From: owner-movies-digest@lists.xmission.com (movies-digest) To: movies-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: movies-digest V2 #264 Reply-To: movies-digest Sender: owner-movies-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-movies-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk movies-digest Tuesday, April 11 2000 Volume 02 : Number 264 [MV] Got DVD? Re: [Fwd: [MV] re: supporting actor award...] Re: [MV] Got DVD? Re: [MV] Got DVD? Re: [MV] Got DVD? RE: [Fwd: [MV] re: supporting actor award...] Re: [MV] Got DVD? Re: Re: [MV] Got DVD? [MV] Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 17:27:25 -0500 Re: [MV] Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 17:27:25 -0500 Re: Re: [MV] Got DVD? Re: [Fwd: [MV] re: supporting actor award...] Re: [MV] re: supporting actor award... Re: [Fwd: [MV] re: supporting actor award...] Re: [MV] supporting actor award... Re: Re: [MV] Got DVD? Re: Re: [MV] Got DVD? Re: [Fwd: [MV] re: supporting ac Re: [MV] re: supporting actor aw Re: [MV] Got DVD? Re: [MV] Got DVD? Re: [MV] Got DVD? [MV] Sci-Fi Movie News - 04/06/00 [MV] Error? Re: [MV] Error? Re: [MV] Ed Norton - Keeping the Faith Re: [MV] Ed Norton - Keeping the ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 10:07:00 -0700 From: ("Paul D Richardson") Subject: [MV] Got DVD? I thought I'd throw out a new topic for everybody out there, and see who else has a DVD player. I must say that these things are a must-have for every movie buff. Here's why: 1. Picture and Sound quality are superb. DVD supports digital sound formats such as Dolby and DTS. The picture has spoiled me terribly. Whenever I watch something on video it's like I'm viewing it through a cheesecloth. 2. Whereas pan/scan is the norm on video, on DVD widescreen presentation is the order of the day, from letterboxing to anamorphic. 3. Portability. DVD's can hold several hours of material. For example, the entire miniseries "The Stand" fits on two sides of a DVD. Plus, there's no rewinding and with chapter search you can get to part of the DVD you want to see immediately. Interactive menus make all of this a snap. 4. Language selections. Depending on the DVD, you can choose from a wide range of languages, both dubbed and subtitled. 5. Extras. Many DVD's contain additional extras not found on video. Theatrical trailers are common, also "making-of" documentaries, interviews, sometimes the entire script! Deleted scenes and outtakes are always fun to watch. My favorite feature by far is the commentary track where somebody (usually the director) will talk while you watch the movie. It's a fascinating new look at the film and often offers a lot of insight. There are other benefits too, but those are some of the main ones. Drawbacks to DVD are... 1. Cost. Buying a DVD is more expensive than buying a video...but not by much. DVD players cost more than VCRs, but that cost is expected to go down once Playstation 2 comes out (it will play DVD movies). 2. Title selection. DVD is only a few years old, so there are still quite a few titles that haven't been released. However, titles get released all the time, and DVD is rapidly catching up. The standard now is to release new movies on video and DVD (unless your name is George Lucas). Title selection is getting better at video stores as well. Those are my thoughts on DVD. As I indicated before, it's a format worth checking out by any movie buff. Anybody else out there have a DVD player? [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 12:40:44 EST From: KenKnows@aol.com Subject: Re: [Fwd: [MV] re: supporting actor award...] In a message dated 03/30/2000 7:13:36 AM Pacific Standard Time, mmorrens@minf.vub.ac.be writes: << Hell no, I mean I've seen the movie and the only one who acted descently in that movie was Charlize Theron, Michael Caine was just being himself in that movie. I really hoped that Haley Joel Osment, the kid from 6th Sense was going to win this one and if not, it surely was going to be Tom Cruise >> The movies I saw last year received few if any nominations. I did not see any of the movies that you mentioned, but Michael Caine's acceptance speech was magnificent and it was very possibly the best acceptance speech that was given during the entire program. This agrees with an opinion that Paul gave here earlier. [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 15:38:50 -0500 From: Wez Subject: Re: [MV] Got DVD? "(Paul D Richardson)" wrote: > I thought I'd throw out a new topic for everybody out there, and see who else > has a DVD player. I must say that these things are a must-have for every > movie buff. Here's why: > ..... > > Those are my thoughts on DVD. As I indicated before, it's a format worth > checking out by any movie buff. Anybody else out there have a DVD player? Another benefit you left out which I enjoy immensly is the ability to also play VCDs, which can be burned with any PC CD-Recorder. I make music video compilations and such, along with other things....my DVD player has been well worth the money. Wez [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 15:29:31 -0500 From: Mel Eperthener Subject: Re: [MV] Got DVD? At 10.07 AM 30/03/2000 -0700, you wrote: >I thought I'd throw out a new topic for everybody out there, and see who else >has a DVD player. But of course. Have had it for over a year now. I must say that these things are a must-have for every >movie buff. Here's why: > >1. Picture and Sound quality are superb. DVD supports digital sound formats >such as Dolby and DTS. The picture has spoiled me terribly. Whenever I watch >something on video it's like I'm viewing it through a cheesecloth. Picture is nice, but you need a large screen to really appreciate it. (Not