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Good points, Lou. Before he turns Vader in AOTC, Anakin is shown doing some clearly evil things. Why do we care that Vader is redeemed in ROTJ when the moral difficulties started much earlier than that? To me, with the way AOTC is written, Anakin turning into Vader isn't some tragic fall of a...

Cameron, I agree with your assessment of the Mary Stewart books. Very cool how Merlin's character is presented, which really could work well in a motion picture. I thought the Crystal Cave was fantastic.

I burn right through them. I guess there's something about the pacing of TV shows that allows me to sit through hours at a time. With movies, my limit is usually 1 at a time.

I hope the movie is better than the novellization of the screenplay I picked up in the airport. That thing was dreadful.

I agree, I can't stand him. Top Gun as a race car driver, Top Gun as a bartender, Top Gun as a samurai warrior, Top Gun as a sports agent, Top Gun as a motivational speaker. I generally pass on his movies if he's in them, with the latest exception being Minority Report only because I'm a huge...

La Femme Nikita (Seasons 3-5). Hopefully there won't be a year-long wait like there was for season 2.

No-one seems to actually work.

Changing Lanes offended me for (among other reasons) its utterly ridiculous mischaracterization of the legal system for the sake of an attempted suspenseful plot.

As a kid I had a book on the history of the federation, with diagrams of the Star Trek galaxy and various spaceships at different points in time. It was written as a timeline from the early 1980's (space shuttle) through past TOS. There was some great stuff in there. The Civil War could...

Two more articles: http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/504/504698p1.html http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/504/504184p1.html Notable quotes: "Story's hiring may be another indication that Fox and Marvel are intent on making Fantastic Four a comedy." "The trade paper also confirms...

Does John Cleese's "preparation" of the schoolroom in Meaning of Life count? :D

Excellent read and a great job.

Haven't seen the movie, but my guess is that would be Veronica's veil. The Shroud of Turin is (allegedly) Jesus' burial cloth.

Next up, Jurassic Park.

Here is the inteview with Jackson regarding the Corsairs, and the EE: http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/2...8/5770608s.htm

There's also nothing to say that the Eagle carrying the Ring would've decided to keep it for himself, given the Ring's power.

I'm glad someone posted this, my system did the same thing. Front sound sounded really muffled on special effects, I kept wanting to turn up the treble on action scenes. Dialog, however, was spot on. Maybe it had something to do with the heavy LFE throughout the movie. I've never had this...

One of things I've admired about PJ's treatment of the films is a very sparse use of flashbacks, which will have even bigger payoffs when these films are viewed together. For example, the beginning of TTT doesn't bother with a synopsis of the prior film but throws you right into the fire. If...

Head werewolf.

Kevin Spacey would have been interesting in that role. Maybe George Clooney could've pulled it off?

If this movie is even mentioned with those two, I'm sold.

Interesting, I'll have to check an old bottle of Pinch I aquired from my grandfather's estate.

This looks really, really bad. Did the Knights of the Round Table have to look like a 90's teen pop group? At least worth a rental for Kiera Knightly, I guess. :frowning:

In FOTR, I took Saruman’s statement that the Nazgul were scouring the countryside “disguised as riders in black” to hunt for the ring to explain this. By the time we see the Fell Beasts (in Two Towers), this disguise is no longer necessary. Ben, you beat me to it.

If you're not going to use the SACD/DVD-A functions of the 2200, then you are probably better off with a DVI-capable DVD player.

Personally, I wouldn't buy a used projector (assuming we're talking digital here, not CRT). With bulbs being so expensive, I'd opt for a new one in my price range. You can get a decent PJ for not much more than $800 (Dell, for instance, was running a sale on the InFocus X1 for close to your...

I asked this question awhile ago and didn't get a response. I guess we could always build our own: http://home.c2i.net/ahustvedt/lens.html

I started off with an HTPC configuration a few years ago, then switched houses, which caused my screen size to go from 100" to 85". I decided to abandon the HTPC on an LCD projector. The benefits just aren't there right now with the reduced screen size, my wife couldn't use the thing at all, and...