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pachy
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A favourite film of mine. did anyone know that H G Wells mother was a cook in a huge Georgian mansion called Uppark house,(it burned down in the 1980's & was completely restored even down to the fading of the wallpaper so when you moved a painting it looked original)..
Anyway as a boy H G Wells gained access to the library by befriending the rich owners son, his "Time machine" book was really a clever onservation of life in the 1800's showing a hard & miserable life underground (uppark house had all the servants areas & kitchens built as tunnels under the house.....Trolls ?? ) & a weak helpless bunch of individuals above ground who had no emotion (the rich housholders).
Like so many films at the time ..Frankenstien, to name one.....(never originally a monster story), The Time Machine" was a political statement disguised as fictional adventure.
I love the line in the 60's version, "Look over here, here are the scratchmarks on the floor from the conservatory into the drawing room, where he dragged the machine to be be with the girl on return to her time".
I wanted to see a bit more with him cranking one up her 
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Eleventy7
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maunin.
andy how'm i do with my record attempt?
pachy cheers for that little insight mate, another similar thing i believe is animal farm, which is actually about the cold war.
ive heard equilibrium is good eamonn, never seen it tho. Did watch gangs of new york last nite tho, not bad but bit too long i thought.
tf its friday
erm think this post is far too long for this time of the mornin!
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Moaning!
kev the early bird beat me again! 
Animal farm yeah...... very well done btw... very political 
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mixin
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/me hasnt seen THAT animal farm.
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Vlammetje
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you naughty boy!
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Eamonn
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Morning everyarse. Isn't your avatar on g4u from equilebrium Kev? So patchy was Equilebrium originally a book or was the film just inspired by the time machine? |
Vlammetje
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hello Eamonn..... how's the weeekend?
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Eamonn
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lo marga. I just flew from Baghdad to Sharjah in a 747! |
Vlammetje
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taking off at baghdad musta been a bit bumpy
try flying to amsterdam 
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Eamonn
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Taking off from everywhere is bumpy for me! |
Vlammetje
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Captain Eamonn...... dangerous drunk pilot!
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Eleventy7
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Bored at work so i thought i'd sneak off for a bit and see what's goin on. Yeah Eamonn my avatar is from that film but not seen it
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pachy
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@Eamonn, it has more in common with the Terry Gilliam Classic "Brazil"
a film that many other films copy from. "Brazil" although a tiny bit dated is still a must watch film if you havnt seen it. (Must be the uncut version though otherwise its just too confuzzling).
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Afternin ive been home since 2, work was slow so we went home! ;-)
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Posted: 2003-10-03 02:21
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