that it is a waste on a small screen, just not as noticably greater). Sound will blow you away, tho. One of my favourite DVDs is The Big Chill. With the soundtrack, the DVD is head and shoulders above the video sound. > >2. Whereas pan/scan is the norm on video, on DVD widescreen presentation is >the order of the day, from letterboxing to anamorphic. > Yes, but try explain the benefits to the "unwashed masses":-) >4. Language selections. Depending on the DVD, you can choose from a wide >range of languages, both dubbed and subtitled. North America has nothing on Asia. The DVDs there may contain up to 10 languages. Still, English/French/Spanish (with subtitles in each) is common on DVDs in our region. > >5. Extras. Many DVD's contain additional extras not found on video. >Theatrical trailers are common, also "making-of" documentaries, interviews, >sometimes the entire script! Deleted scenes and outtakes are always fun to >watch. My favorite feature by far is the commentary track where somebody >(usually the director) will talk while you watch the movie. It's a >fascinating new look at the film and often offers a lot of insight. Very true. > >There are other benefits too, but those are some of the main ones. Drawbacks >to DVD are... > >1. Cost. Buying a DVD is more expensive than buying a video...but not by >much. DVD players cost more than VCRs, but that cost is expected to go down >once Playstation 2 comes out (it will play DVD movies). Well, actually, considering that most videos are released with an initial suggested retail price of $110 or more (which can be quickly repriced as soon as the rental market dries up), and DVDs are $20-30 right away, DVD is actually cheaper than video, out of the gate. > >2. Title selection. DVD is only a few years old, so there are still quite a >few titles that haven't been released. However, titles get released all the >time, and DVD is rapidly catching up. The standard now is to release new >movies on video and DVD (unless your name is George Lucas). Title selection >is getting better at video stores as well. > Almost everything that comes out new is pretty much on DVD, except (as was mentioned above) anything by Lucas or Speilberg. (American Beauty is also not going to be on DVD right away, and that is Speilberg's baby). There are literally hundreds of DVDs out every week. There is a free email newsletter, the DVD-Daily, which I read to keep up on all of them. Very good reference, if rather long (especially for email). You can subscribe like thus: >Subscriptions to this magazine are free, and can be attained >by sending email to majordomo@redbank.net with the subject line >--- 'subscribe dvd-daily HTML' --- for the special HTML version of >the magazine (if your mail agent can accept HTML-based mail), >'subscribe dvd-daily TEXT' --- for the text-based version, or >'subscribe dvd-daily URL' for new half-page, URL version (for >individuals who find the TEXT and HTML e-mailings too large). I think my biggest complaint is that the powers that be have split up the world into 6 different regions, and DVDs coded for one region will not normally (there are work-arounds:-) play on machines in other regions. Regards, - --Mel - --Mel Eperthener president, Gowanna Multi-media Pty http://www.webz.com/gowanna mailto:bcassidy@usaor.net mailto:gowanna@australiamail.com 419 Butler Street PO Box 95184 Pittsburgh, PA 15223-0184 (412) 781-6140 (412) 781-6380 1-888-45-GOWANNA -- TOLL FREE (1-888-454-6926) ____________________________________________ "Mulder, if you had to do without a cell phone for two minutes, you'd lapse into catatonic schizophrenia" - --Dana Scully ______________________________________________ [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 23:21:53 +0100 From: Garrett Winters Subject: Re: [MV] Got DVD? on 30/3/2000 18:07, ("Paul D Richardson") at Richardson.Paul@amstr.com wrote: > Those are my thoughts on DVD. As I indicated before, it's a format worth > checking out by any movie buff. Anybody else out there have a DVD player? oh yes, I had to get myself one at xmas last and you are so right about the pluses and minuses of the format. without a doubt it has rung the death knell for vcr, especially once a recordable ( affordable) machine arrives. I've been slowly building up a collection of region 2 titles but I'm dying to get the much better prepared region 1 movies ( so I will be chipping the machine later this year I'm sure). I can't wait to get a full set of Buffy for it. Garrett [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 14:23:38 +0100 From: MARK Subject: RE: [Fwd: [MV] re: supporting actor award...] Although I'm not fanatical about Episode I, do you really think that it not winning an Oscar has affected George Lucas in the slightest? The guy is a multi-billionaire already from all his Star Wars films and I think that having an Oscar for Episode I did not matter a jot! MARK > -----Original Message----- > From: manuel morrens [SMTP:mmorrens@minf.vub.ac.be] > Sent: 30 March 2000 16:01 > To: movies@lists.xmission.com > Subject: [Fwd: [MV] re: supporting actor award...] >=20 > Hell no, I mean I've seen the movie and the only one who acted > descently in that movie was Charlize Theron, Michael Caine was just > being himself in that movie. I really hoped that Haley Joel Osment, > the kid from 6th Sense was going to win this one and if not, it = surely > was going to be Tom Cruise in my mind, if not for magnolia, at least > to reward him a little bit for Eyes Wide Shut.=20 > I also was surprised when Red Violin won the oscar for best = Score..... > I mean have these guys even been listening to the score from Insider > and American Beauty??????? Every goddamn year the same, I mean movies > like La vita e bella, The full monty won for the best score....one of > these when Danny Elfman and Hans Zimmer (Thin Red Line) was = nominated, > I mean....Come on!!!!