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From Harry's Desk: WICKSBORO INCIDENT, SO CLOSE, DOUBLE VISION, RUNAWAY TRAIN, T2, MILLER'S CROSSING, SORUM & much more

cool report although MACS are gay by mediamelt	Jun 12th, 2003 08:17:50 AM
freeaicn.com won't work on a MAC either
yes, MACS are totally gay by zerogundamx	Jun 12th, 2003 08:21:17 AM
build a pc with amd you penis
How the hell did a movie as great as RUNAWAY TRAIN ever come out by Cash Bailey	Jun 12th, 2003 08:29:35 AM
And I've said it before, Harry, but Chinese names are pronounced surname first. It is Shu Qi. that's how it's written. I'm sure if you ever met a Chinese person (though I sure you did during your KILL BILL jaunt) I'm sure they'd have enough respect for your language to not call you 'Knowles Harry'. I swear, if I read 'Woo-Ping Yuen' one more time on this site...
I saw Samurai Fiction in Korea, has that guy from Volcano High i by Corporateplant	Jun 12th, 2003 08:51:46 AM
Great little movie, pretty damn funny too. All in black and white though, or maybe that was just the TV. Been trying to find it over here on DVD but can't. I got that great 2 disc Volcano High though.....
re: Macs by JerkWad Loser #5	Jun 12th, 2003 08:52:49 AM
"Macs are gay" Wow, there's nothing like great ignorance first thing in the morning.
Runaway Train by The Gline	Jun 12th, 2003 08:55:50 AM
Cannon used to finance some trickier art films as well as their usual junk, amazingly. They financed BARFLY, when Barbet Schroeder could not get anyone to back the film, and they even put their money into POWAQQATSI. Amazing, isn't it?
I'm in total agreement, Macs are indeed gay by Coatsy UK	Jun 12th, 2003 08:56:45 AM

JerkWad Loser, kiss my English ass by Coatsy UK	Jun 12th, 2003 09:02:49 AM
I'm having a fucking joke around man, fuck you with your condescending attitude. Lighten up for Gods sake.
All these films are available on amazon.com! That proves Harry by rev_skarekroe	Jun 12th, 2003 09:27:01 AM
Nah, I'm kidding. That Wicksboro thing seems pretty cool. Ghost towns are creepy. I wish someone besides the makers of Scooby-Doo cartoons would realize that, though. sk
Harry, I agree with you quite a but on almost everything you sai by lostoptimist	Jun 12th, 2003 09:32:47 AM
THE RESSURECTION OF THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL. While I do think it was incredibly hip and cool it struck me as annoyingly so. It just seemed to try too hard but maybe that's just because I didn't connect with it. I honestly dunno. Granted, it's beautifully directed and looks fantastic but it just didn't resonate for me for more than 5 or 10 minutes at any given time. But, hey, as Sly Stone once said, "Different Strokes For Different Folks, We're All Everyday People". To each his own...P.S. I can't wait until your PING PONG review. That movie kicks immeasurable amounts of ass. Could be the greatest sports movie of all time.
Treasure Planet was AWFUL by braine	Jun 12th, 2003 09:45:57 AM
I'm glad harry had dumped on that movie. Jim was just recycled from alladin and lion king.
by MarcDeering	Jun 12th, 2003 09:57:05 AM
You nailed exactly why Treasure Planet didn't work. I love the animation but that's EXACTLY why it failed.
Cannon Films... by FentonCrisp	Jun 12th, 2003 10:03:13 AM
also released John Cassavetes's great LOVE STREAMS and Jean-Luc Godard's KING LEAR. According to Ray Carney's book CASSAVETES ON CASSAVETES, Cannon's Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus had aspirations in the 1980s to branch into the arthouse, which I guess explains RUNAWAY TRAIN, as well as the films Carney mentions (LOVE STREAMS, KING LEAR, Robert Altman's FOOL FOR LOVE, and Norman Mailer's TOUGH GUYS DON'T DANCE). I haven't seen RUNAWAY TRAIN, but it's a favorite of friend of mine, so maybe I'll check it out.
Yes, Macs do suck, along with their owners by Lord_Soth	Jun 12th, 2003 10:53:05 AM
My contribution to this "glorious" talkback.
The next T2 edition by JerkWad Loser #5	Jun 12th, 2003 10:53:16 AM
I would buy the T2 "Xtreme" Edition except next year they will come out with the T2 "You can only watch it on Windows because Macs are gay" Edition. Because Macs are gay! It's hilarious!
All of these films are available in bootleg form on the net! Th by wash	Jun 12th, 2003 11:53:25 AM

