Yeah, one of the best 'toons ever, that operatic one is! I love the cartoons from waaay back. The old black-and-white ones with very sharp looks and characters you never see anymore. A couple of years ago they did a Christmas themed show, and one of the toons dealt with the standard objects-coming-to-life them. The host of the program had to warn viewers that some of the scenes might be offensive. That was because there were some black characters named Sambo as part of the group. Still, great toon. I'd really like to own all those old 'toons.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Baxter" <truthseeker...@lycos.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 3:22:20 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Every Movie Ever Made On The 'Net? They just don't do enough of the cartoons for me, Keith. Before I ran out this afternoon, I re-sent myself notifications for the Chuck Jones-fest this coming Tuesday. It's been a long time since I last saw "Haredevil Hare" and, even though I already have "What's Opera, Doc?" on my HD, there's nothing like standing in front of my set, crowing, "KILL THE WABBIT! KILL THE WAAAAAAAAAAABBIIIIIIIIT!" Martin (Yo-ho-to-OH!) ---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Every Movie Ever Made On The 'Net? Date : Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:33:14 +0000 (UTC) >From : Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net> To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Yeah, "Nosferatu", for example, is very dim in quality in many places. Most wild is the use of a bluish background to differentiate night from day, since I guess they couldn't actually film in darkness way back then. So it really makes you focus on every little detail of the screen, and that's hard to do at 1 am. I love TCM, especially when they show those "race" movies from the 20s and 30s, featuring all-black casts. Those are great. And I love when they break out the decades-old cartoons as well. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Baxter" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 12:29:46 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Every Movie Ever Made On The 'Net? Again true, Keith. ---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Every Movie Ever Made On The 'Net? Date : Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:58:01 +0000 (UTC) >From : Keith Johnson To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Yeah, they show silent films every Sunday night/Monday morning starting at midnight. I saw "Metropolis" a few months ago. I understand there are actually a couple different versions of that film, not sure if what I saw was closest to the "director's cut". Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, and a host of other silent stars have been showcased on TCMs late night show. It's great stuff, but my only complain is the wisdom of showing silent films primarily late night on Sunday. Not only do many people miss it because they have to get up Monday to go to work, but it's a bit hard to watch a film where one *has* to focus on reading the screen that late at night. Silent films are all visual cues and clues, and I'm often too tired to give them the attention they deserve at that time. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Baxter" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 7:57:28 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Every Movie Ever Made On The 'Net? Only about a third of it, I'm afraid. The meds kicked in about then and kicked me right off the cliff into Nod. If memory serves, TCM's had it submitted for cleanup and remastering, because that's one of only a dozen prints left of the movie. ---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Every Movie Ever Made On The 'Net? Date : Fri, 20 Mar 2009 02:54:21 +0000 (UTC) >From : Keith Johnson To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Didja by chance catch "Nosferatu" late Sunday night on TCM? I'm not sure if that was a remastered copy, though I seem to remember it was. It still looked old too, though I wonder, how easy is it to remove all the video "scratches" and noise from a film, even with advanced digital processing? Still a great film, and makes me wish all the more that Hollywood gets back to the old concept of the vampyr as a frightening, repulsive beast, and give this romantic, angst-filled hunk angle a rest for a while. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Baxter" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:16:51 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Every Movie Ever Made On The 'Net? Lavender, they would almost certainly have to remaster a few. A few nights ago, I watched "Lost Horizon" on TCM, and their copy, digitally remastered and barely a few years old, is already showing signs of wear. And, right now, I'm watching an oldie called "Drums" from 1938, which appears to have been freshly redone. Not sure if they could resist the lure. ---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Every Movie Ever Made On The 'Net? Date : Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:25:09 -0400 >From : "Rouge" To : It would appear to do something of that type of undertaking would take years to do. Would they for example do original episodes that are in black and white or the ones that were digital re mastered? --Lavender From: Tracey de Morsella Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:43 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com ; cinque3...@verizon.net Subject: [scifinoir2] Every Movie Ever Made On The 'Net? Every Movie Ever Made On The 'Net? 17 March 2009 2:35 AM, PDT The founder of the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) website has envisaged a time when all of the 1.3 million titles indexed on the site -- movies and TV shows -- can be streamed to its users with the click of a mouse. As reported by CNET News, Col Needham, in a speech delivered to the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, TX, acknowledged that the task will be formidable (and in some instances impossible, since prints of some of the films listed on the website no longer exist). Developing a relationship with rights owners also could prove to be challenging, he said, but it has already begun, with IMDb currently providing access to 14,000 TV episodes and about 2,000 movies, as well as 120,000 videos including trailers, interviews and featurettes. People may lie, but the evidence rarely does. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds