Best movie you've seen
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Not really a
No thanks, I'll pass on Humpedback Mountain...
Mercutio
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"Serenity" is the #1 selling item on Amazon.com right now. Ahead of Revenge of the Sith, March of the Penguins and The Wedding Crashers.
Firefly, the boxed set of the TV show that leads up to Serenity, is the #3 selling item.
Firefly, the boxed set of the TV show that leads up to Serenity, is the #3 selling item.
Pradeep
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LiamC said:
Upcoming Blu-Ray region codes:
Region 1: North America, South America, East Asia except for China (India, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia etc.)
Region 2: Europe and Africa
Region 3: China, Russia and other countries
I'm trying to figure out where Australia is in that. Probably thrown in with the Commies
Pradeep said:Upcoming Blu-Ray region codes:
Region 1: North America, South America, East Asia except for China (India, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia etc.)
Region 2: Europe and Africa
Region 3: China, Russia and other countries
I'm trying to figure out where Australia is in that. Probably thrown in with the Commies
Nah, the idiots who thought up the regions think we're in Europe, just below Deustchland and just above Italia :x
mubs
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I thought the industry had promised to scrap this "region-code" shit with the next format. Now it's Deja-Vu all over again??
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LiamC said:Nah, the idiots who thought up the regions think we're in Europe, just below Deustchland and just above Italia :x
Maybe they're trying to revive the good ol' days of the Australian-Hungarian empire or something. :lol:
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I've watched Firefly, and Serenity. Good stuff, and addicting.
Went to see King Kong last night, and it was very sad. Wish they'd make a version where the gorilla wins, and they sail into the sunset, and live happily ever after, killing natives, or something. :wink: :wink:
I thought they did an excellent job of portraying what would be the incredible speed, and power of a silverback gorilla, at that size. It's sort of hard for small people to realize that something that big, could be as fast as it is.
The bugs were a bit much. Not a kids movie...
gs
PS bought Sincity, and watched it many times. Rourke is fantastic, Willis good, and Rosario Dawson is probably why I watch it so much...
Batman Begins was good, as well.
Went to see King Kong last night, and it was very sad. Wish they'd make a version where the gorilla wins, and they sail into the sunset, and live happily ever after, killing natives, or something. :wink: :wink:
I thought they did an excellent job of portraying what would be the incredible speed, and power of a silverback gorilla, at that size. It's sort of hard for small people to realize that something that big, could be as fast as it is.
The bugs were a bit much. Not a kids movie...
gs
PS bought Sincity, and watched it many times. Rourke is fantastic, Willis good, and Rosario Dawson is probably why I watch it so much...
Batman Begins was good, as well.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
In the video game version of Kong it's possible to get a trip back to Skull Island. Pretty impressive game - Peter Jackson oversaw production after being unhappy with the way the various Lord of the Rings games came out.
The Firefly box set is $20 at Walmart through this weekend. I seriously urge everyone to buy it.
The Firefly box set is $20 at Walmart through this weekend. I seriously urge everyone to buy it.
mubs
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I understand Serenity is available for $15 as well. I went to my local Wally Mart this afternoon expressly to buy Firefly & Serenity. "We don't carry 'em in this store".
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Walmart is also the Hillbillyest place on earth.
Well, except the White House.
Isn't there another WalMart like two miles past the first one? There are four or five within a 10-mile radius of my apartment...
Well, except the White House.
Isn't there another WalMart like two miles past the first one? There are four or five within a 10-mile radius of my apartment...
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
Amazingly enough, the closest Wal-Mart to me is 10.5 miles away. And I live in a very dense population area.
mubs
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Friday the wife & I saw LOTR - Fellowship for the first time - we must be the last ones in the galaxy to see it. Wifey picked up a collectors extended edition set of the three movies at Costco months ago, and we saw the first one just now.
It was 208 minutes!
Two Towers is 223 minutes.
Return of the King is 250 minutes.
Looks like this Jackson guy rambles on and on. In all fairness, I should wait till I see #2 and #3 before passing judgement. #1 was a bit slow, and I was wishing for a button on the remote that could do intelligent dynamic editing.
It was 208 minutes!
Two Towers is 223 minutes.
Return of the King is 250 minutes.
Looks like this Jackson guy rambles on and on. In all fairness, I should wait till I see #2 and #3 before passing judgement. #1 was a bit slow, and I was wishing for a button on the remote that could do intelligent dynamic editing.
mubs
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Come on over, then!
