A hill in Central Florida. Yep, a hill!
The Pats-Cards game is getting interesting. What is up with the Brady understudy huffing smelling salts on the sidelines? Weird. Seems to be working, though.
I’m planning a river cruise on a borrowed houseboat, trying to figure out what to bring, moorings, optimal stargazing, etc., which is a pleasant diversion. Damn, do I need a vacation.
What are you up to? Open thread!
Omnes Omnibus
Watching The Dirty Dozen.
amk
Is cole anywhere near there? If he isn’t, he is missing a golden opportunity to do his usual stuff.
Trentrunner
Still no comment from Trump on Hillary’s illness.
I’m guessing a tweet or comment in the next 24 hours:
“Get well soon, Hillary.”
Followed by 50+ days of
“She has no stamina, no strength.”
Suzanne
Feeling completely exhausted today. Mr. Suzanne and I binge-watched the last four episodes of Stranger Things, and I fell asleep through one of the episodes. I feel for HRC, because seasonal allergies are not the worst, but are pretty awful in their own right.
BruceFromOhio
A map, a radio, and a handler.
PigDog
Went to a theatrical showing of Labyrinth. They don’t make practical effects like they used to.
Also there was an ad for a reboot of Left Behind, “presented by Liberty University.” If there isn’t a more compelling case for revoking their accreditation, I can’t think of one.
schrodinger's cat
I don’t see any hill, where is it? Did you post the wrong photo?
BR
Today was another reminder of how important it is to volunteer. If we leave things to the media it will be nonsense from here to election day and we can’t rely on a good news cycle to sweep voters to the polls. We need to do it ourselves.
Sign up here to volunteer — just put in your zip code and find local events. Please sign up for just one…
Kropadope
Just finished Soul Eater. Not ready to return to Start Trek TNG (on Season 4 after several months of dedicated watching) so looking for a new series.
Mike J
I’ll hold your float plan, but you probably want somebody closer to have a copy too.
Load up books on your phone/tablet. Get one on celestial navigation and make your own sextant at home and geek out underway. I realise my idea of boating fun is not the same as everyone else’s.
rk
Hillary Clinton found out on Friday she had Pneumonia.So that means she did the commander in chief (or whatever it was called)forum with the two morons for an hour and a half when she was sick. Plus she did a press conference and gave the “basket of deplorables” speech and attended the 9/11 memorial. A lesser man (Donald Trump) would have keeled over.
And the media is going to spend the whole of next week discussing if she has stamina.
grandpa john
nerve tonixc
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/07/upshot/the-biggest-danger-for-donald-trump-florida.html
schrodinger's cat
OT Question for computer geeks.
What PC repair kit do you recommend for laptops. I am going to open my old dell laptop and replace the fan inside. I already have a set of tiny screw drivers.
Pinacacci
Been watching Cleverman. I recommend it. Give it a bit of leeway for heavy-handedness.
BR
@Trentrunner:
She really does need to fake cough on her hand right as she goes to shake Trump’s hand before the debate. He seems like a major germ-o-phobe.
Pinacacci
@schrodinger’s cat: that’s pretty much all you need I think? for a fan
The Dangerman
Curious before I call it an early night; did EFG ever say how things were with Mrs. EFG?
BruceFromOhio
@schrodinger’s cat: a can of air, a narrow attachment for the vacuum cleaner, a static strap. A clean, well-lit workspace. A working computer connected to the internet so you can look up the YouTube video when the whole thing goes catttywumpus.
SiubhanDuinne
I have some great FB friends who are working to reframe the narrative from “Hillary is sick and on meds and stumbling and coughing and collapsing all over the place” to “Hillary is SO FUCKING BADASS she can be diagnosed with pneumonia, go out on a hot morning in a dark pantssuit and prolly Kevlar, stand in the sun with hundreds of other hot sweaty people, and basically all she did was wobble a little.” BAD. ASS.
Omnes Omnibus
@BR: That is awesome.
