Talk:Popeye Doyle

Photo

One of two photos that I've been able to locate from the movie. That's Ed O'Neill as Doyle on the left. Notice he's wearing the ubiquitous hat. --Jcordell 10:15, 31 October 2011 (CDT)

I found a few clips on Youtube. We might be able to get something off of that. --Funkychinaman 10:31, 31 October 2011 (CDT)

That would be great. I've never had much luck with getting screencaps off of Youtube. I probably should ask my teenage kids for help. Yes i have teenagers. That dates me doesn't it.--Jcordell 10:37, 31 October 2011 (CDT)

I got a few for you from the few snippets that they have. And yes, yes it does. ;) --Funkychinaman 10:39, 31 October 2011 (CDT)

I got five, all from the first 16 minutes. You'll see them in the upload log. --Funkychinaman 10:50, 31 October 2011 (CDT)

Excellent. thanks. I always prefer screencaps. Even if there are just a few.--Jcordell 11:13, 31 October 2011 (CDT)

According to Fox Movie Channel, it'll be on a few more times in November. I can experiment with hooking up my capture device to my DVR. --Funkychinaman 11:40, 31 October 2011 (CDT)

That would be even better. I still use a VCR to record things from television. --Jcordell 17:21, 31 October 2011 (CDT)

NOOOOW you're dating yourself... ;) --Funkychinaman 17:53, 31 October 2011 (CDT)

LOL. I can do even better. While I do have a cell phone and most of the land line phones in our house are cordless (my parents bought one of the early ones in 1983) we purposefully installed two rotary phones. Why? Because when you lose the power they keep working and cell phone networks have been known to crash. The phones are great though. Both were made in 1971 and they're big old heavy black things. I love em. --Jcordell 18:01, 31 October 2011 (CDT)

Just make sure you're not | renting those bad boys. I like old stuff too, especially those old phones that you could bludgeon people with. Would I pay twenty bucks a month for that privilege, no. But my taste in old stuff is reflected in my LP and gun collections. Saturday Night Fever and Enfield rifles. Where can you even buy blank video cassettes? --Funkychinaman 21:59, 31 October 2011 (CDT)

Renting? No. Got one of the phones at an estate auction and found the other one at a yard sale. Target and Rite-Aid still sell blank VHS tapes and I believe Walgreens. However a couple weeks ago my wife was at another estate auction and bought sixty brand new VHS tapes still in the wrappers for $20.00 so we're good. I also have a fondness for old firearms - in particular S&W and Colt revolvers. Especially Smith & Wesson. It's not that I don't like Colt revolvers, but they tend to command higher prices on the second hand market. I am also fond of old books, old movies and old gun magazines (Guns & Ammo ect.). --Jcordell 22:11, 31 October 2011 (CDT)

Screenshots

Fox Movie Channel ran it last week, and I was able to record it on my DVR. I'm still working the kinks out of my screencap system. Stay tuned. --Funkychinaman 01:15, 8 November 2011 (CST)

Excellent. --Jcordell 08:03, 8 November 2011 (CST)

Second attempt at a rip worked beautifully. Caps should be easy at this point. The only problem is that the file is GI-NORMOUS. I have to get my DVR replaced, so I'll be watching as much of the stuff on there as I can, and coupled with me being away for the weekend, I hope to have caps by late next week. --Funkychinaman 09:36, 9 November 2011 (CST)

Technology. It makes our life easier. Sometimes. Once in awhile. Now and again........--Jcordell 09:40, 9 November 2011 (CST)

I've had the thing for four years. It's a shame, I have three years worth of stuff from Turner Classic Movies on them. It's really hard to get worked up to watch F.W. Murnau's Sunshine or Fritz Lang's Metropolis. BTW, I flipped through Popeye Doyle, wow, it was violent. I don't know if it would've worked as a TV series. Popeye Doyle is a gritty character, and I don't know if network TV would've done it justice. It'd definitely work as a show on FX or HBO today though. --Funkychinaman 09:52, 9 November 2011 (CST)

I agree. Which is probably why the series wasn't purchased back then. Just a little too gritty for 1986. In 2011 it would probably fly, but most people don't want to watch gritty cops shows set in New York anymore. They need zombies (I like zombies) and lots of special effects. --Jcordell 10:09, 9 November 2011 (CST)

Unknown Revolver

"Deli Bandit #1" (Gary Tacon) carries an unknown revolver. Old SW Model 10?

Classification

I'm a little torn as to how to classify this on actor pages. On the one hand, it's a TV movie, thus long form, and under film, but on the other, it's only a TV movie because it was an unsold pilot, made to TV standards. If it had gotten bought, it'd just be a two-parter. --Funkychinaman 22:17, 16 November 2011 (CST)

Good work. Thanks for doing that. As far as classification. Well it was a pilot but it aired as a tv movie so i say leave it as a movie. --Jcordell 16:45, 17 November 2011 (CST)

Moved from main page

Since I've finally watched the whole movie, I got better caps, so I'm moving some of the lower quality caps over to the discussion page.

Popeye Doyle (Ed O'Neill) with his Smith & Wesson Model 36.

Det. Parese (Matthew Laurence) with his Smith & Wesson Model 36.

"Deli Bandit #2" (Phil Neilson) reloads during the shoot-out.

Parese's sidearm

If Parese had a S&W36 in the beginning. I think it was only because he was undercover. See below. --Funkychinaman 19:19, 17 November 2011 (CST)

This shot of Parese's shoulder holster would indicate that he carried a larger gun.

Probably the best shot I could get of his regular sidearm, as he's falling forward. The barrel appears to be at least four inches, and the sights appear to be adjustable.