--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 191 FILM Ref: F5G01355 Date: 05/08/98 From: GLENN CHRISTENSEN Time: 01:26pm \/To: DEREK JAY (Read 0 times) Subj: JP 2: the lost world DJ> > I've been wondering for some time now , but WHY ARE THEY RELEASIN JP DJ> > 2 UNTIL THE 10 MAY? Is there anyone who could answer my question as it ha DJ> > been bugging me for some time. Hope to speak to you all again sometime DJ>JP lost world has been released for quite a while up here in canada.. Same here. ___ X SLMR 2.1a X No! Monica want a real lollypop! --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: Silent Echo - Coos Bay, Oregon USA (1:356/4) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 191 FILM Ref: F5G01356 Date: 05/10/98 From: JOAN KELLY Time: 11:57am \/To: WAYNE HICKS (Read 0 times) Subj: African Americans... Wayne Hicks wrote in a message to Jack Sargeant: >More so than other black entertainers? You might make a better case >for Lena Horne than D.D. At least there is on record commentary about >Lena Horne's struggle for recognition. As far as the impact on Dorothy >Dandridge's career, I would say death won out over all other contributors, >since the scratch led to an infection that was to prove fatal. WH> I never claimed that the effects of racism hit Dorothy Dandridge WH> "more so than other" Black entertainers. That is your commentary. WH> I simply indicated that her career never achieved it's full WH> potential because of the racist nature of our society... I got the idea Jack was saying it was due more to the fact that she didn't live long enough. That *does* have a bit of an impact. Furthermore, didn't I read folks here criticizing the quality of CARMEN JONES? That would also have an impact on its popularity, and subsequently her career. Joan --- timEd/386 1.10 * Origin: TNC - (860) 963-1187 - 2.4kbps-33.6kbps! (1:320/2112) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 191 FILM Ref: F5G01357 Date: 05/10/98 From: LEE AYRTON Time: 03:01pm \/To: JACK SARGEANT (Read 0 times) Subj: To Bogey out * In a message originally to Roger Nelson, Jack Sargeant had THIS to say: js> > and "The Caine Mutiny." Then there are all the others. Like William js> > Holden, I can't remember him turning in a bad performance. js> I always attributed that to Holden's being jealous of Bogart's js> charisma. William Holden owes his success to WW-2, and the absense js> of so many actors from the Hollywood scene. By war's end, he was That might be said -- fairly or unfairly -- about any actor working in Hollywood during those years. js> established as a screen lover. Bill Holden is completely devoid js> of personality, IMHO. Its in the eye of the beholder. Like Roger above, I cannot recall seeing Holden turn in a bad performance. --- * Origin: TNC - Putnam CT - 2.4kbps-33.6kbps - 860-963-1187 (1:320/2112) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 191 FILM Ref: F5G01358 Date: 05/10/98 From: LEE AYRTON Time: 03:08pm \/To: JAMES KNECHT (Read 0 times) Subj: Air Force One jk> -> JK> I just seen the movie Air Force One. That has got to be *THE* est jk> -> JK> action adventure movie I have ever seen! I was on the edge of my jk> -> JK> seat the whole time! jk> -> I'm glad you enjoyed it, but my suspension of disbelief started to sa jk> -> the terrorists got on the plane. It was in free-fall by the time we jk> -> got to the escape capsule. jk> Jeeze! Seem's there are some *true* movie buffs in this forum.. Naw, I'm just a tough audience. I want my brain taxed, not my ability to swallow pills whole. jk> Nice to know I can come here for a honest opinion on a movie.. _That_ you can get here. Lots of `em. jk> So I am courious.. What is your all time best movie? Action jk> Adventure I can't tell you. "All time best" lists just aren't my forte, it's like asking "Which is better, air or food?" --- * Origin: TNC - Putnam CT - 2.4kbps-33.6kbps - 860-963-1187 (1:320/2112) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 191 FILM Ref: F5G01359 Date: 05/11/98 From: DENNIS BOWERS Time: 07:35pm \/To: STEVE QUARRELLA (Read 0 times) Subj: Wild Wild West In our last episode, Steve Quarrella and Bill Warren were battling over Wild Wild West. SQ> Since we're on the topic of old TV shows as movies, has there ever SQ> been any rumblings as regards bringing Hogan's Heroes to the big SQ> screen? Wasn't "Hogan's Heroes" sort of based on STALOG 13 in the first place? ... Two lives left. I think I'll save one for next Christmas. --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.20 [NR] * Origin: Comm-Post BBS * Tucson, AZ * USR v.e * (1:300/53) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 191 FILM Ref: F5G01360 Date: 05/11/98 From: DENNIS