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  1. John Odendaal

    Surface ongoing thread

    If 4400 could get a second season with just six eps for their first, I don't see why Surface shouldn't get a go. After seeing Lake Bell in Boston Legal, I've grown attached to her in Surface.
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    LOST season 2 discussion thread......

    I doubt that. Remember, Desmond pointed his gun at Locke while he (Desmond) was around the corner, i.e. before he saw Jack.
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    Movie deaths that stayed with you...

    And in The English Patient Katharine dying in the cave before Almásy could get back to her
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    Movie deaths that stayed with you...

    Both from when I was a kid. Neverending Story Artax in the swamp My Girl Thomas after being stung by bees. Never saw that one coming.
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    Suitable amp for splits?

    I have a pair of Boston Acoustic FS60 splits up front. According to their site, these splits are rated up to 150 WRMS/ch. Now, I have my heart set on the Audison SRx4, which produces 170 WRMS/ch @ 4 ohms. Will this be too beefy for these splits? Should I perhaps go a little lower, like 150...
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    Pro Logic II problem

    Okay, somebody told me that PL/PLII works properly when there is good stereo separation, and that I should try it with a newish action film. I did that, and there was a definite improvement, with channel specific audio coming out of the rears. However, when listening up close to the rears in the...
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    Pro Logic II problem

    We have a Yamaha RX-V450 receiver and the sources are a Pioneer DVD player and a digital satellite decoder. When I listen to a CD, and select PLII/Music, I hear sound out of all five speakers. So there is no problem with PLII and CDs. However, when it comes to the broadcast signals, sound...
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    *** Official THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING Discussion Thread

    I doubt it. I'm pretty sure it has blines though.
  9. John Odendaal

    Directors Neo vs. Jedi's

    "Neo.....I am your father."
  10. John Odendaal

    THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT appreciation thread

    I'm getting chills just by reading this thread! In fact, earlier this evening while I was reading another thread in which TBW was the topic, I found myself checking the corner of my bedroom...twice! I have never been disturbed by a film as much as this. The night after I saw it for the first...
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    Need help idenitifying a film

    Honestly, I can't be sure. I saw it probably eight or nine years ago. Something I distincly recall is the scene in which Samson is plowing a field, and his domineering mother calls out to him "Samson, dinner's ready!" (or something like that), and Samson responds with a very high pitched...
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    Need help idenitifying a film

    From what I remember about it, it was probably pre-80's. Don't recall who starred in it, but it was a spoof on the Roman/Greek civilization, and it involved characters like Samson (with a very high pitched voice), Hercules (I think), and swearing chickens.
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    BAD ideas for sequels.

    Donnie Darko 2: Revenge of Frank 28 days later, all existence ended. Then Frank strikes back. (That's okay, the first one didn't make much sense either...) Lord of the Rings: Revenge of Gandalf After helping Aragorn to face the armies of Sauron, Gandalf smokes too much pipe weed, goes...
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    Name of a certain sci-fi movie...

    Thanks guys!! :D
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    Name of a certain sci-fi movie...

    I'm looking for the name of a movie I watched over ten years ago. I remember the following things about it: It was a time-travel action movie, in which a group of teenagers used a device with one or two "electrified glass balls" to travel through time. One of the scenes involved dinosaurs, I...
  16. John Odendaal

    Tumult Subs, Any Good?

    Does anyone have the T/S parimeters on the Uber15?What driver gives the greatest displacement regardless of cost?
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    DRC pseudo-HDTV?

    I need some input regarding the capabilities of my TV. I have a Sony KV-EX29M37, which is a 29" 4:3 set with that DRC feature. One of the DRC modes is DRC1250, which "doubles" (I use apostrophes as I am not sure how accurate the doubling is) the horizontal lines from 625 to 1250, and the...
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    Movies with Shocking Endings? Name only.

    The ending of Happiness shocked me, slightly. Whereas the ending was not a massive unexpected plot twist, I still did not expect that to happen.
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    LOTR extended in R2/R4?

    I received an email from Blackstar yesterday, confirming that they had shipped my copy. According to Blackstar, they ship to all international locations via airmail. I'm not sure how soon I will receive notification of the set's arrival, since I have never purchased anything from Blackstar...
  20. John Odendaal

    Pal/ntsc

    I don't think that the speed of the film is as much an issue as the picture quality -- not to me, at least. Everything I watch is PAL, and if the decrease in speed of NTSC is easily noticeable, it would merely disturb the impression of speed that I have become accustomed to. Additionally...
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    Pal/ntsc

    Thanks for the info. The only reason that I wanted to buy the R-1 set is because it costs around US$30 through Amazon.com (inc shipping). The 2-disc set is still being sold here in SA for the equivalent of that price. I would only expect the Extended version to be pricier. I've seen the...
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    Pal/ntsc

    I have pre-ordered a copy of the extended version of LOTR:FOTR from Amazon.com. Obviously this is a region-1 disc. I live in South Africa, which is a region-2 country. My question is this: If I buy a region-1 NTSC disc from Amazon.com will I notice any difference from a region-2 PAL disc in...
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