Topic: WITHOUT FURTHER ADO (Read 25918 times)

MBarnum · « **Reply #30 on:** June 07, 2005, 08:06:09 AM »

Which paper will the article be in JMK?

S. Woody White · « **Reply #31 on:** June 07, 2005, 08:17:19 AM »

Today is National Chocolate Ice Cream Day!

vixmom · « **Reply #32 on:** June 07, 2005, 08:20:55 AM »

Quote from: JMK on June 07, 2005, 07:37:15 AM

The PR machinery in Portland is up and running!! Got my first confirmation call yesterday that there will be a nice article on BK appearing here.

I do hope you'll be sharing it with us....

vixmom · « **Reply #33 on:** June 07, 2005, 08:23:41 AM »

Quote from: S. Woody White on June 07, 2005, 08:17:19 AM

Today is National Chocolate Ice Cream Day!

Now THAT"S a holiday I can celebrate with gusto!!!

George · « **Reply #34 on:** June 07, 2005, 08:30:58 AM »

Quote from: JRand54 on June 07, 2005, 01:22:04 AM

The chase in WHAT'S UP DOC? that also goes all over San Francisco and ends with a lot of cars in the Harbor.

This is definitely one of my absolute favorite action sequences! And it's funny, too!

According to the director's commentary (I think), this was the very first time that stunt men were given screen credit in a movie. I don't know if that's true, but that's what I remember hearing...unless I'm wrong about hearing that.

In the movie "True Lies," at the end with the helicopter and the car on the bridge. That was exciting!

George · « **Reply #35 on:** June 07, 2005, 08:33:19 AM »

My Post 4100. Just had to do it.

vixmom · « **Reply #36 on:** June 07, 2005, 08:35:57 AM »

Quote from: George on June 07, 2005, 08:33:19 AM

My Post 4100. Just had to do it.

Almost as memorable as Dan's "um ... er!!"

Congrats on your new plateau!!

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #37 on:** June 07, 2005, 09:08:04 AM »

TOD: The barn-raising scene from "Seven Brides For Seven Brothers."

Stuart · « **Reply #38 on:** June 07, 2005, 09:18:46 AM »

Quote from: George on June 07, 2005, 08:30:58 AM

In the movie "True Lies," at the end with the helicopter and the car on the bridge. That was exciting!

I was just about to write about this one.....it came to me a few minutes ago.

William F. Orr · « **Reply #39 on:** June 07, 2005, 09:19:39 AM »

One of my favorite action sequences is from a movie few probably know. One night, twelve years ago, Joe said he wanted to watch a martial arts movie, which at the time was anathema to me, but I agreed.

It turned out to be Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, and I loved it. Unfortunately there was no squel, although there were several novels, so the adventure didn't continue.

Joel Grey was hillarious as a Korean guru addicted to American soap operas. Kate Mulgrew made an appearance as an uptight army officer, but the best part was Fred Ward's fight scene filmed atop the Statue of Liberty when it was covered with scaffolding for renovations.

Of course, they actually filmed on the Statue. No blue screen, no digital animantion.

I get so bored with Matrix type action sequences, which owe more to Tom and Jerry than to classic Hollywood stunts.

That's why I like Jacky Chan. He coreographs and performs all his own stunts, with a wicked sense of humor to boot--although he has tossed in a bit of digital magic in his more recent efforts.

But when someone like one-expression Keanu Reaves phones in a performance and leaves all his motion to CGI, I yawn.

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #40 on:** June 07, 2005, 09:21:19 AM »

This morning I went for a walk, and this is what I saw:

bk · « **Reply #41 on:** June 07, 2005, 09:33:49 AM »

PLENIPOTENTIARY, baby, PLENIPOTENTIARY!

I think we were on schedule until I realized I had to get bar codes. That little bit of business will take two business days to be approved, and cost a LOT of dough. What a scam.

MBarnum · « **Reply #42 on:** June 07, 2005, 09:51:07 AM »

When do we get to know the Portland schedule?? It is only two weeks away.

George · « **Reply #43 on:** June 07, 2005, 09:53:12 AM »

Quote from: MBarnum on June 07, 2005, 09:51:07 AM

When do we get to know the Portland schedule?? It is only two weeks away.

Very good question! I need to know if I have to take some time off from work...and I will! (if I need to

George · « **Reply #44 on:** June 07, 2005, 09:53:20 AM »

PLENIPOTENTIARY:

Noun: A diplomatic agent, such as an ambassador, fully authorized to represent his/her government.

Adjective: Invested with or conferring full powers.

George · « **Reply #45 on:** June 07, 2005, 09:54:22 AM »

And is there any significance to today's Word of the Day?

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #46 on:** June 07, 2005, 10:05:21 AM »

Good Afternoon!

Well... They were giving out pairs of tickets to tonight's performance of Mamma Mia! last week to the cast and crew. I signed up for a pair. I was going to give them to my uncle, but he can't go tonight. Then I was going to give them to my cousin who just graduated high school - and she's a big theatre fan - but she's at Beach Week. Then... Then...

So... I'm gonna go ahead and see the show tonight with my friend, Silvio. It will actually be nice seeing this cast. And, apparently, some bits got restaged since the last time I saw it, so... It'll be be new to me!

