Have you noticed a decline in writing skills?

Ungod comments on Jun 24, 2018:

Well, I have damn sure seen some PITIFUL writing skills... Even by college students!! But I wonder if that’s because more and more people are typing text who normally never would have, and most are chatting in a hurry and simply DON’T CARE how it reads... So many people say - “as long ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 24, 2018:

"Maybe we need IGNORAMUS English" We have it is called the collected writings of EL James

Hail Jason

Ellatynemouth comments on Jun 21, 2018:

I despise the slasher film genre. Sick films for sick people.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 22, 2018:

@Ellatynemouth The unstoppable killer is one of the 8 quintessential monster, it represents the inevitability and unpredictability of death and has been around as long as there has been literature and myth. The first cinema version was the early filmed version of the Lodger, set in England and based on an English novel, as were a number of films that moved out of being thrillers (such as Peeping Tom 1960) and in to Horror films. So the first (recognizably) modern (non Italian) slasher film was the the "All through the house" section of the British tales from the Crypt 1972 where a Psychotic Santa lays siege to the home of a murderous wife, that lead directly the following year to "Black Christmas" the first actual slasher teen serial killer movie, before it was perfected in 1978 by John Carpenter in Halloween, originally meant to be a full length remake of "all through the house" but shifted from Christmas to Halloween at the insistence of the producer. It is not particularly an american phenomena, since inevitable death is a universal fear.

Hail Jason

Ellatynemouth comments on Jun 21, 2018:

I despise the slasher film genre. Sick films for sick people.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 22, 2018:

@Ellatynemouth Your entitled to your opinion, I respectfully disagree, if a person does not like a media genre they are entitled not to watch it, it is why I don't watch preachy films such as God is not dead, that seek to impose their censorious agenda on other people uninvited and feel they have a right to be respected for there self righteousness. :)

Hail Jason

Ellatynemouth comments on Jun 21, 2018:

I despise the slasher film genre. Sick films for sick people.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 22, 2018:

:) Who is asking you to watch them?

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Heraclitus comments on Jun 21, 2018:

Frankly, I'm not sure I even get Clayton's argument. Freedom of religion (religious identity) is already so protected (overprotected) in our theocratic society by the 1st Amendment that a baker doesn't even have to bake you a cake if he doesn't approve of you.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 21, 2018:

To those used to privileged, equality IS oppression. Mormons love to play the oppressed martyrs even those who to all intents and purposes actually own an entire state.

Do you believe in good and bad?

IAmLove comments on Jun 20, 2018:

i do. I look at it rather simply. bad is hurting others. Good is serving others. i like simple.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 21, 2018:

@IAmLove But right and wrong are just similes for good and bad and subject to the same subjective conditions Eating beef is wrong for a Hindu, right for a jew, eating pork is wrong for a Muslim right for a Christian. Eating meat on a Friday used to be wrong for a catholic but is right now. The bible says slavery is right, but Christians say slavery is wrong, which means saying the bible is wrong which is a blasphemy. In the example I gave, one mans tyrant is another man's democratically elected leader so you saying you would not serve him makes you a traitor for doing what you feel is right and your family might suffer for that in such a regime. You may feel you are serving the victim of the mugging by intervening, but you are making a victim of the mugger, hurting his family and without knowing his motivation, you may be doing him an injustice. All I am saying is Right and wrong, good and bad, negative and positive in society are ***not simple,*** they are subjective, trying to simplify it makes it more complex, because no two people believe exactly the same thing and will invariably come in to conflict, and both will claim to be on the side of right, good, positive thought and eventually will be willing to kill and die for that belief.

Do you believe in good and bad?

Deb57 comments on Jun 20, 2018:

I believe that making the effort to do no harm and to aid and protect those more weak or needy than myself constitutes good. And I believe that not bothering to avoid doing harm or deliberately doing harm constitutes bad or "evil." This is pretty cut and dried, so beyond that, any shades of gray ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2018:

So basically you are advocating utilitarianism.

Do you believe in good and bad?

benhmiller comments on Jun 20, 2018:

pretty simple good does not hurt others where bad does

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2018:

So defending your family is bad if it hurts someone else? Euthanasia stops the suffering of a person in pain, is that good for stopping the pain or bad for killing the sufferer?

Do you believe in good and bad?

IAmLove comments on Jun 20, 2018:

i do. I look at it rather simply. bad is hurting others. Good is serving others. i like simple.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2018:

So if a serve a leader who is a genocidal monster am I good or bad? If a person is mugging another person and I hurt them to protect the victim I am good or bad?

Religious Homosexuals

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 18, 2018:

I have never understood this either, why would you fight so hard for acceptance in to an organisation that hates who and what you are, claims you are a crime against nature and twice in its own sacred texts condemns you to painful inhumane execution. In another group I previously belonged to, I ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 19, 2018:

@AnneWimsey Sorry Anne have done or said something to upset you?

Loved Blade! Vampire Effect with Jackie Chan was really cool!

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 19, 2018:

John Carpenter's Vampires. James Woods is just so bad ass in that movie

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 19, 2018:

Jack Crow: You are truly a pile of dog shit, Cardinal.

Religious Homosexuals

jlynn37 comments on Jun 18, 2018:

Yep, you are the only one.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 19, 2018:

@RobLawrence It refers back to the last line of the OP. And from the other comments, it can be seen to be erroneous

Religious Homosexuals

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 18, 2018:

I have never understood this either, why would you fight so hard for acceptance in to an organisation that hates who and what you are, claims you are a crime against nature and twice in its own sacred texts condemns you to painful inhumane execution. In another group I previously belonged to, I ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 19, 2018:

@RobLawrence I confronted a Somali missionary in my home town with just that point, poor lad had no idea what I was talking about, so I demanded his Utah born companion explain it to him, the lousy git lied to my face and said he had never heard of the black priesthood ban and that I must be mistaken. This is how low the church has gone in its now desperate attempts to recruit new members for poor African countries.

