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nick
Apr 30, 2012, 5:47:54 PM4/30/12
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What a bad year Alice Eve is having, trapped in an ATM kiosk and
terrorized by a psycho in ATM and now the damsel in distress at the
hands of a Poe influenced "serial killer" in The Raven. (Did they
even have "serial killers" back then? They might have but I bet they
didn't call them "serial killers".)
It starts out with some promise. John Cusack is good as Poe and as
anachronistic as it might be, it's still pretty funny hearing him
refer to Longfellow as a "twat". But the film should be more
interesting than it is considering the premise and the dialogue floats
in and out of period credibility. One complaint on The Raven is that
both Cusack and Eve struggle with trying not to appear too modern but
that's the fault of the script, which does a terrible job of
maintaining era consistency. It looks like The Raven was meant to be
a 3D picture with bullets flying at the audience on occasion along
with other things but it's not in 3D so at times it looks pre-
converted flat or whatever you'd call it. On a meta level The Raven
appears to be blaming Poe for torture porn but it doesn't put much
effort into pursuing the idea.
For a Monday afternoon matinee, there were a lot of people in the
audience, demographically leaning to "chubby goths pushing into early
middle-age".
terrorized by a psycho in ATM and now the damsel in distress at the
hands of a Poe influenced "serial killer" in The Raven. (Did they
even have "serial killers" back then? They might have but I bet they
didn't call them "serial killers".)
It starts out with some promise. John Cusack is good as Poe and as
anachronistic as it might be, it's still pretty funny hearing him
refer to Longfellow as a "twat". But the film should be more
interesting than it is considering the premise and the dialogue floats
in and out of period credibility. One complaint on The Raven is that
both Cusack and Eve struggle with trying not to appear too modern but
that's the fault of the script, which does a terrible job of
maintaining era consistency. It looks like The Raven was meant to be
a 3D picture with bullets flying at the audience on occasion along
with other things but it's not in 3D so at times it looks pre-
converted flat or whatever you'd call it. On a meta level The Raven
appears to be blaming Poe for torture porn but it doesn't put much
effort into pursuing the idea.
For a Monday afternoon matinee, there were a lot of people in the
audience, demographically leaning to "chubby goths pushing into early
middle-age".
moviePig
Apr 30, 2012, 6:09:20 PM4/30/12
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post-conversion... and when the audience sounds scarier than the
story...
--
- - - - - - - -
YOUR taste at work...
http://www.moviepig.com
wlah...@gmail.com
Apr 30, 2012, 6:27:45 PM4/30/12
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On Monday, April 30, 2012 5:47:54 PM UTC-4, nick wrote:
> (Did they
> even have "serial killers" back then? They might have but I bet they
> didn't call them "serial killers".)
>
You might want to look into the "Servant Girl Annihilator."
> (Did they
> even have "serial killers" back then? They might have but I bet they
> didn't call them "serial killers".)
>
nick
Apr 30, 2012, 6:49:14 PM4/30/12
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"The Black Cat" segment of Masters of Horror?
nick
Apr 30, 2012, 6:48:21 PM4/30/12
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something like "Serial Killer!" and it just struck me as jarringly
modern, like when Poe angrily calls someone a "mouthbreather". Maybe
these terms were used in the mid-19th century but they still strike a
jarring note.
wlah...@gmail.com
Apr 30, 2012, 7:03:38 PM4/30/12
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On Monday, April 30, 2012 6:48:21 PM UTC-4, nick wrote:
> There's a shot of a newspaper headline in The Raven that reads
> something like "Serial Killer!" and it just struck me as jarringly
> modern, like when Poe angrily calls someone a "mouthbreather". Maybe
> these terms were used in the mid-19th century but they still strike a
> jarring note.
The term "serial killer" didn't enter the language until the 1970s -- from what I understand -- although "homicidal maniac" and other purple prose descriptions certainly existed.
> There's a shot of a newspaper headline in The Raven that reads
> something like "Serial Killer!" and it just struck me as jarringly
> modern, like when Poe angrily calls someone a "mouthbreather". Maybe
> these terms were used in the mid-19th century but they still strike a
> jarring note.
Bill Anderson
Apr 30, 2012, 7:40:46 PM4/30/12
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On 4/30/2012 5:47 PM, nick wrote:
> What a bad year Alice Eve is having, trapped in an ATM kiosk and
> terrorized by a psycho in ATM and now the damsel in distress at the
> hands of a Poe influenced "serial killer" in The Raven. (Did they
> even have "serial killers" back then? They might have but I bet they
> didn't call them "serial killers".)
