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Posted by Blinky the Shark on 07/13/07 08:42
Neredbojias wrote:
> Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Fri, 13 Jul 2007
> 04:34:28 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.
>
> Ah, Animal House! One of the great classics of all time. Not
> surprising you have "salty" taste.
>
> Regarding your film-perusing habits, ya know what it is? Human
> brains are more developed and thus capable of absorbing subtle
> data they might have missed the first time or reliving a sublime
> experience stimulated by an especially meaningful cinematic
> scene. Sharks, on the other hand, are rather blunt and tend to
> be less interested in things they can't eat.
>
>>>>> 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.
>
> Well, did you like it? It's considered a classic by most
> critics.
1. Sure. 2. That's why I rented it.
Ditto "The Sea Hawk".
>>>> No, I've seen too many Google Groupers.
>>>
>>> Well, ya gotta admit, they make everyone else look good.
>>
>> That's probably debatable WRT WebTVheads.
>
> Er, true. Furthermore, there's *some* people, even right here
> on this newsgroup, that wouldn't look good standing next to an
> unpainted pig pen. Have you ever thought of going to Australia
> for lunch?
Nah. I just killfile the irrational. Saves mileage.
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