Lyrebird
@BR: Yeah, LGM put up the link to the orange monster’s aversion to hand-shaking here, and yes there is already an HA Goodman call to bring back Bernie…
Apparently I’ve become such a Hillbot that I’m getting viruses at the same time…
Mike J
@schrodinger’s cat: Tweezers (to pick up the tiny screws that will fall inside the computer.). Anti-static wristband. A henway.
Suzanne
@The Dangerman: I didn’t see….is Mrs. EFG OK?? I love EFG. Hope everything is all right.
BruceFromOhio
@Mike J: Please. Seriously?
The Dangerman
@schrodinger’s cat:
It’s probably overkill but I always wear a grounding strap; it falls into the ounce of prevention, pound of cure kinda thing.
Suzanne
@BR: I have been known to cough on the door handles of parked cars if their bumper stickers indicate douchiness.
Steeplejack (tablet)
@schrodinger’s cat:
That gentle upslope to the left of the trees is, in Florida, a hill.
Felonius Monk
@schrodinger’s cat:
Here’s a real hill.
The Dangerman
@Suzanne:
2 or 3 nights ago was a hospital run for reasons I shouldn’t describe further (been a long time since my last coffee and I wouldn’t want to get it wrong)….
NotMax
Hill? Gentle incline, maybe. Better yet, a grassy knoll. Or maybe a hummock.
I'mNotSureWhoIWantToBeYet
@schrodinger’s cat: “Spudgers” can be handy at times.
Wander around here and see if anything looks useful.
I assume you’ve found a YouTube showing you what to do?
Working on the main part of a laptop is pretty easy, but keep track of the screws – they’re often of different lengths.
Good luck!
Cheers,
Scott.
SectionH
@BR: Lol, yes she should!
Suzanne
@The Dangerman: Oh no. I hope everything is working out. Has anyone been in touch with him? He’s one of my favorite people to read around here.
Mike J
@BruceFromOhio: Mine were serious. Tweezers are always a good idea. You also recommended a static strap. Combine our lists from there on, and you’re set.
schrodinger's cat
@Steeplejack (tablet): My backyard looks like that and I live in a valley and can see a mountain range at a distance.
Major Major Major Major
@NotMax: Hummock is one of my favoritest words.
TaMara (HFG)
Me, too. Me, too. The best I’ll probably get is some Aspen fall colors and possibly a hot springs visit.
schrodinger's cat
@I’mNotSureWhoIWantToBeYet: Yes I have. I have put in more memory and changed the hard drive on this laptop but am intimidated about the fan.
BR
@SectionH:
Even better, I think someone here suggested she should whisper to Trump that she peed on her hand. She’d never do it, but if you remember Trump has an even weirder hangup about that (he made some strange comment about Clinton needing to use the restroom during a debate break).
hovercraft
@The Dangerman:
I can’t remember the details of what the problem was, she was home later the same night/early morning, his follow-up post was that she was fine, and he bitched about the emergency room.
Omnes Omnibus
@The Dangerman: @Suzanne: She came home later that night. The ER apparently is not a restful place. The last I heard, she was at home and okay.
Omnes Omnibus
@Major Major Major Major: Moist.
amk
gopolitico now – press rips Clinton campaign’s handling of health incident.
You mean da press that swallowed every one of donnie dick’s lies including his error strewn ‘medical certificate’ from his bonging ‘doctor’?
Felonius Monk
@NotMax:
Looks more like a swale.
Major Major Major Major
@Omnes Omnibus: Is a word that doesn’t appear in my novel, your point?
Suzanne
@hovercraft: @Omnes Omnibus: Thanks for the updates. Yeah, EDs are not nice places to be. Hospitals, as a rule, are nasty places. I design them all day and go to various hospitals at least weekly and they are all gross and not calming. I keep disinfectant wipes in the car. I hope they’re both doing better at home.
sneezy
@schrodinger’s cat:
Dell laptops are easy to work on. You shouldn’t need anything more than a philips screwdriver to replace the fan. Search youtube for “[your laptop model] takeapart” or something similar and you will probably find a nice short video that shows you exactly what you need to do.
Steeplejack (tablet)
This remake of The Magnificent Seven looks like complete bullshit. But I am undoubtedly not the target demographic.