>
> It starts out with some promise. John Cusack is good as Poe and as
> anachronistic as it might be, it's still pretty funny hearing him
> refer to Longfellow as a "twat".
Apparently it's not anachronistic.
> What a bad year Alice Eve is having, trapped in an ATM kiosk and
> terrorized by a psycho in ATM and now the damsel in distress at the
> hands of a Poe influenced "serial killer" in The Raven. (Did they
> even have "serial killers" back then? They might have but I bet they
> didn't call them "serial killers".)
>
> It starts out with some promise. John Cusack is good as Poe and as
> anachronistic as it might be, it's still pretty funny hearing him
> refer to Longfellow as a "twat".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twat
--
Bill Anderson
I am the Mighty Favog
moviePig
Apr 30, 2012, 10:46:51 PM4/30/12
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moviePig
Apr 30, 2012, 10:44:16 PM4/30/12
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'Chiller' channel is rerunning the MOH series...
Mr. Hole the Magnificent
Apr 30, 2012, 11:27:39 PM4/30/12
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On Monday, April 30, 2012 5:47:54 PM UTC-4, nick wrote:
You're probably right about the script.
A few problems with the film:
There is one Slave in the film, and he is seen for about 2 seconds, Baltimore was a slave city, I imagine the lack of slaves seen had more to do with the film being shot in Serbia and Hungery.
None of the characters have baltimore accents.
nick
May 1, 2012, 5:42:17 PM5/1/12
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On Apr 30, 11:27 pm, "Mr. Hole the Magnificent"
The actors in The Raven were having enough trouble as it was without
attempting regional period accents.
My biggest complaint: I really thought they were setting up Poe's pet
raccoon as a cat substitute for a "Black Cat" inspired crime sequence
but the racoon was sadly under-used.
attempting regional period accents.
My biggest complaint: I really thought they were setting up Poe's pet
raccoon as a cat substitute for a "Black Cat" inspired crime sequence
but the racoon was sadly under-used.
trotsky
May 1, 2012, 6:17:31 PM5/1/12
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On 5/1/12 4:42 PM, nick wrote:
>
> The actors in The Raven were having enough trouble as it was without
> attempting regional period accents.
>
> My biggest complaint: I really thought they were setting up Poe's pet
> raccoon as a cat substitute for a "Black Cat" inspired crime sequence
> but the racoon was sadly under-used.
IMO, the statement "the raccoon was sadly under-used" cannot be said
>
> The actors in The Raven were having enough trouble as it was without
> attempting regional period accents.
>
> My biggest complaint: I really thought they were setting up Poe's pet
> raccoon as a cat substitute for a "Black Cat" inspired crime sequence
> but the racoon was sadly under-used.
often enough.
Although if my girlfriends are any indication, you can substitute
"raccoon" for "beaver".
Rich
May 1, 2012, 9:21:21 PM5/1/12
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"Mr. Hole the Magnificent" <Classic...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:17227733.99.1335842859145.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbmi19:
> On Monday, April 30, 2012 5:47:54 PM UTC-4, nick wrote:
>> What a bad year Alice Eve is having, trapped in an ATM kiosk and
>> terrorized by a psycho in ATM and now the damsel in distress at the
>> hands of a Poe influenced "serial killer" in The Raven. (Did they
>> even have "serial killers" back then? They might have but I bet they
>> didn't call them "serial killers".)
>>
>> It starts out with some promise. John Cusack is good as Poe and as
>> anachronistic as it might be, it's still pretty funny hearing him
>> refer to Longfellow as a "twat". But the film should be more
>> interesting than it is considering the premise and the dialogue
>> floats in and out of period credibility. One complaint on The Raven
>> is that both Cusack and Eve struggle with trying not to appear too
>> modern but that's the fault of the script, which does a terrible job
>> of maintaining era consistency. It looks like The Raven was meant to
>> be a 3D picture with bullets flying at the audience on occasion along
>> with other things but it's not in 3D so at times it looks pre-
>> converted flat or whatever you'd call it. On a meta level The Raven
>> appears to be blaming Poe for torture porn but it doesn't put much
>> effort into pursuing the idea.
