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Oh good, he got Beat Shazam already. The Wayne Brady show was called "Don't Forget the Lyrics"

To me, everything about "The Mike Wars" is encapsulated in the following: Mike believes PFAL is God-breathed. PFAL defines the qualities of the God-breathed Word. PFAL does not meet the qualities of the God-breathed Word. PFAL is not God-breathed. The end. I truly don't understand why it's still a conversation, except that Mike (like every religious adherent before and after him) simply ignores the evidence to the contrary and insists his position has "stood the test of time" for the simple reason that he refuses to abandon it. The test of time is not relevant. The test of critical analysis is. Here's what we did NOT address in "The Mike Wars." PFAL is not God-breathed IF it is correct about the qualities of the God-breathed Word. The Bible is not God-breathed if PFAL is correct about the qualities of the God-breathed Word. Now, here's the amusing thing: The Bible never claims, of itself, that it is God-breathed. The Bible actually makes ZERO claims about itself, because the Bible is not an "It." It's a collection of many books, only a very few of which even recognize the mere existence of other books in the collection. When "Paul" wrote "All scripture is given by inspiration of God," he was in all likelihood not talking about his own letters, and all but certainly not referring to gospels that had yet to be written. Is PFAL God-breathed. I can't participate in the discussion anymore. Nothing is God-breathed. But if you want to engage, you need to be consistent: If PFAL is not God breathed, what's your standard for reaching that conclusion, and does the Bible itself meet that standard? If not, how does anyone deny Mike's position (my original answer still holds).

"You know, we are sitting here, you and I, like a couple of regular fellas. You do what you do, and I do what I gotta do. And now that we've been face to face, if I'm there and I gotta put you away, I won't like it. But I tell you, if it's between you and some poor bastard whose wife you're gonna turn into a widow, brother, you are going down." "There's a flip side to that coin. What if you got me boxed in and I gotta put you down? Cause no matter what, you will not get in my way. We've been face to face, yeah. But I will not hesitate. Not for a second." [Major clue: "Now that we've been face to face" is a reference to the plot, but it was much, much more than that.]

So you're saying I shouldn't fail to recall the words of the song

I used to watch the Wayne Brady show, but I could never remember the line.

Man man man man man man man Patricia Clarkson as the dutiful wife man man man man Untouchables? Nope, no Cromwell. LA Confidential? Nope, no Clarkson. Shawshank... Green Mile... Wait, yes Green Mile. Final answer.

"Why'd I get mixed up with that b*tch?" "Because she's got a GREAT A$$! And YOU'VE got YOUR HEAD ALL THE WAY UP IT!"

John, As a whole, I think the ex-way community owes you a tremendous debt. I am not terribly impressed with this video, even though I agree with your assertions and conclusions. I feel like you never quite decided who your audience is. For example, when I worked on my original review of the Blue Book, my audience was Christian former Way believers who did not want to throw the baby out with the bathwater. When I worked on Actual Errors, my audience was people who need to understand that PFAL is not God-breathed because it fails to meet its own definition of the term. It was never intended to discredit PFAL. Just to show that it was not inerrant. Specific purpose and specific audience. I can't tell who your audience is with this video. Is it us? Is it the current TWI follower with a few doubts? Is it the longstanding splinter group follower? I cannot tell, and that weakens the video. I strongly suggest re-thinking your approach and maybe tackling it one audience at a time. Again, I am in your debt and grateful for your stand. Peace.

Actually, I think No Way Out was made first (I THINK), but The Untouchables was released first, and THAT was his breakout role. Pretty sure I've done this before, but whatever: "I'm angry. I'm very angry, Ralph. You know, you can ball my wife if she wants you to. You can lounge around here on her sofa, in her ex-husband's dead-tech, post-modernistic bullsh** house if you want to. But you do not get to watch my f***ing television set!"

Yes, that was a hint. "No Way Out" is the correct answer. An updated remake of The Big Clock, based on a novel by Kenneth Fearing.

I haven't followed any of these shows since CRISIS/COVID. I did keep up with God Friended Me and Zoey's Extrordinary Playlist, but I have no idea how last season even ended on all the shows we've been discussing here. I suppose I can catch up over the summer (yes, I know Supergirl is ending). Is Flash even on?

Oh, good, George beat me to it. You're up!

Labyrinth. Get it? Twists? I'm lost? Maze? The babe is Jennifer Connelly (who, incidentally, was NOT Friday, but played the similar role in Spidey's suit in Far From Home). She's married to Paul Bettany (Vision, hence all the visual clues and the worthy quip). And she is smoking hot. As she was in Career Opportunities and Hulk (Betty Ross) and roughly 70 percent of my fantasies that don't involve Salma Hayek (and 40% of those that do).

Her husband doesn't deserve her. Though I suppose his worthiness is debatable. [This isn't helping because even if you know the babe, you obviously don't know the movie. WW, am I right? I did confuse two frequently confused movies, but ... oh, all right, the answer is...]

The capitalization of "THAT" was meaningless.

It's not Legend? Oh, duh, THAT was an unexpected twist. Now I'm totally lost. I'm aMAZED I got that wrong. Clearly, however, I have the correct smoking hot babe. Unfortunately, her husband is also something to behold. Oh well.

Was her name Va Va Voom, or Hubba Hubba? I prefer to call her DAAAAAAAAAAAMN. But "Friday" isn't a bad guess either. Whatever, smoking hot, if it's the one I'm thinking of. Totally unrelated question: What does Zelda have in common with Zorro, Sleepy Hollow and Bagger Vance? (Is it obvious I don't want to post next?)

Matthew Modine Dark Knight RIses Anne Hathaway and by the way, we have been playing this game for more than 16 years.

Stanley Tucci Big Night Tony Shalhoub (sp?)

Both movies came out in 1990 and were based on the life of mobster Henry Hill, who died in 2012 and did not like My Blue Heaven. My Blue Heaven, named after a 1920s hit, starred Steve Martin and Rick Moranis, who also starred together in Parenthood (made into TWO TV series, one of which flopped and the second, much later ran for several seasons) and Little Shop of Horrors. The first clue contained two references to the main character being and acting "not so good." WW threw himself off by changing it to "not so nice." I never said nice. Good was a clue. As in Goodfellas. The sudden wedding in My Blue Heaven really happened. Henry Hill called his lawyer and said Guess what? THe lawyer had the marriage annulled. Travolta was considered for the role that went to Steve Martin (who really wanted to play the FBI agent). Travolta decided to make Look Who's Talking Too instead. WW, you are up.

Don't overthink the wedding. In Sweden, the comedy was named "How I Taught an FBI Agent to Dance the Marengo." Quotes: "You know, it's dangerous for you to be here in the frozen food section." "Why is that?" "Because you could melt all this stuff." *** "I get to never see my parents again. Or my loved ones. I get to live in a place... It's OK, don't get me wrong... The air is clean and the people are nice, but for a guy like me, who was raised on the sidewalks of the city that never sleeps, it's a living hell. There were times when I thought of giving it all up, particularly when my wife left me. They gave us a nice house, with flowers in front. It made us sick. But I made a deal with the government so I'm here to tell the truth. So if you think I'm saying what I'm saying about Mr. Gatzo killing Nicky Capelli only because of the deal, you got a point. But it's still the truth."

There is a very subtle hint repeated in the first clue that damn near gives away the title of the drama. Once you remember how the drama ended, you can ask yourself, what happens to the main character next? Then look for a COMEDY with THAT PLOT. It's the second movie.

The lead character in the second movie (the comedy) is not recognizably the same character in the drama (name was changed, fictional elements added). There is a clear line where the drama's story ends and the comedic spiritual sequel picks up. The main character died in 2012 in real life. The two main stars of the comedy appeared together in two other very well known comedies: One is a remake of a cult classic, while the other was a dramedy remade as a television series (twice, though the first attempt flopped). The sequel is named for a 1920s hit song

Nice work. Not even close. Ok, I really want the second movie, the comedy that's a sort of sequel to the drama. But I'll take either. The drama was a best picture nominee that is a classic of its genre. The comedy changes the main character's name and takes liberties with the story, though some things are true. Like the wedding. Really happened.

Ok, so here is a movie based on a true story about an actual guy who did actual, not-very-good things. But the funny thing is, there was already a movie, that year, about the same guy. Totally different genre. One movie tried to be faithful to the source material, which is, after all, the life of the not so good guy. This movie was played for laughs and was more about what happened after the first movie ended. The guy was not happy with this movie. John Travolta was considered for the lead role. He chose another project, but the woman who plays the lead's mother is the same person who played Travolta's mother in Saturday Night Fever and Staying Alive.