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  1. BTW, I've never seen "Good Will Hunting." Considering the cast, I know that's strange. Getting me to sit still for a movie seems harder than ever, lately.
  2. The blacklisted actress might be Jane Fonda, but that's all I've got so far.
  3. Except for that last part, that COULD have been "Scott Pilgrim Vs The World." Once again going from incomplete knowledge, any chance this was "CHASING AMY"???
  4. Hello. If you want to socialize, we have game threads still going in the Games forum, and you are still welcome to join. "From 2002-2008 I was an advocate here that we return to PFAL to see how much we missed the first time(s), and to see how much we forgot or drifted from. I am convinced that 99% of all the woes reported here are due to us all NOT GETTING IT RIGHT the first times." You also outright contradicted the Orange Book in a few major issues- like vpw claiming we could get to the originals and how we could do that, and you saying we could NOT, and vpw saying something like 90% of Scripture means just what it says, and you saying the meanings are hidden, and vpw saying the class (book, once edited) was a class of KEYS and was to UNDERSTAND Genesis to Revelation but not to replace them, and you said it DID replace Genesis to Revelation. You said a lot of things, and usually switched to vague, uninformative wordings in order to obscure either a lack of substance or outright contradicting pfal while explaining pfal. Most of us here were around to see all of that, but a few new people may have missed it. For those people, I'd like to add that I in no way exaggerated what he said nor misrepresented it. Most people who have passed through these metaphorical doors are convinced that the problems were due to vpw violating the Bible and fair moral and legal codes while claiming he was our spiritual leader, and teaching his disciples to be two-fold the child of hell that he was- although, frankly, few matched in in that respect. Most actually cared about people, and only a tiny handful were that sociopathic or that fanatical to match him. You reluctantly agreed he wasn't perfect, but credited that to him being "OVERgifted" probably due to him being "born with an overabundance of brains and brawn" and "where he walked, the earth shook." (Seriously, those were his words, not mine.) You said the keys to getting it right were the hidden keys to pfal you knew and none of us did, and that the failure to get it right wasn't due primarily to pfal being a flawed product. "In those years I was only able to get a very small few of the GreaseSpotters to view things this way. The few of us came back to PFAL, this first wave of us, found it to be better than when we originally enjoyed it. " There were fewer people in your new group than in the "Heavens Gate" comet watchers, or so many other groups convinced they were there primarily due to some secret they know. The US is loaded with people who think they know "the secret" to what's really going on. Thousands of people believe that. The great obscurity of your product, and the requirement that one have fond, nostalgic twi memories seriously limits the target audience of the public. " I predicted back here at GreaseSpot then that I was only dealing with the "First Wave" of those returning to PFAL. " Nostalgia arrives in waves with decades. That's true regardless of content. And calling a handful of people a "first wave" shows a disregard for the term "wave." [To be followed with claims he did not, then later claims he was metaphorical in some way and that I failed to understand him, then later claims it was deliberate so someone could "spring his trap." Some of these posts follow VERY predictable patterns- like Mike returning after being refuted completely and claiming that his last visit showed him coming up with answers to everything and coming off unscathed.] "About 2 or 3 years ago I started seeing lots of Facebook Groups being started by lots of pro-PFAL people, and many comments by other pro-PFAL people. " Defining "pro-pfal" can change who is meant by a lot. By some definitions, that would include ME. Also, "many" is a remarkably vague term. "The number of Facebook Groups" is a lot like when twi defined a 5-person graduating class ENTIRELY by which percentage was going on to do what- 20% to do this, 20% to do that, which was 1 person each time. Facebook groups can be of a single person and a tiny, occasional audience. They also OVERLAP a lot- so 10 Facebook groups on this probably include 80% overlap- or more- of their audiences. "Every now and then a nay-sayer chimes in, but it's obvious how ineffective they are." Isn't it amazing how ineffective a naysayer can be, when they show up at a venue with a purpose to which they are diametrically opposed? ""After 35+ years now, lots of people are done comparing the flurry of clone classes that cropped up after 1986, and have found they fall way short of the original." That's not what they themselves are saying- that's your opinion of what they are doing. Their own answers would be quite different, and NOT rely on vpw, pfal, or anything involving a farm outside New Knoxville, in most cases. BTW, out of the supposed 100,000 people who took pfal, there are perhaps a few HUNDRED, at most, who are doing the splinter thing, with another few hundred if you include twi and SOWERS and so on, the groups with the authoritarian leaders and so on. In nearly every case, the audiences are all aging out- and in the other, the soil doesn't have depth. "
  5. "Sitting on a park bench, eyeing little girls with bad intent."
  6. "CALIFORNIA DREAMING," the Mamas and the Papas, I think.
