h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

While I think reading the is essential to an adaptation, in this case Pasternak's work might be a bit too long for those dealing with busy work and school schedules.

Perhaps we can do that for our next movie...

The book and the movie are two completely different beasties and I agree that we shouldn't go through the grief for that.

So Dr. Z it is. There's one night this month I'll never get back

I swear, if I get fttf on one of these we'll all be watching Starship Troopers or some Andy Warhol flick.

Bwahahahahaha

You say that like it is a bad idea Sporky.

FTR I *like* Starship Troopers and think that it is a good flick that bears the same title as a good book that the flick is not actually based on.

I liked Starship Troopers too, even the cgi cartoon wasn't bad.

I too like Starship Troopers, but it was pure fluff and I don't think it has any redeeming merits.

I just checked my local Blockbuster Video online. They have the widescreen version dvd 2 disc set with extra added commentary. So that will be one day for the movie and another for all the additional goodies. I hope it is a 5-day rental.

It's ok. I didn't expect anyone to think it was a good idea. I may have to break down and buy a dvd player. They're getting cheaper aren't they? Everyone tells me they're a lot better than vcrs. The Zhivago set sounds interesting.

You can get a good progressive scan dvd player for about $70 now, Hypatia. Both our dvd and cd players recently kicked the bucket, so we replaced them with a single 5 disc carousel unit that will play dvd, cd, mp3 and photo discs for $135.

So... *hem, hem, hem* ...shouldn't you be starting a new conversation titled 'Dr Zhivago' now, Z?

Because it does seem as if we've agreed to pick that film to be our first one, doesn't it?

Correction - I guess it should be titled

'January 2004: Dr Zhivago'

Last summer my vcr at the library gave out and I bought a combination vcr/dvd player. It's nice. I think it was around $200. But my vcr at home is perfectly good. I hate to get rid of it, but I like the idea of not having to change the connections back and forth. Of course I could hook the dvd player up to F's tv. (We never watch the same thing. )

Indeed we should Titiana, in fact here is the new thread F1715952?thread=365489 ,

Enjoy..

If nothing else, Hypatia, you should get a DVD player for all the special goodies that come with the films. Even the classic Hollywood movies have all these wonderful extras--interviews with the director and actors, documentaries about the filming of the movie, original trailers and even (if it was a big gala event) old newsreels about the film's opening night!

It's amazing how much dvd players have come down in price and are well worth the expenditure, but I wouldn't yet buy a dvd rewriter/recordable. But No1 son's PC has one installed anyway.

Got my DVD player for my birthday in September now have a full shelf of DVDs and expanding.

I *have* a DVD player, but I still prefer the VHS for some reason.

Of course, DVD allows me to save storage space on my steadily growing MST3K collection.

the quality on video is so horrible since i've become accustomed to dvd that i haven't popped a video in the vcr in about five years

We only only use our video for recording from the tv, I haven't bought a prerecorded one in years either. The ones we did watch, such as the orginal Star Wars, we have replaced with dvds.

I know this is extremely early on, but I'd like to make a suggestion for our next movie:

The Manchurian Candidate


I've never seen it, but it is one of those movies that everyone is supposed to have seen, and, frankly, I think it is right up my alley (and a few others').

I was wondering how we would go about selecting movies. Z, have you come up with a procedure yet?

I supose we could all suggest 2 or 3 that we would like to discuss at some point and then a list could be put together.

The Manchurian Candidate is a really wonderful movie.