From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   I enjoy Miracle on 34th Street (1947) and make it a holiday tradition to   
   watch near Thanksgiving. This year, nothing I subscribe to included it,   
   so I had to use streaming. Two streaming services with commercials,   
   FaveawsomeTV and Pluto had it according to the index I checked using the   
   Comcast X1 box, but it was only available on Pluto. Pluto was especially   
   obnoxious with commercials every 10 minutes, and then wouldn't play the   
   famous courtroom scenes. I got all the setup with Maureen O'Hara and   
   Edmund Gwen and Natalie Wood, but none of the payoff with Gwen and John   
   Payne, and completely missed the heroism of the Post Office Department   
   which was quite capable of deliving mail in town the same day as routine   
   practice.   
      
   I hate streaming.   
      
   Also, I came down with Helsinki Syndrome trying to watch Die Hard (1988)   
   on FXM on demand with a slightly distorted image and the wrong aspect   
   ratio, and speeded up end credits even though it's on demand. FXM used   
   to be reliable for movies that were two decades old, and commercials   
   were tolerable with breaks every half hour. But this had frequent breaks   
   for commercials that were not inserted, still an interruption.   
      
   IMDb sez Die Hard was released in 70 mm with 6-Track audio. In initial   
   run, do any of you recall seeing it that way? Different aspect ratio,   
   2.20:1. I'm sure I saw a 35 mm print with 4-channel audio.   
      
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