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I ate a pomegranate once and remember liking it, but its too exotic and rare around my parts to be a fruit staple, so pineapple it is. plus the latter is great on pizza and I have fond memories of eating pineapple and cheese sandwiches in English pubs.
spock or data?
mmm... tough choice - going with Spock (never heard Data's real persona wax on about Bilbo Baggins). The Bynars would be my favorite "logical" beings however: outstanding holodeck engineers.
Captain Crunch or Count Chocula ?
i cant remember if we talked about this before tailor---data plays a central and interesting role in star trek: picard.
have you watched any of discovery yet?
count chocula for sure---I think peanut butter doesnt translate well into a cereal flavor. plus peanut butter and milk isn't as successful a combination as chocolate and milk is.
sherlock holmes or hercule Poirot or some other famous literary detective?
re: Discovery - I think I saw season 1+ before I defenestrated DISH.
re: Picard - Not a single show as of yet. Does Joe make an appearance ?
Holmes, with a polite nod to Poirot et al.
Roller skates or Rollerblades ?
no joe, but there is a holographic doctor of sorts. however, a character from voyager does appear, saves the day, and plays a significant role in at least a couple of episodes near the end of season 1. the characters initial appearance was really well done and I think made me cheer right out loud.
id say if I value aesthetics and speed, gotta go with rollerblades. im tolerably bad at them---maybe that'll give me something to do this summer.
from a real life production chronology: the first three star wars movies, the middle three, or the last three?
I thought I saw 7 in one of the promos... was it Andy Dick as the EMH ?
M... L... F...
Haircuts: Monthly, every other month, every 3-months, other ?
yes, seven of nine made a surprise appearance.
at least in the first season, the holograph doctor, and all the other holographs on this particular ship, are programmed to look like the renegade captain picard hires to fly him around the galaxy.
so just to be clear---you like the ones with liam neeson, a young Anakin skywalker and natalie portman best? that's a rarity I bet...I wonder if you read my question backwards?
seemingly no rhyme or reason to hair cuts. less in the winter time, more frequent in the summer. range is anywhere from a 2-3 weeks to probably no more than a couple months. and hah, same with shaving!
Sylvester Stallone as rocky, Rambo, barney ross, or someone else?
Prolly read it wrong; favorite in order: original 3 (4-6), very last three (7-9), and last the prequel (1-3)
I have only seen Stallone as Rocky I believe (who's Barney Ross ? Never mind I'll google... https://www.google.com/search?q="Bar...t=gws-wiz-serp )
Barney Miller or (original) Night Court ?
i suspect there aren't too many people that like chapters 1-3 the best. no chemistry between Anakin and Padme, Samuel l Jackson didn't really make a good jedi, hayden Christiansen is wooden, and jar-jar was a bit much.
so you haven't seen any of expendables?
hard not to cheer for rocky, but I wonder if the best movie all the whole bunch was the last Rambo one.
I recently caught the ending of one of the creed movies where Apollo's son fought drago's son (twice of course!).
between the two I would go with night court. my mother was a fan of barney miller though. oddly enough I don't have a memory of it in re-runs over the past many years.
reese's peanut butter cup or any candy bar from the whole rest of the field?
No Expendables, yes Incredibles :)
Reese's are ok... tend towards Snickers and Milky Way
Smashing Pumpkins or Strawberry Alarm Clock ?
ive only caught snippets of the incredibles. maybe another thing to try...
the expendables movies are kinda fun if you like (or can tolerate) guns and the absurd expenditure of many thousands of rounds of ammunition, kinda like john wick. the ensemble casts are enjoyable.
I only know incense and peppermints so we have to go with strawberry alarm clock.
you are visiting Hollywood, walking down the street and are spied by some movie producer who says "you are perfect for either one of two roles in my upcoming movie! one is the good guy, the other is the bad guy."
do you take the good guy role or the bad guy role?
Haven't seen john wick either but I think I know what you're talking about.
