#Doug Lennox

[golden-honey-bea]

Little fact from a book of facts

#the how #where #and why of stuff you thought you knew #the little book of answers by doug lennox #clark kent #fun facts #dc comics #superman #clark gable #kent taylor

[popculturebuffet]

Thomas and Friends Retrospective: The Magic Railroad: The Workprint Cut (Comissioned by Lachie V)

Previously on this blog:

Also I may or may not have reviewed a bunch of Thomas the Tank Entine, cumilating in a look at the disasterous theatrical cut which you can find my barely coherent thoughts on that barely coherent film here. We haven't gotten the results back from the lab yet.

The Theatrical cut is so legendarily wonky I just.. coudln't leave it at that and feel like I gave the film a good shake. So I took on the arduous task of watching an unfinished workprint that I erronously said last time was on the blu ray. While the blu ray has some scenes from this version, the full workprint was leaked seperately and god bless those who did as it gives us something of a look at what this film was supposed to be. So join me under the cut as I see what this film WAS and if what it was was any good.. or at least comprehensible. After the nightmare of that last review i'll settle for "Makes sense from point a to b" that's the state we're entering this review at people. You've been warned.

The workprint of the Magic Railroad is interesting. This is the first workprint i've ever seen and thus the first i've ever covered on this blog. For those unaware, as I was before I googled it, a work print is an unfinished version of a film, with effects, adr and the soundtrack largely missing. So it was fascinating to see just how many pieces of the film, even things as simple as a line that LOOKED on screen are put into place after the fact. Film Editors don't get enough credit.. plenty of blame when it's earned but not enough credit and this made me respect them all the more.

That said watching a prototype of a finished film i'd seen.. was a lot. It seems easy, the effects just aren't there right? Well it's not just visual effects: it's SOUND effects. The only sounds are either ADR from the various crew member and anything on camera. And said ADR is not from the actors yet but various voices i'd never heard before and also Britt Alcroft. It's fair and I don't blame the cut for it, this wasn't MEANT to be viewed by anyone but editors. It's just hard on my autisim: whlie i'm functional and can handle sensory changes normally in a film, having there be no sound where their clearly should be in a lot of places... was just weird. I KNOW why it's not there, and usually my mind fills in the gaps but for some reason here it just felt extra off when an explosion or heavy digging happened with no sound. It's just this freaky effect and it took some time to get through it as a result, not helped by me only realizing what was really throwing me off towards the end of the film.

I can't recommend this cut as a film.. because it's not finished nor was it intended to be a finished product. It's not really something for bad movie night like it's theatrical cousin. As an interesting artifact of this film and Thomas as a whole though, I am delighted it exists as it fills in a LOT of the gaps and is complete enough I can judge what aspects were cut by their own merits.

Let's start with the big one, the most infamous and curious of the bunch: PT Boomer, played by Doug Lennox who realizes exactly what kind of film he's in and hams it up accordingly. Boomer is one of the films big bads... and was almost entirely cut from the theatrical cut, with only one brief scene that was redubbed, a scene so plot important and load bearing I forgot it even happened.

PT Boomer is all about

Wanting to make profit off things. That's.. about what we get. Seriously we have two seperate scenes where one of the kids asks Billy then Stacey about boomer.. and they just say essentially "He's greedy and wants to buy everything" without ever clarifying who he is, what he does for his BUISNESS, or what his goals are beyond "profit off a magical lady train he broke in the past." I am so sad he got cut as while he woudln't of made the film much better, he is so bad it's good glorious: even in this his plans literally boil down to

KIDNAP MAGIC LADY TRAIN FOR REVENGE

?????

PROFIT

It's still not much above Disel's plan that just replaces kidnap with kill and profit with "become train king". It is funny though and gives this guy a leg up.

The most we get is his backstory with Burnett, Lily's grandpa who gets fleshed out considerably in this version. In the original his backstory was just "diesel nearly killed this train I found and my wife never got to ride her" which is prettty damn thin and even before the workprint cut I could tell something was missing.

The actual backstory is still as thin as a sheet of paper covered in bacon grease, but it's at least.. something: He swored to take her on a ride but before he could Boomer, who had also wanted to bang Lily's grandma but lost out to burnett because well evil I guess, found her and threatned burnett if he didn't let him drive the train. He ended up driving too fast, making this a dramatic version of that trampoline scene from community.

