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Doug, The Movie Guru

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  • Douglas Oswald

  • 48 / Male
  • Twin Cities, Minnesota, US
  • Last Login: 1/7/2010

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Interests

  • General

    I have a wide ranging interest in film, literature and music ranging from James Bond, The Beatles and Monty Python to Shakespeare, Mozart and the Simpsons.

    Goldfinger

    I enjoy history, used book stores, going for walks, hiking and bike rides. I enjoy reading, love movies and have a huge collection of books and DVDs. I also collect vintage movie posters from the 60s to the present.

    Live and Let Die

    Please check out my seller accounts with Amazon and eBay.

    SeventhSeal

    I enjoy political talk that is respectful, sincere and thoughtful discourse even if it ends in disagreement.

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  • Music

    I love film music! Some of the greatest composers of the genre are John Barry, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrmann, James Horner, Maurice Jarre, Henry Mancini, Ennio Morricone, Lalo Schifrin, Max Steiner, Dimitri Tiomkin, Franz Waxman and John Williams.

    I also like classical: Bach, Beetoven, Mozart, Ravel, Wagner and others; and pop: AC/DC, The Beatles, David Bowie, Depeche Mode, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Psychedelic Furs, The Rolling Stones, The Who and 80s music.

    ZZ Top Greatest Hits

    Rush

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  • Movies

    I enjoy movies from all genres and eras and have too many favorite titles to list. I have a particular interest in Classic Hollywood, the films of the 1960s; Cold War-espionage-thrillers; horror films made by Universal Studios in the 1930s, 40s and 50s and then re-invented by Hammer Films in the 1950s, 60s and 70s.

    Universal Monsters Stamps

    I think the best films of all time were made between 1953-1983 - filmmaking entered a period of malaise after that which continues to this day. The two magazines I subscribe to, Cinema Retro and Video Watchdog, cover this period well.

    Some of my favorite actors are Brigitte Bardot, Humphrey Bogart, Charles Bronson, Charlie Chaplin, James Coburn, Sean Connery, Peter Cushing, Clint Eastwood, Judy Garland, Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Charlton Heston, Bob Hope, Burt Lancaster, Christopher Lee, Steve McQueen, Marilyn Monroe, Sophia Loren, Peter O'Toole, Vincent Price, Peter Sellers, James Stewart and John Wayne.

    Diamonds are Forever

    Check out my blog here on MySpace and on my old Geocities site, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Film, for more of my views on movies: http://www.geocities.com/themoviegurufilm/main.html

    Tracy2

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  • Television

    24, The Adventures of Brisco County Jr, The Avengers (1965-1969), Baa Baa Black Sheep, Band of Brothers, Battlestar Galactica, Black Adder, The Civil War, Columbo, Cops, Engineering an Empire, Firefly, Foyle's War, Futurama, Get Smart, Heroes, Island at War, The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey, Kung Fu, Lost, The Man From Uncle, Mission: Impossible, Monk, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Night Gallery, The Office, Outer Limits, Police Squad, The Prisoner, The Rat Patrol, Ren & Stimpy, Seinfeld, SCTV, The Simpsons, Star Trek, The Twilight Zone, UFO, The Wild Wild West, The Winds of War & War and Remembrance and The World at War.

    I've been cable Free for one year and have not missed a thing! I cancelled my cable TV in January of 2008 - I do like AMC, TCM, The History Channel, Fox News and a few others, but I I'd like the cable companies to offer ala-cart bundling of cable so we can choose to pay for the channels we want!

    Kwyjibo - A fat, dumb, balding North American ape with no chin - The Simpsons: Bart the Genius (7G02)

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  • Books

    Most of my reading these days is non-fiction, history and film books, but I read and collect film, history & science-fiction. Right now I'm re-reading Larry Niven's classic Ringworld cycle of novels.

    I have a nice collection of Isaac Asimov first editions.

    IsaacAsimov

    Arthur C. Clarke, Alan Dean Foster, Michael Moorecock, Larry Niven and Harry Turtledove are a few of my other favorite authors that I read and collect.

    Recent reading: America Alone by Mark Steyn, America the Last Best Hope Volume II: From a World at War to the Triumph of Freedom by William J. Bennett, Channel Islands: Jersey, Gurnsey, Alderney, Sark by George Forty, Cinema Retro by Lee Pfeiffer (ed), The Complete Idiot's Guide to Classic Movies by Lee Pfeiffer; Debunking 9/11 Myths: Why Conspiracy Theories Can't Stand Up To the Facts by Davis Dunbar & Brad Reagan; Finding Battlestar Galactica by Lynnette Porter, David Lavery & Hillary Robson; The Great Fox War Movies: The Longest Day, Patton & Tora Tora Tora by Lee Pfeiffer & Dave Worrall, James Bond Encyclopedia by John Cork; Meet the Beatles: A Cultural History of the Band that Shook Youth, Gender, and the World by Steven D. Starke; The Model Occupation: The Channel Islands Under German Rule, 1940-1945 by Madeleine Bunting, Once Upon a Time in Italy by Christopher Fraying, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming and Environmentalism by Christopher C. Horner; The Ultimate James Bond Fan Book by Deborah Lipp; The Really Inconvenient Truths by Iain Murray; Unstoppable Global Warming Every 1,500 Years by S. Fred Singer & Dennis T. Avery, Video Watchdog by Tim Lucas (ed).

    I also collect Ian Fleming and James Bond first editions.

