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omni
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response 204 of 348:
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Aug 13 04:40 UTC 1999 |
A question: Did the Green Hornet play poker with Bee cards?
<I'm not expecting an answer>
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bdh1
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response 205 of 348:
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Aug 13 05:33 UTC 1999 |
His sidekick was none other than Bruce Lee (born and raised in
Oakland,CA) (who was allergic to 'pot' and is why he died.)
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aaron
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response 206 of 348:
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Aug 13 13:24 UTC 1999 |
Bruce Lee played Tonto? ;)
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bruin
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response 207 of 348:
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Aug 13 20:59 UTC 1999 |
RE #206 Bruce Lee played Kato (The Green Hornet's sidekick on the 1966-67 TV
series).
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richard
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response 208 of 348:
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Aug 13 23:17 UTC 1999 |
Actually rumors have always held that Bruce Lee was killed by the
chinese mafia for some dark, sinister reasons.
There are also conspiracy theories about the death of Lee's son Brandon
Lee, who died in the most bizzarre way on the set of the movie "The
Crow" Lee was filming a scene for the movie, where his Crow character
gets shot. He was supposed to be shot with a gun that had blanks in it,
so his charater would appear to have been shot and killed. However, the
prop gun mysteriously had a *real* bullet in it and Lee was *really*
killed. An actual murder captured on film for the big screen. The
conpsiracy theorists think it was his dad's old enemies in the chinese
mafia who pulled this off.
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bdh1
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response 209 of 348:
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Aug 14 04:23 UTC 1999 |
re#208: There are other 'legends' about Bruce Lee's death, that he was
killed for revealing secret arcane teachings, etc.
The fact is he was allergic to some compound in marijuana/hashish/hemp.
He had been previously warned about it and had at least one and perhaps
more prior allergic reactions. Each allergic reaction is more severe
than the prior and in the fatal case his brain swelled and of course the
skull is rather inflexible. There was nothing to be done, and he died.
From pot.
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otter
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response 210 of 348:
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Aug 14 14:11 UTC 1999 |
It is my understanding that Brandon Lee was killed by a poorly constructed
squib rather than an improperly loaded gun.
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jazz
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response 211 of 348:
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Aug 14 14:21 UTC 1999 |
I'm assuming here you mean the pyrotechnic charge, and not a short
piece of satire. If it were possible to kill with the latter, Swift would've
been a mass murderer many times over.
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mooncat
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response 212 of 348:
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Aug 14 18:44 UTC 1999 |
Brandon Lee was not killed by a real bullet... I think I still have all
the articles that were written in connection to "The Crow" and his death
at my parents house... I could find them... There were also several other
mishaps on the set.
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otaking
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response 213 of 348:
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Aug 15 21:00 UTC 1999 |
I rented several movies recently. Here's some mini-reviews.
Trainspotting: Once I got past the thicker Scottish accents, I really enjoyed
this movie. I'm not sure what else I can say about this. A-
Wax: or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees: What started out as a
weird psuedo-documentary turned very quickly into a trip full of video effects
and a rambling monologue. I love bizarre movies, but the narration almost made
me fall asleep. I had to stop the film and come back to it later. The plot
was incoherent at times. It was a good effort, but too taxing to watch. C-
Marquis: This was like watching the cast of _Meet the Feebles_ do a period
piece. The movie is set months before the storming of the Bastille in
pre-Revolutionary France. The Marquis de Sade interacts with his literay
characters. He even talks to himself, in a way that just has to be seen. Oh,
I forgot to mention that all of the characters (except for Colin) are
animorphic animals. The French have a very weird sense of humor. A
Touch of Evil: It's now my favorite Orson Welles movie. Watch it. You won't
be disappointed. Try to find the Director's Cut, if possible. A+
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md
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response 214 of 348:
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Aug 15 21:04 UTC 1999 |
Saw BOWFINGER (C) today. Didn't like it much
except when Eddie Murphy was in the shot. Many
old stale Hollywood in-jokes.
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omni
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response 215 of 348:
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Aug 16 07:32 UTC 1999 |
Touch of Evil was on cable a few months ago. I was lucid enough to record
it. I agree, it was stupendous.
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aaron
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response 216 of 348:
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Aug 16 15:05 UTC 1999 |
The Sixth Sense (B+) - It helps to avoid the teasers and advance information
about this film (although it is not as necessary as with "Arlington Road.")
The film does a good job building tension and suspense, even if you have
seen the teasers, but it will be better if you don't. The genre, technically,
is "thriller." A psychologist (Bruce Willis) treats a boy (Haley Joel
Osment) who is suffering from severe anxiety, social withdrawal, and some
disturbing behavior, and finds out a lot more than he had bargained for.
The film's title is suggestive of the origin and nature of the boy's
disturbance, and that's probably all you should know going in. Willis and
Osment do a good job with their roles, and build a respectable intensity,
something that too few self-described "thrillers" manage to do.
