Schu Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 It was all down hill for Lucas after thx1138... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Smith Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 I struggle to make it through the original, but found this to be quite enjoyable. The LFE is insane and sounded superb on my system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaudeJ1 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 On 12/25/2017 at 2:52 PM, jjptkd said: I read Ray Kroc's book "Grinding it out" years back, it went a little different than the movie. I was almost sickened by the movie, seemed very anti-capitalistic to me. If you feel that way about the Founder, you will not like Detroit, about the 1967 Riots. The female director made those cops look stupid and Evil. I was 12 years old at the time and had moved to a safer Detroit neighborhood about a month before all that happened. Any way my good friend and mentor was a young cop on duty at the time, in charge of several National Guardsmen and said that Hotel was full of drug users, whores, pimps and drug dealers. Yet the movie INCORRECTLY portrayed the Hotel dwellers as totally innocent people. PUHLEASE! The Detroit Riots all started when a "Blind Pig" was busted where all the people there were BREAKING THE LAWS and all the cops were simply doing their job ARRESTING CRIMINALS!! Then everyone started breaking windows and stealing everything they could carry from the stores. With this gross, one sided, misrepresentation of the truth, the leftist agenda is clearly alive and well in Hollywood! Bottom line, almost all the businesses began an Exodus to the Suburbs after that. No one wants to be around people who are destroyers and thieves, so the "money" moved out of Detroit. The rest of the history is there for all to see. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burninator Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 I like the score a lot... very enjoyable for a mediocre movie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burninator Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 14 hours ago, Schu said: I like the score a lot... very enjoyable for a mediocre movie. This review couldn't be more accurate. Also Brando's last film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasubandu Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 I can honestly say I have never seen a blu-ray but after I get my speakers set up I plan to replace the Pioneer Kuro plasma with a 4k tv and get a blu-ray player. Would welcome suggestions for a first movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkPayton Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Loved the soundtrack on this... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasubandu Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 @MarkPayton Too violent for my tastes. How about something with great sound, but not a musical. Surely there is some standard setter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willland Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 43 minutes ago, vasubandu said: @MarkPayton Too violent for my tastes. For a war movie based on a true story, really not "that" violent or gory. 45 minutes ago, vasubandu said: How about something with great sound, but not a musical. Surely there is some standard setter. Wow, let me think. LFE to the max, "Flight of the Phoenix". "Jurassic World" Any "Transformers" movie "U-571" "Master and Commander" Any "Underworld" movies "Super 8" "9" Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasubandu Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Thanks so much, @willland of one-too-many-ls. "Flight of the Phoenix" it is. Now where can I find that? Wait, Amazon is already sending me emails with offers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasubandu Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 OK Willlllllllllllllllllllland, you gave me a seemingly infinite number of choices because Jurassic Park and Transformers seem to have as many different versions as I will buy. But the older kid wants to be a paleontologist, so Jurassic Park seems like the winner. I know that an attorney gets it in the first one, so that is out. But Amazon has a freakish deal on all four volumes for $27.51 including sales tax and delivery so I just ordered them, but that first disco will have to just be our little secret. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willland Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 16 minutes ago, vasubandu said: Thanks so much, @willland of one-too-many-ls. "Flight of the Phoenix" it is. Now where can I find that? Wait, Amazon is already sending me emails with offers. The dust storm/crash scene is definitely reference quality. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasubandu Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Yeah, we had a change of plans. Tomorrow is a "holiday" for people who believe in that nonsense, and the older one is still up. He voted for the dinosaurs. But dinos are good, right? I even have illegal dino bones we collected from federal lands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willland Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 6 minutes ago, vasubandu said: Tomorrow is a "holiday" for people who believe in that nonsense Sorry, I am confused, which does not take much these days. Bill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasubandu Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 @willland I just figured out your name, which should show who is really confused here. I can out confuse anyone. Based on your recommendation, I just ordered the Jurassic Park set from Amazon. And just to prove how confused I am, that made me realize that I have no blu-ray player, which seems somewhat helpful to play a blu-ray disc. So now you made me buy a Samsung Blu-Ray player. Fortunately, I am an attorney so I can just send you a bill for my time finding and the "costs" of the player itself. I take PayPal, so that will make it easy for you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 The re-master of Spielberg Jaws is quite good... the colors are quite naturalistic but the sound isn't action oriented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willland Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 33 minutes ago, vasubandu said: I take PayPal, so that will make it easy for you. My bride just informed me that my(her) PayPal account was depleted. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 That's not good... I just ran to PP and pulled all my money off. Maybe she did some shopping you don't know about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasubandu Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 @Schu not sure that would work. I have never seen Jaws. I am a scuba diver, and after hundreds of dives, I still frantically look around for sharks as soon as I hit the water. Even in freshwater. The kids say I am scared, but I am just looking out for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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