SilverWook

Truly the end of an era. Now all we have left are mostly anonymous internet based movie reviewers. I don't think anyone else will ever have his level of recognition or prominence.

I was a regular viewer of Siskel and Ebert's show back in the day. They were almost like an old married couple in their disagreements, but always entertaining to watch.

I also appreciated how they championed Laserdiscs back when a lot of people were probably unaware of the format.

The balcony has truly closed.

If it's him, how is he managing an IP address from the Netherlands?

Got a full frame VTAK LD in the mail. Much to my surprise, the title sequence was letterboxed with purplish bars. I think those "HBO versions" Binder did are going to be harder to find than I thought.

Wish I could find that Youtube comparison video again to learn the source of the recomposed title sequence I saw.

davextreme said:

Two points:

One, digital files are much, much easier to use for kids and for parents of small kids. There's no disc to have to find or get lost, and you'll watch the same thing over and over and over so the convenience really adds up.

 

Two, though I can't substantiate this, I don't think the high school and college kids are spending much on movies (or music) anymore. Where I accumulated tons of DVDs after I got out of college, 20-somethings now are using Netflix mostly and aren't buying physical media much at all. This was once a huge market for entertainment companies that's drying up over time.

People are unwittingly sacrificing the ability to watch something in the future for convenience now. There really isn't anything to stop the studios from yanking something or crippling playback if they really want to.

Those 20 somethings are going to be in for a rude awakening when they want to revisit something later in life, and they find it's not available anymore.

Sojourn said:

I suppose that could be seen as an advantage of digital downloads -- you can always redownload the content onto another device if one gets damaged (iPhone thrown in the lake by your baby? Download it again on your iPad and keep watching!). 

And pay for it again. ;)

Bingowings said:

It's possible there was more Star Trek OS merchandise before the 1979 film than merchandise for the 2009 one.

There was. Take it from someone who was there. ;)

skyjedi2005 said:

Easytiger said:

In 1977 it was the story of a kid with hopes of adventure dashing off to save a princess with a sarcastic pilot and a furry alien. That can never be repeated. The sincerity, the naivety, the lack of pretension can never be repeated. 

It does not have to be.  Its now a billion dollar franchise to make money by selling to lowest common denominator like star trek 2009.

They will do this by selling happy meals, video games and action figures just like the star wars prequels.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvRyBRVpJGw

I'm fuzzy on the last time Lucasfilm actually developed a game start to finish in house.

I hope somebody at Disney is looking over the old classics in the game catalog. I'd love to see modern versions of Ballblazer and Rescue on Fractalus if done right.

Aw damn! Not the twisted Dr. Durand Durand! I hope that 80's band who nicked his name will pay tribute to him in some way...

That's sick and twisted idea! I'm not sure there's enough Pernilla August dialog in TPM to make it work. A brief perusal of her credits on the IMDB shows a lot of her other movies may only be in Swedish. It's a longshot if she's done any English dubs...

Okay, that is interesting. I can imagine a college having some sort of loophole allowing copyrighted programs not officially released to be kept for educational use. My journalism teacher used episodes of WKRP in Cincinnati in some of his classes way back when.

What's the quality of this library HS copy?

The HS being on the video vending machine animation is probably an intentional joke. ;)

It's going to be even more disappointing in about a year and a half, with no functional hoverboards or flying cars on the horizon. ;)

You'd think there would at least be a real Cafe 80's restaurant by now.

http://www.henson.com/jane.html

As Jim was the father of the Muppets, his wife Jane was certainly their mother.

:(

If you go with Liam for Grevious, I'm watching a creepy movie he's in on ThisTv right now called "After.Life", with some choice dialog about death.

Spoofing reality tv before it even existed is no mean feat. How the bastardized remake gets a sequel boggles the mind.

http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/lego-star-wars-toy-resembles-mosque-critics-000430255.html

Not this crap again. How does one say get a life in Huttese? ;)

Would be really funny if Microsoft did some sort of self destruct thing disguised as a final XP update. Of course some vital industry still stubbornly clinging to using XP in their systems would implode, and mass chaos would ensue...

If Youtube had closed for good, there would have been a great disturbance in the net, as if thousands of trolls cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.

And he totally believed that what he was doing was the right thing. Plus, anyone who can survive reading Harlan Ellison's thoughts is made of stronger stuff. ;)

You'd think he'd learn after seeing Mace lop dear old Dad's head off.

Drugs would cover a lot of things about Jabba and his entourage.

He laughs at every evil thing you do, and he's house broken. Aside from ripping the eyes out of the occasional protocol droid, what's not to like? ;)

imperialscum said:

SilverWook said:

Palpatine's death was dramatic. Boba's death was played for laughs.

I have never found it funny. I find it rather ironic. I see it more in a way that even the best can go down in a clumsy way. It is like the legendary gunfighter of the "old west" Wild Bill being shot in the back by some nobody.

Still even if at that moment Luke cut him in two with a lightsabre instead, it wouldn't change anything character-wise.

Except for the being swallowed by a sand monster who burps loudly part. ;)

Even Jabba's borderline auto erotic asphyxiation death is better.

I have issues with why Boba is even hanging around the palace, long after he's presumably been paid. He has no stake in in this fight, and jumps into the fray when the sensible thing to do is bug out.

I could see him playing a villain.

And while we're at it, Walter Koenig has played sinister types too.

Yeah, some of that stuff isn't exactly new. I've never seen any of it for sale outside the theme parks...

And now I want these!

Palpatine's death was dramatic. Boba's death was played for laughs.