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post #23851 of 28163
10/7/09 at 9:18pm


Started working! :D
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post #23852 of 28163
10/8/09 at 9:13am
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I can't remember watching Astro boy as a child, maybe it didn't play here in England. What do I remember? Atom Ant? Is there such a thing or did I just make it up? um Top Cat? Wacky Races? Oh I loved Wacky Races [smiles whistfully] What else.... Thunderbirds, HR Pufnstuf, the Monkees, Banana Splits, Ron Ely's Tarzan? Jon Pertwee Dr. Who? Catweazle?  memories of an age long gone.. [wipes tear]
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post #23853 of 28163
10/8/09 at 2:32pm
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JCTL
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post #23854 of 28163
10/8/09 at 2:52pm
 Steve, nice capture from an 80's classic.

"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum"  

- Walter.
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post #23855 of 28163
10/8/09 at 2:57pm


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I can't remember watching Astro boy as a child, maybe it didn't play here in England. What do I remember? Atom Ant? Is there such a thing or did I just make it up? um Top Cat? Wacky Races? Oh I loved Wacky Races [smiles whistfully] What else.... Thunderbirds, HR Pufnstuf, the Monkees, Banana Splits, Ron Ely's Tarzan? Jon Pertwee Dr. Who? Catweazle?  memories of an age long gone.. [wipes tear]

Thumbs up on Thunderbirds and the Monkees!  I didn't care to much for Wacky Races, it aired to random around here.  I like Dr. Who, but I'm a Patrick Troughton man.   I just can't get into the current Doctor Who series.  Catweazle?  What's that?  you mean Bagpuss?  



Good cure for insomnia, that Bagpuss....
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post #23856 of 28163
10/8/09 at 3:42pm
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I liked Troughton's Who too, some of those early episodes gave me nightmares as a child.

Catweazle was a British fantasy series about an old wizard, played by Geoffrey Bayldon, who accidentally travels thru time to the 20th century and befriends a young boy.




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 Steve, nice capture from an 80's classic.

"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum"  

- Walter.

And that's the last shot from the film Walter, the alien not realising that he could now be seen looks up at the shocked woman he was having sex with and says "What's wrong baby?"

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post #23857 of 28163
10/9/09 at 8:56am
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Nasa bombs the Moon creating new dimple... but where was the flash?

The surface of the Moon did get 'bombed' by Nasa today in its search for water ..... but the big live public drama people anticipated didn't quite happen.

Nasa were today furiously trying to deny the mission had been an anti-climax by stating their precision instruments had 'worked fine' and they'd received 'very promising data'.

moon crash 1

But Nasa's director at the Ames Research Centre Michael Bicay admitted: 'We didn't see a big splashy plume like we wanted to see.'

Prior to impact some scientists had claimed that there was chance that it would be clear within an hour of the collision whether there was water on the Moon. Now Nasa say it will probably be two weeks before they will be certain about the answer.

Instruments confirmed that a large empty rocket hull barrelled into the moon at 11:31 GMT today, followed four minutes later by a probe with cameras taking pictures of the first crash.

Screens then went fuzzy and there were no immediate pictures of the crash or the six-mile plume of lunar dust that the mission was expected to produce.

moon crash 2

For the millions which followed the crashes on the internet and at observatories across the world there was some degree of puzzlement.

Nasa officials said their instruments were working, but live photos of the actual crash were missing.

Three studies released last month found clear evidence of water on the moon, welcome and surprising news for further space exploration, since water can be turned into fuel.
 

The photo of excited children with their parents staring at a giant screen in Washington waiting for NASA to show them something exciting and spectacular and of course it ain't gonna happen. They wanted to see the moon blow up, but it's still there dammit! Maybe next time.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1218768/Nasa-bombs-Moon-creating-new-dimple--flash.html

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post #23858 of 28163
10/9/09 at 9:01am
they've already announced a follow up project!


