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The BBC restricts non-UK IP addresses from using iPlayer as we, the great unwashed, do not pay TV Licence fees or UK taxes, for that matter.
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RadicalWhig
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Ouch. When it comes out on DVD I'll buy you one and send it to you.
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I was mildly hopeful after the first episode, but very disapointed after the second one. It seemed much more Dibley like and far fetched. And silly.
BUT the Arcdeacon is the star of the production. So I might give it another try,
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Sober Preacher's Kid
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Originally posted by RadicalWhig:
Ouch. When it comes out on DVD I'll buy you one and send it to you.
Thanks. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
I used to follow The Magistrate's Blog, a sitting, anonymous JP who blogs. I think he's somewhere in Berkshire. Every so often he has to deal with "Private Prosecutions", particularly people who don't pay their TV licences. So he gets to spend a whole morning dealing with a parade of single mothers, penniless people with no other means of distraction, jobless people who have hit rock bottom, you name the sob story, it's there. All over non-payment of a TV tax.
I really don't begrudge the BBC lockout policy after reading that. I'd pay the fee myself as a subscription if the BBC allowed such a thing, but it doesn't, so I'm locked out.
I really don't want to spoof the system for the same reason.
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Originally posted by The Weeder:
I was mildly hopeful after the first episode, but very disapointed after the second one. It seemed much more Dibley like and far fetched. And silly.
BUT the Arcdeacon is the star of the production. So I might give it another try,
Oh - you'd be surprised. Yes, the evos were broad-brush, but the rapper definitely went into Crappy Choruses territory... "come see the size of my love", indeed...
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Hawk
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After seeing this thread I sat down and watched the first episode last night. I was so impressed I watched the second one striaght away. I'm not Anglican but I was chuckling all the way through. The characters are very well-written and I love the style of the show - not depressing like if it had been put on by Channel 4, or silly sit-com like BBC3. It's the perfect balance of real-life problems and hopeful, understated, very British optimism.
It's certainly not the Vicar of Dibley, which, though had more laughs, was almost unrecognisably Christian at times since Dawn French hardly mentioned God or faith and seemed to spend most of her time stuffing her face with chocolate and chasing men. Also, it's far from 'The Office', being much more positive and the characters more sympathetic than cringeingly awful.
I don't agree with wilson's post about the sexless vicar cliche. I'm amazed he was watching the same show as me. Adam's reaction to 'Vivien' was miles away from that idea.
The evos were broad brush and seemed to be a very concentrated form of the species, with their worst excesses all pushed into one service. But it was true to life. If this show continues I hope it will illuminate a lot of religious issues for non-religious people. I can just imagine teachers showing these episodes to their GCSE RE classes as part of the lesson, just like VoD was shown to me when I was doing it.
One question - what's 'HTB'?
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Robert Armin
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I quite liked the first epsiode, but loved the second! Colin, for me, is the star of the show. His talk early on about wanting sex was both honest and hilarious - and that was even before he saved the day. ("She's a virgin. Well, a born again virgin." Wonderful.) The Archdeacon's moment of decency was good too, but I hope he doesn't get totally reformed. There's a lot of mileage in him as The-man-you-love-to-hate-the-most.
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Paul.
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Originally posted by Hawk:
I don't agree with wilson's post about the sexless vicar cliche. I'm amazed he was watching the same show as me. Adam's reaction to 'Vivien' was miles away from that idea.
I did acknowledge that it was an impression I got despite some of the things they showed to the contrary. I've been thinking about it some more and it's not that he shows no sex drive, nor that his wife seems to have a more adventurous streak (which I think is what AlexC was referring to with references to "mental model"s) it's the fact that he's reactive, almost passive and a bit timid when it comes to his sexuality. And there's nothing wrong with that per se it's just it seems to be of a type (the "sexless" vicar) with what we've seen plenty of times before.
It's a minor niggle.
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Angloid
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Well, it's difficult being reckless and uninhibited when you've got a window-cleaner spying on you at all hours. Adam's lack of sex-drive, if indeed it is such, is an occupational hazard!
