From: Kate L Pugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 9/27/01 10:39:41 AM
>On Wed 26 Sep 2001, Mike Jarvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> There are good american beers and chocolates. You're
>> just not very likely to get either one over there.
>>
>> Ghirardelli makes decent chocolate.
>
> The chocolate
On Wed 26 Sep 2001, Mike Jarvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There are good american beers and chocolates. You're just not very
> likely to get either one over there.
>
> Ghirardelli makes decent chocolate.
The chocolate syrup at Starbucks is made by Ghirardelli. It's nice.
Kake
On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 01:24:35PM -0400, Mike Jarvis wrote:
> There are good american beers and chocolates. You're just not very
> likely to get either one over there.
In fairness, there are plenty of small/micro-breweries all over the
place that are churning out reasonably- to very-decent stuf
Wednesday, September 26, 2001, 12:04:40 PM, Lucy McWilliam wrote:
LM> On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote:
>> American High School Drama
LM> 10 Things, yay! Buffy?
LM> Anything but American beer or chocolate.
There are good american beers and chocolates. You're just not very
likely to
David Cantrell wrote:
>
>
> Les Visiteurs: http://us.imdb.com/Details?0108500
> The Navigator: http://us.imdb.com/Details?0095709
>
I kept quite on this oh so on topic thread but Les Visiteurs is a gem
Thanks Dave
I'll leave everyone to return to the normal on topic stuff
Greg
>
> > Medieval Night
> > Film-ish: Not sure yet, but i will come up with something
> > good
> > Food: Beer in flaggons, roast meat, fresh bread, etc.
> >
> A knight's Tale, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves[3]
Name of the Rose?
--
Matthew Jones
* Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> I just get depressed that in the year 2000 we're making
> films that still perpertuate those ideas. There _are_ people
> who will argue that it's some kind of "post-feminist", "girl
> power" story when, in fact, it's the kind of thing that puts
> back th
* Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> Greg recently persuaded me that this wasn't as bad as I thought
> it would be, so I watched it. He was _so_ wrong.
>
This could contain spoilers ...
First C.A. is never going to bring you to a new level of
enlightenment, nor shall it move you to
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 09:01:41AM -0700, Dave Cross wrote:
> Tho' I should point out that Queenan enjoyed the film despite
> that. I can't.
Joe "the Unkindest Cut" Queenan? He strikes me as being a thoroughly
unpleasant man, with somewhat dubious taste in film. It's still a
jolly good book fo
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 04:13:07PM +0100, william ross wrote:
> > > Medieval Night
> >> Film-ish: Not sure yet, but i will come up with something
> >> good
> >
> >Army of Darkness (AKA the Medievil Dead), of course.
>
> richard III (mckellen or oli
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 11:28:35PM +0100, Tim Sweetman wrote:
>
> > From: "David H. Adler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: 9/25/01 4:26:44 PM
>
> Ah, I remember now why I recognise your name - I kept seeing it in
> Switzerland near depictions of eagles. Another little mystery solved. :)
Makes sen
1. Medieaval films: The Name of the Rose. How could you possibly miss
it? All right, Umburto Eco spent years stuffing anachronisms into it,
and it's a bit on the grim side, but they weren't called the Dark Ages
for nothing.
2. Shooting a rant with a rant, Faith-based Missile Defense style:
> Fr
Greg McCarroll wrote:
> * Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > Better still, _replace_ Ferris Bueller with Heathers so they'd
> > all be _watchable_ films :)
>
> *gasp* *gasp* *gasp*
>
> Shurely your not suggesting Ferris Bueller is a an unwatchable
> film?
I believe he has already sugges
>
> > Medieval Night
> > Film-ish: Not sure yet, but i will come up with something
> > good
> > Food: Beer in flaggons, roast meat, fresh bread, etc.
> >
> A knight's Tale, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves[3]
The massively underated Dragonslaye
On 25/09/01 09:01 -0700, Dave Cross wrote:
> [about Charlie's Angels]
>
> I saw _plenty_ of the series as I was growing up. I still enjoy
> it today. But only because it's an artifact of it's time. 25
> years ago the majority of people _did_ think of women as clothes
> horses. I just get depressed
On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Simon Wilcox wrote:
> Perhaps I am naive [1] but these women seem to me to be extremely
> powerful in Hollywood (well Barrymore & Diaz anyway) and I like to
> think that they could put a stop to anything they felt uncomfortable
> with.
Indeed, didn't they help write it? Wasn
On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Dave Cross wrote:
> WARNING - The following is getting
> dangerously close to being a rant :)
..."close to a rant"...?
You'll have to try harder next time, then... :)
--
Chris Devers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Dave Cross wrote:
[about Charlie's Angels]
[snip]
> "One might even argue that the film has an artfully concealed
> feminist subtext, since the three women not only outmuscle the
> men in the movie but outact them (Matt LeBlanc is invisible,
> Bill Murray wasted, Tim Curr
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 09:01:41AM -0700, Dave Cross wrote:
>
> From: "David H. Adler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 9/25/01 4:26:44 PM
>
> >On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 08:22:09AM -0700, Dave Cross wrote:
>
> [about Charlie's Angels]
>
> >> Greg recently persuaded me that this wasn't as bad as I
>
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 08:22:09AM -0700, Dave Cross wrote:
> From: Simon Wilcox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Charlie's Angels is watchable, if you mean the recent one
> > with Drew Barrymore and those other two in it ;-)
> Personally I
> need a bit mo
From: "David H. Adler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 9/25/01 4:26:44 PM
>On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 08:22:09AM -0700, Dave Cross wrote:
[about Charlie's Angels]
>> Greg recently persuaded me that this wasn't as bad as I
>> thought it would be, so I watched it. He was _so_ wrong.
