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Neil Forbes 6th Jul 2015		DVD Young Frankenstein - 20th Century Fox (1998)	Actually, I watched this again last night(I copied the move to my external hard-drive, one of three I have hooked to my computer), the Blücher routine's still good for a laugh! I noticed a "continuity error"(or maybe it was deliberate for comic effect) regarding Kenneth Mars and his "Inspector Kemp" role. Watch him manipulate the so-called prosthetic right arm, then skip forward to the crowd heading for the castle to confront Frankenstein and his monster, suddenly that prosthetic arm's on his left side....Hmmmm, then when the monster(Peter Boyle) speaks and addresses the crowd, that "arm" is back on Mars' right side..... Hmmmm, again!
Neil Forbes 6th Jul 2015		DVD Modern Problems - Anchor Bay Entertainment (2005)	Had a VHS of this(still have it tucked away somewhere). Chevy's revenge on Dabney Coleman had me in fits of laughter when I first saw this! I rented a copy from a video library first, than a year or so later bought a copy. Hilarious stuff, this!
Neil Forbes 5th Jul 2015		DVD Young Frankenstein - 20th Century Fox (1998)	@Monolith: Oh you mean Blücher" Yeah, smarty! For me(probably you, too, Monolith) to add the umlaut, I'd have to type the name in "Word" ten copy/paste it in here with that accent attached.
Neil Forbes 5th Jul 2015		DVD Young Frankenstein - 20th Century Fox (1998)	Awww! Shouldn't have read that Snopes item about Frau Bluecher! It ruined the joke(boo-hoo!), still, I was right about the umlaut over the 'u', that's why the 'e' follows, to compensate for not being able(at the moment) to use the umlaut.
Neil Forbes 5th Jul 2015		DVD Young Frankenstein - 20th Century Fox (1998)	The reason I spelt "Bluecher" the way I did is because I believe the 'u' had an umlaut over it, and when that bit of accent punctuation is unavailable, an 'e' is placed after the accented letter.
Neil Forbes 5th Jul 2015		DVD Young Frankenstein - 20th Century Fox (1998)	Classic moments - and what about that police chief with the fake arm? Ain't he somethin'?
Neil Forbes 5th Jul 2015		DVD Young Frankenstein - 20th Century Fox (1998)	"BLUECHER!" (Whinney-y-y-y-y!)
Neil Forbes 5th Jul 2015		DVD American Graffiti - Universal (2003)	Aah them time warps, they getcha every time! Gotta be extra careful, mein Freund!
Neil Forbes 5th Jul 2015		DVD American Graffiti - Universal (2003)	I think I got the point, RC!.....I think I got the point, RC!.....I think I got the point, RC! (ha-ha) You've just now realised what you did, ay?
Neil Forbes 5th Jul 2015		DVD Young Frankenstein - 20th Century Fox (1998)	Shooting the movie in Black & White usually helps, RC! Did I say "shooting"? Deary me! the thought of all those bullet-holes in the film stock(ha-ha)!
Neil Forbes 5th Jul 2015		DVD American Graffiti - Universal (2003)	Though this has one of the funniest scenes I can remember(police car gives chase to hoons, only to have its rear axle ripped out as it was chained to a post), there is one element that spoiled bot the movie and the soundtrack album... the moronic rantings of that idiot, Wolfman Jack! Glad we don't have his type on Australian radio, ABC, commercial or community stations!
Neil Forbes 5th Jul 2015		DVD Young Frankenstein - 20th Century Fox (1998)	You got me curious, Trainman! C'mon, rack that brain!
Neil Forbes 4th Jul 2015		DVD Young Frankenstein - 20th Century Fox (1998)	Terri Garr really ripped apart that German accent! And what about the horses going crazy at the speaking of the name... Frau "Bluecher"?
Neil Forbes 3rd Jul 2015		DVD Gladiator - Universal (2000)	{burp}! - that was the last thing heard from the Gladiator after he finished his meal!
Neil Forbes 2nd Jul 2015		DVD Gladiator - Universal (2000)	Aah yes, Gladiator, a movie about an Italian cannibal who devoured his mother-in-law.... Glad he ate her(get it? Ha-ha).
Neil Forbes 2nd Jul 2015		DVD The Cat From Outer Space - Anchor Bay Entertainment (2002)	This is one film you'd have to keep away from Magic Marmalade. He may want to put a saddle on this extra-terrestrial moggy!(ha-ha).
Neil Forbes 2nd Jul 2015		DVD Blazing Saddles - Warner Home Video (2002)	@RC: "Imagine it in smellavison haha" Hold your noses, folks!(ha-ha....oh piiieeeewwww!)
