WordWolf

I can offer 2 possibilities. 1 is NOSTALGIA. 1 is FEAR. The world changes all the time. Most of us can embrace some of the changes, given time to adapt. Then there are always people who will go out of their way NOT to. I know of a 90-something year old woman who has made it a goal to understand computers and has progressed over time. I know some 70-somethings who almost have to be dragged along whenever something about computers is discussed, even if it concerns their own interests. So, there is FEAR of new things, fear of the unknown. Look for a rotary phone in a home if you're unsure if someone fears new technology. Look for the VHS player where the DVD player might go. The other thing is NOSTALGIA. If you're used to a relative getting drunk and causing a scene every Christmas or something, that's now part of your routine and it may just not be Christmas without calling Cousin Stewpot a taxi and sending him home. Nostalgia ties into the fear of the new by being the comfort of the old- and missing all the old things no matter if they were good for you. So, fearful of the new, even if it is much better often, rather than look, some people retreat into what they know, even if it is grossly inferior. It's sad, but human.

Tom Petty, "Running Down a Dream."

If that's the criteria, then no wonder I'm unfamiliar with the lyrics of this song.

*checks* I know I don't know this one.

Now I might not get sleep trying to figure this one...

Maybe give us some of the actors, or expand the description. I've found Wikipedia and IMDB useful for finding descriptions and actor lists to work from.

I never saw it, but I think "Curb Your Enthusiasm" qualifies also. Meanwhile, we have a "FREE POST."

That's it.

Here's a triple movie...... A successful publisher finds his life taking a turn for the surreal after a car accident with a jaded lover. After an injury leaves him no alternative but to survive by being placed in cryonic suspension, he begins to have lucid dreams of New York City being attacked by giant robots and scientists disappearing, and a scientist trying to build a new future, while he becomes a secret agent trying to prevent a plan to induce war between China and the UK. Stars Cruise and Cruz, Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Sir Lawrence Olivier, Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher, and Dame Judi Dench.

Here's a triple movie...... A successful publisher finds his life taking a turn for the surreal after a car accident with a jaded lover. After an injury leaves him no alternative but to survive by being placed in cryonic suspension, he begins to have lucid dreams of New York City being attacked by giant robots and scientists disappearing, while he becomes a secret agent trying to prevent a plan to induce war between China and the UK. Stars Cruise and Cruz, Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher, and Judi Dench.

In the spirit of the season, you can declare all the responders to be winners and make it a "free post" among them. That's what I'd do. "Murphy Brown" was about a news program in Washington DC. "Back To You" was about a news program in Pittsburgh.

The titles are in the same order as the clues.

Here's a triple movie...... A successful publisher finds his life taking a turn for the surreal after a car accident with a jaded lover. After an injury leaves him no alternative but to survive by being placed in cryonic suspension, he begins to have lucid dreams of New York City being attacked by giant robots and scientists disappearing, while he becomes a secret agent trying to prevent a plan to induce war between China and the UK.

"Sandy, you can't just walk out of a drive-in movie!"

Yes. Too easy?

Someone (apparently very young) saw a repeat of this older show (seen in syndication sometimes) and said it reminded them of a cleaner version of 2 1/2 Men. This show's continuity was a little soft- the main characters met originally on jury duty, or in the army, or as children when one's father ran a speakeasy and the other's father was his optometrist, depending on the episode.

"Howard the Duck Dynasty."

I'm now wondering whatever came of Steve Gerber's lawsuit. I'll have to look it up.

That's it.

"Dead Poets Society." What do you call it when you have 12 lawyers buried up to their heads in manure? Not enough manure.

Fans of this particular movie, or trivia fans should get this one quickly. "It was good of you to come!" "How could I not?" "How... Did my work please you?" "..I never knew that music like that was possible." "..You flatter me." "No, no! One hears such sounds, and what can one say but... 'Salieri."

*thinks* Haven't seen it, but IIRC, Popeye Doyle was a character in "the French Connection".

Of all people, the prospect of even possibly losing my memory with advancing age frightens me a lot more than death does. However, at the very least, some people have been able to retain a positive life in the face of that. I was reading online about a family dealing with a grandmother who was slowly having memory holes. She was at hope, reminiscing about a boy she knew and wished she'd stayed in touch with...and the family insisted she married him. She accused them of teasing her, and they replied by telling her to look in the next room. She did, saw her husband, and lit up like someone who found something precious they thought they'd lost for life. It was a short story, but I thought there was something beautiful about it. I think focusing on an Awesome God, and an Awesome Lord and Saviour is worth any possible side-effects, although I suspect there are few beyond a more positive outlook, and hopefully a more peaceful, beatific one.

Santa Clause 3-the Escape Clause Peter Boyle Taxi Driver

twi can never let people "arrive" for at least 3 reasons: 1) the marketing is that enlightenment will arrive with the NEXT class, the NEXT program. It drives repeat business because the person keeps needing them to arrive. They "chase the dragon" but never catch it, so to speak. You have your own Blue Book? Everyone in your family needs their own copy. You all have the Blue Book? You don't have the special Anniversary Blue Book. You took "the class"? You didn't take the CURRENT one and will not be considered a grad of "the class" anymore until you take it.... Moving the goalposts is the way they make money when it's not through tithes and other mandatory "optional donations." 2) If people "arrive", they will feel they can hold opinions, think for themselves, and plan and execute plans independently. That is a FEAR of twi. People must OBEY and must NOT think. 3) If people are told "now you have arrived", then they can figure out the arrival was bs because they aren't any different now and no special revelation has erupted to match your arrival. Then the scam is exposed. twi-keeping members in fear and subjection to ensure profit and repeat business.