It costs $100 to get a domain, what I'm paying for spring.net from the Internic. I may ask for $50,000 and hope for $30k at least. We'll see, I'm looking for a new attorney right now as Mike Godwin just backed out. Too bad, I had high hopes for Mike. Monday morning, I have my work cut out for me in negotiations and finding a lawyer. I hope spring.net is fine with y'all. The Spring needs the money to build the place up, as nice as the spring.com name is and all. You can live with spring.net can't you?

sure, as long as all of us come along!

ok, need some help---am watching the rock on tv (free movie channel) and need to know the guy's name who's holding everyone up in alcatraz....can't think of his name, gimme an answer pleeeeze!!

spring.net is cool, (you own it, call it what you want, big guy), man, all those search engine links down the drain... Don't know, Wolf, but the wife said he is the little girl's father in Contact, also...

ed harris, had to wait til the end to find out (haven't seen contact) but thanks wer!

watched the China Syndrome over the weekend. Must've been the 5th or 6th time I've seen it but wow! did everyone look especially young this time!

very good film... (and excellent as liberal propoganda, which is cool with me 'cause i'm a liberal and all)... most memorable for me because of jack lemmon (one of my favorite actors, esp. pre- "irma la douce"... i.e., "mister roberts", "it should happen to you", and especially "some like it hot" and "the apartment"... "that's how it crumbles... cookie-wise"...)

boy, am gonna have to rent the whole video store just to keep up with y'all *grin*

if you haven't seen "some like it hot" or "the apartment" (or "mister roberts", for that matter), you should do so immediately... well worth the time...

like, right now? did see ransom last night, but they cut out all the yucky parts. wait, saw the rock too. man that sean connery-----

(like, why not?)

cuz then i'd miss out on talking with you, (uhoh, was that a hint er sumthin?)

(do know that one... sabbath, right?) ("paranoid")

*giggle*

("wipeout"?)

can you drum that out with your fingers? (heard it was just a guy thing, i've tried it but to no avail)

(okay... i'm stumped)...

you have no fingers? *giggle* (wolf lets out a sly smile-note that she bares no teeth)

(hee-haw?)

silly goose *smile*

(definitely brian wilson)

guesso

my, are we getting surly?

dunno, are we?

harumph... (well, you are shockingly off topic)...

does that really surprise you, dear?

("uh-huh")

da da daaaa, da da daaaa, ich liebt du nicht, du liebt mir nicht, da da daaaa

("ich bin eine berliner")

lol

(well, it was a surly laugh)

is this a vocab lesson?

(does it need to be?)

yes

what, are you changing the rules yet again? ("fragile"?)

Terry, now you're going to have to update that logo again! Just toss a butterfly net over the whole thing.

Right we're spring dot netters. !! Lot's going on behind the scenes right now. Stay tuned !!! My lawyer says mum mum mum right now.

Probably advisable to not discuss bargaining strategy right here on the spring!

Yep, that's what he told me!

imagine that! *wink*

*raises hand shyly* umm... i...um.. saw a movie. Is it okay to um post it here in this topic gone awry? *smile* Saw "I know what you did last summer" not as predictable but not that great either.

Go for it, quick!

saw "it's a family thing" last night on video at the pseudo-rents house. With Richard Dryfuss and James Earl Jones. Billed as a comedy but less than hysterical. Pretty good movie, just don't expect too many belly laughs, it's really not intended to be funny.

currently watching "body heat", with wm hurt and kathleen turner... (that is one mean broad)...

Saw Leaving Las Vegas for the first time a couple of nights ago when I couldn't sleep, enjoyed it and didn't find it anywhere near as depressing as Barflys...Almost got to see all of Independence Day for the first time as well, but had to go work on the inlaws' computer. Oh, well...

I just watched the first half-hour of "House of Spirits" (based on the Isabel Allende novel), with Jeremy Irons and Meryl Streep. So far so good!

Very good. I saw that and would see it again.

loved the book. hate to see movies based on books I really loved.

Saw the other half (*sob*), now I'll have to read the book!

no movies lately but since this is where I give the pinball update... 3/17 spent with two pitchers of green beer and the EarthShaker! (now, now ladies, it's just a machine) (NO, not THAT kind of machine... a pinball game!) Sometime in the night, the waitress came by and told us to go up front to get free stuff -- shamrock ears, green necklaces, flashy/blinky pins and free beer. We were to into the game to leave so she brought it all back to us! Stellar performance by yours truly earning 7 free games that evening! And one match!

