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Hey folks, Harry here with the last DVD TUESDAY before ELECTION DAY TUESDAY – when we’ll all be glued to our sets celebrating or crying profusely. For now, it’s just another Tuesday of DVDs – and I’m getting these out a little early, due to my ambitious Halloween party line-up here at Geek Headquarters.
As usual, by clicking on a box or a title, you’ll go to Amazon where you’ll learn more on the title in question – and if you feel so motivated, you can purchase the title and a small portion of that expenditure will go towards the continued life of this column and its pursuits to find the coolest and most fun releases – while warning you of others. Enjoy…
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
TINKER BELL
This film is CUTE. All Caps CUTE. Are there things that annoy the living hell out of me? Yeah, I kinda can’t stand that Tinker Bell can talk, I know it’s a Faerie to Faerie set of conversations, and not Faerie to Person – and perhaps that’s whom she can’t communicate with, but having her silent, save for that ‘tink’ sound from Disney’s PETER PAN… I loved that her character was silent, yet understood by Peter. I found a remarkable amount of charm lost with the character, not that the voice work was bad, just that it robbed the character of it’s… animated communicative abilities. The story is sweet and you'd have to a real grump not to at least like it. It's very pretty and very very cute. But the old 2D Tinkerbell was cuter and more adorable.
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH 3-D
A complete and utter piece of shit. At all levels. This does come in anaglyph 3D in 1080p, but the film is such utter retching bile and pus – that I do not under any circumstances recommend it to a single soul. This isn’t interesting shit, slightly amusing shit, this is EMBARRASSING SHIT – this is diarrhea in your swim trunks as everyone was about to see you do a trick dive shit. In otherwords, the sort of shit you never want to shit. FUCK THIS MOVIE. The 3D in the HANNAH MONTANA concert movie is far far far superior. This is just – well, I think you get the point.
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH
For 1/3rd of the above price, you can get the original, great version of this Jules Verne tale. A film that still captures the imagination, the same way that Verne’s story does. James Mason is absolutely a marvel in the film, as are the old fashioned matte paintings and just solid set craftsmanship. This is filmmaking and storytelling for kids and the whole family, the way it should be done! Can’t wait for this to hit BluRay some day.
KIT KITTREDGE – AN AMERICAN GIRL
Kinda like a little girl version of the Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew, but if instead of being a lil version of a detective, she’s an inspiring investigative journalist. This film is very well done, little Abigail Breslin is adorable as Kit, but it’s the supporting cast is amazing. You have Chris O’Donnell, who generally I despise due to his shitty Robin work, but he’s really likable here. Then there’s Julia Ormond, Stanley Tucci, the always great Joan Cusack and a host of others. Solid stuff for kids!
MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000: 20th Anniversary Edition (Limited Edition)
I know I’m not a fan of MST3K, but I know there’s a lot of you that love this show and I respect that. Here’s the details on this set:
Mystery Science Theater 3000 celebrates its 20th anniversary with a specially packaged DVD set housed in a limited-edition tin box featuring 4 custom lobby cards and a figurine of Crow T. Robot! Features four of the show's most-requested episodes--First Spaceship on Venus (1960), Laserblast (1978), Werewolf (1996), and Future War (1997).
The Emmy-nominated and Peabody Award-winning TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000 became a pop culture landmark in the '90s by poking fun at horrible movies of every genre and time period, and letting us listen in. They made the unwatchable essential viewing.
Bonus Features: _* "The Oral History of MST3K" feature in three parts._* 2008 Comic-Con MST3K Reunion Panel, featuring Joel Hodgson, Mike Nelson, Jim Mallon, Kevin Murphy, Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, Mary Jo Pehl, Bill Corbett, J. Elvis Weinstein, Paul Chaplin and Bridget Jones-Nelson. Moderated by Patton Oswald._* Original film trailers._* "Variations On A Theme Song", featuring all six versions of the theme song._* Limited-edition version comes in a tin box with 4 lobby cards and a figurine of Crow T. Robot, all exclusive to this set.
Personally, I love FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS and LASERBLAST – heck, I not only have that last film in 16mm, but I own one of the stop-motion armatured turtle-aliens from the film. This should be something you folks would enjoy.
THE LITTLE RASCALS: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION
This is the jewel of the week in my opinion. The greatest child acting series of all time. Precious, hilarious and often brilliant. From 1929 to 1938 – this has them all. In addition it has 3 silent Little Rascals, and special features including interviews with Dickie Moore, Jean Darling, Jerry Tucker, Annie Ross and a documentary on Spanky, who I knew quite well when I was a child. He was a great guy.
BARAKA (Blu Ray)
This is perhaps, the single most perfect looking moving images I’ve yet seen on Blu-Ray. BARAKA is a visual poem to the world, nature, faith, mankind & all of it. The 70mm print was scanned at 8K – that’s 4 times the resolution of 1080p – and I don’t know what a projected image at that quality looks like, nor do I know when we’ll be able to fully realize the potential that this disc apparently has. But at 1080p – it’s breathtaking. Absolutely stunning. If you love something like PLANET EARTH – you’ll love this.
THE POLAR EXPRESS 3D (Blu Ray)
This movie has grown its audience since initial release. Part of that has to do with the IMAX 3D experience. The film is truly remarkable in that format – snow is amazing in 3D – and the scenes as the boy is on the outside of the train are stunning in 3D. The major flaw in the film is the lack of animation in the characters’ faces… the dead eyes in particular. BUT – it’s a fun Christmas story that seems steadily headed towards “Christmas Classic Status”. I much prefer MONSTER HOUSE to this and can’t wait for the ANAGLYPH version of that Film to hit, though I really want Polarized HD 3D as soon as possible, so I can have the colors looking better.
THE DONNA REED SHOW: The Complete First Season
This was a huge show in the late 1950s – and this was its first season. That’s her family on the DVD cover and the episodes were essentially a series of familial problems and conflicts which the lovely Donna Reed’s Donna Stone solved with her own particularly perfect and cute way. It was classic. The perfect 50’s home. Watching the episodes call up a different, simpler feeling era. One that wasn’t complicated – to the white suburban lifestyle. It’s a time machine. Think of it as the anti-Douglas Sirk.
POULTRYGEIST: NIGHT OF THE CHICKEN DEAD
The ultimate Halloween/Easter title. The film is absurdist freakout at its most obscenely nutsoid. This is one of those films where you find yourself either laughing non-stop by what you’re watching… or you find yourself staring slackjawed trying to process what is in front of you. No matter what scene you’re watching, I can pretty much assure you, you haven’t seen THIS before.
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN (Blu Ray)
I really really love this movie. That said, I really really wish the film would have pursued a different tact. I’d love for this film to have been the first of a series of films about what would have happened had a 1980’s Aircraft Carrier with its world of technology had been transported through time and allowed to completely destroy the Japanese forces heading for Pearl Harbor. And then, what would have happened next. I love getting to see this in 1080p – it is also notable as being BLUE UNDERGROUND’s first Blu Ray title – thus signaling the beginning of a whole different type of film coming in the format. I love Kirk Douglas in this film – I just wish it could have been a series.
THE FLINTSONES: The Complete Seies
24 DVDs with 70 hours of the FLINTSTONES – yes, all of them. Isn’t this fantastic? There’s over 4 hours of extras and all 166 episodes. The Flintstones were brilliant – it’s great to be able to have the complete original run of the series here for us.
