tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post5630490430817996181..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: The ShadowTom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-49470270323038840492008-09-26T11:21:00.000+01:002008-09-26T11:21:00.000+01:00I agree that escape scene is way over the top EJH ...I agree that escape scene is way over the top EJH - but feel there's more to Heat than you give it credit for.Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-62832383861147145322008-09-26T07:23:00.000+01:002008-09-26T07:23:00.000+01:00Heat = a typically empty Michael Mann film with lo...Heat = a typically empty Michael Mann film with lots of people doing things for no reason so that spectacular scenes can be staged. Note also the robbery scene in which more firepower is employed in the plaza than during the Battle of the Somme.<BR/><BR/>(Also see: "the bloke throwing himself through the window at the end of Manhunter".)ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-5709465725782290022008-09-25T22:02:00.000+01:002008-09-25T22:02:00.000+01:00Talking of more attention than it deserved ...I wa...Talking of more attention than it deserved ...<BR/><BR/>I was thinking about the sledgehammer subtlety of the 'crime doesn't pay' message this morning. At first I was chuckling away to myself but then I thought is i so different these days.<BR/><BR/>e.g. Heat ... <BR/><BR/>SPOILER<BR/><BR/><BR/>SPOILER<BR/><BR/>SPOILER<BR/><BR/><BR/>SPOILER <BR/><BR/>SPOILER<BR/><BR/><BR/>SPOILER <BR/><BR/>SPOILER<BR/><BR/><BR/>SPOILER <BR/><BR/>SPOILER<BR/><BR/><BR/>SPOILER <BR/><BR/><BR/>SPOILER<BR/><BR/><BR/>SPOILER <BR/><BR/>SPOILER<BR/><BR/><BR/>SPOILER <BR/><BR/>SPOILER<BR/><BR/><BR/>SPOILER <BR/><BR/>SPOILER<BR/><BR/><BR/>SPOILER <BR/><BR/>SPOILER<BR/><BR/><BR/>SPOILER <BR/><BR/>SPOILER<BR/><BR/><BR/>SPOILER <BR/><BR/>SPOILER<BR/><BR/><BR/>SPOILER <BR/><BR/><BR/>SPOILER<BR/><BR/><BR/>SPOILER <BR/><BR/><BR/>SPOILER<BR/><BR/><BR/>SPOILER <BR/><BR/><BR/>SPOILER<BR/><BR/><BR/>SPOILER <BR/><BR/><BR/>SPOILER<BR/><BR/><BR/>SPOILER <BR/><BR/>in many ways a hugely great crime film but you know for sure the final facedown is going to leave De Niro catching a bullet and no Pacino.<BR/><BR/>btw: I've spoilered this for politeness sake and not because anybody who hasn't seen Heat yet would have there enjoyment altered by seeing this post first.Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-46662300155192993392008-09-25T21:56:00.000+01:002008-09-25T21:56:00.000+01:00EJH:You should be able to just click on the link a...EJH:<BR/>You should be able to just click on the link and it will start. It takes a while to get going - about a minute usually for me - but then it seems to get going automatically.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps you haven't got quick time plug-in or some alternative mp3 player? You could try right clicking and saving the file to disk and playing it thereafter. It's worth the trouble - absolutely hysterical stuff.<BR/><BR/>DAVID:<BR/>I particularly liked the whole story recap just before the denouement just to ensure the hard of thinking are up to speed. God alone knows what the listeners of the Shadow would have made of The Wire.Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-7613092348196310662008-09-25T13:22:00.000+01:002008-09-25T13:22:00.000+01:00LC: Oh, I think I understand. One tap is 'no', an...<EM>LC:</EM> Oh, I think I understand. One tap is 'no', and two taps are 'yes'. Is that right?<BR/><BR/><EM>Murderer:</EM> (Two taps)<BR/><BR/><EM>LC proceeds on this assumption.</EM><BR/><BR/>Seems that The Shadow hasn't read his Smullyan! (What he ought to have asked is something like: "Is two plus two equal to four?")<BR/><BR/>I fear I have given this more of my attention than it really deserved...Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13388819916739249013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-49958734406676968502008-09-25T12:16:00.000+01:002008-09-25T12:16:00.000+01:00you can listen to the whole thing for freeWell, yo...<I>you can listen to the whole thing for free</I><BR/><BR/>Well, you can if you know how. Do I push a button or something? Pull a lever?ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-5527821052531775012008-09-25T08:30:00.000+01:002008-09-25T08:30:00.000+01:00Still not given it a try? Let me give you a sneak...Still not given it a try? Let me give you a sneak preview of the ending ...<BR/><BR/><BR/><B>ML:</B><BR/>Lamont, to think that all those things could happen at a <I>chess</I> club.<BR/><BR/><B>LC:</B><BR/>(chuckling) I always told you didn't I that it was a very exciting game?<BR/><BR/><B>ML:</B><BR/>Exciting? It's a killer.<BR/><BR/><B>LC & ML:</B><BR/>(Laughter)<BR/><BR/><BR/>THE END<BR/><BR/><BR/>Anyhoo, I've got to go. I feel strangely compelled to go out and buy some blue coal.Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.com