And just today there has been a announcement that the final two episodes of season 4 of Game of Thrones will screen in IMAX cinemas (along with a season 5 preview).
http://www.slashfilm.com/game-of-thrones-imax/
Just checking - are you interested in things like the special cinema screenings of the Doctor Who 50th anniversary episode "The Day Of The Doctor", that screened simultaneously with (or within a day or two of) the initial TV screening...
While it's true that there was a Japanese girl who froze to death, it's not true that she was looking for the Fargo money. It seems Takako (the actual girl) was deliberately committing suicide after the end of an affair with an American businessman, and the whole Fargo thing seems to have arisen...
Feature Films Watched in 2014
First-Time Viewings are in Bold
(And dates are in the format dd/mm/yy - I'm a New Zealander, that's how we format dates here)
I'm not a fan of giving a film a star rating, so I generally just give films a thumbs-up or thumbs-down, with two-thumbs-up for films I...
Firstly, just to confirm, you're clearly talking about the new series that started in 2005 - correct?
Okay, yes, the first four series are only available on DVD - they were all shot in SD, so a Blu-Ray release is unlikely.
After the fourth series, they had a year of special episodes - The...
The Francesca thing is weird - she was a first boot, and the only memorable thing about her was Philip's inability to say her name. I like that they brought back Erik - as I remember he did pretty well in the first FvF and was an appealing presence, before being eliminated in one of the most...
Feature Films Watched in 2013First-Time Viewings are in Bold(And dates are in the format dd/mm/yy - I'm a New Zealander, that's how we format dates here) I'm not a fan of giving a film a star rating, so in the past I've just given films a thumbs-up or thumbs-down, with two-thumbs-up for films I...
The new scenes are very poor quality, certainly, but about 75 percent of the film (those parts of the film that were previously held) is still in excellent condition, coming I believe from restored 35mm prints, and look really great. I have the Masters of Cinema region B-locked version, and...
I assume this is about the cinema screenings of this concert, rather than (as I first read this comment) a Les Miserables movie musical (which I would love to see made, and which I was disappointed never happened during the recent movie musical boom).
Feature Films Watched in 2011 First-Time Viewings are in Bold (And dates are in the format dd/mm/yy - I'm a New Zealander, that's how we format dates here) 02/01/2011 - Toy Story 3
I disagree. I'm an absolute BR convert, but I wish more BRs would include a DVD version. Often I will buy films that I will want to lend to family or friends, but if they don't have a BR Player then that's no good. If there's a DVD in the package, then they can watch that instead. (It's...
I see TVShowsOnDVD now has a post about the missing 3D glasses. Apparently orders were higher than expected, they had to do a second pressing, and they weren't able to get enough glasses in time, but Warners say they are trying to find a solution. I just hope the solution allows for overseas...
There is some discusion that the 3D episode is only available in a Limited Edition version (see www.chuckpodcast.com/important-only-limited-edition-dvdblu-ray-have-3d-episode/), rather than all first printing copies. (I've personally received confirmation from one reliable person that was...
Feature Films Watched in 2010
First-Time Viewings are in Bold
Ratings :emoji_thumbsup: or :thumbsdown:
(And dates are in the format dd/mm/yy - I'm a New Zealander, that's how we format dates here)
04/01/2010 - North By Northwest /img/vbsmilies/htf/thumbsup.gif
05/01/2010 - War of the...
I really enjoyed it, and thought that (other than the number of huge action scenes and big explosions) it was surprisingly faithful to the books. The one thing I was disappointed by was the decision to have Sherlock meet Mary for the first time, since in the books Watson met Mary when she was...
Personally I love the fact that they're considering doing this. Here in New Zealand, quite often we'll have a particular title (both new releases and catalogue) released on DVD, with the Blu-Ray coming out a couple of months later. Which annoys me because it means people who might actually...
They do, sort of. The borders are generally static within a single scene, but they do change at each scene change. The borders are coloured in a way that is generally harmonious with the colouring of the entire scene. There was one point I noticed where the borders changed mid-scene - when...
Looks like individual releases are coming. Raiders of the Lost Ark Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade But the box set does have an extra fifth disc with tracks from the three films that wouldn't fit on the individual discs, plus interviews with John...
I was talking about television programs that were shot in PAL countries at 25fps. I understand that American HDTV and BD players often don't allow for 25fps. What this means is that some television shows shot in 25fps (I know Torchwood is one) were converted to 30fps for the BD, so that they can...
Above 480i, there is still 576i, which is PAL. But above 576i there is no PAL or NTSC anymore. And Yay for losing the PAL speed-up. It normally didn't bother me, but every now and then there would be a film where I knew the soundtrack really well, and then the change in pitch would really...
Now I'm not a comics person (I don't know that I'd even heard of Iron Man before the film) so I could be entirely wrong, but I think I heard something about Nick Fury being changed a few years ago - before the film - to become a Samuel L Jackson type. Is that correct?
Thanks for that. I was thinking of a lot of stories that he might be interested in doing. Noah's Ark never occured to me - especially since, for all the spectacle potential in the story, there's not a lot of story. I'm even more curious about the project, and hope he gets a chance to do it...