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  1. Mark Butler

    Fox 75th Anniversary Giftset & STAR WARS

    As far as I understand it Fox owns the first Star Wars. Does anyone think that perhaps they would release the original film in this set and not the special edition? Thoughts?
  2. Mark Butler

    Monsters Inc. (Japanese) Quick Review

    I don't want to step on any official reviewers toes but I just wanted to give some quick impressions of the Monsters Inc. Japanese Blu-Ray release. This is the first time I have had a Pixar Blu-ray that I could directly compare with the DVD release. I own every Pixar release up to The...
  3. Mark Butler

    How soon (if ever) will we see a standalone blu-ray recorder?

    They sell them over here (Japan). All the major manufacturers have at least 2 or three different models. In fact it's hard to find a blu-ray player that is just a player and doesn't do recording in most stores. Of course they all cost upwards of a thousand bucks. I just don't think their is a...
  4. Mark Butler

    Friday Night Lights - Season 3 (NBC) - No DirecTV Spoilers!

    Coach Taylor would NEVER use Twitter.
  5. Mark Butler

    Smallville season 8 thread

    Also I am getting a little tired of Clark "heroically falling".;)
  6. Mark Butler

    Smallville season 8 thread

    This is a common misconception. DC Comics has ZERO influence over anything that the Media division of Warner (Film/Television) does. Whenever a producer or director begins a new Superman project they always in the interviews say something about how they went over to DC Comics and looked over...
  7. Mark Butler

    Smallville season 8 thread

    Lana WAS the primary female but she is not now and the writers this season and even the last few episodes from last season swiftly moved away from her being the primary and established Lois and Chloe as the mains. I had no trouble with Lana coming back for her guest arc this season as I thought...
  8. Mark Butler

    Smallville season 8 thread

    This story arc with Lana started off strongly with her returning, somewhat begrudgingly, for Chloe and Jimmy's wedding. She was not the usual Lana that we had seen for the past seven seasons, she was edgier, seemed to be in a good place and was content to have Clark as a friend. She was kept to...
  9. Mark Butler

    Smallville season 8 thread

    Daily Planet rooftop. City and the globe in the background. Music swells and Clark kisses Lana Lang. Lana Lang, on the Daily Planet roof. WRONG.
  10. Mark Butler

    Tribute to Brunettes

    Old School = Raquel Welch
  11. Mark Butler

    Blu-ray Review HTF BLU-RAY REVIEW: The Ultimate Matrix Collection (Highest Recommendations)

    Thank you Cameron. As long as there are Japanese subtitles and/or language available for the movies that really is all I care about. Thank you again.
  12. Mark Butler

    Blu-ray Review HTF BLU-RAY REVIEW: The Ultimate Matrix Collection (Highest Recommendations)

    Nice Review. I am thinking of ordering this but I was wondering if you could check something out on the discs for me. Some of Warners (Harry Potter, Batman Begins etc.) discs have alternate language menus in them. For example if your blu-ray player is set to default to a display its menus in...
  13. Mark Butler

    Your 1st DVD player vs. 1st Blu-ray player: How much and when did you buy?

    You are absolutely right that all things are relative but your statements seems to draw the conclusion that DVD had an easy ride to mainstream acceptance. DVD was an unproven new technology that had no previous track record. VCD's had existed before DVD but not in North America at that time...
  14. Mark Butler

    Non-negotiable Specs & Features for a Blu-Ray Release

    These are some interesting answers. So it seems the 10 plus years of DVD releases (and LD before if you were in to them) with multiple features (commentary, deleted scenes, etc.) has not won many converts or fans. I find it interesting that some of you still say it doesn't matter if you get...
  15. Mark Butler

    Non-negotiable Specs & Features for a Blu-Ray Release

    While reading through this forum it is interesting to hear the opinions of the members regarding each new release that comes out. Members talk about the quality of the picture, the audio, commentaries, internet features, behind the scenes documentaries and so forth. However, certain releases...
  16. Mark Butler

    Dragonball

    OMG. I don't know what that was but it is not Dragonball.
  17. Mark Butler

    Your 1st DVD player vs. 1st Blu-ray player: How much and when did you buy?