I cannot get the "children ripped from their parents" thing out of my mind.

godlessguy comments on Jun 18, 2018:

Typical convoluted liberal comparison .Jews,gays,etc did not commit illegal actions.Society should not let people get away with illegal actions because we feel sorry for them

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 19, 2018:

@AnneWimsey I'm on your side 100%, what Trump has done is a crime against humanity, it is all very well for right wingers to scream "Illegal" and say the means justifies the end, but if it reduces you to the sort of monster that holds a child hostage to make a political point, the laws have no ethical foundation the people are right to call their leaders on it, a mark them for ever lasting shame on it

Here's a Challenge Can anyone think of a remake that is better than the original?

Forest comments on Jun 19, 2018:

David Cronenberg's 1986 remake of The Fly.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 19, 2018:

Hardly a remake, just a reworking of the central premise. None of the same characters, not even the same plot other than both involving teleportation.

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cmadler comments on Jun 19, 2018:

Ooh, I just remembered a really fun one: Hitchcock's 1956 remake of *The Man Who Knew Too Much* is better than the 1934 original of *The Man Who Knew Too Much*, which Hitchcock directed.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 19, 2018:

Yup, The studio demanded a remake, Hitchcock would not allow anyone else to do it.

A little light reading 1.

LuckyCharms comments on Jun 19, 2018:

I would pay not to read any of those ever again!

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 19, 2018:

The level of dishonesty contained in these anonymous pieces of drivel is unbelievable, published in the name of openness and transparency and then hidden away in the back waters of the web site (no 3 can't be found without the direct link) the Church was forced to publish these, but forbids members from reading them. and excommunicated one black Sunday school teacher for using them as the basis pf a lesson.

I cannot get the "children ripped from their parents" thing out of my mind.

Varn comments on Jun 18, 2018:

I’m convinced no babies are being ‘ripped’ from anyone’s hands.. This is Hyperbole, likely, the very definition. It’s being used in a desperate attempt to wound trump. I get that. But, what’s actually happening is what should have happened 30 years ago. I’ve paid attention, ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 19, 2018:

@Varn Tell you what, if you are so righteous, volunteer to be the person grabbing screaming terrified 5 year olds who have no idea what is happening away from their parents, all day everyday and explaining to them why it is perfectly all right for you to be a heartless bastard because you're a good american and they are a filthy illegal. :)

I cannot get the "children ripped from their parents" thing out of my mind.

godlessguy comments on Jun 18, 2018:

Typical convoluted liberal comparison .Jews,gays,etc did not commit illegal actions.Society should not let people get away with illegal actions because we feel sorry for them

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 19, 2018:

@AnneWimsey It is important to differentiate between illegal and immoral, some people have difficulty with that point.

Religious Homosexuals

godef comments on Jun 18, 2018:

These are not necessarily "God's" words, as they are interpretations of what God says. Basically, gays are not accepting God, they are rejecting mainstream religion. Regardless of the fact I don't believe in God, I can still appreciate the distinction they make in their decision to believe.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 18, 2018:

Believe fine, but why join a church, what would you say to a black man who wanted to Join the KKK, because he really hated black people? The comparison is no exaggeration, the only reason Christians don't stone gays is because they don't like the pillow case over the head look any more, but the KKK got that look from the Spanish Roman Catholic church Semanas in the first place, who wore the hoods to not be recognized when killing "Misbelievers".

Religious Homosexuals

Count_Viceroy comments on Jun 18, 2018:

Have you seen Jesus up on that cross? Rowwr!

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 18, 2018:

:D

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sassygirl3869 comments on Jun 18, 2018:

Very few movies have remakes that are better.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 18, 2018:

Far to many remakes are completely unnecessary, back when film was still in it's infancy, remaking a silent or black and white film with a larger budget and better technical equipment was fine, today it is largely a quick cash grab, or an attempt to get round having to be original. The rash of John Carpenter remakes in the last few years has been proven time and again that film is a cumulative art, just updating a script, and throwing money at a movie will not make it better.

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273kelvin comments on Jun 18, 2018:

I really liked Spielbergs remake of "the lady killers"

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 18, 2018:

It was the Cohen brothers and frankly was an insult. Sorry.

Voting.

Bjy001 comments on Jun 18, 2018:

A democracy won't work (and isn't even a democracy) if people don't participate. The less participation there is the easier it is to corrupt. I don't understand not voting. It's not hard to show up once a year (or however often) and push a few buttons.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 18, 2018:

It has been systematically discouraged for decades now. Seen the placards?

I cannot get the "children ripped from their parents" thing out of my mind.

Varn comments on Jun 18, 2018:

I’m convinced no babies are being ‘ripped’ from anyone’s hands.. This is Hyperbole, likely, the very definition. It’s being used in a desperate attempt to wound trump. I get that. But, what’s actually happening is what should have happened 30 years ago. I’ve paid attention, ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 18, 2018:

No you are right, babies are not being ripped away, they only take a way mature 5 YEAR OLDS.

I cannot get the "children ripped from their parents" thing out of my mind.

godlessguy comments on Jun 18, 2018:

Typical convoluted liberal comparison .Jews,gays,etc did not commit illegal actions.Society should not let people get away with illegal actions because we feel sorry for them

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 18, 2018:

Actually under the laws of the 3rd Reich yes they did, being a Jew or the decedent of a jew and remaining in Germany was a crime. Being a Homosexual was a crime as it was in the USA too at that time and the UK and the majority of Europe., so was being a gypsy in Reich territory and so was being a Freemason or a Jehovah's witness. So by the logic you posit, objecting to the "Final solution" was the act of a bleeding heart liberal acting against the law and the betterment of right thinking Aryan society, even if some pathetic left wingers did feel sorry for them, they should not have broken the law by being born in the wrong place.