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO: The Complete Universal Pictures Collection
Wow – This is pretty fricken great! Do you love Abbott & Costello? I do. I even have 30 of their Animated Cartoons in 16mm film, which are still not available. But even a Bud & Lou fan like myself – hasn’t seen all their films from Universal, and I can not wait to dive into this set. Here’s what we’re getting:
One Night in the Tropics (1940)
Buck Privates (1941)
In the Navy (1941)
Hold That Ghost (1941)
Keep 'Em Flying (1941)
Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)
Pardon My Sarong (1942)
Who Done It? (1942)
It Ain't Hay (1943)
Hit the Ice (1943)
In Society (1944)
Here Come the Co-Eds (1945)
The Naughty Nineties (1945)
Little Giant (1946)
The Time of Their Lives (1946)
Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Mexican Hayride (1948)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
Lost in Alaska (1952)
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
Bonus Features -
The World of Abbott and Costello: This compilation includes classic routines from 18 of Bud and Lou's most popular films.
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld: The popular comic hosts a tribute to Bud and Lou in this insightful retrospective.
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters: A behind-the-scenes look at the duo's popular series of films as they meet up with Frankenstein, Dracula and The Wolf Man.
6 Feature Commentaries by Noted Film Historians
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Abbott & Costello: The Universal Story - 44-page book detailing the legacy of Bud and Lou plus an overview of their films at Universal including rare photos, trivia and exclusive introductions from their families.
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ZOMBIE STRIPPERS
It stars Jenna Jameson (yeah, that one) and Robert Englund (yeah, that one) and the result is something very Z-exploitation. It’s not a great film, it isn’t astonishing titillation. It is kinda fun, just not that great.
HELL RIDE
I really dislike this film. This was sold as being an attempt at making the all-time exploitation biker film. Instead, it comes across as tired, lazy and wholly ineffective. You have a bunch of actors surrounded by tits, blathering on about nothing all that interesting. The film feels half-assed at every step. The shots, the music, the editing, it all falls flat. A huge bellyflop. There’s easily a good 20 biker films better than this – and none of them are as good a biker film could be. We’ve yet to see the greatest one.
ELF (Blu Ray)
Jon Favreau knocked this modern Christmas classic out of the park. I love watching this film. The scene of Will and Zooey singing? The scene of Will on Bob’s lap? The Snowball fight? Every second of James Caan annoyed by Will? Santa!?!? It’s classic. Hilarious. Note perfect and fun. This is a beautiful film on Blu Ray.
DORIS DAY: CHRISTMAS MEMORIES
You know… Doris Day kinda freaks me out – but I don’t know if you’re like me at all… but I love weird CHRISTMAS stuff. I love it. I eat it up the same way I devour weird Halloween specials and shorts. I love it. Here you have the 3 Christmas Episodes from THE DORIS DAY SHOW – and you also have new audio commentaries – and newsreel Christmas footage of Doris. So sit down and enjoy… a Doris Day Christmas. Try not to be driven Lovecraftianly mad with despair. I dare you.
PIECES
While it isn’t an ingrown hair on the ass of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, this is a wonderful little film – that also uses a Chainsaw. It’s a weird film. I love the opening dearly. It’s all kinds of fucked up. But the film does get weirder and weirder and weirder as it goes on. Now – this DVD up-res’ something wonderfully. In my system I could barely tell the difference. It was mastered in HD, just like this new edition of THE BEYOND that they’re putting out too.
THE BEYOND
A truly brilliant film by Lucio Fulci. Sure, this isn’t “realistic” filmmaking, instead – it is an impressionistic, surreal nightmare given vision by the great Fulci. The film is a lurid painted visage of a nightmare, unlike anything we’ve seen before or since. The transfer is breathtaking. The extras are legion. But the paramount fact is… the film is brilliant. My favorite gore film and the power of non-CGI unleashed. Why on earth we don’t have more horror like this is BEYOND me.
DR. QUINN, MEDICINE WOMAN: The Complete Series Megaset
This Megaset showed up about two weeks ago. It’s heavy. And I can’t imagine watching it. Nor can I imagine who would, but perhaps some of you have an aunt or a mother that loves Dr Quinn. They’ll love this, me – I think I’ll give it to someone with a cardboard sign on a street corner. I just think it’d be funny. Plus – they could get some good bucks for it, somewhere. But I just don’t have a Jane Seymour fetish that extends past SOMEWHERE IN TIME.
THE WILD PARROTS OF TELEGRAPH HILL (2 Disc Set)
I don’t know if you’ve seen THE WILD PARROTS OF TELEGRAPH HILL, but it is one of the most amazing nature documentaries, you’ll ever see. Although, it’s about more than the birds, it is also about Mark Bittner, a drifter looking for meaning to his Bohemian existence. He finds it within a flock of Parrots – from God knows where, but we suspect their parrots that have flown their previous coops. Over the course of the documentary, you find the flock growing from 45 birds to 160, we can only imagine how they’ve grown since. This 2 Disc set not only has the original film, but lots of material excised from the original film – as well as some follow-up. This is a fascinating film.
EIGHT MILES HIGH
My favorite film about the modeling business is LOOKER, but that’s mainly because I have a passion for all things Michael Crichton… and that I typically find models boring, outside of their obvious ooglability. Here, however, we have a fascinating tale of Uschi Obermaier, the muse for Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Dieter Bockhorn and more. This film is so much more provocative than the cover. And it is legitimately one of the best films I’ve seen thus far this year.
BLOODY MOON
Banned in the UK, makes this an automatic, must watch. This is the first time Jess Franco’s BLOODY MOON will have the opportunity to be seen in the United States in its complete form. We’ve always been denied the infamous “Stone Mill Saw” sequence – however, we’ve always been able to digest the incest and the roller disco parts. I love discovering new 80s horror / slasher flicks! This isn’t great, but like everything from Franco – he does now his nudity and hot gals – and Olivia Pascal is definitely one of em.
PARADISE LOST (Collector’s Edition)
Joe Berlinger’s PARADISE LOST documentary and its follow-up are the stuff of nightmares. It’s about the Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills – and there’s nothing scarier than true life child murders. I remember the first time I ever became afraid of the real world was during the Atlanta Child Murders – I just couldn’t conceive of an evil that would target kids. I though murder was for adults. Leave the kids out of it. This documentary is a nightmare on so many levels, from the initial crime, to every step of the case, to… well, watch it. Fantastic set of documentaries.
STRANGE BEHAVIOR
Long before Bill Condon was the established genius of GODS AND MONSTERS, KINSEY, CHICAGO & DREAMGIRLS – he was a genre kinda guy – co-writing this awesome little film. This film is all kinds of fun – and the dvd has a commentary with Bill on it – along with deleted scenes, an isolated score track – and lots more. This is an overlooked jewel.
THE WATCHER IN THE ATTIC
This is amongst the most fucked up, bizarre Japanese fetishistic weird fucking films I’ve seen… and I’ve seen a lot of these things. It really makes you wonder about the behind closed doors life of the Japanese. There’s weird stuff that you, in your most demented moments online, that you’ve never seen hinted at. And that’s this film, set in the 20’s and just fucking weird. Personally, I love weird stuff like this.
