''Australia'' Movie??

[chrisso]

Anyone seen it?? What do you reckon? How many stars out of 5?
I give it 3 1/2. Not keen on ''Wooden face'' Kidman though

[CatatonicBug]

I'm curious too. I haven't seen it, but the previews look pretty cool. Kinda a cross between a WWII flick, Indiana Jones, and Dances With Wolves?

How accurate is it historically? We don't get much Aussie history here in the States, but I have always been interested in it.

[Ivan]

Hugh Jackman is supposedly pretty light in the loafers. Anyone ever wonder why the good lookin gals like Kidman go for those kind of guys?

[prometheus578]

It's Hollywood... not real life.

Actually, it is.
Women find Nancy-boys non-threatening.
They can finally have a male friend... and not have to worrying about being hit on all the time.
Now, if I had a Nancy-boy as a friend, I would hit on him all the time... with whatever large stick or piece of iron that I could lay my hands on.
This is just natural mammal behavior... males having a distain for any male less male.
Anyway... the female thing...
They also now have a friend that they can go shopping with to buy shoes and frilly things.
Such relationships never proceed too far... meaning... to get more intimate.
After a while... the female realizes that what she needs is a REAL MAN...
Like me!
"Yeah, Baby.. Yeah!"

I dislike Kidman on several levels, so... she's wasting her time writing me all those letters, and such.

[Montreux_Blue]

After a while... the female realizes that what he needs is a REAL MAN...
Like me!
"Yeah, Baby.. Yeah!"

Doesn't someone have one of those metrosexual Vespas? It's ok, I drive around a pocket bike sometimes.

[fredintoon]

Hi Prom,
both those people are professional actors. If you have only seen them on the screen you have only seen their portrayals of fictional characters. I'd say you have no idea what they themselves are truly like any more that you'd recognize Bozo the clown without his makeup and costume.
And I'd bet those letters are really from Nicky Kidman the debt collector. Pay your bills and he'll stop writing.

[prometheus578]

Fred, you insult me!

I agree.
I know nothing of that Jackman fellow. Wasn't he the Wolverine or Weasle or something?
No, Fred... I'm the first to mock people that can't tell an actor's role from the actor's normal life.
Example:
"Oh, I love Tom Cruise... his life is so exciting. He's a spy and he flies fighter jets and he... ,etc"
No... he's little Tommy Mapother.... a sawed off runt who barely stands up to my shoulders... and when he's not beating his wife or kicking his dog, he's trying to convert people to some bizarre religion.
Actors.
Liars.. false-faces... fooling people by pretending to be whom they are not.
Professional actors?
No, Fred.
One is an actor... the other an actress. One would think that the media... who make their living by arranging words on a page.. would know the difference.
As for Ms. Kidman... I cannot besmirch her professional abilities. She is usually very convincing in whichever role she plays on screen.
Her off screen/personal philosophies and life choices, though no business of mine, I find repugnant.
As far as being able to tell Bozo the clown without his make-up...
Well, lessee...
I believe the most widely known Bozo was portryed by Bob Bell, on WGN Television,(channel nine) in Chicago.
As for what he looked like without his makeup... any former Chicagoland viewer(like myself) knows that Bob Bell would sometimes stand in for Frasier Thomas on "The Garfield Goose Show"... in the guise of Andy Starr(meaning, not painted as Bozo)

As it's again the Christmas Season... I recall, from my childhood, that on the "Garfield Goose Show", Frasier Thomas would pull down The Magic Viewing Screen and show Christmas-y cartoons, like "Hardrock, Coco and Joe" and "Suzy Snowflake".
I was in a quandry two years ago.. what to get my brother for Christmas. And then it hit me... I found DVD's of those two movies on E Bay.
But, I had to make it more complete...


Cartoons playing on the TV underneath... me under the red blanket 'working' the goose.


Fred, any time to want the inside scoop on something, just let me know.
Whether it's Oprah's break-up with Stedman or the latest on Brad/Angelina/Jen... I can easily reference my mother's old National Enquirers for you.

[fredintoon]

One is an actor... the other an actress.

Hi Prom,
there really is a Bozo? And I'd supposed Bozo to be a figure of speech. I must have led a sheltered life.
Scientology, right? All religions try to put a limit on the face of God and thus are all equally flawed but Scientology is a spin-off from Dianetics which is a pseudo-science invented by author L Ron Hubbard in the 1950s so it's easier to mock than most.
And why genderize the term Actor? Do we say Doctoress? Authoress? or even (shudder) Lawyeress?

[prometheus578]

"You Clown!

Fred... Oh I pity all those poor Canadian children... not having Bozo to watch at lunchtime.
The waiting list to see the show was so long, people would buy tickets when their children were born so that by the time they were four or five, the tickets were good for admission.





No one's "genderizing" terms, Fred... but de-genderizing them.
Before we had "Flight Attendants", didn't we have stewards and stewardesses?
Before political correctness became the vogue, weren't there negros and nigresses? (I may be mistaken, but from what I gather from TV, I believe the current politically correct term is "Ho", though there may be some question of the spelling)
When dining formally... how should I address the Duke's wife... if not by Duchess? (actually, due to my status, I would address her as "Your Grace", but one gets the general idea)
And remember, Fred, a gentleman always sends a Thank You card to the "hostess" after having been invited into a home for a social gathering.

Yes, I know that when dining out, politically correct people like T.C. politely order food from the "wait-person", but I prefer to address a waiter, or a waitress.
(TRBIG, on the other hand, just whistles or snaps his fingers)


Actually Fred, authoress, as well as poetess, though seldom used, are still viable foms of address.

You mentioned religion, Fred.
What of Gods and Goddesses, then? How are the faithful to tell them apart and not bring down their wrath?

I believe that I have made my point, and made it well.

[Stralya]

I'm God.

Now shutup.

[Ivan]

I dislike Kidman on several levels, so... she's wasting her time writing me all those letters, and such.

I agree, but she is a redhead. That has to count for something.

[prometheus578]

Counts for nothing.
Bozo was a red-headed stepchild, too.



As for your being God, Stralya...
You do sit in a godly throne of a chair.
And by knowing what they've done or how they've behaved... you pass judgement on mankind.
But wasn't God surrounded by angels and such?
All you have are dwarves dressed as elves to do your bidding.
Not really the same thing.
(But, if you had cute teenaged girls in those little shorts with red tights and Robinhood-styled green hats attending to you... I'd be duly impressed with your powers.)

"Stralya/God... now appearing at a shopping mall near you."

[prometheus578]

Ok...ok...

Make that, "...older teenaged girls...".
Like 18+
(Hey... we all have our own wish lists.)

[Stralya]

Incur my Wrath will you?

I've been sitting here on my thrown discussing your latest post among my minions when one of them spotted something. I'd forgotten all about it. Are you still pissed off over me casting you into the pit of hell with Satan? Well at least you didn't have to move in with him, I provided suitable digs right next door! And you'd have to admit, that dust jacket is pretty fetching.



Any more of this heresy and I'll move you into No.666 with you know who!

Dan.
Athiest.

[prometheus578]

"Your powers of observation must be fading..."

...or else you need to hire some new minions.

...me under the red blanket 'working' the goose

Your little helpers seem to have mistaken me for my older brother.

Let me help you a bit.
Compare these pics of me and my brother:

(As you know... females write me all the time;
"Hey, Prom... send me a picture of yourself... showing the big wiener.")

Pic of Prom.


Pic of Prom's brother.


Main difference:
His moustache is bigger.
(As for the wiener, I can't say.)