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On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 17:02:04 -0500, "P. Fritz" paulfritz ATvoyager
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" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message
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"Dene" wrote in message
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Watched Captain Ron last night, for the first time. Thoroughly
enjoyed
it.
That got me to thinking about movies and boats. I could only think
of
one
other....Dead Calm.....another good one.

Betcha there are more. Help me. Sure passes the time while the
rain
falls.

-Greg

The Caine Mutiny
Crimson Tide
Mutiny on the Bounty
Pirates of the Caribbean

The Poseidon Adventure

sucked.

Titanic.

couldn't suck enough.

Tragedy at Sea.

eh.

Das Boot

great flick. watch it in german.

U-571 on a kick ass home theater system

RCE

What setup do you have?

Home brew. Just make sure you can decode DTS and you have a really,
really good sub.

RCE

So what amp, subwoofer, front, center and rear speakers?

We have a fairly old system..........a pair of old Synergistic tower
speakers up front (with separate bass, midrange and tweeter with slate box
and teak tops and bottoms), KLM rear, Advent center and a Sony audio/video
control amp/receiver.....that still serves us well and provides clear kick
ass sound with movies and cd's.

"Don White" wrote in message
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Dene wrote:
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Trying to think of the movie where Kate Jackson (TV series Charlie's
Angels) starred in. Storyline very similar to 'Dead Calm" with Billy
Zane and Nichole Kidman.
'Master & Commander' on the premium movie channels we get almost every

day.

"Adrift." Found it on www.imdb.com

Thanks...that's it.
Wow...I see Kate Jackson is older than me.

And prettier? ;

-Greg

Dene wrote:

Watched Captain Ron last night, for the first time. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
That got me to thinking about movies and boats. I could only think of one
other....Dead Calm.....another good one.

Betcha there are more. Help me. Sure passes the time while the rain falls.

The deadly dozen:

1- Wind (is there any doubt)
2- White Squall
3- Deadliest Catch (TV series)
4- Master and Commander
5- Perfect Storm
6- The Cain Mutiny
7- Captain Horatio Hornblower (series)
8- Longitude (series)
9- That TV movie where the boat's hijacker gets a flare in his gut
10- Captains Courageous
11- Mutiny on the Bounty
12- Captain Ron

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Skipper

Skipper wrote:

The deadly dozen:

1- Wind (is there any doubt)
2- White Squall
3- Deadliest Catch (TV series)
4- Master and Commander
5- Perfect Storm
6- The Cain Mutiny
7- Captain Horatio Hornblower (series)
8- Longitude (series)
9- That TV movie where the boat's hijacker gets a flare in his gut
10- Captains Courageous
11- Mutiny on the Bounty
12- Captain Ron

And of course, 'And the Sea Will Tell' (about the Palmyra Island
murders).

--
Skipper

" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message
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So what amp, subwoofer, front, center and rear speakers?

We have a fairly old system..........a pair of old Synergistic tower
speakers up front (with separate bass, midrange and tweeter with slate box
and teak tops and bottoms), KLM rear, Advent center and a Sony audio/video
control amp/receiver.....that still serves us well and provides clear kick
ass sound with movies and cd's.

Here's where home theater and high quality music applications start to
differ.

For high quality music listening I prefer conventional stereo and use a pair
of Martin-Logan SL3 electrostatic speakers driven by a B&K Components power
amp, an Adcom pre-amp, a Rotel single disk CD player and an old Dual 1219
turntable with a Shure V-15 cartridge for the LPs. Bass is supplied by a Rel
sub. This system is spectacular for acoustical and classical stuff, but does
not do "rock" music well.

For home theater you want good quality sound with speakers that precisely
image the presentation of the decoded multichannel source (5.1 Dolby
Digital, DTS or THX). Towers are good, but you need them about 3-4 feet
away from any wall and off the floor if possible. Of the several home
theater systems I've patched together, the best one had Aerial Acoustics
(not to be confused with Ariel speakers) front, rears and center with an
18", 2000 watt Velodyne sub. This system made you shiver watching U-571.

Right now I have a smaller system using Klipsch bookshelf fronts (I like the
horned tweeters), an Energy center, some small Mirage rears and a 10"
Velodyne powered sub.
The current amp is a Denon 100 watt x 5 amp. It's ok but I don't like the
mechanical switching between Pro Logic, Dolby Digital and DTS modes. A
similar powered Yamaha would be better. All of this is installed in a
smaller room and it sounds ok. You have to spend considerable time tweaking
and peaking all of the parametric tuning parameters to really make any
multi-channel system come alive, be it a 5.1, 7.1 or 9.1 system. When you
get it right, it will take on a holographic, 3 dimensional presence.

RCE

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 17:02:04 -0500, "P. Fritz" paulfritz ATvoyager
DOTnet wrote:

" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message
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"Dene" wrote in message
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Watched Captain Ron last night, for the first time. Thoroughly
enjoyed
it.
That got me to thinking about movies and boats. I could only think
of
one
other....Dead Calm.....another good one.

Betcha there are more. Help me. Sure passes the time while the rain
falls.

-Greg

The Caine Mutiny
Crimson Tide
Mutiny on the Bounty
Pirates of the Caribbean

The Poseidon Adventure

sucked.

I agree

Titanic.

couldn't suck enough.

I could not agree more.

Tragedy at Sea.

eh.

Eddie needs to show it to his son-in law........about the sinking of the
Trashman

Das Boot

great flick. watch it in german.

It really showed what life was like on a submarine.....unlike all the
hollywood flicks.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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If you were more abel, you'd know it was The Caine Mutiny, based upon
Herman Wouk's novel.

Wouk, btw, is a member in good standing of that religious group you do
not like.

Northwest Heathen?

-Greg

Dene wrote:

Thanks...that's it.
Wow...I see Kate Jackson is older than me.

And prettier? ;

-Greg

Opinions vary!

i'm trying to think of ones that nobody thought of yet ...

horatio hornblower (the movie, someone already said the series!)
waterworld (yeah i know, but it has a sailboat in it)
lifeboat (alfred hitchcock, i got it at walmart on dvd)
the ghost and mrs. muir (ok, no boats, but a damn cool captain
and a fine movie besides)
the poseidon adventure
20 thousand leagues under the sea (hey that's sort of a boat haha)

that's all i can think of at the moment ...

Face-off has a great boat chase scene. Both high performance boats get
destroyed though.

--
Denis Roy
D. Roy Woodcraft
www.ideasinwood.com
"Dene" wrote in message
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Watched Captain Ron last night, for the first time. Thoroughly enjoyed
it.
That got me to thinking about movies and boats. I could only think of one
other....Dead Calm.....another good one.

Betcha there are more. Help me. Sure passes the time while the rain
falls.

-Greg