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Ziggy Stardust said:

I'll "Get Around" to it. ;-)

Consider me now a bit more intrigued about this movie. With this new information about the project that you have posted above, I think this film will be quite worth a full ticket price. I can't see myself missing even a fairly decent Scott film on the big screen. His visual story telling will be worth it alone for me. I think he is in a good state in his life right now, and wants to make this a great film and a money maker for his production partners. That sends good signals. He seemed motivated from the start to make this a good one, and I think it will be possibly another carrier milestone from what I know so far.

I hope the connections in this film and the original Alien are done with supreme tact, and also made to be only obscure nods to the supper hard core fans. Something clever and almost subliminal that a commonplace fan would need to see a few times to catch as a connection, but yet it is still something important to what is going on in the story. Please don't let it be just some set dressing or company logo (or seeing the Death Star being built out a window) type thing. To me, those type of continuity references are no longer clever, and have been done to death in the Alien series already. Just don't want the script and production design to play to the lower I.Q. folks in the theaters.        

It's a bit old school and at times has been considered unfashionable but,

I'm a HUGE  Beach Boys fan (1961-1985 era). Well, this summer is the big 50 year anniversary for the boys.  It's sad that we have lost Dennis and Carl (The heart and Sole of the original group) but I must say, I'm truly looking forward to a possible reunion show that would include all the living members from the classic line up. Unfortunately, I don't think this will include one time member Ricky Fataar (1970-1973).

Brian has said in the press that he is for doing it, as has Al.  Rumor is that it will most likely be a free show in a location such as the National Mall in Washington D.C., or Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. If it happens, I'm there with an over-sized beach ball to set free in the crowed! 

Any other Beach Boys fans here?

Favorite albums by the band:

Pet Sounds (1966)

Surf's Up (1971)

Holland (1972)

Friends (1968)

Sunflower (1970)

Wild Honey (1968)

Summer Day's (and Nights) (1965)

Stack-O-Tracks (1968)

Note: I did not include "Smile" (1967) or any of the session tapes from that project, as it's still not an official album release, But, I love all that stuff too.

Great stuff! That must have been such fun to produce. 

Ripplin said:

Now we just need a proper release of this:

(from Darkplace)

Hey, do you, like me, feel that season one of Boosh is the best? I found it pretty consistently enjoyable, but then hit-and-miss later on.

Just watched the first episode of "Darkplace", and it's brilliant! 

Series one of Boosh does seem to have a noticeably different vibe from the other two. That may have to do with the amount of time spent on the stories used for that series. They had been around for some time before filming, and had been polished a bit more. Also they had BBC Radio presentations done of them, so that material was well known. The stories in the last two series went straight to T.V. (bypassing any Radio adaptations), so that may have had something to do with the change in style and vibe.  I just can't say that I like the first season more because such great situations and new great characters arrive in series two.  Characters such as Tony Harrison and Saboo. Episodes like "Crackfox" and "Milky Joe" are still contain some the most insane and shocking subject matter I have ever seen on a main stream television.

I love it all!!! 

"Ashes to Ashes" had much more of a feminine twist to the style of the writing music, situations, and production design.  For this reason, I personally did not enjoy it as much as "Life on Mars". Hunt also became much more of a cardboard cut out of a character as the show went on.  

But still, very good shows.  

Ripplin said:

I did one of The IT Crowd as well:

 

OMG!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

I was in desperate need of something to get me out of an emotional funk, and this show has been the best medication. 

I had no idea that this show even existed.  I started watching IT last night after seeing this post.  WOW! I also watched AD/BC for the first time last night (on the recommendation posted in this thread). Richard Ayoade's comic brilliancy is stunning.  

I have been a Matt Berry and "Boosh" fan for a few years now (having discovered that show in the import DVD section of my local used video shop about 2 years ago).

If you liked AD/BC, you may like Matt's album "Opium".

It's played often in my home.

I'm so glad we have these threads, so we can help each other discover new things. 

THANKS!

1969 = Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 

Ziggy Stardust said:

dark_jedi said:

Just to many to list, but this is approximately how many of each I have,

DVD's = 2000+

Blu-ray = 600

I was trying to find the right pic for hours to respond to that Huge collection. Well done Ziggy! 

X-Men

X2: X-Men United

X-Men: The Last Stand

Got the blu-ray box set at great price used, so did the trilogy back to back tonight with my roommate. 

Part 3 was such a let down. It had good moments, but... Oh forget it!

It was utter crap.  That was the mutant vs. human war? And what was with the sudden day to night time change thing in the final act? Was something major cut?  Why the heck did they kill all the great characters off (or take away their power) before the final battle???  The end could have been filled with such great emotion, but it was pissed away. We got a lame final battle with a bunch of  B-class mutants that we have no emotional connection to at all. Juggernaut's helmet looked so fake and plastic. The actor was weak. The first scene of the X-men fighting the sentinel had such promises, but disappointed quickly with the reveal that it was just a Star Trek holodeck rip off simulation. The casting of Beast was the only thing done with any shred of creative thinking, and or any shred of respect in keeping faithful with the original source material.    

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Not as bad as I was eXpecting it to be. 

At one time I wanted a HUGE Star Trek based theme park built that would have been a kind of cross between the theme-park portrayed  in the movie "Futureworld", and what was to become the "Star Trek Experience" (A combination prop exhibit / Star Tours style ride / Quark's Bar (cafe) thing) held at the Las Vegas Hilton from 1998-2008.   

JAWS Super 8mm Version

"Casino Royale" (with  Director & Producer Commentary)

I love this film...

"Monty Python and the Holy Grail"

5 out of 5 holy hand grenades

"Son of Dracula" (1974)

On May 27, 2011, Conaway died at the age of 60 from pneumonia with sepsis.

This poor guy was in so much pain. From years of bullying and harassment, chronic pain from physical injury, and then to hard drug addiction.

He was a very entertaining guy, and hope he will now find some peace. 

Rest in peace Jeff!

Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) (2011)

A great documentary on the man and his music.  

A bunch of dance related films came out together in 1983/84.

Footloose

Flashdance

Breakin

Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo

Staying Alive

Most likely inspired by the surprise success and rekindled interest in musical films such as "Grease" (1978) and "Fame" (1980). 

A cluster of Vietnam era related war films hit theaters from 87-89

Casualties of War

Gardens of Stone

Hamburger Hill

Platoon

Good Morning Vietnam

The Hanoi Hilton

Missing in Action III

Distant Thunder

Platoon Leader

Born on the 4th of July

1492: Conquest of Paradise and Christopher Columbus: The Discovery

in 1992

"The Return of the King"

"The Fellowship of the Ring"

"The Two Towers"