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  1. Jon Mahoney

    Sick and Tired about Pan & Scan

    Why? I love OAR but why limit people's choices? It's not hurting people who love OAR to have a full screen alternative. A lot of people still have smaller TVs in a lot of rooms and don't want "black bars". I don't agree with them, but then again I have a 42" Plasma HD. I have family friends...
  2. Jon Mahoney

    *** Official THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM Discussion Thread

    From what Damon has said, I really don't think there will be a 4th one, at least not a 4th one with him in it. He was asked on Thursday on The Daily Show if he'd consider doing a 4th and pretty much mocked it saying something along the lines of "If we didn't a 4th we'd have to call it "The...
  3. Jon Mahoney

    *** Official THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM Discussion Thread

    I don't think it really did. In the other two movies and earlier in this one he had the "You look tired" line, "She's standing right next to you" in Supremacy, and I think 1 or two others, I'd have to rewatch them again. I am still split on what to think about shaky cam. It's definitely done...
  4. Jon Mahoney

    *** Official THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM Discussion Thread

    Huge spoilers ahead: At first I assumed it was a formal relationship but more I think about it, I don't think it was, just a crush/admiration from Nikki. The theater exploded at the scene "I'm in my office" "I don't think you are", "Why is that?" "Cause we'd be having this conversation...
  5. Jon Mahoney

    *** Official THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM Review Thread

    As a huge fan of the 1st two movies I just got home from the final one. After having huge expectations for this movie, it completely lived up to all of it and even surpassed expectations. Realistic, great special effects and a great story made this movie probably the best I've seen this year...
  6. Jon Mahoney

    Rocky Balboa recap (SPOILERS)

    That part immediately reminded me of the 3rd Gatti/Ward fight where Gatti broke his hand early on and fought through it. He broke it really early on and the fight carried on similar to the Rocky fight.
  7. Jon Mahoney

    Rocky Balboa recap (SPOILERS)

    I agree with everything said here so far. What a great surprise, a great ending to Rocky. Him yelling at the kid when he came to the restaurant to yell at him was great. I'm hoping there's about a 2 1/2 hour cut of this movie. The story line with her son was completely dropped after they got...
  8. Jon Mahoney

    Is anyone else amazed by the level of realism in special effects?...

    After numerous disagreements and agreements, I just have to note one of my favorite non-CGI effects in recent films is the train crash in "The Fugitive" (aside from Ford's face shot in it) where they actually crashed the train and the shots looked fantastic. "Kingdom of Heaven" DE also uses...
  9. Jon Mahoney

    Is anyone else amazed by the level of realism in special effects?...

    I'm impressed with many of the special effects, however I'm not overly impressed how they're used a lot of the time. Some scenes look horrible in movies like King Kong, LotR and the Star Wars Prequels. They are so bad they detract from the movie and take me out of the world they're attempting to...
  10. Jon Mahoney

    Is anyone else amazed by the level of realism in special effects?...

    I'm not impressed. Some of the effects in Star Wars (Prequels) and LoTR look so bad I'm amazed anyone can take them seriously. All the movements of the Jedis in the Prequels don't look remotely real and the one scene with Legolas on the Elephant in RotK is horrible looking. For whatever...
  11. Jon Mahoney

    Jobs sells Pixar to Disney! See Post#34

    According to CNBC the head of Pixar's Animation development will be named head of Disney Animation so it looks like Pixar's taking over.
  12. Jon Mahoney

    DVD Thinpak and other Slim Cases

    I'd personally would recommend www.generetic.org. They have some great customs on there as well as thin-paks which saves a lot of time. If you're really crammed on space, as I am, then one of the best ways I've found to save space besides the 5 DVD cases the size of one normal is to use the...
  13. Jon Mahoney

    DVD Thinpak and other Slim Cases

    I'd personally would recommend www.generetic.org. They have some great customs on there as well as thin-paks which saves a lot of time. If you're really crammed on space, as I am, then one of the best ways I've found to save space besides the 5 DVD cases the size of one normal is to use the...
  14. Jon Mahoney

    DVD Thinpak and other Slim Cases

    Andy, having done 250 of mine, I'd say that 10% have spine issues. What I usually did then was just download custom artwork or a scan and use photoshop to edit it. The newer cases that are the same size as a standard DVD single that hold 5 are a god send.
  15. Jon Mahoney

    Samsung: Horizontal Light Bands Problem

    Its a Comcast HD-DVR hooked into the TV through component. If the DVR is completely unhooked from the TV and the DVD player plugged in it still happens so I don't think it's the coax I've got a new power strip here that I'm going to try and hooked just the TV, DVR into it and see how that goes.
  16. Jon Mahoney

