Movie thread

[MetsFan]

^^ You're right, that's too bad.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Global-Promotions/Recycling-Electronics/pcmcat149900050025.c?id=pcmcat149900050025

I guess I should be glad I took mine a couple of years ago.  

 

[matt267 PE]

My town's recycle office will take old TV's free of charge to town residence.

 

[snickerd3]

even our local county electronics recycling drive charged a $15 fee for taking TVs.  

 

[Ship Wreck PE]

1 hour ago, Dleg said: The largest CRT I had was a 32 inch Toshiba, which caused nerve damage in two of my fingers from carrying it into and out of my car once when i had to get it repaired. It also friction burned the carpet in the back of my SUV.  That stupid thing had such narrow, sharp plastic edges on the bottom that the pressure on your fingers or carpet was probably 1000 psi or more.

We have a 32" LG flat screen HDTV collecting dust that has the same issue.  I need to take it to Goodwill but can't pick it up without assistance.  All the weight is on the front and it's supported by what feels like razor sharp plastic just beneath the screen.  :\It works and has a great picture, it just can't compare to the 50" we have in the living room and there is nowhere else in the house for a TV that size.  

Put it in the free stuff on Craigslist. And it will magically disappear

 

[wilheldp_PE]

Put it in the free stuff on Craigslist. And it will magically disappear

Put the TV on the curb with a $100 price tag on it...it'll be stolen immediately.  If you put "free" on it, nobody will want it.

 

[jeb6294]

Last I heard, Goodwill was no longer accepting CRT TVs.  Nobody buys them, and it costs them money to send the TVs to the e-waste recyclers.

Which is why people still take them and drop them off after hours.  Calling it a "good deed" but really just letting Goodwill deal with the problem.

 

[jeb6294]

Put the TV on the curb with a $100 price tag on it...it'll be stolen immediately.  If you put "free" on it, nobody will want it.

:true:

I've seen it happen.  Neighbors put out a washing machine for free and it never moved.  Changed the sign to "$100 OBO" and it was gone in a day...not bought, just gone.  Guess if it's free they're afraid it doesn't work.

 

[Road Guy]

just go throw it over a bridge in the middle of the night, its good fish habitat.. 

Our city does a E-recycle day twice a year, you can leave anything out front of your house electronic and they make it disappear, they do it for free, I mean they do it with part of my $5,264 property taxes I pay every year  

The bridge method is cheaper..

 

[Ship Wreck PE]

He can't pick it up??

 

[Dleg]

Old CRTs make good targets.

 

[snickerd3]

we keep one in garage for when we want to play duckhunt on the NES

 

[knight1fox3]

Our city does a E-recycle day twice a year, you can leave anything out front of your house electronic and they make it disappear, they do it for free, I mean they do it with part of my $5,264 property taxes I pay every year  

Ours does this too.  Just got rid of all our kitchen appliances this way.  And I'm fairly certain the city didn't have to do much as the junkers got to them first.

we keep one in garage for when we want to play duckhunt on the NES

WIN!

 

[Road Guy]

Watched this movie Max, about a military dog whose handler dies and then the dog goes to live with the family of the fallen servicemen.
 

At the end of the movie they have a remix of the song "forever young" where they show a montage of all the service dogs that have served in the US military over the years,  if you rent this movie, skip to the end of the movie and just watch the montage, its better than the movie..

 

[Dleg]

^I almost agree, except I would recommend not renting this movie at all.

 

[Road Guy]

true, I should clarify I watched it on HBO..

 

[Dleg]

I finally got to watch The Revenant last night.  Great scenery/photography, true-seeming wilderness life and peril. It seemed like there might have been some deeper, underlying symbology within there somewhere, but for me it was drowned out by the 2.75 hours of misery and blood and gore.  All in all it was just exhausting to watch.  Definitely not family friendly.

It was about half fictionalized but the real story of the Real Hugh Glass is pretty cool, maybe even better.  This is a good read:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/real-story-revenant-is-far-867620

 

[matt267 PE]

We saw the Angry Bird movie in 3D yesterday. My daughter liked it. I thought it was OK.

 

[snickerd3]

We saw the Angry Bird movie in 3D yesterday. My daughter liked it. I thought it was OK.

mr snick took minisnick on saturday, in 2d.  Same thoughts.  minisnick liked it, mr snick said it was ok.  not a buy the dvd sort fo movie

 

[Ramnares P.E.]

I finally got to watch The Revenant last night.  Great scenery/photography, true-seeming wilderness life and peril. It seemed like there might have been some deeper, underlying symbology within there somewhere, but for me it was drowned out by the 2.75 hours of misery and blood and gore.  All in all it was just exhausting to watch.  Definitely not family friendly.

It was about half fictionalized but the real story of the Real Hugh Glass is pretty cool, maybe even better.  This is a good read:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/real-story-revenant-is-far-867620

The book was pretty damn good.  I have no desire to watch the movie.  Caught about 5 minutes of it online and that was enough for me.

 

[Road Guy]

Broke down and saw Captain America the other day after work, holy shit was that movie fucking terrible!   (not joking)