I am watching a news report that a local farmer plays classical music for his cows and chickens....because they have less stress....and make better eatin'!
The cows were particularly taken with Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto in B Flat Minor. The chickens seemed indifferent to the piece.
And the word of the day is: ZEPHYR!
La Jolie Femme,
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THE MALTESE FALCON is probably the greatest of all remakes. It was the 3rd filmed version of the novel.
John Carpenter's remake of THE THING is much better than the Howard Hawks original.
The Coen Brothers' TRUE GRIT is a better overall movie than Henry Hathaway's original, but John Wayne was a better "Rooster" than Jeff Bridges. Wayne's portrayal had humor.
I hated the remake of 3:10 TO YUMA. The original is a classic.
One should never remake a hit; only a flop. Otherwise, you are competing with the memory of the first movie.
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The absolutely unending remake of GODZILLA with Matthew Broderick. His was the only character that I was rooting for Godzilla to stomp on and end the movie prematurely.
Good morning, all! I finally got eight hours of sleep for the first tie in over a week, and I'm very happy. I'm not so happy about the schlep to Trinity Church on a cane, steps, and subway, but I have no choice. I had a fantastic time at yesterday's rehearsal, and I'm looking forward to the next three weeks of this project.
DR Singsong, I hope your surgery goes well today.
DR vixmom, I'm with you. The older I get, the more of a socialist I become. When I was in London in 1999, I needed an emergency room visit. I was in London for the JUBILEE rehearsals and broadcast performances, and I had just enough money to get hem. I was terrified of what this ER trip would cost me but I needed to see a doctor, and I saw a very pretty Scottish doctor in a hospital in Earl’s Court. I paid nothing, and my shock at this news seemed to amuse the clerk checking me out of the ER.
Having spent too many years in Manhattan struggling to keep up my health insurance premiums on my own, this was a blessing. I’ve lived nearly 68 years in this country, fed on the propaganda that the USA is the richest, best country ever, and it’s humiliating to see how misguided so much of the propaganda now appears. We can spend trillions on needless war and let our citizens rot, half the country diets and the other half starves. There's something wrng in this picture.
NEW YORK (AP) — "Glee" and "Wicked" star Kristin Chenoweth is chugging back to Broadway in the stylish screwball musical "On the Twentieth Century."
Producers said Tuesday that the Tony- and Emmy-winner will co-star with Peter Gallagher in the show adapted from the 1934 film with lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Cy Coleman. Scott Ellis will direct and Warren Carlyle will choreograph.
The show is about a shameless — and penniless — producer who hightails it out of Chicago after his stage version of "Joan of Arc" flops. He needs a hit and hopes one of his leading ladies who went on to fame to Hollywood can help. They meet aboard the Twentieth Century Limited train, as it travels to New York City.
The show will begin Feb. 12 and open March 12 at the American Airlines Theatre. The previously announced production in that theater of "Noises Off" has been postponed to fall 2015.
Chenoweth, whose TV credits include "The West Wing," ''The Good Wife" and "Pushing Daisies," was last on Broadway in the 2010 revival of "Promises, Promises." Her film credits include "Bewitched," ''The Pink Panther" and "RV."
"On the Twentieth Century" will be the latest Broadway revival of a Comden-Green musical. "On the Town," the 1944 musical about three sailors on shore leave in New York City, starts up in October at the Lyric Theatre.
I am watching a news report that a local farmer plays classical music for his cows and chickens....because they have less stress....and make better eatin'!
The cows were particularly taken with Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto in B Flat Minor. The chickens seemed indifferent to the piece.
The cows and chickens are going to the dickens!
HA! :D
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The original WINGS OF DESIRE by Wim Wenders was great, original and witty, and had Peter Falk as a former angel. So, what's not to love? The remake, I tells ya, with that never-can-tell-what'chya-gonna-get Nic Cage, called CITY OF ANGELS. Bleccch!
Here's a painting that looks very much like DC Minny in the orange tree:
. . . . coincidence, or REMAKE, and who "thought" of it first?:
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=3977.0;attach=5994)
I've discovered the easy way to and from Trinity Church. We had a wonderful rehearsal today.
