Gibbo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Guns of Navarone....classic war movie

Classic? I've never even heard of it.

 

your kidding???????

 

If he isn't kidding then he must not watch any movie older than himself...

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054953/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

 

 

Never heard of 'The Guns Of Navarone'?!

OMG you're a baby...

 

 

I usually pride myself in having watched many classic films, but haven't seen that one. Admittedly I generally avoid war films as they're usually carbon copies of each other. I mean, I have seen "A Bridge Too Far," "The Bridge on the River Kwai," "The Great Escape" and a few others. How many more do I need to see?

Let me ask you this: have you seen "Citizen Kane," "Dr. Strangelove," "Forbidden Planet," "Kind Hearts and Coronets," "The Lady Killers," "Ocean's 11," "Rebel Without A Cause," "Scarface (1932)," or "Touch of Evil"? If you answered 'no' to any of those, then you can't get on my case for not having seen "The Guns of Navarone." And just to please you ladies, I have it downloading at the moment.

 

 

Hehe, you're missing the point FunkOMaster. HEARD. Not SEEN.

 

 

I'm not even sure if I've watched the whole of 'The Guns Of Navarone' but you can bet your ass that I've heard and read about it.

 

 

Mere technicalities.

 

Read the book, seen the film (several times) ... but I suggest you avoid watching the 'sequel', 'Force 10 From Navarone' ... oh, dear ...

Don Henley: The End Of The Innocence

Don Henley: Building The Perfect Beast

Don Henley: The End Of The Innocence

And at the other end of the musical spectrum:

Cradle Of Filth: Evermore Darkly (CD/DVD)

Cradle Of Filth: Live Bait For The Dead

Cradle Of Filth: Thornography - Harder, Darker, Faster (2CD)

Cradle Of Filth: Lovecraft And Witch Hearts

Cradle Of Filth: Cruelty And The Beast

Cradle Of Filth: Darkly Darkly Venus Adversa

Cradle Of Filth: The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh

Cradle Of Filth: Damnation And A Day

Cradle Of Filth: Dusk And Her Embrace

Cradle Of Filth: Vempire

Cradle Of Filth: Nymphetamine

Cradle Of Filth: From The Cradle To Enslave EP

Cradle Of Filth: Bitter Suites To Succubi

Cradle Of Filth: Midian

... a lot of what I've bought in recent weeks will be sold on eventually, I just needed to plug a few gaps in my collection

Iron Maiden - Die With Your Boots On

Go For IT - Stiff Little Fingers

Just Go AWAY - Wrabit

 

 

Cody's rather brilliant idea for an advert has given me more joy and entertainment than Premier Leagus football EVER could!

 

 

*League* ... stoopid fingers ...

 

 

Maybe what you said originally was the Ancient Roman equivalent...

 

If only we could re-introduce some of Ancient Rome's more popular entertainments and have Rooney, et al, take part ....

The 10 songs that I never, EVER want to hear again:

I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)

Sexy And I Know It (LMFAO)

Anything By Mariah Carey

More Than Words (Extreme)

Get Lucky (Daft Punk)

Is This Love? (Whitesnake)

Everything I Do (I Do It For You) (Bryan 'Used To Be SO Good' Adams)

Wake Up Boo (Boo Radleys)

Girl From Mars (Ash)

AAAAaiiiiiieeeee Will Aaaaaalwaaaaaays Luuuuuuuuuuv YoooOOoouUUuuuu (Whitney Houston)

Cody's rather brilliant idea for an advert has given me more joy and entertainment than Premier Leagus football EVER could!

*League* ... stoopid fingers ...

Cody's rather brilliant idea for an advert has given me more joy and entertainment than Premier Leagus football EVER could!

WALK Away - Sisters Of Mercy

Draw The LINE - Aerosmith

I really liked 'When Dream And Day Unite', but lost interest when they changed singers ... can't really explain it, I guess his voice just isn't for me.

I do enjoy a spot of Prog Metal, though ... oh, yes ...

Black Sabbath - Neon Knights

 

 

...and here are my top metal singers:

 

1. Kal Swan
2. David Wayne
3. Karl Willets
4. Mike Howe
5. Mikael Akerfeldt (but not the clean vocals; growling only please)
6. Chuck Schuldiner
7. Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth
8. Chuck Billy
9. Jan-Chris De Koeijer

= 10. Midnight

= 10. Jon Oliva

 

(So I cheated. Couldn't separate the last two.)

 

Hm ... I'm not sure I could divide my favourite vocalists so neatly, so here's a list of ten vocalists that I never get tired of listening to (in no particular order):

 

Bruce Dickinson

Fish

Ronnie James Dio

Rob Halford (apart from the crap he did with Fight and Two)

Dani Filth

Floor Jansen

King Diamond

Bon Scott

Angela Gossow

David Lee Roth

 

 

I forgot Angela. Hmm...

