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[guidogodoy] Sunday, January 18, 2009 10:54:39 PM
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[Head banger] Sunday, January 18, 2009 8:14:21 AM
The sad thing is, the best movies out today are the remakes of the older ones. yet, they usualy dont measure up to the old ones. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by ronhartsell from Sunday, January 18, 2009 7:21:44 AM)
ronhartsell wrote:
I have the same opinion as you do as for what passes as talent in today's Hollywood!! I really don't care for Tom Cruise at all. TCM, FMC and AMC are really good channels for catching a classic on. Even the IFC will air a lot of foreign classics as well (with heavy doses of classic Kung-Fu movies).
What's also amazing to me is to watch a current release and later find out it is a remake of an earlier movie. Sometimes they are so different from each other. The early Horror movies would frighten you with just the camera angle and lighting, now it's all shock value.
The sad thing is, no one wants to watch a B/W movie. I never could get the kids to watch one, or a sub-titled movie either for that matter. I think the only one the kids ever watched was the Jimmy Stewart Christmas movie (can't think of the name right now).
It's a whole different world these days!!
Deep Freeze wrote:
Exactly. I was not a Bernie Mac fan and I do not think I would have known Ledger if he had come up and shook my hand but, you are right, it was a tough year. Newman, Korman..great names. Classic characters. It is so difficult for me to watch these Hollywood shows now because I just do not have much interest in what passes for "talent" in Hollywood now. Tom Cruise is OK, but he is no Heston. DiCaprio, Hugh Grant, Brad Pitt...they do absolutely nothing for me. Nothing. And then there are the people that simply do not belong on a screen or in front of a microphone for ANY reason.. but I digress.
I feel so old when I see old footage of Oscar presentations from the forties, fifties and sixties. I see actors that were really BIG time. Icons that we will never see again. I know that change is inevitable and no one lives forever, but I can't help but feel a tremendous loss when I watch this stuff. When I recall those days in the theater, watching Heston deliver a line that may have seemed so innocuous but had impact that has resonated through the years. To watch Jimmy Stewart or Spencer Tracy do things that NO ONE today can do. Subtle things that mean so much.
The Princess is a big fan of current Hollywood. Reads all the gossip magazines. Watches the shows. I see these people and I wonder, are they going to impact today's generation the way I was impacted by the "old guard"? Are they better than I give them credit for being? Is it just that I am old and set in my ways and I cannot see their greatness? I suppose that is possible but I am grateful for TCM Channel anyway.
(Quoting Message by METALMANJP from Thursday, January 15, 2009 9:32:54 AM)
METALMANJP wrote:
DF, I hear what you are saying. 2008 took some good people. To name a few, Paul Newman, Harvey Korman, Isaac Hayes, Bo Diddley, Tim Russert, Heath Ledger, Bernie Mac. I know Heath and Bernie were not from the old school Hollywood but still. If you see the entire list of famous people that died in 08 it's kind of freaky.
Edited at: Thursday, January 15, 2009 11:25:13 AM
[ron h] Sunday, January 18, 2009 7:21:44 AM
I have the same opinion as you do as for what passes as talent in today's Hollywood!! I really don't care for Tom Cruise at all. TCM, FMC and AMC are really good channels for catching a classic on. Even the IFC will air a lot of foreign classics as well (with heavy doses of classic Kung-Fu movies).
What's also amazing to me is to watch a current release and later find out it is a remake of an earlier movie. Sometimes they are so different from each other. The early Horror movies would frighten you with just the camera angle and lighting, now it's all shock value.
The sad thing is, no one wants to watch a B/W movie. I never could get the kids to watch one, or a sub-titled movie either for that matter. I think the only one the kids ever watched was the Jimmy Stewart Christmas movie (can't think of the name right now).
