|
Post by ellynmacg on Mar 24, 2020 2:50:23 GMT
Happy Birthday, Bill! For variety's sake, here are some samples of Mr. Shatner's non-ST:TOS work: A selection of scenes from "NIghtmare at 20,000 Feet" (Twilight Zone) A clip from his other TZ episode, "Nick of Time" (one of my all-time favorite TZ's)
|
|
|
Post by ellynmacg on Mar 23, 2020 22:16:45 GMT
I notice that, while you list Chicken Run, you do not list Pocahontas. Any particular reason for this omission?
|
|
|
Post by ellynmacg on Mar 23, 2020 18:54:12 GMT
Here are some more favorites: Lloyd Bacon -- 42nd Street and Footlight Parade. Sure--as IMDb points out--his work was overshadowed by Busby Berkeley's dazzling-though-kitschy choreography, but if BB hadn't had LB's strong foundation, those movies would have ended up like beautifully furnished chicken coops. W.S. Van Dyke -- the Thin Man series and some others I did not expect, such as many of Jeannette MacDonald's films, plus much uncredited work, such as "re-shoots" for The Prisoner of Zenda (1937). William Wellman -- Beau Geste (1939) I know he directed many other fine films, e.g., A Star Is Born (1937), but BG is the only one I've seen.
|
|
|
Post by ellynmacg on Mar 23, 2020 2:36:53 GMT
Frank Capra (It Happened One Night. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town. Lost Horizon. You Can't Take It With You. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. And those were just some of his '30's films!)
Victor Fleming (reportedly a hard-nosed, bigoted so-and-so, but the main director of The Wizard of Oz and GWTW)
George Stevens (for Swing Time and Gunga Din--what a juxtaposition!)
Michael Curtiz (for The Adventures of Robin Hood and Four Daughters -- another odd pairing)
Alfred Hitchcock (he's probably better known from the '40's on, but I love some of his earlier work--e.g., The 39 Steps and The Lady Vanishes)
|
|
|
Post by ellynmacg on Mar 22, 2020 23:22:43 GMT
1. Yes, very much. I don't understand all the animosity toward it.* If you don't like it, you're certainly entitled to your opinion--but don't say that anybody who likes it is (a) stupid/ignorant (b) no true SW fan (c) a paid Disney tout (d) a Trekkie (e) all of the above. 2. Tough to choose. Maybe a three-way tie among: (a) Rey's scene with Luke's "ghost" (Luke: She [Leia] saw your heart.) (b) When the spy reveals himself. (Poe: I knew it! Finn: No, you didn't!) (c) The final scene, in which Our Hero(ine) identifies herself as "Rey Skywalker." 3. Again, tough to choose, but probably Rey. *I haven't seen an unreasonable attitude from anyone posting a reply on this thread--I'm talking about the more vociferous fanboys.
|
|
|
Post by ellynmacg on Mar 22, 2020 22:36:04 GMT
I wonder if there's a casting couch when they put on plays in prison. Of COURSE there is, or how else would you produce this gem? I think the subtitles in...well, some Nordic language or other...add a nice touch, don't you?
|
|
|
Post by ellynmacg on Mar 22, 2020 2:34:45 GMT
My apologies, Honolulu, for being less than clear--and making an assumption I shouldn't have made; you know what they say about that word "assume". I didn't mean to imply that old age was solely responsible for her condition. However (not to put to fine a point on it), all of us--especially people of my generation, alas--are aging, aren't we?
Once again, I apologize. I certainly didn't mean to cause you any additional pain.
|
|
|
Post by ellynmacg on Mar 21, 2020 23:24:48 GMT
Since I now live in Anaheim, as soon as we're released from "shelter in place", the first "vacation spot" I want to hit is this one: All three of us sharing this apartment have annual passports, which have fortunately been "frozen" so they'll still be usable when the park re-opens.
|
|
|
Post by ellynmacg on Mar 21, 2020 23:12:46 GMT
There is nothing I can do about it either because everyone is way too busy paying attention to other things. When I express my frustations about being unable to assist my ailing mother, other people copy it. They think it is an opportunity to express how someone in their family is dying as well. I suppose there is nothing anyone wants to do other than that. Do not be surprised when I harbor some animosity towards society. Soceity dictates who has rights to live, pass away and who is deserving of sympathy or to be mourned. I don't blame you a bit, Honolulu, for feeling that animosity toward society. Right now, it's a very scary time to have an aging parent, and to feel that nobody cares makes it so much worse. If the phrase "thoughts and prayers" hadn't been so thoroughly devalued by people in power who mouth those words while doing nothing to mitigate the situation that necessitates saying those words, I'd send some of that phrase your way. In lieu of that: Hang in there, and remember you have this forum here to fall back on, and people you can vent to.
|
|
|
Post by ellynmacg on Mar 21, 2020 22:56:05 GMT
Señor only shopping hours, you say? ¡Ay carámba! What about us señoras y señoritas? ¡Qué vergüenza! señoras y señoritas = married ladies and unmarried ladies; ¡Qué vergüenza! = What a shame! or What a disgrace! But don't ask me what ¡Ay carámba! means, because I don't know. Not even that fine caballero, Panchito the Rooster, can tell you that.
