What's your favourite film, Readers?
Dead Mangled Pigeon
OK, I'll start.. "Dr. Strangelove".
Sellers, Kubrick, George C, James Earl J, Slim P, Milligan, Google it FFS.
Why?
Because the day I saw that film I grew into adulthood. I started thinking
for myself instead of listening to the indoctination of others, lesser
beings. As if a blindfold was lifted, my eyes saw clearly for the first
time. My ears still seemed a bit dodgy, though. I was not the center of the
Universe. And yet, in a glorious way, I was. Because I'd found Jesus. He was
hiding under a cloud all that time.
Actually, if you include the soundtrack, I'd have to say "Shrek"'s[1]
probably better, but I was shagging some old tart while I saw that.
[1] Bonus for ""'"[2]
[2] See recursion
Prai Jei
space-time continuum:
> And why.
>
> OK, I'll start.. "Dr. Strangelove".
Who's that woman singing? Spoils the ending :)
For me of course it's The Great St. Trinians Train Robbery. I can indulge in
innocent (of course!) admiration of young girls, old trains, and the comedy
stars of a bygone age.
(Are the original Great Train Robbers entitled to any royalties because of
the blatant plagiarism of their plan?)
*Bottom* of my list comes another railway-oriented movie - Cassandra
Crossing. I was enjoying it up to the final scene, whereupon I burst into
tears at the gratuitous slaughter of the passengers in the other carriages.
--
ξ:) Proud to be curly
Interchange the alphabetic letter groups to reply
Stephen Wolstenholme
<pvstownse...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>*Bottom* of my list comes another railway-oriented movie - Cassandra
>Crossing. I was enjoying it up to the final scene, whereupon I burst into
>tears at the gratuitous slaughter of the passengers in the other carriages.
That brings back memories but I can't say it made me cry. It could
have done with a sequel as it was a bit open ended.
Steve
--
Neural Planner Software Ltd www.NPSL1.com
Dead Mangled Pigeon
"Stephen Wolstenholme" <st...@tropheus.demon.co.uk> wrote
> That brings back memories but I can't say it made me cry. It could
> have done with a sequel as it was a bit open ended.
That's how I felt about goat.se
Fevric J. Glandules
You didn't *have* to have that photo taken.
Fevric J. Glandules
> (Are the original Great Train Robbers entitled to any royalties because of
> the blatant plagiarism of their plan?)
You can't copyright a plot.
Tough question... two old favourites:
Blues Brothers, Spinal Tap.
Things I 'ave seen relatively recently which I thought verr good:
Black Book
Downfall
Eastern Promises
Soddit, that's enough films for now.
Sol-Terrasa mkfs ext4 da' Sussex
A bit over-exposed, don't you think?
--
http://www.munted.org.uk
One very high maintenance cat living here.
bof
<pvstownse...@ntlworld.com> writes
>*Bottom* of my list comes another railway-oriented movie - Cassandra
>Crossing. I was enjoying it up to the final scene, whereupon I burst into
>tears at the gratuitous slaughter of the passengers in the other carriages.
Never saw the final scene, or indeed any in the last 2/3 or so.
Cassandra Crossing is one of the few films I've walked out of the cinema
part way through. My memory of it is complete and utter tedium.
--
bof at bof dot me dot uk
bof
Pigeon <qrnq_znat...@zfa.pbz> writes
>And why.
Probably "Get Carter", Michael Caine. Carter UKM (Unstoppable Killing
Machine). Done this before, but love it from opening train sequence,
through to filthy beach ending, a cracker.
Marcus Houlden
wrote the following to uk.misc:
> On Sat, 2009-11-28 at 18:48 +0000, Fevric J. Glandules wrote:
>> Dead Mangled Pigeon wrote:
>>
>> > "Stephen Wolstenholme" <st...@tropheus.demon.co.uk> wrote
>> >
>> >> That brings back memories but I can't say it made me cry. It could
>> >> have done with a sequel as it was a bit open ended.
