Foundation movies?

73 freaking inches? Talk about conspicuous consumption.



"L Alpert" <alpertl.DeleteThis@xxgmail.com> wrote in message
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> Tim Bruening wrote:
>> Larry Alpert wrote:
>>
>>> "Andrew McCaffrey" <SPAMTAGamccaf1.DeleteThis@gl.umbc.edu> wrote in message
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>>>> blahonga <blah0nga.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> How *would* you adapt foundation to the screen? It is certainly no
>>>>> easy task.
>>>>
>>>> As a mini-series for the small screen. With only two (or so) hours
>>>> to work with in a feature film, they just wouldn't be able to get
>>>> enough of the Foundation story across. They might be able to do it
>>>> during the 6+ hours that a mini-series would provide, but it would
>>>> still be difficult...
>>>
>>> It would have to be in HDTV.
>>
>> Why?
>
> Just so I can watch in on my 73" DLP in 1080p.
>

On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 22:26:52 -0700, "Samurai" <samurai88 RemoveThis @basicisp.net>
wrote:
>"L Alpert" <alpertl RemoveThis @xxgmail.com> wrote in message
>news:_pqJg.12932$%j7.10800@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net...
>> Tim Bruening wrote:
>>> Larry Alpert wrote:
>>>> "Andrew McCaffrey" <SPAMTAGamccaf1 RemoveThis @gl.umbc.edu> wrote in message
>>>> news:bmm8o0$42d$1@news.umbc.edu...
>>>>> blahonga <blah0nga RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> How *would* you adapt foundation to the screen? It is certainly no
>>>>>> easy task.
>>>>>
>>>>> As a mini-series for the small screen. With only two (or so) hours
>>>>> to work with in a feature film, they just wouldn't be able to get
>>>>> enough of the Foundation story across. They might be able to do it
>>>>> during the 6+ hours that a mini-series would provide, but it would
>>>>> still be difficult...
>>>>
>>>> It would have to be in HDTV.
>>>
>>> Why?
>>
>> Just so I can watch in on my 73" DLP in 1080p.
>>
>
>73 freaking inches? Talk about conspicuous consumption.
>
>
You obviously haven't heard of Frank's 2000 Inch TV.
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