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    Charlton Heston says byebye

    in General off-topic discussions

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     Originally Posted By: Mr Wiggles

    As for the Heston, he appeared in POTA, Soylent Green, and the Omega Man, three SF classics. The 1970s was kind of a golden age for deep (or deepish) SF about future doom. It kind of ended when Star Wars came along and made shit loads of money as basically goodies vs. baddies with lots of special effects.


    Omega man, I watched that just recently after seeing the Will Smith re-make.
    The essence of the movie was great, but the overall acting was pretty cheesy, I must say it was one of Heston's poorer roles, he had to resort to the the standard Chuck Heston "take my shirt off and show of my chest" scenes more than necesesary.
    Havent seen soylent green, must check it out.

    Charlton Heston says byebye

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     Originally Posted By: Tubby Beaver
    Man he was old!!
    Did you see him in Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine, not only was he an insensitive fool, but he was so old he actually walked like the apes in POTA!! lol.gif



    You know Tubby Beaver you obviously know very little about the guy, sure at the end of his life he became rather conservative and grumpy but you should judge the guy for all the things he accomplished and did during his life. Which is quite an impressive list. He was one of the most politically active actors ever and on both sides of the spectrum.

    Here are some wikisnippets of what he got up to..


    Heston campaigned for Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson in 1956 and John F. Kennedy in 1960. When an Oklahoma movie theater premiering his movie was segregated, he joined a picket line outside in 1961. During the civil rights march held in Washington, D.C. in 1963, he accompanied Martin Luther King Jr..
    In later speeches, Heston said he helped the civil rights cause "long before Hollywood found it fashionable." Heston planned to campaign for Lyndon Johnson, but when filming on Major Dundee went over schedule, did not.

    In 1968, following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Heston appeared on The Joey Bishop Show and, along with fellow actors Gregory Peck, Kirk Douglas and James Stewart, called for public support for President Johnson's Gun Control Act of 1968.

    Heston saw McCarthyism and racial segregation as helping the cause of Communism worldwide, and opposed both. He also opposed the Vietnam War

    At a Time Warner stockholders meeting, he castigated the company for releasing an Ice-T album which included the song "Cop Killer", which depicted the killing of police officers.

    In an address to students at Harvard Law School entitled Winning the Cultural War, Heston expressed his disdain for political correctness, stating "If Americans believed in political correctness, we'd still be King George's boys - subjects bound to the British crown." He stated "Political correctness is tyranny with manners". He went on to say that white pride is just as valid as black pride or red pride or anyone else's pride.
    Heston opposed abortion and gave the introduction to a 1987 pro-life documentary by Bernard Nathanson called Eclipse of Reason which focuses on late-term abortions. Heston served on the Advisory Board of Accuracy in Media (AIM), a conservative media watchdog group founded by the late Reed Irvine.




    and in regards to Michael Moores film, its Michael Moore! he ambushes and sets up people, corners them, he could make anyone look bad, thats his deal if you hadn't noticed. He twists the truth. Moore makes Goebbels look amateur.
    As for Heston, campaigning for Civil Rights, opposing the Vietnam War, yes very insensitive activities by an ape walking old man.....
    No one could ever accuse him of not speaking his mind, following his convictions and standing up and being heard.

    Why he switched from Liberal Democrat to Conservative in the 1980's I don't know, but looking at the Democratic party who can really blame him?

    Politics aside, I like him as an actor, he was awesome in Ben Hur and Planet of the Apes.

    F1 2008

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    I just watched a torrent of qualifying this morning, Massa was blindingly fast all day except in Q3, he blamed traffic, excuses excuses, that's called choking.

    He was 2 full seconds slower than his Q2 time! Q2 is always quicker, but not 2 secs quicker, he threw away pole to a Pole!

    School trips - ski/board - discussion

    in Snow talk, trip reports, Japan avalanche & backcountry

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    skiing is not a bad option in my book, sure he can ride a board, but the skiing would broaden his horizons and allow to hang out with his mates on the slopes more, which its seems is the big thing for this trip, besides you dont fall on your ass when you are learning to ski, it's your side.

    Also you never know, he might be good at skiing and pick it up really fast, he does have 'snow sense' which is a big thing when learning another discipline on the snow.

    Who knows he might end up liking it more than snowboarding.

     

    Life is about experiences and this would be a good one.

    Cheaper Gasoline

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    126! thats pretty darn good, I filled up the tank on my big thirsty beast yesterday. 51Litres at 136yen =7000 yenski......and that was only 3/4 of a tank!......time to get Kei-car.

     

    10 yen per litre difference and for me that was getting petrol at the dead cheap discount service station.

    Serious question - do you watch porn?

    in General off-topic discussions

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    Also the big thing with male porn star is the ability to hoist the flag on cue at any time whether its the first of the day or late at night for the nth time. I guess Ron must be one of the best flag raisers in the business., having a big weapon surely helps too.

    Any stats on the net like those for pro wrestlers are bound to be inflated ( nice pun there) and not accurate.

    Cant say I have seen much of his work.

    Olympic events that don't seem quite right.

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     Originally Posted By: BagOfCrisps


    I wonder how much 'trouble' there'll be at these Olympics.


    lots, did China really believe everyone would get caught up in the Olympic spirit and forget all the, how should say this, "dodgy" stuff they do?
    They must be outside of their minds. It was a very controversial decision to award the games 8 years ago. These are going to be the most "interesting" Olympics in long long time I feel.
    China getting the games reminds me of the old proverb....." Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it"

    The important topic of... toilets

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    yeah mate, they do almost everything, you walk in, the lid pops up, if you are a guy tap a large button on the panel and the seat pops up too, after doing a #1 just walk away, the thing flushes and puts the lid down automatically ( keeps the ladies very happy that)

    You end up actually enjoying the your time in the loo with a state of the art toilet.

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