FORKNI-L

FORKNI-L Digest - 21 Feb 2005 to 22 Feb 2005 (#2005-52)

Tue, 22 Feb 2005

There are 7 messages totalling 215 lines in this issue.

Topics of the day:

  1. Season 2 on DVD - My Thoughts (3)
  2. Bad Days
  3. Today's Birthday:  February 22
  4. FK Memes
  5. Nick's path to the Crusades

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Date:    Mon, 21 Feb 2005 20:16:15 -0800
From:    "Lynn L. Sowinski" <lls761@s.......>
Subject: Re: Season 2 on DVD - My Thoughts

My copy works just fine.  Perhaps you got a bad set or your DVD player isn't
working properly.  I have no problems at all.

Lynn


IF DOGS DON'T GO TO HEAVEN, WHEN I DIE, I WANT TO GO WHERE THEY WENT.

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Date:    Mon, 21 Feb 2005 21:38:18 -0700
From:    Rose Thatcher <dreamerextrodanar@h.......>
Subject: Re: Bad Days

Yep, about like that.  Actually, that makes me feel better.  Guess misary
DOES love company!  THanks! :)
'Rose

"The true nature of the Vampire is undefined, undiscovered, inconceivably
complex, and therefore, Lots of fun!"

>
>     You mean like the "I'm hung over, Vesuvius is erupting, and my
>daughter
>just turned out to be a vampire!  Oh, great, now she's biting me. . ." kind
>of day, or the, "I just got blown up trying to help someone, and now I've
>woken up in the morgue with some strange but cute coroner lady, who now
>knows way too much about vampires!" kind of day?

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Date:    Tue, 22 Feb 2005 00:01:42 -0500
From:    France <MyDL@s.......>
Subject: Re: Season 2 on DVD - My Thoughts

Rented the 3rd disc today and it looks better, but I'm a little disappointed
that the image is not as crisp or good as I would like it to be.  It's so
weird re-watching the show, I remember being in Boston when one of the
episode aired, my first FK convention, wanted to do something wild once in
my life and remembered that it was February and it was nice all week and the
one weekend I decide to do something (I never do anything, I'm as boring as
you can get) and there is a huge snow storm on the Sunday I had to drive
back home, took me 5 hours to drive to Boston From Montreal & 11 hours to
get back home in the storm, thought I was going to die, my car was a small
sprint and the wind was so strong that the car was being pushed to the side,
it was so cold in the car the heater couldn't keep up and I couldn't see a
thing in front of me, that Monday at work I was told the road I took was
called the road of death as allot of people got killed on that road.  Guess
I was one of the lucky ones, it didn't stop me, I remember not too long
after the Oklahoma bombing, I decided to give myself a special birthday
present, never went on a plane before and since there was going to be an
another convention with Geraint this time, I decided to treat myself to a
trip to Washington, D.C. using ValueJet (If I remember correctly, a few
weeks later a ValueJet plane crashed in Florida) got there a day early so I
could go sight seeing with a tour, didn't get lucky then, when we got to the
senate at 8:30am, I fell and instead of trying to stop my fall I was trying
to save my sister's camera so I ended up hurting my foot, so it was a VERY
long tour for me trying to keep up with everyone, but it was worth it, I had
a lot of fun, my foot was all blue but it was a nice trip, it was raining
that entire weekend in Montreal, and I had called in sick that Friday so I
could get there early and it was weird coming to work on Monday with a
sunburn on my nose from all the sun in Washington, but used my foot as an
excuse for not coming in that Friday, but that weekend was wonderful, I felt
like a rich person, flying down to Washington, DC for the weekend, visiting,
meeting people, it was GREAT.  These DVDs are bringing back such wonderful
memories. :)

France

> The quality on the first *2* discs is, indeed, grainy. If you don't have a
> high end system or large tv, you may not notice it that much. On our large
> HD widescreen tv the grain and pixelation were terrible in many scenes
> (especially the precient and blue lighting). The other 4 discs are
> decent...
> Kristin
> http://knightvision.4ever.cc
> "When you only have eyes for the Knight..."

