Topic: ABBREVIATED (Read 49798 times)

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #300 on:** July 20, 2008, 07:34:39 PM »

Send it my way, Cillaliz!

Jennifer · « **Reply #301 on:** July 20, 2008, 07:38:03 PM »

DR George wrote:

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I just watched the first episode of "Mad Men," in AMC's season one marathon. So far...it's just not grabbing me. I'll watch the second episode and see how I feel about it after that.

Quote from: Jane on July 20, 2008, 02:37:45 PM

We watched the first three episodes and returned the second disc to NetFlix without watching it.

I watched the first show i did not like it either. I have recorded all the other episodes. I guess i will try to watch one or two more. But so far i am having the same reaction you guys are to it.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #302 on:** July 20, 2008, 07:41:12 PM »

Quote from: DearReaderLaura on July 20, 2008, 07:34:39 PM

Send it my way, Cillaliz!

A severe thunderstorm?

Jennifer · « **Reply #303 on:** July 20, 2008, 07:41:51 PM »

I have heard of Doctor Who, but only by reading about it here.

And i have not heard of tintin.

I don't think it unusual at all that most people would not have heard of either one.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #304 on:** July 20, 2008, 07:43:57 PM »

Well, I think I'm over the getting stressed out part of all this and have moved on to just being in the zone and doing it. I do have some research to do before I go to bed tonight, before our pretrial conference tomorrow and Tuesday....woo hoo. I'm glad the time is finally here.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #305 on:** July 20, 2008, 08:14:36 PM »

Oh Cool!! Jennifer Bertrand watched the show tonight from the room she designed here in Sioux City.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #306 on:** July 20, 2008, 08:16:25 PM »

Well... I've been up since 5:30, and I have that "I'm tired and should go to bed headache", so....

Goodnight.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #307 on:** July 20, 2008, 08:20:28 PM »

Thanks for the wristband and Lip Gloss reports, DR JOSE.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #308 on:** July 20, 2008, 08:21:03 PM »

Where do your English cousins live, DR JANE? Be sure to tell them that you know a cousin of the Earl of Derby.....

Jrand74 · « **Reply #309 on:** July 20, 2008, 08:24:12 PM »

Auditions for TIOBE were all right, some useless people there, but they can dream can't they? Everyone was working like crazy on the SIR sets and drops.....interesting. And all of the costumes were being moved into the dressing rooms.

AMS is done finished over and THE END. In the men's dressing room I found on the makeup counter the card that I had written last night to the MOST TROUBLESOME of the TROUBLESOME actors. There it sat, opened but abandoned.... I looked at it a moment, then tore it up and threw it away.

The nearest B/N store is about 24 miles away. I hate to pay shipping with my gift card, but driving would cost me about the same. It is not on the way to anywhere I go. Do they have enough unadvertised bargains, that it would be worth a drive to the brick and mortar store?

Jrand74 · « **Reply #310 on:** July 20, 2008, 08:24:45 PM »

We had severe thunder lightning and torrential rain for about 20 minutes around 6:45 p.m.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #311 on:** July 20, 2008, 08:28:51 PM »

Time for me to take a quick break and then get my research done so I'll be ready for tomorrow.

Night

Jrand74 · « **Reply #312 on:** July 20, 2008, 08:33:41 PM »

I am also a fan of HIGH AND LOW - I have the earlier Criterion release which I purchased after reading about the movie here at HHW.....like so many others I have been informed about by the denizens of the MPSOTI.

I like to watch it with THE BAD SLEEP WELL.......

Matt H. · « **Reply #313 on:** July 20, 2008, 08:34:05 PM »

BK, you may be disappointed in the framing for HIGH AND LOW. It looks wider than 2:1, but some of those compositions looked very tight with folks on the extreme ends sometimes having a bit of their bodies out of frame. The main titles are windowboxed.

The box says 2.35:1 but that's not always accurate.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #314 on:** July 20, 2008, 08:34:36 PM »

I am learning my lines for tomorrow DR CILLA LIZ....and it just started raining here again. No thunder/lightning, but a nice downpour of water.

Matt H. · « **Reply #315 on:** July 20, 2008, 08:37:21 PM »

I watched all of the bonus features on HIGH AND LOW when I went back down. There's a nice 37 minute documentary on the making of the film taken from a Toho series of features about Kurosawa's work. There are interviews with Mifune and the actor who played the kidnapper, and there are three trailers, one of which contains what was going to be the final shot in the film before it was deleted (wise move).

