GundarkHunter

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Join date: 10-Mar-2003
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Post: #46811
Topic: Censorship
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46811/action/topic#46811
Time: 30-Apr-2004 7:58 AM

Bossk, a brief of amicus curiae is a document in support of a particular position on a case. In Canada, we call such parties intervenors, because they are intervening on behalf of one of the primary parties to the case.
As a side note, ClearPlay has a list of films that they will not create filters for, because they feel that the filtering would render these films incomprehensible. On this list are: Schindler's List, The Passion of the Christ, Saving Private Ryan, and several others. I would not be surprised to see either of Bill Hunt's picks added to the list.

Post: #46809
Topic: Evil Empire...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46809/action/topic#46809
Time: 30-Apr-2004 7:55 AM

Just like Republic credits on Tattooine.

Post: #46808
Topic: AVP
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46808/action/topic#46808
Time: 30-Apr-2004 7:54 AM

My guess is he's working in a video store. Can we call you Randall? JK

Post: #46805
Topic: DVDs of 2004?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46805/action/topic#46805
Time: 30-Apr-2004 7:52 AM

125 mins.

Post: #46804
Topic: BaseBall talk
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46804/action/topic#46804
Time: 30-Apr-2004 7:50 AM

Yes, it does. I'll stop if you will.

Post: #46803
Topic: Custom avatars uploaded (finally)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46803/action/topic#46803
Time: 30-Apr-2004 7:50 AM

Nah, if you want to run screaming from musicals, rent Can't Stop the Music, with the Village People.

Post: #46801
Topic: post-secondary education
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46801/action/topic#46801
Time: 30-Apr-2004 7:24 AM

It's the same all over. I got accepted in 1999 with a 75% average, but it seems that grade requirements are getting higher all the time.

Post: #46693
Topic: email notices
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46693/action/topic#46693
Time: 29-Apr-2004 2:12 PM

Also, if logged in, you can click on the Today icon in the upper right hand corner, which will take you to the page where rankings are posted. Your subscriptions will be in the left hand column. Just select the ones you no longer want to subscribe to and click Unsubscribe.

Post: #46691
Topic: AVP
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46691/action/topic#46691
Time: 29-Apr-2004 2:07 PM

Agreed, but the movie goes to shite in the last 30 minutes.

Post: #46690
Topic: Please tell me you love the original TCM over the remake!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46690/action/topic#46690
Time: 29-Apr-2004 2:04 PM

Why is it that most remakes end up dumbing down the originals?

Post: #46688
Topic: Hubert Selby Jr.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46688/action/topic#46688
Time: 29-Apr-2004 1:59 PM

Never read any of his books, but the film of Requiem is a rather harrowing account of how drug addiction destroys lives. A critic once asked Selby why none of the characters died at the end of the book, to which he replied, "That would've been letting them off too easy."

Post: #46687
Topic: DVDs of 2004?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46687/action/topic#46687
Time: 29-Apr-2004 1:55 PM

Personally, I loved Big Fish, but that's probably because I have a dad who is a notorious storyteller, but not in the same way as Edward Bloom. I really connected with it.

Post: #46686
Topic: BaseBall talk
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46686/action/topic#46686
Time: 29-Apr-2004 1:53 PM

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Post: #46684
Topic: Custom avatars uploaded (finally)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46684/action/topic#46684
Time: 29-Apr-2004 1:50 PM

I gotts rent this sometime. I remember it being on TV once, in a horribly dark and muddy 16mm print. It was so bad, I couldn't sit through 5 minutes of it, but I'm definitely willing to give it a second chance.

