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ok, I'm on a pc now.

I watched Sea Chase.

I'm sorry to say that I am still not a fan of war movies. I grew up in a household where Dad watched that stuff *all* *the* *time*... Needless to say, he's a dyed in the wool, right wing nut.

First off, the movie was dripping with testosterone. Angry, muscled up men pushing, shoving, mouthing off. None at all making any attempt what so ever to get along with one another.

As soon as I heard the nazi stuff on radio they were listening to, I lost interest in it.

Lana Turner, as usual, was manhandled and bossed around.

John Wayne, well, he's a manly man. And Sheriff Dillion? WOW! First time I ever saw him with his shirt off!

Some of the other men? Eh, not so hot.

All the fighting and squabbling and plotting was a big turn off.

The bad guy that murdered the stranded men on that island? He sucked. Bad man. Very bad man. I was glad to see him get popped in the mouth but he really deserved much more. But then again, I do not approve of violence.

I guess about half way through or so I found I couldn't follow the plot any more. It was boring and I simply could not focus on the movie any more. I just sort of sat there and it went in one eyeball and out the other. It zombified me I guess you could say. It just stopped registering in my brain at some point and I simply sat through till it ejected out of the player. :sleeo :sleeo :sleeo :sleeo

I did notice that Wayne seemed to be a decent man, the most decent of the lot.
I mean like he was trying to do the right thing all the way through and had a rough time dealing with rowdy men who wanted to overthrow him and take over.
And he was *pi:ed off big times about the murderer guy.

The kid that killed himself, I think that's actually the point where I went into zombie mode. I didn't need to see that. I don't like to see that. I'm very sensitive on that particular subject.

The end was totally confusing to me. The sinking ship and all, I don't at all get that part. Again, I was in zombie mode by then.

Marshall Dillion without a shirt on? That was the *best* I've ever seen him. (I hate westerns)


Oh, and your list of other movies. Hmm.

I have heard of High Noon but I don't think I've ever seen it.

"Meet John Doe, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence, A Man to Remember, The Glenn Miller Story (that's one of my all time favorites), Heaven Knows Mr. Allison"

Never heard of any of those and never seen them, to the best of my knowledge unless maybe Dad watched them when I was little. I do not know.

The Bridge on the River Kwai and the African Queen, I have seen both of those. The bridge movie, that was so totally depressing I vowed never to see it again. The African Queen, I simply didn't care to sit through it. An alcoholic, dirty old man in a dirty old boat and the constant bickering just wasn't my idea of entertainment.
That was another unmemorable movie for me. I'm not a Bogart fan.

I also saw that movie with Bogart, the "Play it again Sam" movie. I don't remember the name of it. I didn't care for it either.

I assume that a constant consumption of war movies is a staple of the male entertainment diet. It was with my dad and most men I have ever met.
Men like fighting, killing, destruction, things blowing up, monstrous fireballs, fast driving, crashes, rockets, guns, guns and more guns and pretty, young women in skimpy outfits.

I watched that STUPID movie, Transformers with my grandson and I was 101% turned off by it. What's with all the silly machines that flip and fold and mutate into various other machines? That's so totally impossible and just stupid. Death and destruction was the bottom line of that stupid movie.

I would have rather that he not had seen that movie. But his mother insisted I take him to see it. Ugh. I wanted to walk out.

When my son was little, he used to watch Power Rangers and Ninja Turtles.
During the show he would sit perfectly still and quiet. He would get MAD if anyone talked during his show and tell you off, fast.

When a commercial break would come on, he would go insane and start beating up his little sister, throwing couch cushions around the room, jumping and kicking and just go crazy. He was acting out what he saw in the tv shows. And he acted it out on his sister. I didn't like him watching that nonsense but guess who sat and watched it with him? His dad.

Thank goodness he outgrew that stuff and turned out to be a good young man despite his radical childhood.

I really don't understand the male attraction to violence and destruction. "Do it my way or we'll kill you and blow everything up!" is how most movies go.
And in the real world that's mostly how it goes too. Talk trash, point guns and if talking trash fails, pull the trigger and shoot it out. One on one and country on country.

