ValentineXavier
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IMO, the best of the two animated feature films the Fleischer Bros. made. Still, I much prefer their shorts with Betty Boop, Popeye, and Koko the Clown.
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> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}Jean Rogers in the Flash Gordon serial. She should have kept that hairstyle:
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We agree completely on that one, Fred!
Having just watched the oldest film on my DVR, *Saadia*, I have to mention it's title star, Rita Gam.
Ella Raines is another favorite beauty of mine.
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Back when I was an avid bicyclist, any time I felt my energy flagging, especially on an uphill, I would start playing Stars and Stripes Forever in my head, and it always gave me more energy.
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> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}Can anyone think of another film like this, where you're immediately crying to see it a second time, just to see what you missed the first time through?
Actually, that is not an uncommon response for me, seeing a great film for the first time. *The Big Sleep*, *Rashomon*, *Syriana*, *Tree of Life*, and several EPs of the PBS Mystery series, over the years, come immediately to mind.
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The Boston **** films are just over one hour, ~67m. My DVDR has a recording speed setting "mn20," which will put about 2 hours and 18 minutes on one DVD, and look just as good as SP recording. So, I'm putting two films per disc, and I have cases that hold 4 DVDs, in the same space as a single CD jewel case. Works for me. Sadly, I believe TCM will leave one or two Chester Morris BB films unaired.
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> (. . . Upside-down Christmas trees are an old tradition in the Catalonian region of Spain. . . . )
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> Is that a Fact ? . . . I didn't know this. That's very interesting, VX. Even when this 'phase' was Popular a few years back, I never heard this related to any 'tradition'. Would you happen to know what the purpose the Spaniards would have for hanging a Christmas Tree upside down ?
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I found this out when I watched a very nice short doc called *Homage to a Catalonian Christmas*, which was humorous, but not joking about some rather unusual customs, including the upside-down Christmas trees, of which they showed several, including a huge one in a public space. I think they may have given the rationale, but I don't recall it. The wikipedia doesn't mention that, but it does have some info on an even odder Catalonian Christmas tradition that I can't really post about here, so, here's a link:
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> {quote:title=skimpole wrote:}{quote}Make way for Tomorrow and Sansho the Bailiff
The mention of *Sansho the Bailiff* makes me think of *Onibaba*, and *Kuroneko*, also great Japanese films, with rather odd mothers...
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> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}THROW MOMMA FROM THE TRAIN?
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Why does Charles Bickford *lie* in an unmarked grave?
Because we're not ready for the truth?
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You should check out The Saint character:
# The Saint's Girl Friday (1953) Played by Louis Hayward
... aka "The Saint's Return" - UK (original title)
# The Saint Meets the Tiger (1943) Played by Hugh Sinclair
# The Saint's Vacation (1941) Played by Hugh Sinclair
# The Saint in Palm Springs (1941) Played by George Sanders / George Sanders (as The Saint)
# The Saint Takes Over (1940) Played by George Sanders / George Sanders (as The Saint)
# The Saint's Double Trouble (1940) Played by George Sanders (as Simon Templar aka The Saint)
# The Saint in London (1939) Played by George Sanders / George Sanders (as The Saint)
# The Saint Strikes Back (1939) Played by George Sanders / George Sanders (as The Saint)
# The Saint in New York (1938) Played by Louis Hayward
The Falcon:
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# The Falcon's Adventure (1946) Played by Tom Conway
# The Falcon's Alibi (1946) Played by Tom Conway
# The Falcon in San Francisco (1945) Played by Tom Conway
# The Falcon in Hollywood (1944) Played by Tom Conway
# The Falcon in Mexico (1944) Played by Tom Conway
# The Falcon Out West (1944) Played by Tom Conway
# The Falcon and the Co-eds (1943) Played by Tom Conway
# The Falcon in Danger (1943) Played by Tom Conway / Tom Conway (as The Falcon)
# The Falcon Strikes Back (1943) Played by Tom Conway
# The Falcon's Brother (1942) Played by Tom Conway
# A Date with the Falcon (1942) Played by George Sanders (as The Falcon)
# The Gay Falcon (1941) Played by George Sanders (as The Falcon)
Michael Shayne, detective:
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# Time to Kill (1942) Played by Lloyd Nolan
# Just Off Broadway (1942) Played by Lloyd Nolan
# The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942) Played by Lloyd Nolan
# Blue, White and Perfect (1942) Played by Lloyd Nolan
# Dressed to Kill (1941) Played by Lloyd Nolan
# Sleepers West (1941) Played by Lloyd Nolan
# Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940) Played by Lloyd Nolan
Boston ****, now playing Saturdays on TCM:
1. Boston ****'s Chinese Venture (1949) Played by Chester Morris
2. Trapped by Boston **** (1948) Played by Chester Morris
3. Boston **** and the Law (1946) Played by Chester Morris
4. The Phantom Thief (1946) Played by Chester Morris
5. A Close Call for Boston **** (1946) Played by Chester Morris / Chester Morris (as Cyrus Peyton)
6. Boston ****'s Rendezvous (1945) Played by Chester Morris
7. Boston **** Booked on Suspicion (1945) Played by Chester Morris
8. One Mysterious Night (1944) Played by Chester Morris
9. The Chance of a Lifetime (1943) Played by Chester Morris
10. After Midnight with Boston **** (1943) Played by Chester Morris (as Boston ****)
11. Boston **** Goes Hollywood (1942) Played by Chester Morris (as Boston ****)
12. Alias Boston **** (1942) Played by Chester Morris (as Boston ****)
13. Confessions of Boston **** (1941) Played by Chester Morris (as Boston ****)
14. Meet Boston **** (1941) Played by Chester Morris (as Boston ****)
Nick Carter:
# Sky Murder (1940) Played by Walter Pidgeon
# Phantom Raiders (1940) Played by Walter Pidgeon
Mr. Wong:
1. Phantom of Chinatown (1940) Played by Keye Luke (as James Lee 'Jimmy' Wong)
2. Doomed to Die (1940) Played by Boris Karloff
3. The Fatal Hour (1940) Played by Boris Karloff
4. Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939) Played by Boris Karloff (as Mr. James Lee Wong)
5. The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939) Played by Boris Karloff
6. Mr. Wong, Detective (1938) Played by Boris Karloff (as Mr. James Lee Wong)
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>Well, I'd have to say that it would be ready for the 'Upside Down Christmas Trees' that were the 'rage' sometime back. People would hang their Trees from the ceiling. I never quite understood the purpose of that unless it was to keep 'Fido' or 'Kitty Cat' .... or a curious crawling baby from playing with the ornaments.
Upside-down Christmas trees are an old tradition in the Catalonian region of Spain.
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That plane was amazing. It reminded me of The Spruce Goose!
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> {quote:title=ThelmaTodd wrote:}{quote}Don't forget *Frederico Fellini*, who always considered himself a "Roman", making "Roman" pictures!
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> *La Dolce Vita (1959)* is a great existentialist film. His later film* Roma (1972)* goes into historical themes as well.
Forget Fellini? Not likely. My post, third below yours:
>Fellini's Roma, and Juliet of the Spirits. Vittorio de Sica's Umberto D.
Also, Fred mentioned *La Dolce Vita*, but shame on all of us, for not mentioning *8 1/2*, which was filmed all over Rome.
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Good call. Wackos don't bother me, in fact, some people probably think I am one. But, whackos can be dangerous. Best to avoid them.
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Well, by formatting, I meant initializing, since when you initialize a disc, you pick the format that it can record in, either VR mode, or Video mode. Generally speaking, VR mode discs will only play on another DVR from the same manufacturer. Video mode is the format that is compatible with all DVD players, once it is finalized. I don't have any experience with +VR. That is a relatively recent development, used by some manufacturers, that does allow editing on non-RW discs.
Since I have a HDD in my DVDR, I edit everything on the HDD, add chapters, delete what I don't want, select thumbnails for each title. I can even do that on a copylist, so that I don't alter the original HDD recording. In the copylist, I can rearrange titles, join titles, whatever. Then, I burn it to disc, at high speed. That takes about 12 minutes, including finalizing, for a full disc.
One odd thing I've noticed, my unfinalized, -RW VR mode discs will play just fine on my three other DVD players, a Sony, an Oppo, and a 15 year-old Philips. That just shouldn't be possible, for several reasons! I can't do that with a -R disc...
Edited by: ValentineXavier on May 9, 2012 2:28 AM
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> He refuses to use *Memorex* blank DVDs and he credits the early demise of one of his recorders to them. It was his favorite brand of cassette tapes.
You misspelled that. It's Memowrecks.
Yes, they are notorious for being the worst blank media there is.
On R and - R, differences are negligible. -R is considered more universally compatible with DVD players, but with any player made in the last 5 years, +Rs shouldn't have any problems.
At one time, many DVD recorders could only use one, or the other. Eventually, all manufacturers started making DVDRs compatible with both, but often their original preference would work better in their unit. I.E., Pioneers have a slight preference for -R, and Philips for +R.
Some say that the R discs are slightly better when it comes to correcting errors. I'm skeptical of that. At any rate, the quality of the media is much more important that whether it is R or -R.
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Great quotes, especially the first one!
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Infinite bottles of beer on the wall,
Infinite bottles of beer -
Take one down,
Pass it around,
Infinite bottles of beer!
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When I said that Verbatim AZOs were hard to find, I meant in B&M stores. Of course you can find them on line. But, where I live, they pretty much don't exist in B&M stores any more, the "Life" cheapo stuff has replaced them. I can buy Taiyo Yuden on line as cheaply as Verbatim AZO, so I go with Tys. But, I have never had a problem with Verb AZOs.
I haven't used Ritek, but those on the DVDR forum on the Audio Video Science Forum don't seem to think too much of them. If they work for you, fine.
The last time I bought -RWs, they were a 50 pack of Verbs, on sale at SMS at the lowest price I had seen, and cost me about 60 cents a disc. I was getting Tys for ~22 cents each on sale then. I don't use many -RWs, and haven't priced them in quite a while. I guess they have come down.
I realize that you can have more flexibility burning on a computer, but I find using a DVDR with a HDD to be simple and quick, so I've never tried it. What I don't understand is why you switch formats, from -R to +R. That seems pointless, and limiting, to me.
Since your DVDR can use the VR mode, I'd bet that if you want it to, you can have it format a -R disc to VR mode. They only don't need formatting if you are recording in Video Mode.
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I'm not surprised that there are jokes about Okies, but I don't recall hearing any. It doesn't bother me at all, but to Oklahomans of my dad and granddad's generations, "Okie" was an insult. That's because it was a term applied to those who left Oklahoma during the dust bowl days, and they think those people should have stayed. From my perspective today, I understand why many were desperate to leave. But, my granddad, father, uncles and aunts, managed to keep the farm going through the dust bowl.
When I was a kid, I probably new 40 or 50 Texan jokes, mostly clean, and mostly based on Texans' pride of being, at that time, the largest state in the union. Today, I can probably only remember two or three Texan jokes.
To bring this back OT just a bit, I'll have to admit that I don't mind that I didn't have to face the hardships of the dust bowl, the depression, or WWII.
Edited by: ValentineXavier on May 8, 2012 12:58 AM
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When I was a kid in Oklahoma, where making fun of Texans was a sport, I thought that once a year they should cover it in ice cream, and have an Alamo ala mode.
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TCM recently showed *Green for Danger*, which is a great murder mystery. All but one of the nurses are good...
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The Department of Redundancy Department approves of approves of this thread.
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I saw it in IMAX 3D, on Friday afternoon. I liked it. The 3D wasn't over done. It looked better than *Thor*. It was mostly nonstop action. I think my favorite short bit was the Hulk pounding the floor with Loki, as if he was a rag doll.
I always stay until the very end of the credits, of all films. Starting with the first *Iron Man*, they have had a short coda, at the very end of the credits, with a hint of what will be in the next film. In *The Avengers*, that plot coda comes shortly after the start of the credits. At the very end of the credits, there is a brief, humorous scene, that was foreshadowed in the film. Stay til the end and see it!
That was my first thought, as well. I could add *I Dismember Mama*.
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> I'm sorry, but when I read it, I thought it must have been an story placed by The Onion.. but it's for real.
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> Absolutely incredible! LOL.. What that has to do with Christmas, I don't know!
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Perhaps this related Catalonian Christmas tradition will also give you a laugh:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer