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Harney and the PD's have escaped their rightful place with Bertie, Cowen and Fianna Fail, etc as core agents in what went so horrobly wrong in Ireland. However, in the longer term, I believe their legacy will be properly evaluated and reviled.

Wish you well Jim Carry. Good to see, especially the recognition that all the spiriitual teachers have the same message.

@DJSpecialSauce As admired and influential as Goldsmith's 'Alien' score is, and how emotionally potent, Goldsmith's 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture' still has to be the single best science fiction music score, even if it is more cerebral/abstract. But 'Alien' is close behind, along with memorabl...

Thanks. Great three part series.

You just proved my point. Humans do not observe thought. They completely identify with it and your tone proves identification with thought as self, since thought and the nervous system are reactive. That's the human ego in action. Just observe your thoughts and ask the question how a human ca...

I'm sorry, but you haven't understood what Tolle is saying. In fact you are completely misrepresenting what he is saying. I'll give you an example. I'm a member of about 35 international organisations: human rights, animal rights, environmental protection, policital and economic reform, etc. ...

I only saw this once and wasn't encouraged to see it again. The best I can reckon is that is was intended to be a sort of 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' type cult film. The idea is appealing, but it just doesn't translate into an enjoyable film, despite the two lead actors. I think 'The Invincibl...

Just as a piece of film-making, this is a great scene. You only see Christ's effect on people. The makers wisely didn't directly portray Him: He never 'speaks', Rozsa's music speaks for Him. The reactions of the Roman Centurion say it all. Heston was extremely good in this kind of film. He di...

Loved the original trilogy, but the prequels are very disappointing. I haven't seen them in about 7 years. There's no real engagement with the charactors, story or universe in the prequels. Lucas didn't have as many really talented people surrounding him in the production team for the prequels...

@082076 I really should have been able to figure that one out, but thanks for clarifying the reason.

I take Edwin's points about '2001'. It's an uncompromising film and many people can't bear to watch it because of the deliberate pacing, the lack of dialog, the human characters often being deliberately low key, uncharismatic and over-trained to the point of being robotic. Some of the effects a...

I had problems with this movie. The script goes on about 30 to 40 minutes too long and spoils the impact of the first 2 hours. I didn't personally like the production design. I realise what they were going for visually, but I didn't find it engaging. Cruise and Morton were good, as were the r...

@jamgrl38 Satan doesn't exist. The Anti-Christ is the opposite of The Christ. Jesus spoke of spiritual consciousness. What the term Anti-Christ means is the human phsycological ego. We all have one: it comes with being human. Remember that Jesus calls Peter 'Satan' '("Get behind me Satan") f...

Remarkable man. It's a shame that our human instinct recoil from someone so seriously disfigured. Not happy to have that instinct myself.

@NAUI12884 We all have the capacity to do what she has done. Unfortunately, very few of us do what is needed. We can't leave it up to people like her, as great as they are.

@oceanjunkee I think Ron Paul has some very good ideas. America and the entire West need to change to his line of thinking. Our prosperity is at the expense of so many other peoples and there is no possible justification for that. I'm not condoning something like 9/11 in any way, but neither a...

@lgadwords In all fairness, the film portrays some whites as noble and many as flawed to contemptable. Ultimately ignorance and hate, not race, is the problem. I'm not racist, but neither am I Atticus Finch.

How accurate, or inaccurate, is the film with March and Tracey? I realise it's a script not an historical record, but I don't remember Tracey being identified as Darrow for example and I assume there's a lot of creative licence involved.

@TimW42 That explains why her accent was impeccable in 2010. Thanks for that bit of info.

People, did anyone find the final confrontation between the first warrior and the dying norseman a bit anti-climatic. Did I miss something? The mystic said that the first warrior was the 'heart', just as the Queen was. But he's easily dispatched and his fellow warriors don't do a good job of p...

The impression I get is that Chricton wanted a clear hook in the score, which is what Goldsmith provided with the Norse theme. Since the filming was problematic, you can understand that choice. Goldsmith's action writing is also second to none, which is another reason. I'm not comparing the sco...

@biskalero I'm not happy about it either, but I can't see any other outcome. Maybe SF will double their seats. No new political party is on the horizon and Irish voters are notoriously partisan. When I said I was voting ULA people told me I was throwing away my vote. Seems a lot of people didn...

I've always been inspired by the intelligence, determination and courage of human rights defenders from abroad. Among those who have made the deepest impression are those from Colombia, who are a credit to their society and their species.

@shamelesshussy Thanks. I was about to comment to the same effect, but you put it well. The thing is that we can't afford to 'hate' people like McWilliams, because we desperately need more of them. I'll accept whatever flaws he has for that reason.

The warp speed limit has been changing from episode to episode since the first season of the 1960's original show. It goes up and down. You'd wonder why the script writers don't pay more attentions to the previous shows/series bible.

Good to see older movies getting the attention they deserve on the Internet. I'm sure this will encourage more people to look up films like Ben Hur. Thanks.

That's a powerful scene with Poitier and his father near the end and you feel for both of them.

@startingsprinter Sword & sorcery films, or medieval action films, don't have a good history at the box office. I agree that the film deserved to do better, but it also cost a huge amount to make.

It also has to be remembered that Goldsmith only had 3 weeks to score the re-cut '13th Warrior', that he was 69 years old and that he may have been experiencing the early stages of prostate cancer when he worked on the film. In the '60's/'70's composers might have up to 10 - 12 weeks to score a ...

This isn't the film it's makers wanted to make. The concept was for a TV pilot and not entirely appropriate for a one-shot film. The studio locked the production into a December 1979 release date that caused cumulative problems from the script to the special effects and resulted in the budget r...

I think that if this film hadn't actually been made, Bond fans would be preoccupied with the possibilities of an abandoned project. Maybe that would have been the best outcome.

I rewatched the film last night and while there are many likeable elements to it (especially the cast) it does still feel a bit flat. I realise there were production problems, re-shoots by Chrichton after McTiernan was replaced, re-editing, re-scoring, etc. It just lacks the depth of characteri...

Bond isn't my absolute favourite movie series, but like most people I'm a fan. I've rewatched the series on DVD and I have to agree with HaphazardStuff. Both of Moore's first films are dull and Moore wasn't allowed to play the part his way until SWLM. Can't fault any of the criticisms in the v...

Speaking as a Goldsmith fan (for 32 years), the issue of the use (or not) of Goldsmith's score in Alien is very hard to call. As is, the use of music in the film doesn't make consistent sense and it's not an exaggeration to say that Goldsmith's score was 'butchered', but at times it is inspired, ...

Goldsmith was almost 70 years old when he composed this score in three weeks, after director McTiernan and the original composer (G.R) were replaced.

Avaaz have a petition about this on their website.

Avaaz have a petition about this on their website.

@Cosairman Fair comments. This couple shouldn't have been selected for this show, they should have chosen a couple with more rational spending/living standards.