Posts by Shane Dodson

You know HD-DVD is dead when--after a long drought in which there are no new releases--the only title to be released this week is... "Disco Pigs." There is nothing further I can possibly add at this point. Regards, - S.D.

Thanks for the reply. I called the local Samsung technician...who is out of the office until next week. So...gotta live with the nice ugly crack until then. Lesson learned? ALWAYS strap that Wii controller to your hand! ...

To make a short story even shorter, my son accidently threw our Wii controller into the screen of my new Samsung HL56A650 (less than a month old). He wasn't wearing the wrist strap...and BAM! Anyhoo...there is a small crack in the...

The Spidey Trilogy for me, and... At LONG last...Columbia is doing RIGHT by the Three Stooges and releasing volumes of shorts in SEQUENTIAL ORDER. I will DEFINATELY be picking up this first set and I encourage every Stooge fan...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ronald Epstein Guys, Not being familiar with the Stooges shorts, do these years represent the best stuff they have done? Ron... I'm of the opinion that just about everything...

Just in case anybody is interested... This month, HBO is showing ATTACK OF THE CLONES in HD in it's original 2.35:1 aspect ratio. Needless to say, the HD picture is spectacular. Fire up your DVRs. Regards, - Shane D.

Quote: Originally Posted by John H Ross That's a fine argument except that these editions are described as "ultimate". And if they're not exactly right - for whatever reason - they're hardly ultimate are they? If this is...

I'm not sure if this has been covered here yet (my apologies if it has)...but this new LICENCE TO KILL release is the "uncut" edition. It appears as though the film was resubmitted to the MPAA and STILL got a PG-13 (the DVD case...

I just sampled LICENCE TO KILL, THUNDERBALL, and DIE ANOTHER DAY from this new DVD set, and I have to say...these new transfers are a revelation. LICENCE especially benefits from the new Lowry clean-up. The previous DVD edition...

Quote: Originally Posted by PeterTHX Grainy: Ratner (forced to?) apparently shot the film Super35 (all of his other films have been anamorphic Panavision). Actually, Ratner's last film--AFTER THE SUNSET--was...