I've tried not to use youtube videos as the thumbnail takes up the link but it really is just this exact moment but with trains and a dead wife.

We also get a minutes long montage of Burnett dancing with his wife. it adds nothing to the plot and is one of the cuts i can absolutely see why it happened. We also get a scene of Stone and Lily having dinner where he says I don't like trains.

Another change as a result is that the big cave scene with Patch.. is towards the end. In the thetrical cut we get 80 gallons of train expoision while the workprint at least plays it as a mystery: a whistle is heard in the mountain and instead of finding out what it is seconds after we hear it, it's played up the whole film. IT's a much better fit and I question why this was changed at all.

That also goes for Boomer. I went back and checked and. .he's not really IN the movie that much. He shows up, meances a bit, hams it up and leaves. He spends most of the film either trying ot find stone, buy shining time for some reason, which makes mr conductor's visions of an apocalypse make far more sense, and the rest trying to dig his way to the hidden railway then blow everything the fuck up when that dosen't work out. Keeping him in.. really wasn't going to hurt the film and I don't really buy reports "he scared children". The evil brother of the attention all gamers guy isn't going to be in any child's nightmares.

Cutting boomer also makes the non lily or coked out conductor characters feel more suplerfous as it turns out the original cut had way mroe for them to do. Not a lot, but still more. Patch has a horse.. which WAS in the theatrical cut but I did not notice. Probably because he's also lacking his sweet cowboy hat... it's like taking away knuckles cowboy hat from the sonic ova: you take away the source of his powers. Billy likewise gets a scene with boomer and a scene getting a warning. He still dosen't DO much but I feel bad for clowning on his actor last time: Russel Means is actually a wonderful billy replacement. He's not as good as Tom Jackson is in the role, but he's still pretty neat but in the theatrical cut he's there for all of two seconds and seemed a lot stiffer. That was really the editing's fault not him as he has billy's laidback charm and wise nature down pat. Stacey also gets an extra scene, though she still got PLENTy in the theatrical. Cutting this plot was unfair to the actors involved and their screentime and especially douchey to Doug Lennox, who put in a great performance. .that got cut entirely.

To my shock though the mass cuts... really aren't responsible for the film being pretty hard to parse. The workprint cut IS legible at least as a few confusing bits are explained: instead of wanting to kill all trains disel wants to conquer them, and he's unaware Lady is connected to the magic, meaning he GENUINELY dosen't realize he dies if he destroys her. So instead of stupid his plan comes off as dangerous and just the right amount of sinister for a preschool film instead of

We also get clarifcation on the "My Universe" thing. The narration for the work print still referes to it as mr. conductor's universe.. but they actually explain what the hell they were saying with that: The various mr conductors built this universe. Granted

Unlike the theatrical though, I can at least accept that answer: the mr conductors do have godlike powers and it makes Mr Conductor speaking with authority on his power loss possibly killing him less ass pully: it makes sense they'd pass this shit down through generations and makes sense Mr C Junior wouldn't know it as he's a fuckwit.

It makes the film less maddening.. but it dosen't change the fact this new lore is just kinda jammed in there, a square train in a round station house. The lore still dosen't make a ton of since even for a film for small children, and again thei rparents and possibly older siblings still have to watch it with them so why punch down. All punching down did was get parents to cave and go take their kids to see X-Men or Pokemon 2000 instead, both much better movies. Especailly pokmeon 2000. Fuck I really need to cover both of those don't I.

It also dosen't explain simple shit like "Why does lady tie the two universes together" and "after being in a coma for so long why is magic just fading now". It's still at the end of the day an overcomplicated mess that creates it's own weird lore never to be used again that no one vibed with because even for the stupid train children show it was baffling instead of fairy tale style like they were going for.

The other scenes cut are far more understandable: that dance scene I mentiond went on to long and we get a brief prologue of Lily in the big city and the reason behind the fire escape line. It's.. nothing we honestly needed mostly Mara wilson wistfully starring outside a train.. which is adorable but dosen't really move the plot along.

So that leads us to the final cut and the final change worth talking about between versions: the voice actors. Like with boomer the executives tried overcorrecting to test audience complaints. They dont' like one of the villians? Cut him out entirely. They don't like the voices for some of the characters? replace the bitches! Yeah originally Thomas was voiced by John Bellis, Percy and James by Thomas UK narrator Micheal Angellis, Splatter and Dodge by Patrick Breen, and Disel 10 by Keith Scott.

Unlike with removing boomer I get most of these edits: Unlike boomer I completely buy that D10 scared children as Keith Scott's voice for him is terrifying.. though the terror is undrecut by the adr version of him sounding like Lumpy Space Princess. It's a great voice and I feel bad for Scott.. but it is a bit too scary> Granted they coudl've just.. worked with him to find another voice as they had before (He tried a russian voice before this that was apparently even creepier), so it's shitty they fired him and everyone here instead of simply recasting them or giving them something else.

LIkewise I love MIcheal Angellis and having him voice cameo was a good idea.. but they shoudl've had him do Henry instead. His voice works when he's narrating every character.. but I get why having an old gentleman voice for Percy and James, both younger engines dosen't quite work. Granted unlike with D10, where his replacement got the tone better, making Percy and James small children dosen't fix the problem. Their youthful not 8. Stupid Train Children is not that literal a term.

Thomas on the other hand.. was fine: he sounded youthful, had a nice plesant voice and I honestly prefer it over the final cut voice with Eddie Glenn. Glenn isn't bad.. but Bellis just got the character better. Splatter and Dodge are also way better and the film does a far better job conveying thier reluctant minon status and making them humorous foils to dissel.

So all in all the Work Print version is a better film.. but only by comparision. It has some good stuff that was cuts and the edits done were mostly moronic but it's still a film that alternates between boring and WHAT THE FUCK. it just explains more, which helps with the latter

The Magic Railroad in either film is a film that tried to cram way too much shit in. It tried so hard to escalate thomas to save the world level shit when that just .. dosen't scale with either Thomas and Friends or Shining Time Station. Both are about small scale problems in small slice of lifey places: a cozy british isle and a whimsical train station. Their biggest issues are dickheads like Disel and god emperor or schemer. You could've had thomas go on a treasure hunt to save the rail way or shining time or both. Maybe Schemer is trying to buy the failing railway. I mean if their going to go with the skeezy buisness douche cliche at least make it the guy you already have who would defintely do that if he could. Give him Boomer as a boss if you want. It keeps the tension, the two worlds element and mr c going back and forth as he could've taken Mara Wilson to shining time to go on the hunt to save the station. Give her an attachment to it. Make Burnett stone a conductor. You don't have to throw everything out, but simply lowering the stakes would've made this a more coherent film. I"m not sure how GOOD it woudl've been bu tit would've been a better Thomas Movie, a better shining time movie and something people would've actually wanted to see.

Instead it's a mess that changed Thomas as a whole, with Britt's failures here leading to her stepping down and eventually the company being purchased by HIT. But more on that another time for now we can put this train to bed. These reviews have been exausting as I don't want to be negative but these films, both cuts, are hot garbage. one just makes more sense. Hopefully if the proposed thomas film goes through they get it right... until then all we're left is a mess of what could've been and alec baldwin on cocaine.

Next Time: Turns out there is one as we have a new plan. I'll be covering season 6 sometime later this year, season 7, then teaking a break while Lachey figures out the rest of the schedule and I cover venture bros seasons 4b- the end. Thanks for reading

#thomas the tank engine #thomas and friends #thomas and the magic railroad #mara wilson #peter fonda #alec baldwin #mattel #britt alcroftt #childrens media #the 2000s #Youtube

[omarandjohnny]

TEN SONGS!

Tagged by @havocinthebluebox to share ten songs <33333333333

(links and favorite lyrics/lines included)

Raincheck/Tin Star

When the orange is fully wound I still have time to go to ground To go get lost before I get found

Spinning Away/John Cale & Brian Eno

One by one, all the stars appear As the great winds of the planet spiral in Spinning away, like the night sky at Arles In the million insect storm, the constellations form

Fuck You/Dean and the Weenies (deeply satisfying to sing, a longtime favorite)

Why are you talking to me? Please leave immediately Where is your dignity? Please get away from me Why don't you choke on a fashion accessory?

