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 What 1080p Movie did You Watch Today ? - Episode 2, Share what you watch lately...

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post May 2 2016, 10:36 AM

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Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Okay, Star Trek is a big deal for Paramount.

So much so, that after Star Trek The Original Series was released on Bluray, fan were foaming at the mouth for Star Trek the Next Generation.

And there was an issue. Most of the special effect in the said series was C.G.I. which is not an issue. The issues arised when it was discovered that the effects were originally rendered in 480P, which translate to an ugly bluray release for The Next Generation, unless additional work was done.

Paramount did the math, and went ahead to spend the money to redo ALL the special effects in HD and reintegrating that to the original practical shot, and when the blurays were release, the rabid fanboys were happy and sales of the blurays were good.

So, what the heck am I going on about.

This movie was made with a budget of USD 35,000,000.

It made Paramount, USD 85,000,000 (in box office)...

And the head honchos in Paramount did not think it was worthy a proper HD transfer??

Oh my goodness, one of the worst HD transfer I have experience!!

Dust specks, soft images.... Shame on you, Paramount!!

Story wise, not a Star Trek story per say (the director Robert Wise, did not "get" it)

If feel more like the 2001: Space Odyssey rather than a Star Trek movie.

Worth a watch if you have not watch this.

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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

Easily on of the fanboys' favorite Star Trek movie.

Director Nicholas Meyer, gets it.

Is a continuation of Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Space Seed" (1967).

Ricardo Montalban reprise his Khan role.

Transfer is slightly better compared to the first.

I believe the ending shock many a fan when the movie was first shown at the cinema.
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And if you had watched Star Trek Into Darkness you already know that.

Good movie.

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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)

With a title like that, are there any doubts what happened? laugh.gif

Another fanboy favorite.

I believe fanboy likes this because more of the Vulcan "culture" is shown.

And also the irony
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Well, if you have nothing to do, and like me hae some time, try doing a marathon!!! laugh.gif

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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

I thought this was a "filler" movie (thinking that it is the most inexpensive to produce.

This movie cost Paramount USD 25,000,000, the total combine budget of the last two movie!!!

I thought that since most of it was "present" it would have been cheaper to make... The answer is no.

I actually like this the best.

The 23rd century vs 20th century. Makes for some entertaining viewing.

This movie made Paramount USD 133,000,000!

So I am not alone.

If you want to watch a good original series movie, this is the one I recommend!!

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Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)


As for the these two.

I feel they are better material for a TV episode rather than a movie

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QUOTE(capoi @ May 2 2016, 01:29 PM)
I envy you have a time to watch a lot of movies but I can't. In a month, maybe I just can watch 3 movies.
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You envy me?....

It is a choice.

One can choose to eat or to watch movie...

I choose to watch movie... laugh.gif
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QUOTE(yokoloco @ May 2 2016, 07:10 PM)
Why not both? At the same time!
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I can only afford one or the other...
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QUOTE(AVFAN @ May 2 2016, 05:30 PM)
there are 12 star trek movies.

i have all of them, rewatched a few of them 2 years ago, will watch the rest in a couple yrs time. biggrin.gif

seriously, i really can't remember the stories of all of them except for the first one... "V'Ger" and the 2 most recent. the rest... there was one about dolphins, one about spocks lost and found, one about khan, one about the crew of enterprise fighting against their doppelgangers...?

i definitely remember the stories of the 6-episode hobbit-lord of the rings or 7-episode star wars better. laugh.gif
well, star trek 13 coming july this year.

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>"V'Ger"

Star Trek The Motion Picture

>there was one about dolphins

Star Trek IV The Voyage Home and it is about Humpback whales... laugh.gif

>one about spocks lost and found

The end of Star Trek II Wrath of Khan was Spock lost

The whole Star Trek III Search for Spook was Spock found.

>one about khan

Again Star Trek II Wrath of Khan

>one about the crew of enterprise fighting against their doppelgangers...?

You lost me with this one... Not in Star Trek I - VI... Or any Star Trek I can remember... hmm.gif
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QUOTE(AVFAN @ May 2 2016, 07:59 PM)
think it's 9 or 10, insurrection or nemesis, patrick stewart.
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Insurrection is about internal youth and kids that left the placet tricked the federation into stealling the planet for them

Nemesis is about the Romulan with a picard clone... Is this the one you mean?
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Krampus (2015)

Now, for something old skool.

If you like movies like Gremlins and Gremlins II, you may like this.

All the "effect" are practical rather then CGI, and I for one appreciate that.

Krampus is an old believe that is you lose the spirit of Christmas, Santa Clause does not pay you a visit.

Instead, Krampus would visit.

Where Santa reward, Krampus punishes.

Where Santa gives, Krampus takes.

I like this.

It's old skool. (Like me) laugh.gif

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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concerts (25th Anniversary) 2009 - 2010

Any music lovers here?

A two disc concert bluray.

Paying respect to many a great musicians and singers.

How great?

Note below!!

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The entire set list (minus extras, discussed below) is:

Jerry Lee Lewis
Great Balls of Fire

Crosby, Stills, and Nash (with Raitt, Browne and Taylor)
Woodstock, Almost Cut My Hair, Love Has No Pride, The Pretender, Love the One You're With

Stevie Wonder (with Smokey Robinson, King, Sting, Beck and Legend)
For Once in My Life, The Tracks of My Tears, The Way You Make Me Feel, The Thrill is Gone, Higher Ground/Roxanne, Superstition

Paul Simon (with Crosby and Nash, Dion DiMucci and Little Anthony and the Imperials)
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard, You Can Call Me Al, Here Comes the Sun, The Wanderer, Two People in the World

Simon & Garfunkel
The Sounds of Silence, The Boxer, Bridge Over Troubled Water

Aretha Franklin (with Annie Lennox)
Baby I Love You, Don't Play That Song, Chain of Fools

Metallica (with Lou Reed, Ozzy Osbourne, and Ray Davies)
For Whom the Bell Tolls, Sweet Jane, Iron Man/Paranoid, All Day and All of the Night, Enter Sandman

U2 (with Sprinsteen, Patti Smith, Roy Bittan, Jagger, Fergie, and Will.i.am)
Vertigo, Magnificent, Because the Night, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Gimme Shelter, Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of, Beautiful Day

Jeff Beck (with Sting, Buddy Guy, and Billy Gibbons)
People Get Ready, Let Me Love You Baby, Foxey Lady, A Day in the Life

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band (with Sam Moore, Tom Morello, John Fogerty, Darlene Love and Billy Joel)
Hold On! I'm Comin'/Soul Man, The Ghost of Tom Joad, Fortunate Son, Oh, Pretty Woman, Jungleland, A Fine Fine Boy, New York State of Mind, Born to Run
(Exceprt from bluray.com)

Highlights for me?

Seeing Stevie Wonder chocking up when performing Michael Jackson's The Way You Make Me Feel

Simon & Garfunkel together again and still bring it.

Aretha Franklin powerful vocal!!

The term, "They don't make em like they used to" really, REALLY applies here!

If you are a music lover, go for it!!

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QUOTE(insane.kill @ May 13 2016, 12:11 AM)
Selling ur bluray? Pm. Haha
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QUOTE(AVFAN @ May 14 2016, 09:53 PM)
ya, i had that since 2 years ago - 1080p, DTS.

good stuff, been putting it on a few times. thumbup.gif
no good movies lately.
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Yes, yes, me slow poke...

But good is good right, no matter when it is viewed.
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Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962)

A Dutch/American production?

Supposedly on a USD 74,600 budget!! laugh.gif

The following are information I had extracted from IMDB

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When officials at American International viewed the completed film, they decided that some of the Danish-produced special effects were so poor that they needed to be replaced. Two members of the independent special effects company Project Unlimited, Jim Danforth and Wah Chang, shot new footage to replace some of the Danish special effects. Some of the deleted footage was also replaced with tinted black-and-white monster footage from The Spider (1958).


So what I am trying to say is that The Martian (2015) and Gravity (2013) this is NOT!!!

Having said that, the story is actually decent, maybe with a much bigger budget, this could be an excellent movie. (or an good Twilight Zone episode maybe)

Strictly B Movie, but enjoyable (laughable) on a lazy Sunday afternoon.

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The Witch (2015)

This is Robert Eggers's first feature film as a director and he he did an amazing job.

His creates "spook" by telling a story.

No shock around the corner.

No suddenly loud music.

Just by telling a story.

He started out his profession as a set director.

This movie is set in the 1800s so, everything is authentic!!!

In an interview, he said he wanted his set design to invoke "smell"!! laugh.gif

Wow...

Still cannot get over how well this story is told

An it is more of a creepy/eerie feeling rather than a straight out fright!!

I don;t want to say too much about this.

Do not want to spoil it for you.

Really good movie!!

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The Last Man on Earth (1964)

Well here is something I did not know until today.

For the lovers of the movie, I Am Legend (2007) is based on Richard Matheson's novel I Am Legend, this is the first movie adapted from the same book!

This movie stars Vincent Price!

Original Fritz Lang was supposed to have directed this (that would have been a different level of movie all together)

Do not watched this to see an old version of I Am Legend (2007).

Watch this if you are a fan of Vincent Price.

Hammer was supposed to have made this. They could not get approval from the British Censor, so the rights were sold to Robert Lippert (American Producer).

To save money, the film was shot in Italy with a predominantly Italian cast and crew.

Watched this is color, then only to notice I could have watched in it's original Black and White version (*groan*)

I love the camp!! laugh.gif

Although in I Am Legend, almost everyone is a vampire, here they are move zombie like!!

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Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)

Like it's comic books counterpart, movie used to have anthology within itself.

What do I mean?

Take this for example. There are five story within this movie, with a main story tying everything together...

So this movie has these 5 short stories

Werewolf
Creeping Vine
Voodoo
Disembodied Hand (with a VERY young Michael Gough (Tim Burton's Batman's Alfred), whom I did not recognised and Christopher Lee!!)
Vampire (Youthful Donald Sutherland)

With Peter Cushing (Dr. Terror' / Dr. W. R. Schreck) tarot card reader's story tying everything together!!

Made by Amicus Productions (second largest Horror movie makers in England (Owned by Americans) outside of Hammer)

I missed these short story horror movies.

Maybe Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis could revive this format through their Dark Castle Entertainment production house.

Their remake of House on Haunted Hill (1999), Thir13en Ghosts (2001), Ghost Ship (2002), Gothika (2003) and House of Wax (2005) were quite enjoyable!!

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Heidi (2015)

I know a little about Heidi's story. An orphan girl who was thrown on the laps of her grandfather, by her aunt.

I have watch some episodes of 1974 Hayao Miyazaki TV Series, and have to add not all of them.

Now, this Germany production is GORGEOUS!!!

I mean, GORGEOUS!!!

Supposedly on a budget of USD 8,800,000, money WELL spent!!

Anuk Steffen is perfect as Heidi!!!

The location shots BEAUTIFUL!!!

A fantastic family movie. Suitable for ALL ages.

Please note it is in German, and has English subtitle. Be advise

More movies like this should be made!!

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QUOTE(OPT @ May 15 2016, 08:04 PM)
You do watch a lot of movies on a weekend. How'd you do it?
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QUOTE(chokia @ May 21 2016, 01:23 PM)
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So...?

How underwhelmed were you? laugh.gif

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