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PenLOP comments on Jun 17, 2018:

Ocean’s Eleven and Casino Royale. Both of the originals kinda sucked. The newer versions, in particular Casino Royale, were much better.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 18, 2018:

Casino Royale 1967 was a parody not an adaptation and had nothing to do with the source material other than the name of the book and the name of James Bond, a very loose adaptation of Casino Royale had been done as a TV movie in 1954 about an american Intelligence agent names Jimmy Bond, hence it being the only Bond Novel at that time which had not sold the film rights to Cubby Broccoli (he lost the rights to Thunderball some years later) So there is a case for saying the 2006 version is the only real version of Casino Royale ever made. The original version of Ocean's Eleven 1960 is a classic in my opinion.

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Ozman comments on Jun 17, 2018:

I am sitting here watching His Girl Friday. Now, I need to watch the other versions (never saw 1931's The Front Page, and haven't seen 1974's in years), but from what I am hearing, this qualifies as better than the original. Changing the reporter from male to the editor's ex-wife works very well.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 18, 2018:

His Girl Friday is probably the best version of he Front page, with the Matteau and Lemon 1974 version coming is a close second, Switching Channels 1988 is probably the worst version.

Odd Shows

Torq comments on Apr 29, 2018:

I looked through the thread for Kids In The Hall and didn't see it. So... Kids In The Hall.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 17, 2018:

Kids in the hall has possibly the most brilliant sketch ever it opens on a lone soldier clamoring over the smoking ruins of a bombed school building, under a dour sky, with only the sound of burning. He gets to the top of heap of rubble raises on finger and screams "Who threw that?" Zoom out a large number of sneering army cadets sitting in school chairs trying to look innocent.

I've just finished watching Season 1 of Westworld and thought this was beautifully and cleverly ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 11, 2018:

Had Michael Crichton still been alive I doubt very much this series would ever have been made.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 17, 2018:

@LaMariposa A number of reason, firstly there is his public reaction to the last time that there was a Westworld TV series back in the 1970s, then there is his assertion that west world was just a prototype for Jurassic Park that he had simply attempted to write too early. The general philosophy of the series is not in line with Crichton's ethos, the running theme of which was that life finds a way to evolve and be itself, not that simply looking like something will imprint on it and have it endevour to be that thing. In Westworld, the film (1973), the android do not revolt in some kind of half asses allegory of the French or Russian revolution, they revolt because they are what they have been programmed to be, in the case of The Gunfighter (Yul Brenner) that is a killer and the best gun fighter in the world, he kills because he is sick of losing to inferiors, he "becomes" Likewise the animals in Jurrasic Park "become" what they were genetically designed to be, predators, not safe version for public consumption. The Terminal man, is implanted with technology to control his violent impulses, in stead it pits his mind in a war with the AI and he "becomes" the psychotic killer he always had the potential to be. In the Andromeda Strain the team are forced by time constraints to "become" what they have always had the potential to be, while faced with an enemy that is evolving fast to "become" the perfect conqueror. Crichton writes about the mantel of the arrogant Gods being ripped away and who not fully understanding their own creations are saved only by embracing there true nature, the noble savage, which ironically what they was seeking for in the first place. Westworld the TV series is about the decadence of humanity getting it's just comeuppance at the hands of the oppressed new peasantry or slave race, hardly the same thing.

Famous last words...

brentan comments on Jun 16, 2018:

That makes me wonder if all the world's a movies set and we're just actors, and the Great Director in the sky knows all the answers.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 16, 2018:

Fay Weldon once claimed to picture God as a writer, laughing hysterically and collapsing over the typewriter as constantly rewrites a person's life over and over again each time more ridiculous than the last.

'Drill rap gang banned from making music without police permission in legal first' - The Independant...

cava comments on Jun 16, 2018:

I think the increased violence in England is due to the drastic cuts the police departments have suffered under the knife of the Tory government. England has hate speech laws which enable this kind of censorship. The Independent article also includes the statement: “This isn’t going to ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 16, 2018:

It is the often made fundamental mistake of treating the symptom rather than the disease.

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5082gregory comments on Jun 16, 2018:

"Heaven Can Wait" Warren Beatty was better than the original, I think

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 16, 2018:

Here come's Mr Jordan is a good movie, but Heaven can wait does have James Mason

Quotes on Academia by Boyd K.

Heraclitus comments on Jun 14, 2018:

Wow! I am speechless. Sounds like he was renouncing Joseph Smith himself. How did he get away with it?

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 15, 2018:

@Heraclitus It is largely why there have been no revelations, or divine pronouncements from any of the prophets in almost 40 years. The LDS has redefined what a prophet is, and it does not include divine guidance, the gift of prophesy in the accepted sense, infallibility, healing, counseling, tongues, the ability to work miracles other than to live on a "modest" stipend of $120,000 per year, plus living allowance, plus parsonage allowance, plus use of church cars and transport, plus child allowance (regardless of age of children) plus food allowance and entertainment allowance, plus expenses (unlimited) for anything else needed. Oh yes and of course salaries for being the CEO of the corporation of the president of the church of latter day saints and a salary for being the CEO of the corporation of the corporation of the presiding bishop of the church of latter-day saints and administrative control of the churches investments currently valued at $32 BILLION. But so far as metaphysical and holy powers go, the Prophet can do no more than anyone else with the second anointing.

Quotes on Academia by Boyd K.

Heraclitus comments on Jun 14, 2018:

Wow! I am speechless. Sounds like he was renouncing Joseph Smith himself. How did he get away with it?

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 15, 2018:

@Heraclitus Yes because the contents were never revealed by the church but by Hoffman himself, plenty of the other forgeries he sold them had been disclosed, because they backed up the official version of the church history (the Lucy Mac letters, the printers invoice, the reformed Egyptian transcriptions) they were all bait to lend credibility to the authenticity of the Salamander letter. This was Hoffman's coup de grace and he admitted part of his motivation all along had been to embarrass the church with the most preposterous story ever, knowing they would go for it out of pure fear of their "prophet" being shown up as a satanist. when Hoffman went to trail for murder and bombings and began spilling the beans they had to admit to being tricked as the only way to get their money back.

How many of you like movie soundtracks?

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 15, 2018:

I have a lot of James Horner sound tracks, the guy is really good.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 15, 2018:

@Sheannutt So many cinematic heavy weights got their start in Roger Corman movies, he had a knack for spotting real talent before anyone else did.

