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Re: Are There Any Highly Regarded Films Whose Popularity You Cannot Fathom?

Lilium

kylez: 

The Departed only won Best Picture because it was directed by Scorcese. It is an ugly, pointless, boring rip off of a film from Hong Kong.

  · Dec 28 at 12:44pm

I love Infernal Affairs too much to go near this one.

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Re: Are There Any Highly Regarded Films Whose Popularity You Cannot Fathom?

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Troy Senik:  I'm still convinced that the ending of "2001: A Space Odyssey" was a botched CIA experiment. · Dec 28 at 12:14pm

I'd rather be watching cricket or grass growing than that movie.

 
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Re: Are There Any Highly Regarded Films Whose Popularity You Cannot Fathom?

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Ben Domenech: I just did not get the level of love there was for The King's Speech. · Dec 28 at 9:45am

I didn't mind it. But the King was a devoted Christian man and that part of his life was ignored entirely.

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Re: Are There Any Highly Regarded Films Whose Popularity You Cannot Fathom?

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Titanic is one, Four Weddings and A Funeral and Pulp Fiction definitely. Didn't find them funny at all.

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Re: Ricochet: We're Babysitting This Afternoon, Live

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The Octonauts... exceedingly popular with under fives and their care givers. Even our 10 year old watches it. Cute beyond belief and adorable looking marine creatures.

And there's always Spongebob Squarepants...

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Re: Ricochet Podcast #68: He's Dead, James

Lilium

I'd love to hear Dr Rahe on these podcasts a lot more.

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Re: New Podcast: Ricochet Roundtable with Steyn, Goldberg, and Long

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That's why I became a paying customer.

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Re: Ricochet Podcast #61:The King of Segues

Lilium

Ah... someone knows his Bach.

Not only should you read Tim Blair's blog, you need to get Tim Blair to blog on Ricochet.

Thanks for thinking of us, James...

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Re: Why Catholics Don't Have to Be Democrats

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dogsbody

Scott Reusser: Katievs, Pseudo, or anyone: 

What one or two books would you all recommend as a "sales pitch," so to speak?  I've just started WFB's but am looking for others.

Hope you're still out there. 

    · Mar 6 at 5:25pm

I'm not Catholic, so I'm not familiar with too many books about the Catholic church.  However, I recommend Timothy Keller's The King's Cross if you need a "sales pitch" for Christian belief, Catholic or not.  Mr. Keller is pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC, a church I used to attend when I was teaching at West Point.  (Yes, it was worth the 50 mile commute each way, for a number of reasons.)

Full disclosure:  I haven't read the book yet, but I heard his series of sermons under the same title.  If the book is as good as the sermons, it will be excellent.  In fact, I'm going to order it on Amazon now. · Mar 6 at 6:28pm

It's a wonderful book. A wonderful summary of the gospel taken from the gospel of Mark.

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Re: The Hidden Talents of Ricochet - Part 2

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Love it!

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Re: Ricochet Podcast #58: Indiana Wants Me

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Blue Yeti

Foxman: You started the podcast with a comment that it always more than an hour long and then proceeded to go on for just under an hour. · Feb 23 at 8:39pm

That was my fault. One of our hosts had to be done by a certain time and I didn't let James know ahead of time. We'll make it up to you next week.  · Feb 23 at 8:56pm

Does that mean that Sty-ian is on next week?

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Re: Ricochet Podcast #57: How About A Sweater?

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If the Yeti makes 'em, I'll be there.

Kyle Mcloughlin: Seriously, these podcasts are too good to be true.

@Lilium, Someone needs to cut a 90 minute track composed exclusively of Steyn rants - those ones when he perceptibly shifts gears, slips the surly bonds of conventional interlocution and absolutely goes for it. The left has Bill Hicks. Finally, the right has Steyn. · Feb 21 at 11:11pm

Edited on Feb. 22 at 11:12pm
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Re: Sina Berlinski (1910–2011)

Lilium

Condolences to the Berlinski family as they celebrate a life well-lived.

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Re: A Baby Trashing A Bar: There's a Metaphor in Here Somewhere

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Babies and kids in general have a way of taking over your life.

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Re: Borders Bookstore Bankruptcy Reflects Excess Supply of Low Quality Books

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Borders here in Australia put out the Kobo reader last year. I didn't get one but apparently it was selling well. I'm still undecided about getting a Kindle although I use the Kindle app on my iPhone to get what I want.

While I love going into Borders and stretching out on the big comfy armchairs, their prices were pretty exorbitant. I would only buy books from them if I had a discount coupon. Otherwise there's the Book Depository or Amazon.

I still like getting books and I suspect that there are still people like me around the place. I like touching them, turning pages and scribbling all over them. And I like lending them to people. It's hard to lend ebooks.

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Re: Afghan Government Plans To Execute Christian For His Faith

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Good of you to put this up, Brandon. I caught it on the Barnabas Fund newsletter today. BF has started a campaign and has got a petition going. It's gratifying to see John Piper getting behind this as well.

Courageous man, Musa. Hope this ignites something among Christians and beyond.

Edited on Feb. 21 at 12:19am

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