THE TRIAL AND TRIUMPH OF ONE NEWTSAMSON:MAN OF MYSTERY

[Darthdiesel]

The QR at the bottom of the page you are reading but if you QR from the top rt corner option in that person's post it responds to the proper party

[Darthdiesel]

Since the polygraph was created by the same man who created Wonder Woman, your comic book connections will make you immune to any misfortune.

 

More ETTA candy! I think she made a return in the current storyline? And she didn't look like the Etta of long ago? what's up with that?

[Darthdiesel]

Never seen the movie, but now my interest is piqued? Michael Caine... he was awesome in Blame it on Rio

[Illiterati-migration]

Ipcrest File with Sir Michale Cainn.

 

I think you meant "IPCRESS FILE WITH SIR MICHAEL CAINE"...

 

 

That has to be the worst spelled post I've seen.

 

And you call yourself The Brain???

 

Apparently they do call you The Brain for nothing.

 

Wow, four months late to the party with THAT joke, weren't you?

[Joanna]

Since the polygraph was created by the same man who created Wonder Woman, your comic book connections will make you immune to any misfortune.

 

More ETTA candy! I think she made a return in the current storyline? And she didn't look like the Etta of long ago? what's up with that?

 

I can't help but love a man who appreciates Ms. Candy!

 

Perez changed her when he revamped WW, and people have been messing with her ever since. Loebs even made her anorexic. NO appreciation for history! As if comics are crying out for more painfully skinny women characters! Etta was unique and should remain excessively short, fat, and with more courage than three men.

 

But I digress. FBI lie detector. Tell the truth. It's the best choice.

 

-- Joanna

[Darthdiesel]

Ipcrest File with Sir Michale Cainn.

 

I think you meant "IPCRESS FILE WITH SIR MICHAEL CAINE"...

 

 

That has to be the worst spelled post I've seen.

 

And you call yourself The Brain???

 

Apparently they do call you The Brain for nothing.

 

Wow, four months late to the party with THAT joke, weren't you?

 

That has to be the worst spelled post I've seen.

 

And you call yourself The Brain???

 

Apparently they do call you The Brain for nothing.

[Darthdiesel]

Thanks for the low down on Etta!

 

and "FBI lie detector. Tell the truth. It's the best choice."

 

I agree, just contributing to the question not advocating using any of these means to get around it

[Illiterati-migration]

Ipcrest File with Sir Michale Cainn.

 

I think you meant "IPCRESS FILE WITH SIR MICHAEL CAINE"...

 

 

That has to be the worst spelled post I've seen.

 

And you call yourself The Brain???

 

Apparently they do call you The Brain for nothing.

 

Wow, four months late to the party with THAT joke, weren't you?

 

That has to be the worst spelled post I've seen.

 

And you call yourself The Brain???

 

Apparently they do call you The Brain for nothing.

 

Wow, twenty-four months and fourteen days late to the party with THAT joke, weren't you?

[goldust40]

Never seen the movie, but now my interest is piqued? Michael Caine... he was awesome in Blame it on Rio

 

The Ipcress File, which was followed by two sequels (Funeral In Berlin and Billion Dollar Brain) is a downbeat spy thriller featuring Harry Palmer (Caine) - a low-rent James Bond with scruples (from the same company that brought you Bond, in fact).

 

The Ipcress File is definitely worth a look, although it may seem a little slow for today's audiences. I had a long argument with a friend from California a couple of days ago - basically he thought that all those Brit flicks (Ipcress, Get Carter, Italian Job, etc.) from the 60s to the late '70s were too downbeat and lacked pace. I think they're all worth a look as you get a real idea as to how dowdy and grim post-war Britain really was, up until the '80s. Plus Caine was great.

[Darthdiesel]

"...(Ipcress, Get Carter, Italian Job, etc...."

 

So if I wait a bit longer, they may make a remake with Clive Owen in Caine's stead?

[Joanna]

I may be wrong, but I believe Mike Myers based Austin Power's father's character on Harry Palmer, which is one reason he was so stoked that Michael Caine played the character in his film.

[goldust40]

"...(Ipcress, Get Carter, Italian Job, etc...."