I am against war, all wars, for whatever reason. People need to leave people be.
Stop bossing people around, stop threatening people with destruction if they don't worship you. Stop threatening people if they don't accept your god. Stop threatening people if they don't chew bubble gum the way you do. Please.

Live and let live. It's easy. I've heard the term, "Agree to disagree" then walk off. Go back to your country, your house and do your own thing, as long as it hurts no one else.

I can't and won't apologise for my lack of enthusiasm for the genre of entertainment that focuses on war, fighting, destruction, death, killing, violence, etc..

And really, there's just far too much of that stuff out there. Men are roughly half the planet's population (I think) but entertainment is dominated by malecentric themes by probably 90% if not more. Yes, I know it's a man's world and men run the world and all that but ya'll also run and control movies, tv and the remote control at home. There's so very little out there for our half of the planet. So very little.

On the FTA satellite it's the same thing. Look at the RTV lineup, 99% the shows are malecentric. The one sort of exception is Alfred Hitchcock. His show varies from time to time on the characters.

I have never had any luck finding "I Love Lucy" on that tele-culture channel.
ION is like either infomercials or religious stuff everytime I tune to it. I don't bother anymore. The History channel is usually stupid stuff, like UFO's, Big Foot and Nostradomus nonsense. What has that to do with history? Please. I do like their shows on the universe and how the earth was made, those are interesting.

PBS (I think there are 6 PBS channels) almost always has something interesting to watch. Not always but usually.

Really, that's about all I get. I get the local OTA channels but most of that is brain dead sitcoms for the shallow thinker.

There is one sitcom I miss a lot, Grace under Fire. Brett Butler, oh I love her! Her deadpan delivery was always so on the mark and usually oh so true. She was truly a very, very funny woman. I haven't seen her on tv in ages.
Rosanne is ok but more crude than Grace. Not a very classy woman. Still, she has her funny moments. I was getting that on TV Land for a bit just before they killed that. And I liked the Beverly Hillbillies a lot. Granny was so darn funny! Sigh. All gone now.

One of the local OTA's is CW and they play Rosanne sometimes. Oh, and Married with Children. I'm not much of a fan of that show, Al treats Peg so badly. The whole family is so hateful towards one another. I do love Peg's hair though, I keep swearing that one day I'm going to do a Peg Bundy hairdo, just for fun. I've got the red, I just need it to be a bit longer, that's a LOT of teasing going on there. Yes, I know, that's silly but you have to have a little fun now and then.

My friend has cable and she gets like all the women's channels, Lifetime, WE, Oxygen, etc. But to get all the women's channels you have to subscribe to the most expensive channel package, they put those at the top of the digital package and you have to shell out the big gold to get them. : And you also have to subsidise a truckload of crummy channels that you hate and will never watch and many of them you may even object to. So I should pay for channels I object to and refuse to watch? I don't think so.

Because you can't chose only the channels you want and pay for only those channels, I refuse to play their game. I could live with say a dozen channels of my choosing but they refuse to allow me that option. Pay TV is a scam and a rip off. :
You do NOT get what you pay for. You pay BIG $$$ for only a scant few watchable channels, the rest going unwatched forever.

There really is not much on tv or in movies that I can call "entertainment".
I don't really watch that much tv to be honest. The tv is almost always on, for background noise. I'm usually on the phone with my BFF or online chatting with friends. I rarely actually sit and actually watch anything. I like Leave it to Beaver but often I miss it in the mornings. I like Adam-12 and Dragnet but usually have them turned down, that's when my best friend *always* calls to chat. Bless her heart, I just can't find it in me to ask her not to call in the afternoons so I can watch a tv show. I usually have to try and catch it at the west coast repeat a few hours later. Her and I, we kill a LOT of cell phone batteries. I ended up buying a battery cradle for my iPhone so I can make it through the day. iPhones have terrible battery life BTW. She doesn't watch tv at all. They have satellite but she just doesn't watch it, ever. Her boyfriend watches the History channel all the time, she just ignores it, tunes it out. I agree with her, very little of value shows on the History channel.