It's a whole different world these days!! [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Deep Freeze from Thursday, January 15, 2009 11:22:59 AM)
Deep Freeze wrote:
Exactly. I was not a Bernie Mac fan and I do not think I would have known Ledger if he had come up and shook my hand but, you are right, it was a tough year. Newman, Korman..great names. Classic characters. It is so difficult for me to watch these Hollywood shows now because I just do not have much interest in what passes for "talent" in Hollywood now. Tom Cruise is OK, but he is no Heston. DiCaprio, Hugh Grant, Brad Pitt...they do absolutely nothing for me. Nothing. And then there are the people that simply do not belong on a screen or in front of a microphone for ANY reason.. but I digress.
I feel so old when I see old footage of Oscar presentations from the forties, fifties and sixties. I see actors that were really BIG time. Icons that we will never see again. I know that change is inevitable and no one lives forever, but I can't help but feel a tremendous loss when I watch this stuff. When I recall those days in the theater, watching Heston deliver a line that may have seemed so innocuous but had impact that has resonated through the years. To watch Jimmy Stewart or Spencer Tracy do things that NO ONE today can do. Subtle things that mean so much.
The Princess is a big fan of current Hollywood. Reads all the gossip magazines. Watches the shows. I see these people and I wonder, are they going to impact today's generation the way I was impacted by the "old guard"? Are they better than I give them credit for being? Is it just that I am old and set in my ways and I cannot see their greatness? I suppose that is possible but I am grateful for TCM Channel anyway.
(Quoting Message by METALMANJP from Thursday, January 15, 2009 9:32:54 AM)
METALMANJP wrote:
DF, I hear what you are saying. 2008 took some good people. To name a few, Paul Newman, Harvey Korman, Isaac Hayes, Bo Diddley, Tim Russert, Heath Ledger, Bernie Mac. I know Heath and Bernie were not from the old school Hollywood but still. If you see the entire list of famous people that died in 08 it's kind of freaky.
Edited at: Thursday, January 15, 2009 11:25:13 AM
[spapad] Friday, January 16, 2009 9:28:30 PM
Ya know, only he and a handfull of men have kept such a body over so many years. I loved him! He had a special way about him that was impressive. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Wednesday, January 14, 2009 10:14:15 PM)
guidogodoy wrote:
Awwwwww....Ricardo Montalbán died. What a great actor. He will be missed.
Que en paz descanse.... Edited at: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 10:16:20 PM
[jimmyjames] Thursday, January 15, 2009 2:03:29 PM
You would like Errol Flynns autobiography, My Wicked, Wicked Ways. A true Hollywood legend and hell-raising womaniser. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Deep Freeze from Thursday, January 15, 2009 11:22:59 AM)
Deep Freeze wrote:
Exactly. I was not a Bernie Mac fan and I do not think I would have known Ledger if he had come up and shook my hand but, you are right, it was a tough year. Newman, Korman..great names. Classic characters. It is so difficult for me to watch these Hollywood shows now because I just do not have much interest in what passes for "talent" in Hollywood now. Tom Cruise is OK, but he is no Heston. DiCaprio, Hugh Grant, Brad Pitt...they do absolutely nothing for me. Nothing. And then there are the people that simply do not belong on a screen or in front of a microphone for ANY reason.. but I digress.
I feel so old when I see old footage of Oscar presentations from the forties, fifties and sixties. I see actors that were really BIG time. Icons that we will never see again. I know that change is inevitable and no one lives forever, but I can't help but feel a tremendous loss when I watch this stuff. When I recall those days in the theater, watching Heston deliver a line that may have seemed so innocuous but had impact that has resonated through the years. To watch Jimmy Stewart or Spencer Tracy do things that NO ONE today can do. Subtle things that mean so much.
The Princess is a big fan of current Hollywood. Reads all the gossip magazines. Watches the shows. I see these people and I wonder, are they going to impact today's generation the way I was impacted by the "old guard"? Are they better than I give them credit for being? Is it just that I am old and set in my ways and I cannot see their greatness? I suppose that is possible but I am grateful for TCM Channel anyway.