Thanks for the offer but I think it'd take me a while to get there. Let's see ... 3000 miles, divided by 4mph ... 750 ... figure 8 hours a day ... hmm ... I think it'd take me about 94 days of walking to reach the west coast. That seems a stretch somehow.
Speaking of movies, I was going to post somewhere here and ask for help with DVD region coding. It looks as though I'm not going to have to worry about it because I'm using Linux. But the details are still a bit hazy to me, so I guess I won't be sure for a while yet. I'm still waiting for the first DVD to arrive.
I purchased a Region 2 movie from Sweden (sorry JoJo, couldn't find it in Finland), and a Region 4 movie from New Zealand (sorry all, couldn't find it in Australia). And of course, here in Virginia I'm working with a Region 1 DVD drive.
If you're reading this, JoJo, any clues as to where I can find a DVD of the RAID series (such a good name given this forum!), or the movie? The catch is that I'd need to find a copy with English subtitles. My Finnish isn't so great. Any suggestions?
Speaking of movies, I was going to post somewhere here and ask for help with DVD region coding. It looks as though I'm not going to have to worry about it because I'm using Linux. But the details are still a bit hazy to me, so I guess I won't be sure for a while yet. I'm still waiting for the first DVD to arrive.
I purchased a Region 2 movie from Sweden (sorry JoJo, couldn't find it in Finland), and a Region 4 movie from New Zealand (sorry all, couldn't find it in Australia). And of course, here in Virginia I'm working with a Region 1 DVD drive.
If you're reading this, JoJo, any clues as to where I can find a DVD of the RAID series (such a good name given this forum!), or the movie? The catch is that I'd need to find a copy with English subtitles. My Finnish isn't so great.
Any suggestions?
mubs
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Region checks work in 2 places simultaneously: the hardware (drive) and software (the player). To defeat it, you'll need to "fix" both areas.
I'm a Linux noobie, but I'll assume that the player you have doesn't care about regions.
You fix the hw by installing firmware that defeats the region check. Best place I've found is this page in CDFreaks Forums; navigate to the brand/model you have. Then figure out just which version of the hacked FW to use. It took me a while to figure this last one out.
I'm a Linux noobie, but I'll assume that the player you have doesn't care about regions.
You fix the hw by installing firmware that defeats the region check. Best place I've found is this page in CDFreaks Forums; navigate to the brand/model you have. Then figure out just which version of the hacked FW to use. It took me a while to figure this last one out.
Ok, well, if I were to claim to be an expert on this topic, it would only be after having spent an hour or so reading about it this morning. Here's my best guess at the situation:
RPC1 drives:
1. The player software asks the drive for the data on the disc, and the keys required to decrypt it.
2. The drive hands over the data and the decryption keys, without caring one bit about what type of disc it's currently chewing on.
3. The player software decides whether or not to start decrypting the content and displaying it, based on whether the region of the disc matches the region of the drive (or possibly of the software itself -- I'm not sure) or not. This, of course, assumes that the player software is playing by the book (pun intended).
RPC2 drives, using "standard" playback software:
1. The player software asks the drive for the data on the disc, and the keys required to decrypt it.
2. The drive says, "here's the data, but you're not going to get the decryption keys, because I'm a Region 1 device, and the disc I'm currently chewing on is Region 4."
3. The player software gives up and dies a lonely death.
RPC2 drives, using liberated software, e.g. the kind that's easy to find on Linux systems:
1. The player software asks the drive for the data on the disc, and the keys required to decrypt it.
2. The drive says, "here's the data, but you're not going to get the decryption keys, because I'm a Region 1 device, and the disc I'm currently chewing on is Region 4."
3. The player software says, "I don't care, you jerk. I'm forceably decrypting the data you're passing along to me, so you can keep your stupid decryption keys."
Here's my best guess at the situation:RPC1 drives:
1. The player software asks the drive for the data on the disc, and the keys required to decrypt it.
2. The drive hands over the data and the decryption keys, without caring one bit about what type of disc it's currently chewing on.
3. The player software decides whether or not to start decrypting the content and displaying it, based on whether the region of the disc matches the region of the drive (or possibly of the software itself -- I'm not sure) or not. This, of course, assumes that the player software is playing by the book (pun intended).
