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AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills, #14:
Rear Window, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, 1954

Yup.

Sure.

Sure deodorant is a remake of the original 1964 recipe for Lucky Charms, when there were only four types of marbits and no sugar coating.

Fun fact: You can buy bags of cereal marshmallows on EBay.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills, #13:
Bonnie and Clyde, directed by Arthur Penn, 1967

Fun fact: Bonnie and Clyde were trying to steal cereal marshmallows off of Ebay.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills, #12:
King Kong, directed by Merian C. Cooper, 1933

Fun Fact: the actress who played King Kong also played Bonnie & Clyde.

It was Bonnie who killed the Clyde

poorpete wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 4:02 pm It was Bonnie who killed the Clyde

Respect.

Aretha Franklin's Respect was a remake of Luke Bryan's One Margarita.

Which was just a prequel to the ads for Tres Margaritas.

Which was the inspiration for Margaritaville.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills, #11:
The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, 1972

Never heard of it.

The Godfather is actually part 1 of the little known prequel to Godfather 3.

The Godfather? pfff. Now if there's a film called The Dogfather, count me in. Little dogs, wearing suits, playing with guns, barking in Italian accents. That's an offer I can't refuse!

I’ll post a movie here later. I’m on a plane right now.

Airplane is actually a parody of a film called Zero Hour.

Mike wrote: ↑Tue Apr 26, 2022 12:03 pm Airplane is actually a parody of a film called Zero Hour.

I... uh... just looked this up and... this is actually true.

You win. Close it down, folks.

Kyle wrote: ↑Tue Apr 26, 2022 12:08 pm

Mike wrote: ↑Tue Apr 26, 2022 12:03 pm Airplane is actually a parody of a film called Zero Hour.

I... uh... just looked this up and... this is actually true.

You win. Close it down, folks.

I've watched Zero Hour out of morbid curiosity, and it's nearly a scene for scene remake/parody. It's bizarrely uncanny to watch, right down to Dana Andrews (from the song Science Fiction Double Feature) playing the hero Ted Stryker.

So... Is this where we comment on the 12 Day thread?

If you like.

Yeah- that's totally cool. I feel like, because it only gets one a day, when I post I want it to be something special. Not to criticize Tahlvin- I think everyone can interpret it however they want. But for me? It's going to be a journey.

Had I had time and not been on my iPad on an airplane and trying to connect to several Zoom/Team meetings at the time (which did not work over airplane WiFi), I would have drafted the first part of a write-your-own-adventure story or something like that, so the next person could pick it up and run with it, and we could watch it develop each day. Sorry I let you down, Kyle. I'll try harder the next time it's my turn to post.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills, #10:
Raiders of the Lost Ark, directed by Steven Spielberg, 1981

Totally understandable, Tahlvin. I posted this morning, and while it seems benign and simplistic, I'm actually building to something. It's going to be more of a parable about the importance of small, individual actions in a whirlwind of global chaos.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills, #9:
Rosemary's Baby, directed by Roman Polanski, 1968

Great movie. Terrible director.

Agreed on both counts.

Trees, ranked. 44. Burr Oak

We're at a part of the list where every tree has a heckuva lot to recommend it, and this tree is no different. It's a good tree. However, its run ends here because a) the bark is so deeply scored (you're planting this to look amazing in the landscape and yet it's lousy for climbing), b) its leaves are less attractive than related cousins, and c) its branching habit quickly turns to the irregular and looks more off-balance than pleasingly unique. This tree is constantly recommend as a top-rank for planting in your yard to diversify but I think it's being pushed too hard relative to the merits.

Here's a nicely full one:

Not high enough on the list.

Trees, ranked. 43. Yew

Yew trees are amazing! In fact, the reason they land down here on the list is precisely that they are SO amazing that it's almost too amazing. Frequently they come straight out onto the other side as slightly terrifying. Furthermore, one finds many a yew in England and I am not often found in England, and this is my list. So if there were more yew trees hanging around my areas, I'd probably rate them more highly. Unfortunately, this is the situation and if we are going to reward unusual foreign trees, we will have to wait for a few others appearing down the road.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills, #8:
The French Connection, directed by William Friedkin, 1971

Post

Cereal

Life

Post-Cereal Life... Elevensese?

AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills, #7:
The Birds, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, 1963

Birds

Suddenly.

Last summer.

Nights

Trees, ranked. 42. Pinus sylvestris or Scotch Pine / Scots Pine

I had a terrible time coming up with a decent photo of one of these bad boys for your enjoyment, which is bizarre because I'm surrounded by an uncountably enormous number of lovely, fully developed specimens of this tree and they look precious little like the sad versions google presented. I have a hard time rating this tree as low as it is because of the phenomenal memories of climbing. This is one of the best possible climbing trees EXCEPT for one thing: you cannot care about sap. I did not care about sap. My mom cared about sap. Now that I am a mom, I care more about sap. Also as an elderly climber I might not want to encounter sap. So these considerations rise up against the younger me, who would have rated this tree as a top ten without question.

The trees have an open, spacious look between relatively large, thick branches arrayed regularly around the large central trunk. Thus the good climbing! They also tend to start branching fairly low unless you cut them off - also good for climbing. The bark is rough but not so rough to to be uncomfortable to grab - the sap is the thing. The pine cones are wonderful. In short, a fabulous pine and now I'm talking myself into rating it more highly.

However, this is the major concern: the pine beetles are destroying these trees and they look absolutely terrible and leave ugly holes behind when they are destroyed this way. They were overplanted and now we reap what we sowed. This one is a baby and I honestly cannot find a decently attractive picture of an adult, and that is NOT because such specimens are rare - in fact they are the norm. Take more pictures, world.

Who say Neek

otine lozenges.

I cry fowl.

Dream Stime

Stime to get a new watch! Amiright?!