Cliches of 1999 in Review, article in Slate. The winner: 'inappropriate'; "This term made more appearances in the Congre ssional Record (382) than any other word or phrase nominated..."
Many thanks to crikey of MemePool for informing me of DVD Price Search and Incredible DVD (coupons coupons coupons!). (Yes, I know I don't have a DVD player, but after the success of DVD this Christmas season, I'm probably not going to buy another video.)
How Film Is Transferred to Video. (Thanks tjs of MemePool, and dandot.)
A simple way to make an anamorphic film fit on a TV set is to just leave the anamorphic lense out, and everything in the original picture is stored on video. Unfortunately, all people become thin and distorted, but this has been done, and still is, from t ime to time. Actually, Philips' CD-I depends on a 10% distortion in aspect ratios to make CD-I both NTSC and PAL compatible. The effect is just too horrible to show you, so I won't do it.
World Sexual Records. (Thanks Fark.com.)
I bought one so you won't have to. I mentioned a while ago that I picked up a DVD of Metropolis for about $7. If you've been in a video store this shopping season, you've seen 'em by the cash register: Madacy Entertainment's Excelsior Collectors Edition DVDs. I knew they'd be crappy, but this was just too crappy. Poor print, "pan-n-scan" (though it doesn't really do either, it's just cropped--and poorly), terrible music (probably not even w ritten for the film), and, well, it's just not worth $7. Maybe their Reefer Madness is better...
SAG establishes new "demo" rate, so speculation recordings could more easily use SAG singers.
