Author Topic: TVC is trying to stop me from buying LXG Bluray. You Try - (Read 5278 times)

MrAngryFace · « **on:** January 25, 2008, 05:07:18 PM »

Show me a bluray to get instead that I may not have considered.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #1 on:** January 25, 2008, 05:10:47 PM »

The Host
The Lives of Others
Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise
Weeds season one
Weeds season two

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #2 on:** January 25, 2008, 05:11:48 PM »

Quote from: distantmantra on January 25, 2008, 05:10:47 PM

The Host
The Lives of Others
Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise
Weeds season one
Weeds season two

Host - Didnt like it that much

Lives of Others - Dont like dramas that much

Royal Space Force - ehhhh

Weeds - im still not sold on this series enough to buy it on hi def.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #3 on:** January 25, 2008, 05:12:36 PM »

What's LXG?

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #4 on:** January 25, 2008, 05:12:42 PM »

Quote from: Phil Ken Sebben on January 25, 2008, 05:11:48 PM

Weeds - im still not sold on this series enough to buy it on hi def.

It's really cheap. You can get an entire season for less than LXG.

abrader · « **Reply #5 on:** January 25, 2008, 05:12:55 PM »

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #6 on:** January 25, 2008, 05:13:16 PM »

:/

maybe

INTUNEevolution · « **Reply #7 on:** January 25, 2008, 05:13:39 PM »

LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN NOOB!!!!

abrader · « **Reply #8 on:** January 25, 2008, 05:14:16 PM »

oh - iv never seen it.

Vizzys · « **Reply #9 on:** January 25, 2008, 05:14:44 PM »

ownedz
its funny in a bad way

INTUNEevolution · « **Reply #10 on:** January 25, 2008, 05:15:50 PM »

It's kind of fun in that mixture of classic storybook characters sort of way.

TVC15 · « **Reply #11 on:** January 25, 2008, 05:20:18 PM »

The Aviator has Kate Beckinsale in it! You have purchased WORSE movies out of love of Kate.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #12 on:** January 25, 2008, 05:28:10 PM »

How about Meet the Robinsons? Although it's not quite up to Pixar standards, it's still pretty good.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #13 on:** January 25, 2008, 05:44:06 PM »

the aviator is a good choice

i need to get zodiac on blu-ray

abrader · « **Reply #14 on:** January 25, 2008, 05:44:36 PM »

Aviator is a primo choice.

TVC15 · « **Reply #15 on:** January 25, 2008, 05:45:21 PM »

Quote from: Professor Prole on January 25, 2008, 05:44:06 PM

the aviator is a good choice

i need to get zodiac on blu-ray

Zodiac is HD-DVD only, bwahahahahahahhahah. I win, as like one of the 3 people on this forum that owns Superior Format.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #16 on:** January 25, 2008, 05:47:29 PM »

fucking hell.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #17 on:** January 25, 2008, 05:54:04 PM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on January 25, 2008, 05:45:21 PM

Quote from: Professor Prole on January 25, 2008, 05:44:06 PM
the aviator is a good choice

i need to get zodiac on blu-ray

Zodiac is HD-DVD only, bwahahahahahahhahah. I win, as like one of the 3 people on this forum that owns Superior Format.

The Look and Sound of Perfect^tm

TVC15 · « **Reply #18 on:** January 25, 2008, 05:54:51 PM »

Quote from: Smooth Groove on January 25, 2008, 05:54:04 PM

Quote from: TVC 15 on January 25, 2008, 05:45:21 PM
Quote from: Professor Prole on January 25, 2008, 05:44:06 PM
the aviator is a good choice

i need to get zodiac on blu-ray

Zodiac is HD-DVD only, bwahahahahahahhahah. I win, as like one of the 3 people on this forum that owns Superior Format.

The Look and Sound of Perfect^tm

Tell me about it. Blu-Shit is merely beyond high definition. Why settle for less than perfect?

demi · « **Reply #19 on:** January 25, 2008, 06:12:00 PM »

LOST Series 3

brawndolicious · « **Reply #20 on:** January 25, 2008, 06:21:39 PM »

Have you watched The Shooter? It's a decent enough action flick that would look really good in HD.

Vizzys · « **Reply #21 on:** January 25, 2008, 06:22:28 PM »

shooter is indeed a fun/dumb movie

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #22 on:** January 25, 2008, 06:34:46 PM »

Aviator! Kate! OMG

TVC15 · « **Reply #23 on:** January 25, 2008, 06:36:04 PM »

Aviator also has pretty great special features. One of the few discs where I consumed all the content.

