This and That (Where Great Conversations Are Happening)

[Veum]

🌚 🤠 🐴  goodnight to my fellow Psychos who need their rest now … ❣️😴🛌 

 

  

 

“weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning”❣️🙏

[Heywoodmoutaw]

4 hours ago, hansreinhardt said:

One last thing about The Godfather, and I don't mean to monopolize the conversation about this one topic, but I have a bone to pick with the editing. There's one thing that really jarred me. It's the scene where the five families meet. They cut to a shot of this one guy for approximately 22 frames, and it completely took me out of the scene. I thought for a second there was an error, like my player skipped. Anyone else notice this? If it was a style that was carried throughout, it would make more sense to me, but here it just feels like a mistake.

 

I’m going to have to go back and watch this part.  I obviously remember the scene but I don’t remember taking note of those cuts.

[Veum]

[Fortis93]

11 hours ago, Heywoodmoutaw said:

 

It’s such a beautiful movie. I’m not even into guys, but Cary Grant’s suit is the coolest thing ever worn by a male of the human species; give it to me in 4K!

 

In my mind, Cary Grant is the original James Bond in North by Northwest.

 

That motherf**ker was smooth.

[Emil]

10 hours ago, hansreinhardt said:

 

I also felt the same way when I saw Casino the first time, expecting GF2. For a time I wished Scorsese had employed a different cast for Casino, because it just felt odd seeing DeNiro and Pesci on screen together outside of GoodFellas. I no longer feel that way, and love Casino for what it is. Don Rickles is perfectly cast. Stellar 4K disc too, I agree!

 

I also felt similar when I watched Casino. I guess I’ll have to give it another shot.

[BreakBeatDJ]

7 hours ago, Fortis93 said:

 

In my mind, Cary Grant is the original James Bond in North by Northwest.

 

That motherf**ker was smooth.

Yup.
 

There are so many things to love about this movie, but the reality is, I wish I were Cary Grant in NbNW, he’s magnetic.  And Eva Saint Marie is, well, stunning in every way.  
 

but . . .

 

Can’t talk about NbNW without talking about the kid covering his ears.  I can’t not see it.  Curious if they removed it for the new 4k restoration. 
 

 

[Gary K]

43 minutes ago, BreakBeatDJ said:

Yup.
 

There are so many things to love about this movie, but the reality is, I wish I were Cary Grant in NbNW, he’s magnetic.  And Eva Saint Marie is, well, stunning in every way.  
 

but . . .

 

Can’t talk about NbNW without talking about the kid covering his ears.  I can’t not see it.  Curious if they removed it for the new 4k restoration. 
 

 

I honestly hope it remains.   I know it’s a glaring continuity error but as a relic of film history it has real significance.  
 

oh yeah and Cary Grant here was THE MAN.   And that suit.   Jeeezus.   
 

 

[Heywoodmoutaw]

3 hours ago, BreakBeatDJ said:

Yup.
 

There are so many things to love about this movie, but the reality is, I wish I were Cary Grant in NbNW, he’s magnetic.  And Eva Saint Marie is, well, stunning in every way.  
 

but . . .

 

Can’t talk about NbNW without talking about the kid covering his ears.  I can’t not see it.  Curious if they removed it for the new 4k restoration. 
 

 

I hope they leave it.

 

It’s funny you say that about Cary Grant.  I saw this movie for the first time when I was 10, and I wanted to grow up to be this guy.  Suave and quick witted.  Probably also had something to do with Eva Marie Saint and, um, tunnels.

[Veum]

🥤🎬 🤠 🐴 🍪 🍩Top of the day to ya, going to be  ☁️ 🌨️ here my friends… good day there, Veum here❣️🙏  🙋🏻‍♂️

 

SAT1/27

44° /36°

75%

WINTERCAST

Little to no accumulation

Sun, 1/28, 1:00 AM - Sun, 1/28, 1:00 PM

Snow

A thick cloud cover; spotty drizzle this morning followed by a little rain this afternoon

ALERTS

Special Weather Statement

5:17 AM Saturday - 11:00 AM Saturday

RealFeel®42°

RealFeel Shade™42°

Max UV Index1 Low

WindNE 7 mph

[BreakBeatDJ]

1 hour ago, Heywoodmoutaw said:

I hope they leave it.