Drop the Pilot/Joan Armatrading

You're kissing cousins, there's no smoke, no flame If you lose that pilot I can fly your plane If you want solid ground, come on and try me Oh I can take you so high that you're never gonna wanna come down, I say

Home/Depeche Mode

The heat and the sickliest sweet-smelling sheets That cling to the backs of my knees and my feet Well, I'm drowning in time to a desperate beat

Little Bird/Annie Lennox

They always said that you knew best but This little bird's fallen out of that nest now I've got a feeling that it might have been blessed so I've just got to put these wings to test

The Flame Still Burns/Strange Fruit (original by Foreigner, but I MUCH prefer this version because Still Crazy is one of the best rock movies ever ;))

I, I want my thoughts to be heard The unspoken words of my wisdom Today, as the light starts to flow Tomorrow who knows who will listen But my life has no language of love No word from above is appearing Oh the time, in time there's a fire that's stoked With a reason of hope and believing

Demolition Man/Grace Jones

I'm a walking nightmare, an arsenal of doom I kill conversation as I walk into the room I'm a three line whip I'm the sort of thing they ban I'm a walking disaster I'm a demolition man

Throw Your Arms Around Me/Doug Anthony All Stars vers. (original by Hunters & Collectors)

And if you disappear out of view You know, I will never say goodbye Though I try to forget it You will make me call your name and I'll shout it to the blue summer sky

Nemesis/Shriekback

But we know pleasure is not that simple Very little fruit is forbidden Sometimes we wobble, sometimes we're strong But you know evil is an exact science Being carefully correctly wrong

And I'm tagging anyone who wants to share ten songs!

#memetiemz

[lycanthrology]

hello hello, 5 6 10 and 34 for the oc asks

5) Do you have any voice claims for your OCs?

Kaleela - Amina from We Are Lady Parts <- this show is really good everyone should watch it right now

Lennox - Tom from Wolfblood <- there’s probably someone better out there because this guy is 15 and Lennox has a deeper voice with a slightly different accent

Crow - Laurence Bloodborne <- I think Laurence sounds a bit older than Crow but overall I think he fits well

There is no voice claim for Baize or Aidan I’m sorry when they open their mouths tts comes out. It’s a genetic issue

6) Are there any other preexisting characters that inspired an OC?

Ok. Baize was inspired by the punisher yes originally. Shes changed a bit since but I wanted there to be a character that was like Frank but a girl with nothing toned down or changed to be more traditionally feminine.

And Crow was inspired by both din djarin and marc spector that is real that is true. I liked both characters and thought they were similar and wanted to analyse why I liked them + what makes them interesting + look at the tropes and conventions of the characters and subvert them. Thats pretentious. You know what i mean

Lennox originally inspired by Doug Eiffel wolf 359. Not elaborating

I dont think kaleela was inspired by anyone at first but since I’ve drawn on Amina from walp and Luz Noceda

10) Do any of your OCs contain any symbolism in themselves/their story?

Answered here

34) What scene that you've written/imagined is your favorite?

When the whole crew goes to Tesco and buys meal deals <3

Aidan’s double murder, Lewis becoming Crow, Kaleela’s ballet + meeting Baize, Crow attempting to kill Baize, Lennox kidnapping Crow, going to the Basilica and meeting Romulus, the big fight that Kaleela wins and changes everything, meeting Matthew and Imad, Dashwood’s death, final Baize Aidan confrontation + the eclipse

That was meant to be a list of highlights but I ended up just naming the big plot points.

#is wolfblood good? im clouded by nostalgia so i have to say yes. its a british childrens show about werewolves how good can it be 😒 #I rewatched in 2020 i should rewatch again and filter my viewing experience through werewolf story characters #answers #noril tag #oc stuff

[bookliteratibookreviews]

The Collapsing Wave (The Enceladons Trilogy Book 2) by Doug Johnstone

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Orenda Books (14 Mar. 2024)Language ‏ : ‎ EnglishPaperback ‏ : ‎ 300 pagesISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 191678805XISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1916788053 Book Blurb Six months since the earth-shattering events of The Space Between Us, the revelatory hope of the aliens’ visit has turned to du and the creatures have disappeared into the water off Scotland’s west coast. Teenager Lennox and grieving mother…

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#blogtour #Adventure #Book Blogger #Book Recommendation #Book review #Bookliterati #Contemporary Fiction #Doug Johnson #Fantasy #Literary Fiction #Orenda Books #Secrets #Supernatural #Suspense #The Collapsing Wave

[marypicken]

The Collapsing Wave (The Enceladons Trilogy #2) by Doug Johnstone @doug_johnstone @OrendaBooks @RandomTTours

This is such a thrilling, dramatic and emotional trilogy that I’m totally invested in it. Doug Johnstone has yet again completely nailed it.

