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  1. James D S

    Austin Movie Nights!

    It's a shame these aren't going much anymore. :(
  2. James D S

    Star Wars Guy's HT

    No joke. lol How was that name not already taken? Nice setup, SWG. I'll live the rest of my life regretting I didn't go to Celebration 3.
  3. James D S

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Lady in the Water -- in HD

    Then check out Lady in the Water, as it doesn't have a "twist ending." At least, nothing on the order of The Sixth Sense and the like. I think what hurt this movie movie most is the reputation of the director. If you go in expecting a modern day fairy tale, you might enjoy the time. It has...
  4. James D S

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ The Sting -- in HD

    Well, I guess that's another one I need to go buy. Great review, and I especially liked the history and context you added.
  5. James D S

    Official HTF HD Review: The Mummy Returns

    This movie has Rachel Weisz, wearing a gold bikini, fighting Patricia Valesquez, wearing a gold bikini. I noticed you failed to mention this important piece of information when you were poo-pooing the movie. Considering this, perhaps a 3/5 is more deserving?
  6. James D S

    Official HTF HD Review: Casino (Recommended)

    Great Review, Sam. I've never seen the movie (Don't know why, because Goodfellas is an all-time favorite) but it looks like I may have to pick it up when I'm doing the rounds.
  7. James D S

    Tom's Hardware: HD DVD wins, Blu-Ray loses!

    Sony's root kits, and the fiasco that ensued, had nothing to do with bad luck, just bad judgment. And it's this continued bad judgment that continues to dig Sony's hole deeper.
  8. James D S

    NCAA Football 2007 Season

    He's a junior, so I would assume so. People had him coming out early this year though, but now I imagine he'll hang back if his early draft feelers don't come back with promising news. (However, he's proving to be quite delicate for the position...) ESPN's talking head was hyping the moment...
  9. James D S

    Fox and the Hound... quick comment...

    This is what I get for buying a disc on spec. After the Little Mermaid, I should have been more cautious. Well, the disc is still sealed and will be going back to the store after work. Thanks guys.
  10. James D S

    What makes Fox beholden to Blu-Ray?

    LOL Joseph is steamrolling.
  11. James D S

    HTF HD DVD REVIEW: Batman Begins (VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED).

    Great review Herb! I also couldn't find Batman Begins or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the local Best Buy (Austin). They did have Army of Darkness and Waist Deep, however.
  12. James D S

    "Dog" Chapman arrested

    I wonder if other rapists will look at this story and see that Mexico, and the protections the gov't offers to criminals, is the place to be...
  13. James D S

    NCAA Football 2007 Season

    Is Colorado even Div-1A anymore? And apparently one PAC-10 ref is getting death threats and he's claiming he might not come back after the suspension. He may not even come back next year. Can't say he'll be missed...
  14. James D S

    HT finished...pics

    Paul, Great room! So clean and sleek. If you don't mind, what color did you use for your walls? It's a great compliment to your furniture.
  15. James D S

    NCAA Football 2007 Season

    My conference, Big 12, got shredded this Saturday. UT steamrolled Rice, which is as it should be. Buuuuuut, OU gets "beat" by Oregon (there are a certain few PAC10 officials who need to be given a pink slip), Texas Tech loses to TCU, USC manhandles Nebraska, Baylor gets beat by Washington on...
  16. James D S

    NCAA Football 2007 Season

    That's been the popular sentiment around here (Austin). We probably should have stayed with the run until tOSU proved they could stop it, which they hadn't been able to do all game long. All the unforced errors, like the many dropped balls, didn't help much either. Alas...
  17. James D S

    16-Year-Old Dies From Allergic Reaction

    If I just ate something I'm allegeric to, you better believe I'm rushing to the bathroom and throwing the stuff up. Is that the wrong thing to do? Which is all well and good until you find another psychologist who says, "No, it's just not being careful."
  18. James D S

    NCAA Football 2007 Season

    Surely you mean UT at Rice. :) Hook'em
  19. James D S

    any laserdisc titles still worth owning?

    Is there a website resource with this kind of info consolidated? You guys are mentioning movies that have been changed, but I'd love to read more specifically about what those changes are. Example: Scream uncut? What's been cut? And my version of Bram Stoker's Darcula LD does not have a...
  20. James D S

    DVD Review HTF Mini Review: Brazil (1 disc anamorphic reissue)

    The hits just keep on coming. Thanks Criterion.
  21. James D S

    NCAA Football 2007 Season

    QFT And considering the talent we have on the other side of the ball, McCoy gets to see what a grade A defense can do every practice. Gene Chizik can bring the wrath of God down on McCoy on a regular basis. He'll not face a stiffer defense in any game he plays this year than he does in...
  22. James D S

    DVD Review HTF Review: Seven Samurai (Highly Recommended)

    I'm buying this yesterday!
  23. James D S

    My X-Files dilemma, Agent Scully

    +1 And Scully, as she's written in Season 1 through 7, was one of the best individual characters, in any medium. There's Mercutio then there's Scully. :)
  24. James D S

    Panasonic PT-AE900U or Optoma HD72???

    Flip a coin, bro. You're going to be happy wither way. There is no argument for either the HD72, the AE900U or the Z4 that's going to knock the others out of the water. I'd bet you that whichever you decide, you are going to be pleased with the performance you get for the amount you spent.
  25. James D S

    "Alot": Something the Internet informed me about.

    I hear you about the uniformity, but I also find a certain organic beauty in our written word - oweing a lot to little exceptions to rules like this one. What about "Philip Glass's symphony"? By the rule I favor, it would open up a can of worms. By yours, not so much. Maybe you have...
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    "Alot": Something the Internet informed me about.

    LOL, yes, yes it does. When I wrote that, I was even thinking about going with the capital 'G', but thought against it because I wasn't sure how many would know what might've been just an inside joke between my old rhetoric professor and his class. Alas, I tried to throw the ball before I...
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    "Alot": Something the Internet informed me about.

    There is a bit of debate among institutional grammer nazis on the matter of apostrophes and words ending in 's', but just one look at the train wreck that is "Barry Bonds's steroids" should help you decide which solution is best. :) If you do a quick search around the net you'll notice plenty...
  28. James D S

    "Alot": Something the Internet informed me about.

    Spending all that time thinking others were misinformed for using the phrase "deja vu all over again." Does that qualify as "ironic?" I'm often troubled by simple things that have no concrete rules. For instance, in the first sentence of this post I wrote a sentence fragment. But spoken, no...
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