>>
>> For a Monday afternoon matinee, there were a lot of people in the
>> audience, demographically leaning to "chubby goths pushing into early
>> middle-age".
>
> Wanted to like this, but didn't really, didn't hate it, but I was
> looking at my phone for the time a couple times.
>
Use your watch. No one wants to see your F----- phone come on during a
movie.
news:17227733.99.1335842859145.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbmi19:
> On Monday, April 30, 2012 5:47:54 PM UTC-4, nick wrote:
>> What a bad year Alice Eve is having, trapped in an ATM kiosk and
>> terrorized by a psycho in ATM and now the damsel in distress at the
>> hands of a Poe influenced "serial killer" in The Raven. (Did they
>> even have "serial killers" back then? They might have but I bet they
>> didn't call them "serial killers".)
>>
>> It starts out with some promise. John Cusack is good as Poe and as
>> anachronistic as it might be, it's still pretty funny hearing him
>> refer to Longfellow as a "twat". But the film should be more
>> interesting than it is considering the premise and the dialogue
>> floats in and out of period credibility. One complaint on The Raven
>> is that both Cusack and Eve struggle with trying not to appear too
>> modern but that's the fault of the script, which does a terrible job
>> of maintaining era consistency. It looks like The Raven was meant to
>> be a 3D picture with bullets flying at the audience on occasion along
>> with other things but it's not in 3D so at times it looks pre-
>> converted flat or whatever you'd call it. On a meta level The Raven
>> appears to be blaming Poe for torture porn but it doesn't put much
>> effort into pursuing the idea.
>>
>> For a Monday afternoon matinee, there were a lot of people in the
>> audience, demographically leaning to "chubby goths pushing into early
>> middle-age".
>
> Wanted to like this, but didn't really, didn't hate it, but I was
> looking at my phone for the time a couple times.
>
movie.
wlah...@gmail.com
May 1, 2012, 11:35:22 PM5/1/12
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Mr. Hole the Magnificent
May 1, 2012, 11:49:57 PM5/1/12
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Mr. Hole the Magnificent
May 1, 2012, 11:49:12 PM5/1/12
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nick
May 2, 2012, 8:24:13 AM5/2/12
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On May 1, 11:49 pm, "Mr. Hole the Magnificent"
Too bad the producers weren't able to insert any good reaction shots--
like the racoon covering his eyes during the pendulum scene or
swooning when Poe proposes to his hot blonde girlfriend. In fact, the
producers might have sold more tickets if they'd done a better job of
promoting how in this Poe film, Poe has a pet racoon and a hot blonde
girlfriend.
like the racoon covering his eyes during the pendulum scene or
swooning when Poe proposes to his hot blonde girlfriend. In fact, the
producers might have sold more tickets if they'd done a better job of
promoting how in this Poe film, Poe has a pet racoon and a hot blonde
girlfriend.
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Mr. Hole the Magnificent
May 2, 2012, 4:23:03 PM5/2/12
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On Monday, April 30, 2012 5:47:54 PM UTC-4, nick wrote:
There are a few scenes were Poe is chasing after the killer and they have him dressed just like Alec Baldwin in his 90s film The Shadow, I found this distracting.
Bill Anderson
May 2, 2012, 4:33:53 PM5/2/12
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On 5/2/2012 4:11 PM, poisoned rose wrote:
> man. Just bewildering, how compulsively he inserts it into post after
> post after post. He probably accounts for 80% of the "E.g."s ever posted
> on Usenet.
>
> Last night's film: "Jour de Fete."
There are films, e.g. JOUR DE FETE, that lots of people think are funny
but never make me crack a smile. Maybe I have a problem just with
comedies the French like, e.g. Jerry Lewis movies? Anyway, it's funny
you should that film because I have a big stack of Criterion Collection
LaserDiscs, e.g. JOUR DE FETE, RULES OF THE GAME, NIGHT OF THE HUNTER,
THE SEVENTH SEAL, TUNES OF GLORY, that I had to move this morning for
spring cleaning, and I've begun thinking of possible ways to dispose of
them, e.g Craig's List, Ebay, dumpster. Do you or others around here,
e.g. Calvin, know of any market for good quality LaserDiscs? I know I'm
talking one of those ancient technologies, e.g. LP, 8-Track, Betamax,
that time has passed by, but my guess is that somewhere out there is a
collector who'd like to get his hands on my collection. Ideas?
> moviePig<pwal...@moviepig.com> wrote:
>
>> E.g., who hasn't long heard: "Twat do we owe the honor?"
