One of Steve Jobs’s most memorable comments may be the way he referred to Blu-ray as “ a bag of hurt †back in 2008 during a Q&A with members of the press: “I don’t mean from a consumer point of view—it’s great to watch movies—but the licensing is so complex. We’re waiting until things settle down and Blu-ray takes off in the marketplace before we burden our customers with the cost of the …
It is impossible, this time of year, not to assume that all Americans are idiots, throwing billions of dollars at movie studios for producing terrible movies meant to numb us into becoming drooling popcorn-digesters.
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Now that we’re in the summer, most of the movies from spring are hitting home video. One of the year’s biggest flops joins one of the year’s best movies on home video this week, along with some Criterion releases, and some new television.
Initial D, Evangelion: 3.33 , Maaya Sakamoto, documentary with Girls & Panzer tie-in, Genki Genki Nontan rank
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I suppose it is fair to say that I will never turn down the opportunity to watch a Hayao Miyazaki ( Spirited Away , Ponyo ) animated film. They always consist of imaginative tales with bountiful heart and adventure
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Highly Recommended It’s been a long, uphill battle, but we’ve almost reached the point where I no longer have “Adventure Time”-related home video complaints! After last-year’s release of The Complete First Season on DVD, Cartoon Network has finally decided to take the show high-def by upgrading that season to Blu-Ray (check out Adam Tyner’s review of that release here ) and offering The Complete …