Tron
dac...@worldnet.att.net
dvd of Tron.
I had forgotten that Sheridan had killed Londo in the hai-lai game.
; )
Still love the ideas in the movie.
Dave
Amy Guskin
(in article
<b7041d78-0cbd-45cb...@p8g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>):
> So after having it on my shelf for many years I decided to rewatch my
> dvd of Tron.
> I had forgotten that Sheridan had killed Londo in the hai-lai game. <<
<nitpick>
That's "jai alai."
</nitpick>
Amy
--
Ten Thousand Questions
A Question a Day for Journaling, Self-Discovery, and Transformation
"2009 is the Year of Questions"
tenthousandquestions.com
dac...@worldnet.att.net
> >> On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:57:00 -0500, dach...@worldnet.att.net wrote
>
> (in article
> <b7041d78-0cbd-45cb-bb59-c95e43dd6...@p8g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>):
>
> > So after having it on my shelf for many years I decided to rewatch my
> > dvd of Tron.
> > I had forgotten that Sheridan had killed Londo in the hai-lai game. <<
>
> <nitpick>
>
> That's "jai alai."
>
> </nitpick>
>
> Amy
> --
> Ten Thousand Questions
> A Question a Day for Journaling, Self-Discovery, and Transformation
> "2009 is the Year of Questions"
> tenthousandquestions.com
Oops! You are so right, Amy!
: )
Thank you!
I used to know how to spell...
Dave
Mike Ross
If you want a 'humans in the computer' movie that doesn't take itself too
seriously, you could hunt up a copy of 'Overdrawn at the Memory Bank'. MST3K did
wonderful things with it...
Mike
--
http://www.corestore.org
'As I walk along these shores
I am the history within'
Amy Guskin
(in article <3iink51gb5f2u9mt1...@4ax.com>):
> On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:57:00 -0800 (PST), "dac...@worldnet.att.net"
> <dac...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
>> So after having it on my shelf for many years I decided to rewatch my
>> dvd of Tron.
>> I had forgotten that Sheridan had killed Londo in the hai-lai game.
>> ; )
>> Still love the ideas in the movie.
>
> If you want a 'humans in the computer' movie that doesn't take itself too
> seriously, you could hunt up a copy of 'Overdrawn at the Memory Bank'. MST3K
> did
> wonderful things with it... <<
Oh my gosh, they sure did! I laughed so hard watching that one, I nearly
wet myself.
Mike Ross
>>> On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:21:02 -0500, Mike Ross wrote
>(in article <3iink51gb5f2u9mt1...@4ax.com>):
>
>> On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:57:00 -0800 (PST), "dac...@worldnet.att.net"
>> <dac...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>>
>>> So after having it on my shelf for many years I decided to rewatch my
>>> dvd of Tron.
>>> I had forgotten that Sheridan had killed Londo in the hai-lai game.
>>> ; )
>>> Still love the ideas in the movie.
>>
>> If you want a 'humans in the computer' movie that doesn't take itself too
>> seriously, you could hunt up a copy of 'Overdrawn at the Memory Bank'. MST3K
>> did
>> wonderful things with it... <<
>
>Oh my gosh, they sure did! I laughed so hard watching that one, I nearly
>wet myself.
Oddly enough, it was part of the same short series of PBS-commissioned science
fiction movies that also produced the delicious 'Lathe of Heaven'.
>Amy
>--
>Ten Thousand Questions
>A Question a Day for Journaling, Self-Discovery, and Transformation
>"2009 is the Year of Questions"
>tenthousandquestions.com
I think your .sig needs updating, Amy!
Amy Guskin
(in article <h1tnk5to7gcfasl8r...@4ax.com>):
> On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:12:57 -0500, Amy Guskin <ais...@fjordstone.com>
wrote:
>
>
>> Amy
>> --
>> Ten Thousand Questions
>> A Question a Day for Journaling, Self-Discovery, and Transformation
>> "2009 is the Year of Questions"
>> tenthousandquestions.com
>
> I think your .sig needs updating, Amy! <<
D'oh! Thanks!
