Hi Anatol,
On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:53:23 -0800, anatol <anatol@somewhere.com>
wrote:
>SYG,
>
>Thanks for the hint as to the movie, I'll definitely check it out.
You're welcome, and I hope it's the one you're thinking of.
Here's a link to some stills from that movie:
http://www.teenidols4you.com/picture/187/214/jonathan_taylor_thomas.html
I think you'll agree that even if this isn't the movie you're looking
for, it's a good watch.
And here is a link to the Wiki with the whole plot - maybe too much
info if you're going to see the movie.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_America_%28film%29
>I've been with AstraWeb for about two years now and have unlimited
>download over 30 connections which I split between their US and
>European servers. I pay $11 per month.
>
>I have been well pleased with their service and have never found them
>to be intrusive.
>
>As I mentioned in a recent posting to JS, over the past few days I
>have been able to find several full movie postings that go back into
>the 2008 timeframe.
>
>Although I can't compare them to any of the other servers, I am well
>satisfied with their service.
Thanks a lot, Anatol! I will sign up with them for sure!
Sum
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>On Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:41:30 -0800, Sum Yung Gai
><sumyunggai@sumwhere.org> wrote:
>
>>I wasn't quite sure how to do this, as although JS started the thread,
>>Anatol's query was one of the most recent, and in the thread were
>>references to newsservers. I hope I don't appear rude.
>>
>> I suggest that perhaps the film that Anatol is thinking of may be
>>"Wild America"
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_America_%28film%29
>>
>>Also, I see discussions below on newsservers. I am currently with
>>Forte, but Astraweb's site makes their service look pretty good, and
>>it has groups that neither Forte nor Giganews have. I did check out
>>Usenetserver, but their site seems a little too "American" for me, if
>>you get my drift. May I ask Anatol, JS, AO for suggestions on the
>>best newsservice, including speed, retention and "non-snoopiness", if
>>you know what I mean.
>>
>>Thanks! :o)
>>
>>
>>On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:42:55 +1100, John Smith<JS@tardis.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:20:10 -0800, anatol <anatol@somewhere.com>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:49:54 +1100, John Smith<JS@tardis.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Sun, 08 Jan 2012 11:38:09 -0800, anatol <anatol@somewhere.com>
>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Sorry about the delay in writing. We just got from a few days on the
>>>>>>road and noticed this post. The once-a-week post of LP will work out
>>>>>>beautifully; my friend has decided to stay here a while because of the
>>>>>>great weather so my time will be somewhat limited.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>As time permits, I'll also work on one of the two My Fathers - the
>>>>>>French one, if I can get past the street language, and the Dutch one,
>>>>>>if I can get back into the language and the storyline.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>By the way, I was looking back through some old nzb files (I'm still
>>>>>>looking for the two flicks I'd mentioned some time ago). Anyway, I
>>>>>>was surprised to find that postings in an nzb that I had downloaded
>>>>>>some 1188 days ago were still on the Astraweb servers. So, maybe I'll
>>>>>>come across some movies I've seen but not kept. The problem is that
>>>>>>most of the nzb index sites don't go back that far, so if I don't
>>>>>>still have the nzb, it would be hard to come up with a new one.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Another by the way: I just came across a Russian site called
>>>>>>http://kidsinmovies.wordpress.com/. Are you familiar with that one?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Yeah, a couple of times I had to look up to realize it was Oli that
>>>>>>was talking. I used to be able to tell by his voice, but it has
>>>>>>apparently broken since episode 10. Maybe they have a long gap
>>>>>>between filming the first and last 10 episodes of a season.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Anatol
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Talking about Dutch fathers - it is almost certain there are no Dutch
>>>>>subs on my father 2. There were supposed to be but none appeared on
>>>>>the posted dvds and Klompen in BOYS said there were none on the dvd he
>>>>>bought.
>>>>>
>>>>>Do you want me to post the mon pere Fr subs with the first 500 subs
>>>>>corrected? I have not had time to do the rest yet.
>>>>>
>>>>>I found some interesting things concerning old posts. I found a
>>>>>significant problem with incomplete posts on some fairly recent Danish
>>>>>posts (English movies or English subs) so I got a subscription with
>>>>>Usenetserver solving that problem. When I tried to download all the
>>>>>headers in mba they only went back a bit more than 2 years. However
>>>>>when I used nzbs I had made from Astraweb headers the Usenetserver
>>>>>posts were there and downloaded without a problem - very strange.
>>>>>
>>>>>What again were the old movies you were after?
>>>>>
>>>>>Next LP in slightly less than 2 days.
>>>>>
>>>>>John
>>>>
>>>>John,
>>>>
>>>>I was still working on the first of the Dutch fathers. From what I
>>>>remember I was about a half of the way through the Dutch srt but have
>>>>forgotten the theme and some of the vocabulary and will have to go
>>>>back and review what I did - it's been about six months since I last
>>>>looked at it.
>>>>
>>>>Yeah, thanks, it would be nice to have a more correct transcription to
>>>>work with. The bad interpretation of some of the characters would
>>>>have just complicated an already complicated task.
>>>>
>>>>I'm assuming that it wasn't until 2 years ago that Usenetserver added
>>>>the mba group. I know that about 2 years ago I had Newzbin add the
>>>>abpba because they didn't consider it a multimedia group. After I
>>>>convinced them it was in fact multimedia they added it but postings
>>>>made prior to that date don't appear in the group's database. I don't
>>>>know whether that related to the problem you had or not.
>>>>
>>>>The problem with the movies I'm looking for is usually that I remember
>>>>either a partial storyline or a few scenes but don't remember the
>>>>title. The one I did recently try to download from an old nzb file
>>>>was "en tu ausencia". It appears that even though it wasn't that old
>>>>that all the files weren't still there. Maybe it's the smaller files
>>>>that they retain and delete larger files to give more space.
>>>>
>>>>I'd be interested in knowing which Danish flicks you were looking for
>>>>or found. From my perspective, a lot of them have been dubbed in
>>>>German - I just watched "Min bedste fjende" that was that way.
>>>>
>>>>The two that I have been looking for for some time now are ones for
>>>>which I don't remember the titles.
>>>>
>>>>One contained kids dressed in robes, possibly as monks, and may have
>>>>taken place in the middle ages. The most memorable scene was where at
>>>>least one kid was doing either cartwheels or backflips and the
>>>>director, either intentionally or not, left in a couple of frames
>>>>which showed more of the kid than would have been possible in a US
>>>>production. I don't remember what language the flick was in.
>>>>
>>>>The other was one where a kid comes across an old plane either in a
>>>>hangar or in his grandfather's(?) barn. It ends where his grandpa (?)
>>>>is sick/dying in bed in either a hospital or at home and sees the kid
>>>>flying the plane.
>>>>
>>>>I'll try to be home when the next LP appears, so that I can it out as
>>>>soon as possible.
>>>>
>>>>Best wishes,
>>>>
>>>>Anatol
>>>
>>>
>>>The second one sounds very much like:
>>>
>>>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115553/
>>>
>>>I only recently downloaded it so have not watched it yet. He does find
>>>a plane and its ends with someone in a bed (probably his mother) after
>>>a shot of the plane flying off into the distance. Despite being almost
>>>3 years old I downloaded the Baraka dvd9 from Usenetserver without a
>>>problem (its probably ok on Astraweb as well). There is no
>>>grandfather. There is a step father and a dead father. I will post the
>>>nzb for you. (My isp has dramatically increased my upload limit so I
>>>am trying to download a few I had put aside as possibilities. Of
>>>course I have now run into hard disk storage problems.
>>>
>>>More later.
>>>
>>>John
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