(Quoting Message by METALMANJP from Thursday, January 15, 2009 9:32:54 AM)
METALMANJP wrote:
DF, I hear what you are saying. 2008 took some good people. To name a few, Paul Newman, Harvey Korman, Isaac Hayes, Bo Diddley, Tim Russert, Heath Ledger, Bernie Mac. I know Heath and Bernie were not from the old school Hollywood but still. If you see the entire list of famous people that died in 08 it's kind of freaky.
Edited at: Thursday, January 15, 2009 11:25:13 AM
[Deep Freeze] Thursday, January 15, 2009 11:22:59 AM
Exactly. I was not a Bernie Mac fan and I do not think I would have known Ledger if he had come up and shook my hand but, you are right, it was a tough year. Newman, Korman..great names. Classic characters. It is so difficult for me to watch these Hollywood shows now because I just do not have much interest in what passes for "talent" in Hollywood now. Tom Cruise is OK, but he is no Heston. DiCaprio, Hugh Grant, Brad Pitt...they do absolutely nothing for me. Nothing. And then there are the people that simply do not belong on a screen or in front of a microphone for ANY reason.. but I digress.
I feel so old when I see old footage of Oscar presentations from the forties, fifties and sixties. I see actors that were really BIG time. Icons that we will never see again. I know that change is inevitable and no one lives forever, but I can't help but feel a tremendous loss when I watch this stuff. When I recall those days in the theater, watching Heston deliver a line that may have seemed so innocuous but had impact that has resonated through the years. To watch Jimmy Stewart or Spencer Tracy do things that NO ONE today can do. Subtle things that mean so much.
The Princess is a big fan of current Hollywood. Reads all the gossip magazines. Watches the shows. I see these people and I wonder, are they going to impact today's generation the way I was impacted by the "old guard"? Are they better than I give them credit for being? Is it just that I am old and set in my ways and I cannot see their greatness? I suppose that is possible but I am grateful for TCM Channel anyway.
DF, I hear what you are saying. 2008 took some good people. To name a few, Paul Newman, Harvey Korman, Isaac Hayes, Bo Diddley, Tim Russert, Heath Ledger, Bernie Mac. I know Heath and Bernie were not from the old school Hollywood but still. If you see the entire list of famous people that died in 08 it's kind of freaky.
Edited at: Thursday, January 15, 2009 11:25:13 AM
[METALMANJP] Thursday, January 15, 2009 9:32:54 AM
DF, I hear what you are saying. 2008 took some good people. To name a few, Paul Newman, Harvey Korman, Isaac Hayes, Bo Diddley, Tim Russert, Heath Ledger, Bernie Mac. I know Heath and Bernie were not from the old school Hollywood but still. If you see the entire list of famous people that died in 08 it's kind of freaky.
[Deep Freeze] Thursday, January 15, 2009 8:13:42 AM
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNN!!!!!!!!!!
Oh my friends, it is so difficult for me to lose celebrities of Montalban's caliber. In the last couple years, the face of "entertainment" as I remember it from my youth has changed so drastically. Heston, Scheider, Carlin. The list is far too long for me to even remember them all at this moment.
The Princess and I were watching an awards presentation show a couple days ago and it occurred to me that the audience had changed so much! I hardly recognized any of the "stars"!!! There was a time when a room like that was filled with faces I would know in an instant; Peck, Edward G, Grant, Garbo, Bogart. I could name them all and the seemed "larger than life". True celebrities. True "movie stars".
I suppose it is another sign of aging when one's heroes die and the famous faces change. I cannot name a fifth of the so-called "movie stars" of today. It makes me sad to think I have gotten so old that I have out lived a portion of my youth I will never be able to enjoy again. I guess I can watch old movies ( which I do) and remember these incredibly talented people but watching the Oscars and so on just is not the same anymore. Not for me. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Wednesday, January 14, 2009 10:14:15 PM)
guidogodoy wrote:
Awwwwww....Ricardo Montalbán died. What a great actor. He will be missed.
