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Michael Bay speaks out about Blu-ray, again
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article published on 14 February, 2008
In what can equate to an "I told you so", director Michael Bay has spoken out again about Blu-ray and its recent "victories" over the rival HD DVD format.
Earlier this week, both Netflix and Best Buy seemingly chose Blu-ray as their HD format of choice although Best Buy said it will continue to stock both. Bay, taking the time to knock HD DVD had this to say at the Visual Effects Society?s ... [ read the full article ]
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15. February 2008 @ 03:16 |
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I guess Drm-Ray makes Pearl Harbor a better film!
note to movie and game studios, constant remakes, sequels and flat story lines do not get fixed by better effects! but reselling crap in Hi-Def at double to triple the price of the DVD really takes the pi**.
Michael Bay LMDB
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15. February 2008 @ 03:59 |
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I like both.
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15. February 2008 @ 04:10 |
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Originally posted by UkWizard:
I checked his "resume". It is full of milking. Nominated for worst director of armageddon and worst picture. The last time he has won an award was way back in 1999.Oh before I forget to mention, pearl harbor was that bad I walked out half way through
What? Armageddon and Pearl Harbor weren't any good?! You have terrible taste in movies. I think they were great and the awards they won says that many others also agree with me.
In regards to the rest of the thread... If Transformers was such a bad movie, then why is it the number one seller for your dying format (the number one seller in both formats for that matter)?
NexGen76, don't bother... It's futile. They are all in denial!
This is a ridiculous joke. I have almost given up posting on these format war threads as I much prefer to have conversations with adults and not entertain desperate childish posts that try to make points that just sound plain pathetic. If you make a point that is coming from a reasonable point of view, I will be the first to agree with you but trashing blockbuster hits because a Director has made a move to support the other format. Well... It's like you have a best friend and when they decide to hang out with someone else, you decide to tell the World what a loser they are.
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15. February 2008 @ 08:53 |
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Originally posted by Nephilim:
Transformers hit the market back in my day and I loved the film. It was cool to see the Autobots and Decepticons in full CG action while thinking back on the days of mucking about with the plastic toys. Young'uns these days have always had films to go with their toys but it wasn't always that way............
I'm much the same way. I was a huge transformers fan as a kid. I had the toys, the 1986 full length movie, and the sheet set.
I liked the movie...it made me think of those days fondly. I enjoyed the film and was not disappointed with it at all.
Ahh...the memories. :)
However, Michael Bay is an officious prick. No argument there.
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15. February 2008 @ 09:57 |
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Originally posted by UkWizard:
I checked his "resume". It is full of milking. Nominated for worst director of armageddon and worst picture. The last time he has won an award was way back in 1999.Oh before I forget to mention, pearl harbor was that bad I walked out half way through
What? Armageddon and Pearl Harbor weren't any good?! You have terrible taste in movies. I think they were great and the awards they won says that many others also agree with me.
In regards to the rest of the thread... If Transformers was such a bad movie, then why is it the number one seller for your dying format (the number one seller in both formats for that matter)?
NexGen76, don't bother... It's futile. They are all in denial!
This is a ridiculous joke. I have almost given up posting on these format war threads as I much prefer to have conversations with adults and not entertain desperate childish posts that try to make points that just sound plain pathetic. If you make a point that is coming from a reasonable point of view, I will be the first to agree with you but trashing blockbuster hits because a Director has made a move to support the other format. Well... It's like you have a best friend and when they decide to hang out with someone else, you decide to tell the World what a loser they are.
I agree 100%. To many people are stuck in the follow the leader mode on these format threads. If one person starts a bash then you get all these other people following up less then important comments that dont make since.
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15. February 2008 @ 12:08 |
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Originally posted by Nephilim:
Transformers hit the market back in my day and I loved the film. It was cool to see the Autobots and Decepticons in full CG action while thinking back on the days of mucking about with the plastic toys. Young'uns these days have always had films to go with their toys but it wasn't always that way............
Ahh...I watched the cartoon after school when I was a wee lad. I have all of the episodes now and still enjoy the animation - brings back fond memories. So my friend rented it and I watched the movie with him. I Don't even know what it was about, it sucked so bad. But Optimus Prime's booming voice brought tears of joy to my eyes :-)
Bay makes dribble. Plain and simple. It would be one thing if he could give some more details as to why he prefers one format over another, but to say he likes it just because he does, or the picture is better in his opinion, is nonsense. How can anyone take him seriously.
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Michael Bay.
LMAO
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15. February 2008 @ 13:27 |
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I suggest you go and check out the michael mann "resume".
