What are you watching?

Lefisc said:
Bob, I hope this makes you laugh. There is a downside to such a wonderful site like his and to your perpetual question. I feel guilty if I don't listen or watch anything special! I had a busy day and just wanted to read a newspaper and read a book. I just read the bio of Al Capp. I got a few unseen blu rays...the Hobbit and TheLife of Pi but haven't felt like watching them. And sometimes I just want to see a "bad" TV show. Oh well, tomorrow's another day.
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Barry, when I was working relentlessly my lifestyle was quite different.

Nowadays, for the last fifteen years or so, I don't work as hard, and I got much more time for music and movies.
And I could do even much better.

What I share is what I am now; what I do. I expect no less from me, and others, and no matter what/how each one of us live his/her life. ...In the now.

And yesterday was our culmination of today's own actions. ...I live in the moment, intensively with all who I am and feel.
I don't want to worry about tomorrow, ever.

* Personally, Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit' - 3D (& 2D) on Blu-ray disc, didn't do much at all for me.
- Ang Lee's 'Life of Pi' - 3D (& 2D) on Blu, I liked.

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The perception we get from movies and the real world surrounding us every day is only different in ways we react. - Bob
 
“Barry, when I was working relentlessly my lifestyle was quite different.

“Nowadays, for the last fifteen years or so, I don't work as hard, and I got much more time for music and movies.
And I could do even much better.”




Bob, I could have written the first two paragraphs. (But I am not clear what you meant on the next two two).

When I was younger and working hard, I had the time but didn’t have the money for this great equipment. I had something else, that I didn’t realize too

Then, when I got the money, I didn’t have the time to enjoy much of this.

Now, I retired very early and have the time and the money. What I don’t like conceding is that sometimes I don’t have the ENERGY to do everything I like, that’s what I had when I was young and didn’t realize it.

But, Like Burgess Meredith in that famous Twilight Zone Episode, I finally have time enough at last. So I bought a few extra pair of reading classes and I read. I listen to music, I watch movies and even some TV shows. I love the DVR!!!! I spent time with friends and family…I tend not to travel. In fact that’s when I go to the movie theatre. That’s now a social event, going with friends to see a new movie, otherwise I’d just be happy to see it at home and have fresher popcorn too!

Like so many others, I had to work for a good present, but I also worked for a good future. And the future is here, now and I enjoy it.



Bob, a personal note that might be better served in a private Email. I worked long and hard for decades when I retired due to a really bad back.

You know, I never, in all that time got up and said, “Gee, I want to go to work today.” I know that is Un-American, but if I inherited a zillion dollars I would have retired when the check cleared. I worked hard, even owned my own business, but I was never happier than when I woke up on my own, without the alarm going off. Or people needing me.

Finally, I have time enough, at last.
 
Barry, what I simply meant (in these two next small paragraphs) is that I love movies, music, and that many things I did when I was a kid, at school, and during my entire life makes who I am today (culmination).
And I love people too and sharing my hobbies with them, that's all. ...I use my own words in exactly how I feel in the moment, and sometimes it takes more time for some people to get the hang of me; and when they do it's perfectly natural.
And as you probably noticed I'm a French Canadian, and that too comes into play, as English is my second language and not the one that I could master perfectly. ...I make mistakes often, any type of English mistakes (typos, grammar, omit past tense on some of my verbs, put that word in front of that one when it should be the opposite, use lots of interjections, use French words, etc., etc., etc.) and sometimes people can totally misinterpret the true meaning of some of my posts.
It created and still creates some big problems sometimes, and some people simply don't have the patience.

Other times the communication level is just fine (most of the time), but when in my heart and soul I feel some' deep, I feel in French first. ...Then I tried to translate that into English.

TIP: I'm sometimes an abstract writer, to describe the mundane, the ordinary. I also sometimes use poetry, philosophy, and can extrapolate in hallucinatory terms. I guess it's a natural human mechanism in me to stay away somehow from boredom. And I believe it is in all of us too, more or less. And there is the humor too, and that can be sometimes very unique to each one of us because we all had a different education (teachers, parents, friends, lovers, ...), experiences in our life.

I appreciate your honesty because I always adapt to the people surrounding me; to their own language.

One last thing Barry; I believe in open discussions, it's good for everybody.
And here is as good as anywhere else. ...Movies and real life have something fundamental in common; it's entertainment. :)
 
NorthStar said:
Last night I started watching/listening to this ::

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* I need few days because it is over 480 minutes long.
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I'm still into that one by the way. ...Just finished watching it last night. ...Tonight, we'll see (I live in the moment).
 
Bob, I like open discussions too! And i love having the time to enjoy all those things I didn't have time for.

If this works out today, I am rounding up the usual suspects and watching the blu ray of "Casablanca" today. It's a miserable day and not everything may work out!

last night I saw most of the Blu Ray of the Betty Boop cartoons. Sadly, these were not my favorites nor was there a big selection for the price. Seeing one after another is not as much fun as seeing a few at a time, so Ill pop on a few every week.

