The Retirement Thread

[ColinJ]

It was also released on DVD around 2010, which might explain the wide screen format.

Yes, but most TV series were not actually shot in widescreen until 20-25 years ago. I wonder if they filmed it with cinema cameras/film and then cropped it down for TV?

 

[Dirk]

I am expecting the UK to have a heatwave and with that in mind, I am going into business using my old bloomers as giant sunscreens. A bit of sewing here and there, a few patches ( multicoloured of course) a few tent poles and I can rent them out as marquees as Well. I bet people will be clubbing each other to death for a chance to ger they're a hands on them. I envisage a roaring trade.

Can I have the leftover material to make a new awning for our caravan?

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Yes, but most TV series were not actually shot in widescreen until 20-25 years ago. I wonder if they filmed it with cinema cameras/film and then cropped it down for TV?

Or they electronically manipulated it for the DVD's

 

[ColinJ]

Or they electronically manipulated it for the DVD's

They can't put something in the picture that wasn't there to start with!

When they turn 4:3 into 16:9, they either stretch it sideways (which looks awful!) or they have to crop the top and bottom off then stretch what is left to fill the screen. That can look ok, except that the original director would not have expected that to be done so you often see an actor standing up talking with their head not visible. To overcome that a technician could move the view up to show their face. I have seen some shows so treated where one person is standing and one is sitting. The virtual camera nods up and down trying to show who is speaking. It is like watching a vertical game of tennis!

 

[Mo1959]

I quite liked The Virginian. There were a few in that era, like Bonanza and High Chaparral or however you spell it.

 

[ColinJ]

I quite liked The Virginian. There were a few in that era, like Bonanza and High Chaparral or however you spell it.

I remember Bonanza (Hoss, Little Joe, Ben Cartwright...). I used to watch it with my parents.

I can remember that there was a series called The High Chaparral but don't remember watching that one.

 

[Dave7]

What about Rawhide.
If I remember correctly that was where Clint Eastwood found fame as Rowdy Yates

 

[ColinJ]

What about Rawhide.
If I remember correctly that was where Clint Eastwood found fame as Rowdy Yates

I'd forgotten that one.

Blimey, I had also forgotten how many other western series were on TV back then e.g. 'Cheyenne', 'Gunsmoke', 'The Rifleman', and 'Wagon Train'...

 

[12boy]

My favorite was "Paladin" with Richard Boone.
When Eastwood came out with the Man with no name/Dollars movies things changed.

 

[BoldonLad]

What about Rawhide.
If I remember correctly that was where Clint Eastwood found fame as Rowdy Yates

Indeed, sent many a teenage (girls) heart all a quiver

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I quite liked The Virginian. There were a few in that era, like Bonanza and High Chaparral or however you spell it.

The High Chaparral, The Lone Ranger,Laramie, Cheyenne, Wagon Train, The Virginian, Rawhide,

There's a list of them here, some I remember some I don't

https://doyouremember.com/133447/20-best-classic-tv-western-series-50s-60s

 

[Exlaser2]

All the documents we have just say A M, no time specified, yes she's been assessed but we don't have the assessment here.

A time should have been agreed and you should have your own copy of the assessment which says what care should be provided and when .
I suggest you contact social services to sort things out . 😀

 

[12boy]

While riding today on my Holdsworth I spied a 4 ft bullsnake by the path, which as it was immobile, I thought someone had run it over with a bike or utility vehicle (pic 1). I prodded it with my wheel whereupon it coiled up a little (pic 2). They aren't poisonous but can bite. I apologized for disturbing his siesta and went on my way. After I returned home I resumed picking up in the bike shed but pooped out in the heat and had some lunch in the cool. I wanted to take my time sorting out the detritus that multiplies on my bench. Oh yeah...that's where my left handed monkey wrench got to.

 

[Exlaser2]

I watched that as a teenager! I don't really remember much about it now though...

Ah - I just found that lots (all?) of the episodes are on YouTube...



That looks a bit familiar!

PS That's odd... How come it was in 16:9 (widescreen) format rather than the usual 1960s 4:3?

I loved this program as a kid 😀😀

 

[PaulSB]

WOW! Pouring with rain and very gusty winds. So the dilemma is whether or not to turn off the alarm I set to get up for today's club ride.

Sleep pattern is shot to pieces recently.