July 05, 2012
— rdbrewer
When Worlds Collide was released in August, 1951. At that time, Marilyn Monroe was taking bit parts and going to college. The Wikipedia entry for Monroe says this about her life and career at the time:
Following Monroe's success in these roles, Hyde negotiated a seven-year contract for her with 20th Century Fox, shortly before his death in December 1950.[33] It was at some time during this 1949–1950 period that Hyde arranged for her to have a slight bump of cartilage removed from her somewhat bulbous nose which further softened her appearance and accounts for the slight variation in look she had in films after 1950.In 1951, Monroe enrolled at University of California, Los Angeles, where she studied literature and art appreciation.[34] During this time Monroe had minor parts in four films: the low-budget drama Home Town Story with Jeffrey Lynn and Alan Hale, Jr., and three comedies: As Young as You Feel with Monty Woolley and Thelma Ritter; Love Nest with June Haver and William Lundigan; and Let's Make It Legal with Claudette Colbert and Macdonald Carey, all of which were filmed on a moderate budget and only became mildly successful.[35] In March 1951, she appeared as a presenter at the 23rd Academy Awards ceremony.[36] In 1952, Monroe appeared on the cover of Look magazine wearing a Georgia Tech sweater as part of an article celebrating female enrollment to the school's main campus. In the early 1950s, Monroe unsuccessfully auditioned for the role of Daisy Mae in a proposed Li'l Abner television series based on the Al Capp comic strip, but the effort never materialized.[37]
The IMDB entry for Monroe says nothing about When Worlds Collide. Likewise, the entry for When Worlds Collide says nothing about her. The official website for Monroe says nothing. And several Google searches have come up empty. The movie was made at Paramount Studios, but that might have been before her contract with 20th Century Fox took effect. Or maybe the contract with Fox prohibited anyone from using her name in association with movies made at other studios at the time. Who knows?
But look at this picture. Her hair is the right color--Monroe's natural, pre-bottle blonde color. She has a widow's peak. And you can just see the mole on the right side of her face (her left). Certain lines in her face seem slightly different, the nose and maybe the chin, but the mole convinces me it's her. Also, it's plausible she would take a few bucks to sit in that chair for a while at that point in her career.
If anyone knows how to get or make a higher resolution still, let me know. If you care to make one, email it to me, and I'll add it to the post. Also, if we have any trivia buffs who know the answer, please, let's hear it.
I took all of her scenes from the last few minutes of the movie and put them in one video. She does have a two-word line.
Here's a link to the full movie. Whether the actress appears earlier in the movie, I don't know. I don't recall seeing her, but I wasn't really looking.
If it's not her, she's an amazing lookalike.
Update: Commenter "WisdomLover" has this to say:
There was a little sub-plot in the movie involving a young couple who were working on the project to build the space craft. The young man won the lottery to get on the ship to safety. The young woman did not. The young man returned his ticket for someone else to use, but the head of the program arranged for both to go (later sacrificing himself and denying a place for the crippled old millionaire who financed the project). The couple pictured is this young couple.The female character's name is Julie Cummings.
The actress who played her is Judith Aames.
This was Aames' first role. Aames went on to be called Rachel Aames and played in the soap opera General Hospital through 2009 as Audrey March/Hardy.
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Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 05, 2012 10:53 AM (exvgC)
If this bit of possible film trivia turns out true, wow.
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Posted by: Cicero at July 05, 2012 10:55 AM (QKKT0)
Now this is the type of content we need more of around this here smart military blog: an in-depth analysis of that Platonic Ideal of Hotassery, Marilyn Monroe.
I was watching Some Like It Hot the other night and, seriously, those dresses she's poured into are stunning for walking the line of utterly indecent.
If anyone knows how to get or make a higher resolution still, let me know.
Enhance.
And Zoomify.
Posted by: alexthechick at July 05, 2012 10:55 AM (VtjlW)
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Posted by: maddogg at July 05, 2012 10:58 AM (OlN4e)
I had a book of Marilyn photos that were shot pre-Hollywood, when she was a teen. I don't recall an especially bulbous nose. She looked fresh and lively and beautiful before the "Dream Factory" got its hooks in her. The excerpt makes it sound like she was a Karl Malden lookalike.
Posted by: kallisto at July 05, 2012 10:58 AM (jm/9g)
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Posted by: Cicero at July 05, 2012 10:58 AM (QKKT0)
Posted by: soothsayer at July 05, 2012 10:59 AM (9Q7Nu)
I've got some cool videos too!
Posted by: Katie Couric at July 05, 2012 10:59 AM (QKKT0)
Posted by: King Barry at July 05, 2012 10:59 AM (LyJJ+)
Posted by: Jean at July 05, 2012 10:59 AM (46qC3)
Never really understood the obsessive interest in MM. Not that good looking, not that good an actress. Madonna falls into the same category.
Posted by: Confederate Scandi in the Evergreen Kingdom at July 05, 2012 11:00 AM (yvSVk)
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Posted by: toby928© at July 05, 2012 11:01 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at July 05, 2012 11:01 AM (5vyPm)
I can't see the still, but watched the vid. Doesn't look like her when the vid is running, but the point of it being stopped, it kinda does.
I've seen that effect before, and can't quite explain it, but it probably has to do with us seeing what we want to see.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 05, 2012 11:01 AM (TOk1P)
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Posted by: Cicero at July 05, 2012 11:03 AM (QKKT0)
Goodbye Norma Jean
Though I never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself
During that bit part in the front row in When Worlds Collide
They crawled out of the woodwork
And they whispered into your brain
They set you on the treadmill
And they made you change your name
Posted by: Ward of the State at July 05, 2012 11:04 AM (LyJJ+)
Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at July 05, 2012 11:04 AM (RD7QR)
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Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at July 05, 2012 03:05 PM (3Or1p) <<<<<
You're right, of course, Phoenixgirl. Have you checked the bathroom?
Posted by: maddogg at July 05, 2012 11:06 AM (OlN4e)
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Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at July 05, 2012 11:06 AM (3Or1p)
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Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at July 05, 2012 11:07 AM (WItBr)
and couch tarantula free thread.
I'm going to go fetch a flamethrower, just in case.
More random movie star facts: Kurt Russell is in an episode of Gilligan's Island.
Posted by: alexthechick at July 05, 2012 11:07 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at July 05, 2012 11:08 AM (3Or1p)
Posted by: maddogg at July 05, 2012 11:08 AM (OlN4e)
I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw that thing. They really are all whores no matter what they want you to think.
Posted by: Bathtub Centipede at July 05, 2012 11:08 AM (KXm42)
You're right, of course, Phoenixgirl. Have you checked the bathroom?
If SciFi movies have taught me anything, and they have, it's that rattlesnakes will shoot out of the toilet.
Posted by: alexthechick at July 05, 2012 11:08 AM (VtjlW)
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Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at July 05, 2012 11:11 AM (famk3)
Posted by: soothsayer at July 05, 2012 11:11 AM (9Q7Nu)
So be careful.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 05, 2012 11:11 AM (9tnUZ)
Hmm....not sure if it's her.
Could be.
Maybe some Facial Recognition software could answer the question.
Anyways....here are some old pictures of Norma Jean/Marilyn, when she was very young....before she became famous, before the blonder hairdo...
Linky in my sig.
Posted by: wheatie at July 05, 2012 11:12 AM (MbB0O)
Posted by: toby928© Recounts things everyone already knows at July 05, 2012 11:12 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Fritz at July 05, 2012 11:12 AM (/ZZCn)
Heh.
Posted by: rdbrewer at July 05, 2012 11:12 AM (Iyg03)
And as Dave in Texas likes to remind us, the voice of Jonny Quest was...
Kurt Russell.
Tim Matheson.
Posted by: nickless at July 05, 2012 11:12 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: maddogg at July 05, 2012 11:12 AM (OlN4e)
Was Marilyn Monroe an Extra in When Worlds Collide?<<<_
Hmm. I have a giant pile of fucks I haven't given yet right next to me. Been collecting 'em for years. I'm just not sure this is the topic out was waiting for to start passing them out.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at July 05, 2012 11:12 AM (VYmKX)
Kurt Russell.
Tim Matheson.
Both wrong.
It was Brian Dennehy.
Posted by: EC at July 05, 2012 11:13 AM (GQ8sn)
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Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at July 05, 2012 03:10 PM (3Or1p)
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Heheheh. Don't go fipping over the cushions on your couch, if ya' know what's good for ya'.
Posted by: Couch Tarantula at July 05, 2012 11:15 AM (5vyPm)
Posted by: wheatie at July 05, 2012 03:12 PM (MbB0O)
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Did women have johnsons back in the day? Because the shorts she's wearing in pic 12 have an escape hatch.
