Endless Ends

[Endless_Night]

As it seems unlikely I'll be around later:

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Happy New Year lovely people!

 

[investor2020]

I think that hw, NRJ and I have you figured out by now (them better than me).

Best Wishes for the New Year's celebration and 2024.

Oh, and may your New Year's resolutions last one day longer than your best intentions !

 

[Apisto42]

Happy New Year!

Hope the rehab works for you this time.

 

[investor2020]

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Boris Karloff as Dr. Hook in "Peter Pan" on Broadway
1950-51

 

[investor2020]

February full moon, the Snow Moon (also known as the Micro Moon with its greatest distance from Earth) . . . Saturday night, 2/24, but the best window for viewing will be Friday night.

"Its significance lies in the purity, renewal, and potential for new beginnings it symbolizes . . . This full moon appears to be all about rebirth and letting go of things that no longer serve the best interests of zodiacs, ushering in new beginnings . . . Critical information may be shared in the surrounding days, and this is the prime time to make changes to your daily habits and routine."

 

[investor2020]

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Ricou Browning (February 16, 1930 – February 27, 2023) --played the creature in the underwater scenes

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[Endless_Night]

February full moon, the Snow Moon (also known as the Micro Moon with its greatest distance from Earth) . . . Saturday night, 2/24, but the best window for viewing will be Friday night.

"Its significance lies in the purity, renewal, and potential for new beginnings it symbolizes . . . This full moon appears to be all about rebirth and letting go of things that no longer serve the best interests of zodiacs, ushering in new beginnings . . . Critical information may be shared in the surrounding days, and this is the prime time to make changes to your daily habits and routine."

I did not know this!

* * *
My eclipse plans, you ask? Finalized.

No thanks to myself. I started looking months ago. And, naturally, got sidetracked. (As I do.)

Fortunately a friend of a friend has provided me with far more suitable housing than I could have ever found for myself.

(Good thing, too. Rental prices are in the thousands. Per night!!)


Four minutes of total eclipse!

Can you dig it?

 

[Mrmphilll2]

Good for you. Hopefully it was more than you had hoped for and welcome back!

 

[Endless_Night]

Ray Bradbury.

I recently discovered he wrote detective fiction!

Naturally I had to read. I’m not entirely sure how I’d rate the experience. The vivid imagery he conjures and heavy description still rule, but they’re almost a little too surreal. Plot is like an afterthought. Or maybe a suggestion.

Anyway, the reason I bring them up, is my rabbit hole plunge discovered that not only was Ray Harryhausen Bradbury’s great friend, but he’s a character in the second detective novel!

(As are some other Hollywood notables.)

A Graveyard For Lunatics (1990).

We’ve talked so much Harryhausen in the thread I thought it worth mentioning.

 

[Endless_Night]

Good for you. Hopefully it was more than you had hoped for and welcome back!

Thank You! It has a rooftop terrace and unobstructed sky view, so I'm pretty chuffed.

 

[Mrmphilll2]

Nothing wrong with being chuffed!

 

[Endless_Night]

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Ricou Browning (February 16, 1930 – February 27, 2023) --played the creature in the underwater scenes

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This is cool. I don't know that I remembered that there were two creatures, environment dependent. I wonder why they didn't use him for both?

Gosh. He was 93 when he passed.

I was surprised to see that Bradbury was 91 and Ray Harryhausen was 92!

Does anyone live that long anymore?

We are living in effete times, people.

 

[hotwords229_A]

I wonder why they didn't use him for both?

Ricou was relatively short. An amazing swimmer and could hold his breath forever, but above water he wasn’t as intimidating. So they used the much taller Ben Chapman above water.

You can tell the difference because Ricou’s suit had two set of abdominal plates and Ben’s had three.

 

[Endless_Night]

Ricou was relatively short. An amazing swimmer and could hold his breath forever, but above water he wasn’t as intimidating. So they used the much taller Ben Chapman above water.

You can tell the difference because Ricou’s suit had two set of abdominal plates and Ben’s had three.

Ah. That would make sense.

The abdominal plates, too, except in the picture above he appears to have . . . four?

*heads to google*

 

[investor2020]

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The Eighth Wonder of the World was introduced in New York City’s Radio City Music Hall on March 2, 1933.

 

[investor2020]

Four minutes of total eclipse!

Can you dig it?

I had the pleasure of that experience several years ago up here in the mtns of GA . . . awesome !

p.s. nice to see you back

 

[Endless_Night]

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The Eighth Wonder of the World was introduced in New York City’s Radio City Music Hall on March 2, 1933.

The Ray Bradbury detective novel I just mentioned might have been short on expected detective norms, but it was incredibly rich as a peek into Hollywood history.

The narrator speaks of seeing King Kong and and it's lasting impact on himself and his friend's (Harryhausen) work. Which, I kinda loved.

(^The crowd looks so excited.)

 

[Endless_Night]

I had the pleasure of that experience several years ago up here in the mtns of GA . . . awesome !

p.s. nice to see you back

The annular we had last year was interesting. It lasted long enough to effect a significant drop in temp. Something I don't recall experiencing with previous eclipses.

I'm curious if the total eclipse (similar duration) will be even colder.

 

[hotwords229_A]

Ah. That would make sense.

The abdominal plates, too, except in the picture above he appears to have . . . four?

*heads to google*

You’re right. Now I have to watch the making of doc again and see what they say about it.
I’ll report back my findings.

 

[Endless_Night]

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*dying*

 

[Endless_Night]

^Found on Pinterest under "Bride of the Black Lagoon".

Further searching yields no actual movie, but!!!

Bride From the Black Lagoon. (2011)


Read at own risk. This may belong in the Cock Map Monster Porn thread.

 

[investor2020]

Creature trivia . . .

What happened to the original Creature from the Black Lagoon costume?

The costume pieces were discarded by Universal after production had finished on the three films (Creature from the Black Lagoon and its two sequels) and were later recovered from the studio's dumpster by a janitor, who thought the ensemble would make a good Halloween costume for his son.

 

[hotwords229_A]

You’re right. Now I have to watch the making of doc again and see what they say about it.
I’ll report back my findings.

I was wrong(ish). Chest plates, not ab plates.

 

[investor2020]

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*dying*

Thanks for clearing that up hw, and easier to understand the difference here as well.

 

[investor2020]

Also appreciate the documentary film . . . had never seen that before.