 

It’s funny you say that about Cary Grant.  I saw this movie for the first time when I was 10, and I wanted to grow up to be this guy.  Suave and quick witted.  Probably also had something to do with Eva Marie Saint and, um, tunnels.

 

I was living in New York when the GCT interior renovations were complete (1998 IIRC).  It was amazing to see.  I had friends who lived in Connecticut that I would visit regularly, every time I went to GCT to get on the Metro North, I would wait in line at where window 15 would have been just to feel like Cary Grant, no matter how long the line.

 

Grand Central is by far my fav landmark in NYC.  If you go, take time to have drinks in the Campbell apartment, or see if you can get a hook up and play tennis in the tennis courts on the higher floor above.  Or at least go shop in the market on the east side of the terminal.  Closest you'll ever get to feeling like Cary Grant, prob.  Oh, wear Ray Bans.  

[Heywoodmoutaw]

2 hours ago, BreakBeatDJ said:

 

I was living in New York when the GCT interior renovations were complete (1998 IIRC).  It was amazing to see.  I had friends who lived in Connecticut that I would visit regularly, every time I went to GCT to get on the Metro North, I would wait in line at where window 15 would have been just to feel like Cary Grant, no matter how long the line.

 

Grand Central is by far my fav landmark in NYC.  If you go, take time to have drinks in the Campbell apartment, or see if you can get a hook up and play tennis in the tennis courts on the higher floor above.  Or at least go shop in the market on the east side of the terminal.  Closest you'll ever get to feeling like Cary Grant, prob.  Oh, wear Ray Bans.  

That’s awesome.  I’ve been to NYC about half a dozen times, all but once for work, never had more than a few hours or a single day for sightseeing.  I would love to do this.

 

[Veum]

🌚 🤠 🐴  goodnight to my fellow Psychos who need their rest now … ❣️😴🛌 

 

 

“weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning”❣️🙏

[Heywoodmoutaw]

Anyone here ever seen a Coffin Joe movie?  I guess it’s Brazilian horror.  Just curious; Arrow has a Coffin Joe set that looks amazing, and I have to admit that I had never even heard of these until today.

[Fortis93]

I thought this was pretty cool. Were any members here around for any of these? 

 

Edited January 28 by Fortis93

[BreakBeatDJ]

16 minutes ago, Fortis93 said:

I thought this was pretty cool. Were any members here around for any of these? 

 

Very cool never seven that.  
 

Australia’s was by far the best and France was the worst.  Hmmmmmmm. 

[LeadFarmer]

54 minutes ago, Heywoodmoutaw said:

Anyone here ever seen a Coffin Joe movie?  I guess it’s Brazilian horror.  Just curious; Arrow has a Coffin Joe set that looks amazing, and I have to admit that I had never even heard of these until today.

Curious about that myself as well as blood and black lace. I've been dancing around getting those two.

[Heywoodmoutaw]

1 hour ago, Fortis93 said:

I thought this was pretty cool. Were any members here around for any of these? 

 

Paging @Veum to the thread . . .

[Fortis93]

3 hours ago, BreakBeatDJ said:

Very cool never seven that.  
 

Australia’s was by far the best and France was the worst.  Hmmmmmmm. 

 

I'd known colour TV came here in the 70s, but didn't realise it was much later than most other countries.

[Heywoodmoutaw]

4 hours ago, BreakBeatDJ said:

Very cool never seven that.  
 

Australia’s was by far the best and France was the worst.  Hmmmmmmm. 

Agreed on Australia.  Why was the US so boring in the 50s?  If color had come to US TV after 1967, they would’ve given us something to drop acid to.

[Heywoodmoutaw]

Glad I went to the activities page and saw the membership opportunity.  I don’t think I got an email even though it appears to be an all members post, which usually means I do.  Going to have to check in more often.

[Heywoodmoutaw]

Have had so little movie time this week, still want to watch Lone Star next but I also want to check out the transfer on this Mean Streets disc.  Knowing that if I put on Mean Streets, I probably won’t be able to stop watching it.

