My local paper gave the movie no stars
While People Magazine only gave it one.
I'll wait for the DVD.
Just saw Lone Ranger.....Awesome.Not to be missed. Al B
So did I... A+ The guy in the white hat always win.
It was nice to see something that was not all computer generated.
The audience even applauded after the show....
Matt, that would be the Scale Rail theater. Yes, your right we do serve wine not popcorn. We are running the first year of the Sapranos now. Don
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Don, we'll visit the Scale Rail Theater in the near future. Make sure you have some good Cabernet. None of that white wine....that's like drinking perfume. What's up after the Sopranos?
My wife and I saw Lone Ranger. Again...it was a fun movie. It's good for us to get out of our Lazyboy chairs, stop waiting for Netflix or when it comes out on DVD, and go the the theater to see it! It has nothing to do with the TV series. It's a different approach. Go and watch it for what it is. Buy a hot dog or some buttered popcorn while you're there. You'll really have a great time and enjoy it! Matt
I am genuinely curious: why is a non-train thread (no, the fact that the film has some train scenes in it doesn't make it a railroad movie) been going on for soooooooooooo long? Especially when discussion of this movie was already the subject of at least one other longish thread, months before it was even released.
Why? I've seen other threads yanked after a couple of postings, for being insufficiently railroad-related. Why is this one of such enduring importance to so many folks?
I'm not interested in debating the topic one way or another. I'd just like for someone to please explain -- in non-partisan form, please -- what the perceived overwhelming significance is?
Reporting from Houston, TX:
Just saw the film this afternoon. Fun and very entertaining. The train sequences were creative but entertaining. Quite a bit of humor in the movie. I would rate it worth seeing.
Originally Posted by Balshis:
I am genuinely curious: why is a non-train thread (no, the fact that the film has some train scenes in it doesn't make it a railroad movie) been going on for soooooooooooo long?
Well....it starts on a train.....has a great number of train scenes on a few different types of railroads, Of the 2.5 hour film over an hour is train related. There is brief model railroad scene in the film (the first ever layout??) And there is track that looks just like O scale 3 rail......so enough train to make it talk worthy??? Just my guess....
I am genuinely curious: why is a non-train thread (no, the fact that the film has some train scenes in it doesn't make it a railroad movie) been going on for soooooooooooo long?
It's summer and nothing else is going on. No shows, announcements ect.
This year the wife is busting my hump on the yard. Train time is down,
about all I'm doing is getting ready for the up coming Christmas season.
Oh, by the by, did anyone mention the HO train the kid was playing with that
had the O gauge air whistle ? FRAUD I TELL YOU 
The two Matts and Dave have my ear on this one. I think we'll wait for apple TV though. There's a total lack of really nice theaters in this neck of the woods. Sometimes the screen falls off the coconut trees. Don
Geez what a terrible problem to have. 
Originally Posted by scale rail:
The two Matts and Dave have my ear on this one. I think we'll wait for apple TV though. There's a total lack of really nice theaters in this neck of the woods. Sometimes the screen falls off the coconut trees. Don
Originally Posted by scale rail:
The two Matts and Dave have my ear on this one. I think we'll wait for apple TV though. There's a total lack of really nice theaters in this neck of the woods. Sometimes the screen falls off the coconut trees. Don
And I thought that it was because you had to sit on pineapples that stopped you from attending? 
'm going to a showing after Houston Tinplate layour closes!
Originally Posted by N.Q.D.Y.:
Originally Posted by scale rail:
The two Matts and Dave have my ear on this one. I think we'll wait for apple TV though. There's a total lack of really nice theaters in this neck of the woods. Sometimes the screen falls off the coconut trees. Don
And I thought that it was because you had to sit on pineapples that stopped you from attending?
No NQDY, they actually have bamboo logs to sit on. Drinks are served in coconuts and pineapples. The screen is made from banana leaves...that's why it falls down sometimes. Matt
Originally Posted by Balshis:
I am genuinely curious: why is a non-train thread (no, the fact that the film has some train scenes in it doesn't make it a railroad movie) been going on for soooooooooooo long? Especially when discussion of this movie was already the subject of at least one other longish thread, months before it was even released.
Why? I've seen other threads yanked after a couple of postings, for being insufficiently railroad-related. Why is this one of such enduring importance to so many folks?
I'm not interested in debating the topic one way or another. I'd just like for someone to please explain -- in non-partisan form, please -- what the perceived overwhelming significance is?
Why? Because it's fun! Looks like it caught your eye.
Have not seen the movie yet, but there is a train related to this movie already available!
http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Con...on-Train-Chase-79111
Have fun everybody!
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Originally Posted by Balshis:
I am genuinely curious: why is a non-train thread (no, the fact that the film has some train scenes in it doesn't make it a railroad movie) been going on for soooooooooooo long? Especially when discussion of this movie was already the subject of at least one other longish thread, months before it was even released.
I suppose it's because we're in the lazy, hazy days of summer and folks have little else to talk about because they're taking a hiatus from working on their layouts and are short on money for buying (and/or complaining about) more trains.
Went to see LR lst evening. Tonto stole the show though. Funny in parts. No Oscars here but worth seeing on the IMAX screen for the train wreck action. Fun movie.
Originally Posted by Balshis:
I am genuinely curious: why is a non-train thread (no, the fact that the film has some train scenes in it doesn't make it a railroad movie) been going on for soooooooooooo long? Especially when discussion of this movie was already the subject of at least one other longish thread, months before it was even released.
Why? I've seen other threads yanked after a couple of postings, for being insufficiently railroad-related. Why is this one of such enduring importance to so many folks?
I'm not interested in debating the topic one way or another. I'd just like for someone to please explain -- in non-partisan form, please -- what the perceived overwhelming significance is?
Well, it beats someone posting about their new loco being DOA, lash-ups, Scrapple, or crop dusting at York.
Originally Posted by Dominic Mazoch:
'm going to a showing after Houston Tinplate layour closes!
Did see it lat night. Not epic, but fun. Did not have to worry about life for a while. (Real purpose of a flick?) Bad guys get caught, or removed, damsel saved.
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I'm not interested in debating the topic one way or another. I'd just like for someone to please explain -- in non-partisan form, please -- what the perceived overwhelming significance is?
Simple: Lionel is making a train that ties in with the movie.
I have not seen the movie, nor am I likely to go.
It has been reported that the movie is not doing well at the box office. It is being trounced by Despicable Me 2. Being that I don't have small children, I am not likely to see that one either.
Maybe attendance will rebound.
Will the Lone Ranger set sell? Or will it be heading for blow out land?
