Random Thoughts — Page 557

Author: Lord Haseo
Time: 30-Mar-2017 4:47 PM
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ray_afraid said:

Dracula said:

To die… To be truly dead… That must be glorious.

No doubt, brother.

The second layer of death is something I have pondered since adolescence and it has brought me mixed feelings. Yeah people have come back to tell tales of unyielding darkness, bright lights and things of the like but someone who had their head blown off by a shotgun is beyond saving and when one cannot be saved what happens? For all we know the reports people have made could be merely chronicling the early stages of being deceased and that bit of uncertainty frightens me.

Author: ray_afraid
Time: 31-Mar-2017 5:19 PM
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Somebody said:

son… *puts a hand on your shoulder
son sometimes… *puts another hand on your shoulder
Son sometimes things are… *puts another hand on your shoulder
son, you just gotta… *puts another hand on your shoulder
son…

Ray’s Lounge
Biggs in ANH edit idea
ROTJ opening edit idea

Author: DuracellEnergizer
Time: 31-Mar-2017 5:36 PM
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My knowledge of Dr. Seuss is inadequately low. I’ve read probably three of his books in my entire life.

Author: Possessed
Time: 31-Mar-2017 6:21 PM
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Get off the internet and get to it.

Author: flametitan
Time: 31-Mar-2017 8:17 PM
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Today is Trans Day of Visibility (damn, I never realized how many I’s are in that word).

Hello, I exist. Is that Visible enough?

Author: Jetrell Fo
Time: 31-Mar-2017 8:28 PM (Edited)
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flametitan said:

Today is Trans Day of Visibility (damn, I never realized how many I’s are in that word).

Hello, I exist. Is that Visible enough?

Were we supposed to send you a card?

😉

Happy Visible Day!!!

Author: SwissArmyTin
Time: 31-Mar-2017 8:41 PM
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I’ve been arguing with a dude on YouTube who genuinely believes VHS is better than DVDs and Blurays (says they look unnatural, over detailed and VHS is grainier and much more atmospheric, how films from the 80s were supposed to look).

I genuinely thoroughly want to die.

What, a man builds a giant mound of dirt in his house and you aren’t entertained?

Author: suspiciouscoffee
Time: 31-Mar-2017 8:46 PM
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VHS is better until you want to watch Tron with your brother and a mutual friend late on a Friday night but the player in the bottom of the TV violently shoots the tape back out at you, making you too scared to use that player for a while.

Just kidding, VHS isn’t better, but the rest of the story is true, and perhaps my favorite story of my early-double-digit-years.

Author: DominicCobb
Time: 31-Mar-2017 8:47 PM
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flametitan said:

Today is Trans Day of Visibility (damn, I never realized how many I’s are in that word).

Hello, I exist. Is that Visible enough?

Right on sister

Author: Possessed
Time: 31-Mar-2017 8:55 PM
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If they made 1080p vhs I’d totally watch it. Pipe it through my digital projector and it’d be almost like watching a film for movies that only have squeaky clean digital masters.

Author: DuracellEnergizer
Time: 31-Mar-2017 8:56 PM
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SwissArmyTin said:

I’ve been arguing with a dude on YouTube who genuinely believes VHS is better than DVDs and Blurays (says they look unnatural, over detailed and VHS is grainier and much more atmospheric, how films from the 80s were supposed to look).

I genuinely thoroughly want to die.

Have the YouTube comment sections ever brought forth anything other than abomination?

Author: dahmage
Time: 31-Mar-2017 8:56 PM
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suspiciouscoffee said:

VHS is better until you want to watch Tron with your brother and a mutual friend late on a Friday night but the player in the bottom of the TV violently shoots the tape back out at you, making you too scared to use that player for a while.

Just kidding, VHS isn’t better, but the rest of the story is true, and perhaps my favorite story of my early-double-digit-years.

that is a good story.

another reason VHS is better: it is easy to tell if it was rewound. impossible to tell with DVD and Blu-ray. Not sure about 4K blu-ray, i haven’t used those yet.

Author: SwissArmyTin
Time: 31-Mar-2017 8:57 PM
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Possessed said:

If they made 1080p vhs I’d totally watch it. Pipe it through my digital projector and it’d be almost like watching a film for movies that only have squeaky clean digital masters.

