Monday, September 12, 2011

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RETROKIMMER: 1960S INVENTIONS ROCKED THE WORLD

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 09:08 PM PDT



As I was doing some research tonight I found this invention timeline... Look at the huge inventions of the 1960s! Bar code scanner/video games/computer RAM/and a ton more... Lots of things we now use everyday some 40 years later.. Incredible...

1960
The Laser
The halogen lamp invented.

1961
Space Flight
Valium invented.
The nondairy creamer invented.

1962

The audio cassette invented.
The fiber-tip pen invented by Yukio Horie.
Spacewar, the first computer video game invented.
Dow Corp invents silicone breast implants.

1963

The video disk invented.

1964

Acrylic paint invented.
Permanent-press fabric invented.
BASIC (an early computer language) is invented by John George Kemeny and Tom Kurtz.

1965

Astroturf invented.
Soft contact lenses invented.
NutraSweet invented.
The compact disk invented by James Russell.
Kevlar invented by Stephanie Louise Kwolek.

1966

Electronic Fuel injection for cars invented.

1967

The first handheld calculator invented.

1968

The computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart. The first computer with integrated circuits made. Robert Dennard invented RAM (random access memory).

1969

The arpanet (first internet) invented.
The artificial heart invented.
The ATM invented.
The bar-code scanner is invented.




Read more on inventions HERE

PATRICK DEMPSEY: JFK... RECKLESS YOUTH

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 07:45 PM PDT


Yolanda Jilot and Patrick Dempsey

JFK Reckless Youth is one of my very favorite DVD's... It is the story of John F Kennedy's early life up to the time he first ran for office in Massachusetts... Patrick Dempsey plays JFK and actually is very impressive in this role... Dempsey really captures the frail health and rowdy party boy the JFK was early in his life... Every one in this cast is great... especially Terry Kinney as father Joseph Kennedy... FULL CAST

This film is such an exciting story and I highly recommend it....



RETROKIMMER: AT THE MOVIES WITH CANTON BELANGER!

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 06:29 PM PDT



Great news! Retrokimmer.com has a retro movie contributor Canton Belanger... Met Canton on Facebook and he does a lot of film screenings and has invited me a few. Last night the idea to enlist Canton popped in my head and he agreed to help out... So tonight we have 3 of Canton's film picks from the 1960s.... Love his insight and eye for detail.... So grab some popcorn and take a look at Canton's story.... xoRK


PLANET OF THE APES 1968

In the year 1966, a movie idea was pitched at 20th century fox. it has based on the novel by Pierre Boulle, but it went thru many changes and had it's budget cut down until much of it was different from the novel. a early makeup screen test was done with Charlton Heston,Edward G. Robinson and in a early role as a chimp...James Brolin. the innovative makeup earned John Chambers a Oscar. The screenplay was written by Rod Serling and Michael Wilson, Wilson was one of the blacklisted writers during the Hollywood communist hunt of the 1950s. four sequels followed it, each one not as good. Full Cast




DR. STRANGELOVE 1964

A brilliant satire of the madness of nuclear annihilation, co-written by director Stanley Kubrick. a tour de force performance by Peter Sellers, he plays three roles, all of them very memorable. Sterling Hayden delivers one of the best written scenes in cinema as general Jack D. Ripper. with George C. Scott delightfully nutty as General Buck Turgidson and his fight with the soviet ambassador in the war room. Also the big as texas turn of Slim Pickens as a B-52 pilot riding a nuclear payload to atomic oblivion. and Keenan Wynn, the son of comic radio legend Ed wynn, as colonel bat guano. plus James Earl Jones in a early role. Full Cast




IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD! 1963

A comedic extravaganza of colossal proportions. nearly every comic or funny man was in it. From the silent and early sound era to the 1950s. Stanley Kramer manages to juggle many wild and outlandish chase scenes. beside the craziness of a bunch of folks after $ 350,000 in stolen cash, are the many fights an fistacuffs between Milton Berle and Terry Thomas, Jonathan Winters and Arnold Stang and Marvin Kaplan, Ethel Merman, Sid Caesar, Dick Shawn, Phil Silvers, Peter Falk, Spencer Tracy, Buddy Hackett, Edie Adams and many others. all proving it is a very mad world. The screenplay was written by a husband and wife team and won the Oscar for best sound editing. Full Cast




BRIXTON KEY IS READING "CHARLIE SIX" THIS THURSDAY!!!

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 01:58 PM PDT



This Thursday my friend Brixton Key will be reading from his novel "Charlie Six"! Brixton was so lovely to send me an autographed copy of his book and I loved reading it! Iam such a fan of London in the 60's and that is exactly where Charlie Six begins....



Brixton's Reading will be:
Next to the old Fab Mab in Rowland Alley
443 Montgomery Street, San Francisco
Thursday, September 15th, 2011, at 6:15 PM
Brixton Key's reading will be followed by a party at
Specs Adler Museum Café, 12 William Saroyan Place,
(Montgomery and Columbus Avenue)

[New post] Star wars Original Trilogy cut scenes

Star wars Original Trilogy cut scenes

dailypop | September 12, 2011 at 4:39 pm | Tags: blu-ray star wars trilogy, jedi, skywalker vader, Star wars, stormtrooper | Categories: Star wars | URL: http://wp.me/p4kUt-34j

The upcoming Blu-ray release of all six Star Wars films is very exciting. Transferring these movies to a new format that will bring out the rich THX sound and imagery is a dream come true for many fans. Of course... with Star Wars there is always a price to pay to advancements like this. For every improvement, there are several steps in the wrong direction. A space sequence is sharpened but a goofy Jabba the Hut scene is added, etc.

The Blu-ray edition of Return of the Jedi, for instance will see blinking Ewoks, but added dialog in the final confrontation between Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker and the Emperor could send you screaming blasphemy...

watch?v=27RVJJfny4I

But look at these lovely added gems throughout all three original films! Luke builds his lightsaber, a Wampa attacks Echo base on Hoth, sandstorms on Tattoine... and much more.

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Despite all that, there are still clips that I'd like to see re-added to A New Hope, such as this full cantina scene that establishes Han Solo as a lusty rogue and scoundrel.

watch?v=9rhCdIgBNug

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