ValentineXavier
-
Posts
6,917 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
2
Posts posted by ValentineXavier
-
-
I enjoyed the Our Gang marathon quite a bit. I recorded all 24 hours. With the interstitials cut out, the 53 titles shown totaled a few minutes over 16 hours. I will try to fit them all on 8 DVDs. I've watched about a third of them so far. I was surprisingly impressed with the silents, and glad TCM ran them, as well as the talkies. I look forward to the Laurel and Hardy marathon! I haven't checked yet, but I'm hoping that the L&H films will be all, or at least mostly, different from those shown in the last L&H marathon.
As to showing the shorts without breaks, I think the best plan would be to show them in two hour blocks, with some filler at the end. This would make them a lot easier to program on the DVR, and there would be no risk of missing beginnings and endings.
Edited by: ValentineXavier on Jan 8, 2011 10:52 PM
-
> {quote:title=annelovestcm wrote:}{quote}
> ok I know I am taking a risk here lol
>
> do all americans wear their shoes in the house?
>
> every time I see a movie or tv sitcom they are wearing their shoes in the house
>
> is it because that is the norm OR does it just look better on camera?
I think it varies quite a bit. I don't wear shoes in my house. When I go to someone else's house during the winter, I normally take my shoes off when entering, to avoid soiling their carpet. But, I think that when most people go visiting, they keep their shoes on. Most of my guests come to watch movies. I tell them that feet, but NOT shoes, are allowed to use the coffee table in front of the couch as a foot stool. So, most eventually take their shoes off, to get comfortable.
-
> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}
> Girls in 1930s movies often looked like this:
>
>
Not often enough... But, I do prefer brunettes and redheads...
-
I much enjoyed the marathon. I was able to record all 24 hours, even though I had a problem with one DVR and a 5 hour segment, that displayed as 4 minutes, but actually played the full 5 hours! After it completed playing, it blacked out both tuners in the DVR, and I had to reboot it, but I lost no Our Gang shorts.
After editing out the interstitials, the TRT for the shorts was just over 16 hours, for 53 titles. Many of the titles with a listed running time of 12 minutes were actually about 18 minutes.
Several of my favorite talkies were shown, such as *Mike Fright* and *Mush and Milk*. I may have seen a few of the silents, when I was a small child, since a few seemed familiar. Although I do enjoy a number of silent classics, I don't really count myself as a silents fan. But, I too, was much impressed with the silents I have watched so far. They worked very well.
-
> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}
> . Nothing has changed except that now the girls in modern movies usually get naked, and they curse.
I curse when they don't.
-
> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}
> The very term "femme fatale", which I presume means "fatal female", implies that it is a female that has fatal effects, and this would be despite her intentions.
You are quite correct. A woman doesn't have to be bad, or evil, to be a "femme fatale," literally a "disastrous woman." It can well be the man's obsession with the woman that makes her 'fatal' or disastrous for him. I think that in general a femme fatale is a temptress, i.e. sexually alluring. That isn't criminal, but has traditionally been considered an evil in itself in our (once very much more) patriarchal society. So, sometimes it is the woman's fault she is a femme fatale, sometimes it isn't.
-
> {quote:title=traceyk65 wrote:}{quote}
> > {quote:title=ValentineXavier wrote:}{quote}
> > > {quote:title=traceyk65 wrote:}{quote}
> > > From The Big Sleep:
> > > Vivian: Speaking of horses, I like to play them myself. But I like to see them workout a little first, see if they're front runners or come from behind, find out what their *whole* card is, what makes them run.
> >
> > Lots of good ones! I just want to point out that it's "hole card," not "whole card."
>
> Thanks. I know next to nothing about horse racing and nothing at all about betting.
They are kind of mixing metaphors. "Hole card" comes from stud poker, where some cards are turned up, and some are kept face down, so only the person whose hand it is knows what their "hole cards" are. The term "hole card' evolved to mean something a person holds back to use in a pinch, a sort of hidden strength.
-
> {quote:title=helenbaby wrote:}{quote}
> > {quote:title=ValentineXavier wrote:}{quote}
> > I think most of those were worthy, but I think the world would be a better place if all copies of *Saturday Night Fever* were turned into fertilizer, and donated to third world countries...
>
> Oh, Val--it's not that bad of a movie. I was a young woman when this film came out & it was lightning in a bottle. People couldn't get enough of it. It's not that it's one of my favorite films of all time or anything, but it's a well told story about a moment in time with a lot of catchy tunes.
Part of my repugnance for SNF is that it helped popularized disco, which for a few years, at least, was the death of live music. I had lots of friends in bands, and only one who spun records at a disco...
Oh, yeah, I hated disco music... -
> {quote:title=TheCid wrote:}{quote}
> This is Mitchum's best movie and Jane Greer is far better than the other actresses they tried to get for her role. Add an excellent performance by William Bendix and you have one of best movies ever made.
I'm a big Mitchum fan, and I enjoy the film very much. But, Mitchum made at least 8 or 10 films that are way better than *The Big Steal*.
As Miss Wonderly suggests, it would be a strong contender for best noir comedy, but thgose are pretty rare.
-
Impossible! Britney wasn't even born then!
-
> {quote:title=infinite1 wrote:}{quote}
> why stick them on TCM and help to kill something that all of us LOVE, TCM, which is the only outlet for classic OLD movies?
If TCM stopped showing old, unavailable documentaries, foreign films, and classics from the 50s, 60s, and even the 70s, it would kill the TCM *I* love.
-
Errol, you found the space bar! Thank you! Your post is SO much easier to read that way. Was this a New Year's resolution, to use the space bar, and make it easier for people to understand your posts?
-
I think NxNW is one of Hitch's best. But I agree, JI is a stinker.
-
> {quote:title=Arturo wrote:}{quote}
> *The Lady from Shanghai, 1948*
>
> *and Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948*
>
> *depends on what mood I'm in...*
>
>
> That would be . . . Bleak south of the border . . . or . . .
> Bleaker south of the border?
Well, I don't really think of either film as bleak. To me, TLfS is surreal mystery/intrigue, almost tongue-in-cheek, quite good fun.
TotSM certainly has bleak parts. But it is a serious film, and is overall reaffirming, a story that demonstrates what really has value in life, and it isn't gold.
-
Fred, you won't regret it! Now, you need some advice on DVDs. Lots of blank DVDs are utter crap, totally unreliable, with Memorex, aka "Memo wrecks" being the bottom of the heap.
The most reliable DVDs are Taiyo Yuden 8x, available from supermediastore.com, free shipping, often on sale for $.25 - .30 per disc, cheapest in lots of 600. I prefer -R to +R, but either is good.
The most reliable in B&M stores is Verbatim AZO series. Unfortunately, these are becoming rare, usually replaced by Verbatim "Life" series, which are unreliable.
-
> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}
> What brand and model of DVR would you recommend? Im going to buy one.
Fred, although I have two DVDRs, and two DVRs, and burn a hundred or so DVDs a month, Talkietime probably beats me by a factor of 10. I also frequent the AVS forum, and post under "kjbawc."
I'll second the distillation of his advice, which is to buy a Maganvox 515, or 513, from Walmart on line. I know you've had problems with Maggies in the past, but these have been found to be the most reliable DVDRs (DVD recorders) currently available in the US. Both have large hard drives, so you can record marathons in blocks, edit out the interstitials later, and burn just the titles to disc. I think you would figure out how to use them fairly easily, and be very happy with either. The 515 has a 500GB HDD!
-
> {quote:title=Fedya wrote:}{quote}
> Some of us found the Cousteau programming interesting.
>
> And "bad programming decisions" isn't the equivalent of "programming decision FredDobbs doesn't like". I think your ideas about banishing anything made after 1960 would be a terrible programming decision.
>
> (Now if we can just get TCM to air *Word Is Out* again....)
I agree on all counts.
-
> {quote:title=SueSueApplegate wrote:}{quote}
> After that Marx Bros. marathon, I just repeated my New Year's Resolution to myself,
> I am going to make sure I take all my meds on time. Anybody else feel that way?
My New Year's resolution is to pay all my bills with 7-cent nickles...
-
Forest Whitaker
Christopher Walken
James Woods
Peter Fonda
Warren Oates
Bill Macy
Frances McDormand
Edited by: ValentineXavier on Jan 3, 2011 10:12 PM
-
Happy New Year to you, too! I have been off-line for most of the holidays, but have watched lots of TCM. I estimate that I have seen about 30 films in the last two weeks, many from TCM.
-
> {quote:title=Scottman wrote:}{quote}
> > {quote:title=PrinceSaliano wrote:}{quote}
> > I'm hoping for the best re: lopping off beginnings and endings.
>
> That would be my biggest concern as well. It does look like we should be ok, they gave each of these shorts a 30 minute block of time an since they run 19 to 20 minutes, it should work out (in theory at least).
If you have a two tuner DVR, the best way to record these marathons is in blocks. Do this by programming the first 30m entry to record 2 hours over (assuming your DVR offers that.) Program the next block to start with the title that starts after the 2 hour extension ends. Program it to start 15m early, and end 2 hours late. That 15 minute overlap will make sure you don't miss anything, and hopefully won't have a divided film. continue programming these 15m early, two hours late blocks, until the marathon is over.
Alternatively, you can program manually, by time and channel. I still recommend doing the overlaps, but it is safest to limit blocks to 6 hours long, plus overlaps, since some DVRs won't record longer than 8 or 12 hour blocks.
I guess I am a bit smug about these marathons, since I have two 250GB two-tuner DVRs, and two DVDRs with 160GB HDDs. Still, even with all the equipment I could need, the programming can be a bit tricky!
-
*The Lady from Shanghai*, 1948
and *Treasure of the Sierra Madre* 1948
depends on what mood I'm in...
-
Well, you're no Yukio Mishima...
-
Add to all that the fact that processing Kodachrome is a 14 step process...
Kodachrome may not have made it in Hollywood, but it was a favorite of some independent and experimental filmmakers.
Oh, yeah, I hated disco music...
The "Gangs" Are Here
in General Discussions
Posted
> {quote:title=cinemafan wrote:}{quote}
>
> I noticed that when the announcer said that *Mush and Milk* was coming up, she pronounced mush as if it rhymed with "push". Not once, but twice. That had me wondering if mush is obsolete nowadays.
I noticed that mispronunciation too. I think that mac and cheese has supplanted poor folk's food like mush. Well, ironically, it is still in fancy restaurants, like the one in *Mush and Milk*, where it is usually called polenta.