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  1. Rob_Ray

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ My Fair Lady (Take Two) -- in Blu-ray

    I have always assumed it's simply a continuity error, as it's clearly Eliza's shadow as she comes into the room, before we cut away and see her come into the room again.
  2. Rob_Ray

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ My Fair Lady (Take Two) -- in Blu-ray

    Truthfully, Pygmalion has never had a satisfactory ending. Doesn't the script of the play come with a post-play epilogue explaining that she married Freddy? If the ending were successful, no addendum would be needed. Regardless, this is why the ending was changed in 1938 for the film version...
  3. Rob_Ray

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ My Fair Lady (Take Two) -- in Blu-ray

    Everything is now so clear that I couldn't help spot so many things that we weren't supposed to notice: That handwritten enunciation guide Higgins gives Eliza reads like a cue-card for Rex. In addition to the Hartford, Hereford and Hampshire exercise itself, it contains his followup lines...
  4. Rob_Ray

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ My Fair Lady (Take Two) -- in Blu-ray

    Everything you say also applies to the screening yesterday in Huntington Beach, CA. The sound could have been a bit louder to add some punch, but every word could be distinctly heard. I too like the countdown, as it leaves the guesswork out of how much time you have. But I must say I hate...
  5. Rob_Ray

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ My Fair Lady (Take Two) -- in Blu-ray

    My Oppo had trouble reading both BD discs numerous times but always played them fine as long as each disc was the first disc loaded into the player after bootup. I had to reboot the machine after each change of disc. Otherwise the player would stop the disc after leaving the main menu or...
  6. Rob_Ray

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ My Fair Lady (Take Two) -- in Blu-ray

    Add me the chorus of thrilled recipients of the new 50th Anniversary bluray. Decades ago, when I started collecting laserdiscs, I never dreamed that I would have my own personal copy of any film looking and sounding this amazingly good, much less one with as much need of restoration as this one.
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