(having nervous breakdown at mere *thought* of having TV broken...) Bosco Bosco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't even get channels of any kind. I have three TVs and the tuners are broken on all three. The function exclusively with the DVD Players. I am hopeful that with the DVR, I can avoid becoming a TV Zombie and just watch what I record.
B --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i actually got cable way back because everywhere i've lived in > Atlanta, i've gotten ghosts on my TV when using rabbit ears. so i > got cable and have had it ever since. about three years ago i got > rid of all the premium channels (HBO, Showtime, etc) as i wasn't > keeping up on the series lie "Sopranos" and all the movies I want > to say are repeated so much. Long as i can get SciFi Channel, > Cartoon Network, Discovery, American Movie Classics, Turner Classic > Movies, and the History Channel, I'm okay > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: Bosco Bosco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I don't have cable TV. I am watching this at my girlfriends place > on > her cable DVR. I have not seen most of the other stuff that Sci-Fi > has produced. I did see Dune and I had a super mixed reaction. I > was > amazed to find one of my favorite stories of all time had become a > really well produced well cast enducement for snoring. > > I am actually gonna get cable after Christmas. I haven't had > channels > in ten years. Should be an interesting change of pace. > > Bosco > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > cool, thanks for the comments. I'll watch it this weekend. > Assuming > > you watched all the other scifi/fantasy miniseries of the last > > several years (The Odyssey, Gulliver's Travels, Arabian Nights, > > Hercules, Dinotopia, Merlin, etc.) how does it rank? I think some > > of the same team produced it as some of those others, no? > > > > -------------- Original message -------------- > > From: Bosco Bosco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I watched part one last night. I found it interesting and > creative > > reimagining of the tale but it has a lot of the typical short > > comings > > of Sci-fi channel original programing. The script and the > dialogue > > can tend to get a little awkward. There are some cheesy plot > points > > and the direction and editing can feel ham handed. On the > flipside, > > it's really pretty fun so far and the story is has been both > > intriguing and relatively well conceived. It's good enough to > drive > > me to finish it this weekend before my girl has to go back to > Mass > > for another ten days of work. > > > > I'll probably netflix it when it is released on DVD in the > future. > > I > > probably will not buy it. Unless my kids really want it. > > > > Bosco > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Anyone? not hearing any reviews. I have the next > week-and-a-half > > > off from work, and wondering if i should watch the miniseries, > or > > > clear up the tape for "Avatar" and "Legion of Superheroes" > > > > > > -------------- Original message -------------- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith Johnson) > > > > > > When I realized "Tin Man" was a three-part miniseries, and that > > > tonight would run it up against "Heroes" and "K*Ville", i > elected > > > to record the whole thing and watch it this weekend in one long > > > marathon. Anyone watch part one last night? How was it? > > > > > > Hoping it was as cool as the trailers led me to hope... > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > I got friends who are in prison and Friends who are dead. > > I'm gonna tell ya something that I've often said. > > > > You know these things that happen, > > That's just the way it's supposed to be. > > And I can't help but wonder, > > Don't ya know it coulda been me. > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > I got friends who are in prison and Friends who are dead. > I'm gonna tell ya something that I've often said. > > You know these things that happen, > That's just the way it's supposed to be. > And I can't help but wonder, > Don't ya know it coulda been me. > > __________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > I got friends who are in prison and Friends who are dead. I'm gonna tell ya something that I've often said. You know these things that happen, That's just the way it's supposed to be. And I can't help but wonder, Don't ya know it coulda been me. __________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country" --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
