Dagwood222

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[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The stupidest thing is that he could have quietly blackmailed the Saudis out of $50 billion on Inauguration Day 2017.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

Sounds like the start of a Tony Hillerman [author] Joe Leaphorn mystery. Someone finds a body that looks like it's a Native American ritual burial, but it's not...

[see TV show 'Dark Winds']

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 25 points 2 days ago (6 children)

There's an urban legend in New York City.

One day, a patrol car in the Bronx finds a headless body laying in the street. The victim's hands, feet, and skin was removed. There's a massive response to find the deranged killer. Everything gets called off in a few hours, after the coroner realizes that it's the body of a gorilla.

There was a hot dog factory in the area.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 22 points 3 days ago

When you see those Veterans' Day parades and a tiny number of WW2 and Korea vets marching...

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

https://www.wired.com/video/watch/design-fx-inside-orphan-black-s-amazing-visual-effects

If you haven't seen it, "Orphan Black" is a BBC show about a group of clones being hunted down by their creators.

One actress played about 20 different roles in the series; and there were a few scenes where all the clones were in the same room together.

Great show and a masterclass in acting.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

Modesty Blaise was supposed to be a 'refugee' raised in 'the Middle East.' She could be Kashmiri, Afghan, or Iraqi.

I'd do it with two actresses; a fifty-something Modesty narrating her life story and a younger actress for the early years.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Quentin Tarantino and I [and probably a lot of other folks] came up with the idea of setting the next Bond back in the 1960s.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 11 points 3 days ago

There really is no such thing as 'The USA.'

I live in New York City and what's cool here will get you arrested in other places.

Some towns are fine with you having a rifle on open display. Some towns are fine with you smoking pot on the street.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago

If you have to die, die fighting.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago

ass the /s, it's 2024.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I remember a kids' book written around 1965. The 12 year old hero travels from his home in Harlem to Penn Station by subway, buys a train ticket to Washington, and goes to the Lincoln Memorial unaccompanied.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago

The good old days, right?

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