Funny thing, a friend of mine and I were approached to be extras in a movie while we were on a bicycle trip to Yosemite from Newark, CA just before our Junior year in High School... summer of 1970. We were in the central valley by this time, I believe, still on the way, but we had to say no due to time constraints; still wonder what the movie was on occasion... something with a train.
Prolly the good guy... I was a policeman in a play once in grade school, bad experience, so being in a movie would be quite a stretch anyway. As an extra, in the above scenario, it might have been less stressful and even enjoyable being a nameless extra.
Baseball cards or Poker chips ?
maybe for fun someday tailor you can do some internet searching, using all the clues available, locate the movie, watch it, and go "that coulda been me!"
how many days and miles was your trip?
the train movie unstoppable with denzel Washington and chris pine was partially filmed in my neck of the woods, some in the city I grew up in, some in the nearby rural areas. its fun to watch the movie and be able to go "oh, I recognize that!" I met a woman whose mother was the teacher of a local classroom of kids they used as extras in one of the scenes.
I had a great baseball card collection as a kid---sold them all for some quick money, something I regret a bit. a few friends and I as kids used to have a great time collecting, trading and playing with them.
do people collect poker chips then?
in the pronunciation of neither (either too):
knee-ther or nye-ther or it dependents on words that come before and after?
"do people collect poker chips then?" - I'm sure some do... I was alluding to the acquiring through card play. I don't play but I have watched on the telly enjoying the psychology of the game and the antics of some of the best.
Neither?: prolly all helter skelter without a mind in my usage.
Elvis or elvish ?
ive restricted my betting to muffins or pizza but maybe i'll watch some time on tv. I do see poker advertised every so often. I think one of the neat things about the game is all the variants.
im a little young to have grown up with elvis, but came to a lot of his music, like i did with the beatles, after the fact. I recently watched the movie elvis and really enjoyed it (if you are an elvis fan, I can recommend it). but then the elves in lord of the rings are pretty nifty...hmmm, slight edge to elvis.
in a belated nod to "may the forth be with you"
who is the cuter droid---artoo or bb8?
bb8 was a delightful surprise... just when one thought droids were becoming too too we get a curve ball :)
Chess or checkers ?
I liked artoo a lot, but thought bb8 was a bit cuter. one of the things that made him so is that there were more interactions with the humans who genuinely liked and valued him.
when I had "games" on my computer I used to play a ton of computer chess but if it was a choice of playing one or the other with another person, id probably go with checkers.
the better of the star wars back stories: rogue one, or solo?
Solo for my choice :)
Female protagonist: Leia, Rey, Padmé, other ?
I thought they were both great and for the life of me, I cannot understand why they refused to make a sequel to solo!
that's a fun question---its hard to beat princess leia in jabba's metal bikini, and her romance with han was much better than Anakin and padme's. between the three though, I like natalie portman the best as an actress. however she suffered by being in the three worst movies of the bunch. the last three movies took some heat in some of the circles I read in for being too "girl power." I agree with that a little bit, but I don't necessarily think that disqualifies rey. she did a good job as a believable and central character of her movies. I say rey.
how about you?
and since we're still in the may the fourth be with you weekend:
the dark ominous death march type music that accompanies darth vader or the yearning hopeful light music that accompanies luke skywalker?
Hmmmm... Padmé is the most complex of the three, "girl power" and all.
Lol, Darth Vader's theme.
Jar Jar Binks or Salacious B. Crumb ?
if you are feeling particularly star warsy tailor, you might try metallica's version of the imperial march. I wouldn't call it great, but its worth a listen.
hmm, the question really might be which one is used to better effect in the movies.
jar jar is comically likeable but his presence in the movies was pretty debate-able. crumb is loathsome and his presence in the movie didn't seem controversial. in short, I think people could say jar jar detracted from star wars and shouldn't have been written into it, while crumb, nasty as he is, was in keeping with a desirable rendering of the whole jabba scene. gotta go with him.
everyone knows that all the men, despite being men, cried when spock died. whose death was the most touching in star wars? yoda, obi wan, qui gon, anakin, padme, kylo ren, han, leia, or luke?
