Review of the Serenity HD-DVD
POSTED BY: onetransmission
UPDATED: Sunday, April 23, 2006 22:57
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For one thing, the way extras are going to be done on HD (be it HD-DVD or Blu-Ray) is slightly different from DVD. A lot of the special features are aupposed to be accessed durring, or concurrent with the movie, as opposed to seperate sections like current DVD.
Ummm...
I've seen that on regular DVD. Granted, on one you had to flip over, but I've seen it.
It was on the DVD for Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth, a feature film remixed rehash of the NGE anime series for people who hadn't seen the TV series but planned to see the alternate ending film, End of Evangelion.
The U.S. DVD for that one sported a feature where if you flipped the disc over, then when you watched it, you had the option of playing the movie (dub only, annoyingly enough) with little helpful pop-up notes that you could access to explain the near-random references (and believe me, you'd need it with Evangelion, which started getting overcomplicated right about episode... 2). Of course, this feature, while nifty, was almost useless due to the fact that all of the same information was included in text-only form on the disc as well, which you could access seperately without having to watch the entire film over again.
But, nonetheless... hell, it even popped up in some sort of bar, kind of like how the HD DVD stuff sounds like it does.
Nothing new. Just shinier tech. I already bought the RPG, the SVC, one copy of the DVD (despite knowing that a friend was planning to give it to me for Christmas, therefore racking up two copies!), planning on buying the novelization and soundtrack, too, bought the comics...
...I'll wait for the wars to be over and a Super-Duper Super Shiny Special Edition to be released. Especially since I don't even have a TV that techncially supports HD (though HD channels do tend to look slightly nicer on it), its 20 years old. And believe me, even regular DVD ain't nothing special on a laptop screen. :P
Also, I'm hoping the Shiny edition would have more extras. Like an extra commentary track.
Also, the fact that I do not have an HD player does not help matters. I could not play it if I tried, nor do I know any offline early adopters.
*shrug* But, whenever the wars settle down, we'll see. Personally, I am hoping HD will win, because it doesn't have the kind of insane DRM, apparently, as Blu-Ray will. *shrug*
And... gorramit, I'd buy it "anyway", but I've got a con at the end of the month and am already strapped for cash because my employer moved this month, and can't afford to pay me my full paycheck.
~Emma
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Originally posted by EmmaZule:
And... gorramit, I'd buy it "anyway", but I've got a con at the end of the month and am already strapped for cash because my employer moved this month, and can't afford to pay me my full paycheck.
Anyhoo, I did "buy it anyway". I have no idea which format (if either) will win the day, but no matter... I'll have my shiny HD-DVD of our Big Damn Movie.
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Hi there! long time reader, first time poster here...
I am just fanatical enough that I ran to Best Buy and picked up a player and the HD-DVD of Serenity.
It looks awesome. I mean *awesome* in HD.
The detail in the dark portions of the picture look great. With a darker film like Serenity it really makes the movie look different.
I was not fortunate enough to have seen Serenity in the theater, so this is really the next best thing.
The best part is that the player upconverts standard DVD's to near HD. My old player did, too, but this one looks much, much better.
I just wish there were more movies available. Not that $525 to watch Serenity in HD is too much. 
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Originally posted by DonCoat:Quote:Uh... is that even legal?
Originally posted by EmmaZule:
And... gorramit, I'd buy it "anyway", but I've got a con at the end of the month and am already strapped for cash because my employer moved this month, and can't afford to pay me my full paycheck.
