> On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:50:21 -0800, Phoebee Caulfield
> notbex.edu> wrote:
>

>>In article 4ax.com>, metro-
>>golden-meower says...
>>

>>> On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:31:07 -0800, Phoebee Caulfield
>>> notbex.edu> wrote:
>>>

>>>>In article <9pccr21amqqtkm4kavfo5tm7k18jl4rlci@4ax.com>, metro-
>>>>golden-meower says...
>>>>

>>>>> On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 11:00:41 -0800, Phoebee Caulfield
>>>>> notbex.edu> wrote:
>>>>>

>>>>>>In article <46c0r2l62ojv3kl9p8s73jr2l9qmdl9sfs@4ax.com>, metro-
>>>>>>golden-meower says...
>>>>>>

>>>>>>> On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:39:38 -0800, Phoebee Caulfield
>>>>>>> notbex.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>In article <31kvq25c2qcd13pug2rfgr14t776jpu9ve@4ax.com>, metro-
>>>>>>>>golden-meower says...
>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 18:35:04 -0800, Phoebee Caulfield
>>>>>>>>> notbex.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>In article 4ax.com>, metro-
>>>>>>>>>>golden-meower says...
>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:45:08 -0800, Phoebee Caulfield
>>>>>>>>>>> notbex.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>>>In article 4ax.com>, metro-
>>>>>>>>>>>>golden-meower says...
>>>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 23:08:39 -0600, Max Grrl gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>In article <7q4jq259spjaoq5b2ucbjdgav463empgsd@4ax.com>,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>metro-golden-meower meow.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 21:21:11 -0600, Max Grrl gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>In article 4ax.com>, the mekon
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 19:11:56 -0600, Max Grrl gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>In article 4ax.com>, the mekon
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 27 Dec 2006 22:22:58 GMT, ThePsyko itookmyprozac.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On 27 Dec 2006 I stormed the castle called alt.hackers.malicious and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>heard
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the mekon cry out in news:j5r5p2h9lnovmevss88uas9pbmn3inkv4r@4ax.com...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 09:37:44 -0600, Kali wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>"Haha made you
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>scream/care" etc. is an a.f thing, anyway.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> its just an af thing eh. funny how its appeared in auk an awfull lot
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> over the years. oh. you'd not know that would you, you're still a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> slurpfesting cleless newbie who cannot defend herself from a kook let
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> alone a flamer.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>If she can't defend herself, why are you calling her names and taking
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>such
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>an agressive stance? Does it make you feel big to pick on the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>defenseless?

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> becauuse i can, plus, it gives you a chance to pay for all that head
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you've recieved, sir galahad.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Isn't what Hitler said before he blitzed London??

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> no idea. i don't speek kraut.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>LOL, I used to . . . spent about 5 years in Germany. Can't remember a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>fucking word of German now, though.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Musta been all that double-bock . . . (yeah, I'm misspelling it - too
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>fucking lazy to look it up).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>You know, I coulda just been fooled, but all the Germans I ever spoke
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>to hated the fuck outta Hitler.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> like being a nazi and admiting it is going to be something anyone
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> would do unless they're a skinhead and proud.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Okay, let me be more specific, the Germans I knew I'm fairly sure were
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>jewish - to them, just saying the name "Hitler" was enough to clear a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>room or start a fight.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> or upset a few poles.

>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Springtime for Hitler and Germany
>>>>>>>>>>>>Winter for Poland and France...

>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> the producers is a funny film. yet another classic hollywood thinks
>>>>>>>>>>> wasn't good enough and had to remake.

>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>When I saw the remake I didn't realize that Mel Brooks was
>>>>>>>>>>behind it as he was the original - if I had, that might have

>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> i didn't know mel brooks was involved with the remake. even knowing
>>>>>>>>> that, i'll not watch it. a remake just does not appeal to me, well to
>>>>>>>>> be honest, none of the remakes realy appeal to me.

>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>What we have now is a movie based on a Broadway play that was
>>>>>>>>based on a movie about people making Broadway plays. Getting
>>>>>>>>close to an infinite regress here...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Mel Brooks wrote all three versions - the original movie, the
>>>>>>>>stage play, and the new movie. He also directed the original,
>>>>>>>>and produced the remake. The original was his directorial debut
>>>>>>>>(and made one heck of a hard act to follow) and won him an Oscar
>>>>>>>>for best screenplay.

>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> i'm not supprized the film won him an oscar. it is after all one very
>>>>>>> very funny film. its one of those films i don't mind watching more
>>>>>>> than once. there are not many of those. have you ever seen passport to
>>>>>>> pimlico? that's one of my all time favourates.

>>>>>>
>>>>>>I haven't, but a quick look-up shows a plot line that could be
>>>>>>really funny, and the Amazon reviews are really good. Adding to
>>>>>>my Netflix queue - thanks!

>>>>>
>>>>> i hope you enjoy it. most of the ealing commedys are realy good.

>>>>
>>>>It should be here via post in time for Sat. Nite movies at home.
>>>>I'll let you know what I think.