>> >
>> > That's how I felt about goat.se
>>
>> You didn't *have* to have that photo taken.
>
> A bit over-exposed, don't you think?
Just as well they didn't ask for a helping hand:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/garfi3ld/charity3.jpg
mh.
--
http://www.nukesoft.co.uk
http://personal.nukesoft.co.uk
From address is a blackhole. Reply-to address is valid.
Steve Firth
> Because the day I saw that film I grew into adulthood.
Jeesus, when did you see it for the first time? Yesterday?
Fleetie
"2001: A Space Odyssey"
"The Wall"
Steve Terry
news:4b10227e$0$2482$db0f...@news.zen.co.uk...
> And why.
>
> OK, I'll start.. "Dr. Strangelove".
>
>
http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0089869/
New Zealand apocalyptic sci fi
"Operation flashlight" a scientific experiment to transmit power
eliminates 99.9% of the worlds population
Anyone suspect that the TV series Flashforward was influenced by it?
Steve Terry
--
Get a free Three 3pay Sim with �2 bonus after �10 top up
http://freeagent.three.co.uk/stand/view/id/5276
Dave Budd
Hu...@nowhere.much.invalid says...
>
> On 2009-11-29, Patrick Hardlentil <dontmakemefet...@dogslobber.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > And Huge <Hu...@nowhere.much.invalid> was like:
> >> avoid dying of boredom.
> >
> > Only film I've ever walked out of was "Get Shorty";
>
> Oh, well. I liked "Get Shorty".
Hugely amusing
Amethyst Deceiver
<f...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>Prai Jei wrote:
>
>> (Are the original Great Train Robbers entitled to any royalties because of
>> the blatant plagiarism of their plan?)
>
>You can't copyright a plot.
>
>Tough question... two old favourites:
>Blues Brothers, Spinal Tap.
The Fifth Element, or Die Hard in Space.
Steve Firth
> OK, I'll start.. "Dr. Strangelove".
Yes that's one of them. I couldn't restrict myself to one film though.
If I had to I suspect "A Matter of Life and Death" would stand the best
chance of being my favourite film.
Rob
> OK, I'll start.. "Dr. Strangelove".
Mona Lisa.
--
Rob - Shropshire
So many cats,
So few recipes...
Marcus Houlden
wrote the following to uk.misc:
> In uk.misc, (Steve Terry) wrote in
><hetsmg$hgf$1...@news.eternal-september.org>::
>
>>"Dead Mangled Pigeon" <qrnq_znat...@zfa.pbz> wrote in message
>>news:4b10227e$0$2482$db0f...@news.zen.co.uk...
>>> And why.
>>>
>>> OK, I'll start.. "Dr. Strangelove".
>>>
>>>
>>I'd like to see again "The Quiet Earth"
>>http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0089869/
>>
>>New Zealand apocalyptic sci fi
>>"Operation flashlight" a scientific experiment to transmit power
>>eliminates 99.9% of the worlds population
>
> If we could somehow bias it towards people who watch "reality" TV shows,
> not a bad outcome.
Just send several megawatts down the phone line of anyone who dials an 090
number, or with an eye on FTTP, one of those lasers they use for cutting
steel if it's fibre optics. Sending it in the other direction to companies
that use 0844 or 0871 numbers would be a good idea as well.
Willy Eckerslyke
> For me of course it's The Great St. Trinians Train Robbery. I can indulge in
> innocent (of course!) admiration of young girls, old trains, and the comedy
> stars of a bygone age.
If you can do without the young girls, "Oh Mr Porter" supplies most of
the above and more.
There are very few films I can watch repeatedly, the exceptions being:
The Big Lebowski
Blues Brothers
Once upon a time in the West
Fargo
Metropolis
Tuvalu ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162023 )
The General
Our Hospitality (lesser known Buster Keaton classic, with the funniest
train journey ever)
Holy Grail
Matthew Vernon
> OK, I'll start.. "Dr. Strangelove".
