Topic: COLONEL FIELDING, COLONEL FIELDING! (Read 2870 times)

bk · « **on:** November 20, 2020, 12:03:41 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, Colonel Fielding read the notes, and now it is time for you to post until the colonel cows come home.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** November 20, 2020, 12:04:42 AM »

And the word of the day is: OBSTREPEROUS!

TCB · « **Reply #2 on:** November 20, 2020, 12:30:05 AM »

First post after BK.

George · « **Reply #3 on:** November 20, 2020, 12:31:25 AM »

Hi, Tom.

TCB · « **Reply #4 on:** November 20, 2020, 12:31:27 AM »

BK, what is the British ending of the film? And why would anyone want to change that ending?

TCB · « **Reply #5 on:** November 20, 2020, 12:32:23 AM »

Hello, George.

George · « **Reply #6 on:** November 20, 2020, 12:35:23 AM »

Well, I looked up the DVD for Invaders from Mars on Amazon and copies can be had for as little as $39.99! However, eBay has a couple of (legitimate

) copies for around $20 or so. Since I have a laserdisc player, I bought a like-new laserdisc copy from eBay for $16.40. It should arrive in about two weeks.

bk · « **Reply #7 on:** November 20, 2020, 12:40:34 AM »

Quote from: TCB on November 20, 2020, 12:31:27 AM

BK, what is the British ending of the film? And why would anyone want to change that ending?

SPOILER ALERT - in the Brit version, it's not a dream.

TCB · « **Reply #8 on:** November 20, 2020, 12:43:15 AM »

Quote from: bk on November 20, 2020, 12:40:34 AM

Quote from: TCB on November 20, 2020, 12:31:27 AM
BK, what is the British ending of the film? And why would anyone want to change that ending?

SPOILER ALERT - in the Brit version, it's not a dream.

But that was what made the film so incredible?

George · « **Reply #9 on:** November 20, 2020, 12:54:42 AM »

Quote from: bk on November 20, 2020, 12:40:34 AM

Quote from: TCB on November 20, 2020, 12:31:27 AM
BK, what is the British ending of the film? And why would anyone want to change that ending?

SPOILER ALERT - in the Brit version, it's not a dream.

Darn. I haven't seen it yet.

George · « **Reply #10 on:** November 20, 2020, 12:58:25 AM »

I'll probably forget that bit of tid by the time I actually get the laserdisc, so not a problem.

George · « **Reply #11 on:** November 20, 2020, 12:58:51 AM »

Good night and have a good day, all!

bk · « **Reply #12 on:** November 20, 2020, 01:34:47 AM »

Quote from: TCB on November 20, 2020, 12:43:15 AM

Quote from: bk on November 20, 2020, 12:40:34 AM
Quote from: TCB on November 20, 2020, 12:31:27 AM
BK, what is the British ending of the film? And why would anyone want to change that ending?

SPOILER ALERT - in the Brit version, it's not a dream.

But that was what made the film so incredible?

I agree! It doesn't work at all the other way.

singdaw · « **Reply #13 on:** November 20, 2020, 02:52:31 AM »

All this talk of mashed potatoes has me hankerin' for some...

...mashed potatoes.

singdaw · « **Reply #14 on:** November 20, 2020, 02:52:40 AM »

Funny, that.

singdaw · « **Reply #15 on:** November 20, 2020, 03:01:03 AM »

I wonder if Colonel Fielding knows Colonel Sanders.

singdaw · « **Reply #16 on:** November 20, 2020, 03:01:21 AM »

Colonel Sanders knows from mashed potatoes.

singdaw · « **Reply #17 on:** November 20, 2020, 03:03:23 AM »

And, as bk's close personal friend Stephen Sondheim says, "Remember."

singdaw · « **Reply #18 on:** November 20, 2020, 03:04:10 AM »

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

singdaw · « **Reply #19 on:** November 20, 2020, 03:04:59 AM »

In every way. So they say.

singdaw · « **Reply #20 on:** November 20, 2020, 03:05:40 AM »

It's Friday morning, early. Time to take down the recycling.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #21 on:** November 20, 2020, 03:56:55 AM »

Good morning, all!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #22 on:** November 20, 2020, 03:58:25 AM »

I still remember a few of the nightmares after seeing Invaders from Mars around 1956 or so. I haven't seen it since.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #23 on:** November 20, 2020, 04:00:57 AM »

Today, whether I want to or not, I must make that pharmacy trek. The temperature is supposed to go back up to 60F today, so I am happy to venture out.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #24 on:** November 20, 2020, 04:14:54 AM »

DR George, Aristophanes' plays are neither sequels nor prequels, although if more existed, scholars might change their minds. All were satirical or political comedies about aspects of Athenian life and the endless Peloponnesian War, and my favorite remains the bawdy, obscene, anti-war Lysistrata. So The Birds, like Peace, The Clouds, The Wasps and others are not related to The Frogs.

Now, Vaughan Williams composed music for an Oxford production of The Wasps, which he turned into a concert suite, and Braunfels' opera The Birds was first performed in 1920. It has nothing to do with Sondheim.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #25 on:** November 20, 2020, 04:15:51 AM »

And Al Carmines wrote an off-off-Broadway musical of Peace.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #26 on:** November 20, 2020, 04:32:57 AM »

Today I am seriously thinking about taking Stella to the ACC and giving her up. She just climbed onto the bookcase n ext to my computer table and brought down a shelf of books onto the table, breaking my printer in the process. This is the second she's destroyed, and I'm too infirm and in too much pain to deal with moving furniture and cleaning the mess. She's very lucky I couldn't get to my cane when all hell broke loose because I fear I might have beaten her to a pulp.

I am not happy at the moment.

singdaw · « **Reply #27 on:** November 20, 2020, 04:45:30 AM »

I am sorry, DR elmore3003.

singdaw · « **Reply #28 on:** November 20, 2020, 04:46:19 AM »

The original poster asked for a 3-word caption. My submission was: "Dole Whip Don't."

singdaw · « **Reply #29 on:** November 20, 2020, 04:46:51 AM »

Let's move on, as DR John G. would say...

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