Posted by: kallisto at July 05, 2012 11:15 AM (jm/9g)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 05, 2012 11:16 AM (nEUpB)
Posted by: Chief Just-ass Roberts at July 05, 2012 11:16 AM (FcR7P)
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Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 05, 2012 11:16 AM (05RcU)
Yep another lefty masterpiece. I could give a F* whether MM was in it or not.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at July 05, 2012 11:17 AM (0q2P7)
Posted by: toby928© Recounts things everyone already knows at July 05, 2012 11:17 AM (evdj2)
I don't remember ever coming across any mention of MM in When Worlds Collide, and I've got a pretty extensive library of Monroe. I'll take another look and see what I can find. I don't think she would have done a bit at Paramount, because their policy on 'day extras' was generally to cast in-house.
In profile, it really doesn't look like her - Johnny Hyde would have paid for her plastic surgery by then and straightened out her jawline. And the squeaky "We're here!" really isn't her, IMHO.
But as I said, I'll take another look in my books and see what I can find.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 05, 2012 11:17 AM (zF6Iw)
Ohhhhhh imdb just gave me a picture of Carla Gugino. I'll be over there for a little bit.
annnnd back
Speaking of Carla Gugino, I was watching Faster last night (pretty damn good flick btw) and it occured to me that she's played a huge number of cops in her career.
Posted by: alexthechick at July 05, 2012 11:18 AM (VtjlW)
Phoenixgirl's husband ain't gonna have any warm fuzzies for da maddogg this pm. My work here is done.
Reminds me of the time I was laying in bed reading, when the wife screams "theres a spider on the ceiling!!!"
Looking up over the bed I replied: "why, there sure is!" Then I put down my book, and turned out the only lamp........
Posted by: maddogg at July 05, 2012 11:18 AM (OlN4e)
Anyone who doesn't think Monroe was all that hot, don't look at the stills. She has a certain phony look to her photos, but watch any of a number of her films, "Some Like It Hot," or "7 Year Itch, to name just two." The woman was something special.
Jean Harlow had a similar effect. Not the most gorgeous woman in the world, but on film, she sizzled. Died young too.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 05, 2012 11:18 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: BlackOrchid-TeamDagny at July 05, 2012 11:18 AM (J6kXj)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 05, 2012 03:16 PM (05RcU)
I'm a back door man.
Posted by: Jim Morrison at July 05, 2012 11:19 AM (nEUpB)
annnnd back
I'd like to bite her big toe. knowwahtimsayin.
Posted by: Bathtub Centipede at July 05, 2012 11:20 AM (KXm42)
Pollard also played Barney's cousin Virgil in an Andy Griffith episode.
Posted by: Cicero at July 05, 2012 11:21 AM (QKKT0)
121 -
Carla was so incredibly hot in "Sin City." Not a cop in that one, a lawyer, if I recall... and had a fondness for the ladies as well!
Posted by: BurtTC at July 05, 2012 11:22 AM (TOk1P)
She is atypical for Hollywood. Very attractive in an unconventional way, and she exudes sexuality.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 05, 2012 11:22 AM (nEUpB)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 05, 2012 11:23 AM (05RcU)
Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at July 05, 2012 11:23 AM (eo/+2)
Posted by: toby928© Recounts things everyone already knows at July 05, 2012 11:23 AM (evdj2)
Another actress that was hot hot in her younger years was Julianne Moore. My goodness!
Posted by: Soona at July 05, 2012 11:25 AM (5vyPm)
I'm going to go fetch a flamethrower, just in case.
More random movie star facts: Kurt Russell is in an episode of Gilligan's Island.
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Dunno about that, but he was a guest star in an early episode of "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 05, 2012 11:25 AM (exvgC)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 05, 2012 03:23 PM (nEUpB) <<<<<<<<
Same night. I'm a skilled negotiator, especially when I hold all the cards, or in this instance the newspaper.
Posted by: maddogg at July 05, 2012 11:25 AM (OlN4e)
"Some Like It Hot," or "7 Year Itch, to name just two." The woman was something special.
Jello on springs.
Posted by: alexthechick at July 05, 2012 11:25 AM (VtjlW)
Has anyone cautioned rdb the lowly cob-loggers shouldn't be trying to horn in on the movie review action?
Posted by: fluffy at July 05, 2012 11:27 AM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Bathtub Centipede at July 05, 2012 11:27 AM (KXm42)
Posted by: Tami at July 05, 2012 11:27 AM (X6akg)
Another bit of trivia that no one knows about is that Helen Thomas was the voice of Minnie Mouse back in the 50's.
Posted by: Soona at July 05, 2012 11:27 AM (5vyPm)
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Dunno about that, but he was a guest star in an early episode of "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."
Yeah, he was on GI, think he played an island boy or maybe a kiddie star researching a role or something, been a while so i don't remember for sure.
Posted by: booger at July 05, 2012 11:27 AM (HI6wa)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 05, 2012 11:27 AM (UZQM8)
Posted by: William Amos at July 05, 2012 11:27 AM (wQQAd)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 05, 2012 11:27 AM (C8mVl)
*slowly shakes head with a resigned sigh*
You're hopeless.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 05, 2012 11:27 AM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: nickless at July 05, 2012 11:27 AM (MMC8r)
Nice. Set up the situation for maximum dependence.
My wife took one of our brats on a college visit, and there was a spider on the ceiling of the hotel room.
She had to ask for help from the front desk.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 05, 2012 11:28 AM (nEUpB)
Posted by: Jones in CO at July 05, 2012 11:28 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at July 05, 2012 11:28 AM (RD7QR)
Linky in my sig.
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Wow. She looked a little like Julia Louis-Dreyfus when she (JL-D, I mean) was young.
I think the thing about Marilyn was that she seemed the embodiment of everything a mid-century American male found attractive. She did have that "star quality," in that you eye followed her on screen, even if she was completely clothed and not doing anything suggestive. See her small scene in "All About Eve."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 05, 2012 11:28 AM (exvgC)
Back to lurking...
Posted by: Mr. Parx at July 05, 2012 11:29 AM (qHGUF)
@63 "At the end of Psycho, they're taking a blanket to Norman. The policeman guarding the door he is in is Ted Knight."
During last night's fit of insomnia, I saw Ted Knight playing a Nazi SS officer in an episode of "Combat!". In my sleepless stupor, i'm pretty sure I saw him order the execution of a couple French Maquis for gambling at Bushwood.
Posted by: Jaws at July 05, 2012 11:29 AM (4I3Uo)
Jello on springs.
Posted by: alexthechick at July 05, 2012 03:25 PM (VtjlW)
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Pfffft.
Posted by: Kate Upton at July 05, 2012 11:29 AM (5vyPm)
Posted by: toby928© Recounts things everyone already knows at July 05, 2012 11:29 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: David Carradine at July 05, 2012 11:29 AM (WItBr)
Looking up over the bed I replied: "why, there sure is!" Then I put down my book, and turned out the only lamp........
Posted by: maddogg at July 05, 2012 03:18 PM (OlN4e)
Reminds me of the time the wife and I were looking to buy a house. We were walking through a partially built model, with the top floor still in wooden framing. We got back into our car and started driving away when she started fingering her cleavage (she was wearing a tank top at the time) saying something must have fallen in there, a piece of insulation maybe, when a spider crawled out of her top. She was driving at the time and started screaming and lost all control of the car as she was trying dig the spider out of her clothes. I had to grab the wheel and pull over before we crashed into someone's house.
I couldn't help it, but I laughed like I never laughed before.
And yes, my right and left hands grew calloused in the following weeks.
Posted by: EC at July 05, 2012 11:29 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: WisdomLover at July 05, 2012 11:29 AM (FcLua)
She had to ask for help from the front desk.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 05, 2012 03:28 PM (nEUpB) <<<<<
You're luckey, mine would have dialed 911.
Posted by: maddogg at July 05, 2012 11:30 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: David Carradine at July 05, 2012 03:29 PM (WItBr)
Saw you in an episode of Gunsmoke today.
Posted by: Tami at July 05, 2012 11:30 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: soothsayer at July 05, 2012 11:30 AM (9Q7Nu)
Posted by: Jones in CO at July 05, 2012 11:31 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at July 05, 2012 11:31 AM (WItBr)
111...Did women have johnsons back in the day? Because the shorts she's wearing in pic 12 have an escape hatch.
Posted by: kallisto at July 05, 2012 03:15 PM (jm/9g)
I had to go look.....yeah, those shorts are weird....that looks like a fly.
Before I dug up these old photos of her...I was thinking that it probably wasn't her.
But after looking at these...I think that rdbrewer might be right.
Posted by: wheatie at July 05, 2012 11:31 AM (MbB0O)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 05, 2012 11:31 AM (05RcU)
Well, thanks for killing the best thread of the day!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 05, 2012 11:31 AM (nEUpB)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 05, 2012 03:27 PM (UZQM
At least a real gambler uses his own money, not ours!
Just think: the solar energy corporate losses and crony capitalism are the visible signs of Obama's incompetence, but worse yet, that's what we are being allowed to see. Makes you wonder what is going on that they've managed to hide (like his transcripts)!
