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Anybody been watching this documentary series? Aside from hearing the stirring personal anecdotes, there's nothing revelatory here, but it's still interesting to see all the new footage and imagery. Some impressively terrible stuff. Interesting soundtrack too. Lots of great jazz and swing, and watching the stragglers from Japanese Banzai units getting charbroiled (in living color) with Messiaen's Quartet in droning in the background is a bit unnerving. |
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It's great to hear that you derive such entertainment out of the personal misery of others. |
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He's desensitising himself in readiness for the U.S. invasion of Canada on account of it being "too liberal". |
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Enterwhatment? |
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I keep entertaining myself by imitating that southern woman. "The boy up the road from us, he was killed" |
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It is a good doc. How much wonderful historical architecture was destroyed in Europe during ww2? |
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The one that pronounces ''war'' like it has 4 syllables? She is something else. What a dear. |
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I know! Seeing that abbey get shelled was heartbreaking, and the many shots of Gothic cathedrals laid waste... ugh. |
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Yeah, she's great. They all look great for being in their late 80's |
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My only gripe with the doc is I never can tell if I'm watching stock footage or actual footage of the subject at hand |
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"How much wonderful historical architecture was destroyed in Europe during ww2?" Well there wasn't much left of Berlin for a start, it was fucking flattened. |
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or in JAPAN |
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How many wonderful historical Jews was destroyed in Europe during ww2? |
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Too soon. |
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I know how many jews. I don't know about what structures were destroyed. I'm not saying buildings are more important. Or making some grand heartfelt observation. I'm just curious and asking a question. |
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or catholics or homosexuals or disabled? i've been told an estimated 5 million |
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tee-hee. I'm have a synopsis for a love-story. It centres on two heterosexual people, one male and one female. They both work at the World Trade Center, one per tower. They fall in love looking at each other from opposite window-ledges after a brace of aeroplanes are flown into the buildings by rabid anti-freedom Towelheads. Their strength and amazing fortitude fill in the middle section, before they mutually plummet to their deaths (and to heaven), their spirits reaching across World Trade Center Plaza to wrap around the other. I call it "The Twin Towers of Love". I want Spielberg to direct, especially since Stone made a botch-job of his W.T.C. flick. |
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"Oh my God. I'm back...I'm home. All the time, it was...we finally really did it!! You maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God...damn you all to hell!" |
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As usual, the gypsies are overlooked. |
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yeah, no doubt...they really got....gypped |
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ho ho |
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Then they have something in common with the U.S. citizenry after all. |
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is there something in particular that you're alluding to? |
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i'm already sorry i said that, i will wash my mouth out |
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Well, they were gypped at the 2000 Presidential Election, which has turned out to have horrendous ramifications not only the U.S.A. but also for the world at large. Apart from that, they've been gypped on Education and Health-care, but they're partly related to the first gypping mentioned. |
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I couldn't agree more. |
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not to mention all the things we dont yet know about |
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Yes, Ive recorded them all, recording part 05 tonight, Im wanting to watch them all relatively in a row, so Ive decided not to watch them, also being dont have the time to watch them. At the "Indie" movie theater, on Sept 20, they showed a free 1.5 hour clips from the documentary, including stories from fellow Nebraskans. Id want to own this film, but the NET price was $129.99 for all 14+ hours. |
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ken burns haircuts aint cheap! |
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I'm watching part 5 right now. Isn't that cosmic? This one was pretty visceral, don't watch it with the kid. |
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Braeden has already watched pieces of Band of Brothers. Hes gonna grow up and know the truth about life, not learn it the hard way like ive had to, single mom and all......... Hes so fcukin' smart, almost 19 months and hes brilliant, he prol. gets that from mommy. |
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i didn't know you were a single mom |
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I <3 mimi. |
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who is the father, i can handle it |
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ken burns |
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hahaha, I love it. Any chance of getting Tom Hanks for the narration? |
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wouldnt that be amazing? |
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One time, out of sheer curiousity, I spread my buttcheeks and looked at my anus in the mirror. A lone dingleberry fell, untangled, from it's cage of asshair. I whiped a tear from my eye. That was amazing. |
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curiousity=curiosity=gew=few |
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my god man. now you're makin me cry n shit. beautiful. |
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If ken burns didn't have a beard I'd think he was a woman. I think he knows it, too |
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He made a 12 part documentary series about jazz as well, but I was very dissapointed with it. His coverage of the 50's and 60's was just Miles Davis this and Miles Davis that... Bummer! |
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The truth about life? |
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You can never experience life, culture has put paid to that. |
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the truth AND the some of the facts ive learned along the way. Tonight is the last Episode VII, then there are some other military type shows that are also going to be good. |
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haha! :) |
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how do you delete your account? |
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Wasnt there a shitload of controversy about this Docu? Apparently Ken Burns is super racist toward Latin-Americans. He's systematically left out any reference to the immense contributions by Latin-Americans in both his "The War" and "Jazz" documentaries and PBS was considering actually pulling this until he made changes, which he never made. |
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Well, I didn't follow the controversy, but I remember a very substantial segment that touched on one Latino's difficulties fitting into a gung-ho Texan unit, so he definitely must have changed some things. And fuck I missed 6 and 7. I'd better proxy my way onto Demonoid. |
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Doesn't everyone hate latinos though? |
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