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Originally Posted by Tahoe

Swam...I saw in an interview with WA on The Life Aquatic. One of the questions I had was whether Steve really was Kingsley's father. I got a bonner when i heard the question asked and then WA said..."I don't think we can tell from the movie"

I thought WTF is that?

What do you make of that answer. I mean he develops the characters and whether he was the father was in the plot to some extent.

I was disapointed to say the least.

I think what he's talking about is that the question of whether or not Kingsley is really Steve's kid is not really the focus of the story. The focus of the story is the personality of Steve Zissou, this guy who gave up having a normal life (including having a real family) so he could become a legend. It's a story about what it costs a person when he devotes his entire life to his career. The audience never finds out whether or not Kingsley is his son, because Steve never cared to know either.

But back to Darjeeling (SPOILER ALERT) ... These three guys go to India, hoping to have some kind of life-changing mystical experience, and they did. But not in the pre-arranged way that the Owen Wilson character wanted. Jason Schwartzman has his little affair with the Savoury Snacks girl, which completely changes him. Adrian Brody has that kid die practically in his arms and that completely changes him. And near the end of the movie, Owen Wilson takes the bandages off his head to show his brothers that he's vulnerable, he is not a monster, he's not indestructible. That was a pretty powerful moment, to me.

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Originally Posted by Glenn

More details, please.

You can find details, airtimes, castings, etc here and here.

Didn't click.

I'm suspicious.

But then I wanted to hear the song, so I clicked anyways.

The first link doesn't work, but I can see where you were going with that.

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/the_unit/

There is also some information here as well http://www.tvexcellence.com/theunit/

Thanks!

I cursor rolled

'Seducing Dr Lewis' French flic about a small fishing town trying to recruit a manufacturing plant, but first it needs to sign a Doctor.

No bombs, no Presidents in exploding 747s, just some good clean humor.

I give iron man a 9 out of 10. A popcorn Superhero action movie done right. Also solid performances from everybody, but especially Jeff Bridges. I thought he laid down a performance better than you'd expect for a movie of this type. Maybe he is "the dude"

Agree 100%. Favereau didn't try and make it overly "comic-bookie" but didn't try and make it overly realistic. I loved it. While a little old, Robert Downey, Jr. was a good choice for Stark. I wish there was a little more ass-kicking in it, but I survived. Also, unlike most superhero movies, he didn't take it easy on the bad guys and let them get arrested. He fucked them up.