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Ok, so I got my hands on a copy of Glee. What I need to know is whether I should even bother watching any of it.
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doctor thodt posted:Ok, so I got my hands on a copy of Glee. What I need to know is whether I should even bother watching any of it. That depends on your sexual orientation.
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Sep 14, 2010 17:05
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What if I occasionally pop a boner into my fat gullet but don't actually consider myself to be gay?
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Sep 14, 2010 17:17
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doctor thodt posted:Ok, so I got my hands on a copy of Glee. What I need to know is whether I should even bother watching any of it. Watch the first episode. If you don't like that one, you're not going to like the rest of it. Amazon just notified me that Twilight Zone has shipped. I know what I'm going to be doing for the next month or two.
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Sep 14, 2010 17:35
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doctor thodt posted:Ok, so I got my hands on a copy of Glee. What I need to know is whether I should even bother watching any of it. I love Glee. But yeah, I would recommend watching like 2 episodes, and your opinion of those will pretty much inform your opinion of the rest of the show. It's very consistent in what it is.
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Sep 14, 2010 18:29
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ProfessorClumsy posted:That depends on your sexual orientation. You need to be gay, female, or middle aged. But no seriously, the show is good, but not for me. Like qbert said, watch two episodes and that will decide if you like it or not. It is actually a solid show, but it ends up being a love it or hate it show.
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Sep 14, 2010 19:37
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doctor thodt posted:America: The Story of Us reviewed DeepDiscount has this for $25 shipped.
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Egbert Souse posted:TheDigitalBits reports that Trumbull's 2001 documentary just got nixed. Eh, 2001 is my favorite piece of art and I was a little uncomfortable with how he was just inserting himself into the original shots in that trailer. I understand he wants to document the work he did on it but illustrate it in some other manner. I don't think i'll watch it anyways because learning too much behind the scenes stuff can sometimes interfere with your perception of a film. That ACC interview sounds interesting, but the real goldmine of information on the 2001 BR/HDDVD is the audio interview with Kubrick from 1966. I had never even heard the dude's voice before and he details a ton of stuff from his life, it's just a wonderful historical document.
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Sep 14, 2010 20:14
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The Fifth Element is getting a re-release November 16, presumably with special features this time. Just got done watching Se7en. I hesitate to use the word "gorgeous" to describe such a film, but the transfer truly is exactly that.
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Sep 14, 2010 21:34
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I thought America: The Story of Us was just alright. I was expecting more Ken Burns than re-enacted stuff. It seemed like one of those poo poo videos you'd have to watch in school that came supplementary to the text book. The further along the show got, the worse it got IMO, if only because the breaking point where actual video footage existed made the re-enactments stupid and unnecessary.
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Sep 14, 2010 21:34
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sportsgenius86 posted:I thought America: The Story of Us was just alright. I was expecting more Ken Burns than re-enacted stuff. It seemed like one of those poo poo videos you'd have to watch in school that came supplementary to the text book. It looked like a bunch of jingoistic garbage to me so I avoided it even though it could have been interesting. Conversely, Ken Burns: National Parks was really amazing and why is it not on bluray? edit-oops it is it's just real expensive
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Sep 14, 2010 21:44
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AntiNeo posted:Conversely, Ken Burns: National Parks was really amazing and why is it not on bluray? edit-oops it is it's just real expensive ~$50 doesn't seem unreasonable for 12 hours of really great programming. I got it for about $40 several months ago and had one of the best weekends in a long time smoking a bunch of weed, eating a bunch of junk food, and watching the entire series in one straight shot 
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Sep 14, 2010 21:50
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Sporadic posted:And I guess it wouldn't hurt anything to plug this in here. I'm selling factory sealed Blu-Ray porno in SA-Mart. $46.65 shipped for 2 (Not Bewitched XXX/Sun Goddess Malibu) Posted this a few days ago (at an admittedly high price - it was $56.xx) but I still have these and I dropped the price. $23.33 each shipped is the cheapest you will find these titles anywhere. AntiNeo posted:It looked like a bunch of jingoistic garbage to me so I avoided it even though it could have been interesting. Conversely, Ken Burns: National Parks was really amazing and why is it not on bluray? edit-oops it is it's just real expensive If you have Netflix, they have it streaming in HD. Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 22:33 on Sep 14, 2010 |
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Sep 14, 2010 22:22
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Return of the Living Dead looks pretty good, albeit with some minor inconsistencies in picture quality from scene to scene (or sometimes within the same scene). All-in-all, for a cheesy little 80's flick I was pleasantly surprised.