I wish there were more free GOOD channels on satellite but America is too commercialised, too profit driven, too greedy, to capitalistic to allow anyone to get anything for free. Goddess forbid, one dare not even THINK of using the word "free" in conversation, how totally un-American, how alien a concept, "free"..

In socialist Europe there are lots of free things. Lots of free tv channels for people.
Must be rough, living in a socialist society like they do in Europe. I wonder if we *might* get some free channels soon, what with our new socialist president? I mean everyone says he's a socialist so I guess we should be getting all sorts of free things soon.

Ok, I'm tired, I've ranted on enough. I'm sure you think I'm a total kook by now. That's cool, I know I'm a bit kooky, I don't really go with the flow, I sort of stepped out of the mainstream and decided I wanted to be a free thinker. !protest

I'm sorry to disappoint but I just couldn't get into the movie, those sort of movies just don't do anything for me. Please, just remember, men and women see things very differently, we have different priorities and interests. All the wishing and hoping in the world won't change my lack of interest in war things. I'm against war, it's a huge turn off for me. I grew up in a household where I was exposed to a LOT of that, Dad controlled the tv when I was little and he still does to this day. That's why Mom watches tv in the bedroom and Dad watches tv in the living room. I really saw more of that stuff than I wish I had.

At this point I think I will say goodnight and get some much needed rest. Tomorrow I have chores to do that I will not enjoy.

Nite nite all.. :sleeo :sleeo :sleeo

Dee,

Shucks, I had hoped that you would have liked the movie better. Oh well, that's alright. At least you got to see Marshall Dillon with his shirt off! Ha Ha!

I think that you did catch the idea that inspired me about the movie, and that was John Wayne's character throughout.

He was always in the middle of something bad. Fighting Nazis on one side, running from the British Navy on the other and trying to squelch a mutiny among his own men. But, all along, maintaining dignity and being a humanitarian. Like when he gave the old cook the job of lookout, to make him feel that he was just as important as any other crew member. Or when he recalled the names of the two dead soldiers from long ago who were buried on that island. Or when he set the injured men and the dead crewmember out on the liferaft so that they could be cared for properly, as well as being a decoy.

Yes, I think you picked up on that, but the rest of the movie wasn't a turn on for you. Sorry that it wasn't.

You might like Mr. Smith Goes to Washington or Meet John Doe better. No war stuff in there.

Gordy

Dee Ann, why not invest in a DVD Burner, they are not very expensive now, Wal*Mart (or as they now portray themselves ... Walmart*) has several well under the $100 price range.

Set up timers, both on your Sat receiver and on the burner, then you can watch the programs YOU want to watch, WHEN you want to watch them?

I buy blank DVD-R discs very cheaply, and even cheaper if you buy then in the 100 packs, about $30 per 100 at Sams Club, Costco, Frys, places like that.

Hope this helps.

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Dee_Ann said:

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One of the local OTA's is CW and they play Rosanne sometimes. Oh, and Married with Children. I'm not much of a fan of that show, Al treats Peg so badly. The whole family is so hateful towards one another. I do love Peg's hair though, I keep swearing that one day I'm going to do a Peg Bundy hairdo, just for fun. I've got the red, I just need it to be a bit longer, that's a LOT of teasing going on there. Yes, I know, that's silly but you have to have a little fun now and then.
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I'm sorry to disappoint but I just couldn't get into the movie, those sort of movies just don't do anything for me. Please, just remember, men and women see things very differently, we have different priorities and interests....

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That's cool Dee_Ann. I don't think less of you for voicing your opinion.

It would be boring if everyone was the same.

However, I don't see how Peg Bundy treats Al nicely either... That kind of entertainment is not everyone's cup of tea... But in the end, their make believe family sticks together in their own way...

By the way, that was not the first episode or pilot episode of Adam-12.

