Archive for December, 2008

Skye Conroy asked:


Apple, Disney Studios, Warner Brothers, NBC Universal,Amazon and even George Lucas herald a change in the way movies are made and ultimately delivered to the public.

Apple in recent days has attempted to stake a claim on the movie download market by striking a deal with Disney Studios to deliver movie down loads. Earlier this year Warner Brothers announced an agreement with the software firm Bit torrent to enable movie downloads to your computer. Bit torrent’s software application has long been the choice of peer to peer file sharing pirates because it allows fast downloads of large files and uses very little bandwidth.

Last week Apple together with Disney studios jumped into the movie down load market and offered two key features to it’s movie download service. First it uses the ipod as the device for downloading. Second, knowing that the ultimate viewing choice for movies for the public will be the television or home theatre. Apple indicates it will introduce a set top box to work with the TV thus bridging the gap between internet delivery and end user’s desired viewing choice.

This puts Apple in a position to capture a middleman role and to make money on a device to ease the process between the down load and final choice of viewing medium. But Bit Torrent is already working with Warner Brothers and will probably leap frog Apple’s device sooner or later by allowing direct downloads to your TV receiver, fast, high quality and immediately playable using a high speed cable line to do it. And to go with this instant down load will be the option to burn to a DVD or store the movie on the hard drive of your tivo box or similar device.

George Lucas in an interview with CNBC earlier this year and again last week stated that the movie companies and Hollywood would have to adapt sooner or later to the new digital age, of production and distribution. When asked about file sharing and bit torrent specifically Lucas stated that it would be the future of Hollywood and that Steve Jobs and others had already grasped that concept.

The major retailers of DVDs, such as Walmart and Target have communicated to the Hollywood studios that they will not sit still for downloads that would be cheaper than the DVDs they sell. Apple has been responsive and is said to be discussing an agreement on the pricing of down loads from it’s itunes site.

As usual the big players are attempting to control how, where and at what price the next generation of movies will be delivered to the public. All the major players want to control the delivery process but the time for that has passed. George Lucas himself said that with web sites like Youtube, film makers can show case their talent and deliver it to the public very cheaply, they don’t need a Hollywood Studio.

Using the internet as a proving ground for content creation and distribution has finally come of age now that high speed internet access is so wide spread. So get ready Hollywood change is coming like it or not.



Britt Gillette asked:


Nominated for 25 Golden Globes and 110 Emmys, including 7 for Outstanding Drama Series, ER has long been one of the best prime-time shows on television. Premiering in September 1994 on NBC, the hour-long hospital drama vividly illustrates the intensity and fast-paced stress endemic to hospital emergency rooms across America. Brought into being by Michael Crichton – famous Hollywood insider, novelist, and brains behind such films as Jurassic Park, Twister, and Timeline – ER fulfills its creator’s ultimate vision (it took over a decade of pitching the show before network executives bit) for a close-to-life glimpse of the technology and the humanity omnipresent in the ER. Since its inception, many cast members have passed through the halls of ER, many of them having gone on to become big stars in Hollywood…

ER follows the exploits of a group of emergency room staff who work in a busy Chicago hospital. The show attempts to examine every detail of the ER experience. From the exhilaration of saving a life to the tedium caused by mountains of paperwork, all the highs and lows are covered. In the show’s first year, a number of regular faces staffed the ER. Doctors Mark Greene (Anthony Edwards), Peter Benton (Eriq La Salle), Douglas Ross (George Clooney), and Susan Lewis (Sherri Stringfield) were regulars in the ER along with Head Nurse Carol Hathaway (Julianna Margulies) and Benton’s medical student understudy (and later ER doctor), John Carter (Noah Wyle)… Any given episode tends to run multiple plot lines throughout the show, interweaving scenes in short snippets intended to heighten audience emotion and create the aura of a stress-laden atmosphere. The show’s high drama, coupled with subplots of the staffers’ personal lives and the display of cutting edge medical technology, combine to make ER one of most adrenaline-inducing programs in television history…

