Useless Facts/Chit Chat Thread

[ntsammy5]

John, hope everything is OK.

We're expecting grand son # 3 in August -- we've been empty nesters for a few years now -- there are pluses and minuses to it. First time DD went out with the car by herself she backed into a pickup -- gee that was in '91, I'm surprised I even remember that. Great way to start driving!

 

[Colson39]

So I finally got DVR, and recorded "The Stand", based on the Stephen King novel, it was on Sci Fi on Sunday.

Now, the book is a rather large book, like 1400 pages or something, and I guess the movie reflects that, since I'm having a really hard time watching all 8 hours of it....lol

 

[Tent Camping Mom]

Happy Earth Day!

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[BigDaddyRog]

Happy Earth Day!

http://support.nature.org/site/PageServer​

EARTH DAY...as good a reason as any to drink!!!!

 

[MomofPirate&Mickey]

So I finally got DVR, and recorded "The Stand", based on the Stephen King novel, it was on Sci Fi on Sunday.

Now, the book is a rather large book, like 1400 pages or something, and I guess the movie reflects that, since I'm having a really hard time watching all 8 hours of it....lol

I love that movie! We have it on VHS (at least we did, might have gotten rid of it w/ all the moving around). Great movie, but very long. When it originally aired, they put it on for 4 nights, so pace yourself.

We saw over the w/e that The Langoliers (sp?) was on last Thursday, but it would have interferred w/ our taping of Survivor & Smallville, so that wouldn't have worked, even if we knew before hand that it was on.

 

[big kahuna1]

Happy Earth Day!

http://support.nature.org/site/PageServer

EARTH DAY...as good a reason as any to drink!!!!

I'll drink to that! And I will do it by going green...with green beer that is. Earth Day...Saint Patty's Day II.

 

[MomofPirate&Mickey]

I feel your pain, I used to hate it when the characters my kids had to have could not be found or were so popular you could not get your hands on anything with that character on it.

I feel old, because my youngest is 10 and I do not know what Ben 10 is.

I hope someone knows of some secret BEN 10 connection.

Best Wishes.

Thanks Liz. You probably don't know about Ben 10 b/c your 10 yo is a girl. It's a show mainly focused on boys. Although my step-daughter (almost 11) is into it, but then her 8 yo brother (DSS) loves it, so that could be why. Ben is all about it. Of course, right now all the bedding that I can find is from the UK, so that's a major pain. He SOOO wants a room w/ Ben 10. Also, DS2 really likes it too, so I guess we'll have to get 2 times the bedding any way. Right now their bedding is Diego (DS2) & either Cars or Superman (DS4.5). They were going to get a Superman/Batman room, but then decided on Ben 10. Of course, their room is painted in the Disney Paint Color of Neverland (biggest Pain in the Butt color to put on!! Like 4-5 coats, it was like stain-glass paint!! Won't be buying that paint again. Took 3-4 gallons just to finish the room, looks nice though.), so the color is pretty close to some of the greens that they use in Ben10. Good thing daddy is a former Animation Artist for Disney & has loads of talent to get them the room they want.

 

[Colson39]

I love that movie! We have it on VHS (at least we did, might have gotten rid of it w/ all the moving around). Great movie, but very long. When it originally aired, they put it on for 4 nights, so pace yourself.

We saw over the w/e that The Langoliers (sp?) was on last Thursday, but it would have interferred w/ our taping of Survivor & Smallville, so that wouldn't have worked, even if we knew before hand that it was on.

Yea, I read the book about 2 years ago for the first time, I really enjoyed it. Been waiting forever to see the movie, but every time it was on TV, I would catch it like the 3rd hour in, and I really didn't want to buy it.

Just got lucky that I happened to get DVR the day before it came on Sci Fi, so that was great.

I normally can't stand TV movies, but I thought I would make an exception, and so far it's pretty good. It's kind of strange seeing how they have everything set up, like I always envisioned Larry Underwood and his mom being in some high rise in New York, and here they are in just a regular house. That kind of stuff just reminds me what my imagination thought when I read the book, pretty cool.

 

[MomofPirate&Mickey]

That song "Don't Blink" by Kenny Chesney comes to mind because life sure does go by too fast ~ it seems one minute your changing their diapers, the next minute they are driving away on their own.

Also brings to mind the "You're Gonna Miss This" by Trace Adkins. I love that song, but it does make me tear up.

 

[MomofPirate&Mickey]

Yea, I read the book about 2 years ago for the first time, I really enjoyed it. Been waiting forever to see the movie, but every time it was on TV, I would catch it like the 3rd hour in, and I really didn't want to buy it.

Just got lucky that I happened to get DVR the day before it came on Sci Fi, so that was great.

