Originally Posted by Doctorossi

Can we just go back to talking about Blu-ray media and spare this poor Criterion thread?

Originally Posted by jwstl

I'm looking forward to picking up D&C and a few (by few I mean many) other Criterions during the upcoming Criterion sale at B&N. I'm glad the Three Colors Trilogy release date occurs in the midst of the sale.

Originally Posted by riotinmyskull

newsletter clue:

Originally Posted by Doctorossi

... meanwhile, I find almost nothing more dreary than inter-Blu-ray-fan-Website bitching.

I'm a member at most of the popular Blu-ray fan sites. I find none of them to be anything close to "perfect".

Can we just go back to talking about Blu-ray media and spare this poor Criterion thread?

Originally Posted by Supermallet

By his own admission Pro-B does not post here anymore and had to be informed of the attack through a friend. I'm sure he knows that when you put your work out in a public sphere, you're opening yourself up to the opinions of those who read the work. There is a difference between making an attack on a reviewer who is not also an active member here and a personal attack made from one active member to another in the forums. The former is rude, the second is against the site's TOS.

I'll put it this way: It may not be nice for someone to post a Roger Ebert review and call Ebert an idiot, but it's allowed in the forum rules. However, if Roger Ebert were an active member here, then it would be. I saw the original comment as the former (a general grievance against a non-member based on content from another site). If Pro-B were an active member here, and the other poster knew this, that would be a different story.

Pro-B did not have to resort to personal attacks in his defense, though. And even if the original attack had been the forum definition of a personal attack, we still wouldn't allow Pro-B to retaliate with his own round of personal attacks. That's what the "Report this post to a moderator" button is for.

Originally Posted by riotinmyskull

newsletter clue:


Nicolas Winding Refn's Top 10 Criterions

Originally Posted by MTRodaba2468

Getting back on topic, I'm seeing speculation on other sites suggesting that the clue is for Sátántangó.

Originally Posted by nitin77

As for the display of 'maturity' here, how is it different to the very same things being said about the other site.

Originally Posted by toddly6666

It's unbelievable how a whole fuss was made over a review, which was not even a negative one, just to pick a fight with Pro-B - someone that has dedicated at least 11 years of giving all of us useful information about movies, dvds, and blu-rays. I don't even know who started the original witch hunt against him in the first place, but it's very cliched internet forum behavior. "Go back to blu-ray.com!" "Go back where you came from!" How original.

It doesn't matter if a critic gives a movie 5 stars or 1 star. The wonderful thing about internet is that it gives us the option to compile all the different reviews of one film or one blu-ray or one DVD to figure out if it's worth checking out. Anyone who says that there is only one right way of reviewing a film is a snob.

And regarding the Cow picture, how about Julio Medem's VACAS? Criterion needs to put all of Julio Medem's old films on blu-ray: The Red Squirrel, Tierra, and Lovers of the Arctic Circle.

Originally Posted by GizmoDVD

Why do you assume everyone knows that Pro-B is that reviewer on Blu-ray.com? I don't think anyone that posted anything prior to his reappearance even mentioned his username.

Originally Posted by NoirFan

Gojira showed up in my Gold Box today, so I went ahead and ordered it. I'd rather not have to wait until May to watch/buy it it, so hopefully it'll drop down to $24.99 or so.