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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Chicken With Plums, a (mostly) live-action film in French by Marjane Satrapi of the brilliant Persepolis. A famed violinist decides to die because he feels he can no longer play; he stays in bed and doesn't eat, and as each day passes, flashbacks and side-trips show the reactions of his friends...- Doctor Strange
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Can you wear your hat in YOUR vehicle?
In what I'm driving these days - a Subaru Legacy - yes. Though I'm only 5'8", my hats were always bumping the roof in my previous car, a Dodge Stratus, even though it was a larger vehicle in most dimensions.- Doctor Strange
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
That, and it was based on a hugely successful novel that was too popular to not adapt. One thing they did do was cut away quickly at the ending, without actually showing or implying what Amber's final disposition would be. So I guess the churchgoing members of the audience could imagine that...- Doctor Strange
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So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.
This is an industry wide issue, not just through Obamacare. The insurance I have through my job has become more expensive and covers less each year without fail. Since I haven't had a cost of living increase (or anything else resembling a raise) in eight years, it nets out to an annual...- Doctor Strange
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Forever Amber, the 1947 Restoration-era romantic epic with Linda Darnell, Cornel Wilde, George Sanders, etc. Not a great film - kind of like a mash-up of Tom Jones and Gone With The Wind - but its classic Hollywood style did hold my interest for close to 2-1/2 hours. But... I don't understand...- Doctor Strange
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"Star Trek": 50 years ago today
Wood and vacu-formed plastic. See the links I put into #7 on this thread - there's way more detail about the model there than you could ever need.- Doctor Strange
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"Star Trek": 50 years ago today
Yes, when I took my kids to DC in 2003, I made a pilgrimage to see the model, and as thrilling as it was to be next to it, it was clearly in lousy condition: It looks vastly better now! And FF, I'm pretty much that kind of Jew too. I've never been a congregation member as an adult, my kids...- Doctor Strange
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"Star Trek": 50 years ago today
It's typically transliterated starting with V... but it has never sounded that way to me. Like a lot of Jewish folks my age, I picked up a smattering of Yiddish from my parents and grandparents a long time ago, and I now find myself using it more than when I was young. It's a very expressive...- Doctor Strange
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"Star Trek": 50 years ago today
I just watched "The City on the Edge of Forever" on BBC America with my morning coffee - probably for the hundredth time. And I still got totally ferklempt at the end! As it happens, I was visiting an old friend in Seattle last week and we checked out this outstanding exhibit...- Doctor Strange
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LegendaryUSA in Exton, PA is 10 Stars !
The casual. It's a lovely jacket, and I don't mind that it's not a proper moto jacket - I don't ride - but I do think the cosmetic sleeve zips (that is, with no inner loop of leather, they don't change the seal) are a bit of a cheap shot. This was before I'd even worn it outside, right after I...- Doctor Strange
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What was the last TV show you watched?
I DVR'd it and plan to watch over the weekend. Surprised you didn't like it, usually Pamela Adlon and Louis C.K. produce inspired stuff when working together. Re Togetherness, I watched the first season, but gave up one episode into the second. I love Melanie Lynskey and Amanda Peet, but I...- Doctor Strange
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"Star Trek": 50 years ago today
FYI, folks with access to the BBC America cable channel should note that they are currently marathoning the first two seasons. It started at 8:30 ET Thursday night - Trek's original timeslot! - and at this writing is 10 episodes in. Plenty of great ones ahead!- Doctor Strange
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Credit also goes to co-writer (and Wrath of Khan director) Nicholas Meyer, who'd previously made a great little SF film where someone time-travels to present-day San Francisco, Time After Time. A big hit, and it's certainly the most fun of the original series crew flicks. "I'm from Iowa. I...- Doctor Strange
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"Star Trek": 50 years ago today
I never noticed that, but then, horses have never loomed large in my thinking. Much has been said about how designer Matt Jeffries was an airplane buff, and he applied aerodynamic principles (ironically, not really necessary in the vacuum of space and no gravity!) during the design process...- Doctor Strange
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"Star Trek": 50 years ago today
I was waiting for someone to start a thread. I figured it would be you, Paul! I watched from day one. I was 11-1/2, and already something of a science fiction fan - on TV, anyway. (I wouldn't start reading mass quantities of hardcore SF for another couple of years.) I'd been a fan of the...- Doctor Strange
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You know you are getting old when:
You know you're getting old when today is the 50th anniversary of the premiere of Star Trek... and you were watching that night!- Doctor Strange
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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What was the last TV show you watched?
I only made it 15 minutes into the first episode... and found that I was already incredibly tense and disturbed BEFORE ANYTHING BAD EVEN HAPPENED. I decided to quit immediately. I'm sure it's a good series, and I may give it another shot sometime, but on premiere night I didn't feel I could...- Doctor Strange
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What was the last TV show you watched?
I never really saw the animated series myself. It aired when I was in college, and in those days, there were hardly any TV sets around. (There's a bunch of "beloved" shows from the mid-70s I missed.) I saw some episodes later, and while I respect the talent involved (and I'm an animation fan...- Doctor Strange
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What was the last TV show you watched?
I believe it can be a big payday for an established star in an animated feature... but for ordinary actors working on TV cartoons, it's likely just a bit above scale. No doubt it was even less in 1970. And let's remember that Trek was viewed as a canceled failure at that point, not a beloved...- Doctor Strange
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LegendaryUSA in Exton, PA is 10 Stars !
Alas, I'm not close enough to visit in person, but I got a great buy from them last year - a Schott 654 on sale: $200 off!- Doctor Strange
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