Age Group | Old enough to have seen Star Wars in its first week of release and driven home! |
Video Likes | 16x9 enhancement, quality transfers and more of the older titles. |
Video Dislikes | Flipper disks and snapper cases. |
Audio Likes | Crisp, clean sound tracks with no distortion. I prefer DD5.1 but DTS is my passion. George Lucas was right, 50% of the enjoyment in movies is in the sound! |
Audio Dislikes | Mono sound tracks and movies where there has been no attempt to at least clean up the sound. |
Favourite DVDs | The Thing, Terminator 2 - Ultimate Edition, Gettysburg (Region 1), Aliens, Dark City, Fight Club, Day Of The Jackal, Das Boot (Region 4). |
Least Favourite DVDs | So far none, I don't tend to buy what I don't like. |
Most Eagerly Awaited DVDs | Evil Dead 1/2/3 (gimme a little sugar baby, Bruce Campbell rulez OK!), anything by John Carpenter, Tron, Romper Stomper (2 disc edition with DTS please!), anything by Fellini, Kurosawa, Huston, et al |
Titanic | Nice sets, the ship sunk well, acting was mediocre, but a waste of money really. Preferred "A Night to Remember" with Kenneth Moore. Don't really go in for period pieces much. Saw it once, that was enough |
The Matrix | Excellent special effects, one drawback - it has Keanu Reeves in it. The most wooden actor (apart from Kevin Costner) in movies today. Plot was good, but I still preferred Dark City. |
Terminator 2 | The rerelease rulez! Still as good a movie today as it was when it was originally released. |
Star Wars | One of my top ten movies of all time. Leave your maturity at the door and enjoy! |
Godzilla | I laughed when I saw this movie. The first 20 minutes were stupid, after that it really went downhill. The effects were lame, the plot thin but I love B-Grade movies, they are what make classics just that, classic. Without the Godzillas of this world, there would be no King Kongs (original version please). |
Independence Day | Too much ra-ra American b******, but otherwise a good SF movie for its day. One thing that really irks is that all aliens will be able to interface with a Mac and be vulnerable to computer viruses.... yer right.. |
DVD Player | Sony NS-305 , using RGB output |
Display | Loewe Xelos (81cm) . Calibrated with Video Essentials. This display device is 16x9 capable. |
Audio Decoder | Rotel RSP-976 . Calibrated with Video Essentials. |
Amplification | Rotel RB 985 MkII |
Speakers | JBL TLX16s Front Speakers, Polk Audio LS fx di/bipole Rear Speakers, Polk Audio CS350-LS Centre Speaker, M&KV-75 Subwoofer |
1. Patton: Special Edition (1970) Possibly the best war movie of all time | 2. The Dish (2000) Lightweight, but thoroughly enjoyable movie | 3. Walking with Dinosaurs (1999) The best documentary series I've ever seen. | 4. Das Boot: The Director's Cut (1997) A masterpiece of suspense and the futility of war. | 5. The Thing: Collector's Edition (1982) For me the best SF movie remake of all time. |
6. Stickmen (2000) Probably the best NZ movie i've seen, period. Funny, topical, great music and stylish all on a tiny budget! | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. |