I watched 11 movies over the holiday weekend
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ToastedCheese — 3 years ago(July 07, 2022 12:23 AM)
Pleased you had a fun weekend with your buddies…..
I have seen 3 of those films on your list:
Xanadu
,
Roar
and
Tourist Trap.
I saw
Roar
a few times at the cinema when it first came out. I thought it looked and sounded great as a kid. It may not hold up so well today, but a lot of effort and time went into making this wildlife themed film and like you say, there are some awesome moments.
Always liked the corny
Xanadu
and it is sweet, charming and even bland in parts, due to the terrible miscasting of Michael Beck.
Tourist Trap
never did much for me. Watched twice in the mid 80's and I found it flat and unexciting. After the tense and dark thrills of something like
The Funhouse
, it just doesn't compare. The producers went for PG too, ($$ in their eyes no doubt, not quality), which made this forgettable horror film even more lame.
As for the others, I would like to see
The Initiation Of Sarah
. You have mentioned this one before.
I never bothered with
Blue Sunshine
and thought
Just Before Dawn
was passable. I do really enjoy the director's first horror outing,
Squirm - '76
, which is a terrific, amusing, creepy and atmospheric creature feature about worms. Highly recommended, plus Don Scardino is a very cute and likeable hero.
Norman! What did you put in my tea? -
I love hutch — 3 years ago(July 07, 2022 02:28 AM)
I saw "Squirm". I liked it. Don Scardino is quite a cutie. He always reminded me a little of a young Ron Howard. I think Scardino plays Pacino's gay friend in "Cruising".
Agreed with what you said about "Xanadu". It is corny and sweet and charming. Though, Beck is so dull. It doesn't detract too much. I think ONJ is even more appealing here than in "Grease" and she's very likable in that one, too. I think I like the way she wears her hair better in "Xanadu". lol I love the roller skating finale with the title song. The build-up gives me chills.
"My life is over. I might as well dance with Johnny Slash!" -
I love hutch — 3 years ago(July 09, 2022 07:27 PM)
It sounds like the poster you responded to believes in sin and God and all the rest. And if that's so, the idea of synchronicity is going to fly right over their radar.
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ToastedCheese — 3 years ago(July 09, 2022 10:08 PM)
Soul Venal is a religious whack job. Margaret White is probably his mother.
He’s been owned big time on his anti-abortion stance, so he started flooding a myriad of any post I made on any thread with a biblical quote. He thought it would deter and frustrate me.
I just gave him small sarcastic responses back pertaining to all his quotes. All he did was bump the topics…..
Norman! What did you put in my tea? -
ToastedCheese — 3 years ago(July 09, 2022 10:24 PM)
There is not a lot to be impressed by. Religion has festered, because it keeps people down and away from growth and personal empowerment. It is a tool that then gets misused and manipulated for power and control over others.
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I love hutch — 3 years ago(July 09, 2022 10:38 PM)
The only religion(s) that I have found to be impressive are the Native Americans approach to spirituality. It is devoid of judgment, very much (from what I know) based in the cycle of life. They are also a very peaceful people. I think that the Cherokees were the main tribe who were actually capable of violence.
Also, many Native Americans recognize and cherish and revere those unique individuals of "the third gender".
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I love hutch — 3 years ago(July 09, 2022 07:22 PM)
Prove that sentience begins when you say it does.
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Sentience is not something that can be proven. It just is and either it's something that you connect with or you don't. And I am very happy and grateful to be one of those who vibrates along the wavelength of synchronicity as it lives in the wild.
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I love hutch — 3 years ago(July 09, 2022 08:33 PM)
I believe it happens the moment your level of awareness is able to take it in. The first time I became aware of synchronous energy was about 20 years ago. It was Winter in Chicago and I was riding the 'L' home. I missed my regular stop, got off at the next stop. I was thinking to myself that I wish I could get in with the Chicago Public School System so I could substitute teach and make some extra money. I got off the train maybe five blocks north of the building I lived in, I turned the corner, walked half a block South, saw a large elementary school building ahead and looked up at the marquee which read "Substitute Teachers Wanted, call 773-553-####". I probably got chills. I can't remember, but it was something I felt to disregard would be foolish in the extreme. Of course, I followed through.
Ever since then I get these signs several times a year, some of them are more/less magnificent than others, but I respect and cherish every single one of them. It is my choice to pay heed. Not everybody is going to look at it the same way. And that's fine.
"My life is over. I might as well dance with Johnny Slash!"