Re: Never Ever?

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"its", dammit!


Posted by: ben w-lfs-n | Link to this comment | 04-28-04 12:02 PM
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Sorry Ben, happens to the best of us.


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 04-28-04 1:05 PM
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Nope, haven't heard it. Where are y'all from?


Posted by: Tripp | Link to this comment | 04-28-04 1:26 PM
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Glad you liked it! I thought Croupier profoundly underrated, like too-cool-for-school protagonist Clive Owen generally. Why is Ben Affleck a star, and not Clive Owen?


Posted by: baa | Link to this comment | 04-28-04 1:38 PM
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Why is Ben Affleck a star, and not Clive Owen?

Very good question. Have we considered the possibility that Affleck's total lack of charisma is the key to his success? Somehow?

Tripp, Illinois, more or less. I think that's where I picked it up.


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 04-28-04 2:08 PM
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Afflack is just a mystery to me. There are other uncharismatic people who have made a great go of it: Tom Hanks, for example. But Hanks seems a wrong analogy for two reasons. 1) Hanks was, at one time, a gifted comic. 2) Hanks rose to prominence as everyman, not as an action star. No one tried to cast him as freaking Daredevil for example. Although come to think of it, I would pay good money to see Hanks in "Punisher II."


Posted by: baa | Link to this comment | 04-28-04 2:31 PM
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Hmm. Affleck does look the part, so maybe people just keep expecting that this time he'll surprise them. He's also not so bad in "real life," or, at least, on IFC's Dinner for Five; so maybe he charms producers.

Hanks, on the other hand, I just can't abide. I won't see any Tom Hanks movies, period.


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 04-28-04 2:54 PM
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Affleck has a peculiar combination of bearing and facial features that makes me want to deck him. Fortunately I'll probably never get the chance, since I'm pretty sure he could mop the floor with me. (Also, I've never heard "early ripe, early rotten", and thought Croupier was really good. Would you believe Facets doesn't have it for rent?)


Posted by: ben w-lfs-n | Link to this comment | 04-28-04 4:07 PM
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Thanks for the contribution Ben, now get your ass over to the music recommendation thread.


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 04-28-04 4:09 PM
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Why you treat me so unkind, ogged?


Posted by: ben w-lfs-n | Link to this comment | 04-28-04 4:36 PM
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But, that was a compliment! I knew you had secret groovy music.


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 04-28-04 4:37 PM
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I'm not sure if I should be surprised by the fact that Ogged is a fellow member of the Hating on Tom Hanks club.


Posted by: FL | Link to this comment | 04-28-04 4:55 PM
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Oh. In that case all is forgiven.


Posted by: ben w-lfs-n | Link to this comment | 04-28-04 6:32 PM
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Never heard it, but it's a sensible aphorism. Did you happen to read my Haytian proverbs entry of a few days ago that's still on my page?


Posted by: Gary Farber | Link to this comment | 04-29-04 4:44 PM
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Hey, those are good!


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 04-29-04 4:46 PM
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Never heard it, but soudns good.


Posted by: Cryptic Ned | Link to this comment | 06-17-04 5:47 PM
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