ordeal.
Btw, I missed Criminal Minds which is on at the same time. I'll try to catch that later too. Geez, it's nice having NEW stuff on tv again.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/28/1303:19 PM
I did get to see Blacklist yesterday and did enjoy it. I don't remember when I last saw him, but James Spader sure looked different? What happened to his hair (or lack of it)? Anyway, it was good
Speaking of the new season. I checked to see when Bates Motel returns and it's not til sometime in 2014. Damn!! Talk about a long time between seasons. I really hate the way cable shows have such huge breaks between seasons.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/28/1305:12 PM
Ya I was also surprised to see James spaded with no hair. I think the last time I saw him in something was the second to last season of the office(he had a full head of hair then)
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/28/1308:21 PM
If Wo Fat turns out to be McGarrett's brother on "Hawaii Five 0," I might be done watching it. What a silly and tired plot device that would turn out to be.
And I can't stand Christine Lahti as McGarrett's mother, which is weird because I've always liked her as a character actress. But the character is ridiculous and very unsympathetic. I mean, what kind of woman walks out of her kids lives for twenty years, then just shows back up like nothing ever happened?
And I don't care if her family was threatened or not. There's not a chance in hell that any woman in my family (mother, wife, aunts, etc.) would ever leave. Frankly, I hope they kill her off. But I know they won't.
And Kono better be back soon! She's just so damn hot .
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/28/1308:28 PM
PB,
I caught the season opener as well. I agree about McGarrett's mom and also like Christine Lahti, but yes she comes off as very unsympathetic & strange. And what the heck with Wo Fat being his brother? That came out of nowhere.
I look at the show (as I do White Collar) as light drama and oh, ok, a little eye candy too. Not to mention the gorgeous shots of Hawaii. My God, they can be driving to the dump and the background scenes are spectacular. I do like Kono and the entire cast. My brother can't stand Danno cause he gets a little annoying. LOL I didn't hear that Kono was leaving the show. I hope not.
Oh, and what about the huge fat guy friend of theirs? That runs the restaurant? I can't think of his name, but he's kind of comical. I like him too.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/28/1308:39 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
My brother can't stand Danno cause he gets a little annoying.
Your brother has a point, Tis. I can take him in small doses. But he's at his most annoying when he tries too hard to be his father (his hand gestures just seem unnatural, where on his father they're a part of who he is).
He almost reminds me of Liza Minelli trying too hard to be Judy Garland. Now that analogy might be a little gay, but what the hell .
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/29/1303:04 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Another show I just started watching last year was "Arrow." I ended up following the entire season and I actually like the show.
Yeah can't wait for season 2, where among other things we'll get another DC superhero in The Flash in an episode that'll be a backdoor pilot for his own spin-off program.
Meanwhile, Marvel introduced their own program earlier this week in AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D., probably the most promoted of ABC's new crop. Ties officially into the same continuity shared with the Marvel films (Iron Man, The Avengers, etc.) and from Joss Whedon.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/29/1304:00 PM
Agree with previous comments about McGarret's mother, ruined the third series.
Also enjoyed the first series of Arrow and the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. just started here last night. The kids want to watch that so I will as well probably!
We seem to get the US shows very quickly now, used to take months.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/30/1302:51 AM
Caught Ron Howard's new film RUSH yesterday. Surprisingly exceptional, his best work since APOLLO 13. I know dick about Formula One, yet this story enraptured me with this intense rivalry between two drivers of two different nations, backgrounds, and personalities, along with the sub-culture of suicidal machomania that they're kings of.
It really reminded me of THE RIGHT STUFF, except race car drivers instead of test pilots. But regardless its about men in a deadly profession driven by ego in competition against each other and themselves in a contest of human endurance. There is courage to do such professions for a living, and the 3rd act of RUSH (which is a visceral triumph) is marked by two very brave (and contradictory) decisions made by both drivers in that final race in Japan, which would determine who is 1976 F1 world champion.
I suppose it's not a "great" film technically, even if its quite possibly Howard's best and most ambitious filmatic work, perhaps just a very very very good film. But I lost myself in a Howard film, which honestly was the last thing I expected in a Oscar baiting prospect from a guy who can be a notorious Oscar (master) baiter. It's pleasant when people can surprise you beyond your expectations.
Regardless, this is a must-see I highly recommend. Daniel Bruhl is already talked about as an Oscar contender, and he does have the baitiest part. But Chris Hemsworth deserves some credit too for playing immaculately a playboy stud with a million dollar smile. Both compelling leads that make you follow them, even if they're both dickish characters honestly, and you absolutely buy (beyond merely an artificial device) that they despise each other, even if its tinged with respect.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/30/1302:57 AM
I'm watching a rerun of The Big Bang Theory 6th season finale where Leonard is embarking on a research voyage. Penney and Sheldon drive him to the airport and at the airport Sheldon tells Penney that she's parked in the red zone; the white zone is for loading and unloading. I wonder how many fans caught that homage to the movie Airplane?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/03/1308:13 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
I'm watching a rerun of The Big Bang Theory 6th season finale where Leonard is embarking on a research voyage. Penney and Sheldon drive him to the airport and at the airport Sheldon tells Penney that she's parked in the red zone; the white zone is for loading and unloading. I wonder how many fans caught that homage to the movie Airplane?
I caught it the first time I saw that episode, Oli. But that only proves that I'm almost as ancient as you are .
And being that you love to bust my stones about Throggs Neck so much, I'd be remiss if I didn't remind you that the Sheldon character on that show is from Texas. And I have a sneaking suspicion that Raj, Leonard and Howard have roots in Pittsburgh .
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/05/1304:30 PM
Well PB, I'm not ancient; I'm sublime.
Yessirree Bob! Sheldon is from Texas, Houston to be exact both in character and as Jim Parsons. if the rest of the cast is from Pgh. (Pria is), how fortunate for them.
By the way, the History channel has a series about American slang. It was interesting to find out where many gangster type words originated.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/09/1311:10 AM
Another UK show, so I don't know if you can get it on your side but it is called WHITECHAPEL and it is really good. Been a couple of series now but it is a cop drama with a good, spooky side twist. Set in Whitechapel, home of Jack the Ripper and the Krays it features spooky East London streets, copycat killers and various strange storylines with links to previous crimes. Current series features haunted police stations, Ed Gein skin mask wearers and cannibals in the sewers. All based on true stories I am sure
Seriously, me and my good lady love it, well worth a search and certainly well worth a watch!! Comes with a Yogi guarantee stamp of approval. A YGSA!!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/09/1312:39 PM
Yogi,
I've seen the listing of that show and it does sound interesting. I just hate tuning in the middle of the storylines. How many seasons has it been on? I may be able to catch it on "On Demand" if it's in it's first season.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/10/1302:36 AM
Thanks Yogi. I think I'll check it out when they start from the beginning.
Has anyone seen any new shows yet? I can't say I've seen any new ones but am tuning in to season two of "Person of Interest" (missed the last episode tho); I can't get enough of Law & Order (SVU). What can I say, I like all the L&Os. I am looking forward also to season two of Arrow which is on tonight; White Collar next week and of course the best of the best IMHO, Walking Dead comes back on Sunday.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/11/1302:52 AM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
I heard that Hostages may be canceled soon, TIS.
You kidding me? They've only had 3 episodes. LOL OMG!! Every time I like a show it goes down the tubes. Thanks for the heads up. I do hope it wraps up the story instead of leaving viewers hanging like with "The Event" last year. I sure can pick them.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/11/1303:13 AM
Oct 9, 2013 07:29 PM ET by Natalie Abrams
We Are Men has been canceled after two episodes, TVGuide.com has learned.
In its place, 2 Broke Girls — which hit a series low of 7.2 million viewers and a 2.2 on Monday night — will move to the 8:30/7:30c timeslot, followed by The Big Bang Theory repeats until Mike & Molly premieres on Nov. 4. There's no word yet on the fate of the network's new drama Hostages, which slid to a dangerously low 5.2 million viewers and a 1.2 on Monday.
We Are Men follows the recently axed Lucky 7, which ABC pulled off the scheduled after two episodes. Hostages is in trouble.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/17/1303:33 PM
I watched the 1965 movie "Bunny Lake is Missing" a few days ago with Laurence Olivier playing a Scotland Yard detective. Without giving away the ending, I thought the movie was excellent for the first 3/4, but fell apart with one of the strangest,, most unbelievable plot twists ever.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/20/1310:08 PM
Kly, I vaguely remember Bunny Lake and not really sure if I ever saw it (or at least all of it). If I'm not mistaken, Carol Linley is in it? Don't know why I remember that but I do.
SB,
I did see that Hostages is on it's death bed. Damn, and it was pretty good too. I hate to get too into it. I haven't seen it (fortunately it seems) but they are also cancelling Ironside. It seems they could give some shows a a little longer before they cancel them.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/21/1312:38 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
I did see that Hostages is on it's death bed. Damn, and it was pretty good too. I hate to get too into it. I haven't seen it (fortunately it seems) but they are also cancelling Ironside. It seems they could give some shows a a little longer before they cancel them.
TIS
I remember Bunny Lake, but not much about it.
TIS, one critic asked how realistic it was to hold a family hostage for a year.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/21/1308:38 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
I did see that Hostages is on it's death bed. Damn, and it was pretty good too. I hate to get too into it. I haven't seen it (fortunately it seems) but they are also cancelling Ironside. It seems they could give some shows a a little longer before they cancel them.
TIS
I remember Bunny Lake, but not much about it.
TIS, one critic asked how realistic it was to hold a family hostage for a year.
Yea, I hear you but the series so far is only a matter of days. Plus, the show 24 was a whole season covering 1 day. One might think how can any one event in one day (ie terror attack) take a year long in a tv series?
Anyway, it's on tonight, and I'll watch but am waiting for the ol ax to come down. LOL
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/21/1310:50 PM
So I caught an old rerun of THE FUGITIVE the other night and Jack Lord was the guest star. The one TV cop you would think would finally nab Dr. Richard Kimble, and he plays a drunk. So much for law enforcement in that universe.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/22/1303:57 PM
I was watching TCM the other day. It was a movie about a guy who could send out a beast to kill people. It might have been a Jekyll & Hyde movie. I remember one scene where a guy comes out of his garage and off in the distance he can see this beast begin to materialize and it kills him. the beast was a real horrid looking thing that looked like a gigantic horned werewolf. Does that ring a bell with anyone?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/23/1312:12 AM
Originally Posted By: klydon1
Originally Posted By: olivant
the beast was a real horrid looking thing that looked like a gigantic horned werewolf. Does that ring a bell with anyone?
Yes. My mother-in-law.
Well if that's her, she's one of the scariest I've ever seen.
But really, I want to find out what movie it was. I can't remember any of the actors; none were familiar to me. I searched the TCM database to no avail.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/23/1312:45 AM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Originally Posted By: klydon1
Originally Posted By: olivant
the beast was a real horrid looking thing that looked like a gigantic horned werewolf. Does that ring a bell with anyone?
Yes. My mother-in-law.
Well if that's her, she's one of the scariest I've ever seen.
But really, I want to find out what movie it was. I can't remember any of the actors; none were familiar to me. I searched the TCM database to no avail.
Oli,
The story line doesn't ring bells. How old is the movie? You don't know any actors in it? Also, I assume it's a horror movie.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/23/1301:08 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Oli,
The story line doesn't ring bells. How old is the movie? You don't know any actors in it? Also, I assume it's a horror movie.
TIS
I think it's from the 60s, b/w. I didn't recognize anyone in it, but I only watched it for a few minutes. I also saw it many, many years ago when I probably watched the whole thing. The monster in it would appear as just a swirling image of sorts off in the distance, then as it got closer its shape would become more evident. And, yes, it's a horror movie about devil worship or some such.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/23/1301:36 AM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Oli,
The story line doesn't ring bells. How old is the movie? You don't know any actors in it? Also, I assume it's a horror movie.
TIS
I think it's from the 60s, b/w. I didn't recognize anyone in it, but I only watched it for a few minutes. I also saw it many, many years ago when I probably watched the whole thing. The monster in it would appear as just a swirling image of sorts off in the distance, then as it got closer its shape would become more evident. And, yes, it's a horror movie about devil worship or some such.
You should sign up for this site - http://www.movieforums.com/community/ and ask on the movie questions part of the site. Whenever i can't find a movie i ask on this site, there's a guy who's basically seen every film ever and he usually gets it, even with the most vague details.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/26/1309:37 PM
I remember Dana Andrews but can't say I know that film Oli.
I'm watching "Spike" tv which is showing Stephen King's "It." Should give SB a call and let her know it's on. She really loves the cute/cuddly Pennywise.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/26/1310:28 PM
VHI is airing a McCartney/Wings concert from 1976, with songs from the Venus & Mars LP. Kind of enjoying songs I haven't heard in a long time. I know I have (had) the album somewhere.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/27/1302:49 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
I remember Dana Andrews but can't say I know that film Oli.
I'm watching "Spike" tv which is showing Stephen King's "It." Should give SB a call and let her know it's on. She really loves the cute/cuddly Pennywise.
Actually he is very creepy!!!!!!
TIS
I always thought that was a weak entry in the King portfolio along with the Langoliers.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/27/1303:44 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
I remember Dana Andrews but can't say I know that film Oli.
I'm watching "Spike" tv which is showing Stephen King's "It." Should give SB a call and let her know it's on. She really loves the cute/cuddly Pennywise.
Actually he is very creepy!!!!!!
TIS
I always thought that was a weak entry in the King portfolio along with the Langoliers.
I didn't think it was bad. Pennywise was a big plus to that film IMHO.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/12/1309:00 PM
I watched "Come Back, Little Sheba" recently. It starred Burt Lancaster, but the acting performance of Shirley Booth, who is known as playing the lead role in the old tv series, Hazel, was outstanding. Her academy award for this role was well deserved.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/21/1304:07 PM
A recent comedy show from the UK is winding it's way over the pond. It is called VICIOUS and stars no less than Sir Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi as a gay couple who don't get on very well. It also stars Frances De La tour and a young fella who plays the deranged guy in Game of Thrones in series 3. The one who kidnaps Theon???
Anyways, watch out for this cos it is wickedly funny!! McKellen is an absolute hoot!!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/23/1311:28 PM
Anybody catch Chazz Palmenteri on Blue Bloods last week? He played a mob lawyer who survived an attempted hit. His character was a childhood friend of Tom Selleck's character. Good episode for all of you fellow Blue Blood fans...
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/30/1301:07 AM
Originally Posted By: afsaneh77
It was a while that I wanted to stop watching Family Guy. I don't think replacing Brian is going to change my mind. It is not good anymore.
can't say i disagree with you about the show not being good anymore, but just fyi the dog that is replacing brian is voiced by the actor Tony Sirico who played Paulie Walnuts and hes signed on for at least the next 6 episodes, the dogs name is Vinny and his breed is a "pussy hound"lol, so i know ill start watching the show again just for that.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/30/1306:20 AM
Originally Posted By: Dellacroce
can't say i disagree with you about the show not being good anymore, but just fyi the dog that is replacing brian is voiced by the actor Tony Sirico who played Paulie Walnuts and hes signed on for at least the next 6 episodes, the dogs name is Vinny and his breed is a "pussy hound"lol, so i know ill start watching the show again just for that.
Thanks for the info, I'll stick around to see what happens.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/06/1304:09 PM
I watched a good portion of the live theatrical version of the Sound of Music last night with Carrie Underwood. I give her credit for sticking her neck out in such a project that was beyond her comfort level. But her acting was flat and dry.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/06/1307:27 PM
Originally Posted By: klydon1
I watched a good portion of the live theatrical version of the Sound of Music last night with Carrie Underwood. I give her credit for sticking her neck out in such a project that was beyond her comfort level. But her acting was flat and dry.
Amen to that, Klyd! Sound of Music is one of my favorite musicals, and I couldn't wait to change the channel.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/07/1303:49 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Well, I watched the Gangster Squad. Pretty much run of the mill. But I couldn't figure out if it was actually a cigarette ad.
Oli,
Is that the show that's a 3 part series on 3 different nights & 3 different networks (USA. LifetimemI think). I've been seeing previews AND is "Bonnie & Clyde" part of that series or another show?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/07/1307:59 PM
Is TV Land now the official home to has-been sitcom stars?
Geez, I tried to take five minutes of Kirstie Alley's new show the other night. And all I could feel for her, Michael Richards and Rhea Perlman was pity.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/08/1304:33 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
TIS, as far as I know B&C is a separate show. I'm not sure about GS though. I believe it was shown in theaters.
Oli,
I was wrong. I believe the series I was thinking of is Mob City. I know it's a 3 part tv mini-series. Btw, Walking Dead fans, the actor who played Shane,Jon Bernthal, is starring.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/08/1307:01 PM
Watching "Ghost" on AMC. I just love that movie. I remember seeing it at the theater and a couple days later took my girls to see it. Something I NEVER do. Poor Patrick Swayze!! Whoppi Goldberg is great too! Funny!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/13/1303:59 PM
I was watching a very early episode of the Andy Griffith Show, in which Andy was appointed to be a judge of a beauty pageant at the Mayberry town festival. In an early scene Andy has a conversation with the mayor in Floyd's Barber Shop, and I noticed that while the mayor was speaking, Floyd was behind him actually mouthing the words of the mayor's dialogue as the mayor spoke his lines.
I know sitcoms were still in their infancy, but I wonder how that got unnoticed.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/13/1304:47 PM
Originally Posted By: klydon1
I was watching a very early episode of the Andy Griffith Show, in which Andy was appointed to be a judge of a beauty pageant at the Mayberry town festival. In an early scene Andy has a conversation with the mayor in Floyd's Barber Shop, and I noticed that while the mayor was speaking, Floyd was behind him actually mouthing the words of the mayor's dialogue as the mayor spoke his lines.
I know sitcoms were still in their infancy, but I wonder how that got unnoticed.
I'll watch for that scene next time around. I watch it every morning and evening when I can. I also use a couple of its episodes in my classes.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/19/1303:27 PM
Very good 3 part show I have just watched on the BBC, called PILGRIMAGE with Simon Reeve. He explores old medieval pilgrim routes in the UK, where he goes to Holy Island (which is up in my neck of the woods) and Canterbury, then France, Spain and Rome. Finally he goes to the Holy Land, where he visits Nazareth, Bethlehem and Jerusalem. Fascinating stuff. Did anybody know that in Jerusalem there is an American chap, dressed as Jesus, who has spent the last 6 years walking up and down the Via Dolarosa??
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/23/1304:29 PM
For whatever reason, I got offered 3 months of Showtime from Time Warner (currently on movie channel I have is HBO). Their "On Demand" has ALL episodes/seasons of HomeLand. I watched the first two episodes last night. Not bad but I'm assuming it'll get better. Hopefully I can find time to see them all within this three month period.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/06/1401:43 AM
While watching The Big Bang Theory I saw a Hershey's commercial (link below). Watch the commercial; it goes by pretty fast, but near its conclusion you'll see what appear to be 3 teenage girls sitting together. I can't tell what they are wearing. Maybe shorts; maybe skirts. In any case, carefully view the girl on the far right; do you see what I see?: an upskirt?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/06/1402:20 AM
Originally Posted By: olivant
While watching The Big Bang Theory I saw a Hershey's commercial (link below). Watch the commercial; it goes by pretty fast, but near its conclusion you'll see what appear to be 3 teenage girls sitting together. I can't tell what they are wearing. Maybe shorts; maybe skirts. In any case, carefully view the girl on the far right; do you see what I see?: an upskirt?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/06/1404:00 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
While watching The Big Bang Theory I saw a Hershey's commercial (link below). Watch the commercial; it goes by pretty fast, but near its conclusion you'll see what appear to be 3 teenage girls sitting together. I can't tell what they are wearing. Maybe shorts; maybe skirts. In any case, carefully view the girl on the far right; do you see what I see?: an upskirt?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/07/1403:22 AM
I think I'm the only one who watches "Hostages" but it's returning tonight with two new back to back episodes. I am looking forward to watching. I hear it's not gonna get renewed and I'm really disappointed. I like it better than "The Blacklist" (which is also good).
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/07/1409:26 AM
The BBC flagship show, SHERLOCK returned in the New Year with 3 episodes (only 2 been on so far). Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman this is one of the best things on TV in ages period. Brilliant writing and acting, watch it if you can. Superb.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/11/1406:00 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
New "Hawaii Five 0" tonight. Kono's back to stay!
Oh good. I'm looking forward to seeing it.
TIS
Hey, Tis. You know what I wanted to ask you? Have you seen "Two and a Half Men" lately?
The show sucks. It's not even a shadow of what it used to be. But I caught a few minutes a few weeks ago and noticed that they wrote in a character who's supposed to be Charlie's long lost daughter. And of course she's a drunken lesbian .
Anyway, do you know who she is? Her name is Amber Tamblyn. She's Russ Tamblyn's daughter. Russ Tamblyn played Riff in "West Side Story."
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/11/1406:16 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Hey, Tis. You know what I wanted to ask you? Have you seen "Two and a Half Men" lately?
The show sucks. It's not even a shadow of what it used to be. But I caught a few minutes a few weeks ago and noticed that they wrote in a character who's supposed to be Charlie's long lost daughter. And of course she's a drunken lesbian .
Anyway, do you know who she is? Her name is Amber Tamblyn. She's Russ Tamblyn's daughter. Russ Tamblyn played Riff in "West Side Story."
I agree. I've only watched minutes of it, but those minutes were plagued by plot reaches. Also, the introduction of Charlie's daughter is characteristic of the show's reaching. I'd rather watch reruns of The Big Bang Theory.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/11/1406:18 PM
Hey PB,
I do watch (tho not regularly) Two & Half Men. Call me odd, but I actually don't mind it EXCEPT it gets a little too raw for my taste at times, but then it did also with Charlie Sheen as well. I don't watch regularly for that reason and because I prefer drama shows to comedy.
Yes, Charlie's daughter is a drinking lesbian. I didn't know she was Russ Tamblyn's daughter though. I sure do remember him from West Side Story AND I believe he was "Tom Thumb" in I think, a Disney movie?? Don't ask my why I remember that, but as a kid, I liked that movie.
Now I'll have to take a another look at Amber Tamblyn to see if I see a resemblance to her dad.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/11/1410:00 PM
I haven't watched the show in years, but Amber is a good actress. She was Joan, the girl who spoke to God, in "Joan of Arcadia", which also starred John Ritter's son, if I'm not mistaken.
She sure doesn't dance like her dad, though! He was also in "The Haunting" one of the scariest movies of that era.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/12/1410:21 AM
Hawaii 5 Oh starts again here next weekend. Have to say after loving the first 2 series, the last one was fairly poor. Hope to see it improve, but of course the kids love it.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/12/1401:41 PM
Originally Posted By: afsaneh77
A review on Daily Beast endorses "True Detective." which airs tonight. Gotta check it out.
Afs,
Is that the one with Matthew McConahay &Woody Harrelson? I've seen the previews and it looks good. I didn't realize it aired tonight. I hope to check it out. Thanks for the reminder.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/12/1405:37 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Originally Posted By: afsaneh77
A review on Daily Beast endorses "True Detective." which airs tonight. Gotta check it out.
Afs,
Is that the one with Matthew McConahay &Woody Harrelson? I've seen the previews and it looks good. I didn't realize it aired tonight. I hope to check it out. Thanks for the reminder.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/12/1410:08 PM
Don't forget that the Golden Globes are on tonight. They're my favorite awards show, as the presenters and winners are usually drunk. Also, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey are hosting, which should be great.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/13/1403:49 AM
How is it possible that Robin Wright still looks so incredible. She's still as beautiful as she was in The Princess Bride. And I loved Jennifer Lawrence's gown. BTW, was it my imagination or was Jacqueline Bissett drunk as hell???
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/13/1404:06 AM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
How is it possible that Robin Wright still looks so incredible. She's still as beautiful as she was in The Princess Bride. And I loved Jennifer Lawrence's gown. BTW, was it my imagination or was Jacqueline Bissett drunk as hell???
Don't know if she was drunk but she sure was slow. LOL. She did seem lost.
Saw most of show between talking on the phone. I hadn't seen any of the movies so can't really comment. Glad to see Leo finally win something. Jennifer's gown was beautiful.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/14/1401:58 AM
Originally Posted By: afsaneh77
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Originally Posted By: afsaneh77
A review on Daily Beast endorses "True Detective." which airs tonight. Gotta check it out.
Afs,
Is that the one with Matthew McConahay &Woody Harrelson? I've seen the previews and it looks good. I didn't realize it aired tonight. I hope to check it out. Thanks for the reminder.
TIS
Yes, that's the one. My pleasure.
So Afs, did you watch it? Not bad but I'm kind of confused already. The McConohay with the long scraggly hair is the flashback and he's a cop then giving info on the older case right? Threw me at first. I thought he was the criminal. Ha ha. Goes to show looks can be deceiving.
Very moody type drama and I sense it'll be pretty gruesome.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/14/1410:35 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
So Afs, did you watch it? Not bad but I'm kind of confused already. The McConohay with the long scraggly hair is the flashback and he's a cop then giving info on the older case right? Threw me at first. I thought he was the criminal. Ha ha. Goes to show looks can be deceiving.
Very moody type drama and I sense it'll be pretty gruesome.
TIS
Yeah, finally got to watch it. I guess the story was about a recent murder that looked like the one those two detectives had solved back in 1995 and that's why they were being questioned. I think this McConohay character was trying too hard to seem intelligent, and they'd tried to make him look like Sherlock or something. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't that awesome that I had expected either.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/14/1411:26 PM
Anyone watch the return of The Blacklist last night? I love James Spader in this role. Damn, he plays evil so wonderfully well, you want to run screaming and hug him all at the same time.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/14/1411:48 PM
I missed it, but do watch the show. I'm gonna try to catch it on On Demand today or tomorrow. Yes, he is great at "evil." I still can't get use to him with a bald head.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/20/1404:32 AM
So upset about Newsroom. However, at least we'll get that one last season. Considering how the last one ended, I was afraid they ight think that they tied up many loose ends (especially with Will and Mac) and that was going to be that.
You must watch Blacklist, TIS. It's definitely Spader's best episode ever, probably the best episode of the series to date.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/20/1404:38 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
I missed it, but do watch the show. I'm gonna try to catch it on On Demand today or tomorrow. Yes, he is great at "evil." I still can't get use to him with a bald head.
TIS
Does anyone know how he came back to life after he was killed earlier?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/22/1404:35 PM
This probably has been raised before as it is fairly obvious, but what is the deal with Quentin Tarantino's foot fetish? I don't watch too many movies, but the topic of foot rubs appeared in Pulp Fiction and Grindhouse, and in the latter film there was a creepy scene where Kurt Russell approaches a sleeping Rosario dawson's bare feet dangling from a parked car. In Dusk to dawn there is another scene where tarantino himself sucks on salma Hayek's toes as she pours booze down her leg.
The scenes seemed gratuitous and seemingly reflect a fetish.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/22/1406:24 PM
Originally Posted By: klydon1
This probably has been raised before as it is fairly obvious, but what is the deal with Quentin Tarantino's foot fetish? I don't watch too many movies, but the topic of foot rubs appeared in Pulp Fiction and Grindhouse, and in the latter film there was a creepy scene where Kurt Russell approaches a sleeping Rosario dawson's bare feet dangling from a parked car. In Dusk to dawn there is another scene where tarantino himself sucks on salma Hayek's toes as she pours booze down her leg.
The scenes seemed gratuitous and seemingly reflect a fetish.
QT has a huge foot fetish. Besides the films you mentioned there was Bridget Fonda's foot in Jackie Brown and Uma Thurman's foot in one or both of the Kill Bill movies.....among others.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/24/1404:05 PM
At the end of some Frasier episodes, along with the credits they show a series of black and white photos of movie stars and other entertainers. Do any Board members know why they show them?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/24/1404:17 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
At the end of some Frasier episodes, along with the credits they show a series of black and white photos of movie stars and other entertainers. Do any Board members know why they show them?
Those are shown on the season-ending episodes. They show the "big" actors/actresses who have appeared on the show during that season (sometimes only appearing as call-in voices).
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/24/1404:22 PM
Originally Posted By: SC
Originally Posted By: olivant
At the end of some Frasier episodes, along with the credits they show a series of black and white photos of movie stars and other entertainers. Do any Board members know why they show them?
Those are shown on the season-ending episodes. They show the "big" actors/actresses who have appeared on the show during that season (sometimes only appearing as call-in voices).
Cool. I wondered if it was something like that. However, I couldn't remember seeing any of them on the show. I didn't know they called in.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 01/27/1405:02 PM
Anyone watching "The Black List?" I was kind of losing interest but last week's episode was quite intriguing right from the first scene. Evidently a criminal's MO was drugging people, making them over (ie dying their hair, dressing them, giving new IDs, etc).