RPC2 drives, using "standard" playback software:
1. The player software asks the drive for the data on the disc, and the keys required to decrypt it.
2. The drive says, "here's the data, but you're not going to get the decryption keys, because I'm a Region 1 device, and the disc I'm currently chewing on is Region 4."
3. The player software gives up and dies a lonely death.
RPC2 drives, using liberated software, e.g. the kind that's easy to find on Linux systems:
1. The player software asks the drive for the data on the disc, and the keys required to decrypt it.
2. The drive says, "here's the data, but you're not going to get the decryption keys, because I'm a Region 1 device, and the disc I'm currently chewing on is Region 4."
3. The player software says, "I don't care, you jerk. I'm forceably decrypting the data you're passing along to me, so you can keep your stupid decryption keys."
mubs
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Mubs said:
Checked 5 stores that are in a 10 mile radius. Not one has them. :evil:Mercutio said:
mubs
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i,
AFAIK, the first step is the player. If the player is set to Rgn 1 and the disc is some other Rgn, you have a problem. If the player is set to no region, you may or may not have a problem with the sw.
AFAIK, the first step is the player. If the player is set to Rgn 1 and the disc is some other Rgn, you have a problem. If the player is set to no region, you may or may not have a problem with the sw.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Get a region free drive. Run the disc(s) through a DVD ripper. Remake in your own image. The end.
Supposedly, Vista will not allow DVD playback on drives that're hacked to be region-free, which I understand will screw over lots of anime fans (boo-hoo) and european-types.
Supposedly, Vista will not allow DVD playback on drives that're hacked to be region-free, which I understand will screw over lots of anime fans (boo-hoo) and european-types.
e_dawg
Storage Freak
Saw Munich over the holidays.... thought it was an awesome movie. Intense and gripping from start to finish. Wow.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
Did anyone else think Wedding Crashers was way overrated? I barely laughed throughout the entire 2 hours.
Kinsey was well worth my time, highly recommended.
Kinsey was well worth my time, highly recommended.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Wedding Crashers was funny for about the first half hour, downhill from there. Fortunately, there were enough boobies and miscellaneous hot young starlets to make up for it. I thought it was funny the first time I saw it, but it was less so on repeated viewings.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
Maybe I was just in a foul mood when I watched it. Or maybe it just sucked.
I thought Lord of War was pretty entertaining. Just about the perfect role for Nicolas Cage.
I thought Lord of War was pretty entertaining. Just about the perfect role for Nicolas Cage.
Mercutio
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CougTek
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e_dawg
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timwhit said:
I thought Wedding Crashers was hillarious. Not a good movie critically speaking, but I was thoroughly entertained for a couple hours on my flight to England. It helped make the 9 hour flight bearable.
time
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Oxygen deprivation will do that to you.
e_dawg said:
Wanted to see Munich last Tuesday, but time, kids et. al. all conspired against me. Went to see Memoirs of a Geisha instead. I liked it, except for the ending that just didn't fel somehow. My wife (who'd read the book) hated it, because the movie did not do the book justice, and guess what, the ending had changed, being a much happier ending. Then I saw (some of) the crew behind it:
Steven Spielberg (which explained the accessability) producer
Rob Marshall "Chicago" glitz the dance scenes are hypnotic
John Williams score
Sol
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I was surprised at how good 40 year old virgin was as well but later I realised why. I expected the plot to be really bad, and it was actually as bad as I expected. What I hadn't expected was for the plot to have virtualy no importance to the movie. It was all about the dialog and that was pretty good.
paugie
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serenity
Hi, Mercutio
Curious about your recommendation, I downloaded 3 comics of Serenity 3 or 4 months ago. And just got to watch the movie yesterday. Really good stuff. I am a convert. I liked it a lot better than all the StarWars.
I even think River's 2 battle scenes are better than Zhang Zhi Yi's battles in Crouching Tiger.
Know if there's a sequel in the works?
BTW, my son is asking, were the comics based on the movie or did they cast the movie based on the comics characters?
Hi, Mercutio
Curious about your recommendation, I downloaded 3 comics of Serenity 3 or 4 months ago. And just got to watch the movie yesterday. Really good stuff. I am a convert. I liked it a lot better than all the StarWars.
I even think River's 2 battle scenes are better than Zhang Zhi Yi's battles in Crouching Tiger.
Know if there's a sequel in the works?
