Comments for Strange Conversation http://filmjournal.net/danielstephens ...after hours at Cafe 80s Mon, 20 May 2013 08:21:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 Comment on Don’t use Love Film for your online DVD rentals by FoodFly http://filmjournal.net/danielstephens/2007/10/02/dont-use-love-film-for-your-online-dvd-rentals/#comment-83188 Tue, 31 May 2011 23:15:34 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/danielstephens/2007/10/02/dont-use-love-film-for-your-online-dvd-rentals/#comment-83188 Oh, and online cancellation isn't possible despite what the letter said. You go to the website to cancel and it shows some text saying something like, 'we're sorry to see you go, we'd like you to phone us free to talk about it'. Gives them a chance to reel you back in I guess. Oh, and online cancellation isn’t possible despite what the letter said. You go to the website to cancel and it shows some text saying something like, ‘we’re sorry to see you go, we’d like you to phone us free to talk about it’. Gives them a chance to reel you back in I guess.

]]> Comment on Don’t use Love Film for your online DVD rentals by FoodFly http://filmjournal.net/danielstephens/2007/10/02/dont-use-love-film-for-your-online-dvd-rentals/#comment-83187 Tue, 31 May 2011 23:11:21 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/danielstephens/2007/10/02/dont-use-love-film-for-your-online-dvd-rentals/#comment-83187 I had a letter offering a 30 day free trial of Love Film. I took them up on it today with the aim of watching Tron Legacy using their streaming service on my TV. Sign up was a doddle, but Tron Legacy could only be sent by DVD or Blu-Ray. Perplexed, I looked online, and there it was listed as Watch Online. Then I noticed the £3.49 badge by the side of it. Free streaming only applies to old movies. Disappointed, I looked online and found that others had complained and Advertising Standards had been involved (http://www.asa.org.uk/ASA-action/Adjudications/2011/1/LOVEFiLM-UK-Ltd/TF_ADJ_49605.aspx). I phoned at 22:30 to cancel after 3 hours on the trial, and got a long rambling script suggesting I wait for a few months, how there would be other movies that would be worth watching, Tron wasn't even on Sky. Thanks to this page I knew that it would be daft to let a 'Free Trial' run to the end of the month and see money start drifting out of my account. Thanks guys! I had a letter offering a 30 day free trial of Love Film. I took them up on it today with the aim of watching Tron Legacy using their streaming service on my TV. Sign up was a doddle, but Tron Legacy could only be sent by DVD or Blu-Ray. Perplexed, I looked online, and there it was listed as Watch Online. Then I noticed the £3.49 badge by the side of it. Free streaming only applies to old movies. Disappointed, I looked online and found that others had complained and Advertising Standards had been involved (http://www.asa.org.uk/ASA-action/Adjudications/2011/1/LOVEFiLM-UK-Ltd/TF_ADJ_49605.aspx).
I phoned at 22:30 to cancel after 3 hours on the trial, and got a long rambling script suggesting I wait for a few months, how there would be other movies that would be worth watching, Tron wasn’t even on Sky. Thanks to this page I knew that it would be daft to let a ‘Free Trial’ run to the end of the month and see money start drifting out of my account. Thanks guys!

]]> Comment on Don’t use Love Film for your online DVD rentals by Janice Clarke http://filmjournal.net/danielstephens/2007/10/02/dont-use-love-film-for-your-online-dvd-rentals/#comment-82816 Fri, 06 May 2011 09:08:59 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/danielstephens/2007/10/02/dont-use-love-film-for-your-online-dvd-rentals/#comment-82816 I dont' know if this stream is still open but I thought I would mention another problem. Many of the films we get from Love Film these days wont play. They get stuck in the middle. Sometimes this can be remedied by restarting and fast forwarding over the stuck bit but most of the time we just have to give up. Everything else plays fine on this machine so we don't think it's the machine. Other people we know have had the same problem. If you tell Love Film, they send you a replacement film (not the same one though) but that doesnt' help at the time when you don't get to see the end of the film. It's very disappointing, a big hassle and completely ruins the evening. Now we just don't have confidence in them and anticipate that every film will get stuck. We wouldn't, for instance, take the risk of watching one of their films with anyone else visiting, in case it happens. We are going to look around for a substitute. Any ideas? I dont’ know if this stream is still open but I thought I would mention another problem. Many of the films we get from Love Film these days wont play. They get stuck in the middle. Sometimes this can be remedied by restarting and fast forwarding over the stuck bit but most of the time we just have to give up. Everything else plays fine on this machine so we don’t think it’s the machine. Other people we know have had the same problem. If you tell Love Film, they send you a replacement film (not the same one though) but that doesnt’ help at the time when you don’t get to see the end of the film. It’s very disappointing, a big hassle and completely ruins the evening. Now we just don’t have confidence in them and anticipate that every film will get stuck. We wouldn’t, for instance, take the risk of watching one of their films with anyone else visiting, in case it happens. We are going to look around for a substitute. Any ideas?

