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Old 09-19-01 | 01:53 PM
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Odd Spartacus Glitch

I was rewatching Spartacus last night a notice the following.

At 108 minutes into the movie, Spartacus returns to his former prison. We see Spartacus look around in a long shot. Strangely though, the bricks on the wall at the bottom of the screen flicker. There flicker isn't similar to the wavy patterns that a busy shirt might make.

It's an odd phenomenom. Any one know why this happens?

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Old 09-19-01 | 02:56 PM
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Re: Odd Spartacus Glitch

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I was rewatching Spartacus last night a notice the following.

At 108 minutes into the movie, Spartacus returns to his former prison. We see Spartacus look around in a long shot. Strangely though, the bricks on the wall at the bottom of the screen flicker. There flicker isn't similar to the wavy patterns that a busy shirt might make.

It's an odd phenomenom. Any one know why this happens?

Thanks.
It's probably just twikoff. No reason to worry.
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Old 09-19-01 | 04:22 PM
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What's a twikoff? Not worried...don't think anything is "wrong" with my disk...just curious about the limits of the technology.
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Old 09-19-01 | 07:52 PM
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Mine doesnt twikoff. Is it the old one or the Criterion?
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Old 09-19-01 | 10:29 PM
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Criterion.

LBP...did you know which moment in the film I'm referering to? It's the bricks in the lower part of the frame that create a "line" that visually leads to Douglas.
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Old 09-19-01 | 11:36 PM
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The otters invade the main forum
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Old 09-20-01 | 04:00 PM
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I thought the twickoff problem was only on the Das Boot version.... no?
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Old 09-20-01 | 04:02 PM
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What was that das Boot joke again? I always laugh when I hear it ...
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Old 09-20-01 | 04:06 PM
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I've got the same movie and just forwarded to the part you mentioned. I see no flickering, so it's obviously not a twikoff... mostlikely due to some abrasion on your disk due to heat, or a microscopic scratch. Either way, it's your disk.
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Old 09-20-01 | 04:06 PM
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Okay otters... Let's walk back to your cages. (Damn, who let them out?) [Drags the otters by their collars] Sorry friend, this won't happen again.
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Old 09-20-01 | 04:23 PM
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It's got to be twikoff.
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Old 09-20-01 | 04:34 PM
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It's got to be twikoff.
Mine had damn_twikoff, but best buy exchanged it.

Now its fine!
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Old 09-20-01 | 05:10 PM
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*Cough*

*points to the Other forum and stares*
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I'm glad I spent some time in the Other forum recently. It's good to know a twikoff when ya see one.
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Old 09-20-01 | 05:29 PM
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*Cough*

*points to the Other forum and stares*
uh oh, daddy's getting mad
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Old 09-20-01 | 05:39 PM
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Damnit!! I thought I would've been the first crossover success from Other, not Twikoff.
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Old 09-20-01 | 05:54 PM
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Originally posted by Jules Winfield
Damnit!! I thought I would've been the first crossdressing success from Other, not Twikoff.
It's always been you Jules... I can't drink a Smoothie now without thinking of you...

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Um, I guess you figured you are getting messed with?

On the serious side you might want to ask The Edit King.
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Old 09-20-01 | 06:06 PM
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Is it just me or does it feel great to you guys to get out?
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It's always been you Jules... I can't drink a Smoothie now without thinking of you...

I would be furious at you for editing my post if it wasn't true. (Jules stuffs his bra.)
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From: wandering the earth like Caine in the Kung-Fu
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Is it just me or does it feel great to you guys to get out?
Yes, it's quite refreshing. It's like after all the holes, mold and fungus growing on an old pair of underwear(Other), your mom buys you a new pair. It feels weird at first but then that first fungi appears and it starts looking like home. Ahh.
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Old 09-20-01 | 06:34 PM
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It is a bit sad that we strayed off topic for this thread though....

Hey...if you have some oddities at certain points when playing back a DVD....check for melon juice on the DVD. If it splatters on the disc, it may affect the playback
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