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Re: [F_minor] OT: Why has this movie been banned fromthe USA?Whycan't Americans see & hear this movie?

No Ps2 needed. No illegal software. Nothing Illegal at all, really. Just opposable thumbs.

Google hint: "hack dvd player region codes" (1st hit: http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks)
With a few hokey pokey moves, and your remote, you can unlock region codes on most DVD players much the way teenage game players unlock super powerful uzis or magic ferry dust.

Enjoy.

-Mary Jo



On Mar 2, 2008, at 1:30 PM, Robert Merkin wrote:


John's extremely helpful DVD advice ... why does it resemble the dark and
furtive steps I have to take to buy drugs, or discounted prescription
medications from Canada?

And now to see this glorious new movie of my favorite opera -- I have to
buy a Sony PS2??? I have to impersonate a criminal or an international
smuggler or a teenage boy?

Vent is right. Vent. Vent. Bigtime grossezeit Vent.

Do Swiss theaters sell Milk Duds?

B


[Original Message]
From: Pat <pzumst@bluewin.ch>
To: <bobmerk@earthlink.net>; <F_MINOR@EMAIL.RUTGERS.EDU>
Date: 3/2/2008 1:20:47 PM
Subject: Re: [F_minor] OT: Why has this movie been banned from the
USA?Whycan't Americans see & hear this movie?

32 Short Stories was never released on DVD Region 2 for Europe. But have
we
complained and moaned like Bob ? No, some of us still wait untill this
day
for a proper release or even re-release (when oh when ? ), the other half
(people like me) asked their Gamer mates and got software which can be
easily and most of all legally purchased from any vendor for the PS2 and
Xbox that will allow you to play DVDs with a different region code.

I just saw an ad in the local paper for Die Zauberflöte at a local
concert
hall (Hallenstadion Zürich in April). I actually just might go, just to
make
Bob green with envy....

Make Bob Happy, give tha man a proper double-double, some valium and
possibly a ticket to Stratford for the summer ;)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Merkin" <bobmerk@earthlink.net>
To: <F_MINOR@EMAIL.RUTGERS.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: [F_minor] OT: Why has this movie been banned from the
USA?Whycan't Americans see & hear this movie?


I wanna see it on a whomp-arse big theater movie screen. My town has kept
alive in loving restoration the gorgeous 19th century Academy of Music
(with private boxes and a balcony), great, with spectacular acoustics,
for
live concerts as well as a perfect venue for movies.

This is my Right as an American. But thanks for the DVD tip.


[Original Message]
From: John DeGood <john@degood.org>
To: <bobmerk@earthlink.net>
Date: 3/2/2008 11:39:32 AM
Subject: Re: [F_minor] OT: Why has this movie been banned from the USA?
Whycan't Americans see & hear this movie?

Why has this movie been banned from the USA? Why can't Americans see
& hear this movie?

US and Canadian residents can easily purchase this DVD from ebay.com or
amazon.fr -- search for "flute branagh". It is a Region 2 DVD, so to
play it in the US or Canada (i.e. Region 1) requires a region- free DVD
player, but those are also easily obtained. Many Region 1 DVD players
can be easily unlocked using a "secret" button or remote control
sequence.

I suspect Bob already knows this, and is just venting at the the motion
picture production and distribution establishment, as well as DVD
region
coding in general. :-)

John 


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