 

There's a challenge in there. I reckon I could disprove your "never get tired of listening to" theory - I think everyone's King Diamond tolerance has a limit!

 

The biggest problem I have with King Diamond isn't his voice, it's the fact that some of his songs are a little too 'samey' ... I can listen to 'Melissa', 'Don't Break The Oath', 'Them' and 'Abigail' until the animals of your choice make their way to their domicile, but some of his latter-day solo stuff is a little interchangeable ... not that this is necessarily a bad thing, you understand - after all, a bad King Diamond song is still better than a lot of stuff out there - but it does mean that I sometimes end up with a sense of deja-vu ...

Ram It DOWN - Judas Priest

FIRE Of Unknown Origin - Blue Oyster Cult

 

 

 

 

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• Sir Francis Walsingham[/size][/size]

• Christopher Walken[/size][/size]

• Marvin Hagler[/size][/size]

• Martin Luther King[/size][/size]

• JS Bach[/size][/size]

• Richard Dawkins[/size][/size]

• Chuck Schuldiner[/size][/size]

• Alan Brooke (aka Alanbrooke)[/size][/size]

• Phil Lynott[/size][/size]

• George Cadbury[/size][/size]

Bach?

 

Yep. Genius. Waaaaaayyyyyy ahead of his time.

 

And as for Dawkins, the older I get the more I find religion ridiculous. And believe that there really can't be a God. But each to his own, of course.

 

 

Not disputing Bach's genius ... just never had you down as a fan of anything even remotely 'classical'

 

 

Yeah, man, I love me a bit of Bach!

 

 

 

Bangin' away like armed policemen?

 

 

That's the one. As a certain mutual acquaintance used to say, "smashing the granny out of her".

 

Ah, yes ... he was a classy fella ...

Woke Up WITH A Monster - Cheap Trick

 

 

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• Sir Francis Walsingham[/size][/size]

• Christopher Walken[/size][/size]

• Marvin Hagler[/size][/size]

• Martin Luther King[/size][/size]

• JS Bach[/size][/size]

• Richard Dawkins[/size][/size]

• Chuck Schuldiner[/size][/size]

• Alan Brooke (aka Alanbrooke)[/size][/size]

• Phil Lynott[/size][/size]

• George Cadbury[/size][/size]

Bach?

 

Yep. Genius. Waaaaaayyyyyy ahead of his time.

 

And as for Dawkins, the older I get the more I find religion ridiculous. And believe that there really can't be a God. But each to his own, of course.

 

Not disputing Bach's genius ... just never had you down as a fan of anything even remotely 'classical'

 

 

 

 

I do like Top Ten lists, so here's a bump for this thread.[/size]

 

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This is my ‘dinner party’ list, i.e. the ideal ten guests I’d have round the table, alive or dead, assuming no language barrier (could be an interesting one for others to have a go at too...):[/size]

 

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• Sir Francis Walsingham[/size]

• Christopher Walken[/size]

• Marvin Hagler[/size]

• Martin Luther King[/size]

• JS Bach[/size]

• Richard Dawkins[/size]

• Chuck Schuldiner[/size]

• Alan Brooke (aka Alanbrooke)[/size]

• Phil Lynott[/size]

• George Cadbury[/size]

Bach?

 

Dawkins?

 

Ah, the boy Eagle has a lot of time for Mr Dawkins ... I'm still struggling to read one of his books (Dawkins', not JE's) ... I can see where he's coming from, but his writing style is diabolical ...

 

My 10 guests (as of right now, but subject to change at any given moment) ...

 

Spike Milligan

Terry Pratchett

Michael J Fox

Angelina Jolie

Oskar Schindler

Dara O'Briain

Paul Brickhill

Douglas Adams

Toyah Willcox

Tom Baker

 

Wouldn't it get a bit embarrassing for the other guests when you and Toyah started, you know...?

 

Bangin' away like armed policemen?

So does this mean that now every 80s Hard Rock band has reformed?

 

 

I do absolutely love the debut though. Awesome, classic album!

I think most of the NAMES have reformed ... whether or not the bands concerned have more than one original member seems a bit academic

Sabbat - Dreamweaver

...and here are my top metal singers:

 

1. Kal Swan
2. David Wayne
3. Karl Willets
4. Mike Howe
5. Mikael Akerfeldt (but not the clean vocals; growling only please)
6. Chuck Schuldiner
7. Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth
8. Chuck Billy
9. Jan-Chris De Koeijer

= 10. Midnight

= 10. Jon Oliva

 

(So I cheated. Couldn't separate the last two.)

Hm ... I'm not sure I could divide my favourite vocalists so neatly, so here's a list of ten vocalists that I never get tired of listening to (in no particular order):

Bruce Dickinson

Fish

Ronnie James Dio

Rob Halford (apart from the crap he did with Fight and Two)

Dani Filth

Floor Jansen

King Diamond

Bon Scott

Angela Gossow

David Lee Roth

AMUSEd To Death - Roger Waters