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Thread: William Hurt has died
Post: RE: William Hurt has died
| The first role that pops into my mind was of the military detective in Gorky Park. Strange because I don't think it needed great acting like some of his other roles. |
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rkomar |
Actors
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March 14th, 2022, 05:03 PM |
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Thread: Russia and Ukraine
Post: RE: Russia and Ukraine
| A news program I was watching suggested that Putin was afraid of a similar uprising against himself as occurred in Ukraine against his puppet a few years ago. Getting Ukraine back under his thumb was... |
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rkomar |
History
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March 2nd, 2022, 02:54 AM |
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Thread: Horror too disturbing
Post: RE: Horror too disturbing
| You never know what is going to creep you out. I remember watching this awful movie called "Ssss" (or something like that) about someone being turned into a snake. I thought it was so bad that it wa... |
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rkomar |
General Movies
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February 23rd, 2022, 09:59 PM |
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Thread: Will we see the return of the small budget science fiction film?
Post: RE: Will we see the return of the small budget sci...
| Heh! I could watch more movies like Dark Star with a beach ball starring as the evil protagonist.
Hmm, I wonder if Rubber was influenced by Dark Star? |
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rkomar |
General Movies
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February 17th, 2022, 01:48 AM |
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Thread: Tarzan books racist and sexist?
Post: RE: Tarzan books racist and sexist?
| There is much colonialism in the books, which I would guess is a sore point these days. It probably doesn't matter that Burroughs had villains and nobles in every race to those upset by the ranking o... |
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rkomar |
Edgar Rice Burroughs and John Carter
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January 26th, 2022, 03:49 AM |
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Thread: Remake or reboot of the Six million dollar man
Post: RE: Remake or reboot of the Six million dollar man
| Maybe they could give him a bluetooth connection to his smart phone to use the camera for augmented vision, and the speaker for the "Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo" sound effects? |
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rkomar |
Science Fiction and Fantasy TV Shows
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January 13th, 2022, 05:02 PM |
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Thread: Remake or reboot of the Six million dollar man
Post: RE: Remake or reboot of the Six million dollar man
| I wonder if the title of the show needs a reboot, as well? Six million dollars today doesn't buy nearly as much as it did forty-five years ago, except for technology. Could you fit out Steve Austin ... |
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rkomar |
Science Fiction and Fantasy TV Shows
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December 30th, 2021, 06:32 PM |
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Thread: John Madden died
Post: RE: John Madden died
| Hear hear! I'm not a big football fan, but I was a big fan of his. He made the games interesting and entertaining even for those who aren't hard-core football fans or gamblers. Best of all, he kept... |
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rkomar |
History
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December 29th, 2021, 07:43 PM |
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Thread: Battlestar Galactica
Post: RE: Battlestar Galactica
| I was recently rummaging around some dusty corners of a hard drive and found the old "A New Crew in Town" video humourously comparing the old and new Battlestar Galactica series. It's still up on you... |
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rkomar |
Fan Fiction and Poems
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December 25th, 2021, 03:29 AM |
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Thread: Should Disney make its own version of the Little Prince
Post: RE: Should Disney make its own version of the Litt...
| The Little Prince is a beautiful and tragic story. Does Disney do tragedies? If they cut out the tragic part, I think the story will lose a lot of its beauty. |
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rkomar |
Disney and Pixar Movies
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December 9th, 2021, 02:29 PM |
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Thread: Star Trek: Lower Decks
Post: RE: Star Trek: Lower Decks
| I've watched a few episodes. From the commercials, I thought it would be too Gen-Z oriented for my tastes, but instead I've enjoyed what I've seen. I'll probably watch the rest on demand when I have... |
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rkomar |
Star Trek
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December 1st, 2021, 07:02 PM |
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Thread: I am not ready to go back into the cinemas
Post: RE: I am not ready to go back into the cinemas
| I saw Shang-Chi and the latest Bond movies in theaters, but I waited until near the end of each movie's run before going. I was the only person watching Shang-Chi, and there were maybe a dozen people... |
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General Discussions
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November 22nd, 2021, 02:13 PM |
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Thread: Just saw Rise of Skywalker
Post: RE: Just saw Rise of Skywalker
| I just saw this movie on tv, and the late scene where the young couple join forces to defeat the resurrected dark lord in a battle of "magic" seemed to be right out of an Andre Norton Witch World nove... |
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rkomar |
Star Wars
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November 7th, 2021, 11:23 AM |
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Thread: Jaws remake
Post: RE: Jaws remake
| I kind of hope not. I re-watched the original recently and it really holds up well over time. The shark looks more fake now than it used to, but that didn't bother me. The acting is what really mak... |
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General Movies
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September 25th, 2021, 03:17 PM |
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Thread: I am not ready to go back into the cinemas
Post: RE: I am not ready to go back into the cinemas
| It's not subsiding here either. After a year and a half, people are running out of patience. The group that wants to act like covid-19 isn't a problem is by far the most vocal, but the silent majori... |
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rkomar |
General Discussions
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September 22nd, 2021, 12:35 AM |
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Thread: All the Container Ships are Piling Up
Post: RE: All the Container Ships are Piling Up
| I'm no economist, but it seems to me that a lot of today's inflation is driven by supply chain problems rather than too much cash swimming around. Stuff is more expensive because it is harder to sour... |
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rkomar |
General Discussions
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September 22nd, 2021, 12:23 AM |
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Thread: I am not ready to go back into the cinemas
Post: RE: I am not ready to go back into the cinemas
| I was never a regular theatre-goer, but I'm thinking I'll go this week to watch the new Shang-Chi movie. They require proof of vaccination to enter, so it's a bit safer than just opening the doors to... |
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rkomar |
General Discussions
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September 21st, 2021, 01:26 PM |
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Thread: All the Container Ships are Piling Up
Post: RE: All the Container Ships are Piling Up
| We have exactly the same problems here in Canada. Many of the people who had jobs that were "non-essential" and thus subject to pandemic lockdowns left their industries to try to find more secure wor... |
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General Discussions
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September 21st, 2021, 01:19 PM |
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Thread: Video: Fans remember seeing 'Star Wars' in 1977
Post: RE: Video: Fans remember seeing 'Star Wars' in 197...
| I must have seen it, but I don't remember the details, like which theatre I saw it in. What I _do_ remember is finding a book about the movie in the reading pile at the barbershop around the time the... |
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rkomar |
Star Wars
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August 29th, 2021, 03:21 PM |
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Thread: She lob a monster or spider or something else
Post: RE: She lob a monster or spider or something else
| I think there's a good chance she came from the last basement apartment I lived in. I found some pretty gigantic spiders in the tub from time to time. It made me wonder about the ones too smart or b... |
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rkomar |
J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth
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August 25th, 2021, 01:54 AM |
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Thread: STAR KA'ATS AND THE WINGED WARRIORS
Post: RE: STAR KA'ATS AND THE WINGED WARRIORS
| Thanks for the offer! The book has a dust jacket, though. The library put clear plastic over the jacket first before applying any taped on library stickers to the outside. I was able to get the tap... |
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rkomar |
Andre Norton
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July 24th, 2020, 10:45 AM |
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Thread: STAR KA'ATS AND THE WINGED WARRIORS
Post: RE: STAR KA'ATS AND THE WINGED WARRIORS
| My copy came in, and it looks pretty good! It's a library copy, so it has the card pocket glued into it, a little markup, and some stuff taped to the cover. Other than that, it's in great shape, so ... |
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rkomar |
Andre Norton
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July 23rd, 2020, 07:33 PM |
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Thread: STAR KA'ATS AND THE WINGED WARRIORS
Post: RE: STAR KA'ATS AND THE WINGED WARRIORS
| Huh! I had no idea that some booksellers are on ebay but not on ABE books. Thanks for pointing that out. I put in the order for the cheapest one; as long as I can read it I'll be happy. |
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rkomar |
Andre Norton
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July 4th, 2020, 12:32 PM |
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Thread: STAR KA'ATS AND THE WINGED WARRIORS
Post: RE: STAR KA'ATS AND THE WINGED WARRIORS
| I don't remember seeing it, but maybe it was further down the list because of the shipping cost. I live in Canada, and some of the shipping fees from outside of the country are many times the price o... |
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rkomar |
Andre Norton
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July 3rd, 2020, 12:43 PM |
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Thread: STAR KA'ATS AND THE WINGED WARRIORS
Post: RE: STAR KA'ATS AND THE WINGED WARRIORS
| Thanks for pointing out the new releases. I couldn't find the ebooks at google play or kobo, but I do see the copies of the trade paperback omnibus edition on abebooks. I'm thinking it's a bit too m... |
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Andre Norton
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July 3rd, 2020, 10:52 AM |
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Thread: STAR KA'ATS AND THE WINGED WARRIORS
Post: RE: STAR KA'ATS AND THE WINGED WARRIORS
| This is one of the few Andre Norton books I don't have a copy of, because it's so hard to find. Apparently people didn't like it and not many were bought. So how is Judith reviewing it? Have these ... |
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Andre Norton
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July 2nd, 2020, 07:12 PM |
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Thread: Video: Eisenhower returns to Normandy 20 years later
Post: RE: Video: Eisenhower returns to Normandy 20 years...
| Booo! "The uploader has not made this video available in your country." Too bad, it looked interesting. |
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rkomar |
History
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June 14th, 2020, 11:12 PM |
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Thread: Video: How medieval Europeans cleaned their teeth
Post: RE: Video: How medieval Europeans cleaned their te...
| Belief in miasmas went way past the middle ages. Histories of the cholera epidemics of two to three hundred years ago showed than many still thought that nearby swamps or bad smells were causing the ... |
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History
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April 19th, 2020, 07:12 PM |
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Thread: Japanese space experiment proves another SF film trope wrong ...
Post: RE: Japanese space experiment proves another SF fi...
| I haven't looked at the papers on the Japanese experiment, but I would guess that they are looking into the effect of impacts from small objects in the asteroid belt. The larger asteroids are probabl... |
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rkomar |
General Discussions
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March 24th, 2020, 08:07 PM |
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Thread: Disney parks closures
Post: RE: Disney parks closures
| Considering that a lot of those recent measles outbreaks spread out from a Disney park, closing them during this epidemic is just good sense. On top of that, most people aren't traveling right now, s... |
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rkomar |
General Discussions
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March 23rd, 2020, 08:13 PM |