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Sep 15, 2010 01:20
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Coming October 11 courtesy of Arrow UK: quote:- Brand new transfer of Spirits of the Dead from a new HD restoration of the original negative Yeah, Arrow is hands down one of the top companies doing Blu-Ray today. Speaking of which, here's The Beav on their Inferno disc: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film3/dvd_reviews51/inferno.htm
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Sep 15, 2010 04:13
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I saw the Thin Red Line like 11 years ago and it was too slow for me, but I was a stoopid kid and everything. The cast is absurd and the videophile in me wants to see that transfer so drat bad, should I go ahead and buy it? Is it something I'm way more likely to appreciate as an adult, or is my opinion unlikely to change?
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Sep 15, 2010 04:26
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uncle jimbo posted:I saw the Thin Red Line like 11 years ago and it was too slow for me, but I was a stoopid kid and everything. The cast is absurd and the videophile in me wants to see that transfer so drat bad, should I go ahead and buy it? Is it something I'm way more likely to appreciate as an adult, or is my opinion unlikely to change? It's a great film, give it another go. More Beaver: Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Charade French Cancan Charade was a no-brainer pre-order anyway, but drat that looks nice.
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Sep 15, 2010 05:13
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uncle jimbo posted:I saw the Thin Red Line like 11 years ago and it was too slow for me, but I was a stoopid kid and everything. The cast is absurd and the videophile in me wants to see that transfer so drat bad, should I go ahead and buy it? Is it something I'm way more likely to appreciate as an adult, or is my opinion unlikely to change? This was me as well. Saving Private Ryan did a lot more for me. Now that I am a lot more mature, I should be able to appreciate this movie a lot. I am looking forward to seeing the blu-ray version.
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Sep 15, 2010 05:25
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uncle jimbo posted:I saw the Thin Red Line like 11 years ago and it was too slow for me, but I was a stoopid kid and everything. The cast is absurd and the videophile in me wants to see that transfer so drat bad, should I go ahead and buy it? Is it something I'm way more likely to appreciate as an adult, or is my opinion unlikely to change? Same. Saw it in the theater after I saw Ryan and I was expecting more of the same. I didn't like it. But after seeing how beautiful it looks I was more than willing to give it another go.
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Sep 15, 2010 16:25
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Amazon is running a deal where if you buy a select Blu-Ray player, you get a select movie or boxset free. They have a good selection of Criterion titles and TV boxsets. http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.h...creative=390957 I'm tempted to get that Samsung player and Season 2 of Breaking Bad.
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Sep 15, 2010 20:19
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Can anyone tell me about the various international versions of Let the Right One In? I was dumb enough to buy the US release with the bad subtitles, and on principle I'd rather not give Magnolia MORE money to replace the lovely product they released originally. I've been thinking about importing, but I'm having a hard time finding reliable info on which countries have region-free releases and how they compare to the US in picture quality.
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Sep 15, 2010 21:53
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Se7en came today. The digibook is really nice
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Sep 15, 2010 22:03
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RichterIX posted:I've been thinking about importing, but I'm having a hard time finding reliable info on which countries have region-free releases and how they compare to the US in picture quality. Get the UK copy. Picture quality is largely the same between versions (~20mbps H.264 on the UK+Sweden, 22mbps VC-1 on the US) but the UK has 24-bit DTS-HD MA and commentary. frumpsnake fucked around with this message at 22:13 on Sep 15, 2010 |
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Sep 15, 2010 22:06
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The Secret in their Eyes reviewed. Can't wait to check this one out. Someone posted the opening scene a while back and I was sold right then and there. doctor thodt fucked around with this message at 03:22 on Sep 16, 2010 |
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Sep 16, 2010 03:14
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doctor thodt posted:The Secret in their Eyes reviewed. It's okay. Competent but not exceptional, watchable but not very original. I still wish The Milk of Sorrow had won the Oscar. Kinda seemed like the Academy just picked the film that most resembled something from Hollywood.