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Date:    Tue, 22 Feb 2005 06:14:43 +0100
From:    CousinLucilla <cousinlucilla@f.......>
Subject: Re: Season 2 on DVD - My Thoughts

Kristin schrieb:

>The quality on the first *2* discs is, indeed, grainy. If you don't have a
>high end system or large tv, you may not notice it that much.
>

I have to agree with Kris on this point. If I watch the DVDs on my small
TV the picture is much better than if I watch them on my high end large
screen TV.
Picture quality on those tends to be worse if your product( the DVD that
is) is not 100%, and you notice this immediately. And indeed, the
picture quality on the first 2 discs
is not the best, but tell you what:
I don't care, because I finally have FK on DVD, which means that I don't
have to worry about wearing my tapes out one day. I now have episodes
without strange cuts or commercials or the logo of the station marring
the picture. This is what counts for me, not if the pic is as crisp as
it could be. Maybe because I can still remember what it was like to have
worn  mono-recordings on tape before there was DVD and high-end sound.
As for bloopers or deleted scenes: I am glad we got what we have. Why
can't we be happy with that?
Sony might as well have said: screw them, and never produced the DVDs in
the first place.

Doris


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Date:    Tue, 22 Feb 2005 06:11:06 -0600
From:    eowyn23@j.......
Subject: Today's Birthday:  February 22

Hi Y'all!

Today is the birthday of:    Rhonda MacKenzie   scarlett@a.......

You may send birthday greetings to Rhonda at the above email address.
Please NOT to the list!

Others who share this birthday:
Drew Barrymore, TV/Movie Actress
Jeri Ryan, Actress
Lord Robert Baden-Powell, Philanthropist; founded Boy Scouts and Girl
Guides
Frederic Francois Chopin, Composer
George Washington, President

Significant events on this date:
1630, Popcorn was introduced by an Indian named Quadequina to the English
colonists at their first Thanksgiving dinner.
1876, Johns Hopkins University is opened.
1879, Frank Winfield Woolworth opened a 5-cent and 10-cent store in
Utica, New York.
1892, Oscar Wilde's play, "Lady Windermere's Fan," was first performed at
London's St. James's Theater.

I hope you have a very Happy Birthday, Rhonda!

If you would like to be added to the birthday announcements, please send
your name, birthdate (no year needed) and email address to me,
eowyn23@j......., privately, and I'll be glad to add you.

Terri
eowyn23@j....... or eowyn@w.......
GWDFC, FK X-Stitcher, Proud Survivor of FK Fic Wars 8-11, Texas Knight
Dreamers, Knighties List Owner, Keeper of the FK Birthday List

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Date:    Tue, 22 Feb 2005 11:00:13 -0500
From:    Cindy Clark <clarkcindy@m.......>
Subject: Re: FK Memes

----- Original Message -----
From: "FKMel" <sgt_buck_frobisher@y......>
> You Would Make A Great Bartender
> You Are Most Like Natalie


Natalie as a bartender!  Ewww!  Remember the protein shakes!

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Date:    Tue, 22 Feb 2005 12:58:13 -0500
From:    Cindy Clark <clarkcindy@m.......>
Subject: Re: Nick's path to the Crusades

----- Original Message -----
From: "eruve erundun" <eruveerundun@y.......HK>
> I'm not sure if this was previously discussed but I was wondering what was
> the likeliest route for Nick heading out to the Holy Land for  Crusades?


Speaking of Crusades, did anyone else think of our crusader when watching
the "Digging for the Truth" episode on the Holy Grail that was recently on
the History Channel.  It seems that the Pope called for a crusade in France,
in 1243, to eliminate another Christian sect.  A novel that I read about
this crusade, said that Brabant was asked to defend the Cathars, but ended
up fighting with the Pope's troops.  Fanfic anybody?

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