wanpakumono wrote:Are these closed captioned? It doesn't say in the description as far as I can tell. I got the 36 dvd war woot not long ago and they weren't.

Thank you for asking the question! SOMEDAY, that question won't have to be asked! the caption broadcast law needs to be extended to all forms of media if released by companies for public.

retail, internet, cable.

frugalfreak wrote:Thank you for asking the question! SOMEDAY, that question won't have to be asked! the caption broadcast law needs to be extended to all forms of media if released by companies for public.

I scoured the UA website, Amazon, Barnes&Noble and other websites on this 30 DVD set and nowhere are captions or subtitles mentioned. However the 90 DVD set on all of these websites mentions captions.

Safer to assume this 30 DVD set is NOT captioned. The return policy sounds like a PITA.

If not for "bfc", this set would have probably been offered for $100 or so. None for me.

mattmsstate wrote:Ah yes because this really is the forum for him to write a long thesis explaining his distaste for Moore and his close ties to the tragedy. YOU MUST EXPLAIN YOURSELF TO WOOT!

If he can post with the allegation, he can add a note with some actual info for it.

Maybe he should put up a post about this really great movie - but not name it.

I was close to buying this except it has Annie Hall. I refuse to support him.

I was close to buying this but Manchurian Candidate is a terrible film. I won't buy this if one red cent makes it to Sinatra's estate.

No, I bought it. I own Bowling for Columbine, which I bought when I was a freshman in college and haven't watched basically since then. It's not a great movie but why is everyone making a big deal about it! The level of discourse on this message board, honestly!

bobdoleman wrote:I would totally buy it were it not for "Bowling For Columbine" being in the mix.

Why? Do you have problems with Oscar-winning documentaries that also won 28 other awards, achieved worldwide acclaim and garnered an 8.2 rating on IMDB?

Whether we agree with its views or not, it is acclaimed as a piece of art, and that's what this collection is about. Excluding an Oscar-winner (Best Documentary) -- and one that was/is newsworthy -- would be simply be unacceptable.

Your attitude is as bad as boycotting an opera collection because it includes Wagner, an anti-Semite. Sometimes, one has to look above the politics and concentrate on the artistry.

I'm in for one, partially because it includes Bowling for Columbine.

AlRock wrote:Why are some of you not buying this just because it has Bowling for Columbine included? It's a toss way, or maybe just perfect for taking to work and saying, "gee I already have this movie, anybody want it?"

BAMB, you now know who to screw over for your office White Elephant gift exchange.

;-)

Those who are bitching about "Bowling for Columbine" being included either:

1. Have no intention of buying the set even before if it were not on the list.

2. Bought the set and are just fluffing their feathers (Drug addict) Rush Limbaugh style.

3. Believe that they are good enough, smart enough and dawg-gawn it people like them - no matter how skewed their politics are!

If you like the other movies but can't stomach BFC - just bring it with the next time you go to the gun range and show off to the other "packers" by shooting at it. It's sort of like when the auto workers took sledge hammers to Japanese cars in the 70's & 80's... That worked out well.

Thanks to W Edwards Deming for teaching them to create quality products - and for American management for ignoring him. Ford is the only one of the "big three" to institute his 14 points (though late in the game) and surprise, surprise - they now have the highest quality of the big 3 - and are giving Toyota a run - and are in the best financial position... go figure that?

Edit:

Here is a link to W Edwards Deming's teachings for constant improvement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHvnIm9UEoQ

Dianrez wrote:I scoured the UA website, Amazon, Barnes&Noble and other websites on this 30 DVD set and nowhere are captions or subtitles mentioned. However the 90 DVD set on all of these websites mentions captions.

Safer to assume this 30 DVD set is NOT captioned. The return policy sounds like a PITA.

The Barnes and Noble link, according to the "scenes" tab, lists all special features and languages. English is listed as a subtitle language for many of the films. Besides that, the normal crappy DVD editions for most of the films have English subtitles. Why would UA bother making an inferior version of the DVDs? I'm not going to go out of my way and say that this corporation has anyone's best interests at heart, but I don't think it's any great leap of faith to think this much.

