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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 12:33 PM Original message |
NETWORK....prophecy from 1976.... |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm Mad As Hell |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. When CBS basically fired Dan Rather.... it made me wonder if maybe.... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. I never saw "Network" |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I had to repost this after the replies to my posts in the Digital TV thread... |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. I'll watch sometimes, |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Peter Finch's performance was so good, even though he was dead, he won an Oscar. |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. It's one of my all-time favorite movies. Well worth renting if you ever get the chance. |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. It's FREE at the library... if your library offers movies.... |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. From Albuquerque to Sandusky! The response is sensational! |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yep, the producers and writers of that movie sure saw it coming. n/t |
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mikelgb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. this post and seeing all those logos reminded me of mediaopoly: |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. This should be a sticky at the top of the forum. |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Thank You...also the way the media WANTS you to rant and rail to them... |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
10. YOU have meddled with the primal forces of nature, and YOU WILL ATONE! n/t |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. One of the best rants ANYWHERE! |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
13. So turn off this goddamn set! Turn it off right now! Turn it off and leave it off. |
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BrklynLib at work (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
14. Paddy Chayefsky was a genius!!! Both "Netwrok" and "The Hospital" |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. You mean he did healthcare like he did TV News? I never knew. |
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BrklynLib at work (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Here is some info about the movie. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Thanks. I'll be seeing it soon. n/t |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
17. Network has been so surpassed by reality it is almost quaint, archaic |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Yes indeed....I wish I could edit to include that now... thanks for adding it.... |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. Best post on this....excellent! |
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windoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
21. Then everyone threw their TV out the window at the same time, |
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FatDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
23. I first saw that movie in the mid-90's |
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happydreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
25. People are afraid of getting this angry, plus... |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Yes we are...and shows more every day...in so many ways.... |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
27. Here's a two clips from the movie ...think I'll go to the library and get the DVD for free.... |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
28. Amazing when the movie was made, the reaction was that it would never, ever happen like that. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. WORSE than the movie, IMO. n/t |
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