BTW, my son is asking, were the comics based on the movie or did they cast the movie based on the comics characters?
Sol
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The movie serenity was based on the series Firefly, the comics were written to fill in the gaps between the two.
The series was axed before the end of the first season because it was pretty expensive to produce and Fox aired it at bad times and actually swapped arround the order of most of the episodes to the point that the whole thing made very little sense.
When I first downloaded the series it took quite a few hours of searching online to actually sort all the episodes into the order that they were intended to air. It was so bad (Not the series but Foxes treatment of it) that Fox actually aired the 2 hour pilot as episodes 14 and 15 and ditched one episode entirely.
It seems unlikely that the series will ever be picked up again at this point but a sequel to the movie is aparently a future posibility, although one is not being worked on currently.
If you want more now though you should pick up the boxed set of the series Firefly, it's every bit as good as the movie.
The series was axed before the end of the first season because it was pretty expensive to produce and Fox aired it at bad times and actually swapped arround the order of most of the episodes to the point that the whole thing made very little sense.
When I first downloaded the series it took quite a few hours of searching online to actually sort all the episodes into the order that they were intended to air. It was so bad (Not the series but Foxes treatment of it) that Fox actually aired the 2 hour pilot as episodes 14 and 15 and ditched one episode entirely.
It seems unlikely that the series will ever be picked up again at this point but a sequel to the movie is aparently a future posibility, although one is not being worked on currently.
If you want more now though you should pick up the boxed set of the series Firefly, it's every bit as good as the movie.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Behold: The wisdom of the ages!
Peter Gibbons: What would you do if you had a million dollars?
Lawrence: I'll tell you what I'd do, man, two chicks at the same time, man.
Peter Gibbons: That's it? If you had a million dollars, you'd do two chicks at the same time?
Lawrence: Damn straight. I always wanted to do that, man. And I think if I had a million dollars I could hook that up, cause chicks dig a dude with money.
Peter Gibbons: Well, not all chicks.
Lawrence: Well the kind of chicks that'd double up on a dude like me do.
Peter Gibbons: Good point.
Lawrence: Well what about you now? what would you do?
Peter Gibbons: Besides two chicks at the same time?
Lawrence: Well yeah.
Peter Gibbons: Nothing.
Lawrence: Nothing, huh?
Peter Gibbons: I'd relax, I would sit on my ass all day, I would do nothing.
Lawrence: Well you don't need a million dollars to do nothing, man. Just take a look at my cousin, he's broke, don't do shit.
Peter Gibbons: What would you do if you had a million dollars?
Lawrence: I'll tell you what I'd do, man, two chicks at the same time, man.
Peter Gibbons: That's it? If you had a million dollars, you'd do two chicks at the same time?
Lawrence: Damn straight. I always wanted to do that, man. And I think if I had a million dollars I could hook that up, cause chicks dig a dude with money.
Peter Gibbons: Well, not all chicks.
Lawrence: Well the kind of chicks that'd double up on a dude like me do.
Peter Gibbons: Good point.
Lawrence: Well what about you now? what would you do?
Peter Gibbons: Besides two chicks at the same time?
Lawrence: Well yeah.
Peter Gibbons: Nothing.
Lawrence: Nothing, huh?
Peter Gibbons: I'd relax, I would sit on my ass all day, I would do nothing.
Lawrence: Well you don't need a million dollars to do nothing, man. Just take a look at my cousin, he's broke, don't do shit.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Sol said:
There is a short, 3-issue comic series that takes place between the TV Shows and the movies. It explains what happens to the guys with the blue gloves and how Book got on that planet, among other things. There is no other Serenity-based material anywhere.
Serenity the movie is in the black due to overwhelming DVD sales. It was VERY poorly marketed by the studio and released at a bad time. Joss Whedon, the creator, writer and walking divinity has said that other projects set in that environment are unlikely, but made for TV movies are a possibility.
Fox owns the TV rights to the show and pretty much won't do anything with it or let anyone ELSE do anything with it.
Whedon's fortunes for future projects more or less hinge on how well his "Wonder Woman" project performs. Personally, I can't see how Wonder Woman could be anything other than the dumbest movie ever made, but Mr. Whedon has a habit of turning convention on its ear.
The other two candidates for best thing that has ever been filmed - and I am including any and every porno I can think of when I say that - "Angel" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (the TV version) - are also Joss Whedon products, and I strongly urge you to hunt them down.