Posted by Derek Janssen on 12/27/07 17:20

David Z wrote:
>>
>>Reminds me of an episode of "Third Rock From the Sun" back when DVD
>>was first starting to catch on. The characters are all sitting around
>>watching a movie when Sally walks in. They explain to her that they've
>>just gotten a DVD player and the picture looks GREAT and the 5.1
>>surround sound is incredible. She just looks at them and asks "Is that
>>'Leprechaun 2' you're watching?" They respond with, "Yeah, and it
>>comes with a director's commentary track!"

"The director of Leprechaun 2!!"

> It's been a while since I've seen this show, but aren't the characters all
> aliens originally from a more advanced world? Why would they be impressed
> by our 'primitive' DVD technology?

[Kirsten Johnson] "Wait, you can have a picture *inside* another
picture?...MY GOD, THE AGE WE LIVE IN!! @_@ "

(And don't throw your Third Rocks at me, junior; we fans have been using
that for years to gloat at old historical views of "pointless" DVD
players that nobody bought in 1997, and smugging gleefully over
parallels of their day...)

Derek Janssen
ejanss1@verizon.net

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