Post: #46680
Topic: Censorship
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46680/action/topic#46680
Time: 29-Apr-2004 1:44 PM

We've been discussing this over at HTF, and I wrote a paper on the lawsuit (Huntsman v. Soderbergh) for my Entertainment Law class. What the ClearPlay machine does is it uses software filters to mute dialogue and jump over certain scenes. This is facilitated by the timcode embedded in each DVD you buy. The filters in the player are customisable to various levels of intensity, and there are levels for language, violence, nudity, crude dialogue, and the like. You also have the option of never turning the filters on. This is a hot button topic that has a lot of people screaming censorship, but it really isn't if you stop and think about it. First, the DVD is never physically altered; it'll play just fine in any DVD player, including the ClearPlay model. Second, it's user-defined and controlled; while it's not the user that is making the edits, s/he is in control of whether or not the feature will actually be used, and to what extent. Third, and this is my biggest peeve about the court case, if Soderberg et al win, this will further restrict our freedoms as to how we can use copyrighted material. Fan edits? Fugeddaboudit. Chapter search? Ditto. Time code search? Ditto.
BTW, there is legal precedent for ClearPlay and other editing software producers to win this case. It's called Nintendo of America v. Lewis Galoob, more commonly known as the Game Genie case. Here, the judge ruled that Galoob's device did not infringe copyright by creating a derivative work; the derivative work was not in a fixed form, so a person could take the cartridge, w/o the Game Genie, and still play it normally. The parallels are obvious. As a side note, Intel has submitted a brief of amicus curiae supporting this side of the case.
What concerns me more are companies that rent and sell edited versions of movies @ a premium. These guys should have the book thrown @ them.

Post: #46678
Topic: Sin City: The Movie
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46678/action/topic#46678
Time: 29-Apr-2004 1:31 PM

That depends. Rodriguez has reputation for getting actors to do things cheap, simply because they want to work with him. Once Upon a Time in Mexico, for example, looks like a $75-100 million actioner, but Rodriguez saved hugely with the cast and by shooting in HD, so the budget wound up being ~$30 million.

Post: #46676
Topic: Kill Bill Vol.2 reaction thread (beware of eventual spoilers)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46676/action/topic#46676
Time: 29-Apr-2004 1:28 PM

You missed the fact that he shot her with shotgun shells loaded with rock salt, not shot. As Budd told her, it'd sting, but it won't kill her. Personally, I loved this second half. It doesn't have the same visceral impact of Vol. I, but it wasn't meant to; this is supposed to be the contemplative half of the film, wher we figure out why The Bride really left DiVAS, and the end really brings it all together, especially if you have any understanding of psychology.

Post: #46397
Topic: NIKKNOTS Stop your whining. Why not think before you post?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46397/action/topic#46397
Time: 28-Apr-2004 6:09 AM

He could still get Van Ling to produce the DVDs, but Criterion would be in charge of handling the transfer. I don't know how much production work Criterion does in-house. Look @ how different The Royal Tenenbaums was from other Criterion releases.

Post: #46394
Topic: Carrie Fisher vs Natalie Portman
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46394/action/topic#46394
Time: 28-Apr-2004 6:06 AM

Exaclty, DJR. MH's car accident and the botched plastic surgery that followed seriously disfigured his face, a result that has only been amplified by age. That being said, he's probably had the most interesting post-SW career: appearing on stage in Amadeus, doing vocie work for Batman (not to mention a hilarious cameo in the Disney series Pepper Ann), a strong association with the comic book industry; take that, Harrison Ford!

Post: #46391
Topic: Lucas to give the Oscars back to the Academy
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46391/action/topic#46391
Time: 28-Apr-2004 6:02 AM

Yep. The boys are 6 1/2 and 4 respectively.

Post: #46388
Topic: BOYCOTT (the 2004 OT SE DVD release)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46388/action/topic#46388
Time: 28-Apr-2004 6:01 AM

Exactly, DJR.

Post: #46386
Topic: Please tell me you love the original TCM over the remake!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46386/action/topic#46386
Time: 28-Apr-2004 5:58 AM

Like the Land Before Time sequels. Ugh.

Post: #46385
Topic: BaseBall talk
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46385/action/topic#46385
Time: 28-Apr-2004 5:57 AM

He's probably got IB work to do; it's that time of year.

Post: #46383
Topic: James bond is awesome
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46383/action/topic#46383
Time: 28-Apr-2004 5:56 AM

Check him out on IMDb. He's managed to mix a career of both documentaries and feature films, including Gorillas in the Mist, Blink and Nell.

Post: #46380
Topic: Funniest Movie Ever
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46380/action/topic#46380
Time: 28-Apr-2004 5:53 AM

OK.