Topic: HALF THE BATTLE (Read 32241 times)

Cillaliz · « **Reply #150 on:** October 29, 2007, 01:11:27 PM »

BK, Great news about Enchanted!!

Matt H. · « **Reply #151 on:** October 29, 2007, 01:13:26 PM »

Got some wonderful things watched today.

I began with last night's COLD CASE, a fairly mundane story of the death of a ghetto kid who was a math genius. Very easy to spot the killer in this one.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #152 on:** October 29, 2007, 01:13:35 PM »

MR BK what are you wearing to the Skip E. Lowe Show?

Matt H. · « **Reply #153 on:** October 29, 2007, 01:14:54 PM »

Next, I watched last night's DEXTER. Oh, my, Dexter is really skating on thin ice in a number of ways. I hold my breath every week that he's not giving away too much of himself.

Jane · « **Reply #154 on:** October 29, 2007, 01:16:21 PM »

regarding callie

i'm off to dog training class. i should have help with sherlock if i can't handle him

Matt H. · « **Reply #155 on:** October 29, 2007, 01:16:44 PM »

Next I watched IT'S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN, always one of my favorite Peanuts cartoons. It comes on ABC tomorrow night, but, of course, I had no intention of watching it with commercials every few minutes. Still looks very nice, I think the best of the specials on DVD currently. Once Warners starts remastering them and rereleasing them, who know which one will look better.

Matt H. · « **Reply #156 on:** October 29, 2007, 01:19:57 PM »

Next up was RATATOUILLE, a delightful, ingratiating Pixar cartoon.

The Pixar features are always so FULL of animation. I liked the animation very much in MEET THE ROBINSONS last week, but that nest of activity that always seems to be going on in Pixar movies was missing in MEET THE ROBINSONS. The heavy layer of wit was also missing.

The DVD, like all Pixar features, is reference quality video AND audio. They did the audio soundtrack in Solby 5.1 EX, so that rear center surround channel is as active as the left and right rear channels are.

Matt H. · « **Reply #157 on:** October 29, 2007, 01:21:44 PM »

There are two Pixar shorts on the DVD, and I also had time to watch one of them - "Lifted." Think CLOSE ENCOUNTERS meets Looney Tunes. Hilarious and over in 5 minutes. It also had a Dolby 5.1 EX channel, and BOY was it loud and with very active bass!

Cillaliz · « **Reply #158 on:** October 29, 2007, 01:22:50 PM »

Quote from: Jane on October 29, 2007, 01:16:21 PM

regarding callie

i'm off to dog training class. i should have help with sherlock if i can't handle him

Thanks Jane, it's been a long haul and I know it's not over. The old vet thinks I'm getting close to surgery as my only option. I'm just not ready to do that yet.

Be careful at dog training class! Does your doctor know you are out doing this with your bad foot and broken wrist???

Cillaliz · « **Reply #159 on:** October 29, 2007, 01:23:25 PM »

Back to work. I am pleased to say I've got a lot of it to do!

Cillaliz · « **Reply #160 on:** October 29, 2007, 01:23:59 PM »

But before I go

{{{{{{{Elmore}}}}}}}

Jrand73 · « **Reply #161 on:** October 29, 2007, 01:33:37 PM »

DR MBARNUM thanks for the info about MADAME X and PORTRAIT IN BLACK....two of my favorite movies!!

Of course PIB has Lana and Anthony Quinn...and John Saxon and Sandra Dee...AND Ray Walston and Anna May Wong. What's not to like?

And MADAME X....wow!!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #162 on:** October 29, 2007, 01:38:46 PM »

OMG....even better news....this is a double DVD set!!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #163 on:** October 29, 2007, 01:46:45 PM »

Back from lunch (chicken noodle soup and chicken Caesar salad) and a "walk" to Smart and Final (don't know if all of you know what that is or not....there is a Cash and Carry retail outlet for restaurant supplies and ts "home" shop called Smart and Final).

At any rate, the smallest pack of heavy duty 7-inch plates was 125 plates. I also got two 25-cup-each packs of coffee cups (paper), two packages of 50-each forks and the smallest pack of dispenser napkins I could find.

Total cost: $25.49 (which is a good price for the quantities and quality I obtained). I still have to get creamer, sugar, stirrers...and the coffee.

I pay: $35 - $40.

The others pay: $8 each.

Any clues as to who's getting screwed?

