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   Martin 'Martinland' Schemitsch to Steve   
   Re: Climax, nay, Nirvana? Late thoughts    
   01 Nov 09 20:23:45   
   
   ea3a63bd   
   From: team8martinland@hotmail.com   
      
   Hi Steve,   
      
   On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:14:19 +0100, Steve    
   wrote:   
      
   [...]   
   > Did we not spend the late 1990s and early 21st century drooling onto   
   > our keyboards over grainy MPEG captures of the Holden in the Hospital   
   > scene? Fight a monumental flame war over the propriety of purchasing a   
   > grainy VHS copy of the workprint? Spend so much time on the NG that we   
   > resorted to debating politics?   
      
   How true, those were quite exciting times as well. You know, like _before_   
   orgasm. ;) ;) ;) ;)   
      
   > It seems, to me at least, we now have everything.   
      
   Nope, not quite: "Zinema" hinted at a lavish coffee table book with all the   
   photographs missing from the box set and maybe more...   
      
   ...if you're still around, please comment on that, Charles.   
   I'd love to hear of any new developments in this direction!!!!!   
      
   > Nevertheless, I wanted to share some of my thoughts with the world. I   
   > really should just scan these little scraps of paper and put them   
   > online in .pdf format.   
      
   That would lift the spirit of everyone caring about this stuff, yes please do   
   so!   
      
   > (1) With three friends who had not previously seen it, plus cheese and   
   > an '84 Bordeaux. No, it wasn't a stellar year, but 20+ years does cool   
   > stuff to just about any wine. Friends loved it. I love these friends.   
      
   Sounds good to me. Which reminds me to find yet another Blade Runner "virgin"   
   and do a proper projection! Good idea... ;)   
      
   > (2) With a lady friend, plus strawberries and champagne. She enjoyed   
   > it, and for this and many other reasons I knew she was a keeper. Alas,   
      
   Grreat!   
      
   > the feelings were not shared. C'est la vie.   
      
   Oops, de rien! ;-/   
      
   > Note: "No way Harrison Ford!"   
   > Thanks for coming back, Harrison.   
      
   Yes, too bad Vangelis didn't agree... :-/   
      
   > - "Happy ending Rachael: 'You and I were made for each other.' Guess   
   > that further solves THAT question." ;-P   
      
   Haha, waaitaminute: who says that it's meant to be taken literally? ;) ;) ;)   
      
   [snip all those moments ;)]   
      
   > -Steve   
      
   Thx for all your input!   
      
   Have a better one,   
   ML   
      
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