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Post by jeffb on Sept 17, 2022 18:18:18 GMT -6
I'm not much of a TV person in recent years, so maybe this is not news to many of you.
But, I was browsing on TUBI for the first time in a couple years and see that all three of the classic Sinbad movies, Jason and the Argonauts and some other movies are on for free. Also several versions of Journey to the Center of the Earth along with The Sword & The Sorcerer, and others. All of these were free from what I could tell. Most of them cost $ to watch on Prime.
Just finished up Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger. Some great Harry Hausen scenery/sets, if not the best of his creature works. I can forgive a Patrick Wayne and his Charisma score of 6, for the inclusion of Jane Seymour and her Charisma score of 18 :wink wink:
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2022 5:50:21 GMT -6
I love "Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger" so much I paid money for a novelization of the movie script at a flea market.
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Post by jeffb on Sept 18, 2022 7:30:17 GMT -6
I love "Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger" so much I paid money for a novelization of the movie script at a flea market. I saw it in the theatre when it released. It had stiff competition that year- Star Wars. I don't recall ever seeing a novelization- will have to check it out. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2022 8:21:14 GMT -6
I love "Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger" so much I paid money for a novelization of the movie script at a flea market. I saw it in the theatre when it released. It had stiff competition that year- Star Wars. I don't recall ever seeing a novelization- will have to check it out. It's nothing to write home about but it represents a period in my young life when I was obsessed with Sinbad. |
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Post by jeffb on Sept 18, 2022 8:36:07 GMT -6
I would have been all over that had I seen it in the bookstore at the time. But in '77 our local bookstore was pretty bad. Mostly newspapers, magazines, crossword puzzle books, and trashy harlequin love novels for housewives (which my Mom read constantly  ). It wasn't until a big chain in the DC Metro area- Crown Books - came long a year or so later was I able to start finding a fair amount of Fantasy/Sci Fi, and eventually D&D stuff. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2022 11:56:14 GMT -6
In further proof that our devices are spying on us, Youtube just recommended me this video. Not that I'm complaining about an opportunity to learn about a master at work:
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Post by flightcommander on Sept 18, 2022 13:38:17 GMT -6
Was everyone left-handed in antiquity, even the undead?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2022 13:53:41 GMT -6
Was everyone left-handed in antiquity, even the undead?  |
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Post by DungeonDevil on Sept 18, 2022 18:21:56 GMT -6
Was everyone left-handed in antiquity, even the undead? I'm left-handed, but not yet undead. Give me time, lads!  Thanks for the heads-up about TUBI. Never heard of it. Jane's CHA score has been -- and still is -- far, far above 18. Just sayin'. |
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Post by asaki on Sept 19, 2022 8:11:50 GMT -6
Dunno if it's expired by now, but Mazes & Monsters has been on my Tubi queue for a while now.
Never seen it...need to fix that...
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Post by DungeonDevil on Sept 19, 2022 8:52:40 GMT -6
Dunno if it's expired by now, but Mazes & Monsters has been on my Tubi queue for a while now. Never seen it...need to fix that... Wha...?  If you are an RPGer, it's pretty much mandatory at this point to have seen it. It's an awful, yet quoteable, piece of early Hanks oeuvre that sums up the scary (and overblown) Satanic Panic era. Look at it this way: it's far better than the book. |
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Post by machfront on Sept 19, 2022 10:16:23 GMT -6
Hawk the Slayer is also on Tubi.
Other flicks of interest come and go from time to time. Just have to check every month or two.
Dragonslayer, Willow and the Conan flicks were available recently. Likely will be again.
If you put a movie on your list and it goes away, when it returns it will automatically repopulate in your list. 🙂
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Post by machfront on Sept 19, 2022 10:28:38 GMT -6
Looking through my own (years old) list… of fantasy, S&S medieval, Renaissance interest I see…
Eye of the Beholder: The Art of Dungeons & Dragons
Fire & Ice
The Sword and the Sorcerer
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
The 13th Warrior
A Field in England
Solomon Kane
The Last Unicorn
Black Death
Flesh & Blood
Rozencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Red Sonja: Queen of Plagues
The Warrior and the Sorceress
Hawk the Slayer
….and many other B and Z grade flicks…. Like “Beyond Sherwood Forest” or “Sorceress”, etc.
