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The work week will be cut from 5 days to 4 days and if you telecommute you get extra pay. By the year 2012 55% of the cars sold in the USA will run on cleaner fuels. By 2015 I want an electric car that can go 100 miles at 90mph by god if Ohio State can build a car that goes 400mph on electricity then we can drive cars that run on electricity. Mandatory recycling of all recyclable products. By 2020 I want all fossil fuels out of producing power in the USA no coal plants, or oil plants. It if ain't solar, nuke, wind or water you ain't using it you ain't building it, clean and free. Clothing is optional from now on. (OK that may not fly well with some). From this day forth styrofoam is banned. Moms sorry but get your poopie diaper buckets out because disposable diapers are gone no more you are not stuck using cloth diapers. It worked for our mothers it will work for you.
If you are a tree hugger of part of a tree hugger group that is fine but you are now expected to prove you are better for the environment than regular Americans. Exxon, Chevron, BP, Conoco Philips you are to pay a 99% tax on all foreign oil. By 2018 the USA will purchase no oil from other countries. I am moving all people out f NJ and it will be the sole trash dump for the entire USA if it fills up you are going to have to figure out what to do with your trash. Speed limits are to be lowered by 5mph on all road ways in the USA. If you are caught speeding it will cost you $200 per mph over the limit that means you jackasses going 10mph over are going to pay $2000 get it got it good. All new housing must have plants that are indigenous to the area. If you live in the desert then you ain't planting any stinking Ferns from the rain forest you can have cacti just like the rest of the people living in the desert.
Carpooling: if you drive to work you better have no less that three other people riding with you in the car. If you do not you will be fined $1000 for each person missing from the car. So if you are driving alone to work that is a $3000 fine.
Each house is to have a water collecting system from the roof to collector rain water for watering lawns, gardens, and flowers. All new housing will be built with green (Environmentally friendly) products used in no less than 78.5% of the building. If it's brown flush it down, if it's yellow let he mellow. I want all toilets retrofitted to use no more than 1/2 gal of water on each flush I also want a solid waste sensor so if it is just urine it can be flushed with less water. Men and Boys are required to urinate outside at least 4 times daily to preserve water. Lawn watering is on Monday Wednesday and Friday for even numbered houses and Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday this goes for flower beds as well. Each family is to provide at least 1/4 of their fresh fruit and veggies from their own garden. I mandated that 90% of all roofs of all newly built homes be covered in solar panels.
OK my day is done Next guy gets Military Funding and you better be giving a pay raise to all enlisted military even RL357 sons.
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No term limits, so I am going to step in, since I can't pass up the Military.
Great post cpttango - I loved reading it and was very much pro cpt in that few minutes... *thumbs up*
I already gave Black Ops almost unlimited funding in my previous tenure. I stand by that.
The basic volunteer military will be receiving a pay increase, but they will also be receiving a minimum interest loan to start a business, or buy a home, at the completion of their service. Upon completion of a float, or a tour abroad, each member will receive a tax free 20% check based on their new pay grade. This will also be paid out of the Foreign Aid purse, so the tax payer will NOT feel the effect of this decision.
If you are stationed in a combat zone, or even taken fire while stationed, you will receive 100% lifetime medical coverage and you will be eligible for any and all counseling or "experimental" medical procedures that you feel would help you in your retirement. Medical benefits DO NOT have to be used in Miltary Grade Hospitals. If a surgeon at Johns Hopkins can help you, then YOU WILL have acces to that surgeon!
Any doctor refusing to take a military patient WILL have s/he's license revoked and WILL be charged criminally.
You will receive 100% of your final pay grade as your pension upon serving your 20, this will be retro active.
You will receive 50% of your final pay grade as your pension upon serving 10 years on active duty, this will be retro active.
Less than 10 years will get you a flat 10% of final pay grade as your pension, this will be retro active.
You served us, kept us safe, we will do our part to reward you and pay you back for that service! If you oppose this policy, since you won't be paying for it, you can get bent, or you can stand their post for the next 2 years....
Basic military funding will be increased to WHAT EVER IS NECESSARY to insure the safe return of our soldiers from combat! There will be NO GUARANTEED CONTRACTS!
The minute the free market comes up with a better mouse trap, it will be evaluated, and if it passes mustard, it WILL BE purchased and it WILL BE put in the field!
Along those lines, the M9 will be retired and each soldier will be BUILT a .45 cal 1911 by Mastersmiths who are paid EXTREMELY well by our government, in a State of the Art shop, to produce the best handgun on the planet for our troops.
Next up for the ruler taking the Throne.....
The "lifetime" politician
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I've got no problem with the lifetime Politicians but I do have a problem with them sitting idle , thats when they come up with bright ideas for their stupid laws like Gun Control .
First I would limit them to 4 , 2 month sessions with the other 4 months back home with their constituents actually going to homes and local business and talking to the people and at least 1 week of every month working side by side with them where feasible .
