Not generally a letch but...
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Not generally a letch but...
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What's that all about Dave?
looks like a rendering...?
More trek pervin' methinks!
Oh is it that Vulcan bird from 'Enterprise'? I only ever wtched a couple of them since it was so dire (not as bad as Deep Shit Nine, admittedly, but still dire) and Scott Bakula has always got on my tits ever since Quantum Leap.
Never watched enterprise, although "The Boy" did. DS9 was for me very up and down. a tad too slow for me, although there were some excellent episodes and characters.
What to watch tonight is the next question????
It took a good while to get going but series 3 was excellent. The whole Xindi plot running right the way through the series was gripping from start to finish. But yes, if you never liked Scott Bakula then you're unlikely to be a convert. The last episode of series 3 is very Quantum Leap!Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
One simple rule for DS9 - Cisco with hair and no beard - RUBBISH! Cisco with no hair and beard - WAY BETTER!
Gonna watch Dirty Harry! some Clint dialogue is what I need. Don Siegel's 1971 was that start of many, and I will be watching from the boxset I have. have not watched for some time and cant remember who wins:eyebrows:
Clint Eastwood directed the scene with the suicide jumper (Bill Couch). However, it is often claimed he directed the scene only because Don Siegel was ill. This is inaccurate. Siegel was indeed ill, and wasn't on the set, but Eastwood had always been scheduled to direct that scene, due to the difficult logistics of getting the actors, director, camera-man and sound-man all together on the top of a small ledge. In the shooting schedule, 6 nights had been set aside for the shooting of the scene. Eastwood told the studio he could shoot it in two nights. In the end, he shot the entire scene in one night. He performed all his own stunts, including the stunt where he jumps onto the roof of the hijacked school bus from a bridge. His face is clearly visible throughout the shot.
In 1972, a copycat crime took place in the state of Victoria in Australia, in which two men kidnapped a teacher and six pupils at gunpoint and demanded a $1 million ransom. The state government agreed to pay but the children managed to escape and the kidnappers were subsequently jailed. One of them was called Eastwood.:doh:
Made in the golden days before political correctness destroyed life as we knew it, a great set of lines from the film go as follows.....
Gonzales: There is one question, Inspector Callahan: Why do they call you "Dirty Harry"?
De Georgio: Ah that's one thing about our Harry, doesn't play any favorites! Harry hates everybody: Limeys, Micks, Hebes, Fat Dagos, Niggers, Honkies, Chinks, you name it.
Gonzales: How does he feel about Mexicans?
De Georgio: Ask him.
Harry Callahan: Especially Spics.
When reading up on this film again, I found this about the guy that played Scorpio, Andrew Robinson. He was in Charlie Varrick that I watched earlier and was Garak in DS9.
In real life, Andrew Robinson is a pacifist who despises guns. In the early days of principal photography, Robinson would flinch violently every time he fired. Director Don Siegel was forced to shut down production for a time and sent Robinson to a school to learn to fire a gun convincingly. However, he still blinks noticeably when he shoots. Robinson was also squeamish about filming the scene where he verbally and physically abuses several schoolchildren, and the scene where he racially insults the man he pays to beat him up. When Harry finally meets Scorpio in Mount Davidson Park, Scorpio orders him to show his gun with his left hand. Harry pulls it from his holster and Scorpio ad-libs the line, "My, that's a big one!" This line caused the crew to crack up and the scene had to be re-shot, but the line stayed. After the film was released,he received several death threats, and had to get an unlisted phone number.
Great film that further embellished a fantasic career for Clint as Mr Cool.
Just watched '10 Rillington Place' on BBC4.
Phew! I knew it was a powerful film (I have seen it before), but this time it really struck home. If anyone has any doubts about the use of capital punishment, and of miscarriages of justice that would lead to this ultimate sanction, just watch this film!
A comment on Rotten Tomatoes calls it "... probably the worst date movie ever."Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry