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oh well. Maybe the good actors are spending their time doing more worthwile things.

i'm running out of ideas here..

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Originally posted by scallopino oh well. Maybe the good actors are spending their time doing more worthwile things. i'm running out of ideas here..

Wel that is not so dramatically. Looks what happens if you appear to be a good actor. Every producer/director wants good actors.
So prices will go up. So you take 0ne good actor that gives you an advantage in advertising your movie. Than budget runs low and you need more cheap (bad) actors. Low budget movie makers cant afford good actors and use the (bad) actors from the before mentioned movie, at least they are experienced. and so on and on. Nothing bad actually, it only make you not a fan of movies in your own language. In a strange or less familiar movie you don't notice everything.

And when you're a good actor you can ruin your career by acting in some crap movie (or joining Scientology) quite easily... and then try getting back on the rails.

Anyway we've recently bought Beauty And The Beast... why did it get an Oscar for the title song?

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Originally posted by BBP And when you're a good actor you can ruin your career by acting in some crap movie (or joining Scientology) quite easily... and then try getting back on the rails. Anyway we've recently bought Beauty And The Beast... why did it get an Oscar for the title song?

WHAT'S WRONG WITH SCIENTOLOGY!

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Originally posted by scallopino Quote: Originally posted by BBP And when you're a good actor you can ruin your career by acting in some crap movie (or joining Scientology) quite easily... and then try getting back on the rails. Anyway we've recently bought Beauty And The Beast... why did it get an Oscar for the title song? WHAT'S WRONG WITH SCIENTOLOGY!

Ha!
Just today we were in a second-hand store and we found a scientology cassette with all music and lyrics by L. Ron Hubbard. I briefly considered buying it, but I found it too scary.

Crusade in jeans is more likely than
Kruistocht in spijkerbroek

But that is far better than

Kruisvocht in spijkerbroek
Not only because of the smell.

Sorry you cannot translate the joke without destroying it
Wet crotch in jeans or something like that
You see not funny
but at least your crusade rhymes with lemonade
Bringing it almost to cockney
Lemonade in Jeans


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Say Dad? Ever considered writing for Arie and Sylvester? Will and Grace? Or you could make the Terrance and Philip jokes in South Park.

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Originally posted by BBP Quote: Originally posted by scallopino I just spent a few months rehearsing and performing with a theatre company who did Beauty and the Beast. I think they were the first people to do it in Australia or something. Anyway, the Beast looked like Chewbacca. Neato! Who were you Chip? Today I went to the cinema for the first time in almost 2 years, to Crusade in Jeans, after one of my favourite children's books. Nice, but the book is better. (Well, it's not really possible getting much better than that book...) Convincing acting, lovable characters and surprisingly cost-efficient. Unfortunately the script had some problems, since the author of the book, Thea Beckman, had some moral authority over the script. The first version was binned (the main charcter had turned from a history-loving Dutch boy into an American drug addict) by her. Unfortunately she never saw the definite version because she passed away, and I'm pretty sure she'd have picked out some poor dialogue and plot holes. Plus I don't like the character change: the intelligent, friendly history fanatic from the book has become a selfish soccer player. If it's in cinema near you, look for it. Though it may not be called Crusade in Jeans, because Americans seem to reject the term crusade. Really! It's too loaded! I can't stop thinking of replacement titles for Indiana Jones - The Last Crusade.

No, sorry. Nothing so exciting. But i did learn some of Chip's lines by the end..."Mama mama! You'll never guess what i saw! Never, not in thousand million years: a girl! In the castle!" Theatre people are weird if you ask me. All that prancing and dancing. It's much better down in the orchestra pit where you can't see the show.

I played drums, and also some percussion (on a roland octopad set up). I had to change patches about 3 times every song for timpani and glock parts. A little bit of a challenge at first but it was kind of fun.

I have had a look at a list of all the movies released in Australia up to April 5 next year and unfortunately Crusade in Jeans isn't among them, but that title seems to be the international english title.

I will read the book though and then report back.

