Re: you can't go home again

[George Graves <gmgraves@domain.elided>]

Whattya mean? The Sly Stallone racing flick looked dumb the day it was 
released!


George Graves


On Monday, September 30, 2002, at 02:27  PM, alfa-digest wrote:


> Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 15:48:30 -0500
> From: MCosgrove@domain.elided
> Subject: you can't go home again
>
> The Houston club had a get-together Saturday night at which we watched 
> the
> Steve McQueen movie "Le Mans".  Those of us who were old enough 
> remembered
> it as a pretty good racing flick, especially as compared to the many 
> pretty
> bad racing flicks out there.  Well, the racing scenes and sounds didn't
> disappoint.  The occasional 33/3 zipped across the screen chasing all 
> the
> 917's and 512's. What an era that was!  The rest of the movie, however,
> bordered on being a howler!  What a difference 30 years makes.  Did we
> really think hair like that was attractive, let alone sexy?  All the 
> actors
> looked like they were in wigs.  And the dialog?  What dialog.  
> Obviously
> the writers were paid by the word, as there was none until 20 minutes 
> in.
> Then it was 3 word questions, answered with a stare and perhaps a 
> twitch of
> an eye or a little start of a half grin.  Then 20 more minutes of no
> dialog.  And how on earth could our hero's 917, equal in speed to his
> rival's 512 for 23.8 hours, suddenly make up 30 seconds in less than 
> one
> lap, only to then be the 512's equal once again?  I know..."IT'S ONLY A
> MOVIE!!"
>
> Us guys enjoyed it more than our wives did, although they had a good 
> time
> lauging at us and our off color comments.  Makes me wonder, 
> however...does
> this mean that that Sly Stallone racing movie (the title escapes me) 
> will
> look dumb in 2030?
>
> Mike in Houston
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