On 28 Apr, 23:04, ":Jerry:" <INVA...@INVALID.INVALID> wrote:
> "Dom Robinson"  wrote in message
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> > On 28 Apr, 21:58, ":Jerry:" <INVA...@INVALID.INVALID> wrote:
> >> "Dom Robinson"  wrote in message
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> >> > On 28 Apr, 17:32, ":Jerry:" <INVA...@INVALID.INVALID> wrote:
> >> >> "The dog from that film you saw"
> >> >> 
> >> >> wrote in messagenews:67mam1F2pb8s8U1@mid.individual.net...
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> >> >> > "Bob Howes"  wrote in message
> >> >> >news:L5mRj.5818$ko5.5526@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
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> >> >> >> The first half of your reply is exactly what I was saying.
> >> >> >> Films
> >> >> >> were never meant to be seen on television at all, they were
> >> >> >> designed for cinema projection which makes the "as the
> >> >> >> director
> >> >> >> intended" argument completely specious.
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> >> >> > only for films made before home video existed.
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> >> >> Rubbish, the box office still makes or breaks any film, home
> >> >> viewing
> >> >> is a bonus.
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> >> > That's not actually true. There are a number of films that don't
> >> > do
> >> > well at the box office but later go on to become cult films and
> >> > make
> >> > their money back on home viewing (DVD, PPV, etc).
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> >> They are the exception, otherwise they would not be released first
> >> in
> >> the Cinema.
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> > Not at all. You can often get big names appearing in films, and then
> > if some of those don't do well, by the time they reach the home
> > market
> > good word has spread and it gets a second lease of life later on,
> > just
> > in time for that home market and it takes the money back.
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> Your point being what exactly (other than to agree with me!), or did
> you type that 'reply' without actually bothering to understand what
> you were replying too?...

Wow, you really have a lot to add to this thread, don't you(?)