Oh Aye and there’s the reason way ye canna get rid of most things you’ve collected. You’ve collected those things because ye Canna BEAR to part with ’em!
I agree. If you read the book the movie was “made from”, the BM movie’s more fiction than fact. No ciphers or codes, that pen thing at the end was a fabrication, and what he really said when he won the Nobel was, “The money could be better.” The movie was just junk, read the book instead. It was an interesting look at the good and bad of Mr, Nash, while the movie was just Hollywood exploitation.
In the future, the movie will be no more than the answer to a trivia question, “What movie beat out The Fellowship of the Ring for Best Picture?”
I guess Hollywood prefers their own fantasies to classics that have changed our world.
VHS tapes will eventually delam or demagnetize and be useless anyway. We tossed ours when they began to deteriorate to the point of being annoying. We either copied them to DVD or bought replacements.
If you want a VHS/DVD player/recorder I suggest you get it now. They made the last ones in 2015. Just be sure it was one of those. They have HDMI out and are enhanced so the picture is almost as good as a DVD. I still have some recorded in the early ’70s that look fine.
I’m currently recording old Walt Disney programs onto DVDs.They used to play the good old stuff after midnight on the Disney Channel so I have a lot of the Westerns, The Swamp Fox and Andy Burnett. I think I have all the Zorros too. I’m getting tired of manufacturers changing formats every month to force people to buy all new old favourites. I’ve got a shelf above me here with four full racks of ZIP discs that this computer has no slot for. I’m hoping to get a CD recorder for the old computer I have next to me that does read ZIPs. That’s the one my scanner is hooked to and I used to scan old family photos, clean them up and ZIP them over to this computer’s predecessor. Progress, Pfaghh!
Bullitt was the first DVD I ever bought followed by Batman, Top Gun, 2001 a Space Odyssey, and American Graffiti in that order. Now I have Bullitt and 2001 on blue ray.
somebodyshort almost 8 years ago
Has anyone got a copy of the original Star Wars before George “remastered” it. It’s worth gold
laughingkitty almost 8 years ago
I have some of those movies on VHS too and I ain’t throwing them away!
GROG Premium Member almost 8 years ago
I no longer have any VHS tapes, but most of what I did have I replaced on DVD.
gaslightguy almost 8 years ago
I still collect them. You can find them everywhere. Kind of like vinyl records were years ago.
Chris Kenworthy almost 8 years ago
Hmm… I think I still have two boxes full of blank VHS tapes, shows I recorded off cable…
I use the boxes as a printer stand. Haven’t looked inside them in years. ;)
William Pursell almost 8 years ago
Oh Aye and there’s the reason way ye canna get rid of most things you’ve collected. You’ve collected those things because ye Canna BEAR to part with ’em!
tirnaaisling almost 8 years ago
Dump the lot!
dwagon55 almost 8 years ago
Except for “a beautiful mind” – good list.
Ray Helvy Premium Member almost 8 years ago
I agree. If you read the book the movie was “made from”, the BM movie’s more fiction than fact. No ciphers or codes, that pen thing at the end was a fabrication, and what he really said when he won the Nobel was, “The money could be better.” The movie was just junk, read the book instead. It was an interesting look at the good and bad of Mr, Nash, while the movie was just Hollywood exploitation.
In the future, the movie will be no more than the answer to a trivia question, “What movie beat out The Fellowship of the Ring for Best Picture?”
I guess Hollywood prefers their own fantasies to classics that have changed our world.
JanLC almost 8 years ago
VHS tapes will eventually delam or demagnetize and be useless anyway. We tossed ours when they began to deteriorate to the point of being annoying. We either copied them to DVD or bought replacements.
mourdac Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Still have the original unaltered Star Wars on VHS. It’ll have to do until Disney re-releases them on DVD, not the Lucas messes afterwards.
tcayer almost 8 years ago
I don’t even own a DVD player, let alone a VCR!
Loopy Frogger Premium Member almost 8 years ago
I think the real question is do they still have an operating VHS player ?
Jerry Collins almost 8 years ago
If you want a VHS/DVD player/recorder I suggest you get it now. They made the last ones in 2015. Just be sure it was one of those. They have HDMI out and are enhanced so the picture is almost as good as a DVD. I still have some recorded in the early ’70s that look fine.
wiatr almost 8 years ago
I’m currently recording old Walt Disney programs onto DVDs.They used to play the good old stuff after midnight on the Disney Channel so I have a lot of the Westerns, The Swamp Fox and Andy Burnett. I think I have all the Zorros too. I’m getting tired of manufacturers changing formats every month to force people to buy all new old favourites. I’ve got a shelf above me here with four full racks of ZIP discs that this computer has no slot for. I’m hoping to get a CD recorder for the old computer I have next to me that does read ZIPs. That’s the one my scanner is hooked to and I used to scan old family photos, clean them up and ZIP them over to this computer’s predecessor. Progress, Pfaghh!
Sisyphos almost 8 years ago
Hurray for Gaylord and Irwin!
They saved Broomie from making a big mistake.
At the very least, she should transfer the VHS tapes to digital format! What great films she was tossing like common trash!
JP Steve Premium Member almost 8 years ago
When they started phasing out DVD’s my Mother and I started stockpiling players — I still have four working players, hers went in the estate sales.
Cavenee Lonnie Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Bullitt was the first DVD I ever bought followed by Batman, Top Gun, 2001 a Space Odyssey, and American Graffiti in that order. Now I have Bullitt and 2001 on blue ray.