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WormholeXtreme · 12-06-2007, 12:05 PM

This was excellent on BD. I'll double dip when the unrated version comes out on BD. MY SVS subwoofer was shaking everything during this movie.
This was even better than when I saw it in the theater.

dmiller68 · 12-06-2007, 03:35 PM

I watched Die Hard last night. They did a great job with that Bluray. Much better then the DVD cuts. I'll watch the second one tonight I suspect they well keep getting better as the movies get newer.

ZoomZoom71 · 12-08-2007, 10:50 PM

Just finished watching this. I noticed a lot of what Epyon mentioned re: voice mismatches, bizarre cuts, etc. Not too bad of a movie, though. Nice action sequences. But, I gotta say, I'm not sure I've ever seen a plot that was so full of impossibilities and far-fetchedness. Maybe I was being too critical, but some of the stuff, like the natural gas lines exploding all around the power plant, was ridiculously not-believable. That made it a little too hard to enjoy, for me.

Epyon MX · 12-08-2007, 11:00 PM

Zoom, you gotta learn to shut your brain down for this kinda movie. Enjoy the ride.

Have you seen Hot Fuzz? That'll explain what I'm talking about, since they relentlessly parody buddy-cop pictures like these.

ZoomZoom71 · 12-08-2007, 11:07 PM

I can usually deal with some "over the top" stuff, so maybe I just wasn't in that sort of a mood tonight. It didn't completely ruin it for me, though. I mean, I was still a little "anxious" during some of the good action sequences.

dolfan · 12-09-2007, 05:55 PM

Caught this at the theatre and @ home. Liked it better at the theater. It was OK. Part of the reason, for me at least, it was just OK was because it just didn't feel like a DH movie. My .02 cents...

KEEZY · 12-09-2007, 08:24 PM

I watched the first part of this on DVD, and it just didn't look very good. Maybe I'm spoiled by HDDVD now? However, Superbad in regular DVD still looked pretty good, so maybe it was just the transfer?

Jon Liu · 12-13-2007, 10:24 AM

You've been spoiled, Keez. I think some films style make it look okay even on DVD, but some of it probably was expectation. You probably expected an outstanding picture quality from the DVD version of Die Hard, regardless of being just that. Whereas Superbad, you probably could care less about the picture quality so it exceeded your expectations.

Then again, it could've been just what you said: The transfer.

KEEZY · 12-13-2007, 11:18 AM

Snap!

Yeah, I actually got both at the same time, and watched a little of each, back to back. Also, most of what I saw of DH was night/dark scenes, and SB was fairly bright. That also probably affected my opinion. Oh well, guess I'll have to buy a PS3. Shucks.

WormholeXtreme · 12-13-2007, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ZoomZoom71

Just finished watching this. I noticed a lot of what Epyon mentioned re: voice mismatches, bizarre cuts, etc. Not too bad of a movie, though. Nice action sequences. But, I gotta say, I'm not sure I've ever seen a plot that was so full of impossibilities and far-fetchedness. Maybe I was being too critical, but some of the stuff, like the natural gas lines exploding all around the power plant, was ridiculously not-believable. That made it a little too hard to enjoy, for me.

How is that different from other movies? Most movies are full of impossibilities and far-fetchedness just like most Tv shows.

ZoomZoom71 · 12-13-2007, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by WormholeXtreme

How is that different from other movies? Most movies are full of impossibilities and far-fetchedness just like most Tv shows.

Yes, I agree with you, completely. Maybe this one seemed more over-the-top. Kinda like An Inconvenient Truth.

dmiller68 · 12-13-2007, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ZoomZoom71

Yes, I agree with you, completely. Maybe this one seemed more over-the-top. Kinda like An Inconvenient Truth.

You just keep believing that it isn't true...

While aspects of this movie where nuts, thier suitcase would have to be much larger to hold all that data. The concepts in general where not that far fetched. It generated some fun conversations at the security meetings I go to. We are not as protected as the government would like you to think... Take out three IXP locations could blackout internet, telco and wireless all in one shot to huge parts of the country. The major hotel here would take out most communications for WA, AK, ID, OR. While the telcos are starting to work around this there is still a lot of risk. I won't even go into Power, Water and other util.

Never the less it was a fun movie!! I thought all the Blueray versions where very well done and highly recommend them if you like these movies.

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