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Post by megagem on Sept 12, 2011 18:06:47 GMT
These are all beautiful, as usual. I love the grainy-ness of the b/w pics, Kate!  Rufus suits b/w so much.  |
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Post by kissmekate on Sept 13, 2011 9:13:33 GMT
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Post by joyceinva on Sept 13, 2011 12:36:21 GMT
Lovely set of new screen caps Kate - really appreciate your hard work in getting these posted.
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Post by megagem on Sept 13, 2011 13:03:34 GMT
*siiiiiiigh* Oh, Mr. Carpenter.... |
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Post by kissmekate on Sept 13, 2011 14:05:26 GMT
You're very welcome, ladies. I enjoyed taking those. Hopefully I'll finish uploading the rest of them in one go.
What I had never really appreciated before: those beautiful shots of him working, quietly focusing on the task at hand. (Which brings me back to wondering what he went on to do after the war. I just can't imagine him sitting around and doing nothing.)
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Post by rueful on Sept 13, 2011 14:28:49 GMT
*siiiiiiigh* Oh, Mr. Carpenter.... Ditto. Thanks, Kate. You've done an amazing job, especially considering the poor quality of IASL on dvd. What I had never really appreciated before: those beautiful shots of him working, quietly focusing on the task at hand. (Which brings me back to wondering what he went on to do after the war. I just can't imagine him sitting around and doing nothing.) Yes, it would be easy to write Mick off as an opportunist or simple con artist for the way he barters with the local population. But he really knows his trade. It's nice to have your stories continue the exploration of this fascinating character, Kate. |
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Post by kissmekate on Sept 13, 2011 14:36:22 GMT
especially considering the poor quality of IASL on dvd. I used my new Region 1 copy and had the impression that the quality is a trifle better than on my Region 2 one. Yes, it would be easy to write Mick off as an opportunist or simple con artist for the way he barters with the local population. But he really knows his trade. It's nice to have your stories continue the exploration of this fascinating character, Kate. I'm trying my very best, but that job thing keeps driving me crazy  I get all kinds of ideas but nothing really seems to fit. I've never seen Mick as an opportunist, not even when I watched this for the first time and wasn't quite sure if I liked Mick or not. To me, he always comes across as sincere as he can be in this job. Of course he'll want his share of the business, but he's not the one to rip them off, and I think the locals feel that. The way they run to greet him in the beginning speaks of respect and amity towards him which I'm sure they wouldn't have demonstrated if they felt he was taking advantage of them. |
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Post by rueful on Sept 13, 2011 14:56:31 GMT
I used my new Region 1 copy and had the impression that the quality is a trifle better than on my Region 2 one. Don't say that. I used region 1 for mine, and I like to use the film quality for my excuse as to why they're not sharp. ;D I'm trying my very best, but that job thing keeps driving me crazy I get all kinds of ideas but nothing really seems to fit. He returned home to the US to be a one-legged high school football coach, and his son grew up to be a physicist?  I've never seen Mick as an opportunist, not even when I watched this for the first time and wasn't quite sure if I liked Mick or not. To me, he always comes across as sincere as he can be in this job. Of course he'll want his share of the business, but he's not the one to rip them off, and I think the locals feel that. The way they run to greet him in the beginning speaks of respect and amity towards him which I'm sure they wouldn't have demonstrated if they felt he was taking advantage of them. I'm a little iffy about this. I think he respects and likes the locals, much more than Philip and Evelyn (at first), who see them as an oddity to study, or the minister, who just views them as savages he needs to save. But on the other hand, he doesn't mind that the locals are more interested in, for example, a harmonica than a valuable pearl, which would get them a lot more harmonicas if he informed them of that fact. He can tell himself that he has no right to change their culture by introducing the concept of money to it, but it is also to his advantage not to respect them enough to explain the way things work in the outside world and let them make the choice.* Overall, though, I think he's probably better than most traders they would encounter. (*for the other nerds who hang around here: to me, this was always the Star Trek Prime Directive dilemma!) |
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Post by kissmekate on Sept 13, 2011 15:04:04 GMT
I used region 1 for mine, and I like to use the film quality for my excuse as to why they're not sharp. ;D OK, so it's my fabulous photoshopping skills after all (NOT!) ;D  Overall, though, I think he's probably better than most traders they would encounter. I think we can agree on that bottom line. You're certainly right about the harmonicas, he's not that much ahead of his time not to offer them something more valuable in exchange for the pearls. |
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Post by kissmekate on Sept 14, 2011 8:30:28 GMT
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Post by adina on Sept 14, 2011 10:32:34 GMT
 Beautiful screencaps, Kissmekate!!!
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Sept 14, 2011 10:54:54 GMT
Lovely, Kate - thank you!
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Post by rueful on Sept 14, 2011 15:05:52 GMT
Thanks again, Kate! Stolen a few for games. ;D
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Post by judypatooty on Sept 14, 2011 17:02:01 GMT
Lovely! Thank you, KMK!  |
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Post by joyceinva on Sept 14, 2011 18:09:11 GMT
Kate - lovely lovely screencaps -thanks.
And in defense of Mick and his trading - a basic economic priciple is that things are worth what people are willing to pay for them. To the natives - the pearls were pretty much worthless, they could only use so many of them. But a harmonica? Now that's entertainment! I would only have a problem with Mick's trading practices if he tried to convince them that a rival trader's offer of money was worthless. (That paper crap - what good is that to you?) Don't forget - when he took Evelyn to the other tribe, he was trading them things like knives and fishhooks (as I remember) - things they needed more than whatever it was they were giving him.
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Rufus suits b/w so much. 
I get all kinds of ideas but nothing really seems to fit.
Beautiful screencaps, Kissmekate!!!
