terrible tv show, but I like this scene
My favorite West Wing scene
One of my very favorite movies. I'll probably post more scenes.
Great clips. Thanks
Loved The West Wing, one of the truly great all-time TV series.
Sad that our JimV isn't around to view the Chamberlain clip. He always told me how Chamberlain and that Maine division basically won the Civil War with their stance on Little Round Top.
https://youtu.be/JiwA1n34mnQ?si=7wIayFIlA-j_WOyX
Two classics
https://youtu.be/L1JYHNX8pdo?si=m8oDmoU-siq549-O
Quote from: LennG on June 15, 2024, 08:22:41 PMGreat clips. Thanks
Loved The West Wing, one of the truly great all-time TV series.
Sad that our JimV isn't around to view the Chamberlain clip. He always told me how Chamberlain and that Maine division basically won the Civil War with their stance on Little Round Top.
In memory of jimv:
Interestingly Chamberlain subsequently served as governor of Maine and his confederate counterpart, Col. William Oates subsequently served as governor of Alabama. I've been to Little Round Top 2 or 3 times and it is a very special place.
I remember in the 70's when i was commuting on the subway into Manhattan coming across and read a book about the Ultra project and the breaking of Enigma. it ha just been declassified.
My only quibble is that the movie spends time on Turing tragic personal life while distorting or ommitting some other things in order to make it seem that Turing won the war single handedly. such as:
a) the mathematical groundwork for breaking Enigma was done by Polish mathemeticians
b) other codebreakers has significant successes, such as the American codebreakers whose breaking of the Japanese codes made Midway and the strategic reversal in the Pacific possible
c) the ignoring of Gordon Welchman who, long before the breaking of Enigma, invented the science of signal processing, where analysis of radio traffic, without knowing the contents of the messages, could be analyzed and yield strategic and tactical intelligence. This is the science behind the NSA monitoring of virtually all electronic communications in Fort Meade. He has his own tragic story as he grew uneasy about the way his methods were being used, post war, and was crushed by the US government. I may post a video about him, although if i do i'll make a new thread, as i want to limit the clips in this thread to under 10 minutes.
Turings real value was his development of the general use computer, but the Enigma story was more sexy. I just have a hard time with the notion, that is subtly and not so subtly pedaled, that he won the war when so many others, from the American factory workers, to the soldiers, sailors, and airmen, to the Russians, etc. were the ones who paid the price. Not to mention the scientists of the Manhattan project. Turing played his part, but it gets overblown IMO.
Quote from: AZGiantFan on June 15, 2024, 07:40:47 PM
That scene from "Good Will Hunting" was great, but the math scene was better...IMHO
And the professor can't deal with it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd10x8LiuBc
The family football game (Wedding Crashers)
A couple of favorites - there are soooo many (the "nip", "George's toupée", "George's car smashed from a guy jumping off the hospital roof", the "richshaw", "no soup for you", etc., etc
If you liked "Good Will Hunting", you're going to love a little girl named Mary in "Gifted"
One of my favorites!
https://youtu.be/U2ST6uApZ7k?si=0pmfC5jcOrCOaavM
Quote from: T200 on June 18, 2024, 03:14:24 PMOne of my favorites!
https://youtu.be/U2ST6uApZ7k?si=0pmfC5jcOrCOaavM
LOL - reminds me of the girl who called the radio station wanting the deer crossing signs moved. I went with a girl for a while that would agree with her...gorgeous, dumber than a box of rocks
Quote from: Jolly Blue Giant on June 18, 2024, 03:44:40 PMLOL - reminds me of the girl who called the radio station wanting the deer crossing signs moved. I went with a girl for a while that would agree with her...gorgeous, dumber than a box of rocks
That's a good one too! :P :P :P
An oldie but still funny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGoljjPSyBQ&t=1s
And this classic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg&t=2s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMSWkICEJ28
Quote from: Jolly Blue Giant on June 18, 2024, 03:44:40 PMLOL - reminds me of the girl who called the radio station wanting the deer crossing signs moved. I went with a girl for a while that would agree with her...gorgeous, dumber than a box of rocks
Just great clip.