MelissaJKelly 2,080 Posted March 1, 2015 Report Share Posted March 1, 2015 I'm also an avid reader Ann and recently received one of Margaret Atwoods books as a birthday present, The Blind Assassin. Have you read it by any chance? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
annswabey 599 Posted March 1, 2015 Report Share Posted March 1, 2015 Yes, Melissa. Think I've read all of her books 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
annswabey 599 Posted March 1, 2015 Report Share Posted March 1, 2015 Oh i forgot Alan Bennett whose books make me laugh out loud! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ivor Thirst 120 Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 83, bit young for a Vulcan? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,423 Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 This really needs another topic doesn't it but there's probably something already on the site, so I won't bother! Ann, it depends on what comes to hand as to what I read. Apart from mostly classic SF - Arthur C Clarke, Brian Aldiss etc, I also like autobiographies, occasional historical romantic novels (sorry!) Dickens and other classics. As you can see, I often re-read my favourites but I seem to be so busy these days that at the moment I'm finding it hard to find time to read anything much. Just acquired The Thorn Birds on this IPad/Kindle as I remember seeing it on TV in the early eighties and it was on offer from Amazon!! I like Tolkien, too and often re-read L of the R. I read a lot of contemporary theology by various authors as well - the list is endless........ 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robbie 39 Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 #22 Margie, It was a 1958 B movie made and released in America. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,423 Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Thanks for that info, Robbie. Bet the specialFX were great (not) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Like annswabey, I've never been a film goer. The last film I went to see was years ago when I took all my kids and foster kids to see Star Wars. As a matter of interest, did you know that the Star Wars franchise has earned $27billion since 1977. Only $4.3 billion of that has come from box office takings. $12billion has come from toys. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 #31 & #32 How could you forget the 1993 remake with Daryl Hannah? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,423 Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Was she the 50 foot woman? Sounds weird, probably not a film I would ever have gone to see. Don't go to the pictures much these days although went to see Shaun the Sheep last week with the littlies. It was surprisingly good with subtle touches of comedy which would probably have been missed by kids. What an exciting life I lead! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,423 Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Someone ought to get back to Spock, don't you think.... or start something else? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robbie 39 Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 #34 Methyr Imp EASY Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 Sci Fi not just a man thing, my little lady loves it. I think she just loves the buzz. I remember my mum used to watch Quatermass from behind the settee. But weren't the special effects corny by todays standards. Watching some that old stuff like War of the Worlds borders on comedy. I love stuff like Star Wars but I do like a good ghost story. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 15,561 Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 I REMEMBER Quatermass' bilbraborn, don't know about it being a 'man thing' tho,......cos my Dad hid behind the settee with me, lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 There used to be something on Saturday evenings called Pathfinders on Mars then Pathfinders on Venus. As a very small boy they used to scare me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 I thought I remembered them as being on Sunday teatimes. According to this the two you mention are available on DVD: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Luna Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted March 8, 2015 Report Share Posted March 8, 2015 You may be right Mr Imp. I'll give the DVDs a miss. I prefer my old Star Wars digitally remastered stuff. I guess I just live a long time ago in a galaxy far far away. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 9,677 Posted October 24, 2021 Report Share Posted October 24, 2021 I must have missed this topic when it was originally doing the rounds.  Mr Spock was my idol in the late 60s/early 70s. I have all episodes of the original series and I still watch them. The later offerings had no appeal.  Spock was...and probably still is...my ideal chap. Problem is...he doesn't exist! Ho Hum!  He was the enduring voice of reason on The Enterprise. Kirk's brains, assuming he had any, were indisputably located in his trousers, Scotty was often drunk, Dr McCoy was, I think, a cardboard cutout along with Nurse Chappel (acting ability nul points), Chekov seemed more concerned about his weird hairstyle and Mr Sulu gave me the impression he'd much rather have been elsewhere. Surely, the whole crew would have been right up ship creek were it not for Spock.  I named my cat after him. Sadly, my Spocky who also had pointed ears, left us at the age of seven but, like his Vulcan namesake, will never be forgotten.  Bit late, this tribute to the most logical being in the galaxy, but none the less heartfelt for that. Spock and I have one thing in common: we ain't too fond of humans...but Mr Spock was known to like cats! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 15,561 Posted October 24, 2021 Report Share Posted October 24, 2021 Old Spocky was a bit stiff Jill..........not at all Lithe limbed........ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 9,677 Posted October 24, 2021 Report Share Posted October 24, 2021 That was one of the worst episodes of the entire original series! Â Prefer my chaps with brains. Narrows the field severely but I'll keep looking! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 15,561 Posted October 24, 2021 Report Share Posted October 24, 2021 I got a certificate in Window dressing.......if thats any good?........ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 9,677 Posted October 24, 2021 Report Share Posted October 24, 2021 Prior to Mr Spock, my 9 year old self was a bit infatuated with Ilya Kuryakin. Apart from the blond hair, again, very Spock like. Much preferable to the nauseating Napoleon Solo. He doesn't exist either.  Sadly, life does not imitate art...very often. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,423 Posted October 24, 2021 Report Share Posted October 24, 2021 I was never concerned with someone’s intellectual prowess,  because a good person is so much more than that.  When love takes hold of you, you just have to go with the flow. Nowadays, all the people I admire are kind and caring ….. some are, and some aren’t, particularly clever - it really doesn’t matter to me! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 9,677 Posted October 24, 2021 Report Share Posted October 24, 2021 Most of the people I admire are dead! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
annswabey 599 Posted October 24, 2021 Report Share Posted October 24, 2021 I loved Ilya Kuryakin as a child, purely because of his looks. Dr Spock  admirers should only be nerdy men -stay away from them! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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