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Post by rredmond on Sept 19, 2022 13:02:30 GMT -6
I would have been all over that had I seen it in the bookstore at the time. Truth, even if I didn't know about the movie, that cover rocks. |
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Post by jeffb on Sept 19, 2022 13:08:50 GMT -6
I knew I forgot one that was something I really liked. Haven't watched that in years.. |
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Post by asaki on Sept 20, 2022 8:21:16 GMT -6
If you are an RPGer, it's pretty much mandatory at this point to have seen it. I know, my friend used to rave about it a lot, said I had to see it. |
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Post by asaki on Sept 20, 2022 9:05:35 GMT -6
In further proof that our devices are spying on us, Youtube just recommended me this video. Facebook got me >_<
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Post by machfront on Sept 20, 2022 9:23:47 GMT -6
Though I far prefer and recommend Tubi, one can find some decent free stuff within YouTube’s ‘free with ads’ movies as well…also, PlutoTV (which I prefer for streaming stuff), also has free ‘on demand’ shows and movies as well…not a ton on the following for free but there are a lil bit: Peacock, AmazonPrime (yes, some free stuff without a subscription). Crackle, Dark Matter TV, Midnight Pulp.
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Post by asaki on Sept 20, 2022 10:28:02 GMT -6
Though I far prefer and recommend Tubi... I think the main reason I prefer Tubi is because, most of the time, they have better support for 4:3 CRT televisions... ¬_¬ Everything I've watched on Pluto was windowboxed. |
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Post by tdenmark on Sept 20, 2022 12:00:45 GMT -6
I love "Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger" so much I paid money for a novelization of the movie script at a flea market. I saw it in the theatre when it released. It had stiff competition that year- Star Wars. I don't recall ever seeing a novelization- will have to check it out. Poor Ray Harryhausen. Clash of the Titans came out the same time as Raiders of the Lost Ark. I loved Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, it instilled a life long fascination with Saber-Toothed Tigers. |
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Post by retrorob on Sept 20, 2022 12:22:19 GMT -6
Dragonslayer! I've watched it recently for the first time - great film. The Dragon is still impressive. I liked the setting, vistas, nature, castles, etc. to such an extent, that I plan to run a campaign set in this world  must-see! |
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Post by magremore on Sept 20, 2022 15:54:39 GMT -6
Dragonslayer! I've watched it recently for the first time - great film. The Dragon is still impressive. I liked the setting, vistas, nature, castles, etc. to such an extent, that I plan to run a campaign set in this world must-see! 100%. Had somehow missed this in the 80s (maybe I was a tad young) but watched it several years ago now for one our family's Friday Night Movie nights and it was really something how well the movie holds up. Second the must-see! |
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Post by asaki on Sept 21, 2022 16:33:21 GMT -6
Had somehow missed this in the 80s (maybe I was a tad young) but watched it several years ago now for one our family's Friday Night Movie nights and it was really something how well the movie holds up. Second the must-see! I found it in a Best Buy Black Friday bargain bin (say that ten times fast) many moons ago, and it sounded cool enough...turns out, it actually is as cool as it sounds. |
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Post by DungeonDevil on Sept 22, 2022 11:05:17 GMT -6
Had somehow missed this in the 80s (maybe I was a tad young) but watched it several years ago now for one our family's Friday Night Movie nights and it was really something how well the movie holds up. Second the must-see! I found it in a Best Buy Black Friday bargain bin (say that ten times fast) many moons ago, and it sounded cool enough...turns out, it actually is as cool as it sounds. Time for a prequel, says I! The wizard Ulrich is a great character and needs more development. |
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Post by Starbeard on Sept 22, 2022 12:32:50 GMT -6
Though I far prefer and recommend Tubi... I think the main reason I prefer Tubi is because, most of the time, they have better support for 4:3 CRT televisions... ¬_¬ Everything I've watched on Pluto was windowboxed. I had not thought about doing this, but now I will! |
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Post by asaki on Sept 22, 2022 20:54:41 GMT -6