I'mNotSureWhoIWantToBeYet
@schrodinger’s cat: Without knowing the exact model, it’s hard to recommend anything specific. iFixit guides are pretty good. Here’s one for a Dell Inspiron 1525. Once you get to the fan, it looks pretty easy (2 #1 Phillips screws and a small connector).
Good luck!
Cheers,
Scott.
schrodinger's cat
@I’mNotSureWhoIWantToBeYet: Dell inspiron 700m and I have the relevant video and the pdf file.
The Dangerman
Very good.
In the last 4 years and change, I have been to the ER (not personally, for Family) no less than 6 times; each time sucks. It’s a near Universal in life that ER’s suck, nearing that of (a word that shouldn’t be used) and Taxes.
Felonius Monk
@Suzanne:
On their way to Vermont today for family business tomorrow — at least that’s what efg said before signing off early last night.
I'mNotSureWhoIWantToBeYet
@BR: I wouldn’t be surprised as it is if her pneumonia is enough to make him not want to touch her or even be near her. It would be the perfect excuse for him to drop out of the debate, also too.
Cheers,
Scott.
gwangung
@BR: Somebody should start the rumor Hillary SOMETIMES doesn’t wash her hands after going to the restroom…and then she should say at the handshake, “Sorry I’m a little rushed. Had to take care of myself….”
NotMax
@Omnes Omnibus
Formication. (Yes, with an m.)
Chthonic. Pleonasm. Pavonine.
Omnes Omnibus
@Major Major Major Major: It is a word that generates strong opinions.
Jibeaux
My dad is replacing some flooring with this engineered stone not-really-tile product for me. It looks great, but the manufacturer glue is like trying to work with chewing gum that takes two days to dry. It’s a bear. I’m trying to help.
And I read a book called the Tsar of Love and Techno that I really liked. Haven’t finished a book other than for book club in a while.
scav
Altitude sickness in Florida is a terrible thing. I don’t think we should encourage Betty to put herself to such exertions and dangers for our visual enlightenment.
hovercraft
@amk:
As noted in the threads downstairs, there are 90 minutes that are unaccounted for, we have only the campaigns word that she went straight to Chelsea’s apartment, the press should have been with her, there are now ‘questions’ about those minutes. There are also the ‘questions’ raised by her getting the diagnosis on Friday:
– why did she not announce it right away ?
-would she have told us if she had not had her episode this morning ?
-why did she not follow her doctors order to moderate her schedule (and does this show lack a of judgment) ?
-what else is she hiding ?
And on and on and on.
Betty Cracker
@Trentrunner: His handlers must have Trump in electronic lockdown so he doesn’t say something unforgivably awful.
I'mNotSureWhoIWantToBeYet
@schrodinger’s cat: What are you nervous about? It sounds like you’ve got everything you need. :-)
Maybe this will help:
This Toshiba Portege’ R835 (upgraded with 2 SSDs, maxed-out RAM, and Win10) started having issues with the display flaking out and only working at one particular tilt angle (which would change from day to day). I was nervous about trying to fix it because the bezel around the screen is very thin and fragile. But I found a guide that talked about how to replace the screen and used that for the initial disassembly. I re-seated the cable, but it didn’t fix the problem. A few months later I found a replacement video cable on eBay, spent about 10 minutes taking the back and the bezel off again, and swapped in the “new” cable. The display has been perfect ever since.
Whenever I get nervous about working on these things I just remember, “Hey, they’ve got 14 year old girls putting these things together in China – how hard and fragile can it really be?” :-/
Good luck.
Cheers,
Scott.
Felonius Monk
@efgoldman:
Indeed. And Edelman was sure on fire in the first half.
Can’t believe the Giants won against Dallas. But Cruz is back, so maybe they’ll be better.
ETA: Thought you were on your way to Vermont today.
Aleta
@Steeplejack (tablet): You might like this.
Betty Cracker
Wow. Bad luck for the Cards.
