I Am A Swede

It's sad to read about the state of Emmerdale nowadays. I quit watching earlier this year and it was surprisingly easy. I thought it would be much harder to let it go, since this was the first "grown-up" show I ever watched. My mother used to watch it in the 70s, and I watched it with her. It came on at 6.15 p.m., right after the early evening news, and I was allowed to stay up and watch it before going to bed. I had no idea what was happening, since this was before I could understand English, and before I could read properly, but I remember loving the theme song.

I then watched it on and off during the 80s, but became a steady viewer from the early 1990s. But the last few years it has become more and more a chore to get through each episode, and I finally gave up. The death of Jack Sugden robbed this show of its heart, and I don't think it can ever get it back. And when I read here about the insane decision to kill off Viv and Terry that was the last straw for me.....

R.I.P Emmerdale Farm.....

Has anyone beside me ever seen The Adventures Of Robin Hood with Errol Flynn? I think it is one of the greatest movies ever made.

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Of course! Another true classic, with the, perhaps, greatest swashbuckling hero ever in Errol Flynn. He made so many fantastic movies during the 30s and early 40s. "Captain Blood", "The Charge of the Light Brigade", The Sea Hawk", "They Died with Their Boots On" and many more.

I saw this being suggested in another thread, so I thought why not....

Let's talk about classic films! Which ones do you like? Which ones don't you like? Which movies do you consider classics?

Favourite actors and actresses?

Let's start with the perhaps most classic of all the classics.... It might not be the best movie ever made, but if any movie can be labeled a true classic this is it:

In memory of the 77 people who, one year ago today, lost their lives in Norway......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAXswzClf6E&feature=relmfu

R.I.P Donna

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqbJykK3j2Q

This is a man who is often lauded by the media as a brilliant brain trust, and the future of the GOP.

The future of the GOP is saying to tax the poor so you won't have to tax the rich.

That's what America is becoming, apparently.

http://www.tnr.com/b...or-tax-the-poor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7zJ0yVSSvE

Here's another magnificent performance from Gwendal and Marina, from the Olympic Games 1998:

I used to watch figure skating, but my interest has diminished somewhat in recent years. My favourite discipline was always the ice dancing, and this is probably my all-time favourite performance, Gwendal Peizerat and Marina Anissina from France in 1999. How they failed to win the gold medal is still a mystery to me......