What a Great Forum

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Posted By: Lee Behrens

If you ever wanted proof the power of this forum, read the thread about the T206 Cobb mislabeled. It is long but it has our usual suspects (MW, Bruce, Dan Matty, and others), but it is the the responses from others (PSA rep, owner of the Cobb, friens that was on hand for his purchase) that make this forum great.

There been other threads in the past that have also received such reactions. If this forum isn't the heartbeat of the vintage card market, please tell me where it is. Everyone can form there own opinions with out being constantly bombarded by people advertising their own product or service, although some of you might think MW is the spokes person for SGC.

A great thanks to Elliott for making this happen.

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Posted By: David

If I had known all those fancy types were reading, I would have shut up more often. Or at least tucked in my shirt.

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Posted By: Dan Mathewson

I couldn't have said it better, Lee. Of course, after being a cop for more than a decade, I'm not quite used to being called a "usual suspect". Heh heh.

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Posted By: vorthian

... was an outstanding movie!

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Posted By: jay behrens

was overrated and predictable. But I seem to be in the minority with this opinion.

Kaiser Sosay

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Posted By: Paul

Overrated.

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Posted By: Anonymous

Sorry guys it was a great movie... One of my all time favorites.... but then I am a sucker for movies with Kevin Spacey. I think he is a great actor

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Posted By: jay behrens

but you can't put a big name actor in the role of the surprise character unless you ahve some other equally big names to help cover the bluff. Pkus, his character was so inconspicuous and low key that it was obvious that he was Kaiser.

Now if you want to see aome truely great recent movies, check out Snatch, Fight Club, Pulp Fiction, American Beauty and Moulin Rogue.

Jay

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Posted By: Brueso

I didn't suspect Sosay HAD to be one of the characters we had seen, so finding out who it was was a big surprise to me. Now, as to Fight Club, I read the book before seeing the movie, so I knew what the twist was.

There are some recent movies I'd also suggest, but on a baseball theme, I recently saw HBO's documentary on Babe Ruth for the first time and while it had some of the same commentaters as Ken Burns Baseball, it did include some interesting additional things, including a copy of the home movie someone took of the "called shot" in the World Series against Chicago. The Ruth docu is available on DVD.

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

Thought entire movie was excellent--the way it was put together. But, having seen it three times, I just don't see how Spacey could have won Best Supporting Actor. He has the most screen time, he is the voice-over narration, and he's IT.

On the other hand, I can't believe Hollywood would be so gracious as to award B.S.A. to the B.A. simply so as not to ruin the surprise!

So there has to be another explanation. The men thought of themselves as a team? Pretty weak.

American Beauty was also great, in fact greater, and so was the Shipping News. In case you think I like Spacey, you're right!

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

that's where "the usual suspects" came from. The way it's used in "Casablanca," though, the chief of police is telling someone to "round up the usual suspects" for the murder (killing) of a Nazi, when the killer is the hero of the movie and a great friend of his.

So, though the movie starts with "rounding up the usual suspects" in a jail, who subsequently go on a mission together...I suppose that was Kaiser Sousay, too, huh. Yup, makes sense.

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Posted By: BOTN

If you have not seen Swimming with Sharks, then you must. Glengarry Glen Ross is also a classic.

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Posted By: Ben

Spacey was also great in 'the Negotiator'...alongside Samuel L. Jackson.

Those two had some serious onscreen chemistry

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Posted By: jay behrens

Apacey on the old TV series Wiseguy was great. I knew he would be headed for greatness. Loved that whole story arc. And having Joan Severence for his sister didn't hurt any

Jay

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Posted By: jay behrens

Mel Prophet was the character Spacey played on Wiseguy. Couldn't think of it when I made the post.

Jay

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Posted By: Scott Cowan

Now that was a truly funny movie. Sick but funny.

Too bad they used my old boss as the model for Kevin's character..... it brought back bad, bad memories.

Scott

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

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I don't think it's my age (67), because I know other women as old as I who are still turned on by men, beautiful clothes and beautiful jewelry. But I'm not.

Except for Kevin Spacey. He turns me on!

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Posted By: Scott Cowan

You mean that Eddie Plank doesnt make your heart flutter? <grinning>

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

...and Kid Nichols. And pedro martinez. And a whole bunch of cards...

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Posted By: Dan Mathewson

...I have really enjoyed both Harry Potter movies. Great acting, upbeat, fun, entertaining...

Second only to the Lord of the Rings. I expect the second in the LotR series (Two Towers) to even exceed the first one. Great story...even thought they have to depart form the purist version a little (for Hollywood glitz) it is done tastefully. I've been a lifelong fan of Tolkien and it's been a treat to see it given the screen tribute it deserves.

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Posted By: Lee Behrens

I'm with Dan ( he's one of the orignal three blind mice, along with me and Brian H.) Lord of the Rings was the best movie I have seen since Star Wars, can't wait for the Two Towers. That's one movie I am glad is so long because it is so good. The DVD release with an extra 30 minutes was great.

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Posted By: Bruce Moreland

The movie did a good job dealing with a very dry book. Three volumes of dense prose with almost no female characters is hard to make interesting.

bruce

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Posted By: Dan Mathewson

...the extra footage was quite a treat. I had 17 friends over the night the extended DVD version was released. We all loved it. Really whet our whistles for The Two Towers. I really have to take my hat off to Jackson for how he has portrayed one of my favorite novels... The Tolkien family has to be really pleased. (And, probably like everyone associated with that movie, very rich...and getting richer.)

Funny, I never thought that the book/trilogy was dry at all. It was intriguing to me, even during repeat reads. I thought Tolkien was a terrific writer. I understand that more printings of the Lord of the Rings have been sold than any other epic novel in our history... (The Silmarillion? Now...that was a tough, dry read written by Tolkien that I never made past Chapter 4...)

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Posted By: Lee Behrens

The Bible is the only book to outsell the "Rings". I even went out and bought the animated version of the "Rings". But the real life version is awesome!!!! I got my free ticket with the extended version!!! I wil definately be going as soon as I can to Two Towers.

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

Looking forward to "The Two Rowers." My sister re-read "Lord of the Rings" after she saw the movie--I didn't have to, I'd read it so many times (it came out when I was in my teens, I think) that I'd memorized parts of it. I quoted them to her and drove her nuts. "Is everything sad going to come untrue?"

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Posted By: jay behrens

good lord, what books were you reading? The Silmarilian, now that was a tough read. But it does give a lot of great background info on Middle Earth and the everything that lead up to and including Sauron's creation of the rings.

Another great read that may people think is dry becuase of a lack of action is Asimov's Foundation Trilogy. The guy was truely amazing, being able to tie together all his book together with the last few books he wrote before he died.

Jay

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

Turns out I HAD seen it..but didn't remember anything except who the villian was. Now that I've seen it twice, there're still things I don't understand: the whole sequence with Spacy, the party=boy and the politician, for instance. Has Guy Pearce (the hero, sort of) been in anything since? I thought he was very good. Hate to say this, but Russel Crowe was the best of them all, or maybe Danny DiVito. Spacey was good, but not great...

Happy, gory Thanksgiving!