Business would get no warning they were coming so if people were working in unsafe conditions the businesses get busted .
While in session no Riders each issue is voted on and once voted on by both house if not passed in one or both it becomes a dead issue for the rest of that politicians term he could only revisit it if it passed both houses and was vetoed and then get only one more chance at it that term .
I would make an exception in that financial and military issues could by a 2/3 vote of both houses be declared an emergency issue and be given another vote if a Bill was substantially rewritten .
Any business doing business in any manor with government would have to provide the nations average hourly wage and must provide good medical for their people and retirement which the employer contributes to .
I would end all public construction contracts for public buildings/grounds and instead turn the projects over to the military construction people and increase the size of the force as needed with men rotating from combat unit assignments to construction . If a national park needed a road built let the military build it . This way more young men learn real skills while serving and save taxpayers money .
I wouldn't end welfare but it would be seriously overhauled .
First after the birth of the first child that landed a women on welfare they would have to have their tubes tied to prevent more births they can't afford .
Their housing would be fenced off and patrolled by Police 24/7 to the point of having a substation there , no alcohol would be allowed on the premises and possession of illegal drugs would mean an immediate eviction . NO male visitors in apartments over the age of 12 Period ! Constant and unannounced inspections of the apartments would be the norm and they must be kept clean .
Schedules would be set up for them to take turns at schooling , group daycare and even maintenance of the premises . If they are going to live on tax money they would shovel their own snow , cut grass , paint apartments etc. etc. . . I would even organize them to run pay services for working citizens that either can't afford it at all or partially especially the elderly .
Any kids that went to school on Federal loans would then spend so many years working under federal guide lines including wage limits in their respective field . If they refused a 1 year sentence on a chain gang for every $5,000 of loans they didn't payback would be handed out .
I would put a Federal bounty out on every Illegal immigrant of $1,000 and they would be given the choice of leaving or face a firing squad take their pick they are illegal invaders in our country and no child of an illegal gets citizen ship and I would make that retroactive as far back as 20 years ago .
Illegals wanted for committing any violent or drug felony gets a dead or alive bounty put out on them with citizens being encouraged to participate and will receive death if captured by police .
Police would use small cameras on their person to tape drug raids/busts .
Anyone caught smuggling in illegal drugs , making drugs or selling them get a public death sentence that is carried out within 1 week of being caught .
I would pass laws that prevent anyone from voting if they are 18 - 22 and first can't speak and read correct and clear english , not working or in school at least part time , over 22 and not at least part time employed in the election year or have a solid record of being employed most of their adult life .
I would also make sure Voter fraud was inforced and punished by 1 removing their vote and doing a recount and permently removing their voting rights . If they vote again they get a prison term .
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^ Impressive list, but you didn't mandate anything for the next ruler....
Sorry 'bout that. I was in a rush.
I also missed: "Effective immediately, the entire bill of rights must be incorporated such that all states are obliged to acknowledge these pre-existing rights. All state laws that contravene any portion of the Bill of Rights (eg: gun control laws) must be abolished immediately, and no future legislation may contravene any portion of the BoR."
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So the next Ruler gets to address:
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Follow our rules, and you can come in and stay in the USA.
Don't follow our rules, and we will immediately shove a size 14 right up your hind quarters, and airdrop you back into your own country.
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Iraq, Afganistan, Pakistan, Iran, North Korea, etc, etc, etc......
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The death penalty will be swift. if you are a child molester you will die a slow painful death. The BATF will be eliminated. And the gun control will be a two handed grip.
A armed man is a citizen. A unarmed man is a subject.
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Environment we need to take care of it. No more trash left in the mountains. You leave trash you lose a testacle period. You start a fire you best be putting it out. Other wise you are doused with gasoline and lit up. As for other countries screw all of you we are done taking care of the world. The USA is now looking out for number 1 and that means ourselves. If you come to this country you best learn our language and live by our rules. Remember we all now carry guns.
Next up SOCIAL SECURITY
Sorry all I posted off one I was reading on the first page. My bad.
I screwed up - Apologies guns....
Next up, you get to handle Social Security, although I believe that bkt did away with that in a previous term as ruler, so you might need to readdress the issue.
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So the next Ruler gets to address:
Legal & Illegal Immigration
Yep JD that's easy .
Time to hang a "No Vacancy" sign in the window for everyone that doesn't speak English , and at least have some education and skill .
We use to let all these people come here claiming to educate them for the purpose of them taking skills back to their undeveloped Nations and improving them .
What have we managed to accomplish with this ?
We have trained some of our worst enemies , from the Japanese Admiral Yamamoto in charge of the Pear Harbor attack to military training for Mexican troops that became Mercenaries for drug runners , to Middle Eastern terrorists .
Even the quaint idea of having embassy's for foreign dignitaries is out dated in todays world with video and tele conferencing available to us .
The old "Give us your tired poor and hungry" needs to be brought to a halt as all we have been doing the last few decades is taking in useless dregs and out right criminals from around the world that are either here to attack us or just sit on their butts and suck us financially dry .