I just might... Metallica was the last concert I attended: Cow Palace in South San Francisco circa 1995 or so.
Both creatures grate on me.
Most unexpected death prolly Q-GJ in my estimation. Most noble: O-WK.
Best Jedi Master teacher: Yoda, Q-JG, O-WK, Luke, or other ?
I recently saw a few minutes of a metallica concert with what must have been the san Francisco symphony...I love that sort of thing. kiss did a concert like that too. and when rock bands employ choirs too (like that heart performance of stairway to heaven) or when they hook up with opera singers.
have you seen the video of the 2014 boston strong performance of dream on with the boston children's choir? makes my eyes water.
and if I got you in a dream on mode, hunt up the live performance by Alicia keys, blake Shelton, adam levine and miley cyrus. its great.
that's a fun question. I have a vague memory of liking the relationship between qui gon and the young obi wan and thinking he was someone I could let teach me. but then the old obi wan was good too, although his time with luke was too short. small edge to qui gon.
you just met some hot chick who wants to spend the weekend with you binge watching something science fiction/fantasy. which do you choose:
star wars or star trek voyager?
lol... "metallica's version of the imperial march": not enough James and vastly overproduced.
Dream On (Boston Strong 2014)... Liv's dad in the spirit of Boston Strong :)
Adam Levine, Alicia Keys, Blake Shelton, Miley Cyrus - Dream On... Adam nails it :)
re: binge - lol... let's start with just binging - go with STV.
Ferengi in NG or DS-9 or other ?
yes I think metallica's version could have been a bit more rough and raucous.
I loved how they split the song into four parts they each sang. my favorite of the bunch was miley cyrus' strong rambunctious entrance, especially after adam levine's slow high register.
do you have a really memorable voyager episode?
that's a fun question---some of the ferengi episodes in next generation were good ones, but what I liked better about them in ds9 was their near constant presence and the character development.
potato chips or tortilla chips or corn chips or sweet potato chips or some weird vegetable chips or pretzels?
yes I think metallica's version could have been a bit more rough and raucous.
I loved how they split the song into four parts they each sang. my favorite of the bunch was miley cyrus' strong rambunctious entrance, especially after adam levine's slow high register.
do you have a really memorable voyager episode?
that's a fun question---some of the ferengi episodes in next generation were good ones, but what I liked better about them in ds9 was their near constant presence and the character development.
potato chips or tortilla chips or corn chips or sweet potato chips or some weird vegetable chips or pretzels?
Memorable STV episode ? I'll have to give it more thought... but the 2 EMH's against the Romulans in the Alpha quadrant would be a good start... oh, and Barclay's first contact with the Delta quadrant... or, any of the episodes with species 8472...
BBQ ruffled potato chips with dip are my preference.
Beef ribs or pork ribs from the BBQ ?
I have a bit of a memory of Barclay making contact with voyager, but not the other ones you mentioned. when I go through the series i'll have to keep my eyes extra peeled.
ruffled bbq chips are hard to come by. whats your favorite dip of choice?
im vegetarian but I think in my pre-vegetarian days, the more common between the two, and still even rare at that, would have been beef ribs.
living in the house with the munsters (or the Addams family) or being stranded on Gilligan's island?
Dip: tie - Avocado or Bleu Cheese or Onion
living in/on: go with Gilligan's Island
1939 events: Wizard of Oz or Gone with the wind or Hewlett-Packard Company Created or Manhattan Project... in order if you wish
so many different perspectives from which to approach the question, but since we're in a literature forum, i'll default to that, and go with
gone with the wind. I just recently got ahold of a dvd collection; alas the movie itself is missing but in one of the dvd's they have an interview with clark gable, that's just proceeded by the fanfare associated with the screening of the movie. heck it was so boisterous it almost looked like the end of WWII.
the wizard of oz might have been a better movie than gone with the wind (I don't know) but its one of the those book/movie pairs where the movie is better than the book. I liked the book, but it doesn't have the same epic grandeur im associating with gone with the wind.
id enjoy reading a book on the manhattan project if I ever come across one.
