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The Original Greaser Bob

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  1. If I'm going to blame women for voting in assholes for taking away the right to chose I don't give two shits about someone blaming New York for losing the House.
  2. Well, the trend seems to be that Americans are finally starting to slim down. Kudos to that family. Very Euro.
  3. I would have been the guy who muttered "Dude" about five times during this scene.
  4. Bridge Over the River Kwai - can't believe I didn't think of it, or From Here to Eternity.
  5. Watched it for the first time a couple of months ago. Terrific. Love the screeching brits in short pants.
  6. I'm suddenly in the mood for an orange mocha frappechino.
  7. Still probably my favorite "war" movie. I tend to like the "war trial" movies. l
  8. Difficult, long, but interesting from the Japanese perspective:
  9. Thanks as well. I paid when I was a previous name and no ad issues, and I figure my ad nightmare is because I don't subscribe. I'm about to go off the grid in madness or subscribe. My adds move up and down, and block me when I try to type. They are like gremlins. Wait, I can get $10 off Amazon if I get a Discover Card?
  10. The PT attack scene in TWE is one of the best scenes in all war flicks. Plus Donna Reed and some of the John Ford gang.
  11. I'm going to give you the finger for that.
  12. Bardo: False Chronicles of a Handful of Truths (2022) This was fantastic. Hard to recommend, but I think I fit the demographic -- I'm the age of the protagonist, I love Mexico, and I'm becoming a bit obsessed with death and life and birth. This flick has some truly beautiful moments -- the family beach scene is one of the most beautiful ever, and it begins with an insane image.. The movie is insists upon itself but it fucking works. At least for me. Of the ten movies that have blown me away in my life, Innarritu has two - this and Amores Perros. Again, I doubt this movie works for most, but it fell crazily into my wheelhouse. The mexican directors are the best.
  13. Actually it all culminated in my favorite song out of the genre in 1982 or so.
  14. Wow. No replies. If memory serves, and it's not serving well lately, one of us siblings got the More Specials album and we listened to it the first Christmas I got back from college. Enjoy yourself was an immediate favorite. Rat Race and Rich Girl had more staying power. The Specials morphed into English Beat which morphed into Fine Young Cannibals by the time I was scurrying to figure out what to do post undergrad. This music didn't enthrall me but it was certainly a big part of that era. A good version of what ultimately was my favorite of their tunes: This was fun stuff that I never truly connected to -- I don't think it seemed to try or give a damn. Other than maybe to free Nelson Mandela.
  15. Trump's done. The key now is to not get caught up in the denoument, and focus on the wherever white christian nationalism next decides to roost.
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