Quotes on Academia by Boyd K.

Heraclitus comments on Jun 14, 2018:

Wow! I am speechless. Sounds like he was renouncing Joseph Smith himself. How did he get away with it?

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 15, 2018:

@Heraclitus I always assumed that he knew perfectly well Smith was full of shit and might well have been trying to sell the story elsewhere, something they needed to suppress :)

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Ray13 comments on Jun 15, 2018:

House of Wax, 1953 ver. the remake of 1933's Mystery of the Wax Museum. Although Fay Wray is a bonus to the original.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 15, 2018:

Yes, Fay is a great actress, sadly mostly forgotten. The two tone technicolor in Mystery is so freaking distracting, I always grey scale it when I watch.

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Ray13 comments on Jun 15, 2018:

How about Hammer films remake in 1959 of Hound of the Baskervilles. I don't feel that Peter Cushing was better than Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes, but the Hammer version seems more thrilling. Of coarse the vivid color & sets help.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 15, 2018:

Good call, there are so many versions of the Hound, that it would be hard to peg an original, but my personal favourite is the 1973 version with Stuart Grainger as Holmes and Bill Shatner as Stapleton. It is cheesy as Hell but really captures the spirit.

Hillariously Terrible Christian Parodies - YouTube

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 14, 2018:

Dead link

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 15, 2018:

@WhatsInAName Thanks, it must be geographically block, is all I can think

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Izludehyral comments on Jun 14, 2018:

That is subject to taste really. I thought dredd was better than stallone's for example.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 15, 2018:

@Quattrostagione It was awesome and was lifted directly out of the 2000 AD comic (via Starlord)

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Jnei comments on Jun 14, 2018:

I preferred the Ghostbusters reboot to the original.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 15, 2018:

It is no way as bad as people said it was, it just annoys me that Melissa McCarthy spends the whole film trying to be Dawn French instead of doing it her own way.

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Charles1971 comments on Jun 14, 2018:

I never saw the original but I really liked the 2010 remake of True Grit. I also liked the 1996 remake of The Fly. The recent Planet of the Apes movies are also good but they are significantly different than the original movies and aren't really remakes.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 15, 2018:

A case can be made for Dawn of the Planet of the apes being a remake of Conquest of the planet of the apes, but it is pushing it, taking both rise and war as as a two part remake of Battle for the planet of the apes holds a little more water. Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes is comparable to the first film in the same way as Charlie and the chocolate factory, is comparable to Willy Wonker and the Chocolate factory, in that they both use the same source material (Pierre Boulle's La monde des singes, later re-titled La Planète des singes) the latter film in both cases being much more true to the Novel, but the earlier version being a far better film.

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Ozman comments on Jun 15, 2018:

So, first a funny story (well, funny to me). I have spent most of my life in home video. I had a woman (quite snottily) ask for "Wizard of Oz, the ORIGINAL one". Oh, do you mean the 1908 silent film original, the 1925 original, or are you thinking of the 1939 version, which was actually the ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 15, 2018:

To be honest both the 1910 version and the 1925 version are actually more variations on The marvelous Land of Oz rather than the Wonderful wizard of Oz mainly because L Frank Baum's son took a controlling interest in the making of the films and had as a Child always Hated the first book. By the time the 1939 film came along he was willing to sell the rights to the first book outright, but kept the rights to the others, when the first film was a hit he demanded a fortune for the rights to the other ans so scuppered all chances of sequels. (Also the fact that some of the sequels have some very dubious content in them including Pip the hero of The Marvelous Land of Oz literally changing sex part way through the book and the introduction of a strange tramp like figure known as the Shaggy man, who steals children from our world and takes them away to Oz.) There was not an actual version of The Marvelous Land of Oz made until 1972 when an animated version was sold on the gimmick of having Liza Minelli play Dorothy (who is not in the original book) it was so unfaithful to the source material the title was changed to Journey Back to Oz. All Baum's work is out of copyright now and so is Tampered with unmercifully.

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Ozman comments on Jun 15, 2018:

So, first a funny story (well, funny to me). I have spent most of my life in home video. I had a woman (quite snottily) ask for "Wizard of Oz, the ORIGINAL one". Oh, do you mean the 1908 silent film original, the 1925 original, or are you thinking of the 1939 version, which was actually the ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 15, 2018:

I have the silent version as Pat of my laurel and hardy collection, Ollie is so freaking young in that film.

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cmadler comments on Jun 15, 2018:

The first remake that comes to mind as being better (far far better) than the original is *The Italian Job*. Seriously, that original is so bad.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 15, 2018:

I will respectfully disagree, but I am a product of the time of the original, and it is also one of the few film appearances of Noel Coward. Perhaps it is because the new version is made for an American audience too, were as the original was a British film. Did you also like the remake of Get Carter better than the original, perhaps for the same reasons?

Quotes on Academia by Boyd K.

Heraclitus comments on Jun 14, 2018:

Wow! I am speechless. Sounds like he was renouncing Joseph Smith himself. How did he get away with it?

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 15, 2018:

He wanted all the truth about Joseph's myth to be suppressed utterly and for official church historians to simply put out the official propaganda (oops "faith promoting") stories (for which read lies) Yet bare in mind this was the dick who along with former president Hinckley, current Mormon no.2 Dallin Hoax and the first presidency paid thousands of dollars for the faked up documents claiming Smith actually got the BOM from a talking golden salamander sent from the devil, mocked up by MORMON FORGER EXTRAORDINAIRE Mark Hoffman, so that they could hide them. Which for me proves absolutely the first presidency and quorum of the 12 has always known Smith was a con man and by extension so are they.

The latest proposals from our government will see us gaoled for up to 20 years for protesting on the...

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 14, 2018:

Government of the people ~~By the people For the people~~ er that's it

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 15, 2018:

@FrayedBear Put this symbol at either end of the words to be struck through ~~

How many of you liked John Wayne and what was your favorite film. I liked all his western films.??

