I'm going to see "The Godfather" for the first time on the big screen at the Oaks.  Yes, I've seen "The Godfather" several times on TV, but now I can finally see it in a theater.

I JUST WATCHED "that 70's show" seasons 7 and 8 , the last two......i WIsH I COULD FIND MORE SEASONS OF "KING OF THE HILL" after season 6....I'm watching "Beavis and Butthead Do America "for the first time in several years. It's better than I remember .Watched a couple of Godzilla movies "Invasion of Astro - Monster" (Monster Zero) and "All Monsters Attack" (Godzilla's Revenge). There's a series with the U.S. and Japanese prints. They did this with a few non - Godzilla titles like "Rodan" , "Frankenstein Conquers The World" and "War of The Gargantuas".

I loved this......"Fish Story"

BUT!!! SPOILER WARNING.....The description the guy who posted the Trailer has put on the page gives the plot away!!!!

http://youtu.be/vC5E4-LRrTk

Just watched this very surreal slice of genius. If you get the chance... Watch it. If you get it? you're a better (and stranger) person than me! Soundtrack by the sublime 'Broadcast'

YOU MEAN SOMETHING EDUCATIONAL ?!!!! YIKES !!!  I KID , I LIKE TO WATCH HISTORY CHANNEL , SOMETIMES . IT SEEMS LIKE HISTORY SHIFTS AND CHANGES , AS OBVIOUSLY , IF SOMETHING HAPPENED OVER 100 YEARS AGO , NO ONE CAN ATTEST TO THE VALIDITY OF PAST STATEMENTS. But , we seem to be learning so much more , now.
 
MikeL said:

I've been watching "The Vikings" on the History Channel. Cool stuff:)

I've been watching "The Vikings" on the History Channel. Cool stuff:)

You don't have to go to Egypt to buy Thunderbird by the case..... hic !

I kid , I've got a couple of the feature films. A friend from England was pissed off , because they started showing Thunderbirds on US TV about 15 MINS. AGO , BUT THEY DUBBED THE VOICES SO THEY'D HAVE "EASY TO UNDERSTAND" AMERICAN ACCENTS. Lasted about a month.

Just watched more King of The Hill episodes at random , and some of Boardwalk Empire season two.wATCHED "vALLEY gIRL" AGAIN THE OTHER NIGHT. How they got Preppie culture so right and Punk culture so WRONG....Well , Nicholas Cage was their first mistake , tho' his acting was so bad , it was perfect . Watched "The Great Dictator" with Charlie Chaplin , only to find out the tape I had was one of two parts , even tho' the actual film is only 10 - 20 minutes longer , tops. I know Criterion has it for a fortune.....I can see where The THREE STOOGES GOT INSPIRATION FOR THEIR GREAT WAR PROPAGANDA SHORTS FROM. It's disgraceful that Hedda Hopper was so powerful , all she had to do was say Chaplin was a "Communist" for making an anti - Nazi FILM BEFORE THE US ENTERED WWII , and get his blacklisted for almost his entire life ..... It's both a simple and a powerful film. No one else wanted to deal with the persecution of The Jews  , so , it took a legendary Comic whose film career was all but over , anyway , to say something. There's not even anything about Communism mentioned in the film. The only dictator , besides Hitler , represented in the movie was Mussolini , and one nondescript character who could have been meant to symbolize Franco. Stalin is'nt mentioned.....even with a funny name or countenance. Russia , of course , was still Allied, and newly - made enemies with Hitler.     ANYWAY , IT'S A ROTTEN , PUTRID DISGRACE THAT A FILM THAT SHOULD HAVE HELPED GET THE WAR EFFORT IN MOTION WAS DISCREDITED AS ANTI - AMERICAN PROPAGANDA. Anyway , the real threat Nazism is only touched upon , compared to what The Jews were already going through IN 1939-40. 

What was Hopper , anyway? A Hollywood Columnist OR A Fifth Columnist ?

A friend just came back from Egypt with the entire boxset (including feature lenghths) of Thunderbirds. Champion... 5....4....3....2....1... There goes my summer haha

My main car - 67 Ford Galaxie. And the little blonde 69 Camaro I sometimes cheat on her with.

Is there anyone from Lake Street Surf & Drag out there?

I'm sorry, here they are.

Here's a Hillman Imp That I've seen in my area, along with a cute little Peugeot 404 convertible on a "slow rally".

I love the Oldsmobile, especially in that Hurst livery.

In countries more democratic than our own there's generally a plethora of different political parties that get full public representation and actually win the vote.

Oregon Working Families (of the Working Families Party) were the force behind lobbying for paid sick days, rather like the unions once were.  Clean Water Portland (no, not a party) got the word out about fluoridation.  Case in point, there's a real passion behind the small interest group.

Checks and balances is what we ABSOLUTELY need in this country, but representation is where it's got to start.  If we can't get the real news because its so completely swayed by other kinds of $pecial Intere$t group$ ...oil drip, drip (to name one), then we need to create the alternative in a grand scale and never let it get it hands dirtied by greed.

Let's hope we can start 4 or more new parties, we sure need them!

Lutz Vipinderwoman said:

Yeah, publicly representing only 2 political parties both bought and paid for by the Federal Reserve and all its subsidiaries isn't actually practicing democracy is it?. . . It's actually quite a different _____ocracy.

dave said:

Thanks for the links, it's all important!

Obama is just the public face, But he is doing these things.

Until we can dismantle our government and build it up again we will never have 'change'.

Anyone up for a new political party?

Yeah, publicly representing only 2 political parties both bought and paid for by the Federal Reserve and all its subsidiaries isn't actually practicing democracy is it?. . . It's actually quite a different _____ocracy.

dave said:

Thanks for the links, it's all important!

