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Started by Eddie Teach, March 06, 2011, 09:29:27 AM

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Ed Anger

I got DirectTv and there is nothing on.
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11B4V

Quote from: Ed Anger on October 26, 2016, 07:12:52 PM
I got DirectTv and there is nothing on.

Road House is on. Same with Shawshank.
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"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

Ed Anger

Seen them both. Shawshank a bit too much.
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Josephus

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Quote from: mongers on October 25, 2016, 06:41:06 PM
Is 'Revolutionary Road' the di Caprio and WInslett get back together film worth watching?

I've never lasted more than five minutes.

OK, thanks for that; I sort of figured it'll go that way, given the synopsis.  :(

I vaguely remember liking it. But it was a long time ago
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Ed Anger

Ed's racist Soylet Green review:

A freighting vision of Hillary's America, overrun by all the muds and other scum she let into the country. A place where hard working white Anglo-Saxons have to scrum in the streets for food, opressed by Hillary's jackbooted thugs.
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CountDeMoney


Ed Anger

I bet Basecop beats off to Roadhouse.
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11B4V

Quote from: Ed Anger on October 26, 2016, 09:12:10 PM
I bet Basecop beats off to Roadhouse.

Old movie Skippy and a C- at best.
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

CountDeMoney

Sam Elliott + Ben Gazzara = B-

The Minsky Moment

Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 26, 2016, 07:09:44 PM
Is that streaming aggregator going to take precipitation into consideration?

No.  Because it will be delivered online, not satellite.
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Martinus

So, anyone seen Dr Strange already? I am seeing very good reviews all around. It might be the rare movie I will see in a cinema (the last one was Guardians of Galaxy).

Eddie Teach

Quote from: Martinus on October 28, 2016, 08:33:09 AM
It might be the rare movie I will see in a cinema (the last one was Guardians of Galaxy).

Same. Didn't even manage to catch Star Wars.  :hmm:
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garbon

Quote from: Martinus on October 28, 2016, 08:33:09 AM
So, anyone seen Dr Strange already? I am seeing very good reviews all around. It might be the rare movie I will see in a cinema (the last one was Guardians of Galaxy).

I only know one person who saw it. He said it was okay but that Cumberbatch had a terrible American accent.
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Savonarola

The current telenovela I've been watching is Clase 406; which is somewhere between "Stand and Deliver" and Beverly Colinas 90210.  Strangely the series seems to confirm Donald Trump's view on Mexicans:

Rapists? Check!
Drug Dealers?  Check!
Murderers?  Check!
Bad Hombres?  Check and double check!

So maybe Trump is just a fan of Telenovelas and developed his world-view from them.

Also the series features a sleazy modeling agency which lures innocent young chicas into a world of prostitution; and apparently Mexican high school is a 24/7 cat fight (RAWR!)  It's truly marvelous television.
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Malthus

Quote from: Savonarola on October 28, 2016, 10:41:25 AM
The current telenovela I've been watching is Clase 406; which is somewhere between "Stand and Deliver" and Beverly Colinas 90210.  Strangely the series seems to confirm Donald Trump's view on Mexicans:

Rapists? Check!
Drug Dealers?  Check!
Murderers?  Check!
Bad Hombres?  Check and double check!

So maybe Trump is just a fan of Telenovelas and developed his world-view from them.

Also the series features a sleazy modeling agency which lures innocent young chicas into a world of prostitution; and apparently Mexican high school is a 24/7 cat fight (RAWR!)  It's truly marvelous television.

Consider this disturbing thought: if Americans learn to understand the realities of Mexico by watching Telenovelas on TV, and Mexico is right across the border - just imagine the worldview space aliens are getting of Humanity as a whole, from listening in on broadcast TV.  :hmm:

No wonder they haven't contacted us yet, except to indulge in anal probings.  :P
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