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Topic: Brad Miller is "The Postman"!
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Scott Magie
Film Handler
Posts: 73
From: St. Albans, VT USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 05-04-2000 12:13 AM
At the time of this posting, there have been a total of 10,482 posts in the different forums... 1,022 of these are Brad's. These are just his postings, which don't account for his time maintaining and expanding this site for us. Two words... wow! This site has become a daily visit for me since I first stumbled across it during my job-search from Montana this winter. It wasn't what helped me escape the clutches of Carmike, but it HAS been extremely useful/entertaining to me. As I run into new problems at my new theatre you can bet I'll go to my computer long before I ever go to the phone to call my tech-guy. Thanks Brad, for all your hard work keeping up with the growing needs of us relative "newbies". Also thanks to all the other non-newbies who consistently pass along their hard-earned wisdom. It is appreciated.Now a rebuke: How come people aren't getting more into the "Movie Reviews" forum? (Great idea, by the way!) I thought that it would take off like crazy, especially after some of the long Oscar-arguments that took place. Come on, people... I've worked in enough theaters to know that when it's slow, all you do between shows is argue with your fellow employees about which movies rock and which ones bite (this is of course followed by a conversation about all the employees that are dating each other... or would like to be). But anyway, as I was saying... ranting & raving about movies is one of my favorite pastimes, and I KNOW I'm not the only one. EVERY movie that is released should be reviewed and responded-to on this site (many times over). Especially since I don't get to see them all up here in the sticks. But I AM getting Gladiator, so you can bet that in a day or two, you'll be able to read my rant/rave about it. So anyway, take a break from all this tech-stuff once in awhile... everybody needs to vent (and some are polite enough to wait for the credits to finish before doing so!) ------------------ Scott A. Magie scoooot@hotmail.com "Anybody wanna peanut?"
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Colin Wiseley
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 123
From: Blacksburg, VA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 05-04-2000 06:44 AM
quote: Originally posted by Chris Wootten: Brad........I liked "The Postman" ??????
Me too, I love post-apocalyptic movies. Costner just happens to be in a couple of them although the Mad Max series are my favorite. I can't wait for the new one to come out ------------------ Colin Wiseley Lyric Theatre Blacksburg, VA www.thelyric.com
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John Pytlak
Film God
Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 05-05-2000 06:23 AM
"Et tu, Brade? Quo usque tandem abutere, Brade, patientia nostra?" "And you too, Brad? How far then, Brad, will you abuse our patience?" PTRs do a fine job in cleaning film. Many labs use them to clean the printing negative (one of the reasons today's prints have much less "white" dirt than years ago), and they are widely and successfully used on special venue projectors like IMAX systems. PTRs lose effectiveness if the dirt level on them is allowed to build up to the point where it completely covers the tacky surface. They were not able to cope with the severe "flaking" caused by some projectors with unlubricated prints. Cleaning and lubricating film during each projection with FilmGuard and a Christie or Kelmar web cleaner is also very effective in keeping prints clean. The lubrication provided by FilmGuard reduces projector abrasion, and reduces the risk of scratching the print that existed when using a "dry" web cleaner. But it does leave a thin coating of oily material on the print, which can be problematic. In many applications, PTRs have proven to be a safe and effective way of cleaning even delicate negative film, and they leave no chemical residue on the film. FilmGuard is an effective cleaner, and has the advantage of also lubricating the film, but it can leave an oily residue. Each cleaning method works, and each has its proponents. I wish they were compatible with each other. "Quot homines, tot sententiae". "There are as many opinions as there are men". A "thumbs up" to theatres that use either method to keep film cleaner. ------------------ John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging Eastman Kodak Company Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419 Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA Tel: 716-477-5325 Fax: 716-722-7243 E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
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