flight of the phoenix

Yep! :-)

I decided against it.

In the brief clips I've seen of 'The Aviator,' the one thing I noticed is that they got the aircraft right. I'm especially impressed by what I saw of the XF-11 prototype that Hughes crashed. Since they seem to have spent the $$$ on getting that right, there's a good chance they got a lot more right as well. Even with Leonardo in the cast, I'll go see it.

Mark Schynert

Since this thread has wandered pretty wide, I just saw the entire run of the Buck Rogers TV series available in one boxed set at Costco. Hope that my wife saw me fondling it.

Those of you who have been here for a while know why I dearly love that series. (Read:EG and high school).

Tom

Agree with that.

RobG

Hmmmm - the original is like a lot of Brit films from that era - quite pretty, but essentially pointless. I still like it a lot, though. The remake is like most Hollywood films since time began - very pretty, but totally pointless. It's not high on my list of favourite flicks, but it's not too bad. I even (almost) like the new Minis in it.

RobG

EG! me too!

RobG

I loved them both! We used the opening scene from Always to demo surround systems at my old stereo shop. That PBY thundering overhead and trailing into the distance behind you sold a lot of equipment. If you haven't seen it, rent it! Great scenes of a PBY, A26s and a wild C-119.

Doug Wagner

And f you are or used to be a frefighter, especially rural, make sure that your seat has strong arms!

Tom

We went out once in high school. A couple of years back I got in touch with her and she didn't remember me (one date, no surprise, but still :-().

The nice outcome has been occasional correspondence, holiday cards, questions about class reunions, etc. She has more class than most of the big "stars" and is still a beautiful woman.

Tom

were you a sparrow, also?

ahhh...me buds and I were wee lads in grade school at the time. Remember the episode that rips off Nosferatu with the space vampire?She was possesed and her voice got so low and sexy.I remember us giggling in the halls discussing it...;-)

As attractive as Claudette Colbert was in that movie I'll still put my vote in for Liz in a toga being unrolled from that rug. :Þ Strangely, my daughter got a bad case on Rex Harrison from that movie but then she thought highly of Cornel Wilde a couple of years earlier.

Bill Banaszak, MFE

Don't give him any ideas! 8^)

The Keeper (of too much crap!)

Weren't the originals silent? Where'd you find those? tia,

The Keeper (of too much crap!)

Ben-Hur was, but Cleopatra was from circa 1936, directed by C.B. DeMille. Both were B/W. I scored both from Turner Classics (especially after AMC went into the toilet with commercials) and edited them down with a Go-Video unit. Next step (after Christmas) will be to start converting my collection over to DVD with either a Go-Video or Panasonic units that I have been pricing.

-- John The history of things that didn't happen has never been written. . - - - Henry Kissinger

i used to have a cool bio of loyd. if i find it, i'll send it along.

Do ya remember a channel called American Movie Classics? Back when they were on they played old movies like that. Unfortunately they morphed into that trash pile called AMC and all the good stuff left. However Turner Classic Movies still plays silents occasionally. I learned who Harold Lloyd was and how good his movies were. One of my few regrets to downsizing the cable company was losing that channel.

Bill Banaszak, MFE

I get both channels; I'll have to keep closer tabs.

Harold Lloyd was the guy who did his own stunts like clowning around a large clock with NO NET! Right?

The Keeper (of too much crap!)

That's the one. My wife was watching a show called "Joan of Arcadia" (kind of a teen's version of "Highway to Heaven") and there's a show of that scene in the opening credits, along with the Three Stooges and others.

-- John The history of things that didn't happen has never been written. . - - - Henry Kissinger