]]> Comment on Top 10 Coming of Age films from the 1980s by betsey http://filmjournal.net/danielstephens/2007/02/03/top-10-coming-of-age-films-from-the-1980s/#comment-82309 Sat, 02 Apr 2011 01:03:30 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/danielstephens/2007/02/03/top-10-coming-of-age-films-from-the-1980s/#comment-82309 You forgot Labyrinth. Funny coming of age movie and a cult classic. David Bowie can be my troll king any day. :) Should also check out Dream a little dream. Fun movie with the two coreys. I enjoy it a lot. You forgot Labyrinth. Funny coming of age movie and a cult classic. David Bowie can be my troll king any day. :)

Should also check out Dream a little dream. Fun movie with the two coreys. I enjoy it a lot.

]]> Comment on Top 10 Robert De Niro Films by ghost of 82 http://filmjournal.net/danielstephens/2011/01/25/top-10-robert-de-niro-films/#comment-81250 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:30:57 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/danielstephens/2011/01/25/top-10-robert-de-niro-films/#comment-81250 Hmm, my fave 3 would have to be OUATIA, TAXI DRIVER, HEAT... but sadly few careers have nosedived in quality quite as far as De Niro's has. He's been phoning in performances for years and just doing it for the money, far as I can tell, wheras in the beginning it was about the art, creating a performance. In some ways De Niro has been the saddest thing about movies for the last twenty years (well, besides 3D and Lucas directing again).Or maybe the trajectory of De Niros career has mirrored the quality of films since the 1970s. Hmm, my fave 3 would have to be OUATIA, TAXI DRIVER, HEAT… but sadly few careers have nosedived in quality quite as far as De Niro’s has. He’s been phoning in performances for years and just doing it for the money, far as I can tell, wheras in the beginning it was about the art, creating a performance. In some ways De Niro has been the saddest thing about movies for the last twenty years (well, besides 3D and Lucas directing again).Or maybe the trajectory of De Niros career has mirrored the quality of films since the 1970s.

]]> Comment on Don’t use Love Film for your online DVD rentals by betty http://filmjournal.net/danielstephens/2007/10/02/dont-use-love-film-for-your-online-dvd-rentals/#comment-79495 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:08:59 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/danielstephens/2007/10/02/dont-use-love-film-for-your-online-dvd-rentals/#comment-79495 I had a great time with lovefilm when I was a member. However, when I tried to cancel its been nearly impossible. The only way to do this is by phoning up... but the people on the end of the phone have been saying for the past 7 days that "the server is down" and they can't process my order - when asked how I could cancel it online I was told to go online between 12pm - 8am. I went online... and there was a message saying "server down". There was no way to cancel. The final time I rang up I threatened to report them to Watchdog. This seemed to do the trick and my account was finally cancelled - except that, because it took over a week longer than expected, they have taken another £12.99 fee for the next month, even though I won't be receiving any more films. I've made sure I've got a proof of postage for the discs I've sent back... but won't be surprised to hear from them that they haven't receieved them. Love Film is great when you are a customer... and awful when you don't want to be anymore. I had a great time with lovefilm when I was a member.

However, when I tried to cancel its been nearly impossible.

The only way to do this is by phoning up… but the people on the end of the phone have been saying for the past 7 days that “the server is down” and they can’t process my order - when asked how I could cancel it online I was told to go online between 12pm - 8am.