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Sep 16, 2010 04:03
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Which of course is the only nominee that doesn't even have a DVD release, let alone Blu-Ray.
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Sep 16, 2010 04:17
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Anyone with a 3d tv who has been waiting for ANY content to become available outside of exclusives, Warner Brothers have announced 6 3D blu-ray titles will be released on November 16. The selection is... mixed at best. From High Def Digest: Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore 3D Clash of the Titans 3D The Polar Express 3D IMAX Deep Sea 3D IMAX Under the Sea 3D IMAX Space Station 3D At the very least, it's nice to see studios are starting to release SOME content that doesn't require you to buy a 300 dollar glasses kit to get it.
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Sep 16, 2010 18:23
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I was just saying elsewhere that I watched the Monster House 3D Blu-Ray last night and it was fantastic. It's a shame the format seems to be going down the toilet so fast because it's really wonderful when it's done correctly.
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Sep 16, 2010 18:26
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I'd like to hope that around the time the bundle exclusives become widely purchasable, adoption would increase. I love Coraline and How To Train Your Dragon, but at the moment (or rather, in a few weeks, when Dragon replaces Monsters vs Aliens in the Samsung starter kit) I'm not about to pick a particular brand of tv just to get one movie. You'd have a lot more people interested if the companies included them for free in the package, but let people walk up and buy them off the shelf too. It's not like 3D prices are still horribly outrageous anymore. I saw a bundle at Best Buy the other day of a 46" 3D 1080p Samsung with a free 3d blu-ray player and starter kit for ~$1700. Considering my parents bought a non-3d tv a little bit larger than that for much more a few years ago (on sale, no less), I'd say 3d is becoming pretty reasonably priced. It's just hard for any consumer to want to pay that much for a feature they aren't able to use. That'll only be rectified once there's a whole line of big-name movies to buy. Edit: I think the rumored 1 year exclusivity window for Avatar may be the biggest thing that can possibly hurt the format. 1 year is just plain idiotic, especially in the film industry where "the next big movie" is always only a few months away. Space_Butler fucked around with this message at 18:36 on Sep 16, 2010 |
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Sep 16, 2010 18:33
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Sep 16, 2010 19:00
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Beaver just added some new titles to their release calendar, some are these are probably old news: Hard-Boiled - 12/14 Harsh Times - 12/7 The Long Kiss Goodnight - 1/11 Howl - 1/4 Derailed - 12/28 Meet the Parents - 11/30 The Pillars of the Earth - 11/23 Merantau - 12/28 Dear Mr. Gacy - 12/14
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AntiNeo posted:It looked like a bunch of jingoistic garbage to me so I avoided it even though it could have been interesting. Conversely, Ken Burns: National Parks was really amazing and why is it not on bluray? edit-oops it is it's just real expensive It was pretty bad with far too much mythology in the place of historical accuracy. I only saw a couple episodes, but it was nothing worth seeing considering how much material there is on US History already.
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Sep 16, 2010 21:30
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doctor thodt posted:Somewhere in all that poo poo is a Blu-Ray disc, right?
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Sep 16, 2010 23:58
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FitFortDanga posted:Somewhere in all that poo poo is a Blu-Ray disc, right? No, since anyone who would buy that have seen the movie so many times they don't need a disc, they can just play it back in their head.
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Sep 17, 2010 00:15
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doctor thodt posted:Wait a second. That poster on the right says "25th Anniversary Re-Release...Back in Cinemas October 1st." Is Back to the Future coming out in 2 weeks? If so, how did I not know about this?
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Sep 17, 2010 00:16
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Yep, it sure is (in the UK) goddamnit
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Sep 17, 2010 00:19
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AntiNeo posted:Yep, it sure is (in the UK)
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Sep 17, 2010 00:27
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Harlock posted:Some local theaters here still play BTTF on Friday nights during the summer. Maybe you might have a cool theater that does midnight movies. I've got a great theater right by me that does midnight movies. I just wanted to see if we had a possible remaster in theaters, rather than 25 year old prints. I think the local midnight theater is running an evil dead marathon in a couple weeks.
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Restrepo 12/7
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