Topic: DATING MYSELF (Read 64451 times)

singdaw · « **Reply #60 on:** February 17, 2008, 11:29:11 AM »

I didn't get to bed last night until 1:00 AM, and since I had to rise early for church this morning, I am now on my way to a blissful afternoon nap...

George · « **Reply #61 on:** February 17, 2008, 12:03:51 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on February 17, 2008, 11:24:03 AM

Glad to hear that DR George is feeling a bit better.

Thanks. I am too.

Jane · « **Reply #62 on:** February 17, 2008, 12:36:16 PM »

From Matt H:

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It's a fabulous show, but who know how much CBS is going to cut out of it to make it network TV-ready? Better to rent the DVDs of Season 1.`

If only some of the gory stuff is cut, then I think we will be ok watching on CBS. If we don't like the show I'll order it from NetFlix & give it a second chance.

Will you be watching the edited version to compare?

Jane · « **Reply #63 on:** February 17, 2008, 12:44:59 PM »

Quote from: MBarnum on February 17, 2008, 07:38:18 AM

Thanks for the travel home vibes! I am eager to get home and see Dog Bosco and Freddy. My co-worker/dog sitter Brenda has been sending me some hilarious photos of Bosco all week which I will share upon my return.

Safe and easy traveling!

Jane · « **Reply #64 on:** February 17, 2008, 12:54:47 PM »

From Edi:

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Of any of the people mentioned, I would love to have met Jonathan Winters the most...

Keith is a big fan of his. We both would have enjoyed meeting Ernest Borgnine.