I agree that the evo takeover was caricatured, and it wouldn't happen just like that (I hope!). But the characterisation was pretty accurate, and some of the lines - 'I've written off this dying church and I'll take my money elsewhere' - or his patronising approach to the 'vicar's wife' - were spot on.
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Originally posted by Robert Armin:
The Archdeacon's moment of decency was good too, but I hope he doesn't get totally reformed. There's a lot of mileage in him as The-man-you-love-to-hate-the-most.
Indeed - but I noticed his words were on the lines of "We can't be seen to ban people from church". Note - be seen. It's the words of a man who would happily stop someone coming by subtler means, but knows that banning someone outright is a pr failure.
I love that character! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Originally posted by Earwig:
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Originally posted by Robert Armin:
The Archdeacon's moment of decency was good too, but I hope he doesn't get totally reformed. There's a lot of mileage in him as The-man-you-love-to-hate-the-most.
Indeed - but I noticed his words were on the lines of "We can't be seen to ban people from church". Note - be seen. It's the words of a man who would happily stop someone coming by subtler means, but knows that banning someone outright is a pr failure.
I love that character!
I thought it was a beautifully played moment - I thought the Arch Deacon was so delicious because it seemed he was enjoying the fact that by doing the right thing he would potentially get one over on the Area Dean too!
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Originally posted by The Weeder:
I was mildly hopeful after the first episode, but very disapointed after the second one. It seemed much more Dibley like and far fetched. And silly.
BUT the Arcdeacon is the star of the production. So I might give it another try,
Dibley always used to end with Geraldine and Alice having coffee in the vestry after evensong, Geraldine telling Alice rude jokes that she didn't understand.
I am wondering if Rev will end its episodes with Adam and Colin smoking on the park bench in the church yard, talking about faith. The best part is that so far both of them get to say things that are pretty profound (Dawkins doesn't understand the concept of forgiveness, yeah but don't you still want to kick him in the balls, eh?....God's love is more profound than sex, sure but sometimes that just doesn't do it)
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RadicalWhig
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For those of us who aren't Church of England, could someone please briefly explain (without getting all purgatorial) how important an Arch Deacon is? Is he Adam's "boss"?
I mean, does Adam go along with all that pointless driving around in taxis because he has to - i.e. saying no and standing up to the Arch Deacon would get him spent to the headmaster's office, or does he go along with it because he is displaying a certain timidity of character?
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Originally posted by Earwig:
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Originally posted by Robert Armin:
The Archdeacon's moment of decency was good too, but I hope he doesn't get totally reformed. There's a lot of mileage in him as The-man-you-love-to-hate-the-most.
Indeed - but I noticed his words were on the lines of "We can't be seen to ban people from church". Note - be seen. It's the words of a man who would happily stop someone coming by subtler means, but knows that banning someone outright is a pr failure.
I thought it was wonderfully ambiguous - did he say that because he only cares about PR, or because he knows that's all Darren is interested in?
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I am loving the series and suggest that the Archdeacon is a direct descendant of Archdeacon Grantley in the 1981 TV version of Barchester Towers (who played him - was it Nigel Hawthorne?). Anyway, the Archdeacon in Rev seemed to have modelled many of the same mannerisms and basic character traits.
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Bob Two-Owls
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Originally posted by RadicalWhig:
For those of us who aren't Church of England, could someone please briefly explain (without getting all purgatorial) how important an Arch Deacon is? Is he Adam's "boss"?
From my experience, Archdeacons are "middle management", the ones that deal with day to day practical problems, so in a sense it is like being sent to see the headmaster which is one step down from being interviewed by the police.
I loved the Archdeacon standing up to Darren, I saw it as a rather coldly calculated ploy - he can push Adam around and make him do exactly as he wants but Darren might outgrow his authority and he couldn't have that at all. Better to make a stand that would be eminently defensible to the upper echelons on moral grounds while being highly advantageous to keeping a firm hand on the tiller, so to speak. The Archdeacon is one of the best characters I have seen in ages, I just want him to use CJ's* "one, two, three, four, make'em wait outside the door..."
