I come to bury Hines, not praise him

[Lensman]

Friends, Wells fans, forum members, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Hines, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones;
So let it be with Hines. The noble AHB
Have told you Hines was dishonest;
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Hines answer'd it.
Here, under leave of the AHB and the rest -
For the AHB are honourable men;
So are they all, all honourable men -
Come I to speak in Hines' funeral.
He was my hope, faithful and true to Wells:
But the AHB says he was dishonest;
And the AHB are honourable men.
He hath brought many investors home to Pendragon
Whose modest sums did the production's coffers fill:
Did this in Hines seem dishonest?
When that fans have cried, cleave to Wells' text!
Hines hath consented:
Dishonesty should be made of more selfish stuff:
Yet the AHB says he was dishonest;
And the AHB are honourable men.
You all did see that which was announced long ago;
Hines proclaimed "We do not have a ton of money";
Twas said not once but thrice: was this dishonesty?
Yet the AHB says he was dishonest;
And, sure, they are honourable men.
I speak not to disprove what the AHB spoke,
But here I am to speak what I do know.
You all did love him once, not without cause:
What causes you then, to prejudge him?
O wisdom! thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason. Bear with me;
My heart is in the coffin there with Hines,
Where the AHB have placed him before his time;
And I must pause till it come back to me.

[Rob]

I still think we are going round in circles. I think those who have stated their opinion should now be silent for a bit and let the people who have stood by watching the fire fight have a say

[flynnsixtysix]

;D ;D

See Lensman DOES have a sense of humanity - and a wryly comic take with it too..

Very nice that lensman. Very prosaic. When you dig deep you have hidden seams of treasure amongst your midst.

All is forgiven - you say truths and falsity in the same verse but on the whole it stands with good intent and I mostly agree with you.

I'd also add that we are all just fools kicking around in the dust of his distant dream...our torture is to participate in his near flight, and our sorrow is to crash back to earth if his pheonix does not fly...

Let us remain ever hopeful that the dreams of greater men may rise above the fears of smaller ones - for it is only they who carve the future from the blackness of infinity...

[jeffwaynefan]

Lensman said:

Friends, Wells fans, forum members, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Hines, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones;
So let it be with Hines. The noble AHB
Have told you Hines was dishonest;
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Hines answer'd it.
Here, under leave of the AHB and the rest -
For the AHB are honourable men;
So are they all, all honourable men -
Come I to speak in Hines' funeral.
He was my hope, faithful and true to Wells:
But the AHB says he was dishonest;
And the AHB are honourable men.
He hath brought many investors home to Pendragon
Whose modest sums did the production's coffers fill:
Did this in Hines seem dishonest?
When that fans have cried, cleave to Wells' text!
Hines hath consented:
Dishonesty should be made of more selfish stuff:
Yet the AHB says he was dishonest;
And the AHB are honourable men.
You all did see that which was announced long ago;
Hines proclaimed "We do not have a ton of money";
Twas said not once but thrice: was this dishonesty?
Yet the AHB says he was dishonest;
And, sure, they are honourable men.
I speak not to disprove what the AHB spoke,
But here I am to speak what I do know.
You all did love him once, not without cause:
What causes you then, to prejudge him?
O wisdom! thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason. Bear with me;
My heart is in the coffin there with Hines,
Where the AHB have placed him before his time;
And I must pause till it come back to me.

Mathew, chapeter 3, line 2 (Dot Branigan I presume?)

Your not that chap who stands on the fountains steps outside Tesco's in Walsall are you, the one that people look up into the air as they walk past while scateborders shoots past chucking old dodgy stale Burger King burgers at? ;D

[VES]

Rob said:

I still think we are going round in circles. I think those who have stated their opinion should now be silent for a bit and let the people who have stood by watching the fire fight have a say

I would, but I don't want to poke my head out too
far, lest it be shot off.

[Lensman]

I'm glad you liked it. Of course I did have a bit of help from that Shakespeare chap.

[jeffwaynefan]

'Shakespeare' - good pub, been in there a few times myself

[flynnsixtysix]

deleted

[HTT]

[glow=purple,2,300]That's not the AHB - that' the cast of another one of Tim's movies! "The WAR Of The Worlds". It's from the scene "The Cylinder in the Sand Dunes on the Greek Island of LINDos":[/glow]
[glow=red,2,300]"...two feet OF SHINING SCREW projected when suddenly, THE LID fell off . Two **luminous, disc like EYES appeared ABOVE THE RIM. A huge rounded bulk - LARGER THAN A BEAR, rose up slowly, glistening LIKE wet LEATHER. IT'S LIPLESS MOUTH quiverED and Slathered, and snakelike TENTACLES writhed as THE CLUMSY BODY heaved and pulsATed…" [/glow]

EDITED BY HTT: Offensive material replaced with inoffensive details before the unrecycled excrement makes contact with the rotating segment of the atmospheric circulator.
Doesn't seem as funny now, though... but that's political correctness for you! Wait a minute... I can still rescue this:
[glow=red,2,300]"...snakelike tentacles writhed as as the clumsy body toppled over the edge of the cylinder into the pit with a loud thud. Oh, how we laughed at the clumsy old martian..." [/glow]

Ha ha ha, ho ho ho, and a tittery tee hee hee. And they say comedy is dead! It is now

[jeffwaynefan]

Can that film be imported in from the U.S? ;D

[Lensman]

ROTFLMAO!!

