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  1. Doctor Strange

    How Did I Miss Annette Hanshaw??

    Considering my lifelong interest in 20s/30s music, I came to her late myself. It was through the clever use of her recordings in Sita Sings the Blues, a fascinating animated film from around a decade ago. You can stream it free, and I definitely recommend it. https://www.sitasingstheblues.com/
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    THE SUNBODY ASSOCIATION

    Coincidentally, I've got a Sunbody hat on order - Open Road style with a 3" brim in their better straw. It's been two weeks today, so it shouldn't be much longer... I'm definitely looking forward to checking it out! Long ago I had a Stetson Open Road Panama I wore for 20 years - picture from...
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    I've recently been watching a bunch of current series: The First Lady on Showtime. This first season cuts between the experiences of Eleanor Roosevelt (Gillian Anderson), Betty Ford (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Michelle Obama (Viola Davis). Future seasons will be about different first ladies...
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    Akubra Overload

    I can't read it in your pic, but its model name appears to be embossed on the front of the sweatband like most Akubras. The dimensions look like a Squatter...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Old, the latest film from M. Night Shama-lama-dingdong. It's one of his better recent efforts, but it has all the familiar weaknesses of his work... including his insistence on casting himself even though he can't act. But it's got a solid Twilight Zone plot setup with a palpable sense of...
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    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Brilliant SF film model designer Colin Cantwell, who was instrumental in creating Star Wars' X-Wing and TIE Fighters, etc. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/24/movies/colin-cantwell-dead.html
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    Any modern hat makers who make real Milan and/or Boater hats?

    This appears to be a real boater (not one of those soft-straw fake boaters): https://www.bencrafthats.com/brands/tesi/boater-by-tesi-1343 I haven't handled one myself, but I'm sure others here can chime in on whether it's legit.
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I finally watched this last year and mostly agree with you. It's interesting, but uneven, and a bit of a creaky antique even for the year it was made. That this awkward flick won Best Picture is representative of the deep, persistent anglophilia of thirties Hollywood.
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Good review, and yeah, it's very representative of the falling-apart early seventies. But come on FF, you forgot to mention the key thing about the film. Scott and Rigg didn't just make up their own dialog. Hack director Arthur Hiller (check his filmography) didn't just invent the plot and...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Piccadilly, a 1929 British silent film via TCM. A (not so great) new score and replacement intertitles were added in an early aughts restoration. It's a fascinating antique set in a fancy London nightclub with a strong performance by Anna May Wong as a dishwasher who's plucked from the...
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    Women's leather jackets

    Agreed. I see vastly more women wearing cross-zip designs - in proper leather, el-cheapo pleather, assorted fabrics - than men. And the same thing with trench coats and multitudes of green "army jackets" derived from the M-43/M-65. I'm mystified how these male military garments became...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    The original Cape Fear is a great, really disturbing flick. Personally, I like it better than Marty's 90s remake. And it's the only other movie where Mitchum is nearly as scary as he is in The Night of the Hunter.
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    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Well, Zombie61, that's exactly why I posted about it. Because I didn't see any mention of Son-O-God in the various obits and appreciations, and it's a fascinating side trip for Neil Adams that's worth checking out. And a reminder of just how outrageously ballsy National Lampoon was back in...
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    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    A lot has been said about Neil Adams drawing Batman, Green Lantern/Green Arrow, X-Men, Avengers, but... Adams also illustrated a feature that ran a half-dozen times in National Lampoon magazine about a nebbish who would transform (a la Billy Batson and Captain Marvel) into a superhero Jesus...
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    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Genius comic book artist Neal Adams, who did important work at both DC and Marvel in the sixties/seventies. He was unquestionably one of the top half-dozen Silver Age superhero comics artists, a master storyteller with a sure grip on anatomy and staging. Expect a lot more obits and tributes...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    You're right Lizzie, it's a great book.
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Worf, we're on the same page re Irwin Allen. The b/w first season of Lost In Space is actually largely serious SF. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea started off well too. All of Allen's shows quickly got silly and kiddie-fied. Luckily, Time Tunnel only had a single season, so it didn't...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    The Batman on HBO Eh, two and a half stars. Too long, relentlessly dark and grim (not a single chuckle), Pattinson underplays to the point of being a cipher, and most of the supporting characters (Alfred, Selina/Catwoman, Riddler, mob boss Carmine Falcone) have been better-written and...
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    How many of you owns/buying Lamb leather jacket ?

    This thread's gone a bit off the rails, no? Another happy lambskin jacket owner here. I've had my lambskin Wested Raiders since 2003, and yeah, it did once get torn accidentally early on and needed a repair. But it's held up great for the 16 years since, both the hide itself and the hardware...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I have to disagree with you Worf, I think the 1953 Titanic is interesting mostly for how many factual things it gets wrong... though I have to admit that its absurdly overwrought melodrama is kind of entertaining. But A Night to Remember has a lot more going for it as a depiction of the events...
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