Movie Collector OH
-
Posts
4,573 -
Joined
-
Days Won
3
Posts posted by Movie Collector OH
-
-
Hmm I just messed around with it some. I uploaded a new image and temporarily added it to my post, using this forum's storage space. The first time I saw any trash can at all was when I first uploaded it in that post - it was underneath the post being edited, inside a small thumbnail of the pic. Then later on I was able to get back to it if I returned by clicking "edit".
Then I went to the My Attachments screen and refreshed it, but no trash can.
So I went back to the post containing it. Clicked on edit, got the small thumbnail of the same image underneath with a small trash can. I clicked on the trash can, and that removed it from the post and clicked "save". Then I went back to the My Attachments screen and refreshed that. A small trash can icon appeared to the right, as LawrenceA noted. I clicked on that and it asked me to verify.
So maybe my theory above could be revisited. I don't know if older posts (pre-forum upgrade) can be deleted that way too. I don't use this feature though and I'm not interested enough to find out.
-
1
-
-
I remember noticing this back during the forum software upgrade, and posting on it. Back then there was no way to delete old uploaded images which had been uploaded prior to the upgrade and were carried over, so it wouldn't surprise me if nothing has changed.
That's not the thing that surprises me though. Space is really cheap these days, and there aren't that many actual posters. 3MB quota? Really?? That is like the late 1990s.
-
I added a UK list to my "unshown" category of lists. Unlike the US lists, I put everything into one file here for UK movies not shown on TCM [for instance it includes The Devils (1971)]:
http://moviecollector.us/reports/unscheduled_UK_Production_Companies.htm-
2
-
-
2 hours ago, jimmymac71 said:
Very nice! So, is there a projector in the basement?
Not yet...
-
1
-
-
More ideas here:
http://moviecollector.us/reports.htmJust scroll down to the "unscheduled" reports. These are simply different variations of IMDB's data minus my TCM Schedule data.
-
1
-
-
Here's my quick little Wile E. Coyote diagram of a typical Directv Genie whole-house satellite system. Not that much different than wiring up a cable system (I have had both, I have Directv now). Notice there is only one DVR unit, then the units in the other two rooms get everything from that. Each wire you see represented here is literally just a single coax cable - just like the one that comes into your house - except for the TV connections. Simple. If you just have one TV set, then you would eliminate the splitter and client boxes. The power injector and splitter are just two little things on the floor behind my TV cabinet in the living room.
I have read that some people have the splitter at the point of entry in the house, for logistical reasons, then have the power injector at the DVR and TV set where there is a place to plug it in. (It is also possible to wire it with the splitter before the power injector.)
Under the hood, the DVR communicates with the clients using MoCA protocol (multimedia over coax), More specifically it allows two or more networked devices to communicate over coax. So the clients actually stream video from the DVR, a little bit like the way a Roku works. But it is not necessary to know any of that in order to use it.
-
2
-
-
6 minutes ago, jimmymac71 said:
Okay, I felt like it. Here's Jerry:
Yeah, we are talking about two different things here.
-
2 minutes ago, LawrenceA said:
SundanceTV is still around, but like many other channels, its programming has changed drastically. They no longer show only indie and foreign films (I'm not sure if they show any of those films any longer), but now show blocks of old network TV shows, as well as their own TV programming, both scripted and "reality". TCM shows more foreign language films than any other cable channel that I'm aware of, and that's still not very many. TCM Imports shows one or maybe two every Sunday very late night, and there's occasionally a couple more in a month during other hours of the day.
Ughh So that became another TV Land? Great.
-
On 7/14/2018 at 12:55 PM, jimmymac71 said:
I haven't seen Boston Legal in a while. It is ringing a bit of a bell. I was born premature, and numerous processing issues resulted. Call it cold solder connections. What you're talking about must have blending in naturally and I didn't notice it all that much. At the end of the opening song, is the word, "outlaw," which I didn't get and may have needed to look it up.
Back in early 2005, I found out it was possible to see from one eye or the other, but never both. It put a lot into perspective. Explained why a 3D presentation at EXPO '86 did nothing for me.
If I feel like it I might look for an example online. There were just some moments when I had it on and remember having a good laugh over it. This was in the past when I was not in such great health myself. It literally hurt to laugh at the time. This guy's crazy vocals in the middle of the show got me to laugh pretty hard though.
-
Yeah, I think the OP has maybe put this out there before.
