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Old 07-28-06 | 01:55 PM
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Bought Sky Captain two days ago. Before that, the last thing I bought was Van Helsing from Amazon back in May for a grand total of about 6 discs.
Old 07-28-06 | 02:17 PM
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Pitch Black just showed up a couple a days ago and I should have Sleepy Hollow and Sky Captain soon.

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Old 07-29-06 | 10:35 PM
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I just got my player a little over a week ago and so far I've picked up:

Chronicles of Riddick
Constantine
Goodfellas
Lethal Weapon
Pitch Black
Serenity
Sleepy Hollow
Tomb Raider
Training Day
Unforgiven
Old 07-29-06 | 10:37 PM
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Nice list.

Sleepy Hollow got shipped to me yesterday. Still waiting for Manchurian Candidate to ship.
Old 07-29-06 | 11:11 PM
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Most recently Sleepy Hollow and Sky Captain which brings my total to 30 if I'm not mistaken.
Old 07-30-06 | 08:56 AM
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Just picked up Swordfish from Amazon, against my better judgment.
Old 07-31-06 | 12:49 AM
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I got Sky Captain because I remembered it as being a lot better than it is. The style of the film makes HD irrelevant. Everything has a soft blur thats supposed to make it look stylish but in HD it just looks blurry.

I got Tomb Raider at the same time and it's excellent. I hope the second one is released soon.

There isnt anything on the horizon that looks interesting so I think I'm done for the next couple of months.

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Old 07-31-06 | 01:18 AM
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I hate the look of Sky Captain. Does it make CGI look more seamless? Sure. But it also happens to look like crap.
Old 07-31-06 | 07:39 AM
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Added Constantine to the mix yesterday afternoon. Now, if Amazon would just stop taking its good old time and ship the damn thing, that'd make everything even nicer.
Old 07-31-06 | 09:16 AM
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Yesterday I got:

Training Day
Cinderella Man
Van Helsing
Old 08-01-06 | 03:06 AM
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Despite my resistance to combos, all the great reviews on Kiss Kiss Bang Bang made me break down and order it.
Old 08-01-06 | 06:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Suprmallet
Despite my resistance to combos, all the great reviews on Kiss Kiss Bang Bang made me break down and order it.
Good pick-up; it really is worth it, for the picture quality, alone.

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Old 08-01-06 | 06:55 AM
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Manchurian Candidate shipped earlier today.
Old 08-01-06 | 08:49 AM
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Yesterday i recieved my Amazon order of Tomb Raider, Sky Captain and Friday Night Lights despite the estimated arrival not being until the 5th of August so that was a pleasant surprise. Can't wait until my copy of Equilibrium arrives though, i'm dying to see that in HD!
Old 08-01-06 | 09:28 AM
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I'm definitely going to buy Kiss Kiss Bang Bang HD-DVD (combo with stanDVD) at Wallyworld today after work...
Old 08-01-06 | 04:07 PM
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Can't wait until my copy of Equilibrium arrives though, i'm dying to see that in HD!
I'm still on the fence as to whether to buy that, Brothers Grimm, and The Pianist. The cost is pretty high.
Old 08-02-06 | 03:37 AM
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I just picked up Pitch Black and Sleepy Hollow from Amazon. I'll be buying more on the big day (Aug. 8).
Old 08-02-06 | 08:49 PM
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Found used copies of Van Helsing and U-571 at a Gamestop. Got my employee discount on them. Good times.
Old 08-03-06 | 05:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Suprmallet
Found used copies of Van Helsing and U-571 at a Gamestop. Got my employee discount on them. Good times.
I'm going to have to start checking Gamestop and EB for these.
Old 08-03-06 | 02:43 PM
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Probably makes more sense to just call around. This is the only one I know in town that has them, and they had about six HD titles and 4 BD titles.
Old 08-03-06 | 03:06 PM
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I bought Serenity way back when Amazon had it cheap and I've been hanging onto it (sans player) for weeks.

I think I'm finally about to pull the trigger on an A1 in the next couple of weeks. At that point, I have 17 titles on my 'buy' list:

Blazing Saddles
Apollo 13
Goodfellas
Full Metal Jacket
Unforgiven
Fugitive
Lethal Weapon
Animal House
Land of the Dead
Sky Captain
U2: Rattle & Hum
Red Dragon
Army of Darkness
Fast Times
Slither
Caddyshack
Searchers

I may pick up a few on Aug. 8 in anticipation of my player.

Some of these obviously aren't out yet. And others (like Sky Captain and U2) are fairly low on the list, since I have the SD versions and there is little improvement. I may hold out for a major sale of some sort on those.
Old 08-09-06 | 06:33 AM
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I just pre-ordered 'The Pianist' from yesasia.com - it's the Japanese version, but comes with the English soundtrack. Expensive, but it's one HD-DVD film I would like to own. I notice they have 'Brothers Grimm' and one or two other titles not available in the US at the moment.

I looked on amazon.jp and they are slightly cheaper for the Japanese titles, but they didn't have 'The Pianist'.
Old 08-09-06 | 08:11 AM
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I received GoodFellas, Happy Gilmore, and Apollo 13 yesterday. I already have Serenity, The Bourne Supremacy, and Lethal Weapon. Pitch Black and Blazing Saddles should arrive today.

So far the closest I've come to disappointment is GoodFellas and it's not like the HD-DVD doesn't look nice. It's just the only one so far that's merely a minor improvement over the upconverted SD-DVD.

Next one I get will probably be Ray. I've heard great things about that disc and I still haven't seen the movie.
Old 08-09-06 | 10:47 AM
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I broke down and got my first combo DVD/HD-DVD, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. No way would I pay $35-$40 at retailers but Amazon had it for $25.15 after the 10% discount so I jumped in.
Old 08-09-06 | 01:17 PM
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I broke down and got my first combo DVD/HD-DVD, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. No way would I pay $35-$40 at retailers but Amazon had it for $25.15 after the 10% discount so I jumped in.
If they ever lower the price on those combo discs, I'll consider picking them up. But $25.15 is too much for a blind buy(except for certain Criterions).


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