Source: Review copyPublication: 14 March 2024 from Orenda BooksPP: 300ISBN-13: 978-1916788053 My thanks to Orenda Books for an advance copy for review Six months since the earth-shattering events of  The Space Between Us the revelatory hope of the aliens’ visit has turned to dust and the creatures have disappeared into the water off Scotland’s west coast.  Teenager Lennox and grieving mother…

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#blogtour #bookreview #booktwitter #bookx #TheCollapsingWave

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 12.25

Beer Birthdays

Stephan Moninger (1827)

Adam Eulberg (1855)

Curtis Cassidy (1985)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Humphrey Bogart; actor (1899)

Cab Calloway; jazz singer, bandleader (1907)

Annie Lennox; pop singer (1954)

Isaac Newton; English scientist (1642)

Rod Serling; writer (1924)

Famous Birthdays

Clara Barton; humanitarian, Red Cross founder (1821)

Jimmy Buffett; pop singer (1946)

Robin Campbell; rock guuitarist, singer (1954)

Carlos Castaneda; anthropologist, writer (1931)

Helena Christensen; Danish model (1968)

Quentin Crisp; wit, writer (1908)

Larry Csonka; Miami Dolphins RB (1946)

Dido; Australian pop singer (1971)

Kenny Everett; English comedian (1944)

Doug Ferrari; comedian (1956)

Lew Grade; television producer (1906)

Rickey Henderson; Oakland A's LF (1958)

Conrad Hilton; hotelier (1887)

Barbara Mandrell; country singer (1948)

Tony Martin; singer (1913)

Irish McCalla; actor (1929)

Alannah Myles; pop singer, songwriter (1958)

Evelyn Nesbit; model (1884)

Kid Ory; jazz trombonist, bandleader (1886)

Noel Redding; rock bassist (1945)

Robert L. Ripley; cartoonist (1893)

Karl Rove; political wing nut, psychopath (1950)

Pete Rugolo; jazz arranger, bandleader (1915)

Helena Rubenstein; make-up maker (1870)

Saladin; Egyptian, Syrian sultan (1137)

Sissy Spacek; actor (1949)

Ken Stabler; Oakland Raiders QB (1945)

#Birthdays

[calturnerreviews]

#BlogTour – #BookReview of #TheSpaceBetweenUs by Doug Johnstone @doug_johnstone @OrendaBooks @RandomTTours #RandomThingsTours #MeetSandy

#BlogTour – #BookReview of incredible sci-fi mystery #TheSpaceBetweenUs by Doug Johnstone @doug_johnstone. Thanks to @OrendaBooks and @RandomTTours for the opportunity. #RandomThingsTours #MeetSandy #bookblogger #bookreviewer #wordpress #bookrec

I’m excited to welcome you today to my stop on the blog tour for incredible sci-fi mystery The Space Between Us by Doug Johnstone. Thank you as always to Anne Cater and Orenda Books for giving me the opportunity to read and review this fantastic book. About the book: Lennox is a troubled teenager with no family. Ava is eight months pregnant and fleeing her abusive husband. Heather is a grieving…

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[tallysdhericky]

Sinopse: "Uma pequena cidade mineradora abriga um festival durante o Dia das Bruxas. A noite agitada, com festa, gente fantasiada e bebida, se transforma em um mar de sangue quando uma família caipira de canibais resolve se alimentar desses jovens." Dirigido por Declan O'Brien Escrito por Declan O'Brien Produzido por Jeffery Beach, Philip Roth Estrelando Camila Arfwedson Roxanne McKee Simon Ginty Paul Luebke Oliver Hoare Amy Lennox Kyle Redmond Jones Doug Bradley Gênero: Terror / Mistério / Thriller Baseado em Personagens de Alan B. McElroy País: Estados Unidos Linguagem: Inglês 🎥 Companhias Produtoras: Summit Entertainment / Constantin Film 🎬 Distribuído por 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 🎞 Tempo de execução do Filme: 1h 30m ⏳️ 📅 Data de lançamento: 18 de outubro de 2012 (mundial) ⚠️ Classificação Indicativa: 🚫 18 Anos 🚫 Avaliação:R (Idioma|Conteúdo de drogas|Sexualidade|Violência forte e sangrenta) 🟡IMDb: 4,1 / 10 🧑🏻‍💻Eu: ⭐️⭐️ ( 2/5 | 3.5) 📝 Consenso dos Críticos: 📝 "Barato, burro e nem remotamente assustador - mas tem muitas mortes malucas e respingos desagradáveis, e é por isso que existe." #wrongturn #wrongturn5 #wrongturn5bloodlines #wrongturnbloodlines #paniconafloresta5 #paniconafloresta #paniconafloresta5linhagemsangrentas #declanobrien #terror #horror #horrormovies #thriller #suspense #Mistério #recomendaciones #20thcentury #20thcenturyfoxhomeentertainment #20thcenturyfox #summitentertainment #constantinfilm (em Brazil) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpUZaCWu1dx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#wrongturn #wrongturn5 #wrongturn5bloodlines #wrongturnbloodlines #paniconafloresta5 #paniconafloresta #paniconafloresta5linhagemsangrentas #declanobrien #terror #horror #horrormovies #thriller #suspense #mistério #recomendaciones #20thcentury #20thcenturyfoxhomeentertainment #20thcenturyfox #summitentertainment #constantinfilm

