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08-01-2020 , 01:39 PM

#26

27offsuit

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I do a pretty mean Karl Childers too.

08-01-2020 , 01:40 PM

#27

Bighurt52235

I was born to eat hamburgers

Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 24,218

Ah yes, Mother! was a crazy one. It features a properly shorned Javier Bardem!

08-01-2020 , 01:41 PM

#28

Bighurt52235

I was born to eat hamburgers

Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 24,218

Quote:

Originally Posted by 27offsuit

I do a pretty mean Carl too.

Sometimes I can channel him. Ermmmm, Jesse Dixon, ermmhmmm.

The last time I watched it was my first time on edibles, six years ago.

08-01-2020 , 01:43 PM

#29

LKJ

Smugly Contemptuous

Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 95,986

Quote:

Originally Posted by Howard Treesong

I've watched RfaD several times, and it is perturbing AF every time. I've never watched Sling Blade.

I only saw Sling Blade once. Really liked it, but I don't remember it well at this point. It's probably well worth a rewatch for me.

08-01-2020 , 02:05 PM

#30

marknfw

Gaming Commissioner

Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 13,095

Slingblade is definitely worth a rewatch. HT, you need to see it ASAP. I haven’t seen it in a long time but I can’t imagine it not holding up really well.

08-01-2020 , 07:05 PM

#31

REDeYeS00

always sloppy

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 27offsuit

Anyone who hasn't watched sling blade really should take the time.

It is also interesting in that it was written and directed by nobody Billy Bob Thornton, who figured this was his only real shot at writing, directing and/or acting. A really great film with a ton of heart, especially considering where it came from.

so much this. it was filmed in less than two weeks with a budget of around $1M.

08-01-2020 , 07:23 PM

#32

Bighurt52235

I was born to eat hamburgers

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Its really ****ing nuts that even with inflation, new video games are cheaper than they were 25-30 years ago.

****ing Genesis games would run like $70. I seem to recall, I think it was Virtua Racing, was $99.99!

08-01-2020 , 07:33 PM

#33

LKJ

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When VCRs were new, you had to buy a $100+ membership just for the right to rent videos from the video store. Each rental still carried its own cost on top of that.

08-01-2020 , 08:06 PM

#34

REDeYeS00

always sloppy

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 22,784

i dated a girl in the mid '90s who's dad rented movies by the dozen and recorded them all via vcr to vcr technology. they had a framed-in sun porch that looked like your local blockbuster or hollywood video with racks and racks of tapes. he even typed up the labels and also kept a master list of the movie names and which rack and shelf they were on.
let's just say she was a cheap date.

08-01-2020 , 08:22 PM

#35

pokeraz

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 3,870

We did a lot of recording ourselves. Buying a new release movie was well over $100 back then.

I remember when my dad bought a new ‘4 head’ VCR. We were all amazed how clear the picture was when you hit pause. Lol. That thing was north of a grand.

08-01-2020 , 10:07 PM

#36

whatthejish

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Bighurt52235

It's pretty bananas. Also insane to consider that the games industry is now ten times more profitable than the film industry. I'm guessing that's now slanting even further to do Coronavirus issues.

To the VCR/retro discussion,

I remember helping my dad set up our first DVD player and surround sound system, crawling beneath the floor and running the speaker wires. Pretty sure that whole setup was more than 3 grand. Hilarious to think that "normal DVD" quality is considered subpar today. I get seriously annoyed when the only way to watch a movie is just a DVD.

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08-01-2020 , 10:48 PM

#37

27offsuit

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Just think of the sheer volume of quality DVD's that are now obsolete. Definitely in the billions.

08-01-2020 , 10:49 PM

#38

27offsuit

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I don't even have a DVD player now ffs.

08-01-2020 , 10:50 PM

#39

27offsuit

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In before LKJ asks me if I have a CPU.

08-01-2020 , 10:54 PM

#40

whatthejish

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Originally Posted by 27offsuit

I don't even have a DVD player now ffs.

Recently hit this hurdle as well. Gf and I were in the middle of watching BSG and before we hit season 4 the show was suddenly removed from Prime. After digging out my series DVDs from the very back of my closet, we realized we didn't have a DVD player.

Ended up having to temporarily move my desktop PC downstairs just to watch the final season, lol.

08-01-2020 , 11:01 PM

#41

LKJ

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 27offsuit

In before LKJ asks me if I have a CPU.

You would have been waiting a while on this one, but better safe than sorry to get in early.

08-01-2020 , 11:03 PM

#42

Bighurt52235

I was born to eat hamburgers

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Uhh. Is there a difference between PC and CPU?

08-01-2020 , 11:07 PM

#43

LKJ

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PC at least has a connotation of being non-Mac, but Macs and PCs alike have CPUs.

08-01-2020 , 11:10 PM

#44

EnjoyTheSirens

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Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 86

Quote:

Originally Posted by 27offsuit

I don't even have a DVD player now ffs.

Does this mean you don't have a Blu-Ray or 4K player, either? I have one of each, and I'm pretty sure they will both play my Dirty Harry DVD box set.

08-01-2020 , 11:41 PM

#45

Schlitz mmmm

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Originally Posted by whatthejish

I find Requiem to be quite beautiful, in a harrowing way.The cinematography and editing are stellar. I’ve seen it half a dozen times.

I’d never watch Mother! again, though.

the music is a trip, too. that one piece at the start when they're pushing the TV through the streets. oh it's good

08-01-2020 , 11:52 PM

#46

Villian1

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Is there any reason to have a DVD or Blu-Ray player?

I can understand record players because records sound different (better?) than digital. I can't imagine a world where someone would prefer a lower quality picture.