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I used to comment on people who watched or even video taped films on TV that they already own on VHS (Or DVD). Then today I realised that I have just done the same thing and I reflected on the situation I reanalysed I had also done previously. Why, why do I and many, many other people (maybe you included?) watch films on TV sometimes at ridiculed with adverts at a time organised by the TV company? Do we forget that the same video/DVD is sat on the bookshelf? do we think the TV version is Different?
Looking forward to Digital Plus? Even more pointless recording opportunities for me, but without the hassles of poking long Videoplus numbers into the VCR, yeah!
What gets me is recording stuff you know you'll never watch again. I do it all the time. Just out of habbit before I go out I'll programme the video to record all sorts of stuuf which I'll never have time to watch. WHY?
Yeah but sometimes they cut it ridiculously. Die Hard for example. I think it was channel 4 that did this.....twice. They showed Die Hard stupidly cut and then when they showed it the next year, they showed the same version.
What thay did was cut out the part where Powell is talking about how he shot a kid and would never pull his gun on anyone again. At the end, when he does pull his gun and shoot Karl, a big thing is made of it. People who have never seen the film before would think it was stupid. "Oh no, he just shot a man.....Willis shot about 10 men."
I'll forgive you for not understanding a single word of what I just said.
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What thay did was cut out the part where Powell is talking about how he shot a kid and would never pull his gun on anyone again. At the end, when he does pull his gun and shoot Karl, a big thing is made of it. People who have never seen the film before would think it was stupid. "Oh no, he just shot a man.....Willis shot about 10 men."
I'll forgive you for not understanding a single word of what I just said.
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Sheer lazyness in some cases, not having to do the hard work of getting that tape or disc out of the box and slotting it into the vcr/dvd. Other times its quite interesting to see where the channels have cut the violence or sex out of the film.
Can be a bit frustrating though, every time I shout "They've cut that bit, yes, that bit there where he hits him with the bone and it goes right through his neck..."
Can be a bit frustrating though, every time I shout "They've cut that bit, yes, that bit there where he hits him with the bone and it goes right through his neck..."
I don't do this. Not as such. If a film is on, then I might watch it but not the version that is on TV in case it is cut.
When Jurassic Park was on a while ago, I watched it at around the same time it started but I have it on DVD so I watched it on DVD. Why watch it in poor picture and sound quality if you have the option to watch it on DVD? It doesn't make sense.
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When Jurassic Park was on a while ago, I watched it at around the same time it started but I have it on DVD so I watched it on DVD. Why watch it in poor picture and sound quality if you have the option to watch it on DVD? It doesn't make sense.
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I've done just that for the last five or six weeks. On ITV its the Sean Connery James Bond 007 season - and guess what - I own the films on VHS!!!
I don't know why people do it?
Its similar to the already pointed out question - why do people always laugh at adverts they see at the cinema but have seen them millions of times at home?
They are just things us strange beings do!
I don't know why people do it?
Its similar to the already pointed out question - why do people always laugh at adverts they see at the cinema but have seen them millions of times at home?
They are just things us strange beings do!
I used to comment on people who watched or even video taped films on TV that they already own on VHS (Or DVD). Then today I realised that I have just done the same thing and I reflected on the situation I reanalysed I had also done previously. Why, why do I and many, many other people (maybe you included?) watch films on TV sometimes at ridiculed with adverts at a time organised by the TV company? Do we forget that the same video/DVD is sat on the bookshelf? do we think the TV version is Different?