In The Folds Of The Flesh
This is classic screwy bizarre hot Italian “Gialli” – this has hot Italian actresses – from the seventies – and it is a fact that the hottest women in cinema, ever, were Italian babes from 70’s exploitation filmmaking. This isn’t really disputable. This print is gorgeous – and the film isn’t easily found. This is a great release from Severin.
PATRICK (Special Edition)
Directed by Richard Franklin, back when he was a total badass – this was a very fun Ozploitation flick that was in many ways a reaction to Brian DePalma’s CARRIE. This is an awesome flick, once you see the great Ozploitation documentary, NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD – you’ll suddenly have a list of movies that you have got to see, PATRICK is one of those films. This is a great dvd of a film not many have heard of.
FASCINATION
If you love hot Euro-sex and deviancy – and just the dream of hot Euro-lesbian lovemaking and sangre-sucking… well, this is for you, like it is for me. This is Euro-erotica and sensuality at its best. And it has cannibalism. Everything a growing child needs!
STONE (2-Disc Special Edition)
Ok – you know that shit Biker movie earlier in the list? That one that was made on the idea of being the be all end all of Biker flicks – This is what it wanted to be. STONE is the fucking balls out Australian Biker-sploitation flick that just never calls it quits. This dvd has making of docs, makeup tests, and so much more. Look for Moriarty to write up an extended piece on it, at least he was going to do that at some point, but you know how he is. This film is fucking insane though and thoroughly entertaining. It basically gave Ozploitation it’s kickstart. And is featured heavily in NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD!
That’s it for this week, but coming up next month is the following brilliant release:
WALL*E
However, next week – we’ll be looking at: KUNG FU PANDA, FUTURAMA: BENDER’S GAME, GET SMART, The Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, PRIMEVAL, the STAR WARS TRILOGY, POPEYE THE SAILOR: 1941-1943, BATMAN-THE COMPLETE ANIMATED SERIES, TALL T, DECISION AT SUNDOWN, BUCHANAN RIDES ALONE, RIDE LONESOME, COMANCHE STATION, PLANET OF THE APES 40th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION (Blu Ray), THE BOURNE TRILOGY, EMMET OTTER’S JUG-BAND CHRISTMAS, WATERWORLD Extended Edition, CALIGULA-BluRay, Tenacious D’s THE COMPLETE MASTER WORKS 2, THE WILD WILD WEST: THE COMPLETE SERIES, THE GREGORY PECK FILM COLLECTION, A CHRISTMAS STORY BluRay, FRAGGLE ROCK: THE COMPLETE SERIES, TRANSSIBERIAN, UNIVERSAL SOLDIER BluRay, MONSTER’S BALL BluRay, THE HOWDY DOODY SHOW, ALMOST FAMOUS BluRay and much much more! See you in a week as we hit November!
Mystery Science Theater 3000 celebrates its 20th anniversary with a specially packaged DVD set housed in a limited-edition tin box featuring 4 custom lobby cards and a figurine of Crow T. Robot! Features four of the show's most-requested episodes--First Spaceship on Venus (1960), Laserblast (1978), Werewolf (1996), and Future War (1997).
The Emmy-nominated and Peabody Award-winning TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000 became a pop culture landmark in the '90s by poking fun at horrible movies of every genre and time period, and letting us listen in. They made the unwatchable essential viewing.
Bonus Features: _* "The Oral History of MST3K" feature in three parts._* 2008 Comic-Con MST3K Reunion Panel, featuring Joel Hodgson, Mike Nelson, Jim Mallon, Kevin Murphy, Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, Mary Jo Pehl, Bill Corbett, J. Elvis Weinstein, Paul Chaplin and Bridget Jones-Nelson. Moderated by Patton Oswald._* Original film trailers._* "Variations On A Theme Song", featuring all six versions of the theme song._* Limited-edition version comes in a tin box with 4 lobby cards and a figurine of Crow T. Robot, all exclusive to this set.
Personally, I love FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS and LASERBLAST – heck, I not only have that last film in 16mm, but I own one of the stop-motion armatured turtle-aliens from the film. This should be something you folks would enjoy.
One Night in the Tropics (1940)
Buck Privates (1941)
In the Navy (1941)
Hold That Ghost (1941)
Keep 'Em Flying (1941)
Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)
Pardon My Sarong (1942)
Who Done It? (1942)
It Ain't Hay (1943)
Hit the Ice (1943)
In Society (1944)
Here Come the Co-Eds (1945)
The Naughty Nineties (1945)
Little Giant (1946)
The Time of Their Lives (1946)
Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Mexican Hayride (1948)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
Lost in Alaska (1952)
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
Bonus Features -
The World of Abbott and Costello: This compilation includes classic routines from 18 of Bud and Lou's most popular films.
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld: The popular comic hosts a tribute to Bud and Lou in this insightful retrospective.
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters: A behind-the-scenes look at the duo's popular series of films as they meet up with Frankenstein, Dracula and The Wolf Man.
6 Feature Commentaries by Noted Film Historians
Exclusive Bonus -
Abbott & Costello: The Universal Story - 44-page book detailing the legacy of Bud and Lou plus an overview of their films at Universal including rare photos, trivia and exclusive introductions from their families.
Isn’t that amazing?
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But I'm needlephobic and it gets worse the closer they are to my eyes. I had a small surgery in my face last week and the doctor had to try three times to give me the aneasthetic injection, because I freaked out everytime he wanted to put this fucking needle to my face!
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Everytime I stumbled over it while flipping through the channels, I saw at least one good or at least famous actor in it, which surprised me. I think Johnny Cash even was a recurring character in this one!
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..that you shrugged at, and are now giving to a homeless person. This is not your fault of course, it's just insane that someone would send Aintitcool the complete Dr. Quinn series on DVD. Why?
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What a yawn fest for the releases.
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Just curious as I want to get one for the release of Wall*E.
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Loved you comments for journey to the center of the earth 3D Harry. LOL. and the James Mason version is just so fucking awesome. Love watching it every time.
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Yeah, it's a little too wholesome. But come on, Jane Seymour was still hot in the series.
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Are they re-re-re-releasing Star Wars again? Who shoots 1st this time? Jar Jar?
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Back when summer movies were shot on location and not in a green box.
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Its the same DVDs as before, just in a box/slipcase.
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I've seen sales at both Target and Wal-Mart pricing BR players at $199-$220, which is mega-cheap. My PS3 just decided one day it didn't want to output a video signal anymore, so I've been keeping an eye out for a stand-alone player... plus I don't like the sound quality I get out of my PS3... If you're looking to get into BR, supercooldude, might want to check those out... and I'm sure there'll be a Black Friday BR deal at one of the big electronics stores... end of November.
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Not that $199-$220 could be considered "cheap" but considering the cheapest I saw 2 months ago was still in the $300-$350 range, it's a radical drop.
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Oct 27, 2008 8:06:00 AM CDT
Rereleasing The Polar Express this week is not a holiday mistake
by karl childers
Those creepy eye captures were made for Halloween.
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Harry, you say concerning 'Baraka' 'the 70mm print was scanned at 8K – that’s 4 times the resolution of 1080p', I think this is an error. I'm sure 1080 is 1K (as in one thousand). So 8K would be 8 TIMES the resolution of 1080p, yes? Yours pendantically...!
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it was better then Hellboy 2.HB2s Dialog was so bad and the notion of a Hellboy child is just wrong,im not into beastiality.Id much rather see fake looking planets and dinos.
