VicVegas

Who'd a thunk that kid would grow up to be Batman? Maybe Speilberg's most visually stunning film "Empire of the Sun"

The first movie I remember seeing her in, and she was a hot young thing . . . Dead Calm

The lovely and classy Michelle Yeoh

I'm invoking the 24 hour rule. Looked up "A Sting in the Tale" and luckily there's an actor who should get us out of this. John Noble Hope his name "Rings" a bell.

Tom, Tom, Tom, what do you not understand about the phrase, "I'm not going to pay to have more soccer beamed into my apartment"? If I pay for the TrueVision Silver package, which will give me ASN, I will also be paying for the 3 other TrueVision channels, which show soccer and shit sports 24/7. Notice I've eliminated the word "all" so as not to confuse your addled brain. Even if I never watch those other channels. Even if I only see a brief 1 second glimpse of the polka-dot-ball-sport as I flip through the channels. Even if they lower the price to one baht per month, it's against my nature to pay for TV that brings shit into my living room. I WOULD pay if they would install it and then immediately have a technician let me watch while he removes the shit TrueVision sports channels, if I could watch him remove the tiny strand of cable that carries those shit TrueVision sports channels. If I could hold that tiny stand of cable in my hand and then crumple it and throw in the dumpster in my complex parking lot, THEN I might pay for TrueVision . . . maybe. Now go lie down. It's time for your nap.

Another all-time favorite . . . The Boys From Brazil

"The Right Stuff"

I would be paying for all the other TrueVision sports channels that came with the same package as ASN. Obviously I wouldn't be paying for channels that don't come with the package. Did anybody but hair-splitter Tom get confused by that? Maybe time to up the dosage on your valium. Back to hair-splitting Tom, you wrote: " . . . you wouldn't be paying for all those other TrueVision sports channels at all." If you want to split hairs, why did you include the words "at all", which give an absolute quality to the statement? For example: "Have you eaten anything today?" "No, I haven't eaten at all." Meaning - Absolutely nothing has been eaten. "Do I have to do anything?" "No, you don't have to do anything at all." Meaning - Absolutely nothing needs to be done. "Did you find anything?" "No, I didn't find anything at all." Meaning - Absolutely nothing has been found. "Did you hear a noise?" "No I didn't hear anything at all." Meaning - Absolutely nothing has been heard. Back to CT's sentence: " . . .you wouldn't be paying for all those other TrueVision sports channels at all." Does this mean that absolutely nothing needs to be paid? Obviously not since I wouldbe paying for any of the TrueVision sports channels that came with the package, wouldn't I? English is a tough language, Tom, especially for non-native speakers, like you Scots. It's understandable that you would forget some things as you enter your "golden years". I suggest you sit down in a comfy chair, have one of the attendants get your favorite quilt, tuck it in nice and snug around your frail upper body, and watch some of your beloved footie on TV. It has a soothing, relaxing, monotonous quality about it . . . sort of like static . . . or a test pattern.

He should've won an Oscar for this . . . Richard Burton

Funny, I see True Sport 2 and True Sport 6 on that list, so I believe I'd be getting them AND paying for them. Let's look at what's on TrueSport 2 tonight: 14:00 - World Boxing News 14:30 - WWE Experience 16:00 - WWE Smackdown 17:30 - Planet X 18:00 - Aerobics Oz Style 18:24 - Aerobics Oz Style 19:00 - Breaking Weapons Free Style 20:00 - WWE Bottom Line 21:00 - World Class Boxing 22:30 - Planet X 23:00 - Breaking Weapons Free Style Ok, at least there's no soccer. A little boxing, which is ok but a ways down on my fav sport list. Then we have fake wrestling, aerobics, and breaking weapons (whatever that is). You expect me to pay for this? BUT WAIT, let's look at TrueSport 6: 10:30 - Caglari vs Juventus 13:30 - FIFA Futbol Mundial 15:30 - Everton vs Chelsea 21:30 - LA Liga 22:30 - Hertha Berlin vs Leverkusen 12:00 - Genoa vs Sampdoria 14:00 - Heracles Almelo vs PSV Eindhoven 20:30 - WRC Shake Down Finland 17:00 - Man U vs Portsmouth I have no idea what most of that is. Berlin is a city in Germany, Genoa is a city in Italy and Finland is a country up by Russia, but the rest? That doesn't bode well for my sporting interests. Unfortunately I do recognize these words - "Futbol", "Everton", "Chelsea", "Man U", "Portsmouth" Sounds like the "Polka-Dot-Ball-Sport" to me. So, CT, when you say: "you wouldn't be paying for all those other TrueVision sports channels at all." . . . you are lying. I WOULD be paying for these 2 TrueVision sports channels, and as you can see above, they broadcast crap. I will not pay to have more soccer and other crap sports beamed into my apartment. I get enough of that for free on my crappy Rayong cable.

