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  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @axe said:

    Not much beats an old western late at night ?

    Like HBO's Westworld? 

    AxeA Axe wrote on
    #22

    @the-gipper said:

    Like HBO's Westworld? 

    Sorry, I live a guarded life.. Not familiar.. good?

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  • AxeA Axe

    @the-gipper said:

    Like HBO's Westworld? 

    Sorry, I live a guarded life.. Not familiar.. good?

    W Westside Steve wrote on
    #23

    @axe said:

    Sorry, I live a guarded life.. Not familiar.. good?

    I haven't been able to get through season 2. Season 1 was great.

    WSS

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    The GipperT 1 Reply
  • Tour2maT Tour2ma wrote on
    #24

    Never could get into West World...

    Watched the new HBO movie that premiered last nite, Bad Education. Very entertaining "based on a true story" tale that takes place in a posh, Long Island school system.

    EDIT: Had the trailer up, but it really gives away TMI IMO... so just take a flyer on it.

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  • W Westside Steve wrote on
    #25

    Don't know if I mentioned this before but it was recently Rod steiger's birthday and it had been a good many years years since I'd seen the pawn broker. Powerful film ahead of its time. Actual nudity in the 60s. Not much but enough to surprise the shit out of me.

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  • W Westside Steve

    Don't know if I mentioned this before but it was recently Rod steiger's birthday and it had been a good many years years since I'd seen the pawn broker. Powerful film ahead of its time. Actual nudity in the 60s. Not much but enough to surprise the shit out of me.

    WSS

    Tour2maT Tour2ma wrote on
    #26

    @westside-steve said:

    Don't know if I mentioned this before but it was recently Rod steiger's birthday and it had been a good many years years since I'd seen the pawn broker. Powerful film ahead of its time. Actual nudity in the 60s. Not much but enough to surprise the shit out of me.

    Prostitute disrobing in the shop to "tempt" Steiger into giving her a better deal IIRC. She might have been between a couple of racks of clothing?

    Saw it in a Cleveland "Art Theater".

    "When you have a shared vision it is a lot easier to make unpopular decisions." - Paul DePodesta "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." - Paul Brown Complete 2017 Browns Board Mock: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46196
  • Tour2maT Tour2ma

    @westside-steve said:

    Don't know if I mentioned this before but it was recently Rod steiger's birthday and it had been a good many years years since I'd seen the pawn broker. Powerful film ahead of its time. Actual nudity in the 60s. Not much but enough to surprise the shit out of me.

    Prostitute disrobing in the shop to "tempt" Steiger into giving her a better deal IIRC. She might have been between a couple of racks of clothing?

    Saw it in a Cleveland "Art Theater".

    W Westside Steve wrote on
    #27

    @tour2ma said:

    Prostitute disrobing in the shop to "tempt" Steiger into giving her a better deal IIRC. She might have been between a couple of racks of clothing?

    Saw it in a Cleveland "Art Theater".

    That's the scene. Pretty avant-garde for its time.

    WSS

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  • Tour2maT Tour2ma

    @tiamat63 said:

    You have bumped your god damn head, sir.  

    Didn't like Kurt's delivery of "You cur..."

    Never felt he got into the cartoonish bent of Tombstone...  which is odd since he had no such issue getting into Jack Burton...

    jbluhm86J jbluhm86 wrote on
    #28

    @tour2ma said:

    Didn't like Kurt's delivery of "You cur..."

    Never felt he got into the cartoonish bent of Tombstone...  which is odd since he had no such issue getting into Jack Burton...

    You're obviously drunk, sir.

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  • jbluhm86J jbluhm86

    @tour2ma said:

    Didn't like Kurt's delivery of "You cur..."

    Never felt he got into the cartoonish bent of Tombstone...  which is odd since he had no such issue getting into Jack Burton...

    You're obviously drunk, sir.

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #29

    @jbluhm86 said:

    You're obviously drunk, sir.

    I was watching some of the Kevin Costner-- Earp/Dennis Quaid --Doc Holiday  movie, just yesterday.   It does not compare to Tombstone.  I like those guys in lots of stuff  (even in stuff a lot of people don't like:  Waterworld/Postman).....but they are no comparison to this Kurt Russell/Val Kilmer  movie.  Not close. 

  • W Westside Steve

    @axe said:

    Sorry, I live a guarded life.. Not familiar.. good?

    I haven't been able to get through season 2. Season 1 was great.

    WSS

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #30

    @westside-steve said:

    I haven't been able to get through season 2. Season 1 was great.

    WSS

    Season 1 was great.  Each season thereafter....2-3  has gone downhill.  IMO.   They just released the final episode of Season 3, and they do say there will be a Season 4.  I am not sure why they need one.

    SPOILER ALERT:   Don't read here if you haven't seen it and want to:

    (In the final episode of season 3 they killed off what I believe are the two main characters...which is why I am wondering about the need for Season 4)

  • nickersN nickers wrote on
    #31

    The Godfather Trilogy

    The Shawshank Redemption

    The Ten Commandments

    The recent reboot of Planet of The Apes

    The Rocky Saga

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  • nickersN nickers

    The Godfather Trilogy

    The Shawshank Redemption

    The Ten Commandments

    The recent reboot of Planet of The Apes

    The Rocky Saga

    W Westside Steve wrote on
    #32

    @nickers said:

    The Godfather Trilogy

    The Shawshank Redemption

    The Ten Commandments

    The recent reboot of Planet of The Apes

    The Rocky Saga

    Even though it's not on my big list I thought the reboot of Planet of the Apes was really really well done.

