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Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
Replies: 516
Things You Just Found Out/Learned Recently?
Posted By Captain Steel
Re: Things You Just Found Out/Learned Recently?

I just learned this from the video posted below (and it's the first "fact" on their list)...

Bill Mumy and Angela Cartwright (Will and Penny Robinson) had a romantic relationship during their teen...
Replies: 33
Things that Impress or Please you, or make you Happy...
Posted By Captain Steel
Yeah, that and several other reasons made me...

Yeah, that and several other reasons made me skeptical. After two weeks, I'm still a little skeptical (waiting for the other proverbial shoe to drop) Heck, I'm still waiting for my viewscreen to...
Forum: The Television & Music Forum 1 day ago
Replies: 7
Your Most Controversial Music Opinions
Posted By Captain Steel
Re: Your Most Controversial Music Opinions

Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen are not good singers.
(Good song writers and musicians, sure, but not good singers. Is this opinion even controversial?)
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Things that Impress or Please you, or make you Happy...
Posted By Captain Steel
Re: Things that Impress or Please you, or make you Happy...

Merry New Year, everybody! It's exactly one year later since I started this thread!

Right around New Year's day this year, I downloaded an adblocker called PIE.
So far, it's gotten rid of all...
Forum: The Television & Music Forum 1 day ago
Replies: 7
Your Most Controversial Music Opinions
Posted By Captain Steel
Re: Your Most Controversial Music Opinions

Bubblegum, Blue Grass, Rockabilly, and Steel Drum (Pan or Caribbean Music) are the best types of music.
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 1 day ago
Replies: 9
RIP Joan Plowright, 95
Posted By Captain Steel
Re: RIP Joan Plowright, 95

This is so bizarre because I was literally thinking about her yesterday (no idea why).

This isn't the first time I've thought about or dreamt about someone who I later found out had died that day....
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
Replies: 564
Your Most Controversial Film Opinions?
Posted By Captain Steel
Quick scene reenactment: Awakenings (upon...

Quick scene reenactment:

Awakenings (upon medicine being administered)...

Dr. Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams): Do you feel any better Leonard?

Leonard Lowe (Robert De Niro with eyes half...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
Replies: 564
Your Most Controversial Film Opinions?
Posted By Captain Steel
That literally made me laugh out loud! :D

That literally made me laugh out loud! :D
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
Replies: 564
Your Most Controversial Film Opinions?
Posted By Captain Steel
He was a great narrator, though. :)

He was a great narrator, though. :)
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 3 days ago
Replies: 78
Your Top 5 Favorite Adam Sandler Movies
Posted By Captain Steel
Re: Your Top 5 Favorite Adam Sandler Movies

A while back I tried to watch the original The Longest Yard (1974) around the same time I viewed Sandler's version (2005).

I have to admit, this analysis may not be entirely fair as I never viewed...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
Replies: 564
Your Most Controversial Film Opinions?
Posted By Captain Steel
See, now I like Awakenings (1990) wherein Pacino...

See, now I like Awakenings (1990) wherein Pacino played against type. Sure, many actors could have played that role (whereas some of them might not play a convincing gangster), but De Niro played it...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
Replies: 564
Your Most Controversial Film Opinions?
Posted By Captain Steel
I recently went looking into info on the success...

I recently went looking into info on the success of Citizen Kane (1941) and learned that, although it wasn't considered a flop upon release, it was not well regarded. It was only via re-releases...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
Replies: 564
Your Most Controversial Film Opinions?
Posted By Captain Steel
And I think the best way for films to achieve...

And I think the best way for films to achieve exactly the type of appreciation you're describing is to introduce the idea of multiverses into every single franchise!
What would be better than...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
Replies: 564
Your Most Controversial Film Opinions?
Posted By Captain Steel
Guilty as charged, Rules. I watch Adam Sandler...

Guilty as charged, Rules. I watch Adam Sandler movies just to boost my personal feelings of superiority in the realms of talent, singing, comic delivery & sense of humor. ;)
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 4 days ago
Replies: 14
The Count of Monte-Cristo (2024)
Posted By Captain Steel
It's worth it. Don't get the abridged version -...

It's worth it. Don't get the abridged version - I bought a copy of that first (in an attempt to lazily avoid reading the whole original version) and I had no idea what was going on since it edits...
Forum: The Television & Music Forum 4 days ago
Replies: 34
Band Of Brothers
Posted By Captain Steel
Re: Band Of Brothers

The Pacific went with a different format of storytelling...
Band of Brothers ran with the story of one group (with peripheral characters that cycled in and out).
The Pacific followed the stories of...
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 4 days ago
Replies: 14
The Count of Monte-Cristo (2024)
Posted By Captain Steel
I never saw it, but I'd heard the series from the...

I never saw it, but I'd heard the series from the 90's (with Gerard Depardieu) was considered one of the most faithful adaptations at the time.

I won't review the book except to say it's great -...
Forum: Games and Tabs 5 days ago
Replies: 3,662
Like or dislike?
Posted By Captain Steel
Re: Like or dislike?

Like


Birch Beer
Replies: 5,077
Things that annoy you...
Posted By Captain Steel
Sorry. I didn't intend this to sound like a...

Sorry. I didn't intend this to sound like a personal insult - but looking back at it, I realize it did.
Just having a bad day. Please accept my apology.
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 5 days ago
Replies: 14
The Count of Monte-Cristo (2024)
Posted By Captain Steel
Re: The Count of Monte-Cristo (2024)

The entire book could never be made into a single movie as it contains far too much information.
(Of course, many movie versions have been made - this is one of the most adapted pieces of...
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Hollywood is on fire.
Posted By Captain Steel
Re: Hollywood is on fire.

Actor Steve Guttenberg is helping fight the fires in his community.
Replies: 5,077
Things that annoy you...
Posted By Captain Steel
A good solution to this annoyance is try...

A good solution to this annoyance is try listening to some actual music rather than just a bunch of spoken profanity that displays no skill or talent. Search out real music that consists of (not...
Forum: Games and Tabs 6 days ago
Replies: 3,662
Like or dislike?
Posted By Captain Steel
Re: Like or dislike?

Like

Roller Coasters
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 6 days ago
Replies: 46
Undeserved Best Picture Wins
Posted By Captain Steel
No wonder - the only one of those I saw was 127...

No wonder - the only one of those I saw was 127 Hours. :(