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benj clews 
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 Posted - 07/24/2005 : 20:59:58
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Originally posted by Rovark
Fight, fight, fight, fight
Looks like we got a major disagreement coming up here. Much as I hate to go all Salopian on you, there's a big difference between re-imagining an historical event and making an allegorical reference to it.
They Died With Their Boots On, Seventh Cavalry, Custer Of The West, Little Big Man. They all take the very real figure of Custer and create a fiction around the historical 'facts' as we know them, but using all the factual names and details.
Fort Apache doesn't. It creates new totally fictional charactors and plonks them amongst the Apache of Cochise. If anything it's a fictionalised account of Cochise's story, with Fonda's Thursday bearing more resemblence to Bascom who practically started the Apache wars.
In terms of a cavalry officer leading his men to self destruction, Fetterman's probably a better candidate than Custer as a historical template.
The film isn't 'Custer's last stand redux'
or 'Ford fictionalises custer's conclusion'
Although the first review would fine for any of the above films so is probably generic as well as wrong.
Over to you Benj
ps I'm prepared to apologise to our American cousins if I've remembered any of the above incorrectly, teaching Grandma to suck eggs and all
So, basically, we're saying both reviews are wrong?
Anyone disagree before I go declining them?
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Rovark 
"Luck-pushing, rule-bending, chance-taking reviewer"
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Posted - 07/25/2005 : 23:04:22
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'The Last Emperor'
Melissa S has "Fall of Japanese Royalty"
It's about the last Chinese Emperor.
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roger_thornhill 
"'scuse me while I disappear..."
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Posted - 07/26/2005 : 00:21:32
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Originally posted by AC
george's new review for Spidey 3, while very clever, is not quite right - there has been no substantial confirmation that the Sandman will be appearing in SM3 - most people believe it will be Venom, Mysterio or Sandman, but there has been no confirmation: the closest we have heard is the following blurb from the official SM website re Thomas Hayden Church's casting:
"As to which character, nobody knows for certain but we do have clues. Church has recently said that his character was "an amorphous collection of protons, electrons, and neutrons, of different colors"
Once Sandman is confirmed, I will vote on the review, but until then, it's pure speculation. That said, if the review is declined and later we discover that Sandman DOES appear, then I will be the first to defend to the death George's ownership of said review.
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?id=12843
Hey AC,
I'm taking it upon myself to delete my review after reading this article.
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AC 
"Returning FWFR Old-Timer"
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Posted - 07/26/2005 : 00:25:07
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Nice spot! I'm sorry to see your review go, though, since it is a clever one. I'll hit your pages with votes to make up for your tragic loss. 
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Tori
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Posted - 07/26/2005 : 00:42:00
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'Malcom and the Poodle' for My Dog Skip. The dog is a terrier.
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roger_thornhill
"'scuse me while I disappear..."
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Posted - 07/26/2005 : 02:36:47
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Originally posted by AC
Nice spot! I'm sorry to see your review go, though, since it is a clever one. I'll hit your pages with votes to make up for your tragic loss.
Thanks, AC. Now last one to post a fwfr about chameleons is a rotten egg.
Mind, this could be bunkum, too, except it has a lot of convincing detail and it jives with the remark you quoted that Church's character will be able to change colors. |
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noncentz 
"Myself in four words."
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TitanPa
"Here four more"
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Posted - 07/28/2005 : 12:17:33
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I thought it was one word. Like Hamburger
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noncentz
"Myself in four words."
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Posted - 07/28/2005 : 18:47:11
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Frankfurter yes. Hot dog no. Wiener Titanpa. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotdog
"What did the Buddha say when he met the hot dog vendor?"
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bife
"Winners never quit ... fwfr ... "
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Posted - 07/28/2005 : 18:58:26
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Although I would use two words for hot dog, dictionary.com thinks it can also be one word
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lemmycaution
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 07/28/2005 : 19:34:59
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Don't be a brat, let it stay.
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noncentz
"Myself in four words."
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Posted - 07/28/2005 : 20:20:42
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What's the wurst that could happen.
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roger_thornhill
"'scuse me while I disappear..."
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Posted - 08/04/2005 : 11:43:21
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Recently approved but wrong: "Grant's missing Mrs. returns." The reviewer must be thinking of My Favorite Wife. Dunne and Grant separate in this film but she is hardly "missing."
K
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benj clews
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Posted - 08/04/2005 : 14:40:58
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Originally posted by george_kaplan
Recently approved but wrong: "Grant's missing Mrs. returns." The reviewer must be thinking of My Favorite Wife. Dunne and Grant separate in this film but she is hardly "missing."
K
Which film was that for?
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roger_thornhill
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Posted - 08/05/2005 : 01:41:42
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Originally posted by benj clews
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Originally posted by george_kaplan
Recently approved but wrong: "Grant's missing Mrs. returns." The reviewer must be thinking of My Favorite Wife. Dunne and Grant separate in this film but she is hardly "missing."
K
Which film was that for?
The Awful Truth.
So did y'all see Novak's on-air crack-up?
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