    Thank you for your posts everyone. I think this is definitely showing a trend that perhaps prices are not as over inflated as they are made out to be for Blu-ray players at this point in the formats growth. Please keep them coming. Don't be embarrassed about prices as I'm sure we have all at one...
  18. Mark Butler

    Your 1st DVD player vs. 1st Blu-ray player: How much and when did you buy?

    I find it fascinating to read on many home theater websites and forums posts and opinions about the outrageous cost of Blu-ray players. It seems that many of the writers have forgotten the prices of DVD players when they first appeared in late 97 through 2001 (the early adopter through the early...
  19. Mark Butler

    More Research Asserts that Blu Ray Adoption Isn't Apt to Surge

    I can confirm this. I rented I Am Legend last week. I have my default Menu language set to English on my PS3 (the majority of the Blu discs I have are from North America) and I was surprised when a completely English menu came up for a Japanese disc. I was frustrated because when I went to the...
  20. Mark Butler

    Smallville - Season 7 thread

    Another thing that needs to happen is the separation of Clark and Superman. As it stands now if Clark decided to becomes Superman tomorrow, he couldn't. Everyone knows that it is Clark, there is no personality change or disguise. All the meteor freaks( sorry, meteor infected) he put away know he...
  21. Mark Butler

    Smallville - Season 7 thread

    I think I feel an Enterprise Effect coming on.
  22. Mark Butler

    Smallville - Season 7 thread

    That has been the overriding theme of the last 3 seasons, since the krypton stones when Jor-el had to turn Clark into Kal-el because he was once again ignoring what he had to do. Has Clark progressed as a character since then, has the realization come that the best way to protect the people he...
  23. Mark Butler

    Smallville - Season 7 thread

    It's not anger, it's disappointment. This show only ever operates at 40 or 50 percent capacity. Everyone knows it. When was the last time (if ever) you watched Smallville and you went "Wow, they knocked that one out of the park." in regard to the whole episode, start to finish. It never happens...
  24. Mark Butler

    Smallville - Season 7 thread

    I think the problem is that with this show is that all the fans know what it can and should be (drama and action wise) but it never lives up to its potential. Then again I guess it's just mirroring its main character. The only time that Clark was heroic and on the ball this season was when it...
  25. Mark Butler

    Smallville - Season 7 thread

    I haven't posted in a while but I feel a need for some cathartic writing. Watching this last episode has made me question why I have stayed with this show for so long. The producers and writers have succeeded in making the most indecisive, cowardly, and pathetic Clark Kent in the history of...
  26. Mark Butler

    Movies that you must watch everytime they're on.

    Notting Hill. And I have no idea why I always watch it.
  27. Mark Butler

    What not to buy per Philly News Station

    It is sad state of affairs when programs like the Daily Show and Colbert Report are more insightful, interesting, without being outlandish or using scare news, and better informed than the real News media, the ones who are supposed to be providing people with even-handed reporting and insightful...
  28. Mark Butler

    Smallville season 6

    Yes that has happened, but it was a long time ago and it hasn't had any effect on Clark because the writers have hit the magic reset button and we don't even hear mention of that person any more. The death of a long standing character like Chloe in an event that Clark could have stopped will be...
  29. Mark Butler

    Smallville season 6

    I have been lurking in these season threads for a long time and this last episode made me want to post finally. I have a 20 dollar bet with a friend that we will never see Clark fly (Kal-El doesnt count). I have a 100 dollar bet that we will never see Welling as Superman on the show. I...
  30. Mark Butler

    "Total HD" from Warners (re: Blu-ray/HD-DVD hybrid disc)

    I like this quote about Warner's THD: "49% of all consumers surveyed said they would be more likely to adopt high-definition on disc given the choice of THD". Basically what that 49% are saying is if their was only 1 format and they didn't have to worry about 2 different incompatible...
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