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Now that I've seen most of it, twice (eyelid difficulty first time, DVR/Satellite deficiency the second) I am now willing to go out on a limb and declare what movie...er film is the best...well, at least of those I've seen.
Metropolis!
I'll compare it with any other movie, film, piece of video tape ya got.
BTW, TCM's discussion of it exposed that Hollywood types are absolute morons. Making a link between the industrialist-in-charge and Adolf Hitler was all they could do. No understanding of the social upheaval, the conflict between industry and labor, the number of anti-capitalists (starting with Germany's chief negotiator, moving onto socialists and communists, and including the Dadaists) running around Germany seemed to be beyond their ability to understand.
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They also fail to understand that reality isn't quite so black-and-white. 
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: reality isn't quite so black-and-white.
It was in 1927! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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"It was in 1927!"
(Note: 'Quote Selected Text' returns 'Bad command or filename. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...')
No doubt you had to watch that black and white reality TV by candle light, too.
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AFAIK there's also a coloured version of Metropolis... 
2b || !2b
W. Shakespeare
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Like "Carmen Jones"? 
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They should have taken a clue from the movie: silence!
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I think a person can be stupid, but a comment or opinion can be asinine.
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You are correct. It was an event of massive and vast asininity. 
At least I didn't use the adjective that makes me cringe, "dumb". Gaack! Every time I hear/see someone call something "dumb" I want to smack 'em a good one!
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BiggerDon wrote: "dumb"
I'm speachless. 
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They should have been, too
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BiggerDon wrote: Every time I hear/see someone call something "dumb" I want to smack 'em a good one!
Even if they're describing a person who lacks the power of speech? 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I did say something, not somebody!
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Metropolis is such a Milestone a "Must have seen".
Sometimes I cant believe that is a "hometown movie". I was born, raised and live nearby. Long ago I also had some summer jobs in the 80*s.
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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Interesting...and thanks for all of your contributions to this classic!
I looked at the list of "Notable Films". The last one is "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015)", another Rich v poor story. Some dystopic themes never die.
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BiggerDon wrote: Hollywood types are absolute morons
NOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Please someone tell me this isn't true!
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Sorry, Chris, the only intelligent movie-makers are in New Zealand.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: New Zealand
Isn't that Australia's retarded cousin?
BDF
The internet makes dumb people dumber and clever people cleverer.
-- PaulowniaK
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Just something we can all agree on for a happy hour toast!
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Munchies_Matt wrote: when do you need to turn the heating on?
When my missus starts complaining every few minutes about how cold she is.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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That or out of hot water for showering purposes.
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Wow, this is a complex one. Back in the UK, I designed and installed my own central heating system in my first house. I borrowed a book from the library (we're talking pre-internet here) and calculated the surface areas and R values for each external surface in each room. From that, and allowing for some losses (draughts and leaks) I was able to calculate the radiator size I needed for each room.
So, each house is different, surface area, construction materials, how well is it sealed ...
Then, of course, you have weather conditions. Energy loss is based on the above and the temperature difference. The warmer inside and the colder outside means more energy loss. Wind has a big impact (hence the concept of wind chill); still air will convect warm air around your house away, but wind "snatches" it away. Wind outside your house also represents a pressure difference, so sucking air out where there are leaks or pushing cold air in.
As an eco-freek, I have a very well insulated house (even though it's over 50 years old) which is heated with a ground source heat pump (geothermal system), so it doesn't take a lot of energy to heat, even though I'm in Canada (we've had temperatures below -20c and wind chills that just hurt this week!) I've met people with houses so well insulated (probably straw bale) that a hair dryer could heat the whole house in winter!
One last note when it comes to this stuff: People and animals are all sources of heat. Even a couch potato throws out a few kilowatts and someone who is active, a lot more. A large dog is quite the heat source.
Isn't physics interesting?!!!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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I've met a few folks with super-efficient homes, pretty much always custom-built. Plenty of them use passive solar heating. One in particular not only doesn't need any other energy for heating(in fact their problem even in a harsh winter is too much heat).
The "hair dryer" comment was about two different individuals who have retro-fitted normal houses.
Although we're almost certainly further south than you (not many people realise that southern Ontario is about level with northern Spain and further south than San Francisco!), our climate is very hot in summer and very cold in winter. Typical late January/early February daily maximum temperatures are about -6 to -8, but it can get much colder. Monday or Tuesday morning driving to work, it was -23. At those temperatures your snot freezes in your nose and your nose hairs become stiff!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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