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I have Casablanca on Blu-ray and it is an astounding feat of restoration. The lighting, hd sharpness and sound quality makes it nearly an essential purchase for anybody that considers themselves a film fan, to see what could be produced visually as far back as 1942 that can go toe to toe with anything filmed today on modern equipment. Even if the subject matter doesn't appeal, it is a visual feast Quite frankly my dears, I do not give a damn. Ah, but political correctness is biting on that one. Gone With the Wind has been taken down from some cinemas in the south of the US due to reasons.

There are a lot of reasons it gets considered a classic... The Timeless appeal of Casablanca

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgLtEob6X-Q Although I think this one has to hit amusing heights for involving the director.. https://youtu.be/saTFPCuQfvw

The Monstrous empathy of Lon Chaney

Hm. Okay, here's a question for those Stateside.. Montana wildfires? I seem to be seeing a batch of social media folks doing the "Why are the Montana Wildfires not being reported in the mainstream news? Just by people on FB who happen to live in Montana?" Although NBC Montana has this on their website but...

Spuz - Equifax Breach

"This Scotsman moves to the United States. He goes to his first baseball game but doesn’t understand it. When a runner hits a ground ball, he watches the crowd yelling for the player to run. When the next player does the same thing, he joins in. Then the next guy gets up to bat and the pitcher throws three balls and a strike. The last pitch is a ball and the batter drops his bat and starts to walk to first base. The Scotsman, completely confused, jumps up and yells ‘What are ya doing? Run it out, laddie!’ A guy in the stands explains it to him: ‘He doesn’t have to run; he’s got four balls.’ So the bewildered Scotsman yells out, ‘Walk with pride, lad, walk with pride.”

Teen reportedly told she violated her high schools dress code because she was busty and plus size

So apparently in a bid to cut back on spoilers... Game of Thrones season 8 to film multiple endings

Toronto man "angry" after learning his $8,100 degree that required no exams or academic work is fake

Frank Vincent Dead Most recognised for Sopranos and Goodfellas.

Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Men Tell No Tales / Salazar's Revenge (depending on which title you want to use). All pirates are now idiots with no real abilities or skills who purely get by on random events. Jack Sparrow is a drunken idiot who does not have quick wits, just occasional flashes of not being a moronic pirate. All British naval officers are monomaniacal tyrants lusting after power and with no redeeming qualities. Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley have basically 5 minute cameos. It still manages to be a mostly entertaining film, it opens fairly strongly with a bit of setting up the story, followed by an exceptionally silly bank robbery set to familiar music, and then it roams along in a generally engaging popcorn manner. It still doesn't quite have the touch of magic that the first PotC had, but tis a better attempt than Stranger Tides. It has a general running joke between the two main protagonists, one of whom has studied all the myths, legends and curses of the sea and the other being the intelligent woman with a scientific background who keeps being accused of being a witch despire rejecting all non-scientific thoughts of magic, curses, or the undead.

Summer officially over as first goth of winter spotted

The founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company passed away. Sir Peter Hall

For the quirky and pretty... Milky way reflected onto the largest salt flat in the world

It's always nice to see how optimistic the people on this forum are... That positive outlook on life is rare to find.

Turned on the PC, it made a fuzzy popping sound followed by a sharp burning electronics smell. Did not actually boot up. Guess I'm picking up a new power supply tomorrow...

I thought you might appreciate that one Hurl.