Very creative, Flynn! You'd better be careful: Much more of this and we'll start taking your skill for granted.

Wow, I had no idea the AHB were such accomplished cross-dressers!

And I fear that if I did actually try the drag thing, I would indeed look rather more like one of the PHB you've depicted...

[flynnsixtysix]

sorry but I have been requested to remove this picture - it was deemed offensive to women and transexuals apparently - and I took all the effort to cover up any naughty bits as well - seems like I'd better get down to blockbuster and clear the shelves off about 90% of their titles also better petition for the removal of channel 4, E3, ITV2, BBC3 etc etc...

what a craphole...I really can't be arsed with this nonsense anymore. I don't know what kind of 'sensitive types' are frequenting this place now but they WON - I LEAVE - it's so bloodly 'PC' that there is virtually no point in actually having an opinion because it's BOUND to OFFEND someone...thinks get locked after 5 posts unless they are 100% nice and movie related only.

NO HUMOUR OR INDIVIDUAL FORMS OF EXPRESSION ALLOWED - GOT IT!!

I've become UNMUTUAL

It sucks - I'll not be missed I'm sure since I've always been something of a freedom fighter and that isn't popular in this meek mousey grey little planet of downtrodden bush n blair-beaten wetback yes people ( sorry if that offends anyone with a wet back I suggest you towel off and get over it) - but I've had it in here..one day all you people who whisper behind peoples backs, tittle tattling to teacher, rather than make your feelings known in public make me sick..

Pathetic..if anyone's offended TELL ME - like being a bloody school again - teachers little scumbag pets whining all day - well scr*w TEACHER and scr*w the WHINING MAGGOTS who dare not tell me - CLOSE MY ACCOUNT IF YOU MUST - I'm not about to be policed like this - I have my own basis for moral guidance I don't need any more calls to the headmaster office thank you.

I really find the implication that I am predjudiced to be EXTREMELY DISTASTEFUL. I am all for gay rights, womens liberation and FREEDOM ON ALL LEVELS. This is a bittersweet victory you fools

sorry state of affair. One day you'll all be in orwells craphole of polite anonymous obscurity - your welcome to it.

Think your going to knock the square corners of me until I'm a nice round peg - well think again -

I'm not a number I am a free man - keep your little village.. I leave your village - that is my choice - You choose to stay - have a very polite and politically correct day.

Be seeing you...

[mctoddridesagain]

The only thing that offends me is that you're buggering off...

May not always agree with you, but you've posted some entertaining and thought-provoking stuff, you'll be missed, you miserable sod!

[EvilNerfherder]

Er.. now what's going on?
Anyone care to PM me and let me know?

[HTT]

[glow=purple,2,300]Heavens to Betsy! Prisoner number (FlynnSixty)Six has left and run off to London with a dwarf! Dem bones Dem Bones Dem Dryyyyy Bones!

Return to the Village young Master. You are number one. Lead us. Lead us in light hearted fun.

Your post really wasn't all that bad - my response was much worse, and no-one's hollered at me yet! Yoinks! Better update it before I come in for a grilling! Still, as Croup and Vandemar put it so very eloquently:
"You can't make an omelette without..."
"...killing a few people."
You can't help but offend some people. Life's too short, so ignore it. Regardless of what you might think, you WILL be missed.[/glow]

[Bayne]

[glow=red,2,300]If I get a complaint about a post of potentially sexually discriminatory or sexist nature then I'll politely ask for it to be deleted, just like I did with flynnsixtysix.

I never said he was prejudiced, just that some were being offended by his post. While he clearly intended it as a bit of humour and didn't intend it to be offensive it nonetheless offended. Unfortunately Flynn appears to have become offended and rather than discuss it with me rationally over PM he has left the board. A terrible shame but his own chice. Hopefully he might one day return.

As to some further explanation as to my request: Firstly no-one likes being insulted and for some on this board the image was insulting. Secondly it protects the board from being sued. Thirdly it prevents the massive flame war that was looking like erupting.

[/glow]

[notobfukwiv]

Hey Flynn,

You've probably got the best sense of humour and provide many contributors and observers alike with slapstick and witty entertainment. You would offend many to depart as your presence is so worthy, I'm sure many will agree.

Come back and entertain again with your contributions, we're missing you!

Regards