IAMGROOT comments on Jun 14, 2018:

I liked his later westerns, particularly The Cowboys, with Bruce Dern, but also loved some of his war films. My dad was a huge JW fan.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 15, 2018:

I think all dad born in the 40's and 50's were brought up to hold JW as the quintessential role model of true manhood, big, strong, not to bright but usually on the right side. The Schwarzenegger of his day.

How many of you liked John Wayne and what was your favorite film. I liked all his western films.??

Tomas comments on Jun 14, 2018:

I enjoyed lotsa John Wayne films... still don’t think he'd be mistaken as a “serious/good actor”... yep he won a few awards... really... he’d probably be the first to admit it... My favorite JW film, beside The Quiet Man was “The Long Voyage Home”... not so much for his performance... ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 15, 2018:

@Sheannutt Ever notice how the big fight at the end of Every which way but loose, is an almost shot for shot remake of the fight in the Quiet man?

How many of you liked John Wayne and what was your favorite film. I liked all his western films.??

Lop-Eared-Mule comments on Jun 15, 2018:

The one scene I love is the last scene in "The Searchers", where Duke is standing in the doorway.... Monument Valley in the background..... Thanks John Ford...(love the trilogy too!)

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 15, 2018:

John Ford was a terrific director with a great eye for memorable cinematography

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IAMGROOT comments on Jun 14, 2018:

John Carpenter's version of The Thing. Also, The remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, with Donald Sutherland and Nimoy was better than the original and the subsequent "Invasion," with Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 14, 2018:

Yes Carpenter's the thing was brilliant, and stuck closer to the source material, Howard Hawks always claimed the studio lumbered him with a giant walking carrot, when he wanted to make the film John Carpenter eventually made. Can't go along with you on Invasion of the body snatchers, the original was for me a classic, but yes Invasion was just a joke.

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Izludehyral comments on Jun 14, 2018:

That is subject to taste really. I thought dredd was better than stallone's for example.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 14, 2018:

Total agree, it was a much better film and a much better adaptation, though it was not technically a remake, either a sequel or a reboot would be closer to the mark perhaps.

How many of you liked John Wayne and what was your favorite film. I liked all his western films.??

cmadler comments on Jun 14, 2018:

Not a big fan, but I do love *The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance*.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 14, 2018:

Yes I had forgotten that one, but to me it is a James Stewart picture.

Does observation alter an event?

DerekD comments on Jun 14, 2018:

Quantum Mechanics says yes. And I believe there is a cat involved with this question as well, though I can't say if it's alive or dead.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 14, 2018:

This is why veterinarians hate physicists

Does observation alter an event?

Gatovicolo comments on Jun 14, 2018:

According to Heisenberg it does.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 14, 2018:

It was Niels Bohr, or rather it is a variation of Bohr postulation that existences requires observation and measurement.

This last year I've been reading lots by Annie Besant , H.

davsmith4156 comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Ever read *Madame Blavatsky's Baboon* ? By Peter Washington.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 14, 2018:

Sounds fascinating, think I'll get a copy, thanks.

I just love this movie with Debbie Reynolds.

canadiangirl comments on Jun 14, 2018:

I loved it, too! And I was so mad when Titanic came out and they totally glossed over her story.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 14, 2018:

It didn't, it gave a slightly less bullshit version of her actual story. For a start her name was Maggie, not Molly, she was not adopted, she was not a Tomboy, she was a gold digger but married JJ Brown because though poor his skill as a mining engineer promised a good return in the long run, it did but from work not from prospecting she then left him and rather than go through a divorce and scandal he paid her to stay out of the country and not embarrass him. That is how she came to be on the Titanic, she was travelling to nurse a sick grandchild. Though rightly famous for aiding in the evacuation and the saving and caring Titanic passenger, her story was nothing like the romanticized musical version, that was an adaptation of a book, that was an adaptation of an earlier musical play. Taken as a film in it's own right it is on a level perhaps with other B list musicals of the Hollywood heyday of the musical comedy such as, The music man, Gigi, Goldigger (1929 -1936)

Star Wars or Star Trek? Please explain why... Discuss...

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Like both of them, but was always a Doctor Who fan myself. When it came to space opera's I always found Blake's 7 and Lexx more interesting story wise than either of the above

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 14, 2018:

@Geoffrey51 Servalan played by the great Jacqueline Pierce (in later series she went by the name Commissioner Sleer)

It is Not Necessary to Believe in God to be a Good Person Pope Francis

StJohn comments on Jun 13, 2018:

This pope better be careful. He will end up like some of his predecessors; 'Retired'

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 14, 2018:

As in found retired sitting up in bed reading.

Apparently the ex Mormon reddit is all ablaze with the News of mass expulsion of at least 15 ...

ISO100 comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Dang. Had my popcorn all ready and was waiting for something like 15 missionaries at a rave on acid, or some juicy German BDSM thing. All I get is a secret Facebook account. Sheesh. So disappointed. :)

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 13, 2018:

I know sad isn't it, I was expecting at least a circle jerk

I'm wondering about this Jesus thing, He was born and it was celebrated and they still celebrate it.

kiramea comments on Jun 13, 2018:

My grandmother believed that Jesus somehow came to what is now America to teach the Native people. I personally find it very interesting that the leading historians of Jesus' day never mentioned him. If he was so popular and preformed all those miracles, you would think there would at least be a ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 13, 2018:

@kiramea She had definitely come under the sway of Mormons, it is a Mormon belief that God lives on a planet orbiting the Star Kolob, in Mormon books pictures of the Crab Nebula are often used to illustrate this, seems she got half the story and latched on to it.

Faith... is it good?

sassygirl3869 comments on Jun 12, 2018:

If it makes someone feel better power to them.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 13, 2018:

Peter Sutcliffe thought that killing prostitutes and other women with a hammer and screwdriver made him feel better, too. Wrong is wrong, madness is madness even when it is considered socially acceptable or even desirable.

Faith... is it good?

hitch22 comments on Jun 12, 2018:

Faith is a thing. Good or bad depends on what you have faith to.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 13, 2018:

Believing in anything, when there is no evidence for it, or even in spite of evidence against it, is never a good thing, it is delusional willful ignorance, and is therefore an insult to reason.