You had me until "Bowling for Columbine"

Some good classics, but some movies that just don't belong (Dr. No? Bowling for Columbine?). I'll pass.

floyd11554 wrote:Wow, didn't realize there were so many right wing republican wooters. Suck it up people, its a great deal.

Because disagreeing with Moore makes you a republican, amirite?

Dianrez wrote:Yes, I am. (BTW, the PC term is deaf or hard of hearing.) This is true of about 10 percent of the population of the United States. That's a lot of customers to ignore.

Sweet! I'm an interpreter. Go deaf people!
And I don't know what all these crazies were thinking. Bowling For Columbine is a great film.

Oops! I crapped my pants.? When is Fat Michael Moore a true talented movie maker, all his movies are full of lies that were made into his truth, especially Bowling for Columbine. He used a sad situation and made into a hate for gun movie. He is fat POS and too bad that whole set include this not entertainment phony movie. I was going to buy it, but nah!

Oh no it includes ONE movie I don't care for, I'd rather buy these all individually...

MrTim29 wrote:You had me until "Bowling for Columbine"

yeah a phony movie.

And! I bought 3 of these things! Yes! 3! Can I get another quality post for that?


Hmmmm...if not, maybe it'll make the m.moore "fans" a little more disgruntled? That's right folks! I bought 3! I think that's like, what--
18 cents that goes in his bank account? lol
man the torpedoes!

Anyone bitching about BFC: You know you wouldn't watch that disc any less than you'd watch Chitty Chitty Bang Bang disc 2. Just sayin'.

Huh Oops! I crapped my pants.? When is Fat Michael Moore a true talented movie maker, all his movies are full of lies that were made into his truth, especially Bowling for Columbine. He used a sad situation and made into a hate for gun movie. He is fat POS and too bad that whole set include this not entertainment phony movie. I was going to buy it, but nah!

rhh33672 wrote:Huh Oops! I crapped my pants.? When is Fat Michael Moore a true talented movie maker, all his movies are full of lies that were made into his truth, especially Bowling for Columbine. He used a sad situation and made into a hate for gun movie. He is fat POS and too bad that whole set include this not entertainment phony movie. I was going to buy it, but nah!

no offense, but he does report FACTS in his movies. FACTS not lies. WAKE UP AMERICA

PenguinOnTheRox wrote:Oh no it includes ONE movie I don't care for, I'd rather buy these all individually...

*LOL* - It's indicative of the mindset! It's Pavlovian!

"100 movies for $5? Really??? Oh wait, you're including Bowling For Columbine in there? No thanks..." - sadly, 10% of the entire Woot customer base.

Redonkulous.

samuwh wrote:Because disagreeing with Moore makes you a republican, amirite?

Not every time, but *hating* him makes the connection to fundamentalist neoconism a lot more likely.

Hey haters, just pretend his DVD is a flag and burn it, and pretend it really hurts someone. Then stick a giant flag in your giant truck and proudly send all your gas-guzzling dollars to bad guys in the middle-east. That should solve all kinds of problems, eh, "Patriots"?

Uggh, I can't believe Bowling for Columbine is on there. That ruins it for me too. I just saw the same set on eBay but without the BFC disc. It was $299 buy it now, but I hate Michael Moore so bad I'll have to get that one instead.




JK! ;)

frugalfreak wrote:Thank you for asking the question! SOMEDAY, that question won't have to be asked! the caption broadcast law needs to be extended to all forms of media if released by companies for public.

retail, internet, cable.

It really embrangles that most of the internet isn't captioned. a tiny tiny fraction (about half of one percent) of the content on Hulu is captioned. Seeing as Hulu will eventually take over the world and our cable boxes, this embrangles for anyone who can't hear.

To get the mandate for the old-fashioned "line 21" captioning, there were protests at schools for the deaf all over. Most HD channels today aren't closed captioned. Many newer sets lack the option. Many corporate people feel that it's a waste of expenditure.

Personally, I think it embrangles that they'd provide content for only some, and discriminate willingly paying customers. The term that deaf people use is "audism," that the hearing world will shut them out.

