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Jade Jaguar
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Those films must be popular, if it takes so long to get them!
True, both are very much of their time, but I think they have both aged well. If, in particular, seems even more pertinent today. O, Lucky Man will always be one of my very favorite films.
Sadly, I don't think McDowell gets the respect he deserves, in the terms of the roles offered him. He is a great actor, but has made few great films. His other great film is A Clockwork Orange. Britannia Hospital is the 3rd in the If, OLM series. It's fun, but not in their class. Royal Flash is better, and Get Crazy is a cult classic. Time After Time isn't bad, is generally well thought-of. His Cat People is a favorite of mine. Gangster No. 1, made in 2000 is decent. A few of his other films rise above mediocre, and it is always a pleasure to see him act.
Note: McDowell, and the other great actors involved, swear that Caligula could have been a great film, using footage shot, but was totally spoiled by Bob Guccione, of Penthouse, who produced it. Having seen what resulted, I wish he hadn't interfered.
True, both are very much of their time, but I think they have both aged well. If, in particular, seems even more pertinent today. O, Lucky Man will always be one of my very favorite films.
Sadly, I don't think McDowell gets the respect he deserves, in the terms of the roles offered him. He is a great actor, but has made few great films. His other great film is A Clockwork Orange. Britannia Hospital is the 3rd in the If, OLM series. It's fun, but not in their class. Royal Flash is better, and Get Crazy is a cult classic. Time After Time isn't bad, is generally well thought-of. His Cat People is a favorite of mine. Gangster No. 1, made in 2000 is decent. A few of his other films rise above mediocre, and it is always a pleasure to see him act.
Note: McDowell, and the other great actors involved, swear that Caligula could have been a great film, using footage shot, but was totally spoiled by Bob Guccione, of Penthouse, who produced it. Having seen what resulted, I wish he hadn't interfered.
hypatia
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No, JJ, it's just not a real priority item for me right now, so it's way down on my list. Things I'm in the mood to see get bumped to the top of my list. I could probably get those movies in two days if I just bumped them to #1 in my queue.
Jonny_Fever
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The only McDowell films I have seen have been A Clockwork Orange, Time After Time (One of my favs but mainly because I'm a huge David Warner fan), and Blue Thunder. And yes I do own the special edition dvd of Blue Thunder. 
hypatia
Regular
The only McDowell films I have seen have been A Clockwork Orange, Time After Time (One of my favs but mainly because I'm a huge David Warner fan), and Blue Thunder. And yes I do own the special edition dvd of Blue Thunder.
You never saw Star Trek's movie "Generations"? That's ok. Oh, and he was in "Cat People". Actually, I just looked him up on IMDB and he's been in a WHOLE lot of movies.
And like 8 are either in post-production, pre-production, or have been announced. Busy guy.
GKarsEye
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As much as I love pornography, it does pain me to admit that the addition of raw porn in Caligula ruined it.
The Lucky Man DVD includes a long bio on McDowell which I skimmed through. He HATES Caligula. He talks about a seen where they filmed him staring at his pet hawk, but when they edited it, they show a shot of his face, then some lesbian scene, then it cuts back to his face, thus making it look like he was staring at that, not a hawk as he was told at the time.
I'll check out Gangster No. 1 and some movie where he is H.G. Wells in the present looks kinda cute.
The Lucky Man DVD includes a long bio on McDowell which I skimmed through. He HATES Caligula. He talks about a seen where they filmed him staring at his pet hawk, but when they edited it, they show a shot of his face, then some lesbian scene, then it cuts back to his face, thus making it look like he was staring at that, not a hawk as he was told at the time.
I'll check out Gangster No. 1 and some movie where he is H.G. Wells in the present looks kinda cute.
hypatia
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The Wells one is "Time After Time" and it is a good movie. Not great, but certainly enjoyable. The villian is a good match for the hero in this one. They play well off of each other.
And that is a shame about how the (I assume it was the) director ruined that scene, but it sounded like his objective was to "shock with porn", from what you say, so it must have been a natural enough choice for him to make at that time.
It's like a comic cursing to me: when well-placed, when it has an actual point in a much larger and grander plot, the good old decadent orgy type scenes are fine. Look at what the debauchery did for "A Clockwork Orange". But when they seem to be the entire point of a scene, or worse yet a movie, it's just bad art. In my opinion, at least.
