I've seen people reading the newspaper while driving.
The idea of having someone driving while working on a laptop is MUCH more frightening that the ida of someone driving while a passenger dows the same thing.
Plus, everyone knows that when someone in on the computer is dead tot he outside world. Ever try to talk to someone who's surfing the web?
Passengers with laptops would probably be LESS distracting to drivers than passengers WITHOUT laptops.
Also. movie DO have another revenue stream before they come to the home market.
Finding Nemo has mad 700 million worldwide without its record dvd sales.
With CD's that's the only chance for the record company to screw the artist - I mean make money.
Then again, from my perspective, I also have no problem paying 20 bucks for a DVD. But 15 for a CD is way too high.
If by 'recently' you mean three years ago, then yeas, Lucasfilm hasn't released movues until recently.
If Lucas was so keen on pushing DIvx then why didn't he release the OT (Original Trilogy) on divx when standard appeared? Surely a release fo the OT, Indiana Jones and the movies Speilberg controls would have constituted the 'killer apps' for the standard.
Correct?
If Comcast decided that it was in their interest to help out the RIAA, could could turn over requested info on their user's names.
The article seems to be saying only that an ISP can't be FORCED to reveal the information without a court order signed by a judge.
I though Return of the King was over-rated. I liked it, just not as much as FOTR and TTT.
If I had a choice between seeign Matrix Revolutions again on the big screen and sitting through Return of the King, I'd go for the Matrix.
2003 faves:
X-men 2 - 9.5/10 I loved X-1 and I think X-2 was a great expansion of the movie incarnation of the franchise.
Finding Nemo - 9/10
Saw it opening weekend in a digital theater in Orlando. It looked AMAZING. I also loved Ellen DeGeneres' surprisingly touching performance. I'm getting all verplempkt now.:sniff:
Matix Reloaded - 8/10 The Architect scene KILLED the movie. I suppose he was necessary, but I never expected the Big Showdown in Reloaded to give me SAT flashbacks. Ergo, the dialogue was as interminable as it was pontifical, and should have been assiduously avoided.
Matrix Revolutions - 9/10!! OMG, I loved this movie. I don't understand why so many people blew it off. The battle for Zion was much better that anything I expected, and the inevitavle conlcusion (imo) [mostly] worked really well.
Lord of the Rings: Return of the Shakey-Cam - 8/10:-(
Everything in the movie looks great, until the swordfights start. "Quick cuts between scenes with lots of camera shaking is no basis for an onscreen sword fight."
I blame the 2nd or 3rd Unit Director who was probably in charge of that aspect of the production. Also, I knew about the 6 or 7 endings, but I didn't knw that I'd be waiting for about 50 minutes for the film to really kick in to gear.
Elf - 8.5/10 Cuter and less annoying than I expected. it gave me some Chirstmas Spirit.
Bad Santa - 7/10 He was a REALLY bad santa. I mostly like the movie, but some parts were just too crude and gross for me.
Bend it Like Beckham - 9/10
Whale Rider - 8.5/10
Timeline - 7.7/8 (Belive it or not. The production had a LOT of problems and the plot is a bit confused, but for some reason I really enjoyed it)
Least Favorite:
Pirates of the Caribbean - 6.8/10 I didn't HATE it, but it didn't really impress me. I was right there with the flick up until the pirates invaded the port town.
Underworld - 6.5/10. The trailer looked SO amazing (for a Goth-ey Matrix rip off) The movie was pretty impressive for the budget, but it wasn't really as polished as it should have been.
Kill Bill vol. 1 - 4/10
All the Cool Kids love Tarantino. I just think he was sadisticly tortured too many times in school and is now fixated on that. If you thought the Stormtroopers in Star Wars had bad aim, take a look and the crowd of swordsmen throwing their limbs at Uma Thurman.
...if they don't get rid of it all together.
Sure movies are released at different times in different countries. But it's rare that the time difference is more than a year (except for the HK films Miramax buys up).
There's no reason why I shouldn't be able to buy an film like, say.... Two Hands, which was released in Australia years ago, and has been on Cable in the U.S. for over a year, but is only available on DVD in Australia (Region 4) or the UK (Region 2) or other parts of Europe.
The Primary advantage of Region Coding for studios (the ability to release theatrical versions of a movie in different countries spread out over time) disappears once a movie has played everywhere worldwide.
If the individuals and organizations that came up with the whole Region Encoding scheme had made the interests of the consumers a little higher priority, they would have set up the coding to expire.
Sounds like Winamp learned it's lesson well from Quicktime, Windows Media Player and Real Player.
There has been a War being fought on desktops for years over the default applications of multimedia filetypes.
He shoots, he scores!
Why does everyone whine about "PC" at the drop of the hat these days?
I think some people are WAY TOO SENSITIVE when a lack of insensitivity displayed.
I went from the link on the webpage (it's still there) to the company selling the DVD, then I ordered it. Just to support the site. Up yours Disney.
BTW, the DVD is only $11.95!!! Apparently it's mono, though, which sucks.
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I've seen people reading the newspaper while driving. The idea of having someone driving while working on a laptop is MUCH more frightening that the ida of someone driving while a passenger dows the same thing. Plus, everyone knows that when someone in on the computer is dead tot he outside world. Ever try to talk to someone who's surfing the web? Passengers with laptops would probably be LESS distracting to drivers than passengers WITHOUT laptops.
Yeah brother! What we need is a Star Trek Easy Listening release with cheesy music from and inspired by the series.
I think the operative word is 'peculiar'.
Nothing can top Shatner rapping in "Free Enterprise"
Also. movie DO have another revenue stream before they come to the home market. Finding Nemo has mad 700 million worldwide without its record dvd sales. With CD's that's the only chance for the record company to screw the artist - I mean make money. Then again, from my perspective, I also have no problem paying 20 bucks for a DVD. But 15 for a CD is way too high.
If by 'recently' you mean three years ago, then yeas, Lucasfilm hasn't released movues until recently. If Lucas was so keen on pushing DIvx then why didn't he release the OT (Original Trilogy) on divx when standard appeared? Surely a release fo the OT, Indiana Jones and the movies Speilberg controls would have constituted the 'killer apps' for the standard.
They tried to use to assasinate Fidel Castro?
Whatever format I buy, it will turn out to be the betamax format.
Just take a look at your tv screen.
Those annoying network logos that sit on the tv screen constantly, except during commercials are the worst form of info pollution.
Do the nets really think that we won't know what channel we're watching if we don't see a constant reminder of it?
I suppose they see it as 'branding', increasing their profile in the Consumer's psyche, but it's really overkill.
It's one reason I got rid of cable tv last year and rarely watch broadcast tv.
I wouldn't be surprised if they decide to start putting studio logos on DVD's as well.
Beat me to it. I didn't have all the lyrics or anything tho. I think they need rewriting tho.
That was the only part of the trailer I thought was good. I think I was the only one in the theater who laughed out loud when that message came up.
Jar Jar opened hsi mout in the first TPM trailer, You just weren't paying attention.
Is it the same country that uses a name when referring to itself that is actually the name of TWO continents?
wretched hives of scum and villany!
Correct? If Comcast decided that it was in their interest to help out the RIAA, could could turn over requested info on their user's names. The article seems to be saying only that an ISP can't be FORCED to reveal the information without a court order signed by a judge.
I predict many counter-suits against the RIAA.
If I had a choice between seeign Matrix Revolutions again on the big screen and sitting through Return of the King, I'd go for the Matrix.
2003 faves:
X-men 2 - 9.5/10 I loved X-1 and I think X-2 was a great expansion of the movie incarnation of the franchise.
Finding Nemo - 9/10 Saw it opening weekend in a digital theater in Orlando. It looked AMAZING. I also loved Ellen DeGeneres' surprisingly touching performance. I'm getting all verplempkt now. :sniff:
Matix Reloaded - 8/10 The Architect scene KILLED the movie. I suppose he was necessary, but I never expected the Big Showdown in Reloaded to give me SAT flashbacks. Ergo, the dialogue was as interminable as it was pontifical, and should have been assiduously avoided.
Matrix Revolutions - 9/10!! OMG, I loved this movie. I don't understand why so many people blew it off. The battle for Zion was much better that anything I expected, and the inevitavle conlcusion (imo) [mostly] worked really well.
Lord of the Rings: Return of the Shakey-Cam - 8/10 :-(
Everything in the movie looks great, until the swordfights start. "Quick cuts between scenes with lots of camera shaking is no basis for an onscreen sword fight."
I blame the 2nd or 3rd Unit Director who was probably in charge of that aspect of the production. Also, I knew about the 6 or 7 endings, but I didn't knw that I'd be waiting for about 50 minutes for the film to really kick in to gear.
Elf - 8.5/10 Cuter and less annoying than I expected. it gave me some Chirstmas Spirit.
Bad Santa - 7/10
He was a REALLY bad santa. I mostly like the movie, but some parts were just too crude and gross for me.
Bend it Like Beckham - 9/10
Whale Rider - 8.5/10
Timeline - 7.7/8
(Belive it or not. The production had a LOT of problems and the plot is a bit confused, but for some reason I really enjoyed it)
Least Favorite:
Pirates of the Caribbean - 6.8/10
I didn't HATE it, but it didn't really impress me. I was right there with the flick up until the pirates invaded the port town.
Underworld - 6.5/10.
The trailer looked SO amazing (for a Goth-ey Matrix rip off) The movie was pretty impressive for the budget, but it wasn't really as polished as it should have been.
Kill Bill vol. 1 - 4/10
All the Cool Kids love Tarantino. I just think he was sadisticly tortured too many times in school and is now fixated on that. If you thought the Stormtroopers in Star Wars had bad aim, take a look and the crowd of swordsmen throwing their limbs at Uma Thurman.
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Sounds like Winamp learned it's lesson well from Quicktime, Windows Media Player and Real Player. There has been a War being fought on desktops for years over the default applications of multimedia filetypes.
He shoots, he scores! Why does everyone whine about "PC" at the drop of the hat these days? I think some people are WAY TOO SENSITIVE when a lack of insensitivity displayed.
Unfortunately. When can we see a Spiderman movie that shots of swinging through the city that look as good as the 60's cartoon?
I went from the link on the webpage (it's still there) to the company selling the DVD, then I ordered it. Just to support the site. Up yours Disney. BTW, the DVD is only $11.95!!! Apparently it's mono, though, which sucks.
But those Pixar movies are so *cute*! Maybe Jobs will take Pixar out on its own and leave the shadow of the Mouse.
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