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RIP, David Warner

I just found out that the fabulous British character actor David Warner died over the weekend, age 80, from complications of cancer. He was in SO MANY things over the years. He had three appearances in Star Trek: St. John Talbot in ST V, Gorkon in ST VI, and Gul Madred in TNG's Chains of Command. He...

Re: Picard returns!

It is bittersweet and I hope it is a worthy send-off. I thought the first season of Picard was pretty good but the second season was pretty weak, so anyone's guess how the third comes out. But at least it got encouraging words from some of the actors. Marina Sirtis said while Nemesis "discarded...

Re: Fahrenheit 451 (Book)

Re: professional asbestos abatement, I didn't mean to suggest you do that to stay on the right side of the law, but rather for your personal safety. But if you did a room 30 years ago and have had no ill effects, apparently you got lucky! :thumbs_up At least so far...asbestos-related diseases take a...

Re: Fahrenheit 451 (Book)

You are correct. It is only dangerous if it is friable and you disturb it. But the thought of it creeps me out. I'm sure you realized this, but if you ever try to sell your house, the potential buyers will likely want you to remove that popcorn ceiling. If you do, I highly recommend hiring a profess...

Re: Pure Star Trek Discussion

I know you're kidding but they've talked about 8K. I haven't kept up on the topic as I still have 2K and am not in a hurry to upgrade. With my screen size and seating distance, I would not see an increase in resolution by getting 4K, so I'm not getting a new TV until my remarkable Panasonic plasma g...

Re: Pure Star Trek Discussion

The Digital Bits is further reporting today that Paramount has told them that the Complete Adventure Edition of TMP with the Special Longer Version is a limited edition, they expect it to sell out in pre-orders, and when it's gone, it's gone. So if there is any chance you can't live without that cut...

Re: Pure Star Trek Discussion

It is assumed that they will be releasing the four next generation movies in a 4K box next year. I wonder what sort of extras they are cooking up for that, and if they will single out one movie for a special treatment like they did the motion picture in the old cast movies? I kind of doubt it for so...

Re: Pure Star Trek Discussion

Yes, it’s going to be interesting for me to see the special longer version again after so long. Not that I watch this movie a lot in any form, but certainly since 2001 I would’ve only seen the director’s cut, as that’s when it came out on DVD. And yes, that means I’m buying both boxes. It irks me no...

Re: Pure Star Trek Discussion

If you get the six movie box, it will have what you want for the motion picture. The special longer version is the version that was first created to show on TV in 1983, and it’s the version I had on VHS years ago. It’s basically the directors cut except a little bit longer. Somewhere online is a sum...

Re: Pure Star Trek Discussion

The news we’ve been waiting for: https://thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/070622-0830 Unless I’m missing something, the Special Longer Version of TMP will only be available in the standalone ST:TMP Complete Adventure box and not in the single movie version OR the 6-movie version. So if you wa...

Re: Happy 4th of July!

Tons of people set them off around here, too. I mostly don't care as long as nothing lands on my property and sets it alight. My cat used to be frightened of the noise, but she got over it. But my overriding thought on this is, how can people afford this stuff? It's got to be way expensive!

Re: Pure Star Trek Discussion

Paramount still has not made their press release, although more retailers are adding listings and included cover art. For example, Target now has listings for II though V, though not yet I or VI (at least as of when I checked this morning). Although I am confident these movies are coming out, overal...

Re: CJRT may spin in his grave….

Now here we are 40 years after that, and new works are still coming out. And many years after we thought the wellsprings had died up, and even after Christopher Tolkien died. The material is not anything new. Its simply collecting all the various Second Age works Tolkien wrote and putting them in o...

Re: CJRT may spin in his grave….

Random thought… I think when I was in grad school and the history of middle earth volumes were beginning to come out that I reflected on how interesting it was that new material was being published from an author who had been dead for over 10 years. Now here we are 40 years after that, and new works...

Re: Pure Star Trek Discussion

For years, I was the "voice crying in the wilderness," defending Star Trek V. Sure, it is the weakest of the original cast movies. The story is improbable (you know they are not going to find God, and if they did, he would not be imprisoned) and the effects are cheesy, and don't get us sta...

Re: CJRT may spin in his grave….

It's on Amazon now. I really doubt if this will contain any story elements from the Amazon production. If you read HC's press release, it sounds like it's going to stick pretty close to the sources. And the cover art does not even include the usual "Now a major event series from Amazon Prime&qu...

Re: Pure Star Trek Discussion

The Digital Bits is reporting that an announcement from Paramount appears imminent for the TOS movies in 4K and remastered BluRay, both as individual releases and as a box set. https://thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/062222-0830 https://thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/062122-1445 Exp...

Re: RIP, Vangelis

Yeah, my skills there are close to non-existant. I only have iTunes. I can rip a song, modify its metadata, and even rip at a higher format and down-convert to cut long tracks (like, say, the two tracks comprising Vangelis' Heaven and Hell album) into shorter tracks. But that's about it.

Re: RIP, Vangelis

Yeah, I've heard of all the bootleg versions. I'm not a big fan of bootlegs, partly for the illegality of it but partly for not knowing what sort of sound quality I'm going to get. I'm not judging anyone who indulges; I'm just saying I'm generally reluctant to do that myself.

Re: RIP, Vangelis

Given that he was known first and perhaps foremost for his soundtracks, it is ironic that relatively little of his soundtrack work is actually available on CD. This may sound crass or opportunistic, and it's not meant to be, but perhaps now that he is gone, his estate will be a little more open to a...

Re: RIP, Vangelis

OK, they’re both choral music, and maybe I have a tin ear, but they don’t really sound that similar to me. On the other hand, Vangelis and for that matter other composers were known to lift things occasionally. The last line of Vangelis’ well known song Hymne, which got used for a wine commercial, i...

Re: RIP, Vangelis

I'm sure you have something specific in mind, but I can only say that it reminds me of the music I listen to around Christmas.

RIP, Vangelis

I read just a bit ago that the legendary Greek keyboard wizard Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou, better known as Vangelis, has died at the age of 79. He is best known for his Oscar-winning soundtrack to Chariots of Fire, but a far better work in my opinion was his absolutely stunning soundtrack for...

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