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I don't think you can look at replacing Brosnan as a mistake, if only because it's inevitable. It Has to happen, it's like saying dieing is a bad choice. As far as them doing it with this particular film, I think it makes sense at this point. This film will be a departure from the previous...

I haven't seen the show in quite some time Jaime, were the musical numbers created specifically for the show? If so then there would be no licensing issues. I don't recall muscial guests and you mentioned that the cast performed them. However even if they weren't original songs, as long as the...

I get most of my game news from IGN. It was just the info Microsoft put out, probably via press release. Here is a link to an article from May, during E3 that talks about it... http://xbox.ign.com/articles/613/613155p1.html This question has been asked a lot. Your existing account will...

Yes, it will be a "Gold" account, which is just the term used to describe the full, Paid subscription.

Yeah, they addressed it when the news first came out, thats why I mentioned it. In effect they went out of their way to not say it was coming or not coming. I didn't mean it hadn't come up at all. The point is that these two games are Squares big upcoming titles. It would be extremely bad...

Well I keep up with the game industry pretty well, but only in the areas that interest me. I've never been big on traditional RPG's, so I don't know the current release dates for the FFXII or Kingdom Hearts 2, although I believe them to be releatively soon. What I do know is that the deal...

Some might say an efficient company is one that makes the most amount of money out of each of their films. That is their sole interest. Did you not think the original DVD was a Top-notch release? If you didn't you shouldn't have bought it, and if you did then there isn't any reason for you to...

Considering the partnership Microsoft now has with Square, there is no reason to believe these titles won't be released for the 360 as well.

Yes, your existing account will carry over to the 360.

Yeah, I find the studio thing difficult to understand as well. If you don't have an extremely huge library it wouldn't be that big of a deal, but how does studio sorting help anyone find a movie? Although it does work in the case of Disney, but thats arguably because they only make one genre of...

Not a fair comparison as Battlefield Earth has a "cult" following! Hahahahahahaa...I crack myself up.:D

Wow, that second shot is awful. I don't mind the loss in the first shot as much because the overall look is appealing, but in the second one you can't even see the gate anymore. There was a short scene with slimer where in the new one everything around him is green, not so in the old one. There...

Sadly, the studios aren't in a habit of giving us explanations. The trailer section from the originals had trailers for non related films, promotional stuff. I'd guess it was easier to just remove the whole section then get rid of individual trailers, create new menu's, etc. It gives them some...

While I'm not entirely sure what you're saying, film can have much more hidden picture information than video. The example I brought up is entirely possible, but I do personally agree we should still see the detail. It's still just a minor fault though.

E.T. was beat out as the top box office grosser by Jurassic Park I believe. If you were refering to the legs of E.T., you can't really compare the two, as E.T. came out when home video was just starting, and wasn't released on VHS for quite some time. That would have a profound effect on the...

13th Warrior was an adaption of Michael Crichton's book "Eaters of the Dead." The book was influenced by Beowulf though.

I'd have liked some good extras too. Way back on page 3 or 4 of this thread there is an excerpt of an interview with Reitman done back in May about DVD commentaries. He mentions recording new ones for both of the GB's. And there was talk about a year and a half ago of a 20'th anniversary set...

I've gone to great lengths to see Ghostbusters on the big screen three times Mark. I've seen two old prints of it, that were purely for fun. And I've had the chance to see a newly mastered print that I was looking forward to for technical reasons. It still wasn't that good. For a current print...

Here's a page of some more screen comparisons that really show the improvements of the new transfer. It also disproves the "they just turned up the brightness" argument, as many shots sport deeper blacks than before. Even with the heavy compression of the jpegs you can make out a tone of added...

Yeah Matt, I noticed the grain and dirt too, it was distracting. But it's a result of the improved clarity, the grain and dirt was just as present in the previous release, it was just harder to notice because the picture was so soft. Also interesting is that now the colors of the grey uniforms...

You know I never realized this before. I was going to mention the the whole political sub plot of the film stems from one of the all time great penguin stories from the comics. They even did a couple of episodes on it in the old Batman TV show. But it just now occured to me that Batman Returns...

Well I personally find the aesthetic values of it the best of any Batman Movie to date. I loved the design of Gotham with its blanket of snow. The cowl never looked as good as the sculpt used in returns. The rooftops, such a staple for Batman, never more perfectly realized as they were in that...

Mark, I'm not sure what you think Ghostbusters was meant to look like, but its suppose to look the way it does on the new release. In fact yesterday on a morning show interview with Harold Ramis and Ivan Reitman, the director revealed that he was actually allowed to participate in the creation...

That isn't really a head start, as it won't affect the actual launch of the Blu-Ray format. It could be seen as an advantage, but most would agree that Blu-ray already has a much larger advantage over HD-DVD to begin with.

Hey Jocob McCraw, I know exactly what you mean about Ebert being moody. It seems like he gets worse with it every year. I tend to agree with his sensablities a lot too, and the thing I always liked about his reviews is that he watches just the movie, with out any outside influences. Which is why...

Yeah, the late Lorenzo Music was the orignal voice of Peter Venkman in The Real Ghostbusters, as well as the voice of Garfield in Garfield and Friends. Interesting to note that Bill Murray, the original Venkman, went on to voice the cinematic Garfield.

Personally I never thought of it as an argument at all.

I never said it was 99% objective and 1% subjective John, it was only a hypothetical situtation, that actually favoured your view. Thanks for paying attention.

Yeah, the new transfer is way better in technical merits. I like it, but the down side is that with the improved clarity; film grain, dirt and scratches, and some of the FX limitations of the time are very apparent. I hope Sony will take the time to fix the print up for the Blu Ray release, just...

Sorry Joe, didn't meant to ignore you. This thread has just become something I didn't really intend. Its not a bad discussion, just one that can be tedious when typing. I'd love to be able to converse with everyone in person about it. My original point was just that film is no different from...