Recent content by Hoke

Sick joke. **shudder** I remember NY in the Seventies. Pretty bad. I hope that wasn't considered a "Golden Age".

The familiarity effect always implies, Joe. And it would be increased by repeated viewings---or in the case of M. Night Shyamalan's work, one viewing. That's why most epics don't hold up so well: once you've been wowed, it's very, very difficult to resurrect that sense of wonder. The movie...

Thanks, Jonathan. No rhetorical flourishes in using your name. And obviously my repsonse was overboard, as evidenced through the irony of Dressner counselling me to restraint and temperance. Insert whicheve emoticon your mind supplies here. And you are not alone with Barry Lyndon. When I...

Darn it, Joe (can I call you Joe, Joe?), I'm just trying to be consistent. I wasn't the one being snarky and pissy to start with. Got me riled. Got my dander up. (That enough country colloquialisms to keep you happy, Joe?)

Hate to agree with Kane, but it's broke here too. Don't know enough to know whether you broke it originally, Chris (you don't mind if I call you "Chris" do you, Chris?), but broke it is. Here.

I'm very sorry, Jonathan. Do you not like your first name, or do you resent my using it in a discussion? I have a habit of doing that, when I'm addressing people. I see it as a sign of recognition and respect. Especially to someone with whom I've shared a meal and wine through an offline, and...

I did not say I couldn't see Kubrick's hand all over Spartacus, Jonathan. Don't know how you pulled that from my comments either. I do believe I said, "For Spartacus, Kubrick was more of a salvage expert than a director." I've seen Spartacus too many times to count, Jonathan. Also done a lot...

Why? Because YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH??? (with apologies to Jack Nicholson) Anyway, it seemed to have dropped well into the pool of oblivion...until you brought it back up, Joe-Boy. (btw, did Thor ever give you that Aussie?)

I think that's what got us into this mess.

Oh. Tough week for Edmunds. I call him a dinosaur and you think he runs around asking inane questions. I think he's still sulking over the Mason Jars crack too. Shame, really; that could put him over the top, volume and profit wise.

Wikipedia is the preferred and definitive source on Disorder? Who knew? Hmf. In the good old days of the Golden Age of Wine Therapy, Wikipediaistians would have been soundly scoffed at. Soundly. I didn't do the font thing, by the way.

Or maybe a genus. And the retro French helmets were cool too. For Spartacus, I believe Kubrick was more of a salvage expert than a director

Interesting. And where would that line be? Anyway, in my post, I wasn't referring to the Markster, I was actually intending to refer to Sharon's guy, the one with the poleaxed look on his face. I'm quite sure that this Mark fellow is, like Brian Loring, an all around swell guy. Should I want...

maybe we should have a Shirazathon. You know, just to liven things up a little. Don't know if there's a trademark issue, so we could call it a Shirazapalooza. Dressner could bring what's left of that case of Sparky Wine he never finished. It's probably ripe by now. And is it just me, or...

Thanks. Always pleasant to be reminded of the Friuli region, and why I like it so much. Of course, you once again rekindled my desire to go back again. *sigh*