    Samsung: Horizontal Light Bands Problem

    There is only one component input on the TV but its normally hooked up through a component switcher. However, due to the lines I took that off and it still happens whether its hooked up directly from the DVD or HD Box, using different cables. What other sources of interference could it be...
  17. Jon Mahoney

    Samsung: Horizontal Light Bands Problem

    I have a Samsung 32" TXM3297HF HD set that I got three years ago. Recently it's started having a weird issue where sometimes there are horizontal bands going down the screen and they run the full width of the image(about 2" in height). The bands are not distorting the image but are just a bit...
  18. Jon Mahoney

    Gladiator: 3-Disc Extended Edition announced for 6/7/05 !

    I wish they would have gone with the French movie poster instead of that. That cover is too much and over the top. French Poster:
  19. Jon Mahoney

    Ticket sales down 20%...Nothing worth seeing?

    Living in a city makes the movie going experience quite interesting. I've stopped going to movies such as Sin City, (Insert latest Stiller movie here), any type of action movie etc. because the crowds are absolutely horrible. The worst experience I had was a few years ago when Matrix Reloaded...
  20. Jon Mahoney

    *** Official KINGDOM OF HEAVEN Discussion Thread

    Going into this movie I wasn't expecing all that much considering the reviews I've seen refering it to "Kingdom of Bordem" etc. That being said, i really really enjoyed this movie. I did not find any of this movie boring at all and although in some points (the middle) the plot just seemed to...
  21. Jon Mahoney

    DVD Thinpak and other Slim Cases

    Well I did it. Last night I recieved my thin packs and started cutting. I'm so glad that I did it too, the space difference is already huge. I'm now addicted. As for the idea of selling these off in the future, I don't think there's going to be a market for them like there was with VHS...
  22. Jon Mahoney

    Next Vin Diesel Movie - The Pacifier

    If I ever see another Vin movie, it'll be one too many. I really just don't think he's a good actor, it just always seems like he's playing himself. When I see him acting in a movie he's always just "Vin Diesel" and not the character. Maybe it's just me but I'm sick of him.
  23. Jon Mahoney

    *** Official CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS Review Thread

    Honestly, this movie was better than I expected, then again I expected it to be one of the worst 93 minutes of my life. It was obvious and only funny about twice, but I thought it was going to be alot worse. I agree, if you've seen the trailer you're not missing much. But I was expecting a...
  24. Jon Mahoney

    A few words about....Blu-Ray

    As someone who doesn't have a phone line, I'm definitly out on HD-DVD if this is the case. I personally have no need for a phone line and don't want one or the extra cost. Most of the people I know have gotten rid of their phone lines for the simple reason, if you don't have a family and...
  25. Jon Mahoney

    Samsung 27 inch HDTV Yay or Nay?

    I own the 32" model from 2? years ago. I've had absolutely no problems with the set and the picture on it is great. My only complaint is only one component input but I'm getting an A/V switcher for that soon so that wont be a problem. $388 is an outstanding price, I'd go for it.
  26. Jon Mahoney

    DVD Review *** Official HTF REVIEW & Discussion Thread: Star Wars Trilogy, pt. 1

    Well after reading all 200 something pages over the last few months I'm finally going to say something, although it may not be that useful. Hasn't the green on C3PO always been there when he's in the desert in beginning? I always just assumed it was the harsh temperatures weathering his...
  27. Jon Mahoney

    Stopping DVD purchases or upgrading dvd library to High Def.

    There is no way HD-DVD/Blue Ray will go mainstream in the next 5 years. They can't even sell normal people HD-TVs despite almost everyone having access to content, nevermind convince people to pay more/double dip for HD-DVD. My plan as of right now is to keep on buying DVDs then when an HD...
  28. Jon Mahoney

    Should period piece movies be kept true to the era?

    Doesn't U-571 at the end basically say that it was a tribute to those, especially the British, that captured the original Enigma machine?
  29. Jon Mahoney

    DVD Review HTF REVIEW: The Who: Live in Boston

    I was at this show and thought it was great. It was one of the best shows i've been to and was packed with energy. For being 50 odd, atleast, years old they rocked and both of their voices sounded great.
  30. Jon Mahoney

    USA Today - Shawshank To See Limited Re-release!

    I saw this last year here in Boston on the big screen. The problem was though they said they had an extremely hard time finding a good print of the movie, due to the very short run in the theaters, so the transfer was pretty bad. That and the fact that it was 12:15 am when they finally started...
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