Whatzit?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Now, that's a recommendation!! I'll be sure to look for that movie now.

[chuck]

Tim Burton film "Ed Wood" covers most of the failures and even recounts how, on some level, Ed Wood really did know/understand a lot about the basic principals of moving making. He just never seemed to understand how to go about doing it correctly. He was a very sincere failure, almost delusional in his approach to actually making a movie. In many ways, the antithesis of Hitchcock.

Most other bad movies (think MST3K movies) are really, really bad in one or two areas, usually plot/writing/dialog. Plan 9 is bad in all of them. It's so bad you keep watching to see if they will get anything right and they never do. This is true from the opening credits to the final frame, scene after scene after scene. It's almost the bible on "How not to make a movie".

[webenda]

Now, that's a recommendation!! I'll be sure to look for that movie now.

They came to save the Universe. They came to ask us for help in saving the universe.
After you watch it Murph, tell us if Eros (Dudley Manlove) here was scamming us or not.

[webenda]

https://youtu.be/q9XtSntXAC0

Recognize the voice of the announcer in the above fortune teller drama? It is Dudley Manlove.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Tim Burton film "Ed Wood" covers most of the failures and even recounts how, on some level, Ed Wood really did know/understand a lot about the basic principals of moving making. He just never seemed to understand how to go about doing it correctly. He was a very sincere failure, almost delusional in his approach to actually making a movie. In many ways, the antithesis of Hitchcock.

"Ed Wood" is one movie that I do recommend - some extraordinary performances particularly by Martin Landau and Depp, but George "The Animal" Steele and Bill Murray are quite good, too.

[Roy]

Tim Burton film "Ed Wood" covers most of the failures and even recounts how, on some level, Ed Wood really did know/understand a lot about the basic principals of moving making. He just never seemed to understand how to go about doing it correctly. He was a very sincere failure, almost delusional in his approach to actually making a movie. In many ways, the antithesis of Hitchcock.

Most other bad movies (think MST3K movies) are really, really bad in one or two areas, usually plot/writing/dialog. Plan 9 is bad in all of them. It's so bad you keep watching to see if they will get anything right and they never do. This is true from the opening credits to the final frame, scene after scene after scene. It's almost the bible on "How not to make a movie".

Ed Wood is good fun. Of course, Martin Landau scored the Oscar for playing Bela Lugosi. I can't forget Wood's perpetually overheating car.

This reminds me of Roger Corman. I remember seeing a piece, maybe on 60 MInutes, about him teaching other filmmakers how to bring in movies on budget. This has some info:

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/8-hollywood-directors-from-the-roger-corman-film-school/

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Speaking of recommendations, may I have your advice, gentlemen?

When I open my laptop, Yahoo appears first. Upon the page, for a while, now, displays an "announcement" / offer to download a free feature/service, "100% Free Windows Security App 2020".

It invites, "PC Owners Rush To Get New Windows Protection 2020 For Free".
As I scroll down the page, I see that :Trustpilot" gives this an "EXCELLENT" review.

And lastly, there is a page-wide long bright-red bar that says, "Click Here To Get Your Free Protection Now > "
Shall I?
May I have the benefit of your advice and experience?
Please advise.
Murph

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Speaking of recommendations, may I have your advice, gentlemen?

When I open my laptop, Yahoo appears first. Upon the page, for a while, now, displays an "announcement" / offer to download a free feature/service, "100% Free Windows Security App 2020".

It invites, "PC Owners Rush To Get New Windows Protection 2020 For Free".
As I scroll down the page, I see that :Trustpilot" gives this an "EXCELLENT" review.

And lastly, there is a page-wide long bright-red bar that says, "Click Here To Get Your Free Protection Now > "
Shall I?
May I have the benefit of your advice and experience?
Please advise.
Murph

Click bait at minimum. Equivalent of worst form of hucksterism. Ask yourself, protection from what? Giving someone free access to your computer to install software that you have no idea of value or intrusion.

[chuck]

What company/brand is the "100% Free" product coming from? TrustPilot is not the most credible source for reviews. I would recommend Toms reviews over TrustPilot. Bottom line, you get what you pay for and a really great deal rarely has to bombard you with click bait advertising.

BTW, here is a link to Tom's Guide reviews:

https://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-antivirus,review-2588.html

I'm on a Mac and am currently running the free Avast product. It occasionally prods me to buy their commercial product but I don't need or use the additional features so I click close when their upgrade offer pops up.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Perfect. Thank you, both. That is what I suspected, causing my hesitation for several days, now. I just now deleted the page. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
And Thanks for replying so soon (!)
Murph

[Rufus T. Firefly]

If you really need additional anti-virus software, it's just like any other product; do the research, read the reviews, understand the support, updates, real costs, etc.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

That's why I came here.
Sometime ago, you recommended, to me, "SuperAntiSpyware" which I got immediately and have used ever since.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

That's why I came here.
Sometime ago, you recommended, to me, "SuperAntiSpyware" which I got immediately and have used ever since.

Get yourself a copy of the free version of Malwarebytes, too.

Maybe run each once week in full scan mode. It's impressive how much rubbish gets on your computer w/o you're knowledge and then slows it down and down.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

How and where do I get that, Rufus ?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

How and where do I get that, Rufus ?

https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download/