The ER DVD features a number of dramatic episodes including the series premiere “24 Hours” in which a long day in the ER is made longer when multiple casualties pour through the doors following the collapse of a building and medical students report for training (marking the first appearance for John Carter’s character). Meanwhile, Dr. Benton performs a heart surgery normally reserved only for senior staff members while the staff is struck with a personal tragedy when Head Nurse Carol Hathaway is brought in following a ******* attempt… Other notable episodes from Season 1 include “Blizzard” in which a major snowstorm first leads to an empty ER and then (following a 40-car pileup) one with overflowing capacity, and “House of Cards” in which, while trying to keep up with Carter, Deb nearly causes a patient’s death…

Below is a list of episodes included on the ER (Season 1) DVD:

Episode 1 (24 Hours: Part 1) Air Date: 09-19-1994

Episode 2 (24 Hours: Part 2) Air Date: 09-19-1994

Episode 3 (Day One) Air Date: 09-22-1994

Episode 4 (Going Home) Air Date: 09-29-1994

Episode 5 (Hit and Run) Air Date: 10-06-1994

Episode 6 (Into That Good Night) Air Date: 10-13-1994

Episode 7 (Chicago Heat) Air Date: 10-20-1994

Episode 8 (Another Perfect Day) Air Date: 11-03-1994

Episode 9 (9 ½ Hours) Air Date: 11-10-1994

Episode 10 (ER Confidential) Air Date: 11-17-1994

Episode 11 (Blizzard) Air Date: 12-08-1994

Episode 12 (The Gift) Air Date: 12-15-1994

Episode 13 (Happy New Year) Air Date: 01-05-1995

Episode 14 (Luck of the Draw) Air Date: 01-12-1995

Episode 15 (Long Day’s Journey) Air Date: 01-19-1995

Episode 16 (Feb. 5, ‘95) Air Date: 02-02-1995

Episode 17 (Make of Two Hearts) Air Date: 02-09-1995

Episode 18 (The Birthday Party) Air Date: 02-16-1995

Episode 19 (Sleepless in Chicago) Air Date: 02-23-1995

Episode 20 (Love’s Labor Lost) Air Date: 03-09-1995

Episode 21 (Full Moon, Saturday Night) Air Date: 03-30-1995

Episode 22 (House of Cards) Air Date: 04-06-1995

Episode 23 (Men Plan, God Laughs) Air Date: 04-27-1995

Episode 24 (Love Among the Ruins) Air Date: 05-04-1995

Episode 25 (Motherhood) Air Date: 05-11-1995

Episode 26 (Everything Old is New Again) Air Date: 05-18-1995



Kelly Liyakasa asked:


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Even if you aren’t a Hollywood-kinda guy or gal, you may still enjoy popping in the occasional flick every so often. Instead of burning gas and driving to pick up a movie, many have resorted to Internet DVD rental services in their spare time. What could be better than scrolling through mile-long lists of DVD’s in every genre from the comfort of your own home?

Renting DVD’s online has exploded within the past few years and has revolutionized entertainment in general. Hard-to-find films can be requested, held in queues, traded and sold through many of these unique services. But, what’s everyone renting these days? The International Movie Database comes out with fun reports on top-rented DVD’s that may just surprise your inner film buff.

What DVD should I rent? These are recent hits:

• Norbit (2007)

• The Messengers (2007)

• Apocalypto (2006)

• Epic Movie (2007)

• Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)

• Night at the Museum (2006)

• Hannibal Rising (2007)

• Dreamgirls (2006)

• Catch and Release (2006)

• Little Children (2006)

• The Queen (2006)

So even if you don’t picture yourself enjoying some of America’s most popular DVD rentals this week as listed above, don’t fret. The vast selection of movie categories on DVD online rental sites includes genres like: classics, westerns, thriller, romance, musicals and documentaries.

6StarReviews.com cites Netflix as a great choice to rent your online DVD’s from, as they host a selection of over 80,000 titles! Blockbuster is another top choice, giving movie mavens the option to use their Total Access™ program.

That way, renters can return movies either by mail or at the Blockbuster store itself! Many sites even offer the newest releases, so if you missed Oscar-award-winning The Departed (which we hope you didn’t) you can enjoy it at home within days!



