anyone watched "The War"
 

series on PBS by Ken Burns. it continues sunday night with part 5 of 7. i think it is to be rerun on Wednesday for several consecutive weeks.

excellent WWII history told through the people of 4 cities. sacramento ca, mobile AL, Laverne mn and Bridgeport ct.

Great stuff.
His Civil War series was outstanding.
Burns is really an incredible fellow.
Heard him speak at a Trinity University here
and he was absolutely amazing.

My next door neighbor is all about this. He is a teacher at Northwestern University.

Off topic, he loves causing problems with college athletics, he has had multiple papers published about paying college athletes and also gambling in college. Pretty cool dude

i think the civil war was his masterpiece. everything he's done since, including the war, has paled in comparison.

on the other hand, he does have this...

"The Ken Burns Effect, made famous by American documentarian Ken Burns, refers to a technique of embedding still photographs in motion pictures, displayed with slow zooming and panning effects, and fading transitions between them.

In his documentaries, Burns often used this technique to give life to still photographs by slowly zooming in on subjects of interest and panning from one subject to another. For example, in a photograph of a baseball team, he might slowly pan across the faces of the players and come to a rest on the player the narrator is discussing.

The effect can be used as a transition between clips as well. For example, to segue from one person in the story to another, he might open a clip with a close-up of one person in a photo, then zoom out so that another person in the photo becomes visible. This is especially practicable when covering older subjects where there is little or no available film. The zooming and panning across photographs gives the feeling of motion, and keeps the viewer visually entertained."

his own visual effect. nice.

Wife won't let me watch it, says it is my Christmas present.

i rarely by dvds but this series will be one.

Put the law down Bigs, tell her you need to educate yourself so when you have to do those shoebox artsy things with the youngin's for school you can ACE it.

spoken like a man that has never been married...

beat me too it GPK !.... i won't complain though, mrs d is REALLY good !

You were married for a cup of coffee, Bigs has laws I know it. THROW IT DOWN BIG FELLA

I confine my laws to horse racing and football. Helps the marriage survive.

Btw, I am the math and reading teacher in the family not the art guy. Get it right.

I'm off to tailgate for the USF-WVU game. Not sure if USF can pull it off, but it is going to be a PARTY.

I guess those two things are ok. I see some art in you though.

Let's hear Scav's Laws for a happy marraige.

We'll get to those at a later date

My thought exactly
:D

Mrs V surprised me with a navigation system for the new car for my Birthday on Wednesday. Guess I must be doing something right
:D She may have done it because I always nag her for her map reading:eek:

part 5 of the series continues sunday night.