It also has fuck awesome visuals and cinematogrphy. You will say WOW at least a few times.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #24 on:** January 25, 2008, 06:41:37 PM »

Kate Mara>Kate Beckinsale.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #25 on:** January 25, 2008, 06:43:02 PM »

Quote from: am nintenho on January 25, 2008, 06:41:37 PM

Kate Mara>Kate Beckinsale.

weren't you banned from discussing movies

Robo · « **Reply #26 on:** January 25, 2008, 06:43:31 PM »

The Shooter isn't a bad suggestion, actually. It's a fun action flick and I bet it looks hot sex in HD. I think you'd like it.

Mupepe · « **Reply #27 on:** January 25, 2008, 06:57:30 PM »

Quote from: demi on January 25, 2008, 06:12:00 PM

LOST Series 3

bud · « **Reply #28 on:** January 25, 2008, 07:09:24 PM »

why would someone even consider buying l.x.g.

buy... THE ROCK zomg. speaking of it, why does it have a criterion release?

Quote

The Criterion Collection is a privately held company that distributes authoritative consumer versions of "important classic and contemporary films,"

tvc?

bud · « **Reply #29 on:** January 25, 2008, 07:17:37 PM »

i see. thanks!

brawndolicious · « **Reply #30 on:** January 25, 2008, 07:36:08 PM »

OH Yeah, Kate Mara has dark nipples!

TVC15 · « **Reply #31 on:** January 25, 2008, 07:41:32 PM »

Good news: He didn't buy LXG. He was going to buy the Aviator, but they were out. His next instinct was to look for LXG. Which was also sold out.

The bad news: On the way out, I saw a cheap copy of

I could not justify buying it for anything but the special features, since I already own the movie in HD. The HD-DVD though, has some coloring problems, and this DVD version uses the same transfer as the HD-DVD release, except the colors aren't crap. And in true Criterion fashion, it has FUCK AWESOME special features:

Audio Commentary by Producer/Actor Kirk Douglas, Actor Peter Ustinov, Novelist Howard Fast, Producer Edward Lewis, Restoration Expert Robert A. Harris, and Designer Saul Bass
Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo's scene-by-scene analysis
Additional Alex North score compositions
Restoration demonstration
Disc Two:
Rare deleted scenes
Vintage newsreel footage
1960 promotional interviews with Jean Simmons and Peter Ustinov
1992 video interview with Peter Ustinov
Behind-the-scenes "gladitorial school" footage
The 1960 documentary The Hollywood Ten, plus archival documents about the blacklist
Original storyboards by Saul Bass
Hundreds of production stills, lobby cards, posters, print ads, and a comic book
Sketches by director Stanley Kubrick

Commentary from Kirk Douglass, Howard Fast (who wrote the novel the movie is based on), and a scene by scene commentary by Dalton Trumbo? COMMIES COMMIES EVERYWHERE!

BONER ACADEMY. Anyway, MAF bought me the Spartacus that I had difficulty justifying. But in return, I must buy him. . .

spoiler (click to show/hide)

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Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #32 on:** January 25, 2008, 07:48:55 PM »

so it will show up on YOUR card?!

TVC15 · « **Reply #33 on:** January 25, 2008, 07:50:02 PM »

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #34 on:** January 25, 2008, 08:12:33 PM »

I kinda want THE ROCK Criterion. The case is badass.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #35 on:** January 25, 2008, 08:14:03 PM »

AND THEY ALL LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER

TVC15 · « **Reply #36 on:** January 25, 2008, 08:16:59 PM »

I don't understand how I could be so straight and masculine yet own two copies of Spartacus. I think that maybe imagining Laurence Olivier and Tony Curtis having sweaty mansex is like testing my heterosexuality, and since I always come out of those thoughts perfectly straight and normal, the test only strengthens my firm, firm heterosexuality.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #37 on:** January 25, 2008, 08:21:16 PM »

I'm a typical horny straight male and I like Spartacus. It's so much better than Gladiator. I want to punch people in the face whenever they talk about how Gladiator was like nothing they've seen before.

I haven't gotten Spartacus in HD yet. Is it on both formats?

TVC15 · « **Reply #38 on:** January 25, 2008, 08:43:22 PM »

Quote from: Smooth Groove on January 25, 2008, 08:21:16 PM

I'm a typical horny straight male and I like Spartacus. It's so much better than Gladiator. I want to punch people in the face whenever they talk about how Gladiator was like nothing they've seen before.

I haven't gotten Spartacus in HD yet. Is it on both formats?

HD-DVD only

If it's any consolation, the picture on the Criterion DVD is supposed to look nearly identical. They both come from the same transfer (from 1991--ancient), and they fucked with the colors in the BAD way on the HD-DVD version. The HD-DVD version also has NO EXTRAS on it. At all.

It's the only HD Kubrick release not on both formats

But it's not a very good release, so no biggie.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #39 on:** January 25, 2008, 08:59:50 PM »

Quote from: Smooth Groove on January 25, 2008, 08:21:16 PM

I'm a typical horny straight male and I like Spartacus. It's so much better than Gladiator. I want to punch people in the face whenever they talk about how Gladiator was like nothing they've seen before.

