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<blockquote data-quote="spiney" data-source="post: 274988" data-attributes="member: 192438"><p>Friday, 29 Sept.</p><p></p><p>True Lies, ITV2, 9pm.</p><p></p><p>James Bond-like spoof, from James (Terminator) Cameron, this also stars Big Arnie! Notable for Jamie Lee Curtis going a long while (almost) nude, showing off her very remarkable physique, which is fair enough, it's well worth showing off.</p><p></p><p>Sat 30th Sept.</p><p></p><p>How To Steal A Million, 3.25pm, BBC2.</p><p></p><p>(Almost an Austin Powers joke, since a million pounds is "nothing", now!).</p><p></p><p>Excellent 60's comedy "heist" movie, almost Wyler's last (so it's nice he went out in style!). Peter O Toole (then "hot" after playing T Lawrence), and Audrey Hepburn, who "any camera just loved"!</p><p></p><p>The Fifth Element, Ch4, 9.10pm.</p><p></p><p>Yet another showing (!), still, Luc Besson's sci fi film is excellent, especially the (British!) SFX. Bruce Willis is just fine, there's a nice "Supreme Being, Multipass" running gag, and get those aliens and the Diva!</p><p></p><p>H G Wells, The War with The World, BBC2, 9pm.</p><p></p><p>I'd "like" to recommend this, as at least "worthy", but given the utter crap stuff recently from BBC ......</p><p></p><p>H G Wells is popularly imagined as a sci fi author, Time Machine etc, but he wrote only a few such books! In fact, most of his novels were about social upwards mobility, and the extremely petty social rules governing (and often completely wrecking) the lives of middle and working class people, in ways hard to believe now!</p><p>Later on, he supported socialist world government - as the only path to a decent life for most people - which he called "the open conspiracy".</p><p>As World War 2 progressed, he got increasingly disillusioned, and - alas - died just after it ended, his last book being "Mind at The End of its Tether"!</p><p><a href="http://www.panarchy.org/wells/conspiracy.1933.html" target="_blank">http://www.panarchy.org/wells/conspiracy.1933.html</a> .</p><p></p><p>Downfall, More4, 9.10pm (German, subtitles).</p><p></p><p>Excellent - and worth watching - account of Hitler's last days and hours, in the Berlin bunker, as "reconstructed" from other peoples' memories.</p><p><a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/downfall/" target="_blank">http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/downfall/</a> .</p><p></p><p>Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, 10.10pm, ITV2.</p><p></p><p>How's it going, Bill and Ted? Totally awesome, Dudes!</p><p></p><p>Completely goofy, and you can't help liking them, still my fave, no matter how many times shown. With the film "made complete", by comedian George Carlin's uncharacteristic "deadpan" performance:</p><p><a href="http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/George_Carlin" target="_blank">http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/George_Carlin</a> .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spiney, post: 274988, member: 192438"] Friday, 29 Sept. True Lies, ITV2, 9pm. James Bond-like spoof, from James (Terminator) Cameron, this also stars Big Arnie! Notable for Jamie Lee Curtis going a long while (almost) nude, showing off her very remarkable physique, which is fair enough, it's well worth showing off. Sat 30th Sept. How To Steal A Million, 3.25pm, BBC2. (Almost an Austin Powers joke, since a million pounds is "nothing", now!). Excellent 60's comedy "heist" movie, almost Wyler's last (so it's nice he went out in style!). Peter O Toole (then "hot" after playing T Lawrence), and Audrey Hepburn, who "any camera just loved"! The Fifth Element, Ch4, 9.10pm. Yet another showing (!), still, Luc Besson's sci fi film is excellent, especially the (British!) SFX. Bruce Willis is just fine, there's a nice "Supreme Being, Multipass" running gag, and get those aliens and the Diva! H G Wells, The War with The World, BBC2, 9pm. I'd "like" to recommend this, as at least "worthy", but given the utter crap stuff recently from BBC ...... H G Wells is popularly imagined as a sci fi author, Time Machine etc, but he wrote only a few such books! In fact, most of his novels were about social upwards mobility, and the extremely petty social rules governing (and often completely wrecking) the lives of middle and working class people, in ways hard to believe now! Later on, he supported socialist world government - as the only path to a decent life for most people - which he called "the open conspiracy". As World War 2 progressed, he got increasingly disillusioned, and - alas - died just after it ended, his last book being "Mind at The End of its Tether"! [url]http://www.panarchy.org/wells/conspiracy.1933.html[/url] . Downfall, More4, 9.10pm (German, subtitles). Excellent - and worth watching - account of Hitler's last days and hours, in the Berlin bunker, as "reconstructed" from other peoples' memories. [url]http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/downfall/[/url] . Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, 10.10pm, ITV2. How's it going, Bill and Ted? Totally awesome, Dudes! Completely goofy, and you can't help liking them, still my fave, no matter how many times shown. With the film "made complete", by comedian George Carlin's uncharacteristic "deadpan" performance: [url]http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/George_Carlin[/url] . [/QUOTE]
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