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37 minutes ago, Dmaxdan said:

Pulp Fiction, the Honey Bunny scene.

 

Reservoir Dogs, the restaurant scene.

Agree, but without much effort you can find a YouTube link

While we are isolated, or self-isolated, in lock-down many of us see movies as a distraction.

Personally, I love the movie experience. The big screen and sound system is what the producers of a movie created. Alas, times have changed and, like shopping, there is a 'new normal'. The streaming version of a movie is often still based on the theater mode -- unless you have a mega-watts home-theater system you will need to have the volume control handy. 

2 minutes ago, A Los for words said:

Apocalypse Now

Maybe you are lost for words [yeh I get the LOS] but surely you can access YouTube

3 minutes ago, Phoenix Rising said:

Star Wars (the original), a number of James Bond movies.

Are you shy?

Can't agree or disagree with your choices until you post some [readily available] vids

C'mon guys: this country may be heading for hell in a hand-basket chill out:

8 minutes ago, jerrymahoney said:

Anything Goes from Cole Porter (1934)

 

 

It's always good to have a sense of humour

16 minutes ago, Airalee said:

Odd.  It shows up for me on my IPad.

 

 

Just showed up from your original post for me .. maybe 3BB problem .. nothing new. Inspiring music but tells us nothing about the [great] movie.

1 minute ago, Airalee said:

I did post it.  

Apparently it never arrived at destination.

2 minutes ago, Airalee said:

I think the intro is absolutely genius

Why not post it to convince others?

Come on guys .. so many distractions out there: trailers also accepted ????

4 minutes ago, Airalee said:

My favorite movie…

 

 

Great movie but not so good intro

Personal choice appreciated -- not 'best movie intros of all time' lol

8 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Only one movie opening gave me chills when I saw it in the cinema at 14 and continues to give me a shiver every time I see it.

 

The cinematic version you posted sure did give my soundbar some exercise.

So many around the World are desperately in need of vaccines. It's easier to give when you have the foresight to have an abundance. The current US administration does [apparently] at least use that abundance for the common good, without ensuring a 'Quid pro quo'; the Chinese Communist Party not so much!!!

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2021/05/04/how-big-of-a-vaccine-surplus-will-the-us-have/

12 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I assume you are referencing the credits when put on at the start. That doesn't happen very much now, and often don't even put the movie name at start.

It'd take more than a boring into to put me off watching the movie.

 

However, the intro scene of Winter Solstice is pretty good.

Thanks for your input. Glancing at your posting history I am impressed you have time to watch movies. Insomnia?

We all need to divert our mind, as best we can, from the many problems that currently exist.

Movies is one of my distraction 'go-tos'.

For me, the intro tells me a lot about whether I even want to watch it. Of course that's more about [the new norm] streaming.

When you buy a ticket to a movie theater you are somewhat committed, and will maybe just arrange your [ridiculously expensive] popcorn and soda while ignoring the intro; who really cares about who the senior grip-boy was? 

Your best intros?

On 8/6/2021 at 12:06 PM, worgeordie said:

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Mackerel , Sole ,  Salmon, Wolf Fish , all packed in separate packs,

price good, deliver by frozen truck, 160 Thb, free if you buy decent order,

I don't eat freshwater fish,so this is a good find for me, just hope it

lasts, 

regards Worgeordie

 

Also on Shopee: Northsea Frozen Shop has an excellent range, very good prices, cheap refrigerated delivery door>door.

Just placed my first order after they assured me that their fish is wild caught, not farmed.

https://shopee.co.th/northseafrozenshop88888

Addendum: Placed my order at 12:15, received a message at 12:30 to say one item was not in stock --- would replace with similar [more expensive] item at no extra cost. It's approaching 13:00 now and the order has already been dispatched! If the products are as good as the service this company will be my number one choice.

3 hours ago, placeholder said:

I think that things have changed. Not because these people care about the welfare of most Thais but because they're scared. At least those who have a shred of sense. The motives behind their original plans for vaccination are pretty plain to see. I suppose they always were but so long as the pandemic didn't hit Thailand hard, they could have gotten away with it. I think they know that if they don't act fast and hard, they could be facing an existential crisis.

I am optimistic by nature and also sense that maybe, at this stage just maybe, the penny is finally dropping. For the sake of all peoples living in Thailand. However, I am yet to see any significant green shoots, let alone a sea-change, in their collective thinking. It would prove to be a substantial step forward if 'they' allowed their ego's to recognise that the early success with the virus was more a case of serendipity than due to their actions. The latest NIKKEI covid recovery index, where Thailand plummeted from bobbing near the top in 2020 to currently floundering at the very bottom, should give even those who choose not to see a hint. A different call to arms for the generals, get the shots in arms pronto!

https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Japan-slips-to-83rd-in-Nikkei-COVID-index-amid-subdued-Olympics

14 hours ago, placeholder said:

Let's say for the sake of argument that thailand would spend $20 per dose of an mRNA vaccine. So 2 doses per person would come to $40. And let's say that everybody is going to get vaccinated twice with said vaccine. Even kids, just for the sake of argument.That would be about 70 million people. So, what does that total come to? About 2.8 billion dollars. The Thai govt.'s budget in 2020 was about 110 billion dollars. So that 2.8 billion dollars (which is a big overestimate) would come to less than 3 percent of Thailand's 2020 budget.

And Thailand has an extensive public health system.

So what exactly is your objection to my analysis?

I have no significant disagreement with your original analysis per se. Merely that it sounds like the kind of positive spin statement 'Dr' Anutin would make, with complete disregard for his governments proven track record. They continuously display an inability and unwillingness to implement what appears to many of us to be obvious. At best, they appear to be discombobulated.

16 hours ago, placeholder said:

Well, Covax really isn't necessary for Thailand anyway, Thailand can easily afford to vaccinate all its citizens with the most effective vaccines. And it has a public health system capable of distributing those vaccines.

One could almost deduce that you are being sarcastic lol

AS this is a coronavirus report I don't think the link below is behind the New York Times paywall:

Even if Thailand is accepted in [finally] applying to join COVAX, they maybe shouldn't view it as any form of salvation:

"After months of struggle, the U.N.-backed Covax alliance will soon have many more doses, promising relief for vaccine shortages in poorer countries. But it faces a deepening crisis: difficulties getting shots into arms as the Delta variant spreads."

The reality:

“Covax hasn’t failed, but it is failing,” said Dr. Ayoade Alakija, a co-chair of the African Union’s vaccine delivery program. “We really have no other options. For the sake of humanity, Covax must work.”

"Even as Covax officials scramble to fill that funding gap, the overriding question is whether the program can move beyond its mistakes, and beyond an imbalance of power that has left it at the mercy of wealthy countries and pharmaceutical companies."

"Still, the 163 million doses it has delivered — most free to poorer nations, with the rest to countries like Canada that paid their way — are a far cry from plans to have at least 640 million doses available by now."

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/02/world/europe/covax-covid-vaccine-problems-africa.html