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What Movies Have You Seen Lately?

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Post by Nefret » Fri June 1st, 2012, 3:16 am

[quote=""SonjaMarie""]Is Spamalot on DVD, I can't find it at Netflix.

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It is not on the Netflix, and I can't find it online. Not sure about the DVD.
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Post by fljustice » Fri June 1st, 2012, 7:28 pm

[quote=""DianeL""]In the world of this actual thread, I did finally finish the reboot of Battlestar Galactica. A lot of people seemed to reject the way it ended, but I will have to confess I don't understand what there might have been to protest. A couple of thoughts here.[/quote]

My beef was the triteness of the ending. For those who haven't seen the show and still want to, I'll put the rest of my comments in spoiler mode.
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Post by DianeL » Fri June 1st, 2012, 10:11 pm

[quote=""fljustice""]My beef was the triteness of the ending. For those who haven't seen the show and still want to, I'll put the rest of my comments in spoiler mode.
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My question, though, which is what the post was about, is ... what other options did BSG have? The entire series was a promise to get us to an ending. The ending may have been, as I put it at the blog, a "money shot" (predictable), but it was really the only way they could have *ended* - anything else would have necessitated the continuation of war in one form or another. More to the point, the entire show is a not at all subtly dropped hint TO your option 2. I can't conceive how could have taken that out of the equation and ended honestly.


[quote=""Nefret""]Did you like it? I'm going to try Spamalot now.[/quote]

Oh, my queue is so full, I've added it but not watched it yet. :)
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Post by SonjaMarie » Sat June 2nd, 2012, 2:15 am

Are you talking about "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" or the musical "Spamalot" cause that's not on DVD.

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Post by Nefret » Sat June 2nd, 2012, 6:23 am

We were talking about "Spamalot".
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Post by SonjaMarie » Sat June 2nd, 2012, 7:06 am

But that's not on DVD, I'm so confuzzled!

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Post by Nefret » Sun June 3rd, 2012, 10:32 pm

[quote=""SonjaMarie""]But that's not on DVD, I'm so confuzzled!

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I wish it was. I was trying to find it.
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Post by SonjaMarie » Mon June 4th, 2012, 2:02 am

"Dead Again", great movie.

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Post by fljustice » Mon June 4th, 2012, 9:07 pm

Hysteria, based on a play, based on "true events"--the invention of the vibrator in 1880 London. Lots of cheap laughs as our young hero doctor learns how to apply "massage" to ladies suffering from a wandering uterus to bring on a "paroxysm' which stabilizes the offending organ. Fun but predictable movie.
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Post by DianeL » Mon June 4th, 2012, 10:55 pm

SM you're inspiring me to see it ... again. Heh. :)

Faith, I actually have that scene in my WIP taking place in the early 4th century! In my time period, actually administering the treatment would have been beneath a physician, so the helping hand is that of a midwife/nurse.

Ahh, hysteria. And its time-tested ... erm ... remedies.
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