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Baraka on blu ray!!! A few interesting titles to check out. Oh and Harry LOL at the generalisation "It really makes you wonder about the behind closed doors life of the Japanese." Are you being serious?
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I still laugh every time I see the candle slide down Dracula's coffin and Costello doing his thing...
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It's only cut.
Edits to the opening scissor murder
the decapitation of a woman with a circular saw
shots of bloodstained breasts during the stabbing of Eva.
It was originaly released on video uncut back in '81, but it was bannedin '84 during the video nasty craze, but the film was re-released 7 years later but with the cuts mentioned.
But nobody has bothered to submit an uncut version to the BBFC, which would most likely to be uncut, considering Salo, Last House on the Left, and Caligula, have now been passed fully uncut. -
I really do think that Marc Forster is the new Spielberg, in some weird kinda way. He just seems capable of telling any kind of story and making any kind of movie really well. From Monster's Ball to Finding Neverland to Stranger Than Fiction to The Kite Runner; the guy obviously knows what he's doing. Can't wait for the new Bond.
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"I'm sure" and "I think" eh? And you reckon you're pedantic! Well any pedant worth their salt would've done a .5 second Google search and found that 1080p or 1920 pixels wide is only slightly lower than "2k"'s 2048 pixels wide. God almighty there's some idiot that posts how they're "sure" 2k is much higher almost every single dvd column. Search engines are your friend! It would've taken less time to search it than to type your post! "I'm sure"...
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thing if it's lost the signal, otherwise that could be an interesting/embarrassing paperweight...
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Oct 27, 2008 9:15:38 AM CDT
So According To Harry Tinkerbell Is Better Than Journey To The C
by what the duck
Both films are probably shit.. but come on .
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Should I only buy a sony BR player? What players do all of you guys have? I'm looking for model numbers here.
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....what a cold, dead, uninspiring piece of asshole. i fucking hate everything about the North Pole in that film. Fucking retarded looking.
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In the market for a blu-ray player? Careful. Though sadly unreported here, some players have a hard time playing certain titles. For instance there is a widespread playback issue with the Bond titles released last week. Frustrating that this new format still has a long way to go. After two years it's still buggy as hell. Check out the AVS forum below:
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biker film of all time. Seriously. And not from an ironic point-of-view either.
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From early reviews, its an excellent piece of animated horror. Just because its a video-game tie in doesn't mean you shouldn't report it, or that is should suck.
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offers commentary on Abbott and Costello Meets Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde! After I've bought two versions of every A & C Meet the Monsters film on DVD, now I have to buy this giant brick of a set specifically for that one thing! Digital downloads can't come fast enough.
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Daaamn. It must be bad if Harry's ripping into a Tarantino associated flick.
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'Marc Forster is the new Spielberg' - huh?
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I still don't see what is the problem with Polar Express. Those eyes are ok to me. This film is now a classic to me and I watch it every christmas! The characters looked quite realistic to me... Am I the only one thinking that?
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they changed the color of that box set, its now this ugly orange if im correct. dont know why, the look they have on this page was so much better, it looked like rock. and now it looks like a lunchbox.
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Is that the one where the guy gets his junk ripped off barehanded in the end?
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And I always wondered why there wasn't a review to be seen on this site on release. Mystery solved.
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Highest possible recommendation. It's an incredible film.
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...is one biker flick that "almost" approaches greatness. Too bad it has never been released on DVD,
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Samsung ... I bought one and had to take it back anf upgrade to a sony 300..The Samsung has serious issues playing new discs (java code) I tried updating but the support was always 3-4 weeks behind the releases..That really doesn't work for me. Sony on the other hand has very quick updates when needed (if needed).. I had a problem as my sony froze up in the middle of The Godfather.. I called support at Sony and they sent disc update out in 3 days..I tried the update but the problem was in my unit itself..I sent it to sony and had it back in 2 weeks totally repaired and at no cost as it was under warranty.. I was impressed with Sonys support and quick turnaround .. just my 2 cents hope it helps..
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it's released in DVD in the UK on Nov 10 fully restored and uncut.
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But not in her CGI version, oddly enough. Oh, and Flinstones complete series set...AGAIN with the crappy cardboard sleeves that will stratch the shit out of the discs. Why doea EVERY "complete series" TV boxed set do this?!
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Oct 27, 2008 10:56:35 AM CDT
the problem with Polar Express is not the mocap....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...or dead eyes. Sure that shit sucks too. But the real problem is in the flat ass story. The book is pure fucking magic. Of course-- to stretch the simple plot to a 90 minute film they have to jam it full of pointless shit. I get that. But come on....the writing is fucking pathetic. Most of the time I don't give a shit what I'm watching. It feels like they mapped out the little effects sequences (train sliding on ice, kid on toy conveyer belt, etc.) with little to no regard as to how or why that would fit into the actual story. Things happy for no reason other than to showcase the nifty effects. I tries to shove the heart and soul of the film down your throat while there really isn't any. The main kid...I fucking hate him. I can give a shit if he lives or dies. They could have decapitated him half way through the film and I wouldn't have given a shit. If you want a real Christmas movie, watch Love Actually. Fucking brilliant.
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Awesome.
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Because I thought it was crap. It was not entertaining, and not that funny. I thought it was one of the worst CG movies in a long time. What do people like about this?
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Saw it at a great little independent theatre in Tucson last year. I assigned my students extra credit for going (intro to film class) and none of them went. Whatev. It's really not that great, so I wouldn't rush to buy/rent it. But, you know, it is what it is.
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WFT? I mean, WTF?
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The North Pole scenes look like they were designed in cooperation with Macys and Target. And Aerosmith as rock "elves"? This movie has the opposite effect. I want to toss my Xmas tree out the window after viewing. Same with the Carry Grinch.As far as the Uschi gal, the only Uschi I want to see on DVD is Uschi Digard.And Harry dissing a Taratino endorsed title? What????
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The three of us who saw Journey 3 enjoyed it more than probably a dozen other movies we saw this summer. And yes it was better than Hell Boy, Wal-E and that Kung-Fu Panda crap. I'll be buying it on BR.
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actually kinda glad this is a slow week...be a good time to go out and rent the worthy rentals and save some $$$. anyway, went out and saw Saw 5 this weekend (i was dragged to it by a friend...he dosen't like them but feels compelled to SEE them all, he just got married Saturday...so i figured i'd throw my buddy a bone and go see it with him before further selling his soul to the devil and going on his honeymoon). anyway, it SUCKED just a little harder than 4 did as they have consecutively sucked just a little more with each sequel released, which is natural of horror films that deem it necessary to "continue" with no purpose other than to rake in money. anyhoo, what. is. the. fucking. deal with re-releasing star wars AGAIN on DVD and NOT Blu-Ray also???...i mean fuck me thats stupid (for us, not GL...the bastard). ugh...its just frustrating to think that we're getting ANOTHER DVD release and probably have to deal with at least ONE MORE before we see a Blu release.
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Journey to the Center of the Earth is shit, so here's a link where you can purchase it on Amazon. Huh?
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I personally love that movie. So do my kids. It's a great film and a great story.
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i've heard some people say Baraka is the reason to buy a Blu-Ray player, yet i know NOTHING of this movie...is it more of a documentary er what??? anyway, i hear all kinds of talk about its visual brilliance...and perhaps its a big step forward for the quality of Blu.
