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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2022 21:40:07 GMT -5
I've never seen one in the wild... Bookery Fantasy-the comics/collectibles store that used to be my lcs when I first moved here, also specializes in pulps (they write/published one of the pulp price guides that is one of the best pulp references out there) and vintage collectible genre books. That's the only place I have ever seen any of the Gnome editions in the wild (also the only place I have seen Weird Tales issues w/original Howard stories in them). They were in no way, shape, or form in my price range. If they had been, I would have bought them. -M |
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Post by berkley on Jun 17, 2022 22:21:40 GMT -5
Interesting that Conan's necklace looks similar to the one BWS drew in the comics - could this be where he took it from?
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Post by berkley on Jun 17, 2022 22:28:45 GMT -5
I am shocked... shocked to learn that the guy wearing an Australian slouch hat in The Rat Patrol was not playing an actual Australian! Granted, I only watched a dubbed version of something like one episode and a half all in all, but I had a toy Rat Patrol jeep as a kid and spent the past 50 years convinced that its driver was an Australian soldier. I suppose someone recognized the hat, told me that it was common in Australia, and that was that. First Skippy turns out to be a female kangaroo, and now this... I knew of Richard Dawson through old reruns of 70's era Family Feud on Game Show Network (probably one of my favorites next to Press Your Luck & Match Game), but it wasn't until years later that I saw Hogan's Heroes and noticed him playing a British soldier
I almost always see Europeans knocking us for doing poor imitations of English and Aussie accents, but whenever they do one of us, it's nothing more than a faux New Yorker type voice (Bob Hoskins for example)
I think this has actually gotten better in both directions: it used to be there was only a handful of actors who could make even a half-decent attempt at an "across-the-pond" accent, whether it was Americans trying to do British or the other way around. But now I think it's more rare to hear a really bad effort than it is to get something at least passable, if not absolutely perfect. I think they just put more time and energy into it now, hiring speech coaches specially for the particular role, etc. Just as everyone playing an action part now goes on a crazy nutrition/fitness/martial arts program for months so they can look convincing or at least try to. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 18, 2022 5:36:58 GMT -5
There's a story behind this  I was 5 years old when the Batman 1966 show was popular and sometime after that I bugged my mom to buy this model. I remember her painting it after assembling it. ( I even remember spilling a small jar of paint thinner while I was watching her painting it). Fast forward to 2000, I am back with my parents just fresh from getting asked to leave my house from a split from my first wife. I happened to find this very model in a crafts store and I bought it , put it together and painted it. My mom is in a nursing home right now with dementia and fading away at age 91 and I will always remember her for being a wonderful mom and loving me enough to make this model. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 18, 2022 7:01:07 GMT -5
I knew of Richard Dawson through old reruns of 70's era Family Feud on Game Show Network (probably one of my favorites next to Press Your Luck & Match Game), but it wasn't until years later that I saw Hogan's Heroes and noticed him playing a British soldier
I almost always see Europeans knocking us for doing poor imitations of English and Aussie accents, but whenever they do one of us, it's nothing more than a faux New Yorker type voice (Bob Hoskins for example)
I think this has actually gotten better in both directions: it used to be there was only a handful of actors who could make even a half-decent attempt at an "across-the-pond" accent, whether it was Americans trying to do British or the other way around. But now I think it's more rare to hear a really bad effort than it is to get something at least passable, if not absolutely perfect. I think they just put more time and energy into it now, hiring speech coaches specially for the particular role, etc. Just as everyone playing an action part now goes on a crazy nutrition/fitness/martial arts program for months so they can look convincing or at least try to. I find that more Australian and New Zealand actors do very convincing American accents than British actors and the same for British accents, rather than Americans. I haven't come across too many American actors who do even passable English accents. Dialect coaching helps; but, I think it also depends heavily on their training. I see more actors with theatrical backgrounds who come across as more authentic. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jun 18, 2022 7:35:19 GMT -5
There's a story behind this I was 5 years old when the Batman 1966 show was popular and sometime after that I bugged my mom to buy this model. I remember her painting it after assembling it. ( I even remember spilling a small jar of paint thinner while I was watching her painting it). Fast forward to 2000, I am back with my parents just fresh from getting asked to leave my house from a split from my first wife. I happened to find this very model in a crafts store and I bought it , put it together and painted it. My mom is in a nursing home right now with dementia and fading away at age 91 and I will always remember her for being a wonderful mom and loving me enough to make this model. That story brought a big smile to my face. Thanks, man! |
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Post by Farrar on Jun 18, 2022 15:24:10 GMT -5
I am shocked... shocked to learn that the guy wearing an Australian slouch hat in The Rat Patrol was not playing an actual Australian! Granted, I only watched a dubbed version of something like one episode and a half all in all, but I had a toy Rat Patrol jeep as a kid and spent the past 50 years convinced that its driver was an Australian soldier. I suppose someone recognized the hat, told me that it was common in Australia, and that was that. First Skippy turns out to be a female kangaroo, and now this... I knew of Richard Dawson through old reruns of 70's era Family Feud on Game Show Network (probably one of my favorites next to Press Your Luck & Match Game), but it wasn't until years later that I saw Hogan's Heroes and noticed him playing a British soldier
I almost always see Europeans knocking us for doing poor imitations of English and Aussie accents, but whenever they do one of us, it's nothing more than a faux New Yorker type voice (Bob Hoskins for example)
I loved Dawson on Match Game! -- so much so that I sought out Hogan's Heroes reruns. Btw he was born in England (southeast England). He used a Cockney accent for Newkirk, but I've read he originally wanted to use a Liverpool accent for the character. The producers told him no, because a Liverpool accent would be incomprehensible and off-putting to Americans. This was just before the Beatles hit it big in the US  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2022 7:56:17 GMT -5
Spent father's day with my kid at our first Pride Fest.  It was as colorful as I was imagining. |
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Post by berkley on Jun 20, 2022 8:45:41 GMT -5
There's a story behind this I was 5 years old when the Batman 1966 show was popular and sometime after that I bugged my mom to buy this model. I remember her painting it after assembling it. ( I even remember spilling a small jar of paint thinner while I was watching her painting it). Fast forward to 2000, I am back with my parents just fresh from getting asked to leave my house from a split from my first wife. I happened to find this very model in a crafts store and I bought it , put it together and painted it. My mom is in a nursing home right now with dementia and fading away at age 91 and I will always remember her for being a wonderful mom and loving me enough to make this model.
That's a nice story and a great memory to have of your mother. We must be nearly the same age. I remember it being one of my favourite shows as a small kid. I never got into models but I did have the little Batmobile dinky one Christmas that I liked a lot.
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Post by wickedmountain on Jun 20, 2022 14:12:41 GMT -5
Happy Belated Father's Day to all the dads here  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2022 10:17:17 GMT -5
Is it just me, or did the usefulness of internet search results peak years ago? For just moderately-difficult questions (and sometimes simple ones), it can easily take half an hour to find a useful answer, if you're lucky. The search engine (I've tried a bunch) returns lots of irrelevant garbage, and then the linked-to web pages, even if they have the answer somewhere, hide the information somewhere and their own internal site searches are horribly lacking. I seem to remember a time when I didn't always end up trembling in rage and cursing the stupidity of humanity when trying to get an answer to something from the internet. Not that I don't have other reasons to curse the stupidity of humanity, but I wasn't expecting to add "internet searching" to the list.
Does anyone still sell encyclopedias?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2022 10:20:42 GMT -5
Is it just me, or did the usefulness of internet search results peak years ago? For just moderately-difficult questions (and sometimes simple ones), it can easily take half an hour to find a useful answer, if you're lucky. The search engine (I've tried a bunch) returns lots of irrelevant garbage, and then the linked-to web pages, even if they have the answer somewhere, hide the information somewhere and their own internal site searches are horribly lacking. I seem to remember a time when I didn't always end up trembling in rage and cursing the stupidity of humanity when trying to get an answer to something from the internet. Not that I don't have other reasons to curse the stupidity of humanity, but I wasn't expecting to add "internet searching" to the list. Does anyone still sell encyclopedias? Most search engines now prioritize their own sites or sponsored sites over the best results. So, for example, if you are searching on google, the top results will be from google sites (like youtube) or other sponsored sites who get higher priority because they pay google for that privilege. The best results are often buried deep in the results if they are not paying to be prioritized. SO no, it's not your imagination, its the result of search engines becoming monetized revenue generators and not research tools. -M |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2022 10:46:03 GMT -5
Is it just me, or did the usefulness of internet search results peak years ago? For just moderately-difficult questions (and sometimes simple ones), it can easily take half an hour to find a useful answer, if you're lucky. The search engine (I've tried a bunch) returns lots of irrelevant garbage, and then the linked-to web pages, even if they have the answer somewhere, hide the information somewhere and their own internal site searches are horribly lacking. I seem to remember a time when I didn't always end up trembling in rage and cursing the stupidity of humanity when trying to get an answer to something from the internet. Not that I don't have other reasons to curse the stupidity of humanity, but I wasn't expecting to add "internet searching" to the list. Does anyone still sell encyclopedias? Couldn’t agree more. I’m fed up of results that seem to be a list of Quora answers, which require you to log on to Quora to view the pages (I do not have a Quora account). |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2022 10:52:07 GMT -5
Expanding on Drake’s point, I get sites need revenue, but the ads are excessive. Your computer is liable to blow up if you go on The Independent site. Not that I do anymore.
When I started using the ‘net in 2001, ads were static, non-intrusive and at the side. I was more inclined to look at them. Today they put me off visiting a site. After your third pop-up, you just throw in the towel.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 21, 2022 13:49:39 GMT -5
Expanding on Drake’s point, I get sites need revenue, but the ads are excessive. Your computer is liable to blow up if you go on The Independent site. Not that I do anymore. When I started using the ‘net in 2001, ads were static, non-intrusive and at the side. I was more inclined to look at them. Today they put me off visiting a site. After your third pop-up, you just throw in the towel. This is literally the only site that I have whitelisted to see ads. I have three ad blockers and two pop-up blockers. If that's a problem for the site I don't need to go there that badly. |
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