Star Wars or Star Trek? Please explain why... Discuss...

Lucila comments on Jun 12, 2018:

I like the Star Trek shows because of Roddenberry’s humanistic philosophy. I grew up with the original show, loved and followed The Next Generation and Deep Space 9 and Voyager. I think it started veering away with Enterprise, and the last movies took it to an unrecognizable level.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 13, 2018:

@buzz13 I did not know that, I knew GR always claimed Star Trek was wagon train in space, and that he wrote for several cop shows. I used to enjoy have gun will travel when I was a kid, great theme song. Thanks.

I'm wondering about this Jesus thing, He was born and it was celebrated and they still celebrate it.

kiramea comments on Jun 13, 2018:

My grandmother believed that Jesus somehow came to what is now America to teach the Native people. I personally find it very interesting that the leading historians of Jesus' day never mentioned him. If he was so popular and preformed all those miracles, you would think there would at least be a ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 13, 2018:

@kiramea Odd, it is a doctrine peculiar to the LDS church, but I suppose the idea would be generally comforting to Americans as a whole.

I'm wondering about this Jesus thing, He was born and it was celebrated and they still celebrate it.

kiramea comments on Jun 13, 2018:

My grandmother believed that Jesus somehow came to what is now America to teach the Native people. I personally find it very interesting that the leading historians of Jesus' day never mentioned him. If he was so popular and preformed all those miracles, you would think there would at least be a ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 13, 2018:

LDS or LSD?

Jist watched a favourite scene posted here and made we want to post one myself ...

ballou comments on Jun 13, 2018:

The link is hosed.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 13, 2018:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3yon2GyoiM=youtu.be

It's humankind's best interest to THINK God/s out of existence

rcandlish comments on Jun 9, 2018:

How can something that doesn't exist in the first place, be thought out of existence. I don't think we need to attempt a mirror reversal of Anselm. I think the best that we can do is demonstrate the logical weakness of the theistic system, and press the apologists to the point of crushing them if ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 13, 2018:

@Geoffrey51 Okay, my hands are up don't shoot

An oldy but goody

Our_existence comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Christianity is a warped philosophy. The Bible is heavily edited.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 13, 2018:

yup

Are there any other theories aside from the mainstream big bang theory that you think is a likely ...

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Jun 13, 2018:

The "beginning" of the universe is the most mind boggling concept to me. On one hand, how could it have been here "forever"? On the other hand, how could something spontaneously "arise" from nothing--or evolve from nothing? How did the elements of its creation exist as they, too, would have arisen...

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 13, 2018:

Try considering the word forever as a temporally reliant word, that only has meaning in a universe where linear time exists. Step outside of time and picture the whole of of time and space as something static not moving, a ball of potential, self sustaining, self created, self aware. All that is, was and will be, constantly present, unchanging and complete, within which is every potential outcome, every action and in action including it not being there at all. Now imagine you can don a suit that is called time, wearing this you can enter the ball and move around it, interact with it in sequential sets of events, see thing as the inhabitants see them. This thing IS it never WAS NOT, never will not be, because time exists only within it, not outside of it. The big bang is simply at its core, it's out shell though seen with in as the end, is just another part of the eternal whole. Take time out the equations and see if that allows you to comprehend existence objectively.

Another thread that raised the issue of Incels led me to a line of thought: What research has been ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 13, 2018:

My wife worked as a carer for for the elderly and infirm before she was injured, she often commented on how a lot of the elderly (women especially) choose never to marry again after being widowed. Also a large proportion of those in residential homes have never married for various reasons, marriage...

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 13, 2018:

@whiskywoman My father was Widowed at 77, within a year he was married again to a spritely 63 year old woman. I maybe old and fat as it says in my profile, but my Dad can still run circles around me fitness wise.

Another thread that raised the issue of Incels led me to a line of thought: What research has been ...

ghost_warlock comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Did I miss something? Incel stands for *involuntarily* celibate. They didn't choose not to find a partner, they're just too noxious for people to find attractive

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 13, 2018:

@ghost_warlock I'm afraid (and I use the term literally) you are wrong, *"Nobody is lumping all single people in with Incel."* You do not speak for everyone, and people can, do, and will misapply labels once created. Don't believe me? When the term "potential rapist" was introduced it was for a specific group of unhinged and dangerous people, it was soon applied by a certain group of other people to anyone with a penis and while being technically true, it cannot actually be denied on other than on a psychological level. "Misogynist" was a term only applied to a specific mental condition, now any man who disagrees with any woman on anything, is according to some, behaving like a misogynist and therefore is one. Feminist was a follower of an ideology of social equality for ALL people. Now it it is a word thrown about by angry people to describe anyone to be discredited as an unpleasantly self righteous, uneducated neonazi extremist who happens to be female. Look at the word Incel itself, Involuntarily celibate, in it's full form is fine, it says what it means, and nothing more. However: In, is immediately suggestive of a negative especially when followed by the C/S sound (insensitive, incapable, insincere) Cel connotes a prison cell, a small cell in the biological sense. The portmanteau contraction Incel, therefore in no way connotes involuntary celibacy as is the case with say Frienemy, or Hangry. it is just a nasty word suggesting someone who if not already locked up should be *in (a) cell,* someone small and insincere some one insular *(inCelular?).* At the risk of sounding conspiratorial, this word was no accident, it is designed to be a man haters dream. My point is creating labels that can and will be seized on and used as weapons against larger groups of people perhaps never originally intended to be included in the definition is a bad idea, and popularizing them unopposed is an even worse one.

Another thread that raised the issue of Incels led me to a line of thought: What research has been ...

ghost_warlock comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Did I miss something? Incel stands for *involuntarily* celibate. They didn't choose not to find a partner, they're just too noxious for people to find attractive

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 13, 2018:

Incels are by definition without a partner, however not all involuntarily celibate people identify as or should be labeled incels. There used to be a phrase "Never found Mr./Miss right" these people still exist and are not hateful, nasty or horrible, they just are choosy, or have something about them such as social anxiety, that limits their options. The current trend of labeling anyone without a regular partner, or string of partners as some sort of social deviant, a monstrous person who must have some sort of flawed character is very dangerous, both to society and to those people made to feel inadequate or horrible, or evil simply because they are not shagging everything that moves.

