Topic: THE BLEARY-EYED ME (Read 35837 times)

vixmom · « **Reply #90 on:** November 14, 2005, 09:28:30 AM »

Quote from: bk on November 14, 2005, 09:22:24 AM

Welcome five GUESTS! We're talkin' about first apartments. More importantly, we've got us eleven USERS on the board. If each of the eleven users made ten posts, how many postings would we have?

MATH questions? I didn't know there was a math section!! Ummmm eleventyten? Did I get it right ? Did I? Did I?

Jrand73 · « **Reply #91 on:** November 14, 2005, 09:28:58 AM »

DR MATTH - I read on the INTER-NET something I hadn't realized, perhaps you can confirm. The new and "improved" TV GUIDE does not have regional editions. It is a completely national magazine with only cable and satellite listings.

Can this be true??

elmore3003 · « **Reply #92 on:** November 14, 2005, 09:32:24 AM »

Quote from: JRand55 on November 14, 2005, 09:28:58 AM

DR MATTH - I read on the INTER-NET something I hadn't realized, perhaps you can confirm. The new and "improved" TV GUIDE does not have regional editions. It is a completely national magazine with only cable and satellite listings.

Can this be true??

I want my old TV Guide back.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #93 on:** November 14, 2005, 09:33:43 AM »

Quote from: bk on November 14, 2005, 09:22:24 AM

Welcome five GUESTS! We're talkin' about first apartments. More importantly, we've got us eleven USERS on the board. If each of the eleven users made ten posts, how many postings would we have?

Eleventy-naught?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #94 on:** November 14, 2005, 09:34:59 AM »

Quote from: vixmom on November 14, 2005, 09:28:30 AM

MATH questions? I didn't know there was a math section!! Ummmm eleventyten? Did I get it right ? Did I? Did I?

Hey! Stop beating me to it!!!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #95 on:** November 14, 2005, 09:42:36 AM »

Quote from: Matt H. on November 14, 2005, 09:24:34 AM

I haven't read a single decent review of the new OKLAHOMA! set. Mine should be here in a day or two. How very, very disappointing. Thankfully, my laserdisc still plays just fine.

I've just cancelled my order for it. I have the splendid laser of the Todd-AO version, and I'll make do with that one for the time being.

Matt H. · « **Reply #96 on:** November 14, 2005, 09:43:38 AM »

I'm heading out now for lunch and the post office.

Should be able to finish DIE HARD when I get home.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #97 on:** November 14, 2005, 09:44:10 AM »

What do the reviewers say is WRONG with OKLAHOMA!!

Matt H. · « **Reply #98 on:** November 14, 2005, 09:45:01 AM »

Quote from: JRand55 on November 14, 2005, 09:28:58 AM

DR MATTH - I read on the INTER-NET something I hadn't realized, perhaps you can confirm. The new and "improved" TV GUIDE does not have regional editions. It is a completely national magazine with only cable and satellite listings.

Can this be true??

This is true. There is only one national edition now and no regional editions.

I, too, prefer the old reliable TV GUIDE, but the business of TV has changed so much that having regional editions was just cost prohibitive.

Matt H. · « **Reply #99 on:** November 14, 2005, 09:46:32 AM »

Quote from: JRand55 on November 14, 2005, 09:44:10 AM

What do the reviewers say is WRONG with OKLAHOMA!!

The Todd-AO version supposedly has a dirty transfer and inaccurate color rendering. Every review has said the Cinemascope version (also included) looks better, though the sound is clearly superior on the Todd-AO version.

Matt H. · « **Reply #100 on:** November 14, 2005, 09:47:06 AM »

Now, I've GOT to get out of here!

WBBL.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #101 on:** November 14, 2005, 09:59:14 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on November 14, 2005, 09:32:24 AM

I want my old TV Guide back.

I want my old, old TV Guide back (circa 1975.)

Jrand73 · « **Reply #102 on:** November 14, 2005, 09:59:37 AM »

Oh my - continuing the crime beat:

The two teen agers on the lam, the boy suspected of killing the girl's parents in Pennsylvania yesterday, were found in Indiana about an hour ago.....at the intersection of SR39 and US 40. The same intersection I drive through twice a day when headed for the famous Putnam County Playhouse.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #103 on:** November 14, 2005, 10:00:24 AM »

The sad thing about the news Matt H has shared is that there is no fathomable reason why the Todd-AO version should be suffering on the DVD. The laserdisc of the Todd-AO version is fantastic...sharp, clear, well-balanced color, as I recall (it was highly rated when it came out on laser).

Suddenly, we get a botch job? Doesn't sound right to me.

BK reviewed this DVD a week or so ago and he pointed out the problems with the visual. IIRC, he mentioned the problems were in the early part of the film, and that the image greatly improved later.

It's probably worth having. But it's also worth fixing...doing right...and I don't want to be stuck with a copy that might be corrected in a year.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #104 on:** November 14, 2005, 10:00:47 AM »

Thanks for the answers DR MATTH.