I like the idea of rarities. There are plenty of things they can show without having a bunch of repeats. In my schedule tracking project there is evidence that each year (as I tabulate it) there are time slots where they could be showing more rarities.
http://moviecollector.us/reports/1)movies-only.htmIn the end though it is a balance between the familiar and the obscure, with them trying to pick up new viewers while many of us hunt down the obscure.
Having said that, my own preference is the obscure, from the early sound movies up about the 1960s, but we each have our own interests here. Some of the "crappy" 1980s stuff in the middle of the night can be interesting too I think.
If anything, they have been playing more foreign films in recent years. There used to be a thing called the Sundance channel, not sure if that is still on some cable systems. I just don't channel surf, and it bothers me when others leave the TV on other channels - for me that is like leaving the toilet seat up.
-
5 hours ago, jimmymac71 said:
I have seen every episode and not sure I follow. Are you talking about the intro?
Being the show followed current events, it would have gone nuts with Trump, even more so than Obama versus McCain. When things got really nuts, Denny would shoot his gun, or his ****.
No, not that. This was just a device they used, maybe once per episode on the average. Like I said in my last post, they had a male singer on staff who wailed out a couple prolonged grinding notes at a time, at the top of his lungs, over the background music. It was always during or immediately following a seedy scene (just off the top of my head I recall scenes between Denny and Candice Bergen where this happened). Since you watched the show, you should know what I am talking about. You use your ears, so this should ring a bell for you.
P.S. I see some references to a singer named Billy Valentine who was associated with the show, so that might have been him.
Anyhow that is one of the things I remember the most about that show. I found it funnier than anything else. Whoever that was, he really outdid himself.
-
5 hours ago, CaveGirl said:
Yeah, but the guys on Boston Legal didn't usually sing songs to Juanita on their phones, like Barney did.
This isn't a comparison, but remember on Boston Legal whenever things started to get seedy, they would have their resident Soul singer howl out a note or two or three?
-
5 hours ago, CaveGirl said:
Yeah, but the guys on Boston Legal didn't usually sing songs to Juanita on their phones, like Barney did.
but Boston Legal didn't have Andy Griffith rolling his eyes. Then again Andy Griffith didn't have William Shatner. It gets close at times.
-
2 hours ago, jimmymac71 said:
When it comes to outdoor sets, I'm thinking Boston Legal, and the terrace used at the end of most episodes. Denny Crane (William Shatner) and Alan Shore (James Spader) would smoke cigars and drink Scotch. Now we're talking.
Oddly enough, many voices on Boston Legal work for me too. There are some big names we all recognize.
I have already announced my favorite voice on TCM. It is Beth Ann from the TCM Backlot promo. The funny thing, she found out what I had posted and replied to me with delight.
I do not think someone must be a member of Backlot to get extras, but that is what TCM is doing. It probably pleases AT&T. I suspect the ledgers for TCM don't look too shabby.
Don't tell Dargo I am not all that keen on James Coburn. George Kennedy either, although he was fantastic as Joe Patroni in Airport. I guess the cigar makes the man sometimes.
If Dargo showed up hosting TCM, you couldn't drag me away from the screen. It would be something to remember. I feel, based on this message board, Dargo would have personality and one-on-one friendliness, different than what is current.
I went to a radio broadcasting workshop way back in something like 1977. We were told to sound like we were talking to just one person. That is what I think Dargo would do, and the current people don't.
I always looked forward to the last minute or so of Boston Legal. I thought that should have been a bigger part of the show, but it was just right as it was.
P.S. It reminds me of the way they sat out on the porch at the end of the day on The Andy Griffith Show.
-
8 hours ago, sagebrush said:
I like # 3, as well. It looks less clustered than the others. It would make a nice chat set.
Eddie Muller has a pretty cool set, though.
#1 is a rooftop bar in Atlanta, #2 is in NYC, and #3 in Hawaii.
Whichever they choose, there would need to be some zooming in and out with drone shots, just to better capture the scenery and prove it is really up on a roof.
I don't think anyone would disagree about Eddie Muller's set. He and his set designer are totally into it.
-
1
-
-
In the past I've asked for rooftop sets, but to no avail.
This one would be ideal, don't you think? Perfect for introducing movies.
Or even this?? This would be a good shot to frame, also a good way to avoid extreme closeups of your guests.
I would even settle for this.
