WordWolf

In case you missed the announcements, this is probably a good time to point out that the GSC doesn't have any requirements of beliefs or statements of beliefs. As survivors of twi, some of us are still Christian (waves hand), some of us have embraced any of a variety of other religions like Judaism or Wicca, some of us have rejected all conventional types of religion, some of us are atheists. It shouldn't be a shock, post-twi, to find out that some people were burned so badly in twi that they outright hate Christianity, and they may also be around as well. Most of the twi survivors have moved on to other things, and, as always, I consider them GSC success stories because they were able to move on with their lives. Don't be surprised if you also find, here or elsewhere, ex-twi who all but worship vpw and insist-against all logic and internal consistency- that God Almighty really DID speak to him and said he's God's Greatest Spokesman for the last 2000 years. There's a handful of them around here and other places. Also around, and more common, are Christians who left twi but are still Christians. Some have changed beliefs since then (having rejected what they saw as errors of twi), some haven't changed their beliefs much. As for "around here", I found that the Covid crisis changed what was "around here" for a lot of people. If a group has a Skype or a Zoom meeting, in place of or in addition to, their live meeting, it doesn't matter if the attendees live down the block or on another continent. So long as you can get online, you can attend the meeting, so bad weather, ill health, quarantines, etc. don't change that.

Ok, "Stanley Goodspeed" rings a bell because someone used that as an alias here.... But I recognize the 2 main characters from "Face/Off", and one is Castor Troy (naturally, his brother was Pollux Troy.) As a fan of the more recent "Gone in 60 Seconds", Memphis Raines is a giveaway. That was the main character in the movie, and obviously NICOLAS CAGE. (By "the other main character", I meant Sean Archer, not Pollux.)

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"Charlie Bodell" and "Ben Sanderson" ring a bell, very faintly. If "Sailor Ripley" is the talented Mr Ripley, this should be MATT DAMON.

"It sounds like you're saying your folks followed you in and then out?" That oversimplifies it by a bit, but that's approximately correct.

Keep in mind that all parents are not the same, just as all experiences are not the same. "IMO, don't hope for leadership to see how well you appear to be doing and think it will inspire them." Actually, that's how BOTH of my parents got into twi and how both of my parents got OUT of twi (although they both knew other people jumping ship when I did.) When those happened, my parents changed their ideas about their relations with what I did and why. (For that matter, since they weren't together at either time, they both did that independently of each other.)

If you recover and have a happy life despite twi, your family will likely notice that there's life- happy life- outside twi and they might see that it's better outside than in. Just being a sane example might be the best thing for them. When they are ready to look for options or to jump ship, they will.

No, but I may stock up on tinfoil. I'm thinking there may be a run on it once people start making hats out of it.

I linked the wikipedia page I used. That page showed which movies came in number one for which weeks. I used that as a guide for which movies to check. Butch and Sundance didn't come in first often, but apparently kept making money while they were not, which is why they made so much more than. say, "Funny Girl." They also had a UK release that was quite successful. BTW, the numbers say all those movies came out ahead of "Goodbye Columbus", according to "The Numbers" website. What's your source for saying otherwise, that "Goodbye Columbus" out-performed them all that year?

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YES. That's most of the actors who have played him. I was going to be a bit flexible about the answer, since "his name" is a matter of discussion- Frankenstein's Monster is correct, sometimes he's also "Frankenstein", or even "The Creature" (like in "Young Frankenstein."

The other actor in Pigman's thesis was GENE HACKMAN. He said there was always a movie with either him or Michael Caine airing at every moment. So, Hackman?

Either they expected this to result in them being kicked out, or they did not. If they did expect this, I challenge the sincerity of them actually trying to fix twi when they wrote their letter. If they expected it to result in them being kicked out, that's expecting this to be a controversial act that resulted in a permanent split between them and twi, all while saying they were hoping to fix it. See, I would have expected that, also- but I would NOT have gone around saying "let's fix it" while expecting that the opening gambit would result in a split. That would be DISHONEST, and would not proceed from me actually being SINCERE. I know vpw made sincerity a dirty word because he misused it (mostly because he didn't UNDERSTAND the word), but it demonstrates an attitude of heart, and what someone's thinking at the time. So, if they were sincere, and really intended to try to fix twi, and didn't think that even offering to do so would result in them being canned, first of all, I question their brains. They'd participated in running lots of people out of town on a rail, and knew what triggered it. But, let's say they really were sincere. In that case, it would make no sense to have the entirely different group set up and ready to run when they sent their letter. They had already come up with the new name for their church, and had the website name already registered. I can't tell from here, but I'm confident they had the incorporation paperwork all filled out and ready to file (if they hadn't already filed it, I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt on that one.) All of that was prudent- if they expected a split to result immediately. If they did, they went into the letter with that expectation- so saying that you were there specifically to fix things strikes me as insincere and dishonest. Their words were inconsistent with their plans and expectations. That's smart politics, and that's smart if you're looking to take over the big chair, set up your own church, and start collecting the tithes yourself.