Jrand73 · « **Reply #164 on:** October 29, 2007, 01:48:29 PM »

Dollar Tree.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #165 on:** October 29, 2007, 01:53:48 PM »

Quote from: JRand57 on October 29, 2007, 01:48:29 PM

Dollar Tree.

Do dollars grow on trees?

Ben · « **Reply #166 on:** October 29, 2007, 01:56:08 PM »

VixDeb THANKS!!!

Ben · « **Reply #167 on:** October 29, 2007, 01:56:42 PM »

It's so bright and shiny too!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #168 on:** October 29, 2007, 02:01:34 PM »

Surprise!

Surprise!

Our "reception" is now to be held on Thursday.

Matt H. · « **Reply #169 on:** October 29, 2007, 02:03:35 PM »

Guess I'll do a bit of writing and then head back down to continue exploring the RATATOUILLE DVD.

WBBL.

MBarnum · « **Reply #170 on:** October 29, 2007, 02:04:03 PM »

Quote from: JRand57 on October 29, 2007, 09:36:06 AM

DR MBARNUM how as the Zombie movie? Did you notice that it was produced by Ted Richmond, friend of Miss Allison, who also later produced FRANCIS JOINS THE WACS and COUNT THREE AND PRAY.

You mean SOUL OF A MONSTER? It was interesting and strange...a bit dull...and seemed a lot longer then 61 minutes. I did enjoy Rose Hobart and Jeanne Bates, but the male cast were nothing to write home about. It also was way too religious for my tastes...almost beating you over the head with Christianity, which just seemed out of place.

There were no zombies, just a guy who was brought back from the brink of death by a mysterious woman.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #171 on:** October 29, 2007, 02:04:16 PM »

JRand, boy did I have a goony dream last night. I was at the lakes and it was my birthday and I was waltzing in a dirt parking lot with Mick Jagger. Then we went inside and sat down and had a beer with Bill Richardson and then a tornado went by. My new bicycle was outside and I was concerned about it, but it just got wet so everything was ok.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #172 on:** October 29, 2007, 02:05:35 PM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on October 29, 2007, 02:01:34 PM

Surprise!

Surprise!

Our "reception" is now to be held on Thursday.

Eat $30 worth of cake!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #173 on:** October 29, 2007, 02:06:01 PM »

DR MATTH are you reviewing THE JAZZ SINGER?

Jrand73 · « **Reply #174 on:** October 29, 2007, 02:09:34 PM »

Quote from: Cillaliz on October 29, 2007, 02:04:16 PM

JRand, boy did I have a goony dream last night. I was at the lakes and it was my birthday and I was waltzing in a dirt parking lot with Mick Jagger. Then we went inside and sat down and had a beer with Bill Richardson and then a tornado went by. My new bicycle was outside and I was concerned about it, but it just got wet so everything was ok.

DR CILLA LIZ you have the inner impression that you are living life at such a fast pace that you might miss something. The times you take to enjoy your life are not wasted moments, but moments to treasure. You are also great at stepping outside your life and setting priorities. You also realize that you are reaching some lifelong goals.

Your feelings about personal possessions are practical and not obsessive.

Please deposit $35 in my PayPal account.

MBarnum · « **Reply #175 on:** October 29, 2007, 02:18:05 PM »

Quote from: JRand57 on October 29, 2007, 01:33:37 PM

Of course PIB has Lana and Anthony Quinn...and John Saxon and Sandra Dee...AND Ray Walston and Anna May Wong. What's not to like?

Ray Walston

But I will probably buy it anyway!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #176 on:** October 29, 2007, 02:37:40 PM »

He is pretty bad.....but there are many other things to make up for it, including a 1960 Imperial!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #177 on:** October 29, 2007, 02:40:51 PM »

There are way too many wedding photos here.....if you want to look. The official photographer's photos aren't posted yet....these are our amateur offerings.

http://s238.photobucket.com/albums/ff80/Jaynrand/The%20Wedding/

Tomovoz · « **Reply #178 on:** October 29, 2007, 02:46:16 PM »

But it's Sondheim who invites her to submerge deeper into herself. She sang one of the starkly unromantic love-letter songs from "Passion," which she interestingly called "Stephen's second-best piece after 'Sweeney Todd.' " And she captured the complicated truth of "No One Is Alone" from "Into the Woods," with its haunting lines, "You decide what's good / You decide alone. / But, no one is alone," epitomizing the composer's intricate genius.

Barbara Cook in LA on Saturday - from LA TImes

Tomovoz · « **Reply #179 on:** October 29, 2007, 02:48:01 PM »

I know not Halloween.

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