[Veum]

🥤🎬 🤠 🐴 🍪 🍩Top of the day to ya, going to be  ☁️ 🌨️ 🌬 🥶 here my friends… good day there, Veum here❣️🙏  🙋🏻‍♂️

SUN1/28

40° /32°

87%

Breezy this morning with intermittent snow and rain; otherwise, low clouds

RealFeel®30°

RealFeel Shade™30°

Max UV Index1 Low

WindNNW 14 mph

[Veum]

12 hours ago, Heywoodmoutaw said:

Paging @Veum to the thread . . .

 

 

 

Quote

The first coast-to-coast color television broadcast would be made by NBC on January 1, 1954 — a telecast of the Tournament of Roses Parade. Here they come on NBC in a blaze of Color! (1956) … and it's like meeting them for the first time: Perry Como & Dinah Shore PERRY COMO!

 

 

Quote

Color TV became commercially viable in the early 1950s but didn’t really take off until the mid-1960s when the big three (and only) television networks made a concerted effort to significantly increase the amount of color programming, broadcasting classic shows like Gilligan’s Island, My Favorite Martian, and Lassie in “brilliant, true-to-life color” for the first time. An epic event if you were around to experience it and arguably more dramatic than the transition to HDTV.

From Television Obscurities:

By 1958, there were an estimated 350,000 color sets in the United States, the bulk of which were manufactured by RCA [11]. That number had jumped to 500,000 by early 1960 [12]. The more color sets in use, the more potential eyeballs for color programming — and more importantly, from the advertiser’s point of view, color commercials. Still, the only network actively pushing color programming was NBC, which had 179 affiliates broadcasting in color by February of 1961. NBC “color days,” which started in November of 1960, saw the bulk of an entire day’s worth of programming broadcast in color [13].

An April 1961 editorial in Television magazine entitled “The Time Has Come for Togetherness on Color” noted that in the seven years since the FCC approved color standards, the “black-and-white television system […] has passed the peak of its growth.” Color, on the other hand, “is still in the egg, and only skillful and expensive handling will get it out of the egg and on its feet.” The editorial called for “color activity at both the transmitting and receiving ends. People won’t buy color sets to see a majority of programs in the same shades of gray the old table top model in the corner delivers” [14].

However, even as NBC was increasing its color output, CBS was placing the impetus in the hands of the advertiser. In 1963, the network was broadcasting in color only if an advertiser would help pay for the added cost [15]. 

The Color Breakthrough
Two years later, another editorial in Television magazine declared that “the surge of interest in color in the past six months marks September 1965 as the date of the long-awaited color breakthrough” [16]. What led to this surge in interest? The battle for ratings. A preliminary study released in March of 1965 by ARB (and paid for by all three networks) led NBC to announce that its color programming would give it a 1.4 ratings-point advantage over ABC and CBS [17]…

…the thought of NBC enjoying any sort of lead in the ratings simply because its programming was in color provided the impetus the other networks needed to jump headfirst into color broadcasting.

NBC planned to broadcast the vast majority of its primetime programming — all but two shows — in color at the start of the 1965-1966 season. Only Convoy (because of black and white stock footage) and I Dream of Jeannie (due to the cost of expensive special effects) would be aired in black and white [19]. Initially, both ABC and CBS planned to broadcast only a fraction of their schedules in color: ABC six and a half weekly hours and CBS only three programs per week [20], [21].

In May, CBS had upped its color quota to 28%, representing nine programs, including Lassie, My Favorite Martian, The Danny Kaye Show and Gilligan’s Island[22]… By June, the count stood at 50% for CBS and 33% for ABC and both networks claimed they would be all-color for the 1966-1967 season [24]. Color was on its way!

Color Households On The Rise If 1965 was the watershed moment for color broadcasting, there was still the small problem of the viewing public not having color television sets. According to NBC, there were only 2,860,000 color households in the United States as of January 1st, 1965 (though that was up from 1,620,000 on January 1st, 1964) [25]. By July 1st, the number stood at 3,600,000 and on October 1st it was at 4,450,000 color sets [26], [27]. NBC’s figure for January 1st, 1966 stood at 5,220,000, an 85% gain over the January 1st, 1965 number but still only 9.7% of all television households [28].

 

Edited January 28 by Veum

[Veum]

It’s pancake Sunday in the Veum household❣️ 😋 

 

🥞 

 

 

Edited January 28 by Veum

[Nadam]

Good morning, everyone!