Posted by: Hrothgar (CJSC Designated Serf) at July 05, 2012 11:32 AM (i3+c5)
Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at July 05, 2012 11:32 AM (UU0OF)
Posted by: nickless at July 05, 2012 11:33 AM (MMC8r)
I have to admit the coolest movie find I have had receintly was an old 1975 post apocolyptic movie called "The Ultimate Warrior" starring Yul Brenner.
Was great I found it was the date it is suppose to take place was 2012 and I just got it. That and seeing 2012 New York with the Twin towers still standing made me a little sad.
Posted by: William Amos at July 05, 2012 11:33 AM (wQQAd)
"At the end of Psycho, they're taking a blanket to Norman. The policeman guarding the door he is in is Ted Knight."
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George Clooney played the fly on Norman's hand in that scene.
Posted by: Kate Upton at July 05, 2012 11:34 AM (5vyPm)
Posted by: toby928© at July 05, 2012 11:34 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Hrothgar (CJSC Designated Serf) at July 05, 2012 03:32 PM (i3+c5)
or his fondness for Broadway show tunes
NTTAWWT
Posted by: Jones in CO at July 05, 2012 11:34 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Resist we Much! at July 05, 2012 11:34 AM (/t977)
Posted by: toby928© at July 05, 2012 03:34 PM (evdj2)
Brian Dennehy played "Guy Who Gets Killed"
Posted by: Jones in CO at July 05, 2012 11:35 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Jean at July 05, 2012 11:36 AM (46qC3)
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Now that's a good one. Sure, they were all child actors in their respective days (though Dow was a teenager). But beyond that . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 05, 2012 11:38 AM (exvgC)
If you were a big time Hollywood actor, would you rather play a good guy or a bad guy?
Posted by: Jones in CO at July 05, 2012 11:39 AM (8sCoq)
It's just so weird. Seeing him there almost brings him back to life
Posted by: Albie Damned at July 05, 2012 11:39 AM (Yhu4q)
Posted by: Weasily Wisconsin crying guy at July 05, 2012 11:40 AM (4eNxd)
Posted by: Magic 8 Ball at July 05, 2012 11:40 AM (HNn1q)
Posted by: toby928© at July 05, 2012 11:40 AM (evdj2)
OK what Actor played Boefeld in a James Bond movie and
Played in Dirty Dozen, Battle of the Bulge, And Kelly's Heroes ?
Posted by: William Amos at July 05, 2012 11:41 AM (wQQAd)
Posted by: Zombie Siskel at July 05, 2012 11:41 AM (I7O5y)
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Depends. If it's a Spielberg type directing, I'll be the good guy. Coen Brothers? I'll be the bad guy, thanks.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 05, 2012 11:41 AM (TOk1P)
Never play the ass rape guy.
Posted by: Bathtub Centipede at July 05, 2012 11:41 AM (KXm42)
*slowly shakes head with a resigned sigh*
You're hopeless.
Mr. The Rock Sir shoots people and drives fast and it has Carla Gugino in it. How the hell is that not a good flick?
Posted by: alexthechick at July 05, 2012 11:42 AM (VtjlW)
Played in Dirty Dozen, Battle of the Bulge, And Kelly's Heroes ?
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Donald Pleasence?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 05, 2012 11:42 AM (exvgC)
Posted by: toby928© at July 05, 2012 11:42 AM (evdj2)
>>Was Marilyn Monroe an Extra in When Worlds Collide?<<
Probably right after she starred in When Uglies Bump in some greasy sleazeball Hollywood producer's (pardon the redundancy) office.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 05, 2012 11:42 AM (Rk1Hz)
What two things do Tony Dow, Ron Howard, and Jackie Cooper all have in common?
The letter O ???
Posted by: fixerupper at July 05, 2012 11:43 AM (C8hzL)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 05, 2012 03:42 PM (exvgC)
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Nope
Posted by: William Amos at July 05, 2012 11:43 AM (wQQAd)
Posted by: Jean at July 05, 2012 11:44 AM (46qC3)
Posted by: Dang at July 05, 2012 11:44 AM (Ky1+e)
What two things do Tony Dow, Ron Howard, and Jackie Cooper all have in common?
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They never touched the boobies because the left it to beaver ?
Posted by: William Amos at July 05, 2012 11:44 AM (wQQAd)
Posted by: BNJ at July 05, 2012 11:45 AM (vC1jc)
Posted by: Ned Beatty at July 05, 2012 11:45 AM (WItBr)
162....This was Aames' first role. Aames went on to be called Rachel Aames and played in the soap opera General Hospital through 2009 as Audrey March/Hardy.
So it's not Marilyn....it's Rachel Aames.
Thanks.
That explains why she looked so familiar....I've probably seen her in a lot of things.
According to Imdb, she was even in an episode of Perry Mason.
Posted by: wheatie at July 05, 2012 11:45 AM (MbB0O)
Played in Dirty Dozen, Battle of the Bulge, And Kelly's Heroes ?
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Telly Savalas.
Posted by: Dang at July 05, 2012 11:46 AM (Ky1+e)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 05, 2012 11:46 AM (UZQM8)
Posted by: Marion Barry at July 05, 2012 11:46 AM (SO2Q8)
Geckos I evict when I can trap them, or they'll wind up dead/dessicated under furniture.
Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at July 05, 2012 11:46 AM (BLkVD)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 05, 2012 11:46 AM (05RcU)
Good one. Roles that ruined careers. I think Tootsie ruined Hoffman for a lot of people. Did for me.
Posted by: Bathtub Centipede at July 05, 2012 11:46 AM (KXm42)
Posted by: Zombie Siskel at July 05, 2012 11:47 AM (I7O5y)
Posted by: WalrusRex at July 05, 2012 11:47 AM (Hx5uv)
Posted by: Dang at July 05, 2012 03:46 PM (Ky1+e)
215Telly Tsavalas?Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at July 05, 2012 03:46 PM (WItBr)
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Correct
Posted by: William Amos at July 05, 2012 11:47 AM (wQQAd)
--- He was great on Electric Company in my younger days. Quite the count dracula.
Posted by: Marion Barry at July 05, 2012 11:47 AM (SO2Q8)
Posted by: Ned Beatty eating dinner, tring to forget about that dick that was in his ass at July 05, 2012 11:48 AM (Ky1+e)
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at July 05, 2012 11:48 AM (KOHFD)
Posted by: toby928© at July 05, 2012 11:48 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: soothsayer at July 05, 2012 11:48 AM (9Q7Nu)
http://tinyurl.com/8xh2qnz
BTW..she's one of the five that I would get a pass on from my wife.
( a word to the wise...DO NOT include your wife's sister on that list)
Posted by: Albie Damned at July 05, 2012 11:50 AM (Yhu4q)
>>>I think playing Ted Bundy almost killed Mark Harmon's career. He was too good at it. He went from being that nice Coors guy to creepy overnight for me.
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...the same thing kinda happened to Charlize Theron after she did that movie 'Monster' http://tinyurl.com/28n5v ...she lost a lot of her glow after that.
Posted by: CanaDave at July 05, 2012 11:50 AM (OZfrM)
Posted by: Miss80sBaby at July 05, 2012 11:51 AM (d6QMz)
Posted by: Ned Beatty>>
I second that.
(American History X)
Posted by: Ed Norton
I'll third that. (Midnight Cowboy)
Posted by: Jon Voight cries every time he sees a broomstick at July 05, 2012 11:52 AM (Ky1+e)
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Yeah.... and that "Aeon Flux" abomination didnt help much either.....
worst.movie.ever
Posted by: fixerupper at July 05, 2012 11:52 AM (C8hzL)
Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at July 05, 2012 11:53 AM (BLkVD)
Posted by: toby928© at July 05, 2012 11:53 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: rdbrewer at July 05, 2012 11:53 AM (Iyg03)
Posted by: CanaDave at July 05, 2012 11:53 AM (OZfrM)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 05, 2012 11:53 AM (tf9Ne)
So you're saying that Carla Gugino is what set it apart from every other drive fast, shoot people, get revenge Dwayne Johnson movie?
It was OK for a "I'm half drunk and want a mindless movie on while I fall asleep on the couch" type of thing, but it's been done before again, and again, and again.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 05, 2012 11:54 AM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Todd Gack at July 05, 2012 11:54 AM (jxlCy)
Posted by: robert ebert's jaw
Reminds me of the Players With Yourself Club skit on SNL.
Posted by: Dang at July 05, 2012 11:54 AM (Ky1+e)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 05, 2012 11:54 AM (Rk1Hz)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at July 05, 2012 11:54 AM (SO2Q8)
Posted by: Vic at July 05, 2012 11:54 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: WalrusRex at July 05, 2012 03:47 PM (Hx5uv)
I present Jackie Bisset in "The Deep"... http://tinyurl.com/87l89kl
Make sure to pay real close attention starting at about 0:30 in
Posted by: Albie Damned at July 05, 2012 11:55 AM (Yhu4q)
>>Jacqueline Bisset's fine acting in The Deep was the best of her career or maybe it was just the diving scenes in that T shirt that made me think that.<<
Yes, that movie made clear she had great things ahead of her.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 05, 2012 11:55 AM (Rk1Hz)
Posted by: BurtTC at July 05, 2012 11:55 AM (TOk1P)
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Yeah sure, and Harrison Ford was in Apocolypse Now.