George · « **Reply #65 on:** February 17, 2008, 01:00:03 PM »

~~~Travel Vibes for MBarnum!!~~~

Matt H. · « **Reply #66 on:** February 17, 2008, 01:04:47 PM »

Quote from: JMK on February 17, 2008, 08:24:30 AM

Not to say I told ya so, but I told ya so, BK (re: The Smiling Lieutenant). Monte Carlo is the most dated of the four (and also the earliest, perhaps no coinky-dink then). I had a really hard time understanding MacDonald's high register stuff.

MONTE CARLO does not predate THE LOVE PARADE.

Matt H. · « **Reply #67 on:** February 17, 2008, 01:06:36 PM »

The overcast skies drifted away and we now have a spring day here. What an amazing winter this has been.

We didn't get a drop of rain.

Matt H. · « **Reply #68 on:** February 17, 2008, 01:10:40 PM »

Quote from: Jane on February 17, 2008, 12:36:16 PM

From Matt H:If only some of the gory stuff is cut, then I think we will be ok watching on CBS. If we don't like the show I'll order it from NetFlix & give it a second chance.

Will you be watching the edited version to compare?

No, I don't think I'll rewatch it. BROTHERS & SISTERS is on opposite, and really, I just don't have the time to rewatch, especially since the shows are SO vivid in my head. I read that CBS was far more lethal with the language cutting than with the gore (they are the network of CRIMINAL MINDS and the CSI shows, after all).

But I do hope you two like it. I had never seen a series quite like it when it first premiered, and I found the tension almost unbearable as it proceeded through its season. The second season is even more intense.

Matt H. · « **Reply #69 on:** February 17, 2008, 01:12:46 PM »

As I cooked and ate lunch, I finished watching FLAMINGO ROAD with Joan Crawford. Apart from a scratch or two and some dirt specks not picked up in the digital cleaning, it looks much improved from the laserdisc and even the DVD-R I recorded off TCM a year or two ago.

Matt H. · « **Reply #70 on:** February 17, 2008, 01:18:28 PM »

Next, I watched BEOWULF. Motion capture animation has progressed greatly since THE POLAR EXPRESS, and this was much more lifelike with the men in the story. There are shots that you would absolutely swear were live action and not animation.

For some strange reason, the animators have not aged or blemished the women in any way, so they look much less real, more like porcelain dolls when they enter and act in a scene.

Since the movie was filmed with 3-D in mind, there are a plethora of shots specifically for 3-D effects. Even in this standard def 2-D version, the impact is very powerful. I'll bet the HD-DVD version is eye-popping because the sDVD version I watched today is flawless in every respect - picture and sound. A really fun comic book style version of the Old English legend.

In fact, I enjoyed it much more than SPIDERMAN 3, probably its closest film relative from last year.

Matt H. · « **Reply #71 on:** February 17, 2008, 01:19:47 PM »

I watched three of the bonus featurettes on the disc. The "making of" ran about 23 minutes. The creation of the monsters featurette was about 5 minutes, and the original legend of Beowulf and how it was adapted for the screen was about 6 minutes.

Matt H. · « **Reply #72 on:** February 17, 2008, 01:20:45 PM »

I should be able to finish the rest of the bonus features (there are four more items in the list) when I go back down. We'll see how much time I have left before COLD CASE starts.

Ginny · « **Reply #73 on:** February 17, 2008, 01:42:36 PM »

After church, Richard and I went to Daybreak, a breakfast/brunch/lunch place in Hyde Park. My choice was Prairie Pancakes - they had pecans, almonds, and oats mixed in the batter. Very crunchy.

Matt H. · « **Reply #74 on:** February 17, 2008, 01:44:42 PM »

Guess I'll write for a little while, and then I'll head down to clean the guest bath, put away my folded laundry, and then resume viewing for the evening.

WBBL.

td · « **Reply #75 on:** February 17, 2008, 03:11:02 PM »

DR Matt - Is Neil Gaiman involved with any of the special features on BEOWULF?

JMK · « **Reply #76 on:** February 17, 2008, 03:26:39 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on February 17, 2008, 01:04:47 PM

MONTE CARLO does not predate THE LOVE PARADE.

Right you are--I was confused. Too many boxed sets lately. Did WWI or WWII come first?

FJL · « **Reply #77 on:** February 17, 2008, 03:31:22 PM »

singdaw - I think it's Robert Walden form the LOU GRANT Tv show.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #78 on:** February 17, 2008, 03:58:25 PM »

The Lamplighter. What a nice name for an eating establishment.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #79 on:** February 17, 2008, 03:58:54 PM »

I will probably watch some DeeVeeDees this evening rather than the teevee.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #80 on:** February 17, 2008, 04:00:11 PM »

I just saw Mr Steve Kanaly as Pretty Boy Floyd in DILLINGER on the Retro Channel. He looked much different in Mr BK's photo.....and he was wearing a terrible toupee, too.

Oh...sorry to hear about Perry Lopez. Yes, DRMBARNUM he worked a LOT.....and was a CLOSEPERSONALFRIEND of Mr James Dean.

TCB · « **Reply #81 on:** February 17, 2008, 04:25:30 PM »

Almost 4:30 p.m. Left Coast Time!!

TCB · « **Reply #82 on:** February 17, 2008, 04:25:59 PM »

And we are still on page three?

TCB · « **Reply #83 on:** February 17, 2008, 04:26:24 PM »

Where is everybody?

TCB · « **Reply #84 on:** February 17, 2008, 04:26:52 PM »

You would think it was a Sunday.

TCB · « **Reply #85 on:** February 17, 2008, 04:27:36 PM »

If this is any indication of next Sunday's Oscar party, we are in deep doodoo.

TCB · « **Reply #86 on:** February 17, 2008, 04:30:20 PM »

T.O.D.

Which TV series are you most looking forward to the return, following the strike; and which series have you decided you can live without?

TCB · « **Reply #87 on:** February 17, 2008, 04:32:13 PM »

Quote from: TCB on February 17, 2008, 04:30:20 PM

T.O.D.

Which TV series are you most looking forward to the return, following the strike; and which series have you decided you can live without?

Can't Wait: GHOSTWHISPERER

Live without: HEROES

TCB · « **Reply #88 on:** February 17, 2008, 04:33:15 PM »

I AM NOT GIVING UP!!!

TCB · « **Reply #89 on:** February 17, 2008, 04:33:43 PM »

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