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Official HTF AWARDS 2008 Discussion Thread

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2/16/09 at 4:18am
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This is the official discussion thread concerning the results of this
year's HTF AWARDS.

You can find the winning results by clicking here

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2/16/09 at 7:13am
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Re: Official HTF AWARDS 2008 Discussion Thread

Warner is the big winner again this year and rightfully so. How the West Was Won is definitely deserving of all it's recognition. Congrats to all!

DVD & Blu-ray - It's all about the movies!
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2/16/09 at 10:45am
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Re: Official HTF AWARDS 2008 Discussion Thread

The Godfather tied with Wall-E is such a great sight. Wall-E is perfection of state-of-the-art all-digital, The Godfather is perfection of state-of-the-art restoration of analog film.

I said it before, but "worst" is a bit strong for Fox, but their pricing scheme, handling of supplements, and poor transfers do reflect badly when other studios are doing the opposite. I was able to buy the completely packed The Adventures of Robin Hood for just $14 - amazing transfer, all the SD extras, and the three cartoons upgraded to 1080p. Why should Rocky cost twice as much, but only have the movie?

Also glad to see Touch of Evil get the SDVD award. Universal's handling of B&W is near perfection in the last few years. I've suggested ToE as a Criterion license-out, then Universal tops them. I don't even think Criterion would have provided commentaries for all three cuts.

Looks like I finally need to pick up How the West Was Won, now that I've gone through the first wave of BluRays I picked up.

Tell The Weinstein Company to release Richard Williams' animated masterpiece The Thief and the Cobbler on DVD in Panavision widescreen and uncut! See and hear what you're missing from their Bitsy Award winner of Worst Standard Edition DVD of 2006 on YouTube!
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2/16/09 at 1:57pm
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OK, this is EDweird!

Less than 100 people voted for "Best DVD"!?!?!?
WTF!
It's common too have more than 200 on the SD DVD movie forum & more than 100 on the HDM forum at one time! What's up with that?!?!
(when I just checked, there were 200+ on HDM, 200+ on SD movies, & 200+ on SD TV)
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I thought there was a "Best BD Studio"?
(my vote was Disney)
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Glad "HtWWW" 'swept' the awards.
Here was my 'vote' for "HtWWW":
Epic Movie
Epic Cinematography
Epic Book Packaging
Epic Story
Epic Actors
Epic Score
Epic Two disc release
Epic Lossless soundtrack
Epic OAR (2.89:1)
Epic Special feature "Cinerama" (smilebox) framing
(Epic Price for me too: 20 bucks EX+ used)
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Luv the Stooges; butt second best DVD of '08?!?!!
"Why you numskulls!!!"
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Thanks for letting a few of us (not your fault; you even extended the voting)
voice our opinions.
And for me spouting my "none-sense"!

Movies are: "The Greatest Artform".
HD should be for EVERYONE!

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2/23/09 at 5:52pm
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Re: Official HTF AWARDS 2008 Discussion Thread

Congrats to WHV for their well deserved victory! Congrats also to the winning titles.

I am also a bit surprised at the low vote totals. Participation at the forum does seem to be down (reflecting DVD sales as a whole), but I would think a "Best Studio" winner would have gotten more than 35 votes.
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2/23/09 at 7:29pm
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Re: Official HTF AWARDS 2008 Discussion Thread

I voted for it as Worst DVD but I do think that The Fugitive: Season Two- Volume One deserves an asterik in the record books since Paramount announced a mail-in program for discs (that restores some of the music) right after the awards were posted.
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3/3/09 at 6:03am
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Re: Official HTF AWARDS 2008 Discussion Thread

I can't argue with the Touch of Evil win but I think a huge ommission from the Best DVD catagory was the Budd Boetticher box set. I think this was a far bigger release than How the West was Won, which is a cool disc for the bells and whistles but I've always found it a pretty lousy film. Just one man's opinion...
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5/3/09 at 2:04pm
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Re: Official HTF AWARDS 2008 Discussion Thread

Being brand new to this forum, I have no idea how many active posters you have on board. If only c.100 participated, I wonder if it's a fair sample.

Cherchez la Femme!

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