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Originally posted by BBP Quote: Originally posted by scallopino Quote: Originally posted by BBP And when you're a good actor you can ruin your career by acting in some crap movie (or joining Scientology) quite easily... and then try getting back on the rails. Anyway we've recently bought Beauty And The Beast... why did it get an Oscar for the title song? WHAT'S WRONG WITH SCIENTOLOGY! Ha! Just today we were in a second-hand store and we found a scientology cassette with all music and lyrics by L. Ron Hubbard. I briefly considered buying it, but I found it too scary.

maybe it'll say: "don't you be terrified, it's just a token of my extreme..." but possibly in the style of a William Shatner spoken word album.





[Edited on 25-11-2006 by scallopino]

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Originally posted by DED Crusade in jeans is more likely than Kruistocht in spijkerbroek But that is far better than Kruisvocht in spijkerbroek Not only because of the smell. Sorry you cannot translate the joke without destroying it Wet crotch in jeans or something like that You see not funny but at least your crusade rhymes with lemonade Bringing it almost to cockney Lemonade in Jeans [Edited on 25-11-2006 by DED]

Wow. And you only changed one letter. what a great language you guys have over there.

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Originally posted by scallopino Wow. And you only changed one letter. what a great language you guys have over there.

Great huh! I can't get tired of ridiculous Dutch proverbs myself, like "it's as slippery as an eel in a bucket of snot".

It shines .. like a varnished booby in the moonlight

If something is not really matching we say
It is like a flag on a mudbarge or more populair but not official as a flag on a shitship.

I'm peticulair fond on switching letters in words in order to change the meaning. If you dial for instance a wrong telephone number it is usually to say I've dialed the wrong number. In Dutch you have a "verkeerd nummer gedraaid" When you change that into "verkeerde drummer genaaid" nobody will hear it when you say it fast and serious. However you just said that you have f.ck.d the wrong drummer.
Extremely funny it is, but BBP and ZAZ claims, that is daddyhumor. Baby pee doesn't laugh at such humor.
Another one of my favourites is not to say "calculate that" but i say "smell my ar.e" or in Dutch "ruikanmereet" instead of "rekenmaaruit". There is a disadvantage though. It is off course a limited game and when I use the jokes on my job, I have to switch every now and then from employer in order to stay funny.




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I too am very fond of puns. My online name is a string of them as far as I'm concerned. But as usual, most people don't get them. meh. I work in a kitchen in a college town. food and it's preparation provides plenty of lowbrow punny humor. I guess I get it out at work and don't bring it online.
I agree with Laurie Anderson and think that Language is a virus -- and it's contagious
of course, I think I am the funniest person I know. Others think I CAN be funny but that's where they seem to draw the line.
Sounds like I should learn dutch.

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Originally posted by DED It shines .. like a varnished booby in the moonlight If something is not really matching we say It is like a flag on a mudbarge or more populair but not official as a flag on a shitship. I'm peticulair fond on switching letters in words in order to change the meaning. If you dial for instance a wrong telephone number it is usually to say I've dialed the wrong number. In Dutch you have a "verkeerd nummer gedraaid" When you change that into "verkeerde drummer genaaid" nobody will hear it when you say it fast and serious. However you just said that you have f.ck.d the wrong drummer. Extremely funny it is, but BBP and ZAZ claims, that is daddyhumor. Baby pee doesn't laugh at such humor. Another one of my favourites is not to say "calculate that" but i say "smell my ar.e" or in Dutch "ruikanmereet" instead of "rekenmaaruit". There is a disadvantage though. It is off course a limited game and when I use the jokes on my job, I have to switch every now and then from employer in order to stay funny. [Edited on 27-11-2006 by DED] [Edited on 27-11-2006 by DED]

HAHAHHA!

It's just great that you can say in one word what would be a whole sentence in english.

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Originally posted by BBP Quote: Originally posted by scallopino Wow. And you only changed one letter. what a great language you guys have over there. Great huh! I can't get tired of ridiculous Dutch proverbs myself, like "it's as slippery as an eel in a bucket of snot".

