Please, talk me out of buying the Monty Python and the Holy Grail re-release
09-22-03 | 02:39 PM
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Please, talk me out of buying the Monty Python and the Holy Grail re-release
I'm on the verge of buying it again. Methods of ridding myself of the old one going through my head.... my only hope is to have some sense talked into me... or laziness to go to the store/selling my old one.
I know its a waste, I don't know why I am even considering it. Argh...
...help
I know its a waste, I don't know why I am even considering it. Argh...
...help
09-22-03 | 02:58 PM
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RANDOM, DO NOT BUY THE RE-RELEASE.
RANDOM, DO NOT BUY THE RE-RELEASE.
RANDOM, DO NOT BUY THE RE-RELEASE.
RANDOM, DO NOT BUY THE RE-RELEASE.
RANDOM, DO NOT BUY THE RE-RELEASE.
Just repeat the above to yourself.
(I can already sense the Shining jokes...)
RANDOM, DO NOT BUY THE RE-RELEASE.
RANDOM, DO NOT BUY THE RE-RELEASE.
RANDOM, DO NOT BUY THE RE-RELEASE.
RANDOM, DO NOT BUY THE RE-RELEASE.
Just repeat the above to yourself.
(I can already sense the Shining jokes...)
09-22-03 | 04:07 PM
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Since I have the SE that was released last year, I have no intention of spending the extra $20 for just a screenplay, and if I were you I wouldn't either. A big rip-off on Columbia's part.
09-22-03 | 07:14 PM
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For the extra 20 bucks or whatever, you could buy something else you're looking forward to. You already have it,dude. No one likes the pythons more than me (my favorite actor on guzzlefish is the python cast) - but I'm not getting it.
09-23-03 | 01:07 AM
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Originally posted by saturn_78
So the transfers and extras on the DVDs are 100% identical on the SE and CE?
So the transfers and extras on the DVDs are 100% identical on the SE and CE?
09-23-03 | 01:41 AM
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Don't buy this new edition unless you must have the screenplay and a film cell. Otherwise, the discs are identical to the previous release. This is a release designed to appeal only to Monty Python fanatics, not average collectors.
09-23-03 | 01:46 AM
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Well I can't talk you out of buying that, but I should suggest not buying flying circus since BBC will be releasing all there programs through bittorrent for free. 
09-23-03 | 07:50 AM
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Originally posted by Jackskeleton
I should suggest not buying flying circus since BBC will be releasing all there programs through bittorrent for free.
I should suggest not buying flying circus since BBC will be releasing all there programs through bittorrent for free.
That the BBC would open up their entire archive to be freely downloaded was just a silly internet rumour (I heard it weeks ago and saw the news story which proved it to be only an exaggerated rumour).
If you want "Flying Circus," buy it, though you might want to wait for the upcoming Region 2 box set, which will, hopefully, be put together by someone who knows what they're doing (the R1 set has various cuts to episodes that were previously available uncut on VHS).
09-23-03 | 09:40 AM
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertain...io/3177479.stm
Odd, it mentions nothing of just clips.
Greg Dyke, director general of the BBC, has announced plans to give the public full access to all the corporation's programme archives.
Mr Dyke said on Sunday that everyone would in future be able to download BBC radio and TV programmes from the internet.
The service, the BBC Creative Archive, would be free and available to everyone, as long as they were not intending to use the material for commercial purposes, Mr Dyke added.
"The BBC probably has the best television library in the world," said Mr Dyke, who was speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival.
"Up until now this huge resource has remained locked up, inaccessible to the public because there hasn't been an effective mechanism for distribution.
"But the digital revolution and broadband are changing all that.
"For the first time there is an easy and affordable way of making this treasure trove of BBC content available to all."
He predicted that everyone would benefit from the online archive, from people accessing the internet at home, children and adults using public libraries, to students at school and university.
Future focus
Mr Dyke appeared at the TV festival to give the Richard Dunn interview, one of the main events of the three-day industry event.
He said the new online service was part of the corporation's future, or "second phase", strategy for the development of digital technology.
Mr Dyke said he believed this second phase would see a shift of emphasis by broadcasters.
Their focus would move away from commercial considerations to providing "public value", he said.
"I believe that we are about to move into a second phase of the digital revolution, a phase which will be more about public than private value; about free, not pay services; about inclusivity, not exclusion.
"In particular, it will be about how public money can be combined with new digital technologies to transform everyone's lives."
Mr Dyke said on Sunday that everyone would in future be able to download BBC radio and TV programmes from the internet.
The service, the BBC Creative Archive, would be free and available to everyone, as long as they were not intending to use the material for commercial purposes, Mr Dyke added.
"The BBC probably has the best television library in the world," said Mr Dyke, who was speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival.
"Up until now this huge resource has remained locked up, inaccessible to the public because there hasn't been an effective mechanism for distribution.
"But the digital revolution and broadband are changing all that.
"For the first time there is an easy and affordable way of making this treasure trove of BBC content available to all."
He predicted that everyone would benefit from the online archive, from people accessing the internet at home, children and adults using public libraries, to students at school and university.
Future focus
Mr Dyke appeared at the TV festival to give the Richard Dunn interview, one of the main events of the three-day industry event.
He said the new online service was part of the corporation's future, or "second phase", strategy for the development of digital technology.
Mr Dyke said he believed this second phase would see a shift of emphasis by broadcasters.
Their focus would move away from commercial considerations to providing "public value", he said.
"I believe that we are about to move into a second phase of the digital revolution, a phase which will be more about public than private value; about free, not pay services; about inclusivity, not exclusion.
"In particular, it will be about how public money can be combined with new digital technologies to transform everyone's lives."
09-23-03 | 12:43 PM
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Well I can't talk you out of buying that, but I should suggest not buying flying circus since BBC will be releasing all there programs through bittorrent for free.
Well I can't talk you out of buying that, but I should suggest not buying flying circus since BBC will be releasing all there programs through bittorrent for free.
09-23-03 | 12:51 PM
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Originally posted by Ginwen
So, pay under $100 (Costco price) for 14 disks of Python goodness, or spend hours and hours downloading, then burning into disks, that may or may not play. Easy choice--buy it!
So, pay under $100 (Costco price) for 14 disks of Python goodness, or spend hours and hours downloading, then burning into disks, that may or may not play. Easy choice--buy it!
sorry to hear you have dial up..
09-26-03 | 11:51 AM
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If you could have heard the conversation I just had with the "person" on the phone for the return-envelope you wouldn't want it. Ever.
After repeating my ZIP code FOUR times I realized that stupid people need jobs too.
I would have enjoyed shoving a check spindle through my eardrums more than talking to this organ bank. Nothing like being lectured about DVD technology by somebody that's mispronouncing 'envelope'.
After repeating my ZIP code FOUR times I realized that stupid people need jobs too.
I would have enjoyed shoving a check spindle through my eardrums more than talking to this organ bank. Nothing like being lectured about DVD technology by somebody that's mispronouncing 'envelope'.
