I did see "Shaft" and "Shaft's Big Score when they came out (starring Richard Roundtree). Really liked them, but probably haven't stood the test of time.
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I did see "Shaft" and "Shaft's Big Score when they came out (starring Richard Roundtree). Really liked them, but probably haven't stood the test of time.
not seen the originals for a long time.. never see them.. sure ive got shaft somewhere thoQuote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
https://youtu.be/XYV-e5tUsD4?t=12Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Specially for Marco
Don't forget 'Shaft In Africa.'Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Watched them all again a while back. They're all pretty bad, only the original is watchable and that's mainly for the soundtrack. That remake is lousy as well.
Lol - interesting, but a little too tarty for me, and I'm not into tattoos.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Marco.
Check out this video...Most are pretty hot, but probably No 2, 3, 5 and 9 top the list for me, with No3 winning it (just), especially the shot of her in the white dress at 4:08:
https://youtu.be/ornkebnE9uE
It's that sort of super-cute/pure, petite, very girly and feminine look, which is soft and pretty [not in any way hard or butch looking], which I find rather alluring and attractive. If you can see where I'm coming from?
Although Del's not Japanese, she has that 'cute fem thing' going on.
Marco.
What tattoos? Can't say I noticed. I had a feeling she may have been a bit outside your 'comfort zone' - ie looking like she wouldn't take any nonsense, and would very likely kick your ass :eek: My mate was banging on about her, but I actually prefer her co-star, when I get home I'll find something of her.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
And maybe some petite, subservient geishas, complete with coy smiles and giggles :) I think they might be more your speed :D
I find 'Pretty' girls a bit generic, picked to a formula if you like. Probably mostly bimbos who are more interested in looking at themselves in a mirror than looking at you. I prefer a bit of character, a bit of cute as well doesn't hurt though.
What about Amy Adams, the actress?
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Looking pretty damn good for a woman in her forties. Smart too!
Yeah, she's ok for an older woman. You've got the right kind of 'look' though, Geoff. Indeed, I usually find you've got good taste in that respect:)
Marco.
Lol - trust me, I have NO problem whatsoever with feisty (non-subservient) women; indeed I'm married to one!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
She's only occasionally obstreperous when someone or something really pisses her off, or she doesn't get something she *really* WANTS. It's not her 'default mode', by any means, which is as I've described previously. However, when she strops, boy she gives that a WHOLE NEW meaning - think Bjork at her worst x 10!!:eek::eek:
You should've see her in action after she'd phoned up a restaurant in advance, when I was taking her out for her birthday, and given the staff a list of things she can't eat, being veggie/vegan [if that doesn't happen it'll usually be a disaster], one of which was parmesan (as it contains animal rennet, look it up if you need to), and guess what, she was given a risotto made with.... PARMESAN, instead of the vegan version of such, despite being warned in advance. And so I *knew* what was coming...:wowzer:
Her view, quite rightly, was that if she'd had a nut allergy, the same error could've killed her.
Well, let's just say that she brought the whole place to a standstill, with other diners piling out in their droves, after she'd reduced the owner (who's dismissive attitude to the situation had been dreadful) to a quivering wreck!! Trust me, you could've heard her from 3 miles away.... It was *the* definitive PRINCESS STROP! :wah::steam:
Then she came home and totally destroyed them on Tripadvisor, as like me she has a way with words... But she's only like that if she's suitably provoked, which thankfully happens very rarely. Otherwise she's very kind, sweet, caring and affectionate.
The girl you showed a pic of was ok, but as I said not really my type, mainly because of the tattoos, which are a MAJOR turn off for me, along with piercings, which are even worse, but neither of which are as bad as the 'pouting Botox'd look', replete with rubber 'fish lips', as sadly sported now even by young women, who simply don't need it. Although, even that is not as dreadful as the, apparently fashionable, but utterly HIDEOUS 'orange look', created by applying make-up with a trowel!!:spew:
How any woman can leave the house like that, after looking in the mirror, and think that they look good, is simply beyond me....
I DETEST that overdone 'painted doll' look, with false, drawn on 'shaped eyebrows', huge false eyelashes and dollops of mascara.. YUK! It's not only totally unnatural, but incredibly aging. One of the things I like about most Japanese women, certainly those I've seen, is that they don't seem to be into 'plastering' themselves like that, and go for a much more natural look. Del's the same, which is one of the reasons why she looks younger than her age.
Oriental women tend to shun being 'Botox'd to buggery', falsifying their faces with all sorts of unnecessary embellishments, and in contrast seemingly have no desire to use make-up to 'hide behind a mask' or pump themselves full of Botox, instead embracing their femininity in a rather more unfussy, confident and naturally alluring way:)
Marco.
need a bit of feisty. not too much but enough when needed. when you end up looking like me your happy to take most that are nice folk, as long as their is no huge wobble bottom and face doesnt look like she took car to the crushers and forgot to get out:eek:
There's nothing wrong with you mate, so don't do yourself down, and you've been through a lot, which not many could've handled so well!