Obama is just the public face, But he is doing these things.

Until we can dismantle our government and build it up again we will never have 'change'.

Anyone up for a new political party?

 DOING SOME RESEARCH FOR A FRANCO OBIT , I REALIZED HE DID SEVERAL WOMEN IN PRISON
PICTURES , BUT , NOT AS WELL KNOWN AS THE BLOOD ISLAND / LINDA BLAIR/SYBIL DANNING /SID HAIG , ETC. VARIETIES......"99 WOMEN" MUST HAVE BEEN THE FIRST IMPORTANT ONE , THOUGH. JOHN.
John Battles said:

I just  saw Franco's "99 Women" , his "Women in Prison" film. It's nowhere nearly as violent , or even sexual , in content , as you'd readily expect. It IS a coherent , easy to follow , feature. So , you see , he COULD do it.......

I just  saw Franco's "99 Women" , his "Women in Prison" film. It's nowhere nearly as violent , or even sexual , in content , as you'd readily expect. It IS a coherent , easy to follow , feature. So , you see , he COULD do it.......

I just started a book called The Proud And The Free by Janet Dalley. 

Steven Soderbergh's Impassioned 'State of Cinema' Address

Anyone here ever see "Soylent Green"? I saw it when it came out , IN 1973 (I REMEMBER MY BROTHER SAYING "IT'S SCIENCE FICTION. THERE MAY BE SOME PARTS THAT ARE HARD TO UNDERSTAND". He was right , too.). It screened here , recently , at The Sci Fi Film Fest , but , I MISSED IT.....Though , I found a VHS copy , last week. The movie is set in New York , in the future , apocalyptic year of 2022 , which does'nt seem radically different from the New York of the mid - 70's , except that it boasts a population of 40 Million , half of which are unemployed.

Destruction of animal and plant life have led an opportunistic , corrupt regime - like corporation to manufacture largely artificial foodstuffs (Kinda like McDonald's.) to just barely keep the teeming masses fed. Real food ,and alcohol , can sometimes be had....for a price. Only the rich can cover the tab , however. a top executive at this corporation , which is called Soylent , is murdered in an amateurish fashion (Actually , he comandeers his own killing , ostensibly to atone for getting rich (Literally) on the backs of the poor. Ironically , his death occurs shortly after giving a present to his "Furniture" (as live - in  Prostitutes , who come with high - end apartments , at the customer's request , are called .)....the gift he bought her is a video game. It looks like a stripped - down version of "Space Invaders". Bear in mind  , "Pong"  was'nt even in the arcades , yet , in 1973. The lower class still gets their news , mainly about when foodstuffs will be available , on ordinary television sets.

Charlton Heston plays a hardened (Shocked , are'nt you?)  Police Detective , and his partner and friend , an elderly , idealistic Jewish Intelluctual who can still remember clear skies and water ,and real food , is played by Edward G. Robinson , in his last role. Heston is put on the case , aided by Robinson (See? Nyaaaa. I kid , he plays the melancholy Zayde very well.), he stumbles upon the secret of the most popular foodstuff , Soylent Green , which looks like green cheese , in regular slices , and is only sold once a week (Sale areas are bathed in a green light , much like Spectrum - X , on Soylent Green day.), and are supposedly made from plankton......OHHHH , BUT , THEY'RE NOT !!!! I won't spoil it for you , but , think about the Twilight Zone "To Serve Man" episode. Chuck Connors (The murdered Executive's former bodyguard.) dukes it out with Heston (i Quien es mas macho?) , and the lovely "Furniture" , who'll go to whoever buys the newly vacated apartment , hangs in the balance. Edward G. decides to commit himself to a voluntary extermination facility (The aged and the terminally ill , and , well , anyone else who wants to take part in such a sweet deal , are encouraged to let professionals terminate their existence in a seemingly humane manner. It's what happens , afterward , that does'nt show the dead any favors.). Robinson knows the secret of Soylent Green , and drops a pretty broad clue to Heston , with his last dying breath , but , even he is shocked at what he finds out , a man who once found out The Planet of The Apes , too , was Earth , in the future.......

"Soylent Green" is a pretty low budget effort for one of the majors (I dunno , MGM , Universal , one of 'em , I forget.) , to feature some pretty big names. It's often very dark , seemingly for lack of sufficient outdoor lighting than for atmosphere. When Heston and Connors are beating the Hell out of each other , it's hard to tell which is which , it's so dark.The visions of futuristic affluence read like a considerably pared - down "Clockwork Orange" (You almost expect Heston or Connors to get bonked on the noggin with a giant phallus.), while the immediate squallor of 21st Century street denizens looks no different than the CBGB's - era Bowery , with about 10 times as many people.

Bud Westmore , who suceeded Jack Pierce as Universal's primary monster make-up man , did the make up (There's no monsters in this film , though.) , and , perhaps the only  major (Then ) futuristic blunder ,  besides seeing a kept woman playing a (now) primitive video  game in teh year 2022 , like it's the lastest , exclusive thing , is Dick Van Patten as the Attendant , carrying Edward G. Robinson off to be euthanized. Could'nt get that damned "Eight is Enough" theme song out of my head. 

Me too. I've been picking up several Godzilla DVDs with the American and Japanse versions together, plus "War of The Gargantuas" and "Frankenstein Conquers The World". Godzilla is like a dog that acts out , because his master never properly trained him , though , later, he channels that energy to help mankind.
 
MikeL said:

I still love them too:)

Andy Delunas said:

Godzilla, Gamera, or Rodan. They all rule.

I still love them too:)

Andy Delunas said:

Godzilla, Gamera, or Rodan. They all rule.

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Chile Relleno with Vegetable Picadillo and Black Bean Sauce

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