I like that one, it made me laugh so much.

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Originally posted by DED I'm peticulair fond on switching letters in words in order to change the meaning. If you dial for instance a wrong telephone number it is usually to say I've dialed the wrong number. In Dutch you have a "verkeerd nummer gedraaid" When you change that into "verkeerde drummer genaaid" nobody will hear it when you say it fast and serious. However you just said that you have f.ck.d the wrong drummer.

made me laugh too.

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Originally posted by scallopino Quote: Originally posted by DED It shines .. like a varnished booby in the moonlight ..... [Edited on 27-11-2006 by DED] [Edited on 27-11-2006 by DED] HAHAHHA! It's just great that you can say in one word what would be a whole sentence in english.

It is not really one word in writing
than it is "reken maar uit"
When you speak you leave out the space or put the spaces elsewhere "re kenma ruit"
Same as in English where "what is up" is changed into "whassup"

When I heard the late crocodilehunter speak.
It seems to me that Australian language in writing is also very much different from speaking. But maybe that depends on the crocodile.

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Something I typed into the PrawnSong forum a while ago...


{after somebody types Lekker lekker lekker!! }

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That could turn into an interesting conversation. Easy Digestible Dutch Course: Dutch to English: lekker - yummy vloerbedekking - carpet bier - beer tabak - tobacco roken - smoke koffie - coffee chocolade - chocolate pindakaas - peanut butter stickie - joint wiet - weed tieten - boobies lul - dick kut - pussy, equivalent of fuck in usage slim - smart smart - agony smaak - flavour/taste liefde - love (officially Dutch most beautiful word) goesting - taste (Flemish most beautiful word) petazzie - Brabant local dish, type of hotpot fielefaauwen - to annoy (dialect) Useful phrases: De automaat heeft mijn pasje ingeslikt - the machine ate my card Je hebt grote ogen die niet kunnen jokken en lippen als rozen zo rood - you have big eyes that can't tell lies, and lips as red as roses De antwoorden zijn altijd al aanwezig - The answers have always been present (Steve Vai, Passion and Warfare, 'Answers') Kan ik je wat te drinken aanbieden? - Can I offer you a drink? Sayings: Wie een wijf huwt om het lijf, verliest het lijf en houdt het wijf (he who marries a woman for the body, will lose the body and keep the wife) Dat is zo glad als een paling in een emmer snot (That is as slippery as an eel in a bucket of snut) Iemand blijmaken met een dooie mus (make someone happy with a dead sparrow)

{after somebody says Godverdomme}

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Aye, GVD is commonly used, but sadly, Anglification of our language has turned SHIT into the most commonly used curse in The Netherlands. More loaded is geitenneuker (goat fucker). Theo van Gogh used that word in his columns to describe muslim terrorists. It got him killed. Also common is cursing with diseases, especially in Haguian (The Hague dialect): tyfus (typhus), kanker (cancer) cholera, tering (phthisis), syfillis, etcetera. Haguian dialect gives a long list of interesting synonyms for dying: een tuin op je buik groeien (grow a garden on your belly) stoppen met roken (quit smoking) aan de verkeerde kant van het gras liggen (lie on the wrong side of the grass) een zandfabriek beginnen (start a sand factory) Less proper: de maden voeren (feed the maggots) verhuizen (move (from one house to the other))

{after somebody says he's enjoying a "kopstoot" (drink)}

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Kopstoot means something different here (Eindhoven) than in Utrecht: down here, a kopstoot can mean: -a painful thrust with a head -the mysterious, childish act of taking a glass of Seven-Up, throwing it over your head, then move your head forward.

in what situation would you say: "make someone happy with a dead sparrow"? it seems that someone has been saying this to our cat Nanook. we are not happy, Nanook.

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Originally posted by DED When I heard the late crocodilehunter speak. It seems to me that Australian language in writing is also very much different from speaking. But maybe that depends on the crocodile. [Edited on 29-11-2006 by DED]

CRIKEY! DED reckons that our ocker language comes out of a bloody croc! GEEZ-LOUISE mate! Chroist, if we ever heard a croc talkin we would say to the cheeky bastard: "Shutcha neck, ya noisy bugger!"

It was really funny (funny as in strange) when Steve Irwin died. Everyone i knew thought he was a complete and utter dickhead and hated him when he was alive. He was the quintessential "tool". But as soon as he died everyone loved him. I was in a politics tutorial when i found out and the whole class was laughing about it for half an hour. Then it became really really sad.

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Originally posted by scallopino in what situation would you say: "make someone happy with a dead sparrow"? it seems that someone has been saying this to our cat Nanook. we are not happy, Nanook.

It's what Gail does: telling us the release of the Roxy DVD is imminent, then not releasing it.

The phrase was also used when the infamous domino-sparrow that was shot dead after invading the hall where they were setting up millions of domino stones, was given to a museum. They were genuinely happy with a dead sparrow.

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Originally posted by scallopino Quote: Originally posted by DED When I heard the late crocodilehunter speak. It seems to me that Australian language in writing is also very much different from speaking. But maybe that depends on the crocodile. [Edited on 29-11-2006 by DED] CRIKEY! DED reckons that our ocker language comes out of a bloody croc! GEEZ-LOUISE mate! Chroist, if we ever heard a croc talkin we would say to the cheeky bastard: "Shutcha neck, ya noisy bugger!" It was really funny (funny as in strange) when Steve Irwin died. Everyone i knew thought he was a complete and utter dickhead and hated him when he was alive. He was the quintessential "tool". But as soon as he died everyone loved him. I was in a politics tutorial when i found out and the whole class was laughing about it for half an hour. Then it became really really sad.

I had the same experience. When he was alive and on air, I hated the guy. His strange accent was funny bit his habit of toughing every animal was at least boring. Leave them alone.
But when he died, we are informed in a better way about his work and love for the wildlife.

Hey bonny, would there be a good dutch - english pronunciation guide somewhere on the net. y'know, how vowels, dipthongs are pronounced. what a 'j' or 'g' or 'h' or 'c' or 'k' sounds like in different instances etc???
much appreciated! I'm already learning

Oh yeah! Kubric and Peter Sellers...it had to be something special. Nicholas Cage isn't exactly someone who can cheer you up is he?

saw Barry Lyndon for the first time just over a month ago as a friend had it. watched it over a couple days, helps something like that soak in better I think
Loved it. Never seen a Kubrick movie I couldn't find a reason to like.
This one not only did I enjoy his settings and such -- he did model his sets and the look of the whole movie after studying a great number of 18th century paintings!!! -- I liked the inclusion of different kinds of music for all the different places that the character wound up in . . . and what a reprehensible schmuck!! Can't like the guy but O'Neal did a surprisingly great job.
Also saw Lolita recently. Spartacus is and old fave of mine as are 2001 and Clockwork.

I like different directors for different things and movies are rarely that important to me. 12 Monkeys of Terry Gilliam has messed with my head for a long while now. but he's still far and away the best director I think. As good as Hitchcock but with bigger themes like Orson Welles, and surpasses Kubrick not with sleekness but with grit.

haven't seen the Grimm Bros. But The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is as funny as . . . Mel Brooks or the Marx bros, anything!!!

You all have seen so many movies I haven't tho . . .

I've also loved everything I've seen by the guy that did Spirited Away. Amazing!!!

I can't say I'm a David Lynch fan (just don't know most of what he's done) but Wild At Heart is a pretty great movie.

I think Putney Swope by Robert Downey is a great movie. check it out.
I also really liked Roger Rabbit. excellent!!

Fritz Lang of course, Metropolis.

all Fellini movies are tops.

I also learned a lot with Burnt By The Sun, a Russian movie from the last 15 years.
The Man With A Camera is a classic Russian silent that also gives a vivid portrait of late 1920's Russia. MUST SEE!

I love to watch silent movies. Even German expressionists. Das Boot is great. Bridge On The River Qwai. High Noon. There's even a Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly movie I love that I can't remember the name of!

In Italian movies I like the weddingparty scenes where
everybody .........everybody while father, loaded with alcohol, is speeching to nobody standing on the table with his trausers on his knee. Great, only the Italian language makes you so tired. That it can be that I was dreaming it.

Barry Lyndon was indeed great camerawork.
But the faces of my daughters when the little son was dying wins prices.

You don't like war movies either then?

You're in bad luck when you're Dutch and don't like war movies. Around 50% of the Dutch films is about WW2.

O yeah, I told it before I'm getting old.

no I haven't seen it yet. need 2 hours and I cannot find so much sparetime in one block.

(But I've seen the movie years ago. It is not a historic document. Lot of facts are misused or not used. )

I want to shoot movies of Gothic castles, monasteries, abbeys and cathedrals: with and without roofs, with and without windows, with and without inhabitants or visitors, all over Europe. For fun. Well, it'd be nice if somebody paid me to do it

A little fundraising here ??
You have to go to France (Bretagne) at the trail of DDay
In England
In Holland by my knowledge there is only one church without a roof. that one is in Bolsward
Saskia or Zazkia the sister Of BBP has been to England and has some nice pictures.
Monasteries in use are quite common in Belgium (Due to the trappist beer)
Also in Greece There are some monastery ruins from the crusaders
In Eindhoven you have the remains of an old Monastery (but it is only one wall)


Traveling in Europe including meals, entrances etc. Will cost aprox. 150 Euro's a day (200$)
4 countries including tavel. Think of a budget of 8000$ upto 10000$

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Originally posted by punknaynowned I want to shoot movies of Gothic castles, monasteries, abbeys and cathedrals: with and without roofs, with and without windows, with and without inhabitants or visitors, all over Europe. For fun. Well, it'd be nice if somebody paid me to do it

For a start you can use the travels of others to orientate for free. As I may advise to you, please visit this wonderful website.
Click, here This is a link to the world heritage

Very special is the Cathedrale of d''Amiens (Aquagoat is living overthere) and Mechelen in Belgium.
It is also possible to visit the pyramids and the borobodur and of course Ground zero.
All in astonishing 360 degree picture steered by mouse and possibilities to rotate and zoom. (Do'nt do that on the floor of Amiens it will make you dizzy)
You also can visit the Netherlands Special is the Beemsterpolder or the defence line around Amsterdam.
WARNING
To explore this site can cost you hours, It is so beautiful.

Tonight some TV history is made

I will tape it, viewing is another story.
Maybe after the stories the day after.
(Maybe publish it here on goos tube )

"Deep Throat" on national tv with a before-and-after discussion?

they sure don't do that in Kansas \

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Originally posted by polydigm BTW BBP, you still need an aerial to watch digital tv.

I may have no idea what you folks are talkin about
but here in mostly urban/semi urban centers of Kansas a digital cable line piggybacks with the phone line and in the last ten yeasrs most homes have been connected. So all you have to do is plug it in and purchase the service.with a downpayment and a monthly fee/
Now the lines all converge at the cable company which offers different rates of digital tv, a collection of nationally syndicated broadcast networks and the local stations as well as different rates for internet connections.
Same company provides tv, internet, and our local newspaper.
Strange it may seem, a monopoly of media here . . .
but there doesn't seem to be anything we can't get or don't hear about. Of course, we wouldn't know if we couldn't find out about something . . .
and if the bank of satellites went out, in a single stroke we'd be out of the link -- not a happy scenario, come to think of it.

I now have a new guilty pleasure, the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Tim Curry is great!
(he also plays butler Wadsworth in another favorite movie of mine, Clue.)

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Originally posted by BBP I now have a new guilty pleasure, the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Tim Curry is great! (he also plays butler Wadsworth in another favorite movie of mine, Clue.)

Tim is great. I'll watch anything he's in. Even a small part.