=20 > I also was really dissappointed that Insider got nothing at all.=20 > Cool though that Matrix won 4 of them......sweet dreams George > Lucas...hehe!=20 > --=A0 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Manuel Morrens=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 = mmorrens@minf.vub.ac.be=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 > Department of Medicine=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 > > Brussels Free University=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 (lyrics of the = eighties) > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > =A0 << Message: [MV] re: supporting actor award... >>=20 [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 09:33:58 -0500 From: Gene Ehrich Subject: Re: [MV] Got DVD? >Another benefit you left out which I enjoy immensly is the ability to also >play >VCDs, which can be burned with any PC CD-Recorder. I make music video >compilations and such, along with other things....my DVD player has been well >worth the money. I have not been able to burn a VCD with my CD-RW drive and read it on my DVD player that plays VCD's. I play them all the time but cannot create them. How do you do it and what software do you use? I have a bunch of JPG files (1600 of them) that I would love to make a VCD from and then be able to show them on my standalone DVD player on my big TV. gene@ehrich http://www.voicenet.com/~generic Computer & Video Game Garage Sale Gene Ehrich PO Box 209 Marlton NJ 08053-0209 [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 10:45:33 -0800 (PDT) From: Nathan Lemrick Subject: Re: Re: [MV] Got DVD? I would have to say that I love DVD's. I think this quality of the film is the best. I think with the advent of HDTV home theatres are just going to get better. I have a DVD-Rom on my computer which is nice. The only problem is my montior is only a 16 inch so it is not as big as I would like it to. The only problem I have is I just bought The Sixth Sense and on the DVD at the beginning it shows 5 trailers for movies before it even got to the menu. And I could not skip them. I don't know about every one else but this is something that gets to me. If I wanted to see trailers for movies I would go to the theatre. If I purchase a moive on DVD or video I don't like to see trailers. I just want to watch the movie. I also wish the Star Wars movies would come out on DVD. I guess George Lucas just wants everyone to buy them on video and DVD. The DVD format would suit all four movies and make them better than watching them on video. I sure hope in time he will come over to the DVD side. Nathan ___________________________________________________ GO Network Mail Get Your Free, Private E-mail at http://mail.go.com [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 16:24:08 -0600 From: Lindsey Boatman Subject: [MV] Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 17:27:25 -0500 Hi, ny name is Lindsey and I'm a student at Jamestown College in Jamestown, ND. I'm a junior and I'm majoring in Elementary Education. I'm interested in this list because I love to watch movies. I also enjoy hearing about new and good movies and what other people are interested in. Thanks. Lindsey Boatman [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 00:55:44 -0700 From: "Movieman" Subject: Re: [MV] Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 17:27:25 -0500 Welcome...the frequency of our discussions depends on the initiative of the group. Sometimes we talk forever on a subject - and sometimes we don't talk for days. I, for one, welcome fresh thoughts...! - ----- Original Message ----- From: Lindsey Boatman To: Cc: Andrew Hennessey Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2000 3:24 PM Subject: [MV] Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 17:27:25 -0500 > Hi, ny name is Lindsey and I'm a student at Jamestown College in Jamestown, > ND. I'm a junior and I'm majoring in Elementary Education. I'm interested > in > this list because I love to watch movies. I also enjoy hearing about new > and > good movies and what other people are interested in. Thanks. > > Lindsey Boatman > > [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] > [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] > [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 00:39:23 -0400 From: Mel Eperthener Subject: Re: Re: [MV] Got DVD? At 10.45 AM 02/04/2000 -0800, Nathan Lemrick wrote: > The only problem I have is I just bought The Sixth >Sense and on the DVD at the beginning it shows 5 trailers >for movies before it even got to the menu. And I could >not skip them. I don't know about every one else but this >is something that gets to me. If I wanted to see trailers >for movies I would go to the theatre. If I purchase a >moive on DVD or video I don't like to see trailers. I >just want to watch the movie. > You can thank Disney for that lovely move. Believe me, those of us in the industry, those that have backed DVD since the inception in 1997, are not at all happy with that move. Even better, look at what they are promoting. Now go to the store and price those DVDs. Some of the most expensive ones on the market. The only reason that Sixth Sense was as cheap as it was is that everyone is selling it at a loss. > I also wish the Star Wars movies would come out on >DVD. I guess George Lucas just wants everyone to buy them >on video and DVD. The DVD format would suit all four >movies and make them better than watching them on video. >I sure hope in time he will come over to the DVD side. Star Wars