Hewlett-packard---wish someone in my family would have bought stock!
which is the most enjoyable basic pleasure in life? eating when youre hungry, drinking when youre thirsty, lying down when youre tired, getting warm and dry when youre cold and wet, or cooling off when youre hot?
Prolly eating, especially with family.
Legos or Lincoln Logs ?
partial to Lincoln logs as a kid---I had them, and tinker toys and an erector set too.
but the lego scene in the sandlot is sooo funny and the lego batman movie is soooo good, just the way the characters move makes me laugh.
all you can eat soup or all you can eat salad?
Lol, had forgotten tinker toys. Also had an erector set that saw sparse use. Like most of my childhood my toys never seemed to survive from one move to another. I've only seen bits in the sandlot and the lego scene doesn't seem to ring a bell... lego movies haven't made their debut with me yet.
Salad. I would stalk the salad bars meticulously and with heartiness, and then only if the soup was one I liked would I have but one bowl ~ partial to the creamy soups :)
All you can eat chicken wings or beef ribs if you weren't a vegetarian ?
if you like batman, the lego batman movie is a must see!
I misspoke tailor---I should have said the erector set scene from the sandlot. do you remember that one?
im from western ny, south of buffalo, where supposedly the chicken wing was invented, late high school/early college years, so they were a pretty ubiquitous part of our eating out. plus they go great with blue cheese, the sauce is tasty, they always came with carrots and celery, which was fun. id have to go with them.
at your salad bar---do you put the dressing on first and all the toppings second, or all the toppings first and then the dressing?
sandlot - sadly no... will have to add to my watch list.
salad essentials in order: lettuces/tomatoes/(a little pasta salad on the side)/olives/mushrooms(button & sliced)/avocado (if available)/croutons/ other... then blue cheese dressing/shredded cheeses/sunflower seeds/bacon bits/ with guacamole on the side (if available)... maybe some grated pepper :)
Water with or without flavoring (Mio/lemon/other) ?
if you played baseball as a kid tailor, or even just had a group of friends you regularly hung out and played with, its an utterly fantastic movie. there is a lot that the movie is about, but one of the things that drives the plot is that they have hit a baseball over the fence at the sandlot, into a yard guarded by "the beast" and they have to get the ball back.
I should have given you an "in the middle" option---that's kinda where my dressing goes too.
if I put the croutons on before the dressing, they slide off! the dressing gives them something to hold them in place.
what, no garbanzo beans??
ever have raisins on a salad?
i'll drink plain water if im out and about from the occasional fountain or bottled water in the middle of working if im otherwise unprepared, but at home my water has an unpleasant mineral taste to it so I use little packets of flavoring. right now ive got a half gallon of "lemonade" and a half gallon of "blazin' blueberry" in the fridge.
reading a "page-turner" late into the night to see what happens, or putting it aside until tomorrow in order to go to sleep?
Garbanzo beans - yes, raisins - no. We have well water for home use... tastes nasty too, so we drink and cook with bottled water; bought some Mio flavorings for the occasional taste boost to bottled water since I do not drink sodas.
I would put the book aside.
Writing on paper (letters/notes/etc): Cursive or hen scratch hand printing ?
over the past large handful of years ive gotten back into letter writing as opposed to emailing, and its been both great, and a chore at the same time. I think when I first started back I wrote in cursive, but quickly found out that my printing was a bit more legible, so I overwhelmingly go with that.
returning to a country you've been to before and liked visiting, or going to a country you've not been to before?
Never been out of the Untied States of America... pray I live long enough to visit my Brother in Italy.
Music: Jefferson Airplane or Jefferson Starship or Starship ?
I remember your mentioning your hope for a trip to Italy before tailor. summer is a good time to visit!
I think grace slick has one of my all time favorite voices, so the early stuff for me.
canoe or kayak?