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[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Torsten Kaiser TLE

VARIETY's all so subtle and straight way of creative writing:

VARIETY REVIEW: Angels & Demons

Science and religion collide, commingle and eventually reach a state of peaceful coexistence in "Angels & Demons," a follow-up to "The Da Vinci Code" in which director Ron Howard conspicuously gives top priority to the story's beat-the-clock thriller elements. Less turgid and aggravating than its predecessor, this cleverly produced melodrama remains hamstrung by novelist's Dan Brown's laborious connect-the-dots plotting and the filmmakers' prosaic literal-mindedness in the face of ripe historical antagonisms, mystery and intrigue.

Seems as though there is a lot of recent “hamstrung” verbiage going on these days.
Posted on this thread about 5 days earlier than the Variety review you posted ………

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...ng#post1863826

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by horseflesh

Barcelona all the way......superb footballing team AND my favourite city

Mine too (at least in Spain) .

Barcelona it is!
Now let me get back to work so I can get out of the office at a reasonable time tonight.

[micks_address]

well, the football purists win out.. its Manchester utd versus Barcelona... my god though if your a Chelsea fan you must feel hard done by... i think they were by far the better team last night.. ok Barca had about 70% of the possession but they only had one shot on goal... they didnt look like they would ever have scored.. i think it was cruel fate that chelsea went out.. history always stacks up against you - it would have been the first time ever the same two teams contested consecutive finals..

Drogba seemed most upset with his 'this is a f ing disgrace' arm waving comment into the camera at the end..

God you have to love HD transmissions for sports.. switching back to the local SD transmission really highlighted the difference considerably..

roll on the 27th of May.. hopefully its as epic as last years final..

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Mine too (at least in Spain) .

Barcelona it is!
Now let me get back to work so I can get out of the office at a reasonable time tonight.

[Doctorossi]

Originally Posted by micks_address

Barca had about 70% of the possession but they only had one shot on goal...

One shot, one kill, as they say.

[DenonCI]

Pretty damn impressive goal though. Left footed-out of the air-off the top of the crossbar. Somewhat lucky, eh?

[Penton-Man]

lol,
All I can say is thank God, I didn't turn off the match until the very, very end because I was getting sleepy and was indeed tempted to!

I think that Chelsea got very lucky with their first goal and I'll bet that Essein?sp couldn't make that same shot again if he tried to another 99 times.

Anyway, personally, I'm very happy with the result except for the Barca guy that was yellow carded and won't be able to play in the final.

To any readers that are unfamiliar with the recent football (soccer) chatter we have been having here and just don't understand the significance---
Well, a lot of football purists (esp. coaches) think more highly of the Champions League than the World Cup finals itself!

One reason being is that there seems to be much greater team play from club teams rather than national teams.

[Penton-Man]

Hey Squid, in regards to your " pot, kettle, etc." comment on the Digital Bits thread, lol, I was thinking about that midway through but the throttle just got stuck in WFO (wide full open) and I couldn't help me-self......perhaps should have thought to pull in the clutch as I don't get paid either and my colleagues think I'm nuts to still even be here.

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Hey Squid, in regards to your " pot, kettle, etc." comment on the Digital Bits thread, lol, I was thinking about that midway through but the throttle just got stuck in WFO (wide full open) and I couldn't help me-self......perhaps should have thought to pull in the clutch as I don't get paid either and my colleagues think I'm nuts to still even be here.

Wide full open? Never heard it called that before. You ISDT guys are a polite bunch.

[Mr. Cinema]

Penton,

It's now confirmed that Dr. Strangelove will be in a digibook package. Do you know what triggered Sony to start offering these? Perhaps strong sales from the WB books?

Also, can we expect more of their classics to get the book treatment? Eventually, LOA, Bridge on the River Kwai, Taxi Driver...