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post #23859 of 28163
10/9/09 at 10:01am
12+ years here and I've never seen this 800 page thread.  Incredible.

So, um hi!  I'm with the govt and here to help!
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post #23860 of 28163
10/9/09 at 10:15am
Welcome!  You're just in time for us to bemoan the lack of the moon blowing up.  Christopher DAC has been trying to get it exploded for years, poor sod must be sad. 

Why are they trying to find water on the moon anyways?  I learned in school that it has no water and can not sustain life.  This progress is for the birds I tell ya!   Who wants wonky looking moon cabbage anyways?  What they should be doing is tryig to harness massive amounts off energy so we can cross into other dimensions and try to pull a Cthulhu into our world!  That would be sweet!


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post #23861 of 28163
10/9/09 at 10:17am
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Hah! Crikey Sam you were here more than 2 years before I joined, what was it like in those days? Were you all wearing togas? Was the forum just one long page? The HTF must have been different without Samsung birds fluttering about and elit ads killing the speed? eh? Oh I couldn't resist getting sarccy at the end there sorry.

Nice video Russ, so are they going to blow it up or what? I'm bored.
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post #23862 of 28163
10/9/09 at 10:43am
I hate that damn moon!  Such an eyesore, get rid of it already!  Who needs tides and crap anyways eh?

That video is from Mr. Show, my fave sketch comedy show.   Here's one for halloween:


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post #23863 of 28163
10/10/09 at 10:43am
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Marge Simpson poses for 'Playboy'

Marge Simpson has done something that Homer might approve of but will make Bart the proudest kid in his school: She's posed for Playboy magazine.

After more than a half century featuring women like Marilyn Monroe, Cindy Crawford and the Girls of Hooters on its cover, Playboy has for the first time given the spot to a cartoon character. And the magazine is giving the star of The Simpsons the star treatment, complete with a data sheet, an interview and a 2-page centerfold.

Marge Simpson - Playboy

The magazine's editorial director, James Jellinek, won't say exactly how much of Marge will show in the November edition that hits newsstands on Oct. 16 — or whether she lets that big pile of blue hair down. But, he said, "It's very, very racy."

But he stressed that the mother of three — the youngest a baby, by the way — has a lot to be proud of.

"She is a stunning example of the cartoon form," he said on Friday at the magazine's headquarters in Chicago, appearing both pleased and surprised at the words coming out of his mouth.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2009-10-09-simpson-playboy_N.htm?csp=34

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post #23864 of 28163
10/13/09 at 4:38pm
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TZTM1983
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post #23865 of 28163
10/13/09 at 10:34pm
Great movie!  Though...  I prefer the 50's version better....  "SNOOOT! "  
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post #23866 of 28163
10/14/09 at 6:53am
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What they should be doing is tryig to harness massive amounts off energy so we can cross into other dimensions and try to pull a Cthulhu into our world!  That would be sweet!


"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn,"
"In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu
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post #23867 of 28163
10/14/09 at 8:46am
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Snooooot! No not you Sam, our goatee stroking droog up there.   Oh alright Russ I admit I like the original too, William Shatner overacting madly (wouldn't you?) after seeing a gremlin tearing the planes engine apart. But John Lithgows run in with an airplane-bothering gremlin was also fab and the best segment from Twilight Zone The Movie, which has just come out on R2 DVD btw.

Twilight Zone - Nightmare at 20,000 ft

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post #23868 of 28163
10/14/09 at 3:42pm
Ha ha, I guess for me, I just never cared for John Lithgow in anything I've seen him in.  My favorite in the Twilght Zone movie was the one with the racist guy.  I'm okay watching it, even if a bunch of people died filming it, it's some good work. :)

Does the R2 dvd have any extras?
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post #23869 of 28163
10/15/09 at 9:04am
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No extras on the R2 I think it just has a trailer. I'd love to see some fascinating behind the scenes info on Twilight Zone The Movie, but it may never happen. That whole John Landis, Vic Morrow thing is just too awful, it completely overshadows the film. I video taped a film show talking about the film 25 years ago and the last thing I expected to see was the footage of the helicopter tipping over the blades slicing thru Morrow and the 2 children he was holding. You can even see the water turning red. Horrible. I think it's up on youtube too.

