Posted in: Site News by Archive Authors on September 11th, 2007
Hey hey hey - here's a new feature I stitched together - the Trailer Index!
Its a subsection of the site that collects trailers for reviews that we've posted, organized by Genre, playable right there, courtesy of YouTube. So - if you're into SciFi, Action, or Drama, click on over and check out some trailers.
Posted in: News and Opinions by Archive Authors on September 6th, 2007
If you're into both movies and graphic novels ("comic books"), you'll want to have a watch at new web TV show "Bif! Bam! Pow! Wow!." Hosted by Tom Seymour of Graham Crackers Comics (a store in Chicago), the show is a quirky, interesting, quickly paced, fun tribute to our comic hero's villains and stories, and oozes graphic-geek cred.
Check out Batman, Spiderman, or Zombies -- all good fun and interesting as hell, with more (apparently) to come.
Posted in: News and Opinions by Archive Authors on September 6th, 2007
Hmmm... interesting. Looks like there's a single disc, non-SE version coming too, to complement the 2-Disc SE DVD and 2-Disc HD DVD versions announced yesterday. That's all I know so far...
Click for super enormous version...
Posted in: Super Round Up by Archive Authors on September 6th, 2007
Here's the first ever Review Super-Roundup: a soon-to-be-regular feature where we track down reviews all over the net in an effort to provide you with a well-rounded view about a particularly exciting or unique release.
Reviews aren't in any particular order; the one's with numerical rankings come first, and hell, I put UpcomingDiscs at the top because that's my prerogative. Other than that - these are culled from all over, and the quotes from each attempt to capture the spirit of the review. Click on through and enjoy! BTW - if you have a review you'd like included, comment it.
This week's round-up - THE HOST: A Korean monster horror movie in the tradition of Godzilla, with a healthy dose of humour and emotional context. It did really well in Korea, and has become a DVD cult hit globally since. Most reviewers really liked it; a few were luke warm.
Reviews are lined up after the jump!
Posted in: News and Opinions by Archive Authors on September 6th, 2007
The DVD version is pre-orderable:
The HD DVD one is just "sign up for email notification"....
Posted in: News and Opinions by Archive Authors on September 5th, 2007
Wow - finally! My favorite movie of the summer will come out to play on DVD and HD DVD on October 16th. Both formats are OK initial releases, but leave plenty of room for future extended/director's/collector's editions - the DVD audio is particularly weak. Anyway, both releases have a slew of features - from chest-thumping Chevrolet goofiness to what sounds like a cool CGI-model explorer that takes up an entire HD DVD disc.
For now, there's going to be 2 releases. Each is two discs, but the features and extras aren't remotely similar:
Final word? There's no way I'm not getting the DVD release. Its strong out of the gates, but I'm anticipating a future follow-up purchase with better-rounded audio.
The complete details from the Press Release follow after the jump... and there's more info to come over time!
Posted in: News and Opinions by Archive Authors on September 5th, 2007
Wow - finally! My favorite movie of the summer will come out to play on DVD and HD DVD on October 16th. Both formats are OK initial releases, but leave plenty of room for future extended/director's/collector's editions - the DVD audio is particularly weak. Anyway, both releases have a slew of features - from chest-thumping Chevrolet goofiness to what sounds like a cool CGI-model explorer that takes up an entire HD DVD disc.
For now, there's going to be 2 releases. Each is two discs, but the features and extras aren't remotely similar:
Final word? There's no way I'm not getting the DVD release. Its strong out of the gates, but I'm anticipating a future follow-up purchase with better-rounded audio.
The complete details from the Press Release follow after the jump... and there's more info to come over time!
Posted in: Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on September 5th, 2007
PS3 might go even cheaper, Fatal Fury Special at mad prices and Command & Conquer free beeotches - Welcome to the column that slashes prices and then sends you a bill every seven days known as Dare to Play the Game.
Welcome to another edition of Dare to Play the Game. Called the 360 repair people; talked to them for roughly half an hour over the signature jazz. They basically told me they can't do anything right now. Ummm, okay. I even got to speak to a very nice female manager who I tried to wow with my seductive ways. That didn't work too well; not that she was mean but she wasn't willing to bend over backwards anyway. Which is a nice trick when you can get the girl to..errr nevermind. So I'm still stuck playing the PS2; at least I'm finally playing a decent wrestling title again (Smackdown vs Raw 2006). It's been forever since I played it, and for some reason Chris Benoit was still the US Champion. *fwap* Changed that in a hurry as Finley obliterated him in a Last Man Standing Match. No, I'm not bitter.
Posted in: Random Fun by Archive Authors on September 4th, 2007
Good question, posed by author Iain Levison.
Citing a number of insane trucker movies (Joyride, Thelma & Louise, and Duel among others), Levison turn the stereotype into a quasi-screed white-working-guy manifesto:
There is a theme here, and it doesn’t look good for white, working class males. In fact, I can’t think of a single movie that features a positive white working class male character. They’re either slimy, like the painters in 2002’s The Good Girl, downright hateful to women (North Country, Dwight Yoakam in Sling Blade) or full blown psychopaths, as in most of the films listed above. [from Iain Levison]
Huh. I'm not so sure about that. For every psycho trucker, there's 10 heroic white cops (as working a man as they come) pursuing gangsters of varying ethnicities.
Posted in: Site News by Archive Authors on September 3rd, 2007
If you've noticed, were struggling with various server and software issues here. Apologies in advance, and thanks for your patience.
-Rod & the UpcomingDiscs team
