--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 191 FILM Ref: FA300017 Date: 05/25/98 From: MAT HOUGH Time: 07:46pm \/To: DENNIS BOWERS (Read 0 times) Subj: Air Force One DB>In our last episode, James Knecht and All were battling DB> over Air Force One. JK> Greetings All, 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 of JK> seat the whole time! DB> Even better than TERMINATOR 2 ? Well, I thought THE TERMINATOR was better than TERMINATOR 2, and that AIR FORCE ONE was better than either. ___ * PW * --- Maximus/NT 3.01b1 * Origin: Win32 Support BBS Charlotte, NC 1.704.588.2669 (1:379/1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 191 FILM Ref: FA300018 Date: 05/25/98 From: MAT HOUGH Time: 07:47pm \/To: DAVID MASTERS (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Summer Releases (1/2 I always liked Rodan and Mothra better. I liked RODAN myself. Never got around to seeing MOTHRA. ___ * PW * --- Maximus/NT 3.01b1 * Origin: Win32 Support BBS Charlotte, NC 1.704.588.2669 (1:379/1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 191 FILM Ref: FA300019 Date: 05/25/98 From: MAT HOUGH Time: 07:50pm \/To: WAYNE HICKS (Read 0 times) Subj: Minnie Driver >WH>All, >WH> Anyone have any info on Minnie Driver that they can share with me >Do you mean personal information? I read on the Internet that she has >new boy friend. >If you mean movie information, I know she has been cast in a new film, >its name escapes me at the moment. WH>*any* information. I think that she is a great screen presence.... OK, I'll keep my eyes and ears open and report here when I read anything of interest about her. ___ * PW * --- Maximus/NT 3.01b1 * Origin: Win32 Support BBS Charlotte, NC 1.704.588.2669 (1:379/1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 191 FILM Ref: FA300020 Date: 05/24/98 From: GLENN CHRISTENSEN Time: 01:43pm \/To: KEN WARNOCK (Read 0 times) Subj: Helen Hunt KW>If you enjoyed Helen Hunt in the above you might want to take a look KW>at WATERDANCE. It's about the best from her that I can remember Will do, thanks. KW>seeing, though I haven't yet seen AS GOOD AS IT GETS. And I don't KW>watch network TV so have never seen her sitcom. You have a treat in store. Best movie I've seen in a while - this year for sure. If I had to drag up something negative about the movie it would probably be that the strongest emotional stuff came early in the film, with not as much held for the last. But that is a VERY minor complaint. KW>BTW, to pick up the late (of this echo, anyway) unlamented Bill KW>Warren bad habit of correcting everyone's incorrect spellings of KW>names, Jack's last name is spelled Nicholson... :) And I kept screwing with that first "o" trying to get it to look right. (: Not a problem here. I don't mind being corrected at all. It only annoys me if it is an obvious typo - then not a whole hell of a lot. ___ X SLMR 2.1a X If you believe in telekinesis, raise my arm. --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: Silent Echo - Coos Bay, Oregon USA (1:356/4) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 191 FILM Ref: FA300021 Date: 05/24/98 From: GLENN CHRISTENSEN Time: 01:45pm \/To: MAT HOUGH (Read 0 times) Subj: "Merlin"... MH>There was definitely a second night of MERLIN. I didn't watch either MH>night. I was watching it on Sat. It could be that I was watching a FEED and got the whole thing at once. ___ X SLMR 2.1a X Movies are better than ever - and they are worse also. --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: Silent Echo - Coos Bay, Oregon USA (1:356/4) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 191 FILM Ref: FA300022 Date: 05/24/98 From: GLENN CHRISTENSEN Time: 01:47pm \/To: MAUREEN GOLDMAN (Read 0 times) Subj: Millions and millions... MG> I enjoyed TITANIC, but I am somewhat bemused by the repeat MG> viewers. I enjoyed the technical stuff about how the ship MG> filled with water, broke up, and sank, more than the story. MG> That is, the story was okay and considerably better than most in MG> a disaster film. I have been known