My nephew sent me this video link featuring a terrified Japanese guy thinking that he's about to be shot dead, would you sue these guys if it happened to you? What if you had a heart condition?

http://warmingglow.uproxx.com/2009/10/ha-ha-good-one-japan
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post #23870 of 28163
10/17/09 at 11:22pm
That Japanese prank is incredibly brutal.  IT's hard to believe they find it funny.  :(

I just got back from the theaters, I officially declare PARANORMAL ACTIVITY a scary movie.  Well, it scared the hell out of me, creeped me right out.  I think it helped I went into it pretty blind, but still, really good stuff, and I typically hate ghost type movies!  There's shaky cam, but it's not as annoying in this one as in CLOVERFIELD, and there's no blade violence so Liz can see it!  ;)

The trailers were pretty good, all first time viewings for me.  "Lovely Bones" by King Kong Peter Jackson looks a but meh really.  Spiritual dead girl land?  No thanks.  "Shutter Island" looks fantastic, it's nice to see Scorses return to a horror type film after his brilliant "Cape Fear".  Lastly, "Legion" looks like a kick ass end times picture.  Things are looking up at the movies! :D
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post #23871 of 28163
10/18/09 at 9:08pm
Yeah, I'm a bit intrigued by Paranormal Activity.  I think it comes to town next week. 

I saw Where the Wild Things Are today.  I was not familiar with the book, so was mainly curious from all the raves.  Well, I must say I found it a very weird movie.  It just didn't engage me emotionally at all, except for the very ending.  I'm not the type to feel for a kid in the story just because he's a kid.  I did enjoy James Gandolfini's voice work very much, though.
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post #23872 of 28163
10/18/09 at 9:58pm
Where The WIld Things Are is high on my to see list, maybe this week I'll try to squeeze it in.  I loved the book as a kid, and I'm huge on Spike Jones.  Most of the complaints about it is the lack of story, which isn't too surprising since the book isn't exactly a massive plot, more of a poem with cool pictures.  I think it is anyways, been a while since I read it.  ;)
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post #23873 of 28163
10/19/09 at 8:19am
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[somersaults into frame] Abnormal Activities is high on my to watch list, it does look interesting and with an unknown cast (well unknown to me) it should make it all the more effective. It's the kind of film Sandra likes too, we both enjoyed to varying degrees, The Haunting in Connecticut and The Unborn earlier this year. She enjoyed the scares and I enjoyed the Megan Fox lookalike walking around in her underwear.



Where Are The Wild Things, isn't high on my to watch list I'm afraid, I outgrew the Neverending Story type of movie decades ago.

I did see both The Taking of Pelham 123 remake and Public Enemies at the weekend, I enjoyed both films. Travolta was good value as the villain in Pelham 123, Tony Scott's new film was a little easier on the eyes than past efforts with some shots staying up on screen for 3 or 4 seconds, wahay! But as usual with the recent glut of remakes the original is still best, in this case they should have gone with the old adage 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' and the 1974 classic was not broke.

Public Enemies has plenty of bang for your money, and I do mean bang it looks like the sound department accentuated each gun shot so it sounds like someone fired a gun right next to your ear, there's no nodding off while this film is on. I thought Johnny Depp was a little wooden as Dillinger and moody Christian Bale barely registers in his one note role. The director is the star of Public Enemies, not one of Mann's best films but it's still a good solid gangster movie. Recommended.
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post #23874 of 28163
10/21/09 at 10:16am
[Slips and falls down on the wet floor] Shit!...Anyone see Law Abiding Citizen yet?