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at July 05, 2012 11:56 AM (SO2Q8)
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That movie needs to be remade in order to show more diversity.
Posted by: RioBravo at July 05, 2012 11:56 AM (eEfYn)
Posted by: VW Zao at July 05, 2012 11:56 AM (I7O5y)
Posted by: toby928© at July 05, 2012 11:56 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: andycanuck at July 05, 2012 11:56 AM (nrW1y)
Posted by: CanaDave at July 05, 2012 11:57 AM (OZfrM)
Speaking of The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner first appeared together "The Project Strigas Affair".
http://youtu.be/BmN4nDmZt7s
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Indeed they did. They had several scenes together, but no dialogue exchanges at all (Shatner speaks to Nimoy, but Nimoy doesn't reply). One of the finest eps of that series.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 05, 2012 11:57 AM (exvgC)
movie 'Monster'http://tinyurl.com/28n5v...she lost a lot of her glow
after that.
When she first struck it big, someone should've insisted that she spend some of her newfound riches on acting lessons. She can't rely on her looks forever.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 05, 2012 11:57 AM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Tami at July 05, 2012 11:58 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: toby928© at July 05, 2012 11:59 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: soothsayer at July 05, 2012 03:48 PM (9Q7Nu)
Director/producer?
Or cartoon soundtracks?
Posted by: Tami at July 05, 2012 11:59 AM (X6akg)
256 -
I waited through the whole thing for that one line, and I thought someone would use it on him, not vice versa. Did you know it was based on a book by Upton Sinclair? Like I said, left wing claptrap.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 05, 2012 11:59 AM (TOk1P)
What did Dow, Cooper, and Howard all do after?
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Directing? We all know Ron Howard did, of course, and I think Cooper directed something. Not sure about Dow.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 05, 2012 11:59 AM (exvgC)
>>>When she first struck it big, someone should've insisted that she spend some of her newfound riches on acting lessons. She can't rely on her looks forever.
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Yep, she was pretty forgettable in Prometheus.
Posted by: CanaDave at July 05, 2012 11:59 AM (OZfrM)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 05, 2012 11:59 AM (UZQM8)
What two things do Tony Dow, Ron Howard, and Jackie Cooper all have in common?
Child stars who became directors.
Posted by: nickless at July 05, 2012 12:00 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Vic at July 05, 2012 12:01 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: toby928© at July 05, 2012 12:01 PM (evdj2)
Jacqueline Bisset (rhymes with "kiss it"). Smoking hot in Bullitt. I had
a hard on for a week. The years have not been kind, though.
Posted by: WalrusRex at July 05, 2012 03:47 PM (Hx5uv)
I present Jackie Bisset in "The Deep"... http://tinyurl.com/87l89klMake sure to pay real close attention starting at about 0:30 in
I see your Jacky B and raise you one Ann Margaret.
AM was the total package.
Tits? Check!
Ass? Check!
Face? Check!
Legs that go on and on? Checkity check check!!!
True story: once at a book signing in the late 90's, early 00's or so, an old Vietnam vet was in the line and approached her. He wasn't there for a signing. He was there to show her a picture of her and him during the war when she was "in country" for a show (USO maybe?). The vet just wanted to show her he hadn't forgotten her or that moment and just wanted to tell her how much she meant to him and his buddies. The other people in line behind the vet started complaining, but Ann Margaret said something along the lines of "this is one of MY MEN, and I will do anything for one of MY MEN" and basically told the other people behind the vet to stand and wait until she was done. She ended up taking another 15-20 minutes posing for new pics with the vet, talking about old times, and signing whatever the vet had on him, and sending him off with a hug and a kiss.
Ann Margaret.
Yeah...
Posted by: EC at July 05, 2012 12:01 PM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Vic at July 05, 2012 03:59 PM (YdQQY)
Nah. It's good. Go ahead
Posted by: Albie Damned at July 05, 2012 12:01 PM (Yhu4q)
Posted by: BurtTC at July 05, 2012 03:55 PM (TOk1P)
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You want socialist/marxist drivvle? Watch "They Live", directed by John Carpenter.
Posted by: Abe Vigoda at July 05, 2012 12:02 PM (5vyPm)
Prayers for you both.
Posted by: navybrat at July 05, 2012 12:02 PM (OiCLl)
1. Child stars
2. Raped by Andy Griffith?
Man, I'm not very good at guessing games.
Posted by: Dang at July 05, 2012 12:03 PM (Ky1+e)
Posted by: soothsayer at July 05, 2012 12:03 PM (9Q7Nu)
I was a horny teenager when Viva Las Vegas came out and I still remember that hardon.
Posted by: Vic at July 05, 2012 12:04 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 05, 2012 12:05 PM (cgYXF)
I'll take those two movies over anything from the last five years. (at least)
Posted by: eleven at July 05, 2012 12:05 PM (KXm42)
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The guy has to be on a top 10 list of worst human beings ever to survive a whole film and NOT have his head bashed in by the end.
Honestly, I kept waiting for him to get his, and he never did. What's the point, other than to show how utterly terrible successful businessmen are?
Posted by: BurtTC at July 05, 2012 12:05 PM (TOk1P)
. . . The other people in line behind the vet started complaining, but Ann Margaret said something along the lines of "this is one of MY MEN, and I will do anything for one of MY MEN" and basically told the other people behind the vet to stand and wait until she was done. She ended up taking another 15-20 minutes posing for new pics with the vet, talking about old times, and signing whatever the vet had on him, and sending him off with a hug and a kiss.
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She was from the days when (at least some) Hollywood people had class.
Imagine Lindsay Lohan doing a benefit for our soldiers in Iraq. Yeah . . . pretty much not.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 05, 2012 12:05 PM (exvgC)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 05, 2012 12:06 PM (05RcU)
Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at July 05, 2012 12:06 PM (WItBr)
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WTF, Batter up.
At last, a situation which pancakes will NOT help.
Posted by: DaveA at July 05, 2012 12:07 PM (864A5)
I couldn't watch it all the way through to be sure. I dumped the movie right after the kid got hurt, I could tell at that point I really wasn't going to like it. It's like someone said, "We need to make a movie about all the ways the old west sucked, so that we can banish the myth of rugged individualism. "
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at July 05, 2012 12:07 PM (0q2P7)
Internet Doomsday on Monday, July 9....?
Eh?
Anybody know what that's about?
Or if it's for real?
Posted by: wheatie at July 05, 2012 12:08 PM (MbB0O)
Posted by: VW Zao at July 05, 2012 12:08 PM (I7O5y)
Unless 'Footloose' was complete but unreleased for several years, no. Earliest item on the list was Brooke Shields vehicle 'Endless Love.'
Interesting trivia: Cruise was nearly the least well-known of the lead performers in 'Losin' It.' The sole more obscure young actor was John P. Navin Jr., who had been in 'Taps' with Cruise. Navin went on to be the first customer at the bar 'n 'Cheers' but is turned away for being under age and trying to get several others present to buy him a beer, including his 'Losin' It' co-star Shelley Long.
Posted by: epobirs at July 05, 2012 12:08 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: BurtTC at July 05, 2012 03:55 PM (TOk1P)
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You want socialist/marxist drivvle? Watch "They Live", directed by John Carpenter. Posted by: Abe Vigoda
Yeah, stopped watching that the other night. What crap. They actually cut a lot of the anti-capitalist crap from the book out of the movie, "There Will Be Blood." I actually really like that movie but I can see why people wouldn't.
Posted by: Dang at July 05, 2012 12:08 PM (Ky1+e)
Posted by: letitbeme at July 05, 2012 12:08 PM (4uDUj)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 05, 2012 12:08 PM (cgYXF)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 05, 2012 12:08 PM (05RcU)
>>>Yeah but that Rowdy Roddy Piper/Keith David fight sequence almost makes up for it.
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"I'm here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubblegum"
Posted by: CanaDave at July 05, 2012 12:08 PM (OZfrM)
Posted by: soothsayer at July 05, 2012 12:08 PM (9Q7Nu)
Posted by: avi at July 05, 2012 12:09 PM (zcPTo)
Actually, the whole subliminal messages thing is kinda ironic right about now isn't it?
OBEY
NO INDEPENDENT THOUGHT
CONSUME
Posted by: EC at July 05, 2012 12:09 PM (GQ8sn)
Jacqueline Bissett pearls of wisdom:
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My view is quite simple. When your dog pees on the carpet, you do not give away your dog. You say, This dog is special. I have to teach him not to pee on the carpet. I feel exactly the same way about men. They need to be taught things.
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Posted by: kallisto at July 05, 2012 12:09 PM (jm/9g)
Posted by: avi at July 05, 2012 12:10 PM (zcPTo)
Posted by: Miss80sBaby at July 05, 2012 12:10 PM (d6QMz)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at July 05, 2012 12:10 PM (3inkD)
The Weekly World News once had a photo of JFK in Dealy Plaza, just prior to the shooting. They enhanced some of the background peple, and lo and beold, there stood a laughing Fidel Castro! Beard and all.
