tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post5528609111815285782..comments2024-03-29T08:40:55.320-04:00Comments on Poseidon's Underworld: Rustling Up Some ReedPoseidon3http://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-59530844941603465292023-08-21T19:20:39.579-04:002023-08-21T19:20:39.579-04:00Thank you so much for taking a moment to comment! ...Thank you so much for taking a moment to comment! I'm really glad you enjoyed this. Hopefully there are some other posts that you will like reading. Take care.Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-25150258589875020102023-08-20T10:07:32.426-04:002023-08-20T10:07:32.426-04:00Thank you for an illuminating and exhaustive saga ...Thank you for an illuminating and exhaustive saga of a compelling actor.jayboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17274182813014881618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-7270135159619618872019-10-08T08:24:10.311-04:002019-10-08T08:24:10.311-04:00This comment was inadvertently placed on another p...This comment was inadvertently placed on another post by the author, so I am pasting it here. :-)<br /><br />Unknown said...<br /><br /> "As a straight guy may I say how much I enjoy your essays and sense of humor. We seem to have very similar tastes in films,probably we are also about the same age. I am also a fan of Oliver Reed and particularly enjoy your essays on him, although I understand your admiration for him goes a bit further for him than my "strictly as an actor" admiration does! Burnt Offerings is a favourite of mine as well, and have you ever seen Sitting Target? In my opinion it ranks with Get Carter and Villain as the best 1970's gangster/criminal films.<br /> Also pleased you defended Oliver, and understood his views, on "women's liberation". Poor Oliver would have fainted if he was alive today and witnessed how the controlled media and the Psy-ops known as "feminism", and the "me too" movement were being used as a weapon to demonise all men.<br /> I fear that us males will perhaps all end up in prison camps simply for being male! Please keep up the entertaining and interesting film essays. All the best.<br /> October 7, 2019 at 5:17 PM"<br /><br />All I can tell you is that when I watch TV (news and "entertainment" programming) I often think, "Thank GOD I'm not a straight man...!" I don't know how any man could flirt, tease or try to get close to a woman these days without fear of retaliation if it doesn't go well. I don't condone abuse or intimidation or anything at all of the sort - I really don't, but I think we've pendulumed awfully far in the opposite direction and now we're just looking for anything to get upset about. Basically everything is off-limits. I also think, like it is the case with so many things, that a small number of people have made it rough for the vast majority... Thanks. P.S. - I haven't seen "Sitting Target" but will try to! Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-84152914094857180722014-02-25T07:42:36.475-05:002014-02-25T07:42:36.475-05:00Moogaboo, thanks for dipping into The Underworld a...Moogaboo, thanks for dipping into The Underworld and for commenting! I'm glad you liked this profile of Ollie and hope you will wade through some of the others here, too! If I ever get the chance, I'll have to check out "The Party's Over."Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-57179810194572045342013-07-30T08:26:43.211-04:002013-07-30T08:26:43.211-04:00I agree with you, obviously, angelman66, though so...I agree with you, obviously, angelman66, though some of the folks Ollie encountered over the years might have felt he was halfway to madness to begin with! ;-)Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-68592576477259362372013-07-30T06:00:04.849-04:002013-07-30T06:00:04.849-04:00Wonderful piece on a fascinating and charismatic a...Wonderful piece on a fascinating and charismatic actor, always oozing with menacing, masculine sex appeal. <br /><br />I think one of his most underrated performances is in Burnt Offerings...his descent into madness rivals and in my opinion surpasses Jack Nicholson's in The Shining and James Brolin's in Amityville Horror. <br /><br />A hot daddy and a fine actor, all rolled into one.angelman66https://www.blogger.com/profile/16471674180789592940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-60745901483020088822013-07-29T09:05:53.197-04:002013-07-29T09:05:53.197-04:00Hey, y'all! Glad you enjoyed reading this pos...Hey, y'all! Glad you enjoyed reading this post. It was quite a task to get through Oliver's considerable career (and I even glossed over many projects!)