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I bought today: Miracle Mile, I, Robot, Conan the Barbarian, and Dracula.
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revan: so Scrubs is worth picking up? quality hasn't suffered? i'd like to find a deal on it. does it hold for rewatching? not much a fan of comedy...
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Broke down and used my mall gift certificate to go on a dvd-buying spree. Bought Firefly, season one of Stargate: Atlantis, season two of Forever Knight, and ordered all three seasons of Due South. Will go back when I pick up Due South and buy Farscape: Peacekeeper Wars.

I'm never going to get my chem homework done now...
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sgtnull wrote:revan: so Scrubs is worth picking up? quality hasn't suffered? i'd like to find a deal on it. does it hold for rewatching? not much a fan of comedy...
I can only speak for myself, but I like it as much now when it first aired.
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Picked up my Due South dvds today. Also broke down and chucked some more money at the movie industry. Bought Farscape: Peacekeeper Wars, Star Trek: First Contact, season 1 of Night Court, and Brokeback Mountain. Guess I'm gonna have to push my truck to the barn next week, 'cause that was gas money I spent. :roll:
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I have Tristan & Isolde and Vald (supposedly about the true origins of Darcula). Off to see Vald, let you know how it goes.
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halfway through Weatherman. thought it was a comedy...
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:oops: Wow! Sorry for mentioning either one of those films^^^^T :oops: hey both sucked! :evil: While T & I showed more promise the narration was crappy, it moved too fast and the editing was, well, really bad. This is really too bad as it's a very interesting story about warring tribes in Ireland with decent historical foundations. The previews looked good, damm...Vlad just plain sucked...well, that's the crap shoot you take with Billy Zane... :evil: :evil: :evil:
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waiting for Blockbuster to send Trees Lounge. Steve Buscemi's film directorial debut.
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Tree's Lounge is priceless I love that movie! :biggrin:
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i did see Steve's Animal Factory. so I am anxious for this. I hope to get both movies for Christmas.
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The same Animal Factory as DeFoe and Rourke? Excellent movie if they're the same. Have you seen 13 Moons?--I almost rented it last night...
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Just bought Night Watch: Nochnoi Dozor. Looking forward to finally finding out what's so good about it.
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I've been sitting on my three latest movies from Netflix for over a week now with not enough time to watch any of them yet. :?

Born into Brothels a documentary about little kids born into brothels in India and what happens to them as they grow up (its supposed to be depressing but good - when you let a friend into weird indie movies loose into your netflix account you get some oddball stuff on your list :lol: ).

Charley and the Chocolate Factory) - I loved the book as a kid, but haven't seen the movie yet

French Kiss - an old Meg Ryan romantic comedy that I've never seen
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danlo: 13 Moons is my favorite movie of all time. i own it.
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Genesis of the Daleks was delivered today. :)
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Lovecraft's Beyond the Wall of Sleep: pretty damm damm bad, pretty gory and sick--well it's designed that way. Holds a strange preverse fascination. Got to have a strong stomach to finish it. Haven't seen the Reanimators or Dagon but probably don't have to now--I rate the Dunwich Horror, At the Mountians of Madness and Die, Monster Die! (The Fungi from Yuggoth) way above it as Lovecraft interpretations. Now I'm either going to be sick or go to the theater to watch The Celestine Prophesy--I'll let you know how it all turns out :twisted:
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Just watched Resivour Dogs, for the first time i have finally seen the ending.

Great movie.
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In my dvd player recently I've had Beetlejuice (decided I should finally see it - meh), the Prophecy and the fabled Trigun. 8)
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Warmark wrote:Just watched Resivour Dogs, for the first time i have finally seen the ending.

Great movie.
To tell the truth, I haven't seen the the film since its theatrical release, but I sure haven't forgotten it. Crazy ending, isn't it?
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You hear the sound of a gun firing off-screen, but you don't know whether Harvey Keitel's character had shot himself or his protege instead. Was this ever resolved, or is Tarantino keeping it a mystery?
Recent bargain-price DVDs I acquired:

Outland - Gritty, edgy 1981 Sean Connery sci-fi flick. One of my favorite non-Bond Connery movies. Unfortunately, the DVD transfer is also gritty and edgy, but in the worst sense: they didn't even try to clean up the image! It's a shame that the studio gave this film such a lousy treatment for DVD. Then again, it shouldn't be too surprising, given that it's the same company that released Blade Runner on DVD, and we all know what a substandard transfer that was. Oh well, at least the audio was more or less clean for Outland. But really, why is it so hard for some studios to offer a decent film-to-DVD translation the first time around? We have to wait until they decide (or not) to produce properly remastered "special" editions of our favorite movies.

The Warriors: Director's Cut - now here's an excellent DVD remastering job. I used to just catch this movie whenever it aired on TV, so it was good to finally watch it in all its DVD glory. It's like really seeing the movie for the first time (I never saw it in theatres). The new comic-book scene transitions are nice. There are four behind-the-scenes featurettes which offer good insights. It was cool to see the cast and crew reminiscing about the movie after all this time. Michael Beck now has a crisp white beard and lean look that makes him vaguely resemble SRD from a distance, heh. It was also nice to learn of the genesis behind the famous "Warriors...come out to plaaaay" scene from the man himself, David Patrick Kelly. :)
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