is a horse of an entirely different colour. The rumour is that since Speilberg was such a big backer of DIVX, he is trying all he can to avoid DVD. When you consider what is missing from DVD, some of the biggest movies ever, and perfectly suited for DVD (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, ET), and that both Private Ryan and American Beauty have been delayed, the rumour starts to sound believable. Supposedly, Lucas wants to wait till the entire series is done, and release one big, huge collector's edition. Well, someone needs to tell Mr Lucas that many of the people that would buy such a collector's edition would buy the movies individually now, AND the collector's edition when that comes out. Regards, - --Mel - --Mel Eperthener president, Gowanna Multi-media Pty http://www.webz.com/gowanna mailto:bcassidy@usaor.net mailto:gowanna@australiamail.com 419 Butler Street PO Box 95184 Pittsburgh, PA 15223-0184 (412) 781-6140 (412) 781-6380 1-888-45-GOWANNA -- TOLL FREE (1-888-454-6926) ____________________________________________ "Mulder, if you had to do without a cell phone for two minutes, you'd lapse into catatonic schizophrenia" - --Dana Scully ______________________________________________ [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 20:30:08 +0800 From: "David Lee" Subject: Re: [Fwd: [MV] re: supporting actor award...] I know I don't pitch in much at these discussions and I should be ashamed of myself. But there's something which I would like to say about the recent Oscar's (if it hasn't been said to death already) best supporting actor. Personally, I was quite impressed by Michael Clark Duncan, not least because I watched the Green Mile only three days before the ceremony. Having watched him in Whole Nine Yards a couple of weeks before that, I thought he was quite credible with the character he was trying to portray. Certainly had me feeling the sadness and the pain. As for who should win, perhaps the best supporting actor/actress category winners tend to go to characters who are more well-known and established... recall: Dame Judi Dench winning for Shakespeare in Love for, what, a 2-minute performance? Correct me if I'm wrong. Regards, David - ---------- > From: KenKnows@aol.com > To: movies@lists.xmission.com > Subject: Re: [Fwd: [MV] re: supporting actor award...] > Date: 31 March 2000 01:40 > > In a message dated 03/30/2000 7:13:36 AM Pacific Standard Time, > mmorrens@minf.vub.ac.be writes: > > << Hell no, I mean I've seen the movie and the only one who acted descently > in that movie was Charlize Theron, Michael Caine was just being himself > in that movie. I really hoped that Haley Joel Osment, the kid from 6th > Sense was going to win this one and if not, it surely was going to be > Tom Cruise >> > > The movies I saw last year received few if any nominations. I did not see any > of the movies that you mentioned, but Michael Caine's acceptance speech was > magnificent and it was very possibly the best acceptance speech that was > given during the entire program. This agrees with an opinion that Paul gave > here earlier. > > [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] > [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 20:32:27 +0800 From: "David Lee" Subject: Re: [MV] re: supporting actor award... On the theme of speeches, may I just add that there was indeed a lack of display of over-emotions (if I may term it thus) ala Miss Paltrow's 'I-love-everybody' teary speech. Compared to that, every speech was sedate this year. With the exception of Beginini's 'I-wish-I-had-a-tail' antic, of course... David - ---------- > From: Diane Christy > To: movies@lists.xmission.com > Subject: [MV] re: supporting actor award... > Date: 30 March 2000 03:12 > > On 3/29/00, 11:28 AM -0700, Paul D Richardson said so nicely: > > > How did you all feel about Michael Caine getting the Oscar for "Cider > >> House Rules" ? Did you think he deserved it?? > > > >I haven't seen THE CIDER HOUSE RULES, but I really must comment that Caine's > >speech was one of the best acceptance speeches I've ever seen. What a > >gracious winner! Compare, for instance to John Irving or that smug MATRIX guy > >(who acts like the "bullet time" stuff is so innovative, even though it was > >used in a Gap commericial before showing up in THE MATRIX). > > > >Based on his speech, I think Caine was well-aware that the award was really > >for his lifetime of achievement, rather than for this particular performance. > > I must say that I agree with your assessment of Caine's speech. > Wonderful!! I did see "The Cider House Rules" and thought Caine was > very, very good. But, Osmont was astounding and I think he deserved > the award! > -- > ~~~~~ > Diane Christy (Samantha and Joshua's Mom) > Jefferson, LA > http://www.geocities.com/~dchristy10/ > mailto:dchristy10@earthlink.net > ICQ #12904700 on Instant AOL Messenger > ~~~~~ > > [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] > [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 22:49:26 -0700 From: Oz Subject: Re: [Fwd: [MV] re: supporting actor award...] David Lee wrote: > > As for who should win, perhaps the best supporting actor/actress category > winners tend to go to characters who are more well-known and established... > recall: Dame Judi Dench winning for Shakespeare in Love for, what, a > 2-minute performance? Correct me if I'm wrong. Or perhaps they tend to go to Miramax films because they send each Academy member tapes of their films, hold special screenings, re-release their contenders near Oscar time and spend ungodly amounts of money in the trades on "vote for me" ads. Oh yes, Shakespeare In Love was a Miramax film. So was The English Patient before that. And yes, Cider