Amy
--
Ten Thousand Questions
A Question a Day for Journaling, Self-Discovery, and Transformation
"2010 is the Year of Questions"
tenthousandquestions.com
Dave Hayslett
>>> On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:07:16 -0500, Mike Ross wrote
> (in article <h1tnk5to7gcfasl8r...@4ax.com>):
>
>> On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:12:57 -0500, Amy Guskin <ais...@fjordstone.com>
> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Amy
>>> --
>>> Ten Thousand Questions
>>> A Question a Day for Journaling, Self-Discovery, and Transformation
>>> "2009 is the Year of Questions"
>>> tenthousandquestions.com
>>
>> I think your .sig needs updating, Amy! <<
>
> D'oh! Thanks!
You know, you could avoid this problem if you just change it to
"This year is the Year of Questions"
Unless there was an election or something, and last year has a legitimate
chance to remain the reigning Year of Questions. If so, how many years are
eligible to compete? Can future years enter? And is there a swimsuit
competition?
Sorry, there's somebody at the door...
--
Dave (1/12/2010 9:43:06 AM)
"The world is made for people who aren't cursed with self-awareness." --
Annie Savoy
Amy Guskin
(in article <hj4psny5...@hayslett.sc.rr.com>):
> On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:52:30 -0500, Amy Guskin wrote:
>
>>>> On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:07:16 -0500, Mike Ross wrote
>> (in article <h1tnk5to7gcfasl8r...@4ax.com>):
>>
>>> On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:12:57 -0500, Amy Guskin <ais...@fjordstone.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Amy
>>>> --
>>>> Ten Thousand Questions
>>>> A Question a Day for Journaling, Self-Discovery, and Transformation
>>>> "2009 is the Year of Questions"
>>>> tenthousandquestions.com
>>>
>>> I think your .sig needs updating, Amy! <<
>>
>> D'oh! Thanks!
>
> You know, you could avoid this problem if you just change it to
>
> "This year is the Year of Questions"
>
> Unless there was an election or something, and last year has a legitimate
> chance to remain the reigning Year of Questions. If so, how many years are
> eligible to compete? Can future years enter? And is there a swimsuit
> competition? <<
I dunno. It just sounded so fresh and exciting with "2009" in it. Maybe by
next year I'll get tired of putting in the year.
Amy
--
Ten Thousand Questions
A Question a Day for Journaling, Self-Discovery, and Transformation
"2010 is the Year of Questions"
tenthousandquestions.com
Wes Struebing
wrote:
>On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:52:30 -0500, Amy Guskin wrote:
>
>>>> On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:07:16 -0500, Mike Ross wrote
>> (in article <h1tnk5to7gcfasl8r...@4ax.com>):
>>
>>> On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:12:57 -0500, Amy Guskin <ais...@fjordstone.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Amy
>>>> --
>>>> Ten Thousand Questions
>>>> A Question a Day for Journaling, Self-Discovery, and Transformation
>>>> "2009 is the Year of Questions"
>>>> tenthousandquestions.com
>>>
>>> I think your .sig needs updating, Amy! <<
>>
>> D'oh! Thanks!
>
>You know, you could avoid this problem if you just change it to
>
>"This year is the Year of Questions"
>
>Unless there was an election or something, and last year has a legitimate
>chance to remain the reigning Year of Questions. If so, how many years are
>eligible to compete? Can future years enter? And is there a swimsuit
>competition?
>
>Sorry, there's somebody at the door...
But, but...This is the year that EVERYTHING changed!
(also awaiting the inevitable knock at the door...)
--
Wes Struebing
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America,
and to the republic which it established, one nation from many peoples,
promising liberty and justice for all.
Homepage: www.carpedementem.org
linkedin profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/wesstruebing
David Williams
"Wes Struebing" <str...@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:lmaqk5hhs1ivooj7h...@4ax.com...
> But, but...This is the year that EVERYTHING changed!
You mean this is the year John Lithgow and Roy Scheider watch Keir Dullea
set Jupiter alight?
Wes Struebing
That's one thing...
Too bad it had to be a Russian ship that got them there...
;-)
Amy Guskin
(in article <votsk5t2nh6d760ko...@4ax.com>):
> On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:38:46 -0600, "David Williams"
> <kos...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> "Wes Struebing" <str...@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:lmaqk5hhs1ivooj7h...@4ax.com...
>>> But, but...This is the year that EVERYTHING changed!