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #47 on:** June 07, 2005, 10:10:58 AM »

William F. Orr, I saw Remo Williams when it first came out in the theatre. I found it perfectly pleasant, but it just never caught on to be a series.

But mentioning martial arts movies. All the action scene in the House of Flying Daggers are spectacular...and eeriely beautiful as well.

bk · « **Reply #48 on:** June 07, 2005, 10:12:51 AM »

Perhaps JMK could list the sched. If not, I'll find the e-mail with the dates.

I'm on my way to breakfast with dear reader Jane, then shall return, then shall be on my way to Vinnie's.

bk · « **Reply #49 on:** June 07, 2005, 10:15:49 AM »

I like the car chases from both Bullitt and The French Connection (the To Live and Die in LA one is good, but I find it a bit over the top).

I like the Raiders sequence of Indiana and the truck.

Stagecoach has a great action scene on the stagecoach.

I find most of today's action scenes not so interesting, because too much obvious CGI is used.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #50 on:** June 07, 2005, 10:30:31 AM »

My favorite action scenes tend towards those of mass destruction--New York City being deluged in When Worlds Collide, LA death-rayed by the Martians in War of the Worlds, the Titanic going down in any of the Titanic movies, Madonna movies, etc.

MBarnum · « **Reply #51 on:** June 07, 2005, 10:50:04 AM »

LOL, Dan!

vixmom · « **Reply #52 on:** June 07, 2005, 11:04:10 AM »

Is it a slow news day at HHW? 2:07 PM ESTand we're only on page 2?

I may have to post some bad jokes and peculiar news items again!

JMK · « **Reply #53 on:** June 07, 2005, 11:31:37 AM »

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]The Portland Schedule:[/move][/color]

Sun., June 19, 4-ish (maybe a little later depending on when BK's flight arrives), HHW get-together at Chez Kauffman

Mon. June 20, 7 p.m., Book reading/signing, St. James Episcopal Church, 11511 SW Bull Mtn. Rd., Tigard

Fri. June 24 & Sat. June 25, Something Big (Something Bacharach), Artists Repertory Theater, 1516 SW Alder, 11 p.m.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #54 on:** June 07, 2005, 11:43:36 AM »

I know some folks who are "plenipotentiary," which is short for having "plenty of potential for the penitentiary."

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #55 on:** June 07, 2005, 11:45:09 AM »

Quote from: vixmom on June 07, 2005, 11:04:10 AM

Is it a slow news day at HHW? 2:07 PM ESTand we're only on page 2?

I may have to post some bad jokes and peculiar news items again!

It does seem a tad slow...but I don't get to visit as often as I'd like....work beckons.

Jennifer · « **Reply #56 on:** June 07, 2005, 11:47:00 AM »

Interesting new cast addition for LOST next season.

http://www.tvrules.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=8232

vixmom · « **Reply #57 on:** June 07, 2005, 11:51:27 AM »

Speaking of the Pacific Northwest , did you know a universal study on the mysterious Bigfoot was conducted in the Pacific Northwest?

Three scientists from three different countries decided to go out into the woods for three months with the most sophisticated equipment known to mankind, in hopes of finally proving the existence of Bigfoot. An American scientist from Washington met with a Russian scientist and a scientist from Czechoslovakia. Together all three scientists went off into the woods of the Pacific Northwest in search of Bigfoot. Three months passed, and no one had heard from any of the scientists. After pressure from the visiting scientists' home countries, an expedition was conducted to find the missing scientists. After a few days of searching, the search party came upon a den housing a family of Bigfoot: a daddy Bigfoot, a mama Bigfoot and a daughter Bigfoot. Upon closer examination, the search party noticed clothing belonging to the missing scientists laying on the ground around the Bigfoot family. The Bigfoot family tried to flee, but the search party shot at the family of Bigfoot. The search party killed the mama Bigfoot and the daughter Bigfoot, but the daddy Bigfoot got away. The searchers dragged the Bigfoot carcasses back to their camp, and performed autopsies to determine if they had eaten the missing scientists. After dissecting the mama Bigfoot, the searchers discovered the remains of the missing American scientist. After dissecting the daughter Bigfoot, the searchers found the remains of the missing Russian scientist. The head doctor then informed the search party, "I'm afraid that is it. We have the remains of the missing American scientist and the remains of the missing Russian scientist, but I'm afraid we don't have a trace of the missing Czechoslovakian scientist. Did you happen to see any other Bigfoots?" The head of the search party stepped forward and replied, "Yes, we did. A daddy Bigfoot got away from us." The doctor nodded with understanding,

"Oh, I see. So the Czech is in the male!"

Jrand73 · « **Reply #58 on:** June 07, 2005, 11:54:07 AM »

OMG - how could I have forgotten the movie that is ONE big chase scene. One of my all-time favorites ending with a great ACTION scene:

Ladies and gentlemen: NORTH BY NORTHWEST.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #59 on:** June 07, 2005, 11:56:30 AM »

Allison made a couple of movies with a lot of action:

THE PURPLE MASK - a French Revolution Pimpernel rip-off
SIGN OF THE PAGAN - Jack Palance at Attila the Hun

But of course she starred in a GREAT Reynold Brown action POSTER:

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