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What a cheap ploy to release those movies in worthless red and blue 3-D. Nobody will or should watch that shit. I wouldn't watch the Brendan Fraser one but Polar Express in 3-D Imax is like going on a pretty good Disneyland ride. Watching it in useless red and blue 3-D at home will be like rubbing your eyes for 5 minutes and then giving up and watching something else.
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But what a complete piece of crap that movie is. I'm a horror fan, and I'm a gore fan. And I had always heard about how awesome The Beyond was but never got a chance to see it. Then about ten years ago when a buddy of mine and I saw that it was playing at a revival theater I dragged him to see it. "It's an absolute classic!" I told him. When it was over I had to apologize for wasting his time. The acting, the plot, the direction, the photography, all of it was bland at best and usually just crappy as hell. Man, I really wanted to like it too.
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Hey Quint,
I had the same problem, and it happens once in a while for me. If you unplug all the connectors from the back, and wait a while (sometimes I have to actually leave it unplugged for a few hours) then hook it all back up and hold down the power switch on the front while turning the switch on the back of the PS3. Keep holding that front switch down for about 5-10 seconds until it tripple beeps, and the video settings should reset.
This is a major pain in the ass, and if you ask Sony about it they will play dumb like it has never happened before. I love my PS3, but this is a really big issue that they can't seem to figure out how to fix. You are not alone. -
Bikersploitation? Is Wall*E robosploitation? Is Tinker Bell nymphsploitation? (Mmmmm...I hope so....)
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Check out Roger Ebert's recent review: http://tinyurl.com/6ptglk
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Seriously, can we stop with that shit? Biker-sploitation. Ozploitation. Nun-sploitation. Fuck's sake. That shit is becoming as painfully repetitive as McCain's "my friend" tagline. Just fucking quit it, will ya?
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Why are these releases coming out with the red and green glasses? Do the polorized glasses not work for home systems? Obviously Journey, and Polar Express had the great polorized lenses that were clear, but I have never seen DVD releases use this technology. Why? If they can release the film with the messy green and red picture, why can't they release these recent 3-d films the way they were in the theater?
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It sounds a lot like Suspiria. Everywhere I read, it said what a horror classic it was. I finally rented it a couple of months ago, and outside of the one murder scene, I have to say what the fuck? This is a classic? I rented Crystal Plummage a few weeks before that, and found that to be much more enjoyable.
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I may be wrong but I think it has to do with the fact that film runs at 24 frames per second, whereas DVD's run differently. Thats my dumb laymans answer.
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really???...i keep up with gaming consoles and i've yet to hear about this issue until Harry mentioned it, and you say its a "really big issue"???...that MUST be exaggerated otherwise i would have heard about this. i understand things can go wrong, but the ps3 is well-known for having a VERY low failure rate and if this was a "big issue" we would have surely heard about it by now. i think you guys are in a minority on this issue.
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Well, its a big issue to me and the other people who have had it happen to them. I read about the problem and the fix in other blogs online, so I know I'm not the only person to have had this promlem. It happens to my PS3 about every other month.
After spending $400 on a gaming console if it up and died on you one day, it would be a big issue to you, too!
Don't get me wrong, I love the system, but in the relatively small number of people reading this talkback, at least two have seen the same thing. It just hasn't happened to you... yet. -
I've been looking, but can't find anything that says why next week would cover Star Wars. No update on a coming Blu-Ray release, anyone know what this is about?
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It is less of a problem for me now than the first time it happened to me. I thought my console was just plain Dead. Now I know how to fix it. I'm just relaying that info back to Quint who is dealing with a very expensive doorstop right now.
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If I shout about this enough, will I get attention on this question? Someone asked it above, but nobody seems to know what the big guy was referencing. Unless he was talking about the clone wars on Blu Ray, but he specifically said prequel trilogy and original trilogy? WTF?
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2 of them barely ever used them for games. Its just their normal Blu Ray player. And the drive completely fucking died. One of them sent it in and they fixed it....the other one is still having problems getting them to do anything about it. Didn't Sony put out a statement saying they were never intended to be the main Blu Ray player of a house, and it would wear down very fast if it was used on a daily basis? I remember something like that. Same issue with the piece of shit DVD player on PS2. Mine broke within a year.
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However, next week – we’ll be looking at: KUNG FU PANDA, FUTURAMA: BENDER’S GAME, GET SMART, The Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, PRIMEVAL, the STAR WARS TRILOGY So what is he talking about, somebody? Anybody?
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the only console ive had issue after issue with is the Xbox 360 (which has NUMEROUS issues i might add), which is from top to bottom a cheap piece of unreliable shit (look how its designed on the inside and youll see why)...the ps3 is a ROCK in comparison, and saying it hasn't happened to me "yet" like its inevitable is silly and stupid when i've yet to hear from ONE person outside of THIS forum and the many videogame forums i visit regarding this epidemic of an issue as you claim. yes, if this happened to me i'd be upset...but it hasn't and in all likeliness WILL NOT happen given the reliability of the ps3 which is proven time and time again, i mean...even if this happens to 100,000 ps3s out there and half of them are reporting it in forums STILL dosen't make it a BIG issue given the installed base of the console. as for the ps3 not putting out good audio...well, i've yet to run into that issue either given the BOOMING music and sound effects i got from The Incredible Hulk i watched last week...bad audio MY ASS it was slamming through my surround sound, it MUST have something to do with his particular ps3 given he complained about video going out...and seeing how video AND audio go through the same HDMI cable, i'd say thats a minority of an issue as well.
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considering the ps3 is hailed by many as one of the best players on the market given how easy it is to upgrade with downloadable updates, and i've watched TONS of Blus on my ps3...and not even a hiccup. from what i've researched, the ps3 has a what...less than 5% rate of failure???...now it would REALLY suck to be a part of that 5-percentile, but those claiming its a widely known issue are only kidding themselves and are perhaps bitchy because it happened to THEM, no-one wants to be part of a small issue...because then you just feel unlucky and are more irriated by that notion...for example, when my Xbox 360 RROD'ed on me, i wasn't really made OR surprised...because THAT was indeed to be expected given its history of bottomless issues.
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Hey quint,
With the recent couple a system updates to the PS3 a lot of people have been reporting this problem, you have to clear the system cache and uninstall the update, you can find out how on a ton a gaming sites -
My local Blockbuster has been running a PS3 demo in store from open to close, 7 days a week. This is running in a vented plexiglass case with no other airflow. The same demo player has been playing day-in and day-out for at least 2 months now. At appr 14 hours a day, that would be 854 hours of operation in just a two month period. And the thing runs like a dream...again, totally unscientific.
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Err, the Star Wars question, is there something surprising coming? Or just a typo from big red? Is there no one else curious about this? Or is it just a question about how well the PS3 upgrades are doing.
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not fair harry, can i have your copies when you've finished with them ;-)
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I see there's a packaged set of the prequels coming out next week. NON BLU RAY. I read in an interview last year prior to Crystal Skull, when asked when the original Indy three are coming out in hi def, Lucas said that (at that time) he was waiting for the HD/BluRay question be settled. Yea. Then just before Skull, he releases the originals on standard DVD. Sure it his property, but Jesus Christ you greedy bastard!
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Nothing special, just a box set of the prequels and a box set of the two disc Original Trilogy from a couple years ago (containing the original cuts of the flicks), both on standard DVD. No BluRay yet folks.
