Posts by JimmyPage

there are people in all sorts of clothing from many cultures, american casual, african, asian, hispanic, and others.. but i have not seen a single image that shows you kilt wearers will make it into the new systemtm!.

does that make you so angry that your sporran stands on edge?.

JimmyPage

I understand an upcoming Watchtower will portray Groundskeeper Willie sprucing up the lawns in Paradise. He's a study, you know.

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OUR BOREDOM MINISTRY issue #3: Join the great cloud of witnesses!

by processor in

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i finally translated another issue of our boredom ministry.

join the great cloud of witnesses!

how can we imitate the faithful men of old?.

JimmyPage

Makes as much sense as anything else I've read in Watchtower publications.

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Another groovy day in Gotham City

by JimmyPage in

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will this show ever be released on dvd?

i loved the reruns as a kid!.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmzispmtfca.

JimmyPage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDgNCx1RtHw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q05El3Q-yU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfasiBqVI8w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rk7V0Qhfv0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEUe4AQ2Mh4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FftPMxfGB30

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY2jOLQG1dA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaf87tbGtJM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbayy6D__4g

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Has President Obama Disappointed You?

by minimus in

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is he what you expected?

any second thoughts?

?.

JimmyPage

What blows my mind is seeing a man addressing the needs of the country he presides over instead of dropping bombs on camels.

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Another groovy day in Gotham City

by JimmyPage in

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will this show ever be released on dvd?

i loved the reruns as a kid!.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmzispmtfca.

JimmyPage

Wikipedia currently says:

Home video (non-) release

Despite considerable popular demand [5] , no official home entertainment release (VHS, laserdisc or DVD) of the series has occurred to date in North America, with the situation seemingly unlikely to be resolved in the near future.

Conflicting reports of the reasons behind the non-release of the series point to a number of different factors, some, none or all of which may indeed play a part. These include:

Disagreement between DC Comics, owners of the Batman character after DC's sister/parent company Warner Bros. took over DC in 1976, in which Warner Bros. could also be involved, and 20th Century Fox, owners of the program itself. Gord Lacey's influential TV/DVD website TVShowsonDVD.com is often quoted in support of this much-discussed theory, after a story the website ran in December, 2005. [6]
- Commentators have suggested that DC Comics itself is not involved, and that Warner and Fox are reluctant to work with each other. This was denied by a Warner spokesperson in 2005 during their semi-regular "Home Theater Forum" chat, where it was stated that the issues were between Fox and DC alone, with Warner playing no part in negotiations. [7]
- The argument has been made that DC does not wish to distort the current image of the Dark Knight by having the overtly-campy 1960s series competing head-to-head with more modern takes, such as Tim Burton's Batman film and its sequels or Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. DC may indeed be distancing itself from the 1960s series. A solicited cover by Mike Allred for issue #7 of Solo—a 2005 DC Comics series—featured Batman doing the Batusi. The cover, based on Adam West and a memorably campy episode of the TV series, was replaced by the time of Solo #7's released. Allred explains that the cover was pulled by "higher ups" for reasons largely unknown. [8] Speculation over the reasons first intimated that potential infringement of rights were the issue, but this was soon replaced with suggestions that its "campy" nature was the real factor in its removal. At the time of the issue's release, DVDs of Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, and Batman Begins were also being promoted, and DC's chief editor Dan Didio reportedly does not like camp. [9]
Greenway/ABC/Fox rights issues. The Batman series was conceived as an equal partnership between William Dozier's Greenway Productions and Fox in 1964, before Fox entered into a separate agreement with ABC to produce the series in 1965. With three companies involved almost from the outset, there is some speculation that these rights are tangled even before the DC Comics character-ownership rights are to be considered. Moreover:
- In 2006, Deborah Dozier Potter, "the successor-in-interest to Greenway Productions" sued Fox for allegedly withholding monies under the Fox/ABC agreement. [10] [11] Dozier Potter further claimed that this came to her attention when, in March 2005: "she considered releasing the series on DVD," implying that (from her perspective at least) Greenway/Dozier Potter has some say in the matter of potentional DVD release of the series. (The case was resolved/dismissed in November, 2007, In February 2005 John Stacks had approached Deborah Dozier Potter to market the series on DVD. There were many offers and lots of interest in the release of the series, as can be read in Joel Eisner's The Official Batbook Revised Bat Edition 2008.[12] )
Other complications/rights issues:
- Christopher D Heer, writing at the "1966 Batman Message Board", clarified a quote by moderator Lee Kirkham, noting that there will likely be the need for complicated deals regarding cameos, since "...at least some of the cameos were done as uncredited, unpaid walk-ons -- which means that Fox does NOT have home video clearances for them. Either those scenes would have to be cut or an agreement reached with the actors." [13]
- Kirkham's initial quote also noted that, alongside music clearance issues, there could also be problems over some of the costumes, and the original Batmobile:

"It may surprise you, but then there are also rights issues concerning the design of the unique Batmobile design used in the show, and possible a separate issue regarding some of the costumes as well!" [14]

The series, under the Fox/ABC deal, is however still in syndication, and regularly shown on a number of channels around the world. Thus far, though, only the 1966 feature film is available on DVD for non-broadcast viewing in North America. This also affected the 2003 television movie reunion Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt, which was only able to make use of footage from the 1966 movie.

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Don't Know If You Saw Lady Gaga on SNL, esp her 2nd performance...

by AllTimeJeff in

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it's worth it.... it occurred to me, she might be the puppeteer, and not the puppet after all..... probably free on nbc.com or hulu.com.. i was impressed.....

JimmyPage

Did she rip up a picture of the Governing Body and say, "Fight the real enemy"?

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Another groovy day in Gotham City

by JimmyPage in

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will this show ever be released on dvd?

i loved the reruns as a kid!.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmzispmtfca.

JimmyPage

Really? I looked on amazon recently and everyone said they weren't. Guess I'll check back.