Atomicfog

Yes, psychological thrillers are often great. I've seen almost every movie recommended so far, and almost every movie recommended so far is awesome.In addition I highly recommend Primer and Collateral . I'd also like to specifically second Being John Malkovich (especially), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Donnie Darko, and Cube, Saw (only the original) and Memento. I really need to watch Pi, I have it, I just have to get to it. The Machinist was decent, but I preferred Fight Club, and The Machinist seemed like a Fight Club rip-off, so I'd recommend Fight Club instead. Once you've seen one, you the other will be completely predictable.

BTW, for those who aren't impressed with HD, wait until UHD comes out. I had a chance to see this amazing technology at NAB 2007, and it was WOW. Basically, it looks completely real from a few feet away, and if it weren't on a flat surface, it would look completely real. This is shows how much space that technology takes up... We'll need HDVs. http://www.answers.com/topic/ultra-high-definition-video?cat=technology

Umm... Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs are not holographic versatile discs. Regular DVDs hold about 4.7 gigs, CDs have about 700mb, and Blu-rays can hold from 25 to 50 GBs. Heres a list of amounts of space HD video takes up for you (though this doesn't include the high compression codecs, MPEG-2, H.264/AVC, and SMPTE VC-1, that Blu-Ray uses): (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/howto/articles/UnderstandingHDFormats.aspx)

I only skimmed the articles, but I don't see anything that says anything about there not being "...a discernable difference between 720p and 1080p on displays smaller than 50". Also, sitting closeness is irrelevant, because sitting closer is something you can easily do.

That might be a valid point if we were talking about T.V., but we're talking about Blu-Ray here (which is 1080P), not compressed T.V. HD.

Umm... No. Either your sources are crap, or you read them wrong (post them). I have a 1080P 17" LCD on my latptop, and there is definitely a noticeable difference in quality between that and a laptops of lesser resolutions.

Yeah, 720P is still quite difference, but I'd say 1080P blows it away (and I've got it on my 17" laptop LDC). It almost seems like they do make it a point in some stores.

I agree, this pretty much what I would say, though maybe a bit less "block" I have few things I'd like to add though: Technically speaking, HDTV (at 1080p) is more of a jump in resolution than standard T.V (usually 480i) to DVD (which are only 480P). I guess this doesn't mean much to most people, but let me explain something to said people. The appeal of an HDTV might not be apparent at first, but once you sit back and watch footage on one for a day or so and become adjusted -- it's really hard to go back. It's really a privilege to your eyes, and though DVDs still look great, there is quite a difference (I'm speaking of 1080P mostly). Now, for those who still don't notice a real difference, I'm assuming you've either only seen 720P, or you've seen a lesser resolution footage on an HDTV (VERY common at stores). I'd argue that most people sitting down to watch a true 1080P video (no upconverting), will notice an apparent difference, and given time to use the format, would prefer it. I'm also fairly certain that Blu-Ray will trump DVDs as DVDs did with VHS.

Yeah, probably, but there is no Microsoft would be willing to lose that much money for a format that isn't there own. Want. Yeah it will be interesting to see how that turns out... Seeing the money Microsoft put forth in an attempt to buy Yahoo, I hope Sony would be able to resist such an offer.

Now, the war isn't over yet, but if you read IGN's article, it seems it's about to be. http://gear.ign.com/articles/852/852769p1.html I knew it would probably be Blu-Ray after seeing everyone using the PS3 as Blu-Ray player at NAB 2007. Hasn't done much else yet, but the PS3 is definitely what did it. Actually, it's funny, because I have some video footage from CES 2002 of some serious biz Toshiba guys gathering around an HD-DVD ("blue laser") prototype that long ago. Edit: I just realized, this is the first format war Sony has won in... Awhile.

I love it, and I really hope to hear more Threads of Fate remixes.

Oh, screw being against sequels. It's not like you have to watch them or anything. Besides, I think most people would agree that this movie does, in fact, deserve a sequel. I'm thinking it had some sort of regenerative abilities, especially now that I know the end said "it's still alive". I guess I will if it's anything like that.

If only I lived somewhere near NY. Wait, wasn't there some kind of disaster there? Something having to do with clovers or something?

Production has already been completed, fortunately. That sucks though.

Funny way to put it, but yeah. It sucks that I cannot find this piece of music anywhere on the interweb

Oh yeah, and the overture at the end (Roar!), was an epic orchestral score. I'm trying to find it everywhere to no avail. BTW, if anyone who stayed for through the credits was wondering what that voice clip at the very end said, it's revealed here: http://boards.ign.com/teh_vestibule/b5296/157534266/r157535371/

My thoughts exactly. If you don't see it your missing out on a spectacular movie. That's all I have to say.

If by "depends on what group thinking tells us to do" you mean "I'm going to see Cloverfield on Monday", you just made a great decision. If not, well, there is no if not. That needs to be what it means. Cloverfield lived up to the hype. Anyone who says otherwise is wrong. In fact, I'd say it exceeded the hype. It was AWEsome. FYI 77% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Now.......

Isn't it obvious guys?

... His music will live on as long as I am around.

Yeah, Playstation and N64 emulation on the computer is really fun, better than the actual consoles if you have a good controller. I would imagine that using an Xbox 360 controller would be the best solution, and those come built to work. For those that want to use an N64 controller: http://www.jandaman.com/games.mvc?p=n64psxusb&Category_code=N64

Also, I'd like to point out that Zelda 64 (and other N64 games) look amazing on Project 64 if you have a decent video card. You can bring games up to 1080P, add major anti-aliasing, and anisotropic filtering + smoothing, but I would recommend 800x600 to 1024x768 for the sake of the textures on OoT. Some games, like Starfox, look extremely good at even higher resolutions though. Emulating these games is so much better if you have a decent PC controller.

I agree that many PSX games did use textures as a crutch, but the ones that didn't blow their N64 counterparts away in terms of graphics that hold up. I think OoT may still hold up for me because of the models, but I only played the very beginning recently.