(October 8, 2023 at 3:39 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(October 8, 2023 at 3:09 pm)Ravenshire Wrote: Somebody should point out to the MAGATs and the old guard GOP that Mayberry was a 15 minute city, just to watch the smoke roll out their ears!

Belfast was also a 15 minute city, because that was the average life expectancy if you were in the wrong neighbourhood after dark.*

Boru

*exaggeration for comedic purposes. It was actually closer to 30 minutes.

Religion is the sole reason there were right and wrong neighborhoods.

(October 7, 2023 at 4:30 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Something I only just noticed on my umpteenth watching of Rocky Horror, while I was long aware that the American Gothic couple at the beginning were played by Richard O'Brien and Patricia Quinn (Giving yourself backing vocals does draw attention to you), I did not notice that Tim Curry played the minister who officiated at the wedding:



(Note: It had been a long-ass time since I had seen the movie, and at the time, the Tim Curry roles I was familiar with either had him in shittons of makeup [whether it's as Pennywise or even Frank], were shot after he gained weight, or were just voiceover. I guess it took me watching Clue to finally recognise him.)

Plus, it seems like most of the other guests were played by the Transylvanian extras. Columbia even plays an Emily Dickinson lookalike during "Dammit Janet". A carryover from the original stage production? A half-done homage to the "And you were in it" aspects of Wizard of Oz? A Hereditary-style situation where practically everyone we see is either part of Frank's cult or will be by the end? You make the call!

Why hire two different groups of actors, one for the church, one for the "castle"?

(October 8, 2023 at 9:18 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:

(October 7, 2023 at 4:30 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Something I only just noticed on my umpteenth watching of Rocky Horror, while I was long aware that the American Gothic couple at the beginning were played by Richard O'Brien and Patricia Quinn (Giving yourself backing vocals does draw attention to you), I did not notice that Tim Curry played the minister who officiated at the wedding:



(Note: It had been a long-ass time since I had seen the movie, and at the time, the Tim Curry roles I was familiar with either had him in shittons of makeup [whether it's as Pennywise or even Frank], were shot after he gained weight, or were just voiceover. I guess it took me watching Clue to finally recognise him.)

Plus, it seems like most of the other guests were played by the Transylvanian extras. Columbia even plays an Emily Dickinson lookalike during "Dammit Janet". A carryover from the original stage production? A half-done homage to the "And you were in it" aspects of Wizard of Oz? A Hereditary-style situation where practically everyone we see is either part of Frank's cult or will be by the end? You make the call!

Why hire two different groups of actors, one for the church, one for the "castle"?

I guessed that the film's budget would probably have afforded some other extras.

That's not the point, insofar as I remember. The "perfectly normal" people at the wedding had a secret life.

(October 8, 2023 at 9:01 pm)LinuxGal Wrote:

(October 8, 2023 at 3:39 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Belfast was also a 15 minute city, because that was the average life expectancy if you were in the wrong neighbourhood after dark.*

Boru

*exaggeration for comedic purposes. It was actually closer to 30 minutes.

Religion is the sole reason there were right and wrong neighborhoods.

It was as much politics as religion. If it were possible to remove the religious aspect, there wouldn't be much difference in the butchery.

Boru

(October 9, 2023 at 11:11 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(October 8, 2023 at 9:01 pm)LinuxGal Wrote: Religion is the sole reason there were right and wrong neighborhoods.

It was as much politics as religion. If it were possible to remove the religious aspect, there wouldn't be much difference in the butchery.

Boru

Religion and politics coevolved,   The very reason why there were different religions so there could be right ones and wrong ones is to a great extend the consequence of politics.   Admittedly most of that politics occurred far from Ireland.  

Even coevolved is not exactly right.    Religion is politics, and unlike war, not even politics by other means,    It is just pure politics by conventional means, but with unusually heavy emphasis on the particularly deceitful, cynical, and exploitative of the means normally used in the political tool chest

(October 9, 2023 at 11:31 am)Anomalocaris Wrote:

(October 9, 2023 at 11:11 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: It was as much politics as religion. If it were possible to remove the religious aspect, there wouldn't be much difference in the butchery.

Boru

Religion and politics coevolved,   The very reason why there were different religions so there could be right ones and wrong ones is to a great extend the consequence of politics.   Admittedly most of that politics occurred far from Ireland.  

Even coevolved is not exactly right.    Religion is politics, and unlike war, not even politics by other means,    It is just pure politics by conventional means, but with unusually heavy emphasis on the particularly deceitful, cynical, and exploitative of the means normally used in the political tool chest

Thank you for lecturing me about my hometown. Don’t know what I’d do without your wisdom and guidance.

Boru

you are welcome.

The naval rank of Admiral actually comes from the Arab title of Amir al Bahr, which meant prince of the sea.    The Sicilians first copied it from the Arabs, the Genoese then copied the  Genoese but dropped the ending to make it Amiral,  The french then copied ifrom Genoese during the crusades, and from there it spread to the rest of europe.

(October 11, 2023 at 8:53 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: The naval rank of Admiral actually comes from the Arab title of Amir al Bahr, which meant prince of the sea.    The Sicilians first copied it from the Arabs, the Genoese then copied the  Genoese but dropped the ending to make it Amiral,  The french then copied ifrom Genoese during the crusades, and from there it spread to the rest of europe.

Funny word origin for a butterfly.

Boru