|
|
|
Post by ellynmacg on Mar 20, 2020 19:35:00 GMT
To Pep, and to all my IMDB buddies who are feeling, in the words of No. 2 son, stressed and depressed: Doing all right here, Pep--thanks for asking. My sister gave us (my husband and me) quite a scare, by coming down with flu that morphed into pneumonia. At our age range (we're all retired) that illness is no joke...not that it ever is! Since she got sick before the "shelter in place" order came down, we sort of got a head start on the stay-at-home stuff. Also, our doctor (we share the same one) insisted she get tested for Corona, which as you might imagine didn't help our anxiety level. Too bad there's no nail-biting emoji--this would be a good place to insert one of those! Her test results came back negative. Anyway, pneumonia-wise, she's made great progress--knock wood--and pretty soon, she should feel up to taking a short drive. Drive?? I hear you say. You're supposed to stay home!! Well, we'll have to take her back to the doctor's office for a follow-up/all-clear visit, won't we? And maybe--just maybe--on the way home, we can stop by a restaurant that's still offering take-out. Are we livin' large, or what?
|
|
|
Post by ellynmacg on Mar 18, 2020 3:03:51 GMT
The entire cast of Chalice_Of_Evil, lucky for me you said that the actors didn't have to be Irish, just the characters...because in Darby O'Gill, the romantic leads (Janet Munro and Sean Connery--despite his Irish name) were both played by Scots! A similar situation can be found in Inside I'm Dancing (U.S. title, Rory O'Shea Was Here). Despite the film's being produced and cast in Ireland, the two young male leads (Rory and Michael) were played by James McAvoy (from Glasgow) and Steven Robertson (from Shetland). But I like those two characters, and also Siobhan, their friend-girl/caregiver (who was portrayed by Romola Garai, an Englishwoman of Hungarian-Jewish descent, born in Hong Kong!).
|
|
|
Post by ellynmacg on Mar 18, 2020 1:51:20 GMT
Does the Irish Rovers count? What do YOU think, Catman 猫的主人 ? "The Unicorn" --words and music by that grand ould Irishman, Shel Silverstein (!) "The Orange and the Green" --to the tune of "Wearin' o' the Green"
|
|
|
Post by ellynmacg on Mar 18, 2020 1:38:19 GMT
Thanks for all the great contributions, gang! I tip my Scottish tam to all these grand lads and lasses from Eireann. You've inspired me to veer off in a more rocky direction... Here are a couple of tracks from a seminal Irish group from the early seventies (and maybe even before that), Horslips: "King of the Fairies" -- If you want to find this on YouTube, type in "King of the Faries"...the poster left out the first "i". "March Into Trouble"/ "Trouble With a Capital T" (and yes, that instrumental intro is indeed "Brian Boru's March" ) A pair from another great one who died too soon--yet for guitar-lovers, immortal--Rory Gallagher. "Country Mile" -- Could he get any faster? "Moonchild" -- Whoa. Just. Feckin. Brilliant.
|
|
|
Post by ellynmacg on Mar 17, 2020 22:56:55 GMT
When I see all these people being laid off, or at least sent home (and told to stay there), it makes me all the more thankful I've retired--as has everyone else in my household (my husband and my sister). And what's more, we don't have all our savings sunk into 401K's; no watching helplessly as our main source of savings gets whittled away by the nosediving of the stock market. However, that doesn't mean I don't worry: I have two sons under thirty-five, one of whom works at a hotel, the other in a bookstore, both in Northern California. You can imagine how hard they're being hit. This is one time I'm grateful for not yet having grandchildren--it must be sheer hell for parents out of work, with young children out of school: all of them are stuck inside (or close to home) All. Day. Long. No movies. No Disneyland (we got our yearly passports as soon as we moved down to Anaheim, but had only one chance to go there before The Mouse closed up shop). No restaurants. No concerts. And the crowning blow for a book-a-holic like moi-- NO LIBRARIES! And we live less than a block away from a nice big one. Welp, this looks like the perfect time to check into the library's downloadable stuff. Thank G*d for my Kindle!
|
|
|
Post by ellynmacg on Mar 17, 2020 22:09:48 GMT
Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738), blind harper/bard, is one of my favorite/favourite composers of any nationality or era.
Here is a sample of his compositions I particularly enjoy.
"Mr. O'Connor"
"Mr. O'Connor's Jig" (accompanied by beautiful Irish scenery)
"Si Bheag, Si Mhor" - Earliest known--and arguably the most famous--composition by Carolan, believed to date from his completion of a course at a school for the blind (Carolan lost his sight to smallpox in his teens).
"Mrs. Judge" -- on piano, for a change of pace.
"Bridget Cruise" --the third of four different "airs" he composed for the titular woman, his first love.
"Carolan's Concerto" -- a spirited rendition by the mighty Chieftains together with the Belfast Harp Orchestra.
|
|
|
Post by ellynmacg on Mar 17, 2020 21:12:37 GMT
Oh, I love the color green. And I got lucky as my eye color is green! Same here, on both counts. (Please note the eye color of my avatar.) Most of the year, I tend to emphasize the Scots part of my heritage (partial disclosure: the "G" in "MacG" stands for MacGregor), but once a year, I identify with the Irish in me. Sooo... Top o' the afternoon* to yez! *I live in California PDT, where it just turned 2:00 p.m. Okay, well, maybe that's not exactly the top...but, c'est la vie**.
**French. Not Irish, in case anybody cares.
|
|
|
Post by ellynmacg on Mar 17, 2020 8:08:53 GMT
Evidently tomorrow is already today, wherever the Admin. folks live.
|
|
|
Post by ellynmacg on Mar 17, 2020 8:06:26 GMT
I would certainly appreciate an intelligent life form at the head of the U.S. government just now...
|
|
|
Post by ellynmacg on Mar 17, 2020 3:36:33 GMT
|
|