McDowell has done so many movies, a few real stinkers were bound to slip in there.
Galahad
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And yes I do own the special edition dvd of Blue Thunder.
You aren't like one of that minority group of poor deluded children I went to school with who thought that Blue Thunder could beat Airwolf are you? :guffaw:
GKarsEye
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Last night I watched A Good Woman, a 2004 movie take on Oscar Wilde's "Lady Windermere's Fan," set inn the 30s, starring Scarlett Johansson as the naive young innocent dutiful loving wife and Helen Hunt as the man-eating husband stealing femme fatale.
Yes, that's right, Helen Hunt, femme fatale.
It was... well it was just horrendous. Why? Did I mention Helen Hunt as the femme fatale? Watching Tom Wilkinson have to talk about how irresistible she is made me giggle.
So why did I watch this? Did I mention Scarlett Johansson was in it?
Yes, that's right, Helen Hunt, femme fatale.
It was... well it was just horrendous. Why? Did I mention Helen Hunt as the femme fatale? Watching Tom Wilkinson have to talk about how irresistible she is made me giggle.
So why did I watch this? Did I mention Scarlett Johansson was in it?
Chilli
High Treason Prevention Officer
Stuff recently watched:
* Two of five Seasons of "Press Gang", a British youth show from the late 80s/early 90s, written by a very young Steven Moffat of Coupling fame, and the new showrunner on Doctor Who. Like everything else he has ever done, I enjoyed it greatly.
* Watched the Tim Burton Batman movies last week.
The first one bored me to bits. Especially after Dark Knight, Jack Nicholson's joker just felt so lame. insane = lots of laughing. Yawn.
I actually liked the second movie quite a bit more. Still goofy, but at least it had a proper Tim Burtony weird feel to it.
Which apparently is what got him sacked from the gig. Alas.
* The Office, UK version.
Wow.
I've never watched a show before which is excruciatingly funny by being excruciatingly unfunny.
This must be the most realistic TV show I have ever seen. Which is not always a good - or shall we say pleasant - thing
* Two of five Seasons of "Press Gang", a British youth show from the late 80s/early 90s, written by a very young Steven Moffat of Coupling fame, and the new showrunner on Doctor Who. Like everything else he has ever done, I enjoyed it greatly.
* Watched the Tim Burton Batman movies last week.
The first one bored me to bits. Especially after Dark Knight, Jack Nicholson's joker just felt so lame. insane = lots of laughing. Yawn.
I actually liked the second movie quite a bit more. Still goofy, but at least it had a proper Tim Burtony weird feel to it.
Which apparently is what got him sacked from the gig. Alas.
* The Office, UK version.
Wow.
I've never watched a show before which is excruciatingly funny by being excruciatingly unfunny.
This must be the most realistic TV show I have ever seen. Which is not always a good - or shall we say pleasant - thing
Well, being recently retired I've availed myself to the Public Library, which has an incredible number of "TV on DVD" shows available. I now have "Heros" S1, Smallville S1, (which have to be watched in the next 21 days, or returned) and Witchblade on order (one I might possibly buy).
Jonny_Fever
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I've been watching Degrassi Junior High. For a show that came out in the mid-80's they sure were ahead of their time. They talk about sex, rape, one girl is pregnant (she's 14), one has alot of wet dreams..stuff you would never hear mentioned on Growing Pains or Who's the Boss.
darth_librarian
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Degrassi Junior High and Press Gang. Two titans of TV teen-angst.
admiraldave
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I've gotten into Flashpoint. I'm enjoying looking for the Toronto references and seeing familiar scenes.
Ranger1
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I was thinking about Press Gang just the other day, that shit takes me back.
Alluveal
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I've been watching Degrassi Junior High. For a show that came out in the mid-80's they sure were ahead of their time. They talk about sex, rape, one girl is pregnant (she's 14), one has alot of wet dreams..stuff you would never hear mentioned on Growing Pains or Who's the Boss.
Yeah, the pregnant girl's daughter is one of the stars in the new DeGrassi.
Alluveal
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I love Smallville, but it's kind of "Freak of the Week" in the first season. You get tiny bits of story arcs here and there. The casting is awesome, though. It reminds me of Charmed in a sense--lots of neatly wrapped up episodes, with a few story arcs thrown in that expand the course of the series.