Never really been sold on it, TBPH.
Matthew
--
`O'-----0 `O'---. `O'---. `O'---.
\___| | \___|0-/ \___|/ \___|
| | /\ | | \ | |\ | |
The Dangers of modern veterinary life
Willy Eckerslyke
So did I, though not as much as the book. But the sequel is the only
Elmore Leonard that I really couldn't get in to.
bof
<oss108...@bangor.ac.uk> writes
>Prai Jei wrote:
>
>> For me of course it's The Great St. Trinians Train Robbery. I can indulge in
>> innocent (of course!) admiration of young girls, old trains, and the comedy
>> stars of a bygone age.
>
>If you can do without the young girls, "Oh Mr Porter" supplies most of
>the above and more.
I've just finished reading a couple of unexpectedly interesting books
about the Basingstoke to Alton Light Railway, on which OMP was filmed.
Will look out the film based on the recommendation.
james
Willy Eckerslyke
>> If you can do without the young girls, "Oh Mr Porter" supplies most of
>> the above and more.
>
> I've just finished reading a couple of unexpectedly interesting books
> about the Basingstoke to Alton Light Railway, on which OMP was filmed.
> Will look out the film based on the recommendation.
There's a hugely anoraky video on Youtube showing a couple of loonies
going on a search for Buggleskelly Station. As you say, it's around
there somewhere.
I managed to find a boxed set of Will Hay movies on DVD, most are
superb. OMP appears on the same volume as "Convict 99" which is an
absolute joy if you like that sort of thing.
Dave Budd
says...
>
> "Dead Mangled Pigeon" <qrnq_znat...@zfa.pbz> writes:
>
> > OK, I'll start.. "Dr. Strangelove".
>
> Never really been sold on it, TBPH.
>
> Matthew
How old are you? I suspect it helps to have been alive during the Cuban
missile crisis, when MAD was the operative strategy, and we actually
gave serious thought to what we'd do with our 4 minutes if the warning
came.
Willy Eckerslyke
> Allegro Non Troppo
Looks intriguing. Have reserved it on my Mum's Lovefilm account as it
looks the sort of thing she'd enjoy. And Halliwell only gives it 1 star,
which is a good sign.
bof
<oss108...@bangor.ac.uk> writes
>bof wrote:
>
>>> If you can do without the young girls, "Oh Mr Porter" supplies most
>>>of the above and more.
>> I've just finished reading a couple of unexpectedly interesting
>>books about the Basingstoke to Alton Light Railway, on which OMP was
>>filmed. Will look out the film based on the recommendation.
>
>There's a hugely anoraky video on Youtube showing a couple of loonies
>going on a search for Buggleskelly Station. As you say, it's around
>there somewhere.
IRL it was Cliddesden station:
<http://tinyurl.com/buggleskelly>
Willy Eckerslyke
> The entity calling itself Dave Budd wrote:
>> How old are you? I suspect it helps to have been alive during the
>> Cuban missile crisis
>
I wasn't, but I remember MAD, Greenham Common on the news every night
and the general proliferation of nuclear warheads that made it unlikely
we'd make through to breakfast-time. Most days we'd hear sonic booms
from RAF training runs too, all giving the impression that Armageddon
was about as close as portrayed in Dr Strangelove.
Or to put it another way, I saw the film at around the time that Bond
movies started getting seriously silly. And if a teenager can't believe
in 007, the world's definitely fooked.
Willy Eckerslyke
>> There's a hugely anoraky video on Youtube showing a couple of loonies
>> going on a search for Buggleskelly Station. As you say, it's around
>> there somewhere.
>
> IRL it was Cliddesden station:
>
> <http://tinyurl.com/buggleskelly>
So after being sad enough to watch the aforementioned video, I now find
myself tracing their route on google earth, FFS! (They crossed that
footbridge over the motorway, you know.)
Dave Budd
says...
