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gmd said:

The cool thing about Wilford Brimley is that he is like "every grandfather" or something. That guy epitomizes(sp?) "grandad".
Okay this gives me a segway to blab about my own grandad (on my mom's side). I remember when I was like 13 I went with him to his yearly physical. After about an hour of tests and junk our doctor came out and said he was pretty much very healthy, but then asked him how much alcohol he drank cause he was worried about his liver. My grandpa said he liked to have two glasses of Scotch while watching tv before bed (my grandpa would always have two small glasses of scotch, in a five or six ounce glass, in the evening). Dr. Langon told him to cut it down to one glass of scotch a night. My grandpa did, except from then on, he used a twelve ounce glass for his scotch.

October 19, 2003 11:17 PM

kim said:

laugh

October 20, 2003 08:27 AM

Anthony said:

laugh

Great story gmd!

I always liked this movie. Lots of feel-good stuff, and poignant moments too, like the old guy who wouldn't join the rest at the end, as he felt it was the right thing to do to stick around. Lots of interesting moral questions raised ...

October 20, 2003 10:45 AM

feli said:

i loved this movie when i was younger. i imagined my life in outer space and living very very young laugh

October 21, 2003 10:32 PM

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This is one of those movies that when you hear the premise, you can't believe it will be any good. Old people go swimming in a pool with alien cocoons, start getting healthier and then get a chance to go off into outer space to live forever. But then it turns out to be a great movie. Ron Howard directed it after all. The girl alien is Tahnee Welch, daughter of Raquel Welch. One of the guy aliens is Tyrone Power, Junior. To quote from the IMDb, "Great-great grandson of the original theatrical great Tyrone Power. Grandson of the American matinee idol and silent film star known today as Tyrone Power Sr.. Son of the famed leading man of sound pictures Tyrone Power." What do you think he'll name his son if he has one?

I've never had a grandpa, but I always thought Wilford Brimley would be a great grandpa. He is a great grandpa in this movie.

I'd seen this one before. I've never seen the sequel, though. That's next on the agenda...

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