The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......

[bjmdds]

Shaken, I can tell you one certainty about humanity: 90% of the people on this planet are selfish and irritating people. I grew up with a sibling who had developmental issues so I know exactly what you are talking about. My motto in life is simple, and twofold: 1) health=wealth and 2) treat people as they treat you. If someone acts nice, be nice in turn. If someone acts like an ass, have nothing to do with them. Ten percent of this planet represents what true humanity is supposed to represent. Also, from the greatest film ever made in the annuls of Hollywood, The Wizard Of Oz (which I know line by line from memory after watching it hundreds of times over the years), grasp onto this line from the Wizard to the tin man: "remember my sentimental friend, that a heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others".................no truer statement sums up humanity to me, and Shaken, you are loved here by all, and I mean that most sincerely

[katied]

BJ,I didn't know that about you having a sibling with a disability!



I have Aspergers, and it definitely presents some challenges for me,.It used to be a lot harder for me when I was younger.but I've learned to go with the flow a lot more.

[bjmdds]

As Julie Warner says to Michael J.Fox in Doc Hollywood, "peel an onion......there's lots of layers". I have spent my entire life dealing with family issues on this. I'm not just about hating Danielle Cr-egg as Bond. MP and Shaken have a common Bond here. In life, you never know where you meet people with similar situations and that is proven now right here in our Fortress Of Bond solitude. Twenty years ago I even came across meeting the son of the actor Fred Gwynne, in upstate Rhinebeck NY, where my sibling was living at in an adult residence, where his son also resided in. Strange thing was Fred NEVER visited his son, only his wife did, and nobody knew why.

[bjmdds]

Anyone else ever realize this tidbit mistake from the Wizard Of Oz? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO9EU0w3 ... re=related Dallas on TNT tonight too.

[Blowfeld]

[quote="A Crag-like face"

They're making another Foyle's War series? Really? The whole concept of the show was about a detective in wartime. The last series took place after the war was over and was already "off" somehow. I can't imagine a series taking place in the late 40s or 50s not feeling terribly contrived, like one of those horrid TV reunion shows.[/quote]
I wasn't happy with the last two series, however he made a promise in 50 Ships to keep it he had to go to America after the war. I don't know if they can make the transition to post war / beginning of the cold war, thou I'd still like to see how he keeps his promise.

[bjmdds]

http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=737844 No more Ann Curry in the morning. Lauer should go as well, not be given $25 million to stay. For those like me with Mac computers: http://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2012/05/ ... ocked-mac/

[bjmdds]

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/0 ... 12/138652/

[Kristatos]

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/06/19/cable-top-25-dallas-tops-cable-viewership-for-week-ending-june-17-2012/138652/

I see Legend of Korra made it into the Top 25. I have one friend in the States who will be most pleased by that news, as she is a huge fan of the show (we don't get to see it this side of the pond until September, possibly October).

[katied]

Just a heads up:the episode of House that Jeffrey Wright(Felix Leiter) was on airs again tomorrow at 8.

[Omega]

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/06/19/cable-top-25-dallas-tops-cable-viewership-for-week-ending-june-17-2012/138652/

I see Legend of Korra made it into the Top 25. I have one friend in the States who will be most pleased by that news, as she is a huge fan of the show (we don't get to see it this side of the pond until September, possibly October).

Kora is not as good as the original series the last show (this season) is Saturday. The Last Airbender was awesome, Kora is good but lacks the edge. They also copied the Clone Wars news cast episode introduction.

