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From: Ian McCall on 4 Jan 2010 16:15 On 2010-01-04 16:21:51 +0000, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> said: > I much prefer 'Excalibur', if only for Nicol Williamson's brilliantly odd > portrayal of Merlin. I am incapable of watching any other person playing Merlin, because Nicol Williamson nailed it so perfectly. That's it! Cheers, Ian
From: Jim on 4 Jan 2010 16:26 Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org> wrote: > On 2010-01-04 16:21:51 +0000, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> said: > > > I much prefer 'Excalibur', if only for Nicol Williamson's brilliantly odd > > portrayal of Merlin. > > I am incapable of watching any other person playing Merlin, because > Nicol Williamson nailed it so perfectly. That's it! Exactly. No white bearded grandfather figure here, Nicol played someone who was extraordinarily otherworldly. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Sara Merriman on 4 Jan 2010 16:42 In article <a5CdnVJMEfFQuN_WnZ2dnUVZ7rhi4p2d(a)brightview.co.uk>, David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > Sara wrote: > > In article<C7668F34.222D7%lynn.williamson(a)FOREVERREDbtinternet.com>, > > Lynn W<lynn.williamson(a)FOREVERREDbtinternet.com> wrote: > > > >> On 3/1/10 10:16, in article > >> saramerriman-11FAD7.10161303012010(a)news.individual.net, "Sara Merriman" > >> <saramerriman(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > >> > >>> In article<Pine.OSX.4.64.1001022152000.6431(a)iMac.dekay.sytes.net>, > >>> deKay<andyk(a)lofi-gaming.org.uk.invalid> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Sat, 2 Jan 2010, Lynn W wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Having downloaded is it also possible to burn to disc so that it will > >>>>> play > >>>>> on an external DVD Player? > >>>> > >>>> Yes - you can just drag it into iDVD or Toast. > >>>> > >>>> deKay > >>> > >>> I'd go for iDVD. Unless I'm missing something obvious, Toast makes very > >>> poor quality DVDs. > >> > >> I have used Toast when I've been doing a backup of a DVD with no problems > >> they seemed okay. I haven't tried iDVD perhaps I may give it a go if its > >> not too complicated. > >> Lynn > > > > Oh sure, copying is fine. Creating a DVD from something else always > > gives me very flaky results. > > > Have you tried MovieGate. Works well for me - compared that is with iDVD. No, but to be honest it's not something I do often and when I do, iDVD is perfectly good enough. The flaky results referred to above were from using Toast. -- Sara Cuddler of rats, cats and husband
From: Rowland McDonnell on 4 Jan 2010 16:47 Sara <saramerriman(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid (Rowland McDonnell) wrote: > > > But /why/? If you have a friend, don't let them watch that recent > > travesty of JW's classic tale. > > He's a big boy, I'll let him make his own mistakes! The certainty that you were going to respond in a fashion similar to that doesn't mean it's not worth saying that this new Day of the Triffids adaptation is a travesty of the book and I think you ought at least to tell this unsuspecting friend that much. Watch if you like, but remember that this particular adaptation tells a lesser story when measured against the one that John Wyndham wrote - and it's not just a minor gripe. The problem is that the Beeb's adaptor has stolen everything but the point of Wyndham's original thought-provoking warning so he could generate another low-grade sci-fi special effects adventure flick with cardboard cut-out characters on the back of a work of genius - tell your friend that that's the opinion of someone who's loved the real thing almost all his life (I first read it when I was under 10, I know that much). Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Rowland McDonnell on 4 Jan 2010 16:48
Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: [snip] What a grumpy old sour-puss I am. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking |