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Mr. Blue Sky (and the entire Concerto for a Rainy Day Suite)
Don’t Bring Me Down
Tightrope
Probably not.
The stigma of having killed someone in the ring, especially in a high-profile event, would have followed him around forever.
It was also clearly shown that Drago was “manufactured” by the Soviet government machine (the training scenes with the drugs, hi-tech equipment, etc.). Once the Soviet Union collapsed, it is highly likely that all of that dried up, and Drago would be forced to train in other methods without access to the steroids and goodness-knows what other stuff was being pumped into his body. And, even if he found other sources, if he tried to enter the international boxing community, he would have been subject to random drug screenings and other testing that he probably would have failed.
Unfortunately, once the Soviet Union collapsed, Drago would have been another victim of their system and just faded into obscurity.
I preferred the widescreen versions, too, which is nice because all the old movies I own on DVD now fit on to my modern screens perfectly!
However, the number of folks who were film lovers was small compared to the general population, and the studios are always going to release versions that are going to appeal to the largest numbers. Once digital media formats were released, it was nice that studios did make the extra effort to release movies in both formats, so you did have a choice. I even have a good number of older DVD’s that came with both versions on the disk, standard on one side, widescreen on the other.
You’re looking at this through a modern lens, and that is coloring your judgement a bit.
However, go back in time just 20 years and things were a LOT different. Today, the average television size in an American home is 50 inches at the 16:9 ratio. In 2000, the average TV size was 27 inches at the 3:4 ratio. A great majority were also standard definition, so the clarity of the picture was no where what we are used to today.
Given those limitations, most people did not want to give up a quarter of their screen for the letterboxing bars to have a tiny, blurry picture just to see a movie in widescreen format. The pan and scan versions filled the screen, making the central action larger. Yes, you lost some of the movie, but it was a sacrifice many were willing to make. I knew many people who hated watching letterboxed films back in the day.
With modern LCD technology, producing extremely large 16:9 screens is no longer a challenge and, as such, they are affordable for most. Where a decent 43” widescreen would have cost thousands just two decades ago, you can now pick up a 50” HD LCD for just a few hundred bucks, so trying to appeal to those stuck with tiny 3:4 sets just isn’t an issue anymore.
But it wasn’t that long ago where the vast majority of home viewers were watching 27” 3:4 standard def sets, so the movie industry catered to their preference, which was to have every inch of that small screen filled.
1. The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)
2. The Shaggy Dog (1959)
3. Oh! Heavenly Dog (1980)
4. Jumanji (1995)
5. Ladyhawke (1985)
6. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
7. Conan the Barbarian (1982)
8. Willow (1988)
9. Hocus Pocus (1993)
10. The Swan Princess (1994)
11. Brave (2012)
“Ring of Fire”
When I needed my first pair of reading glasses. Never felt like I was out of my 20’s at any point in my life until then.
Yes!
1. Prince - Kiss
2. Madonna - Holiday
3. Mundy - July
4. America - Sandman
5. Rush - Xanadu
I *Heart* your answer!
Now I can call you Mr. RIGHTside. Lol
Homosexuals were notoriously persecuted and imprisoned in concentration camps, and were often treated even worse than the Jewish prisoners.
The reason the Nazis did not use this group as heavily as the did the Jews is because there were so relatively few of them. During the Nazi reign, it was estimated that some 100,000 men were arrested as suspected homosexuals... those numbers aren’t large enough to pose ad a national threat. Also, being Jewish was considered a race in Germany, so that information was recorded on a person’s birth certificate. It was easy for the Nazi party to pull records, find membership lists for Synagogues, etc. and identify those who were Jewish or were of Jewish decent. Being gay was much easier to conceal.
“We Are Young” - Fun.
Coming out of my cage
And I've been doing just fine
Gotta gotta be down
Because I want it all
It started out with a kiss
How did it end up like this?
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
So this ain't the end, I saw you again, today
I had to turn my heart away
Smiled like the sun, kisses for everyone
And tales, it never fails
You lying so low in the weeds
I bet you gonna ambush me
You just have great taste in music that happens to be most of the same stuff I listen to!
We all came out to Montreux
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
To make records with a mobile
We didn't have much time
Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
“Close My Eyes Forever” - Ozzy Osborne and Lita Ford
“Cracklin’ Rosie” - Neil Diamond
“Hey Man Nice Shot” - Filter