We are no longer a fledgling developing Nation with unlimited resources to offer the Worlds overpopulated Nations that have been around for thousand of years before us and have imported many of their problems along with their people .
Time to lock the door unless a person has a skill to offer and we invite them .
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I Think I'll address fema, fema as we know it will cease to exist. All previous executive orders will be resinded immediately. Fema will be known as a public service agency Each state will control it's own emergencys akin to DPS. Fema will answer to the state leader only , Anyone caught abusing the system due to disaster will be imprisoned immediately.
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The only times in this nations history that anything great happened it was because normal men put aside their petty differences and fight for a common cause.
"The great object is that every man be armed . . . Everyone who is able may have a gun." (Patrick Henry, in the Virginia Convention on the ratification of the Constitution.)
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Lawrence Gordon
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Jeb Stuart
Henry Rosenbaum
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Lock Up is a 1989 American prison action film directed by John Flynn. The film stars Sylvester Stallone and Donald Sutherland. It was released in the United States on August 4, 1989.
Frank Leone, a skilled mechanic and football player in Hoboken, New Jersey, is a model prisoner nearing the end of his sentence in Norwood, a low security prison. He occasionally spends time outside prison in his garage fixing cars, playing football and spending time with his girlfriend Melissa.
One night, while sleeping in his cell, guards arrive and forcibly take Leone to maximum security Gateway Prison run by Warden Drumgoole. Drumgoole explains to him, that he will serve hard time, because he escaped once from Treadmore and did so on Drumgoole's watch. He escaped because his mentor and friend was dying; Leone was refused even one hour to see him so Leone escaped to visit him and went to the press about the warden's treatment of his prisoners, resulting in Drumgoole's transfer to Gateway and Leone serving five additional years in minimum security before his transfer.
Leone is mistreated by the guards and the boss of the inmates, Chink Weber, who is Drumgoole's muscle appendage. There he befriends fellow prisoners Dallas, Eclipse, and First-Base, and shows them his concept of freedom that has helped Leone go on: that the body may be confined to one place, but "your mind can be wherever you want it". The foursome refurbish a Ford Mustang, which Eclipse nicknames "Maybelline". Leone explains to Eclipse that he was sent to prison for taking the law into his own hands when he avenges an attack on his father. After Leone reluctantly allows First-Base to start the car he refuses to turn it off and drives the Mustang out of the garage. Drumgoole makes them watch as inmates destroy the car and Leone is subsequently sent to solitary confinement for six weeks. There Leone is tortured by the guards who wake him at random points in the middle of the night, forcing him to face a security camera and dictate his name and prisoner number. However,the guards' captain, Meissner, and one other guard become so disgusted with the crude sadism of the warden and his toadies that Meissner orders it to stop and releases Leone from confinement.
Upon release, the warden wants an excuse to slap Leone with more time, so he has Weber kill First-Base in the gym. Leone fights and defeats Chink, but spares Chink's life because he knows that's precisely what Drumgoole wants. Since Leone didn't kill Chink one of Chink's friends stabs Leone from behind with a shank. Whilst Leone recovers in the prison infirmary, a stranger, says to him, that the warden has paid him to rape and murder Melissa. Dallas offers to help Leone escape to warn Melissa but instead delivers him to the utility basement right into Drumgoole's hands where he finds out that Drumgoole wanted him to try to escape so he would receive a mandatory 10-year sentence for the second escape attempt. Dallas agreed with the warden to lead Leone into a trap only if the warden would give Dallas an early release from prison, but the warden betrays Dallas, ordering him back to the general population. Knowing he will be killed by the general population prisoners after setting up Leone, Dallas tries to attack the warden but the corrupt sadistic prison guards beat him up and push him into a pool of water. The warden then leaves the sadistic guards to physically abuse Leone. Leone breaks free. Dallas, badly beaten up, apologizes to Leone and helps him escape sacrificing his life and killing one of the guards on the way.
Enraged, Leone breaks into Drumgoole's office, takes him to the execution chamber and straps him to the electric chair. He activates the generator and secures his hand to the switch. The prison guards break into the execution chamber and point their weapons at Leone, but don´t shoot because of the situation. Under threat of being executed, the warden finally confesses to his plot to increase Leone's jail time. Leone pulls the switch anyway but nothing happens; he then reveals he took one of the fuses out before to trick the warden into confessing. Captain Meissner and his men cuff Frank, but they also take Drumgoole into custody for the legal confession.
A judicial inquiry is made into the matter about the warden's corrupt behavior and Leone serves only the jail time required of him in the first place. A few weeks later Frank leaves prison to the cheers of his fellow inmates and meets up with Eclipse one last time. He wishes Captain Meissner farewell, exits Gateway and embraces the waiting Melissa.
