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That's usually how I come up with new names

Okay,  John Candy was in The Great Outdoors with Annette Benning
who was in The Seige with Tony Shaloub
who was in The Tic Code with...

Vin Deisel

Guy Pearce was in LA Confidential with Russell Crowe
who was in The Quick and thge Dead with Sharon Stone
who was in Alpha Dog with...

Farrah Fawcett

This is a crazy idea.  It definately is to increase viewership of the show, by trying to get more popular movies nominated.  But they probably won't get the result they want.  They mentioned in the press release that it was to make room for movies like last years The Dark Knight, Iron Man, Wall-E, and Tropic Thunder.

That is crazy.  If there had been 10 nominees last year, yes The Dark Knight probably would have been nominated and maybe Wall-E.  But there is no way that Iron Man and Tropic Thunder would have been nominated. (and I really liked Iron Man)  If they have 10 nominees, it is just as likely that they will just nominate 10 small movies that the general public hasn't heard of.  The Academy's taste isn't going to suddenly change.  As long as the concept that a film must be "important" to be a Best Picture nominee is in the minds of the Academy voters, then the list of nominees will continue to look the same.

And for the record, I am not a basher of their nominees.  I actually thought Slumdog Millionaire was the best movie I saw last year.

Fred Thompson was in Barbarians at the Gate with James Garner
who was in Space Cowboys with Marcia Gay Harden
who was in the Invisible with...

Rex Harrison

I can love a big stupid action movie, and often do.  But there still needs to be interesting or fun characters.  That is why Die Hard is good and Transformers wasn't.  I honestly think Cameron hasn't made a good movie since Aliens.

Rick Moranis was in Parenthood with Mary Steenbergen
who was in JOA with...

Linda Hamilton

FYI Deb, Arac Attack was called Eight Legged Freaks in the US.  I remember it, but I didn't see it.

Well. if anyone is in South Korea, it is showing at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival.  I don't think I'll be able to make it.

I completely agree.  I miss them too.  although the Hallmark hall of fame movies are still made, they are just on the Hallmark channel now.

My guess is that this is the last we will see of it on scifi channel.  these last 2 "marathons" had the feel of "we paid for these so we are going to run them".  A midweek non-holiday marathon is not how you treat a show you have much faith in.  Hopefully another network with a more appropriate group of watchers will pick it up.

There are a lot of egos on the line.  That is what is driving the lawsuits, ( and to some extent the long time to reach an agreement). 

The industry is changing, but I don't think you all realize where it really may be going.  There is a very real (still small but real) chance that the internet may end all original production as we know it.  If there is no way to make serious money from the internet, and everything ends up there, it would make more sense to quit producing new products, and instead just use the huge libraries of material they already have to generate revenue.  Those annoying commercials are what pays for the shows we all love.  The advertising on the internet is nothing by comparison.  And if DVDs die out, there goes the other real source of profit for the TV shows and movies.   And believe me, if they can't make money, they will stop producing stuff.  That is why SAG, DGA, and WGA are trying to get residuals from the internet.  If that is all that is left, they want to have a revenue stream in place.

This would also affect Movies and Pay Cable stuff as well,  less sources of revenue will hurt them as well.

Sorry to be a downer, but this could be real, and believe me, we take it seriously here.

Raymond Burr was in A place in the Sun with Elizabeth Taylor
who was in Father of the Bride with Russ Tamblyn
who was in JOA with..

Illeana Douglas