I had not thought about doing this, but now I will! There are older versions of the Roku that will output composite video, but they're a little harder to get a hold of. Other methods are a little trickier...a PC with video output might work if you can get the build just right. I used to use consoles, but most video streaming apps have dropped support for consoles old enough to support CRTs. I think there are a few apps that still work on the XBox 360. |
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Post by Starbeard on Sept 22, 2022 21:53:03 GMT -6
I had not thought about doing this, but now I will! There are older versions of the Roku that will output composite video, but they're a little harder to get a hold of. Other methods are a little trickier...a PC with video output might work if you can get the build just right. I used to use consoles, but most video streaming apps have dropped support for consoles old enough to support CRTs. I think there are a few apps that still work on the XBox 360. Ooh, I hadn't thought of an old Roku. I figured I would research a good down converter, but an RCA Roku would take care of everything in one bat. |
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Post by machfront on Sept 23, 2022 4:57:51 GMT -6
Dragonslayer! I've watched it recently for the first time - great film. The Dragon is still impressive. I liked the setting, vistas, nature, castles, etc. to such an extent, that I plan to run a campaign set in this world must-see! YES! I actually came across a fan-made map of Urland some years ago I have saved….somewhere…perhaps on an old laptop. I just looked it up, and cannot find it, sadly. Not certain how accurate it is, anyway. I’d assume that the person who made it at least utilized info from the novelization of the film. Don’t really know. Wish I could share it. If no one else comes across it, I’ll fire up the old PC laptop and upload it somewhere to share. Heh. |
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Post by machfront on Sept 23, 2022 5:32:24 GMT -6
Though I far prefer and recommend Tubi... I think the main reason I prefer Tubi is because, most of the time, they have better support for 4:3 CRT televisions... ¬_¬ Everything I've watched on Pluto was windowboxed. Hm. I’m not absolutely certain what you mean. Do you actually mean window-boxed? Or widescreen? On my widescreen smart TV, the only things I’ve seen truly window-boxed are older TV shows meant to be shown 4:3 aspect ratio, like the ‘79 Buck Rodgers or Greatest American Hero or…That’s My Momma, etc., etc. Everything else shows itself in its true 1:85:1 or 2:35:1., blah, blah, blah. If you’re using a modern device but watching on an older CRT (4:3 display), then many things will either be shown in their true aspect ratio, which on an older display will not be as fulfilling and even, often frustrating. If the source show was meant to be 4:3, it should show as the whole display rather than boxed off in any way. Might wanna check settings on both the TV and the device as well. I’ve a “large” CRT TV still for older video games and despite it being ‘large’, it’s only a 28” screen… watching a widescreen film on it is….well…not fun. Smart TVs …even large ones, are super, super, super cheap now. It’s well worthwhile to get one if ya enjoy film. My 47” V-Series Vizio I bought over two years ago for only $240! |
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Post by asaki on Sept 23, 2022 6:44:03 GMT -6
Do you actually mean window-boxed? Or widescreen? Usually when 4:3 content is shown on a widescreen TV, black bars are added to the sides to pad it out. Some people call this "pillarboxing". Some streaming services do this the proper way, by centering the 4:3 video and having the app itself add the black mask. Some streaming services improperly re-encode the video itself into 16:9, with the black bars baked in, like this:  When a 16:9 video is shown on a 4:3 television, the app adds black bars to the top and bottom (some people call this "letterbox"), so with the example above, you've now got a video with black bars on all four sides ("windowbox"):  Just some random examples I found with a quick search. Might wanna check settings on both the TV and the device as well. I wish. The Roku sticks don't have any zoom options at all. I tried asking about it on the support forums, but I don't think any devs actually hang out there, I only got a few replies from other customers. TV is from 2002-ish, and definitely does not have any zoom functions. PC and 360 would have a serious upper-hand here. Smart TVs …even large ones, are super, super, super cheap now. It’s well worthwhile to get one if ya enjoy film. We have HDTVs, I think one of them is even 4K, but like you, I keep CRTs around for video games, and it's nice to watch old 4:3 video on the medium it was designed for (plus, a lot of that stuff doesn't get de-interlaced properly, so it looks a little extra garbage on HD). |
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