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Nov 6 08 3:11 PM
I received THE PRISONER Mega Set which I bought on a buy one/get one free deal with Deep Discount. The complete SECRET AGENT collection is on backorder. It had been a while since I last watched THE PRISONER (probably back during the old CBS Late Movie days), and I'm really looking forward to diving in again and enjoyed "Arrival" last night. I notice the booklet and the discs in the PRISONER collection place the episodes in the order in which they ran in Great Britain. The order in which they played in the United States is given on the IMBD episode list. Any suggestions on which sequence to follow for maximum enjoyment?
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Richard wrote: I like the A&E sets, they play at the right speed, but they omit the supplements. I really want the supplements. Why couldn't A&E include the supplements in the NTSC editions?
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TheRealGoalDigger wrote: The star of these shows, Patrick McGoohan, recently died on January 13 at age 80. http://watching-tv.ew.com...9/01/patrick-mcgooha.html
HalLane wrote: Richard wrote: I like the A&E sets, they play at the right speed, but they omit the supplements. I really want the supplements. Why couldn't A&E include the supplements in the NTSC editions? Supplements schlupplements -- did you take a peek at those restoration frame comparisons? Looks like the difference between night and day -- if I had PAL capability, I would be sorely tempted ! Actually, the supplements do look interesting. I was watching some documentary clips on YouTube earlier this afternoon (variations on the theme music) -- are these taken from the Network supplements, I wonder?
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Siouxsie Sue wrote: These helium comments are awfully silly...
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Siouxsie Sue wrote: Did you listen to those Suspiria grabs? Did you hear the difference there?
Siouxsie Sue wrote: Putting them in sync on side by side monitors would be pointless: the difference would initially be imperceptible but would eventually become quite significant, cumulatively. Basic maths -- if something is losing a tiny but steady speed advantage the margin will grow wider and wider.
Siouxsie Sue wrote: Are you saying that you are SO intent on the 'pace' of a shot that if it lasts 9.6 seconds rather than ten seconds this will completely derail it for you? You see, I don't understand how anyone could be enjoying a piece of film-making AND be obsessing over such a minuscule distinction at the same time. Film is to be felt, not measured and calculated in microscopic increments.
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Before I did this, I assume I was experiencing a psychosomatic response to reading stuff like the above. Very annoying. Whatever you might think or imagine on this issue,
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Feb 5 09 8:15 PM
Siouxsie Sue wrote: I'm not being condescending. On the contrary, you, who claims a cavernous difference between the format speeds are probably doing exactly that, implicit to me being less of a 'purist' than you and incapable of perceiving the starkly obvious, etc. It's true: I am not an orthodox purist. But at the same time, being a purist involves realising both these formats have pretty serious problems. No one's a purist here, apparently.
Siouxsie Sue wrote: Let's repeat and dissect your statement: 'In the region 1 edition of Hard Times, James Coburn shouts "Hey wait a minute! I want to talk to you!" In the region 2 editon, he shouts ""Heywaitaminute!Iwanttotalktoyou!"' Okay. I think that sentence probably takes nearer to two seconds to say, but let's be generous and stick to three seconds. I was also being generous when I said your claims makes the speedup about four times greater than reality -- in truth it's prolly more like ten times.
Siouxsie Sue wrote: But let's stick to facts... PAL speedup is 4%. Not 50%, not 25%, not even 10%. Can't get around it. 4% is 4%, at the risk of sounding like Ayn Rand. What's 4% of three seconds? Wanna check? Grab the calculator. It's 0.12 seconds. That's slightly more than one tenth of a second. Three seconds minus 4% is 2.88 seconds. That's slightly less (two-hundredths of a second less) than two and nine-tenths of a second.
Siouxsie Sue wrote: Clearly you are describing a difference of significantly more than one tenth of a second.
Siouxsie Sue wrote: And that's why I believe you are projecting into this. You could give this some thought; or you could just dig your heels in and make more claims that break the law of physics.
Siouxsie Sue wrote: I wouldn't even take issue with someone saying, 'the speedups's very, very slight, but I'm very sensitive and it's annoys me anyway.'
Siouxsie Sue wrote: But, these 'helium' comments and stuff like the above quote -- are just not constructive at all, and misleading to people who don't 'get' this issue so well.
I thought it was a bit of a cheap comment. I didn't accuse you of whining like a girl in the face of logic, did I? You are showing your age a bit too much to say that about a Wimmins with a viewpoint, tho.
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