to snuffle with the best of MG> them at emotional films, but this one just didn't have that MG> effect on me. MG> I had the same reaction to THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE. This MG> certainly didn't make either film a flop for me, but I think I'm MG> drawn to the puzzle aspect - how everything is put together, MG> how it falls apart, and the necessary adjustments\new problems MG> that arise as matters progress. It's fun watching "the best laid plans" fall apart. I'm one of a minority that just didn't care that much for The PA, however. ___ X SLMR 2.1a X Pseudo-science attempts to make wishful thinking, fact. --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: Silent Echo - Coos Bay, Oregon USA (1:356/4) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 191 FILM Ref: FA300023 Date: 05/24/98 From: GLENN CHRISTENSEN Time: 01:49pm \/To: MAUREEN GOLDMAN (Read 0 times) Subj: Box Office Poison MG> GC> I can only conclude that Seinfeld figures he will make even better MG> GC> bucks MG> GC> later in a new show. I mean, that crap about wanting to quit while he MG> GC> was on top has to be just crap - with that kind of money involved. MG> Why? Who could spend that much? When you make that kind of money it isn't about money any longer. It's about power, and I'm sure Jerry is rivaling in it right now. (That's not a negative about him, just the way people are, psychologically speaking). ___ X SLMR 2.1a X If you believe in telekinesis, raise my arm. --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: Silent Echo - Coos Bay, Oregon USA (1:356/4) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 191 FILM Ref: FA300024 Date: 05/24/98 From: GLENN CHRISTENSEN Time: 02:05pm \/To: DON DELLMANN (Read 0 times) Subj: We'Ll Meet Again... DD> GC> "We'll meet again DD>The original "Hit" recordings date from 1941 when Kay Kyser, Guy Lombardo DD>and Benny Goodman all had "hits" with it. DD>It had another brief "fling" with popularity in 1954 when Vera Lynn had DD>some success with it. Then it's quite likely that Vera did sing the song to the troops during the war - whether or not she recorded it. I did have the impression, however, that she did record it earlier - maybe in England. ___ X SLMR 2.1a X If you believe in telekinesis, raise my arm. --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: Silent Echo - Coos Bay, Oregon USA (1:356/4) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 191 FILM Ref: FA300025 Date: 05/24/98 From: GLENN CHRISTENSEN Time: 02:07pm \/To: MAUREEN GOLDMAN (Read 0 times) Subj: V-Chip MG> JS> I'm trying to bring this V-Chip discussion (along with other MG> JS> censorship MG> JS> discussions) to an end. We all (including myself) seem to get off nto MG> JS> tangents that have little to do with movies and film discussion in MG> JS> general. We can make this stop if we just let it drop. ;-) MG> Jack, I'm not sure what the problem is here since the FILM echo MG> has always been used for discussions of both TV and film. MG> Except for the occasional paragraph, I don't see that the MG> discussion has gone off-topic from television matters. MG> Could you explain your objection, please? I know you don't have MG> to, but I am confused. Same feelings here, but as I also have grown tired of the tirades, I make no real objection... ___ X SLMR 2.1a X Pseudo-science attempts to make wishful thinking, fact. --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: Silent Echo - Coos Bay, Oregon USA (1:356/4) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 191 FILM Ref: FA300026 Date: 05/24/98 From: GLENN CHRISTENSEN Time: 02:08pm \/To: MAT HOUGH (Read 0 times) Subj: Alice Faye MH>Yes, Sinatra actually owned the picture, and after the death of his friend MH>President Kennedy, he withdrew it from circulation for 25 years since it MH>deals with a political assassination. Interesting. ___ X SLMR 2.1a X Reading this makes it obvious it's time to thin the herd. --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: Silent Echo - Coos Bay, Oregon USA (1:356/4)