One little factlet you left out..... The people who formed "Revival and Restoration" sent a letter to twi's board, and claimed they were interested in healing up and fixing twi from within. Before they sent the letter, they had already registered the "Revival and Restoration" website. In short, the more cautious observer would wonder how sincere they were about actually trying to fix twi, when they'd already started setting up the new group BEFORE approaching the board. I mean, I would have already made plans to leave, but I would NOT have been sincerely trying to fix twi since it was obviously broken fundamentally. So, I would not have come across as sounding like I was trying to fix them. Reminds me of an old joke. (The names can vary, but the joke is the same.) Vladimir Putin woke up one morning after a late party. He found his residence completely devoid of people. He looked out the window, and didn't see people standing, walking, or driving. His telephone rang. It was an advisor of his. "Don't you remember? You got drunk and said that anyone who didn't like living in Russia should just get out. So, they did." "Are you saying that it's only you and me in the entire country?" "No, just you-I'm calling from Poland."

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I haven't seen any of these movies, but I've heard of all 3. I read a spoof of "Barry Lyndon" in Mad Magazine once. But "A Bridge Too Far" was mentioned in "PCU." The character "Pigman" used it as his closing argument for his thesis about 2 actors- at any moment, there was a movie featuring one of them airing. Both actors appeared in this movie. So, Is it "MICHAEL CAINE"? (If not, I'm going with the other actor in his thesis.)

It may have been. However, there's no mention of that in its wikipedia page nor its imdb page. Its totals are on this page but there's no COMPARISONS. https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Goodbye-Columbus#tab=summary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_1969_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States It was number one for 3 weeks, but so were a few other movies that year, and "Funny Girl" was #1 for 6 weeks. The problem is that they didn't list its take on the same page. https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Funny-Girl-(1968)#tab=summary "Goodbye Columbus'" total take was $22, 939, 805. "Funny Girl" (1968)'s total take was $58, 707, 416. (There was a 2018 "Funny Girl" that didn't do well.) So, "Funny Girl" more than doubled their box office. https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Love-Bug-The#tab=box-office Checking some more, "The Love Bug" (also led 6 weeks) had a take of $50,582,200, almost all of which was domestic ("Goodby Columbus" and "Funny Girl" seemed to have no international release), so you can't say Herbie out-performed worldwide but lost on the domestic box office. https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Goodbye-Columbus#tab=box-office "Easy Rider" (3 weeks) came in with $41,728,598. That's ALMOST double, but not quite, and all of that was domestic as well. Since "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" was released at the end of December, I can't get 1969 stats isolated for it. However, the wikipedia page for 1969's movies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_1969_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States says the last 2 weeks of December it pulled in $1, 223,000 and $1,373,100, and for the weeks that "Goodbye Columbus" was #1, its numbers were $935,500, $681, 200 and $522,100, which suggests that their 1969 box office take was around equal, with 1970 bringing in more money for the James Bond flick (which is not part of computing 1969 take.)

It may have been. However, there's no mention of that in its wikipedia page nor its imdb page. Its totals are on this page but there's no COMPARISONS. https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Goodbye-Columbus#tab=summary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_1969_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States It was number one for 3 weeks, but so were a few other movies that year, and "Funny Girl" was #1 for 6 weeks. The problem is that they didn't list its take on the same page. https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Funny-Girl-(1968)#tab=summary "Goodbye Columbus'" total take was $22, 939, 805. "Funny Girl" (1968)'s total take was $58, 707, 416. (There was a 2018 "Funny Girl" that didn't do well.) So, "Funny Gitl" more than doubled their box office.

She was famous for that, and for being one of Mudd's Women in the ST:TOS "Mudd's Women", and for the reason she's on this list in the first place.

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This IS "Convoy." I think it was a one-hit wonder, also. Some people said he had some other hits, but I've never heard of them, so to me, that's a one-hit wonder (at least de-facto from my perspective.) (Then again, he did C & W, not R & R.) The artist was "C.W. McCall." William Dale Fries Jr was his real name, "McCall" was his show-biz name.

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