You go, girl!

My husband brought some of those "blinky ears" home from happy hour--finally figured out how to turn 'em off! (little clicky thing near light)

Saw "Always" (directed by Steven Spielberg) the other day (Richard Dreyfus(s?), Holly Hunter). Boy did it cheer me up. Was having a bit of a low spirited day, for some reason, and I needed a slightly cheesy "feel-good" movie with lots of humour, and by george that turned up :-)

I've never seen it, but I really like Holly Hunter.

As part of the birthday extravaganza, we saw a first run movie last night (in a stadium seating theatre no less!) City of Angels. All those who don't want to cry, or struggle with fairness... STAY AWAY! A good movie IMHO!

I can't wait to see that! While I was out, saw Boogie Nights. WooHoo!

now everyone has seen his penis!!

I haven't... Did, however, see Lord of Illusions the other night.

*LOL*

Watched "Il Postino" the other night--checked it out of the library, actually--and found it very charming. The scenery was breathtaking. I much prefer dubbing to subtitles, they're so distracting....

once i get into the movie, opera or whatever... subtitles are okay by me. SOmetimes dubbing is better, sometimes it's worse.

that's me, too. depends on the film. farewell my concubine had a lot of subtitles and it wouldn't have been the same had it been dubbed. dubbing has a tendancy to not match the mouth movements (obviously) and that bothers me something fierce......

It doesn't bother me as much as hearing two people jabbering away in Italian for 2 minutes and seeing 2 sentences by way of explanation! I just hate dropping my eyes to the bottom of the screen and looking away from the action; it's exasperating!

OK, I got another sub-titled one this week: "Ridicule", all about the clever wit used by the courtisans at Versailles to get ahead and find favor with the king. I really liked it. Also saw "LA Confidential" (good, but a bit violent for my tastes) and "The Full Monty". My husband's out of town, in case you haven't already guessed...(he would've hated 2 of the 3)

saw "born on the fourth of july" this evening. not sure what to make of it. kinda powerful, but also kinda self-indulgent, and all a bit fluffy n apple-pie american.

oliver stone a creator of apple-pie americana? (maybe prepared with extra-RED apples... after all, it's well known, hereabouts, that he's "one o' them holl'wood lib'rals"... and a certified member of the "BLAME AMERICA FIRST" crowd)...

I really liked "Born on the 4th of July", it was just about the only Vietnam-era flick I could sit through, actually. The "apple-pie" sentiment sort of reflects the innocence of the era's expectation of war, I thought...so ideological and patriotic at the same time (like WW2). And it goes without saying that Tom Cruise could make any picture watchable...

too true. tom turns me on more than i think is healthy :)

Me too!! :-)

I like Deep Impact because no one spoiled it, not Siskel and Ebert, not Aint It Cool News, not Gene Shalit, it was a total surprise. There were still a lot of surprises. And some good performances by Morgan Freeman and Robert Duval. Tense, gripping movie.

Chasing Amy. Quick, witty, deep, emotionally draining, uplifting, tearjerking, close to hom (er homE) "enchanting" movie. "Damn that was a great movie"

Saw "Umbrellas of Cherbourg" last night. Very interesting!! A restored French film from the fifties, it features the classical story of two young lovers whose timing is off--and here's the interesting part--every word of dialogue is sung. But it's not a musical! They all just sing their lines like I used to sing the psalter in church, using the same 5 notes. A very young Catherine Deneuve is spectacular.

I saw 'Shadowlands' about a week ago - yeah, I know, I'll probably see Titanic the day my first grandchild is born! Anyway, Mr. C. had to do a certain amount of backside-licking to get me that far (I find the 'getting into' a movie almost unbearable - all that sitting still, I suppose), and I only gave in when the name Anthony Hopkins came up, but I loved it. Especially the bit before it turns sad. The dialogue was wonderful, witty and intelligent (a rare gem in movies, I find. . .), Anthony Hopkins, that hunk-a-man, is as stunning as ever, and his co-star (sorry, I've forgotten her name already) made a strong impre sion on me as well; she was the first actress I have seen acting opposite him without being completely eclipsed by his on-screen charisma. I found her a great deal better than both Jodie Foster and Emma Thompson - even more intelligent somehow. But perhaps it was just the role. Who is she again? Are her other films good as well? I would like to see more of her work, but I don't want to have to sit through 90 minutes if it's not going to be good.

hmmm... backside licking from Mr. C convinced you to go to a movie... he must've not been doing it right!

preach it, sister!!! (oh, the visions...) ((maybe he was, and promised to finish after the movie...hmmm))

He does it so right, I just wanna skip the movie altogether and get down to the sex part.

enough visuals already *wink* while i was on "vacation", saw The Quick and The Dead, ConAir, Andre, My Best Friend's Wedding, One Fine Day, and that one with Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford. might be a wee bit behind on those flicks but i DID see the Titanic!!

