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Primer.
Excellent movie, go rent it.
Are you hungry? I haven't eaten since later this afternoon.
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These 36 hour days are killing me!
I have been using netflix for about 18 months. Once they lost a dvd
I had returned. I told them I had sent it back and they let it slide.
Another time I broke a dvd. They had an option where they would
charge me $20 to replace it. Instead I bought a copy from walmarts
for $5 and sent that one back instead. No late fees, ever.
I had returned. I told them I had sent it back and they let it slide.
Another time I broke a dvd. They had an option where they would
charge me $20 to replace it. Instead I bought a copy from walmarts
for $5 and sent that one back instead. No late fees, ever.
I've used both Blockbuster online and netflix for about a year now.
Both have lost DVD's in the mail but it was actually really easy to file one as lost. If it's damaged, I just send them back and check the little box on the envelope that says "DVD is damaged or unplayable" and they never say anything...
The only problem I've had is that I've had a couple of occasions where they sent me the second "Bonus features" DVD instead of the actual movie...
I usually get about 20 DVDs a month from them, you don't have late fees...
Both have lost DVD's in the mail but it was actually really easy to file one as lost. If it's damaged, I just send them back and check the little box on the envelope that says "DVD is damaged or unplayable" and they never say anything...
The only problem I've had is that I've had a couple of occasions where they sent me the second "Bonus features" DVD instead of the actual movie...
I usually get about 20 DVDs a month from them, you don't have late fees...
Another excellent movie!
I average 11.5 DVDs per month on Netflix. There is a widespread
conspiracy theory that netflix throttles high traffic users with a passive-
aggressive response: movies are sent after a day or so delay. I am
pretty sure this is happening with me, but can't complain since it is still
cheaper than renting in person with blockbuster and hollywood.
I average 11.5 DVDs per month on Netflix. There is a widespread
conspiracy theory that netflix throttles high traffic users with a passive-
aggressive response: movies are sent after a day or so delay. I am
pretty sure this is happening with me, but can't complain since it is still
cheaper than renting in person with blockbuster and hollywood.
Ok, so I watched Primer, and well I think I need to watch it again 'cause I'm lost!
I threw it in with 3 people in the room and within 20 minutes we were all snoring. Though I do have a feeling that trying to watch it at 10pm after working since 6am non-stop installing an Exchange server may have had something to do with the snoring part! I just couldn't get into it enough to stay awake, and well, you miss a small section of that movie and nothing after that makes any sense at all!
I threw it in with 3 people in the room and within 20 minutes we were all snoring. Though I do have a feeling that trying to watch it at 10pm after working since 6am non-stop installing an Exchange server may have had something to do with the snoring part! I just couldn't get into it enough to stay awake, and well, you miss a small section of that movie and nothing after that makes any sense at all!
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I was lost too.... especially when all of a sudden they were watching themselves.........krazydave wrote:Ok, so I watched Primer, and well I think I need to watch it again 'cause I'm lost!
I threw it in with 3 people in the room and within 20 minutes we were all snoring. Though I do have a feeling that trying to watch it at 10pm after working since 6am non-stop installing an Exchange server may have had something to do with the snoring part! I just couldn't get into it enough to stay awake, and well, you miss a small section of that movie and nothing after that makes any sense at all!
OK sorry for the bad steer. The netflix reviews are about evenly
divided between people who think the movie is great, and people
who think the movie is terrible. For those who get obsessed with
it, the director put up a website discussion group. My comments
are under the name "dataspel" of course.
http://primermovie.com
Here is a brief review of the first 20 minutes or so:
A team of young engineers spend their free time trying to build
something cool that will attract venture capital. They are well
on the way towards building a room-temperature superconductor
when they find it has an unexpected side effect - objects placed
in the machine become untethered from time. The machine is
anchored in time at the startup (A) and shutdown (B) points, but
anything inside the machine is free to drift in either direction.
One of the guys figures this out and builds a larger box,
that he can enter at the B end (shutdown), and exit it at the A end
(startup), 6 hours earlier.
So the basic scenario works likes this:
1. Sart the machine
2. Drive to a hotel and spend the day there, so when your double
comes back in time, you won't interfere.
3. At the end of the day, call your stockbroker and find a stock
that went way up in price.
4. Drive back to the machine and turn it off. As it winds down,
get into the machine.
5. Wait 6 hours in the machine and exit that morning, just after
you turned it on.
6. Go buy some stocks. Do whatever else you want because your
double is in the hotel, and in a few hours he will enter the machine
and disappear from your timeline.
But of course there are other things you can try. The movie
explores some of those things and what happens to the guys
as a result. What I liked about the movie, besides the engineer
characters who were very familiar types from work, was that
the writer thought out the effects of each time trip in detail.
It does get hard to follow, but it is also an interesting puzzle
to solve, if you are so inclined.
divided between people who think the movie is great, and people
who think the movie is terrible. For those who get obsessed with
it, the director put up a website discussion group. My comments
are under the name "dataspel" of course.
http://primermovie.com
Here is a brief review of the first 20 minutes or so:
A team of young engineers spend their free time trying to build
something cool that will attract venture capital. They are well
on the way towards building a room-temperature superconductor
when they find it has an unexpected side effect - objects placed
in the machine become untethered from time. The machine is
anchored in time at the startup (A) and shutdown (B) points, but
anything inside the machine is free to drift in either direction.
One of the guys figures this out and builds a larger box,
that he can enter at the B end (shutdown), and exit it at the A end
(startup), 6 hours earlier.
So the basic scenario works likes this:
1. Sart the machine
2. Drive to a hotel and spend the day there, so when your double
comes back in time, you won't interfere.
3. At the end of the day, call your stockbroker and find a stock
that went way up in price.
4. Drive back to the machine and turn it off. As it winds down,
get into the machine.
5. Wait 6 hours in the machine and exit that morning, just after
you turned it on.
6. Go buy some stocks. Do whatever else you want because your
double is in the hotel, and in a few hours he will enter the machine
and disappear from your timeline.
But of course there are other things you can try. The movie
explores some of those things and what happens to the guys
as a result. What I liked about the movie, besides the engineer
characters who were very familiar types from work, was that
the writer thought out the effects of each time trip in detail.
It does get hard to follow, but it is also an interesting puzzle
to solve, if you are so inclined.