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In Reply to: Gone west! posted by Bambi B on May 14, 2004 at 11:35:41:
Hi Bam,Thank you for good comments on movies - some of them I have seen. My biggest problem with Westerns as the genre is with the mandatory idea of a super hero - the mere presence of one kills the suspence, even in the better ones. Add to this the kind of shooting people do in them and you have a perfect receipt for an early pre-Bond boring cliche. While every little boy in all of us cries for that super hero, it makes the whole experience artificial, even the better ones, even the "anti-hero" ones, even the Gary Cooper's High Noon.
I recently read a detective story where things were going well, and I read with interest... until the hero suddenly killed five opponents with just a few strokes of his skillful hands. There it lost it for me.
On watches... are you sure that Lange was 48mm? I never heard of one, the largest I know they make is 42mm. I know it is big for some people, but still that is not a huge watch. Expensive, without any doubt.
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Victor,Yes, you've hit the essential point of Westerns' predictability. And even when the pattern is broken there is still the obvious "anti-pattern" that is just as predictable.
I did very much enjoy "Butch Cassidy and the SDK" from the standpoint of breaking the mould, but it was another "anti-pattern" movie that was predictable, but the personalities given to the anti-heroes made it fun.
"...the hero suddenly killed five opponents with just a few strokes".
Gosh, didn't this same kind of artificial super-hero effect- along with an edit every 1/8th second, make the second Matrix movie a cinema burner?
Watches: I couldn't stay away ffrom the corner drug store and took my attorney friend in to have a look. I again didn't buy anything, but my friend- who was there to keep me from a silly impulse purchase, bought a nice, slightly used Franck Muller Conquistador after about 5 minutes! He had never heard of Muller before, but just had to have it. I don't know how someone can be so instantly decisive about a watch. My problem is that I like so many- too many. Do you find that you spend a lot of time in deciding or are these purchases: easy, calm, and quick?
You're right about the Lange size- I mistyped 48mm for the correct 38mm for the Lange 1. The third time I tried it, it seemed a reasnable size. I keep thinking I have such small wrists for these big watches, but with good designs and not too, too thick they look fine. The shop had some fun stuff, a really huge, thick Alain Silberstein- so goofy I really liked it as it is so different from the very sober Langes and the very traditional Breguets and Pateks. I don't see a lot of horological quality in Silbersteins, but they are unforgettable looking. Another unforgettable at the shop- a Vacheron tourbillon with a half-hunter back. This is an amazing kind of X-rated! under the counter watch. Opening the back there is a little shadow diarama of two people well- there was a little action scene of these two people one behind the other, "rocking" back and forth! A watch you can't take home to mother! My friend and I couldn't stop laughing.
I have really come around to German watches and now I'm looking more at Glasshutte.
RE: "Musical Fidelity watches"- that those on General are giving such a hard "time" to Sam Tellig for. What would a BAT watch would be like? Have you ever thought of watch designs?
I've worked off and on on watch designs for years, recently a "mystery watch" with the dials on floating concentric disks and another unconventional jumping hour. Fun to fiddle with and a wonderful irresponsible use of time.
Cheers,
Bam
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