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  1. Ike

    2001: A Space Odyssey..bits and pieces.

    I'm sure that at some point-be it while writing the scene, or rehearsing the scene, or while the mechanics for the pods to spin were being made-the thought was had that they could simply have the pods facing forwards when the two enter and save a lot of money and time. That the film goes out of...
  2. Ike

    Great Video Game Moments

    Some recent ones.... Killer7 on Gamecube The level in the school, with the man hanging, and the line of bad guys on the stage. So surreal and brilliant. Psychonauts on Xbox Near the front, when Raz enters his own brain. When he goes inside the carriage which is full of TV static...
  3. Ike

    The Double Life Of Veronique

    Review at DVD Beaver.
  4. Ike

    MPAA finds itself accused of piracy

    Many publications and TV stations refuse advertising, most large theater chains refuse to show them, and most large rental and retail chains refuse to stock NC-17...this isn't due to public pressure. The MPAA is a censor board, plain and simple.
  5. Ike

    *** Official *** XBox 360 Hardware DISCUSSION Thread

    I am currently seeking an Xbox 360 and have a question about Live: I have heard that you can transfer your Live account, does this mean that the remaining subscription I have for Live goes towards a Gold plan for the 360 or does that mean simply that I can keep my username, friends list, etc.?
  6. Ike

    *** Official *** XBox 360 Software Discussion Thread

    Thanks. I know that both are HD, but it seems that the default resolution for many games on the 360 is 720p, which I figured could pose problems in conversion. Glad to hear that's not the case.
  7. Ike

    *** Official *** XBox 360 Software Discussion Thread

    How do the games do converting to 1080i? I don't have the ability to do 720p and I see many reviews mentioning that you need to see the games in HD to get the full effect. Is it a noticeable step down in quality from 720p? A noticeable step up from 480 i/p?
  8. Ike

    George Carlin's 13th HBO special "Life is worth losing"

    As a fan of his darker material I wasn't disappointed, but I noticed that he was struggling at points. He appeared to be sick, his eyes were off and his cheeks swollen. He struggled where usually he is technically brilliant. I've seen him interviewed recently and didn't notice anything, so I...
  9. Ike

    Lindsay Anderson's "If..."

    I saw an ad for a book Turner Classic Movies is publishing on If... along with books on (if I remember correctly) The Red Shoes and Black Narcissus as part of a classic British film series. I can't find them on their website, but I thought this might precede a DVD release.
  10. Ike

    El Topo coming soon from Criterion / Eclipse

    I rented the current Raro DVD and didn't find much fault with it, but it is a bit prohibitively expensive with the included Holy Mountain which is apparently a terrible transfer. I would certainly buy an American uncensored edition.
  11. Ike

    Where do you get your DVDs from?

    Deepdiscountdvd.com usually does go towards the end of the estimated time. In the US it says 5-10 days, and it usually takes 11 business days for my DVDs to arrive. Their 2-day shipping, in the US, is accurate and they usually are the cheapest. I would not be concerned that it has taken 18 days...
  12. Ike

    Region free players more difficult to buy?

    You may know about this site, but Video Help lists whether a player is unlockable or not and usually how to do it. Also, from a sidebar link on DVD Beaver: Multi-region players at Amazon UK.
  13. Ike

    The Aristocrats, a doc on the worlds dirtiest joke

    According to the site Ebert points to, the author changed his mind and provides evidence the other way of this being a hoax.
  14. Ike

    Criterion > Sam Fuller > 2006

    You may mean re-release, but they did Shock Corridor very early on-review here at DVD Beaver.
  15. Ike

    NEWS ! - Criterion affected - Home Vision bought by Image Entertainment

    Generally, they are. You can get Au Hasard Balthazar and The Phantom of Liberty for the same price as Napoleon Dynamite or Coach Carter. Even their special editions aren't outrageous-compare The Rules of the Game to Master and Commander. Criterion has really gotten pretty much in line with...
  16. Ike

    NEWS ! - Criterion affected - Home Vision bought by Image Entertainment

    The problem isn't their diversity, but their quality.
  17. Ike

    NEWS ! - Criterion affected - Home Vision bought by Image Entertainment

    This sounds pretty bad for the HVE label which seemed like it was coming into it's own. Do we know how this will effect Criterion? The distribution line makes it sound as if they won't be involved in development.
  18. Ike

    Criterion in October

    I'm excited for all these, but Le Samouraï is probably at the top of the "must buy" list for me. The French DVD (reviewed at DVD Beaver) looks good, but is OOP. It isn't expensive used-around $25-but I fear dealing with used sellers who are selling in a language I don't speak. One of the...
  19. Ike

    On-screen title vs. film's real title.

    I don't know that I have thoughts on this one way or another, but I remember noting this policy in regards to The Talented Mr. Ripley, where several adjectives are used before it settles on Talented. IMDB lists the complete title as having all those adjectives in place.
  20. Ike

    Killer7, Anyone Else Got It?

    I have it checked out from Gamefly, and after playing it for 20 minutes, I will probably end up buying it at some point. I really dig the style and as soon as I saw Iwazaru I knew it was my type of game.
  21. Ike

    Half Life 2 for Xbox

    Unlike Doom 3, which had an added co-op mode, I haven't heard about anything that would make me purchase HL2 for the Xbox if I've played and beaten the PC version. I'll probably at least rent it since I loved HL2 on the PC very much, and would like to experience it in 16x9 on a larger screen...
  22. Ike

    Half Life 2 for Xbox

    Looks like 10/17.
  23. Ike

    Taxi Driver SB...!?!?!?!?

    I haven't seen this particular DVD, but Japan is NTSC.
  24. Ike

    Battlefield 2 demo out this week!

    I got it working Michael. I believe it was having problems with my Firewall. The only problem is I need to upgrade-the game runs (and looks) awful on my setup.
  25. Ike

    Battlefield 2 demo out this week!

    I'm running XP SP2, Athlon 3200, 512 megs of ram.
  26. Ike

    Battlefield 2 demo out this week!

    I have a Radeon 9600XT, which I think is supported.
  27. Ike

    Battlefield 2 demo out this week!

    The demo crashes my computer anytime I try to join a game, single player or multiplayer. I hear the Window's error noise, and then it gives me the load screen until I power my PC down. Any ideas what this could be?
  28. Ike

    Why no seperate fullscreen editions in UK?

    Probably because 16x9 sets were adopted earlier in Europe.
  29. Ike

    Need some recomendation... ASIAN dvd's

    Along the same lines, are sites like Xploited Cinema and Machiavel DVD which contain a certain type of foreign movies, mainly cult and horror stuff.
  30. Ike

    Need some recomendation... ASIAN dvd's

    Yesasia has a great selection. I've ordered quite a few things from Korean DVDs and think they are a great company, with very cheap prices. Obviously, Amazon Japan has the Amazon name and is probably the place to go for Japanese DVDs. A company I haven't used but that are supposed to be okay...
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