Jrand74 · « **Reply #316 on:** July 20, 2008, 08:37:31 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on July 20, 2008, 08:34:05 PM

BK, you may be disappointed in the framing for HIGH AND LOW. It looks wider than 2:1, but some of those compositions looked very tight with folks on the extreme ends sometimes having a bit of their bodies out of frame. The main titles are windowboxed.

The box says 2.35:1 but that's not always accurate.

Well, the framing was off on THE EARTH DIES SCREAMING, too, but I have a feeling it is much less of a disappointment to its fans.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #317 on:** July 20, 2008, 08:38:09 PM »

Damn....now I HAVE to have the NEW DVD!

Matt H. · « **Reply #318 on:** July 20, 2008, 08:40:59 PM »

Next, I got a jump on the Blu-ray of THE SCORPION KING and watched the sDVD version of it tonight. Basically an action picture without a brain in its head, I had seen it before, but only once.
I believe the Blu-ray version has that In-Picture video commentary experience, so I can save myself from having to watch the movie twice tomorrow by watching it with that turned on from the beginning.

There are dozens of other bonus featurettes, too. I watched some of those tonight as well to save myself some time tomorrow.

Matt H. · « **Reply #319 on:** July 20, 2008, 08:43:28 PM »

BTW, THE SCORPION KING may be a cheesy movie, but that sDVD transfer is one of the best I've seen (and it's quite old; the film came out in 2002). Upconverted, it looks as close to HD as any sDVD I've watched in a long time.

Matt H. · « **Reply #320 on:** July 20, 2008, 08:46:13 PM »

I should have watched LAW & ORDER: CI, but I stupidly put in the Blu-ray of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA and watched up to the point where Andi gets the HARRY POTTER books for Miranda's twins.

Well, I DO adore the movie, but I'm not quite sure what motivated me to put that in the player as opposed to watching L&O:CI or finishing FEAR ITSELF which I also didn't get to.

Matt H. · « **Reply #321 on:** July 20, 2008, 08:47:27 PM »

If for some reason THE SCORPION KING doesn't arrive tomorrow, my next review copy is Martin Scorsese's SHINE A LIGHT documentary on The Rolling Stones concert.

Not a Stones fan obviously, so this should be interesting.

Matt H. · « **Reply #322 on:** July 20, 2008, 09:08:26 PM »

With writing finished for the evening, I'm going to head downstairs now and go to bed.

Good night!

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #323 on:** July 20, 2008, 09:20:57 PM »

Looks like our storm fizzled out.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #324 on:** July 20, 2008, 10:30:02 PM »

I've watched Dr Who from very early days - but I do not watch it as a "must". Last one viewed was the recent "Pompei" episode.

I prefer K9 to Snowy! I loved how K9 stayed behind with Ramada(?) in what dimension it was way back in the Tom Baker days.

Tintin is know to many English kids. It would be because my childhood neighbours were English migrants that I knew of Tintin. much the same would be true of Rupert the Bear!

DR (ex) François was and is a major fan of Tintin!

Tomovoz · « **Reply #325 on:** July 20, 2008, 10:32:54 PM »

I still have my 45 rpm recording of the Dr Who Theme from circa 1964 on the Decca label.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #326 on:** July 20, 2008, 10:36:59 PM »

Shoo-Fly pie is also a possibilty DR Jane
Scrapple! (or whatever the revolting stuff is called).

I did eat both in Lancaster County PA.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #327 on:** July 20, 2008, 10:43:05 PM »

Of course higher ratings for a TV show in the UK are because there are FAR few channels from which to choose.

Nevertheless, Dr WHO is BIG.

(It does very well here in OZ too. Sunday night viewing on our National Broadcasting network (ABC rather than BBC)

bk · « **Reply #328 on:** July 20, 2008, 10:51:12 PM »

Back from the screening, which was a lot of fun and which I'll talk about in the notes.

George · « **Reply #329 on:** July 20, 2008, 10:54:55 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on July 20, 2008, 06:18:16 PM

We watched the first episode of Mad Men and liked it very much.

I've been watching it...it's starting to grow on me. The flashbacks of Don when he's young are pretty interesting. I just wonder where it's heading.

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