Thanks a lot for the information

I had the same notion with Titanic too. Owned the 4-disc Collector's Edition dvd since 2005 but only watched the special features discs....

James Cameron is a great director if only he can keep his ego in check. Think he started out as a visual effects director. Guess that is why he has great vision in his movies. He developed morphing technology when he was shooting Terminator 2. (think a large bulk of the production cost went into developing 3D morphing with Cornell Uni)

Same great development in 3D when he made Avatar.

But he has ego issues. Think after his acceptance speech during the Oscars for Titanic, no distributor wanted to fund his movies. (didnt release a movie for the next 10 years till Avatar)

He will continue to make great movies and probably be the next George Lucas in developing movie technology. (hope the next movie has a better story and better actors)

That said, just want to reiterate that Avatar was a Bad movie...

This post has been edited by Bishop: Nov 18 2010, 12:43 AM

Come on guys especially who likes Mad Men

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Amazoncom-Mo...TV/243253990754

This post has been edited by nazmanson: Nov 18 2010, 07:05 AM

Dabangg Blu-ray Review

Title: Dabangg
Year: 2010
BD Release: 2010
IMDB Rating: 6.8
Category: Action | Comedy | Musical | Romance
Distributor: BIG Home Video
Authoring House: Digital Entertainment
Region Coding: A/B/C
Media: Main Feature - 50GB BD
Running Time: 02:06:02 hrs
Chapters: 20
Video:
2.35:1, HD 1080p 16:9, AVC 24Hz
Peak Bitrate 38.7 Mbps | Average Bitrate ?Mbps
Audio:
1/2 Hindi - DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48khz 5.6 Mbps - peak) <-- Default Track
2/2 Hindi - Dolby Digital 5.1 (48khz 448 kbps)
Subtitles: <-- 2.35:1 Screen Friendly (Positioned at the bottom of the picture area)
1/1 English
Special Features: SD | 4:3 | MPEG2 | DD 2.0 (224 kbps)
1. The Making of Dabangg (40:56)
2. Making of The Songs (27:41)
3. Photo Album

Special Mention:
1. Pop-up menu during extras, for selection of extras' titles.

Review

Movie:
Very well scripted with very witty dialogues. Well acted and tightly edited. Outstanding music, both songs & background score. All in all, a very entertaining film. This is the kind of movie where although the action is quite exagerated and stylized, it still falls in the realm of 'suspension of disbelief' and one can still enjoy it. The characters too, are well etched out and totally believable, unlike the characters and their actions in the average so called 'entertainers' from bollywood. Ofcourse what helps, is the able performances of the entire cast, both in major and supporting roles. The film has no pretentions of being anything but what it is, ie. an out to out entertainer and it totally succeeds in keeping the audience involved with not a tiresome moment. I had already seen the movie in the theaters, but still actually enjoyed the film even more the second time around on blu-ray.

Video: Sadly the blu-ray suffers from framing issues. This is a problem that is there with the 'Kites' blu-ray too and had also been there with the 'Rock On' blu-ray. Out of the total 'Ten' BIG Home Video blu-rays released so far, three of them have had framing issues. It is obviously an issue with whoever is doing the mastering for BIG Home Video and something that they need to look into. Also, I think that they may be viewing their transfers on a monitor using overscan and thus may be oblivious to the problem. It is only when viewing on a projector that this problem becomes apparent. Although in the case of 'Rock On ', the framing was bad enough to be noticed on most TVs too. Once again the DNR does rear it's ugly head and robs the video of sharpness and fine detail. Although I must point out that the problem is not anywhere as bad as it is with the blu-ray of 'Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai' or for that matter even 'Kites'. Inconsistent color tones and saturation levels along with a yellow tint throughout most of the movie, are other factors that keep the video from really shining. But then again, I must mention that I don't recall being very impressed with the picture quality even when I saw the film in the theater.



Audio: The movie has an excellent sound mix and the rear channels are very active throughout the movie. The songs too have been well mixed and all in all, the audio does full justice to the action in the movie and adds a lot to the overall experience of the movie. Pleasantly for a change, specially considering the genre of the film, the audio level is quite good and not too high as it is with most Indian blu-rays. The Dolby Digital 5.1 alternate audio track on the other hand, keeps up the tradition and is not only much louder than the DTS-HD MA track, but is just way too loud. Thank heavens, that the redundant DD 5.1 track actually has no use for atleast the vast majority of consumers, if any at all. Overall, this is one of the best blu-rays so far, as far as audio is concerned and the only thing that keeps the audio rating from being even higher, is that the volume level in the rear channels is a bit too loud and can do with atleast a 3db reduction, if not more.



Extras: It is really good to finally see extras being included on recent BIG/Digital Entertainment blu-rays. The last three 'BIG/Digital Entertainment' blu-rays have all included extras. Considering that all three were relatively short movies, there was ample disc space leftover for the extras. Therefore 'not' including the extras would have been silly, since the 'extras' do not in any way compromise audio/video quality. Fortunately good sense has prevailed at 'BIG/Digital Entertainment' and they have started including extras atleast when space permits. The extras on this blu-ray are presented in SD 4:3 with DD 2.0 audio. There are two featurettes, both providing substantial insight into the making of the music and film.

Final Words: Highly Recommended !

This post has been edited by sKyWiR3pT3lTd: Nov 18 2010, 06:10 PM

My Life is arriving ................. but I can't get it yet, haizz .... at my friend place now... my friend help me order, he will only came down on mid of December 2010. At least I know it is arriving



This post has been edited by Andrewtst: Nov 18 2010, 12:17 PM

Is this US version? Because it is different from my UK version that I brought months ago. Cover is same but inside is different.

Yupe, this is US version. How your UK version look like? Can see see.

Is this - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Life-Blu-ray-David...90053872&sr=8-2 yours one?

This post has been edited by Andrewtst: Nov 18 2010, 12:19 PM

Yap!

With the exception of Titanic, I love almost all James Cameron movies... where T2, Aliens, True Lies and even Avatar being my favourites. If Avatar originally released as a 2D movie then it won't be as successful (or as good...) as it is now because in terms of storyline - was a bit passé imho. But having said that, the visual effects like the characters' mo-cap is quite remarkable actually... taking into a new height if compared to LOTR's Gollum a few years back.

i'm going to the US in Jan, just wondering if it's possible to buy cheap Blu-rays at retail stores, or buying online is cheaper because retail stores tend to sell at list price?

Yeah! My Planet Earth is arriving as well



This post has been edited by Andrewtst: Nov 18 2010, 03:50 PM

Definitely cheaper than listed price in any online store. You may want to visit Best Buy for a good deal.

New Release ! Karthik Calling Karthik





This post has been edited by sKyWiR3pT3lTd: Nov 18 2010, 06:11 PM

Just received Lost Season 6 and Disney's A Christmas Carol (4 disc combo)

ACC's slipcover is real beautiful!

your slipcover for ACC is red color right, I got the 2 Disc one, so it's blue instead.
Got my Avatar today as well, and a bunch of Disney's title

Thanks for the tip buddy! so many things to buy, not enuf luggage space

There will be always space for you to bring all our orders...

This post has been edited by sKyWiR3pT3lTd: Nov 18 2010, 06:01 PM

Yeah, it's the lenticular one

+1+1

Got my Avatar and A Christmas Carol today, while the rest last week.
The bunch of Disney titles released from ketam on the 6th but was only delivered to me on the 12th, took the post man so long to get to my office