- Sylvester Stallone as Frank Leone
- Donald Sutherland as Warden Drumgoole
- John Amos as Captain Meissner
- Sonny Landham as Chink Weber
- Tom Sizemore as Dallas
- Frank McRae as Eclipse
- Darlanne Fluegel as Melissa
- William Allen Young as Braden
- Larry Romano as First Base
- Jordan Lund as Manly
- John Lilla as Wiley
- Dean Duval as Ernie
- Jerry Strivelli as Louie Munafo
- David Anthony Marshall as Mastrone
- Kurek Ashley as Chink's Gang Member
- Michael Petroni as Chink's Gang Member
- Danny Trejo as Chink's Gang Member
- Frank Pesce as Johnson
John Flynn later recalled how the movie was made:
Stallone had a "window," which means the guy was available for a certain window of time. Larry Gordon had a terrible script set in a prison. Stallone calls James Woods and asks if I'm any good as a director. Woods says yeah, he's a good director and you ought to work with him. So we have a director and a star, but no script. All we have is a theme - a guy escaping from prison. So we hire Jeb Stuart, who was then one of the hottest writers in Hollywood, to rewrite the script and we go off looking for prison locations. Now we have a star, a theme, a shooting date, a budget, a studio, but we still have no script. So we all go back to New York and move into a hotel where Larry "tortures" Jeb and Henry Rosenbaum into writing a script in record time. Meanwhile, I'm going around scouting prisons. We finally found one in Rahway, New Jersey. Jeb and Henry were writing the script as we were making the movie. New pages would come in every day. There was one day when I was on the third tier of a cellblock in Rahway Penitentiary and I had nothing to shoot. I had my movie star, all these extras and a great location - and the pages were on their way. So we sat around and bullshitted with the prisoners. Stallone is a smart guy and a very underrated actor. If I ever needed a better line, he'd come up with one. Stallone is a really hard worker. I had no problem whatsoever with him.[3]
Box office[edit]
Lock Up did poorly at the American box office, making $22,099,847 on a budget of $24 million.[4]
Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 17% of twelve surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 4.2/10.[5] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times wrote that Stallone "defies credibility to the point of inviting unintended laughter."[6] Hal Hinson of The Washington Post wrote, "Lock Up bears the unmistakable mark of a vanity production".[7]
The film was nominated for three Razzie Awards including Worst Picture, Worst Actor for Sylvester Stallone and Worst Supporting Actor for Donald Sutherland, but failed to win any of those categories.[8]
See also[edit]
- Escape Plan, another Sylvester Stallone movie set in a prison.
- ^ http://articles.latimes.com/1989-08-16/entertainment/ca-679_1_stallone-film
- ^ "Lock Up (1989) - Box Office Mojo". Retrieved 2011-07-24.
- ^ Harvey Chartand, "Interview with John Flynn", Shock Cinema 2005
- ^ Easton, Nina J. (1989-08-16). "Box Office Cold to Stallone's 'Lock Up' Role". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
- ^ "Lock Up (1989)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2012-12-09.
- ^ Thomas, Kevin (1989-08-04). "Muscular Madness From Stallone in 'Lock Up'". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
- ^ "Lock Up". Washington Post. 1989-08-04. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
- ^ http://www.razzies.com/forum/1989-razzie-nominees-winners_topic339.html
External links[edit]
- Lock Up at the Internet Movie Database
- Lock Up at Rotten Tomatoes


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Votes: 244,660 | Gross: $73.82M
24. Spy Game (2001)
R | 126 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Retiring CIA agent Nathan Muir recalls his training of Tom Bishop while working against agency politics to free him from his Chinese captors.
Writers: Michael Frost Beckner, David Arata | Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack, Stephen Dillane
Votes: 120,968 | Gross: $0.03M
25. War Machine (2016)
Comedy, Drama | Post-production
A satire of America's war with Afghanistan with a focus on the people running the campaign.
Writers: Michael Hastings, David Michôd | Director: David Michôd | Stars: Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton, Anthony Michael Hall, Topher Grace
26. Wrath of the Titans (2012)
PG-13 | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Perseus braves the treacherous underworld to rescue his father, Zeus, captured by his son, Ares, and brother Hades who unleash the ancient Titans upon the world.
Writers: Dan Mazeau, David Leslie Johnson, Greg Berlanti, Beverley Cross | Director: Jonathan Liebesman | Stars: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Rosamund Pike, Ralph Fiennes
Votes: 152,379 | Gross: $83.64M
27. Hereafter (2010)
PG-13 | 129 min | Drama, Fantasy
A drama centered on three people -- a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy -- who are touched by death in different ways.
Writer: Peter Morgan | Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Matt Damon, Cécile De France, Bryce Dallas Howard, Thierry Neuvic
Votes: 79,976 | Gross: $32.74M
28. Johnny English (2003)
PG | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After a sudden attack on the MI5, Johnny English, Britain's most confident yet unintelligent spy, becomes Britain's only spy.