It embrangles, if you hear what I'm saying. (no pun intended)

acmetech wrote:Not every time, but *hating* him makes the connection to fundamentalist neoconism a lot more likely.

Hey haters, just pretend his DVD is a flag and burn it, and pretend it really hurts someone. Then stick a giant flag in your giant truck and proudly send all your gas-guzzling dollars to bad guys in the middle-east. That should solve all kinds of problems, eh, "Patriots"?

10/10 A+++ would be trolled again.

Although I do wish I owned a truck

Just look at this way, all you namby pambies! For $50 you get 29 movies and a coaster! ha!

A Challenge to the liberals out there - buy 2 sets and give one set to your local library!

But please, leave "Bowling for Columbine" in the package that you give to the library - you know how liberal those gosh-darned readers of book are!

As for the 'minority' out there - if the "Left Behind" series and "Fox News: Greatest Moments" were in the package, I would give it to the library as well.

grainofsalt35 wrote:154.49 at Amazon
The inclusion of The Birdcage however just made me laugh

More than Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?

applesbananas wrote:It really embrangles that most of the internet isn't captioned. a tiny tiny fraction (about half of one percent) of the content on Hulu is captioned. Seeing as Hulu will eventually take over the world and our cable boxes, this embrangles for anyone who can't hear.

To get the mandate for the old-fashioned "line 21" captioning, there were protests at schools for the deaf all over. Most HD channels today aren't closed captioned. Many newer sets lack the option. Many corporate people feel that it's a waste of expenditure.

Personally, I think it embrangles that they'd provide content for only some, and discriminate willingly paying customers. The term that deaf people use is "audism," that the hearing world will shut them out.

It embrangles, if you hear what I'm saying. (no pun intended)

i'm always sending emails to media companies. THEY never reply to my mail. they pretend that there are no collective deaf & H-O-H masses out there. Eventually the rage will build and we will demand equal access.

Ok, I'll admit it - I'm a techno-rocket scientist...if these are played on a non-widescreen tv, how do they look? Does it cut of some of the picture? All right, you can all stop laughing now - (but this is a serious question)

SunnyDeeee wrote:i believe their problem is with Michael Moore in general but they're just Lush Rimbaugh ditto-heads repeating what their master told them to say...

Hahah :D

Wow... was all ready to pull the trigger and then saw the birdcage and michael moore.

Even with the killer price...

Not going to own or pay for either one of those.

Dang

50 comments about "bolwing for columbine"
nothing really about crossdressing and buttsecks in
the bird cage, some like it hot, and midnite cowboy.

Cognative Dissonance or Repressed Homosexuality?

rhh33672 wrote:Huh Oops! I crapped my pants.? When is Fat Michael Moore a true talented movie maker, all his movies are full of lies that were made into his truth, especially Bowling for Columbine. He used a sad situation and made into a hate for gun movie. He is fat POS and too bad that whole set include this not entertainment phony movie. I was going to buy it, but nah!

Well, there's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Rain Man. Rain Man was good. I liked Rain Man. Did you like Rain Man? Rain Man was good.

tennaj wrote:For all of you people who say they won't buy this DVD set because of Micheal Moore's Bowling for Columbine...You are the type of people who have/had an abusive father or a pedophile as a uncle or a drug addict as a sister and don't want to talk about it and don't want anyone else to talk about it either...Sometimes you have to look at the bad things in our country and confront them instead of saying anyone who talks about the bad things is a horrible person because they make you see the truth. Sometimes hiding from the truth can kill you! Like the WAR IN IRAQ ('FAHRENHEIT 9/11')... AND WE ALSO ARE THE #1 COUNTRY IN THE WORLD BY FAR IN MURDERS BY GUNS EVERY YEAR !!! Think about it and grow...PEACE

I find it interesting that hatred for Michael Moore has stirred so much debate.

First and foremost, I would have to agree that it doesn't belong in this list, but neither do a few others... but, as people have pointed out, the solution is simple--just trash it if you don't want.

Now, in regards to why some of us hate Michael Moore--it is because he is incapable of respectable research.

