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Sunflower
Valinor
Aug 31 2009, 6:53am
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I've read a bit on the subject, mostly on Nikki Finke's site, and I've been uncomfortable about what I've read. You're right about the well-known film being preserved (they want to milk that ol' DVD dollar), while allowing other less "accessible" classics to fall by the wayside.. Regarding preservation technology: All this ignorant JQ public film "consumer" can say is this: I still own, in the closet, a cassette-playing Walkman and my DVD player is a combo VHS/DVD player. I can still play my vintage 1983 cassette copy of U2's "War" on my casette player perfectly. (Granted, side 1 doesn't work--it was played to death in the 80's--but side 2 works fine. (Thank God it was one of those "full album on each side" things.) I can still pop my played-to-death-vintage 1981 VHS copy of "The Empire Strikes Back" into the VHS part of the machine, and it works as good as the day I got =it as a birthday gift when I was a little kid. However, when I pop in my only 6-yr-old ROTK EE DVD into the DVD part of the machine, I now have to skip a couple of scenes which have been played to death and have begun ,a couple of times, to get that "frozen Picasso painting" look when the screen freezes into a million glaring pixels. It only happens a couple of times, but if I play it too much more it will go that way permanently, and I want to preserve my LOTR DVD's, whatever format becomes available..for nostalgia's sake. Juat as I preserved the former two works of art in the format they were first released in. We all know what happens to a DVD that's been played too much. Ironically, wasn't that the argument that was hyped to sell DVD's-that they were supposed to last forever? How can we gauantee that the same won't be true of Blu-Ray? You never really know until 10 or 15 yrs passes. But I am finding that today, in so many areas, from cars to stero systems to clothes, things were really made better 20 + yrs ago. They weren't deliberately cheaply made to force you to buy it again and again, just to fill a CEO's pocket with that nice fat Christmas bonus, without which they cannot breathe. An issue that of course was not an issue 20+ yrs ago when the studios were owned by smaller companies run by MOVIE MEN and not dishwasher or whisky salesmen, and who did require such huge huge paychecks--which they knew were impossible anyway b/c being mive men they knew how risky the art form was, yet loved it so much they stayed in it to take those artistic risks. Speaking of filling CEO's pockets with nice fat Christmas bonuses--check out these coments from Jim Cameron himself, and the company he's teaming up with for the Avatar release: http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/node/42123 esp the comments from the Pansonic CEO. "It has to be a blockbuster to get 3D to be watched in the home." ?? Are we hyping a movie here, or just trying to sell more HDTV's and Blu-Ray players, a source of income to take the place of declining real ticket sales? Sorry Mr. Cameron--I admire you but not here. You're pimping Panasonic product, but we have yet to hear a peep about the details of the STORY behind Avatar. Reminds me of recording artists giving their songs away for car commercials. Excuse me for my skepticim...
(This post was edited by Sunflower on Aug 31 2009, 7:01am)
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Time
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Please let those 3D 'Hobbit' rumors rest in peace
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MrCere
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Aug 28 2009, 9:50am
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Good.
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Buchanicus
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Aug 28 2009, 10:26am
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agree
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Mitrandir
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Aug 28 2009, 10:59am
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LOL Love the graphic!!!
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debo
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Aug 28 2009, 11:26am
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How do I say "YAY" in 3D?
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Earl
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Aug 28 2009, 11:39am
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Is it just me...
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Parker
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Aug 28 2009, 11:52am
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Good good! Consistency till death!
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xxxyyy
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Aug 28 2009, 12:21pm
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I love consistancy, too. And LotR was in 2D. But...
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Patty
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Aug 28 2009, 12:26pm
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Del Toro Said Exactly... Nothing.
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jimdorey
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Aug 28 2009, 1:01pm
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a possible interpret.
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Mithrandír
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Aug 28 2009, 1:25pm
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Double-speak
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Gwynhyffar
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Aug 28 2009, 1:41pm
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How are 3D scripts different from 2D scripts?
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squire
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Aug 28 2009, 2:19pm
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Clearing up misconceptions
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jimdorey
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Aug 28 2009, 2:30pm
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Perhaps
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Tim
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Aug 28 2009, 2:39pm
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He
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jimdorey
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Aug 28 2009, 2:53pm
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Mislead or sidestep...
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Tim
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Aug 28 2009, 7:12pm
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T
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Ceres_the_Dwarf_(planet)
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Aug 30 2009, 6:36pm
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Hmm..
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Radagast_the_Brown
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Aug 30 2009, 7:17pm
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Regardless-
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Guillermo
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Aug 30 2009, 7:55pm
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WM3-D .......Love it!
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farmer maggot
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Aug 30 2009, 8:15pm
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Nice one G.
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Ataahua
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Aug 30 2009, 8:30pm
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LOL //
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Magpie
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Aug 30 2009, 8:39pm
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LOL!
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Sunflower
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Aug 30 2009, 9:37pm
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Okay, I get the absurdity...
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Ceres_the_Dwarf_(planet)
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Aug 30 2009, 8:43pm
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Period. Full stop!
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grammaboodawg
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Aug 31 2009, 1:18am
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G's Not a Crook!
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Tim
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Aug 31 2009, 1:19am
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Sounds pretty clear to me....
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Donry
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Aug 31 2009, 3:54pm
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LOL!
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Alassëa Eruvande
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Sep 4 2009, 2:57pm
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[no subject]
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mordor89
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Sep 19 2009, 6:55pm
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I'd just like to say...
