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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   14 Aug 2018 14:33 
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I fully expected this to be a brainless blockbuster, with loads of action, implausible cgi monsters, and hammy performances. It's all of that, and much, much more...

Set in the immediate aftermath of the Vietnam War, and the war, and USian culture of that era, are thematic drivers of the design, cinematography, soundtrack, and even the plot. Apocalypse Now, and the early Godzilla/Gojira (etc) series are extensively quoted.

Strangely, this is not overdone, but adds an entirely unexpected gravitas to the otherwise typical, idiotic blockbuster enterprise (well, the denouement is overdone, but at least doesn't overshadow the rest).

The cgi monsters are convincingly rendered and biologically impocerous. The original King Kong movie scenario is barely touched upon, if not inverted. All in all, it pummels the later Jurassic Park sequels into the swamp.



“if people in poverty are more susceptible to doing drugs then giving more money to them will give more money to drug dealers who buy guns.”
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 From:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)   14 Aug 2018 23:40 
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"impocerous"?
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 From:  graphitone   15 Aug 2018 07:44 
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Sounds as though he's channeling Roald Dahl or L Frank Baum...


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Drawings n' that

PIBEES
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 From:  william (WILLIAMA)   15 Aug 2018 09:54 
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)      4 of 12 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiWk0T3jz9c ?
never trust a man in a blue trench coat, never drive a car when you're dead
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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   15 Aug 2018 14:20 
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Count on you to recall the exact scene!
“if people in poverty are more susceptible to doing drugs then giving more money to them will give more money to drug dealers who buy guns.”
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 From:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)   15 Aug 2018 22:34 
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Is that supposed to have sound? :/
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 From:  william (WILLIAMA)   15 Aug 2018 23:01 
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)      7 of 12 
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I've no idea why you don't have sound but it goes something like this:

Dorothy: If you were king you wouldn't be afraid of anything?
Lion: Not Nobody; not nohow.
Iron Man: Not even a rhinoceros?
Lion: Impocerus! (or possibly imposserus). 
 
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 From:  Manthorp   15 Aug 2018 23:14 
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Deliberate phishing quote from the movie of Doctor Doolittle, I think. Clever bugger, that Smiffy.
"We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked."
James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951
 
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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   16 Aug 2018 00:52 
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)      9 of 12 
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Get a real os.
“if people in poverty are more susceptible to doing drugs then giving more money to them will give more money to drug dealers who buy guns.”
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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   16 Aug 2018 00:53 
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Is it also in Doolittle, cause I lifted it from Oz like Williama sez.
“if people in poverty are more susceptible to doing drugs then giving more money to them will give more money to drug dealers who buy guns.”
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 From:  Manthorp   16 Aug 2018 14:16 
 To:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)      11 of 12 
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I lied.  I went back & checked.  It's in 'Talk to the Animals' (or rather, it isn't).  What I was half-remembering was:
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If people asked us, can you speak in rhinoceros,  We'd say, "Of courserous, can't you?" 

source: https://www.lyricsondemand.com/d/drdoolittlelyrics/ificouldtalktotheanimalslyrics.html
"We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked."
James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951
 
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 From:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)   16 Aug 2018 20:13 
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Mozilla recently broke Firefox's audio on all Linuxes without Pulse Audio installed and configured, which has pissed off a lot of people.

But in this case it's that specific video running in Chrome on Windows which is mute.
This one works fine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak3J5DayiCk

/me shrugs
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