>
> The entity calling itself Dave Budd wrote:
> >
>
> You were alive during it, but were you aware of it?
Only slightly, really. I knew roughly what it was about, and that my
parents were very very worried.
MAD, of course went on until rather later. But mostly we took the "nowt
we can do about it, let's have some fun while we're still alive"
approach. I suspect that influenced "the permissive society" as much as
the pill did, in the end.
Richard Robinson
Wasn't there something about, we're supposed to put our head in a paper bag
and hide under the table ?
Yes.
Will it help ?
No.
Which I'm sure is a horribly mangled quote, I can't even remember where it
came from[1]. Nor do I mind.
[1] HH2G, probably.
--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem
My email address is at http://www.qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html
Prai Jei
continuum:
> Prai Jei wrote:
>
>> For me of course it's The Great St. Trinians Train Robbery. I can indulge
>> in innocent (of course!) admiration of young girls, old trains, and the
>> comedy stars of a bygone age.
>
> If you can do without the young girls,
Of course I can. I'm not into that sort of thing.
> "Oh Mr Porter" supplies most of the above and more.
The comedy stars of that film are a bit *too* bygone.
--
ξ:) Proud to be curly
Interchange the alphabetic letter groups to reply
Esra Sdrawkcab
Correct
"Barman: I thought we were supposed to lie down, put a paper bag over our
head or something...? Ford: Yes, if you like. Barman: Will that help?
Ford: No. ..."
--
"Say a wise saying, and your name will live forever." - Anonymous
Steve Terry
news:herj9n$m5k$1...@news.eternal-september.org...
> Dead Mangled Pigeon set the following eddies spiralling through the
> space-time continuum:
>
>> And why.
>>
>> OK, I'll start.. "Dr. Strangelove".
>
> For me of course it's The Great St. Trinians Train Robbery. I can indulge
> in
> innocent (of course!) admiration of young girls, old trains, and the
> comedy
> stars of a bygone age.
>
>
why would that interest anyone?
Steve Terry
--
Get a free Three 3pay Sim with �2 bonus after �10 top up
http://freeagent.three.co.uk/stand/view/id/5276
DeadMangledPigeon
"Steve Terry" <gfou...@tesco.net> wrote
> 15 year old school girls in stocking and suspenders,
> why would that interest anyone?
Speak for yourself, you sick bastard.
DeadMangledPigeon
"bof" <nothi...@hotmail.com> wrote
> Probably "Get Carter", Michael Caine. Carter UKM (Unstoppable Killing
> Machine). Done this before, but love it from opening train sequence,
> through to filthy beach ending, a cracker.
Oh yeah!
Have you seen Harry Brown yet?
Steve Terry
news:u8YQm.32605$cX4....@newsfe10.iad...
http://www.freecinema.co.uk/
Best freebie i've had in a long time
DeadMangledPigeon
AdeV
> And why.
It's a close call between "Goodfellas" and "Das Boot". The only thing
about Das Boot is you need to set aside at least 6 hours in which to
watch it (the full, uncut version that is).
--
Cheers!
Ade.
Matthew Vernon
james
<sp...@solutionengineers.com> writes
Theatrical editions of most cut movies are pretty good. A whole reel was
snipped off the opening of 'The Wicca Man'. Had it been properly story
boarded that wouldn't've happened.
A Town Like Alice (four funerals and a wedding) runs for five hours. The
skating and the pig-chasing scenes could be snipped.
--
James Follett
Steve Terry
news:rKVTypZv...@marage.demon.co.uk...<snip>
> Theatrical editions of most cut movies are pretty good. A whole reel was
> snipped off the opening of 'The Wicca Man'. Had it been properly story
> boarded that wouldn't've happened.
>
>
and added to the directors cut version
Steve Terry
news:MPG.2581eab45...@news.enta.net...
> Ade.
>
>
In German with English subtitles, I've a copy of Stalingrad which
was made by the same Bavarian company, but unfortunately it's
the short version in dubbed English
james
<gfou...@tesco.net> writes
>"james" <ja...@marage.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:rKVTypZv...@marage.demon.co.uk...
