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anderyn
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response 193 of 348:
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Aug 11 18:26 UTC 1999 |
Saw "Entrapment" last night at Fox Village. Definitely a fun movie, but
a bit too scary for us height-scardy-cats!
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remmers
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response 194 of 348:
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Aug 11 21:42 UTC 1999 |
Try watching it at 13,000 feet sometime.
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janc
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response 195 of 348:
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Aug 11 22:53 UTC 1999 |
Rather low for an airplane. Are you suggesting climbing a peak in the
rockies to watch it?
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anderyn
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response 196 of 348:
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Aug 12 02:11 UTC 1999 |
I haven't been in a airplane in over twenty years -- and I'm never
climbing a peak.
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remmers
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response 197 of 348:
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Aug 12 12:44 UTC 1999 |
Forget my figure in resp:194 - how high do airplanes fly these days? In
any case, "Entrapment" was shown on an airborne 747 on which I was a
passenger a few days ago. I paid only sporadic attention to the movie;
general impression is that it's a rather cookie-cutter Hollywood
romantic thriller.
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aruba
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response 198 of 348:
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Aug 12 13:28 UTC 1999 |
I think 30,000 feet is pretty typical.
Carol and I saw Notting Hill at the Fox last night. I liked it a whole lot.
Very funny and very romantic.
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gull
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response 199 of 348:
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Aug 12 14:48 UTC 1999 |
I think anything from 30,000 to 50,000 is typical for a 747. 25,000 or less
for short commuter flights on things like ATR turboprops. Under 12,000 for
non-turbocharged general aviation aircraft like Cessna Skylanes and Piper
Cherokees. (Friend of mine whose wife is an ATC says they refer to that
level as 'indian country' because of all the Piper aircraft.)
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richard
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response 200 of 348:
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Aug 12 21:57 UTC 1999 |
#199...I believe the Lone Ranger and Green Hornet's characters last name
was Reed...both shows owned by radio station, and Green Hornet was a
spinoff meant to be something likea modern day LR.
Both shows had great theme songs...the Lone Ranger was of course Wagner,
and Green Hornet was Stravinsky's Flight of the Bumblebee.
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aaron
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response 201 of 348:
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Aug 13 00:07 UTC 1999 |
I mean it, Richard -- who was that masked man? I wish I knew his name.
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bruin
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response 202 of 348:
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Aug 13 01:59 UTC 1999 |
RE #200 I believe that the "Lone Ranger" theme was the "William Tell Overture"
by Rossini.
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remmers
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response 203 of 348:
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Aug 13 02:43 UTC 1999 |
Right - Rossini, not Wagner.
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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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