    WSS

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  • W Westside Steve

    @nickers said:

    The Godfather Trilogy

    The Shawshank Redemption

    The Ten Commandments

    The recent reboot of Planet of The Apes

    The Rocky Saga

    Even though it's not on my big list I thought the reboot of Planet of the Apes was really really well done.

    WSS

    nickersN nickers wrote on
    #33

    @westside-steve said:

    Even though it's not on my big list I thought the reboot of Planet of the Apes was really really well done.

    WSS

    Yeah for a guy who was just a MoCap artist (Andy Sirkis)... His acting skills totally shocked me... It was brilliantly done... There'll be another installment of the franchise with Cornelius becoming the central figure.. I can't wait!!

    Nickers...."There are no old running QB's in the NFL "~Sam Rutigliano~
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  • Tour2maT Tour2ma wrote on
    #34

    Agree on the Ape reboot...

    I had low expectations, but the CGI-fueled, FX advances really worked.

    Aside... the original Heston movie was the first time a book I'd read was brought to the big screen. Book title caught my eye while browsing my Jr. HS Library.

    My only gripe with the movie was that the Taylor-Nova sex scenes weren't included... 🙁

    They were fairly hot in the book as I recall, but then when you're a 14-yo male, it doesn't take much to start your engine.

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    😂
  • T TexasAg1969

    @tour2ma said:

    Open Range is on a little later tonite... the final gun fight is a surf-stopper...

    And while we are on Westerns...

    • The Unforgiven... final gunfight...
    • Silverado... the opening sequence in the cabin...

     "I've heard that your a low down Yankee Liar"

    Tour2maT Tour2ma wrote on
    #35

    @texasag1969 said:

    "I've heard that your a low down Yankee Liar"

    Aside... back in about '77 I was an engineer in the Solvents' area of the plant in which I started my career.

    Anyway the Solvents' Shipping, Day Head Operator was a youngish fellow named Danny Boyer whose picture was in the dictionary next to "Good ol' Boy". I got to know Danny pretty well thru Rec Assn sports including softball, B-ball, etc. I even helped him coach his Little League Football team for a while (that's a whole 'nother story).

    Anywho... one time our regular B-ball group showed up for B-ball nite at the HS gym and Danny's youth team was still playing... games had run long that evening.

    After the game I was chatting with Danny and he introduced to his Asst Coach, "This is Tour... he's a Northerner."

    I asked, "Northerner? Is that better than a Yankee?"

    Danny with out skipping a beat replied, "It's as good as you can get."

    "When you have a shared vision it is a lot easier to make unpopular decisions." - Paul DePodesta "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." - Paul Brown Complete 2017 Browns Board Mock: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46196
    😂
  • Tour2maT Tour2ma wrote on
    #36

    Almost forgot why I stopped by here... lol...

    Another one is on Sundance channel today and it's another "western''... of sorts...

    The Quick and the Dead

    Cartoonish storyline with cartoonish characters, but how bad can a movie with Hackman, a young Russell Crowe and an even younger DiCaprio be?

    Of course there is Sharon Stone to contend with, but she sports a smokey voice thruout that can melt your skivvies... and I didn't even know cotton had a melt point.

    "When you have a shared vision it is a lot easier to make unpopular decisions." - Paul DePodesta "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." - Paul Brown Complete 2017 Browns Board Mock: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46196
    👍
  • Tour2maT Tour2ma

    Almost forgot why I stopped by here... lol...

    Another one is on Sundance channel today and it's another "western''... of sorts...

    The Quick and the Dead

    Cartoonish storyline with cartoonish characters, but how bad can a movie with Hackman, a young Russell Crowe and an even younger DiCaprio be?

    Of course there is Sharon Stone to contend with, but she sports a smokey voice thruout that can melt your skivvies... and I didn't even know cotton had a melt point.

    nickersN nickers wrote on
    #37

    @tour2ma said:

    Almost forgot why I stopped by here... lol...

    Another one is on Sundance channel today and it's another "western''... of sorts...

    The Quick and the Dead

    Cartoonish storyline with cartoonish characters, but how bad can a movie with Hackman, a young Russell Crowe and an even younger DiCaprio be?

    Of course there is Sharon Stone to contend with, but she sports a smokey voice thruout that can melt your skivvies... and I didn't even know cotton had a melt point.

    That channel has some pretty good movies.. I really love INSP.. They play the original Gunsmoke epi's and some really good westerns.. I hope they play The Sabato westerns that featured Lee VanCleef.. Those were pretty good..

    Nickers...."There are no old running QB's in the NFL "~Sam Rutigliano~
  • W Westside Steve wrote on
    #38

    Anybody love Sin City as much as I did?

    WSS

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  • W Westside Steve

    Anybody love Sin City as much as I did?

    WSS

    Tour2maT Tour2ma wrote on
    #39

    @westside-steve said:

    Anybody love Sin City as much as I did?

    That, sir, would depend upon how much you like it... 🙂

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  • Tour2maT Tour2ma

    @westside-steve said:

    Anybody love Sin City as much as I did?

    That, sir, would depend upon how much you like it... 🙂

    W Westside Steve wrote on
    #40

    @tour2ma said:

    That, sir, would depend upon how much you like it... 🙂

    A bunch.

    ?

    WSS

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  • W Westside Steve

    @tour2ma said:

    That, sir, would depend upon how much you like it... 🙂

    A bunch.

    ?

    WSS

    Tour2maT Tour2ma wrote on
    #41

    @westside-steve said:

    A bunch.

    Well in that case.... no.

    I enjoyed it, but never got into the whole "graphic novel" thing... print or movie.

    "When you have a shared vision it is a lot easier to make unpopular decisions." - Paul DePodesta "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." - Paul Brown Complete 2017 Browns Board Mock: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46196
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