Writers: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, William Davies | Director: Peter Howitt | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, John Malkovich, Natalie Imbruglia, Tasha de Vasconcelos
Votes: 114,382 | Gross: $27.97M
29. David Copperfield (1999 TV Mini-Series)
Unrated | 185 min | Drama
Charles Dickens' haunting semi-autobiographical tale of a boy who is sent away by his stepfather after his mother dies but manages to triumph over incredible adversities.
Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Trevor Eve, Michael Elphick, James Thornton
Votes: 3,282
30. Soldier Soldier (1991–1997)
50 min | Drama
Drama following the life of the officers and men of the King's Own Fusiliers regiment, during their home lives, training exercises and battles.
Creator: Lucy Gannon | Stars: Ben Nealon, Robson Green, Jerome Flynn, Rosie Rowell
Votes: 415
31. Footballers' Wives (2002– )
TV-14 | 49 min | Drama
Drama focusing on the players at Earls Park Football Club as well as the lives of their wives and girlfriends.
Stars: Gillian Taylforth, Zöe Lucker, Alison Newman, Chad Shepherd
Votes: 1,146
32. The Trench (1999)
98 min | Drama, War
A story about a group of soldiers' last days before the battle of the Somme in 1916, showing the conditions in the trenches during World War 1 and taking you into the minds of the soldiers.
Writer: William Boyd | Director: William Boyd | Stars: Paul Nicholls, Daniel Craig, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Danny Dyer
Votes: 1,883
33. Essex Boys (2000)
R | 102 min | Crime, Thriller
The film is based loosely around events in December 1995 that culminated in the murders of three drug dealers in Rettendon, Essex, UK. On 6th December Patrick Tate, Craig Rolfe and Tony ... See full summary »
Writers: Jeff Pope, Terry Winsor | Director: Terry Winsor | Stars: Charlie Creed-Miles, Sean Bean, Gareth Milne, Alex Kingston
Votes: 3,136
34. The Heart of Me (2002)
R | 96 min | Drama, Romance
1930's London. Two sisters - Madeleine and Dinah - One marries Rickie, the other falls in love with him. He begins an affair which is to have repercussions throughout their lives.
Writers: Rosamond Lehmann, Lucinda Coxon | Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan | Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia Williams, Paul Bettany, Eleanor Bron
Votes: 1,961 | Gross: $0.20M
35. The Lost Son (1999)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Xavier Lombard is a world-weary private eye in London, in exile from his native Paris; his best friend is Nathalie, a high-class call girl. He gets a call from an old friend from the Paris ... See full summary »
Writers: Eric Leclere, Margaret Leclere, Mark Mills | Director: Chris Menges | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Nastassja Kinski, Katrin Cartlidge, Marianne Denicourt
Votes: 1,245
36. Two Men Went to War (2002)
PG | 109 min | Comedy, War, Drama
Comedy drama based on the true story of two British Army dentists who in 1942, eager to see action, go AWOL and invade occupied France on their own.
Writers: Richard Everett, Raymond Foxall, Christopher Villiers | Director: John Henderson | Stars: Kenneth Cranham, Leo Bill, Derek Jacobi, Rosanna Lavelle
Votes: 784 | Gross: $0.15M
37. The Shouting Men (2010)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
Lowly Gillingham Football Club are drawn against Premiership giants Newcastle United in the quarter finals of the FA Cup. A small group of 'Gills' fans decide to make the most of their '... See full summary »
Writers: Matt Daniel-Baker, Warren Llambias | Director: Steve Kelly | Stars: Craig Fairbrass, Warren Llambias, Matt Daniel-Baker, Dudley Sutton
Votes: 210
38. Bombshell (2006– )
70 min | Drama
Stars: Zöe Lucker, Andrew McKay, Robert Beck, Emma Rydal
Votes: 10
39. Blue Murder (2000 TV Movie)
100 min | Crime, Romance, Thriller
Gemma Redgrave is Gale Francombe, a woman trapped in a loveless marriage to a powerful, but wealthy man, so she conspires with her lover Adam,(Gary Mavers) to plot the perfect murder. There... See full summary »
Writer: Nick Collins | Director: Paul Unwin | Stars: Gary Mavers, Jemma Redgrave, Sheila Ballantine, Julie Bramall
Votes: 18
40. Passion Killers (1999 TV Movie)
50 min
A woman's hushed confessions about her favorite undies.
Writers: Charles Peattie, Mark Warren | Director: David Evans | Stars: Ben Miller, Georgia Mackenzie, Helen Grace, Nicholas Sidi
Votes: 7
Band of Brothers (2001)
TV-MA | 64 min | Action, Drama, History
It's Christmas 1944, and the 101st is surrounded by Germans in the forest outside of Bastogne with a lack of supplies in bitter cold and snow.
Writers: Stephen Ambrose, Bruce C. McKenna | Director: David Leland | Stars: Kirk Acevedo, Doug Allen, William Armstrong, Philip Barantini
Votes: 2,501
Band of Brothers (2001)
TV-MA | 62 min | Action, Drama, History
Easy Company takes on German troops in the French town of Carentan, and the battle takes its toll on one soldier who is badly traumatized by the experience.
Writers: Stephen Ambrose, E. Max Frye | Director: Mikael Salomon | Stars: Nicholas Aaron, Doug Allen, Philip Barantini, Ben Caplan
Votes: 2,404
Band of Brothers (2001)
TV-MA | 53 min | Action, Drama, History
Captain Winters leads Easy Company in an attack on what they thought was a machine gun nest but turns out to 2 Companies of German SS who also have artillery support. The attack is ... See full summary »
Writers: Stephen Ambrose, Erik Jendresen | Director: Tom Hanks | Stars: Nicholas Aaron, Kirk Acevedo, Doug Allen, Eion Bailey
Votes: 2,226
Band of Brothers (2001)
Day of Days
TV-MA | 49 min | Action, Drama, History
Easy Company paratroopers jump behind enemy lines in Normandy on D-Day and struggle to reunite in hostile territory.
Writers: Stephen Ambrose, John Orloff | Director: Richard Loncraine | Stars: Nicholas Aaron, Kirk Acevedo, Philip Barantini, David Blair
Votes: 2,695
Band of Brothers (2001)
TV-MA | 59 min | Action, Drama, History
As the Germans surrender, it appears that that the hard days for Easy Company are over as they are stationed in Austria. But they soon learn that those solders without enough service points will be sent to fight in Japan.
Writers: Stephen Ambrose, Erik Jendresen, Erik Bork | Director: Mikael Salomon | Stars: Nicholas Aaron, Doug Allen, David Andrews, Eion Bailey
Votes: 2,124
Band of Brothers (2001)
TV-MA | 57 min | Action, Drama, History
With the addition of many new men, Easy Company heads to Holland to participate in Operation Market Garden and prepare an Allied route into Germany, but they meet stiff German resistance.
Writers: Stephen Ambrose, Graham Yost, Bruce C. McKenna | Director: David Nutter | Stars: Nicholas Aaron, Kirk Acevedo, Doug Allen, Eion Bailey
Votes: 2,232
Band of Brothers (2001)
The Breaking Point
TV-MA | 69 min | Action, Drama, History
Easy Company remains in the Ardennes Forest preparing for an inevitable attack on German forces in the town of Foy. However, morale is low due to cold weather, constant shelling, poor leadership, and numerous casualties.
Writers: Stephen Ambrose, Graham Yost | Director: David Frankel | Stars: Nicholas Aaron, Kirk Acevedo, Doug Allen, Jamie Bamber
Votes: 2,357
Band of Brothers (2001)
The Last Patrol
TV-MA | 56 min | Action, Drama, History
Easy Company is in Hagenau in Feburary, 1945, where they prepare for a night patrol mission to capture German prisoners. The patrol includes one veteran who is despised for missing Bastogne and a new lieutenant fresh out of West Point.
Writers: Stephen Ambrose, Erik Bork, Bruce C. McKenna | Director: Tony To | Stars: Nicholas Aaron, Martin Arno, Eion Bailey, Jamie Bamber
Votes: 2,018
Band of Brothers (2001)
Why We Fight
TV-MA | 55 min | Action, Drama, History
As the Allies move into Germany and the war comes closer to an end, disillusionment and anger set in for Easy Company--until they stumble onto a concentration camp abandoned by the German military.
Writers: Stephen Ambrose, John Orloff | Director: David Frankel | Stars: Doug Allen, Nicholas Aaron, Eion Bailey, Jamie Bamber
Votes: 2,482


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MELROSE, N.M. - Clint Lockett, 93, died Sunday, April 29, 2001, in Clovis.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Melrose Baptist Church with Dr. E.G. Lambright officiating. Burial will be in Melrose Cemetery by Steed-Todd Funeral home of Clovis.
Mr. Locket attended college at Oklahoma A&M for one year and Hardin-Simmons in Abilene, Texas, for two years. He came to Melrose in 1930 to help his grandparents, J.L. and Carrie Litchfield, on their farm and ranch.
Survivors include his wife, Beulah Lockett; a son, Dale Lockett of Melrose; three daughters, Charlyne Dennis of Santa Maria, Calif., Ellen Burns of Lubbock, Texas, and Sue Hightower of Melrose; a brother, Buford Lockett of Fort Sumner; eight grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Amarillo Globe-News, May 2, 2001
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Manchester City hit back from trailing 2-0 to complete a rousing 3-2 success against European champions Bayern Munich with James Milner slotting the winner at the Allianz Arena.
Milner benefited from an error by former City man Jerome Boateng, who failed to clear a Jesus Navas cross on 62 minutes. Milner sent the shot spinning into the corner of the net with Manuel Neuer beaten to ensure the visitors of the three points on the night.
Both teams finish Group D with 15 points from six matches, but Bayern edged the Premier League side for top spot courtesy of their 3-1 in Manchester back in October.
City looked like they were set to encounter a serious going over when Thomas Mueller and Mario Goetze benefited from some wretched defending to give Bayern a 2-0 lead in the opening 12 minutes.
But David Silva handed Manuel Pellegrini's City fresh hope when he converted from close range on 28 minutes after Milner had intelligently headed a Navas cross back across the face of goal.
With Bayern looking strangely subdued, Aleksandar Kolarov planted a penalty into the corner of the net with Neuer sent the wrong way from the spot on 59 minutes after Dante had felled Milner in the area.
Milner would soon become the first English player to score in the Champions League for City with his decisive goal. The draw for the knock-out stages of the last 16 takes place on Friday.
'5 - MUELLER OPENER: Mueller drives the ball into the corner of the net. Hart left well beaten. Aleksandar Kolarov caught on his heels. A 1-0 lead for Bayern.
'11 - RIBERY HITS BAR: Ball breaks to Ribery in the City box, but the ball spins off Hart before coming off the bar. City all over the place. A corner here to Bayern.
12' - GOETZE GRABS SECOND: Goetze slides the ball into the net. Awful defending by the visiting side as Mario Mandzukic was allowed to control the corner before his effort broke to the unmarked Goetze.
28' - SILVA GIVES CITY HOPE: Silva knocks the ball into the net from the Milner header back across goal. Fine cross by Navas. City back in the match at 2-1 behind.
59' - KOLAROV EQUALISER: GOAL! Kolarov plants the ball to Neuer's left, the Bayern goalkeeper flew right. City are level at 2-2. All to play for in Munich.
62' - MILNER MAGIC: Milner slides the ball into the corner of the net. Brilliant finish from Milner. Boateng all over the place from the Navas cross.
80' - DREADFUL DANTE: Dante almost lets in Negredo for a fourth City goal, but solid stop by Neuer. Shambolic stuff from Dante at the back. Not sure what he was trying there
Manchester City have won all three of their away Champions League matches this season; having lost five of their previous six (W1).
Bayern Munich had conceded just three goals in their previous 10 Champions League matches before tonight.
Bayern Munich lost a Champions League home match having held a two-goal lead for the first time in the competition's history.
Bayern Munich tasted defeat for the first time since their opening match of the season - a 4-2 Super Cup defeat to Borussia Dortmund back in July.
Manuel Pellegrini enjoys a victory over Josep Guardiola for the first time in 10 attempts.
TALKING POINT: Did Pellegrini make a blunder by not throwing on Sergio Aguero late on? Wasn't too clear, but the Manchester City coach seemed to suggest his side needed two more goals from leading 3-2 to progress as Group D winners when a 4-2 success would have given City the edge on the head-to-head with Bayern. Aguero could surely have been given the final 10 minutes or so rather than Jack Rodwell. The error in failing to field his side's leading striker will only become clear if City land Real Madrid or PSG in the last 16.
James Milner (Manchester City): A very underrated player for club and country, Milner struck the winner and had a hand in all three City goals. A terrific recovery from City. They should take huge heart, but Milner more than most should feel happy about his evening.
Bayern Munich: Neuer 6; Lahm 7, Boateng 7, Dante 4, Alaba 5; Thiago 5, Kroos 5; Muller 6, Gotze 6, Ribery 6, Mandzukic 6..subs: Martinez 6 Shaqiri 6
Manchester City: Hart 7, Kolarov 7, Lescott 7, Demichelis 7, Richards 5, Fernandinho 6, Garcia 6, Milner 8, Silva 7, Navas 7, Dzeko 7..subs: Zabaleta 8, Negredo 6, Rodwell 6
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We've all done it. The marathon. Those Lost weekends. The red-eyed nights watching episode after episode of 24 and Rome. We start acting like the meth-heads on Breaking Bad at 3 a.m.– just one more hit and then we'll go to sleep.
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings wants to feed our guilty-pleasure binge viewing habit. In his latest earnings report to investors, he touts the benefits of his company's ongoing plan to release whole seasons of original TV shows all at once. "Imagine if books were always released one chapter per week, and were only briefly available to read at 8pm on Thursday," he wrote. "And then someone flipped a switch, suddenly allowing people to enjoy an entire book, all at their own pace. That is the change we are bringing about. That is the future of television."
On Friday, Netflix launches all 13 episodes of its next original series House of Cards, starring Kevin Spacey. Hastings predicts the event "will be a defining moment in the development of Internet TV" due to the company's innovative delivery plan — here's our show, clear your weekend.
If any single series marks a light-switch moment for the release of full TV seasons, it will probably be when Netflix unveils the eagerly anticipated fourth season of Arrested Development in May rather than Cards. But let's take a look at his overall point. Most of the major recent technological entertainment evolutions are about more, better, faster, everywhere. So why should TV seasons be any different?
Some analysts say there are distinctions that make Netflix's model unwise. After all, even street corner dealers know the value of customers coming back week after week.