Que en paz descanse.... Edited at: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 10:16:20 PM
[guidogodoy] Thursday, January 15, 2009 12:20:37 AM
Bwaaahahhaahahahaaa!!! I couldn't stand posting it on the "listening now" thread but it should be a must see for all you young whippersnappers. Back when MTV used to play videos. For YOU Timbo I forgot that Hammer plays your fav instrument. A KEYTAR!! LOL!!! DF get the linburger ready! HAAAAAAA!!!!!! Edited at: Thursday, January 15, 2009 12:22:10 AM
[guidogodoy] Wednesday, January 14, 2009 10:14:15 PM
Awwwwww....Ricardo Montalbán died. What a great actor. He will be missed.
Que en paz descanse.... Edited at: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 10:16:20 PM
[METAL MELTDOWN] Wednesday, December 31, 2008 9:03:08 AM
I though it odd as well but I guess they take what they can get down there and H&O was popular at the time.... [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Jeanine from Tuesday, December 30, 2008 8:06:52 PM)
Jeanine wrote:
Poor Hall & Oates! I have to say I have never seen them live. Paired up with Joan Jett? That is a bit different. Oh well, must have been fun to witness.
METAL MELTDOWN wrote:
There was a show in Chaple Hill, NC at UNC called Chapel Thrill. It was an outdoor concert at the football stadium. I went in 81 or 82, something like that. The bands were Donny Iris of "Ah Leah" fame, Joan Jett and Hall & Oates. I have NEVER seen a band so TORTURED as H&O. It was an outdoor show with the stage about100 feet from the crowd on the football field. Iris and Jett were great and the sold out crowd was digging it. Hall and oats came on the the crowd turned ugly. There was beer bottles flying on stage, booing, heckling, and poor GE Smith ( of SNL band fame ) made the mistake of coming off stage and running around between the stage and crowd. As sweaty as he was from a humid NC summers day, he was totally soaked by all kind of liquid flying in his direction!! Good times......
Jeanine wrote:
Yes Oates! I like hairy men and he has a sexy voice.
guidogodoy wrote:
Ok, you know I didn't post that for the vid, rather I do believe them to be simply outstanding.
Oates, though??!? LOL!!!
Jeanine wrote:
Guilty Pleasure. I loved Hall and Oates. I did actually prefer John Oates voice. They had a lof of interesting lyrics. The video sucks!! They were kinda bluesy, I think that is why I liked them.
guidogodoy wrote:
Bwwwahhahhaa! First fade-in is worth a thousand words.
Edited at: Saturday, December 27, 2008 11:07:05 PM
[Jeanine] Tuesday, December 30, 2008 8:06:52 PM
Poor Hall & Oates! I have to say I have never seen them live. Paired up with Joan Jett? That is a bit different. Oh well, must have been fun to witness. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by METAL MELTDOWN from Tuesday, December 30, 2008 6:33:27 PM)
METAL MELTDOWN wrote:
There was a show in Chaple Hill, NC at UNC called Chapel Thrill. It was an outdoor concert at the football stadium. I went in 81 or 82, something like that. The bands were Donny Iris of "Ah Leah" fame, Joan Jett and Hall & Oates. I have NEVER seen a band so TORTURED as H&O. It was an outdoor show with the stage about100 feet from the crowd on the football field. Iris and Jett were great and the sold out crowd was digging it. Hall and oats came on the the crowd turned ugly. There was beer bottles flying on stage, booing, heckling, and poor GE Smith ( of SNL band fame ) made the mistake of coming off stage and running around between the stage and crowd. As sweaty as he was from a humid NC summers day, he was totally soaked by all kind of liquid flying in his direction!! Good times......
Jeanine wrote:
Yes Oates! I like hairy men and he has a sexy voice.
guidogodoy wrote:
Ok, you know I didn't post that for the vid, rather I do believe them to be simply outstanding.
Oates, though??!? LOL!!!
