Topic: 'TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY (Read 26594 times)

Edisaurus · « **Reply #180 on:** December 01, 2007, 01:22:35 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on December 01, 2007, 11:16:12 AM

***GAS FLOWING FREELY VIBES***[/size]
for DR edisaurus!!![/size]

Noooo! That's NOT what we want! We want the gas contained and going to where it'd supposed to!

bk · « **Reply #181 on:** December 01, 2007, 01:30:40 PM »

I don't trust ANY of those blogs that are drooling over Sweeney Todd. It reeks of something. I do know one person who has seen the film, and he has said that while he enjoyed it the blood-letting is so graphic that he feels it's going to preclude the film from being anything other than a cult film. Plus, the studio is so over-hyping it (especially in the last three months - as relentless as Dreamgirls), as if they're trying to shove this thing down people's throats and tell them they HAVE to love it. I am looking forward to it, but Mr. Burton's track record in the last ten years doesn't give me a ton of hope.

bk · « **Reply #182 on:** December 01, 2007, 01:31:20 PM »

I'm back from Farmer's Market and various and sundried travels, and will now watch a motion picture on DVD before I dine with the Jones's.

Ginny · « **Reply #183 on:** December 01, 2007, 01:39:20 PM »

Ugh! We're under a winter weather advisory, calling for snow/sleet turning to rain as the temps rise, until 10pm. Just hope I can get home before the roads get slick.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #184 on:** December 01, 2007, 01:42:09 PM »

der Brucer

Cillaliz · « **Reply #185 on:** December 01, 2007, 01:53:44 PM »

Quote from: Ginny on December 01, 2007, 01:39:20 PM

Ugh! We're under a winter weather advisory, calling for snow/sleet turning to rain as the temps rise, until 10pm. Just hope I can get home before the roads get slick.

It's nasty here. I haven't really been out, other than to break the ice off of the corn for the squirrels and the bird food, but we had a little snow, then sleet, then freezing rain and now I think maybe it's real rain then it's supposed to be freezing raing again later. The trees are starting to look pretty though and we haven't seen the 30-40 mph winds they were initially prediciting.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #186 on:** December 01, 2007, 01:55:06 PM »

Quote from: bk on December 01, 2007, 01:30:40 PM

but Mr. Burton's track record in the last ten years doesn't give me a ton of hope.

Sleepy Hollow, Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - all critical successes and, save Big Fish, all fan favorites.

der Brucer

Cillaliz · « **Reply #187 on:** December 01, 2007, 01:56:35 PM »

I spent most of the afternoon working on the big room in the basement, where I now have the treadmill. I arranged the bookcases, emptied all my boxes of books, unpacked the remaining boxes and threw out a bunch of stuff. I discovered the cable tv works down there so I set up the little tv I had in my office in Spirit Lake and set up an old stereo. There is still much to do in there, but it's actually starting to look like part of the living space and not just a repository of things that don't have any other place to be

Cillaliz · « **Reply #188 on:** December 01, 2007, 01:57:14 PM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on December 01, 2007, 01:55:06 PM

Sleepy Hollow, Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - all critical successes and, save Big Fish, all fan favorites.

der Brucer

I loved Big Fish, but then that's me

Cillaliz · « **Reply #189 on:** December 01, 2007, 01:58:00 PM »

I liked Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, too.

bk · « **Reply #190 on:** December 01, 2007, 02:13:14 PM »

I know there are those who've enjoyed Burton's more recent films - I'm not one of them. I didn't care for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory much, really didn't like Sleepy Hollow, and didn't see the Fish movie.

Matt H. · « **Reply #191 on:** December 01, 2007, 02:30:02 PM »

Quote from: Jane on December 01, 2007, 01:10:26 PM

Matt H, will going on line & voting for Life as the People’s Choice best new show help? http://www.nbc.com/Life

Any attention the show can get will surely not hurt it. Thanks for the address. I'll be voting as well.

Matt H. · « **Reply #192 on:** December 01, 2007, 02:31:51 PM »

I liked all three of those Burton films, BIG FISH being my least favorite of the three but still entertaining.

Matt H. · « **Reply #193 on:** December 01, 2007, 02:34:00 PM »

I began my afternoon of viewing with another MURDER SHE WROTE episode. This was the Nashville-set one with Florence Henderson as a Tammy Wynette-type singer and Jimmy Dean as her disenchanted husband. Gary Grubbs was also a guest star. Florence was not born to sing country but she does an entire song during the show. I think it must have been written just for this episode, but I didn't check the credits to see for sure.