Neil Forbes 1st Jul 2015		DVD Blazing Saddles - Warner Home Video (2002)	Ah, the baked bean-eating scene, what a gas!
Neil Forbes 27th Jun 2015		Betamax The Way We Were - RCA / Columbia Pictures (1985)	That's interesting. When video libraries first started(tell me if it was the same in the USA or UK, as it was here in Australia), you'd buy the tape(VHS or Beta) at the cost price(be it $60, $70 or $80 Australian), you'd take it home, watch it then bring it back to the store and swap it for another in the same cassette format. Then came the libraries that charged a nominal #5 overnight fee and you returned the tape the following day. Older titles could be hired on a weekly basis. Sound familiar?
Neil Forbes 25th Jun 2015		Blu-ray The Fog [1980] - Optimum Releasing (2008)	"Seen the original 1979 movie that female radio announcers voice sigh!!!!!!!!!" Oh RC, *beeeehhhhaaaaayyyyyve yeeeerrrrseeeeellllffff!*
Neil Forbes 23rd Jun 2015		DVD Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 - Warner Home Video (2011)	Packaging on this is different to the Aussie issue. I have all 8 movies - CLASSIC!
Neil Forbes 23rd Jun 2015		Blu-ray The Fog [1980] - Optimum Releasing (2008)	I was given a VHS of this at first, then got hold of a DVD of it - wide-screen and stereo sound too! Spoo-oo-oo-ooky!
Neil Forbes 19th Jun 2015		DVD Airplane! - Paramount (2001)	The gags don't stop when the movie ends, they continue into the closing credits too!
Neil Forbes 19th Jun 2015		DVD Arthur [2011] - Warner Bros. (2011)	Come on now, children(Mono, & Henry), play nicely!(ha-ha)
Neil Forbes 16th Jun 2015		DVD Airplane! - Paramount (2001)	By whatever title, it was still a crack-up! I remember seeing it(and buying it as my first video) on VHS way back in 1981(the movie was already a year old by then)... laugh? Aching sides mean anything to anybody? Oo-ooh!
Neil Forbes 16th Jun 2015		DVD Airplane! - Paramount (2001)	"Shirley you can't be serious I am serious and don't call me Shirley" Yep, how many have used that line once or twice?
Neil Forbes 16th Jun 2015		DVD Airplane! - Paramount (2001)	In Australia(and NZ too) this movie was retitled "Flying High", Don't know why though! Maybe it was to "get back" at Americans for retitling Aussie TV shows or movies that had US release.... Hmmmm!
Neil Forbes 23rd May 2015		LaserDisc Poltergeist - MGM / UA (1983)	I knew it wasn't a laser disc, Graham, I was just musing about an idea to marry that older disc style(12" diameter disc) to the method used to "write" info to a DVD disc. You couldn't do it with these RCA CED types because of the playback method, almost akin to our good old vinyl LPs, but the laser disc, the idea could be adapted. Just make a DVD of 12 inches diameter and "write" to it in the same way you "write" to DVD discs of the same diameter as CDs. Of course, the playback deck would have to stand alone on a shelf near the TV and a writable deck(to burn your own discs) would have to be placed alongside a computer, but connected via USB, but the idea is there. And, as I said, the storage capacity of these discs would lend themselves(commercially) to packaging two- or three-disc sets of the Hollywood classics, all the Harry Potter movie, A few volumes of Classic Carry-On comedies, the possibilities are endless. For home movie buffs, the ability to store(much) more than two hours of content on one disc would come in very handy.
Neil Forbes 23rd May 2015		DVD The Beatles - Compleat Beatles	I copied my VHS of this to a hard-drive to view at leisure. The first "take" was made from the VHS with the linear stereo audio track, but there was a visual glitch when George Martin was talking about the track, A Day In The Life. When I got the newer copy, still on VHS but with a hi-fi stereo audio track, I made a new "take" which had no visual glitch at the point where the first copy had it. The newer copy came up very good indeed.
Neil Forbes 22nd May 2015		LaserDisc Poltergeist - MGM / UA (1983)	Interesting idea I'm having here! Marry the method used to encode content onto DVDs with the diameter of laser discs - think of the storage capacity? The entire Harry Potter series could be carried on a two-disc set with gatefold sleeve(the laser disc was 12", same as an LP album). Yeah!!! And think also of home-burn decks where you make your own.... All your home movies on one disc(come on now, you didn't think I'd suggest you copy feature movies to home-burn laser-discs, did you? Tutt, tutt, naughty, naughty!)

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