Open Thread Saturday

Two words: Moral Imperative.

edit: and ALL that Jaaazzzz…..

Crazy fun movie! Clever and well executed! puff-puff those cigarettes!

Love that movie (and love Bob Fosse)! I still find it hysterical that Ann Reinking had to audition to essentially play herself.

"You see, the kids, they listen to the rap music, with gives them the brain damage — with the hippin' and the hoppin' and the bippin' and the boppin', so they don't know what the jazz is all about!"

I stole the above quote from a Simpsons episode.

A great movie.

Yeah, this from a guy whose cancer has been checked due to the "immorality" of private medicine. Do these people ever THINK before they speak or are they really that stupid? Ok, someone has to say it…hey, Roger, two thumbs down!

How sad is it that when I saw T-i-C I thought Teleprompter-in-Chief? )

At least he calls it "socialized medicine". I appreciate the refreshing honesty.

So THAT's why he's boning up on his comedy circuit chops…

They are really THAT stupid.

Does anyone else ever wonder why government wants so much control over the people? I mean what can possibly be positive about a government that has to control the people 100%?

It's baffling to me, too, although the concept/mindset is as old as the ages.

I think if you go back to when the daddy of socialized medicine was being "sold" to the Brits, you will find the exact words "Moral Imperative" being thrown around by the Prime Minister at the time.

This latest attempt by the obama administration is nothing more than a change of tactics. They are now 'emotionalizing" the rhetoric. It's pathetic when you think of it.

Personally, I think the President has a Moral Imperative to make sure the country doesn't go into bankruptcy. How's that for a Moral Imperative?

They were imitating Bill Cosby's style of 'comedy' with that quote.

Scott, having been of age during Splash, I can say that movie inspired the first round of "Madison"s—though I had a neighbor who named her daughter Madison after Bridges of Madison County….

Kramer vs. Kramer. hideous!

Pennsylvania Senate – Specter vs. Toomey Rasmussen Reports Toomey 48, Specter 36 Toomey +12

Specter is in BIG TROUBLE back home, (not D.C.) Pennsylvania…he better learn to tap dance too….

Yankee Domination! It's amazing what a quarter billion $$$ can do! I'm a 30 plus year Yankees fan from Texas…I'm so crazy I got in my car and drove to a Yankees game a few years back…had to see the House Ruth built….

When I was a little kid in Japan my Dad took me to Tokyo to see the World Champ Cards play a Japanese All-Star team…Wow, Bob Gibson, Lou Brock, McCarver, the entire '68 team fantastic. Of course Sadaharu Oh, Japan's Babe Ruth…never forget that as long as I live…

Being a Cubs fan, I'll think I'll just sit quietly in a corner and sob. It wouldn't be the first time.

I remember that right after seeing this movie I thought it was so-so. Not worth recommending to anyone, but not bad enough to tick me off about spending the money to see it. I will admit, however, that I remember it rather well, so I would have to say it made an impression on me. There was something about it—-I don't really know what.

Very Fine Movie. Some good tunes, great dancing and solid direction. Bob Fosse's homage to himself. It should have been called "Me and All That Jazz".

So I've been catching up on some 80s movies that I've (shockingly) never seen in their entirety:

-The Witches of Eastwick – great cast and production values but for the first hour I kept thinking to myself, "Okay, get on with it!" Afterwards I wondered what the film would've been like if Peter Jackson had directed it (circa 1994). I know it's based on a novel but it dragged a little for me. The highlight was Veronica Cartwright's performance, though it doesn't amount to anything in the end.

-Summer School – a fun, totally forgettable flick. I'm not a gorehound so the one scene in the classroom with the new substitute teacher was a bit much for me even though it was done for laughs. And watching the brief making-of, I wasn't surprised to find out the lead role was originally written for Bill Murray but Mark Harmon pulled it off just fine.

-D.A.R.Y.L. – much darker than I thought it would be, it was sort of E.T. done in reverse. They shot some of the movie in Orlando and I even recognized a building from our location scouting trip in film school (I went to film school in Winter Park, adjacent to Orlando). Michael McKean can play it straight and sincere when he wants to and the kid playing Daryl was very good, too. There were some setups (like Daryl increasing the family's balance on the ATM) that I was expecting to pay off but it didn't happen.

-Splash – a fun movie and I can see why it was successful. I miss John Candy! The one thing that dates the movie – not the shots of the WTC, not the music – is when she says, "Madison, I like that name" and Tom Hanks says, "Madison's not a name." Isn't it like one of the most common girl's names today?

-The Lost Boys – yes, I was the one who hadn't seen it but it was a blast! Like many classic 80s films that people still watch, it didn't take itself too seriously but the action and the stakes (pardon the expression) were treated seriously. And the great Dianne Wiest and Edward Herrmann totaly ground the film – today you probably wouldn't have that. I even got a Goonies vibe from it at one point. And it might be Schumacher's best looking film (shot by Raging Bull cinematographer Michael Chapman).

-Risky Business – when I was a senior in high school, my GPA was 3.14, like Joel's GPA in this film. I was in DECA and worked on a free enterprise-related project; Joel was in the "Future Enterprisers" and was studying free enterprise. When I went on a DECA trip to Tampa, there was a Halloween dance. I dressed up like Tom Cruise from the famous Old Time Rock 'n Roll scene, sans pants and everything. It was great until one teacher (not mine) said to go upstairs and put some pants on! I liked this movie and it really stands apart from the T&A romps and the Hughes flicks. This film has its own style and is shot like a "serious movie" and I respect that. I should point out that, unlike Joel, I have NOT called an escort (but the day is young).

I'll be watchin' tonight.

Open Thread Madness: Love Tony LaRussa, the Cards and, of course, Albert Pujols!

Daryll Hannah had a lock on the 'tasty, dewey blond' franchise for a while, but she blew it really quickly.
It was a shame. She's just kind of an 80s footnote now.

I worked on this movie for almost two years. If you want to know anything about it, ask me. I might know, I might not. Just a little tidbit, the spectacular bit of horn playing in the last scene (Bye, Bye Life) was done by Lew Soloff, who was once a member of Blood, Sweat and Tears.

LOL! Awesome. I saw it with MY mom when I was in junior high school. It blew me away.