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[miles]

I wonder how Richard Dean Anderson would have fared in The Great Escape.

I am currently on a mission to find out who owns the rights to MacGyver. I want to propose to the suits the concept of a MacGyver remake, maybe in the vein of the Shaft remake, starring Alton Brown. Alton Brown as the next generation MacGyver is only the coolest thing on earth.

Ashamed to admit I had to imdb (doesn't work as well as a verb, does it?) Richard Dean Anderson.  I assumed from contextual evidence he was the original actor who portrayed MacGyver, but just wanted to make sure.  Did you know MacGyver's first name is Angus?  I'm assuming you do if you want to buy the rights.

I really went to imdb for Alton Brown.  So, do you mean Alton Brown (I) or Alton Brown (II)?  That is, Alton Brown of Alimony (1924) or Alton Brown of "Good Eats" (1999)?

[Bobby Isosceles]

I wonder how Richard Dean Anderson would have fared in The Great Escape.

I am currently on a mission to find out who owns the rights to MacGyver. I want to propose to the suits the concept of a MacGyver remake, maybe in the vein of the Shaft remake, starring Alton Brown. Alton Brown as the next generation MacGyver is only the coolest thing on earth.

Ashamed to admit I had to imdb (doesn't work as well as a verb, does it?) Richard Dean Anderson.  I assumed from contextual evidence he was the original actor who portrayed MacGyver, but just wanted to make sure.  Did you know MacGyver's first name is Angus?  I'm assuming you do if you want to buy the rights.

I really went to imdb for Alton Brown.  So, do you mean Alton Brown (I) or Alton Brown (II)?  That is, Alton Brown of Alimony (1924) or Alton Brown of "Good Eats" (1999)?

Good eats, of course.

And on the subject of Anguses, did you know there is an entire mythos behind Donald Duck's family?

Mythology behind Clan McDuck

The Clan McDuck is a fictional family in the style of a Scottish clan, from which a great number of Walt Disney Company's comic book characters held their origin. According to the story Storia e gloria della dinastia dei paperi (History and glory of the Duck Dynasty) it was founded during the 1st century BC by Pah-Peh-Rheo an Egyptian, that had become a Roman citizen as Petronius Paperonius. Originally following a campaign of the Roman Army to Britain, he eventually decided to settle in Caledonia among the populations of the Picts. According to Don Rosa's timelines the Clan is known since 122, when an, as of yet, unnamed member of the clan sold stone to the construction crew of Hadrian's wall. The most famous members of the clan are Scrooge McDuck and Donald Duck.

Did you know:

* Scrooge died in 1967?
* Huey, Dewey and Louie's real names are Huebert, Deuteronomy, and Louis?
* The McDucks descend from the Ptolemies?

DONALD DUCK WILL REMIND YOU ABOUT ETERNITY.

[jough]

Paramount holds the rights to MacGyver.

In fact, the first season came out on DVD this past Tuesday.

It has an MSRP of only $39.95, and you can find it at retail outlets for around $25.

That's quite a bargain for over 18 hours of television goodness.

[CortJstr]

Where's wombat with her MWTA when we need her?

[evan]

I'd like to know what Ray would've said if Teodor did like soccer

"Maybe we could do a thing"

[Thak]

These last two Achewood strips are awesome, the best ones for awhile.

[wombat]

Where's wombat with her MWTA when we need her?

Man, we've gotten so good at wandering lately I can't begin to keep up.

[Bobby Isosceles]

Where's wombat with her MWTA when we need her?

Man, we've gotten so good at wandering lately I can't begin to keep up.

Is this gonna be one of those things that gets locked, then unlocked, then locked, then unlocked four times because the thread itself is a force of nature?

[miles]

Paramount holds the rights to MacGyver.

In fact, the first season came out on DVD this past Tuesday.

It has an MSRP of only $39.95, and you can find it at retail outlets for around $25.

That's quite a bargain for over 18 hours of television goodness.

Just saw it at Costco today.  Also, the Back to the Future Trilogy was selling for $17.99.  Tempted, but might wait for the first to come out.  I don't like the other two.

[jough]

Miles - the Back to the Future trilogy came out three years ago on DVD and has had a price drop until the end of January when the set will be taken off the market until the 25th Anniversary in 2010.

If you want the first one it's worth picking up the set now, especially if you can get it for $18.

[miles]

Miles - the Back to the Future trilogy came out three years ago on DVD and has had a price drop until the end of January when the set will be taken off the market until the 25th Anniversary in 2010.

If you want the first one it's worth picking up the set now, especially if you can get it for $18.

Ooh, good to know.  Will pick it up tomorrow.  The only problem I had was that I couldn't find any information specifying whether it was full screen or widescreen, but for that price, and with that information, who cares?

[beetle]

Is it possible Ray was smoking catnip rather than weed?

According to Ray (in Ray's place, responding to a question from me---wheee!), the answer would appear to be no, since

Catnip is sort of like Whip-Its, if you really must know.

[jough]

Ooh, good to know.  Will pick it up tomorrow.  The only problem I had was that I couldn't find any information specifying whether it was full screen or widescreen, but for that price, and with that information, who cares?

The original version that came out three years ago had framing issues with the second and third films (too tightly cropped so you miss a lot of details that happen at the top and bottom of the screen).  The original sets had a red sticker on the front that was circular and also had either the word "FULLSCREEN" or "WIDESCREEN" on the bar code.

The new versions fix the framing issue and have a rounded square orange and white sticker on the front, and only says WIDESCREEN or FULLSCREEN on the bottom of that sticker, in small print.

So you want the one with the large orange sticker on the front, and I would say you'd want the widescreen version but I'm not one to judge.   Of course, the fullscreen (i.e. pan & scan, i.e. crop and chop) version has a framing issue too - it's just cropped on purpose.

[miles]

The original version that came out three years ago had framing issues with the second and third films (too tightly cropped so you miss a lot of details that happen at the top and bottom of the screen).  The original sets had a red sticker on the front that was circular and also had either the word "FULLSCREEN" or "WIDESCREEN" on the bar code.

The new versions fix the framing issue and have a rounded square orange and white sticker on the front, and only says WIDESCREEN or FULLSCREEN on the bottom of that sticker, in small print.

So you want the one with the large orange sticker on the front, and I would say you'd want the widescreen version but I'm not one to judge.   Of course, the fullscreen (i.e. pan & scan, i.e. crop and chop) version has a framing issue too - it's just cropped on purpose.

I read somewhere about the framing issues.  The set I bought had no such sticker, but the discs say anamorphic widescreen.  Hopefully it's the newer version.  Will it be easy to tell when I watch them?  I do prefer widescreen to fullscreen.

[jough]

The newer discs have a "V2" after the copyright notice.

If they're not the newer version, you can get the second and third film replaced for free.

I'll try to dig up a link for you.

EDIT:
Home Theater Forum Thread on How to Exchange Your BTTF DVDs