Jeanine wrote:
Guilty Pleasure. I loved Hall and Oates. I did actually prefer John Oates voice. They had a lof of interesting lyrics. The video sucks!! They were kinda bluesy, I think that is why I liked them.
guidogodoy wrote:
Bwwwahhahhaa! First fade-in is worth a thousand words.
Edited at: Saturday, December 27, 2008 11:07:05 PM
[METAL MELTDOWN] Tuesday, December 30, 2008 6:33:27 PM
There was a show in Chaple Hill, NC at UNC called Chapel Thrill. It was an outdoor concert at the football stadium. I went in 81 or 82, something like that. The bands were Donny Iris of "Ah Leah" fame, Joan Jett and Hall & Oates. I have NEVER seen a band so TORTURED as H&O. It was an outdoor show with the stage about100 feet from the crowd on the football field. Iris and Jett were great and the sold out crowd was digging it. Hall and oats came on the the crowd turned ugly. There was beer bottles flying on stage, booing, heckling, and poor GE Smith ( of SNL band fame ) made the mistake of coming off stage and running around between the stage and crowd. As sweaty as he was from a humid NC summers day, he was totally soaked by all kind of liquid flying in his direction!! Good times...... [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Jeanine from Monday, December 29, 2008 8:41:23 PM)
Jeanine wrote:
Yes Oates! I like hairy men and he has a sexy voice.
guidogodoy wrote:
Ok, you know I didn't post that for the vid, rather I do believe them to be simply outstanding.
Oates, though??!? LOL!!!
Jeanine wrote:
Guilty Pleasure. I loved Hall and Oates. I did actually prefer John Oates voice. They had a lof of interesting lyrics. The video sucks!! They were kinda bluesy, I think that is why I liked them.
guidogodoy wrote:
Bwwwahhahhaa! First fade-in is worth a thousand words.
Edited at: Saturday, December 27, 2008 11:07:05 PM
[SkyRideR] Tuesday, December 30, 2008 4:52:21 PM
dem bones...
[Jeanine] Monday, December 29, 2008 8:41:23 PM
Yes Oates! I like hairy men and he has a sexy voice. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Monday, December 29, 2008 12:55:25 AM)
guidogodoy wrote:
Ok, you know I didn't post that for the vid, rather I do believe them to be simply outstanding.
Oates, though??!? LOL!!!
Jeanine wrote:
Guilty Pleasure. I loved Hall and Oates. I did actually prefer John Oates voice. They had a lof of interesting lyrics. The video sucks!! They were kinda bluesy, I think that is why I liked them.
guidogodoy wrote:
Bwwwahhahhaa! First fade-in is worth a thousand words.
Edited at: Saturday, December 27, 2008 11:07:05 PM
[guidogodoy] Monday, December 29, 2008 12:55:25 AM
Ok, you know I didn't post that for the vid, rather I do believe them to be simply outstanding.
Guilty Pleasure. I loved Hall and Oates. I did actually prefer John Oates voice. They had a lof of interesting lyrics. The video sucks!! They were kinda bluesy, I think that is why I liked them.
guidogodoy wrote:
Bwwwahhahhaa! First fade-in is worth a thousand words.
Edited at: Saturday, December 27, 2008 11:07:05 PM
[Jeanine] Sunday, December 28, 2008 2:07:57 PM
Guilty Pleasure. I loved Hall and Oates. I did actually prefer John Oates voice. They had a lof of interesting lyrics. The video sucks!! They were kinda bluesy, I think that is why I liked them. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Saturday, December 27, 2008 11:05:58 PM)
guidogodoy wrote:
Bwwwahhahhaa! First fade-in is worth a thousand words.
Edited at: Saturday, December 27, 2008 11:07:05 PM
[Jeanine] Sunday, December 28, 2008 2:02:42 PM
Eartha Kitt was awesome!!! Loved her. She was an icon.
Awww...all you other old farts would be sad at this one...just saw that Eartha Kitt died. Odd that she is known for "Santa Baby."
To paraphrase Comicbookguy: "Best Catwoman [PLUS] EVER!" I'll miss her. A true STAR in every sense of the word.
