<p>Aries, TheD wasn’t even <em>born</em>, wasn’t even a speculation in my cerebral cortex, when Star Wars came out. Considering that consistent memories for her go back to the early 1990’s…hmmm, I may have been entering my Sean Connery phase along about then, though that may have been more the mid-to-late 90’s. Besides, TheD is not always a reliable source of opinion. Why, it got so bad that when I was explaining various historical events she would turn to TheMom and say, “Is this true?”</p>
<p>TheDad: Does TheMom believe any of this Harrison Ford/Johnny Depp nonsense? (You know where TheD and I stand on the JD issue.) If I recall correctly, the late 70s were around the time when one of her friends was overheard saying that you were a nice guy, but “Whatever happened to that dork from [her] writing class?” Hardly the HF years!</p>
<p>Aries, you wound me with the word “nonsense.” Why, TheMom has never said a word to the contrary about my resemblance to HF, SC, or JD. So there. </p>
<p>OT, but the other night while switching DVD’s or something we caught a few minutes of something on PBS about “The Mamas & The Papas.” It is well known that I would flunk any test based on PEOPLE magazine or the like and usually have no ideas of what various singers look like…I’m doing well if I can link the sound with the name of the group and can come up with the title half the time.</p>
<p>Anyway, transfixed, I pointed to one of the M&P singers: who is <em>that</em>? “Michelle Phillips,” said TheMom. “And I never knew at the time,” I said mournfully. “She would have been too old for you.” “No older than Diana Rigg.”</p>
<p>Not trying to start a family feud… but I do recall you saying something about TheD & her friends not seeing the JD resemblance. (Not that I’m one to talk, as the only celebrity I’ve been likened to is Julia Stiles, personality-wise, in her “10 Things I Hate About You” angry before-phase.)</p>
<p>Re: pop culture. You have an excuse for not understanding it - I’m just plain out of it. Who is Diana Riggs? </p>
<p>To revive another thread: Other things that I do not “get:”
*why y’all didn’t visit me when you were in Boston.<br>
*Why there are songs about brown, blue, green, and golden eyes, but not hazel.<br>
*Chick lit. It’s just cheesy.
*NY’s loyalty to the Yankees. The Mets are right there! Have some pride!
*The idea of the Ahhnold Amendment. C’mon, the “born in the US” requirement might not be perfect, but need he be the impetus for its change?</p>
<p>I used to watch a nighttime soap opera Knots Landing that starred Michelle Phillips, Willam Devane , Julie Harris, Alec Baldwin, & Nicolette Sheridan among others
I am not a big tv watcher but it was a lot of fun- ( Michelle Phillips played Nicolette Sheridans mother)( it was a spinoff of Dallas which I never watched because I couldnt’ get over Major Nelson being a bad guy.)</p>
<p>Who is Diana Rigg-
The only one I have ever seen who looked really good in leather pants.
( Currently she is the host of PBS Mystery)
She was also in a version of Midsummer Nights Dream as Helena ( and Helen Mirren as Hermia & David Warner as Lysander) about the same time as the Avengers-
Oh and she is Dame Diana Rigg now- way cool Mrs Peel!</p>
<p>Aries, you were <em>in</em> Boston? I thought you were still at law school. Oy. I’d pretty much set all our plans by May 1.</p>
<p>I would have set something up had I but realized you were home. Darnn. If you had told me you were going to be in Boston, I plead a complete memory cramp. Quintriple darn.</p>
<p>Diana Rigg was Mrs. Peel in the three “good” years of “The Avengers”, a black-and-white Brit TV spyish series dating to the Mid-Sixties.</p>
<p>TheD and her friends share some vision disorder, that’s my theory.</p>
<p>EmeraldK, don’t watch TV but was that the same Michelle Phillips?</p>
<p>Aries, as for the Ahnold Amendment, if the Dems come up with a decent candidate, Ahnold may have a difficult time being re-elected as governor next year, let alone anything else. He apparently has the “charismatic leader” theory of history ingrained. He does not work well with the legislature and he’s wound up being stumble-footed with the voters. He’s great for a sounding macho and there are audiences that still appreciate that…but actual governance is not His Thing.</p>
<p>oh yes indeedy
She looked pretty good too.