Back to oldies Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

All I know about the Tour de France is Lance Armstrong and steroids. I wouldn't be suprised if he was on roids, seems like all of them are. Put "bike riding" on the long list of sports I care nothing about. As for Lance - roided or not, Dude kicked cancer's ass. He gets my respect for that. Plus he made a bunch of Frenchies look silly for several years, which is a good thing. Back to the "polka-dot-ball-sport", closeted fan? No way, but I have learned a lot about it since moving to Thailand 5 years ago. How could I not, it's on 24/7. My soccer-loving friends promised me there'd be a soccer-free period after the WC ended, but at my local bar the only TrueVision channels they ever play have been showing replays of WC games every night. Some boardies have suggested I actually pay for the satillite hook up at home. Sure I'd get to see the occassional baseball game on ASN, but I'd also be paying for all those other TrueVision sports channels, and that means soccer, soccer, and more soccer. No thank you. At least I get my crappy cable hook-up for free, and don't have to fork out one satang for the "polka-dot-ball-sport".

What I consider his best performance . . . "My Own Private Idaho"

An often over-looked gem from director Peter Weir . . . The Mosquito Coast

Gonzo makes an excellent analogy here. Just like religion, soccer is pointless and boring.

At least most of us know the difference between "brake" and "break". Nah, the Tour de France has some pretty good roidheads too. My point is that "The-polka-dot-ball-sport" is not catching on in the US, as evidence by the stupid US info-tainment anchors telling Hank Theirry that they got caught up in the World Cup excitement, yet they didn't even know who won. The WC was the "flavor-of-the-month", at least until the US team lost. "REAL" US sports fans didn't follow it and don't care about it. They were too busy watching the NBA Finals and baseball - sports where games never end in a tie.

I'm tempted to make this difficult and say Francois Truffaut, but I'll go the easy road with . . . Teri Garr

Mr. "Book-him-Dano", James MacArthur

Hamlet (1996) Plenty of well known actors in that one.

She was such a hottie in '87 and she still looks pretty good . . . Jami Gertz

Robert Forster

I know who Beckham is. Not sure if he's still playing for the LA team or not. Moore? Best? I have no idea who you're talking about, and that's my point - these big name soccer boys come over, collect their money, then go back to soccer-loving land, and most US sports fans don't know or care about them because we don't give a shit about soccer. The people who think professional soccer will ever be popular in the US as a spectator sport, they're the ones who will never learn. Go peddle that boring, crappy, polka-dotted-ball sport somewhere else.

Does Henry want to help turn the USA into a soccer-loving nation? Nah, he just wants to live in midtown Manhattan. The Red Bulls? Hope he enjoys playing a novelty sport, because NFL training camps are about to start, and the Yankees and Mets are both in the baseball play-off hunt. The Red Bulls might get mentioned in the NY papers somewhere after women's volleyball and the Syracuse lacrosse team.

The NY interviewers say of the World Cup, "Even we got caught up in it." Of course they have no idea who won the World Cup. Proof positive that most Americans don't care about soccer, with good reason. http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/good_day_ny/new...-henry-20100719

He was in so many great movies, but I'll go with . . . "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"