True story.
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at July 05, 2012 12:10 PM (YmPwQ)
Meh, that movie confused itself, let alone anyone who tried to get a "message" from it. Commercialism is an enslavement plot perpetrated by aliens using subliminal messaging? Yeah you could get screed out of it. Not as much as I got from When Worlds Collide, or There Will Be Blood.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at July 05, 2012 12:10 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: toby928© at July 05, 2012 12:11 PM (evdj2)
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Thanks, I was trying to remember it, knew I'd seen it, but couldn't quite place it. That was a super-dumb movie, but Trey Parker and Matt Stone used the fight scene for their famous "Cripple Fight" scene in South Park. They claim it was a word-for-word remake.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 05, 2012 12:11 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: polynikes at July 05, 2012 12:11 PM (RM1gx)
Applies only to a small number of machines that were infected with malware that pointed them at fake DNS servers. The servers that were put up to fix the problem are being taken down on Monday. It is extremely unlikely that any machine that does anything remotely important is still infected as the malware had some other major annoyance to it making it improbable that those machines are doing much.
Posted by: epobirs at July 05, 2012 12:11 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at July 05, 2012 12:11 PM (BLkVD)
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My view is quite simple. When your dog pees on the carpet, you do not give away your dog. You say, This dog is special. I have to teach him not to pee on the carpet. I feel exactly the same way about men. They need to be taught things.
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Yes, yes, I need to be taught.
Posted by: WalrusRex at July 05, 2012 12:12 PM (Hx5uv)
Posted by: soothsayer at July 05, 2012 12:12 PM (9Q7Nu)
Posted by: eleven
I'm with you on the first one. Not the latter. They both do have a nice pacing to them. Did you see "Contagion"?
Posted by: Dang at July 05, 2012 12:13 PM (Ky1+e)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 05, 2012 12:13 PM (cgYXF)
Posted by: The Captain at July 05, 2012 12:14 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: soothsayer at July 05, 2012 12:14 PM (9Q7Nu)
bonk bonk on the head
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 05, 2012 04:08 PM (cgYXF)
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Pollard played his character well in "Bonnie and Clyde". He's played creepy people ever since, though.
Posted by: Soona at July 05, 2012 12:15 PM (5vyPm)
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Yes.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 05, 2012 12:15 PM (exvgC)
Yes, dancers in those days had some gams. Look at the movies she danced in and you see some of the real classy classics.
On top of that she managed to stay married in Hollywood for 60 years
Posted by: Vic at July 05, 2012 12:15 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: avi at July 05, 2012 12:15 PM (zcPTo)
Posted by: Little White Dove Warren at July 05, 2012 12:16 PM (mQMnK)
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Them good Swedish genes, I guess.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 05, 2012 12:16 PM (exvgC)
312...Posted by: epobirs at July 05, 2012 04:11 PM (kcfmt)
Thanks!
So it sounds like it doesn't really affect individual computers.
Posted by: wheatie at July 05, 2012 12:17 PM (MbB0O)
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I don't know if it was ever resolved anywhere as to what would or should happen to him after the film ends, but I figured someone found a way to keep him out of prison. You know, being rich and all. He can literally get away with murder.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 05, 2012 12:17 PM (TOk1P)
>>>him not to pee on the carpet. I feel exactly the same way about men.
Yes approaching your relationship that your partner is a lower life form, barely capable of rudimentary reasoning, that's healthy and leads to long term harmony.
You ought to thank your lucky stars men have more enlightened view of you, otherwise about the third time you growled and snapped at them you would be in for a big surprise.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at July 05, 2012 12:17 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: soothsayer at July 05, 2012 12:19 PM (9Q7Nu)
Posted by: polynikes at July 05, 2012 12:19 PM (WY3bD)
Heather Locklear hasn't aged a day since Melrose Place.
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She has a picture of herself in her attic that looks like crap, though.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at July 05, 2012 12:19 PM (XCxgL)
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at July 05, 2012 03:48 PM (KOHFD)
Kind of Ironic that you are looking for where someone went in "Quo Vadis" - Latin for "Where are you going?"
Posted by: Oldcat at July 05, 2012 12:20 PM (z1N6a)
What he said:
“Let me tell you, first of all. I love nurses,” Obama said. “Can I tell you. You look great. This is a good looking woman.”
What he was thinking:
When I look into your eyes, darling
I see the reflection of me
Look at me dancing around in there
I look marvelous
Absolutely marvelous
Posted by: Fernando Lamas at July 05, 2012 12:21 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 05, 2012 12:21 PM (cgYXF)
Posted by: WalrusRex at July 05, 2012 04:12 PM (Hx5uv)
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She said "taught", but she really meant "disciplined".
Posted by: kallisto at July 05, 2012 12:21 PM (jm/9g)
She also played Princess Ardala, the villains from Buck Rodgers. She spent every episode partially naked or wearing extremely tight clothing.
Posted by: EC at July 05, 2012 12:21 PM (GQ8sn)
No Country for Old Men ranks on mine, for worst ending ever.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at July 05, 2012 12:21 PM (0q2P7)
I've seen some WKRP in Cincinnati reruns lately and Loni Anderson isn't as big as I remember her being. I attribute this to any one can just buy a rack now so it is commonplace.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 05, 2012 12:22 PM (tf9Ne)
That citation will cost you $500, thank you.
Posted by: Mr. Harlan Ellison to you, asshole! [/i] [/b] at July 05, 2012 12:22 PM (famk3)
Posted by: soothsayer at July 05, 2012 12:23 PM (9Q7Nu)
No but I will now Dang.
I'm just so sick of sequels and prequels and CGI and girls beating up men and all the boffo shit. I want to see characters studies and grown-up dialogue and situations and no super this or super that. It's a niche I find incredibly refreshing. I eat it up on the rare instances I can find it.
Posted by: eleven at July 05, 2012 12:23 PM (KXm42)
Posted by: soothsayer at July 05, 2012 12:24 PM (9Q7Nu)
Ewoks are sensitive woodland creatures. Ace is probably still a little spooky and shellshocked from last night's fireworks and debauchery.
Posted by: Fritz at July 05, 2012 12:24 PM (/ZZCn)
Yes approaching your relationship that your partner is a lower life form, barely capable of rudimentary reasoning, that's healthy and leads to long term harmony.
There's a play and movie called If A Man Answers where a mother gives her newly married daughter a dog training manual and tells her to use that. It's quite funny and there's a point underneath about how training a dog requires patience and understanding and calmness. One of the huge jokes to it is that people treat their pets better than they treat their partners.
Posted by: alexthechick at July 05, 2012 12:25 PM (VtjlW)
Now can somebody spot Elizabeth Taylor among the
extras in the crowd scenes in 'Quo Vadis?' She's supposed to be there
somewhere, but no one's been able to spot her. Could have been edited
out, I suppose, but it's like an unsolved mystery. I look for her every
time I watch that movie.
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at July 05, 2012 03:48 PM (KOHFD)
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I remember when the MFM was constantly reporting on the Burton/Taylor affair. My dad remarked to my mom one night why the news was paying so much attention to some actor and his whore.
Posted by: Soona at July 05, 2012 12:25 PM (5vyPm)
I've seen some WKRP in Cincinnati reruns lately and Loni Anderson isn't as big as I remember her being. I attribute this to any one can just buy a rack now so it is commonplace.
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I always preferred Bailey (Jan Smithers).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 05, 2012 12:26 PM (exvgC)
Posted by: soothsayer at July 05, 2012 12:26 PM (9Q7Nu)
Posted by: Vic at July 05, 2012 12:26 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at July 05, 2012 12:27 PM (SO2Q8)
Posted by: eleven at July 05, 2012 12:27 PM (KXm42)
Posted by: soothsayer at July 05, 2012 12:27 PM (9Q7Nu)
Posted by: toby928© at July 05, 2012 12:27 PM (evdj2)
Either that or someone sprayed Hannah Montana Ewok Repellent™ all over the blog.
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 05, 2012 12:27 PM (jxlCy)
Yes they did a late term plot abortion. That's the best way to characterize it.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at July 05, 2012 12:27 PM (0q2P7)
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See, I WANTED it to end differently, but I think that was part of the point. He just fades away. Not really gone, surviving to the next point of causing chaos in somebody's world.
I also felt a real connection to the boys. I would have been that age around that time, and if some insane dude had asked me for my shirt like that, I would have given it. That was the world at that time... or an extreme example of it. I remember all sorts of weird stuff "grown-ups" did, and we just sort of took it for granted.
Anyway, put me in the camp for liking "No Country..." and not liking "There Will be Blood."
Posted by: BurtTC at July 05, 2012 12:28 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: soothsayer at July 05, 2012 12:28 PM (9Q7Nu)
I always preferred Bailey (Jan Smithers).
