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  1. Doctor Strange

    Movie hats

    I'm a Coen Bros. fan from way back... but I didn't like Buster Scruggs. A couple of the stories are good, but I was really mystified afterwards wondering just what we're supposed to take away from this flick. Another case of the Coens expertly revisiting old Hollywood genre conventions and...
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    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    My favorite Stan Lee cameo actually predates all the superhero flicks: 1995's Kevin Smith comedy Mallrats. While still a cameo, it's more than a quick gag, he actually serves a narrative function. Present at a comic book store event, he gives one of the characters good relationship advice and...
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    Brand New Café Racer Waxy Cowhide Leather Jacket SCHOTT NYC size L

    I've got one of these Schott 654s and it's a great street jacket. But to be clear to prospective buyers, it's a café racer STYLE, not a proper motorcycle jacket. It lacks such basic moto jacket features as sleeve zips that actually change the closure (there's no inner loop of leather, the zips...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    The brand new Coen Bros. film on Netflix, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. It's an anthology of six short stories set in the old west (each introduced as being in a published/illustrated book), that doesn't seem to have any narrative through-line. It's more self-indulgent than even Hail Caesar...
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    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Ace screenwriter William Goldman (Butch Cassidy, Marathon Man, The Princess Bride, etc.): https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/16/obituaries/william-goldman-dead.html
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    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    I first encountered Conan in the Marvel series (*) when I was in college, and still have a bunch of them. Those first twenty-plus issues, the Barry (Windsor) Smith/Roy Thomas run, are some of the greatest comics ever. (No sleight intended against John Buscema, another of my favorite artists of...
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    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    There have been lots of great appreciation articles and tributes to Stan Lee pouring out since last night, but this one is really special: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/obituaries/my-moments-with-stan.html
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    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Oy, I'm sick about it. Stan Lee was like family. Like a clever uncle who's been entertaining you forever since you were little. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/obituaries/stan-lee-dead.html I could make an argument for Jack Kirby also being on your short list, Lizzie. But I just heard...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Ugh, those Matt Helm movies are truly painful. As sixties James Bond knockoffs go, I'll take the wittier Derek Flint movies over them anytime. Agreed that Lee J. Cobb was indeed a very poor choice for the Kralahome in Anna and the King of Siam. Rex Harrison is far from perfect too... but...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Seconded! Fantastic photography by Roger Deakins (with soft-focus lenses producing effects like late 1800s photos in some shots), great performances, and a really interesting take on the story. But that second act just drags on for too long.
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Yeah, the "automation" they used to talk about so optimistically in the sixties, which was going to provide all this additional leisure time... really didn't work out that way. Me and the robot working away He looks at me, as if to say "I'll be doing your job someday" I'm stuck on the...
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I hate those self-checkout machines and just refuse to use them. I may be a loner, but I still prefer interacting with human beings for some things! I also think they're an especially pernicious example of how service jobs that could be providing salaries to actual people are being thrown...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    The Old Dark House - As Lizzie said, director James Whale put a lot of his subtle, twisted (and gay) humor into this film, the kind that's familiar from his later films The Invisible Man and Bride of Frankenstein. And it runs in a direct line to camp, and ultimately as a major inspiration to...
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Good move, 3fingers! The Americans starts well, gets better each season, and concludes with one of the greatest finales ever. A very worthwhile series.
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    Star Trek

    I thought they were just following naval tradition in using the correct titular address for an ensign or lieutenant as "Mr." There's no need to read more into it. But of course, Trek always showed great respect for female Starfleet personnel, all the way back to Number One in "The Cage" in...
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    Tuxedo with a fedora?

    I can't believe folks are still arguing over the rules for formalwear when we live in an era where vast chunks of people go everywhere in pajama pants, shorts, flip-flops, T-shirts, sports team jerseys, and hoodies! Just wear what you want. A black or gray fedora is FINE with a tux these days...
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    Modern looking B3 OR B6ish jacket

    https://www.wested.com/b3-memphis-belle-sheepskin-flying-jacket-cream-548-p.asp http://onlinemilitaria.com/products/838-US-B-3-Sheepskin-Jackets/
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    You guys will dig it. Panic in the Streets is an excellent little noir distinguished by its location shooting and solid performances. And since nobody has mentioned this yet, the reason the actors are so good is director Elia Kazan. I mean, this is the guy who also directed A Tree Grows In...
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Yup. The Rocketeer's clear inspiration was always obvious to those of us who'd seen the fifties Commando Cody serials first!
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    I'm halfway through season three of Daredevil on Netflix. I'm enjoying it, it's definitely better than season two. But with the recent cancelations of Luke Cage and Iron Fist, it's unclear where these Netflix "Defenders" shows are headed. It looks like Disney is letting all their Marvel shows...

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