One other thing: And it's not Blu Ray. There are TV shows from the 1960s that I have enjoyed. When they released them they often put in the unseen, un aired pilots that are just fascinating to watch. Let me mention three:The Dick Van Dyke Show was originally called "Head of the Household" and starred Carl Reiner. That unaired pilot is in the box set with reiner talking about it. The Man from Uncle Seet has the pilot entitled "Solo" and it's cast is a bit different from the TV show. Finally, in the Fugitive box set they have the original director, in very recent times, narrating the unseen pilot and telling of the changes made, some were funny. (The Pilot used a state that did not have a death penalty, so they had to rewrite part of it and dub in the newe state, although the bus stops showed the odl state!)
 
We all believe in something; similar, or different...

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* Last night I watched this :::

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-> Different, because it was filmed and recorded outside in a beautiful surrounding setting.
You can feel and see some of that "natural outside" expressive fueling passion from the conductor.
The music is fine (I luv myself), the sound is fine too (for that Blu-ray), and the images are just ok.

The best thing? You are much closer to the stage and musicians than in real life using awkward and uncomfortable binoculars. ...And the sound quality too; in open-air it reverberates from the trees around, and get lost in the wind at times (pitch variances).

Missing? The real experience (live).
 
Of All the Home Theatres in all the World Casablanca was shown on mine.

I just saw Casablanca on Blu Ray. Gosh, was I impressed.

This is just a damn good movie: great characters, great story, great dialogue, great acting, great music and great direction. “Moonlight and love songs are never out of date” says “As Time Goes By.” Neither is this movie. It’s about romance, war, commitment and heartbreak. We will always have all that, as well as Paris.

The layered performances by Humphrey Bogart especially, and by Ingrid Berman and the rest of the cast were wonderful. There is humor throughout the movie, in just the right places. This is a perfect movie, made even more so by a restored Blu Ray edition.

The picture was spectacular in Blu ray. In fact it often looked like it was in 3D. The lighting and scenery comes across so well. But the scenes at Rick’s Café were so vivid and real. For a black and white film this gets my top video rating.

The soundtrack was also great. Yep, it is mono, and 70 years old, but the reproduction here brought out the details of the music and ambient sound. I can’t really rate this on a modern scale, but it was impressive.

Simply, I was just not only impressed, I was moved. This is still a powerful movie.

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But wait there is more! Along with a choice of commentaries, including one from the late Roger Ebert and an introduction from Lauren Bacall, warner gives us a night at the movies, 1940 style. There is a newsreel (about the American troops) a 20 minute short, and two cartoons (in color).
 
Lefisc said:
Of All the Home Theatres in all the World Casablanca was shown on mine.

I just saw Casablanca on Blu Ray. Gosh, was I impressed.

This is just a damn good movie: great characters, great story, great dialogue, great acting, great music and great direction. “Moonlight and love songs are never out of date” says “As Time Goes By.” Neither is this movie. It’s about romance, war, commitment and heartbreak. We will always have all that, as well as Paris.

The layered performances by Humphrey Bogart especially, and by Ingrid Berman and the rest of the cast were wonderful. There is humor throughout the movie, in just the right places. This is a perfect movie, made even more so by a restored Blu Ray edition.

The picture was spectacular in Blu ray. In fact it often looked like it was in 3D. The lighting and scenery comes across so well. But the scenes at Rick’s Café were so vivid and real. For a black and white film this gets my top video rating.

The soundtrack was also great. Yep, it is mono, and 70 years old, but the reproduction here brought out the details of the music and ambient sound. I can’t really rate this on a modern scale, but it was impressive.

Simply, I was just not impressed, I was moved. This is still a powerful movie.

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But wait there is more! Along with a choice of commentaries, including one from the late Roger Ebert and an introduction from Lauren Bacall, warner gives us a night at the movies, 1940 style. There is a newsreel (about the American troops) a 20 minute short, and two cartoons (in color).
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And not only that but the Blu-ray is less than ten bucks! :) ...The single-disc version. ...On sale at various places if you look for it.
 
Bob, tonight friends are coming over to watch the Mets (last few innings) the Yankees and watch 42 on blu ray....I just got it. Please let me know about the great gatsby!,,,

i am on my iPad and cat put up a picture.
 
Lefisc said:
Bob, tonight friends are coming over to watch the Mets (last few innings) the Yankees and watch 42 on blu ray....I just got it. Please let me know about the great gatsby!,,,

i am on my iPad and cat put up a picture.
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Mets? ...Is that baseball? ;)

* 'The Great Gatsby' (1974) on Blu-ray; skip it, and instead wait for Baz Luhrmann's 2013 own adaptation (vision; radically).
...On Blu-ray, 3D, August 27. ...I've heard it's bad, but picture and sound is supposed to be out of this world! ...If that's your thing (me, sometimes; I'm a Baz's fan, sort of, mainly for his extravaganzas on set decors, colors, cinematography, and all that extra jazz.) :)

** '42' on Blu; I think you'll luv it. I'm sure. :)

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*** Life is a beautiful thing, when you're in love. ...With movies and all. :heart:
 
NorthStar said:
Like Bugs Bunny, or the Road Runner?
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Lefisc said:
No, more like Wile E. Coyote, he never wins either!!!!
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Daffy Duck, Sylvester the Cat, Tweety the Bird, Speedy Gonzales, Marvin the Martian, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, ...


I miss all of them, plus all the others. They should reintroduce them again, on all the Blu-ray movies, before the main attraction. It would be so awesome! :)

What's up Doc? :exciting: :derf: :woot:
 
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