Vibes to DR Singdaw for a quick and easy surgical experience today.
I'm pretty much burnt out... just sayin'...
I've discovered the easy way to and from Trinity Church. We had a wonderful rehearsal today.
Good to hear! DR elmore, I used to work across the street in The Bank of New York building on the 37th floor, and enjoyed going to the concerts at the Trinity Church. Those were nice "perks" for working in that area of Manhattan.
I've discovered the easy way to and from Trinity Church. We had a wonderful rehearsal today.
Good to hear! DR elmore, I used to work across the street in The Bank of New York building on the 37th floor, and enjoyed going to the concerts at the Trinity Church. Those were nice "perks" for working in that area of Manhattan.
It's a schlep from the Upper West Side; I discovered today if I bus to 72nd Street, take the subway elevator to the express, transfer at 14th Street to the local, get off at Rector Street, the only stairs I need to painfully navigate are those subway steps and i come out on Rector Street a short block from the Church.
After rehearsal Rob and i went to a Mexican place for a snack. It was very good. I've been craving Mexican food since August.
Explain the logic of that to me. You are disabled, so you are unable to work; but you have to wait two whole years before you qualify for medical to help you with your disability.
From DR TCB:QuoteExplain the logic of that to me. You are disabled, so you are unable to work; but you have to wait two whole years before you qualify for medical to help you with your disability.
I wish I could explain the logic.
I am watching a news report that a local farmer plays classical music for his cows and chickens....because they have less stress....and make better eatin'!
The cows were particularly taken with Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto in B Flat Minor. The chickens seemed indifferent to the piece.
The Coen Brothers' TRUE GRIT is a better overall movie than Henry Hathaway's original, but John Wayne was a better "Rooster" than Jeff Bridges. Wayne's portrayal had humor.
Good day to all!
I'm just popping by to wish everyone a wonderful day. I've had a bit of a rough ride over the weekend, as it was my first Mother's Day without Mom. I'll be okay. I just didn't want to bring my grief in here at its height.
I'll be back and much perkier soon.
Cheers! :)
TOD:
THE MALTESE FALCON is probably the greatest of all remakes. It was the 3rd filmed version of the novel.
John Carpenter's remake of THE THING is much better than the Howard Hawks original.
The Coen Brothers' TRUE GRIT is a better overall movie than Henry Hathaway's original, but John Wayne was a better "Rooster" than Jeff Bridges. Wayne's portrayal had humor.
I hated the remake of 3:10 TO YUMA. The original is a classic.
One should never remake a hit; only a flop. Otherwise, you are competing with the memory of the first movie.
You'd think that someone would listen...but no, "they" seem to only remake the already good stuff. At least, the rumored remake of "Casablanca" with Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez never happened. :o
TOD:
An excellent English-language/American version of a Kurosawa classic that became a classic in its own right was THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN.
TOD:
The Warren Beatty/Buck Henry remake of HERE COMES MR. JORDAN as HEAVEN CAN WAIT is pretty good, mostly, but unfortunately has too many dated references.
Here's an unintentional remake or remarkable coincidence:
THIS IS DEAR CAT MINNY IN AN ORANGE TREE:
Willamette University had their graduation ceremonies this weekend, so I am losing my Chinese neighbor in the apartment next door, and my Saudi Arabian neighbor who lives down the hall...not to mentions my Japanese neighbor who lives on either the 5th or 6th floor (I forget where, exactly).
I look forward to my potential new international neighbors.
TOD:
The Warren Beatty/Buck Henry remake of HERE COMES MR. JORDAN as HEAVEN CAN WAIT is pretty good, mostly, but unfortunately has too many dated references.
And the other one I expected to be mentioned :)
I'm pretty much burnt out... just sayin'...
TOD:
The Warren Beatty/Buck Henry remake of HERE COMES MR. JORDAN as HEAVEN CAN WAIT is pretty good, mostly, but unfortunately has too many dated references.
