It's not dead, but Disney hasn't been releasing 3-D movies on Blu Ray in states for a while, not even a hugely popular thing like Frozen.
They didn't even bother with any 3-D theatrical engagements of Lucasfilm's Strange Magic as far as I can tell. And some scenes in the movie were clearly intended for the format.
Marvel thankfully does it own thing with regards to Blu Ray.
Oh! That's hilarious! And local pickup only too. (Sucks if you don't live in Sao Paulo.) And 17 people watching the auction!
My latest find sadly pales in comparison...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Star-Wars-Kenner-POTF2-Prototype-Muftak-Wax-Sculpt-with-No-Head/201280787243
DrCrowTStarwars said:
I am not saying it is wrong to enjoy the show or it was badly made, I am just saying that it could be silly.
I enjoy both it and lost in space but you have to admit when your show's premise is that the moon went flying out of orbit and now acts like a spaceship that never runs out of shuttles you are going to have a hard time getting scripts that are not silly.
I am not saying he is completely blameless but in both cases there were other things going wrong with the shows and he had to cope with reduced budgets, so I don't think he is some show wrecking monster who was a complete idiot and hated sci-fi as he is often painted.
I think he was most likely someone who was given a huge job and just wasn't up to the challenge. Sad but I don't think it makes him a bad person or a hack.
At least his bad stuff was the fun and campy kind of bad instead of the boring and depressing kind of bad.
You're getting it mixed up with Star Trek Voyager. ;)
Seriously though. The nuclear waste dump blew up, and it was strongly implied throughout the first season some unknown force was behind the Moon's trajectory.
http://catacombs.space1999.net/press/vxmuf.html
And Moonbase Alpha had a lot of Eagles and the means to repair/replace them.
I enjoy Lost In Space, but the talking carrot episode takes the cake. It was a more serious show in it's first season.
DrCrowTStarwars said:
FanFiltration said:
DuracellEnergizer said:
The more I read about Roddenberry, the less I like about him, both as a creator/showrunner and as a person.
I think I had mentioned that I met that man a few times, and he swore like a sailor. He truly enjoyed the adulation of his sycophants. I was not impressed.
You know I have met some sailors who never swear. I think in this day and age the phrase should be replaced with saying that someone "Swears like a comedy internet critic" :)
My Dad was a sailor, and he swore a lot. ;)
DrCrowTStarwars said:
To 100% fair in both cases Fred did face a reduced budget and was given less time to make episodes. Also Space 1999 was pretty silly from the get go.
That's a matter of opinion. The first season was played pretty straight.
It still has a worldwide fanbase to this day, and conventions are still held. There was a convention held in Burbank in 2012, and I could kick myself for missing it.
He was in the Air Force in WWII. All former military guys swear to some extent. ;)
I don't see the point in piling on Gene. He's been dead for almost 25 years now. All the behind the scenes shenanigans are well known. Harlan Ellison has been bitching about it since at least 1970.
Fred Frieberger probably had the best of intentions, but he managed to sink not one but two cult SF series. His Trek association got him welcomed aboard Space: 1999 in it's second and final year, and the drop in quality was comparable to the third season of TOS. That's a hard thing to live down in the eyes of fans.
The legend goes that Spock's Brain was written as a joke, only Fred thought it would make a good episode.
Well, human-cyborg relations is part of his programming. ;)
This was presumed for decades to be the work of a sly Topps employee airbrushing the image, but is now believed to be part of the costume popping off when the photo was taken.
Works for me. And yes to the recall signal. ;)
You're not stupid. It was pretty seamless, and not everyone knows how these things are pulled off.
You'd be amazed how many people thought Threepio was a real working robot back in 1977. ;)
Didn't I just post that Nein Nubb pic in the "Just died" thread?
I would hate to think this thread is directed at a specific person...
I would take anything said on that forum with a grain of salt. ;)
I thought it was awesome when Nubb turned up on Venture Bros.
DrCrowTStarwars said:
Well that is sad:(
As a kid that little guy was my favorite character in that movie, no joke.
You know what is even more sad, until today I had no idea the character was played by an actor. I always thought he was a puppet like Yoda. No comment on the talent of the actor, just proof that I can get really confused sometimes.
It was a little of both, much like Admiral Ackbar.
IIRC, they shot closeups and inserts at ILM. When Nubb talks or his face moves, it's the puppet.
And yes, I know that's probably the one of the other rebel pilots in those pics, but it's the same puppet.
I think this Fifty Shades thing is a tad overhyped, it's hardly worth fretting over. The movie will probably be the greatest cinematic train wreck since The Room. Bring on the Rifftrax I say! ;)
2013 was the year of "analog sunset".
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/10/analog-sunset-begins-all-the-new-blu-ray-players-will-only-outp/
This "image constraint token" thing is even more diabolical, and somewhat unfair to people with pre HDMI displays.
I think DI's have been the standard in the industry for quite some time now. It would be like going back to optical film printers at this point.
Good news. A properly stored film print is still a better archival medium than a hard drive.
Hopefully, TFA can get some film engagements like Interstellar did.
Older Blu Ray players had analog video outputs, but the MPAA still thinks movies are pirated the old fashioned way, so even component outputs have been phased out.
I wonder how many more years digital converter boxes will still be available for analog tv's?
I do worry that by the time I'm in the market for a new flatscreen, there won't be any analog inputs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifty_Shades_of_Grey
When Salman Rushdie says your book sucks, that's really something. They should have put his quote on the cover. ;)
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/MOAR-3D/topic/17369/
Barring any unforseen leaks, very little of verifiable substance is going to drop before Star Wars Celebration in April. It's going to be quiet on the spoiler front for a while.
darth_ender said:
Why does our society glorify sex? Further, why is the abuse of women so popular that Hollywood has to release a BDSM pornographic movie and rate it only R?
Funny, I thought our society glorified violence, as it's gets more of a pass from the MPAA than sex usually does. Blow people away all you want, but if you show just one penis, it's NC-17 for you! ;)
I thought the fanbase for the book was mostly women? Go fig.
Wow! It's not been as high on my list as SWTJ, since it was on the Blu Ray extras, but that was sourced from a really old analog videotape, as were the SW and ESB docs.
All the previous home video masters have different end credits, for no apparent reason.