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Britt Gillette asked:


One of the best sitcoms not just of its time, but of all time, Seinfeld redefined the sitcom genre. No longer was it necessary to have contrived plot, a lesson to be learned, or some other ridiculous cookie-cutter approach. With Seinfeld, an episode could be about nothing and everything all at the same time. The show follows the lives of four friends living in New York City, stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld, his childhood friend George Costanza (Jason Alexander), his eccentric next-door neighbor Cosmo Kramer (Michael Richards), and his ex-girlfriend Elaine Benese (Julia Louis-Dreyfus). Together, they form one of the most unforgettable comedy teams in television history.

The Seinfeld (Season 4) DVD offers a number of hilarious episodes including the season premiere in which Jerry asks George to accompany him on a trip to Los Angeles where he’ll be appearing on The Tonight Show. While in Hollywood, the two attempt to track down Kramer who recently moved there to become a star. But the trip goes awry when hotel maid Lupe can’t grasp the concept of George’s preferred bed tuck, Jerry loses his Tonight Show material, and Kramer is fingered by local police as the prime suspect in the “smog strangler” killings… Other notable episodes from Season 4 include “The Bubble Boy” in which George incurs the wrath of an entire township following his argument over a Trivial Pursuit question with a local handicapped icon who (for medical reasons) lives in a bubble, and “The Contest” (based on a real life Larry David experience) in which Jerry, George, Kramer, and Elaine place a wager on who can practice self-denial the longest… “The Junior Mint” and “The Handicap Spot” round out a year that is arguably the best season in Seinfeld’s hilarious nine-year run…

Below is a list of episodes included on the Seinfeld (Season 4) DVD:

Episode 41 (The Trip: Part 1) Air Date: 08-12-1992

Episode 42 (The Trip: Part 2) Air Date: 08-19-1992

Episode 43 (The Pitch) Air Date: 09-16-1992

Episode 44 (The Ticket) Air Date: 09-16-1992

Episode 45 (The Wallet) Air Date: 09-23-1992

Episode 46 (The Watch) Air Date: 09-30-1992

Episode 47 (The Bubble Boy) Air Date: 10-07-1992

Episode 48 (The Cheever Letters) Air Date: 10-28-1992

Episode 49 (The Opera) Air Date: 11-04-1992

Episode 50 (The Virgin) Air Date: 11-11-1992

Episode 51 (The Contest) Air Date: 11-18-1992

Episode 52 (The Airport) Air Date: 11-25-1992

Episode 53 (The Pick) Air Date: 12-16-1992

Episode 54 (The Movie) Air Date: 01-06-1993

Episode 55 (The Visa) Air Date: 01-27-1993

Episode 56 (The Shoes) Air Date: 02-04-1993

Episode 57 (The Outing) Air Date: 02-11-1993

Episode 58 (The Old Man) Air Date: 02-18-1993

Episode 59 (The Implant) Air Date: 02-25-1993

Episode 60 (The Junior Mint) Air Date: 03-18-1993

Episode 61 (The Smelly Car) Air Date: 04-15-1993

Episode 62 (The Handicap Spot) Air Date: 05-13-1993

Episode 63 (The Pilot: Part 1) Air Date: 05-20-1993

Episode 64 (The Pilot: Part 2) Air Date: 05-20-1993



yimmajazzi asked:


I support the WGA 100% they are doing the right thing and they are only asking for their fair share of the profits for dvd and internet sales. I don’t think its too much to ask. The AMPTP needs to share their profits with the people who made them possible. Will this be the end of Hollywood as we know it?

Roger King asked:


It is called DVD authoring, a process of collecting audio, videos, menus, subtitles, etc into an interactive branching structure that will eventually become a playable DVD. Making a DVD involves more than just capturing the video and burning it; you need DVD authoring software to make a playable DVD.

There are numerous DVD authoring programs intended for a wide range of skill levels and budgets. Mac and PC are the two contenders here. There are Consumer, and Professional. By means of DVD menus, users can easily and immediately access chapters within videos-media, text, and high-quality audio. You can publish your media in DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, and Web-DVD formats.

Many DVD burners and low cost capture cards come with extremely basic authoring tools that let you create simple menus and a play-list for your DVD. While this may be ok for the beginning home user, serious digital videographers are going to want to take full advantage of all that the professional DVD authoring software can offer.