Thanks Harry! Keep 'em coming! by Manaqua	Jun 12th, 2003 11:55:53 AM
I enjoy these reports. I also have a compulsive need to buy DVDs as mony allows. Its a sickness. Keep it coming! M
What's wrong with Bill Pullman? by staley	Jun 12th, 2003 12:07:54 PM
Captain Lone Starr, say it aint so.
The Transporter, fantastic??? by CuervoJones	Jun 12th, 2003 12:20:15 PM
muuuuy mala, and i love Corey Yuen movies
Most perfect film ever made.... by reni	Jun 12th, 2003 12:35:02 PM
Miller's Crossing.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE... by Tony Mike Hall	Jun 12th, 2003 12:47:44 PM
keep these coming, Harry. I enjoy these reports immensely - a pleasure to read. Tell Mori to restart his From the DVD Shelf column too (I don't care how busy he is - I need to be entertained and informed, and that should come first, dammit).
You know what else is gay? Mr_Zzsazz or whoever his banned ass by Stan Gable	Jun 12th, 2003 02:36:21 PM
The little fruit has spent more time today emailing me than posting on the talkbacks! While in some ways I guess I'm flattered that emailing me has risen to number 2 on his daily priorities, just ahead of AICN but far behind exploring his own rectum with his middle finger, I am more disturbed by the fact that some 17 year old middle school student is this obsessed with me.
If DVD collecting is an illness - I'm terminal by RobinP	Jun 12th, 2003 02:37:23 PM
Damn, sometimes my bank manager wishes I never let my fellow talkbackers talk me in to the ways of the silver disc. Latest purchases ANIMATRIX - Very cool looking animation. "Final Flight of the Osiris" is worth the price of the disc all by itself, as is "The Second Renaissance" two parter. However there are episodes I just didn't get. If someone can explain "Matriculated " to me, I'd be grateful. MY LITTLE EYE - I'd heard precious little about this prior to release. I bought it on the strength of the advertising as being the most interactive dvd to date. Well, it is. Watch it in interactive mode and it's a totally different movie. You get all kind of background info and previously unseen footage in a "Big Brother" type package. Excellent take on the whole reality tv fad. 28 DAYS LATER - I grudgingly admit it's a good zombie flick. Grudgingly because I had a script for a zombie movie turned down by a certain media company, had they accepted - it would have been in production at the same time as this. (I'm a sore loser). K19 - so-so sub movie, but I'm a sucker for sub movies. BABYLON 5 SEASON 1 box - Beats the living hell out of DS9. Oh - and a box set of the 4 Batman movies. Bad enough they're vanilla releases with no special features. I had to take Batman & Robin as part of the set !!!!. And that's all - incidentally, if anybody cares, on MY desk, there's a computer, a phone, a lamp and a half size one-eyed skull. My son has the 14'' Hulk and as far as I know, it ain't straddlin' anything...
obscure movies by fun guy	Jun 12th, 2003 04:20:10 PM
I never seen none of them movies but Terminator 2.
oh wait... by fun guy	Jun 12th, 2003 04:23:03 PM
I think I seen 1941 a long time ago.
Thanks, Harry by Rebeck	Jun 12th, 2003 05:06:58 PM
I rewrote Double Vision. Nothing huge, just reworking the American character, the dialogue, and trying to make the plot make sense as best I could. (Those Hong Kong guys really have their own special "logic") I still haven't seen the movie, but I'm glad to hear it works on a nice B-movie level, even if Sony did dump it straight to DVD. But actually, what has me the most excited is seeing David Morse, whose work I'm a huge fan of, saying my words - no matter how banal they are. A small reward but I can't wait. Morse can make anything sound good!
Um, Fett, not to be a Devil's Advocate or anything by lostoptimist	Jun 12th, 2003 05:24:14 PM
and it's not like Harry needs defending since he's more than capable of doing it himself but did you ever think it was possible that Harry has indeed seen a bunch of mediocre to lousy films as well and just decided to post the cream of the crop (for the most part)?
This season by DeadRapedDeer	Jun 12th, 2003 08:04:14 PM
Is severely lacking in dead raped deer. What's the story Harry you fat bastard?
T2 computer requirements by Captain_Obvious	Jun 12th, 2003 08:30:11 PM
Anyone seen the system requirements for playing the ultra high resolution edition of this movie on a computer? You're supposed to have a 3 Ghz Processor. How many common consumers do they expect to have a computer like that? You also need a 128 meg video card and 512 megs of ram. Does this sound reasonable?
just saw... by jackburtonlives	Jun 12th, 2003 10:21:32 PM
BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM. excellent dissection of overseas indian culture. spot on. the sad thing is that even the rich are traumatized by the poverty of india. they bankrupt themselves on lavish weddings and ceremonies to (ironically) prove that they aren't poor.... sad. JUST STARTED 28 days. looks okay... but nothing special. saw DOG SOLDIERS last week. the film was a bit dull until they run out of bullets, then the movie goes into overdrive! loved the burrowing through-walls-and-followed-by- indestructible-and-indefatigib le- werewolf segments.
Oh, by the way. I took that Universal money for my Hulk review a by I_Poo_Poo	Jun 12th, 2003 11:35:25 PM

Arthouse! by Margot_Tenenbaum	Jun 13th, 2003 02:04:13 AM
Roger Corman's New World Pictures released Ingmar Bergman and other foriegn & arthouse movies in the 70s. New Line Cinema started out with John Waters' 70s stuff. Even Carolco managed to slip a couple of non-Schwarzeneggar/Stallone flicks into theaters. A studio/distributor will put anything out when they're coming up as long as a little profit can be squeezed from it. Menahem Golan: Jon Voight? I don't see it. Have you considered Michael Dudikoff? Andrei Konchalovsky: (Groans)
REGION CODING MUST DIE by Acne Scarface	Jun 13th, 2003 05:06:05 AM

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