Phottoman said:

Dee Ann, why not invest in a DVD Burner, they are not very expensive now, Wal*Mart (or as they now portray themselves ... Walmart*) has several well under the $100 price range.

Set up timers, both on your Sat receiver and on the burner, then you can watch the programs YOU want to watch, WHEN you want to watch them?

I buy blank DVD-R discs very cheaply, and even cheaper if you buy then in the 100 packs, about $30 per 100 at Sams Club, Costco, Frys, places like that.

Hope this helps.

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Well actually, I have a pc home entertainment center. There's two tuner cards in it, one for satellite and one for local OTA. (I learned that OTA thing from you guys)

The pc can record and save videos on a schedule, the only problem is is that it does not at all show me what is coming up in the future nor does it even tell me what's playing right now, unlike my new HDTV which does. The HDTV doesn't record though. LOL..

So IF I know in advance that something is coming on, I can schedule it to record into the pc. I do have it scheduled to switch channels all through the day to *view* programs that I know come on at the same time every day. Like Leave it to Beaver, The Morning Show (RTV), Adam-12, etc... All day, every day it automatically changes channels by itself to the shows I like.

My roomie was tripping out about it for a few weeks, she thought the TV was possessed. I tried to explain to her it was automated but she didn't get it.

So anyway, I can play back the things I record but it's kinda clunky to do. I really hate Windows Media Center and it hates me back. I've tried all sorts of media center programs but never really found ONE that does everything. Oh well.

But DVD's? I haven't made any in ages. Too expensive. I did the match and figured out, I think, that it's cheaper just to put a new drive in the pc when the old one fills up, set the old one aside and deal with it in the future someday. Or maybe they will make a super big like ziggabyte drive and I can copy ALL of everything into one big fat drive.

guapoharry said:

That's cool Dee_Ann. I don't think less of you for voicing your opinion.

It would be boring if everyone was the same.

However, I don't see how Peg Bundy treats Al nicely either... That kind of entertainment is not everyone's cup of tea... But in the end, their make believe family sticks together in their own way...

By the way, that was not the first episode or pilot episode of Adam-12.

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Oh, I know Peg is equally mean to Al. It's a little circle of meanness they have going on there.

On the Adam-12, I swear I thought that was the very first one ever.
But you're 100% correct! I double checked on IMDB and that was actually Season 3, episode 8.

Season 3, Episode 8: Elegy for a Pig

Original Air Date—21 November 1970
In this documentary style episode, Malloy narrates the story of his best friend Officer Tom Porter, who was killed chasing a suspect. He talks about how he and Porter applied for and attended the academy together and their history as members of the force. It also looks at Porter's personal life including how he met his wife Marge on the day he applied for the force and the birth of his two children.

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Well darn. And I thought I was going to be able to catch the series from the very, very beginning. Oh well... I stand corrected. And red faced.. LOL

Thank you!

AcWxRadar said:

Dee,

Shucks, I had hoped that you would have liked the movie better. Oh well, that's alright. At least you got to see Marshall Dillon with his shirt off! Ha Ha!

I think that you did catch the idea that inspired me about the movie, and that was John Wayne's character throughout.

He was always in the middle of something bad. Fighting Nazis on one side, running from the British Navy on the other and trying to squelch a mutiny among his own men. But, all along, maintaining dignity and being a humanitarian. Like when he gave the old cook the job of lookout, to make him feel that he was just as important as any other crew member. Or when he recalled the names of the two dead soldiers from long ago who were buried on that island. Or when he set the injured men and the dead crewmember out on the liferaft so that they could be cared for properly, as well as being a decoy.

Yes, I think you picked up on that, but the rest of the movie wasn't a turn on for you. Sorry that it wasn't.

You might like Mr. Smith Goes to Washington or Meet John Doe better. No war stuff in there.

Gordy

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Well now that you point those things out, yes, I see what you are talking about now.
I just sort of watched it with a glazed over, glassy eyed zombie stare. Much of it went right over my head. Maybe because I was looking for some secret hidden message in it or something. I just didn't know what I was supposed to be looking for. Maybe I'll watch it again in the bedroom on the big tv where there's no distractions and the screen is waaaay nicer.

