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post #391 of 4320
1/17/08 at 4:22pm
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Originally Posted by mdr25 View Post

So far I like it, as it matches the feel and tone of the voiceovers from T2. Hopefully they continue to use it sparingly, though. The writers will probably be compelled to close every episode with it, which will probably get tiresome.

What doesn't fit to me, is the fast motion shots, for example the sunrises. Visually, they don't fit with the 3 films, which did have slow motion sequences in them. The pilot episode also had a grainy low angle shot where after flipping the bus teacher terminator jumps on it. The rest of the episode was pretty sharp.
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post #392 of 4320
1/17/08 at 4:51pm
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Originally Posted by juancmjr View Post

The pilot episode also had a grainy low angle shot where after flipping the bus teacher terminator jumps on it. The rest of the episode was pretty sharp.

Actually, I noticed several scenes in the Pilot that were grainy, mostly towards the beginning of the episode. This appears to be the director's choice, and not a jab at Fox's HD quality, to represent certain sequences as grainy.

The CBS drama, Shark, uses a similar technique when showing flashbacks to the crime that the trial in the episode is about, to signify to the audience that "this is a different type of scene".

Not to say I'm a fan of this, of course.
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post #393 of 4320
1/17/08 at 5:00pm
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Originally Posted by RockyF View Post

Oh, and I think I agree with Iteki & scowl, there was just enough flesh left on the head to let it get through the time bubble, but it was in the process of burning off, so by the time we saw it, it was flesh free. It's the best I can come up with.

Right. It obviously had flesh to pass the portal, and what was left (after the barbeque) was simply removed by vermin and other natural processes. We can let this go now.
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post #394 of 4320
1/18/08 at 6:21am
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Originally Posted by IAM4UK View Post

What was this thread about again???

Well, steering closer to the topic, but still contributing nothing of substance: Potential names for "Cameron," as portrayed by Summer Glau:

T-Babe
Hot-T
Swee-T

Terminettear, or T-ette for short
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post #395 of 4320
1/18/08 at 6:47am
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Originally Posted by CPanther95 View Post

Paxton was in T1, Aliens and Titanic...

"Game over, man! Game over!"

With lines like that, it's no wonder. Classic.
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post #396 of 4320
1/18/08 at 7:30am
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Originally Posted by timick1 View Post

Terminettear, or T-ette for short


My favorite so far is Terminatrix.
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post #397 of 4320
1/18/08 at 7:31am
How about: T-Bopper
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post #398 of 4320
1/18/08 at 7:34am
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Originally Posted by spyder696969 View Post

"Game over, man! Game over!"

With lines like that, it's no wonder. Classic.

Between that and his earlier role in Wierd Science, I couldn't take him seriously as a lead drama actor (Twister, Titanic) until Big Love.
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post #399 of 4320
1/18/08 at 7:36am
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Originally Posted by rezzy View Post

Right. It obviously had flesh to pass the portal, and what was left (after the barbeque) was simply removed by vermin and other natural processes. We can let this go now.

When it was flying out of the portal it was completely clean. Possibly when it got thrown from the bubble it burned off there? The outside was supposedly extremely hot as you could tell from the movies with the stuff melting, sand turning to glass, etc. Gives a little incentive to stay put and not run out too fast
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post #400 of 4320
1/18/08 at 7:45am
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Originally Posted by CPanther95 View Post

Between that and his [Bill Paxton's] earlier role in Wierd Science, I couldn't take him seriously as a lead drama actor (Twister, Titanic) until Big Love.

For most of his career Paxton's specialty seemed to be playing slightly unaware, not very smart guys (consider A Simple Plan). I agree that Big Love changed all that.
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post #401 of 4320
1/18/08 at 7:49am
Oh - and I forgot True Lies. That just reinforced the typecast.
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post #402 of 4320
1/18/08 at 7:53am
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Originally Posted by CPanther95 View Post

Oh - and I forgot True Lies. That just reinforced the typecast.

Kinda funny how Bill Paxton gets beat-up by Arnold in Terminator, and in True Lies. Gotta feel for the guy. But his part in True Lies was one of the funniest parts of the movie.
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post #403 of 4320
1/18/08 at 7:55am
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Originally Posted by Gmichael2 View Post

I'm not going to touch that.

Thats what she said?
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post #404 of 4320
1/18/08 at 8:03am
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Originally Posted by wdkerbow View Post

Kinda funny how Bill Paxton gets beat-up by Arnold in Terminator, and in True Lies. Gotta feel for the guy. But his part in True Lies was one of the funniest parts of the movie.

"I just pissed myself. Would a spy piss himself?"
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post #405 of 4320
1/18/08 at 8:12am
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Originally Posted by gwsat View Post

For most of his career Paxton's specialty seemed to be playing slightly unaware, not very smart guys (consider A Simple Plan). I agree that Big Love changed all that.