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That double-chinned double-dipping bastard!!!
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...the terrorists have won. They've won Harry, and it's all thanks to you. FUCK!! Sorry. I just got a bad haircut today, and I'm out for blood!!
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now there HAVE been issues with the downloadable updates bricking some ps3s, but its not a world wide massive phenomenon and from what i gather there is an answer to it, the majority of people that had ps3s crap out after the update are downloading it wirelessly (wi-fi) and for SOME reason...that corrupts the file because not EVERYTHING gets DL'ed properly, so all you need to do is just hook it up via wire when you download updates, WAY less of a chance of getting a corrupted file and having an issue. issues such as THAT occur on ALL the home consoles...360, ps3, AND even the Wii have had bricked consoles due to system updates. i wonder how many folks (star wars fans) have EVERY trilogy thats been released on VHS and DVD...thats ALOT of the same shit if they do. i'm a star wars fan but not enough to triple and quadra-dip with trilogy release afer trilogy release. (i have a nice display of Master Replicas Lightsabers in the den of my condo...nerdy, but strangely enough...chicks dig it, they think its "cool", so i'm a nerd...but i'm a "cool nerd", quite the oxymoron isn't it?)
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My PS3 has failed twice in a 3 month period.
My X-Box 360 is still going strong after almost daily use going on 3 years now.
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Oct 27, 2008 3:20:40 PM CDT
From an Aviation standpoint, The Final Countdown fucking rules!
by nerdgasm
Ask any aviation movie buff...The Final Countdown is a goddamn classic. That was the movie that ruined military cooperation with future films (Top Gun being the most notable). There is some serious flying in that film using real Navy iron, and some of the shit they did is fucking unreal. There is one scene in the film where the two Navy pilots are dueling the Jap Zeros, and the Navy guy goes inverted...stalls the aircraft and barely pulls it out before he puts it into the Pacific. The brass lost it's shit over that bigtime. It would have been fun to see Top Gun if the Navy would have allowed more cooperation and the kind of risky shit they let the pilots get away with in Countdown.
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Thats not counting the laserdiscs (yup, I've got an old Pioneer player) which came in standard play, extended play, widescreen and normal, then THX approved, then the special editions...
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and you what, Harry? Have a beer and cheet on your wife? Seems like you have an unfinished thought there...
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pass out from a sugar high.
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Is it because he actually LIKES the movies that they mercilessly rip apart? I'll bet that's it.
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well the extras on Skull show footage of the original movies and they're in high def, the image on all 3 is gorgeous. so they obviously have them ready to go, guess its just a matter of lucas deciding when.
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your ps3 has failed twice in a 3 month period???....what happened to it??? because you very well could be a 360 fanboy talking BULLSHIT, now THAT i've heard ALOT of. and TechLord, your 360 been going strong for 3 years now eh???....uh oh, that means your 3 year warranty is kaput, which means...if it fails...you're fucked...and since you've had it 3 years that means you have an old model, and those were basically DESIGNED to fail from the inside. i had my launch 360 for 2+ years before mine RROD'd...so don't think you are safe, because the older model 360s are shit from the inside out. i'm not saying your lying about your ps3, you very well may have had one fail on you twice in a 3 month period...but that makes you one of the most unlucky ps3 owners out there, because that is rare....VERY rare, ya know whats NOT rare...people having to go through 4, 5, and 6 Xbox 360s...EVERYONE i know that owns a 360 is AT LEAST on their second or third one, i myself just joined that group.
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Iron Man sold VERY well on Blu...broke records for the format, i hope THAT and the release of The Dark Knight (which is BOUND to out-do Iron Man) will be enough to prove to GL there is money to be made in Blu-Ray...hell...i bet you releasing Star Wars and Indiana Jones on Blu would move Blu-Ray players as well as the movies themselves, as i've heard from many online that they are literally waiting for these particular movies before investing in Blu.
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About how he got internet reception with it on a mountain yet the "Fridge" scene in INdy 4 was great fun!
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Damn red-lights-of-death.
And I had a problem with my PS3 once, but it didn't require it to be sent in.
Fact is, shit happens. And every single one of my systems since after the N64 has had problems that required calling customer service. And every time, whether Nintendo, Sony, or Microsoft, customer service was accommodating - even if I was past warranty.
Shit, I had to send my PS2 in 3 times, but never my XBox. This go around, it's been the 360 and never the PS3. Shit happens. -
how is THIS for shit happens, i had a power surge at my old house that fried my ps3 AND 30" Samsung HD-TV...oh the bad four letter words were flowing freely, you'd think i was possessed at that point. luckily i sent of my ps3 the next day and received a new one within 48 hours, so THAT helped...the TV stung a bit more.
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Oct 27, 2008 4:18:58 PM CDT
Does nobody remember the trouble that Mori had with his PS3
by derlanghaarige
But it's been a while.
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what was his ps3 problem??? anyway, ALOT of people have problems with their consoles because they use them and store them improperly. i read a story about how one dickhead put black electrical tape over the vents of his ps3 because he didn't wanna see the "holes"....fuckin idiot.
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damn dude. I'd probably kill a man.
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Yeah exact same thing. Overuse of the Blu Ray player just kills the entire drive itself. Its happened to several people I know. And I hear stories on forums all over online....somehow people still defend the product with all the statistics about how reliable the player is. I can give a shit what the ratings/statistics say. I have first hand knowledge that the Blu Ray player on those things is shit.
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I remember that Mori posted a long article about how his PS3 suddenly stopped playing BLu Rays (or everything. It's been a while). Sony sent him a replacement, but that one died too, so they sent him a 3rd one. And here we reach the point, where I can't really remember what happened next.
But just like the first two Playstations, #3 also seem to have some huge bugs. And these reports not just come from XBOX 360 Fanboys (who have enough problems with the "rings of doom"). But well, not my problem. (for now!) -
What a waste of film and time...Apparently blinded by his worship of 60's biker flicks, Tarantino couldn't comprehend that
Larry Bishop was ...A.not a very good director B. an even worse writer C. 60 goddamned years old
and thereby idiotically casting
himself as a badass biker surrounded by hot-to-
trot 20-something babes D. ..and completely unqualified to deliver
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Found them on Amazon, just standard DVD, no Blu-ray yet:
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Prequel-Trilogy-McGregor/dp/B001EN71DQ/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1225145750&sr=8-3
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Trilogy/dp/B001EN71DG/ref=pd_bbs_sr_7?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1225145796&sr=8-7
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I also never said anything about audio problems like you mention in your previous post to me. Those are YOUR words.
To be honest, the PS3 provides the best audio I have ever had from any piece of home gear. All I did was respond to Quint's post when he said he had no video out of his PS3. Since this is a problem I had, and other people have had, I offerend him a possible fix. Then you jumped on me because I said the PS3 has this problem. Just because you haven't seen it or read about it doesn't mean the problem doesn't exist.
Do a google search on "PS3 No Video", and you'll see a bunch of forums that talk about this same exact issue. Like I said, I love the PS3, but this is an annoying problem that occurs to many owners of a $400 system. If it never happens to you, then good for you, but don't tell me it isn't a problem and speew a bunch of BS about the 360 at me just because your PS3 doesn't exhibit the same issue.
Then to call Techlord a 360 fanboy because he said his PS3 has had some problems, too?? You sound like a much more bitter PS3 fanboy claiming the same kind of crap about the 360, but in greater fanboy detail!