[theseunfinishedlives]

#theseunfinishedlives: an independent, multi muse, canon* crossover world building blog for various characters from many fandoms; *now includes less than a handful of original characters.

Important: If you want to write with any of these muses, you will have to break the ice because my focus is on my main muse @mockingjaybroken.

BBC Ghosts

Rogh / Robin

Descendants

Doug Harry Hook

Hacksaw Ridge

Milt Zane Smitty Ryker

Jack, the Giant Slayer

Elmont

Les Misérables

Combeferre Enjolras

Lost in Austen

Piranha

MCU (Captain America: The First Avenger)

Steve Rogers - pre or post serum

Nancy Drew PC Games

Alec Fell Beatrice Hotchkiss David Gregory Dirk Valentine Frank Hardy Grigor Karakinos Jacques Brunais Joe Hardy Ned Nickerson Nico Petit Thanos Ganas

Saving Private Ryan

Irwin Wade Richard Reiben

Sky High

Warren Peace

The Chronicles of Narnia

Lucy Pevensie

The Green Mile

Dean Stanton

The Host

Wanderer

The Hunger Games

Darius Peeta Mellark

The Little Mermaid '89

Prince Eric

Den Lille Havfrue (The Little Mermaid)

The Little Mermaid

The Pendragon Cycle

Myrddin

The Secret Garden

Dickon Sowerby Mary Lennox

Titanic

Tommy Ryan

Twilight

Bella Swan Brady Fuller Collin Littlesea Embry Call Ephraim Black Jacob Black Jared Cameron Levi Uley Liam Maggie Paul Lahote Quil Ateara II Quil Ateara V Sam Uley Seth Clearwater Siobhán

#『 tulpinned. 』 #『 tulinfo. 』 #『 tulqueued. 』 #『 tulmirror. 』 #『 tulmusings. 』

[wweallresultspage]

NWA Powerrr Results - July 26, 2022

1. Kenzie Paige def. Kaci Lennox in 3:53

2. Taya Valkyrie def. KiLynn King in an NWA World Women's Championship #1 Contender's Match in 6:50

3. Doug Williams & Harry Smith def. Dirty Dango & JTG in 6:12 to retain the NWA World Tag Team Championships

4. Kamille def. Chelsea Green in 9:37 to retain the NWA World Women's Championship

[saturdaynightmatinee]

CALIFICACIÓN PERSONAL: 5 / 10

Título Original: Siege AKA Self Defense

Año: 1983

Duración: 84 min

País: Canadá

Director: Paul Donovan, Maura O'Connell

Guion: Paul Donovan

Música: Peter Jermyn, Drew King

Fotografía: Les Krizsan

Reparto: Tom Nardini, Brenda Bazinet, Daryl Haney, Terry-David Després, Jack Blum, Keith Knight, Doug Lennox, Jeff Pustil, Dennis O'Connor

Productora: Salter Street Films International

Género: Drama, Thriller, Crime

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086276/

TRAILER:

[omercifulheaves]

Self Defense a.k.a. Siege (1983) Kinda amusing how the poster for this tries to paint it as some Death Wish wannabe when the actual movie is about people coming under attack from a right wing hate group after a gay man fleeing a massacre seeks shelter there. A seedy little Canucksploitation action / siege horror hybrid -- it’d make a solid double feature with Assault on Precinct 13 -- with one of the ballsier final shots I can remember. Wouldn’t be surprised if the makers of The Purge movies were fans. It’s on Shudder and on blu-ray from Severin under the title Siege.

