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Topic: Missing Members- Where Are They?
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James N. Savage 3
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1375
From: Washington, DC
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted September 12, 2015 09:08 AM
Hello -
Not that any of this refers to me, but I want to be clear about one thing-
I HAVE NOT bought, or have any plans to buy, a video projector!
Not that anything is wrong with that at all. My nephew has one, and I've enjoyed watching the occasional movie on it. Its just that, for me, putting on an old cartoon, a Little Rascals short, or an odd reel of "Barracuda", relaxes me in a way that digital does not. Of course I have a DVD player, a VHS, and I even rent movies from Red Box . We enjoy all these things, but film has its own special place, and stands alone on its own.
And family and friends enjoy the uniqueness of watching film some times. Its just something different that can't be replaced by a digital format.
As far as this forum goes, I still enjoy it very much. I visit at least once a week. I haven't been able to contribute like I used to. I retired from one career last year and started a new one three months later. Honestly I haven't had the time to do reviews & start topics lately. The priorities in life have a tendency to take the place of "fun" things .
I'll bring this to a close (I don't want to ramble). But I want to thank Doug and the other moderators for their wonderful dedication to this forum. Its still probably the friendliest forum around. I have noticed a little more bickering lately amongst the members, and I hope this will decrease. At the end of the day, we're all human, and make mistakes, but lets try to be mindful of one another.
Hopefully I will be able to contribute more in the coming months!
James.
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Andrew Woodcock
Film God
Posts: 7477
From: Manchester Uk
Registered: Aug 2012
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posted September 13, 2015 03:11 AM
Yes, it's a breakaway forum of which I am a member. As I have always maintained, this is THE best film forum imo.
For some, they grew tired of the relentless discussion surrounding digital technology, which quite frankly, there are far more appropriate forums with greater numbers and by and large, greater in depth knowledge, if that's your bag.
The other forum differs from this one in that the moderators will not tolerate any digital talk whatsoever.
For some, they may feel this is a little extreme, but for others it does guarantee that whatever you are reading in whichever film gauge section interests you, chances are, the topics will be of interest as it is solely concentrating its efforts in giving the film collector all the necessary tools to equip themselves with.
It includes film covers from the original distributor, equipment manuals, tutorial posts, old film catalogues, film logos for artwork etc etc etc.
By keeping it purely "film", it avoids the inevitable digression that often takes place surrounding a film being discussed between the film itself and its digital counterpart. This suits many people I suspect who want to join a film forum.
For those who enjoy and participate in both technologies like myself, that's fine. But just speak only of your interest in film and associated equipment and related topics when visiting "the other" forum.
Try joining it, alongside this one, you may just find it very interesting!
-------------------- "C'mon Baggy..Get with the beat"
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Adrian Winchester
Film God
Posts: 2941
From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted September 13, 2015 12:34 PM
Andrew - That's fair enough and I should stress that I wouldn't dream of discouraging anyone from visiting any forum they wish - and it's good if some have unique features that can't be found elsewhere. I know that one or two have previously folded, so if the one you mention is doing OK, it's clearly doing something right. I take it you don't mean the BFCC Facebook page (which I do contribute to)? I was thinking of a new non-Facebook one that I came across by chance recently, that I'll look for again with a view to dropping in, although limited spare time means I have to mostly limit my engagement to what I've long considered the key 8 and 16mm forums, although I appreciate that others will have their own favourites.
But to help my understanding of the incentive to launch new ones, I'd just like to ask: a) When the "breakaway" forum was proposed, was it felt that neither Dan's or Kevin's forums fitted the bill as alternatives? b) In terms of the digital issue - and I rarely contribute to any such threads myself - was this so contentious that it wasn't felt sufficient to simply avoid the part of this forum and any threads exploring this? (If you feel this is too sensitive to answer here, please feel to email me direct if you're willing, because I may have missed something that gave an insight into this.)
-------------------- Adrian Winchester
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