Movie Collector OH
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36 minutes ago, kingrat said:
Was this shot the poster for Dead Men Shouldn't Wear Plaid?
or Gentlemen Prefer Plaid
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What Current Big Stars Will Be
ForgottenRemembered?There I fixed that for you.
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52 minutes ago, hamradio said:
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By the way will colorizing B&W films make them less boring?
After colorizing a B&W film, is it still the same film?
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Ahem...
For the Amish around here (NE OH) the ban on electricity is more about staying off the grid and not depending on outside resources for one's own living. Decentralization. In that regard they are pretty much in line with today's "preppers". Their entire lifestyle is about being self-sufficient. Not living in dependency, falling into debt, and being slave to the system for the rest of their lives. Also, Youtube, Facebook, Twitter and Paypal bans don't mean squat to them.
In addition they don't want to boast about possessions, it is a religious oath type of thing, so they do not own cars and don't wear fancy clothes. They like to work and make money as much as the next guy, but just avoid anything to do with vanity. Many do have big modern looking houses with complex features, just out in the country and not decorated with flashy colors. The men start to grow their beards out once they decide to take their religious oath and live their lives in the Amish tradition.
Also on use of power tools and commercial development equipment - they often work directly for home owners or commercial proprietors who serve as the general contractor. They use power tools and are experts with using heavy equipment like excavators and bulldozers. They know how to network and have multiple channels all lined up and ready on a day to day basis to rent their heavy equipment. For instance if they are doing a cement driveway, they have one guy who will drive up with the excavators as needed, another to drive up in a dump truck and haul off the old asphault and dirt, another to bring the limestone for the base, and another with the cement truck. They thrive on partnerships and subcontracting, no different than any other small to medium sized developers.
We have a large settlement of Amish out here, the Pennsylvania Dutch, and it is common to see them on all kinds of job sites. Out here they have a good reputation for doing quality work. There is even a property developer called "Amish Builders" which, to the best of my knowledge and others, doesn't have any significant amount of Amish working for them. They just latch onto the good name like it is some sort of currency.
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6 hours ago, yanceycravat said:
Not that I disagree with you on that point but it seems there are certain people and events that are cultural touchstones. Chaplain is one of them.
While I hope Tiffany Haddish, and many others working at this time, have a wonderful life and career unless they do something spectacular they will not be remembered past their time on the screen. Not unless they achieve the cultural significance of someone like Chaplin.
The entertainment industry has become decentralized and on top of that overrun by cottage industry Youtube posters. Look up PewDiePie for instance, most popular Youtube poster ever:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=PewDiePie&ia=webNot that any of that is a "bad" thing, but all that makes TCM a very good thing.
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22 minutes ago, sewhite2000 said:
A local radio personality I listen to was bemoaning how his two sons, both born after 2005, totally crush his soul every time he tries to introduce them to a pop culture concept that he loved by asking, "Is that from the 1900s?" To him, the 1900s literally means 1900, the Wright Brothers, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and Teddy Roosevelt. But to his kids, the 1900s means Mariah Carey, the original Jurassic Park, Seinfeld and Nirvana. That is so extreme ancient history for them, they consider it the last century and stare blankly at their father and have zero comprehension why their comments make him feel old. So, I am not surprised Chaplin draws blank stares when Mariah Carey and Nirvana draw blank stares. It's just the way of things with the young.
Add to that the dilemma between calendar year and century: "they are 100 years off!" "how could that be?!!"
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How does one make it to 23 having never heard of Chaplin?
I could see this happening during the years when they literally mothballed old movies, and before the "home video" boom in the early 1980s. Now with that AND the Internet, there is no excuse. Well, no externally imposed excuses, though most of us probably know at least one real person firsthand who is a bag of excuses.
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On your Directv remote, push the Guide button, then push the (-) button at the bottom. This will bring up the search window. Type in his first name using the arrow buttons and the select button on your remote, one letter at a time. On the right I see his concert in the list of results. Use the right arrow to move over to that, Up/Down to highlight the concert, then click Select, and you will see all the airings. From there you can push the Record button to schedule recording(s).
I only suggest this because I got four different entries - mostly for my own locals. One of them might be a national though, it was just called "PBS" (no call letters) - channel 389. The special airs at 8pm on Saturday Sept 22 on that channel.
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13 minutes ago, lydecker said:
I must ask: Has "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" every made it to TCM Underground? Seems like a perfect film for TU.
I don't see it in there.
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3 hours ago, scsu1975 said:
TCM has shown it, and I watched it.
And now that I think of it, I believe it was shown back-to-back with Blood Feast, also directed by Lewis. I remember recording both and watching them. Blood Feast was somewhat boring. Two Thousand Maniacs! was just weird, but entertaining in a trashy and disgusting way ... if one can stomach the scene you mentioned, and also the scene where the blonde chick gets her hand cut off.
With those two back-to-back, both you and DVDPhreak saw the same airing then, during Oct 2008.
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6 hours ago, Hepburn Fan said:
I got angry with a member here and removed myself, deleting my account too. Yes, MovieCollectorOH, you smart guy you, it is Jimmy. I made offensive comments yesterday, by mistake, on a thread that has been removed. I am willing to be better, and Jimmy is my nasty evil twin. I want to help make a difference, if it is possible, for my TCM friends.
Of the major streamers I am aware of, only one company, Philo, a skinny bundle provider, does not have TCM. The big deal with some cord cutters is having over-the-air TV. FREE! That is not an option for me. 7 of 8 major streamers have TCM.
If cutting the cord and keeping TCM matters, you are there. I have never tried to upload a file, but here I go. It comes from
https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/
Jimmy/ Hep Cat
I was wondering what happened to you. It's okay to disagree on certain things while agreeing on others, that is called diversity of opinion. It seems to be lacking around here.
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This is just the very tip of the iceberg. If anyone should know about these types of title semantics and their challenges, it is me.
One word titles, like weak passwords, are the most likely to recur. So they are the biggest offenders. Take that into account, along with the consequences of International AKA titles and differing release dates for various countries, mix it all together into one big pot of steaming goo, and you have every reason to not want to attempt this.
I won't bother with examples, but rather give some likely scenarios - these are bound to occur in varying combinations for me in my project, but just not all at once:
TCM IMDB
title (year) <====> original title (year) [wrong movie]
<====> original title (year +/- 1) [correct movie, but one year different]
<====> original title (year) [short feature for correct movie, still wrong]
<====> AKA title (year) [correct movie, wrong year, a British movie for instance using US title but UK release year, no match]
<====> AKA title (year) [english AKA for same-year Pac-Rim movie, wrong movie]TCM TCM
title (year) <====> AKA (year) [this is a case where TCM or AFI changes from original to AKA, or vice versa over the years, and I detect and normalize prior entries to latest usage just to prevent multiple entries of the same movie, and incorrect tabulation of repetitions]I have a number of different tests which I have developed and run each month, just after importing the fresh records and prior to generating my reports, which expose and report all these possibilities to me. The fixes include a disambiguation mask which gets filled in by me on a per-case basis each month for the outliers.
In the end roughly about 2.5% of incoming records each month fail my automated tests and require attention. In addition to above scenarios, this also includes all the cartoons, seriels, and TV episodes as well as some obscure or poorly titled shorts.
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30 minutes ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
Well, it WAS better than NIGHT OF THE LEPUS...
also also, and this is the sort of thing only *i* would complain about but...a detriment to MOTEL HELL was they had a very rich orchestral score. Seriously I think a 32 piece symphony recorded the soundtrack, which had a sweeping kind of Merchant Ivoryish Thing going- It was decidedly out of place for a low-budget horror movie about psychotic cannibal sausage makers
Seriously.
That's part of the cheese. Mmm cheese.
A bit like having someone like Elmer Bernstein do the music for a movie like Robot Monster.
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2 hours ago, Hepburn Fan said:
I heard that.
Okay, how about a solution. I suspect this thread is meant to deal with the other one on Information Please.
You, MCOH, are one of the perfect individuals to hear me out.
Simple, kind of. TCM ONE & TCM TWO. The first channel might concentrate on the older movies. The second channel could go more modern. Numerous tweaks until it is perfect. TCM has hosts. TCM probably has way too many movies for a single channel.
Does this mean TCM Underground in Prime Time? Sure could. Silent Weekends? Why not. Noir Alley at two different times, once on each channel? Now you got it.
So, if AT&T believes they can make more money than they spend, it could be a done deal. AT&T has DirecTV, DirecTV Now, and Watch TV. TCM is already on them all.
So, "Ain't That A Hole In The Boat!"
EDIT: The other thread has been removed.
Hey welcome back (If I am correct here).
It all depends on what their priorities are. On the plus side they could squeeze twice as much in (but would they really - maybe it would turn out to be 1.5x or less). On the minus it would stretch out their resources, and I think that is what people around here are considering. One thing's for sure...if it weren't for TCM, I would have "cut the cord" a long time ago. And that's a fact, Jack...I mean Jimmy (I think).
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Do You Watch TCM Underground Often?
It just depends. At times, yes. I like cheesy goodness too.
As some may be aware, I tune in and watch/record mostly based on the rarity of the movie itself, not the theme. If the theme actually provides them with some sort of an incentive to play stuff that otherwise wouldn't get played, then fine. Whatever floats everyone's boat, and there are some real dingys on here. I'm not one of those complaining though.
