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Hom_Corleone wrote:Not seen that before. Didn't realise it had been released. Thanks Martin. :)
Do not get your hopes up. Classic serial of the period which would not be made today. Not a showstopper, but a step above a school performance. Stereotypes abound. To me, this Robin does look like Kane's Robin.
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Petseri wrote:
Hom_Corleone wrote:Not seen that before. Didn't realise it had been released. Thanks Martin. :)
Do not get your hopes up. Classic serial of the period which would not be made today. Not a showstopper, but a step above a school performance. Stereotypes abound. To me, this Robin does look like Kane's Robin.
Reading the review it looks like it contains the fears of the post war America of when it was made; racism, paranoia etc...
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Hom_Corleone wrote:
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Hom_Corleone wrote:Not seen that before. Didn't realise it had been released. Thanks Martin. :)
Do not get your hopes up. Classic serial of the period which would not be made today. Not a showstopper, but a step above a school performance. Stereotypes abound. To me, this Robin does look like Kane's Robin.
Reading the review it looks like it contains the fears of the post war America of when it was made; racism, paranoia etc...
Postwar in 1943? It does not have the "other world wanting to invade" elements of Cold War science fiction of the 1950s. It does deal with the war, so paranoia at the time is understandable. You are on the right track, though. Non-PC slurs from the period are used. Also, J. Carrol Naish (aparently of Irish descent) plays the Japanese antagonist (IMDB shows him portraying "Latin, Arab, and East Indian characters" :?: ). Not as bad as Mickey Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffany's, though. A cameo of an American Indian (is that still allowed?) is also stilted. Alfred is not likely to be a shining example either.

Regardless whether good or bad from a contemporary perspective, that was how it was released at the time. If you appreciate cliffhangers and realize that times were differnt 70 years ago, it is interesting. Definitely worth seeing if you like Batman.
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I shall invest, if only for the historical interest. And for 'post' read 'mid'. :wink: ;D

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Gawd it was poor, and we also watched The Lemmy Movie, with French subs (ta DR :D). It was a movie about Lemmy with some guys from rock and also roll and Dave Brock and Nik Turner out of Hawkwind But!...... an auld Stacia did appear and get misty eyed about old Lem (apparently the name Lemmy wasn't short enough).

yeah those once mighty knockers are saggy and her face looks like three Land-Rovers have been over it, but what the hey!
it's called 'life' innit? ;D

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Angels In America was quite good!

Decided my next marathon will be this series ;D
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James Blast wrote:bandwith exceeded, what the hell are you posting!?
The Bold And The Beautiful, from beginning to end :?:

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Izzy HaveMercy wrote:
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The Bold And The Beautiful, from beginning to end :?:

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smoke more crack/pot ;D
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Still Game

I may be watching it too much. At the weekend while trying to decide what to do I said "Let's not go to York. There's hee-haw to do there." :eek:
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"Thanking yew". ;D
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markfiend wrote:Still Game

I may be watching it too much. At the weekend while trying to decide what to do I said "Let's not go to York. There's hee-haw to do there." :eek:
Love that series. Navid Harrid running back to flick the v's at a roasting chicken in the new Hyperdales store and then running back again to buy one was a classic. The one where Victor buys a car is brilliant too.
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Scott Pilgrim vs The World

Unmitigated pish!

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James Blast wrote:Scott Pilgrim vs The World

Unmitigated pish!

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So I'll probably love it then. ;D
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Arse on photofucket - bandwith exceeded :?

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Hom_Corleone wrote:
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Unmitigated pish!

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So I'll probably love it then. ;D
if you do, I'll kick yir Erse! :evil:
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James Blast wrote:if you do, I'll kick yir Erse! :evil:
Now, there's something I would like to watch.
I'm not much into television.

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James Blast wrote:
Hom_Corleone wrote:
James Blast wrote:Scott Pilgrim vs The World

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So I'll probably love it then. ;D
if you do, I'll kick yir Erse! :evil:
Yikes. :eek:
Does that mean you owe me a good erse kick for Kick Ass (no pun intended :lol: ), Let The Right One In etc....?
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yes and e'Bolla stop being a drip
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thank you
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n'that poster gives most of the fillum away, sorry :|
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