ValentineXavier
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And Tick Tock Tech is pretty cheap too...
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Better make it *Four Landed in the Cuckoo's Nest*.
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Now, which university would that be -where "degrees are a dime a dozen?" I thought even the cheapest were in the low thousands.
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I agree he does look a bit like Ricardo Cortez. But, in that photo, Ricardo looks more like Basil Rathbone.
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She was a replicant.
A beautiful one, to be sure.
Edited by: ValentineXavier on Feb 27, 2012 8:01 PM
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> {quote:title=JonnyGeetar wrote:}{quote}
> no one has explained Meryl's dress to me.
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Easy - she was going to a toga party, after.
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Back in the 60s, The Univ. of Mich. was called The Berkeley of the Midwest. Glad to hear our rep is good on the west coast. Besides the old buildings, I like all the interesting people, including students, I get to talk to, and work with. Then, there are all the great cultural activities, including art house films, foreign films, and classic films, on a theater screen.
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I was thinking Billy Pilgrim...
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> {quote:title=AndyM108 wrote:}{quote}Garfield always plays to pretty much the same character type, with "good" and "bad" variants, which somewhat limits him in terms of roles. But if the role fits the type, he can be very good. I'd take these four for my boxed set:
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> Force of Evil (IMO this is his best film)
> Body and Soul**
> The Postman Always Rings Twice
> He Ran All The Way
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> **Definitely overdue for a TCM screening
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It's going to have to be a 5 disc boxed set, because I want to see all of those, and *The Fallen Sparrow*. But then, we've left out *They Made Me a Criminal*, *The Sea Wolf*, and *Dangerously We Live*. I guess we'll have to do two boxed sets...
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> I'm high on rosin core solder.
Acid core is a better high...
>Country is Going to h__l in a handbasket!!
I believe the handbasket was made in Honduras.
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> {quote:title=Sprocket_Man wrote:}{quote}>post-Oscars sartorial review (aka FASHION GESTAPO!)
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> Considering who started this thread, shouldn't that be "Fashion Geestapo?"
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Why, Sprocket_Man, you're suggesting something should be misspelled?
Miss W.: I agree, Penelope's gown is about as elegant as can be.
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> {quote:title=EugeniaH wrote:}{quote}I work at a University. Wouldn't it be ironic if it turned out the three of us worked at the same university? :^0
Well, I work at the Univ. of Michigan. I attended U of M back in the 60s, but was a designer-craftsman, i.e. a woodworker, builder of cabinetry, furniture, stairways, etc. for homes and restaurants, for 30 years. I couldn't afford health insurance, and I got rheumatoid arthritis. So, 13 years ago, I took a job working at the library, where the health care benefits are quite good. I don't have a degree in library science, and I don't have an appointment as a librarian.
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> {quote:title=filmlover wrote:}{quote}I just saw what Sacha Baron Cohen did earlier on the red carpet.
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> With all the tensions in the world because of the Koran burning, pretending to dump Kim Jong-Il's ashes is not a message America wants to send. Cohen is an idiot, who I hope doesn't work again for awhile.
I agree with you about *Hugo*, but couldn't disagree more about SBC. I felt a bit sorry for the guy he dumped the ashes on, but besides that, his little stunt was the highlight of the AA. He's NOT an idiot, but does an excellent job of playing one, in movies and on TV. I love his satire, even though it can be painful to watch at times. That's because he stabs at the heart of pompous a-holes.
And, what does Koran burning have to do with Kim Jong Il's ashes? North Korea isn't Muslim, it's an atheistic cult. They find something to holler at us about, whenever they feel like it.
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> {quote:title=MontyC wrote:}{quote}JLo looked like an optical illusion.
JLo looked so good, CNN had to blur her chest to show her.
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> {quote:title=JonasEB wrote:}{quote}TCM doesn't do this on purpose. This is only a problem with a few films on the TCM "HD" feed, not the regular channel. It's caused by whatever system they use to upscale SD masters (which is all the "HD" channel is right now.)
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> Until they sort that problem out, there is a simple solution - just turn it back to the regular channel.
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Quite correct. And, as mentioned in another thread on the subject, some films seem to be getting mislabeled as letterboxed, which you can see in the TCM schedule. If so, then on TCMHD the film will be zoomed, so it is artificially made into a WS film, when it is not.
The best strategy is when DVRing a film made before 1953 (except for *The Big Trail* ) is to record on the SD channel. When DVRing a film made after 1953, and listed on TCM as letterboxed, record from the HD channel. This will save you space on your HDD, and avoid accidentally cropped films. If you are watching in HD, and it's cropped, switch to SD.
Jonas, you are also quite correct about the Ozu and the L&H - they were all correct on the SD TCM. I recorded them all.
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> > }{quote}This is only a problem with a few films on the TCM "HD" feed, not the regular channel.
> It actually has happened with some films on the regular TCM, too, such as the recently shown ROBINSON CRUSOE (1954).
I watched *RC* twice, on SD TCM. It was presented in its OAR of 1.33:1. There was a bit of overscan, most noticeable on the sides. Doubtless that was in the transfer, and not something TCM did.
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The only thing I can think of is *Dr. Phibes Rises Again*, but that's probably not it.
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OOPPS! I meant *Bullitt* with Steve McQueen...
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That's nuthin - I blame TCM for both global warming, and global warming deniers...
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YOW! Those are some good ones!
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You make some valid points. But, I still maintain that Jack Crabbe, while an individual, and a white man, at least saw things from the Indian's point of view, and was trying to relate that. Certainly, that is the way it comes across in the movie, which I have seen often, and far more recently that I read the book. Yes, there is idealization of the Sioux, and satiric, acerbic views of the whites. But, I would say that comports with the Sioux's views. Jack can just add more detail about the whites, since he was one.
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> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}I was on these boards for at least 6 months before I realized that there were such things as personal messages. In the meantime, I had been sent at least 3 of them, which I first read several months after they were sent.
I was familiar with PMs long before I was on this board. But, on all the other boards I'm on, I get an email, telling me I have a PM, and, on the site, when I have a PM, there is a little flashing flag. This site doesn't do either of those. So, it was a few days after I got my first PM, before I knew I had one, and read it.
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I liked it a lot. The thing I found most interesting was the relationship between Alan and Margaret. We don't really understand it until the end, and it certainly isn't typical!
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Fred, I have that Welles doc on laser disc. I haven't watched it in a while, but it is good. It would be fine with me, if TCM aired it again.
Most useless award?
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> Which to me means that a PEOPLE'S CHOICE award is a dubious honor at best!
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Okay, so let's make the People's Choice Award a Cabbage Patch Kid barfing up a Beanie Baby.