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ric
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response 301 of 323:
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Dec 16 22:55 UTC 2000 |
Adrienne and I saw "Meet the Parents" last night... funny as hell in a number
of parts, though some of the "misadventures" in the middle were getting a bit
tiresome. Still a worthwhile movie.
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aaron
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response 302 of 323:
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Dec 17 08:45 UTC 2000 |
Billy Ellot - B - A very sweet-natured move about a young boy in an
impoverished coal mining town in England, who wants to dance ballet. The
performances are good, and the "it's okay to be different" message is a
bit stronger than one might expect from an English language film, which is
probably what helps the film overcome a relatively formulaic plot and
predictable series of crises and confrontations.
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ric
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response 303 of 323:
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Dec 18 13:56 UTC 2000 |
Watched "Frequency" on DVD last night.. it started out a little slow (the
first 10-15 minutes were pretty dull), until I figured out he wasn't
communicating with his dead father, he was communicating with his live father
in the past and they were able to alter time. Then it became more
interesting.
The rest of the movie was very good. I recommend it.
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jep
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response 304 of 323:
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Dec 18 19:27 UTC 2000 |
I also am a former D&D player who saw "Dungeons & Dragons" and liked it.
I saw it with my 9 year old, and he liked it, too.
The dragons were really awful.
The concept was wrong. Dragons are not like parakeets; they do not and
cannot travel in swarms, they do not cough out fireballs which look like
a promotional toy for Red Hots, and they are not mindless automotons. A
dragon is a major force, like an aircraft carrier. It can take out
cities, it does not get shot in the wing by 1 arrow and then spiral out
of control and impale itself on a cathedral.
The design was awful; a dragon is bigger than a St. Bernard, and also it
should not be designed from pasteboard in the spare time available to a
6 year old.
However, aside from the dragons (which were *not* a major part of the
story), the movie was fine. It had a genuine D&D style dungeon, it had
elves and dwarves and orcs and such; and mages and thieves; it was in a
medieval-type setting; the story was all right. If you like or used to
like D&D, or Conan-esque heroic fantasy, you'll be fine with this movie.
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jep
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response 305 of 323:
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Dec 18 19:32 UTC 2000 |
We got a DVD player as an early Christmas present. The idea was that
we want to collect the classic Disney movies, and don't want to lay out
that kind of money for obsolete VCR tapes.
We watched "The Lady and the Tramp" last night. I had not seen it, but
thought it was a great movie. Ours skipped all over the place, and so I
exchanged it today; it's part of our collection and so we wanted a good
copy.
We got a few other DVDs: Aristocats (my favorite Disney movie), 101
Dalmations (the original cartoon), and -- since we have a 9 year old --
the Pokemon 2000 movie. (Sigh.) (We hear a lot about Pokemon. I'm
pretty tired of it.) If anyone wants to get rid of any of their Disney
classic cartoon DVDs, keep me in mind.
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gull
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response 306 of 323:
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Dec 18 20:01 UTC 2000 |
Is Disney still doing that thing where their DVDs disable the fast-skip
buttons during the previews?
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mooncat
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response 307 of 323:
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Dec 18 20:21 UTC 2000 |
Oooh... Aristocats...
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ashke
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response 308 of 323:
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Dec 18 21:38 UTC 2000 |
I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO happy. I got to see my favorite live-action disney
movie growin up on my dad's digital cable this weekend. He copied it for me,
and will bring it tomorrow (I hope). "The Cat from Outer Space" he's so
CUTE!!!!!
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ric
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response 309 of 323:
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Dec 19 00:24 UTC 2000 |
re 306- they're not the only ones doing that, don't blame disney.
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gull
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response 310 of 323:
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Dec 19 04:32 UTC 2000 |
I blame Disney for doing it on their own DVDs. ;) They're the only studio
I've heard people complain about. I don't currently own a DVD player, but
some people have cited it as a reason they won't buy one. It does seem
rather annoying that they include circuitry in a device you paid good money
for to allow the stuff you're playing to take it over and disable
front-panel controls.
Has anyone else noticed that the recent white clamshell Disney releases on
VHS have really poor quality tape? First time I popped one in, I thought my
video heads were dirty. Clearly Disney doesn't expect people to know good
video when they see it.