I dunno 'bout that. Getting married to 3 woman at the same time and considering a fourth doesn't seem too terribly smart. Same ol' Bill, seems to me.
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post #406 of 4320
1/18/08 at 8:42am
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Originally Posted by WaldorfSalad View Post

Not that I'm interested in seeing Arnold's pecker but how is the PQ of T1 on BD? Good, bad, indifferent? Very grainy? Same for T2.

Terminator Blu-ray review

Terminator 2 Blu-ray review

Terminator 2 HD DVD review

Terminator 3 HD DVD review
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post #407 of 4320
1/18/08 at 8:44am
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Originally Posted by CPanther95 View Post

Sounds about right. T1, T2, Aliens, and Abyss

Paxton was in T1, Aliens and Titanic.

Guess he's a loyal guy.

In honor of Beihn and Cameron, I busted out The Abyss on DVD last night. I forgot that the movie was 3 hours long. Maybe this weekend I'll run through all three Terminator films. I need to borrow/rent Aliens, as well, since I watched AvP last week.
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post #408 of 4320
1/18/08 at 9:13am
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Originally Posted by tighr View Post

In honor of Beihn and Cameron, I busted out The Abyss on DVD last night. I forgot that the movie was 3 hours long. Maybe this weekend I'll run through all three Terminator films. I need to borrow/rent Aliens, as well, since I watched AvP last week.

was it the directors cut? because that's like an extra 20 minutes with the original ending.
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post #409 of 4320
1/18/08 at 9:23am
Some pretty cool special effects got sh*tcanned for the theatrical version.
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post #410 of 4320
1/18/08 at 9:34am
The Abyss needs to be released on HD media!
Just the exterior underwater shots alone cry for hi-def
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post #411 of 4320
1/18/08 at 9:37am
Showing CPR in high definition could save lives.
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post #412 of 4320
1/18/08 at 9:37am
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Originally Posted by archiguy View Post

I dunno 'bout that. Getting married to 3 woman at the same time and considering a fourth doesn't seem too terribly smart.

Welcome to my neighborhood! (Check my location ID)

What's amazing is that the writers of Big Love got so very many of the intricate details of the show correct...right down to the description of business matters. I see some of the people that show was "loosely based on" every few days.*

*None of them are as entertaining as Paxton.

Anyway, back on topic, how about T-"58008" for the new Terminator? They could have the model number stamped upside-down in her cleavage, ala the old calculator gag.
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post #413 of 4320
1/18/08 at 9:37am
There isn't even an anamorphic DVD of The Abyss yet.
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post #414 of 4320
1/18/08 at 9:39am
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Originally Posted by replayrob View Post

The Abyss needs to be released on HD media!
Just the exterior underwater shots alone cry for hi-def

I settle for a decent anamorphic SD DVD. I made the prediction in another thread somewhere that a good DVD as well as a Blu Ray would be out about the time of Cameron's Avatar.
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post #415 of 4320
1/18/08 at 10:12am
Okay, I just watched Tuesday's ep off of the DVR. Most of the nits everyone has been talking about, I can live with. But the head controlling the body by remote control is just too much!
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post #416 of 4320
1/18/08 at 10:17am
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Originally Posted by gwsat View Post

For most of his career Paxton's specialty seemed to be playing slightly unaware, not very smart guys (consider A Simple Plan). I agree that Big Love changed all that.

I'd say that happened before Big Love maybe with Twister, but definitely with Frailty, which he starred in and directed.
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post #417 of 4320
1/18/08 at 10:17am
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Originally Posted by Josh Z View Post

Terminator Blu-ray review

Terminator 2 Blu-ray review

Terminator 2 HD DVD review

Terminator 3 HD DVD review

Thanks.
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post #418 of 4320
1/18/08 at 10:55am
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Originally Posted by Marcus Carr View Post

There isn't even an anamorphic DVD of The Abyss yet.

Yeah, I noticed. I hadn't seen it since I had the old 27" 4:3 TV. I had to "zoom" on my HDTV to get the aspect ratio correct. I think the original DVD of The 5th Element suffered the same fate.
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post #419 of 4320
1/18/08 at 11:12am
Don't forget Paxton as a psycho vampire in 'Near Dark'. Another good one was 'One False Move' where he played a hick sheriff dealing with LA detectives chasing a killer. Pretty good under-the-radar flick from the early 1990's.
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post #420 of 4320
1/18/08 at 11:45am
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Originally Posted by morgan1112 View Post

Another good one was 'One False Move' where he played a hick sheriff dealing with LA detectives chasing a killer. Pretty good under-the-radar flick from the early 1990's.

That was just on one of the HD movie channels (HBO, HDNet, etc). I remember seeing it and looking it up in my movie book to see if it was worth DVRing.

Bill will ALWAYS be known as the quivering "Game over, maaaan! Game over!" Private Hudson though.
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