Earlier in the year I found a cardboard box housed copy of The Matrix. The tape was still shrink wrapped inside and unplayed. I regret not buying that now. Not too watch but just stick on a shelf. The cover art was really nice.

What does he mean when he says he has an uncut copy on disc? Surely it can’t be a regular DVD because he mentions uploading to the LG guys.

If you hack them, I think they can be made region free, but I’m not 100% sure if that’s just DVD or Blu-ray.

I have one of the original T2 releases from the US and the UK Skynet edition. The Skynet edition has all the bells and whistles and multiple versions of the film, but you can tell they went a bit too far with the DNR.

I’m not sure of the negatives, but I’ve heard that a one-off wealth tax, that is taxing the top 1% earners a single 1% would bring in £25bn to the treasury. Problem solved, £3bn left over.

I thought something felt odd. It feels too easy just driving over the landscape in 4WD with automatic gears.

I did have one moment where the truck got its front left wheel stuck in a crevice, but the rest of the truck was free to move. I turned the steering to the opposite lock and the entire truck did a bunny hop to the right with the one wheel remaining in the crevice. That’s some powerful steering!

I remember when Folkestone used to have a market on the seafront. I mean, I only went once, but I always remember it because I bought a second hand copy of Jackie Chan’s Armour of God in a big box VHS.

Wow. That was underwhelming. To be honest, my PS5 has been treated like a PS4 PRO PRO. Catching up on those old cheap PS4 games that had Pro patches. (I only have a base PS4). I mean TLOU2 looks great when patched for PS5 and I never understood why anyone would want the PS5 remaster because to my eyes there’s very little difference.

Also, that price and no stand or drive. What were they thinking?

At the end of the day, whose going to spend £700 so that their games look a little bit better?

I thought this was about the really special editions. I think they’re about $100 each. One contains a replica of a crystal shard, the other a clear crystal sphere.

Sadly, that comes at a cost. According to Amazon.com, directly converted, the 4K is about £30. Once you add tax and shipping fees, it rises to £45! That’s a bit steep.

Another US title I would love to see get a release in the UK. Also, it’s worth noting that all the extras are the same that have been reused since the DVD days. Only the scan of the 35mm camera negative is new.

I might have got the price wrong as well, Amazon US has it listed as almost $50. Price all in to the UK, £55. Ouch. I guess, as usual, it’s a rights thing, probably with Paramount.

It’s still on iPlayer with no sign of leaving anytime soon. Maybe I’ll, errr, remove it from that service. cough

I immediately got excited for A Simple Plan, it’s a great movie which I love. I have the US DVD which I ordered as soon as it was available.

Its usually on BBC iPlayer in HD and sadly only got a German and Japan Blu-ray release.

Unless I’m wrong, this is sadly a US only release as the film isn’t up for preorder on the UK site whereas the rest are.

That’ll make for a pricey import as it’s listed at $35.

These editions can’t be cheap to produce, I’ve just found out this set is $170!! I wish they would produce cheaper sets without the physical extras.

We fell in love with 3D and I still have all the discs because as you say, they’re packaged with standard copies as well.

We had to buy passive 3D because the active method would give my wife migraine headaches.

Just checking my online film list, I didn’t realise I had 38 3D films in total. I think Tron:Legacy was one of my favourites. Also, I know it’s hated (I disagree) but Ghostbusters (2016) renders some of the VFX shots into the black borders. This gives the film a 3D feel at times but when I watched it in “proper 3D” the effect works really well with the proton streams coming out of the TV.

Alternatively, something like Dredd 3D was quite disappointing. The slo-mo sequences looked great in 3D but to be honest, when watching the rest of the film, I forgot it was even in 3D!

In the end, I purposely bought 3D copies of The Hobbit a few years ago because they were cheaper (at CEX) than the standard copies despite having the same content.

Sadly though, our 3D TV died many years ago and because everyone was bored of the format, no new 3D TVs were being sold otherwise we’d happily get another one.

I can’t remember when Bottom was on or even if it has been on BBC iPlayer. Its a rotating carousel of the latest shows and older classics. Sadly not a library of everything ever.

But on a more positive note. Spaced! What a show!

I’ve had quick look on YouTube, while the live shows are really easy to find (5 in total), you’ll have to sail the seven seas for the TV show. I guess the BBC are very protective.

I have them on DVD, but there were some 540p broadcast rips that looked really good. In case you didn’t know, three series, six episodes apiece.

I watched it again just a couple of days ago as my wife had never seen it. We had just worked through the entire TV run and live shows 1, 2 and 3.

She thought this was better than anything that had come before.

Also, I think this was Pegg’s first film role.

Never liked the music to be honest. They were at a Reading festival I went to one year, and I thought I would try to see what all the fuss was about. I walked away after two songs. Just not for me.

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