I'll ask Dad about the other two movies next week, he may have them as well since my folks collect vintage movies.

Thanks!

Dee_Ann said:

Oh, I know Peg is equally mean to Al. It's a little circle of meanness they have going on there.

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Married With Children is fun to watch. It's so far out it's almost slapstick... Or, perhaps, a live-action version of The Simpsons ...

It seems you have the basics, but to know WHAT and WHEN something is coming on, why not look into TYTANTV, their schedual is as good and reliable as anything I have found, and you can set it to your favorite programs, plus the locals. You can customize it to only the stations you watch, both OTA and satellite.

At least this way it will give you an idea what's coming so you can set your timers to see only the programs you may miss while you are out.

Just a thought.

As far as "expensive," you CAN buy the discs in bulk, as I said, about 30 cents each bought by the hundred, or for a few pennies more, get RW (re-writable) discs, after you watch a program, erase it and re-record ... again, just a thought.

Dee_Ann said:

Well actually, I have a pc home entertainment center. There's two tuner cards in it, one for satellite and one for local OTA. (I learned that OTA thing from you guys)

The pc can record and save videos on a schedule, the only problem is is that it does not at all show me what is coming up in the future nor does it even tell me what's playing right now, unlike my new HDTV which does. The HDTV doesn't record though. LOL..

So IF I know in advance that something is coming on, I can schedule it to record into the pc. I do have it scheduled to switch channels all through the day to *view* programs that I know come on at the same time every day. Like Leave it to Beaver, The Morning Show (RTV), Adam-12, etc... All day, every day it automatically changes channels by itself to the shows I like.

My roomie was tripping out about it for a few weeks, she thought the TV was possessed. I tried to explain to her it was automated but she didn't get it.

So anyway, I can play back the things I record but it's kinda clunky to do. I really hate Windows Media Center and it hates me back. I've tried all sorts of media center programs but never really found ONE that does everything. Oh well.

But DVD's? I haven't made any in ages. Too expensive. I did the match and figured out, I think, that it's cheaper just to put a new drive in the pc when the old one fills up, set the old one aside and deal with it in the future someday. Or maybe they will make a super big like ziggabyte drive and I can copy ALL of everything into one big fat drive.

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I have found that using a hard drive to store the shows is the easiest for my situation. once you have a few shows recorded, it is too time consuming to try to either copy them to DVD or to master a DVD out of the files. VideoReDo does an excellent job of repairing files with any problems. I highly reconmend VideoReDo. Unfortunatelly, I have the same problem in that Titantv only gives a show discription and not an episode discription for my RTV listings. As for playing the files, if the computer is powerfull enough, it is just a matter of finding the right codecs to play the files smoothly. This can be a hugh task though, as one combination of codecs might play some files great and others poorly. One other way to go is to use a media tank to play your files on a tv. You record the files to an external hard disk, remove the hard disk and plug it into the media tank when you want to play them. I have heard many good comments on the Westen Digital media tank, but do not have one. It's on my list to keep an eye out for one during the boxing day sales. The popcorn hour gets great reviews, but is pricey.
Using hard drives to store your files is great, but you loose a lot of programs if one fails, not just 2 or 3 shows. When my internal hard drive starts filling up, I copy the shows to a USB external hard drive. Good deals on 1TB hard drives. They can be found around here for $89.00 CAN.

P.S. Does anyone have a listing for the RTV Ku satellite feeds that gives episode information?

Larry1 said:

One other way to go is to use a media tank to play your files on a tv. You record the files to an external hard disk, remove the hard disk and plug it into the media tank when you want to play them. I have heard many good comments on the Westen Digital media tank, but do not have one. It's on my list to keep an eye out for one during the boxing day sales. The popcorn hour gets great reviews, but is pricey.

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I have and love the WDTV Live, there's very little the box won't play. At the price, I'm recommending them to my friends who want to be able to play back some of my AVCHD recordings but don't have fast enough PCs to deal with AVC.