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Post by majestic on Apr 9, 2023 16:19:04 GMT -5
I just discovered Tubi this week. It's free and it's got a great catalog of older films. I watched 20 million miles to Earth this afternoon, and my wife and I just caught the charming Midnight in Paris after dinner. Next in line are La Grande Bouffe and the western/samurai film Red Sun. There are a few films from The Asylum too, but nobody's forced to watch those! Thanks for recommending this. I have been watching old movie serials on this and loving them. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Apr 9, 2023 18:28:08 GMT -5
The original Batman serial is there, too!
Haven't watched that since 1994.
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Post by majestic on Apr 9, 2023 18:44:18 GMT -5
The original Batman serial is there, too! Haven't watched that since 1994. Finished both of them! My Dad remembered the plot of the 1949 one when I told him I had watched it. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Apr 9, 2023 19:17:09 GMT -5
The original Batman serial is there, too! Haven't watched that since 1994. Finished both of them! My Dad remembered the plot of the 1949 one when I told him I had watched it. He's better than I am! All I remember is that there was a kind of ray that could stop steam powered locomotives. Not that's comic-book science done right! |
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Post by Prince Hal on Apr 11, 2023 9:57:26 GMT -5
Finished both of them! My Dad remembered the plot of the 1949 one when I told him I had watched it. He's better than I am! All I remember is that there was a kind of ray that could stop steam powered locomotives. Not that's comic-book science done right! In the first of the two serials, Lewis Wilson, who came from the Worcester, Massachusetts area, played Batman. It's so much fun to hear his Massachusetts accent. And to see J. Carroll Naish as the evil Dr. Daka |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2023 16:01:13 GMT -5
I like it that the US has a Worcester, too. I’m gonna go out on a limb and presume you pronounce it differently from “our” Worcester.
On streaming, I saw an ad on Facebook for New Faith Network, a platform showing Christian films and TV shows, including The Chosen.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2023 16:18:16 GMT -5
I like it that the US has a Worcester, too. I’m gonna go out on a limb and presume you pronounce it differently from “our” Worcester. No, I used to live 45 minutes from Worcester, MA when I went to high school, used to go to concerts there all the time. It's pretty similar to your pronunciation. Wuh-stir |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2023 16:29:31 GMT -5
Though that reminds me of how much pronunciations can vary even nearby. The town I lived in Massachusetts is called Groton, and we pronounced it "Grah-tin". Just a state away in Connecticut they have a Groton too, but they pronounce it "Grow-tin".
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2023 16:37:23 GMT -5
Even in the UK, it can happen, often to the amusement of many. Shrewsbury is pronounced in two different ways. Just one example.
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Post by Rob Allen on Apr 11, 2023 17:45:43 GMT -5
When I lived in Shrewsbury and Grafton Massachusetts, (both near Worcester), I heard pronunciations that ranged from "wuh-stir" to "wistah".
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2023 18:18:22 GMT -5
When I lived in Shrewsbury and Grafton Massachusetts, (both near Worcester), I heard pronunciations that ranged from "wuh-stir" to "wistah". Yeah, there's a little "accent dependence" here as well, I agree. I originally typed it as "wuh-stuh" based on how I pronounce it myself (the "stuh" is a little "thicker New England" than "stir" if that makes any sense). How about this...take the first syllable from "Wookie" and then add "stuh/stir" at the end. I think that's how I heard it most. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2023 18:29:45 GMT -5
Rob Allen (and my other other fellow former and current Mass friends), accents can vary as you accurately pointed out (I lived in New England from 3rd to 12th grade and heard quite a mix), but if there was such a thing as a "definitive source" for town names in Massachusetts, I submit to you it would be how the conductors on the commuter rails for the T would call them out. Nothing more "authentic" to my ears.  And no matter how many years I lived there, I never quite stopped giggling at how the town of "Peabody" is pronounced.
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Post by Prince Hal on Apr 11, 2023 18:51:04 GMT -5
And no matter how many years I lived there, I never quite stopped giggling at how the town of "Peabody" is pronounced. Well, it’s still better than PEE-body.😄 |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2023 18:57:01 GMT -5
And no matter how many years I lived there, I never quite stopped giggling at how the town of "Peabody" is pronounced. Well, it’s still better than PEE-body.😄 This is the video for you Prince Hal! |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Apr 16, 2023 8:27:48 GMT -5
Bah! I take all my pronunciation cues from Sherman!  |
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