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Posted: Jun 18, 2012 - 8:07am
bokey wrote: It's kind of scary that so many people politicians are brainwashed from actual history. but that's another thread... 31DoO is my fave stretch on TCM. Every movie is really good, and it's cool to find out what each one was nominated for, so you can pay special attention: to the music, or a supporting actor, or set design or whatever.

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Posted: Jun 17, 2012 - 9:22pm
Attica! Attica! Attica! Attica!

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Posted: Jun 17, 2012 - 9:14pm

Alexandra wrote:

I didn't watch it on Turner - I just rented it from the library—but it fits this topic.

Finally saw "Dog Day Afternoon" (as an adult). What a movie. Pacino was the Awesome at SUCH a young age.

Poor Sal.

I sometimes like watching movies in an anachronistic way. I mean would kids even know what the "Attica" chanting was about nowadays?

It's kind of scary that so many people are brainwashed from actual history. So many people with voting ability will soon do so depending on what was on Twitter that day. It's like American Idol gone really, really wrong.

And yeah, poor Sal. He never stopped getting effed.

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Posted: Jun 17, 2012 - 8:54pm
I didn't watch it on Turner - I just rented it from the library—but it fits this topic. Finally saw "Dog Day Afternoon" (as an adult). What a movie. Pacino was the Awesome at SUCH a young age. Poor Sal.

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Posted: Feb 8, 2012 - 5:47pm

olivertwist wrote:

From the customer support section of Comcast's website:

In some areas effective February 1st, 2012, TCM Turner Classic Movies moved from Expanded Basic to the Digital Preferred tier.

Comcast is constantly working to provide our customers with the best programming at the best value. As part of this process we must occasionally move programming between our programming tiers. Between now and the end of the year, changes will be made to selected channels to help maintain the balance between cost and value.

Sorry,
Joe
XfinityTV.com/Xfinity.com Support
Twitter: @XfinityTVJoe

Someone should throat-punch that Joe in the ass and scalp about 20,55,888 times until he learns how mirrors are made, dammit!

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Posted: Feb 8, 2012 - 5:39pm

Manbird wrote:

I've been trying to contact comast to cancel my service - I noticed they have an automated message that says if you are calling about turner classic movies, press 5 - or something like that. So I bet they dropped it from a lot of channel packages and so many people were calling to complain they just added and auto-excuse.

From the customer support section of Comcast's website:

In some areas effective February 1st, 2012, TCM Turner Classic Movies moved from Expanded Basic to the Digital Preferred tier.

Sorry,
Joe
XfinityTV.com/Xfinity.com Support
Twitter: @XfinityTVJoe

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Posted: Feb 8, 2012 - 3:45pm

katzendogs wrote:

Not sure why but TCM has disappeared from my Comcast line up.Perhaps a preferred Xfinity channel? Shame. Bastids will never force me to pay. Never.

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Posted: Feb 8, 2012 - 3:20pm
JrzyTmata wrote: sometimes they change the channel number. I'll look into that. I'm very good at surfing what I have, but Ma mentioned it may have went the $way of $.

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Posted: Feb 8, 2012 - 3:17pm
JrzyTmata wrote: sometimes they change the channel number. That's a good point — my cable company bumped TCM way up the dial to the 160s after it was channel 52 for a long time.

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Posted: Feb 8, 2012 - 3:15pm

katzendogs wrote:

Not sure why but TCM has disappeared from my Comcast line up.Perhaps a preferred Xfinity channel? Shame. Bastids will never force me to pay. Never.

Yeah, the cable companies — and their bretheren like AT&T Uverse — are a shady bunch, so I wouldn't be surprised if they played a trick like that. I would really miss TCM, though, because I refuse to fork out extra bucks for the "premium" movie channels, and I have a personal boycott against stations that show commercially interrupted movies (i.e. IFC), so TCM is one of my very few options for watching decent movies on cable TV.

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Posted: Feb 8, 2012 - 3:14pm
katzendogs wrote: Not sure why but TCM has disappeared from my Comcast line up.Perhaps a preferred Xfinity channel? Shame. Bastids will never force me to pay. Never. sometimes they change the channel number.

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Posted: Feb 8, 2012 - 3:01pm

olivertwist wrote:

This is my favorite month of programming on TCM. The station is showing Oscar-nominated films from virtually every awards category. Yesterday morning before I had to go to work, I tuned into Captains Courageous based on the Rudyard Kipling story. It was quite enjoyable, and it was a trip to see a young Spencer Tracy (who won best actor) and an even younger Mickey Rooney (what was he, about 15 when it was filmed?). Fredrick Bartholomew was also excellent as the rich brat who becomes Tracy's pal over the course of a few months on the fishing boat.

I'll be checking the TCM listings regularly this month and will no doubt have to make room on my DVR to record some of these movies. Has anybody else "discovered" a movie they had yet to see before this month's programming?

Not sure why but TCM has disappeared from my Comcast line up.Perhaps a preferred Xfinity channel? Shame. Bastids will never force me to pay. Never.

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Posted: Feb 8, 2012 - 2:28pm
buzz wrote: After prolonged consultation with Mozart's skull the conclusion is "MO"! Dang. I put my chips on "OP"

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Posted: Feb 8, 2012 - 2:18pm
Manbird wrote: ... crawl into my mouth and yank out some of my wisdom... After prolonged consultation with Mozart's skull the conclusion is "MO"!

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Posted: Feb 8, 2012 - 1:31pm
buzz wrote: I'll bet you wish you were half the hollow glob your Grandfather was. ... crawl into my mouth and yank out some of my wisdom...

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Posted: Feb 8, 2012 - 1:27pm
Manbird wrote: No. I'll bet you wish you were half the hollow glob your Grandfather was.

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Posted: Feb 8, 2012 - 1:22pm
buzz wrote: Ahh... life is a double-edged sword, no? No.

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Posted: Feb 8, 2012 - 1:09pm
Manbird wrote: WBOVIT? Ahh... life is a double-edged sword, no?

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Posted: Feb 8, 2012 - 12:46pm
buzz wrote: Then this man wishes to have the same privilege of a sponge, he wishes to think! WBOVIT?

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Posted: Feb 8, 2012 - 11:57am
Then this man wishes to have the same privilege of a sponge, he wishes to think!

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