Steeplejack (phone)
Speaking of vacations, this last week I heard from my RWNJ brother that he is planning another motorcycle trip to South America in January, so I’ll be going out to Las Vegas for three weeks to house-, dog- and mom-sit.
It will be a vacation for me, too, just getting out of my usual rut and experiencing a different routine. And I like Las Vegas: great restaurants, great weather and lots of outdoorsy stuff to do. Plus any time with my mother is precious, as she is 86.
I’ve been a little surprised at how much I’m looking forward to it so far in advance.
Suzanne
@efgoldman: No worries, no need to spill too many beans. I’m glad she’s doing better. EDs are the worst.
Felonius Monk
@efgoldman: Got it.
Tissue Thin Pseudonym
Ugh. I’m in a Facebook discussion, and the smug self-congratulation of a lot of my fellow atheists is irritating, as is their habit of gratuitously insulting all of their religious friends by calling religious belief stupid, and then denying that they did any such thing.
Anoniminous
@scav:
As hard as it is to believe some madcap Floridians risk life and health by climbing to the top without oxygen.
different-church-lady
Fuck you Roger Goddell. E.O.T.
Mike J
@Felonius Monk: the football I’m watching now, two Brits play Madden.
Frankensteinbeck
I am working on the outline for the final chapter of I Did Not Give That Spider Superhuman Intelligence. There are only a couple of fight scenes left to figure out. Book climax stuff. This next week is likely to involve very little sanity.
@Kropadope:
I love Soul Eater. It’s little enough known that I describe it to anime fans as ‘Naruto, but better than every way and with no filler. Yes, that means it’s 1/10th as long.’ Although Maka Albarne is far from my only influence, there’s a little girl with a scythe in this book, even.
Omnes Omnibus
@different-church-lady: So the Pats lost?
Major Major Major Major
@Omnes Omnibus: As a holder of one, I am aware.
Suzanne
@hovercraft: I can’t really take any of those “questions” seriously. She probably didn’t tell people because it’s not that big a deal and it’s personal. She probably did clear some events from her schedule but thought the 9/11 memorial was too important and meaningful to miss. I mean, I have had flu and strep and infections and the like and had to just suck it up because of some important event I had to be present for. It’s just life. Take the antibiotics so you’re not contagious and then push through.
Maybe if we had a more enlightened cultural attitude toward sick time and the fallibility of our leaders, everyone would feel more comfortable taking time off. But you just knew that the HRC camp knew that the minute they mentioned the word “pneumonia” that the collective shit would hit the fan in a way that is completely out of proportion.
Steeplejack (phone)
@Aleta:
Cool.
TCM is showing a couple of samurai movies tonight: Hara-Kiri (1963) at 2:00 a.m. EDT and Samurai Rebellion (1967) at 4:15.
different-church-lady
@Omnes Omnibus: No, they won. Fuck Goddell either way. Fuck him until the end of time.
PS: Jimmy G. looked like a real quarterback for most of it.
The Dangerman
@Betty Cracker:
Rookie long snapper (an overlooked but critical position).
Omnes Omnibus
@Suzanne: No one who was not looking for an excuse to freak out about this is freaking out about this. It has been illuminating.
different-church-lady
@Betty Cracker:
Luck had nothing to do with it.
redshirt
Wow! Can’t believe Pats won that game!
Anoniminous
@Steeplejack (phone):
If at all possible view the Criterion Collection DVD of Seven Samurai. They restored the film to Kurosawa’s cut seen at the Tokyo premier in 1954 and not seen since.
redshirt
@different-church-lady: If he wins at least 2 more games he will get all the $$$ in the offseason.
Frankensteinbeck
@Tissue Thin Pseudonym:
I try to be nice because a lot of them have suffered a great deal at the hands of religion, but… yeah. It turns out, you don’t have to be religious to be a self-righteous dick.
Anoniminous
@Anoniminous:
Bah.
“and not seen since” is asinine but FYWP won’t let me correct.
different-church-lady
@redshirt: Wonder what Matt Cassel is doing now.
redshirt
@different-church-lady: Counting money.
Suzanne
@Omnes Omnibus: Truth.