But all the confused janitor at the public access channel could offer me was this:
-
1
-
-
I have been kicking around the idea of a catch-all type of table for some time. This evening I decided to put one together:
Unshown Movies from Miscellaneous US Production Companies
http://moviecollector.us/reports/unscheduled_Miscellaneous_Production_Companies.htmThis is the remainder of US movies which didn't make it into my other "unscheduled" tables. In this table they are limited to the years 1928-1990 due to size considerations.
Taken together with my other "unscheduled" by production studio tables (things I don't think TCM has played), and my "TCM Schedule Summary" table (things I do think TCM has played), all classic era US movies should be listed.
http://moviecollector.us/reports.htmIn this first pass there may be some crud from IMDB that doesn't belong there (it is a catch-all, after all), but for the most part it is feature films, TV movies and TV specials, 45 min or longer. No TV series episodes.
edit (July 10): Disney Production entries moved from "unscheduled_miscellaneous" table to new "unscheduled_Disney" table.
-
3
-
-
4 hours ago, calvinnme said:
Maureen O'Sullivan was in Just Imagine, not Alice White.
Oops my bad. I was thinking of Marjorie White. Not a lot in common except some of the online descriptions must have made me think about the other.
-
14 hours ago, TikiSoo said:
MCOH asked Do you see this on flat panel TVs, digital cinema, or both?
This does not happen when watching a TV. I only see this when watching digital PROJECTION, like in a cinema. It's diminished the further away I'm seated, although still there.
Estimated one in 10,000 people have this, lucky me. I'd guess more people may have the condition, just not too many people watch old B&W movies projected onto a screen every week, like I do.I finally know what dropping acid looks like, "Ah the rainbows!" and have learned to tolerate it.
Also remember- my eyes have particularly sensitive "cones" (I'm a colorist/painter) and had a serious head injury about 6-7 years ago that adversely effected my eyesight.I suspected you were seeing something that was not perfectly aligned.
Possibly the color alignment is off by just a small amount in the theaters. During the installation process there is a step with the digital projector where they put colored crosshairs up on the screen, one for each color. The installer then adjusts the fine settings on the projector to line them all up, so they are all superimposed on top of each other. I suspect that if they are off, even by a very small amount, then it is just more obvious to you.
Maybe the alignment wasn't perfect to begin with, maybe it drifted over time, or maybe it is too fine an adjustment to make (ie. beyond the spec of the projector). Regardless, if you can see it, it's still something that can be considered tangible.
As an aside, I do notice something similar with my old CRT TV at home. It happens on B&W movies with detailed herringbone patterns, such as close-ups of print on a blouse or dress shirt. On a CRT the colored light-producing phosphor elements are actually spaced apart by a very tiny amount for each of the three different colors, forming a subtle pattern of its own. You can see this if you put your head right up to the screen. When the two different patterns superimpose or converge (color pixel separation versus random herringbone pattern on image), I sometimes see anomalies like this. It is not that rare for me in that scenario.
-
1
-
-
One more that could have been a precedent for the idea of Widow Of Chicago originally being a ganster and a musical:
Weary River (1929)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019557/ -
On 7/5/2018 at 7:36 AM, TikiSoo said:
I'm one of "those people" who when watching black & white movies projected digitally, see "rainbow trails".
It's an odd phenomenon that has something to do with the contrast. Remember how some fabric patterns would "buzz" or "moire" on early TV? Well that's what it looks like to my eyes-except in rainbow colors!Most people see "pixilation" on digital film, especially in the black areas....but the trailing rainbows is super annoying. Hate it.
Film's numeric countdown queue has been replaced by the digital hourglass signifying "please wait while downloading". Meh.
Do you see this on flat panel TVs, digital cinema, or both?
-
2 hours ago, slaytonf said:
Didn't seem like a movie liable to musicality. But with Alice White in it, who knows . . . .
Are there gangster musicals from that era at all?
Don't know about "gangster" per se, but similarity-wise here are at least two which set a precedent, maybe three, whose genre included Crime & Musical:
Blaze o' Glory (1929)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019703/Broadway (1929)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019725/The Yellow Mask (1930)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021564/And if you are talking about Alice White, there was Just Imagine (1930)
-
Same for Rudy Vallee, but after an image search, it seems only in certain movies. Of course those are the only ones I have seen on TCM.
Here you can see him playing around with his glasses, which he did extensively in his movie(s) I have seen.
-
1
-
-
1 hour ago, drednm said:
I doubt it, since the current crop can't sing. All they can do is shriek and add ten notes where only one is needed.
Nailed it.
photo size
in PROBLEMS with the Message Boards
Posted
Too tedious.