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They should add Pearl Harbor

tobybryan — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:37:37 -0500

They should add Pearl Harbor to the list.

B@ss Doctor: This poster

Jorge Sosa — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:44:19 -0600

B@ss Doctor:

This poster came out before the movie and in the movie, you see this script used pretty extensively.

It's even used in the subtitles!

I'll call it Transformer language, for lack of a better term, and it was probably just made up some graphic designer to give geeks like myself something to obsess over.

(Jorge Sosa is a staff writer for the Hutchinson Leader. He can be reached at sosa@hutchinsonleader.com)

Apparently there is no one

B@ssDoctor — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:30:56 -0600

Apparently there is no one smarter than you Jorge.

I work for an international company who has ties in the Asia Pacific. We contacted Tawainese (Mandarin and Chinese languages), Japanese, and Korean. Not one of them could confirm the writing.

With over 30,000 views from an array of cultures, if this was a "real" symbol or writing, I would assume there would have been responses. I will keep digging to see what I can find.

I might have to speak with Optimus himself.

Jorge, My dad was high

Eric Kraushar — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:38:24 -0500

Jorge,

My dad was high school friends with Pete Manski. Indeed, many guitarists when in town would pay visits to meet Manski. He had guitars all of the wall signed personally from his fans of his work.

Unfortunately, Manski died, I believe in 1999 or 2000, in a car accident and the little guitar store with a lot of cool history closed.

On a personal note, I used

Jorge Sosa — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:28:24 -0500

On a personal note, I used to live in St. Paul before I moved out to this area, about five years ago.

My wife, Beth, and I lived in an apartment near University and Fairview. A few blocks away was a guitar shop called Pete's Guitars. It was only open by appointment.

In 1998, Harrison paid a visit to Pete's Guitars. I think the story was, Harrison had long been a mail-order customer of Pete's. He had never been to the store, though, so he dropped in and later had a bite to eat at the Wendy's fast food restaurant next door.

This made the local paper — a celebrity sighting at Wendy's and an ex-Beatle, no less! I thought it was great that a guy who could afford to eat anywhere was cool with eating at Wendy's.

(Jorge Sosa is a staff writer for the Hutchinson Leader. He can be reached at sosa@hutchinsonleader.com)

Getting the wool would be

Matt McMillan — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:44:03 -0500

Getting the wool would be nearly impossible.

Years ago, there used too be

Peanut — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 22:28:21 -0500

Years ago, there used too be a Delorian owned by a school teacher. Believe me, If I had enough pepsi cans, I would build a rust proof truck lol.

Wow, I didn't know someone

Jorge Sosa — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:45:26 -0500

Wow, I didn't know someone in town drove one of those. With the stainless steel body, it seems like it would be the perfect exotic car for Minnesota driving: No rust!

Check out this picture of what appears to be a hotel parking lot during a De Lorean convention.

(Jorge Sosa is a staff writer for the Hutchinson Leader. He can be reached at sosa@hutchinsonleader.com)

One of my favorite series of

tobybryan — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 21:45:49 -0500

One of my favorite series of movies. I'm still waiting for my Hoverboard, Pepsi Perfect, and Gray's Sports Almanac. Have you seen that Hutch does have one delorian at a house by school road? ( I think its school road......)

Jorge, Once I got over the

Kay Johnson — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:48:40 -0600

Jorge,
Once I got over the shock that anyone would dare to step into Kirk's sacred shoes, I guess Matt Damon is as good as anyone. I think Gary Sinise would make a great Dr. McCoy, but I'm not sure about Brody as Mr. Spock. I'll have to think about that.

(Kay Johnson is a staff writer for the Hutchinson Leader. She can be reached at johnson@hutchinsonleader.com)

I suggest John Franklin for

tobybryan — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:45:46 -0600

I suggest John Franklin for the role of The Tribbles

John Franklin

I think he'd make a good Tribble.

Kay: I hear ya. Scorsese

Jorge Sosa — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:05:13 -0600

Kay: I hear ya.

Scorsese does have that fixation with the dark side. To his credit, it's not like his movies feature crude language and questionable behavior just to shock people. OK, maybe he does like to shock people, but usually his movies have good stories at their core.

Some of his movies, like "The Aviator" and "Kundun," work just fine, without anybody dropping the F-bomb or getting their head kicked in :-)

I can't say the same about Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino seems to have copped the attitude, but not the intelligence of Scorsese's works.

It should be an interesting Oscar night.

(Jorge Sosa is a staff writer for the Hutchinson Leader. He can be reached at sosa@hutchinsonleader.com)

Much too much I passed on

Kay Johnson — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:54:35 -0600

Much too much

I passed on watching "The Departed" because of the violence and swearing. Martin Scorsese has made a career of directing gritty movies. Violence, sex and swearing seems to come with the territory.

Las Vegas odds have "The Departed" as the favorite to win the Best Movie of the Year Oscar at Sunday night's Academy Awards. The odds also favor Martin Scorsese for Best Director.

The odds also favor Alan Arkin as Best Supporting Actor (What about Eddie Murphy?), Jennifer Hudson as Best Supporting Actress, Helen Mirren for Best Actress and Forest Whitaker as Best Actor.

E! will start covering the 79th Academy Awards red carpet at 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25. The ceremony starts at 7 p.m.

(Kay Johnson is a staff writer for the Hutchinson Leader. She can be reached at johnson@hutchinsonleader.com)

I totally see your point as

John Jennings — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:26:52 -0600

I totally see your point as well. There is a sitcom on HBO called "Lucky Louie" that may break the record for curse in a 30 minute show. As far as I am concerned, the language cripples the show and I wouldn't watch it with someone else's eyes. Sitcoms just shouldn't be made that way. Maybe I am just too old fashioned. Judging by their plummeting ratings, maybe not.

John, Thanks for your input.

just1opinion — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:46:25 -0600

John,
Thanks for your input. In all honesty, I am suprised that the language used is important to someone to make it more realistic. Please understand that I am not saying that your viewpoint is wrong I am just suprised by it. I guess I could go see a movie without the language and know that they may not talk without cussing in real life but the fact that the language is cleaned up would not detract from my ability to enjoy the movie. I watch CSI: Miami, Law and Order, etc and I know that the language used on those shows (although still to rough for my taste) has been extremely cleaned up from what you would hear in real life. I mean, they actually have bar scenes without cussing and if memory serves from my drinking days, 2 minutes doesn't pass in a crowded bar without the f-word being tossed out. But, I still enjoy the shows.
Again, thanks for your viewpoint.