House Rules... Miramax. The Oscars are shite. Nice speech or not, Tom Cruise should feel bloody ripped off. Props to the Golden Globes - the real test of a performance. ----------------- {{{OZ}}} ------------------- ------- http://hollywoodbitchslap.com -------- ---------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------------------------------------- Want to earn money on your website? How does 17c a click sound? - ---------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.valueclick.com/cgi-bin/refer_host_signup?host=h0032965 - ---------------------------------------------------------------- [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 20:36:31 +0800 From: "David Lee" Subject: Re: [MV] supporting actor award... > Yeah, I am ok with him getting it to some extent because he did an excellent > job. Haley Joel was my choice though, and I was disappointed he didn't get > it, and after him Duncan. But, as long as Cruise didn't get it, I would have > been ok with any of the choices really. Even Law, whom I am not sure > should've been nominated. I have to agree with you, Wade... though I haven't watched Tom Cruise in Magnolia yet. Perhaps Caine summed up everything quite nicely for Jude Law - - you're going to be a big star someday. Don't you guys agree with him? To think that his last rememberable role was in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. And again, my heart went all the way out for Haley Joel Osmont. Even though I watched 6th Sense many months before the Oscars, something told me that he might win. Then again, per my last e-mail, there was Caine to contend with... David [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 10:46:00 -0600 From: ("Paul D Richardson") Subject: Re: Re: [MV] Got DVD? > The only problem I have is I just bought The Sixth > Sense and on the DVD at the beginning it shows 5 trailers > for movies before it even got to the menu. And I could > not skip them. I was able to skip them using chapter skip, but I had to do it for each trailer. > I don't know about every one else but this > is something that gets to me. If I wanted to see trailers > for movies I would go to the theatre. If I purchase a > moive on DVD or video I don't like to see trailers. I > just want to watch the movie. While I like to watch trailers on my DVDs, I don't like to be FORCED to watch them. What's odd is that these same trailers are accessable through the main menu on the disc. As if I'd want to see them again after having them crammed down my throat. What's funny is that if they had these trailers as an option only, everybody would be happy and calling them a "feature." I'm worried since it is possible to disable all buttons and force you to watch the trailers (like with the FBI warnings). I envision a grim future where everytime I pop in a DVD I have to watch 30 minutes of ads and trailers. > I also wish the Star Wars movies would come out on > DVD. I guess George Lucas just wants everyone to buy them > on video and DVD. Exactly. If Lucas were to release Episode 1 on both VHS and DVD tomorrow, DVD owners would buy the DVD only (of course). However, by delaying the DVD he can get DVD owners to buy the video now, and the DVD later. Very savvy... [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 11:06:00 -0600 From: ("Paul D Richardson") Subject: Re: Re: [MV] Got DVD? > Even better, look at what they are promoting. > Now go to the store and price those DVDs. Some of the most expensive ones > on the market. Not to mention that 1) the movies are stinkers, and 2) they have nothing to do with THE SIXTH SENSE. The preview for the "new release" isn't even timely! MISSION TO MARS has been out for weeks, and is about to move to second-run theaters. It'll be great in five years when I pop in my DVD and have to look at those outdated previews. > Star Wars is a horse of an entirely different colour. The rumour is that > since Speilberg was such a big backer of DIVX, he is trying all he can to > avoid DVD. Spielberg has nothing to do with the delay of STAR WARS on DVD. > When you consider what is missing from DVD, some of the biggest > movies ever, and perfectly suited for DVD (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Back > to the Future, ET), and that both Private Ryan and American Beauty have > been delayed, the rumour starts to sound believable. While PRIVATE RYAN was delayed on DVD, it did come out in both DTS and Dolby 5.1 versions. I have the Dolby disc, and it's reference quality, with some great features. AMERICAN BEAUTY is delayed for a special edition as well, and if the disc is as good as the SPR disc (and it sounds like it's going to be even better), it'll be worth the wait. BTTF is supposed to come out later this year as well in nice special editions. Other Spielberg titles are out on DVD as well (including a Director's Cut of 1941). CLOSE ENCOUNTERS is slated to be coming out in the next year. Spielberg does seem to be coming around. > Supposedly, Lucas wants to wait till the entire series is done, and release > one big, huge collector's edition. Well, someone needs to tell Mr Lucas > that many of the people that would buy such a collector's edition would buy > the movies individually now, AND the collector's edition when that comes out. He has been told, but doesn't care. Lucasfilm was sent a list of 10 questions from DVD consumers and they responded that they weren't putting out STAR WARS on DVD until Lucas has time to do it right. The issue you raised above was one of the 10 questions, but it was ignored. [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 11:11:00 -0600 From: ("Paul D Richardson") Subject: Re: [Fwd: [MV] re: supporting ac > As for who should win, perhaps the best supporting actor/actress category > winners tend to go to characters who are more well-known and established... > recall: Dame Judi Dench winning for Shakespeare in Love for, what, a > 2-minute performance? Correct me if I'm wrong. The supporting actor/actress category ends up yielding 2 kinds of awards: 1. Awards that are more for lifetime achievement than the actual performance (Judi Dench, Michael Caine, etc). 