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I saw "Knowing" in *full screen* and STILL squinted! (end titles).
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I like "O Brother" as well, its very funny, but the point is - its simply too recent. I saw it on August 2001 on Pay per View. And it aired very recently on one of the Premium channels.
TCM just might as well show the 2009 version of "Dillinger". Its during the Deprression era.
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I just saw the ads for 'Remembering the Great Depression" after the movie "Wild Oranges". According to the October schedule you will be showing "O' Brother Where Art Thou" (2000).
http://www.tcm.com/schedule/index.jsp?startDate=10/15/2009&timezone=EST&cid=N
The ad showed it along with a more down to Earth movie "The Grapes of Wrath". Really is this *very recent - HELLO 2000* comedy with George Clooney has the same actual hardships people suffered during the Great Depression as "The Grapes of Wrath"?
Historical info: Did Babyface Nelson actually machine gunned *cows?*
This movie is a comedy but NOT a classic, and is TOO RECENT !!
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Lol, I loved that "Wanted" poster. It said partly "Description" Age about 30. Large head with a stupid expression".
That should narrow it down for "America's Most Wanted" !
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Should the entire cast be shipwrecked on "Gilligan's Island" or "Survival Island".
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markfp2 wrote:
<< Sure there aren't commercials, but 99% of them are pan and scan and I hate it when they squeeze the end credits into a little box that's too small to read and put promotional stuff in the rest of the space >>
You be surprised but a LOT of people hate the *letterbox* format simply because of the black top and bottom bars. This is why the premium channels don't show them. Those people simply don't understand that the *letterbox* format IS the original widescreen format that theatres shows and they are seeing everything.
Now even today with HD tvs, I have seen (to my surprise) that many don't have their HD's set up right to watch the movies properly. A lot of times one have to change the video format that corresponds to the movie being showned. How many times I've seen a standard broadcast improperly shown in the widescreen setting. In this case "the camera DOES make one look fat" I've even seen a letterbox movie within a standard video setting while been showned on a widescreen HD tv set. (black bars EVERYWHERE). Lol.
Wonder if its possible for the industry to make these sets "idiot proof"?
About the end titles, I just noticed that on the movie "Knowing". I can't read them at all - way too small.
Personally I love the *letterbox* format and try to get every movie possible in it, even though I have a standard CRT TV set. The bars don't bother me a bit because I know I'm getting the whole picture !
TCM does better than the premium channels when to comes to showing movies as they originally appeared in theatres.
I HATE the promotional ads at the end of movies, especially that I am paying EXTRA for it. Its a drag when I want to record and keep it.
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Also on September 20th, Happy Birthday to Sophia Loren.
As one would say in Italian, magnifico, splendido !!
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FredCDobbs wrote:
<< Are you saying that Martians would not have regular circles? Or wheels? They?ve got advanced communications equipment but no wheels and no history of wheels and no knowledge of what we call Euclidean geometry >>
Maybe we Earthlings can teach them a thing or two.
On second thought this might cause a "Geometry War" between Earth and Mars.
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FredCDobbs wrote:
<<< don?t know how historically accurate the film is, but the story of these sisters as writers is very unusual.
Emily wrote ?Wuthering Heights? in her late 20s and she died at age 30.
Charlotte wrote ?Jane Eyre? at the age of 31 and she died at 39.
The BBC made two different adaptations of Anne?s novel, ?The Tenant of Wildfell Hall?. She wrote it at age 28 and she died a year later. >>>
Fred thats not unusual, its *spooky!*
Either they have some type of writers curse or someone higher up is sending a message.
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"Hound Of The Baskervilles (1959)"
As Sherlock Holmes would say today, Elementary my dear Watson its simply pit bull, with Michael Vick as the prime suspect.
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TCM recently has been showing "THIS, THAT, and THE OTHER".
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If anyones interested, hers a site for the New York, New Jersey area.
http://www.bigscreenclassics.com/
My local towns theatre showed "Gone With th Wind" back around 1985. That is something I will never forget, matter of fact never thought I would live to see. Shame such showings in small towns are extremely rare. Lucky those who live in major cities.
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Uhh, I think there are only 2 answers, either you have a *conversation* with a woman or you get a *lecture,* what else is there??
You must live in solitude.
For some guys who are fed up with lectures ...
