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02-23-2013, 01:58 PM
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Thanks for the heads up. Japanese samurai films, history always interest me.
Just last night I was watching a presentation on the Military Channel on the establishment of the 250 years of Shogunate rule. A fascinating look into the mores of a people.
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You will love this movie.............
plus there are many black and white movies from the 1950s and 60s about the samurais that are equally riveting. You cannot beat Japanese cinema
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02-23-2013, 02:01 PM
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I rarely watch anything but movies. T.V. has lost it's appeal to me. And the "news" is a joke unless it's local.
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I watch local news, but it too is heavily slanted to the left, even in this very red state.
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02-23-2013, 02:02 PM
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You will love this movie.............
plus there are many black and white movies from the 1950s and 60s about the samurais that are equally riveting. You cannot beat Japanese cinema
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Yeah, the Godzilla movies were especially well done................
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
Dave
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02-23-2013, 02:13 PM
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Yeah, the Godzilla movies were especially well done................
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
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It is ok Dave
if you have netflix get Stray Dog or The Burmese Harp, both wonderful post war Japanese films....
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02-23-2013, 04:17 PM
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I also just watched Trouble with the Curve. Not as good as El Torino, by a long shot, but Clint is still a far better actor than Timberlake will ever be.
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Dude, that is one thing we can agree on - as long as he's not talking to a chair.
Regards,
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02-23-2013, 05:35 PM
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I watch local news, but it too is heavily slanted to the left, even in this very red state.
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Have you ever considered it could be you that has changed? To be honest I tend to view TV as glorifying & fostering the obsession with 'Dirty Laundry' and selling soap. Get yourself a DVR, bro.
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03-31-2013, 05:42 PM
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I am currently watching the Great Performances adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisted,
which I caught a few episodes of back in 1981. However watching it in my advanced middle age (50) I think you can identify more with the main character Charles Ryder since he is remembering his youth in the 1920s from the vantage point the 1940s.
I love these period pieces.
One thing is certain college students have always drank in excess no matter when or where one attended.
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03-31-2013, 08:37 PM
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I've been searching for Catch-22, not on VOD or in the local video store. So, I found a DVD copy of it at Amazon. Should be here tomorrow or Tuesday. Can't wait, haven't seeen it in years.
Dave
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03-31-2013, 08:40 PM
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One thing is certain college students have always drank in excess no matter when or where one attended.
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And, most likely had wild meaningless sex too. Although, the "Good ol' Days" whacknuts would have us believe no one ever sinned prior to the 1960s.....................................:rolleye s:
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03-31-2013, 08:49 PM
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"rolleye"? You doin' your Marty Feldman impression again?
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