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On Thu, 24 May 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: and i can't buy it, because its still on boring old VHS - Greg 'DVD' McCarroll It *was* released on DVD (in the US, but we don't care about that, do we boys and girls) but this was a while back, and it's now out of stock (everywhere.) I think this might be the one film I'd be prepared to have a copy on VHS and on DVD. Hmmm. Mark. -- Spontaneity has its time and place. - The Sure Thing
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* at 24/05 23:18 +0100 Greg McCarroll said: p.s. at the risk of raising the heckles of BlackStar, does anyone know the URL of the company based in the channel islands (or isle of mann) that sell american dvds to the UK at the time they are released in the US? 247 or something? http://www.play247.com/ would be them. struan
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Greg McCarroll wrote: think on you young-uns, before that the sexiest thing on TV was that monster who ate the sandwich in the last round of the adventure game It was a green cheese roll, on account of the vortex only liking to eat stuff with doubled letters in it... Gronda gronda Ragnor j --- jon eyre ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (http://simpson.dyndns.org/~jon/) the slack which can be described is not the true slack
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On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 05:54:35PM +0100, Neil Ford wrote: o Sneakers Had I been able to locate my copy you would have been more than welcome to borrow it it would appear mine's in storage. If I get a chance before Saturday I'll try and track it down. I happened to find this on DVD at Tower yesterday, 2 for £25[0], so I bought it, and will bring it on Sunday. [0] no, not two copies of Sneakers. -- Niklas Nordebo -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- +447966251290 The day is seven hours and fifteen minutes old, and already it's crippled with the weight of my evasions, deceit, and downright lies
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Niklas Nordebo wrote: I happened to find this on DVD at Tower yesterday, 2 for £25[0], so I bought it, and will bring it on Sunday. Groovesome. May have to pick that up myself as well.
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Leon Brocard wrote: I could bring along Real Genius? (slightly more old-skool hackers though) Ooh, yes. I was going to dig out my (recorded-from-tv) copy of that from home next weekend. Can't seem to find it anywhere as an original. [0] I also have D.A.R.Y.L (Data Analyising Robot Youth Lifeform) but I thinkt hat's pushing it a bit. As is mentioning the fact that I ahve the first 2 seasons of 8uffy on DVD. Muuuhahahahaha - Electronics Boutique and their silly selling it to me half price shenanigans. Simon [0] Is this deja-l.pm? UHF apparently to be released on DVD ... http://members.aol.com/allthngynk/uhf10th/dvd.htm
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Simon Wistow [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I also have D.A.R.Y.L (Data Analyising Robot Youth Lifeform) but I thinkt hat's pushing it a bit. If that counts, then Weird Science counts too! -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Interim CTO, web server farms, technical strategy
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Dave Hodgkinson wrote: If that counts, then Weird Science counts too! Got that as well. I'm more than willing to just put on the 'creation' scene from that.
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On 24 May 2001, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: Simon Wistow [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I also have D.A.R.Y.L (Data Analyising Robot Youth Lifeform) but I thinkt hat's pushing it a bit. If that counts, then Weird Science counts too! That's more geeksploitation or nerdsplotitation... Later. Mark. -- Do you realize that it is snowing in my room, goddammit! - Chet, Weird Science
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Mark Fowler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 24 May 2001, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: Simon Wistow [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I also have D.A.R.Y.L (Data Analyising Robot Youth Lifeform) but I thinkt hat's pushing it a bit. If that counts, then Weird Science counts too! That's more geeksploitation or nerdsplotitation... To quote the review from imdb: Unless you lived through that decade the film won't touch you in quite the same way. You needed to have been in awe of Tron, to have worn stone washed jeans and to have owned at least two pairs of illuminous [odd] socks, to really appreciate the naivety of the main characters as they place their faith in computers and 'modern' technology. Oh, no. Wow, and she's got three kids by Steven Seagal. -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Interim CTO, web server farms, technical strategy
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Dave Hodgkinson wrote: Wow, and she's got three kids by Steven Seagal. The eighties were a crazy decade and people did a lot of things they regret.
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Wow, and she's got three kids by Steven Seagal. The eighties were a crazy decade and people did a lot of things they regret. Well, would *you* say no to Steven Seagal? -- matt jones 'What you have begun in anger you shall end in shame.'
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From: Matthew Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 11:05 AM Wow, and she's got three kids by Steven Seagal. The eighties were a crazy decade and people did a lot of things they regret. I know I did :) Well, would *you* say no to Steven Seagal? I strongly suspect I'd say no to having his kids! Dave... -- The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system.
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Cross David - dcross [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From: Matthew Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 11:05 AM Wow, and she's got three kids by Steven Seagal. The eighties were a crazy decade and people did a lot of things they regret. I know I did :) Well, would *you* say no to Steven Seagal? I strongly suspect I'd say no to having his kids! Apropos nothing, there was a guy who took over at Fusion in the early nineties who was a skinny, bookish, Jewishish type. And his name was Steve Segal. Of course, as soon as we heard, he became Steven Seagal pronounced in the dramatic movie trailer kind of way. I don't think it did his career any harm at all. Back to your usual wibbling. -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Interim CTO, web server farms, technical strategy
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On Thu, 24 May 2001, Matthew Jones wrote: Wow, and she's got three kids by Steven Seagal. The eighties were a crazy decade and people did a lot of things they regret. Well, would *you* say no to Steven Seagal? personally, yes I would. -- Robin Szemeti Redpoint Consulting Limited Real Solutions For A Virtual World
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* Cross David - dcross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Well, would *you* say no to Steven Seagal? I strongly suspect I'd say no to having his kids! but he can also cook! -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net
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From: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 12:07 PM * Cross David - dcross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Well, would *you* say no to Steven Seagal? I strongly suspect I'd say no to having his kids! but he can also cook! Can he? I wouldn't know. I know nothing about him other than he appears in films that I have no interest in. Don't think I've seen a single film with him in. Dave... -- The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system.
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Greg McCarroll wrote: but [Steven Seagal] can also cook! And he's rather good at Aikido (he's a 7th Dan and also a shinto priest IIRC). I vaguely rmemeber something about him openign up the first wstern run Aikido dojo in Japan but I have absoultley no way of backing that up.
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From: Cross David - dcross [EMAIL PROTECTED] but he can also cook! Can he? I wouldn't know. I know nothing about him other than he appears in films that I have no interest in. Don't think I've seen a single film with him in. I remember going to see Executive Decision at the cinema and the whole audience cheering when SS got killed. I thought I was the only one :) Barbie.
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At 11:23 AM 2001.05.24 +0100, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: Apropos nothing, there was a guy who took over at Fusion in the early nineties who was a skinny, bookish, Jewishish type. And his name was Steve Segal. Of course, as soon as we heard, he became Steven Seagal pronounced in the dramatic movie trailer kind of way. I don't think it did his career any harm at all. A couple weeks ago, we hired a girl named Julie Andrews. Everyone keeps fighting the urge to ask her to sing for us. -- Chris Devers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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* Chris Devers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: At 11:23 AM 2001.05.24 +0100, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: Apropos nothing, there was a guy who took over at Fusion in the early nineties who was a skinny, bookish, Jewishish type. And his name was Steve Segal. Of course, as soon as we heard, he became Steven Seagal pronounced in the dramatic movie trailer kind of way. I don't think it did his career any harm at all. A couple weeks ago, we hired a girl named Julie Andrews. Everyone keeps fighting the urge to ask her to sing for us. I seem to remember an extremely soft porn-ish film with julie andrews at one stage, all i can remember is giant toy soldiers. I don't think porn is even the right title it was more just weird. -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net
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From: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] I seem to remember an extremely soft porn-ish film with julie andrews at one stage, all i can remember is giant toy soldiers. I don't think porn is even the right title it was more just weird. You're thinking of the comedy S.O.B., where a film director decides his wife (played by Julie Andrews)should go topless to increase the film's rating and the director's flagging career. Oddly enough the film is directed by Andrew's husband at the time, Blake Edwards. Life imitating art or visa versa? Barbie.
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Mark Fowler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 24 May 2001, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: Simon Wistow [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I also have D.A.R.Y.L (Data Analyising Robot Youth Lifeform) but I thinkt hat's pushing it a bit. If that counts, then Weird Science counts too! That's more geeksploitation or nerdsplotitation... If you're doing that, then you need _Revenge of the Nerds_ too. And if anyone has a half decent copy of _Better Off Dead_ (early John Cusack film) I'd be *very* happy to see it again. Even though it's not quite in this genre, and I won't be making it to the film fest anyway... Er... -- Piers Cawley www.iterative-software.com
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Piers Cawley wrote: And if anyone has a half decent copy of _Better Off Dead_ (early John Cusack film) I'd be *very* happy to see it again. Even though it's not quite in this genre, and I won't be making it to the film fest anyway... No but I do have The Sure Thing (imdb: John Cusack/Anthony TopGun, ER Edwards/Daphne Zuniga/Roadtrip/California/Odd Couple/Shot-gunning Beer) which is an even earlier film. /me IMDBs softly to himself. Humm, same year.
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Piers asked: The sure thing Ooh. Not seen that one. Is it any good? And that's Anthony TopGun, Northern Exposure, ER Edwards to you. Any good, any good? It's only my all time favourite film of all time[1]. Where frat movie meets romantic comedy, on a road trip. Quite a few good one liners. John Cusack being John Cusack very well. Zuniga being Zuniga, also very well. Later. Mark. [1] Not sure why. It just is. -- I didn't sleep with you, I slept in a bed you happened to be in! - The Sure Thing
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Mark Fowler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Piers asked: The sure thing Ooh. Not seen that one. Is it any good? And that's Anthony TopGun, Northern Exposure, ER Edwards to you. Any good, any good? It's only my all time favourite film of all time[1]. Where frat movie meets romantic comedy, on a road trip. Quite a few good one liners. John Cusack being John Cusack very well. Zuniga being Zuniga, also very well. Oh, hang on. Has it got Tim Robbins in it as well? If so I *have* seen it and it's bloody good. -- Piers Cawley www.iterative-software.com
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* Piers Cawley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Mark Fowler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Piers asked: The sure thing Ooh. Not seen that one. Is it any good? And that's Anthony TopGun, Northern Exposure, ER Edwards to you. Any good, any good? It's only my all time favourite film of all time[1]. Where frat movie meets romantic comedy, on a road trip. Quite a few good one liners. John Cusack being John Cusack very well. Zuniga being Zuniga, also very well. Oh, hang on. Has it got Tim Robbins in it as well? If so I *have* seen it and it's bloody good. and i can't buy it, because its still on boring old VHS - Greg 'DVD' McCarroll p.s. at the risk of raising the heckles of BlackStar, does anyone know the URL of the company based in the channel islands (or isle of mann) that sell american dvds to the UK at the time they are released in the US? 247 or something? -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net
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* Barbie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: From: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] I seem to remember an extremely soft porn-ish film with julie andrews at one stage, all i can remember is giant toy soldiers. I don't think porn is even the right title it was more just weird. You're thinking of the comedy S.O.B., where a film director decides his wife (played by Julie Andrews)should go topless to increase the film's rating and the director's flagging career. Oddly enough the film is directed by Andrew's husband at the time, Blake Edwards. Life imitating art or visa versa? but where there giant toy soldiers in it? -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net
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At 23:18 24/05/2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: * Barbie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: From: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] I seem to remember an extremely soft porn-ish film with julie andrews at one stage, all i can remember is giant toy soldiers. I don't think porn is even the right title it was more just weird. You're thinking of the comedy S.O.B., where a film director decides his wife (played by Julie Andrews)should go topless to increase the film's rating and the director's flagging career. Oddly enough the film is directed by Andrew's husband at the time, Blake Edwards. Life imitating art or visa versa? but where there giant toy soldiers in it? Yes. -- http://www.dave.org.uk SMS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Perl Training in the UK http://www.iterative-software.com/training/
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* Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: At 23:18 24/05/2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: * Barbie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: From: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] I seem to remember an extremely soft porn-ish film with julie andrews at one stage, all i can remember is giant toy soldiers. I don't think porn is even the right title it was more just weird. You're thinking of the comedy S.O.B., where a film director decides his wife (played by Julie Andrews)should go topless to increase the film's rating and the director's flagging career. Oddly enough the film is directed by Andrew's husband at the time, Blake Edwards. Life imitating art or visa versa? but where there giant toy soldiers in it? Yes. ah, the joys of having channel 4 launch just as you are entering puberty. think on you young-uns, before that the sexiest thing on TV was that monster who ate the sandwich in the last round of the adventure game -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net
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On Thu, 24 May 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: * Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: At 23:18 24/05/2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: * Barbie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: From: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] I seem to remember an extremely soft porn-ish film with julie andrews at one stage, all i can remember is giant toy soldiers. I don't think porn is even the right title it was more just weird. You're thinking of the comedy S.O.B., where a film director decides his wife (played by Julie Andrews)should go topless to increase the film's rating and the director's flagging career. Oddly enough the film is directed by Andrew's husband at the time, Blake Edwards. Life imitating art or visa versa? but where there giant toy soldiers in it? Yes. ah, the joys of having channel 4 launch just as you are entering puberty. umm I'm not sure I can remember that far back ... was it in 405 line ? ... think on you young-uns, before that the sexiest thing on TV was that monster who ate the sandwich in the last round of the adventure game ? .. there are obviously some major gaps in my knowledge here .. perhaps I spent too long in the cellar playing with sparks when I was a kid ... -- Robin Szemeti Redpoint Consulting Limited Real Solutions For A Virtual World
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On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 01:53:54PM +0100, Simon Wistow wrote: (http://www.twoshortplanks.com/simon/filmfest/) Time for yet another movie marathon since people have been carping on about it grin and this time it's the long awaited hacksploitation night - exploring the interesting and, umm, tenuous relationship that the silver screen has with the hacker (and cracker) lifestyle. The Time : Sunday, 27th of May. About 2pm. (although I don't mind doing it earlier or later) Would love to have made this but too much on this weekend and making the technical meeting on Saturday means the rest of the weekend has to be spent being productive. Line up so far will come from ... o Hackers o War Games o Antitrust o Takedown Bugger, there's two on there I haven't yet seen and I can always watch Hackers. No, 'The Net' does not count. If anybody has any of these ... o Sneakers Had I been able to locate my copy you would have been more than welcome to borrow it it would appear mine's in storage. If I get a chance before Saturday I'll try and track it down. Neil. -- Neil C. Ford Managing Director, Yet Another Computer Solutions Company Limited [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.yacsc.com
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Simon Wistow sent the following bits through the ether: If anybody has any of these ... I could bring along Real Genius? (slightly more old-skool hackers though) Leon -- Leon Brocard.http://www.astray.com/ Iterative Software...http://www.iterative-software.com/ ... Careful. We don't want to learn from this. - Calvin