*CJ - the boss in Reggie Perrin
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Angloid
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Originally posted by Boopy:
I am loving the series and suggest that the Archdeacon is a direct descendant of Archdeacon Grantley in the 1981 TV version of Barchester Towers (who played him - was it Nigel Hawthorne?). Anyway, the Archdeacon in Rev seemed to have modelled many of the same mannerisms and basic character traits.
He certainly has many of the traits of Sir Humphrey in Yes Minister. Nigel Hawthorne would have been superb (but this guy is pretty good).
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Originally posted by Amos:
HTB: http://www.htb.org.uk/focus
Thanks. I assume this church has a reputation for being like the St James' bunch. Are they that bad in RL or is it just a bit of satire?
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Ricardus
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Originally posted by Panda:
Also scary - 'we do take all major credit cards!' right at the beginning of the service...
I've definitely encountered that (though not in an Anglican service, and certainly not in connection with HTB). The speech included "overwhelm us with your giving ... Don't worry if you've come out without your chequebook or the Lord prompts you to give more than you have on you, we've got direct debit forms available".
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The second episode was very much a good development of the first. Great laughs and yet pretty believable.
The archdeacon is still the star, though:
"Play nicely, children"
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I'm enjoying it. And laughed out loud several times with this Monday's episode. The way the trendy evos shoehorned the white settees and the horrible big screens into the tradition church building was a hoot. (I so hate those screens!) The change of tack from the Arch Deacon was very faith enhancing.
The second episode showed some variation in form from the first but the scenes in the Arch Deacon's taxi (I'm assuming it's a taxi), with poor Rev being thrown out wherever the AD finds convenient, is a good running gag.
A wee gem in the BBC schedules.
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I have just watched both episodes on iPlayer. I am looking forward to the next episode.
The St. James crowd resembles my nightmares!
I'd like to think that HTB is not that bad, although I have heard of "churches" that are ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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Originally posted by The Weeder:
BUT the Arcdeacon is the star of the production. So I might give it another try,
When he snaps on his leather gloves, mmmmmm! He can come collect my parish share any day.
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Alex Cockell
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Originally posted by Jante:
Am wondering if we will get to see it again as training material when we get to vicar factory!
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I just discovered (by accident when channel surfing) that it is repeated tonight BBC2, probably 10pm (I caught a bit of it about 10.20) - this was Monday's episode.
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Originally posted by Bob Two-Owls:
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Originally posted by RadicalWhig:
For those of us who aren't Church of England, could someone please briefly explain (without getting all purgatorial) how important an Arch Deacon is? Is he Adam's "boss"?
From my experience, Archdeacons are "middle management", the ones that deal with day to day practical problems, so in a sense it is like being sent to see the headmaster which is one step down from being interviewed by the police.
From the Church English Dictionary:
Archdeacon (n) The crook at the head of the bishop's staff.
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Originally posted by RadicalWhig:
For those of us who aren't Church of England, could someone please briefly explain (without getting all purgatorial) how important an Arch Deacon is? Is he Adam's "boss"?
I mean, does Adam go along with all that pointless driving around in taxis because he has to - i.e. saying no and standing up to the Arch Deacon would get him spent to the headmaster's office, or does he go along with it because he is displaying a certain timidity of character?
In the CofE (to put it crudely) Archdeacon = Bishop's Enforcer. Usually 2 or 3 per diocese with defined geographical areas. Bishop sets policy, Archdeacon has to make it happen. They have to deal with the nitty-gritty of making the church work. Money, staffing, etc. In my experience they are the most managerial of clergy. This is not, in my book, a bad thing.
And I agree with everyone who says the the AD in Rev is the star character. (Although I'm enjoying the whole thing.)
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Originally posted by Ricardus:
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Originally posted by Panda:
Also scary - 'we do take all major credit cards!' right at the beginning of the service...
I've definitely encountered that (though not in an Anglican service, and certainly not in connection with HTB). The speech included "overwhelm us with your giving ... Don't worry if you've come out without your chequebook or the Lord prompts you to give more than you have on you, we've got direct debit forms available".