#movies #posters #siege #self defense #paul donovan #maura o'connell #tom nardini #brenda bazinet #darel haeny #jeff pustil #jack blum #doug lennox #canucksploitation

[my-name-is-dahlia]

Vocabulary (pt.cmxv)

Words taken from Now You Know Canada by Doug Lennox:

gutsy (adj.) characterized by or blowing in strong winds.

ocean liner (n.) an oceangoing passenger ship, operating either as one unit of a regular scheduled service or as a cruise ship. [x]

arbitration (n.) law. the hearing and resolution of a dispute by a referee, usually chosen and agreed upon by all disputants, who has the power to impose a settlement.

Canuck (n.) informal. a Canadian.

smear (v.) daub or mark with a greasy or sticky substance or with something that stains.

civic (adj.) of a city; municipal.

crozier (n.) the curled tip of a young plan, especially a fern.

brewery (n.) a place where beer etc. is brewed commercially.

frontiersman, frontierswoman (n.) a man, woman living on a frontier, or on or beyond the borders of civilization.

mariner (n.) a sailor.

#av #avdictionary #vocabulary #Now You Know Canada #doug lennox

[l-egypte]

November 21, 2020 | Now You Know Canada (2017)

I thought I ought to know something about my own country, which is Canada, so I decided to read Now You Know Canada: 150 Years of Fascinating Facts (2017) by Doug Lennox. It’s an alright book, but there is just too many sports facts, and as much as I cheered for the Raptors in 2019 throughout the NBA season (which they won!) and cheer on Canada in any international competitions, I am not that interested in sports. If my calculations are correct, more than 50% of the book is on sports. Like... why!? Is Canada so boring, that most of our “interesting” facts are sports related!? Kind of sad...

Anyways, I didn’t think Canada would have much, if any, connection with Egypt, at least not in this kind of book (it’s quite far from Egypt, and it’s a rather new country). But, alas, I was surprised. Lester B. Pearson, who was the minister of foreign affairs (and later prime minister) and who the international airport in Toronto is named after, received the Nobel Peace Prize in defusing a potential international disaster, in which Egypt was involved. The potential disaster was the 1956 Suez Crisis.

You can read more about Pearson’s involvement in the 1956 Suez Crisis at the Canadian Encyclopedia: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/suez-crisis. And here’s a chronology of the Suez Crisis: http://www.suezcrisis.ca/chronology.html.

[Screenshot of a page from the eBook version of Now You Know Canada]

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Birthdays 12.25

Beer Birthdays

Stephan Moninger (1827)

Adam Eulberg (1855) *

Curtis Cassidy (1985)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Humphrey Bogart; actor (1899)

Cab Calloway; jazz singer, bandleader (1907)

Annie Lennox; pop singer (1954)

Isaac Newton; English scientist (1642)

Rod Serling; writer (1924)

Famous Birthdays

Clara Barton; humanitarian, Red Cross founder (1821)

Jimmy Buffett; pop singer (1946)

Robin Campbell; rock guuitarist, singer (1954)

Carlos Castaneda; anthropologist, writer (1931)

Helena Christensen; Danish model (1968)

Quentin Crisp; wit, writer (1908)

Larry Csonka; Miami Dolphins RB (1946)

Dido; Australian pop singer (1971)

Kenny Everett; English comedian (1944)

Doug Ferrari; comedian (1956)

Lew Grade; television producer (1906)

Rickey Henderson; Oakland A's LF (1958)

Conrad Hilton; hotelier (1887)

Barbara Mandrell; country singer (1948)

Tony Martin; singer (1913)

Irish McCalla; actor (1929)

Alannah Myles; pop singer, songwriter (1958)

Evelyn Nesbit; model (1884)

Kid Ory; jazz trombonist, bandleader (1886)

Noel Redding; rock bassist (1945)

Robert L. Ripley; cartoonist (1893)

Karl Rove; political wing nut, psychopath (1950)

Pete Rugolo; jazz arranger, bandleader (1915)

Helena Rubenstein; make-up maker (1870)

Saladin; Egyptian, Syrian sultan (1137)

Sissy Spacek; actor (1949)

Ken Stabler; Oakland Raiders QB (1945)

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