ukhot20
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Post by ukhot20 on Jul 23, 2006 12:03:40 GMT -5
heyall, just wondering if maybe we should start a new thread to let people know if they have heard of any upcoming tv sghows, films etc thatdevs maybe interested to see? what you all think?
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Post by devogirl on Jul 23, 2006 13:44:00 GMT -5
Yeah! I am all in favor of that. I'm not up on new TV shows, but here are some other suggestions: There's a new book out called Waking by a para guy named Matthew Sanford. I haven't read it yet but supposedly it's autobio focused on how he learned to practice and teach yoga. He also has a website: matthewsanford.comAlso, there was a segment on the NPR call-in show Talk of the Nation about a brain implant that allows a high quad to use a computer just by thinking: www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5557882 |
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ukhot20
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Post by ukhot20 on Jul 23, 2006 14:40:22 GMT -5
ah great,this is exactly the sort of thing i was thinking! thanks for the info! i willhave to check that book out!
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Post by ajpchicago on Jul 23, 2006 14:41:40 GMT -5
Has anyone seen the movie "Pumpkin"?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2006 15:27:00 GMT -5
Yeah its the best seller down south where the family trees tend to braid. jk lol we got em up here too.
Isnt that the movie about the quad and the chick from Adam's Family....Casper.....great now my brain is stuck till I google her.
Christina Ricci?
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Post by ajpchicago on Jul 23, 2006 15:41:08 GMT -5
yes, christina ricci... I think pumpkin has CP and cognitive impairment and christina plays a sorority chick
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Post by vivi on Jul 23, 2006 16:06:32 GMT -5
Pumpkin was a great movie... I enjoyed it a lot. She wasn't fully aware of her devoteeism but was exploring it, and it was also interesting to see how close minded the people in the film were.
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Post by Chan on Jul 23, 2006 19:16:52 GMT -5
I rented Pumpkin a long time ago but wasn't turned-on by the movie at all. I think it was the fact that the guy had mental impairments that made me shy away.
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Post by ajpchicago on Jul 23, 2006 19:21:50 GMT -5
yes, it definitely wasn't about the sex...but the comentary on social norms and values was great.
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Post by Chan on Jul 25, 2006 23:34:12 GMT -5
Murderball on INKED 34 - The Hot Seat Wednesday, July 26 9:00pm ET Thursday, July 27 1:00am ET When a young athlete in a wheelchair comes into the shop for a tattoo, the artists are intrigued by the sport he plays. So, days later when the young man calls the shop to invite the artists down to the gym to play, the games really begin. But can the artists survive their turn at Murderball? Meanwhile, Carey's in his own hot seat as he agrees to a new sport, Super-Moto. It's faster and crazier than regular motocross and he has only a few weeks to get ready for his first competition. www.aetv.com/inked/inked_episode_guide.jsp?episode=169771 |
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Post by BA on Jul 26, 2006 9:45:46 GMT -5
Thanx Chan, I'll be on that one tonight!
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Post by Pisti on Aug 3, 2006 11:48:47 GMT -5
Regarding TV shows: The other day at my friend's place I saw from the corner of my eyes a trailer of a film with some wheels in it. Unfortunately I didn't hear or see much of it, because my friend has an overwhelming personality, and of course since I don't have a TV I couldn't see afterwards what was going on. But then I did some research, and found out that it is a French/Catalan comedy, "Comme sur des roulettes", ("Sobre rodes" in the Catalan version) about a guy who pretends to be a wheeler to get a job in a company where they hire only disabled people. imdb.com/title/tt0460750/or www.cinemotions.com/modules/Films/fiche/23921/Comme-sur-des-roulettes.htmlI don't have a clue if the film is good or not – it is shown uniquely in the TV (at least until now) what I don't have and I don't want – but I guess the cute Frédéric Diefenthal (commissar Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec of the Taxi films) wheeling around could be worth watching. I personally am eager to see that film because of another guy in it: Bruno de Stabenrath, who beside being a real quad is one of my favourite French writers (and no, not because he's a quad, but because he writes the way I like it). |
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Post by C4incomplete on Aug 9, 2006 11:21:42 GMT -5
wow, I'm not sure how you great dev women would manage over here in the UK -- used as a link segment between programmes on the BBC is 3 guys in wheelchairs doing some kind of dance routine. One of the guys is quite q well-known wheelchair sportsman, and is TV quite alot. Wheelchairs on British TV aren't rare, they're just not frequent as of yet
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Post by devogirl on Aug 9, 2006 20:38:41 GMT -5
I know, I frequently look at the BBC Ouch! site and raise my fist in frustration when I see how progressive the BBC is about featuring and even training disabled actors for mainstream TV shows compared to the US. Nearly everything on US TV is copied from the UK, except that  We really are in the dark ages over here. BTW Mr C4 thanks for the props, why not become a member and introduce yourself? |
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Post by brquad on Aug 10, 2006 10:02:18 GMT -5
In Canada you seem to see more people in chairs on t.v than in U.S shows too.
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We really are in the dark ages over here.