WordWolf

So, it's George's turn.

This black-and-white movie lost its original opening- about 3 minutes of material, and the footage was never recovered. The story begins in one of the three countries the US and its allies were fighting against in World War II, which meant its opening, with references to that country, were excised by the studio. The opening caption had read the name of the city, and said it was where people sang all day, and did something else in the evening relevant to this movie's title. The movie itself began with a song that was passed along, person to person, and ended at a restaurant, stopping at the Maitre'D, who goes up to an actress and begins the first dialogue of the movie. (On an unrelated note, one of its actors changed his billing in movies after this, so his name was somewhat less ethnic, also due to World War II.) This movie references both Pagliacci and Il Trovatore. A supposed exchange in another language, or possibly just gibberish, was actually plain English reversed and included in the movie BACKWARDS. It's approximately what you'd think the characters said. "Did you hear what he said? He said you're frauds and imposters, and you absolutely don't belong here at all!" "He said that about us? Why..." "That's ridiculous, that's an insult!" Later: "...I wouldn't stand for a thing like this!" "He says he didn't mean it and he wants to know if you'll stay here."

Ok, next movie. This movie lost its original opening- about 3 minutes of material, and the footage was never recovered. The story begins in one of the three countries the US and its allies were fighting against in World War II, which meant its opening, with references to that country, were excised by the studio. The opening caption had read the name of the city, and said it was where people sang all day, and did something else at night relevant to this movie's title. The movie itself began with a song that was passed along, person to person, and ended at a restaurant, stopping at the Maitre'D, who goes up to an actress and begins the first dialogue of the movie. (On an unrelated note, one of its actors changed his billing in movies after this, so his name was somewhat less ethnic, also due to World War II.)

That's the movie. Said to be a Romeo & Juliet type story, but with vampires and werewolves instead of the Capulets and Montagues. Obviously, there's more going on than that, but that's the most common quick-and-dirty description of the movie.

That's the city where R&J takes place. Vampires plus R&J references should shout out one movie.

The woman was Irene Cara, the advertised "star" was Mr T, and the movie was "DC Cab." I remember Gary Busey was in it. I forget if Bill Maher was in it. Who was the star, again?

Didn't catch the reference to the theme song. Well, I'll muddle through anyway.

I don't know if "Interview With the Vampire" included references to bullets like this movie. There was no reference to "The Two Gentlemen From Verona." You confused it with a MUCH more famous play that took place in Verona.

Two houses, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene. Where ancient grudge breaks through to new mutiny, where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. (No, wait, those lines never appeared in this movie.) Ok, George, if it isn't a "Twilight" movie, what COULD it be?

I wish we could get some more variety if it's supposed to be CoIE. I mean, the final 5 Earths in CoIE were: Earth-1 (Justice League), Earth-2 (Justice Society), Earth-4 (Captain Atom, Blue Beetle, Charlton heroes), Earth-S (Fawcett heroes like the Marvel Family and Bulletman), and Earth-X (the Freedom Fighters.) I'm not going to see representatives of "the Shazam Squadron of Justice", and I'm a little disappointed. But if I was a big fan of Supergirl or Barry, I'd be a little worried- they both were the big casualties of CoIE (even if DC took it back later.)

I'm lost, but willing to take a swing. Was this "THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW"?

I was waiting to use Hamill next, since I thought he was almost as much a giveaway as some of the live actors.

He's not dead? Then tell him we're Batman!

Hm. I see Bruce Lee......

That is CORRECT. Hard to imagine Curtis Armstrong actually played him in something, but The Joker has been around in a LOT of formats. I didn't even get to the more famous portrayals. Ted Knight, Frank Welker and Lennie Weinrib did a lot of voice acting for 60s/70s cartoons, so that limited the choices a lot.

" Soon, Marcus will take the throne, and a tide of anger and retribution will spill out into the night. Differences will be set aside. Allegiances will be made. And soon, I will become the hunted. " "The weapons had evolved, but our orders remained the same: Hunt them down and kill them off, one by one. A most successful campaign. Perhaps too successful. For those like me, a Death Dealer, this signaled the end of an era. Like the weapons of the previous century, we, too, would become obsolete. Pity, because I lived for it. " "Look at this mess." "A.G. rounds, high content. Prevented him from making the change."

Curtis Armstrong Joaquin Phoenix Jared Leto Brent Spiner Alan Tudyk Lennie Weinrib Ted Knight Frank Welker Kevin Michael Richardson Jeff Bennett James Patrick Stewart John DiMaggio

No, but I would love to see Brent Spiner and Alan Tudyk attempt to play "Johnny Cash" sometime.

This is NOT a "Twilight" movie.