Last week's episode started with a man & woman on an airplane "sleeping." They both wake up, wondering If they are on an airplane, how they got there, why they are dressed as they are, and have new IDs.
Suddenly a man comes out of cockpit with parachute gear and they ask, who are you? He says, "I'm your pilot" and proceeds to jump out of the plane. That caught my interest. Probably my favorite of all the episodes. Anyone else catch it?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/04/1407:21 PM
Is anyone else watching "The Following?" I fell asleep during what I THOUGHT was only the last couple minutes. When I watched on "On Demand" this morning to see what I missed, I saw a missed about the last 20 minutes.
Anyway, for anyone who is following The Following, couple surprises hu?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/05/1402:21 AM
I have the last two episodes DVR'd and haven't watched them yet. I actually got to see Kevin Bacon last week. They were filming The Following near my office.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/05/1402:34 AM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
I have the last two episodes DVR'd and haven't watched them yet. I actually got to see Kevin Bacon last week. They were filming The Following near my office.
SB,
Both episodes were good (series keeps improving IMHO) BUT last night's was extra good, especially the last 20ish minutes.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/06/1404:13 PM
Yogi,
I saw it. It's a two part movie and not a regular series (at least not that I know of).
It was ok, but doesn't compare to the Beatty/Dunawaye film. Maybe it's cause I'm old, but the two leads seemed too young. LOL Not bad, but not great IMHO.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/08/1403:27 AM
Mayim Bialik of The Big Bang Theory is the only cast member to have a PhD. It's in neuroscience.
Also, prior to her joining the cast, in the episode "The Bat Jar Conjecture", Raj suggests recruiting the real-life Bialik to their Physics Bowl team, saying "You know who's apparently very smart, is the girl who played TV's Blossom. She got a Ph.D. in Neuroscience or something."
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/13/1406:14 PM
Have any of you seen the Toaster Strudel commercials? They are just a little bizarre. They started out kind of that way, but they are attracting more attention because they are getting more bizarre. Give them a look.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/14/1404:57 AM
Speaking of bizarre commercials, did you see the commercial during the Olympics for the underground bunkers??? Talk about pandering to fear! I mean, your kid's crying because they're starving? Horrible. We actually thought it was going to turn out to be a spoof of some kind, but it's real!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/25/1411:47 AM
Watched a documentary on Vegas last night. Basically it was saying that away from the glamour and the wealth of the Strip there are more bankruptcies, house re-possessions and suicides than anywhere else in the US. Also there are thousands of homeless folks living in the storm drains under the city. Never knew this. Was an interesting show!!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/25/1405:06 PM
True story that happened way back in the 90s. My brother was visiting and we went to Vegas for a couple days.
As happens a lot in Vegas when you go with anyone, you tend to go your separate ways for a bit; OR if one is having luck at a certain casino, you split up, etc. We were at Vegas World (now the Stratosphere). This hotel, at the time was kind of isolated and tho not off strip, it wasn't in the middle of the activity. My brother left and we were gonna meet at our hotel at a certain time.
Long story short, I left Vegas World, it was just about dark and seeing a couple shady characters in the area, I started to run (sort of a light jog). One of those shady characters turned around, swaying back & forth, (obviously wasted) and yelled at me, "Hey, get off the sidewalk." Yea, I probably could have kicked his ass pretty easily, ha ha, BUT it was kind of creepy. I ALWAYS stay in a crowded area. The strip is a constant flow of people and I do feel safe.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/25/1406:33 PM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
Same with Atlantic City. You get away from the nice hotels, and the surrounding streets can be scary.
why? because I'm there? To make you feel better, the A.C. police have installed devices around the city that pick up the sound of gunshots. The technology then processes the sound as it is picked up on several devices and they can then get a location of where the shots came from. Helps them find the victims quicker to get them in an ambulance.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/25/1406:41 PM
Never been to AC. I wouldn't mind going someday. Tho, in my mind, don't know that it would top Vegas. Then again, I'm on the Vegas end of the States. If I was on the East Coast, I might feel differently.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/25/1410:03 PM
In Friends, did the girls' apartment face on a courtyard? When they look out of the big window, it's unclear if they are looking onto a courtyard or across the street. In one episode they are poking at naked guy through that big window. It would be nigh impossible for them to poke at naked guy if his apartment was across the street in another building. Also, from the outside shots of the building, the girls' apartment is a corner apartment.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/26/1407:00 AM
Just finished watching "Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feasts." It was so good, I downloaded their old food fight club as well. I adore Jamie, but man, this Jimmy is really something else. I officially have a crush on this crazy dude.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/26/1412:17 PM
Quote:
Ripper Street resurrected on Amazon Prime
The BBC cancelled the show in December due to poor ratings, but Amazon has now commissioned a third season for its Prime Instant Video service - formerly known as Lovefilm.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 02/26/1406:12 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Never been to AC. I wouldn't mind going someday. Tho, in my mind, don't know that it would top Vegas. Then again, I'm on the Vegas end of the States. If I was on the East Coast, I might feel differently.
TIS
AC doesn't even come close to Las Vegas. No comparison whatsoever.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/02/1410:35 PM
Just got done watching the movie, "The Impossible" with Naomi Watts & Ewan McGregor. A true story about a family caught in a tsunami in Thailand. Boy, watch a tear jerker. Very good movie. Anyone else see it?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/03/1403:58 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
In Friends, did the girls' apartment face on a courtyard? When they look out of the big window, it's unclear if they are looking onto a courtyard or across the street. In one episode they are poking at naked guy through that big window. It would be nigh impossible for them to poke at naked guy if his apartment was across the street in another building. Also, from the outside shots of the building, the girls' apartment is a corner apartment.
What about it?
I have no idea. Does the show ever show a view of the naked guy's apartment from the window of the girls' apartment?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/03/1404:45 PM
Originally Posted By: klydon1
I have no idea. Does the show ever show a view of the naked guy's apartment from the window of the girls' apartment?
I don't recall that it shows his apartment. However, it does show what appears to be another building across the street or courtyard. In addition, the outside shots always show their apartment on the corner of the building.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/08/1409:20 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Hey Tis,
Have you seen Melanie Griffith as Danno's mother on "Hawaii Five 0"?
She looks AWFUL. Between the plastic surgeries, the booze and the drugs, I wouldn't recognize her if she walked by me in the street!
Hi PB,
Yes, I did. Evidently she has a few appearance. I see she'll be in next weeks too. For some reason she looked worse last week. This week I noticed some wrinkles (which would probably freak her out LOL). She didn't look quite as plastic. She's always sounded sort of air-headed, tho I never disliked her.
Still LOVE McGarrett though.
So many of the actresses look so plastic. I noticed to, at the oscars Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler and OMG Liza Minelli? I barely recognized her. No wonder she didn't sing "Over The Rainbow". She probably couldn't shape her mouth to sing the words. LOL
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/08/1409:30 PM
Re "Plastic."
Yeah, it really is a shame that women who have had everything can't just age gracefully. And take it from me, a middle aged man, there's nothing more attractive than a woman of a certain age who has the confidence to age gracefully. These broads have zero self esteem. That's the problem.
And you forgot Victoria Principal. She looks like Howdy Doody's wicked stepmother.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/08/1409:37 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Re "Plastic."
Yeah, it really is a shame that women who have had everything can't just age gracefully. And take it from me, a middle aged man, there's nothing more attractive than a woman of a certain age who has the confidence to age gracefully. These broads have zero self esteem. That's the problem.
And you forgot Victoria Principal. She looks like Howdy Doody's wicked stepmother.
It's been a while since I've seen Victoria Principal. Have you seen Lara Flynn Boyle? OMG, talk about messed up. And this is one of the "better" pictures.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/10/1410:43 AM
We have been watching the new series of SLEEPY HOLLOW. Actually very enjoyable, the wife loves it, Something about Ichabod Crane being a right hunk??? Personally I don't see it, he's just not my type
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/10/1404:30 PM
I watched the first episode of Resurrection. I don't normally watch dramas, but because someone told me to watch it (and Cosmos was being shown again at midnight), I tuned in. It was interesting, but so many twists seemed to be crammed into a short period of time. I'll likely watch next week, but I'm afraid that many more dead people will start being resurrected in the town, which will dilute the story line.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/19/1409:31 AM
Watched a documentary on George Armstrong Custer last night. Fascinating stuff. He was always desperate to be famous apparently. Well he got his wish did he not, but possibly not in the way he wanted!!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/30/1410:01 PM
A little help.
Jennifer Lopez hosted SNL in February 2001 during which she sang Until It Beats No More. I've searched and searched the web for a video of it to no avail. I've found a video of her monologue, but that's all. If you come across it, send me the link.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 03/31/1403:12 AM
Originally Posted By: olivant
A little help.
Jennifer Lopez hosted SNL in February 2001 during which she sang Until It Beats No More. I've searched and searched the web for a video of it to no avail. I've found a video of her monologue, but that's all. If you come across it, send me the link.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/02/1405:46 PM
Wow check out this picture. Is that REALLY Martin Scorsese (far rt)? I don't even remember him looking like that. I never would have guessed. He & DeNiro were both cute.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/03/1401:50 PM
Originally Posted By: afsaneh77
Originally Posted By: olivant
A little help.
Jennifer Lopez hosted SNL in February 2001 during which she sang Until It Beats No More. I've searched and searched the web for a video of it to no avail. I've found a video of her monologue, but that's all. If you come across it, send me the link.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/05/1402:18 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Wow check out this picture. Is that REALLY Martin Scorsese (far rt)? I don't even remember him looking like that. I never would have guessed. He & DeNiro were both cute.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/05/1405:53 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Wow check out this picture. Is that REALLY Martin Scorsese (far rt)? I don't even remember him looking like that. I never would have guessed. He & DeNiro were both cute.
TIS
It is, here he is in a scene in Taxi Driver when he looks like that.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/05/1411:06 AM
Great scene Camarel. The movie was huge, everyone knows Scorsese yet for some reason I forgot he looked like that. LOL Then again it's been almost 40yrs. People do age
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 04/16/1411:14 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Also, anyone following "Resurrection?" That's getting pretty good too.
TIS
SC, SB and I have been watching Resurrection. I was surprised there are only two episodes left, so they have to tie up a lot of issues in a hurry. There will be, I think, some unanswered questions to form a sequel series.
No episode on Easter Sunday. If I want to get a resurrection story this Sunday, I'll have to go to church...but I already know how that one ends.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/05/1411:02 AM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Why was Ralph Kramden so mean to Norton, and more importantly, why didn't Norton just tell him to f-off?
It's all in their respective natures. Kramden yelled a lot, but Norton, all too familiar with him and naturally without a temper, knew there was no malice in his friend's outbursts.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/05/1411:05 AM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Why was Andy Taylor always sparing Barney Fife's feelings, even when Barney was usurping him?
Andy was laid back and knew that was best for Mayberry. He covered and masked Barney's ineptitude because (1) Barney was his best friend for a long time, and (2) he wanted to maintain some measure of community respect for his deputy sheriff.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/05/1411:12 AM
Originally Posted By: klydon1
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Why was Ralph Kramden so mean to Norton, and more importantly, why didn't Norton just tell him to f-off?
It's all in their respective natures. Kramden yelled a lot, but Norton, all too familiar with him and naturally without a temper, knew there was no malice in his friend's outbursts.
My family ALWAYS watched The Honeymoonrs. To be honest, I never liked the Ralph Kramden character. He was a big mouth. His yelling got so annoying. LOL HOWEVER, I loved Norton.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/06/1412:44 PM
Originally Posted By: klydon1
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Why was Andy Taylor always sparing Barney Fife's feelings, even when Barney was usurping him?
Andy was laid back and knew that was best for Mayberry. He covered and masked Barney's ineptitude because (1) Barney was his best friend for a long time, and (2) he wanted to maintain some measure of community respect for his deputy sheriff.
Andy's been on a lot lately. The good episodes, too. Just the black and whites. The color episodes stunk (and it's not coincidence that that's when Barney left the show).
Having said that, Barney was probably clinically insane. There's no way he could pass the mental aptitude test to be a police officer in this day and age .
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/06/1401:03 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: klydon1
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Why was Andy Taylor always sparing Barney Fife's feelings, even when Barney was usurping him?
Andy was laid back and knew that was best for Mayberry. He covered and masked Barney's ineptitude because (1) Barney was his best friend for a long time, and (2) he wanted to maintain some measure of community respect for his deputy sheriff.
Andy's been on a lot lately. The good episodes, too. Just the black and whites. The color episodes stunk (and it's not coincidence that that's when Barney left the show).
Having said that, Barney was probably clinically insane. There's no way he could pass the mental aptitude test to be a police officer in this day and age .
I think that Kly and DT would agree that (even in the first half of the 60s) Barney's behavior invited an array of lawsuits that could have amounted to millions in awards to citizens or, at least, convictions reversed on appeal. As far as clinically insane goes, probably true along with a huge, gigantic gap in his self-esteem.
I show a few of the Show's episodes in my classes.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/06/1401:09 PM
I love when Barney thinks he's actually singing in the choir and it's really a baritone singing from behind the curtain. Another case of Andy sparing Barney's feelings. But not for anything, how dumb are you if you don't know the sound of your own voice?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/10/1405:19 PM
Does anyone plan on seeing the tv remake of "Rosemary's Baby" tomorrow? I loved the original, so I think I'll check it out. It's a two parter, with part II to air Thursday.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/10/1405:36 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
I'm gonna watch it, Tis. And how'd you like the "Hawaii Five 0" season finale last night?
I don't know about you, but Wo-Fat is starting to grown on me .
Re: Rosemary's Baby, I read an article earlier (which I can't find now) that it will take place in France instead of NY (at least I think it was France). Article said there wouldn't be any (as much) nudity as in the original. I really don't remember much, if any nudity in original. Anyway, I plan to watch.
Re Hawaii Five-O. I really liked the finale. Wo Fat is really looking bad these days no? Not sure of the connection with him and McGarrett's mother, but as much as I Christina Lahti, I don't like the character. She's too aloof and uncaring. I love the gorgeous scenery and really like McGarret. He's perfect as an updated McGarrett IMHO. Oh and I like the ending when they added their new Five-O member.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/10/1406:27 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Re Hawaii Five-O. I really liked the finale. Wo Fat is really looking bad these days no?