2. Awards to young actors who you never hear from again (Cuba Gooding Jr, Mira Sorvino, Marisa Tomei, etc). [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 11:12:00 -0600 From: ("Paul D Richardson") Subject: Re: [MV] re: supporting actor aw > On the theme of speeches, may I just add that there was indeed a lack of > display of over-emotions What about Chad Lowe? [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 10:29:05 -0700 From: "David F. Nolan" Subject: Re: [MV] Got DVD? When peopole refer to DVD as an _alternative_ to "video" they're confusing things. DVD is one form of video recording; others include laser discs, VHS and Beta. So right now, the issue is when a movie will be out on DVD vs. VHS, not DVD vs. "video". [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 11:44:00 -0600 From: ("Paul D Richardson") Subject: Re: [MV] Got DVD? > When peopole refer to DVD as an _alternative_ to "video" they're confusing > things. DVD is one form of video recording; others include laser discs, VHS > and Beta. So right now, the issue is when a movie will be out on DVD vs. > VHS, not DVD vs. "video". Technically, your correct, but in terms of popular usage, "video" and "VHS" have become synonymous. I myself use the term "video" as a shortened form of "videotape." Since VHS is by far the most popular way to purchase pre-recording films on tape, I indirectly mean VHS. When somebody says "Do you have BREAKIN' 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO on video?" I think everybody knows that they mean VHS. Nobody says things like "The audio commentary on my RAT FINK A BOO BOO video was great, so was the Dolby 5.1 audio!" Again, you are 100% correct in terms of proper usage of the term, but I ain't never spoke no proper english! [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 13:34:57 CDT From: "W S" Subject: Re: [MV] Got DVD? Alex, for 1000 dollars, what are two things I never expected to hear in my lifetime? ;-) wade >When somebody says "Do you have BREAKIN' 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO on video?" >"The audio >commentary on my RAT FINK A BOO BOO video was great, so was the Dolby >5.1>audio!" ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 15:17:12 -0600 From: "The Reporter" Subject: [MV] Sci-Fi Movie News - 04/06/00 German and Japanese investors will finance the production of Terminator 3 and 4, the sequels to James Cameron's megahits Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The films will be produced by Mario Kassar and Andrew Vajna, the trade paper reported. Teddy Sarafian is nearing completion of the T3 script; David Wilson has completed an 80-page treatment for T4. No cast or director has been chosen for either film, but Terminator 3 is aiming at a summer or fall 2001 release, the trade paper reported. The filmmakers are trying to sign Arnold Schwarzenegger to reprise his role as the eponymous killer cyborg, but Schwarzenegger has said he won't do it without James Cameron. Cameron has not signed on. Kassar's and Vajna's C2 Productions, meanwhile, is also planning to produce a TV series and a computer game based on the Terminator franchise. -=> * <=- Haley Joel Osment will receive $2 million to star in A.I., the SF feature film to be written and directed by Steven Spielberg, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Osment, who received an Oscar nomination for his breakthrough role in 1999's hit The Sixth Sense, will star in A.I. with fellow Oscar nominee Jude Law (The Talented Mr. Ripley). Osment's A.I. pay will double the fee he received for co-starring with Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey in the upcoming Pay It Forward, the trade paper reported. Warner Bros. and DreamWorks are co-producing A.I. A.I., based on a treatment by the late Stanley Kubrick, is set for a July 10 start and a summer 2001 release. -=> * <=- Adam Rifkin (Mouse Hunt) will write and direct Posse, an SF action comedy, according to Variety. Special effects wizard Stan Winston (Small Soldiers) will produce the movie, the trade paper reported. Posse tells the story of a small-town sheriff who is drafted into an intergalactic dragnet by three alien federal marshals, Variety reported. Walt Disney Co. wants Rifkin to complete a screenplay before it approves the movie. -=> * <=- Chris Columbus, the newly named director of the first Harry Potter movie, has already traveled to Scotland to meet with J.K. Rowling, author of the best-selling children's book series on which the film is based, according to the Los Angeles Times. Columbus told the newspaper that he plans to cast a British actor in the lead role of the young wizard-in-training, "without a doubt." Columbus also told the Times that he was "incredibly excited" about directing Potter. "My oldest daughter, Eleanor, who is 10, got me into the books over a year ago. Between my four kids and all their friends, I've heard a lot about what this movie should be and how I could ruin it if I cut this or that scene. I won't let anyone down. It will be a faithful adaptation." -=> * <=- An English Christian school has banned J.K. Rowling's best-selling Harry Potter series of children's books, arguing that they do not conform with Bible teachings, the Reuters news service reported. St. Mary's Island Church of England school