[internetworkers] first time car buyer here--help

Greg Brown gwbrown1 at gmail.com
Mon Aug 28 15:07:59 EDT 2006


I'll take the scene from Crouching Tiger where the two ladies battled it out
with the Green Destiny and a variety of weapons ending with that two-handed
broad sword.

On 8/28/06, B Holroyd <beeholroyd at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Cool! I haven't seen that -- I'll keep it in mind.... The highly
> choreographed swordfights in "Princess Bride" began my fascination with the
> genre.... Other good swordfights come to mind, but I can't remember
> sources.... "The Man in the Iron Mask," maybe? "The Fifth Musketeer"? Both
> recent Zoro flicks provided good action....   ~B
>
> On 8/28/06, dave.m.parker at gsk.com <dave.m.parker at gsk.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Straying farther and farther from the original topic...
> >
> > I haven't seen it, but I heard that "Rob Roy" has the best swordfighting
> > scene ever.
> > ____________________
> >
> > Dave Parker
> >
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> >
> >  *"B Holroyd" <beeholroyd at gmail.com>*
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> > 28-Aug-2006 14:13  Please respond to "Internetworkers:
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> > Re: [internetworkers] first time car buyer here--help
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> >
> > I recently discovered a guy flick quite by accident.... Being rather
> > fond of swashbucklers, I bought the "Master and Commander, The Far
> > Side of the World" CD on special.... I wasn't too fond of it, as it is
> > bloody and full of fights and other gross stuff and you only see a
> > total of, like, four women (for, like, 10 seconds as they are paraded
> > past the ship with other wares for sale). The battle scenes were
> > horrifying, the sword fights were vicious. My husband was mesmerized.
> > I think it may even beat out "The 13th Warrior" for having the least
> > appeal to a female mindset... Russell Crowe is no Antonio Banderas! As
> > for the car flicks -- I kind of liked Vanishing Point, way back when
> > it first came out, but not enough to watch it a second time, FWIW....
> >      ~B
> >
> > On 8/28/06, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I couldn't wait.  I watched the video on-line.  Wow!
> > >
> > >
> > > On 8/28/06, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > That one sounds like a winner.
> > > >
> > > > (for the record I'll take Vanishing Point over Bullitt.  But it's a
> > close
> > > call.  A very close call.)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 8/28/06, ron thigpen <ron at fuzzsonic.com> wrote:
> > > > > my pick:
> > > > >
> > > > > C'était un rendez-vous by Claude Lelouch
> > > > >
> > > > > It's all of eight minutes long. One shot, live to film.  A high
> > speed
> > > > > run thru pre-dawn Paris captured by an early gyro-stabilized
> > camera
> > > > > mounted low on the front bumper.
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.rendezvousdvd.com/
> > > > >
> > > > > Interesting, but some spoilers:
> > > > >
> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%27%C3%A9tait_un_rendez-vous
> > > > >
> > > > > You can see it on the net, but I highly recommend holding off to
> > view it
> > > > >   from  DVD.  Good stuff.
> > > > >
> > > > > --rt
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