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She had that naughty librarian vibe right below the surface
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at July 05, 2012 12:29 PM (SO2Q8)
Posted by: toby928© at July 05, 2012 12:29 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: polynikes at July 05, 2012 12:29 PM (ZFXqT)
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Ah, it'll just be an excuse for obese people not to work on their weight. "One-sixth gravity, man! I only weight 80 pounds!"
That said, I'd love to be able to dial in my gravity at home like we do our A/C. Push it up to 1.5 gravities, maybe, to work out, then back down to .90 while I'm relaxing or sleeping.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 05, 2012 12:29 PM (exvgC)
I agree and never could see why Loni Anderson was the one that was supposedly the hot one. Though it could just be my librarian fantasy and Bailey made the perfect librarian.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 05, 2012 12:31 PM (tf9Ne)
Look up the Teapot Dome scandal. That is where the book drew most of its supposed inspiration.
The Doheny family is not pleased with that book or movie. I know somebody who is a grandchild of the person the Daniel Day Lewis character is drawn from.
Posted by: epobirs at July 05, 2012 12:31 PM (kcfmt)
She had that naughty librarian vibe right below the surface
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Damn straight. Those are the best.
I married one once (a Jan Smithers lookalike, I mean), so I should know.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 05, 2012 12:31 PM (exvgC)
Your testicles would not love it.
Posted by: eleven at July 05, 2012 12:32 PM (KXm42)
Posted by: soothsayer at July 05, 2012 12:32 PM (9Q7Nu)
The jumping back and forth hurt the flow and prevented any depth to either.
Or, to put it another way: After what's her face died, there was no further reason to show pretty boy.
Posted by: RoyalOil at July 05, 2012 12:33 PM (kSaUf)
It's Cormac McCarthy. Things just
Are pointless, meaningles, pretentious utter bullshit that those who mistake nihilism for depth find profound. Second only to John Irving and third to Annie Motherfucking Proulx as overrated modern genius novelists.
Not that. I have Opinions. Or anything.
Posted by: alexthechick at July 05, 2012 12:33 PM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 05, 2012 04:26 PM (exvgC)
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Yup. Nice ass. Always looked better than Loni in a corn-fed-country-girl way.
Posted by: Soona at July 05, 2012 12:33 PM (5vyPm)
The Doheny family is not pleased with that book or movie. I know somebody who is a grandchild of the person the Daniel Day Lewis character is drawn from.
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I believe SF writer Larry Niven is related to the Dohenys as well.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 05, 2012 12:33 PM (exvgC)
Posted by: toby928© at July 05, 2012 12:34 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 05, 2012 12:35 PM (cgYXF)
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 05, 2012 12:35 PM (vOMX+)
Actually, that is the grandchild I was referring to. I'm the one who gets the call when he has computer problems.
Posted by: epobirs at July 05, 2012 12:36 PM (kcfmt)
I prefer the Quinn-Martin approach. I like epilogues.
Posted by: soothsayer at July 05, 2012 04:32 PM (9Q7Nu)
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Epilogues are one of the reasons I like Stephen King novels. He always writes about order returning after the chaos.
Posted by: Soona at July 05, 2012 12:36 PM (5vyPm)
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I'm with you on McCarthy and Irving. But Proulx has got something. In one of her short stories she uses three sentences to tell a shocking serial killer story set in Wyoming. A grand display of skill -- like working without a net.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 05, 2012 12:36 PM (exvgC)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 05, 2012 12:37 PM (9TTOe)
The only part of "There Will be Blood" that I ever see is the "I drink your milkshake"/ bowling pin assault. Every damn time it's on tv, that's where it is when I click on it.
I tried watching the whole movie once. I was asleep 5 minutes in.
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at July 05, 2012 12:37 PM (YmPwQ)
Posted by: toby928© at July 05, 2012 12:37 PM (evdj2)
Yup. Nice ass. Always looked better than Loni in a corn-fed-country-girl way.
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Wouldn't mind feeding her the corn. Self-buttering corn
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at July 05, 2012 12:37 PM (SO2Q8)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 05, 2012 12:37 PM (cgYXF)
>>>It's Cormac McCarthy. Things just are. No explanation, no overarching point.
Oh I *get* what they were going for. I just think it makes for lousy cinema. I don't watch a movie to get two hours of solid plot development followed by a sudden halt to the plot, words appear "life F*king sucks, get used to it"-fade to black.
No drama, no closure, just "F* you!" It was a lazy ending that thought that it made a point but the only thing it conveys is, "I'm too lazy to write a decent ending, so I'm going to pretend this non-ending steaming pile of sh*t is bold and artsy with a message"
It doesn't, mister artsy, real people live in the real world don't need to be reminded how things work in it.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at July 05, 2012 12:38 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: dantesed at July 05, 2012 12:39 PM (Rw2WE)
But Proulx has got something.
She hates her characters. If she's going to hate her characters, then so will I. I can go on for days about how Brokeback Mountain is one of the most homophobic things I've ever read.
Posted by: alexthechick at July 05, 2012 12:39 PM (VtjlW)
Posted by: soothsayer at July 05, 2012 12:39 PM (9Q7Nu)
Actually, that is the grandchild I was referring to. I'm the one who gets the call when he has computer problems.
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He's one of my all-time favorite writers, in any genre. I met him at an SF con in Austin, TX, in 1985, when he was still smoking. Tell him hi.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 05, 2012 12:39 PM (exvgC)
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They keep saying they're going to make but I agree, what's the point? a movie out of that
Posted by: WalrusRex at July 05, 2012 12:39 PM (Hx5uv)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at July 05, 2012 12:39 PM (famk3)
Posted by: soothsayer at July 05, 2012 12:40 PM (9Q7Nu)
Posted by: sherlock at July 05, 2012 12:40 PM (081i3)
No idea if anyone else has seen this yet but it looks like SMOD is in the comics as a get-its-name-out-there strategy.
http://www.gocomics.com/looseparts
Posted by: Deathknyte at July 05, 2012 12:40 PM (rYWRq)
Posted by: Herb Tarlek at July 05, 2012 12:41 PM (4eNxd)
Posted by: toby928© at July 05, 2012 12:42 PM (evdj2)
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I had a similar reaction to "No Country for Old Men," both book and movie. Josh Brolin is apparently the central character, and he's doing a good job staying ahead of that black-haired killer. Then, 2/3 of the way in, the killer gets him -- and we're not shown the scene. No, the good guy doesn't have to win -- but you gotta get the payoff.
The book was the same way, and McCarthy is one of those artsy types who dispenses with quotation marks. Makes me claustrophobic. I'll pass.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 05, 2012 12:43 PM (exvgC)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at July 05, 2012 12:43 PM (VYmKX)
Posted by: toby928© at July 05, 2012 12:43 PM (evdj2)
No but I will now Dang.
I'm just so sick of sequels and prequels and CGI and girls beating up men and all the boffo shit. I want to see characters studies and grown-up dialogue and situations and no super this or super that. It's a niche I find incredibly refreshing. I eat it up on the rare instances I can find it.
Posted by: eleven
It even has some pretty conservative messages or themes in it. I tend to watch some older movies to get away from all the CGI and "big is more" Hollywood crap.
The jumping back and forth hurt the flow and prevented any depth to either.
Posted by: RoyalOil
That kept me guess who I was supposed to following as the lead character. I thought that was great. Anyone could go.
Posted by: Dang at July 05, 2012 12:44 PM (Ky1+e)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 05, 2012 12:44 PM (05RcU)
Which would make it true to McCarthy's writing. Page after page dripping with contempt for the reader.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at July 05, 2012 12:44 PM (famk3)
I thought it was going for epically epic epicness and just became long and uninteresting and tiresome. (like many Leonardo movies do come to think of it.)
Daniel Day Lewis overplayed his hand in TWBB but I shrugged it off. It worked for me.
Posted by: eleven at July 05, 2012 12:45 PM (KXm42)
Also smokin': Claudia Cardinale.
Yeah, I like brunettes.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 05, 2012 04:37 PM (cgYXF)
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Three words: Catherine Zeta Jones
Posted by: Soona at July 05, 2012 12:45 PM (5vyPm)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at July 05, 2012 12:45 PM (0q2P7)
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I understand what you're saying. I don't generally care for it either, but the Coen brothers do as good a job as anybody at telling a good story, having things turn out some way other than what you'd like, and it being ok anyway.
I don't know about the original story, but I like what they did with the movie, including having the final death scene play out where his victim gets to make her own choice, by not choosing.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 05, 2012 12:45 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: soothsayer at July 05, 2012 12:45 PM (9Q7Nu)
Haven't read through the thread, so it may have already been mentioned!
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 05, 2012 12:46 PM (vOMX+)
Posted by: toby928© at July 05, 2012 12:46 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: Honey Tiberius Badger, drinker of mead at July 05, 2012 12:47 PM (GvYeG)
Posted by: Denzel at July 05, 2012 12:47 PM (Iyg03)
Posted by: General Zod at July 05, 2012 12:48 PM (2+bRt)
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Posted by: Dr Spank at July 05, 2012 12:48 PM (Ou1jg)
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I'd do her more than Once Upon a Time in the West. It'd be more like From Morning to Evening Day After Day in the West.
