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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantCigarash
Our yaks are really large
Registered: March 13, 2007
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Mine's come about because I'm called Ash, and I like to smoke cigars.

   
They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care,
They pursued it with forks and hope.
They threatened it's life with a railway share,
They charmed it with smiles and soap

Ash's art
Ash's poetry
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorwidescreenforever
Under A Double DoubleW
Registered: March 13, 2007
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I have loved " Widescreen Letterbox movies"  ever since I saw my first one on video back in the early 80's., and that first film (vhs/LaserDisc ?) for me was Woody Allen's Manhattan . Criterion/Voyager then took on an incredible journey of just releasing Videos that are in their proper aspect ratio.  I then was on a personal crusade to educate my fellow peers and friends to the benefits of what that 'look' was all about. It also took Years and Years for the video industry to understand this.
( I understand there are still some hypocrites somewhere out there who still to this day hate those black bars.) 

Now 25 years later there has never been a doubt to what consumers want and demand from their retailers and Video rental stores. ( At one point in around 1998 MCA/ Universal was toying with the idea of charging $5.00 more for Letterbox DVD's over Pan and Scan but the Consumer again cried Foul.)

So I have been Widescreen Forever .. 
The Marilyn Monroe Stance over the streetgrate with her flowing legs/breasts  gives me the perfect opportunity to express Under the Double W,  (as the movie The Seven Year Itch (1955) is of course in Cinemascope and is very 'wide' .. and is beautiful to enjoy.) 

 
In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.

Terry
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DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar Contributorm.cellophane
tonight's the night...
Registered: March 13, 2007
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Quoting widescreenforever:
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I have loved " Widescreen Letterbox movies"  ever since I saw my first one on video back in the early 80's., and that first film (vhs/LaserDisc) for me was Woody Allen's Manhattan .

That's interesting because that film was also my first exposure to widescreen for home viewing. 

My name comes from Mister Cellophane from Chicago, because in my "real" life, it's pretty true:

Cellophane
Mister Cellophane
Shoulda been my name
Mister Cellophane
'Cause you can look right through me
Walk right by me
And never know I'm there...
...James

"People fake a lot of human interactions, but I feel like I fake them all, and I fake them very well. That’s my burden, I guess." ~ Dexter Morgan
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AKA Archangel of Overkill
Registered: March 22, 2007
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Mine came from my InNomine gaming character who was a seraphim known as the angel of overkill.  I was looking for something not too ordinary, but wanted to have a nickname for my character that everyone could remember.  So the character became "Juoquim" or "Ed" for short (afterall, who better than the angel of overkill to abbreviate a 7 letter name down to 2 letters).  He later was promoted to the rank of Archangel of Overkill - hence my tagline.
Juoquim

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