Pick one: Either or; neither nor

Rob Damen · September-26th-2006, 07:09 PM

Laurence Olivier or Robert DeNiro?

Sally Hemings or Monica Lewinsky?

Ray Miland or Nicolas Cage?

Jim Brown or Jerry Rice?

FDR or Lincoln?

Newton or Einstein?

Picasso or Monet?

Miro or Pollack?

Rembrant or Kandinsky?

Mingus or Jelly Roll?

Monk or Joplin?

The Sopranos or Crime Story?

Lord of the Rings or Star Wars?

Hitler or Caesar?

Cheers,

Rob

Jason Bivins · September-26th-2006, 07:22 PM

Cool thread. I'll vote for: Deniro, Hemings, Cage (for "Raising Arizona"), Brown, FDR, Newton (for alchemy), Picasso (for "Guernica"), Miro, Kandinsky, Mingus, Monk, The Sopranos (for seasons 1 & 2), Lord of the Rings, and Caesar.

Rob Damen · September-26th-2006, 07:24 PM

I was wondering Jason if anybody remembered "Crime Story" ... did you ever see it? I thought it was a very influential show that pre-dated some of the Sopranos ideas. But I'd probably take the Sopranos, too.

Cheers,

Rob

Jason Bivins · September-26th-2006, 07:52 PM

Not me, man. Kinda made the choice easier.

MRS · September-26th-2006, 07:57 PM

GoodSpeak · September-26th-2006, 08:04 PM

Yer killin' me, MRS

walto · September-26th-2006, 10:03 PM

Laurence Olivier or Robert DeNiro? Both

Sally Hemings or Monica Lewinsky? No answer

Ray Miland or Nicolas Cage? Both

Jim Brown or Jerry Rice? Brown

FDR or Lincoln? Both

Newton or Einstein? Both

Picasso or Monet? Both

Miro or Pollack? Pollack

Rembrant or Kandinsky? Rembrandt

Mingus or Jelly Roll? Mingus

Monk or Joplin? Both

The Sopranos or Crime Story? Neither

Lord of the Rings or Star Wars? Rings

Hitler or Caesar? Neither

Vince Kargatis · September-26th-2006, 10:49 PM

Loved "Crime Story", but then, I'm a Michael Mann fan in general. Great jazz use in the soundtrack, I remember one ep that had a tense scene scored with Stan Getz/Eddie Sauter's "Night Rider" from Focus.

Not as good the second season as the first, but a great way to go out when it was cancelled, with the second season finale showing all the principals go down in a plane, smashing into the water.

Rob Damen · September-27th-2006, 12:39 AM

Thanks, Vince ... I'm glad somebody remembers!

Cheers,

Rob

clinthopson · September-27th-2006, 11:41 AM

Laurence Olivier or Robert DeNiro? Charleton Heston

Sally Hemings or Monica Lewinsky? Linda Lovelace

Ray Miland or Nicolas Cage? Robby

Jim Brown or Jerry Rice? Tom Fears

FDR or Lincoln? Warrren Gamaliel Harding

Newton or Einstein? Prof. Irwin Corey

Picasso or Monet? Rene Magritte

Miro or Pollack? Rene Magritte

Rembrant or Kandinsky? Vermeer

Mingus or Jelly Roll? Fats Waller

Monk or Joplin? Earl Hines

The Sopranos or Crime Story? Dragnet

Lord of the Rings or Star Wars? Capt. Video

Hitler or Caesar? Bush

Enforcer · September-27th-2006, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob Damen

I was wondering Jason if anybody remembered "Crime Story" ... did you ever see it? I thought it was a very influential show that pre-dated some of the Sopranos ideas. But I'd probably take the Sopranos, too.

Cheers,

Rob

I remember it! Dennis Farina, baby. I liked that show quite a bit.

Chris D · September-27th-2006, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Larry Nagel

I remember it! Dennis Farina, baby. I liked that show quite a bit.

moneyp · September-27th-2006, 01:10 PM

Loved "Crime Story." Can't hear Del Shannon's "Runaway" without thinking of it.

Pete C · September-28th-2006, 10:47 PM

Robert DeNiro

Sally Hemings or Monica Lewinsky? ab-stain

Ray Miland

Jim Brown or Jerry Rice? abstain

FDR or Lincoln? Lincoln by a nose

Newton or Einstein? The Jew, of course

Picasso

Miro

Kandinsky

Mingus

Monk

The Sopranos or Crime Story? never saw either

Lord of the Rings or Star Wars? never saw either

Hitler or Caesar? Who ever heard of a Hitler salad?

Scott Dolan · September-28th-2006, 11:00 PM

Laurence Olivier or Robert DeNiro? DeNiro(though barely)

Sally Hemings or Monica Lewinsky? Sally Kellerman

Very sexy.

Ray Miland or Nicolas Cage? Cage

Jim Brown or Jerry Rice? Both! And toss in Night Train Lane on D!

FDR or Lincoln? Neither

Newton or Einstein? Both

Picasso or Monet? Dweebly

Miro or Pollack? Pollack

Rembrant or Kandinsky? Not familiar enough with either

Mingus or Jelly Roll? Mingus

Monk or Joplin? Monk

The Sopranos or Crime Story? Neither

Lord of the Rings or Star Wars? Both

Hitler or Caesar? Heil Ceasar

Cheers, Gesundheit

Rob Bob

Sandi22 · September-28th-2006, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris D

The music was great and the camera work, lighting and locations were pretty good as well. That show and a couple of others from that era hit a lot of nerves, so I wasn't surprised when it went off the air. Did it seem to all of you that it, along with a couple of other shows, were was losing viewers? It seemed to us, if anything, they, it and the others, were becoming more popular. Never a Miami Vice, but Crime Story had it's share of viewers. They both went off in their prime. We heard they, both shows crews and actors were too close to things, in more ways than one. We hear the crew in Miami were getting in too thick with the wrong people, the narcotics squad being some of them. Remember how they were busted not too long after the show moved out of town? Seems some Hollywood types were getting worried.