SubscribeI’ve been watching a lot of Star Wars lately, now that I’ve got my son involved to the point I wish I hadn’t. I’ve gone from a fan of the movies to a scholar of what worked and what didn’t. If I could go back in time, I’d slip Lucas this list of ten things [...]
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Dollar-Short Reviews: The Watchmen
The title was derived from the phrase, “a day late and a dollar short.” Between work and home life, blog life has been a distant memory. But at least now I can share my thoughts on The Watchmen to all of you who have decided not to see it based on the million other thoughts [...]
2008 In Review: These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things
In no particular order:
How I Met Your Mother
Ghost Adventures
Kyle Orton
Electronic Arts
The Blur Reunion
Netflix on the NXE
Hellboy II, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, The Dark Knight – all the great comic book movies this year (in ascending order)
Giant Bomb
Cheap Ass Gamer
Nintendo DS
DRM Free MP3s at Amazon.com
Joss Whedon
Buffy, Firefly, Angel, Army of Darkness – awesome comics based [...]
Close Encounters of the Blu Kind
On Friday, High-Def Digest reported an HD DVD presentation by Universal Studios Japan contained several references to Spielberg films from the Unversal back catalog, fanning the flames the HD holdout would finally throw his hat into the format wars.
On Monday, High-Def Digest reported a Spielberg spokesman refuted these claims, saying the studio used the films [...]
Finally the Words of Reason
What is fast becoming my favorite source for HD news, High-Def Digest has posted a commentary by DVDTalk.com staff reviewer Josh Zyber on the words of war between HD DVD and Blu-ray. It’s nice to hear a level-headed, objective and intelligent commentary (take that, Bill Hunt) on the reality behind all the press releases and [...]
He’s At It Again…
Bill Hunt over at The Digital Bits has posted another one of his Blu-ray pep rallies. As I started to read it I thought his writing was surprisingly unbiased and had a twinkle of journalistic merit to it. I mean, reporting an EMA panel by Universal EVP for Marketing Ken Graffeo and comparing it to [...]
Bourne…Paz…FIGHT!
I can’t recommend The Bourne Ultimatum enough. It is an intelligent, exciting, political action/spy/espionage/thriller that takes the formerly ho-hum multi-genre into a fresh and electric direction. But this isn’t a movie review, unfortunately.
As I was watching the movie, the organization and structure of the story resonated with me in a very unexpected way. Let me [...]
What “Night of the Comet” Taught Me
There’s something far more important going on with the HD format war than anything that ever happened during the DVD generation. It hit me last night as I was watching a HD feed of Night of the Comet on Universal HD. Which made me reflect on my recent viewing of Krull on HDNet. Which reminded [...]
The Most Hated Man on My Blog
Bill Hunt, Editor for The Digital Bits, is at it again; spreading a wealth of misinformation and twisted truths to use his influence and end the HD format war:
And around the Net this morning, if any of you didn’t believe my recent Soapbox take on Microsoft’s real intentions in supporting HD-DVD, the company’s own spokesman [...]
HD-Day
The Hollywood Reporter released week one sales figures for the big HD format showdown, The Matrix on HD-DVD versus Pirates of the Caribbean on Blu-ray. First, the hard numbers:
The PotC movies sold about 47,000 copies combined, while the two Matrix collections sold about 14,000 copies. Looks like a victory for Blu-ray, right? Well, yes and [...]
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- Viva Pinata Valentine’s Day Cards Now Available February 10, 2009
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- @SyfyMovies Sweet! Supergator is the cure for a rainy weekend. Thanks!
- Every once in a while when I resume my iPod, it plays some random song instead of what I was listening to. Today: The Chipmunks.
- Engadget HD podcast on the new TiVo hasn't mentioned the subscription fee as a risk for adoption. Drop that, it'll sell tons.
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