Professional DVD authoring software lets you create Hollywood-style menus, with DVD’s using your own videos, music, and photos. DVD’s are quickly replacing videotapes as the video publishing media of choice for video professionals and video enthusiasts. DVD burners are now widely available at prices well within the reach of average consumers.

The finish DVD authoring is comprised of video information in the form of MPEG-2 video streams. A menu system can be included within a title set, allowing the viewer to select between the different subtitle and audio tracks. DVD’s delivers the ultimate media communications experience. Cleaner pictures, clearer sound, and most importantly, easy to navigate.

The best program I used to author DVD’s is DVD Studio Pro from apple.

This is a Mac platform program that comes bundle with video editing software, motion graphics software, and text titling software, professional music editing software, and video & audio compressing software that cost $1,299.00. There is no limit to your imagination with this package.



Britt Gillette asked:


Recipient of widespread critical and audience acclaim, I Love Lucy is by far one of the greatest, if not the greatest, comedy series in television history. It literally revolutionized the TV landscape forever with its creative thinking, live studio audience, experimental camera angles, and top-notch writing. Created by the talented husband and wife team of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, I Love Lucy became the most celebrated show of its time and helped usher in a whole new era in the American entertainment experience…

The I Love Lucy (Season 5) DVD offers a number of hilarious episodes including the season premiere “Lucy Visits Grauman’s” in which Lucy is wrapping up her extended trip to Hollywood where she’s collected a number of oddball collectibles, such as a tin can run over by Cary Grant’s car and a napkin used by Lana Turner. But when Lucy learns that John Wayne’s imprints on a concrete block in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater have come loose, she decides to steal a real souvenir to take home… Other notable episodes from Season 5 include “Lucy Goes to a Rodeo” in which Lucy confuses Ricky’s performance on a “radio show” with his performance in a “rodeo show,” and “Paris at Last” in which Lucy’s trip to Paris is marked by her quest to find a famous artist whose paintings will one day be valuable, but the only artist she meets is a con artist who steals her blind…

Below is a list of episodes included on the I Love Lucy (Season 5) DVD:

Episode 128 (Lucy Visits Grauman’s) Air Date: 10-03-1955

Episode 129 (Lucy and John Wayne) Air Date: 10-10-1955

Episode 130 (Lucy and the Dummy) Air Date: 10-17-1955

Episode 131 (Ricky Sells the Car) Air Date: 10-24-1955

Episode 132 (The Great Train Robbery) Air Date: 10-31-1955

Episode 133 (Homecoming) Air Date: 11-07-1955

Episode 134 (The Ricardos are Interviewed) Air Date: 11-14-1955

Episode 135 (Lucy Goes to a Rodeo) Air Date: 11-28-1955

Episode 136 (Nursery School) Air Date: 12-05-1955

Episode 137 (Ricky’s European Booking) Air Date: 12-12-1955

Episode 138 (The Passports) Air Date: 12-19-1955

Episode 139 (Staten Island Ferry) Air Date: 01-02-1956

Episode 140 (Bon Voyage) Air Date: 01-16-1956

Episode 141 (Second Honeymoon) Air Date: 01-23-1956

Episode 142 (Lucy Meets the Queen) Air Date: 01-30-1956

Episode 143 (The Fox Hunt) Air Date: 02-06-1956

Episode 144 (Lucy Goes to Scotland) Air Date: 02-20-1956

Episode 145 (Paris at Last) Air Date: 02-27-1956

Episode 146 (Lucy Meets Charles Boyer) Air Date: 03-05-1956

Episode 147 (Lucy Gets a Paris Gown) Air Date: 03-19-1956

Episode 148 (Lucy in the Swiss Alps) Air Date: 03-26-1956

Episode 149 (Lucy Gets Homesick in Italy) Air Date: 04-09-1956

Episode 150 (Lucy’s Italian Movie) Air Date: 04-16-1956

Episode 151 (Lucy’s Bicycle Trip) Air Date: 04-23-1956

Episode 152 (Lucy Goes to Monte Carlo) Air Date: 05-07-1956

Episode 153 (Return Home from Europe) Air Date: 05-14-1956



Britt Gillette asked:


One of the highest rated TV series of its era, The Andy Griffith Show is enjoyed by people of every age to this day. The show centers around the world of Sheriff Andy Griffith of Mayberry. But the true series star is Deputy Barney Fife (Don Knotts) in the role of the sometimes competent, always wacky sidekick. The onscreen magic between Griffith and Knotts is something to behold. Both men went on to storied careers in Hollywood with Knotts gaining numerous roles, such as that of Mr. Furley on Three’s Company, and Griffith as the lead star on the popular show Matlock…

The Andy Griffith Show (Season 4) DVD features a number of hilarious episodes including the season premiere “Opie the Birdman” in which Opie becomes the adoptive father of several orphaned baby birds after he inadvertently kills their mother with his slingshot. Developing a personal attachment to the birds, Opie struggles with the notion that once they’re grown, he’ll have to set them free… Other notable episodes include “Barney’s Sidecar” in which Barney acquires a sidecar for his motorcycle a local auction, but his daily antics quickly have all of Mayberry up in arms, and “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.” in which Gomer Pyle joins the Marine Corps in order to become a man, but he’s failing miserably until Andy convinces the drill instructor to take Gomer under his wing…

Below is a list of episodes included on The Andy Griffith Show (Season 4) DVD:

Episode 96 (Opie the Birdman) Air Date: 09-30-1963

Episode 97 (The Haunted House) Air Date: 10-07-1963

Episode 98 (Ernest T. Bass Joins the Army) Air Date: 10-14-1963

Episode 99 (The Sermon for Today) Air Date: 10-21-1963

Episode 100 (Briscoe Declares for Aunt Bee) Air Date: 10-28-1963

Episode 101 (Gomer the House Guest) Air Date: 11-04-1963

Episode 102 (A Black Day for Mayberry) Air Date: 11-11-1963

Episode 103 (Opie’s Ill-Gotten Gain) Air Date: 11-18-1963

Episode 104 (A Date for Gomer) Air Date: 11-25-1963

Episode 105 (Up in Barney’s Room) Air Date: 12-02-1963

Episode 106 (Citizen’s Arrest) Air Date: 12-16-1963

Episode 107 (Opie and His Merry Men) Air Date: 12-30-1963

Episode 108 (Barney and the Cave Rescue) Air Date: 01-06-1964

Episode 109 (Andy and Opie’s Pal) Air Date: 01-13-1964

Episode 110 (Aunt Bee the Crusader) Air Date: 01-20-1964

Episode 111 (Barney’s Sidecar) Air Date: 01-27-1964

Episode 112 (My Fair Ernest T. Bass) Air Date: 02-03-1964

Episode 113 (Prisoner of Love) Air Date: 02-10-1964

Episode 114 (Hot Rod Otis) Air Date: 02-17-1964

Episode 115 (The Song Festers) Air Date: 02-24-1964

Episode 116 (The Shoplifters) Air Date: 03-02-1964

Episode 117 (Andy’s Vacation) Air Date: 03-09-1964

Episode 118 (Andy Saves Gomer) Air Date: 03-16-1964

Episode 119 (Bargain Day) Air Date: 03-23-1964

Episode 120 (Divorce, Mountain Style) Air Date: 03-30-1964

Episode 121 (A Deal is a Deal) Air Date: 04-06-1964

Episode 122 (Fun Girls) Air Date: 04-13-1964

Episode 123 (The Return of Malcolm Merriweather) Air Date: 04-20-1964

Episode 124 (The Rumor) Air Date: 04-27-1964

Episode 125 (Barney and Thelma Lou, Phfftt) Air Date: 05-04-1964

Episode 126 (Back to Nature) Air Date: 05-11-1964

Episode 127 (Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.) Air Date: 05-18-1964



tcelica_gt_91 asked:


If you own the Dukes of Hazzard Movie on dvd and have seen the first deleted scene where luke tries driving the general lee down a dirt road blind folded and a song plays and goes something like “hollywood come back to you and what chu wanna do baby your so bad” or something. anyone know?

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