Posted by: WalrusRex at July 05, 2012 12:48 PM (Hx5uv)
Posted by: soothsayer at July 05, 2012 12:48 PM (9Q7Nu)
Posted by: Herb Tarlek at July 05, 2012 04:41 PM (4eNxd)
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I'll take petite over top-heavy anytime.
Posted by: Soona at July 05, 2012 12:48 PM (5vyPm)
I liked that movies as well. But it isn't one you will want to watch multiple times. The major kicker was the ending. The other draw was the ass kicking gory violence.
Posted by: Vic at July 05, 2012 12:49 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 05, 2012 12:49 PM (cgYXF)
Posted by: eleven at July 05, 2012 12:50 PM (KXm42)
Posted by: Live Free Or Die at July 05, 2012 12:51 PM (tVz5Y)
Posted by: toby928© at July 05, 2012 12:51 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: dantesed at July 05, 2012 12:51 PM (Rw2WE)
I had high expectations for Chicago and bought the DVD new without renting first. Big mistake. That one blew chunks.
Posted by: Vic at July 05, 2012 12:52 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: eleven at July 05, 2012 12:52 PM (KXm42)
Worst film ever. Even worse than "Corvette Summer," which was fucking horrible. Posted by: General Zod
Pikers in the art of le plume du merde.
Posted by: Zardoz at July 05, 2012 12:53 PM (Ky1+e)
for them, then Columbia dropped her.
Working without a contract, she had a walk-on role in the otherwise forgettable Marx Brothers film, "Love Happy" (1949) [Produced by Artists Alliance and Distributed by United Artists], a bit role in Right Cross (1950) [for MGM], and a small role in "The Fireball" (1950) [Produced by Thor Productions, Distributed by Fox Films]
She had a small role in "The Asphalt Jungle" (1950) [another MGM production], which was pivotal for her career. The role in "The Asphalt Jungle" got her a second look by 20th Century Fox, where she was given a bit part as a chorus girl in "A Ticket To Tomahawk" (1950) and a brief role as an aspiring starlet in "All About Eve" (1950), which was another pivotal role for her career, in that 20th Century Fox was willing to sign her again, after that role.
Marilyn was firmly back with 20th Century Fox in March of 1951, having signed a 7 year contract at that time, and she had small roles in "As Young As You Feel", "Love Nest", and "Let's Make It Legal" for 20th Century Fox in 1951.
IMDb has 1951 as the year she made Home Town Story, which was an independent film, of sorts, funded by General Motors. It was released in May of 1951 and it was quite probably filmed before Marilyn signed her 7 year contract with 20th Century Fox.
Marilyn was loaned out to R.K.O. Studios for "Clash By Night" by 20th Century Fox in 1952, so I suppose she could have been loaned out as an extra in 1951, but since "When Worlds Collide" was released in August of 1951, it seems unlikely that Marilyn could have worked as an extra on for a different film studio that year, having worked on four other films in 1951, three of which were for 20th Century Fox after having signed a 7 year contract.
In 1952, Marilyn filmed "We're Not Married" [20th Century Fox], "Don't Bother To Knock" [20th Century Fox] (her first starring role), "O Henry's Full House" [20th Century Fox], and "Monkey Business" [20th Century Fox].
By 1953, Marilyn Monroe was a household mane and a major star, having made "Niagara" (1953), "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1953) and "How To Marry A Millionaire" (1953) that year.
Then she made "River Of No Return" (1954), "There's No Business Like Show Business" (1954), "The Seven Year Itch" (1955), and "Bus Stop" (1956), all of which were 20th Century Fox productions.
After 1951, almost all of Marilyn's films were for 20th Century Fox, the exceptions being Clash By Night [for R.K.O. Studios, on loan from 20th Century Fox] (1952), "The Prince And The Showgirl" [for Marilyn Monroe Productions, Distributed by Warner Bros.] (1957), and "Some Like It Hot" (1959) and "The Misfits" (1960) [both of which were United Artists films].
The films Marilyn made for other studios after 1956 were only possible because Marilyn had successfully renegotiated her contract with 20th Century Fox in 1956, having walked out on her 20th Century Fox contract and created Marilyn Monroe Productions, a major feat in that era, which could only have been accomplished by a box office superstar like Marilyn Monroe.
Unless "When Worlds Collide" was filmed before Marilyn signed her 7 year contract with 20th Century Fox in March of 1951, it's not likely that it's Marilyn Monroe.Posted by: MJCMT at July 05, 2012 12:53 PM (gbh2y)
Played in Dirty Dozen, Battle of the Bulge, And Kelly's Heroes ?
Telly Salavis
Posted by: Paladin at July 05, 2012 12:54 PM (mCOPv)
Posted by: toby928© at July 05, 2012 12:54 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: Honey Tiberius Badger, drinker of mead at July 05, 2012 12:54 PM (GvYeG)
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Only the pretty ones.
The ugly ones don't deserve to sit in his piss.
Besides: How else is a man supposed to let women know they're in his territory?
Posted by: RoyalOil at July 05, 2012 12:54 PM (kSaUf)
I paint this!!! Shamalama got into smelling his own farts waaayyy to much.
I just had and idea. It is perfect in initial conception. I will film it.
Posted by: eleven at July 05, 2012 12:54 PM (KXm42)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 05, 2012 04:49 PM (cgYXF)
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I really don't care for the amount of time I'd spend with her. I've been with worse mental cases.
Posted by: Soona at July 05, 2012 12:55 PM (5vyPm)
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Amen. These days I just assume the Best Picture winner of the Oscar is going to be terrible, but Chicago has to be second from the top of that list (American Beauty is still #1).
CZJ... Intolerable Cruelty. Love that movie!
Posted by: BurtTC at July 05, 2012 12:55 PM (TOk1P)
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If you've never read Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow, let me save you a thousand pages or so. It starts off with an interesting premise. It is the final days of WWII and a young American officer is keeping track of his sexual conquests on a map of London. The weird thing is that there is a high correlation between the marks on his map and V-2 strikes. Then we are led on a mystery about what exactly it is that is in the secret warhead for the the super secret V-2 rocket that the Nazis are fixing up. Along the way we are given many clues as regards its size, weight, and general appearance. Then at the end of the book, one character tell the main searching character what it is but nobody tells the reader. The end.
Posted by: WalrusRex at July 05, 2012 12:55 PM (Hx5uv)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 05, 2012 12:55 PM (cgYXF)
We're just filling time until we hear from our correspondent in Franklin Park.
Posted by: fluffy at July 05, 2012 12:56 PM (z9HTb)
Nothing tops Lisztomania. Even Russell later doubted his mental faculties looking back on that production. Roger Daltrey appeared to have a hell of a lot of fun.
Posted by: epobirs at July 05, 2012 12:57 PM (kcfmt)
Welcome to the ONT.
Needs more bacon. And less spiders. I am not forgiving any of you for the spiders discussions.
Posted by: alexthechick at July 05, 2012 12:57 PM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Herb Tarlek at July 05, 2012 12:58 PM (4eNxd)
Worlds was released in August, so it's possible.
But look at the update. I think commenter WisdomLover ID'd her.
Posted by: Eli at July 05, 2012 12:58 PM (Iyg03)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 05, 2012 12:58 PM (cgYXF)
Posted by: Dr Spank at July 05, 2012 12:58 PM (Ou1jg)
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Except 1) They had a koran first and 2) put the Bible next to it.
Posted by: RoyalOil at July 05, 2012 12:58 PM (kSaUf)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 05, 2012 12:59 PM (9TTOe)
One of the best lines was from Pollack to Hoffman.
Hoffman "She thinks I'm gay!"
Pollack "Make love to her!"
Hoffman "I did!"
Pollack "too bad..."
Posted by: Paladin at July 05, 2012 12:59 PM (mCOPv)
Worst "artsy" movie I've ever seen? The Adjuster. Fifteen minutes into it I was sure that it was nearly over because at least 47 hours had to have passed. Not so much. Thank God I saw that at the movie theatre in Cleveland that sold beer. I do not think it is a coincidence that pretty much the entire audience was blitzed by the end of the movie.
Posted by: alexthechick at July 05, 2012 12:59 PM (VtjlW)
One of those wonderful actors who'll never be a big star but is completely fearless and will leave an impression because of it.
If she ever turned down a role or scene as being too much, I never heard about it.
Posted by: epobirs at July 05, 2012 12:59 PM (kcfmt)
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Go on a little! I'd like to hear more about this!
Posted by: Kensington at July 05, 2012 12:59 PM (/AHDz)
Posted by: toby928© at July 05, 2012 01:01 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: Vic at July 05, 2012 01:03 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Honey Tiberius Badger, drinker of mead at July 05, 2012 01:03 PM (GvYeG)
I recently saw Tootsie for the first time in at least twenty years. My mother thought my niece, who is crazy for musical theater, would dig it.
