Loyal Opposition

@PinkFloydFan (1086)

United States • Age 42

Joined myLot 2 years ago

Music from the 60/70s Movies from the 1930-70s Stand-up --- Mort Sahl, Bill Hicks, George Carlin I don't care about anything else.

Loyal Opposition's Discussions

Favorite On-Screen Couple?

Loyal Opposition @PinkFloydFan (1086) • United States 5 Nov

Forget about real life. Just on the screen. For me, it's easy. Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni. They made a lot of movies together. Most are great, even though there's one where Marcello plays a gay guy! Still a great...

movies

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Historical Figures and Accuracy

Loyal Opposition @PinkFloydFan (1086) • United States 2 Sep

Stalin and Saddam are two men I've read off and on for decades, and there's SO many differing accounts, even minor things. There's a handful of stories of a possible trade for prisoner Jakov. I think readers should always...

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Do Quiet Characters Have An Advantage?

Loyal Opposition @PinkFloydFan (1086) • United States 31 Aug

The more mysterious an actor is, there’s more curiosity. I’ve seen non-actors play a part in a mediocre movie but come across as a good performance. There’s less probability to come across as fake to the audience, as opposed to a...

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AI, ChatGPT, and other Bots

Loyal Opposition @PinkFloydFan (1086) • United States 31 Aug

There's so many I thought I'd ask here for recommendations (Free) and the things people can do using their imagination. I notice that ChatGPT is full of SO many basic errors. Recommending me movies that don't exist, or mixing up...

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In Old Movies, Everything Cost a Coin!

Loyal Opposition @PinkFloydFan (1086) • United States 29 Aug

It reminds me of a Louis CK bit he did in a stand-up special.. And I notice it, too. No one asks for prices. A guy walks into a saloon, "I need a room. A woman. A shave. Steak dinner" and all you had to do was toss a coin at the...

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Reply Do You Consider a Country's Size and Film Quality?

Loyal Opposition @PinkFloydFan (1086) • United States 29 Aug

I've noticed something interesting after years of watching movies: the impact of a country's origin on the quality and quantity of films. I find myself considering not just the country of origin but also its population. For...

movies

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COVID Killed Our Local Coffeeshop, But...

Loyal Opposition @PinkFloydFan (1086) • United States 20 Mar

It's a really nice place. Half of it is a coffeeshop, and in the back, there's a stage and seating. They used to have Open Mic Nights on the last Thursday of the month, which would also appear on Channel 17 (Public Access) and a...

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What Do You Daydream About?

Loyal Opposition @PinkFloydFan (1086) • United States 29 Feb

When I read biographies, I tend to daydream about doing my own thing in that field.. Biography on a musician, or a director. Watching a great movie will exponentially activate my imagination (which never seems to stop) as well,...

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Blaxit - Black Americans Moving to Africa

Loyal Opposition @PinkFloydFan (1086) • United States 19 Feb

We might see a movie in the future. As a former traveler, a big part of it were the round-the-fire conversations with people from all over the world commenting on a certain country from their vantage point, and very rewarding to...

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Nudity in Film

Loyal Opposition @PinkFloydFan (1086) • United States 2 Feb

https://www.amazon.com/Skin-History-Nudity-Kevin-Smith/dp/B08DL6TZHF It takes so many years to get out of the prude censorship, to a time when women would say, "The body is beautiful" or "If using my body gets me a better job, so...

Detroit Pistons

Loyal Opposition @PinkFloydFan (1086) • United States 25 Jan

Detroit still hasn't been 100% healthy. But if Cade comes back and no one gets hurt, they will be. Monte Morris is a hometown kid but didn't play his first game until yesterday. I was a big fan of the trade last year but it sucked...

basketball

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Rock Band Documentaries

Loyal Opposition @PinkFloydFan (1086) • United States 24 Jan

Define "rock" any way you want. If you think it's rock, it's rock. There's a lot on YouTube, and today I checked out the one by the 70s band Kansas. I only knew a couple of songs, definitely not a fan, liked the overplayed "Dust...

music movies documentaries

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Tales of Ordinary Madness

Loyal Opposition @PinkFloydFan (1086) • United States 31 Dec

Tales of Ordinary Madness - 8/10 I heard Pauline Kael mention this movie during an interview, and for some reason, I stopped to type in the few she did mention onto my IMDB watchlist. When I looked this one up, I had to check it,...

movies

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Is Imagination Better Than The Real Thing?

Loyal Opposition @PinkFloydFan (1086) • United States 30 Dec

I have $200 left to my name. I want to spend it because I need to enjoy myself. I've lived in this place for almost 8 years, yet, I've never been to the establishment closest to my house, a strip club. I've tried to enter a few...

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Do You Respect Directors Who Write Their Own Story?

Loyal Opposition @PinkFloydFan (1086) • United States 30 Dec

Most people I ask don't even know who the writer is, and never think about this kinda stuff, including an actor who made a low-budget movie (and had it in a local theater), but I certainly do. If it's no good, then it doesn't...

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Ever Stop a Movie bc You Can't Stand The Soundtrack?

Loyal Opposition @PinkFloydFan (1086) • United States 27 Dec

I know I have once or twice.. I remember the music being so horrible at the very beginning, and the song after was just as bad, and I thought, "I'll just go watch something else" and don't even remember the movies, but the answer...

movies

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Stars Who Quit But Reluctantly Tried To Come Back

Loyal Opposition @PinkFloydFan (1086) • United States 23 Dec

into the band.... I can't think of any. It seems like most don't wanna go back, and if they did, they probably wouldn't publicize it. Lots of those who were fired, although I just had one in the tip of my fingertips but just...

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RIP Ryan O'Neal

Loyal Opposition @PinkFloydFan (1086) • United States 9 Dec

RIP "Barry Lyndon" was one of the movies I liked in the first year of my becoming serious about movies. FF to the last time I was in SF (2016), the last thing I did before my red-eye flight was to watch "Paper Moon" on my laptop...

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If You Are in a Movie Rut/Fatigue

Loyal Opposition @PinkFloydFan (1086) • United States 1 Dec

Try movies you wouldn't normally watch. Or a movie you've had in mind - either too art-house, or too long. Or something out of your comfort zone. I'm going through it now (for many reasons), but TCM always shows something good and...

movies

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Rocky

Loyal Opposition @PinkFloydFan (1086) • United States 28 Nov

Rocky - 8/10 It's more allegorical than I remembered ... "The American Dream" with the black champion (Ali is an entire story regarding Vietnam and how they never oppressed him) who is on top of the world, void of stereotypes, and...

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