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Desson Thomson

Desson Thomson

Adjusting for inflation can be a tricky thing -- especially when it comes to movie remakes.

Take 1974’s “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3,” which starred Walter Matthau as a hangdog train dispatcher who becomes the central point of negotiation when a gunman (Robert Shaw) takes over a subway train. What are his demands? The lives of his hostages for a million dollars.

Or as Dr. Evil put it in the first “Austin Powers” movie, one ... meeeelion … dollars!

Kinda quaint.

Published on Fri. June 12th, 2009 at 6:49AM | Link | Email | Comments (1) |
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Whenever we play that pick-up game of softball, we swing and miss exactly the same way we did before. And we're just as appalled at our play as we were last time.

Published on Thu. June 18th, 2009 at 10:45PM | Link | Email | Comments (6) |
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