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15. February 2008 @ 13:51 |
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What a PRICK!
"it's just sharper" ??? WTF is that? I'd like to slap him upside his face so that he can't SIT for days.
The difference (if any) is negligible..........PERIOD!!!
He just prefers the ironclad hold BD has (at present only) on the data encoded on the disc. He's a big fat BABY and I wouldn't mind starting a brawl with him at a bar.
Here's my cry for help.............."SOMEONE PLEASE HACK THE SH*T OUT OF BLU-RAY AND WITH QUICKNESS!!!!!!!"
only THEN we will truly see how 'dedicated' those are to BD.
Is it me or does it seem like Blu-ray is the Republican and HD-DVD is the Democrat? .................................... Probably just me.
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The only good thing about Transformers was Megan Fox and Rachel Taylor. ;)
That I will agree with.
Hot damm
That movie rocked!!! If you didn't like then you're in the vast minority and hence WHY YOU"RE NOT A CRITIC. People with bad taste don't get to pass their taste on and get taken seriously. At least they shouldn't be allowed to.
I'd bet my ass that either one of you didn't think the movie was so bad that you didn't walk out 1/2 way through it. That simply means you were "entertained" by it which is a success story for both parties.
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15. February 2008 @ 15:01 |
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Originally posted by hm577:
What a PRICK!
"it's just sharper" ??? WTF is that? I'd like to slap him upside his face so that he can't SIT for days.
The difference (if any) is negligible..........PERIOD!!!
He just prefers the ironclad hold BD has (at present only) on the data encoded on the disc. He's a big fat BABY and I wouldn't mind starting a brawl with him at a bar.
Here's my cry for help.............."SOMEONE PLEASE HACK THE SH*T OUT OF BLU-RAY AND WITH QUICKNESS!!!!!!!"
only THEN we will truly see how 'dedicated' those are to BD.
Is it me or does it seem like Blu-ray is the Republican and HD-DVD is the Democrat? .................................... Probably just me.
I think they're both pretty much Republican. Both causes are trumpeted by many major corporate types, all of them very conservative. I suppose that with HD-DVD now seemingly the underdog, that Blu-Ray is seen as the aggressor in all this.
I must say that as a preference, I would have preferred HD-DVD to be the dominant format, as I think it has lots more to offer outside of the HD realm. Sadly though, this is about what "They" say we should have and not what we as consumers would really like.
As for Michael Bay, what the hell is he playing at?
My opinions come with no warranty whatsoever, but are totally open-source, so you can reverse engineer or decompile them as you see fit. All other rights reserved.
"Freedom" in the west consists of: Freedom of speech, freedom of opinion and freedom of movement. So why is it then, that people want to know what youre saying, what you think of them and where you are going?
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15. February 2008 @ 16:17 |
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I will agree that Michael Bay's comments were meaningless. We all know that a sharper picture is not the result of a better optical disc format. They simply hold data so the improvement in picture is a result of things like codecs and encoding methods used etc. The only influence on picture the disc could have is the data capacity and both formats have more than enough.
My post up there ^^ was more referring to the thoughtless posts that accommodate every Blu-ray/HD-DVD thread. The funnier thing is that it's almost always the same people making these posts too.
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15. February 2008 @ 22:37 |
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Reading some of the bad write ups about transformers here was kinda shocking I guess, hell I'm 60 and enjoyed it, and I think Nephilim hit the nail right on the head.
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Originally posted by FredBun:
Reading some of the bad write ups about transformers here was kinda shocking I guess, hell I'm 60 and enjoyed it, and I think Nephilim hit the nail right on the head.
Nephilim made a great point. Being in the right age bracket to revive the memories we had of our heroes in our younger years definitely adds another layer to the enjoyment factor. However, I still think it would rate as a good movie to other generations also.... Transformers weren't around 50 odd years ago, were they Fred? :-P
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Your absolutly right they were not, but we had others, tobar the great, rocket man, flash gorden etc. and used our imagination that came close to things like transformers, and of course in our minds it wasnt as elaborete as today but sometimes it wasnt that far behind either, the things we would would think of and make up.
And you know whats funny, as kids it was ok to make up things like that in your head, imaginary wakie talkies, if you were an adult and play dick tracy and talk to your watch than you were an idiot, not so anymore is it, hell even a thing like transformers being just imaginary anymore doesnt fly, I know I'll be long dead, but as long as man kind doesnt destroy itself or its environment first I don't think almost anything is imposible anymore, I just wish I was around to see it.
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The question we all know is that blu-ray won the war against hd dvd but the other question that still yet to be answered is that is there still room for hd dvd to still be around.
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