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How is it legal for Arnold Schwarzenegger to be in Expendables? I thought it was illegal for people who hold public office to appear in films due to it being a form of free self-promotion or something to that effect. Or is that during elections only?
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El Gallinero Gros posted:How is it legal for Arnold Schwarzenegger to be in Expendables? I thought it was illegal for people who hold public office to appear in films due to it being a form of free self-promotion or something to that effect. Or is that during elections only? As I understand it, during election seasons all the candidates must have equal time on the air. This is one of the reasons that old guy playing the DA in Law and Order never ran for office when he wanted to.
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Aug 3, 2010 20:24
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zoux posted:Is there a site that lists upcoming watch instantly releases?
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Aug 3, 2010 20:43
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Synnr posted:As I understand it, during election seasons all the candidates must have equal time on the air. This is one of the reasons that old guy playing the DA in Law and Order never ran for office when he wanted to. Yeah, the Equal Time thing doesn't really apply... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_time Basically, it's not illegal fro Arnold to be in a movie, it's just that it looks bad if your governor is spending his time in a b-action film instead of governing.
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Aug 3, 2010 21:02
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zoux posted:Is there a site that lists upcoming watch instantly releases? http://instantwatcher.com/ Use it, love it.
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Aug 3, 2010 22:05
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Synnr posted:As I understand it, during election seasons all the candidates must have equal time on the air. This is one of the reasons that old guy playing the DA in Law and Order never ran for office when he wanted to. So basically The Expendables wouldn't be able to be aired on TV in California during election season.
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Aug 4, 2010 21:53
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muscles like this? posted:So basically The Expendables wouldn't be able to be aired on TV in California during election season. Oh, it could air. It's just that his opponent would get equal TV time. It happened to George Takai when he was running for office. Since some stations ran reruns of "Star Trek", it was determined that his rival would get equal airtime.
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Aug 4, 2010 22:03
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muscles like this? posted:So basically The Expendables wouldn't be able to be aired on TV in California during election season. Well, he's termed out so It doesn't really matter.
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Aug 4, 2010 22:05
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Equal Time doesn't work like that. The opponent can get equal time, but they have to request it. It doesn't prevent them from showing anything. It's also an outdated rule that nobody uses anymore.
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Aug 5, 2010 00:11
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NeuroticErotica posted:Equal Time doesn't work like that. The opponent can get equal time, but they have to request it. That is not true. It has been used for good in 2003. It stopped Al Sharpten's episode of SNL from being aired in certain parts of the country.
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Aug 5, 2010 03:44
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NeuroticErotica posted:Equal Time doesn't work like that. The opponent can get equal time, but they have to request it. I remember reading that terminator 3 commercials weren't shown in California because the movie came out during the gubernatorial race.
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Aug 5, 2010 05:01
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Monkeyseesaw posted:I remember reading that terminator 3 commercials weren't shown in California because the movie came out during the gubernatorial race. That doesn't mean they weren't allowed to, big companies like to play it safe.
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Aug 5, 2010 05:09
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Equal Time has more of a chilling effect. The actual provision is quite docile, but everybody's scared of being hit with it so they err on the side of caution.
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Aug 5, 2010 05:20
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Synnr posted:Is there an actual technical reason netflix can't stream subtitles for english language movies? I assume the viewing thing that swaps between full/letterbox/etc is just how it is processed on my end, but come on. There was a technical reason, but it's being solved and we should get streaming subtitles later this year. According to Netflix, adding subtitles that users can toggle to streaming content would require them to re-encode a separate stream for each subtitled episode or movie, which would take an enormous amount of time if applied to their whole library, not to mention the instant doubling of their storage requirements. To get around this, Netflix needs to upload a separate file to the media player, which would decode the file and display the subtitles synched with the content. However, the tools for doing that basically didn't exist in Silverlight or most of the hardware that supports streaming, so Netflix has been working with the various manufacturers to produce firmware and software updates to allow streaming subtitles. In mid April, Netflix rolled out streaming subtitles for about 100 titles, although they only worked on a PC or Mac. Netflix has said that they'll begin rolling out widespread subtitles for things like consoles (as well as 5.1 surround support) starting some time this fall.
