Whew!

Damian wrote:

(Hmmm - the Gundeck suite ? The Poop Suite ? You may find yourself
retheming the Inn.....:-) )

Lessee .... A suite with 5' beamed ceilings, painted blood red, with sand all
over the floor .....

Naw.

George Patterson
A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that
you look forward to the trip.

David Dyer-Bennet wrote:

As always with movies made from the book, the movie is just a pale
imitation. However, for people who like to *see* things it has quite
a lot to see -- some rather nice footage of the ship sailing through a
storm, firing the big guns, and the confusion of a boarding action
come to mind as particularly well done.

Even behind the scenes was very well done. They checked around until they found
a club that owns two functioning cannon and took them down to a National Guard
firing range. IIRC, one was a 24 pounder. They set up recorders both near the
guns and downrange and fired a variety of shot types (chain, grape, round, and
cannister). All of the sound effects in the battle scenes are mixtures of these
tapes.

George Patterson
A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that
you look forward to the trip.

dayummmm, Uncle Sam was right, loose lips do sink ships!

TWO YEARS? And you've never mentioned it here? Jeez, just when you think
you know a guy.

Where the heck do you find time to build an airplane? I can't even finish a
novel!

It sure sounds neat. Hope to see you fly it into OSH someday...

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Yea, that's probably true, but they HAVE been reporting in the press,
pretty regularly (and pretty graphically) how graphic this movie is.

I never, EVER believe ANYTHING I read in the newspaper about a movie. They
are usually 180 degrees off in their assessments.

In this case, however, they were correct.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

My problem with going to a film with gore is that I'm more
interested in the technology making it happen, so there's
almost no impact for me.

I'm usually the same way.

Not this time.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Here is my brother's review of same film:

http://ae.tbo.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...ults&M ovie_I
d=43285

He has been a professional newspaper film critic for more than 25 years.


www.Rosspilot.com

Seriously, the only way that the ADL would not have been offended is if
Mel
Gibson had depicted Christ as dying of appendicitis despite the heroic
efforts of his rabbinical doctors.

ROTFL!

Actually, CJ, the movie is VERY anti-Semitic. Of course, how could it NOT
be?

The main antagonist of Jesus is a very, very bad Rabbi dude. His ability to
stir up the mob -- depicted as barbarians and idiots -- was ironically
reminiscent of Nazi newsreel footage.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Remember, you expressing your distaste of organized religion can be
compared
to a religious person espousing their love for it. Neither is ususally
welcomed unless in select company. This ain't select company. That's the
reason why the alt.religion group is the way it is.

Good point(s), Trent.

And now, back to flying!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"C J Campbell" wrote:
That's creepy.

No. Mel Gibson does not feel like arguing with God. However,
he has been misinformed as to what God's opinion is. :-)

You could say the same of Osama Bin Laden. Zealots are creepy,
regardless.

I don't know what God's opinion is, and I deeply mistrust those who
claim they do.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM
(remove pants to reply by email)

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
...

"C J Campbell" wrote:
That's creepy.

No. Mel Gibson does not feel like arguing with God. However,
he has been misinformed as to what God's opinion is. :-)

You could say the same of Osama Bin Laden. Zealots are creepy,
regardless.

I don't know what God's opinion is, and I deeply mistrust those who
claim they do.

I distrust violent religious zealots, including atheists and other
supposedly non-religious types who think it is their mission in life to
protect the world from those who have religious beliefs. None of them can be
trusted.

I also distrust those who profess religious belief, but who feel that their
religion's beliefs and practices somehow do not apply to them. I distrust
those who publicly express religious beliefs, but who are privately
irreligious.

In short, I distrust those who are violent and dishonest, whether they are
religious or not. All such are creepy. I have no reason to believe that Mel
Gibson is either violent or dishonest.