Like that last description, btw!:D
Marco.
Ok enough music and back on topic, Wild China, 2008. Narrated by Yosser Hughes, aka Bernard Hill.
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Amazing country alas run by maniacs.
Yep, Amy's definitely got something :)Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Did you watch any of that series "Sharp Objects" last year? Starred Amy, who played an alcoholic used-to-be self harmer returning home. A bit dark. Her stepdad had a very expensive Simaudio Moon set up which he spent all his days listening to. Worth a watch anyway.
Oi - wot about the long post I wrote to you earlier! No comment?:ner:;)
Sometimes I wonder why I bother....
Marco.
I often write long posts in answer to a technical query, only for it to be completely ignored, let alone receive any thanks from the OP. All part of the job I guess. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
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Acts Of Violence (2018)
Three brothers join forces to get the fiancé of one of them back from slave traders (who are also drug dealers).Bruce Willis gets top billing so I expected it to be a film about him killing people (with his brothers). But instead he plays the cop and is hardly in it. In fairness he does sort of kill a bloke in the first 5 minutes and another at the end but that's your lot.
There are some plot elements that are a bit odd. The elder brother was in the army in Iraq so he trains the other two in basic infantry tactics and shooting in what, given the film timeline and all, can at most be a couple of hours. And then they are able to go through a couple of warehouses full of baddies without even breaking a sweat.
There is a training montage, of course, but I'm still not convinced.
Also, when they get the girl back they just go straight home and sit around with candles burning having a chat. Even though Bruce Willis has already specifically told them that all the slaves have a GPS locater put under the skin which is how the baddies were able to find her after she had escaped for a short time previously.
But despite it being really really important it's inexplicably forgotten and they are surprised completely when twenty minutes later forty odd gangsters surround the house.
Production values are good and Cleveland is the setting which is suitably post-industrial, and the pace is good, but overall it's nothing special.
I know, mate. Still, it's good to make the effort regardless, as even if the intended recipient doesn't acknowledge your help, chances are someone else reading who's interested in the subject will benefit:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
As for Stevie-boy, he's a naughty chappie with a bad habit of, erm, 'inadvertently missing' posts of mine where I've gone into some detail, in order to clarify matters on a particular subject!:spank::spank:
;)
Marco.
Nice review, mate. Sounds like a good film, so I'll check it out:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Marco.
It's a good test for how well your system does gunfire if nothing else.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Lol - I'm sure I'll enjoy more about it than that! For starters, it's not ancient cack, and I like the actors in it, plus also the storyline:)
Marco.
James ‘Hazell’ in his Stag, cut above Reagan’s ‘Granny’.
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Except for the overheating problem...
That was down to poor maintenance and a borderline cooling system capability. Regularly flushed out they were generally OK.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
My Granada used to overheat too. Neither car was wonderful, but then few cars of the time were.
When I was in primary school one of the kid's mothers would pick him up in a white Stag. She'd wear sunglasses and a headscarf. We used to think she was a film star.
...and did she give you a bit of a chubby?;)
Marco.
Ed China fitted a super duper new rad in the one they did up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
It's a regular thing to put modern rads with better heat exchange values into classic cars, along with decent electric fans. And not just on Stags.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, 2011. Directed by Guy Ritchie and stars Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law.
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Cost $125m to make but made $545m so a hit. Wasnt exactly liked by the critics tho, but again, what do they know
I'm sorry, what was the question? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Barry's gripe, while justified, wasn't relevant to this. I hadn't ignored your post mate, I just hadn't intended to reply, as apart from the story of Del's restaurant meltdown, didn't tell me anything I didn't already know.
The nuts 'n' bolts of it is that you have quite specific tastes whereas I have gotten to an age where anyone that doesn't look like Waynetta Slob will do. And I actually like tattoos on women (when done well). Body art I would call it, and a long way from having ACAB or MUFC tattooed onto their knuckles :eek:
It's a good thing that we all have different tastes otherwise you might have no one, because they would all be chasing me :ner:
not if they were chasing me they wouldnt. :ner:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Hey I've been taking in your cast offs for years! For some reason they all think you're Sean Connery :)Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Ok then Marco, here's the co star, Tristin Mays. If you don't think she's nice there's no hope for you :doh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
https://youtu.be/z0bCTHWMMCU?t=65
Bit busy just now, daftee, watching the footy, but yes SPOT ON, she's very nice and much more my cup of tea!:thumbsup:
I'm very particular about my choices in EVERYTHING, mate, from women to hi-fi, to food, to cars, to ANYFINK... I *only* choose quality, and ultimately what's most 'fit for purpose'!:D
I'll get to your PM later.
