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In Reply to: A Beautiful Mind & Fight Club posted by petew on August 10, 2002 at 08:43:58:

A Beautiful Mind stays then, and partly because its merit is controversial here. I find Nash's work interesting, to say the least, and I got the DVD because it was about him, and not for any other reason. After reading the comments here I was considering trading it in for The Wrath of Khan, but I probably wouldn't have understood it anyway.
I also have and like Fight Club.
I will get Minority Report when it comes out, another mixed opinion one here. I like Dick's stuff a lot, but do realize that since most people watching movies aren't doing acid, the story must be adjusted to be even mildly comprehensible.

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Got the Wrath of Khan anyway :) - cfraser 21:12:04 08/11/02 (9)
Was just kidding. It's my favorite Star Trek movie. I really do understand it...I think.
OT: Picked up the Simpsons 2 too. Wasn't a fan, the very few episodes I caught on telly sucked, Simpsons 1 DVD I started to get interested in by the end. I actually LOL several times in the first couple episodes of 2. It is IMO far superior to the first season, even so far I've watched it surpasses the whole other DVD in every possible way. [I don't have broadcast TV/sat/cable here.]
- Atta boy! (nt) - Harmonia 22:56:05 08/13/02 (0)
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- Re: Khanis interruptis? _ <nt> - Mart 11:17:32 08/12/02 (7)
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  - I like to be able to finish - cfraser 20:28:45 08/12/02 (6)
    in one sitting. I haven't looked at the Khan yet. The Simpsons DVD is good for me because I can grab a half hour here and there in between other stuff. I can easily see now how some could become fanatics, I picked up on a certain progression near the end of the first season DVD, and it is definitely going uphill where I am in the second season, getting very clever.
    [OT: I would like to see Seinfeld on DVD. I have never seen a Seinfeld episode, not being a TV watcher (broadcast I mean), and everybody says I would like it, I do like his older standup stuff.]
    - Simpson's is great...But I find the cartoon Family Guy to be even better.... - Mrs. Piggy 12:20:04 08/13/02 (5)
      The last season of Simpsons have been good--last year wasn't too thrilling.
      O.T. A funny series/sitcom on Sunday is Malcom in the Middle--only a half hour as well.
      mp
      - Thanks for the info - cfraser 14:06:57 08/13/02 (4)
        
        In Reply to: Simpson's is great...But I find the cartoon Family Guy to be even better.... posted by Mrs. Piggy on August 13, 2002 at 12:20:04:
        
        I have "heard of" the two series you mentioned, but have never heard any details about them...since I don't have cable etc. here, I'll have to wait until they put them out on DVD.
        Is Malcolm in the Middle an old British series? I vaguely recall hearing that name quite a few years ago.
        
        Look for them. I'm sure they will come out on dvd soon.... - Mrs. Piggy 20:50:21 08/13/02 (3)
        
        In Reply to: Thanks for the info posted by cfraser on August 13, 2002 at 14:06:57:
        
        They are very popular here.
        Family Guy is like the Critic--only more irreverent. Makes great political/social observations in a wacky surreal manner.
        Malcom highlights the comical attempts of a dysfunctional family to maintain normalcy. A middle age couple, dealing with the everyday problems of raising four, very different, boys (that should paint a detailed picture!).
        I haven't heard that it was a British sitcom.
        mp
        
        You know how like tends to hang with like? - cfraser 21:25:03 08/13/02 (2)
        
        In Reply to: Look for them. I'm sure they will come out on dvd soon.... posted by Mrs. Piggy on August 13, 2002 at 20:50:21:
        
        None of my friends watch TV either, at least I haven't caught them, they don't talk about it if they do, so I'm clueless about the Critic too. It's not because I don't like TV, I just grew up in places that either didn't have TV (no, I'm not THAT old, I'm talking 60's), or had one poor channel, so I never got into the habit. Do I sound like your parents: "we made our own fun"? [Course, not so much time for TV for me back then, after I crawled the 17 miles home from school, where beating was the learning tool of choice.]
        Malcolm...a pretty British name, not so common this side. Maybe it is one of those (many) TV series that was translated from Britain to here? Or it could be my imagination again. Anyway, I am finding I enjoy TV series on DVD, sans commercials, and have quite a few old and current ones now, mostly comedies as that seems to be what they put out, some of the HBO ones are quite well done.
        
        Re: Critic - Mart 09:36:22 08/16/02 (0)
        
        In Reply to: You know how like tends to hang with like? posted by cfraser on August 13, 2002 at 21:25:03:
        
        Picture an animated cartoon of a socially-regressed witty (but not intelligent) male movie critic on broadcast TV & single parent of a less experienced mini me. Yet in his world his personality inadequacies are nothing compared to almost everyone else. What's more he realizes the absurdity of issues that others don't notice and/or don't care. It's sort of a NYC attitude lost in superficial Hollywood environment. As he struggles against the proverbial machine in his usual tirade you don't know whether he'll win over apathy.
        PS: personally the episodes run the gambit from priceless jewels to unmitigated crap IMHO.
        
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        It sounds like you got a good thing going there.... - Mrs. Piggy 19:58:37 08/14/02 (0)
        
        In Reply to: You know how like tends to hang with like? posted by cfraser on August 13, 2002 at 21:25:03:
        
        99% of TV is pure crap anyway--and it is wonderful not to have to put up with commercials. Your way, you don't waste your time with the drivel.
        mp

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