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Posted by Blinky the Shark on 07/13/07 04:34
Neredbojias wrote:
> Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Thu, 12 Jul 2007
> 20:30:16 GMT Blinky the Shark scribed:
>
>> With the advent of Netflix, my "collection" stopped growing; it
>> was never large. I don't need to see many movies more than
>> once.
>
> Really? Most of what I consider good movies I've seen more than
> once. Some, like the original "King Kong", probably 50 times or
> more.
Some of them, sure. But except for "Animal House" I doubt that
there's any film I've ever seen more than three or four times and
even the three-or-four-timers are pretty rare.
>>> Can't believe you've just seen Robin Hood. They used to show
>>> that on TV every other week when I was a kid. Did you live in
>>> a fishbowl or what?
>>
>> No. There are scores of thousands of movies in the world.
>> Also how do you know that my having seen it just a couple of
>> months ago means I never saw it before?
>
> Oh, I thought that's what you meant by that. We -are- talking
> about the Errol Flynn version, right?
I am.
>> *I* don't know if I've seen it before -- I don't
>> remember every film I've seen in my 60 years. Also the sound
>> is pretty bad under water...
>
> Water in the ears makes the brain soggy, too. However, the mind
> is the _second_ thing to go.
I've heard that.
> I remember most movies I've seen, even obscure gems like "Bosom
> Babes from Addis Ababa". <g>
>
>>>> Giant radioactive Google Groupers seeking their revenge.
>>>
>>> Ah, you've seen too many movies...
>>
>> No, I've seen too many Google Groupers.
>
> Well, ya gotta admit, they make everyone else look good.
That's probably debatable WRT WebTVheads.
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