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[Maenoferren]

Still want to see it

Me too... With Subedai's notes above so that I can shout at the TV
As rants go that was a good one ...totally agree with the bread and circus parallel... National Geographic showed a number of mocumentaries which had me ranting...the mermaids one and the Megladon one... With the latter there are so many cool things they could have put in, instead it was bigger version of Jaws... Even down to the recovered camera...total bollox of a programme. Luckily I recorded it and  could run to the credits on Sky plus to the end and check the high speed disclaimer that it was made up.. Blink and you missed it. There are no doubt people out there that believe that mermaids exist in the deep ocean and that Megladon is eating fishing boats off South Africa....

[Subedai]

#fsn. Thanks, I've never been rant-rated before and to achieve an 8.5, wow.

#Maenoferren. Don't get me started on what they call 'normal' tv. Hates it, we does, Precious, hates it.

I was brought without a tv for most of my early life -it really was a waste of time seeing as I couldn't speak Chinese when we lived in Hong Kong or German when we lived in...yeah, you guessed it, Germany. Consequently, this attitude has stayed with me through my life to date so when I hear my eldest son (34) rant about how good Eastenders is or did I watch the Voice or Take Me Out, I feel a little saddened at the way things are going.

Back to Breads and Circuses, nothing has changed since Roman times.

[getagrip]

That one was a 3.2 at best.  He's not got the stamina 

[Leman]

Here's a little 0.5 - In the 60s film of The Charge of the Light Brigade I remember, even at that tender age, being slightly bemused that the 17th Lancers also had cherry red trousers and that both light dragoon regiments and the 8th Hussars were nowhere to be seen.

[Maenoferren]

That one was a 3.2 at best.  He's not got the stamina 

Me or him? 

[fsn]

Here's a little 0.5 - In the 60s film of The Charge of the Light Brigade I remember, even at that tender age, being slightly bemused that the 17th Lancers also had cherry red trousers and that both light dragoon regiments and the 8th Hussars were nowhere to be seen.

When I was a little lad (6) I had a colostomy put in, just on a whim. I kept it for two years, and then had it put back. To celebrate we went on a family outing to see the new blockbuster Charge of the Light Brigade. A good time and some ice cream, from a little lady with a tray, were had by all. Home again, Ma decided to change my bandage. I can still see her shocked face as she took off the dressing to see my intestines oozing from my side. With great presence of mind, Ma pressed the bandage back whilst Dad phoned for the ambulance.

Happy days, though I've never been able to look at Trevor Howard without a small shudder going up my spine. 

[Westmarcher]

 
So sad. Gob smacked.


..... you realise you've spoiled this film for all of us now!


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[fsn]

David Hemmings dies in the end!

Now I've ruined the film for you!

[Techno]

. I can still see her shocked face as she took off the dressing to see my intestines oozing from my side. With great presence of mind, Ma pressed the bandage back whilst Dad phoned for the ambulance.
Happy days, though I've never been able to look at Trevor Howard without a small shudder going up my spine. 

Good grief !! 
What a thing to happen to a young lad !!
Cheers - Phil

[getagrip]

Good grief !! 
What a thing to happen to a young lad !!
Cheers - Phil

Yeah, though it explains an AWFUL lot!!! 

[Subedai]

That one was a 3.2 at best.  He's not got the stamina 

That wasn't a rant, that was merely an observation.

#fsn. Ouch!

[Westmarcher]

David Hemmings dies in the end!

Now I've ruined the film for you!

Noooooooooo!      


P.S. btw I echo Techno's comments (you do know I was kidding  ) ... and getagrip's too (!) .....  ]

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

flippin'neck! 

[fsn]

It was a long time ago, but I've had an aversion to the Crimean War since. Also, I've never been able to eat cooked tomatoes. 

Right. Who's going to top that for a film memory? 

[Leman]

I remember as a young lad being shocked at seeing John Wayne's intestines hanging off a Mexican lance at the end of The Alamo.

[Subedai]

Can't top it but when I lived in Hong Kong there was a Chinese community just down the hill at Lai Chi Kok which had a cinema. They used to show all kinds of films and as there was no rating system at even at seven years old I paid my 5c (1d in old money)and got in. I remember there was one particular film about St. George getting his beloved kidnapped by a wicked witch and he got all the European patron saints together on a quest find her. One by one they all died in horrible -remember I was seven- ways. One fell in a pit of acid, another got instant plague and that kind of thing. I had nightmares for at least a week afterwards. Still sends shudders down my spine and was over 50 years ago!

[clibinarium]

Sounds like "The Magic Sword" from 1962.  I first saw it in the MST3K version, so to me it was hilarious (though I agree the curses the knights fall to are unpleasant).

[Maenoferren]

It was a long time ago, but I've had an aversion to the Crimean War since. Also, I've never been able to eat cooked tomatoes. 

Right. Who's going to top that for a film memory? 

Two words... Child Catcher
Still cant watch Chitty, Chitty Bang Bang....

[Fenton]

Two words... Child Catcher
Still cant watch Chitty, Chitty Bang Bang....

[Westmarcher]

Hannibal Lecter cooking and feeding Ray Liotta's character parts of his brain while he was still alive and talking. That gave me a shudder!    

Maenoferren - my kids too !  ('grown ups' now, of course).