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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Help with identifying Sci Fi movie |
| Double Retired |
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Posted: Yesterday, 8:54 pm
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| We would need more details to work on it. What was it like where the two people were? How and why did they try to travel (car? horse and buggy? flying saucer?)? Exactly what happened when they went too far? (Was there a wall? Was there a moat? Was there an energy curtain?) Was "30 miles" e... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: New here |
| Double Retired |
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Posted: Yesterday, 8:46 pm
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| Welcome to WP! I hope you do find some folk here you can relate to... However, can you tell us a little about yourself so we can gauge how much we have in common? For instance: I'm a 69 year old man, ASD-1 (diagnosed when I was 64!), married to an ADHD gal (she's not ASD). We live in the mid-Atlant... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hello, World! |
| Double Retired |
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Posted: Yesterday, 4:43 pm
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TismRizzler wrote: Double Retired wrote: Are you already familiar with any of the ones I listed? What did you think? Well, I have seen Wall-E, Blade Runner, and Dark City. I've heard of some of the other ones, but I haven't seen them. |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hello, World! |
| Double Retired |
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Posted: Yesterday, 12:15 pm
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| Are you already familiar with any of the ones I listed? What did you think? |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: New here |
| Double Retired |
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Posted: 25 Apr 2024, 8:29 pm
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| Welcome to WP! I hope you do find some folk here you can relate to... However, can you tell us a little about yourself so we can gauge how much we have in common? For instance: I'm a 69 year old man, ASD-1 (diagnosed when I was 64!), married to an ADHD gal (she's not ASD). We live in the mid-Atlanti... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hello, World! |
| Double Retired |
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Posted: 25 Apr 2024, 8:20 pm
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| Is the grand visual picture aspect part of the appeal? And it sounds like you are not specifically looking for hard science fiction? Perhaps that might bias toward: MOVIES * The War of the Worlds [1953] is a great classic and War of the Worlds [2005] is reasonably good * Barbarella [1968] might... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: What movies have you seen recently? |
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Posted: 25 Apr 2024, 4:58 pm
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Last night I watched:
The War of the Robots [1978]
<=>"Hostile Alien Cyborgs in a Battle for the Universe"
Yawn Yawn Yawn Yawn YAWN  Y A W N |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Trump indicted on 7 counts in classified documents probe |
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Posted: 24 Apr 2024, 4:50 pm
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| " 'So appalled': What witnesses told special counsel about Trump's handling of classified info while still presiden t " In the summer of 2019, only hours after an Iranian rocket accidentally exploded at one of Iran's own launch sites, senior U.S. officials met with then-president Donald Tr... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hello, World! |
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Posted: 24 Apr 2024, 4:40 pm
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I hope you find a few of them interesting enough to pursue.
The Fifth Element is visually excellent. |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hello, World! |
| Double Retired |
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Posted: 24 Apr 2024, 12:45 pm
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| So, you like grand scale space opera s? Movies and TV? Absolutely! I'd like to find some more good ones. I've seen the Star Wars movies, I used to watch the original StarTrek series, and I've been watching the original Battlestar Galactica. Do you know of any other good ones you think I should chec... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hello, World! |
| Double Retired |
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Posted: 23 Apr 2024, 9:49 pm
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Mary & Max - your thoughts? |
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Posted: 23 Apr 2024, 9:31 pm
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If you are on the Spectrum then you might especially like the film:
I could easily end up like that. |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hello, World! |
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Posted: 23 Apr 2024, 9:20 pm
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There are many I hold in high regard but, at the top:
<=>The Day the Earth Stood Still[ [1951]
But there are many others I also hold in high regard. Not just from the 50s.
How about you? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Particular foods |
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Posted: 23 Apr 2024, 2:08 pm
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| Celery A reasonable ingredient if there isn't much of it Broccoli GOOD Natto I am unfamiliar with it , looked it up, and it doesn't sound like something I'd care for Sushi I would want it cooked and with no heads, fins, scales, guts, etc. And I don't like anything that tastes fishy. Nor any ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Communication |
| Double Retired |
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Posted: 23 Apr 2024, 1:22 pm
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| NTs are herd animals and communicate accordingly. They make incomplete, imprecise statements and expect everyone else to know what they meant...and they sort of do know because typically none of them care about accuracy. |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hello, World! |
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Posted: 23 Apr 2024, 1:17 pm
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| Welcome to WP! And I agree that old Science Fiction films can sometimes be good and, even if not, sometimes still be interesting. As far as partying goes...please keep the music volume low...unless I get to choose the music, of course! For instance, I like Bach , or Bach , or Glass though I mostly l... |
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