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The Thread!!! - 6/7/2006 8:41:41 PM   
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RE: The Thread serves! - 6/7/2006 8:47:57 PM   
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that plus a large helping of inanity and insanity.



I resemble that remark.

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RE: The Thread serves! - 6/7/2006 8:49:06 PM   
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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/7/2006 8:50:26 PM   
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in discussing an actor:

"(He) is the kind of actor you can use when a piece of wood is not readily available".




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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/7/2006 8:56:14 PM   
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Perhaps a review i recently read will cheer you up, Nik (it has a relevance to your apparently favorite substance) -

in discussing an actor:

"(He) is the kind of actor you can use when a piece of wood is not readily available".





Kenau (spelling) Reeves?

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/7/2006 9:03:07 PM   
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Perhaps a review i recently read will cheer you up, Nik (it has a relevance to your apparently favorite substance) -

in discussing an actor:

"(He) is the kind of actor you can use when a piece of wood is not readily available".





Kenau (spelling) Reeves?



Good guess, but no...

It was someone i had never heard of before, and whose name slips my mind right now.

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/7/2006 9:05:39 PM   
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Status: offline 		Actually, since our last discussion of Great Planks of Acting, i paid strict attention to the facial expressions on one of the Greats (Stephan Segal) in a movie i recently saw... i don't think he varied his facial expression except maybe twice in the whole film, and then it was by the barest minimum (very slight hint of a smile...)

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/7/2006 9:12:17 PM   
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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/7/2006 9:13:18 PM   
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I've noticed that his eyebrows would rise a fraction of an inch when he saw a topless female.  He also cracks me up when he runs too.  I just love his movies though.  Can't really figure out why though.



Must be the understated acting!

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RE: psst.......'wood' - 6/7/2006 9:14:41 PM   
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A similar description is given in Douglas Porch's The Path to Victory (The Mediterranean Theater in World War II)

Porch is not all that kind to Ike, describing him as rather aloof from operational planning and more concerned with promoting Allied unity and making sure no mud on his stars. (Another paragraph akins Ike to a "CEO" of a company vs. a real general) Porch doesn't discount the importance of Ike's diplomatic efforts however but when discussing the issues revolving around the actual invasion, its not pretty. It would appear fortunate that the landings were mostly unopposed and lends weight to Porch's thesis that the theater was decisive for the Allies (vs. the traditional "distraction" or "side show" that some US histories ascribe to the theater) because it represented an invaluable training and practice ground for a fledgling force (Britian included during the early days vs. Rommel) allowing the Allies to hone their skills particularily in amphibious operations. The author feels that had Overlord (Roundup/Bolero) been attempted immediately without that practice, it could have and most likely would have ended in disaster.



Looks like even the british units hadn't been listening the lessons Monty had learnt as at least three british inf brigades managed to get thenselves dam near wided out in fairly short order due the plain bad leadership and a lack of support and bad planning a training.

There were to many landing and badly planned assult especially the port attacks and para drops.

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/7/2006 9:16:21 PM   
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I've noticed that his eyebrows would rise a fraction of an inch when he saw a topless female.  He also cracks me up when he runs too.  I just love his movies though.  Can't really figure out why though.



Must be the understated acting!


Undoubtedly!

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RE: psst.......'wood' - 6/7/2006 9:31:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		per Porch, Monty was very disdainful of Ike as was Patton. Then again Monty was critical of most everyone and had nothing but acid towards 1st Army CO Anderson (Patton, for once agreed with Monty's accessment)

Hard reading at times to see the cracks and dark spots in what was still overall a very successful multi-national coalition. I think Porch is overly critical at times. Neillands (Eighth Army) mangaged to give some very insightful analysis without coming off as a hardass who benefits from total hindsight as does Porch at times.

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/7/2006 9:32:46 PM   
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I've noticed that his eyebrows would rise a fraction of an inch when he saw a topless female.  He also cracks me up when he runs too.  I just love his movies though.  Can't really figure out why though.