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You will be glad to know this is NOT the worst idea for a movie this year. Matter of fact the worst movie is not even "Zombieland", that Blue Ribbon Grand Prize goes to "Cloudy, with s Chance of Meatballs". Have we as a nation become that *obsessed* with food?
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CK, you are going to *love* this. This November Disney is planning to released a 3D CGI remake of "A Christmas Carol". I am lost for words. The link below does speak for itself, it is madness.
Why does Scrooge needs to be in 3D is beyond me.
http://thedisneyblog.com/2009/05/19/3d-a-christmas-carol-brings-motion-picture-madness-to-disney/
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Funny that you mentioned the Planet Killer on that Star Trek episode. It looks like a windsock rather than a whale. My local fire department has a huge red windsock mounted on the roof and I am always reminded of the Planet Killer every time the wind blows.
It also appears on my "After Dark" screen saver - it pops up at random with about 3 seconds of the "threatening music" theme. lol.
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I think we are mixing apples and oranges. My original post was only regards to a Registered Trademark NOT a celebrity. I myself never look upon any animated charactor as a celebrity, that is a real life person. Yes I know that celebrities and people who have become famous and infamous will *always* be a target for satire and parodies. This is protected under Freedom of Speech! The Jonas Brother is a perfect example and my OP was not geared toward them.
People have challange this like in the case of Johnny Carson, who won the lawsuit. The ruling was that the monolouge was satire and is protected by the First Amendment.
Not only is the main charactor, Mickey Mouse is a registered trademark but even the head and the large round ears silhouettes are trademarks. My question was only toward that.
About Disney protecting their trademarks, none have been more fanactical than McDonalds. How many times have they went to court to protect the name and the large 'M".
About the book "The Wind Done Gone", anyone knows this is not "Gone With the Wind" but a funny retelling of the story. The fact that the words in the title is altogether different makes this another animal. Wonder why Hollywood haven't jumped on this and made a movie satire. Anyone knows this will NOT be a remake (G_D FORBID) of "Gone With the Wind".
I like to add that I have always viewed "Star Trek II, The Wrath of Kahn" a unique retelling of "Moby Dick" which is about obsession.
Like to point out to Suntrust that Carol Burnett has already beat Houghton Mifflin to the punch! Why did Suntrust Bank even bothered? LOL!!
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Is this the Mickey Mouse we growed up with?
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I know that Mickey Mouse is a world wide, well known charactor in which is a registered trademark of Disney.
I just saw an episode of South Park, "Purity Ring" in which Mickey is used without any doubt to who he is. The producers even had the guts to use his trademark image and name in a profane and violent way. In one scene Mickey beat the crap out of one of the Jonas Brothers.
I was wondering, legally how can the producers use the Mickey Mouse charactor? Can Disney sue them? Is there a loophole in the registered trademark law? I know there is no way Disney would give permission (unless someone there loss their sanity) for anyone to use any of their charactors in such a manner.
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I thought I was feeling a sense of deja vu. Oddly this is the 2nd white girl slave during the 19th Century I've heard about this week. The other was in "Uncle Tom's Cabin". Is there some connection?
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Its rumored he might be involved in an offbeat remake of "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
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They won't have to kill themselves, they will *die* laughing at it.
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CK your timing is *perfect!* Have you read my recent post about the 2009 remake of "Meteor"?
I beleive many of these remakes are done by *zombies!*.
If you think the remake of "The Living Dead in 3D" was BAD enough, have you seen the ads for this insult to the meaning of what a movie is?
*Death Be Not Stupid!*
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This problem looks like a TCM version of "how to build a better mouse trap". As in that expression, the simplier way is usually the best. I like to past my idea to you along.
This won't even require one to even use a member name and should be foolproof.
Let the "Suggest a Movie" request be in 2 stages.
1st stage, one must type in the exact name of the movie. Have the title be cross reference across a major movie database like Imdb.com or maybe TCM can set up one.
After entering it, if NO results is found, the website would reply
.If more then one movie has the same title, a list is showned asking you to select which one.
On the 2nd stage, a list of CLICKABLE phrases of why one wants it aired like "great acting", "has good casting", etc. In other words, a poster just won't type in just anything which is causing the problem to begin with.
After that then a reply would say "Your suggestion is received, thank you"
What's your opinion on this idea?
TCM, O Brother you got to be kidding !
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TCM might as well stand for "Turner Cable Movies".