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Jan 16, 2025 09:24

I found myself watching Robin and Marian again last night ( Read more... )

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rhodielady_47b January 16 2025, 10:41:12 UTC
I remember seeing Robin and Marian somewhere back in the 1980's.
I would love to have a copy of that movie but like so many movies of the 70's and 80's, you can't find copies of them in any library over here--though I have no idea why.
I've just made myself a list of 1960's era Walt Disney movies that I want to watch. Please wish me luck finding them.
:^)

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poliphilo January 16 2025, 15:45:13 UTC
There are couple of versions of the movie on YouTube. The better of the two (in terms of visual quality) has a few chunks missing- including the last few minutes and stretches of the soundtrack.....

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rhodielady_47b January 16 2025, 20:31:02 UTC
I absolutely hate it when they show movies cut up like that. That cut-up version is probably the one they use on cable TV.
The chunks missing are where they splice their unwanted TV commercials in as well as the missing last few minutes of the movie.
That was ultimately what made us stop watching cable TV: We realized we were actually paying to watch all the stupid advertising we didn't want to watch. Out of every hour of cable TV, over 20+ MINUTES of TV commercials were being played with larger and larger chunks of the older TV shows and movies being carved out to make room for all that advertising.
:^(

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poliphilo January 17 2025, 06:51:21 UTC
That would explain it.

Commercial TV in the UK used to chop up movies too but they'd never do anything as crass as cut off the ending.

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mairi_dubh January 16 2025, 11:22:09 UTC
Rather fun!

I haven't thought about what movies I'd watch again and again, although there are some which I can and do.
As for movies I'd list as great...I don't know. Hadn't thought about it, actually.

As I recently explained to someone else, I have a short list of movies which made such an impression (negative) and/or disturbed me so deeply I've never wanted or needed to see them again and a couple of those I would make a point of avoiding.

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poliphilo January 16 2025, 15:49:08 UTC
I 'm curious to know what you've got on your list of movies to be avoided.

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lblanchard January 16 2025, 12:19:34 UTC
I have been stymied in my attempts to buy or borrow Chimes at Midnight. My own list would be very, very different.

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poliphilo January 16 2025, 15:51:00 UTC
Chimes at Midnight is available. I used to own a DVD of it that had been produced in one of the South American countries.

Might you be moved to give us your list?

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lblanchard January 16 2025, 22:05:46 UTC
Oh gosh - I have so many that I love to watch over and over.

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; ) pigshitpoet January 16 2025, 22:47:50 UTC
some i'm familiar with, others not
i'll check those out
thanks

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movies pigshitpoet January 17 2025, 05:19:13 UTC
the barbarian invasions
eve and the firehorse
forbidden planet
cannery row
a day without a mexican
triplets of belleville (animation)
romeo and juliet (decaprio)
grand budapest hotel

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Re: movies poliphilo January 17 2025, 06:49:33 UTC
I've seen four of those.

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RE: Re: movies pigshitpoet January 17 2025, 08:11:31 UTC
; )

so many movies, so little time...

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Re: movies poliphilo January 17 2025, 10:58:46 UTC
Oh yeah,

But I think I've now seen most of the movies I really, really wanted to see.

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