D-VHS is digital 1080i on tape, so yeah, there’s that. Not many films were released on it, though.

What, a man builds a giant mound of dirt in his house and you aren’t entertained?

Author: DuracellEnergizer
Time: 31-Mar-2017 9:00 PM (Edited)
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suspiciouscoffee said:

VHS is better until you want to watch Tron with your brother and a mutual friend late on a Friday night but the player in the bottom of the TV violently shoots the tape back out at you, making you too scared to use that player for a while.

Just kidding, VHS isn’t better, but the rest of the story is true, and perhaps my favorite story of my early-double-digit-years.

That’s what my last VCR* tended to do before it gave up the ghost.

*True VCR, that is, not my DVD/VCR combo, which still functions swell (the VCR half, anyway).

Author: moviefreakedmind
Time: 31-Mar-2017 9:03 PM
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If you ever doubt mankind’s potential for stupidity, just look at your nearest comment section.

The Person in Question

Author: Jeebus
Time: 31-Mar-2017 9:04 PM
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Meesa be changin moole signature to a longo tello, but a truesa one.

Author: suspiciouscoffee
Time: 31-Mar-2017 9:05 PM
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Also worth noting: VHS lets you fall asleep to a movie without waking you up with loud menus.

Author: SilverWook
Time: 31-Mar-2017 9:21 PM
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suspiciouscoffee said:

Also worth noting: VHS lets you fall asleep to a movie without waking you up with loud menus.

As does Laserdisc. 😉

Where were you in '77?

Author: SwissArmyTin
Time: 31-Mar-2017 9:23 PM
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suspiciouscoffee said:

Also worth noting: VHS lets you fall asleep to a movie without waking you up with loud menus.

Unless your VCR has an auto-power down timer, then you’ll have your ears blasted off by either static or late-night PBS

What, a man builds a giant mound of dirt in his house and you aren’t entertained?

Author: SilverWook
Time: 31-Mar-2017 9:24 PM
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SwissArmyTin said:

I’ve been arguing with a dude on YouTube who genuinely believes VHS is better than DVDs and Blurays (says they look unnatural, over detailed and VHS is grainier and much more atmospheric, how films from the 80s were supposed to look).

I genuinely thoroughly want to die.

Sounds like the barking loonies I used to see on the IMDB boards who insisted Blu Rays were not better than DVD, and therefore a waste of money.
Tell him Betamax was even better. 😉

Where were you in '77?

Author: SilverWook
Time: 31-Mar-2017 9:25 PM
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SwissArmyTin said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

Also worth noting: VHS lets you fall asleep to a movie without waking you up with loud menus.

Unless your VCR has an auto-power down timer, then you’ll have your ears blasted off by either static or late-night PBS

You could always switch to the line inputs before you start?

Where were you in '77?

Author: suspiciouscoffee
Time: 31-Mar-2017 9:26 PM
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SwissArmyTin said:

Possessed said:

If they made 1080p vhs I’d totally watch it. Pipe it through my digital projector and it’d be almost like watching a film for movies that only have squeaky clean digital masters.

D-VHS is digital 1080i on tape, so yeah, there’s that. Not many films were released on it, though.

I need something in this magical format and I need it yesterday!

Author: SilverWook
Time: 31-Mar-2017 9:28 PM
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suspiciouscoffee said:

VHS is better until you want to watch Tron with your brother and a mutual friend late on a Friday night but the player in the bottom of the TV violently shoots the tape back out at you, making you too scared to use that player for a while.

Just kidding, VHS isn’t better, but the rest of the story is true, and perhaps my favorite story of my early-double-digit-years.

Where were you in '77?

Author: suspiciouscoffee
Time: 1-Apr-2017 12:00 AM
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Possessed said:

it’d be almost like watching a film for movies that only have squeaky clean digital masters.

Author: suspiciouscoffee
Time: 1-Apr-2017 12:02 AM
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SilverWook said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

VHS is better until you want to watch Tron with your brother and a mutual friend late on a Friday night but the player in the bottom of the TV violently shoots the tape back out at you, making you too scared to use that player for a while.

Just kidding, VHS isn’t better, but the rest of the story is true, and perhaps my favorite story of my early-double-digit-years.

Imagine that, except the TV and VCR are above you on a stand thing mounted on the wall, so the projectile is like a bomb dropped on to the unassuming, helpless target.