Am watching LA Confidential as I type...

Can't have been that interesting then . . . Wolf, I only saw that one with Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford - no, I can't remember the name either. But I thought it was good.

How was Titanic? An hour and a half is long . . . Seeing the Titanic will be like going to a Wagner opera - just can't face it!

Try 3 hours, Riette. It goes quickly though. Went to see X Files, The Movie, yesterday! Hot damn, was it good. True to form. Only thing is now I have even more questions.

Everest. An IMAX movie filmed before/during/after the tragedy in May 1996 but concentrating mostly on the strength and stamina of the human spirit. I read Jon Krakaur's article in OUTSIDE in August of that year and have heard several NPR interviews/reviews about the film but nothing could describe the beauty, vastness, desolation and love within this film.

i love imax movies. Lemme see, went to see Speed (not with Keanu Reeves) but about man's obsession with fast things (it was in Ohio at the Flight Museum) and something about exploring the ocean depths at the Virgian Marine Science Museum. Both were very good. we don't have imax here yet, but i've heard that it's on its way....

IMAX??? What's that?

really, really, big

Oh! Do you know, Chris does that really, really big thing when I kiss him. Would that be called and imaxion?

i believe that is an excellent use of the word in verb form!

quite accurate, imho, also...

An imaxation, not a minimaxation? By the way, why did the condom fly through the room? It got pissed off.

Saw "Donnie Brasco" last night--Al Pacino is always mesmerizing! It's a gangster flick, plenty violent, but with a lot more of the human element than most. And Al Pacino & Johnny Depp on one screen...need I say more? "Forget about it"!

Al Pacino is a wonderful actor. I saw Devil's Advocate the beginning of this year. Loved it.

caught donnie brasco myself, it was good. OK...*rubbing hands together*, went to see Saving Private Ryan, Disturbing Behavior, Dr. Doolittle, A Perfect Murder, and I Know What You Did Last Summer. Saving Private Ryan was so good. If you can sit through the first half hour, you're good to go. Spielberg did an excellent job at making me feel like i was there, lemme tell you. i cried just about through the whole thing and so did the guys who went with. Disturbing Behavior was rather disturbing. Too much of getting you there then having to rush through the rest. Dr. Doolittle, IMHO, is not a kid's movie, but it did make me laugh. A Perfect Murder was good and suspenseful. I Know What You Did Last Summer was something. And there's gonna be a sequel. not that any of you were interested in my reviews.....

Thanks for the input, Wolf! My husband really wants to see "Pvt. Ryan," but I've been afraid it would be too graphic. Who's in "A Perfect Murder?" We're going to the drive-in (remember those!) tonight to see "Mulan".

Damn, why don't I know any of those titles? Except Dr. Doolitttle, because Eddie Murphy is in it, right? I luv him - he is so grossly funny.

Saw "The Wedding Singer" with Adam Sandler... set inthe 1980s, the images and hot topics in this movie were a riot to relive but I thought Adam Sandler would've been reason enough to go see it! Funny, funny, funny and sweet!

I've been wanting to see that, Stacey, just for the 80s flashback. The local theatre is second-run and all the seats are $2. "Sliding Doors" is showing there as well--I should blow $4 sometime and see them both.

Saw "Eat Drink Man Woman" last night on video and really enjoyed it. Tonight we're watching "Raise the Red Lantern" (I'm really on a Chinese kick!)

You should see "The Lover" and "Farewell My Concubine", both with subtitles but very good....and "The Joy Luck Club" is another...all are tear jerkers, though..

"Farewell" has been highly recommended. Loved "Joy Luck Club"! It was even better than the book, and that's high praise coming from me. Never heard of the first--I'll have to look for it on the video store's shelves.

The Lover is explicit (as a lot of foreign films are) but it's almost essential to understand what is going on (no below-the-belt frontal body parts that i can recall). That's funny about Joy Luck Club, have the book (because i love Amy Tan) but didn't read it after i saw the movie (which i just bawled my eyes out while watching)