W00t! My copy of 300 on HD DVD came today, this made me very happy after a long day of work. So I watched it tonight of course, and it’s still as frakking awesome as it was in theaters, granted on a smaller screen. So go get it now if you have an HD DVD player, or go get the regular DVD version (or even [shudder] Blu Ray).
As for the special features, I’ve only gotten a chance to look at some of the videos in the special features, haven’t watched the PIP yet, but will definitely soon.
300 HD DVD
August 1, 2007
Children of Men
March 31, 2007
Well, I finally got my HD-DVD copy of Children of Men even though I hadn’t seen the movie yet. I have to say though that after watching it just two words pop to mind: Holy Shit. And I mean that in a good way.
Mini synopsis for those in the dark about the movie: Children of Men is set about 20 years in the future where mankind has lost the ability to have children, and shows the world in a collapse. The story revolves around Theo (played by Clive Owen) and his trials getting the miraculously pregnant Kee to the Human Project so they can try and save humanity.
In all the commercials they quote someone’s review stating that this movie “is this generations Blade Runner“, and after watching it I can see why in a way it is.
Another thing that gets mentioned a lot is the fact that they use a lot of long cuts (really long), to tell the story. I for one think it’s awesome and works so well to give a sense of immediacy to the film that other films are missing. It’s lovely, at first when you’re watching it you might not notice the fact that there aren’t any cuts, but you do notice it doesn’t quite feel like other films, and then it dawns on you that they haven’t cut away yet.
Having only watched the HD-DVD side of the disc I have to say the movie looks awesome, and even though it’s set in the future, it’s not the distant future where we’re all flying around in hover cars and jet suits. Instead it’s more of a present day setting all blown out from terrorism, bombings, wars, etc, etc.
All of that said, there’s just one simple thing you need to do: go buy it now!
Lazy updates
November 18, 2006
So it’s been a while since I last updated.
Well I did get around to picking up the HD-DVD drive for the 360 and have to say that it is really cool. After watching all of the movies I got on HD-DVD (Batman Begins, V for Vendetta, Constantine, The Last Samurai, Serenity, and King Kong), I have to say that even if you don’t immediately notice the smaller things, you do notice in the longer run just how much sharper and vibrant the picture really is. But I think the biggest thing to be brought front and center from getting the HD-DVD drive is that I need a better TV. I’m not saying that my TV that I have right now is bad per se, just not where I want it to be anymore in terms of feature support and such (like how it doesn’t do 720p). Another nice thing with the HD-DVD drive is that it does work on Macs without drivers, just that OSX does not have HD-DVD drivers yet so I can’t watch them on my computers yet unfortunately. I know it’s been posted about already since it came out, I was just too lazy to post before everyone else.
As far as Gears of War goes, it is very good although can be quite difficult at times. One part in particular that I am currently stuck on is the end boss, General RAAM — He’s freaking hard, and Dom has suicidal tendencies in that particular part of the game. But Someday I will beat him, eventually.
In other news, I hadn’t played Tomb Raider Legend in a long time (the last achievement I got for it was back in May), so I felt like taking a break from the newer games and stuck it in and finally beat it. Good times strike again.
Gears of War
November 8, 2006
One word, Awesome! Gears embodies every meaning of the word. It’s ridiculously fun to play and can be (and is) a great challenge to play. I have to agree with all the reviews I’ve read so far, Gears of War is easily a ≥~9.5. And for those wondering –Yes– Gears of War has the best graphics of any console game ever. In a few of the reviews I’ve read people have been saying that the lowest difficulty setting is too easy, I wouldn’t go that far, I’ve still died plenty of times repeatedly thanks to the computer. So basically don’t listen to the idiots saying it’s too easy, after all you do get some achievements for doing stuff in the Casual difficulty setting.
Not directly related to the game itself but just wanted to stick this out there. I had Gears pre-ordered at Gamestop and initally was told that they would have it today (Wednesday), so since I had the afternoon off I made a trek up there and am promptly told that they would have it tomorrow — needless to say i was bummed. So I did the usual thing when they don’t have a copy of a game, on my return trek home I made a stop at Best Buy. Apparently I got their last copy of the collectors edition of Gears. Then once I got back home I promptly gave Gamestop a call back to cancel my pre-order on Gears of War and move the money over to my pre-order on the HD-DVD drive which they say will be there on Friday, good this I have friday off already so I can go pick it up.
Well that’s enough rambling for tonight.
Weekend Update
November 4, 2006
Well, I’ve been randomly using some of my 40+ hours of PDP time-off from work lately and stopped up at Gamestop for no particular reason– well, actually because I wanted to see when they were going to be getting Gears of War in so I could take the day (or more likely, part of it) off. And while over there I broke down and picked up F.E.A.R. for the 360, and put down $50 (out of 199) on the HD-DVD player add-on for the 360. Too many good games coming out this month dagnabit, not to mention the Wii!
As far as FEAR goes though, it’s a really good game. It basically is Condemned crossed with Unreal or Quake, in other words, really crazy-scary-cool stuff. 
Tuesday/Wednesday here I come. We got Gears coming, the HD-DVD player, and all the stuff I already have.
And randomly coming into my head at the moment is that I got the VGA cable for the 360 — And although it doesn’t support the full native resolution of my widescreen lcd @ 1440×900, it can get awfully close and still look great. Anywho, I’m just rambling now…