Seeing it tonight, man.  Can't wait.  I'm going in pretty much blind except for what I've seen in trailers.  But the critical praise so far really has me excited about it.

Quote from: iFett on August 10, 2009, 05:57 PM

Spoilers - don't read

Oh...and Dressel hates Transformers.   

I didn't hate it.

I despised it.

Join the club.   

There are chapter stops on Blu-ray.  I haven't noticed a single one that didn't have them.

It's strange where these rumors come from.  Another I've heard is "You can't fast forward through the previews."  Complete BS.  Of the few I've seen with movie trailers, I haven't had one where I couldn't skip them.

In my experience Blu-ray offers everything DVD offers, plus a bunch of stuff DVD isn't capable of.

I got a Playstation 3 at launch and have been enjoying movies on Blu-ray in high-def since the following March, when I dropped way too much money on an HD-TV.  Blu-ray v/s upscaled DVD is night and day.  I can't even watch DVDs anymore unless it's animated like The Simpsons.  Live action just looks soft.  And the difference between Blu-ray and broadcast HD is even greater, due to compression artifacts.  They're not as bad on FiOS, but awful on DirecTV.

I think you'll be thrilled with your purchase if you're a movie buff.  My best advice to you is to also invest in a decent home theater system.  Movies are significantly more immersive with crystal clear Dolby or DTS.  I have a 7.1 receiver but only have 5 speakers + subwoofer hooked up due to the shape of the room.  Unfortunately I got mine before HDMI, so I had to be creative with the wiring.  But it still does a fantastic job.  I have Netflix, so I'm loving a new Blu-ray every few days.  Just fantastic.

Link if the photo don't work...

Want to give a flying ****?  Now you can!

There was a big battle in the school in the last movie too, wasn't there?

Hey guys - this was posted on the JD front page a while back, but I know a lot of guys don't go there too often, so I wanted to post something about it here.

PSWCS is selling these "challenge coin" style medallions to benefit a charity called Operation Ward 57.  OW57 buys comfort items for wounded soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan who end up at Walter Reed.  We hope to raise around $5500 for the charity by selling out.  100% of the proceeds go to the charity.  They're $10 each shipped.

The medallion is limited to a 1-time run of 1000.  We got Lucasfilm's permission to produce the medallions, so it's an authorized Star Wars collectible.  It even has the little copyright date on it.  And they're AWESOME.  First off, they're HUGE!  They're like old-style silver dollar big.  1.75" diameter is way bigger than it sounds.  They're also very hefty, and they're protected by an enamel coating.  Super high-quality stuff.  The artwork was done by Mike Nair, a graphic artist in PSWCS who did just a phenomenal job.  We're all thrilled with the final product.  And we've gotten nothing but positive reactions from our buyers.



If we sell out, we're looking at doing another one next year.  But we still have about 300 remaining.  So I'm hoping some of my friends here will help out.  You won't be disappointed, and it's for a great cause!

Here's the sale site:  http://www.pswcs.com/OperationWard57