WordWolf

An illegal arms merchant is surprised he becomes a valued commodity to all- because hidden aliens have emerged and attacked the Earth, and military forces everywhere try to use every weapon they can find to buy time for civilians to flee. Ironically, none of his weapons are what win the day against the aliens.

"The Money Pit and the Pendulum." See, sometimes the description cries for the order to be reversed! :)

I think a precedent was set when Lot had to leave Sodom before its sins caught up with it. "We can't do anything until you leave."

Technically, I could have. I didn't want to. BTW, the word "half-brother" there should have been "brother." It was late and I was typing fast.

Hold on to your hats. I am going to link THREE movies this time. And you'll go nuts looking for one name if you're not careful. ================================================== A Californian means to fight for injustice just as his forefathers did- but gets injured and can't fight. But his twin brother can- and he is actually some sort of half-vampire. So his half-brother continues his crusade against vampires but adds to the first one's fight- rescuing the peasants from the mayor and the renegade artificial humans who serve him before they die of old age a few years after they're created.

A) The internet is effectively infinite. Each website is not. The Powers That Be for this one pay for storage and bandwidth. B) The problem is not interested newbies getting a bit verbose. The problem- which was temporary and might return eventually but is not current- is people who show up and make one or 2 posts, book-length, with the obvious attempt to use the GSC as free advertising space for their own ventures. I don't mind the regulars or occasionals saying "Hey, right now I'm working on something, and here's a link." I mind strangers showing up specifically to advertise here at someone else's expense and then leave. We DIDN'T see them post for anything that wasn't their "ads", neither before nor after. A smaller problem was people cutting-and-pasting long posts from elsewhere, not with permission. The expectation-which is probably legally enforcible if the original writer cares- is to post a small excerpt and a link to the whole thing. Much of that wasn't intended to DISCUSS, either. And this is a DISCUSSION board. Since this thread hasn't had to be repeated a lot, it seems that this one notice was enough for most people to refrain from doing it again. I appreciate it when people don't need to be compelled to do the right thing beyond being asked.

"What we have here is a failure to communicate."

"Ülla will come at eleven." " I'm drowning here! I'm going down for the last time! I... I... I see my whole life flashing before my eyes! I see a weathered old farmhouse... With a white picket fence... I'm running through fields of alfalfa with my collie, Rex. No Rex, not on the alfalfa. And I see my mother... I see Mama, standing on the back porch... And I hear her calling out to me..."Alvin, don't forget your chores! The wood needs a-cordin' and the cows need a-milkin'! Alviiiiin! Aaaaalviiiiiiiiiiiin!"... Wait a minute. My name's not Alvin. That's not my life. Someone else's life is flashing before my eyes. What the hell is that about? I'm not a hillbilly, I grew up in the Bronx."

Let's see... AFAIK, only one vampire detective on TV. Add a Bond flick..... "Diamonds Are Forever Knight"?

It is indeed. I remember the Little Rascals, when the kids were visiting Darla's house, and Mr Hood was giving them dinner. The kids argued over whether Flash Gordon or Tarzan was stronger. Mr Hood said that if they'd eat quietly, afterwards he'd tell them everything he knows about "those Flash Tarzan and Gordon fellows." You of course have seen part of the serial. I think most of us did at some point. The movie was fun, the more recent TV show is best ignored. The movie's soundtrack was fun, too. ===================== Your turn!

I strongly suspected it. It's not the most unique conversation in history.

No, although this one also had a feature movie, there was NO radio show like the Lone Ranger. However, there WAS a newspaper comic strip. And a cool movie soundtrack. And a video game, and a pinball machine. But no formal sidekick among the ensemble. And it was mentioned once, in passing, on "the Little Rascals." (IIRC, that alone should narrow it down to 2 characters.)

This is the name of a short-lived television show from a few years back. And a cartoon from the 1970s. And a television show from the 1950s. And a serial from before that. And some other non-television stuff. What's the name?

Stand and Deliver Lou Diamond Phillips La Bamba

Actually had it from the first one. it's "Meet the Fockers." A movie I've never seen, but I've overheard that much.

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."

"It's nine o'clock on a Saturday"

BTW, did they stop saying this on the new version of BATTLESTAR: GALACTICA?

It was Iron Man 2, which was airing a lot on TV when I posted this, so I took a shot. The commercial with Nick Fury ordering Iron Man to exit the doughnut (while eating some) aired a LOT, when the movie was in the theater, new on DVD, on cable.... If you didn't see it, just watch from the beginning until the end of the scene in the Senate committee. The comment about prostitution will make a lot of sense.

An expletive is a curse-word, something the censors would bleep out.

No, CASEY JONES was the title, George, and I gave it.

I thought it was THE MASK, but now I'm not so sure....

CASEY JONES, you'd better watch your speed!

It's possible someone got this line off a commercial, and never saw the movie but can name it. (I like clues like that for this thread.) If it's the one I'm thinking of... with the dance numbers. Hey! Pachuco!