[bjmdds]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/sites/ ... re_a_p.jpg Oh yes, this definitely works as the new Spidey and girlfriend. FLOP. Among the early detractors is the London Evening Standard's Nick Curtis, who laments, "We finally get a British superhero" — Garfield is from London — "and he’s a bit boring." Curtis explains, "It's not Garfield's fault: He is a convincingly troubled, inarticulate Peter Parker, a springily athletic Spider-Man, and has awesome hair. His greatest enemy is the script. That, and the rather wearisome 3D." Even so, Curtis concedes that a sequel is "inevitable." omments (1)Add / View comments | Discussion FAQ
J. Jonah Jameson at 6:33 PM June 21, 2012
Not sure this Spiderman is worth seeing in the theater, sure action sequences look impressive, but a 28+ year old actor who is not convincing as a teenager, playing a teenager just does not work for me. Worse yet though is the 1. the hair - looks nothing like any Peter Parker, just looks bad 2. the mask is horrible, almost gold eyes that are way too small, what happened to the iconic big white eyes? And how is this a costume suppose to be one that a teenager handmade? 3. mess with the origin story too much 4. Would prefer a spiderman movie I can take my kids to, from the previews this is way to scary to take children to. 5. NO J. Jonah Jameson!!! /////// Standard UK – Webb’s film is slow on plot, skimpy on character development. It takes 45 minutes for Peter’s Uncle Ben (Martin Sheen) to be murdered, an hour till we see the spider suit. Then Peter goes from dorky to cocky without passing charm on the way. Brittle Gwen turns gooey the moment he turns up at school battered from fighting crime. So, chicks dig scars, right… Webb saves up most of the emotional punch for a downbeat, wet-eyed ending in which Garfield and Stone are superb…. The “RealD 3D” is fine for the flying sequences, confusing in the fights, and gives that awful cardboard-cutout look to narrative scenes./////// " On one hand, The Amazing Spider-Man certainly delivers the minimum required of its expensive genre, and those who just want another fix of super hero action with a bit of heart will probably have a good time with it. But, it's never at all jaw-dropping, stunning or even particularly exciting. It's the type of film that's not painful to watch and equally easy to shrug off -- probably not worth any serious vehemence or scorn. And yet, after I walked out of the Paris premiere, there was this part of me that just wanted to scream: As if the idea of re-booting a franchise that wrapped five years ago wasn't cynical and unnecessary enough, you then drop $215 million plus on this mediocre waste of time that offers nothing new and fails to measure up to its predecessor in almost every way?? HOW DESPERATE DO YOU THINK WE ALL ARE!?"

[bjmdds]

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news ... endes.html As Dorothy said in Oz, "now I know I'm not in Kansas anymore". What the hell is this now? How much more franchise assassination can take place? Sweeney, your thoughts on this dolt of a director? FBF, get ready to clean house. MP, run for cover.

[A Crag-like face]

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a388663/james-bond-similar-to-shakespeare-says-skyfall-director-sam-mendes.html As Dorothy said in Oz, "now I know I'm not in Kansas anymore". What the hell is this now? How much more franchise assassination can take place? Sweeney, your thoughts on this dolt of a director? FBF, get ready to clean house. MP, run for cover.

Love the photo of Craig, Mendes and the producers in that article. Babs looks like she is stoned out of her mind!

[FormerBondFan]

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a388663/james-bond-similar-to-shakespeare-says-skyfall-director-sam-mendes.html

Now this is what I call personal gain.

[A Crag-like face]

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a388663/james-bond-similar-to-shakespeare-says-skyfall-director-sam-mendes.html

Now this is what I call personal gain.

Comparing James Bond to Shakespeare with a straight face certainly shows that Mendes is willing to shovel quite a large amount of bulls**t on behalf of EON and his own critical reviews. He's basically telling us ahead of time that SF is in no way going to be a James Bond film. It's going to be pretentious twaddle that would make Shakespeare roll his eyes, were he alive and forced to see it.

[Kristatos]

Mrs Kristatos has recently started watching a show on the Universal Channel called Flashpoint, about a SWAT-type team. We thought it was a US show, but from the end credits, it actually appears to be some sort of Canadian-German co-production. I was curious if this show is actually on US TV at all. BJ? Katie? Any other US readers?

[bjmdds]

I will check to see if it is on Time Warner cable here. http://www.iontelevision.com/?schedule It's actually on BOTH cable and regular tv as well, channel 31 in NYC. http://www.iontelevision.com/about/flashpoint

[katied]

Yeah,I've heard of it. Never watched it though-I might search it out now, though. I like cop shows, if they're done right. IMO Law And Order is kinda played out at this point.

[FormerBondFan]

Here's something for Kris:

[shaken not stirred]

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a388663/james-bond-similar-to-shakespeare-says-skyfall-director-sam-mendes.html As Dorothy said in Oz, "now I know I'm not in Kansas anymore". What the hell is this now? How much more franchise assassination can take place? Sweeney, your thoughts on this dolt of a director? FBF, get ready to clean house. MP, run for cover.

Mike's starting to look a lot like trigger in only fools and horses in that pic, cregg's starting to look a bit like wayne rooney and phil mitchell from eastenders crossed with captain birdseye from the old fishfingers ads in the UK .

Bjmmds, kate: I'm not that good but cheers guys, My contact's happy with how much traffic the animation's getting on various sites, ng still harsh on it & I've submitted it to 50 animation groups on da as well and a lot of people are liking it.

I finished work training today, got a good reference to use to start beginning computer design work, wish it could've gone on longer, it was originally gonna be 6 weeks last year over the summer holidays but they kept Me on till I found work, but because they didn't have enough work to give Me later on we had to call it a day, I learned how to tween, keyframe, add buttons, photomanipulation and much more through these guys which helped Me do that animation (and lots more) and hopefully one day I can use all this to My advantage, I'm getting My foot in the door now all I need to do is put something there and keep that door open .

I'll give you guys a james bond animation sometime, see if I can do impressions of the old cast.