I was really struck by what an obnoxious jackass the Hoffman character was. I wanted him to fail and die in obscurity while the focus shifted to Bill Murray.
Posted by: epobirs at July 05, 2012 01:03 PM (kcfmt)
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Yup. They break the social contract, they get the paper towel. Unless I'm feeling generous, in which case I'll capture them in a jar and let them go outside.
They never seem grateful when I do that, though; they almost seem to prefer the paper towel.
Posted by: Kensington at July 05, 2012 01:03 PM (/AHDz)
Posted by: fluffy at July 05, 2012 04:56 PM (z9HTb)
As a matter of fact, I'm in Franklin Park right now...nothing to see here, I assure you.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at July 05, 2012 01:03 PM (ND9u8)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 05, 2012 01:03 PM (9TTOe)
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Except 1) They had a koran first and 2) put the Bible next to it.
Posted by: RoyalOil
Spoiler Alert :
Yeah but the bible was added after a blind man, dictated it by memory, after roaming the wilderness for 30 plus years, dodging the elements and a lot of evil people.
Posted by: Dr Spank at July 05, 2012 01:05 PM (Ou1jg)
Posted by: alexthechick at July 05, 2012 04:57 PM (VtjlW)
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Ah, c'mon. I was just funnin' wid ya'. (hehehehehe)
Posted by: Couch Tarantula at July 05, 2012 01:05 PM (5vyPm)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 05, 2012 01:05 PM (cgYXF)
Posted by: Live Free Or Die at July 05, 2012 04:51 PM (tVz5Y)
Don't be ridiculous, the Mayans spoke Yucatec...and probably couldn't even read English
Posted by: Albie Damned at July 05, 2012 01:05 PM (Yhu4q)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 05, 2012 01:06 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: soothsayer at July 05, 2012 01:06 PM (9Q7Nu)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at July 05, 2012 01:07 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: Dr Spank at July 05, 2012 01:07 PM (Ou1jg)
Posted by: soothsayer at July 05, 2012 05:05 PM (9Q7Nu)
The Wizard of Ottomans
Posted by: Cicero at July 05, 2012 01:07 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: soothsayer at July 05, 2012 05:05 PM (9Q7Nu)
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"Auntie Mame"
Posted by: Soona at July 05, 2012 01:09 PM (5vyPm)
Posted by: Craig Poe at July 05, 2012 01:09 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 05, 2012 01:11 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: BurtTC at July 05, 2012 01:11 PM (TOk1P)
Back to the Furniture, Back to the Furniture II and Back to the Furniture III.
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at July 05, 2012 01:12 PM (Qxdfp)
Go on a little! I'd like to hear more about this!
I sum up:
1. It's a novella, not a novel and it's even pushing it to call it a novella. It's much the same as Carrie. Carrie, at least, has the benefit of being a very fine example of a novella when the newspaper reporting portions that were added to pad it to slim novel length are removed. Brokeback is simply a long form story that is being pushed as a novel when it's just not.
2. The characters are horrible, horrible people. Seriously, just awful. It is not grandly, painfully heroically, terribly romantic to lie to your wife. That's not suffering for love. It's being a dick. There is also no indication, at all, that these guys actually feel anything for anyone outside of themselves. Selfishness? Not sympathetic.
3. There is nothing romantic about rape.
4. Our Heroes were not trapped where they were. They could have gotten divorced. They could have moved. They could have done something to actually take control of their own lives instead of being fucking cowards.
5. THEY ARE NOT COWBOYS OMFG THEY AREN'T ARRRGGGHH
Posted by: alexthechick at July 05, 2012 01:13 PM (VtjlW)
Back to the Furniture, Back to the Furniture II and Back to the Furniture III.
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at July 05, 2012 05:12 PM (Qxdfp)
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Or it could be "The People Under the Furniture".
Posted by: Soona at July 05, 2012 01:13 PM (5vyPm)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 05, 2012 01:14 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Just for Men hair products at July 05, 2012 01:14 PM (4eNxd)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 05, 2012 01:16 PM (9TTOe)
If you think otherwise, you didn't sit through all 19 hours beginning to end. Despite claims to the contrary, not a single human being who watched it (at least while remotely sober) actually liked the movie. Some do claim to have liked it, but only because they thought they were supposed to.
If you think otherwise, you're wrong.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 05, 2012 01:17 PM (SY2Kh)
I was recently amazed to see that the local Hometown Buffet has its own small bus for shuttling groups of diners between the region's retiree oriented apartment complexes and the restaurant.
Posted by: epobirs at July 05, 2012 01:17 PM (kcfmt)
Armand Assante in Blind Justice.
Rutger Hauer in Blind Fury.
Both better "blind wandering warrior" movies than The Book of Eli. And they sucked as well.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at July 05, 2012 01:19 PM (VYmKX)
Posted by: Dr Spank at July 05, 2012 01:22 PM (Ou1jg)
http://tinyurl.com/86y6hvp
Posted by: comatus at July 05, 2012 01:26 PM (ZOlM3)
At least they weren't "The Road".
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 05, 2012 01:27 PM (SY2Kh)
My beef. I mean really? The dude had a family, obviously women did something for him. But he's got this thing for for his buddy, whatever; What married guy doesn't have temptation from a hot chick he'd so like to bang from time to time? Maybe even an old flame who was OMG hot in the sack. You value your marriage and don't want to hurt your family, that is what makes men perform the unnatural act of being monogamous. They piss all over that concept with this film. I can't develop anything but derision for the characters as a result. They're jerks. It gets hard to feel sorry for them when you realize that.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at July 05, 2012 01:31 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 05, 2012 01:32 PM (2I/Mb)
There is a big difference between somebody you see regularly and a person you only know from movies or TV. If they go away for a few years and reappear in a new project the mind can have difficulty accepting the passage of time. The characters go into stasis when we aren't looking and we expect the same of the actors.
Modern life presents a wide variety of situations our firmware just isn't equipped to process.
Posted by: epobirs at July 05, 2012 01:38 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: eleven at July 05, 2012 01:42 PM (KXm42)
Posted by: steevy at July 05, 2012 01:43 PM (Xb3hu)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 05, 2012 05:32 PM (2I/Mb)
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It's why I close my eyes and think of England.
Posted by: Soona at July 05, 2012 01:44 PM (5vyPm)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 05, 2012 01:45 PM (2I/Mb)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at July 05, 2012 01:54 PM (CP+yl)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at July 05, 2012 01:54 PM (CP+yl)
FAA HQ was probably under a couple hundred feet of water by the time the seats were installed.
They showed a drowned New York, so surely any other major urban center on the east coast got it, too.
Any red tape left was very soggy.
Posted by: epobirs at July 05, 2012 02:06 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: bugle boy at July 05, 2012 02:26 PM (cNz1q)
Oh, well, looks like I needn't have bothered looking things up, since Wisdom Lover nailed it. As far as Taylor in Quo Vadis, I hadn't heard that. There is a story, however, about The Ten Commandments - I quote from the wonderful DeMille biography Empire of Dreams, by Scott Eyman (pp. 502 - 3):
The night after DeMille's funeral, Ann del Valle (a DeMille publicist since the late 1920s) hosted a gathering for members of the DeMille unit. Anne Bauchens (DeMille's film editor from 1918 until his death) was there and told a story of how DeMille had spotted someone lighting a cigarette as they passed through the Gates of Rameses during the Exodus in the final print of The Ten Commandments. Bauchens believed that if DeMille saw it, it had to be there, so she ran the footage for two days straight, over and over again. She never found the offending shot - no one ever has - but she had been worrying about that phantom cigarette for the last three years and would for the rest of her life. Then she began to cry.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 05, 2012 04:27 PM (uX++l)
Posted by: General Zod at July 05, 2012 04:43 PM (2+bRt)
She always just missed:
She slept with Edgar Kennedy instead of John Kennedy.
Posted by: LeBron Steinman at July 05, 2012 04:51 PM (jfWE9)
Posted by: jewells45 at July 05, 2012 05:05 PM (UljOc)
Posted by: Tao at July 05, 2012 05:06 PM (AjGta)
Posted by: Big John Roberts, Esq., Poobah of this Town (calling 'em like he sees 'em) at July 05, 2012 05:14 PM (m7blM)
Im finding a lot to like in many of the "Found Footage" movies,"7 nights Of Darkness" for example cost i beleive,about 5000 dollars to make and yet it had more scares than most of the big budget horror flicks i have seen in the past 20 years!,had me jumping a few times....................
Posted by: Geoffrey Walter at July 05, 2012 09:24 PM (ZqYCg)
It was the Mexicans that got him. Anton just got the money.
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That's part of my complaint about NCfOM. It wasn't clear, even when I watched it a second time. The first time, I wasn't even sure Brolin's character was the one found dead in the motel in El Paso -- the body is in shadows, and we don't get a clear look at it in the morgue even when Tommy Lee Jones is standing there next to it. It seemed as though Brolin's character vanished completely. Crap storytelling.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 06, 2012 05:54 AM (exvgC)
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