I normally can't stand TV movies, but I thought I would make an exception, and so far it's pretty good. It's kind of strange seeing how they have everything set up, like I always envisioned Larry Underwood and his mom being in some high rise in New York, and here they are in just a regular house. That kind of stuff just reminds me what my imagination thought when I read the book, pretty cool.

Yeah, the imagination is usually better when it comes to that stuff. I always got hassled in school for reading the book around the time that the movie came out or was on TV. Especially for North & South. LOVE the Mini-Series (although they had some major mis-steps w/ the second book & third book), but got hassled about reading the book in HS. They just don't always do justice to the books, & they (the books) usually end of being much better than the movies. But, Stephen King is really picky about his movies. You can always tell when he approves of the movie version...He's in it. That's one of the reasons they remade The Shining. He liked the second, TV, version better. I loved the book Four Seasons w/ The Body, The Apt Pupil & The Shawshank Redemption in it (I know, not the true name). All of those were great stories. Never could get through the last story though, guess that's why they never made it into a movie.

 

[MomofPirate&Mickey]

John, hope your dad is feeling better today. You too!

 

[Shannone1]

Yea, I read the book about 2 years ago for the first time, I really enjoyed it. Been waiting forever to see the movie, but every time it was on TV, I would catch it like the 3rd hour in, and I really didn't want to buy it.

Just got lucky that I happened to get DVR the day before it came on Sci Fi, so that was great.

I normally can't stand TV movies, but I thought I would make an exception, and so far it's pretty good. It's kind of strange seeing how they have everything set up, like I always envisioned Larry Underwood and his mom being in some high rise in New York, and here they are in just a regular house. That kind of stuff just reminds me what my imagination thought when I read the book, pretty cool.

The Stand is my FAVORITE book !! Most Stephen King made for tv movies seems cheap and skip a lot of stuff so I wasn't expecting much from the movie version of the Stand. I was surprised though, it was much better than I thought it would be. I thought the casting was pretty good too.

 

[Colson39]

Yea, I love the casting so far, except for Rob Lowe. I think he's a horrible actor (except in comedies, he's pretty good in those), and his poor acting is even showing in the movie so far, but that's just me. Maybe he'll get better as the movie goes on, I just never imagined Nick Andros as being a "pretty boy".

To be honest, the characters so far are more gruff and slimy than I imagined them in the book, but maybe that's because I still mainly remember them towards the end of the book, and not how they were in the beginning.

 

[77ed]

I'll drink to that! And I will do it by going green...with green beer that is. Earth Day...Saint Patty's Day II.

I 2nd the motion!

 

[auntie]

I had to go blow my nose after reading that! And now I can't get that "Don't Blink" song out of my head. I think I'll go find someplace to drive my kids to today...

Ahh..the fond memories of the days where I'd do the driving. With the "DON"T MAKE ME PULL THIS CAR OVER!" and the even more precious "OH DON'T THINK FOR ONE MINUTE I WON'T DO IT BUSTER!"
Best of all...the look on those faces..when I DID pull over. The quiet in the car..PRICELESS.
Yep... much as I hate to admit it...I'm gonna miss those days....pass the kleenex.

 

[Shannone1]

Yea, I love the casting so far, except for Rob Lowe. I think he's a horrible actor (except in comedies, he's pretty good in those), and his poor acting is even showing in the movie so far, but that's just me. Maybe he'll get better as the movie goes on, I just never imagined Nick Andros as being a "pretty boy".

To be honest, the characters so far are more gruff and slimy than I imagined them in the book, but maybe that's because I still mainly remember them towards the end of the book, and not how they were in the beginning.

I think Gary Sinise is spot on as Stu Redman. Also love the guy that plays Tom. M-O-O-N that spells Tom Cullen. Now that I've seen the movie whenever I go back and read the book I am picturing those actors in my mind. I've read the book probably 6-7 times now.

 

[BigDaddyRog]

Colson...That IS a really good movie. Ive never seen a King tv movie I didnt fall deep into, and they ALL last forever. My favorite was "IT", with Tim Curry as Pennywise,the smart-*** evil clown...man, that was GREAT. I dont like to read his novels, and his 2hr movies are usually too abridged, but the tv mimi-series' are usually really good.

 

[MomofPirate&Mickey]

Colson...That IS a really good movie. Ive never seen a King tv movie I didnt fall deep into, and they ALL last forever. My favorite was "IT", with Tim Curry as Pennywide,the smart-*** evil clown...man, that was GREAT. I dont like to read his novels, and his 2hr movies are usually too abridged, but the tv mimi-series' are usually really good.

Tim Curry is the BEST!! LOVE him!!

So is Gary Sinise!!

 

[Colson39]

"Untooned" Jessica Rabbit

Someone is taking classic cartoon characters (there is also a Homer Simpson and Mario from the video games) and "untooning" them, using more realistic lighting and the like...

 

[Rhonda]

Wow - that's really cool! And....strangely enough....looks exactly like me!