here's to hoping they come out with another one that's just as badass.
speaking of movies, i can't really think of too many that i'm looking forward to... any other big ones coming out soon? you'd think so with all the holidays coming up... hmmm.
p.s. hottest maneaters...
...quite how this abomination slipped through Universal's quality control department remains a mystery, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if people have been fired over this disaster. Gladiator is one of their premium catalogue titles and they've made a complete and utter mess of it. It appears they've used the old transfer from 2000 and run it through a grain scrubber (half-a-dozen times by the looks of it), thus eliminating all fine detail. Of course, it wouldn't be the first Blu-ray title to have excessive DNR applied, but scrubbed to the point it actually removes parts of the film? I believe that IS a first. Arrows and fireballs that magically disappear and then re-appear? I know the Romans were a rum bunch but I'm pretty sure they didn't have cloaking technology back in the day.
Just as Sony did with The Fifth Element, Universal need to do a new high-definition transfer and issue a recall notice as a matter of urgency...and for those unlucky folks who've already coughed-up their hard earned, an exchange programme needs to be implemented at Universal's expense.
As an aside, the Braveheart transfer is nothing short of stunning!
talk about being disappointed... what the hell? sounds like it's basically the DVD master copied onto a blu-ray disk, and then shipped off... in short, a total ripoff.... part of me is still tempted to stop by Best Buy and buy a copy anyways, just to see it for myself since sometimes people tend to exaggerate a bit on this kind of stuff -- then again, sure seems like a lot of people think it's shit... what a shame.
anywho, a buddy of mine managed to score some of those coveted preview tickets and will be going to a theater here in D.C. to see the 16 minutes of footage... lucky f0cker.
i'm sure i'll hear all about it come monday morning, though... i'll just have to wait for it to come out in december, which should work out nicely since it's around the holidays and all.
he didn't want to drop a lot of spoilers or anything, but pretty much said that the movie totally kicked ass and that it's quite possibly one of his favorite movies of all time....... no shit... man, that's some high praise indeed!
he also said that after watching the movie, it pretty much made stuff like Star Trek look like a cartoon or something... now i was a little on the fence about this one earlier, but after hearing and reading some of the early reviews, and watching the latest trailer for it i'm sold.
yup, i'll definitely have to go see this up on the big screen now.
even though it looks cool, being shot in that "documentary" style and all, the whole premise of the movie kind of elludes me... maybe i'm missing something, but the idea that silly looking insectoid aliens arrived on our planet 30 years ago and have been stuck here seems a bit off... and why the fuck would these aliens be living in a south african shanty town, when they obviously have more advanced technology than us as seen by that floating spaceship.
i dunno, maybe i'm just being too critical... or something.
first time seeing this trailer today, and was surprised to see Jeff Bridges in it... man, he's all over the place of late.
p.s. here's the original Tron trailer from 1982
on a sidenote, i just placed an order with amazon for The Watchmen on blu-ray, and can't wait to chill out and watch it on the 60"... should be pretty tasty, man. heh.
Early this past summer, around the time Hollywood's 2007 blockbusters were set to make their debut on the big screen, movie junkies could find a film that might, at first glance, have been confused with the box office hit "Transformers." Set in a dystopian future that looks suspiciously like an abandoned parking lot, "Transmorphers" tells the story of a war between humans and an evil race of extraterrestrial machines. Unlike its namesake, "Transmorphers" has no recognizable actors, no merchandising tie-ins and a garbled sound mix. Also unlike "Transformers," it has cheap special effects and a subplot involving lesbians. In short, though "Transmorphers" features the occasional shape-shifting robot, it bears little resemblance to Michael Bay's big-screen phenomenon.Yet "Transmorphers" had its own kind of success, earning back its meager production costs in less than three months. Created by a company called the Asylum, "Transmorphers" was only the latest in a string of cheaply made straight-to-DVD "mockbusters." In 2006, the Asylum released "The Da Vinci Treasure" and "Snakes on a Train" on DVD just as "The Da Vinci Code" and "Snakes on a Plane" were hitting theaters. Those films, Asylum says, turned a profit, too. At a time when digital cameras, computer editing and online video enable D.I.Y. auteurs to compete with B-movie studios, the Asylum has nonetheless become a self-sustaining success story.
i gotta get me some of these on DVD, man.
i read that it was getting some bad reviews, but i just ignored it... since i tend to be one of those people that are easily amused and entertained... hot chicks, fighting robots, awesome effects, and great sound? oh hell yeah.
speaking of which, the sound quality in this one is amazing... i can't wait to get this on blu-ray and watch it at home, man.
p.s. megan fox was looking damn tasty... holy. shit.
movie wasn't too bad or anything, but i bought it just for those jessica biel scenes, man.