I bought my PS3 because it played games, acted as a Media Center, played Blu Ray and was reported to be more reliable - and for the most part I'm very happy with my purchase. But don't tell me it isn't a problem because only 5% of PS3 owners might experience it. I'm sure the PS3 IS more reliable than the 360 - that's why I bought it, and continue to support it. So chill out, man. I was just trying to offer Quint a possible sollution to get his Sweet-Ass maching working again - something that YOU haven't offered. -
It's about as funny--and provocative--as a Bowery Boys movie. Boring. Lloyd Kaufmann tries to shock with humor that--in this day and age--is about as tempestuous and racy as a rerun of THE DONNA REED SHOW. It's really akin to watching a home movie's outtakes. Best choices are MST3K (LASBERBLAST is a lousy movie, just a contrivance for pyrotechnical effects on a showstring. It's only assets is the late, late Cheryl Rainbeaux Smith; her legacy, exempting this stinker, is criminally underrated). Nice to see the homage to Abbott and Costello, too.
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but DANNY, the Blu-Ray drive crapping out because of it being over-played???...i use mine EVERY day for movies (at least one movie a day) AND games and no issues at all, and of course you mock statistics yet you believe the "statistics" of a bunch of ps3 "owners" on forums??? you seem to know so "matter of factly" about the "over-use of the blu-ray drive" being the issue...any proof, or is this just a bullheaded theory that has you grandstanding, because you DID say you know "FIRST-HAND"...owned one before???...a link regarding this issue thats unkowingly affecting EVERY ps3 owner would be nice...especially for us who CONSTANTLY use it every day with no problemns. i don't give a shit either way really, i've yet to have issues...i know people PERSONALLY who've yet to have issues...and its not exactly a daily thing that i read about ps3s crapping out unlike some consoles i know of **cough*360*cough**. as i stated earlier, just because you've read about 50,000 posts of people having problems dosen't mean its a BIG issue but more-so an isolated event (with some apparently having worse luck than others) given the millions upon millions of ps3s out there that aren't having ANY problems.
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for one thing, i DID say that IF he's telling the truth...he's in a RARE situation...because true enough, you don't hear about people having issues like that very often, and when it DOES happen its an issue thats called to question...lots of bullshitters out there. i own both consoles actually, and its FACT the 360 is built like shit...and its FACT the ps3 is built in a clever way to ensure longevity (to keep heat away from the main processors and vital hardware, unlike the 360 where heat has nowhere to go but fester over the hardware)...but these issues being brought to mind MAY (more than likely) not be hardware failure, but the failure due to the updates being done on the console...even still, failure rates are LOWER if not the lowest of all the consoles available right now.
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don't think i was jumping your case er anything, if i did...sorry
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There are always going to be pieces of ANY hardware that screw up one way or another. The majority of people will never see most of these problems.
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I don't own a PS3. And I don't really give a fuck about its sales. I have 3 friends who have all had their drives die. And all 3 use them as their regular movie player. I have read the exact problem happening to several others and it sounds exactly like what happened to Mori-- with not one but TWO PS3's. I just know after hearing this shit-- I would never buy one. It may be only 2% of the PS3's out there that are shit. But I'm not willing to take the chance, as it seems I always have shit luck with electronics.
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I have never heard someone more in love with a gaming system. Fuck man. Judging off the tone of your posts, I would assume the thing sucks your dick until you fall asleep.
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i have 3 friends who each own Honda Civics and all 3 blew their front right tires within 24 hours of each other...it gets even stranger, all 3 ate Burger King that day...even WEIRDER...all 3 at the new bacon mushroom swiss burger. ooooooohhh, i'm kidding...they didn't have the shroom burger
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aaahahahahaha you know what, i went and read about some of these issues people were having, i read some of the posts. okay okay, now i can't speak for everyone (some people may really have problems with this, like REAL problems...not the STUPID problem im about to explain)...but it sounds like some of these people are going from component to HDMI without switching on the ps3s settings to a HDMI cable. i had the SAME problem until i realized what it was...i plugged in the HDMI cable for the first time (no component cable plugged in), turned on the ps3, and NOTHING...no video no sound...i was scared...then i plugged my component cables back in (with HDMI cord still plugged in), went to settings...swapped over to HDMI and VOILA!!! unplugged the useless component cables and i was good...i think some people just don't know what to do in that situation and they automatically assume "hardware failure"...but true enough, i'm sure people are having real issues with this.
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ps3 isn't JUST a gaming system...its my MEDIA-HUB in my entertainment center, i use it to surf the internet on my 50" TV, watch movies, AND play games...AND play music (all my CDs are on the hard-drive...which i upgraded to 250gigs).
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And I won't buy it in high definition unless it's the original film.
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Danny, I do love it. But I'm fickle, and when something cooler comes out, I'll probably love that too. I'm a hardware junkie, but I'm also on a pretty tight budget, so spending $400 for a game system was a lot for me. So when I got the (apparently) rare video problem, I was bummed out. But I accept that computers are never going to be 100% perfect.
George, some of the posted problems are in fact operator error, but mine is some weird HDMI sync issue. I've always had it hooked up directly to the TV through HDMI. It will be running along great for weeks, then I put in a movie, or game, or even run a downloaded game that I've played over and over, and "poof" no video. Sound works great, but no operating screen, no nothing even after turning it off, and on again. So I had to learn how to reset to the default video option which then re-detects HDMI.
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I have used my 60bg model for a year now with no problems. However after about an hour the fans kick in something fierce. These things need serious ventilation. You can just throw them in the cabinet like your $35 Walmart DVD player.
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C'mon look at the cover on Fascination. Scythes are cool.
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Thanks Harry for this entertaining and informative column. When I joined these talk-backs a few months ago, my first post was to scold you for spoiling part of BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD. Well, I went ahead and purchased that dvd... partly due to your recommendation... and I was so glad I did. What a terrific film! Plus the spoiler didn't really hurt my enjoyment of it. (evidenly the "spoiler" was hinted at in the trailers, but I never saw any of those). Anyway, just wanted to say thanks again and keep up the great work!
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ALSO, thabnks Harry for throwing some love to one of my favorite films being released tomorrow.... STRANGE BEHAVIOUR. Saw it first on cable in the 80's and loved the bizarre tone of it along with that cosmic Tangerine Dream score. Great Stuff, although they should've picked a better image for the cover artwork. Sure to be a major upgrade from my DEAD KIDS vhs copy.
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Was bad? But Elf is a masterpiece? WHAT!!! No just fucking, but seriously Journey wasn't that bad. I'm pretty sure the point of the movie was to get people to realize that this new 3-D technology is possible and worth seeing. The movie was stupid, yes but it was fun and simple. I don't know why Harry has to shit all over it? If the movie had been a huge flop then 3-D movies would see a lot less green lighting. The movie served its purpose, could have been a lot worse. As for Elf I really don't get why everyone loves that movie. I don't think I've been able to stay awake for the whole thing, and i watch Viva Piñata every weekend.
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The system does get hot rather quickly, but that doesn't deteriorate my gaming or movie experience at all...
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Oct 27, 2008 9:52:49 PM CDT
Screw you Harry! I loved JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH 3-D!
by jarjar25
What the fuck, if you didn't like the film you loser fuck, than why even talk about Journey in the first place? Your such as anal fuck, you act as if only you know about how these films can touch you, spend too much time watching, and are a piss poor writer. I hardly ever post, because I have a life! Jar Jar 25 I am.