>>
>> You mean this is the year John Lithgow and Roy Scheider watch Keir Dullea
>> set Jupiter alight?
>>
> That's one thing...
>
> Too bad it had to be a Russian ship that got them there... <<
Hey, the Leonid was a pretty good ship -- it had Helen Mirren on it.
Amy (of Russian descent, and wondering what Russians ever did to Wes <g>)
--
Ten Thousand Questions
A Question a Day for Journaling, Self-Discovery, and Transformation
"2010 is the Year of Questions"
tenthousandquestions.com
Joseph DeMartino
>
> Hey, the Leonid was a pretty good ship -- it had Helen Mirren on it.
Well, there is *that*. OTOH, it looks an awful lot like an Earth
destroyer, which is less good. (Oddly enough I'm watching "2010"
tonight - it is one of three Blu-Ray discs I picked up on sale at Best
Buy for $9.99 each yesterday. Have to do something with all those
Best Buy gift cards I got for Christmas and my birthday.)
The Blu-Ray looks terrific, but this film has aged much worse than
"2001". Despite the date in the title being wrong, the original film
still looks like *a* future, one we haven't reached yet. Yeah, Pan Am
is a distant memory and we don't have a Moon colony, but if we ever
do, it will probably look like what they envisioned in 1968. The flat-
panel read-outs, the clipboard "TV set", all look like things we have
today or might have soon. "2010", by contrast, is filled with 4:3
cathode ray tube televisions and clunky lo-res TV screens. It looks
less technologically advanced than my own living room.
But the film is still fun to watch.
Regards,
Joe
Kathryn Huxtable
> On Jan 13, 9:21 pm, Amy Guskin <aisl...@fjordstone.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hey, the Leonid was a pretty good ship -- it had Helen Mirren on it.
>
> Well, there is *that*. OTOH, it looks an awful lot like an Earth
> destroyer, which is less good. [...]
And when I first saw an Earth Force destroyer I thought it looked like
the Leonid.
> The Blu-Ray looks terrific, but this film has aged much worse than
> "2001". Despite the date in the title being wrong, the original film
> still looks like *a* future, one we haven't reached yet. Yeah, Pan Am
> is a distant memory and we don't have a Moon colony, but if we ever
> do, it will probably look like what they envisioned in 1968. The flat-
> panel read-outs, the clipboard "TV set", all look like things we have
> today or might have soon. "2010", by contrast, is filled with 4:3
> cathode ray tube televisions and clunky lo-res TV screens. It looks
> less technologically advanced than my own living room.
>
> But the film is still fun to watch.
Yes, but I had trouble imagining Bob Balaban as Dr. Chandra. What, they
couldn't get an Indian? His acting was fine, but I already knew what
Dr. Chandra looked like, at least in broad outline.
-K
Amy Guskin
(in article <m2zl4hc...@kathrynhuxtable.org>):
> Joseph DeMartino <jdem...@bellsouth.net> writes:
>
>>
>> But the film is still fun to watch.
>
> Yes, but I had trouble imagining Bob Balaban as Dr. Chandra. What, they
> couldn't get an Indian? His acting was fine, but I already knew what
> Dr. Chandra looked like, at least in broad outline. <<
I had the same issue, although I'm generally willing to forgive casting Bob
Balaban in _anything_. I wondered if they were trying to go for the "in the
future, we'll all be so racially mixed that you won't be able to discern
someone's ethnicity from their name" trope.
Amy
Kathryn Huxtable
>>> On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:54:17 -0500, Kathryn Huxtable wrote
> (in article <m2zl4hc...@kathrynhuxtable.org>):
>
>> Joseph DeMartino <jdem...@bellsouth.net> writes:
>>
>>>
>>> But the film is still fun to watch.
>>
>> Yes, but I had trouble imagining Bob Balaban as Dr. Chandra. What, they
>> couldn't get an Indian? His acting was fine, but I already knew what
>> Dr. Chandra looked like, at least in broad outline. <<
>
> I had the same issue, although I'm generally willing to forgive casting Bob
> Balaban in _anything_. I wondered if they were trying to go for the "in the
> future, we'll all be so racially mixed that you won't be able to discern
> someone's ethnicity from their name" trope.
Yes, I love Bob Balaban in almost anything. My guess is that they didn't
think too hard about it. When that movie was made there weren't as many
Indian actors working in the US, which is where I think it was
made. These days they all play physicians, or so it seems.
