My issues with the miniseries were with the actors (the guy from Wings was horrible) and with the direction.
Don't get me wrong, I really wanted to like it, but I thought it was a mess.
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"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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dlbpharmd wrote:. I will say that I much prefer Rebecca de Mornay to Shelley Duvall.
oh GOD yes!!!
shelley duvall drove me BANANAS!!! i almost hoped jack would catch her with that freakin baseball bat!! couldn't you totally see how THAT wendy would make THAT jack INSANE!!! yeah...the miniseries sucked eggs tho.
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you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
did you really just say that? (you're usually so much funnier!)you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
I'm tired and it can't all be "A" material.
Not to mention you edited the typo I was responding to, so with my mighty modly power, I'll just delete the admittedly lame riff on your fixed typo.
Freakin' knew I should've hit the damn "quote" tab.
Not to mention you edited the typo I was responding to, so with my mighty modly power, I'll just delete the admittedly lame riff on your fixed typo.
Freakin' knew I should've hit the damn "quote" tab.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
_____________
"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
_____________
"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
_____________
_____________
"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
_____________
"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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heh. 
it's good to be mod!
it's good to be mod!
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you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
heheh ... and "Krull rocked" ...?! well, admittedly it has been a long time since I saw it in the theatre, but even at that age, eager and impressionable I was for fantasy movies, I felt Krull was a little lame.what? WHAT?!?! you diss the glory that is "Hawk the Slayer" then turn around and ask for another "Krull"? shame on you.
Now regarding Hawk the Slayer... don't get me wrong... I like it! Just only for it's campyness... it's great fun. And the over acting of Palance and the lack of acting from almost everyone else if great fun!
I am definately going to have to call up some buddies and relive that through another viewing...
~...with a floating smile and a light blue sponge...~
Speaking of remakes.....www.mania.com/54312.html
"I think and feel everything aTOMiC does only slower."
Great. So now they're remaking Clash of the Titans (1981).
IS NOTHING SACRED!?
Clash of the Titans 2008 (or '10)
IS NOTHING SACRED!?
Clash of the Titans 2008 (or '10)
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I thought the videogame of Krull rocked. But I'm with Usivius on the movie. The only thing I remember is that everyone who died in it had an extended death scene with a few sentences of "last words." I thought it was goofy at the time. But I honestly can't remember the concept. Wasn't there some princess that needed saving or something? And one man who has the courage to go after her? I can't remember.
What I remember about Hawk the Slayer was pretty silly too, but I loved it. I remember most the elf who could shoot real fast which was brought out by simply doing a copy/paste of the previous footage of him shooting an arrow. But hey...when you have a small budget, you do what you can, right?
Now then...that Sword and the Sorcerer with the badass sword with 3 blades...with the outer two shooting out...
Yeah...I loved that movie. But it is dumb as well.
What I remember about Hawk the Slayer was pretty silly too, but I loved it. I remember most the elf who could shoot real fast which was brought out by simply doing a copy/paste of the previous footage of him shooting an arrow. But hey...when you have a small budget, you do what you can, right?
Now then...that Sword and the Sorcerer with the badass sword with 3 blades...with the outer two shooting out...
Yeah...I loved that movie. But it is dumb as well.
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I'm a recent convert for the new Battlestar Galactica series, and I was a huge fan of the original. Give it a try, Balon. I agree with Elfgirl that the pilot (well, if that is what the miniseries was) was better than most of the series. I've only watched that the the first disk of the series (thanks Netflix), but yeah...it's definitely better. And I loved the original Apollo's cameo (Richard Hatch, not to be confused with the naked tax-dodging Survivor guy).
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Time is a waste of life
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I marginally prefer the look of the old Galactica ship, but otherwise, I agree that the new series is a quantum leap over the old. Give it a try, Balon. 
(However, in my mind Dirk Benedict, Richard Hatch and Lorne Greene are so identified with their respective roles as Starbuck, Apollo and Adama that the new actors haven't quite supplanted them. And maybe never really will -- except Edward James Olmos, who's really made Adama his own.)
(However, in my mind Dirk Benedict, Richard Hatch and Lorne Greene are so identified with their respective roles as Starbuck, Apollo and Adama that the new actors haven't quite supplanted them. And maybe never really will -- except Edward James Olmos, who's really made Adama his own.)