[geeks] Introductions (was Re: Etiquette)

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jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu writes:

>On Sun, Jul 29, 2001 at 09:54:25PM -0400, dave at cca.org wrote:
>> jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu writes:
>> 
>> Hell yeah. Nothing Hollywood has ever done can compare to Metropolis.

>I keep looking at the Metropolis box and then I chicken out and get
>something safe when renting movies.

Ha. When I was married, my wife used to get so pissed off at me
for renting either silent films, or foreign films with subtitles.
I think we had a rule at one point that I could only rent one
video like that a week...

>Now, the question is, is silent really better, or did Metropolis just
>happen to be a great movie.  Or rather, is metropolis great because it is
>silent, or would it be silent if made today?

I think it has something to do with working well in a restricted 
environment.

>Never saw anything of his.  I saw they just got Plan 9 in at the local
>video store recently.  I'm all for minimulism, but I always got the
>impression that Ed Wood still didn't pay enough attention to the important
>details.  I'll have to see for myself I guess.

I strongly recommend getting the movie about him, "Ed Wood", starring
Dep, first.

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