Marco.
Shout At The Devil, 1976. Stars Roger Moore, Lee Marvin, Ian Holm and Barbara Parkins... Music by Maurice Jarre and directed by Peter Hunt.
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A UK made film, this was quite successful and both Moore and Marvin enjoyed getting drunk together. I wouldnt like to have picked up the tab.
WW2 in Colour, 2008/9
Netflix.
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a spot of Slackbladder now.. the series 2; Elizabeth 1st played by Miranda Richardson is fab...as they all are tbh. this episode is with bob/kate played by Gabrielle Glaister..
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Jane, bury me in a Y shaped coffin, Harrington. :D
Just played the last 30 minutes of Re-Animator (1985), that was on The Horror Channel last night, since I really needed to catch up on some sleep.
Surprisingly it wasn't edited to death for the small screen.
The Searchers, 1956. Stars John Wayne, Natalie Wood, Jeffrey Hunter and Ken Curtis. Directed by John Ford.
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The John Ford "Stock Company" as per usual provided many of the actors and was filmed in Monument Valley mostly.
Although its not been stated many believe this was based on 1836 kidnapping of nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker by Comanche warriors in Texas. She was rescued (against her will) 24 years later after she married a war cheif and had 3 children.
Classed rightly as one of the "great" westerns
The Birds, 1963. Hitchcock again with this classic.
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Did fairly well at the box office and had mixed critical reviews. Tippi Hedren said Hitch abused her in several ways.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ium_CN5834.jpgTrautonium
Right now, this on 4k Bluray, in glorious surround sound:
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Who else is watching a scary movie on Halloween?:eyebrows:
Be afraid....Be VERY AFRAID...
Marco.
The Cure live at Royal Albert Hall 2014 in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust, a great concert and a worthy cause.
Salazar's Revenge, 2017.
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Walking Through History. Frontline Dorset 6 April 2013. Tony visits Dorset walking along the Jurassic Coast exposing the county's World War II history. He starts the walk on Chesil Beach, finishing in Swanage.
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The Day Of The Locust, 1975. Directed by John Schlesinger, and starring Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, William Atherton, Burgess Meredith, Richard Dysart, John Hillerman, and Geraldine Page.
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flopped at the box office but is now seen as the right good film it is. Great cast too...
after that severe attack on my senses and sensibilities, im going to a cleaner killing ground.
The Battle of the River Plate, 1956 from the writer-director-producer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The film stars John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Bernard Lee and Peter Finch.
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ships used were...
Admiral Graf Spee played by heavy cruiser USS Salem
Supply ship Altmark played by the fleet oiler RFA Olna
HMS Ajax, flagship, played by HMS Sheffield
HMS Exeter played by HMS Jamaica
HMNZS Achilles played by herself (at the time in service with the Indian Navy as INS Delhi)
HMS Cumberland played by herself when she joins the British squadron after the battle, (and by HMS Jamaica in the final scenes off Montevideo)
German freighter Tacoma, which took the crew off Admiral Graf Spee before scuttling, played by RFA Fort Duquesne
Gunboat Uruguay, boarding the Tacoma, was played by a British Ton-class minesweeper
HMS Birmingham used for the firing of some of the guns, and to depict the explosions on the foredeck of Exeter, and as Admiral Graf Spee during the replenishment scene with Altmark, as well as the scene on the deck of Admiral Graf Spee showing the flag-draped coffins of dead German sailors laid out for burial in Montevideo
Destroyers HMS Battleaxe and USS William R. Rush used as camera ships. The latter remained in service for many decades after the film, not being scrapped until 2016 after being transferred to the South Korea Navy in 1978.
When The Battle of the River Plate was completed and screened for executives at the Rank Organisation, it was received so well that it was decided to hold the release of the film for a year, so that it could be chosen as part of the next year's Royal Film Performance (in 1956), since 1955's film had already been selected. The royal premiere was held at the Odeon Leicester Square on 29 October 1956 in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret
Good film that, one of my father's favourites along with 'Sink The Bismarck' and 'Tora, Tora, Tora.'
Always used to be showing one of them on a Sunday afternoon back in the day.
Some Like It Hot, 1959. Directed by Billy Wilder and starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Pat O'Brien and Joe E. Brown.
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Although nominated for 5 Academy awards, it won none surprisingly. The film was pretty much universally acclaimed, bar the Catholic church... Guess you cant please everyone. Still fresh and witty, and is constantly on the go.. One of the Greats
True Lies, 1994. Directed by James Cameron and stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Art Malik, Tia Carrere, Bill Paxton, Eliza Dushku, Grant Heslov and Charlton Heston.
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Was very successful film although many critics slayed it. Good, if highly improbable fun... its a film after all.
Rooster Cogburn, 1975. John Wayne and Catherine Hepburn Star.
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