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gelinas
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response 311 of 323:
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Dec 19 05:35 UTC 2000 |
I'm channel surfing. AMC is showing a WWII movie with what looks like
Harrison Ford as a Colonel, apparently an escaped POW. I'd always thought
Star Wars was his first movie, but he looks younger than that here.
Any ideas? (A bit later, I'll probably check this evening's paper,
but its upstairs and I'm down, so let's see what others know. ;)
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gelinas
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response 312 of 323:
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Dec 19 05:43 UTC 2000 |
"Force 10 from Navarone," 1978. A sort-of "sequel" to "The Guns of Navarone."
So even if it is Ford, it's after "Star Wars."
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gelinas
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response 313 of 323:
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Dec 19 06:53 UTC 2000 |
Credits are rolling: Robert Shaw, Harrison Ford, and Barbara Bach.
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bru
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response 314 of 323:
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Dec 19 15:13 UTC 2000 |
We noticed a serious degradation tin the quality of the last disney tape we
bought, need to take it back and exchange it.
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aruba
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response 315 of 323:
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Dec 19 15:21 UTC 2000 |
I thought "American Graffiti" was Harrison Ford's first movie, but I was
wrong. IMDB lists these movies, from the one you saw backward:
41.Force 10 from Navarone (1978) .... Lieutenant Colonel Mike Barnsby
42.Heroes (1977) .... Ken Boyd
43.Star Wars (1977) .... Han Solo
... aka Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope (1980) (USA: new title)
44.Possessed, The (1977) (TV) .... Paul Winjam
45.Dynasty (1976/I) (TV) .... Mark Blackwood
... aka Americans, The (1976) (TV) (USA)
... aka James A. Michener's Dynasty (1976) (TV)
46.Judgement: The Court Martial of Lieutenant William Calley (1975) (TV)
.... Frank Crowder
47.Conversation, The (1974) .... Martin Stett
48.American Graffiti (1973) .... Bob Falfa
49.Intruders, The (1970) (TV) .... Carl
50.Getting Straight (1970) .... Jake
51.Zabriskie Point (1970) (uncredited) .... Airport worker
52.Journey to Shiloh (1968) .... Willie Bill Rearden
53.Luv (1967) (uncredited) .... Hippy
54.Time for Killing, A (1967) (as Harrison J. Ford) .... Lieutenant Shaffer
... aka Long Ride Home, The (1967) (UK)
55.Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966) (uncredited) .... Bell Hop
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tpryan
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response 316 of 323:
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Dec 19 17:24 UTC 2000 |
I got some of the Disney cartoon DVDs also. Now I have some
store bought VHS tapes from previous release cycles I would like to sell.
The list includes Fantasia (original, not issued on VHS for DVD release),
Toy Story (1, again not resissued for DVD release), and Pinnochio, and
Jungle Book. Let me know if you are interested (maybe by e-mail) or
if I should put a more complete list in the classified.cf.
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gelinas
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response 317 of 323:
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Dec 19 20:24 UTC 2000 |
Thanks, Mark. Makes me wonder why he was ready to chuck it all to work as
a carpenter: looks like he'd kept busy for ten years.
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jep
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response 318 of 323:
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Dec 19 21:35 UTC 2000 |
re #306: The only DVD I've ever seen so far was "The Lady and the
Tramp". It did seem to be preventing us from skipping past the
previews. I thought it would be something we'd learn how to do in time.
Oh, well.
Are there DVD players which allow you to evade this annoyance?
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scott
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response 319 of 323:
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Dec 19 22:11 UTC 2000 |
Do a search on the Web for "DVD region hacks" or something like that. Some
of the players can be modified or configured to disable some of the more
annoying features that DVDs can have.
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gull
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response 320 of 323:
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Dec 19 22:35 UTC 2000 |
Some computer DVD playing software ignores those commands, as well. (I
don't know whether this is intentional, or the happy result of lazy
programmers not including the feature.) ;)
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tpryan
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response 321 of 323:
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Dec 19 23:32 UTC 2000 |
You might not be able to skip ahead, but you should be able
to push the 'menu' button to escape to the DVD main menu from the
previews.
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ric
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response 322 of 323:
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Dec 20 02:17 UTC 2000 |
(No, you can't)
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senna
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response 323 of 323:
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Dec 20 05:53 UTC 2000 |
Graffiti isn't his first? Wow. That's always been the popular impression.
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