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David L. Johnso
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On Mon, 24 Mar 2003 14:11:41 -0500, Seamus wrote:
> Now features over 100 movies at...
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> http://uk.geocities.com/mikstar123/films.html
Hey, thanks for the memories and pointers to new films.
A few comments:
I thought that Bejing Bicycle was a better film than you portrayed it to be. OK, the plot was
recycled, but I find it amazing that the Chinese let such a film be produced, showing class
distinctions as starkly as they did.
You mentioned 2001 but no specifics. You also mentioned in 2010 a kid on a bent. But I thought
2010 showed someone (not a kid) on a bent just riding along as the star jogged past -- and what
was in 2001?
You missed, for pretty obvious reasons, a few shows featuring bicycles peripherally. The old series
Seinfeld often showed a Klen mountain bike hanging on Jerry's wall in the background. I don't recall
he rode it.
A who-knows-how-recent episode of Will and Grace shows the title twosome and their friend Jack in
the park. He (Jack) was on his bike. After a bit of meaningless conversation, Jack takes off. The
other two yell at him "grate!", which me mistakes as a comment on his self, only to crash when he
rides over the grate.
There is a developing list of bicycle-themed commercials, most actually detrimental to the activity,
but a few worth mentioning. Leaving aside the ads we only get during the Tour coverage, the best in
my estimation is the one for the Nissan Xterra of the bleeding mountain-biker using the first-aid
kit that comes with the car to fix his saddle. Then he just drops out of view at the end of the ad.
The worst is the deodorant ad showing two guys stretching something across the road in front of a
pack of riders.
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David L. Johnson
__o | "Business!" cried the Ghost. "Mankind was my business. The _`\(,_ | common welfare was my
business; charity, mercy, forbearance, (_)/ (_) | and benevolence, were, all, my business. The
dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!"
--Dickens, "A Christmas Carol"
> Now features over 100 movies at...
>
> http://uk.geocities.com/mikstar123/films.html
Hey, thanks for the memories and pointers to new films.
A few comments:
I thought that Bejing Bicycle was a better film than you portrayed it to be. OK, the plot was
recycled, but I find it amazing that the Chinese let such a film be produced, showing class
distinctions as starkly as they did.
You mentioned 2001 but no specifics. You also mentioned in 2010 a kid on a bent. But I thought
2010 showed someone (not a kid) on a bent just riding along as the star jogged past -- and what
was in 2001?
You missed, for pretty obvious reasons, a few shows featuring bicycles peripherally. The old series
Seinfeld often showed a Klen mountain bike hanging on Jerry's wall in the background. I don't recall
he rode it.
A who-knows-how-recent episode of Will and Grace shows the title twosome and their friend Jack in
the park. He (Jack) was on his bike. After a bit of meaningless conversation, Jack takes off. The
other two yell at him "grate!", which me mistakes as a comment on his self, only to crash when he
rides over the grate.
There is a developing list of bicycle-themed commercials, most actually detrimental to the activity,
but a few worth mentioning. Leaving aside the ads we only get during the Tour coverage, the best in
my estimation is the one for the Nissan Xterra of the bleeding mountain-biker using the first-aid
kit that comes with the car to fix his saddle. Then he just drops out of view at the end of the ad.
The worst is the deodorant ad showing two guys stretching something across the road in front of a
pack of riders.
--
David L. Johnson
__o | "Business!" cried the Ghost. "Mankind was my business. The _`\(,_ | common welfare was my
business; charity, mercy, forbearance, (_)/ (_) | and benevolence, were, all, my business. The
dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!"
--Dickens, "A Christmas Carol"
Thanks for the comments David.
>Bejing Bicycle.
Most of what I wrote was when the List was young and I’ll admit to being a bit glib about it. The second paragraph is by a German contributor who saw it on the TV.
>You mentioned 2001 but no specifics.
HAL sings, “Daisy Bell.” Do you not know the song?
>You also mentioned in 2010 a kid on a bent.
Several contributors assure me it was the jogging man’s son on the recumbent alongside.
>Seinfeld often showed a Klein mountain bike hanging on Jerry's >wall in the background. I don't recall he rode it.
Several contributors mentioned that to me recently. I saw the show a few times and I think I remember seeing the bike on the wall.
>Bejing Bicycle.
Most of what I wrote was when the List was young and I’ll admit to being a bit glib about it. The second paragraph is by a German contributor who saw it on the TV.
>You mentioned 2001 but no specifics.
HAL sings, “Daisy Bell.” Do you not know the song?
>You also mentioned in 2010 a kid on a bent.
Several contributors assure me it was the jogging man’s son on the recumbent alongside.
>Seinfeld often showed a Klein mountain bike hanging on Jerry's >wall in the background. I don't recall he rode it.
Several contributors mentioned that to me recently. I saw the show a few times and I think I remember seeing the bike on the wall.
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Karen M.
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Seamus wrote:
> Now features over 100 movies at...
>
> http://uk.geocities.com/mikstar123/films.html
"Brainstorm" has much more bicycle/recumbent content than is described in the review. A Skid-Lid
helmet (remember those??) plays an integral part in the development of the virtual reality
equipment.
--Karen M.
> Now features over 100 movies at...
>
> http://uk.geocities.com/mikstar123/films.html
"Brainstorm" has much more bicycle/recumbent content than is described in the review. A Skid-Lid
helmet (remember those??) plays an integral part in the development of the virtual reality
equipment.
--Karen M.
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George Shaffer
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"Tweleve O'clock High" with Gregory Peck, shows the old guy Harvey riding what looks like an old
Raleigh roadster to the airfield he was stationed at in England. I love those old three-speeds.
Raleigh roadster to the airfield he was stationed at in England. I love those old three-speeds.
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