I've pretty much hated every John Woo movie I've ever seen, but I thought this short was very entertaining. If you stretched it to 100 minutes, I'd probably feel different. I tried to get rid of the quicktime "skin" using a program called Full Screen Mov viewer. It worked on the last batch...
(It would have been cool if she were crushed by the falling debris.) The product placement in Spider-Man was very blatant. The movie seemed like one long commercial for Dr. Pepper, Cingular and Oscorp.
As of 9/15, Amazon.com has the 4800 for $175.04 shipped. You can also get $10 off with the code MAPBABYTALK2. I'm thinking pretty hard about getting in on this deal myself.
I have a Toshiba 1600, and the MP&tHG disc I bought in March does not exhibit the intermittant subtitle problem.
I think one of the burnt-in "Swedish" subtitles from the opening credits is missing in the new version. This may be what is confusing you.
No offense intended, but this sounds like something Heywood Floyd might say. The "advanced alien race" interpretation is logically sound. But it is far from the only one possible. Viewers should not limit themselves to a solely scientific understanding of the film, which is a work of art...
Australian Doors Show - Stairway to Heaven
Gourds - Gin and Juice
Blues Brothers - Theme From Rawhide
Gipsy Kings - Hotel California
Foo Fighters - Down in the Park
Was going to hold off on this deal, but Criterion Spartacus pushed me over the edge (can't get it through Columbia House). Also picked up Chicken Run, Repo Man, Cast Away and Unbreakable for a little over $10 apiece.