>>>
>>> i hope you enjoy it. i strongly suggest the whisky galore film, that
>>> is another realy good ealing commedy.
>>>

>>>>> another realy good english film to check out is kind hearts and
>>>>> coronets. its an absolute classic.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ealing_Studios
>>>>>
>>>>> wisky galore is also very very good. i'd thoughly recomend it. i seem
>>>>> to recal there also being a sequal. i cannot remember what it is
>>>>> called though.
>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>softened my reaction a bit. But even then, there is no way the
>>>>>>>>>>new cast compares well to the original. Nathan Lane and Matthew
>>>>>>>>>>Broderick don't belong on the same set as Zero Mostel and Gene
>>>>>>>>>>Wilder. That's almost as bad as George Clooney doing Sinatra...

>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> i couldn't believe it when the lady killers was remade. its an ealing
>>>>>>>>> classic which i actualy have a paid for copy as well as having
>>>>>>>>> downloaded it. what kind of idiot would think you could improve on a
>>>>>>>>> film like that, which had a cast whos calbre would be impossible to
>>>>>>>>> match these days with the shite actors we have nowadays?

>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I've never been a Tom Hanks fan, and the idea that he could
>>>>>>>>replace Sir Alec Guinness is indeed ludicrous. Not to mention
>>>>>>>>Peter Sellers, Jack Warden & crew.

>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> i don't like him either. if i find out he's in a film it puts me right
>>>>>>> off. i feel the same about that little midget, what's his name, tom
>>>>>>> cruise. i think i'm kind of lucky growing up seeing actors like those
>>>>>>> guys, peter sellers, alec guinness etc, in films on tv on a saturday
>>>>>>> or sunday afternoon when i was a kid back in the 70's and early 80's.

>>>>>>
>>>>>>Youngster!

>>>>>
>>>>> i was born in 68. i'm not exactly that young any more.

>>>>
>>>>You haven't even reached middle-age yet. I took my first
>>>>programming course in '67...

>>>
>>> i guess to find out how old you are i'd have to carbon date you?

>>
>>I'd prefer something a little less ... destructive

>
> lop the top of your head off and count the rings?

>>>>>>> have you also seen genevieve? that's another realy enjoyable film.
>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>I'll have to ponder a bit on the question of whether there are
>>>>>>>>any remakes I've seen that were at least as good as the original
>>>>>>>>None come immediately to mind.

>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> i cannot think of a remake i thought was any good. there may be. i
>>>>>>> just cannot think of it.

>>>>>>
>>>>>>A quick look thru my library shows three: Planet of the Apes (I
>>>>>>wasn't that fond of the original, but I had expected much better
>>>>>>from Tim Burton with the remake); The Mummy (another case where

>>>>>
>>>>> i was rather dissapoined with the remake. it just didn't work for me.
>>>>> i quite liked the mummy remake and the sequal. they're both good kids
>>>>> filims.
>>>>>

>>>>>>I wasn't impressed by the original but the remake still let me
>>>>>>down); and Godzilla, where I think the remake is almost as good
>>>>>>- its has some great lines and scenes, and I really like Jean
>>>>>>Reno. Altho it might have been better positioned if done as a
>>>>>>sequel and not a remake.

>>>>>
>>>>> i thought the godzilla remake was ok. not a film i'd go out of my way
>>>>> to watch again.
>>>>>

>>>>>>Of course, the quality of sequels is generally no better than
>>>>>>remakes, but that's another (sub)thread. *g*

>>>>>
>>>>> remember the old days when theads used to be renamed to fit the
>>>>> subject at hand?

>>>>
>>>>I remember the old days when the NOTB horde would change the
>>>>subject on every poast in a froup for grins.

>>>
>>> for the life of me i cannot think what notb is. i bet i know and just
>>> cannot remember. or maybe never knew in the first place.

>>
>>As Snuh poasted, it is/was News Of The (San Francisco) Bay. It
>>was a political discussion group who's regulars would have fit
>>in with the af crowd. We were hosted on the American Civil
>>Liberites Union First Amendment 'Freedom of Speech' website, but
>>it turned out our speech was a tad bit freer than they had
>>anticipated, so the whole crew was banned from the server. I

>
> speech is either free or its not. i guess those guys don't believe in
> fos. fuckheads.

>>convinced most of the group to join me on usenet in 98 or 99,
>>just in time to jump into the Meower / werewolf and Meower /
>>vjiking 'conversations'. A couple of the group still poast to
>>alt.fan.notb from time to time, and I've seen Meowchi hither and
>>yon fairly recently.

>
> did you ever get any email from that bloke from the wereweenies ng
> asking you politely to stop x-posting? i was amazed at how polite he
> was.

>
> as for notb i just added it to the x-post line. maybe they could be
> trolled back over for some usenet fuckery with some deserving
> fuckheads. i'm sure there are still plenty out there who deserve
> whatver comes their way. pluss i'm bored and missing all the
> cascading, trolling, invasions, flaming, meowing and stuff. without
> it, usenet seems realy tame, dull and boring over all.