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Maybe it was my brief experience. Probably more Reddit, in general than Columbo reddit in particular.
It is unfortunate. However, Reddit is a cesspool of young, tedious obnoxious people who constantly think they or their generation is smarter than Columbo and that generation. They put down one bit of evidence ignoring the entire puzzle put together, in a shallow attempt to discredit the show, the investigation and the era. Otherwise, it's full of memes and what if crossovers.
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What ambiguity? Ambiguity requires clues that conflict, allowing for somewhat supported theories. There is no maybe Michael did it, or they got trapped in a cave, or fell off the rock. Nothing supports any of those. It's an artsy dreamy, oh maybe they were entranced by the call of nymphs and transformed into swans bit of nonsense. Nothing explains or even alludes to why Irma remembers nothing or why Miranda knew she wasn't coming back. Beautifully directed, vague nonsensical fluff. It reminds me of those horrible modern art paintings of cubes or splattered paint, that are worth millions, because "they are so deep". They aren't full of meaning and ambiguity; they are cubes and paint splatters.
Multicultural has nothing to do with racism. Sun and Jin were from Korea, by the way. This is an international flight from Sydney to Los Angeles. People from various countries were on board departing from and arriving to major international airports. They hired extraordinary actors to play extraordinary characters. I'm assuming you have never been on an international flight. There are people from all over the world on them.
Who should have played the lead?
Jimmy Stewart. Shep is supposed to be older, sophisticated, professional, stable and ordinary. Both the fiancee and Gillian are looking for just that, for different reasons. Jimmy Stewart is handsome, though, particularly in a suit. And neither women are immature school girls, appearing older than they probably are.
Cary Grant often played the handsome, charming man caught in a net, of some sort, using charm, with and humor. It would have been routine. Jimmy Stewart has a gentlemanly quality; even tempered, polite, rational. So, when he is confused or angry, it's memorial and appropriate. He fumbles, or the eyebrows flair. There's a noticeable change, and it's genuine.
Finally, when he holds and kisses Gillian, there is sincere warmth and passion. You know why Gillian fell in love with Shep.
I find the recent hit pieces on LOST to be not so coincidentally timed to promote the horrendous conclusion of the awful Manifest that thinks it better than LOST.
It's the 21st century. Do you honestly think anyone involved in the creation and execution of the show was hung up on racism? They didn't hire an actor to check a diversity box. They hired actors to play a character.
A vast amount of angry contemptuous electromagnetism could destroy anything. As it continued to gather anger, it could eventually destroy everything.
Hepburn, absolutely.
What a boring take you have on this movie. Plot to plot resolution is all you got out of this?
Not at all. The man who was being haunt was dead. The Changling was a fine ghost story, but is not borrowed from or similar to The Others. Unless, of course, you are referring to the most simplistic element of a ghost in a ghost story.
But, the twist is the scary part. Grace, her children, her husband, the servants are dead. That to me is infinitely more scary than your typical ghost story.
Or Victor interacting with Ann and Nicholas and the opening and closing of the curtains in their mutual bedroom. I think it takes those moments when each is open to the idea of the other.
Yes, Jack should have been portrayed as more likeable. That he has issues is one thing; however, he already looks like the kind of guy who could chop up his family with an axe, with little provocation. Just below the surface he brimmed with hostility. I know the movie focused on a breakdown rather than a possession; but it seemed like he was halfway there, before the isolation in close quarters with his wife and son. One look at his facial expressions or hearing the irritated, sarcastic tone in his voice in the car gives it away too soon. Watching him go crazy has less of an impact when he seemed already on the verge. Jack Nicholson is a brilliant actor capable of the warm, or sarcastic or crazy smile, and everything in between. I assume the script and direction called for that edge upfront, though, or he would have played it differently. If demons had been the source in the movie, that hostile, anti-social lunatic vibe would have worked as an invitation to possession. Already being unhinged just to become more unhinged doesn't work as well.
Thank you. I'll do landscape.
Lol. Attack, accidentally drop scalding coffee or a huge frying pan on their heads. Anything could happen. Moral is: Cherish your wife and don't replace her with an unpredictable robot, whose first action is murder.
I was referring to fear of losing one's identify in general during that angsty era. Fear of communism and technology likely could have triggered the movements. Communism as an economic condition would not apply to this movie. But, the rest of it could.
I think children need real non-robot parents. I am saying neither the men's association nor the writer have given it any thought.
Btw. Why are our comments getting so narrow? Are our thoughts being squeezed out of existence?
Crushed beneath the wheel..No matter who you are and how noble or altruistic, it is presumed those high ideals will become compromised to the point of extinction.
But, yes, everyone has a selfish instinct. A lot of movies and books of that 20 year period focus on that theme of losing identity and uniqueness. The Invasion of the Body Snatchers jumps to mind. Many attribute it to the fear of communism and world order. That may very well have led to so many of the subsequent movements.
Edit to add: Computers replacing people, as well.
I think you are right. Sociopaths and psychopaths have fake manufactured personas, anyway. Having a manufactured wife would fit right in.
I think the assumption about the kids is that children are ego-centric, where parents are just providers to the point that they wouldn't notice. But, the dog would notice?
Even Joanna seemed self-centered. When the man at the gallery asked her what she wanted, I expected her to say, "when people look at these photographs, I want them to remember the joy of their childhood," or something along those lines. But she didn't. Instead she said something along the lines of wanting to be remembered and famous. This is her purpose? Seems shallow and all about her rather than the pleasure her art would give others.