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  1. -Few people seem to notice, but this movie had a titular line (a line in the script where the name of the movie is said.) -A moment in this movie, remembered by EVERYBODY, inspired a hit rock song. -The dessert in one scene is better-known as Black Forest Cherry Cake. -The soundtrack credits include "the Battle Hymn of the Republic" "Ave Maria" by Schubert, and "the Bridal Suite" from Lohengrin. -One line makes a passing reference to FIVE previous movies. Premiere Magazine named the titular character role as 9th in their list of 100th Greatest Performances of all Time."
  2. James Franco Oz the Great and Powerful Mila Kunis
  3. That's it- the black-and-white that launched an entire genre.
  4. Tom Cruise Days Of Thunder Nicole Kidman
  5. If it's not GEORGE LAZENBY, then it's not a "giveaway" for me, although it may be one for someone else.
  6. Please remember to check the names of the images when you post them. With one browser I use, the names of the images automatically show up under the images, and this one had "OBrother" in the name. As for me, if the image's name isn't a jumble of letters and numbers, I rename it something vague or literal to its contents (like the 3 guys in one image I named "3 of them.")
  7. Then this is "Shaft." BTW, "Can you dig it?" to me, was the "Cookie!" song. https://www.songlyrics.com/sesame-street/cookie-disco-lyrics/
  8. I'm pretty sure it's "O Brother Where Art Thou."
  9. Hush your mouth! Is it the Black detective who's a sex machine with all the chicks?
  10. Can't stand her. But, I think she was one of the 3 witches in The Witches of Eastwick Jack Nicholson A Few Good Men
  11. Putting the whole thing in quotes made me think it was all quoted, and no new names were added. "Pris" was in "Blade Runner." She was the little blonde played by.... DARRYL HANNAH, right? Was "Elle Driver" from "Kill Bill?"
  12. That's him. The same writer invented both characters. With Bruce Lee playing Kato, the sidekick had a mean Side Kick as well.
  13. So, some people want to just sweep it all under the rug. They think it doesn't make a difference. Their motivation? They WANT to think JAL is reliable, they WANT to be able to trust him. This lends stability to their beliefs without bothering to find a competent leader. That's the "why" of it. But, are they right? John Lynn has taught error, repeatedly. John Lynn still teaches error, VERY QUIETLY. Does it matter? This is the same John Lynn whose actual Christian "education" doesn't really exist. He learned from a plagiarizing rapist who emphasized people idolizing him and getting all the money. The only FORMAL education was the Dale Carnegie SALES training- which was stolen because twi has NEVER paid a license to teach their copywritten material. What kind of career of Christian ministering did that prepare him for? When planning to leave twi, he began gathering an audience. Within a few years, he and a few others had already constructed a new group, complete with "the doctrines are etched in stone and above question" and throwing in doctrines that others EASILY saw as dangerous- and warned him about ("personal prophecy" and "Momentus."( They proceeded anyway. Why? A) They were "above discussion" so changing their minds made them seem more human and less "above question." B) "Personal Prophecy" allowed them to claim to speak for God and usurp God Almighty's authority on those foolish enough to go along with it. C) "Momentus" allowed them to craft a new "insiders/outsiders" thing like the Way Corps had been. After far too many complaints, he's dropped talking about Momentus. He still promotes it when someone's foolish enough to try to communicate with him, thus subjecting themselves to JAL's full advertising. (He refuses to dialogue, he claims he will dialogue but each time he's just advertised/) The "Personal Prophecy" thing was above question- even when it destroyed his own marriage. He's stopped pushing that one. AFAIK, he followed the advice of a GSC poster, and went back and rebuilt his marriage. (That was a good idea.) Has he ever apologized, even in a general way, for pushing that doctrine at the costs of the lives of "his" membership? For claiming the Bible supported that when it never did? He has not- neither personally nor generally. He's never accepted any responsibility in EITHER disaster. So, what does it matter? We have here a man who supposedly was trained to be a Christian leader, but was instead trained BY a cult leader to BE a cult leader. He then went our ant made a new cult- complete with destructive doctrines. When he and the others who wanted to be boss disagreed, he left that cult- to immediately start working up ANOTHER. Here is a man who has been a poor example of a leader, a man who's led people into harm, REPEATEDLY, only to turn around and DO IT AGAIN. Ok, so he uses homespun expressions. Is your spiritual life so barren that you have to listen to a PROVEN failure as a teacher, rather than thousands of more competent ones? This man has destroyed lives and never said "I'm sorrry." Are you getting in line to be next to have your life destroyed? When we're talking leaders, character matters. When we're talking Christian/church leaders, character matters A LOT.
  14. We had the links for those threads on pages 2 and 3, so I linked posted them to page 4 also.
  15. Next show. This OTHER hero is a relative of the Lone Ranger. Really. And had his own television show. And a side-kick. And cool gadgets...including a sonic one and a gas one.
  16. Blade Runner Harrison Ford Working Girl
  17. I checked the lyrics for "Starman", "Darkstar" and "Hallo Spaceman." No mentions of "Major" or "Tom" or "Major Tom." The videos may have included visual referents - "Darkstar" had one I know of- and he might have been thinking of Major Tom in the others, but a lot of that's open to interpretation. By name, Bowie mentioned him in the lyrics of 2 songs. "Ashes To Ashes" seemed to have been Bowie saying goodbye to a decade where he struggled with substance abuse and had hits like "Space Oddity." I'm glad he was able to get clean and keep going for decades more.
  18. That is the CORRECT song. And you already named the CORRECT artist. So, CORRECT. Your turn.
  19. As far as I can tell, he's mentioned Major Tom by name in exactly 2 songs, and 1 of those was "Space Oddity." You do have the correct artist.
  20. Peter Schilling did "Major Tom (Earth Below Us)", but this is neither "Space Oddity" nor that song. Like PS' song, however, this song references "Space Oddity." That should at least narrow down the possible artists.
  21. " 'I'm happy. Hope you're happy, too. I've loved. All I've needed: love. Sordid details following.'" "My mama said, "To get things done You'd better not mess with Major Tom."
  22. (Nothing springs to mind....they did "She Caught the Cady", and "Sweet Home Chicago"....) "SOUL MAN!"
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