Well, since I work for my mom, and I'm still her dependent (and living at home, etc.), I think it is. In any case, I wouldn't dare be mean enough to push the issue; she's paying half my books/tuition, all of my room/board (since I live at home), is walking with a cane due to some freaky back/knee injury thing, just had to pay her taxes and hasn't broken even on the move yet. And believe me, the move was necessary; the Downtown we used to have the shop in was a lovely place... if you had the money to get in good with the idiotic councils and boards (all gorram three of them, thanks to the local downtown being "historic"), who wouldn't even let us have a lit sign that moved - and I quote! - "More than once per every 15 minutes"; these same boards and councils also tore up all our landscaping while the other main street got nice NEW landscaping AND pretty street lamps, and street parties and parades. Oh, and they changed the three-hour-parking to two-hour-parking in an area semi-famed for its restaurants where shops mainly make their business on browsers! You got time for like, lunch and ONE comfortable browsing experience, maybe, before you have to move your car... or else face a $50 fine. Not to mention, our landlord was totally gouging us - AND he refused to fix the gorram back door that broke during the hurricanes (despite the doors being his responsibility)... for eighteen months... then tried to say WE would have to fix it under the terms of the new lease if we signed. We did not sign that gorram piece of trash. So what does he do?
Fixes it EXACTLY as we're moving out. Oh, and he made US come in on a day we were normally CLOSED just so WE could let the guy in to fix a door WE weren't even going to have anymore, and which was HIS responsibility.
I swear, it was like the gorram Alliance come to life, from every gorram angle!
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So, I think it's legal, but even if it's not, who cares? I've already paid my hotel bill for the con at the end of the month, I've still got a bit of cash left, AND I've actually got a refund check from the IRS coming (because I don't make enough for them to tax me yet, so I get my Social Security money back... or something, I forget, but I know I'm getting a refund).
She has it much worse. "Ain't about what you want... it's about what they need.", you know.
Besides, LOL, she pays for my food and electricity and everything! Far as I'm concerned, she's still paying me something, even if it can't convert to cash. (Coincidentally, if you ever lease a commericial space or any kind of space, read the contract, no matter HOW boring it is, front-to-back. Some landlords are sneaky, sleezy bastards and you'll need to know what you're getting out of the contract!)
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Anyhoo, I did "buy it anyway". I have no idea which format (if either) will win the day, but no matter... I'll have my shiny HD-DVD of our Big Damn Movie.
The thing I like about the original DVDs is they will work just fine on both Blu-Ray and HD DVD players, so until one format starts winning, I probably won't intentionally pick up a player yet. That, and I don't make much. :P
However, I hope HD DVD wins out, so that I can justify the cost of the player and then snag me the eventual Shiny Edition.
You know there'll be one! (We should totally write to Joss and tell him to get the cast together sometime to record a commentary for a Super-Shiny Edition. I crave actor commentaries!)I did recently send some money Joss' way, though : bought a copy each of "Fray" (which is AWESOME) and the Serenity RPG book. I haven't tried book RPGs before, but I've got a friend who has and who'll be willing to help show me the ropes. In the meantime,
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Originally posted by EmmaZule:Quote:Uh... is that even legal?
Originally posted by DonCoat:Quote:
Originally posted by EmmaZule:
And... gorramit, I'd buy it "anyway", but I've got a con at the end of the month and am already strapped for cash because my employer moved this month, and can't afford to pay me my full paycheck.
Well, since I work for my mom, and I'm still her dependent (and living at home, etc.), I think it is.
Oh, that's very different... never mind.
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A flop would be like if Episode III of Star Wars had gotten 40million. that was like 1/185 of it's budget.
ROTFLMAO!!!!!
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Hey you with the HD TV, and the HD-DVD player, and the Serenity HD-DVD. Whens a good time for me to come over and watch it? Anytime is good for me.
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From VideoBusiness.com >
'As of Monday, Serenity was Amazon.com’s top April 18 HD DVD title, landing at No. 321 overall. Samurai was slotted at No. 802; Phantom, No. 1,524; and Million Dollar Baby, No. 3,708.'
Top of the Worldwide HD DVD Box Office
Shiny
'You don't want to make it look like you just gave up' - Mal
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Hopefully, Universal will notice this, and greenlight a Serenity 2.
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Originally posted by teinen:
Hey you with the HD TV, and the HD-DVD player, and the Serenity HD-DVD. Whens a good time for me to come over and watch it? Anytime is good for me.
I can be persuaded to watch Serenity and show off my 65" HDTV anytime
I figure you've gotta watch the Big Damn Heroes on a Big Damn TV!
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