>> In message <MPG.2581eab45...@news.enta.net>, AdeV
>> <sp...@solutionengineers.com> writes
><snip>
>> Theatrical editions of most cut movies are pretty good. A whole reel was
>> snipped off the opening of 'The Wicca Man'. Had it been properly story
>> boarded that wouldn't've happened.
>>
>>
>The first reel had been lost, but a poor quality copy has been found
>and added to the directors cut version
Directors should never be allowed near a Movieola! Lindsay Anderson
got his mitts on Oh Lucky Man and bunged back all the theatrical cuts
into the TV version and so mangled a decent movie.
--
James Follett
Prai Jei
> In message <7nhn2cF...@mid.individual.net>, Willy Eckerslyke
> <oss108...@bangor.ac.uk> writes
>>Prai Jei wrote:
>>
>>> For me of course it's The Great St. Trinians Train Robbery. I can
>>> indulge in innocent (of course!) admiration of young girls, old trains,
>>> and the comedy stars of a bygone age.
>>
>>If you can do without the young girls, "Oh Mr Porter" supplies most of
>>the above and more.
>
> I've just finished reading a couple of unexpectedly interesting books
> about the Basingstoke to Alton Light Railway, on which OMP was filmed.
> Will look out the film based on the recommendation.
"You're wasting your time."
bof
<inv...@invalid.invalid> writes
Err, no, not heard of it. Is it any good?
AdeV
> "AdeV" <sp...@solutionengineers.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.2581eab45...@news.enta.net...
> > Dead Mangled Pigeon may or may not have intoned:
> >
> >> And why.
> >
> > It's a close call between "Goodfellas" and "Das Boot". The only thing
> > about Das Boot is you need to set aside at least 6 hours in which to
> > watch it (the full, uncut version that is).
> > Cheers!
> > Ade.
> >
> >
> In German with English subtitles
Definitely. The English dub just doesn't ring true, which spoils the
whole thing.
The English translation book, however, was brilliant (I wouldn't have
understood it in the original German); unfortunately I lent my copy to a
friend & never saw it again; every other copy of the book that's passed
through my hands since has been an American translation. And there's
some phrases in there which just jar when you read them.
> I've a copy of Stalingrad which
> was made by the same Bavarian company, but unfortunately it's
> the short version in dubbed English
Haven't seen that one, in any form.
--
Cheers!
Ade.
AdeV
> In message <MPG.2581eab45...@news.enta.net>, AdeV
> <sp...@solutionengineers.com> writes
> >Dead Mangled Pigeon may or may not have intoned:
> >
> >> And why.
> >
> >It's a close call between "Goodfellas" and "Das Boot". The only thing
> >about Das Boot is you need to set aside at least 6 hours in which to
> >watch it (the full, uncut version that is).
>
> Theatrical editions of most cut movies are pretty good. A whole reel was
> snipped off the opening of 'The Wicca Man'. Had it been properly story
> boarded that wouldn't've happened.
Das Boot was made as a mini-series; 6 hour-long episodes IIRC. The
resulting film actually did surprisingly good justice to the book. It
was then released as a 2 hour film (poor) and a 2.5hr "directors cut"
(better, but still lacking). You can, finally, get the full mini-series
version on DVD.
--
Cheers!
Ade.
Fevric J. Glandules
> Steve Terry may or may not have intoned:
>> In German with English subtitles
>
> Definitely.
In anything with English subtitles. Can't stand dubbed films.
ISTR seeing quite a lot of dubbed German films on telly many moons
ago. The face kept changing but the male lead's voice stayed
disconcertingly the same.
I also STR (what I considered) a very clever approach to dealing
with the problem of having people speaking Forrin for extended
periods in what was otherwise an English language film. At the
beginning of the scene the characters would speak Forrin, with
English subtitles. After the first few lines they would switch
to speaking English.
