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| stacia | Jul 10 2008, 07:17 PM Post #1171 |
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I hope the 3rd season of Venture Bros is released uncensored. When I got the second season, it had been advertised as "uncensored" but wasn't; Jackson Publick mentioned on his blog that he was irritated by this, and discovered the master audio had all the naughty words bleeped out. I like the naughty words. Sue me. Tangent: I saw "The Mummy" on TCM years ago and heard the audio for another movie playing in the background. Someone on Usenet identified the sound as from the 1980s Twilight Zone movie, and I think they're right. I have no idea how that happened, but it totally ruined the film for me. |
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| marlin lee | Jul 10 2008, 08:30 PM Post #1172 |
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Finally decided to get the Hiya Kids!! A 50's Saturday Morning Box set. Watched the Sheena episode which I liked. If the episodes of The Cisco Kid, Roy Rogers, Sky King and Annie Oakley are different from the ones I already have I'll definitely consider it money well spent. |
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| SuperRog | Jul 10 2008, 08:55 PM Post #1173 |
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Marlin, how would you rate the picture and sound quality of that set? |
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| marlin lee | Jul 10 2008, 09:16 PM Post #1174 |
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I haven't seen anything but the Sheena episode so I can't give an overall answer. The audio on the Sheena epsiode was fine. There was little dirt or damage to the video and the contrast was reasonably good. But the picture was on the soft side. I'd call it watchable. |
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| SuperRog | Jul 11 2008, 06:22 AM Post #1175 |
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Okay, thanks. I haven't decided yet whether to get it or not. Maybe I can use a small portion of my stimulus check for it? :lol: |
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| Laughing Gravy | Jul 11 2008, 06:31 AM Post #1176 |
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The picture and sound quality I've seen (and I've seen 6 or 7 of the episodes) have been uniformly good. Naturally, these shows aren't going to be pristine. If "bad words" are bleeped out on the master tapes (for airing of the show), then the DVDs aren't censored. Having the bleeps removed would not add to my enjoyment of any of the episodes. There isn't all that much bleeping going on anyway, at least in the season 1 shows I've seen. |
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| Ignatz Ratzkywatzky | Jul 11 2008, 10:00 PM Post #1177 |
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I'm glad to see some mention of THE VENTURE BROS. It's my favorite show on television right now. Not only is the show laugh-out-loud hilarious, I find myself caring a lot about the characters. The writing is far above the level one finds on the rest of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim line-up. So far, Season 3 has been just as hilarious as the first two. By the way, you guys sucked me into the Big Lots thing. Normally, I wouldn't set foot in the place unless I was craving expired cereal, but they do have a lot of interesting titles in the $3 DVD case. I picked up many of the same discs that Gravy purchased recently. THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES has always been a favorite of mine, and the Cook/Moore version of THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES is a truly awful guilty pleasure. I would have also picked up BUBBA HO-TEP, but I already own it. |
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| marlin lee | Jul 12 2008, 07:44 AM Post #1178 |
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Picked up a couple versions of Journey to the Center of the Earth. First was a 1988 version starring a bunch of actors I've never heard of. I watched it last night. Once they get to the center of the Earth it turns weird. Unfortunately not any kind of good weird. Second was a 2007 version starring Ricky Schroder, Victoria Platt, and Peter Fonda which i haven't seen yet. |
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| Laughing Gravy | Jul 12 2008, 08:01 AM Post #1179 |
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Did I get a two-fer of King Creole and G.I. Blues yesterday? Uh-huh-huh. |
| "I'm glad that this question came up, because there are so many ways to answer it that one of them is bound to be right." - Robert Benchley | |
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| Chandu | Jul 14 2008, 04:40 PM Post #1180 |
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Champeen of Justice and Seeker of Knowledge, but rascal at heart!
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The first three seasons of Mission Impossible arrived today. Still harvesting the proceeds from the Deep Discount sale.
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| Not plane, nor bird, nor even frog. It's just little ol' me... | |
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| igsjr | Jul 14 2008, 05:18 PM Post #1181 |
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You mean the one-two-three-four occupation G.I. Blues? |
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"Life is in color--but black-and-white is more realistic..." -- Samuel Fuller, director So many DVDs...so little time... | |
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| marlin lee | Jul 14 2008, 09:14 PM Post #1182 |
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Dick Tracy Returns which I ordered as part of VCI's 4th of July sale arrived today. |
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| marlin lee | Jul 15 2008, 11:40 PM Post #1183 |
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Went all over town today looking for Birds of Prey the complete series. After looking at both Wal-Marts, CostCo, and Circuit City I finally found it at Target. |
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| Laughing Gravy | Jul 17 2008, 09:20 PM Post #1184 |
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Arrived today from VCI, Dick Tracy's G-Men and Space Angel. |
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| SuperRog | Jul 18 2008, 06:38 AM Post #1185 |
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I got three items yesterday... Hiya Kids!!: A 50s Saturday Morning Blue Blazes Rawden The Silent Man The last two are silent westerns starring William S. Hart. They were ordered from Amazon but are actually put out by Sinister Cinema, my first titles from them. |
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