>> Personally I ne
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 08:22:09AM -0700, Dave Cross wrote:
>
> From: Simon Wilcox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > Charlie's Angels is watchable, if you mean the recent one
> > with Drew Barrymore and those other two in it ;-)
>
> That was the one I meant. My rant about this was apparently eaten
>
From: Simon Wilcox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 9/25/01 5:10:08 PM
>On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Dave Cross wrote:
[Ferris Bueller]
>> As unwatchable films go it's right up there with
>> "Charlie's Angels", "American Pie" and "Gladiator". I'd
>> rather watch something by Andy Warhol :)
>
> Charlie's Ang
> > Medieval Night
>> Film-ish: Not sure yet, but i will come up with something
>> good
>
>Army of Darkness (AKA the Medievil Dead), of course.
richard III (mckellen or olivier)
aguirre (slightly off-period but there in spirit)
monty python & holy
On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Dave Cross wrote:
> From: Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 9/25/01 3:20:35 PM
>
> > Shurely your not suggesting Ferris Bueller is a an
> > unwatchable film? I realise that after leading London.pm
> > for so long you may side with the authoritarian figures
> > (the t
From: "David H. Adler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 9/25/01 3:56:15 PM
>On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 07:44:19AM -0700, Dave Cross wrote:
>>
>> As unwatchable films go it's right up there with
>> "Charlie's Angels", "American Pie" and "Gladiator". I'd
>> rather watch something by Andy Warhol :)
>
> Now
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 07:44:19AM -0700, Dave Cross wrote:
>
> As unwatchable films go it's right up there with "Charlie's Angels",
> "American Pie" and "Gladiator". I'd rather watch something by
> Andy Warhol :)
Now I *know* you're lying... :-)
dha
--
David H. Adler - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - h
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 10:41:39AM -0400, Andy Williams wrote:
> >
> A knight's Tale, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves[3]
> [3] Really struggling here :)
Yes. You are.
dha, usually refers to that as "Robin Hood, Prince of Cigar Store
Indians", due to Costner's wooden performance...
--
David H.
From: Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 9/25/01 3:20:35 PM
>* Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>>
>> Better still, _replace_ Ferris Bueller with Heathers so
>> they'd all be _watchable_ films :)
>
> *gasp* *gasp* *gasp*
>
> Shurely your not suggesting Ferris Bueller is a an
> unwa
On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote:
> American High School Drama
> Films-ish: The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller,
> etc.
> Drinks&Snacks: American Beer, Kegs, Chips, Cheezy Puffs, Popcorns
There are some decent(ish) newer ones t
* Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> Better still, _replace_ Ferris Bueller with Heathers so they'd
> all be _watchable_ films :)
>
*gasp* *gasp* *gasp*
Shurely your not suggesting Ferris Bueller is a an unwatchable
film? I realise that after leading London.pm for so long you
may side w
* Dave Thorn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 07:10:17AM -0700, Dave Cross wrote:
> >
> > From: Tony Bowden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 05:11:03PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote:
> >
> > >> Roman Night
> > >> Film-ish: Spartacus, Gladiator, etc.
> >
Greg McCarroll wrote:
>
> Medieval Night
> Film-ish: Not sure yet, but i will come up with something
> good
Army of Darkness (AKA the Medievil Dead), of course.
Jasper
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 07:10:17AM -0700, Dave Cross wrote:
>
> From: Tony Bowden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 05:11:03PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote:
>
> >>Roman Night
> >>Film-ish: Spartacus, Gladiator, etc.
> > Life of Brian?
> Ben Hur? Cleopatra?
carry on cae
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 07:10:17AM -0700, Dave Cross wrote:
>
> From: Tony Bowden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 9/25/01 2:53:48 PM
>
> >>Roman Night
> >>Film-ish: Spartacus, Gladiator, etc.
> >
> > Life of Brian?
>
> Ben Hur? Cleopatra?
Carry on cleo? Umm maybe not.
Steve
--
Infam
From: Tony Bowden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 9/25/01 2:53:48 PM
>On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 05:11:03PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote:
>> American High School Drama
>> Films-ish: The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink,
>> Ferris Bueller, etc.
>
> Unless this is actually
On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 05:11:03PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote:
> American High School Drama
> Films-ish: The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller,
> etc.
Unless this is actually "John Hughes American High School Drama" you
really need to add Heath
* Greg McCarroll ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> p.p.s. I will be willing to host such an event if i get enough +ive
> responses offlist.
>
Ok, I've already had enough responses, so i will ask for more offlist
replies to choose the first film night topic,
I reserve the right to change the films
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