Man, when he set that guy on fire at the gas station my mouth dropped open. And trust me, that doesn't happen to me often .
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
but as much as I Christina Lahti, I don't like the character. She's too aloof and uncaring.
I agree a million percent. I've loved her as an actress since "And Justice for All." But I can't stand Doris McGarrett. But Lahti is such a great actress, maybe we're supposed to hate the character?
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Oh and I like the ending when they added their new Five-O member.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/11/1411:33 AM
PB
You know in Friday's episode, McGarrett told Danno that Katherine would stay there as long as she needed to AND they added Grover, so maybe she's being written off.
Btw, back to Rosemary's Baby. Is it kind of weird that it's showing on Mother's Day? I mean not your typical mother/child story no?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/11/1401:18 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
PB
You know in Friday's episode, McGarrett told Danno that Katherine would stay there as long as she needed to AND they added Grover, so maybe she's being written off.
That's EXACTLY what I was thinking, Tis. And thinking like me doesn't bode well for you .
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/11/1402:30 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
PB
You know in Friday's episode, McGarrett told Danno that Katherine would stay there as long as she needed to AND they added Grover, so maybe she's being written off.
That's EXACTLY what I was thinking, Tis. And thinking like me doesn't bode well for you .
PB
Let's just think of it as great minds think alike? That's my story and I'm sticking with it!!! LOL
Oli,
I don't even remember the last time I saw Mommie Dearest. I remember however, "Mommie Dearest"didn't she make Christina clean the shower with a toothbrush? I remember the controversy over Christina Crawford's book and some not believing it. If true, man was Joan ever a bitch!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/13/1409:52 PM
I used to really like "NCIS:LA." But they've ruined it with the whole cutesy thing between Kensi and Deeks. I hope they kill them both off and start from scratch .
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/14/1411:15 PM
I'm watching the "Friends" where Danny DeVito plays the stripper at Phoebe's bachelorette party. I can't stop laughing. I can't even look at Danny DeVito without smiling.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/15/1406:23 AM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
I'm watching the "Friends" where Danny DeVito plays the stripper at Phoebe's bachelorette party. I can't stop laughing. I can't even look at Danny DeVito without smiling.
Love that episode. Have you watched It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia PB? DeVito plays the sociopathic,alcoholic dad, he's hilarious in it. My favourite comedy show atm.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/15/1403:42 PM
Originally Posted By: Camarel
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
I'm watching the "Friends" where Danny DeVito plays the stripper at Phoebe's bachelorette party. I can't stop laughing. I can't even look at Danny DeVito without smiling.
Love that episode. Have you watched It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia PB? DeVito plays the sociopathic,alcoholic dad, he's hilarious in it. My favourite comedy show atm.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/24/1406:35 PM
Anyone who is a Billy Crystal fan will enjoy his one man HBO special called "700 Sundays". It is absolutely hilarious. He tells the story of his life with humor, anecdotes and raw emotion. Well worth a look. Highly recommend this!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/24/1406:41 PM
Originally Posted By: Mark
Anyone who is a Billy Crystal fan will enjoy his one man HBO special called "700 Sundays". It is absolutely hilarious. He tells the story of his life with humor, anecdotes and raw emotion. Well worth a look. Highly recommend this!
I saw it on Broadway almost ten years ago, Mark. With my Dad .
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/24/1406:46 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: Mark
Anyone who is a Billy Crystal fan will enjoy his one man HBO special called "700 Sundays". It is absolutely hilarious. He tells the story of his life with humor, anecdotes and raw emotion. Well worth a look. Highly recommend this!
I saw it on Broadway almost ten years ago, Mark. With my Dad .
That is so cool. That is the way it should be seen! PB, I Laughed so hard watching this that I lost my breath! It is great.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/26/1406:54 PM
HBO just had "Primal Fear" with Richard Gere & Edward Norton. I had seen it before, but it's been years. A love that movie. Norton gives an outstanding performance.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/26/1410:44 PM
Ya'll might want to tune into the History Channel's three part series about WWI and WWII. It's a dramatization that focuses on WWI's shaping of Hitler, Stalin, and Churchill.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/28/1405:58 PM
Oli,
Speaking of Under The Dome, it returns June 30th. I don't know much else except the previews said that this first episode was written by Stephen King(meaning the rest won't?). Considering how the season finale ended, I'm assuming storylines will be tied up in one way or another or however the book ended. Yet, to continue it as a weekly series, not sure who's doing the writing. At least it's a break from all the summer repeats. I look forward to its return.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/30/1412:45 PM
Robert DeNiro to star in new Chicago mafia movie
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Back in 2011 actor Robert De Niro and director Olivier Assayas sat side by side on the Cannes jury. Now they’re making a movie together. Assayas has just hired De Niro to join Robert Pattinson in the film Idol’s Eye. The movie is scheduled to shoot in October in Chicago and Toronto.
The press release announcing the film doesn’t have many details, but there is speculation (via The Film Stage) that this is a retitled launch of the Assayas projectHubris. That was described in 2013 as “an action-packed crime thriller set against the backdrop of organized crime in Chicago in the 1970s.” Which would be something I’d watch the director of Carlos do in a heartbeat.
Indeed, this new film is described as a sophisticated heist action/thriller. And with that Chicago location planned, these probably are one and the same. Or at least one jumps off from the other.
Here’s a rundown. Hubris was a script by Bobby Moresco that Todd Field was going to direct back in 2011. It was based on a 2007 Playboy article called Boosting the Big Tuna, written by reporter Hillel Levin. The story was based on the murders of a crew of guys who robbed the house of Chicago mafia boss Tony Accardo’s (AKA “Big Tuna”) in 1978. After the break-in, several guys suspected of the crime were murdered with, well, let’s say extreme prejudice. Some were tortured. There’s a lot more to the story than that; it’s a hell of a gangland saga, with violence and a big multi-layered investigation. (It’s also the same material that Michael Mann was toying with shooting as Big Tuna a few years ago.)
So where does the name Idol’s Eye come from? The Idol’s Eye is a big diamond — a bigfamous diamond, in fact. In the ’70s it was owned by a Chicago jeweler. It was never stolen, and was not part of the Big Tuna robbery. But there’s a connection. The owner of the diamond was Harry Levinson, a mob-connected guy. And in 1977 a thief named John Mendell targeted Levinson for his diamond, and planned a huge heist of the rock that was only partially successful. John Mendell is one of the guys who broke into Big Tuna’s place a year later.
So what story is Assayas telling? We’d assume that De Niro is going to play Accardo, and Pattinson will be Mendell. But the title suggests this could be more about the attempt to steal the Idol’s Eye than the Accardo robbery. Both are big, great stories, with potential for some excellent cinematic flavor.
Regaardless, I’ll watch it. Assayas had a good year at Cannes this year, too. While his current film, The Clouds of Sils Maria — a film about film — didn’t win the Palme d’Or, it earned a lot of appreciation while playing on the Croisette. We’re looking forward to seeing that, and having Idol’s Eye on the horizon is a bonus.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/31/1404:48 AM
They are going to start shooting this October 2014?
I seriously doubt that. Even when they mention a movie is in production meaning they are planing to produce it. It does mean that they will ever make it. Doesn't even mean that it is true.
They actually been talking about making the Irishmen. About 4 months ago deNiro, Pesce, Pacino and scorese were in NY talking about making it. That's how they try to get financing for the movie. They can't get financing there s no movie. That could take three years to start shooting if,,,,,
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 05/31/1412:22 PM
Originally Posted By: Footreads
They are going to start shooting this October 2014?
I seriously doubt that. Even when they mention a movie is in production meaning they are planing to produce it. It does mean that they will ever make it. Doesn't even mean that it is true.
They actually been talking about making the Irishmen. About 4 months ago deNiro, Pesce, Pacino and scorese were in NY talking about making it. That's how they try to get financing for the movie. They can't get financing there s no movie. That could take three years to start shooting if,,,,,
That's true. Those press conferences are usually a shameless way to pander for financing. Look at the Gotti movie with Travolta.
That press conference was four years ago, and I said back then that it would never get made. The clown producer releases a statement every six months saying that they're "right on schedule," but it's never going to happen.
And even if by some minuscule chance that it does get made, it will be straight-to-dvd with a cast full of nobodies.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/01/1409:50 PM
PB, thought of you today. We were in NJ and there was actually a Chicken Delight!! Can it be the same chain as the one that was on White Plains Road???
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/01/1410:17 PM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
PB, thought of you today. We were in NJ and there was actually a Chicken Delight!! Can it be the same chain as the one that was on White Plains Road???
Oh my God! You remember that place!?
The one on WP Road actually became a KFC for awhile, but I'm not sure what's over there now. And thanks for the '70s flashback. It's not like I've been feeling old lately .
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/02/1409:40 AM
Remember it? It was between Sal's Luncheonette and the Wakefield, on the same block as my uncle's jewelry store! My dad worked in the drugstore on the corner of White Plains Road and 233rd for decades.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/02/1409:49 AM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
Remember it? It was between Sal's Luncheonette and the Wakefield, on the same block as my uncle's jewelry store! My dad worked in the drugstore on the corner of White Plains Road and 233rd for decades.
I remember you telling me about your Dad .
That area really suffered from some urban decay back in the '90s. But since Montefiore took over the old Misericordia, the stores in that neighborhood seem to be doing a little better.
Montefiore is a HUGE employer. When you add up all of the hospitals and small offices, they're one of the biggest employers in The Bronx.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/04/1411:59 PM
I thought that AMC owned the broadcast rights to the GF Trilogy for the next ten years or so. However, over the past few months I've seen those films on Cinemax and now on HBO.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 06/19/1406:16 PM
I recently saw (on tv) "The Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes" (the one with James Franco.) I actually thought it was pretty good. Now, is see previews of the new one (Title escape me) and that looks pretty good too.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/02/1405:41 AM
Watched some film with my son last night, you may all have heard of it. The Godfather!!! It was about these Italian folks and it was pretty good. Had some good actors in it as well, Marlon Dando, Al Perchino, Rupert Dougall and James Khan (but he didnt look very Pakistani)
Anyways, worth a watch. Quite a famous film by all accounts.....
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/02/1411:03 AM
Hey Oli,
I just watched the episode where Opie was influenced by the spoiled kid on the bicycle. Classic episode. Every time I watch Opie throw a tantrum and hold his breath I fall off the couch laughing. Or when Barney sticks out his tongue at the little kid and says ynaaaaaaah .
At the end, the kid's father implies that he's taking him out to the wood shed for a whipping. I'll bet you couldn't get that on television today because of political correctness.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/02/1403:42 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Hey Oli,
I just watched the episode where Opie was influenced by the spoiled kid on the bicycle. Classic episode. Every time I watch Opie throw a tantrum and hold his breath I fall off the couch laughing. Or when Barney sticks out his tongue at the little kid and says ynaaaaaaah .
At the end, the kid's father implies that he's taking him out to the wood shed for a whipping. I'll bet you couldn't get that on television today because of political correctness.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/03/1411:13 AM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
At the end, the kid's father implies that he's taking him out to the wood shed for a whipping. I'll bet you couldn't get that on television today because of political correctness.
Taking him to the woodshed is one thing, but if I remember the episode correctly, Andy, the chief law enforcement official in the town, laughs and tells the dad where he can find an appropriate stick (perhaps a switch), with which to beat the boy. Now that's just plain wrong.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/03/1411:25 AM
Originally Posted By: klydon1
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
At the end, the kid's father implies that he's taking him out to the wood shed for a whipping. I'll bet you couldn't get that on television today because of political correctness.
Taking him to the woodshed is one thing, but if I remember the episode correctly, Andy, the chief law enforcement official in the town, laughs and tells the dad where he can find an appropriate stick (perhaps a switch), with which to beat the boy. Now that's just plain wrong.
Of course, Klyd .
Do you remember the episode where Opie's friend slept over and Opie got jealous because the boy was going to sleep in Andy's room with Andy?
I think Andy may have even mentioned the boy sleeping in his bed. Now it was a much different time, and it was surely innocent. But try getting that on television today .
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/08/1410:19 AM
Hey Oli,
You're an old Army man, right? How come Gomer wasn't put into the motor pool when he joined the Service? With a background as a mechanic, wouldn't that be almost automatic?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/08/1410:43 AM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Hey Oli,
You're an old Army man, right? How come Gomer wasn't put into the motor pool when he joined the Service? With a background as a mechanic, wouldn't that be almost automatic?
Well, I'm former Army(old?), not Marines. But remember that Gomer had, at most, less than two years of mechanic experience prior to his Marine induction. Thus, his mechanic experience was probably suspect. On the other hand, Marines are known for brawn, not brains!
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/08/1410:54 AM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Hey Oli,
You're an old Army man, right? How come Gomer wasn't put into the motor pool when he joined the Service? With a background as a mechanic, wouldn't that be almost automatic?
Well, I'm former Army(old?), not Marines. But remember that Gomer had, at most, less than two years of mechanic experience prior to his Marine induction. Thus, his mechanic experience was probably suspect. On the other hand, Marines are known for brawn, not brains!
My almost 85 year old father, who was decorated at the Chosin Reservoir, would probably disagree .
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/13/1410:39 PM
CANCELED SHOWS
NBC "Believe", "Community", "Crisis", "Growing Up Fisher" "Revolution", "The Michael J. Fox Show", "Sean Saves The World" "Welcome To The Family", "Ironside"
FOX "Dads", "Rake", "Surviving Jack", "Enlisted", "Raising Hope" "The X Factor", "Almost Human" ABC "Suburgatory", "Trophy Wife", "Super Fun Night", "Lucky 7" "Mind Games", "Mixology", "Once Upon A Time In Wonderland" "Killer Women", "Betrayal", "The Assets", "Back In The Game" "The Neighbors", CBS "We Are Men"
The CW "The Carrie Diaries", "Star-Crossed", "The Tomorrow People"
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/17/1410:18 PM
Originally Posted By: Paddy_James
Which network canceled the Black Donnely's? It was a good show and could have gone on longer but the Sopranos was in its 6th season
I don't think it was "The Sopranos" as much as it was the fact that it just wasn't very realistic. They set it in the present day. It should have been a period piece set before the gentrification of Hell's Kitchen.
