John_Brian_K Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 On 2/5/2022 at 1:06 PM, Motor City Sonics said: This Moonfall movie looks really stupid. But you know what really bothers me about it, other than it's stupidity...........some Q-Anon idiots are going to think it exposes some kind of truth about he moon being artificial. Just waiting for that conspiracy to start - probably right after JFK Jr. makes Trump the President again. I like stuff about space and have not read anything on this movie. I will watch for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigeraholic1 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 I miss Bourdain... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted February 7, 2022 Author Share Posted February 7, 2022 (edited) I saw where the Razzie awards has a category for just Bruce Willis. Worst performance by Bruce Willis in a 2021 movie All, but one of them was Straight-To-Video. What the hell happened? He was tanking in the early 90's until Tarantino rescued him in Pulp Fiction. Here he goes again. I have never heard of any of these movies. Seriously, this is so far beyond John Travolta it's not even funny. Tarantino needs to save them both again. Seriously, dude was in 8 movies in one year and they all sucked? Maybe Kevin Smith was right. Bruce Willis / American Siege Bruce Willis / Apex Bruce Willis / Cosmic Sin Bruce Willis / Deadlock Bruce Willis / Fortress Bruce Willis / Midnight in the Switchgrass Bruce Willis / Out of Death Bruce Willis / Survive the Game Edited February 7, 2022 by Motor City Sonics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1984Echoes Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 29 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said: I saw where the Razzie awards has a category for just Bruce Willis. Worst performance by Bruce Willis in a 2021 movie... All, but one of them was Straight-To-Video. ... I have never heard of any of these movies... Seriously, dude was in 8 movies in one year and they all sucked? Bruce Willis / American Siege Bruce Willis / Apex Bruce Willis / Cosmic Sin Bruce Willis / Deadlock Bruce Willis / Fortress Bruce Willis / Midnight in the Switchgrass Bruce Willis / Out of Death Bruce Willis / Survive the Game So... He's turned into Michael Dudikoff v2.0? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.TaterSalad Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Tigeraholic1 said: I miss Bourdain... Me too. Few celebrity deaths really, truly impact me in a big way. I feel for them as people, but I don't feel start struck when they died. However, I loved all the content Bourdain put out from No Reservations onward. He seemed like a genuinely good human being and losing him hurt, especially by suicide. Actor Eric Bogosian would be a perfect fit to play him in a movie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigeraholic1 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 2 minutes ago, Mr.TaterSalad said: Me too. Few celebrity deaths really, truly impact me in a big way. I feel for them as people, but I don't feel start struck when they died. However, I loved all the content Bourdain put out from No Reservations onward. He seemed like a genuinely good human being and losing him hurt, especially by suicide. Actor Eric Bogosian would be a perfect fit to play him in a movie. Agreed, No Reservations was a fantastic show. I own most of his books as well. I think when he signed up for The Taste things started spiraling on him. Doing a corny cooking show was not how I invisoned his legacy ending..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djhutch Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 My wife & I watched "The Electrical Life of Louis Wain" over the weekend. Based on a true story, Louis Wain is credited with normalizing cats as pets in the early 1900s, thanks to his drawings in local newspapers. Some serious mental illness in his family too - a very compelling story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Being a huge Pulp Fiction fan I found this cool, I wish it had all the parts listed though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1984Echoes Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Madsen would have been grotesque as Vincent. He lined up the correct actors for first choice (and got them) for Pumpkin and Honey Bunny... Outside of Roth and Plummer would have been a huge drop off... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 (edited) 20 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said: Madsen would have been grotesque as Vincent. He lined up the correct actors for first choice (and got them) for Pumpkin and Honey Bunny... Outside of Roth and Plummer would have been a huge drop off... I can see Vincent having been written for Masden and he could have done a credible job, but it would have been a much different movie for sure. Masden would not have elevated the role to a clear 2nd lead opposite Willis the way Travolta did - it would have remained an ensemble role and more screen time would have been other stories. LOL - At the time QT may have been the only one who thought JT was even a good 2nd choice. Edited February 7, 2022 by gehringer_2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 I don't know if it was ever confirmed but I remember hearing a story about how Travolta almost played Forrest Gump but chose Vega instead. If that were to happen then according to this list Baldwin would've ended up with the role of Vincent if he wanted it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted February 16, 2022 Author Share Posted February 16, 2022 On 2/7/2022 at 6:44 PM, RandyMarsh said: I don't know if it was ever confirmed but I remember hearing a story about how Travolta almost played Forrest Gump but chose Vega instead. If that were to happen then according to this list Baldwin would've ended up with the role of Vincent if he wanted it. When Travolta first read the treatment for Vincent Vega - he didn't like it. He didn't want to play a heroin addict and he was a little turned off by the violence but people told him to meet QT, that there was a great buzz about him. So Travolta went to QT's apartment to meet - and it was the exact same apartment Travolta lived in when he got started in showbiz and that's when he knew it was meant to be. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted February 16, 2022 Author Share Posted February 16, 2022 There is a movie from in 1982 that I love called The Verdict. As many great roles as Paul Newman had, I think this was his masterpiece, even great than Cool Hand Luke, The Sting or Butch Cassidy. It's a slow moving film about a medical malpractice lawsuit and Newman plays a once-great lawyer who is a beaten alcoholic, and the only lawyer desperate enough to take an unwinnable case. One of my favorite endings to any movie......not when the verdict is read, but the final scene, the final shot. I had no idea until maybe 3 years ago that David Mamet wrote the screenplay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted February 16, 2022 Author Share Posted February 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said: There is a movie from in 1982 that I love called The Verdict. As many great roles as Paul Newman had, I think this was his masterpiece, even great than Cool Hand Luke, The Sting or Butch Cassidy. It's a slow moving film about a medical malpractice lawsuit and Newman plays a once-great lawyer who is a beaten alcoholic, and the only lawyer desperate enough to take an unwinnable case. One of my favorite endings to any movie......not when the verdict is read, but the final scene, the final shot. I had no idea until maybe 3 years ago that David Mamet wrote the screenplay. Oh, and Bruce Willis is in it, but just as an extra sitting about 3 rows behind Newman in the final summation speech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Motor City Sonics said: Oh, and Bruce Willis is in it, but just as an extra sitting about 3 rows behind Newman in the final summation speech. they would later make "Nobody's Fool" together. I usually rate either the Hustler or 'Cat' as Newman's best roles, but there aren't many bad ones in his catalog. I've read that T Williams didn't like that Hollywood sanitized 'COAHTF' but it still turned out a great film. Edited February 16, 2022 by gehringer_2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted February 16, 2022 Author Share Posted February 16, 2022 1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said: they would later make "Nobody's Fool" together. I usually rate either the Hustler or 'Cat' as Newman's best roles, but there aren't many bad ones in his catalog. I've read that T Williams didn't like that Hollywood sanitized 'COAHTF' but it still turned out a great film. writers.......pfft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblong Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 13 hours ago, gehringer_2 said: they would later make "Nobody's Fool" together. I usually rate either the Hustler or 'Cat' as Newman's best roles, but there aren't many bad ones in his catalog. I've read that T Williams didn't like that Hollywood sanitized 'COAHTF' but it still turned out a great film. On a podcast I listen to they review movies we've seen a million times. A few months ago they did Color Of Money. It's widely accepted as fact that him winning the Oscar that year was a "career" thing especially that he got the honorary one before that.... but when you stand back and look at the nominees that year... who should have won it over him? Bob Hoskins? James Woods? Dexter Gordon? Only competition was William Hurt but he just won it the year before. Nah... it was legit if that's the nominees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Brian_K Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 I have seent the movie Contact many times...really enjoy it. Looking for a new Space Themed book to listen to after finishing up Hail Mary....I had no idea Carl Sagas Contact was the movie one...I got about 20 minutes into the book when I realized the names were sounding familiar. I am pretty bummed about it, but I did love the movie and the book is always better... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share Posted February 19, 2022 On 2/16/2022 at 11:02 AM, John_Brian_K said: I have seent the movie Contact many times...really enjoy it. Looking for a new Space Themed book to listen to after finishing up Hail Mary....I had no idea Carl Sagas Contact was the movie one...I got about 20 minutes into the book when I realized the names were sounding familiar. I am pretty bummed about it, but I did love the movie and the book is always better... At the end doesn't it say "For Carl" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Brian_K Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 On 2/18/2022 at 9:42 PM, Motor City Sonics said: At the end doesn't it say "For Carl" ? Probably. I did not pay much attention back then. So far the book is definitely adding a ton to the movie. For the most part it is sticking to the plot...a few things are different, but I am still enjoying the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigeraholic1 Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 (edited) So with baseball not happening anytime soon I revisted this with my 13 yo son, he enjoyed it. If you have not watched it is a great baseball story I knew nothing about. I mean Big League Chew was invented in the bat boys parents kitchen? You can't make this stuff up! Edited February 21, 2022 by Tigeraholic1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 3 hours ago, Tigeraholic1 said: So with baseball not happening anytime soon I revisted this with my 13 yo son, he enjoyed it. If you have not watched it is a great baseball story I knew nothing about. I mean Big League Chew was invented in the bat boys parents kitchen? You can't make this stuff up! I havent watched this in a long time, but at the end when they are describing what became of some of the players, wasn't the centerfielder just missing? like nobody had any idea what happened to him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMRivdogs Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 I stumbled across this a couple years ago. Good documentary, interesting cast of characters. The google machine found this.. https://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/07/portland-mavericks-kurt-russell-mlb-documentary 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigeraholic1 Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 13 hours ago, Motor City Sonics said: I havent watched this in a long time, but at the end when they are describing what became of some of the players, wasn't the centerfielder just missing? like nobody had any idea what happened to him? Yeah they think maybe he went into the Witness protection program. Wild times to be alive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Tigeraholic1 said: Yeah they think maybe he went into the Witness protection program. Wild times to be alive! Reggie Thomas. He stole 70+ bases in 66 games in 1973. Wow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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