Suicide: a cowardly move? True or false?

jlynn37 comments on Jun 12, 2018:

Everyone will die. You can leave it to chance or you can take control of it.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 13, 2018:

Absolutely that is the right and duty of the thinking being.

Suicide: a cowardly move? True or false?

Fastredcat comments on Jun 12, 2018:

I'd say no ,it's actually intelligent . If someone is terminal or even has chronic depression , euthanasia just may be a logical choice

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 13, 2018:

One of my key triggers for suicide would be a diagnosis of a long drawn out terminal illness, in such a case self euthanizing would be kinder to others than having them suffer for months with me.

Suicide: a cowardly move? True or false?

Kojaksmom comments on Jun 12, 2018:

It'll always be thought to be selfish by people who have never really been to the edge before.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 13, 2018:

And can be thought of as selfish by those who have too. I was diagnosed as bi-polar at the age of 11, I have struggled with suicidal tendencies from the age of 14 on a daily basis. I faced my "demons" years ago and decided, should I ever actually kill myself, It will be organised before hand, so as to be certain of success, with all post-mortem arrangements made first, so as not to burden anyone. I would never put my family and friends through a bogus and abortive attempt at suicide as that would be cowardly, selfish and attention seeking behaviour of the lowest order. Having made those decisions, taken responsibility for my own life and death, I cope with my conditions and keep them in check. It is a matter of respect for others and for oneself.

This looks like it might be a great movie go see. [facebook.com]

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 12, 2018:

What movie is it? I don't want to have to open a facebook account just to see the trailer

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 12, 2018:

@Sheannutt Heck of a cast

"The Ghost and Mrs Muir" This is going to be a mild rant about several issues.

Fit50something comments on May 28, 2018:

This is one of my all-time favorites. Whatever the cutting-edge media happened to be at the time (VCR, DVD or TiVo), I have always owned it. I don't have an issue with remakes (or sequels), at least not philosophically. It's my choice as to whether I'll watch it. But, there are a few movies that I ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 12, 2018:

"Charade" is as damn close as most people are going to get to a perfect movie, and is probably James Coburn's best performance ever.

"The Ghost and Mrs Muir" This is going to be a mild rant about several issues.

Fit50something comments on May 28, 2018:

This is one of my all-time favorites. Whatever the cutting-edge media happened to be at the time (VCR, DVD or TiVo), I have always owned it. I don't have an issue with remakes (or sequels), at least not philosophically. It's my choice as to whether I'll watch it. But, there are a few movies that I ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 12, 2018:

Casablanca was remade three time, Once starring David Soul for TV, once as "Barb Wire" (nuff said) and once starring Bugs Bunny.

"The Ghost and Mrs Muir" This is going to be a mild rant about several issues.

Freespirit64 comments on May 28, 2018:

This one too! Love it! All the remakes are CRAP.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 12, 2018:

Agreed, Charles Laughton as Sir Simon is at his very comic best in this film.

"The Ghost and Mrs Muir" This is going to be a mild rant about several issues.

vita comments on May 28, 2018:

About a month ago, a friend commented on how much she loved this television series as child. So I searched it up on YouTube and watched the first two episodes. It was a bit too saccharine for me ... but, of course, it was a product of its era. I haven't seen the movie or read the book. I'd love ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 12, 2018:

@Freespirit64 True it did not, but it was actually closer to the novel it was based on, apart from being up dated to the 1960's. Philip Dunne was a great screen writer but was notorious for ignoring his source material even when writing from History and the bible. David and Bathsheba may conceivably have been white, but Californian and from Brooklyn respectively is pushing it a bit.

It's humankind's best interest to THINK God/s out of existence

rcandlish comments on Jun 9, 2018:

How can something that doesn't exist in the first place, be thought out of existence. I don't think we need to attempt a mirror reversal of Anselm. I think the best that we can do is demonstrate the logical weakness of the theistic system, and press the apologists to the point of crushing them if ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 12, 2018:

@rcandlish When did "ignore it and it will go away" ever work? God(s) may not exist, but religion definitely does and in the past every-time it has gained the upper hand, it has proven tyrannical, so yes god does need, thought, reason opposition, logical and counter argument applied to the purpose of negating it as, when and wherever possible.

If you had a nonreligious close friend who decided to become a believer and practice their faith ...

Deb57 comments on Jun 10, 2018:

My oldest best friend is very, very religious. She knows I am not. We both know that we are both good people. I would walk through fire for her.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 11, 2018:

"I would walk through fire for her." Well according to her beliefs you're going to have to.

Remember how hotly Brigham Young's curse of Cain pronouncement was debated when Spencer W.

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 8, 2018:

Oh, they got around that one by announcing a few years ago that it turns out, the priesthood ban on the blacks was in fact NEVER a doctrine at all, it was just a "suggestion" by Brother Brigham, well meaning but misguided, and the fact that almost every other prophet after him up until SWK said it ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 11, 2018:

@Heraclitus I've met them too, the only way to do that is to put your critical faculties on hold and rely totally on faith, not even faith in God, or Jesus or even Joseph Smith, just faith in the church to live your life for you. To become a TBM is to completely and totally betray yourself in favour of a peaceful life.

Remember how hotly Brigham Young's curse of Cain pronouncement was debated when Spencer W.

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 8, 2018:

Oh, they got around that one by announcing a few years ago that it turns out, the priesthood ban on the blacks was in fact NEVER a doctrine at all, it was just a "suggestion" by Brother Brigham, well meaning but misguided, and the fact that almost every other prophet after him up until SWK said it ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 10, 2018:

@Heraclitus that is the joy of having a living prophet and continual revelation, you can get a way with sooooo much bullshit

What are your favourite Mock-buster titles For those not in the know a mock-buster is a film made ...

sassygirl3869 comments on Jun 10, 2018:

Can't think of titles but mocks of Twilight series, 50 Shades of Grey come to mind.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 10, 2018:

It was called Vampires Suck!

