# No Country for Old Men questions (spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 16, 2008, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men-questions-spoilers/437926 "2008-02-16T22:51:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men-questions-spoilers/437926/62 "2008-02-24T16:01:31Z")
I was confused because I wasn’t certain what the term “special features” referred to. If I’ve heard the term before at all, it’s only been a few times, and I was really just guessing as to what the term meant. I was only bothered because drm used the term “special features” as if everybody should know immediately that it meant the extra features of the DVD and it took me a while to figure that out. Please quit using the word “obviously” about things like this, because what you’re really doing is calling me stupid. I didn’t watch the DVD at all. I very seldom watch DVD’s, and I even more rarely watch the extras on DVD’s. The fact that you don’t care about why the revelation that the film was not based on a true story is irrelevant to my question. I thought it was somewhat interesting that the film claimed that it was based on a true story. I felt slightly tricked when I found that this wasn’t true. I saw the movie in the theater when it first came out. I found out in reading reviews (or something) not long afterwards that it wasn’t based on a true story. I didn’t lose interest in the film because I learned that it wasn’t based on a true story. My rating of the film really didn’t change at all because of finding this out. My opinion of _Fargo_ has always been the same, that it’s a very good film but not a great one. It’s not as good as _Blood Simple_, for instance. You don’t run this board and you don’t determine what posts are worthwhile. I had a legitimate question about the meaning of the term “special features.” The fact that not everyone understands the same terms that you do doesn’t mean that they are stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men-questions-spoilers/437926/63 "2008-02-24T16:34:17Z")
What’s a “DVD”? ---
**Author:** ![Mikemike2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikemike2/32/305_2.png) [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men-questions-spoilers/437926/64 "2008-02-25T20:25:44Z")
[QUOTE=Eyebrows 0f Doom] What’s a “DVD”? [/QUOTE] Digital Versatile Disk It can be used to play movies or as a coaster. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men-questions-spoilers/437926/65 "2008-02-25T21:57:48Z")
[QUOTE=Mikemike2] Digital Versatile Disk It can be used to play movies or as a coaster. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Or for signaling a plane. ---
**Author:** ![Crawlspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Crawlspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crawlspace)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men-questions-spoilers/437926/66 "2008-06-30T07:25:31Z")
[QUOTE=eenerms] Is it based on a semi “true” story like Fargo ? [/QUOTE] No, it’s based on a steaming pile of shit. This movie is absolutely terrible. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men-questions-spoilers/437926.md?page=3)