If you walk around the West 50's and 60's today, you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a Starbucks or a Panera bread. Plus, those kids were a little too young. It should have been a cast in their mid to late 20's, and it should have been set no later than 1990.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/19/1407:27 PM
Has anyone watched Orphan Black? I just started recently, and i have to say i'm really enjoying it so far. Tatiana Marsaly is amazing, it's beyond ridiculous that she didn't even get a nomitation at the Emmys or Golden Globes. I'd have gave her a nomination for Best Actress for the main character, as well as a nomination for Supporting Actress for just about any of the clones she plays.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/20/1411:09 PM
I was watching Gunslingers on the History Channel. It was about Wyatt Earp. In the 20s he was a consultant in Hollywood. It said that he used to spend time in the studio commissary mentoring an extra by the name of Marion Morris - otherwise known as John Wayne. Wayne stated that part of his western characterizations were based on his conversation with Wyatt.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/21/1405:05 AM
Originally Posted By: olivant
I was watching Gunslingers on the History Channel. It was about Wyatt Earp. In the 20s he was a consultant in Hollywood. It said that he used to spend time in the studio commissary mentoring an extra by the name of Marion Morris - otherwise known as John Wayne. Wayne stated that part of his western characterizations were based on his conversation with Wyatt.
Yeah i saw that on an O.k Corall documentary. I also heard that he was a boxing referee for a while, he was actually ref at a Jack Dempsey fight in the 20s.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/23/1401:06 AM
Noticed all 12 seasons of NYPD Blue are on Amazon Prime; I had not watched that since about 2001.
It's amusing to go to a stretch between Seasons 2-4 (about 1995-96) and seeing how many guest starts that wound up on the Sopranos several years later -- Ralphie, Carmine Junior, Tony's lawyer Mink, Artie, Charmaine, Melfi's ex-husband, Christopher, Gigi Cestone, Mikey Palmice just to name a few. Quite a few of the guest stars went on to other long running franchises, like SVU, Oz, The Wire, The Shield and The Sopranos, just to name a few shows.
Looking back, I recall how controversial the show was -- there were a number of ABC affiliates that refused to air the first few episodes. Sure there's quite a bit of nudity and liberal use of "asshole" and "douchebag," but certainly not the level of The Sopranos.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/23/1401:18 AM
In my opinion, "NYPD Blue" was the best police procedural ever. Especially the first five seasons, which are thankfully all available on dvd now.
They were stuck on the fourth season for literally seven years. But Shout Factory finally acquired the rights and just released seasons five and six back to back, and I think season seven comes out in the Fall.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/23/1401:32 AM
Looks like a Sept. 30 release date for Season 7.
Another procedural I enjoyed from the 1990s was Homicide: Life on the Street. We had compiled a list of actors and actresses that were on both H:LOTS and The Wire, and I think it was over 100.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/23/1410:40 AM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
In my opinion, "NYPD Blue" was the best police procedural ever. Especially the first five seasons, which are thankfully all available on dvd now.
They were stuck on the fourth season for literally seven years. But Shout Factory finally acquired the rights and just released seasons five and six back to back, and I think season seven comes out in the Fall.
Great show .
As Itsdajacket said, "Blue" in now on Prime. I started watching earlier this summer and then Amazon had to go and release HBO stuff. So I got through 3/4 of Season 1 and then I felt the urge to rewatch "Sopranos" on Prime. I liked watching "Blue" when working on the treadmill. Maybe Sipowitz's rotund appearance is a good subtle motivator.
Caruso was great and then they got really lucky to land Jimmy Smits. Not many shows lose a lead character and don't drop off or improve, but "Blue" did just that. But after they killed off Bobby Simone, I watched but the show lost something huge. I never saw the last 2 seasons.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/23/1410:48 AM
Originally Posted By: goombah
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
In my opinion, "NYPD Blue" was the best police procedural ever. Especially the first five seasons, which are thankfully all available on dvd now.
They were stuck on the fourth season for literally seven years. But Shout Factory finally acquired the rights and just released seasons five and six back to back, and I think season seven comes out in the Fall.
Great show .
But after they killed off Bobby Simone, I watched but the show lost something huge. I never saw the last 2 seasons.
Absolutely, Goom. That's why I said especially the first five seasons .
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/23/1404:59 PM
I'm going to agree on the first five seasons point -- you can see a drop off about the time Ricky Schroeder joins the cast.
Jimmy Smits' last regular appearance aired November 24, 1998, and the first episode of The Sopranos aired January 13, 1999. It's as if the torch had been passed, as far as envelope-pushing television was concerned.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/24/1411:48 PM
I think the most remarkable thing about the show was how they took a character who had basically no redeeming qualities at the outset of the first season, and made you care so deeply for him. For my money, Sipowicz is one of the most iconic characters in the history of television. Warts and all .
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/25/1412:14 AM
I remember when the show first aired, I assumed Franz' character was a more obnoxious version of his Norman Buntz character on Hill Street Blues. Turns out I was wrong.
In the end, he was a classic tragic hero -- noble and highly competent, but with his fatal flaws. And with his flaws -- the drinking, the prejudice, et al -- he tried to move beyond them. Even as he mellowed, he could still scare the bejeezus out of anyone.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/25/1409:25 AM
I watched Star Wars- Return of the jedi, last night with the gf as she had not saw it before. |Good film still, my only complaint is the very ending is different to the original as Lucas changed the old Aniken Skywalker with the most recent actor from episodes 1,2,3. When Luke see the ghosts of Obi and Yoda
That is awesome. You are turning into one of my favorite BB posters Itsdajackeeetttt
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
I think the most remarkable thing about the show was how they took a character who had basically no redeeming qualities at the outset of the first season, and made you care so deeply for him. For my money, Sipowicz is one of the most iconic characters in the history of television. Warts and all .
The seeds of Sipowicz's character were planted in the first season. The viewer sees him being a rogue cop, regularly seeing a hooker, and continuously drinking. Yet after he gets shot by Giardella in the first half of Season 1, his partner John Kelly and then Sylvia Costas both discover some of Andy's better qualities. While Andy is rough around the edges, he's got some soft spots too.
It's too bad Caruso was such an a-hole back then and left the show because of his ego. The whole plotline with Licalsi killing the mobster and her involvement with Kelly was great. But her character became null & void once Caruso left.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/25/1403:49 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: goombah
It's too bad Caruso was such an a-hole back then
In all fairness, Goom. I've read that he's still an asshole .
I remember reading that by the last few seasons of "CSI: Miami," that Emily Procter wouldn't even run lines with him. But who knows if it's true?
Didn't Larry David once discuss "degrees of being an asshole?" Speaking of, is he ever coming back with another season of "Curb Your Enthusiasm?" I'm missing Leon and that neurotic old curmudgeon.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/26/1410:19 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: goombah
There are so many Curb/Seinfeld ways for me to respond that I'm frozen with indecision.
No you're not. You and Jerry are jealous of our love!
Ok here are several: That van's a rockin'. Don't go a knockin'. Did you have any pastrami in the room with you? Did you start during Schindler's List & the next thing you knew the war was over? Uncle Leo's having regular sex? That demeans the whole point.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 07/30/1401:55 PM
Big Bang Theory' halts production amid contract negotiations July 30, 2014, 12:27 PM EST By Tim Kenneally
"The Big Bang Theory" has hit a stumbling block on its way to another season. Production on the series, which was due to begin Wednesday, has been postponed as series stars including Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons and Kaley Cuoco continue to negotiate their contracts.
"Due to ongoing contract negotiations, production on 'The Big Bang Theory' -- which was originally scheduled to begin today -- has been postponed," Warner Bros. Television said in a statement Wednesday. The series, a ratings giant for the network, is scheduled to return to the air Sept. 22.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/01/1410:20 PM
Some Board members are probably too young to remember the original Candid Camera hosted by Allen Funt which aired back in the 60s. It was a pretty good series. Well, it's being resurrected. Mayim Bialik of The Big Bang Theory will host it on TVLand starting this month.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/02/1408:33 AM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Some Board members are probably too young to remember the original Candid Camera hosted by Allen Funt which aired back in the 60s. It was a pretty good series. Well, it's being resurrected. Mayim Bialik of The Big Bang Theory will host it on TVLand starting this month.
Olivant, didn't this show returned in the "70's with Allen Funt's son hosting? I used to love this show as a kid hopefully these guys can restore some wholesome humor to television.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/02/1412:25 PM
Originally Posted By: Beanshooter
Originally Posted By: olivant
Some Board members are probably too young to remember the original Candid Camera hosted by Allen Funt which aired back in the 60s. It was a pretty good series. Well, it's being resurrected. Mayim Bialik of The Big Bang Theory will host it on TVLand starting this month.
Olivant, didn't this show returned in the "70's with Allen Funt's son hosting? I used to love this show as a kid hopefully these guys can restore some wholesome humor to television.
Yes, from time to time it has sprung to life. But the novelty of it in the 60s was a delight. I think that the upcoming incarnation of it will probably illustrate sort of forced situations with plenty of exaggeration. We'll see.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/02/1402:59 PM
Not sure if you guys know but Leah Remini has a new reality show on TLC. In a recent episode, she returned to NY on a business trip with her husband and daughter. She took them to her old Brooklyn neighborhood and the apartment she grew up in.
Evidently, Leah and her father haven't seen each other in years. During this episode, her husband, Angelo, set up a surprise meeting with Remini's father. It was at an Italian restaurant and everything seemed to go well. Funny thing was that her dad's new wife looked to be about Leah's age.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/02/1409:41 PM
I'm a huge fan of The Big Bang Theory so I allow myself this cloying attention to gossip about it:
"The Big Bang Theory returns this September on CBS with the highly anticipated Season 8.
Last season ended with Penny and Leonard getting engaged and Sheldon leaving on a train to "find himself." Fans are excited about seeing Leonard and Penny, as the 'groom and bride-to-be' and rumours are doing the rounds that Lisa Kudrow, popularly known as Pheobe in Friends will appear in Season 8 as Penny's mother."
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/04/1409:48 PM
We're in the wrong business:
Report: 'Big Bang Theory' stars close deals at $1M per episode Aug. 4, 2014, 12:37 PM EST By Liz Raftery TVGuide.com
Contract negotiations among the cast of "The Big Bang Theory" have reportedly been resolved, with stars Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco set to earn $1 million per episode for the next three seasons, Deadline reports. That matches the previously-unprecedented salaries set by the "Friends" cast in the show's last season.
Previously, Parsons, Galecki and Cuoco were paid $350,000 per episode. In addition, there's a strong possibility that the series — currently the No. 1 show on television — will be renewed for an 11th season.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/08/1407:46 PM
It does, but not so much anymore. Duvall, Hackman and Eastwood are just shy of 85. Cosby just turned 77 as well.
Story on "I'm walking here...I'm walking here."
When I was in college about 15 years ago, my esteemed alma mater decided upon admission that I needed a fine arts course by the end of my third semester, or I would be dismissed. I picked a class called Focus on Film. About a month in, I arrived early to class, and there was an older gent sitting near where I usually sat. I struck up a conversation, and it turns out that man was Terence Donnelly, who was Friedkin's assistant director for Midnight Cowboy, The Exorcist, French Connection and had produced the remake of 12 Angry Men (starring one small time actor named James Gandolfini).
The day the "I'm walking here" scene was filmed, Donnelly was in charge of making sure both ends of the street were closed -- however they didn't have a permit and the legal right to do so. A cabbie was impatient, and drove past the roadblock during the shoot. Hoffman's line was a reaction to the taxi nearly hitting him.
From what I understand, there's some differing opinions on whether that scene was staged or real. Donnelly mentioned that they didn't have permits for the car chase scene in the French Connection either, but with the help of several off-duty NYPD officers, he was able to pull off traffic control for shooting so bystanders were hurt.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/08/1407:52 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Btw, I'm sure that trivia question was inspired by the fact that it's Dustin Hoffman's birthday today. Can you believe he's 77??
I wasn't aware that he was that old. I had to see the movie, "The Graduate" as an assignment in high school. (It was when the movie first came out). I was 17 years old at the time and didn't realize Hoffman was that much older than me.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/08/1408:23 PM
Great story Its_da_Jackeeettttttt. That's one of the most memorable scenes from that film. I can see why that memory stays with you. Btw, it's been years since I've seen it. I don't think it's ever on tv.
Btw, Dustin Hoffman would have been 30 yrs old when he played college graduate, Benjamin. Also, did you know that Anne Bancroft was only 6 years older than him? Who would have guessed?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/09/1402:54 AM
Originally Posted By: olivant
We're in the wrong business:
Report: 'Big Bang Theory' stars close deals at $1M per episode Aug. 4, 2014, 12:37 PM EST By Liz Raftery TVGuide.com
Contract negotiations among the cast of "The Big Bang Theory" have reportedly been resolved, with stars Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco set to earn $1 million per episode for the next three seasons, Deadline reports. That matches the previously-unprecedented salaries set by the "Friends" cast in the show's last season.
Previously, Parsons, Galecki and Cuoco were paid $350,000 per episode. In addition, there's a strong possibility that the series — currently the No. 1 show on television — will be renewed for an 11th season.
One of the most overrated shows on TV and whats with the annoying laughing track..
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/09/1401:08 PM
Originally Posted By: DE NIRO
Originally Posted By: olivant
We're in the wrong business:
Report: 'Big Bang Theory' stars close deals at $1M per episode Aug. 4, 2014, 12:37 PM EST By Liz Raftery TVGuide.com
Contract negotiations among the cast of "The Big Bang Theory" have reportedly been resolved, with stars Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco set to earn $1 million per episode for the next three seasons, Deadline reports. That matches the previously-unprecedented salaries set by the "Friends" cast in the show's last season.
Previously, Parsons, Galecki and Cuoco were paid $350,000 per episode. In addition, there's a strong possibility that the series — currently the No. 1 show on television — will be renewed for an 11th season.
One of the most overrated shows on TV and whats with the annoying laughing track..
DN, I have to most emphatically disagree. In the tradition of outstanding TV ensemble cast sitcoms such as The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Cheers, and Frasier, The Big Bang Theory is so well written and performed that it is well on its way to eventual syndication heaven.
While the soundtrack is annoying, that is the case with just about any sitcom.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/09/1404:50 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Originally Posted By: DE NIRO
Originally Posted By: olivant
We're in the wrong business:
Report: 'Big Bang Theory' stars close deals at $1M per episode Aug. 4, 2014, 12:37 PM EST By Liz Raftery TVGuide.com
Contract negotiations among the cast of "The Big Bang Theory" have reportedly been resolved, with stars Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco set to earn $1 million per episode for the next three seasons, Deadline reports. That matches the previously-unprecedented salaries set by the "Friends" cast in the show's last season.
