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 The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 18-04-2024 20:09
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Did CB really want us to watch this one? I wouldn't think it was his sort of film. Great stuff. He must have good taste once in a while. Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 18-04-2024 20:10
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We're all compost in the end. He just went there a bit sooner.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 18-04-2024 20:11
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We're all compost in the end. He just went there a bit sooner. Compost! It was a bit more magical than that. Well, it is in the book. The film slightly dumbed down the "explanation" at the end. Edited by OneSparePart on 18-04-2024 20:12 Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 18-04-2024 20:12
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So what's next, O great one?
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 18-04-2024 20:13
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What about a bit of British? Village of the Damned?
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 18-04-2024 20:13
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We're all compost in the end. He just went there a bit sooner. Compost! It was a bit more magical than that. Well, it is in the book. The film slightly dumbed down the "explanation" at the end. Nope, that's exactly what life's about. Compost. "You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 18-04-2024 20:14
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What about a bit of British? Village of the Damned? Is that another Midwich Cuckoos lookalike? "You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 18-04-2024 20:15
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We're all compost in the end. He just went there a bit sooner. Compost! It was a bit more magical than that. Well, it is in the book. The film slightly dumbed down the "explanation" at the end. Nope, that's exactly what life's about. Compost. Do you have even a little bit of poetry in your soul? 
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 18-04-2024 20:15
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What about a bit of British? Village of the Damned? Is that another Midwich Cuckoos lookalike? The original film of the book. Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 18-04-2024 20:19
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Or we can go for something else?
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 18-04-2024 20:19
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We're all compost in the end. He just went there a bit sooner. Compost! It was a bit more magical than that. Well, it is in the book. The film slightly dumbed down the "explanation" at the end. Nope, that's exactly what life's about. Compost. Do you have even a little bit of poetry in your soul? What, like Wordsworth's* 'A slumber did my spirit seal'? A slumber did my spirit seal; I had no human fears: She seemed a thing that could not feel The touch of earthly years. No motion has she now, no force; She neither hears nor sees; Rolled round in earth's diurnal course, With rocks, and stones, and trees. Compost, see? *Did him at college. He lived just up the road from here, btw. "You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 18-04-2024 20:20
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Or we can go for something else? Preferably. I prefer the book (the Wyndham). Edited by M1795537OCVirn on 18-04-2024 20:21 "You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 18-04-2024 20:21
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Here's an image: just made my dad a cup of tea. I put a saccharin in and it landed on the teabag. I watched it slowly melt away into nothingness...
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 18-04-2024 20:22
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Or we can go for something else? Preferably. I prefer the book (the Wyndham). Ok. War of the Worlds (50s) or Day the Earth Stood Still (50s)? Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 18-04-2024 20:22
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Here's an image: just made my dad a cup of tea. I put a saccharin in and it landed on the teabag. I watched it slowly melt away into nothingness... More compost....eventually! We are what we eat. Nice to know you made him a cuppa, though. Wouldn't have thought it of you. "You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 18-04-2024 20:23
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Here's an image: just made my dad a cup of tea. I put a saccharin in and it landed on the teabag. I watched it slowly melt away into nothingness... More compost....eventually! We are what we eat. Nice to know you made him a cuppa, though. Wouldn't have thought it of you. It'll shut him up for 5 minutes.... 
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 18-04-2024 20:24
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Or we can go for something else? Preferably. I prefer the book (the Wyndham). Ok. War of the Worlds (50s) or Day the Earth Stood Still (50s)? Don't really mind. Give yourself a day or two to get over the spider and then decide. "You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 18-04-2024 20:26
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[/quote] [/quote] Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 18-04-2024 20:27
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Off to dunk biscuits in tea...a bientôt...
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 18-04-2024 20:29
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My tea and toast has just arrived. 'Night!
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| Hugbot |
Posted on 18-04-2024 21:10
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I'm wondering who trained the spider...and how. Hear Jack Arnold talking about how he made this film, especially the cat and spider scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z4J8...z4J89KF1AA |
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 19-04-2024 09:20
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I'm wondering who trained the spider...and how. Hear Jack Arnold talking about how he made this film, especially the cat and spider scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z4J8...z4J89KF1AA Thanks, Huggy. And after all that, he still had to go back and patch in all the dialogue and sound tracks. Such a lot of work! "You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 19-04-2024 09:41
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He must have good taste once in a while. Eff me. That's a trifle harsh. Stick to demonstrable facts: my displays of good taste are actually a triannual occurrence. Not enough jokes in this thread btw. |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 19-04-2024 11:53
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He must have good taste once in a while. Eff me. That's a trifle harsh. Stick to demonstrable facts: my displays of good taste are actually a triannual occurrence. Not enough jokes in this thread btw. well where were you? If you had been here for the film, I am sure M'Virn and I would have found some jokes to post...we have to have some material to work with.... 
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 19-04-2024 11:54
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I'm wondering who trained the spider...and how. Hear Jack Arnold talking about how he made this film, especially the cat and spider scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z4J8...z4J89KF1AA nice one Huggy although I had to look away for the spidery bits Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 19-04-2024 16:26
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If you had been here for the film, I am sure M'Virn and I would have found some jokes to post...we have to have some material to work with.... Don't want to spread panic/alarm but I might be able to do next Thursday. But are you brave enough to look The Wasp Woman in the eye? She's on YouTube, just waiting to be swatted with Horizon's rolled-up newspaper. And I do love a bit of xylophone on a soundtrack. (I'm certain you do too.) High-class hokum with serious messages about prejudice against women in business, the hazards of questing for eternal youth blah blah blah. You're the Gaffer, of course. Just my contribution to your feverish deliberations... |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 21-04-2024 15:30
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Please don't make me watch Wasp Woman.... Here's the deal: IF you are definitely going to be there this Thursday, we will do Wasp Woman (insert hollyhocks here). If you are NOT here, we will do a great film. I will post both options and we'll see... Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 21-04-2024 17:49
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IF you are definitely going to be there this Thursday, we will do Wasp Woman (insert hollyhocks here). If you are NOT here, we will do a great film. I will post both options and we'll see... Hollyhocks?? Well, yes. We need to encourage pollinators. So, ethically, it's incumbent on me to rewatch Wasp Woman. 'WASP' pronounced 'WOSP', of course. AND LOOK WHOSE NAME'S IN THERE! #JustSayin' |
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