In any case here's a bubble-sort of stuff they have played, in order of how recent:
http://www.moviecollector.us/reports/Movies-Only_last-scheduled.htmand in order of how repetitive (hat tip to Stephan55):
http://www.moviecollector.us/reports/Movies-Only_times-shown-&-last-scheduled.htmThen there are some more possibilities - stuff my listings don't say TCM has shown so far, which can be found by scrolling down to the "X-files" section on this page:
http://www.moviecollector.us/reports.htmIf it adds more rarities or previously unshown movies, then I think it is better off. If they are using it to recycle the same ol same ol, then never mind. Overall I would say it is the former.
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In another day and age, Stefani Germanotta would probably be a burlesque madam and own her own burlesque theater in some seedy part of town (until the city decided to tear it down and replace it with some magnet project). What she and her peers have taken up is what is going on today. It is sheer coincidence she can actually sing on top of that, as evidenced by "that album she did with Tony Bennett".
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I didn't realize, but Shatner is on tour now.
WILLIAM SHATNER - LIVE ON STAGE FOR CONVERSATION AND Q & A AFTER THE SCREENING OF STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN
http://williamshatnertour.com/
Appropriately, he will be coming through my area and his appearance will be at the Akron Civic Theatre, a 1929 "atmospheric" theater built by Marcus Loew.
https://www.akroncivic.com/site/page.php?id=422&eventid=2673
Oddly enough he won't be signing autographs.
Yeah baby.
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2 hours ago, limey said:
Their Federation Star Charts had been prepared by the same team responsible for this sign:
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3 hours ago, hamradio said:
To go where no ex captain / admiral has gone before.
Fate worst than being left under a pile of rocks on Veridian III.
Here. I think this is from Shatner's Priceline ad campaign. Captain Kirk is back.
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This posting is just to update my premieres list and other reports for Nov 2018. All other months are from data captured earlier.
http://moviecollector.us/reports/Future_Premieres.htmMain report page:
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I took a look and it seems well. I had the site's default page blank up to just now. That goes back to the days when we used to have a signature area. Well the damn search engines, which are intentionally crippled these days, are finding it anyhow (thanks to the links they harvest from this forum). Also there is no more signature area on this forum (thanks guys), so I'm like 'what's the difference, why do I even care about this'. So I went ahead and put in an .htaccess redirect to bring up the actual home page. So it's the same as it's always been for those who bookmarked it.
Now it's just easier to get to
http://moviecollector.usHope that helps.
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Not a good day. Reynolds knew how to have fun, he expressed it on film quite well.
Now I just need to find a place where I can drink and drive, chew some gum, grin, and pass cops in an out-of-state ambulance and expired license plates. All at the same time. No, that wouldn't help. RIP.
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3 hours ago, sewhite2000 said:
Don't have hard data to provide right at this moment, but based on recordings I made years ago, I feel TCM showed way more Paramount selections in the '00s than they have since about 2010. I have old VHS tapes just full of Paramount material that aired between 2000-2010. On the other hand, I do agree about Fox, however. I would say TCM has shown a lot more Fox films since 2010 than before it. Sorta one step forward, one step back. I hope a day comes when we see both studios truly well represented on TCM.
Here is an experimental go at it to try and look into this. This is just a rough first pass, so I may be overlooking something or it might not be perfect, but it is a simple enough concept here to put up results right away. I started with my "#1" report from my main project, and added the condition that the production company must also include "Fox Film Corporation [us]" or "Paramount Pictures [us]", as per IMDB (the Fox Film string covers Fox Film Corp, Twentieth Century Fox, and 20th Century Fox).
There may be other production companies later acquired or distributed by these production companies, whose movies would not be included. That is the imperfect part.
http://moviecollector.us/adhoc_reports/1)movies-only-FOX.htm
http://moviecollector.us/adhoc_reports/1)movies-only-PARAMOUNT.htm
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12 hours ago, darkblue said:
Several, huh?
I admit, Jane Fonda's workout tape sure doesn't belong in a list of "movies". It ain't porn, though - neither soft nor hard (nor medium). It's an exercise tape.
Please name the "several" that are "little more than soft-core porn".
Congrats. You win the Internet. I put that in there to see if anyone noticed.
This list was from the year 1983 at a large independent video store in the Greater Cleveland area, which stayed in business into the year 2011. They used to hand out stapled paper copies of it to the customers back then. This is from their beginning, they were one of the earliest video rental places in town. It wasn't a chain like Blockbuster, it was independently owned where the owners spent their own hard-earned money on the videos. So it is not just some random list, but rather seems to follow a certain pattern instead, which I kind of thought looked entertaining - at least on the surface - and got a chuckle out of. Basically I removed the stuff duplicated on TCM and some music videos and a small amount of other non-movie type stuff. This list I posted represents probably about 1/3 to 1/2 of that list.
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