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Current Talk '06 II / Re: Upgrading to DVD / was: Re: Of all the time-travelling stories on the show....
« on: November 27, 2006, 06:34:25 PM »
And now the downside - I just got collection 10 in the mail. As usual, a couple of the discs were rattling around inside the box. I think they might be scratched, but I'm still on collection 6, so it'll be a while before I get to those discs, and I don't want to hump ahead. I wonder if MPI will replace just the scratched ones...?

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Current Talk '06 II / Re: Upgrading to DVD / was: Re: Of all the time-travelling stories on the show....
« on: November 26, 2006, 06:39:16 AM »
I'm a movie nut, and I really enjoy a good, packed to the gills DVD. If there is a decent "making of" feature, and a commentary track by the filmmakers, I can spend 3 or 4 days with a movie I love. It's a more engaging experience than a regular ol' VHS.  And in the case of some films, the film transfer is surprisingly updated. 

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Current Talk '06 II / Re: Upgrading to DVD / was: Re: Of all the time-travelling stories on the show....
« on: November 26, 2006, 04:24:40 AM »
No offense meant, I was replying to the whole thread.   ;)

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Current Talk '06 II / Re: Upgrading to DVD / was: Re: Of all the time-travelling stories on the show....
« on: November 26, 2006, 03:25:10 AM »
Upgrading to DVD is valid for reasons of picture quality and (in the case of most films) getting the film in its proper aspect ratio. I try to buy my DVDs used, and to not double dip unless there is some interesting and valid extra content (e.g., The Criterion Collection remastering a film and pairing it with LOTS of supplemental material). When that happens, I donate the old disc to a local college's film department.

As for all the HD stuff, I'll wait til they settle on a format. And til I have an HD monitor to watch the stuff on. (A friend has one, and the difference is kind of astonishing.)

It takes all kinds. I can't really sit in judgement of someone else's purchases when I'm looking at over 1000 episodes of a 40 year old soap opera on my shelf... :P

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Calendar Events / Announcements '06 II / Re: HOT off the Press- DS DVDs for sell..
« on: November 16, 2006, 06:45:20 AM »
I posted this elsewhere..and ordered two sets  [hall2_grin]

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Current Talk '06 II / Re: Has TV Land Snubbed Us?
« on: November 15, 2006, 12:18:20 AM »
Quote from: Darren Gross on November 14, 2006, 05:52:05 PM
I never mentioned the movies, just the TV show.

Of course, the movies could be shown in HD. They'd look glorious.

Oh! I assumed were talking movies; I didn't think Monsters HD showed anything but movies (I don't hvae the channel). Sorry!

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Current Talk '06 II / Re: Has TV Land Snubbed Us?
« on: November 14, 2006, 05:36:28 AM »
I know. So why would that preclude the DS movies? It's a matter of remastering them, which I know you've had troubles with, but from a technical standpoint, it could be done.

Or were you saying there's no way MGM would spring for such a thing?

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Current Talk '06 II / Re: Has TV Land Snubbed Us?
« on: November 13, 2006, 11:08:23 PM »
Are you sure about Monsters HD? I read an article about how they were remastering the 1987 film From Beyond to show on the channel. The SIGNAL they broadcast is in HD, but I don't think all their source material is. It'd be a good excuse to clean up those films, that's for sure.

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Current Talk '06 II / Re: Jump cuts in Episode 432
« on: November 13, 2006, 11:05:37 PM »
Picture a wide shot with a person standing on one side of the screen. Then that person walks to the other side of the screen.  Now imagine someone cutting out the bit of tape where the person walks, and splicing the footage from either side of that shot back together.  What is left is a "jump cut"- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jump_cut- an edit where the camera does not move, but some action has been removed. Now the person simply "pops" from one side of the screen to the other. You see it in bad edits, but sometimes it is done for intentional effect, or for visual impact (like in a Godard film)  In this instance I mentioned earlier, it seems to be covering an error in filming, thoug I don't know what.

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Current Talk '06 II / Re: J Frid & Episode # 0229
« on: November 13, 2006, 10:28:54 PM »
Quote from: rainingwolf on November 13, 2006, 12:55:17 AM
If you haven't seen it for awhile, check it out--it's worth the time!

Agreed. But good luck finding it in ep 229... ;)

429, maybe?

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Current Talk '06 II / Jump cuts in Episode 432
« on: November 13, 2006, 05:48:31 AM »
When Daniel, Trask and Naomi are looking at Abigal's body against a tree in ep 432 (DVD collection 6, last ep of disc 2), there are two weird, very glaring jump cuts in the same shot.  Is this a rare instance of an edit that happened during taping? To cover "dead" Abigal? Or was it made after the fact by MPI for some reason? Curious if anyone has some info.

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Current Talk '03 II / Re: We Love You David...
« on: November 08, 2006, 04:14:53 AM »
Wow. I'm in the minority. I want to throttle the little brat every time he's on screen. My finger twitches above the FF button whenever he shows up.

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Current Talk '06 II / Re: Has TV Land Snubbed Us?
« on: November 07, 2006, 08:54:12 PM »
The Dark Shadows Special Edition DVD is the closest thing you'll see. Clips and interviews. Fun stuff.

Related note: Does anyone here have the Dark Shadows Reunion DVD? If so, I'm wondering if you can confirm something. The Q&A starts, and someone stands up in the audience and asks about DVDs of the movies. I'd swear from the voice this is Jim Pierson. My suspicions deepen when Curtis, smirking, says, "Jim Pierson is the guy to ask about that, if you can find him." WTF?

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Calendar Events / Announcements '06 II / Re: OT:The Shuttered Room
« on: November 03, 2006, 07:56:42 AM »
Looks like a bootleg.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=90724&item=190046161214

And it's PAL...

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Testing. 1, 2, 3... / Re: Internet Explorer 7
« on: November 03, 2006, 05:43:07 AM »
As soon as I posted:


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