Previously, Parsons, Galecki and Cuoco were paid $350,000 per episode. In addition, there's a strong possibility that the series — currently the No. 1 show on television — will be renewed for an 11th season.
One of the most overrated shows on TV and whats with the annoying laughing track..
DN, I have to most emphatically disagree. In the tradition of outstanding TV ensemble cast sitcoms such as The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Cheers, and Frasier, The Big Bang Theory is so well written and performed that it is well on its way to eventual syndication heaven.
While the soundtrack is annoying, that is the case with just about any sitcom.
But they laugh even when things are not funny, i can't remember Friends or Fraiser being that bad, my GF is currently watching BBF and it annoys the hell out of me..
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/11/1412:40 PM
We are talking about horror movies on another thread. Instead of starting a thread I thought I'd randomly ask here, has anybody seen any of the Final Destination movies? I see them as fun and entertaining. For some reason, I'll usually watch when one's on. The first one is probably the best.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/13/1403:18 AM
Hadn't been on Hulu for ages, and was doing some browsing yesterday. Turns out both seasons of Crime Story and most of Wiseguy are online (and you don't need a subscription to watch online).
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/13/1404:02 AM
I have the complete box sets of both shows. I wonder if I ever actually opened them up?
I think Crime story went more then two seasons.
They had Chicago the first season. They had Vegas in the second season. They had Mexico the third season and maybe another Latin American country after that.
That's where they had the big fight in the plane and Paulie pulled the steering wheel or something like that off the plane and it was going down fast.
Love the atom bomb blast so stupid it was good.
Then Holmemann testifying against luca and they find him doing a lounge act in Vegas.
The first season was the best. I like when luca took over the local pawn shop and became the stores partner. We did that with candy stores and Spanish hole in the wall restraunts bodegas.
Then when they hung Gary Sinese who's wife was in the iron lung. Then when the cop threatens to kill luca and no reaction from him because he was already dead in side. Particularly like that scene. Meet the actor who played Luca Anthony dennison through my friend Johnny. They were both in looking for an echo good movie by the way. Starred Armand Assante I already knew him.
Dennison lived in Italian Harlem for a while when he was a kid.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/13/1404:22 AM
You should do a thread of actors with American sounding name who are actually Italian.
Pretty sure dennisen is scilian. Pretty sure Susan Sarandon is also scilian. Uses make up to lighten up her features when she was young in order to get more acting parts.
Then we have my friend John Williams another Italian.
Then we have my soccer club Brooklyn Italians they even changed the club name to the Brooklyn Dodgers for a year. I think the guy that orchestrated that IDE was on junk.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/13/1405:37 AM
Originally Posted By: Footreads
I have the complete box sets of both shows. I wonder if I ever actually opened them up?
I think Crime story went more then two seasons.
They had Chicago the first season. They had Vegas in the second season. They had Mexico the third season and maybe another Latin American country after that.
That's where they had the big fight in the plane and Paulie pulled the steering wheel or something like that off the plane and it was going down fast.
Love the atom bomb blast so stupid it was good.
Then Holmemann testifying against luca and they find him doing a lounge act in Vegas.
The first season was the best. I like when luca took over the local pawn shop and became the stores partner. We did that with candy stores and Spanish hole in the wall restraunts bodegas.
Then when they hung Gary Sinese who's wife was in the iron lung. Then when the cop threatens to kill luca and no reaction from him because he was already dead in side. Particularly like that scene. Meet the actor who played Luca Anthony dennison through my friend Johnny. They were both in looking for an echo good movie by the way. Starred Armand Assante I already knew him.
Dennison lived in Italian Harlem for a while when he was a kid.
I thought there were more than two, but there's only 44 episodes total, ending on a cliff hanger at the end of the second season. Luca's crew had moved to some banana republic toward the end of the second season.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/16/1411:10 PM
I just read that Ali McGraw is 75. The darling of Love Story is 75. Can you believe it! There are probably plenty of Board members who don't recognize the name nor the movie. However, it was one of those movies that dominated the cinema landscape and watercooler conversations that year. Of course, Ali was a real beauty. Wow, how time flies and things change.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/16/1411:18 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
There are probably plenty of Board members who don't recognize the name nor the movie. However, it was one of those movies that dominated the cinema landscape and watercooler conversations that year.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/17/1409:02 AM
Ali was a regular on the Winds of War tv series and Dynasty. She was a beautiful woman who was married to Steve McQueen. I used to take my Dates to see Love Story. it showed the ladies that I had a gentler and romantic side! It was a big movie back then. LOL
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/17/1403:23 PM
And it spawned one of the most famous (and stupid) quotes in movie history: "Love means never having to say you're sorry." What the hell does that even mean? Does anyone remember when 7Up did a commercial that was a spoof of Love Story? They even had the 7Up sitting in the convertible next to the "preppie" driving up to the big mansion.
Btw, the movie was filmed in my old neighborhood in the Bronx. What was supposed to be her dad's house in Rhode Island was actually 235th Street and the Christmas tree lot where Ryan O'Neal worked was on 233rd.
The background music...putting the newspaper on the grill...gun cleaning kit in the egg carton (in the freezer)...snipping the pizza slice...why? None of this makes sense.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/19/1406:08 PM
Kelsey Grammar's Partners sitcom continue to experience declining ratings. Last night's are not in yet, but if they are as dismal as they've been, I think that cancellation is in the wind.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/21/1402:32 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Kelsey Grammar's Partners sitcom continue to experience declining ratings. Last night's are not in yet, but if they are as dismal as they've been, I think that cancellation is in the wind.
I would suspect so. FX had only ordered 10 or so episodes, with an option for 90 more.
That's a hell of a commitment to make on a show that's dropped by about 2/3rds (1.12 million for the premiere to 0.38 million for this last episode). Martin Lawrence is just terrible in the show.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/21/1403:00 PM
Apparently, it has become standard practice for the networks offer a 10/90 deal if they think that a show has a certain minimum opportunity for success. I've watched the first three episodes, but I don't think I'll be watching any more.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/25/1403:36 PM
Two random thoughts:
1st. Did anyone watch all seasons of "True Blood?" I did not watch the last two seasons. However, I tuned in to the last ten minutes of the series finale. Did Bill die? And if so how? I was surprised at the family picnic ending. Then again, I haven't been watching for two seasons.
2nd. I am pissed that The Walking Dead is not up for any major emmys. It's only nominations are for Sound editing and special/visual effect. The show is well written, well acted and deserves more. The writing is great and Andrew Lincoln (aka Rick Grimes) heads an excellent cast and deserves a win IMHO. I love that show!!
Btw, most of the emmys nominations are for cable tv shows,.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/26/1412:48 AM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Two random thoughts:
1st. Did anyone watch all seasons of "True Blood?" I did not watch the last two seasons. However, I tuned in to the last ten minutes of the series finale. Did Bill die? And if so how? I was surprised at the family picnic ending. Then again, I haven't been watching for two seasons.
2nd. I am pissed that The Walking Dead is not up for any major emmys. It's only nominations are for Sound editing and special/visual effect. The show is well written, well acted and deserves more. The writing is great and Andrew Lincoln (aka Rick Grimes) heads an excellent cast and deserves a win IMHO. I love that show!!
Btw, most of the emmys nominations are for cable tv shows,.
TIS
Hi there TIS.
Unfortunately, I did waste my time watching it all. Bill got Hep B virus and was dying. There was a cure and he refused to take it, because he wanted to die, because otherwise he would end up with Sookie and he didn't want that for her. He wanted her to have children and family. He also asked Sookie to kill him with her light, presumably if she did, then she would have used all her fairy juice. (I'm not sure on this one) She ended up driving a stake into his heart, when he liad in his empty coffin beside the graves of the rest of his family. We don't know the guy she ended up with, apparently that was not important. Jessica and Hoyt got married before Bill killed himself, Bill gave her away and made sure Andy would rent his estate to them for almost nothing.
I never got into the walking dead, thank goodness. Watched the first episode, and didn't care for it.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/26/1402:23 PM
Afs,
Thanks for the True Blood finale explanation. I don't know why but am surprised that Bill was gone. I liked the show in the beginning but it got too far out there for my taste.
But, Walking Dead, I have to disagree. I love that show. Gotta say tho, the genre is probably not appealing to everyone. To each his own.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/27/1412:45 PM
Facing formidable preseason Monday Night Football on ESPN and a rising Hotel Hell on Fox last night, FX’s Partners fell to its lowest result yet last night. Make that limbo lows for the struggling Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence sitcom. In its third week, the 10/90 series from Lionsgate TV and Debmar-Mercury drew just 380,000 total viewers for its 9 PM broadcast and 450,000 for its 9:30 PM airing. That’s a drop of 55% among total viewers from last week’s 9 PM show and 36% from the 9:30 PM. Among adults 18-49 Partners had 125,000 for its first show fx_connectedlast night and 178,000 for its second. That’s a stone cold 72% drop from its 9PM August 11 airing and a 46% fall from last week’s 9:30 PM show.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/30/1407:03 PM
Joan Rivers has reportedly been put on life support Aug. 30, 2014, 6:31 PM EST By Sadie Gennis
Joan Rivers has been put on life support, TMZ reports.
According to sources, the comedian's family maintains faith in Rivers' ability to bounce back even if they decide to turn off the machines. They still have a few days to make a decision whether or not they will take Rivers off life support.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/30/1407:14 PM
^^^^ That's the thing about surgery at that age. My Dad is getting a hernia removed this week. He's almost 85, and even though it's a "routine" surgery, I'll be a nervous wreck all week.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 08/30/1407:18 PM
Pour yourself a nice scotch on the rocks. Take a deep breath and relax. They wouldn't recommend surgery at his age if they didn't think he was strong and healthy enough to do so. He is probably strong as an ox, he will do just fine.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/01/1405:51 PM
Tonight I'm looking forward to watching the History channel mini series on Houdini starring Adrien Brody who grew up in Woodhaven, Queens. Looks very entertaining. Anybody else going to watch it?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/01/1406:13 PM
Originally Posted By: Alfanosgirl
Tonight I'm looking forward to watching the History channel mini series on Houdini starring Adrien Brody who grew up in Woodhaven, Queens. Looks very entertaining. Anybody else going to watch it?
I'll watch it because Houdini has always fascinated me. And I guess Brody is a good actor because he won an Academy Award and all. But he's about as ugly a leading man as I've ever seen. He's as homely for an actor as Sarah Jessica Parker is for an actress. And that's really saying something .
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/01/1407:03 PM
Originally Posted By: Alfanosgirl
Tonight I'm looking forward to watching the History channel mini series on Houdini starring Adrien Brody who grew up in Woodhaven, Queens. Looks very entertaining. Anybody else going to watch it?
Thanks for mentioning this, Brody is great and Houdini is one of my favourite figures from the 20th century. In my opinion the best thing about Houdini wasn't his tricks or escapes, but his crusade against blatant frauds using tricks he easily had at his disposal to suck money from vulnerable people who were grieving.
I know alot of people will have very valid critiscms of him, but i think James Randi is a good successor, even though he's more like a poster boy nowadays. Randis exposal of Peter Popoff in particular should've amounted to more than it did, i've noticed more than one people say on this site and others that certain people give religion in this case Christianity a bad name and Popoff has to be near the top.
A few of Randis videos if anyones interested -
(this is just a short exerpt, if you want to see the full thing type in "Randi exposes Popoff")
(Another short part just type in "James randi Hydrick" for the full video)
Also a popular "psychic" who Randi always clashed with, the music is not right but it was the only decent copy of it i could find. -
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/01/1407:41 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Good stuff, Camarel .
Sylvia Browne and Montel in particular were disgusting, as you saw in that video i posted she attempted to tell two grieving parents they were wrong because she knew her bs had been exposed. Then correcting a woman whose husband died in 9/11? They never found any psrt of him, Sylvia - No, he died in water.
I rarely ever speak ill of the dead, but there was no doubt a speciall place in hell for that horrible woman.
This is something that makes my blood boil and i don't have children, i have 3 nephews and a niece as well as a younger brother and sister though.
Sylvia tells the mum and dad that their son is dead and that she will charge whatever amount an hour for further talks with his "spirit/soul" (i assume). Found alive later
Amanda Berry who was one of the three women held captive in Ariel Castros house for years in Ohio. Telling her mum that she was dead and buried under some random house, the worst part is that Berrys mum died before she heard her daughter was alive .
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/01/1408:13 PM
Originally Posted By: Beanshooter
Thank you for posting this Camarel. I can't wait to show them to my Aunt!
Save yourself the hassle and dont show it to any fan of hers, trust me . Beliefs are the main source of stubborn behaviour in my experience, my own Stubborness (is that a word?)is usually the result of my beliefs clashing with others. I'd imagine most would agree with that. Unless they don't believe in imagination of course .
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/01/1410:26 PM
@Camarel I am so glad that you are also interested in the Houdini mini series. I like how you brought up the fact that he was against frauds. Can't wait to discuss the series with you if you will be up to it.
Great post and videos thanks for sharing. It's sickening what some people will do for money.
My Mom and aunt have always gone to mediums and have convinced my sister to do so too. I think it's all a crock of shit.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/02/1404:19 AM
I am sorry for posting a stupid q like this,but does somebody knows what movie is the one with a scene when the mobsters are gonna kill somebody in the bar and then a cop walks in amd they shoot it out on the street or somethinn?is that the godfather..the cop saves the life of that guy who is gettin killed..anybody knows?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/02/1405:45 AM
Yes the scene with Pentangeli who arranged a meeting with the Rosato brothers. At the meeting, Tony Rosato ambushes Pentangeli with a garotte, telling him, "Michael Corleone says hello." A policeman passes by and the attack degenerates into a shootout in the street. Pentangeli disappears and is believed to be dead.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/03/1402:48 AM
Originally Posted By: Alfanosgirl
@Camarel I am so glad that you are also interested in the Houdini mini series. I like how you brought up the fact that he was against frauds. Can't wait to discuss the series with you if you will be up to it.
Great post and videos thanks for sharing. It's sickening what some people will do for money.
My Mom and aunt have always gone to mediums and have convinced my sister to do so too. I think it's all a crock of shit.