My boss had a stroke about a month ago and he is back at work half-days while undergoing physical therapy. When he comes into the office after therapy, he looks exhausted and worn. I have told him that it’s more important to go take care of himself and that we can all share the extra responsibilities, but he keeps not listening to me. I can’t help but think that it’s because of financial need (he’s the breadwinner in his family) and it makes me sad.
Lectric lady
Houseboat vacations are the best! We have done two with http://www.voyagaire.com/ in Voyagaire National Park in northern Minnesota. I highly recommend them!!!
Tissue Thin Pseudonym
@Frankensteinbeck: The one in particular that I’m dealing with has not so suffered. He’s a friend, but he has a strong streak of “entitled white male” in him, and responds to any attempt to get him to knock off gratuitously offending people by saying that, if we don’t like it, just stop listening to him.
Steeplejack (phone)
@Anoniminous:
Thanks for the tip.
Major Major Major Major
@Tissue Thin Pseudonym: Yeah, I hate that shit.
Omnes Omnibus
@Tissue Thin Pseudonym: You can point out that fanatics are assholes. No matter the issue.
Aleta
@Steeplejack (phone): I love both of those. Hara-kiri is great (I didn’t see the remake) and the sword fighting was done of course by classically trained guys who learned from the truly classically trained teachers. Single discipline artists who take their whole life to keep learning.
SFAW
@BruceFromOhio:
A man, a plan, a canal — Panama!
Tissue Thin Pseudonym
There’s also the part where you try to convince people, atheists especially, that no legal system in the history of humanity hasn’t been about enforcing commonly held moral views on each other, and that the one they’re pushing is no exception. Apparently, when they advocate for laws enforcing what they believe, that’s logical; when someone else does it, that’s oppression.
Tissue Thin Pseudonym
@Suzanne: I worked with a physical therapist for a while, fortunately for something a lot less serious than a stroke. She was a very nice, pleasant middle-aged woman who I’m pretty sure was trained by the Stasi.
Aleta
@Tissue Thin Pseudonym: It’s funny, that kind of adherence to a worked-out belief, how it can resemble a type of religious mindset.
Major Major Major Major
@Tissue Thin Pseudonym: Being actually rational is much more difficult than most people think.
Betty Cracker
@efgoldman: I just meant the bungled snap was bad luck for the Cards — they had a shot and blew it. No implication for larger points about destiny or fate or greatness or training or preparation or virtue or villainy blah blah blah.
waysel
@Omnes Omnibus: I like the word ‘zealots’.
Steeplejack (phone)
Just got my first text from a friend wondering “who will run for president if Hillary can’t?” In the process of smacking that shit down hard.
Omnes Omnibus
@waysel: A good word.
SFAW
@Omnes Omnibus:
A bit tinny, that.
Major Major Major Major
@Steeplejack (phone): How’s that conversation look?
Ruckus
@Tissue Thin Pseudonym:
I know her. But she was mid 20s blond and bouncy happy. A fireman walking by my table asked her what she was doing to me to make me cry. I believe her answer was my job. I think he spurred her on to take it to that last step where I was sure I was going to black out. That would have been nice.
Aleta
@Anoniminous: I have a question about the Criterion Coll 7 Samurai on Hulu. I’m pretty sure that Hulu used to have the option for the “picture box” setting so that the sides of the film as originally framed are not cut off. But now the sides of 7 Samurai are slightly shaved, and I don’t see a way to put it in the longer width. Did this change? ( I notice some other changes in the viewer. ) Is there a way to get the full width?
The “print” does seems very beautiful though. He always stuns me no matter how many times I see this or that Kurosawa. The motion.
SFAW
@Anoniminous:
Got that, boxed with Yo! Jimbo! and Hidden “Everyone Says It’s Just Like Star Wars” Fortress as a Christmas gift a few years ago.
Well, actually, not sure if it’s “The Criterion Collection” version, but it is Criterion. Not sure if there’s any differmence.
Li'l Innocent
@Felonius Monk:swale is a lovely word,but it means a hollow or gentle depression in the ground. Landscaped office parks often have drainage sealed to take runoff from rainstorms.