And the other one I expected to be mentioned :)
The 2001 further remake, DOWN TO EARTH, was not well-received.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_to_Earth_(2001_film)
Dan, I truly hope you find someone who listens and can help you find a solution. Hang in there. You've come this far; don't give up hope now. (Easy for me to say.)
I think I'm now craving Mexican food.
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And I know I will get flak for this as there are some who are absolutely in love with Harry Connick (don't count me in that group, please), but the remake he made of SOUTH PACIFIC was not good in my book. You cannot improve on the original movie cast if you're remaking it as a movie.
SOUTH PACIFIC
• Production Company: Chicagofilms
• Screenplay: Lynn Grossman
• Director: Michael Mayer
• Cast: Hugh Jackman, Justin Timberlake, Michelle Williams
• A new film adaptation of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, with a screenplay incorporating additional details from James Michener's "Tales of the South Pacific."
• Latest Update: South Pacific, Directed by Michael Mayer, May Return to Screen With Michelle Williams (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/177817) (5/10/13)
I don't know much about movies. But I do wish someone would remake Guys and Dolls. It was such a fun musical, but I found the movie quite dull.
Also, someone please remake Man of La Mancha.
GUYS AND DOLLS
• Production Company: 20th Century Fox
• Screenplay: Danny Strong
• Director: TBA
• Cast: Channing Tatum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
• A new film adaptation of Frank Loesser, Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling's Tony Award-winning musical.
• Latest Update: "Hunger Games" Writer Danny Strong Tapped for Guys and Dolls Film Remake (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/185557) (12/16/13)
TOD:
I hated the recent TV remake of A Room with a View.
TOD:
I hated the recent TV remake of A Room with a View.
The original Merchant/Ivory version of "A Room With a View" is one of my sister's favorite movies...and she, too, HATED the TV remake. That's the only DVD version that was being sold in the lobby at the 5th Avenue theater when we went to see the musical version last weekend, which I really liked!
TOD:
I hated the recent TV remake of A Room with a View.
The original Merchant/Ivory version of "A Room With a View" is one of my sister's favorite movies...and she, too, HATED the TV remake. That's the only DVD version that was being sold in the lobby at the 5th Avenue theater when we went to see the musical version last weekend, which I really liked!
Did you get me a program?
Jane, it's not Mexican, more Southwestern, but I made a big pot of carne adovada today. It has to set overnight before I can cook it, but I'm putting my two days of working from home to use.
You wouldn't like the carne part of it, but the deep chile sauce is wonderful. I could see serving it over breaded eggplant.
Dan, I truly hope you find someone who listens and can help you find a solution. Hang in there. You've come this far; don't give up hope now. (Easy for me to say.)
The co-payments and deductibles are much higher.
Sheesh! I am becoming more of a libertarian every day.
(http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/54/MPW-27074)
Good day to all!
I'm just popping by to wish everyone a wonderful day. I've had a bit of a rough ride over the weekend, as it was my first Mother's Day without Mom. I'll be okay. I just didn't want to bring my grief in here at its height.
I'll be back and much perkier soon.
Cheers! :)
I loved Always but then I never saw A Guy Named Joe same thing with Heaven Can Wait I never saw the original until decades after I say the Beatty version
The Matthew Broderick Music Man was dreadful and I hold little hope for the live version they are planning to broadcast from a couple of miles from here (same place the SOM was broadcast from .. the former proud center of the now deceased Long Island aerospace industry)
I have the dissertation done except for the page numbers at the bottom of the pages. They want no number on the cover, then Roman numbers for a table of contents and an abstract (2 whole pages) and finally Arabic numerals for the paper itself, except the formatting doesn't work in my version of Word 2010. I watched the video and tried it their way. I read the online Q&As on how to do it and I've just wasted the past 90 minutes on it without getting anything done. And I'm giving up for the night.Have you tried numbering it as separate documents then merging them all for the final version? That's how we do briefs when they want Roman for part and Arabic for others. I've even numbered them separately then copy and pasted in to one document and had it work.