Michelle Phillips first became known as a member of the pop group, “The Mamas and the Papas”. She sang the Mamas and Papas song, “Dedicated To The One I Love” on a March, 1987, episode of “Knots Landing” (1979) in her role as Anne Matheson. She is the mother of singer Chynna Phillips and stepmother of actress Mackenzie Phillips.</p>
<p>KYDad,
Might the show be Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe?</p>
<p>I believe you called the recall election the “witch doctor” theory of governing. He’ll be cast into the fire next, and the Cali voters will find another seer/witch/mystic. </p>
<p>Your D: I’ve seen their wedding picture which would have been approx. 1982 and there is NO resemblence whatsoever. <em>Nonsense quashed.</em></p>
<p>:p</p>
<p>I was in Boston as of the 13th - and original plan was the 11th. Will be in SoCal in August, I think. Boston for the rest of the summer… and then again in December. Thanksgiving will probably be in The South.</p>
<p>Aries, please let us know your August dates in SoCal. We’re planning a short vacation and I don’t want to be out of town when you’re here.</p>
<p>I just realized that you and D are truly playing off against me just as if you were sisters. My God…to imagine that I avoided at least 10 years of this.</p>
<p>Yeah, we were in Boston on the 16th and 17th.</p>
<p>Did I say that about the election? I don’t remember…how clever of me…it rings true.</p>
<p>Willow_41z - that’s it. 1953. Denver Pyle (Uncle Jesse) played a sometimes role as a villain.</p>
<p>You wrote that in an email, saying something about how when things get bad, you throw one witch doctor into the volcano and elect another one. Can’t remember exaclty, and I don’t have the email anymore… but that was certainly you.</p>
<p>“I just realized that you and D are truly playing off against me just as if you were sisters. My God…to imagine that I avoided at least 10 years of this.”</p>
<p>(evil cackle). </p>
<p>SoCal - not sure when - sometime probably during the second week of August. Plane tickets would be a good thing.</p>
<p>We should project what some of the Star Wars characters would have gotten on their SAT’s…</p>
<p>Anakin–1060</p>
<p>Yoda–1560</p>
<p>Obi-Wan–1240</p>
<p>Jar-Jar Binks–450</p>
<p>Padme–whatever Natalie Portman got</p>
<p>Any others…?</p>
<p>The spice mines of Kessel may have an opening for you.<br>
I scored a 1550. Yoda very smart he is.</p>
<p>Finally saw the new Star Wars movie last night. It’s seems fairly sad to me that the best acting in the movie was by Yoda (who I’d assume would get a 1600, since the Force holds the answers and he’s in contact with the Force). </p>
<p>Seriously, I was appalled by how leadenly most of the actors were performing; they seemed to be reciting their lines, not acting. Yes, of course the special effects were very nice, but I was <em>relieved</em> when the movie was over, and I didn’t stay to watch the credits either. </p>
<p>I did like the “assembly” of Darth Vader’s suit, though.</p>
<p>After I saw the latest installment (at the Uptown with Dolby and 70 mm screen!!) several middle-aged fans of Episode 4 were in waiting in the ladies room line and we debated the possible errata in the dialog between Luke and Leia in Episode 6 when Luke asks:
“Do you remember your mother?”
Leia: something like “Beautiful…sad…”</p>
<p>Ok, how does Leia remember anything that happened in the first 10 seconds after her birth??? Ok I know the force is strong in her too but c’mon! The 20 somethings that I saw it with said, the baby Leia looked in her mother’s eyes after her birth but baby Luke did not. And we are supposed to buy that?</p>
<p>Somebody in the Lucasfilm organization needed to slap the Flannel-Shirted One upside the haid!!!</p>
<p>I do have to admit that I like Episode 3–it rattled around in my head for a few days, especially the tragic hero motif that led Anakin to his inescapable destiny. And the fact that Hayden Christensen has become absolutely gorgeous!!</p>
<p>At the beginning of the movie, Hubby and I got sad that we would never get to attend another opening of a Star Wars movie. I wish George Lucas would license the remaining stories (which he supposedly has already written) to someone with the drive and flair for it.</p>
<p>dcmom, my D (who has been a total Star Wars Geek since sixth grade) immediately noticed the same discrepancy concerning Leia’s “memories” of her mother. I haven’t seen the movie and don’t really care to (couldn’t stand the idea of watching Anakin turn to The Dark Side). Dispite this, I get the impression that George Lukas has grown bored with the whole Star Wars Saga, and therefore can no longer be bothered with the fine details of the story line.</p>
<p>I noticed the Leia/mother bit, too. My guess is that Luke didn’t know their mother died in childbirth and so assumed that Leia knew her. Leia did have an adoptive mother and may have thought that was their real mother. Weak, but possible.</p>