I went online… and there was a message saying “server down”. There was no way to cancel.

The final time I rang up I threatened to report them to Watchdog. This seemed to do the trick and my account was finally cancelled - except that, because it took over a week longer than expected, they have taken another £12.99 fee for the next month, even though I won’t be receiving any more films.

I’ve made sure I’ve got a proof of postage for the discs I’ve sent back… but won’t be surprised to hear from them that they haven’t receieved them.

Love Film is great when you are a customer… and awful when you don’t want to be anymore.

]]> Comment on Influence of the Hollywood Studio system 1930 - 1940 by Dennis Appiah-Danquah http://filmjournal.net/danielstephens/2007/04/03/influence-of-the-hollywood-studio-system-1930-1940/#comment-78745 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:25:12 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/danielstephens/2007/04/03/influence-of-the-hollywood-studio-system-1930-1940/#comment-78745 your site is a very site for film students like us especially in Africa who don't have acces to film books.But I may suggest u be more specific and categorize your toics and history items and also try to cover all film aspects. your site is a very site for film students like us especially in Africa who don’t have acces to film books.But I may suggest u be more specific and categorize your toics and history items and also try to cover all film aspects.

]]> Comment on Galaxy Quest better than Some Like It Hot by Daniel Stephens http://filmjournal.net/danielstephens/2010/06/11/galaxy-quest-better-than-some-like-it-hot/#comment-75530 Sat, 12 Jun 2010 21:21:46 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/danielstephens/2010/06/11/galaxy-quest-better-than-some-like-it-hot/#comment-75530 The youth vote won in the end! Lol! I think it's also part of the drawback of this collective tournment-style film best-ofs - people will vote regardless of whether they have seen the film. And, in this case more people have seen the modern film over the older film. Perhaps there is the case that older films should go up against each other in early rounds to negate this but then you could have The Apartment V Some Like It Hot which would mean another horrible decision. But at the end of the day it's a bit of fun! Btw, The Apartment is currently up and running...against...Uh er...Charlie Chaplin's The Circus...what was I saying about older films..? - http://www.anomalousmaterial.com/movies/2010/06/greatest-comedy-tournament-first-round-day-5/ The youth vote won in the end! Lol! I think it’s also part of the drawback of this collective tournment-style film best-ofs - people will vote regardless of whether they have seen the film. And, in this case more people have seen the modern film over the older film. Perhaps there is the case that older films should go up against each other in early rounds to negate this but then you could have The Apartment V Some Like It Hot which would mean another horrible decision.

But at the end of the day it’s a bit of fun!

Btw, The Apartment is currently up and running…against…Uh er…Charlie Chaplin’s The Circus…what was I saying about older films..? - http://www.anomalousmaterial.com/movies/2010/06/greatest-comedy-tournament-first-round-day-5/

]]> Comment on Galaxy Quest better than Some Like It Hot by badblokebob http://filmjournal.net/danielstephens/2010/06/11/galaxy-quest-better-than-some-like-it-hot/#comment-75510 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:29:37 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/danielstephens/2010/06/11/galaxy-quest-better-than-some-like-it-hot/#comment-75510 As some of the commentators have noted on that page, that's a tough draw. I love <i>Galaxy Quest</i>, but saying it's better than <i>Some Like It Hot</i> just feels wrong. It looks like the campaigning Youth Vote might take it though. As some of the commentators have noted on that page, that’s a tough draw. I love Galaxy Quest, but saying it’s better than Some Like It Hot just feels wrong. It looks like the campaigning Youth Vote might take it though.

]]> Comment on Galaxy Quest better than Some Like It Hot by Livius http://filmjournal.net/danielstephens/2010/06/11/galaxy-quest-better-than-some-like-it-hot/#comment-75500 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:06:09 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/danielstephens/2010/06/11/galaxy-quest-better-than-some-like-it-hot/#comment-75500 I already voted for SLIH having seen your comment posted in another place. Maybe you'll get a more positive response here. I already voted for SLIH having seen your comment posted in another place. Maybe you’ll get a more positive response here.

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