Now get out of here!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #105 on:** November 14, 2005, 10:02:22 AM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on November 14, 2005, 10:00:24 AM

The sad thing about the news Matt H has shared -- and BK mentioned this same thing a week or so back when he watched the DVD -- is that there is no reason fathomable why the Todd-AO version should be suffering on the DVD. The laserdisc of the Todd-AO version is fantastic...sharp, clear, well-balanced color, as I recall (it was highly rated when it came out on laser).

Suddenly, we get a botch job? Doesn't sound right to me.

My guess is the same as it is in when the costuming (or choreography or lighting) in an otherwise fine stage production is BAD: somebody's boyfriend got the job!

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #106 on:** November 14, 2005, 10:04:17 AM »

Quote from: JRand55 on November 14, 2005, 09:44:10 AM

What do the reviewers say is WRONG with OKLAHOMA!!

I donno, but evidently someone had a lot to say about OK's neighbor.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #107 on:** November 14, 2005, 10:06:26 AM »

What's the matter with Helen?

vixmom · « **Reply #108 on:** November 14, 2005, 10:06:36 AM »

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author=elmore3003 link=board=4;threadid=837;start=msg160363#msg160363 date=1131989544]
I want my old TV Guide back.

I agree.

After nearly 30 years of subscribing I just cancelled my subscription to it.

They keep running commercials with an over voice saying "What do you want from TV Guide?"

and then they show actors saying things like:

"I want TV Guide to give me behind the scenes info"

"I want to feel like I've been invited to a Hollywood Party"

"I want great pictures of the hot new stars of all the hit shows" $:-\$

"I want to know every friggin detail of the personal lives of people I will never meet and who will be yesterday's news before you can blink an eyelash"

"Oh and while you're at it... make it bigger"

PUHLEEZE!!!!

I keep yelling at the screen "I want it to tell me what shows are on what channels and when!!!!! If I wanted PEOPLE Magazine I would have subscribed to People Magazine!!!"

and the new size is exactly the size of just about every other magazine in the house so you can never find the darn thing any more (cause it does not fit in the remote holder anymore) on the off chance that it might actually have some pertinent information as to what shows might be expected to show up on a certain channel at a certain time

They only print Prime Time shows in detail and then only for the National Channels and half of the channels (the ones WE watch) show as "Local Programming" or "Various Programs" Gee, Really? I couldn't figure out for myself that they would have local programming on the local channels?! What I want to know is WHAT IS THE LOCAL PROGRAMMING?!!!!! What are the TITLES of the various shows programs being shown?!!!!!

Hmmmm... maybe that's where I got the laryngitis they showed that commercial an awful lot this weekend......

William F. Orr · « **Reply #109 on:** November 14, 2005, 10:07:12 AM »

Fortunately, the on-line listings of TV Guide are still very good, and you can set it for your own region, broadcast or cable service.

I just cancelled my subscription to the magazine, and I wonder how long it will last competing as just another Hollywood celebrity-hype magazine. Will people really buy it when they can get better listings in their local newspaper?

vixmom · « **Reply #110 on:** November 14, 2005, 10:07:34 AM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on November 14, 2005, 09:34:59 AM

Hey! Stop beating me to it!!!

great minds etc etc

Jrand73 · « **Reply #111 on:** November 14, 2005, 10:10:04 AM »

I understand the cost of Regional Editions - but gee that's why we bought it...LOL. As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, the NEW TV GUIDE is NEVER sold out at my local grocery store, and the racks are almost always full. My guess is they haven't been restocked because they sold. Somebody is eating a LOT of slick pages.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #112 on:** November 14, 2005, 10:12:21 AM »

Exactly DR WFO....I use the EXCITE.COM television listings (but only AFTER TV GUIDE failed me, not INSTEAD OF).

Jrand73 · « **Reply #113 on:** November 14, 2005, 10:18:56 AM »

Indianapolis used to have THREE daily papers! Two of them had weekly television schedules. Now we have ONE daily paper, and I use the Indy Star's Sunday edition television listings booklet. It is NOT the easiest to read, but it serves its purpose!

Seems like just yesterday, though, this was what came in the Saturday afternoon paper!

William F. Orr · « **Reply #114 on:** November 14, 2005, 10:19:57 AM »

And least we forget the important events in our national history.

Eisenhower was inaugerated the next day, but hardly anyone noticed.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #115 on:** November 14, 2005, 10:22:06 AM »

Oooh! Are The Goldbergs on this week?

elmore3003 · « **Reply #116 on:** November 14, 2005, 10:23:25 AM »

Well, i just posted a photo of Mario Frangoulis so huge that I sent us into Technirama-70, so I deleted it.

William F. Orr · « **Reply #117 on:** November 14, 2005, 10:23:53 AM »

Wow! Mario in IMax!

vixmom · « **Reply #118 on:** November 14, 2005, 10:24:51 AM »

Quote from: William F. Orr on November 14, 2005, 10:19:57 AM

Eisenhower was inaugerated the next day, but hardly anyone noticed.

What show was HE on?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #119 on:** November 14, 2005, 10:25:30 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on November 14, 2005, 10:23:25 AM

Well, i just posted a photo of Mario Frangoulis so huge that I sent us into Technirama-70, so I deleted it.

If it's something you want to post, send it to me at ron.pulliam@acgov.org, and I'll resize it and send it back to you.

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