BOWERS Time: 07:35pm \/To: BILL WARREN (Read 0 times) Subj: Odd question In our last episode, Bill Warren and Maureen Goldman were battling over Odd question. MG> According to the World Almanac (1) the Hindenburg went down in 1937 MG> and (2) Cole Porter died in 1964. BW> I certainly did not mean to imply Porter DIED on the Hindenberg; most BW> people survived it, after all. Unlike most of the passengers in an average airplane crash. ... Look, up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's Bill Warren. --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.20 [NR] * Origin: Comm-Post BBS * Tucson, AZ * USR v.e * (1:300/53) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 191 FILM Ref: F5G01361 Date: 05/11/98 From: DENNIS BOWERS Time: 07:35pm \/To: BILL WARREN (Read 0 times) Subj: An Alan Smithee Film In our last episode, Bill Warren and Patrik Sanfridsson were battling over An Alan Smithee Film. PS> Do you know any good ones then? BW> Not the point at all. You said, PS>> I thought an Alan Smithee film was supposed to be terrible. BW> ...and that's not true. But DEATH OF A GUNFIGHTER (the first Alan BW> Smithee movie) was quite good, and THE SHRIMP ON THE BARBIE wasn't BW> bad. I thought Cheech Marin was quite good in THE SHRIMP ON THE BARBIE. I think it was about the first role I saw him in that wasn't that much of a Cheech role (As in the Cheech in Cheech & Chong.) I also like what Cheech Marin is doing in "Nash Bridges." ... Green mouse ice cream was the worst. I didn't like that at all. --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.20 [NR] * Origin: Comm-Post BBS * Tucson, AZ * USR v.e * (1:300/53) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 191 FILM Ref: F5G01362 Date: 05/11/98 From: DENNIS BOWERS Time: 07:35pm \/To: BILL WARREN (Read 0 times) Subj: Wild Wild West In our last episode, Bill Warren and Steve Quarrella were battling over Wild Wild West. SQ> Since we're on the topic of old TV shows as movies, has there ever SQ> been any rumblings as regards bringing Hogan's Heroes to the big SQ> screen? BW> I hope not. I consider that the most disgusting TV series in history. When Mad magazine did a satire on that show, there closing panel was of someone making a sitcom about the Nazi concentration camps. I think that kind of summed it up. ... Cats know how we feel. They don't give a darn, but they know. --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.20 [NR] * Origin: Comm-Post BBS * Tucson, AZ * USR v.e * (1:300/53) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 191 FILM Ref: F5G01363 Date: 05/11/98 From: DENNIS BOWERS Time: 07:35pm \/To: FEDERICO MATTA (Read 0 times) Subj: Greetings In our last episode, Federico Matta and All were battling over Greetings. FM> Dalla lontana /*Terra*/ /*di*/ /*Mezzo*/, *Blind* *Guardian* chiama a FM> se' All... FM> Greetings.... My name is Federico Matta and I'ma an Italian boy... I FM> linked this area five days ago, so this is my greetings message.... FM> Ciao! So how's Sophia Loren doing these days? ... Knock firmly but softly. I like soft firm knockers. --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.20 [NR] * Origin: Comm-Post BBS * Tucson, AZ * USR v.e * (1:300/53) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 191 FILM Ref: F5G01364 Date: 05/11/98 From: SAMUEL LEE Time: 07:50pm \/To: JAMES KNECHT (Read 0 times) Subj: Air Force One JK> I just seen the movie Air Force One. That has got to be *THE* JK> Best action adventure movie I have ever seen! I was on the edge -> Definately above average... and some of the best computer generated -> graphics I've ever seen...The ending was weak tho... JK> Well I appriciate that.. The ending is always the hardest to do.. JK> So after seeing a movie like that I do not know any better way to JK> end it.. :) The thing is...You're not being paid a 6 figure salary for your supposed talent tho....(G)... It's a pretty standard plot...well thought out and developed I agree... But really just "DIE HARD in the sky." Fords version of the reluctant hero is executed with imagination and talent that makes the same old plot enjoyable all over again...and the support from the rest of the cast is primo quality...Add the beautifull graphics and some acropobic tension and you've got bucks at the Box Office... But COME ON...lets have SOME KIND Of ENDING... Not just a "Whoops, we ran out of film so it's over..." It's almost an insult to the audience...sort of a..."If they enjoyed all that mindless murder and mayhem they'll never even notice." Slap in the face... ]]]SL[[[ ... Great! Now if we can just keep it from exploding! --- Ezycom V1.48g0 01fa0172 * Origin: Hollywood BBS * (520) 682-6560 * Tucson , Az. (1:300/514)