I have not seen the mini series at all, but just wondering is it any good? Also, does it stand on historical fact? I remember that the History Channel had another Houdini special years ago that was really interesting, it was a really good documentary. And, I have seen the one with Tony Curtis playing Houdini. Very entertaining.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/07/1410:23 AM
Am I the only one who didn't know that Steve Buscemi was a NY fireman? I just watched his bio and found out. He also returned to the profession for a few days to assist with the aftermath of 9/11. That's class.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/07/1412:30 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Am I the only one who didn't know that Steve Buscemi was a NY fireman? I just watched his bio and found out. He also returned to the profession for a few days to assist with the aftermath of 9/11. That's class.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/07/1412:39 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Am I the only one who didn't know that Steve Buscemi was a NY fireman? I just watched his bio and found out. He also returned to the profession for a few days to assist with the aftermath of 9/11. That's class.
He's been doing charity work for the fire department all along, especially since 9/11. He showed up at AT LEAST a dozen of the funerals in the aftermath of the attacks. He's also been very vocal about the survivors benefits (particularly for the workers who developed smoke related cancers). He went off on that little midget Bloomberg a few years ago when he wanted to cut them off. He's a class act for sure. And a true New Yorker in a day and age where every other Hollywood phony adopts Brooklyn and Manhattan and calls them their own.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/07/1403:14 PM
Originally Posted By: BAM_233
Originally Posted By: Alfanosgirl
@Camarel I am so glad that you are also interested in the Houdini mini series. I like how you brought up the fact that he was against frauds. Can't wait to discuss the series with you if you will be up to it.
Great post and videos thanks for sharing. It's sickening what some people will do for money.
My Mom and aunt have always gone to mediums and have convinced my sister to do so too. I think it's all a crock of shit.
I have not seen the mini series at all, but just wondering is it any good? Also, does it stand on historical fact? I remember that the History Channel had another Houdini special years ago that was really interesting, it was a really good documentary. And, I have seen the one with Tony Curtis playing Houdini. Very entertaining.
It's definitely worth watching as it was very entertaining with superb acting. What I really enjoyed about it was that you got a behind the scenes look at how Houdini actually performed his escapes. Maybe Camarel will be able to tell us whether or not it was historically accurate. I know so little about the real Harry Houdidi.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/09/1401:13 AM
Originally Posted By: BAM_233
Originally Posted By: Alfanosgirl
Scorsese is producing a film titled "Bleed for This" about World Champion boxer Vinny "Paz" (Pacienza). He has a good story to tell should be good.
I thought Scorsese was going to do the sequel of Raging Bull? Maybe it was another rumored movie.
That stupid movie ended up straight to video with a shit cast and a low budget. They got sued by everyone and their Mother. I'm pretty sure they can't even release it on dvd yet because of the lawsuits. Paul Sorvino and Joe Mantegna should be ashamed of themselves.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/09/1401:57 AM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: BAM_233
Originally Posted By: Alfanosgirl
Scorsese is producing a film titled "Bleed for This" about World Champion boxer Vinny "Paz" (Pacienza). He has a good story to tell should be good.
I thought Scorsese was going to do the sequel of Raging Bull? Maybe it was another rumored movie.
That stupid movie ended up straight to video with a shit cast and a low budget. They got sued by everyone and their Mother. I'm pretty sure they can't even release it on dvd yet because of the lawsuits. Paul Sorvino and Joe Mantegna should be ashamed of themselves.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/09/1403:25 PM
Even Tom Sizemore is in it, what has happened to his career as he was in some decent films in the 90's but by looking at his IMDB profile he seems to take any role on now..
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/09/1406:24 PM
Originally Posted By: DE NIRO
Even Tom Sizemore is in it, what has happened to his career as he was in some decent films in the 90's but by looking at his IMDB profile he seems to take any role on now..
He's a drug addict nobody wants to work with him from what I hear
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/13/1412:21 AM
Originally Posted By: Alfanosgirl
Originally Posted By: DE NIRO
Even Tom Sizemore is in it, what has happened to his career as he was in some decent films in the 90's but by looking at his IMDB profile he seems to take any role on now..
He's a drug addict nobody wants to work with him from what I hear
He released a XXX film with some hookers got a bad drink and drug problem and called Michael Mann an asshole, while banging these hookers on tape after that no big directors wanted to work with him
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/14/1407:49 PM
Originally Posted By: Alfanosgirl
I cannot believe that they f'd up the Bronx Bull movie I was looking forward to a good Scorsese movie.
Scorceses interest in Lamotta ended the second after Raging Bull was filmed. The making of Raging Bull largely changed Martins perspective on life, he has said more than once that Raging Bull saved me and everything before was me at my worst. Regardless of that, Taxi Driver is my favourite ever film and i imagine he could have been an actor in his own right based on this only major cameo in his own film.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/14/1408:04 PM
Originally Posted By: Camarel
Originally Posted By: Alfanosgirl
I cannot believe that they f'd up the Bronx Bull movie I was looking forward to a good Scorsese movie.
Scorceses interest in Lamotta ended the second after Raging Bull was filmed. The making of Raging Bull largely changed Martins perspective on life, he has said more than once that Raging Bull saved me and everything before was me at my worst. Regardless of that, Taxi Driver is my favourite ever film and i imagine he could have been an actor in his own right based on this only major cameo in his own film.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/16/1405:44 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: olivant
In the latest iteration of Godzilla, does the corpulent beast fly?
If he's gassy, how can he fly?
I don't even like to walk when I get that way.
Ha, ha. I was told that the movie has other beasts in it which fly. I guess I'll just have to go see. I'll probably take one of my granddaughters because I know I'll be scared.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/16/1407:27 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: olivant
Am I the only one who didn't know that Steve Buscemi was a NY fireman? I just watched his bio and found out. He also returned to the profession for a few days to assist with the aftermath of 9/11. That's class.
He's been doing charity work for the fire department all along, especially since 9/11. He showed up at AT LEAST a dozen of the funerals in the aftermath of the attacks. He's also been very vocal about the survivors benefits (particularly for the workers who developed smoke related cancers). He went off on that little midget Bloomberg a few years ago when he wanted to cut them off. He's a class act for sure. And a true New Yorker in a day and age where every other Hollywood phony adopts Brooklyn and Manhattan and calls them their own.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/17/1411:47 AM
Anyone else happy to hear that Matt Damon will be doing another "Bourne" movie. I just love the Bourne trilogy. I don't own a whole lot of movie but these I do.
I didn't see Jeremy Renner's Bourne film til it came to HBO, And surprisingly it was not bad BUT to me, I'd much rather see Damon in the part. I love the intrigue, action, suspense, chase scenes. So cool!!!
I don't go to the movie theater much either unless it's something I wanna see right away. For this film, I will.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/17/1401:29 PM
I access On Demand to watch some TV comedies, but On Demand doesn't offer Frasier and a few others that I like. Does anyone know how On Demand decides what programs to show? I'm sure it has something to do with licensing fees and program popularity. Anything else?.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/17/1401:46 PM
Originally Posted By: olivant
I access On Demand to watch some TV comedies, but On Demand doesn't offer Frasier and a few others that I like. Does anyone know how On Demand decides what programs to show? I'm sure it has something to do with licensing fees and program popularity. Anything else?.
You're a big fan of the old television shows, Oli. Just like I am. You should really sign up for Amazon Prime. It's only $79 for the entire year and you get the first 30 days free, so you're free to cancel it.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/17/1405:22 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: olivant
I access On Demand to watch some TV comedies, but On Demand doesn't offer Frasier and a few others that I like. Does anyone know how On Demand decides what programs to show? I'm sure it has something to do with licensing fees and program popularity. Anything else?.
You're a big fan of the old television shows, Oli. Just like I am. You should really sign up for Amazon Prime. It's only $79 for the entire year and you get the first 30 days free, so you're free to cancel it.
I would second the recommendation of Amazon Prime. I got it earlier this spring and started watching Season 1 of NYPD Blue. Then shortly after I joined they added a ton of HBO stuff, which added to my "to watch" list. I only watch from my device when I'm on the treadmill, which does two things: 1) makes me feel less guilty for watching and 2) makes it take much longer to get through any series.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/18/1405:11 AM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: goombah
I would second the recommendation of Amazon Prime.
It was based on YOUR recommendation that I ordered it .
Amazon is the best in every way. Next year amazon prime is going up to 99 dollars. You can't beat it by stuff on prime you get it in two days. Movies that they have are free. Ones you want to buy that they have are like 10 dollars and you can have it instantly.
The only thing is they don't have every movie on it.
If I could find a company that you could buy every movie instantly ever made I would be a member of that.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/18/1410:58 AM
Prime is half price for students (it used to be free), so we use my daughter's membership. It's great. We also have Netflix Streaming, which has tons of old TV series and is very inexpensive as well.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/18/1411:36 AM
You can be a Netflix member and give the pass word to everyone in your family. So for all those people you are only paying for one subscription. Now thats a real deal.
That's a brave remake to make that's for sure, it will never touch the original but it will be interesting to see, it will either be a hit or a flop..
I would like it to be a hit, but yeah it probably won't be the fastest grossing movie like the original. Just wonder how much the set, and everything will be.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 09/23/1407:37 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: olivant
I access On Demand to watch some TV comedies, but On Demand doesn't offer Frasier and a few others that I like. Does anyone know how On Demand decides what programs to show? I'm sure it has something to do with licensing fees and program popularity. Anything else?.
You're a big fan of the old television shows, Oli. Just like I am. You should really sign up for Amazon Prime. It's only $79 for the entire year and you get the first 30 days free, so you're free to cancel it.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/06/1401:11 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
If I was Leonard, I'd take the "roommate agreement," roll it up like a pipe, and beat Sheldon to death with it.
If only.
I'm hoping that series ends with Sheldon coming to the realization that despite his IQ, his existence has no socially redeeming value and he has a catharsis and learns some humanity.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/15/1412:06 PM
New shows hitting our screens lately are GOTHAM, TYRANT, THE KNICK and THE STRAIN. Welcomed back fondly are THE WALKING DEAD, SLEEPY HOLLOW and JUSTIFIED.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/16/1408:16 PM
Originally Posted By: BAM_233
Originally Posted By: Alfanosgirl
@Camarel I am so glad that you are also interested in the Houdini mini series. I like how you brought up the fact that he was against frauds. Can't wait to discuss the series with you if you will be up to it.
Great post and videos thanks for sharing. It's sickening what some people will do for money.
My Mom and aunt have always gone to mediums and have convinced my sister to do so too. I think it's all a crock of shit.
I have not seen the mini series at all, but just wondering is it any good? Also, does it stand on historical fact? I remember that the History Channel had another Houdini special years ago that was really interesting, it was a really good documentary. And, I have seen the one with Tony Curtis playing Houdini. Very entertaining.
I went into a magic, gag, costume type store yesterday. The guy working the counter was showing us a few magic tricks which my kids enjoyed. So of course, I gotta ask this guy if he saw the Houdini mini series. This is what he said: It was completely inaccurate I couldn't take it and had to turn it off even though the acting was excellent. I just thought I'd mention it to you, not sure if you saw it yet.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/30/1405:29 PM
Anyone watch any of the new tv series so far?
I've watched "How To Get Away With Murder", "Stalkers" "Forever". I still enjoy the new season of Law & Order SVU, Criminal Minds (actually on opposite of L&O), Arrow, Hawaii Five-O to name a few.
As you notice all drama. I seldom watch comedies for some reason.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/30/1405:37 PM
I did like Stalker, but I stopped watching Criminal Minds last season. It's just gotten too creepy, and I was a huge fan! Very happy with the new season of The Blacklist. Great show.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 10/31/1404:34 AM
That show sucks I was hoping they will kill that rat. I can see they liking it in Norway but here? But the Blondes are hot except for the women he had the baby with.
So when he is he going to start moving Heroin into Norway?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/01/1402:15 AM
Footreads it's a little slow but it doesn't suck. Have you ever seen Mesrine: Killer Instinct ?It's about the French gangster Jacques Mesrine http://m.imdb.com/title/tt1259014/ Pretty good flick. Watch it I'd like to read whatcha got to say about it. Your posts are always great.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/01/1402:22 PM
So did anyone (or is anyone) watching any scary movies for the Halloween weekend? I watched, They Live, which is really a fun movie. Hadn't seen it for a while, so it was good to see again.
They've been running Halloween and the Omen series along some others.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/01/1403:19 PM
I'm too much of a chicken to watch any scary horror films TIS so I'm gonna see about watching the movie you just mentioned. Is it funny like Army of Darkness? That's a fun movie.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/01/1403:28 PM
Well, no it's not really a comedy but does have light moments. Nothing real scary that will cause nightmares, not real bloody. I just think it's fun to watch. Sort of horror light I'd say. LOL You'd probably be ok with it as far as fear factor goes. These movies are a matter of taste I guess.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/05/1410:43 PM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
I did like Stalker, but I stopped watching Criminal Minds last season. It's just gotten too creepy, and I was a huge fan!
I agree. It's a different show now. I'm watching right now and it's okay, but the stories are much weirder than they used to be.
Off topic: Jennifer Love Hewitt plays the new profiler this year. This kid's only in her early thirties, no? She looks really different than she did just a few years ago. Just a personal observation.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/06/1403:37 PM
Well she did have a baby a few months ago and I'm guessing she's nursing. Takes a while (if ever)to get back to "normal" (for lack of a better word) after childbirth.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/07/1410:50 AM
In 14 minutes eastern time on channel 41 The young Savages will be comming on always like that movie. Shot it in east harlem Burt an caster starred another east Harlem boy.
The Spanish girl was a whore brother was her pimp.
When I was a kid we would go to the Spanish area and get laid 5 to 10 dollars a pop.
I remember fucking this Spanish girl with her mother in the same room with us.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/07/1407:59 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
I did like Stalker, but I stopped watching Criminal Minds last season. It's just gotten too creepy, and I was a huge fan!
I agree. It's a different show now. I'm watching right now and it's okay, but the stories are much weirder than they used to be.
Off topic: Jennifer Love Hewitt plays the new profiler this year. This kid's only in her early thirties, no? She looks really different than she did just a few years ago. Just a personal observation.
Just started watching this on Netflix recently, finished Season 1 a few days ago. Good show so far, i love Mandy Patinkin still prefer him as Saul in Homeland but he's been the best thing about the show so far.
Has anyone watched Lie To Me? Excellent show imo. After finishing Season 2 yesterday i found out that it was cancelled after Season 3, really gutted Tim Roth was excellent.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/07/1408:43 PM
Originally Posted By: Camarel
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
I did like Stalker, but I stopped watching Criminal Minds last season. It's just gotten too creepy, and I was a huge fan!
I agree. It's a different show now. I'm watching right now and it's okay, but the stories are much weirder than they used to be.
