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Well, I'm just guessing here, but I'd say because she was productive and making money for her publishing house, she wasn't considered crazy. Had she just been some lady who talked to her drawings and DIDN'T make money for anybody, they might very well have locked her up.
From watching the movie I'd say that Peter Rabbit, was her most memorable character. But aside from that, her most notable accomlishment as far as I'm concerned, would be buying thousands of acres of land in England's Lake District, and then leaving it to the British people in a trust. Very cool.
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quote:Originally posted by Ultra Jorge: Stealth, regarding Miami. I also have visited the southeast region since I was knee high. Have family in Hollywood, West Palm, Miami, etc. You know I saw Miami get a bit better in 90's. Sure it was too trendy but hey that was better than trashy. The last couple times I went though (last year and in 2004) it seemed a bit more trashy than it should be. It attracted quite a deviant crowd. And I'm all for some deviants...but it was a bit scary again. Lots of bums, etc.
Yeah, I used to see a therapist on Lincoln Road, and there were always bums on the bottom floor of the building. As you said, scary.
The good news is that she's now semi-retired and living on the other coast of Florida, not far from Tampa as a matter of fact; her and I have the occassional phone session, for free.
And earlier tonight, I watched the first disc of the Best of Bravestarr DVD. (For those unfamiliar with it, Bravestarr was an 80s cartoon that cross-bred the western and space opera genres; the titular hero was a Native American sheriff with mystical powers.) Back in the day, it wasn't my favorite cartoon, but seeing the feature-film pilot for the first time was awe-inspiring. It must have been the only time that Filmation had a decent budget to work from (they also did She-Ra, He-Man, Flash Gordon, 60s Superman, etc.) The irony is that, for all the money they put into it, Bravestarr was a ratings/toy sales flop that pretty much destroyed Filmation.
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Bravestar sounds vaguely familiar. I can imagine the costume. Futuristic cowboy uni but he was native american.
Another vague memory was the Jace guy in the plant trucks? He had a guy called Herc?! Jace had a rogue hairstyle.
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Cobie, I've seen Rescue Me a couple of times and really like it I just don't have the time (even with the DVR).
Speaking of Burn Notice on USA...has the Dead Zone fizzled out? I used to love it but this season so far...sucks. I've only seen like the first 4 episodes.
4400 has got my interest again.
(I need to watch more movies and less tv darn it!)
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quote:Originally posted by walkwithcrowds: "Eyes of the eagle!! Strength of the bear!! Speed of the puma!!"
I think there may have been another power as well.
He had a cool, talking, robot horse.
"Bravestarr -- eye of the hawk, ear of the wolf. Bravestarr -- strength of the bear, speed of the puma."
The horse -- Thirty-Thirty was his name -- was my favorite character. An ornery ol' cuss with a heart of gold and a trusty shotgun he calls Sarah Jane. (for those who might be puzzled, Thirty-Thirty could shift from quadriped to biped, and in biped mode, he had humanoid hands instead of hooves.) He was more a cyborg than a robot, though.
quote:Originally posted by Ultra Jorge: Another vague memory was the Jace guy in the plant trucks? He had a guy called Herc?! Jace had a rogue hairstyle.
Ha ha. Jayce all the other good guys on his show had girly hairstyles. But personally, I've always liked girly hair on men.
The problem I had with Jayce's show was that the title sequence always had more action than the actual episode.
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Yeah, "Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors" was a cool show. It was a bit of a "Star Wars" ripoff, but still entertaining enough.
I'm also enjoying "4400" these days and finding myself losing interest in "Dead Zone". I was mostly just interested in the storyline with the evil politician anyway.
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Did anyone else watch the Spike TV mini-series "Kill Point"? There's only 1 episode left, next Sunday night. It was 8 hours in all, about a bank robbery that goes wrong, so they take hostages and will only talk to this one police negotiator, who the chief hates because he makes up the rules as he goes along... I know the premise sounds "done to death" but there have been some pretty good turns along the way:
Click Here For A SpoilerFor example one of the hostages is the daughter of a wealthy guy, so he offers to try and get the criminals (ex-military unit who went to Iraq) an escape route. Also, the hostage takers try and get public sympathy by saying some of their demands are for every soldier in Iraq to have bulletproof vests, and for all Senators in Congress who have children of age to enlist in the military and get sent over to Iraq...
In another episode the hostages get the upper hand on the robbers briefly. Meanwhile there are also other members of the H.T.'s military unit on the outside who start trying to find their brothers another way out of the bank (even killing a hitman and taking out a few SWAT snipers along the way). And on the comical side of things there's a couple who has spent the entire time in a closet (they had snuck into the closet for a "quickie" moments before the bank got robbed...talk about poor timing!). They were finally discovered by the H.T.s this week.
It will be interesting to see how it all plays out next week!
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Omni, I agree after Walt died I've lost interest(Dead Zone).
I haven't seen Kill Point but it sounds cool. John Leguizamo and Donnie Wahlberg. It's a mini-series right?
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Pretty good film. I'm a huge Orson Welles fan and got hint of this by a tangent. Mostly the Welles/Hearst connection(Citizen Kane).
The Cat's Meow is about a real party on Hearst's yacht. It had a number of famous people and one of them died(or was killed). Writer/director Thomas Ince died under mysterious circumstances. The sad part is the party was for his birthday.
It was said he died of a heart attack but rumors suggested he was shot in the head by Hearst. The famous people on the boat never talked about it. Among the famous people the most famous was Charlie Chaplin and Marion Davies. It was said they were having an affair and Hearst was very jealous. He accidently killed Ince thinking he was Chaplain.
Personally I believe it. Hearst seemed to be an evil man in everything I've heard about him.
Kirsten Dunst played Marion Davies. This film made her seem not as bad as other reports of her. Joanna Lumley did an amazing job and played erotic fiction novelist Elinor Glyn. Jenniffer Tilly played much hated gossip columnist Louella Parsons. Eddie Izzard played Chaplain. I don't want to sound mean but Eddie is just a bit hard to look at. Atleast in this film. He's got a villain's face.
I enjoyed the film. It was directed by Peter Bogdanovich. It really captured that 1920s spirit.
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"Dogfights" on the History Channel. I'm not much for the war documentaries these days, but they've got really cool computer reenactments of fighter v. fighter action. Fun to watch.
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I also have been watching "Damages." I am quite enjoying this show. I also started watching "Flash Gordon" on SciFi, but am less than thrilled with it. I've seen only the first episode though, so I'll give it a bit longer. The only other thing I am watching now is "LA Law." I love syndication!
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