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04-26-2004, 12:33 PM
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They can do a 2-pack: the P&S disc of "Annie" with the P&S disc of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang." 
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04-26-2004, 01:09 PM
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That's very funny Matthew. I too hope that Warner ends up buying MGM, rather than Sony. I like Sony Electroincs, but I don't own very many CT discs at all, and I would own a lot more if they would release more of them in widescreen. Here's just a few that come to mind.
Annie Special Anniversary Edition (1982) (2.35:1)
The Karate Kid (1984)
Look Who's Talking Now (1993)
Matilda (1996) (2.35:1)
Masters of Disguise (2.25:1) (R2 DVD)
My Girl (1991) (1.85:1)
My Girl 2 (1994) (1.85:1)
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988) (1.85:1)
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04-26-2004, 02:01 PM
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I could see it now...
standing in front of the shelf at Best Buy and trying to figure out which of the five DVD versions of the Bond film to buy... the regular WS version, or the P/S version, or the superbit with DTS but no extras, or the "speical edition" with loads of extras but no DTS...or the "collectors edition" with different extras and no DTS...
Personally, I think this battle is really about BluRay vs HD-DVD. Sony knows if they can get the Bond films on BluRay, it will go well for promoting the format. Warner no doubt understands the same advantage for their HD-DVD format.
Much like many folks kept putting off buying a DVD player saying "I'll wait until they put Star Wars out on DVD", the Bond films carry a lot of "format-adoptor weight" for many consumers.
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04-26-2004, 02:07 PM
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standing in front of the shelf at Best Buy and trying to figure out which of the five DVD versions of the Bond film to buy... the regular WS version, or the P/S version, or the superbit with DTS but no extras, or the "speical edition" with loads of extras but no DTS...or the "collectors edition" with different extras and no DTS...
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In a sense (with all the MGM releases, re-releases, remasters, and box sets) isn't that what we're already doing now? |
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04-26-2004, 03:06 PM
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I too hope that Warner ends up buying MGM, rather than Sony.
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Can we vote for some other company, preferably one that doesn't already own a film studio? Somehow I doubt either Sony would have MGM or UA operate autonomously for very long before absorbing it, with the end result being one less company making movies.
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04-26-2004, 04:20 PM
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These days, one less company making movies only means less crap. We don't get to vote unless we own stock. I own approximately 7 shares of MGM, and I used to own AOLTW, and if it came to a vote, I would choose Time Warner.
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04-26-2004, 04:42 PM
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True.
My interest is making sure that healthy catalog of classic titles gets the proper treatment on DVD.
Still waiting for a 16x9 OAR Secret of NIHM and still waiting for a decent Black Stallion! (the current disc isn't 16x9 and is truly horrible...loads of EE and no detail and WAAAY too much grain).
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04-27-2004, 04:29 AM
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Hi ya
Just read with interest this very thread and I would go to say that my vote goes to WB for getting even more great back catalogue titles out there
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04-27-2004, 02:30 PM
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Still waiting for a 16x9 OAR Secret of NIHM and still waiting for a decent Black Stallion! (the current disc isn't 16x9 and is truly horrible...loads of EE and no detail and WAAAY too much grain).
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I'm still waiting for a corrected EXORCIST III that includes the actual Dolby Stereo soundtrack and not the over-processed, surround-free version Warner included on their DVD... |
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04-29-2004, 11:54 AM
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I just read Comcast is eyeing to buy MGM.
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04-29-2004, 12:20 PM
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I just read Comcast is eyeing to buy MGM.
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Odd. I gathered that their main interest in Disney was for ESPN, not to own a movie studio. I'm not sure how MGM would fit into their business.
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Transplanted Life: Sci-fi soap opera about a man placed in a new body, updated two or three times a week.
Trading Post Inn - Another gender-bending soap, with different collaborators writing different points of view.
"What? Since when was this an energy ball movie?" - Overheard during a screening of Takashi Miike's Dead Or Alive
"What the hell religion are you people?" - Overheard during the Captain Marvel serial at SF/29
"If I feel even one bullet hit me, I will rip your lungs out through your nostrils!" - Ron Silver as himself, "Heat Vision And Jack"
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04-29-2004, 12:33 PM
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