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| | | In lugnet.general, Brendan Powell Smith writes: [snip] (...) Well, I guess I'll share a bit of my opinion on the LEGO brand, trademarks, etc. I firmly believe LEGO is overstepping their bounds here. The only thing they really have going for them in (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Use of LEGO on album cover... legal or no? —Eric Joslin
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| | | | (...) What on Earth are you talking about? That's like saying, "I don't know why Big Lumber Company didn't sue when John Carpenter made a desk out of their wood and sold it on eBay." The album cover makes much more sense. It's pretty clear that they (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Use of LEGO on album cover... legal or no? —Dave Schuler
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| | | | (...) Given the overall quality of John Carpenter's last few films, I can see why he'd resort to auctioning furniture on eBay. Dave! (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Use of LEGO on album cover... legal or no? —Eric Joslin
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| | | | (...) Heh! In my original post, it was Joe Carpenter, I couldn't help changing it to John. I didn't know if anyone would catch it... Some of his recent movies have been realy bad, I agree, but "John Carpenter's Vampires" is thoroughly enjoyable, (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: Use of LEGO on album cover... legal or no? —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | (...) Haven't seen it, but I've heard lots of good things about it. Starman, The Thing, and Big Trouble... are all pretty good (there's that phrase again!), but Village o' the Darned and In the Mouth of I-wish-I-were-HP-Lovecraft were terrible! (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: Use of LEGO on album cover... legal or no? —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | | (...) Hmmm. Yeah, "The Thing" is one of my favourites, ever since I first saw it (in about '84). And the DVD is good value, too - has some really good commentary about how they did some of the effects. Pretty fun stuff! ROSCO (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | John Carpenter —Todd Lehman
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| | | | (...) Anyone seen _Dark Star_? --Todd (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: John Carpenter —Eric Joslin
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| | | | (...) Carpenter's (...) I haven't, unfortunately. John Carpenter runs very hot and cold- while "Vampires" and "Big Trouble in Little China"[1] are great movies, "They Live" is terrible. eric [1]Trivia Question: What did the project that resulted in (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: John Carpenter —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | (...) Come on man!! "They Live" is probably my favorite "B" movie of all time. It has one of the best fist fights I've seen in a movie, All to get a guy to ware a pair of sunglasses of all things!! I love the movie and crack up every time I see it. (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | "They Live" spoilers (was Re: John Carpenter ) —Dave Schuler
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| | | | (...) If by "best" you mean comically protracted, I wholeheartedly agree! While undeniably a good B-movie, one of the things I like most about it is... . . . . . . spoiler space . . . . . . . the fact that the hero dies. That's fairly rare in modern (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: "They Live" spoilers (was Re: John Carpenter ) —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | | (...) Yah that's what I mean. There have to be 4 or 5 points during the fight that you figure thats it, it's over, and they go about kicking the &%$# out of each other for another round. That is one awsome, and incredibly funny at times fight. If it (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: "They Live" spoilers (was Re: John Carpenter ) —Aaron West
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| | | | | | (...) Frequent quote of mine from "They Live": "I came here to kick a$$ and chew bubblegum. And I'm all outta bubblegum." Cheese scale of one to ten=13 (off the chart). Real classic. Aaron (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: "They Live" spoilers (was Re: John Carpenter ) —Scott Sanburn
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| | | | | | Ah, one of my favorite movies, in terms of cheese, anyway. : ) Right up there with the American President. But I digress on that one... Anyway, (...) Quoted in the Duke Nukem game as well, I forgot about where it came from. : ) Somewhat spolier (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: "They Live" spoilers (was Re: John Carpenter ) —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | (...) Some of Rowdy's other acting credentials include the video work of Cindy Lauper. Now THAT'S range! Dave! (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: "They Live" spoilers [removed] (was Re: John Carpenter ) —Eric Joslin
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| | | | (...) Huh. Ok, I have to 'fess up. I've never actually seen "They Live" all the way through. And on top of that, I know that it's a good movie to sit around and watch and make fun of (there are two types of good movies in my mind- ones you can enjoy (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: "They Live" spoilers [removed] (was Re: John Carpenter ) —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | | (...) Well I can say I enjoyed "They Live" even though it is eminently mockable. I actually found a pretty good site dedicated to "They Live"... (URL) these guy's must be wacked! Making a web site about something that silly that they loved from (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: "They Live" spoilers [removed] (was Re: John Carpenter ) —Eric Joslin
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| | | | | | (...) Heh. Alright. The concept was originally "Buckaroo Banzai vs The World Crime League", which is mentioned at the end of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. When that fell apart, the concept was heavily modified (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: "They Live" spoilers [removed] (was Re: John Carpenter ) —Dave Schuler
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| | | | (...) Well, you liked "Fight Club," for pity's sake, so I don't know if your definition of "really bad" matches mine! 8^) "In the Mouth of Madness" was absolutely god-awful from start to finish, and "Village of the Damned" was just about the same, (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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