TTS Auto Tips
Dec 16th
TTS AUTO TIPS with Doug Duncan, Doug gives us some great tips on what to do to keep our cars and trucks in shape for the different seasons and the best ways to protect against harsh weather as well as what to do to make your ride easier and less expensive on the road.
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TTS Auto Tips
TTS Auto Tips
December 16th, 2012
TTS AUTO TIPS with Doug Duncan, Doug gives us some great tips on what to do to keep our cars and trucks in shape for the different seasons and the best ways to protect against harsh weather as well as what to do to make your ride easier and less expensive on the road.[READ|SHARE]
TTS Auto Tips "Gas Saving Tips"
July 5th, 2008
In this informative episode, Doug tells us all the best tips he can think of to help your cars get the most gas mileage possible.[READ|SHARE]
TTS Auto Tips "Autos and the Environment"
December 8th, 2007
Doug informs us about how how autos and the environment and what the automotive industry is doing to help cut down on environmental waste.[READ|SHARE]
TTS Auto Tips "Winter Preparation"
November 4th, 2007
As it changes from the summer heat to the winter cold Doug talks about things you're going to start seeing in your car and things to be prepared for as well as ways to make sure you don't have any breakdowns. A few things Doug talks about are coolant, batteries, windshield wipers, oil changes, engine oil, belts and tires.[READ|SHARE]
TTS Auto Tips "Fall Tips"
September 4th, 2007
In this episode, Doug talks about when things go wrong with your transmission, first thing he does is take a transmission apart to investigate the problems, he looks at the differential fluids, the transmission filter and further down in he explains why it is critical that all the tires be the same. Finally with the transmission completely dismantled he discovers the problem is in the vehicle TTS is working on and some signs to tell that something may be wrong.[READ|SHARE]
TTS Auto Tips "More Summer Tips"
June 15th, 2007
More summer tips from Doug, since it's getting to be very hot weather what better time to talk about air conditioning, your car much like your body needs lots of water, Doug shows us how to measure temperature and how to tell if your air compressor is working correctly and what signs to look out for it it's not properly functioning.[READ|SHARE]
TTS Auto Tips "Spring and Summer Tips"
May 7th, 2007
Spring and Summer Tips for driving, keeping your car in good shape and making sure your travel is safe this spring and summer. Doug tells us a little about the history of TTS and what you can do to protect your car and make your ride better in the upcoming thunderstorms and heat of the sun. Doug explains Tires, Tread, Inflation, Windshield Wipers, Windshield Glass, Headlights, Taillights, Air Conditioning and Coolants as a few of the things to help your autos run better in the spring and summer.[READ|SHARE]
“Smashed” about Wasted People
Dec 15th
“Wasted”
“Hotshots” looks at a movie!
Smashed is just another in a long line of films about alcoholics going back at least to the 1945 The Lost Weekend with Ray Milland and the 1962 Days of Wine and Roses with Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick, and the only thing different is that this time the lead alcoholic character is a woman.
You’ve come a long way, Baby.
Also, it is an independent film that was shot in only 19 days; so don’t expect too much in the way of production values.
And the only message in films about the fall and more falling of an alcoholic is “Don’t do this,” which leaves only great acting, marvelous settings, or compelling story to see a movie like this, none of which are contained in this movie.
Kate is played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and she is married to Charlie, played by Aaron Paul. Kate is a first-grade schoolteacher, and Charlie stays at home and writes music, although we find out later that Charlie has wealthy parents who support them.
In fact, when they wake up one morning after another night of binge drinking, Kate makes a reference to the fact that Charlie stays home and writes, and Charlie says, “Yeah, but my real job is to change the sheets.”
Kate even takes a drink from a flask in her car on the way to work, and then when she is in the classroom teaching her students, she throws up into a wastebasket because she is so hung over.
This prompts one of the students to ask Kate if she is pregnant, because the kid’s mother does that when she is pregnant.
So, Kate lies and says yes, which just leads to an embarrassing chain of events when Kate’s principal and other teachers find out.
Well, Kate keeps drinking, Charlie keeps drinking, and Charlie’s brother and their friends keep drinking, too. Eventually Kate admits that she has a problem, and she agrees to attend a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous with another teacher in the school, played by Nick Offerman.
However, a few meetings don’t do the trick, and Kate keeps drinking and worse.
Matters become aggravated between Kate and Charlie, too, even though he makes a half-hearted attempt to stop drinking along with Kate’s attempts.
Smashed is about wasted people, and don’t waste your money on it.
I’m Dan Culberson and this is “Hotshots.”
“Anna Karenina” Is Cinematic Opera
Dec 13th
“Cinematic Opera”
“Hotshots” looks at a movie!
Anna Karenina is based on Count Leo Tolstoy’s second great major novel, it is about a tragic love story, and of all the versions that have been filmed about it, this one is the most recent.
This one might also be the most daring of them all, considering how it portrays the action, and it undoubtedly will not be to everyone’s liking.
It stars Keira Knightly as Anna, Jude Law as her stodgy husband, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the dashing Count Vronsky.
The story begins in 1874 Imperial Russia, and you might wonder what the heck is going on with the action consisting of actors and actresses being on a stage in a theater?
Talk about suspension of disbelief! We have to pretend that we are watching a stage performance of this familiar story, and then we have to pretend that we didn’t see the actors walk through the back of the theater building and continue acting in a realistic setting like we are accustomed to seeing in most traditional films.
And then before we know it, the realistic scenes switch back and forth without warning with the surrealistic scenes inside a theater, including an unbelievable scene inside the theater about a horse race with real horses and riders dashing across the stage.
If that technique doesn’t throw off the audience enough, even if you are familiar with the story, you might be thrown off by the confusing Russian names, which make it difficult to keep all the characters straight, as well as by a subplot of another love story between two of the minor characters.
The main love story is about Anna, an aristocratic married woman with a child who falls in love with Count Vronsky and eventually has a child with him.
I won’t spoil the ending for those of you who are not familiar with the story, but for those of you who are, you might be disappointed in that a subplot coda is tacked on after the traditional ending, which in my mind ruined the story.
In addition, this film reminded me of opera, which is a stylistic rendition of a story consisting of vocal performances with orchestral accompaniment.
Anna Karenina is cinematic opera without the singing, but with music throughout, it ruins a perfectly good, classic love story, and I don’t like opera.
I’m Dan Culberson and this is “Hotshots.”