Off topic: Jennifer Love Hewitt plays the new profiler this year. This kid's only in her early thirties, no? She looks really different than she did just a few years ago. Just a personal observation.
Just started watching this on Netflix recently, finished Season 1 a few days ago. Good show so far, i love Mandy Patinkin still prefer him as Saul in Homeland but he's been the best thing about the show so far.
The first two seasons are stellar, Cam. Mandy left abruptly during the second season hiatus. And to its credit, the show recovered nicely with Joe Mantegna. But Mandy brought a thoughtfulness to the role of Gideon that was beyond compare. You're going to LOVE the second season .
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/07/1409:24 PM
I knew Mandy left but wasn't aware when, another character i loved on these types of shows was Gil on the original LV CSI. Out of interest do you know roughly when the show started to go downhill for you? Obviously you never know i may like the stuff you disliked and i'll try it anyway, but it's good to know when to expect a show to lose it's quality. I watched about a Season and a half of CSI thinking it would improve .
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/07/1409:32 PM
thats funny camarel, i had never heard of the show until last week when i stumbled upon when i was looking through Netflix. its a nice change of pace from the law and order re runs I've been watching for the last 10 years.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/07/1409:32 PM
Originally Posted By: Camarel
Out of interest do you know roughly when the show started to go downhill for you?
I still watch it. I think it's still better than most of the stuff on network television. It's just that I think it's lost a step or two since Paget Brewster left (she actually leaves twice, so I'm obviously referring to her second departure).
But why am I telling you this? Because she doesn't even come aboard until a few episodes into season two (She replaces Lola Glaudini, who quit for bigger and better things. I just saw her in a Ruth's Chris commercial. Good career move, huh? ).
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/07/1409:41 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: Camarel
Out of interest do you know roughly when the show started to go downhill for you?
I still watch it. I think it's still better than most of the stuff on network television. It's just that I think it's lost a step or two since Paget Brewster left (she actually leaves twice, so I'm obviously referring to her second departure).
But why am I telling you this? Because she doesn't even come aboard until a few episodes into season two (She replaces Lola Glaudini, who quit for bigger and better things. I just saw her in a Ruth's Chris commercial. Good career move, huh? ).
I had to look her up to know who you were talking about . I knew i saw her in something, Agent Danielle from The Sopranos. Quite surprised that she was the one to move onto "bigger things", the only episode in the 1st Season she stood out on was the one with the Lunatic taking the train hostage and she was still barely involved in that ep.
@Dellacroce Are you talking about Criminal Minds or Lie To Me?
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/07/1409:46 PM
Originally Posted By: Camarel
Quite surprised that she was the one to move onto "bigger things", the only episode in the 1st Season she stood out on was the one with the Lunatic taking the train hostage and she was still barely involved in that ep.
Exactly. Hence, my sarcasm. She hasn't done shit since.
Go ask McLean Stevenson (M*A*S*H), or Shelley Long (Cheers), if it's a good career move to quit a hit show. Although you probably won't get an answer from McLean Stevenson, as he's been dead a good many years.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/07/1409:56 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: Dellacroce
That sucks that lola leaves criminal minds, shes kinda hot. Im glad that 3 episoides on the sopranos worked out for her
See my post above yours. We posted at the same time.
I noticed the sarcasm . I'd suggest both of you check out Lie To Me , it's a bit weird starting a show that was cancellend but i promise the first two Seasons were excellent.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/07/1410:01 PM
Originally Posted By: Camarel
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: Dellacroce
That sucks that lola leaves criminal minds, shes kinda hot. Im glad that 3 episoides on the sopranos worked out for her
See my post above yours. We posted at the same time.
I noticed the sarcasm . I'd suggest both of you check out Lie To Me , it's a bit weird starting a show that was cancellend but i promise the first two Seasons were excellent.
If it's on Netflix I'll check it out. My wife doesn't mind when I take the tablet to bed, as long as I use the ear buds. To be fair, I think she actually prefers it now .
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/07/1410:25 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: Camarel
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: Dellacroce
That sucks that lola leaves criminal minds, shes kinda hot. Im glad that 3 episoides on the sopranos worked out for her
See my post above yours. We posted at the same time.
I noticed the sarcasm . I'd suggest both of you check out Lie To Me , it's a bit weird starting a show that was cancellend but i promise the first two Seasons were excellent.
If it's on Netflix I'll check it out. My wife doesn't mind when I take the tablet to bed, as long as I use the ear buds. To be fair, I think she actually prefers it now .
If you are saying what I think you are saying then maybe you need to use your tablet to MAKE a movie WITH your wife then watch it without the ear buds. You are Pizza Boy after all...Hey did anyone here order a pizza? Forget about Netflix.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/07/1410:31 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: Camarel
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: Dellacroce
That sucks that lola leaves criminal minds, shes kinda hot. Im glad that 3 episoides on the sopranos worked out for her
See my post above yours. We posted at the same time.
I noticed the sarcasm . I'd suggest both of you check out Lie To Me , it's a bit weird starting a show that was cancellend but i promise the first two Seasons were excellent.
If it's on Netflix I'll check it out. My wife doesn't mind when I take the tablet to bed, as long as I use the ear buds. To be fair, I think she actually prefers it now .
It's on Netflix, report back with your thoughts if you give it a shot. I've got a feeling you'll like it, i personally think it's much better than Criminal Minds.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/07/1410:39 PM
Originally Posted By: Alfanosgirl
Originally Posted By: Mark
Originally Posted By: Alfanosgirl
Originally Posted By: Mark
No doubt it is quite the frock accompanied by a Dago T and gold chains...
Don't forget about the black socks
And sandals!
I was gonna say slippers
Pizzaboy only wears slippers with his bathrobe while wandering the streets in NYC unkempt and unshaven like The Chin. The black socks and sandals are for Boca Raton... you know, specoal occasions and holiday.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/07/1411:02 PM
Attention Tis:
Make sure you watch "Hawaii Five-0" when it airs on the West Coast tonight. It was hard to follow but the ending was PHENOMENAL. It finally tied up that storyline that I hated a couple of years ago.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/07/1411:11 PM
Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
PB,
Yep, I'm planning on watching. I remember the previews last week looked good. I really am enjoying this season.
The scenery alone is fantastic (Alex O'Louglin) and of course Hawaii is absolutely beautiful.
Thanks for not giving anything away!!
TIS
I'll only give this much away: The ending was really special.
The last five minutes could have actually served as the series finale. It was that good and that conclusive. But the show's a hit and we know that it's here for a good while to come. And I agree about the scenery. I used to watch "Burn Notice" and "CSI: Miami" for much the same reasons.
And you can have McGarrett. I'll take Kono .
And don't forget to tell me that I was right tomorrow .
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/09/1407:53 PM
Hey PB,
Really good episode, tho it was somewhat confusing. The description of the episode said it showed what "might have happened had 5-O taken a different course." It it really was.
So, McGarrett's mom was sort of a surrogate mom for Wo Fat explaining why there was no DNA match when McGarret checked? Did I miss something as to where his mom is now? McGarret's hallucinations/flashbacks added but did get confusing sometimes. Hilarious seeing Danno go all McGarrett with that guy in the hospital and Steve trying to calm him down. LOL They switched roles.
Btw, where have I seen that Jorge Garcia before? He looks familiar.
Oh, and man, lots of scenes of shirtless Steve. What a bod!!! Just saying.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/09/1408:05 PM
Yeah, Tis. It was confusing but the the payoff was worth it. And I agree that the role reversal hallucinations were hysterical.
I'm just glad that they killed off Wo Fat sooner rather than later. Because now they can distance themselves from the original show (which had Wo Fat escape way too many times, and he survived the entire twelve year run of that show).
I honestly think the producers realized that they made a mistake with the Doris McGarrett character. She was just too unsympathetic. A good mother wouldn't leave her children behind like that. She'd stay and die with them. C.I.A. be damned. And it's a shame because I've LOVED Christine Lahti as an actress ever since she played off Al in "And Justice for All."
And you may remember Jorge Garcia from the last season of "Becker." He took Saverio Guerra's place in the last season. Guerra played that sleazy guy, Bob, who always referred to himself in the third person.
And Garcia's funny as Hell as a conspiracy theorist on "Five-0."
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/09/1408:12 PM
Yea, I too love Lahti but agree, she was not a likable character (mother) at all. At least her role was explained and we now know what she was hiding from Steve.
Wasn't Woo Fat actually really fat in the original Hawaii Five O? And yea, I don't mind the Garcia character. I like all the characters actually. I think the show is improving to tell the truth. Tho I admit I don't mind that Katherine is gone. She never seemed to fit imho. I think if this new blonde attorney is a regular, she's better as Steve's girlfriend. But hey, what do I know?
Plus, for the Walking Dead fans here, Norman Reedus (Darrell) had a brief part. I thought it was him but wasn't until I read a review of the show that confirmed he had a small part.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/09/1408:16 PM
Guaranteed that the blonde will be Steve's love interest. That actress is Australian, just like Alex O'Loughlin. I don't think that's a coincidence.
And I agree about Katherine. She was okay as a guest star. But as soon as she became a regular she lost something. I think it may be because she took some screen time from Kono. Television fans are funny like that. I know I am.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/09/1408:21 PM
Oh, and the big guy that owns the restaurant? What's his name? LOL I like him too. He was in jail in Friday's episode?
Lots of odd but interesting characters, along with the medical examiner, who is interesting as well.
Oh and another minor complaint, tho is little girl is adorable, she shouldn't be calling her dad "Danno." It's good for the rest of the cast but not her. IMHO
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/14/1412:07 AM
Have any of you watched the A&E reality series The Godfather of Pittsburgh? I just happened to catch its premier episode the other night. Apparently, it's about an Italian guy who grew up in Italy and who has several businesses in Pittsburgh including a club and casino and three kids. He looks like a gangster for all the world, but he insists he's not and I haven't come across any info that he is.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/14/1412:10 AM
Originally Posted By: olivant
Have any of you watched the A&E reality series The Godfather of Pittsburgh? I just happened to catch its premier episode the other night. Apparently, it's about an Italian guy who grew up in Italy and who has several businesses in Pittsburgh including a club and casino and three kids. He looks like a gangster for all the world, but he insists he's not and I haven't come across any info that he is.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/14/1404:07 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: olivant
Have any of you watched the A&E reality series The Godfather of Pittsburgh? I just happened to catch its premier episode the other night. Apparently, it's about an Italian guy who grew up in Italy and who has several businesses in Pittsburgh including a club and casino and three kids. He looks like a gangster for all the world, but he insists he's not and I haven't come across any info that he is.
There's a thread in the OC section, Oli.
Found it. Posted there that it's curious that someone born and raised in Italy would have lost his native accent so thoroughly: difficult, but not impossible.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/16/1407:23 AM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: Mark
Just saw "Jersey Boys". Awesome, simply awesome. I have to get that soundtrack. Must see, guys!
I enjoyed it. Clint Eastwood doesn't make too many bad films. But the play was still better .
Oh yes the play was better. I saw the play and the movie. For me the play was really cool because there was a lot of older people there. It was like seeing it with a theather full of your friends. That's why I liked it more then anything else. I don't have many friends left that are still breathing.
Pizza did you see it with your father?
I learned something watching the play that I did not know at the time. That was that Pesce was the guy that introduced the three seasons to the fourt season the song writter
I knew Joe Pesce since right after he made the movie Raging Bull. Until he left to live in Florida he never mentioned that to me.
On the movie casting. Didn't the guy that played Frankie Valle look a lot like a young Richard Conte? But Conte was better looking.
The guy that played Pesce he looked more like a guy doing an impression of Pesce with His eyes. He did the Pesce eye look impression I thought that was funny.
I said this before when I was young I did not like Frankie Valle as a singer. I thought he sang like a girl back then
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/17/1406:35 PM
I was wondering what happened to Arsenio Hall. Well, maybe we'll see him in another twenty years.
And why hasn't Debra Messing's new show been cancelled yet? It stinks. She can't carry a show by herself. If it wasn't for Megan Mullally and Sean Hayes, "Will and Grace" wouldn't have lasted a year.
Cheesy as it was, I'm sorry to see "Dallas" go. I didn't watch it all the time, but it brought back a lot of memories of the original, which was bigger than life back in the '80s.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/18/1409:29 PM
Sorry that The Newsroom is ending this season. It's one of the most well-written and intelligent shows on TV, and it has a great cast. Olivia Munn and Thomas Sadowski are one of the best couples in TV history. I don't know how Sorkin is going to wrap it up in four more episodes, but that's supposedly what's happening.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/18/1409:39 PM
Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
Sorry that The Newsroom is ending this season. It's one of the most well-written and intelligent shows on TV, and it has a great cast. Olivia Munn and Thomas Sadowski are one of the best couples in TV history. I don't know how Sorkin is going to wrap it up in four more episodes, but that's supposedly what's happening.
SB,
I like Newsroom too. It's a very short final season I here. Do you by chance watch "Madam Secretary?" Good show too.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 11/27/1409:15 PM
Remember watching the movie March of the Wooden Soldiers with Laurel and Hardy? It was on every year during the Thanksgiving Holiday. I think it was also called Babes in Toyland.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/06/1402:12 PM
Originally Posted By: Moe_Tilden
How the hell does Elaine out of Seinfeld keep getting her own shows while Michael Richards & Jason Alexander's careers languish?
It is not fair.
It's not fair. But she keeps winning Emmy Awards. Plus, her roles all tend to be liberal in nature. And Hollywood eats that shit up. There's no denying her talent, though.
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/06/1402:31 PM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: Moe_Tilden
How the hell does Elaine out of Seinfeld keep getting her own shows while Michael Richards & Jason Alexander's careers languish?
It is not fair.
It's not fair. But she keeps winning Emmy Awards. Plus, her roles all tend to be liberal in nature. And Hollywood eats that shit up. There's no denying her talent, though.
Her making out with megan mullaly doesnt hurt her cause either
Re: Movies/TV Random Post Whoring (2012) - 12/06/1402:33 PM
Originally Posted By: Dellacroce
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: Moe_Tilden
How the hell does Elaine out of Seinfeld keep getting her own shows while Michael Richards & Jason Alexander's careers languish?
It is not fair.
It's not fair. But she keeps winning Emmy Awards. Plus, her roles all tend to be liberal in nature. And Hollywood eats that shit up. There's no denying her talent, though.
Her making out with megan mullaly doesnt hurt her cause either