Jack Briggs
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Oh, Chris, you're being a little harsh there. Widescreen Review and The Perfect Vision are seriously edifying reads. WSR is almost a magazine "of, for, and by" the home-theater enthusiast, while TPV melds home theater-related reviews and articles with serious writing about film; no other publication in the field comes close to TPV in that regard.
What truly irked me about Mike Woods's dismissal of the Internet "home theater forums" is that he blithely overlooked the fact that this "home theater forum" has, among its membership, numerous professionals in the world of Hollywood and the studio system, home-theater installation and calibration, film restorers such as Robert A. Harris, and so much more. In addition, this "Internet home theater forum" has played a direct role in influencing the studios to commit certain titles to DVD (Zardoz, Say Anything, etc.).
As a result, Mr. Wood is oblivious to how offensive his comments were--and how offbase he was. Not nice.
And I agree: Home Theater magazine simply hasn't been as good (nowhere near as good, in fact) since the departure of Brent Butterworth.
What truly irked me about Mike Woods's dismissal of the Internet "home theater forums" is that he blithely overlooked the fact that this "home theater forum" has, among its membership, numerous professionals in the world of Hollywood and the studio system, home-theater installation and calibration, film restorers such as Robert A. Harris, and so much more. In addition, this "Internet home theater forum" has played a direct role in influencing the studios to commit certain titles to DVD (Zardoz, Say Anything, etc.).
As a result, Mr. Wood is oblivious to how offensive his comments were--and how offbase he was. Not nice.
And I agree: Home Theater magazine simply hasn't been as good (nowhere near as good, in fact) since the departure of Brent Butterworth.