Tennaj:

First and foremost, I would never advocate an "ethics by numbers", but since that is what you have posited here, lets see some examples:

1)We are not the number 1 country for murders in the world... that title belongs to columbia, then south africe, jamaica, venezuela, mexico.... until #24 is the United States... (keep in mind these are reported values--totalitarian states do not make the list)
2) On that list, the fourth fewest murders per capita in the world belongs to Switzerland, which has the greatest number of firearms per capita in the world.
3) The 2 nations with the fewest murders belong to predominantly religious states (Qatar and Saudi Arabia)
3) As of 2007, the number of murders in the United States was roughly 17,000 people
4) The total number of people Sadam Hussein murdered is unknown, most estimates place it at roughly half a million people--how quickly everyone seems to have forgotten this fact

Re: "You are the type of people who have/had an abusive father or a pedophile as a uncle or a drug addict as a sister and don't want to talk about it and don't want anyone else to talk about it either" --
How on earth did you come to these conclusions based on online posting? I fit none of these categories, but believe that it is not that everyone here refuses to talk about truth--it is that they refuse to talk about subjects stupidly, as you have done here.

what is the quality of the disks as Frisbees?

jpsyche wrote:More than Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?

Hey! Ian Fleming was the best!

e6zion wrote:I find it interesting that hatred for Michael Moore has stirred so much debate.

First and foremost, I would have to agree that it doesn't belong in this list, but neither do a few others... but, as people have pointed out, the solution is simple--just trash it if you don't want.

Now, in regards to why some of us hate Michael Moore--it is because he is incapable of respectable research.

Tennaj:

First and foremost, I would never advocate an "ethics by numbers", but since that is what you have posited here, lets see some examples:

1)We are not the number 1 country for murders in the world... that title belongs to columbia, then south africe, jamaica, venezuela, mexico.... until #24 is the United States... (keep in mind these are reported values--totalitarian states do not make the list)
2) On that list, the fourth fewest murders per capita in the world belongs to Switzerland, which has the greatest number of firearms per capita in the world.
3) The 2 nations with the fewest murders belong to predominantly religious states (Qatar and Saudi Arabia)
3) As of 2007, the number of murders in the United States was roughly 17,000 people
4) The total number of people Sadam Hussein murdered is unknown, most estimates place it at roughly half a million people--how quickly everyone seems to have forgotten this fact

Re: "You are the type of people who have/had an abusive father or a pedophile as a uncle or a drug addict as a sister and don't want to talk about it and don't want anyone else to talk about it either" --
How on earth did you come to these conclusions based on online posting? I fit none of these categories, but believe that it is not that everyone here refuses to talk about truth--it is that they refuse to talk about subjects stupidly, as you have done here.

Geez... It's a good thing this set doesn't include "The Genius of Charles Darwin".

neseattle wrote:A Challenge to the liberals out there - buy 2 sets and give one set to your local library!

But please, leave "Bowling for Columbine" in the package that you give to the library - you know how liberal those gosh-darned readers of book are!

As for the 'minority' out there - if the "Left Behind" series and "Fox News: Greatest Moments" were in the package, I would give it to the library as well.

"Fox News: Greatest Moments"? Last I heard, that could fit on a floppy disk; a DVD by that title would 99.9997% empty. Seriously, Michael Moore is clearly over the top, as is Bill O'Reilly (that oh-so-fair-and-balanced Republican Mouthpiece of Rupert Murdoch). Can't we all get along and realize that both are entertainment figures and not legitimate information sources?

indianadan wrote:Agree with most. Michael Moore is an anti-American abomination; set would be more attractive and worth more with his garbage removed.

Several posts such as this are listed on this comment page. I am responding to this as such... the idealistic representation of America is supposed to express the freedom to say what we believe or feel without subject to legal prosecution. All comments in response to this film expresses this freedom also, however to say that someone is "anti-American" for expressing their opinion is itself an anti-American comment.

You don't like the movie? too bad. you don't always get everything you want.

note: not all comments in this response are aimed at the above comment. This is merely my opinion on all comments concerning this topic. An opinion which my American rights allow me to express freely in this public forum.