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jazz
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response 217 of 348:
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Aug 16 15:34 UTC 1999 |
I was impressed by the staging and the amount of time the movie spent
in developing it's characters; I really could empathize with both of the
protagonists.
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mcnally
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response 218 of 348:
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Aug 16 17:07 UTC 1999 |
"Touch of Evil" is a reasonably good film, and there are many technical
achievements in it that make film geeks drool (such as the long shot at
the beginning, following the car..) but I, at least, didn't find it
enjoyable enough to warrant an "A+" rating.. I'm impressed with the
technical artistry of the film, and some of the performances are quite
good, but it's not a film I'll return to again and again..
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md
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response 219 of 348:
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Aug 16 18:52 UTC 1999 |
Recent rentals:
ELIZABETH (B+) -- I'm a sucker for any historic
drama. This one is better than most, thanks mainly
to the acting of Cate Blanchett, who seems to have
perfected her 'tude by watching Glenda Jackson in
the old "Elizabeth R" TV series. French cinebabe
Fanny Ardant is hot in a brief appearance as Mary
of Guise. The over-all atmosphere and the final
scenes of this movie are cribbed straight from
Godfather I, however. I almost expected to see
Fat Clemenza show up and plug Norfolk in his bed.
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (A) -- I'm a sucker for any
historic drama. This isn't awfully historic, but
it does deal with some real people, and is filled
with English Lit. major in-jokes. (My favorite one
is John Webster portrayed as a boy whose favorite
parts of the plays are the violent death scenes.)
There's a too-sweet love story in there, too, plus
Gwyneth Paltrow, if you like her.
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cassia
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response 220 of 348:
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Aug 16 19:50 UTC 1999 |
As to remarks of the Spleen being superfluous in Mystery Men:
in the appearances of the Mystery Men in various numbers of
Flaming Carrot Comics, the Spleen was generally useless, cowardly,
and - if memory serves - had no superpowers at all, but simply
(for some unexplained reason) had a radioactive spleen. He was
a foil to the others, who were generally ready for a fight; usually
hid when there was a battle and then boasted afterward. There were
a couple Mystery Men left out of the movie... I guess the Garofalo
character replaced Mystic Hand.
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jazz
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response 221 of 348:
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Aug 16 20:30 UTC 1999 |
"The Bowler" was a *great* caracter though.
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otaking
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response 222 of 348:
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Aug 16 21:39 UTC 1999 |
I hoped that Screwball would make an appearance in Mystrey Men, if only so
I could watch him play with his pet shoelace.
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mary
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response 223 of 348:
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Aug 16 22:44 UTC 1999 |
I *really* liked "Sixth Sense". ****
I agree with Aaron that knowing almost nothing about it
would be a good thing here.
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senna
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response 224 of 348:
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Aug 17 00:00 UTC 1999 |
I hadn't planned on seeing sixth sense, so I felt that hearing the
ending wouldn't mean much. As it turned out, I now wish I could see it
without that information, but that's okay. I knew what I was getting
into. I was *highly* impressed with what I heard, based on what I knew.
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jazz
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response 225 of 348:
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Aug 17 04:08 UTC 1999 |
See it. Even if you know where the road's going, the ride's well
worth it.
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aaron
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response 226 of 348:
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Aug 17 17:15 UTC 1999 |
Not to mention that Haley Joel Osment gives one of the most memorable
performances by a child actor in recent memory.
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janc
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response 227 of 348:
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Aug 19 03:38 UTC 1999 |
I watched Godzilla because it was renting for 99 cents. Having arrived
with very low expectations, I didn't find them entirely met. Special
effects were fine. Liked the way that they failed to anthromorphize
Godzilla - he is treated as a big fierce animal, not a sapient being.
Interestingly, because he is treated that way, he becomes somewhat
sympathetic and you can feel sad for him when he is killed. I think
it's a bit of 90's think - it's kind of sad to kill the last of a
species (barring sequels) even if it's not exactly a species you want
visiting your backyard. The hero and heroine were a pair of dewy-eyed
Brady-bunch escapees, but that's consistant with the human characters in
all the original films, and makes a nice contrast to the monster. And
they had fun pitting New York City against Godzilla. The final duel
between Godzilla and a yellow cab driven by a foreigner was fun from
that point of view. Chrysler Building, subways, fish markets, Madison
Square Gardens, Holland Tunnel, and the Brooklyn bridge all figure
promently into the movie. Interesting that they left out the Empire
State Building, the World Trade Center (except for a reference to the
bombings) and the Statue of Liberty. Anyway, it wasn't great, but it
was enjoyable for me.
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remmers
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response 228 of 348:
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Aug 19 23:15 UTC 1999 |
Didja notice how the mayor and his assistant were named Siskel and
Ebert?
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