<br /><br />Joel, though, like you say, Ollie's attitudes on the Carson show are outdated now, I think the gist of what he was trying to say was that he felt it was his duty to provide for a woman so that she never had to work outside the home - or at least that in his mind, marriage was a partnership based on each half covering their "area" and locking into place that way. (We never really got to hear him out anyway because of the incident!) In any case, the very notion of such a thing got feminists up in arms. But you know what? Over time, we have witnessed the almost complete breakdown of the American family. Few meals together, disparate schedules, lack of communication, troubles galore, and many, MANY women have since decided that they truly wish to be a stay-at-home mother (though so many can't afford it now!) It's nearly come full circle that way. I guess the biggest difference is that now it's more of a choice than an expected obligation and that sometimes it's the man who stays home. <br /><br />Michael, I adore Bette Davis, but let's face it, few people ever met her standards in anything! LOL It's always fun to hear her going on and on about someone who rubbed her the wrong way. (Seriously, how can someone have not gotten along with Lillian Fucking Gish?!?!)<br /><br />Oh, and NotFelix... I looked up a somewhat older Lee Montgomery (from "Girls Just Want to Have Fun") and was floored! He was a hairy, hunky, cutie pie!! Thanks for mentioning him!Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-25378258194263037732013-07-27T09:23:14.886-04:002013-07-27T09:23:14.886-04:00Great post on such a fascinating actor. One of his...Great post on such a fascinating actor. One of his early walk-ons is one to watch out for: THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN in 1960 where he plays a swishy gay ballet dancer who mistakenly enters the room where the Gentlemen are meeting. Its only a minute but priceless!<br /><br />I particularly like THE GIRL-GETTERS or THE SYSTEM as we know it here, from 1964, which captures that era perfectly. <br /><br />Bette Davis was furious with Reed & Karen Black when she was interviewed by Rex Reed, on Burnt Offerings - she considered them unprofessional and worse. Olly was always late and drinking, while Karen kept changing her hair and makeup so no shots matched! Michael O'Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17820802843771524920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-63308952739507557592013-07-27T08:52:55.238-04:002013-07-27T08:52:55.238-04:00I forgot to mention that I just last week saw the ...I forgot to mention that I just last week saw the Oliver Reed/Shelley Winters set-to on the Carson show. TCM are rerunning some memorable interviews he did through the years and obviously this one qualifies.<br /><br />It was quite the show. Oliver's attitudes were very much of his time and antiquated as far as today's sensibilities are concerned but he was polite and courtly. Shelley was her usual over the top opinionated self which was amusing but also rude. Since it ended as one step above a brawl it made fascinating television but she was wrong to dump the liquid, whatever it was, on his head. But then Shelley was never known for her restraint in anything. joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-1370709978615261142013-07-26T18:53:26.935-04:002013-07-26T18:53:26.935-04:00"The Devils" is one of the few movies th..."The Devils" is one of the few movies that have made me scream out loud. And, like a little girl at that!<br /><br />Though hardly what I would consider handsome there are many films you mention which are absolutely hypnotizing if for no other reason than the fact you believe his character is real. For that reason alone, though I've never been a big fan, I do know most of the films mentioned here as I've seen them. Film buffs (especially those of the "royal" persuasion, drag them out on special occasions!)<br /><br />Anyway, any day that I get to read a fabulous post that mentions Vanessa Redgrave, Amanda Donahoe, Lee Montgomery and Patrick Warburton is a good day indeed. <br /><br />Little aside, I was madly in love with Lee between 82 and about 87 and have never been able to get the image of a shirtless PW out of my head after I saw him the first time. :0)NotFelixUngerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04812102754911699275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-48886618888142754642013-07-26T17:48:48.914-04:002013-07-26T17:48:48.914-04:00An interesting post of a fascinating actor. He cou...An interesting post of a fascinating actor. He could be handsome or look a complete mess but he always had a magnetism that held your attention.<br /><br />Women in Love is something to behold but I really enjoyed The Assassination Bureau when I caught it last year. It held the double pleasure of him in his prime, playing a more affable character than was his usual lot and the presence of my beloved Diana Rigg who makes anything better. <br /><br />Dental work can really knock you back hope you recovered from yours with minimal difficulty!joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-8261094513569781812013-07-26T14:01:09.642-04:002013-07-26T14:01:09.642-04:00Big fan of Mr Reed and this posting gave me lots o...Big fan of Mr Reed and this posting gave me lots of fun movies to look forward to. What a man! dangerous and sexy.Gingerguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989371210392669145noreply@blogger.com