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Aug 5, 2010 08:07
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Odd thought, but would equal time be applied to things written by candidates? That could have messed up SNL reruns during Franken's run.
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Aug 5, 2010 16:09
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I assumed adding "porn" to a film description meant adding a modifier of "gratuitous", or "an excessive amount of". So, "torture porn" is a film with gratuitous (a lot of) torture scenes, not actual porn.
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Aug 5, 2010 17:42
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Wild T posted:Odd thought, but would equal time be applied to things written by candidates? That could have messed up SNL reruns during Franken's run. I don't think so, it's about "face time" on T.V..
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ZenMaster posted:I assumed adding "porn" to a film description meant adding a modifier of "gratuitous", or "an excessive amount of". Is this a question or?
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Wild T posted:Odd thought, but would equal time be applied to things written by candidates? That could have messed up SNL reruns during Franken's run. No, and again, Equal Time is not used very often.
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Aug 5, 2010 18:39
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Synnr posted:Is there an actual technical reason netflix can't stream subtitles for english language movies? I assume the viewing thing that swaps between full/letterbox/etc is just how it is processed on my end, but come on. If it's not too old (more than 7-8 years), your television should have an option to compress the sound to stay around the same levels. Just remember to turn it off again or everything will sound like a commercial.
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Aug 5, 2010 22:27
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zoux posted:Why are some movies available and some not? I know this is a very broad question, but just from looking through the catalog, I can't determine some kind of pattern. For example, Wrath of Khan is available, but no other Star Trek movies are. All of these movies are owned by the same company. There are many, many more examples of only some movies in a series being available to watch instantly. You would think they'd want to get their most demanded movies onto netflix instant. But only 8 of the top 100 appear to be available. I wonder if it costs netflix more to ship out 10,000 DVD's or to have 10,000 people stream the same movie over a one week period. Going down my list I see that 7 of my 8 documentaries are available on instant. No other category comes close to that ratio.
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Zogo posted:You would think they'd want to get their most demanded movies onto netflix instant. But only 8 of the top 100 appear to be available. I wonder if it costs netflix more to ship out 10,000 DVD's or to have 10,000 people stream the same movie over a one week period. Since most of the "in demand" movies are relatively recent releases, I'm guessing studios are a bit more reluctant to allow them as VOD until the DVDs have been available for quite some time. Documentaries probably don't sell as well on DVD as other genres, so studios probably have less of a problem allowing Netflix to stream them, since it can't "hurt DVD sales".
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Aug 6, 2010 01:55
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Peaceful Anarchy posted:That doesn't mean they weren't allowed to, big companies like to play it safe. Right my point wasn't they were afraid of breaking any law but that they still pay attention to the equal time provision.
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Aug 6, 2010 02:07
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Rights issues are sometimes split. Sony has DVD/BluRay rights to A Passage to India, but MGM has TV and by proxy internet rights. However, Sony has TV and internet rights to The Producers while MGM has DVD/BluRay rights.
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A big reason companies don't want their movies on instant is because instant pays dick.
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As a child my fiance watched a cartoon version of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth rented from a local video store. We've been trying to track it down but haven't had much luck - the only lead we have is an animated short by Lesley Keen that was nominated in the short films category at Cannes in 1984. Is there any way to get or view a copy of that film, or even just a couple of shots from it to see if it's the same thing? Alternately, does anyone have any clue on another animated version of the myth? If it helps at all, she thinks it might have been on a tape that also featured a film about a deer getting its antlers stuck in a bush and then being killed by hunters.
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I just rewatched The Dark Knight and at the end after Dent brings Gordon's family to the abandoned warehouse there's a exchange that goes like this DENT If you'd listened to me- if you'd stood up against corruption instead of doing your deal with the devil. GORDON I was trying to fight the mob- What deal is Dent talking about? Gordon was one of the few cops that WAS actually standing up against corruption and cooperating with Dent. Is the devil suppose to be Batman? Dent was working just as much with Batman so it can't be that.
