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TCM my friend... the ONLY channel I'd pay good money for....
Worf
Well said! :eusa_clap
TCM my friend... the ONLY channel I'd pay good money for....
Worf
After my cable bill jumped by $15 last month, I call Time Warner and had a very polite, but very, very firm "we are going to cut the cord unless you get our bill down without taking away things we want" conversation. When he said, what do you absolutely need (this was the second person I spoke with who, it was clear, was tasked with cutting deals to save accounts), I told him (1) high sped internet as I work from home, (2) HBO (my girlfriend watches "Game of Thrones" and "True Blood" and we either keep HBO or the cable TV goes or my life become unpleasant) and (3) TCM.
He spent, no exaggeration, ten minutes bringing up things on his computer (I could hear the keys being hit) and asking me specific questions about channels and services. He made several offers to give me more stuff at the "new" price, I told him two things had to happen on this call, the price has to come down and I can't loose the "absolutes." After more typing and questioning, he basically cut my bill to five dollars less than my old price, took away some channels I didn't even know existed (I think he did this to save face, as if to say, we didn't really just cut your bill) and left me with high speed internet, HBO, TCM and most everything else.
Like you, TCM is the only one I'd pay for and HBO for the girlfriend.
Dr. No has become my favorite James Bond film over the years... because it's a taut, low-budget, more realistically-based story. I like all the Connery films, but Dr. No appeals precisely because it's smaller scale, less absurd, and doesn't have the same redundant, formulaic plotting of most later Bond films.
I totally agree. From Russia With Love was long my favorite, and is still number two. I like many of the other Bond films (even a couple of the silly Roger Moores), but most are so similar as to be essentially interchangeable.
I did like Casino Royale and Skyfall (though Quantum of Silence left zero impression), which dropped most of the formula... but Daniel Craig - while unquestionably a fine actor - will just never be Bond for me!
I have the same opinion of the three Bond movies starring Craig, but in my opinion he's the only actor to play the character who even came close to Connery (who set the standard)....I did like Casino Royale and Skyfall (though Quantum of Silence left zero impression), which dropped most of the formula... but Daniel Craig - while unquestionably a fine actor - will just never be Bond for me!
Fort Apache (1948)
God bless John Ford!