I see that kind of attitude as one of the signs of a 'temple-merchant' attitude and one that I would run a mile from. When a church has direct debit forms on the seats or hands them out alarm bells should ring in the heads of all right-thinking Christians. I walked out of an evangelical Church my brother took me to in Wolverhampton when they started promoting and trying to sell their 'products' as one of the main points of the service (meaning the church's books and DVDs on a prominent table by the door). It is one of the things that really makes me angry when a so-called church uses the name of Jesus just to make money.
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Originally posted by Hawk:
I see that kind of attitude as one of the signs of a 'temple-merchant' attitude and one that I would run a mile from. When a church has direct debit forms on the seats or hands them out alarm bells should ring in the heads of all right-thinking Christians. I walked out of an evangelical Church my brother took me to in Wolverhampton when they started promoting and trying to sell their 'products' as one of the main points of the service (meaning the church's books and DVDs on a prominent table by the door). It is one of the things that really makes me angry when a so-called church uses the name of Jesus just to make money.
I always remember reading some time ago, something to the effect that: "look at the lifestyle of the vicar. If he drives a bigger car, or lives in a more luxurious style than the poorest of his congregation, then run a mile"
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Originally posted by RadicalWhig:
For those of us who aren't Church of England, could someone please briefly explain (without getting all purgatorial) how important an Arch Deacon is? Is he Adam's "boss"?
I mean, does Adam go along with all that pointless driving around in taxis because he has to - i.e. saying no and standing up to the Arch Deacon would get him spent to the headmaster's office, or does he go along with it because he is displaying a certain timidity of character?
I wonder what suitable comparisons might be. Cardinal Ratzinger to Pope JPII, perhaps, or Norman Tebbitt (as depicted by Spitting Image) to Margaret Thatcher?
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I always remember reading some time ago, something to the effect that: "look at the lifestyle of the vicar. If he drives a bigger car, or lives in a more luxurious style than the poorest of his congregation, then run a mile"
Hmmmm. Isn't that all vicars almost by definition? They get vicarages which mean that they are living better than all the people in their congregation in flats? If they have a car (which I'd hope most vicars could have if needed) then they're better off than all those without cars etc etc. Certainly our vicar has an amazing house and garden, supports lots of kids and lives in a way I could never expect to live in!
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Angloid
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Unless every parish priest is expected to live in conditions like a shanty-town dweller in Kolkata or Rio de Janeiro, that is an impossible expectation. Even then, if s/he has a 'house' of whatever sort it will be better than the Big Issue sellers get.
The kitchen fittings in the 'Rev.''s house are typical of the crappiest, cheapest-available-20-years-ago, equipment installed by diocesan parsonages boards up and down the country. In poor inner-city parishes that, and the size of the house, might still put the vicar in a 'superior' category. But in average, and affluent, parishes, s/he will inevitably be a laughing-stock or an object of pity.
Either clergy pay and conditions vary according to the relative prosperity of their parish, or they are given enough money and a moderate living standard to allow them to do their job wherever they are. The fact that Adam might have a 'nicer' (pause for hollow laugh) house than the majority of his parishioners (what about the Tory MP?) is balanced by the fact that he has virtually no privacy and is on call 24/7.
Sorry for the purgatorial diversion!
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Enjoyed very much in our household, mostly made sense to me because of all the time I spend reading Eccles ...
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Delayed watching the episode from the blurb and comments here. [General vibes of shows up anyone whos ever done alpha, or whatever]
Not as bad as I expected, though still took a day to consider portrayal. It seemed a bit unfair, the equivalent of having the previous +Durham in every scene declaring a disbelief in God (instead of saying one issue was sometimes a bit difficult to believe), did anyone else notice the nearly direct Spring Harvest Reference?
But at the same time (especially after reflection) could see where all the elements might have come from, if you squeezed years and regions into a single 1.2 hour [/day/week]. Now I know how churchschool parents feel (despite not being a minister or solely evangelical)
[Would be interesting as a special to see the camera follow someone else (anyone would make good TV really), I expect it will jump the shark fairly soon, but while it lasts...it's ok]
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Loved the latest episode. It was a much faster pace than the first and made me laugh all too knowingly. I did think the evangelicals were portrayed a bit too villainously and that did spoil it a little. Otherwise - it was great.
I actually think it's quite amazing to see such a positive portrayal of people of faith.