Swales are swells in reverse. Knegative knolls.
Omnes Omnibus
@Ruckus: After my ACL/MCL/Meniscus surgery, my primary PT was a seven month pregnant dungeon queen. My knee has been wonderful fir 17 years. PTs are vicious sadists, but they are effective.
Steeplejack (phone)
@Major Major Major Major:
Me: Media want clicks, eyeballs, ad revenue. They are going to hype the shit out of every little thing. This is a non-issue.
Other: LOL ha ha.
Which I think is a good sign from this person. Reassured.
SFAW
@Aleta:
Can’t help you with Hulu, but the movie itself is outstanding, one of the best, and Kurosawa did all sorts of neat stuff. Possibly my favorite film.
Ruckus
@Omnes Omnibus:
She was very, very good at her job. I just had not been aware that the job description was medieval torture expert.
Aleta
@SFAW: It never stops getting better. He made no bad movies as far as I can see. Amazing sound. I like Ozu, too.
Steeplejack (phone)
BBC America getting ready to rerun the Khan episode of Star Trek at 12:40 EDT.
Major Major Major Major
@Steeplejack (phone): Heh, alright. Glad to hear it.
grandpa john
@hovercraft: @Suzanne: If these smug assholes had to work a honest job for a living, they might have a concept of what it means to” work through it” when ill like most working people have to do
hilts
@Steeplejack (phone):
I was shocked to hear Doug Brinkley say that the “basket of deplorables” comment would haunt Hillary for several weeks. He’s a fucking presidential historian, not some stone cold stupid hack like Chris Matthews or Anderson Cooper. At least Carl Bernstein had the sense to point that Hillary has disclosed far more info about herself than Trump.
hilts
@Steeplejack (phone):
KHAN!
Steeplejack (phone)
Flashpoint is one of those shows where I’m like “Yeah, I know it’s been around for a little while, but holy shit how are there now 190 episodes?!” None of which I’ll be watching.
Ditto Leverage (although I will watch those occasionally).
Major Major Major Major
@Steeplejack (phone): I love Leverage. I’ve always wanted to play the tabletop RPG.
Omnes Omnibus
@Ruckus: My left knee is as tight as fuck. She was brilliant. She got me to do what I needed to do. And she knew how to get me to do it.
Suzanne
@Tissue Thin Pseudonym: Yeah, I have no doubt that therapy is kicking his ass. He has numbness in half of his body. That’s why I want him to concentrate on it rather than work.
@grandpa john: No shit. Like, who are these people that can clear their schedule when they get a cough? I’m freaking jealous. I take like 2 sick days a year and I always feel horribly guilty, like I am letting everyone down.
Steeplejack (phone)
@Major Major Major Major:
I like Leverage in a low-down, Burn Notice kind of way.
SFAW
@Aleta:
Perhaps. My brother hates Ikiru, me not as much but I can see why he would. But in general, a great great director.
SFAW
@hilts:
Hell, she’s disclosed more information about Trump than Trump has.
Mai.naem.mobile
I happened to have CNN on on the background when they were going crazy about the Clinton illness and they had Sanjay Gupta on. He’s going on about how the diagnosis of pneumonia is a long process – labs,chest x-ray ,the doc listening to her lungs,vitals etc ,- almost challenging how it was diagnosed so quickly. Does Sanjay Gupta not realize they have mobile x-ray units and phlebotomists that come and draw labs and the stuff is turned around very quickly. Also too, she’s a former presidents wife and SOS. Does Sanjay Gupta think that the Clintons go to regular docs? Maybe,just maybe they have a concierge doc?
NR
@Steeplejack (phone): It’s a legit question.
In healthy people, pneumonia can be a mild illness that is hardly noticed and clears up in 2 to 3 weeks. In older adults and in people with other health problems, recovery may take 6 to 8 weeks or longer.
This is a huge problem for the Clinton campaign.
Omnes Omnibus
@NR: Blow a goat.
hilts
@NR:
A Trump presidency would be an existential problem for this planet because he’s a fucking moron with delusions of grandeur.