 

So if I wait a bit longer, they may make a remake with Clive Owen in Caine's stead?

 

Owen would do better as Bond than Harry Palmer......but you never know. In the meantime seek out Ipcress and the first sequel Funeral In Berlin - it makes any David Mamet or Christopher Nolan film seem transparent by comparison.

[goldust40]

I may be wrong, but I believe Mike Myers based Austin Power's father's character on Harry Palmer, which is one reason he was so stoked that Michael Caine played the character in his film.

 

Harry Palmer was far from the pseudo-hip looney that Myers portrayed - if anything Palmer has more in common with John Constantine. Austin Powers was more a composite '60s English dandy based on tacky Brit exploitation flicks and T.V. shows such as The Persuaders and Jason King.

 

Caine was maybe THE '60s English actor - which was why Myers wanted him for his Powers films.

[Norrin_Radd]

Never seen the movie, but now my interest is piqued? Michael Caine... he was awesome in Blame it on Rio

 

The Ipcress File, which was followed by two sequels (Funeral In Berlin and Billion Dollar Brain) is a downbeat spy thriller featuring Harry Palmer (Caine) - a low-rent James Bond with scruples (from the same company that brought you Bond, in fact).

 

The Ipcress File is definitely worth a look, although it may seem a little slow for today's audiences. I had a long argument with a friend from California a couple of days ago - basically he thought that all those Brit flicks (Ipcress, Get Carter, Italian Job, etc.) from the 60s to the late '70s were too downbeat and lacked pace. I think they're all worth a look as you get a real idea as to how dowdy and grim post-war Britain really was, up until the '80s. Plus Caine was great.

 

I thought was a more realistic look at what it was like to be a British spy in 1960's.

 

Haven't seen the sequels yet, though.

[Joanna]

I may be wrong, but I believe Mike Myers based Austin Power's father's character on Harry Palmer, which is one reason he was so stoked that Michael Caine played the character in his film.

 

Harry Palmer was far from the pseudo-hip looney that Myers portrayed - if anything Palmer has more in common with John Constantine. Austin Powers was more a composite '60s English dandy based on tacky Brit exploitation flicks and T.V. shows such as The Persuaders and Jason King.

 

Caine was maybe THE '60s English actor - which was why Myers wanted him for his Powers films.

 

No, you misunderstand. Not Austin Powers, but the character of Austin's dad was based on Harry Palmer. Mike Myers and his own father used to watch 60's British spy films together -- they were his dad's most loved films. And of all of them, Harry Palmer was his dad's favorite. So when Mike decided to bring in the father of Austin, he based the character on Harry Palmer. He asked Michael Caine to play the role and Michael said yes. Myers considered the whole thing as a paeon to his father, and getting Caine to play the pseudo-Harry role was the ultimate coup.

 

-- Joanna

[greggy]

[Norrin_Radd]

 

Thanks for the info Joanna.

 

Although I already knew some of that.....and don't mind greggy.

[goldust40]

I may be wrong, but I believe Mike Myers based Austin Power's father's character on Harry Palmer, which is one reason he was so stoked that Michael Caine played the character in his film.

 

Harry Palmer was far from the pseudo-hip looney that Myers portrayed - if anything Palmer has more in common with John Constantine. Austin Powers was more a composite '60s English dandy based on tacky Brit exploitation flicks and T.V. shows such as The Persuaders and Jason King.

 

Caine was maybe THE '60s English actor - which was why Myers wanted him for his Powers films.

 

No, you misunderstand. Not Austin Powers, but the character of Austin's dad was based on Harry Palmer. Mike Myers and his own father used to watch 60's British spy films together -- they were his dad's most loved films. And of all of them, Harry Palmer was his dad's favorite. So when Mike decided to bring in the father of Austin, he based the character on Harry Palmer. He asked Michael Caine to play the role and Michael said yes. Myers considered the whole thing as a paeon to his father, and getting Caine to play the pseudo-Harry role was the ultimate coup.

 

-- Joanna

 

Sorry Joanna, I got my wires crossed there. Not exactly shagadelic.