[Jeff Kleist]

DVD collectors would know that Sony tried book style packaging with both Kwai and Lawrence

They were VERY attractive, especially the cloth binding on Lawrence. The trays inside were a bit cheesy, but the concept was good

I hope they do it again frankly

[Doctorossi]

Originally Posted by Jeff Kleist

DVD collectors would know that Sony tried book style packaging with both Kwai and Lawrence

They were VERY attractive, especially the cloth binding on Lawrence. The trays inside were a bit cheesy, but the concept was good

I still have both of these and your feelings on them are mine, as well.

As a general rule of thumb, I favor standard packaging, but I can run with the Digibooks in a pinch. Barring any shock late announcements, Strangelove will be my first.

[Mr. Cinema]

Originally Posted by Jeff Kleist

DVD collectors would know that Sony tried book style packaging with both Kwai and Lawrence

They were VERY attractive, especially the cloth binding on Lawrence. The trays inside were a bit cheesy, but the concept was good

I hope they do it again frankly

I love the book packaging. I think it's appropriate for certain classic titles. Some don't like it becaue it messes up the "consistency" on their shelves. I could care less what my shelf looks like. So I do like some variety.

Usually when 1 studio tries something, they all end up doing it. So I do hope everyone releases a few digibooks at some point.

[Doctorossi]

What I'd really like to see done with the Digibooks is nice (albeit smallish) reproductions of original roadshow programs. Somebody get Francis Coppola on the horn!

[Bizi Jones]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

... as I don't get paid either and my colleagues think I'm nuts to still even be here.

well, I know that I would personally (as probably a lot of other members) 'tune out' so to say, definitely wouldn't read this site everyday, this thread, with the technical inputs, tidbits and and definitely wouldn't spend the rest of my life coming into this stinking site every ten minutes to pore over the, excruciating minutia, of every, single, daily blu-ray event..

The whole system would break down!...so I hope you do stay a while longer, cause this place wouldn't be nearly as entertaining with out all the input from you industry folk

[Oliver K]

Originally Posted by Doctorossi

What I'd really like to see done with the Digibooks is nice (albeit smallish) reproductions of original roadshow programs.

Yep, that would be a nice thing - Weinstein did just that for the Limited Collector's Editions of El Cid and The Fall of the Roman Empire.

Originally Posted by Doctorossi

Somebody get Francis Coppola on the horn!

And guess who was also heavily involved with El Cid and to a lesser degree with Fall of the Roman Empire over the years

[Doctorossi]

I'm imagining a thinner Digibook, about the same depth as a standard Blu-ray case, with a reproduction souvenir book inside and a reproduction one-sheet on the front. That's packaging I could get behind!

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Bizi Jones

well, I know that I would personally (as probably a lot of other members) 'tune out' so to say, definitely wouldn't read this site everyday, this thread, with the technical inputs, tidbits and and definitely wouldn't spend the rest of my life coming into this stinking site every ten minutes to pore over the, excruciating minutia, of every, single, daily blu-ray event..

The whole system would break down!...so I hope you do stay a while longer, cause this place wouldn't be nearly as entertaining with out all the input from you industry folk

It’s becoming increasingly difficult to do so when I am directed to “active members” making posts like this……….
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...&postcount=141

[Oliver K]

Originally Posted by Doctorossi

I'm imagining a thinner Digibook, about the same depth as a standard Blu-ray case, with a reproduction souvenir book inside and a reproduction one-sheet on the front. That's packaging I could get behind!

Hmmm - I'd like the packaging of roadshow movies to be a bit more .... epic

[Oliver K]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

It’s becoming increasingly difficult to do so when I am directed to “active members” making posts like this……….
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...&postcount=141

The Da Vinci Code seems to me similar to The Dark Knight by which I mean that what people see and dislike is already present in the DI.

I cannot say that I really like the resulting look but if it is faithful to the DI it will get us as close to the theatrical look as we can expect from the Blu-Ray format and that is all that matters to me.

[Doctorossi]

Originally Posted by Oliver K

Hmmm - I'd like the packaging of roadshow movies to be a bit more .... epic

How do you define epic packaging? Warner appear to be trying their hand at it with Casablanca, The Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind, and it doesn't fit on my shelf.