Back to the silent movies we go, with actress (and later producer) Norma Talmadge:
You know, my problem with all the stars of this era is that the pics were so stylized that very little of the actresses’ character shone through (which is why so many of them look so alike). Here, for example, is a much later pic of Norma, taken when she was (I think) in her late fifties, and the difference is astonishing:
Gorgeous.
Last week we looked at Brabus Classic doing their Germanic number on restoring old Mercedes cars. This week, we turn our gaze upon a guy (who looks suspiciously like a Teutonic version of Don Draper from Mad Men), and his company called Early 911S, which specializes in restoring Porches of the air-cooled Boxer-engine era to their ummm earlier magnificence. Help yourself to an hour or so of watching the pros go about their business.
As I said last week, I can’t fit into any sports car, let alone the dinkies of that era, but I have to say that one of those cherry 356 numbers would look extremely good in my post-Powerball garage…
Yeah, they do the 356 (which I think is beautiful) as well as the 911 (which isn’t).
And then, of course, there’s RUF.
Just far, far away today.
I love to read bullshit like this:
John Wick 4 trailer sets up battle between Keanu Reeves and Bill Skarsgard: ‘Only one can survive’
Uh huh. Like any movie studio is going to kill off the hero of a very successful “franchise”. I can just visualize the management’s response to some young dimwit suggesting that action:
Let’s face it: when it comes to art, business always wins. Always.
Afterthought: I watched the first Wick movie, hated it with a passion (actually never made it to the end) so I’ve never watched any of the sequels. The above post has more to do with the marketing thereof than anything related to the movie itself.
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And piss-poor the news is, too:
...aren’t you the guys who started the 2008 global economic crash?
...and we’ll tell you to stick it up your ass.
...can you say “errant torpedo”, children?
...and take a rough guess as to which party and what kind of people would oppose this.
...vs. tens of thousands of law-abiding gun owners in the same city who would disagree. And on that note:
...and that’s “official” sales. Yup; the more they hate us and our guns, the more we buy.
...too bad he didn’t start with himself. Metaverse is going to pull the whole company down.
...thus making instant criminals of a couple hundred thousand people when they tell him to fuck off.
...a little too late to help John McEnroe, but oh well.
...I was wondering when the feministicals would get round to ol’ Warren.
…unless you’re talking to socialists, in which case you need a spiked ClueBat.
And from linkless INSIGNIFICA:
Finally, here’s an Alt-PAIGE 3:
...have to say she’s not bad (in that “rough chick” kinda way), but she’s not a patch on the Real Paige.
YMMV.