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Re: Favorite TV Shows
by PenultimateManStanding » Sun 20 Jul 2008, 13:48:58
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Volcanic21', 'o')ne of the greatest car chases
HBO has put out some very fine shows. Thanks for the recommendation of The Wire. I will watch it. As for great car chase scenes, the best one I've seen is in the movie To Live And Die In L.A.. The driver played by William Peterson is an adrenaline junkie Secret Service agent who is trying to bring in a counterfeiter played by Willem Dafoe. Peterson can't get enough money from the Service to do a deal with Dafoe to bring him down. But he gets a tip about a buyer coming down from San Francisco to buy stolen diamonds for 50 G. So he and his partner decide to rip off the buyer. They are in for some unexpected surprises, explained at the end of the clip.Turn those Machines back On! - Don Ameche in Trading Places
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Re: Favorite TV Shows
by eXpat » Sun 20 Jul 2008, 14:17:51
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-Carnivale
-Carnivale
Carnivale is very good, albeit far too short-lived a series.
Pity it was cancelled. It was original and very nice.
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Re: Favorite TV Shows
by skeptik » Sun 20 Jul 2008, 14:21:51
Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men
The Woodentops
Andy Pandy
the Telegoons
The Six Five Special
The Billy Cotton Bandshow
Sunday Night At the London Palladium
Dr. Who
Top of the Pops
Danger Man
Armchair Theatre
The Prisoner
The Saint
The Avengers
The Sweeney
The Professionals
The Old Grey Whistletest
Till Death Do Us Part
The Likely Lads
That was the Week That Was
Oh! in Colour
Q5, Q6, Q7, Q8, Q9, and There's a Lot of It About
Monty Pythons Flying Circus
Randall and Hopkirk Deceased
Out of the Unknown
Stingray
Fireball XL5
International Rescue
Horizon.. Tomorrows World..
I could go on but I've suddenly got bored with wandering up TV memory lane. Didn't make it to the 80's
( the American stuff forms a separate list, headed by Bilco and Twin Peaks, the European stuff forms yet another list headed by Heimat and Das Boot)
The Woodentops
Andy Pandy
the Telegoons
The Six Five Special
The Billy Cotton Bandshow
Sunday Night At the London Palladium
Dr. Who
Top of the Pops
Danger Man
Armchair Theatre
The Prisoner
The Saint
The Avengers
The Sweeney
The Professionals
The Old Grey Whistletest
Till Death Do Us Part
The Likely Lads
That was the Week That Was
Oh! in Colour
Q5, Q6, Q7, Q8, Q9, and There's a Lot of It About
Monty Pythons Flying Circus
Randall and Hopkirk Deceased
Out of the Unknown
Stingray
Fireball XL5
International Rescue
Horizon.. Tomorrows World..
I could go on but I've suddenly got bored with wandering up TV memory lane. Didn't make it to the 80's
( the American stuff forms a separate list, headed by Bilco and Twin Peaks, the European stuff forms yet another list headed by Heimat and Das Boot)
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Re: Favorite TV Shows
by TonisD » Sun 20 Jul 2008, 17:15:44
Oh dear, there have been so many really good shows over the years...
Star Trek (DS9 is pure brilliance for me)
Babylon 5 (a truly emotional epic, don't get stuff like that anymore)
Jericho ("How does it feel Jake? "What?" "Making history" Ugh!)
Space: Above and Beyond (a must see)
etc.
The fact there are people in the world that are ready to print 5 trillion dollars to save a dead lender and there aren't people who would spend 50-60 million to make superb stories like Jericho, it is sickening.
Star Trek (DS9 is pure brilliance for me)
Babylon 5 (a truly emotional epic, don't get stuff like that anymore)
Jericho ("How does it feel Jake? "What?" "Making history" Ugh!)
Space: Above and Beyond (a must see)
etc.
The fact there are people in the world that are ready to print 5 trillion dollars to save a dead lender and there aren't people who would spend 50-60 million to make superb stories like Jericho, it is sickening.
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Re: Favorite TV Shows
by Quagmire » Sun 20 Jul 2008, 17:37:56
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I noticed that a couple of folks mentioned "Lost" as one of their favorites.
I enjoyed the initial season, but could never figure out those 'magic torches' they used. They used lots of 'em in every night scene, all uniform and with identical flames; yet never a word about how they were made, what was the fuel, and why the flame never burned down the stick, which happens with every torch I make!
I want one of those magic torches !
Anyway, for me it's the Carol Burnette Show sketches with harvey Korman and Carol's fat suit!
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I noticed that a couple of folks mentioned "Lost" as one of their favorites.
I enjoyed the initial season, but could never figure out those 'magic torches' they used. They used lots of 'em in every night scene, all uniform and with identical flames; yet never a word about how they were made, what was the fuel, and why the flame never burned down the stick, which happens with every torch I make!
I want one of those magic torches !
Anyway, for me it's the Carol Burnette Show sketches with harvey Korman and Carol's fat suit!
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Re: Favorite TV Shows
by PrairieMule » Mon 21 Jul 2008, 13:38:44
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '['). As for great car chase scenes, the best one I've seen is in the movie To Live And Die In L.A.. The driver played by William Peterson is an adrenaline junkie Secret Service agent who is trying to bring in a counterfeiter played by Willem Dafoe. Peterson can't get enough money from the Service to do a deal with Dafoe to bring him down. But he gets a tip about a buyer coming down from San Francisco to buy stolen diamonds for 50 G. So he and his partner decide to rip off the buyer. They are in for some unexpected surprises, explained at the end of the clip.
Micheal Mann can really put a suspense/action movie together. For those that have not seen To Live and Die in LA, it's worth a rent. Remember this is the guy who directed the bank shootout scene in Heat.
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