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Post by Phil Maurice on Feb 3, 2017 22:28:34 GMT -5
Culturally, I think we've been far too quick in assigning classic status to works undeserving of that designation in every medium. This times a million! I was hoping your equipment would be ready in time to weigh in on some of the issues we've been struggling with in your absence, Kurt. Your being here has a steadying effect that makes everything seem a little brighter, a little more tolerable.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Feb 3, 2017 22:05:15 GMT -5
I think they kept getting killed somewhere between the cover and the interior stories. It was a lethal combination of GRIT and Dynamic Tension that did them in.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Feb 3, 2017 19:38:37 GMT -5
I like Psycho a lot too, but I've probably only seen the whole thing four or five times. But there's a been a few times where I noticed Pscyho was about to start and I watched the Janet Leigh scenes from the start to where she dies, and then I stopped watching it. I really really love the adventures of Marion Crane. Hmm. That's an unusual take. I've often wondered what it must have been like to see Psycho unspoiled. My mother reports that she was quite unsettled by it in a cold viewing in 1960. She's rather delicate and prefers not to think about such things. I think Psycho is a perfect film and never tire of watching it. For me, it runs a very close second to Dial M for Murder, which is in many ways a sort of proto-Columbo.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Feb 2, 2017 21:31:57 GMT -5
You're absolutely right, but this is, for them, an emotional issue, so they're not looking at it from a legal standpoint or aren't interested in parsing semantics. I would humbly submit that it is an emotional issue for those who disagree with them as well. But your point is taken and well made. Both sides could benefit from cooler heads, I think.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Feb 2, 2017 20:31:45 GMT -5
Eh, I doubt most people get that technical when they use the term. I've no doubt you're right, but words mean things, often very specific things. One of the many barriers to communication is corruption of terms and a sort of sloppy shoe-horning of words that are incendiary when divorced from their meaning.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Feb 2, 2017 20:11:16 GMT -5
The bolded portion is technically correct in that the term "abortion" is not mentioned in the Bible, but the term "murder" is, as in "thou shalt not murder (or kill)". For many anti-abortion folks, this is a matter of murder. I'm no lawyer, but isn't "murder" a legal term? It's most commonly defined as the unlawful, premeditated killing of one human by another. Since abortion is, with certain restrictions, legal in this country (for now), I fail to see how it can properly be characterized as "murder."
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Post by Phil Maurice on Feb 2, 2017 20:00:25 GMT -5
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Post by Phil Maurice on Feb 1, 2017 19:50:48 GMT -5
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Post by Phil Maurice on Jan 31, 2017 22:01:35 GMT -5
Wrightson is supposed to continue forever. Not to worry, Shax. He assuredly will.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Jan 31, 2017 19:39:33 GMT -5
Crimebuster
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Post by Phil Maurice on Jan 29, 2017 18:11:49 GMT -5
Easy! It's ASM #122, the first comic book I ever bought off the rack. That copy was destroyed by me not long after (I was 5). On the left is the copy I bought in 1986 in a fit of nostalgia, and on the right is the one I bought in 2013 to celebrate my fortieth year as a fan.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Jan 27, 2017 21:03:13 GMT -5
. . .was thinking of doing the same with Machine Man. I got #1 to #3 when they were new and I read them last year and I was thinking of getting the rest of the Kirby issues soon. Kirby's Machine Man is wild. Like you, I got the first few issues off the rack. However, I've never read his origin in 2001. Is it worth tracking down?
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Post by Phil Maurice on Jan 27, 2017 19:53:51 GMT -5
I've always thought of Nikki Haley as Sarah Palin if she could form coherent sentences. Dick Cavett had a great line about Sarah Palin, AKA Bible Spice: "She seems to have no first language."
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Post by Phil Maurice on Jan 26, 2017 20:10:51 GMT -5
Tough choice! I had to go with Marvel Team-Up for purely personal reasons. It was my first comic book subscription, earned by selling magazine subscriptions door-to-door in 1978, when I was 10. I caught the latter half of the Byrne/Claremont run, and it also introduced me to SNL, Jean DeWolff, and Wonder Man.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Jan 26, 2017 19:51:59 GMT -5
Awesome! When I got my #4, I had an opportunity to get a #3 for $250.00. Its only flaw was a small tape pull smack in the centre of the comic. Being a hard ass where condition is concerned, I passed it up, but sometimes wonder if I made a mistake. One of the ways that you and I differ is with regard to impulse control. You have it. FWIW, I don't think you made a mistake. You set a very high bar and adherence to that standard is what distinguishes your style of collecting. I imagine it contributes in no small way to your enjoyment of the hobby. Vive la différence! Remind me, what grade is your #4?
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