Posted by Doug Jacobs on 10/23/06 18:42

In alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 Derek Janssen <ejanss@nospam.comcast.net> wrote:

> It's a Will Ferrell comedy. 'Nuff said. NASCAR-based perhaps, but
> imagine bundling the PS2 with "Anchorman". Or "Kicking & Screaming".
> Or "Elf".

Oh, it's that movie. For the life of me I didn't know what movie this
was. Oh, it's the "Will Farrel NASCAR movie". It might be interesting as
a rental...but as a HD demo??

> For contrast, here are Sony's other in-house Blu-Ray titles to
> self-promote, as of Dec. 06:
> 50 First Dates, The Fifth Element, Hitch, House of Flying Daggers, xXx,
> Underworld: Evolution, Ultraviolet, Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction,
> The Benchwarmers, Stealth, Memento, Into the Blue, RV, Silent Hill, The
> Big Hit, S.W.A.T., A Knight's Tale, Tears of the Sun, Click, Monster
> House, Little Man, Black Hawk Down

> (Now, admit it--It's a gamer demographic.
> It could've plausibly been "xXx". It could've been "Fifth Element", but
> it's too old. "Black Hawk" and "SWAT" were rated R, and "Click"'s agent
> would've soaked them too much...But STILL.)

I wouldn't have minded Fifth Element really. It's a fun flick, and got me
interested in DVD way-back-when. Unfortunatly, I've heard the transfer is
less than HD quality... Makes me wonder what they're thinking over
there...

Otherwise, I don't see anything that'd be worthy of owning, much les worth
owning in HD. Honestly, my attitude towards HD is quickly becoming one of
ambivelance. Sure, HD provides a better picture and all that, but
compared to a good DVD transfer, it just seems to me that DVD is going to
be "good enough" unless it's something I deem "worthy" of HD.

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