ROFLMAO Mike. Reading that made me almost spit out my beer.

Other planks surely:

Lambert (mentioned before)
Clooney
Keanu Reeves

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RE: psst.......'wood' - 6/7/2006 9:32:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		I think that was probably the only time Patton and Monty agreed on something.

By the way, what's with the wood fetish, Nik?

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RE: The Segal! - 6/7/2006 9:33:10 PM   
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quote:

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I've noticed that his eyebrows would rise a fraction of an inch when he saw a topless female.  He also cracks me up when he runs too.  I just love his movies though.  Can't really figure out why though.



Must be the understated acting!


Thing that always made me laugh about Segal was that in all of his early movies, he never even let himself get hit. Even BRUCE took the occasional punch or kick. Not the Stever.....he was untouchable up till he did that movie with JayZ (exit wounds?)




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RE: psst.......'wood' - 6/7/2006 9:33:42 PM   
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You suck JFB Nikatubbsy

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RE: psst.......'wood' - 6/7/2006 9:34:00 PM   
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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/7/2006 9:34:15 PM   
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quote:

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I've noticed that his eyebrows would rise a fraction of an inch when he saw a topless female.  He also cracks me up when he runs too.  I just love his movies though.  Can't really figure out why though.


ROFLMAO Mike. Reading that made me almost spit out my beer.

Other planks surely:

Lambert (mentioned before)
Clooney
Keanu Reeves


Beer? Must be nice. I still have 6+ hours before I have the option.

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RE: The Segal! - 6/7/2006 9:35:03 PM   
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Thing that always made me laugh about Segal was that in all of his early movies, he never even let himself get hit. Even BRUCE took the occasional punch or kick. Not the Stever.....he was untouchable up till he did that movie with JayZ (exit wounds?)


The only of his films I found mildly entertaining is Under Seige.

His voice is also highly comical.

Am I wrong in thinking he was accused of child molesting?

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RE: The Segal! - 6/7/2006 9:36:47 PM   
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I don't think so. I heard once that he got knocked out in a sleeper hold while filming a movie, bragging that it couldn't be done. Then there's allegedly some sort of mystical mumbo jumbo that he's into. Don know. I havn't paid much attention to him since Under Siege.

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RE: The Segal! - 6/7/2006 9:42:26 PM   
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Status: offline 		Not to change the subject, but I had something really rotten happen in Rangoon last night.  It's 20 Jul 42 and I had about 100 Oscars on 90% CAP minding my own business.  Along comes that bastardly British bomber fleet and not one of my fighters rises to the occasion.  I lost 60 some odd Oscars on the ground.   Rangoon airfield is a mess and I don't have enough supply there to add more fighters (not that they would be repaired anyway).  I have a handful of damaged fighters (not one is in a flyable condition).  There goes my air defense of Burma.

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RE: The Segal! - 6/7/2006 9:47:14 PM   
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STEVEN SEGAL!!!

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RE: The Segal! - 6/7/2006 9:48:26 PM   
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Definitely the left end of the bell curve (or right end if you're an Allied Fanboy).

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/7/2006 9:49:55 PM   
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quote:

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I've noticed that his eyebrows would rise a fraction of an inch when he saw a topless female.  He also cracks me up when he runs too.  I just love his movies though.  Can't really figure out why though.


ROFLMAO Mike. Reading that made me almost spit out my beer.

Other planks surely:

Lambert (mentioned before)
Clooney
Keanu Reeves


Didn't we have J.C. Van Damme on the list?

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/7/2006 9:50:36 PM   
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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/7/2006 9:51:06 PM   
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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/7/2006 9:52:33 PM   
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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/7/2006 9:54:32 PM   
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Don't mess with the Van Damme. GF unit thinks he's HOT.




Time to upgrade the GF.

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/7/2006 9:55:00 PM   
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My favourite Steven Seagal movie is Executive Decision, because he gets killed in it...


Is that the one where he gets sucked out of the plane?

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/7/2006 9:58:05 PM   
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