I saw Gladiator in theaters when I was 13. It was beyond awesome.

I still haven't seen Spartacus. $:-\$

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #40 on:** January 25, 2008, 09:07:06 PM »

Spartacus>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Gladiator

And I like Gladiator

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #41 on:** January 25, 2008, 09:11:40 PM »

I have seen 2 movies from before 1965. And I saw them back-to-back.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #42 on:** January 25, 2008, 09:16:52 PM »

I love old movies. In fact three of my TOP 5 films of all time were made before 1960.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #43 on:** January 25, 2008, 09:24:45 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on January 25, 2008, 09:16:52 PM

I love old movies. In fact three of my TOP 5 films of all time were made before 1960.

Good for you.

Beezy · « **Reply #44 on:** January 25, 2008, 11:01:37 PM »

Quote from: distantmantra on January 25, 2008, 09:24:45 PM

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on January 25, 2008, 09:16:52 PM
I love old movies. In fact three of my TOP 5 films of all time were made before 1960.

Good for you.

Ichirou · « **Reply #45 on:** January 25, 2008, 11:32:05 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on January 25, 2008, 09:16:52 PM

I love old movies. In fact three of my TOP 5 films of all time were made before 1960.

Give us the list (and the ratings) again.

Eric P · « **Reply #46 on:** January 25, 2008, 11:36:26 PM »

i really dislike gladiator for a number of reasons.

TVC15 · « **Reply #47 on:** January 25, 2008, 11:41:06 PM »

Quote from: Eric P on January 25, 2008, 11:36:26 PM

i really dislike gladiator for a number of reasons.

I haven't seen it since it came out in. I enjoyed it walking out of the theatre, but it was just enjoyment. It was an entertaining movie, that's it. It looked nice, but the dialogue and the long dreamy shots indicated that the movie aspired to be heavier than it ended up being. So I liked it. It was worth the cost of admission. I would probably buy it in HD.

The resentment came when it won awards. WTF?

Of the nominees for that year, I would probably say that Traffic was the best picture, although I am not particularly a lover of that (why get the movie when you can see the superior British miniseries?).

Eric P · « **Reply #48 on:** January 26, 2008, 12:05:45 AM »

the effects were bad (the pan overs of rome? ugh)

it trying to downplay violence as spectacle by...errr...using violence as spectacle,

it thought it was more than it was (pretense!)

the acting was sketchy as was the casting

the score was good, russel crowe did a pretty good interpretation of russel crowe, and it was never boring

but really it makes me sad that people will watch that and think they have an idea of spectacle while never ever watching El Cid, or even a Cecil B. Demile film, much less Ben Hur or Spartacus.

TVC15 · « **Reply #49 on:** January 26, 2008, 12:15:45 AM »

You see, I saw a clip of it or something on a Best Buy monitor or something fairly recently, and the first thing I thought was "man, CG dates really quickly." I remembered that movie looking at least passable, if not downright impressive, when it came out. But now, not so much.

I can forgive Ridley because both Black Hawk Down and Kingdom of Heaven are pretty damned great.

Eric P · « **Reply #50 on:** January 26, 2008, 12:21:00 AM »

i'll agree with you on black hawk down didn't see kingdom of heaven (it's in my queue. director's cut and what not), but I haven't seen gladiator since it came out and i just remember shaking my head throughout the whole thing.

TVC15 · « **Reply #51 on:** January 26, 2008, 12:23:54 AM »

Unrelated, but since MAF shared his embarassing desire to purchase LXG and I shared the embarassing fact that I must purchase LXG, I will take this time to say that Steve McQueen was pretty damned attractive.

Note to people that do not know anything that happened before like 2000 (ie. the people clueless about John Romero): Steve McQueen is NOT the chick in this picture.

Eric P · « **Reply #52 on:** January 26, 2008, 12:25:05 AM »

i love bullit

absolutely love it.

TVC15 · « **Reply #53 on:** January 26, 2008, 12:34:52 AM »

And this pic of Jane Fonda is pretty hot

INTUNEevolution · « **Reply #54 on:** January 26, 2008, 01:09:03 AM »

One two three Four

Get yo booty on the dance floor

Watch it, work it pretty mama

Let me see you do the Jane fonda

~Mickey Avalon

Enl · « **Reply #55 on:** January 26, 2008, 03:22:00 AM »

If you don't have them already:

Evil Dead 2
Dawn of the Dead (original)
Robocop
2001

Watching old films in Blu-Ray is like watching them for the first time all over again (the transfer on 2001 is sick).

Bloodwake · « **Reply #56 on:** January 26, 2008, 08:44:35 PM »

Seriously, the Lives of Others is worth buying.

Nothing is worth purchasing LXG. NOTHING.

News:

Author Topic: TVC is trying to stop me from buying LXG Bluray. You Try - (Read 5278 times)