>
> Surely there can't be anyone on Earth who overuses "E.g." more than this
>
>> E.g., who hasn't long heard: "Twat do we owe the honor?"
>
> man. Just bewildering, how compulsively he inserts it into post after
> post after post. He probably accounts for 80% of the "E.g."s ever posted
> on Usenet.
>
> Last night's film: "Jour de Fete."
There are films, e.g. JOUR DE FETE, that lots of people think are funny
but never make me crack a smile. Maybe I have a problem just with
comedies the French like, e.g. Jerry Lewis movies? Anyway, it's funny
you should that film because I have a big stack of Criterion Collection
LaserDiscs, e.g. JOUR DE FETE, RULES OF THE GAME, NIGHT OF THE HUNTER,
THE SEVENTH SEAL, TUNES OF GLORY, that I had to move this morning for
spring cleaning, and I've begun thinking of possible ways to dispose of
them, e.g Craig's List, Ebay, dumpster. Do you or others around here,
e.g. Calvin, know of any market for good quality LaserDiscs? I know I'm
talking one of those ancient technologies, e.g. LP, 8-Track, Betamax,
that time has passed by, but my guess is that somewhere out there is a
collector who'd like to get his hands on my collection. Ideas?
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moviePig
May 2, 2012, 6:00:35 PM5/2/12
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On May 2, 4:33 pm, Bill Anderson <billanderson...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 5/2/2012 4:11 PM, poisoned rose wrote:
>
> > moviePig<pwall...@moviepig.com> wrote:
> On 5/2/2012 4:11 PM, poisoned rose wrote:
>
moviePig
May 2, 2012, 6:07:36 PM5/2/12
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On May 2, 4:11 pm, poisoned rose <pro...@poisonedrose.com> wrote:
compulsiveness without noticing the irony. Odd, and sad...
> moviePig <pwall...@moviepig.com> wrote:
> > E.g., who hasn't long heard: "Twat do we owe the honor?"
>
> > E.g., who hasn't long heard: "Twat do we owe the honor?"
>
> Surely there can't be anyone on Earth who overuses "E.g." more than this
> man. Just bewildering, how compulsively he inserts it into post after
> post after post. He probably accounts for 80% of the "E.g."s ever posted
> on Usenet.
Odd that your Javert-like pursuit of my posting style can mention
> man. Just bewildering, how compulsively he inserts it into post after
> post after post. He probably accounts for 80% of the "E.g."s ever posted
> on Usenet.
compulsiveness without noticing the irony. Odd, and sad...
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Bill Anderson
May 2, 2012, 6:29:16 PM5/2/12
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On 5/2/2012 5:54 PM, poisoned rose wrote:
> stomping grounds of someone else. (E.g., a friend, lover, co-worker....)
>
> Curious -- was your Laserdisc the color version?
>
> I have never fastened my eyeballs on Tunes of Glory, and had to use
> websites (E.g. Google, IMDB....) to remind myself of its content. Sounds
> like I could not label this film a "confection," which is frustrating,
> but perhaps I could contrive some flip, vaguely cynical way of detaching
> myself from its intended audience (E.g. people who enjoyed this
> particular cinematic morsel).
You're very bad.
My JOUR DE FETE is in B&W "with hand-tinted sequences." I really should
watch it all the way through at least once, just to be able to say I did
it. TUNES OF GLORY is in color, and it's a darn good movie. I will
transfer it to DVD before I let the LaserDisc go. Same for JOUR DE
FETE, I guess, probably, I suppose I must.
> Bill Anderson<billand...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> There are films, e.g. JOUR DE FETE, that lots of people think are funny
>> but never make me crack a smile. Maybe I have a problem just with
>> comedies the French like, e.g. Jerry Lewis movies? Anyway, it's funny
>> you should that film because I have a big stack of Criterion Collection
>> LaserDiscs, e.g. JOUR DE FETE, RULES OF THE GAME, NIGHT OF THE HUNTER,
>> THE SEVENTH SEAL, TUNES OF GLORY, that I had to move this morning for
>> spring cleaning, and I've begun thinking of possible ways to dispose of
>> them, e.g Craig's List, Ebay, dumpster. Do you or others around here,
>> e.g. Calvin, know of any market for good quality LaserDiscs? I know I'm
>> talking one of those ancient technologies, e.g. LP, 8-Track, Betamax,
>> that time has passed by, but my guess is that somewhere out there is a
>> collector who'd like to get his hands on my collection. Ideas?
>
> No idea. I've never even watched a Laserdisc. Not at home, nor at the
>
>> There are films, e.g. JOUR DE FETE, that lots of people think are funny
>> but never make me crack a smile. Maybe I have a problem just with
>> comedies the French like, e.g. Jerry Lewis movies? Anyway, it's funny
>> you should that film because I have a big stack of Criterion Collection
>> LaserDiscs, e.g. JOUR DE FETE, RULES OF THE GAME, NIGHT OF THE HUNTER,
>> THE SEVENTH SEAL, TUNES OF GLORY, that I had to move this morning for
>> spring cleaning, and I've begun thinking of possible ways to dispose of
>> them, e.g Craig's List, Ebay, dumpster. Do you or others around here,
>> e.g. Calvin, know of any market for good quality LaserDiscs? I know I'm
>> talking one of those ancient technologies, e.g. LP, 8-Track, Betamax,
>> that time has passed by, but my guess is that somewhere out there is a
>> collector who'd like to get his hands on my collection. Ideas?
>
> stomping grounds of someone else. (E.g., a friend, lover, co-worker....)
>
> Curious -- was your Laserdisc the color version?
>
> I have never fastened my eyeballs on Tunes of Glory, and had to use
> websites (E.g. Google, IMDB....) to remind myself of its content. Sounds
> like I could not label this film a "confection," which is frustrating,
> but perhaps I could contrive some flip, vaguely cynical way of detaching
> myself from its intended audience (E.g. people who enjoyed this
> particular cinematic morsel).
You're very bad.
My JOUR DE FETE is in B&W "with hand-tinted sequences." I really should
watch it all the way through at least once, just to be able to say I did
it. TUNES OF GLORY is in color, and it's a darn good movie. I will
transfer it to DVD before I let the LaserDisc go. Same for JOUR DE
FETE, I guess, probably, I suppose I must.
Bill Anderson
May 2, 2012, 6:31:49 PM5/2/12
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Bastette
May 2, 2012, 6:33:28 PM5/2/12
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to notice. He even used the dreaded Latinism himself a couple of times.
Bastette
Bastette
May 2, 2012, 6:36:25 PM5/2/12
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>> > Surely there can't be anyone on Earth who overuses "E.g." more than this
>> > man. Just bewildering, how compulsively he inserts it into post after
>> > post after post. He probably accounts for 80% of the "E.g."s ever posted
>> > on Usenet.
>>
>> Odd that your Javert-like pursuit of my posting style can mention
>> compulsiveness without noticing the irony. Odd, and sad...
> Well, considering you probably write 10 posts for every one of mine, and
>> > man. Just bewildering, how compulsively he inserts it into post after
>> > post after post. He probably accounts for 80% of the "E.g."s ever posted
>> > on Usenet.
>>
>> Odd that your Javert-like pursuit of my posting style can mention
>> compulsiveness without noticing the irony. Odd, and sad...
> exhibit the same annoying tics in virtually every post, I'd say my
> "compulsion" can't match yours.
> I will never understand people who start thread after thread after
> thread, and then can't fathom that they might draw repeated replies from
> anyone.
> Are you able to converse in real life or, when faced with the daunting
> prospect of a sentence addressed to you, do you have to retire to
> another room to prepare something "witty" to say in reply?
> E.g., ellipses, parenthetical nod, ellipses, e.g., etc.
Don't you know how to use a killfile? This pointless ragging is annoying.
Hmm, I do know how to use a killfile, and I think I'll use mine right now.
Bastette
Bill Anderson
May 2, 2012, 6:40:26 PM5/2/12
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seriously?
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Tom
May 2, 2012, 8:44:42 PM5/2/12
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appreciate you more...
Tom
Tom
May 2, 2012, 8:32:21 PM5/2/12
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Tom
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Tom
May 2, 2012, 9:45:41 PM5/2/12
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On May 2, 8:34 pm, poisoned rose <pro...@poisonedrose.com> wrote:
> Y'missed the obvious gag reference.
>
> http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTY3Nzg5MTMwOF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTY...
I was thinking strictly lower case initials...
Tom
> Y'missed the obvious gag reference.
>
> http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTY3Nzg5MTMwOF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTY...
I was thinking strictly lower case initials...