While I agree that the things he did were antithetical to God's will (and would push one AWAY from God rather than drawing one CLOSER to God), I'm doubtful he was EVER close to God. His decision to get into preaching was as a career move, not as a calling. His neighbors thought it was ridiculous- he'd earned a reputation as a showoff, a braggart, a bully. His first 2 years as a preacher were punctuated- according to him- with him considering quitting. That's TWICE in the first TWO YEARS. He could deliver a sermon, but it wasn't until the first year of doing so was over that he even considered the idea that the Bible was God's Word. (What was he basing the sermons ON for a year?) He had a history of editing the work of other Christians. The rise of his speaking some things people consider excellent or more can be traced directly to his exposure to the writings of Bullinger, the book by Stiles, and the class of Leonard. In fact, the things he said that were considered noteworthy were all taken directly from those 3 sources. (There were other sources with more minor influences like Kenyon.) He put forth that he was getting all this from God Almighty and that he was going solely to the Bible as his textbook and his workbook, as he said many times. One interesting result of repeating aloud the contents of the works of others was the occasional inability to understand something, and repeating it incorrectly, then changing later and saying something completely different. From Bullinger, he got "all without exception" and "all without distinction", and later "all without exception" and "all with A distinction." His explanations of the differences between other (allos) and other (heteros) were inconsistent for the same reason. According to the pfal class, "anabolepto" means to physically witness- but in the book, "eidon" means to physically witness. For a man who supposedly JUST read the Bible for hundreds of hours a week, he still managed to get confused on who Paul heard say he "almost persuaded to be a Christian." He couldn't remember if it was Felix or Festus. He couldn't pick from either because it was neither- it was AGRIPPA who said it. Why did vpw sound convincing while saying stuff that sounded like it had such good substance? He plagiarized entirely the works of those who taught good substance. His only skill there was in preaching it. vpw could take a speech and make it sound heartfelt and personally meaningful even if he didn't believe it nor understood it. Actors do much the same. Any actor worth the name can take something, and recite it, and emote it fully with no connection to the content. There's one exercise where a couple had a romantic scene- where the dialogue was entirely composed of a supermarket shopping list, recited romantically. I'm hardly a noted actor, and I once emoted a speech where the content was a recipe. It's a skill among actors, and among politicians. Con artists can have it also. vpw sold the whole picture after assembling it- that he was a real man of God. We bought it because he was convincing- and partly because others we trusted bought it before us. So, I don't think vpw HAD a connection with God to be disconnected FROM. I think he was emoting and imitating the connections of valid Christians, and filling in the rest with empty showmanship. He'd pause, then claim he'd gotten revelation on something. He'd hide his sources of information, and insinuate/ suggest they were all by revelation. It was all part of the con.

Curtis Armstrong Joaquin Phoenix Jared Leto Brent Spiner Alan Tudyk Lennie Weinrib

"It is the oldest story in the book- he desires the one thing he cannot have." "You may have killed me, cousin, but my will is done, regardless!" "We have to get the bullets out quickly, or they end up dying on us during questioning. " "What happens to them afterward?" "We put the bullets back in." "There is a good reason why these rules were created, and they are the only reason we have survived this long! " "We were ambushed. Death Dealers; three of them. " " And the candidate?" "We lost him." "You lost him?" "Why are you helping me?" "I'm not. I'm helping me." "Jump." "Are you f***ing kidding me?" "Calm yourself, Kraven. The human doesn't concern you. Besides, I've laid low for long enough." "Just keep your men at bay, Lucian, at least for the time being. Don't make me have to regret our arrangement." "You just concentrate on your part. Remember, I've bled for you once already. Without me, you'd have nothing. You'd *be* nothing." "You know why I have been awakened, servant?" "No, my lord, but I will soon find out." "You mean - when you find her? "Yes, my lord." "You must let her come to me. We have much to discuss, Selene and I. She has shown me a great many disturbing things. Things that will be *dealt* with soon enough. This covern has grown weak, decadent. Perhaps I should have left someone else in charge of my affairs. Still, her memories are chaotic. There is no sense of time." "Please, my lord, let me summon assistance. You are in need of rest." "I have rested enough. What you will do is summon Marcus." "But he still slumbers, my lord. Amelia and the council members are arriving tomorrow night to awaken Marcus - not you, my lord. You have been awakened a full century ahead of schedule."

I suspect so. It would be enough for me. Actually, I would have gotten it from the quote about the bullets.

While I can't say I agree on ALL points, I agree with Mark that a lot of the doctrine was adapted from Greco-Roman mythology, of shades in the underworld, tortured for eternity. I agree with him and Rob Bell that I don't buy the idea that lots of humanity will be (or are) tortured for centuries or forever. I don't see that squaring the the Bible, and I don't see that squaring with God's M.O. There was a quote, attributed to Mark Twain, where he supposedly didn't agree with it, either. It's one thing to destroy a villain, it is another to punish for a time during his sentence, but to torture forever made no sense to him. (I just don't see "eternal torture for humanity" working on paper.)

The sad thing is, if vpw had spoken sincerely and from the heart when he said that, it would have been a really good thing. He directed people to read Ephesians 6, starting at verse 10. He read aloud, misreading aloud so everyone reading along could catch the distinction. " 'Finally, my brethren, be strong in vp wierwille." *group 'no'* "Say it LOUDER!" *group 'NO!'* "That's right. You're not strong in vp wierwille. Many of you may have heard God's Word from me, but I didn't die for you." *shout from offside that sounded like VF* "IT WAS JESUS CHRIST!" "You said it, man!" Then vpw criticized people who say to look at this or that leader. "I look at The Word, baby!" Sadly, all of that was show. vpw wanted us to look to vpw, but when the microphones were on, he knew to say the opposite. Who would possibly believe the accounts of the victims, of the abused, when vpw said the opposite IN PUBLIC? Who would imagine vpw could be such a Grade A Hypocrite that he could do that all the time? It sounds ridiculous, and if there wasn't so much testimony from so many witnesses and so many victims, it might not be possible to accept that vpw did it. vpw SO deluded himself into thinking he was "THE Man of God" that- when he was in his final hours of life, he wracked his brain, looking for how he could somehow have "missed it" and failed God so he couldn't Super-Believe into instant health. He looked back on his life, and was unable to find anything sufficient. That was all for himself, alone. Now, THAT'S quite a level of delusion.