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From: Jim on 4 Jan 2010 16:52 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > I've got the new series recorded, but I'm having a hard time working up the > > entusiasm to watch it. > > Don't - it's a travesty. The iffy 1970s BBC TV version was much much > better. It was 70s, wasn't it? I recall 1970s hair, anyway. Cardigans. I remember cardigans. And pipes. 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: David Kennedy on 5 Jan 2010 03:30 Sara Merriman wrote: > 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. > Fairy Nuff. -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com
From: Pd on 5 Jan 2010 05:21 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > Don't - it's a travesty. The iffy 1970s BBC TV version was much much > > better. It was 70s, wasn't it? I recall 1970s hair, anyway. > > Cardigans. I remember cardigans. > > And pipes. No dear, that was you, last week. Old age is playing havoc with your memory again. And yes, you've told me about your exploits in the Crimea and Rorke's Drift. -- Pd
From: Pd on 5 Jan 2010 05:22 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > 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. I think Bill Bailey could do a similarly disconcerting Merlin. -- Pd
From: Jim on 5 Jan 2010 05:24
On 2010-01-05, Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > >> > Don't - it's a travesty. The iffy 1970s BBC TV version was much much >> > better. It was 70s, wasn't it? I recall 1970s hair, anyway. >> >> Cardigans. I remember cardigans. >> >> And pipes. > > No dear, that was you, last week. Old age is playing havoc with your > memory again. And yes, you've told me about your exploits in the Crimea > and Rorke's Drift. > Fousands of 'em, there were! Fousands! Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It" |