    IanFleming

    Casino Royale 1967

    Moonraker 1973

    FRWL 1971

    OHMSS 1969

    Colonel Sun 1969

    FRWL 2003

    Thunderball 2003

    OHMSS 2003

    YOLT1964

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  • Heroes

    The United States Military, Isaac Asimov, Brigitte Bardot, John Barry, Ingmar Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Mel Brooks, Sean Connery, Francis Ford Coppola, Jacques Cousteau, Wyatt Earp, Roger Ebert, Ian Fleming, John Ford, Terry Gilliam, Ray Harryhausen, Werner Herzog, Charlton Heston, Alfred Hitchcock, Bob Hope, King Kong, Stanley Kubrick, T.E. Lawrence, David Lean, Sergio Leone, Sophia Loren, Norsemen/Vikings, Peter O'Toole, The Pythons, Diana Rigg, Martin Scorsese, James Stewart, Orson Welles and John Wayne.

    How About Rooting for Our Side

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Details

  • Status: Single
  • Here for: Networking, Dating, Serious Relationships, Friends
  • Hometown: Minneapolis
  • Orientation: Straight
  • Body type: 6' 0" / Average
  • Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
  • Religion: Protestant
  • Zodiac Sign: Aries
  • Children: Proud parent
  • Smoke / Drink: No / Yes
  • Education: College graduate
  • Occupation: Writer/editor

Schools

Companies

  • USAF

    • Dyess AFB, Texas US
    • Airfield Management Specialist
    1983-1988

  • MN Air National Guard

    • St Paul, Minnesota US
    • Information Manager
    1993-1997

  • MN Air National Guard

    • St Paul, Minnesota US
    • NCOIC, Northstar Guardian writer & editor
    1997-2004

  • MN Air National Guard

    • St Paul, Minnesota US
    • First Sergeant
    2004-2006

  • MN National Guard

    • St Paul, Minnesota US
    • Drug Demand Reduction Administrator
    1996-2007

  • USAF

    • Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota US
    • Manpower Engineer
    1988-1992

  • MN Air National Guard

    • St Paul, Minnesota US
    • NCOIC, Information Management
    2006-2007

  • FilmBuff4Ever

    • Minneapolis, Minnesota US
    • Amazon & eBay Seller
    1997 - Present

  • Retired Military

    • Minneapolis, Minnesota US
    • Self Employed Writer/Editor
    Oct 2007 - Present

Shelfari Books

Proud American

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Status and Mood

  • Douglas Oswald - Enjoying this blustery winter day by making home-made soup and drinking hot coco - Seeking fellow Movie Buffs...
    Mood: Happy 2010 Happy 2010
    Posted 14 hours ago
  • Douglas Oswald - Enjoying the winter morning with a hot cup of fresh-ground coffee - Seeking fellow Movie Buffs...
    Mood: Happy 2010 Happy 2010
    Posted 20 hours ago
  • Douglas Oswald - Enjoying a relaxing evening at home...
    Mood: Happy 2010 Happy 2010
    Posted at 5:32 AM Jan 7
  • Douglas Oswald - There's nothing like being home with a cold in MN on a freezing cold January day - On a positive note I'm enjoying some hot coco...
    Mood: Happy 2010 Happy 2010
    Posted at 8:50 PM Jan 6
  • Douglas Oswald - There's nothing like being home with a cold in MN on a freezing cold January day - On a positive note I'm enjoying some fresh-ground hazelnut coffee...
    Mood: Happy 2010 Happy 2010
    Posted at 2:55 PM Jan 6

Blurbs

About me:

I'm a generally happy and easy going guy with two great kids, Megan & Alex, and a grandson, Ben, who's 55 pound of trouble - actually he's a lot of fun and a great kid. Megan has her hands full with Ben and Alex recently enlisted in the Air National Guard. Ben loves going to the park, watching movies & cartoons, going to day care and loving up the cats. Our dog, Jax, likes to go for walks and chew on bones. The cats, Butch & Peep, follow us around the house when they're not eating, sleeping and watching for squirrels and birds. I'm currently on sabbatical, writing, reading, networking and seeking my next career. I'm also on Facebook so please add me there too.

Paul and Babe winter 2007

I like coffee shops, watching classic films, reading and listening to talk radio. I'm cable TV free as of January 2008 so I don't watch a lot of TV. I also enjoy used book stores, movies, road trips, museums, conversation, bike rides and spending time with family and friends. Did I mention that I like movies?

Ben-Hur

I also sell quality DVDs, books, movie posters and other collectables from my personal collection and that I find at used book stores. I have seller accounts with Amazon and eBay as Filmbuff4ever.

Frm Russia with Love

I'm a retired Master Sergeant and served nine years active duty with the USAF and 14 and a half years as a weekend warrior with the Minnesota Air National Guard; 11 of those years I was on active duty with the Minnesota National Guard Counterdrug Taskforce. Please check out my Military MySpace site for more information about my military career and experiences. I'm also on Facebook.

Lawrence of Arabia

I deployed to Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, twice; the first time in support of Operation Southern Watch - keeping an eye on Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. I returned home the day before 9/11/2001. My second tour was from January to May 2002 in Support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Over the years I've spent time in Afghanistan, Alabama, Azores, California, Egypt, Hawaii, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oman, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Washington D.C. and Washington.

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Quiet Man

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Who I'd like to meet:

People with similar interests - especially those into classic film.

I believe in The Global War on Terror and worry more about Islamo-Terrorists and their Allies more than I do about Global Warming and what Hollywood thinks about America! I just don't get America-haters!

Dirty Harry

I despise time wasters. I fear distracted drivers, weavers, wedgers, gap-closers, tail-gaters and drivers who fail to watch for pedestrians in the cross-walk. I wonder about the common sense level of the knuckleheads who ride their bicycles in the winter on slippery roads and people who run on roads any time of the year. They may feel it's their right to do so, but they'll always be on the loosing end in an accident on the road with cars, trucks and distracted drivers.

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The content of my friend's MySpace account, and their message posts, are their own creation and do not necessarily reflect my personal views.

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