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Post by geode on Mar 9, 2019 19:15:47 GMT
The teacher should have known better, but my guess is that she didn't realize the significance of the ashes on Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday misunderstanding
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Post by geode on Mar 9, 2019 13:33:29 GMT
I think the pendulum may be swinging back more in favor of Jackson's innocence. One comment on the following article: "There are two sides to every story. With 5 people accusing him over his life time all of which suing for money, 3 of which convinced for fraud on unrelated cases, 1 proven in court to have never been alone with him. 2 later recanting, and now these two either perjuring themselves on the stand then or lying now because they are suing the estate I'm inclined to believe the same thing the jury did, and that he was innocent. Everything these Men described in terms of the layout of neverland is public record since the raid and it going up for sale. Photographs of his bedroom, his closet.. everything. One of their claims is how jealous Michael was, throwing Sheryl Crow into it by saying michael hated this boys school age crush on Sheryl Crow (funny how he'd have a crush on the 1 back up singer that would become world famous, but that does make the story better doesn't it?) Yet he feels fine calling him up and asking him to not only be at his wedding but to host it? (And foot the bill I'm sure) For all the metoo stories I tend to give the victims benefit of the doubt unless there are reasons to think other wise. It's astonishing to me that so many people are believing these guys when they have the weakest stories and most to gain and have lied about this repeatedly when directly asked by doctors, police, parents and lawyers. Thats not the same as waiting to come forward." MJ link
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Mar 9, 2019 10:43:26 GMT
Post by geode on Mar 9, 2019 10:43:26 GMT
The thread that wouldn't die!
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Post by geode on Mar 8, 2019 19:49:03 GMT
Did anybody see this travesty?
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Post by geode on Mar 8, 2019 16:51:58 GMT
In my experience JWs knocking on doors have been very sincere, and sincerely nice people. Some might react this way, but probably not all that many.
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Post by geode on Mar 7, 2019 10:57:16 GMT
Truly, Geode. Those old "Gothics" don't feel like knock offs of one another, not like the copycat films of today. James Whale's approach to making films was very different from Tod Browning's. Flawed as it is, and with such a labored, tiresome script, Robert Florey's Murders In The Rue Morgue is at its best a stunning visual achievement, with its Caligari-like plot and surreal aspects, its use of height and open spaces, of distance, sets it apart. Karl Freund's The Mummy has a Dracula-like plot, but its very much Freund's film; slow, deliberate, with so much sun and brightness, its characters often walking around as if in a trance, and in some cases literally in a trance. I think in a way these films from the 30s pushed the technique of shooting films ahead of most productions of the time. The composition of the frame, and set deign, etc.
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Post by geode on Mar 7, 2019 5:21:59 GMT
The one with which Jacqueline Lovell is associated. Never heard of her.
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Post by geode on Mar 7, 2019 5:11:25 GMT
Actually no....as this is the first time I have seen this scene altered from the original to add braces.
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Post by geode on Mar 6, 2019 16:23:29 GMT
The Jaws scenes always made me wonder about the rules regarding actor pay. At the time, I was always told that an actor in a movie or TV show would not get credit in the union unless he had two lines, which never seemed to make sense, since many action actors do their best acting in scenes with no lines, like expressions and body movements when facing a crocodile in the water, or sweating in the desert. I believe Jaws had that one line when he made a toast, and I wondered if that was intentionally kept at one line, or at a certain length, for some requirement to be over or under the needed criteria for the credit. It was something that Kiel probably faced a lot in his career of "no line" and "one line or two line" performances. But Richard Kiel was billed 4th in the credits for "Moonraker" and the same for playing the character in "The Spy Who Loved Me" even though he had no lines at all in that earlier movie. He would have had this in his contract as one of the principal cast members, with or without dialogue. Think of Alan Arkin in "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter"...he was the star and had no spoken words. I think you must be thinking of the "under-five" rule about extras. Less than 50 words in five lines of dialogue allows payment at a day union rate.
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Post by geode on Mar 6, 2019 13:25:53 GMT
I am in no place to judge Michael. I don't know if he is guilty of what a couple of guys have just claimed. It is sad that it is ten years too late for him to defend himself.
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Post by geode on Mar 6, 2019 11:31:54 GMT
She had no braces. But she did have a nice pair of.....
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Post by geode on Mar 5, 2019 21:27:43 GMT
This version has a lot of passion... I don't care for that remix... at all. Well, it doesn't have a typical chorus.
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Post by geode on Mar 5, 2019 21:25:07 GMT
Henrietta and Myrna are Canadians. I didn't see them singing up a fat/bearded storm in the video posted in the OP. Were they being Canadian behind the Xmas trees? No, they are not in the OP version.
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Post by geode on Mar 5, 2019 12:39:53 GMT
Well, the Public Access station set up for Chroma Key then didn't follow through. But Jeremy Wright added some much needed rythm and join them as a result. Yeah... that didn't help make it any more bearable. Good effort though 👍 This version has a lot of passion...
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Post by geode on Mar 5, 2019 12:00:30 GMT
Ooh my... Christian country music 🙉 What is that, some weird evangelical idea? It's a no from me. And that second video is just painful ☹️ Well, the Public Access station set up for Chroma Key then didn't follow through. But Jeremy Wright added some much needed rythm and join them as a result.
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Post by geode on Mar 5, 2019 9:40:47 GMT
Fat and/or bearded Americans singing about Jesus....who knew? Henrietta and Myrna are Canadians.
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Post by geode on Mar 5, 2019 8:29:13 GMT
This being a religion board I assume you are referring to Luke the Evangelist, who has been considered the author of one of the gospels in the New Testament? I think that his age at death is thought to be about 84, so I am younger than he was at the end.
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Post by geode on Mar 4, 2019 3:36:04 GMT
Yeah, I thinks it’s his best looking film, and probably most competent too. It’s just so much fun, infectiously so and Olivier Gruner is perfect for the lead role. Pyun rarely disappoints (from what I’ve seen) when it comes to the action set-pieces, and this one delivers in spades. So some are incompetent?
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Post by geode on Mar 3, 2019 13:01:43 GMT
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Post by geode on Mar 3, 2019 11:56:22 GMT
Actually right now it is a hot day in Bangkok. I guess I could go have lunch at the Dusit Thani Hotel. When is it ever not a hot day in Bangkok? How's the Dusit Thani doing these days? I went to a party there about 30 years ago. We had some pleasantly cool days a few weeks ago. The Dusit Thani hasn't changed much over the years. A lot of change around it though.
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