  7. The only song with "little daring" I recall is "HERE COMES THE SUN," by the Lads from Liverpool.
  8. In "Wayne's World", he was Noah (Vanderhof) of Noah's Arcade, the new corporate sponsor (aka "sphincter boy.") In "Groundhog Day", he was the mayor of Punxhataney (guy in top hat who talks to the groundhog.) He was in other movies as well.
  9. He was making conversation, and curious about a previous clue. That's it.
  10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogan's_Heroes#Legal_issues "Donald Bevan and Edmund Trzcinski, the writers of the 1951 play Stalag 17, a World War II prisoner-of-war story turned into a 1953 feature film by Paramount Pictures, sued Bing Crosby Productions, the show’s producer, for infringement. Their lawsuit was unsuccessful. While the jury found in favor of the plaintiffs, a federal judge overruled them. The judge found "striking difference in the dramatic mood of the two works."[12][17]"
  11. Midnight Madness Light of Day Casualties of War Bright Lights, Big City The Secret of My Success Doc Hollywood
  12. "Mama, just killed a man, put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger now he's dead."
  13. Hm. She sleeps above her covers... apparently 6 feet above her covers....
  14. Ok, then, let's see... Ed O'Neill Wayne's World Brian Doyle Murray
  15. For the curious, now that Human has posted the answer, A was "The Daily Show." Host Trevor Noah has an interesting perspective on events like "Black Lives Matter" because he sees them through a filter of growing up in South Africa, then moving to the US, rather than growing up in the US. I've found myself agreeing at points, and disagreeing at points of how to interpret video clips he has aired. After a while, having a long, unbroken run of black guests who were there to talk politics wore thin for me. Hopefully, he's finished with that, at least until next February. (The Daily Show is billed as a COMEDY.) "A Late Show with Stephen Colbert" aired from SC's house, and now airs from an office in the same building as the Ed Sullivan Theater. A number of his comments show a particularly geeky turn of thought- much moreso since the Covid crisis began and he may be winging it more.
  16. B IS "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert." Actually, right now, it's "A Late Show with Stephen Colbert" until they go back to live audiences in the theater.
  17. Ok, next round. Get one show correct to advance. This Covid crisis has really altered TV schedules. A lot of older stuff came out of the drawers, and a number of new items got rushed into production, while a lot of current stuff got stopped for a season. Some shows, however, managed to retool and continue airing, albeit with some radical changes. A) This show continued to air through the worst isolation. However, it was great if you wanted to stay current during Black HIstory Month, and it seemed to transform from a comedy show to a "Black Empowerment" show with little humor. Blame the host entirely. who knew all about race relations- in another country but not about the US. He did, however, put a fake "World Cup" trophy toy on a shelf, visible in camera for most or all of the shows filming from his home. His foreign accent has, BTW, gotten a lot lighter over the last few years. B) This show continued to air through the worst isolation as well. Still airing but still not in its usual studio, the current set is nonetheless decorated and resembles the host's office, imaginary or real, complete with a Captain America shield on the wall and in camera shot. The "meanwhile" feature has been "quarantine-while" for the past year. He's also had his limited editions of the Lord Of The Rings books on display, and used them as a point of discussion. His current set is in the same building his studio is in-the Ed Sullivan Theater- but they're not using the studio right now because of obvious reasons (the current crisis.)
  18. Each of those was an homage to something in the mythos- the Ibistick of Ibis the Invincible should be easier to recognize, if anything.
  19. "Hadoken!" "I can see why Rocky climbed up all the way here." "W-Why aren’t you talking?” "We’re gonna need more money.” "Why? You were in there for, like, five minutes.” "Dude, they were very convincing!” "Oh… You’re… that guy. Hey, listen, I don’t have any money.” "Do not patronize me, boy!” This is a stand-alone movie, and should not be confused as any sort of sequel to the previous movie- which was so long ago few people remember it even exists. One goof accidentally displayed a clear view of Minneapolis' skyline in what was a movie set in a completely different city. The laws of inertia suggest several moments in the movie might not make any sense- but that depends on exactly how certain things work in this movie- which is never stated and, obviously, could make a big difference. Survivor's song "Eye of the Tiger" appeared in this movie, and appropriately so (according to some diehard fans.) One critique of this movie is that it was neither targeted specifically for adults- making for a grittier film- nor for kids- which would have made a more family-friendly film. In 1996, Shaq played a genie in a movie called "Kazaam" (IIRC, the name of the genie.) For reasons unclear to me, some people keep asking what connection that movie has with this movie. The answer is: NONE WHATSOEVER. The relics that were snuck into the background may be known to fans- a burning violin, a mirror with a face, a magic wand with a bird on it. That doesn't even mention the reptilians playing poker in a "don't blink" moment.
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