Re: M$ 365 Down, Again

On 2/6/25 3:38 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

On 2025-02-06, WokieSux282@ud0s4.net <WokieSux283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
 

On 2/5/25 11:50 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
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On 2025-02-06, WokieSux282@ud0s4.net <WokieSux283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
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On 2/5/25 2:32 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
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On 2025-02-04, WokieSux282@ud0s4.net <WokieSux283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
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On 2/3/25 7:36 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
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The other day we re-watched the movie version of _The Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Galaxy_ (RIP Alan Rickman) and I picked up a new
favourite line.  As our heroes attempted to negotiate the Vogon
bureaucracy to save Trillian from being fed to the Ravenous
Bugblatter Beast of Traal, Arthur Dent took the lead with the
words: "I'm British.  I know how to queue."

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      That WAS a good line, and probably tells us a
      lot about Brits  :-)
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      Still liked the old BBC series better - found
      it on a discounted DVD ! Contained more jewels
      of wisdom from Adams.

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I'll have to dig it out again and give it another look.
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Fun fact: the robot that played Marvin in the old series appears
(as an anonymous robot) in the movie, in the scene I mentioned above.

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     Ah yes, I spotted him in the crowd  :-)
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     The BBC series was fairly low-budget and 'crude',
     but, IMHO, better than the slick movie version.

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Perhaps, but you have to admit that the scene on the Magrathea
factory floor is magnificent in the new version.

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    That WAS magnificent, perhaps the best scene
    in the movie.

 I think so.  I eagerly await it each time I watch the movie.
 

    BBC didn't have the budget or tech for that
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    I am a bit saddened at how special effects
    have come to drive film/TV. Even if not as
    spiffy, good dialogue and plot structure
    made for a better product.

 Indeed.  It's a shame when there are all sorts of
wonderful effects with nothing to back them up.
 

    Was watching a Jon Pertwee "Dr. Who" the
    other day. Very low budget - but it still
    worked quite well, told a good story.

 We found the original Doctor Who episodes on one of the
streaming services (Prime, I think) and have been working
our way through them.  They actually hold together
reasonably well.

   Ah ... you can get 'em all on "Pluto TV". Search
   on "Dr Who Classic". However you can't pick and
   choose episodes, they just run kinda like on
   regular TV. Sometimes they're arranged more
   "thematically" - might jump whole seasons,
   whole Doctors, between story arcs.
   Remember the VERY first one - "Unearthly Child" ?
   Ran the night JFK was assassinated and thus got
   an almost zero rating. Somebody at BBC decided to
   run it again a week later ... an historic decision.
   Oddly, the initial scene, moving past the salvage
   yard, was repeated in a MUCH later post-classic
   episode.
   In any case insanely low budget, absolute CRAP
   special effects - but, yet, very effective
   entertainment, good stories, good dialog, good
   plot development. Still very watchable even
   60 years later.
   Oh, if so inclined, find the Katy Manning nude
   photo-shoot where she was draped over 'Daleks'.
   The 60s WERE more fun ! Western civ is now
   much more like a leftist TalibanWorld ...
   Bianca Censori can't even flash her stuff without
   "outrage" .... SO sad, repressed and political.
   The very latest "Who" ... can't get 'em in the USA
   without paying Disney big $$$. They've also gone SO
   "woke" I'll never watch 'em anyhow. Again, so sad.
   It'll be a good decade before a reboot, but I may
   not be alive for that.
   Anyway, they hit on a near-perfect theme/universe
   for drama. Would not be surprised to see various
   evos even 60 years from now.
   Oh, btw, don't believe in time travel - only The Now,
   one "Fermi-second" at a time. But the IDEA is still
   intriguing, so many fictional possibilities. Humans
   are in no way limited by The Real  :-)