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richard
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response 8 of 348:
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Jun 23 21:57 UTC 1999 |
#3-- the connection is that John Hinckley, who shot President Reagan,
was absolutely obsessed with the movie "Taxi Driver", having taken to
watching it over and over again. He claims to have seen it at least 75
times. In the movie Robert Deniro's character, goes
psychotic after he cant win the heart of Cybil Shepherd, and decides to
assassinate the Presidential candidate her character was working for.
Hinckley apparently became mentally imbalanced and started to imagine
himself as actually being IN the movie, and decided to shoot President
Reagan to impress Jodie Foster.
This is brought up in the "making of" documentary, where writer Paul
Schraeder mentions that both he and director Martin Scorcese were grilled
by the FBI after the shooting. Hinckley was apparently one of a number of
men who too strongly identified with the main character in this movie.
eerie in a way.
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richard
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response 9 of 348:
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Jun 23 22:00 UTC 1999 |
#7...but Aruba, why wouldnt you want to rent "Taxi Driver"? After all,
it routinely makes the top ten lists of the greatest american films
ever made. Siskel and Ebert have it in their top five.
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tpryan
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response 10 of 348:
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Jun 23 23:27 UTC 1999 |
So it needs to have the Hinkcly foootage to remind others who are
obsessed with watching the movie multiple times of what they could do?
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aruba
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response 11 of 348:
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Jun 24 01:25 UTC 1999 |
Re #9: I have nothing against it, Richard. I just don't like violent movies.
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giry
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response 12 of 348:
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Jun 25 17:48 UTC 1999 |
Agora 20 <-> Cinema 31
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drewmike
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response 13 of 348:
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Jun 30 05:48 UTC 1999 |
Uh.... welll... Monday I was in the production offices of Julia Roberts' next,
"Erin Brockovich", and I passed the offices of "Nutty Professor II".
I bet I know which movie is going to have more ass jokes.
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bookworm
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response 14 of 348:
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Jun 30 17:02 UTC 1999 |
I'm dying to see "Tarzan" and "Wild Wild West" They are in theatres over
here and I haven't seen either.
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mcnally
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response 15 of 348:
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Jun 30 17:07 UTC 1999 |
re #13: you're not going far out on a limb with that prediction, are you?
for more of a challenge, try to predict the first movie to be made
*after* "Nutty Professor II" that will feature more ass jokes.
If you can make that call correctly I'll be *very* impressed..
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tpryan
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response 16 of 348:
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Jun 30 21:30 UTC 1999 |
Thusfar, I heard that "Wild Wild West" is Avengers '99...take a
TV show, fondly remembered, and mess with it.
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omni
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response 17 of 348:
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Jul 1 05:41 UTC 1999 |
Wild Wild West doesn't impress me to the point I'd go and see it. I still
am a very big fan of the old one with Robert Conrad. Maybe the movie will
catch on so that some pimp station will begin showing the tv show again just
for the sole value of tying in.
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drewmike
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response 18 of 348:
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Jul 1 07:16 UTC 1999 |
Re 15: If they were doing a remake of "Tess of the D'Urbervilles", that would
be a shoo-in.
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krj
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response 19 of 348:
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Jul 1 12:14 UTC 1999 |
So far, "Wild Wild West" has provided a feast for fans of really
negative movie reviews. "Not As Bad As 'The Avengers'" was about
the most positive evaluation I found so far. Anyone actually seen it?
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senna
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response 20 of 348:
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Jul 1 12:57 UTC 1999 |
I was tempted, but I think I'll wait until video. The previews did not
impress me much at all. When that happens, you know there's trouble.
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mary
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response 21 of 348:
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Jul 1 13:22 UTC 1999 |
Wow, to me it looks like a whole lot of fun. I like Kevin Kline. He has
one of those forgiveably-naughty smiles.
A Simple Plan is now available on video. I think it was last year's
best movie.
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mooncat
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response 22 of 348:
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Jul 1 17:32 UTC 1999 |
Yeah, I think Wild, Wild West looks like fun.
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mcnally
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response 23 of 348:
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Jul 1 18:40 UTC 1999 |
I always liked the show "Wild, Wild West" -- it was one of the trippiest
concepts for a television show ever ("I know -- let's make a science-fiction
western!")
I was hoping the movie would be good -- sounds like I can can kiss those
hopes goodbye..
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mary
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response 24 of 348:
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Jul 1 19:34 UTC 1999 |
Well, WWW looked like fun from the trailers. ;-)
It had it's moments. All two of them. (sigh).
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albaugh
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response 25 of 348:
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Jul 1 21:00 UTC 1999 |
I wonder if this WWW movie is web-based... ;-)
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ryan
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response 26 of 348:
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Jul 1 21:18 UTC 1999 |
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jiffer
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response 27 of 348:
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Jul 2 16:17 UTC 1999 |
I sw Wild Wild West, it was cheesey. Actually, it was double cheesie
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mooncat
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response 28 of 348:
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Jul 2 17:15 UTC 1999 |
Is that a bad thing?
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omni
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response 29 of 348:
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Jul 2 18:10 UTC 1999 |
Pizza, no. Movies, Yes.
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cassia
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response 30 of 348:
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Jul 2 19:57 UTC 1999 |
Recently saw "The Zero Effect" on video - liked it quite
a bit and suspect it did not do well in the box office
because though it has many parts that make one smile,
it is not a "comedy".
It is a good portrayal of that "Greatest Detective In the World"
idea - amazing while on a case, but socially completely inept;
finds love and so on, but all develops in an unexpected
and entertaining way.
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aruba
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response 31 of 348:
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Jul 2 20:09 UTC 1999 |
I enjoyed Zero Effect as well.
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drew
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response 32 of 348:
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Jul 2 21:47 UTC 1999 |
The original _West_ was almost before my time, but I remember a few bits and
pieces about it.
* They had a private train which also served as their base of operations. All
you ever saw was the caboose, which looked *enormous* on the inside. I
wondered how that caboose managed to fit on the tracks.
* West had a small two-shot pistol in a power holster, and a few other hidden
devices.
* The railroad car was equipped with a "telegraph" that I thought would have
had to be a radio tranceiver. How do you connect to wires from a moving
train?
* The plots often involved fighting villians who were inventing various 20th
Century devices to use in various attempts of world domination and other
mischief.
* There was a Time Travel episode (an ex-Confederate general tryinmg to change
the outcome of the Civil War), and an episode with Space Aliens! (details
forgotten.)
I don't know why I lost track of this one. I think I'd watch it if it showed
up on broadcast television. There have already been a couple of movies made,
both of them shown on television, which I thought were okay.
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