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lemmycaution 
"Long mired in film"
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Montacute 
"More Balls Than Most"
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 Posted - 11/28/2005 : 23:30:18
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Cheers for the explanation lemmy. I'll visit your 'Juan' votes and see if I can make them 'twos'.
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lemmycaution
"Long mired in film"
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Whippersnapper. 
"A fourword thinking guy."
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lemmycaution
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 12/01/2005 : 15:08:34
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Originally posted by Whippersnapper
Toonbug's "Fixing Footballer's Fatal Flaw" has nothing to do with "Heaven Can Wait" 1943, does it?
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?ID=12124
Am I right, Sir?
Probably referring to Beatty's film of same name which was a remake but NOT of "Heaven Can Wait" (1943) but rather "Here Comes Mr. Jordan". |
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Whippersnapper.
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 12/01/2005 : 16:08:44
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quote:
Originally posted by lemmycaution
quote:
Originally posted by Whippersnapper
Toonbug's "Fixing Footballer's Fatal Flaw" has nothing to do with "Heaven Can Wait" 1943, does it?
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?ID=12124
Am I right, Sir?
Probably referring to Beatty's film of same name which was a remake but NOT of "Heaven Can Wait" (1943) but rather "Here Comes Mr. Jordan".
Sure. There's some interesting trivia on IMDB that Beatty originally intended to star Mohammed Ali but when he pulled out Beatty changed the lead character to a football player as he (Beatty) could do that but could not box. |
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Koli 
"Striving lackadaisically for perfection."
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Posted - 12/02/2005 : 09:48:22
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In Breakfast at Tiffany's, Mickey Rooney somehow landed the part of Mr. Yunioshi, clearly a Japanese gentleman. Some think it's one of the comic highlights. I happen to think it's an abomination.
But almost as offensive is the confusion in several reviews between Japanese and Chinese.
Breakfast at Tiffany's
I'll need to watch it again (no hardship), to decide whether there's any evidence that Holly Golightly works as a prostitute (another theme of some reviews). I don't think so. She was a socialite, a gold-digger and a bit of a slapper, but that's not the same thing. |
Edited by - Koli on 12/02/2005 09:53:07 |
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Whippersnapper.
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 12/02/2005 : 09:52:46
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For "Attack Of the Killer Tomatoes" both queenofcats and AusieCanuck describe tomatoes as "legumes". Sorry, but tomatoes are not legumes.
You might consider transfering them to "Killer Tomatoes Eat France" on the basis that "Legumes" in French means vegetable, although of course tomatoes are in fact fruit, but I might turn a blind eye to that one. Might!
Whippersnapper, always keeping his finger on the pulse... |
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TitanPa 
"Here four more"
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Posted - 12/03/2005 : 04:25:51
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TitanPa
"Here four more"
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Posted - 12/04/2005 : 05:38:54
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Mampers new Bambi review. There also was that 'Yearling' movie.
Edit: Make that any mention of a deer being shot in Bambi |
Edited by - TitanPa on 12/04/2005 05:40:18 |
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duh 
"catpurrs"
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Posted - 12/04/2005 : 14:53:24
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Originally posted by Koli
In Breakfast at Tiffany's, Mickey Rooney somehow landed the part of Mr. Yunioshi, clearly a Japanese gentleman. Some think it's one of the comic highlights. I happen to think it's an abomination.
But almost as offensive is the confusion in several reviews between Japanese and Chinese.
This post reminded me of Joel Grey's role as the Korean martial arts master in Remo Williams. I think he played the role convincingly and with dignity, but nowadays, the role would be reserved (rightfully so) for a Korean or Asian actor.
What I find hard to understand, is why an Asian wasn't cast in that role in 1985, because by then folks had begun to become more sophisticated about these issues.
Curious, I looked up which actor played the detective of the Charlie Chan series. He was Warner Oland, a 5'11" Swede. That was through the 1930's. In the 40's the role was taken by another caucasian, Sidney Toler.
When I was an art student back in the early 70's, I had a student job working as an audiovisual production artist in university extension. (Extension has offices throughout the US for offering information and assistance to farmers but also offers information with regard to domestic engineering, such as how to make prize winning pickles, etc.)
My boss (now my father-in-law) explained to me that any illustrations I drew should be inclusive and culturally sensitive. Never mind that in today's workplace, he would have been charged with sexism. He and I got along great, but the man was from another era!  If he was younger, he would love FWFR, because he enjoys wordplay. Anyhow, that's my evidence for being surprised that Joel Grey was cast as Chiun is 1985. |
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Cheese_Ed
"The Provolone Ranger"
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Posted - 12/05/2005 : 16:49:41
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Originally posted by Cheese_Ed
I re-watched The Pink Panther (1963) last weekend and the:
Classic 'dog bites' gag.
is definitely not in that movie. According to the web it's from The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976).
In addition to that one here's some from Raising Arizona that need attention:
Seventh son gets kidnappped. - Arizona was the fifth of quintuplets not septuplets, and kidnapped has an extra p.
and while you're there, here's some more spelling errors on that page:
Duo direct diaper dilema. - dilemma
Nathan Hufheinz changes name. - According to IMDB it's Huffhines |
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tortoise
"Still reviewing, but slowly."
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Posted - 12/06/2005 : 14:55:09
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Sorry D Dragon, the lady in the lake doesn't appear in this one.
Sorry StaLean, Merlin does appear - he's played by Stephen Dillane. |
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Cheese_Ed
"The Provolone Ranger"
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Posted - 12/06/2005 : 18:08:56
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Foxy, I have to disagree with a couple of your Murderball reviews, wheelchairs don't have two wheels, they have four. |
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Wheelz
"FWFR%u2019ing like it%u2019s 1999"
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Posted - 12/06/2005 : 18:18:02
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Originally posted by TitanPa
Mampers new Bambi review. There also was that 'Yearling' movie.
Edit: Make that any mention of a deer being shot in Bambi
Uh... I don't get why there's a problem with this... Though it happens off-screen, Bambi's mommy was indeed shot, no?
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