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This is the one I was telling Quint to add to his AHMAD grab-bag. Fun little 80's gross-out slasher flick. The opening scene with the killer working a puzzle was a great set up for the movie. And yes, DeweyOxburger, this is the one where the guy gets his shit ruined bare-handed at the end. And by 'shit' I mean 'scrotum.'
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If you're still reading, the best Blu-ray player on the market is still the PS3.It's fairly affordable, updates for the Blu-ray player are consistent, and if , god forbid the thing breaks on you, they take care of it promptly. I had one fail on me and it was repaired and sent back to me within a week at no cost whatsoever. The other multi-media features are great as well. I won't go into all of that, but I'm still finding new stuff to do with it even after a year. The sound and picture are top notch, so don't worry about that either. If your looking for a game system, though, 360 all the way....
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Oct 28, 2008 4:39:44 AM CDT
Never, I mean NEVER place the PS3 inside a entertainment center
by stalkeye
Unless it's the open shelve like models.The entertianment/TV furniture have small slots as my systems tend to overheat due to lack of proper ventilation.My PS3 used to make alot of noise until it placed it outside of the stand and now it's whisper quiet.Although I love the 360, it's too damn noisy almost like a F-14 taking off.Speaking of games, I highly recommend Dead Space this has got to be the sleeper hit of the year and the DVd Downfall makes for a good prequel.
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Try not to take it too literally.
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Oct 28, 2008 5:05:29 AM CDT
A lot of people on this talkback seem to be working for Sony.
by knuckleduster
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http://tinyurl.com/filthybastard
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Pedophile? They were 19. Both those girls have had multiple buttsex partners I can guarantee. Adulterer? You bet.
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Same idea moved ahead a few decades: the "Axis of Time" books by John Birmingham. A UN battle fleet in 2021 gets dropped into the middle of the US fleet just before Midway. Dealing with the multi-national, racially and gender-integrated fleet from the future causes as much shock as any of their technology. And having Prince Harry as an SAS officer is an interesting touch.
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That book DOES sound awesome, rkhalloran, what with the leprechauns and the dragons and the fairies and such. ;) Nah, I'm just teasing--books like that are definitely fun. The Guns of the South is a great one of those types too.
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will the film actually be in 3d in my hdtv? i dont see how the movie being in 3d will make the 3d experience in my hdtv as well.
if i get it would it just be a blu ray version of the movie or will it actually be 3d?? im curious .. if so they shoudl do that to beowuld. that was hella fun. -
"allowed to completely destroy the Japanese forces heading for Pearl Harbor"Japan, losing its fleet, would have had no choice but to attempt a diplomatic solution. The Japanese war machine would instead concentrate their forces on China. The US never declares war on Japan, and as a result, Germany does not declare war on the US, keeping the US out of the war in Europe. Roosevelt can not offer the Nimitz in Lend-Lease as it would certainly tip the scales in favour of England and Congress would not allow such a blatant violation of the Neutrality Act.Would this have given time for Nazi Germany to develop nuclear weapons? Would the US, with a 40 year jump on military technology, have been complacent in its superiority and not bothered with nuclear weapons, rocketry, etc? Would Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Soviet Russia, fearful of the US and their "Super Carrier" banded together and, in an all or nothing assault, put everything they had in an attempt to destroy the Nimitz?
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Not great, and without the 3D would not have been less fun. But no way is it any way near as bad as you say. Sure, it isn't as good as the James Mason one, but it's not THAT bad. To have such vitriol for such a harmless film makes me think you went into it having already decided you hated it; that your displeasure with the film is more personal than having anything to do with the film itself.
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Fuck this.
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OH MY FUCKING GOD I FEEL LIKE MY TV JUST TURNED INTO THE MONOLITH AND IM THE STARCHILD NOW! SUFI DANCERS IN SLOW MOTION MASTERED IN 8K WILL GIVE YOU RETINAL BONERS!
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Dude, I mean come on, seriously, I remember that shit when you said like ten years ago Natalie Portman wrote you a valentine before she was legal. I mean it's no secret.
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I THOUGHT 8K MEANT HOW MANY KILOS OF WEED I SHOULD SMOKE BEFORE WATCHING IT AND RIGHT NOW THE MONKEY IN THE STEAMBATH IS REVEBRATING IN TWELVE DIMENSIONS REVEALING THE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY FORCES THE UNITE THE UNIVERSE. ALSO I AM EATING NACHOS LIKE YOU WOULDNT BELIEVE.
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I just got Baraka on Bluray like an hour ago and just hit some scenes and it makes Planet Earth look like Youtube. And yeah seriously this movie should be the tv commercial for weed legalization.
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Idiot.
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I shit you not. Great horror, but disturbing. Also, observation: Indy 4 is not really appreciated here on the TB, yet, at my local dvd store...the Blu-Ray version of it has sold out in record time. I admit, I got it...and to be honest, it looks great and is immensly enjoyable the second time around. When you know what shittiness to expect, it doesn't hurt as much. I think it will develope a pretty good shelf life.
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Dude, are you trying to kickstart this TB again with your Indy 4 talk? Let it go man. The reason you give is known as the "Phantom Menace defence" (It took me 47 viewings, but I made myself like it in the end).
And Besides, what chain down here do you rent your BDs from? My local Civic has 'em but it's a crap selection, and the VideoEzy won't stock 'em. -
That's called being numb.
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I love this movie. I love everything about this movie. For once, I agree with Harry that I would have loved it if they would have left the ship back in 1941 and shown the consequences. See it if you havent
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What happens if I hook up an HD source to a non-HD tv? For instance, a Blu-Ray player or an HD TiVo and took the S-Video or Composite video and hooked it up to a SD television? Will I get a picture at all?
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I don't know, but I imagine you wouldn't get any picture at all.
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Video Ezy rents them out. And i usually do all my purchases at either JB HiFi or EzyDvd.
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Actually, the PS3 (which is the best BluRay player you can get due to its easy upgradability and its features - I mean shit Criterion use one as their refernce player) will output BluRays to standard def tvs. And it will look a little better than a DVD because the bitrate is so high. But there's truly little point.
I had a 32 inch HD set and went up this year to a widescreen 46 inch 1080p set (for work reasons) and I'm telling you that's when I realized that there is a point to BluRay whereas before I was a skeptic. For new movies that are sourced digitally one of the horrible things is realizing that for many many reasons it may be better to watch them at home in terms of visual fidelity.
And with Baraka, I pulled it up on the remastered DVD and the BluRay and did a switching comparison and there's no doubt that the Bluray is a near miracle. My girlfriend who has been constantly saying "there's no real difference" finally caved in when she saw that. -
Not To Get All Political Or Flamed, but if the aircraft carrier from the future had encountered the JAP fleet, WWII might have been lost by the USA. The liberal AMERICA FIRST crowd lead by LINDY would have said Japan is no real threat, and we attacked first. No Pearl Harbor attack, no USA entry into the war until too late. No Allies left to be on our side. Result: We lose WWII. Seems like the LIBERALS never get it. Dictators just love foreign LIBERALS. Looks like we all get to relive the past. That being said, I like The Final Countdown as a sci-fi escapism film and it is time to get out of IRAQ.
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