ditto, i teared up at that end of that movie too. Speaking of crying, yesterday and today my wife and I watched the miniseries "Lonesome Dove" for the first time on some cable channel named ION. Man, that was one gut-wrenching, poignant ride! So many people dying, women being raped or nearly so, marauding Indians, broken dreams, life cheap out in the wilds. A fine piece of film making, i must say, definitely one of the last great miniseries. Outstanding performances from Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Duvall, Danny Glover, Dianne Lane, D.B. Sweeney, Robert Urich, Angelica Houston, Chris Cooper, Rick Schroeder, and a host of others. Sweeping in scope, amazing vistas and cinematography (note to music-video-directors-turned-film-makers: this is how to shoot a film!) The thing drew me in, and by the end i was very sad. My wife kept saying "my gosh: what else can happen in this series? Who else is going to die or end up sad and broken?" Powerful, stuff.
Remember way back in the day, when everyone used to stay home and watch the great miniseries? From "Roots" (which started it all) to "Rich Man, Poor Man", from "Masada" to "North and South"? Even the ones that weren't that good, that were over the top, got audiences. Back before VCRs, DVDs, and cable, this was one whole families still grouped around the television to share the event. Fun times, those... -------------- Original message -------------- From: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I admit to crying at the ending. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: odd movie, made me kind of sad at the ending. Definitely has that late '60s/early '70s feel.... -------------- Original message -------------- From: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Works for me, too. Wish that someone would air "Silent Running", for me. TCM had it on awhile back, but I missed it. Mike Street <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I kept it kinda old school and watched "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" still one of the best sci fi movies ever created. On Nov 26, 2007 3:56 PM, Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Keith, I recall seeing on a 1999 web site that an Eagle's max speed was > just short of lightspeed. If so, then the issue of range is kind of moot. On > another site, the show was referred to as a "science fantasy", which would > cover a lot of the glaring science goofs, such as the notion of nuclear > waste exploding with enough force to hurl the Moon clear of Earth orbit. > After seeing the pilot, I sat down and did the math necessary for that to > happen. Not in the realm of a conventional clean-nuke blast, let me tell > you. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net> wrote: Love one of > the early "Space: 1999" eps where they're still in the Solar System. I think > they're out near Neptune. There's an abandoned spaceship that has some kind > of flesheating monster on it. The creature's like a giant squid or > something, with one giant lighted eye in the center of its body. It pulls > people in, thein a moment later, ejects a smoking corpse, as though the > body'd been doused in acid. As a kid, i found that show to be scary. I > suspect i might laugh at it nowadays. > > > I do wonder why, if they were still in the Solar System, they didn't just > abandon Moon Base Alpha in those funky spaceships and head back towards > Earth? I guess their range was too limited and the Moon was moving too > fast... > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: Daryle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<yokozuna%40globalsoulmedia.com>> > > I watched the first 2 seasons of Sliders. This started off as a really fun > and interesting show. It ended so terribly that it's easy to forget that. > > I am actually still on holiday this week, and so I will be watching the > first 2 seasons of Space: 1999, and a bunch of anime I've been collecting > for the past year and have not watched. > > On 11/26/07 3:58 AM, "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com>> > wrote: > > > It seems as if a lot of us use the Thanksgiving holiday to chill out > > with some DVDs, We watched Mr. Brooks (loved it), Seraphim Falls with > > Pierce Brosnan and Liam Neeson, Spiderman III, and we got Ants for my > > little girl. What did you guys watch? > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get > organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A > Country" > > --------------------------------- > Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- -- Blogs: The Greasy Guide http://greasyguide.com Your Online Destination for Urban Information Coming Soon Street Sweet NYC http://www.streetsweetnyc.com Get your fix on cupcake bliss. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country" --------------------------------- Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country" --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
