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tinhuvielartanis) wrote2006-03-21 09:49 pm
tinhuvielartanis) wrote2006-03-21 09:49 pm
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Moan of the Dead
Our cable company is giving us a free HBO preview right now, so I'm overdosing on movies while I have the chance. It's been my experience that the movie channels show just a handful of new movies and a whole bunch of old crapola you've seen 1000 times over and over like the Energizer Bunny, so it's just not worth it to pay what they want for hooha like that. So I run marathons when they give me free previews of any of the movie channels.
Last night I got to see Shaun of the Dead. It was one I'd been wanting to see for a couple of reasons: 1) I'd heard it was damned brilliant and 2) I'd heard that Peter Serafinowicz is in it. When I saw the movie was coming on, I'd forgotten about #2 and was very pleasantly surprised.
First off, let me say that this movie is a great big ole hoot. This is a movie I am now hellbent on having on DVD. All of the characters are likable, the pacing of the story is spot-on, and the comedy is perfectly balanced with just the right amount of horror and drama. I think Simon Pegg is a gift to movie geeks worldwide.
Now, for Peter Serafinowicz. I have literally spent years wondering what he really looked like and wanting to hear him speak some more. See, I know his voice well.....oh so well. For folks who may not know, Mr. Serafinowicz is the voice of Darth Maul. Ray Park is Maul in appearance and mad Kung Fu moves, but Peter Serafinowicz provides Darth Maul's sultry, growly, sexy voice. Nothing can send me into fits quicker than "Tatooine is sparsely populated. If the trace is correct, I will find them quickly, Master." I'd only seen Peter in a small role in a movie called The Magical Legend of Leprechauns, but it was so brief and he was so far away, I really couldn't get a good look at him. Pictures of him online are few and far between, so I was thrilled to see his extensive pre-zombie scene in Shaun of the Dead.
I knew he was cute, but I didn't realise he was so blasted good-looking. I have a weakness for men with large eyes, pale skin, and small mouths. That 80s music star/Elven look always fries my ice cream. I caught myself thinking, "He's even fine as a zombie. Yeah, I'd let him bite me, especially if he talks to me with that Sithly voice."
Last night I got to see Shaun of the Dead. It was one I'd been wanting to see for a couple of reasons: 1) I'd heard it was damned brilliant and 2) I'd heard that Peter Serafinowicz is in it. When I saw the movie was coming on, I'd forgotten about #2 and was very pleasantly surprised.
First off, let me say that this movie is a great big ole hoot. This is a movie I am now hellbent on having on DVD. All of the characters are likable, the pacing of the story is spot-on, and the comedy is perfectly balanced with just the right amount of horror and drama. I think Simon Pegg is a gift to movie geeks worldwide.
Now, for Peter Serafinowicz. I have literally spent years wondering what he really looked like and wanting to hear him speak some more. See, I know his voice well.....oh so well. For folks who may not know, Mr. Serafinowicz is the voice of Darth Maul. Ray Park is Maul in appearance and mad Kung Fu moves, but Peter Serafinowicz provides Darth Maul's sultry, growly, sexy voice. Nothing can send me into fits quicker than "Tatooine is sparsely populated. If the trace is correct, I will find them quickly, Master." I'd only seen Peter in a small role in a movie called The Magical Legend of Leprechauns, but it was so brief and he was so far away, I really couldn't get a good look at him. Pictures of him online are few and far between, so I was thrilled to see his extensive pre-zombie scene in Shaun of the Dead.
I knew he was cute, but I didn't realise he was so blasted good-looking. I have a weakness for men with large eyes, pale skin, and small mouths. That 80s music star/Elven look always fries my ice cream. I caught myself thinking, "He's even fine as a zombie. Yeah, I'd let him bite me, especially if he talks to me with that Sithly voice."
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Whenever anybody asks me why I prefer satellite to cable I tell them it's because of the free weekends. Hardly a month goes by when either Showtime,
Starz! or HBO doesn't have a free weekend. And during the summer months DirecTV will just give us a free month of HBO or Showtime.
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How *do* you do that...
I've got 50 hours of COMBAT! (with Vic Morrow!) I want to burn onto DVD!
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There are several different types of DVD discs available such as DVD+R and DVD+RW. I'd stay away from those if I were you. Get yourself a DVD player/recorder that plays and records on DVD-RW and DVD-R. Here's why:
DVD-RW discs you can use over and over again. You can delete whatever programsyou've placed on them and use them again. Or if you've screwed up trying to record a program on them, no problem. Delete it and try again.
I suggest this because all the other types of DVD discs can be recorded on ONCE and what's on there stays on there so if you've messed up a recording, you've also messed up the disc. And trust me, until you get the hang of recording from your TiVO, you will mess up more than one disc.
The machine I have is an Emerson EWR10D4 that I've used for about three years now with little problem and a great deal of satisfaction. It's easy to use and easy to hook up to your TiVO.
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I'm such a computer geek, sometimes I can't see the trees for the forest.
What I assumed: That you were burning from Tivo to a DVD-ROM on a computer. *DOH*
Burning a data DVD is old hat to me...and you're right, you do screw up the first couple learning...which is why I bought a 50 pack when I got the burner... :)
Do I correctly presume that you're using S-Video or Component Video Out from the Tivo to the corresponding input on your standalone DVD recorder, capturing the recording at that point, and thence passing the signal out one of the outputs from the Emerson to your TV?
My *ultimate* solution would be to capture programs on our Dual DVD Satellite Recieiver, and then be able to output them across our wireless home network to any TV or PC in the house. =)
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Everything is hooked directly into the TiVO: the two cables for my DirecTV as well as the recorder. There's only one cable that carries the signal going from my TiVO to my TV.