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    You know you are getting old when:

    It's my estimation that every man ever got a statue made of him was one kind of sommbitch or another. - Mal, Firefly episode "Jaynestown"
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    Ladies Wool Peacoats

    Not strictly an answer, but a perhaps useful aside... My mom was a sergeant in the Marines in WWII, stationed at El Toro and mostly doing machine shop work supporting Corsair planes. I have no idea if she was issued a peacoat, but I have photo evidence that she was issued a women's-buttoning...
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    I read somewhere that SHIELD's budget was reduced. But from the start - and mind you, I enjoy the series a lot - one of my gripes has been that so much of the show takes place in warehouses and factories. Ugly utilitarian sets with little design effort. Sure, there have been impressive...
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    Flying jackets from Pakistan

    Other less expensive but sort of accurate A-2 repros from legit companies that are bound to be better include What Price Glory and US Authentic: http://onlinemilitaria.com/products/6787-US-A-2-LEATHER-FLIGHT-JACKET-2018-RUN/ https://www.usauthentic.com/a2-jacket.html And even the...
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    This Came Out 100 Years Ago Today

    Alas, Arbuckle suffers from being recalled for his scandal, not for his films... when he's recalled at all these days. The awesome Chaplin Mutual shorts are now over a hundred years old. The great Keaton and Lloyd shorts will be in a couple of years. Hey, at least they're still funny!
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I have always liked that film. But I don't know that it's all that ahead of its time - let's remember that there was a lot more social progressiveness and exploration of new subjects in writing/etc. in the fifties than our post-sitcom faux "nostalgia for a simpler time" view of the era suggests...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Trumbo - well done, and with an outstanding cast. Put it on the Hollywood Blacklist shelf alongside Good Night and Good Luck, The Front, etc.
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    It's my favorite Hitchcock film, period. Both a technical and storytelling masterwork, and with an interestingly voyeuristic aspect that reflects back on the audience watching it. That is, we are manipulated by our interpretation of what Jeff is looking at, and he's manipulated by what shots...
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    I finished off season 2 of Jessica Jones. I think it's still the best of the Marvel Netflix shows by a wide margin, but this season's not quite as outstanding as season 1.
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Churchill, the Churchill film from last year that's not Darkest Hour. The cast was good - Brian Cox as Churchill, Miranda Richardson as Clementine, John Slattery as Eisenhower, etc. - but it was pretty meh. I've seen better depictions. And two recent films about guys who encounter...
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    Batman the Animated Series

    Fans may get a kick out of these newly created posters for B:TAS episodes: http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2018/03/14/the-bmd-interview-justin-erickson-the-artist-behind-mondos-batman-the-anima I really like the one for "Trial".
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    The first four episodes of the just-dropped season 2 of Jessica Jones on Netflix. This remains the best of the Marvel Netflix series... but I can already see that it still has the not-enough-story-dragged-out-to-13-eps syndrome that plagues so many Netflix productions.
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I didn't say I didn't understand the plot. I just think the film as written/edited has pacing problems and would play better if it was fifteen minutes shorter.
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    US Authentic Indy

    Totally agree on recent pricing issue. I understand why custom jackets are expensive, but off the rack Schotts going for $800 seems nuts, especially to those of us who always require alterations. My experience with US A was now 15 years ago, so I can't comment on their current products. But I...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I love this film, but think it sags a bit in the middle. Beautifully written and performed. Another one that Roger Deakins should won Best Cinematography for... That soft focus edge effect (he used it again in A Serious Man) brilliantly enhances the period look.
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    It's intriguing to see Brian Cox as anyone! He's always great: Troy, 25th Hour, Match Point, Running With Scissors, X2... Re O Brother Where Art Thou?, it's my second-favorite Coen Bros. film, and one of the many earlier films for which Roger Deakins should really have won Best Cinematography...
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    FS: Vintage Schott steerhide bomber, 46 L, mint!

    I had one exactly like it in the 80s/90s. Fantastic jacket, very tough and quite warm. I wore the heck out of it for about a decade and eventually donated it to goodwill when it was very battered and I'd widened too much to wear it. Sure, it's not a repro of any actual style... but it's a...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Absolutely! There is no more incredible three-year run in film history than Powell and Pressburger: A Matter of Life and Death (aka Stairway to Heaven)/1946, Black Narcissus/1947, The Red Shoes/1948! (Not that most of their films before and after those three aren't also splendid!) It's a...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Haven't seen it yet, but I have had a similar reaction to many highly praised recent films. Get Out, The Big Sick, Mudbound and others have left me scratching my head re why they're considered so good. (But I loved The Shape of Water.)
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    Akubra Stockman

    And be sure you are looking at the prices in US dollars, not Australian dollars.
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