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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."

Posted - 12/09/2010 :  10:02:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Edwin S Porter [no relation] made The Great Train Robbery in 1903.

Don't say you weren't alive then ... and, no, cheeky, neither was I

But thanks to the magic of genetic modification and extra-terrestrial life, you can watch it here on YouTube.

Ooh, look out the window - is that a haiku? Is it yours? Bang-bang - you're read!


Edited by - BaftaBaby on 12/09/2010 10:03:28

BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."

Posted - 12/09/2010 :  16:29:03  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Porter's on the train.
Cowboys con the passengers.
No one hears them scream.

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Beanmimo 
"August review site"

Ireland

Posted - 12/09/2010 :  16:54:56  Show Profile  Reply with Quote

Robbers in greyscale
colour in smoke and dresses
Justice in bullets.

Thanks Baftababe, I had never seen that!
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clay 
"Viewer discretion is revised."

Phoenix, AZ, USA

Posted - 12/09/2010 :  23:01:01  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hear that whistle blow-
In'? No, you don't. It's Silent.
With Cowcatcher Crooks.
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MguyX 
"X marks the spot"

United States

Posted - 13/09/2010 :  01:06:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
A colorful tale,
Of robbery black and white.
Shot by a posse.

(Nice choice and link Beebs!)

Edited by - MguyX on 13/09/2010 08:49:33
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ChocolateLady 
"500 Chocolate Delights"

Israel

Posted - 13/09/2010 :  07:11:20  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Two, three, then four thieves
and a posse that's faster
than twitter - who knew?
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Sludge 
"Charlie Don't Serf!"

United States

Posted - 14/09/2010 :  22:31:27  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Bind clerk. Climb aboard.
Rob passengers. Posse? Death.
Shoot the audience!

Edited by - Sludge on 14/09/2010 22:32:46
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MguyX 
"X marks the spot"

United States

Posted - 15/09/2010 :  07:19:24  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Choo-choose your favorites: I did!
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clay 
"Viewer discretion is revised."

Phoenix, AZ, USA

Posted - 15/09/2010 :  16:56:25  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
voted!
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ChocolateLady 
"500 Chocolate Delights"

Israel

Posted - 15/09/2010 :  22:14:53  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Dum-de-dum-dum!
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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."

Posted - 15/09/2010 :  22:44:16  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thanks guys n gal who voted. Just waiting on Beanie and Sludge. That's BEANIE N SLUDGE.

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Beanmimo 
"August review site"

Ireland

Posted - 16/09/2010 :  13:22:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
oops I'm sure I voted!!

I probably sent it to the wrong person!!

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Sludge 
"Charlie Don't Serf!"

United States

Posted - 16/09/2010 :  15:31:14  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
voted. Now, can I have my wallet back?
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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."

Posted - 16/09/2010 :  16:01:15  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
OK and thanks to the posse!

We rode hell for leather through the dust and the heather following the cries of the passengers surprised by gun threats and the kind of onery mustaches them varmints have been tending since they emerged from the womb of hell.

Well, well.

Here's the tally so rally round.

Notching up seven slashes into his gun barrel and putting him into third place - it's MguyX


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Two extra bullets takes him to nine and second place. Ride 'em cowbeanie! It's the Belfast Meanie - Beanmimo!

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Add three more and

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it's me again, folks. Thanks for your 12 votes - I couldn't have done it without you.

I'm hoping to be back before bedtime with another loverly film.


Edited by - BaftaBaby on 16/09/2010 16:02:24
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