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Buchanicus
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Aug 28 2009, 9:17pm
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I saw the Avatar trailer on a 2D screen...
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Snaga
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Aug 28 2009, 11:13pm
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Maybe augmented reality is a part of the answer to future 3D reality, if you don't want to wear those glasses?
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Theodred
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Aug 30 2009, 7:38pm
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Didn't look that impressive to me
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shadowdog
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Aug 31 2009, 4:32pm
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Why on a screen?
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Theodred
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Aug 31 2009, 8:51pm
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this here is the very reason
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weathertop
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Aug 31 2009, 9:07pm
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That will probably also change in the future,
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Theodred
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Aug 31 2009, 9:27pm
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Want!
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Ainu Laire
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Sep 1 2009, 9:19am
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Wow, flashback to Fahrenheit 451.
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Ataahua
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Aug 31 2009, 9:28pm
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No.
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Eowyn of Penns Woods
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Sep 1 2009, 4:00am
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I have to disagree with you I'm afraid.
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Theodred
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Sep 1 2009, 9:06pm
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Then call it a hybrid?
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Eowyn of Penns Woods
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Sep 1 2009, 10:36pm
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yes
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Mithrandír
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Aug 28 2009, 3:15pm
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Well said
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Tim
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Aug 28 2009, 2:33pm
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How do you punish your anonymous sources when they're wrong?
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N.E. Brigand
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Aug 28 2009, 3:08pm
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Sources aren't responsible when the situation changes.
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Elizabeth
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Aug 28 2009, 9:39pm
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Acountability
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Tim
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Aug 28 2009, 9:50pm
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Did the situation change?
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N.E. Brigand
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Aug 28 2009, 10:29pm
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As I recall, he said he wanted to...
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Elizabeth
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Aug 29 2009, 8:07am
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Well reasoned...
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jimdorey
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Aug 29 2009, 3:26pm
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Oh, well-
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Guillermo
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Aug 30 2009, 6:01am
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Thank you!
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Elizabeth
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Aug 30 2009, 7:17am
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Thankyou...
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Radagast_the_Brown
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Aug 30 2009, 7:25am
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Thank you
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Peredhil lover
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Aug 30 2009, 10:44am
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Thank you for giving us the most definitive reply possible on this!
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farmer maggot
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Aug 30 2009, 10:59am
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I believe Jim-
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Guillermo
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Aug 30 2009, 11:10am
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That clears that up...
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CuChulainn
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Aug 30 2009, 11:54am
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Well yeah Jim ain't the Devil
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Tim
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Aug 30 2009, 3:58pm
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Add me to the "thank you's"
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Sunflower
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Aug 30 2009, 4:08pm
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Good questions....
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Tim
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Aug 30 2009, 4:16pm
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1's and 0's
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Tim
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Aug 31 2009, 1:54am
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Read anything from your old 5" floppies lately, or some Wordstar files from college?
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squire
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Aug 31 2009, 3:03am
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oh, no man fer sure dvd's ain't going to be around long
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Tim
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Aug 31 2009, 5:19am
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Well...
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Sunflower
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Aug 31 2009, 6:53am
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One last thing
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Sunflower
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Aug 31 2009, 7:32am
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Thank you for the comments and added extras!
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farmer maggot
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Aug 30 2009, 5:56pm
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Aha!
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Curious
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Aug 30 2009, 9:30pm
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*huge smile*
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grammaboodawg
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Aug 31 2009, 1:40am
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Thank you, sir!
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Ainu Laire
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Aug 30 2009, 12:29pm
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Thanks
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Magpie
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Aug 30 2009, 12:50pm
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Woot Guillermo to the rescue!
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Tim
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Aug 30 2009, 3:44pm
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Doubts About No 3D Weren't Unreasonable
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Ceres_the_Dwarf_(planet)
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Aug 30 2009, 4:11pm
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That's not what was being claimed
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Tim
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Aug 30 2009, 4:51pm
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PJ
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jimdorey
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Aug 29 2009, 3:13pm
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So did the situation change this time too?
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N.E. Brigand
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Aug 30 2009, 7:40am
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hehe...
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Magpie
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Aug 30 2009, 12:52pm
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GdT is the co-screenwriter as well as the director
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Aug 28 2009, 3:23pm
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With all respect, are you kidding?
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MrCere
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Aug 28 2009, 11:19pm
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*stands up in the audience and says "yeah" to what MrCere just said*
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Tim
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Aug 28 2009, 11:43pm
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Well said! *applause*
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Peredhil lover
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Aug 29 2009, 7:35am
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I don't know
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jimdorey
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Aug 29 2009, 3:17pm
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PERIOD! Full Stop! Well done, sir :) //
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grammaboodawg
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Aug 29 2009, 4:41pm
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Yeah he did say no
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Tim
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Aug 28 2009, 1:58pm
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Amazing
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Garfeimao
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Aug 28 2009, 4:19pm
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Just a thought here because both views may be 'right'
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farmer maggot
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Aug 28 2009, 4:22pm
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Good!
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Compa_Mighty
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Aug 28 2009, 4:50pm
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Those malicious Interwebs
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lumpkin
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Aug 29 2009, 3:05am
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lumpkin!!!!!
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grammaboodawg
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Aug 29 2009, 4:48pm
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Hi Lumpkin!
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Patty
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Aug 29 2009, 6:40pm
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