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Had a hankering for some Hogan's Heroes, so hubby and I watched a few episodes of Season 1. We own the entire series on DVD and have watched them all several times. My daughter loves them.

I was recording them off of MeTV (I think that was the channel as, once I set the series for recording, I just watch the shows when they show up in my recorded menu), but they must have stopped showing them as I haven't gotten a freshly recorded episode in a few months. That aside, have you found that they cut a lot out when you see them on TV versus your DVDs? The episodes I've recorded feel chopped up and the commercials go on for ever (even fast-fowareding past them takes awhile), so my guess is they cut a lot out when they show them versus what was originally there.
 

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I was recording them off of MeTV (I think that was the channel as, once I set the series for recording, I just watch the shows when they show up in my recorded menu), but they must have stopped showing them as I haven't gotten a freshly recorded episode in a few months. That aside, have you found that they cut a lot out when you see them on TV versus your DVDs? The episodes I've recorded feel chopped up and the commercials go on for ever (even fast-fowareding past them takes awhile), so my guess is they cut a lot out when they show them versus what was originally there.

Absolutely. They cut out far too much. And yes, the commercials go on forever. I've watched a few episodes on that channel and can barely stand it. And it's funny that I know exactly the parts they cut out! LOL
 

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My wife has been asking if we could set Hogans Heroes on our list of shows to take in! Neither of us have watched it in a long while! It reminded me of Stalag 17, which I haven't seen in a decade or more, and my wife has never seen. And so the list grows!

Oh, I love Stalag 17, too! One of my favorites.
 
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Power watched A&E's telecast of the new British production of War & Peace. It was wonderful. True to Tolstoy, gorgeous cinematography and top notch performances. Six hours well spent.
 

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For St. Valentine's Day my wife and I had wanted to see a film after dinner, I'd hoped to see Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (combining two of my great literary and film loves, Jane Austen, and zombies). Sadly, it was not at our local theatre, even though that is where I'd seen the promo poster in the first place last year!

We knew we had recorded Walking Dead, so we rented a dvd of Brooklyn 99, which I saw and loved on ship during my deployment. So, after an incredible episode of TWD, we saw two and a half episodes of B99 for a good laugh. I'd not seen the first several episodes of season one on ship, so they were new to me as well as my wife!
 

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Power watched A&E's telecast of the new British production of War & Peace. It was wonderful. True to Tolstoy, gorgeous cinematography and top notch performances. Six hours well spent.

SPEW!!!!! Wha wha what???!!!! I couldn't take one hour of this thing. I guess I was spoiled by the Russian version from back in the day. Different strokes I suppose.

Worf
 

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Madoff - A well intentioned mini-series covering the life and crime of "Uncle Bernie". Richard Dreyfus was a poor choice to play Bernie if you ask me. Too likable to play so crass and despicable individual. The only ones coming off looking worse than Madoff is the S.E.C. who were warned all the way back in '99 that massive fraud was going on, but wouldn't/couldn't do anything about it. Bernie was an equal opportunity thief though he robbed from the rich, the poor, charities and everyone in between. There was one scene though that truly liked. Madoff is under house arrest and is railing that he's "small potato's" and was one thief in a sea of thieves that was/is Wall Street. The sub-prime bubble had just burst and he, perhaps better than others, knew just how rigged the financial system was/is rigged. One interesting note though, he was supposed to be making his clients MILLIONS off of stock transactions and NEVER purchased a single one!

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SPEW!!!!! Wha wha what???!!!! I couldn't take one hour of this thing. I guess I was spoiled by the Russian version from back in the day. Different strokes I suppose.

Worf
Wow, I purchased a dvd of the Russian version just to see the lavish production as the most expensive movie ever made and found it tedious.
I loved the casting in this new version with Paul Dano as Pierre and Lily James as Natasha were perfect and brilliant. Overall I thought the cast was perfect......Brian Cox as Kutusov was one on my faves.
 

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Wow, I purchased a dvd of the Russian version just to see the lavish production as the most expensive movie ever made and found it tedious.
I loved the casting in this new version with Paul Dano as Pierre and Lily James as Natasha were perfect and brilliant. Overall I thought the cast was perfect......Brian Cox as Kutusov was one on my faves.

You know... your reasoned response means I'll have to give this one another go. I'll let you know what I think after a more serious viewing.

Worf
 
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You know... your reasoned response means I'll have to give this one another go. I'll let you know what I think after a more serious viewing.

Worf
War and Peace is my all time favourite book and feel somewhat possessive about it's depiction in film. I think this most recent one is a very decent film rendition of a monster of a book. I really think they really caught the characters, at least how I picture them.
 

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War and Peace is my all time favourite book and feel somewhat possessive about it's depiction in film. I think this most recent one is a very decent film rendition of a monster of a book. I really think they really caught the characters, at least how I picture them.

I tried watching the new A&E version of "War and Peace" and I gave up after 30 minutes. I was simply bored. Now, this could be because I've had the flu for the past three days!
 

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