in Chatham, U.K., banned the story of a young wizard and his adventures. Meanwhile, preorders for the fourth book, Harry Potter and the Doomspell Tournament, are placing it on Amazon.com's best-seller list, though the book isn't due until July 8. And Warner Bros., which announced this week that Chris Columbus will direct the feature film version of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, has already committed to a sequel based on the second book in the series, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, according to The Hollywood Reporter. -=> * <=- The much-anticipated fourth installment in the Indiana Jones film series may deal with the lost continent of Atlantis, tipsters told the Ain't It Cool News Web site. The film would be called Indiana Jones and the Garden of Life or Indiana Jones and the Lost Continent, anonymous students in a film class at the University of Southern California told AICN. The students said they were told the information by their professor, who is planning on having series creator George Lucas visit the university on April 12, the site reported. (Admission to Lucas' talk is apparently restricted to ticket-holding students in the class.) "Our professor, who is frequently in contact with Lucas, said Indy IV will be a joint venture between Lucasfilm and DreamWorks, with [Star Wars: Episode I producer] Rick McCallum as producer," a student told AICN. "Our professor also said the film will be about Atlantis ... and was written by Jeffrey Boam [The Phantom]! I do want to say, however, that I would not take this as 100 percent true fact as I am not sure where our professor got his information." -=> * <=- Trinity may or may not be a double agent in The Matrix 2, according to rumors on the SF Crowsnest.com Web site. The site posted spoilers from the upcoming sequel to the 1999 Oscar-winning film The Matrix that revealed what it said were key plot points. Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) is kidnapped and taken to an alternative virtual reality, and Neo (Keanu Reeves) must re-enter the Matrix to find her. But Neo must discover whether Trinity is in fact a double agent working for the artificial intelligence that operates the Matrix. Moviegoers will also finally see Zion, the last human city, as well as the Core Conscience, the mainframe for the human resistance, SF Crowsnest.com reported. Matrix 2 is in production for a 2001 release. -=> * <=- The Ice Age, an animated film set in prehistoric times, will feature the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Jane Krakowski and Goran Visnjic, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Fox film, to be directed by Oscar-winner Chris Wedge, is set to start production in June. Ice Age is a comedy about a woolly mammoth (Romano), a saber-toothed tiger (ER's Visnjic) and giant sloths (Leguizamo and Ally McBeal's Krakowski) who combine forces to rescue a human baby. Wedge won an Academy Award in 1999 for directing the short animated film Bunny, the trade paper reported. -=> * <=- Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich (Godzilla) will produce Arach Attack, an SF comedy film about giant spiders, Variety reported. New Zealand director Ellory Elkayem will helm the movie--his first feature film--based on a script he co-wrote with Jesse Alexander, the trade paper reported. The film, from Devlin and Emmerich's Centropolis Entertainment, tells the story of a toxic waste spill that creates giant arachnids, who go on a rampage. Much of the film's less-than-$30-million budget will go to special effects. No cast has been set. -=> * <=- Undone, a supernatural thriller movie, is in development at Walt Disney Co. based on a pitch by Seth E. Bass and Jonathan Tolins, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The studio reportedly paid in the mid-six figures for the idea, the trade paper reported. Undone tells the story of a man who is haunted by the ghost of his wife's former husband. Bass and Tolins wrote the original version of American Neurotic and Dad's New Life, both of which are still in development. -=> * <=- Jurassic Park 3, the proposed second sequel to 1993's Jurassic Park, will film on the Hawaiian island of Maui instead of in New Zealand, according to the Dark Horizons Web site. Director Joe Johnston also told the magazine Moviz 2000 that neither Helen Hunt nor Elizabeth Hurley is starring, as had been rumored, nor is Chris Klein, who recently signed to do a remake of the 1975 SF film Rollerball, according to Dark Horizons. William Goldman (The General's Daughter) is rewriting the script, Johnston reportedly said. As for the plot? "All I can say is that it isn't a prequel to the first movie, but a new and more independent story, which stands alone. Expect more dinosaurs and more plot!" Johnston said. -=> * <=- At a post-Oscar party in Los Angeles, director Alejandro Amenabar told a reporter for Spanish television that shooting will begin at the end of May on his supernatural thriller The Others, which will star Nicole Kidman, according to the Dark Horizons Web site. The movie, which is not related to the NBC supernatural television series of the same name, will film in the northern Spanish city of Santander before moving to Madrid. The Web site also reported that Kidman recently bought a house near Madrid. The Others is a Spanish-French co-production that will be shot entirely in Spain, though it is set in England, Dark Horizons reported. Miramax will distribute the film. -=> * <=- In the latest postings to his official Web site, Ian McKellen reveals that there are twin sets of Hobbit interiors for the feature film version of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. One set of interiors