Tom
Tom
May 2, 2012, 9:48:39 PM5/2/12
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On May 2, 8:13 pm, poisoned rose <pro...@poisonedrose.com> wrote:
> observations rather than just diddle himself with shallow,
> self-congratulatory wordplay. Not to mention the way he labors to give
> himself an alibi for his superficiality by insisting that he doesn't
> write reviews.
I was riffing on something I said last week when someone missed mP's
point... I said I understood it, but I read slowly.
I don't believe mP possesses any of the character flaws you mentioned.
I think you're taking him waaaay too seriously... something he never
does.
He's sincere about movies, but never takes his views on them too
seriously.
Tom
> Tom <drso...@aol.com> wrote:
> > Perhaps if the contaminated rhodon read more slowly, he would
> > appreciate you more...
>
> Appreciating him would require seeing him make some insightful
> > Perhaps if the contaminated rhodon read more slowly, he would
> > appreciate you more...
>
> observations rather than just diddle himself with shallow,
> self-congratulatory wordplay. Not to mention the way he labors to give
> himself an alibi for his superficiality by insisting that he doesn't
> write reviews.
I was riffing on something I said last week when someone missed mP's
point... I said I understood it, but I read slowly.
I don't believe mP possesses any of the character flaws you mentioned.
I think you're taking him waaaay too seriously... something he never
does.
He's sincere about movies, but never takes his views on them too
seriously.
Tom
Bastette
May 2, 2012, 10:15:32 PM5/2/12
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and completely ignored the joke, while using "eg" all over the place.
Bastette
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moviePig
May 2, 2012, 10:56:02 PM5/2/12
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moviePig
May 2, 2012, 11:27:51 PM5/2/12
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But P.R. is quite intent upon making a point -- *any* point, afaics.
Though I don't know his origin story, he seems to view himself as
somehow left out of others' fun ...an angry barnacle on the hull of a
cruise ship. I can't figure him out, but, following my two or three
failed tries at normal dialogue, I can mostly ignore him.
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Bill Anderson
May 3, 2012, 12:42:13 AM5/3/12
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certainly almost without a doubt probably he was merely extending the
joke. His response gave me a smile, anyway.
trotsky
May 3, 2012, 8:26:29 AM5/3/12
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Scott
May 3, 2012, 7:41:16 PM5/3/12
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>> Bill's post was a witty, amiable redirect. (He's renowned for them.)
>> But P.R. is quite intent upon making a point -- *any* point, afaics.
>
> My points are quite clear, actually. I don't gargoyle them up with
>> But P.R. is quite intent upon making a point -- *any* point, afaics.
>
> cutie-pie phrase substitutions.
>
>> Though I don't know his origin story, he seems to view himself as
>> somehow left out of others' fun ...an angry barnacle on the hull of a
>> cruise ship. I can't figure him out, but, following my two or three
>> failed tries at normal dialogue, I can mostly ignore him.
>
> Just more glib blurbiage. And "making a point" is a guideline you could
>> Though I don't know his origin story, he seems to view himself as
>> somehow left out of others' fun ...an angry barnacle on the hull of a
>> cruise ship. I can't figure him out, but, following my two or three
>> failed tries at normal dialogue, I can mostly ignore him.
>
> stand to follow.
>
> I have said nothing about you that isn't supportable.
Brilliant. On the Internet, *everything* is supportable, while
concurrently being unsupportable. Which is why the oft-used
"cite?" terminology cracks me up.
Tom
May 3, 2012, 10:36:20 PM5/3/12
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He would die for Woody Allen and did you read his comments about
Cinderella? Ewww....
Tom
trotsky
May 3, 2012, 10:38:35 PM5/3/12
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Tom
May 3, 2012, 11:00:01 PM5/3/12
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"This movie made a lifelong impression at age 10, and
never in all the years since then have I seen anything
as enchanting as the Fairy Godmother changing the pumpkin
into an elegant chariot, and the mice, horse, and dog
into horses, coachman, and footman, and Cinderella into
a Princess. [Kingo Gondo alert!]
The whole thing is still lovely, witty, and touching;
without question my favorite animated Disney movie."
What 10 year-old boy sees CINDERELLA? Ick.
And combine that with his, not once, but twice, encouraging me to
dress as a teen age girl cheerleader, and you get a seriously creepy
old man.
The children and sheep of Georgia are not safe.
Tom
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YIKES!
Tom
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