SansFin
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I do not know if this will affect many here but I have found an issue with my new Blu-Ray player and I have researched it and I have found that this is not a fault of the unit but it is an issue with all Blu-Ray players: it does not allow displaying the Closed Captioning of DVDs recorded by the user.
The great majority of our collection is movies which we have recorded from broadcasts. We replace movies we recorded previously when a Closed Captioning version is aired.
This is of particular importance because we have some movies which are in a foreign language and do not have subtitles but are Closed Captioned in English.
I have read that this is a situation due to the HDMI and if a unit has component cables then it will display the Closed Captioning properly when using that input to the television instead of the HD.
It is fortunate that my new player is for a room where we will be doing other things and the movies will be playing as background and noise cancellation.
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> {quote:title=darkblue wrote:}{quote}
> Now there's an interesting sidebar to the conversation - would those who can't separate the artistry from what they believe is the artist's sins ever be pornography viewers?
"I will never watch his movies again! He was seen volunteering at a soup kitchen and they say he is kind to his mother!"
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> {quote:title=darkblue wrote:}{quote}
> Well in that case, I'm not sure I can bring myself to watch any of the movies you're in anymore, SansFin.
That will surely be unfortunate as there are so very few viewers of silent-era pornography and the loss of one even fan is devastating.
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Only a part of *Bedouin* (2012) is set in the desert but they are very moving scenes and it is as if the desert it also a character in the way that it affects the scenes.
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> {quote:title=fxreyman wrote:}{quote}
> Doesn't take much. You can actually find numerous 1970 and 1980 era films located at Wal-Mart or other stores like Big Lots for less than $5 each.
I hesitate to add to this excellent advice because I do not wish to be blamed for unleashing a monster but: one can also build a collection by buying a DVD recorder and recording all they like from infrequent airings. There are several good recorders for less than $100 and blank DVDs adequate for casual viewing can be purchased from Office Max for less than a quarter each if you watch for their sales and buy the one-hundred-count spindles.
It is amazing how quickly one can suddenly have a shelf full of movies.
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I am sorry to see that some disagree so strongly on a matter in which one's opinion does not materially affect the life or loves of the other.
I hope all can agree to disagree.
I believe this thread has nearly run its course and is branching into semi-related anecdotes. I hope it does not become locked or disappear as much of what is being posted now is unlikely to appear elsewhere.
I hope that if there is to be an animosity that all will direct it towards me as I am the one who uncovered the differences by starting this thread.
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I liked Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda in *The Lady Eve* (1941) and *The Mad Miss Manton* (1938) and Kay Francis and William Powell in *Jewel Robbery* (1932) and *One Way Passage* (1932).
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> {quote:title=hlywdkjk wrote:}{quote}
> Other than starting at an uncivilized hour, it doesn't seem that much has changed...
I remember well scenes in *Auntie Mame* (1958) and *Holiday Affair* (1949) of crowded stores.
I know it is unpopular to say good things of Wal-Mart but I believe they did a good thing this year by having three starting times. I had to go there yesterday because I burned what I was cooking and had to buy things to replace what I ruined. It was two hours before their first starting time and there were yet people beginning to form lines. It causes me to shudder when I imagine what it would have been like if all of the people had to be there for only one starting time. I believe they would have begun to line up on Wednesday.
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I am disappointed to see so very many modern movies in their list.
The selections hold little credibility for me as they omitted *Sahara* (1943).
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> {quote:title=Dargo2 wrote:}{quote}
> I gotta say comparing killing simple lifeforms such as bacteria to the idea of killing complex lifeforms such as elephants is more than a little stretch, alright.
That is multicellular bigotry!
Buddhists believe all life is sacred.
I hesitate to draw lines because there are so many exceptions and because I often do not have a reason for where I drew a line other than that it was where it felt right for me. It then is that I am trying to base moral standards on personal beliefs and feelings and that is always wrong.
I know I can not draw a line based on complexity. The Pando has been hailed as the largest living organism in the world as it occupies more than one hundred acres. It is a tree. There is a fungus in Oregon which occupies more than two thousand acres and is estimated to be more than two thousand years old. A competent analysis of their structures would surely reveal they are much more complex than any beast which walks.
I know I dare not draw a line based on sapience because then there would be members of certain groups who would be classed with lobotomized sheep.
I am reminded of a person stating that a new religion tried to adapt its teachings to fit the modern world. One of their laws is: "Thou shalt not kill except in defense of your family or in defense of your country or if caught on the inside lane of the freeway during rush hour."
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Crump: It seems to me a good artist is just higgelty-piggelty. Maybe that's why he's a good artist. Or maybe it's reversed.
*The Thin Man Goes Home* (1945)
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> {quote:title=filmlover wrote:}{quote}
> Sans, do you have an HDTV?
Yes.
> And as far as upscaling a DVD to 1080p, it doesn't really quite do that.
All I know of it is that it says on the box for the player: "1080P Up-Scaling" and "View Standard DVDs in Near HD". I assume it does some sort of interpolation to improve the picture.
I have not played a Blu-Ray on it as of yet. I am sure it will be much better but it is in the workroom where neither picture nor sound are of great importance.
We have a Sony DVD recorder which upscaled also. The picture was a little better than from other players but it was not so much better that it saved the recorder being retired when he bought a DVD recorder with a hard drive.
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> {quote:title=Sepiatone wrote:}{quote}
> as long as you're an American citizen, I STILL think you should buy the car you want.
Capuchin likes to tell this story: His father was the parts manager for a Chevrolet dealership. He always bought Chevrolets through that dealership using discounts. General Motors then made an edict that employees had to pay full dealer cost for their automobiles. He said that if he had to pay that then he would drive Oldsmobiles because losing some of his discounts made the value per dollar ratio tip in favor of Oldsmobiles.
The Oldsmobile dealer was aghast when he saw that Capuchin's father's new Oldsmobile in the Chevrolet dealership's parking lot was dirty so he arranged for it to be picked up, washed, waxed and returned each week at no cost.
That continued for three years. The owner of the Chevrolet dealership seems to have had so much embarrassment from having an Oldsmobile in the lot that he gave Capuchin's father a new Chevrolet as a bonus when it came time for him to trade in. He received a new automobile every three years after that until the dealership was sold to a new owner.
I am not aware of what the current culture is for such things but I doubt that any dealership cares today what its employees drive and certainly not to the extent that they would give their people new automobiles.
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> {quote:title=filmlover wrote:}{quote}
> Very few people use the HDMI option? Almost everyone uses the HDMI option! No one would seriously consider using component or other cables from the player to the HDTV.
The player I purchased is very much bare-bones as the only connectors are for power, HDMI cable, coaxial audio and a USB slot for flashdrives or portable hard drives.
It upscales a standard DVD to 1080P. The difference between its picture and that from the standard DVD player it replaced which used component cables is slight but can be discerned. I have not yet played Blu-Ray on it.
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> {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote}
> Nope, no pickled cabbage. Just I believe equal amounts of cider vinegar and salt.
I hope you mean sugar.
> I love dill on smoked salmon and all white fish. Also as a topping with (what else?) sour cream on a baked potato.
The seven major food groups are:
1) Cabbage
2) Beets
3) Sour Cream
4) Dill
5) Vodka
6) Mushrooms
7) All else
A good meal with have all of them.
The general rule is that sour cream goes on all things and dill goes on all things that are not sweet but it does go also on some things that are sweet.
To have borsch with no dill must be a Russian thing.
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> {quote:title=RMeingast wrote:}{quote}
> some might say we have an inferiority complex...
I believe it is right and proper that all people should feel inferior if they are not Ukrainian!
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I feel that *Old Mother Riley, Headmistress* (1950) is one of my guilty pleasures because I liked it far more than can be justified by reason or logic.
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I was at Wal-Mart to purchase a few things at 6 A.M.
The crowd was gone and the staff was cleaning up litter and removing empty pallets. The two "Black Friday" items I wanted were available in quantity. It would not have been a great loss to me if they had not been as they were not necessities. It hurt me greatly more that they were out of dill and I had to go to another grocery for it.
I have little experience with such things so I am wondering if it is normal that several discounted laptops and televisions were still available. I thought such items were meant to be sold out completely within minutes of their being offered.
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> {quote:title=Dargo2 wrote:}{quote}
> Hmmm...then in that case willbe, I got a feelin' the character of General Clive Wynne-Candy in *The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp* never came close to warming the cockels of your heart either, eh?!
I am reminded of a person saying they do not like the idea of Listerine because their motto is that it kills germs and who wants a mouth full of dead germs?
We use mouthwashes and deodorants to murder millions of living things each day because we want to feel pretty. We use sprays to kill ants and hornets because they might be inconvenient. We use weedkillers because some living things are not as pretty or neat as others and we have a bias towards beauty and order.
Perhaps I should not watch *The Odd Couple* because Felix Unger personifies the desire to kill things en masse. The positive thing of that is that I would be boycotting the message within the movie rather than because of some quirk of the actor who plays a role.
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The ones of your list which I know and like very much are:
COTTAGE TO LET...Leslie Banks & Alastair Sim
DEAR MURDERER...Eric Portman, Greta Gynt, Dennis Price
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST...Michael Redgrave
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> {quote:title=JonasEB wrote:}{quote}
> Well, you can get a Blu-ray player for $38 today
I have purchased one of those. The DVD player in the workroom has been in need of cleaning yet again and it is a finicky thing as one of the shrouds is delicate. It is also that it was a cheap one at first and it was not designed for the use it has had. We thought to replace it and waited until a Blu-Ray player at the same cost as a standard player became available.
The change in quality by the upscaling of standard DVD is not so great that it would have been worth the price but it fits well being a replacement rather than an upgrade.
I believe the combination of standard DVD and Blu-Ray DVD in one package is a good move. The majority of the cost is in the packaging, shipping and handling of an item. Putting two disks in one package saves a considerable amount and it allows the building of a library of Blu-Ray titles at little additional cost when buying DVDs. I like very much also that I am buying a back-up copy at far less price than purchasing two DVDs.
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Guildenstern: We're still finding our feet.
Player: I should concentrate on not losing your head.
*Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead* (1990)
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I have always had a particular fondness for: *Passport to Pimlico* (1949).
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It is sad to say that the interview by Johnny Carson which I would most like to see has been denounced as non-existent. It is the one with Zsa Zsa Gabor and a kitty cat.
Carson on TCM
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> {quote:title=darkblue wrote:}{quote}
> The number of Ukrainians (either directly from or descended from) in Canada is second only to Ukraine itself!
That does not surprise me. I believe that the weather in many parts of Canada is a nearer approximation of what is felt in much of Ukraine.
I did not pursue it deeply because I did not want any to think I was dissatisfied but I did ask in the early 1970s and I found it would be much easier to gain permission to emigrate to Canada than to USA.