is Hobbit-sized, i.e., designed for people only 3 feet, 6 inches tall, said McKellen, who plays the wizard Gandalf in the films, now shooting in New Zealand. The other sets are exact matches, but larger, built for the actors who play Hobbits. "When I, as Gandalf, meet Bilbo or Frodo at home, I bump my head on the rafters," McKellen said. "So there is a small Bag End set with small props to match." He added, "And of course there has to be a big Bag End, where the scale is human-sized and all the objects of the small set are duplicated, but bigger." McKellen also describes the experience of acting opposite legendary British actor Christopher Lee, who plays Gandalf's nemesis, the wizard Saruman. "Spread across the black throne under Orthanc's vasty roof, [Lee] looked like King Lear in age and authority. He is 78 years old, handsome and powerful. When he speaks, all I see and hear is Saruman, my old associate gone wrong. Except once when he rounded off a speech, at [director] Peter Jackson's suggestion, with a snarl. To be within four feet of a Lee snarl is unsettling. I was glad he wasn't wearing his [Dracula] fangs." -=> * <=- Production photos from the proposed feature film version of Douglas Adams' satirical SF novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy have appeared on the Coming Attractions Web site. The photos purportedly depict the design for Marvin the Paranoid Android and the electronic Hitchhiker's Guide itself. (http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/mainFramed.html) -=> * <=- Rae Dawn Chong will make her feature film writing and directing debut on Cursed Part 3, a spoof of the Blair Witch-style horror genre, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Cursed starts shooting April 10 in Los Angeles. -=> * <=- The Sixth Sense director M. Night Shyamalan's next movie, Unbreakable, may have a superhero element to it, according to the Comics2Film Web site. Unbreakable tells the story of a man who acquires unique abilities after an accident. -=> * <=- Michael Rooker (The Bone Collector) will co-star with Jean-Claude Van Damme in the independent SF feature film Replicant, which starts shooting in April in Vancouver, according to Variety. -=> * <=- The soundtrack for the upcoming film The Crow: Salvation has been released, featuring tracks from the Infidels, Hole, Tricky, Rob Zombie, Kid Rock, Danzig and Filter. The film, the second sequel to 1994's The Crow, opens in May. [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 20:43:22 -0700 From: "Movieman" Subject: [MV] Error? I seem to keep having my posts to this list come back to me unsent. Do I have the correct address? Only time will tell... and now for movie related comments... Here's hoping that Ed Norton can direct as well as he can act - with Keeping the Faith which opens this wkd!! [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 14:53:14 +0100 From: Garrett Winters Subject: Re: [MV] Error? on 11/4/2000 4:43, Movieman at movieman@netcom.ca wrote: > I seem to keep having my posts to this list come back to me unsent. Do I > have the correct address? Only time will tell... > > and now for movie related comments... > > Here's hoping that Ed Norton can direct as well as he can act - with Keeping > the Faith which opens this wkd!! Well this got through all right and I recall seeing another of your posts in the last few days as well. Garrett [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 06:53:59 -0700 (PDT) From: "Keith H. Poole" Subject: Re: [MV] Ed Norton - Keeping the Faith I was a bit disappointed with Keeping the Faith. Norton as an actor is not his usual fantastic self, but maybe the character just didn't give him enough to work with. I guess I have come to expect so much from Norton, and this comedy vehicle is just a different tack for him. As a director, I saw competency but no real style. Probably playing it safe (Gillian Anderson had a better directorial debut, albeit on the small screen). Supporting characters are flat. All in all, KTF is a decent, light comedy with a sprinkling of romance and a delicate scratching of the surface of modern religious issues. The slapstick physical comedy kind of detracted from an otherwise OK film. Keith - --- Movieman wrote: > Here's hoping that Ed Norton can direct as well as he can act - > with Keeping > the Faith which opens this wkd!! ===== keith@moviekites.com Please visit http://www.moviekites.com Stage 1 of the movie review database is complete! To recommend MovieKites, click here: http://www.recommend-it.com/l.z.e?s=576234 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 11:04:00 -0600 From: ("Paul D Richardson") Subject: Re: [MV] Ed Norton - Keeping the > I was a bit disappointed with Keeping the Faith. Norton as an actor > is not his usual fantastic self, but maybe the character just didn't > give him enough to work with. My guess is that the burdon of directing and acting was too much, and so something had to slip (I haven't seen the movie myself). Directing a film is a huge task, so trying to play a major part and direct at the same time must be an enormous effort. No doubt this is why actor/directors often direct films in which they themselves do not appear (Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford, Woody Allen, etc). From the ads, his role in the film looks rather large. Perhaps he would have been better off casting himself in a smaller role (like Bonnie Hunt did in RETURN TO ME). [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ End of movies-digest V2 #264 **************************** [ To quit the movies-digest mailing list (big mistake), send the message ] [ "unsubscribe movies-digest" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ]