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Re: T-MINUS TWO TO 2009
« Reply #150 on: December 30, 2008, 11:20:58 AM »
DR MIss Karen, you may be E and T quite often, but every post you make is a real hum dinger!
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Re: T-MINUS TWO TO 2009
« Reply #151 on: December 30, 2008, 11:22:14 AM »
A very happy birthday to DR Dakota Celt. May it be a great one!





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« Reply #152 on: December 30, 2008, 11:26:01 AM »
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Re: T-MINUS TWO TO 2009
« Reply #153 on: December 30, 2008, 11:26:40 AM »

Highland, New York, 9 am

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« Reply #154 on: December 30, 2008, 11:26:41 AM »
Quote from: DERBRUCER on December 30, 2008, 11:09:53 AM
Quote from: Laura on December 30, 2008, 10:53:13 AM
The making of the soup is underway.

A few crawdads would add flavor.

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Good idea!
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Re: T-MINUS TWO TO 2009
« Reply #155 on: December 30, 2008, 11:36:28 AM »
Quote from: Miss Karen on December 30, 2008, 11:09:24 AM
Snark Man or Captain Snarky for DR ....  ;) ;)

WHO??  WHO could you possibly mean??          ;)
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« Reply #156 on: December 30, 2008, 12:12:59 PM »
Test post from my new phone.  This seems to work pretty well!
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Re: T-MINUS TWO TO 2009
« Reply #157 on: December 30, 2008, 12:16:12 PM »
Happy Birthday DR Sarah aka Dakota.
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Re: T-MINUS TWO TO 2009
« Reply #158 on: December 30, 2008, 12:20:24 PM »
I forgot about the original INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS.  That's one of the best.

I would have also listed QUATERMASS AND THE PIT (FIVE MILLION YEARS TO EARTH), another favorite, but that's from the 1960s.
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Re: T-MINUS TWO TO 2009
« Reply #159 on: December 30, 2008, 12:23:17 PM »
Question:

I know I'm in the minority here, but what is the big deal about FORBIDDEN PLANET?

I know it's inspired by Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST, but I've always found it to be rather dull, talky and totally lacking in suspense.

What am I missing?

 ???
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Re: T-MINUS TWO TO 2009
« Reply #160 on: December 30, 2008, 12:40:29 PM »
Quote from: JRand58 on December 30, 2008, 08:14:35 AM
TOD link...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuXObX5keX0&feature=related

That's prety cool!  The last time that Capital Playhouse did the show (with Jeff Kingsbury as Frank), they put together a video show very much like this and showed it during the song.  It was very well done. :)
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« Reply #161 on: December 30, 2008, 12:52:14 PM »
I thought I was the only one DR DRuxy! I never cared that much for FORBIDDEN PLANET when I was a kid. I have often thought of watching it again, but just never felt compelled to do it, so far.
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Re: T-MINUS TWO TO 2009
« Reply #162 on: December 30, 2008, 12:55:25 PM »
Quote from: Druxy on December 30, 2008, 12:23:17 PM
Question:

I know I'm in the minority here, but what is the big deal about FORBIDDEN PLANET?

I know it's inspired by Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST, but I've always found it to be rather dull, talky and totally lacking in suspense.

What am I missing?

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You are missing how spectacular that film was to a theatre go-er in 1956 - stand it up against Flash Gordon in B&W on a 11" TV screen.

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Re: T-MINUS TWO TO 2009
« Reply #163 on: December 30, 2008, 01:01:16 PM »
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Quote from: Druxy on December 30, 2008, 12:23:17 PM
Question:

I know I'm in the minority here, but what is the big deal about FORBIDDEN PLANET?

I know it's inspired by Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST, but I've always found it to be rather dull, talky and totally lacking in suspense.

What am I missing?

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You are missing how spectacular that film was to a theatre go-er in 1956 - stand it up against Flash Gordon in B&W on a 11" TV screen.

der Brucer

No disrespect intended, but "Spectacle" does not make a good movie.

Story, Screenplay, Acting and Directing does.

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Re: T-MINUS TWO TO 2009
« Reply #164 on: December 30, 2008, 01:02:43 PM »
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DD Dixie is recovering nicely, and will be coming home this afternoon.

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Ah, sir...happy new, indeed! ;D
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« Reply #165 on: December 30, 2008, 01:04:02 PM »
Topic of the Day (these have all been mentioned ;)):

The Blob
Godzilla
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Journey To The Center of the Earth
War of the Worlds
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Re: T-MINUS TWO TO 2009
« Reply #166 on: December 30, 2008, 01:04:06 PM »
Quote from: vixmom on December 30, 2008, 10:56:34 AM
Well I had Chemo yesterday - the new Drugs along in conjunction with the  HWW Vibes seem to be working - so far no nausea although I have been sleeping constantly - 

WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL NEWS! 

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« Reply #167 on: December 30, 2008, 01:04:33 PM »
Quote from: elmore3003 on December 30, 2008, 09:55:28 AM
Among today's piles of mail were two envelopes from NY State Dept of Taxation for amounts they claim due on my 2003 and 2004 returns totalling about $6000! I am completely floored since i thought this was all handled two years ago. Of course, to complicate matters, my tax accountant is out of town till next Monday. Grrrrrrrrrrr!

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« Reply #168 on: December 30, 2008, 01:05:30 PM »
Quote from: vixmom on December 30, 2008, 10:56:34 AM
Well I had Chemo yesterday - the new Drugs along in conjunction with the  HWW Vibes seem to be working - so far no nausea although I have been sleeping constantly - 

Great news, Vixmom!!

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Re: T-MINUS TWO TO 2009
« Reply #169 on: December 30, 2008, 01:08:52 PM »
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Critter News:

DD Dixie is recovering nicely, and will be coming home this afternoon.

der Brucer

Ah, sir...happy new, indeed! ;D

I just got off the phone with William (the 8 year old) - he took Dixie for a walk; he slipped, and Dixie kept on going, dragging him across the lawn - I guess you could say she's recovering nicely :D

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Re: T-MINUS TWO TO 2009
« Reply #170 on: December 30, 2008, 01:13:44 PM »
Quote from: Druxy on December 30, 2008, 01:01:16 PM
Quote from: DERBRUCER on December 30, 2008, 12:55:25 PM
Quote from: Druxy on December 30, 2008, 12:23:17 PM
Question:

I know I'm in the minority here, but what is the big deal about FORBIDDEN PLANET?

I know it's inspired by Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST, but I've always found it to be rather dull, talky and totally lacking in suspense.

What am I missing?

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You are missing how spectacular that film was to a theatre go-er in 1956 - stand it up against Flash Gordon in B&W on a 11" TV screen.

der Brucer

No disrespect intended, but "Spectacle" does not make a good movie.

Story, Screenplay, Acting and Directing does.



For an 18-year old, the visual excitement was well worth the $0.50 admission.

Story, Screenplay, Acting and Directing were a dime-a-dozen on TV - but not spectacle.

I take it you don't like Fantasia or 2001.

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Re: T-MINUS TWO TO 2009
« Reply #171 on: December 30, 2008, 01:17:38 PM »
Turned out to be the spring day I had anticipated. Just glorious and impossible to believe it's December.
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« Reply #172 on: December 30, 2008, 01:20:56 PM »
While I ate lunch, I watched another NCIS episode, the last on disc 3 of the set. In this one, Tony and Ziva are trapped in a steel shipping container at the dock and no one knows how to find them amid the thousands of containers there. Pretty good story with some good give-and-take between the two cohorts.

Not much of a mystery in this one, and the one "surprise" reveal near the end was so telegraphed that it was ludicrous.
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« Reply #173 on: December 30, 2008, 01:21:59 PM »
Druxy,

My defense of FP came easy - when I got the new DVD release and watched it, I kept saying to myself - "Why did I remmeber liking this film?"

For today's audience, I suspect it is a Turkey - I didn't bother taking it to MD for the Grandlads to watch.

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Re: T-MINUS TWO TO 2009
« Reply #174 on: December 30, 2008, 01:25:47 PM »
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Critter News:

DD Dixie is recovering nicely, and will be coming home this afternoon.

der Brucer

Ah, sir...happy new, indeed! ;D

I just got off the phone with William (the 8 year old) - he took Dixie for a walk; he slipped, and Dixie kept on going, dragging him across the lawn - I guess you could say she's recovering nicely :D

der Brucer

You are smiling so I'm guessing grandlad William is fine.
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« Reply #175 on: December 30, 2008, 01:26:10 PM »
Then, I spent the next two hours luxuriating with BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S.  Always one of my very favorite films, I remember not going to it when it premiered but it was reissued with SABRINA after MY FAIR LADY was such a big hit, and I begged my mother to take me after school one day to Charlotte to see them. (I couldn't drive alone yet; I only had a learner's permit then.) She had some shopping she wanted to do, so she dropped me off at the theater, and I saw it for the first time in 1965. Just fell in love with the movie and everyone in it. I laughed and cried and thought George Peppard was so sexy; I couldn't figure out why Holly wasn't drawn to him instantly.

When she picked me up after the two movies, the mall was still open, and I begged her to let me go buy the "soundtrack" LP. Of course, I loved all the music, but I was so disappointed that it wasn't a soundtrack but a rerecording of the music in the movie AND there was no Audrey Hepburn track of her singing "Moon River" on it! Still have that album and still love it, but I never have forgotten that initial disappointment.
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« Reply #176 on: December 30, 2008, 01:28:14 PM »
<whispering so as not to wake her from her nap>Glad you're not so sick this time, DR Vixmom<whispering...>
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« Reply #177 on: December 30, 2008, 01:30:45 PM »
As I suspected, the transfer is identical to the last issue of the film. I did an A/B comparison and it's the exact same encode. (Even the same exact number of bits in the MPEG-2 encodings of the two DVDs). The saturation of color is rich and sharpness is fine, but that light green tint gives it all a kind of drab appearance. It doesn't sparkle at all.
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« Reply #178 on: December 30, 2008, 01:33:08 PM »
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Critter News:

DD Dixie is recovering nicely, and will be coming home this afternoon.

der Brucer

Ah, sir...happy new, indeed! ;D

I just got off the phone with William (the 8 year old) - he took Dixie for a walk; he slipped, and Dixie kept on going, dragging him across the lawn - I guess you could say she's recovering nicely :D

der Brucer

You are smiling so I'm guessing grandlad William is fine.

Oh, yes - and very glad to have Dixie back.

der Brucer

Before she went to the Vet she had been acting sluggish, then started throwing up, and her incision was oozing - glad my SIL took her right to the Vet and didn't wait a day to see if she'd get better.
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« Reply #179 on: December 30, 2008, 01:33:45 PM »
I had listened to the producer's commentary track before. Very bland with not much information, lots of long silences, and some errors. He claims Audrey's singing of "Moon River" was the first time she had sung on film!
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