SFAW
@Mai.naem.mobile:
They can diagnose pneumonia pretty damn fast. Doctor listens to your lungs, doesn’t like what he/she hears, sends you to X-ray, anyplace that’s not in East Overshoe has digital X-ray now, image comes through probably faster than the time it takes to change out of the johnny, radiologist reads it, doctor confirms, done.
And, as you pointed out: it’s Hillary, and she’ll get service PDQ. Plus: they diagnosed the pneumonia on Friday, not Sunday
But it’s Crooked Hillary, so Clinton Rules apply.
If the ferret-headed shitgibbon were to have a heart attack, or a stroke, his idiot supporters would (A) say it was merely a flesh wound, and (B) blame Hillary for inducing one in Deadbeat Donnie.
hilts
@SFAW:
David Cay Johnston was great on C-SPAN earlier tonight describing how big a lying scumbag Trump is. He’s been on The Last Word, but O’Donnell should invite him back for a longer segment to further catalog Trump’s lies.
Bluemouser
@Frankensteinbeck: @Frankensteinbeck: I liked Soul Eater too! My new fav is on Netflix called Ajin. It uses CGI rather than traditional anime techniques. But the story is really good.
Major Major Major Major
@NR: Thanks for reaffirming my analysis that this is a non-issue.
Omnes Omnibus
Odd that right wingers don’t show up to claim their place, Or not so odd.
NR
@hilts: Agreed, so we’d better make sure we avoid it.
Betty Cracker
@NR: You should definitely pee down your leg for the next six to eight weeks.
Anoniminous
@Aleta:
I don’t know the answer to that. Criterion always has the ‘Movie Theater’ aspect ratio which for Seven Samurai is 1.33:1 (I know that because I looked it up! :-)
Kurosawa was a cinematographer before he turned writer/director. He was tremendously picky about how his films were shot and a real PITA regarding camera placement, lens selection, film stock, actor blocking, and so on. And it all paid off, his images are incredible.
@SFAW:
Criterion and Criterion Collection are the same company. There isn’t a difference.
SFAW
@NR:
Get a fucking grip.
It would be a huge problem for an obese piece of shit like Deadbeat Donnie. His BMI is around 31 or 32, Hill’s is around 24. [And, in case you’re inclined to try the “Trump weighs 198 pounds” bullshit — which would give him a BMI of 25 or so — if Corrupt Deadbeat Donnie weighs 198, then I’m Abebe Bikila. And my profile is a lot closer to Trump’s than Bikila’s (may he Rest in Peace).]
NR
@Omnes Omnibus: Your dad said he had other plans.
James E Powell
In the last week we have established on the public record that the so-called liberal media has not a different standard but a different mindset for each candidate. For Trump it’s pretty much point the camera and let him roll. For Clinton it’s all about alleging scandals, then behaving & speaking as if those scandalous allegations have been proved.
This has been established and in some respects admitted, but the entire press/media has determined that they are going to go ahead and keep doing it anyway. While the idea of a Trump presidency makes them nervous, they have the money and status to weather whatever he does. The one thing they cannot do is stand idly by while that horrible woman they have hated their whole careers just walks into the White House. No sir, no way they’re letting that happen.
Omnes Omnibus
@NR: And yet you work for Trump. How odd.
SFAW
@Anoniminous:
I know it’s the same company; I just don’t know if the “Collection” vids are like the “Director’s Cut Re-Release, now which 3 extra minutes of commentary from George Lucas” that seem to be everywhere.
SFAW
@Tissue Thin Pseudonym:
“Ilsa – She-PT of the SS”?
NR
@SFAW: Don’t know why you’re talking about BMI when pneumonia is a respiratory ailment. Regardless, the fact is it can be a big problem in people Hillary’s age, even if she’s otherwise healthy.
NR
@Omnes Omnibus: Nope. Try again.
Omnes Omnibus
@NR: Proof?
a thousand flouncing lurkers (was fidelio)
@Steeplejack (tablet): “I never rode shotgun on a hearse before.”
