Scott Dolan

You mean G6's.

Jim, I didn't really keep up with the Olds saga that much. How did GM handle warranties after that?

Where is Master Nessa these days? Haven't seen him around here much.

I think it's a shame to see what's happening to both Ford and Chevy. But the unfortunate bottom line is that they are pretty much putting out crap these days. Their truck lines are still pretty rock solid, but the rest of their fleets are sorely lagging behind their Asian competitors. The Chrysler group seems to be trying mightily to turn the corner, but their sales have been lagging lately as well. Though their biggest problem is that they have gone back to making what made American cars great in the past. Big engines with huge amounts of HP. Unfortunately, the price of gas has really hamstrung them in that dept. People simply can't see spending $30k+ on cars that are going to beat them to death at the gas pump. American muscle cars are quite a treat until you realize you can actually see the gas guage moving left when your foot is on the gas pedal.

I've been kicking around going back to school. But damn, I hated it enough the first time through.

36 here, too. Gave up my career of Ophthalmic Technician 6 years ago when my son was born. Still haven't figured out what to do since. Currently working in building maintenance. Pay is sweet, benefits are out of this world, I get every holiday off that is known to man, and have no complaints at all. I'd rather be doing something else, for sure, but what it is I don't know.

Agreed. I'm a gamer, though not nearly as much as I used to be in my younger days. But I think $600 for a video game machine is insanity all by itself. But then you have these leeches who buy the machine with the intention of selling it for monstrous profit? I'm not sure if they sicken me more or less than those willing to pay the outrageous prices.

Another sign of a good BBQ joint, a little complementary employee DNA with each and every order! And apt description of the finer Mexican restaurants in Florida.

Wow! I never realized there were so many KC folks here! Great town. I still prefer St. Louis, but it's nice to be smack dab between the two.

Already filmed as "Total Recall" I know, but the movie sucked.

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Even though The Running Man "borrowed" quite a bit from Lies Inc., I'd still like to see Lies made into a motion picture. I also have to say that the only part about Bladerunner that really disappointed me was how Rachael was portrayed. She was no sympathetic little lady!

Yep. And the whole real vs. artificial animal thing in general. What a disturbing look at the emotional degredation of human beings in the future. I think that thing that Deckard had that froze all subjects around him within a certain distance was pretty cool. And the overall effect from that would be so easy to create visually these days.

Exactly. Although Ridley kept that kind of thing to a minimum, every replicant that Deckard killed in the movie died only at the end of some convoluted chase. I thought it really cheapened it a bit and made it seem hokey. The most chilling part about DADOES is how the replicants are killed. There's never any wild chase, not even many struggles or fights. Just *blam*, dead. I mean, the way he describes them killing the singer in the elevator, man, that gave me goosebumps because of how quickly and coldly he described it. Really excellent stuff!

I have PKD's UBIK sceeenplay, which is awesome. As time regressed in the movie, he wanted to have it filmed on progressively older film stock. So the part in Des Moines would be that old black&white and slightly speeded-up style. that would have been pretty sweet.

Excellent topic. Personally I'd like to see Ridley Scott go back and do the entire story of Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? I really dug Bladerunner, but the full story would have made for such an eerie and disturbing movie. Has anyone seen the preview for A Scanner Darkly yet? Can't really tell if it's going to be any good, but it's going to have an interesting look. It's on the Apple Quicktime Movie Trailors site. I also think that ANY PKD books done correctly would make great movies. I think Lies Inc. would make for one hell of a movie. Maybe The Penultimate Truth..............

Steve, Sounds awesome. Always dug AALY, and this is not the first time I have heard this album mentioned. Sounds like it's right up my alley.