I also have always liked Roy Scheider. I'm less of a fan of John
Lithgow.
For me, Helen Mirrin is *always* a plus!
-K
Amy Guskin
(in article <m2ska8h...@kathrynhuxtable.org>):
> Amy Guskin <ais...@fjordstone.com> writes:
>
>>>> On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:54:17 -0500, Kathryn Huxtable wrote
>> (in article <m2zl4hc...@kathrynhuxtable.org>):
>>
>>> Joseph DeMartino <jdem...@bellsouth.net> writes:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> But the film is still fun to watch.
>>>
>>> Yes, but I had trouble imagining Bob Balaban as Dr. Chandra. What, they
>>> couldn't get an Indian? His acting was fine, but I already knew what
>>> Dr. Chandra looked like, at least in broad outline. <<
>>
>> I had the same issue, although I'm generally willing to forgive casting Bob
>> Balaban in _anything_. I wondered if they were trying to go for the "in
>> the
>> future, we'll all be so racially mixed that you won't be able to discern
>> someone's ethnicity from their name" trope.
>
> Yes, I love Bob Balaban in almost anything. My guess is that they didn't
> think too hard about it. When that movie was made there weren't as many
> Indian actors working in the US, which is where I think it was
> made. These days they all play physicians, or so it seems. <<
Or other ethnicities (Naveen Andrews as an Iraqi in "Lost").
>> I also have always liked Roy Scheider. I'm less of a fan of John
> Lithgow.
>
> For me, Helen Mirrin is *always* a plus! <<
Ditto on Roy Scheider and Helen Mirren.
Wes Struebing
<ais...@fjordstone.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:45:44 -0500, Wes Struebing wrote
>(in article <votsk5t2nh6d760ko...@4ax.com>):
>
>> On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:38:46 -0600, "David Williams"
>> <kos...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "Wes Struebing" <str...@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>> news:lmaqk5hhs1ivooj7h...@4ax.com...
>>>> But, but...This is the year that EVERYTHING changed!
>>>
>>> You mean this is the year John Lithgow and Roy Scheider watch Keir Dullea
>>> set Jupiter alight?
>>>
>> That's one thing...
>>
>> Too bad it had to be a Russian ship that got them there... <<
>
>Hey, the Leonid was a pretty good ship -- it had Helen Mirren on it.
>
>Amy (of Russian descent, and wondering what Russians ever did to Wes <g>)
You snipped my smiley! Shame on you...<G>
Actually, I thought it was kind of cool - a little glasnost before
glasnost...
Na zdorovye!
;-D
dac...@worldnet.att.net
> >> On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:45:44 -0500, Wes Struebing wrote
>
>
> > On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:38:46 -0600, "David Williams"
> > <kosh...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >> "Wes Struebing" <str...@comcast.net> wrote in message
> >>news:lmaqk5hhs1ivooj7h...@4ax.com...
> >>> But, but...This is the year that EVERYTHING changed!
>
> >> You mean this is the year John Lithgow and Roy Scheider watch Keir Dullea
> >> set Jupiter alight?
>
> > That's one thing...
>
> > Too bad it had to be a Russian ship that got them there... <<
>
> Hey, the Leonid was a pretty good ship -- it had Helen Mirren on it.
>
And in a net!
: )
dac...@worldnet.att.net
Just the other day I kept seeing an apparition in various reflective
surfaces telling me that "Something wonderful was going to happen."
I finally made the connection and now I am getting out my summer
clothes four months early.
dac...@worldnet.att.net
> On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:57:00 -0800 (PST), "dach...@worldnet.att.net"
>
> <dach...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> >So after having it on my shelf for many years I decided to rewatch my
> >dvd of Tron.
> >I had forgotten that Sheridan had killed Londo in the hai-lai game.
> >; )
> >Still love the ideas in the movie.
>
> If you want a 'humans in the computer' movie that doesn't take itself too
> seriously, you could hunt up a copy of 'Overdrawn at the Memory Bank'. MST3K did
> wonderful things with it...
>
> Mike
> 'As I walk along these shores
> I am the history within'
That MST3K episode is one of my favorites. I have the prose version of
the story somewhere in the house. I need to read it.