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  • why is SBS repeating The Fifth Element all day?

    From Ozix@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri May 5 20:59:12 2023
    Surely there are other cool French movies they could be screening?

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  • From Pete@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri May 5 22:21:07 2023
    On 5/05/2023 8:59 pm, Ozix wrote:
    Surely there are other cool French movies they could be screening?

    It's a Fifth Element Marathon, on the 5th of the 5th. They've done it
    several times before.



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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:633/280.2 to All on Sat May 6 09:34:28 2023
    Ozix <ozix@xizo.am> wrote:
    Surely there are other cool French movies they could be screening?

    I'm guessing that the bloke who wrote this is involved: https://www.sbs.com.au/movies/article/2011/11/21/my-favourite-film-fifth-element

    In previous years I've found that does at least hold up well to
    flicking into during ad breaks, but actually there wasn't much on
    last night so I did end up watching it (once).

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  • From Peter Jason@3:633/280.2 to All on Sat May 6 09:48:44 2023
    On 6 May 2023 09:34:28 +1000, not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd
    Kev) wrote:

    Ozix <ozix@xizo.am> wrote:
    Surely there are other cool French movies they could be screening?

    I'm guessing that the bloke who wrote this is involved: >https://www.sbs.com.au/movies/article/2011/11/21/my-favourite-film-fifth-element

    In previous years I've found that does at least hold up well to
    flicking into during ad breaks, but actually there wasn't much on
    last night so I did end up watching it (once).

    A PVR is essential these days. I record everything, then use the fast-forward button for the boring bits.

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:633/280.2 to All on Sun May 7 09:18:15 2023
    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote:
    On 6 May 2023 09:34:28 +1000, not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd
    Kev) wrote:

    In previous years I've found that does at least hold up well to
    flicking into during ad breaks, but actually there wasn't much on
    last night so I did end up watching it (once).

    A PVR is essential these days. I record everything, then use the fast-forward button for the boring bits.

    I used to do more of that, but I've drifted out of it because
    really I prefer to pick things to watch on TV that I feel like that
    evening. I do usually record movies that SBS shows, and sometimes
    use my second set-top-box to watch something else live at the same
    time. Commercial TV has too many ads even for me to want to bother
    with fast-forwarding, so I usually stick to ABC and SBS.
    Unfortunately there's often nothing on so I watch more stuff on DVD
    and from the internet (the latter are often the sorts of history
    documentaries that ABC and SBS seem to have both lost interest in
    these days).

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