Picked this up for $15.99 at Hastings today. Holy crap, Universal put some genuine effort into this! It has all the deleted/TV scenes, and the deleted ending (in 4:3, which I assume were the best quality versions they could find), and they even have subtitles. Terror In The Aisles is the full...
Steve's screenshots give a good indication of when this disc works, but the screenshots you have seen of the crappier scenes are also accurate. Watched this tonight. The shots that have looked awful in every previous incarnation of Predator on home video look the worst here - like degaussed...
At this point I'm just thankful to still have the TV/Animation chats. The TV on DVD market has been tapped dry - it was already getting drained thoroughly before the economy really tanked, and now it is just about gone save for the really popular stuff. If you're bag is older and/or more...
I was excited when I saw the empty shelf for this waiting to be stocked at Wal-Mart Monday night, but the DVD Beaver review has me a lot less excited, so I too am curious to hear comments on the transfer. It's a shame if it is bad, I would have gladly paid $20 for a decent BD of this film.
Mike, I haven't heard any news of The Deer Hunter or The Elephant Man hitting BD this week, or this fall for that matter. Nothing would make me happier (especially The Deer Hunter), but so far as I know neither have been announced.
Word is that Universal mastered Gladiator (they own the overseas distribution rights) while Paramount mastered Braveheart, and one looks great while the other looks not so much.
Mike - I've got your Roots set (30th Anniversary, 4 discs). Shoot me a PM and I'll arrange shipment.
If *anybody* sees that Looney Tunes Golden Collection, I'd gladly pay $20 plus shipping for it. I'd love to introduce my little girl to them.
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Got this in the mail around the first of the month. The transfer is still pretty flat like the domestic release, but the TrueHD track is a BIG improvement over the vanilla 640k Dolby Digital track on the domestic version.
6 may very well be my favorite, even inching a little above II. A near perfect theatrical send-off for the original crew (something the Next Gen crew was never afforded and now never will thanks to Berman and Braga running it into the ground), a fun story, and Christopher Plumber doing some of...
Picked it up for $65 at Best Buy Friday night, and glad I did. Yes, the transfers sans II have been overly processed, but strangely they still tend to have a lot more detail and sharpness than some of the worst DNR offenders I have seen (such as Dark City). It's almost like some strange new...
The Bits is reporting these as BD/DVD combos. Does that mean two separate discs, or have they found a way to do something along the lines of the old HD-DVD/DVD combos?
Pre-ordered this last night - just under $25 shipped to the States from Amazon. Gonna pick up Terminator and the Skynet Edition next month during the Deep Discount sale.
Saw one copy of the set and a few copies of the trilogy at the local Wal-Mart, but nothing at the local Hastings. Methinks this set was pushing a tight deadline on the replication line. Kind of a shame - I wonder if they had waited to release this until the fall (to coincide with the new...
I decided to cancel my order this morning, and put 2,4, and 6 in my Netflix queue. I'm still excited to see them in Blu, but I can rent while waiting for the Director's Edition set that will likely see massively improved transfers. Lord knows I will likely cave on this later in the summer if a...
Ron, your recommendation on this TV was right on the money. I ended up going for the 46" instead of the originally planned 42", and it's probably the best investment in my home theater I've ever made. The first night I hooked it up, I popped on one of the IMAX scenes from The Dark Knight...
Got its 46" little brother back in February when I got my tax refund. You will not regret this purchase for a second. From blu-ray to DVD to satellite to gaming, it has had my jaw on the floor since the night I installed it.
The Avengers book was a great little done-in-one story, with killer art by Jim Cheung. Blackest Night #1 was also very good, but isn't the nice, accessible to comics outsiders comic that Avengers is.
I'm sticking with them for three reasons: A) Both Netflix and Blockbuster have distribution centers in KC, MO, which is an hour and a half up the road. I get my movies from Netflix in 24 hours, and vice versa. During my Blockbuster trial, it took anywhere from 2-3 days, and i believe once...
Someone on the Chud boards pointed this out - I won't delve into spoiler territory, but there is a reason a certain picture in a certain trailer home mentions a verse from the book of Ezekiel - read through that book and you will find tons of spoilers for this movie, as well as some filling in...
Don't let Nicolas Cage's name on the marquee scare you away, this is the director of The Crow and Dark City (which if you have not seen the Director's Cut, you need to do so) given free reign, and it is amazing, assuming you accept a revelation about 2/3 of the way in. The ambition here is...
Punisher: War Zone abandons all pretense of being serious, and is just gonzo gore and violence and black humor. Any roundup info for the Paramore: The Final Riot blu-ray being released to coincide with Twilight on the 21st?
My tax refund should be here within a week, perhaps two. At that time it will finally be time to retire my 1080i 32" Panny tube. I have narrowed my choices down to two options: Panasonic TH46PZ85U 46" Plasma (1080p, 30,000:1 Contrast) Philips 47PFL7403D/27 47" LCD *Refurbished* (1080p, 120...
With tax refund time coming, and our financials in good shape, I am finally about to jump into the flat panel arena. My friend Des, who has two LCDs in his home and one plasma, has told me plasma is the way to go hands down, and the more I read about this unit, the more I start thinking he is...
Great to hear this title looks good, especially the re-inserted scenes. The previous DVD release was one of the worst PQ wise I ever saw, especially the analog noise riddled, sub LD quality re-inserted scenes, so I'm glad to hear they've done this film justice.
Penton is a mixed bag. He can be helpful, and he can be a hindrance. Whereas guys like Bill Hunt and Max have no problem calling a spade a spade (which is saying something for Max, since he works for a company actually invovled with the BDA), I have never once heard Penton level or acknowledge...