What are your favourite Mock-buster titles For those not in the know a mock-buster is a film made ...

zorialoki comments on Jun 10, 2018:

Some great mocks were done in porn years ago, they still probably do it now

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 10, 2018:

apparently they do, but the hay day of the Parody title is passed unfortunately, they just either stick NOT on the beginning or XXX on the end now. Shame but no more Jurassic poke Shaving Ryan's Privates Tits a wonderful life Slendour in the ass Forest Hump The really Dirty Dozen Buffy the Vampire Layer Hairy Pooter and the Philosophers/sorcerers bone and the immortal My Bare Lady

Glad to join this group, rest of the place is over run with damn colonials.

Grumpy comments on Jun 10, 2018:

I'm glad to this group too but by 'damn colonials', I assume you mean 'people'.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 10, 2018:

Joke

Any one into B movies ?

Besalbub comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Does any one remember " Up all night with Gilbert Godfry " B movies all night long I used to record it every saturday night .

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 10, 2018:

@Besalbub Crucible of Terror was the first I saw on his series, I was hooked after that.

Any one into B movies ?

Freespirit64 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

The old black and white horror movies. And Saturday matinee adventure movies! Cheesy...but good.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 10, 2018:

I first saw Robinson Caruso on Mars at a Saturday morning picture show, I credit that film with my life long love of science Fiction films.

Any one into B movies ?

Besalbub comments on Jun 9, 2018:

How about " Sharknado " and " the interview " ? I loved Flashe's rocket ship ,

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 10, 2018:

The sharknado films are guilty pleasure I will admit to

Any one into B movies ?

ssteiner9 comments on Jun 10, 2018:

One of my favorites is "The Blob" with Steve McQueen.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 10, 2018:

Yes genuinely scary idea, and much better than the remake.

Any one into B movies ?

Ray13 comments on Jun 10, 2018:

"I Was a Teenage Werewolf".

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 10, 2018:

Michael Landon before he got all holy and the always reliable Witt (Time Tunnel) Bissell (anyone else ever think he was the poor man's Leo G. Carroll?) Loved that film as a kid, one of the better drive in movies.

It's humankind's best interest to THINK God/s out of existence

Paul_Clamberer comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Thinking god out of other peoples heads is going to be the tricky part. How do we go about that?

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 10, 2018:

@Paul_Clamberer All the soviets did by trying to eradicate religion was draw attention to it as "forbidden fruit" you tell people no you can't and they will immediately ask why not? What are hiding? When I say education I mean exactly that, you first teach children to think critically, you teach the scientific method, you teach historical facts, teach inductive reason and logic and then you teach them to apply it to the politics religion etc of there own time and of times past. With that grounding, people will look at the crusades and ask, were they mad? They will look at the inquisition and find it abominable that people were willing to torture in the name of god and equally that people were willing to die for their gods. and will finally conclude they were all victims of money hungry priests, rabbis and imams. Fundamentally religion is an insult to reason all that is needed is provide the tools and foundations and let human nature take its course.

What are your favourite Mock-buster titles For those not in the know a mock-buster is a film made ...

cmadler comments on Jun 9, 2018:

For any who don't know, *I Am Omega* is a double mockbuster. It was released to capitalize on *I Am Legend* starring Will Smith, and the title also references *The Omega Man*, Charlton Heston's 1971 adaptation of the same novel.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 10, 2018:

@cmadler You're probably right there, the irony being that Matherson wrote the script for "Last man on Earth" and was so unhappy with how it was butchered he had his name taken off it because he thought it a bad adaptation. As far as I know he had no further involvement with any other version, other than to take the royalties :) .

It's humankind's best interest to THINK God/s out of existence

Paul_Clamberer comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Thinking god out of other peoples heads is going to be the tricky part. How do we go about that?

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 10, 2018:

Education

It's humankind's best interest to THINK God/s out of existence

rcandlish comments on Jun 9, 2018:

How can something that doesn't exist in the first place, be thought out of existence. I don't think we need to attempt a mirror reversal of Anselm. I think the best that we can do is demonstrate the logical weakness of the theistic system, and press the apologists to the point of crushing them if ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 10, 2018:

Perhaps then it is better phrased as It's humankind's best interest to THINK the conception and worship of God/s out of existence?

What are your favourite Mock-buster titles For those not in the know a mock-buster is a film made ...

cmadler comments on Jun 9, 2018:

For any who don't know, *I Am Omega* is a double mockbuster. It was released to capitalize on *I Am Legend* starring Will Smith, and the title also references *The Omega Man*, Charlton Heston's 1971 adaptation of the same novel.

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 9, 2018:

Yes I am Legend was the original novel by Richard Matheson, filmed first in 1963 as The last man on earth/future man starring Vincent Price and again in 1971 as the Omega man, though in this version the vampires are replaced with genetic mutant albinos, finally filmed under it's original title in 2007 Will Smith's version is the least faithful to the novel retaining only the name of the protagonist,and thus makes a nonsense of the title, I am Omega was released as a mock buster, of the 71 and 2007 titles, but actually has more in common with Night of the Living Dead. Romero admitted that since the novel has two types of vampires, the staggering snuffling undead and the intelligent humanoid vampire civilization, Night of the living dead was actually another remake, but only using the first kind of monster, by renaming them Zombies he got around having to pay royalties and popularized zombies as a viable movie monster, doubly adding a third mockbuster credit for Diary of the dead, Romero's sequel that also came out in 2007.

Any one into B movies ?

Besalbub comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Does any one remember " Up all night with Gilbert Godfry " B movies all night long I used to record it every saturday night .

LenHazell53 replies on Jun 9, 2018:

No but I do remember the "Deadly Earnest Picture show" Earnest being a zombie cursed to live forever filling in time by watch every film ever made no matter how dire.