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Ken HPoJ
Supreme Potentate
USA
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 Posted - 12/05/2005 : 10:22:58 AM
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Between the holidays and hanging out with friends & family MUCH more than I usually do, I have had little time to do any writing. I am hoping to get something up this weekend, but we'll see. I know Saturday is a total wipe, as I'll be attending Handel's Messiah at the Chicago Symphany Orchestra in the afternoon and then probably seeing a movie that night. Then I'm supposed to go to my brother's on Sunday to see the Bears game, but maybe I'll cancel that. Stupid limited 24 hours a day.
Since deadlines seem to work well for me, I'm currently compiling a list of potential review subjects for next year. Since our bandwith hosting contract is up, I may tie in monthly site sponsorship with the option of letting the sponsor choose a movie off the list to be reviewed during their month. If that pathetic attempt to grovel for $$ doesn't work, maybe I'll just throw things up for a vote.
I'd like to get ahead on some stuff, but with the holidays coming (and B-Fest popping up on the horizon), we'll have to see. However, I am pretty much committed to posting much more regularly next year than I've managed to in 2005.
Anyway, thanks to everyone who's stuck around during this fallow period.
PEGGY: I don't see how having a girl on the team would ruin it. Did a woman judge ruin the Supreme Court?
HANK: Yes, and that woman's name was Earl Warren.
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BT
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
USA
168 Posts |
Posted - 12/05/2005 : 10:55:40 AM
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| Don't mean to be crass Ken, but what is the cost for a month's bandwith? Just in case I was thinking about throwing a little $ your way. |
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Ken HPoJ
Supreme Potentate
USA
1530 Posts |
Posted - 12/05/2005 : 11:03:51 AM
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I have to check with Paul, but if I remember right it was roughly $30-40. If I could get a good hunk of that covered, say $25-30, I'd be more than satisfied. I'll be seeing Paul tomorrow night and will tighten those numbers up.
I'm still musing on this, but the general idea is that a sponsorship would get you credit in the Tip Jar Box for the month, the chance to pick a film off the list I mentioned above to be reviewed that month, and maybe a "this review brought you by _____" credit for anything posted that month.
I don't want to whore the site up, but then, it's not like I can offer anybody much of anything concrete for their (theoretical) donation, so I do want to give some sort of...well, 'value' doesn't seem the right word, but something along those lines.
PEGGY: I don't see how having a girl on the team would ruin it. Did a woman judge ruin the Supreme Court?
HANK: Yes, and that woman's name was Earl Warren.
--King of the Hill |
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BradH812
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 12/05/2005 : 6:42:42 PM
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| Would you like to indulge us in a sneak peek of possible review candidates, Ken? Whet our appetites? |
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UnknownSubject
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Australia
212 Posts |
Posted - 12/05/2005 : 11:21:08 PM
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Can I suggest having a look at www.getmehosted.com for a host? I use them and have had a pretty good experience for the $80 per year plan.
Anyway, have a look. If anyone sees something greviously wrong with their plans, please post it here because I'd love to know as well.
Spandex Cinema
http://sc.thebeholder.org
Latest Review - "Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD" |
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kdraut
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
343 Posts |
Posted - 12/06/2005 : 08:37:45 AM
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Ken, I use www.superbhosting.net and I have no problems with downtime or bandwidth. I get 1Gb of serverspace and 50Gb of bandwidth per month for $6.50 a month.
If we send you a dvd/tape with a couple $20s taped to it, will that work? I have some doozies that need to be reviewed.
Kirk
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Ken HPoJ
Supreme Potentate
USA
1530 Posts |
Posted - 12/06/2005 : 08:47:31 AM
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Here's my preliminary list:
The Adventurers
Amityville 3-D
The Betsy
Billy Jack Goes to Washington
Boom!
Cobra
Color of Night
Gable & Lombard
Hurry Sundown
The Jazz Singer
Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park
The Klansman (aka Burning Cross)
Lipstick
Mac & Me
Monster Dog
Navy vs. the Night Monster
A Night in Heaven
Osterman Weekend
Over the Top
Rocky IV
Sandpiper
The Stablizer
The Star
Under the Cherry Moon
Viva Knievel
Year of the Gun
Zabriskie Point
I won't get to all of those next year, and some of them I haven't seen, so I can't guarantee how long a review I'd get out of them. Some of them, certainly, would require a pretty large piece.
I'm sure I'll be adding some titles to that, but that's my starting point. And thanks for the hosting suggestions; I'll run them by Paul.
PEGGY: I don't see how having a girl on the team would ruin it. Did a woman judge ruin the Supreme Court?
HANK: Yes, and that woman's name was Earl Warren.
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mpollack
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
USA
119 Posts |
Posted - 12/06/2005 : 09:43:13 AM
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A nice list. I especially look forward to Rocky IV.
Some other possibilities:
Adventures in Dinosaur City
Sometimes They Come Back... Again
Surf Nazis Must Die
The Smokers
Kazaam
Cool as Ice
Also, I'm going to try to post in the reader reviews some of the superfriends bios that SeanBaby missed.
MPollack
Oh, and at sunset we invade France. Just because.
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hbrennan
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Philippines
1455 Posts |
Posted - 12/06/2005 : 6:02:39 PM
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Hey Ken, you know I'm always a sucker for Billy Jack. By the way, no need to apologize for having other things to do. My whole Novenber was taken up with NaNoWriMo. Now, I'm doing the revision with a mid-January publication deadline. Oy! (details at my blog).
"...yet it hadn't destroyed his brain."
re: Charles "The Butcher" Benton (1956)
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BradH812
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1294 Posts |
Posted - 12/06/2005 : 6:33:46 PM
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Oh, man, Kiss Meets Phantom, Rocky IV, Color of Night, and Cobra (the ORIGINAL Fair Game). I may have to hold on to my moolah, since I wouldn't be able to pick between those. Add The Omega Code or Beyond Borders to that mix, and my head may explode.
By the way, have you ever read the book The Osterman Weekend? There are a lot of problems with it, but it's a lot better than the movie. |
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ELOrocks17
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
USA
131 Posts |
Posted - 12/06/2005 : 6:47:48 PM
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| How about reviewing "Phantoms"? Ben Afflec in a cowyboy hat (?) |
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nshumate
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
464 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2005 : 07:26:37 AM
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Jumping in with those touting hosts, I very highly recommend http://www.wwm.net. Loads of features, very reasonable prices, and jaw-droppingly exceptional customer service. Having been through about half a dozen hosts in the course of the Media Empire's history, I can honestly say that I'm never leaving these guys unless they leave me first.
Nathan Shumate
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Edited by - nshumate on 12/07/2005 07:29:21 AM |
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