'Out Of Gas'
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Didn't they used to be more about the oldies?
Yep. Back when they didn't have commercials either. Go with Turner Classic Movies instead - they definitely are the only channel really doing that any more (Cinemax used to try occasionally too, but I think they've given up completely. Ironically, they're not really Skinemax anymore either, comparitively speaking).
I don't know when they started showing films that used to be on USA or Comedy Channel, but it's starting to get amusing what they call a "classic". I figure that they've turned over the true "classic" film channel title to Turner Classic Movies, even though they only show MGM films.
ETA: Hee! X-post!
Heh, I was going to say that I thought I used to have choices between TWO old movies between AMC and TCM. I still have them both programmed into favorites, so now it's usually a choice between Cary Grant or 'Death Wish 3".
Heh, I was going to say that I thought I used to have choices between TWO old movies between AMC and TCM. I still have them both programmed into favorites, so now it's usually a choice between Cary Grant or 'Death Wish 3".
See, now I want to SEE Cary Grant in Death Wish 3. He would have been an interesting contrast to Bronson.
Cary Grant would wipe the floor with Charles Bronson. Bronson'd be all brute strength, but Cary Grant would be quick like a cat and wily!
(Unless the whole "Caveman always wins" theory is in effect. Then, I don't want to see that movie.)
It depends--early Bronson vs. early-to-mid-career Grant would be an interesting pair-off. Bronson in the "Great Escape" years was nothing if not wiry, and could actually act, and was also damn hot!
Bronson in the "Great Escape" years was nothing if not wiry, and could actually act, and was also damn hot!
Absolutely brilliant in ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST. It did kind of soldify his stoic killer persona, but he definitely had some chops once upon a time (er, so to speak). I can't blame him for coasting, though. He was definitely someone the suits were going to limit to action roles.
I actually meant, though, that I'd love to see Cary Grant in the Charles Bronson role. Lovely cognitive dissonance and all.
My understanding is that Turner stopped licensing the movies he owned to AMC once he put TMC on the air.
Someone's a big old meanie-pants.
My understanding is that Turner stopped licensing the movies he owned to AMC once he put TMC on the air.
Exactly right. Turner bought up the MGM library (and several other libraries from the golden studio age). When various leasing agreements with AMC expired, he simply used those libraries to found TCM. As I recall it, he got the libraries for a really cheap price. I couldn't believe how easy it was for him to snap up the rights.