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    War movie editing errors

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    Keeping secrets while a craft dies out

    BTW, I'd like to throw out one more thing. From *one* "Tony B" to another "TonyB" -- nice name. :) Tony B (the other one)
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    Keeping secrets while a craft dies out

    I have a website on the construction of Japanese armour. I studied armour making in Japan with people whose families had been making armour for centuries. I understand some folks are actually upset that I put this up on the web. While part of me gets that, another part of me believes that...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I love that movie. Haven't seen it for ages. Thanks for the inspiration -- I know what I'm gonna watch tonight. (Love the picketing Bolshies!)
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    War movie editing errors

    Well, in that case, how about the opening titles of the old Six Million Dollar Man series? They show the launch of the HL-10 lifting body from the undercarriage of a bomber, but the crash of the M2F2 (one has two wings, one has three).
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    War movie editing errors

    That's not the kind of thing I mean. The BBC is famous for penny-pinchingly doing magic. The ermine in "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" and "Elizabeth R", for example, was white rabbit with bits dipped in black ink to imitate the ermine tails. See, *they* are trying. But when the characters in...
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    Star Trek

    Oh, man. I *loved* Garak. Dr. Bashir: "Of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't?" Garak: "My dear Doctor, they're all true." Dr. Bashir: "Even the lies?" Garak: "Especially the lies." In honor of Nimoy's B'day: A pic from the set of TOS when they surprised...
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    War movie editing errors

    This is my argument with so many things in movies. If you're gonna make over the top sets and costumes -- why NOT try to make them right? It's not going to cost MORE to make them look proper, and (especially if you're doing a historical piece) you will avoid the risk of alienating a major...
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    What do you do for Living?

    Bourne ID -- DAMN! Impressive work. I'm an international cat burglar and jewel thief. Okay, no. Surprise. I'm a writer and translator, and a historian. My specialty is medieval Japan -- one of those really employable fields.
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    War movie editing errors

    Ah, yes. I call this "Battle of the Bulge BS"-- that, and all that desert terrain in the middle of the Belgian forests in winter....
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    Elizabeth Taylor Passes Away at 79.

    My take is simply that "There are no more MOVIE STARS among us." Except, perhaps, Sean Connery.
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    Johnny Depp in talks to Play The Thin Man

    I've been wondering if anyone actually knew that. The "thin man" of the title was eccentric inventor Prof. Wynant. I love the series. My favorite line in the whole thing is in the second movie, when Nick and Nora go to visit her family, and the scary matriarch greets Nick at the door...
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    Japanese earthquake

    That works, too. :)
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    It's also the ONLY Bond movie that actually followed the plot of the book. It's also one of my favorites. My faves are Goldfinger, FRWL, and OHMSS. Moore's Bond was... interesting. ;)
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    Japanese earthquake

    I can do that. I have a couple of large bottles of scotch here. I'll be totally potchkied when I'm done, but it's worth it.
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    Vintage women's dresses -- interesting site

    I don't know if this site is known by folks, but I found it in a search on vintage clothing. I thought some ladies here might be interested. There are a few nice dresses in the pile. http://www.swingfashionista.com/tag/shop/ Tony
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    Japanese earthquake

    I hope people won't mind if I throw out an inspirational piece. This is slightly edited for space, but I left the language (including the naughty words) intact as it really seems to suit the sense of "holy crap"-ness. The full source is here. It's from "Badass of the Week," and I present to...
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    Unpopular movie opinions...

    "My name is Luke Skywalker. You killed my father. Prepare to die." "No, Luke. I *am* your father." "Oh. Well. Um... prepare to... um..."
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Well, for one thing, they're real planes -- not CGI. :) And George Peppard was flying his own plane. (!)
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    Unpopular movie opinions...

    The sad thing is, I would have gotten a hell of a kick out of that at one time. ;) Actually, it has been suggested by some that the TRUE hero of Star Wars, all along, has been Artoo. My favorite argument holds that Chewie and Artoo were in cahoots, and the heroes of the whole thing. If...

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