Sol-Terrasa mkfs ext4 da' Sussex
> On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:47:54 +0000, Sol-Terrasa mkfs ext4 da' Sussex <alex....@munted.org.uk>
> wrote the following to uk.misc:
>
> > On Sat, 2009-11-28 at 18:48 +0000, Fevric J. Glandules wrote:
> >> Dead Mangled Pigeon wrote:
> >>
> >> > "Stephen Wolstenholme" <st...@tropheus.demon.co.uk> wrote
> >> >
> >> >> That brings back memories but I can't say it made me cry. It could
> >> >> have done with a sequel as it was a bit open ended.
> >> >
> >> > That's how I felt about goat.se
> >>
> >> You didn't *have* to have that photo taken.
> >
> > A bit over-exposed, don't you think?
>
> Just as well they didn't ask for a helping hand:
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/garfi3ld/charity3.jpg
Don't make a fist of things...
--
http://www.munted.org.uk
One very high maintenance cat living here.
james
<sn...@spambin.fsnet.co.uk> writes
>Steve Terry <gfou...@tesco.net> wrote:
>
>> > For me of course it's The Great St. Trinians Train Robbery.
The production notes for a new St Trinians movie make the point that the
girls can be shown indulging in any vice: brewing illegal liquor;
murder; snorting coke -- you name it. But they are not allowed to be
seen smoking!
>Or maybe I mean the passing of the passing of the laugh-line;
>who knows, I confuse very easily these days. Besides, I defy
>any red-blooded male over sixty not to be nostalgic about
>the snap of suspender elastic against milky white thigh.
I remember taking a tamponette to the bioscope who wore a paper
petticoat. Couldn't lay a hand on her without risking being spotted by
the torch beams of several usherettes and getting a caution for
rustling.
As for the bare expanse of naked thigh twixt knickers and stocking. I
recall that us lotharios when comparing campaign notes used to refer to
that magic zone as 'no man's land'. Get across that and you were home
and dry... Well -- home.
--
James Follett
Sol-Terrasa mkfs ext4 da' Sussex
> >> > For me of course it's The Great St. Trinians Train Robbery.
>
> The production notes for a new St Trinians movie make the point that
> the
> girls can be shown indulging in any vice: brewing illegal liquor;
> murder; snorting coke -- you name it. But they are not allowed to be
> seen smoking!
One of the girls in the 2007 film _was_ seen smoking a spliff.
james
<ja...@marage.demon.co.uk> writes
>In message <1ja12w5.g0dddg1v6nigcN%sn...@spambin.fsnet.co.uk>, Sn!pe
><sn...@spambin.fsnet.co.uk> writes
>>Steve Terry <gfou...@tesco.net> wrote:
>>
>>> > For me of course it's The Great St. Trinians Train Robbery.
I'm tempted to include the five-hour Aussie version of A Town Like Alice
starring the lovely and rarely seen Helen Morse. She could squat on her
heels on sand, keep her balance while expertly hand rolling a cigarette
while delivering her lines. Although Aussie bred and with a Sydney
accent to march as she demonstrated in 'Caddie' she passed herself off
as a English rose with an accent that never skidded in five hours.
That's acting.
--
James Follett
james
<marc$e...@cleopatra.co.uk> writes
>In uk.misc, (Sn!pe) wrote in
><1ja12w5.g0dddg1v6nigcN%sn...@spambin.fsnet.co.uk>::
>
>>Steve Terry <gfou...@tesco.net> wrote:
>>
>>> > For me of course it's The Great St. Trinians Train Robbery.
In retrospect I think my Christmas wish would've been that there had
been one or two movies on TV that I didn't already have on VHS or DVD.
There were a couple of unusual movies on 'Ray Bradbury Theater' but they
were the exception. I knew that the job lot of DVDs I bought was a
mistake. Now I learn that possession of the Danish movie 'Ogginnoggin'
is illegal in England despite its BBFC okay.
--
James Follett.