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post #23875 of 28163
10/21/09 at 10:55am
I haven't.  It has a wait for dvd vibe to me.  I haven't heard a thing about it either.
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post #23876 of 28163
10/21/09 at 11:15am
I saw a Hong Kong film called Overheard yesterday at the Hawaii International Film Festival.  It stars Lau Ching Wan, Daniel Wu and Louis Koo.  Wow, I loved it!  Great police thriller about a surveillance team, some things "overheard", and actions taken in response which totally spiral out of control.

That may be the only film I see at this Fall's film festival -- I used to be a member and would see 8 or 9, but circumstances don't permit that nowadays.  I do plan to see Jerichow at the museum theater today.  It's a German film starring Benno Fuhrmann, which is like a retelling of The Postman Always Rings Twice.
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post #23877 of 28163
10/21/09 at 11:17am
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I haven't seen Law Abiding Citizen but I want to. The trailer was kick ass. They could have named it Death Wish VI, from the Variety review -

"Revenge is a dish best served with car bombs and chainsaws in "Law Abiding Citizen," a twisty hybrid of serial-killer suspenser, legal thriller and prison drama that, in between grisly setpieces, attempts to raise significant questions about the failures of the criminal justice system. Yet far more than any tacked-on moral dilemmas, it's Gerard Butler's juicy performance as a grieving father turned mass-murdering psycho genius that powers this self-serious pulp entertainment."

ooh I want to see it now! But it's not out here until the end of November.
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post #23878 of 28163
10/22/09 at 8:38am
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I saw a Hong Kong film called Overheard yesterday at the Hawaii International Film Festival.  It stars Lau Ching Wan, Daniel Wu and Louis Koo.  Wow, I loved it!  Great police thriller about a surveillance team, some things "overheard", and actions taken in response which totally spiral out of control.
 

You loved it Elizabeth? I take it it wasn't all that violent than? [wink] I enjoy Hong Kong thrillers too, I'll keep an eye out for it thanks. I saw a good one earlier this year called The Sniper, no not the Tom Berenger film, here's a review snippet -

"Completed before his highly impressive Beast Stalker last year, director Dante Lam’s The Sniper had been shelved indefinitely since the career suicide of one of its stars, Edison Chen. What a shame it’d have been if this stylistic extravaganza had stayed buried for that.

An unabashed celebration of style over substance, the film opens to gleeful, hyper-macho fetishism that oozes with camp sensibility: tanned, muscular men walk around sweating, either half-naked or wearing tank tops, and striking cool poses with their rifles. These dramatically cocky men in shades are members of the police force’s expert sniper team; and if that’s not enough, they each have a sniper team logo tattooed on their shoulder. It’s male bonding alright.

As bullets pierce the bodies in slow motion, blood splashes in earnest, and the body count soars through the roof, Lam’s latest effort spells its own cold-blooded mysticism with apparent exhilaration. His characters take the bloodbath as a game – and so should we."

oooh sweaty half naked men striking cool poses... Elizabeth?  Edison Chen? This is the guy who caused a huge scandal in Hong Kong when naughty nude photos of him and some girls were posted on the internet.

The Sniper (2009)



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post #23879 of 28163
10/22/09 at 2:33pm
Yes, I LOVED "Overheard"!  I just ordered the Blu-Ray of it.  It has violence, but nothing too graphic. 

I've heard of "The Sniper", but haven't seen it.  I do have Lam's "Beast Stalker", which I haven't watched yet.  (Nicholas Tse is one of my favorites.)  As for Edison Chen, I know of his scandal and have seen those photos.  (In fact, some is with Tse's now-wife.)  He's an idiot for letting the pictures get out so easily, but the women weren't too smart either for trusting him.

I saw Jerichow yesterday.  I thought it was quite good, handling the slow-boil of the situation very well.  Any man who shoves his wife into Benno Furmann's arms to dance is just asking for trouble. 
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post #23880 of 28163
10/23/09 at 4:15pm
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