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College Rockout posted:I just rewatched The Dark Knight and at the end after Dent brings Gordon's family to the abandoned warehouse there's a exchange that goes like this Throughout the movie, Dent continually tried to warn Gordon that he had corrupt cops in his unit, but Gordon wouldn't listen. Then it turned out Wuertz and Ramirez had been bought by the mob, and they were the ones who sold out Harvey and Rachel. If Gordon had taken heed and tried to sniff out the moles in MCU, Rachel would be alive and Harvey would be unscathed.
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Wow I am thinking we are seriously on the verge of a loving Batman ban in this forum.
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DeimosRising posted:As a child my fiance watched a cartoon version of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth rented from a local video store. We've been trying to track it down but haven't had much luck - the only lead we have is an animated short by Lesley Keen that was nominated in the short films category at Cannes in 1984. Is there any way to get or view a copy of that film, or even just a couple of shots from it to see if it's the same thing? Alternately, does anyone have any clue on another animated version of the myth? If it helps at all, she thinks it might have been on a tape that also featured a film about a deer getting its antlers stuck in a bush and then being killed by hunters. If she's looking for other telling of that particular myth, Battle for Olympus for the NES was based around that story!
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OneThousandMonkeys posted:Wow I am thinking we are seriously on the verge of a loving Batman ban in this forum. Maybe if people would stop spazzing out every time it's brought up it wouldn't be a big deal.
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Rake Arms posted:Throughout the movie, Dent continually tried to warn Gordon that he had corrupt cops in his unit, but Gordon wouldn't listen. Then it turned out Wuertz and Ramirez had been bought by the mob, and they were the ones who sold out Harvey and Rachel. If Gordon had taken heed and tried to sniff out the moles in MCU, Rachel would be alive and Harvey would be unscathed. Ahh, thanks for that. It's so obvious now, I can't believe I didn't make the connection
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OneThousandMonkeys posted:Wow I am thinking we are seriously on the verge of a loving Batman ban in this forum. Batman is the new Star Wars.
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OneThousandMonkeys posted:Wow I am thinking we are seriously on the verge of a loving Batman ban in this forum. A BAT-
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On TV/Comcast/Newspaper guides there are often those ratings that go from 1-4 stars. Who decides the star total? Sometimes I'm watching a movie and it has 1 or 2 stars and am surprised at the low total and vice versa. And actually who invented the system? Were there movie reviewers one hundred years ago using some other primitive metric? I know a really old man who saw The Jazz Singer when it first came out..maybe I could ask him. and I'd be remiss not to weigh in on the batman dilemma. I recall other overused words getting changed from x to z. like "killdozer" became "YAMS YAMS YAMS" anytime someone typed it or other faddish words I'm forgetting. I wouldn't mind seeing Batman morph into Blankman.
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On my cable box's descriptions the ratings and the descriptions don't always match. Sometimes a movie will be rated one star but it'll claim that the movie is a laugh riot or something.
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Aug 8, 2010 04:33
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muscles like this? posted:Maybe if people would stop spazzing out every time it's brought up it wouldn't be a big deal. They are spazzing because for about two years straight it's been the Batman Discusso forum and just lately it's gotten seriously awful.
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Aug 8, 2010 04:36
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Zogo posted:And actually who invented the system? Were there movie reviewers one hundred years ago using some other primitive metric? I know a really old man who saw The Jazz Singer when it first came out..maybe I could ask him. According to this article from the Wall Street Journal, the first review with a star rating was in the New York Daily News in 1928, but the practice didn't really become popular until the 50s. I don't know much about the TV Guide channel, but if you go to TV Guide's website, they have star ratings and mini reviews for movies that are airing, so maybe they take the ratings from there.
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Zogo posted:and I'd be remiss not to weigh in on the batman dilemma. I recall other overused words getting changed from x to z. like "killdozer" became "YAMS YAMS YAMS" anytime someone typed it or other faddish words I'm forgetting. I wouldn't mind seeing Batman morph into Blankman. Actually, I think it would be better to filter Batman to Goon.
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