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Originally posted by Angloid:
I agree that the evo takeover was caricatured, and it wouldn't happen just like that (I hope!). But the characterisation was pretty accurate, and some of the lines - 'I've written off this dying church and I'll take my money elsewhere' - or his patronising approach to the 'vicar's wife' - were spot on.
"Be my friend, Adam ... Be God's friend" [with arms raised and outstretched crucifixion-stylee]
Oh, yes! BINGO!
I guess the point has been made about 'Darren', and the plot will move on to other targets. But I hope we haven't seen the last of this nemesis to Adam. The actor Darren Boyd is becoming almost as ubiquitous-in-a-good-way as Olivia Colman, so he was bound to show up alongside her sooner or later. When someone gets around to making 'The Life of Monty Python', he should be a shoo-in to play John Cleese.
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Olivia Colman
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(Am I the only one who finds her absolutely jaw-droppingly attractive, not just in Rev, but in most roles she has played?)
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Olivia Colman
(Am I the only one who finds her absolutely jaw-droppingly attractive, not just in Rev, but in most roles she has played?)
It's certainly not universal, it must be said.
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And while we're with the HTB references, Nicky G's wife is called ummm.... quote:
We may well prosecute.... Pip is a vital part of our congregation
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And while we're with the HTB references, Nicky G's wife is called ummm.... quote:
We may well prosecute.... Pip is a vital part of our congregation
No shit! ![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif)
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What a coincidence! ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Another cracker. I love the way they are slightly emphasizing features of the characters, not wildly overdoing them ( as so often in Dibley ), but just gently, and so very true-to-life.
Adam is a very honest and realistic urban vicar. Mrs Vicar is a very realistic working vicars wife, and trying to live both parts of the life. And the engagement with the very difficult issue of clerical sex I thought was really well addressed - and I am sure that there are clergy couples who are "interrupted" by parish needs.
The Archdeacon is a very political character, which is accurate, as they are often political people ( I don't mean this in a negative way - his role is to manage the politics between the hierarchy and the clergy ).
Darren was a stereotype of all sorts of wild clergy. Everything in what he did was something that such clergy have done - the sofas, the screens, the money grabbing attitude. He did remind me of Nicky Gumbel in his smarmy smile, but that is not HTB, who do have a lively style of worship but not including a rapper. I thought the whole portrayal was excellent of those churches and clergy who feel that money and success is the measure of divine acceptance - and NOS probably epitomised this in the worst way ( although I never went ).
And the gentle way of exploring faith in difficult and challenging circumstances is awesome. It was introduced as a drama, which was interesting, but that probably covers it better than comedy or sitcom, even though it is humourous.
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Even though I am in North America I have watching it [cough] as the episodes are posted on the internet [cough] and will definitely buy it if it comes out on DVD and send it to a few friends.
It's so much like my parish it's scary. From the abysmal attendance, to the financial woes, to the crazy parents trying to get their kids into our school. It could easily be set in New York. We have the same cast of characters.
Some of the story lines are a bit predictable but it doesn't take away from the humour. I hope it shows up on mainstream TV here.
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Ouch. When it comes out on DVD I'll buy you one and send it to you.
Thanks.
Keep in mind that a British DVD uses the PAL TV system and is in Region 2. Canada and the US use the NTSC TV system and are in Region 1. That DVD won't play on a regular Canadian DVD player.
You'd have to buy a "hacked" DVD player capable of converting PAL to NTSC, or try it on your computer. But most computer DVD drives are Region locked too nowadays.
They don't make it easy.
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Originally posted by Sober Preacher's Kid:
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Originally posted by RadicalWhig:
Ouch. When it comes out on DVD I'll buy you one and send it to you.
Thanks.
Keep in mind that a British DVD uses the PAL TV system and is in Region 2. Canada and the US use the NTSC TV system and are in Region 1. That DVD won't play on a regular Canadian DVD player.
You'd have to buy a "hacked" DVD player capable of converting PAL to NTSC, or try it on your computer. But most computer DVD drives are Region locked too nowadays.
They don't make it easy.
Not quite. The disc is encoded as MPEG-2, the player handles format conversion. Just get a noname player and lock it to Region 2... job done.
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