That may be one of the best lines ever in a Western.
Steeplejack (phone)
@Anoniminous:
Yeah, Seven Samurai is 4:3, which always surprises me when I watch it, because in my mind it is wide-screen.
Anoniminous
@SFAW:
I can’t imagine Criterion would mess with Kurosawa’s film. Mine is the 3 disk set, copyright 2006. It’s been years since I viewed the Supplementary disk or listened to the commentary. I don’t remember George Lucas commenting at all, never mind for an extra three minutes. But then I don’t give a rat’s ass what George Lucas thinks so if he did it went in one ear and out the other.
Steeplejack (phone)
@a thousand flouncing lurkers (was fidelio):
I’m pitching Hateful Eight Meet the Magnificent Seven in my next studio meeting.
Steeplejack (phone)
@Anoniminous:
Word.
SFAW
@NR:
Wow, a respiratory ailment, no shit? I thought it was more like an ingrown toenail.
Because BMI is one indicator of how well one’s body can withstand stresses. A fat shit like your hero would have a tougher time than someone in better shape. The only thing he could withstand better would be forced starvation. Of course, that might get him down to the 198 that he claims is his actual weight, but it would take a few weeks.
He already has an appearance schedule that is a fraction of Hillary’s, and when he goes too long without his blankie, or a nap I guess, he looks pretty shitty.
Put him on an erg. If he can do 10 minutes at a 1:45 pace, then I will publicly declare that I’m completely full of shit about his condition
SFAW
@Steeplejack (tablet):
I don’t know, I think Kurosawa did a pretty good job with his remake of it.
Or is there another version?
NR
@Omnes Omnibus: Burden of proof is on the accuser, Skippy.
SFAW
@Anoniminous:
Mine is probably the same. I just didn’t know whether the “Collection” was a later re-release of that.
Sorry, I should have been more clear, I was mixing two films together. The Lucas remark was aimed at the re-re-re-re-release of SWars Eps IV/V/VI. I was just using that as an example of what some companies do to goose up revenue.
Anoniminous
@Steeplejack (phone):
4:3 was the standard at the time so it was wide-screen. We’ve gotten used to the wider-screen images as Hollywood tries to lure us back into the theater to watch their
shit filmslatest offerings.SFAW
@Anoniminous:
I hear there’s a remake of Ishtar in the works.
Steeplejack (phone)
@SFAW:
Har-de-har-har.
Anoniminous
@SFAW:
Casting around it looks to me like Criterion threw the Seven Samurai, The Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo, and Sanjuro films into one box without all the supplementary material of the stand-alone packages. OK, fair enough.
Now I see where you got the George thing, he does the commentary* on Hidden Fortress — from the film’s supposed influence on Star Wars I guess.
* contain my rapture
@SFAW:
LOL.
Anoniminous
Night all.
SFAW
@Anoniminous:
No, no — the Lucas thing was not an intentional link to Hidden Fortress. I was thinking of the re-re-re-release (as mentioned earlier) of Star Wars — the one where they add the Ghost of Hayden Christensen into the end when all the spooks are smiling at Luke. I don’t even know if Lucas has any commentary in that set. (I mean, I would guess that he does, but I’m not really interested.
My apologies for the poor choice of examples. Next time I’ll pick Napoleon or Lawrence of Arabia or some such.
SFAW
@Steeplejack (phone):
Hey, be glad I didn’t try to tell you that Kurosawa was remaking Dashiell Hammett. That would be brazen.
JCJ
@Mai.naem.mobile: Don’t forget that Sanjay Gupta is a neurosurgeon. It probably would take him several days to diagnose pneumonia. I have never understood why these tv doctors get treated as if they know things outside of their respective fields. If you go to a neurosurgeon with a cough you had better hope he or she sends you to the right place instead of trying to manage the problem.
amk
@JCJ: Surgeons are just gifted mechanics. They know jacksqaut about medical diagnosis.
low-tech cyclist
Late to the party, but Betty, I just want to say that there are bigger hills in Kansas.
Chris T.
It’s not as tall as Mt Trashmore!