Matt H. · « **Reply #194 on:** December 01, 2007, 02:34:55 PM »

Next, I watched the remaining 35-40 minutes of DR. NO. Always enjoyable, and with the new surround soundtracks, very involving.

DakotaCelt · « **Reply #195 on:** December 01, 2007, 02:35:06 PM »

WE have 6 inches and wind on the ground and it is still snowing...

Good day to stay inside with a book and a mug of hot chocolate

Matt H. · « **Reply #196 on:** December 01, 2007, 02:36:17 PM »

Then, since it had been the talk of some of the messages earlier in the week, I watched THE WIZARD OF OZ. I hadn't seen it on the new TV. (It was the first movie I watched on my ;ast HDTV.) Looks wonderful, but the extra resolution brought out the natural film grain in the image which I guess my last TV had hidden.

DakotaCelt · « **Reply #197 on:** December 01, 2007, 02:36:34 PM »

I voted... Life is a rather interesting show. The few eppies I have seen, I have enjoyed.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #198 on:** December 01, 2007, 02:37:24 PM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on December 01, 2007, 01:55:06 PM

Sleepy Hollow, Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - all critical successes and, save Big Fish, all fan favorites.

der Brucer

I didn't seeCharlie and the chocolate Factry, but I liked Big fish quite a lot and I loved Sleepy Hollow, which I've seen many times. I left it hoping Tim Burton would give us a dark and gothic fim of BRIGADOON, and I think it was a good test for the SWEENEY TODD, which I am very much looking forward to seeing.

DakotaCelt · « **Reply #199 on:** December 01, 2007, 02:39:25 PM »

Favorite Christmas treats...

Peanut butter cups
Black bottom cupcakes
Candy kiss cookies
Jello cookies...

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #200 on:** December 01, 2007, 02:40:16 PM »

For those who like to ~~worry~~ plan ahead:

Monday:

CBS 8-11: Chuck - Heroes- Life
TNT 8-10: "The Closer
SCFI 9-11: Tin Man Part II

TNT will re-run Closer on Tuesday at 10
SCIFI will re-run TinMan Part II on Tueday at 7

Both SCIFI and TBT will also re-run their offerings again later on Monday

der Brucer

God Bless our DVR!

DakotaCelt · « **Reply #201 on:** December 01, 2007, 02:40:32 PM »

Homemade pretzels!.... and not the ones from pretzelmakers

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #202 on:** December 01, 2007, 02:44:50 PM »

Quote from: Cillaliz on December 01, 2007, 01:57:14 PM

I loved Big Fish, but then that's me

So did I - I was just noting that it didn't generate the box office the others did.

der Brucer

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #203 on:** December 01, 2007, 02:47:25 PM »

It's been a glorious Saturday here with blue skies and crisp air.

Wonderful day!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #204 on:** December 01, 2007, 02:50:18 PM »

Quote from: TCB on December 01, 2007, 12:47:57 PM

Oh, you meant the taco! I was going to say that he did look familiar.

Was it the angle?

Matt H. · « **Reply #205 on:** December 01, 2007, 02:50:25 PM »

DR Elmore, you should see SLEEPY HOLLOW on Blu-ray. A really mind-blowing experience, as close to 3-D as can be found without any 3-D process. It was one of my first Blu-ray purchases.

Matt H. · « **Reply #206 on:** December 01, 2007, 02:52:52 PM »

Heading down now to do a few small chores and then to settle in with CLOSE ENCOUNTERS in Blu-ray. And then TORCHWOOD.

WBBL.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #207 on:** December 01, 2007, 02:56:57 PM »

Quote from: Jane on December 01, 2007, 01:10:26 PM

Matt H, will going on line & voting for Life as the People’s Choice best new show help? http://www.nbc.com/Life

I tried, but no matter how many times I typed in the characters they asked me to, I never got to vote...I kept getting another group of characters.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #208 on:** December 01, 2007, 02:59:17 PM »

Question for Cillaliz:

You prevously stated your intention to support Richardson in the Iowa Caucus.

Current polling data shows:

Obama 27.2
Clinton 26.8
Edwards 22.6
Richardson 8.2

Considering that a vote for Richardson is probably "wasted", would you consider switching to one of the top three where your vote could make a difference?

der Brucer

elmore3003 · « **Reply #209 on:** December 01, 2007, 03:02:18 PM »

Quote from: Jane on December 01, 2007, 01:10:26 PM

Matt H, will going on line & voting for Life as the People’s Choice best new show help? http://www.nbc.com/Life

Did I miss the spot where it tells you to vote?

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