Variety's new media guru Andrew Wallenstein wrote a deep-dive on this issue, discussing the strategy from a business perspective.
"Allowing consumers to consume at their own speed contradicts [Netflix's] financial imperative to keep them on the service paying the seductively cheap flat monthly fee of $ 8 for as many months as possible," he wrote. "Yes, the binge opportunity makes Netflix all the more addictive. But compelling the viewer to pace their programming consumption will generate more revenue."
Wallenstein also points out that the model ignores all the media buzz-building and word-of-mouth benefits generated by having a show parsed out for 13 or 22 weeks of the year.
"For Cards, ardent bingers will make for pretty passionate brand advocates in the days, maybe weeks, after they've gobbled up the first season, but will they be talking it up at the watercooler for months the way a series like Homeland is as the buzz of its 13 episodes gets dispersed across a broader time span? No matter how high-tech Netflix fancies itself, it's old-fashioned word-of-mouth recommendations from fans that are the most effective ambassadors for a brand."
While over at Fast Company, writer Austin Carr criticized the Netflix model from a more humanistic perspective.
"Stringing viewers along has its benefits," he wrote. "And to say the web has killed our patience to wait for serialized content to be rolled out is to say human beings no longer have an appetite for the building of excitement, anticipation, and suspense … Yes, it's annoying having to wait for new seasons of Game of Thrones or Mad Men. But when they premiere, isn't there something enjoyable about the campfire moments the shows create?"
I think Wallenstein and Carr are both correct, yet ultimately it won't much matter. Making customers wait for episodes might be better business for Netflix. And waiting for episodes might ultimately be more emotionally satisfying for us viewers. But that's like telling a kid to save his Halloween candy and make it last for weeks. Once a more, better, faster, everywhere system is invented, it's difficult to stop its spread and adoption. If technology permits us to watch full TV seasons over days or weeks instead of months, we'll do it.
Think of it this way: One study showed that — like Carr's point on a micro level — having to sit through commercials instead of skipping them actually increases our enjoyment of a TV program. "It's more enjoyable when it's interrupted," the researcher concluded.
So who wants to give up their DVR?
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Marvel Assembles an Official Title for Third "Avengers" Movie
Comic Books, Film
Tablets | Gizmodo reports on the long-rumored Apple Tablet device, saying that Apple "is in talks with several media companies rooted in print, negotiating content for a 'new device.'" In addition, Apple has also applied for a patent on a "multi-touch surface that could accommodate two full hands and distinguish between palms and individual fingers for typing, gestures and more," according to the Apple Insider.
Scott McCloud comments on the potential for such a device to change comics: "Most of today's comics publishers are likely to jump into the pool with their clothes on—print-style pages intact. But if Apple's gadget is anything like what's being described, we could see a shift over time from point-and-click fragmented delivery, like what we have on the Web today, to more continuous spatial metaphors of the sort a lot of us turn-of-the-century mad scientists were playing with. Should be interesting."
Digital comics | You can read some of Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener's excellent Atomic Robo comics, including the Free Comic Book Day stories from the past few years, at the Nuklear Power website.
Motion Comics | Eagle One Media has released Street Fighter and Voltron motion comics on iTunes.
Webcomics | Fleen interviews Schlock Mercenary creator Howard Tayler about his recent appearance at a Success in Comics seminar in Las Vegas.
Great. Largely thanks to Apple's Itunes Store, we've reduced our music purchases to soulless mouse-clicks, debit card transactions, and bit-transfers over ethernet. Now they want to do the same to our printed media.
Say no to the Apple hegemony.
Also: Driven by Lemons on an iphone. Interesting times.
>> Largely thanks to Apple's Itunes Store, we've reduced our music purchases to soulless mouse-clicks, debit card transactions, and bit-transfers over ethernet.>>
Because using bits of paper and metal to purchase heat-pressed vinyl was rife with soul?
I have to admit, I'm less concerned with how much soul my method of purchasing has, rather than what I'm buying with it. Go content!
I used to feel the same way… but then I realized that, yes, the building, people, and atmosphere that comprise my local record, movie, and comic store all have much more soul than their online counterparts and I would much rather pay a little more upfront to support what they do than worry about a solely monetary bottom line.
Being glad of content in multiple forms isn't worrying solely about a monetary bottom line, though.
You could make the same argument about any previous format displacing (at least partially) the primary formats that flourished before it, but that's not a reason to refuse to go past the scroll or the buggy whip.
I like my local comics store, too, and I spend plenty of money on comics retail, But I'm delighted to have my Kindle, too, and if the iTablet (or whatever it's called) gets me access to more comics in different ways (like that Zot! comic that can't be effectively reprinted on paper, say, or a collection of SON OF TOMAHAWK that'll never be collected on paper because the economics don't justify it), then I'm glad of the new technology.
Demanding that we stop now and be protectionist of existing distribution strikes me as unproductive. Support your local comics store all you like, but electronic distribution isn't "soulless."