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Post by Duragizer on Jul 2, 2019 18:27:37 GMT -5
I don't understand the appeal of Joss Whedon. Like Stanley Kubrick, he almost comes off to me as an alien who doesn't quite understand humanity but thinks himself qualified to mock humans anyway, only without any of the artistic flair Kubrick had.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2019 21:10:04 GMT -5
I haven't seen any Pepsi products here in London only Coke... We do have lots of Pepsi over here too. In particular, it's not uncommon when you order a Coke in a pub to be asked, "is Pepsi OK?" The word coke is a generic term for any cola in the UK, as well as meaning Coca-Cola, of course. I get that a lot over there. Especially at Pubs!
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Post by Phil Maurice on Jul 3, 2019 6:40:29 GMT -5
. . .it's not uncommon when you order a Coke in a pub to be asked, "is Pepsi OK?" Obligatory:
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jul 3, 2019 7:46:53 GMT -5
^That's just cruel. Funny, but cruel.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2019 8:56:54 GMT -5
Slam Bradley posted "Take your shoes off and relax..." to a member here - and it got me thinking about the "no shoes" rule in my apartment.
Years ago, a friend of mine walked a dead slug into my apartment. And there have been others who have walked mud in or something.
So I have a "no shoes" rule. But I am flexible with it. That said, some people don't seem to like the rule.
It's simple: if you've driven here from a couple of miles away, and step out onto the concrete car park with boots on, your footwear is gonna be clean. Come on in, don't take your shoes off. It's fine.
But the aformentioned friend is someone who used to walk via the park to mine, picking up all sorts of crap. In that case, shoes off please. By the hall. It's not much to ask. And if it's snowy weather, you are not getting in my apartment unless those shoes come off (and in the Winter, the heating will be on so the floor will be warm).
Just a random rant. It took me ages to get that dead slug cleaned up, and I'd rather have a no shoes rule, flexible though it can be, than risk mud, dead animals, snow and so much else on my carpet.
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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 4, 2019 10:05:36 GMT -5
@mrp , just in case you didn't know, the lead story here is an hommage to Key Largo, complete with a take on Claire Trevor's character
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 4, 2019 11:50:57 GMT -5
. . .it's not uncommon when you order a Coke in a pub to be asked, "is Pepsi OK?" Obligatory: Sorry, I don't get it.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Jul 4, 2019 14:26:34 GMT -5
No problem. The mad barman has replaced the whiskey with Pepsi, producing an unappealing "Pepsi & Coke."
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 4, 2019 16:39:43 GMT -5
Ha
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jul 5, 2019 10:19:15 GMT -5
I don't understand the appeal of Joss Whedon. Like Stanley Kubrick, he almost comes off to me as an alien who doesn't quite understand humanity but thinks himself qualified to mock humans anyway, only without any of the artistic flair Kubrick had. I missed this earlier reading this thread and can agree about Whedon at least. I can’t understand how anyone watching Buffy can praise him for doing “strong” female role model characters. Like Buffy is the furthest from the “strongest” female character in the show. And he didn’t do much better with Firefly. And while I’ve not watched Avengers 2 apparently he didn’t do well with that aspect in that movie either.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2019 10:12:17 GMT -5
Watched some Buck Rogers in the 25th Century recently.
Mildly entertaining, but there is one thing that irks me. Buck Rogers wakes up 500 years in the future. A "man out of time" theme isn't unique. But why are "men out of time" not screaming and losing their sanity?
If I went into suspended animation now, and woke up 500 years, with all my family/friends long gone, I don't think it'd be long until I was in an asylum. How could you possibly retain your sanity if you woke up out of time?
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 7, 2019 12:03:36 GMT -5
Watched some Buck Rogers in the 25th Century recently. Mildly entertaining, but there is one thing that irks me. Buck Rogers wakes up 500 years in the future. A "man out of time" theme isn't unique. But why are "men out of time" not screaming and losing their sanity? If I went into suspended animation now, and woke up 500 years, with all my family/friends long gone, I don't think it'd be long until I was in an asylum. How could you possibly retain your sanity if you woke up out of time? Because Buck Rogers is a hero. And heroes don't lose their sanity over silly stuff like sleeping for 500 years. They go forth and kill aliens and screw space-chicks.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jul 7, 2019 14:35:30 GMT -5
Watched some Buck Rogers in the 25th Century recently. Mildly entertaining, but there is one thing that irks me. Buck Rogers wakes up 500 years in the future. A "man out of time" theme isn't unique. But why are "men out of time" not screaming and losing their sanity? If I went into suspended animation now, and woke up 500 years, with all my family/friends long gone, I don't think it'd be long until I was in an asylum. How could you possibly retain your sanity if you woke up out of time? Because Buck Rogers is a hero. And heroes don't lose their sanity over silly stuff like sleeping for 500 years. They go forth and kill aliens and screw space-chicks. Yep, Taxidriver, sometimes it's just better not to overthink these things. Personally, I love the first season of Buck Rogers - oh-so-70s cheesy camp TV at its finest.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 7, 2019 15:33:35 GMT -5
To expand beyond my initial semi-snark.
Rogers first appeared in Amazing Stories in the March '29 issue. While the pulps varied somewhat in their target audiences, the science fiction pulps generally skewed younger squarely aimed at an early teen audience.
That story was then adapted as a comic strip, which were firmly all ages.
Rogers was pure space opera in every medium in which he appeared, comics (strips and books), radio, movies, etc. And space opera tended to skew to young readers.
The Buck Rogers TV show was aimed at an all-ages audience and wasn't going to mess with the formula that had been established in the prior 40+ years.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 7, 2019 15:38:14 GMT -5
Watched some Buck Rogers in the 25th Century recently. Mildly entertaining, but there is one thing that irks me. Buck Rogers wakes up 500 years in the future. A "man out of time" theme isn't unique. But why are "men out of time" not screaming and losing their sanity? If I went into suspended animation now, and woke up 500 years, with all my family/friends long gone, I don't think it'd be long until I was in an asylum. How could you possibly retain your sanity if you woke up out of time? I remember seeing the Movie in the theater. It was much more serious than what it became in the TV show.
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